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In the JaWS bf a Lion. 1 was out after porcupines, and Was lying down one night near a porcu pine’s hole waiting for him to come out. 1 had no gun, but only my hunting- knife and my knobkerrie, with which to knock the porcupines on the nose; for that, you know, kills him at once. I did not hear a sound until I found the grass near me move and a lion put his paw on me and lifted me up. The' brute pressed his claws into me, but luckily my leather bolt prevented his teeth from damaging me, and he car ried me by holding on my belt and coat. If either of these should have given way I should have been laid hold of in a far rougher manner. A lion is like a cat in one thing, he can hold a living crea ture in his mouth and not damage it, just as I have seen a cat carry a mouse. I knew the nature of the lion well enough to know that if I struggled I should have my neck broken or my head smashed in an instant, so I did not struggle, but quietly drew my knife and thought what best to do I thought at first of trying to strike him in the heart, but I could not reach that part of him, and his skin looked so loose that I feared that I could not strike him deep enough, carried as I was. I knew it would be life or death with me in an instant,so,turmng myself a bit, I gash ed the lions nose, and cut it through. The lion dropped me as I should drop a poisonous snake, and jumped away roaring with pain. He stood for an in stant looking at me, but I did not move and he did not seem to like to carry me again. More than once he came up to within a few yards, licking the blood as it poured from his nose; but there 1 remained like a stone, and he was fair ly afraid to tackle me again. I know a buffalo and an ox are very sensitive about the nose, and a cat if just tipped on the nose can’t stand it, so I thought a lion might be the same, and so it proved. Child Life on the Amazon. . good part nearly always, though I now and then get into a little trouble with those vross-grained specimens of hu manity who never can take a joke.” “How do the ladies treat your elec trical powers? Are they frightened more than the men?” Of course. Did you ever know a lady who wouldn’t scream louder than a man could when she saw a child fall down 6tairs? Those who don’t know me at all sometimes get frightened; but the ones who do, usually say, “Oh, how you shock me, Mr. Bell,’ and laugh. I shock the ladies often, but I can’t help it you know.” A Boy's Fireworks. It is interesting to watch how the mental traits of the race appear even in the young babies on the Amazon. If a plaything is given them they examine it gravely for a little while and then let it drop. Observe how different this is Irom a white baby’s actions. A bright little six months-old at home has four distinct methods of investiga tion: first, by looking; second, by touching; then by putting the object in its mouth ; and finally by bangin it against the floor. The brown infant just looks; he does not investigate at all. As the children grow older the same trait is apparent in almost every case. An Indian is content to see and hear a thing, without troubling himself about the whys and wherefores; even such incomprehensive pursuits as fos sil-collecting or butterfly catching, or sketching, provoke hardly any curiosi ty. The people look on quietly, some times asking a question or two, but soon dismissing the subject from their minds as something they are incapable of understanding. With all the crowd ing to see the lady of our party, hardly a person asked why she came. So,too, the babies are unambitious; they do not cry after pretty colors or stretch out their hand to a candle. And the men have no apparent desire to better their lot. They go on just as their fathers did; submit to the imposition of the whites, a little sullenly, but with out a thought of rebellion, unless there is a white or a half-breed to lead them. The children do not care much for playthings; we rarely see one with a rag doll; the little boys delight in bows and arrows, but they take them as part of their training. Sometimes the people have dances, in imitatation of the “festa” sports; and we hear them humming the waltzes and quad rilles which their quick ears have caught from the musicians. As an In dian will paddle steadily all day, while his wife at home hardly ceases her mo notonous cotton-beating, so the little ones have an inexhaustible gift of pa tience. Where a white child wouid fret and cry, the brown one sit3 all day perfectly still, but watching every thing around him. To see a little In dian boy in a canoe, you would say that nothing of him was alive Out his eyes. A Shocking Fellow. Josephus Thistlehummer is a good little boy, and he told all the boys that he was “goin’ to have a bully old Fourth, you bet yer boots!” He kept his money in a savings bank. The bank was tin, and he put the money in at the roof. The savings banks always pay out 100 cents on the dollar. Some oth er savings banks do not pan out so well. Josephus held a meeting of directors, and it was unanimously-resolved to re move the deposits from the vaults of the bank until after the Fourth. Perhaps labor riots were feared. He removed the nickel and copper accumulations through the roof by means of a case- knife and a two-tined fork. They amounted to $3.91, which he put into first-class securities—rockets, Roman candles,serpents,torpedoes, pin-wheels, crackers, etc. He took advantage of his younger brother Sebe’s (Eusebius) absence to climb to the top of the book case and put Ills pyrotechnic acquisi tions there. In two minutes he thought of a better place. Hide ’em under the bookcase. His mother will find some toe scratches on the mahogany to-mor row, and somebody’ll get hurt. Tnen he thought of a tiptop place, aud took them to theldtchen. He’d be up be fore daylight in the morning, of course. But the cook got up first. She was up at five o’clock and much surprised was she to find the fire all ready for lighting—stove filled with nice round pine sticks and colored paper. Old Thistlehummer was growing kind, she thought. She touched the kindling bff with a match and began pounding the beefsteak. The cat came in from her family of six at the stable and rubbed her side and hack on Mallnda’s ankles, her tail waving her spine gracefully and billowy. She purred loud and ex pectant. The fire was cracking glee fully. Great guns! sizz-whiz bang- boom! The top of the stove went out first. The cat bowled through the win dow, leaving a strong smell of burnt fur trailing after her. The hired girl ran on into the yard and went over the fence like a hurdle jumper. Then she fell in a fit. Old Thistlehummer awoke and remarked to his wife that he supposed the blanked idiocy had be gun. Then he heard more, and the house rocked like a canal boat in a storm. Thistlehummer is a brave man but when he came down stairs and ;azed in the kitchen he was somewiiat shaken. Rackets, Roman candles,pin wheels, serpents and fire-crackers were holding high carnival in the sacred place, chasing each other as if posses sed. A sky rocket which had been ira- potently sputtering aw f ay in a comer roused itself for a final effort, and car ried aw'ay two oi the old gentleman's front teeili (they were false, though) then gave him a parting kick in the back, leaving a permanent lumbago They managed to save the rest of the house without calling on the fire de partment, though the end next the kitchen was burned as black as free lunch liver. Josephus will uever forgive Maliuda SCIENTIFIC. Is the Earth a Vast Furnace.—While AGRICULTURE. Growing Basket Willow.—The two engaged last May In w atching the varieties most in use are French Purple transit of Mercury, Professor Proctor : osier and the Kentucky Green. The and his assistant observed an intensely ; former is used for fine work and the bright spot in the centre of the planet I latter for heavier. The cuttings should as it crossed the sun’s disc. It is re- be stuck in row’s three feet apart, and ported that, seen through their power- j should be clear down so that you can ful refracting telescope, it apppeared I see onlv the end or very little of the as a mere vivid point of light, central tip. Care should be taken to stick them in the planet, like a hole pierced in the as they grow, buds up, but this is not middle of a piece of round black card board. It was permanent from the time the planet’s centre touched the one limb of the sun until it left the other limb—a period of seven hours. “If the observation w’as reliable,” says a commentator, “it proves that the planet’"which must be cut oft, leaving only an lmn .. v.rviin«r ovio 'I'liorn qIitttva- innhst.iih. The. nnttfne r should be done lias a hollow axis. There are hypo- thesists like John Cleves ESymmes, who have long held that the axis of the ocher planet spheres of our solar system, Is similarly hollow, with a clear tabular passage from the North to South Tole.” If such is the fact, it is thought that should any of the bal loonists of Cheyne’s expedition reach the Pole they will be warmly received, the theory being that if the earth is a hollow cylinder, each of the Poles is the mouth of a vast furnace. In this way a German specialist accounts for the Aurora Borealis, attributing the mys terious “Northern Lights” to the glow ing crater at the Pole. essential. Cultivate them twice or three times the first year, and if the weeds are very bad between the cut tings, pull them out by hand. They will raise from one to four little canes, three or four feet high the first year, The usual experiment for showing the combustion of oxygen in ammonia is conducted in this way: A coil of heated platinum wire is suspended in a flask containing a small quantity of a strong solution of ammonia. The coil continues to glow by oxyidizing the ammonia. When a current of oxygen is caused to pass-through a small tube . . to the bottom of the flask, it will burn 1 Generally an hour is long enough to inch stub. The cutting should be done with a sharp knife, and as carefully as possible where the soil is loose, so as not to break the rootlets. In the east they cut when the ground is frozen hard. The first year’s cuttings are not worth making. The second year cultivate the same, but be careful of the new canes, as they are very tender, and If you bruise oneit will grow branch ing and be worthless. The second year’s harvest is quite valuable, paying back more than half the expense you have been to. The harvest consists in carefully cutting them as close down as you can, so that the hills will not get stumpy, as soon as the leaves are all down. ’ Make the bundles about a foot through, binding with the poorest canes, and haul to your place of peel ing, where you must have a tank made of galvanized iron set in an arch about four feet wide and about twice as long as your bundles. Fill this tank about a third full of water, bring it to a boil, then fill up with your bundles, put on your lid and fasten it down tightly. DOMESTIC. Fkicassek of Cold Beef. — Take some cold roast beef that has been un derdone, and having cut off the tat and skin, put it, with the bones broken up, into a stew pan with two large onions sliced, two good sized potatoes sliced, aud a bunch of summer savory and a leaf of sweet basil, or any other sweet herbs you may have handy. Add to this the gravy and about a pint of warm water; cover it closely and let it sim mer for about an hour; then skim and strain it, removing every particle of fat; in another saucepan melt a piece of butter about the size of a walnut, and thicken with a spoonful of flour; stir it a few minutes, and then add the strained gravy to it; let it come to a boil, and then put to it a tablespoonful of catsup and the beef, cut in thin slices; let it simmer from five to ten minutes, but on no account let it boil, as this would render the meat tasteless and insipid. Railroad Cake.—Take two eggs, tArtfe-quarters of a cup of sugar, six tablespoonfuls of milk, one and a half cups of flour, three tablespoon fuls of melted butter, one teaspoonful of baking powder; season with nutmeg. First, beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, then add the yolks, next the sugar, then the milk and flour, in which is silted the baking powder, and last the three tablespoonful of melted but ter. The batter should be very soft, as is much like sponge-cake. Bake half an hour. as it rises in bubbles though the am monia. Prof. N. T. Lupton, of Van derbilt I7nivorsity, Nashville. Tenn.. shortens the tube, and makes it dis charge the stream of oxygen about an inch above the surface of the solution, where it burns gently in the ammonia- cal atmosphere of the flask. The plat inum coil is removed as soon as the flame surrounds the end of the oxygen tube. This modification appears to be a decided improvement. Xew Process for Electrotyping.—A new and ingeneous process has lately been for Reeling, driven fly steam power. boil—you can tell by trying; put out a wand, and if you can easily break the skin with the thumb nail aud then strip it uir, it la all right. Take -them out and fill up again. Pile the boiled ones tightly under some cover where the wind cannot get at them, and as you begin to peel, throw the bark into your growing pile until it is a foot or two deep, and they may lie there all winter if you like, and peel just as easily as when they came out of the tank. The peeling is done by two nibs of iron, six inch* s long and half an inch through, aud held together just like sheep-shears. There are also machines china, porcelain, etc. Sulphur is dis solved in oil of lavender spike to When "Wheat Should Be Cut.— There has been some diversity of opin- syrupy eonsitence; then chloride of ionasto t h e best time to cut wheat, gold or chloride of platinum is dis- ; judging from the'common practice of solved in sulphuric ether, and the two ; f arniers> jt is generally cut when dead solutions mixed under a gentle heat. ; ripe or at least when the grain has be- The compound is next evaporated unto „r» Hnnhi on opmr the thickness of ordinary paint, in which condition it is applied with a brush to such portions of the china, glass, or other frbric as it is desired to cover, according to the design or pat tern, with the electro-metallic deposit. The objects are baked in usual way be fore thev are immersed in the bath. come hard. This is no doubt an error, and one of more importance than many suppose. It should be remembered that wheat is composed of gluten, starch and bran. Gluten is the nour ishing quality of the grain, makes the flour stick together in the hands of the baker, aud gives weight to the grain— and there is the greatest quantity of . ! gluten in the grain, just when the straw A cement for uniting broken parts of : [ s yellow two or three joints from the glass Is thus made; Two parts isinglass j ground, the head turns downward, and you are soaked in water until well swollen, I can mas h a grain between your thumb and the water poured off, and the isinglass I fi n g er without producing any milk. It dissolved in warm alcohol; one part; ma y therefore be set down as an indis- mastic dissolved in three parts alcohol, 1 putable truth that every day the wheat and added to the above solution, then ; stands after the stage of its ripeness, one part ammoniacum is added. The 1 t h e gluten decreases in quantity and solution is well shaken and evaporated to the consistency of strong glue, then allowed to cool and solidify. When used, both cement and articles to be mended must be warmed. Air for Blasting.—A proposal to use compressed air instead of gunpowder for blasting in mines has been brought forward in England. The plan is em ploy air at a pressure of 8,000 pounds the bran increases in thickness, while also there is danger of rust, which usually makes its appearance durin the last ten days of J une. Trimming Cows.—Something quite new to you, I dare say, for which of you ever heard of trimming cows with their own horns and ears ? How would you like to see a cow with her ears— poor thing!—cut to the shape of a leaf to the square’inch. Its probable sue- with notched edges, and horns trained is indicated by the result of some tests in some queer shape, twisted into curls. or divided into four, with two meeting overhead, and two turned down toward One «/the latest applications or vul-j tlie ground ? It would be a dreadful. recently made in some of the collieries ) Be Wise and Happy.—If you will stop all your extravagant and wroDg notions iu. doctoring vourself and fam ilies with expensive doctors or humbug cure-alls, that do harm always, and use only nature’s simple remedies for all y t our ailments—you will be wise, well happy, and save great expense, e greaUbot xeuieuy lortins, me great, F ise and good will tell you, is Hop itters—rely on it. See another col umn. To go to Sleep.—When ready fcu bed, sit down in an easy position, re laxing all the muscles of the body, and let the head drop forward on the breast as low as it will fall without forcing it. Sit quietly in this way for a few minutes, and a drowsy feeling will ensue, which, if not disturbed,will lead to a refreshing sleep. If the sleep less fit comes on in the night, sit up in the position described. Fruit Blanc-Mange. — Stew nice fresh fruit, canned will do (whatever you may please, cherries and raspber ries being the best), strain off the juice and sweeten to taste; place it over the fire until it boils; while boiling stir in qprnstarch mixed with a little cold water, allowing two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch for each pint of juice; con tinue stirring until sufficiently cooked, then pour into moulds wet in cold water; set them away to cool. This, eaten with cream and sugar, makes a delightful dessert. Ramak ins.—Four ounces of grated cheese, two ounces of butter, two ounces of bread (without ciust), half a gill of milk, one-third of a teaspoonful of salt and mustard, a pinch of cayenne pepper, two eggs. Crumb the bread and boil soft in the milk; add the but ter and the eggs; beat thoroughly, then stir in the whites of the eggs, beaten to a stiff froth; pour in a soup plate or in small squares of stiff white paper pinched at the corners, and bake fif teen minutes. A delightful dish for tea. HUMOROUS. Owing to the Weather.—A big newsboy doubled over a bench at the City Hall market, too sick to move, and too discouraged to care what became of him. Two or three of the mother mar ket women fixed him up doses of pep per, and when he was a little better one of them said: “Boy, you want to let harvest apples alone 1” ‘Harvest apples?” he sneered. “Do you think eight or nine harvest apples could double up a big Doy like me?” “I saw you eating cherries,” put in a second woman. I know you did, but hain’t 1 used to cherries? Humph! Why, I’m fifty times as big as a quart of cherries!” “And he bought two cucumbers off my stand an hour ago!” squeaked a little black-eyed woman. “Yes, I did,” answered the boy, “but they didn’t make only a mouthful. T’other night I ate ten all at once and they didn’t hurt be a hit.” “And I saw him eating tomatoes and turnip91” solemnly remarked a tall man w’ith green glasses on. “S'posin’ you did!” wailed the boy, a9 the colic got a fresh grip, “wasn’t tomaters and turnips made to eat? Don’t you folks want to give a boy any show to git along? I tell ye it’s thi9 here storm what affects me, and if you women had any mercy on me you’d bring me some plums and green corn and bologna and pears and a dish of ice cream to take this pepper taste out of my mouth!” She was a hard looking sinner, and she knew’ better than to wring at the front door. t>o she marched around to the back steps and told her tale; w’idow, three small children, etc., as usual. Not taking very much stock in her story, the lady of the house dismissed her with a hot doughnut just from the fat. Looking contemptuously at piece oi inea auugh, sne saia, with the Milesian grace of sarcasm she could command: “God bless your stingy sowl, d’ye think that three childers wud grow fat on the likes o’ that?” and she let it drive'straight at the head of her benefactor. Valuable Mixture. — A valuable mixture to Keep on hand at this season is one of coal ashes, sulphur and helle bore. The -ashes should be very fine. ; It is the best after passing them through the ordinary coal-ash sieve. To one ©IOPaqu with the order, wui insert in Ml pailful of ashes thus sifted add a quar t of flour of sulphur and mix together. Things are not What They Seem. Lazily swinging in the hammock, be neath the shade of the great elm tree, reading the hours aw r ay, isn’t she a pic ture of contentment; but it is safe to wager that she is mad, mad clean through, because her pa wouldn’t pay her bills for a Saratoga trip, but sum mered in the country, where all the music heard is the “So Boss and “Haw Gees” of the overgrown farmer’s lad, and the cuisine consists of “biled din ners” and “picked up codfish,” fresh from the vines.” canized rubber in England is to render china, stone and glassware noiseless. It is applied in the form of narrow strips inserted in grooves. “Recent Advances in Telegraphy” is the title of the addresses by W. H. Breece, lately delivered as the third course of the “C'ontor Lectures” of the Society of Arts, London. sight to me, I am sure; hut the Afri cans admire Such things. They con sider this trimming of cows a sort of fine art. You don’t see how they man age the horns ? Well, they begin when the horns are young; divide each into two, or more, and gradually train them, while growing, in any way they choose. Of course it must hurt the poor cow s, and take a good deal of time; but the people who train cow’s horns have not —never. “Nothin’ but kerlessness, 9ays Master TMsGe,— ; “sfieM Zw^hould to' Uuit I ^^they do nottaye^rim thlir There has never been found a person who tried Dobbins’ Electric Soap,(made by Cragin <fc Co., Philadalphia,) that did not say at once, it was the best soap Lhe ever used. Try it once, you’ll al- R5y» us4 it. t Whitewash FOR OUTHOUSES.—While It is true that any lime w’ash cannot be made as durable as paint, yet lime adds materially to the durability of wood, and, if repeated once in three years, an swers a good purpose as a general pre ventive. Slack one peck of lime, add one pound of glue, one pound of starch, one-half pound of borax, color with cheap paint to suit, anl reduce with w’ater to the requisite thickness. George Bell, of Portland, Oregon possesses the remarkable peculiarity of being able to deliver a shock as percep tible and distinct as that from a < Yanic battery On the evening of the 4th he attended the ball given by the Master Mariners’ Association at B’nai B’rith Hall, and there created cbnsid- erable amusement for those who knew’ the secret of his powers by the w’ay in which he treated the ladies to w’hom he was introduced and with whom he mingled in the dance. A reporter called upon him to request an explana tion of the phenomenon. “You can call it a phenomenon or anything else,” said Mr. Bell, “but I can give no explanation of it. I sim- Pbr POa-t^ a tWL na»u>r Af -ceivirur _ tlxpift shocks, and that’s about all there is about it. I don’t care about any sense less publicity on the subject, though you chn mention it if you want to. I will tell you how it w’orks. There is a great deal of electricity in my system, and w’heu I catch a person by each hand it seems to pass from me to them. You’ve seen people take hold of the handles of a battery; well, my hands are like those hardies. Give me your hands and I will show you.” Mr. Bell took the hands of the re porter in his and pressed them tightly. A shock of electricity, in no way differ ing from that given by a battery, was received. “You soe,” said the living battery, “when l draw in my breath the elec tric current seems to acquire a great power.” The reporter felt the truth of the remark as the 9harp prickly sen sation increased, as if a few hundred invisible needles were being shot through his arms. “There, you have the w hole thing, description and experience, as much as 1 can give,” said he, as he dropped he hands of the reporter. “I understood-you could pick up nee dles, Mr. Bell, with your fingers, as with a magnet,” said the searcher for facts. •*Oh, no, I never could do that. These stories are always exaggerated you know’,” replied he, as he lit his cigarette and blew the white smoke out through the open window’. “I presume it furnishes yourself and friends abundant of amusement when you desire it,” suggested the reporter. “Well, yes, I can have some fun now and then. I give the shock, you know, when no one expects it, and often I frighten the ladies when I place one hand upon a shoulder and grasp their hand with the other. They take it in orter looked.’ But Malinda went to the hospital, and the cat, as she has never ieturned has, it is presumed, found another boarding house. A Butterfly Collector. Mr. Metzger, a resident of Albany, N. Y., has one of the largest and finest collections of butterflies in the world. It took Mr. Metzger tw’enty-five years to gather them. From Russia, France, Great Britain and Spain; from Florida and Texas; from Maine and Canada; from the w’oods of the North and the groves of the South, these marvels of nature have been brought and now’ preserved in a manner maintaining their living features, they present a picture of beauty simply indescribable. There are over ten thousand of these richly colored flies, and they are a study Indeed. The writer suggested they represented a fortune, “Yes,” said Mr. Metzger, with a shrug of his shoulders, “but I never sell a fly. That I would not do. Sometimes I want a particular fly from abroad, and it costs me often ten or twenty dollars, hut be ing a poor man I endeavor to effect an exchange with my duplicates. Others more fortunate than I can buy them the coloring powders used for the pur- •. - mn _ h tlu>v j rP RqvauP , pose are nearly all poisonous, and that J o^vn clothes much-they re savages, without care they will suffer from them. Raising Tomatoes. — Tomatoes are much more abundant and of better fla- phere. There is a fly named after me, and over in that corner is one that is simply priceless. There are hut two known to exist. You see that deli cately constructed insect. That is of a remarkable family. It hatches as a butterfly in September; lives through the frost of winter; cold, however in tense, cannot kill that gossamer bit of God’s handiwork, but when the spring comes and the soft nights of May makes all nature lovely, this little thing gives up its eggs and dies. Its mission is over. There is the common moth. How graceful and dainty it is! There is the outcome of the tomato w r orm, w hich ha3 desolated acres of tomatoes in certain years. There is an insect of which the male only is winged, and yonder a fly of metalic hue, which is considered by us very valuable.” “nave you caught many of these butterflies yourself?” “The greater part of them. When a boy in the old country, it was my hobby, and for eighteen years in America I have been busy. Even in this neigh borhood I am out nearly every summer night, hunting for my treasures. I will spend all day in the woods, or all night, for that matter, in search of what I want. In this way I got many flies that I had not, and many that are w’anted abroad. I am an enthusiast, of course, and take great care of what I have.” “To you, then, it is a delightful oc cupation to search for and find a new butterfly.” * It is a delightful occupation. Every thing in nature is beautiful, not mere ly butterflies. Take the birdsjor fishes, or different insect life. It is a study of man for wnich a lifetime is too short. Nature is as rich and bountiful in beauty as in utility, and it is pleasant to find this out by personal experience.” Wash for the Mouth.—Dissolve a jspoonful of black currant jelly in half ia.cup of hot water, and add to it two lumps of sugar. Keep it in the mouth The ancient black glass of the Vene-! vor when staked than when suffered just as long as possible. \ ou must ians is now so closelv imitated as to to ramble over the groupd. For gar- [not swallow it. It will give relief den culture there is no doubt about it iwhen the tongue is dry or the mouth being the mo3t profitable plan, and it /foul, becomes a question as to what is the * best w’ay of doing the thing. In our i No Good Preaching.—No man can own case we use stout branches that do a good job of work, preach a good have numerous snags on, and which sermon, try a law suit, well, doctor a help to support the immense weight of patient, or write a good article when fruit which our plants alwavs bear, j lie feels miserable and dull, with slug- Othersusea long trellis, sloping antk *nsh brain and unsteady nerves, and meeting at the top of a section which none should make the attempt m such tians defy detection. The process is to use a mixture of sand and sulphur, with an addition of fifteen per cent, manganese. The Loon. The loon is, in the strictest sense, an aquatic fowl. It can hardly w’alk upon land, and one species at least cannot take flight from the shore. But in the water its feet are more than feet and its w ings are more than wings. It plunges in the denser air and flies with incredible speed. Its head and neck form a sharp point to its tapering neck. looks like an inverted V ( \) but the a condition when it can be so easily cool air so much shaded soil' induces is 1 R-? te ^ ea S^ ofti^r rofnmn * H ° P not favorable to the best result* in to- Bitters. See other column. mato growing, as the tomato rejoices to warm ground. Some take pains to make net upright trellises and train Its wings are far iu front and its legs and P™“ the plants, malting a pretty 0 _ irop.iun mofnro aa wpi I ns nroflncini 1 Starch for Fine Muslins.—A solu tion of gum arabic in water makes a 1 «-—. » - - s • - ■ nice starch for lawns and thin muslin, equally far in tbe rear, and its course *"?«“• ^Inqa'Vofth'etitc^en lh , eul a appearance. Dilute - cap.tal results for tne Kitcnen. the dissolved gum until you find by ex- f . periment that you have it just right. It takes but a minute to rub a cloth in it, slightly dry and iron it, to test the through the crystal depths is like the speed of an arrow. I11 the northern 1 About Shying Horses.—There nev- lakes it has been taken forty feet under e . r was a shying horse that w as not near sighted. Such horses do not see the upon hooks baited for the great s 0 ^Ject until getting on to it. Nothing length of the gum water. Lawns •out. I had never seen one until wi J „ hrpnV thp horse of the habit unle.%3 renewed in this way, after washin, water lake trout. Ia9t fall, when one appeared in the river in front of my house. I knew instantly it was the loon. Who could not tell a loon a half a mile or more away, though he had never seen one before? The river was like glass, and will break the horse of the habit unless the blinders are discarded and an open derfuliv well. head-stall used. Treat the borse kimC but2 00d appearance won- ly. Never whip him, but try to coas him up to the object, that he may smel of it. One of the w orst shyers was broken by leading, riding and driviii; Lemon Syrup.—The lemon syrup . _ „ . bought at stores can be made at home in a meadow where stones, stumpy much cheaper. Take a pound of Ha- .f thbird as it sport- boxes and buffalo skins were placed-fuj vaua su^ar, boil it in water down to a . ... . , » n,.npv rluTT tllO . 7 . ... ed about broke the surface iiko ripply ; different positions every day, the h&rie that revealed it far and w’ide. Pres ently a boat shot out from shore and a few < led up to them and allowed to cTf oats oft' the object. Let any onti cutiy a UU.M, »u«t uut iruui auure >ou j * xamine a well-behaved horse’s eyej you do not find it sour enough after it went rippin = upthe surface toward the ap.i t t, C u a‘shyers’ eye, and note rto q as stoo j two or tliree jaysfadd more loon. The creature at once seemed to j difference, divine the intentions of the boatmen, | shyer, and slided oft’ obliquely, keeping a sharp lookout as if sure it was pur sued. A steamer came down and passed between them, and when the way w’as again clear the loon w’as still sw: ming on the surface. Presently it dis- Be kind and gentle to A Lump of Soft Coal. For years no one had supposed that a lump of soft coal, dug from a mine or ~ | bed in the earth, possessed any other purpose than that of fuel. It was next appeared* under the w^te'rT and The found that IC would afford a & as ri,a ' boatman pulled sharp and hard. In a few moments the bird appeared some w’as combustible. Chemical analyse.' j proved it to he made of hydrogen. Jn rods further on, as if to make an ob _ process of time, mechanical and cbemi- servation. Seeing it was being pur . calingenuity devised a mode of maniu sued, and no mistake, it dove quickly ! facturin * thi3 and it to and when it came up again, had gone many times as far as the boat had in the lighting of buildings and cities on a large scale. In doing this other pro- 5 the same space of time. Then it dove j dacts of ^illation were developed un- again, and distanced its pursuer so easi- ! td ’ stL P ^ ste P’ ^ ie following ingredi- ly that he gave over the chase and rest- 1 ents are e:atrac<;ed from : exeel- ed on his oars. But the bird made a fi- i lent °' 110 ^PP 1 ? Hght-houses, equal to nal plunge, and when it emerged upon tae best sperm oil, at lower cost. Ben- the surface again it was over one mile , z<de ’ a 1‘gbt sort of ethereal fluid which away. Its course must have been, and I evaporates easily, and, combined with doubtless was, an actual flight under I ra P or or moist air, is used for ihe pure water, and half as fast as the crow flies 1 P 08e .? f P or * abIe 2 as .lamps, so called. . - . Naptha, a heavy fluid, useful to dis-i m tne air. : solve gutta-percha and india rubber; * * " i an excellent oil for lubricating purpos- Langtior, it» cause and uemcjj. i es. Asphaltum—which is a black, solid The cause of languor, alien it is not tbe im* substance, used in making varnishes, mediate « r indirect consequence of positive i covering roofs and covering over vaults, disease, is traceable to a debilitating tempera- , Paraffine—a white crystaline substance ture. Persons living in a warm, moist climate resembling white wax, which can be sisssuosriia? ££ 1 made iat ° bea « ifd] ™" diea *> tion are its charaaeri-lic*. Sometimes it is accompanied by undue relaxation of tbe bow els, and by dyspepsia or bi ious symptoms. A reliable remedy is Hostetter's Stomach bitters, a strengthening and alterative medicine de rived irom the purest and most effi acious vegetable sou: ces, with a pure spirituous basis, pronounced by emneut [.h y »,cian.,mild and j rne^Wotthe^ol^'cTandS hWemngTSra^. wnolesome stimulaut. Tbe Bitters, foremost ! tions, Tumors. Ac., Dr. Jayne’s Alterative has of American Tone-, is largely need in the j been found preeminently successiui. By Its tropi* s, where the :limate is very productive action on tbe blood, it destroys tne virus or of debility, malarial fevers, and disorders of i P°lsonoua principle from which these diseases Ife bowels, liver and digestive or ans Mlglnate, and drives it from tbe system. made into beautiful candles similar to wax; it melts at a temperature of J10 deg. and affords an excellent light. All these substances are now’ mad&from soft coal. not only Icok as though just made up. quart, drop in the white of an egg to clarify it, strain it, add one-quarter of an ou nee of tartaric or citric acid. If acid. A few drops of oil of lemon improves it. Apple Tapioca Pudding.—Put one- hall cupful of tapioca to boil; slice thin a large pudding dish of apples and sweeten very sweet (brown sugar pre ferred); then mix with the boiled tapioca and bake two or three hours in a moderate oven, stirring occasionally until rhe whole dish becomes clear- looking. Eat cold with cream. Delicate Cake.—One and a half cups of powdered sugar, one-half of butter, one-half of flour; one-half cup of corn starch 3ifted with the flour, one-half cup of milk, the whites of six eggs beaten to a froth, one small teaspoon ful of cream of tartar, and one-half teaspoonful of soda; fllavor with al mond or vanilla; bake in a moderate oven. “Practical Science.* Under the above heading, the St. Croix Courier, of St. Stephen, N. B., in referring to the analysis of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, recently made by Prof. Chandler, of New. York, aud others, says: “Nothing was discovered which we think objectionable, and the published analysis should increase, rather than retard, their sale. To us. it seems a little unjust to call a man a quack, simply because he seeks to reap as much pecuniary reward as other classes of inventors.” The English Press is conservative, yet after a care ful examination of all the evidence, it not only endorses but recommends the Family Medicines manufactured by Dr. Pierce. No remedies ever offered the afflicted give such perfect satisfac tion as Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. In Austin, Texas, almost everything is plastered over with big patent medi cine advertisements. In the court-yard of a hotel there is a Dig cistern, and on it is an advertisement in letters a foot and a half long: “Smith’s Diseased Liver Remedy.” A stranger from the North saw the hotel clerk draw a bucket of water from the cistern on which the above sign was plastered, and then he said, as though to himself, I’ve heard it was sickly in Austin, but I never expected to see people draw off tneir medicine by the bucketful.” It doesn’t do any good to veto a butcher’s bill. Bloggsby tried it, and the butcher, in tleffance of all law’ aud constitutional precedent, absolutely re fused to vote any more supplies until the billpassed. Bloggsby says the coun try is on the verge of a new revolution, and in fact the new revolution has come, for he now’ walks clear around the block to avoid the butcher’s shop. Medical men often puzzle them selves over the large sale that Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup enjoys. Its great popularity is due only to the excellent qu&litiea possessed by this Household medicine. 25 cents. “Every man should provide liberally for his family,” says Mr. Smith, “Ever since my marriage I have kept my wife provided with a sewing-machine, sur mounted with a fine mirror.” “What is the mirror for?” inquired a party present. “Well,” said the oracle, “I tell her that when she gets so lazy that she cannot run the machine, she can sit right still and sec herself starve to death.” Wash atiahy up clean and dress him real pretty aud he will resist all ad vances with a superlative crossness; but let him eat molasses gingerbread and fool around the coal-scuttle for half an hour, and he will nestle his dear little dirty face close up to your clean shirt-bosom, and be just the cun- ningest, lovingist little rascal in the world.” “How much shall you charge for a bologna sausage that shall reach from one of my cars to the other?” asked a soldier in Berlin of a dealer. “Fifty kreutzers,” was the reply. “I take the offer,” replied the soldier; “one of my ears was cut oft in a battle a thousand miles from here. There was a com promise. Swinburne sings, “1 hid my head in a nest of roses.” Did you, Algernon, did you ? That was wi-e of you to hide it among the roses. Now, if you had covered it up in a nest of cabbages, when you came to pick it out again yon could not have told, for the life of you, which head was yours. Stick to the roses, old boy, every time. Nothing removes an Incipient Cold more quickly and pleasantly than reliable cathartic medicine, such as that old and tried remedy. Dr. Bull’s Bal timore Pills, used by thousands of families throughout the land. Pric% only 25 cents. When Benjamin Franklin was an editor, he was in the habit of writing to the young ladies who sent in poetry saying in honeyed language that,owing to the crowded state of his columns, etc., but he would endeavor to circulate their productions in manuscript; then he tied the poems to the tail of his kite for “bobs.” An Oil Citizen terms summer i “haughty spirit,” because it goeth be fore a fall. “ ANAKE81S” Is an Infallible Cure for Piles. Mr. Wm. J. Andrews, of Columbia, Term., writes the following: Messrs. Neustaedteb <k Co., New York : Gents—For npward of 20 years I have been afflicted with the Piles. When I first took them they were blind and very painful. For about ten years they continued as blind, then commenced bleeding. The hemorrhoids con tinued to increase until I was losing at every stool fully a gill of blood, and frequently, while standing at my desk, the blood would run down into my boots. I have had these hem orrhoids to last for several hours. In tbe meantime, like a drowning man, I was grasp ing at everything, trying to find relief. On one occasion I had them cauterized, which, after intense suffering for over a month, effected temporary relief, for a short time only however. About ten months since, while at stool, my eye fell on an advertisement headed 4 in large letters, “Piles,” “Send 2 cent stamp and get circular.” I did so and received a few “Plain Blunt Facts” in reply, after reading which, I concluded it was such plain common sense that I would give “Anakesis” a triaL I did so and the result was, that after a few days use, the bleeding ceased and I have not suffered a moment’s pain since, ft is said that **a fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind.” 80, knowing quite a number of friends who were suffering like myself. I distributed quite a number of them, and from every one re ceived a favorable report. I would not be without * ‘Anakesis” for a hundred times its cost. To all who are afflicted with Piles I would say: “Give Anakesis a trial and you will no longer be a sufferer.” Wm. J. Andrews. “Anakesis” is sold by all first-class drug gists. Price iLOO per box. Bent free by mail on receipt of price by P. Neustaedter A Co., ■ole manufacturers of * ‘Anakesis,” Box 3916 New York. Samples will be sent free to all sufferers. For current worms, plant lice, cabbage fleas; slugs on pear trees, melon hugs this is very effectual. It is always be9t to use it in the cool of the morning, while the dew is upon the leaf. Clerk : “Who is the sender of this parcel?” Carman: “Sorra bit o’me knows now what to call her. She should be Mrs. Thompson by her 'mo ther, and her husband has put the name of Doolin on her. “So, faix, I b’leve you may write down aicher of thim.” ment occupying one inch space, one time; or six lines two times; or tnree lines lour times. newspapers an adeer- ti-ement of one Inch space, one time; or six lines two times; or three lines four times Address S. m. PETTENGILL ft CO., 37 Park Row, New York. Or, 701 Chestnut St. Phils. Worms. Worms. Worms. E. F. Kunkel's Worm Syrup never fails to destroy Piu, Seat aud Stomach Worms. Dr. Kunkel the only successful physician who re moves Tape Worm in two hours, alive with head, aud no fee until removed. Common sense teaches if Tape Worms can be removed all other worms cau be readily destroyed. Ad vice at office and store, free. The doctor can tell whether or not the patient has worms. Thousands are dying daily, with worms, and do not know it. Fits, spasms, cramps, chok ing and suffocation, sallow complexion, circles around the eyes, swelling and paia in the stomach, restless at night, grinding of the teeth, picking at the nose, cough, fever, itch ing at the sea r , headache, foul breath, the pa tient grows pale aud thin, tickling and irrita tion in tne anus—all these symptoms, and more, come from worms. E. F. Kunkel's WnuM Sybup never fails to remove them. Price, fl per t ottle. or six bottles for $5.00. (For Tape Worm write aud consult the doctor.) For all others, buy of your druggists the Worm SyruD, and if he has it not, send to Da. E. F, Kunkel, 259 N. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. Advice by mail, free ; send three-cent stamp if You Want to be Strong:, Healthy a^d vigorous, take E. F. KUNKEL’s Bitter Wine of Iron. No language can convey an adequate idea of the immediate and a most miraculous change produced by taking E. F. KUNKEL’S Bitter Wine of Iron in the diseased, debili ated, aud shattered nervous svstem. Whether broken down by excess, weak by nature, or impaired by sickness, the relaxed aDd unstrung organization is restored to per fect health and vigor. Sold only in $1.U0 bot tles, or six bottles for $5 00. Ask your drug gist for E. F. KUNKEL’S Bitter Wiue of Iron aud take no other. If be has it not, send to proprietor, E. F. KUNKEL, No. 259 N. Ninth Street, Philadelphia. Advice free ; send three- cent stamp. HiraraT.T.’s Tetter Ointment will cure Sore Eyelids. Sore Nose, Barber's Itch on the face, or Grooer’s Itch on the hands. It never fails. 50 cents per box. sent by mail for 60 cents. Johnston, Holloway & Co., 602 Arch St.. Phila., Pa. Rnp^rtus’ celebrated Single Breech-loading Shot- Gun at $15 up. up. Mutate Pistols of most ap| ading Gui _jprored English and American tnak‘ s. All kinds of sporting implements and arti cles reonir-d by sportsmen ami gnu-makers. COLT’S NEW BKEECH-L'IAIHNG DOUHLE GUNS at ffiD np—the best guns yet made for the price. Priced on application. JOS. C. GRUBB A CO.. 712 Market St., Phllada., Pa. Oakland Female Institute, NORRISTOWN, PA. WTNTERTKRM WILL COMMENCE SEPTEM BER 9. 1879. For circulate address J. GRIER RALSTON, Principal. JUST PUBLISHED, THE VOICE OF WOfflP FOR CHOIRS, FOR CONVENTIONS, FOR SINGING SCHOOLS. Price $1.00. $9 00 per dozen. rpHK VOICE OF WORSHIP,by L. O. Emerson, I is like other Church Music by the same au thor, pre eminent fur Rrac-ful and beautiful music, and for the Soe skill and judgment displayed iu se lection aud arraugemeut. The First Hundred Pares Include the SINGING SCHOOL COURSE, in which provements which i and other im- Oliver Ditson A Co, Boston. ■OFI, AUCHU, HAITDKAKJL DANDELION, *hb Puuif ivd But Konui Qviunu of all or jus Birms. TECHY OUHD ifsssMs ot the Stomach, Bowels, Blood, Liver Kidneys, and Urinary Organs, Nervousness, Ateep- SSHMB sad sspedally Female Complaints. ► HIM IN GOLD. RbsptfdforseasstteywlH not ears or help, c for anything tm^m or Injurious found In them. Ask your druggist for Hop Bitten and trjtte baton you steep. Takes ether. r Oovun Cum Is the eweetest, safees sad bea Ask Children l Bar Tmm for Stomach, Liver sad Ddnsgu augerier to all others. Ask Druggist* ELL C. Is an absolute and breeletfbie ours fn Pruskenees, use of opium, tobacoe sad naroodca ■■ Send for etreetea ‘- w «| — . ESTABLISHED IMS. MORGAN & HEADLY, Importers of Diamonds AND MamMnrers of Spectada CIS IAEIOK Street, Fhllsdslphls. nioitrsted Price List Best to tks tndt ma tppUmtloi. world u ADVICE aai and the best mediums and'the manner of d dug It.—ESTIMATES lor one or m re lnser: loas of an advert lsement, in any number of papers, forwarded ou application. A RABE CHANCE FOB AO THE COMPLETE HOME! By Mrs. JULIA McNAIR WRIGHT. The theme la oue upon which the author brinea to bear ihe fruits of years of research, obaerva'iou and travrl, both in this country and the old world. The fu'1-paged colored plates, illustrating Ancient and Modern Homes ar>- marvela of elegauce and E ood taete. No work treating thi-* subject in detail. hb heretofore been offered, and hence Agents will haveacletr fl -ld. Competent critics pronounce it th- great book or tbe year. ” * “ J aud teitna, address the Pub- J.C. McCITRHY A CO., 26 S. Seventh St.. Philadelphia. Pa. Fur full debcriptiui IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS, The Best hand in the West, WE HAVE FOR SALE IMPROVED FARMS at low prices aud easy terms. Railroads. Schoo Houses aud Churches already built. Produce Sells for c&i-h. Laud uusurpassed iu quality and loca- •cd for Mapr nud Circulars, which give full AGENTS. READ THIS We will pay Agents a salary oi «luu per month aud expenses, or allow a large cummUniot., to sell 0 new and wonderful inventions. Uieia^ant’ tiamDle free. Addrc&a 3l Co^ Mars u.m2 When Trade is Dull Judicious Advertising Sharpens It. HOW TO ADVERTISE- G* See PETTENGILL WHEN TO advertise Sf P PETTF.XftlILL WHERE TO advertise. CF- see PETTENGILL WHOM T0 ADVEBTISE THBOCGH. tr See PETTENGILL. GO T ° 37 PARK RoW » YORK, and *3- See PETTENGILL. SEND FOR A SAMPLE OF FINE OOLONG TEA At 40 per In PITRE TEAS L UUU AUAUl hotels and large consum ers; largest stock in the country; quality and terms ihe best. Country storekeepers jihould call _orwri LANDEETHB' SEEDS PFTTADKT.FWTA ^TH YEAR OF BG t'hEEMoInT SEMINART 1 Sorri«town, P«. Begins Septenibe Patronised by p-opte desiring tl prepared for College or uubiu<-*> *»re. a duress JOHN-W. LOCH.Pb. D., Frir s thoroughly For Circular* 119 TO ADVERTISERS. nr* We will fornisb on application, estimates for Advertising: In tbe best and largest circulated Newspapers In the United States and Canadas. Oar facilities are nn rpaased. We make onr Customers' Interests our own, and atudy to please and make their Ad vertlslng profitable to them, as thou- ands who have tried ns can testify. Call or address, S. M. PETTINGILL A CO., 87 PARK ROW. New York. 701 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. PIAIIflfi* 140 1° WOO-fsctnry ■ IHIvUO prices — i-h.be«t honors — Math unbelt a scale l»r squares—finest up- t PUJiO Co.. 21 E- 15ili Street. N. Y. Those answering an Advertisement will confer a favor upon the Advertiser and the Publisher by stating that they saw the adver tisement In this iooraaLfnamlng: the paper). flo. 1613 CHEBTN0T St, Philadelphia, Pa- DEALEBS IN Choice Family Grocerie Of Every Description. GENTS' FINE SHOES SEND POSTAL FOR PRICE List and Instructions for >elf-Mea«urement, to W. F. BARTLETT, 29South NINTH Street, Philadelphia, Pa. E OR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR CITY PBO- of located and productive land, under a high cultivation, with a Mansion House replete with every convenience; porter’s lodge, farm house, two barns and stable, ice and green houses, Ac., with several hundred p»»r trees, grapes. Ac. situated at Olney, 5 miles north from Market street, Philadel phia. adjoining Olney Station, on tbe PhifKMphia aud Newtown Railroad This i* a very desirable investment for a capitalist, as it i. bound tn largely increase in value. For lull particulars apply to S. M. GUMMEY A SONS, 733 Walsct Street, Philadelphia. msmsNm Qmrolc Pises—, by rnrmttm Umtmg M REMARKABLE CURESfl QaanfigS! O PERA GLASSES. 31 icro«copes,Spectacles, 1 Glares. Tborn.oraeie. a, Barometers At Grea Redured Prices. It. A. J. BECK. Mai.ufacti ing Opticians. Philadelphia. S-nd 3 Stan for ill list rated Catalogue of 144 pages, a uve Staple Hardware Specialties. 1PCNTC They Sell In every family. Sol# BUCIf I J sg-ncy given f>>r fu'l tenn of patents. Profits from 11*0 to 300 per cent. Live U/INTPn fteen's arc making 95 to fi 10 per day. • Address for deecnptive circulars, LIVINGSTON A CO., Iron Founders, Pittsb’g.Pa. 1XTD U S To the best lauds, in tbe best climate, with the Mat markets, and on the best terms, along the line of R y. 3,000,000 ACRES Mainly in the Famous RED RIVER VALLEY OFTHE NORTH. On long time, low prices and easy payments. Pamphlet with full Information mailed free. Apply to D. A. McKINLAY, Land Com’r, at. r. *. a n. R'y. »t- P»oi. Rim.. CATARRH! HYIPTION If neglected, may rapidly develop into quick consumption. Ordi nary treatments will not c Its effects a loss of , ^-oughs. Nervous snd Catsrrhal Headaches, Deafness. diaeaaccof tbeair : p—gas and lungs there is no treat-