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SeaSOnaDle Food.

The wholcsomcness Of food. depends
nearly as much on the time it is taken as
on the quantity. We have grown so
luxurious in our physical as we'll as men,
tai tastes that we are constantly tempted
to eat things out of season. Yielding to
the temptation, as we often do, we pay
the penalty, soon or late, in temporary or
chronic arrangement of our health. The
meat which is excellent in cold may not
DC desirable in warm weather; fish is best
during spring and early summer; vegeta-
blcs and fruit are nutritious when they
are fully ripened by sun and season, and
not artiticially stimulated. Nature knows
what she is doing; she furnishes for every
latitude the productions fittest for such
latitude. We need variety, not so much
at one time, as from time to time. The
delicacies of the season will not hurt US;
but the delicacies out of season certainly
will, if long continued. The appetite so
jaded as to crave oysters in July, or
strawberries in December, needs careful
correction by the adoption of the simplest
habits. The palate naturally relishes
what Nature has near at hand. AS rule,
not only is the simplest food the best
food, but the most scasonable is, in the
long run, the most appetizing. There is
no difficulty in determining what we
should eat, since the products of our
climate show us plainly month by month
Fish, flesh and fruit, by their plumpness,
tenderness and ri peness, themselves de-
note when they are ready to be eaten. A
sound stomach will profit by whatever
an unspoilcd palate enjoys.-Scribner's
ilOnthlu.
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Carbon for Hogs.

THERE is no doubt in our minds of the
benefits arising from feeding crude car
bonace0us matter to swine when they are
kept in close pens. The avidity with
which hogs eat rotten wood is well
known. Charcoal is but another form of
carbon. Bituminous coal is still another
form: The utility of feeding wood and
coal has long been recognized. We some
years since substituted the ordinary West
ern stone coal with the best results,
where from two to five hundred hogs
were kept in close pens and fed on the
refuse Of city hotels. Something of the
kind seems as necessary to them as salt to
strictly herbiverous animals. We have
known them to consume pound in the
course of day, and again they would not
seek the coal for some time. Just what
particular use the coal is in the animal
economy is not so easy to answer. Swine
are especially liable to scrofulous and in
tlammatory diseases. Carbon, in the
shape Of coal, is an antiseptic, and the
probability is that it acts in this way in
purifying the Western Rural.
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Sinbsd Outdone- wonderful Story.

THE author Of Sinbad the Sailors
Advehtures'' must resign his laurels,
One w. H. Stokes has been exploring q
recentlv-discovered cave near Pine Grove,
Afnador County, CAL, and writes to the
-Sutter Greek Independent an account of
shis Investigations. Mr.. Stokes vouches
for the exact truth of his narrative in
evnry particular, and perhaps the reader
will readily credit it from the following
specimen description of one of the cham
beers thesparty entered. After journeying
for mile and quarter through the I'M
derground passages Stokes and his party
found themselves in "long but rather
narrow chamber, the walls OF which are
not limestone, but q yellowish brown and
black iron ore" This chamber beats Sim
bad's magnetic mountain, which drew all
the nails from his ship, and thus caused
it to fall to pieces, all hollow. Listen to
Mr.. Stokes: "Upon entering this cham
her we noticed a m st peculiar disturb.
ance of the magnet, the needle constantly
vibrating from side to side, and frequently
whirling around for minute at time
with velocity which rendered it invisi-
BILE. We also experienced a singular SEN
mence at the back of the neck and ex-
tending to the very tips of our fingers
and Toes. AS we advanced in this cham
Der we found these singular sensations
to increase in intensity until it be-
on still further, however, though it
bcc&:nes evident that we could not
long remain in this mysterious place. /
omitted to mention that the walls and
floor of this chamber, especially particu.
lar rocks therein contained, were highly
magnetic, and became more so the farther
we advanced toward the north. One OF
the party who carried Ratchet had it
suddenly wrestcd from him by magnetic
rock near which he passed, and the CON-
bined strength of four of us was INSULT
cicnt to detach it. A pocketknife, which
accidentally dtopped to the floor, had to
remain there, none of the party having
sufficient strength in his fingers to pick
it up. Mason, who had put on for the
occasion a pair of miners boots, the soles
of which we're filled with nails, could
walk with difficulty, and happening to
step upon portion of the floor unusually
magnetic found himself suddenly affixed
thereto and unable to move. He was
compelled to withdraw his feet from his
boots and leave them there, tearing up his
coat andrwrapping the pieces around his
feet to protect them from being cut by
the rocks. We had remained in this
chamber about ten minutes when sudden
~ the chilling sensation began to in
crease, the feeling being as it cold and
piercing wind was blowing upon US, and
becoming each moment more intensely
cold. We hastily rctreatcd and soon
reached, feeling more dead than alive, the
large chamber containing the hot spring
We then retraced our steps along the
Irvine, and in a couple of hours emerged
from the cave"
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borhood-]ust round the corner, in fact,
who was dyer and scourer by profession.
If monsieur would only intrust the soiled
coat to his care for few moments he
would engage to bring it back with every
trace Of grease entirely removed" The
pacifled epicure would divest himself of
the desecrated garment, replacing it by his
overcoat, and would sit down to finish his
dinner, while waiter and coat disappeared
together, and were like the days Of youth
in this, that they returned no more. The
thief would in this way gain possession
not only of the coat, but in most instances
of such additional booty as gloves, hand
kerchiefs, a pocket-book, or a well-filled
cigar-case. This little game was carried
on successfully by it's inventor for some
time; but one day, while he was in attend
ance at grand dinner given at the Cafe
Brebant, he was recognized and denounced
by one of his former victims, and his
career was brought to an abrupt and III
glorious conclusion by the stern inter.
ference of the law.-Lucy Il. Hooper, in
Appleton's Journal.
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A Couple Of Partisan Thieves.

ONCE CHANGED to be in Paris during
an unusually unpleasant spring. The
weather was very disagreeable, being
damp, changeable and showery, and
weeks passed during which there was not
one day Of unclouded sunshine, nor yet
one of continuous rain, but each day was
varied by several heavy showers, alter
mating with glimpses of blue sky and
bright weather During this unpleasant
state of the atmosphere a merchant of
second-ha umbrellas made his appear
ON the Boulevard DIES Italiens, and drove
thriving trade, as his merchandise was
not only good, but cheap, his price for a
good, stout, silk umbrella, nearly new,
being from three to five francs. Subse-
qucnt revelations proved that his stock in
trade was supplied in the following man.
ner: During one of the sunshiny inter.
walls between the showers his confederate,
an elegantly dressed and handsome
woman, would enter one of the prin.
cipal shops On the boulevards, or
the Rue dc la Paix, would examine
many articles, make an extensive
selection, and then order her pur-
chases to be sent, with the bill, to her ad-
dress, which was always in one OF the
most fashionable quarters of Paris. BY
the time all arrangements were concluded
the rain would be falling in torrents, and
glance at her dainty toilet, would borrow
an umbrella with the understanding that
it was to be sent back by the messenger
who was to take home madame's pur-
chases and receive payment therefor. But
the fair customer never was to be found
at the given address. and, as a matter of
course, the umbrella never was seen again
by its rightful owner. Unfortunately for
the success of the trade in secondhand
umbrellas, the merchant on the boulevards
once offered q gentleman his own umbrel-
IA tor sale, and by this little contrs.tezaDs
the trick was exposed, and the interven.
ton OF the police put stop to the opera
tions of the firm. There was certainly no
little acuteness displayed by the pair in
making such skillful use of the peculiar
state of the weather.
Somewhat similar in conception.
though differing in execution, was q trick
which was practiced with great success
one winter at the leading restaurants of
Paris. During the busiest part of the cav
season, when all those establishments are
in the habit of engaging extra walters. a
neatly dressed, intelligent-looking Young
man would present himself at the bureau
of one of them as an applicant for a stu.
alton, which he generally succeeded in
obtaining. After performing his duties
for some days in the most exemplary
manner he would contrive, one day at
dinner.time, to spill portion ofrich soup
or sauce on the shoulders of some we'll
dressed gentleman, who would of course
bevery indignant and swear loudly at the
careless servant. He, on his part. would
be overwhelmed with confusion and pro.
fuse in apologies. "But fortunately he
could have the injury repaired. He (the
waiter) had brother living in the neigh.
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Marketing Eggs.

There is a good lesson in the follow
ing story told by correspondent of the
american Farm Journal, of the manner in
which he made market for his eggs:
My old hens laid plentifully during
July and August, and, though the price
was not large, there was good market
for all the eggs could spare. I did not
care to hawk around anything had for
sale, and I sought dealer who had a
good trade, and proposed to him that he
should take all the eggs would have.
AT what price do you propose to sell P"
he asked.
AT the market price," I answered.
"Who's going to decide?"
"We'll both decide. I will have a
pass-book and enter in it the number of
dozen l send you. When you have
counted them you can add the price on
the book, and in that way there can be no
mistakes or misunderstanding.
"All right" said he, "I'll do it,"
- would like to have you bear one
thing in mind" I added, ''land that is,
that guarantee you shall never find bad
egg among those send you: If you will
keep them separate, and ever find me
wrong in this, l will give two eggs for
every bad one you find in my baskets"
"Do you mean all that?" he asked,
somewhat doubtingly.
Every word Of it," I answered.
"All right; see that you do it, for I
shall warrant every egg"
The merchant must have told of our
bargain, for the next time l met our
neighbor he refined up his horses as if
he had something important to communi.
cate.
"Say. Tim," he began, "gone into the
egg business on big scale, amt your"
"Why, no; not on any larger scale than
a good many Others"
"But you warrant your eggs, don't
| saw the twinkle in his eye, but was
not going to back down.
"Yes," l answered; II don't intend
TO carry any but good eggs to the mar
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LITTLE CoRpoRAL.-"L Life on an ISL
and" by Helen c. Weeks, and 1.-THE Lucky
Stonc," by Emily Huntington Miller, are continued
in the June number. There are also several short
interesting Stories couple of pretty poems, full
page and other illustrations, interesting editorials,
wcll-fillcd "Prudy''s Pocket and plenty Of
"Work and Play for the little folks. This num-
Der closes another volume. The beautiful floral
premium will be given to all new subscribers
whose subscriptions received before July 1.
Terms, $1.5O year. Published by JOHN E. MIL
LER, Chicago, Ill.
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The Old.Time Farm Laborer.

Donald G. Mitchell, in his INV Farm
OF Edgewood," thus pictures the old.
time Yankee hired man.: There lived
some twenty or thirty years ago in New
England race of men, American born,
and who, having gone through two win.
ters' course of district school ciphering
ana reading, became the most indefatiga-
bic and ingenious of farm workers. Their
hoelng was straightforward; they could
MAKE an ox.yoke or an ax-helve on rainy
days; by adroit manipulation they could
relieve choking cow, or as deity hive
swarm of bees. Their burrows indeed
were not OF the straightest, but their con-
troll of long team of oxen was miracle
OF guidance. They may have carried a
bit of Cavendish twist in their waistcoat
pockets; they certainly did not waste
their time at lavations; but as farm work
ers they had rare aptitude; no tool came
amlss to them. They Graded; they
churned, if need were; they chopped and
piled three cords of wood between sun
and sun. With bare feet and a keen
Whetted six-p0und Blanchard they laid
such clean and broad swaths through the
nelds OF dewy herds-g grass as made "old
countrymen" stare. By kind of intu-
ltion they knew the locality of every tree
and every medicinal herb that grew in
the woods.
Rarest of all which they possessed was
an acuteness of understanding which en-.
aoled them to comprehend an order be-.
lore 1t was half uttered, and to meet &C.
caslonally any unforeseen difficulties with
steaoy assurance, as if they had been
an accepted part of the problem. It was
%r<
possiD1e 10 SEND such man into the
WOODS win his team to select stick of
tlmoer, OF chestnut or oak, that should
measure given amount; he could be
trusted to find such-to cut it. to score It
70 load it; if the gearing broke he could
be trusted to mend it; if the tree lod
ne could be trusted to devise some artifice
tor bringing it down, and, finally, for it's
sure and prompt delivery at the point
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"Jes' sol 80 Iheerd. Pears to me you
must have = mighty sight of confidence
Not so much confidence in my hens
as in my care Of the eggs.",
"Jes' 50! It's as good as thread; war
ranted 200 yardsl Why don't you put
your name On each egg, Tim?"
" may, by.and-by."
"Jes' sol 1don'tsee why you shouldn't"
And he drove on,
But after all had not done so foolish a
thing as you may think. Mytwenty hens
averaged fifteen eggs day, and made it
rule to send the eggs to market every
third morning. I used China nest eggs, so
there was no possibility of any egg being
over three days old. It was not long be-
fore the merchant began to appreciate
the fact that here was constant supply
OF eggs that he might depend upon as
being all right.
carried basket of eggs to him one
morning, and, after he had taken them,
he said:
Tim, supposing should agree to give
you one cent a dozen more than the
market price, what effect would it have
on y0p'r 49,.
swered.
"Well, it is just like this: when you
told me to warrant your eggs all sound l
thought you was COMPOUNDED fool. But
warranted the eggs and found they were
always good. Now have class of trade
that would willingly pay more for eggs if
they could be sure they were good, and 1
propose to ask two cents dozen more for
the eggs you bring me, and this will
divide with you"
This was certainly encouraging, and
our arrangement holds to this day. I
habitually receive one cent dozen for my
eggs more than my neighbors do. 1t is
an insignificant sum, but it counts up at
the end of year.
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A Coop BREAD PUDD1NG.-Take five
slices of dry bread, or their equivalent in
broken pieces, pour over them three
quarts of sweet milk, let them soak two
or three hours, then add four or five eggs,
beaten we'll with one large cup of sugar,
a teaspoonful of salt, and spice or nutmeg
to suit the taste. Do not crum the bread,
but just break the slices in several pieces,
letting them float in the milk. Bake in q
dripping pan one hour and quarter, in a
moderately hot oven, by which time the
pudding should be nicely Drowned, with
a rich custa1d beneath the bread. TO be
eatenw arm, with no dressing except but
ter. Very good cold.
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JOnNsON's ANoDYNE LlNIMENT may beuscd
to advantage where any Liniment is desirable
In cases of severe cramps and pains in the
stomach it is undoubtedly the best article
that can he used internally.
Habtual constipation leads to the following
results: Inflammation of the Kidneys, sick and
nervous headache, hiliousness, dyspepsia,
indigestion, piles, loss of appetite and
strength; all of which may be avoided by
being regular in your habits, and taking, say,
one of Parsons z'srguttve Pills nightly for
four or six weeks.
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"OuT OF THE ,HunIY BuRLY."- This
is the name of book full of the richest
humor, by Max Adeler. It is bound to
be very popular, both on account of its
humor and its superb illustrations, Of
which there are some $50. We advise
those who wish to "laugh and grow fat"
to buy copy, for such is its effect.
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DR.. j. Walkers California Vim
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges Of
the Sierra Nevada mountains Of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR B1r-
TERsT Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life giving principle,
perfect Renovation and Invigorator
OF the system. Never before in the
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are gentle Purgative as well as Tonic
relieving Congestion or Inflammation of
the Liver ind Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR Buffers ere Aperient, Diaphoretic,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedative, Counter Irritant, Sudorifc, Aterar
tive and Anti Bilious.
IL. HI. MCDONALD & co.,
Druggists and Gen. Agts., San Francisco, California
aud cor. of Washington and Charlton Sts N. Y.
Sold by A1l Drug:tsts and Dealers.
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Thirty Years Experience or an Old
Nurse.

MRS. W1NsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP IL the prescrips
on Of one of the best Female Physicians and Nurses
In the United States and has been used for thirty
years with neverfaing safety and success BY mill.
ions of mothers and Children from the feeble infant
of week old the adult. It corrects acidty of
the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates the bow
els and gives rest health and comfort to mother and
child. We believe it to be the Best and Surest Rene
dy in the World In all cases of DYSENTERY and
DIARRHQlA IN CHILDREN, whether it arises from
Teething or from any other cause. Full directions
for using will accompany each bottle None Genuine
unless the fac-simile of CURTIS &; PERKINS is on
the outside wrapper.
SOLD By ALI MlDICrNE DEALERS,
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The Pittsburgh Commercial has been
waiting for three months to give out
joke, and finally its time has come. The
joke is to the effect that "summer has
cremationized the spring."
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A FIVE weeks Normal School for Plan.
lists and Organists will begin at Evanston,
H., July 8, offering superior advantages.
Full particulars can be had by addressing
w. $. 3. Mathews, Chicago, Ill.
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FREE TO BOOK AGENTS!

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WHITE linen suits are all trimmed with
open-wor embroidery.
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LITTLE CORpORAT.-HT,if life on an

The NORTHW ESTEEM HOKsE-NAn Co IS
- Finished " Nail is the best in the world.
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There are 40 Oranges organized and
IN working order in the State of Oregon.
and tWenty.four in Washington Territory.
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WLHoFT's Tonic is not panacea-is not
cure for everything, but is catholicon for
malarious diseases, and day by day adds fresh
laurcls to its crown of glorious success. En-
gorged Livcrs and Splcens, along the shady
banks OF our lakes and rivers, are restored to
their healthy and normal secrctions. Health
and vigor follow its use, and Chills have taken
their departure from every household where
Wilhoft's Anti-Periodic is kept and taken.
Don't fail to try it. WHEELoCK, FlNLAY L.
Co., Proprietors. New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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The GREAT MEDICAL REFORMATION
The Satanic Theory that preparations
which inf1ame the brain are, in any sense
of the word, remedies has been overthq0aon,
and can neoe'' be ae-estublishe1. The won
derful effects which have attended the use
of DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR B1rrERs as
an antidote to the causes of disease and a
cure for every comfortable ailment have
demonstrated the utter fallacy of the doc
trine that alcohol is tonic as we'll as a
stinnulant. The New and incompatible
Vegetable Remedy which has superseded
the death-draught of rum bitters is as free
from every intoxicating clement as the
dew Of Heaven, yet see how it is invigor-
ating the nervous, relieving the bilious,
curing the dyspeptic, purifying the blood
OF the scrofulous, Strengthening thedebl-
itated, arresting premature decay, and re-
placing dependency and weakness with
chccrtu1ness and activity. Truly, grand
Medical Revolution is in progress. As
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ihpMmN wanted for the great REGE1PT book,
sssos's" o., 25, 5000 WANTS SUPPLIED.
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EVERYRoD WANTS. Splendid CHROMO FREE
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Terminating tho Hair.-When the hair
ceases to draw from the scalp the natural lubricant
which its sustenancc, its vitality wcrc
pended, and, If not promptly attended to- badness
will be the certain result. The one method of
avoiding such an unpleasant catastrophe is to use
LYONS KArnA1RoN, which. when we'll rubbed into
the scalp, will speedily rcanimate the hair and pre-.
vent it from falling out.
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new STYLE OF MAPS,

Maps OF the United States SO arranged as to give
the purchaser map Of any of the Western States he
may wish to accompany it on the same sheet. Its
ncatncss and originality of style render 1t marked
SUCCESS. Terms made known to Agents wishing to
sell 1t by addressing RUFUS BLANCIIAItD,
ia Clark Street, Chicago.
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n GENTS WANTED to sell our iustly.cclcbratcd
n Articles for Ladies' wear. Indispensable and alb.
II so,utelX necessary: 10000 SOLD MONTH";:
LADY CAN DO WITHOUT THEM. Sample
sent on receipt of $500, FREE. Send for Illus.
tratel Circular. LIE PERLE RUBBER co.
30 Chamhsrs Street. Ne1Y Yark.