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A Little Girl at Borne.
A few days ago a big-boned Texan
something over six feet high, with an
enormous broad-brimmed hat and a
sweeping mustache reaching nearly to
his shoulders, stood at the Laelede
Hotel office, St. Louis, carelessly ex
amining tne register. A slight twitch
ing at his coat skirts was passed by un
heeded, but a more vigorous pull caused
him to look around expecting to greet
a joking friend or something of the
sort. He saw nothing and was turn
ing back to the register leaves again,
when his glance fell upon such a wee
mite of a girl whose head was such a
short distance from the door that it
was no wonder be had not seen her.
The wild-looking face bent dcwn to;the
little one and a deep bass voice asked,
“What is it, little gal ?”
“Please mister, won’t you buy my
matches?” came in weak, childish
tones, so low that the words could not
have been understood had the appeal
not been re-enforced by the holding up
of a box of matches, the corners of the
paper-box all dog-eared and miserably
soiled.
The little figure was barefooted, and
the one calico garment rent and faded
and torn
“No, I don’t want any to-day, sissy,’’
said the Texan.
“Please, mister, won’t you buy my
matches?” with a second pull at the
coat.
The man turned again, impatiently,
and glanced at the little one; then, as
if ashamed, and with a frutive glance
around as it to see if he was unobserved
put his fingers in his vest pocket, and
the next instant a bright half dollar
gleamed in the 1 ittle grimy fingers.
With a half sigh the big-hearted fellow
said half to himself, “Poor little cuss!”
‘•Please, mister, don’t you want the
matches, and 1 lialn’t got no change?”
“Oh, the devil, no; keep the change
and matches, too.”
Holding the precious coin in both
hands the little match-girl vanished
like a shadow through the front door,
and the Texan, muttering “what a fool
I am,” followed.
Around the corner and down Sixth
street pattered the little naked feet un
conscious that she was followed, and
up one of the streets devoted to small
dealers and a perfect nest of pawnshops.
Into one ot the least clean and im
posing of these she darted and whis
pered something to the woman, who
took a paper parcel out of a drawer and
handed it to the child. The child tore
off the paper with nervous fingers, and
there was the sole treasure ot her he rt,
her only possession—her doll. She
hugged it to her breast and kissed it.
What was said between woman and
child could not be heard but when the
little waif laid the half-dollar on the
counter the woman shook her head and
pushed it back very far toward the
cnild, as if her resolution might not
hold out very steadfast. The child
looked amaz d but turned to go, hug
ging her dolly, and at the door stood
the Texan with a very suspioious
moisture upon his cheek and a big
lump in his throat.
“I’ve got a little girl like you at
home,” said he. “Come along and
show me where you live.”
Well, you may be sure that the sick
mother and the little girl wore render
ed more comfortable, for an hour after
wards she had a receipt for a month’s
rent in her hands and a doctor’s car
riage stood at the door of that tene
ment house.
Hunting: tbe Moose.
Moose calling commences about the
first of September and ends about the
fifteenth of October. A full moon oc
curring between the middle and end of
September is the best of all times. The
best plan in calling is to ffis upon a
permanent camp and make little ex
peditions of two or three days’duration
from it, returning to rest and get fresh
supplies. Then you enjoy the true
luxury of hunting. Then you feel
really and thoroughly independent and
free. The Indian carries your blanket,
a little tea, sugar and bread, a kettle
and two tin pannikins. The hunter
has enough to do to carry himself, his
rifle, ammunition, a small axe, hunting
knife, and a pair of field-glasses. Thus
accoutred, clad in a flannel shirt and
homespun continuations, moote-lnde
moccasins on your feet, your trousers
tucked into woollen socks, your arms
unencumbered with that useless article,
a coat, you plunge into the woods, tne
sun your guide in clear weather, your
pocket-compass if it is cloudy, the
beasts]and birds and fishes your compan
ions; and wander through the wood at
will, sleeping where the fancy seizes
you, “calling,” if the nights are calm,
or still hunting on a windy day. Cal
ling is the most fascinating, disappoint
ing, exciting of all sports. ITou maybe
lucky and kill your moose the first
night you go out, perhaps at the very
first call you make. You may be weeks
and weeks, perhaps the whole calling
season, without getting a shot. Moose
calling is simple enough in theory; in
practice it is immensely difficult of ap
plication. It consists in imitating the
cry of the animal with a hollow cone
made of birch bark, and endeavoring
by this means to call up a moose near
enough to get a shot at him by moon
light or in the early morning. He will
come straight up to you, within a few
yards—walk right over you almost—
answering, “speaking,” as the Indians
term It, as he comes along, if nothing
happens to scare him; but that is a
great if.
Surgeon’s Perquisites.
An English legal journal speaks of a
somewhat embarrassing legel question
which has arisen at Washington. A
surgeon amputated both legs of a pa
tient, claimed them "as his perquisites,”
placed them in spirits, and exhibited
them in a local museum in a jar with
the name of the original owner. The
latter, who objected to this publicity,
brought an action lor the recovery of the
legs. No decision has been arrived at,
but the authorities are anxious in the
matter, for, if the plaintiff succeeds,
they fear other limbless individuals
may follow his example, and so the
museum may in time be robbed of much
of its scientific value and personal in
terest. It has been suggested that the
museum authorities should take their
stand upon the principle that the legs,
when severed, become dead, and that
at common law there is no property in
a dead human body.
An Ichthyophagous Club has been
started in New York. It is calculated
to ruin the reputation of . any
husband who goes borne late at night
and tries to tell where he has been.
In Ow Mountain VUdmim of Virginia.
The journey occupied a day and- a
half. They rode Indian file along a
trail which only Jerry’s eyes could fol
low ; it crossed heaps of rocks, swamps,
fallen trees; it led through an unbrok
en forest of gigantic pines, oaks, birch,
ash, and sugar-maples; even the nut-
trees and black cherry had a time here
to reach the height of a hundred and
fifty feet. Evergreen deciduous trees
grew dike leateless and branohless side
by Bide, spreading palm-like at the top.
The journey was, in fact, a passage
through interminable aisles of huge
black pillars under a flat, leafy roof.
The sides of the creeks were banked
with flaming color; laurel and rhod-
odendrous neaped up walls of dark
green scarlet, and creamy white; in
the sunshine late azaleas lifted wands
of shell-like rose. Sometimes the
horses literally broke the path for miles
through waving forests of fern, whose
delicate leaves, Sarah fancied, touched
her hand, as she passed, with a shy
caress. The girl’s life was full. Her
ife had before now been filled up with
sewing and sweeping, and the petty
matters of a little village. It was the
first time that she had looked upon the
great solitary face of nature. It seem
ed to her that the sky and water and
trees knew that it was tbe first time,
and were glad that she had come, and
whispered to her, as did her old home
toMignon, “Poor child! where hast
thou staid so long?”
There was no sign that man had ever
passed this way before. Huge trees,
fallen a century before, lay in gigantic
round furrows bn the ground; furrows
of deep moss, of fretted aud fluted
lichen, gray and golden, bronze and
purple, and of trailing myriads of pink
oxalis. Plumy fern nodded from the
sides, and a thicket of young hemlocks
pushed ambitiously up from the top of
the ridge; but when Jerry put his foot
on it, the whole furrow crumbled like
a puff-ball into a cloud of red dust. It
was a dead body, which undisturbed in
the slow passage ot uncounted years,
Uad made all this false show of life.
Very few song-birds had made their
way into this solitude, There was
none of the multitudinous hum of life
of woods near towns. The absolute
stillness was strange and oppressive at
noonday. Nature dwelt alone here,
and kept silence, and there was some
thing savage in her mood, now that
they had come upon her nnawares.
Even jaunty, selfsufflcient Mrs. Mulock
felt like an intruder, and rode apart
and quietly. The Judge led Sarah’s
horse, which could not keep its footing.
Sometimes he pointed with bright,
pleased eyes, to a stately tree or a bed
of feathery moss, but he said nothing,
and never called on her to admire them.
Mr. Motley rode up once, and said, In
agrave and patronizing manner, that
he must acknowledge that there was a
quality of freshness and new-born
strength In this unexplored wilderness
which any scene must lose after it had
been trampled over by innumerable
tourists- Miss Davidgerassented civily,
but pushed on. Human voices were
an impertinence in the great and word
less meanings efthe woods.
Monstrous fungous growths reared
themselves on every side as they began
to descend to the Blackwater. The
thickets grew more dense; red and
black spiders swung themselves inces
santly across their faces from tree to
tree; they found traces of bears on
newly barked trees, and more than
once the three-lobed, clawless track of
a panther in the wet black mould.
The thickets of laurel and scrub oak on
the banks of the rivers give to these
beasts and to wolves an imperious shel
ter; they have the best chance there,
too, of catching the deer as they come
down to water. Browning pointed out
a dark green shrub, which be said was
“elk browse,” and “had been made by
the Good Man to grow just that high
to reach the muzzles of the young
elks.” No elks had been seen in this
reigon for fifty years, thoug some might
yet be hiding back in Canaan.
The party camped the second night
on the bank of the Blackwater, a stream
which empties into the Cheat, making
huts of beach bark, and beds of hem
lock boughs set on end to give an elas
tic spring. The Doctor and Morley
set out with their best white files, reels
and liues to catch trout for supper in
the coffee-colored gloomy creek.
Browning took a few worms from a
rotten tree trunk in his pocket, and
his old rod; the Judge built up the fire,
and Mrs. Mulock and Sarah cooked
some flitch, and scoured the tim plates
in the stream. Things went the usual
way in such cases. The scientific fish
erman came home dripping wet, and
swearing that there was not the fin of
a trout in the river, to find Jerry
placidly frying forty in a pan. They
ate their supper by the light of the
roaring fire, a great horned owl hoot
ing In the thicket. Every man had a
hunting story.
A Romance from far Alaska.
A young man who was in Alaska
some four years ago fell in love with
the only young lady on the Island, a
girl of fifteen, who was possessed of
extraordinary beauty, and whose hair
fell below her knees. But heavas un
able to communicate the ‘tgld, old
story” to her, for she did not’under
stand a word ot English, nor did he
speak Russian. In his dilemma the
arrival of the priest on his once-In-t wo-
years visit was a God send, and to him
he made known his love. The priest,
knowing the young man to be possess
ed of a high character and a fair for
tune, thought it was a lucky chance
for the young lady to escape from life
of such isolation, and he willingly
persuaded the girl’s mother (her father
was dead) to consent to the match, but
the young lady herself was not to be
persuaded. She argued that she had
never spoken to the young man who
expressed such a desire to be her hus
band, and only seen him twice, and he
had been on the Island only forty-eight
days, but her objections were over
ruled, and the marriage took place.
After living in Alaska for several
months, the young man brought ills
bride to his home in Cleveland, Ohio.
She was astonished at the fashions she
saw, and declared that nothing would
induce her to wear her hair otherwise
than flowing—as she had always worn
it. But before twenty-four hours had
passed her mother-in-law had persuad
ed her to try the effect of braids around
her broad and shapely head; aud now
she dresses as mnch in the fashion as
any lady in Cleveland. Last year her
husband went to Alaska again and
brought home the young sister, who is
eleven years of age, and promises to be
as beautiful as the elder. The mother,
bereft of both her children, still clings
to her home op one of the islands of
Alaska.
The Temple* of Faeetnm.
The Temple of Neptune Is the most
imposing of all. Like the others, it Is
built of travertine, a hard durable stone
originally, hut now browned by age,
and boney combed by tbe effects of beat
and storm. Tbe columns, though not
high, are not in single pieces, but in
several, laid one upon the other, the
(lutings joined with exactness, and the
whole originally covered with stucco.
In many of the capitals the stucco cov
ering still remains. The structure is
well elevated from the ground, and al
though the surface around it must have
been raised, in the course of ages, by
the accumulation of debris, there is no
such squatty effeot as is so common
with modern buildings. The principal
effect, indeed, is, as has been said, that
of “solemnity and strength of propor
tions.” It is architecture that com
mands respoct, even awe and reverence.
We feel that we are in the presence of
something majestic, powerful and sol
emn, A religion or a superstition could
not fail to take strong hold upon the
imagination when so dignified and ex
alted by art.
The Basilica, so called, stands to the
right of the Temple of Neptune, with a
space of 200 yards or so between, To
my mind, It has not the simple majesty
of its neighbor, though larger, and al
most equally well preserved. Its cen
tral space is elevated about four or five
feet above the outer portion, and is di
vided into two equal parts by a row of
columns. The exterior columns are
nine in number at each end, and sixteen
at the sides. They ourve considerably,
and taper toward the capitals, which
are in the form of a fiat button.
These temples are none of them large.
The State House at Columbus is as
great, or greater, in dimensions than
all three of them together, and Is far
more massive in actual construction.
But ii is not their size that gives them
their impressiveness. It is their maj
esty of proportion, conveying the per
fect expression of strength and dignity.
We forget to consider whether they are
large or small; we only reflect that they
seem large—in fact, much larger than
they are.
The Temple of Vesta, about a quar
ter of a mile to the left of Neptune,
and fronting in the same direction, is
truly a gem. It occupies higher ground
than the others, and though inferior to
them in size, shows to good advantage.
It is perfect. One teels that even the
iron clamps and bars which have been
placed here and there to support its de
caying architecture, or hold crumbling
pieces of stone together mat itsexqui-
sl e proportions. It is even yet, in its
decay, a sort of antique jewel, on which
any modern touch or addition, however
kindly meant, seems defacement. In
fact, it is the rare property of all these
structures, but particularly of Neptune
and Ceres, that the more you study
them the less fault you can find with
them, architecturally speaking. There
is nothing too large or too small; noth
ing that you would add or take away.
How the old Greeks discovered this
perfection of proportion, and how they
mastered it so thoroughly, is a perpetu
al mystery and wonder,
Saved br his States.
An old Lake Superior trapper named
Thomas Judson, was once suddenly
surrounded by a band of fierce Indians
from whom he expected no good.
While making free with his outfit, they
found a pair of skates among his other
trappings, and were immensely puzzled
at them. A funny thought occurred to
the hunter as he saw their curiosity,
for his gray eye twinkled merrily.
“fee moccasin,” he said, patting a
skate on his foot, and then made glid
ing motiou that the feet take in skat
ing.
“Ugh!” grunted the Indian chief,
pointing to the narrow blade of the
skates and shaking his head. As they
were near the ice, Thomas proposed to
fasten them on a young brave for trial.
The Indians welcomed the plan with
glee, for, though savages, they were
great lovers of sport. Selecting the
bravest and swiftest young fellow, the
chief bade him strike out his feet,
which he did rather suspiciously. The
skates were soon strapped on, and the
young buck helped to his feet: The
ice was like glass, and he started to
move; you know what followed. His
feet flew out from under him, and
down he came with a crack. Such
shouts of laughter as the rest set up!
The young fellow was gritty, and
scrambled up to try it again, but with
che same result.
The chief now signaled the hunter to
show them how these things worked.—
f nomas fastened on the skates with
great care, picked up his rifle and used
it as a cane, pretending to support him
self. He moved awkwardly, fell
down, got up and stumbled around,
the Indians all the time laughing and
capering at the sport. Gradually
Thomas stumbled a little further away
whirling about and making believe it
was very hard work to keep his bal
ance until he was near t lie point where
the smooth lake ice stretohed miles and
miles away. Suddenly gathering him
self up, he grasped his rifle firmely,
gave a war whoop as wild as the In
dian’s own, and dashed up the lake
like an arrow, skating as he had be
fore. If he had disappeared in the air,
the Indians couldn’t have been more
astonished. Of course they couldn’t
hope to catch him, over the glassy ice,
and they stood gaping after him, won
dering more and more at the magic
“ice moccasins.”
“Nothing pleased old Thomas bet
ter in alter years than to tell how he
had “fooled the redskins.”
A Hew Kind of Watch-Box-
By introducing a flame of gas into
an open tube, whether of metal or of
glass, the tube will sound, and with a
little ingenuity even singing flames
might he produced. The sound differs
according to the size ol the tube, the
force of the flame, &o. Sometimes the
sound is like a roar, at others like a
low moan; sometimes high, sometimes
low; the greatest variety of expressions
can be produced, according to circum
stances. There are silent-speaking
tubes—tubes that under ordinary cir
cumstances do not utter a Bound; but
if a door be opene 1 a draught is created
then the glass vibrates, and the most
startling noises result. A glass of this-
descriptlon has just been contrived In
which, when a jet ol gas burns, the
sqund of a dog barking Is produced
should the Btreet door bo opened.
Houses may now be guarded by
mechanleal watch-dogs.
AGRICULTURE.
The Force or Tree Growth—Tbe
disruptive power of tree roots, growing
in the crevices of rocks, is well known.
Masses of stone weighing many tons
are often dislodged in this way from
tne faces of cliffs, and no one gives
them more than a passing glance.
When, however, the sanctity of the
tomb is invaded, despite the graven
warning of the occupant, the case is
very different, and superstitious people
are apt to think there must be some
thing in it more than accident and the
unconscious expression of the resistless
force of growing vegetation. There is
a monument in the Garten churchyard,
in Hanover, Germany, the invasion of
which by a birch tree has been the oc
casion of much wonderment by counts
ry people, who come from great dis
tances to examine it.
The monument, so unfeelingly dis
rupted,, was erected in 1782, and bears
on its base the following inscription:
“This grave, which was bought lor all
eternity, must never be opened.” A
chance bird seed, lodging in a crevice
of the monument, has displayed the
irony of nature in slowly yet surely
thwarting the desire of the person who
designed it for a perpetual, memorial.
All the joints are separated, the strong
iron clamps are broken, and the birch
tree has embraced the upper large
block, which weighs about one and a
quarter tons, and the tree is driving its
roots below, gradually but surely tilt
ing the structure.
Soil fob the Suoak-Beet.— For
growing the sugar-beet the subsoil
should be deep, to permit the root to
penetrate deeply, if it be not deep,
tbe roots will project above tbe ground,
and all the projecting portion will be
deficient in sugar. There should be do
standing water. The remedy is drain
age. If too dry, of course growth is
stunted or impossible. New or so-
called “virgin” soils are apt to contain
injurious salts, which prevent either
the formation of sugar or Its crystal-
ization. This was one of the troubles
in Illinois. Still, reports from new
soil in Russia show excellent results.
Sound land is not desirable. The soil
must he open and deeply cultivated to
permit the beet to grow in the best
shape—slender, and with only one tap
root. Small stones cause forking, which
is uudesirable. Alluvial, sandy soilB
are excellent, as being open in texture
and containing the proper nourish
ment. Strong clay soils are not suit
able, as apt to be wet and cold, and be
come choked with fungus growths; a
sandy loam does well. The more hu
mus or mould it contains, the better.
Lime may have the effeet of preventing
tbe formation of glucose iu the root.
Soil with, say, 25 per cent, of clay, 70
of sand, and 5 of carbonate of lime,
give good results, as being penetrable
to air and water; 33 per cent, of clay,
45 of sand, and 22 of carbonate of lime,
is also well liked. Clay soil generally
gives a large yield of water beets,whiie
limy soil gives smaller crops and better
beets.
If you are hairless aud cappy there
is one way and no more by which you
may be made careless and happy—use
Cakboline, a deodorized extract of
petroleum, it will positively make new
hair grow.
Too much Paris Green.—It is report
ed that a family has just been poisoned
by eating lettuce, upon which Paris
Green was found, and many other un
pleasant stories ot the same kind have
been heard every year since the arrival
of the potato bug "brought Paris Green
into common, use out of doors. Such
accidents should remind the owners of
farms and gardens, that the favorite
remedy for potato bugs, is not one of
the simple insect powders that are ad
vertised as harmless to human beings,
but a virulent poison, to whatever be
ing tastes it in small quantities. Own
ers of large crops that are subject to
the ravages of insects, may bo juotiao*
In using it, but even these should take
special care that the wind or some force
does not carry the poison to berries or
vegetables of which the leafy portions
are eaten. In home gardens, where
the various vegetables and small fruits
are grown near to each other, it should
□ot be used at all. Small hoys who
pick potato bugs at three cents per
quart, may co3ta little more than Paris
Green, but, on the other hand, they are
cheaper than doctors or respectable
funerals.
There can hardly he two opinions as
to tbe nutrition of hay which has been
harvested at different stages of its
growth or maturity. Clover ought to
be cut when the blossoms are partially
turning, and cured with as little delay
as possible. It is pretty much the same
with Timothy. Ifitisallowed tostand
too long it becomes dry and hard and
loses a large portion of its nuti iment
and fragrance, and we doubt if it pays
better, though it is generally believed
that it does. Any judge of hay can tell
whether it has been cut early or late,
and will not pay by ten to fifteen cents
per hundred as much as for the early
cut.
Churning—A moment’s use of the
thermometer In the cream before
churning is less trying to the patience,
to say nothing of the back and arms,
than an hour’s use of the churu to
bring the temperature of the cream up
to sixty-three degrees above zero is
sufficiently high, hut the cream from
some cows needs to be brought up to
sixtv-five degrees before chu-ning. If
the butter is inclined to be soft, a few
dippersful of ice-cold water should be
poured into the churn so soon as the
butter globules are seen floating in the
cream.
Suffer not disappointment by em
ploying too many'“cures;”—but lor
the diseases of infancy use Dr. Bull’s
Baby Syrup which never disappoints,
and coses only 25 cents a bottle.
Fresh cow manure diluted with wa
ter until of a paste-like consistency
and poured on young melon vinos is an
effectual remedy for oeetles and other
insects that are frequently very de
structive. A second application will
seldom be necessary.
Stock should be able to cat their
*fill in tbe cool of the morning, and then
lie in the shade during the heat of the
day; feeding again in the evening. Do
not fail to provide plenty ot shade, salt
and pure water,as these are very essen
tial to the well-being of stock.
If a piece of wood be placed in a de
canter of water and the focus of a
large burning glass is thrown upon it,
the wood will be completely charred,
though the sides of the decanter
through which the rays pas3 will not
be cracked, nor in any way affected,
nor the water peroeptlbly warmed.
If the wood be taken out, and the rays
be thrown oa the water, neither tbe
vessel nor its contents will be in the
least affected; but if a piece of metal
be put into the water, it soon becomes
too hot to be touched, and the water
will presently boll. Though pure
water alone contained in a transparent
vessel can not be heated, yet, if by a
little ink it be made .of a dark color’ or
the vessel itself be blackened, tbe effeot
speedily takes place.
A paste that will not spoil is made by
dissolving a piece of alum the sise of a
walnut in one pint of water. Add to
this two tablespoonfuls flour made
smooth with a little eold water, and a
few drops ol oil of cloves, putting the
whole to a boil. Put up in a glass
canning-jar.
Bosetti believes tbat the temperature
of tbe sun eannot be less than SO,000
degrees C.
DOMESTIC.
Keeping Meat in Hot Weather.
Great is the convenience of a good re
frigerator I But many of us who live
in the country have to get along with
out such a convenience. Farmers’
families who often depend upon the
butcher’s meat cart for supplies of
fresh meat, are annoyed by the bother
and waste that comes of getting more
beef or mutton than they can conve
niently use up before it becomes tainted.
The most foolish waste is to eat more
of it than you need, with the idea of
“saving it;” the doctor’s bill that may
result from overloading the digestive
organs, is not so good a show of econ
omy as fresh eggs you might coax from
the hens by feeding them any excess of
meat. The meat should first be wiped
clean and dry. Some sprinkle it well
in all its parts with salt. Others use
black pepper plentifully, washing and
wiping it well before using it, to re
move the pepper and salt, and then
hang it in the coolest place possible—
some in a well, others m a cellar. Per
haps the best precaution is to wrap it
in a dry cloth and cover it with char
coal dust. Some say that wood ashes
would answer about as well as charcoal;
but we only know the virtue of char
coal by experience. I have found that
charcoal will even remove a slight de
gree of taint. I am told that mutton is
improved,as will as preserved,fora short
time by wrapping in a cloth wet with
vinegar, and laying it on the bottom of
a dry cellar. All kinds of meat, in
cluding fish and fowl, may be preserv
ed in brine for a longer or shorter time.
A Great Enterprise.
The Hop Bitters Manufacturing Com
pany is one of Rochester’s greatest busi
ness enterprises. Their Hop Bttters
have reached a sale beyond all prece
dent, having from their intrinsic value
found their way into almost every
household in the land.—(Graphic.
The Cold Bath.—Although the daily
cold bath is heatlhful and reviving, it
must not alone be depended upon as a
cleansing-agent. A man may bathe
daily and use his towel even roughly,
but remain as dirty to all practical in
tents as though he eschewed clean
liness ; indeed, the physical evil of dirt
is more likely to ensue, because if
wholly neglected the skin would cast
off the refuse matter by periodical per
spirations. Nothing but Irequent
washings in water ot at least equal
temperature with the skin, and soap,
can ensure a free and healthy surface.
Tire feet require special care, and it is
too much tue practice to neglect them.
The omission of daily washing with
water, and the wearing of foot cover
ing so tight as to compress the blood
vessels and retared the circulation of the
blood through the extremities, are the
most common causes of cold feet. The
remedy is obvious—dress loosely and
wash frequently. The skin plays an
important part in the preservation of
bodilv health.
Frequently we find sick people
whose stomachs reject all kinds of
nourishment until conditions follow
that in many instances terminate fa
tally. In twenty instances in which I
have heard the popular sick-bed nour
ishment prescribed and rejected by an
invalid’s stomach, I have never known
the simple saucer of parched corn pud
ding, or gruel refused. The corn is
roasted brown, precisely as we roast
coffee, ground as fine as meal in a cof
fee-mill, ana made either into mush,
gruel or thin cakes baked lightly
brown, and given either warm or eold,
clear or with whatever dressing the
stomach willreceiveor retain. Parched
corn and meal boiled in skimmed milk,
and fed frequently to children suffer
ing from summer diarrhcsi, will most
always cure, as it will dysentery in
adults, and we believe cholera in its
earlier stages.
In the past eight years, scored of
soaps have come into the market, and
being worthless, have died a natural
death. Dobbins’Electric boap, (made
by Cragin & Co., Phila.,) old and reli
able, leads the van. Try it.
To Face Green Corn in Salt.—
Choose full, tender corn; cut close to
the cob, and mix two teacups of salt
with eight of corn, or pack the same
proportions in alternate layers in a
stone jar. Put a cloth, an- inverted
plate, and a weight on to keep it under
the brine, which it will make. To
cook, rinse some of the corn in cold
water until the salt is all gone, then
cover with plenty of eold water and
bring slowly to a boil; pour off this
water and replace with boiling water;
just enough to cook it in. Season with
butter, and pinch of sugar and add a
a little corn starch mixed smooch with
some sweet cream, bring to a boil and
serve.
To Renovate Black Goods.—Make
one-fifth of a pound of extract of log
wood and one ounce of saleratus; put
in a boiler with ten gallons of water,
cold or hot; stand over fire, and when
boiling hot put in the goods either
wet or dry; let stand twenty minutes,
moving about occasionally; rinse in
cold water until the goods drip clear,
and iron immediately. This will be
found a most excellent receipt for re
storing black goods ot any kind that
have become rusty or brown—cloth
cashmere, a water-proof, worsted
grenadine, or any material tnat will
not cockle in wetting. Press on the
wrong side.
Cucumbers.—Put fifty freshly pidd
led cucumbers in a stone jar, separat
ing eacii layer with fresh grape leaves
and a sprig of sweet fennel. Pour
over them a pickle made by boiling a
pint and a half of salt In a gallon of
water aud a tablespoonful of cayenne
pepper; only let it come toa boil; have
it perfectly cold before putting it over
tbe cucumbers; cover with grape
leaves; put a clean piece of light wood
aud a brick on top to keep the cucum
bers dewn; they" will ferment, be
slightly acid and be ready for use in
three weeks. This is a Holland recipe.
Vegetine is acknowledged by all
classes of people to be the best and most
reliable blood purifier in the world.
To Can Corn With Tartaric Acid.
—Cut the corn from the cob and scrape
to preserve the milk. Use an ounce of
tartaric acid, dissolved in a little wa
ter, with every five quarts of corn.
Cook until tender in water enough to
cover, then put Into tin cans and seal
with cement while boiling hot. To
prepare for the table, drain off the
water, cook it in fresh, and add a little
sugar and a pinch of soda. Season
with salt, butter, pepper, cream and
thicken slightly with corn starch as
usual.
Paint fob Outbuildings.—The best
cheap paint for out-houses, is freqent-
ly asked for: Muriate of ammonia, 1
pound; concentrated lye, 1 pound; wa
ter, 6 gallons. Mix thoroughly, and
add linseed oil, 2 gallons. This will
mix with most of the mineral and earth
paints. It makes a very cheap and
durable paint. I painted a house seven
years ago, and it is standing all right
at this time. It would be good for
shingle roofs.
To Remove Freckles.—It is said the
following wash will remove freckles:
Muriatic aoid, two drachms; spring
water, one pint; lavender water, two
drachms. Mix for a lotion, to be ap
plied on a piece of linen or sponge two
or three times a day. ’
and effectually all attacks of Cramp, Dlarrncea.
Dysentery, Cholera Morbus, Ac.—complaints
more or less prevalent everywhere at this sea
son e< thsysar.
WIT AND HUMOR.
At the Seamen’s Savings Bank a new
depositor was asked the usual ques
tions, the answers to which are record
ed as a means of identifying the deposi
tor: “What is your occupation?”
“Seaman.” “On what ship?” “No
ship at all; it is a canal boat.” “Are
you married?” “Yes; it is my second
woman.” “How many children?”
(A pause while the man was laboring
mentally with a problem that seemed
to be difficult to solve.) “Well, give
mo their names.” Rapidly—“John,
James, Peter, Mary, Joseph, Sarah,
Caroline, Thomas — “Slower”—Will
iam—Martha—and—well, there are a
lot of little ones whose names I don’t
remember,”
A gentleman in a town near Boston
invited home to dinner one day one of
the deacons of the church he attended.
The guest offered blessing at tbe table,
which proceeding greatly excited the
curiosity of the gentleman’s five-year-
old son, who sat beside the deacon, and
interviewed him on the subject. “What
was that you said?” he began. “It was
a blessing on the food we are about to
eat,” replied the deacon. “A what?”
“Why,a blessing. Don t your father ask
a blessing at the table?” Oh, yes; but
he don’t say it in that way.” “How
does he say it?” “Why, he sits down
and looks at the table and says, “Oh,
the devil! is this all you’ve got for din
ner?”
They were very fond of each other,
and had been engaged; but they quar
reled, and were too proud to make it
up. He called a few days ago at her
father’s house, to see the old gentle
man on business, of course. She was
at the door. Said he. “Ah, Hiss Blank,
I believe; is your father in?” “No,
sir,” she replied, “Pa is not in at pres
ent. Did you wish to see him person
ally?” “Yes,” was the bluff response,
feeling she was yielding, “on very
particular personal business,” and he
turned proudly to go away. “I beg
your pardon,” she called after him, as
he struck the lower step, “but who
shall I say called?” He never smiled
again. This was too cruel.
Gorgius Midas, Esq., Jr., (who
thinks of entering the holy state)—
“Now, then, Mrs. T., giyes us the
straight tip! Which had I better spot
for better for worse, Mary Robinson,
who’s as good as gold and a beauty, or
Lady Jane Cadbury, who ain't?
They’re both to be had for che asking!”
Mrs. Ponsonby deTomkyns—“Beauty
fades, dear Mr. Midas, and mere goo 1-
ness is apt to pall! Now, a title lasts
forever, and one doesn’t tire of having
a duke for a brother-in-law!”
Gorgius Midas. Esq, Jr.—“Right
you are, Mrs. T., as usual.
AN indignant tenant and a rather
negligent landlord were overheard In
the lollowing conversation in front of
the monument, Monday evening:
Tenant (indignantly) — My chimney
smokes. Landlord — What does it
smoke? Tenant (more indignantly)—
It smokes everything. Landlord—
Has it tried cubebs ? Tenant—Cubebs!
Landlord—Yes. Give it cubebs. The
chimney has probably got the catarrh,
and smoking cubebs will clear the
passage.
No Hospital Needed.
No palatial hospital needed for Hop
Bitters patients, nor large-salaried tal
ented puffers to tell what Hop Bitters
will do or cure", as they tell their own
story by their certain and absolute
cures at home.—New York Independent.
A man lately entered a tavern in
France looking dreadfully wearied and
with a face as long as a crescent moon.
He seated himself languidly at a
table, where a previous customer was
taking a glass of absinthe. “Sir,”
said tbe latter, sympathetically, “you
appear much fatigued. 1 ^- “Yes,” re
plied the other; “head-work,sir, head-
work!” Dramatic writer, possibly?”
‘No. sir, I’m a hairdresser, and to-day
shaved twenty stubby beards and cut
the hair of ten heads.”
Little Nellie, four year old, was
punished by her mother, {the other
evening, for some misdemeanor. The
little one sat quiet a few moments, and
then began sobbing, winding up with,
‘■Well, I cou’d never see the use of mo
thers! Always spanking little girls,
and it don’t do any good, anyhow!”
A Woman’s Debating Society has
been organized in a neighboring county
and we suggest that Its next meeting it
discusses the question: “Resolved,
That a mouse in a woman’s bedroom
causes more terror than a masked
burglar.”
“All the judges oi the United States
courts follow the Pennsylvania decis
ions as a beacon,” said Mr. , ad-'
dressing the court. “Well, then, it’s
no wonder,” said the court, “that they
are so often wrecked or run ashore.”
There i3 something to be done with :
“facllis des Oensis”—etc., hut it’s too ;
warm and we haven’t tbe time to waste
on a small pun like that. Anybody can
have it who will tell us what It is.
Dr. Payne, in his lecture upon the
Foe and Grace, says that Dyspepsia is
a great Foe to Grace. It darkens the
sky and breaks the hopes of many Chris
tians. They think thtf trouble is ip their
hearts, when it is in their stomachs.
Thus the stomach influences the feel
ings to such a degree that it should be
more carefully looked after and regu
lated with the never failing Simmons’
Livei Regulator, the constant use of
which will so improve the feelings as
to make tbe heart happy and spirits
light. It isa well-known fact tbat food,
ill digested, but imperfectly nourishes
the system, as it is only partially as
similated by the blood. Sufferers with
Dyspepsia, whose circulation is im
poverished and nerves weakened, ex
perience a rapid and decided improve
ment in their physical and mental con
dition by the use of Simmons’ Liver
Regulator. Try it, and you will be as
tonished at the good results.
Professor J• C. Itockicood, ot Prince
ton, New Jersey, says that Professor C.
W. Fuchs, formerly of Heidelburg, but
now in Meran, Tyrol, Austria, has for
the last fifteen years published annual
statistics of earthquakes and volcanic
phenomena, and has noticed that in his
lists America is remarkable for the pau
city of shocks reported. This he at
tributes, and rightly, as Professor Rock-
wood thinks, to the lack of information
on the subject rather than to the real
paucity of such events. As Dr. Fuchs
is now proposing to revise his lists, he
requests information in regard to
American earthquakes, especially for
the whole or any part of the period since
1865. Professor Reckwood,who has been
occupied in similar work iu this coun
try, is also especially desirous to ob
tain correspondents on the Pacific cost
who would aid iu collecting informa
tion in regard to earthquake shocks in
that region.
The researches of Dr. Bollinger show
that the milk of cows suffering from
tubercular disease may communicate
the affection to human beings. As
five per cent, of cows advanced in
life suffer from this disease, the doc
tor believes the danger to be con
siderable. Boiling the milk is Rot a
safeguard.
Great Praise.
Albert G. Mann, of Cottage Home, Ill., says:
“I have been prostrated lor three or more
years with Kidney Disease, at times I was not
able to pnt on my boots, my wife has oiten
polled them on for me. 1 was not so bad as
tbat all tbe time, bnt 1 never knew what it
was to be without pa.n in my back until I
commenced using Hunt's Remedy. S.nce I
commenced taking Hunt’s Remedy I have
been free from all pain, and take pleasure in
Baying that it is tbe best medicine tbat I ever
knew for Kidney and Liver Diseases.” Trial
s ze, 75 cents.
Sediment or mncoos in the urine is a sure
indication of disease. Take Kidney-Wort and
be cured before it is too late. Use Kidney-
Wort and rejoice in health. One package
makes six quarts of medicine, safer, purer,
and m re effectual than any bittern or pills.—
Patriot.
The Voltaic Bolt Co., Marshall, Mich.
Will send their celebrated Electro Voltals
Belts to ths afflicted upon SO dsys’s trial.
Speedy cures guaranteed. They mean what
they say. Write to them without delay.
If the Baby is to have health, it must
have sound and refreshing sleep. Dr.
Bull’s Baby Syrup insures this. Price
25 cents a bottle.
Dan Bice has quit lecturing on tem
perance. When a man talks one way
and his breath smells tbe other a cli
max is certain to come at no distant
day.
I say, my little son, where does the
right-hand road go?” “Don’t know,
sir; ’taint been nowhere since we
lived here.”
“Yes,” said a small boy of the Latin
class, “Yes, lapsus may be the Latin
for slip, in the book, but when mother
hips us it usually means a slipper.”
A little girl, defining “bearing
false witness against your neighbor,”
said “it was when nobody did noth
ing, and somebody went and told of it,”
Artful Snip—“Dear me! Very
•ing'.ar sir! Exact y the measurement
of the “Apoller lielvidere,” sir!”
Customer orders a second suit.
A pastor at Austin, Texas, preached
on “A Tight Squeeze; or the Bound
Dance.”
We once knew a newspaper man
who owned a horse .Shoe nail!
The most fatal gtapeshot comes
from the bottle.
Rational Treatment* Positive Cures.
Dr. R. V. Pierce, President of the
World’s Dispensary Medical Associa
tion, is in earnest in selling his medi
cines under positive guarantees, and if
anybody who purchases and uses any
of these widely celebrated remedies,
does not derive benefit therefrom, the
Association would like to hear from
that person with description of symp
toms and history of case. Organized
and Incorporated, as the Association is,
to teach medicine and surgery and for
tbe successful treatment of all chronic
diseases and managing annually thou
sands of oases through our original
method of diagnosis without ever see
ing the patients, aud having the larg
est sanitarium iu the world for the ac
commodation of the more complicated
cases, and also for surgical cases, the
Faculty feel themselves prepared to
undertake even the most discouraging
cases. They resort to all the best re
medial means known to modern medi
cal science—neglecting nothing. Ad
dress, World’s Dispensary Medical As
sociation, Buffalo, N. Y., or Great
Rustall a treat Buildings, London, Eng.
VEGETINE
Farifies tbe Blood, Renovate* and
Invigorates the whole System.
ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ARE
Alterative. Tonic. Solvent
and Diuretic.
•r carefully-selected barks, roots and herbs, and
bo strongly concentrated tbat it will effectually
•radicate from tbe system every taint of Sere*
fa la, Bcrofnloae Humor,Tnmore, Can*
cer. Cancerous Humor, Erysipelas,
Salt Rheum, atypblllfle 1Mseason. Can*
her. Faintness at tl\e Stomach, and ,&U
liseases that arise from Impure blood. Scl-
Ufe*, Inflammatory and Chronic Rh«a-
jiatism. Neuralgia, Vent and lalssl
Complaints, can only be effectually cured
through the blood.
For Ulcers and Kraptlte Discuses of the
Skin, Pustules, Pimples, Blotches,
Bolls, Tettor, Scald head and Blng-
worm, VEGETINE has never failed to affect a
permanent cure.
For Pains In the Back, Kidney Complaints,
Dropsy. Female weakness, Leucorrhcea, arising
from Internal ulceration, and uterlnr diseases
and General DeoiUty, VEGETINE acts directly
upon^ks causes of these complaints. It lnvlgo*
ratesVTid strengthens the whole system, acta
upon the screuve organs, allays inflammation
a urea ulceration and regulates the bowels.
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual Costdrsnesn
. alpltation of the Heart, Headache, Piles, Herr*
•usness and General Prostration of ths Nervous
System, no medicine has ever given such per
fect satisfaction as the VEGETINE. It ponies
the blood, cleanses all of ths organa, and pos
sesses a conu oiling power over the nervoue
system.
The remarkable cures effected by Vegetine
have Induced many physicians and apotheca-
In fact, Vegetine Is the best remedy yet <Us>
covered for tne above diseases, and is the only
reliable BLOOD PURIFIER yet placed before
Vegetine.
PREPARED BY
«. R. STEVENS, Boston
Vegetine Is Sold by all Druggists.
HOP BITTERS.
(A Medicine, not a Drink.)
CONTAINS
HOPS, BCCHC, MANDRAKE,
DANDELION,
And the Purest and Best MedicalQuali
ties OF ALL OTHER BITTERS.
THEY CURE
All Diseases of the Stomach, Bowels. Blood,
Liver, Kidneys, and Urinary Organs. Ner
vousness, Sleeplessness and especially
Female Complaints.
SIOOO IN COLD. ^
Will be paid for a case they will not cure or
help, or for anything Impure or Injurious
found in them.
Ask your druggist for Hop Bitters and try
them before you sleep. Take ao other.
D I.C.ls
absolute and Irrealgtfble cure for
narcotics.
Send fob Circular.
ore sold by drunjist*.
Rochester, X. Y., A
Drunkenness, use or opium, tobacco and
All
The Only Remedy
That Arts at tbe game Time an
i Uvsr, Tfes Bowsis and Tks I
Thu combined action ffinw U vmderful \
power to curtail diseases. L
Are We Sick ?1
oe allow these great organs to b
e clogged or torpid, and poisonous 1
s art therefore forced into Uu hit
t should te expelled nataraUg.
, Pile., Cenitlpstlon, Kids
.sts ssd Diseases, weak,
■ a.4 Herrons Disorders.
> eaaeingjr* action of these mvam
utoring their power to throw of duet
_ Wkv saVar BiUsss ssiss ssd ache
I Vky tomsstsd with Piles, Cosit I patios 1 £
I Whj ' rerdlsorS -red Kidney, IS
1 WSrsadaresorToas srsiek headaches! f
1 Why hare sleepless sights I I
Vie KIDNEY WORT and retetee taj
Ihealth. Itie a dry,vegeta" '
I.M fltfrUl sebi
WILLS, KmMSOH M CO., Proprietor!,
I I I (WM wad post paid.) ~ “ *
Fitters
Serve mm Injunction on Disease
By Invigorating a feeble constitution, renovat
ing a debilitated physique, and enriching a thin
and lnnutntlous circulation with Hostetler’s
Stomach Bitters, tne finest, the most highly
sanctioned, and the most popular tonic aud
preventive la existence. For sHe by all Drug
gists and Dealers generally.
Ditson & Co. are Sole Agent* for th>
United State* for the extensive catalogue of
Novels Musical PiicatM
torio*, Operas, Ac., Ac. Send forGat&logue.
^We call special attention to the valuable series of
Prunor* or Busy Instruction Books, of whicn very
popular ones are, THE RUDIMENTS OF MUSIC,
ifiOcentsJuby Curating*. THE AR1 OF PIANO
FORTE PLAYING. (|l), by Pauer. THE ORGAN,
(Sl).bv Dr Stainfer. SINGING,(32). by Randg-
g<*r. MUnICAL FORMS, <91), bv Pauer. HAR
MONY, (SI), by Dr. Stainer. INSTRUMENTA
TION, ($1), by Prout, and THE VIOLIN, (*1), by
' . '..mau ^-.Ch, (40 i. .i
naiicocr a tytmipaign March. (40 eta.) Fine Music
and olegant portraits of the Presidential Candiuate*.
Te tchers will not fail to examine, during the sum
mer, the b<».,ks need <1 for their winter’s wont Wa
menMon THE TRMPLE.($i), and THE VOICE OF
WORSHIP, (81) for Singlne Schools and Choirs:
and for the hiter. THE AMERICAN ANTHEM
BOOK, (§1.25) and EMERSON’S A NT HE 51 BOOK,
fS» 25). For High Schools. TUE WELCOME CHO-
K(/S,($1); for Common Schoo s, SONG BELLS,
(ft) cent*),nearly ready; for Sunday Schools. WHITE
ROBES, (3D cent*’: and for Temperance work. TEM
PERANCE JEWEL>(35ct*.),au‘t TEMPERANCE
LIGHT,(J2c nts) All are first-class books. Don’t
fail to examine.
Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston.
J. E. DITSON A GO. 1228 Chestnut St.. Phila.
MAKE HENS LAY.
An English Veternary Surgeon and Chemist, bow
traveling in this country, saj a that most of the Horse'
and Cattle Powders here are worthless trash. He
says tbat Sheridan’s Condition Powders are abso
lutely pure and immensely valuable. Nothing on
earth will make heni lay like Sheridan’s Condition
Powders. Dose, one teat noon to on- pint of feed.
Sold everywhere, or sent by mail for eight letter
stamps. I. 8. JOHNSON A CO.. Ban ^ r -”e.
ELGIN WATCHES!
. Gold, Sliver and Nickel, 96
00., Pittsburgh, Pa
Alletyln
to 91S 1 '. Chains, etc
be examined. Write for Catalogue to
MANDARD AMERICAN WATCH
MICROSCOPES,
■ w ■ Opera Glasses, Thermometers. Eye Giaseea,
Spectacles, Barometers, at Greatly Reduced Pruts.
R. & J. BECK.
uiufactr
—Jnp* for
mention this paper.
TRY THE NEW YORK OBSERVER.
rftkvor upon the Advertiser and the
•her bgAteangsthat they saw the adwer
ant Iu this Ion real (nstminsr the pspet
Free ! A Musical Journal. Ad’a F. Brehm, Erie, Pa
DON’T
—5. .— - - Medical Appliance,
Address Dr. Dye, Box 1649, Boston, Masa
Are sold by all Hardwire and Raniew Demists, There
* taree Hole Imt what wiB find In
P-d*tataat>«dtotSS?,Ssu. 0 cS^ t K?M¥’G , io!:
west Txer, N. Y, Sole Manufacturers.
SAPONIFIER
t ttaqid OapMstrattd Lye tat FAMILY
‘AP MAKING. Directions areomj.nr eaah as.
u tall weight and strength.
ACT FOR SAFOlflFUaUb
AND TAKE NO OTHEK.
’A ILIHAWrECEre FB^sAFA
$777
A YEAR and expenses to ag’ts.
Outfit Free. Address P. O
VICKERY. Augusta. Maine.
DR. N. a GRAY. Optician,
w N. TWBLa-rH'dtreeu
Philadelphia, n.
• ITTUBBAHI Hurrah ! From Mexico tatfaine,”
the Gr at Campaign Son*, t rice. 35 cents.
"Jggjbymusio dealers, or the Chicago Music Co.*
MMHU B-Utrured 1. IS
UrillM
KIDNEY DISEASES, ‘WpItB? 1 *
are quickly and surely cured by the use of XIDN EY-WORT. Tbit new and wonderful remedy waiehfi*
having such an immense sale in all parts of the oountary, works on natpral pcindplaa. It restores ptrength
&c-, which have distressed the victims tar years. We have volnmss of testimony of its weudggftil cuxmtiva
power. Up longer use AlchoUn Bitten, which do morn harm than good, or drastic but use nature*
remedy.KTDNET-WqilT,
(Will send post paid.)
WOMAN
The remedial management or those diseases peculiar to women has afforded a lam exnertence a!
the World's Dispensary and Invalids’ Hotel, In adapting remedies tor their cure. Manr of
cases have annually been treated. Dr. Pierce* FavacHe fWnerlMI— Is the result of this extended
experience, and has become Justly celebrated tor Its many and remarkable cures ot all these chmalc dis-
“““ WEAKNESSES PECULIAR TO FEMALES.
y.rorlts Prescription I, a powerful Bestoratlre Tonic to the entire erstem. It te a nerrlne re
■urpassedeOcacy. moil while It quiets perron, JrritaUon, It etrenithene the enftebled nerrou
thereby rretorta* It to healthful rlror. The foUdwlu* dlseaeea are among those In which Ur- YaVorlu
Prescription hue worked core, eai If by magic, and with a certainty nerer before attained, - f - -
asai •££££; gsgtrsaa.’,
hc-cime. er Mui-tr. when not 'aus^by etrfeture""/ thenrek or’&e’wlsht’ynteo the^atur
condition exists, we can, by other means, readny remove the ft* iWiiasliM r ~
(see Invalids* Guide Book, sent for one stamp, or the Medical Adviser^ ■ *
Farorlte PreecripUen 1, eold under a ,«MUre sosenade— For eondlUbM, we wrapper around bottlr.
-DO LIKEWISE."—Mrs. E. F. Morgan, of Nei “
was a drea<"--‘ —■* * *—*— — " - -
completely
your ‘F—
Medical .
have had no trouble since. 1 wrote
been restored, and offering to send
e stamped envelope for
my case and the treat
have received second letters of -, ...
tlon, sent for tbe ‘Medical Adviser,’ and
therein, and were much better already. *• ;] ^