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tVooilen Boxes Tor Machinery.
Where slow motion only is required,
or where machinery works in water,
there is no other kind of box better
than one of wood. The wood best fit
ted for this use, is the roots of hard ma
ples or yellow birch. The grain of
these roots is twisted, the fibres are
tough, and if the grain is placed end
wise to the bearing, the resistance to
wear will be found greater than tha:
of metal boxes, for driving shafts for
horse powers,threshers, fodder-cutters,
pumps and other machinery where the
motion is not over two hundred and
fifty or three hundred revolutions in a
minute. Where the motion is greater,
wooden boxes lined with Babbitt metal
may still be used; so that for any pur
pose whatever, in an emergency or for
regular use, a supply of well-selected
and prepared wooden boxes might be
kept on hand,for whatever machinery is
used out of easy reach of a foundry or
machine shop. The timber should be
selected for its gnarled arrangement of
fibres, and seasoned slowly under cover
but in an airy place. It should then be
sawed into squared blocks of the proper
size for different uses, and steeped in
crude petroleum or sperm oil, until
thoroughly saturated. The blocks may
then be put away for use, in a dry place,
or kept in the tool-chest. The blocks
are first roughly sawed out, leaving the
trimming to be done afterward. The
hole is bored of the proper size for the
shaft, being centered truly and bored
from each end, leaving it a little smal
ler than the shaft for a tight fit. When
A Wicked Old Gentleman.
Nice oid gentleman he was; big'
white waistcoat, low' cut shoes, bald
head and silver-bowed spectacles. He
led in the singing on Sunday evening
in the hotel parlor, and sang that old
fashioned bass in “Coronation,” and
“China” in that sonorous Qpand down
style w'liich country choristers used to
practice in accompanying the big ilddle
and withal had the bland benevolent
look of a good old up country deacon.
He was “looking round the house”
next night, and stepped in where some
of the boys were playing cards—some
thing where they were talking of
“calls” and “raises” and “seeing.”
The boys looked a little disconcerted,
but the old man didn’t say anything,
till the hand was played out, and one
of the party, under pretence ot having
an engagement, winked to the others
and said he must go, intending to
break up till the old man had gone
away and then resume the game. But
he had scarce turned his back when
the aged visitor remarked:—
“I wonder he didn’t ‘raise’ ye with
the hand he held.”
“Do you understand the game?”
asked one of the party, taking a cigar
from his mouth.
“Wall, a leetle—I’ve seen ’em playin
on it, and sometimes thort that I’d like
to take a hand jes’ fur fun.”
“Just so,” said another, “suppose
you try a game or two with us.”
“Wall, I don’t mind jes fur the fun
er the thing,” so the old man sat down
and With a good deal of instruction
managed to get through the game and
this has been done, the block can be
... . -«*r. „ x. ol . won on the penny tfnte. “Thar,” said
oiled and put away. When finally 1 J
i m l. ic n „ ai , be, “n that feller mat’s gone had been
prepared for use, the block is squareu , ,,
1 1 . . ,. , spunky ana put in live dollars, he’d get
up truly, and sawed exactly through * J
1 J , -. , , ,. “ , it instead of eight cents, wouldn’t he?”
the center of the shaft-hole, and is then ...... , ~ ,
, . “Whv! certainly,” said one of the
sandpapered to lit its place. As the - . ,
: ^ ^ ,. .. . , _ young men, “certainly, it’s your deal
boxes wear, the inner surface is dress- J e
u »«b .y , uncle; now why dont’ vou go in for a
eJ by plaaing or rubbing upon a sheet ^ d ’ ol]ar alite '„ '
of sandpaper until the bearings are; ,, WaH „ s;lid the old fellow throw-
again accurately adjusted. All this. , ng ronnd the card3) ..y dunno but I
may be done very rapidly by a farmer Dut j fiaint t uothin > but a
or his boy who can use tools, i or : twentv dollar blll that j drew 0 uten
boxes for water-wheel journals and , the b ; nk tQ ^ here
also for steps to turbine wheels, where ; „ Wellj unclei „ said tho ot her, gath-
the work is done under water, there is . ering np and K , ancing at bis card8j
nothing beLter than wood ot the kinds : g 0 y er twenty, aaid you can put
mentioned, and the wear of iron upon ; ^ the missionary box when you win
wood, or of wood upon wood, is much I n if you like.”
less than that of iron upon iron or upon j “Si 10 j so j ken,” said tne old man
brass. The best lubricator for wood- j don’t think ’twud be gambollin’ at
eu boxes—excepting in water, when | a u e f that’s the case.”
no other is required—is tallow and | “Not at all,” said the other winking
black-lead or black-lead alone; when to bis companions.
machine oil is used, black-lead should j “Wall, then, 1 den’t care ef I go yer
always be mixed with it. this other nfty—but I s’pose you’ll
| think I’m doin’ on it to skear ye—but
Wanted, i our denomination’s tarnal poor, and a
A clergyman who can preach three j big contribution is just what. their
sermons consecutively without men- hankerin’ arter.” ■.*
tiohing Galileo. “Oh, no, I cover your fifty uncle, we
A man who will refrain from calling ought to be liberal you know, ’ and so
his friend’s-speech a “happy effort..’ j the *ame went on till finally the old
A woman who remembers last Sun-! man remarked, “Wall, I’d no idee I
day’s text, but is unable to speak under- j had Ms roll of bills in my pocket—
standingly of the trimmings on the boil- j so y° u ca ^ do ^ e •' dve hundred dol-
net of the lady in the pew next in front. 1 lars U P • J' 011 bave § ot ^ re3 . P IC “
An editor who never feels pleased to ters-three queens and a jack! Well,
have his good things credited, or mad i ’ tis kinder queer Jt’otb^ cjuec-n-
liavv: haw! haw!”
j “Yes, I’m sorry for you, but what
are your other cards?” said the young
j man triumphantly.
“Well, three on ’em ez kings—why
darn it, all that ere pot o’ money’s
mine, young feller!” said he, stretch-
when they are stolen.
A pencil that is always m the first
pocket you put your hand into.
A man who has been a fool some time
during his life and knows enough to
keep the knowledge of it to himself.
A married man who does not think ■ . . e . .
,, .. . . .. .. .. . . |-ing out a powerful paw and squeezing
all the girls envy his wife the prize she i .. .... * . , , , -
a J * , the bills out of the hand of the young
las cap tu ret. man who had already begun to roll
A married woman who never said. them u ,. Pra mister you like t0
•‘No wonder the girls don’t get married take your band again,” said be to the
nowadays; they are altogether different | otbcr who bad Tetarnea meantime,
from what sfieywere when I wasa girl.” U h are in t0 SO me sam
An unmarried woman who never bad Ume8 6tairs Bcfor6 to bed and
an oiler. , ,,
- , . . , , , 1 promised to jine^em
A man who never intimated that the There was a blank look ef amaze-
economies of the universe were subject J nient in that circle as he left, and the
to his movements, by saying, “I knew thought forced itself into more than
if 1 took an umbrella, it wouldn’t j one mind of the danger of trusting to
AGRIGULTUiUS. -
The Pig in Agriculture.—The pig
has recently been spoken of in con
tempt when compared with our other
domestic animals. But if we examine
hi3 good qualities at all critically, we
must award him a high place in our
agriculture. He is found to produce a
pound of prpdne^ from less .food than
either cattle cr sheep, and is, therefore,
the most economical machine to manu-
facture our corn crop into marketable
meat. Our people are becoming wiser
every year, and exporting les3 propor
tionately of the raw material, and more
of condensed product. If it takes seven
pounds of corn on an average to make
a pound of pork, as i3 no doubt the case,
the farmer begins to see the great econ
omy of exporting one pound oi pork,
bacon ox bam, instead of seven pounds
of corn. The difference iu cost of
freight makes a fine profit of itself;
beside the pound of meat is usually
worth more than seven pounds of corn
in the foreign market. The production
of pork should be encouraged on the.
further consideration that it carries off
less of the valuable eonstitueuts of the
soil than beef. The fat pig contains
only three-fourths as much mineral
matcer per hundred weight as the steer,
and only two-fifths as much nitrogen
per hundred weight; -and therefore the
production-of a ton of pork on the farm
will carry off only a little more than
half the fertility carried off by a ton of
beef; beside, a ton of beef will require
nearly fifty per centum more to pro
duce it. This gives in round numbers
the comparative effect of producing
pork and beef. It is thus evident that
the pig should be fostered iii every
way, ins capabilities studied and push
ed, his diseases carefully noted and pre
vented, for he is the mos£ profitable
meat-producing animal on the farm.
The pig is an excellent adjunct to the
dairy, turning all the refuse milk and
even whey into cash. As he is king of
our meat exports, so let us treat him
with great consideration.
Salt for Poultry.—The question
as to whether salt is injurious to poul
try, has often been mooted. To get at
the true facts, I have been feeding salt
to all my poultry, young and old alike,
and closely watching the result. I
have fed it in cold mush and hot; In
bran and everything else, all the spring
and summer with the following result:
The poultry will eat all kinds of salted
food in preference to unsalted; they
are better in general healthr not a louse
of any kind in young or old (the first
year I have been able to say so), and
they are all beginning to moult, many
of them laying as though not moulting.
Eggs are now cheap, and the hens will
be readv for fall laying \vhen the weath
er is. cold and eggs scaree. This may
or may not be the result of feeding salt
largely to them, but I am compelled to
believe this to be so, as are some other
peculiarities. I have noticed one fea
ture, which may not be in favor of
salt—the liens have seemed to be more
persistently inclined to sit, it being
more difficult to break off the inclina
tion ; they sit much closer than usual.
All seem voraciously fond of green
food of any kind, and have eq^teiia large
quantity of clover, grass, young COriT
and other similar food. My observa
tions |ead me to the conclusion that
salt is a needed condiment for all our
poultry, and in all points is beneficial
10 them. Pigeons are excessively fond
of salt in any form, and why should
notour poultry be also! Such being
the true status, it behooves us to con
sider their needs and attend to them.
rain,” or some similar asinine remark.
A pocket knife that is never in “them
other pants.”
A mother who never said she “would
rather do it myself,” when she should-
have taught her child to do that thing.
A father who never forgets that his
duties to his children
appearances.
Old IJeezer Jokes a Stranger.
As old man Beezer was standing at
the daily market the other evening hell
ing a colored brother pick out a water
melon that would make a good bridal
ils man y and present, a sore-footed mar. with a stick
as weighty as theirs to him. ! over his shoulder, holding a bundle
A child who would not rather eat ^ e( j U p j n a re( i handkerchief, hobbled
between meals than at meals. j U p #
A converted brother who does not [ “Does any of you happen to know a
exaggerate his forsaken wickednesses j man living around here anywhere by
when relating his experience. ! the name of Slummer,” inquired the
A person, age or sex immaterial, who 1 pilgrim, sitting down on a salt barrel,
does not experience a flush of pride up-| “Godfrey Slummer?” said Beezer,
on being thought what he is not and 1 looking up, and turning round so siul-
lay never hope to be.
A button on the male garmenture
that never comes off except when the
person whose mission in life is to sew
buttons on is near at hand with her
utensils.
A singer who never complains of a
cold when asked to siug.
A woman who when caught in her
second-best dress will make no apology
for her dreadful appearance.
Fare pa and Carl Kuga.
The public smiled at the uuion be
tween the great Parepa and little Carl
Rosa, when she might have at least
been a Countess. The story of the en
gagement is characteristic. Rosa was
a leader, quiet, worth}', modest and
adoring. He never ventured to press
Uis claims, but his faithful services
made a deeper impression than he had
any idea of. The company was travel
ing by rail one day, when Parepa seated
herself beside her silent lov^r, and re
marked liis melancholy. Rosa was
blue and down-hearted, and the good
creatuie tried to cheer him up.. She
recomiqended matrimony to him, and
receiving a despondent reply that no
woman would marry a man in his po
sition, she is reported to have patted
him patronizingly on the head with
the remark: “Cheer up, my little man; I ’““'.mated"
if that is all I will marry you myself.” ;
denly that he stepped on a dog’s tail
and had to kick still quicker to avoid a
bite.
“That’s the chap,” said the itinerant,
rubbing his blistered heel and giving
the melons a look of love. “D’ye know
him ?”
“Better’ll I do the taste of meat,”
returned the old man. “And precious
little good 1 know of him too?”
“Where’s he live?” asked the wan
derer, without displaying any inclina
tion to dispute the assertion.
“Well, you turn the corner here,
cross over to the other side an’ per-
eeed till you come to that mud-colored,
shabby-lookiu, house over yonder.
Then you take the. door in the left-
hand end of it, go right in without
knockin’, and then turn to yonr right
ail’ go straight up stairs, keep on till
you strike the smell o’ spiled soap
grease, knock at the door that makes
you the sickest ail’ there you are.
You’ll find ’em both drunk I exxiect.”
A minute or two afterward the old
gentleman, having completed the selec
tion to the delight of the sable brother,
set out for bis own abode, and on the
way passed the house to which he had
directed the tramp. He found him
working patiently trying to open the
wrong door, which had been nailed up
for some time, the premises havin
The old
stepped up and in the
manner
And she did. A happier or more de- j gentlest and most insinuatin
voted couple than the big-hearted J possible thpped the forgetful caller on
pnma nonna and her little manager 1
never existed.
The Niagara Falls Fark.
The Commission! rswho are inquiring
about making a park around Niagara
Falls learn that about $1 300,000 may be
required to secure the necessary land.
This will include, on the American
side, Goat Island, the river road front
1 eading from Goat Island to Prospect
ark, the Prospect Park property;
thence across the new suspension
bridge,up the Canadian side of the river,
the hand and said with gravest dignity
“This ’ere one isycur le*lt hand,stran
ger. You ought to put a ring, or a
string, or a somethin’ on it, sc’s you’d
know the t’other door’s the one I told
you to take.”
The man offered to pawn his bundle
to buy the beer.
On one occasion, while journeying
through the White mountain region, Agas
siz and Ins scientific companion, seated on
the top of a stage, irritated the driver'by
, , r w | m i? i repeatedly calling upon him to stop when
including Mr. John 1. Bush’s park, the ; ^ noti ^ ed at] / thillg bot anically iascina-
grounds known as Mr, Buchanan’s pro- i jj n g on road, and jumping down from
per y, Mr. Saul Davis’s property, in- their seats in order to obtain.it. Prof. Fel-
cluding the Niagara Falls Museum and I ton who was with them, kept his seat dur-
Table Hock House; Mr. D. Isaac’s pro- ing the whole ride, and told the drive
pertv, including the Prosnect House ' expianation of their conduet that they were
and "the Museum Hotel; thenccfurthi r 1 nat ' 1 f allsts '. Outlie next day when the
, , .. . coachman had another load of passengers,
southerly", 111 ^ r * Sutherland s j ie narra ted to those near him on the box
Maclean’s river frent and io..dway to the strange freaks of his yesterday’s com-
the Burning Springs, In all making panions. “Their keeper,” he added, “call-
about three miles of Niagara Falls j ed them naterals; and certainly they be-
fron tage. ~ I liaved themselves as sicli. 1 ’
^ DOMESTIC.
Suggestions about Carpet'Sweep
ing.—Sweeping is a good exercise if
you can avoid raising a dust. But if
you are in need of vigorous exercise
of that kind, get a hoe and betake Your
self into a corn-field. Sweep carpets
gently Even*a rag Carpet should oe
treated with**consideration. A severe
digging with a stiff broom wears the
warp and scrapes out the lint of the
rags quite needlessjy. Not long ago I
heard a woman sky Aliat a very stiff
broom was needed for sweeping Brus
sels carpet. I thought to myself “a
stiff broon/Trill never sweep my Brus
sels carpets” (good reason why!), as
I imagined the tearing out of the soft
tutting of the carpet by the coarse,
sharp broom splints. A carpet-sweep
er is ‘the best thing for this purpose.
It does the work easily 1 and well, and
saves dust. A brush of hair • and oust
pan are^ood to use for the nicest ; ear
ns ust be used for Brussels, it shtxuld be
fine, soft, light and clean. To sweep
up threads, ^rayelings and other fine
litter, many persons wet the broom in
clean tepid water, shaking out the wa
ter before sweeping with-it, ju§c-k£ep-
ing tH&broom moi$fcenoijgh to wipe up
the fine*df*8t and threads, rinsiBgin
clear water and shaking it frequently
as the work progresses. Brussels car
pets are not suitable for rooms where
sewing and baby culture are going for
ward.. In jHOviding carpets for any
rodm, reason wBuld dictatethey,
be*such as may easily be wfpt clean;*
not so dark as to show every dust and
thread, nor so light as to be very easily
soiled—something which will either
let the dust sift through or retain it on
the surface, rather than in the carper
itself, when to be’ used in rooms where
dust is made.
Vegetable Cooking.—The follow
ing general rule will be found applica
ble to the cooking of all vegetables.
Be sure to use them while fresh. Tlie
evaporation of moisture,, which wilts
them, also renders them unwholesome
and tasteless, Fresh vegetables will
cook in much less time than those which
are stale. The more rapidly they cock
the better, and they should never be
allowed to stop boiling after they, once
begin, until done, when they should le
Sed ™» U themiustwow.
Too long cooking will injure both cd-
or and flavor. Too little .will make
them tastelessnmd indigestible. Thoie
which should look white must be boil
ed in a mixture of milk and water.
Those which should look green whei
done must he left uncovered white
cooking A small particle^)!' <rai*boL-
ate of ammonia mixed in the water n
which green vegetables are cooked will
preserve the color without injuring thd
flavor, but fresh young vegetables loot
and taste well enough without resort'
ing to such devices, which are mainlj
employed by professional cooks.
Increasing the Ears of Corn.—
If we take a well-developed‘corn stalk
and dissect it length wise, at the axles of
many of the central and lower leaves
we discover buds cut through longitu
dinally. Some o| these buds generally
develop ears of corn. Usually thesfe
ears are near tlie upper buds noticed
on the dissected stalk. Now the fact
has been established that all, or a jna-;
jority of the buds on the cornstallfcmay
be developed into ears. Such being the
fact, why do not corn growers generally
pay more attention to the improvement
of the crop? Even if they are not dis
posed to give it the patient attention
for this improvement, why not more
generally adopt the improvement made
by others, when it will require less’Joss
of time and experiment than otherwise ?.
A singular fact noticed in a cornstalk
well grown is, that instead of the lar
gest bud of the green stalk developing
an ear of corn, it is the smallest of the
buds on tho stalk, at the time oi ri
pening and on stalks which bear no
ears, the buds will be found to be near
ly of equal size, if examined when
growth has matured. Some varieties
of corn show a greater number of buds
to the stalk than others and such are
usually the more productive.
Culture “of Quinces.—While quin
ces can be made to grow on almost any
kind of soil, still a rather deep, rich,
and moist soil is far preferable to one
of an opposite character. Qaince
trees, planted alongside of ditches, of
on the banks of small streams and bor
ders of ponds, always seem to thrive
better and bear larger fruit than those
growing on high and dry ground,
which is probably owing to an abun
dance of moisture within reach of their
roots during the hot and dry summer
months. But the proper conditions for
the success of quince trees can be se
cured on almost any soil, by the appli
cation of manures and mulching; and
while we cannot speak positively in re
gard to the profitableness of quince cul
ture in New Jersey, or elsewhere it
may be safely asserted that the returns
from them will compare favorably
with those from the pear and apple-
In selecting a location for a quince or
chard, the depth and richness of the
sod are all-important considerations,
and land rather heavy and tenacious is
better than a light sand or gravel, al
though we would plant on the latter
kind, if no other was procurable, and
then endeavor to remedy any defect by
liberal applications of coarse manure
to the surface about the trees every fall
or spring.
Oats and Wheat.—The experiment
has been made of sowing oats and wheat
together with a view to gaining a win
ter covering for the wheat. The
seed, in the proportion of one part ot
oats to two parts of wheat was sown in
the fall and the oils sprung quickly
and were killed by the early frost, the
stalks and leaves lying on the ground
all winter keeping the snow from blow-
away and preventing *the €un from
thawing tlie frozen ground. In tlie
spring the dead oats made a good top
dressing for the growing wheat. The
crop of wheat secured on the following
season was reported to be excellent,
while wheat on adjoining land planted
in the usual maimer was of no value.
Lookout that ybur nurses do not druc
your little ones with laudanum, pare
goric oro|UeE soothing remedies. Give
them Dr. Bull’sYlaby Syrup, which in
nocent remedy is warranted not to con
tain opiates.
Removal of Ink^Stains —Ink-stains
on white linen are removed with toler
able ease by a variety of’ applications
most of which, however, attack the
texture of the material -more or less, so
that it is apt to wear out prematurely ;
but similar. st$*ae in colq^ed-fabrics
are less readily treated, for what re
moves the ink mark will, in most cases
■ “
HUMOROUS.
Another horrible clerical scandal!
It is a Mas3rehusetts minister and it
all came out in a Providence Railroad
car. quite by accident. Two nice, neat
old ladies, were going out on a visit
each carrying a little round black bas
ket with, their knitting in it; and such
dear old drab bonnets as they wore.!
Little quaint bonnets, with ribbed satin
near tlie front and dove-colored rib
bons tied snugly under their slightly
wrinkled throats. They had been
talking’ privately, innocent little gos
sip, and often tkeir softly silvered heads
came together in momentous confer
ence. At last the moment arrived
when the solemnest and saeredest of
all secret communications was to be
made, and iu this manner it was ac
complished :
“And what do you suppose Prudy
told me?”
“1 don’t know—do -teiUx
“She said—and sl^ie didn’t want any
thing sulci about it for the world—that
the minister”— 74 ’
“Yes.” T
“That the minister”—•
I’m hearing every word.”
“That the new miuister keeps a mper
sham pipe!”
A IVuse Deacon.—“Deacon Wilder,.
I want y6u to tell me how you kept
yourself and family well the past sea
son, when all the rest of us have been
sick so much, and have had the doctors
visiting us so often.”- .
“Bro. Taylor, the answer is very
Feasy. 1 used Hop Bitters in time; kept
my family well and saved the doctor
bills. Three‘dollars* worth of it kept
us well and able to work all the time.
I’ll warrant it has cost you and the
neighbors one to two hundred dollars
apiece to keep sick the same time.”
~ “Deacon, 1*11 useyour medicine here-
ifter.”
The Rev. Robert Collyer commenced
his pastorate in the Church of the Mes
siah in New York, with a conundrum.
He preached on the topic “Why 3liould
Men go to Church?” We think they
should go to church as well as women,
even if the}' don’t get anew hat to dis
play as often as the latter. Young
men should go to church in the eve
ning, if at no other time, to escort the
girls home. There arc other reasons
why men should go to church, but we
TriAR is times tor all things,” said
Daddy Wilson, “And one of the best of
’em is the time when you hold both
bowers and the ace—don’t you disre-
member it.” “But,” said his grand
son, “s’pose the joker an’ king an’
queen,an’ nine an’ten is in tne other
fellar’s hand, what then?” Derri your
modern improvements!” exclaimed
the old man sorrowfully.
“Now comes Johnny in from school
with, “I’ve got to have a new slate and
a peneil, and a sponge, and a second
reader, and teacher wants me to study
geography, and I’ll have to have an at
las, and the new boj r got a liekin, and
say ma, won’t you ask pa to buy the
hooks this noon because I’m in a hurry,
and all the rest of the boys got their’n.”
A boy on Bouth liill toiled hard all
the afternoon in looking for material
with which to keep a bonfire alive,
at six o’clock, but when his mother ask
ed him to bring in a load of wood he said
he could never have any fun like other
boys; always had to work all day at
homes
Benevolent Old lady—“Tell your
. mother, William Stubbs, that I shal
destroy their col- r also. We rer.d in a"? call in daring tlje day, and give her a
foreign exchange of a method which I little spiritual comfort,” W. S.—
lias the great vantages of neither .in
juring the mateiial, ijor' affecting in
$1)0 Ifnst the gmost 'delicate shades of
color, while it effectually removes the
ink. It consists simply in dipping the
stained part into^i re hot- melted suet
or tallow, and washing .it when ecid in
hot water, which is asserted, will re
move the ink together with the fat.
She’ll be glad o’ tbat, marm, cos she
can’t pay the score at the Bull since
feytlier died, and aiii’t ’ad no spirits
fur a week.”
Cheap Poultry Feed. — French
poultry fanciers who make a specialty
ot raising fowls for the market, are
now feeding their poultry with boiled
and steamed carrots. Its rapid fatten
ing qualities are something wonderful,
and it is said that the root also imparts
a peculiar llavor to the fiesh that suits
the taste ot the French epicure exact
ly. The large, yellow carrots arc coh
ered best for this purpose.
The Falae Notions
Cr at in the minds of many otherwise intelU- ?
gent people as to the requirements of a dilor- Tf OV
dered stomach or liver, lhe swal owing of
nans oua and powerful drugs is the way to
encourage, not to cure dyspepsia and l.ver
complaint. Nor can a constipated or other
wise disordered condition of the boweia-be
remedied by similar treatment. That agreea
ble and thorough stomachic and aperient,
Hcsteiter’s i ittere, which is the reverse of un
pleasant, and never produces violent effects,
is far preferable to medic;nes of the class re
ferred to. It infuses new vigor into a failing
physique, cheers ti e mind while it strengthens
the body, and institutes a complete reform in
the action of the disordered stomach, .bowels
or liver. ppetite and sleep are both pro
moted. uterine and kidney affections greatly
benefited by its use. It is indeed a compre
hensive and meritorious preparation, free from
drawbacks of any kind.
WiieN" ice cannot be obtained and the
butter is soft, put a trivet or some open
fiat thing with legs into a saucer or
soup plate, and. set the plate of butter
qn the ftivetl JfillftBc saucer with wa
ter, tu*a a clem, eoinmon flower-pot
apside dewn -oVer the butter, sc that
the edges will set within the water.
Put a cork tightly into the hole in the
bottom of the flower pot, then drench
the flower pot with cold water and set
in a cool place over night, or for some
hours before needed on the table, and
it will be as hard as it kept on ice.
Keeping the Head Clean.—Many
persons find speedy relieflTor nervous
headache by washing the Inui- tho
roughly in weak soda water. : I have
known severe cases almost wholly enred
in ten minutes by this simple remedy.
A friend finds it the greatest relief in
cases of “rdre cold,” the ©old «rmp-
toms entirely leaving tlie eyes amPfiose
after one thorough wash ing of the hair.
The hair should be thoroughly dried
afterward, and avoid draughts jof air
for a little while.
Mother — “Johnnie, why do you
look so down-hearted?” “Johnnie—
♦Ooz I havn’tgot no luck. Jim Wood-
head was the last in the class, an I’d
aworked myself up to the last but one,
y an’ now Jiinmy*s died to-day, a£’ I am
the last again. Boo-hoo!”
After mixing the cake to the proper
consistency which must be stiffer than
for plain cake, put a layer of the mix
ture in the pan, then a layer of citron
cut in thin pieces, then another layer
of the mixture, find one of citron, an-l
so an until the pan is two-thirds full;
I have never found this to fail; it dis
tributes the citron evenly tlirou^li the
cake, and looks very pretty when cut
iti slices for tire table,"
To avoid catching cold, accustom
yourself to the free use of cold water
every morning on first getting out of
bed. It should be followed by a good
deal of rubbing with a wet towel. It
has considerable effect in giving tone
to the skin and maintaining a proper
action , in it, and thus proves a safe
guard to the injurious influence ot cold
and sudden changes of temperature,
Do.'wr kxqw uale their value.”
“'i hey/Cin-cil me o/ Ague, Biliousness
and Kidney Complaint a- recommended.
I hud a half bottle left which 1 used lor
my two little girls, who the doctors and
neighbors said could not be cured. 1
would have lost both of them one night
if I had not .given them Hop Bitters;
iTiey did them «o much good I con
tinued their use until they were cured.
That is why I say you do not know
half the value of Hop Bitters, and do
not recommend them high enough.”—
B., Rochester, N. Y. See other column.
Dip a flannel cloth in warm soap
suds, then into whiting, and apply i
to paint and it will almost instantly re
move grease and dirt from wood-work.^!'
ail descriptions about your house,. Af
terward wash with clean water. This
application will make painted wood
work look almost as good as new, ami
will not injure the paint in the least.
Keeping Grapes Fresh.—Take
wooden box; putin a layer of cotton
batting; then a layer of grapes (do not
let them touch one another); then an-
othef layef, and soon, until full; Keep
them' as cool as possible and not freeze
them dip the end of the stem in melted
beeswax as^soon as picked.
vr to keep eggs fresh from six to
eight mouths: Pack them in a good
■ cool place, small end down in kegs or
"bok& filled with finely powdered dried
earth, or common road dust, or sifted
coal ashfes. These settle between the
eggs, keep them from access to the air
and prevent evaporation of the whi^p
Or spoiling the yolk.
*f
Bilious Disorders, Liver Complaint, Costive
ness, Dyspepsia, &c. f are speedUy r. moved ' y
Dr. Jayne’s Sanative PUls. Forty years use has
proved them superior to all other remedies ior
the cure of the various diseases for which they
are recommended. In their action they are
mild and certain, and may be taken at any time
without risk from exposure
It takes but one trial to show the
purity and merit of Dobbins’ Electric
Soap, (made by Cragin & Co., Philadel
phia). For your own interest give it
that one trial. All grocers keep it.
Consumption Cored.
An old ph vsfcia’n, retii&ffrom' prac
tice, having Kad placed jn his brands by
an East India missionary lhe "formula
of a simple Vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure for Con
sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma
and all Throat and .Lung Affections,
also a positive and radical cure for Ner
vous Debility and afl Nervous Com
plaints, after having tested ios wonders
ful curative powers in thousands of
cases, has felt it his duty to make it
know to his suffering fellows. Actu
ated by this motive and a desire to re
lieve human sufiering. I\vill send free
of charge to all who desire it, this re
cipe, in German, French, or English,
with full directions lor preparing and
usiug. Sent by mail by addressing
with stamp, naming this paper, W. W.
SnERAR. 149 Powers' Block, Rochester.
Nets York.
Oxygen in the Sun.—Professor Henry
Draper had an enthusiastic reception in*
London recently, when fee brought be
fore the Royal Astronomical Society
the results of his investigations as to
the presence of oxygen in the Sun. In
jthe paper which he read Dr. Draper
,met many of the dbjeetions urged
against his theory, ind added numerous
confirmatory proofs to those alre4dy
published of the soundness oi his con
clusions. His views were strongly sup
ported by some magnificent photo
graphs of The solar spectrum, which 1
were greatly admired by the English
savaus. The London Times paid the Pro
fessor the compliment of a laudatory
column and a half article, aud summed
up in his favor as follows: 4t We think
tbat most spectroscopists will admit
that Professor Draper dies not pass be
yond the limits of scientific caution in
claiming that the coincidence, shown
in his photographs, between the bright
lines of oxygen and bright parts of the
solar spectrum, establishes the proba
bility of the existence of oxygen iu the
sun. The burden of proof, or rather of
disproof, should now fall on those who
consider that the coincidence may, after
all, be merely accidental. To-us it
seems that if such evidence as Professor
Draper has obtained is rejected, lordly
any spectroscopic evidence can suffice
to prove the existeuee of an element in
the sun. We certainly have.not strong
er evidence in the case of sodium or
magnesium, elements which every phy
sicist regards as present in the sun, than
Professor Draper has obtained in the
case of oxygen.” In tlie discussion,
which followed the reading of the pa
per, Mr. Raynard, Mr. Proctor and Dr.
Gladstone warmly supported Dr. Dra
per’s views. Dr. Huggins was over
whelmed with a sense of the conscien
tious care which Dr, Draper had bestow
ed upon the investigation, but suspended
judgment until he had examined the
coincidences by direct vision himself.
The only dissentient voice was that of
Mr. Christie, of the Royal Observatory,
whe wu§ afraid, .if they accepted Dr.
Draper’s theory, that the solar spectrum
is made up of a continuous spectrum
with blight lines upon it, and that
these are again modified: by dark lines,
they would be lapded iu absolute uu-
certaiutv as to the sun’s composition,
since they would iiot be able to ascertain
whether any of the ordinary dark lines
were merely interspaces between bright
lines, or were absorption lines. On tlie
whole, Dr. Draper is to be cougratula-
upo» his successful reception.
vTohn, did you take the note to Mr
Jones?” “Yes; but I don’t think he
read it.” “Why so, John?” “Be
cause he is blind sir. While I was in
the room he axed me twice where my
hat was, and it was on my head all the
time.
In response, to a question as to his
business, a witness replied : I am a re
tailer of wet goods.” “Wet goods
what are they ?” “Liquors, your hon
or,” said the witness. “Oh, yes, I see
Wet goods; you mix ’em with water,”
responded his honor.
A little girl heard some one say
“Tempus fugit 4 ”and asked her mother
what it meant. She was told that it
was one way of saying “time flies.”
A few days afterward she said: “Why,
ma, how tempus doe3 fidget!”
A bright boy was walking along
the street with his mother, and, ob
serving a man with a peculiar hitch in
his gait approaching.he droily exclaim
ed : Look, mamma! See how that poor
man stutters with bis feet.”
(George has promised his Ethel the
first shot for luck. A covey rises)
Ethel (at the critical moment)—“Oh,
George! Perhaps they too, have
loved.”
Mary—^“Get out wid ye, Pat! Ye
nivver mane the half that ye say?”
Pat—“Sure then, Mary, I mane the
other half double, so it’s all one!”
A Detroit restaurant-keeper hangs
out a sign of “Free chops,” and when
the old loafers come around he shows
them an axe and a wood-pile.
It has been suggested that a pretty
giri in front and a tax collector behind
would keep the average pedestrian up
to a five hundred and fifty mile score.
We like a man with.lots of temper.
It is the man who gets out of temper
that we don’t like.
A neighbor informs us that his wife
never knew a quiet night until the doc
tor prescribed Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup
for her little one.
If you are ambitious to move in the
highest circles is to join tlie next expe
dition te the Aretio circles.
When hay fever attacks a “Pinafore”
party it is “sing, hey, the merry, mer
ry maid and the catarrh.”
Why are’ some people like eggs?
Because they are to full of themselves
tdTiold'hiiythnrg else. ,
A decayfd apple gets the warm of
ten er than the early bird,
Go6d doctors are liable to bb WTappetl
up in their business;
“Laugh and Grow Fat.”
This ancient bit of advice is well
enough for “spare” people, but how
about those that are already too fat?
What is to,be;pom i e of them ? ^Sit still,
you. j.After many experi
ments, extending through months of
patienktavestlgitton and toil, the cele
brated analytical chemist, J. C. Allan,
h^s perfected and. given the world
Ait&iPs Antf Ffet/ Thus "far *in Several
hundred cases this great remedy has
never fiailedYo reduce a iiorpufent'per
son from three to six pounds per week.
.What More Terrible,
more painful, more exasperating, discouraging
and persistent than Piles, especially to afflicted
mortals who have tried lotions, ointments,
pills, electuaries an-.i ail manner of nostrums
and doctors’ stuff, internally and externally,
without relief. What wouderis it that half a
million redeemed aufferers should shout ho
sannas over the discovery of Anakesis, au in
fallible cure for Piles? This medical miracle,
so simple as to excite wonder that wise doctors
have not thought of it before, so prompt and
certain iu its action as to secure for itself the
title of infallible, so scientific and rational in
its combination of poultice, instrument and
medicine, as to render the ultimate cure of 95
per cent, of average cases of piles sure, is not
au accidental discovery, but the solution of a
problem by the study and experience of Dr.
Bflabeo. an aocomplinhcd aiiff disfcngniahed
physician of 40 years’ standing. It has stood
the test of 20 years experience; over half a
toil lion of sufferers have used it with success,
and doctors of all schools now proscribe it in
the r practice, and it is pronounced to bathe
nearest to an infallible euro for piles yet dis
covered. Anakesis, Dr. S. Siisbee’a External
Pile Rsmedy, is sold by druggieta everywhere.
Price $1 00 per box. Samples mailed free to
all sufferers on application to P. Neustaedtef
& Co., Box 3946, New York.
jr-jr,
Nothing like Glass,—It 1 a proposed to
make railroad ties.of glass. So with
car-wheels of paper ana ties of glass we
may soon expect rails of putty or some
such substance. Soon after De la Bas-
tie introduced hi3 method of toughening
glass Mr. F. Siemens, of Dresden, com
menced a series of researches, which
have culminated at present in the pro
duction of a very hard glass, which,
unlike the material produced by the De
la Bastie method, does not fly Into a
million fragments when broken. The
sleepers which are being tested on the
North Metropolitan line at Startford,
are three feet long and four inches wide
by six inches deep, thefirpper side being
shaped to fit the rails. The glass sleep
ers are not so strong ks those cut from
sound pine, but they are practically in
destructible, and whftt is more, are
cheap.
Catching a Mermaid.
Hieskell 8 Tetter Ointment will cure Sore
. Eyelids. Sore Nose, Barber’s Itch on the face.
Grocer’s Itch on the hands. It never fails,
cents per box. sent by mail for 60 cents.
Johnston, Holloway Jk Co.,
602 Arch St.. Phila., Pa.
HrE5 keel’s Tetter ointment will cure all
abb? or scaly diseases of the skin.
New Operas!
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Carmen is an Opera tbat has gradually and surely
won its way to a great popularity Although tha
book is large, in fact what one might calla“fom
dollar book,” it is got np in elegant style, with mu
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KdmtZft. opera by Suppe £2.00
^plamlid new Opera that is a decided buccess. A
large, fine book, with English an«f* foreign words,
and the opera iu every way complete, for a Low price.
Doctor of Alcantara. Bt Elchbe ;f^
A famous opera, now brought, by the popular
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Bella of Comeville.
A great success. This, with the “Doctor” and the
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Captain Sullivan of Xew York, re
cently caught a green marine animal
in the water near that city. Captain
Jack had baited his eight inch hook
with half a pound of porgy, and wap
waiting for one of the pirates of tbe
bay. He got a bite—a tremendous Qne
—and when he had killed his prize and
flopped it on its back, experts pro*
nounced it an “angel shark,” Some
amateurs on the deck, howeyer, would
have it that the Captain had caught a
mermaid. “Because,” said they “look
at its belly; did you ever see a more per
fect human body?” When drawn ontof
the water the belly was pure white,
but shortly after death it began to
change, and soon assumed a true flesh
tint. The back was of mixed purple and
bluish gray. Examination of the fish
proved it to be an angel fish, which is a
common name lor the squatinaangelus,
a representative, Captain Jack says, of
the family os squatinidie, intermediate
between the shark and the ray fish.
From its appearance it is often called
the ‘‘shark-ray,” “angel fish” frrm
the resemblance of the breast fins to
wings, “monk-fish” from its round
head, which seems to be enveloped in
a cowl, and “fiddle fish” from its gen
eral shape. Captain Jack’s fish weighs
about fifty pounds, is four feet long
from the snout to the fork of the tail
fins; is ten inches across the belly;
fifteen inches across the shoulders or
wings, which are much like those ol
the spread eagle on the subsidiary sil
ver coin. At the rear end of the belL
are two more wings of almost the same |
shape, and as the fish lies spread oui j
they bear ail exaggerated resemblance |
to extremely wide human hips. The [
tail, which IS twenty inches long and !
flat sicfex^aVs, tapers from a thickness !
of five inches at the fluke. The upper |
part of the back and the head is singu- {
larlv like a frog’s in shape and color, i
and the eyes, about five inches apart. •
are small and of a dark gray hue. The J
mouth is very wide, and like a cat-fish’s, |
with two’ rows of-sniair teeth'in the !
upper ja\jr, arid a triangular tongue;
half an ineb thick. When he landed j
it on the pier the fish panted and pal
pitated like a human being, and as it
lay on its back it looked eonlusingly
like a drowned young woman of no
pretengiund to good looks.
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