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R nwm ». uu. • In fifty, rm fair, an' without • gr"V b«lr, An' I feel Jeet as young »* a girl. When I think o' Zerubabel Lee, I Mm It M>U MFE all into a whirl. fcii * night he wm here, an' I told him to ot§!M|;•••, s An' my ! how surprised he did look ! jperhaps I wus rash, but he's after my I see through hia plans like a book. lame offer* Fve had that I cannot can bad. There win Deacon Philander Breseo-- Td a sartin' said y«, when be wanted a klM, Kf he hvln't so fltiittrated me. It took HO quick, that it felt like • kick. Wy! I fl»'w »|] t > f.leris at onoe. Sea I, " You kin g<>; I'm not neodin' a bwk" I actod I know like a dunoo. Bet he. ex he rose, " X hev oome to propoMP--» T st I'ipi d him'nfore he b»(f*n -- » You better lied go an' see Hepsibak Slow; I won't be tied down to a man." * Mariar," iter, he, " Widder Tompkins an* BM Can strike up a bargain, I know, An', senin'M we can't decide to a^rea, Wy! I gueaa that I betMr hed g<x" He picked np his hat from tha chair where k*n^ An' he solemnly started away. gez I, with a look that I'm sure ha mistook, '• You're perfectly welcome to stay--" Hy face got ez red cz our old wagon shad ; I thought fnr tha land I should malt. flez he, " I am done, good-night, leatla one" 1 wish he'd a knewa how I felt To-day Isaac Beers, with his snickers an' sailers, Whose face is ei wgly ez sin, Dropped in, jest to see about buyla' my staon, An' tickled the mole on my chin. See I, you jest quit, I don't like you a bit, Yonr manners is rather too free; Tou'd better beliare till Jane's cold In bar (nw, You can't come yonr sawder on ma." When dear David died, as I sot by his side, He ketohed up my hand in his own. He squeezed it awhile, an' ha sac, with a Had*, " You'll soon be a widder alone. An' when I am gone, don't you fust or take OB Like old widder Dorothy Day; Look out for your tin ef yon marry agin. Nor throw your affections away." *7 children are grown and got houses o' thtr IWI. They're doin' as wall es they can, An' I'm gettin' rick o' this Uvin' aloaa, I wouldn't mind havin' a man, fur David hez gone to the mansions aboTO, His body is cold in the ground. Bf yon know o' a man who would marry for low, Jest find him an' send him around. A SWIM FOR LIFE. A We»tern Kj> soda. something "Say, stranger, there's wrong yonder, ain't there ?" Thus spoke a rough-Jinking minor on ; feet in its descent. an exclamation of disappointment waa vented by Ogden Smith. But the Judge drew hia revolver, and, beakoning to the committee, replied calmly : •' Gentlemen, yon'll have to do better than that. Try again, and this time at­ tend to the evidence." \ He handled his pistol menacingly as he spoke, and the jury retired a?ain. They ware not long left undisturbed, for time was passiug, the tempnst waa i increasing in severity, and the commit- | tee had some distance to ride that night. In five minutes the Jtid^e again called J them, and this time the obedient twelve | gave the verdict. " Guilty !" | " Quite correct," said the Jndge. " I j approve. It's a verdict. Carry out the i sentence, yew," he added, to two of hia j associates. "And now, gentlemen, I think we've doue our duty. The hosses wait. Hev ye anything to say ?" he in- I quired of the criminal. ! The poor man pleaded earnestly for j merey, and protested his innocence ! wildly, but it was useless. The majori- I ty of the party then left the hut, and the | two men, placing their anhappy prison­ er astride a mule, unbound him, except , for a turn of the rope on his left wrist, | and walked beside him to the place of ; execution. There his outer clothing | was taken from him, and his boots-- | those fatal witnesses--laid aside. He ' was then fastened to a tree. The place ; of execution had been well chosen. It j was a low point jutting out into the I river just below the rapids. Tho eur- ; rent was running swiftly, swollen by the i melting snows and the tremendous rain, which was still descending in torrents. ' From this point the river descended rapidly. Higher up, but then obscured • by the thickly falling rain and mist, was ' a high ridge, which projected across the | river, and formed a sort of bow-like in- > closure, in the center of which was (and is) a small wooded island. Beiow this eyot the river divides. It ] becomes narrower, and passing on the I right side over a small, rocky break- | water, or natural barrier, it takes a tro- ! mendous leap sheer 100 feet over the | rock, spreatliug out from the base many On the left side of alive who remember that swim across the Small Snake river. for """i r. ASH SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. A SCHOOLROOM should contain from three to tour hundred cubio feet of air to euc.li pupil. j THIS positive electricity common tr. j fair wt aihor ofteu yields to a n<jgatm ; stale before rain. j A FKW drops of mnriatia acid poured i on a tali'e poonful of pulverized marblt j will produce carbon i>: acid gas. I IN TWENTY-FOUR hours sixteen pints ol ; gnstr.c jnicj nr.! poured into the stom- ! a -h, aad three piuta oi saliva uro used. AMONG th» great variety of forms oil ' the mound-builder's pipes are those oi I uniniaJs like the elephant and masto- ! don. THE- I'LESTI of a pike caught in the | North Sea has been found to be full ol I trichinae. The par;wites aro supposed j to have been introdncod into the iifh't j body in offal eaten by it. j GKOLOGOTS estimate the coal "beds ol . Great Britain to have an area of aboul 12,000 square miles; of Spain, 4,000; ol \ Fiance, 2,000 ; and of Belgium, 518. | The coal-be:iriug uvea of the United ; States is nearly 200,000 square miles, with perhaps i'20,0!)0 square miles- oi j workable beds of coal. j LONGITUDE of the earth's surface is as we understand it to be, is suggestive now computed from, various meridians of rascality. The farmers and dairymen by d;liVreiit countries. A meeting ol ; are l>eginning to get hold of the idea of the Geographical Congress in Vienna, i associated effort to protect themselves Professor Bernard, of Columbia College, from the extortions of large combina- proposid a new system for universal j tions of capital under the shield of our ciiOvisR stands drouth better than i any other grass. I IN MA KINO preparations for winter ! protection, or for summer pasture, keep j in mind that the farmer's dependence is to be more and more on his stock. [ " NKVKB milk while the cow is eat- j ing," is the advice of a bucolic contem- | porary. Judging from the character of | some milk it would be more to the point j never to milk while the cow is drinking. ! IN BUYING fruit trees, always purchase ! of a nurseryman who lias a permanent residence, and as near you as possible, so that if llie trees fail in kind, his repu- i tation will suffer, and you will have a ; better chance to Kick him. * : THEBE is no animal on the farm that i will pay so well to pet as the cow, un- ; less it l>e her heifer calf. She should be the queen of the yard, and of the farm, too. Every member of the family should have a loving pet and a gentle word for ' her. Shoot every dog that makes her run a step, and discharge (I liked to hava said brain) the hired man that ever kicks or scolds her.-- Coffin. THE dairymen of the Northwest have formed a protective association to fight a reissued oheese patent. We know noth­ ing of the merits of the case, but the bare fact of its being a reissued patent, the outskirts of the camp to a. Mexican who was walking hastily past. The Stranger understood but iiniwrfectly the remark addressed to him, but he re- Elied, "Horses stole," and proceeded on is way, his long spurs jingling at every step. The miner looked after him anxiously, and, when he had disappeared down the hill, turned toward the saloon, mutter­ ing something about horse-thieves and hanging, and strolled, or, as he would hava himself said, " loafed " into the bar, where an excited assembly waa gathered. "Wa'll, they've gone clean away;" cried the owner of tlie missing animals; "and my ho:.ses nor donkeys don't stray by nature. There's been some thieves around, you bet!" " Like enough ; but who's the man ? However, if we ketch him. gentlemen, we'll shoot him fair." "Give him a trial and rope him-- that's the cure," said the owner. "And now tew business. My treat, gentle­ men. Drinks 'round, and then I'll follow the tracks a bit, and let yon know." Such an offer was not t'O be slighted. The " drinks " having been fully appre­ ciated by all present, at the expense ol their health and brains, the owner ol the missing beasts departed to follow the trail, which led toward the canon up the river. Ogden Smith, or "S">ft" Smith, as he was not unusually called, had that very morning taken his kor.^s to water down­ stream, and left tiiem in a safe plac« pending their dispel. 0»d-n had been unfortunate in his prosoeetiug. He was neither quick-wule 1 nor quick­ tempered, though ready rii-mgh with his six-shooter when * CireiiLastanees seemed to warrant its use. ;-ut for tliia trait, "Soft" Smith won!-1 have been stamped with a strong va;. Dion of the term "idiot." He followed the tracks mechanically, and after about half a mile, inding they still led up toward the hills, he returned, and as he strode back, breathing venge­ ance against his spoilers, he noticed hu- man footprints on the further side of the trail--heavy boot and spur-marks. He felt inclined to tra.-k the.se again, but, knowing the trail would lead to the river, then flooded with melting snons, he decided to return to the camp and enlist the vigilants in his cause. It has never been correctly ascertained why horse-stealing was then, and is still, regarded as a worse crime than the taking of human life; but that this is the case in the West is undoubted. Many a rough digger was permitted to add to the notches already cut in the the pistol-butt, but a horse-thief was hunted down and executed summarily. Notwithstanding a gathering storm the men in the saloon, as soon as they had heard Ogden Smith's report, determined to do vengeance on the criminal. The sufferer, meantime,, met with much sympathy, and "dust"--gold dust, that passed for currency--was freely shaken into Ogden's hat in the bar-room. The discussion as to whom the thief might be was waxing warm, when a voice cried: " Beckon some Mexican's h«d a hand in this game." This suggestion was at once adopted, and Bill, the miner, said: " Aye, then I can show him. I saw him on the hill above this morning. Did you notice any tracks ?" " I did," replied Smith, eagerly. " Large boots and spur marks, too. ThAt's the man-!" " We'll go for him. Who knows his place ?" Several present did, and ons mm add­ ed : " He's a mighty quick shot, von may depend." " We're more of us than him," wu the answer of the leader. " He can't fix UH all. Now, gentlemen, we must pro­ ceed reg'lar. 'Panel a jury, if you please; but there is no use in wasting time." The jury was quickly chosen, and, in order to avoid unnecessary delay, horses were brought out, and the whole party rode through the driving rain and tem­ pest to the Mexican's hut. The door was burst open, and, before the surprised occupant could use his weapon, he was seized and bound and thrown helpless on the floor. Before he was disabled, however, he managed to seize and retain a small knife, which he thrust into his sleeve. ,.To h^,que8tioriB he 8ot bllt scant re- phes. The jury were ushered into a small shed, and told to deliberate upon their verdict, after a few questions had been put to the criminal, who protested his innocence. One bystander, more humane than the rest, volunteered to act as prisoner's ad­ vocate, and addressed the jury as a mat­ ter of form, for he knew the stranger's , * doom was sealed. After a pause the jury again retired, and in a few minutes the self-appointed Judge, knocking at the door, asked for the verdict To the astonishment of the bystanders, the answer was. "Not < guilty!" * A cry of joy escaped the Mexican; the island the stream has worn JIway the rock to a greut extent, and on that side the water hurries down a rapid at a steep angle, and at the bottom meets deep water, which drives in a swift cur­ rent over the right shore, to a strip of beach or low ground--a watering station for animals. The men charged with the execution had well chosen the place. The prisoner stood with hands clasped as one of his guardians was making preparations, and fiie other stood ready to fire should the prisoner attempt to escape. One was adjusting the cord upon a neighboring tree, underneath which the mule had been already led, when an exclamation from him made the other guardian turn his head. The quick-eved Mexican seized his opportunity. With a swift sweep of his right hand he severed with the concealed knife the rope at his wrist, and with a desperate backward spring he threw himself into the eddying, boil­ ing river. The heavy splash was the first intima­ tion that the other men had of the Mexi­ can's escape ; and, with revolver ready, one waited till the swimmer should re­ appear. He rose, and struck out boldly for the opposite shore. The man raised the pistol, when his companion stayed his arm. " Give him a chance, Bob," he said. " You or me may want a good turn some day ; and beside, I don't b'lieve he lifted them animals. Soft Smith's an id jit." "Weil, mebbe yer right," replied the other, as he returned his pistol. " Poor chap !" he added, with a touch of feeling to which he had long been a stranger. " Poor chap! the fall will save us the job, anyhow." " He's gone !" replied the other. "He can't git over, eh ?" "You bet!" exclaimed his companion. " He's right enongh, I do declare ; he'll git out now!" Meantime the unfortunate fugitive was struggling vigorously to gain the r.se, the plan being to divide the globe into twenty-four meridians of fifteen degrees each, corresponding to the twenty-four hours of the day, the first meridian to pass through Behriug Strait. WHETHEB or not fishes have intervals of sleep, like the land animals with which we are familiar, has just been de­ cided. The curious behavior of a dozei; carp in the Berlin aquarium attracted attention, and investigation showed thai the fish, when in certain positions it which they would remain for hours, were in reality asleep. Some of their slept so soundly that only repeater" blows or shaking would awaken them. ACCORDING to the recent estimate ol Sir W. Armstrong, the heat of the sue falling upon one acre of the earth's sur­ face in the tropics would be capable, if fully utilized, of developing a power o! 4,000 horses for nearly nine hours every day. . The most promising means of adapting thi3 vast energy to man's pur­ poses seems to be the conversion of the heat into electricity, and the pro­ duction of economical apparatus foi effecting this result is now eagerlj awaited. OCEAN waves caused by earthquakes sometimes exert a tremendous moment ary force upon the shores of the sea, al­ though their geological action is small compared with the incessantly-operating of the smalller waves. At the Lisbor earthquake of 1775, the oceanic wave had a height along the Tagus of 4C feet, at Cadiz of 60 feet, and bn the shores of Maderia of 18 feet. The earth­ quake in 1746 in Peru produced a wave which carried a frigate several miles in­ land, deluging the city of Lima at a dis­ tance of seven miles from the coast. THE effects of sea-water upon land have been thus determined at a German station of experimental agricuture: "Land that has been submerged by sea water generally proves sterile for some time, in some cases for ten to fifteen years. Tins can be traced to the co-op­ eration of the three following chemical causes, in addition to the mechanical in­ juries produced by the inundation : Tc the introduction of too great a propor­ tion of chlorine salts ; to the hygroscopic quality communicated to it, preventing it from drying properly; thirdly, from the formation of green vitriol or sul­ phate of iron, which is known to exert a very prejudicial effect upon plant growth. Land which has thus been damaged should be drained as quickly as possible, sown with grass and clover, and allowed to rest. Experience shows that it recov way than if cultivated all the year round arable land." center of the stream. He was swimming ! ers its fertilitv sooner if treated in thif strongly, hand over hand, and every now and then be cast a glance at the ridge of rocks' that fringed the rapid leading to the fall of a sheer hundred feet. Could he clear this he might be saved. He was making good way, but ever being drawn nearer ami nearer by the resistless current to his destruction. The men on shore watched his progress with feverish anxiety. Another yard oi two and ho would gain the rocky ledge which ended the fall and where the less-dangerous rapids began. Would he last ? The men clasped hands in their strong excitement, and by a simultaneous im­ pulse cheered the swimmer on. The poor wretch heard it. It gave him courage. One minute more and he would be clear; with renewed energy he strove, and with a despairing effort clutched the rock. His legs swung foi a second into the milky mass of water above the cataract. Could he bear the strain ? A cheer from' the shore ; a mighty effort--swung himself over, and with a long, swoeping stroke dashed down the rauids and disappeared. Try. 1 Try popcorn for nausea. : Try cranberries for malaria. Try a sunbath for rheumetism. Try ginger ale for stomach cramps. Try clam broth for a weak stomach. Try cranberry poultice for erysipelas. Try gargling lager beer for cure of sore throat. Try a wet towel to the back of the neck when sleepless. Try swallowing saliva when troubled with sour stomach. Try eating fresh radishes and yellow turnips for gravel. Try eating onions and horseradish tc relieve dropsical swellings. Try buttermilk for removal of freckles, tan and butternut stains. Try to cultivate an equable temper, and don't borrow trouble ahead. Try the croup tippet when a child is likely to be troubled that way. Trv a hot dry flannel over the seat ol neuralgic pain and renew frequently. .. .Try taking your codliver oil in tomatc catsup, if you want to make it palatable. Try hard cider--a wineglassful three times a day--for ague and rheumatism. Try breathing the fumes of turpiutine or carbolic acid to relieve whooping- cough. Try taking a nap in the afternoon ii you are going to be out late in the even­ ing. Try a cloth wrung out from cold water put about the neck at night for sore throat. Try snuffing powdered borax up the nostrils for catarrhal " cold in the head." Try an extra pair of stockings outside of your shoes when traveling in cold weather. Try walking with your hands behind The men turned away, breathing more freely, and returned as hastily as possi­ ble to camp to report. The storm still continued; the river had run up the creek, and it was nightfall ere, wet to the skin and chilled to the bones, they ?pined the saloon. Here all was con-usion ; twenty tongues were speaking once, and all condemning "Soft" Smith. The "Judge " was present, and as the two men entered he said, " I'm kinder sorry we hanged that Mexican. We've done him an injury, boys, I'm afeard." "Save trouble in the end, mebbe, ' said another. But the Judge shook hii> head. " What's the matter ? " inquired the kte comers. "Why, Soft Smith's a fool. He's found his beasts safe at home, where they went o' themselves, having broke halter. The tracks was the Mexican's ; . , . tracks, but only to his own location, i ^ ?ou ^ yourself becoming bent We've done ftiat man a wrong, ~ 1 Iorwara-and I'm ready to apologize ; I can't say fairer. Here's his health ! " A voice from tha doorway replied : "I drink to that! " and as all eyes were turned in the direction of the sound, a ragged, half-naked form, the, limbs from deep scratches, walked up to the bar. Terror sat upon every countenance. The visitor was the Mexican. "Didn't ye--didn't ye hang him?" gasped the sturdy but superstitious J udge to his deputies. " Guess not," replied one of the pair addressed. " He slipped into the river and swam across the Cataract Eapid." " rhander! but I'm glad. Here's mv hat, boys ; hll m your dust now, and lu't him have it." No second bidding was needed. Yerv soon the heap of gold-dust had reached a goodly pile, to which Soft &mith %vas a most liberal contributor. Ogden Srnill wa3considerably laughed at, but the Mexican was regarded as a hero and prospered. The cump in time Mas broken up, but there are many still Try a wilk handkerchief over the face when obliged to go against a cold, pierc­ ing wind. Try planting sunflowers in your garden if compelled to live in a malarial neigh­ borhood. Try a saturated solution of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) in diarrhoeal trou­ bles : give freely. Try a newspaper over the chest, be­ neath your ooat, as a chest protector in extremely cold weather.--Dr. Footed Health Monthly. AM Edinburgh professor has discov­ ered that an animal struck by lightning or by an electric shock, under scientific direction, is rendered delightfully ten­ der in a moment. Bead this paragraph i out at supper in presence of the assem- ' bled boarders. It may startle the land­ lady, cause her to invest in an electrio battery, and change the hard and stony­ hearted beefsteak from " a thing of duty and a chaw forever" into a soft and ten­ der-hearted dream of Mary's little lamb. --New York Commercial Advertiser. patent laws.-- Winternet Chronicle. BUT few seem to be aware to what ex­ tent all kinds of trees are injured by hav­ ing their trunks exposed to the hot sun. Nature, when left to herself makes ample provisions for the protection of the trunks of all kinds of trees, when they grow in the open air, exposed to the hot sun ; but man, with a perverted taste, and seemingly with entire ignorance of the consequences, hastens to remove fihe protection which nature lias pro­ vided, and then wonders why his trees die, or do not grow better. WHENEVEB a goo.l nursery is within a reasonable distance, it is best to make selections by visiting it and picking out the trees as they standi in the nursery. There are many reasons wliy>his is best. First, by comparison with the trees that stand by the side of it, aud are of the same age, it is easier to select a tree that has a good vigorous constitution. There is as much difference in constitutions of trees as there is in animals, aud as a rule the trees that are healthy and vigorous when young will make much the best trees when they become old. A vigor­ ous healthy tree is sure to have good roots. RAISING Cows FOR THE DAIRY.--Tn the best dairy regions of the country but very few calves are raised. Farmers who make a business of producing milk for supplying the city market or for the manufacture of butter and cheese gener­ ally state that it is more economical to keep up the size of their herds by pur­ chasing cows than by raising them. They want to sell all the milk they can, and if they are obliged to feed calves, a large proportion of that produced is consumed at home. Land in regions long devoted to dairying is too costly to devote to raising stock, and the majority of dairy farmers desire to sell their cows when they begin to fail in their yield of milk, and to purchase those that are young, and promising. The demand for good milk cows is increasing rapidly, and tho prices paid for them are higher from year to year. As a rule a cow three or four years old, in ordinary flesh, but heavy with ca!f, or with a calf by her side, will sell for more than a steer of the same age that will weigh several hun­ dred pounds more and is in a condition of fatness to furnish mess beef. The ex­ pense of raising the latter is much less than that of the former. In a part of the country where many animals are raised for beef, female calves sell for less than males and are in smaller demand. It will take less food to support them till a given age, owing to their smaller size. The steers must be well fed on corn and small grain for several months in order to fit them for the market. The cows, however, if designed for the dairv, will require no more expensive food than Srass and hay. Again, the market for airy cows is nearer the homes of West­ ern farmers than that for beef cattle. By selecting bulls of a family of short horns or Ayrsliires, noted for the milk­ ing qualities, there is no more expense involved in breeding cattle for the dairy than for the slaughter-pen. The males can be raised fonbeef, and the females for producing milk. If it is the case, as it is not likely to be, that cattle bring more for slaughtering than for dairy pur­ poses, the cows can be fattened. PINKEYE.--"Pinkeye" is not a scien­ tific term applied by veterinary sur­ geons, as they recognize it as a severe form of Typhoid Influenza. The dis­ ease has received the popular name ol "pinkeye" for the reason of the redness of the external coat of the eye, and lin- j ing of the eve-lids. Its cause is unknown. | I The symptoms vary in different locali- I ties. Some uuiinid from constitutional I weakness or peculiar condition of the | system, are more susceptible to the dis­ ease than other animals in the same j locations aud surrounded by like influ- | ences. It is said, not to be a new dis- ] ease, as it was prevalent among horse* i in this country in 1854 and 18X>. The | I symptoms of the disease are so variable, I j there are a great variety of opinion? j ; among veterinary surgeons a* to cause j | and treatment. Tfie general symptoms j tare: "Slight watery or thin mueone ] I discharges from the nostrils, eyes watery, I | with matter collecting in the inneT cor- j ner; eye-lids swollen and puffy, the j j membrane on the inner side presenting | ; yellowish red color ; appetite in most I 1 cases lost or suspended; dull appear- i ; ance of the countenance; in some cases ' I mouth hot, with a corresponding increase ' j of temperature of the skin ; in most i i crises there is great prostration of I strength, as shown in the staggering 1 I gait, with a quick, small and weak i pulse ; heart sometimes violently agita- j ted, and respiration increased." Some- I times there is a cough, accompanied ; with a sore throat. Not all of the symp- j toms are prevalent in any one case, j The disease has not been very fatal, ex­ cept in cases of bad treatment, hard j work aud exposure to cold and storms, j Ordinarily the disease* yields to proper I treatment and careful nursing. In fact,! careful nursing is the most important ! agency in the recovery of man or ani- i mals. Not having much faith in out I own skill, nor in the hundreds of " ho,* ! doctors" which can he found all ovci the country, who have no acquaintance with the nature of medicines, or tie ! many diseases of the horse, we arc re- j luctant to prescribe medicines, or recom­ mend implicit confidence in others, unless they are accredited veterinary surgeons. But we annex the recommen­ dations of Prof. Robert Jennings, authot of "The Horse and its Diseases," and several other standard veterinary works. He says : When the services of a compe­ tent veterinary surgeon can be had, it is safer to secure his services, as a mistake In the character of the disease may prove fatal to the animal and loss to the owner. It is difficult to lay down a course of medication in a disease pre­ senting so many complications as this disease does at the present time. In ordinary cases tonics and stim- ulents are called for. In.coses where the fever runs high give the following : Tar­ trate of antimony and nitrate of potassa, of each, one drachm ; mix both together and give nielit and morning. When the lever is broken, tonics and stimulants are called for. The following may be used in ordinary cases with good effect: Gentian root, pulverized, and nitrate < f potassa, each one ounce; JaniaicA gin­ ger, pulverized, half an ounce ; fenu­ greek or anise-seed, pulverized, six drachms ; mix and divide in four parts, give one night and morning. When there is dropsical swelling of the legs, half an ounce of sulphate of iron may be added to the above with good effect. If the lungs are involved give the follow­ ing : Aconite root in tincture, with tinc­ ture of belladonna, one part each, water two parts; dose, one teaspoonfnl every three hours. If the liver is affected, which may be known by the yellow tinge of the mucous membrane, dung small and hard, horse lying on his side, and occasionally looking at his side as if in pain, with occasional fits of uneasiness, give Barbadoes aloes, three drachms, calomel and pulverized digitalis, of each half a drachm ; make into a ball with! molasses. This must not be repeated. When there is soreness of the throat blis­ ters should be applied, the fly blister, made thin with turpentine, answers a good purpose. The animal should be placed in a box stall, well littered with straw, and kept clean ; as pure atmos­ phere as possible is necessary; tho contaminated air of a badly ventilated stable retards or defeats restoration to health. HOUSEHOLD HELPS. THE FAMILY DOCTOB. I From tho Detroit Froe Press " Household."! LIQUID GLUE.--Very strong glue may be made by dissolving four ounces of glue in sixteen ounces of strong acetic acid, bv the aid of heat. To CTJEAN SILVER.--Wet a flannel cloth in kerosene, dip in dry whiting and rub the silver ; let it dry on it, then pol­ ish with a chamois skin. VEAL SCOLLOPS.--Cut veal from the leg or other lean part into pieces the size of an oyster. Have a seasoning of pep­ per, salt and a little mace mixed ; rub some over each piece ; dip in egg, then in cracker crumbs, and fry as you do oysters. - SPICED FISH.--Any remains of cold fresh fish may be used in this way : Take out all the bones and bits of skin ; lay in a deep dish and barely cover with hot vinegar in which a few cloves and all­ spice have been boiled. It is ready for use as soon as cold. SCOTCH TOAST (for an entree.)--Take four slices of bread half an inch thick ; toast and butter well; take the crust off and spread over them some anchovy paxte ; lay them one on the other, pour over them thick melted butter made with milk, and send to the table very hot. PUDDING SAUCE.--Take the superflu­ ous juice from a can of peaches, and heat it to boiling. Mix flour, butter and sugar in about equal quantities, add a little vanilla, and cook the mixture in the hot peach juice. This is delicious for almost any kind of steamed or fruit pudding. To DRESS COLD Fowii.--Take the re­ mains of a cold fowl, remove the skin, then the bones, leaving the flesh iri tis large pieces as possible ; dredge with flour, and fry a li„rht brown in butter; toss it up in a good gravy well seasoned and thickened with butter rolled in flour; serve hot with bits of toasted bread. BROILED OYSTERS.--If you have a wire gridiron with the wires close enough together to prevent the oyster from dropping through, small ones can be broiled without much trouble. They do not need to be turned over. When done lay them on slices of buttered toast, pep­ per and salt and butter them. GLAZKD HAM.--Souk and boil a liam twenty minutes to the pound, and let it get almost cold in the water. Skin it neatly and coat with a paste made of a cup of cracker crumbs, one of milk, two beaten eggs and seasoned with pepper. Set the ham in the oven until the glazing is browned, moiHiening now and then with a few spoonfuls oi cream. Wind frilled paper about the shank aud garnish with parsley. MOCK PATE DE FOIE GRAB.--Boil a calf's liver in slightly salted water till tender, boiling the tongue in another vessel the day before needed. Cut the liver in small pieces and rub gradually to a paste, moistening with melted butter. Work into the soft paste a quarter of a teaspoonfnl of cayenne pep­ per, half n grated nutmeg, some ground cloves and mace, a teaspoonfnl each ol Worcestershire sauce and made French must-ird. salt to taste and a tablespoon- ful of boiling water in which a large onion has been «teeped. Mix thoroughly and pack in jelly pots very hard, insert­ ing here aud there bits of the tongue ; cover with melted butter and fasten the lids. Biti;: ^KKA;?T DISHES. -- A nice cold breakfast dish is, to take a fowl and cut it up, or take the remnants of a fowl from dinner, put a few slips of bacon be­ tween the layers and put the whole in a baking dish ; flavor with pepper, salt and some parsley : then add jelley to the top made from gelatine, which can be done by dissolving it with boiling water. Leave this covered for half an hour oi three quarters in the oven, and, when dorfe, trim with parsley. Cod frizzled, that is, cut in slices and wrapped round with greased paper, then placed in a covered pan just greased, and either put in the oven or on the top of tho stove and frizzled till done, is a very nice dish. Mackerel, merely steamed, with no sauce, eaten with vinegar, or oil and vinegar, is delicious. Eels stewed in a plain sauce are nice, if not too fat. Make a sauce with hot butter, flour and warm water ; add a little vinegar, some pepper-corns and a elove, also a finely chopped onion. Place the eels, cut in pieces, in, cover and let simmer twenty minutes or so. A piece of halibut in white sauce. Make a sauce with hot butter, flour, warm milk; flavor with pepper, salt, and a little mape, add half a handful of chopped parsley, and put the piece of halibut in. Stew for hall an hour and trim with lemon iji serving. Lggs can be made very appetizing. Have a little boiling water with vine­ gar, peppercorns and salt, ready. Break the eggs in whole, and when done, serve on toast. Cold tongue or cold ham, now so admirably canned, are always welcome adjuncts to the breakfast table. Steam a haddock or other white fish and take the flesh off the bones. Beat up a few eggs and mix with a few bread-crumbs, put butter in frizzling pan, pour in the eggs, with pepper and salt, add the fish pieces, then cover with other half of eggs and frizzle both sides ; serve on a white napkin. Steam some rice ; when done, beat up a few eggs into it and a piece of butter. Just warm up over fire and serve with frizzled bacon. FATNTINO persons should be left ftHl horizontal posture until oonsciousnees returns. WORRY and overwork will produce bil­ iousness. So will the use of strong tea and coffee. ALCOHOL is not a proper thing te take before going out and being ex­ posed to cold. SIMPLE REMEDY FOB DIPHTHERIA.-- Put the person suffering from diphtheria into a warm bed. Take a shovel of red- hot coals from the fire, sprinkle a table- spoonful or two of flour of Bulphur on the hot coals, and place under tho bed. Remove the shovel out of the room when the afflicted person begins to cough. Let this be done for two or three nights, and it will be found that the fumes from the sulphur will kill the throat fungus called diphtheria. To PUT BACK A COLD.--So soon as you feel that you are taking a cold--and you will generally have notice before it amounts to much -- place your feet into water made as warm as you bear, and keep them there about ten minutes. Change them, then, into a vessel containing cold water--if ice- water, all the better--and hold them in it about a minute ; after which wipe dry and put on warm stockings. This treat­ ment will never fail to put back a cold, as I can testify from having practiced it successfully lor over three years. The feet seem to govern a cold, and this bathing them first in warm water and then in cold leaves them all aglow, the effect of which is soon felt throughout the entire system.---J. Pariah Stelle. THE FOOD REQUISITE TO SUSTAIN HEALTH. --It is difficult to lay down any strict rule as to the amount of food to be taken in twenty-four hours by grown­ up people. Men require more animal food than women, and those engaged in active exercise require much more than those who live a sedentary life. Labor­ ers can get through much more work in a day when well fed than when living on a moderate diet. The different kinds of food should be well apportioned; it lb equally bad to live on a purely-farina­ ceous diet as it would bo to take only fat or meat. What is required for a state of health is to take a fair propor­ tion of each. It is important, also, ttiat mealh should be taken with regularity, as it is a very bad plan to allow inter­ vals of varying lengths between meals. It has been estimated that the food re­ quired every twenty-four hours by a man in full health, and taking free exer­ cise, is of meat 16 oz., bread 19 oz., fat 3$"oz., and of water 52 fluid oz.; that is about two and one-half pounds of solid food and about three pints of fluid. EATINO LEMONS.--A good deal has been said through the papers about the healthfulness of lemons. The latest ad­ vice as to how to use them so they will do the most good runs as follows : Most people know the benefit of lemonade be­ fore breakfast, but few know how it is more than doubled by taking another at night also. The way to get the better of a bilious system without blue pills or quinine, is to take the juice of one, two or three lemons, as the appetite craves, in as much ice-water as makes it pleas­ ant to drink, without sugar, before going to bed. In the morning on rising, or at least half an hour before breakfast, take the juice of one lemon in a goblet of water. This will clear the system ol humors and bile, with mild efficacy, without any of the weakening effects oi calomel or congress water. People •hould not irritate the stomach by eating lemons clear : the powerful acid of the i'uice, which is almost corrosive, infal-ibly produces inflammation after a while, but properly diluted, so that it does not burn or draw the throat, it does its full medicinal work without harm, and when the stomach is clear oi food has abundant opportunity to work on the system thoroughly. How an Indian Boy Shoots. The remarkable shooting of the young Nez Perces Indian boy, Otto, was wit­ nessed by a large audience of those in­ terested in rifle shooting. The most re­ markable feature of the exhibition was the lightning quickness of the boy. But very few of the attempts failed. The first shot was at a five-cent piece on the head of a figure representing a mau, and was hit, the distance being fifteen paces. The next was the cutting of a string that sus­ pended a figure at the rear of the stage. Ths rifle was picked up from the stage by the lad after he had turned a somer­ sault, and the shot was fired almost in­ stantly. The most remarkable shot of the evening was accomplished by the use of peculiarly placed appliances, in the following manner : In a small steel frame a pistol-barrel was suspended ; be­ hind the barrel a razor had been fixed, and on either side of it was suspended a glass ball. The boy was then taken to the front of the stage and blindfolded, with his face to the audience. At the command "about face," he turned, raised his rifle, and, after only a mo­ mentary hesitation, fired! The ball passed through the pistol, was split by the razor, and each glass ball was broken by half the bullet. This shot is said to be due the boy's wonderful gift of the power of location. The precision of the aim is secured by taking a position di­ rectly in front of the object, and aim is taken by a certaiu pressure of the rifle- stock against the shoulder and cheek. An exhibition bayonet drill followed. The boy was applauded for his marks­ manship and dexterity.--San Francisco Call. IT IS asserted by M. Emile de Lave- leye that the world's available supply ol the so-called precious metals is rapidly diminishing, and, while it may not soon become exhausted, the time cannot be far hence when it must become inade­ quate to meet all demands upon it. It can hardly be hoped that the lack can be filled by new discoveries for any ex­ tended period, as the quantities existing at the earth's surface can at best be but very limited, although vast masses prob­ ably exist in the inaccessible interior ol the globe. It is computed that the world is five times as heavy as an equal vol­ ume of water, while the rocks of the earth's surface only average two and one-half times the weight of water. It follows from this that the still molten center must contain a great amount of very heavy substances. With water as a unit, the specific gravity, or compara­ tive weight of gold is about 19, plati­ num 21, and iridium 22, silver being but 10 and iron 8. When the globe was in a liquid state these metals would have had a tendency to gravitate toward the cen­ ter, and those of exteme density now found by us owe their appearance near the surface to volcanic agencies. The great bulk must yet remain near the center. 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