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Chairs and Tables.
Commercial Fertilizer*.
The be*t Chairs and couches aro those ; To apply or not to apply commerical
which you like best, and which best j fertilizers is one of the important ques-
conform to the natural contour of the ! tions of the day among farmers of our
human figure in repose. A couch j older States who appreciate the neoes-
snould allow of the feet being put up, j gity of immediate action in the restora-
if necessary, and- should be of such a j tion of their lands, and who can not
shape that you can lie upon it, either i command farm-yard manure in suffi-
full length or half length, with perfect j c i en t quanity to ' accomplish this. In
comfort. To be really serviceable it, many portions of the South, especially
should not be covered with pale blue j ^ of j be Misissippi valley, aud in the
satin or maize-colored taboret, but with j Eastern States, artificial manures have
a good tapestry covering in a neutral j beeu experimented with to a considera-
hue, say sage-green or dark, rusty red, ble extent. Beports from equally
to wear well. The tapestry should not j trustworthy sources are widely diverse
be too fine to lie down upon, or even as to results. One who has tried Pervv-
in the privacy of married life, to lay ian guano, for instance, failed to re-
one's feet upon. And the whole couch | ceive any benefits therefrom and natur-
sbould, if possible, turn toward the i a ii y condemned it; another doubles his
fire, so that its occupant may have his ; C rop with its assistance and therefore
face toward the cheerful glow. At the
same time, a littte wickerwork table—
black and gold if you will—may hold a
lamp for reading. As to chairs, a cou
ple of got d, well stuffed easy chairs,
also covered in the same tapestry, and
arranged so as to look toward the fire,
onght to be sufficient for luxury, while
six or eight little ebonized and cane
bottomed gossip chairs are the simplest
and prettiest “occasional furniture you
can. have. The go38Ip chair ha3 a
curved back which exactly fits the nat
ural curve of the body, aud the seat
slopes gently downward and backward,
so as to give one of the best possible
support with the leas; angularity or
awkwardness. With these pretty little
clean cane seats, a black wicker-work
chair, two easy chairs and a couch, you
should have enough places for family
and guests in a quiet house-hold.
Tables are of very little real use in a
drawing-room; still, we must have one
or two to give the whole a furnished
look. A spare table near the bay win
dow will allow of a jardiniere and a
fern or India-rubber plant to stand in
the sun. You can have nothing better
than black and gold for this purpose.
Another, round of course, is needed for
afternoon tea. There mu-t be some
places to lay books and ocher heavy
articles; and the table for this office
should be solid and should stand
against the wall. Nothing remains
but the piano; and that must naturally
he placed where the exigencies of space
demand. Few articles of iurniture are
more difficult to manage' than the coal
scuttle. It is always getting in every
body’s way, and It can hardly be made
presentable, even by the utmost pains
of the struggling decorative imagina
tion. It is almost lamentable to think
of all the useless efforts lavished by the
human intelligent upon abortive coal-
scutles. rerhap3 the best solution of
the problem is that which combines
scuttle and what-not in on# compre
hensive whole, having a box for coal
beneath, and one or two shelves for
knick-nacka above. This composite
extolls it. Thus opinions vary all the
way through the list.. This difference
of opinion is due sometimes to the adul
teration ot the materials employed, but
argely to drawing conclusions without
considering all sides of the subject, and
simply proves the imperative necessity
of exercising common sense, both iu
the selection and application of the
fertilizers. To start with, the differ
ence in soils should be remembered.
Lands vary widely in their capacities
for supplying crop3 with food, and,
consequently, in their demand for fer
tilizers. Some soils wiil bring good re
sults for the fertilizers given them;
others unless previously prepared by
tillage, drainage, irrigation, &c., will
not. The only correot way Is to ascer
tain by careful observation and experi
ments what a soil wants, and then sup
ply it. The provident farmer, when he
is in doubt in this matter, cultivates the
bulk of his crops under the most appro
ved of old methods, testing in a small
way as many new practices as possible
until such a time as he feels confident
he has found what suits bis special re
quirements. The results of the experi
ence of those who have gone over the
same ground in advance is not only of
Interest but judiciously considered and
applied, may be of great benefit to
a novice in the use o f commercial ferti
lizers. The American farmer gains a
hint, at least, toward the right direc
tion when he learns that by far the
largest quantity of all manufactured
manures in England is applied for root
crops. There are many districts where
turnips and seeds are grown with no
othei manure than mineral superphos
phate, at the rate of three to four hun
dred weight per acre. On cold, clay
soils, in a fair agricultural condition,
according to Or. Yoelcker, three hun
dred weight of a mineral superphos.
phate containing on a average twenty-
one to twenty-five per cent, of soluble
phosphato will produce at least as
heavyacroyof seeds and turnips as
a manure containing in addition to solu
ble phosphate of lime, ammonia or nit-
pi.ece of furniture may then stand j rogenous matter. On light land, how-
against the wall beside the chimney- ever, says the same authority, the use
piece, where it adds to the general] 0 f p Ure ] y phosphatlc manure can not be
the weight of coal gives stability to the j of roots. On such land artificial ma-
what-not, and prevents it trom having j nures are seldom used alone, but gener-
that toppledown air so common with j a n y i n conjunction with a dressing of
its kind. Any such suggestion of im- _ ^
mlnent catastrophles should always be j
avoided in a drawing room. ! Peruvian guano,
The Mysterious mountain.
Some oxcitement is being oreated
among the Mexican population of
PbcBnix, by the story of a Mexican
who arrived recently from the Reno
Mountains. He came into town under
cover oi darkness, as he was nearly
naked. His hands and feet were torn
and bloody and his face gashed in a
fearful manner. His story was told
with the air of a man who had been
terribly frightened and had not recov
ered. With a companion he stated out
prospecting about a month ago, going
up Salt River. They left the river
when opposite the Superstitious Moun
tain. Their prospecting began at this
point. While climbing up the moun
tain in a little gully, through black
sand, and down which a stream of wa
ter had evidently passed years ago,
thev were astonished to find that in
barnyard manure. Dissolved bones,
compound artificial
manures containing from two to three
per cent of ammonia are preferred to
mineral superphosphate as a manure
for root crops on high land and on
loamy soils out of condition, by Eng
lish cultivators. Nitrate of soda has
been used of late y^ars iu England"
with considerable advantage in addition
to dissolved hones, ora mixture of sup
erphosphate aud sume salt as a mixture
for mangolds.
Care of ClothlDff.
The care ol clothing to be easy must
be habitual. The hardest part is in
forming the habit, and this cannot too
early in life be formed. Most children
love to make mud pies and play in the
dirt generally and give little heed to
keeping themselves clean. This is all
well enough at times, and they should
be indulged in the mud pies provided
they are dressed for the work. But it
this sand were large quautics of fine j ; s “poor-folksy” in the last degree to
gold. The gold, In pieces the size of a allow a child to play in the dirt with
bean or smaller, was found in the lit- n i ce olothea on, or to permit young per-
tie fissures in the face of the bed-rock. aon3 t0 dreaa inappropriately while at
Very little washing was necessary; and , work . lt ia vastly easier to change a
they found a little spring of water i g 00( j ooat for a poor one than it is to
which furnished them what they need- j reatore t0 j ts pastime condition a soiled
* • They ° bWin , ed ’ , they thmk ’ about i coat. It is vastly easier to put on a
»600 worth in half a day’s work. About j pair of overa i la Ulan lt ia t0 throughly
two o’clock in the afternoon they were '■ S p 0D g e a pair of pantaloons. But the
surprised to see an Indian woman come worat of lt ia that thoee who neglect to
to the top of the gulch above the spring ^ change the coat and put the overalls
and start to some down. Upon seeing neglect also the sponging and cleansing
them she ran back over the hill. In less I p r0C esses, and let dust gather aud spots
than ten minutes they were surprised j remain. A clothes brush, a wisp
by fifty or sixty savages. The Indians broomi a bottle ot
ammonia, a sponge,
a hand brush, a cake of erasive soap,
a vial of alcohol, should form a part of
the furnishings of every toilet. After
all the dust has been removed from
clothing, spots may be taken out of
black cloth with thd hand brush dipped
in a mixture of eqnal parts of ammonia,
alcohol and water. This will brighten
as well as cleanse. Benzine is usefnl
in removiug grease spots. Spots of
greaeemay be removed from colored
silks by putting on them raw starch
made into a paste with water. Dust is
best removed from silk by a soft flan
nel, from velvet with a brush made
specially for the purpose. If hats and
bonnets when taken from the head are
AGRICULTURE.
The Blxckberxt.—Formerly the
blackberry was regarded as merely a
bramble la this country. It Is still
quite generally so regarded. When a
man gets to thinks it is not a bramble,
all he has to do is go waltz around in a.
healthy patch, with nothing on him"
but a cotton shirt and a pair of tow
trowBers, and he will come out re
stored to the faith of his fathers. The
greatest enemy the blackberry has, is
boys. Five boys, from town, can eat
more green blackberries in a day than
would ripen In a week. For many
years the great desideratum has been a
hardy berry that could resist the prem
ature onslaught of boys from town. It
is a great desideratum still. The
Schneider, a variety to at was invented
by an Iowa horticulturist, is the near
est approach to it. It is bred from
perfectly green persimmon, crossed
with a dogwood tree, and still further
propagated with a hybrid of worm
wood bush aud wild crab apple. It is
not a perfect defense, but there are very
few boys who care to eat more than a
quart of them. Nobody else, howcvei,
can go past the field where the Schnei
der is growing, without being attacked
by Asiatic cholera, and this tends to
weaken the partial success this hardy
berry has achieved. Tnea there is a
bug—I do not know the name of it—
that crawls over the berries now ana
then. When you eat a berry that has
been glorified by a visit from this bug,
you lie down in the briars and pray
heaven to take you home in just three
seconds. And if you live, you can
wake up in the night, along in the mid
dle of next winter, and shudder as you
taste of that berry. When your black
berries grow too thickly, you will want
to thin them out. To this end you must
kill some of them. This can be done
by digging a well where the plant
stands; then turn the farm upside down
and let it dry out thoroughly fora cou
ple of years, then turn it over, upside
down, and start a brickyard on the
back of It. This will kill off some ot
the plants. There may be some shorter
and cheaper method of killing black
berry bushes than this, bat I never
■Bard of it and it isn’t likely that there
Is any. If you want to devote about
tforty acres of ground to the cultivation
of blackberries, plant about three
healthy vines in some corner ol the
field, about the middle of April. Then
about the first of May, the man who
owns the farm on the other side of the
road, will bring civil action against
you and try to collect damages,, for de
struction of his two fields of wheat by a
raid of blackberry vines. It is not
known just at what season of the year
blackberries ripen. If the hucksters
and boys should all die iu June, it is
probable that the berries would ripen
sometime in July or August. But they
have never had a chance to see what
they could do at ripening. The black
berry Is so named, because it is blue, in
order to distinguish it from the blue
berry, which is black.
COMPOKT FOB THE Cil.VES.—Fit Up a
yard where you can put calves by
themselves during the day, sheltered
from the wind and where the sun can
shine on them all day. Keep them
well bedded, and give them a little
sweet timothy hay to pick over with
an occasional bundle of nice corn
stalks. Let them have constant access
to pure clean water during the day,
and see to it that the water-tub is
cleaned eu i and fresh water put into ii
every morning. If your calves.should
get lousy, as the best calves will some
times, take some waste grease—lard is
the best—mix it with a little kerosene
and turpentine, and then thicken with
some dry, pulverized sulphur and rub
into the hair where the lice are. Look
at the animal the next morning, and,
If one of the parasites can be found mb
on some more of the ointment, it works
like a charm; the lice disappear like
dew before the sun.
were very small and seemed to be of a
different nature from any they had
ever seen in Arizona. The Mexicans
were not armed, except with knives,
and the survivor says they were almost
instantly caught with lariats. The In
dians took them up a mountain and put
them in a cave. They tortured and
killed his companion ,and his fate would
have been th- same but for his escape.
He succeeded in getting away with
only a few knife gashes on his face.
They lost their gold with all their out
fit. The Indians seemed to be cave-
dwellers and were evidently excited
over the place being found by out
siders. For the benefit of non-residents
7*® t '? ia * ; Moan- brusbe( i an( j put away in boxes and
tain derives its name from the fact that i , . . . , t ■ , , ,
no white man has ever been seen again
who attempted its ascension. It is
covered up, instead of being laid down
anywhere, they will last fresh a long
tradiiion among ihe Mexicans that; time. Shawls an* all articles that may
large deposits of free gold are to be be f 0 id e d should be folded when taken
found In its gulches and ravines. It is ; , „„„„„ „„i
not known whether there is aay water from the P er3011 iQ tb ® lr . ° r lf ln f!
there or not.
Wrecked b> the Fifteen pnrzlc.
They were two young men from the
country, and they drove up to the Post-
office corner, atracted by a large crowd
which had collected to hear a street-
corner vender ot the Gem Puzzle ex
plain to the gaping spectators how the
puzzle could be done “just as e-a-s-y
as falling off a log,” They concluded
to purchase one, and did so, but
were so impatient to try and work out
the confounded thiDg that they com
menced moving the blocks as they
drove down K street. Long and pa
tiently they wrestled with it and got
the numbers all in place with the ex
ception of the 13,14 and 15. Suddenly
the man who was driving imagined he
had discovered a move to bring every
thing out all right, and in his excite
ment and eagerness to show his com
panion how to make the move dropped
the reins. The team started. The man
who held the blocks was thrown out
into the mud, his blocks flew in all dir
ections, and the horses were only check
ed by rnnning into a buggy, which
latter vehicle was damaged to Jhe ex
tent of about thirty dollars worth, a
bill the country youths agreed to settle
before the owner of the buggy allowed
them to depat t.
creases and laid away. Cloaks should
be hung up in place, gloves pulled out
lengthwise, wrapped in tissue paper
and laid away, laces smoothed out nice
ly and folded, if requisite, so that they
come out of the box new and fresh
when needed again. A strip of old
black broadcloth tour or five inches
wide, rollod up tighly and sewed to
keep the roll in plaee, is better than a
sponge or a cloth for cleansing dark
and black-colored clothes. Whatever
jlnt comes from it in' rubbing is black
and does not show. When black clothes
are washed, as they often may be pre
vious to making over, fresh clean
water should be used, and they should
be pressed on the wrong side before be
ing quite dry. If washed in water
previously used for white clothing they
will be covered with lint. In securing
clothing.against moths, if linen is used
for wrappings no moths will molest.
Paper bags are equally good if they are
perfectly tight, and so are trunks and
boxes closed so'tightly that no crevice
is lett open for the entrance of the moth
fly. As the moth loves darkness, it
will not molest even lurs hung up in
lights rooms open to air and sunshine.
Dok't attempt to read any volumes
•f smoke. They are sure to blind you.
RepairingPost-z.nd kail Fences.—
It' - !# sai<k that « post-and-rar- lence
made of chestnut timber would last a
lifetime if it were not for the posts rot
ting off at the ground. Whenever the
latter occurs, all that is necessary is to
plant new posts (without being mor
ticed) close alongside those that have
rotted off, and then, with a piece ol
paling wire tie the tops of the old posts
to the tops of the new ones, and, il
necessary, the bottoms of the old posts
to the bottoms of the new ones in like
manner In this way the same set of
rails will outlast several sets ot posts,
and the s.rength ot the fence be pre
served for mauy years, if not tor a life
time.
A great mistake Is made in putting
cows suddenly from hay and stabling to
young grass and open air. Put your
cow, especially it she be a heifer ol
good stock, out only one or two hours
a day at first.
There is nothing better for a ferti
lizer of grape-vines than ground bone.
It seems to afford the vine and the fruit
just the elements they require.
If salt aud charcoal be fed to hogs
every week, it will be of great benefit
in preserving their health.
Any animal, if allowed to get poor
after having been fat will never fatten
as well again.
Cost of Living in San Francisco.
There are really not many cities in
the United States where one can live
cheaper than in San Francisco. But,
alter all, the people of that city spend
a vast deal ot money eating and drink
ing. George Francis Train attempted
DOMESTIC.
Apples.—An excellent apple pud
ding can be made from the remains of
a rice gadding. Arrange well sweet
ened and flavored apple sance in alter
nate layers with cold rice pudding ;add
a little butter and sugar, sift sugar over
the top, and put in the oven to heat
through and brown on the top. Any
sort of flavoring may be used for this
pndding. Charlotte.—The ordinary
apple charlotte is not nearly so nice as
this, which is slightly more elaborate:
Line a pie dish with buttered slices of
bread; till it up with layers of apples
cut very small, placing" between each
layer a little apricot jam, some grated
lemon rind and plenty of brown sugar.
Cover .the dish up with slices of bread
buttered, and bake it till the bread is
well browned. Apple Snow.—Peel,
core and quarter a number of apples,
set them to boil with a little water, sh-
gar, sufficient and thq thin rind of a
lemon; when quite done remove the
lemon rind, pass the apples through a
bale sieve. Have some whites of eggs
beaten up to a froth, beat into them the
apple puree, a spoonful at a lime, until
the mixture is of the consistency of
whipped cream, and quite stiff. Serve
heaped up on a dish garnished with
lady fingers. Apple Cheese—Peel and
quarter a quantity of apples, stew them
with a little water, a good deal of su
gar, the thin rind of a lemon and a few
cloves, or a stick of cinnamon. When
quite done pass them through a hair
seive; and to one quart of the puree
chug obtained add half a packet of gela
tine, dissolved in water; mix well, pour
into a mould, and when set, turn lt out
and serve with a custard poured about
it. It is well to remember that the
puree must be thoroughly well sweet
ened and flavored to carry off the
cipidity of gelatine. Sweet Apple pud
ding. One quart of milk, four eggs,
one lemon a all the jnice and halt the
rind, three cups chopped apples, nut
meg and cinnamon flavoring.one-fourth
teaspoonful soda dissolved in a little
vinegar. Flour enough for a stiff bat
ter. Beat the yolks very lightly, add
milk, seasoning and flour, stir very
hard five minutes and beat in the ap
ples, whites of eggs and soda. Bake in
two square, shallow pans one .hour.
Cover with pepper when half done and
eat hot with sweet sance.
Mr. Furtingtoii Says
Don’t take any of the quack rostrums
as they are regimental to the human
cistern; but put your trust in Hop
Bitters, which will cure general dilap
idation, costive habits and comic dis
eases. They saved Isaac from a severe
extract of tripod fever. They are the
neplu-i unurnot medicines.—Boston Globe
Fob Cleaning Shetland Sijawls.—
Make up a thin lather »f boiled soap
and water; plunge the shawl in this,
and gently strip lt through the hand.
It must never be rubbed or wrung.
When clean rinse through water with
out any soap, hang it up for about a
minute, shako it gently by each side
alternately, pin it out on a sheet ex
actly square, and if the shawl be of a
fine texture it should be slightly sewed
down to the sheet by the top "of the
fringe to prevent it running up, then
go over the whole fringe, drawing each
thread separate, and laying it straight
out. If these directions are carefully
attended to the shawls may be washed
many times, and each time appear as
well as when new.
If there are any of our readers who
have not tried Dobbins’ Electric Soap,
(made by Cragin & Co.. Philadelphia.)
we advise them to give lt one trial, for
their sake. Have your grocer get it.
Very few insects which infest houses
can live under the application of hot
alum water. It will destroy red and
black ants, cock-roaches, spiders, etc.
Take two pounds of alum aud dissolve
it in throe or fonr quarts of water^Lq^
it sUand on the fire until the alum is <5l
dissolved; then apply it with a brush,
while nearly boiling hot, to every joint
and crevice in closets, pantry shelves,
etc. If, in whitewashing, plenty ol
alumu Is added to the whitewash, it
will keep off insects.
Although many parties are endeav
oring to push other similar remedies
into the market by spicy advertise
ments, Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup takes
the lead and the Druggists are selling
more than ever belore. Price, 25 cents.
Cream Pies.—Make the crust the
same as sponge cake, and bake In four
deep tin pahs. When cool, split into
with a sharp knife, and fill with cream
filling: One pint of new milk, one cup
of sugar, half a cup of flour, two eggs.
Put the basin in which the milk is into
another of hot water. Beat the sugar,
flour and eggs together ‘till they are
light and smooth, and when the inilk
boils, stir in with one teaspoonful of
salt. Cook twenty minutes, stirring
often. Flavor with lemon. This will
fill four pies. Make the pint of milk gen
erous, and the half cup of flour scant.
HUMOROUS.
A correspondent asks us if we like
dogs. We do; we do. The dog is the
great friend of man, though very few
know how to use him. Some brutes
of men will whip.a dog, and some will
kick him. Suob men are curs. Dogs
are useful. You take a dog and put
him under an apple tree, above ground
and those apples will ripen before any
of the neighboring boys think of touch
ing them. But you put thatBame dog
under the apple tree, in the ground,
and then his uses are more apparent in
the rich soil. We like even the worst
of dogs. They can all be made qniet.
You take a bull-dog, that will just get
hold and shut his eyes and hang on and
you put his head on a block, real hard,
and that dog won’t annoy you for three
months, if it’s winter weather. But if
you use this recipe in summer, you’d
better put him over into your neghbor’s
yard in about five minutes.
“It isn’t dying,” said Mrs. Brown-
smith, “that troubles me. I am not
afraid of death; but it makes me sad to
think of leaving my friends. I often
think of what would become of you if
£ were gone!” “Oh 1 you needn’t let
me interfere,” replied Brownsmith
eagerly; “don’t let me stand in your
way, darling.” And the house took up
the question ot, ••Resolved. That
Brownsmith is a brute,” passed it
through its three readings without a
dissenting voice, and adjourning pre
cipitately lor a real good cry.
Patrick saw a bull pawing in a field,
and thought how amusing it would be
to jump over, catch him by the horns
aud rub his noso in the dirt. The idea
was so funny that he laughed to think
of it. The more he thought of it the
funier it seemed, and he determined to
do It. Bovus quickly t«3sed him over
the fence. Somewhat bruised Patrick
leisurely picked himself up, with the
very consolatory reflection : “Well, it
is a moighty foine thing I had my
laugh foorst.”
Two Organs.
Regulate first the stomach,seoond the
liver; especially the first, so as to per
form their functions perfectly,and yon
will remove at least nineteen-twentieths
of all the ills that mankind is heir to,
in this or any other climate. Hop Bit
ters is the only thing that will give
perfectly healthy natural action to these
two organs.—Maine Farmer
A mother iried to console her child
who cried bitterly.
Why, John, what Is the matter?”
Mamma” (crying still louder),
“yesterday I fell down and hart my
self.”
But that was yesterday; why do you
cry to-day?”
“Why, don’t you remember; you
wasn’t home yesterday.”
•—Intoxicating liquors produce di.
arrhcea or constipation, and a torpid
condition of the liver,resulting in gen
eral debility and inertness of mind.
To overcome tins prostration, appeal is
again made to the liquor as a stimulant,
only to increase the gastric disturbance.
The judicious application of such a
tonic as Simmons’ Liver Regulator
would strike at the very root of the evil
by correcting the condition of the liver,
exciting the bowels to aotion, or cor
recting their looseness, stimulating the
kidneys and removing the feeling of
general depression, and with it the
oraving for liquor.
“This is to certify that I suffered
with the Gastritus for four months,and
could not be relieved untii I procured
Dr. Simmons’Liver Regulator,and was
entirely cured in a short time.
“E. T. Thornton,Coman’s Well.Va
South Africa.
Vegetine.
The Beat Medicine.
GENERAL DEBILITY.
Frkktobt, Ill., sept. ST, 1878.
IL R. Stevens. Boston:
Dear St—I have been using yonr valuable
med cine, Yegeilne, lor General Debility, and
have no hesitation in savins 'hit I oonslder it
one of the best. If not Ihe best medicine In the"
market tor a general tnvigorator and Blood
Pur.fler.
}. H. POBTBtt.
Lillie had the toothache and cried.
Her mother wished to pacify her.
I am ashamed of you; I wouldn’t
he such a baby before everybody.”
“Oh, yes; it's all very well for you.”
“Why?”
“Because if your teeth ache you can
take them out.”
A fellow stopped at a hotel in Lead-
ville, and the landlord charged him $7
a day for five days. “Didn’t you make
a mistake?” “No,” said the landlord.
“Yes, you did; you thought you got
all the money I had, but you are mis
taken. I have a whole purse full In
another pocket.”
Madame, who is ot great embonpoint
asks her husband iu what character
she shall attend the masquerade. “As
a captive baloon,” he said. “How must
1 dres- in that character?” “Simply
by tying a string to your foot!” an
swered the brute.
An Illinois youth, husking corn m a
■held near the railroad, saw a new loco?
motive, with a red smokestack. He be
came frightened, and ran to the house
crying: “That ’ere engine is going to
bust, sure; it’s red-hot clean to the top
of the stovepipe.”
Guilty.—Anybody recommending a
soothing remedyfor children contain
ing opium In any form is guilty of
harm. Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup is war
ranted not^to contain opiates and should
therefore be widely recommended.
Pimples and Humors on toe Face.
—In this condition of the skin, the
Vegetine is the great remedy, asltacts
directly upon the cause. It cleanses and
purifies the blood, thereby causing hu
mors of all kinds to disappear.
“Mamma, why do they pass those
corn-poppers around for?” was the
query of a little maiden who had not
been in the habit of going to church,
and to whom church collections were
a mysterious noveltv.
• “Help from an unexpected quarter,”
as the tramp remarked when a twenty-
five cent piece was handed him by the
“lady of the house.”
A Savannah man invented a water
velocipede and thereby won the ever
lasting gratitude oftheshark, who took
in both inventor and invention.
The territory of South, Africa is divi
ded into the Cape Colony, with an erea
of 230.000 square miles, and a popula
tion of 235,000 whites and 820,000 blacks;
Kaffraria, with an area of 10,000square
miles, and a population ot 450,000
blacks, lying to the east of Cape Colony,
BasHtoland,to the northwest of Kaff
raria, with a population of about 150,-
000 natives; Natal, to the north of
Kaffraria, and oh the east of Basuto-
lanh, with an ^irea of 18,700 square
miles, and a population of20,000 whites
and 300,000 blacks; the Orange Free
State with an area of 37,000 square
miles, and a population of 30,000 whites
and 15,000 blacks; the Diamond Fields,
or Griquland West, with an aera of 15,-
000 square miles, a permanent popula
tion of 1,000 whices and 4.000 blacks,
and a flu .-tuating population of diggers,
numbering at times 40,000; Zululand,
with atf area of 10,000 square miles, and
a population of 150,000 blacks; Ama-
swasiland, lying to the north of Zulu
land, inhabited by the . Amaswasis,
hereditary enemies of the Zulus: and
finally, the Transvaal, which stretches
from the 27th to the 22d degree of S.
lat., and from the 20th to the 32nd de
gree of E. long.
The first stone of the Cologne Cathe
dral was laid August 15, 1248, and it is
thought i*. will be completed in another
year. The two towers have now reached
their last stage, and have only to be flr-
ted with their massive caps and solid
stone-work. For this purpose twogreal
scaffoldings have to be erected at dizzy
height; one Of them, however, already
approaches completion. When the
caps have been finished, then a still
higher story will have to be added to
the scaffolding. In order to fix on the
tops of the caps the gigantic foliated
crosses, almost thirty feet high, which
are to crown the towers.
VECETINE
GIVES GENERAL SATISFACTION.
Eruptions of tie Skin, Chrome Sore Eyes
and General Debility.
Read what Dr. Sin
■tons •ay*:
Verona. Miss., Jons 6,1878.
Mr. H. H. Stevens, Boa on:
I nave U8°d Vegetine in my family fortvn
years and cordially reo< mmend lt as a remedy
tor Eruptions or the Skin. Chronic Sore Eyes
nnd General Debility. 1 ha ealior commended
lt to a great many persona la i hisectloa, and I
thl k lt h ts given general satisfaction.
Very respectfully. Dr. J. J. SIMMONS.
Vo tr very valuable melicine. Vegetine, re
stored the slcht to my lit tie daughter, saved her
from being blind, and I have no doubt saveJ
her life. VerygratefuLiy,
MRS. J. J. SIMMONS.
WITH SUCH BENEFIT.
Sheboygan., Wls., Nov. is, 1S78.
Mr. H. R. Stevens, Bo ton:
Dear Sir.—I can iu!Iv testify to the efficiency
of your Veg‘ tine as a Great Blood Purlflv-r, hav
ing used It duri.ig the last seven months with
such benefit. Yours truly,
W. o. ST. SURE, Druggist.
VEGETINE
IS THE BEST
SPRING MEDICINE.
Vegetine is Sold bv All Druggists.
For a long Hit*, no sweeter *nd b«*t-©r con©<*tion
of music f©r Sunday School* tins appeared. Ii u«
con-»i.i«rlh- Ujmns, r.v; ml Iho teat ami mo*t ort-
STTlVnAV S' 0 " 1 <*Tpr»**>tl in
pUfllfAX P«. try, of *t>. d l rlrsl chir*" er.
Such phraawi a* Pitying Savior. I n k vifb
lni, t,u Tm«t P 1 - '*•»-- * — - • -
Eoe- down, 1
.r P j
Tru*t Him Tlw i etxcr \*ai.
little whiln,’ **Pr scions loco.*'** tre th* B nti
n,”** The lC<i«n hills,” aud l A home, unary
.._;”taken almost nt random Cf* UnAT ^ t
its paves indicate iis ten- OvaUULj J
>ru««* a d beamy. Thore are 125 songs; a 1 aood
i<^. White R-Imm trill bo malic-d t * any addi**- for
con aZ-tanu-s. By A. J. Abb-v amJM.J. 3l nn -
r. Price SI cents, or 8f3 per dn?*r: ~~
x’EMPERANCE JEWSL'L (£j eta. or $3 fit) per «1or 1
TEMPEEBANCS LIluT,(12cti., or §h) pcrKD.j
differing in
K ranco Jcw.'Is
/ffui
extra goof Temperance Song B^ke,
ricoannerse ftno in quality. Tom-
by J ri. Tenny au i Rev. E. A.
L,Eht “ * 3*
f,n: "HDDS’ NATIONAL SCHOOL FOB
THE BEAD OBGAF. B, W F.Scdm (fL-a
„ Mr. 8. k well-known a
9 "f. bent composers
Oliver Dttson & Co., Boston.
J. E. P1TSOK ft CO. XSS CheABOt St.. PfallA.
Schnling, a German philosopher, has
been experimenting as to the amount
of carbonic acid exhaled from the lungs.
A man thirty years old, in repose, ex
haled twelve grammes per hour; In
active exercise, twenty-four grammes
per hour. A tippler threw out bui
seven grammes in repose, and eleven
in exercise. The drunkard’s carbon is
retained, and burns up the vital organs
Sore TIiroat. Cougii, Cold and simi
lar troubles, if suffered to progress, re
sult iu serious Pulmonary Affections,
otieotime8 incurable. “Brown's Bron
chial Troches’] reach directly the seat of
the disease, and give almost instant
relief. _
It seems difficult to account for so
small a creature as a bird making tones
as loud, in singing, as an animal om
thousend times Its size. But it has been
discovered that in birds the lungs hav<
several openings, communicating with
corresponding air-bags, or cells, wlffeh
fill the whole cavity'ol the body fron
the neck downward, and into which
the air passes and repossess
Nutmeg in the quantity of two or
three drachms has been known to pro
duce both stupor and delirium; anc
dangerous and fatal consequences art
said to have followed its free use in In
dia. Mace, which is the outside cover-
ing of the nutmeg, possesses essentially
the same properties.
It has been found possible to send a
concentrated ray of electric light, suffi
cient to read by, to a distance of seven
miles; while the French triangulation
officers have seen the electric light at a
station 164 miles distant.
&lTTEfl s
Fortify the 9yiT
And yon aro arm© 1 again# disea.«6 The finest tonic
thl* porpos© i- Hostetlers Stomach Bitters, which
— FOR SA-i-E BV^—j
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renders digestion easy aud complete, counteracts
bi ou«ne-p. and keeps the bowels in order, and so
eeuial and tenefi ••-nt are its ©fleets, that not oalr it
the body invigorated and regulated by its ate. but
de-ponil©nry b inisbed irctn tli© min I.
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally.
Deafness.
•uent or Deafnest . _.
Bronchitis, toughs, Cold*, Nerr-iUHnesi and Lung
Complaints i* well deserved of sncceas. drnd lor
pamphlet- or eall and
ter* from all parts of ths {
juntry. Trial free at
: by expres-i every- l ?
...... _ ir. J. D lUDUK&S
’ CO.. Physician*,79 Beach nt., |
v her©. Dr. J.D
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•OAP MAh ING. Directions accompany each eau
for uakine Hart, Kofi and Toilet Boo# «uiexly.
It is mil weight "nd str ngth.
A.8K FOR 8APONIFIER,
AND TAKE NO OThliR.
PENN’A SALT HANVF’S 1«. PHILAR'A
DIPHTHERIA!!
Johnson'* Anodyne Liniment will pen
ItpIt prevent this terrible disease, sad wit
-■osnirelj cure nine cases la ten. Iofromatloi
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Don't delay s moment. Preventloa I* bette
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A piece of machinery actually depre
ciates more when idle then when in
use, unless—mark this—it is carefully
cleaned and oiled. We especially re
commend this item to farmers who
are less inclined to attend to it than
practical mechanics.
For celery salad, take the inner and
tenderest stalks of three heads of celery
cut them Into strips an iLCh long and
about the thickness of young French
beans. Rub tbe salad bowl slightly
_ with shalot. Mix the yolks of two hard
to prove en paper that a man could get boiled eggs with three table-spoonfuls
of salad oil, and of Tarragan vinegar,
and a little flour of mustard, peppet
food enough to keep alive In New York
for three cents a day, but never made
oat his case. In some of the inland
towns in New England, where economy
In the preparation of food is closely
studied, one may get pretty fair board
for $2.50 a week. In point of cost, this
is a little better than San Francisco can
do, but not better in point of food. The
advantage whieh that city possesses is
in giving at all times for 25 cts. a good,
substantial dinner, consisting of sonp.
fish, meat, fruit and vegetables. The
benefit, hpwever, mainly rests on the
cheapness and quality of the food.
Rents are much higher there than in
Eastern cities, and twice and three
times as high as they are in the interior
towns of the Atlantic States. A young
man can get a furnished, fair-sized
single room in San Francisco,with gas,
water and attendance, for $15 a month,
but this sum would pay the rent of a
good-sized unfurnished house in nearly
any Eastern city outside of New York,
Boston aud Chicago. Coming down to
bed-rock prices, a single man can live
moderately well in that city for $32 a
month; this includes board and lodg.
ing. This estimate allows 25 cents for
breakfast, 15 cents for luncheon, 25
cents for dinner every day, and $12.50
a month for lodging. In cases of ex
treme necessity, a saving of $5 or $6 a
month on this estimate might be effect
ed; but in saving more than that one
would deprive himself of many of the
comforts of life. Very mauy young
men do live s smewhat stylish for $35 or
$40 a month, but many others spend
that much every week, and some more
than that every day. The class of well-
to-do jonng fellows and bachelors
spend a dollar or two for dinner, bat
eat light and inexpensive breakfasts.
If tbe occasion oalls for something sum
ptuous, they go to fashionable restau
rants and pay $10 a plate for an excellent
dinner, with a lavish supply of wine’
and salt to taste; add the celery to tills
sauce, turn it well over, garnish with
hard-boiled whites of eggs.
Sponge Cake.—Three eggs, one and
a half cups of sugar, two of flour, one
of cold water, one teaspoonful of cream
of tartar, one-half of saleratus. Beat
the sugar and eggs together, and add
the water when they are light, then the
flour, in which mix the saleratus and
cream of tartar. Flavor with lemon,
and bake in a quick oven twenty min
utes.
Whitpot Pudding.—One cup of In
dian meal, one of molasses, a teaspoon
of salt. Scald thoroughly with one
cup of boiling water. Add a quart of
milk. Pour into the baking dish, aiid
bake one hour, stirring thoroughly at
least twice while baking. Let it get
about half cool before serving.
Macaroni Soup — Italian Soup).—
Throw half a pound of macaroni in some
boiling sonp; allow it to cook for three-
quarters of an hour; then grate Into it,
just before serving, one-quarter ot a
pound of cheese.
ire only nope or Data heads—Car-
boline, a deodorized extract of petro
leum. Every objection removed by
recent improvement. It is now fault
less. The only cure for baldness and
the most delicate hair dressing known.
Rhode Island Pancakes.—One cup
of sugar, three eggs, three tablespoon
fuls of melted butter or lard, one cup
of sour milk, one tablesnoonful sala-
ratus; stir in flour to make a stiff bat
ter ; drop in spoonfuls in hot fat.
Egg Bread.—One quart of butter
milk, three -eggs, three tablespoons
flour, lump of butter sice of an egg,
half teaspoon of soda, corn meal enough
to make a thin batter.
Dr. Jayne'S Sanative p.n» am
SIX* H xarra S r CStfbartlc, according to the
Abac, and may bo depended upon to produce
healthy aecreottona el (be Liver aad Stemaah.
Mrs. C. told her baby daughter that
she was going into half mourning lor
her sister-in-law.
“Why half mourning!” asked the
child; “is aunty only half dead?”
A fashion journal says that “shirred
ruffles are worn.” We might add that
ruffled shir—but no; this Is not a fash
ion journal.
What’s the difference between the
weather and a baby ? One never rains
but It pours, and the other never pains
but it roars.
Why does a dentist pull a trouble
some tooth ? Because the victim can’t
ache It out himself.
It is well that an attampt is to be made
to prevent to use of arsenic in wall aad
other papers, for they breathe death at
every pore.
The loss of copper by wastage in ma-
nufactoring is remarkably small, not
over eight pounds to the ton, or four-
tentbs of one per cent.
Lime is a great disinfectant.
Nature** Way.
Nature often cures disease but when she
does, it is always by expelling in some way or
other the cause. Kidney-Wort effectually aids
nature in doing this, and this is why it per
form* so many great cures—Mebcurt.
Puck says the difference between a
silk drees and acalicogown is material.
But that’s all stuff.
The bottoms of strawberry boxes are
as high as usual this year.
What Better Evidence
Could the people ask to substantiate
the merits of Dr. Pierce’6 Family Med
icine than the fact that they have not
only yearly grown in popular favor in
this country, but the foreign demand
for them has became so great as to ne
cessitate the establishing of a branch
of the celebrated World’s Dispensary
In London, England, that these bless
ings to the afflicted may be dispatched
from that greatest commercial centre
of the world to every country and
people? Golden Medical Discovery ia
a concentrated, potent, alterative, or
blood-cleansing remedy, that wins
golden opinions of all who use It for
all humors, from the common pimple,
blotch or eruption, to the formidable
scrofulous swelling. Internal fever,
soreness and ulceration, yield to its be
nign influence. Consumption, whioh
is bat a form of scrofulous affection of
the lungs, may in its early stages be
cured by a free use of this God-given
remedy. See artiole on Consumption
and its treatment in “Invalids’ Guide
Book”—10 cents post-paid. Address,
World’s Dispensary Medical Associa
tion, Buffalo, N.Y.
Worcester, Mass., Feb. 3, ‘79.
Dr. R. V. Pierce :
Dear Sir.— With trembling hand,
from my extreme age, being elghty-
flve, I write to inform you of the great
benefit your Golden Medical Discovery
and Pellets have been to me. Three
years ago I was prostrated with pneu
monia, and no one thought I would
recover. By the use of those medicines
I was raised to health,and by tbe bless
ing of God and your medicines I have
enjoyed pretty good health since, al
though for years before this I suffered
fromweak lungs and a bad Cough.
fully years,
Mart B. Fisk.
DiOC. w. Benson's CELERY £ CHAMOMILE
PILLS are prepared expressly to care s.ck Head
ache, Nervous Headache, Neuralgia, Ne vous-
ness. Sleeplessness, Paialysis ana Indigestion,
and will cure any cage. Price, w cts. a oox, or
6 boxes for $2.so. Post free. Parsons, Bangs &
Co., Wholesale Druggists Portland, Maine.
Order at once. Satisfaction guaranteed.
A Valuable Gilt Free.
A book on the liver, its disease* and their
treatment sent free. Including treatises upon
Liver Complaints, Torpid Liver, Jaundice,
Biliousness, Headache, Constipation, Dyspep
sia. Malaria, etc. Address Dr. Sanford 162
Broadway, New York city, N. Y.
A GABD.-t-To all who arc suffering from the er
rors and indiscretions of joath, nervous w-akness,
earlj decay, loss ol manhoo i, etc., I will send a Re
cipe that will cure you. Fre* of Chargk. This
great remedy waediecov. red by a missionary in South
Amerioa. Send a self-addres-ed envel ne to th** Bev.
JOSEPH J. INMAN, Station D. New York Uity.
The Voltaic Belt Co* Marshall, Mich.
Wfll send their celebrated Electro VoltaSe
Belt* to the afflicted upon 80 daya’a trial.
E iedy cures guaranteed. They mean what
y aay. Write to them without delay.
MICROSCOPES,
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Spectacles, Barometers, at Great Ip Reflated Prtcet. ;
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That Act* at the Sans Time ea
The Liter, the Bowels end the lidnyt
These great organs are the natural cleans
ers of the system. If they work well, health
will be perfect! if they become clogged,
drhadful diseases are sure to follow with
TERRIBLE 8UPPERINQ.
I Biliousness, Headache, Dyspepsia, Jaun
dice, Ceustipatloa aud Piles, or Kid
ney Complaints, Gravel, Diabetes,
or Bheumatie Pains and A thee,
I -are developed because the blood is poisoned
| with the humors that should have bee*
I expelled naturally.
KIDNEY-WORT
I Thousands have been euTed. — .
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I and health will once more gladden your heart. |
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i! is a dry vegetable compound and
I OnePaekagemakeasixquartsofMedleluD.
Your Pmfigtet hae it, or vill yet U for
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MAKE HENS LAY.
A* Engl is i Vet emery Surgeon aad Chemist, now
traveling int his country, sa> s that most of the dorse
orthless trash. Ha
aad Cattle Powder* here are
that rheridan’s Condition Powders are
saystlu
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Powders, Dose, one teaspoon to on - pint of feed,
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nakfa* JalT, Aagtot aad Wiater Batter and, eqau to Ik.
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