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<r A Man of‘-Faith.” YOUTH’S COLUMN. The man who stands on a dry goods hox and tells the public that the medi. <M,<e jn the little bottles before him is a sure cure for this or that complaint Jinds about two believers out of every hundred who pass. If lie only finds one his expectations are answered, and he makes a good thing out of it. He began his talk yesterday with an audi ence of one. It was a fat, fleshy young man of 25 v/ith a double chin and a red neck-tie, and “faith” was written across his face in letters broad and plain, “Gentlemen,” began the vender, as he looked the young man in the face, do you have a feeling of nashua at your stomachs? If so, one of these 10 cen bottles of my world pannersea will in stantly relieve and «.ure.” “Just what 1 waut,” replied the young man, and he laid down 10 cents and took a bottle. “Gentlemen,” continued the vender, “do you have backache and chills? If so, I warrantthis pannersea to cure you at two doses. It has been tried by Kings and Emperors, and it has give:- uni* ver ” “Been looking for just this cure,” interrupted the young man, and he paid lor a second bottle and fell back into his old tracks. “Gentlemen, it gives me pleasure to assert that this medicine was origi nally invented as a cure lor headaehe.” softly remarked the seller. “When I Eay it will cure the worst cate of head ache ever known in from three to five minutes, 1 solemnly mean what I say. It has been tried in 10,000 cases.” “Might as well knock my headache while I’m about it,” said the young man to himself and he laid down a quarter and received his correct change for another bottle. The young man was still the only audience. Faith brightened ou his face, and he laid down 10 cents with the remark: “My old liver is always kicking up trouble, and I guess 1’il cure her!” “My lellow-eitizens,” remarked the seller as he mopped his face, “are you troubled -with toothache, cutaneous diseases, palpitation ot the heart, loss of sleep, or in-growing toe-nails?” “We are!” solemnly replied the young man, and he invested in another bottle. “Americans—freemen—are you sub ject to coughs, hoarseness, bronchitis, quins}', consumption, nightmare, 103S of memory, whooping-cough, or fall ing out of hair?” “Hanged if we ain’t!” whispered the young sellow with the double-chin, and he pocketed his sixth bottle and waited lor further oratory. His re markable faith staggered the dealer w ho finally said : “I guess you have had enough for this time. Take according to directions and you will soon feel the beneficial effects.” “Yes. 1 will—thank you eyer so much—j'cs—stammered the young man. “This ’ere remedy isn’t good for fits, is it?” “Well, well,” slowly answered the vender—that is not the regular cure for fits, “Then 1 guess I’ll take what I’ve got and get cured of all these things \ ou mentioned, and then go for the fits alone and give ’em thunder and blazes, wouldn’t you ?” FARM AND GARDEN. •1 < you bring “Yes that’s the way. out anything loi nu> i v. me a gallon. I’ve been unier the weather just as long as I can stand ii Good-by.” The Malarial Tuition. Intermittent fever, marsh fever, ma larial fever, fever and ague, “chills” —these are a few of the names by which the doctors and the people know more or less one of the most w idespread and familiar of the ills that flesh is heir to, a malady that seems to occur at one time or another in all countries where there are to be found war.er, sunshine, and a soil reasonably rich in decayed vegeta ble elements.. In countries where the soil is less rich in vegetable elements the fever is restricted to the neighbor hood of inundated lands or marshes, or ponds of variable level, because in these situations the abundance of de caying vegetable substance is very great. In such countries the opinion is general, and is perhaps accurate, that’the poison is of marshy origin; but in countries where the whole sbul is rich enough to be ±n this particular like these marshy lands, it has been long recognized that the poison had no necessary relation to marshy situations? but was in fact telluric, and that a short rain which only slightly mois tened the surface of the earth, and a few succeeding hours of sunshine, sup plied all the conditions necessary lor the elaboration of the poison that pro duced this fever. But what was that poison? Science failed to solve that problem. But it did not fail for waut of effort. An exceedingly great amount of ingenuity’, industry and trained skill has lor age* been devoted to the labor of hunting down, isolating and de scribing the offending atoms that have made and still make uninhabitable some of the fairest regions of the earth. All effort was vain, however, and no satis factory answer has ever been made to the query, What precisely is the poi son that causes this disease? Ic has remained a mystery. Within a few years ingenious endeavors to solve this problem have multiplied, lu the pre sent year some experiments have been made at Rome which appear to be more fruitful than any hitherto recorded ; or, in the words of the report read to the Academy of Rome, “the investigation was rew arded with complete success.” These experiments were conducted by Signor Tommasi of Rome, and Profes sor Klebs of Prague. They togetuer spent some weeks in the Agro Romano, and made repeated examinations of the lower strata of the atmosphere, of the soil and of stagnant waters, and suc ceeded in isolating a microscopic fun gus, specimens oi which, being placed under the skin of healthy dogs, caused distinct and regular paroxysms of in termittent fever, and produced in the spleens of these animals that peculiar condition which is a recognized part of the pathology of this disease. In the medical world this achievement must be regarded as an important one. To people at large it may not seem a great aflair to have ascertained precisely what pari of the elements of a poisonous soil it is to which its poisonous nature is du^i but it must not be too hastily j udged that this knowledge will not in volve an important advance in the ca- p ;city to deal w ith this noxious pro duct of the earth. “Chubby Wubby.”—She had such an honest, hearty, round iittle face, with two brown eyes, a dot of a nose, and such chubby, hard, red cheeks that Aunt Gussie named her “Chubby Wub by” as soon as she saw her. Her real name was Fanny, although mamma called her “Blossom” some times, and papa declared she was his little “Boy,” while grandma had a a whole host of pet names besides. Aunt Gussie thought “Chubby Wub by” seemed to suit her the best of all, she was so round, plump and rosy. Miss Chubby was cross one day, and among other things, she took it into her head that she wouldn’t be called by any of her pet names. Wlieu mamma said to lier “Blossom, come and get your bat on,” she shrugged her shoulders; and she answered “Agh,” when Aunt Gussie made a rush at her for half-a-dozen kisses when she came in off the lawn, with such tempting , - cheeks that it was impossible not to I applied want to bite them. When Aunt Gussie said, “Come here, quick, you sweet little Cliubbj' Wubby!” Fanny just kicked out one of her bare, plump little knees, and cried, “Pigl” Now that was a very dreadful tiling for her to call her auntie, for Fanny thought pigs were a very horrid sortol' beasts, and it was the worst name she knew, and besides, she said it in a naughty, wicked tone. ‘ Oh, Chubby,” cried Aunt Gussie, laughing, “we haven’t got any pigs in here and w r o don’t want any colts either, and if 3*ou are going to kick that w ay, we shall have to put you in the stable,” Chubby didn’t feel a bit like laugh ing at this, but said again, very loudly •‘Pig, Pig, Pig!” Mamma heard her from the ether room then, and she called out, “Come in here to me, Fanny; I want to look at your t-ngue.” Fanny kicked up her heels and ran to her m imma and stuck out her little coral-tinted tongue. “Wha’ lor, mamma?” she asked, thinking perhaps some little sweet pel lets might follow. “I wanted to see the naaghty spot on it,” answered mamma. “I heard it cafl auntie a name ju3t now, and I wanted to tell you if 1 ever heard it call any one that again, 1 should put some thing on the spot to cure the naughti ness." The Practice of Fai.l Plowing,— Disintegration is one of the great se crets of the beneficial effects from fall plowing. Its action is both mechanical and chemical. Land when broken by the plough holds a greater percentage of water. It freezes w hen in this wet state, then it thaws and the disintegra tion is complete. All moisture receiv ed on the surface filters through the pulverized earth evenly, and in conse quence the manurial properties in the water reach every particle of the soil and are retained. Another advantage of fall ploughing is the much greater surface of soil exposed. Compact, ground presents but one surface to the air, w hile that which is well broken exposes nearly every side of every par ticle of soil as deep as the tilth goes. The tilth 13 also deepened, and clay subsoil thrown on top becomes subjec ted to atmospheric actions which pre pare it lor any solvents that may be ipplied. The linear thing of pestilent nsects from their comfortable biding places in the fall, and exposing them to the weather is one of the incalculable benefits arising from fall plowing. The turning under of cockle-burrs, ox- eye daisy’, foxtail and other noxious weeds with the stubbie of the grain fields before their seeds mature is still another benefit, as these growths are destroyed and forced to serve the land they previously burdened by enriching it. Fanners who are constantly com plaining that plowing under certain weeds only tends to a more luxuriou growth, are reminded that w’eeds which are propagated by seed should be turned under before the seed ripens If the process is delayed, a foul crop of weed seed is planted instead of destroy ed. Cultivators who understand the good effects of fall plowing, some of which, by the w ay, is best accomplish ed during the summer, will soon set the plows moving it they are not alrea dy started, on lands designed for winter grain, fall seedings, and for corn next spring. Pork or Bacon.—It is often a ques tion with fanners whether to sell their hogs in the fall as pork, or convert them into bacon, to be reserved for a better market during the year? Thii will depend, in part, upon the locality of the farmer. As a general rule, if helivc3 a considerable distance from market, then bis chances for profit in L’ttle Fanny shut her lips very tight I baccuing his pork are greater, because then, only opening them to eay very j he not only allows himself more time earnestly, “Never no more, mamma.” I and opportunity to oltain better prices, “Well,” replied mamma, “I hope you j but secures a considerable reduction in won’t forget, for I shall not; now kiss ! the cost of transportation. Most far- auntie, and run out on the lawn and mers are accustomed to put away pork play until luncheon.” ! enough to serve their families the en- Then little Chubby Wubby went in j tire year, and in doing so are supposed and threw her arms around Annt Gus- | io secure their meat at less cost than to sie’s neck, and all was forgiven. j sell it as pork and buy their bacon If, Somehow “never no more” happened I therefore, the practice holds good in to be a very short time, for not very I such cases, why should it not hold long afterward, when Annie, her nurse, I equally good with all the hogs he has called, “Come Fanny, bread and milk | to kill? It Is true, the answer to this L all ready,” she ran away off down by question is somewhat conditional; but the brook and answered, “No, I don’t j then it may be assumed as generally wan’ to turn.” I true that the farmer who bacons his “But mamma says you must come In j hogs has a much better margin for pro- THE HOUSEHOLD. Washing Windows.—ft is not an easy thing to wash windows so that they will look clear amd well-polished, and if soapsuds are used, it is quite im possible to do it. The old-fasliioned way of taking out all the windows, and setting them aside to dry, after the suds have been rinsed off, is, to be sure, the easiest way of cleaning them, but it is also the. worst way to make them look clear and bright. First brush them off well with a sponge, or brush that comes for the purpose, and then wrap a bit of cloth about a sharp- pointed stick and w’ipe out the dust that adheres to the corners, then take iome weak tea, boiling hot, and add to it a tablespoonful of alcohol and a tew drops of aqua ammonia or a bit of car bonate of ammonia, the size of a wal nut. Dip a piece of sponge or old can ton flannel, into it, and rub the glass one way only until it shines clear. Wipe it off with another cloth, rubbing It until well polished, Newspapers used to be much better than any cot ton cloth for washing and wiping win dows and mirrors, but now that the pa per is chiefly composed of wood pulp, they are the worst tiling that can be used, as they cover them with a lintv substance. ^ Keeping Apples in Plaster.—I have been experimenting the past few years with apples, and find those packed up in plaster keep much longer than any other way I have tried. L use flour barrels and find them preferable to ap ple barrels, as they are made tighter. I first cover the bottom of the barrel with plaster, then a layer of apples, then cover with plaster, and so on till the barrel is full: then put the head in and drive the hoops tight. The plas ter, being of a cold nature, keeps the fruit at an even temperature, and being fine and dry, packs so close as to keep the apples air tight. 1 had Northern Spy and Swaar almost as fresh in May as when picked, and found no decayed one, aud think they would have kepi till early apples were ripe, had we not used them. Shall put up several bar rels for next spring and summer use, as I am satisfied that our best varieties, such as Steel’s Red Winter, Wagener aud seek no further, will keep several months longer than putting them up without plaster, and will retain their flavor much better beside. WIT AND HUMOR. A Bit of “Sass.”—He was inspect ing the Swine Department and point ing out such hogs as he wished were in his pen at home when a stranger asked him to change'a ten dcilar bill. George complied, and when it was too late discovered that his ten was a counterfeit. As there was no hope of findiug the swindlers he pitched into a farmer, with an open countenance and a red nose and rolled him in the mud. The police thereupon placed George in the “coop” and drew him down. “George Brown, how mean to try to and break up the peace aud harmony of a big State Fair in such a manner!” remarked the court in reproachtul tones as the prisoner stood before him. “Yes, and how mean it* was in them fellers to break up the peace afid har- .mony of George Brown !” retorted the prisoner. “You got swindled by sharpers but that was your own fault. The farmer had nothing to do with it. “He didn’t, eh? When 1 found that the ten was a counterteit didn’t be jump up and cracked his heels together and haw! haw! haw! till ye could hear him clear across the grounds! 1 may be a fool, your Honor, but no man with a red nose can haw ! haw! haw ! me and not pay for it!” “Well, I’m going to haw ! haw ! you about $5 worth.” The prisoner settled himself back for a speech. Then he settled forward to give the coart a bit of “sass.” Then he didn’t exactly like the looks of of things and he pulled out a“V,” paid the fine and walked out. A Great French Philosopher once defined a doctor to be *a peraon whe pours drugs about which he knows litt ; e, into a body concerning which he known less, in order to cure disease -- of which he knows noth- ' ing,’* aud the empirical, barbarous, useless treatment of piles since the days of Hypoc- ratea, when doctors burned the tumors off with red hot iron, down to the absurd wonder cures and nostrums of n oderu quacks, would ►•eem to bear testimony to the wisdom of the Frenchman. The great modern benefactor of the modern race is now admitted by every one to be Dr. Sdabee. the di~coverer of an infallible pile remedy in Anakesis. This miraculous cure for the most painful of all diseases is regarded as the scientific triumph of the age, and is prescribed and endorsed by physicians of all schools. It is not taken inteina'ly but applied as a suppositoiy directly to the affected part, it giytfa instant relief, soothes pain as a poul tice, presses up the tnmore as au instrument, and ultimately cures piles by its medication. Anakesis, Dr. S. Silsbee's External Pile Remedy, is sold by all firat-ciass druggists. Price $1 00 per box. Samples mailed free to all sufferers on appi cation to P. Ncustaedter & Co.. Box 3946, New York. Winning a Wife. right away,” and Annie ran after her. “I’ig, Pig, 1*ig,” again cried Fanny, in an angry tone. Mamma heard her, and came to the door. “Pick her right up Annie, and bring her to me. 1 am going to cure her of that habit directly,” and so poor little naughty Chubby Wubby was borne into the house, kicking and screaming lustily. “Now stop your crying and put out yonr tongue,” said mamma, “i’m go ing to put some pepper right on to the naughty spot, and burn out the name you have called auntie and Annie to day.” “No, mamma, no, no, never no more,” sobbed little Chubby Wubby, her eyes and round red checks all wet with tears. “Well, if Aunt Gussie and Annie say so, I will let you off this time,” said mamma, with the little pinch oi pepper in her hand and all ready. “But please remember, if I ever hear your tongue call any one ‘Pig’ again. 1 oi.ttii pui. me peppei ou it ana burn out the naughty spot.” Chubby Wubby sobbed over and over again “Never no more, mamma,” and Aunt Gussie and Annie were very glad to say they would not like to have their darling punished “this time,” and Aunt Gussie whispered to little Fan ny’s mother, “I feel half to blame my self, for I suppose she thinks if I call her a name, she may call me one,” and after that day little Fanny never called anybody “Pig,” and Aunt Gussie stopped calling Fanny “Chubby Wub by,” fit than he who sells his animals In the shape of pork. Again, we have known men to make it a business of purchas ing p^rk in the fall lor the purpose of converting it into bacon, and made money by the operation. And if these men could afford to pay cash for the article and then make it profitable to convert it into bacon, it does seem to us that a far tier is acting unwisely who would thus surrender apart of his ligitimate profits by selling his hogs as pork. The Rag Weed—its uses.—Some farmers do not relish this massive growth of weeds. If clover is excel lent as a manure plowed down why not the rag weed ? W here a mass of vegetable matter is turned down and phosphate, plaster or lime subverted with the weeds decomposition takes place and plant food is created. Phos phates act not alone as a fertilizer but as a means of ni»t |n <y th ** fc ' vhiv ' 11 ia in the soil soluble. Acids soon convert raw vegetable matter into sustenance for plants. Plaster will have the same effect as we very well know. The many fields covered with rag weed and awaiting preparation lor wheat that we have noticed this iall, if treated with the design of utilizing the abun dant vegetable matter for the coming wheat crop, would certainly increase ibe yield to a very perceptible extent. With all the competition in soap, Dobbins’ Electric Soap, (made by Cra- gin Co., Phi.adelphia, Ta.,) is first in popularity, because it is pure, uni form and honest. Have your grocer get it and then try it at once. Autobiography of a Bog.—Never was an “innocent child.” Took to general wickedness as fast as I was able to comprehend it. Stole pie, cake and jam and lied about it. Had two sets of, faces, manners and morals. One for indoors and before the folks; one for outdoors with the boys. “Sting of conscience” meant getting Ca w g « a r rw a b ^ g «n r ‘i. aP f^ e n 0 l Cb J r ^ v, I to the bottom of the Vessel, bat if three founded 1 y i ‘’»ys old it will float in the liquid; if Herded with other little boys of my own age. • B;g boys” taught us many kinds of wickedness. A “big boy” is a boy who haslearned | FoodforHogs.—Three or fourbush- to smoke and chew tobacco. j els of corn meal, with a quart of salt, Used to hang around and hear men j in a hogshead of water, stirred occa- talk on mysterious subjects. N. B.— i sionallv for three or lour days until it ferments, is much better and far cheap er than feeding either meal or corn to growing pigs. You can add bran, mid dlings or slop to it; and, when half used, fill up with water, and so repeat, adding meal when needed, aud a little salt, Age of Lggs,—To determine the exact age of eggs, dissolve about four ounces of common salt in a quart of pure water, and then immerse the eggi If it be only a day or so old, it will sink | more than five, it comes to the surface I and rises above in proportion to its in- I creased age. Grown up folks always Seem to forget that the smaller a boy is the bigger are his ears and eyes. Parents are not to be trusted. If you tell them the truth about yourself they lick you. The premium is on dis honesty. Parents are useful to feed and clothe a feller and give him Fourth of July money. O: her wise they are intrusive. While my folks thought they were “bringing me up” I grew up. I con quered all my privileges. Learned to smoke eight years before they allowed me to smoke. Learned much from other boys at school not printed in the books. We recently noticed the discovery of a remarkable subterranean body of water in Australia. A similar discovery is now reported from Algeria. At Tiem- cen there are some beautiful cascades, near which a number of miners were engaged in blasting. They had blasted a huge rock, and were removing it, when they came upon the opening to a large cave. The floor was covered with water. The men made a raft, and hik ing candles, embarked on the stream, which led into an underground lake, overspread by a lofty, arched roof, bril liant with stalactites. Here they en countered diffionity in navigation, for the stalactites from above met tne stal agmites rising from the water, forming massive white columns, by which their progress was considerably impeded. At the end of the lake an out-flowing stieara was visible, but the explorers did not pursue its course further. They estimate the total distance of this point from the mouth of the cave at about a mile and a half, and the width of the lake at one mile. A number of- blind fish were obtained from the waters? One of the most valuable aids to meat production is almost entirely disregar ded in this country. The flaxseed cake made here finds its market mainly in England. It is true that corn is cheap, but there are feeders in this country who have proved the economy of a small ration of oil cake. A slop made of corn and oats, ground in about equal parts, with a little oil meal added, makes the best food for the sow while.sucking, to increase the flow of milk; and this, with clover pasture and plenty of soaked corn during the summer, will promote a rapid and healthy growth of the pigs. Oats for Horses.—Oats are justly advocated as the grain above all others adapted to horses, and it is true that for young, and those used on the road there is probably nothing equal to oats, but they ought to be crushed or bruised, and not ground. In fact, all grains are better fed in this way. A teaspoonful of ground horse-rad ish added to every quart of catsup or pickles will keep the mould from the top. A Blockade that Should be Raised. The egress from the system of waste mate rial through the natural channels should be rendered free, without loss of time, when & blockade is produced by an attack Of constipa tion. a d.Bo.der which if it becomes cbroDic, is productive of serious bodily mischief. Jaun dice, severe-headaches, nausea dyspepsia, the usual concomitants of the malady mentioned. | cases, has felt it his duty to make it -ii ' wmn« .mm.., knew to Ii is suffering fellows. Actu- Consumptloa Cured- An old physician, retired from prac- ice, having had placed in his hands by an East India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy lor the speedy and permanent cure for Con sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all Throat and Lung Affections, also a positivfe and radical cure for Ner vous Debility and all Nervous Com plaints, after having tested its wonder ful curative powers in thousands of all indicate that the bodily functions terially interfered with, lloatettcr'a Bittera is particularly effioac.ous in casta of this sort, and renders the habit of body per ectly regu lar. It ia a medicine greatly to be preferred to drastic cathartics, which are well calculated to drench, but unhappily also to weaken the in testines. We say unhap, ily, since such medi cines are the favorite resource of many ill ad- v.aed persons, who resori to them u;>on the most trivial occasion, and greatly to their dis comfort and injury. ated by this motive and a desire to re lieve human suffering. I will send free of charge to all who desire it, this re cipe, in German, French, or English, with fuil directions lor preparing and using. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W. W. Sherar, 149 Powers’ Biotic, Rochester, New York. Ax Old Rule for Ventilating Bed rooms.—A simple device is within the reach of every one having an ordinary window in his room, by which fresh outer air can be admitted a small quan tity with such an upward current as will prevent its being felt as an injur ious draft by the iumstes. It is par tieularly adapted to sleeping rooms when the weather is too cold to admit of au open window half an inch, which is not quite enough to clear the rebate or stop-heads at top and bottom, but which leaves an opening of au inch between the meeting rails, through which a current enters, but diverted upward by the glass as it should be, so its coolness might otherwise induce it to do. It thus becomes well mixed with the air of the without being felt as a draft. Fish Cake.—Take the meat from the bones o! any kind of cold fish, which latter put with the nead and fins into a stew-p iu with a pan of water, a little salt, pepper and onion, and a fagot of sweet herbs to stew for gravy. Mince the meat and mix it well with crumbs of bread and cold potatoes (equalparts), a little parsley and seasoning. Make into a cake, with the white of an eg; or a little butter or milk: egg it over and cover with breadcrumbs, and then fry a little brown. Pour the gravy over, and stew gently for fifteen min utes, stirring it carefully twice o thrice. Serve hot and garnish with slices of lemon or parsley. Baked Indian Pudding.—Econom ical and excellent: Boil a quart of sweet milk, thicken with four table- apooniuis sirted corn meal. Add three tablespoonful molasses or brown sugar, a tablespoon of butter, one egg, a salt- spoon of salt, nutmeg or cinnamon to taste. Bake one hour* if tour oven is quick: if a slow heat, one hour and a half. Eat warm from the oven, or cool if prefered, with syrup or other sauce. Don’t think to Improve it by adding more eggs. It should bake un til curdled, like ail over-baked cus tard. Beautiful Black Color for Bronze. —A strong concentrated thin solution of nitrate of silver is required for this purpose. It should be mixed with equal solution of nitrate of copper, and well shaken together. The pieces which require coloring are dipped into this solution and left for a short time. When taken out they should be equally heated till the required black color makes its appearance, JFegetin'e.—When the blood becomes lifeless and stagnant, either from change of weather or of climate, want of exercise, irregular diet, or from any otaer cause, the Vegetine will renew the blood, carry oil'the putrid humors, cleanse the stomach, regulate the bow els, and impart a tone of vigor to the whole body. Domestic Champagne.—W hen grapes are just turning, or about half ripe, gather them, pound them in a tub, and to every quart of pounded fruit add tw’o quarts of water; let the mixture stand fourteen days, then draw it off; to every gallon of liquor add three pounds of loaf sugar; when the sugar is dissolved pour it into a cask; after it is done working put in a cellar; in six months bottle and wire the corks tigkt- ly * . Steaming Puddings.—Never put a pudding that is to be steamed into any thing eise than a dry mould. Put into boiling water and keep boiling till done. Get out of Doors.—The close con finement of all factory work, gives the operatives pallid faces, poor appetite, languid, miserable feelings, poor blood, inactive liver, kidneys and urinary troubles, and all the physians and med icine in tiie world cannot help them unless they get out of doors or use Hop Bitters, the purest aud best remedy, especially for such cases, having abun dance of health, sunshine and rosy cheeks in them. They cost but a trifle. See another column. Regarding Shortening.—In mak ing a crust of any kind do not melt the shortening. Let it be as cold as possi ble and knead it through the flour. Melting it injures the crust. A Wise Legislator. He is successful because he lias the manly courage to rise above all per sonal motives or interests and casts his vote and influence on the side of meas ures woich will contribute to the well being of his fellow-men. The good of the many, even though it proves in jurious to the interests of the low, is the maxim of the wise legislator. But certain men will never admit the wis dom of this doctrine, any more than some selfish practitioners will admit the superlative value of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Pleas ant Purgative Pellets, because these remedies have injured their practice. OI course, no man in his right senses will pay a physician $5.00 for a con sultation, a bottle of bitters, a few pow’ders, and a prescription, when one bottle of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and a bottle of his Pleasant Purgative Pellets, both costing but $1.25, will accomplish the same ie- ult, viz: cleanse the liver and blood, regulate and tone the stomach, and im part a healthful action to the bowels and kidneys. Almost Young Again.—“My mother was afflicted a long time with Neural gia and a dull, heavy, inactive condi tion of the whole system; headache, nervous prostration, and was almost helpless. No physicians or medicines did her any good. Three months ago she began to use Hop Bitters, with such ood effect that she seems and feels young again, although over 70 years old. We Liiiuk there is no other med icine fit to use in the family.”—A lady iu Providence, R. 1. A father never thinks his ten year old is stronger than a horse until he employs him to turn the grindstoue to sharpen an old axe that is about as sharp at one cutkas at the other. The old mail bears on until the lad’s eyes hangout and his trousers’ buckle flies off, and just before he bursts a blood vessel his father encourages him with the remark, “Does—it—turn—hard?” Thousands of boys have runaway from home and become pirates aud green- backers in order to escape a secoud siege at the grindstone. A young couple In humble life were going through the usual civil matrimo nial forms a few days ago before tiie mayor of one of arrondissements of Paris. “The woman is everywhere to follow her husband,” said the function ary, reciting the usual formula. “1 decline to promise that,” said the bride, with great decision, “What do you mean ?” inquired the mayor. “My hus band is u letter-carrier in the su burbs,” replied tiie cautious creature iu a mincing toue. An old Scotch lady, who had no rel ish for modern church music, \\ as ex pressing her dislike for the singing of an anthem in her own church one day, when a neighbor said, “Why that is a very old anthem ; David sang that an them to Saul.” To this the old lady re plied : “Weel, weel, I noo for the first time understan’ why Saul threw his javelin at David when the lad sang to him.” A poetess sings “I love tliee every hour.” That’s right Girls who love a fellow only four or five hours out ol the twenty-four, and bestow their af fections upon several other chaps dur ing the remaining hours of the day, are what the New York custom officers would cail “Irauds in silk.” They should love every hour, or not at all. “My Mother-in-law i3 a walking ad vertisement for Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup,” a subscriber remarked yesterday: “she recommends it everywhere.” Listz was at Prague in the autumn of i 1 846. The day after his arrival a stranger ! called upon him, and represented himself as : a brother artist in distress, having expended irfill his means in an unsuccessful law suit, ■ Hd solicited aid to enable him to return to 1 Nuerberg, his place of residence. Listz; gave him a hearty reception, and opened | Iiis desk to get some money, but found he : possessed only three ducats. “Yon see,” said the generous artist, “that • I am as poor as yourself. However, I have j credit, and I can coin more money with i my piano. I have here a miniature given j me by the Emperor of Austria; the paint- j ing is of little value, but the diamonds, are-; fine; take it, sell the diamonds, and keep the money.” The stranger refused the rich gift, but Listz compelled him to take it, and he car ried it to a jeweler, who, suspecting from his miserable appearance, that he had stolen it, had him arrested and thrown into prison. The stranger sent for his benefactor, who immediately called upon the jeweler, and told him that the man was innocent, that he had given him the diamonds. “But who are you?” said the jeweler. “My name is Listz,” he replied. “I know of no financier of that name,’ said the jeweler. “Very possible,” said Listz. “But do you know that these diamonds are worth six thousand florins?” “So much the better for him to whom I gave them. But you must be very rich to make such presents ?” “My sole fortune consists of three ducats,” said Listz. “Thenyou are a fool,” said the jeweler. “No,” said Listz. “I have only* to move the ends of my fingers to get as much money as I want.” “Then you are a sorcerer,” said the jew eler. “I will show you the kind of sorcery that 1 employ,” said Listz. Seeing a piano in the back parlor of the jeweler’s shop, the eccentric artist sat down to it, and began to improvise a ravishing air. A beautiful young lady made her ap pearance and at the close of the perfor mance exclaimed “Bravo Listz!” ‘You know him then ?” said the jeweler to his daughter. “I have never seen him before,” she said, “but there is no one in the world but Listz who can produce such sounds from the piano.” The jeweler was satisfied, the stranger was released and relieved, the report of Listz being in the city flew, and was waited upon and feted by the nobles who besought him to give a concert in their city. The jeweler seeing the homage that was paid to the man of genius, was ambitious to have an alliance with him, and said to him : “How do you find my daughter?” “Adorable i” was the reply. “What do you think of marriage ?” con tinued the jeweler. “WeU enough to try it, said Listz.” “What do you say to a dowry of three million of francs?” he next asked. “1 will accept it,” was the reply, “and thank you, too. ” “Weil, my daughter likes you and you like her,” said the jeweler, “the dowry is ready, will you be my son-in-law?” “Gladly,” replied Listz, and the marri age was celebrated the week following. VEGETINE Purifies the Blood, Renovates and invigorates the whole System, ITS MEDICINAL PKOFEHT1ES ABE Alterative, Tonic? Solvent and Diuretic. 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