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Plantains and Bananas. Of all plants which are the produce of the tropics, none are superior in in terest to the plantains and bananas, two closely allied specimens of the genus Wuaa. Of the several species of this genus, one has received the sped tie name of paradisiaca, under the sup position that it whs the tree of life,” or the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil,” spoken of in the scriptures. St. Fierre observes that the violet cones at the end of a branch of plantains, with the stigmas peering through like gleam ing eyes, might well have suggested to the guilty imagination of Eve the sem blance of a serpent tempting her to pluck the forbidden fruit it bore, as an erect and golden crest. Though some of the species attain a height of 20 to 30 feet, they are herbaceous plants, grow ing up, flowering, fruiting, and then dying down to give place to other Shoots from the same root. The fruit ripens in succession from the base to the apex of the flowering stem, so that on the same plant flowers and ripe fruit Will be found associated, One stalk of fralt will attain three feet, and bear from 120 to 150 and even 180 plantains, the entire weight ot which would be ITorn 50 to 70 pounds. Dried plantains form an article of internal commerce in India, and, in a few instances, have been exported. When deprived of their skin and dried in the sun, they are reduced to meal, in great demand in the West ladies for invalids. A re cent French exchange states that ettorts are being made ii^L .Venezuela to get up an export-trade for meal of this sort, ‘‘tike supply being much greater than the demand. Professor Johnson Tfft*** that the fruit api roaches most Murlj in composition and nutritive value to that ol the potato, and the meal to that of rice. All the species contain a large number of spiral ves sels, and afford a strong and valuable fibre, from which cloth and cordage are made. The substance called manil- la hemp, much employed for cordage in America and Europe, is obtained in one of the species (Musa textilus). Scarcely any parts of these useful plants are devoid of use to man. A limpid fluid issues from wounds in the body of the plant, which is used in med icine, as is also the root. It has been recently stated in a foreign medical journal that the property which these plants poasess of keeping the surround* ing soil moist (as pointed out by Bous- singault) has been taken advantage of to afford shade and moisture to the cof fee plant in Venezuela; and that the cultivation of the latter has therefore been yery much increased. Still anoth er industrial use has lately been propos ed for the fruit in the latter country, this being the distillation of brandy. Banana brandy, even from the first dis tillation, is said to have a pleasant taste and smell, recalling that of the fruit. It contains fifty-two per cent, of alcohol. As two hundred weight of the fruit produces about ten quarts of alcohol of 90 degrees, banana brandy may yet be destined to play as impor tant a part In economy as the alcohol of the sugar cane. A Penguin Rookery* In peo s ,ii n rookeries the grass cov- era wide tracts with a dense growth like that of a field of standing corn but den ser and higher, the grass rpaehing hiffh over one’s head. Most of the drove of penguins made for one landing place, where the beach surface was covered with a coa» 5 «£i of dirt from their feet, frtwu/ng a broad track leading to a lane in the tall grass about a yard wide at the bottom, and quite bare with a smoothly-beaten roadway; t“is was the entrance to the main street of this part of the “rookery.” Various lateral streets lead off on each side from the main road, and are often at their mouths as big as it; moreover, the road sometimes divides for a little and joins again; hence it is the easiest thing in the world to lose one’s way. It Is im possible to conceive the discomfort of making one’s way through a big rook ery, haphazard, or “across country,” as one may say. You plunge into one of the lanes in the tall grass, which at once shuts out the surroundings from your view. You tread on a slimy, black, damp soil, composed of the birds dnng. Thp efench is overpowering, the yelling of the birds perfectly terri- tying; I can call it nothing else. You lose the path, or perhaps are bent from the first in making direct for some spot on the other side of the rookery. Now you are, the instant you leave the road, on the actual breeding-grounds. The nests are placed so thickly that yon can not help treading on eggs and young birds at almost every step, parent bird sits on each nest, with its sharp beak erect and open ready to bite, yelling, savagely, “Caa, caa, urr, urr,” Its red eye gleaming and its plumes at half-cock and quivering with rage. No sooner are your legs within reach than they are furiously bitten, often by two or three at once—that is if you have not got on strong leather gaiters, as on the first occasion of visiting a rookery you probably have not. At first you try to avoid the nests, but soon find that impossible; then, maddened al most by the pr.in, stench and noise, you have recourse to brutality. Thump, thump, goes your stick, and at each blow down goes a bird. Thud, thud, you hear from the men behind, as they kick the birds off the nests, and bo you go oh for a bit, thump and smash, whack, thud, “caa, caa, urr, urr,” and the path behind you is strewed with the dead, dying and bleeding. But you make miserable slow progress, and, worried to death, at last resort to the expediment of stampeding as far as your breath will carry you. You put down your head and make a rush through the grass treading on old and young haphazard, and rushing on be fore they have time to bite The North Pole and Equator. Are not more widely distinct than the standard tonic, stimulant and alterative, flostetter's Stomach B tters, and the cheap and fierv local bitten which unscrupulous vendors foist upon the unwary as medicated preparations with remedial properties. The latter are usually composed in tbe main of half rectified alco- boiio excitants, with some wretched drug com- b nation to disguise their real flavor, and are P* rfectly ruinous to the coatrf of the stomach. Hoetetter's Bitters, on the contrary, has for Ha basis choice spirits of absolute purity, and tUn is modified and combined with medicinal extracts of rare excellence and botanical ori gin which both invigorate and Regulate the bowels, stomach and liver. They effect a rad ical change in the disordered phy-ical eoon- omy, which is manifested by a speedy improve* sent in the general health. YOUTH’S COLUMN. Reka and the Calf.—“Is it ours, mother, is it really ours?” asked little Reka, aa she rushed Into the parlor. “Is it ours? Is what ours? What are you talking about, child?” “I mean the calf,—the pretty little calf in the field.” “Yes, my dear, the pretty little calf is ours” ‘•Oh, I’m so glad, mother! Can I have it for my own, please? I will take good care of it.” “Yes, Reka, the calf shall be yours. Run and tell jour father at once; then he will not give it to any one else.” Into the next field ran Reka, where she found her father, with his rake in his hand, hard at work. “Il’s mine, father!” she shouted, long before she reached him. “it’s mine I” “And what are you going to do with it?” “I’m going to feed it, and take good care of it. Can I have it? Please say yes; that’s a good papa. “Well, then, my darling, yes. The calf is yonrs. But mind and take care of it. Don’t forget.” “Oh, I shall remember,” said Reka, running off to feed the calf. Alter she had fed it, she named it Dewdrop, and tied a blue ribbon round its neck. In tne evening, when tbe cows were milked, three quarts of milk were put into a small bucket. Reka took it and fed the calf; and, while she did so, Re ka’s sister put her hands on the calf to keep it still. Just behind them, look ing over the door, was the old red cow, its mother. •This went on for several days. Reka thought she should never grow tired of playing with tbe calf and feeding it. But one day she went to take tea with her friend Susan at the next farm. A fine time.they had, playing with their dolls, and looking at pictures. It was quite dark when Reka’s sister came across the fields to lead her home. Just as they drew near to the house, they heard a calf bleat, and Reka cried out, “Oh, my calf! my poor Dewdrop! She has had no supper. I quite forgot It- Oh, I am much to blame. Let us haste, or she may starve.” “Why, you dear silly little Reka,” said tbe sister, “I led the calf an hour ago. There is no danger of her starv ing.” “lam so glad,” said Reka; “for I promised I would take care of her.” After that the little girl did not for get to feed Dewdrop; and it grew to be the handsomest calf on her father’s farm. FARM AND GARDEN. Little Johnny on Narroio Escapes.—A ole cat she bad 2 kittens, one was a nice feller, but the other it was no oount. sore eyes, and one day wile the ole cat was gon the rats they found her bed, and they et the wel kitn up. Wen the ole cat she come home and see how it was she was in a inity bad way, and she sed: “The best is always took youngest, if that little feller had been spared he wud been the splendidest ratter wich wjis ever see. Things is ordered with grate injestice in this world.” Mose, wich is our cat, she don’t have no kittins but he is prety good at line by the stove, and wen you rub him the wrong way in the dark he strikes fire like he was a flint. Billy he ast my father if Moses sparks was leck- trisity, and my father he sed: “I gess go, Billy, cos I’ve observed that wen you tred on his tail he is litenin!” One day there was a cftle storm, thun der and litenin and nex day ole Gaffer Enters he cum over to our hous, and he sed to my Uncle Ned, ole Gaffer did: “Edard, it’s a solium thot that in the midst of life we are ded. 1 had a mity narro escape yisterday irom beia kill by litenin, yes, indeed, a little more an yu wude never seen ole Gaffer any more in tbe flesh.-Then -Unde Ned sed: “In the bones, Gafler, in the bones,” cos Gafler ain’t fat, its jest the other way. But Gafler he sed : “The litenin hit a tree over on Missis Dop^ rvvr’u rnni.li. no/1 M Laoh. TWa«v~ -- — j- dotter.” Then Uncle Ned lie said: “Bles my sole, wot a drefle close call! If I was you L’de have Missis Doppy sel that ranch and bi a other one fur ther away.” An ole Gafler he sed he had been thinkin’ of that hisself. But my father he says he don’t think that will hellup matters, cos the poetry man says the king of shadders loves a shin ing mark, altho Missis Doppy hag got a red bed, Gaffer liaint got no hair onto liisn, and. he mite mebby get a lick on hia own accouut. Some people are so excessively mod est that they will blu9h when tney go to Heavon and see the bare feet of the angels. —The city of Glasgow is supposed to have been founded in the year 560 by 9t. Mungo. A Crane with a Wooden Leg.—In Lon don—in St. James’s Park—there once lived a crane. By some accident he broke one of his long legs, and a kind doctor who saw him in pain cut it off above the knee. The bird got well, but how was he to get about in the world? He couldn’t use a crutch, as a man with one leg can, nor had he any friends to wheel him about in an inva- lid-chaiT, as some sick people have when they can’t walk. I don’t know what the poor bird would have done; but a soldier, who knew how to do a good many things, saw the crane’s trouble, took pity on him, and went to help him. He made a wooden leg, with a joint for a knee, and he managed ro fasten it to the poor cripple, so that he could walk about and take care of him self, It was not a pretty leg, like his other, but it was useful, and he was satisfied with it. For a long time this wooden-legged bird was one of the sights of the Park, and very proudly he bore himself before the crowds of curi ous boys and girls who came to see him. Nitrogen in Agriculture.—Nitro gen, as is well known, is the most im portant element in plant food, il any one element can be termed most im portant where all are essential. It is a very costly part of vur fertilizers, for so small a part of what is applied seems to be available. The American Agriculturist for July, in reviewing a letter irom the noted J. B. Lawes of England on this subject, says: We are paying, and usually with profit, fifteen to thirty cents per pound for nitrogen in our standard fertilizers, and yet the very soil on which it is used with pro fit contains thousands of pounds in every acre, within reach of the plants, but in inert forms so that the plants cannot use it. Mr. Lawes has been experimenting largely for thirty years, and has much attention to the subject of applying nitrogen so as to make the most of it. He observed that crops did not appropriate anything like the amount of nitrogen applied. Where he had used fourteen tons of dung per acre every year for barley, tne crop had at its disposal more than four times as much ni.rogen a* it used. What becomes of the rest ? There are several ways to account for it. Much stays and accumulates in the ground. Grass land manured in this way for eight years in succession had stored up enough nitrogen, and other ingredients of plant food, to keep up the full yield for five years longer, and now, after fifteen years cropping since any man ure has been applied, the effect of the old supply still remains. Ou another field where fourteen f ons of dung was applied every year to barley, analysis implies that the nitrogen accumulated in the soil at the rate of about one hun dred pounds per acre annually. It is different wi h nitrogen in commercial fertilizers. The nkrogen in sulphate of ammonia and nitrate of soda is rea dy to act at once, and one fourth as much as is supplied in stable Manure will bring as good crops. The nitrogen in these fertilizers does not accumulate in the soil like that of dung. Part goes into the crops and the rest is lost by being converted into inert iorms, es caping to the air, or leaching. A choice of the right kind of crops, and the use of lime and ashes, proper tillage, etc., are means that will economize the ni trogen in the soil. A Brace for a Kicking Horse.— Those so unfortunate as to own a kick ing horse know something of the pa tience it requires to get along with it, and will welcome anything which will prevent the kicking and finally effect a cure. The writer knew a horse which was so bad a kicker that after various trials, and after passing through many hands, and getting worse ail the time, to be perfectly cured in the course of three months by the use of the device here given. \his is a simple brace, which acts upon the fact that if the head be kept up, the horse cannot kick, A kicking horse is like a balance, when one end goes up the other must go down. The brace consists of a half inch iron rod, which may be straight, or, for the look, bent into a grecef ul curve. It is forked at both ends; the two divisions of the upper end are fastened to the two rings of the bis, while the lower end fits upon the lower pertion of the collar hames. The upper ends can best be fastened to the bit by winding with wire, which should be done smoothly, so as not to wear upon the mouth. The low r er ends is secured by means of a strap fastened to the upper loop find passing around the collar is buckled through the hole in the lower part of the end through the hole in the lower part of the end of the brace. The brace need not be taken from the bit in unharnessing. Any blacksmith can make such a brace, taking care to li.Tyfc it of the proper length to fit the particular horse. Keep its head at about the height as when “cheeked up,” and the horss will soon,be-cured. Don't know h\tf thw»o vatitr.” “They cured me ot Ague, Biliousness and Kidney Complaint as recommended. I had a half bottle left which L 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. They did them so 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. THE HOUSEHOLD. All About Mush.—Mush of all kinds needs more boiling than cooks usually give it. We should drop the name ot “hasty” pudding, for in this ca>e “haste makes waste,” as the full nour ishment of corn meal, even Hie finest, is not brought cait by rl*e very quicic cooking usually given. l£ ii" wonder ful how oatmeal improves with long boiling or steaming. There is a differ ence in the quality. That which is line or floury, needs less cooking and is palatable with half an hour s boiling, but rhe best oatmeal—that^which is coarse and firmer and safer : to buy in large quantities, as it keeps better- needs two hours steady boiling, and three or four hour’s will Hot be in vain, if the mash is not scorched. To prevent this, put rhe oatmeal with four times its bulk of cold waterp 'and a little sale, in a tin pail or stone jar in side a kettle of lukewarm water It can be cooked safely in a stekmer or steam-cooker, or farina kettle.»« < *After it comes to boiling it should boil two hours. It can be cooked more quick ly if soaked over night. Oatmeal mush is such a favorite dish with us now, that a day’s supply is nut upon the stove to cook, nearly every morninga: A Safe Rule.—After the conclusion of a lively horse-trade, a witness of the transaction asked one of the traders what sort of a horse he had got by the exchange. “On, just medium—just a common sort of a plug.” Was the reply. “And b6w old is he?” “Twenty years.old.” “But I did not see you look at his teeth.” “No, you did not, young man. I have traded horses for the laps .thirty .■yeafs;-. ami I have owned as many as •eight hlindred dtf^gregt animals. Ms, rule has always beei; to mentally cal-', culate the .age of the other man’s horse at twenty. In this w av I make tio mis takes and suffer no disappointments.’* “Didn’ your rule ever fail?” “Well, it did fail once. I was trad ing horses in Pontiac, and I made the usual estimate of twenty years, but the critter died of old age whilo* Fwas try ing to beat a grocer down two cents on the price of a peck of An amu r&ply was given by a gfri, who, while at "bull, strayed away from the baffcroom. Her mother subsequently discovered her in soon as the fire is builf, and it some- a remote nook with-a gentleman, who times happens that one or the other of the family relishes it so much as to eat nothing but oatmeal and milk, fora breakfast or supper. c?ince we have learned to cook it so long, we have for gotten to use sugar on it, except as there is sugar with our berries, or oth er sauce eaten with it. Itjs very nice cooked with milk—as I have previously told—hai f milk and half water. A good sprinkling of raisins boiled in graham, or oatmeal mush, makes a very pleas ant variety. Howto Case Harden Ikon.— hardening of iron is a process by which a thin coating of steel may be pia^ed on the surface, of iron implements, tools, etc. In the first place, take any piece of iron and heat it to a aeduess, and then sprinkle on ita little ponder ed yellow prussiate of potash; then heat the iron again. The heat decom poses tbe prussiate of potash and llie carbon combines with the iron, thus forming au endurable coating much harder than cast-steel tiles. This cov ering admits of a very high and lasting polish. There are other methods of case-hardening, but this 13 the easiest and is not expensive. An iron drill thus case-hardened will penetrate the hardest steel. The coating will be about one-sixteenth of an inch thick, but it can be made thicker by subject ing the ar ieles to several treatments, as above stated. One trial of Dobbins’ Electric Soap, (I. L. Cragin & Co., Philadelphia,*Pa.,) will make you a firm believer in its merits ever after. Give it that trial, please. Your grocer has it, or will get it. How to Wash Glass.—Never use soap to glass. Wash all wine glasses and* tumblers in hot water and soda, and rinse in cold water. Soap is nec essary for ground glass. You should wash ground glass globes or any ground glass in a lather of soap and water and soda with a brush, and rinse m cold wa ter; and dry them immediately out of the cold waiter; do not let them drain. Ground glass is very apt to get a black look Horn exposure, and therefore all ground glass, such as ice plateu for in stance, that are net in daily use, shoulch each be wrapped up in soft paper, so that it may keep its color. It ground glass has become discolored, the’fol lowing directions will cure it: Wash the glass in soap and water, and then pour a small quantity of spirits of -alts into a saucer, dip a sponge or rag’Jirio It, and wash over the glass; then plunge it into cold water and then into hot water; dry it. pr must have somq ow is this to be accomplish ed, when the baby is restless and cries constantly ? Simply by using Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup. had his aru*around her waist, while she rested tli^tips of her pretty little fingers on his manlj' --hon^l^r- “My dear, what’s all this?” claimed the irate mamma “Mamma, allow me. to introd Captain X. to you. I had prom him a'da nee, blit I was so tired couldn’t keep my word, and 1’^ TIt'ting-i stead.’ w I r AND HUMOR. How Can I Eipr.il. Mj Thank. T Mrs. Meeks, of Yorkville, New York, writes It affords me great pleasure to write these few lines to let thfc public know the value of Ana- kesis, the great External Pile Remedy. I have suffered the last 14 years everything but death; in that^fime I have spent hundreds of dollars. I have tried everything I ever heard of; I have had four different doctors, but found very little relief. I at last heard of Ana- kesis\ I tried them and in one hour’s time I found relief and have not been troubled with them since. How can I express my thanks to you? No tongtfe ean praise them too highly, and I would eay to all those who are afflicted with Piles TU&rforrhoids or fissures, internal or external, give Aruz4f«^L%triaJ and you*will no longer be a Buffered -* < “**£tT«MBS. Meeks. Samples of Anakeswkre'muk'free to all an refers on applicanonULP. •Nfcfcstaedter <L Ca, Box 3946, New York. . . * peril of XevaOU Midi*?. At the’Julia mine recently, a power- ; sill stream of-Jiot water was struck in the two thousand level. The Burleigh ; drill was set to Wprk a hole in the face of the crosaeut at appoint alnH)&two j feet from the bottom. When tbe drill i had advanced about two ieet iuto the * rock| there occurred a tremendous burst of hot water from the hole, Tlje stream of water was equal to twenty- four ihiner’s inches, and was scalding hot. It was spouted to the distance of several feet diagonally across the d^ift, soreading as U Jlew till the open space tilled with* the'scalding spray and The s‘team also tilled the end I I* ' crossc ^t‘'^here<* Stood the man giving btnTa sIKTog-stUi waltz % *° h * d beeu'Hmninft.the -drill. L Ue held a close prisouer, as he could not pass out Through the jets of boiling 'water, and even in hfs prison was In £ danger hehig outibcatJcP and cooked 1 ^ of the steam .and heat. He would pro- 1 The best Dlmcond our.-^SJerush er,” exclaimed her true love (it was in Bridgetown, Conn..) “Sorush. what*, you l ike lor ingt gold ring of yourn?’ “Well, I don’t know Jeremiah,” said' baj)ly not liaffe esc«t>ed alive birt for she. “you know it’s 18k.” the drill.., He ODebed the exhaust “Just let me have it,” pleaded Jerry, “and I’ll send ye a diamond for it. £o- iporrow. As good a oue-.ivs there is £ny where.” •■^“Honest Injun, Jeremiah?” “No mistake;” * • ’ • . He captured the ring, and-just be fore he started far. Xexas next luorning lie sent her a jack of diamonds, beam ing this inscription: “This i^ the belt diamond out.” Amen. A bug scientist says “thebumble-bee gives out two very different sounds, which are an octave of each other—a grave sound when it flies and a sharp sound when it aiigfats.”* The*.b.ug sci entist is right. The give£ out. when the bum faience, aHghts—on a girl’s neck—is about seventeen'bc&ives sharper than when tWi insect merely fiies. And when it crawls up a young man’s trouser’s leg at a picnic, the sound produced is all the way from tenor to bass. The profanity .with: which it is garnished makes it base. They were standing on the corner of Milk street at twelve o’eloqk, when tne souud of a steam whistle from«a neighboring manufacturing.establish ment pierced their ears. “That is a public nuisance, Mr. SpicCr,” said one. “No,” responded the othetf^“it*s a private tooter,” and then the first man whistled. Fond parent to his son; “Yes, Safi- Francisco is the place to get on in. Look at James; he started .without a penny, and has lately failed for $100,- 000. Of course, that’s not an extreme case. I don’t expect you to do as well as that. Still with honesty and indus- trj*, I see no reason why you should not in a few years fail for $50,000. An abundance of guests and limited lodging roofes caused Jimuiie to- be •slept out” at a neighbor’s. On* aris ing in the morning he was invited to remain at breakfast. “Well, I guess not,” he replied; “we l»av r e mighty good breakfasts at our house when we the- hips, and large and heavy gum Gu^rdep bjr these, one of the ^ien dkshetl in through the steam and sdalding spray, carrying to the prison er s'Jlike ouj#t> ";ghi61ded by their heavy gum clotiwn^, ^the pair rushed forth and waited out along the drift. was/the'mirrer hf*d his legs pret- * ty badly* scalded. ’-i Indian Doughnuts.—A correspon dent of the American Cultivator says Every mother-in-law should recom mend Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup for her grand-children and thus keep peace in the Jamily. “Mother! mother/” cried a young rock, returning hurriedly from its first flight, “I’m so frightened, I’ve seen such&8ight!” “What sight, my son?” asked the old rock. “Oh, white creatures—screaming and running and straining their necks, and holding their heads ever so high. See, mother, there they go!” “Geese, my son—mere geese,” calmly repl^pd the parent bird, looking over the common. “Through life, child, observe that when you meet any one who makes a great fuss about himself, and tries to lift his head higher than the rest of the world, you may set him down at once as a goose.” Portrait ot James I. of Eugland. Here is a sketch of that eccentric monarch, James I., son of Mary Queen of Scots, who supervised the still pre vailing version of the Protestant Bible. It is almost equal to Walter Scett’s in his novel, “The Fortunes of Nigel.” Tn outer appearance no sovereign could have jarred more utterly against the conception of an English ruler which had grown up under Plantageuet or Tudor. His big head, hi9 slobbering tongue, his quilted clothes, his rickety legs stood out in as grotesque a con trast with all that men recalled ot Henry or Elizabeth as his gabble and rhodomontade, his want of personal dignity, his buffoonery, his coarseness of speeeh, his pedantry, his personal cowardice. Under this ridiculous ex- teilorlay no small amount of moral courage and intellectual ability. James was a ripe scholar, with a con siderable fund of shrewdness, of moth er wit, and ready repartee. His can ny humor lights up the political and theological controversies of the time with quaint incisive phrases, with puns and epigrams, and touches of irony, which still retain their savor. His reading, especially in theological mat ters, was extensive, and he was already a voluminous author on subjects which ranged from predestination to tobacco. But his shrewdness and learning only left him, in the phrase of Henry IY. of France, “the wisest fool in Christen dom.” Making Timber Durable.—An easy and simple method of rendering tim ber unusua!lj r durable, if not practi cally indestructable, is of the greatest value to the agricultural community. Fence posts, sills ot buildings and oth er timber exposed lo influences which cause rapid decay, last but a few years under ordinary circumstances. It has leng been known that lime is an effec tive preservative, acting in this way by coagulating the albumen in the cellular tissue of the timber. An easy method of preparing the timber has been ap plied practically by a Frenyh mining engineer. A pit was made in which the timber was placed; quick lime was scattered over it, and then slaked with water. After being exposed a few days to the action of the lime, the tim ber was removed and used as supports for the roof of a mine. Where unpre pared timber lasted but two years, that prepared in this way has been in use lor seyeral years without the least ap pearance of decay. Thi3 method of pre servation commends itself for its sim plicity and cheapness for farm use. For every hundred heads of cabbage take a quarter of a pound of black pep per and put it in a bex large enough to sift out well; go into the patch before the dew is off and pepper the cabbage well, two or three times will be suffi cient. The worms go through the leaves and die. A Miss Gush wa3 elected school su- —I send you a receipt for making Indian | perintendentin Mono county last Tues- meal doughnuts, which are much nicer day, on Wednesday appointed a male than those not initiated are aware ol. A deputy and on Thursday married him. teacup and a half of boiling water pour- 1 This shows how mean women can be ed over two teacupfuls of Indian meal: when they have the advantage of a when it cools add two cupfuls wheat man. flour, one of butter, one and a half of . • sugar, three eggs, and a teaspoonful of ‘ ^ have you been doin'?” asked n utmeg or cinnamon ; if not stiffenough a hoy of his playmate, whom he saw add equal portions of wheat and meat; let it rise till very light; roll it about halt an inch thick: cut into small dia mond shape and boil them in hot wa ter.” Never try to get a very heavy days work out of a team. Moderate and steady-going is what counts in a long race, and the father’s race is a long one. It takes but a few hours, or even a few minutes, to so tax a horse that he is out of fix for months. All about Home. •‘Tiif. CourLET . Home” is the title cf Mrs. Julia McNair Wngbt’s new L ook, wlrch J. G McCurdy & Co., of Thila leli h;a, have ju=t puhliiilie'l. Aa its itie indicates, this is aco:u- j*rehen-iye u-amial of household affa;r. j . In it every woman, young or old, married or sin gle, rich or poor, can find much of intere.-t *n 1 vaiue. 1 he city lady will find it a useful and p cataut compauion, whi e the wife of the f ai m* r and mechanic will fecure a safe aod sensible guide. By showing them how to use money to the ho t advantage, it will enable fanni es of moderate means to s cure many c imforts and luxuries which they have not ffdt able to obtain and will enable the masses of industrious people to have really beautiful homes. The every-day work and duties of life re ceive full attention. The easies an-1 best mitiiois of doing housework are noted, the m st* riea of good cooking are expla ned, and directions for the treatment of cases r f s’ck- ue-s aud accidtDfc are Mven. The manage ment of infants in health aud disease has re ceived spec a3 notice. 1 he great subject of Family Government is clearly and fully triated and the principles i pon which happi ness in the home d pends are clearly set forth. The directions how to entertain comp ny wiii in-ure the grat.tude of a mult.Wide of women w o have not had the advantages i f a s< c e y education; while n 11 the varied round of eoi* mon aud extraordinary circumstances by which every life is affected, the inexperi enced i ousekeeper will find a gmde a >d friend. In iLis bock the young mother will find a wise aud sympathetic counsellor, while the over worked and desponding may obtain encourage ment apd coasolatiou from its pages. The author has obeyed the apostolic corn- man I to “do good aud communicate,’’ and her work will exert a powerful influence for good. The publishers have also do; e their part welL Tbe book is nicely printed on tinted paper, handsomely bound, and illustrated with sev eral beautifully colored, full page plates. Both the pre-s and the clergy have given this work their marked approbation, while from private sources many warm commenda tions have been received. Agents for its sale are wanted everywhere. Light Rye Tea Cakes.—One pint of milk, two eggs, a tablespoonful of brown sugar, and a large pinch of salt. Add enough flour to make a common griddle cake batter. Bake half an hour in a gem pan; serve hot or cold as de sired. Always get your material for breakfast over night; fix the fire ready to light, fill the tea-kettle, grind the coffee, and prepare the potatoes, and thus you can sleep a half an hour long er in the morning. A Wise Deacon.—“Deacon Wilder, I want you lo tell me how you kept yourself and family well the past sea son, when ail the rest of us have been sick so much, and have had the doctors visiting us so often.” “Bro. Taylor, the answer is very easy. I used Hop Bitters in time ; kept my family well and saved the doctor bills. Three dollars’ worth of it kept n,ovemen t* us well and able to work all the time. I’M warrant it has cost you and the neighbors one to two hundred dollars apiece to keep sick the same time.” “Deacon, i'll useyour medicine here after.” coming out of the house with tears in his eyes. “I’ve been chasin’ a birch rod ’round my lather,” was the snarl ing replj-. A college student from this city in rendering to his father an account ol his term expenses, inserted; “To char ity, thirty dollars.” His father wrote back: “Charity ‘covers a multitude of sins.” i MmJu) •onuxa jrrenu, bardrika DANDELION, tn xxd Bm Unnou Quiui W m. OHM Brrrm. ■H tiiYT CIJJrUB • of tti« Stomach, Bowclxjiood, IOtw U aaE Urinary Organ*, TTttttthtuim. ■ sudMpocUny remate Complain*. the drili. t * He op^ft^d the exhaust valve aud allowed the whole head, of compressed air to rqsh out in a full and steady stream, and tfiis not only fur nished him pure (Hr to breath, but also cooled and protected'his. head and the , who^le uppqr part.04 ihis hotly. His fel low* workmen were soon aware of his peril5us position—for theroar and rush of the water could be heard at a great distance-^-Jmt; they cotiTti no more pass into where he was than he could pass out. Finally the Lm&n went out and procured sane .gam' boots reaching to P**SUriL'T;£ I < S£5: L l2KLSS*’* * _ NXW TOM^JAn. i, 187T. Dbab Sn. -Having for several years used 701x1 medicines, doubtmgly at flraubut alter experi encing their efficacy, with Toll confidence. It 1* no lees a pleasure than a duty to thankfully acknowledge the advantage we have derived from th m. The Dills ave resorted to as oftea as occasion requires, ‘and always with the de* aired effect- The R'-ady Reiler cannot be bet- ' ’ t is by lie n ntly and d — promised ‘ Truly yours, (signed) Dn. Radwat. THTTRLOW WEED. R. R. R, fiABWAY'S READY RELIEF CURB THE WORST In from One to 20 Minnie—. mot o» noun aftar rs,<J!ny thli fcdvertlsement'‘nMd *ny on. SUFFER WITH PAIN, Badwaj ■ Ewdr Bailer la a Cora re, IVjiliY pain. It waa tbe first and la The Only Pain Remedy •hat Instantly stops ‘the meet excruciating pains, &Lays Inflammations and cares Conges* Bom, whether of the Langs, stomach, Bo*ei* or other glands or organa, by one application. W FROM ONE TO TWENTY ICNUTtt, 10 matter how violent or excruciating the p»i«, the RHEUMATIC, Bed-ridden,, tnflrm. Crippled, Nervous, Neuralgic, or prostrated with dHeiaso oay suffer, BAD WAY’S BEAUT RELIEF WILL AFFORD INSTANT BASIL ENFLA MM ATI ON OF THB IIDNSYS, INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADD INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS, CONGESTION OF Tu5 LUNOU, FFIritTEfl BREATH"'" DDES, t07h*1p,« •1600 IN GOLD, he pal d for a eu* CieywlD not e for anythlar lmpcre er lajvrieea foa A*k rnr dru*«l«t for Hop Bitters 4 *ry« Mfore youaieep. Take ae they. novu Cm U theswTttem, mfMi Ml test. Aak Chiidrea HYSTERICS, CROUP. DIPHTHERIA, CATA RRH, INFLUENZA, HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM. COLD CHILLS, AGUE OHILL8, CHILBLAINS and FROST-BITES. will afford ease and comfort. Bowels, and all Internal Pains. Travelers should always carry a Bottle of Radway’s Ready Relief with them. ‘A few drop* in water will prevent superior te aUctkaru Aik Draggle* ELL C. fa aa abcolate and trrMtetibtt ear* Pnmkeaeaa, ate of opium, tobacco ud i efrcotec. ABteeweUfcrWtv*. P.ImO, 1,^.7. ii miiiiMiiii .111 Hni 1 r: eat CaHfomla Ctlppera. A number of interesting observations made during a recent cruise of the french frigate La Magicienne to various iArts of the Pacific have just been com municated says Nature, by Admiral Ferres to the Paris Academy Among other points attention had been drawn, while at San Francisco, to the swift, tall-masted clipper ships which convey wheat to the European market, The modern practice of increasing the up per sails at the expense of the lower seems to be justified by science. Dur ing the voyage of the Maghfiedne an anemomeler was observed daily at an altitude ol eight metres, and twice every day at an altitude of 3G metres. With rare exceptions the velocity of the wind was always found to be much greater in the latiec case than in the former. The average ratio, deduced from thousands of observations, was about 12 fo 10, and there was good rea sons, therefore, for seeking motive force in the upper regions. Delicacy of Mint Scales. TO ADVERTISERS. rt" We will Tarnish on application, estimates Tor Advertising In • he and largest circnlated Newspapers in the United States and C'auadas. Oar facilities are uusurpassed. We make oar C'nstomers* Interests onr own, and *tndy to please and make their Ad vertising profitable to them, as thou sands wha have ti led as cup testify. Call or cldreu, 8. M PETTINGILL A CO., ST PARK' ROW, Sew York. 101 CHESTNUT street, PiiUAfielpbla. FETES and 1CIVE. Fever and Ague cured for Fifty rents. There is not s remedial sgent In the world tbat wtil cure Fever and Ague, and all other Malarious, Billons, Scarlet, Typhoid, Yellow and other Feve\* (aided by R&dw iv’s Fills) so quick as RADWAY’S READY RELIEF. •• cts. a bottle. Dr. Radway’a A roast of beef is much nicer if, when you put it into the pan to bake, you set it on the hot stove; let it brown on one side, and tarn and brown the other; then add the hot water and sca^- son ing and bake in a hot oven and th& juice is retained in tbe meat. Barley Gruel.—Put one-quarter of a pound of pearl barley and a stick of cinnamon into two quarts of water, boil until reduced to one quart; strain through a sieve and sweeten to taste. CniCKEX Croquets,—Boil two fowls untii tender, mince fine, add one pint of cream, half pound of butter, salt and peppor to taste; shape oval in a jelly giass or mould, Fry in hot lard until brown. The Laundry.—A tablespoonful cf black pepper put into the first water in which gray and buff'linens are washed will keep them from spotting. There is no objection to it, and it softens the water like soda. Fritters.—Two eggs, one pint but termilk, one teaspoonful saleratus, three-fourths teaspoonful salt, and flour enough to make a still’ batter Fry in hot lard, putting in a teaspoon ful at a time. To Clean Smoky Marble.—Brush a paste of chloride of lime and water over the entire surface. Grease spots can be removed from marble by applying a paste of crude potash and whiting in this manner. Indian Cake,—Three cupfuls of meal, one cupful of flour, one pint of sour milk, soda to sweeten it, two eggs, two large spoonfuls of butter, oue cup- fnl of sugar. When the old gent’eman comes home and finds daughters have got his slip pers aud the easy chair and the evening paper ready for him, he realizes that it is the season for a Fall opening of his pocketbook. “Melancholy sig'-.t, Mr Spicer,” said a prohibitory friend, as an individ ual heavily loaded with benzine lurch ed against him. “Yes,” said the inter rogated, “he’s more’n full.”* When a man presents a young lady with a handsome chatelaine with a watch attachment, she seldom tells him to lever, which wouldn’t be a .sensible A man’s word is the main-spring of his character. Once break the main spring and, like a watch, the man runs down. It is an old adage that the tongue cannot be easily bridled. But it is easily bit. “I should like to see that gpldmine,” said Smythekins, as he watched them counting quarter-eagles in the treasury. No man is smart who exaggerates lies when he can just as easilo amplify the truth. The early passenger catches the train. 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ADVICE aa to the most Judicious advertising and the best mediums and the manner of d -ing It.—ESTIMATES for one or m re lnserlons ol an advertl>emeiit. in any number of papers, Dropsy, Stoppage of wat^r. Incontinence u Urine, Bright's Disease, Albuminuria and in all cases where there aro brick dual deposits.or the water Is thick, cloudy, mixed with substances like the white of an egg, or threads like white silk, or there Is a morbid, dark, billons appear ance and white bone-dust deposits, and when there Is a pricking, burning sensation when passing water, and pain in the small of the back and along the loins. Bold by druggists, PRICE ONE DOLLAR. OVARIAN TUMOR OF TEN YEARS’ GROWTH CURED BY DR RADWAY’S REMEDIES. Dr. RADWAY & 00., 32 W&rrefl Street, MEW TORE. forwarded on application. 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For full d “crlptlon and extra t»rm«. a h GOOD ADVERTISING CHEAP. .5*1 a p . with theorder, will insprt In l«l V 1 '-'ASH, village newspapers an advertise ment occupying one Inch space, one time; 0 six lnes two times; or thtee lines four times. Address S. M. FETTEWGILL & CO., 37 Park Row, New York, Or, 701 Chestnut Ml. Phila. . ilftmsness, Fever, Inflammation of the Bowels, Plies, and all derangements of the In ternal viscera. Warranted to effect a poslilv* cure. Purely Vegetable, containing no mer cury, mineral or deleterious drugs. ta~ observe tbe following symptoms, result ing from disorders of the Digestive organs: Constipation, Inward Piles, Fullness of the Blood In the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust of Food, Fullnes* or Weight in the Stomach, Bour Eructlons, Sink ings or Fluttering^ >n the Pit of the Stomach. Swimming of the Head, Hurried and Difficult Breathing. Fluttering at tne Heart, Choking oi Sumeating Sensations when In a lying poeture, Dots or Webs before the bight. Fever and Dull Pain in Head, Deficiency of Perspiration. Yel lowness of Skin and Eyes, Pam \u the Side, Limbs, and sudden Flushes of Heak Burning la ESTABLISHED IMS MORGAN ft HEADLY, importers of Diamonds AND An Important Geological Fact. Geology has shown us that nature accomplishes her greatest revolutions in the earth’s surface conformation slowly. Every year the river makes its channel deeper, and the glacier wears a c!eeper gorge in the Alpine rock, and the ocean tide deposits the sand it has crumbled from the rocks upon which it breaks. We note the earthquake and the devastating hurricane; but these changes are so gradual men seldom ob serve them until the channel has be come overhanging cliffs, or a mountain has disappeared before the icy stream, or the ocean has given us a Florida. Thus it is in disease. Our attention is attracted by acute diseases, as fevers, cholera, etc., while chronic diseases (often the most dangerous in result), being slow in their development, are seldom noticed until they have made an almost ineffaceable impression upon the system. Persons believing themselves comparatively healthful are ofttimes the victims of these diseases, and onlj^ become aware of their presence when relief is almost impossible. Disease of the liver and stomach are the common est of these chronic affections. Dr. It should be tbe business of every one having Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and a cold to treat lr promptly and properly until it Pleasant Purgative Pellets are nfever- “ ic3 for these diseases, pectorant, ^ttior ugh y adapted to remove J They produce a healthful secretion of ; bile, prevent indigest : the bowels, and impai to the whole system. Carmen. >»t popnlaTity Although the „ t what one might call ••'font dollar bo. k.’Mt ia got up in elegant atrle, with mu sic and all the words, Engliah and foralgn. for .f 2.U0. Fatinitza. opera bT Suppe 31M Splendid new Opera that ia a decided sneer**. A lars<>, fine book, with English and foreign words, end th* opera in every way complete, for a low price. Doctor of Alcantara. Bt Elchl> *y-, A famous op -ra, now brought, by the popular price, witnin the reach of all. Orchestral parts $15. {ITT - I ~Z “ . . Bells of Comeville. „ SIM I fan. f«. ,llfl ..fins, id th. ~ ‘ jfl'lSJihVwell larntten of Spectacle «1S SAM sort ■troet, PkllMlolplLte. | (UuAtrated Price List teat t» ft* tnMk en eppltcetfon. Read “False and True,” Bend a letter stamp to RADWAT M CO* No IS Warren street, New York. Information worth thousand* will be sent you The Albrecht Arclhe t'henpeal finf-eTam rnmv. market, Call aud get f»rl«*ea. or «cnd for Illustrate.! C'uinloene and Prlretlst. 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