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I oil THE LADIES. XfWMnnd Not<-? for Women. Tin* attendanceof young ladies at the Harvard Annex promises to be greatly increased this year. Mrs. Harriet lhtshnell has bequeathed eight thousand dollars, her whole estate, to the poor widows of Lincoln, 111. The Society of Arts at (ieneva, at its annual meeting, lias resolved that, in future, ladies may l?eadmitted as members ol' the society. A pretty girl of eighteen, neat in dress and polite in manner, is a bootMark in (lalveston. She lias a chair at a street corner, ami makes ^ > 10 $>o ;i day. .Miss Louise S. Baker lias supplied tlie pulpit of the Congregational church at Nantucket for two seasons. &!ie left a lucrative position as teacher to engage in this work. The lady newspaper correspondents who make Washington their fruitful field of operations have organized a press cluh and will endeavor to have galleries in the Senate and House set apart for their special use. Mesdamcs (Totilde II. "Wendell and Nancy 1). Taylor, of Atchison. Kansas, have just received letters patent for a valuable improvement in tag-fasteners. It is considered by merchants and others the best they have seen. New Orleans is to have the honor of being the lirst city in the Union to erect a monument to a woman. The person to be thus honored is Margaret Houghery. the recently deceased benefactress of the orphan asylums of that city. Mrs. Richards. who has been in "Wisconsin organizing woman suffrage clubs, says that her greatest opposition conies from young unmarried women who imagine that men will not like them so well if they advocate the woman sufl'raye cause. Miss Emma L. Crabtree of Lynn, Mass., lias been devoting iierself for a series of years to the study of electricity and kindred subjects; and, as an electrician, lias already shown superior. * knowledge and ability. She has devised and perfected various pieces of scientific apparatus and has manifested great mechanical ingenuity in this direction. She is a graduate of Salem Normal school. The publishers of a German novel scored a hit recently in the line of advertising. They had inserted in most of the papers a notice stating that a certain nobleman of means, anxious to obtain a wife, wanted one who resembled the description of the heroine in the novel named. Of course every marriageable woman who saw this announcement bought the novel to see how much she resembled the imaginary beauty referred to. Fnsliioii \otc<. Redingotes ami polonaises in various forms are very fashionable. Plaid materials are again in high favor, hut not in bright colors. Ivory white dresses with gold braid trimmings are a fancy at present. .Scarlet hussar jackets, embroidered with gold soutache, are worn in Paris. Velvet skirts with plain silk and woolen overdresses will be much worn. R rides will wear un< Pressed kid gloves with loose buttonless wrists this se;ison. A golden brown shade called availtnrine combines beautifully with ficelle gray. Ruffs, ruches and fraises for the neck are full, high and very handsome. Long silk mousquotaire gloves take precedence of all others at the mo went. Gold soutache embroidery appears on a few reil and blue all-wool costumes. The broader the rep of silk or woolen goods the more fashionable is the fabric. Deep chicorees or niches around the bottom of skirts a ? the fancy of the moment. Even hats, gloves and shoes are adorned with bead, tinsel and silk embroideries. New and singular shades of color appear from day to day among the new fall goods. The favorite dress of the English woman this fall is of rille green cloth, tailor made. Black and white wool, known as shepherd's check, promises to be a very popular fabric for braided costumes. The newest embroidered squares for flip nock have a wide hem on the edce. ^ - y - o ' with a vine of embroidery above the hem. * v. Dark satine dresses are liked for ;2v- ' small girls because tliey do not show Soil, and as they are entirely of cotton ' arc easily cleaned. '<& Graceful tunics are made in scarf * shape, or arranged in a point on one side, and are very much puffed and of great length behind. v The latest novelty in outside garments is the frock coat, cut doublebreasted in masculine shape and provided with a series of useful pockets. Ostrich feathers in millinery are powerfully rivaled by fancy feathers. Of these, trimmings made of the plumage of the barnyard cock are espe ' . chilly popular. The latest decree of the mode, as promulgaled from Paris, is in favor of smooth felt, in preference to heaver in millinery; though heaver headdresses are still in demand, with prospect of *, increasing ]?<>pularity as the season apix r~ proaches winter. Plumes made of the feathers of the different varieties of pheasants are in great' demand. These include trimmings made of the plumage of the j?.- cophophorus or the East Indian pheasant, tiie golden, the silver, the border pheasant and the gray pheasant, as our domestic Guinea fowl. Some of the newly-imported polonaises are made with open bodices, square or heart-shaped, i>r in a long V, * the point reaching to the belt. The 1 opening is usually edged with a plaited niching, or with embroidery or ap; plique bands of beaded work. Underneath the opening is worn a plastron >% Ui vinn ?'i i ii? iiiioviiu "i mvr, xiiu > * panier-polonaise is still in high fashion, &?.. this model being in the shape of a pointed bodice with paniers applied by gaugings or tint plaits laid over the hips. A Poem Written on at.'rain of Rice. A Chinese teacher in the colony has just presented quite a curiosity to the city hall museum. Many of our readers have (Inubth-ss seen specimens of printing compressed within very small limits, such for instance as the whole of the Lord's prayer contained within ' a circle the size of a linger ring. This, "r. however, is not a specimen of minute typography but of caligraphy, for it y% consists of a stanza of poetry, composed by the teacher himself, which contains thirty-three distinct and well formed Chinese characters written out in the full style without any contractions, though the most complicated characters are not introduced into this liliputian poem. It seems almost incredible, but it is a fact that the whole of these thirty-three characters are inscribed on one grain of unhulled rice. It is only another instance of the patient toil which a Chinaman will snend over apparently unremunerative work. ?Overland China Mail. Mortality A mom Railroad Employes. The slaughter of railroad employes amounts to between t*.velve and fifteen hundred killed each year, and from five to ten thousand injured. Most of the t>. accidents are the result of working in the depot yards and on freight trains. X This mortality is one of the items of modern improvements, hut as inven| tions in maehinery are perfected and I adopted these figures will grow less I proportionately. ? Dr. Footed Health s&r-\ Monthly. j Xine out of ten Egyptians have, a I writer says, diseased eyes on account I of the tine particles of sand driven into I them hy. hot south winds. FT \ About 36,000 1>ar rels or 3G0 car loads |. of salt are weekly sliipped west from | Saginaw, Mich. / A THRILLING NARRATIVE. The I.oms of a Strnnmhip DeHcribrit by a Young Lmly Who Wan Onr of tin' Two SurvivorM. From Parry Sound, Ontario, come particulars of the sinking of thesteamship Asia. Miss Morrison, one of the two survivors, gives the following thrilling account of the catastrophe: " It (li<l not get very rough until 8 o'clock in the morning. I was up then, hut was seasick and took no j breakfast. I saw four women with children in the cabin?one had four, and one had two, and two had one each. They were t wo families and had taken a deck passage. 1 noticed the four women and their children particularly. The women were all sick and the cabin maid was feeding the children. There may have been other ladies in the open air. 1 knew there was no danger. I saw people putting on life preservers. I lay down and thought I would not move if the boat were sinking. The boat rolled on her side, and 1 thought it was sinking, when I jumped up and went into the adjoining stateroom, where a woman with two children was. 1 found her asleep and awoke her, but think she never left the cabin. Her children were a small one about two years of age and a child in the. arms. T t.iif <in .1 lifii-nrociirvel- :ini] ?:it 1 llini j'llV vrAl (V .... bv the cabin door. Uefore I went to my stateroom I asked the mate if there was any great danger. lie said there was a very heavy sea, but they had already thrown some horses overboard and would throw off all the freight they could. I could hear a great noise made by the horses. L had hopes the boat would lie saved till I saw water coming into the cabin. " I was on the upper side of the boat. She lay now 011 her side. 1 took hold of the rail, slid down into the water and sank. I came up by the side of the captain's boat. lie took.me by the wri t and the mate helped to pull me up. My stateroom companions were both in the same boat, but no other women or children. I saw the other two life-boats, both full. The captain and mate had oars and tried to take care of our boat. The steamer now went down and left wreckage floating around. I saw the other two boats upset twice, and each time the number of passengers were largely reduced. The three boats drifted together for a short time. I heard those in the other boats call to the captain l'or oars. One of the two boats had no oars, one had one and our boat two. The captain 1 fnnlil none. Our boat went along quite nicely for some minutes; the others capsized almost immediately. They had nothinglo help themselves with. I was sitting in the how of our boat looking hack toward the wreck. I saw the other two boats tip over three times, and when I next saw them they were empty, no one even clinging to their sides. I am sure none were saved except Tinkis and myself. "Finally our boat upset and we lost both oars. "We were then at the mercy of the waves and were upset four times in all. There were eighteen persons in the boat before she upset. Two women were lost the lirst time. It became calmer near dark and the boat did not upset again. About this time we picked up a floating oar, but were too exhausted to use it. The mate told me to hold on to the life-line whatever happened, and I never let go. When the boat upset I hung on and came up with it. None of the five men died until after dark. The mate got upon his knees and said he could see land. This cheered us all. The captain seemed verv sad and seldom spoke. None had hats or coats on, but Tinkis. I had neither hat nor shawl. "We were all in the water up to our knees, but the water was not up to the seats. If we had had a bailing-dish we could have bailed out the boat after the sea went down, but we had nothing to do it with. " The men all died quietly and seemed to go to sleep. The mate put his head up to my face in the dark and asked if it was me. I said yes. My hair was flying around. He seized it in his death-grasp and pulled down my head. I asked the captain, who was near, to release my hair. lie did so, and the mate soon breathed his last. We saw a light at liyng Inlet about dark, and could see it all night, but drifted south. Shortly after the mate died and the captain laid down. I tried to arouse the captain, but he was dead. I think this was about midnight. " Mr. Tinkis and I kept up a conversation. I was nervous and feared that Tinkis would lay down his head like the rest. I asked him to come to the bow, bat he said we would balance tlio liruif lu.ttor hv rfmninina .is we were, and that he would, not go to sleep. Daylight fin;Uly dawned and revealed the shore near by. Tinkis worked the boat toward the shore with the oar we had picked up. It was a beautiful warm morning and the sun wanned us and dried our clothing. "We attempted to walk across the island, thinking that we might iind some houses. I could not walk, so we returned to the boat. Tinkis took the bodies out. I could not help him. He. then pried the boat off with the oar. lie then worked the boat down the beach, but made poor headway. Darkness coming on I was afraid it would get rough, so we landed, broke boughs for our beds and put some under and over us. I slept some, but was nervous. We were up before sunrise and got into our boat. It was calm then. We rowed a short time, but then gave it up and went ashore and laid down on the rocks anil went to sleep. An Indian came along and woke us up and asked if we were lost. "We said we were. His squaw was in a boat. We liniu for il U'OU ?l 111*111 CO 111111 IIV *? 1(U If *v li l?VU??V? lit* said it was twenty-two miles, and asked if wc were hungry. He then got some bread and pork from his boat. I could not eat, but I drank some cold tea. Tinkis offered the Indian his watch to take us to Parry Sound. We had little to eat on the way. The squaw made me u bed in the boat and 1 slept there Sunday night quite comfortably. Tinkis never gave up except on Saturday morning, when we lay down on the rocks to die. I thought of the 'babes in the wood,' but saw no hope of rescue." Love's Thoiightfulness. "Shall you miss me, sweetheart?" George \V. Simpson was going far away to to the trackless solitudes of St. Louis, and when he had told Daphne McCarthy of his intended journey tin; girl had spoken not a word, but lain her head gently on his shoul tier anu wept as if her heart were breaking. But when he asked her the question with which this chapter opens, the little head, with its coronal of HulTy brown hair, had risen slowly, and the pansy brown eyes of the girl hud looked into his and gleamed with the light of a love that could never die. "Shall I miss youV" she cried, despairingly. "Ah, yes, sorely enough. But you cannot understand this. No man can feel the loss of kisses and love words as a woman can, n< r hate the slow-creeping wakeful nights and the gray dawns that come with no promise of strong arms and a loving lieart and words of courage; and the windy sunsets that die away on a day that has held no beauty or brightness. No man can feel the deadly hunger in time of famine that a woman feels when love that always beckons and allures her is out of reach of her longing hands and loving lips." "But I shall not be gone so very long, darling." whispered George, "and i juivu turn tin: riuui^ iiuiu tw lut vuu liave whatever you want on my account." "You have done this V" asks the girl, putting her dimpled arms around his neck. " Yes," was the reply. "Then," said Daphne, the wistful look gone from her face, "you cannot start too soon."? Chicayo Tribune. Joseph White, of Jiake Oven, Wasco county, Oregon, began as a sheep herder in that region without funds five years ago. lie recently sold out his band of sheep for $6,300. From his this year's shearing he sold frftm G78 ewes $1,158 worth of wool and raised 478 lambs. Two shades of smalt blue are frequently combined in one hat or bonnet. Skill Grafting. The patient, a- pretty little girl of eight, was admitted into the Wellington ward of St. George's hospital with the history that, two years previously, her dress had caught (ire, burning both legs from the hips to the knees severely. Afyer a year's treatment the left thigh had healed up; but the right had never got better, and presented a terrible ulcer, extending all down the outer side. She wis a bright, intelligent little thing, and her sad condition excited much sympathetic interest. For four months she lay there without any signs of improvement. Though nourishing food, with wine and strengthening medicines was freely administered, and all manner of local remedies applied, particularly that most excellent dressing, carded oakum, all was in vain; and when, on the 5th of May, the child was brought into the operating theatre and placed under the inlluence of chloroform, it certainly appeared to us to be sis unlikely a case to afford a fair criterion of a new treatment as could well be imagined. Two small pieces of skin were then snipped from the back with a pair of uimrM-rwiintoil ^cisisrirs jinil imbedded? planted, in fact?in the granulations of proud " tlcsh" of the wound? two tiny atoms, scarcely bigger than a pin's head, and consisting of little more than the cuticle or outer skin which we raise in blisters by rowing or exposure to a hot sun. Five days later no change was visible; and by-and-bye the operation was considered to have failed, since the pieces of skin had disappeared, instead of growing, as had been expected. Hut twelve days after the operation two little white cicatrices appeared where the seeds had been sown; and in my notes I find that a week later these were big enough to be dignified as "islands of new tissue." The most wonderful part of it is that, not only did these islands grow and increase rapidly in circumference, but the fact of their presence seemed to stimulate the ulcer itself, which forthwith took on a healing action around its margin. Several more grafts were implanted subsequently, including morsels from Mr. Pollock's arm, from my own, and from the shoulder of a negro; the last producing a white scar-tissue like the I In two months the wound was healed and the little patient was discharged cured. Skin grafting is now performed daily in surgical practice, and a special instrument?a combination of knife and scissors?has been invented for the purpose. It is impossible to estimate the immense benefit of this discovery to mankind in many different aspects. 1'oor people, hitherto incapacitated from labor by "incurable" ulcers, and for years a burden on their parish, or inmates of workhouses and asylums, will now again resume their place in the great toiling hive, from whose daily work is distilled the prosperity of a nation. Von Grafe's operation of irideotomy, whereby hundreds of people who were formerly considered irremediably blind, are now restored to sight by a simple proceeding, is said to have exercised a very appreciable effect on the poor rates of the country. As an instance of true transplantation, John Hunter's celebrated experiment of causing a human tooth to take root and grow in the comb of a cock is a well known instance. Dentists nowadays often remove teeth, and having exercised diseased portions, replant them in their sockets with frequent though not invariable success; and cruel plastic operations have been per 1 " 1..' ...I.W.I, tl.nv I.OVP lUIIlll'U Ull 1 clL?y u> u IIIUI tiiv; been joined like Siamese twins, or their tails caused to grow from their shoulders or between their eyes. The late Mr. F. Auckland, in his " Curiosities of Natural History," gives an amusing account of an action-at-law brought by M. Triguel, a French naturalist, against a zouave who had sold him what was termed a " trumpet rat" for one hundred francs; the said " trumpet rat" proving to be an ordinary varmint, with the tip of another rat's tail planted in its nose and growing there. ?Chambers" Journal. Men's Heads. The question whether our heads are smaller than those of our grandfathers has been attracting considerable attention in European scientific circles during the last few weeks. The subject was first agitated by writers for Nature, London, one of whom, Mr. F. F. Tuckett, insists that the average size of hats has decreased one size within the last twenty-live years, which means, if the criterion is to be .1 <1 iinim11inn nf thrpp-oif/litlis of an inch in average circumference. As Mr. Tuckett adduces in evidence of his assertion the testimony of leading hatters in London, he is probably right so far as that part of the case is concerned. But there are, as Mr. Charles Roberts explains in a rejoinder to Mr. Tuckett, various reasons for the average decrease jn size of hats, without accepting tli at gentleman's view of the cause. In the ' first place, men wear their hair cropped more closely than they did years ago, and in the second the fashion now is to wear one's hat on the top of the head, instead of pulling it down over the ears as was done by men of the last generation. Again, the tall hat is now worn by a large class of persons who are uniformly small-headed, such as clerks and shopmen, who formerly did not all'ect such a luxury while on the other hand many persons of the large-headed, class, clergymen and others, who wore tall hats only years ago, have now given them up and prefer the soft felt to the uncomfortable section of stove-pipe once in vogue. The only way to get at the truth would be to examine tin; statis ties of citch class separately, and to make an allowance of a quarter of an inch for the present mode of wearing the hat and of cropping the hair. Jiut if Mr. Tucket t's view is to be accepted, then, while the head has not lost in size there has been a general gain in weight and vigor of body; for, comparing thestatstics of factory children in 1833 with those of 1S73 in England, it is found that children of ten years of age now are as tall of stature and as heavy as children of eleven years of age were forty years ago. There is a great variety, however, in the size of heads among the intellectual classes in England. According to Mr. Tuckett, Lord Chelmsford wears aUi hat only,and the sizes of some prominent people ne gives as follows: The late Dean Stanley, ('?;{; Lord Bcaconsfiold, 7; tlie l'ririco of A Vales, 7; Charles Dickens, 7*; Lord Russell, 7.\; Macaulay, the historian, 7j{; Mr. (iladstone, 7?; Thackeray, 7jj; Louis Philippe, 7.3,; M. Julien.the celebrated musical conductor, l'\, and the Archbishop of York, 8. The prelate must possess a head of nearly twentyfour inches in circumference, while that of Dickens was average, that of Thackeray beyond the average, and the pumpkin-head of Louis Philippe was very large. A Dangerous Iledfellow. Ferryman 1 loppy, of Arena, Wis., recently experienced a fearful sensation on awakening during the night. He felt something crawling over him, and knew, when fairly awake, that it was a snake. lie did not know what to do, but finally took both hands and threw the bedclothes over it and got on it with his knees. The reptile iniwl i # ?- M "irniiml Ilia | JJU'Uitiirij tuiiui u.i vuu neck, he being (in its head. Jiv repeated efforts lie succeeded in uncoiling it, but not before he was nearly strangled. lie gathered up snake and clothes together, threw them from the window that was open near the bed, and then as quickly as he could get out of doors caught up <*t pole and struck the snake a blow. He could see him coiled up and could hear the rattle, showing it to be a very large rattlesnake. As he struck the reptile coiled around the pole and as he raised the pole to strike again it sent the snake away out into the river. It was a close call for Mr. Happy. lie doesn't like such bedfellows, and has wire screens to his windows now. According to a recent return there are eighty-eight convents, with 2,020 nuns and 540 monks in Switzerland. The property of these foundations is estimated as being worth $4,000,000. ?. ? THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. Water for Swine. There are many farmers who think it unnecessary to give a drink of water to a pig, but who consider the slop it receives as ample for its needs, or mat when a pig is fattening dry food only is needed and that water makes soft pork. There are many more who are hardly so ignorant as this yet act precisely as though they were and neglect to provide any water for their stock hut what they can procure, from pond holes or sloughs. The consequence is disease and death. Pure water is indispensable to the health of all kinds of stock. Kxtrn Culture. 3'rofcssor Roberts, of Cornell university, says in an article upon "Extra Culture:" Herein, I am satisfied, lies the secret of England's success in raising large crops. It would take away the breath of a prairie farmer to hear even an Englishman's enumerations of the "spuddings." the" grubbings," the " twitchings," the harrowings, the cross-harrowings, the rollings, the crushings that a heavy clay field is subjected to before it is considered fit for wheat. "What is all that for? Simply to unlock the full storehouse of nature. That it is full has been proved time and time again. Hy actual analysis it is found that an average soil contains in the first six inches nlant food enough for from fifty to one hundred ;ind fifty full crops of grain. I do not desire to discourage the purchase and use of fertilizers, but what I do protest against is purchasing on time commercial manures at $40 per ton to enrich cloddy fields already rich in plant food, locked up, it is true, but there none the less, only awaiting a little judicious application of brain and muscle to set it free. If these hastily jotted facts and impressions are the means of inducing my fellow farmers to remove some of the useless trees and fences, or to give the fields an additional cross harrowing or two before carting in the seed and asking the Lord to bless the labor of their hands, my object will have been attained. Muck.?What I* Murk? In England muck means manure. In "Pilgrim's Progress," "the man with the muck-rake" was searching for good in the gutter's filth; but not finding that for which he searched. " Muck is money," is an English farmer's proverb, the meaning of which is clear enough. When agricultural writers in America talk about muck they mean swamp muck, and by this a substance of a peaty character, rich in humus, of a dark brown or nearly black color, consisting of the remains of plants which have undergone partial decomposition under the constant influence of water. This has no constant composition or appearance other than indicated. In peat-beds the true peat is often several feet deep, and there may be a good deal of similar material which is crumbly, more or i ?: i ??:^b rw cnrwl I IU1A.U11 Willi uclibii \jl wuuuj and unlit for fuel Other deposits abound in which there isno peat fit to use as fuel, but with an abundance of other material useful to farmers and properly enough called muck. This is black soil, at least half of which will burn away when dry. It often dries hard, like clay or bricks. It crumbles under the inlluenceof frost and air and often simply by drying. This substance, including all varieties of peat, is or may be made useful in every soil not of a peaty nature to begin with. It is often rich in nitrogen, the most costly ingredient of fertilizers, often contains phosphate of lime and other valuable ash ingredients. I5v its decomposition in the soil, its absorbent action, its promotion of other decompositions and changes in the soil, its presence is always beneficial. Under some peculiar circumstances these effects are hindered, probably by the presence of organic acids in the peat. To such peats and mucks the term "sour" is fitly applied by farmers. They may, however, lie neutralized, or, so to speak, sweetened bv lime. Fresli burnt lime rap idly absorbs water and falls into a fine dry powder. The muck is spread in layers a few inchcs in thickness, and lime in this form is spread thinly over it. It is not necessary to be accurate in regard to jwoportions, but best to be uniform. If the muck layer be about four or live inches thick, half a bushel of lime will be sufficient for a space of ten feet by ten, or 100 square feet, and may even be used for double that area. The muck being piled up in layers each receiving its quota of lime becomes changed?more easily pulverized and disintegrated, equally useful as an absorbent, and a superior ingredient of composts. The muck or peat of some localities may be applied directly to the land, either fresh dug, if dry enough to haul, in which condition it is best to apply it in the autumn, so that it may become ameliorated by the frosts and tliawings of winter, or after such weathering. Other kinds of muck cannot be used advantageously without composting with lime or manure, or with ashes, or some other active substance, while that of some localities applied raw is positively deleterious to the crops of the first year. As a general rule muck may be made most useful in ordinary farm operations by mixing it with manure from the stable, in the cow-yard, the pigpens or the sheep-yards, and it is safe to say that the addition of muck of good quality in this way may easily double or triple the value of the 111anure made upon the farm. That is, a vard capable of furnishing under ordinary circumstances 100 loads of manure, maybe made to furnish twice or three times as much, both in quantity I siikI value.?AmericanA'/rinilturist. Fnrm nn<l Oiirrien N?tc?. Stockmen should not forget that it costs no more to keep good cows, horses, sheep, swine and poultry than poor ones?often not so much?and the profit from them is much greater. Dear this in mind in purchasing. Old meadows should have a sprinkling of line manure early in the autumn to give the grass a good start again hefore winter. "We do not believe in pasturing meadows much, if any, after the hay crop has been removed. When potatoes are ripe and the tops become dry they should be at once dug and put into a cool cellar. It is best to put them in small bins. (Jreat care should be used in digging not to cut or bruise the tubers, which hastens decay. A solution of one part muriate of potash diluted in 1,UW parts oi water is recommended as an insecticide for cabbage and currant worms and the like. It is also good as plant food, so that what falls to the gnnind is not wasted. American farmers do not value clover hay as highly as the English do. Timothy is considered much inferior to clover liv them; much superior l?y us. Clover sells in England for about twenty per cent, more than timothy. Properly cured it is a valuable crop. Many orchardists say it is not best to renew the orchard bv planting in young trees where old ones have died and been cut down. To a certain extent the elements suited to growth in the apple wood have been extracted from the soil and insect enemies have found location there. A lady florist writes as follows: I would say to those who are troubled with the little Hies about their plants in the winter, that since I have commenced using separate, saucers with my pots, and taken to watering mv plants from the bottom, by filling the. saucers with boiling water 1 am not troubled with the little Hies, and I think the plants do much better tiiiv u'iiv fliiin 1 iv ixiiirin" the water on the top. Professor Henry says: I would urge that our farmers feed more oals to young stock, colts as well as calves. There is no food easily obtainable that will so well correct aridity of the stomach and keep the whole system in good order. To those who wish to raise calves on very little milk, I would say, .use oats and oil meal freely, and by studying the wants of your calves you will be jt'jle to raise line animals on a small allowance of milk. The fuchia, says Vick's Mqgazine, / likes a slight .shade and a cool soil, and then, provided with moisture, it will stand as high a temperature as may prevail. Place the plants in the open, a little shady, such a place as the north side of a house furnishes, anil there is no fear but they will do all one may expect from them. If they are to remain on the piazza or the window-sill, the pots should lie sunk up to the rim Ln a hox of soil which can he kept moist; then, if the drainage is kept open, they will hold their foliage and ilourish. Mr. "Wright recommends the following for poultry cholera, to be given every three hours: "Rhubarb, five grains; cayenne popper, two grains; laudanum, ten drops; administering midway between every two doses a teaspoonful of brandy, in rather less than its bulk of water, with five drops of McDougal's lluid carbolate in eacli dose. Carbolic arid, in small doses, may ho substituted for the carbolate, if not accessible. The yards should be disinfected with carbolic acid as a measure of prudence, and for the same reason it is better to separate the sick from the well fowls, although the disease is not proven contagious." Any treatment, to be effective, must be begun at "an early period. One can form but an imperfect estimate of the value of a field of roots by knowing the weight of the largest one grown. Very large roots do not* mean very large returns; mediumsized roots and more of them are a more paying crop. Other tilings remaining the same, tiie size of the roots denends upon the thinning. At this season of "the year, when the roots are growing vigorously, they should lie thinned, so that they shall have a space between them in the rows equal to their own diameter, and no more. It is better for the roots to be ten than fourteen inches apart in the rows. If the thinning be carried beyond this they grow large and coarse, and will be much less valuable food than the smaller ones. ItecipcM. Coiin Musn.?Put a quart of water on to boil; stir a pint of cold milk with one pint of corn meal and one tablespoonful of salt. "When the water boils pour in the mixture gradually, stirring well; boil half an hour, stirring constantly. Stuffed Steak.?Make a stuffing of bread, herbs, onions, salt and pepper; spread over the steak, which should be an inch thick. Iloll it up and tie tightly with cord. Bake or stew slowly for two hours. Serve with brown gravy. Dried Beef.?Shave the beef and pour cold water over it, place on the fire and let it come to a boil; repeat this process twice; pour off the water and cover well with rich fresh milk. "When it comes to a boil season with pepper and butter and thicken with a little Hour. Pour over buttered toast and serve hot. SriCED ArrLES.?Spiced apples are very appetizing, and the new and usually almost tasteless early apples can he prepared in this way: Take four pounds of apples (weigli them after they are peeled), two pounds of sugar, half an ounce of cinnamon in the ' * ..C ^ stiCK, one quarter <.u <m unnuc ui uuvca and one pint of vinegar; let the vinegar, spices and sugar come to a boil; then put in the whole apples and cook them until they are so tender that a broom splint will pierce them easily. These will keep for a long time in a jar. Put a clean cloth over the top of the jar before putting the cover on. Early pears may also lie spiced in the same way, and are nice for dinner or tea. IlmiNfliold IlintN. In boiling meat, etc., or even clothes, turn a plate bottom side up and put it on the bottom of the kettle to prevent its contents from burning. To remove ink stains from cloth, dip the stain in hot fat, lard or tallow and when cold wash out in hot water and it will usually remove the stain. Satin tidies and table scarfs may be renovated by taking a hot iron, placing a wet cloth over it and holding the ] satin in the steam, the wrong side near the heat. It you are baking bread turn the loaves top side down in the hot tins and let them stand a few moments. This will make the crust very tender and they will cut easily. Chandeliers and iron wall brackets that have become rusty and worn may lie made to look equal to new by applying a coat of bronze jiowder mixed with copal varnish. The Alligator Industry. The business of killing and catching alligators gives occupation to many persons in the South. According to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat the hide of a large alligator is worth fiom one to two dollars. It is almost a (Uy's task to skin a large one. AMigal-oi* od has quite a reputation :is ;i remedy or rheumatism. It has, however ;i Most unpleasant smell, unless js . >er'y treated. Many fishermen >.ve hcen known to eat portionso." t:,e'wvl. ibat of the tail being said, w.ien r-o,iV"d. to have much the appearance oJ vei'laad to taste something like purK. O1.11.ea lucrative business is cajnti.Viig -1.r?i 1:..? illll^ilLUr.l UI1VC tu acuu if'fj , imltition. Colonel Williams, wIk-q Spanish Fort was made a summer iesort, made a contract with a Ostier.can to (ill the hole known as u'.?e a'ligator pond forliim, and in c'-e cuiii* y of a couple of weeks lie hdditr.tocl.Ki with thirty or forty, ranging in length from six inches to seven or e'ght feci. The man who caught them s'iowi J i u "car in handling tiie hu-ji: rept'hv. "W' a companion ho world ca nineam bring into camp anallii-atu/.sKteen fetlong. The manner ?< ' ao-u?u;?l!sSi:ng this feat was, as he exp'atnei' c;i,:te simple. The old are savage aed \< !'> ii?'it for their young, and t!i:* !';? i, is ut\en advantage of. .Some of tiie young are caughtoutof the spot in wl"ch the old one is lying, and a stout noosed rope is then placed where t?? emerge s!'e must thrust her head through o. When all i !o w..i/l? tlm vminir :i--n iP'uWci) to (TV out, and the old one thrusts out Iter head to liave her l.ead caught in the noose. She is dragged ar<iend in the water until pretty we'" when another noose is sec-u? ?1 it> her tail, and she is firw:v strapped, siomaeh downward, on a w'de bo;ird. which she cannot break, as 'ter powerud iimseles in the tail at L??p' -* i.) a l.'l-ral direction. Iler head is then fasten -d !o the boat, tlie noose about iter wi i. :s removed and she is towed aw.iy a .e. iter,young have been placed in t'ic .v.-.T Young on?\s are bou^'ii <v dealers for from $2 to ?-1 ado/en.n-it over a loot in length. When t'.iev << ". tuem they get a much higher pr'c ?is i hey are hard to preserve alive. '1 he large ones are sold differently, there being an increase in price of .">0 <ents to $1 for every additional foot over ;i certain length. Alligators sixteen or eighteen inches long art; frequently Cound by the dozens in shallow water, and can be handled Without trouble, providing the old one, who is generally neardoes not take alarm. Most alligator, / -i ' II" ntorc tilcn IIMIIT.S itlC IIIIII1. IIM..U... and search along tins shores of bayous and lagoons for the holes of the animals. When the hole is discovered it is explored with a long pole with a big hook set in the end, and if the unfortunate resident is at home he is promptly dragged out in spite of his struggles and quickly appears in market. The eye of a young alligator is a queer and pretty sight, having the fire and appearance of an opal of a similar size. Mr. Ifohnan Hunt was once sharply criticised for painting a rainbow of one color?red. Two such rainbows j J an; described in a recent number of I No lure, as having been seen, and a third which showed only orange and red. In the Dresden gallery there is in the copy of Raphael's Madonna di Foligno a semi-circular rainbow which is red and yellow. The recent report of the census of 1W?U snows mat me Ausinmi tion now numbers 22,144,2-|$p)cinpr an increase of l,747,l>17 or a]j0ut eightyfour per cent since the la^t census of 1869, when the numbers fljfltt!0,396,1 mrrn T*Ttixnr?a wptttq I X ULU vv nmi u AiJdvv u, Eastern and Middle States. A fibe which broke out in the Democrat office at Ridgoway, Pa., destroyed seventeen of the principal business places, including the Democrat and the Advocate offices, before it could bo controlled. The aggregate loss is estimated at $150,000. A Buffalo dispatch says that a dummy engine ?rossing the International bridge, which connects Black Rock with Fort Erie, plunged through nn open dro,w into Niagara river thirty feet below. Six persons were on the engino, and of these William Rowan, engineer, and Edward Hershey, a farmer, were killed; the others were injured. While Assemblyman Amasa J. Parker, Jr., accompanied by his wife and two other ladies, was driving a spirited team at Albany, N. Y., the horsos ran away. Mr. Parker was thrown out of the carriage and had his leg broken, and it was feared that his skull was fractured. Tho horses kept on until they ran againBt a tree, throwing out the three lady occupants of tho vehicle, one of whom, Mrs. Lewis Rathbone, wifo of a prominent retired manufacturer of Albany, was in stantly lulled. At Utica, N, Y., Judges" "Wallace and Cox refused to grant a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Sergeant Mason, imprisoned for shooting at Guiteau during the assassin's trial. Hon. A. Bahton Hepbuhn, nominated by the New York Republican State convention at Saratoga for Congressman at large, has written a letter declining the nomination. Miss LaFoboe, who was betrothed to Lieutenant Chipp, of the Jeannetto expedition, died recently at Ocean Grove, N. J. When news came of the Joannetto's loss Miss LaForgo fell ill and became a wrecl. physically and mentally. She was taken from her home on the Hudson river to the sea shore, where she died. At a meeting of the State committee of the New *York Anti-Monopoly party held in Albany an address supporting the Democratic State ticket was adopted. A passenger train on the Mont Alto rail roau ran over a cow nuout seven innes east of Chambersburg, Pa. One passenger car wn9 thrown from the track, and nine passengers were injured, none fatally. A wobkman who was making some repairs on electric light wires in Now York allowed his hands to come in contact with both ends of the wires and received such a tremendous electrical shock that death ensued in a few minutes. At the Connecticut Democratic State convention in Hartford Thomas M. Waller was nominated for governor, George G. Sumner for lieutenant-governor, D. Ward Northrop for secretary of state, Afred R. Goodrich for treasurer and Thomas R. Sanford for comptroller. Soutb and Weit. A fibe which broke out on the Mississippi steamer, Robert E. Leo, while on a trip from Vicksburg for Now Orleans, resulted in a terrible loss of life. The steamer left Vicksburg in the evening for New Orleans with T>00 hales of cotton and a good list of passengers. While opposite Point Pleasant at 3:1)0 a. m., she was discovered to be on firo and wbb immediately headed for the Louisiana shore, landing at Yucatan Plantation, thirty-five miles below Vicksburg. In a fow minutes she was completely enveloped in flames. About twenty-one persons lost their lives, including several cabin pnssenpers and mnny ol the crew. At tho timo the alarm was given tho boat was under way. She was immediately headed for the shore, and strnck tho bank in a very short time?not more than three or four minutes. The Robert E. Leo was the fastest and most magnificent boat on the Mississippi, and cost about $200,000. Lateb reports state that at the political riot in Lancaster, S. C., seven porsons instead of four were killed and twenty-one wounded. Neab Clarksburg, W. Va.. John R. Boggess, Jr., during a fit of mental derangement, induced by strong drink, killed his wife and daughter, aged thirteen. A pasbengeb train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad was stopped one mile west of Granada, Col., by armed men, who helped themselves to express matter, but took nothing from the passengers, owing to the presence of two sheriffs and a deputy^ The third annual convention of the North American Bee-keepers' society was held at Cincinnati and lasted three days. " A notobiocs negro murderer named Jerry Cox, wlio was under sentence of deatl^ set fire to the jail in which he was confined at Nashville, N. C., and was burned alive. A misplaced switch on a railroad near Hutchinson, Kansas, caused a collision between an express and a passenger train. Both engineers, tho firemen, a baggageman and another man were buried in tho wreck, which took fire, and all six per.'siied. , TnE Chicago Railway Age reports the construction of 1,20!) miles of main track in the United States during September, and a total * :? !>? ,.nnr nf S AT-, miles. It estimates the total construction for the entire year at 10, ">00 miles, an amount far greater than over before built in one season. Alexander H. Stephens was elccted gov. ernor of Georgia by a majority variously estimated at from IX),000 to i)0,000. All the Democratic nominees for stato offices were successful, and the general assembly is also largely Democratic. John Brooks (colored), who had confessed to making a brutal assault upon a little girl, was taken from the sheriff at Jacksonville. Tenn., by a large crowd and hanged. John Leigh and James Rigby, two farmers of Palmer, 111., quarreled about the possession of some land and became involved in a lawsuit, from which Rigbj came out victorious. The other afternoon Leigh's son approached Ri^hy and, pretending that he desired to effect a peaceable settlement, sud''" >1" /Mionorl firn with ft rnvnlvfir. killill" uc1u/ w2'l'"v- "?v ff.... 7 ? him. Fbank James, tho notorious outlaw, brother of the late Jes^e James, surrendered to Governor Crittenden, of Missouri, at Jefferson City, and was delivered to the Jackson county authorities at Kansas City. When Frank James surrendered to Governor Crittenden, ho handed him his pistols and stated that lie (the governor) was the only man except himself who had touched them for twenty years. Prom Washington, A statement prepared at the postoffice department shows the gross receipts of tho department for the fiscal year ended Juno 30, 3882, to have been $41,205,317.10, against $36,217,511.55 during tthe previous year, an increase of $5,047,805.55. The roceipts from the snlo of postage stamps, postal cards, envelopes, etc., amounted to $39,533,317.21, against $34,078,812.30 for the previous year, an increase of $4,854,504.91. The issao of stamps, etc., amounted to $40,978,053.42, an increase ovor the previous year of $0,302,G17. Thcso figures, it is thought at the department, justify an estimate ef about $1,000,000 not revenue for the fiscal yeai ended Juue 30, 1882. TnE last national debt statement shows the decrease of the public debt daring September to bo $14,805,948.83. Cash in treasury $240,830,004 93 Gold certificates outstanding. 4,907,440 00 Silver certificates outstanding. 71,509,210 00 Certificates of deposit outstanding 10,070,000 00 Refunding certificates outstanding 430,800 00 Legal tenders outstanding 340,081,010 00 Fractional currency outstanding 7,028,078 77 Cash balance available 141,082,415 52 The payments made from tho treasury by warrants during September were as follows: On account of civil and miscel- ' laneous $5,401,970 09 On account of war '4,084,495 89 On account of navy 1,334,320 58 <)naccount interior?Indians.. {>28,534 30 On account interior?Pensions. 5,5C1,:>94 54 Total $17,910.722 00 The above does not includo payments made on account of the interest or principal of tho public debt of tha United States. The total funded indebtedness of tho District of Columbia is :&21,lj(i9,(!00. Of tho wholo number of letters and parcels opened in tho dead letter odico during the year onded Juno .'!0, 1882, 19,98!) obtained money. The coinage executed at the various mints of the United States (luring September amounted in value to sS.OOO.'Jrc'. I'kofkssor W. C. Th.dkn has submitted to ?i' rt?I.I.MI i.s? I UISITICL AlHirilU} VvOmillii uin v/iiiv?<it . v rw4 ^ of a chemical examination ho has concluded of 1 ho poisoned bo.u<pici that was given to Guitean by his sister, Mrs. Scoville, the day before his execution. The report says that the largo bud (a half-opened (lower) contained over five grains of "white arsenic"' (arsenious acid). This (juantity was not only sufficient to cause death to any human being had it been swallowed, but, owing probably to ignorance, was so largely in exees? of a fiifctfTfcstrthftJ tfKrinTent of the person who prepared tlie llowers would have been defeated by emetics. Mr. Corkhill says that he is trying to discover who poisoned llio flowers, and then, if the person can bo discovered, he A statement prepared at the postofflce department shows that the amount of money orders issued during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1882, was $119,930,032.69, an increase of more than ton millions over tho previous year. The amount of orders paid amounted to $115,058,758 63. On this amount of business the gross revenue amounted to $1,199,354.85, which, after deducting all expenses, leaves a net revenue of about $200,000. Tiie naval board appointed to investigate tho loss of the Jennnotte met and organized. TnE total cost of the free-delivery service of the postoffice department for the fiscal year endid Juno 30, 1882, was $2,623,259, an inc rease over last year of $123,348. The signal service estimates that at least thirteen million dollars of property and many persons remained safely in port on account of warnings from the department prior to the recent cyclone. Indian Commissioneb Pbioe has notified the Indians whose support is not provided for by treaty stipulations that they will be expected to labor for a livelihood. Foreign News. Anti-Jewish riots have ocourred in Pro?sburg, Hungary. Alderman Henry Edmond Knight has been elected lord major of London. Tiie floods in the Tyrol have reduced hundreds of wealthy land-owners to poverty, and the laboring class is in terrible distress. Stanley, the African explorer, has returned from Africa to Belgium. Much damage has been done by a hurricane in the south of Ireland. The Americnn ship Harvey Mills, from Liverpool for New York, lying at Queenstown, was driven ashore and several yachts wero sunk in the harbor. At Ncwry a large number of houses were greatly damaged and the town was flooded. A oband reviffw ot tno uritisn troops was held in Cairo the other afternoon in the square beforo tho Abidin palace, in tho center of tho city, where tho troops assembled after marching through the streets. The khedivo and his ministers and a Large number of notables were present. The streota were crowded with natives. Mb. E. Dwyeb Gba7, sheriff of Dublin and publisher of a leading newspaper in the Irish metropolis, has been released from confinement upon the payment of a fine of ?TjOO. It will bo remembered that Mr. Gray was imprisoned and fined becanso his paper contained a letter reflecting upon tho actions of the jury in a recent murder trial. Judge Lawson, while defending his act in imprisoning Mr. Gray on legal grounds, said he felt that justico had now been vindicated, a better state of things being observable. Ten men have been arrested near Orossmaglen, Ireland, for treason felony and committed for trial. A telegbam from Granada* Spain, reports a great outbreak of fire in the suburb of Zacatin. Nine persons have been injured and the losfl is immense. Six hundred Jewish families have left* Presburg, Hungary, on account of the riots. The Hungarian prime minister says that the whole power of the state will be used to aid the municipal authorities to suppress the agitation. Two farmers were murdered in Ireland the other day?ono named Hunt, in county .1 iL- -XV.- J3 T> Jtioscommou miu uit) uuier ue.muu xjiuhub, in county Kerry. A Dublin dispatch says: "The police here now believe that the murderers of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Under Secretary Burke numbered ten, and that they arc still in Ireland; but that unless the aid of an informer can be secured the crime cannot be brought home to the guilty persons. The weapons used in the commission of the murders were found some weeks ago." Foub long dissecting knives stained with blood, which are supposed to have been used by the murderers of Lord Frederick Caveftdish and Under-Secretary Burke, have been found in a house in Dublin. Genebal Wolseley, at Cairo, issued a general order complimenting the British troops engaged in the Egyptian campaign on their endurance, courage, gallantry and good behavior. The order says that the queen is proud of her soldiers, and General Wolseley, in the queen's name, thanks them for their valor and discipline. Biirnsn troops have begun to leave Egypt for Englaud. Miss Adelaide Phillips, a well-known American singer, died tho other day in the south of France. The city of Presburg, Hungary, has been placed under martial law on account of the anti-Jewish riots there. The czar of Russia, as an act of clemency, has commuted the sentence of death of Nagormy and JewsejefF, political criminals, to hard labor in the mines for an indefinite period. Does Suit Kill Trichinae 1 A French savant, M. Colin, some time ago declared that the salting of meat was a sure and certain method of destruction to these parasites. This, however, was different to the opinions often expressed by German investigators, and also to the fact thai several cases of trichinosis, believed io have resulted from the eating of American hams that had long been salted, had been reported. Among other chemists, Schmitt. Chatim Girarc1. and Pabst. and De Benecke and Libon, may be medtioned as observers who had found the trichina; still living in meats that had been salted for several months. The experiments of M. Colin led to others by il. Fourment. the results of which have just been published as a report to the French Academy. These experiments show conclusively thai the salting of meats cannot be regarded as a safeguard ;>gainst trichinosis. * M. Fourment took a piece of meat on the 19tl> of April, 1881, from some American salted meats examined at the Havre docks and found infested. This meat was placed in a lla.sk and imbedded in line salt. It was then hermetically sealed and not opened till the 1st of April, 1SS2. By this time Ihe meat had undergone a year's salting carried tn t.hn hitrlii'st decree, anil if we ?ul(l tho time tliat must have elapsed since it was first put in salt in America (which could not be put at less than three months) the meat may he said to have oeen in salt for at least fifteen months. The meat was then cut up into small pieces, and these were placed in water, which was frequently changed to remove the salt, and remained for several hours in a temperature ol' seventy-one degrees Fahrenheit. On {lie 4th. 5th and Uth o" April this was fed to a mouse, which died on the 7th, after presenting symptoms of diarrhea. The intesiide was evidently inllamed and UWJililUM V ni'AIUlU) Uiau?|,VM Hiuuuu. A socmd and a third mouse were fed with i11oro ol' tho meat, and with exactly similar results in each ease. .Several oilier experiments were made. M. Fourmont says that all show that tho triehin:e were then certainly alive and capable o." reproduction alter lift eon months of salting; and it is consequently manifest that salting does not sureh and rapidly destroy these parasites. Tlie.v oiay die in salted meats as well as in any other situation, and thus explain the negative experiments published by distinguished observers; but they may also live a considerable time without our being aide to determine the length of the period after life. Jhit, although salting is thus an tin- i certain remedy, there n?*cd l>e no tlan- t ger whatever from trichinosis if only ' the meat lie properly cooked. In no I single case?and there have hccn numerous experiments made?has heat failed to entirely destroy these parasites. Fjord, in Sweden, and Krahhc, in (iermany, have hot It proved that a temperature of 12'.> degrees Fahrenheit has heen shown hv many experiments j to kill instantaneously. Only those who neglect the prccaut ion of thorough cooking?absolutely necessary in the ! case of all pig meat and sausages ? i nci'il lie miller iinv fear of these liara- ! sites.?iV'7/' Jo//,- ohsirccr. Miniature Kangaroos. There is a kind of dwarf kringar.v. in the Staked I'lainsof Northern Texas. ' Its body is about eight inrhes long; its j fore legs are not more than an inch ! and a half or two ineln's in length, j while its hind legs are all of six inehes. It has a tail about eight indies long, completely bare except a tuft of long hairs at the end and a ridge of short hairs on its upper part. It is also a marsupial, tin; pouch being well tie-: veloped. It is of a soft blue color. lis oniy mode-of locomotion is by jump-j ing, precisely like the kangaroo. It j tan jump eight or ten feet. Professor Robert Odium, of the Natatorium, this city, was cured of a severe attack of rheumatism by the use of St. Jacobs Oil.?Washington (D. C.) Star. 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J nines was experimenting with Urn many herbs ot' Calcutta, lie accidentally mado a p'.'oiiaratixti which cured his ?niy cliild of Ci?miini|iti<in. llis chilli is now iu this country, and enjoying the best of health, lie has proved tothe world that <'oiimii nipt j<> can l<e positively and permanently cured. Tuu doctor now Rives this Recipe tree, only asking two tl.ren* cent stamps to pay expenses. This herb also cures Night Sweats, Nausea at tile Stomach, and will break up a fresh* Cold in twenty-four hours. Address Cr:'.d'.t"cK .t Co., 1:< :-J Kace S?rent, Philadelphia, n uiiiiii:: ii: . ij. > The truoaiiudotc to fe "1 K 01 'be effects of miasma J ifcd Hostetter's Stom Mtr rnFllRATED 'SaJl ...t, ? T1,., pi ~ * V " ? * ilJv'Si'tli 5S2 E^K S3 Assets r"^ pw? . ^ m u'ti. r>T *.?i?1 >y ?n tg?P H S3 fj ff. ;, I'riiK-tjist.s nnd DealM Pi n K -- r v? crs K-tH'rally. in iln* w-or!*!. <.Vt tlif m<-ii:mh?*. Kvcr.v l'.u'!?;r vi h::* ! ?rr trnili'-iiinrk > niarl>?il v?ii/crs. wm;ur. Iff 111 11! J I'ufissi?Iv?? I'illi :>i'iC7' KIrli .::! I! ? -> ![-l.-t'-fjr tin- l?l-> ! i.. f'lK I ' !! '.i I-n11iiv | ::?!, > i!! :i ' (' .! < l.-.ini I I , I.' , v I , |..,vi| ?< i! - .Wi : th'nit I... .V.:.! , .ory. u p I > iimiI !>>r ! r:. r-i iin;;i. I. s. .JOII *.st? \ ,fc <!#., Ilo (<i;i, .Unit., for. ?. !? ! I> tlmuair, )lr. p~ 5BS5Tv.rdl ' *'y. : '1 ~ I1:1 t!'-:-. ' t ^ j SIX T"T W",TR M">KVt: CTS I,!:"'- v : in ' in i i 1/ldi i'." S-n I^Wy'siX ci^ i > t? ! /.'. u?\ZA. LLZ, tk* Uvituu, il?U. Ur*.4J ot ?I1 l'hj>iwiu tf ?17 9 C .1CWSMIY, SILVSUWAI4F, M?iM V: ' I'r.i li i i'p?. ? J 4fe*S Vp^ T. W. K? ?!!? !y. l\<>.i>?.\ , N.Y 4 XV c i?--n:* !i?* tnnn t!m* w;?nts to nnk?* m??n?*y far.fc ' j[\ ;..:r!rr>*l\ .\tii!?lwll, Locket, N.Y. ELECTRO'YPEPj STEREOTYPE I HAS BEMEN PROVED i . . TheSUREST CURB for KIDNEY D18EA8E8. 1 | * Boca a lame back or a disordered urine lndL I , cato that you are a victim? THKN DO HOT , HESITATE; uao KID NET- WOET at onoo, I (drugjlsta recommend It) and It will apoedUy ovorcomothodiacoao and reetoro healthy action. I I It Is a 8URECURIfor all j DISEASES of the LIVER, | ! It haa specific action on thla most Important . organ, enabling It to throw off torpidity and In- i I action, stimulating the healthy accretion of the 1 Bile, and by keoplng the bowel* lnfraooondiI tion, effecting lta regular dlachorge. | U oIqvSq If you aro suffering from I IwldlCiriCI* malaria, have the chill*, I aro billon*, dyspeptic, or constipated, KidneyWort will surely relieve and quickly cure. . In tho Spring, to clc&nso the System, every 1 one should take a thorough course of it ' I I orlioo For complaint* pccullarto hOUICO* yourscx, such? pain and | weaknesses, K1DNE7-W0QT 1* unsurpaased, | -- 44 ?111 ?? and H&fiftlv. !l Either 8cx. Incontincnco, retention of urine, brick dust or ropy deposits, and dull dragging pains, oil speedily yield to its curative power. CTTt Acta at the cam tlrco on the KIDNETB, | LlVEE AirD EO WELS.JU Tor Conatlp*tion, . Piles, or Eiicuria.tUm 1', is a permanent cure. ISOLD BY DRUCOI8T8. 1 WMg ' MERCHANTS GARGLING OTL is the > oldest and the standard liniment of the United States. Large size, 81.00; medium 50 cents; small, 25 cents; small size for family use, 25 cents; Merchant's Worm Tablets, 26 ccnts. For sale by every druggist and dealer in general merchandise. For Family Use. The Gargilng Oil Liniment with whiti wrapper, prepared for human flesh, Is put up in small bottles nulii, and does not suln the skin. Price 25 ccnts. The Gargling Oil Almanac for 1888 ! Is now in the hands of our priuter, and will bo ready for distribution during the months of November and Dcceml>er, 1882. The Almanac for the coining year will be more useful and Instructive than ever, and will be sent free to any addrcs3. Write for ono. Ask tlio Nearest Druggist. If the dealers in your place do not keep Merchant's Gargling Oil for sale, insist upon their sending to us, or whero they get their medicines, and get it. Keep the bottle well corked, and shake it before using. Yellow wrapper for animal and white for hulnan flesh. Special Notice. The Merchant's Garbling Oil has been In use as a liniment for half a century. All we ask Is a fair trial, but be sure Hnd follow directions. The Gargling Oil and Merchant's Worm Tablets are for talc by all druggists and dealers in general merchandise throughout the i world. Mnniifn<ifiin>d nt f^iclcnort. N". T.. by Mer chaut's Univling'Oil Company. '.'.HALL'S ^'' TII< D A I O A || lungs.B ALoArn t'nres Consumption, Colds*. Pneumonia. In? ilacnz&t Bronchlnl Difficulties, HroncuiUs. ' ffisssrssr .miV5"^? Organs. It soothes iul bonis the Membrane of the Lnngx, Inflamed and poisoned by tun dlsense, nucT prevents the u la lit sweats and Tightness acrops the chcst which accompany i, Consumption Is not an incurable malady* HALL'S BAI?4A:U wid cure yon, eve? JUSOM&MILM /3 are certainly listing been so unmm COMPETITION fiw SIXTEEN YEARS* no other American Org.iaa having been found equal at any. Also CHEAPEST. Style 1<j0; 3.v( octaves; sufficient compass and power, with best quality, for popular sacred and reculnr music in school* or families, at only $22. ONE HUNDRED OTHER STYXES al *;5(\S.-i7.!SOO, S72, S78, S03, 8108.9114, to S'jOO and upward. Thr larntr ttylet art tckolly un, ricnlnl hv ti'u n-hrr Orqnni. Also for mby payments. > NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOG UE FREE. HI fi &I AO Thi.i Company hare commenced fB ffltal BX manufacture of UPRIGHT riJnSl^U GRAND PIANOS, introducing imporinni iinprnmnenlt: adding to power and beauty of tone and durability. 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