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AbWAT^mtra •Ooad wife, what mm fm tfaflfew OtT Ye* fcamr we've lost the hay, Md what we'll do with bona aa« k|« to MM «hn t *» 'not, with atom m* nt*, we'll toac both mm and wheat" lilnM tin with a pleasant tout aa -!a low and sweet: I* a Heart, that* la * thai, «a (Ml, M cannot a*«; ffc'ntiwiyi'bMtt provide* (or.aal a* ahaB alr WAYSBT<? It tamed round nib m " Low,, V* at re?t; in cut the grans worked woa IM lata, |M IM your vefry beet. . ___ Chat was your work; you'd nan* ht at all to do with wind and rail, l^d do not doubt but 70* win nay ikk Mia ef goltfan grain; •fer there'* • Heart, and thereto a lud, we feel, bnt oaaoot We're always • wtyab*" ..< m. ' •••That's Ilka a woman's H--UBLIIG W» anMt, he- eanaa we mnst." Masoftly aaid: "I ram a«S I enly woifc and trust; <n.e harvest may 1. sdtsns tta dar--keep heart, what- a'er'bettde. Hiten one door shuts, I**e alwaya eeen another of** wide. ffcer* ia a Heart, thara la a Band, we teal but aaa- not see: Wt'v alwayeraeen prerlded for, and we AaU always a *" W « Mtkieeed the calm aad tnutfal ft»a,foae mat* raatlaca pain. Me heard him with a ehesrfol stay I* wkiatSaf down the lane. And went about her hmuehoM taska, fnfl ef • giad content, -g iknging,to time bar bwqr hands,aa teandfreahe west-- "fhert ia a Heart, UMM la a Hand, wa feal tat te> Wkfm alwaya baa« provMetftRt aadwaahaD alwaya be." fkayftscome and go--twaa Christmas ttta, and the (Treat Are burned clear. "The farmer aaicl: " Dear wifa, it's beea a good aad happy year; The fni t wu gain, the surptws corn kaa Waghttba bay, you know." the lifted then aamiling fnee, aad aaid: MItaM ft* aol 9*r there's a Heart, aad tbere'e a Hand, «« feal tat cannot aea; We've alwaya beea provided Air, and wa shall alwaya MRS. Jisuirs BURGLAR, She bowed Iter fourth caller out po­ litely and iiurried up-stairs with an un­ usual degree of alacrity, for she was H wry social little woman, and generally had at least a dozen things to say to her friends after the more-formal adieux Were over. This afternoon, however, •he was preoccupied in maimer, and, when at liberty, bounded to her rooms like an elastic cord suddenly loosed from long tension. Her mother observed her Unusual matgjier, and, following her, <wme upon her suddenly and found her engaged in a novel work of reconstruc­ tion. 8he had an entire suit of her husband's clothing, and, at the moment of her mother's entrance, was just completing her work of art by securing a fur tippet underneath a countenance manufactured of charcoal on a ground-work whose , gkastliness made it something to remmi- enga^ing style. She asked his opinion of thiR and that statement, just as he thought she w»s about to draw to a clone. She told him that she had at last found that lovely little song that Mrs. B---- sang so oliarmingly, and then she warbled ont the final strain, ending with a cadenza BO stirring that her poor husband gave up all hope of immediate slumber,.aad began mildly to expostulate: . , , . "Now, Augusta, yon re a treasure ! you're an angel. You are Heaven's best giit to mau, if you will only let me p> to sleep now. I assure you solemnly that in all onr journey down life's hill together. 1*11--" " Now, Mortimer, don't! You've no idea how I've reproached myself for not making your home more attractive to yon. I'm going to be a better woman hereafter." » " All right, my dear! bnt wouldn't you na soon defer it until to-morrow morning ?" e Procrastination ia the thief of time/Mortimer 9 Tve often heard yon say, on coming in late, that thero are duties which will not admit of delay." " Now, Augusta, I'll surrender at dis­ cretion and beg your merciful considera­ tion. Be a good girl now. Kiss me good-night and let me go to sleep." That dreadful woman turned her tempting little mouth to receive the Eroffered kiss, and her deluded hus-and, accepting that as a " flag of truce," rashly ran his month agaiust a pin. " Thunder and blazes ! Are you an ani­ mated pincushion ?" and, with an indig­ nant bounce he turned his face to the trail and snored resolutely. Augusta passed a few reflective mo­ ments in silence aa she had done occa­ sionally at a certain stage of a game of chess. She was evidently considering her next move. " Mortimer, Mortimer!" cried she, in an excited whisper (she had determined on her plan for a checkmate), " Mortimer, hush I There's some one in the house." "Yes, I should think there was," and then his wife crept closor to him. appar­ ently trembling in every nerve. " There is, Mortimer! Please get up, dear I" " Now. you've really accomplished what you wished, I suppose. Probably hysterics will be the next card." En­ tire Biicnce for a short time. There are occasions when nothing ia more effect­ ive. . "Now, won't yon get up, Mortimer, and go through the house and then I will let you go to sleep, but I hear such a queer noise, and I have such a strange feeling. I'm sax* there'a same one around." " I wish you would have a lucid inter­ val and go to sleep before it subsides. I'm tired of tfiis " "bo am I," in a nervous, frightened tone. " Well, come on I If yon want a prom­ enade, I'll head the procession, but you've got to follow ! No hanging back! Where do yoa want me to go?"said the desperate man, as with lamp in one hand and pistol in the other, in all the classic simplicity of his nocturnal at­ tire, he confronted his trembling wife; " come on, I say 1" "Go up the tower stairway," aug- •UB YOUNG A FACT. <*Oome fctthmr, ytw mucSesp darilngl*', - |n my fonr-Te.ir-oiij, "Pray what shall b« doix- to the bad, bad gUl W ho will n.>» do us *he'« toldf 1W well ran lo*e your own wee wa J, Whll«» lnt'o rmi love lo infnd ; Bilt mamma knnwa what is b«<tlor jMa| And iau't (lie always kind T" 801 told hwrof "Ctubianca," Anil U>P fearful burning ahip. MIK) you think," said I, " such a child as that Sis motlwr would hare t« wblpV Aad my heart wont out with the story 1 Of this hoy an nobly INTMI " Who would not dare to db Even his life to sare. Tken her eyes trrsw bright aa (tie morning, And they seemed to look in* through. "Ah? ah! thought I, " yon nnderntaitd The lexaon I havo in view." "Mow, what do yon think of this lad Bay 1ot#t ' Tell all th»t is in your heart," "I think," »h*said. " he wa*drefful good. But he wasn't the least bit smart." -- i'muh* Qmpjmlm. HONEYSUCKLE HULL Little Pattie was ei^ht years old. She lived in the "Sunny South." Her father was a planter, as all great farthers are called South. He lived in a village where there were a groat many good and kind people. A poor man who lived near Patty lost his life on the railroad. He had three •8 critical, and forewarn anxious friends in respect to them. From time imme­ morial those who have been accustomed to wait and attend to the sick have noted these hours most anxiously, so that they have been called by one of our old writ­ ers "the hours of fate." In this space of time the influence of the life-giving ann lias been longest withdrawn from man, ana the hearts that are even the strongest beat then with subdued tone. Sleep is heaviest, and death is nearest to' us ail in " the hours of fate." The fee- j ble, therefore, are more exposed to dan­ ger during this period of time, and they are most exposed to one particular dan­ ger, that of congestion of the lungs, for it is the bronchial surface of the lungs that is most exposed to the action of the chilled air, and in the aged that ex­ posure ia hazardous. THE FAMILY DOCTOR. ALL stimulants, even tea and coffee, act upon the system as poison, and con­ sequently rre injurious. FOB children, a nearly infallible pep­ tic corrective is a fast-day passea in cheerful out-door exercise. DIOESTIOX requires leisure. Never eat until you can be sure of leisure for digestion. Alter rest then "give an little children. Patty used to play with honr exercise to every pound of food ' She had just fastened the bristling beard in place and drawn back to gaze _ anmewhat admiringly at the result ef j iJ^ted she, meekly, and he went. ~«-r, 1.„„,i ; " Now through the back chambers," and he went, she following somewhat timid'v, yet confidence in her husband's prowess supporting her faltering steps. "Well, is that all?" as they turned j from the unsuccessful quest. "Does the lady, demurely; then she sat down, not i "n® march halt here If not, just *>11 • 1 ' T * 1 1 IOQ rl /\n l»Alr\ 1 'I mm* 11. ^ • - - - * *A fcer own handiwork when her mother's sudden exclamation surprised her. "Augusta Joslin, what are you do­ ing?" Making home attractive," said that Mary, the oldest child. Mary's mamma was not strong, and could not eagn money enough to feed and clothe her little ones. One day Patty found her little friend, Mary, crying. Mary was hungry. She had had no breakfast or dinner. Her mother was sick abed. Patty cried, too, when Mary told her whnt the matter was. But she did something more than cry. She went home and told her mother about it. Then Blie carried ever so muoh iood to the poor woman and her hungry children. Patty wanted to do still mote. She called together five of her little friends to help her. It was in ithe early spring, and the wood were full of honeysuckle all in blossom. Patty's two big brothers helped her. Before night they had covered the in-* side of an old shop, near the house, with honeysuckle vines and blosaoms. They borrowed pictures and other pretty things to put in the shop. But the honeysuckle was fhe prettiest thing there, except Patty; and they called the shop "Honeysuckle Hall. Then the little ones asked the good peo­ ple to come and see it. They charged live cents to go in; and before night nearly all the people in the village had been into Honeysuckle Hall. Oae of the big brothers stood at the door and took the money. The six girls "did the honors" inside the hall. Most of the people who went iu wanted to give more than five cents. Many of them put a dollar into Patty's little hand. At night tliey had taken over fifty dol­ lars. Every oent of it was given to Mary's poor mother. Patty was happy all day long. Her great black eyes seemed to speak her pleasure. Her facj was all a smile. As she stood by a window, with honeysuckle I in her hands and all around her, Mr. ' Moser made a picture of her. Do you want to know why she looked so happy? It is because she was doing a good deed. The poor woman and her three little ones were hungry no more. lead on, General. Can't give the military salute,you know, as both hands are full. "Just look out on the north veranda, dear, and -then I won't say another word." Augusta judiciously took the lamp at this juncture, and fell back in order to leave her husband s hands free for the dread encounter. He opened the door. He uttered a fervent ejaeulation, he made a sudden upward and backward •movement and he fired his pLstol, and these all so nearly simultaneously that their order of succession would have •gracefully in a chair, I am forced to re oord, but dumpily on the floor,' and, dropping her chin to her receiving hands (you all know the attitude), she jrazed attentively on her Knight of the Mustache. "Won'tit be funny?" she said, and then she explained, but not so definitely as will be necessary to acquaint my reader* with the existing state of aftkira in Mrs. Joelin's family. She was a nice, cheery little woman. The heart of her husband reposed in her |So entirely that he never thought it ne- t pessary to spend all his evenings at home b?en difficult to determine. Some one £0 see to her. Indeed, the largeness of fell heavily to the ll<x*r, but it was some­ one behind him and not Wore hiio. tbis liberality in this respect was some- IM ,ie al*ot his wi'e ? Ho turue.l to see thing more bountiful than Madame Au- fi! injured person in a httle heap upon Ssta was prepared to enjoy. Sho*would the floor holding her sides. He ruslit-d ve been more than hfu*py could she „ w* , . T , , have had a larger portion of the society j - dwling, bav# I kills^ you ? ©f her liege lord. His intentions were .. ^ * t,uw shall get «rr-- doubtless of the very best, but he was I lt; «»d then came an explosion which the creature of circumstances to a won- ! Jum f° V again toward th ; fwful degree, and it tilled his wife's i ^r and see his burglar standing tl^o t>iain with amazement, and her heart j , m majestic, gazing at liua whii 'fc'itli grief, to learn how many friends \ Beeined an air of mild rebukH>^ \ §ie had who vere liable to bo taken pud- 1 think our special &rtiht» shouid havJ ilenlyill, and in consequence to require ' ^>een ^ hand just then. The few mini iiis fraternal care for the night. Then 1 ?te8 oc^pied by Mr. Jo^vn iu t;.kia- there were lodges and various other da- | 1,1 "l® situation would have been full of vices to waylay unsuspecting husbands! 'nspiration to one of geniu*. It w» tommy and the Snake. Did yon ever see a squirrel's nest, built in a high tree ? A large rough nest, made of sticks and leaves, with shells of nuts and acorns, and all sorts of things inside that have been bitten through by little sharp teeth. There was one of these nests in a tall pine on the creek side, near a log cabin, where a little black boy lived. He had watched the squirrels a long time, and wanted to take out the little ones when they were big enough for him to raise Little Tommy was always hunt- POISON from bees, hornets, spider bites etc., is instantly arrested by the application of equal parts of common salt and bi-carbonate of soda, well rubbed in on the place bitten or stung. PKBBAPS the best and at the same time the easiest Way to remove a wart ia by rubbing the wart morning and night, or as cfteu as convenient, until a. sufficient degree of warmth is produced. We have never known a wart so obsti­ nate that it would not disappear with the above treatment in a week or tWo at the latest. FOB neuralgia in the face and other acute suffering elsewhere the following remedy has been tried with good effect : Cut a thick slic<!i of bread across the loaf--fresh bread is best. Soak one side for a minute in boiling water, and rap­ idly sprinkle cayenne pepper over the hot side. Apply, while still smoking hot, to the painful surface. The bread retains the heat long enough for the cayenne to begin to act, and cayenne does not affect delicate skins as mustard does. It acts as a rubefacient, but not a blister. Another excellent remedy for congestion from cold is to apply a poul­ tice of flaxseed meal and cayenne pep­ per. By keeping a bit of oil silk or the outside of the poultice-cloth it will re­ tain both heat and moisture for a long time. INGROWING toe-nails are caused by the improper manner of cutting the nail (generally of the great toe), and then wearing a short, badly-made shoe. The nail, beginning to grow too long and rather wide at the corners, is trimmed around the corner, which gives tem­ porary relief. But it then begins to grow wider in the side where it was cut off, and, as the shoe presses the flesh again&t the corner, the nail cuts more and more into the raw flesh, which be­ comes exceedingly tender and irritable. If this state continues long the toe be- oomes more and more painful and ulcerated, and proud fb-sh sprouts up from the sorest points. Walking greatly increases the suffering till positive rest becomes indispensable. To treat in­ growing toe-nails, proceed as follows: Begin the effort at cure by simple appli­ cation to the tender part of a small quantity of chloride of iron. It is found in the diug stores in a liquid form, though sometimes in powder There is immediately a moderate sensa­ tion of pain or burning. In a few min­ utes the tender* surface is felt to be dried up, tanned or mummitied, and it ceases to be painful. The patient who could not put his foot to the floor now finds that he can walk without pain. By per- I mitting the hardened, wood-like tlesh •fWfIS FARM IfOTES. A POOR farmer, even on good land, can not grow a good crop of corn; whereas, a good farmer, on poorish land, may succeed in producing a fair yield of corn, 0 >e can always rate a farmer at his exact value by seeing his corn-field any time between April and November. --Farm Journal. A PENNSYLVANIA farmer took the small­ est potatoes he 'could find andplanted them, with admirable results. He then selected the smallust from the smallest the next year, and planted them, and obtained about double the quantity planted. The third year he ran the ex­ periment into the ground, and left it there, the potatoes not being worth dig­ ging.--Farm Journal. IN SETTING hens, it is very important to provide dry earth, or some good substi­ tute, in the bottom of the box or barrel. Quantities of chickens are counted on that never hatch, every spring, fofr want of a little common sense iu this very thing. A simple nest of hay or shavingB on a bare floor will not answer. The hen who steals her nest knows how to do it, and hatch ten out of every dozen eggs. Provide something to hold the heat under the eggs while the hen leaves the nest to feed, and make it easy for the hen to supply her wants without absent­ ing herself too long from the nest.--Iowa Homestead. A wrfiTKB in the American Agricul­ turist speaks iu the highest terms of the double white-flowered horse-chestnut, as a shade tree. Its bloom is a great at­ traction, and its foliage unsurpassed by any ornamental shadb tree in this cli­ mate. Not bearing any fruit, it is con­ sequently a clean tree. For lawns or street shade it is unsurpassed, as it in­ variably grows in a beautiful shape without trimming. Indeed, its symetry is one of its chief beauties. A proper consideration of its merits will induce amateurs and others to employ it oftener in the ornamentation of public and private grounds. ON CIIOVEB.--An experiment was made on the Michigan State Agricultural Farm, showing the result of sowing plast JV on grass land, in comparison with other fer­ tilizers, which we applied one year only, and the grass carefully' weighed the fol­ lowing tnrce seasons, with the followiug results: On the plat to which no manure or fertilizer was applied, the total weight of hay yielded per acre was 8,7-10 pounds. Where two bushels of plaster per acre were applied, the yield per aero was 13,- 226 pounds, a gain of 4,481 pounds. Where Ave bushels of wood ashes weri* applied, the yield per acre was 12,007 pounds, a gain of 4,105 pounds. Where twenty loads of horse" manure were laid on, the yield was 14,686 pounds, a gain of 6,224 pounds. From this ft appears that two bushels of plaster produced over two-thirds as mucli increase as twenty loads of horse manure, worth ten times as much as the plaster cost. Old pasture fields can often be made to pro­ duce luxuriant grasses by the use of plaster; but all lands are not equally benefitted by its application. UNIFOBM PBOFITSOF FABMING. --I have recently had occasion to examine some farm accounts which have been kept fif­ teen years, some notes from which I send yon, which show the uniformity of profit of the farm, and the stability of the business. The farm contaius *200 acres, besides sufficient woodland, and the price of it fifty years ago was SI0,000. The present owuer. who inherited a small part of it, was to have it at that price if lie could pay for it. The price of the stock and tools of the farm was '$1,132, so the capital invested was $11,132. The accounts have evidently been kept with aceuracy and in a proper manner, giving all the income of the farm, whether from sales or from use by the family of the owner, and giving all the expenses of the farm, whether from sales or from use by the family of the owner, and giving ail the expenses of the farm--not of the family--including the cost of boarding them. ing for nests of birds or squirrels, or any j to remain two or three weeks, it can T, - - other neste he could fiud. easily be removed by soaking the foot in tla^rers. It appears that from 1831 to He never wore any shoes or hat, and j warm water. If thereafter the nails be ^ f : 5L1 ® ?ver£S° "et cut no more around the corners or aides, but always cut in across the front end, they in future grow forward, and by wearing shoes of a reasonably-good size and shape all future trouble will be avoided. <tnd keep them from their peaoeful homes. ,,. After due consideration or all these facts, our little madame resolved upon a plan, whose efficacy she was now about (cUjieau vivunt where the full light fell on the ccutral figure, and all the acces­ sories were entirely classic and simple. Mrs. Joslin will always remember ir. She says she could have studied it to try. After she* had built her man, j longer had not Mortimer turned the light #he allowed flis comely figurjj to repose out so abruptly. on the floor until the gathering dusk There was no farther conversation Should permit her to station him just ! that night, but Mrs. Joslin's brief repli* his clothes were very ragged, but he could climb any tree, clinging on with hands and knees. One day Alfred, a white boy, showed him a silver quarter. "I will give you this," he said, "if yon will bring me a live squirrel for a pet." "Yes, I will," said Tommy. "I know a nest up de pine tree on de creek side. I will take de old one out by de neck, and bring you a young quirl. Tommy could not say "squirrel," and so he called It "quirl," and he did not talk as little boys and girls ought to talk. He said "de" instead of "the,*' and • great many other wrong words. He climbed np the tall, straight tree. When he reached the branch where the ' nest was, ho swung himself up, and leaned over to see whether Kite old squirrel was there. He knew how the sharp teeth conld bite. Though his hands were hard and rough, he wohld not put them into the nest without look­ ing. What do you thiuk his eajror black instead of the soft young . outside of the door which opened on a ' to queries regarding the firing of that | eyes saw, instead of the ,®econd-story veranda. J pistol led to an article in the daily pa- j squirrels? She then attached a small, strong cord I per headed: "Daring Attempt at j A long black snake raia«»d its head, and to the door-knob, let the end pass to the i Burglaiy." Mr. Joslin, however, abso- ; glided ont of the nest. Tstmmv did not floor and thence to another room, where j lutely refused to be interviewed in refer- j w«it to look again, bnt slid down the : » dinner-bell was attached, and then i ence to it, but it was observed that he tree so fast that he nearly fell to tlio back to a point from which she could j spent all of his evenings at home for aa j ground. He was so frightened that he control it from her bed, her intention be ing that* the same movement which | should ring the bell should also open the j door and reveal the burglar. j With these preparations completed, 1 •he went dovm to tea, with but little J hope of meeting her husband, as it was i aot his habit to trust himself to her so- j cietjr at that hour, nnless willing to j ispend the entire evening at home. For | three successive nights he had left her ! to loneliness and entered at an horn when most site wished to sleep. And, I as his e**tW'3e was not. alwavs a noi? less one, she could not have done so had •he been more indifferent than she really was to the Iocs of his society. Twelve o'clock. One; and ehortfy efter she heard the familiar step coiring rather wearily up the stairs, and ten minutes later the deep regular breathing which assured her that he was asleep. A little longer she waited, then, rising softly, she put on her wrapper and went to an adjoining room for a lamp, which was, on this occasion, to replace the gas. She had just placed it where its rays would fall most directly on the incoming figure. She was about to pull the cord which should open the door *ad reveal tne coming maas when her nusband htui- denly awoke and asked, in a startled manner: " What's that lamp burning for?" then, seeing his wife, " What are yon tip for? Is anything wrong?" There was but an insta'it for her to frame a re­ ply which should cover the entire change •whieh must now be made in her plans, but she did it. " Oh, there's nothing wrong, Mortimer,, only I'm so nervous l And it impossible to sleep, so I got up •ad have bee» wandering around." With these «splanatory remarks she onrled ' herself up comfortably on the foot #f the bed, tow a little shawl about her^houlders, and began telling Mii-of the various incidents of the day Every bit of gossip which had come to her dur­ ing her morning walk and evening calls VM faithfully recounted. entire week from that date. Adulteration in Vienna. They have in Vienna an organization for the preservation M the public health, which watches closely the articles sold for food, and from time to time has sam­ ples chemically analyzed. Investiga­ tions of this character were conducted on an extensive scale during the past year. Of milk 950 specimens were an­ alyzed. Most of it had been skimmed and diluted with water. Some had come from diseased cows, and some was thickened with borax, soda and soap. j lay quite still for several minutes. I When he looked up he saw that the ! snake had only 6tretclied itself out on I the branch, and did not want to move | either. Tommy ran away as fast as he j could, and told his father what he had seen. I am afraid Alfred will never get , his pet squirrel, for Tommy says he will | not climb another tree to look for one. He did not know before that snakes swallow squirrels when they can find them. The Bedroom. The room in which the enfeebled per­ son has been sitting before going to hed Butter was analyzed to the extent of 2i0 has been warmed probably up to summer samples. All of it contained an excea- , heat; a light meal has been taken be- sive proportion of water, and much of it j was adulterated with beef fat, lard oi I stearine. Lard, coming from America | and Hungary, had borax and lime. Of fore retiring to rest, and then the bed­ room is entered. The bedroom per­ chance has no fire in it, or if a flre be lighted provision is not made to keep it In the Hatter of Stockings. The United States Supreme Court has rendered a decision of considerable im­ portance involving the customs duties I on woolen stockings. The practice of I weighing stockings and charging for them by the pound, as they do Bausage, has long been repulsive to the refined sensi­ bilities of the aesthetic portion of the people, and the Supreme Court has struck a popular chord in holding that the pound charge is illegal and that stockings shall be admitted at the duty of thirty-five per cent, ad valorem, only. The ground of the decision is that stock- j ings are in a sense works of art, and that I it has l>een the purpose of the legislation j on tariff to encourage art by admitting j its productions at the lowest rate of duty. I Recently the same Court decided that a plain porcelain plate is dutiable at the rate of fifty per oent., while a plate of the same material on which a picture has beon painted shall be admitted at the rate of ten per cent. Consistency, there­ fore, demanded that the stocking, which is a work of art, should pay a less rate of duty thau a man's wool hat. The Court states that its members have ob­ served that stockings are elaborately embroidered in colors, ornamented with flowers and stripes, arranged in a manner truly artistic. Where the elderly gentle­ men of the Bench observed these things i-« not stated, but as the windows of the Court-room overlook the back yard of a Treasury clerk's boardiug house it is presumed they got their information from the appearance of the clothes-line on wash-days. However that may be, the fact of the artistic ornamentation of stockings is clearly affirmed. * The Court further states that because of the pound duty on stockings the fashion of weariug long stockings has been threatened: that a lady correspondent in New York chron­ icles the arrival of an importation of anuual income was $1,150.51. For the second period of ten years the annual net income was nearlv the tame. From 1851 to 1861 it was $1,526.47; from 1861 to 1871 it was $2,259.89, and from 1871 to 1881 it was $2,261.84. It does not ap­ pear that there was a variation of more than twenty-five per cent, above or be­ low the average in any ten years. It shows that in the first twenty years the net income or profit of the farm was al­ most exactly ten per cent, on the capital invested, besides any increase in the value of the land. In the last twenty years the net annual income has been ten per cent, on $22,608.67, which would be considered a full valuation of the land, stock and implements. It must be con­ sidered, in looking at the value of the investment, that money at the begin­ ning was at seven per cent., and now at five per cent.--R., in Country Gen­ tleman. HOUSEHOLD HELPS. 1,100 specimens examined of Hungarian alight for more than an hour or two, the j stockings for ladies'wear which are ( and Austrian wine, fifty-two were of j result being that in the early part of the I artificial concoction. Artificial coloring • morning, from 3 to 4 o'clock, when the j matter and excessive proportions of i temperature of the air in all parts is water were found in many. Pilsener j lowest, the glow from the flre or stove I beer contained soda apd Vienna beer I which should warm the room has ceased, glycerine. Of liquors, seventy-three j and the room is cold to a great degree. had traces of arsenic or copper, beside injurious flavoring aftd perfumiug in­ gredients. Ground coffee was mainly roasted grain, acorns and cliioory. Even bread was badly adulterated. SIB WALTEB SCOTT was in one of his walks, leaning on the arm of his faith­ ful attendant, Tom Pnrdie. Tom said : "Them are fine novels of yours, Sir Walter. They are just invaluable to me." " I am glad to hear it, Tom." " Yes, sir ; for when I have been out all day, hard at work, and come home very tired, and tak' up one o' your novels, I'm sleepy directly. Own of the grentest of the Whig ladies sought once to penetrate Beaconsfield's poliey. She talked long and learnedly. *'Y"" was hisoujF wvtw&u In country-houses the water will often be found frozen in the hand-basins or ewers under these conditions. Meanwhile the j acan sleeper lies unconscious of the great ' change that is taking place in the air around him. Slowly and surely there ii a decline of the temperature to the ex- _ not longer than the men's wear. There is no eight-to-seven business about this deci­ sion. The justices may divide on such minor questions as the eleetion of a Pres­ ident, but they are solid in regarding stockings as works of art entitled to what­ ever encouragement a low rate of duty can give. --Milwaukee (Wis.) liepub- Aft Exhilarating Drink. » uoijiiuj mo Great authors have loved the coffee tenr^"mayK of" 30 or 40 deg"o"f the j ^P.J Voltaire wrote pungent prose under Fakrenheit'sCale ; aud, although he may be fairly covered with bedclothes, he is receiving into his lungs this cold air, by which the circulation through the lungs is materially modified. The condition of the body itself is at this very time unfavorable for meeting any emergency. In the period between midnight and 6 ia the morning tlie animal vital pro­ cesses are at their lowest ebb. It is in these times that tiiose who are enfeebled from any cause most frequently die. We physicians often consider the hoiu>es its influence, and Schiller bright verse; Mozart composed light music, and we have heard that fiubenstein loves the delicate perfume during his weird studies BUFFALO BILL is not so great an actor as'Balvini; but when he dashes upon the stage, kills seven Indians, put thirteen to flight, removes Jk quantity of Bcalps liiied with red flannel, and rescues the lovely maiden who is chained to the stake, the audience appears to be per­ fectly satisfied with him, (From IVtroit Pi*PHI Fnren CELERY.--Boil the celery ennrn until tender; drain it; divide into small pieces and fry in dripping until lightly browned. GOODCAKR.--Three eggs, one cup su­ gar, ono-half milk, one-half onp butter, two enps flower, three teaspoonfuls baking powder. GINOKB COOKIES.--One teacup mo­ lasses (Orleans), four tablespoonfnls sour milk, oine cup lard, tablespoosiful of gin­ ger, teacup of soda, flour to roll; bake quick. To REMOVB RUST FBOM IRON.--The easiest method of ^removing rust from iron is rubbing it with a raqf dipped in oil of tartar. The rust will disappear immediately. , CCSTABD PIR.--Three eggs, beaten well, two-thirds eoffee cap of sugar, a pint of sweet milk, flavor; add a little bnltar after it is poured into the pans. This makes two pies. RAILROA.T» CAKE.--One cup sne;ar. one of flonr. four eafgs. one and oue-half tet- spoonfuls bakiug powder, added the very last; spread very thin on a large pan; turn ont pn a towel wlion done; spread with jo.Ky and roll as close as possible. BROWN BF.BAD.--One pint Of rye menl sifted, one p-»nnd of coarse yellow In­ dian meal sifted, one quart of sour milk, salt, half cup of molasses or less, oue heaping testspowiful of suleratus dis­ solved in a little hot water. Steam three hours and a half in a tin pail set in a 'kettle of boiling water. ROLY-POLT.--Two eggs well beaten; half a onp of sugar, half a cup of flour, Bait, one teaspoonful of baking powder; bake in a large shallow square tin, or double the rule and bake iu the drip­ ping-pan. As soon as done turn out on a clean cloth; spread the bottom quickly and evenly with chocolate or dark jelly (not too mnoh), and begin at the end to roll it over and over, when you lay it on a plate with the last roll nailnwyaa^ to hold it and cool. LEMON JELLT CAR.--Two large eggs, well l>eaten; third ef a cup of butter, melted; one cup sugar; haff-cnp water or milk; one cap and a half of flour, salt and two teaspoons of baking powder. Bake in three jelly tins. When done, talje out and spread with the following mixture, already made and cooled: Jelly --Grate the yellow of the rind of one lemon, add the juice; a great spoonful of water; half cup sugar; lump of butter large as a walnut; one egg. Beat all together and let boil up a minute or two in a small tin. „ i BLEACHING PBOCESS.--Two ponnds of sal-soda and half a pound of cliloride of lime. Put half a gallon of water to the lime and let it stand all night. In the morning dissolve the soda in three and a half gallons of water; add to the lime water and strain. Immerse the cloth in boiling suds; then take out and put di­ rectly into the mixture; leave it in for half an hour, then rinse the muslin thor­ oughly and lay upon the grass or snow, or hang upon a line in the snn. To make it very white, dampen occasion­ ally and leave it out for two or three days. How TO LIKE EGGS.--Eggs are limed by packing them in a liquid made as fol­ lows, viz.: One peck of fresh lime is slacked in sufficient water to make a thin paste; when thoroughly slacked, which will require twenty-four hours, water is added to thin it so that it can be strained through a fine sieve into a clean barrel, which is then filled with water; the eggs, perfectly fresh, are laid carefully into kegs or barrels, and the stirred lime liquor is poured over them, a board be­ ing floated on the top to keep the eggs under the surface. In this way the eggs may be kept six months. HINTS TO HOUSE CLEANEBS.--Wipe the mirrors with l>orax water, the cloth be­ ing wet enough to dampen it. In scour­ ing paint, sapolio is better than sand, and iu all cases a little borax should be <place.d in the water. Mirrors can be cleaned with Whiting, afterward being rubbed with a woolen cloth, or they can be polished aud dried with old news­ papers. Oil paintings should simply be wiped with a damp cloth, and if picture cord is soiled, that should be wiped off to secure against motlis. Soap should never be used on varnished work of any sort. To WASH CLOTHES WITHOUT FADING. --Wash and peel Irish potatoes and then grate them in cold water. Saturate the articles to bo washed in this potato water and they can then be washed with soap without any running of the color. This will set the colors in carpets if oil or grease is to be taken out and the col­ ors are apt to run. This will set the color in figured black muslin, colored merinos, stockings, ribbons and other silk goods. Often the potato water cleanses sufficiently without the use of soap. In woolen goods it is necessary to strain the water, else the particles will adhere; bnt this is not neeessary in goods from which they can be well shaken. MOTH PREVENTIVE.--Moths can be kept ont of carpets by having the floor waslied in strong suds in which borax has been dissolved at the rate of a table- spoouful to a pail of water, and after dusting black pepper on the edges tack the carpet down agaiu. By this means moths are kept away, and as corners and folds are their favorite hiding place they are searched out and destroyed. Ingrain and other carpets after being taken up can be brightened iu color by sprinkling a pound or two of salt over their surface and sweeping carefully. It is usual to occasionally wipe off the carpet with borax water, using awet flannel and tak­ ing care not to wet the carpet but only to dampen it. CUE AM 1 CANDY.--One coffee enp of white sugar, one or two tablespoonfuls of water, enough to make it dissolve nicely as its heats; boil without stirring, in a bright tin pan, until it will crisp in water, like molasses candy. Just before it is done put in a tablespoouful of ex­ tract of vanilla and a quarter of a table- spoonful of cream of tartar. When suf­ ficiently dune pour into a buttered pan, and when cool enough to handle, work it as yon would molasses candy, until it is perfectly white--then stretch and lay on a marble slab, or if yon have to use the molding board, put buttered papers over it, and with a chopping knife cut it into mouthfuls and set it away until it creams, which it will do as it dries out. If it grains before it is done, or before von have a chance to pull it, but it back into the pan aud pour water on It and boil it over again. A GOOD AND CHEAP WHITEWASH.-- Few people know how easily whitewash is made and how valuable it is when properly applied. It not only prevents the decay of wood, but is greatly con­ ducive to the liealthfuluess of buildings, whether wood or stone. Out-buildings and fences, when not painted, should be supplied once or twice a year, with a good coat of whitewash, which should be pre­ pared in the following way: Take a cleau, water-tight barrel or other suitable cask, and put into it about half a bushel of lime; slack it by pouriug water over it boiling hot, uiul put in a sufficient quan­ tity of water to eovjer it five inches tleep, and stir it briskly till thoroughly slack­ ened; when the slackening has been thoroughly effected, dissolve iu water and add two pounds of sulphate of zinc and common salt. These will cause the wash to harden and prevent the eraekiug, which gives an unseemly appearance to the work. If desirable a beautiful cream color may be given to the alx>ve wash by adding three pounds of yellow ochre, or a good pearl by lead, lamp, vine or ivy black. For fawn color add four pounds of umber, Turkish or American--ihe lat­ ter is the cheapest--one pound of Indian red, oue pound of common lampblack. T;-K . IT FM : :4 SATT AND Stftf -v REMEDY FOR Disonteij. Sprain! AND RnileM Boms in • -v Scali* Toothache AND tteadacin, FOE SALE M ALL DfllTwmsTs, Holman's Pads. i TEADSHAXK. ' Holman's A oue, Liver A Stomaeft Pad. for Xularia, Agm* aad itcwiart trouble*. PRICE, $2.00 Holman's Special Pad. Adapud •» old chronic S3.00. Holman's Spleen Belt. For cases of enlarged Spleen and unyielding LfaMr and Stomach troubles. fS.OO. Holman's Infant's Pad. Far iiiiw of Infants and Children. € f .SO. Holman's Abdominal Pad. Forl7tmm 4neF Ovartam and Bladder troubles. Holman's Renal or Kidney Pad* For Kidney Com plaints. $2.00. . Holman's Poetorlal Pad. For att» tions of the Chest and Lltngs. $3.40. Holman's Absorptive Medicinal Body Plaster. The best Plaster ia lU world. Porous on Rubber basis. 2&€?o Holman's Absorptive Medicinal FOOt Piasters. For Cold Feet, Head­ aches and Sluggish Circulation, (per pair) asc. Absorption Salt for Medicated B&thS, For Colds, Rheumatism and all taw where a medicated Bath is needed, also an exoaW lent foot bath, (per H lb. package) 2tc. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS, Or sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of pnea. Thi ABSORPTION SAL 1" is not "mailable1* aad mart be sent by Express at Purchaser's expense. The success of HOLMAN'S PADS |>as inspired Imitators who offer Pads similar in forill >#4 Odpr to the true HOLMAN'S, saying, 'They are just the same,' etc. Beware of all bOgUS Pads only mado to sell M the reputation of the genuine. See that each Pad bears the Private Rev* fnue Stamp »(the HOLMAM PAD COMU FA NY, with above Trade Marie printed in green. DR. HOLMAN'S advice is free. Full UeaiM sent free on application. Address, H O L M A N P A D C O . , , 'P, O. HOT, '2112.1 744 Rvaadwnv, N. T. CELEBRATED How a Sedentary Life Affects Women. The Popular Science Monthly re­ marks that many of the ills or diseases prevalent among the women at our day are no do.ibt traceable to the sedentary mode of life among them. The progress of the industrial art has doue away with much of the household drudgery to which many women were formerly sub­ jected, aud in many cases the want of sufficient occupation for needed bodily exercise. It says: The fruits of this state of things are strikingly exhibited in certain observations made by the late Dr. Robertson, a Manchester surgeon, who iu his practice as a specialist for women's diseases found that women who themselves performed all their house­ hold work found no trace of certain oom- plaints; that these complaints began to make tlieir appearance in women with one servant, becamo more pronounced in women with t\jo servants, or worse still, with those who had three servants, and so on. He showed statistically that the deaths from child-birth were four times greater in cases of women with four servants than those with none. On the other hand, we noticed a statement the other day that since the suspension of labor in the mills of New England on aocount of the panic many of the female operatives have sought employment ns domestics, and as a consequence there is much idore sickness among them than there was previously. This would seem to show that housework is not as healthy as labor in cotton mills." SNUFF takers very seldom hava head oolds, beoanae ihe membranes beoome thickened. n a» STOMACH ^ SITTERS The Traveler who wisely l*rovfd«a against thn contingency of UIBMS by takls* with hiaa Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, 1MS ocoasioa to nmn>t» late hirase f on his foroe:fcht when he MM others, wii* have neglectod to do no. Buffering from some ene ef ths maladies for whluh U is a teme<1y and preventive. Among these are fever and ague, tnlioocnms. constipa. Uon mid rheumatism, disease* often attendant spun a •bange of climate or unwonted diet. W" For sale b|f all Druggists and Dealers generally. TONIC is a preparation of Protoxide of Iron, Penrrlaui Bark and the PbosphatA, asaoclated with the Vegretable Aromatlcs. Endorsed by the Medtoal Profession, and recommended by them for Dn> repsla, General Debility, Female ma* cases, Want of Vitality, Kenreus Frf» tratlen, Centraleseeace from Feren aad Ctirorale Chills aad ffew. ltsenrM ertry purpuuo where a Toxic ia necessary. BaBobeluei by Tb h. Barter Kefiei» €&, St Ml The fbllowlng Is one of the vmj mmnf 1 adals we mro recetrtug dall/i Oentiemen:--Some three months ago 1 began th* ne of DR. MASTER'S IRON TONIC, upon the ad* •Ice of many friends who knew Its virtues. 1 was suffering from general debility to tftaclt aa rami that ray labor was exceedingly burdensome) to BM. A vacation of a month did not give me much re­ lief, buE on the contrary, was followed. t»y In­ creased prostration aad sinking chlUs. At ah time I hvtr.ia tl»o UEE of your IRON TONMC, from which 1 reattwd almost Immediate and wonderftai results. The old eiK-rpv returned and I found thrt my natural force vr:>,3 permanently aAated. X have used three bottle:'- of the Towtc. SfeKMute It I have doue twice toe labor that I ever dUl In same time during my illness, and with double M ease. With the tranquil nerve and Jjrcr of body, has coiae also a clearness of thonclit ueVer berora enjoyed. It tlio To*UJ has not done Use wort, a know nel wLV. 1 give St the- credit. MOSTGYTOIULLV^^ Troy, O 9 Jan. a, 28?$. Pastor ClftrUCJaa Ctank For Sale by Droggfeto^Mdieseral Dm*? E»uijr»hs» C E L L U L O I D * 4 E Y E - C L A S S E S . • Reppwenttag tbs eholoe«t-»eleot«vt Tcrtota* Bhell and Amber. The lightest, hoclxomML ! and atrongest known. 8 M Oi>tici»n« u| i Jewelers. Mad® by the SPENfTfi OPTICAL j ITF1® CO.. 18 T.arv ^ of Choice £ Fannnjjf L IMT Vdl In the For sale by the lawa R.R. Last C*. teach Office IS Randolph Si* Chic&s WATCH -St«a wtnd.ii.,. goRd time k W.iterbury make. Money r ed if not uyoa > Bent on receipt of *8.£46, K. 8HKKMAN. X Msldfm I-ana. Man Yqcfc.