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POPULAR SCIENCE.

AN expedition for the thorough ex-
ploration OF the antiquities of the Eu-
pirates valley will leave England in the
spring.
CASE OF arsenical poisoning from
wearing green shade over the eyes, by
person suffering from disease of the
eyes, is reported in German journal.
SULPHUR has been discovered in great
abundance in CHILEAN, Chill. The
quality is so fine that it only needs
grinding and sitting to be fit for the
market.
ACCORDING to an eminent medical au-
thority, there occur annually in En-
gland 10000 cases of typhoid fever
which are clearly traceable to defective
drainage and sewer-gas poisoning.
WINE vinegar is betterthan that made
from malt, not only because it contains
the bi-tartrate properties of the grape
but because it is stronger in acetic acid
and is more ethereal and aromatic.
MILK is found to form an excellent
solvent for quinine, and also to dis
guise, IN measure, the bitterness of
that drug. 1t will be found particularly
useful in administering quinine to chill
dren. Five grains in a tumblerful of
milk is almost tasteless.
In Northern China arsenic is mixed
with tobacco for smoking, and missiona-
ries state that the men who smoke this
mixture are stout fellows with lungs
like bellows and rosy cheeks. Trous-
seau, and more recently Loude, have
recommended the smoking of arsenical
cigarettes in lung diseases,
CINDARELLAs will soon be numerous.
A Vienna firm is now making beauti-
ful slipper of woven glass. The effect,
when worn, is quite as novel as the ma
terial, for, with the motions of the foot,
the various hues in the glass threads
blend and intermingle in a most magical
manner, especially under gas-light
PROF. ASA GRAY maintains that, for
the vegetable kingdom, as well as the
animal kingdom, there is veritable
archaeology. The races of trees, like
the races of men, have come down to us
through prehistoric or prenatural-his-
toric period, and the explanation of the
present condition of the geography of
forests is to be sought in the past, and
traced in vestiges and remains and sur
vivals.
On one of the Prussian railroads will
lows have been grown with advantage
on the slopes of excavations and en-
bankments. 1t is surprising that "A
similar method of identifying and
strengthening the roadways of railroads
is not more generally adopted. A per-
feet network is formed by the roots,
binding the whole surface firmly and
preventing washouts, and the thick
green growth covers ugly gashes in the
earth and unsightly elevations, with an
agreeable, eye-relieving thicket.' AL
most any of the varieties of willow can
be used with success, but that which is
recommended as the best is the salix
amygdalina. In dry soil the cuttings
should have good length underground.
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.ONLY A Niger PREACHER"
Yet He Didn't Go Back ON HIS Duty.
By SAM W. SMALL CoLD sD.

by hAM W. SMALL loib SD'
IIbe Rev. Ben Black. a colored Methodist minis
Ter, at Holly Springs, proved himself nero uuiil
he prevalence of the scourge He visited white an.
black and administered comfort wherever nc wen,
and at one time the only minister present IN th
xllage to console the sick and assist al the puria
Of the dead.
Ben Black? Well. reckon know him
That Holly Springs preacher, you mean
Yes hes black as old natur could grow nm
'Nongst all the black niggers you've seem
He wuz born on the old plantashun
An registered thar as slave,
But the Lord in His wise all 'creashuh
Put in him heart tibet is brave
He wuz out thar fightin' all evil
An irwin ter save his own race
Frum ont of the Jaws sf the deNii,
BY the power o. gospil an grace
He wuz thar when the yaller inhicshun
Come stalkin' long over the IAN,
An the hour of awful afflicshuh
Show'd up the true grit OF 'er man!
Thar wuz then or stampede of the people,
Ez well of the po'r an the rlch;
The preacher lost sight of his steeple
An, "his duty an Cross an all sich
They fed frum Their kith an Their kin. sir,
Their faith wern't ez strong ez that thread,
An only few stayed to win. sir,
Thet battle mongst dyin' AN dead!
Old Ben never hckered a second.
Ner faltered when weary an faint,
But wharever the stricken 'un beckoned
He bent 20 his work like 1T saint.
Right thar at the bed o. the Whitest
He took up merciful stand,
Or tired with er step that wuz lightest
When deth wuz the closest at hand.
He talk'd of the Lord and His power
Ter saw an make holy the heart.
He told the weak soul not to COVER
In the face of deaths pestilent
He spoke the sweet message of hes en-
Ter them tibet never he'd heerd {
An put a firm faith in them even
Thet knowed of the futur' an feored it.
L tell yer tibet old black preacher
Wuz worth thar his weight in pure gold,
Fer he follered the path OF his Teacher
Like them 'postomen did of old!
I've seed many parsons in churches
shoutin' of duty an death,
But they left all their folks in the lurches
When of danger thar come er first breath.
Fve heered menny high toned sparkies
Go shoutin' around about niggers
An swearin' the souls of the darkies
Wern't worth emmy morn er chiggers;
But eff thar's er man in this party
With er heart in him big as flea
Thet won't cheer fer Old Ben right hearty
Why, then-ho's got ter lick me!
Fer | say tibet the Lord he'd er reason
Fer paintin' tibet old nigger's hide,
An He meant him to turn up in season
With all the world square on his sde
An when all in the judgment come even.
Ell pass you can bet on this thing
Thar'll be one Niger angel in heaven
I'll jino with ter praise an ter sing
Atlanta Constitution.
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THIS is the season of the year when
the night air is very dangerous, but the
girls face death at front gates with the
same heroism which has always been
one of the chiefest adornmepts of the
sex. u
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The Chinese have law that any mil
itary officer making his house a place
of gambling shall be cashiered and for
ever debarred from holding public office.
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A SURE RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERER.

CURES
UT rsu vouyps FROZEN LIMBS RrEUM, CHIfBLAINs,
SORE BREAST, SORE LIPS, ERYSfEI.As RiNGWORMs,
CAILUsEs ScAID HEAD, CHAPfED HANDS,
RrRNs CANCERS, FELoNs,
SCANS SORES. ULCERS,
WOUNDS, STiNGS, smNolEs,
TESTERS. wENS, SITES,
PILES, ACCESS, fitECkLEo,
sPRAINs BOIIS
BITES. CUTS, WHITLOWS,
WARTS, BI1sTERs, TAN.
pMpI Es CoRNs sCURvY,
ITCH INGROwING NAILS NETIIE RASH MOSQUITO AND
FLEA BITES, SPIDER srISGs,
And all cutaneous diseases and eruptions generally.
PRICE 25 CENTS A BOX. BY MAIL 35 CENTS.
Three dozen Boxes Ia RrOssl will be
sent TO PED1LERS, STOREKEEPERS,
DRUGGISTS, \, tGrcssage paid, ON receipt
of S4.OO-abOut zen cents "a box.
PP-~.pED BY
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bers of her "live Stock turned to see
Can you guess7 No. I am sure You
cannot.
Poor Mrs. Hubbcll! She did not start
at what she saw-shc sat and stared at
the strange procession which had en-
tered the church-door, as though she
were in dream.
It scas a strange procession-it soas
her live stock"
First, "Erie," who bounded up the
aisle as much at home as if he were a
member in good and regular standing.
Such frisk as there was to his tail!
Such happy eagerness as shOne in his
eyes!
Next, "Julius C:csar''-so black and
so sly-who sneaked after the dog, for
all the world like a thief or hypocrite
that cat knew he had no business at
church!
And then king" bringing up the
rear-the great white rooster, his neck
erect, his comb elevated, stalking for
ward, for all the world like the naughty,
purse-proud man who comes in late so
as to be seen by the congregation.
What did Mrs. Hubbell do?
What cO,tld Mrs. Hubbell do, indeed?
For, you sec, the worst of it was, the
dog and the cat and the rooster all went
for their mistress, and in the midst of
the excitement "King'' thrust forward
his lordly head, inflated his lungs,
raised himself a-tiptoe, and then, at
the very pew-door. he sent up crow
which almost threw priest and audience
into ccnvulsions.
At this the little lady seemed to gath
er sudden strength. She picked up her
praycr-book and her nosegay and her
handkerchief, rose from her seat, and,
with Il dexterOus movement of her par
asol, turned the strange procession
about. then, with face the color of
scarlet, walked down the aisle and out
tho door, followed by her pets, as Or
derby as you please.
And what did Mrs. Hubbell do and
say, as she bravely generated her live
stock homeward?
Well, l don't think she said any,
thing, driving such a queer little drove;
but when she did get home-why, she
whipped them every ont, and then good
soul-pettcd them more than ever be-
fore.-Elcanor KIRK, in Widc-AsUakc.
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Witness-Yes'm.
The Speaker-And you saw them get
the berries?
Witness-Yes'm
The Speaker-And you were in town
at the time, overcome with the heat?
Witness
BY the Sergeant-at-A rms-How many
berries did they get?
Witness, after deep thought-Pint.
The Sergcant-at-Arms-And how
much did they pay for them?
Witness, neutrality-suspicious..
The committee shook its head cner-
gctically and frowned forbiddingly.
Witness, promptly-Two dollars.
by the Sergeant-at-Arms-YOu may
go.
1t was then ordered that the commit
tee receive the censure of the Speaker
at the bar of the House, after which he
should be taken in charge by the Ser
geant-at-Arms, who was charged with
the duty of executing the special law,
and inficting the penalties for the mis-
appropriation of the public funds and
Intentional and mischicvous suppress
sion and miscOnstructiOn of the facts in
the report relative to the expenditure
of such fund.
The committee and the Scrgeant-at-
Arms then went into executive session,
and ON going behind the returns the
committee got it by u large and enthu-
siastic majority.
The House then adjourncd.-R. j.
Burdetfe, in N. Y. Weekly.
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FACTS AND FIGURES,

THERE arc SOC, 900 cattle in Montana.
THE sun is $4,000 times as large as
this earth.
PROF. BAIRD says an average Goldfish
will furnish l,OOO,N.O eggs.
One little town in Denmark ships to
London 1000, 900 eggs in a year.
LESS than one-tenth the usual crop of
peaches will be harvested in Delaware
and Maryland this year.
A LADY who weighs 100 pounds here
would weigh 2, 700 pounds if on the sur
face of the SUM- Graphic.
From observations it has been ascer-
tanned that Deadwood is 4,762.2 feet
above the level of the sea.
ONLY 100000 silver dollars can be
loaded on dray, and there are more
than $4,000, 900 in silver in the vaults
of the Treasury ut Washington.
The Louisiana sugar crop of 1877 is
set down at 127, 753 hogsheads, against
1863, 1891 hogsheads for 1876. The larg-
est crop ever raised was before the war;
in 1861 the yield was 459, 41O hogshcads.
RECENT advices make the population
u AHIust UStWCCIl SVU,VUV.OUU duu ZZU.-
OOO, 1000; it is certainly not more than
25O,OOO, 600, according to old residents,
though Benin and Wagner still give it
4O5, OOO, 900, with 20, $50, 600 in the bor-
der lands.
The new Elevated Railroad in New
York is mortgagcd to the tune of ST.
100000 per mile. 1t is supposed this
immense Indebtedness is assumed for
the purpose of preventing property
holders from recovering any compen-
sation for damages.
The total amount of donations re-
ceived by the Mexican Government for
the first six months of this year toward
the payment of the American debt
amounts to 1856, 40. The Government
has forwarded 800, 900 to the Mexican
Minister at Washington as the advance
installment of the 100000 to be paid
yearly to the United States.
The San Francisco Bulletin, from re-
ports received from most of the gold
and silver mines on the Pacific slope,
announces the following production
this year:
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Total. VA, 486,6OO
Nearly 40 per ccntum of this was
gold and the remainder silver and lead.
As there was not more than 5000, 900 in
lead, $14,OOO,O0O is left as the value of
the silver.
THAT very singular body of persons,
CO nmonly known as Shakcrs-th
proper name is the United Society of
Believers in Christ's Second Appearing
lis said to have materially increased
since 1870, and to number now nearly
$4,000. This is remarkable, inasmuch
rs, believing and rigidly adhcring to
cclibacy, they can recruit their ranks
only by external accretiOn. They have
eighteen separate settlements (the sect
is entirely confined to the United
States), of which there are two in
Maine, two in New Hampshire, four in
Massachusetts,, one in Connecticut, three
in New York, four in Ohio and two in
Kentucky. They now believe the King
dom of Heaven has been established;
that Christ has come upon earth Sec
ond time, in the form of Mother Ann
(Ann Lee, an Englishwoman, born in
Manchester, was the founder of the
sect, having emigrated thence with a
small band of disciples, shortly before
the Revolutionary War;, and that the
personal reign Of God has been re-
stored.-Chicago Times.
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Youths Department.
"HAPPY FIELDS OF SUMNER"

HAPPY fields of summer, all your airy grasses
Whispering and bowling when the west wind
Happy lark and nesting. hid beneath the now
ing.
Root sweet music in you, to the white clouds
growing!
Happy fields of summer, softly billowcd over
With the feathcry rcd-t0p and the rosy clover
Happy little children, seek your shady places,
Lark-sOngs in their bosOms, sunshine on their
Happy little children, skies arc bright sbuve you,
Trees bend down tn kiss You, breeze and blossom
1--we you:
And VIC bless you, playing in tho field paths
Swinging with the harebcll dancing with the
daisy!
Happy fields Of summer, touched with deeper
beauty
As your tall grain ripcns. tell the children duty
ls as sweet ~ pleasure; tell them both are
blended
In the best ifc-story, we'll begun and ended!
Lucy LNyc0Ns, In 81. Nicholas.
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Young Wives.

An English lady, who can cook, en-
larges, in a lively letter to the London
Standard, on one of the real grievances
of the present day, to-wit: The number
of utterly useless and idle young wives,
who, being incapable themselves, spoil
their servants, and then wonder that
the husband leaves the ill-cooked meal,
perhaps observed, also, to dine at his
club. They say, contemptuOusly, they
were not brought up to that kind of
thing. and consider it beneath them.
This lady replies that she was not
brought up to it, either, but she denies
that 1t is beneath any gcntlewoman to
try to contribute to the comfort of those
around her. If she need not absolutely
work with her own hands. the mistress
of house should certainly have suf1i-
cient knowledge to direct her subordi-
mates, or they will soon discover her ig-
norance and become insubordinate.
Nor need the absolute performance of
these duties interfere with other pur-
suits. This lady confesses that, after
pastry or cake making in the morning,
her hand is sometimes too tremul0us
for her favorite oil-painting or to help
her husband in the preparation of OBJ
jects for his microscope, but it is easy
enough to find some other occupation
when this is the case; and she has not
lost her love for art, nor her apprecia-
ton Of science, because she is happy
enough to be lady who can cook.-N.
7. Observer.
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USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

RED ANTs.--A man who has been ex-
perimcnting with red ants, first placed
bits of cake in every room in his
house. The ants soon swarmed upon
the food and were treated to turpcn-
tine bath. When the c,kc no longer
tempted them, bacon, cheese and dead
grasshoppers were successfully used rs
traps, and at last the ants either went
away or died.
To MAKE good oatmeal cakes, work
three parts Of fine oatmeal and one part
of flour into stiff paste with treacle
golden sirup), with the addition of q
very small quantity of lard, and suffi-
cicnt baking-powder to impart the de-
sired lightness. Bake the paste in tho
form of small, flat-cakcs much rescm-
bling the ordinary "gingcr-nuts" of
the biscuit-bakcr.
LEMON AND ORANGE TINcrURE.-
Never throw away lemon or orange
peel; cut the yellow outside off care
fully, and put it into tightly-corked
bottle, with enough alcohol to cover it
Let it stand until the alcohol is bright
yellow, then pour it off, bottle it tight,
and use it for flavoring when you make
rice-pudding. Add lemon and alcohol
as often as you have it, and you will
always have q nice Aavoring.-E1.
OATMEAL AND SOUND TEETH. has
long been noted in Scotland that in
those districts where oatmeal and not
refined fours are in general use we find
children and adults with the best de-
vclopcd teeth and jaws; and, SO well
recognized is the influence of oatmeal
upon the teeth, that many practitioners
order its use as an article of daily diet
for childrc min cases where dentition is
likely to be retarded or imperfect.
KEROSENE SMOKE.-The most disa-
greeable thing about house in sum-
mer is the kerosene smoke. The good
wife, whenever she is not sewing or
reading, turns the lamp down to save
oil, and the lamp Immediately smokes
like Turk or q fire-engine, and the
mosquitoes come to enjoy the per-
fume. Don't do this if you want your
parlor to be pleasant. If economy be
necessary, put the light out altogether.
N. Y Times.
BLACK CURRANT JELLY.-TO every
five quarts of currants, allow one and
\ half tcacupfuls of water, and to
every pint Of juice, when strained, one
pound of sugar. Remove the currants
from the stalks, and put into an earthen
dish, with the proportion Of water
given; cover the dish over tightly, and
place in the oven for one hour and u
half; then squeeze out the juice through
a coarse cloth bag. and to every pint of
juice add one pound of sugar. Boil
from one-half to thrce-quartcrs of an
hour-skimming well; pour into jelly
glasses and tie down. Chicago Journal.
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The Chicago Tribune. instead .

The Chicago Tribune, instead of
publishing its original poetry, is selling
it to those who have occasion to use
original verses and do not wish to bor-
row from familiar poets. The Tribune
advertises as follows: "Five stanzas,
each four lines. masculine gender;
wants to gaze in young woman's eyes
mo color stated; general tone cheer
full. Thirty decasyllabics; meditations
in church; just the thing for a girl to
send to q Sunday-School teacher. no
denOminationalism. Fifteen lines,
struggling meter; fears his sweetheart
has gone back on him, and meditates a
gloom of existence spent without her;
good thing to dash off impromptu after
. quarrel; originally addressed to Mary,
hut can also be used for Sarah"
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We I'll have our preferences; but no ono
prefers to hear crying baby when the fact Il
20 wen known that Dr.. Bull's Baby Syrup
would 4 once quiet Il
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WMHoFT's TONIC.-SAFE, PERMANENT AND
CONPLET--Wilhoft's Tonic cures Chills and
Fever, Dumb Chills and Bilious Fevcrs-thuse
Tfta,,s that kill their thousands where this rem
edy is unknown. It cures Enlargement of the
Spleen. 1t curef Hypertrophy of the Liver 1t
hurts no one. 1t cures all types of Malaria Fcvers
and is perfectly protective in all it's effects.
Try Wilhoft's Tonic, the great infallible Chill
Cure. WHEELoCK, FINLAY & Co., Proprietors,
New Orleans
Fox SALE by ALL DRUGGISTS.
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ART SCHOOLS
Chicago Academy Of Design.

BY a recent reorganization, the Chicago Academy Of
Design has been put In better condition than at any
time since the fire.
THE ART SCHOOLS
Are in complete order and persons who wish tn pursue
any branch Of Drawing or Painting. Portraiture In
Crayon. Oils or WaterColor Drawing from Casts Land
scape Painting, Figure, StilfLe Decorative Paint
ing. Mechanical Draughng Perspective, will lind
here the best instruction under the fullest advantages
The Teachers are H. f. SPREAD and L. c. EARLE. Pro-
fessOrs Of Drawing and Painting; W. L. b. JENHEy,
Lecturer upon Architectural subjects; N. ii. CAKPEN
TER, Instructor In Perspective. The Secretary, MIR
FRENCH, also acts as assistant in instruction.
The Academy has fine and coinm,nious Studios. open
to pupils from to o'clock, daily with the Of all
materials for study copies costumes casts from antique
sculpture, under constant and competent instruction.
whole summer, with especial reference to the
needs of Teachers. and pupils will bc admitted at
any time by the month quarter. Certificates Of at
tainment will be issued for decided urrit.
President, Jas. II. Dole; vccPrcslent Vim. T. Baker;
Treasurer, Murry Nelson.
Circulars with all particulars, will be sent upon ap.
plicati0n to w. NJ. X. FRENCH, Secy Chicago Academy
Of Design. 40 State street. Chicago.
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So. live that when thy summons
come-you won't fear the Constable
who serves it on you.
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Texas has more miles of railroad
being constructed than all the rest Of
the Union. ssa -. - -.
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"VEGETINE,"

GAYS a Boston Physician, "has no equal ~ q
- blood purifier: Hearing of its many wonderful
cures after all other remedies had failed, visit
ed the Laboratory and convinced myself of its
genuine merit. It is prepared from 6arls roots
and herbs, each of which is highly effective, and
they are compounded in such a manner a. to pro.
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PARTICULARS regarding Electric Belts free
Address Pulvermacher Galvanic 20. Cincin. O.
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Hershey School Of Musical Art.

At Hershey Music Hall. Chicago. HI.
All branches Of MUSIC. MODERN LANGUAGES and
ELOCUTION taught Unusual facilities offered. Con.
,ers Glasses In Harmony Sight singing. Italian, Flo
:uu IN. etc. free 70 all Dupi!s. Send for circular.
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they came out, and pelted a horse with
them until the animal ran away and
upset fruit stand. Witness and COM
mittee then gathered about tin cupful
of raspberries out of the dust from the
debris of the fruit stand, committee
paying witness nickel for his services
as visiting statesman.
This witness was somewhat per-
picked by the efforts of the committee
to wink and shake his head at him
without attracting the attention of the
Speaker, whopromptly repressed these
demonstrations whenever she saw them,
and sharply censured the committee.
A general peanut and lemonade
merchant testified that he knew the
committee, and sold him half q pack of
hre-crackers about four o'clock in the
afternoon.
Micky McCann, recalled, at the re-
quest OF the committee, with whom he
had been in secret session for q mo-
ment or two, testified that he was al
together mistaken in his former testi-
mony. It was . colored boy, named
Timothy Donovan, with whom he went
in swimming, and who bought the Ro-
man candle and torpedoes. He had
seen young Mr.. Wagelthorpe in the
morning hunting for raspberries, and
had, TO certain extent, assisted him,
but they could find none in town. He
assisted In the search until he was
overcome with the heat, and then he
saw Mr.. Wagelthorpe and another
boy, whose name he does not know, 90
out into the country, Eve miles, after
berries. A boy at the depot told him
it was no use going out there, for there
was only halt . pint Of berries out
there.
Under rigid cross-examination. he
said the colored boys name was Carl
Won Achen, and that the distance to
the farm. where the berries were, was
eleven miles.
By the Speaker-And do You say YOU
saw the committee and this other bow
60 all the way out thereP
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GENERAL BROKERS.

A. p. ". SKINNER, Manager,
Room 10, Meth Caurch Block, Chicago, III.