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jgBagjMggHBanfesa^ HU Bb HH Young WomoS Who SttioU “Do women learn to swim litre? Well, yea, I should say they do," said a swim ming master, in reply to the query of a - reporter. “We generally have from five hundred to six hundred women and girl pupils every season, and the desire to learn the art seems to be extending among the sex year by year.’ - “Is it ts easy to teach a woman or a girl to swim as it is a man or a bo;?’’ “Hot uuite; but, then, there are excep tions to the rule. A woman is more con fiding than a man, generally, and puts her trust m her teacher more fully than a man, but when she first touches the water and goes through the motions of swimming she is apt to be very nervous. She is slow of comprehension for a time. A man plunges in recklessly, digests his instructions with out parleying and has none of that nervous fear that retards the progress of nearly all womet>." “Are there any good swimmers among your female pupils?” “Oh, yes, several. We have one young lady ot nineteen who can do two miles of fast swimming. Several of our girls would be able, under a pressure, to swim across the Delaware. Teaching gives them con fidence in themselves and fits them for an emergency that everybody is likely to meet once at least in a lifetime.” “Our process of teaching is a very simple and easy one. When the pupil presents herself and has donDCd her bathing suit, which consists of a sack, skirt and broad trowsers, she is taken to the preparatory room and is taught the proper motions of her arms and legs on a carpet. These mastered, she is taken to the bathing pool, where a strap, so padded as not to hurt her, is passed around her body, and she is placed in the water wuh her face down and kept afloat by a rope passed through a pulley. Here she goes through the motions of swimming, which, like her music lesson at home, are indicated by the voice of the female teacher, who counts one, two, three in a monotone that gives the time to the motions of the limbs. The next stage 19 swimming with a float or life-preserver around the body. In this the actions of the limbs are perfectly free, and the pupil, accompanied by the teacher, often succeeds in making a round of the bath m the sec ond or third lesson. All her motions are closely watched and her attention is sharp ly called to any false stroke or laggard movement. The motions once perfectly learned, the pupil soon gathers confidence in her ability to swim and it is only in a few cases that we are not able to dispense with the float at the fifth lesson and send the young lady out to swim without any other aids than those given her by nature. Girls are taught the same stroke as boys, but I think there is an essential difference between them in the matter ot using the propelling power of the lower limbs. The boy ts more vigorous and more propulsive in his legs than in his arms, while with the girls the reverse is the case. Many of our lady swimmers dispense with the skirt, which somewhat retards their motions, and wear simply the sack and the trousers. I think that is the most reasonable swim ming costume, for the skirt is apt to hold the water and lessen the speed of the swimmer by giving her a heavier load to carry." “Do old ladies ever take a fancy to swimming!” “Sometimes. One day last Bummer we had a party here that included three gene rations of one family. There were the grandmother, a hearty old lady of 60; the motner, a plump matron of 40. and four daughters, ranging from 12 to 18 years of age. All could swim except the old lady, and 1 could see as she stood in the shallow water that she envied her descend ants the enjoyment of their accomplish ment. Many medical men prescribe swim- ming baths for ladies, and we have regular visitors who come because the exercise is beneficial to their health.” “Is the art ever likely to be useful to ladies?” “To show you that the art of swimming is often useful, even to women, I can recall two or three incidents in the career of cer tain pupils of ours that will prove verv interesting. One of our pupils was a daughter of .Ex-Secretary of the Navy Bone. She was an expert swimmer and perfectly fearless. One day in the summer of 1877 when she was bathing on the beach at Cape May two children that belilhged to a party near her were seized by a receding wave and carried out beyond Their depth. Neither could swim, and the ladies who were with them were equally helpless. Taking in the situation at a glance, Miss Bone swam out into the swelling surt and in a moment had rescued the drowning children. “Another young lady, also a pupil of ours, a Miss Laury, whose father i9 a coal dealer at Lombard street wharf, saved a minister and another gentleman at a water ing place on Long Island after a perilous swim. The men could not swim, and hav ing been seized by the undertow were drawn out into deep water, where they were helpless. Miss Laury swam to them, and by her noble aid they got safely ashore. What would have been her feel ings at that moment it she had not known how to swim? Still another pupil of ours has distinguished herself by saving life. This was Miss Fanny Retire!. Une dav when she was riding near Hammellsburg, a little village on the Delaware, she saw some children playing in a boat on a large mill dam. Suddenly, to her horror, the boat upset and the three little children were struggling m the water. Without the loS9 of a secoud she sprang from her car riage, and only stopping to throw off her bonnet aud shawl plunged into the pond. She was enabled fortunately to save three lives, whereas, had she not been a swim mer, she would have had the horrible memory a'l her life of the death struggles of the little innocents. “I only cite these instances to show that an opportunity tor doing good often occurs to a woman who can swim. A distin guished author says of the art: ‘There is no exercise more graceful, more easy, more pleasanr, more health giving to the human frame than swimming. It expands the chesls, it rounds the arms, develops tne muscles of the trunk, gives vigor to the loin and strengthens and fills out the lower limbs. It comers presence of minil and confidence in one’s seif and prepares women as well as men to sustain them selves and to help others in a form of danger to which the contingencies of travel must often expose us.’ ” AGRICULTURE, DOMESTIC, Millet and Hcngabian Grass .^Mil let is entirely a summer crop, and the seed should not go in the ground until warm weather has been assured. Iti s specially adapted to light sandy soils, upon which large crops can be grown, but .thrives well, also, on soils that are heavier. The richer the soil the better, but it is very important to first get the seed bed in a fine pulverized condition. Flow deep and barrow several times be fore seeding, using a brush for covering in. If the location is in a good, rich and suitable portion of the field, the seed should be sown thickly, for the finer the stalks the tenderer and more palatable the hay, but where it is sown for the purpose of obtaining seed for the succeeding season it should be done in drills, using less seed, though it may be broadcasted if necessary. The appearance of millet while grow ing is that of thickly-sown dwarf corn, the leaves being broad, covering the ground completely. It grows very rap idly, especially during warm weather,if there has been a plentiful supply of moisture,and it also stands the drought admirably. The tall German giant mil let is the variety usually preferred. Hungarian grass is very similar to millet, both belonging to the same fam ily of plants, bnt while millet can only be cropped once Hungarian grass fur nishes successive cuttings until fall, which is an advantage when the soiling Bystem is practiced with stock, bnt ii does not grow as tall as millet or give such heavy yields at the times of cut ting. As a hay crop for winter use mil let should be preferred. Millet and Hungarian grass are highly relished by all kinds of stock,especially if ent and cured before seeding. The heads may shoot to seed, but the cut ting must not be delayed long enough to allow the seed to mature. Cored tne same as ordinary hay and stored in the barn, the leaves do not crumble to pie ces easily, like clover, and when run through a cutter and seasoned with meal, bran and a little salt, the mass l akes almost a complete food. These crops are indispensable in places tbat are not adapted to clover and other glasses, as they are not only oertain but grow and matnre in a yery short time. As renovating crops-they are excel lent, for a large crop of millet or Hun garian grass turned under famishes a mass of green manure that never fails to restore the soil to its original feitility where it has not been cropped for gram too largely. Whenever the crop is in tended for green manure it should be seeded down thickly and cut before the heads form, first giving the standing crop a good dusting of lime on a damp day, ioliowing with a plow and chain. As both crops grow on very inferior sandy soil to a certain extent they afford a means of enriching the soil until it is fitted for other crops, bnt it is well to bear in mind tbat all green manure is more effectual when used in company with lime. If necessary, two crops can be grown and plowed under the same season, Rigid Cleanliness. “Do you claim any superiority for the canning over green vegetables?” was asked of a manufacturer of canned goods. “Yes,” in this way: We are now canning asparagus at the rate of 6.000 cans a day, and patting it up within three hours after pulling it ont of tiie ground. It is gathered in the early morning befoie sunrise, while the dew is still upon it. The same remark ap plies to tomatoes, of which we are pat ting np 42,000 cans daily at our factoiy at Morristewu. N. J., where a string of wagons a mile long is waiting every morning to receive the cans. The same holds good with peas, wnich are also gathered before the sun’s heat can get at them. If you buy similar vegetables green at a retail stole they are usually from one to three days old. They lose their freshness, whereas by our process they will remain fresh and sweet for three years.” “But what about the chemical action of the solder?” ‘ All our goods are now soldered on the outside by a new patent process by which it is impossible for the solder to touch the contents. Here, for example, is one of our new cans of the kind I refer to. You can see for yourself that it is as I say.” “Wuat is the secret of successful can ning?” “To destroy the germ of fermentation —that in all thatism it, apart from rigid Hoeing a Substitute fois Rain.— Hoeing aud the frequeut stirring of the surface of the soil are good substitutes for rain. Those parts of the garden that are most frequently cultivated show the best results. It is probable tbat com, watermelons, tomatoes, Lima beans and eabboge, and possibly other plants, if well started in good soil, may go through a two months’ drought with out very serious damage. A deep, well- manured soil suffers much less than a shallow soil. Subsoiling and manure are, to a certain extent, substitutes for rain. Moisture comes from below. Un derdrawing is also a safeguard against drought. The course of the drains In the garden cun easily. be marked in a dry season by the ranker growth of vegetation above them, -Irrigation in many parts of the North will pay. The soil, if well prepared, could use to good advantage twice the quantity of water it receives from rains during the dry months of summer. OiskbAL Porridge and CAkSs.— The two principal ways of cooking oatmeal are porridge and cake. The following is a good receipt for porridge. To three pints of boiling water add a level tea- spoonfHl of salt and a pint of ooarse meal, stirring while it is being slowly poured in; continne stirring until the meal is diffused through the water— about eight or ten minutes. Cover closely then and place it where it will simmer for ah boor; avoid stirring dar ing the whole of that time. Serve hot, with as little messing as possible (it best poured into plates) accompanied with milk, maple syrup or sugar and cream. To make oatmeal cake, place in a bowl a quart of meal, add to it i much cold water as will form it into soft, light dongb, cover it with a cloth fifteen minutes to allow it to swell, then dost the paste-board with meal, torn ont the dongh and give it a vigorous kneading. Cover it with the cloth few minutes, and proceed at once to roll it out to the eighth of an inch in thick ness; ent it in five pieces and partly cook them on a griddle, then finish them by toasting them in front of the fire. Mutton Hams.—As a change from too frequent pork, eggs- and poultry diet, mutton hams would be very desira ble. A sheep slaughtered occasionally would furnish suciffient fresh meat for a week’s consumption, without the legs and shoulders. These may be cured as hams and furnish a toothsome change of diet either sliced raw or lightly broiled over clear coals. To cure the hams, proceed as follows: the legs of fat sheep are cut into the shape of hams, and rubbed over with a mixture of equal parts of bay salt and brown sugar. They then remain twenty-four hours pickle is made as follows: Two pounds each of bay and common white salt, six ounces of saltpetre and one pound of brown sugar are boiled in four quarts of water, the liquid being skimmed as it boils; when the pickle is cold the hams are put into it and kept covered for two weeks. They are then taken ont, wiped dry, hung np, and smoked over a slow fire of damp wheat straw, The knuckles should be filled with brown sngar and tied over closely with pieces of bladder. The hams are then hnng np in a dry, cool place or packed in a close box or barrel in chaff or finely out straw. An improvement to pea sonp is made by adding a few leaves of mint and shred of onion to the parsley garnish. In Europe a dish is made of the boiled pods, and they are served as a vegeta ble, but a more delicate way is to turn them into sonp by boiling them until they can be strained turough a colander, then adding a little draw bntter, flour thickening, and milk just heated to scalding. The true votary of pea soup never wants it made from the peas; the pods have quite a different and better taste, and the peas are then served for the vegetable course or for the next day. A fancy dish of potatoes is made by pressing mashed potatoes through colander; let them lie lightly in the dish just as they fall, and then set them in the oven to brown. They should be well seasoned with bntter, pepper and salt before they are put through the colander. If yon like potatoes prepared in this way, it is a time saving invention to have a colander made for this purpose. Take an ordinary tin pan, and have holes punched in the bottom of the size you require; it will then take but a few minutes to prepare a large dish. The Agriculturist tells how to make a two-story milking stool that presents a number of conveniences. A board the width of an ordinary stool seat and twice the length forms the first floor and rests upon fonr stont legs. The two rear legs pass up through the long board and fnrnish t «o legs for a short' board above that forms the, seat, two front legs being placed iu the stool, cleat is placed on the front edge of the long board to keep the" pail, which is set on the front naif of the first floor, from falling off dnring the process of milking. This arrangement prevents any necessity for placing the pail on the ground and brings it nearer to the udder. Frequent cultivation is a good sub stitute jpr manure, bnt pays mnch bet ter with manure than without. This we have tried on garden crops,especial ly potatoes, cabbage, beans, onions and other root crops. An old saw has come down to ns Irom the fathers that he who would have early cabbage sprouts must hoe them every morning belore breakfast. We have tried this hi spring time for mornings enough to prove that it is not one of the old wives’ fables. In the early morning the dew is on, and this is charged with an available amount of ammonia, which, of course, feeds the roots below. If the surface is neglec ted a crust forms and the air floes not circulate m the soil It is often desirable to know which is the most profitable way to sell fowls— alive,dressed or both dressed and drawn. To find out weigh the fowl alive, then after it is dressed and again after being drawn. Record the weight in each case, and ’.hen a little figuring, with weight and market prices as basis, will soon tell the inquirer what he wants to know. Generally, we think, it will be found that selling alive pays about as well as to dress, particularly if the own er’s time is valuable and be is not an expert at picking. Those who buy and dress for market on a large s«ale are generally experts themselves at this work or have such “artists” in their employ. The quantity of food needed by stock varies even among animals of the same age and breed, and it necessarily varies to a greater extent amc-ng animals of different breeds. Upon this subject a farmer in England says it is sufficiently correct to reckon on a sheep consuming twenty, eight pounds of green food, an ox or cow 150 pounds, a calf forty pounds and a yearling eighty pounds daily. At this rate an ox or cow con sumes as much as five sheep. The lat ter will require 10,220 pounds, or nearly five tons apiece, the lormer 54,750 pounds, or nearly twenty-five tons of green food, for its yearly maintenance. Let Mr. Talmage possess his soul in peace. If that Chicago preacher, Faw cett, has been stealing the Brooklyn divine’s sermons ha can’t keep it np. Let him go to preaching Brother Tal- mage’s sermon’s and first he knows he’ll pat his darned back ont of joint. Grain Drill.—An Ohio man has in vented a grain drill which sows the grain upon the surface of the prepared ground in a row six inches broad and covers it by shovels which throw the surface soil over it, leaving an open furrow between the rows of wheat. drill tubes are one foot apart,, so that . half the land ia occupied with grata and half with furrows between. Sally Lunn.—Three eggs, one pint of sweet milk, salt, two tablespoonfuls of lard or bntter (or one tablespoohfol of each) melted, three pints of flour, half a pint of itop yeast Separate the yolks and whites of the eggs and beat them very light. Add the milk to the yolks, then the Balt and flower and whites. Stir in the yeast and beat all together until very light Bn’ter large ‘ ‘Turk’s head” or two small ones, poor in the batter and let it rise three hoars in this weather. Bake an hour or longer in £ moderate oven and serve it hot Strawberry Sponge Cake.—Make a custard of one quart of mtik, a cup of sugar and the yolks of four eggs. Fla vor when cold. Slice one stale sponge cake and cover the bottom of a glass dish with it, moisten the cake with the costard, over this spread a layer of ripe strawberries, then another* layer of sponge cake, and again a layer of straw berries; sprinkle the fruit with powdered sngar, beat the whites of the eggs stiff, whip into the eggs some strawberry juice well sweetened, spread the merin gue smoothly on top and ornament with bright scarlet berries. If onions which are to be boiled are put in salted water after they are peeled, and are allowed to remain in it for an hour before they are cooked, they will lose so much of tlieir distinctive flavor that they wili rarely remind one hours after of what he had for dinner. On ions that are to be eaten raw may be treated in the same way. Both onions and cabbage should have the first water poured off after they have cooked fifteen minutes and renewed from the boiling tea-kettle. A wateb ice, to be served in glasses. One cup of loaf sugar with the juice of six lemons squeezed over it, half a pint of water, and a syrup made by boiling three-quarters of a pound of sugar in a little less than a pint of. water; let this stand in a large earthen jar or dish for an hour and a half, then mix the lemon, Ac., with it, strain it and freeze. If yon wish to maxe this a pretty dish as well as pleasing to the taste, add the whites of eggs beaten to a froth with powdered sugar mixed with them; put this on top of each glass. Worth Trying.—If green peas are shelled and then put in dry, open- mouthed bottles, and are shaken togeth er so as to occupy as little space as pos sible, then are tightly corked and are sealed, it is said that' they will keep three or four months. They must, how ever, he boned in dry earth in the cellar. Strawberry Crusts.—A box of straw berries and a dozen buns. Split and butter some small round buns; let them get hot in the ovea. Braise the straw berries slightly so that the jnice will ran; strew powdered sngar on them, pour over the bnns while hot, and let them stand in a glass or china dish until cold, before serving. HUMOROtm. “When I was a sthdeot, said ft dis tinguished professor of medicine, thought I had a remedy for neatly every disease. At present I only wish I po-sessed a sure one for a single mala dy.” There is one thing, however, that has been,,settled conclusively by the experience?.of the medical fraternity. Wearing^* red piece of woolen yam about the neck is good for nose bleed, and considering that so mnch has been learned in so. few thousand years, doc tors should not be discouraged. ."fit JoriS. there goet the last boit I” - said BfoWn, of Oakland aa he reached the ferry the otner evening, after a little racket at "the lodge.” “Afcthe better,” said Bulks. ‘We’ll have wme more circus, and we won’t go home till morning.” '■Yes—that’s all very fine,” replied Brown, uneasily; “bnt yon haven’t got a wife to encounter when you go home. I tell yon its a scold day when I get left!” The Little Model Republic. Valparaso, Chili —Senor Rcardo Stuven, a leading commission merchant of this city, after having exhausted all other remedies has been completely cored of rheumatism by the use of St. Jacob's Oil, the great pain-bamsher. He makes this public. A California man, ooming home in the night recently, stumbled over some thing fnny m the hall. With rare pres ence of mind he did not give the alaim, bnt crept ronnd the animal which he judged to be a bear, got his shot gnn and fired both barrels into the beast. That awoke his wife and gave her hys terics, and when he got a light and took account of results, he found he had shot his bearskin coat all to pieces. “No, my son, a knowledge of history isn’t necessary to a man’s shining in conversation. All that is requisite is a glib tongue reinforced by copious cheek. Talk away as fast as yon like; the faster the better. Not one person in a hun dred will know whether yon are right or not.” %* “Skill and patience succeed where force fails.” The quiet skill and patient research which brought forth Kidney-Wort illustrates the truth of the fable. Its grand success everywhere is admitted. Disease never comes to us without a cause. Ask any good physician the reason and he will tell you something interferes with the work ing of the great organs. Kidney-Wort ena bles them to overcome all obstructions and preserves perfect health. Try a box or bottle at once. JS?“Faded articles of all kinds restored to their original beauty by Diamond Dyes. Ferfect and simple. 10 cents, at all drug gists. A cat has nine lives.” Bnt even that doesn’t enable yon to comprehend how you can hear her, or him, as the case may be. spit and squall, and jtsll in fifteen different places on fonr shed roofs and two fences at tbe same time. Alas, how weak and vain a thing is science after alL His bools want half soleing and heel ing, be is ont of tooth powder, liis um brella looks like an enlarged window ventilator, he lives iu lodgings, and he is running short of coal—and the girl, whose heart in cod junction with his, beats as one, will send him a green vel vet smoking cap embroidered with pink chenille. And he does not smoke. BcmkiEied Again. I saw so mnch said about tbe merits of Hop Bitters, and my wife who was always doctoring, and never well, teased me so ur gently to get her some, 1 concluded to be humbugged again; and I am glad I did,for In less than two months’ use of the Bitters, my wife was cured, and she has remained so for eighteen months since. 1 like such humbugging.—H. T., St. Paul.—“Pio neer Press.” “My name liam’t Wiggins, nor it hain’t Vennor. My name is Smithers— John Smithers, if yon please, and I hain’t mnch on predicting the weather, bnt when 1 go home without any meat for breakfast and Mrs. Smithers finds it ont, I can reckon on an old north easter every time.” %* “Middle measures are often but mid dling measures.’’ There are no “mid dlings” about K’djey Wort. It is the most thoroughly refined “flower” of medi cine. It knows no half-way measures, but radically uproots all diseases of the kidneys, liver and bowels. It overthrows piles, abolishes constipation and treat* the system so gently.and soothingly as to prove its trne kinship to nature In all its praises. It is prepared in both liquid and dry form. fl^The Diamond Dyes always do more than they claim to uo. Color over that cld dress. It will look like new. Only 10 cents. Dr. Porter, of Yale College, says that Professor Tyndall, as a metaphysi cian, is “a fatalistic revolutionist, with a dash of imaginative optimism,” and that as a theologian he is “a sentimen tal atheist or an imaginative agnostic. Anyone who has looked at Tyndall’s portrait in the newspapers must have at once concluded that he is one of those things. The way he wears his necktie tells that plainly enough. Kalamazoo, Mich., Feb. 2d, 1880. I know Hop Bitters will bear recom mendation honestly. All who use them confer upon them the highest encomiums, and give them credit for making cores— all the proprietors claim for them. I have kept them since they were first offered to the public. They took high rank from the first, and maintained it, and are more called for than all others combined. So long as they keep np their high reputation for parity and usefulness, I shall continne to recommend them—something I have never before done with any other patent medicine. J. J. BABCOCK, M. D. Asbestos Paint.—It may be men tioned that the fire-resisting properties of asbestos may be communicated to or dinary paint. Paint mixed with asbes tos liquid is, we understand, largely used in this country for several purpos es, such as coating wood exposed to heat. Three coats will render wood fire-proof, and it is found especially serviceable in hot climates, where wooden houses are general, to serve a preventive against fire and as a non-conductor to keep the house cool. * A Druggist's Story. Mr. Isaac C. Chapman, Druggist, Newbury, N. Y.. writes us: “I have for the past ten years Bold several gross of Dr. William Hall’s Balsam for the Longs. I can say of it wh »t I cannot say of any other medicine. I have recommended it in a great many cises ef Whooping Cough with the happiest effects. I have used it in my own family formany years. Heary'a CarbsUr Salve Is the Beet Salve for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcere, Salt Rheum, Tetter. Chapped Hands Chilblains. Corns and all kinds of Skin Eruptions, Freckles and Pimplee. Get Henry’s Carbolic Salve, as all others are counterfeits. Price 25 c ts. Dr, C. C. Abbott has kept a careful record, extending over twenty years, regarding the building of winter houses by muskrats, the storing of nnts by squirrels and other habits of these and other mammals, and lias found that the habils referred to, or their omissions,in certain autumns, bear no relation to the character of the coming winter. ttieVe ifl a paragraph which lacks con- firmatibii. going the rounds, to the ef fect that John Pearson, a trembling old man, who has been a resident of Fort Smith, Ark.,for forty-three years,claims to have been the actual inventor of the revolver patented by Colt. He says that in 1834, while he was working in Baltimore with a gunsmith named Bax* ter, Col. Colt nired him to make expe riments, which resulted in the perfected revolver, wtth six charges in the cylin der and one barrel. Pearson never re ceived any reward for his invention. The big story may be the invention for which no reward has been received. Consumption Core. Dr. R. V. Pierce: Dear Sir—Death was hourly expected by myself and friends. My physicians pronounced my Hiwtw con sumption, and said I must die. I began taking your “Discovery” and “Pellets." I have used nine bottles and am wonderfully relieved. I am now able to ride out. ELIZABETH THOBNTON, Montongo, Steel belting is, »coording to report, now being made in Germany. The Delta are made exclusively of steel wire, and are so constructed that they are flexible easily fastened and may be tightened at pleasure. The pulley upon which the belting runs must be covered w th leath er or other suitable material for semir ing the necessary amount of adhesion. The belting is well adapted for heavy work, it is claimed, and is not affected by dampness or a change of temperature as leather is. Our Progress. As stages are quickly-abandoned with the completion of railroads, so the huge, dras tic, cathartic pills, composed of crude and bulky medicines, are quickly abandoned with the introduction of Dr. Pierce’s “Pleasant Purgative Pellets,” which art sugar-coated, aud little larger than mustard seeds, but composed of highly concentrated vegetable extracts. By druggists. Never set steam packing,cotton waste tops of oil caps, or anything tbat is to be nsed around the cylinder, valve, pis ton-rod or bearings of steam engines,on the floor,as they will invariably piek np sand or grit, which injures the rubbing and revolving surfaces with which it comes in contact. What Coaches Have Insider Fori aauaum tta The **€>0111011 Bloom of Youth” may he retained by using Dr. Pierce’s “Favorite Prescription,” a specific for “female complaints.” By druggists. If you want your trees to thrive, cul tivate well till they are from seven to ten years old. Spread ashes, manure or salt broadcast. Stop cultivating in Au gust, weeds or no weeds. “Ronah on Conn.' Ask for Wells’ “Rough on Corns.” 15c. Quick, complete, permanent cure. Corns,warts, bunions. Hen’s Milk.—Beat up two yolks of fresh eggs with cne ounce of powdered sugar aud enough orange-flower water to turn the yolks white; then stir iu a cup of boiling water and serve immedi ately. When your wife’s health Is bad, when yonr chil dren are sickly, when yon feel worn ont, use Brown’s Iron Bitters. A Montreal clergyman, in seeking to discover why his church was not swept and dusted, learned that the woman whose work it had been had died of starvation. Poor woman ? It is supposed a church donation party got into her house in mistake for the clergy man’s. Pill or the Fathers. ,5° dia - 0 ' ,er 5\ no agents ,n India or monn- V,!! 11,00 1 m collect ingie-bents, no 7ih MOn*>f a ,ih son has worn oat his life in research no Indian disclosed it, no miracle revealed it. Bat It isthe oldest and best known liver medicine : tt w-™ auunu liver memcme l.i existence, and bem« used by the celebrated monks M,Hi'^, Beruanl t. ,>ei:H ' ue 0411(511 *>y their name. “>e ancients The following explains lhe difference j md^Ji^aniTo^mlS’m pnruTthe Hi. Plhanto rhaiioo. ..... ‘ . llUC between ’’luck” and “chance.” Yon wood, clean-e the liver. siomachTooweil!k'dnevs take a girl out to the theatre and W“ ever equalled .-;:. £er,lards 'regulable - ruis. ah druggists ted them. discover that you haven't a cent in your pocket. You are, of course, compelled to invite her to an oyster saloon after the performance. She refuses for some reason; that’s “Jack,” but the “chance 1 is a million to one that she will accept. Walk More and Sleep Soundly. Mr. .John W. Cole, Principal of the Gale School, Troy, N. Y., writes us: “Trot, N. Y., April 7,18S3. Having been afflicted for several years part with illness, the cause of which was unknown to for a long time, and my continued disability getting to be of so serious and distressing a char acter as to cause great anxiety with my family and friends, I became Satisfied upon close investigation that tne cause of my sickness was the diseased con dition of my kidneys and liver. At this time by ac cident a friend, who had similar symptoms to mine informed me of the great improvement in his health by taking Hunt’s Remedy, and persuaded me to try it. I immediately commenced taking it, and from the first bottle began to improve, and its continued use affords very encouraging results. ^ can sleep soundly,walk better, am free from paip^ and the severe attacks of headache from which. I suffered so much have disappeared, and I cheer fully recommend Hunt’s Remedy for all purposes which it is advertised. I will add m closing that my wife has used it very successfully for pre venting the attacks of sick headache with whieb she had been afflicted from youth.” Almost Disheartened. A prominent citizen sends ns the following state ment: For several years I haveT>een very seriously af flicted with a severe pain in my back, which I long supposed to be lumbago or rheumatism of tie back. More recently the pains had become severe, so much so that it was with difficulty that was able to get ont of bed in the morning: I had tried various remedies without any apparent relief. By the earnest solicitation of a friend I commenced Hunt's Remedy, about three weeks ago, and its b stantaneous benefits are wonderful, for I have hid pains in my back since taking three doses; atd am relieved from the pains, aches and exhaustive weakness, the painful symptoms that usually ac company disease of the kidneys. And I confident- expect to be completely and permanetly cured the use of it I most cheerfully recommend Hunt’s Remedy to all who are afflicted with any kidney or liver disease. WILLIAM G. ARNOLD, Walnut Street, Providence, R. I. March 29,13S3. Traces of a human being have been found in Nevada showing the length the foot to be eighteen inches and the width eight inches. If Chicago moth ers don't keep their daughters at home, instead of letting them wander around Nevada, they will get tbe scientific world into a worse mess than the Cardiff Giant did. So far as can be learned at this writ ing not a single clergyman in Detroit was presented with a pen-wiper or a cane cut in Jerusalem. The crushed strawberry on the table cloth, can be removed by spreading that part of the cloth tight over the top of a bowl and pouring boiling water over it until it disappears. Water is sometimes used to cool a circular saw it also enables a saw to work in a smaller kerf, thus saving pow er; and it also acts as a partial lubrica tor. It shonld be directed in jets on each side of the saw near the centre. Its use, however, should be avoided in cold freezing weather. Allowing the saw shaft to play endwise is one of the most effectual means of keeping the saw cool. When the timber springs against the saw, tending to heat it at the oertre, the end play of the shaft allows the oentre ot the saw to yield; at the seme time the-guide puts at its pe- i it in line, and the friction ‘ and liafcflifljte heat A great deal has been said about sleepy congregations, but we never saw one that was not wide awake enough to hear the “Amen” at the end of the ser mon. “I hate to think of you as a dead beat,” observed a creditor the other day after vainly dunning a citizen who owed him a small bill. “Oli, as to that, don't hesitate a mo ment, sir!” was the reply. “If you only knew what I thought of you, you wouldn't have the least hesitation in letting yourself loose!” What is beautiful? Why, Carboline, deodorized extract of petroleum, as now improved and perfected. Clear as spring water, delightfully perfumed and will not •pil the finest linen fabric—a perfect toilet preparation aud absolutely makes the grow on bald heads. Recently two immense anvil blocks have been cast in {Scotland. One of these contained 170 tons of metal, and the second, which was cast a few days since, contained about 165 tons of met al. Both are intended for nse with 12- ton steam hammers. The last of these blocks is in two pieces, one of which,al ly cast, weighs about 140 tons. The manufacturer of these anvil blocks is Mr. William Ireland, of Manchester, England. Mr. Ireland has cast a large number of huge blocks of this kind, tbe heaviest weighing 250 tons. Frazer Axle Grease. One greasing lasts two weeks; all others two or three days. Do not be mposed on by tbe humbug stuffs offered. 4 sky our dealer far Fra ser’s, with label on. £aves your horse labor and you too. It received first medal at the Centen nial and Paris Expositions, bold everywhere. A life spent nobly should be meas ured by a nobler line—deeds, not years, To-MORBOwis not elastic enough in which to press the neglected duties of to day. Gmstnne. This preparation, compounded from the formula of a celebrated physician, is highly r» commended to ladies who suffer from un pleasant feelings after eating. Druggists. Beal glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves. The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer is the marvel of the age tor all nerve diseases. All fits stopped free. Send to Wi Arch Street, Philadelphia. Pa They who forgive most shall be most forgiven. Ladies and childien's boots and shoes cannot run over if Lyon’s Patent Heel 8tiffenen are used Without earnestness no man is great or ever did great thingm. Worn to a Shadow. Flesh, muscle and mind alike deteriorate when the stomach laltera In its duty, and the bowels do ■ot perform their parts as scavengers of tne sys tem regularly and naturally. In chronic dyspep sia the body is usually emacated, the muscular 1 bre loose and flabby, an I the brain Incapable of prolonged or vigorous exertion. Every organ, every member, even the immortal mind iteeft, is to a certain exrent dependent upon the stomach for support, Strengthen and regulate this feeder of tbe system with Hostetteris Stomach B tiers, when it fads to perform ns functions properly. A good appetite, an Increased flow of the gastric Juice, and perfect durestlon and assimilation will assuredly be toe result. The manner m which the great tonic and alterative effects a cure of djsueo- ■ia !■ itiroflt anal almnla Tr - jTlI* Urn is direct and simple. It stioiauta tfee dige' tire organs, demure without coorelsuur the row- ele, regulates the How of hue — • • In oaly MM wittKMt than ig trimad- Emory’s Little Cathartic Pill—best made for Liver Complaint aud Biliousness Tasteless, harmless, infallible. 15c. Diboontbnt is the want of self-reH- ance; it is infirmity of will. Catarrh of th. Bladder. Stinging irritation, lnlMmmetkm, all Kidney and Jruurr comnleiets. cored hr .rimihumii." si Urinary Complaints, cured by “Buchu-pmiba.” |L Ink Is the black sea on which thought rides at Anchor. For sore feet, swollen joints, sprains, corns or bunions, use St. Patrick’s Salve. Growth of the Great West. One best realizes the immensity of the em igration into the West and Northwest, when he views it from Chicago, which may be said to be the gate city through which the human t de of travel pours. Stauding in one of the great depots of the Garden City, notably in that of The Great Bock Island Route, and viewing the crowded irains departing for Kansas City, Leavenworth, Atchinson, Council Bluffs, Minneapolis and St. Paul, the thought pre dominates that the West must be. and is filling up so rapidly as to preclude the idea of virgin lands being obtained in the near future. The Rock Island sends out six through trains daily, all of which are large ly filled by people who are intent upon founding new homes. This great line of railway may fairly he feaid to reach directly, or by immediate con nections all points between the great lakes and the Pacific; and Chicago and The consummate achievement 6f Rew York Anglomania is doubtless the hunting of the anise-seed bag over the gentle undu lations of Long Island, but next to that is the dnring of four in hands before English coaches and riding thereon np into West chester or through the Central Park. This noble feat was performed Saturday by a choice selection of Anglophuists known as the Coaching Club. Eleven coaches, to borrow the language of an enthusiastic witness, “unwound like a bright nbbon from the green centre of Madison Siyiare and went rolling np Filth avenue to the park.” The coaches—yellow body and red under-carriage, claret body and canary under carriage, or what not else—were glorious with new paint; the harness splendid with polished plate. The “gen tlemen drivers’’ wore the uniform of the club—dark green coats with gold buttons, .yellow-striped waistcoats, drab trousers and tall white bats—and must have looked like tbe Pickwick Club on their travels— and as they were exceedingly English, that was well. There, was Colonel William Jay and William K. Vanderbilt, Roosevelt and Sturgis, Lorillard and Havemeyer, Parker and Bronson, Kane, Newbold and Kernochan, and wives and fair friends of theirs; six persons to a coach, and all of them seated on top. The coaches were, as a reporter observes, “jiedestals of visions of shimmering satins and flowers and pleas ing figures”—only that and nothing more, so far as it appears. The horns were tooted with science, the horses pranced and Colonel Jay “unreefed his whip arm” at live o'clock. It was a glorious sight, and crowds gathered to see it; thousands that hadn't a dollar in tne world to spend for fnn looked on and glorified the show. It was really one of the circuses that an aristocracy are always bound to provide to accompany the “distressful breed” of the lower classes. The common people in the park admired to the full, be sure, the * gen tlemen” in livery and the gay silks and satins and flowers and faces Behind them. When the parade was over and the noble beings drew up their equipages before the Brunswick to refresh their higher appe tites at a table shaped like a wiffletree, it was then discovered what the inside ot the coaches were for. Ladders were drawn thence, whereby the ladies might descend from their lofty seats with decorum. Be fore this age it has been a mystery. Oysters.—The oyster-growers on the coast of France have discovered that oyster shells which are thrown back into the sea produce thirty or fortv-iold in two years. The theory is that the young oysters attach themselves to the old shells in preference to any other ob ject on the bed of the sea. THE GREAT CEftMAII REMEDY FOB PAIN. Relieves and cures RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, backache; HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE SORE THROAT, QUINSY, SWELLINGS, SPRAINS, O Soreness, Cuts, Braises, FROSTBITES, BURNS, SCALDS, And all other bodily aches and pains. FIFTY CENTS A BOTTLE. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers. Directions In 11 languages. The Charles A. Vogeler Co. iSuocrsaere to A. VOGELER ft CO.) Baltimore. a<U C. A ft. KIDNEY-WORT IS A SURE CURE tor all diseases of the Kidiseirs and LIVER It has specific action on this most important organ, enabling it to throw off torpidity and <naaHnn | aHwinlaHng thn healthy BeCTfttion of the Bile, and by keeping the bowels in free opndjtim, effecting its regular discharge. |y|0|0^|«| If ycra areBuffering from Wort wUl sorely reHfcve and quickly In the Spring to clean so the System, every one should take a thorough course of it. 41- SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. Price SI. KIDNEY-WORT VALUABLE TRUTHS. “If you are suffering from poor health 4 or languishing on a bid of sickness, take ‘cheer, for Hop Bitters will cure yon. 44 If you are simply ailing, if you feel ‘weak and dispirited, without clearly 4 knnwinor vhv 4 knowing why, Hop Bitters will Berive you. “If you are a Minister, and have over taxed yourself with your pastoral duties, 4 or a Mo. her, worn out with care and work, Hop Bitters will Bestore you. 44 If you are a man of business or laborer 4 weakened by the strain of your every-dav • duties, or a man of letters, toiling over your midnight work, Hop Bitters will Strengthen you. “If you are suffering from over easing, 4 or drinking, anv uid scretion or dissipa- ‘ tion, or are young aud growing too fast, 4 as is often the case, Hop Bitters will Believe you. 44 If you are m the workshop, on the •farm, at the desk, anywhere, and feel 4 that your system needs fleausing, toning, * nr Mt.millfltintr \vlfhnnt. intrivw-at nev VECt ILLS The pills are warranted to be PURELY vege table, free from all mineral aud other poisonous substances. They are a certain cure for Consti pation, Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Biliousness. Torpid Liver, Loss of Appetite, and all diseases arising from the emulating, without intoxicat.ng, Hop Bitters is what yon need. “If you are old, and your blood tnin and ‘impure, pulse feeble, your nerves un- 4 steady, and yonr faeu.ties waning. Hop Bitters will give yon new Life and Vigor. “HOP BITTERS is an elegant, healthy, ‘and refresh ng flavoring for sick room ‘drinks, impure water, etc., rendering * them harmless, and sweetening the ‘ mouth, and cleansing the stomacn.” I.iver, Stomach. Bowels or Kidneys. They remove all obstructions from tbe channels of the system and purify the blood, thereby im parting heaith, strength and vigor. Sold by drug gists, or sent by mail for 25 cents in stamps by P. NEUSTAEDTEB & CO., 83 Mercer St., New York, Send for circular. KIDNEY-WORT the British possessions in the North! It tickets directly to all important points, and car ies all classes of passenge.s on most commodious and comfortable cars, There fore travelers or emigrants wanting to go "West, can do no better than to take the Great Bock island Boute. A Cleveland plumber gees to sleep occasionally for sixty-five hours, during which time it is impossible to wake him. This is a terrible warning. We suppose the mental exertion of making his bills snfficien ly heavy was too mnch for his equilibrium. Don’t Die in the House. “Rough on Rats.” Clears out rats,mice,roaches, bedbugs,flies,anta.mole8,chipmunk8,gophera. 15c. iTmust be a trying moment for a minister of tbe gospel who has just set tled under a $1 500 “call,” to receive another snmmons for $2,000 or $3,000. If he is worldly-minded the situation will be exasperating. Wolfesville, N. C.—Dr. I. C. McLaughlin “ays: 4 I used Brown’s Iron Bitters for veriigoaud I now feel like a new man.” Among tlia Busy Glovers. When we are studying and panning excellence, we ate ensuring durability. LKSaVtoFia£ITSSSi 2 £ ubucati thought la a flower < A writer from Gloverville, New York., gays the great bulk of the orders for back and all winter gloves are given before tbe first of May. Samples and staple stocks are made up during January, and Febru ary and March bring some cf the heaviest buyers. Tbese, like all succeeding buyers, are welcomed by the host of manufactur ers, all, naturally, anxious and foolishly determined to sell at any prices. The jobber knows this and holds off, talking ‘dull trade,” “blue outlook,’' and msinn atmg that goods will be and are being offered low. He uses all hi* craft to cause discouragement and to stir up the compe titive spirit until a break in price* is caused, wben he buys not hair the goods he would had the market held firm, because he is fearful that the market will get still weak er. JSach succeeding buyer adds to tbe panic until not only is the manufacturer's profit rained, but the jobbets m their turn are afraid of the weakness they themselves have made in tbe market, m consequence ot deferring the greater part of their pur chases till iste, often as late as midsom- This appears to have been the con- diticn of things for the past and present yean. The extensive seventy and iength of last winter most, and did, clean ont the not heavy stock that was prepared for it; therefore a booming, trade was expected early in this season, bat it did not come, and although a large amount of orders have been quietly placed later, they were taken at very close margins All this is appa rently, and is admitted by all the manu facturers to be, the result of the causes-here given. Nearly all the gloves and mittens used North America are made here, and must be made here; therefore, the business can and should he controlled here. Instead of competencies made in this business being rare exceptions, fortunes should be the rale. As it is, enough goods to snpplv the demand that must come, remain unsold, and a boom is confidently expected by oar most competent judges. Bat little prepa ration, however, is being made for this late trade so confidently expected. Instead of stocks of staple goods being got ready, our manufacturers are neglecting to get ahead of their orders. In tbe past they have filled their shops with unsold goods, ready lor U>e fall trade. Are they not now going to the other extreme, l. e., working too FOR THE PERMANENT CURE OF CONSTIPATION. — No other disease Is so prevalent in this eotm- try as Constipation, and no remedy haa equalled tho celebrated Kidney-Wort core. Whatever the ooosc, however obetinate the ease, this remedy will overcome It. • Dll CQ TITIS distressing com- • "■■•■■wo plaint is very apt te be complicated with constipation. Kidney-Wort strengthens the weakened parts and quickly cures all kinds of Piles even when physicians gy-d medicines have before failed. 43- t3Hf you have either of these troubles USE Cleanse, Purify and Enrich the Blood with Hop Bitters, HOP BITTERS is an Elegan', Pleasant, an 1 Refreshing Flavoring for Sick-room Drinks, and Impure Water render ing them harmless, sweetening u.e mouth, and cleansing the stomach. F0PF I BY RETURN MAIL—A lull a. mCC I Moody’s Nkw Tailok System of Daw Cutting. D. W. Moody &C«. 31 W. »th. Ciuciuoati.O. Worms KIDNEY-WORT Remember Tblh. If you are sick Hop Bitters will surely aid Nar ture in making yon well when all else fails. If you are costive or dyspeptic, or are suffering from any other of the numerous diseases of the stomach or bowels, it is your own fault if y?u re main ill, for Hop Bitters aie a sovereign remedy in all such complaints. If you are wasting away with any form of Kid ney disease, stop tempting Death this moment, and turn for a core to Hop Bitters. If yon are sick with that terrible sickness Nerv ousness, yon will find a “Balm in Gilead” in the nse of Hop Bitters. If vou are a frequenter, or a resident of a mias matic district, barricade your system against the scourge of all countries—malanai, epidemic, bil ious, and intermittent fevers—by the use of Hop In the human body ERADICATED CLARK’S WORM ~ INFALLIBLE WVVIim An old-time reinedv. Knfe and cflectn. slistoftcti—. Price 2d cento a bottle. BHPOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISi^ MORPHINE HABIT. br. M THE BEST IS CHEAPEST.** ENGINES, TURPCIJCDC SAW-ULLS, Bone Posen IFjntOnCIIO I Suited to all sections.) WriteforFBEE Ulan. Pamphlet — - - ----- d d .(5hkL •nd Prices to The Aultman & Taylor Co.. Mansfield. Ohio, WORK SENT BY MAIL. Lm lies and young men ™ can enrn good par at home. No can racing-. Ad dress with stamp, P. O. Box 252, Unionvilie. Conn. T7IN IV M’f wnoleau j consumers. No machine > t tching. \FJL DRUMMER’ f 9 HUSBAND S . 10 OTS ; I’M IN LOVE ft L LEE, BOX 89 PITTSBURG s wanted lor Gat ly GATELY. 72 Pearl Str.et. Boston. Highest te rns. M. DBS. J. N. & J. B. H0BENSACK. THOSE AFFLICTED WITH THE EFFECTS OF -SELF-ABUSE AND MEUCURIAUZATION Mould not best tote to consult J. N. and J. B. HO- BENSACK, of 206 North Second street, Philadel phia, euner by mail or bt person, during the hoora from 8 A. M. to 2 P. M., and 6 to 9 P. M. Advice free. Whosoever would know his condt- I Send for the <i Bitters. If yon have rough, pimply, or sallow skin, bad breath, pains and aches, an<’ — ath, pains and aches, and feel miserable gene- ly, Hop Bitters will give you fair skin, rich rally. Hop Bitters will give you fair siting rich blood, and sheerest breath, health, and comfort. In short they cure a:l Diseases of the stomach. Bowels, Blood, Liver, Nerves, Kidneys, Bright’s Disease. $500 will be paid for a case they will not Tnat poor, bedridden, invalid wife, sister, mother, or daughter, can be made the picture of health, by a few bottles of Hop Bitters, costing bat a trifle. Will vou let them suffer 7 ABUtm mf Beauty haj*7 Ferewea. DR. T. FLUX GOUBAUD'S Oriental Cream, or Magical Beantito. FREE Perfect Health. H.H.Box 104 BufffloJf.Y. YOUNG KFI ? you want to become JELE- lUUnu mClf GKAlH OPERATORS, and be guaranteed employment, address P. W. re aM Ada,0 “CULLEN’S ANTISEPTIC,” counteracts tbe offensive odors of the feet and body, aemov*a pimples, aesnaares chafes and inflamed feet! and makes arou«rh sUn as smooth a-> velvet. If not found w.th your Druwrist, enclose one Dollar In a self, •ddreseed envelope (either in moeny order or leda tered letter) and we win forwsr.i von a package by maiL AddreaflL J. A. CULLEN A CfeT&aS. —Va, lend for circular. 1 STOPPED FREE Marvelous success. 11man. Parsons R.stored |Dr.KLIHB’SSftSftT NERVERE8TOHER r all BKAIN & NntVK DlSKASES- Only sure ire for Nerve jiffectiens. Fits, Epilepsy, etc. ■ infallible if taken as directed. No Fits after \first day's use. Treatise and $3 trial bottle free to ■ Fit patients, they paying express charges on box when I rereived. Send names. P. O. and express address of J afflicted to Dk.KLINE.qii Arch St.Philadelphia.Pa. • Druggists. BEWARE OF IMITATING FRAUDS. W tn S20 tor tor “ “O”*- Sample worts 1U Address STDUQK* Cot Portland, Maine. gr-L. Krona, mid to. lady of thoutreSL^ PH Ment:)—-A.JOO l*Hm will woo Ram, I rencauMnd ’Oowread’o Oreom’ Mthakrot barminl of an tho BUn •reauitlnM.* fMa lsfitla iHI Isd *!■ the —’ S=Ers2S£iHMs MwwM.BT.GOC . NSttJNIK All (Ut FAILS. . I Bsst Cough SyTUp. Twite, good. I Use in time. Sold by druggists. I LUisWIhU ^ J - B- Mayer. Main Office Flula.. Pa.. Advice free, etampe for re- p fr- Will be at firanch Office* these days afeftch rnr upose, Fort Wayne. Ind. 9th and 10th T Commer cial Hotel. Chicago, lith, 13th and 13th. Pop Ton, Madam, Whoso Complexion betrays » tompli some humiliating imperfec- C 2i.“A !, iP* n ™* ,< ' 0 h“ 0I .I f <w»rk,5J. Term. •40. Positions for graduates. Write for circular* • AS cent. Katioxu. Bow Co Ptdtedg. Bo. OPIUM m«* uaMicereifaiH -- -- —ipa NepaytUlCBceA Dm. J. etTMPHKNh. LebflBOB. Ofeto ASS. c ^ f S5SSSa esutwusl, ia not preparing for a tWnanel of Um tost m eoaildentiy anticipated and teat - fate aspssMet reach** will surety core* tetetessi tion, whose mirror tells yon that yon are Tanned, Sallow and' disfigured in counte nance, dr have Eruptions, Redness, Roughness or un wholesome tints of Complex ion, we say use Hagan’s Mag nolia Balm. It is a delicate, harmless and delightful article, pro ducing the most natural and entrancing tints, the artifici ality of which no observer can detect, and which soon becomes nermanent if the