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fattened. will often sell for ten dollars
in the cities, and half that IN country
villages. A half-bread COtsworth lamb,
fed with n little mixed oatmeal and
bran and sucked by native eve, will
make an excellent market lamb. Lambs
now being fed, should be protected
from cold storms, and the ewes should
have some extra feed.
THE annual yield of potatoes In the
limited States. according to the returns
Of the last census, was nearly loOOOO,-
600 bushels. In view of the increasing
attention lately given To this crop 1t
will doubtless show at the close Of the
present decade q large increase IN The
amount of the yield, as well rs IN the
number and improvement OF varieties.
In fact. it may be safely assumed that,
in snite of the fears of many in regard
to the ravages of the beetle, this cDp
will still show a yield at the next census
of over 20O, 000,0 600 bushels.
SUPERIOR sponge cake: Take the
weight of ten eggs in powdered loaf
sugar. beat it to a frOth with the yelks
of twelve eggs, put in the gated md of
/ a fresh lemon, leaving out the white
part; add half the juice Beat the
( whites of twelve eggs to Z stiff froth,
and mix them with sugar md butter
/ Stir the whole without any CESSATION for
/ fifteen minutes, then stir IL gradually
the weight of six eggs in Sted -four
As soon as the -four is welmixed in,
, turn the cake into pans lined With but
tered paper; bake it immedtely in
quick but not furiously hotven. 1t
will bake in the course of twity min
utes. If il baRes too fast, cor it with
thick paper.
MAKE arrangements to sa every
particle of manure from the "opens.
LIQUID and solid. 1t is too vaabfe to
Ieee.--I3vvry- hundred poundsf such
manure Liquid and solid xed-is-l
estimated to equal in value aoesANe
hundred and sixty pounds, OF ~
barnyard manure. It Is sood, -. -
crops. and especially suited 20 + IA
trees. Nothing is better to pPserye its
virtue than swamp muck on ny earth
Use it freely, covering the Dor of tie
pen at night, and cleaning ut in the
morning, after which the fos shouldbe
sprinkled again. 1t is not oiy good for
the manure, but for the zine. The
hog-pen is generally the nat offensive
spot on the farm during Il fattening
season. A little dry earthudiciously
used every day would dispe of all I'M
pleasant Odors.
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more beautiful about children, than
The Children'g Hour" have ever been

more beautiful about children, than
60 The Children's Hour" have ever been
written:
'' hear in the chamber above me
The patter Of little feet,
The sound Of a door that is opened,
and voices soft and sweet.
From my study see in the lamp-hght
Descending the broad hall stair,
Grave Alice, and laughing Allegro,
And Edith with golden hair.
A whisper, and then a silence,
Yet know by their merry eyes
They are plotting aud planning together
To take me by surprise.
have you fast in my fortress,
And will not let you depart,
But put you into the dungeon
In the round tower of my heart.
And there will keep you forever,
Yes, forever. and day.
Thu the walls shall crumble to ruin,
And molder 10 dust away"
Numberless poets have sung the charms
of those who are living
With the glory of God all about them,
And the glo II gladness Within"
Of
The little " hite arm that encircle
Ny neck in a tender embrace"
Of
80 The smiles that halos Of heaven,
Shedding sunshine of love on my face
but few poets, great or little, have writ
ten so sweetly as has Charles Dickinson :;
con there's nothing on earth half 80 holy
Asthe innocent heart of a child;
They are idols OF heart and OF household,
They angels of God in disguise
His sunlight siil sleeps in their tresses,
His glory still CLEANS in their eyes,
Oh, these truants from home and from heaven,
They have made me more manly and mild
They have taught me how Jesus should hken
The Kingdom of God TO a child
A stanza from " Children " suggests
another poem familiar perhaps, to all of
us:
"Ah. what would the world be TO Us
II the children came no mOre2
We should dr. ad the desert behind
More than the dark before"
And
"a Oh, the weary, solemn silence
OF "a house without he children,
ON, the strange, unbr0ken stiffness
Where the children come more"
But ii is useless to plultinlY exana1aIaa-
for aAa.---1---<rs- taken more OF the
poets fancy or inspired more beautiful
verse than the bright darlings that are
to our households what the flowers are
to soft green fields or stately woods.
what the birds are to Gods air and to
Gods Leaven,- beautifiers and our
comforters and our teachers of love and
gentleness.
-" We teach them the beauty OF knowledge,
They teach Us the goodness OF God"
They re better than all the ballads
That ever were sung or said;
For they are living poems,
And all the rest are dead"
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simple girl who lovd him TOO, win al i
her heart, and they fere so, 50 nSPP ond
Yes, and they we're marrleu,r ;asv
lived happy ever ater," crieu
f" Go on" tho
No, Cissy, theywere not, i9r o rne
poor. handsome youIg prince nau L. L.
mies-cruel, bitter 6emies-wh0 So I.
dered him, and said that he haa L i.5
false keys and openel the treasure cn 'SI5
of a great man and solen away MS gol"
and precious stones.
/" Ohw whisperedCissy, now deePly
interested.
And" continued Kate, they tOoA
the poor prince, andhere was a great
trial, and though he eclared he was IN,
nocent, the wicke ptple who slsndereu
him and bare false witness against MN
prevailed and the glat Judge said that
he was TO be east int prison, and wear
heavy chains, and E kept there Tor
twenty long year"
{" Oh !" cried Lii.
g Yes" said Cissy, | know, and then
the simple young gin who loved HIM
went and unlocked til prison gates, ana
/ struck off his chains nd set him free
/" No-no," cried ousin Kate, and
her voice altered terribly, so that l was
alarmed, though | cold do nothing but
gaze up in the wild fee before me, Tor
now change came Ger it. "No," she
cried, % the poor girlcould do nothing
but sit and weep, ane feel her broken
heart beat-bea in its ownPrlson,
wearing itself out till~till she died, and
Oh, Frank Frak! what have we
done that we shoul(shEer this?"
leaped up to thON lay arms round
her. while nv STEERS shrank away
alarmed: for cousI Kan turned from
us with a bitter wsl, bn-ied her face in
her hands, and thew hel'elf half over
the arm of the Old gsrden seat, sobblug
in a wild hystericAi way. Kate, desr
cousin Kate Islbbed; but eveH as l
snoxethere wasa Aasty stepODthe gravel
IT., bushes were dsshed aside and The
shadow of tall man wls east over Us.
"Kate-darling hssrled, catching
bor in his arms. as VIZ thrust rudely
Side Il am fnnocen6d free" :
She did not hear hinor she gave a
faint gasp and sank bainsensible.
We three girls were most stunned 4;
/ but we saw the tall, t., pale-looking
stranger hastily lift pokate from the
seat and literally run 70 her to the
house, while we follow more slowly.
As we reached the 'ch II was to
meet papa running opnd IN a very
short time he returnedJh the doctor.
But this doctor was throng one; the
right one had come TO ri the garden
seat, and it was his We Ihat brought
dear cousin Kate baCo lie, and IN
the course of a few mos u health.
For Frank Roberts : relnst2ted IN
the Government office'om which he
fell-in q higher post, which gave
him the confidence of tlgher of1clals;
while the man throughose treachery
= poor Frank had sutfera year and a
( half before, died confeg that he had
{ been the guilty party le.
2 Oh those happy dafhen the roses
| were coming back d.by day into
: cousin Hates cheek, awhen Frank,
| who was down at the olace every sat
r urday to stay till Nom used to be
: sent to play and romP ID Us girls. l
can hardly believe q thirty years
a have glided by since Il but so it s
I and to this day we calear old gray
| whiskered Frank, % IA Prince
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Changes Effected by esian Irrig'-

tIOHs
Isan Francisco Correspouderif this Baltimoa
sum-
The prospects of the Shern Paciti
Railway grow brighter. he track, &c
400 miles, passes thrh q repute
desert, where rain isp scanty 70
agriculture, and the soil its dry stat
looks barren. Now thempany's ar
tesian well, three humid feet deep
Yields Sc, 900 gallons ofkwing water
and biologists, having tfOrmation t
guide them, have examli the whole
Tulare valley, 200 by 3niles. They
report that broad and o. rive flow
under the whole counf, and every
acre can be brought into "a PRODUCTION
by boring 800 or 40i feetbr vatG at ;
cost under $1,000 for eth Yell Elk
periments made IN Kern comfy prove
5sl.4.t sugar cane dos a-afr than ii
Louisiana, especially, 0tsSse it is en-
tirely exempt rom autuEal frosts. But
1t also contains more suG Cotton doe.
equally well, though el nights may
interfere with the lena of its fiber.
These products pay 50 Hch better than
other California crOpand irrigation
secures perennial retEs, that these
lands Will bear extra walton and the
population will be dens The deartl
of timber will soon beemedied Thu
railway, for its own use.as a three hun
dred acre forest of ealyptus trees
planted since it begawOrk. Havin,
now irrigated water, tlgrowth Of five
years hence will give andance of ti6
and telegraph poles
Engineers estimate : value of that
forest five years hence $l5O, 600. Fer
building and fencing itonld beequally
valuable, and if settlemake a rule TO
plant trees this rainb valley would
soon attract moisturdom the clouds
and change the Enthusiastically. For
this valley hugs ttegreat timbered
mountains of the Sea range. which
now, by superior atIaon, Draw from
the naked valley tie f share of rain
fall, which fair slaof forest would
not fail to attract to tplains.
The certainty of ere and the peren-
NAL pastures of theseigated lands are
turning farmers frome uncertain bot
tom lands of western alifornia- to the
SstotCAn pains. 1 MS VI Mug CudilEG
in their relative valusns, which, how
ever, may be equalizheTeafter by ar
tesian irrigation, edly easy to OBJ
tain, on the bottoms the Sacramento
and the foothills their borders.
When artesian irrigon becomes gen
eral, as it soon will, aland monopoists
are forced to subdivi equally sure),
it seems that Califor must take the
first rank in productness, as it now
does in climatic attrion.
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AST LIBERTY, -Hogs-Yorkers,
4 s: PhilHdelphias 81 S0R5 10.
.s..l,en Vs.. ne..oraIIze l,.- ssea.en


'-sBshen We DeuaOraIIze fhae SfonsacAs
BY exeesses or imprudence in eating, we
can not hope 10 escape the consequences for
sny great length of time. The most robust
digestion must succumb 10 abuses Of that
important function But supposing that we
have been foolish enough 70 enfeeble the
stomach, is the damage irreparable2 BY no
means. The dyspeptic has only to do two
things to insure his ultimate recovery.
First, he should adopt an easily digestible
diet. Second, he should use with regularity
and persistence HOstetteris Stomach Bitters,
the leading gastric invigorant of the age. The
multiform symptoms of dyspepsia, and the al
most invariably attendant disorders, bilious
ness and constipation, will assuredly cease
10 persecute the sufferer if the above advice
;s attended to. Who that has suffered the
torments that chronic indigestion iDnicts
will neglect to take advantage Of a remedy
which. if the most positive evidence OF the
medical profession and the public IS to be
sneeific for the complaint.
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PERHAPS some of our young readers
are not familiar with the following puz-
zle: A young man asked an old man for
his daughter in marriage. The answer
was. q Go into the orchard and bring in
a parcel of apples. Give me one-half
of the whole number, and the mother
one-half of the balance and half an
apple over, and the daughter one-half
the remainder and half an apple
over, and have one left for your
self without cutting the apple, and,
then, if she is willing, you can have her"
He solved the question, and how many
did he bring? Fourteen as you can
easily prove. The old man was to have
= na.tI-half of the apples, which would be
sssaaf of the balance, which would be
three and a half, and half an apple
over, which would make four apples for
her. There would be three apples left,
of which the daughter was to have one
half and half an apple over, which
would be her two, and leave the lover
his one, without cutting the apple"
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o1EAN1NGs from THE MUSE
MAGGIE.
BY LEONARD LLOYD.

Hush, Maud l--tread oftly--Maggie's dead
Gone forever
Sec " hare she sleeps upon the bed
To waken never
Come ,clostr--i ok upon her face,
For she Is fair,
Nor Is there sign by which to trace
The soul MT there. - n
Ave. kisshe --fot she loved you raueh,
But me the-ufost--
Oh. deathG-why shouljst th0uEingle such
Fr N cur lifes host2
Why shotIldst thou slay With icy breath
The pure AMI fair,
When there are thousands craving death
.Teend despair? u
l saw her die--she smiled on me-
Maud. she smiled
When hardened by my misery
With words most wild
cursed TIE God who gave me life,
My first drawn breath,
Then dung mine arms about my vie,
Defying death
Yet ever As l spoke methougnt
His football near,
Though with a wild despair fougat
Against my fear;
IYlI. Ger Ter face his shadow fell,
And with sigh
q She was sslz en-, and iallswas well
With her-but I?
Oh, SfOd-but Il
- Peeti Mdqd-ifle
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A FASHION journal informs us that
pretty trimming for the bottom of
an Oyerdress is to cut squares and fasten
up one edge of the square with a tiny
bow of ribbon" That must be neat
and might we suggest that the bottom
of pair of pants would look well done
up 10 the same MANNER
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A DISAPPOINTED lover who went
South three months ago with a blighted
heart and a strong appetite for death and
oblivion, came chasing back the other
day with face like new whitewash,
camphor bags in every pocket, and an
overwhelming anxiety to behold the
scenery beyond the Lakes. Yellow fever
and nonsense won't bunk together
Br0gtdst Table
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DIR. CARVER sa he wants to retire
from shooting. e saws he Is tired ~
Ieatn OF the whe. business, with its
. hollow show angi1ded mockery. Ut
eerly SICK at het, he gladly offers to
give any one whan, before Christmas
equal his pooresshot, his eight rides
ihree shotguns, elegant and costly
badges: one thound dollars In money
Two Two pairs of pan Zone of them but y
1lttie worn IN . suburb), coat vest
TWO dollars andn almost new nnder'
Snlrt; Such anxty as this woul5 com.
Pnlelsiy break don an ordinary man
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It is only a flower that give you,
hundTed-leaved, damask-dyed rose
Shut ID in there between the dark pages
" hen ths book of enehantment you close.
But when 1t is crushed there, and withered,
And yOu-still a rose in your bloom,
Lift it UP with your careless white fingers,
Take il out OF its magical tomb,
1t will spread with its fragrance around you
The spell of 4 breeze-shaken tune,
An hour in garden of roses,
morning of sunshine and June;
a face that plored with pale passion,
Empty arms that entreated you, sweet,
And a heart that hat persisted to please you
Trodden under your Pitiiess feet
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caps MADE IN THE FLESH by abcesses
ndulcers spesdilv disappear without leay-
; mo scar, when HENRY's CARBoLIc SAaVk
= ,he agent employed 10 heal them. This
.,endard article cures the worst sores, Grad
;cates cutaneous eruptions, reheVes sIe pam pam
OF o., the skin, and has proved TO be eini-
Ill successful in remedying rheumatism
n .eS soreness of the throat and chest. Sold
bv all Druggists.
cIvaN Ness, of Jonesville, Mich, writes
that he has used two boxes OF GRACE !
s.,vE on an ulcer on his foot, and II IS AZ.
yell. He wants two more Price 70
~, ner box at the drug stores, or sent by
.;l hostage paid for IS cents. SETH w
rnwtr 4 Sons, Boston, Mass
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American Innovations in London.

c. c. Fulton's Letter to the Baltimore Americana
Six years ago ice was such a rarity in
London that extra charges were made at
the hotels if a glass of ice-water was
called for, and in most cases the guest
had to wait until some could be sent for.
An Englishman at that time considered
ice-water unhealthy, and looked with
amazement at Americans who persisted
in calling for it 1t was then not kept
at the taverns, as it was seldom required.
Now the walters go around at the hotels
with bowls of cracked ice, and supply
all the guests, without extra charge.
That il is a Esszok innovation is evident
from tffSs fact<naU all the drinking
houses in the city of any character have
cards extending across their windows
with the word "Ice" emblazoned in
large black letters about fifteen inches
long. 1t Is evidently paraded as an at
traction to Gus omers. American whisky
is also a new card in their windows.
Whilst dining in a restaurant the other
dav Young Englishman, came in and
called for "a 90" of American whisky.
They brought him half tumblerful,
which he swallowed down raw. His red
nose and watery eyes gave evidence
that he was not a stranger to tins KIND
of drink. Turning to the bill of fare
we found the following rates: "A GO
of brandy. one shilling; ga half go" of
brandy sixpence; a go" of whisky,
sixpence. IA half go' of whisky, three
pence: & a 90" of gin, four pence, and
a "baIf CO." two pence. Gin Is the
fayorite drink of the topers, out whisky
is commencing TO rival it. Ice wagons
are also To be seen in the streets, labeled
Newfoundland ice. 1t is of immense
thickness. ranging from fifteen 20 twenty
inches. and as clear as crystal
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We noticed in an Eastern paper re-
Gently paragraph stating that Maine
clergyman had developed new indus
try@that of fy-catching, he having by
his individual and unaided efforts cap
tured seven thousand and one flies IN
four days. That is a large number of
flies. hut If we felt disposed to engage
in that industry we could catch twice
the number in the space of half an hour
in our little six by eight sanctum. But
there is only one fly that We have par
ticuIar grudge against, and he has tor
for the past five years. We have
mashed him, cut his throat, shot out bis
brains nut him under microscope,
drowned him. and poured kerosene on
him and set him on FIRE, but he always
comes up smiling, and goes right for the
same spot every time.-Aastfn (Aeoada)
Rers5He
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The attention Of heads of families is re-
spectfully invited TO the superior quality,
=. every respect, of DooLEY's YEAST Pow
MR.. tits entirely free from adulteration
of any kind, and every package contains an
:, mini the fact that strictly pure, full
, - oi, baking powder, although it costs a
little more than the adulterated, cheap, light
,r";shf or bulk powders, is by far the
che1est. both in purse and health.
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The Markets.

CIECiNSATI.-Flouf-Fam S435M4 Sc extra
$ s0S4 10; superfne, 81 S5d3 25 aud low grades,
g 25s2 so. Spring hours in demand for rds at
50b5 49, and scarce. but soft qui-t at 81 s55 10.
Rye aour steady S363 25 the latter choice North
western. Bran salesble at S9a9 so; shIpstuf slow
at s59ll. and middlings at Si2a17 per Ton, on ar
uyal Wheat, white quoted at 81 % for choice, and
sOdit 81 02Gl CO for fully prime. Choice amber
sold 81 81, and lots not quite as good at 95d9gc
Reiwinter brought 9s499c. for No. >, d sample
osibOut equal 70 this grade, but fair 20 good mill
ing took sold at 87d9sc., and inferior ranges down
70 &c. per bushel. Rye, 55d57c. Corn, Inixed ear
At 415942c., and white ear at 43c. track; No. ?
nj red, sheled, quoted at 42c. though small lots
bel little above this, and No. sold az ale. in
eleTatori also prime on track At Ale Oats new, at
81 &c. Tor fair 20 choice mixed, and 24G26c. for
.0d TO prime white; 1000 bushels No. mixed
ID az 25c- in elevator. Hay, prime 10 choice tim
5tly Sl0dll, and common TO good mixed. S8ae
tT ton Mess pork, 81 all 50. Lard quiet,
with small offerings Of current make Al 76Oc. and
f1yers holding of. inter prime steam offered at
7zc At interior points. kettled leaf jobs at 815a
&c. Tor 6ity, and S4Si4c for country brands.
ALLOW sells AZ csc. for prime country in packages.
cotton. Itdl3c.
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WHEN you hear a lot of women at a
watering place hotel slauderinganother.
y you may be sure she has better ward,
i h man they, and that she ismindine
hef own business. Hotel Mail
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VIRTUE is no more exempt than vice
from the ills o fate, but it con tsioe
within itself arenergy TO resist .I he's
sometimes an aDdyne to soothe ''e'n'
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For upwards of thirty wears Mrs. WIN
SLOWS SooTEnNG SYRuP has been used for
children with never-failing success. VI cor
reefs aoidity OF the stomach, relieves wind
collie, regulates the Bowels, cures dysentery
and diarrhoa, whether arising from teeth
ing or other causes. An old and well-tTied
remedy. % cts a bottle.
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IHPOhTANT NOTICE F..rnns- ., \ IA al
Lies and others purchase no Remedy equal tOl VI
TOBIAS VENETIAN LINIMENr f1r the curs q
Cholera. Diarrh,,a. Dysentcry, Group. Collie and
Seasckness. takea inernalyir n perfectiy lIarg-
z z ;;1f ~, q, 20 90
quito Bites. Old Sorrs Pain. in liinIs, Bart ftid
Chest The VENETIAN LlNlMLNr intro
duced ia 1877. and one Who has used u but con
tinues 20 do "a. many stating IL b. was Ten Dollars
Bottle they would not b. without it. Thousands of
Certificates be- seen az The Depot speak its
wonderful curative properties. sold ~ the Drug
gists AT 40 cent. Depot ~ MnrrW 81, New fork-
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n there is anything in this life that will
give one foretaste of hell, as some repre-
sent it, that thing is Neuralgia. IL IS the
refinement of torture. But there is sim
pie and inexpensive remedy for IL. John
s0n's AnOdYnc LiHfnieHt snuiied up into th &
head will give instant relief.