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Mechanics in Education.

Seeing and feeling are two sen
Ses which are more important i'll
aiding to a knowledge Of our sur
roundings than any others, and yet
their education is generally neg
lected until the possesser begins to
learn something Of mechanics. By
mechanics in this connection is in
tended any attempt to contrlve,
putitogether, manufacture change
by manipulation, so that q woman
who contrives and fashions dress
out of the Uniformed and plain ma
.terial may be mechanic. The use
OF mechanical tools cannot be be-
gun too early in life, whether the
pupil is to be a practical mechanic
or to follow some other calling
there are few vocatlonS that dohot
demand for success some practical
knowledge of mechanics. 1.-THE
whiting Yankees" possibly owe
much OF their undisputed position
as inventors and good mechanics
to the habit of using a pocket
knife. A very prominent inventor
and superior mechanic recently re.
marked that the bent OF his taste
as a mechanic was undoubtedly
given by his schoolmaster, who was
IL carpenter and Joiner, and who
worked at his trade in summer and
taught the district school i'll winter.
If a boy did not possess d foot rule,
he made one for him from shin.
gle OF constructed an inch SCALE
I!The foot rule and a pocket knife
he considered necessary i'll school
boys outfit, and he encouraged bis
pupils to estimate dimensions BY
the eye and then verify them by
measurement. Wind-wheels and
.water-mills were part Of the peda
gogue's training, and the click
I clack of one or the other could be
heard all abont the schoolhoust
and on the borders Of the brook il
an adjoining field. Vanes cut from
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The Best Advertising Medium.

An expert and experienced per-
son asserts d fact. which is we'll un-
derstood among business men, that
money can De wasted more rapidly
in advertising than III any other
way. Advertising is a sound ner
camille investment, if the methods
and agencies employed are care
fully selected. But more good
money is squandered in bad adver-
Using methods and catch-penny ex.
pedients than in almost any other
form of "pushing business" to
which euterprising men have re-
course. Poster advertising, rock
and fence painting, flooding the
mails with circulars and postal
cards are forms Of common nuisance
which disgusts more people than it
attracts, and these methods, even
when they prove effective, are still
in most cases very wastelul mode
Of reaching the public.
An advertisement cannot reach
the general public SO surely and
ct1ectually in any other way than
through the columns of a newspa
per that is read and trusted
Newspapers which are not respect
ed and faithfully read are not good
mediums for advertisers. News
paper that are purchased only for
IA half. hours amusement and are
not carried home do not help to
sell any body's wares. Such adver
Using mediums are no better than
the circular nuisance, and almost
as wastefnl. The experience ofen
terplising and sagacious business
men proves that the best results
attend advertising in the bestnews
papers-those which go to families
and are read by one after another
in the home circle-those that are
not trivial or sensational, but com
mandinhuence and inspire respect
Rochester Union.
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Spring Medicines.

At this season Of the year one is
liable to pass through a period OF
what some of my friends call spring
fever. The spring generally brings
an altered condition OF the blood
All the old spring medicines adj
ministered by our mothers and
grandmOtherS to their children
were called forth by this fact. But
the diSagreeable doses so faithfully
forced upon the Juveniles were not
always necessary. A course ofor
anges will prove as effective aud
certainly more palatable than the
nauseous doses Of our childhood
At this season of the year let the
children eat all the oranges they
care for. If taken daily before
breakfast so much the better. II
The fruit is a little sour it will not
be distastetul to little folks. They
have IL natural craving for some
thing tart. a grateful dish may be
made by peeling oranges, taking
off every atom OF white skin, and
cutting them up into small pieces
Sweeten with sugar and you have
a dish that is at once tasty and
healthtul. A little grated cocoanut
adds much to the appearance.
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Horses Versus Houses.

Cornelius Vanderbilt's palace Ton
Fifth avenue) is now understood to
be for sale, but as yet no price has
been announced, asserts IL New
York correspondent Of the Utica
Herald. If any reader, however,
should make an offer Of half n mil
lion it might be accepted, and even
then it would be selling below cost
Why, the land cost $685. 900. When
Cornelius selected this corner it
was occupied by two elegant dwell
lings for which he paid the above
sum, and then had them demol-
Shcd in order to make room for the
palace which was three years in
construction. l'y the time he got
fairly in occupation he became Il
heavy Wall street speculator, and
no doubt hoped to make enough to
pay for the palace. Instead Of that,
however, he only sank large part
of his patrimony, and is now so
deeply involved as to require the
assistance of his father. The latter
no doubt regrets having built u pal
ace since this example probably led
Cornelius into his extravaganza
These Vanderbilt houses cost not
less than $1,000, 900, and it will be
a long time before such an outlay
will be equaled.
What II difference in taste is dis
played by another millionaire who
stands alone in the ranks of wealth,
at least in love OF horses. This is
no temporary fancy. Had this been
the case it would have passed away.
Thirty years have been sufficient to
prove it to be ruling passion.-
Bonner does not crave palace
excel him in horse fioo6oe f In fb 10
point, indeed, he has always as
tonished the public. When he paid
$4,000 for Lantern every one was
astonshed. That was twenty five
years ago, however, and since then
he has invested half million in
the same manner. The 1mtereSt on
this investment is $500 Il week, and
the cost OF keeping the animals is
an equal sum. Had Bonner been
like Astor, he would have put his
money into land, and taking
interest into consideration he
would i'll that case be richer
by Il million and Il hall
Had he been like Lenox, he
would have invested in rare books
and literary curioSities. Had he
resembled Commodore Vanderbilt,
he would have gone into stocks
and become a power in Wall street
None OF these things, however,
moved him. He kept aloof from
other attractions. lie OWLS no
stocks and no rare books, and only
real estate sufficient for his own
use. The horse is his passion, and
he has shown the mastery Of the
latter to Il degree unparalleled in
the history Of the turf. How strange
that d man who began life i'll this
city as IL journeyman printer should
thus, as Shakespeare Says s'witch
The world with noble horscman-
ship"
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pine boards. toy ships. bird houses,

pine boards, toy ships, bird houses
bows and arrows, pudding sticks
and most Of the toys used by boys
forty years ago were made by thu
schoolmaster'S boys under his di
rection. To day, besides the pro
life inventor named, there are one
superintendent of a railway com
pany, one bridge builder, one su
perintenlent of a large manufac
tory, and two architects to be
counted from memory. who prob.
ably received their bent for me.
chanics from the carpenter school
master.
All these lead lives of usefulness
they are producers, adding to
the wealth and comfort of the coun,
fry and tile people; and nothing in
their observation education makes
them less valuable members of So
ciety. One of the most dIstingu-
eislled7 spnlpit orators was. a black
smith, and man men:who are
noted for their eminence IN litera'
ture, divinity, law, medicine, and
as educators have had a mechani-
cal Notwithstanding and Engi-
neering Times.
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Wonders Of the Body.

Suppose your age to be fifteen OF
thereabouts. You have two hun
dred bones and six hundred mus
cles;your blood weighs twenty-five
pounds; your heart is five inches in
length and three inches in diane
ter; it beats seventy times per min.
ute, $4,000 times per hour, 10O,SOO
per day, 35,792,OOO per year. AT
each beat a little over two ounce.
Of blood is thrown ont of it; and
each day it receives and lischarg.
es about seven tons of that wonder.
ful fluid. Your lungs will contain
a gallon Of air, and you inhale o.,
OOO GALLONS per day. The aggre.
gate surface Of the air cells of your
lungs, supposing them to be spread
out, exceed 10000 square inches.
The weight of your brain is three
pounds; when you are man 1t will
weigh about eight ounces more.
Your nerves exceed 10,000,0OO in
number. Your skin is composed
Of three layers, and varies from one.
fourth to one eigth Of an inch in
thickness. The area your skin is
about LOO inches. Each square
inch contains about $500 sweating
tubes or perSpiratory pores, each Of
T Tn!T II!H!at I,, nS !ikeued to a little
long, making an aggregate length
Of the surface of your body Of 49,,
541 feet, or a tile ditch for draining
the body almost seventeen miles
long.
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Why jackson was Nlcknamed.

General Jackson was known
among the soldiers who had serv-
ed under him as "Old Hickory" a
sobriquet given him during the
Creek War. His brigade was max
ing a forced march, without bag
gage or tents, to surprise the In
dians in one of their villages, and
we're for several days and, nights
exposed to the peltings Of a March
storm the rain freezing as it fell.
General Jackson got a severe cold,
but did not complain as he tried to
sleep in a muddy bottom among
his half frozen soldiers. Captain
Allen and his brother John cut
down stout hickory tree, peeled
off the bark and made a covering
for the general, who was with diff
Guilty persuaded to crawl into it.
The next morning drunken citizen
entered the camp, and seeing the
>tenfsE Kicked it oyer, AS jackson,
cra%led from the ruins the topper
cried "Hello, Old Hickory; come
out Of your bark and jine us in a
drinkw Thenceforth the General
was known in camp as "Old Hick-
Ory," and when he was talked Of as
a presidential candidate, the nick
name was adopted by his support
ers. The elderly treen of the Reyo-
luton was revived in the hickory
tree" planted at every county cross
roads and village by the enthusia.
tic Democrats, while they sang:
Freemen, cheer the hickory tree,
Long it's boughs have sheltered
thee.
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More Than O Million.

NEW ORLEANS, La. a reporter
Of tire Times Democrat, who recent.
ly completed tour Of this and
neighboring States, visiting every
city, town and hamlet, states that
he interviewed all the wholesale
and RETAIL druggists and storekeep-
ers, as well as transportation com.
panies, with a view Of learning the
volume of trade in certain articles.
The statistics thus gathered show
that during the pasttwo years over
one million two hundred thousand
bottles Of st. Jacobs Oil were sold
i'll this section alone, and that this
quantity largely exceeds the total
combined sales OF all other similar
remedies during that period. He
adds thar dealerS,as we'll as the pub
lie, continue unanimous i'll their
praise OF the wonderful pain-curing
powers of this unapproached RENE
dial agent.
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4 Military Item.

Mr.. Snively is the wife Of the
captain OF a New York militia com
pany. She attended review not
long since at which her husband
was the commanding officer. Mrs,
Snively laughed all the way home,
and when, after she got home she
was asked what WAS the cause OF
her merriment she replied:
sit was the funniest thing in the
world to see my husband, who new
er dares to open his mouth at home.
ordering all those men about, and
they doing just what LIE told them
to do. Why don't he try that game
Oh met"
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The Ocean.

Tile ocean says to the dweller on
its shores: "You are neither wei
come nor uhwelcome. 1 do not
trouble myself with the living tribes
that come down to my waters. I
have my own people, an older race
than your mastidons and elephants;
more numerous than all the swarms
that fill the air or move over the
thin crusts of the earth. Who are
you that build your gay palaces OIL
my margina l see your white faces
as | saw the dirk faces of the tribes
that came before You, as shall
look upon the unknown family of
mankind that will come after yon,
And what is your whole human fam
lily but a parenthesiS in IL single
page Of my history? The raindrops
stereotyped themselves OH my
beaches before living creature lett
his foot-brits there. This horse.
lshoe;crab = fling. at your sfeet.sis. of;
Folder lineage than your Adain-Tn-
less, perhaps, you countyour Adam
one of his descendants. What feel
ing have [ for you? Not Scorn-not
hatred, notlove.- blank Indifference
Ito you and your affairs; that is
my feeling, say rather absence OF
feeling, as regards you. Oh, YES; 1
will lap your feet, I will cool you in
the hot summer days, will bear
you up in my strong arms, 1 Will
rock you on my rolling undulations
like babe in mis- cradle. Am not
gentle7 Am l not kinda Am harm
less? But mark! The wind is ris-
ing and the wind and I are rough
playmatcs. Do you see my foam
ing lipss Do yeu feel the rocks
tremble as my great pillows crash
against theme Is not my anger
terrible as l dash your agony, your
thunder bearing frigate, into frag-
medts, as you would crack an egg
shall9 No, not anger deaf, blind,
nnheeding indifference-tlat is all.
Out Of me all things arose, sooner
or later, inio me all things subsitle.
All changes around me; l change
not. ] look not at you, vain man,
and Your frail transitory concerns,
save in momentary glimpseS; Hook
OIL the white face OF my dead mis-.
tresS, whom | follow as the BRIDE
groom follows the bier Of her who
has changed her nuptial raimeut
for the should.
aye whose thoughts are Of eter-
nifty come dwell at my side. Con-
tinents and isles grow old and waste
and disappear. The hardest rock
crumbles; vegetable and animal
Kingdoms come into being, wax
great, decline and perish. to give
way to others, even as human dy-
naSties and nations and races come
and go. Look Oh me! Time writes
no wrinkle on my forehead. List
EN- to me. All tongues are spoken
OH my shores, but | have only one
language; the winds taught me their
schooled me in my rough Or smooth
consonants. Few words are mine,
but have whispered them and sung
them and shouted them to men Of
tribes from the time when the fist
Wild wanderer strayed into my aw-
full presence. Have you a grief
that gnawS at your heart stringS7
Como with it to my shore, IA of
old the priests of far.darting APP
polio carried his rage and anguish
to the margin of the loud roaring
sea. There, if anywhere, you will
forget your private and short-lived
woe, Tor my voice speak to the in
finite and the eternal in your con-
ciousness."-Oliver Wendell Holm
es, in Atlantic.
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TOWN LOT FOR SALE In
BELLE HAVEN.

I offer for sale at private contract, my
lot in Belle Haven. opposite Wards
store, upon which Mrs. E. J. Savage at
present resides. 1t contains II acres,
more or less, is improved by a comforta-
bic dwelling with all necessary out
buildings, and has thereon also build
ing now used rs Il Millinery Store. A
more suitable location either rs Il home
or for business purposes cannot he found
in the village. The lot will be sold on
reasonable terms. and ample time given
to pay the purchase money. For fur
ther particulars apply in person or by
letter to JOSEPH j. WESCOTT.
I.ncnStmOunt. Va
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Push.

1t there was more push in the
world there would be fewer hnn-
cry, half clothed, homeless, suffer
ing Children, fewer broken-down,
dissipated men and women; less
need of almsllOuses, houses Of COZ
rection and homes for the friendless.
Push means a lift for a neighbor
in trouble. Push means a lift Tor
yourself out of the slough of deS-
pondency and shiftlessneSs, out Of
trouble, real or fancied. Push new
er hurts anybody. The harder the
push the better, if it is given in the
right direction. Always push up
hill. Don't be afraid of your mus
Giles and sinews; they were given
you to use. Don't be afraid OF your
hands; they were meant for service.
Don't be afraid Of what your com-
panion ma, say. Don't be afraid
of your science; it will never re-
proach you for IA good deed-but
push with all your heart, might
and soul, whenever you see anv.
thing or anybody that will be bet
ter for d good, long, stong, deter
mined push.
Push! 1t is just the word for the
grand, clear morning Of life: it is
just the word for strong arms and
young hearts; it is just the word for
Il world that is full OF work as this
is. If anybody is in trouble, and
you see it don't stand back, push!
If there is anything good being
doue in any place where you hap
nen TO be. Durh!
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The horses OF the aristocratic
people in New York put on twice
as much style as Austin horses.
Yanderbilt's horses have such %
contempt for common people that
rhey hold their noses up so high in
the air that tile check.rein has to
be fastened between their forelegs
TO null their heads down.--SittlngS.
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81 have thee on the hip" cried
rheumatism selzlng his victim and
tossing him on a suffering bed.
mot so! Wait, my ancient foe, just
five minutes, until the boy brings a
bottle OF Salvation Oil, then we'll see
who wins the day.
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An editor having read in anoth-
er paper that there is a tobacco,
which, if a man smoke or chew 1t.
"wilI make him forget that he owes
a dollar in the world" innocently
concludes that many ofhis subscrib-
ers have been furnised with the
article.
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Mr.. BRowNE:-I tried your Cedar Is
land GuanolaSt Spring on Sweet Pota-
toes. alongside Of other fertilizers, and
think it nearly doubledi in yield of any
other used. In fact, if had not used it
at all, my potatoes would not have been
worth digging. John j. Ward,
Hadlock, january, %, 1856.
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DAY BY DAY.

A little Older ovcry dry
A lttlo nearer to the close;
Nearer to tho ending Of the fray,
Nearer Ito long rcpose.
Nearer tho timo w,on DOR our head
Shall spring tho blossom and the grass.
As by our tomb they pass.
Nearer the time when we shall cast
An anchor by tho mystic shore;
And sec and feel and know. at last,
What We could not before.
All! how the years go rolling onl
How short the step to mnnhood's primo.
How soon the Gonl of llfo Is gone
Into the vaults or time.
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brow DE'SS====
SUPERIOR
Cedar Island Guano.
The cheapest fertilizer on the
market according to results ascer-
tanned by the farmer and chemist.
ANALYSIS.
DIR. W J. GAscoYNE, Chemist.
CEDAR ISLAND GUANO is a

CEDAR ISLAND GUANO is a
complete manure, containingall the
elements of good plant food, and in
proper proportions, to sustain veg.
citation through the entire period
of IFS growth, and brings crops to
their full maturity. 1t has been
found especially good on peas, po-
tatoes and onions, and has given
edual satisfaction on corn and
grass. 1t is fully up to the standard
of last year, and is registered in
Virginia. 1t is now ready for de-
livery.
oRRIs A. BROWNE,
AccOmac G H., Va.
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oRRIS A. BROWNE,

CAPT. O. \. BROWNE Dear Sir
l used half ton of your Cedar Island
Guano" last year on Corn and can say
that it doubled my crop in corn and fod-
der. and my neighbors and all others
who passed the field can testify to it.,
1t WAS on very poor land. think it
paid me well-woulu like to use two or
three tons this year. Very Truly Yours,
George S, Mapp.
Robtown. January. &c. 1883.
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Bobtown, January, a6, 1883,

used Cedar Island Guano on Sweet
potatoes, and am perfectly well salts
fled with the result. l also used it on
Onions and other vegetables with the
best result w. j. Fosque.
Sturgis z. 0.
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CAPT. o. A. BRowAE;-DEAR SIR:
used half a bag of your Cedar Island
Guano last year Oh Sweet Potatoes. ard
can truly say it excelS any fertilizer |
ever used. If had used it more extern
sively l am confident it would have
doubled my crop, Will try tagain next
season. II. c. Johnson,
Willis Wharf, January, 29,lSS5,
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I used Ccdor Island Guallu OIL Sweet
and Irish Potatoes and Corn. On the
Irish it was fully equal to Peruvian
Guano, and better than any other fertil-
izers On the Sweets and Corn it was
equal to any fertilizer l have ever used.
Accomac G. II. Va. ThoS. Beasley,
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used Cedar Island Guano on Peas
bv the side Of Peruvian GuanO, your
guano excelled the Peruvian by far. and
on Irish Potatoes my experience is they
grow longer and yield more; mean by
growing longer, that the vines do not
give up so early and outyicld the Peru
Wan. also applied it to Corn. only about
a handful to every three or four hills
with very good results. A. L. james,
Locustville, December, 10, 1884.
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I used Cedar Island Guano on Irish
Potatoes, next to Peruvian guano, there
was no difference in the yield Of either.
am of the opinion that with time &C.
dar island will yield more. also put
it on Sweet Potatoes, and the results
were satisfactory, its yield was one
third more than where put no guano.
Drummondtown, WIN. w. Coxton.
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I used your guano last year side Peru
Wan grano and other commercial man-
ures, on Irish and Sweet Potatoes, the
Cedar Island was equal to any. l prefer
it. for the quality is up to any, and it
costs less money. w X. Bunting.
Folly Greek, near Drummondtown, JAN
uary, 8, 1855.
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l used one-half ton of Cedar Island
Guano on Irish Potatoes side by side
with Peruvian guano that cost $50 per
ton of s. 900 pounds and other CONNER
cial fertilizers, that on which Cedar Is
land was used WAS better than Peruvian,
ard there was no comparison with the
other fertilizers. Of course, the long
drought and bugs prevented a full crop
from maturing. +. q. Parkes.
Matomkin, Z. 0.
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I used Cedar Island Guano on Sweet
potatoes, at the rate of 200 pounds per
acre, and believe it to Ike fully up to
ANYTHING have used. Will use it again.
Sturgis P. o: j.. e. Fosque,
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/ used Cedar Island Guano on Sweets
by the side of other fertilizers, and
found it equslito any, b. S. Smith.
Willowdale, October, 9, 1854.
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used Cedar Island Guano on Irish
Potatoes with Peruvian Guano, and l
believe it to be equal to the Peruvian,
l also used it on Sweets; and the result
was excellent, 1 am going to cit again.
E. NJ. Savage.