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Lake Titicaca.


This is the most singular and interesting
lake Ia the world. Situated or the crest
OF the Andes, it is the highest large body
of fresh water; and as concurrent tradi-
lions point to it as the spot where Nance
Capac, the first Inca. appeared and woke
the aboriginal tribes from their long sleep
OF barbarism and ignorance, it is the histe-
ric center of South America. Humboldt
called it the theater of the earliest Ameri-
can civilization. On an island within it
are the Imposing ruins of the Temple of
the sun. and all around are monuments
which attest the skill and magnificence of
the lncas. There are also, as at Tiahuana-
co and Silustani, the remains of burial tow
ers and palaces, which antedate the cru
sades, and are Therefore pre-incai-ial.
Lake Tlticaca Is about the size of our
Ontario, shallow on the west and north,
deep toward the east and south. The
eastern or Bolivian shore, being backed by
the lofty range of Sorata, is very high and
precipitous. The lake never freezes over,
although the temperature of Puno is often
lSe at sunrise. Two little steamers of 100
tons each do trifling business. Steam
is generated by llama dung, the only fuel
of the country; for there are no trees with
in l50 miles. The steamers actually cost
their weight in silver: for their Transport
tation lin pieces) from the coast cost as
much as the original price. A steamboat
company has just asked from Bolivia the
exclusive privilege of navigating I'iticaca
and the Rio Desaguadero to Lago Pampa,
with guaranty of six per cent. cost ON the
capital and share In all new mines discov-
cred.
Professor Orion, the latest traveller in
that region, calls attention TO the fact that
Lake 1iticaca is not 50 high as usually
given in geographical works by about 800
feet. Its TRUE attribute is 12,493 feet. and
in the dry season it is four feet less. This
fact has been revealed by the consecutive
dwellings made in building the Arequipa
railway Just finished, which reaches from
the Pacific to Lake Titicaca. The road
rises from the sea to Arequipa. 1850 feet :;
thence to the summit, 14,660 feet /; and
then descends over 1000 feet, to Puno on
the west shore of the lake, a distance by
the track of 325 miles from the ocean.
Pentlandt's estimates of Soiata. 1llimani,
and other peaks of the Andes, having start
ed from the Ti.icaca level as a base line,
must come down full 300 feet.-.Scieattfc
A ;leg.ir6u
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Mad Ants.

Don Francisco NelaSques informed me
in 1870 that he had 4 powder which made
the ants mad, so that they bit and destroy
ed each other. He gave me a little of il.
and it proved to he corrosive Sublimate. l
made several trials of it. and found il most
etficaclouS in turning a large column OF
ants. y little OF it Sprinkled across one OF
their paths in dry weather has a most sur
prising effect. As soon as one of the ants
touches the white powder itcommences to
run about wildly, and 10 attack any other
ant IL comes across. In a couple OF hours
round balls of the ants will be found all
biting each other; and numerous individ-
uals will be seen bitten completely in two.
whilst others have lost some Of their legs
or antenn3. News of the cOmmOtion is
carried TO the formicarium. and huge fel-
lows, measuring three quarters of an inch
IN length. that only come ont of the nest
during migration or an attack on the
neStof one of the working columns. are
seen stalking down with determined air,
rs if they would soon right matters As
soon however rs they have touched the
sublimate all their StatelineSS leaves them:
they rush about; their legs are seized hold
of by some of the smaller ants already
affected by the poison; and they them
selves begin 20 bite. and i'm a short time
become the center of fresh balls of rabid
ants. The Sublimate can only be used
effectively in dry weather. At Colon |
found the Americans using coal tar which
they spread across their paths when any of
them led to their gardens. | was also
told that the Indians prevent them from |
ascending Young trees by tying thick |
wisps OF grass, with the sharp points
downwarls, round the stems. The ants |
cannot pass through the wisp. and do not /
lind out how to Surmount it, getting con-
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A Change of Business.

4 New York dry-goods clerk, who lost
his place during the panic, is prospecting
in new business. He secured, after
much trouble. a meat route among the
feline pets of the merchants, and every
day he may be seen going from store TO
store feeding them. He charges
thirty cents a week for regular
board. Where two or three cats
are served in one store he makes re-
duetiOn. Every Saturday he makes an
extra round in the afternoon and leaves
enough for Sunday. On that round he
collects for the week, and that's the time
he says he hears the grumbling. Some of
the cats are such pets that their owners
are afraid they're not fed enough, or are
Oyerfed, or don't get the right kind of
food, or something. On the whole.
though, he thinks his customers are pretty
well satisfied with the new system.
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A Self-RegiStering Thermometer.

An improved automatic registering and
printing thermometer has long been desi-
deratum. and according to Professor
Hough, this has now been realized, in the
invention OF an instrument admirably
adapted to the purpose. In the construc-
ton of this apparatus there is the utmost
simplicity. 1t consists of brass tube,
bent in the form of a siphon. the closed
leg of which is filled with alcohol, and the
open with mercury, and, on the surface of
the mercury, in this open end, there rests
an ivory float, suspended from delicate
balance, having platinum wire attached to
each end of the lever. Now, when the
column of mercury in the thermometer
tube rises or falls from the effect of temp
eraturc, the platinum wires dip in small
mercury cups underneath them, thereby
causing current of electricity to pass
through one of two electromagnetic Ope-
rating mechanism for giving motion TO a
fine micrometer screw. The motion of
this screw elevates or lowers the balance.
thereby breaking the circuit. Whenever a
change of temperature equal to One-tenth
of a degree occurs, the magnetic current
circuit is complete, and the screw is moved
TO a space equivalent to the change in the
height of the mercury in the thermometer.
AT the same time the clock-work moves
the type-wheelS indicating the tempera-
ture, which is printed each hour on a slip
of paper moving in front of them. A pen
ell held against a revolving drum also re-
cords a continuous curve, exhibiting at a
glance the height of the thermometer.
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THE PLEDGE AT SPUNRf POINT.
TALE OF NIRTUoUs EFFORT AND ItMAN
PERFfbS.


by JOHN HAY.
It's all very well for preachin',
: But preachin' and practice don't gee;
r | Pm posted on virtue and temp rance,
And you can t ring 1t in on me.
Jest todde along with your pledge, Squire;
Ef that's what yOn want me to sign;
BetwiNt me and you, I've been thar,
And L II not take any in mine.
year ago last Fo'th July
A lot % the boys was here;
We all got corned and signed the pledge
Fur TO drink no more that year.
There was Tilman Joy and Sheriff McPhail,
And me and Abner Fry,
And Shelby's boy, Levtlcus,
And the Golyer's-Luke and Cy.
And we anteed up a hundred
In the hands of Deacon Hedge,
Fur to be divided the follerin' Fo'th
'MOngst The boys that keep the pledge.
And We knowed each other so well, Squire,
You may take my scalp for fool
| FL very man when he signed his name
Ditn'tf ei dead sure of the pool.
Fur a while il all went lovely;
We put up a job next day
Fur to make Joy b'lieve that his wife was dead,
| And he went home middlin gay.
| Then AOner Fry he killed iilan,
! And alOre he wa hing, McPhail
Jest bilked the wilder outen her sheer
By gittin' him Slowed in Jail.
/ But Chris mas scooped the Sheriff.
| The eggnOgs gathered him in
| And Shelby's boy Leviticus,
/ Was New Years tight SIS sim;
And along in March the Golyers
Got SO drunk that a frcsh-biled owl
Would "a looked, 'lOngSide o. them two young
men,
Like sober temperance fowl.
For months alone walked the chalk;
thought my heart would break.
And I'll them boys a-slappin' my back,
Aud akin, what II you take?'
| never silent without nrpamin' dreams
OF Burbin. Peach, or Rye,
But chawcd at my ngger-head and swore
I'd take that pool die.
At last the Foth-I bumped myself
Through chores and breakfast soon,
Then scoOted down TO Iaggart's store,
For the pledge was Off ut n on;
And all the boys was gathered thar,
And each man hit his gass,
Watchin' me and the clock, quite solemn like,
Fur 10 see the last minute pass.
The clock struck twelve! raised The jug,
And took one luvin' pull
! was hOlier clar from skull TO boots,
Ii seemed couldn't git fall
But was reused by a fendish laugh
hat might have raised the dead
Them Ornary sneaks had sot the clock
y half an hour ahead!
"All right, ;" l squawk ed, "you've got me;
jest order your drinks sgin,
And we'll paddle up to the De acon's
And scoop the ante in. -
But when we got up to Kedge's,
What a sight was that we sawl
The Deacon and Parson Skeeters
In the tail of game of draw.
They had shook 'em the heft of the mOrnin',
The Z. rson's luck was far,
And he raked, the minute We got thar,
The last Of our pool on a par.
So, no more temp rance for me, Squire;
| low its all worry fine,
But u fur myself thank We,
III not take any in mine
-Hdrper'S WeekIV
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GoDEY-The illustrations in the April

UODEY.-Ihe ILLUSTRATIONS IN The April
number Of Godeys Lddy's Book are: \ handsome
steel plate ''The Renewal of the Lease Refused; -
beautiful cOlOred fashion plate; Alphabet for
marking linen; an Extension Sheet of the latest
fashions in dr. sses, spring coats, shoes, and art
Giles of every kind necessary to complete the tot
let. There is also an engraving to please the ju-
veniles The number contains several short sea-
sonablc stories and the usual amount of other in
teresting reading matter. Much valuable infor-
nation will be found in the different Household
departments. Published by L. A. Cooley Phil
adelphia, Pa, at s. 60 per year; four copies
$40 co. and beautiful chrome to each sub
acn.i l,.L-
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4 HUMANE INSTITUTION established tif-
teen years ago for the cure of Determines OF
the Spine, Limbs, and Face. Paralysis, Piles,
Fistula, Catarrh, Chronic Diseases and Dis
eased Joints, is the National Surgical Insti-
tute, indianapolis, Indiana. 1t is the largest
Institution of the kind in the nation; has a
capital stock of $500, 10000, and cures thou
sands of sufferers annually. Send for their
circular, which is mailed free to any address.
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MORE than 80 years have elapsed since
,I0hnsoR's AR0dgRe LiRimeRt was first in
vented, during which time hundreds of thou
sands have been benefited by its use. Proba-
bly, no article ever became so universally pop
LiRiment.
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! COMMON SENSE REASONS why DIR.
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BTTERs
should be Used.
1St. They are an entire Vegetable Bitters,
free from all alcoholic stimulants.
I'd. They are the result of careful study,
experiment and labor.
Sd. The greatest care is taken to secure
Medicinal Virtues, and exclude everything
Objectionable.
4th. Thy unite, as life-restoring scien-
tiiic tonic, the greatest strengthening and
vitalizing principles.
9TH. Persons of Sedentary habits and
over-worked, find in them a specific for
,oant Of appetite, paLpitation, debility, con-
stipatjon, and many other nameless all
mcntS.
9th. The aged find in them guarantee of
prot nged health and life, and weak and
delicate females and mothers find especial
benefit from their usel
9TH. They are the MASTER OF DISEASE.
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Pitts which contain anthony, quinine and
ealomel, should be avoided. as severe gripping
pains would be the only result The safest,
surest, and best pills are Parsons PargutiUe
or Anti-BnfOus Pits
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Thirty Years Experience of an Old
Nurse.

MEs. WISsLow's SOOTHING syrup is the prescrip-
ion Of one of he best Female Physicians and Nurses
n the United States. and has been used for thirty
years with ncycrfailins safety and success by mill
ions CT nJtcrs and children, from the feeble infant
of week old to the adult. 1t corrects acidt of
The stomach, relieves wind colo, regulates the bow
els, ana gives rest health and comfort mother and
child. We believe K to be the Best and Surest Rene
iy N The World in Gp cases o* DYSENTERY and
DIARIHGA IN CHILOREN, whether it arises from
T-ctcag OF from any other cause. Full directions
or using will accompany each bottle. None Genuine
unless the fac-simile of CURTIS d PERKINS Is on
he outside wrapper
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
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Tie ORGAN as household instrument
has been rapidly growing in favor, and the
yearly sales are now enormous. 4 good
Organ remains in tune. is easily kept in
order, and blends naturally with the quail
ity of the voice. The advertisement of the
Smith American Organ Co., in another
column, is referred to the consideration of
our readers. This house has an enviable
reputation for good work and fair dealing.
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A penny saved here and there counts up at
the end of the year. Buy only SILVER
TIPPED Shoes and you will save dollars in
stead of cents. Parents remember this.
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ONLY one man has ever dared to climb
the spire of st. Paul's Church, London,
though $40 is offered to any one who will
reDaint the ball.
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Dr.. Pierce,s Farorite Presentation

DF. I1efce'S FaFOrlle PRESCRIPTION
is very strongly recommended by the Medical
Faculty and is very largely prescribed among
their female patients. 1t is worthy of all
confidence as may be seen from the following
testimonial:
ATLANTA, ILL.,, July 18th, 1873.
DR.. Il. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y:
Deer Sir have not words to express my
gratitude to you for your advice and assist
ance in my ease. There is not one who has
used your medicines since they have been
brought here but that can say with me they
have been greatly benefited. Since l have
been so helped by its use six or seven around
me left off all doctors and other medicines,
and now use it in their families, after being
cured of the same disease as mine. You do
not know what a wonder it created in our
city. by restoring my sister wrote you about.
for she had been under the care Of three of
our best doctors but could not sit up but for
a few minutes at one time. | begged of her
to try your medicines, and before she had
used half of the bottles she could go all
around the yard, and has now just come
home from visit five miles away.
Mrs. THOS. MCFARLAND.
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| DON'T TAMPER WITH A COUGH-Perhap.
in the whole category of diseases to which hui
manity is susceptible, the cough is most neg
lected in its early stage. A simple cough i,
generally regarded as a temporary affection
unpleasant and nothing more; but TO those
who have paid dearly for experience, it is the
diseases-Consumption A cough will lead to
cOnsumptiOn-if not checked-sO sure as the
rivuet leads to the river, vet it is an easy enc
my to thwart, if met by the proper remedy
Aliens LING BdLsdm is the great cough rem
edy of the age, and has earned its reputation
by merit alone. Sold by all good druggists.
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HOME INTERESTS.

POTATO PK.-Boil the sweet-potatoes,
peel them, and slice thin put layer in a
baking dish with or without pastel, dot il
over with nice butter, sprinkle with sugar
and little allspice. Proceed In this way
until the dish Is fill then pour over it
milk, water, or cream, as you choose,
enough to soak it well. Then bake
slowly.
GRTTs PUDDING WITH APPLEs.-Take 10
apples, pared and quartered, cover the
bottom of your pudding dish, sprinkle a
little sugar and CRATE little nutmeg over
them cover this with well boiled grits,
seasoned with butter las for breakfast,
then another layer of apples, and so on
until the dish is full. Bake until the APP
plies are well done, and eat with sweet
cream. Good either cold or hot.
An English agricultural paper SAYS that
eggs intended for setting should be stored
with the large end down, because the air
bubble does not spread so much as when
the small end is doNn-this spreading OF
the air-bubble being known to affect the
freshness and vitality Of the egg. Eggs
stored with the large end down will keep
perfectly good for Matching more than a
month, while the others cannot be depend
ed on after two weeks.
RICE MACARoNt.-Washa and pick over
teacupful of rice : add to it 8 te3cupfuls of
boiling water, and place over the fire.
When boiled in cold water the kernels lose
their shape, but if hot water is used the
shape is retained. When done, drain, and
in baking dish place layer of rice. then
a layer of cheese cut into dice, little but
ter, salt, and pepper. and alternating with
rice and cheese until the dishiS full. having
cheese on top. Fill the pa with milk,
and bake three-duarters Of an hour.
CHICKEN SALAD.-Boil pair Of chick
ems, mince fine all the tender meat, white
and dark, chop the white part of large
head of celery with couple of Young
heads of lettuce and mix them with the
chicken. Boil half dozen eggs 20 min
utes, nib the yelts sIhoOth with spoon
and mix with them teaspoonfuls of made
English mustard, teaspOOnful of salt. 2
tablespoonful of salad oil or melted but
ter, dessert-spOOnful of white sugar and
half pint of strong vinegar. Pour the
dressing over the chicken and celery in a
salad-bo%l, and gafhish with the white Of
the eggs Gilt in rings.
CoIb WATER FOR tNFANTs.-Tt is very
doubtful if there is a single possible disease
in which the patient should not have cold
water at itbttu1t. Oh, how the babes often
suffer for cold water. A nursing babe is
given, no iiiatter how thirsty, nothing but
milk. The little lips are dry and cracked,
and the little tongue so parched it can
scarcely nurse, and yet it has nothing but
milk to assuage its craving thirst. Try it
yourself, mother; when you have fever
and WE are sure that ever after, when your
darlitg is dying with thirst, the teaspoon
and tumbler Of cold water will be in con-
slant use.
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Profitable Employment.

work for Everybody. Good Wages.
Permanent Employment. Men and
"a omen wanted. Full particulars free.
Address W. a. HENDERSON & CO., CleV Gland,
o., or st. Louis, Mo.
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NOTHING BETTER said Dr. John Ware, OF
Boston, than Cutler Bros celebrated VEGETABLE
ruLMoNAR BALSAM. for Colds and Consumption.
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WHEN writing to advertisers please mention
w the name of this paper.
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Chiid;cn Often Look Pale and Sick
FROM no ether cause than kaviG worms in tie stom
,ch.
BROWNS YERMIFEGE COMETS

erfccily WHITE end free from al! coloring or other
luxurious ingredients usually used in worm prepara
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CURTIS & BROWN, Proprictors,
No. 2i5 Fulton street New York

sessi ~ Druggists aad Czemists. and Bealers IN
Ks,i.c...es, q; T, E,,TT-FiyE CEST4 i;ox.
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HRTT n n n wioutl Truth Triumphant, Agents.
E4s III E1Es III old and young m lie and female make
kk % R%s@ss s% ns OK % FL r a5a
eva " ~ ~ ~ ~ than yis else Greatest induce
ments to Agents and Pr chlcs Catalogues Terms fall
particulars sent free 10 all p o. VICKEEY, Augusta Maine
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5000 Words.

The PronOuncing Hand Book Of Words often Mis-
pronounced, as given by the best aUihuritics
Set 10 any address on receipt OF sixty Cents.
LEE n SHEPARD Boston.
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IRENONT STREET olgs1 si., ys..a BOSTON, MSS

L NOX NURSERIES,. Estab 1851 AGENTS
N WANTED. Clubs, Planters, Nurseries supplied.
Assortment complete. list, class. Terms unequaed.
j. II. SIMPSON * BRO; Vincennes, Knox Co., Ind.
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It's all very well for preachin',
But preachin' and practice don't gee;
Pm posted on Write and temperance,
And you cam ring 1t in on me.
jest tOddle along with your pledge, 'Sdtire,
Ef that's what yon want me to sign;
BetwiNt me and you, I've been thar,
And pll not take any in mine.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-03-11
CONTEMPT OF Court.

Mr.. Rawley walked in, and close at his
heels stalked Bltters. Both seated them
selves, the one on chair, the other on
end, directly in front of the Surrogate.
Mr.. Jaeger looked at the dog with the
solemn eye of Surrogate, and shook his
head as only a Surrogate can shake It
=" Are you the witness " inquired he of
the dogs master.
IL am sir,n replied Mr.. Rawley. II
was supnnaed to testify
whats that animal doing here" de-
manded the Surrogate.
Nothing" replied Mr.. Rawley. " He
comes when L comes. He goes when 1
60"
1.-THE animal must leave the court It's
contempt of court to bring him here"
said Mr.. Jaeger angrily. Remove him
instantly
Mr.. Rawley had frequently been in at
tendance at the police courts, and once or
twice had a slight taste of the sessions so
that he was not so much struck with the
Surrogate as he otherwise might have
been. He replied:
make no opposition, sir, and shall not
move fiuger to prevent it. There's the
animal, and any officer as pleases may re-
move him. 1 say muffin agin it. L know
what acontempt of court is; and that a'int
one.n And Mr.. Rawley threw himself
amiably back in his chair.
man with friZZeled wig, remove the
dog
Mr.. Slagg laid down his pen, took of
| his spectacles, went up to the dog and told
him TO get out, to which Bitters replied by
swapping at his fingers as he attempted to
| touch him. Mr., Rawley was staring alb
stractedly out of the window. The dog
looked at him for instructions, and re-
ceiving none, supposed that swapping at a
scrivener's fingers was perfectly correct,
resumed his pleasant expression toward
| that functionary, occasionally casting 6
lowering eye at the Surrogate as if deliber'
ating whether to include him in his de-
monstrations of anger.
| Slagg, have you removed that dog p
| said MIR. Jaeger, who, the dog being un
| der his very nose, saw that he had not.
No sir, he resists the court" replied
Mr.. Slagg.
Call Walker to assist YOU" said Mr.
Jaeger.
Walker, a thin man in drabs, had antici
pated something of the kind, and had &C
cidently withdrawn as soon as he saw
that there was prospect of difficulty
so that the whole court was set at defianc
by the dog.
Witness" said Mr.. Jaeger.
Mr.. Rawley looked the court full in tn
face.
"Will you oblige the court by removing
that animal ~ said Mr.. Jaeger mildly.
Certainly, sir,n said Mr.. Rawley
Bitters, 60 home" Bitters rose stiff
and went out, first casting glance at tn
man with wig, for the purpose of bein
able to indemnity him on some future occa
sion, and was soon after seen from tn
window walking up the street with tn
most profound gravity.-Fron1 the sat
| torney," Gy John Il IrUi11.