rr aaa,
Frolsnart to His Lady-love.
Lady of worth and beauty fair,
la whom dwell all aweet gift of grace,
My heart, my lore, my thought, my care,
Are slave before thy gontle face;
Therefore, oh lady of land and praise,
I pray for guerdon great to me,
The gift of kindly thought from thee.
From day to day I make no prayer,
At night no other hope finds place,
Bat evermore and everywhere,
To serve thee in thy works and ways;
And though I plead in lowly oaae,
Yet dare I auk, oh! grant to me,
The gift of kindly thought from thee.
By words, by songs, by prayer,
A lever's faith and troth yoa trace;
Oo ask and eoaroh out everywhere,
AU that I say, my deeds, my ways.
Should those unworthy eeom, and base,
Forgive me, nor withhold from me
The gift of kindly thought from tbee.
FOR THE FARMER'S HOUSEHOLD.
Vrvu tbe Enrih Clearly I pon Seed.
An eminent agriculturist gives his ex
perience in regard to seed-planting
thes
On July 2J of 1871, as an experiment,
I sowed twelve rows of sweet corn and
twelve rows of beets, treading in after
sowing every alternate row of each. In
both cases, those trod in came up in
four days, while those unarmed ro
mninea tnclro daya heforo fit.iirtinsr, and
would not then have germinated bud
rain not fallen, for the soil was as dry
as dnst when planted.
The result was that the seeds that
had been trodden in grew freely from
the start and matured their crops to a
marketable condition by fall, whilo tho
rows unarmed did not mature, as they
were not only eight days later in ger
minating, but the plaits wer also to
some extent enfeebled by being parti
ally dried in the loose dried soil.
This experiment was a useful one, for
it proved that a corn crop grown in the
vicinity of Xew York as late as July '11
could be made to produse 'roasting
cars' in October, when they never fail
to sell freely at high rates, but the crop
would not mature unless tho seed ger
minated at once, and which would never
be certain, at that dry and hot season,
unless by this method.
The same season, in August, I treated
seeds of turnips and spinach in the same
way. Those trod in germinated at once
and made an excellent crop, while those
nnflrmed germinated feebly and were
eventually nearly all burned out by a
continuance of dry, hot air penetrating
through the loose soil to the tender root
lets. Of coarse this rule of treading in or
firming seeds after eowujg must not be
blindly followed. Very early in spring
or late in fail, when the soil is damp and
no danger from heated dry air, there
is no necessity to do so, or even at other
beasons the soil may be in a suitable
condition to eow, and yet be too aiupd
to be trodden upon or rolled, la such
cases theso operations way not be ueces
isiry at all, for if rainy weather ensue,
the seeds will germinate of course; tut
if there in any likelihood of continued
drought tho treading or roliiug may be
'one a week or so after Bowing, if it is
at such a season as thero is reanon to be
lieve that it may Buffer from the i'ry,
hot air.
Now, if firming the soil around seed
to protect it from tho influence of a dry
and hot atmosphere is a necessity, it is
obvious that it is even more so in the
case of plants wnoee rootlets are even
more sensitive to such influenca than
the dormant seed.
C ore of Young Tnrkr.
A farmer's wife complains of want of
success with young turkeys. They seem
strong the first week, when the middle
toe begins to draw around like a fish
Look, and in a few days the other toes
turn the same way; they lose all uso of
their feet and die in a few days. Others
Fecxa well in the morning when let out,
but sicken and die before night. This
is cramps or rheumatism. The trouble
is broiight on by dampness and eold.
These two conditions are famished by
wet grass and damp ground. ThccLicks
must be kept in proper places, where it
is dry and warm, for the fiist week of
their lives; after this they may be al
lowed to go abroad with their dam in
dry warm weather, but they should not
be let out until the grass is dry in the
mornings, until they are a few weeks
old, after which they are out of danger
from crataps. Young turkeys are quite
tender at first, and need nice care and at
tention. The best feed for them for
the first week is scalded corn and meal
crumbs. It must not be wet and sticky,
but of a crumbly consistence. Curd is
good food for young torks, and after
they ae a week old they may have as
much of it as they will eat three times a
day. Cracked or broken com may be
mixed with the curd or fed se parately.
Good wheat screenings or sonnd wheat,
or buckwheat or barley, are a good and
proper food for young chicks of any
kind. In cool, damp weather a few
drops cf tincture of aconite root, and th J
same of tincture of iron may be added
to the water with which the food is
mixed.
Handling Sheep.
There is a right way and a wrong way,
a hard way and an easy way, an awk
ward way and a skillful way, to catch
and handle sheep. A great many men
will catch the sheep by the wool on the
back with both hands, and lift the ani
mal clear from the ground by the wool
only. Barbarous I Let some great
giant grasp yoa by the hair of your head
and lift you from the ground by yorr
hair only I Would you not struggle ant.'
squirm worse than the mute sheep does
when lifted by the wool ? And would
there not be a complaint of a sore head
for a week or two ? If you do not be
lieve it try the experiment. We have
slaughtered a great many sheep in years
past, and when removing the pelts of
anoh sheep as had been bandied by the
wool, we never failed to observe that be
neath the skin wherever the animal
had been caught by the wool, blood had
settled. In many instances, the skin
had been separated from the body so
that inflation was apparent. We have
known proprietors of sheep to be so
strict in regard to handling them, that
he would order a helper from the prem
ises if he were to catch a sheep by the
wool on any part of the body. Some
owners of sheep direct their helpers
thus: 'When about to catch a sheep,
move carefully toward the one to be
taken, until you are suiliuiently near to
spring quickly and seize the beast by
the neck with both hands, then pass one
hand around the body, grasp the brisk
et, and lift the sheep clear from the
ground. The wool must not be pulled.
If the sheep is a heavy one, lot one hand
and wrist be put around the neck and
tho arm pressed against tho log. we
have always handled sheep in tho way
alluded to. Wo never grasp the wool,
Others soize the sheep by a hind leg.
then throw one arm around the body
and take hold of the brisket with one
hand. Hat ewes with lambs should
never be caught by tho hind legs, un
less they are handled with extreme care.
When sheep are handled roughly, es
pecially if their wool is pulled, the
small braises and injuries will render
them more wild and more dilH'.'ult to
handle. Maryland Farmer.
U-lokinu CoY9.
When my patience becomes exhausted
in coaxing ana scoiuiag a cow tuui kicks,
I put a leathor strap around her body,
forward of her bag and behind her hip
bones, and buckle it tight. Then she
can do no harm, for she cannot raise hex
feet more than two or three inches from
the floor. When she becomes satisfied
that she can do no harm she will stand
perfectly still ; then you may loosen up
on the strap by degrees, and soon leave
it off entirely, for she soon learns to
stand still to be milked.
Moiih-mIi- Nnt-.
Ckeam Cabbage. Wush, cut fine,
boil until tender, and drain the water
from it. P.rown two tableepoonfuls of
butter in a saucepan ; put in tho cab
bage and pour over it a teacupful of
good cream, season, and let simmer for
half an hour.
Kaspeehiiy Jam. Weigh equal propor
tions of powderedloaf sugar nnd raspber
ries, put the fruit into a preserving pan
and with a silver spoon mash it well ; lot
it boil six minutes ; add the sugar and
etir well with the fruit. When it boils,
fckirn it and let it boil for fifteen minutes.
Silveu Cake. The whites of five eggs;
one cupful of engar; two and one-half
cupfuls of flour; one-half . cupful of
butter; one-half cupful of milk; one
lialf teaspoouful of soda. Mix the but
ter and eggs together; add the milk; then
the flour, in which has been mixed the
eream-tartar.then the whites of the ejgs;
then the sodu, dissolved in a little boil
ing water.
The Way to Wealth.
The liny. Dr. 11. D. Hitchcock, who
is not only a prominent theologian, but
a profound thinker, s .yn : VJupposo no
muscle id put into the laud; no tweat
moibtcnait; it goes back into its origi
nal wildness, and that which foimerly
Fupported one Hundred civilized men,
affords support for one savage. The val
ue which land possesses has developed
by labor. Have yon considered how
short-lived labor is? Crops laet no
nioro than a year. It ilways, so long as
you stop work npon them, go to pieces
rapidly and cease to be valuable. Houses
have to ba made over constantly. St.
Peter's church, at Koine, one of the
most solid of structures, is repaired an
nually at a cost of :W, 000. The rev
erend doctor might have added, mechan
ics actually live in houses erected on
the top of St. Peter's, that they may
watch for any defect and attend to any
leak iu tho roof. A great port of the
wealth of the world is only twelve
months old; when men stop working it
passes away. Suppose you earn 61-3
a day and spend the same; at the end of
the year yon are ro belter off than at
tho beginning. You have only liveJ.
Suppose jcu spend si, or, better still,
eighty-five cents; then yon have become
a capitalist. Capital is wages saved,
and every man can become a capitalist.
I began to preach at SG50 a year; I've
been there, and know what it is. My
rule was then, and has been ever since,
to live within my income. So it would
have been, no matter what my business.
Spend less than you earn; then you will
acquire capital, and your capital will be
as good as that of any other man.
A (.rent Actor's rarsImoiiiousncis
In money matters, Edwin Forrest, the
eminent tragedian, is said to have been
close and grasping to a degree which
thoroughly disgusted the warm-hearted,
open-handed men and women who were
his associates on the stage. At the end
of one short engagement at the Tremont
theater, Boston, his share of the receipts
amonnted to 1,000, and though the
managers lost by their contract with
him, and for the moment were unable to
pay the stock company, he exacted the
prompt payment of the last penny which
was his due. The money was handed
over to him, a few odd dollars being in
rolls of twenty-five cent pitviS, and he
left the box-ofSoe. Half an hour after
ward he returned with one of these
rolls, and, taking a pieoe of silver from
it, said to the treasurer, in his own pe
culiarly pompous manner, 'This quarter,
sir, which you have given me; is not
good.'
What's the matter with It t asked
the treasurer, curtly.
'It has worn smooth, sir, and the
people at the bank refuse to take it.
Yon must give me another for it.'
The treasurer, who was a good deal of
a wag, handed Mr. Forrest a bright new
quarter, took the worn piece, and, with
the words, 1 wouldn't sell these two
shillings for five dollars,' slipped it into
his pocket. That night the story of
Forrest and the smooth quarter was
known all over Boston.
FOR THE LADIES.
Viiliinblc Wilts on Ihe 'Dolim IV of Hum.
mer Ureeaee in Ordi-r to Vroeerte KrriU
Appt-iiraiii-e.
Tho question of summer dressing is a
difficult one, except to the very rich.
Toilets of tulle, or gauze, or muslin are
beautiful, indeed, but their beauty de
pends almost entirely upon their fresh
ness. When soiled and tumbled, with
frayed laces and crashed flowers, they
are anything but attractive. To renew
thorn constantly calls for heavy outlay;
while the French laundress who can
readily 'do up' a muslin to look like
new, charges a high rrice for her ser
vices. Lower down in the scale of summer
suits the same truth prevails. Swiss
muslin cannot be washed to look like
now, and tarlotan onoo soiled is gone
forever. Victoria lawns and the pretty
colored muslins, which are so cheap,
must be made up like any other dress,
and every frill or plaiting adds to the
trouble in having them properly lann-
dried. One promenade in dusty lane or
on sandy boach, and the soiled skirts
are fit only for the wash-tub. F.very
anxious mother of a family, counting
pennies and contriving ways and means,
knows how these simple lawns and cam
brics swell the family wash, utterly be
yond tho power of the one or two ser
vants to accomplish it. But where this
may not be a burden, and extra help
may be easily had, how few ordinary
washerwomen know how to do the work.
The lawns are starched stiff, sateens are
ironed on the right side, while calicoes
come out stiff and shiny, looking as
never new calicoes were known to do,
and plaitings are ironed all awry. There
fore the majority of women with moder
ate incomes fall back in despair upon
buntings and grenadines, wearing white
sparingly and making special provision
for having it washed when necessary.
If one can get a good laundress by the
day it will be found the most econoinidl
plan of doing up summer dresses. In
sist on her using thin starch and ironing
all embroideries on the wrong side.
Where drefses are trimmed with plait
ings baste them with two or three rows
of stitches before putting them in wash.
All shirring for wash dresses should be
done on narrow tapes run in cwiugs.
These should be let out for washing aud
drawn up after the dress is ironed. Thie
will muko it look much fresher as well
as render tho ironing mush easier to do.
When black or uuvy bluo linens are
washed, soap should not be used. Take
instead two potatoes grated into tepid
soft water (after having them washed
aud peeled), into which a teaspoonf nl of
ammonia has been put. Wash tho lik
ens with this and rinse them in cold blue
water. They will need no starch and
Bhould be dried and ironed on the wrong
side Au infusion of hay will keep the
natural color iu bull linens, and an infu
sion of bran will do tho same for brown
linens. Ouly the very thinnest starch
should be used for seerbuckers and
Madras ginghams, since these are soft
finished when bought, and much of their
beauty d.pends upon their clinging
fol.ls. Nearly every good laundress has
a recipe of her own for washing black
lawns aud calicoes. Oae notable house
wife, after washing thein like auy other
cotton garment, boils them for fifteen
minutes iu water, to which just enough
logwood has been added to color it.
Kiusing them out after washing, in vc-rj
dark indigo water, will bo found to pre
vent their turning brown or rusty.
Doubtful colors may be set by soaking
for several hours before washing iu
salt water or in a weak solution of sugar
of lead. The salt used should be table
salt. This is best for reds; white tugar
of lead is preferred for blues. Washing
soda should never be used with colored
clothes, since it not only fates, bnt often
changes tho color. We have known a
green gingham turned blue and a brown
calico yellow by its use. For the same
reason strong soap should not be em
ployed; no soap which affects tho sain of
the hands unpleasantly is fit for wat hiug
colored clothes.
Swiss muslin never looks well after
having been washed; therefore, French
or India muslin, at four times the cost,
is cheapest in the end. Dotted mnsliu,
which is again in fashion, laundries ad
mirably. It is Ecarcely necessaiy to say
that it is of absolute importance that the
irons and ironing sheet nsed for white
mualin should bo scrupulously clean.
Hot irons should always bo tried on a
clean cloth before touching them, in or
der to avoid all danger of scorching.
Ink and fruit stains may be removed by
soaking in sweet milk before washing;
the milk does no injury to the most del
icate colors. After washing, salts of
lemon will answer for taking stains out
of white goods, but if used on anything
colored it will remove the color as well
Ammonia will restore color taken out by
acids, bnt when the acid has been nsed
to remove a spot we have known it to
bring back the spot alr.o.
A Daughter's Love.
Mr. Avery Moore, a tax collector of
Chicago, who defaulted and fled about
two years since, has returned home.
This return is due entirely to the noble
and self-sacrificing efforts of bis daugh
ter, who offered, upon certain conditions,
to pay the amount due from her father,
The weight of the financial burden thus
assumed amounted to about $7,000, and
its magnitude to the yonng lady can be
properly judged when it is stated that
she expects to pay the most of it during
several years to come by saving from her
own income that derived from her pit'
tanoe of a salary as a teacher in one of
the pnblio schools. About 81,000 of the
deficit has already been repaid. Mr.
Moore designs entering business life
again and endeavoring to reinstate him
self in the good opinion of the public
The youDi? fellow who devotes bis
time to complimenting the girls is class
ed by the census-taker as engaged iu
she praising.
Au Absent-Minded Rector.
A faehioruble church iu Philadelphia
has a rector who has been placed in em
barrassing positions simply because of
his absent-mindedness. It was only a
week ago when he was to have married
a couple at five o'clock in tho afternoon.
The bride and bridegroom appeared, fol
lowed by a rotinue of ushers. Every
thing was in readiness except the gen
tleman who was to perform the cere
mony, A messenger was dispatched
to his residonce, bnt the rector had gone
out of town. After a wait of an hour,
a Presbytorian clergyman in the audi
ence volunteered, entered tho chancel,
and married the couple.
On another occasion, tho rector was
engaged to perform at St. George's ho
tel tho marriage of tho daughter of a
woll-known naval officer. At the ap
pointed hour he failed to appear. Call
ing at his house, the ushers found him
in the dining-room munching toast and
sipping tea. He was hustled into a
carriage and driveu rapidly to the hotel,
where the parties were in waiting,
'Oh, dear, I've forgotten something,'
exclaimed the pastor, when he reached
the hotel door.
What is it I' asked the gentleman in
whoso charge he was.
Why, my surplice; wonder if they
will allow mo to marry them without
it,' he inquired iu an ngitatod manuer.
'Oh, yes, certainly,' replied the gen
tleman. And that wedding went off an
hour later.
On another occasiou, a well-known
gentleman up town decided on giving a
party in his honor, aud wrote early in the
week desiriug to know whether the ap
pointed dale would be acceptable, ask
ing at tho name time for an curly answer.
Time sped on, and no reply. On tho
morning of the day tho social gathering
was to take place, the acceptance came.
The guests assembled, but the rector
was notably conspicuous by his absence.
The matter had slipped his mind. As a
climax to the string of forgotfulneas, ou
Sunday, it is s-aid tho roctor gave out
the Psalter for the seventh day, and for
the afternoon service gave out the Psal
ter for the sixth day morning.
A Strutrgle With a Mail Dosr.
Near Gold Creek, Faulkner county,
Ark., lives a man named Ekea, a farmer
on a small scale. While Uhoa and his
wife were sitting in front of their door,
two dogs jumped over tho feiuo and ran
under tho boufe. At first very little
notice was taken of tho animals, there
being several fox banters in the neigh
borhood, and the Rheas supposed that
the dogs belonged to them, but present
ly a terrific howling and fighting began,
insomuch that ll'iea threw chips and
pieces of wood under the house. The
howling and fighting continued for seme
time, when at last cue of 1 ho dogs darted
out, leaped tho fence, aud ran away.
Tlio ether dog, a largo brindle, of decid
edly ugly type, followed as far as the
fence, but stopped, turned around, and
started toward lluca with mouth half
open. Rhea stooped and picked up au
old churn-dasher lying upon a bturap,
and as the dog spraug at him Mruck the
beast over the head. Stunned, tho ani
mal recoiled, but only for a moment, for
he sprang again before lihea had time
to prepare himself. Grappling the dog
by the throat, and holding his mouth as
far away as possible, a desperate Etiug
glo began. The dog's eyes glarod, and
his mouth emitted that froth only known
to hydrophobia. llhea ran into
the house and soon returned with a case
knife, which she baudod to her husband.
Then the 'combat deepened.' The
bluut-pointed and dull-edged weapon
went time and again against the animal's
throat without drawing blood or lessen
ing his fury. Tho strong grasp of the
man kept his teeth away, but such a
grip could not last long. Again the
woman entered tho house, and this time
returned with a shotgun. Cocking it
and rushing up to the dog, she placed
tho muzzle close to tho animal's flanks
and fired. There was a sudden give
way, and a seemingly additional glare of
the eyes, but no sound. Taking advan
tage of tho first shot, the gun was again
tired, and the animal fell ovor dead.
Dnme Fortune's Caprices,
A letter-writer states: It is rumored
that the wife and daughters of ex-Senator
Stewart are to return to Washington
and reinhabit that great pile of sand
stone known as Stewart Castle. It is
the largest and most expensive house in
Washington, bnt, as tho ladies would
think, the 300,000 expended upou it
was a Binful waste. It has been closed
sines the expiration of the Senator's
term of cffioo in 175, and has been ad
vsrtiued for rent at the modest sum of
at first .0,0?0 per annum and later at
815,000 and $10,000. But no one has had
the money to pay such a rental and ketp
up the house besides, for it will require
several thousand-) a year to heat it alone.
The moths have destroyed the greater
part of the furniture, which was very
handsome and costly, having been made
to order in Paris, the fabrics of uphol
stering having been purchased at the
exposition of 1673. The house was oc
cupied only one year. Miss Stewart was
married there and her baby was born in
the house, but after the Senator's term
expired and the Emma mine pulled
down his fortune the family moved to
the Paciflo coast, where they have since
been.
A femalo African elephant in the
Philadelphia zoological gardens died a
few days since. A post mortem exami
nation proved that her death was caused
by having swallowed a number of peb
bles, fish bones and sticks. There is
good reason to suppose that these indi
gestible things, concealed in paper bags,
were thrown into the month of the ani
mal. The elephant has been one of the
pets of tho visitors for four years, and
it was ono of the delights of the childish
vhutors to feed her cakes and apples,
sud she received suoh contributions with
.t confidence that proved fatal.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
Foot print a press worked by foot
power.
Mumps are plural, yet they often look
singular.
'That's too thin,' said the boy when he
taste 1 the j ieuio lemonade.
It takes something more than good
clothes to make a gentleman; he can hi
distinguished in any garb.
The manager of a burlesque troupe
will tell you that seeing his show will
drive away sorrow, and yet he'll get
mad as a wet hen if you suggost that
it is a woe-be-gone company.
A New Haveu, Conn., harness maker
has a two-legged cat which propels it
self in a lively manner on its fore legs,
with its hindquarters elevated snflloi
ently to preserve its balance.
The ministers' association of Utica,
N. Y., has decided that its members
shall
preach no more sermons at lu-
nerals. but may deliver them afterward
jn church,- if desired by the friends ol
the dead.
A young man, the other day, got
married against the wishes of his par
ents, nnd, requesting a friend to break
it to them, said: 'Tell them I'm dead,
old fellow, and gently work them up to
the climax.'
Several colored girls, Bent North by
the pastor of a colored church in Orange
hnre. S. C. to obtain siliiUions as
housemaids, have returned. They hired
out for a time, but the moment they
raised sufficient means they turned back
home,
This is the season of tho year when
the good little boy refuses to go iu bath-inn-
with his companions, because his
mother forbid him, stays on the bank to
mind their clothes and scoots for home
after tying knots in tho sleeves of their
trousers.
President Hiyes was arbitrator in a
caso of disputed territory between Para
guay aud Argentine Republic, and de
cided iu favor of IVuaguay, which so
delighted the people that they have
changed the name of the principal city
of the disputed oonntry to Villa Hayes.
North Perry, Maine, has an infant
giantess in perfect health, which though
but a year old, is throe feet high ana
weighs as much as a healthy twelve ;
year old boy. At its birth it weighed
only nine pounds. Its great-great
grandfather was a man of extraordinary
size.
About this time of year city people
are getting terribly anxious about the
welfare of the country cousin. This
anxiety and solioitudo will grow as the
season advances, and when they can
bear it no longer they will pack up fonr
children and two truuka and go and see
about it.
Teter Igo, of Lawrence, Muss., was
very poor and very proud. Bring out
of work and money he did not make his
plight known, but fed his wife and child
on bread aud water, nnd went without
any food at all himself. A messeuger,
who went to tell him of a ehanco for
work, found him dead from starvation.
The novelty of ornamented horse
shoes having worn off, wooden smoolh-iug-irous
have just been introduced, on
which are handsomely painted flowers,
figures, landscapes, or monograms.
Chey make very pretty mantel orna
ments. The large wooden surface per
mits of more elaborate decoration than
the horso-shoe.
People who went up Mount Washing
ton, N. H., on July Fourth, were sur
prised to find the Summer houso win
dows, on the eiposed Bide, all snowed
np and frozen np, and the promonade
platform like the rocks about, still al
most overshoes iu snow, and every post
and northwest facing rock still covered
to a depth of nearly half a foot.
While swinging their hooe In the weed haunted
rows,
Whi.ro beans and tomatoes arc growing,
The son to his father stt out to remark,
As warmly the sunbeams were glowing,
'Why like is this spot to the place that was not
Kuowu to fame till that apple proccedin' ?'
'I paoa !' quoth the parent t then auuwered the
con,
'Because 'tis the gardon o' wocdlu 1'
For years the fate of the ship Alaska,
which cleared from British Columbia
for Japan, was a mystery, when recently
a drunken sailor boasted of having been
one of the crew, who mutinied, killed
the officers, secured what plunder was
on tho ship, burned her, and esoaped to
the shore in a boat. The case has been
investigated and the participators nearly
all arrested.
Mrs. Hooper says in her last Paris let
ter: 'Master Isaae Bell, Jr., the young
nephew of Mr. James Gordon Bennett,
of the New York Herald, is just five
days old. The day after the yonng gen
tleman's advent bis nnole called to see
him and laid on his cradle 100 United
States bonds of $1,000 each as a ohris
tening gift, or rather a gift of 'joyous
arrival," according to the old medieval
custom at the accession of a king.
Some fishermen in the harbor of Barn
stable, Mass., discovered a number of
blackfish, a speoies of whale, disporting
in the water, and sucoeeded, by a united
effort, in scaring the monsters into shal
low water, where they killod eight of
them with axes, pitchforks and knives,
The largest was twenty feet long and
the smallest about fourteen. The amount
of oil extracted from the animals real
i7. nd nnite a handsome sum for the
captors.
A Slngalar Pet.
Samuel Childers of La CrosBe, Wis.,
baa a rat in his boot and shoe shop
which he has trained to wonderful per
feotion. The rat comes to him at bis
call, no matter how many are present,
It has been trained to jnmp up on Mr,
Childora hand, where it eata its regular
meals. It will run about Mr. Childers
while at work, jumping on his shoulders
and head, diving into his pockets as
familiarly as a pet kitten. When told
it will sit np in the middle of the floor
and squeal and perform many more
tricks.
A Stranger's Kose.
Borne of those chaps who wear their el
bows down thin leaning on saloon coun
ters, have an artificial fly with a fine
thread attached to the back; and some
times these toys can bo handled to the
amusement of a small crowd. When
an unknown man yesterday foil asleep
in a saloon on Michigan avenna the
young man with an artificial fly was
there. He took position behind bis vic
tim, who was lying back on his chair,
and preseutly the fly alighted on the
stranger's nose, walked up the bridge
and down, and settled for a moment on
the tip end. The sleeper never moved
a finger. The fly went over the old
route, dove into the corner of the left
eye, galloped over to the right, and came
down to the grand stand on a dead run,
but the sleeper slept on. It began to
appear that he was nsed to flies, and bo
the game was changed. By sticking a
pin through one of these toys you can
make quito a bee of it, the pin being the
stinger.
When the 'bee,' descended on the
stranger's nose everybody expected to
see a Budden start, but it did not come,
After a jab at the tip-end tho bee
crawled along up, waiting for develop
ments nnd getting in au occasional stmg,
bnt not even a sigh escaped the sleeper,
The young man with tho insect was got
ting tired when the stranger lazily open
ed his eyes, slowly rose up from bis chair,
and coolly remarked:
'Now, then, if you havo got through
fooling with my uoso I'll fool with yours
for awhile I'
It isn't likely thnt particular young
man will ever dangle artificial flies any
more. He was doubled np, straighten
ed out, choked, mopped and slammed to
thoroughly that his appetite will run to
chicken-broth and arnica for some days
to come. When the cyoloue had passed
the stranger called for gin, drank it, and
said to the white-faced crowd on the
bench:
'Gentlemen, if any more of you see
anything peculiar about my nose please
call artuud and lot mo know. Jbrcc
Press.
During tho Mwjtnouth park races,
the promising fill? Magnetism-was struck
in the hind letr bv one ol tho other
norse8 anj the flesh and tendons out to
tbe bou8( thna aisublius her.
An incised cut is much more easily
healod than a lacerated or torn wound
Tobacco stems placed wi.'h hay in tho
kennel will dispel all fleas from dogs.
Thr "Biibv'a licet Friend" Ik tho most appro-
j riato title for Dr. Bull'. Daby Syrup. It U
liaulutolv free from Opium, Morbia and oth
er powerful uKPi.tH, is pc-rfi-olly mfe and relia
ble nndt-r all cironinat nxren. aud by all.yiuR the
nnuul rtlouiach and Bowd iMiKirdtM of baby
hood ki-cpti the child from fruttiDK and crying,
io injnriodB to it;lf aud auuoymg to all.
rrice ceiits.
One littlo persistent fly, one that
va.ien every attempt to bo knocked off
your faco with a pillow, will stick donor
aud teach n Btutteriug man to talk plain
quicker than anything yet invented.
It in ono of tlumo rare, pood rcuio lioa which
nuod ouco will bo always kept in tho bonne.
lr. Hull's Baltimore l'Uls wo refer to. 1'rice
conta.
A .Una of a Tbou.and.
When death waa hourly npidoJ, all reme
diua having failed, and I)r. H. Jaiooa waa vx
iieriruenting with Indian Hemp, ho accidentally
enred hi onlv child of Couauruptiou, aud now
give this Ktcipe free for two atauipa to pav
exponaea. Addroaa, Ciunnoi'K .V Co.,
liace ttreot, Philadelphia, l'a.
LOCKE'S
GELATINE STARCH
MiQiiIactured and Supplied by
James Blackburn & Co.
430 BROADWAY,
IVEil ; raulcoo, "W" im.
PARLOR
BLACK BOARDS
FOR BOYS AND CIRLS.
Head Stamp for Circular.
A. H. LORTON & CO..
So: .-111 VHAHI.KHJtnlSI-lWYOHK.
FRIENDS' ELEMENTARY
AND HIGH SCHOOL,
LOJIBAUD HTHKET, near tU'TA ir,
UU.TIMOKB.UD.,
Prepare Btudeota of Halh Brara for a bnaincea or
a prof nuioual Ufa,
vnr further Information uleaae apply at Bchool
nooma.wbtch are opeu dully from A.M. to a P. M
orl.Tlell.rto K.M.LAMll.l'rlurlpal.
an Rn77iiore Street,
X-Ar M,l lullliit. UM.TIMU11B. a inimeii.il
varletyof ff ill anil Ornamental lIoineboM UooOa,
(II. a. and Hller Plated Ware, Jewelry. :.
-r " AGENTS WANTED TOR THE
UZCTORXAXi
I HISTORY of the U.S.
Tbe (treat nut-real in tun thrilling bliUiry of our
mni.m mak, tin. the i a.tel-elUii book ever
imblinned. I'rieea reduced 93 lr cent. It la tba
moat complete Uiatory ol tne u. H. ever puonnumi.
Heud for extra terma to Agenta, aud aee wliy It aella
ao very fkiit. addreea.
National FvBLiaHiKa Co., Philadelphia,'!
BJi U 30"
ft BURNHAM'S
? r Standard Turbine
V WATER-WHEEL
I WAIIAKTiD IEST ANI CHlAPiST.
Vlrirrm retfureA Pawnhltt free.
'3 MULING SUPPLIES
OinVEl X3 bout jteaver at., jotk, jrm
VIRGINIA STATE BONDS
WA.NTFD BY
KDW. C. FOX A ., Hunker and Brakrra,
Aa. if liall trrrer, ,irie mr
irTnnn ACKNTH WANTKII la tba Houihero
IU.UUU .ud WMlern Hiatea for the (trandeat
Triumph of tbe Aa. 10O per Month and Eipeaeea.
;l Outnt free. aoaT m au. iiiii".ii.. j.
Vflll MP M C U l Telegraphy" aud ra
IUUI1U iiia.li a IO HMJ a moDin.
ery graduate narautJ a paylna altuatlon.
dree. K. vsieimiie, -n n
DlVOttOEH.ln auy MUte.wiluoul publicity, ttena
eiaisp for the law. O. B. Bimb. Ohloago. III.
' i
-J77iYeaKaudeVpeneataante. Outfit rrea
7 f I I Addreea P. O. YlCaJtnl, Augiuna, amw,
Cords QQCt.;tore
P I V 7
v DR. CLARK
JOHNSON'S
NDIAN BLOOD SYRUP
Laboratory, 77 IV. 31 St.. Nt-w York City.
LATB or JK&BET CUT.
ITBADS MABX.1
The Best Twemocly Known to Han I
tif rinrlc .ToliiiKon liavlns a-orint(il nimxtii
with Mr. l-.,lwln I.-tmon, an c-iMjvilrnptlve.ionK
Tiiocxni-ricnccpf Mr. K:i-tnian boina Imllo lo
tli-it 'f MrJ. Chns. .luiif? uiM mil, of " anliii;toii
IV Imva.na r.r.om.t ct who " ufforlni; ww
thriaiituly narral.il In Hi .V ? !' IhrM of TH.
li. lr.s. l ie lliriif ui iimi oi" " "'
t'nt f.T Bi-vcr-.l .-av, -Mr. l.M-tnan, wiui n .!'
h rlit u'u lvrr:.- of vh', h W.i'iuimikla
:'; ':no wan iuri,!.-,.i!,.l l rt;ll .rcpar.-;l l 1-
iho .-IB m.Tt ri.-ils f.-r i'ic Biirccfnl Intro
lion .if l hi' mMiuiio to ibu ivorU; ana ossnn-i
I'm p ill.: -. l!;at t itf ri-mi-iv n mo r.t ;u '"
wbca iV-:uctkl4 w-ijiciua Lliu to uui-e IU
Wakametkla, the Medicine Mao
Nothii.s baa b.i-11 .M.a to tlio I.1-.I5.-II10 anl
imtli'iiu' lia been lal.. n awuv. II ' 1 lioiil dount
Ihr bwT I'l Birim of Hi.- 1H..-OU and liu.vtwtu of
Hie si stem ever known m in-
Thin syrup poi s. ti3 Mirnil Hiopjrtiia.
It ui M upon Hi" l.lvi-r.
II iu l n poll l- 11 uii'V.
It reiiiul" Hi." Ilowi-la.
It pin Hies 111.' III.hkI.
It nil- Nervoim SjattflU.
It iiroinole Ilu "i""." . . .
It Noui lsli."., MrcliB' ' "' "" Invtg
"YtV-ui-rU-ii oil' the old Iilooil and make
il'oppm tin pore of tlio nklu, and
Induces (Icullhy IVmpirntloti.
ll i-.in'r.ill.TS the liiTP.lil iry t ilnt, or poiiotl in
thr- blood.nliirh iTei...rat.--Si-roful i,bryii".'l;u, and
ail maimer ef f ilSi-i-" interim! Uu:aor.
TSi.-re an; iin!-liit- emi-loy. -I in us in-inii'neiur.
I ! .... I v- ,1 1..-L il.-.liu'L- 1'Rlie. Ol
by lli-a.;. .! an.l feeble, vue tfii-V tHj rtfurut M
ftft;tun 13 t'irtc,e,ui.
Edwin Eastman la Indian Coctoma.
NSVF.V AND NlNB YEAIU AMIlMt TPS I oMAM.ll"
A Nl. Ai-AenKd. A mill vuiuineoi .."y i'-!..-b.-iimafiruploeliiteiiieiilof
luu horrible I . -t
coimeeted ilh V le'acre of ll; lpl-
fiiiuilv. ami tlieopmity, lorinreeaiid iilmn-i '
TuiM- ..f uatwonir.lviu. nu-uibrra. lor tula
l ,mr hs-iiH tierally. l'rin. $100.
The incident l the iimwicre, bj-nrly Hirruiea,
are uVirilmt.d ly n-Mil-.. rut a of cuar;:c.
Mr. i:tii.ii. n.nu' nimoM cou-m.iiij .
WeM. ei. -i;;.'il :-i u nherln and rurinu the materi-
! of nbl.il lh. l.ie.Ueo.i- n con.pim.il. in'
ii'ii,p nian:i 'eoo-nl uVvolv. a upon llr. Joliueon.
uud Ihv- remedy baa been tailed, and la ununii aa
Dr. Clark Johnson's
INDIAN BLOOO PURIFIER.
Price of Largs Bottles
Fiico of Small BottUs )
Iti i.l tho volun'ary t.'"liniotioi. or persons no
I, ive h-en rnrcil bv the u.-e ol nr. lark .icuusuu
lii lUalllo i.l Syr ip, tu ouron vleiuity.
Testimonialfl of Cursfc
Aorth Carolina TeTtmnial.
Rieouimcmia It to all.
Wake t'oro-t, Collcgo, Jan. 30, 1879.
TWrHinI htTB Da i tbe Indian Wood
Byrin which I puiohaaed from your Ak-eut, W.
B. Wiugatn, mil think it A aerwoeablii medi
cine; ita effect ou tne j iver, dkiuu, y""
waysl nave nan occieiun ie uo,
fully np to the claim of ita Agent j and choir
f ally recommeud it to tlio pupleof this vi
cinity. Ji. UUi, gistrain.
An Eiosllfjl Medicine.
aud I can say it Una d n euc moro rood thau
ay mediclr.o I ever tiicu Juc-1 UmiW c
R mri!v for r.!ii.nm"tira.
Dae Swamp, Hobeiun C ., N. O.. I
O t. 8.178. S
DearR:r:-I t-tt 'ic-d lh BUtiuiMic
r,u.i f,.r tin vbf r.-, r.i.il I trit d many reined'. ,
put f ound notia to d j mo aviy Rood "t 1 1 ' r"
ela e J. me of your u-'.n lllo-.-dSirnp tn.ui
Ii.ur Aii.-nl. hi;d hni i; tei.t d ltnrecf, I
JfouJareco;ur-.i..i i''iim1i. -.e I . tr -.
Hl'ilrlji',
Djppepila And I:,(JIpeitloa and LiTor Com-
piaint.
BeolayUlo, llniiiia C N. O., Feb. 20, 1879.
lear B r: I ui- baea tronblad with l)yi-rx-pBia,
Liver Complaint, and Hick Headache,
for A lor,, time, ana 1 tried aome of jour val
uable Indian Blond tHruo cud found myeelt
greatly benefited. I beiieve it to bo a good
ni (Loiue. Nancy J. Barber.
For rurifyiug the Blood.
Benlayille. Duplin C . . N. C, Feb. 22, 1879.
Dear Hirs-I Ui e Uen u-ing your Indian
B ool Snap ei.d iln4 it a veiy valuable tutdi
euio for Purify Jig tbe Llood. Bpioy E. Pickett.
For Heart Diecaae.
Benlavilln, Pnpliu Co.. N. O . Feb. 22. 1879.
Dear Hit il hwe tn yonr Indian Blood
Bjrop fir Ilent Din . aiJ it baa been of
g'Bat vaV.i't i. too. I ct i r.-comrud it to
aU aaui.-il.--1 JU t d. Bui Lu a -Villiamr.
Cored when o! her Renieai' irantT.
Jloaa Kick Bo'-tevu Co , C.
Sear Bin I waa badly fll.eud, and I loi
sled to teatify tbt jour Indian Bl d ryit u
baa enred me hea everr o' lior ini.du.-iue full. o.
Ioouiderit avaiuablomwUiaie. J. aii.ti.ur.
Anr-lbar esae of li'if-moaUum Cur d.
ar-4.aH JI.xwo.1. t-f Luiubrrtou, llibeson
Co., N. C, x.iuul.-.it lr bin -"in cured of
Blieumt,.-l.y t!.o uao of tbo In U&u B..a
Hyrnp att-l votiiil luui. iuind a!: to ivo it a
refcuusl le tiia!.
Viu-el-' iVr lltt-Kvl..
Beiilf vi'K l.-i .H i C.t.. M '-. rili, 2.1. 179.
P a.'ii.i : I in e:t.Vni'-,' Vil? niWU with
the, ila.-i.u lic. im I tVevd-i.ua -f oi-.r Indian
Blood By mu Cll.e-t i- --. W. J- Balber.
is " ly,i,WJ C
know n, i n.l .i ii.-arlyj.ar.i11.-l. that but ItUo men
I,,,,. t.f Mr. i:.i!innh i-spnrii.nrcuMll bo nucn
lu " T'.' vi':.-, Iimwvpr, .,i:.IWi.-U In a ticai vol-mm,-'of
:fc.yI,iciillil.l.',S.Mipml Niiwlin
II .., . l. i-,-i,l.i hpr.-::lti-r. Bullli-n i to tay.
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