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Lawn Tennis. Games, like dogs, have their day,and the-day of croquet, that favorite dissi pation of mild-eyed curates and senti Inental young ladies, seems to be well high over. Lawn tennis has usurped its place, and paterfamillas, strolling about his grounds in the twilight to enjoy the post prandial elgar,no longer falls a prey to the malignant hoop. There are many reasons why lawn ten nis should win a greater degree of popularity. than its predeoessor. Per mitting equally that mingling of the sexes which must add to the charms of any out-door sport, as an exercise it Is at once more picturesque and more in vigoratingwhile, as a game,it involves a much greater degree of skill and con sequently of Intorest. As its name Implies, it Is anl adaptation of thle fin lent game of tennis-the royal game, as It has been enlled-the Jeu de paumue familiar to all' readers of the early French chronicles. With the French kings, Indeed, It was always a iprime favorite, and in the time of Louis XIV that grand monarch had his& choloe of no less than 115 tennis courts wherein to try "a set" with graceless Richelieu or gay Lauzun. The last of those courts was pulled down to maa way for the Parisian Grand opera house. Tennis was played II a court much like a racket court, such as we have here at the corner of Twenty-sixth street and Sixth avenue; but IL was a much more scoentille and dillcult game than rackets. It was Well called a royal sport, for only rich mien could afford it. To build the court alone cost from $15,000 to $20,000. Originally played in the court-yard of soie old chateau, all succeeding tennis courts have followbd the plan of the original With at more thanl Chiniese lideolity. As In the first court, tor example, therec cbanced to be tin avgle bne of thle side walls, so In all subsequient tennis courts the same angle is carefully re produced in what is knownit as the "tamabour." So, too, a little grated window-which chnnced to be in one of the end walls is preserved, and, under the name of "grille,'' is made to play an Important part in the game. Tennis (supposed to have derived its name front the number of' players, originally live onl eachl side) is playedI like lawn tennis,with balls,rackets and a net; but in other respects bears only at superlielal resemblance to its outLdoor representative. Whait w itih Its bewild ering contusion o1' chases and galleries, chase one, close tie door, tirst gallery, last. gal lery, the door hazard side, and so on ; itt ito pih att d systt In of s co ring; the diflicuily imnpar:ted to it by "wisting" the ball against thle tilde walls, mluch ats at ball is "Enlglished" at bil1ards, tennis minust have been il together too much like a scientilic problein worked out Wit hiard phy si cal labor to be very attractive, to falir players at levst. I nded, it, was not wvithout its dangeis, too; the impact of a heavy ten is ball pi opelled by a str-ong and skillful armii wats by no ieans to be Ike(zt.( at,; anld it was long a tradition of the comurt wvhich'i former Kly3 steed in thne Londonm IIay miarket ~4j f ~ithat a duck had been illed there by a i~~ : stroke frzom a ball. Sn thne hiddies, at least, have r'easo~n to bless the in emnory of ,~tt duke of' luauftort, wh lione day ha te haiippy Iimutioni to put, upa net in1 t~he pict~urt-gallery of' his hiouse atBadimntoni, mand so Iiri't, l1ayed tihe Frmthat, to lawn'i teiinnis the tranusi ton was easy. Lon eore'i tht howvever, that idny I hacbee aniel pey theht ear fi QuemEiabe th, "adni tot' is ser-i'j li mjsty0's outdow,)5 hang inku 13sou eald Iaing a cse luin an tf h nde fieeldey hle tois L'~hve wit h and-baivllt. whichan aord' plrofmninry thle rse of iiiler21.tenryii' patie siultureso thcamt te enaird oth Tuoarh ("'moeve that. may ~~ ~ Abeor'i to whomsever we aem bn. deound fo the bac hin gt ofLiur'e ir reads ay be thankfut'ltio a aditi Lut torIci thes ofiu oor'astimest hlch dye.shu pldantirable elofor t hes naturs o rdoer y withot whe a nyi pasnll ntime ulde tthm bt tale, itnd 4n unpotabe ii15c vgttoi teriTg sand.Te l~enteo ti pAntorisng1( to ba sue ina ecen bof atrle ornl, ltte resnoun sunde whri lo huranes tog Laure bri--t gren haf bten prieaionpai's a bsut Sn~fo e to te pmIroporion ofney thea dye.i Th eat ich ielmongs to fthe tnatua oder yat hsoastrle, crsotehru like tour'o wicx iseet highrofug ha ino denma shrub tkelmss It, Mexhio, es-u peelalying boremiftlhy Covll adesethr its aluxurits o epat,hem an mpentbe mans oaivegetatruen 1 eret~aly reen tefingteas ofhm'b the riftng snd.The naresee of this plat sad o bheasein dinti oni alof auserbe oiann litxebing touir aw heast'lorthe sithough the( forghrm greenoft9ih wolige theyrtick bfre nems to they urruing scro. piTheo pot otheirlatrasl tr, ceso like A orri wheb o powlerd bage tharn abada in llrts o teprehan,th AGRICULTURE. STAOKNO CORN FODDEI.-Corn fod der nicely cured and preserved is as a provender next to the best hay and better than timo by over matured, coarse elovor hay ainted with must. With plenty of sweet fodder, aninials need nol, suffer, During whiter, dry cows call be fed upon it and kept in a safe condition for caivingso that when there Is lack of hay there is no excuse for not using corn fodder, It may not be the best provender for butter, but there are few dairymen who run winl ter dairies and do not need to feed hay altogether. With' the use of the out ter, corn fodder might be so economi cally. fed that enough hay can be saved from hall the usual crop to equal the amount of hay left over during years of abundance. Throughout the con ing winter with an abundance of corn, oats and fodder, plenty of hay should be preserved. There need be no anxi ety where there abounds as at present so much grain and fodder. Farmers have long ago come to the conclusion that it Is better to stack fodder out. It is mostly preserved in the long stack, but the old time round stack Il prefer able for the reason that the butts of every bundle are exposed to the air. There Is little opportunity of heating or again being injured by rains as the chances of shedding water are better than in the long stack. In the long stack the middle or binding sheaves if gatheredt a particle wet are apt to mould or sour. Still more care, flow ever, must be taken when loddor Is stowed in a barn or shed. During the weather that has prevalled this au tumn the round stack Is the safest. Very little fodder has been ii a condition sullcliently dry to ioi or place in the sheds or on barn ilosrs. Aside from these considerations there can be no but,ter bulwark against storms than ricks of fodder thrown around the cat, tLie yard. TC TuniNjN(;-Ua' oF GARDEN SOIL. -Professed gardeners will understand the 11all -ilaaigeientt of these import aunt littie lamilty faris. It is neeuless to tell then. how inuch the success of IexL Sear's lro)s depeiids upon turn a1 111) the ground (say in Novenmber) Intettued lot sich Clups. But there Ir tilatty others of tIose who haye simtall gardeiw-ald o this class are many Of our reguhr- well-to-ao fartn ers-who only raise hall crops Of veg etables, Uid tuese of an inferior quail Ly, nt won der how it is so. Now we Ca2utioL too oIU repeat, tle aidvtce,that if they w ill uste the gairden- fork, and tutn tllie soil try i uil lork deep, al lowing it to teiiait in lumps all winter expo-ed to thu frust, it will put the soil in excellent, condition antd tend greIttlY to add to the iroductioni of icxt )'ar's C*ops. '1i't11 is especially the CtSe wit rOtitliti not so treated I tettent I ly, atnd we wotli mientIon thitIt Uvutm 3 oiler y ear ib best,illstead of every year a. soinc gardenere do, Gardens, atid especiadly old oies, should alsv be Iminei about ontce in live yelare, aid sal ted about, e try otiler spriIIg,-tpply ilg 01 lilaC at Lite a erate 01 a bout tiLrty bu.ltels to ithe acte, iand of stilt iroin eilIt 10 teat. I a pltiAyinug salt keep it, Irolai coint ing in Con1tetat with box edg Inttg au I other evegreen s,ve'y sittli trees, &c. buiih a coUrse wat biiig il1) youtr uni gaitc..s in a suiprtsiiig Ianln aer'. 'TrlIIi Iys, riad isies, &c., wui grow 'AS wC I Its LtC3' ever dt,' tnd all otlier Yegetables be largeiy beneitet. . lnewsl.No Poui~l.-ty.-The poultry is at h1and and the ol lowiig sugges tions ity be tPropos: Young chick ents and old ies acq miiie a ilavor by beling killed and kept hlt a condition whlereby t hey many iltmrovo ini tender hess thr ough the action of' the juiee in tihe Ileshi. They shlaciI be dressedl and ihng upl with a piece o1 clbarcoaul liaced ini thle en i ty to absor b anly alcid ulouts sub stance thait inuty r'esulti fronii tmos the process of mellowIng. Poultry kept, trom Iotud tat least twelv'e hours belore kIilig will be- forud with in Lest ies einpty anld till su perilhrtty of seret Ions ex hatusted. 'lThe tiesh will be j uley anid lie fat llih. If left to starve ior two) or thrtee day13s bef'ore klhlintg, the ileshi becointes liabby, soit, tasteless anld unltlit for loud, notwith stanadintg they niuty have been it I tll lieshi buiorec. Ewimr wite ia tre to ilamb early ought to be by themilselves tand have better carei ats thieirI timeC app1) icches. Feedi a hew miore tu rnips anid give them a lile moure liberal spin klintg of corn meali and bran, or oil enke, A s the Seaison advantces the live stock rt uir in uer ased at telnI tio; not, ottly at e they mlore directly depend~entt uponl our carte, but thiey' are subject to dls. Co ini lorts I tomt exlposure,w hlih seious 1'lty nerlere with rthe piroilt of' keepinug hot0L .:D a ppules amd meal aire excel ioent loud tor' lating hogs ; app)l)es tare dceil, nmeal is not dear, po01k coin tinutes to ait I dvace, tandu t--dtay the out look is a p rolit ini pork lotr te priodui eers. Weal3itdh of the Unitedi Ntates. We stand nteta'rthe head of the list third con the lhst oh' till tile western na tions. ITheC United Kingdomt cif Gr eat lr'ita in tand Iruelaund heuadsthte list with a capital valution o1f $.1.1,.00,000,000, thenti conmes France with $3h,000,000, 001); the Unaited States withI $02,000, 000,00; G cirmany withl $22,000,000,000; Rttssia with $1 5.000.00)0,0(00; antd the Low Goiitr'iesi witht $11 ,l50,000,000 of' cap1ital collectively. llThese ar'e the valuatins madi~e by3 those countries of ttheir enttire resourc'es. Whtt is thte a1veratge aninual inucoime per' inhlabitant itt vatriouis countri'es ? We conme to the ft'ont in this compliairisont. The aiverage anna hillcome in te UnIIited K Inugdom Is $ii;Z5; ini the Untilted sttes, '$105 also; in thle L o v Couti r iies, $130 ; in Flinee, $125; in tile liritishi Colonties, .$Rt0; it Germanttlly, and1( also it Sanadinavis, $85. Ini this i'eckoning .Rissia, wvitit her' I0 mitillins of p~eople, is ouit of' sight as5 yet ; site wvill not be very long. Oat the tcore cof annual anetumu latlin 011r calse Is even better, relatively far better. Thle an nual ttceumulatlonl of weatltht in Ge'rmany is '$200,000,000; It is $325,000. 000 in tihe United iingdom; 375,000. (t00 in Franiice,lin the Untited States it is $823i,000,000. Oui' Ineaseoof nationtal wealth siince 1850, says a good Enmglih authority, would be enough to ptir chtase "'the whole Glermnan emirlie,witlh its hat'ms, cities, banks, shllpplng,an u faictures, etc.'' Theim anntnal neeuimut lation has been $825,000,000, and there fore each decade adlds more to the wvealth of tihe.United States titan thte capital value of Italy or Spain. Ever'y (liy thtat the sun1 rises upont the Amior ietan people it sces atn additont ol $2, 30000a tom ..rpl.. DOMESTIO. LAICD.-Leaf lard, skiji oakofully, wash, drain, out into bits, put into a tin pail and set Into a pot of boiling water. After melting, throw in asmali quantity of salt to make the' sediment settle, then simmer for half an hour or until clear. Strain through a coarse cloth intbjars. Tie' over bladddrs or paper and cloth, the latter dipbed in melted grenge. The other fatty por tions, wash, drain, cut Into' bits and put into an IrOn kpttle over a slow tire. Add a small teaupful of water,to pro-' vent burning. When the - bits of fat are reduced to Abers, take out with a skimmer. .Watch constantly,. anld to ward the last stir constantly. The -lre should be moderate front Arst to last. Sprinkle in a little salt, and when the fat looks clear take from the liro, and when cool enough strain through a sieve or coarse cloth into jars. When straining lard, do not 'press the cloth as long as the clear fat will run through and when you do squeeze it,strain that part into another jar. Lard keeps best in small quantities, so it is well not to use over large vessels. Keep closely covered in a cool, daric place. PiCruitE FiIAM.-Cut a piece of perforated card board two inches long er than the plicture, letting it run to a point at the top; cut the edges all around In squares, points or other fanciful designs, and work in each a design or star in colored worsted (split zephyr); this makes the back for the fraue. Now cut another piece or cardboard the exact size of your piet ure; cut out the center, leaving the sides, top and bottom the width of the margin on your picture; work a do sign in each corner ; a row of plain cross stitch around the inside edges and cross the top. Place this in the center of the back; fasten on by wvork ing down the sides and across the bot tom, through both pieces, the sane as across the top. Braid or twist some worsted the desired length, fasten at each side and hang. CHIcKEN MAYONNAISE.-CUt up sonIC ighilekens and fry theni nicely in butter. Let them get cold, then trini into good shape and put thcm in a covered dish with salt, popper, oil and vinegar as for salad; adtld a few pieces of onion and a little parsley. Let themn stand thus two or three hours. Then drain the pieces of cflicken, place thou on the lettuce in your salad dish aid spread a nice miayonaise dressing over all. Some of the chicken when fried can be saved tor the tomato stufling. CoFiFEE ICE UDDIN,.-Pound two ounces of freshly-roasted coifee in a mortar, just enough to crush the ber ries without reducing theiii to pow der. Put, themi into a plit of milk with six ounces of loni sugar, let it boil, then leave It to get cold, strain it oi the volks of six eggs in a double saucepan, and stir on tho lire- till the custard thickens. When quite cold, work Into it a gill andt a halt of creau Whipped to a froth. Freeze the mix tLure in the ice pot, theni till a plain ice mould with it, and lay it in ice till the tune of serving. WnEN your canaries are nioulting and cease to sing, do this: Put, a little oxide of iron (iront rust from the drug store,) or put i couple Of lath nails in the wt ater dicy drink, take away their bottle bc they can't get any drink but, their medicine. [in another cup ii morse a little salfron. The bitter gives color to their incoming reathers. The iron braces their systen while moult ing. In a little while they Will sing loud enough to cause a headache. SoU'rimzaN MODE oF COOKiNG licE. Pick ovecr the rice and watsh it, in cold wvater ; to oiie lu1t rice putt threo quiarts boiling wvater and half teaspoon of salt; boil it j ust Seventeen minu tes from the tine it begius to boil ; turn oll' all the water ; set it over a imoder ate lire wiuth the cover oil; to steatm fif'teeiinminutes. Ta'ike care and be accutri'te. The rice wiater 1irst p)oured o11' is good to stilia muslins, 11ion11NY FiTT irns. -Take hominy thait hits beeni well boiled (the large homilny is the best), muash it line, and add to it three eggs, well beaten,' one cupi of hlour, two tablespoons of milk atnd a little salt. Maike It of the eon sisteiicy of' hoininiy batter, and fry in hot lard. 'These pr'oportionis need about a quaritt of hiominy aifter it is boiled. A very rnice breakfast dish. N UniEMiiElm 1'UDiDIN.-Tnzree cups) of flour, two-thuirdis of at cupI of suet chopped line, one cup of' molasses, one cup of' stonedl ratisins, one cuip 0of sour milk and one teaspoon of soda in the milk. Mix well, and pour Into a but tered t in hiasin, thon into a steamer, aind steaii for three hours. Wheni doiie, you can try it, by runlning a straw through it. Set it into a hot, oven f'or live or ten miinutes. To Bour. VEo I'TAiS Es iOEN.-Put them inaito plenuty of boiling wvater that has been salted ; keel) them tucoveredl and boiling fast till they are done. To counteract the haridness of the wit ter, should it exist, a little carbonate of soda my be added witu the salt. To UsE STALE BInEAD.-SOak the broad in hot, water unitil sof't; wvhenu colii add two eggs, half at cup of sweet creamit, one teaspoon o[ soda, ia little salt and flour to make it still' batter like frittters. Fry in hot, iardi or b)011 in wa~er, Tlo be eaten wvith svrupij or whatever liked. hhiowVN BaEAD.-Tharee and1( a half cups Giahamui ileuri, two cups of Indian mieiil, two thirds of it cup of' syrup, one~ pint of water, (or if y'ou have not lienty of milk use all wvater,) one tea sp~oonful of' salt,. Stecam tour hiouris. It, is excellent. Satu.i.y LUN N.--Onie pint flour, butter hall the size of an egg. 011e teacup milk, onie egg, two (ablespoonus sugar', oneC teasp~oon creiam-tartar, one-hali teaspoon sodla, one1 teaspoon salt. Rake tw~enly minutes. SAIcE l'iUANTEc iFon F"si..-Mako a brown sauice by i'rying~ a chuoppedulc onin in a little butter, adding a large tea spooniuil of floutr anid a timbiler of stock. Simmer a littlie, sitralin, and p~ut In a tenispooniful ofi vintegar, 011e of chioppled cucumber pickle and one of' enipers. TIo .M uiAE Snlo is WVArato .-A coat of gumn-copaul varnishh upplied to the soles cf boots anad shoes, and r peated as it, dr'ies tuntil the porecs arc tilled1, andu the~ sturiace shinues lIke pl ishied maholiganuy, wvillI make the tsoleg wvaterproof, anid make themi lasu three times as long. IN muainig any13 sauce, p~ut the butter and 11lour in together, and your sauce wvili never be lumpy. Whenever you see your sauce bol from ilie sides of' the pan you may know your Ilour or cornu starch is done. BucxwnEIYATI hlour ia recommended for giving the hair of hoises a f1ne, smooth, brilliant appeane. i HUMOROUS. "8o she's all br oken up ?" replied .t Detroit landlady when she heard of the failure of another woman in the same business In Toledo. "Well, I know it was onIV a question of time, I was In her house for a week, and I saw plain ly she had no economy about her. 1 toll you, a landlady must think and plan "1 "Yes." "Not only in great things but in small. There's philosophy in running a boarding house." "Ilow ?" "Well, can't stop to tell you more than one instance. I have buckwheit pancakes every morning for breakfast tor fourteen boarders. They use but ter on their cakes. I keep the butter oi tee until it Is as hard as a rook. The wakes are all placed on the table, not smoxing not but- mildly warm-just warm enough to soften the outside of a lump of butter. In this way.1 make a saving of two pounds of butter per week over the usual way of rushing on hot pancakes. It's only one dodge out of a hundredbut the landlady wino doesn't play more or less of them must ultimately come to grief." A G ALYSTON Irishman has a very bright boy, who reads the papers. The other morning the old man aslied Patrick Junior why lie didn't retutrn the change from marketing. There was no answer except that the boy iit tered : "The toirant." "have you fed the pig, Patrick?" A stony stare was the only reply. Then for about liiteei minutes there was a vision of a son closely pursued by a bareheaded father revolving around the house, until the former overtook the latter and yanked him over a water-barrel. "I was only thrying Boycott on yez, fey thter; for the sake of ould Ireland, lave inc al nI" "It's a b*.y.caught; ye are," panted the old mai. "I'l tache yer to thrille wid a hone ruler," and he reached out and gathered a barrel stave. The applIcation of coercive measures could be heard four blocks off'. C Lono S'xFFNrrxcx to hotel writer: "Bring ue"ome green corn with the other vege tbes; 1 never saw any green corn--would like to know what it looks like." Walter ; "All right, sir." Goes off and returns in a few minutes, well loaded with good things which lie places before his lordship. Lord S.: %.IWrhere is he green corn 1 told you to bring ime ?" Waiter: "Why, sir, there it is." Lord S.: "lBut that Ii not green; It's white." .Waiter: "Yes, sir, I know sir; but il this VOtntry we sometimes call peo plie grceen who are as white as yourself, sir." A ew seconds later his lord ship wias heard by every one around tie ollice, inquiring of the clerk "if they hired servants in that hotel to In sult Eniiglish noblemen?" WuEN Jas. T. Brady first opened a lawyer's oflice in New York lie took at basement room, which had previously been occupied by a cobbler. lie was somewhat annoyed by the previous occupant's callers, and irritated by the fact that lie had few of his own. One day an Irisbninan entered. "The cob bler 's gone I see," lie said. "I should think lie had." tartly responded Brady "And' wlhat do you sell ?" lie said look ing at the solitary table and a few law books. "Blockbeads," responded Brady. "Begorra," said the Irishman, "ye must be doig a mighty fine busi ness-ye hain't got but one left." JONES is a fault-finding man. Noth ing ever please8 hIm. While he was lying sick with a heavy cold the other evening his wife brought him In a beautiful new porous plast~er, and .ie said : "The man who shot that thing must have been firing at quail.' A naIGHT little boy who had beeni engaged in combat with another boy was rep~roved by his aunt, who told himi lie ought always to Wvalt until the other boy "'pitched into him." 'Well,' exclaimed~ thie little hero, "but If I wvait for the other boy to begin, I'm atiraid there won't be iaiy light." WIShixo to pay his friend a compi mont, a gentleman remarked :"I hear you have a very IndIustrious wife." "Yes,'' replied the friend, with a mel anchioly soile, "She Is never Idle. She al ways finds something hor me to (10." "'WEL.14' said Illilngton,majestically "we mutstn't be too severe on the young fellows, I supp~ose I was as big a fool its any of them when I was young.'' 'Yes,'' replied Fogg, "and yotu arc not an old man now, Billing ton.'" A nass ball boy tripped, fell and tore his clothes wvhile chasing a stray chaokeni in a neighbor's lot, lie told his mother hie had beenm sent to grass by a loul. Site reached for home base, and thme youth went on a strike howl ing for the old man to act as referee. SMurra: "I once p)ossessed a splendid dog, wvhichi could always distingish between a vagabond and at respectatble personi." Jones: "Well, whlatt's be comec of lhim ?'' Smith : "'Oh, I wans oblIged to give him away I lIe bit mne." Tliuzx redl-hmaired meon wal ked solemanly into a Mainm street saloon and stoodi before the bar. "Hello0," saidl the barkeeper, lin a tone of iterest, "Who's elected ? Oh, I beg patrdon," lie added, "I thought It was a torch ligilt procession.' ']CrtjrsmUWz Ta" writes to us-to Inquire if in eour opinmion It would be prop)er for himu to support a young haady If she was taken with a fainft-even If lie hadn1ii't beenm introduced. P'roper, young man, ceritaily-prop lier by all mneans. "SriT DOWN,'' satid a handsomnely dressed anid vivacious young lady at a fashonmable watering plac--"shi, downi, It's atl~out the only thing youa can (d0 here withotut p~aying for It.'' A N ch'erly resIdent of Newtmn was app[roachied by an agenut for a cyclo pedla. "'I guess I wvon't get one'' said thme elderly citizen, aid franakly added, "1 know I nevers couald learn to rido0 one of thme pesky thinags." "'I amxAmha you were downa wvith the rhlemniatism,"' excilaimned AlmIrs. Smaith. "So (1i( 1,'' saidl larry. gleefully; ''butt a raillior 'tis, na'in.' A VOUNI, lady who has studied all the "ologies,'' wants to know If the crack of a rifle is where they put the p)owder In. A (0000 thinag to keep ian the house. --A bIg dog. Will otur next-dhoor nelghbor wvho ownis one, takehe hInt? Nacv.u try to go to sleep wiha an old coat for a pillo0w. T1here Is no such thing as getting a nap eon It. A sTUcK. U P thiing.--A hiow bhll Profeasor Dufoure, of Paris, has ar ranged a thermometric apparatus which shows the changes of tempera ture in a very marked way. The mere approach of the hand to the bulb will throw a needle over a graduated arc. The device consists of a bent tube, hav ing a bulb at one end, coated on the outside with lampblaok. The middle of this tube is filled with mercury and supported by arms nicely pivoted. Above t. 4 pivot is fixed an index needle which moves across a graduated arc, and beneath the pivot hangs a rod to which is attached by friction a small weight, which serves to balance the needle so to make it point to.zero on the arc. When the temperature risos in the slightest degree the heat, being readily absorbed by the lampblack on the air bulb, drives the mercury forward and displaces the center of gravity se that the needle turns at once toward the right. When the bulb Is exposed to a The minute lines and furrows on per sons' hands are likely to receive a far more useful attention than the observa tion of the great lines by fortune tell ers. There is a reason to believe that the spiral whorls on the thumb and linger points are peculiar to individu als and races, and may be as certainly used to define the ethnological class or positive identidlation of the being pos sessing them as the measurement of the skull or the examination of a pho tograph would be. Dr. Henry Faulds, of Tuskifi Hospital, Toklo, Japan, in an interesting but sometimes Illogical, contused, letter in the Nature, directs attention to this subject in a way which will, however, attract the notice o'f unturalists and students of- the theory of development and heredity. The value of well-based rules of hand marks injudicial inquiries can hardly be overestimated. A Great Enterprise. The Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company is one of Rochester's great est business enterprises. Their Hop Bitters have reached a sale beyond all precedent, having from their intrinsic value found their way into almost ever.v household in the land.-Graphic. No where in the world, perhaps, are the Industry and fruitfulness of che mists so great as lit Germany. In one of the large chemical works of that country are employed, regularly, six chemists, at an annual salary of from $2,000 to $25,000 each ; another, exclu sively for theoretical work, at $10,000. Aside from these are a large number 01- supernumeraries in the various de partments of all their manufactorics. Thus the magnitude and superiority of their chemical manufactories over those of America may be easily seen, as no such salaries are paid or extensive works erected as yet in th's country. A pulverizing apparatua, or mill, of simple construction and adapted to a variety of uses, is described in Les Mlondes. It consists of a cylindrical Iron box provided with a rotating axis, to which projecting radit are attached. The material to be operated on, or pul verized, is dropped in through the box, and its transit being frequently struck by these rapidly moving radii, it Is broken into line fragments or powder, just as a mass of dry earth is broken on being tossed Into the air and struck with a stick as it falls. Clays, ores, minerals, and a variety of other sub. staices are, by this means, pulverized to any degree of tiness. Card collectors please buy seven bars Dobbins' Electric %oap) of any grocer and wVrhte Cragin & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., for seven cards gratis, six colors and gold. Shakespere's "Seyen Ages of Mani." Ordinary price 25 cents. The following are some results made by Mr. Warren de la Rue and Mr. HI. W. Muller upon electric light dis charges under piressure. T1he most bril liant displays of aurora probably occur at a hight of thirty-seven miies above the sea-level, and these would be via. ible at lve hundred and eighty-live miles; a carmine tint indicates an alti tuude of twelve miles; a salmon colored display thirty miles; and pale, milky white, thiirty'-thiree miles or more. It is possible, according to these physi cists, that the height of the aurora may sometimes be only a few thousand feet. In the altitudes above given we have omitted the tractional portions of iles. The theory formerly advocated by Professor Ellas Loomis,of Yale College, the distinguished meteorologist, that periods oa severe cold are mainly the result of cold air descending from the upper regions of the atmosphere, is not suistainied by the most recent observa tions of the U nited States Signal ser vice. IIe states this himself, in lis latest paper on weather science, which was read at the spring meeting of the Na tional Academy of Sciences. T1hose wvho use Carboline, as now Improved and perfected, the great petroleum hair renewer, are always distingulshcd by the beautiful soft texture of the hair produced by the use of that most exquisite of all toilet preparations. Ie is the general practice to judge of the wholesomenesas of' water by tihe qluantity of organic matter which che mical analysis shows it to contain. lienice the opinion exp~ressed by Prof. Iluxley la somewhat startling, lie says that "water may be as pure as can be as regards chemical analysis, and yet. us regards the human body, be as decadly as prussic acid; and on the ether handl may be chemnically gross and (10 no harm to any one.' T hat is, much organic mastter is harmless,while tihe particular germs which prodluce dilsease may exist either in very foul water or in that, in which the chemist can detect no imnpurities. Prof. Marks recently made some cal culatilons as to Lihe maximun\~ speed at which locomotive chgi ncs couldi be driven before the cenitrifugal force acting on the 'tres of the wheels would becoime so great as to cause them to burst. These calculations gave a limit of' speed ini the neighborhood of 150 miles an hour. The Casplan Sea is gradualiy becomn lng lower . A pmortloin 01' time (asterni shore Ia nowv transformedl into a series oh lagoons separated by inmddy spaces(3, andit measurements harve shown that in 1837 the level was nearly four feet higher than In 1801.* A general dimi miniion of water seems to be m pro 1;ress in all Asiatic lakes. Clear g/lass (1obeCs cause a loss in the dliflusion of' gsliht, twelve per cent. gliass jglobes ground~ with oriiinmnts, twenty-f'our per' cent. ; groundi glass globe, forty per cenit. ; opal globes, six ty per cent. T1hirty-four years of constantly In creasing use have established a rep~uta tion for D~r. Bull's Cough Syrup see ond to noc similar preparation. it re lieves instantly and cures all Coughs, olds. etc. No liospital Needed No palatial hospital needed for Hop Bitters patients, nor large-salaried talented pul'ers to tell what Rob Bit ters will do or cure, as they tell their own story by their certain and abso lute cures at hiome.-Neto York Inde pendent. An ant, three-eighths of an inch long, carrying a burden of one-sixth of a grain, moves at the rate of one mile in eleven hours. The weight (a small one compared with that they can carry) Is eighteen times their own. They compare with a man five and a half feet high, weighing 140,pounds, carrying a weight of 2,500 pounds at the iate of 170 miles In eleven hours. VItoNINE does not deceive invalids into falseo hopes by purging and creat Ing a flotitiotls appetite, but assists nature in clearing and purifying the whole system, leading the patient gradually to perfect health. decrease of temperature the needle 'points toward the left. So sensitive Is this apparatus to changes of tempera ture, it has been ilecessary, to check its Sudden tipping over when exposed to a rather high heat very quickly, to place two fixed pins at convenient points beneath the tube. There are about 400 species of min erals known; but the varieties of these specoe, are almost infinite. For ex ample,carbonate of lime exists as chalk, marble, spar, lithographic stone, etc. Yots Must Try it Do not despair even if you ha.o suffered for years from weak kidooye and torpid boweis. The celebrated Kidney-Wort H as eurod hundreds of casos of from five to thirty yeara standing. It is naturo's great romoey. -Press. VEGETINE! GRIEAT RELIEF, Sick headache. SARDIS, Miss,, April 24, 1119. 11. It. STEVEINS, Bostoni: Dear sir.-i certify that my wife line fro qut ly used your vegeine for Sick Ileadache and experienced great Relief from its 118 L. A. DORR. WITH GOOD SUCCESS. Dropsey and Kidney Complaint. DEs NIOINES, Iowa, Sept. 10, 138. Dear Sir-i tlink very highly of your Vego tin. having used it for Dropsy and Kidney Complaint, with good sutccess. I have also ro cominenicd it to others who have boon greatly lbenolILted by Its u,-o. D. E. EGG LESTON, No. 300 Walnut St. Vegotine. Female Weakness. Hf. it. STEVENS: PHIIADMIA.IuIA, July 21. 1ST. Doar Sir--I have been aTlIcited with Female Wcakness and Wpinb Disease for many years. Last March my h1'liband got me a Iototle or your VegetInc, and beforo I had Inished talIng it I found roller; Ihe second and third bottles gave me still lurther relief, anti I heartily recom Inend It to all females suffering from Female Weak ness. Respectfully yours, Mis. ELIZABETH 1. JOHNSON, 2246 North seventh Street. I am personally acquainted with the abovo Persons and sold then a number of bolttles of J. 0. EBERHARD. M. D. Vegetino has never jlied to effect a curo, gIing tone and stroegm to the system debl.t tated by disease. Vegetinie, PREPARED BY IL R. STIV.iDNS, BosTON, Mass. Vegeinmo insold b.V All Dlruggsts. U rn gOSTETYEQ CELEBRATE Sleep, Appetite, Stremigth ,Return when Ilostotter's stomach Bitters Is systiematically used by a bilious dy.speptic suf ferer. Moerocveor, sInce t he brain slympathlzes closely with the st~omach and its associato or gans, the liver and the bowels as tileir de ranigement a isreetillod by the notion of the lilt tors, menial dlespondency produced by that derange.ment d1isa pars. For sale by all Drug lets and Dealers TEAS18( --ChoictI in the world-hm oter' I a9 rii~5 co an every bod Weeiea inducomonts-io' wate tite-end for circular. En n "r WVE L L , 41 Veser St., N. Y. P'. 0. Dla 1281. E NCYCLOPA~DIA a TIOUETTEi BUSINESS i'i isrhii cpe n I iit niy coip~eto ad rolla Formi. It lli hiiw Io porrorm ciilim thenrious du iisaO if cmii how to appoucr to thmo bes~t advantage AoWNTS8 WANTED.])-Henud for circular. contain.* in ml miorilim ofh work ans e xtra toro a o $77 7A V EA ii amt ex penses to ag'ta Outfit Fdree, Address P.* - .Avv".ta. Maine. LITii!I vsitin ou lr i tir limr a ciin Mu i~r. W Ml. C. iiATrsJ1, Box 20, WVest's Mill, 51alue. Taosae answering an Aavetbemens wI eon er favor upon the Adyertiserm and tlh[ Pub hber bysltaUgthattheysawtheadVe" iteasen5 In tis iounai (naaindIg th* are quickly andI surely turod'by the use of KIPNgy havtog nmuch an immenno male in all parta of thE etn and tone tq the dnlsevd organs, and threg ten hiumorg. Hidney disonnecs of thirty y earisata fing h &e., which have distresed the victims for years power. Nol~wm Alehole iorm h hdo loaemdij snd o,. pal nd ~l 11 7 The' Only Medicine That Acts at the Sa01 Time oR The Liver, the Bowels and the Kidnep. These great organs are the natural qleans e o the system. It they work well eaith w e perfect a if they bcome eoo dreadful diseaed are sure to ollow wtgd TERRIBL SUFFERINO. Bilieusneus, Headacho, Dyspepsia, Jaun dice, Constipation and Piles, or Kid. noy Complaints, Gravel, Diabetes, or Rheematie Pains and Aches, are devoloped because tho'blood is p9leoned with the humors that should havo been oxpolidd naturally. KIDNEY-WORT will restore the healthy action and all these destroying evIs will b banished ; neglect them and you will live but to suffer. Thousandshavebeen cured. Tryitandyou will add one more to the number. Take it and health will once more gladden your heart. Wy Sotrloser firo tbetomestofsanAeagbaekll Why bear ss distres from esasUtpaUea ad Pile.s KIDNRY-AWORT will cure you. Try a pack. age at once and be satisfied. 19 is a dry vegetable compound and One Packagemakessix quarts of Medicine. Your Druggist has it. or toul get it orE you. Ins1i upon having it. Dries, #1.00. WELLS, 1ICHARDSON & CO.,, 1roprietoN#, 10 (Wil send pest paid.) Hulington, Vt. 11yo are a In fyotsAro of us veak i or let ened by te aIn teratollin over ils yr dutie aVoid Iniht .ork to McS. timulants and use toto bmein nervoand Hop Bitters. Jasto, oo Hop B. it you are young and fferin from ally in. iscretion or (i18lsim~ l; I you arse cilar, poor h ile, old or Io Uini i ~eehe~~ or laigeili noilhodf c. ness, mly on o p Btters. Whoover yo u Are Thousands dio an whenever you feel nualy f r o m some that y ouI r syrtin font) of ii needs cleansin , t.'k diease tiat nii lit witfhout Itiox itiAtieyg600 a p - HopBitters Bitters. Have 3usi peps'a, Uflj D. I. 0. or 3ura coi- is an absolute 9f it e r StiAnd ftreista Wwvr Or n.. al O drunkenoms, You will be toi o, ol)I'' Cured It yonuso narc~otles. Hop Bitters I Ifyouarosim. Sold hydrug. ly weatk and gist..s. 11sd for Pow "tritedi" N ER Circular. 7Ve hn0oer wru co., 8N1fe FAl " saved hun- - e r,. Y. dreds. out. Sterling Music Books. NEW ENULANI) CONSEtVATolty METHOD, FOR THE PIANOFORTE. In three parts; each $1.50, or complete, $3.25.. Th 8 is a method of establislied roputatlon, which has been Icons ant use ini I li h great .Conservatory, and is getting to be every wioro *known and valued. Ilia recolved declded coin, inondations fron the best, Ltechers. Dietionary of Msuscall Insforsnaation. ($1.25).) Very convenient, book of reference. Grove's Dictionsary or Mjsso tasatt Musaiciasm. Vol. 1. ($0.0j) A grand ncyclo pedia. Statsuier 11(3 11arrett's Iiefllosary of Musical Terass. (Comaplete, s5.e). A fa Inolls and usclul work. IlClster',N Cntianterpoint. ($2.00) 1 [eli. ter',s Fa9gue. (.(0.) Two staiundard works on Composition. Tan WVelconoe 4hrus, (fl.00) for ilgb s.choIls, ani Song 11011#, (5)Cts.) for Cornmnon Schools, should be 1in the mind of every teacher in need of new books. Jolason19 's Nev Metlat for Ma1r. 1n10sy. (61.) By A. N Jioinson. Is liilexcelled for easo, sinsplic ty anti l.horoughnio-s. Tensperasae Liglat (12 ct9.), Tenpe. rassce Jeweu (35 cts), and isal's Tea-s. peraco Glee ok (40 1S.). ar our thr. o Uest,Tenperatico books. TRY TIHEM I Any book mailled, post-free, for above prices. OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston. J. E1. DITNON.N & Co4., 192 hclastnt( Street. Ph laildeph Ia. YOU CAN BUY THE BLATCHLEY PUMP Unlneul,or wvith Copper, Forcelnins,or irona Linings. Each one stetic I led willh my imme as manufacturer is warrantedl in mauterial and1( con strutetion. For sale bsy the best hioues in the trade. If you (10 not know where to eot this pump, write to me as below, and1( I w i send name Of agent neairest you, whoe will supply y'ou at my lowest prIces. CHAB. 0. 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AND PILES. .OT Janwand Wondernal remedy whicn ie ry, workgon natural prinoiplee. It restores strength cleanses the system of acoumulated and poisono'us to been cured, also Pios, Constipation, Rtheumatirn,. o havo volumesof testimony of its wondoynAs curative ore harm than '* or draatio pills, but use naturee git