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• ' , n\ i fJfer v WAt 1 #AM»f III* toVfctt art a while In Boms. perhaps, a dewm pictures,; L Ort y«*u bum OP »nd come h«w»| Then to tern the wIrfM*** ** rm u ben ttef ••• r°"T »«fterP'^e> " Paw tki feoack of palatini? ptcUirea T*ke *wtk time ud elbow gr^asef* Wmmf ttaftr psn» *7i'*"1 And it J« t« write * poem Glowing with poetif fire, £' Fall Ol passion. <hp loo*in* After aompthinx better, S.KJ Some time read it to the nelghl)fli% < An 5 then, feeling like a fool. t'-S.-V'-:. Hear one m;, " I wrote Mich vt>< M AJK„ *«l «ften whU# 10 80,1001! Ml . Faawf ItIs to keep on painting^ t; Keep on writing » inclined, j, i; S.V»P Till the world that lie? beyond , V Your position has delined. ?i#;' ' It Is labor till your piemree , . . J£ Are exeliatigwi for so much golB|* k" Till your poems, like poUtoea ; •»•;•'. ite In the market can be aold. After you bare climbed the laddH'^*1 •' iu -v . From the very lowest round. *v.4l' Then the neighbors pat your shoMMV .ft; And vonr fulsome praises sounfl,.. After hiving, with your talent, A. Learned the money-making art, ^ Then they f=av, " We always loved you; • <i *«• Always said that you were smart! . J , v< i aal Oir.wn in the Bosf'jn ZVatMcrfpjN THB SIGNAL SERVICE. ;«ftfctWarkFwftipM>ytt» •tons an Takea-taproveaMWi Wfekk - SUive Been !•*»<!«> SA Stlwie«. [From the Boston Budget.) The United States ( Signal Service, starting from a mere experiment, has grown into one of tho most important branches of the National Government So rapid and steady has been its pro­ gress that where but a few years ago, the department was devoted only to a limited number of scientific researches, it is now employed to aid thousands of farmers, mariners, business men and the public generally in the daily avoentions. The Signal Service is under charge of flte War Department, and the men de­ tailed far the work are subjected to a spec­ ial course of instruction. The training consists in a thorough drilling iu mili­ tary signalling, telegraphy, meteorology, and the duties of observation and re­ port, together with the construction of telegraph lines and other similar studies. The headquarters are in Washington, in sharge of Gen. Hazen, and throughout the United States over 500 men are em- Sloyed in this branch of the service, 'here are 150 stations of the first class, trom which the reports are sent daily to the central office, besides 100 sub- itatious. In Canada there are eighteen telegraph stations and daring th- stormy «eason reports are received from five liferent points in the West Indies. Those stations along the coast and on the great lakes devote most of their snergies to the interest of commerce, rhile in all the large inland cities obser­ vation points are established which fnr- aish information, especially adapted to the agricultural classes. The advantages to be derived from these reports need oot be mentioned here, for'there is scarcely a class in society which is not benefited by them. Each year improve­ ments are made, and the facilities for imparting information increased, so that the department now accomplishes what a few years ago would have been deemed almost impossible. Every one lot ks with interest at the "probabilities" which appear in the daily pap rs, but perhaps few are aware how much -study and calculation are necessary to compile them, and were it better known what a vast amount of labor is required there would be less grumbling because the information is not always correct. As the work of all the stations is similar, a brief description of the Boston office will serve as a good example. The Boston Station was originally lo­ cated at the corner of Court and Sudbury •beets, but on August 1, 1875, was re­ moved to the Equitable Building, where it is now located. Two rooms are occu­ pied by the observers, one for the print­ ing office and the other for the observing zoom. In the latter apart- ont are a number of telegraphic instruments, bar­ ometers, thermometers, hy; rometers and similar meteorological apparatus. On (be roof of the building is the time ball, <rf which mention will be made later on • also instrument shelter, where all ex­ posed instruments are kept, the register­ ing vane and an instrument for measur­ ing the velocity ftf the wind. These lat­ ter contrivances register automatically in the room below, and are used in making BP the tri-daily reports which are for­ warded to Washington. Boston is a sta­ tion of the first-class, and is the centre o£ a district containing twelve sub-sta- tions, the territory included in the dis­ trict extending from Newburyport on the north to Martha's Vineyard on the south. In many respects Boston is one of the most important stations in the service, as the district covers a large water front. The officer in charge is Sergeant L~ib- manu, and under him are thro2 assistant observers, two for night work and oue for day duty. Ail observations are taken by Wash­ ington time, which is twenty-three min­ utes slow as compared with Boston time. These observations are mode daily at 7 o'clock p. m. and 11 a. m. The work consists in measuring the height of the baroaiacer, the direction and velocity of the wind, the humidity, dew point, aipountand kind of clouds, and the tem­ perature. The general appearance of the sky and any remarks which may In*, use­ ful in making up the weather report are also noted, and after the observation is completed the result is immediately telegraphed in cipher to the central of­ fice in Washington. At the morning ob­ servation the minimum thermometer and barometer is noted, and the maximum at niqrht, both of which calculations aiv also forwarded. Great skill and care are necessary to make an accurate and suc­ cessful observation, and only men nf long experience are entrusted with this duty. The office is always open, one or more men being on duty aH the time. At Washington the telegrams from all the different stations are thus receive ! three times a day at Gen. H«z 11's . tli e in Washington, where over om hundred men are on dntv. The territory covered extends from Olympia to the northwest Coast of British Atuer'ca, ncmn t!ie oonntry to Sidney al>ove Newfoundland, down to Havana, across to San Diego, Cal.. and thence back to 01vmp:ft. As the dispatches are all taken at Washing­ ton time, they consequently a-rive at the central office at nearly the *:ima hour. Six assistants receive the^e des­ patches, each of whom has hefoiv hi in a huge map or chart. One wrli note the thermometer at different points an­ other the height of the barometer, a third the moistnre, and so on. These deductions are transferred to one large map, for the use of the chief observer. At a glance he can see any atmospheric disturbance which is taking place in the Country, and by noting the direction in which the storm is moving, and com­ paring previous reports, he can deter­ mine its velocity and warn the stations tying in its probable track. Then there fie the wind currents, the temperature, humidity and numerous other details which are taken into consideration and from them the weather for the' different •actions of the country is ea'cul ited. These indications are taken d iwu l»v a ; .Stenographer and forwarded by tele­ graph all over the country. All of the potieas concerning the weather, no mat- tear for what point of the oountry they tnay be intended, are issued from the Central office at Washington, and none are made up at the local office, as many suppose. Connected with the Boston office is a 4*>«»>lete printing establishment, in %'hich circulars are struck off at mid- ight, stating what the weath»r will irobably be for the coming twenty-four :ours. These are sent early in the inorning to some eight hundred points throughout the district; and posted up in Conspicuous places, such as postoffijcs, (railroad deput.-i and the like, so that farmers aud others may be apprised of the coming state of the weather. No |lonbt many of our readers have noticed fcolored flags flying from the roof of the KquitaMe Buildiug wiiich are termed f torm signals. This feature is one of he most important in the Signal Ser^ioe, especially to those engaged in the ship­ ping iuterests. Contrary to the general ,belief these flags are displayed only to •warn against dangerous winds and not for storms of rain or snow. There are two signals, one being a large red flag with a black center and the other a smaller red Jftag with a black center dis­ placed belcnv a white flag with a black center. The former signal indicates the approach of a stroug wind from any quarter aud the latter denotes an off­ shore gale. At night colored lanterns are hoisted in placa of flags. These flags are displayed only by orders from Washington, and not at the instance of the local observer. The ser­ geant in charge of the principal office of a district will receive instructions to dis­ play a certain signal, whereupon the flag is raised and a dispatch Is immediately forwarded to the different sub-stafcions in the district. It is intended that the storm rial shall be displayed about twenty- four hours ahead of an approaching gale, and it will at once be seen how valuable is this information to all who follow the sea. There is another signal flag which is sometimes raised at Southern stations to warn of the probability of a frost. This is indicated by awhite flagf but the signal is not official from Washington, it being shown by order of the locsl obser­ vers. No signal of - this kind is ever dis­ played in this sectidb. of the country. It lias for some time been in contempla­ tion to furnish the farmers with special indications during the harvest time. It has also been proposed to use colored rockets in the early morning. The idea was to locate a small cannon at each sta­ tion, and when a storm was known to be ap; roachhr in the night to fire it off, and thus warn the farmers in season to take in their crops. This plan has not yet been put into effect, but it is prob­ able that some such measure will ulti­ mately be adopted. Among the innovations made by Gen­ eral Hfizen is the fnrnishing to different sections of the country special reports of floods, the condition of the large rivers, and their probable rise or fall within twenty-four hours. There are also reports made for the Southern States re­ lative to the weather during c; tton-pick- ing time, the signals being displayed from the telegraph stations. At the Me­ chanic's Fair in this city there was an exhibit of all the methods and in­ struments now used by the signal service, also the maps, oharts, etc., employed, and tire general workings of the depart­ ment shown. Besides the above, the apparatus used by the service during the war was displayed, contrasting the difference with that now employed. The exhibit on the main floor of the large building,- proved one of the most in­ teresting features of the fair. Judging from the past history of the service it would he difficult to fix a limit to its fu­ ture advancement. New discoveries are made each year; the department is in communication with scientific men in other c611 utries, and stations are con­ stantly l ieing located at points particu­ larly adapted for observation. Who can tell but that in a short time the Signal Service may not only foretell disastrous storms, but be able in a mea-ure to miti­ gate them, to offer suggestions for induc­ ing rain in sections suffering from long- continued drought, and to temper the fierce heat of summer and allay the win­ ter's cold? Scarcely more wonderful would these results l>e than what has al­ ready been accomplished by the service within the past ten or twelve years, and the time may not be far distant when even the elements shall yield to man's scientific skill and ingenuity. FARM NOTES* Sever («o Into a Place Where You Would Not Take Yonr Wife. A young man in Carsoh got married a?d started for California witn his young wife. As he boarded the train his father bade him bood-bje and gave him the paternal blessing. "My son," said thp aged sire, shak­ ing with emotion, etc., " remember these words it you never see me again : Never go into a place where you wouldn't take your wife." The conple settled in Mariposa County, and the old man went down to visit them. Ha proposed a bear hunt, and they were fortunate enough to track a grizzly to his {lair among some bcuil'.ers in the ch:>p- paral. As the two approached, the l>eur roused up and sent forth a growl of de­ fiance tbi:t shook the trees. "Go in there and kill "im," said the old man, excitedly. The son held back, further acquain­ tance with the bear seeming in some re­ spects undesirable. " Count me out," he said. " Have I crossed the seas and settled in- America to raise, a coward ?" shouted the father, brandishing his gun. " I recollect your advice when I left Caison," was the reply. " How can I forget yonr sage precepts ? Didn't you te l me never to go where I conkln't take mv wife? Now, bow would Sal look in there with the bear ?" The old man clasped his dutiful son to his bosom, and us the b, ar issued forth excUnnn-'d: Speaking of Sally, let us hasten home. Our prolonged absence might cause her needless alarm." In about ' fifteen minutes tliey had Fios are able to oonsome far more food in proportion to their weight than either sheep or oxen. COMBS and wattles of fowls may be prevented from freezing by oiling them so as to prevent their getting wet. A. B. Gory, of Michigan, is said to have exhibited an onion seventeen inches in circumference, weighing upwards *>f two pounds. GKEEN manuring, or the plowing in of green crops, is especially adapted for light, sanv soils, which ueed humus to increase their retentive power. SHEEP husbandry iu the Western States and Territories is becoming one of the most profitable financial invt stments of the day. Under proper management the same might be said of other sections of the country. SHEKP should be tagged regularly, and kept clean. They should be culled every year, aud those in any manner de­ ficient in form or age should be put in a separate pasture and fattened for the butcher. IT IS estimated that there is not more than one acre of land to a farm in Ver­ mont plnuted to corn. This seems strange for a dairy State, aud when the corn fodder is worth as much per .acre as the hay crop. IT IS claimed for corn fodder preserved ill silos, that it has the merit of exciting to its highest point the appetite for oil cake in the feeding of animals, which at the commencement is commonly so re­ pugnant. IF THE pucumber which grows nearest the root be saved for seed for a num­ ber of years in succession, the result will be a smaller and earlier variety. If the fruit on the extremity be saved it will produce a larger and later variety. CHICKENS which, from natural disposi­ tion, or from being kept on food too stimulating in its character, begin very early to lay eggs, are generally stunted in growth and, consequently, never be­ come the fine, large birds so desirable for the table or the market. A CELEBRATED French agriculturist, who for many years, held first rank in the art of fattening sheep, when urged to divulge his secret, replied: " My secret ? I have none; it is only a question of fare. Induce the animals to eat abundantly by a large, choice variety and good prepara­ tion of food ; that is ali there is to it." PROP. BBAIJ, at the Michigan Agricul­ tural College, has one hundred different grasses and clovers growing, each in a separate bed, in the garden attached to the college. It has taken several years to make the collection, to which addi­ tions are constantly being made. Sets of six of these plants have been sent to several different colleges. FINE butter can only be obtained by churning at a favorable temperature li the temperature of the cream is too low the butter will be long in coming, and will be hard in texture. If the tempera­ ture be too high the butter will come very speedily, but the product will be greasy, destitute of grain, and deficient in quantity. THE seeds of golden millett form an excellent grain for feeding chickens during the first three weeks of their lives. Very small chick* need very small seeds, as is shown by their con­ stant search for the minute Beeds of grass. Small whole seeds are the best Erevision in the grain line for young irds. ON THE fifth story terrace of a gigantic house in Washington street, Paris, twenty yards long, six and one-half feet wide, and overhanging the street, the owner has an aerial garden where he success­ fully grows pears in twenty varieties, currants, gooseberries, and roses, all of a quality and beauty equal to the those that have their footing on the solid earth. WHEN people see a horse's head drawn up by the bearing rein, and see him step­ ping 6hort and champing his bit, and flinging his foam flakes to the right aud left, tossing his head and rattling the harness, they assume that he is acting in the pride of his strength and fulness of spirit; whereas, the animal is really suffering agonies of pain, and is trying to gain by these movements momentary relief. HERB STHBIJEB'S researches do not con­ firm the theory that light hinders germ­ ination of seeds generally. He admits the probability, however, that light may not be advantageous in the case of seeds that germinate quickly and easily, such as clover, beans, or peas. He says that the germination of certain seeds, es­ pecially those of ti"> grasses, will not take place at all, or with great difficulty, in darkness. THE soot of Boft, or rather bituminous coal, dusted upon onions when wet with dew, is said to be a remedy for the mag*- got. The mother fly closely resembles the house fly. As soot is a good fertili­ zer, nothing is lost by its application, even if it does not always destroy the maggot. If soot from this variety of coal will destroy the maggot, it might be well to try soot derived from the burning of pitch pine or other soft woods. THE scales which drop off from iron when beinsr worked at forget", iron trim­ mings, filing or other ferrugindus material, if worked into the soil about fruit trees, or the more minute particles spread thinly on the lawn, mixed with the earth of flower beds or in pots, are i extremely valuable. They are especially I valuable to the peach tree, and, in fact,, I «"pply necessary ingredients to the soil, j For colored flowers they heighten the j bloom : they are also found to be bene- j ficial to the pear trees when worked in j round their roots. A FARM can be stocked with sheep j cheaper than with any other animals, i Sheep will come nearer to utilizing everything which grows on the farm. | Le>-s labor will l>e required for getting ! f ed and stock together. The returns ! will come in sooner and oftener than j with any farm-stock except hogs. Less money is required f< >r shelter and feneing, reached the ranch, the old man a little ! is required in herding, ahead, and. the distance was about four 1 miles. . j Put the Wires Under Ground. j The practicability of putting the tele­ graph wires under ground is b.:iug I in:ply demonstrated by the German (!ov- j •ruinent. More than two hundred cities •>.t.d towns of the Empire are now con­ nected in this way, aud the operation of the wires is, we are told, a complete suc­ cess, The experiment is of very prac­ tical interest and value to our own coun­ try, where the question, particularly in the large cities, has been agitated for many years. Thus far the wires are un­ der ground in, we believe, only one of our citips--Washington, and there they are carried along in the sewers by a com­ pany which could not obtain tho privil­ ege of disfiguring the streets. No diffi­ culty that we have heard of is experi­ enced iu the working of these lines. The only obstacle iu the way of securing the s^me results all over the Union is the 1 lsinclinatiou cf the 'companies to incut the extra expense. --New York Herald, large burners and held two gallons of oiL Whenever his two thermometers in the cellar indicated danger, he lighted the kerosene, by which lie raised the temperature ten degrees when necessary, proving a convenient, simple and cheap way to prevent any loss*--Boston Culti­ vator. THE injury or oheok to the growth of plants by stripping off the leaves in summer is generally well understood. A corrotwrative case on a Virginia farm is reported as follows : Where the leaves were all left on a row of corn, the weight of the crop was 161 pounds, while 011 a stripped row it was only eighty-eight pounds. In other similar instances the difference was less, yet. distinct and striking in all. This same principle ap­ plies to pruning trees in summer, which should be omitted or sparingly perform­ ed, except where the trees are sufficiently vigorous to bear some check.--Boston Cultivator. AT THE age of three or four weeks pigs need the most care.. When the litter is large, and the pigs at about this age, the milk of Ihe sow is not sufficient to keep them in a steady, healthy, growing state. They should be cared for before this time by giving them an opportunity to learn to eat. At this season of the year nubbins from sweet corn will be eaten greedily if the corn is soft. Purslane is an excellent feed for them. Have a trough BO constructed that they can reach into it, and they will soon learn to eat with the mother. Small and un­ merchantable potatoes, which are always abundant on the farm at this season of the year, make, when boiled, an excel­ lent feed for pigs. Sour milk, butter­ milk and whey will bring young pigs along rapidly. " . HOUSEHOLD HELPS. | the weight of the largest being nearly . . ' sixteen pounds. In 1664, Paolo Maria THE leech has eight or ten eyes set in j Terzago, an Italian physicist, surmised its back near the head. j that aerolites might be of selenic origin. Olbers, in 1795, without any knowledge of this conjecture, investigated the amount of the initial tanje rtial force that would be requisite to bring to the earth masses projected from the moon. Lapla e, Biot, Brandes andPoisson also FACTS FOB THE CURIOUS. THE great gray slug (Iimax maximus) j has a supply of 28,000 teeth. 1 < IT is said that the ostrich is able to discover when an egg becomes addled, and that it immediately ejects it from the nest. OVER 800,000,000 bushels of oorn are produced annually in the United States. Over half of it is fed to cattle and hogs, and much is used in the manufacture of sugar, starch and alcohol. THE Abbe Font an a kept a hair-worm in a drawer for three years, at the expi­ ration of which time it was perfectly dry and hard, and exhibited no signs of life, but, on putting it into water, it soon re­ covered its former vigor. took up the' problem. Olbers, Brandes j and Chladni dec idea against the view of a selenic origin ; but Laplace seems to have inclined somewhat to that hypoth­ esis. It was then believed that active j volcanoes existed in the moon ; but that i idea has been abandoned and the lunar j aerolites with it. At the present time a i number of eminent men who have stud­ ied the subject of meteorites, think that they must have been ejected from volca are no weddings among Esquimaux he visited. Men and women live iogether as man and wife, but frequent exchanges are made, sometimes for a few weeks, sometimes to remain permanent. Chil­ dren are often affianced, and when the young women become matrons they are tattooed about the face. "SMITH" is one ef the oldest words in the world--the sister of "soph," which, ft 5. • ^ v. noes on some celestial body, probaby , LIEUT. SCHWATKA reports that there the earth at a remote period of its phys- ' (<rhu *c*r>Tln8 "praenta THE LUNGN in a haaithy «ut«.) a wArtdincn nmnna F.smiimmiT he ! icai history, This may be the true the- ! - ^ -- ory, but facts are wanted to confirm it, and until those are discovered it is not j safe to pass judgment.--Tinsleys. THE FAMILY DOCTOR. 1 STTTDUD BHOI GOLD OR HOARSENESS.--A correspon­ dent assures us that the following is an _ infallible cure for cold and hoarseness: in almost ali languages, has the mean- j Boil two ounces of flaxseed in one^quart ing of science, craft or skill; The Irish - " J A x [From the American Cultivator.} PUFF PASTE.--An easy way of making puff paste is to mix the flour with three- quarters of its weight iy, butter, and milk enough to make it easy to roll. It should not be touched with the hands. MUSH MUFFINS.--Cold mush is not a very promising mixture to the eye, but when thinned with milk and thickened vith a little wheat flour and eggs, in the proportion of lour to a quart, it makes very good muffins. POTATO CROQUETTES. -- Season cold mashed potatoes with pepper, salt and nutmeg. Beat to a cream with a teas- spoonful of melted butter to every cup­ ful of potato; bind with two or three well-beaten eggs, and add some minced uarsley (if you like). Roll into oval oalls. dip in beaten egg, then in bread crumbs, and fry in hot laid or drippings. Pile in a pyramid upon a flat dish, and serve. INVALID'S DRINK.--A pleasant varia­ tion on the everlasting lemonade with which some persons dose invalids until they wish they were in the lemonless solitude of which Gail Hamilton wrote, may be made by freezing a mixture of equal ports of sugared water and lemon juice into which the beaten whites of two or three eggs have been stirred. A spoon­ ful of this is better than half a dozen "drinks " out of a sticky glass. NOODLES.--Break three eggs into a bowl, and stir thoroughly into them suf­ ficient sifted flour to make a very stiff paste; then place it on the kneading board and knead in a little more flour ; cut it into four or six pieces, and roll eacti piece out as thin as possible; let dry for a few minutes, and cut it intc very fine strips. It may now be added to four quarts of boiling chicken or mut­ ton broth ; seasofi with pepper and salt, let it boil for a. few miuutes, and one has noodle soup. WHITE SPONGBUJOAKE.--In order to make white sponge cake, one has only to leave out the yolks, and use the pro­ portion of eggs needed, entirely ol whites. Take two pounds of pulverized sugar, two pounds of whites of eggs, one and a half pounds flour, and grat­ ings of the yellow rind of one lemon, or a drop or two of lemon oil, or a tea- spoonful of lemon essence. Beat the eggs to a staunch froth, then add the sugar, then the flavor, and last the flour. Bake in buttered pans, and in a moder- j ate oven. | COCOANUT CAKE.--Take the whites of five eggs, one small cup of sweet milk, j one cn o and two-thirds of another of granulated sugar, two-thirds of a cup of | butter, one teaspoonful and a half of i baking powder, about three cups of; sifted flour; flavor with almond extract; I bake in layers. Beat the whites of two j or three eggs to a frost; add pulverized j sugar enough to make rather thin frost-! ing, and put between the layers ; on this | scatter cocoanut; put on enough to make j a nice layer. For the top and sides oj j the cake the frosting should be a little j thicker. HARVEST SOUP.--Cut in small pieces | one pound of good beef; cover with cold j water, and boil gently for three hours ; ; let it stand over night; remove all the j fat; bring to a boil, and add one can of ! lobster, cut fine. Prepare one cauli- ! flower, sliced; cut the c«*rn from one 1 dozen ears : break in small pieces one j quart of butter beans; slice one onion ; | cut fine three or four radishes, and add ! all to the soup, with one whole green 1 bell-pepper, one half-teaspoonful of | black pepper, one teaspoonful of salt. I In one hour add one quart of tomatoes, j sliced. When tender, carefully remove, ; without breaking, on a skimmer, the I bell-pepper. Simmer the rest four | hours longer. Add no more water be- ! fore the tomatoes are put in necessary to keep from burning ; after they are iu, I none will be needed. Half the above j quantities can be used. Some like potato j with the other vegetables. Add salt to taste before dishing. A little rice can be used, if lik>ed, in the soup. pronounced their word "sibht," and they had the habit of calling * a man without a trade " sibhtless " or " shift- 'less." Their goddess of letters or knowl­ edge was "Som" OP "Saf," and their learned men were " samtu " or " saftu " --the German " zunft," a guild. Those " samts " or "sibhts" were the lights and leaders of practical civilization long ago. * THE Stale Mineralogist of California says: "It is an established fact that some of the greatest mountain chains and the soil beneath our feet are com­ posed chiefly of the siliceous remains of animalcules, invisible to the naked eye," proving the truth of Byron's line that "the dust we tread upon were once alive." Scouring soaps are mainly com of water, strain, and then add two ounces oi rock candy, half a pint of sirup or honey, and the juice of three lemons; mix and boil them together. Let it then cool,. and bottle for use. Take oue cupiul before going to bed--• the hotter you erink it the better. WHOOPING CGUUH.--On an extended trial the author, Dr. Gaspar Griswold, of this city, finds carbolic acid in whooping cough, in doses of one-fourth minim io a child of six months, one-half minim for one of a year, and one wvinim for one of two years and upward, to be the best remedy. "The whoop goes; the vomiting ceases; the paroxysms are mod died in intensity and frequency." This1 result he believes to "arise from a similar action to that of creosote on the motor fibers of the vagus to the stomach IN MANY HOME8. For Craik*. Col da.'Croup, Bronchltta and i Other affections of the Throat and I'F\GS,ttiUo Unrivaled and utterly beyond all competition. IH CONSUMPTIVE GASES It approaches so near a specific that "Ninety-five" ait int. are permanently cared, where the direottoaa S& rictly complied with. There ia no chemical or OttlM gradients to ha ) harm the young or old. oent. etrictl 115 AS AN EXPECTORANT IT HAS NO EQUAL IT CONTAINS NO OPIUM IN ANY F0R|J J. N. HARRIS A CO., Proprietor** ' CIKCIMATI, O. HI 8ALE BY ALL 0RUS81ST8. Holman's Pads. posed of the siliceous earth which once I iind *rom a lowering of the vitality of formed the skeletons of myriads ot dia­ toms. Under the microscope they pre­ sent a wonderfully beautiful and varied appearance. FIFTT-TWO is a remarkable number. There are fifty-two cards in a pack and fifty-two weeks in the year. The five books of Moses were written 1,552 years before the present mode of computing time. The building of Borne was com­ menced 752 years before the same event. Julius Caesar made the first inroad into (Great Britain fifty-two years B. C., and the King of Great Britain was carried in chains to Rome A. D. 52. Constantino­ ple was taken by the Turks A. D. 1452, and the new style was introduced.into England in 1752. The highest Egyp­ tian pyramid is 452 feet in height. IDLENESS does more to reduce the average length of human life than the full normal exercise of one's industrial energies. In other words, more men and women rust out than wear out. Ease and the abundance of the good things of this lile have apparently little influence in staying the hands of decay and death if the mental and physical faculties are restrained by will or cir­ cumstances from useful employment. Care, also, as the proverb says, will kill a cat with its nine-fold hold on exist­ ence, popularly speaking. Lack of proper sanitary conditions appears to have less to do in narrowing the space between the cradle and the grave than worry and the intense, mischievous re­ actions caused by attempts to ease the burdens of life by mental or physical stimulation. These general statements TSASEMAKK. Holman's Aprue, Liver Jb Stomaefl Pad. i or JK aiarl<\ Agtf and ftnandi troubles. PRICE, $2.CO Holman's Special Pad. Adapted » old chronic cases. $3.00„ while boiled cabbage requires five hours. 1 Holman's Sploen Belt, 'w stubborn The most, healt.W fbaf 1^ ! ca5es of Spleen and unyielding Urmt and Stomach troubles. $3.00. the specific germ of whooping cough dis­ ease."-- Scientific American. APPLES AS FOOD.--A raw, mellow ap­ ple is digested in an hour and a half. The most healthy dessert that can be placed on a table is baked apple. If ! eaten frequently at breakfast with coarse ; bread and butter, without' meat or flesh ' of any kind, it has an admirable effect j upon the general system, often remov­ ing constipation, correcting acidities, j and cooling off febrile conditions more | effeotually than the most approved J medicines. If families could be induced ' to si^bstitute them for pies, cakes and J sweetmeats, with which their children { are frequently stuffed, there would be | a diminution in the total sum of doctors' i bills in a single year sufficient to lay in i a stock of this delicious fruit for the : whole season's use. LET THERE BE LIGHT.--A dark house I is always unhealthy; always an ill-aired house. Want of light stops growth, and promotes scrofula, rickets, etc., among the children. People lose their health in a dark house, and if they get ill they cannot get well in it. Dr. Ed- j wards, of Paris, says the action of light tends to develop the different parts of tho body in just that proportion whitjji i characterizes the species, and that in j warm climates the exposure of the j whole surface of the body to the action j of the light will be very favorable to the j regular conformation of the body, j [ Humboldt confirms this in the account of ' I his voyage to the equinoctial regions, j He savs " both men and women--whose Holman's Infant's Pad. *<* eiiwim of Infants and Children. $ | .90. Holman's Abdominal Pad. ForRM* 4ne, Ovarian and Bladder troubles. fO.OO. Holman's Renal or Kidney Pad* For Kidney Complaints. |2,00> Holman's P©et©rlal Pad. For tioos of the Chest and Lungs. $3.00. Holman's Absorptive Medicinal Body Plaster. The best Plaster ia the world. Porous on Rubber basis. 2 So. Holman's Absorptive Medicinal Foot Piasters, for Cold Feet, Headr aches and Sluggish Circulation, (per ps.it) 2S6. Absorption 8aIt for Medicate# Baths. Tor Colds, Rheumatism and all casw where a medicated Bath is needed, also an excek lent foot bath, (per H lb. package) 20c. FOR SUE BY All DRUGGISTS, Or sent by mail, pestpajfii on receipt of price. Tkt ABSORPTION SA.L'Jisnot "mailable ' andmutf be sent by Express at Purchaser's expense. J-he success of HOLMAN'S PADS has Inspired tator* wKo offer Pads similar in form and Cdor to tf*ue HOLMAN'S, saying, "They arc just the rame, etc. j Bewaio ef all bOgUS Pads only «#ade »• sell a* ' die reputation of the genuine. I See that *»ch Pad bear* tho Private R«r* fnue Stamp of the HOLMAN bad COB* ANY, witn above Trade Mark printed in areen. i D«. HOLMAN'S advice is tree. Full tread* : freo on application. Addresa, HOLMAN PAD CO. , [Pe O. Bo» 21IX] 744 Bmtiwayi IV. *. have received abundant confirmation | bodies are constantly inured to the effect from statisties compiled by Dr. G. F. j of light--are very n&uscular and possess Koib. He seems to think that infant ! fleshy and rounded forms." mortality could be reduced if mothers : THE CURE FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM.-- would suckle their own children, and in j Jt has been demonstrated that cholera support of this he says ̂ that out of 100 ! infantum is so chocked by the tonic ef- children suckled by their mothers, only , feat of sudden removal to fresh sea air 0OSHTTTH5 18.2 dieS the first year ; of those nursed by wet-nurses, 29.33 died; of those arti­ ficially fed, 60 died; of those brought up in institutions, 80 died. Not Fit to Travel. As a traveler of some experience, gathered during the progress of ten an­ nual tours in Europe, with the advan­ tage of a knowlege of all continental languages and many years' sojourn in European capitals, I should like to say, at the very outset of my story, that some persons are not fitted to travel at all. I refer, in the first place, to the aged and ailing, who hope to derive improve­ ment in health from an ocean voyage and who, in nine cases out of ten, are worn out by the discomforts of an ocean journey; in the second place, to men and women who, for a life-time, having led what I may call a provincial exist­ ence, are unsuited to the variety, the singular usages and (to them) Bohemian- ism of certain phases of foreigu life; in the third place, to wealthy sybarites, who will miss, in the most splendid ho­ tels of Europe, a thousand-and-one tri­ fles to which they are used at home, and tliat the sick chiid almost invariably recovers. The Seashore Home of this city begs tho physicians connected with the dispensary to send for its hospitality the children most in danger--and they do so. So favorable is the effect of the prompt change to their quarters at Win- throp, that, last year, of 194 sick Children received, only one died of cholera infantum. One other child died from organic disease of the brain. One hundred and eighty- seven were discharged well, and four re­ lieved. The results in New York of the seashore treatment are as favorable. The terrible mortality there this summer is due to the long-protracted debility, resulting from the long period of warm weather. But there, as here, the re­ moval of the children to the sea air has checked the mortality.--Boston paper. ! Fear of Disease. | It is said that while the plague was | raging in Buenos Ayres, the grave- j diggers bore charmed lives. Of the ; 300 men so employed not one died of ! the disease. It has often been noticed that during which not even money will command I Pr.eva'ence pestilential diseases. SITTERS Diminished Vi^or Ia reimbursed in great measure, to those troubled Wtt weak kidnajs, by a judicious use of Hoetetter'a Stomaels Bitters, which invigorate, and attmnlates without e*1-' ciUng the urinary organs. In conjunction with Its influ­ ence upon tt<em, It corrects acidity, improves appetite, and is in eve jr way conducive to health and nerve pose. Another marked quality is ite control over ffllW. and »#ue, and Its power of preventing it. SW For sale by all Druggist! and Dealers ganeralljl when outside pasturage is accessible and preferred. And finally, a handsome income on the investment can be had without the sale of. the animals them­ selves. JOSEPH HARRIS says we can make our lands poor by growing clover and selling it, or we can make them rich by grow- iug clover j»nd feeding it out on the farm. Drain when needed, cultivate thoroughly so as to develope the plant food iu the soil, and then grow clover to take up and organize this plant food. This is how to make rich land by grow­ ing clover. Draining and cultivating furnishes food for clover, and the clover takes it np and prepares it in best shape for other crops. The clover does not create plant food, but merely saves it. JAMES J. H. GREGORY, of Marblehead, practises the following for excluding the frost by kerosene. He states that the temperature in his vegetable cellar sometimes went a few degrees below freezing, making the air just cold enough to spoil the contents. He pro­ cured a kerosene stove, which had six Scotch Proverbs. Ye're maisier o' yer am words; but, ance spoken, yer words maymaisteryou. God never sen's mouths, but He sen's meat for them. ^ Hfe tlmt teaches himsel' has a fule foi a maiwter. liaise nae mair deils than ye're ablt to lay. Naetli ing should be done in a hurrj but catchin' fleas. Sharp stomachs mak' short graces. There was ne'er enough whar nae thing was left. Bend the back to the burden. Be a faien' to yoursel' and so will ithers. Better be alane than in ill companj Do the likeliest, an' God will do the best. Every man kens best whar his ain shoe hipda him. Fear God an' keep out o' debt. Fules make feasts, an' wise men ea them. "An' wise men mak' proverbs, an' fules repeat them." Fair words ne'er brake a bane, foul words may. PABIS landlords are so exacting that, before a tenant gives up his rooms, eve­ ry corner and crevice in the apartment is carefully examined, and the highest charges nude for the slightest scratch or stain discovered. abroad. The averge American iu Eu­ rope exacts all the surroundings he has had in the New \Y'< rld and ail the glories of the Old, to give the environment charm and novelty. No wonder the reality falls short ol what his lively imagination has depicted, and I can readily pardon the ill-humor he shows just before embarking. I met a typical pt rson of this description ou the way from Paris to London, ileliailed from tlM? glorious West, was apparently j a man about, 50 years of age, intelligent, | well-spoken, and thoroughly disgusted I with Europe. He stood at tile buffet at ; Amiens, seized upon some pastry, tossed i a ten-franc piece at the waitress, aud | pocketed the change without counting j it. I entered into conversation with j hi m, and he promptly relieved his feel- i ings in resv>eot ot his European tour, j "Yes, sir," said he; "I landed two weeks ago, aud have see all I wanted to see of tliese parts. J. shall run up to Scotland for a week, and then sail for home. I've heard a good deal of • routes for tourists ' since I've l>een in the old country, but I've only jnst now hit the right route. It's London, Liverpool, New York, Detroit, and thank God !"-- New York Times Correspondent. physicians, undertakers, uutises and grave-diggers, whose business compelled constant liability to infection, have usually escaped in a far greater ratio than their numbers would warrant. The "charm " from this immunity from the prevailing scourge is very simple. ! They are not icarcd. They are positive 1 to the disease, and repel its attaoks. i Fear is a great ally of death. Whoever | is afraid of disease is in a negative con- I dition, and really invites* its approach. And thus it is the world over. The brave die but once, while cowards die | many times. Much unnecessary alarm exists in every community in regard to many dis­ eases. We are, it is true, all liable to sickness and death. But if we are all sober, cleanly and brave of heart, we need have no fear of disease of body or mind. Meteoric Stones. The meteorites in the British Museum are arranged thus: 1, aerolites, which are rocky masses composed principally of silicates with isolated particles of nick- eliferous iron and troilite interspersed ; 2, aerosiderites or siderites, masses of native iron containing phosphides of nickel and iron, troilite and occasionally carbon ; siderolites, which partake of the character of both aerolites and siderites, being porous or spongy masses of nick- eliferous iron with silicates in the cavi­ ties. Of these three classes thef first is the commonest, the number o specimens possessed by the museum be­ ing 411, the largest of which weighs 134 pounds. Of siderites there are 114 spec. imens in the collection, the large weighing over three anda half tons; an<j of siderolites there are twelve specimen • Oriental Proverbs. Tne following are some of the infinite number of Oriental proverbs : It is easy to mount a little donkey. The nightingale was shut up in a golden cage, but still she cried, " My home, my home." Two Captains in one ship will surely sink her. The fox ends by getting into the fur­ rier's shop. Knife wounds heal, but not those pro­ duced by a word. The heart is a crystal palace; once broken, it can never be mended. With patience, sour grapes become sweetmeats and mulberry leaves turn to satin. At sight of a glow-worm, the timid cry "Fire." A fly is nothing, but it spoils the ap­ petite. The apple' and the pomegranate trees disputed which was fairer, when the thistle exclaimed, " Brethren, let us not quarrel! " NEW YORK is the greatest hay-pro- duciug State in the Union. 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