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pbe Earth not a True Globe.

Norman Lockyer says, in Good Wsrds;
..Tbe earth l. rot true globe because OF
+. former plastic condition before the
s,mation and cooling OF the surface.
wben the globe was soft, It was more OF
!, Welding, and then the rotation OF
he earth. TO which | have referred,
,srded to drive of, as it we've, the mat
Il in the equatorial regions so that the
distance through the center of the earth
5.tween the two surfaces as far as pos
sble removed from the poles of rotation,
r those parts of the earth which the
imaginary axis comes through, is rather
reater than the distance between the
two points where the axis comes to the
sprface. The reason of that fact, and
that it must have been SO, has been
established by several expert
ments. Tuat the earth was once hotter
than it is now is therefore proved, both
by the irregularities OF its surface and
by its shape as q whole. We must not
imagine, however, that there has been
but one change. The minor Irregular
ties are all gradually changing by inner
and the action OF air and water,
and it may be that even the largest ones
sre young compared with the age of the
planets surface. Nor does the change
end here; the equatorial protuberancs
itself may but after all mark point in
8 great cycle of change, which has com
PEELED the earth TO rotate now about one
axis and ROW about another. Mathema-
ticians consider it highly probsble that
the axis of the earth may have been in
ancient times very differently situated tc
what it is at present, and, indeed, that il
might have gradually shifted shrougf
ten, twenty, thirty, forty or more degrees
without at any time any perceptible sud
den disturbance Of either land or water
Thus it appears that nature prevents
cstastrophes by the very hugeness of the
scale on which she works.
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,ossible. To one cup OF fab add one
! of eggs removed from the shell; beat
W ~ two well together and drop IN spoon
=. - into a hot pan and try light brown
Oh both sides
copN-STARcH CAKE.-Two cuPtuls
.oewdered sugar, four cupfuls OF corn
y ..rcb. one>quarter Ofa cupful OF butter,
'S,ss ~ eggs, a teaspoontul of cream OF
.tor mixed with corn-starch, one-half
..Daontul of soda dissolved in one
.bird of a cupful of milk.
To WASH the wool on the sleeps back
!. not profitable practice. The wool
,ot half washed, and the difference IN
lice will not pay tor the loss OF weight
Z sav nothing of the trouble and risk
:, both men and flock. If the sheep
"a kent reasonably clean, and the wool
zee from rubbish, it viii be found better
han having to wash them to get rid OF
unnecessary filth.
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An orchsrdist who makes his trees bear
a moderate crop every year of larger and
finer fruit than when crowded, gives the
following directions for doing the work:
A light ladder is used to give ready ac-
cess to any part of the tree. The branch
is held in the left hand, while with sheep>
shears in the right, every bunch of apples
is cut of, leaving part of the stem Of
each fruit. This is done SIS soon as the
blossoms have fallen, and before the
young fruit has attained any size. When
this branch is entirely cleaned, the next
branch is skipped, and the third cleared
of the fruit ike the first, aud 50 on until
every alternate branch is divested of its
fruit. This work IS not done on the
small limbs here and there over the tree,
but on main branches, and equally on
both sides Of the tree. OF medium sized
trees, an active man will go over Is or
90 10 dav.
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Cruikshank's Fairies.

Cuikshank is famous for his elves and
imps, fairies and goblins. No artist has
ever surpassed him in this department.
From the goat-footed devils in the
'' Ingoldsby Legends" to the dancing
elves in the famous picture in Grimm's
" Household 5tories," all the aspects Of
the extra human world of popular super
stitution in England are familiar to him,
and are portrayed with a vivacious reality
all his own. A lady says to the writer,
" But none of his fairies are pretty"
Ala7! fairies never were pretty, except
in very modern books for children. The
genuine fairy, so to speak, was a tricky,
capricious, ill-conditioned sprite, doing
good but rarely, and for definite purposes
Of It's own; doing harm as rule, and by
nature. There Is only one Titania, and
one Oberon. Cobweb and Mustard-seed,
Moth and their fellows, big-hesded
prick-eared little scamps, in need of bats
wings for their coats, and kept out O
mischief by being stationed on watch
around their sleeping queen.
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An Appeal for the Texas Pacific
Railroad.

Mr. Lamar, in addressing the senate on
the Texas Pacific railroad bill, said the
road was now completed 445 miles. lis
length was to be 400 miles, and the
amount OF bonds to be issued could not
exceed $32, 600, 900, the amount OF inter
est to be guaranteed being $4,000, ,00s
The road would open new and valuable
markets for our surplus products, and its
advantages would compensate the gov
eminent for the aid asked. The govern
ment would be secured for the aid ex-
tended by mortgage, by all the
earnings, and by the dues for military
and postal transportation. 1t was not 3
large sum that was asked, and it wsEid
be amply repaid and secured The people
Of the South had already invested 81
00O, 600, and built 545 miles of the road,
but were unable to build more. Every
southern legislature had passed resolu-
tions favoring the bill. In conclusion.
he spoke OF The labor troubles, and said
what we needed was the inauguration of
! new enterprises to employ labor; and be
appealed TO the New England senators
| especially to support the measure as q
work Of national importance.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
t'Trua4.W

cannot see TO walk IN these dark Ways
Ny eyes are bind with dust;
cannot read Thy purpose, dear Lord,
But can humby tru
Though clouds may vail the blessed MONDAY gun
Or hide nights diadem.
Yet penetrating all through tears see
The star Of Bethlehem,
What matter, then, though see not my steps,
The goal - still in sight;
IhO' treadiDg OF on thorn g. " ith bleeding feet,
In burning deserts lO.t
Thou, Lord, hast passed through every fl before
There's comfort at the Cross.
&" Ny soal, dear Lord Thou dost restore again,
And me 10 wax dost make
Within the paths OF TatieEt Tis hteOus ness,
Z Ell tOr Thine own lanes sake
Htai though 1 walk through deaths dark lonely
vale
Yet shall fear none i'll;
For Thou art with me ana Thy blessed rcd
And stan me comfort still."
CBme. then, the storgs Of earth, IL only Thou
Wit hold my trembling hand;
/ only ask abiding faith dear Lord,
Not Thee to understand
Goodness aud % ercy a 4 Iny humble life
Shall surely follow me
And in Gods mouse foreverHOre, my home
And dwelling place snail be.
-lCincinuat Times.
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Fertilization Of Flowers.

There are signs that what we have
regarded as extreme views about this
matter, are weakening. Some two years
ago, the general one was substantially
that of Sprengel, who had three
OF century ago declared that nature
does not intend any plant to be fertilized
by its ewn pollen. This view has been
held by many of our distinguished bot
anists. In the fall of 1875, Prof. Asa
Gray spoke on the subject at the sixth
semiannual meeting of the Holyoke
seminary, and is reported by the Scien-
tifc Farmer to have said: "All plants
with snowy, fragrant, honey bearing
flowers, are arranged for cross fertiliza-
tion. NstuTe abhors in-and-in breeding,
and ike wise teacher shuns the prsc-
tice." So widely had the idea taken root,
that in all plants, Lature Stunned the
practice of in-and-in breeding, that fail
ure to produce seed became generally
attributed to lack of certain insects
and because the first crop of clever in
this country, and all crops of clover in
New Zealand were thought not to pro-
duce seed, it was supposed the lack of
insects was to blame. Last year humble
bees were shipped to New Zealand, be-
cause the tongues of the honey-bees
were thought not long enough to
penetrate to the bottom of the red clover
corolla tubes. The writer OF this, so far
as he knows, stood alone in pointing out
that many of the supposed facts were
erroneous, and that the Interpretation of
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TIE RESPONSIVE CHORD.
4 yyeII -ueraera,,es- red Incident OF the wa
L. I'll

uetvSera tlie States-
Rev. 7. William Jones, in an address
before the national Sunday school con-
ventiou, Atlanta, Georgia, related the
following incident: In the early
spring OF 1868, when the Confederate and
Federal armies were confronting each
other on the opposite bills of Stafford and
SpottsyIvania, two bands CHANGED one
evening, al the same hour, to begin to dis
course sweet music on either bank Of the
river a large crowd of the soldiers Of both
armies gathered TO listen to the music,
the friendly pickets not interfering, and
soon the bands began TO answer each
other. First the band on the northern
bank would play star SpaDgled Banner
Hail Columbia, or some other national
air, and st its conclusion the boys in
blue would cheer most Justify. And
the band on the southern bank would
respond with Dixie or Bonnie Blue
Flag or some other southern melody,
and the boys 10 gray would attest their
appreciation with an old Confederate
veil" But presently one of the bands
struck up-in sweet and plaintive notes
which were waited across the Rappa-
hannock-weIe caught up at once by the
other band and swelled into grand an
them which touched every heart, Home,
Sweet Homep At the conclusion OF
this piece, there went up q simultaneous
sheut from both sides of the river. cheer
/. followed cheer, and those hills (Which
50 recently resounded with hostile guns
echoed and re-echoed the glad acclaim.
A chord had been struck responsive to
which the hearts of enemies, enemies
then, could beat in unison
and on both sides Of the river
Something down the soldiers cheek
Washed of the stains OF powder"
= Columbia Is. o. Register.
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the Others was doubtful. In the Jauuarv
number of the American Agriculthr;si
Professor As1 Gray has another paper an
this topic, from which we take the follow.
ing: "Cross fertilization, we may well
believe, is the bCst thing, but it is riszv
Cross fertilization, tempered with salf
fertilization (Which is the commoner
csse) is practically the best under ordi.
nary CASES; IS the compromise between
the two risks, viz: Failure OF vigorous
and fertile posterity on one hand, and
failure of immediate offspring on the
other. Get ier1i!zed, cross fertil;zsd
close fertiized il you must, Is natures
golden rule for flowers" We see that
DR.. Gray no longer believes u at nature
.'shuns the practice OF self fertilization. .
but practices it (and practices it exten.
sively) when cross fertilization falls
I Gardeners Monthly.
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Luxuries of Life.

T Compilers of statistics sometimes come
into possession of singular facts, which
not unfrequently indicate the peculiar
or habits of the people. For instance, it
IS ascertajned that the amount Of teas.
coffees, and sugars consumed by the
people afford fair criterion to Judge of
the financial condition of the country.
These articles are not necessaries OF life,
but luxuIies, and it is fair to presume
that people wean themselves from such
Injuries, in some degree at least. when
times are so pressing that necessaries are
difficult to obtain. Statistics show that
during the year 1874 the importation OF
teas and coffees fell of and continued to
decrease up to few months since. A
com operative statement for the eight
months ending with February last
exhibits the fact that the purchase of
teas was increased 100000 pounds
over the import during an equal period
of time in 1877. The value of this in
creased purchase is $4,000, 126, against
si1 ,596 in the former year. The
item of cofees shows $35, ,554, ,676, against
s29, ,34I, ,772 in 1877. Sugars are reported
at 73S, 100000 pounds of imports, valued
at s37, 400, 900 pounds These figures
manifest a return TO the free use of
simpler luxuries-a good sign.
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I have made discovery in the healing
art which 1 viii give the readers of the
Tribune, provided they will agree TO
practies it, and do a missionary work, by
trying to enforce the bible Injunction
that q merciful man is merciful to his
beast" 1t is now the common custom
among farmers, whenever they castrate
any animal, unless it be a horse or a large
bull, to apply either salt, ashes, or the
spirits of turpentine to the raw flesh. All
of these applications are but so much
torture, and if any one don't believe it,
apply either of them to your own raw
sssh, and if you don't hop and dance and
cry out with the pain, then I am mis-
taken. l have seen young pigs run
around and squeal piteously ON account
of the pain these cruel things caused
Now promise me never to let any person
put either of these things on any
animal of yours, and also promise me to
preach and pray against their use, eV>
erywhere, Snd will tell you the best
application for any and all flesh cuts
and raw sores. 1t is gas coal-tar, which
may be had al any gas works where gas
is made of coal. A barrel of it, costing
two dollars, has been in use at the Kirby
homestead for ten years, and is not half
gone yet. Coal>tar, when applied TO a
hesh-cut, shuts out the air and thus
stops the smsrting; it will also keep off
the flies; it is very healing, and it is
antiseptic, that is, cleansing, and will
prevent the growth of proud-h flesh. 1t
Is the cheapest, most healing and best
application we have ever used, and eyery
farmer ought to have it at hand to use
on all castrated animals. When lambs
tail Is cut off, put it on. 1t will make a
complete protection. An animal NAV be
castrated in fy>time," and with two or
three applications OF coal-tar, mspgots
will be prevented. / have tested this
remedy for several years on all sorts OF
cuts and sores with the most gratifying
and successful results 1t was an exper,
iment at frat, but now it is a necessity.
1t Is an excellent paint for trees where q
limb has heen broken of or where the
bark has been peeled.--[F d. Curtis.
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WHHoFT's TONIC.-THE GREAT FA-
voRITE The popular Chill Cure of the
age! Composed Of pure and simple drugs,
Whilhoft's Tonic has long held the highest
place in the long line Of remedies for Chills
and Fever. 1t is not only Anti Periodic but
is Anti Panic, for it curtails the heavy ex-
pepse of doctors visits, where friendly calls
are itemized in the account current. A
penny saved isa penny gained, and saving
il in this way adds to health and comfort.
Try Wilhoft's Tonic as p certainty and you
will never regret it. WHEELOCK, FTNLAY
&. Co, ProprietOrs, New Orleans.
For sale by all druggists.
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diseases into the United States II H "
be understood, however, that Wniie =
may assist, it shall in no wise intelielo
with, the present or future rules, regu
lations, or workings of any state OF nu
nicipaI boards of health. The dlseAse1 g,
against which the provisions Of this OIL,
are more particularly designed to guar
the people are those two scourges !"
humanity-Asiatic cholera and yeno"
feyer-the ravages of which have ne
quently been 50 appalling. The nope
that the measures proposed in this act
vigorously carried out, and aided by the
cooperation of local state oficials-may
in time succeed in shutting out these
two diseases from the country, u
encouraged by the fact that science hSS
cOnclusively demonstrated that both are
of foreign origin, and that there is no
place within the United States where
they have been naturalized.
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FARM AND HOME.



10 not work too much nor too fast.
Work slowly until all the salt is thor
ouehIy and evenly absorbed. Otherwise
the butter will not be-of uniform color.
Working it too fast will destroy the
grain. and the butter becomes salvy and
Iard-like in its texture. Let it stand or
put it away in the tray for twenty-four
hours. Then work it enough to remove
all the buttermilk or surplus brine, so
that the butter may become dry or ike q
pie e of cheese. Mould into rolls, and set
these away for twenty four hours, or
until they become hard and firm. The
cloth should now be put on, 80 as to
cover one end, while the other is lett
open for the stamp. The cloth sheuld be
cut in pieces of exact size and dipped in
brine, and the butter rolled when the
cloth is dripping wet. Butter should
never come in contact with the bare
hand. When in bulk it can be easily
handled with ladle and fat paddle.
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mnar Har, uMhar Hep

The New Orleans Democrat says thst
the boys of the first Louisiana brigade
were fond of General Jubal Ea'iy' put
at the same time entertained sort oi
halfway grudse against him las @ oIu
soldiers will dc) on account OF D1s Sl.ays
getting them in the most awiuliy Uign'
places. General Early wouid come lIu
ing down the line on his shamphpg pony.
The first man on the right VINO sa" nlli
would exclaim in stentorla1 eo1Gs, res
" Oar he!' Whereupon, way down ,l.i's riie
line, on the left, some fellow o., "1ulJ
halloo in response, Wbar ne Anu Anu
as the general would come down t1e iIne
the whole brigade in chorus yelieo outI ,I,l
" Oar go old Jubal," and JuoaI Woulu t,l
make them see sights for II "ne" V"e
time came.
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curious sound is the beating OF the waves Y?.!,5,
On fbe the he's shinge" or large pebbles soa9 nt% ~
Ihe island is a long, low clln' Oh hinb nIe
grained, compact limestone, "nIch, I:lI
1!I under the strokes of the hammer cilnAs lha
IKE steel. The waves, beating on the tIe
shore or at the foot of the cliff, cause tne t
fallen fragments to rub against 11itsal eacn
other' and give out a sound re1ehlO1TIg Sc aIgg
the chimes OF distant church oells' 3N ine
phenomenon occurs when the gaies GioT
nom the north, and then, as Ine MInuS W.,
suoside' low, wailiug sounds, IKE wnlsp TIsp
eTing Velces, are heSrd in the ar: a-. IIas-
eiers assert that the effects very IN "a pi ess
I've: and they have been awtii awSKeheI ,l,S.- d
night under the impression tha' 'he!
we're listening to chuich bells
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A Curious Phenomenon.

Manitoba Lake, which lies northwest
of Fort Garry, and has given title to
the province formed out of the Red
river region, derives its name from
small island, from which, in the stiffness
of the night, issues mysterious noise"
On no account will the Ojibways APP
proach or land on this island, supposing
it to be the home of the Manitoba, the
q Speaking God" The cause of this
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Miracle Cure.

DR.. William 4. Hammond, of New
York. has given new meaning, from
scientific point OF view, to the passage,
&. According to your faith be it unto
vou." " He mas made a series of expert
ments in proof OF the proposition that
the c1edulous can be cured by the will
mower OF Others. He can produce numb
ness or Observation-Disclosures ct pleasure,
the agency used having nothing really to
do with il. He calls it " the principle of
suggestion " that is, it one person sue-
eegt an idea to another who has complt te
faith in that person power, the one acted
upon will experience all the sensations
the operator may suggest to him.
Il seems that some time ago q patient
of this eminent surgeon and physician Of
mental and nervous diseases informed
him that she was going to Europe TO try
the " metal cure" He offered to save
her the trouble by sending over for q set
of the disks, ings, needles, etc, used
for the purpose Speaking of the first
experiment, notessentially different from
a good many otiers, he says:
." I tried thenetals on q patient who
came to see me. This was a lady also
told her [ had ERasbjng new that had
been used vezT< ssaIly in Europe.
and was become cry celebrated for
curing certain diseaes. took up one
OF the metal disks at random and said :
By placing this on the back Of your
hand IL will make your hand perfectly
insensible TO pain Iapplied the metal;
and sure enough, however severely !
pricked her hand aud forearm, she felt
no pain. Now said |, here IS the
opposite to that metal This will make
your hand verv tender and sensible to
pain. ] then placed another disk o on the E
back of her hand, snd after that
couldn't touch her with the needle but
she would snatch her hand away and
shrek with pain. then went through
the same ceremony, using disks OF rubber y
and othe non.metallic substances, ana
got precisely the same results I Is
very curious, and yet there Is nQthlne
really new in it save the fact nat l nave ,
demonstrated that the metals themselves
have nothing whatever to DO with The
phenomena"
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Detained over Sunday in the little
hamlet of Wbitueyville, near New
Haven. Conn it was my good fortune
not only 10 listen TO q sermon Of more
than average ability, but 20 witness an
incident so rare in its character, and
rejecting so creditably oh the pastor
as to merit public mention. Il being
fashionable to have church debts, OF
course the little Whitneyville church
must have theirs, and it was the duty OF
the good minister at the close Of the
sermon TO attend to the pressing charac-
ter of this Obligation. he said The
times are hard, and we are poor. How,
then, can we pay the debt Now, my
dear people, / can see hut one way to do
it. and that Is through the stTictest econ
omy. But you viii say, where can we
economical The items OF fuel and
lights we have already reduced to a min
imum, and the choir and sexton give Us
their services gratis Well then, NY
friends there re mains the salary of your
minister, and that must be cut down
When times were good you voluntarily
/ raised my salary from 5000 to $500
Now retrenchment is demanded, and
you must cut off the extra 5000, and
sppropriating this saving TO the psy
ment Of the debt, you viii in two OF
I three years, again be free"
This narration sf actual fact seems
/ indeed, stranger than fiction, and car
ries with it lis own beautiful lesson
/ All honor 10 this worthy, self sacrificing
man of God Cor. \. r Herald.
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A National Sanitary Precaution.

A sanitary measure of more than or
binary Importance, not only to the
southern seaboard states but to the
country at large, has recently been
passed il. the form of bill to be known
as the " National Quarantine act of
1878" the object of which shall be, by
means of an efficient, uniform, national
system of quarantine, to prevent the in
PRODUCTION of contagious or Infectious
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writes: The relief Jonas Whitcomb's
Asthma Remedy afforded rne was perfect II
have not had a bad night since taking it.
This complaint has troubled me for long
time, and 1 have tried many things, but in no
case found any relief until the Remedy
came TO hand"
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Tne areatest D1seoVery of nc q ~

fs DIT. Tobiss' csjebrated Venetian Ilniment
80 years before the public, and warranted . - AZ
Diarrhea Dysentary. Collie, and Spasnns, taHeis a -
ternaIly and Group, Chronic Rheumatism, ~ tt
1hroats, Cuts, Bruises, Old Sores and Pains - sae
Limbs Back and Chest, externally. IL hes no 49,
failed family viii ever be without u altS1p lpf -
giving II q fair trial. Price, 40 cts. DE- lOs.1
VENETIAN HORSE LIGIMEEr L, in Pint r gos.ies, -
at One Dollar is warranted superior 20 any OLE IA
NO PAY, for the cure OF Collie, Cuts brnlseer rsrS
Sores, etc. Sold by al Druggists Depot-tV
Plaza New York
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MothersI Mothers n Mothers II ! Don't fail to
procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for all
diseases incident to the period Of teething IN
wind colic,regulates the bowels, and by giving
relief and health TO the child, gives rest TO the
mother. It is an old and well-tried remedy.
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Put two teaspoonfuls DooLEY's YEAST
POWDER in a quart of -four; rub into this
two tablespoons OF lard, with little sait,
and add enough sweet milk to make sun
dough. Knead well for five or six minutes
roll thin, cut into biscuits and bake dell