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A Miser's Suicide.
James Wood, a well-known bachelor
resident of Mayfield, California, was
found dead in his bedroom on Tuesday
the 15th of July, under circumstances
that left no doubt that he had deliber
ately and purposely taken his own life.
Wood lived in a neat little cottage of
his own, doing his own cooking and
other domestic work. For some strange
reason he fitted himself up a bed room
in the loft of his barn. He was known
to be an early riser, but when he was
not seen about on Tuesday morning as
late as 9 o'clock one of his neighbors
became alarmed and sent a child to call
him. The child rapped at his bed-room
door, but received no response. Then
a lady went to investigate. She found
the key in the lock outside of the door,
but was unable to open the door.
She knocked and called but failed to
get a response. She returned to the
bouse, and then, with another lady,
made a second attempt to probe the
mystery. They succeeded in getting
the door open on a crack, and discover
ed Wood, apparently sitting on the
floor with h.s back against the door.
They reached in and felt of him and
found his body cold. They could get
no word or sign of life from him, but
still they supposed him sick. They
sent at once for Constable Baumgart
ner, who forced the door open, when
the whole of the ghastly secret was at
once disclosed. Wood had evidently
retired to his room during the evening
previous, probably at his usual time,
carrying a lantern with a piece of can
dle in it, lighted. He set the lantern
down on the floor, removed his cloth
ing, all but his under garments, then
adjusted a bale rope, with a slip-noose
to his neck and made the other end fast
to the door-knob. This he probably
had done kneeling down with his face
toward the door. When all was ready
he merely swung himself around in a
sitting posture, the length of the rope
barely permitting that, and thus choked
himself to death. There had been no
struggle or effort to relieve himself as
the lantern sat close to him and would
have been upset by his feet had he
moved them any way wildly. His
hands were free so that he could readi
ly have rescued himself had he been so
inclined before he became unconscious.
No note or memorandum explaining
the cause of tbe desperate act could be
found. The only paper found was a
will made in 1869, in which he requests
that his body be given a decent burial,
and makes provision for funeral ex
penses and the erection of a headstone
at his grave. The rest of his property
is left to a brother living In Rhode Is
land. He is supposed to have been
worth about $20,000, which includes a
farm in the northern part of a county
in California'and some real estate in
Mayfield. It has transpired that he
was short about $200 due for interest on
a $5,000 mortgage on the farm, which
is the only apparent cause for his self-
destruction ; and that money he could
have borrowed easily, as he was known
to own property and had good credit.
It is reported, however, that the sui
cidal mania ran in his blood, his father
and a brother having taken their own
lives before him.
Guppy’a Keturn.
.“Why, Guppy, my dear boy, what
in the world is the matter with you?
You’ve a real Black Friday look.”
“Matter with me? Matter with me?
Why everything is the matter with me.
Look at me; what do I look like ? A
travelling circus, a menagerie, the
Sheltering Arms, or anything else of a
miscellaneous character. Confound
you, you laugh because you’re a bache
lor, Dan, and can’t appreciate the sit
uation. How w'ould you like to peddle
all this baggage around the country,
ten trunks and seventeen small pieces,
besides a wife, six children and nurse?
But here comes Mrs. Guppy at the
head of the procession.”
At a glance 1 took in the situation.
Mrs. Guppy placid as a summer’s sky t
advanced, and in the most bewitching
tone said, “Guppy, dear, are you ready ?
We are all here.”
“Well, thank God, there are no more
of you,” said Guppy, sotto voice; “Yes,
my dear, 1 have been ready for an hour>
holding a sort of Coroner’s inquest over
this body of baggage. 1 have sat on
the case and now give you the decision
of the court. I’ll be it I ever do
this thing again, If the Guppys have
got to travel around the country with
all their personal property with them,
they’ve got to engage a light porter as
compagnon de voyage. They can’t
saddle it off on me any more.”
“Guppy No. 1 advanced with a huge
boat in arms, Guppy No. 2 with a par
rot in large cage, Guppy No. 3 with ca.
nary bird, Guppy No. 4 pug dog, Gup
py No. 5 large doll^and the sixth Gup
py in the arms of Biddy, the nurse.
“The funeral will move now,” said
Papa Guppy.
We all tell into line, for I had taken
pity on poor G. and oflered my services
as assistant porter. We reached the
train and managed to get the family
safely on board. Mrs. G. handed me a
large box to hold until she was settled,
when, coAfound it, the cord slipped,
the box flew open and emptied its con
tents at my feet. Powder box, hair
pins, baby socks, curls, &c., &c.. came
tumbling out in the most demoralized
style. Just then the conductor shout
ed “All aboard.” With frantic effort
I gathered the scattered treasures,
dumped them belter skelter into the
box, and jnmped on the train as it
started.
The infantile Guppy soon gave un
mistakable signs of a desire for a row.
He kicked and screamed, struck out
from the shoulder, and wriggled him
self in sections generally.
Mrs. G , at the top of her voice,
screamed, “Give him the bottle,
Biddy.”
“An’ sure, mum,” his bottle was
forgotten intirely, and left upon the
platform, but it’s myself that’s got
something nice for the young gentle
man,” at the same* time pulling from
her pocket an immense green apple,
which to Mamma Guppy was suggestive
of colic, cholera infantum and a host of
other ills.
“Biddy, Biddy, are you crazy; what
are you dreaming of.”
“Oh, let him have it to soothe him:
anything to keep the brat quiet,” said
Papa Guppy.
“Oh, you dreadful creature, how can
you say such wicked things,” sobbed
Mrs. G .
Fortunately just at that moment w*e
w'ere landed in New York. Guppy
made a frantic dash for an express
man. “Here,” said he, “take posses
sion of this family, bag and baggage,
and heaven be praised the summer’s
over.”
Freddie* Aunt* and Uncles.—The sun
shone brightly, the birds had come
home from the south, and sang of what
they had seen there.
Tip, in his cage upon the porch,
sang, too, but aline could tell of was
the long winter, the snow upon the
ground, the sunshine crepping through
the frosty windows, the snapping of
the fires, the play of the children, the
buzz of the machine and the beautiful
calla lily that bloomed all winter
long.
Freddie, sitting upon the steps, felt
as glad as the little birds that spring
had come, for all winter long he had
been shut indoors. Next winter he
expected to be a big man, wear boots
and wade in the snow.
John was making a garden; pretty
little mounds of earth, in which he
planted tiny seeds, that he told Freddie
would grow into great plants, and bear
peas and beans and other good things
to eat.
Freddie thought he would make a
garden, too. He told Dody, who gave,
a jump of joy and rattled her beans,
which w r as the way Dody always
laughed. Freddie sat her on the fence
where she could look on and went to
work.
First he tried to tuck his pants into
his shoes, like John’s, but Freddie’s
pants only came to his knees, and he
could not stand up when they were
tucked in so he let them go. He got
three sticks, a hoe, a shovel and a rake,
you know. Then he dug and dug,
until the dirt got angry and flew up
in his face, which made Dody laugh so
that she fell oft the fence; then she
choked, and one of the beans cam? out
of the hole in her nose. Freddie
picked it up and planted it, so he could
raise beans enough to keep her sup
plied all next winter. Folks who have
children must provide for them, you
know
Little stones got in Freddie’s shoes
and made his toes very cross, and his
little hands looked as if they hadn’t
been washed for a month, but the gar
den was lovely.
Three large beds and one little crib,
in which Freddie was going to plant a
baby potato.
But all at once the sheets and quilts
began to stir, and Freddie stopped pat
ting it smooth and jumped back.
“Somebody tickin’ in dere! Some
body sleep in my crib!”
Away flew the dirt, and soon a little
black head with bright eyes peeped
out, and pulled and tugged until the
whole little thing was out, and looked
at Freddie and said, but not aloud :—
“You’ve put your crib right over my
house, and smashed it all in !”
Then there was more kicking and
tugging, the pillows flew on the
ground, and thej spread slid off, un
til the little bed was all stirred up, and
many more little black things crept
out, shaking off the dirt, looking very
anxious.
“Gracious me,” said Freddie, If I
haven’t beeu knockin’ in my ant3’
house. Wonder where ee uncles is.”
Did the ants sit down and cry, as one
little boy did when the baby knocked
down his block-house?
No; they went right to work carry
ing away dirt and sand, working so
fast that all Freddie could see were lit
tle black heads and legs running here
and there. At last the door was clear
ed— a little round hole that led to the
house, way down stairs in under the
ground.
Into the kitchen ran Freddie.
“Mamma, some bread and ’lasses for
anty, please.”
Aunt who?” asked mother.
Ants and uncles all tired out and
hungry.”
A nice piece of bread and molasses
Freddie laid over the door of the ants’
house. Soon one little creature came
up and tasted, then hurried head first
down to tell the rest. Up they all
came, biting oft' pieces as big as them
selves and carrying it down the hall,
through many other passages and
rooms, into their pantry. There they
stored It all away, and tciy in.
happy the whole ant family felt.
And as Dody and Freddie went in to
dinner, they talked it over and con
cluded to let the ants keep the crib, and
feed them every day, “The uncles,
too,” said Freddie.
SCIENCE.
An lntolv.il* C*m*nt.—A very vxlua-
ble cement has been discovered by Mr.
A. C. Fox. It consists of a chromium
preparation and isinglass, and forms a
solid cement, which is not only insolu
ble in hot and cold water but even in
steam, while neither acids nor alkalies
have any action upon it. The chrom
ium preparation and the isinglass or gel
atin do not come in contact until the mo
ment the cement is desired, and when
applied to adhesive envelopes, for
which the author holds it to be espec
ially adapted, the one material is put
on the envelope covered by the flap
(and therefore not touched by the
tongue), while the isinglass, dissolved
in acetic acid, Is applied under the flap.
The chromium preparation is made by
dissolving crystallized chromic acid in
water. You take:
Crystallized chromic acid 3*5 grammes.
Water 15 “ ^
Ammonia. —. 15 “
To this solution about 10 drops of
sulphuric acid are added, and finally 30
grammes of sulphate of ammonia and
4 grammes of fine white paper. In the
case of envelopes, this is applied to
that portion lying under the flap,
while a solution prepared by dis
solving isinglass in dilute acetic acid (1
part acid to 7 parts water) is applied to
the flap of the envelope. The latter is
moistened, and then pressed down
upon the chromic preparation, when
the two uni*e, forming, as we have
said, a firm and insoluble cement.
The Enchanted Pin.—To perform this
trick you take a common brass pin
such as a man sometimes uses to fasten
his shirt collar when a rear button flies
ofl'. To satisf y your audience that the pin
dosen’t contain a false bottom, let them
have it in their hands to inspect. This
will convince them that there is no de
ception about it. Now bend the pin in
two placs—1st, about one-third from
the head, and, 2d, the same distance
from the point—so that the business
end projects upward. Again show the
pin to your audience in order to satisfy
them that it is the same pin, only bent
—bent on mischief. Now place the
pin on a Lard bottom chair, and w hen
a late visitor enters, invite him to sit
npon the chair. The effect will be
magical. If the ceiling is not more
than ten feet from the floor the proba
bilities are that the man will rise so
spontaneously that his head w r ili make
a dent In it. The innocent little trick
never tails to amuse an audience, and
if such amusements received more en
couragement in the domestic circle,
there would be fewer poems written
asking “Where is my Boy To-night.”
Reduction of Nitrate of Silver by Mean*
of Charcoal.—A very simple method of
reducing nitrate of silver, analogous to
that some years ago mentioned by the
late Mr Hodow, is given in the Archiv
der Pharmacie, by Mr. C. F. Chandler.
If crystallized or fused nitrate of silver
be placed upon glowing charcoal, com
bustion forthwith takes place, the sil
ver remaining behind in a metallic
form, while nitrous oxide and carbonic
acid are freely given off. The nitrate
of silver is fused by the heat developed
by the reaction, and is imbibed through
the pores of the charcoal; as every
atom of consumed carbon is replaced
by an atom of metallic silver, the orig
inal form and structure of the charcoal
are preserved intact in pure silver.
By proceeding in this manner it is pos
sible to produce silver structures of
any desired size, possessing in every
way the original form of the wood. A
crystal of nitrate of silver is in the first
place put upon a piece of charcoal, and
a blowpipe flame is then applied in the
vicinity, in order to start the reaction
in the first instance, and as soon ae
combustion commences crystal after
crystal may be added as these, one after
another, become consumed. The sil
ver salt is liquefied, and penetrates
into the charcoal, where it becomes re
duced. Pieces of silver may in this
way be prepared, of one or two ounces
in weight, which exhibit all the mark
ings and rings of the original wood to
a most perfect and beautiful degree.
A new American invention for saving
life at shipwrecks was tested some time
ago at Shoeburyness, England. It con
sisted of an ingenious projectile for
carrying a line to the distressed vessel.
In the experiment two small and
light guns were used, the charge of
powder varying from 3% ounces to 4)£
ounces. The projectile weighed, when
fitted with line ready for tiring, 12}£
pounds. It is placed in the gun the
wrong or short end first, and on leav-
the muzzle at once turns over, the
front end becoming the rear; w*ings
either fixed or on hinges, giving steadi
ness of flight, on the principle of the
arrow. In shape it is an elongated
shell, 21>a inches long and 3% inches
in diameter, carrying a line tightly
coiled within, which it pays out with
out the smallest risk of breaking as it
flies through the air. The distances at
22 degrees elevation were 389, 448 and
507 vards, the deviation of the shot and
line from the target being o nnri
8 yards respectively. Three sho s
fired at 30 degrees and 35 degrees ele
vation, traverseing a liue of flight some
400 feet in the air, ranged 478, 489 and
386 yards, with deviations of shot and
line fiom the target 2, 6 and b yards re
spectively. The wind was light, blow
ing directly toward the line of fire
The cost of each projectile is very mod
erate.
Freddie, three years old, a3ks “Can’t
I have my birthday on sister’s?
w’on’t take* up much room?
That “Theory" Business.
The murder of Mrs. Hull has devel
oped a fact which some people didn’t
know before—that every detective has
from one to half a dozen theories to
chase every criminal with. A farmer
out beyond Springwells had probably
posted himself on this fact before visit
ing the Central Station to give notice
that some one had stolen hl9 only hog
“My theory,” he said, after leaving
the item, “is, that the thief took that
hog from the pen about midnight, run
him into the stock-yards, hung around
until daylight, and then sold him to a
butcher, but of course, you police can
work on any line you see fit.”
He went away to look into several
butcher shop3, and in about an hour re
turned and said:
“Say I’ve got a different theory in
that hog case. I’ve been thinking it
all over, and I’ve concluded that the
hog was chloroformed, put on a wheel
barrow, and taken down and dumped
into the river by some one.who wanted
revenge on me. Yes, I believe that’)
the correct theory, but if you police
don’t think so you can go Lhead a9 you
like.”
He went away again and this time
he had a talk with a stall owner on the
Central Market. The result was
third visit to the station, and the far
mer said:
“See here, I’ve got one more theory
about that hog. I believe two of my
neighbors down there stole him and
butchered him aud divided the meat,
and I’m going home and get out
search warrant.
He departed for home and the station
took a rest till about sundown, when
lo! the man drove up in a buggy
When asked if he had any further
news he replied:
“I rather guess I have! I guess I’ve
got another theory about that hog. My
fourth theory is that he got out of the
pen last night and rooted his way into
the oat-fleld across the road. That’
where I found him when I got home
and you police needn’t bother any
more about it.
Dutch Daiky Farms.—Mr. J. How-
lfett, of Syracuse, N. Y., writing from
Europe on a Dutch dairy farm, says:
“After feeding the horses and resting a
little while, we drove about eight miles
further on to one of the best stock and
dairy farms in Holland. They use the
very same stables at the farm that they
did in the fourteenth century. They
have little rings in the ceiling with
cords passing through them, by which
the cows’ tails are held up to keep them
from getting dirty. The.stable was
carpeted and had plants and flowers in
The floor of the stables was of
small bricks. At the back of the stalls
was a trough of masonry about eight in
ches wide ai.d nine inches deep, with a
ditch or reservoir of water at one end.
As soon as the trench w as dimed they
turned on the water, and all the man
ure etc., was carried out to a covered
vat whence it could be removed to the
fields or wherever they wanted it re
moved to. The cows were as clean, if
not cleaner, than our horses. All the
fastenings they have is a little cord
around their necks, and they are so
gentle and quiet that they do not re
quire anything stronger. They use
brass pails instead of wood or tin ones
We saw the way they make the round
cheeses that are sent rx> America. They
have wooden moulds in the shape of
two hemispheres or half balls. These
are hollow and fit together. The
cheese curd is first roughly pressed In
to shape and then placed in the moulds.
The lower half of the mould is station
ary, while the upper part is fastened
to a kind of screw working in a beam
overhead. The upper half is screwed
down tight, aud the cheese is left for a
week. At the end of a week it is screw
ed down tighter and left another week.
At the end of a third week the cheese is
exposed to the air, and the curing be
gins. It takes three months for a
cheese to be cured, aud a year before it
is fit for the market. Everything was
as sweet and neat as any parlor I ever
saw. The stables and stalls for the
horses were covered with matting. You
havqpno idea how eleai. everything was
without seeing how it was done. They
use the same kind of churns, the same
kind of cheese presses and the same
kind of pails, etc., that they did five
hundred years ago. They think it is
showing disrespect to their ancestors to
make any improvements in the imple
ments that their forefathers used. I
inquired the price of the cattle, and
found that the cows cost from 200 to 250
guilders, and the bulls from 309 to 450
; judders, or, in our money, cows from
i;80 to $140 and bulls from $120 to $180
or $200 each.”
A Paris house painter has made some
interesting experiments to ascertain
whether emanations from certain
points containing such material as
white lead, zinc white, linseed oil, es
sence .of turpentine, coal oil, &c., are
injurious to health. To this end, he
caused the inside of some boxes to be
painted, and within them he placed
wire cages containing rabbits, which
were not in contact with the paint, but
only subject to the influence of the em
anations from it. The animals suffered
while the paint was fresh, especially
when coal oil was present, but none of
them died. It is thus proved that liv
ing in apartments recently painted, and
which emit the odor of the oil of tur
pentine, is not permanently injurious
to health. In some other experiments,
made for the purpose of obtaining de
posits of these emanasions from the
fresh painting of houses, plates were
placed containfng a small quantity of
water in these chests; and some re
markable crystalizations, like needles,
were found consisting of combinations
in which the oils employed formed the
principal part.
Photographic Prints on Linen and Cot
ton-Some of the French photographic
prints on linen and cotton fabrics pre
sent a highly artistic appearance, and
this, it appears,, is produced by very
simple means. The material is first
freed from its “dressing,” and then
coated with the following preparation
Distilled water 125 cubic centimeters
chloride of ammonium, one grain; and
the white of one egg. The surface of
the fabric is allowed to remain five
minutes in contact with the albumen
mixture, then dried, and afterward
rendered sensitive by floating it on
ten per cent, solution of nitrate of sil
ver. The latter operation takes some
five or six minutes, and requires to be
conducted with great care, as spots
will inevitably occur in places where
the silver solution touches an unalbu
menized portion of the fabric. The
printing Is performed the same day as
the sensitizing, the remaining opera
tions being proceeded with in the usual
manner. Photographs produced ac
cording to this method are found to be
very permanent.
A New Alloy.—According to a Ger
man metallurgical journal the follow
ing new aud interesting metallic alloy
which is called bismuth bronze, is weli
adaptsd to the manufacture of metallie
mirrors, lamp reflectors, and other sur
faces which are required to remain
bright, as it does not tarnish or oxid
ize readily; copper, 52 parts; nickel,
parts; and bismuth, 1 part. This alloy
car be cast without diffleutty and fills
the mould well; .and the quantity
bismuth, which gives it its name, is
not sufficient to render it very expen
sive for the purpose required.
Concentrated sulphuric acid attracts
water with such avidity that,
damp atmosphere, it will double its vol
ume in a few* days. Chemist use it to
dry air and other gases, and to keep
instruments, such as balances dry.
So much does the cold influence the
growth of the fir, that trees grown on
the north side of a hill are superior in
development to those grown on the
south side.
The rain annually pours into the soil
a quantity of nitrate of ammonia, fully
equivalent to three pounds per acre,
FARM AND GARDEN.
THE HOUSEHOLD.
To Make Metxmllk.—I Igava made
excellent in two way*, the receipts for
which were handed to me by a neigh
bor: Mix honey with water until It
WIT AND HUMOR.
Another Mercantile Failure.—Out
on Michigan avenue a man near seventy
years of age started a small confection
ery store some months since and the
Strain and raise the temperature gradu
ally, and as the scum rises skim it off.
When the boiling point is reached take
from the fire and let it cool. Put in a
cask,paving the bung out till properly
fermented—not so long as to become
sour—and then bung tightly, or if bot
tled, cork well. It may be used soon
after making, but age greatly improves
the flavor. Some persons put warm
water and honey in a cask and after
twelve hours or so shake well and add
hops and yeast. Of the former half a
pound and of the latter a pint lor forty
gallons. When properly fermented the
air should be excluded as in the first
case.
Points d’Asperge.—For pointe d’as-
perge, the small thin sprouts should be
used; cut them off about three inches,
wash aud clean thoroughly; use boiling
w'ater to cook them In, which water
must be salted; cook not over ten min
utes ; take them out of the water and
drain them thoroughly; have a stew-
pan, in which place a quarter of an on
ion which has been thinly sliced; put
in a tablespoonful of butter, stew the
par-tboiled asparagus In this, add a lit
tle water and the yolk of an egg; when
nearly cooked, add a teaspoonful of
white powdered sugar. Eat plain, or
serve with broiled mutton chops, gar
nishing the chops with the asparagus
A few spring vegetables, such as car
rots,peas or string beans, about in equal
quantity, served with a broiled chop,
makes a Jardiniere.
man.
‘Now, then, how much have you on
hand?”
“Shust sixty dollar and not one cent
more.”
Very well, as you have had bad luck
we will settle with you for one hundred
and twenty cents on the dollar and you
can go on as before.”
Yaw, I will do dot, shentlemens,
und 1 am much obliged for such kind
treatment.”
He got out his money, the twenty per
cent, was added to the claims and paid,
and creditors retired he insisted on
treating them to ice cr^am. They had
been gone an hour before the old man
Jumbles. — Mix a cup of butter
and two of sugar to a cream; add the
yolks of three eggs, beaten light; then
four cupfuls of flour with a teaspoonful
of baking powder mixed well through
it, and the whites of the three eggs
beaten to a stiff froth. Put in half of
the flour, then the whites and after
wards the balance of the flour and
enough more to make it into a soft
dough. Flour the board, roll out the
dough as quickly and lightly as possi
ble, and cut the cakes with a biscuit
cutter; remove the centre with
smaller cutter or with the top of the
pepper bottle. Brush the cakes with
the white of an egg and sprinkle the
.surface with granulated sugar. Bake
in a quick oven. Cut as many as pos
sible from the first rolling; the second
will not be so light.
Plowing with the Swivel Plow.—
Notwithstanding many attempts,which
have been more or less successful, to
improve the swivel plow, this useful
implement is still far from satisfactory.
The chief objects sought in improving
this plow have been, the smooth turn
ing of the furrow slice, and the perfect
cleaning of the mould-board. Whether
or not these can be secured in any re
versible plow, is still a question, A cer
tain form of plow* is absolutely neces
sary, and a form, too, which is unfav
orable to the objects sought. Neverthe
less, there are many patterns tf these
plows which do passably good work;
and the greatest advantage of being
able to reverse the plow, and work back
and forth in consecutive furrows, in
stead of plowing in lands, renders
some form of swivel plow very desira
ble, especially in preparing for corn or
for fodder crops. For these purposes
the swivel is almost indispensable. In
plowing for corn, the planting may go
on witli the plowing and harrowing;
the ground that is piowed lo-day may
be harrowed and planted to-morrow.
To plant upon the fresh, mellow soil,
is an obvious advantage, and it also
helps much in the forwarding of the
work. The swivel plow is a great con
venience w hen crops are grown for sel
ling purposes. If the fodder is cut.
either bv the sevtheor the mowing ma
chine, ifi narrow &vrips, acroeo
the field, the plow can follow from day
to day, and the ground may be re-sown
at once, without waiting for enough to
be cleared to make a “laud,” and it will
not be cut up with frequent back and
open furrows, but be kept smooth and
level. The action of a plow with a
clogged mould-board is not always ob
jectionable. In using an old-fa9hioned
swivel plow, we find the effects oi the
clogging to be such a mellowing of the
soil and such a smooth laying of the
surface, that the seed may be sown or
drilled in without any use of the har
row. When the plow scours, and the
mould-board is kept free, it is only by a
packing or pressing of the furrow slice
by which it is made comparatively sol
id ; and before it can be sown or plant
ed, the ground must be harrowed.
While the swivel plow as now construc
ted may not be exactly suited, as yet,
for its work, nevertheless it is an im
plement t.iat could be used with advan
tage in a much larger variety of work
than it now is.
The pigs made sick by eating too
much corn. The corn is heating, aud
ndigestible when too much is fed to
such young animals. It causes flatu
lence, which makes the bloating, and
will produce inflammation of the bow
els and death. They may be relieved
by a dose of a teaspoonful of powdered
singer mixed with charcoal followed
by some strong purgative, say, a table
spoonful of castor oil, or more, accor
ding to the size of the animals. Feed
ess corn, and more oats or bran.
Fertilizing in the Hill.—A small
quantity ot active fertilizer applied in
the hill’at planting will be beneficial.
A handful of a mixture of ICO pounus
of fine bone dust, 1 barrel of wood
ashes and 1 barrel of poultry manure,
thrown near but not on the seed and
well mingled with the soil, will hasten
the young growth. The earlier the
8tart*and the more vigorous the young
growth, the more rapidly the crop will
mature.
Cure for Garget.—Tincture of acon
ite one halt tablespoon ful in chopped
seed; or 4 drachms pulverized iodide of
potash; put up in 8 powders. Give
one every morning in wet feed until
the powders are used. This latter is al-
soa cure for inflammation of the lungs-
Garget is a disease of the udder of cows,
arising from an inflamatiou of the lym
phatic glands. We are assured that the
above remedies are a certain cure, and
every farmer should kuow them.
To Cure Rheumatism in Horses.
Take four ounces of powdered saltpetie,
two ounces ef powdered sqaills, two
ounces of powdered colchicum seeds,
one ounce of powdered cautharides;
mix, and divide into twelve powders
and give one daily, mixed in moistened
food. Keep the auimal warm and com
fortable, and do not expose to inclement
weather.
Thk great PILE remedy, ANAKESIS, the
diHeovery of Dr. bilsbee, is entitled to be
calied the wonder of the age. 20,000 grateful
sufferers bless the only infallible remedy for
Pilea ever introduced. Only those who have
need lotions, ointments and internal remediee
in vain, will understand the grateful feeling
of instant relief from pain and blieafol hope
of certain core of tne terrible disease, that
ANAKES18 azures. It is used by Doctors of
all schools. Sent by mail on receipt of price,
81.00 per box. Samples free by P. Neustaed-
ter & Co., Box 3916 New York Sole manufac
turers.
Huse Mats.—Sort the corn husks,
selecting the longest for braiding. Take
nine husks and tie the butt ends with &
piece of twine; then divide them
equally in three parts for braiding; as
each strand is laid over, have three
more husks ready to put in, leaving
about an inch and ^ half of the butt
ends out. The under side of the braid
will be smooth, while the upper side Is
as rough as possible. It takes from six
to ten yards of braid for a mat, accord
ing to the size you wish to make it. If
the husks are very dry it is easier to
dip them in water as you braid. The
braid must be wet when you sew it,
which must be done wifch stout twine
and a very large needle, fastening the
ends well.
Cocoanut Tart la Teens.—Make a
puff paste, roll out quarter of an inch
»:iiCK, cut witn cr-mpiea cut*ox
inches in diameter and place about a
dozen of them on a pan two inches
apart, wash with water; take a dozen
more and with a plain round cutter
one and a half inches In diameter,
nearly (not quite) cut out the middle
place these on top of the other dozen
wash with milk and bake; when cooked
take out the middle part of the top one,
leaving a deep hole in them, then dip
them fully into gum water, taking out
quickly and rolling in grated cocoanut
and place tiiem by to dry; then fill the
whole in the centre with a rich corn
starch custard, with a piece of jelly in
the centre.
Honored and Blessed. — When
board of eminent physicians and chem
ists announced the discovery that by
combining some well known valuable
remedies, the most wonderful medicine
was produced, which would cure such
& wide range of diseases that most all
other remedies could be dispensed with,
many were sceptical; but proof of its
merits by actual trial has dispelled all
doubt, and to-day the discoverers of
that great medicine, Hop Bitters, are
honored and blessed by all as benefac
tors.
To clkaNoE calicoes, French lawns
muslin3 and cambrics, mix two cupfuls
of wheat bran in cold water till it
makes a smooth paste; then stir It into
one quart of soft, boiling water. Let
it boil half an hour, then strain, and
add to it four or five more quarts of soft
warm water, or enough to wash a dress
in. Use no soap, tor the bran answers
all the cleansing purposes ot soap. The
water should not be much more than
milk warm, and perfectly clean. Add
a tablespoonful of salt if there is black
in the dresses, or any color that may
“run.” Rinse thoroughly iu only one
water. No starch is needed, but if one
thinks it desirable use a little white
glue water, not hot.
A solution of whale-oil soap and
hellebore rids plants of most insects,
including scale, mealy-bug and slug
but to be effective against the greenfly
a dash of Persian insect powder must
be added.
A run in a good piece of grass will
greatly help the calves. The more
they are pushed, without over-doing it,
during the first year’s growth, the bet
ter the mature animal will be.
Caught at Last.
The notorious depredator Kate-Arrh,
who has for so many years eluded the
most accomplished and skillful detec
tives, has been caught at last in Buffalo,
N. Y. For further particulars, ask
your druggist dor a bottle of Dr. Sage’s
Catarrh Remedy, admitted to be the best
remedy for catarrh yet compounded.
To stew rockflsb, sea-bass or black-
fish, cut two onions in slices and stew
them in a quarter of a pound of butter
till about half done, then take them out
and put in the fi9h; when one side is
done turn it and add the onions and a
teacup of tomato catsup, another of port
or claret wine, and another of water;
add six cloves, powdered, and let the
whole stew about half an hour. If rock-
fish, it should be cut in slices about an
inch thick; if either of the others, stew
whole. If fried, the fish should be
salted and peppered with Cayenne, and
rolled in flour before being put in the
pan ; fry in butter.
A New Book.
The publishing house of J. C. Mc
Curdy & Co. have just issued a new
work entitled “The Complete Home,”
which deserves more than a passing
notice. It is mot a book of dry direc
tions—it is full of anecdotes, Wit, Char
acters, Conversations, Scenes and Inci
dents. The entire aim of the author
has been to convey this valuable in
formation in a way in which it will be
read and remembered. It is the pro
duct of practical experience. Here are
not mere theories or mere facts; but
lundament&l principles are woven with
general and special directions. This
book exalts the origin, aim and sphere
of home. The home is the foundation
ot the State; the germ of the Church;
the corner-stone of national prosperity.
The success or ruin of the whole world
must begin in the home. Here Is a
book wrought with intense care—cre
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home can be made happy, healthful,
honest, active, self-supporting, edu
cated, wealthy. Although but recently
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sive sale which it* merits deserve. A
rare chance is offered by the publish
ers to those in search of pleasant and
profitable employment daring the sum
mer and fall. See advertisement in
another oolumjt.
Ned’* Lesson.—“Polly wants a crack
er! Polly wants sugar! Hurry up!
hurry up! Poll is hungry t” screamed
the parrot from the top of her perch.
Mabel and May fed her with bread and
fruit, and filled her cap with fresh
water; and while Poll chatted her
When Trade is Dull, Judicious
Advertising Sharpens It.
HOW
TO ADVERTISE.
(9- See PETTF.SG11.L.
will float an egg to the surface,exposing other day sent word to his three credit- T*"£* r h“ U ii t 7|“‘^rls turueTfto'watch ....
a small section of it above the liquid: ors up town tl.at-he had, failed and de- „ 813 WHEN TO ADVERTISE
sired to compromise The trio went; wag ^ a fort out 0 f sticks *r- s,e rr.rr.MU
down to th. store, which they found in , . “Now girls this is the
full blast, and the four sat down for a ! “ d y e you lay the WHERE TO ADVERTISE.
, .. _ , . I Sticks so!”—but the pieces of wood ir see PETTESe.II.1.
You see, shentlemeus, 1 do no pees- , dropped and the i ort tall into ruin be-
ness, una my family eats up all der | - ’ . -rjryrTOW, to advertise through.
wav of’e’xcSre lained trade8ma “ * ! Then ^stamped upon the ground | WHOM ^ ^
each'of these'others’ll ^“apieccT : Tb^ word-feflTrom his lip^ It was the qq to 37 park row, new York, ana
frJreio “ 1 apiece, liny; flrst tjme jn h , 3 Hfe he had uttered UU errrr\«n.L
‘Shust"forty-two,” sighed the old J«o^nd Ma^l and May cned . -
out, “Oh, Ned! how could you
Quick as flash Poll caught the word,
and in her loud, harsh voice sent it
ringing out through the garden. It
had a dreadful sound when it fell from
Ned’s lips, but when Poll screamed It
out the girls covered their ears, and
Ned, full of grief and shame, ran to
the bird, “Oh, Polly! hush, do hush !
I’ll never say It again! Mabel, give
her some candy, cake— anything to
make her forget that dreadful word.”
Ned is a big boy now, but he never
forgot Polly’s lesson. It was the last
Dr. M.W. CASE’S
Liver Remedy
BLOOD PURIFIER
Is Tonic, Cordial, inti-Bilions.
flIIDCQ Livta Complaint,Biliousnkss, H eai>.
OMI1L9 ACHK, Sick Headache, Neuralgia,
Fever and Ague. Palpitation*, Consumption.
DYSPEPSIA
forgot roily S lesson. It was me last I and all Disea»es of the Stomach, Liver, and
time he ever soiled his lips with an an-1
clean word. ; stipated, as other meoidneado.
- - — Keep your nver active
HOWTO BE and your blood pure, and
YOUR OWN EZW. m 3JfE£S
DOCTOR.
uccii Kune nii iiuui ucivig uic vxu wan . _ _ , v .„„
rushed out and halted a policeman and * J°» n S at a Party i»Ing
• 1 asked what instrument he preferred, ________ w
‘•If I fails inpeesness und pays 120 I modestly denominated the whistle, j
J__ jVL-- _ hot Being further pressed to explain sxtenaive practice for over 27 years. Superior to
cents on der dollar, vhat does dot j JS HrlH nf » „ htatIa h „ h f, iall _ »'SSSimilt:s*s£±
AND CANTUHSiltr
mean ?” ' wl,at kind of a whistle, he blush
“It means that you don’t understand 7 murmured: “The six o’clock
how to fail,” was the reply. | wmstie.
‘Ish dot bosslble?” whispered the —
old man. “Smoke in any room you please,”
‘I should say so.” I said she. This was three months be-
4 Yhell, I go pack to der shoe pess- i f OT e marriage. “You’ve been smoking
ness agaiu. Vhen I fails in dot pees- j that nasty, disgusting old pipe in here
ness I makes evervthings. Yhen 1 I again, and I declare If the room doesn’t
fails in dis beesness I pays more as 1 smell loud enough to knock a person
OWeS.” down,” Said She, holding her nose. . To the beet lands. In the climat*., with the
• i This was about six months after mar-1 marketa ’^ *" * **“" '
A Fool Once More.—“For ten years ! riage.
my wife was confined to her bed with !
such a complication of ailments that no
doctor could tell what was the matter
or cure her, and I used up a small for
tune in humbug stuff Six months ago
I saw a U. S. flag with Hop Bitters on
it, and I thought I would be a fool once
more. I tried it^but_my folly proved ] it in the best of preventative^, alteratives and
Malaria Disarmed of Its Terrors.
Malaria, that fe 1 atmospheric poison, is dia- 1
arj.ed of its terrors, and health insured to |
thousand- residing where the noxioui exhala- :
tion periodically infects the air. and engend- i
era intermittent and remittent fevers, by Hos- !
tetter's Stomach Buters. the most popular as
. , - - - - - • | it is the beet of preventative*. alteratives and
to be Wisdom. 1 wo bottles cured her, tonics. Id numberless localities where the
She 19 now as well and Strong as any , demand for sulphate of quinine was formerly
man’s wife, and it cost me only two immense, the hurtful alkafttd has been almost
dollars. Such folly pays.—II. W.. De- J “‘■rely supplanted by this safe, agreeable
trnit- \f ;.»h and effect.ve substitute, which is gem&l in ao-
' ' • ion and unobjectionable in flavor. It nuili>
fiea the infl.tenoo of miasma by giving a more
Ugly as—uglier than— J active impulse to every vital function, quick-
~ *• " - 1 eniug and enrichiukc the blood, overcoming a
tendency to biliousness, and promoting d.ges-
tioo.
It* tue.rex* is simpbj tronderfuL
agents Wanted
tr EXTRAORDINARY INDUCEMENTS
offered. Send for Circular and Tv rain to Amenta
HOME MEDICINE CO., Philadelphia.
Sold by all Drn«nrlKt*, General otores, and AgvntM.
Price, 25c.; leant Hottless half pint, 7oe.;
Box of G Lanre for 03.75, sen* breipreNi.prepaid.
Trial Bottle free. Aak J« ar DrnuMl for it
EXODUS
the beet lands. In the beet climate, with the beat
■keta, and on the beet terms, alone the line of B‘y.
3,000,000 ACRES
Mainly In the Famous
RED RIVER VALLEY OFTHE NORTH.
On lone time, low prices and easy payments.
?imphlet with fall information mailed free. Apply to
D. A. McKINLAY, Land Com’r,
Hirskbll s Tktteb OumfEtT will cure all
scabby or scaly diseases of the skin.
Lawyer X. „
in fine, there is no finding any adequate j
simile.
case in which he is engaged is
called in court, and another lawyer
rises and says:
Brother ”X. is unable to appear in
this case to-day, and has asked me to
apply for a postponement.”
“Sick?” asked the judge. | ■■ — — -
“No, your Honor; he’s gone to get; worms. worms. worms
“S™*-. , , . . . ' E. F. Kunkel’s Worm Syruo never fails to
Married—oh, come now, what is my j detrtr#y Plu> seat and Btomach Worms. Dr.
learned brother giving the Court. ; g nn kel. tue only successful physician who
Well, postponement granted for one ' -
week. Married, eh? Well, 111 be—but
—call the next case.”
Koportna’ celebrated Single Preech-loadfnv Shot
Gnn at *15 np. I>oubIe-barr»l Bn**ch loader'* at *21
nf. Mozxle and Bruccb-l^adinv Gan*. Rirtee and
Pistole of mom approved English and American
mak e. All kind-* of sporting implem- nts and arti
cles reonir^d by nport«m-n ann gnn-mnk**r*. t’OLTM
NEW BttEECH-LOAOING DoUrtLEGUNSat *»
ap—the b-st guns yet made for the price. Prices on
application.
JOS. C. GRUBB & CO..
712 Market St., Philada., Pa.
Patrick’s Theology.— “Patrick,”
said a priest “the widow Molony tells
me you have stolen one of her finest
pigs. Is that so?” “Yes, ycr honor.”
What have you done with it?” “Killed
it and ate it, yer honor.” “Oh, Patrick,
when you are brought face to face with
the widow and her pig on Judgment
Day, what account will you be able to
give of yourself when the widow ac
cuses you of the theft?” “Did you say
the pig M ould be there,yer riverence?”
“To be sure I did.” “Well, then, yer
riverence, I’ll say, ‘Mrs. Molony.there’s
your pig.”
A young lady graduate in a neigh
boring county read an essay entitled
“Employment of Time.” Hor compo
sition was based on the text, “Time
next day shegot a eight hanks of .zephyr
of different shades and commenced
working a sky-blue dog with sea-green
ears and a pink tall on a piece of yellow
canvas. She expects to have it done by
Christmas. *
movea Tape Worm in two hours, alive with
head, aud no fee until remove- 4 . Common
sense teaches if Tape Wonne can be removed all
other worms cau be readily destroyed. Advice
at office and storo free. The doctor can tell
whether 01: not the patient has worms. Thou- .
8»n<iH mre £ing, duly, with woraa. »uddo uot. LSiEdCfcmbiikl~i, boll.. Prodoc.H-ll.
know It. Fits, spasms, cramps, ch'king and! f,. r uaHh. Land ui.sarpasaad ill quality and loca-
suffocation, b&IIow complexion, circ.ee around ; tion._ Send for Map* and Circulars, which give lull
the eves, swelling and pain 1- u
IN CENTRAL ILLINOL8,
The Best Land in the West,
WE HAVE FOR SALE
IMPROVED FARMS
terms. Railroads. School
the stomach, particular*.
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. Prioe, $ 1 00 per bottle,
Bix bottles for $5 00. (For Tape Worm,
A. K. AYfeRS A ro., Jacksonville, Iff.
GOOD ADVERTISING
CHEAP.
ivertiae-
ne time;
Uiuoa; or three lines four
In advance, will Insert In 350
buy of your druggist the Worm Syrup, and if
he has it not, send to Dr. E. F. Kuukel, 259
N. Ninth, street, Philadelphia, Pa. Advice by
mail, free; send tbree-cent stamp.
Dyspepsia! Dyspepsia! Dyspepsia
E. F. Kunkel’s Bitter W ne of Iron, a sure
cure for this disease. It has been prescribed
daily for many years in the prnotice of eminent Address
physicians with unparalleled success. Symp- j JJ, PETTENGILL & CO.,
focx£ diyneas ?n nfoath.^headache,* 1 duzzinees? 37 Park R0W1 New York,
A little three-year-old, who ob
served her grandfather writing a postal
card, requested that she might be al
lowed to M*rite a letter. Upon being
asked if a postal card wouldn’t answer
her purpose, she replied: “No, sir! I
want paper and’velop; I don’t want
my letters to go bald-headed like
yours!”
Drilling her class In poetry, the
teacher quoted from the familiar lines
ofTennvson: “You must wake and
call me early, call me early, mother
dear.” “Now/’ she asked, “why did
the girl want to be called early?”
“I don’t know,” answered Tommy,
“unless it was because that was her
name.”
A countryman who bad never paid
more than 25 cents to see an exhibi
tion, went to see the “Forty Thieves.”
The ticket-seller charged him 75 cents.
Passing the paste-board back he quietly
remarked: “Keep it, Mister, “Idon’t
want to see the other 39,” and out he
marched.
“Now, isn’^ie an angel?” said the
fond mother, as she seated the little
fellow in his high chair at the table for
the first time. “A sort of destroying
angel,” remarked the cynical father,
as he saw the five-dollar castor go spin
ning to the floor with a crash.
“Waiter, this bit of haddock is not so
good as that you gave us yesterday,”
said a gentleman at a restaurant the
other day. “Beg pardon, sir,” said the
waiter very blandly, “it off the same
fish.”
The child probably destined to be the
greatest American natnralist is already
born. He lives in this city, and is the
author of the remark that “A jackass
is the only animal that M inks with its
ears.”
Anna Dickixson, speaking from the
lecture platform a few years ago, said:
“I simply shut my mouth because I had
nothing more to say.” And a mean old
bachelor comments: “She is one in a
million.”
In the past eight years, scores ot
soaps have come into the market, and
being worthless, have died a natural
death. Dobbins’ Electric Soap, (made
by Cragin & Co., PhiJad’a.,) old and
reliable, leads the van. Try it.
An agricultural paper advises the
farmer to count his sheep every day.
if it comes to that, we should advise the
farmer to move into a better neighbor
hood.
An accountant M*ho visited Bunker
Hill Monument last summer says it j
is the longest column ho ever footed |
up.
aleepleeanertB, and low spintB. Get the genuine.
Not nold in bulk, only in $L00 bottles, or bix
bottles fer f5.00. Ask your druggist for E. F.
KCJNKEL’P Bitter Wine of iron aud take no
other. If he has it not, send to proprietor.
E. F. KUNKEL. 269 N. Ninth St., Philadel
phia, Pa. Advice free; enolose three-cent
stamp. _
Hiebkkll’s Tetter Ointment will cure Sore
Eyelids,Sore Nose. Barber’s lush on the face,
or Grooer’s itch on the hands. It never fails.
50 cents per box, sent by mail for 00 oenU
Johnston Holloway A Go..
602 Arch St., Phila. Pa.
Oakland Female Institute,
HOBUTOWI. FA-
WILL BE Ra-OPENBD SEPTEMBER 9th.
For circular* addre**
J. GRIER RALSTON.
PURE TEAS,’]
ooontrr; quality and
irges; atuck
the beat. Country
the mkLx-bieaCompany.
201 Fu ton 8tr»«t,N. Y.
Agents Wanted every-
hi-re to sell to families
hotels and large commni
. >nntry; qua I it:
aeepeis *honJd
Com .
P. 0. Box iW
HOF BFTTERS.
■OPS, BITCH U, HANUKlKg
DANDELION,
n Pcmr am Bsar Mxdtoax. Qtrauraa
of au arm Brrma.
THJUT CrCTXUD
teases of the Stomach, Bowels^BIood. Ltvsr,
Kidneys, and Urinary Organa, Nervousness, Sleep-
nsfiiaM sad especially Female Comp]
01000 IN CHILD,
wm be paid far a earn they wfll set ewe er fcrf* 01
for anything Impure er Injurious found In the
Ask your druggist for Hop Bttters and try
lief ors yon sleep. Takeaeetkea
Bor Coves Ctra to the fleetest, mfett and beet
The Hot Fan for Stomach,
superior to an other*.
•TSRiSSr*
,10.1m absolute and lnretadWe etae fot
e of opium, tobacco and narbopes
— . Send for etrcular. |Bg
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