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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 ated by long study, observation and experience—a book showing how the home can be made happy, healthful, honest, active, self-supporting, edu cated, wealthy. Although but recently issued It Is already having that exten 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 .wMhyasg-a IfcptoO— The Voice of Worship, FOB CHOIRS, CONVENTIONS AND SINGING SCHOOLS. By L. O. Enerws. This ep’endid new book la nearly through the press, and wih b.> ingreai demand. Full collection of the best Hymn Tun- ■ uid Anthems fort holm, unmer-ins Glees for social and Claaa singing ai d a good Singing ar.bool course. Its attractive c- ntents. with th- low pric<*(91 00. or 09.00 perdoxen.'ch nld make It the most popular at Church Mu.ic Bo^ka. THE TEMPLE. Singing Schools. Conventions and Choirs. By . O. PEBKi^t. Will be ready in a f*w days. First class book for Singing sc-001s, with I xrge collec tion of G ee-, and plenty of Hymn Tu Or, 701 C hcalnnt SI. Phila. gpmwaasKS ChronleDtoeaaaa.byart*<—ttefa/prsMu. REMARKABLE CURES £^£.=2 STROMBLY ENDORSED LH.T 8. l*THt7*7Hon_ Honaosm tom, and other* whs have need thla Trsetuisut mnBtSESEusS > TREfcMOUNT SEMINARY. Norristown, Pa., Benins September 9th. Patronized by p. ople deal, inn their sons thoroughly prepared tor College or busim as. For Circulai s, address JOHN W. LOCH, Ph. D., Principal. IfHOSCOPES, Opera Glaeeee, Spectacles, Eye i,Thermometers, Birom*-teri A: Greatly for ilin.trated Catalogue of 144 pages, and mention this paper. LiNMETHS’ SEEDS 1IL Staple Hardware WaM AGENTS ‘ WIRTED. We will pay Ageuts a Salary of Sluu per month mud expense?onflow a large corn mi-w 101., new and wonderful invention*. We-mean vkat **•<*?• Sample free. AddressSH*a*A* A Cou. Marshall, Mich. T?o lh Is R PALE OR EXCHANGE FOB CITY PRO- PE KTV. elfhe. _ tdelphia, TWI located and prcductivi ACHES, finely land, uader a high «tat» of .. . Maneioa Hon«e rep ete wtth every convenience^ port- r’s lodge. Hoa«e rebate t bonnes, Ac pea, Ac. cultivation, with every oinvenienc* . . b iros and -table, ice and gre. several hau l red p-nr tree*, ert. -, . Olney, 5 mile* north from Market s.r-et. Phil- ^hi*. adjoining‘dney Station, on the Paiia-h and Newtown Railroad 1 hia i< a very dee inveaiment for a capitalist, aa it L bound to 1* increase in value. For mil nan icnlam apply t .ted « S. M. GUMMET A *ONS. , 73S WaUiUT Street, Philadelphia. iy of J 09 00 . Singing Classei ar* especially 1 Seen ar and rt.cr-d Mmo rend Convention and Ouoir books. AHhr*^ ovldcd for. both Although r. both the if the best BST1BLUHED IMS. MORGAN ft HEADLY, Importers of Diamonds AND lanoMren if Spectacle FATINITZA. mmnM4 Trio. Llxt Mot tm tka trail Librrt PINAFORE. Price reduced t* 50 cents. The 1 tion heretofore sold for a dollar. Libretto and Mu-ic. All ready for the stage. Any book mailed for retail price. Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston. J. E. DITSON ft CO.. 90 Chestnut St.. Phila. How to get ahead of your butcher- pay his price for it. Mathnabaa's sc.le lor squares anmt up rights In America—12^M) in nae—Plano* sent 00 trial—Catalogue BLa bom* Piamo Co, 211 Utt Street. M. T. Those aanrertnc mn Advertisement wil confer a Savor npon the Advertiser and th< Publisher by stating Hint they saw the adve ttiement tm this Joe real (namlnf^s pm pe That Dreadful affliction. Rp lepsy, Convul* tend or Fl a. soon becomes nrraiy fixed by habit, ea° h attack ln< Teasing tlie ilab llty to a iviurn, and adding greatly 10 the difficulty 01 arr sting the disorder. In the ab ence of proper u ea; raeut, a mere faintness, with sight muscu lar twitchlngs. occur, ing at long h.ierva a. In time become Nlolent convulsions of great fre quency. and the padent gradually sinks Into un ectllty. If relief is obtainable at ail after the disease is thus firmly seated, it must be from some treatment wnlch Is permanent in Its effects, and wnlch cot only has a tendency to suppress the xttacks. but which will remove the morbid tendency to relapse. Dr. Jayne’s Alterative has happily been found to answer this purpose ndm.rably; It gradually chant the morbid • on Jh ion of the system, the causa of the disease, and when iu» iuo is continued for a sufficient length of time, pro duces a permanent cure. Let the afflicted try tt. TO ADVERTISERS. IF" We will fsralah on application, estimates for Advertising In toe best and largest circulated Newspapers I a tke Called States facilities are nasa anr Customers* interests anr awa, and | -tody ta please aad make ftoelr Ad vertising prentable te then, aa tkan- sands wbo bave tried ns can tastily. Call er address, S. PETTI■ GILL St CO., SI PARK ROW. New York, TM CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. A MAMA UtAhCk »UH AUtJITV THE COMPLETE HOME By Mrs. JULIA McN UR WRIGHT. The theme Is one upon which th- author brinr to bear -hefrni's of years of res«>arch. obs^rva i**i and trawl, both In this country and rheold world. lhefu l-pag-d colored piatt-s, illusliating Annen aad Moddra Homes ar- marvels «f elegance an good taste. No work treating thi« subject i-i detail b«i heretofore b -en offered, and hence Agents wil have a el* *r fl Id. Competent critics prououuc# 1 For”full de»c 1 iptiou and te u>s, addr- es >he Pul “■*— J.C. McCITKHV ft CO., I 8. SavariTH St., Philadelphia. Pa. Ushers, 11T § ■. PETTEXCILL * CO , Advertlsln • Agents, 87 Park how. New York, ana .< stnut street, Philadelphia, ecelve advei Use merits for publication In any part of ui world at It west rates. ADVICE as »o the most Judicious advei and the best mediums and the manner of d -U It.—ESTIMATES for one or m re insertions an adverth>emen^^ln any number ef papei