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Canaries. Occasionally a bird’s limb will be covered with scales, particularly an old bird’s. The best way to remove them is to moisten the limb with quite warm milk, and a slight rubbing with the thumb and fore-Unger back and forth will cause them to peel oft'. Care should be taken, however, not to break the under-skin. Swollen and sore limbs are greatly relieved, and afterward a permanent cure effected, by bathing the effected parts with diluted tincture of clerks, and for a while he “skinned” them arnica - Soften happens that a bird’ A Betting Experience. I had often been aaked by my friend Ber nard Snipe to take an interest in horse-rac ing—or, rather, in betting. For months I Had resisting tempting offers of assistance and advice which were to make my fortune. The fact is, I knew nothing*whatever about horse-racing, and I had no money to spare to pay for a practical experience of the “art” "of betting. Bernard Snipe had, on the other hand, made a study of “book making.” He was the deputy station-mas ter at an old borough town on one of the chief lines in the Kingdom. He betted with passengers and he betted with railway nlnrL’o ami fnr a frliilfl lih 4 in nPfl 1 tllPTTl pretty much as he pleased. It was in September, 1871, that he pre vailed upon me to go to Doncaster to see the great St. Leger race. I consented to visit the famous course more for the sake of the t ‘sight’ than for the betting. However, in order to enjoy a little of everything, I put £3 10s in my pocket; - and on the Wednes day when the Leger was run for, I was conveyed in a special train to Doncaster. My railway fare and dinner absorbed ten shillings of my cash, and with the remain ing^£3 1 proceeded to the course. I re member seeing the first race won by Count LagraDge’s Cosmopolite. I saw large sums of money change bands, and 1 at last thought 1 might win a £10 note on the Leger. 1 look round for Bernard Snipe, but he had left me. I could not find him, 1 re turned to the quarters occupied by the bet ting fraternity and I could hear the praises of Kettledrum sounded above all the rest of the horses. Kettledrum was the favorite in the betting, and consequently 1 made him my favorite by investing all my £3 in his cause. At length the horses came out for their preliminary “canter.” Kettledrum w as pointed ont to me, and I almost wor shipped the animal. “They’re off!” was the first cry I heard, and after considerable excitement there were immense cries of “Caller Ou wins!” and to my utter aston ishment Caller Ou did win. The thought suddenly Hashed upon me that I was eight miles away from home; had lost the only friend I knew, and not a farthing in my pocket towards paying my railway fare. I was in a strange place; I was almost in despair. X wandered about the refresh ment booths to ascertain if any one 1 knew was there. I w r as not successful. I came to the conclusion that I had made a fool of myself by visiting Doncaster, and a stiil greater fool of myself by staking £3 on the lottery of a horse-race, and leaving myself without the means of getting home. Sudden!}’ I was tapped on the shoulder. 1 turned round, and to my delight beheld Bernard Snipe. “Well, how have you gone on?” he asked. “Lost every farthing of my money,” was my disconsolate reply. “What did you back?” he inquired. “Kettledrum.” “Kettledrum I What a fool you’ve been. Why didn’t you ask me about it? He wasn’t in the race. Tne rain had made the course too heavy for him,” ran on critical Ber nard. “It’s all very well to tell me these tilings, now the mischief is done,” I remarked. “I know I have made a fool of myself by coming here at all. Lend me half a sover eign, and I’ll make the first loss the last, and go home by the next train.” “Not me, old boy,” he replied; and then, in an encouraging tone, he said: “Look here, they are betting eight to one against Cosmopolite for the Corporation Plate. I am going to put two sovereigns upon it. If you will put a sovereign upon it, I’ll lend you the money.” “No, no. Once bitten, twice shy,” 1 answered. “Cosmopolite won the first race, and they’ll never Jet the same horse win two races in one day.” “It’s right, I tell you. I have a friend in Count Lagrange’s si able, and be has given me the ‘tip,’ ” put in Bernard. “Well, Pll never pay yoivback if I lose,” I informed him. ‘Til trust you for that,” he answered as he ran off toward a betting man who was under a huge umbrella bawling to a crowd of people in front of him. Presently he returned and handed me a small ticket, at the same time informing me that if the horse w T on I must present the ticket to the man with the umbrella, and lie would hand me nine sovereigns. The bell rung to clear the course. Again there was the preliminary canter. Once more a score of voices from behind glasses cried out, .“They’re off.” I became fear fully excited, but when I heard shouts from all sides that “Cosmopolite wins,” I scarce ly knew how to control my delight. Cos mopolite did win. I w as the first individ ual who accosted the man with the umbrel la, and, having presented the ticket, he handed me nine sovereign. At about the same moment Bernard Snipe came and re ceived eighteen sovereigns. 1 returned him the sovereign he had advanced for me, and at once darted into the middle of the crow r d. He called after me, but I would not heed him. I ran as fast as a horse to the railway- station. In a quarter of an hour I w as on my return journey home. I called to see a friend at a large town in the Midlands, and I ordered a new suit of clothes and a hat. I paid cash and received the usual discount. In another hour I w as at home with just the same amount of money in my pockets as I had started with in the morning. In my new' suit I was married a month afterward. While I was enjoying the honeymoon, I received a letter from a friend. In it I read the following passage: “Bernard Snipe, through his love for betting, has become involved. He has em bezzled £360 belonging to the railway com pany, and bolted to Australia.” Then I related the above story to my bride. “You’ll never bet again, will you?” she asked, as she patted me on the cheek. “Never, my dear.” And I have kept my word. True Stories About Animals. claws grows very long and require cut ting. This is a particular operation. Care should be taken not to cut up into the blood veins, which can easily be seen by holding the bird's claw in front of a strong light, and then not cutting within a sixteenth of an inch of the red vein. There is an impression in the minds of most people that the only use for cattle-fish is as a bill-sharpener, but this is wrong. The cnitle-ti-li is a mol- lusk caught in the Cnina Sea, and is largely used by all manufacturers of tooth powder, its salty particles readily removing the tartar. All seed-eating birds are fond of this, its salty taste seeming to give them a relish for food Birds, when proper care are taken of them, are rarely attacked with disease. If owners of these pets would first see that the cage is kept perfectly clean and well supplied with plenty of graves or gravel paper for the bird to peck up on, and that the seed is ot the very best quality, and that they are led and given a bath at a regular hour, daily, then birds, if kept from draughts of air, and no sugar candy, figs, raisins or cake fed them, they will sing from ten to eleven months out of the year. The poor German families keep birds for many years, but wealthy people are apt to kill them with kindness. In cold weather they shonld be kept in a room where the temperature is even, and where the heat is not over sixty-live or seventy degrees during the daytime, nor below forty-live to fifty in the night. If no fire is kept up during the night, in very severe wintry weather a newspaper should be secured over and around the top and outside of the cage s from bedtime to sunshine, to keep the bird safely comfortable. At no season of the year should it be forgotten that they must not be placed in a draught. Asthma or a sudden cold attacks them often when the cause is not suspected. In the winter time give them all the sunlight you can duriug the day. In summer keep them shaded from the di rect rays of the sun. In the frosty sea son avoid keeping them where it is too hot, in your room where your cage hangs, or you will find they get easily “stuffed up” and wheezy in the r notes, in consequence of the over-heated air they are forced to breathe near the ceil ing. Canary or rape seed is the best every day or staple food you can snppy them with. Avoid too much hemp seed. A very little of this latter, and not too often. If they get husky in voice, prepare a paste, half and half, o£ very hard boiled grated egg and arrow root, with a dusting of cayenne peper and dry cracker occasionally. Vary this with the seed food, and in the drinking cup place a piece of sulphate of iron, or a dozen drops of paregoric, for three or four days at a time. This will relieve them shortly*. Keey the cage clean. Let the birds have the fresh daily bath at all seasons. Feed regularly, and avoid the draught of cold air we have mentioned, and they will do well con tinuously nineteen times in twenty. Swilt Punishment. AGKICTJLTUB.fi. Strange Tastes in Better.—Tlie principal causes why butter is found to be badly “off flavor” are, first, browse and weeds in the pastures, or in the hay, or coarse roots and other unsuitable feed in the stable; second, bad water, or too little of it; third, heating the cow’s blood by running or abuse; fourth, unclean milking; fifth, setting the milk in open pans which are exposed to the fumes of cook ing, or to stove-smoke or tobacco- smoke, or to cold victuals set near; sixth, to keeping the cream in un cleansed vessels, or teo long before churning; seventh, the use of impure salt; eighth, putting down the butter in unsuitable or tll-preparqd tubs or other packages; ninth, storing it in dirty cellars, or beside kerosene, salt or smoked meat, or fish, or any other strong-odored thing. Butter is the most susceptible of taint of any article of food, and when tainted, even slight ly has lost half its value. A person may have every other qualification for the business that can be thought of, yet if lacking in scrupulous neatness, is utterly unfit to be employed in butter- making. A farmer whose wife is a slattern may succeed in sheep or hogs, but never as a dairyman. Yet let every man remember that at least half of oht bad butter was made so before the milk left the utable. DOMESTIC. Brown Paper Against the Cold.— The “old-woman’s” remedy for a “cold on the chest.” a sore throat or a bruise, which consisted in an application of brown paper steeped in beer or vine gar, owed its efficacy to the heat-retain ing properties of the paper. A wet pad of this material, as far as the sur face next the skin was concerned, acted almost as well as a layer of wet linen rag, protected with thick coverings oi flannel. In short, stout paper of the commonest sort is an effective non-con ductor, and may be advantageously employed as a covering for beds or to eke out scanty clothing. A piece of thick paper inserted between the lining and the cloth of a waist-coat or in the back of a thin coat will render it warm as well as light. The suggestion is a small one but it is simple to carry into effect, and will be found effective. One day, children, when the menag erie had been quiet for a long time, the Hyena was looking so lonesome and desolate that the elephant said he reminded him o< “the howl of the wil derness” every time he spoke. “You oan’t prove it,” said the hyena. “You pel-i-ean,” said til; elephant, which was neither good English, good gram- iner nor good fun, and nobody laughed except the elephant. “I gnu you’d say that,” said the ’possum. “Hello, old tail-holt,”said theelephant, “don’tyou know its oi uo consequence what you think in this show ?” The bison inter fered here and said the ’possum might not be a very hartebeast, but he had a right to speak if ’’Well, Weil, old buffaloafer,” laughed the elephant, “X reckon you’re here as bisonification of justice, are you, you old bison of a gun. 1,’d like to see any one pull the wool over your eyes,” The bay mule down in the corner here remarked that he’d like to see anybody pull the wool on the end of his taii, but nobody let on they herd him. Then, when the eagle tried to say something, the elephant asked him if he hadn’t just got off a sixth ward transparency, and then said he thought he remembered seeing 1dm on a barber’s pole. Then the bear spoke up and said they’d had enough of that nonsense, and the elephant told him he’d better haul himself inside the hat store before it rained, and asked him if soft felt would be worn much this win. ter. And then he finally got the mon key to crviwg by calling him a Mister Darwin, and telling him he looked enough li&qa mgn to run for Congress. And in a little while he had the me' nagerie in such an uproar that the lights bad to be put out and the people sent home. Laud yes, children, the tronble they used to have with the ele phant no tongue can tell. He was al ways such a tease. The early settlers of Maine found, be sides its red-faced owners, other and abundant sources of annoyance and danger. The majestic forests which then waved where a thousand villages now siand, were the homes ot' innumerable wild and savage animals. Often at night was the farmer roused from sleep by a noise without, which told that bruin was storming the sheep-pen or pig-sty, or was laying violent paws on some unlucky calf, and often on a cold winter evening did the family roil a large log against the door, and with beat ing hearts draw closer around the fire, as the dismal howl of the wolf echoed through the woods. The wolf was the most fero cious, bloodthirsty but cowardly of all their enemies, rarely attacking a man, and seeking his victims with the utmost perti nacity. One of the pioneers on the Saco river was one autumn engaged in felling trees at some distance from his house. His little son, eight years old, was in tile habit while his mother was busy with household cares, of running into the fields and woods around the house, often going to where his father was at work. One day, after the frost had robbed the trees of their foliage, his lather left his work sooner than usual, and started for home. J ust on the edge of the forest he saw a curious pile of leather. Without stopping to think what had made it, he cautiously removed the leaves, when what was his astonishment to find his own darling boy there sound asleep. It was but the work of a moment to take up the little sleeper, put in his place a small log, re place the leaves, and conceal himself amou; the bushes to watch the result. After waiting there a short time he heard the wolf’s distant howl, quickly followed by another, until the woods seemed alive with fearful sounds. The howls came nearer, and in a few moments a gaunt, savage wolf leaped into the opening, closely followed by the whole pack. The leader sprang directly upon the pile of leaves, and in an instant scattered them in every direction. When he saw the cheat his look of fierce ness and confidence changed -to one of abject fear. He shrank back, cowered to the ground, and passively awaited his fate. The rest, enraged by the supposed cheat, fell upon him, tore him to pieces, and de voured him on the spot. When they had finished their comrade they wheeled around, plunged into the forest and disappeared, and within five minutes after their first ap pearance not a wolf was to be seen. The excited father pressed his child to liis bosom and thanked the kind Providence which led him there to save his dear boy. The boy, after playing till he was weary had lain down and fallen asleep, and in that situation the wolf had found him and covered him with leaves, until he could bring his comrades to the feast, but him self had furnished the meai. What There is in Wheat.—The wheat grain is a truit consisting of a seed and its coverings. All the middle part of the grain is occupied by large, thin cells, lull of a powuery substance, which contains alt the starch of the wheat. Outside the central starchy mass is a single row of squarish cells tilled with a yellowish material, very rich in nitrogenous, that is, flesh-form ing matter. Beyond this again there arc six thin coats or coverings, contain ing much mineral matter, both of pot ash and phosphates. The outermost coat is of but little value. The mill products of these coverings of the seed are peculiarly rich in nutriment, and fine flour is robbed of a large percent age of valuable and liutricious food. Middlings not only contain more fibrin and mineral matter than fine flour, but also more tat. The fibrous matter, or outer coat, which is indigestible, forms oiie-sixih of the bran, but notone-hun- clreth ot the tine flour. Wheat con tains the greatest quantity of gluten and the smallest of starch; rye. a medium proportion of both, while in barley, oats, and corn the largest pro portion of starch and the smallest of gluten are to be found. In practice 100 pounds of tlqur make from 133 to 137 pounds of bread, a good average being 136 pounds; heicce a barrel of 196 pounds should yield 266 one pound loaves. IVOOD-Ashes.—The value of ashes as a fertilizer, depends principally upon the potash and phosphoric acid they contain. The percentage of these varies largely, in ashes from different woods, varying from 10 per cent, to 24 per cent, lor the former, and 4 per cent, to 12 per cent, for the latter. This would give not far from four to five pounds of uotaslt to a bushel of ordinary mixed unleached ashes, which, reckoned at 4 1-2 cents per pound—the present market value of potash in the commercial ferti lizers—w ould give the value of a bushel as Irom 18 to 22 1-2 cents. With due allowance for the phosphoric acid and the lime—the latter making up the largest part ot the ashes—it may be seen that a bushel of unleached ashes, is worth from 25 to 30 cents at the present time. Ashes, to secure the best results, should be thoroughly mingled with the soil. In this way, the best physical, as well as chemical effects are obtained. It is sell evident that crops requiring larger amounts of potash, will be the most beuefitted by the application of ashes, as the root crops, cabbage, to bacco, etc. Forty to fifty bushels per acre, is a good application. Cors-Fkb Hens.—Corn-fed hens do not lay in winter, and especially when snow covers the ground, because there is nothing in corn which furnishes tne material tor the white and shell of the egg, hut abundant material for fat and rudimentary yolks. As soon as spring comes, corn-fed hens commence laying and continue to do so simply because they are able to supplement this food by- grass, worms, insects and other al buminous substances, and also find ma terials for egg shells in bits of lime, stone and the shells and debris of a va riety of decaying matter that we have no conception ot. On the other hand, when wheat is fed to hens there is fat enough in it to supply all that is needed for the yolk, and gluten enough to make the white and lime enough to furnish the shell, and it does not seem difiicult now to understand why corn- fed liens should not lay, as they do not, and why wheat-fed hens should lay as they do. Catching Hawks.—“Some one re cently asked Fanny Field, and others, how to keep hawks from carrying oft chickens. My plan is to catch the hawks. Being much annoyed by them, 1 set a steel trap on top of a pole set up right in the ground, and have caught in the last year seventeen hawks and five owls. Set the trap oil a pole Six or seven feet high in the open field, one or two hundred rods from the house. Xo bait needed. Traps I use cost thirty-live cents a piece. I wish all farmers would use this. 1 have no doubt that farmers lose annually five dollars each from hawks and owls, to say nothing about the destruction of quail and partridge and other game. At first glance this seems a small matter, but in the aggregate it is thousands of dol lars.” Api-les for Cattle.—Apples stimu late the appetite ot a horse or cow won derfully. The ration should he made small at first. It produces a great flow of milk in cows, and gives to the horse a fine glossy coat. Apples arc excellent for fattening cattle, counteracting the tendency- to feverish action engendered by cornmeal, and giving a fine flat or to the beef. . Plum Pudding Glace.—Stem and seed tbree-fourths of a pound of laisins; simmer them, together with a lew- sticks of cinnamon, in a quart of new milk; beat up the yolks of four or five eggs add half a pound of white sugar; pound iu a mortar one-fourth of a pound of sweet almonds; strain the milk, put it on again to boil, and add the yolks of the eggs; remove from the fire, and when cool add the almonds and the raisins which were boiled in the milk, but not the spice; cut some citron very fine or thin; also preserved ginger, if you have it; when well mix ed add a quart of cream, and freeze; beat to a stiff troth a quart of cream; flavor with wine, whisky, or rum, as preferred; sweeten, and place in spoon fuls around the pudding. Sweet Pickle.—Three pounds brown sugar, two quarts Tinegar, seveu pounds of fruit and spices to taste. Cherry Compote.—This is a ‘very delicious form in which to serve the cherry, and those whotry it once, will be certain to “try, try again.” Cut off the stalks of some of the ripest and most highly-flavored cherries. Cut the stalks about half-way up; wash them in cold watei, and allow to drain until they are entirely dry. If you have cherry- syrup use it. If not, make some plain sugar syrup in the usual way. Throw in the cherries and let them boil rapidly for four, five or six boils. Remove the scum, if there is any, and allow it to get cold. Xow place in deep glass dish or compotier. Take especial pains to have all the stalks point upw-aid. Xow pour in the syrup; add the juice of a lemon. HUMOROUS. Didn’t Catch His Meaning.—“Did you make the train?” asked the anx ious questioner. “Xo,” said “smarty,” “it was male in the ear-shop.” “I mean did you catch the train,” with a slightly embarrassed manner. “Of course not; it’s not infections,” was the cute reply. “Well, yon darned fool, did you ar rive at the depot iu time?” “Xo, you infernal idiot, I arrived in a barouche.” “Great heavens!” shouted the ques tioner, “did you board the cars?” “Jumpin’ Jerusalem !” howled the smart man once more, “you know I don’t keep a boarding-house.” A Cautious w.riter will always be on his guard against the accumulation of proofs, lest that should happen to him which is said to have occurred to Bishop Bloomfield. After the learned Bishop had preached a sermon on the existence otGod, an admiring farmer was heard to say: “Our Bishop’s a main good preacher, but I can’t help thinking as how there be a God, after all.” Jones, who was inveighing against the short-comings of Benson, a Cus tom House Inspector, was reproved by Brownlow with the charitable remark : “You shouldn’t judge Benson so harsh ly, Jones; put yourself in bis place, now”— “That’s just what I have been trying to do the last six months,” broke in Jones, unthinkingly giving himself away. General Debility.—In this com plaint the good effects of the Vegetine are realized immediately after com mencing to take it; as debility denotes deficiency of the blood, and Vegetine acts directly upon the blood. There is no remedy that will restore the healtli from debilily like the Vegetine. It is nourishingand strengthening, purifies the blood regulates the ho vels, quiets the nervous system, acts directly- upon the secretions, and arouses the whole system to action. It has never failed in this complaint. A gentleman who was interceding with Bishop Bloomfield for a clergy man who was constantly in debt, and had more than once been insolvent, but who was a man of talents and elo quence, concluded his eulogism by saying, "In fact, my lord, he is quite a St. Paul.” “Yes,” said the bishop, dryly, “in prisons oft.” To Remove Oil Marks From Wall Paper.—“Oil marks” on wall-paper or the marks where inconsiderate peo ple rest their heads, are a sore grief to good housekeepers, but they can.be re moved without much trouble. Take pipe clay or fuller’s-earth, and make into a paste, about as thick as rich cream, with cold water; lay it on the stain gently, without rubbing it in; leave it on all night. It will be dry by morning, when it can be brushed oft’, and unless an old stain, the grease spot will have disappeared. If old, renew the application. Firm Butter Without Ice.—In families where the dairy is small, a good plan is to get a very large sized porous, earl hern flower pot, with an extra large saucer. Half till the saucer with water, set in it a trivet or light stand; upon this set your butter; over the whole invert the flower pot, letting the rim of it rest in and be covered by the water; then close the hole in the bottom of the pot with a cork; dash water over it frequently, and the butter will be as firm and cool as if trom an ice house. Xor A 1 OARD1NG HOUSE H three pounds of stewing beef into small pieces: slice two onions and put beef and onions into a stew pan, with two ounces of butter: dredge with flour slightly; add twe tablespoonluis of water, or soup if you have it, and let it stew. When it is cooked add more water and let it boil gently. Then put in a spoonful of mixed spices and a bay leaf. Set the pan aside and let it cook for two hours. You can “double” up this dish by adding potatoes to it. Coughs and Colds are often over looked. A continuance for any length of time causes irritation of the Lungs or some chronic Throat Disease. “Brown’s Bronchial Troches' 1 ’ are an effectual Cough Remedy. Apple Tart.—Lay a disc of puft paste on a round tin, spread a layer of apple marmalade over it, leaving a rim an inch wide; roll out and cut some of the paste in strips tiie size of a straw, form a treliis work with them over the marmalade, then put a bor der of paste all round over the rim. Glaze the top of the border with beaten up egg acd bake in a quick oven. Indian Baked Pudding.—Take two quarts of sweet milk, boil one quart, and while boiling stir in as much fine Indian meal as will make a very stifi batter; add a teaspoonlul of salt and make very sweet with molasses. But ter a pan and pour the batter in, and pour the remaining quart of cold milk over it. Cut little bits .of butter and put it on the top, and bake two hours in a moderate oven. A very tedious old actor, whose Hamlet occupied four hours, was once playing the part in a country town, and with plenty of emphasis and no discretion was “lading ont” the cele brated soliloquy. “To—be—or—not— to-be,’’ when an irreverent gallery- boy called out to hitn, “Oil, toss up tor it, mister, and don’t preach.” At a small country town there lately died a middle-aged man, leaving a widow of thirty-five. At the funeral the deacon of the village alluded to the good qualities of the, deceased, and among others his generosity, tie said the deceased had lent him some money once. Upon which the weeping widow raised Iter bead and inquired how much, and whether lie had paid it back or not. “That’s not badly painted—that sketch. Do you know who did it?” Waiter—“Yes, sir; that’s a bit o’ mas ter’s cousin’s work.” Tourist—“Oil! He’s an amateur, I suppose?” Waiter— “A amatoor! Well, 1 dunno exactly what he is; I suppose lie is some thing o’ that sort; goes traveling about doc torin’ the live stock.” j. Heaven is a belter place than tins. — ^50 1 suppose, mourning sisters, who weep over your chipped china and cracked g'assware that you will meet all til 3 help that ever left you, up in that better place. Still, I do not sup pose they, would Etay there very long, unless they were allowed to go out twice a week. Observing little brother’s remark before a room full of company : “1 know what made that red mark on Mary’s nose; it was the rim of John Barker’s hat.” And there are girls who believe that little brothers never go to heaven. The price oi soap is rapidly advanc ing. A year’s supply of Dobbins’ Electric bought now at the old price will be a very judicious purchase A suit-able ana smart reply—Young Vicar (facetiously): “Well, John, how smart you are this morning; who gave you the new clothes?” John (laughingly): “Ees sir, the same as gave you youru—the parish, sir,” Vicar retires somewhat discomfited. Kot Tall Enough. Macaroni with Cheese—Put 2 oz. of macaroni into a pint of boiling water, with a small spoonful of butter, a lit tle salt, and an onion, stuck with 1 or 2 cloves; boil until perfectly tender: then drain off the water, and add 2 oz. of grated Parmesan cheese, a very little pepper and a wineglassful of cream. Stew gently for a few minutes; then turn into a hot dish, and brown lightly in the oven before serving. Drop It. A party of four were playing poker, at Decdwood, and the bets were running high. A couple of the boys got to bucking at one another, and a huge pile of chips and green backs was soon piled between them. At last one called the other, and he showed three queens. The other quitely turned over three kings. “Take the money.” said the patron of ladies, as quietly as though asking the other to drink. The man of many kings readied over to take in the pot, when one of the other play ers interfered and claimed that one of the kings in the hand of the winner belonged to him unless there were five in the pack, as he laid down two of them when the heavy betting began. He of the queens rose up, quietly pulled out a murderous-looking bull dog revolver, which he placed in unpleas ant proximity. “Drop it!” He dropped it, you bet; and then, with out another word, the game went on as though nothing had happened. A good story is told of Prince Alex ander of Holland. The Prince, a young man of rather staid and literary- tastes, paid a visit to Berlin last sum mer, and a review was given in his honor by the Imperial court. Military pageants form an integral part of every grand reception in the Prussian capi tal ; but Prince Alexander, with little inclination for soldiery, sat in silent contemplation while the troops were defiling befoiehim. All at once the Crown Prince drew the guest’s atten tion to an Uhlan regiment with the re mark that they were “a fine body of men.” “Yes,” replied Prince Alex ander, “but they are not tall enough.” This reply delivered with the tradi tional Dutch phlegm, a little surprised his interlocutor, who, however, merely observed, Very well; then you must see my cuirassiers.” The cuirassiers, erect in their saddles like men-at-arms of the Middle Ages, went by in breast plates and plumes. “Well, what do you think of them?” asked Prince Fritz. “Splendid men, but not tall enough.” Still more piqued than as tonished at this unexpected response, the heir to the crown of Germany ex claimed, “Indeed I Then wait till you see the regiments of the Guard.” In due time these magnificent six-footers made their appearance, and the same query fell from the lips of the Crown Prince.” They are not tall enough,’ very quietly returned Prince Alexan' der—adding gently, but meaningly, “We can flood our country, whan we choose twelve feet deep.” We often hear people say, there is only one good cough medicine and that is Dr. Bull’s Gough Syrup; it is cheap too, only 25 ceuts per bottle. To Remove Rust from Iron.—The easiest method of removing rust from iion is rubbing it with a rag dipped in oil of tartar. The rust will disappear immediately. “Xo, sir, I’m not going to the Smith’s receptions this year—not by a jug-full. Tlte society you meet there is decided ly quite ton ” “Mixed ?” “Xo, by Jove, not even that. CouBumptton Cured. An old physician, retired from prac tice, having had placed in his hands by an East India missionary the 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 all Nervous Com plaints, after having tested its wonder 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 suffering. I will send free of charge to all who desire it, this re cipe, iu German, Freneh, or English, with full directions ior preparing and using. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W. W. Sherar. 149 Powers' Block, Bochester, New York. A Nao Thermo-Electric Battery.—M. Clamond, a French electrician, has suc ceeded in devising a thermo-electric battery, producing a current sufficient ly powerful to yield the electric light. A factory in Paris is now, indeed, lighted by this means The apparatus consists of three parts; an inner one, composed of pieces of iron, arranged in the form of a crown, which can be heated in the interior. This is called the collector, its purpose being to col lect the heat and then communicate it to the adjacent thermo-piie proper. This consists of a flexible chain, of any desired length, composed of cubes of antimony and zinc, soldered together by sheets of tin. In the complete ap paratus there are 6.000 of these “cou ples,” outside which are fixed the plates of copper to diffuse the heat of the collector. A large surface is thus exposed to the air, in order that as great a diflerer.ee of temperature as possible can be maintained between the collector and the diffuser, for upon this difference the strength of the cur rent chiefly depends. M. Clamond has been so successful that with one of his batteries he lias been enabled to light two of Serriu’s lamps, and with a smaller but equally powerful battery he can light tour less brilliant lamps. This done with the consumption of nine kilogrammes, or about twenty’ pounds of coke an hour for the larger, and six and one-halt pounds for the smaller, thermo-electric batteiy. The appara tus, moreover, gives warmth as well as light, since its large'exterior surface causes it to radiate a considerable quantity of hear. Quack Nostrums are pronounced by tha medical profession \ “The bane ©t society” but the Bible ^ays “To ! him who is afflicted p ty should be shown” and I Dr. Silsbee, the discoverer of “Anakesia” the I only infallible pile cure known to medical art, ! deserves a monument at the hands of afflicted J millions oh a benefactor of the human race, if ) as Jean Paul Richter says—“Happiness is the absence of pain,” what shall be said of a remedy that will relieve instantly such pain as those endure who suffer from piles and of how much happiness must “Anakesis'' be the author. 5o0.000 of the millions afflicted with piles gladly testify to its healing virtues. Doc tors of all schools prescribe it and iu 20 years not e have used it without benefit. Combin ing the virtues of a poultice, an instrument and medicine easy of application, safe and useful iu all cases, it relieves pa n at once, bolds up the tumors and ultimately cures the worst cases of piles and what is eouahy worth knowing, by following the Doctors printed in structions as to diet, habits etc., keeps them cured. Samples of -anakesis'’ are sent/reeto ail sufferers on app icatiou to P. Neustaedter & Co.. Box 3946 New York. Sold by druggists everywhere. Price 81.00 per box. How to Get a Husband.—Take of modesty a large portion: unite it with urbanity and good humor; to which add good sense and plenty of love, with a virtuous heart and a pretty face. Bet ter than a cosmetic to make the skin fair and clear, to bring bloom to the cheeks and light to the eyes, and re move Pimple3, Boils, Eruptions, Sal low Complexion, thick, yellowish ap pearance of the skin and eyes. Bail Breath, irritability and low spirits. Take Simmons’ Liver Regulator in time. “I was so greatly" troubled with Boils on the neck and body that I was hardly able to move my head, and suffered great pain without being able to cure them, until I was induced to try Sim mons Liver Regulator, w hich entirely cured me, and I have had no return of them since, now over a year. “James M. Clement, Agt. for So. S. S. Co., Phila.” Unhappy Marriages. Emerson’s Anthem Book By L. O. Emerson. Price 91 25, or 912 per do*. It is a pleasure to look through this fine book. etc., including u- — ----- --- new Hy tin Anthems. Alio 18 Responses and Chants. Music for Christmas, Easter, and all other special occasions is provided. HAVE YOU SEEN “WHITE ROBES,” the new Sabbath School Book ? It is a grand, good book, and i- meeting with unexampled success. Oulv published two months ago, it -‘takes'’so w*-Ii thar the publishers are forced to ' ” * ~ edition t ~ The rare concurrence of genius with do mestic comfort is perfectly awful. Take Dante, the exile, who left his wife never wishing to see her more ; take Tasso, wife less ; Petrarch, wifeless; Ariosto, wife less ; Milton, thrice married, but only once with much comfort; Dryden, wedded, like Addison, to a title and discord; Young ‘ lives alone till past fifty ; Swifts 7 marriage j is no marriage ; Sterne’s, Churchill’s, By- j ron’s, Coleridge’s marriages, broken and unhappy. Then we have a set of celibates —Herrick, Cowley, Pope, Thompson, | Prior, Gay, Shenstone, Gray, Akenside, j Goldsmith, Collins, Cowper. and I know j not liow many more of our best poets. ! Johnson had a wife, loved, and soon lost ; her. It is almost enough to make women j tremble at the idea of allying themselves | with genius, or giving birth to it. Take | the philosophers—Bacon, like his famouk legal adversary, Coke, seems to have en- j joyed little domestic comfort, and speaks, for, as he says, “certain grave reasons, "dis approvingly of his partner. Our meta physicians—Hobbes, Locke, Bentham, Butler,—are as solitary as Spinosa and Kant. The celibate philosopher. Hume, j conducts us to the other great bachelor his torians Gibbon and Macaulay; as Bishop Butler does to some of the princes of Eng- j lisli divinity—Hooker cajoled into marry ing a shrew. Chillingworth unmarried, Hammond unmarried, Leighton unmarried, Barrow also single. edition tu keep pace with the demand. To state it WHITE ROBES has gon<» straight Into the hearts of all lovers of rabbatlrSchool Music, and the fact is due to its pu rity, frushuess and originality. * S-nd 3d cis. in stamps for a sample copy. 93 Per Temperance Jewels, (38 cts.) bv J. H. Tenney, should be used by all Temperance an l Reform club-. Any book mailed, post-free, for the retail pric . Oliver Ditson & Co, Boston. m&sm A swan’s prayt -Xow 1 in 1 It is said that a human being has seven millions of pores, through which perspiration and exhausted particles of the system escape. We are all pore creatures. “IF Jones undertakes to pull my ears,’’ said a loud-mouthed fellow on a street corner, “he will just rave his hands full.” The crowd looked at the man’s ears and thought so too. She was plump and beautiful, and he v/as wildly fond of her; she hated him, but woman-like she strove to catch him. He was a flea. Birds are entitled to justice. When a man is indulging in a fro'ic, to say he’s “out on a lark,” is a libel on that bird. He is really out on a swallow. Lemon Cakes.—One-quarter of a pound of butter, six ounces ot flour, one-quar ter of a pound of sugar, the peel ot one lemon grated, yolks oi two eggs. Mix them well, and bake ten minutes. Boston Bread.—Three pounds flour, half pint yeast, one-fourtli pound lard, four eggs, one tablespoon browii sugar, a lictie salt. Father is Getting Well.—My daughters say, “How much better father is since he used Hop Bitters.” He is getting well after his long suffer ing from a disease declared IncuraDie, and we are so glad that he used your Bitters.—A lady of Rochester, X'. Y. Correct Your Faults Of digeBtion with Hostetter’e Stomach Bitters, a medicine which removes flatulence, heart- hum, irregularity of the bowels, poverty of the bl.od, and alt shifting, harassing, per plexing symptoms of dyspepsia, as well as their cause. A conspicuous ch&uge iu the ap pearance as well ns iu the feelings of those who use the Bitters takes place as the distres sing symptoms disappear, and the stomach, liver and bowels reaBsnma their functiou in fall force and activity. The haggard appear ance of the countenance and sallowness of dyspeptics are supplanted by a healthier look, and as the food is assimilated, the body ac quires substance. Appetite, without which food does comparatively little good, is re stored, and the nervous system relreshed with much needed slumber, through the use of this medicine, which is also beneficial to per sona of a rbaumatic tendency, and aa inesti- ■aW* prorsaMT* sf favor and ago* Murder will out, so will the fact that Carboline, a deodorized extract of petroleum, tiie natural itair renewer and restorer, is the best preparation ever invented and excels all other hair dressings, as thousands of genuine cer tificates now in our possession abun dantly prove. Conductor (to Brown, who is pretty nearly pumped out with running to catch his express ’bus)—“Ail right sir, all right; don’t flurry yourself, you’re a-gaining.” The worst case of “stage fright” is that of the man who thinks he has passed up a two dollar and a half gold piece instead of a dime to the driver. The chief centre in Germany of the manulaetureof the tobacco pipe brancli industry is Ruhla iu Thuringia. In that town and the neighboring villages the annual production forthe past few years has averaged 540,000 genuine meerschaum bowls or heads, and 5,400,- 000 artificial or imitation meerschaum bowls. The number of polished, lac quered, and variously mounted wooden pipe heads annually produced wa: 4,- 800,000. Of the common porcelain bowls, theTavorite "pipes of the Ger man peasantry, there were manufac tured every year 9,COO,000, and ot fine clay or lava bowls, 2,700,000. Further, there h is be n an annual average produc tion of 15,000,000 pipe stems or tubes of various sizes and materials; 1,600,000 dozen of miscellaneous adjuncts, sucli as flexible tubes, chains, tops, tufts, etc.; 12,000 dozen of meerschaum pipe cases, 8,000,000 dozen mouthpieces and cigar holders of amber or horn and meerschaum, wood or cocoanut shell, and,finally, 15,000,000 complete pipes composed of various materials. The value of the whole is estimated at about $5,000,000. Answer this.—Did you ever know any person to be ill, withoutiuac tion of the Stomach, Liver or Kidneys, or did you ever know one who was well wlie n either was obstructed or inactive; and did you ever know or bear of any case of tiie kind that Hop Bitters would not cure?—Ask your neighbor this same question. By an ingenious process, pig lead may it seems, be produced from smoke. In the process of smelting the ore, a great deal of it, as is known, escapes in the form of lead fumes—the new process being devised with a view of catching this smoke, and by passing it through an almost endless line'of pipes of sheet-iiou and woollen bags, con densing it. The result is the successful condensing of the smoke or lead fumes into the metallic lead, the same as steam is converted into water. The product oi the fumes is a bluish, im palpable powder, which makes a splen did blue paint, pronoiuieed equal to the corroded article. For the purpose of making it white, furnaces are em ployed, and the blue product, with the ail of an intense heat, is again changed into lead tumes—these being once more condensed, and coming out pure white lead. In the operation of thus trans forming the blue lead into fumes, the object had in view is to subiimize it all, but the heat is not powerful enough to do so. VEGETINE. A Home in the Celestial City. Minneapolis. Mi on., D *c.l3,1S73. ! Mr. FT. R. Stevens, Boston: About nine and a ii >lr years ago I had a fever; the d ctor Gave me some poisonous medicine, i drove tli° disease Into my lesr. a d It brose our,, i and has been romtvvotot n runn ng sores ever ! since. I could not sleep a fourth of a night one ■ i In six months, and a great many nights was ' compelled to ge= up and take o: lum—a piece as large as a pea—to dead- n the pain. I have tried ■ everyth ng I could hear of, In r <ct, I have p dd , out hundreds of dollars, and found no reller ; until I commenc d taking Vug tine, and now l : can go to bed at 8 o’clock at night and ale *p , until seven o’elo k in the raor lug. and no oc- j cas on to waken from pain. 1 was U'ed up, per fectly dead inwa-dly, and frequently when I would get up. would be dizzy, and have to pat ; my hand n s -methlng to keep me from falling; j but since I comraei ced taking Vegeti .e. It has ; all dl'appeared. and I feel like a new man. My j honest conviction s that It will cure my leg en tirely, from th»* presen' looks and f«-eil gs. I hall continue taking Vegetine, and recommend It to all whom I come a-ross; and I hope the man who introduced Vegerine into the United States will have a home in the Celestial Ci y. Yours, most sincerely, W. S. LEACH. Mr. Leach is a gentleman well known berp, and is the owner or the celebrated Turbine water Wheel. , RETAIN THE HEAT L0NGER.fr cloth. 4D0 NOT BURN THE HANP.fr MUMBLE POINTED- ■XVOESTMfitfC |^^ch±a5> m People learn wisdom by experience. A mail never wukos up his second baby to tee it laugh, but always keeps Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup handy. It rains alike on the just ami tiie un just—on the just mainly becaue the un just have borrowed their umbrellas. Bliffers says that the most comfort able hat a mail can wear this cold weather, is one that is a little stove. How much cold can a bare bear bear? A hen’s prayer—Xow I lay. 83.00 Made From 25 Cents. 25cents’ worth of Gilt-Kdge Butter Maker will increase product and market value of butter produced $3.00. Gives butter a rich goldeti color the year round. Increases product 6 per cent Increasesqualitv 20 per cent. Prevents butter from becoming rancid. Makes July, August and Winter butter equal to best June product. Sold only in boxes, by druggists, grocers and gen eral storekeepers. Send stamp for “Hints to Butter-Makers.” Address, Butter Improvement Co., Buffalo, N. Y. At the Eastern railroad shops in Portsmouth, X. H., a large tank is in course of construction for subjecting tiie railroad ties to tiie new process, which, it is claimed, will make them iveather-iiidestructibie. A large tank, capable ot holding a car load of ties, is to be tilled with creosote and the ties passed through, the creosote drawing out tiie sap ami pitch from the wood and leaving the pores open. A pre paration ot paraffine is then to be used, which fills up the pores and it is stated that these are thereby so filled as to make the wood wholly impervious to all atmospheric influences, neither ab sorbing moisture and swelling, nor, on the other hand, shrinking or splitting because of the heat. Observations made by the Anthropo metric Cominitee of the British Asso ciation have demonstrated that man attains the full stature in the profes sional class at twenty-one years of age, and in the artisan class between twenty- five and thirty years. American statis tics show that a slight increase in height takes place up to about the thirty-fifth year. Completely Cured Me. Newport, Ky., Feb. 26, .877. Mr II. R. Stevens: ^ , , Dear Mr —l write to say that seven bottles of your VVg tine have completely cured me from a ve y 8 vero case <1 Scrotula, < f many yea s .-standing, afte: trying many medicines aud aoc- tortog a great deal. ’ and can free from all wiw well as ever, and ihlnk tne Veuetine is a god-send, and no one ought to do w Ithou it. I remain, respectfully yours, HOP BITTERS. (A dM, mc m. DrtaJkJ sm arrcixn. hiideikb 2ANDEJLIOS, i Bm kona Qnir THEY mm at ltoaae&, Bowtla^Btoo*. Ltrw, EidBej*, XJrtnMry Or-gu*, Nfftnnn iw*. fi m «Ml wpecun* Ttmmim *1999 XV GOLD. roc •aythlsf fanir* «v lajmri— tmmd *m Aj«drvcxif*'/orHoy Bttun tad try*l i el**?. »c ctWv. wm Cnr; * ths n bM tmd i Ass Cailire* 3, 1 O. fc b* gjbaolats tad fiirttim* DraLfcnsa*. aae of ori«a, tob±caa ‘ amn fctf o»4 *£rooc& J. A. PATRICK. Vegetine Is now prescribed In cases of Scro- fula,-iin i o. n-r dise i es or the blood, by many oi the best puysielans owin 'to its great suc cess in curing all diseases of this nature. VEGETINE, PREPARED BY H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. Those answering an Advertisement wil confer a iavor upon the Advertiser and the Publisher bystating that they saw the adver- LANEBETBB’ SEEDS ARE THE BEST. COLT* . cable-barrel Breech _ and. Bre*»C’«-l tadinT Gang, Rifle* approT‘-d English and American JOS. c'grubb & CO., 712 Market St., Philada., Pa. THE SOLE QUESTION Is, what shall w*. do to preserve health ? O® answer is: Keep yonr feet rearm, dry aud free fro^ rheumatism, by weariuK a pair of JOHNSON’S STLK INSOLES. Being th n.are caaily worn in the shoe* of any —'"h great comfort. Asent* wanted every. ion by writing for it. Samples by State ■’ “ ’ mis ELASTIC TRUSS 13 Haa • Fed d<ferine from all othan, k U eup-ahac*, wtth S*lf-A(!iastlar Ball , adapts luelf to all . BALI t* tk. flSICl Eggleston Truss! Co., Chicago, IIL, pNIKH Ctraalara SAPGNIFIER Is thr* Old Rf'iabW ! Lye for FAMILY jach t n-tth. It i* full ASK FOR SAPONIFIER, AND TAKE NO OTHER. PENN-A SALT MAM-ra TO., THILAD’A. T hermometers, Microscopes, Opera Glamso*, Eyo Glasses, Spec- acles. Barometers, at Greatly Reduced. Prices. R. & J. BECK, Mannfa«#nrinz Opticians, Philadelphia. Send 3 stamps lor illustrated Catalogue of J41 pages, and mention this paper. D. W. JOHNSON, 323 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. DR. N. C. GRAY. Optician, 2S N. TWELFTH Street. Philadelp la. Pa. AGENTS WANTED complete and authentic history of the great t t de-crib**-* Roy >1 Pala nd Woi.d--rs < ~ * lillion reop^e a, Wealth n, etc. A Is the best chai Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment will posi tively prevent tbts terrible disease, and will positively care nine cases in ten. infmmation that will save many lives sent free by malL Don’t d-riay a moment, PreventI n Is better than cure- 8'id everywhere. I. S. JOHNSON A CO., Bangor, Me. 145 Office of Dr. M. W. CASE, 933 Arch Street, Philadelphia. CATARRH Various instances have been recorded of the discovery in hen’s eggs of minute specimens of the distoma ova- tum. They appear like a small speck, the size of a millet seed or a pin’s head. It i3 believed by helminthologists that these will develop into one of the varie ties of tape-worm, and it is wise, there fore, to take eggs hard boiled or other wise well cooked. Avon) a Costive Habit op Body, not only be cause « f the attending discomfort, but lest it engender more serious consequences. Dr. Jayne’s sanative Pills are either Laxative or Cathartic, according to the dose, and maybe depended upon to produce healthy eeereuons of the Uver Ml itomaei thorough, successful and pleasa Its fearful rfleets— 0 _ the throat, weak < yea, dezf- of voice, loss of smell, distrusting odota. nasal and finally consumption. From first to ents are worse than u.selcs*. If neglected veu>p into quick consumption. Tiie most Dr.IW.CASE’S CARBOLATE sf Tin MAIM It doe* not re- i FOR CATARRH, ASTHMA, ufes to demonstrate the value of Carboiate of Tar, the trig remedial agent known to science. Balsam* and Cordials of ^ the most healing and soothing properties are so combined with “ Pine Tree Tar. that the mere breathing converts them into • densi or vapor. This is inhalvl—taken right to the diseased parts. X«» no hot water, simply inhaling or breathing it, and you feel ment is endorsed by physicians everywhere, and highly thousands, who have used It with perfect satisfactioi SCONSUWPTIO H, noke I Bronchitis & BeafhessJ eat. mmmmmmaam—mmt^mmzanvasi Ting power at once. This treat- fillteeatse\t Circulars, etc.. Sent Ira— MIL Satisfaction Always Guaranteed. Ad.irsM, DR. $1. W. CASE. 833 Area 8L. Philadelphia, Pa This powder make. “Ont-Edge” Batter tie year roand. Corn, mon-seme and the Science of ChcmMry npplied to Batter- making. July, Angisd und VTlnter Batter made e^aal to tha best Jane product. Inena-es product 6 per cent- lmprorea quality at lea-t SO per rent. Reduces labor of churning one- cgfl half. Preientn. Batter becoming rancid. Implores market raise 8 to 6 cents a pound. Guaranteed free from all InJnriCT Ingredients. Giree a nice Golden Color tI.o year round. cents’ worth will produce $8.00 In Increase of product and » market raloe. an you mate a batter Inre tmeatl Beware 2t§ of imitations. Genuine sold only in bores with tna. irark of dairymaid, together with words “Gilt.-dgs Butter Maker” printed on each package. Powdersow by Grocer, and General Wore-keepers. Ark yonr ocaier for S our boot o Hints to Batter-Makers," or send stamp to na “ for It Small aiie, K ft., at 25 cents; Large eue W »»-, $1 aa Great saying by buying the larger eiae. fy Addreaa, Q gymi IBPROVEBEKT CO. PiW". BtrTALO, X. X-