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4 Remarkable Recovery.

One of the most remarkable cases in
the annals of the modern surgery is that
of Mrs. Angeline Smith, of Marlboro,
Mass. In November, 1874, she was MUIR
derously assaulted by nephew, who is
now serving out life sentence in State
prison for the crime. She was struck
three heavy blows with an axe on
the top and side of the head, and another
with the corner of the axe-head on the
forehead over the eyes. She was not
killed, however, and as soon as found in
her apparently dying condition medical
attendance was summoned, and an ex-
animation of her wounds was made 1t
was found that each blow had apparently
shattered the skull, a large section of
which was driven down upon the brain,
and the compression thus occasioned
rendered the victim unconscious. This
was lifted from the brain and removed,
and she gradually regained conscious
ness. The seal p wounds were drawn to-
gether, but did not heal, and pieces of
broken bone kept constantly working
out, leaving the brain exposed so its
pulsations could be seen. But still Mrs.
Smith didn't die, and to-day she is as
hale, healthy, robust and able-bodied a
woman to look at as any in town. And
still she has that gaping wound on her
head. The exfoliation of bone goes on
continually, and the suppuration never
ceases, and that alone would seem enough
to drag down the strongest constitution,
but it doesn't prevent Mrs. Smith from
keeping house, doing her own work and
getting time to do a pretty good bust
ness at her old trade of sewing bonnets.
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Sensitiyeness of a Cat,

The study of mountain climates has
hitherto taken the form chiefly of an in
vestigation into the physiological effects
of diminished atmospheric pressure on
the human organism. Since different
are very variously endowed
with the power of accommodating them
selves to altered external conditions; it
is not to be wondered at that some
discrepancies are to be found in the
statements of different observers as to
the effects upon themselves and others of
alterations of atmospheric pressure.
Even different animals seem to possess
very different degrees of sensitiveness
in this respect. The cat appears to be
the most sensitive of animals in this par
ticular. 1t cannot exist atan elevation of
twelve thousand or thirteen thousand
feet. Attempts to acclimatize it at Po-
tosi, town in Bolivia, about thirteen
thousand feet above the sea, have failed.
At this elevation it is said to be attacked
by very remarkable tetanic fits, COM
mencing at first as slight Irregularities
of muscular movement, as in ST. Vitus'
dance, and gradually becoming stronger
and stronger, inducing the poor animals
to make violent leaps as sif they wished TO
climb up the rocks or the walls of the
houses; after violent efforts of this kind
they fell exhausted with fatigue, and
expired in a convulsive seizure. In the
town of Mexico, about seven thousand
three hundred feet above the sea, efforts
to introduce the cat, NJ. Jourdanet tell:
us, have been more successful. He men
tions the attempt of French lady wht
imported couple of white Angoras. HI
says: "They rapidly lost their habitua
gaiety. They bred, however, but thei
young family was reared with difficulty
many of them dying in their earliest in
fancy, drowned, so to say, in rarefie'
airD Those who survived had a de
jected appearance, not the gay an
lively aspect natural to kittens. Mos
astonishing thing of all, they were a
of them deaf" The long suffering dos
however, abounds in Mexico, and befor
the conquest the natives used to es
them.
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A CONVERSATION with M. Thiers on
the Eastern question, which occurred
last winter, is published. A part of it
the following be recognized as of
general interest:
Crimean War was impending before the
Empire-Turkey now, as then, prefers
to finish with blows. Then, as now, she
knew that Europe could not abandon
her; but then she had no army, now she
has one, and a disciplined one. more
over, which has been under arms, and
which has not used them badly. AS she
has only to act on the defensive, she
wishes to show that she is not so easy to
beat as is thought, and indeed, if her
administration were all as well organ
lied as her army, it would not be nee
essary to reproach her much. If it
comes to that, if duel cannot be pre-
vented, | hope still that even then
Europe will remain for long time the
spectator of this singular combat. Rus
sia has not to fear being threatened, for
all that the Turks would aim at would
be to repel her attacks. Europe would
have little to do or fear as long as the
Turks resisted; but from the moment
Turkey appeared to succumb, Europe
would have to consider whether she
would consent to leave Russia victorious
to dictate laws to vanquished Turkey, OF
even whether Turkey should be exposed
to the necessity of declaring herself con
quered. 1t is then that the general
confagration, of which l have spoken
would have to be dreaded, for one in,
tervention would call in others, and
there would not be country remaining
that would be sheltered from the
hames."
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When fed on cooked potatoes the ami
mails did not give as large quanty of
milk as when fed upon raw; but the
milk yielded nearly third more butter,
forty-two pounds of milk having been
required to make a pound of butter in
one case, and only twenty-seven pounds
in the other.
Remedies for injuries to fruit trees
are mentioned by Herr Lucas in a late
work on Orcharding, According to him,
wounds of the usual sort are best treated
by cutting out the injured part, and
smearing the parts laid bare by the
incision with resin and tar. Washing
them with water and bandaging with
wet cloths, have also frequently pro-
duced good results. Wounds on the
trunks of smooth -barked trees, caused
by hailstones, should be smeared with a
mixture of clay and COW s-dung. Fruit
trees injured by late frosts, if the bark
looks spotted and the fiber assumes a
reddish appearance, should be searifed
at once, or the strips of bark may be cut
out in the direction of the length of the
trunk, and the line of the incision fille6
up with paste made of clay, cow's-dune
and ashes.
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HONE HINTS.

II. One pint sponge, one pint warm
water, one teaspoonful molasses, salt, one
half teaspoonful soda; stir in Graham
-four raise, and bake.
Soft Graham Bread.-One pint sweet
milk; two teaspoonfuls cream tartar, one
teaspoonful soda, two tablespoonfuls
molasses, one quart -four, half-teaspoon-
full salt.
Graham Bread.-I. One cupful of
Graham -four, one cupful warm water,
half a cupful of bakers yeast, little
molasses and salt, Tablespoonful of
soda dissolved in water; let rise over
night; this quantity makes one loaf.
To Purify the ComplexiOn.-Eat an
orange or two every morning before break
fast, drink plenty of lemonade, not sweet
ened never drink tea, coffee or any kind of
stimulants; do not use soap on the face
or neck; take sponge bath every morn
ing-either cold or tepid-in water made
soft with powdered borax, teaspoonful in
a basin of water.
Short Cakes.-One pound sifted -four,
quarter of a pound of butter, and half
as much lard, very little salt, pinch of
soda, we'll dissolved in Just vinegar
enough to cover it; work all well to-
gether with ice cold water enough to
make stiff dough; roll it into paste half
an inch thick, cut into round cake
pick the top with a fork, bake in quick
oven.
Ill. One quart of fine flour, two
qnarts Graham flour; one tablespoon
full salt, one gill molasses, one-half cup
compressed yeast, dissolved in tea
cupful warm water; make stiff sponge,
and cover warmly. Let it getve light
then knead into soft dough, with fine
and Graham -four mixed in the proper,
ton of one-third fine and two thirds
Graham. Let it raise again, and mold
out very soft; place in pans; let stand a
few moments in a warm place.
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cursed the tyrant whom they served,
and having done so, he summoned him
to appear before the tribunal which |
none can escape, to answer for this last !
crime on his first anniversary. But the |
powerful chief needed not his words
Away with him. he said, sternly, |
as he lifted his goblet to his lips; and
there was struggle shrek of agony
and then splash upon the river-wave,
and all was silentl
A year went by in festival and pride,
and the day on which that monster
crime had been committed returned un-
needed. There was feast in the castle,
and Stibor, who month after month gave
himself up yet more TO self-indulgence,
gradually became heavy with wine, and
his attendants carried him to a couch
beside the same window whence the un-
fortunate slave had been hurled twelve
months before. The guests drank on for
time, and made merry at the insensi-
bility and helplessness of their powerful
host, and then they departed, each to
his business or his pleasure, and left him
there alone.
The easement had been flung back to
admit the air freely into the heated
apartment, and the last reveler had
scarcely departed, when a raven-the
somber messenger of Nemesis-hew
thrice around the battlements of the
castle, and then alighted on the balcony
Several of the guests amused their idle
ness by watching the evolutions of the
ill-omened bird, but once having lost
sight of it, they turned away and
thought of it no more.
Meanwhile, a work of agony and death
had been delegated to that dark-winged
messenger. 1t rested but an instant
from its flight ere once more it hoyered
over the couch of the sleeping Stibor
and then, darting down, its sharp beaB
penetrated at one thrust from his eye
into his brainl
The agony awoke him, but he awoke
only to madness from its extent. He
reeled to and fro, venting imprecation'
to which none were by to listen, anC
writhed until his tortured body was con
vulsed At length, by mighty effort
striving to accomplish he knew rot what
he hurled himself over the balcony, a
the self-same spot where the slave haC
.. been flung by his own command, and a.
he fell, the waters of the Waag for /;
time resisted the impure burden, ant
threw him back, shrieking and bowling
from their depths.
But he sank at last, and when hi
: parasites sought him ON the morrow
they found only the couch ON which h.
had lain and few drops of blood to hin
that he had died a death of violenc
and vengeance.
They searched for him carefully ol
all sides, and then, when they wer
quite assured that he had passed ava.
never to return, whispers grew of tn
gray-headed slave and the mysteriou
raven, until by degrees the fate of tn
famous Stibor was fashioned into forr
and grew into legend throughout tn
country, soaring the village maiden i
her twilight walk, and the lone shepher
I in watch upon the hills.
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Work..

We believe in work-good, honest,
hard work-work with the hands, work
with the head, and both combined. It
was mans original destiny, as well as
that of the entire animal creation. And
if we can call those operations which
are done without consciousness or
volition" work, then the vegetable king
dom is full of workers.
But man, above all, because he needs
most. Some animals make themselves
dwellings like men, and wonderfully
nice ones; but where is the animal that
makes himself suit of clothes? The
silk-worm! No. His cocoon is the house,
or his vest, if you please; but not his
coat and trousers.
Animals gather their food, and store it
up for use, with great labor; but no
animal builds fire and cooks it. Ami
mails live on fruits and grains, but never,
in any conscious or voluntary way, do
they plant trees or SOW corn.
The beaver is content to use his teeth
for an ak, and his tail for trowel, and
does admirable work with both; but
man makes tools and machinery. The
squirrel crosses the river ON chip or
piece of bark, making a sail of his
bushy tail which is very clever of
him; but men make canoes and steam
boats.
Thus, in clothing, cooking, agricul
ture, tools and navigation man issuperiol
as worker to the whole animal creation
And when we come to brain work, ano
writing, and artistic operations. there i:
no sort of comparison.
Dignity in labor! Why, what dignit,
is there in anything else? Who eve
thought of the dignity of. idleness
The only use and the only excuse TO
play and rest are that they enable us t.
work the better. Rest is the pause il
which we gather strength to labor. Rec
reation is the step back which enables u
to spring forward with a greater force
1t would be rash thing to say that wor
could not be excess, because all mus
have rest and sleep; but itisquite safe
say that ten men are killed by bad habit
and bad conditions, for one who is Gu
off by honest work. And idle men al
notoriously more short-lived than labor
Gus ones. The Oldest men who know
and those who have best preserved the
faculties, have been workers, both mel
tally and physically.
! And the workers certainly have tt
most enjoyment. Ask any man who h;
) retired from business. Idleness ca
into the soul, and makes happiness in
possible. Work brings cheer. Exec
of work is like all excess; but there
. no better condition of life than that
/ the man who is wise and tempera
worker
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GLEANLNGS FROM THE MUSE.
EDELWEISS

What Is the sweetest little flower
In all the leaf-green wi.d7
y that must be the violet,
The springs own foster child.
q no. not hers the sweetest dover,
/ know fairer little flower.
What l. the sweetest little flower,
In all the leaf-green wild7
Then Il must be the red, red rose
On which the sunbeam smiled.
q no, not hers the fairest dover,
know a fairer little howerl
The rose and violet fade and die
Amid the leaf-grsen wood;
know flower that never fades,
In silent solitude.
Then name 10 me this forest child,
The sweetest flower Of all the wild.
When gentle spring the violet wakes,
And wild-birds sing and brood,
Then waits my wondrous little flower
In patient solitude.
No breath Of perfume hour by hour
Yet still the sweetest little flower.
when all the flowers go TO sleep,
When leaf and blossom fall,
when shrub and tree all mourning stand
And birds no longer call,
From ice and snow then blooms TO light
Ny little flower 70 silver white.
OF love within the heart that glows
Undying, ever new,
This flower that from the silence grows
Is semblance, fair and true.
Free from the thral Of snow and ice,
Dear little Observation-Disclosures.
Hattie 4. FeuiiRg- from the German
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The Latest Fashion for Ladies'.

Our attention has recently been called to
the Raritan MatelaSse Cloakings, something
entirely new in the way of heavy, thick,
ladies' wear during the cold weather now APP
preaching. These goods are the handsomest,
and most stylish ever seen, and so far as
price is concerned are miracle of cheap
ness. They are intended for cloaks, sacques,
dolmans, circulars and jackets, for both
ladies and children, and are to be found at
all the leading dry good stores in the coun-
try. Be particular to ask for the Rdrttdn
CiodkingS, and take no others.
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THR experiment which was tried last

THR experiment which was tried last
year of employing carrier pigeons to
bring early intelligence every morning
from the fishing ground, off the Scotch
coast, of the results of the nights labor,
is again being resorted to this season.
One of the birds is taken out in every
boat in the afternoon, and after the nets
have been hauled ON the following morn
ing, the pigeon was dispatched with a
small piece of parchment tied round its
neck, containing information as to the
extent of the catch, the position of the
boat, direction of the wind, and the
prospect of the return journey. If there
is not wind enough to take the boat
back, or if it is blowing in an unfavor-
able direction, request is made for a
tug, and from the particulars given as
to the bearings of the craft, she can be
picked up easily by the steamer. Most
of the pigeons, when let off from the
boats, circle three times round over
head, and then sweep away toward the
land with great rapidity, generally fly
ing at the rate of a mile per minute.
NATURE is content with little; grace
| I,,t
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on receipt OF 20 Cents Addre<s
~ For Sale by ali Druggists. 81
Tbe Great HoteI. of New York.

While in New York a few weeks since, we
put up at the Grand Central for the first
time, and we can say with truth that it is the
best and cheapest hotel in New York: We
have tried about all of the New York hotels,
from the Fifth Avenue down to EarFs, and
we think the Grand Central the best and
cheapest of them all. 1t is located on high
ground, up Broadway, where mosquitoes do
not intrude even in dog days; is large and
airy, splendidly kept, the clerks attentive
and civil, and the charge remarkably low,
for a first-class hotel
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The Markets..

Sc 5o@7 so; family, IS 2o@6 S5; spring, s. 1896 IS;
s. 5oa4. Rye Flour IS 50@4 25. Grain-Wheat,
prime choice red 81 2S@1 SS prime to choice hill
and amber 81 2s91 IS; prime to choice white, 81 25
259SSc. Hay, prime to choice timothy, Se@11.
Mess pork, s12 5o@12 IS. Lard, S1a@s5se. Cotton,
LOUISVILLE .-Flour-Extra, 81 25@4 so; extra
family, s5@5 25; A No. l, S. 1896; fancy, se@
6 rs. Grain-Wheat, 81 so@1 s5; corn, 4s@5Sc;;
in i't tierces, 1es4c. Cotton low middling' lie ~
MDIANAfoLIs.-Fl s6 75@7 Is: family,
s5@5 Is; low grades, ss@4 go Grain-Wheat, No
Rye, No ., 55c. Oats, Mixed 24c. Bulk meats, clear
rib sides, 77gc; shoulders, 6@7e. Sweet picked
hams, 1014c. Hogs, S5d5 %.
superfne State and western State, ssgs 50;
common to good Western and State, IS 75@6;
to choice white wheat Western, extra, S. 55@7 25;
| fancy white wheat Western extra, 81 30SS rs;
common to choice extra Ohio, s5 75@7 =; com.
10 double extra, 81 75@10 25. Rye Flour, s494 rs
ley, s1%e@si; ns corn. n 56S5s a se oats,
Mess pork, new, s14d14 10. Cotton, 113s@111ac
Ween 1tras M Rra
Sc 75@7 %; Pennsylvania extra family, Sc 1907 so
high grades and Minnesota patent process, s. s.
| d9 So Grain-Wheat, Pennsylvania amber, 81 A
al So; Pennsylvania red, 81 44a1 4s. Corn
yellow Western 5915@6Oc.: mixed Western, 5S@59c
Oats, white Western, 35@40c.; mixed western
32@35c. Rye. Pennsylvania, 67970c. Mess pork
new S14@14 so. Petroleum, refined, 15s4g151sc.
crude, in barrels, 912@94c.
STOCK MARKETS.
Cattle-Common to med iur
s2d3 50 good choice butchers grades, S3 75@
4 so fair to good shippers, S4 75@5 25 Sheep an
Lambs-Common TO choice sheep, 8 5094 so; fair t
extra lambs SS 50@5 Hogs--Common, 81 50q5
fair good light IS 2O@5 As; fair to good packin
grades So 1915 40; selected butchers S5 40@5 50.
n ShnQf. -EnJr to nod pStp
ga rs; choice grades, SIS. Hogs--iOrkers, 50 60(
$40; best, S5 70 rough, S5 25; common S4@4 so.
NEW YORK.--Beef Cattle--Good to prime steer
106111ac common to fair steers, S@9hc and
carloads Texas at 61a@74c. Sheep -S4@5 go
Lambs--S5 $685. a few carloads choice brought So
@6 20.
EAST LIBERTY, PA.--Beef Cattle-Prime, SIS {
as IS; common, 81 50G5 Sheep--S3 50@5 q. Hos
Workers, SIS 40d5 70 Philadelphias, S6@6 80.
+ WOOL.--In Philadelphia, the market is steady an
firm, demand fair supply good. Ohio, Pennsylvani
and West Virginia, double extra and above,
"a 0c. extra, 44d46c.; medium, 44946c.; coars
35@3Sc.; New York, Michigan, Indiana, and Yves
ern, fine, 1aG421 &C.. medium, 44@45e.; coarse,
a36c. combing, washed, so d55e.; combing, III
washed sc SIC; Canada combing, 52@53c.; fiji
, unwashed, 2sa30c.; coarse and medium unwashe'
l 2S@S1c.; tub-washed, 40@45c.
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MACHINE has been invented,

A MACHINE has been invented,
mounted on wagon wheels, which is in
tended for use on farms in the West. 1t
deluges the ground behind it with
smoke from burning chips and brim-
stone, and holds the smoke down long
enough to suffocate every potato bug,
locust, and other insect that comes
within it's influence.
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WILHoFT's FEVER AND AGUE TONIC
This medicine is used by construction COM
panies for the benefit of their employees,
when eegaged in malarial districts. The
highest testimonials have been given by
contractors and by the Presidents of some
of the leading railroads in the South and
West. When men are congregated in large
numbers in the neighborhood of swamps
and rivers, Wilhoft's Tonic will prove a
valuable addition to the stock of medicines,
and will amply reward the company in the
saving of time, labor and money. Werecom-
mend it to all. q. r. FINLAY & Co., Pro-
prietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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STUTTERING.-This singular afilictlon is
treated by an ingenious invention called
Bates Patent Appliances. Simpson Co.,
Box 5076, New York, send description OF
same to all inquirers.
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Bread Is the staff of Life.

By Bread we mean all the various forms
into which it is customary to convert cereal
flour. When is Bread good? Bread is good
when light, sweet and nutritious, and with
out deleterious qualities. How are these
properties best secured? In no way, We an
swer, so well and certainly as by the use of
DooLEY'S YEAST POWDER. Try it thor
oughly and convince yourself.
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HATCH's Universal Cough Syrup has be-
come one of the leading cough remedies in
our trade We have known cases where it
has given relief, where our best medicines
have failed. We warrant it in every case,
and are satisfied that it is one of the best
medicines of its kind.
SHARON, SWIFT & Co.,
Sterlingville, n. Y.
Sold by JOHN D. PARK & Sons, Cincinnati.
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PREJUDICE is an extravaganza lily afforded
in these times. Let not your prejudice lead
you to buy, till you have sent for free price
list of Jones, of Binghamton, Binghamton,
N. Y, who offers to sell on trial, Five Ton
Wagon Scales at $50; freight prepaid.
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A ST. LOUIS reviewer wrote an article
entitled, "Martin Luther = Diet of
Worms and the compositor set it up,
" Martin Luther died of worms"
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The Shape of the Coulter.-The I

The Shape of the COulter.-The To-
ronto Globe is called upon to settle the
question, Whether to plow lea the
plowman ought to use coulter sharp
ened at the grindstone, or filed blunt SO
as to present an edge as thick as a penny
piece in order to make the best plow-
ing?' And the editor answers: The
shape of the coulter edge is altogether a
matter of opinion. First-class plow-
men do not agree on this point. Some
of them keep the coulter as sharp as
they can, while others prefer square
edge of about the thickness of penny
piece But these latter gentlemen are
very careful that the corners of the
sharp edge shall be quite sharp. So
careful on this point are they that dur
ing plowing match the competitors
will stop and put in few valuable
minutes with a file ON the edge of their
coulter. The object aimed at in both
forms of the coulter is to make it of the
form that will most readily divide the
roots and herbage. AS soon as the SHARP
or square edged coulter becomes rounded
its usefulness is impaired and it soon be
comes choked with weeds. There are
some who think that there is great ad
vantage to be got by having the knife
set slanting backward at about the angle
at which it is usually set slanting for
ward. By this means a drawing instead
of pushing cut is got, and on tougl
sod the draught is materially lessened
But the plan has its bad as well as it
good points. 1t will not work when tn
ground is hard or of uneven texture
the knife rising instead of keepin
down to its work