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Astonishing Feat OF Oriental
Magic.

And now comes the most astonishing
trick of all, which has touch of tragedy
to give it more piquant flavor | shall
tell It in tie quaint language of the old
chronicler, somewhat abbreviated. After
describing very wildly the basket
murder trick, which is well known in
India, he says: am now about to re-
late a thing which surpasses all belief.
and which should scarcely venture to
insert here had it not been witnessed by
thousands under my own eyes. One of
the earty took ball of cord, and grasp
ing one end, threw the other up in
the air with such force that its
extremity was beyond the reach of
our sight. He then Immediately
climbed up the cord with in
credible swiftness, and was soon out
of sight. l stood, full of establishment
not coDceiviDg what was to come of this
when, lol leg came tumbling down out
OF the air. One of the conjuring COM
paDy instantly snatched it up and threw
hand came down, and Immediately on
that another leg. And in short time an
the members of the body came thus sue
ceszively tumbling from the air, and
were cast together into the basket. The
last fragment OF all we saw come down
was the head, and no sooner had that
touched the ground than he who had
,natched up all the limbs and put them
Ill out again topsyturvy. And straight
way 1 saw with these eyes all those
limbs creep together again and in a
hort time form whole man, who
TODD up and walked about without
howing the least damaged Never in my /
ife was l so astonished as when I beheld |
his wonderful performance, and l doubt
d now no longer that these misguided
nen did it by the help of the devil.
1. a good plan, if any one has any
hing marvellous to relate, to tell first !
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Preparing Wool for Ma,Let.

The season of strengthening is at hand,
aud to know how hest to prepare wool
for market is what many sheep raisers
have to learn. Each may think his wsv
the best, and whether it is or not. if the
buyer can not be made to think so, it is
of little avail. a fleece of wool should
be in such condition that it may be
unrolled or spread out like a piece of
cloth for examination. 1t should 90 to
market clean and white and well tied up
showing no tears or ragged edges. A
dirty, carelessly handled lot of wool can
never be made to bring whatit would sell
for if care and skill were exercised in its
preparation for market. There has been
q tendency IN the past to find some ex-
cuse for sending weol to market in an
uncleanedsstate, but we think the mis-
take has been discovered, and the wool
crop beginning to receive the attention
1t did thirty years ago. Give your wool
the greatest attention; if you expect
the best offers. see that it is cleaned from
all dirt by washing, either on the sleeps
back or after shearing, and every fleece
put up in good style. When this is done.
the full value of the article will be paid
you by the purchaser, and no discount.
II Rural World.
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For the Feet.

Among the first things hat strike the
traveier IN Japan are the wooden sandals
worn by these SO, 100000 people. They
have a separate compartment for the
great toe, and make a creaking noise on
the street. Straw slippers are also worn,
and traveller setting out on a journey
will strap a supply of them on his back,
that he may put on a new pair when the
old ones are worn out. They cost but
three farthings a pair, and, leaving the
foot free to the air, we never see those
of the foot in Japan which
are so frequent in this country. They
are never worn in thehouse, being LETT
outside the door. Passing down street
you see long rows of them at the doors,
Did aud new, large and small. 1t is sur
prising TO see how readily the Japs step
put of them and pick them up again with
their feet, without stopping, when leav-
ing the house. Constant habit makes
EN- dexterous.
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Wind, 7" says an old horseman, ''is the
grand secret of q fast horse. Good lungs
will cover a multitude of faults; whilst.
on the other hand, perfection of shape
and form are useless when the wind ia
out" The chest, therefore, in all cases
should be large and capacious. In shape
it may vary somewhat, according to the
service to which the horse is to be put.
If he is kept for slow work and heavy
drawing, the chest may be nearly cir
cular in form, because this shape is the
one for strength and bulk, to receive and
bear up against the pressure of the collar.
while at the same time sufficient room ia
secured for that expansion of the lungs
caused by slow and regular work. But
If the chest is circular, let it be at the
same time deep, or else the lungs may be
crsmped. A horse with shallow CHEST
Is worthless for any purpose. The rule,
then, Is this: For a draft-horse. q cir
cular but deep chest; but as Won pass
through the different degrees of speed.
up to the racer and trotter, the chest
must increase in depth, compared to its
roundness, until, for the highest rate of
speed, you must have chest as deep az
greyhound, and at the same time not
lacking in breadth. Every breeder
should keep this rule in mind when
selecting his brood mares and stallion.
for he may be sure that shalIow-chested
parents never beget rep-chested colts.
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what he has seen himself, and afterward
what may have come to him at second
hand. The old missionary Jesuits in
India and China relate with holy horror
the magic arts of the sorcerers which came
under theirown observation, ard lament
that some crsduiots princes, who had
been converted to Christianity, should
still allow diabolic tricks TO be played
upon them. As for instance, goblets of
silver to be removed from one end of
q table to another without hands, and
heavy articles of furniture to dance
about the room as if possessed of demons.
This was many centuries before the
developments of modern spifitualism, and
these sincere and pious old monks would
be shocked at seeing tables tipped, ban
joes banged, fiddles ay through the air,
and bells rung in cabinets when the evil
"spirits" were supposed to be tied hand
and foot,
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Dried Fruit for Market.

All dried fruits sell principally by
color, which should be bright, and to
obtain the same in apples and peaches
they should be prepared for drying be-
fore fully ripe. Sliced apples, if not
bright, do not pay for the trouble of
slicing, and the finest qualities should
be packed ia new barrels, top and bottom
lined with paper. Bright qusrtered APP
pies, well colored, uniform in cut, are
always more or less in fair demand, and
mora attention should be given to them.
Peeled peaches should be sliced or cut
T nei ehths, and invariably of bright
dior. Dark qualities rule low, and slow
of sale. Uupeeled peaches should be
selected for halves, size being a consid-
Grafton in them, while the smaller fruit
Is full desirable to be cut for quarters.
They should be kept entirely separate,
as when mixed they will not generally
sell atover the price of quarters.
BlackOerries should be particularly
well dried, or they are liable to sweat or
sour, and pack only in new barrels. -
Kansas Farmer.
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FARM AND HOME.


"A kew Method for Preserving Fruits.
- A foreign chemist has published new
method for preserving fruit which
deserves a trial on small scale, as it is
50 simple, pet it is deemed to be perfect
in the preservation of the peculiar and
original flavor: Wash the specimens
clean after gathering, and place in vessels
a fluid composed of two to three hundred
grains of sugar to one litre of pure water
and two and half to three grains of
saIicylic acid. The pots or bottles, with
their contents, are then closely covered
with common writing-paper, and so kept
in moderate temperature, as any excess
of warmth would cause too great an
evaporation OF the water In this way
the professor has found by experience
that plums, cherries, apricots, peaches,
grapes, strawberries, ETC., can be pre-
served in good, sound condition for a
whole year, each fruit retaining its
original and peculiar flavor as fine ss
when gathered. = Michigan Farmer
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and he will have the time hang rather
heavy on his hands.



In regard to this very repst.rla hreed
of Irish dairy cattle, the London TiysI
Stock Journal says:
1t is hardy constitution of the KERR
that most enhances its value; for doi,F
purposes especially a renunetatIea vion
is obtained on what would be to otber
animals starvation fare" In the dentb
of the winter season I have not only
known the animals 70 live iumpins from
rock to rock and fror, cliff to cliff nioL.
ing a ecsfse, 5cauty bite from amidst the
snow clad mountains, but with verv
small additional keep at the farmstea5.
ing, where they come to he r,s,t.d
morning and evening. 20 actually tbrive
under the circumstances. Few mar.
sons think of housing the Kerry r:taer
night or day at sny period of the wear.
When not giving any milk they remain
for months away concealed in the rs-;.5ss
of the mountain passes saekIng the hest
shelter they Can from the excessive rain
and snowstorms with which their ahodes
are periodically visited The hair /.
thick, but fne and long-provision Of
nature typical of cold ATTITUDES.
What, however, Is far more singular in
the constitution of the breed IS Che resdi.
ness with which II successfully sdant,
itself te circumstances of a wholly 70.
verse character. In acclimatizing breed,
of cattle, sheep or pigs, the transition
must be gradual, but with the Kerry Wa
have had it suddenly and indiscrimips.
tely transferred from its home IN tie
mountains to the richest grazing valley.
which our island can boast Of, without
experiencing the slightest change as re
CARDS health. Not alone this, but
we have seen the beasts usherel
at once into the dairy sheds and
there confined for years in tho closest
bondage without any apparent
effect on the constitution They further
en- the full benefit of the changes as
if the new abode was their native habi
tatioD. In lie suburbs of large Irish
towns an occasional Kerry is to be me-
with, tethered on the grsss-plot attached
to the dwelling. The animal is soor
rendered so docile as to be fondled by
the children of the house, and the gras
is supplemented with waste of the
kitchen. We have seen the most extra
ordinary results from beasts treated il
this manner. Where no pasture is avail
able, the Kerry is fed in the stall, or, il
its absence, stable or hand feeding
exclusively. In this latter case the
expenses is not more than 10d per day
A Maidstone of bran, two pounds of OF
cake, two of cotton cake and seven Oh
eight pounds of hay is, in addition Il
water, the usus! daily allowance. The
bran and cake are converted into mu
cilage by being subjected to the sctior
of boiling water, with which portion o
the hay, chopped, is Incorporated. The
animals receive exercise for about hal
an hour daily, and their cleanliness is
carefully attended to.
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CIear the Way

Foe tire Aseape from the system OF It's VAST. Waste
and Debris. which, # retained, would vit Ii
the bodily fluids and overthrow, health. Ih l.l
important channel of exit, the bowels, ma5
be kept permanently free from obstfuc'i md
by using the non-griping, gently achng az az.
agreeable cathartic, Hostetter's Stomaci. - :.
tiers, which not only iberates impurities, o ut
inyigorates the lining of the intestinal
canal when ueakehed by constipation or
the unwise use of violent purgatiyes. ! ne
stomach, liver and urinary organs are nke-
wise reinforced and aroused to healthtul ac'
ton by this benefcent tonic and corrective,
and every organ, fiber, muscle and nerve
experiences a shsrs of its invlgorshng lhnu
enee. Unobiectionabls IN flavor, a mosl
genial and wholesome medicinal stimulant
and owing its efficacy to botanic sources e1
clusively, it is the remedy best adapted .
household use on account of its safety, wlde
scope and speedy action.
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Agricultural Notes.

Much grain is lost by Over-ripening.
Green rye is not suitable for mich
cows.
Set fence posts inverted from the way
they grow.
Sheep can be proftably kept on al
most every farm.
Hali-bred Jerseys or Attorneys are
among the best of dairy cows,
Weeds cost more than labor, and, like
evil habits, feed upon their own growth
Clover is as good for pigs as it is for
COWS.
Pork can be made cheaper in sum
mer than in winter.
Whether you keep one COW or ten, dc
not forget to have few turnips to help
the winter feeding.
The Maine beet sugar company have
contracted largely for the raising o.
sugar beets all over the state.
Potatoes Gu week or ten days before
planting will grow better than those cut
and planted the same day.
Sow hundred pounds of plaster Oh
some gooi fertilizer over your gras,
lands as soon as cut. It will pay largely
The shipment Of horses to England il
becoming an important export. Some
of the steamers have one hundred stalls
The only place we approve of Tor weeds
is the hog pen. The hogs can make good
use of them and the farmer can after
ward apply the hogs to good uses.
The Short Horn close corporation spec
ulators have mostly surrendered. Al
late sales the bidding was by SO at bid
as against the thOusand-dollar Jumps 8
few yearsback.
The Prairie Farmer says: TRAD
ton in agriculture is one OF the greatest
hindrances in the way of rural progress, .
and, we say, nowhere does this apply
more forcibly than within a circuit OF
thirty miles of Philadelphia.
Live cattle to England are being ship
ped instead ct dressed beef. The hot
weather is said to be the cause. We
rather think that the cooling too rapidly
with water and not yet having the means
of keeping properly have more to do
with it. The American Cultivator sayE
"The milk of Jersey cows, ON account Of
the popularity of the globules, is unified
Tor the retailer of milk. The cream
rising to the surface during the interval
between the milking and the delivery
does not readily mix again with the
milk"
OF top-dressing grass land, a writer in
the Country Gentleman says: "Wben
the land is thin and the grass intended
for hay or grazing, I know of nothing
equal to liberal dressing with well rot
ted manure, applied during the early
winter months. If q sufficient quantity
of manure can not be obtained to give q
liberal dressing to the entire tract of
land. go over portion of it, and finish
the next winter. For red clover tom
dress with lime and salt, mixing one mart
to two parts of good slaked lime. and
sowing broadcast early in the spring FIVE
or six bushels of the mixture to be an
excellent fertilizer for all kinds of prosses
and wheat"
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Onick Work.

1t took scarcely ten hours to try, cons
vict and sentence a man accused, in an
English court, of murder in the first
degree. Within that time lawyers ex-
amined and cross examined their wit
nesses, made speeches for the prosecu-
ton and the defense. listened to pro-
tracted charge from the judge, saw the
Jury returning with a verdict, and
heard sentence pronounced. Yet the
London Times, in its report Of the affair,
explains, alphabetically, that because
.'theie was great deal of evidence the
trial lasted all day"
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our station we sat at our window and
watched party of young men and
maidens play croquet. In fifteen min
utes we saw two persons cheat success
fully. We heard the one player who
did not cheat accused of cheating five
times. We heatd fouf distinctj bitter
quarrels. We heard beautiful young
girl tell two lies, and meek-loOking
yeang man three, and finally we saw the
young girl throw her mallet against the
fence SO hard it frightened horse, the
other young girl pounded her mallet so
hard on the ground that it knocked the
buds off an apple tree; they both banged
into tie house st different doors, and the
young men looked sheepish and went off
after drink. Now why is this? Isn't
croquet a good, moral game?
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Transplanting N DIV Weather.

Sf'-'''i''5 ~ ~ weather.
On this point the Germantown Tele-
graph remarks: 1t used to be q rule IN
wait for shower before setting out
things. As soon as rain came the women
aud children of the househould were GU.
IN the shower as happy as young ducks.
The cabbage or what not were then
planted, and congratulations were freely
exchanged on having taken advantage of
the opportunity. But as we have learned
to disregard the moons signs in sowing
seed, so we care no more for the weather
IN setting plants. Indeed those who
think they know a thing or two, tell
US they would sooner take the dry
weather for the work than wet.
But they have their ewn way of doing
things. One of these is to go over the
ground where the plants are to be set,
and make a lot of holes with dibbIe,
deep down in the earth, where the plants
are to grow, and fill these holes with
water. 1t will soon soak away, leaving
the ground in half dry, half wet condi-
~ANA- Il hO PAahSo W NC ocs Jul are Ldk6n
from the seed bed and put into a bucket
or basin of water, that is, the roots are.
but the tops are kept out in the dry.
They are one by one taken out, put in
the holes, pressed firm and the job is
done. They need no more water than
this, do not wilt much, and grow right
away much better than treated to a
shower bath in the regular old. fashioned
sort of way.
But suppose the weather continues dry,
are they never watered? They are; but
even here progress has found better plan
than that of the olden time. The earth
is removed by hoe, just little about the
stem; the water is poured into the basin,
and in an hour or so after the water has
all soaked away, the earth is all drawn
in, and the whole surface is as before.
This is once-for-all operation and let
the weather be ever so dry it is seldom
that plant requires more than one or
two water doses of this character during
the dry spell.
We often pity the garden hand who,
night after night, is seen carrying water
to his droughty garden beds. The more
he gives the more they want. Let him
study these modern plans of watering,
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Cards and Croquet.

One day this summer we rode fifty
miles in railway car, seated behind four
men, who were playing with those awful
playthings of the deviI--cards. They
played euchre until they were tired 1T.
They played little seven-up, pedro, and
occasionally trife OF poker. We never
heard a dispute. Their bursts of mer1l-
ment occasionally at some unexpected
play, repeatedly drew our eyes from our
book. They never quarreled, and never
called names once. When we got out at
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MEDICAL STUDENTS will be pleased to
learn that the Faculty of the Louisville
Medical College louisville, Ky.,) now give
three complete courses of lectures in seven
teen months, and so arrange their prices
that a student saves 1867 in his medical edu'
cation, and gains his third course OF zee
lures; all other colleges give in this time
only two curses. Beneficiary privileges sLe
limited we see. to five per cent. of the class.
Next session begins October 1, 1873. Students
should at once apply, as above, for cata-
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WmHoFT's FEVER AND AGUEToNIC.-
For all diseases caused by malarial poisoning
of the blood warranted cure. No POISONING
arsenic, no mercury, no quinine; no bloatel
face or glaring eyes, no bursting head OF
breaking back no weak knees or ParGtysn
aoitans from its use It Is safe, inyigorating
and leaves the patient renewed in mind and
body, and sound as a dollar. It wipes out al
sallowness and gives a blooming complexion
in the place OF that sicl1ly, officiating color
peculiar to Chills and Splenc-Hepatic de,
engagements. WHEELOCK, FISLAY * Co,
Pronrietors, New Orleans. For sale by all
druggists.
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EVERYBODY KNOWS that so long as
there is proud flesh in a sore or wound, it
will not heal The obstacle is speedily re-
moved and the flesh reunited by HENRY S
CABBoLiC SALvz, the finest embodiment in
existence Of that supreme purifier, csrbolie
acid Its eIhollient ingredients modify its
nungent acid basis. so that it never cauter-
izes. stings or searifes the diseased part.
Sores and eruptions of all kinds are cured
by Its All Druggists sell 1t.
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GRACE's SALvE, manufactured by
Seth W. Fowle & Sons, Boston, is becoming
more and more popular every day, and its
sales are rapidly increasing. 1t cures Cuts,
Buns, Scalds, Felons, Salt Rheum, seald
Head, Ulcers, Flesh Wounds, &e. 25 cents
box. Bv mail So cents.
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Whales in England.

A vesfel recently arrived at LivernooI
with the extraordinary freight Of three
living whales. brought from the cosst Of
Labrador, and intended for public sons-
RUINS. They were each about fourfsan
feet long, eight feet girth, and weighing
half ton. On the voyage thew were
placed in long wooden boxes, repos;,g
upon bed of sea-weed, and heinz
flushed with water from bucket eva-S
few minutes. The flushing had the or.
rious effect of peeling off strips of their
skin, 50 that the coat will be entirslv
shed by the time they get into their No..
manent tanks. No food was given tba1,
on the voyage. When they were ha;na
removed ashore two of them, it il s.;d
emitted a very peculiar kind of serean,
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IMPORTANT NOTICE. arFners,e sual-
lies ana Others car purchase no Remedy equal 10
Dr TOBIAS VENETIAN Lin 81 IN 4 for the cure
of Cholera. Diarrh08, Dgsentery- Group Colo ana
sea sickness taken internal y-tls perfectly harm
les see oath accompanying each bottle and eX-
f~TnIlv for Chronic Rheumatfsrn t1easircfTv 8Oott
ache Sore Threat, Cuts Burns, Seedlings BRUISES
Eotquito Bites odd sores, Pains IN L;mOs' b@eA
and chest The VENETIAN LIN INENI was IL
troduced in 1S47 and one who has used II nul
coot1nues 70 do 20. many ling u II was IeI
Dollars Bottle they would not ne v Uncut - Ilio
sands of Certificates can be seen a. the Depot speat
LOG Of it's wonderful curative properties. sod by
the Druggists at AOcts Depot ~ Murray stu 1
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AT Scottish hotels, according to a
recent letter, s'women receive you fat
the door; women show you to your
rooms; women make out your bills, and
women deal out the ale, porter, brown
stout and whisky"
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DERRINGER

from his hip pocket, and while Messrs
Gibbs and Morton where rushing upon
him, he placed the pistol to his forehead
and fired, falling into the arms OF
those whohad sought to save him. Dur
ing this act women screamed and tainted,
and strong men groaned aloud. The
scene was such as will haunt one wildly
to his dying day. 1t was the embodl-
ment of the horrible and. terrible. The
large sized ball had literally torn Bur
leigh's skull TO atoms His death was
instantaneous. Since the contamination
of this fearful tragedy, a depression of
horror and gloom 6as Ip'ervaded the COM
munity- The deepest sorrow prevails at
this wanton destruction of so noble an
intellectual structure. Burleigh left a
request in his room that his body be for
warded to his friends in Cincinnati. This
viii be done Immediately.
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WE have q list of a thousand country
yr.ek1ies. in which we can insert q oneineh
advertisement one year for two dollars
ard a quarter a paper, or for the same price
we can insert ftJy-two reading notices "a new
one every week, averaging seven lines each
For list or papers and other particulars adj
dress BEALs & Foster, 10 Spruce ST., \. !.