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i •iSS&feiite . *• - "T.'Vfjtf !' • f i f J v : j # ,, - * -> Kw»Msr ' ̂ : r* JjSltloHTJ piaindtalfr. J. YATT SLTXE, PTTAUBHBL 'oHBSRT, ; ILLINOK, AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC. is drained, even If they are not the pieces which I vkh to devote to the vegetable®." .i.jL Ww rkmn'i Mogh^r, Bfeft Uvea within a quiet home, _ , ,Ko model of the graces, : ii >i Unknown to culture's higher walfe i v . * flT '••Won* gidCy pUces; * f >*^«Mra«htful girl, so sweet, so wta*, ^, With earnest face and loving ey«i*--. The farmer's gentle daughter. Stain morn till ere the little matt * I Is busy at her labor-- • v, * flfc« HweejM and dnsts the old fatl to»SS> And helps a poorer neighbor; ® •r j: JRo gossip will she listen to fi:: - pft^:', (A merit rare, I own to von), . . So lives the farmer's daughter. •Oli baking days her tiny bands (v Are bnsy at the making; IIP bread more light and sweet than her! ' War. ever made by baking. ®r churns the batter goldoa, .v.veet, And keeps the dairy white and neat-- 'ainmerg tweCiM uMlghtar. : > ----- Her garden is an Eden fair, , ' A bloom with pinks and She know* the name of every ft o war, <. And makes some gcrge<w» pmia&-- fitows peas, and raalahes, ana crem, And oorn, and sqeash, and herbs' The fanner's happy daughter. maang may she bravely smile on n»-- i » Onr darling household fairy, Vheqn een of garden, house and r_ Ana princess of the dairy-- Vo teach us by her pleasant way ' Ifc love the things of eTery day-- the fannsr's daughter. God bless --Annie h. Jack. >:p Farm. Around ths NOK-BBXBDIHO cows are now oureefby patting tfiem to work like oxen. THBBB are two sore evils: Too many CQg men are going to the cities to employment, and too many temps are seeking the rural districts Bes Moines .Register. THE blackberry is ao healthy and de­ licious a f rait that no amount of trouble should prevent every well living farmer from having a plenty. The Kittatinny and Wilson's early are highly reoom- ttsnded. A COBKBSPONDKNT of the Country Gentleman says that Brownell's Eureka is a potato that will please the producer, the salesman, the oook, and the eater. It is enormously prolific, white in skin and flesh, smooth surface, and having a fine, dry and delicious flesh. The agri­ cultural press will teem with testimonials of this potato within the next two years. CORN-FED hens do not lay in winter, for the simple reason there isn't any al­ bumen material in the corn. When wheat is fed, there is fat enough in it to supply all that is needed for the yelk, ai»d ghiter* erinrjgl-. fn jjjfite? the Trhite, andlime enough.to furnish the shell ; it does not thus seem difficult to under­ stand why corn-fed hens should not lay, as they do not, and why wheat-fed hens should lay, as they do. I HAVE some snakes and many hedge­ hogs in the garden : they are carefully protected, being of tne greatest use in a garden, and jloing not the slightest harm. Snakes should be most carefully preserved. There is a foolish prejudice against them. It is pleasant to see them enjoy life basking in the son, and it is still more curious in the evening to watch young hedgehogs searching ont and feeding on slugs.--London Gardener's Chronicle. CUCUMBERS are generally permitted, or compelled, rather, to grow flat upon the ground9 but vines have been trained upon trelises with the very happiest re­ sults. Indeed nature never intended the cucumber for a mere surface runner, else it would not have been provided with grasping tendrils. A low order of trellis, keeping both vine and fruit off the ground, adds largely to the yield and the quality. When space is an object a great saving of ground may be accom­ plished by training upon high trellises. --New England Homestead, THERE is a vast difference in the flavor of eggs. Hens fed on clear, sound grain, and kept on a clean grass run, S've much finer Savored eggs than hens at' have access to stable mm. manure heaps, and eat all kinds of filthy food. . Hens feeding on fish and onions flavor their eggs accordingly, the same as cows eating onions or cabbage or drinking offensive wafer, imparts a bad taste to the milk and butter. The richer the food the higher the color of the eggs. Wheat and corn give eggs the best color, while feeding on buckwheat makes them colorless, rendering them /ox confectionery purposes. A . OOBBESPONBEHT recommends the following mode for making tarred walks: First gravel the walk in the ordinary way, but do not give it so thick a coat as usual; beat well down to make a per­ fectly smooth and even surface, which coat well with tar. When this Is done, pat the final layer of gravel on the top- three-quarters of an inch to one inch will be quite sufficients and again beat -duwug using the back of a spade for the purpose* The walk so prepared mast not be trodden upon for two or three days, at the end of which time it will have become perfectly hard, and will not be affected by the heaviest fall of rain. The work must be done in fine weath©rs .and the plan will be found better nsing cement mixed with the gravel.--• English Mechanic. VI THINK," writes a young fianaer, 411 have made a mistake in yews past in •plowing part of my ground before it •really was fit for it. As some of it lies •erv flat and is not drained, It turns up wet and clammy, even after it looks quite •dry upon the surface, I am thoroughly satisfied that land in that condition does not work as easily or produce as good a crop as it would if dry enough to crum­ ble when turned by the plow, and I do not propose to plow it so early this year •e I have in years past* Though it may jnake the planting of it a little later than tteual, I do not think the crop need be later, if by waiting the ground gets into better condition for planting- I used to "think differently. I thought the ground dried faster after being plowed, and then a little extra narrowing would make it right, but I changed my mind last year by finding a part of one of those fields, which WHS plowed some days after the ether part, bring forward its crop more rapidly than that which was plowed first, and which was wet when plowed. I shall, "therefore; begin plowing upon aide hills and upon such land as I think A itACY says : "I would lite to let! you readers how I have kept my house--- ; - -- -A, _ ATL --1_ AT. . piSMllB UJLTUUgJJl UIO Wiuooi OU Ittl this winter : I set them on the table, draw the table into the oenter of the room, drop the curtains at the windows, leave the lamp burning in the middle of the room, and find my plants all right in the morning. Cost, one cent per night.'* HOMCTT CROOTTWRWWI.--To A cupful of cold, boiled hominy add a teaspoonful melted butter, and stir it wel, adding by degrees a cupful of milk, till all is made into a soft light paste ; add a tea- spoonful of white sugar and one well beaten egg. Boll into oval balls with floured hands; dip in beaten egg, then roll cracker crumbs, and fry in hot lard. WARKANTABII* PUDDING.--Two cups of flour, one cup sugar, one tableepoonral better, one egg, one teaspoonmi soda, two of cream of tartar; steam on© and one- half hours. Currants, raisins, or any fruit desired can be used. Do not re­ move the mvet till done, and ! think I hear you say, "I never tested its equal." ELOTD TIMES PLUM PXTDDINO.--Quarter of a pound of finely-chooped suet, the same of grated bread crumbs, ourrante, raising and flour; add two tablespoonfuls of molasses and half a pint of milk; all of which must be well mixed together and boiled in a mold for three and a half Serve with sauoe. ILLIHOI& ITEMS, H, DAI, formerly a imnnlniil merchant of Joliet, has been declared insane. Mas BUST Innis, of Bock Island, a §10,(KM) slander suit a^oiust Bam Koim, aad a lively contest is expected. AT Lacon, on Saturday of last week, a little boy, aged three years, son of Conrad Pointner, was scalded to death by falling into a tub of boiling soft soap. GAIIKSBURG has lost an old and re­ spected citizen in the death there, re­ cently, of Mr. Clark M. Carr, the father of Col. Clark E. Carr, the postmaster of that city, and of Gen. Carr, of the army. CAPT. AXJIXANDKR BROWN, an old and prominent citizen of Quincy, died a few days since, of heart disease, in his seventieth year. Capt. Brown held the office of Coroner of Adams county foe nine years preceding his death. AT Peoria, c.ne day last week; pnond was broken for the new CbIvsjj Missioo. church. The ladies of the congregation filled the first wagon-load of dirt, and the pastor, the Rev. John Weston, as­ sisted by other gentlemen, loaded up the second. CORNS AND WARTS.---Warta we venr troublesome and disfiguring. The fol­ lowing is a perfect cure, even of the largest, without leaving any soar. It is a Frenchman's prescription, and has been tested by the writer: Take a small piece of raw beef and steep it all night m vinegar, cut as much as will oover the wast, and tie it on it; if the excrescenoe is on the forehead, fasten it on with strips of sticking-plaster. It may be re­ moved in the diay and put on every night In one fortnight the wart wiil die and peel off. The same prescription will cure oorns. LEFT-HAKDKD.--A mother writes that her son is left-handed, and asks ,s if it will be an injury to him when grown if he aontinues to write with his left hand." By no means. Left-handed persons suf­ fer from a certain inconvenience in feeing in this respect unlike most other people, but it does not amount to an injury. Our foremost educators say that both hands should be alike educated, and might be, if parents and teachers would jb>e at the pains of requiring children to be ambidexters. One of our prominent generals in the " late unpleasantness " lost his right arm, and writes a very legi­ ble backhand with his left hand. The Best Vegetables to Plant. fifcrthner's Monthly is printing a se­ ries of timely and practical papers in its fS Home and Society " department;, enti­ tled 8€ Rural Topics/5 by the well-known horticulturist, P. T. Qainn. The follow­ ing is from the May fiumoer : April and May are the two busy months in a well-managed vegetable gar­ den. During these months the most important work of the season has to be hurried through, for planting time is short, and there are many small matters that need prompt attention. Firat of all is the selection of choice garden seeds of recent growth, and such as will be found true to name. The surest way is to select from each year's crop a few of the best specimens of the same to raise seed from. For the rest, send to some responsible seed merchant, and don't depend on the kind of stock found in small boxes in the country grocery stores. As a matter of reference for those not familiar with the best sorts of vegetable seeds and plants> 1 append the following list, naming two or three kinds of each to select from : Dwarf Beam--Early Ydentins and Refugee. Pole Items--Large White Lima and Horti- culftiml Gra&beny. Beeis--Duck Bed Egyptian and Long Smooth Blood. Cabbage--Jeraey Wakefield (early), and Premium Flat Dotoh and Drumfcttd Savoy (late). Cucumber--White Seine md Long Graen. Can-o*--Wits' Improved Long Orange., Oorn--Moore'a Early sad StewelTa Eras green. Caul iflower--Early and late Erfurt Cebry--,Dwarf Incomparable and Baste Market-,, Egg Plant-- Improved New York. l«il uoe --Curled Sil eaia and Battar. Musk Melon--Skill man's Fine Netted. Water 3fe ion-- Mountain Sweet. Onions WetherBfield Bed and While Por­ tugal. Parsnips--Long Smooth. Pea*--Philadelphia Extra laity. Outer's Ij'u'gi Crop, Champion of England, and White Marrowfat Peppers--Large Sqnaah and Bull-nose. JR€KHshes--Tmmp Scarlet, Long Scarlet, and White Spaaiah. 3gua»h--Savamu Grookneok. Bodoo Mar- mr, afid Hubbard. Tin thin brief list will be found the leading kinds grown both by market and private gardeners near large cities. With bush beans, peas and radishes, it is best to repeat the sowings every two or three weeln, until the middle of Jane. By following this plan, a fresh supply of these sorts will keep ooming on for table use until late in the Iwrease of Madness la Lunacy is increasing k France ont of all proportion with the growth of popu­ lation. Official statistics show that, in 1861, the total number of lunatics and idiots there was (in round figures) 40,000; Ave years later, we find 60, TOO; ten years afterward, they numbered no less than 90,000; and & latest report shows that they have increased beYond 100,000. This remarkable groi^( of madness among the French is attributed to vari­ ous oauses--snoh as the uae of absinthe, opium, tobaooo, etc.--and to th#> preva­ lence of religious, political, and specu­ lative fanatism. It was increased by the pilgrimages of a few years ago; it was increased by the war of 1870 with Ger­ many ; Mid the lunacy doctors of the perfectuxe of police have observed, that after every panic at the Bourse, they had twice as much work as usual on their harwla Ik 1875, 222 persons were killed in London by being ran over by vehicles, and nearly 3,000 others were injured in the same way. Of these victims some were infirm and a few intoxicated, but this was not the case with many ; so that the accidents must be attributed to reckless driving. AT a late meeting of the Presbyteiy of Peoria, in Delevan, Tazewell county, the application of Rev. John S. Glenden- ning for admission came up, but after a loni? discussion it was found that a large majority of those present were averse to his reception, Mid upon the qnestion be­ ing put to vote he was rejected. THE managers of CoL Wood's Museum, Chicago, added one more laurel to their already numerous duster of kindnesses, in extending a free pass to the newsboys and boot blacks of the Newsboys' Home to the Museum and lecture room, last Monday evening. The boys were pres­ ent to tihie number of about fifty, aooom panied by Mr. Hooke, the Superintend­ ent of the Home, and certainly did him great credit by their gentlemanly lad orderly conduct THE temporary injunction some time since obtained by Hon. N. W. Edwards, of Springfield, against the city, prevent­ ing expenditures beyond the municipal revenue, prohibiting the issuing of city warrants when there is no money in the treasury to pay the same, and prohibit­ ing the increasing of indebtedness in anticipation of the revenue, was last Saturday made perpetual by Judge Lane, of the Sangamon Circuit court, sitting 1 in chambers. The city will probably appeal the case. ^? EARLY one morning last week a watch­ man at Elevator A, in Peoria, discovered the lifeless body of a man floating on the surface of the water, a few feet from shore.- Assistance was procured and tho body secured. It proved to be that of an old man named John Singer, whose mysterious disappearance from his home oocurred id the early part of the month. Hie body was much decomposed, and had evidently been in the water some time. An inquest was held, and a ver­ dict of suicide rendered, as Singer was insane at the time he left home, and had frequently threatened to kill him­ self, He leaves a family. • • THE Mississippi valley, for some dis­ tance above and below Quincy, is under water, and great damage to property in that section ie reported. The Sny levee, south of that city, has been broken at three points, and a large portion on the Illinois side is overflowed opposite Han­ nibal. Houses and barns have floated away, and the damage that has been done cannot be estimated. The entire population of the bottom haw fled to the bluffs, in many eases leaving everything behind them. Meetings have been oalied at Hannibal to assist the unfortunates. Much suffering is sure to follow this great calamity. THK State Board of Agriculture has assorted and prepaxed for shipment specimens of Illinois agricultural pro­ ducts designed for exhibition at the Cen­ tennial. The samples weigh about five tons in the aggregate, ana include all products of the titcte. Among those are specimens of grains of all kinds, grass seeds, fccssis, pens, ci-c», coal, stone, tile, and tile-clay, kaolin, brick, brick- ©l»ys all kinds of native woods, etc. The oounties most largely contributing' to the display were Sangamon, Fulton, Madi­ son, St. Clair, Stark, Lee, and Jersey, though several others are creditably rep­ resented. AT a recent meeting In Chicago of the Executive Committee of the Illinois Press Association & programme was agreed upon for twelfth annual con­ vention, which is to meet at Joliet, June 7S and 8. ̂ Mrs. Christine Fletcher» of Ge&tralia, will read an original poem-- *' Within Yoiif Elands is Placed a Holy Trust;" EL A. CJoolidge, editor of the Litchfield Monitor„ will read an essay on " Editorial OonHigeMn. Emily Huntington Miller furnishes a poem; and .Ma]. MoClanchey, Warden of the Penitentiary, and Mr. Oecwge Scroggs, of the Champaign Omette ̂will deliver addresses. 'Die penitentiary will be visited twice, and the proceedings will terminate with a grand ball and banquet tendered by the city. TBCS Supreme court of the United States last week tendered decisions in several cases of great interest to the people of Illinair fhi cases -were m appeal from the B&iied States Circuit court tar the Northern district of Illi­ nois, in which permanent injunctions woe issued to restrain the eolation of State taxes upon the capital stock of railroads, these injunctions being in di­ rect contravention of the decisions of the State courts •fflfming the right to oolleot the tax in question. The United States Supreme court reverses the judg­ ment of the court below, and holds that the system of railroad taxation created by the act of 1872--treating tracks, ro ̂ ing-stock, franchise and capital as a unit for taxation, and distributing the as­ sessed value of this unit according ae the length of the road in such county, city and town bears to the whole length of the road--that such a system is en­ tirely within the power of the State to create, and that the question of the validity and construction of the State law is altogether within the jurisdiction of the State courts. The injunctions are dissolved, and the railroads are noti­ fied that they must pay their taxes, and not look to the Federal courts for relief ij the form of injunctions. The amount of tax effected by the decision is esti­ mated between $4,000,000 and #5.000, • 1 n*> Ai Ice Conntrj. - ̂ " We look over the map of the world, and down near the bottom we find some uncertain landmarks with many breaks, but on the whole tracing out very nearly the antarctic circle, and indinftfawg that there is, covering nearly all that zone, an unexplored and soarcely discovered coun­ try. This impenetrable region is esti- mated to be as large as the continent of North America, about 8,000,000 square miles. A vflru little will sow prove the boll claim which I here make, that, even supposing the whole of this region to be land of the average conti­ nental height, there is still required over it all an average thickness of two-aud-a- half miles of solid ice to make the south­ ern hemisphere equal the northern in weight, / °f calculation is well con­ firmed by the information which all southern navigators have brotxgM back rrom those most desolate and ice-bound regions. The zone of the antarctic h«w been encroached upon only in a until! space south of the Pacific. On every oth« side, no far as has been discovered, mountains of ice block the way on and near the polar circle, which seems to be the great ice-barrier of the south pole. Discoverers suppose what thov have looked upon to tJHand, but rarSy have they ever seen anything but rolling ranges of ice and snow rising higher and higher as far as the eye conld reach* la the most open of the south-polar seas, Sir James Boss, in 1841, sailed 450 miles along an unbroken of ice from 150 to 250 feet high, and of unknown depth beneath the water. It was one of the vast anferciao glacier® pushing down in­ to the sea, from which some of those southern icebergs were broken off, Hi** navigators have frequently laid down for islands, while the next sailor that voy­ aged that way found ©pen water where tiiey were charted.--Popular Sbtenee monthly. Dangerous Somnambulism. As the north-bound passenger train on the Virginia Midland road, dae here at 6 a. m.s was approaching Charlottesville last night, a young man who had been soundly slumbering in his seat, was seen suddenly to leap up, rush to the door of the oar, and spring to the ground. Capt. Peyton rang the bell, but as the train was rushing along at the rate of thirty miles an hour, it had gone considerable distance before it was brought to a stand­ still. It was started back, and the young man was met, running at full speed, and making night hideous with his screams to *sstop the oars.9' He was taken aboard, and an examination developed the fact that his injuries amounted to nothing worse than a skinned nose and a slight abrasion upon his hip, caused by a pistol in his pocket, which, strange to say, had not been discharged by the jar. The young man's explanation was that he dreamed there was a collision and he jumped off to save himself.-- Lynchburg Virginian. Easy Terms. • man dragged a dog into aMiahican atetrae saloon yesterday (says M. Quad), and wanted the barkeeper to buy him for $10. When he found that he couldn't get that price the would-be seller dropped to $5, then to $3 and in a min­ ute more had come down to fifty cents* " Think of a gieat big dog like that for fifty cents he exclaimed as he pulled in on the rope. The bartender talked of hard times for awhile, and the owner of the dog finally said: " Well, take him for ten oents. I'm out of paper collars, and I ain't a man to let a dog, no matter how good he is, stand between me and a clean turn-down oollar l " Save your Noapsnds. Who would throw away a barrel full of soft soap or a bex of hard soap? Were it not otherwise useful, it would be of great value as a fertilizer, if spread, in its raw state, about our fruit trees or berry tm&iieg. But, aftesr bning dis­ solved im water and passing through the wash-tub, gleaning the imperceptible elements of the bast manure from soiled linen, its fertilising power is vastly in­ creased. Indeed we may almost wy that the average soapsuds from the kitch­ en and laundry is worth more than the soap which produces it. Do not, then, allow your soapsuds to run away wasted while yon have trees which it might benefit--ScieniifiG American. YanderkilPs Serap-Boeks. The latest estimate of Yanderbilt's wealth plaoes it at a hundred millions, and it is increasing every day. The old man lias a large library, which consists of sciap-books pasted full of Govern­ ment and other bonds. He wold buy out half of the crowned heads of Europe, Nobody, not even himself, knows the ex­ act figures of Ms wealth. There is no danger of Ms failing in the road so dis­ astrously traveled by Daniel Drew, be­ cause he is more carelol about scattering his promissory notes around, and sticks rigidly to his library of Government bond sorap-booka. He Is the richest man on the American continent--Bos­ ton Gioim. i P , ̂ , France's Becovery. The msrmlonfl ©f FlSBSee is again proved by fieon Say's budget for 1877,. In 1869. the last complete year before the war, the revenne amount­ ed to 1,400,000,000 francs : the expendi­ ture for 1877 is estimated at the enor­ mous sum of - ,120,000,000 francs, which shows that in eight years the taxation of France has increased fifty per cent., the excess over last year's expenditure being 50,000,000 francs. For the army ana navy 730,000,000 fmnos are allotted, bat for education only 40,000,000 francs. A Busy George Biol is a tremendous worker and a hard student. Like her husband, she is an excellent linguist, reading French, German, Italian, Spanish and Dutch with the greatest ease and with critical comprehension. Her constitu- tion is guuu, but her health is delicate on account of the perpetual strain she puts upon it. She has earned by her pen, it is reported, including her pay for "Deronda, from $170,000 to $200,000. A DOZEN Turks, from Jerusalem, have arrived in Philadelphia. Grain Prospects. ... Ckmtmy to the expectation of a gw»f many people, the markets for flour and grain have reoently taken a deoidedlv upward turn, owing to an improved de­ mand. All through the winter and so much of the spring as has alreadv elapsed, it was argued that the stocks of flour and wheat in England, and at the principal points of accumulation in the United States, were so large as to neces­ sitate a fall in prices when the opening of navigation would permit a general forward movement toward the consum­ ing markets of the world. But, at pres- ont /MOini «£* 41ia A -- a AUTVIOI?* A|$UUU demand has sprung up, in spite of the large stocks, which have not yet been much reduced. There is undoubtedly some specula­ tion in the demand. People do not buy whole cargoes of grain with the intent to eat it themselves. They buy to sell to others, and would not do so without the prospect of a profit. But so far as can be ascertained, the demand is of that kind usually called legitimate--'the grain is actually wanted for consumption. Large purchases are now being made for the Ripply of interior points, in addition to that for Europe, which bids fair to be steadr «id persistent, at feast into the month of Jnly. The prospect now is that, with light receipts till after the planting season is over, the rather large stocks at western points of accumulation will be reduced to a small vcluaae, mak­ ing the summer forward movement a healthy one. The jpmspects lor the next crop am yet somewhat doubtful, but not really baa except in those sections which ate so low and flat as to be almost without drainage. The out$eok is therefore a favorable one--not only for the farmers, but the whole ^oommnnity, the welfare of fee on© being bound upon the well-being of the other. The past few months have borne heavily upon our commercial in­ terests, business having been at a dead- look in most parts of the country, chiefly because of bad roads. But there is all the more business to be transacted when the conditions permit, and it is only reasonable to look for an active trade during the summer and autumn, with that promptitude in pay ment which ac­ companies the prosperity of a people.-- Chicago IHbune. 'so The Mexican Utemlntlon. Gen. Porflrio Diaz, the revolutionary leader who has seized Matamoras and appears to be making such headway against the Mexican Government, is well known in the political and military his­ tory of that republic. He was regarded as the hero against the empire and it was he who besieged and captured the city of Mexico from the Austrians, Bel­ gians and Mexican adherents of Maxi­ milian, who held out after the fall of Queretaro. He was a candidate against Juarez in 1867, and again in 1871. In the latter election he claimed to have received a plurality of votes, but Con­ gress decided against him, and he ap­ pealed to'arms and organized a serious revolution. Juarez died in 1873, and Lerdo, then Chief-justice of the Su­ preme court, succeeded him as President easy as making money when jam money to make it with; the only thing is to see the crisis and fafcft it at its flood." The anxious inquirer found it hard to get the answer he wanted from A. T. Stewart, who merely said: "I COIWn^Al" llAr»Aof«T Anfl 4*Mlik «- -1- m. ^ wu«U Mm%m Ifi the gaining of fortune."--Ifao York 8km. Ancient Newspapers. At the coming Centennial TT"irrrrniwit Exhibition at miadSphS ith2bSn decided to display copies of journals and other curiosities of newBUfr-ner rrv, « .* *,, uuo wRSiwuug col­ lection all persons having ancient, quaint or cunous specimens are invited to eo»* trtbnte; and should the response be Ml hearty and general as we hope to find it, this gathering of time-worn publications will prove to be not only a leading trait of the Newspaper department, but «•!*«> one of the salient attractions of the Ex­ hibition as a whole. All having the abili­ ty and the will to aid on the project Suouiu transmit their consi^oroenta without delay to the Philadelphia offloe of the Hewspaper Exhibition, Ledger BtfUdingv 110 South Sixth street Phlk- delphia. While on view, these exhibits will have attached to them labels desig­ nating by whom they are contributed, and all consistent care will be taken to preserve thom from damage. After the close of the Exhibition they will be again at the service of thfeir owners, or, in the absence of diffluent instruct* will be transferred to some histo society or museum. '£5 nil ad interim, A general amnesty was is- ., and Diaz laid down his arms. In sued, the regular eleotion for Piesident which followed, Lerdo was elected without opposition, Diaz declining to beoome a candidate against him. But the admin­ istration of Lerdo has not been popular, and for some time it has been evident that a revolution was inevitable. The first intimation came from the State of Miclioacan, but they were not of a char­ acter to excite alarm. Two or thre months since, 'however, a programme was proclaimed from the town of Trex- tepee, in Oaxaca, which declared in fa- voreof the Constitution of 1857, repu­ diated the present Government entirely, and pronounced in favor of Diaz as 41 General-in-chief of the regenerating armies," The plan was approved by the mountain towns, a force was gathered, and the capital of the State captured. From that day to this, though suffering defeat now and then at the hands of the Government troops, the revolution­ ists have been gaining strength. Eating--Dyspepsia* It Is an old Qecsnm adage that "MOMS people dig .their own graves with their teeth than with spades," and verily it will seem so if we would look at the im mense number® of dyspeptics, rheumatics and gouty individuals creeping through life in {win and wretchedness. Tet it is next to impossible to induce even think­ ing people to oontrol their appetites, and to eat suck things and at such times as natura ishowa them is necessary and right. Dr. Hall declares, unhesitating­ ly, that it is wrong to eat without an ap­ petite, for it shows' there is no gastric juice in the stomach and that nature does not need food, and not needing it, Chere being no fluid to :».aoeive and act upon it, it remains there only to putrify, the very thought of which should be sufficient to deter any man from gating During the late war tiiere were many newspapers issued which Illustrated tne straits in which their pubUsliens found themselves. Pink, blue, and yellow sheets, wrapping paper, and many other substitutes were pressed into serviot* Speoimens of these now possess a evi» ous interest. The advantages to the public of suoh a gathering are manifen to a degree which renders elucidation unnecessary, and the opportunity to do a very usenu act is placed within easy reach. A sin*"" gle copy of some senile broadsheet may not be of much worth to its proprietor, yet in conjunction withfothers it will make up a worthy collection. Many peo­ ple there" are who, having preserved such curiosities for years, can lorn them to little or no practical aooount, and it is not too much to hope that the response given by such will be ready raid general. Without loss to themselves, they can materially benefit visitors to the Great Centennial Exhibition and appreeaahfar advanoea patriotic movement. A tireat SihopkeepeP. Mr. Stewart was first and last a great . shopkeeper. This is the obvious and [ inevitable summing up of his career. It is the tmre conclusion from the stocy of Ms life as told to-day in all the news­ papers of the continent. It is the con­ temporaneous judgment of intelligent observers of his advanoe from a shop of a few feet to a shop of many acres., We ' do not mean to belittle what Mr. Stew­ art has done outside of his shop to grati­ fy an early culture and a refined taste in fho collecting of books and pictures, or to underestimate what he has given of his great wealth to the city wmre he aowmaUUd it now*m«nly mai iMtfoni know what are his bequests to chari­ table mid other public objects, and what the philanthropic plans which he pre­ pared to be executed by oth er hands. Whatever may be the truth about these things, it is still true that the shop- keeping side of Mr. Stewart's character so far dwarfed the oth er sides that they were rarely thought of. The milHona which a man devises by his last will and testament, no matter how worthy their purpose, or how usef ul they may bes do not furnish the just measure of the man. It is rather found in Hie use which IM makes of the mi llions while he is alive-- the use which he makes of his life,-- Ne w York Evening Post. r~~ Meat Killed at a Some bold experimenters boy the beat. class of cattle in Chioago, kill there, and take the dressed meat to the Philadel­ phia markets in ice-packed cars kept at a temperature below 85 °. The meat is > soM directly to the consumers 3he ; bntchcas) cu , redaction sf per cent, on the usual price, 11 Is of the finest grain and quality, and is & every respect superior to the flesh of oafe> Me brought on the hoof from the Wast. ; in overheated cars, ill supplied with both food and water. So great has been the success of tiiis experiment in Philadei- ' phia that in a fortnight's time the butch- • ' era, who were preparing to raise their r ' .- prioes to starvation height in the pros­ pect of the Centennial, nave been forced to reduce them five oents per pound, and < i there is hope that when the enterprise becomes established and widens its ope- ' rations meat will be permanently cheap­ ened. J'Mt) Principle. My business has been a matter at principle from the start Thai is all there is about it. If the golden rale cap , _ , be inoorpftrated into pvdj aemantus without an appetite the remainder of Ms affairs, it has been dona m a"'« eetab- life. If a tonic is taken to whet the ap~ " " petite, it is a mistaken course, for its only result is to cause one to eat more when already an amount has been eaten beyond what the gastric juice is able to prepare. The object to be obtained is a urge supply of food; and whatever fails to aoooT"p*"»h that essential object, fails to hsive any efficacy toward the cure of dyspeptic "diseases. Hie formation of gastric juice is directly proportioned tee­ the wear and tear of the system, which it is to be the means of supplying, ana this wear and tear can only take place as the result of exercise. The efficient remedy for dyspeptics is work oat-door work--beneficial and successful in direct proportion as it is agreeable, interesting and-profitable. Honesty and Truth. A good many sayings and saws* wise and foolish, never uttered by the late Mr. A. T. Stewart, are now attributed to him. But, seven years ago, he did give- to a young inquirer a sentiment which, in one shape or another, has often ap­ peared in connection with his nawia since his death. The inquiring young man, anxious to make a fortune, re­ solved to find out the secret of doing it by asking a few of the most successful fortune makers in the city. " There is no secret about it." said Commodore Yanderbilt; "all you have to do is to attend to your business and go ahead." "There is nothing," said George Law, Hshment, and yon most have noticed, if you have observed closely, that the eq»> turners are treated precisely as ' himself would like to be treated in their place. That is to aay, <. w misrepresented, ths pries is onee and for all, mk the lowest possible figures, and the oirenmatanoes of ths buyer axe not suffered to twfhience ths. salesman in his conduct in tti« mwll--i particular. What we cannot kfford fe violation of principia.--£»0»0art A**- , self on his mecess. ' :-?«! Nickels. > The not very generally known fact that the five cent nickel pieces reefy cost the Government, including ma­ terial. labor,, etc., less than half a cent ' apieoe, or ten per cent of its nominal - < valpe, offers inducement to petty cosines terfeiters which they haw not been aloft, gj to take advantage of. A large propels tion of the nickel five-cent pieoes •% counterfeits, but worthless only becausj|,, .,s not made at the government mint, bo-, ing identical in weight and fineness t#] '* the genuine coin, and as bullion wort!'**' just as much. • ..£•*!*- AT a baby show in Oneida, the othe#^1 day, the ladies arranged all the wee mo** ' " sels side by side, covered their face% <«r and requested the fathers to piok ooi - Q their own. One proud p%ren1 oamefc. - ward and grabbed a pair of kicking little feet. One foot belonged to a, other to a boy. \