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Insects in Mauritius.


II only the daylight would last longer
in these latitudes where exercise is only
possible after SHUTDOWN However early
we set forth, the end of the walk is sure
to be accomplished stumtlingly ia pro-
found darkness. Happily there are no
snakes or poisonous reptiles OF any
sort, nor have / yet seen anything more
personally Objectionable than the mus
quito I rather owe a grudge, though,
to a little insect called the masou-hy,
which has a perieet passion for running
up mud nuts Compared 10 its larger
edifices on the walk and ceiling) on my
hotting-books and between the leaves
of my pet volumes The white ants are
the worst insect frs we have, and the
stories | hear u their performances
would do credit TO the Arabian Nights
| have already learned to consider SIS
pests the little soft brown lizards which
emerge from behind the picture-frames
at night as soon as ever the lamps are
lit. They come out TO catch the flies
on the ceiling, and stalk their prey in
the cleveresC and stealthiest fashion
Occasionally, however, they quarrel
with each other, and have terrific CO.'S
bats overhead, with the invariable re
suit Of q wriggling inch Of tail dropping
down on ones book or paper This cool
weather is, OF course, the time when
one is freest ircm insect visitors, and
have not yet seen any butterflies. A
stray grasshopper, with green wings
folded exactly like large leaf, or sn
inquisitive mantis, blunders on my writ
ing-table occasionally, but not often
enough 70 be anything but welcome
As my sitting room may be ssid, speak
ing aTehitectuTaily,to consist merely Of
q floor and ceiling there is no reason
why all the insects On the island should
not come in at any one OF its seven open
doors { have no winiowsl Il they choose.
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william Grace.

Asa general inquiry of seWhat is Grace's
Salve and who is ats originator" may seem
to ne a question worthy OF being answered,
we have been induced TO give the following
brief. vet truthful account OF its history:
This Salve is n vegetable preparation, in
vented in the seventeenth century by Or.
William Grace, who was surgeon IN King
James's army, and who from that time al
ways used It in his professional practice,
whenever soreness or inflammation pre-
sented itself. As medical agent for the
cure of wounds it was followed with great
success and thousands of the veterans that
were wounded III the caGpaign of 1858 and
1889 owed to this salve the salvation OF their
lives Col. Richard Grace, who was King
Iames's chamberlain, introduced this Salve
into the royal palace, whereit was used with
the greatest success, and highly esteemed
for its virtues in the cure OF sores. At the
siege of Athlone, Col. Grace ordered u to
be administered to his compatrlots who were
wounded during the memorable day OF the
battle: and it was used with such success
that the head surgeon of the army at Augh-
rim ordered DR.. Grace to manufacture 100
! gross, and distribute it among the hospitals
/ before the battle. On the sad defeat at
Aughrim, after Ginkle's army took posses
sion Of the battlefield. several ambulances,
| which had been abandoned by the retreats
| ing army, were found 10 contain sealed cases
of the Salve. The English surgeons tested
/ it upon their wounded, and ascertained its
value. aud thus were both of the contend
! ing armies befriended by it. Both DIR. VIII
/ liam Grace and Col. Richard Grace died in
| the campaign of 1691-the former of disease,
| the latter killed in the intrenehments OF
Athlone, with the flag of his country wrapped
| around him cheering his men on to victory.
7 After the death of DIR. Grace, the Salve was
not used much outside of his family until
the rebellion of 1898, when William Grace,
grandfather of the subscriber, applied its
virtues, at the battle of Ross, to his brave
comrades who fell wounded while fighting
for the rights OF their country. This salve
was quite extensively used in certain locali-
ties OF ireland, being furnished gratutiousy
by the subscribers parents until 1S4S, when
they lett the land of their nativity and came
to this country, bringing with them the Sc
cret of the Salve they received from their
ancestors They continued to make the
Sslve, as before, for their neghbors, free of
charge. until the fall of 1861, when the ire
quent calls for il, and the serious cases cured
by il, induced the subscriber to bring 1t into
more general notice, and to charge small
price for the article that has received the
recommendation of patriots upon the battle
fields OF wore, as well as from persons of the
present day.-Toronto Advertiser. March
& 1873
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Extinct LIiiputians.


Hickory valley Tennessee, Letter.
/ fad here Il field for the seekers Of
science. IN this yard are numerous
little graves about twenty inches long.
They are lined at the sides and ends with
lat rocks set up edgeways. Many years
sitter the house was built, they were dis
covered by the dirt wearing and exposing
the rocks. Most Of them have been ex-
aniHed. They find in them diminutive
skeletons, but they show to have been
fuli-ercwn people, having q full set OF
teeth 0nd mature proportions. These
graves are found in various places In the
country Who they were, or in what
age they lived, / have been unable to
learn history gives no account of such
race. They must have been 8 super
stitions people, from their mode OF
burial; perhaps believing they would
be transmitted into another existence.
In the graves are found various earthen
vessels Of singular shape and material,
also numerous shells and ornaments.
Shells that have been taken out-One, a
large sea-saeii, with pictures and pecu-
liar designs carved on it, supposed TO
mean something II anyone was able 10
decipheT them they show ingenuity
and mechanism. This place Is at the
to8t or MilEsick mountain. The noun
tain IS some fifteen or twenty miles IN
circum ference, and surrounded by s
comparatively level country; it has an
attitude OF many hundred feet above the
level of the country, and can only be
assembled with difficulty by footmen.
was ona of the number TO scale the sum
nit; found It pretty steep and rugged.
On top there are two or three acres o.
level land from here you have a SPLEEN
did view and pleasant breeze.
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HousehoId ReeeInfs.

APPLES and pears will keep and color
better and bring higher price if picked
few days before they are quite ripe.
MANURE from fattening COW is supe-
nor to that of milk COW. There is a
deficiency of the phosphates in the milk
cows droppings.
IoP-DREssING moving fields as soon ~
possible after the hay is removed is st
tended with excellent results The
stubble and roots are protected from ex-
cessive drying by the hot sun, and the
grass is stimulated to vigorous growth.
MILK PAINT for fences or barns i
made by mixing water lime with skim
milk to q proper consistency to apply
with brush. 1t will adhere well to
wood whether smooth or rough, to bricE,
mortar or stone, where oil has been pre-
viously used.
FARMERS should be advised not to try
to economics by moving too close. An
old farmer of our acquaintance used to
say that be thought it was better to
leave the lever joint for the old brindlc
cow than to save it for her." and we
wonder that all sensible farmers do not
take his advance.
FRUITS gathered In the afternoon arc
morning, because fruits are ripeDed by
the conversion of the acid they contain
into sugar, and, since this requires the
aid of light and heat, the intervening
hours between morning and afternoon
produce the difference in their ripeness.
Coon authority asserts that one pound
Of beans will support life In action as
long IS four pounds of rice. Two pounds
of beans viii help to do more muscular
work than three pounds of wheat. The
reason why beans require stronger pow
ers of digestion than wheat is that they
contain casein instead Of gluten.
IN oxen the stomach weighs 81 ounces
for every loo pounds of live weight in
sheep it weighs SO ounces in pigs Il
ounces, while In man only six ounces.
These facts are important, SIS showing
the greater Necessity for concentrated
TODD in some cases than In others. The
human race requires q mixed diet Of
meat end vegetables.
IHE philadelphia Farm Jorunal goes
for man who cuts frewocd in harvest
time, but advises the good wife to stick
70 cohs, chips, old broom handles, pals,
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Indian Cantiye.


-, IN the year 1882 the war chief of the
Wyandou Tribe of Indians of Lower
Sandusky sent v9unc white man.
whom he had taken 5Tisoner, as present
10 another chief Eho was called the
Half-King of Upper Sandusky, for the
purpose of being adonted into his family
in the place of one If his sons, who had
oeen Killed the preceding year. The
pID94eT arrived and was presented to
ehe !1aii-hlng,s wife, but she refused to
receive MN, which, according to the In
9lail rue, was In fact sentence OF
death The young man was, therefore,
taken away Tor the purpose OF being
tortured ana burned on the pile. While
the dreadful preparations were making,
ana the unhappy victim was already
tied TO the stake, two English traders,
Messrs. Arundel and Robbins, moved by
Ieehngs OF pity and humanity, resolved
70 unite their exeftions to endeayor to
save the Prisoners life by offering ran
som TO the war chief, which, how ever, ne
refused, saying it was an established rule
among them to sacrifice prisoner when
refused adoption, and, besides, the
numerous war captains were ON the spot
10 see the sentence carried into execu-
ton. The two generous Englishmen
were. however, not discouraged, AID de
termlned to try another effort. they
appealed to the well-kn0wn bigh-mlnded
Fride of an Indian. "But." said they,
"among all these CREST chiefs whom you
have mentioned, there Il none who
equals you in greatness; you are con-
sidered not only as the greatest and
DraVPst but 8 tn baat ruan in the na-
ton" do you really believe what you
say ?" said the Indian, looking them full
in the face. Indeed We do" Then,
without speaking another word, he
bIackened hinsesNd taking his knife
through the x - unhappy vic
tim, crying oGstA a loud voice,
''What have yoS 70 do with my pris
oner?" and at once cutting the cords
with which he was tied, took him TO his
house, which was near that Of Mr..
Arundel, whence ne was conveyed il
safety.
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among the PenguIns

a gentleman who passed some DAYS
sketching in the Falkland Islands had
MANY opportunities of observing the
penguin population; and he declared
them to be the most intelligent, impu-
dent and inquisitive of the feathered
tribe. He planted mis- camp-stool in the
deepest part OF their rookery," where
they crowded about him, picEed the
buttons off and frayed the tail of his
coat, walked about his drawing materials,
and altogether behaved themselves IS If
he had been sent for their special enter
tainment. Fear there was none, or,
rather, it was on the side of the man for
nothing but an occasional vigorous use
of walking"stick enabled him to main-
tain his ground and finish the beautiful
series of water-color drawings which we
had the pleasure afterwards Of examin-
ing.
The structure of these birds should not
be passed by without s. word of comment,
SO admirably adapted as it is to their
mode of lite. The fore limbs, which in
most other binds are wings, are hattened
out into pair of broad swimming pad-
dies covered with scales, enabling the
bird 10 follow its prey beneath the water
with q swiftness, grace aud ease con-
trasting remarkably with its awkward
movements on land. The feet are broad
and partially webbed, and the leg is
modified in order to give stability to the
body. Provision is made for long-con-
tinued diving by enlargement of the
veins, which thus retain and act as reser-
yoirs for the vitisted blood until il can
be renovated for breathing The bones
are filled with oily marrow, and the
feathers are exceedingly compact and
we'll adapted to resist water. When
moulting, the penguin avoids water, and
| the feathers come sway in patches instead
of singlY the whole process resembling
more nearly the shedding of snakes
skin than the mouIting of a bird
Fashion has not spared the penguin |
At one time its skin was in great request
for ladies' mutfs, and is still, we believe,
extensively used for many purposes OF
ornamentation
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Curiosnies of Grafting.

In 1866 NJ Carillet, of Vineenne.,
France, took two young pear trees, each
81 which WAS worked on the ounce
stock. and one o. these, the Beurre de
Areniherg, was made to serve the stock,
while the other, the Beurre de Charneu,
was grated upon it IN an inverted posi-
ton. having It's roots fully exposed to
the air. Tie operation was performed
in april, and during the hummer the
stock grew vigorously and bore two
fruits, while the scion tree threw out
buds and shoots from the ounce stock,
TO add 70 the complexity of the expert
ment. NJ. Carillet grated four pesT
soions on the principal roots OF the
ounce. and two of these succeeded. The
sap thus lassed from ounce roots
through Beurre de Aremberg, thirdly
through the inverted Beurre de Char-
neau, then through the ounce again,
and finally into the two varieties Of
pears.
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Medical Virtues of Onions.

a mother writes: "Once a week invar-
iably. and generally when we had cold
meat minced, gave the children 8 dim
ner which is hailed with a delight, and
looked forward to; this is a dish of
boiled onions. The little things knew
that they were taking the best medicine
for expelling what most children suffer
from, worms. Mine were kept free by
this remedy alone. Not only boiled
onions for dinner, but chives also they
were encouraged to eat with bread and
butter, for this purpose they had tufts
of chives in their little gardens. 1t was
a medical man who taught me to eat
boiled onions as specific for a cold in
the chest. He did not know at the time,
till [ told him, that they were good for
sny thing else"
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A vVomana'a logic.

"Itis useless TO take medicine. l shall feel
better tomorrow. Besides Ineed the money
10 get that lovely new hat. Ny old one is
such = fright, and people VIII look more 81
my bonnet than they viii at my face /
will wait till feel worse before l spend any
money for medicine" The new bonnet is
purchased ard fifty other feminine neces-
saries in the form of ribbons, laees, brooches,
etc. Meanwhile the lady's face becomes
every day paler and thinner, and her body
weaker, until disease has gained so firm a
footholdin her system that the mos thorough
aud ofttimes a long and tedious course OF
treatment is necessary to restore her to
heath. Ladies, attend TO your health before
you even think OF apparel. fresh, bloom
ing face IN plain bonnet is much hand
soner and far more attractive to your gem
tlemen friends than pain worn, diseased
face IN the most elaborate and elegant hat
your milliner could devise. DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription is everywhere &C
knowledged to be the standard remedy for
female complaints and weaknesses. II is
sold by druggists.
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The Homo Of Thomas .leffersqsl.

Louisville Courier-Journal.
Thomas Jefferson, writer Of the
Declaration of Independence, was not a
s'pTetty man" st his youthful hest. II
figure was bad, though ''lithe and de-
cidssliy graceful" and his face, though
animated and agreeable, Remarkably
ugly. His complexion YVES sunburnt :
says John Esten Cooke, this hair sandy.
and his eyes gray, fecked with hazel. an
indication generally OF intellect. RE
was desperately in love with Rebeecs
Barweli, and wrote to his friend of his
"cleversst plan of life; :" that was tor
them to HAYS adjoining farms-ssvau
marry S. p / marry r. b, join and Get.
2 pole chair and pair of keen horses
practice law IN the same courts. and
drive about to the country dances To-
gether-" This plan was Totally frus-
tTated' by Il. b S marriage 10 Nj. Am
bier Jeferson's home at M0ntieeIjo
Va, Is now Ia utter ruins, and is heI,3
IN possession by tramp. who chaross
3 esats admission TO ''old man .JefFer.
son house. The estate mas long been
IN litigation, but q settlement IS said 10
be II near prospect, when is Is bored Il
viii 10 restored 10 It's former ioveiine.s
Jefferson, rs Is well known. was craat
6sidler. When he returned home afteg
z old homestead was burned. favo,.
lie servant ran 10 meet him with The
news, and said to him, sMass Tom. /
save de 6ddlev
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An lnfllliblo FEST of yellow Fever.


The fever this year has not been more
vigorous in its attack upon humanity
than upon the theories regarding it that
have been based upon the annals of the
past One by one has il overthrown the
notions of our torelathers. until it has
almost assumed type unknown to his
tory. So peculiar, indeed have been its
characteristics this year, there are those
to-day who hesitate to pronounce it IS
the yellow fever known in former eai-
denies Only one idiocrasy is clear, the
marked difference between the course OF
the pulse and the height Of the thermal
line. This is peculiar to yellow fever
alone, and has iuSsEably served to dis
Common con mon IN sene pic fatitudes In
ordinary fevers the pulse and the tens
perature keep even pace, or vary but
little. In yellow ever, from the com.
mencement the pulse declines TO normal
figures, or even Tower, while the temper-
allure rises. This Is the true pathognomic
sign, by which toe disease can never be
~, 10
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go elRE.EANR.
ST. LOFTS.
ease At,,,,ab,e by the rheumatic.

Yes, although they may despair of relief,
it is attainable by rheumatic sufferers, for
there is a remedy which carries of, bymeaus
Of increased activity of the kidneys-im-
port4nt channels for blood publication
the acrid element to which pathologisis the
most eminent attribute the painful symp-
toms-a theory completely BONE out by
urinary analysis. The name of this grand
depurent is Hostetters Bitters, prepare
ton likewise celebrated as a remedy Tor
constipation, which causes contamination OF
the blood with the bile-and certain means
of relief in dyspepsia, fever and ague, and
nervous ailments. 1t IS, perhaps, the finest
tonic extsut, and is highly recommended as
a medicinal stimulant by distinguished
physicians and analyts, who pronounce il
to be emnenuy pure and very beneficial.
The press also indOrses it.
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SABBATH READING.
Ere the sum GOES Down.

have work enough to do
Ere the sun goes down,
For myself and kindred too,
Ere the the sun goes down.
Every idle whisper shilling.
With a purpose firm and willing,
Al my daily tasks fulfilling
Ere the sun goes down.
must overcome my wrath
Ere the sun goes down;
Unjust walk the heavenly path
Ere the sun goes down.
For Il may be death Is vending
Hither with the night descen ding,
And my life will have an ending
Ere the sun goes down.
I must speak the loving verd
Ere the sun goes down;
Trust let nv voice be heard
Ere the sun goes down;
Every cry of pity needing,
For the injured iHtercediDg,
To the light he lost ones leading
Ere the sun goes DOWN.
As l journey on my way,
Ere the sun goes dewn
Gods command / must obey,
Ere the sun gees down.
There are sins that Iced confeSsing,
there are wrongs that need redressing,
If 1 would obtain the blessing,
Ere the fun goes down
-,osephine Pollard.
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FARM AND HOME.


-rhera was man and his name was Brown,
And he lived about mile and 8 hall nom IOWA.
And this here TELLER he was avfully down
In the mouth for his crap WIZ liken Tor 70 drown
n cuz his so was 10 v, nat land.
IN. very u,itirff II aked and panied
A. he notfsed how the weather rained and Tained
And lated so IL couldn't be drained.
And hss corn wuz weller and the weeds they gaIned
Add the sadpeles threatened for to take that land
II cloud came up as big as gouId,
Why, that was enuf, and 1t ripped and roardss
as II all the water that ever was stored
Since the days of Noah had suddenly poured
The weather buro Il all in a muss,
And instid Of gittin better. the werther got wuss
And Brown lowed he wouldn't raise nnthln Out pts
Lev. he didn't do nothin but cuss
And NOPE round the edge Of that low, hat tand-
Rut Miss Brown she used for to smile.
a nd she sed she thought 1t want wuth while
FOR mum an for to LET their temper Spite,
when Providence wanted to moisten the lie,
And drip a little water on that low, nat land
And So while Brown he poked and sluInped,
His wife she want partikle stumPt:
Aud fnlo the weeds shis woman she jumped,
nd all summer long she fairly bumped
Herself 70 make a crsp on that low, fiat land.
And when the corn-gatherin' time came round,
INSTEAD of the crap all gettin drowned.
There wuz IS to the acre on that low nat ground;
Ind brown sed he Il ekoned as how he found
It wHz In the women than il vuz in that land.
-MaBaBIoufh RsUislr.
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managing Old brine,

To every five gallons add one eyo
broken and stirred in. Now bring IS Sc :
gentle boil and skim and cocI for nse
Saltpeter added to brine at the rste =
two e four ounces 10 the one hpndro.
pounds Of meat gives 1t a fine geds;sl,
color. The addition, too, Of a I;s+ls
brown sugar serves to give a nice ~ sn3
agreeable flavor, both to beef and ,,e ~
particularly for smoking.
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ALL persons about to visit foreign lan's,
sailors, fishermen, lumbermen and mines
should take with them a supply of Jolnses
Anodyne Liniment. 1t is both for rterDs11
and external use, and is worth its weiga'
in gold.
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BEST organs as whole, and best workman
ship in detail, is the conclusion reached at
the Paris Exposition as to the Mason Il Ham,
lin Cabinet Organs Organs from thirty best
makers in the world were tested and com
pared by four iuries-viz.. the Class jury,
Group Jury, Jury of Presidents, and Su,
nreme Jury; who awarded to Mason d Ham
lin two hlghess awards.
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To BE Of permanent benefit a medicine
must reaeh the source of the disease The
reason why Scovill's Blood and Liver Syrup
is SO successful in overcoming scrcfuious,
syphilitic ana eruptive complaints IS that Ii
entirely roots out those impurities when
give rise 10 them. The cause of the evil
being thus removed and the normal purity
of the circulation restored, the skin resumes
lis original clsarness, and sores and pimples
disappear. Sold by all druggists.
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A NEGLECTED cough, cold, or sorthrost,
which might be checked by simpleemedy,
like browns Bronchial Troches, allowed
to progress may terminate seriously 25 cts.
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For upwards of thirty years Mrs. WInsl6 ?
Soothing Syrup has been used for childssr,
with never-failing success. 1t corrects acidy
of the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulR0
whether arising from teething or other causs'
An old and well-tried remedy. 25c. bore'
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To cleanse and whiten the teeth, teweeten
the breath use Browns CamphorateSapona-
ceous Dentifrice. Twenty-Five cent? bottle.
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FAMILIARITY with the writings of the gIat poet
is a necessity to any one who wishes to apear EeI
in company. For 10 cents we will send fbook q
100 select ons from the beautiful melodies Moore
the grand poems of Byron, and the unequaed songs
of Burns, and SO popular songs. Desmed & Co.
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