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Hie to Uortatl.akoti'k
AGRICULTl'KK.
The elder of the two, Teter Liuil
trlevlcli, born In 1789, entered the army
u a mere boy, Juit in time to receive
his U)tim of tire at the terrible battle
of Evlau, when twenty-five thouiand
ituitlantt and thirty thousand French
lay strewn over the great waste of snow
between 1'reusslsch-EyUu and Herpal
len. A few months later, be was
present at the sanguinary repulse of
Nopoleon'n attack on the Intrenched
camp of Ileilberg, where his uncle and
nauie-sake, commanding the Jtusolan
light, bore the brunt of the battle.
Alier the. peace of Tilsit in 1807 he was
transferred to the army of the north,
and took part in the kst battle of
Finnish independence. 2St ill unwearied
ol aitlve service, be exchanged into the
DaOBbt) and served on Kutusofl's staff
dining the memorable siege of Itustchuk
in I'll, w hen eighteen thousand Turks,
h it unsheltered on a swampy Islai.d,
iBHMl without food, and cannonaded
InOMMOtljP from both banks of the river,
held out stubbornly till more than hall
their i. umber had perbhed.
The great crisis of 1-12 recalled the
Danube army to nobler work; and
PrlDM joitschakoff reached BtVMtlM
just in time to witness all the horrors
of that memorable passage, which com
pressed whole years of human ngony
into one fatal night. At the close of the
war, he obtained a high appointment in
the Caucasus, where his services in the
suppression of the Abkhaglan revolt ol
1820 were rewarded by a dlnmond-hilted
sword (Ion the hand of the czar him
self. The Turkish war of 1820-29 dip.
played on a wider field his rare udinlii
I tr alive faculty, which, a few years
Inter, earned bin the governor-general-thiii
of Western Siberia.
Ills fifteen years' tenure of this post
WU undoubtedly the noblest, il not the
mobt brilliant of his life. The reform
of the oppressive recruiting system, the
facilities uflorded to tn.Ue and com
nunlcatlon, the encouragement of
colonization, the judicious transfer ol
the M at of government from remote
Tobolsk to the more central point ol
Ouuk, are all due to him; and he was
meditating further improvements when
the giving way of his health sent him
back to Moscow, to enjoy, as he hoped,
r peaceful old ngu among his friends.
But there was in peace lor him. The
outbreak of the Crimean war brought
ihe grny-hairid veteran of 75 Into the
lleld again ; and li is m i vie s In Turkey
and Crlnea are too weli known to need
repetition. In 18 l he was made u
member of the imperial council, and
spent the last years of his long and
eventful lile at Moscow, where be died
on the 4ih of April, 18G8.
The younger prince (Alexander Mi
khailovitch Gortschakotl), born ten
years later than his famous kinsman,
devoted hlbiself as zealously to thepro
fesslon of diplomacy as the latter to
that of arms; but, unlike his prede
cessor, lie rose by slow degrees to the
commanding position which his talents
merited The earlier events of his ca
reerbis education at the Academy of
Tsarskoe Sclo. near St. Petersburg, his
entrance Into the diplomatic service at
age of 23, his first mission to England,
In 1824, as secretajy of the Russian em
bassy in London are ftimiliar to all.
At this time he acquired a know ledge
of English life and habits w hich was
destined to serve him well in after
years; but his subsequent transfer to
such second-rate political centres as
Florence and Stuttgart, shows how in
adequately his talents were then appre
ciated by his superiors. Il waB not till
thirty years after his entrance into pub
lic life, that the Crimean war, which
was the closing scene of his great name,
suke's triumphs, became the foundation
of his own. Count Nesselrode, whose
keen eye had long since discerned the
talents of the future chancellor, sent
him to Vienna in 1854, with orders to
"keep Austria neutral, at whatever
cost." The difficult mission was admir
ably discharged. Again and again did
the pressure of Western Europe from
without, and excited Hungary from
within, almost force the vacillating
cabinet into war; but Gortschakoff's
skill triumphed over all obstacles, and
Russia was saved from her greatest
peril.
From that time forth the great states
man's career was one continued triumph
In 1856 lie succeeded Count Nesselrode
as minister of foreign affairs; in 1802
he became chancellor of the empire; in
the following year his llrm attitude
toward the western powers on the ques
tion of the Polish insurrection earned
the thanks of the Czar himself. In 1870
he succeeded, by a happy mixture of
audacity and finesse, in regaining all
that had been lost by the Crimean war;
and he is still, at the age of 70, the mas
ter spirit of Russian diplomacy. In
person, the prince is of middle size and
well-proportioned figure, with a quiet,
courteous maimer, and a remarkably
smooth, well-preserved face, whose only
sign of ago lies in the spectacles that
hide his large, expnwsivo eyes. Old as
he is, his industry is still as unflagging
as ever, and, notwithstanding the peri
odical rumors of his retirement fn m
public life, ho bids fair to outlast many
of his younger colleagues.
A QttMrStorjl nl Meamerlam.
The tndtanapolll Journal prints the
following story In its correspondence
from the Town of Rensselaer, Ind:
"An itinerant lecturer on netnorUn
was here last week, He gave Instruc
tions in the art. A clerk meiuerlieil
the servant girl of his employer last
Sunday evening. The lamily, and even
the new-tledged 'Professor,' became
frightened at the condition of the girl,
and sent for another Professor, who
could not remove the mesmerlo in
fluence of the operator. They then sent
for a physician, who in turn prescribed
a stimulant and left. Theolerk could
not remove the 111111101101.', and the girl
lny in a trance fur exactly 24 hours,
when she awoke and related all that
transpired the evening before. The
clerk will not hear the last of It for
some time to eonie."
ISiu Stories About Camkohma Vkok
taiilks. The Idea seems almost pre
posterous that vegetables are raised in
California which a strong man can't
lift, but so it is. Down in Los Angeles
it is a common thing to raise pumpkins
weighing from 200 to 300 pounds, and a
single vine In that section proposed last
season 1,400 pounds of pumpkins. The
growth of vegetables in that State
U wonderful, and the yield in numerous
Instances is enormous. There is a man
who raised last season 011 Grand Island.
Colusa county, in the central portion of
the State, an immense crop of tubers.
His field comprised 400 acres, and his
total yield is 34,000 sacks of large pota
toes (125 pounds to the sack on an aver
age), and about 4K) tons of small ones,
or in all some 4,250,000 pounds. They
embrace several kinds, but they are
mostly Humboldt red, which is con
sidered the best, early rose and peach
blows. The large potatoes he sends to
market and the small ones he uses for
seed and feed. The average price he
gets for them is cents a pound, and
at this rate be will get (03 750 far his
large potatoes. If he gets $10 a ton for
his small potatoes, he will receive an
additional amount of $4 000, or $07,750
for hisjentlre crop. But wonderlul as
this yield is, the product is Hrger down
in the coast counties than elsewhere in
the State. Sweet potatoes are also
grown successfully.
Manubial Valik or a Horsb. The
amount of manure furnished annually
from a horse must vary with the quality
of the food, the amount of food, the lit
ter used, and especially according to
the time the horse is from the stable.
Ulock estimates that 100 pounds of hav
furnislies 172 poundsof fresh dung; 100
pounds of oats gave 204 pounds, and
100 pounds of grass gave 43 pounds ol
tresh dung. Morton estimates that a
horse furnishes annually 12,000 pounds
of solid excrement and 3,000 pounds of
urine. In Bousslngaull's experiment
about 17 pounds of hay and 5 pounds of
oats furnished 86.4 pounds of fresh ex
crement. The manure from the street
car stables of Ne w York was found by
Johnson to contain 0.22 per cent, of ni
trogen as volatile ammonia salts, 0 04
per cent, as fixed ammonia salts, and
0 27 per cent. In other combinations,
making total nitrogen 0 53 percent.
These horses were fed with oats, corn
meal and cut hay In nearly iqual pro
portions. Accepting the calculations
of Bousslngault and Johnson, and put
ting them together for the ake of an
est inate, and reckoning that two-thirds
of the droppings are saved we have
10,000 pounds as the annual amount of
manure from a horse, containing 53
pounds of nitrogen. The nitrogen ol
stable manure is worth about 15 cents
per pound; which gives a value to the
nitrogen of $7.05.
8CIEVTIFIC.
Oruvity.A party of ladles and gentle
men, when recently shown through the
Bonanza Mills, at Virginia Mills,
Nevada, by Mr. Ixing the Superinten
dent, when the quicksilver bowls stand
ing near the amalgamating pans attrac
ted the attention of the visitors, and
they Inquired what use the odd-looking
concerns were put to. lie explained
their use, but the ladies did not seen 10
catch the sense of his remarks very
readily. They seemed quite puzzled.
Mr. lxng repeated his explanation, but
the ladies manifested more surprise
than ever. In order to make himself
understood. Mr. Long then gave a
practical demonstration of the working
of the bowls, by pulling Bp the stopper
which checks the inflow of the beauti
ful metal from the pipe connecting w ith
the supply tank. The bowl Immediate
ly rilled with quicksilver, the surface
looking clean and bright. The party
could not resist the temptation of dip
ping their fingers In the metal. They
withdrew them as clean as when they
put them In. This surprised them. Mr.
Long threw a bunch ol keys in the
bowl. They floated. This w as a pleas
ant experiment. A gentleman with the
party then threw a pocket-knife in the
bowl. It, also, floated. The Indies
were de'lghted. M. Colby, the Chief
Engineer of the party, having ju-t been
relieved, came along. Be threw a four
bit piece In. It floated, of course, and
he took It out and rubbed It dry. The
quicksilver having absorbed all the Im
purities on the coin, it looked bright as
burnished gold. One of the ladles said
it was beautiful, and another took a
twenty-dollar gold piece out of her
pocket-book and threw it In. Mr. Long
and Mr. Colby saw the movement, but
said nothing. The specific gravity 1 1
gold as compared with quicksilver being
as seventeen Is to fourteen, the ooln
sank out of sight, be- the utter dismay ol
the ladles and the great mortification ol
the owner of the twenty-dollars. This
feeling did not last long, however, as
Mr. Long assured them that in a day or
so he could probably restore the lost
money In the form of amalgam, as be
would have to use the quicksilver to
work the next charge put in the pans.
House Slops. These should all be
saved. To save them have a number of
barrels, boxes, hogsheads or half hogs
heads filled with dry earth charcoal
dust serves a good purpose dry muck
or other absorbing substances, upon
which the Blops are to be emptied from
day to day until the the whole mass Is
thoroughly saturated. It Is then ready
for use for any fertilizing purposes.
If it is not convenient to use barrels,
boxes, etc., some place properly shel
tered may be especially prepared with
flooring, upon which is placed a large
quantity of earth or muck, upon which
the slops are thrown, and possesses the
advantage that It can occasionally be
worked over and so rendered In excel
lent condition for use. Every farmer
having tried this experiment will be
surprised at the amount of material of
value that can thus be accumulated.
Nor have we fully calculated for the
slops made on wash day which are rich
in fertilizing material. It is attention
to such matters that increases the fer
tility ol the farm and enlarges the
crops.
A German inventor has patented an
apparatus designed to letscu the strain
upon a horse particularly at starting of
a loaded vehicle. The traces are fas
tened to an iron rod running through
the centre of a cylinder containing
several rings of gutta-percha. When
the horse exerts himself the strain first
comes upon and compresses these rings,
saving the shoulders. The German
War Department, having made experi
ments and found that the saving of
force, not alone at starting, but during
traction was at least a third, has re
solved to employ the attachment in
its artillery and military trains, it
might pay, from an economical as well
as a humane point of view, to introduce
It here.
Some soils are heavier than others,
sands and marls weighing the most and
dry, peaty soils the least. The specific
gravity or relative weight of sands is
about twice that of water. Strange as
it may appaar, it is a fact that a still
clay is about one-fourth lighter than an
equal volume of a sandy soil. A still'
clay has been found to retain llfty per
cent, of water, and vet to appear quite
drv. On the other hand, pure sands
will hardly retain five per cent, of their
weight of moisture.
A German Pickwick.
The silver product of Montana the
pr.-ent year will reach into the inll
110 is.
Germany has a Pickwick indeed,
without guile. The story is tol I by
the Schwcizerische, Dorfkalemler. The
antiquarian stood before a stable door
In rapt delight, contemplating a stone
fixed in the archway, which bore the
inscription 1081. Calling the tenant
farmer, lie said : '"Am I not right, my
friend, in supposing that you procured
this stone from the castle ruin on the
hill yonder?" "It may be," replied
the owner, "thnt my grandfather fetched
it when he built the stable." 1 he Pro
fessor asked what he would lake for the
stone. "Since you seem to have a fancy
for it," said the farmer, "pay me down
forty guldens and 1 w ill leave it at your
house." "That isrntber large sum,
said the Professor; "never mind; bring
It to me to morrow morning and you
shall have the forty guldens."
On the next morning, when (lie pea
sant brought the stone upon the t ruck,
the zealous antiquarian eagerly turned
it over to refresh his eyes with a sight
of its chronological inscription, "Why
cried he in amazement, "what is thi-V
This is not the 1 -igln stone. Yesterday
I read the date 1081, while this hears
the date 1801. which proves that the
other was exactly 720 years older than
this." "The Herr Professor must not
trouble himself about that small
matter," replied the boor. "You see
sir, tho masons turned the stone upside
down when they set It in the doorway
ticcausu II tilted that Way. 1 011 cm
turn it whichever way you like now it
is your own, but of course I must have
tho forty guldens. J lie money was
paid,
DOMESTIC.
Treatment or Scarlet Fever Dr.
Pigeon, In the highly authorltlve Lon
don Lanctt, says: "1 have had wonder
ful success In my treatment of scarlet
fever. All cases were well marked, and
the epidermis on the arms came off like
the skin of a snake. The following U
the exact treatment : Thoroughly an-
nolnt the patient with sulphur ointment 1
twice a day; give f ve to ten grains of I
sulphur in a little jam three times a day.
SufhYient sulphur was burned twice
dally (on coals on a shovel) to fill the
room with the fumes, and of course
was Inhaled by the patient. Under this
treatment each case Improved immedi
ately, and none were over eight days
in making a complete recovery. It pre
vents disease from spreading. The
worst case yields to it. It is a specific."
Lemon FtPMIM. Mnc eggs, the
whiles beaten to a stiff froth, two
lemons, the grated rind and juice, one
pound of sugar, three ounces or a little
less of butter creamed, one pint ol milk
one and a half even tablespoonful of
flour. Beat the yolks and sugar until
very light, add the butter, with which
the flour has been smoothly mixed, then
the lemons, the milk, and the eggs,
which must be beaten In slowly, gently,
and thoroughly. Bike in deep, paste
lined plates, and put it in quite a hot
oven, reducing the heat, alter the flint
eight or ten minutes.
HUMOROUS.
He Paid the Hill. He was from the
country. In the course of a half-hour
spent in a restaurant be had taken one
bottle of beer, and called for "the bill."
The Innocent waiter brought him the
bill of fare and libl It before hlui with
the wine list up. He looked at It and
began to mutter: "It'iederer, pints,
$1.50; curacoa, ; Bass ale, . Good
gracluui!" said he; "is this the bill r"
The waiter said It was. "Darned if 1
pay It!" he exclaimed, as he puttied it
over to a man on the opposite side of
the table. "Figger that up, will you
please r" he asked. The stranger added
up the various price and made It some
thing like $300. It's a swindle," said
he, "a darned swindle; I'll never pay
It. The stfanger, who had taken in
the situation, remonstrated. "You
wouldn't beat your bill, would you?"
he asked. "You wouldn't do such a
dishonorable thing as that, would you f "
He paused a moment, went down for
his wallet and his pistol, and said with
gieat firmness, "Yes, I'll pay it. I'll
save my honor, but, by Heaven, sir, I'll
shoot the scoundrel that made it out."
However, no blood was shed.
To Clean Brass. If the brass Is very
much tarnished, use a little oxalic acid
solution. If spots are Imbedded, rub
them out with a little powdered pumice
stone, then wash with water and dry.
Mix rotten stone with sweet oil to a
paste, and rub Hover the whole surface
Of the brass with a smooth cork until it
assumes a greenish black color. Then
wipe off completely with an old cloth.
Next rub over with lamp-black until
thoroughly polished, using a soft smooth
cork. This gives an excellent result,
and repays the extra trouble it causes.
Improved Healing and Lighting Appa
ratus. It is well known thai the vapors
arising from the combustion of coal gas
are unfavorable to health ; they arc, in
iet. greater in volume than is common
ly supposed, exceeding, as they do
when condensed into liquid form, a hall
ounce to every loot of gas that is burned
These vapors contain sulphurous acid,
carbon, and other deleterious mauei,
which, especially the ruipnuroui com
pounds, have great affinity for water,
and may hence be gotten rid ol by con
densation, according to well-understood
methods.
Aitifg In accordance with this prill
I Die. an English inventor has now
devised an arrangement lor condensing
the vapors and separating thenasfai
as possible fiom oUier products of oom
bustion.iind also for heating and venti
lating the apartment in wnioo gas is
burned for illuminating purposes.
Siphonic action results naturally from
the arrangement of passages, or flues,
so that the combined currents of heated
air, vapors, and products of combustion
from the gas flames at burners, an-
curved downward and then upward
through a long circuitous route; b) Wis
means, the heat becomes mostly radiated
or absorbed from the traveling vapors,
and the vapors and gases being rendered
heavier than the air, lull to me uouom
of the apparatus, where condensation
takes place. The noxious substances
are thus eliminated, and the heated air
und certain liglitproductsof combustion
pass on into an apartment which is
ventilated by the constant change ol
air, without the delivery of any noxious
matter into the same.
Aneroid Barometers. -hi. Grassi, an
Italian meteorologist, after having made
thorough examination of the various
aneroid barometers now in use, an
comparing them with the siphon baro
meter, arrives at the following con
clusions, among others, namely : First
aneroids that are subject to great varia
tions of pressure need corrections which
imv. n reirular progression, and are
generally of very similar form ; second,
each aneroid must have Its own proper
corrections; third, there exist pressures
for which corrections are neariy con
stant; fourth, there are other pressures
at which the corrections experience
sudden changes, sometimes an increase,
sometimes a decrease ; nith, 11 tne cor
rections arc plotted as curves, tne as
cending or descending portions of these
will be sensibly parallel: sixth, sudden
jumps are in a positive direction if the
preceding periou is one 01 mc-icasiug
correction, and vice versa me juiiiihs
being negative it the preceding periou
is one of diminishing correction;
apventli. the miitriiitiiilc of a suddi 11
jump is proportional to the extent of the
period that preceues u.
Amibodu can make a telephone useful
at a distance of over 100 yards if he fol
Iowb the directions given by 1 roi.
Barrett in a recent lecture. The ma
terials needed are cheap ard easily
obtained two wooden tooth-powder
boxes, two disks ol tinned sheet-iron,
two bar magnets, two small silk reels,
and some iron wire. Cut a hole about
the size of a half dollar-piece 111 the lid
and bottom of one of the wooden boxes,
place one of the disks of tin on the out
side of the bottom of tho box, and fix
the cover on the tin ; on one end of one of
the bar magnets plave tho reel and wind
on the reel the iron wire, leaving the
ends loose; and, lastly, attach the other
end of the magnet as near as possible
to the disk, hut take care that it does
not touch the disk. One end of the
telephone is now finished. Follow the
same directions In making the other
end. Connect both ends of the Tele
phone with tho Wire, and the machine is
complete.
Art Among lliinamls.
Manuel Garcia, the famous tenor and
father of Malibran, was once In Mexico
giving operatic performances. War,
however, broke out, and liarcia was
soon on hi way home. Before he
reached Vera Cruz a hand of brigands
met him, and took from him not only
his money and other Valuables, but also
his very clothes. In ransacking these
he jolly brlgandl soon found out that
their captive was a finger, and were
determined to have soui'i music besides
the booty. This request G ireia posi
tively refused to comply with, but,
finding their attitude was growing very
menacing, heal length consented, and
was led to a prominent position that
the robbers might the heller hear his
vo a' display. Garcia commenced, hut
could not go on : in short, he made uueli
a miserable failure that the lot diitmt
patrons hissed him soundly. This was
a tcrrille insult to Garcia. That be
should be an object of derision was
worse than all his misfortunes. He
made another effort, and hurst into a
magnlflclout flight, ol song, which so
p'eased his amlle c I that they gave him
hack part of his clothes and money, be
sides escorting hl' as mar as they
V mid safely venture to the coast.
Remedy M Typhoid Fkvkr. A new
remedy, proposed by Dr. Netlar ol
Strasburg, to he used In typhoid fever,
has been published. Its salutary eflects
are officially authenticated. It consists
of a decoction made of one litre barley
water, K0 grammes vinegar, and 120
grammes liquid honey, with which the
tin oat, mouth and pares are to be
Wished out, in order to remove organic
mutters which are secreted and deposited
there, and which decompose and are
likely to be Bwallowed, or reabsorbed
Willi increased toxic effects.
Vklvkt Cake. Whites of fourteen
eggs, one pound of white sugar (granu
lated is best), three-fourths of a pound
of butter, one pound of flour, one tea
spoonful of soda, and one of cream ol
tartar. Mix flour and butter thoroughly
together with a wooden paddle, then
mix tbeiugnr thoroughly In. Mix cream
of tartar In one-hall teacup of flour, dlo
solve soda in a tablespooniul of water,
leavii g the sediment at the bottom ol
the spoon.
To Prepare Oysters. Put on, say a
pint of oysters to slew, when they get
In a good way of cooking put in the
usual quantity of butter. Then take
tiuely pounded crackers In a sieve and
silt into the oysters enough of this
cracker meal to nearly cover them over.
Then pour into the pan hall a pint ol
sherry wine, and in about a minute
alter, pour out the oysters into a deep
dish or bowl and they will be found
good enough lor anybody to eat. We
charge a d.sh for this receipt.
Latino Fruit. A distinguished
physician has said that if his patients
would make a practice of eating a
couple of good oranges before breakfast,
from February to June, his practice
would be gone. The principal evil Is
that we do not eatenough of fruit; that
we injure its finer qualities with sugar;
that we drown them in cream. We
need the medical actions of the pure
fruit acid In our system, and their cool
ing corrective influence.
Sw'kkt Biscuits. Rub four ounces of
butter into eight ounces of flour, add
six ounces of ground loaf sugar, the
yolks of two eggs, the white of one,
and a tablespoonful of brandy. Roll
the paste thin, and cut it with a wine
glass or cutter; egg over the top of each
with the remaining white, and sift 011
sugar; bake In a moderate oven.
To Briqhtkn a Cori'Kii Boiler. Use
a coarse cloth ; half a pail of very hot
water; soap the cloth a little; sprinkle
on plenty of pulverized borax, and rub
the boiler well; rinse oil with hot water,
and dry with a soft cloth. The boiler
can be brightened in this way as quickly
as with acid.
Roman Soup. Twelve potatoes sliced
and soaked In cold water one hour;
boil in one quart water till tender,
strain or mash well, add one pint milk,
and let it scald with one onion, butter,
popper, and salt, and one bay loaf;
chop parsley lino, and throw in just
before serving.
For a Cold. Drink a tea made by
steeping together equal parts of catnip,
spearmint, and sassatrits. Steep, but
do not let tho tea boil; put the feet also
into hot water.
Shellac dissolved in alcohol will be
found to be a good cement lor broken
furniture.
What Hu WunU'il.
1 bought some bologna sausage here
this morning," said a round shouldered
Individual, with a mold under his lei t
ear, on entering Buck's store, "and
when 1 got it home not one of my folks
would touch it.
"What was the troublo?" politely in
quired the dealer, putting on an anxious
look.
"There was a cat's pa v. Kb four toes
attached, to it," sai l the man.
"Is it po-siblef" queried the dealer,
with surprise. "Well, all I can say is
that I have bought my sausage of the
same llrm now for fifteen years and
never had anything of that kind happen
before. How much did you pay for it?"
"Eighteen cents," replied the man.
"Well, said the dealer, making for
the money drawer. "I am very sorry,
and will refund the price of It If that
will make it satisfactory to you."
"Oh, no," said the man, "1 didn't
speak of It expecting to get my money
hack. 1 know it wasn't your fault. 1
came up to see If I could get the piece
that has the other toe In It ; my daughter
wants to havo It, smiled."
Wuy He Was Saved. The Vallejo
(Cat.) Chrvnicle relates how at Young
ville a drunken man staggered uou the
railroad right in front of a swiftly
moving train. It was too late to stop
the engine, and the pilot struck bin.
but instead of hurling him down and
passing over his body, picked him 11(1
as gently as an elephant will lilt a child
in a circus, and carried him along on
its arms until it reached the statiun,
some distance oil, and then turned him
out upon the phttfom as carefully as If
he were a basket of eggs. The con
dUOtOI approached him with mingled
relief and wrath on his brow, as he Was
getting up and slinking himself in an
unconcerned sort ol a way, and said:
"Old man, after this experience, 1
should think yon would never touch
another drop 01 liquor in your life."
"Unph," grunted the old man, "if I
hadn't been di UHk, I'd be a dead man
now," aud he staggered off.
On Guard An hour after midnight
the other night a policeman discovered
a resident of Watson street sitting on
lis front door step with a big club
across his knees. Puzzled at the situa
tion, the ollicer made some inquiries,
and the citizen answered: "My dog
died to-day, and it's my opinion that
burglars put hliu out of the way so as
to make a raid 011 the house to-night."
"Why, you haven't anything lor 'em
to Steal," said theolUcer who knew that
the family had been supported by the
poorinaster all winter.
"Haven't, eh!" replied the man In an
injured voice "didn't 1 bring home a
hull cod Ash and two tea store chromes
this forenoon fM
He still continued on guard as the
officer passed aloug.
A "Parallel Cask." Recently a
ragged, shivering middle-aged man
caned at a house 011 Sibley street and
asked lor loud, but the lady of the house
called out:
"Why don't you work for food?"
"1 would If 1 knew where 1 could
find work," he prooiptly replied.
"There's a place down town where
you can saw wood and earn your din
ner," she continued.
That seemed to stick him for half a
minute, but he finally said with great
solemnity :
"Madame, let mo state a parallel case.
There is a place in Heaven for you, but
you don't want to die till you are driven
right to it."
She pondered over his philosophy for
a few seconds and then called to the
cook to pass out half a loaf of bread and
some meat.
A particularly high-toned Chicgo
drummer, who prides himself 011 his
charms, lorever lost his pride the other
day. lie drove his fellow-drummers
wild in a car by his attentions to a
comely maiden, to whom he showed his
samples and whose hand he squeezed
for half an hour. But when the train
stopped a quiet old fellow stepped for
ward and thanked him for entertaining
the girl, remarking: "She Is hopelessly
Insane, aud I am taking her to the Stale
asylum here."
"Sin, my ancestors came over In the
May flower 1" was the rather hauty re
mark of one Boston gentleman to an
other during a rather boated conversa
tion, recently. "That was natural
enough," was the quick response, "there
were 110 extraditiou laws in those days."
Why Is a traveler up Vesuvius like a
little man trying to kiss a tall woman ?
Because he's trying to get to the mouth
of the crater.
"This, Madame," said the dressmaker,
"is cut bias." "Yes," echoed an ap
prentice, "by us." She was "bounced."
A cnAP who opened a sample 100m
over a theatre, appropriately painted
over his door the word "Dram-attic."
An lev Catciilatlon.
It Is estimated that 3,000,000 tons of
ice were cut in Maine during the past
winter. Now allowing a quarter of a
pound of ice for a mint julep, and mak
hg allowance for those who don't drink
the rest of the people In Maine can have
about forty-nine drinks each. Saying
that -even di inks will make a man feel
tolerably happy, out of fort-nine drinks
be can manage to have seven drunks,
and one man drunk seven times is, of
course, equal to seven drunken men;
so the whole Ice crop will yield an ag
gregate of 2, 100,000 drunken men. Sup
pose that from every ten of those who
get drunk seven times, one has the jim
jams; 210,000 men will be thus afflict
ed about one-third of the total popula
tion of the. State ! if each of these un
fortunate men tee 1,000 snakes, there
will be 810,000,000 snakes seen; and
allow ing I WO snakes CO a boot, they will
fill 52,500,000 pairs, which insures" brisk
work In the shoe shops.
As tiik UVB ir Kabii.y Diaouun, nncl a
If real (leal or lillious upt 10 puiall
(lurhiK tlio sprlnir. Dr. .'ayiio's hanallve Pll s
are OferatnaHl aOoeW( il iliey restore the
l.ivrr to l.ealilij' ailkm, snd rum vc all Iiilluus-
UBS.
Jgns.
People who Mill adhere to the lok-st-your-tongiic-and-feol-of-yonr-pulHe
doctor some
times exprenn not 11 little curiosity 111 regard to
Dr. It. V. l'ierce'a original method of distin
guishing all forms of chronic disease without
personal oonaoitation. Homo even suppose
that he nccompliHlxm this through clairvoyance,
or aome other Bpocioa of professional Jugglery.
All tins in utterly falso. lie claims to dctorra
ino dmcaso by the rational methods of science
only. Hays Cumley. in his Biographies Ency
clopedia of New York State, speaking of Hun
diHtinguiHlind phyxiciaii : "Ho perceived that
in each of the natural sciences the invcatigator
procoode according to a hyhtkm or skins. The
geologist in hiH caiiinct accurately determines
and describes tho cleft rock, which lie has
never aenii, from the liufiuto specimen on his
table. And the chemist in hia laboratory notes
tho constituents of the enn with the same
precision Unit ho analyzeH a crystal of rock
salt. The analogous system developed by Dr.
NerCS In Medical Science i worthy of his ge
nitta and hat made liia name Justly celetu ateil."
For a full explanation of thia Ingenioim sys
tem of dlogiiosia. see the l'eople'a Common
Sense Medical Adviser, scut, poat-paid, to any
address 011 receipt of one dollar and llfty cents.
Address the author, II V. Tierce, M. D., Buf
falo, Now York
Shoes dale from a very remote period
and the slim-maker is a relic of nthiiity
Who lived and hud his being in very
early limes. The Jews wore ruodon
shoe long before the ege of Augustus,
and auuieliinei. leather ahoes are men
tioned. The Jewish soldiers covered
their feet with copper or with iron.
The shoes of the Kgyptian were of
impjrui ; the Cliliiese and the Indians
manufactured theirs of silk, of bark of
trees, of brass, gold or silver, according
as their fori line permitted or their fancy
dictated. At Home, aslnOreece, leath
er was the material w hich covered the
feet of most every one. In classical
times the Kouiaus wore cork soles in
their shoes to secure their feet from,
water, especially in inter, and as high
heels were not then introduced, the
Human ladles, who wished to appear
taller, put plenty of cork under them
selves. The Kotnuii ladies wore w hite
shoes; the common people wore black,
and the magistrate and those ol exalted
rank set their feet oil' with red shoes
and employed the crescent as an orna
ment they were often very costly
The custom of making shoes right and
left was common in classical times.
Only one instance is known of an
ftttcienl monument exhibiting shoes
with separate heel pieces. The streets
of Home in the time of Domitian were
blocked up by cobbler's stalls, which
he therefore caused to be removed.
The fashion of hoots and shoes has
undergone innumerable changes.
Under William Kufus, son of the Duke
of .Normandy, who conquered at Hast
ings in 100(1, a fashion was introduced
of wearing long pointed shoes with up
turned toes curved like a ram's horn
and Stuffed with tow. In the fourteenth
century they connected these oints
with the knee by chains of gold and
silver they were called cracows.
Buckles were also worn In this century.
The laboring classes wore thein of cop
per. Other persons had them of gold
and silver. Not long alter shoe rosettes
came in fashion, in the last century,
the high heels of ladles' shoes became
a monstrosity. In our day the general
disuse of the shoe proper, and the in
troduction of short ankle-boots, form
the chief change of fashion.
Among the Anglo-Saxons the trade
of the shoemaker was some what compre
hensive. He manufactured and supplied
ankle leather, shoes, leather hose, bot
tles, bridle-thongs, trappings, flasks,
boiling vessels, leather neck pieces,
halters, wallets and pouches,
In the l iiited States the manufacture
of shoes has attained the highest per
fection, chiefly in Massachusetts, and in
Philadelphia, also, the shoe manufac
ture has attained considerable impor
tance, and the sole leather and the
morocco of Philadelphia are far-famed.
The antiquity of the art of leather
dressing dates far back. The seven
teenth book of Iliad speaks of tenners
preparing skins to make leather of them.
Over three hundred years ago the tan
ners composed a very important body
in England. An account is given of a
furious quarrel which broke out in
Queen Elisabeth's time, betw een them
and the shoemakers.
Those answering an Advertisement will
confer a favor upon the Advertiser end the
Publisher by stating that t her saw the adver
tlseiueut lu this journal nutiuius; the paper)
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Health is undeniably a more preciou gift
than riches, honor or power. Who would ex
change it for these, the chief objects of human
ambitiou ? It is obviously the part of wisdom
to employ meaua for the preservation of health
aud the prolougatiou of life which time and
experience have proved to be reliable. Many
of the dangers by which health is threatened
may be nullified by the use of that most irre
sistible of correctives aud touicti, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, which, by increasing vital
power and rendering the physical functions
regular and active, keeps the system in good
working order and protects it against diseasa.
For constipation, dyspepsia, liver complaint,
nervousness, kidney aud rheumatic ailments,
it ia invaluable, and it affords a sure defence
against malarial fevers, besides removing every
trace of such disease from tho system. Half a
wmeglaasful taken before meal's improves the
appetite aud insures complete digestion and
assimilation.
Schesi k's Seawekh Tonio. This excellent
remedy contaius no injurious drugs, and does
not disagree with tho most delicate stomach.
Its use in cases of Dy'Hiepsia, Indigestion aud
Debility, will bo attended by the most bene
ficial results.
For sale by all Druggists.
The Great spring Medicine
m Hoofland's German bitters. It tones the
stomach and assists Digestion. It arouses tho
Liver to healthy action, and regulates the
bowels. It purities the Jllood. aud gives vigor
and strength to tho whole system, dispelling
all Dyspeptic symptoms, with its loss of appo
tite, Hick Headache, languor and depression.
It infuses new life and euergy into the whole
being. All suffering from deranged diuestiou
at this time should take Hoolhtud s German
Hitters. Tlie.v are sold by all Druggists.
Johnston, llolioway &, Co., GU2 Arch strut,
rhiltuklpliia.
llow u I Io nian Wan Itchcucd.
M. Hartman. Truck D, Philadelphia Fire De
partment, says in a letter to a friend : "1 suf
fored with rheumatism for ;i years, and noth
ing could give me relief till 1 got a bottle of
'Dr. Hkrndon'b GvesEv's Gift, by which I
was rescued lioui torture, and consider myself
entirely cured." Sold by Druggists in 1'hila
lelplna auu elsew here.
Rheumatism Quicker Oured.
"Durang's Uhnumatio Bemedy," the great
Internal Medicine., will p sitivelvotire any case
of rlieumatism 11 the face ol the earth. Price
ft a bottle sixbottlos $5, Hod by all Drug-ge-ts.
Bond for oircular to Ilelpenstiue A
Bentley, Druggists. Waalnngton. D. O.
lilt. C.Vy. BRNSON'N I'KLKRY A IH II o
Mh C. Vll.tM aro prepared expri-ssly to cum Sick
Headache, NcrvotiH flsadachs, Iiyspfptlr. Headache'
Neuralgia, Nsrvotmnaaii and Sleepie.HtieHR and wll
cnreaiiv cum. Price 6(lc., poatane free. H.ld liy at
DrilKKlati.. OlSce. Nn. lull N . Kuue- St., llaliiiuore
The Compound Oxygen Treatment,
which cures nearly all classes of chronic ail
ments, is attracting wido attention. See ad
vertisement of Drs. Btarkey & I'alen. Write
to 11 12 Girard Street, Philadelphia, forTrcatisa
on Compound Oxygen. Bent free.
Rellablo Dry Goods House.
Any one needing dry goods of any kind wll
consult their own inUrest bv sending to B. F.
Dewees, 7'26 Chestnut street! Philadelphia, for
samples of their goods, aa they have hut one
price to all, and that price is always below the
murket. Bamples free 011 application.
Mothers, Moiimtm. mother
Dnu't fail to procure MliB. WINHLOW'H
HOOTHINO BYKUP for all diseases of teeth
ing In children. It relieves the oluld from
pain, euros wind colic, regulates tho bowels,
and by giving relief and health to the child,
gives rest to the mother
tlKKVHACK LABOR llofQI t:T.-Tlio cm
y trlimtlen of iki authors, Ins mm! powerful
battery ot (latlltiff aim" ever OMnfd en ih I tejiiy'.
work. Hem en reedpi ef I" centM. AfaiilS wanUs!
w . V . KIMBAtt, Maw Haven, Conn,
Itetail price Bfoeonl) S20. Path
'",., , ..: SIOO. I'npei
ree. Itniilrl 1'. Itenlly. W sailing
ton, N. J.
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H'LILK .hnilT.I. I'f ' rl I ft
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i nr. oNi.v m; ini. m m nisi; or it- i.Asai
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Til K HI si MM ISli U Al 111 N SC OK ITS iM.ASjl
MUK. M MonK-1 I I 1 I Mtl.t rAKUION
rATTKH.NS.
Snd for II u-trMi.a I'tiuloru.
Il S EWIKO. H fllKsTNl'T ST., I'll!!. A
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mark pate!
The following I. ft II. I of l h- different aredee of ear
(oode, wllh price anneied, lii h have been torn
mending the market a number of years, and by their
uniform eirellence. secured t r ut a widely inrreeeiiig
patronage and conetr- . leei Inioiila). of merit
e ie mug a share or iroer farora, with a ruarntee
f Drel riase good, iu ever r reeperl. ere remain.
i iii-triili. Ill l.l A t III. 1ST,
Sole rropn-iere. HI V iihid St., I'uibuh iphia
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l)B bTiKYKIt S TONIl' UHtll IIITTKltS I B
A yr Iahi r.'lr Ftnt Jmpvrttil (iood$.
If yon deelre Sample ol any of the eSoe. we .hall
take pleaeur in ftcuding them, All good. t i-'l '
iealred. H.ll'
Compound
Oxygen
Treatment
What is Compound Oxygen?
It la ft ftmibl nation of Oxygen and Kltrwt-ii, in uU
protot titms at to ptake U HrAer in the rital uimeiU,
How does it cure? ESSg&Ta:
ynt'm thn ctcms of cnrUm whtrh Aa arrumutwed
ttt OONRK'fUEKOK OT IMPr.HFKCT HKRl'IIUTiOK.
In Consumption, 25
markably niiccwwftu. If nw4 ir the early atagi-a of
Ui m diaeane, a curs it at matt ctrkiin.
Catarrh and Bronchitis Z:ZZ'
oft'D radically cured.
TWcmnricnn yields VMdflf to thlt Treatrnrnt
rvrolt A tmprmd apatite
in rr tvue it JfvT to ai m ita i f "
and
i alwuyit fullo'H it - utv
TMnrTTAiio XT in A o n no exmw of ovit
bava been fermanently curtd by till UfW t rr atxui
49
pfiMee DYrW BI'ATID CiMKilffft VIM,
I nCS. make tillkrn trow on i'.. ..... ih'1
"( aw l - K. e.'i-in.i
n mt IBM. 1m I ''SI l
, dee. -I.. 1 V
FREE
rm I . 'i - '
..mm i' . In, i u i .1.
BVV VM AAUVIAIAIIVHAV (III ft II II HULK-
lntr cure. In caaea which line hnfVtd nil other mmedit.
Business and Professional Men
who, from overwork or any other cauae. find th m-
aelvaa tfleriug J'rtm hrain and nervous exhaustion, will
find In inifl new TlttlllgptS th help they need.
All Nervous Disorders JMfE2Z
th revitu tiring lajfawuM of Compound Oxyiron.
Don't go to Florida or Colorado !
titay at lmiuo, and um ' impound Oxreii. and yoQ
witf tare time utirf wutmtf, and Kaiu a lamer benefit
Who have been cured? ESS
fit . . nn't eminent fiernm$; IIon.fl.FlKI.I,Jud(fe of
U, H. Huprcttm Court; Ju lim Hvmi'KL Hmith, New
York ; n"Tl Montoomkky Ili.Allt; ExKtv I v . n,
W. Va. ; II. tn Wm. 1 Kki i.ky; and T."H Arthur.
How is it Administered ? MSfi
at our oftlO'. ? at the )a'ienl'$ MM A'im,
Home Treatment, lu
Price fur two months mipiilvt in ft inhaling
ntntnra'- cmd full and rtirit ft. rrrtiont, 1 .VOO.
Tp "P t A rreutiaefl i" mHouiii. Oxyjren,
K Mwriritto whi b l lAaaUvattabimrof
tt'itlmonta'a to BKfcgt reuriixili'u curt Will bt bout
t " by mufto all who write lot it,
Starkey & Palen,
1112 Girard Street, Philadelphia, Fa.
DIPHTHERIA!
Johnson Anoilrne Liniment will poiHiralgr pre
rsnt tbla terrible dlseaee, and will potlilvely cure
nine cane In leu. Information thai will late man)
lives tent tree bj mull. Don't delay a moment,
Prevention It belter than cure. I. . JOIINKON
eft CO., lit n gor, Hnlne.
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the nhMlnairm, III" OrBaadM. Ill" i"ll lal ayateln, Ihn
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