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A UTE8ABT nro««Mk . ST RRIT TKMKBLXk la konoit-thmfoit poor-- roaag an, Jwl ml •drift from oo.iege, fMdriven to dev(«o a plan for harterlaf fcla knowl­ edge; Be thought and thought a wauy white, tt>N off hla c >ai he strip!, Anfl LA heat reeled off «OOM WNKMI pt(M of Hale ilse. »ud written only an on* aid*, fro* which f'ni' i Kusas win meant for aotklB| laaa than " copy" for the prees, Haught moan about this youth--ha quoted French and and I.>tiu; Ha pre««o l ancient and modern hl«tory Into aery'oa, and, though he h id onl.v a until stock of mta- phywoe on hand, he didn't hesitate te work that in. ̂ " Thaa straightway ha oonoealad tha article ayoa hla S « person. And weut on publication day (ha couldn't hara ohomn a worse one) It the offlje of a weekJy, where JM somehow found tlv> editor, - Whs eyed him with an ngly glare, as thooghhe vara a credi or. Tha editor ciuisbcdthe manuscript; fumbled It half a minute, Looked .it tiie tint page, than the last, and know all ' that was in H • Ha gave it back. "It'a vary good," he said, "but wo can't uae It. • Wa Aon !(i hftvo to plow np several acres of flower* «f rhetoric, translate, boi it down, and put a head on it; and, aa there Is no news In It, any­ how, though it ia a capital arttola, 1 faar wa must refuae if . n* young man went away, and pondered. MIt1i ! qulue plain," said ha, *7T»at wh»t ! v* written is too good. What a genius } I must be! Brgo. if 1 ooold hat oontrlva to write a Mite badly, The editor, undoubtedly, mil take ®y •attwr He setVo work again, and all Ma powers ha put a tax on, VatU he haa produced a piece of rtwgh-hewn Aagle- Saxon. He tiled to iusV-e it aaem abrupt and to hare tha lan^n&ge terse. ? •lVegot aioosr without quotations and metaphors," he ea.d,'• and tethered mjseif to plain state- ' tocnto, mid IJWT;: need om;y two or threa kinds • of epithet̂ <>n the who e, I couldn't; write ' canon wons*" Ha won* again to the editor, with a kind of ansa of sham 6. UU you bh >uld aee fit to publish this," ha said, " don't use my name." The editor turned the pages o'er with evident in­ terest. -Ifs baiter than tha last," ha aald, " though hardly ! in rrquo'L" •I won t give up," the young man aald, aa ha sadly Walked awiy. " • rre got to harness my genius down, if I want frs make it patf." 8o he trod ouoa nott, and, after nlghta of labor, ha auocee-ti d ia miUng such a sboc£lng!y bad thing that he didn't dare kxia it over. He broke tway ir.'iu every cfce-tehed tradition, crammed who.e para­ graph jut3 a enor: s nt«uce; hunied up *laog , Mid pattered it about; and pu. the whale to­ gether in such an unoouth way that his old teachers would have aaia a first Header waa Wfc*t be ueeued. Ha didnt hhe to go with this. His heart began to fall- So he borrowed a doaen postage stamps aad sent It tsroag <* the mail. Ha waited tremblingly. Aa answer came that vary p'-giit, Whtah said the editor had found the artloie ill] right He eeot a cLeck in payment, and ha hinted, at tha end, ' * he'd take aa much of that sort aa the yoaag y1' ^ • man ch-.«» to wol ' » From that - ay ih Lhe aaid young man haa proa- pe.eil Jiii>rc or less, U, - . ; f A ad he a,*-*;e :e ls hi? frieada that a careful culti- * vatjon of bid tiste, total abstinence from c.ii- lege rbetonc and a tight muudng of the gen- las tuat is In him ara tha secrete of bis sua- --Omtmrs •tnd the polioe, I firm Ij believe, -were as Jteen in the matter as I couJd WIKII. On this October morning in 1860 I traveled with a lady who was in deep mourning. The day was ohiily, and she wore several wrapa, but, getting warm in the carriage, BLKI presently threw aside a fur cloak she was wearing, and my •ye was instantly attracted by a hand* some bpxxjh she had on, in whioh was a portrait Without appearing to do so, and with a sn idcu feeling of interest and curios­ ity for which I caunot acoonut, I man­ aged to get a nearer Yiew of the portrait. It was the faoe of the yoang inaa who had traveled with me the year before when I lost my bag. I was so certain of this that I resolved not to oontiuue my journey until I had acquainted tha police with this fact. The tram stopped at Crewe, the place from the shel ̂and, placing it beside my own, we ail three saw that m size,make, indeed in weight, they exactly rasemk led eaoh other. Although I felt that I had really made the discovery myaelf, I cheerfully paid tue inspector the cheque he deserved for the clever and prompt manner in which he must have conveyed my stmpieiju, a decidedly awkward one, to Mrs. HUwk, g - M i II_ _II THE FAMILY DOCTOR. OATAXBH.---Those who in the oold and in the fogs wish to avoid cahirrhs should be careful to inspire only through the nose. With most this will require prac­ tice, but it will lie well repaid. Those who are specially anxious to preserve their voioea--aa preachers, singers and Judges--stand in special need of this FARM ROm in harvesting; and these were necessary to keep the cutter running with a six- horse-power engine (wliich he ordinarily , used for pumping wnter). He cut the ' ensilage at three-eighths of an inch, and applied to the siio a pressure <>f 1,000 pounds to the square yard. The silos UrsAWM as it may seem, there fa more food raised in the poultry yards of France than in the stalls and pastures of England. GRANITE rooks, sand, and dust contain*! large amounts of potash. On some of our | were filled with the product of four acres sandy lauds an application of potash has j of corn and three acres of rowen. In but little eff»ct. feeding he.gave nixty pounds a day, or A I.ATRR of phosphate of lime, whioh ; two bushels to each eow. His animals is said to be very rich, haa been disoov- i liked it. It increased the quantity of ered near Apt, in the Departawnt of j their milk and its quality is excellent. Vancluse, France. Mr. Ware's silo is thoroughly built of NBARIIY all of the agricultural work ! 8*one I" c»mented, and he believes ADDITIOUL MCE lemai<t»tfc>twt»si1frs»i»Mitlw< DR. SGHENGKS MEDICINES precaution, whioh is as effective as it is where I remembered the young man left i simple, and has many and great advan- 1. JEWELER'S STORT. L It was on the 29th of October, 1859, _iat I was returning to England, hairing / - taken the steamer at Dublin for Holy- V;'t i.' hesd. Business had t&kea me so Ire- j = land--T *m a IAV. l«r--unJ it had fcssa necessary for me to visit a branch of my own firm in Dublin. I was bringing back certain valuable jewels which re­ quired resetting--diamonds of great value, and some other things of less im­ portance, but still valuable. I found all the passengers talking on one subject--tha terrible and appalling wreck which had occurred only three days before, off Moelfra, on the Angle- sea coast. N > lt-sa than 446 lives were lost that night wh^n the Royal Charter was totally wrecked. She was a screw steamer commanded by Captain Taylor. A large sum of money--£700,000 or f , £800,(W0 in gold--was lost also, it was -j,' supposed ; but I have since heard that f some of the gold haa been recovered. I */ am a silent man, habitually, and the awe fc. i * in the voices of my fel.oiv passengers j§'," - struck me forcibly; but I had another |> reason, as will presently appear, in re- B;, memberiag my journey from Dublin to P ' .London on this occasion. Iv I carried the jewels whioh I have &I- j&s/ . ready mentioned m a small black hand- ft"}' , bag, and so long as I knew that it was - safe, I was free from care. Arriving at fx Holyhead, I took my seat in an empty Eft. first-class railway carriage. Just as the Ki _ train was moving oif, however, a gentle- < , man suddenly got in. He sat down nearly opposite me, so I had a good op- portunity of observing his appearance. ,v I noticea that he was young, apparently not more than four-and-twenty, that he had a broad black band round his hat, and that on his face were traces of recent sorrow, almost, in fact, of agita­ tion. He seemed relieved at having caught the train ; and being, like ltoy- self, quite disinclined for conversation, our journev pro< e«ded in silf»t?w. My bag lay beside me, and quite under my eyes. I was tired after my crossing, and foil into a sort of doze. On waking I instantly glanced at my bag. There it lay, quite safe. My companion, how­ ever, had moved his seat. We stopped at C tie-iter, and here I thought I would get out and walk about a little, as we ad ten minutes to wait. I took my bag and got out. On my return to the train there was my companion apparently asleep. ^ I got into the carriage without distarbing him, and we continued our journey. At Crewe, our next stopping- place, he got out, and did not come back. I was very tired now, and fell into a sound sleep with my hand holding the handle of my black bag. I did not wake until 1 reached London, then getting into the first hansom I saw, and still carrying my precious bag, of whioh I was heartily tired, I drove home. On my arrival, with a method which I sup­ pose is habitual to a man in my trade, I instantly weal to the safe in whioh I keep valuable jewels, unlocked depositing the bag on a table, I it. Imagine my dismay at finding ^ instead of my diamonds, it contained eome rusty bits of iron mad wooden de­ bris. My bag was gone; this other bag had been cleverly substituted for itw-eo cleverly indeed that even the weight as well as the appearance had been judged. I put tue affair into the handH of the polioe, giving them exactly every partic­ ular ss I have written it. The bag was lost. n. ' • A year after the events unrated inthe iMtchsptOT, I was again travel­ ing on the line which takes passengers to Holyhead. It was in the beginning ai October as well as I remember! I trave'ed first-class, my usual cus­ tom when I have a long journey before me. During the year not a sign bad be n given of the missing bag or the jewels, but I had not really despaired jet e! recovering it and them, for I had a certain unaooountable feeling about the whole thing; that there was some anwtery about it, 1 felt sure. Begularly every Wednesday in even* weak I had oalled at Scotland Yard, and always had the same answer, " Nothing yet, sir." The reward I had offered waa sufficient to insure a certain interest. the train on our up journey the previous year. Here the lady alighted--I did also. A carriage awaited her at the sta­ tion--1 secured a fly, and, directing the driver to follow the carriage, I discov­ ered where the lady drove to. Her own house, evidently. She appeared to be is excellent position, and to be quite wealthy. I was not deterred by this discovery, for I felt I could not be mistaken about a face whioh, though I had certainly no­ ticed it only in a casual way at the time, had nevertheless been stamped upon my mind and connected in such a man­ ner with the loss to me of several thou­ sands of pounds. I went to the poliee station, told them what I had seen and what my suspicions were. They listened attentively to what I said, and told me that I must be mis­ taken ; that the lady in question was well known, the widow of an officer wly> had died just alter coming into a large property in the county. She had il«d two sons. One had been in the navy, and had lost his life in the wreck of the Bo v al Charter about a year previously. The other was expected home every day, and h<td been away almost ever since the end of last October. It was impossible, they said, to make inquiries in such a direction. Ill satis- tied and disappointed, I found myself compelled to leave matters as they were; but an my return to London I wrote to th.e head of the police onoe more, and reiterated my convictions so forcibly that he evideutiy was impressed by what I said. The result of my letter came, after a brief acknowledgment from the Inspector, in the vuit of a gentleman four days afterward. ul I was standing in my shop; it was a dull morning in November, and the visitor who came in spoke first to my assistant, who referred him to me, and tben in a moment I recognized my fellow-passenger. Not w'shiug to make everything quite public, I led the way tu the inner room I reserved to myself and handed the gentleman a chair. He was too exoited to sit down; but began his story at once. "Ton remenilier the day 1 traveled with you from Holyhead, BIT ?" said he. "Perfectly," I replied. "I have too good reaion to remember it" "So have L I had been on the Angle- sea coast all the night before, searching for some rclxc, perhaps the body, of my drowned brother. I had only twenty- four honrs, and was obliged to hurry back, with only a few bits of wood and iron gathered from the wreckage which strewed the beach ; these I put into a email blao&bag." "A black bag ?" said I; "had you a olack baj?" "Listen," said the gentleman. "I <iaw that you had one, and I remarked that it was like mine--BO much so that at Chester, where you got out and I did tages over all the artificial respirators yet invented. NKURATXUA.--Prevalence of neuralgia, or what commonly goes by that name, should b« regarded as a warning indica­ tive of flow condition of health, which must neoessarily render its subjects in Prussia is done by women, and the custom is now as it has always been; the men are considered far to? brave and strong to engage in anything less im­ portant than war. GUANO was first introduced in England in 1841. It costs the farmer much more than it formerly did to carry on his (arm, and the need of the hour is pro­ ducts and prioes oommensurate with his increased expenses. IT IS the turnip alone that can be de­ pended upon to mature a crop sown after the middle of August in the fall, , . . . . • - • i before the ground freezss up. Turnips peculiarly susceptible to the invasion of Lau be fed tope and all. Subsequent to 18 ' the harvesting the tops can be fed, and later on, the roots. Fed with Btraw, the turuip sets at defiance the analysis of the chemist in the amount of nutrition they the diseases of an aggressive type, always essential that the vital forces should be vigorous, and the nerve power, in especial, in full development; but neuralgia indicates a low or depressed state of vitality--a poor and weak state, and should be promptly placed under treatment. AN ARTICM FOB TOT SICK-ROOM.-- One of the most convenient articles to be used in the sick-room is the sand­ bag. Get some olean fine sand, dry it thoroughly in a kettle on the stove; make a bag, about eight inches square, of flannel, fill it with dry sand, sew the opening oarefully together, and cover the bag with cotton or linen cloth. This will prevent the sand from sifting out, and will also allow of the bag being heated quickly by plaoing it in the oven or even on the top of the stove. After onoe using it, the possessor will never again attempt to warm the hands or feet of a sick person with a bottle of hot wr ter or a brick. The sand holds the heat a long time, and the bag can be tucked up to the back without hurt­ ing the invalid. It is a good plan to make two or three of the bags and keep them ready for use. A COLD IN THB EM--This is a very common affection, and consists of an in­ flamed condition of the membiane oover- iug the eyeball and lining the eyelids, and is often due, as the name implies, to exposure to a draught. The patient feels as if soma dust had got into the eye, and can sometimes hardly be per­ suaded to the oontrary; the white of the eye itself is seen to be reddened, and there is a constant flow of blinding and scalding tears. The best treatment is to foment the eyes with pure warm bag with you instead of your own. 1 felt sure you were coming back, for you had left your coat and umbrella in the carriage, so I did not follow you." " Yes," said I, getting excited,' ,rbut that does not account " " Wait a moment," said the gentle­ man. "I know perfectly what you would say ; it does not account for my not advertising your bag or making some sort of a sign all this time--quite so-- you will understand presently how it has happened." I sat down, and begged him to do the same. "When I got out at Orewe, I took as I supposed my bag. When I reached home I found that my poor mother, whom I had left in the most utter grief and prostration at my brother's death, had not rallied at all I had told our doetor, who was there, that my search for any personal relic of my brother had been fruitless, but that I had * few bits of iron and wood from the wreck. " The doctor advised me to say noth­ ing to her about it; not to tell her even that I had these sad relics. I put the bag just as it was into a cupboar 1 in my own room, and locked it up. That very day I had to leave England. I had a business engagement which took me to Australia. If I broke the engage­ ment it would have involved my mother in considerable pecuniary loss. She knew I had to go, and as she did not urge me to stay, and as my sister and husband were with her and could take care of her, I left the house that very day, and journeyed back to Liverpool, just iu time to catch my steamer bound for Melbourne. " I only returned yesterday morning. The first thing I heard after greeting my mother was, ' Where is the bag yon brought with you from Moelfra ?' "' In my room,' I said. " ' Qet it for me,' she said. "Without another word, though I wondered how she had heard of it, I went to my room, unlocked the cup­ board, found the bag just as I had left it, and took it down stairs. " I was just joing to open it when, to my still further surprise, my mother not, you may remember you took my j draught of 00I4 air may reveal the latent 4. " >rogress of the disorder, but its cause is ong confinement in a vitiated and over­ heated atmosphere, and its proper rem­ edy ventilation and a mild, phlegm- loosening diet, warm sweet milk, sweet oatmeal porridge, or honey water. Se­ lect an airy bedroom and do not be afraid to open the windows; among the children of the Indian tribes who brave in open tents the terrible winters of the flutlso n bay territory, bronchitis, croup and diphtheria are wholly unknown, and what we call " taking cold " might often be described as taking hot; glow­ ing stoves, and even open fires, in a night nursery, greatly aggravate the pernicious effects of an impure atmos­ phere. The first paroxysm of croup can be promptly relieved by very sim­ ple remedies--fresh air and a forward and backward movement of the arms, combined in urgent cases with the ap­ plication of a flesh brush or piece of flan­ nel to the neok or upper part of the chest. Paregoric and poppy sirup stop the cough by lethargizmg the irritabil­ ity and thus preventing ttie discharge of the phlegm till ita accumulation pro­ duces a second and far more dangeroas paroxysm. These second attacks of croup (after the administration of pallia­ tives) are generally the fatal ones. When the child is convalescing, let him be­ ware of stimulating food and overheated rooms. Do not give aperient medicines; costiveness as an after eilect of pleuritic affections will soon yield to fresh air and a vegetable diet. develop. EXPERIMENTS have shown that, of 100 pounds of the dry matter of fodder, the following amounts pass into excrements, solid and liquids together: Fed to the horse, fifty-three pounds ; the milch 00W, forty-four pounds; the ox, fifty-two pounds, and the sheep, forty-eight pounds. On the average, then, about one-half of the dry matter of 'the fodder passes into the manure. ANIMALS of spirit and determination are stronger than those of much greater weight, devoid of these qualities. The thoroughbred horse of 1,000 pounds" weight can draw more than a dung-hill plug of 1,200 pounds, and can go twice the distance on the road, day in and day out, with a relative burden or draught. Blood in all of our domestic animals is superlative, as compared With low-brad stock. MB. DILLON, of Brighton, Iowa, gives his experience with sheep in 1880-1881 : "In 1880," he writes, "I sheared 140 sheep, averaging eight pounds to a fleece, or $2 in value to a sheep, and raised ninety lambs worth $2.50 per head. In 1881 I sheared 200 head and sold 8312 of wool and raised seventy-five lambs; besides I lost many lambs by the late spring and severe winter. Neither did the sheep shear so heavily as the year previous." AN OLD New Hampshire farmer writes: "I have been intimately acquainted with the farmers in my vicinity for twenty-five years, and during the whole period have water, or better with water in which two no' km>w'n a man who made farming his or three crushed poppy heads have been 011^y business to fail and become unable boiled for half an hour to extract their ^°Pay his debts. I have known a goodly sedative qualities. A shade should be number of men, who under similar cir- worn over the eyes during the intervals i cumstances, though starting with little of fomenting, and a dose of rhubarb and ' or nothing in the way of property, have magnesia should be administered. If • become owners of valuable property and themdammation does not subside in a j ^ve money to let." day or two a doctor should be consulted ; .-^FARMERS generally lay out too muoh Uk possible ; but if this is not possible j work for the help they employ. The gouu will probably be done by dropping | best rule is not attempt the cultivatiun into the eyes two or three times a day j of large areas but to make the land pro- some solution of sulphate of zine or white vitriol, in the proportion <of one grain to two table-spoonfuls of water. MANAGEMENT OF SICK CHILDREN.-- The vicissitudes necessarily incident to a primitive and outdoor mode of life are never the first causes of any disease, though they may often betray its pres­ ence. Bronchitis, nowadays perhaps the most frequent of infantile diseases, makes no exception to this rule; a Adventures of a Baby. The Kingston (N. Y.) Freeman relates the experience of a young mother in that town with her first baby. The mother, it seems, had been reared in duoe the largest yields. If one acre of ground can be. made to produce fifty bushels of wheat or 100 bushels of corn, that is far better than to appropriate two or three or four acres in the produc­ tion of the same quantities. Forty acres well tilled will, in the long run, yield better returns thaofollundM4«aml«saly managed. „ ONE of the most prevalent errors among average farmers is the negleot of making and preserving manure, and also its improper application to the ground. Collect all the refuse material you can, use your chip dirt from the wood-pile in absorbing liquid. Apply it to flat lands at any time during winter. It can then be thrown on broadcast and plowed in su soon as the ground opens. The ne­ cessity of returning as much vegetable nutriment to the ground as has been taken off by the crop cannnot be too strongly impressed upon the attention of our farmers. ' WORMS are among the best friends of the farmer; they are great borers. They go down into the earth, and the holes they make enable the air containing carbonic acid to penetrate down to the mineral matter below the surface, by which the fertilizing qualities are changed and fitted for the nourishment of plants. The worms, by opening and casting up the soil, do for the farmer what he does for himself by plowing. The farmer is indebted to the worm for producing plant food, and to the plants we are indebted for our own food. To THIS axiom every farmer should hold fast. Without continuous mannr- I ing there can be no continuous prodnc- j tions from the soil. The aim should be I to get a full remunerative crop from every cultivated acre at every harvest. We manure for the future crop too much I and for the present one too little. In doing this we lock up a part of our best capital. It has been often and well said that the manure pile is the farmer's bank, and if so the funds should be turned over rapidly and drawing good interest every time. It is the nimble sixpence which makes the money and not the slow shilling. This truism neither the farmer nor the farmer's wife should ever forget, that while wealth can do much to make home luxury, and was lacking in practical experience: "She undertook to give I attractive, taste, industry, and auVppre" rnu. I ciation of the beautiful can do wouders a "• *ijh-aai/i Au t • small gas stove, and awaited for further edit, and- Arthur?* SUre U your developments. The developments came , I opened ba£\A.™*? ... t „ as soon as the b ndimrtha* __ 1 looked at her in astonishment. ! the child a bath in a small foot tub. The lady 's mother, who lives with her, pass­ ing through the room, dipped her finger in the water, and told her daughter it was too cold for the little one, and that she would have to warm it. Instead of adding a little warm water, she placed the bath-tub with the baby in it on astonishment. 1 Well, mother,' I said, 'I am as sure as a human being can be of anything.' "1 Did you open it after you came home, dear ?' I thought for a moment, and then said, ' No, I am certain I did not. I could not bear it.' ~- "'Then,'said my mother, 'bo pro- pared for a surprise. I think yon will fin I that you have some one else's bag.' " I d.d not answer, foi I was trving to unlock the bag. «It is vary odd,' I said, ' my key won't open it.' '- My mother rang the bell, and in walked thu inspector." Here my visitor bottom of the tab began to get extra warm.) The offspring gave one yell, when the fond mother, grand­ mother and the two servants rushed ta the rescue. In the future, grandmother will look after the child, while the mother reads np on the cares of a mother and how to bring up children." Christaus oa Sunday. There was in old England a weather prophet, some el whose prognostications are among the H&iieian manuscripts in the British Musenm. His prophecies of greater scope than those of were oi greater scope ceased speaking, and, walking hastily to j Vennor and Devoe, both in the periods the shop-door, he beckoned to some per- | they covered and the subjects they treat- son seated in a hansom cab cloee by. It was my friend, the inspector of po­ lioe at Crewe. He continued the story. Bur first he placed on the table my " black bag." "There, sir," said he, " is your bag--von were qti'te right-- this gentleman took it by muitakei Thai morning when Mrs. Blank sent for me I found tnfe bag unopened. I forced the lock and found your name inside the bag. The oontents are intact, as you will see." I opened my safe, and before I would allow them to open my bag, I took his od; but it may be a source of pain to our prophets to learn that his name has not endured with his works. Here is his conjecture about a year, in the be­ ginning of which Christmas falls upon a Sunday ; Lordinges, 1 warne you al beforna, Yif that day that Crj ate waa borne Falie uppoii a Sunday That winter shall be good parfay; But grete wlndos aloft tthoJbe, Tha eoincr Nhaibe fuvie aud drgrei By kynde sky lie, wytli-uteu leuae, Throw all kmdes i*uuit>« peas, And good tyme all thyngs to don. But ha that stealeth be aballhe fownda aoaa What chylda that day borne be A great lord ha ahal be. iP .not. on'y making a beautiful home, but a happy one. The poor man may have no ooaches, and no horses, but he can hang delicate vine leaves along his porch, so exquisite in delicacy that no sculptor s art can equal it. He may have no conservatories with their won­ ders, yet he and his son can build up a coppice of bloomincr things in his door- yard of which every floral leaflet is a wonder, a mystery, and scientific study. AMONO the many unexpected develop­ ments of electrical scienoe is an applica­ tion in the hiving of bees when they a warm, successfully tried by German experimenters. It was thought by util­ izing the electric force the bees might be stupified for the necessary period of time without being injured, and the rqsnit proved the correctness of the idea, lnenrst attempt was made upon bees tuat bad gathered upon trees, the insects falling upon the ground in a kind of trance which admitted of their beiupr safely handled. The next stage in the experiment was to capture the bees when tney were about to swarm. By intro­ ducing the ends of two connecting wires into a fully-occupied honeycomb, and turning on the current, the bees were rendered inactive for about thirty min- utes, while no bad results appeared to follow their,awakening. THE experience of B. P. Ware, is very favorable to ensilage. Lnst year he planted four acres of Blunt's prolific, a Southern corn, some of whioh grows to fifteen feet m height, and some will we,'5 .m,no to the stock. He cultivated with three horse power, and seven men and two horses were employed this necessary in order to secure the best TTvi All results with the lea«t amount of labor,-- i U 11U.U IIM li\5U. v ULTUKI American Cultivator. HOUSEHOLD HELPS. CONSUMPTION, The Originals of the following Letter*, as well as many thousand others, which lack of space In this paper prevents oor publishing, can be sera by tij one at the Office of Dr. J. H. Sehenck k BOB, in Philadelphia. We ask the afflicted to go and see the people who write these Letters. If this is impossible, write to them, stamp for return postage. For other Certificates of Care*, send for Dr. Schcnck's Book on Consumption, Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia. It gives a full description of these diseases in their various forms; also, valuable information la regard to the diet aad clothing of the sick; how and when ex­ ercise should be taken, &c. This book is t he result of many years of experience in the treatment of Lung Diseases, and should be read not only by the afflicted, bat by those who, from hereditary taint or other canse, suppose themselves liable to any affection of the thro.it or lungs. IT IS SENT FREE, POSTPAID, TO All APPLICANTS. Address Tir. <T. If. Schtm^k & Bmm, JTo. 631 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. DR. SCHKNCK De&r Sir--I have uaed yonr Pu'toonle Pyrep. Faawaad Tonic snd Mandrake Pit's in my fam ty for ye" ra, and have always found them (rood ond reliable medicines. I betters that they will do all that yon ela:m fir them. W. H. BLAKE. Captain, Stosuaer John B. Hands, Memphis and St. Louis Packet Llw. (Tram the Detroit Free Frees •' Household."] , HABRISOX PUDDING. --Four cupa flour. two-thirds enp melted butter, one cap molasses, one cup raisins, one cup milk one teaspoonful soda. Mteam three hours; eat with hard sauce. LEMON HONEYCOMB.--Sweeten the juioe of a lemon to taste, and put it into the dish it is to be served in. Mix white of an egg, beaten with a pint of rich cream and a little sugar. Whisk it, and as the froth rises put it on the lemon juice. Do it the day before it is to be used. TOMATO TOAST. --Run a quart of stewed ripe tomatoes through a colander, plaee in a porclain stew pan, season with but: ter, pepper and salt to taste; cut slices ' inclosing a of bread thin, brown on both sides, but- ' ter and lay on a platter, and when ready to serve add a pint of good sweet cream to the ste wed tomatoes and pour over the toast. TOMATO SOOT.--To one quart of water add eight large tomatoes, cut them in •mall pieces, boil for twenty minutes. then put in a half a tettspoonful of soda, let it boil a few minutes more, then add about a pint of sweet milk; season as you would oysters; bread crumbs, sago, barley or rice may be added. A con of tomatoes can be nsed in. the winter tea- son. j KENTUCKY POTATOES.-J-Sl ice the pota­ toes thin, as for frying, knd allow them to remain in oold water for half an hour, then put the slices into/a pudding dish, with salt, pepper and pome milk--about half a pint to an ordinary pudding dish. Put into oven and bake an hour. Take out and cut a lump of butter the size of a hen's egg into small bits and scatter over the top. PUMPKIH PIE.--For one pie, take a generous half pint of rich milk and heaping tablespoouful of pumpkin. One egg beaten separately. Half tca^poonful flour. Sugar to suit taste, ginger, nut- meg, cinnamon, just a suspicion of each. Beat all well together, adding the whip- Eed white of egg last, which should e stirred in quickly btit thoroughly. Bake fifteen or twenty minutes in a brisk oven. HIOKOBY-NUT GAXB.--Take two ooffoo cups of granulated sugar, beat to a 2ream, with three-quarters of a cup of butter, the yolks of five eggs, almond fla­ voring, a little salt, half a cup of cream, ^ ^ ^ and two teaspoonfuls of yeast powder j bow good your medicine* were in Bach disease*, and ad- put into three oup.s of flour. The batter should be very stiff when mixed; and then add a pint of blanched hickory-nut meats, Bplit, and lastly, the beaten whites oi the eggs. Bake two hours. WHITE MOUNTAIN ASH CAKX.--One One pound white sugar, one teacup of blotter, half cup sweet milk, the well beaten whites of ten eggs added last, ane-half teaspnonful soda, one teaspoon- fnl of cream of tartar, three cups flour; flavor with almond ; bake on jelly cake tins, with icing between. For wing use: One pound white sugar and the welt- beaten whites of three eggs. The flavor af a grated eoooanut is also very nico in it. COBN BREAD.--One pint of bntter- milk, one pint corn meal, one teaspoon- ful each of sugar and soda, one table- spoonful stewed pumpkin. Dissolve soda in buttermilk; make the lard hot, and stir in last. This makes a common- sized round pie-pan full, and requires half an hour to bake in a rather hot oven. Don't omit the pumpkin; for as "one of the family" facetiously quotes--"corn bread with the pumpkin left out is 'Hamlet* without the ghost." MUFFINS.--Take two eggs, separata the whites from the volks, beat both very lighty, add two cups of buttermilk to the yolka and stir in sufficient sifted lour to make a stiff batter, then two ta- bh spoonfuls of boiling hot lard, one-half teaspoonful soda dissolved in a table- spoonful of warm water and a little Bait. Make ready the tins, grease them well, bnt be careful that they are not hot enough to smoke when greased ; next stir in one-half teacup of sweet milk, one- half teaspoonful baking powder, mixed in a tablespoouful of flour, and lastly the whites of the eggs. Bake in a quick oven. BREAKFAST TOAST.--Cut slices of a uniform thickness, of half an inch; move around over a brisk fire, to have all parts toasted alike; keep only so near the coals that the pieces will be heated through when both sides are well browned. If the slightest point is Slackened or charred, scrape it off, or it will spoil the flavor of the whole. If covered with an earthen bowl it will keep both warm and moist. A clean towel or napkin will answer if it is to go at once to the table. Stale bread may be used for milk toast; sour bread may be improved by toasting it through, but sweet, light bread, only a day old or less, makes the best toast. MUTTON CUTLETS, TOMATO SAUCE.-- Take half a can of tomatoes (selecting have been passed through a sieve; stir the sauce well. Broil quickly over a liot fire half a dozen trimmed mutton cutlets, arrange them on a hot platter and pour the tomato sauce around them. This dish should be served smoking hot to be Sood. IO most solid part) and stew them twenty minutes with a little parslev, two cloves, pepper and salt. Put a teaspoon­ ful of bntter in a clean saucepan ov« r the fire, and when it reaches the bubbling point add a large teaspoonful of flour. Mix this smoothly, and when thoroughly oooked add the tomato, which must first ST. LOUIS, MO.. DM. lath,fa*. DK. J. H. senmex: i Dear Sir--In the full of 1871 my son wax taken sick, find several ol the prominent doctora of this 0 ty prononnced his disease Consumption. By their adrloe I took him Sooth.but the ol)an#«<>f climate Aid him no good. Soon after this Captain Blake, sn intimate friend, told nse vised me to give them a trial. I did a >. and he soon be­ gan to g»in flesh and strength, and finally wr.a entirely eared. I chuerfnlly recommend year medicines to kit who are similarly afflicted. Yours ru3y, rUK'l'KK JLKONARD, ., Corner Ninth aad Pine Streets. From a prominent Dry-Goods Merchant of Grass Lake, Michigan. DR. J. H. SCHEHCK, Phll delphia, Pa.: Dear Sir--Some y-'ir* ago I was toW by several of the best phje>;lan* of this oounty that 1 hid Consumption, snd that I could live but a hort tmn. I h-d 11 the symptoms- night sweats, a dry .-ou#h. vr.th severe ptin In my lnngs at times, nd I wsa very short of breath with the least exertion. My appet te was very poor, nnd I be­ came so weak that I was naable tn attend io any busi­ ness. I received ro Ijenefit. from the remedies given me by physicians, und 1 was at last induced to try your med­ icines by reading tne cer ificatea of oose< pnblishe.1 by yon. I at once began to improve, and they finally mad* s perfect cure. I am now in perfect health, and in eetlve boalnaas la thla place, where I am well known by alL I hive advihed manir others to use your mod cues, and oan tell of sosae wonderful cures mode L»y them, to thoso who may be In­ terested. I believe that your remedies will onre Con­ sumption, even in lte bdv*nced«tsges, aa yon olaint. Yours truly, A. SHELLY. Of the Arm of Smith 4 Shelly, Diy-Goods Merfihaate, OCT. 97th, 1880. Onus Lake. Mleh. From E. Narmandin, Jr., Esq., of Woonsoeket, It. I. DK. SCHKVCK A SOW, Philadelphia: Dear Sirs--I hive been enred of what I believe to have ! heen I rer Complaint in it* worst form, whioh, befote I i get relief, > ffectei my lungs qqjle setiously. I h<d used the medicines prescribed by a physieinn of this place for a Ions time without benelt bpfore I began to take y.tus remedies. I first heard of them by your advertisement in the l*atriot of this place, and, concluding to aee tliem, I purchased a bottle of Pulmonic Syrup and Seaweed Ton<o. They gave me great rel ef, and by the time I hnd a«ed them up I felt almost well. So I stopped namg them for some time, but I soon fonnd th.it the disesae. wsa not broken np. I tuen got more medioiae, and con­ tinued using it until 1 woe well. Hy symptoms were continuous eongh, night sweats, raising of matter streaked with blood, soi eness In my lungs und at the pit of my stomach, which was also very much swollen at times. I was so weak that I could not go up tta r* without help, and wne coniined to tho home for many weeks. I was very much reduced in tl<»9 i and bad no appstite, and noth-ng I ate seemed to digest. Since my tecove'y I have recommend«d your racdicines to a great many; among others, a lady who had whnt every one supposed to be Conaumptiufi of the lungs for four yesrs. Sbe haa o: tirely recovered by tho use of th<rm, and is now a strong, be'lthy wmnn. I can a'4? refer to ol heri fited by their »*» refer to oi hers in this place who have been greatly bvR- Yours truly, K. NABMA.NDM, JR. Woovaocur. R. I.. Jane 1st, 1881. 1 The Re?. Joseph 8. Lame, Pastor of I8th Street Hethodist Epis­ copal Church of Philadel­ phia, writes tiiidor iato of Sept* 1st, 1881: Five yean ago I waa a great nflerer from Djrspepefa, Bronchial Affection and Pulmoniry trunbte. I tried mmy romedins without receiving any benefit. I wsa so sick thtyt. I t hought many times t hat I should be onmp^Ued to give up pniachlng. I at 1 st procuied Dr. Schenck's remedies; in a short f me they restored m to perfect health, and I have remained well to thla day. I beltova them to have great enrativa propsrtiaa. These Strange Peculiarities. There are several marked peculiarities and coincidences in -the year. If you add the first two figures together the sum is 9, and if you add the last two the sums will be 10. Then if TOU add the two sums together the result wall be 19. Now, if you divide the third figure by the fourth yon will have 4. The fourth figure in the year is 2, and two times 4 is 8. See? Then if you add together the first and last figures you have 3; and three times 2 is 6. Now, then: si* times 8 is 48, and five times 6 is 30. So if you subtract the firet figure of the , year from the second you will have 7- me/or *,nng t,me- 1 ̂ beMer nn(,"r ^ V* tut « subtract the {bird snie, md for months 1 did not sleep more than two or tiree hours m a night. My tongue waa heavily ooated. •nd I had a bad taste ia my taeoth. 1 had the hs.dsshe almost all the time. Why I have the Utmost Confidenoe in Dr. J. II. Scheiick and his Medicines. During the past two years my mother and brother iMe died of Consumption. I waa myself quite unwell most of this time, and when, shortly after Uieir deaUi, I was attacked witii cough and severe hnnonh*gus, I naturally concluded that I wis d«itiiw»l to go w.t'i the same dis­ ease. I immediately consulted a phys cinn wlio made a •pcoialty of lung diseases. After examining me, he sail that he thonght my lungs were soand aad that I woaM aoon recover. In laaa than a week after thla I had ao- otlitT seveio hemorrhage. Thinking that my physician had made a mistake in my oase, I oonsultoi another doctor. He thought my lungs sffected. and prescribed my confidenoe ia b*a ability w-*a well pie--a. I took the Itaadialm FUlai Seewoed T aieaad Fuhaoaia SyrapaS at one Uine. aa directed i y b m, and within «qe month my worst symptoms were gone. I went t > see the d< etc* en bli next visit t-> Boston, w-i!ch was one m with after the 12n?i timu 1 » w him. and he aald. " Only oontlnoe with the niediotne and T u till surely get well." I did eo.and kept on gaining in evary way naril I waa perfectly wall and a' le ta w irk as usual. t"'ii>o» my reoavory I bave not loat a day's time ex «pt when I tMur»m»g« fiiendly tiaita to the doc'or at hb Buat-jn offioc. My oongh to gone, my appetite Is g od. I bave no hendaehe or pain la nay side, I elrnp bnttar than I rver did La my life, and T tangs are apparently oealed, sc I have no h-«aorrhagec. These a e the reasons why I betievs in and reaommemt Dr. J. H. Schenci and his meuloinea. lie did just whet be aaid ha would do for me, aad i betieve Uut I ewe mF life to hla meditnnas aad esse. WD R T1DUL Hcsaov, llsas. May «h, 1M. you subtract the third figure from the fourth you will have a lonely time explaining how you do it. But 7 in 11 yon can't, and twice 1 is 2, and once 2 ia 2, too. These interesting and instructive ,, _ AAmVilimtioTiKL A? # ai • I Fe iin* that something most be done, I at Iwt ooo-combinations of figures of this year may j duded t« consult with Dr.schenck.t^physiotawbo. be earned out by an ingenious person to I think, 1 have good reason to belieWto be the host in Herefaiy Consumption OB. SCHKHOK: Dear 8ir-l» tha autumn ef HH I hid a seven eaagfc, wlta terrible pain in my » dee and between my shoulders I had very lut-e appetite, and wh^t lit t a I could eat only distressed me. 1 e nsultcd phys:oiana, who Mid my con­ dition was a very bad one. and gave ma five dit«M4 cough syrups and tonics, frum wh oh I reoaived na b» efit. but seemod to grow worse, and kept 1 >slng tteah strength. I nad right ewenta, and swe t most of the time during the day. 1 oou^hed und ralaod blood and a salt, foamy phlecmi my thio&t was filed with nicer*. I could hardly swallow; soruet mcs I could not speak a loud trord for weeks; my longs grew more painful every day with difficult breathing, wh le pleuriqy pains woeid almost stop my breath. I had eelie pains, sour stomach aad yomiling up everything I ate. My wh(4a body wag Al.sd with pain. I bouid not lie down, bat had to rechae taa sitting posture to bretthe. I gave up aiid did not think of ever getting up agafct aa it was hard moving myself; agr feet and ankles begaa to swell badly, and my h ps bad given out long befo^ Ia this sinking oondiUou I thought I would try Jiar remedy for oonmurapUon; it might dj ma aome good; Hi could do mo no tiarm, ior I was oertain I oould not live a month longer the way 1 Was. At that time--May, 1979--1 procured your Pnlraonte Syrup, Seaweed Tome and PiHs, and took them as direct­ ed. Is a week I waa better, und begaa to throw oC irota the lungs a greenish-yellow matter streaked with Mood. loonld eat a lltt.'e wWteut th owing it ap.ths paiac la my sides were not so severe. I could aeep aa boat very soundly, aad that waa what I had not done tor three months. I took yoar medicines steadily sli months, my ooagb got better. 1 did not sweat so bod at nlghta. kept gaining alowly.and in a year alter I b^aa yoar madlc.Uec I oould say 1 felt well. I began to ga n flesh, nnd last September weighed sag hundred and thirty.fivs peuads, Kftaca pounds ants than I ever weighed beiore in my li'e. Your mc'Iicines, I know, saved my ; aad I weaM Hey, irom my own experience, te all c<J4 jumptleea, take Dr. ifohenok's medicines, fer they «1U certainly cars you. I had C> -nptimption; H Is haiedfteiy in car faaaOy, ay fathor nnd two brothers h 'vtng died at U. I have had better health the pa-4 winter thaa far tae yeurs previous. Yours rrspoctfaUy. MRS. SARAH A. OABTKB. CanusLB, Mass, April M >, USfc From jjfr. Peter Christopher, of Pawnee, 111. D*. J. H. SCHEKOK t SON, Phllade'phla: Usntlsman--It yon will ezvuee t he liberty, I weald Hhe to state to you how your medici;uw have cured SBC d wh»t seemnd :i fat il oase of Consumption. Tliree years ago I waa taken sick, aad was told by ay phys&ians^wh j were many and fiom all parts--that I could not live three months. I took, besides a 1 Ihah pnwtcrl-ittohs, ht loast seventy-five bottles of Cod-Uesr Oil. At last, after every b pg elae had proven fruitless, 1 wrote to you to send me teu bottles of your medicine; to which you repltt-d, advising me, for UM sake of eoaa to got st Of the nc<tr»t drugging woloh I did; ao4 dt»t having taken two bottles, my e aigh. whioh had been very violent̂ became etaier; my fi lends, wbe had boon do?j>cndent, beoame enooaraged. sa I waa, aad I continued taking the msdicine. I had sougiisd sp Immense euaatWea el hlaa^ al was very much reduoed, weigh tig lees th in one limilled pounds. To-day 1 am well and hearty; my weight haa nereasod to one hundred and eighty pounda. It is, with­ out doubt, to yoar medicines ih it 1 owe my life. I bave no hesitation In deolarlng t vat tbey possess all the qaat- lties you claim for tlietn, and more toe. I am still arias them In my family as a preventive, for 1 have had mm sickness for a long time. Yours respeotfu ly, PBTEB CHBISTOFMlk Fawmex. IiL, June Da. J. H- SCHKMUg, Philadelphia, Fa.: . Dear 8ir--Seeing one of yoar agents dMHNIa||W books in this village u few days ago, has reminded M of the past, and has made me feel that I ought to ae- knowledge with ge tdtode the benefit I eooe teasticd frum your medlchiee. I was a soldier in the army from 18VS to 1S8S, and wbm musterttd out was In a crtpp!«d state, h »v ng hsd, durhe my service, scurry nnd camp fever, which, with the ms- lane of the swamps in which uiuoh of <mr opcr tioos were oarried on, left me diseased all over. I was attacked with oh onlc diarrhea and a cmstant, hacking O'/ngh. My whole nervmia py>tom was c mpletely pro*, tr̂ ted. I was apparent y fnst approving the grave. In looking over t.::e newtp pers to find something adver­ tised that would do tae good, I found the advertiscakSBt of yonr med ciiiee. Thotwh I h d bat 1 ttle Mth, I bought the Syrup and Tonic, and commenced their use. I soon found that what you said of yonr medicines was title, for they worked an onti.e revolution in my ayststa --my cough gradually grew less, until H dliappeaied al> together, ss did < Iso my diarrhea slid ether slarmhsg symptoms, snd I Was entirely oured. I shall always hold hi grateful remembrance twe things--(he "Coope--Sbop" Ptee-Refreshment Safcxm for Soldlors, of Ph Jade phia. and Dr. Hhenck's Medi­ cines, of Phil«de phla. I believe fee medio-nes saved my life, as I have stated. Pardon the late acknowledg­ ment of the great benefit I have received from yoa. Your cbedien' servant, JOEL S. STKVENS, lCth Regiment Maine Votnntocrs, Army of the 1 Present Bcsidonoc--Orange, Franklin Go., MAT 38th, 1M1. DR. SCWS MANDRAKE PILLS! Do not produce sickness at the stomach, griping. On the eontmy, they are so mlla and ab.e in their action that a person suffering with a stok headache, sour stomach or pain in the bowels ia speedSy relieved of there distreailng symptoms. Tbey act < ly on the liver, the organ which, when in a healthy < ditioa, purifies the blood for tlie whole body. Tbey are a perfect preparation of that great and m known remedy. Mandrake or Podophyllln, a that has displaced the usq of merotux. as well as I other polsonou •. drugs, in the practice of every ink Digest physician. Prof. John King, of the College of Medicine, of Cla- oiunatl, says: " In Constipation it acta upon the bowels wlthmt di^>oslng them i > snbseqnent oostivenesa. Ia Chronto Liver Complaint there is aot its equal in the who«e range of medicines, being vastly more useful tbaa mercurial agents, arousing the liver to healthy action, increasing the flow of b le. and keeping up these aeMens longer than any othor agent with which we arc acquaint­ ed." (See American Disi*naatoiy, page TOO.) In all cases of Liver Complaint or Dyspepsia, whoa there in a great weakness or debUMy. Or. acfcenek'e aesweed Tsals should be assd la ooaacotkn «ua these Pttls. BR. SCHENCK'S MEDICINES l MANDRAKE PILLS, SEAWEED TONIC, I PULMONIC SYRUP ArescAd by all Dragatsts, aad full directions for I mm ate printed oa tbe wrappers of every package. an almost indefinite extent. --Burling- "»• treatment of lung disease. I went to bts office in (on Hawkeve. j Boston and was examined. He fournl my left lung quite ^-- I badly d iaoABed and my liver tonoualy He told THERE IS ft long md WCWWOtt® Stop ( &• th.it I ooald be cured If I wou'd follow till direction#. bdtWMi adimintiCfl Mid W cwtn I comaat̂ d to do ao, »&d X wy uw tbft! Errors af Collocation. "He blew out bis brains after his wife good-b^r with a gun"--an extract from a Oonneoticnt paper--is pleasimr • and that is a very fine Irish flavor in tha Ulster epitaph, " Erected to the memory of John Phillips accideutaJlf shot as a mark of affection by his brother/- Bnt the gem of ; the collection is an advertise­ ment from an English paper : "A for sale by a lady about to cross the Channel in an oak case with carved 1MM " --•Saturday Review. A TOBACCO ehewer who is constantly expectorating, is enough to make a sin­ ful world believe in the existence of a bottomless spit. --XieubeAiviilc HeraUL