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The PyrmmMU. In visiting the pyramid* the qnestioas to be determined were, In many cue*, al most hopeless of solution. Strange aa it may teem, no two estimates of the exact aue ot the Great Pyramid agreed with each other. In apite of the lmmenae mam of written and printed observations, it waa still a question how many Pharaoha were engaged on the building. The compara tive antiquity of this pyramid and the other fifty or sixty that have been exam ined waa unknown. The absolute age of the pyramid building dynasties is still, and must long be undetermined. The methods of working were unknown, and no reason able new had been propounded as to the tools with which such stupendous results were obtained. The object to be reached by rearing such masses of almost solid ma sonry, was a matter of keen controversy. No intelligent survey of the whole pyramid platform, no correct plan and section, no distinct enunciation of the problems evol ved were accessible. We had only the opinions of prejudiced observers, siring pet hobbies of their own, or careless exag gerations of facts, curious enough, no doubt, in themselves, but presented in such a fashion as to complicate rather than elucidate the difficulty. The Council of the Royal Society appears to have satisfied itself that Mr. Petrie had worked in a straightforward way, inclining neither to this opinion nor to that, until the whole of the facts which qould be ascertained was before him, and that even then he had proceeded m so cautious a manner that his work, while it remains a monument of the possibilities of modem scientific inquiry, will hereafter be found rather the indispen sable basis of future inquiry than a conclu sive statement itself. The soundness of the great mass of calculations which he has brought home can only be proved by yean of investigation; but it may safely be said that nine-tenths of them will be found wholly new, and that the very soberness and moderation of his conclusions, while they place him immeasurably above mere theorists, will at the same time in all prob ability be pushed by others tar beyond anything he has ventured to assert. This is as it should be. Investigators are seldom content, as he is, to state facts only; but it is their province to provide facts for those who know how to use them, though it is not in their power to prevent a misuse of what they have brought together by rash or prejudiced or interested partisans. Mr. Petrie went the right way to work. Without extraneous assistance he took his baggage out to the pyramids in the autumn of 1680, and set up for himself in one of the numerous tombs between the edge of the pyramid platform and the Arab village. There, with little but native so ciety, and with rare visits to Cairo, he re mained till May, 1881, and, returning in October ot the same year, resumed his troglody tic existence for another winter, with only the break of a run up the Nile for a couple of months, The tomb he occupied had been forne 1, used by Mr. Waynman Dixon, and bad a deer and shutters. Mr. Petrie strengthened them, and fitted up shelves and a hammock. Re hired an Arab servant who had previously been employed by Mr. Smith, Mr. D,xon and Mr, Gill, and wbe was too well accus tomed to the ways of explorers to think anything strange. Mr. Petrie observed that the temperature of his dwelling- place which was cut in the solid limestone rock, did not vaiy more than from 68d^s to 64dga during tne winter months, and only reached 80dg8. wben a hot wind raised the outer air to lOOdgs. His days’ work often com menced before daybreak. He rose, lighted his petroleum stove and boiled his settle while he had his bath. During breakfast, he held literally a levee, as he left the door of the tomb open and received his Arab friends and the men or children as they passed on their way to work. Sometime?, when excavations were going on, he hau to go out before breakfast to set his men to work. When examining the interior of the Great Pyramid, he always began in the evening, when tourists were gone and worked till midnight, and occasionally till the following morning. At six or seven in the evening, he again lighted his stove and sat down to reduce the observations he had made with his theodolite during the day. Dinner followed, cooking and feeding go ing on together. He found brown ship biscuit, finned soups, tomatoes, tap o a and chocolate to be the most convenient and sustaining articles of food. He did not consiuer a heavy meal suitable after ten hours’ last in the heat of the day, but it was impossible to move his instiuments and stop his work for a midday meal. Finally he had to wash up his plates and dishes, aa the Arab idea of cleanliness waa not to be trusted, and he sat down again to reduce observations and write untii midnight. Prom this summary, it will be seen how seriously he set about his self- imposed task. There can be no doubt that to many people all over the world—too many, in deed, who have no hope or intention of visiting Egypt—the small piece of desert plateau opposite the village of Geezeh; though less than half a mile across, is the moat remarkable of its size in the world. There may be seen the very beginnings of architecture, the most enormous piles of buildings ever raised, and, strange as it may seem, the moat accurate workmanship, the most caieful system of (.construction, the finest masonry, and the use of the most ingenious tools. The largest statue in the world, the Sphinx, is there: and there was found wbat all who have seen it acknow ledge to be one of the most perfect cornbi- tionB of technical skill and artistic expres sion in statuary which have ever been carved. The diorite statue of Elhrafra, the builder, as Mr. Petrie has at length con clusively proved, of the Second Pyramid, is now in the Boolak Museum, where it excites m the minds of those who know anything about sculpture, the same kind of surprise as that excited by the vast masses of the pyramids themselves. AGUOUUrUBV. To Ksbp Vxbt Shaded Enacts Geeks.—Especially in the front yards of dwellings, both in town and country, which are much shaded, we often see the ground completely bare, not a liv ing thing being perceptible. Sometimes there are many nearly nude, straggling ltmoi lying upon the ground or very near it, which are unsightly and every way worthless, that ought to be out away. This would give room tor the growing there of some plant or vine that would be adapted to it, and which would not only cover tbe naked spot and make it a living “green,"but would be adding much to the general appear ance of the premiues. The beat vine for this purpose is undoubtedly the pe riwinkle. 1 will grow almost anywhere in the shade if the proper attention is given to it, but not otherwise. It is a beantifnl vine and will densely cover the ground, producing nearly the whole season a very pretty blue flower. Weeds, however, are its deadly enemies. It can notfightthem-Steadily they will enrosch until they drive away our favorite and occupy the field of battle. A little help now and then, however, will defeat the common enemy, and allow us to enjoy the oool-lootong, popular evergreen for many years without renewal. Thunder Storms. The frequency of thunder-storms in Switzerland last summer has afforded .Professor Collation, of Geneva, a great authority oh electricity and meteorology, ample opportunity for continuing his obser vations on the effect of lightning on trees and vegetation generally. ~ He has ascer tained that when lightning strikes a tree it leaves very few marks of its passage on the upper part and middle of the trunk, a peculiarity wbicn he ascribes to lhe fact ol those parts being more impiegnated with sugar, a good conductor, than the loner part, Aa the electric fluid descends to the neighborhood of the heavier branches, where there is lea saccharine matter, it tears open the bark and in many instances shivers tbe trees, It is no uncommon thing to find the loner part of the tree literally cut by the lightning; while the upper portions and the higher branches seem to have suffered hardly at all. Oaks, however, would appear to present an exception to the rule, for they are often found with tope quite blasied and the paa sage of tbe lightning lower down marked by a guage-hke furrow. These furrows sometimes go completely round the tree like a screw, the reason of which is said to bo that tbe lightning follows the cells of which tbe bark is composed lingthwise, and m certain sorts of wood these cells are disposed spirally. "What do An honest man thanked you mean by such carelessness ?” ex claimed a man who entered the drug ■tore in a terribly excited manner. “What do you mean by your careless ness, I Bsy? Ton sold my boy laud anum for paregoric, and it waa only by the luckiest chance that the baby isn’t now lying dead; yea, air, dead—mur dered by your criminal carelessness.” “What’s that?” said the druggist, looking np from his desk. “I sold yon laudanum instead of paregoric I Mercy! how could I have been so for getful 1 Of course you’ll pay the differ ence in oust. Laudanum is more ex pensive than paregoric, you know. Zon’ve come in to pay the difference no doobt. I’m obliged to yon, air, obliged to yon.” Egyptian Cohn.—A cereal recently introauced into Kansas and New Men oo, it is said, waa originally brought from Southern Russia. The first knowledge we had of its introduction into this country, was some seed sent to ns last season from San Anglos, Cali fornia, where it is sometimes called pampas rioo. We planted it as soon as reoeived, and though it grew vigorously ane obtained a good growth for our cli mate, it failed to open. We were told that it was used in California principally as food for fowl, no mention being made of its use for bread. It is a cereal re sembling very much our common millet although we should think the kernel is somewhat larger. It would undoubtedly constitute a good feed for stock the same as miilet does, though we have known the latter to be ground like Indian com and used for bread, which was said to be nearly aa palatable and nutritions as that made from comment. If, aa is sta ted, it is unaffected by drought, worms ami grasshoppers and other pests, and is largely productive, we see no reason why it may not constitute a staple of production among farmers in those states where the seasons are longer, and the olimates less rigorous than in New England. We advise our farmers to make a trial of it. Kkefzng Eggs.-Thera is always some risk in keeping eggs a long time, and those not absolutely fresh will never sell well. When eggs stand long in one position the yolk gets down against the shell, ond if there is any evaporation, it soon either adheres to the shell or be comes a little tainted. Eggs may be greased and packed in oats in barrels headed up tight, kept cool and dry,and rolled or inverted, or both, every few days. Thus they will keep, and when wanted for market must be rolled in bran or meal to get the grease off, aud perhaps dipped in lime water to give them a fresh look. How long they may be kept thus we do not know, but sev eral months at least. Eggs will keep in lime water, but it is difficult to turn or roll the barrels, and so the yolk gets against the shell, and besides the shell looks very chalky,and their sale is hart. The best way is, probably, to pack the fresh eggs in a barrel with meal or bran setting them on end, using no grease, for the meal absorbs it and turns ran cid. Head up the barrel and invert once a week, and keep in a cool, dry place. The beet is one of the best of the ear ly vegetables, and shonld be found in tbe gardens of farmers everywhere. The cultivation of beets is a simple matter. They require, in order to give tbe beat results, only land, thorough tillage and absolute freedom from weeds, bow as early in the spring aa the ground can be got in good working order. Make the rows fifteen inches apart and drop the seed ah inch apart in the row. If sown ve.y early, and especially if the soil is heavy and cold, It is very desirable to sow the seed thick, say hail an inch apart. Thin the plants before they be gin so crowd each other, letting the plants stand from three to five inches apart in the row. The soil may be deficient in one sub stance and abounding in another. It may be considered rich when sown to a certain crop, and be too poor for anoth er. A knowledge of this fact has en abled chemists to formulate special fer tilizers for peculiar soils and particular crops, whioh enable! farmers to econo mize in purchasing by avoiding the use of substances that exist m the soil, the saving m snch purchase! teing applied to procuring that which is deficient. No two plants derive the. same propor tions of food from the soil, nor do any two varieties feed on exaotly the same kind of lertilizmgmaterial.For instance, clover pre'ers a liberal snpply of pot ash and lime, while the cereals do bet ter with phosphoric acid and nitrogen. DO! To cure iogrownur nails one author ity says: Put a small pieoe of tallow in a spoon, heat it till it becomes very hot, and pour an the granulations. Fain and tenderness are relieved at once, and in a few days the granulations are aQ gone, the deceased parts dry, and grow destitute of all feeling, and the edge of the nail is so exposed aa to ad mit of being pared away without any inconvenience. To make meat cheese.—Boil an ox’s liver, heart, and tongue; remove all the hard and sinewy parts, and chop the remainder fine: add to this half a pound of boiled pork, also chopped fine; season it well; then tie in a cloth or put it into a pan, and press it hard. After standing a few hours it will oome ont in a solid cake and is rerj nice to slice from, for eating at breakfast supper. It is time to forget all about old-fash ioned cookery; to seize the newest and enjoy the present is the watchword. The quantity and quality of one’a food is meeting with much thought and many words from the wiaeaarea of the present, and with their maxims and methods spread before ns, one is almost afraid to attempt anything that does not savor of scientific rules. But the bright and ready housewife need not doubt her skill. Where- there is a will there is a way. Exfebixncx is a good teacher, and perseverance will bring sneeesa. The “Dinner Table” introduced sauces -last week, but was interrupted, and tbe recipes were left out. It waa said some years since that we were a nation of a single sanoe; it may have been so, but we are wiser now. Weil made sanoes are the perfection of cooking,_a decora tive art that improves plain dishes, and makes the cheaper eats of meat inviting and palatable. The clarified white stock must always be ready as a basis for any sauce. With boiled poultry serve celery sauce, The celery is simmered until tender. Then make a sauce by putting a tablespoonful of butter into a sauce pan, aud when it bubbles up star in slowly a tablespoonful of flour. When cooked, season, and add half a pint of stock and half pint of boiling cream, and the oelery ont in small pieces. Let it boil np one minute. Serve hot. The sauce can be made without tbe cream and oelery with a pint of boiling stock and the addition of two or three beaten yolks of eggs, a teaapoonful of lemon juice, pepper and salt. An agricultural paper whioh strongly advocates the use of air-slakel lime as a fertilizer says: “Lime is the driving wheel in the manurial laboratory, start ing all the rett into action, and impart ing to a soil that life and power that is necessary in tie production of good crops, Applications of lime ahonld be made every four or five years, and or ganic matter in some form every year, and if this is done any land will pro duce paying crops. The farmer who has not trei it shonld go abont it at once. ” Farmers who have kept a strict ac count with their stock say that a pound of poultry can be made for less than a pound of pork, yet the laboring man who has to bay both feels that he can not afford to buv poultry very often, aa it costs more than any other meats. This leads the Concord Monitor to re mark that tbe poultry-growing business may be mnch extended before the mar ket will be overstocked so as to bring tbe price do n to where it will not pay to raise. The over rowth ot winter wheat re quires attention, and nee da to be rolled or pastured down before winter sets in. It is rare that this growth is not entire ly killed down by winter freezes, and when heavy snows fall and remain for some tune this mass of green herbage beats, sweats, and roots are destroyed to a greater or less extent. The leaves from early cabbages may be fed to oows and chickens. They shonld be given to oowa directly after milking, •bout a peek at • time. Preventive of Boiler Incrustation,— A new and curious use for the eucalyp tus tree, already famed as an antidote to malaria, was discovered by accident lately in California. The leaves, it has been found, act as a preventive of that incrustation of steam boilers which leads to their gradual oorrosion, and is so fruitful a cause of explosions. Many oddly dissimilar subs tan oes have been tried to prevent the formation at this destructive “scale,” as it is nailed —bran, potatoes, wood, ooblast raise, sodium, chemical compounds of various kinds, aud numberless mechanical con trivances—but all with little or no effect. Baked apple pudding.—Six apples well stewed, quarter of a pound of but ter, half of it stirred into the apples while hot; add sugar to taste; when oold add six eggs well beaten to the apples. Pound and Bift six cracker*, batter yonr dish and pat in a layer of cracker and a layer of the prepared apple, and thus until yon have filled your dish; let the cracker be the up per layer and put the remainder of your butter in small bits upon it. Bake half an hour. Sauce tabtabs.—Mix the following ingredients with a pint of good mayon naise, and keep the sanoe oool until wanted for use: One teaapoonful of chopped shallot or white onion, one tablespoonful each of finely chopped capers, paisley, and pickled gherkins ; in the spring and slimmer add one table- spoonful of chopped green tarragon ; in the winter substitute' the sprig of tar ragon which. is always placed in the bottles containing capers, and wliioh, of oourse, must be-finelv chopped. A pin cushion whioh is very hand some and delicate is of blue satin with a bunoh of sweet peas painted on it; around the edge of the cushion is a pleating of heavy blue satin ribbon. It is pleated in double box pleats very dose together, then around the cushion white laoe is laid with the plain edge tucked down between the pleating and the cushion. . At the oornera it is sim ply folded nicely; the effect is lovely. A new and striking design for square oover for a table is to make the centre of plain satin, then pat on a deep border of the crazy patchwork, and finish with a rich fringe. The patchwork should not have many plain pieces in it; those of embossed or figured velvet and brocade are mneh more effective, though the plain pieces may be ornamented with embroidery, which adds greatly to the beauty of the whole. Quick vinegar.—Fill a jug with cider, aud turn into each gallon of eider a pint of molasses and a cupful of lively yeast. Have the jug full of the liquid; let it stand uncorked baok of tho oook-stove where ti will keep warm. It will commenoe fermenting in twenty-fonr hours, and will not take over a week to make good, sharp vinegar. It most lie drawn off into another jug, leaving the dregs, and kept in a tight oorked jug or bottles, where it will not freeze. A handsome handkerchief case is made of crimson plush with satin lining of the same color; on the upper side put a spray of rosebuds and leaves in ribbon embroidery. Tbe case ahonld be in shape like the two eovera of book, and shonld tie with a ribbon of the same color as the case, Cookies without shortening.—One enp sugar, yolk of of one egg, one-half cup sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls cream tartar, one of soda, one of salt; roll thin; sprinkle sugar over the top be fore baking. Buttes fib.—Oover the pie plate with crust as for ouatard pie ; take a piece of butter the sue of an egg, one oup of sugar, one oup sweet cream, one teaapoonful of flour and anger to gether, add cream, bake till brown. Mobtoomebx cake.- One pound of pork, finely chopped, one pint boiling water, three eupe sugar, one teaapoon- fnl saleratus, one pound raisins, one- naif pound currants, sprats, floor enough to make the tiiiekncm of cap cake. It is popularly supposed that all the literary men of Scotland live on oatmeal partly because it is nutritions, bnt mainly beoanse their incomes are too modest to afford anything else. Recent retains do not oonfirm this latter suppo sition. There are thirty-nine pro'eaeor- ahips in the University of Edinburgh. Of these eighteen receive $5 000 or more a year each and five get $10,000. The profeat or of anatomy receives $16,- 000 a year, the professor of Latin $7,- 600, the professor of Greek $7,500, and the professor of mathematics $7,600. Two of the teachers last mentioned are under thirty-three years of age. Ten at the twenty-eight professors in Glasgow receive over $5,000 and three ever twice that sum. The salary of the Latin pro fess-or is $11,000, and of tbe Greek and Latin teachers $0,000 and $10,000 re spectively. It Is mid that ooal-tar smeared about rat holes ao that the rats cannot pass without getting it on their fur, will very soon cense them to desert the HUMOROUS. I understand you were at a hop at Mr. Blown’s last night,” said te young man to another. “Yes, I was there.” was the hesitat ing reply. ‘-Did you have a lively time 7” “Well, I should smile.” ‘Who was present on the occasion 7’ Oh. there waa the aid man, and the old woman, the daughter Mary, she’s my girl you know, the three brothers, and a neighbor or two.” “No more than that for a hop 7” “If yon’d seen ns, you would have thought it waa enough.” “Why, what did you do ?” “I didn’t do much of anything. I only went to see my girl, and the old man, yon know, didn’t like it, and he and before I knew anything he hopped on to me. Then Mary hopped on to him. and tho old lady hopped on to Maty, and the boys hopped on to the othera, and the neigh bors came in and I hopped on to my opportunity and got ont.” It wasn’t so awful dang alow after all, was it?” Was it? Well, look at my eyes, and this arm in a sling, and this ont on my head, and these sewed-np places in my clothes, and then go np and take a squint at Mary and the old mu, and the old woman, and the boys, and the furniture. Blow? Slow? Well, don't bill me for any more special bops till the spring of 1098.” In the vast amount ot business transac ted at the Baltimore, Md., 1’oatofflce, Mr. M. V. Bailey, Superintendent of the Mafia, is kept exceedingly busy, but somehow he finds a spare hour or da; to go fishing, and from his experience he gives bis testimony, that St Jacob’s Oil Is the best remedy in tbe world for rheumatism, sprains, sore feet and joints, bruises, etc. It is the re medy for fishermen and gunners, who shonld always keep a bottle mi hand. A somewhat Inebriated gentleman boarded a down car on Yonge street, Toronto. Balancing himself against the door he asked the conductor to let him off at Cruikshank street. When Wilton avenue waa reached he recog nized his destination, and, stumbling over to the bell-strap, gave ft a tre mendous tug. The oondnetor was irri tated. “What do yon mean by jerking the bell like that—ringing it at both ends 7” he said, with rising anger. “Well—(hie)—don’t I wansh the oarsh to stop— (hie)—at both ends ?” It is entirely different from all others. It is ss clear as water; and suit* name indicates is a perfect Vegetable Hair Restorer. It will im mediately free the head from all dandruff; no- store gray hair to its natural oolor, and pro duce a new growth where it ha* fallen off It does not In any manner affect the health, which sulphur, sugar of lead and nitrate of stiver preparation* have done. Itwill change Hght er faded hair in a few days to a beantifnl glossy brown. Ask your druggist for it. Sad bottle is warranted. 8mith, Klinb ft Co., Wholesale Agents, Philadelphia, Pa. and C. N. C kitten ton. New York. A suggestive reflection: Calino is very sad in thinking that his son, who is now only twelve years old, must one day leave him and enter the military service. “Yon have still got plenty of time before you,” said a friend, trying to console him, “and before he is of age the law may be modified.” “Yon are right," replied Calino, wiping away a tear. “And just think, if he were a widow’s son he would be exempt 1” Is your hair falling out or your scalp dis eased? Carboline, a deodorized extract of petroleum, as now improved and perfect ed, is just the article you need. Buy i bottle, and. like thousands who are using it all over tbe land,you will valne it as the choicest of all toilet preparations. “You are charged with carrying whisky away from an illiet distillery,” said the United States Judge to Uncle Silas, “What have you to say to that charge?” “I isn’t guilty, sah. I didn’t carry it away.” “Yon had some, then? “Yes, gah, I had some.” What did you ao with it?” “Well, ash, all dat I had wuz inside ob me, an' I had so muoh dat I couldn’t carry it away, so 1 jess stayed dar.” My daughter was troubled with Heart Disease for 5 years, given up by physi cians, had sinking spells, great swelling over her heart extending to left arm, and severe spells of neuralgia extending over entire body, doctors could not help her. Dr. Graves’ Heart Regulator cured her within three moe.—Jsa. Tilton, Couoord, N. H. $1. per bottle at druggists. When Lord Coleridge returns to his native ’earth and writes a book abont America, we trust that fie will not say that Chicago is a larger State than Ho boken; that Louisville is an isthmus that oonneets California and Hartford ; that the Hudson river is a beautiful city; that the Ailegheni.m are a lovely archipelago, and that Idaho is the cap ital of Brooklyn. Consumption Cored. An old physician, retired from practice, haring had piaced in hia hands by an East India mission ary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent core of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and Lnng Affections, also a poiltive and radical core for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after naving tested its wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt It his duty to make it known to his suffering fell >ws. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human suffering. I will send free of charge, to all who desire ir, this recipe, in German, French or English, with fud directions far preparing and using, bent by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this A. NoYKS^ldl Pouter's "Bog “No,” said Mr. Littleman, “I didn’t get the nomination for Governor. In fact, I wasn’t named for any office, but I had the satisfaction of hearing the president cry ont amidst tho as sembled thousands. *1 have a telegram for Mr. Small Littleman, at Sqnaah- ville.’ It coat me twenty-five cents, bnt, by gosh I it waa worth it.” For nearly 34 yean I have been a victim of Catarrh. I have tried many remedies, receiving little or no relief. I bought one bottle of Ely’s Cream Balm and derived more real benefit from that than all tbe rest added together. You can recommend it as being a safe and valuable mediciDe.— A. L Fullee. Dauby, N. Y. As one having used Ely’s Cream Balm I would say it is worth its weight in gold as a cure for Catarrh One bottle cured me. 3. A. Lovell, Franklin, Fa (See ailv’t.) An exchange apeak* of a “vegetable acrobat,” bnt it is not what the boy calls a “turn-up.” If there is an acro bat in the floral kingdom it most be the ' ’Johnny-jump-up.” Malaria, chills, positively cured by Emory's Standard Cure Pilla. Their equal unknown; sugar coated; no griping, 25 It is said that a certain million.;*, in this city was a hone-car condne-or thirty years ago. Those were the good old days when it wan not imperative to •‘punch in the presence of the passen ger.” A pure strengthening tonic, free from whisker 'sSSBSf* Bern* inaltittera. Nervous Wssrnms, DnpegSs, Impotence Sexual Debility, cared W*W«UV Masha kiMWr.’’ SL quickly if • work is An old sod will rot mare . plowed shallow, provided the well dace. Is the bottom of a deep far row, especially to early is too cold to * >r inner mote bom rttsesss than any class—not always in the disease Itself, bnt the circumstances surrounding their cases. Who can depict a more horrifying scene than that of the prosperous mechanic, who, by some dreadful disease, is reduced in flesh and strength, having no power of con trol, a helpless prey to same malady? Per- i the family of tbe worthy man may be ring for tbe necessaries of life, all be cause “rather” is unable to week. Why then do not all men grapple with the firstsymptomsof disease (of whatever name or nature), and thereby*prevent this sad picture. This Is just what Mr. Hlkam Franklin,of Naugatuck, Conn., did wben he began to feel a heavy, dull pain in the small of his back, which steadily grew worse until be bad to do one of two things: either give up work or or look around for some means to cure ley disease, and a lucky chance threw in bis way a aue and certain means of de liverance. The facts in Mr. P.’s case are these: His business (mason and builder) requires him to be exposed in all sorts of weather. Re cently, boms seven cold, he contracted a and Of all men no doubt the mechanic and laborer suffer more from illeesee than 'Box,” said an excursionist to a bootblack at ths post offioe yesterday, *aro than any sights worth seeing near hen?” Not this afternoon, as I krn think on,” was the reply.” “but you missed an awful big thing this forenoon.” - ’What was that?” Woman passed a bogus quarter on a man np here. Man passed s green watermelon on the woman. Both found it out abont the same time, and it was naff to make your blood run cold. She called him a gentleman, and he called her a lady, and she busted the green melon on the floor, and he flung the bogus quarter at a dog, and a horse he run away, and two boys had a fight, and the woman cried, and it was the awfulleat time we ever saw. Next time you are coming on a 'scuraion you'd better telegraph me and see if there’s anything fog going on.” disease of the kidneys, a 1 like many others ny others began using everything at hand. Not find ing any help, as a last resort he began raking Hunt’s Remedy. The first bottlegiving de cided benefit, he continued its use until had used three (3) bottles, when all trouble disappeared. Mr. F. is now attending to business, swell nun, and recently remarked than acquaintance: “One trial convinced me, as it will you.” We need scarcely add Hunt’s Remedy is purely vegetable, and meets a want never before furnished to those suffering from kidney and liver complaint, dropsy, etc., and tbe utmost reliance may be placed in it. ‘Yns,” said the superintendent of a Texas railroad, “we have water boys on the train now, but we didn’t once. I recollect the first one we pat on. He entered s car filled with cattle men. As ing them water to drink, they took ac tion. The boy saw hia danger and made for the door; but be fell on tbe platform just riddled with ballets.” Weighed against that health 11 so often fails to buy? Droas Indeed. While we can none of os claim a total exemption from that greatest of all ills to which flesh la heir—111 health, we may do much to lessen the chances of incurring It, and this not alone by me adoption of each sanitary measures as are to be found In dally exercise, regular hours, prudence In eating and drinking, and a wholesome del, but also by resorting to Jo. diclous preventive medication when the system la threatened by mmealthfnl Influences. For in stance, residents or sojourners in malarious lo calities shonld oae Hostetler's Stomach Bitten aa a defense against chills and lever, and persona who Incur much oHt-of-door exposure should em ploy It aa a safeguard against rheumatism Trav elers In the tropica find It Invaluable also as a means of arresting liver complaint and constipa tion, and counteracting the debilitating influence of a torrid climate. A young man in South Carolina, only twenty years of age, has been engaged nineteen times already. He will not be so reckless as he grows np, shonld he ever grow np. But smart people die young. Uet it Sore. Wells’ “Rongh on Bata” Almanac at druggists, or mall for Sc. stamp. TL S, Wells, Jersey City. We read in an exenange of a young lady having been made crazy by a sud den kiss, This should teach young ladies to be constantly expecting some thing of that kind, and to be prepared for it when it oomes. Wadlst, Ga.—Dr. H. L. Battle, Jr., says: 'Brown's Iron Bitters are very popular in this sec tion and give entire satisfacUon. r Seasoning Sausage Meat.—For one hundred potuda meat aae Balt twelve ounces, pepper six ounces, sage four ounees. Ladies and children's boots and shoe* cannot run over if Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners are used. —There is an electric light in use for mining which can be seen 42 miles. ILLS TRADE MARK. table, free from all mineral and otner poisonoas ■a balances. They are a certain cure for Co—n patio*. Sick Headache, Dyspepsia. Torpid Liver, Lam of Appetite, and arising from the liver. Stomach, Bevels * Kidneys. They remove SOI obstructions from the chat of the eyetem and parity the blood, thereby im parting health, strength and vigor. Sold by drug- glau, or sent by mall for 96 cents in stamp* by P. ffEUSTAEDTER ft GO., S3 Moreer St., New York, 8—d for circular. m DEATH RECORDS, FRIGHTFUL MORTALITY, LUNG AND BRONCHIAL DISEASE, HALE'S HONEY OF HOREHQOND AND TAR CHANCING THE BALANCE To the Health Side of the Account. Before pharmaceutical research bad developed the great PULMONIC above named, the cough mixtures of the day presented no adequate pro tection against the speedy development of fatal forms of lung disease. To palliate waa all that they could do in a majority of cases. Bat since HALE’S HONEY OF HOREHOUNB AND TAB was introduced, persons suffering from severe GOUGHS and COLDS, from ASTHMA, sore TBBOAT, INFLUENZA, eta, have been enabled to avail themselves, at trifling cost, of an article which affords them a reliable means of core and a gamine defense. There are dangerous imita tions. Ask for HALE’S by its fall name and take no substitute. Pace’s Toothache Drops Cure in one Minute. DA' t»ei terns of castings. H-W.Knioht, Seneca I to *20j5SSSS£5KBrK3SS: SHARPIBi PAINS! pries. Hop Blaster Co , Proprietor* sad Menu- HOP PLASTER rsff=S£=5==s=<£5 s&m* a. MLsaeaa— U> INFALLIBLE \Epileptie Pitt, Spasm, Falling Sickness, Convul sions, St. Titus Dance, Alcoholism, Opium Fating, Seminal Weakness, Im- poteuev, Syphilis, Scrofula, and all Nervous and Blood Plsaaaes. Two-Third* of a Bottle Cure*. Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.: Dear Sir—I have been taking yonr “Favorite Prescription” for “female weakness.” Be fore 1 had taken it two days I began to feel stronger. I have taken but two-thirds of a bottle and believe I am cured. Gratefully, Mbs. H. C. LOVETT, Watseka, Ill. There has been mooh talk and little Information respecting the eAeieoey and arrangements ot lightning rods.In deed, many persona would as soon have an invocation, whioh tho devoot Cana dian habitants plaoe over their front doors as any metallic conductors. A person who waa entrusted with the matter of equipping a church with lightning rods consulted a number of electricians upon the subject, and aa the result of a number of opinions trom experts he need a lightning rod made of round iron three-quarters at an inch in diameter and welded at each joint Tne upper end of the rod was drawn to a point, and care waa taken to provide a good ground connection with damp earth at the lower point The rod waa secured to the church by galvanised iron staples. The whole length of the rod was 192 feet, and the cost $14.80,or seven and three-quarters cents per foot The rod conducted away a charge of electricity during a thunder storm, with out any damage to the church, The base ball player will drop his bat and lie down with the iceman as soon the latter hanga np hia tongs for the And then they will be made delegates to ward and county conven thins and sell their votes to every can didate for the various nominations and thus lay up enough money to put them well through the winter. Sick and billons headache, and all de- ents of stomach and bowels, cored Pierce’s “Pellets”—or anti-bilious grannies. 29 cents a vial. No cheap boxes to allow waste of virtues. Ry druggists. The weather clerk at Washington has struck a new dodge. He not? predicts weather for two days ahead, and if on Monday night he says Wednesday will be clear and pleasant, the next day he will aay that it will be cloudy and rainy, and in this way he seldom makes a miss. Throat, Bronchial, and Long Diseases a specialty. Send two stamps for large treatise giving self treatment. Address Wobld’s Dispensary Medical Asso ciation. Buffalo. N. Y. “I’M glad far one." remarked a hang- eron near an up-town headquarters, “that David Davis has gone ont of pol itics.” “Why so?” asked another lounger. “At leaves rcom for a di or more of us ordinary fellows to step in,” waa the reply. A very useful rheostat lias been de vised by M. Tiouve. the well known Parisian inventor. It consists of a Ger man-silver spring inclosed In a nickel- plated tube, the spirals not being al lowed to touch each other,and Insulated from the tube by a pasteboard sheath ing. Inside the spring is a robbing contact formed of a metal rod split into four parts, like the split plngB of a re sistance box. The rod is graduated in divisions. The current enter i at one end of the spnhg, traverses it, the rob bing contact, and the graduated rod. When the rod is deeply inserted into the spiral coil, the current only traver ses a few turns, and the resistance in circnit is very small; bnt wben the rod is pulled out, the number of turns in serted is considerable. The divisions on the scale tell the nnmber of turns in circuit. The device is employed by Trouve in connection with hia polyscopes to regulate the strength of current sup plied by a small Plante accumulator. PuaXST and best cod-lives oil, from selected liven, on tbe seashore, by Caswell, Hazard A Co., N. Y. Absolutely pare and sweet. Patterns who Chaptsd hands, face, pimples and rough skin cured by using Juniper Tar soap, made by Cas well, Hazard A Co., New York. A humorist waa once called into the presence of the managing editor and solemnly reproved for tne dnlness of his wit “Yonr token” nnoth the edi his wit. “Yonr jokes,” quoth the edi tor, “are so bad that I am daily com pelled to print them in that nondescript department entitled ‘Pearls of Thought.’ ” In a letter from Hon. Mbs. Psbt, Castle Grey, Limerick, Ireland, dbown’s Bronchial Troches, are thus referred to: “Having brought your ‘Bron chial Troches’ with me when 1 came to reside hei e, 1 found that after I bad given them away to those 1 considered required them, tbe poor people will walk for miles to get a few.” For Coughs, Coins, and Throat Diseases they have no equal, sola onto in boxes. Buskin seems to have a blissful ig norance of the cost of coal. He says a couple ought to oourt seven years to become thoroughly acquainted. That is the wav with piuloephere ; they have no thought for the practicalities of life. “Big rasra xae” Is tbe language of vigorous health and sell-satis faction, but when self-indulgence, exposure and bad habits have deranged the delicate functions of digestion, and the blond becomes Impure, there Is but one certain way to avoid disease. That Is lu purify the blood by “St. Bernard's Vegetable PUla" which stimulate the liver, kidneys and skin, promote digestion and restore sound, heanby ac tion to the congested organs and disordered func tions. They are the oldest known health restora tive In the world. It haa long been proposed to extend a »h.is of earthquake observatories over the volcanic districts of Italy, and Prof, do Rossi now urges the immediate com pletion of the aeries of such stations. Earthquakes are often heralded days in advanoe by phenomena familiar to seis mologists, making it possible to issue earthquake warnings in season to enable inhabitants of threatened districts to find places of safety. An observatory at Casaamioeiola might have saved many lives. THS naaar Axle Crease Is the bast in tbe market. It Je the most economical and cheapest, one box lasting es long ae two of any other. One greasing will last two weeks. It reoeived first premium st tbe Centennial and Puis Expositions, also medals at various State fairs Bor no other. It ia to be hoped that the Internation al Electric Exhibition, to open in Sep tember of next year under the auspices ot the Franklin Institute, will prove a decided snooess, as from first to last American inventors gave the greatest impulses to an’ established industry in electrie lighting, etc., based on grand discoveries. Tne last observations indicate that we are distant from the snn about 92 700,- 000 miles. These are the figures ob tamed aa near aa may be from the ob servations of the last Venus transits. Mr. I*Bay,44Nostrand a venue,Brooklyn, says Dr. Elmore’s R.-G. saved his life; four huge bottles cured hisdyspepsia, kidney and liver diseases, which six doctors had tailed to help, and of which he expected to die soou. A specimen ot vegetable wool is on exhibition at Amsterdam. It oomes from Java. When it is freed from its leathery covering and the seeds, through a very simple process, it is worth be tween 16 and 17 oenta a pound. Syrup. Infallible, tsstrliws, harmless, cathartic; for te reriihneas, restlessness, worms, constipation, use. It ia aaid that M. Tomasai baa made an arrangement whioh makes the arc,or the luminous point, of the Jablochkofl light nearly stationary. Aa the “can dle” burns down a selenium regnltlo acts as an automatic regulator. SHnvaoTOAN, Wis.—Dr. 8. B. Myers, says: “I recommend Brown’s Iron Bluer* fur general de- hill y, loss of appeute and want of strength.’’ UT To Clergymen, lawyers, Literary Mat, • - is, Bankers, Ladles sad all whose Merchants, tration. Irregularities * ' r kidneys, o bowels or tonic, appetizer or •rasis invaluable. causes Nervous Pros- of the blood, stomac or who require s ner orstjmnlent.Nssi wffss Jr A young tenorjobtained a hearing be fore a director of one of the provincial theatres. He sang, but the manager stopped him at ths end of three or four notes. -Very well, he said, “leave me yonr address, and 1 will think of yon if r should happen—” “What you mean by if it should happen ?” interrupted the young tenor. “Why, if my theatre shou'd burn—” “Well?” “I should engage you to cry fire 1” COhilNREMEOt FOR PAIN. Rheumatism,Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, HeaSacfie, TteSmchs. nmnvken. Fifty ftmtt* THE CHARLES A. TOOELEHCH. LTOOSLSSSOSl) RiHlffw, tii VALUABLE TRUTHS. “If yon are offering from 1 or languishing on s bed of Mi • cheer, for Hop Bitten will cure you. “If yon are simply all lng, If you feel ■weak and dispirited, without clearly ‘knowing why, Hop Bitters will Revive yen. “If yon are s Minister, tad have over- 1 taxed yourself with yonr pastoral duties, 1 or a Mot her, worn out with cars and work. Hop Bitten wlU Restore you. “If you are SB • weakened by the strain of your every-day - - l or i man of letters, tolling over Hop Bitten wOl Strengthen you. “If yon are auffering from over eating, ‘ordrinking, any indiscretion or dlaatps- ‘tkm,cranmnagandgn>wlag Me fast, ■as Is often tas ease. Hep Bitten wlH Relieve yea. “If yoo an tn as workshop, aa the 'farm, st ths desk, anywhere, and feel ‘that yonr system needs C ‘— ■— — ; without L Hop Bitten is what you need. “If you an old, and yonr blood thin and ‘Impure, pulse feeble, year nerves un- 1 steady, and yonr faculties waning. Hop Bitten will give you new Ufo aud Yigor. “HOP BITTERS la aa elegant, healthy, •and refreshing flavoring for sick room ‘drinks. Impure 4 them lannlem, 4 mouth, And cleansing tfct ■ sad sweetening (tn* th* ■tiffUAh.” Cleanse, Purify and Enrich the Blood with Hop Bitters, And you win have no ricknesa or suffering or doo- toris bills to pay. HOP BITTERS M aa Elegant, Pleasant, and Refreshing Flavaftng for sick-room. Drinks, ADd Impure Water render ing them harmless, sweetening as month, end mean ing the Mimics. Sms Cure for hours, 1 .St Lop FREE”^*’ 1 ALWAYS CURABLE BY USING MEXICAN MUSTAN LINIMENT. •T lOTUM VKISHo Silage ud Bites, Cat* sjmI Braise*, Sprains * Stitches, Contracted 91 Bscles SUMJoists, Frost Bites, Spavin, Cracks, Screw Worm, Grt ib, Foot Rot, Boot A U, Swinnjr, Fosnde; rs, Sprains, Strains, Sore Feet, StlDhess, and all external diseases, snd every hurt oraccidi art For general use ia family, stable and stock yard THE BEST OF ALL LINIMENT f^ams bdII Ely's Cream Balm B 0* Bra n when applied by the Sager into the tills, will be sh ed, effectually eli lng the head of co- *— virus, causing secretions. It tlonal pletely heals tl and restores sad smelL A few sgpUcmtlons relieve. cure. Agreeable to rVEB' IIM Send for ctrco- ***"■* Isr. Price so cents a nail or at dmralMa _ _ X BROTHERS, Druggists, Owego, X. T. Ifri t STOPPED FREE ■ ICvwlMriwaw. nans Psnsns RsttortS rr.EJNH GREAT ' NerveReotorem sraDiasAsra o»!r»»s Wm'tiSn’t UM. 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THOSE AFFLICTED WITH THE EFFECTS OF SELF-ABUSE AND MEECURIALIZATIOH aftoald not hesitate to consult. J. N. end J. B. HO ■ENSACK, of 906 North Second street, Philndel IP. M^a 8 A. Jin * , Advice free. Whosoever would know hie c Mou and the way to improve it mould reed “WISDOM IN A NUTSHELL.* Sent ob receipt of S-oe&t stamp A1 IflALOOUE or BEST BOOKS won AGENTS I A TMat fna laekidliur l0Uier, Howie »■* VA A Heave*, nx.lt. fleam* everybody. 196.mm - ... Ek TB j CAT j» ub u^ er j# ewYork . •old. fUG monthly. BUT A FABM IN VIRGINIA! Every man vbo want* to but or skli* Virginia Baa! Estate shonld write to YAGER A CAMPBELL, Beal Estate Agenta. Gordons villa, V*. List frees rem ?dy tor kidney, bladder and blooa . and only real caratixe «ver r .s. discovered for Rente and chronic 'yrt rheumatism, root, lumbsir>. aci*t» ■S iea, aenraljna. ate. Hnscti el hope- Jilt’s disease ana dyspep^i* In 3 w -eki—all i of rheumatic disorders ia 2 to 12 weeks—relieve* inflammatory ia 1 day. Caa refer to haadr d • of re! lia ble people cared who had triad ia vain everythin* else. Purely hotania, harmless, and Bice to 1rmk. Ask your dmaaifli to get it; if he decline* send to_r * “ nothin* else. Elmore. Adams ft Co.. 1( ,. 105 William st.. N. Y noi TI8T8 • of any one t — LTEKIALS. Frames, Pictures, Ac., at % . Seta of15 Oil Colors. 3 Brushes, Palette Box aud instructions all lor 9L0U. H. I* BOSS. ISM Ridge Ave.. Philadelph 1 PENSIONS. L2£L&Sy®i2 to pension. A half million yet entitled. Cases prompt prettied. L 18year*experience. Address,F.REGIS ER. Attorney. SM & 6th Street. Philadelphia. Pa. r||B| flV if CUT for J° un E men who CmiLUlmClf I graduate at Coleman BUSINESS COLLEGE, Newark, N. J. Terms only $40. Write for circulars. Writing A8COTT. Walerrlile, tsaa. Camphor Milk la the beat Liniment Price *> cents roller • qrjTfvwi IU0P£R’8 PA8TlU18i^r.rfl^: EHHB|i^HM.Wkitowo, Mam. - r cent. Natxowax. Pub. Co. Philada.. Pa Phoenix Pectoral will c * cough. Price * $72 A WEEK. |Uiday at home easily madh. Costly outfit free. Address Tbps ^Co.. Amrueta. Me. W a week m your on free. Addre** H. HaIXBTT ACOral and outl Portland. V Battle of the Books. 500,000 Volomes, the choicest literature of the worW. 100-Pace Catalogue bee. Lowest prices ever known. NOT sold by dealers. Sent for examinatloB BEFORE payment on evidence of gon.i laith. J0US B. ALDEN, Publisher, 18 Yesey Street, ffew York. P. O. Box 1227. Rheumatic The Greatest Blood Purifier Known! RHETJMATI8M CUBED. Roc IT urns, N. r„ Apr. Sia, VSL BJtevmatic Syrup Cox Gsivre—I havsbeeasgreatsur. fercT from Rheumatism for sta yean, and bearing of the of Rheumatic Syrup I to g.ve It atrial In mv >wa end I cheerfully *av met I have been greatly beneSuud by Its use. I can w;fik with entire freedom ery mu h improved. It is * I fooa* myself leu did remedy tor tea blood AisMooapat SCROFULA CUBED. Poar Bvwm, h. T.,F*ta at,«. trap Ox, doctoring for three . WlU dxffe Faxbpoh; N. Y^ March IS, Rheumatic Syrup Ox.* ilferent phy- Uflomfl call ed it, mH commenced taking roar Syrup I After taking tt A short time, to ■■■nnitlM. B *Tif tr w ~lr M tflnolnffiti ■*• • rfami mm a tew w< ’ m wee a* i MR*. WILLIAM ffTBANO. IEUBAL8IA CUBED. Manur'd by RHEUMATIC SYSUP CO., I Plymouth Avra, Rochester, N. Y. ‘So", at all diuggiiita. Ir In tbe Yorkshire coal mines there Hero last year 05 deaths,so that one life i lost to every ooe of tho total 8b7 ployed. The day la gone by when lug with tne lives at men can bo carried ao with .'mpaiuty even-in eo.l Qsa H. CUWmdua, Agm*» Mew Took. -• -V ' .. .. ■ V • ': Healthy People Sometimes Laugh At tbe sufferings a( dyspeptics, and say that their pains and distress ate imaginary. This is not meant for cruelty, bat it is cruelty, all the same. A person who has a crooked foot, or a wounded hand, or a sightless eye, catia forth sympathy by tbe exhibition of the defective member. If ti» dyspeptics sufferer's stomach could be placed on exhibition, the cause oi his distress would be apparent. The mam with a troublesome stomach often suffers quite as much as the ran with a broken leg, bat is for less likely to receive sympathy. Sympathy is good for sufferers, aa for » it goes. But Brown’s Iron Bitters is better, for it strike* at the mot ot these troubles, and cures <fi»-