Cedartown advertiser. (Cedartown, Ga.) 1878-1889, August 14, 1879, Image 4

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A Startling Spectaclr. Not long ago two leading business men of Philadelphia determined to take a day’s vacation in'New York. Taking the five o’clock train at the West Philadelphia sta tion, they arrived at their destination in course of time and took a room at one of the uptown hotels. The evenings were spent at the theatre, and at midnight the two Philadelphians took possession of their room, for although they were still young men, they were far too sensible to make the fact of their being away from home on a vacation an excuse for racing about town all night. Being in a very contented con dition of mind, and fully at peace with themselves, they felt that a quiet smoke would not be incompatible with the be havior and dignity of gentlemen. Divest ing themselves of their coats and vests they lit cigars, and were carrying on an indolent, wandering conversation, when the clock in a neighboring steeple struck one. A few moments later a quick, nervous knock was heard at the door, which a moment after opened to admit a lady, whose face brought Ixjth men to their feet. She was pale as death and trembling with fright, and it was some minutes before she could command her tongue sufficiently to say that a man in an adjoining room had committed suicide. One of the gentlemen ran into the hall and the other into the open door of the lady’s chamber. The room was dark, but through a window looking across to a wing of the house came a stream of light. Through this window the gentleman could see direct ly into a room in the opposite wing, which was only twenty feet distant. The lace curtamB'WBTeTimrn -&gid« r _aad_directly lie- fore the window, seated in a chair witir-his head hanging backward, was a man with a great gaping wound cut in his throat from side to side. Blood covered the front of his shirt, and every gas jet in the room seemed to be burning, at its full height, to make the scene more terrible. Word was at once sent to a neighboring police station, after wliich the two Philadelphians, re-in- furced by a hotel porter, went to the door af the awful chamber. The porter was very much excited and began by pounding on the door. A faint gurgling and unintel ligible response came, and then heavy, stag gering steps were heard crossing the floor. A hand over which the owner seemed to have no command unlocked the door, and the suicide stood before them. He was in the most abject state of intoxication, entering the room an hour before, he ltad managed to light his gas, and then dropped into a chair to wrestle with a large, bright- red silk necktie, having fringe at the two euda He wore a high collar, and in his endeavors to take off the necktie lie had pulled it over his collar on both sides, from the ears forward, when his failing strength gave out altogether, and the scarf, which was still tied at the neck, fell and spread over the bosom of the shirt, the fringe add ing to the illusion. Then his head sank over the back of the chair and he fell asleep, the most gory and terribly realistic corpse in the world. The lady was awakened from a sound sleep by the bright light streaming into her room. She didn’t know where it came from, and arose to find out. Then the terrified woman rushed to the room of the Philadelphians, who were her nearest neighbors, just as she was—in her night clothes. Hardly was the mystery solved when a sergeant of police arrived on the scene, quickly followed by a coroner, and it was after daylight when the house was restored to peace and quiet. At this time of the year almost every man purchases some new style of Piccadil ly collar. As the heat has an alarming tendency to make the average collar wilt and look mean, he gets some with as many plys as possible. What he wants is a collar about as thick ns the wood which is used for making cigar boxes. He succeeds after a diligent search in getting just what he needs, and in the evening, be fore calling on his fair one, he thinks ho will put on a new collar and a white neck tie. He goes to his room and selects a col lar, and buttons it on behind ; then he fas tens one of the ends in front, and in doing so is compelled to look up in the air like a chicken swallowing water, and to make facial gyrations which would bring him a fortune if he could execute them upon a pantomimic stage. After a sustained effort, which bring forth tears and perspiration, he manages to button the first end, and takes a breathing spell before essaying to fasten the second. He is in a state of desperation now, for. unfortunately, he has hut two hours since cut ids nails so short that he finds it utterly impossible to pinch the but tonhole around his collar-button, the inside portion of winch occasionally grips him like a vise, and causes him to pucker up his lips as though he had just eaten a green persimmon, and to close one eye as though almut to glance over a gun-barrel at a de camping cat. It is a terrible ordeal for him ; he turns around on his heel, and sways his left arm to give impetus to his short nails, but it is all in vain ; that collar seems more perverse and fixed in its inten tions every moment; and the man feels as though he would like to grasp the unbut toned end and with one effort yank himself off his feet. He now grits his teeth and takes hold with both hands ; and after a desperate encounter of three minutes the collar is on. After a breathing spell, he bends the ends over, and a sort of psycho logical rainbow enamels his features. The next thing on the programme is to get out a white necktie, which he does, and soon has it around his neck and fastened in a bow, which lie thinks will find favor in the critical eyes of Angelina during the even ing. By the time he has donned liis coat and has picked up his walking stick and silk hat to sally forth, he happens to notice in the glass that his cravat bow has per egrinated around to that portion of his col lar located directly under his left ear. In an instant his coat and vest are off, and he puts the bow in place, and takes a pin from Ids bureau to fasten his necktie to his col lar in a manner which will make its shift ing from a fixed position an utter impossi bility. So he cranes his neck forward for the operation. The collar is so thick that the feat of penetrating it with a pin is no easy matter. This he discovers after he lias made a few desperate but ineffectual lunges in vain. Every time he presses his thumb against the pinhead he imagines it is about to run up into him and shoot out somewhere between his wrist and knuckles; so he put8 the back of his brush handle be tween his thumb and the pin, and, after having it slip off and scratch his fingers several times, the pin is finally forced through with a velocity that carries it into his neck. Then he whimpers some, and grasps the brush again to drive the pin from the inside to the outside of his collar, and thus have everything fixed to his satisfac tion. The pin then bends out of shape, and he is compelled to throw it on the floor and jump on it for revenge. Going to the cushion for another pin, iie discovers there is not one in it; so he picks the bended one lip off the floor and straightens it out with his teeth. In order to fasten that necktie to his collar without having the trouble he experienced in his first essay, he removes it from his neck and soon has the operation performed. He then has to button it on his sliirt again. After tugging at the back button for a few minutes, that valuable member flies off, and with an expression more forcible than elegant, he comes to the conclusion that he will be obliged to put on a clean shirt. All this time he is boiling away like a mental Vesuvius, and after he dons the fresh shirt, he glides around to her house only to discover that the object of his affections is laid up with chills and can’t be seen. At this juncture his feelings lK-ggar description, so the reader will please endeavor to imagine them. Sensible Sentences. Pills may sometimes fail to act on the liver, but sawing wood never will. Make yourself necessary, young man, and your success is certain. I don’t bet on precocious children—the huckleberry that ripens the quickest is the quickest to decay. Everybody seems to think himself a - moral half bushel to measure the world’s frailties. An Unlucky Trip. Engineer James Wood, of the Hud son Central railroad, than whom no more reliable, careful or Experienced man does handle a throttle valve, met with an unsought-for experience, and one in which no possible blame can attach to him, on his trip from Roches- ter to this city, recently, not the lot of many engineers, and one which is suf ficient for a lifetime. Engineer Wood left Bochester with the Bpecial Chicago express, a heavy train, somewhat be hind time. In order to reach Syracuse on time he was compelled to run unus ually fast. On reaching Newark a man was seen driving a horse and wagon, and despite the warning of the track hands at work at the crossing he whipped up the horse and attempted to cross the track when the locomotive was upon the -moving vehicle. The horse was instantly killed, being thrown to one side of the track. The wagon was smashed to atoms. Engi neer Wood stopped the train as soon as possible, and, on looking the body of a man tvas found lying in front of the boiler, dead. He was an aged man but his identity had not been establish ed at the time the train left. The train was backed, up to the station, and the body removed to shelter. Nothing further happened until the train was near Port Byron, when the engineer saw another man driving an ageu and poor horse. £?5eing the the train, the driver began whipping up his poor old horse for the purpose of crossing the. track before the train. Seeing he would be unable to do so, Engineer Wood blew his whistle, reversed his engine, but the man only whipped the harder and had nearly got across the track, when the engine caught the rear wheel of the wagon and in an in stant the vehicle was reduced to kin dling wood. The horse escaped serious injury, but the man, an old one, was thrown into the air to the height of the smoke stack. In descending the man landed, on the ground on his head and shoulders. The train was stopped and it was found that the man was in- -ensible and had sustained severe scalp wounds. He was taken to Port Byron and left. He was still unconscious when the train left, up to which time his name had not been ascertained. Hoping his unpleasant and unsought experience was at an end, Engineer Wood was soon under rapid headway for Syracuse But he was not to es cape without another severe shock to his feelings, for as he was nearing WeedsDOrt hediscovered walking ahead of him on the track a man going in the same direction as the train. Immedi ately after he saw a woman with a long sun-bonnet on her head, approaching the man, and a freight train was pass ing along abreast of the man and wo man, the latter looking down and ap proaching certain death unless she should see the flying express. To re verse his engine was the first move of Engineer Wood, after which by dint of successive lootings of the whistle, he finally succeeded in making the man look around and see his danger. For tunately lie had the presence of mind to yell to the woman, who with the man, barely had time to get clear of the track w hen the slowing down train still at a high rate of speed, dashed by them. Engineer Wood says the expe rience of one morning is sufficient to last him a lifetime. FABM AND GABDEN. How to Raise Horseradish.—The general opinion that horseradish re quires wet ground is erroneous. Any surface is suitable, if it is only rich enough. To meet this necessity, ordin ary soil requires an application of about 100 loads of manure per acre. Then thoroughly plough deep, and also sub soil, making the ground as loose as pos sible. Some early crop, as beets, cab bage or potatoes, can be planted, and the horseradish put in as a second crop. The sets arc first prepared by taking roots about as large as one’s finger and cutting them in pieces six inches in length, cutting the lower end slanting, so as to place them right side up. Now take a light crowbar and in the line of the row punch holes between every two potato-sets or cabbage-plants, about one foot deep, and drop the set in the bottom, filling the hole with the foot. The deeper the set can be planted and come up, the better, smoother and straighter will be the roots. It is to be understood that the rows are to be from 2 to 1% feet apart and the plants from 1 to 1>£ feet distant. At the d.'pth named the plants will be some six weeks coming up. Should they interfere with the other crop, chop the tops off with a sharp hoe. This will not injure them as the main growth is made in the Autumn. As soon as the first crop is off, plough and hoe the horseradish, and so continue until the large leaves shade the ground. As late as possible dig what is needed for Winter and pack in earth in the cellar, or pit in the open ground. Digging js the most laborious part, as the small roots spread all over. These should be saved for sets. I have had a splendid crop the second year from these roots lett in the ground. I have had specimens weighing two pounds, but the average is about a half xrnnd. Of late years the market has ieen overstocked, and the only way 1 could dispose of mine profitably was by bottling, Even then the demand is very limited, as a bottle will go a great way in a family. A small patch has paid better for the labor aud land than any other crop I have ever grown. Last Spring, having a surplus, I sent to New York, and received reply that there was no demand, as the market was overstocked, At present it is hard- bringing enough in that market to pay for digging. Sunflower Seeds for Fowls.—Sun flowers and parsnips can, and ought to , made two of the mo6t profitable of crops. Six hours spent in planting sunflower seeds on waste lands, in the feuce corners and around stumps and rocks in the cornfields and on the bor ders of marshes and swales in meadows will insure a crop equal In value to five acres of corn. They require no culti vation whatever; and they will grow and flourish on any kind ot ground, though, of course, rich cultivated lands will produce ihe largest crops. Any ordiuary farmer can produce a hundred bushels of sunflower seeds, and gather them in on his barn floor for less than $5; and for feeding and fattening fowls, chickens, turkeys, ducks or geese, a bushel of those seeds is worth more than two bushels of corn. It is not necessary to shell and clean the seeds. The heads should be cut off and gath ered into a drv place betore they are fully ripe; for if left to ripen on the stalks the birds will gather the harvest. The sunflower heads may be thrown to the fowls. They will do the threshing. Iti= well to plant sunflower seeds early in the spring, or even in November preceding; but if planted at any time before the twentieth of May they will freely mature belore the autumn freeze. Ordinary frosts do not alieet them. Farmers who do not care to raise sun flower seeds lor profit should plant them for the wild birds. Every bird from the wren and the reed-bird to the flick er, the blue-jay, the quail and the par tridge will go for them with avidity. Seeds for planting can be procured at any country store where other garden A Wonderful Box. A l>ox constructed of common flooring is plnced upon a couple of carpenter’s dogs. The box is aliout four feet high by three in length and two and a half in breadth. The strips of flooring are securely nailed to up right standards, one in each comer. The angles are also securely strapped at inter vals with iron straps screwed firmly to the timber, both at the sides and at the bottom. The lid is constructed of the same materials as Ihe box, has a pair of heavy strap hinges, and is fastened by a hasp and staple, the latter receiving a powerful padlock. Two carpenters were recently called upon the stage, as a special committee, to examine the receptable and report whether there was any false bottom or any mode of open ing it except by unlocking it and lifting the lid. After a full inspection, during wliich the box was turned over, sounded, pulled aliout, and tested in every possible manner known to the trade, the committee pro nounced it a strongly made packing box of the ordinary pattern. One of them, at re quest of Macalister, then closed the box, af fixed the padlock, turned the key, and put the latter in his pocket. As a further pre caution he tied up the padlock in such manner that it was impossible to get at the keyhole. The piano played slowly, and screen was moved lietween the audience and the box, but not so as to conceal it en tirely from view, or to admit a substitution. The magician passed behind the screen as noiselessly as a cat. In somewhat less than 30 seconds the screen was withdrawn, the committee were requested to examine the box. Meanwhile the magician had mys teriously vanished. They reported that the lock had not been tampered with, unlocked it, and lifted the lid, when up leaped the mysterious magician, like Jack in the fa mous toy, or the goblin in the Arabian le gend. The question was liow he got in there The next procedure was to lock the magician in the box, with tlie'same careful attention to detail that had been previously observed. Music trickled from the keys of an unseen piano, and th^ green screen, almost as thin as gauze, jlid slowly into place, and remained foribtnit - J - Not the slighest sound wi the screen; the have disturbed the 20 seconds. The screefi"WaS withdrawn and revealed the magician sitting upon the lid of the box. The lock had not been tam pered with or disturbed, 'nor had the assis tant been out of the view of the audience for a single instant. The trick was the cause of a great deal of speculation among the amateurs who were present. The Albatross. 20 seconds, -heard behind ould i dropping of a pin he silence of that breathless Somebody who has been studying the habits of the albatross, largest of the sea-birds, In the South Atlantic, has coma to the conclusion that it feeds al most entirely on dead fish, and is a sort of marine vulture. When it is-feeding on dead fish, it is so greedy that a gun discharged cannot make it fly. Like vulture or raven, it seems tokoow when any creature is dying or dead, and im mense flocks of the birds will gather when the carcass of a sheep or beef or horse is thrown overboard. They ap pear to be able to see and to scent car rion for miles, and when It is floating on the ocean, they will come in clouds from every point of the compass. They spend the greater part of the year far away from land; but they go to barren and well-nigh inaccessible rocks to breed The female lays her soiled white egg the bare earth, the females often hatch ing so close together that they seem t( have one nest in common. Then they are perfectly indifferent to the presence of man, at whom they merely snap when he invades their sanctuary. The male albatross is very gallant, sharing with the female the labor of incubation and ot rearing the young, which, when fully fledged, puts off to sea with its parents, and with them plays its part of scaven ger of the ocean. Many sailors are still superstitious about killing the albatross. SCIENCE. o» Al The Cedars of Lebanon.—I visited the cedars for the first time in the Bummer of 1860, and was struck by. the similar ity of cedars to fir trees. A cedar la in fact nothing but a big fir tree, of which there are many species, all closely re lated to each other. Having been born In a fir tree country, and knowing that those trees are not generally among those which take many years to attain their full size, I conceived some doubts as to any of the cedars, even the most enormous, being as old as Solomon’s time. But the next year I was able to set that question at rest, to' my "satis faction at least, for I must confesi that I am not in any special sense a botan ist. I revisited the cedars in 1861, and found one of the five or six prin cipal giants, at whose stupendous pro portions I had wondered the veir be fore, lying on the ground,havingbee* rooted out by the snows and storms of the winter. Monks were busy sawing it into pieces, and had already severed from the trunk one of the two i*arly equal stems into which it branched at about ten, certainly not more than twentv feet inom-ttreground-; Icomted the rings at that place, and fir sur prise they were only't*© hundrid or thereabouts. 1 confess it was dificult for me to believe that that enormous branch was only two hundred years old; and if it was only that age, the whole tree could not have been iiuch older, for fir trees, so far as I am aivare, never grow new branches below older ones; and when that branch was first projected, at twenty-feet or less from the ground, the tree could not have been much more than 'twenty fears old. of gravy,with potatoes, carrots, onions, commonly called an “Irish stew;” des sert, apple dumplings, the crust made of potatoes, and only as much flour as will hold the crust together. To be eaten with milk or cream and molasses, or molasses only, or sugar, as to taste. Wednesday — Soup as for Monday, corned beet and cabbage, with side dishes, or turnips and potatoes whole; dessert, an Indian meal puddingsweet- ened liberally with good molasses; an excellent and wholesome dessert. Thursday—A ieg or quarter of mutton roasted, with potatoes cooked under the meat, mashed turnips and coldslaw; dessert, peach or apple pie. Friday— Pork and beans, potatoes boiled “in their jackets,” and what remains of Wednesday’s dinner; dessert, apple dumplings. Saturday — Soup, which, 1 if there should be none of the “stock” on hand from the knuckle of veal or shin of beef above referred to, can be made irom scraps on hand. Then the remains of the mutton on Thursday and seeds are kept; and ten cents’ worth, if properly planted and distributed, will produce twenty-five bushels, The following is the Devonshire pro cess of raising cream : The milk is set in large, deep pans in the dairy house which is constructed of stone, having even stone shelves, aud is thoroughly ventilated. It stands in the house ten hours and is then taken out and the milk scalded. This is done by placing the cans holding it in a skillet fillet with water and set upon a range, a grate being olaced on the bottom of the skillet, upon which the can rests and thus prevents burning. The milk is heated near to the boiling point. When the first bubble rises on the cream it is immediately removed from the fire, The milk is then removed to the dairy, and stands there from twelve to twenty- four hours, according to the condition of the weather, when the cream is re moved. The cream is very thick and compact. Formation oe Soils.—The successful cultivation of the soil depends upon chemical principles. Our soil is com posed of organic and inorganic sub stances. Bed heat will destroy the or ganic part, which consists of two groups of matter. The one contains nitrogen; the other is destitute of this element. All plants pioducing soils must contain a supply of these sub stances. The important inorganic ele ments in the soil are potash, soda, mag nesia, oxide of iron, sulphuric acid and phosphoric acid. A healthy plant con tains them all. If any ot these elements are wanting in any soil, they must be reproduced by the application of fer tilizers. Fence Posts.—Char the ends ot your posts before putting them into the holes They will last much longer. They may he charred a little higher than the ground,, although that Is likely to make them a little unsightly. There are far ners who even after charring make an application of thin tar To Skeletonise Leaves. Select well-grown leaves, and exam ine carefully to see if they be perfect before soaking. Put into an earthen ware dish or wooden tub, keep covered with rain water and stand in the sun In from two to three weeks’ time the skin and fleshy part—epidermis and parenchyma—will be found to be pulpy and decayed. Provide yourself with some cards as large, or larger, than any of the leaves, a soft camel’s-hair brush as well as one a little stiffer. Gently float a leaf upon a card, and with the sott brush carefu.ly remove the skin on one side. Have ready a pan of clear water, reverse the card in the water and slip it under the leaf so that the other side is uppermost. Brusb'thir to remove the skin, when most of the pa renchyma, or fleshy part will come with it, but if not It may generally he washed in the water. II the soft brush fails to remove all the green particles adhering to the framework, the hard brush may be used, but with great care Any brushing action or horizontal mo tion will surely baeak the veins, and the use of the stiff brush can only be successful in a perpendicular direction —a sort of gentle tapping—to loosen the tissue so that it may be washed out with the soft brush. Holly leaves make beautiful skeletons, but they should be soaked in a dish by them selves, as their spines are apt to dam age the more delicate leaves. Cleanse the Blood of all imparities, and : neutralize the virus ot many dts asee at tJ source. In all dl-ordera or the Skin, the ulands, the Fleshy Fibre, the Secretive Organs, and the Bones, all Scrofulous Complaints, Cancer, Ac., Dr. Jayne's Alterative Is a standard curative; and while It la a fault In many medicines that before they reach the disease the patient la prostrated beyond recovery, no such drawback attends this remedy, for it snBtalns the strength of the sufferer, while eradicating the cause — his complaint. THE HOUSEHOLD. Dinners. — Sunday -r- Roast beef, mashed potatoes, mashed turnips,celery or a coldslaw, and a rmaccaroni; des sert, rice pudding or apples. Monday —Soup made of a knuckle of beef of a shin of beef, which ought to be enough WIT AND HUMOR. How She Described It.—He was a bald-headed bachelor, whose heart for the first time had been moved by the tender passion. “Then you confess,” he said, in a trembling- voice, to che object of bis fora large family two or three times; [regards, “that you like me a litti the roast beef cold; roasted potatoes, I that you ad mire certain qualities bt my stewed onions; dessert, peach or apple head?” pie. Tuesday—Stewed mutton, plenty “Yes,” shyly responded the young lady. .“And may I ask,” he continued, in a voice of emotion, “ what those qualities are?” “I can hardly explain,” said the young lady, bashfully; “but I really think it is because your bead is so mellifluent—I can’t express it more clearly.” “And you can never know how I ap preciate your high opinion,” exclaimed the happy bachelor, as he pressed her hand. He didn’t know just what “melli fluent” meant, but he was sure it was the synonym for something grand and ennobling; and, when he bade her good-night, he rushed eagerly home, excitedly took down the dictionary, and feverishly turned to tho 'endeared word. His blood changed to ice as he read: i “Smooth, soft, mellow.” A Palpable Hit.—Not long ago, in _ a country town, a barrister was exam- the pork on Friday, with potatoes, cold- ining a lady witness who would talk, slaw, &c.; dessert, a boiled bread pud ding, made of risen bread dough, as light as possible, with plenty of dried currants or raisins or both. Colored Glass Pictures.—The amients had a most singular art of founlng pictures with colored glass* It con sisted in laying together litres of glass of various colors, Mtted to each jther with the utmost exactness, so that a section across the fibre represents the objects to be painted, and then ceoent- ing them by fusion into a homogeieous solid mass. In the specimens of this art which were discovered aboui the middle of the last century, the paiiting has on both sides a granular appear ance, and seems to have been form*d"in the manner of mosaic work; but the pieces are so accurately united tha, not even by means of a powerful magiiiy- ing glass could the junctures be dicov- ered. One plate described by Whkle- man exhibits a duck of various cdors, the outlines of which are well decided and sharp, the colors pure and vvid; and a brilliant effect has been obtained by the artist’s having employed in bine parts an opaque, and iu others, a trans parent glass. The picture appears to be continued throughout the 'diole thickness of the specimen, as tie re verse corresponds in the minutest points to the face; so thit were the glass to be cut transversely, the same picture of the duck would be foun^ ex hibited on every section. It is cDLjeet- ured this curious process was tie first attempt of the ancients to preseive the colors, by fusing them into the ir.ternal part of the glass; which was, hovfcver, )ut partially done, as the surfaces have not been preserved from the action of the atmosphere. a recent meeting of the .fjfrmoh Biological Society, M. Delaunay *ead a paper relative to the habitual ue of the right side of the system in irofer- to the left. He attributes the Jart to the preponderance of the left funtal lobe of the brain. Anatomists have clearly proved the fact that the mmoles and nerves of one side of the bodf are controlled by the section of the brain on the opposite side. In conshering the question whether this pecularity had any influence on the line an indi vidual takes in walking, M. Deli*nay mentioned an experiment he had fre quently seen tried. In the park o'Ver sailles is a large piece of grass plot known as the Tapis Yert. At iu edge is placod any person, young <r okl, with the eyes bandaged, and they are told to walk straight across, bit the feat has never been accompished. After twenty or thirty steps, oftei less, they begin to deviate, sometimes^ the left, but generally to the right, aid in variably end their course at sone part of one of the sides. M. Delauiuy has studied the influence of age, stx and race on this peculiarity, and Relieves he can establish the fact that lealtby adult men move spontaneously to the right; while children under tlirfcV'TjW men and women seem to incline tt the left. To Boil Apples.—About the nicest morsel that ever tickled the palate Is a boiled apple—not boiled like a potato nor steamed like a pudding, but as fol lows: Place a layer of fair-Bkinned Baldwins or any other nice variety, in the stew-pan, with about a quarter of an inch of water. Throw on about half a cup of sugar to six good-sized apples, and boil until the apples are thoroughly cooked and the syrup nearly thick enough for jelly. After one trial, no one would, under any consideration, have fair-skinned apples peeled. The skins contain a very large share of the pictous {jelly making; substances, and impart a flavor impossible to obtain otherwise. A wise housekeeper, in stead of throwing away the skins and cores ot sound apples, would use them lor jelly. A tumblerful of the richest sort can thus be obtained from a dozen apples. Boil the.skins,etc.,afew min utes and strain. Add a little sugar to the liquid, and boil until reidy to turn into the tumbler. and who would not let any of the law yer’s quibbles get the better of her. The forensic advocate grew irate at the old lady’s loquacity, and as she stepped down after her badgering, remarked: “You see, your Honor,these old women will talk. They are verv trmibi«aomo and will waste the time ot the Court.” His Honor looked up, relieved himself with one of his peculiar sighs, and replied: “Ah, Mr. , there are other ohl women in thi« court who waste time besides that respectable old lady who has just left the witness box.” The lawyer collapsed. His honor looked very serious, but everybody else en joyed the luxury of a broad grin, the. hit was so direct. Sweetbreads, if properly cooked, make one of the most delicate dishes that can beput upon the table; but care must "be taken in selecting them, as there are two kinds, and it is only one k;nd that is really good. That one is found in the throat of the calf, and \vhen fresh and in perfection it is plump, white and fat. The other,which' does very well for croquettes or any dish which may be chopped, lies below the diaphragm and is really the pan creas. However the sweetbreads may be cooked, they should be always first soaked for three hours in cold water, which should be two or three times changed; then they should be put into boiling water for half an hour or longer if that docs not make them firm; then they may be dried in a towel and pressed flat by putting between two pans or boards, with a pressing iron or other weight on top. To Clean Kid Gloves.—Few persons know how easily kid gloves can be cleaned at home. Lavender,baff, rose, white and such delicate ones, can be cleaned best. Benzine can be procured for about fifty cents per gallon, it va ries in i>i*ice, being sometimes as low as forty cents, or as high as eighty cents, according to the market. Pour a tea cupful of the benzine into a pint bowl aud put a pair of glove3 into It, soaking them completely and rubbing them to gether just as if you were washing cot ton rags. Then rinse them in lresh clear benzine, squeeze them as dry as you can, beat them against each other, and hang them out in the air. In an hour or less the odor will be gone, and they will be found very clean at-d soft. “In selecting a bow,” advises a sport ing coteraporary, “be sure and get one that will fit you in weight, length, etc.” How many girls think of this when selecting a beau? Not one in a dozen cares a cent whether the beau fits in weight, length, and so forth, provided his bank account is of the right dffciensions, while some are guided by the quality of his clothes and the size and color of his mous tache. A Parisian Debtor.—For the last eight days one of X’s creditors has had a daily appointment with that amiable spendthrift for 10 A. M., sharp, and X. always apologizes and asks him to call next morning at the same hour. Fi nally the creditor says very politely : “Perhaps if I were to cirll at a later hour ” X., with great effusion : “No, no; come to morrow at 10 o’clock sharp I wish always to be called at that hour.” Bottles of port w r ine from 45 to 100 years old have -been analyzed by Berthelot with the view of asceriain- ing the changes which time effects in that liquid. He found that in thelOO- year old wine the cane-sugar had en tirely disappeared, and that there W’as very little of it iu the 45-year old bot tle. About a fourth of the acidity had been lost through etherification, l’he amount of cream tartar was nueh under the normal solubility. Ihere was little or no change in the alechol; the old wine contained the same pro portion of it as new pbrt. The cases contained in the wine corresponded to the normal saturation of it by the gases of the air. “Ah, by Georgfe!” groaned young Mr. Lethered, sinking wearily into an office chair, “Ah, by George, my head aches fearfully.” “Possible?” asked Mr. Hardfax, his employer, with look of curious interest and sympathy. “ Possible? Something must have got into it.” And then for a long time nobody said anything, and the room seemed to grow about fifteen degress colder. The Castor Battle Field. On a bright clear morning, two news paper men accompanied Lieutenants Clark and Pbpe, of the Second Cavalry and Eifth Infantry; Jackson a scout, and two of Sitting Bull’s former braves over the divide and down Custer’s trail beside a little stream to the battle ground. This part of the trail had never been traced since the battle. In going down the creek valley we passed the spot where Cu9ter first heard the Indians were located, and saw the lodge poles of the large village which had moved two days before he came down to the oiher side of the Little Horn river. Here I picked up the skull of Little Wing, an Unoapapa Sioux Indian, who had been killed in a fight with General Crook, a few days previous to the Custer fight. He was known to the Indians who guided us, and his death was described by them. A little further on we came to the place where Custer left Reno and made his long, wild charge that ended in a glorious but disastrous death to him and all his command. This trail we followed for four or. five miles to Keogh’s, Calhoun’s and Custer’s hills, where we found the bleaching bones of the men and horses of the troop. Here we joined General Miles and the party who had gone with him on his tele graph trip two daysf before, and shortly alter the train and the rest of the com pany came up from the last camp on Till loot’s kjr two o’nWk .t.hfl tflnla were pitched on the spot across the Little Horn where the largest portion of the Sioux were encamped the day of the fight, and the rest of the day was spent in discussing the massacre, bath ing in the river and taking a rest. Next morning the train was started down the river to Fort Custer, and the party mounted and rode up to the place where Reno halted on his charge; thence to the wood where he retreated; thence to the high hill east of the river where he dug the rifle pits, w*as joined by Benteen and rescued by Terry the day after the fight. From there all rode along the ridge of hills that over looked the camp down to Custer’s Hill, and thus completed an exact study of the field, aided by scouts and Indians who took part on both sides during the battle, and the skilful disquisitions of veteran soldiers and Indian fighters. After having done this we all rode twelve miles down to Fort Custer, a large post which has been recently located at the junction of the Big Horn and Little Horn rivers. Fried Bread Cakes.—Take bits of bread you may have left after meals, soak them in milk, or milk and water, until perfectly soft and mash fine; add two eggs, a pinch of soda, salt to taste, and enough flour to make them fry nicelv; drop the spoonfuls into hot butter or lard. These are inexpen sive and very good, and it is a much better way to use dry bread than iu puddings. A Nice Broth for a Sick Person.— Take a few slices of lean dried beef, put to boil in a quart of water or a little more; wash two tablespoonfuls of rice, put it in with the beef and simmer slowly till the rice has boiled very ten der; put in more water, if necessary, while boiling; when done take out the beef and add one or two teaspoonfuls of rich sweet cream; boil two or three minutes, pour Into a bowl, and when cool it is ready for use. No Hospital Needed.—No palatial hospital needed lor Hop Bitter’s patients nor large-salaried talented puffers to tell what Hop Bitters will do or cure, as they tell their own story by their certain and absolute cures at home. The Topic of the Hour.—A good story is told by a teacher of a Sunday eohovl. A bunJfty o« Swo ago o*»o ask»(J her class of little girls who went into the ark with Noah. None of them seemed to know, but one little girl thought she must say something, and not knowing, used her natural born right of guessing, and to the amusement of the teacher replied, “His sisters and his cousins and his aunts.” Nothing can reach out farther than a cough at church. It may come from the remotest corner of the rear, but its echo tickles the throat of those in front, and then creeps down the aisle and touches the ushers, and floats from the choir to the minister, and never re leases iu hold until it has wrung a sym pathetic explosion rom every victim. Perhaps you’ve noticed if. A Detroiter cured a long and severe attack of neuralgia by falling down stairs. That’s nothing. Some years ago a Norristown youth was cured of a bad habit of swearing by falling off a cherry tree. Not a single oath escaped his lips since. The fall broke his neck. Millions of intelligent women say that Dobbin’s Electric Soap, (made by Cragin & Co., Philadelphia.) is in every respect, the best soap ever made, and will do three times the work of any other. Try it. A Partial Blockade Of the main avenue for escape of refuse from the human system is utterly subversive of regularity among the other oryaun. Let con stipation become chronic, and, leaving out ’he imminent danger of inflammation of the bowels and their total obstruction occurring, jaundice is almost certain to ensue, the liver to liable to b come engorged, the blood and urine are poisoned by the bile, which also vitiates the juices of the stomach, aud other unhappy consequences follow. Hostetter’s Stomaeh Bitters, a prime tonic alterative, prevent* remedies these results and their cause as the case may require and is also signally effica cious iu overc ruing flatulence, heartburn and variable as well as constipated action of the bowel*. It renews nerve power, improves the appeti'e. stars the progress of early decay, relieves the infirmities of age, and is a plea - ant appetizer- H ikskell s Tetter Ointment will cure all scabby or scaly diseases of the skin. GOOD ADVERTISING CHEAP. ©in n A qtt with the order, will insert!* 161 village newspapers an advertise- ©on Pian ln advance, will Insert in S96 V—v-'A.an, village newspapers an adver- ti ement of one loch space, one time; or six lines two times; or three lines four times Address S. M. PETTENGILL & CO., 37 Park Row. New York, Or, 701 Chestnut St. Phils. ilL Staple Hardware Sircifc Th«y *>11 in every, famRy. Sole WANTED. aet-ncy e iv«*n for foil term of patents. Dr. M. W. CASE’S Liver Remedy BLOOD PURIFIER Is Tonic, Cordial, laU-BlUra*. pilDPO Lira Coaruiix.Baiovuna.Hua VUHK9 ica, Sick Heasaczs. Nkttsalsla, nrmn akb Aaux. Palfizatios. OonniRna DYSPEPSIA HOW TO BE YOUR OWN noriron. Om from hie favorite prescription. me' extensive practice for ever TJ . all knows remedies. 6* mmemmJt Aa/d ESTABLISHED IMS. MORGAN & HEADLT, Importers of Diamonds AND •IS UIMH SlrMt, rkltaialfkla. Illustrated Prioe List Mat to tk. trad* mi bodII«UJ©b. EXODUS To the beet lands. In the beet climate, with the bert markets, and on the beet terms, alone the line of By. 3,000,000 ACRES Mainly in the Famous RED RIVER VALLEY OFTHE NORTH. On lone time, low prices and easy payment!. Pamphlet with fall information mailed free. Apply to D. A. McKINLAY, Land Com’r, 8t. P. *. A !H. R’y. St. Pawl. Mini;. When Trade is Dull, Judicious Advertising Sharpens It. HOW TO ADVERTI8E - O- See PETTENGILL WHEN TO ADVERT,SE tr S^ePETTFNGILl^ WHERE Twenty-five dollars will bay our new ‘■Mig nonette’' parlor organ, bran new; stop* and hwelle. Our own make- Send for catalogue. «• Oboan Co.. 43 Wa hington St, D<*»**n- “Sympathetic pipes” are a recent nov elty. The bowl of a meerschaum may be colored in five minutes, by firs; tint ing it with a solution of nitrate u sil ver in ether and alcohol, to which es sence of roses and ^camphor are aided. Figures of any pattern are produced by the hrat of the tobacco, and when produced are permanent. . i How to Have Perfect Feet. Oatmeal.—Oatmeal is an important | A young Scotchman at Aldershot and valuable article of food. With the ; fell ill, anti was sent to the hospital. A exception of Indian corn, it is richer in bath was ordered. It was brought into oily or fatty matter than any of the j the chamber where the invalid lay. He other cultivated cereal grains, and its j looked at it hard for some time, and proportion of protine compounds ex-; then he threw up his hands and ceeds that of the, finest wheaten flour, bawled : “Oh, doctor, doctor, I canna So that both with respect to its heat j drink a’ that!” and fat making, and its flesh and blood making principles, it holds a very blgh rank. A distinguished Detroit Judge was asked a day or two ago to write in a lit tle girl’9 autograph album. He com- WORMS. WORMS. WORMS E. F. Kunkel’s Worm Syrup uever fails to destroy Pin, Seat and Stomach Worms. Dr. Kniikel. the only successful physician who re moved Tapo Worm iu two Lours, alive with head, aud no fee until removed. Common eenae teacbea if Tape Woruie can be removed ail other worms can be readily destroyed. Advice at office aud store free. The doctor can tell whether or not the patient has worms. Thou- aanda are dying, daily, witb worms, and do not know it. Fite, spasms, crampe, choking and suffocation, sallow complexion, circles around the eyes, a welling and pain in the stomach, restless at night, grinding of the teeth,picking at the nose, cough, fever, itching at the seat, headache, foul breath, the patient grows pale and thin, tickling and irritation in the anus— all these symptoms, and more, come from worms. E. F. Kunkel’s Worm Syrup never fails to remove them. Price, $1 00 per bottle, or six bottiee for $5 00. (For Tape Worm, write and consult th9 Doctor.) For all others, buy ot your druggist the Worm Syrup, and if he has it not. send to Dr. £. F. Kunkel, 259 N. Ninth, street. Philadelphia, Pa. Advice by mail, free; send three-cant stamp. Dyspepsia I Dyspepsia! Dyspepsia! 1 E. F. Kunkel’s Bitter Wme of Iron, a sure I care for this disease. It baa been prescribed daily for many years m the practice of eminent physicians witb unparalleled success. Symj’- js are 1 ss of appetite, wind, and rising of d. dryness in mouth, headache, dizziness, sleeplessness, and iow spirits. Get the genuine. Not sold in bulk, only in $1.00 Lotties, or six hot11* s t( r *5 00. Ask your druggist for E. F. K.tNKJiL'8 Bitter Wine of Iron and take no other. If he has it not, send to proprietor. E. F. KUNKEL 259 N. Ninth St, Philadel phia, Pa. Advice free; enclose three-ceut stamp. HresKELL’s Tetter Ointment will cure Sore Eyelids, Sore Nose, Barber’s Itch on the face, or Grocer’s itch on the hands. It never fails. 50 cents per box. sent by mail for GO cento TO ADVERTISE, pr See PETTIffHlhL. WHOM T0 ADTE£TISE throigh. car see PETTESffillL. GO TO 37 PARK BO W, NEW YORK, and AGENTS? READ THIS We will pay Ag-nutu l>ai*ry ot aiuu per moniu and expenses or r I low:x large commisMon, loaell oor new and wonderful inventions. We mean vhat we toy. Hamnis freo. Addressmuuaj ACa. Marshall. Mich. HioMannwenDg an Artvertiaement wtll confers favor upon fclie Advertiser and the Publisher by stating that they saw the adver tisement in this ionruaLfnamin* the paper). A RARE CHANCE FOR AG THE COMPLETE HOME! By Mr*. JULIA McNAIB WRIGHT. The theme ia one upon which the author brines to bear the froi'a of years of research, ojwerva ion and travel, both In this country and ihe old world. The fu l-pag* d colored pistes, illustrating Ancient and Modern Homes ar mamd* of elegance ami rood taste. No work treating thi* subject in detail, heretofore b- en offered, and bf nc* Agent* wUl have a cle »r fl id. Competent critic* pronounce it th- great book of the year. For full description and tern.*, address Hie Pub- 1 inherit J.C. McCITRHV A CO., 86 S. 9XVXNTH St., Philadelphia. Pa. To Remove Lime from the Eye.— i plied, as follows: “My pen is poor, my The hi^hly-injurious caustic effect of ink is pale, my heart it trembles like a ”. . J . .... * .0— s.a: 1 ; llstlo dnrr’a full n Coarse stockings are taking th? place of bathing shoes, that are always jetting full of sand however carefully tied. They are thought to be supeiior in point of modesty also, but this fastid iousness -rises possibly from the fact that so few women, even among the young and handsome, preserre the shape and elasticity of the feet. Of perfect hands and throats, anti bust: there may be many and various, but rarely ii^leed, doth the sculptor find a foot like that of the Princess Pauline Bonaparte, fit to be modeled in marble for the delight ot. all the world who have seen it. If Angelica’s foot were as perfect in its way as her dimpled Bboulder, she might be as liberal in her display of the former as she goes across the shining sands to her bath in the^ morning as she is of the latter, en grande tenue, in the ball-ioom at night. A clever writer says, to the feet-should be given as nice care as to the hands, beginning with a bath of fifteen minutes in hot soap witer, fol lowed by scraping with an ivory knife, and rubbing it with a ball of sandstone. The nails may be left to take care of themselves, with constant bathing and well fitting shoes, unless they have be gun to grow into the flesh, when all to be done is to scrape a groove length wise in each corner of the ntil. The whole foot should be annointed with purified olive oil, or oil of sweet almonds, after such a bath. The “oil will soak off the old skin, and wear away the scaly tissue about the nails, while it renders the soles as soft and pliant as those of a yoqng child. Such treatment persisted in will make the foot as supple and elastic as the Arab’s and help to realize that high bred ideal figure that so few women even ap proach. lime accidentally introduced into the ; little dog’s tail, eve, as frequently occurs to. those en gaged in building, may be entirely neu tralized by the use of cold sugar-water, owing to the formation of a compound of the lime and sugar,which is without any action upon the eye. A Great Enterprise.—The Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company is one of Rochester’s greatest business enter prises. Their Hop Bitters have reached a sale beyond all precedent, having .from their intrinsic value found their way into almost every household in the land.—Graphic. Omntbus driver: Well, you see. sir, if you travels in a train and gets smashed up, where are you? But, if so be, you rides on my ’bus, falls off and break your leg, say, why there you are f Charlie: “Where did the parrot come from,mamma?” Mamma: “From Africa, my dear.” Charlie: “Then, when it knows how to talk, will it tell us all'about the Zulus?” An honest Hibernian recommending a cow, said she would give milk year after year without having ealves. “Be- Pastby.—Fruit and custard pics are j cause,” said he. “it runs in the brade; for she came of a cow that never had a calf.” almost invariably spoiled by having a soggy undercrust. This may be reme died by coating the top of the Idwer j «jg that dog of yours a cross crust of the pies with the white of an ; breed?” asked a gentleman receutly egg; this will absorb no moisture j 0 f a cou nary man. “No, sir,” was the from fhe fruit or custard, will come reply, “his mother was a gentle, affec- out of the oven crisp and will remain tionate cretur.” -» “You follow the legal protesslon, I To bake potatoes quickly, pour boil- j believe, sir?” Lawyer Pompous; “No, ing w f ater over them and let stand a minute or so before putting into the sir; I lead it.” A young man advertises for a position as son-in-law in a family of means Quack Nostrums are pronounced by the medical profession | •The bane o ^society” but the Bible says ^ To him who' —• - - ■ • " 1 ** ■* Dr. BUsbi only infallible pile cure known to medical ut, deserves a monument at the hands of afflicted m llions an a benefactor of the human race. If as Jean Paul Richter says—“Happiness is the absence ofTSain.” what shall be said of a remed that will relieve instantly such pain as those endure who suffer from piles and of how much happiness must “Anakesis’’ be the author. 5u0.0w0 of the millions afil.cted with piles gladly testify to its healing virtues. Doc tors of all schools prescribe it and in 20 years Hoyv To Be Beautiful. Many hundred thousand dollars are who is afflicted p tjr should be shown" and | annual j v expended by ladies, for “arti- ficial” appliances to hide the shrunken and wasted form, or the sallow skin, blotches, or liver spots, which are due to female weakness, dyspepsia, torpid liver, and constipation. If a small pei cent, of this sura were invested in pr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, ladies would soon really be what they now seem to be. It readily corrects those >r r _ weaknesses and diseases upon which none have used it without benefit Combin- ; emaciation depend. 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TikaM^r. sands who have tried us can testify. Call or address, §. M. PETTI MGILL A CO., 87 PARK row. New York, 5 : 701 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. Kidneys, and Urinary Organa, Nerrooanaaa. Alaap aad especially Fn IHjQOLD. be paid fora a caineas ana aspeciany Wmbs said for seaaa PIAN08r!-“«-^ Matbuahek'* *a*ie lor *qiwre»—nucat up- rights in America— 12#X) ln aa*^—Pianos Rent on trial—TaUloeue tree. Mzxdklb- bous Piaso Co.. 21R- 15Ui Street. N. Y. GOSSAMER HAMMOCKS. Inrj . ,ko.M owe . «ood Hramook. Tlwro L »o oU.tr oo. .wld. h.J^muth.oj.rmrot.n —to, ..•M£ ITS. one who dot. ool owe oo. ihUteo noth .1 »“ .J—f " “ ,, . a.tit,. G»» H.o,»ort; .hi, » ^kwp.Mtll. ith^—h Th. Hammock w. . .h. ^oj“ wm’n« LUES TSTtrSr -e*» ,i»o.. ~.hio t .«! ~ £"£Eu. thl pot*ot- tL. .r. h.odw—, Id—I bio., -hh olthd rtop. Tho frruUr prioe U*ZJ)t w. will .ho h Oooj^ornyj^^ ,,