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Alt la the trlrafl Wo«U. b is the nativestlieinaelvcs that more •specially attract the strangers attention. There’t the head of die family prodigiously tall and ungainly—quite interesting objects they are,.too, with their thousand and one mental peculiarities. The children also, always a dozen or fifteen of them, ragged, sorrowful urchins, of all sizes and shapes. And the dogs—bless me, I came near for getting to mention the dogs—great they are in number, and so thin and bony it is little wonder that the greater portion of their existence is spent lying before the old fire-place, never changing their positions except when compelled to do so. A strik ing sense of willingness seems to over shadow the whole group as they squat about the fiingy room in all imaginable attitudes, each wrapped up in the narrow confines of his own little self and the quid of dogleal tobacco. Tobacco is their only solace—a home-made article it is, too, meanest and wildest stuff to be found any where in the land. The men chew it, the women chew it, the children chew it, and even the dogs chew it. It's chew, chew, spit, spit, spit, squirt, squirt, from morn ing all night, from night till morning, and if you are not cautious enough to get ofi at a safe distance you will be compelled to dodge numberless missiles of amber-colored juice that are shot about in every conceiv able direction, irrespective of persons or things. Sometimes their jaws become weary after a long term of serv'ces in the art of mastication; chewing requires too mnch exercise for their indolent natures to withstand. Something must be done to relieve these overworked members of the human organism, and the characteristic pipe is at once brought forth from its hiding place in the chimney. And such pipes, great, black, filthy things, strong enough to wreck the constitution of a Fifth ward politician. A man who can stand before one of these pipes when it is in full blast is proof against anything. Be would certainly need no life insurance. Corn bread and bacon constitute the bill of fare, and in the meagre compass of its life-sustaining qualities it combines all— and the only—delicacies of the season, never out of season. It’s corn bread and bacon for breakfast, corn bread and bacon for dinner, corn bread and bacon for sup per; that is ail the year round. To moral lze upon the ingredients of that corn bread would be quite as hazardous as to ar- tempt to solve the mysteries that cluster around that world-famous dish, Doarding house hash. I know it is a horrible mix ture of corn meal and water, but 1 am in nocent of anything else it may contain— utterly devoid of salt, saleratus or soda. This is poured into a email, rusty iron pot- half buried in the ashes where it bakes and dries until it becomes hard enough to knock a hole through a brick wall, pro vided the aforesaid wall isn’t more than ten feet thick. While the baking process is going on, the family squat about the fire place in languid lisllessness and fire random shots of tobacco juice at the fire. The bacon, too, is an article worthy of comment, inasmuch as it imparts a sort of flavor to the corn bread, and thereby ren ders it the more palatable. You first dis cover it in huge slabs of .fat, with little or no lean in its composition, and almost completely encrusted in the accumulated filth of weeks and months. One glance at it would make a health officer sick, but to eat ill ob, horrors! The corn bread being baked to the proper extent, is placed upon a stump outside the door to cool while the dogs form a circle round, lick then' chops in silent hunger, and bestow wistful glances upon the, to them, delicious mor sel. 811ces of bacon are then placed in the great iron pot where they sizzle and splutter until finally dissolved into a num ber of little dried up chips floating about uoon a miniature eea of slimy grease. This horrible mess—grease and all—in con junction with the corn bread, is eagerly devoured by these rapacious natives; and, on this meagre diet, strange to say, but nevertheless true, they manage somehow to keep the sands of life in motion. Truly, one-half of the world knows not how tne other half lives. AGRICULTURE. Medical Hints. The knees are apt to be affected by rheumatic pains, lameness and stiffness. The reason it is so often these joints in preierence is due to their greater expos ure. They are ofteu put directly moon the ground, in place of the feet, but without tho protection of boots. We use them in pushing gates and doors and to hold things, as a harness maker uses his vise. The knees are often tbe most exposed of all the joints; as in rid ing either in a saddle or vehicle, they are the first to get wet or cold. They are above the boots and below the coat. These joints should be protected, and when painful, should be rubbed vigor ously with hot water containing soda, then with a coarse towel, and lastly with three parts of fresh lard to one of oil of peppermint To avoid nightmare and dreams, sleep on the ri|.ht side—never on the back. Let the snpper come just five hours after dinner and lour hours before retiring, and let it be simple and light. Bat no vegetables or enred meats for snpper. If yon are still tronbled with dreams, take a little salt in water on retiring. And let those children who are very sleepy in ths morning do likewise—take ■upper at five o’clock and retire at eight; they will wake early and ieel rested. With dinner at twelve o’clock a child is very hungry at five, and if he eats his rapper then, he will have it digested enough by eight o’clook, so that he can sleep and get fully rested by morning. Bat if he is obliged to wait till six o’dook (which often means that the good hoosewife intends to have snpper at six and succeeds n six and a quarter, and the “menfoika” get ready at six and a half and finish at seven), he is very hungry and eats a great supper that makes him feel dull and heavy, he re three long before it ean be digested, and with sleep every activity of the body is slowed, and the stomach joins the Other muscular apparatus in taking a rest. Tbe poor andd u wakened with difficulty, and faek worse than before. Very fleshy people may lay aside some of their burden by avoiding the use of sugar, starch and fat, eating ever spar ingly of these. Vegetables growing un derground increase one’s weight Re member tbe fasts that have been un broken for days and weeks without harm. Lean meat will not increase obesity. A dropsical swelling may occur almost anywhere, and is to be distinguished by its smoothness, natural heat and color, and by the fact that, if firmly pressed upon by the thumb for ten secomte, it leaves the imprint of the thumb for a little time, gradually becoming smooth again, A bandage is useful, after gentle friction for • few minutes. Rest and quiet are dsefni. Bat tte cause should be detei mined by a competent person Among the common causes are leaking of the heart’s valves, thinness of the blood, which is sometimes watery, (in which case the patient is pale and ema ciated), and disease of the kidneys. The dropsy itself is not a disease, but the result of disease. The cases are nearly always mechanical; either there is too much pressure, or the circulating flnid is thin enough to escape through its tabes. The pressure on the veins of the ankle is mechanical—increased when one stands, diminished when one lies down. The heart pushes the blood in jets to the extremities, its return is in a steady stream. Veins have valves that hold the blood above them from settling back, away from the heart Muscular action posses the veins and relaxes them hy tuns, thus increasing the motion of the blood through the valves. Phosphates and Fotash.—Phosphate of lime is only one of the mineral fer tilizers upon which plants delight to feed, but which continual cropping, without returns, will soon exhaust Pot ash, upon which plants make large de mands, is another. Grass and potatoes may be called potash plants, because, containing a large per cent of this min eral. One hnndr.d parts of dry hay will leave, when burned, nine per cent nf ash, which the largest part is potash. Successive crops of grass must, there fore, exhanBt the land of this, its lead ing constituent, unless it is returned in some shape. Just what mineral fertil izers grass lands want in order to keep them in good productive condition may be learned from the following statement of that eminent scientist, Bonsinganlt: “Ten thousand pounds of good meadow hay contain 517 pourds of inorganic (mineral) matter, of which 130 pounds are potasb, soda, 10 pounds; lime, 107; magnesia, 13; oxide of iron, 5; sihcica, 189; sulphuric acid, 16,phospnoric acid, 32; and chlorine. 15. While many of these are found in almost inexhaustible quantity in all tillable land, potash, lime, sulphuric and phosphoric acids diminish rapidly under cultivation, un less returned m some way. It is a sui cidal policy, therefore, to neglect the application of these mineral fertilizers on land severely cropped. Nor has any fertilizer a more permanent effect on such land than wood, ashes—they con taining all the mineral constituents of plant food—and when accompanied with ammonia in some form make a per fect fertilizers. It is an old saying that * 'land never forgets ashes.” and such would seem to be the fact, when places on which coal-kilns have been burned have been known to have shown their fertilizing effects for more than half a century. h boh results obtained with various fertilizing substances,Professor Atwater has drawn the following conclusions: Corn needs little nitrogen hesides what it can draw from natural scarce 0 , while its yield is largely increased under the influence of mineral fertilizers—the most effective being tbose in which the chiet component is phosphoric acid or potash according to the soil and the season. Potatoes respond uniformly to ail the ingredients, and they are less able than corn to gather from natural sources. The same appears to be true for turnips. Not enough experiments ha/e been made with othtr crops to justify conclu sions concerning them. Practically, the largest average yield for all crops is se cured by the use of fei tiiizers containing all the essential elements of plant food. Used alone, nitrate of soda is rarely useful, sulphate ot lime frequently, mu riate of potasb very ulte i, and the su per-phosphates generally, Soils vary In their capacity for conveying food to crops, and careinl observation and ex periment are necessary to determine the needs of a oarticular soil. Value or Bees.—The great value of bees to agriculture has hitherto been entirely overlooked. A society of Sax ony lias collected some very important statistics npon this subject, which are now made public. The society controls seventeen thousaod hives, from each of which ten thousand bees fly oat daily. This makes a total of 170,000,000 bees, if it is supposed that each bee under takes but lour journeys per day, and that this takes place npon only one hun dred doys of the year, then an annual total of 68,000,000,000 bee journeys is obtained. At the lowest limit probable the society considers that fifty flower* are visited on each journey, and that five out of the fifty sre fertilized. This gives ~a grand total of 340.000,000 fertil ized flowers yer year. If the value ut fertilizing twenty thousand blossoms be one cent, then a value of $170,000 is re presented by the work done by the bees of this society,or a benefit to agriculture by each lnve of $10 per annum. Cattle and sheep should always have plenty of shade in the pasture. They like, when they have eaten enough, to lie down in a cool sbadn and take their comfoit, and if they can do so they will thrive much better. A few shane trees for tins purpose will pay well for any drain they may make on the fertility •>! the soil. If there are no trees it will pay to erect a cheap shed, even thongn it be but a rude structure of lonr posts set in the giound and a roof covered with brush wood or pine limbs. It should be open to the north always,and may be open on all sides if more con venient. Tne tffdct of a blazing sun on a cow’s back when lying down seems to be more marked than whiie she is leed- ing, and cannot fail to make tbe animal feverish, and thus injure both the flavor of the milk and its keeping quali ties. Plants.—Judicious c re ol the health of plants will promote your own. Mil dewed leaves, sodden oil, mouldy crocks will generate disease in your plants and yourself. In all manipula tions of leaf and soil, avoid' touching eye. Up, nostril,or any abradedtportions of the skin tiff the hands have been thoroughly cieansed. Belore bouquets are br*nght to the dmmg-table they should lor a moment be entiieiy immer sed in water, and never be so placed as to project over articles of food. Subtle genus of vegetation and insidious ova, eggs of obnoxious animat life are always present. Window ubnahent. —A pretty and easily-grown window plant may be ob tained in the following manner: Soak a round pieoe of coarse sponge in warm water until it is thoroughly expanded. After squeezing it about dry, place in tne openings millet, red clover and bai ley -grass seeds, lice and oats. Hang the sponge in a window where the son shines a part of tho day, and sprinkle it lightly with water evejy morning for a week. Soon tender leaves will shoot out, ana, growing rapidly, will form lorm a drooping msea of living green. If regularly sprinkled, it will later be dotted with tne blossoms of the clover. DOMESTIC. Fumigating Pastils.—For the pur pose of deodorizing a room In which there is an offensive smell oommgp cof fee berries and even rags and bn paper, if properly burned, will serve admirably. The amokefrom these sub stances not only neutralizes tbe odors but really acts as a disinfectant to slight extent. In burning coffee, paper or rags for this purpose care rnuat be taken to prevent them from burning too freely. If they burn with a free, bright flame the proper effect will not be pro duced. They should be allowed to smoulder quietly, and they do this best when they are thrown on hot coals or a hot shovel and set on fire. An excel lent substitute for pastils is heavy brown paper wtnch has been dipped in a solu tion of nitre and then dried. This barns freely without flame, and if it be dipped in a solution of benzoin, the odor is very pleasant. The best thing, however, is pastils. They are easily made as follows: 1. Paris Formula; Benzoin, two ounces; balsam of tola and yellow sandal wood, of each four drachms; nitre, two drachms; labdsnnm, two drachms; charcoal, six ounces. Reduce to powder, mix thoroughly and make into a stiff paste with gum trsga- canth. Form into small cones and dry them in the air. 2. Formula of Henry and Gmbonrt Powdered benzoin, six teen parts; balsam of tola and powdered sandal wood, each four parte; chaicoal powder, forty-eight puts; powdered tragacanth and labdannm, each one part, powdered nitre and gum arabie, each two parte; make into a paste with twelve parte cinnamon water, form into canes and dry. Panel Pictures.—Floral panels are mnch need for room decoration, some times suspended from mirrors, or pic tures, from a height, or Btanding like armorial shields at either side of a door or window. A pretty panel picture made with a trifling outlay, can be pro duced by taking a common slate. First paint in the background either some neutral tint or one shaded in color; those from dark brown to the lightest tint of that color are pretty and effect ive, using burnt umber and white. Be careful to shade it as gradually and evenly as possible. Flowers are the prettiest designs for panel pictures, a particular pretty one being composed of wheat beads, field daisies and wild roses. Poppies, wheat and bine corn flowers make another equally handsome, or golden rod and purple chrysanthe mums make a bright and effective pic ture; apple blossoms on one and pan sies on another also make good com panion pictures. The frames may be painted in some neutral tint or contrast ing color, or else simply gilded with liquid gold paint. Cheap Gravies—After frying fat pork, leave two tablespoonfuls drippings in the spider, stir smooth in this a luge spoonful of flour, with salt and pepper. Place over a brisk fire, and add a pint of'milk; stir constantly until it boils. Melt a large spoonful of batter in a hot spider; watch closely until browned, not burned; then pepper it and turn in a bowlful of milk, btir in a few spoon fuls of milk and sufficient flonr to make •be desired consistency, not forgetting to add salt, as it is much less liable to remain in lamps. When the milk boils add to it the batter, and stir until it babbles. Cat a cupful of codfish into small pieces; place in the spider, cover with ciId water, and set on the stove. When the water beginst to boil, tnrn it all iff, and add a bowl of rich milk; then proceed in the same way as in the sec- oud re ripe, excepting the salt, as the fish will furnish enough of that. When turned into a bewfr add a generous piece of batter. Plush It raped Iiahvtji,—It is now the mode in Paris—and followed in other cities—to drape easels, mirrors and other accessories to be found in the fashionably furnished drawing room with plush. The easel is covered with peacock blue, ruby, gold, bine or apple green plnsh—or any color that contrasts or blends with the room fur nishings—and ornamented with em broidery and fringe. The cord which holds the draper and the tassels must be of the same color. Small easels, intended for holding a photo or plaqne, are done in this way: Take a long strip or scarf of plash, knot it round the upright bar close under the cro.-s-piece, carry it across this bar in front and make auotber slip-knot above the cross- pieoe, letting this piece over the sur face lie m easy folds; in this way one long end wall fall on the one side just below ihe picture ledge; the other long end at the opposite side of the easel ends, just auove the ledge. Stiffness most be avoided in these draperies. The cords may be arranged to taBte, bat look well when they seem to hold the slip-knnte in position. HUMOROUS, A woman who had been swirgiug in a hammock in a yard, had no sooner vacated it in answer to a call trom the house, than a ragged old tramp who had been leaning over the fence walked inside and coolly planted himself in the hammock for a siesta. In about five minutes the woman reappeared, and seeing at a glance how matters stood, she brought out a sharp knife, walked straight np to the fellow, and before he could chuckle twice she cut the head rope. He came down on his head with a thump, toppled over at fall length, and slowly serambled np and walked off Not a word was said until he was outside the gate. Then he turned and called ont: "Maybe you’d like my photograph just as I keeled ont of that old fish-net, but yon won’t get it—not by a jug-full I” A music dealer tells an Albany repor ter that "Wait Till the Cicada Boll By, JeDnie,” is one of the popular songs jnst now. They nearly tear the house down when a girl sings * ’Save the Sweetest Kiss for Mother.” The stout est, healthiest looking girls generally want the most sentimental songs about unrequited love and blighted hearts and all that sort of thing. A girl who weighs mine than I do was in here the other day and wanted a song about "My cheek has lost its bloom and my eyes are shadowed o’er with gloom.” Girls that work in shops want more sor rowful songs than those that are in stores. I’ve got a theory about it, but haven’t time to explain it this morning. ‘B ow long did yon intend to remain?'’ asked the clerk as a Chicago man regis tered at a summer resort hotel. “That’s indefinite,” was the reply. "Because if yon were going to stay lor a couple of weeks i’d pat yon in the new rooms in the west wing, overlooking the lake.” Yea—ahem—yes,” mused the guest, as he looked greatly puzzled; “yon see, I’m in a pork deal. If pork stays where she is I can remain here three or four weeks and get away without leav ing my trunks as security; bnt if pork goes down I—” “You can’t remain over a wiek or two,” “Just about two hoars, sir; and you’ll have to accept of trade dollars and Canada bills to square np at that 1 Gness yon’d better give ns a room m tne top story, with lonr beds in it, to begin on.” "No, Geoboe,” said a sagacious wife at a summer hotel, "I can’t think of having yon oome here to spend Sunday, after working hard in yonr office ail the wiek. Yon need rest and recreation. Next week, now, be snre and stay in the city and enjoy yourself.” George vows a vow that his Sundays shall be passed at tbe Lotel while fiis wile remains. Score one for the woman. Women, you know, don’t know how to carry a point. Ob, no! That is to say, she can’t reason her way, bnt she can now and then get along by her intuitive facilities jnst about twice as fast as nan man with his god-like reason. In the “Natnrforseher,” Dr. K. Mul- lenhoff has apparently solved the ques tion of the oelis ol bees. Be endeavors to prove that the peculiar form of these structures 1m doe neither to the high in- im to a miraculous instinct, bnt simply to certain unavoidable phy sical conditions. Gone Never to Ketorn. Gabd hkb. Me.—Mr. Daniel Gray, a prominent lumber merchant writes that his wife had severe rheumatic pains; so se vere as to render her unable to sleep. From the first application of the famous German Kemedy, St. Jacob's Oil, she ex perienced unspeakable relie/, and in two Hours the pain had eutuely gone. A scientific authority remarks that facts collected by Miss Armerod in Great Britain prove that there the dam age caused by insects is in reality enor mous. Not less than $2,000 000 will be found set down to aphydes in the conn- try where the inhabitants are devoted to the cattle-raising industry, while the ravaces annually caused by wit e-worms, wt evils, &©., to wheat, barley, peas, beans, and tares seem to range between £2 and £3 an acre. Hollow Cheeks, A pale, Cabby skin and limbs ill clothed with flesh, indicate poverty of the blood. The speediest and sorest way to increase its nutri fying properties, to impart vigor and compen sate for ondne waste of bodily tissue, is to use, with persistence and regularity, the incompar able vitaiizer and aid to digestion, Hostetter's S oraaeh Bitters. A wineglabSful of this agree- ble medicinal elixir three times a day soon manifests its beneficent action in an improve ment of appetite, sieep and spirits, increased bodily substance, and the return of color and found ness to haggard, wasted cheeks. This supreme preventive counteracts the effects of severe mental labor and bodily toil, anxiety of mind, exposure in rough weather, miasma in air or water, and tropical beat. 1c is a reliable safeguard against fever aud ague and remittent febrile disease, and overcomes constipa tion, indigestion, liver complaint, rnenmatism and other ailments. Nothing is more important than to understand the subject about which you propose to instruct others. ieir “ se’s/O bl^ lo By te are made pallid and unattractive by their functional irregularities, which Dr. Pierce’ ‘ Favorite Prescription" will infallibj cure. Thousands of testimonials, druggists. A false friend is like the shadow on the sun-dial—appearing in sunshine, and vanishing in shade. “Golden Medical Discovery” is not only a sovereign remedy for consumption, bdt also for consumptive night-sweats, bron chitis, coughs, influenza, spitting of blood, weak lungs, shor ness of breath, and kin dred affections of the throat and chest. By druggists. Needless solicitude; Mistress (about to depart for the seaside)—“I hardly like to leave yoa alone in the house.” Servant- “Och I Surra alone will I be, mam, wid all me first cousins coming to shtop wid me, mum.” Dr. Pierce’s “Pellets”—little liver pills (sugar-coated)—purify the blood, speedily correct all disorders of the liver, stomach, and bowels. By druggists. A new vebsion: A couple of tramps went into a lager beer saloon and drank a quantity of beer for which they had no money to pay. The proprietor in structed his bartender to “Dnrn dose rascals inside ond.” Nothing from man’s hand, nor law, nor constitution can be final. Truth alone is final. "Strictly business:” "Sir,” began a stranger, as he walked directly np to a business man on South street the other day, “I am strictly business.” “So am L” "Good! 1 believe every man should furnish money for liis own tombstone.” •So do L” "Good, again ! I want to raise fifty dollars to pay for a stone to stun! at my grave. What assistance will jon render the enterprise ? I want a business answer.” “Yon shall have it, sir; I will aid the enterprise by furnish ing the corpse.” The stranger harried off without even mentioning the sort oi epitaph he designed having engraved on the sacred-stone. An Excellent House-Plant.—Chi nese primrose is one of the best bloom ieg plants we can get for winter flower ing, both single and donole varieties. Tuey require when growing plenty of moisture at the roots and shaded from the direct rays of the sun. When wa tering, however, do not allow much water to tall on the leaves, as it is apt to cause them to rot. A soil suitable for this plant is sandy loam and a good mixture of leaf monld and thoroughly rotted manure. Do not put into too large pots, as the scil is apt to sour be fore the roots pass through it sufficiently to use np the moisture. A Montana Indian is named Woman- shoes. He had aeon a Chicago girl’s feet as she rode a mole and he knew at mee that he had found a gnat Bane. O. M. Tin kham, Secretary of the Ver mont Dairymen's Association, has de vised some improvements m packing batter, Iustead of lining his packing- boxes with muslin he uses a certain kind of biown paper, which is odorless and tasteless, and costa very little. He also lines his cases throughout with 4 layer of felting half an inch thiek, Thh>, it is alleged, keeps ont the heat meet' effectually. Hauling out Manure.—While the ground is hard or covered ’with snow, the manure heaps can be hauled fields with tbe least trouble, who have profited by our hints for the past few months, will have the manure in good condition lor hauling ont others will have it lying around ana unworked,and consequently for some time yet. Pari* has very few native-born resi dents. Ont of every 1000 of the inhab itants only 322 were born in the metro polis, while 38 came from other eom- munes of the departments, 565frota’tbe various departments or colonies, and Ya from foreign countries. Not one ut the other continental capitals possesses so large a proportion ot foreigners, Ber lin, tor example, lias only 13 of foreign birth among every 1000 of her popula tion. Since 1876, the German element has very largely increased, at which time the natives of Germany numbered only 19,024, bat now they number 81,- 100, To give glass great briil.anoy, wash with a damp sponge dipped in spirite, then dost with powdered bine or whiting (tied in a mnslin bag) aud polish with a chamois skin. One pound of green copperas dia- ed in one quart of bothng water will destroy fool smells. Powdered borax scattered in their haunts will dis perse ouckroaohes. Spirits of ammonia dilated with wa ter, if applied with a sponge or flannel to discolored spots ot the carpets or garments, will often restore the color. To remove spots from furniture, take four ounces of vinegar,* two ounces of sweet-oil, one ounce of turpentine. Mix and apply with flannel cloth. Use kerosene, or bath-brick, or pow dered lime, to scour iron, tin, or copper; wash in hot sods, and polish with dry whiting. ______ Osca* 'Wild* says the American girls have a good deal of common sense And in.view of this fact it seems a mys tery how U car got near enough to them to find it out. A little spirite of turpentine added to the water with which floors are washed will prevent the ravages of moths. ‘•Cholera in Egypt has,” says the Lancet, * 'not withstanding all sanitary cordons, progressed steadily along the line of human traffi", and should it un fortunately extend to feel more trust in aandSctent system, which involves the aarenti examination of all suspected vessels and persons, to gether with the adaption of measures for dealing with infected persons and things, than in a system of quarantine jjhe healthy mid mdtf drauMtaoMi ■ jmniomnnil to fiand A Chicaoo wholesale house seut ont three iemale drummers by way of ex periment. Oue of them wore all her samples to a picnio and got lemonade, pie and grass stains all over them; an other got mashed on a brakeman and followed him off, and the third reported three new dresses, a lawn teams suit, a garden hat and a Langtry bang in her expeuse account. Tne hoDse is bo well satisfied with the result of the experi ment that it will not reueat it. The rule of three: Elderly.and ob noxious suitor, who was the first to ar rive and evidently meaus to be the la3t to go—"1 have forgotten most of my mathematics, bnt at your age, sir, I was devoted to them.” Impatient young lover—“Ah 1 Then you probably sxfy familiar with the rale of tnree.” E. S. ‘The rale of three?” "Yes, that two is company and three is—one more,” SoHETHiNa usual: “I feel so worried about Charles 1” sighed Mrs. Wildhua- bund. "It's getting late, sore enough,” said sister Kate, looking at the clock; bnt I guess nothing nnnsnal has hap pened.” "That is what frets me,’re plied Mrs. Wildhnsband, “I am afraid something usual happened to Cha les.” A method of bleaching cotton yarn has lately been introduced in France, the advantage of which is that uniform ity is eecnred, and the article continues beautifully white in the warehouse, whither in skeins or textures. The plan is to let 220 pounds of cotton yarn be backed for eight hours in a soda lye composed of six and one-half pounds ef crystallized soda and two and one-fourth pounds of slaked lime. After being steeped in the bucking caldron and washed, the yarn is pat into solation of chloride of lime, and, remaining there some two hours, goes direct thence to the diluted sulphuric acid, in which it remains for twenty minutes. Bach a quantity of yarn requires eleven pounds of powdered chloride of lime, and one and one-sixth part of sulphuric acid: After the bleaching, the yarn is careful ly —ashed in flowing water, and then pnt once or twice into a soap hath emit tabling two and one-fi!tb pounds of palm oil for every 220 pounds of the yarn. By this means, the cotton is freed irom the adhering acid, and can then be sized—warp yarn with thirteen and one fifth pounds, and wool yarn with four and two-fifth pounds of statch for every 220 jrannds, with tne addition of some acid-proof ultramarine. Mother Swan's Worm syrop. Infallible, tasteless, Harmless, cathartic; for fe verishness, restlessnesa. worms, constipation. 25c. However things may seem, no evil thing is success, and no good thing is a failure. Don’t judge a man by his speech, for a parrot talks, and the tongue is but an instrument of sound. Dr. Stites, Brooklyn, N. Y., was cured by Dr. Elmore's Bheumatine-Goutaliue of very severe Rheumatism and kidney disease of several years’ standing, after trying every thing else without benefit. If those front-gate women are smart they would have their husbands build their houses even ont to the sidewalk and with little balconies on the front of them, so they could sit in them and see what is going on np and down the street. No disease can show such quick results as Heart Disease; do not delay, Dr. Graves’ Heart Regulator is a specific. $1. per bottle at druggists As to lacing; "Oh, oh !” exclaimed a loosely-girded girl the other day, as one of those very slim-waisted persons (a married woman) stepped off the pier into a boat and began to handle the oars. "If Bhe exerts herself at all I’m positive Bhe’ll snap in two and the up per half go overboard. Do look at her!” The Oldest Druggist. Being one of tlie eldest druggists in this city (although having retired from busi ness), I wish to say a good word about Hunt's Remedy. A number of years ago I was troubled with my kidneys. The idea of a druggist, however, resorting to the use of a “patent medicine” was a little humili ating, but when I came to consider how many people had been benefitted by the use of Hunt’s Remedy, I unhesitatingly began using it; and after having fully tested its virtues I can say, as many of my customers have said to me, “It is the best medicine for kidney and liver complaint ever com pounded.” I have yet to learn of a single instance where it has failed to benefit and give satisfaction, in fact it is the best I ever sold. I would say to all who are troubled with kidney and liver complaint, give Hunt's Remedy a trial and you will say as I do, it is the best known remedy, and the best is the cheapest every time. Yours truly, Edward Allen. Hartford, Conn., May ID, 1883. Mr. James Cheney, with j. W. Goodman, billiard table manufacturer, of Athol, Mas., writes, May >5, 18S3, as follows: “I have been troubled for a number of years with kidney d;sea e, with severe pains in my back and sides, a»d could get no relief nntil I used Un it’s Kemedy, whic i was recommended by oar druggist, Ward, of this p!ace. who s'ated to me that many wonderful cures had been made in this vicinity by the u.ewjf Hunt’s Kemedy. People who have suffered for years with k<duey disease, inflammation of the blad ler, and accompany ng troubles, had been permanently cured by this great medicine. I purchased a bottle of Hunt s Ke l edyand tonnd that It helped me from the first dose, and two bottles removed ail the pain in my ba< k, and I consider myself cured, anu c ieer- Jnily recom uend it to my friends as a medicine that will do ad that is claimed for it. Oh is Th. re Ko item eel y tor Piles3 exclaim s million of tortured wretches every day. We don’t expect to reach the million but cau uuhe.-i- tatiiiKly say t» our readers that they need ' ufler lomrerih u required to obtain Amakksi ns, a remedy Introduced to tue world ovi r 25 > ears ago. by Dr 8ils- beeA well-known physician of Cincinnati And folly ap proved by the profession ol all schools. It will cost nothing to try it. P. NEU8TAEDTEB ft OO- Box ~ ' York City, send samples free upon appli- *416, New 1 Boston girls who got lost in the woods in the White Mountains the other day did not cry "Help,” bnt “Three ladies in this direction are in urgent need of assistance.” The increasing demand for this prepara tion a. a hou.-xho.d remedy for indige-tion auddy.spepdaissuflicientproofofits efficacy. Bricks impregnated at a high tempo ratine with asphalt are being success fully used in Berlin for street pave ment. Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve unnr n me mm of the age for all nerve dlseueo. All Its Bopped free. Send to tel Aren street. Philadelphia, Pa. If you do a kind or neighborly act, do it because you feel that it is both a pleasure and a duty, and don’t spoil that act by telling, everyone you meet what a philanthropic creature you are. Emory’s Little Cathartic Pill—best msde for Liver Complaint and Biliousness. Tasteless, harmless, infallible. 15c. He is truly great who is little in him self, and that maketh no account of any height of honors. “We know Dr. Graves’ Heart Regula tor will cure Heart Disease. 30’ yean use and many persons ot prominence testify ing prove it.—“Readville, Press." $1. per bottle at druggists. To what atrocities cannot that mind reach which is impelled by savage avar- ioeV AIrnsman's peptonized BEEF tonic, tne only preparation of bee I containing its entire nutri- Clous properties. It contains b’ood-m*king, force generating and life-sustaining properties; mvalna me for indigestion, dyspepsia,nervons prostration, and all forms of general debility, also, in a 1 en feebled condition*), whether the result of exhaus tion, nervous prostrat on, over-work or acate dis ease, particularly if r* suiting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell. Hazard A Co., proprietors. New York. Sold by druggists. What was in it: "My case is just here," said a citizen to a lawyer. "The plaintiff will swear that I hit him. I will swear that 1 did not. Now, what can yon lawyers make ont of that if we go to trial?" “A hundred dollars, easy,” was the reply.” Bay Fever. Since boyhood I have been troubl d wiih Catarrh aud Hay-Fever, and was unuable to flbfllii relief until I used Ely’s Cream Balm. It h a cured me.—E. L. Clickenek, New Brunswick, N. J. Hay Fever. Having been afflicted with Hay-Fever for years 1 gave Ely’s Cream Balm a trial. I bare bad no attack since using it.—E. E. Rauch, Editor Carbon Co., liemocrat. Maueh Chunk, Pa. Price 50 cents. Any person having a bald head and fail ing to see tha benefit to be derived from i be great petroleum hair renewer, Carbo- line, as now improved and perfected, in tbe face of the vast number of testimonials from our very best citizens, is sorely gome it blind. "Rough on Bate." Clears out rats. mice, roue lies, flies, ants, bed bugs, skunks, chipmunks, gopaere. 15c. Druggists. Front Royal, Va.—Dr. G. H. Hill, says: “Brown’s lrou Bitters seems to give general satisfaction. I recommend it strongly.’’ Ladies and children's boots and shoes cannot ran over if Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners are used. A late writer asserts that it is sup posed in some cases fear of disaster is being lessened by the great contribu tions given in Great Britain by owners of minis toward accident funds and to the families of victims in case of death. “ Buchn-Pal b». r The quick, complete core, all annoying Kidney, Bladder anu Urinary Diseases. $1. Druggists. The only scientific Iron Medicine that does not produce headache, Ac., bnt gives to the system all the benefits of iron without its bad effects, is brown s iron Bitters. UaTkbtr Days* Trial. The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich., will send Dr. Dye’s Celebrated Electro- Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days to men (young or old) rho sre afflicted with nervous debility, lost vitality and kindred troubles, guaran teeing speedy rad complete restoration ot health end manlv vigor.—Address as above.—N. B.—No risk is incurred, thirty days’ trial is allowed. Save trouble rad expense in washing, and always have nice fitting collars rad cuffs, by wearing Chrolithion. She doesn’t mind ’em: The girl with fine, plump arms is the creature who does not mind the mosquitoes at alL GtRkiANKMCOf FOR. PAIN. CURES Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Headache, Toothache, tin 1 " * *‘TTT ll 1**f* Tymlnr ITmletuL Barns. Mealda, Aro*4 BUm, an ALL OTHER BODILY PUNS AKI A din. ay Druggists _nnd Dealers everywhere. Fifty Cents a bottl* --OK LER A CO.) Pfly* ppU Ely’s Cream Balm " P m when applied by the finger into tbe nos trils. will be absorb ed, effectually cleans ing the head of ca tarrhal virus, cansing healthy secretions. It allays inflammation, protects the mem brane of the nasal passages Irom addi tional c”lds, com pletely heals the sores an<i restores taste and smell. A few applications relieve. A thorough treat ment will positively Agreeable to LY BKOTIIKRS, Druggists, Owego. X. Y. S t ® e KS iRTl-r^V i T I l^uSEIII It relteres at once *anw,Pne«,Chapped Hands (rtort Ganfe Bunions. 8otalda,BrulBes, Soreness of feet,hJ ■c.; Itchingfmmanyemsa. MOe-Askyouri gift, or senofo tt Fttiton Street. X. Y.J NnUilng in tbe world equal to it for the ^ lire of Screfula, Pimp lee. Boll*. Tetter, Old Sore*, ^ Sore Eyes, Afur^prial Diseases, Catarrh. Loss of Appetite, Female CompUteD, sod all Blood ' nerer Coils. AU druggists sad 1 ’ country store keepers sell it. K. K. Seller* . Prop**, Pltlsbargh, c RAA a week in your own town, lerms snd oucl •vOfne. Address H. Halutt A Oo_PortUnfL V Phoenix Pectoral will cure yonr coiurli. Price 25 t a firiUTC make 150 per cent, profit sefluur AUXJUO Begister’s Liniment. The beet in the World. Write for particulaee to P. REGISTER, Pro* prietor. 324 Booth 5th Street Philadelphia. Pa *34 tSTOPPED FREE MarotUus success. , Inane P,runi Kestorrti k Dr.KLINE'S GREAT ’ Nerve Restore* ratfBaAm A NlKVB DlSKASBS. Only tur* _ . trt for Nent AJTtctims, Fits, Epilepsy, stc. llRfALUBLIlftakca as directed. Pis Fits m/tse ' f's use. Treatise and fa trig! bottle free ta I afflicted to Da.KLI>i£^« Arch St.,Philade»phiA,Pa. Dncfiso. ME IF AAA OF IMITATING FRAUDS, RUPTURE •.To d •truuhwil by Dr. J. & Mayer. Main Ottos Arch St, Phila.. Pa.. Advice free, stamps for r» . Will be at Branch Offices them days of each nth: Keystone Honan, Beading. Pa. 3d Saturday of each montii; Herobey House, Harrisburg, Pa.. 5tiraod ®th;St. Clair H tei. Pittsburgh, Pa.. 7th and 8th; Gua ter House, Fort Wayne, Iud. 9th and 10th; dal Hotel. Chicago, 11th, 13th aud 13th. R.C. Is tbe < , pleas*mo*:. j quickest, t IvC, Bur st and best rem dy for lcd., D , /TyV liver, st micb, bladder and blood diseases, and only rani curative evex discovered for acute snd chronic rheamatom. gout, him, „ . mw. x* ica, Bernini, etc. Has cn*e I hope urns Bnghfa disease ana dyspepsia in 3 —a] of rheumatic disorders in 2 to 12 week*—relieve inflammatory in 1 day. Can refer to haadr< d > of relia hie people cared whohnd tried in nfn everything els«*. Purely botanic, harmless, and nico to lrrn'c. Ask yarn dmnrlt to get it; if be declines send t< ‘ ' nothing alee, Elmoi DBS. J. N.& J. B. HOBENNACK. those afflicted with the effects OF SELF-ABUSE AND MERCCRIAL1ZATION •tumid not Hesitate to consult 3. N. and J. A HO BENSACK, of J06 Non 0 second street, Ptnlxdel ,nu, either by mail or hy person, during the ham from 8 A. M. to s ]’. M., and t to a P. M. Advice free. Wb moever would know Ms coadf Uou and the wav to Improve It ah paid read “WISDOM IN A NUTSHELL.” Sent on receipt of s-oenl .'amp. Publishers ol newspapers and peri odicals who are in the habit of redeem ing unsold copies from news companies and agents are well aware that the re turn of copies which have been soldrnd then collected again wherever found bi train boys, note! servants, etc., subject them to a considerable loss. Mr. J. I£ Woodard, of Indianapi lia, has pater ted a seal aud sealing machine which are designed to prevent thin practice in the future. The machine, which can bn attached to the filler or ran indepeap dently, pastes a slip bearing the natae of the office using it over the tree edres of the paper in such a manner that .the paper cauuot be read without breaking it The Cincinnati Enquirer and the Indianapolis Journal have already deci ded-to adapt this means of self-protec tion. Leadville has now 5 smelters, whose combined oapeeity is 775 fame of ora • day. It has also two stamp mills of s capacity of 80 stamps. Over 8U0 tons of ore per day are thus used in Leadville .while about 450 tons era shipped to points. The total output for the if 1883 of the Laadeiila district is 354, and it ia expected that the ths present year will be still The pills are warranted to be 1*1;k1!:l.Y vege table, free from all mineral and other poison- oa substance*. They are a certain cure for Consti pation, Sick H‘ adache, Dyspepsia, B Itouxneas. Torpid Livvr, Loss ol Appetite, and all •lim»afH»r arming from tue Liver, Stomach, Bowel* or Kidneys. They remove all obetroctiona freon the channel* of the system and parify the blood, thereby im parting health, strength and vlg r. Sold bv drug gists, or sent by mall for 25 cents in stamps by P. 5EUSTAEDTER & CO., 83 Mercer St. v New York, Sole Manufacturers of AT. BERNARD YEQE* TAlil.i: PILLS. Send for circular. AN OPEN SECRET AMONG TEE LADIES The brilliant, fascinating tints of Complexion for which ladies stri ve are chiefly arti ficial, and all who will take the tronble may secure them. These roseate, bewitching hues followthe nse of Hagan’s Magnolia Balm—a delicate, harmless and always reliable article. Sold by all dxaggista. The Magnolia Balm con ceals every blemish, removes Sallowness, Tan, Bedneas, Eruptions, all evidences of excitement and every imper fection. Its effects are Immediate aafl so natural that no huoaa being ean detect its applies- It is maintained by some scientists that the aroma of fruits increase* with the latitude, while the sweetness decrea ses. Many herbs, such as caraway, are richer in essential oils in Norway than m more southern r^ions. Tt»e ef fect is ascribed to the influence of the prolonged light of the summer months. Walnut Leaf Hair Restorer. IHs entirely d efferent from all others. It is as clear as water, and as its name indicates is a perfect Vegetable Hair Restorer. It will im mediately free-the head from all dandruff^re store gray hair to its natural color, and pro duce a new growth where it ba» fallen off It does not in any manner affect the health, which sulphur, sugar of lead and nitrate of silver preparations have done. It will change . light or faded hair in a few days to a beautiful j glossy brown. Askyourdruggistforit. Each bottle is warranted Smith, KlinR & Go.. Wholesale Agents, Philadelphia, Pa. and C. N. Cbittkkton. New York. J CUSE3 WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. I N Bwt Cough Syrup. Tastes good. I 4 Use in time. .Sold by druggist a I $73 AWEKX. $12 a day at home enaiy mads. Conti) outfit free Addrenn Tbuk fc Cow. Augusta. Me Camphor Milk is the best Liniment Price 35 neats TO MOTHERS Is your child fretful ? Doe* it trii-k its now, start in its e!«*p, and grind its t»*th ? If no. it hfta WflitilS and you oho aid use SWCIARK’S INFALLIBLFW8 WORM SYRUP AT ONCE. SAFE and EFFECTUAL in its action. g.»c. a bortle. Pruggteta. ilLIH is mi Ok MOWS darsaparilliaii Resolveat m hut noos ruunn. rwMMete • tewnflio Ut BtotoT Rad way's SarsapariUian Resolvent. JraSl.ieiml te tarateUea of oxtreor- pn«T eteel iwpeflei ooswitlol to partly, Mneoirtadtetijrrteo tto broken-down ami SwrasiowE™! Fi*mx»v, Sxvo aod Pxuu- Sesreuesb*wkataomotoooonplolnt Mr ko skvsss Ths SarsaparlMan Resolvent tonye, OOMPI—otae reaoov, bet oeeoreo tapboiwoeirasocttoaofoocb ot tbo ormi n eataMUheo thraoxkoat tbo entire .jmm renetkm- «l_ iosteoey u< supplies tho blood reo- —■ wtta l_ pore mod healthy correal of um ima Tn ran, ora* o fow dnr bm «* tee Sanopotilllaa, bseomes clear end beeoiHW^^Pliralee^jaorobee, black opoco and ■Ml FereoaoeoEanaelreM ocrofula, eruptive dtoaaaasottaoeye^MeSa.eBAlera. throat and pobdu, that bare enuteonlod rad spread, either nwa oorarsd diaaaaes or MOroory, or from the •so ot eematva oohUiuta, may rely noon o cars H tbo floioipennies te ooaPnaod o loiEient time lo sen ttaimprmrino as tbe eytfem. Oat fcottte eeatelee More of the active pnnev ■tee ef r——— — =—--— Skaeta On* Dollar m JSottlo. R. Ro R. Railway's Ready Relief. fs frara oqs to tffMty i relieve Fata with one thorough application: how violent or sxeniciatlngthe pom, —Bed-ridden, Infirm, Crippled, pc or prostrated with disease WAY’S BEADY RELIEF will INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS, INFLAMMATION OF THS BLADDER, OCFLAMM ATION OF THE BOWELS, CONGESTION OF THE LUNGS, BOSE THROAT, DIFFICULT BREATHING, PALPITATION OF THE HEART, HYSTES2C&, CROUP, DIPHTHERIA, CATARRH. INFLUENZA, HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE, NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM, COLD CHILLI. AGUE CHILLS, CHILBLAINS AND FROST BITES EEUIHZa, LUMBAGO. SCIATICA, NERVOUSNESS, SLEEPLESSNESS OOCOSa, COLDS, SPRAINS, PAINS IN THE CHEST, Dace asUMBSareleetoBtly relieved. MALARIA lie ITS VABIOU8 FORMS FEVER AND AGUE. FEVER AND AGUE cured for SO eta. There la BM bfemedtel agent la tkla world that win -ear. Finer red Ague, end other Melotiode, er fevers (ol. yooBADWA ft Win loo l»w MCOMnm, whoa takes Internally according to taa directions, core Cramps, Spasm*. Seer stomach. Heartburn, 8tck Headache, Draper- WAYS READY BELIEF with them. A tew •rope tn water will prevent elckneM or pains from — It la better then French Bnody waem should alwayi RADWAY’S Regulating Pills t& Operation. A VEGETABLE SUBSTITUTE FO CALOMEL. TO SPECULATORS. B LIVDRLOE A lO. H. G. HILLER A CO. f fc 7 Chamber ot ii Broadway, Commerce. Chicago. Hew Ycflfe. CRAIN AND PROVISION BROKERS. _ Member* ot all prominent Prodnoe Exchangee id Hew York, Chicago. SL Louie and Milwaukee. W© have exclusive private telegraph wire between and New York. Will execute orders <m our jtwhen requested tend f.*r circulars coo- particulars. BOBT. IANDBLOM 4 COL. — The German authors will hold their Fifth Congress at Darmstadt from the 8th to the 11th of next month. FBIGHTFTJL MORTALITY, LUXG A.YD BRONCHIAL DISEASE, 80!!K5Kvm^rj&“j H1LET3 HONET OF H0REH3UN0 AND TAR * xmo " * CHANCING THE BALANCE To tha Health Side of the Account. Before pharmaceutical research had developed tbe great PULMONIC above named, the cough mixtures of the day presented no adequate pro tection against tbe speedy development of fatal forms of lung disease. To palliate was all that they could do in a majority of cases. Bnt since HALE’S HONEY OF BDKEHOUNB AND TAR was introduced, persona suffering from severe COUGHS snd COEDS, from ASTHMA, sore THROAT, INFLUENZA, have been enabled to avail themselves, at trifling cost, of an article which affords them a reliable means of cure and a genuine defense. There are dangerous initia tions. Ask for HALE’S by its fall name and take no substitute. Pike’s Toothache Drops. Cure to one Minute. Leather maj be restored in color, if not too far gone, by a alight application of oi). If this is net efliretnel pnt on blushing; let it dry, tint it att, and « over it again very lightly with oil. If, very brown, block thoroughly end oil the leather afterward, and giro to it a final end eareCni drawing of gi eaith dteolvad in vstar. FPFA7FD AXLE GREASE Befltlmlbewerld. sei thegraefBA Iwerjr peekmre has onr fra * ■mtt Is ■arfted Fnaer’s. I KVEJttX xv HEKhl : » p*ir of AGENTS WANTED me UatHaeliiae ever invented. »v „ ■tockiugH with M *£■£■« and TOE mmplcte in so minute* It will also knit a gr> at var ety ot fancy- work lor which tin-re is alway a ready market <eii ‘ for circular and term* to tbe Tweasbiv Halt tin Maekias €•„ 162 Tzemout Street. Boston. Mm BEAD “FALSE AND TBUE.” 35“ ta RADWAY A 00„ No. I ttra New Tort. ■to ton—to ba ee TURKISH LAXATIVE— Ask your Druggist for It! A celebrated remedy for the cure or Habitual Constipation or Costive ness and all diseases arising therefrom; such as Indigestion, Piles, Torpid Liver, Diseases of tbe Kidneys, it :s perfectly safe and harmless, and is especially adap ed to Constipation of Pregnancy, Lencorrheeaaud Diseases peculiar to females. Mannrg.,byTHE CRESCENT MEDICINE Cd IHjQ Per Bottle. keksfElamb falls, k. t. IHTSTfl ° ver different kinds beat sheet ’ MUSlt OMdlSyTracUon Engme.SUUdard implements. A.B FarquliarJ’tninbylvaiUA Agricultural \*ogfca,York4 > ^ I BV RETURN MAIL—A full descrfpUuu « - _ ■ Moody’s Njsw Tailo* System of Dlofew o. D- W. Moody AO). 31W. 3th. Cincinnati.O ifito <20j^sas55sarjsgffig YOUNG Circulars free. VALENTINE BoOL THE MINISTER WHO FAILS to interest his congrega tion and build up his church is generally accused of being a poor preacbetv ; or of not studying hard enough.*That is not always where thet trouble comes from. Dyspepsia and liver disorders are responsible for many a.'j dull sermon and many a vacant pulpit; When the Dominie’s digestive J'. - apparatus is working wrong and his nerves are giving him pain, and !»» , .<. twain refuses to d* “ Ll - *— 1 * —* good sermon. < ters. You will see i _ Zehring, of Codorus, Pa., was paralyzed, and coifld not~walk except ! crutches, until Brown’s Iron Bitters made a new man of him.* Tire Rev. Mr. White, of Rock Hill, S.G, says: “It restored me to strength and vi-' mor.\ Brown’s Iron Bittern is not ooiy for the ntinater, but for .all people.