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MISCELLANEOUS. rittOnirj: Ciirpenter Propose to AVItli ilraw 1'rotn tlio Federation of I.iiliur. The Dominion Commons lias refused to put binding twine on the free list. The City Treasurer of Boston dig- l.nrspil mnrp tlinn 41 SHfl (V)fl m. T..l. i . - ifwuvfvuu VII U UIJ A. " Washington authorities have ordered the work of renovating the Boston navv yard begun. China absolutely refuses to accept ex Senator Blair aa Minister from the United States. There is apprehension at Ottawa that the sealing agreement wi!! cause destitu tion among the Indian seal hunters. It is stated that the Canndian Pacific Directors are to be put in the Grand Trunk directory at the next meeting. Twenty-one nations thus far have ac cepted invitations to come to the World's Fair at Chicago and show themselves. E. T. Jordan, natural im inspec'or for Ind'ana, predicts the failure of the pas supply of Findlay, 0., within two years. The wheat yield in fiftv counties in Kansas ulon the line of the Rock Island road is estimated at 24,(X)0,O,i0 bushels. It has been es mated that the Ver mont maple-siuar crop for the season is 17,000.000 pounds. About -10 per cent, is syrup. T.at gold will command a premium in New York before many months seems to be the conclusion of an linglish finan cial writer. It is thought at Wnshin-'ton thu the Charleston will be ordered to Samoa, as trouble is likely to arise between Malia toa and Mataafa. The Treasury Department has made a revised decision on the importation of lottery tickets through the mails to the effect "that it in illegal. The anti-pool-room law passed by tho Missouri Legislature last winter lias gone into effect, and all but one room in St. Louis have closed their doors. The London and Colonial Financial Corporation has bought the Chicago Cold Stonge Exchange Company's building and plant, paying $4,5.l0,(K)0"for them. The Illinois Central railroad has b-jimn the wholesale discharge of passenger and freight conductors No cause is as signed. It is supposed to be the work of spotters. Fiftv ex-Union and fifty ex-Confederate soldiers, uniformed in'blue and rav respectively, will organize into a com pany at Kansas City and visit the Chi cago Fair. A successful raid has been made on i'licit distilleries in the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia. Several notorious violators of the revenue laws have been brought in. t Assistant Secretary Nettleto.i has de cided that a carpenter cannot cone from Canada, engage work, and upon his re turn with his tools enter upon such work without vioLJng the contract-labor law. The carpenters o' I'iiUburg propose to withdraw from the Federation of La lor and organize the nselves into a Knights of Labor Assembly. There is a Hrong fight against Gi opera at Pitts burg. In order to piotect the lwdy of Sir John Maednnald .'ro n ghouls two detect ives live near the cemetery, and an ex ".ivation has made around the grave and filled with cement and cut wire. A telegram has been received ut Wash ington from Iquique, Chili, by Senor Montt, which says that the steamer Ma ipo arrived at that place with a complete cargo of arms for the Congressional party. Bank Commissioner Drew has been notified by. Secretary Foster that his services are no longer required by tho government. He had had some connec tion with the Keystone1 Bank of Phila delphia. For the protection of public health the Ohio State Board of Health has or dered quarantine, of forty days against smallpox, diphtheria and scarlet fever and twenty days against measles and whooping cough. The verdict in tho New York "Jack the Ripper " ease was guilty of murder in the second deirree. This was because no premeditation to murder was shown. The spectators and tho public were as tonished at the verdict. A Chicago man has invented a new gas generator. By his process a ton of coal makes 1,000,000 feet at a cost of 214 cents per 1,000 feet. It is to be furnished to the public at 15 cents per 1,000 feet. This is important if true; A decision has been rendered against the New York Central and Hudson River railroad in their claim to the waterfront on the Hudson river from Albany to Spuyton Dnyvil. The value of the prop erty involved is estimated at about $o, 000,000. SPORTING NOTES. The Double-Scull Itace Will Take IUnce on Au tint The only people making money at the Chicago races are said to be the jockeys and bookmakers. The ladies' lawn tennis game for the English championship at London re sulted in a triumph for Miss Dod, who defeated Mrs. Ildyard. In tho Turnell Park (London) games Qneckborner of tho Manhattan Athletic Club threw tho hammer 132 feet J inch, beating tho best English record of 130 feet. A double-scull race between O'Connor and Han Ian and Gaudanr and Mackay m m 1 1 . . A. II Ti 1 has been arranged ior August o. n ia not yet decided where tho race will be rowed. a tin r TTntinm of finlvpston. Tex., and Pad ly Gorman of Australia, middle weights, have leen matched by the Oc cidental Athletic Club of California for a fight to take place tho latter part of August for a purse of $1,500. The prize fight for tho heavy-weight championship of England and $10,000 between Jem Smith and Ted Pntchard was won in the fourth round by Pritch ard, who had the best of the fight from the Htart. Smith weighed 185 pounds, and was in perfect condition. Pntchard, who was within the middle-weight limit, looked hard as nails. It was a bloody and fierce fight, but Pritchard outgen eraled and outfought his powerful oppo nent. From tho start Pntchard had the best of tho battlo. Smith was badly punished, but Pritchard was only slight ly bruised, and was fresh and strong at the finish. London rule governed tho contest, tho hands of the men being un covered aud wreitliui; being permitted. FARMANDGARDEN kn Article on Curing Clover Hay. SOME AGRICULTURAL NOTES. Cooling by Evaporation Late Wheat Always Poor Overestimate of Night Soil. The thick steins of a rank growth of clover make it hard to cure by the ordi nary means of exjMjsnre to the sun. lxin'g before these stems are dried through, the tender thin leaves will be shriveled up ami broken off. This ne cessitates curing clover by heating, and with as little stirring as" possible, and that only when freshly cut. The best way is to" follow tho mower with the hay tedder with on y the least interruption, and then, while only the leaves have dried, rake the clover and put it in cock. It may seem dry because the leaves will r.istle", but leave it twenty-four hours, or u need be, thirty-six or forty-eight. Then open, and it wifl bo found moist inside. This moisture has come from tho stems, and when this has dried off the hay will be cured sufficiently to uo into the barn or stack. Tho slight heating which hay thus gets not only does not injure it, but really makes it more palatable to stock. The coarsest clover cured thus will be eaten more greedily than that grown so thin and fine that It can bo cured with out heating. It is sweeter and nioro nu tritious, as well as more palatable, than clover that either does not go through tho heating process or that is put in large stacks without being previously put through the sweat, and thus is sub jected to more violent fermentation that blackens and ruins it. When clover turns black it is a sign that heating has changed to coal or carbon much of the more valuable nitrogenoue nutriment that it originally possessed. Acrloultural Xotes. The younger and tenderer the l)eet the better its flavor. Even the coarse man gels are excellent when used young, tops and all, as greens. Beets always need thinning, and if their use as greens does not lemove the surplus fast enough, the beets will lo greedily eaten uncooked, if fed to hogs or pigs, "and there is scarce ly a better feed possible for sows that a'ro suckling voting, especially if they were too fat when their pigs were dropped. COOMNO 11Y KVAPOK.VnO.V. In the hottest weather vessels of wa ter for drinking may bo kept cool by surrounding them entirely with some porous substance kept constantly wet. The evaporation from this will dissipate heat so rapidly that only slight changes of temperature of the liquid inside the vessel will be noted. It is dangerous, however, to keep one's self cool in this way, as the chilling of internal organs is scarcely ever done without serious in jury, often resulting in disease and death. SUTl'OUTS KOK Ml.I.oN VtXKS. Cucumber and melon vines need some thing for their tendrils to cling to, so as not to be blown about by the wind. Small pieces of brush stuck into the ground between the hills will allt .v the hoe to be used and keep the land free from weeds, an;l will insure the vines against being torn and injured by winds. : This is a great deal better than the prac tice of allowing weeds to grow for this purpose, as some old-fashioned farmers ' used to do. I LATE WHEAT ALWAYS l'OOIt. ! About the time wheat begins to head out is a good time to judge as toitsprob . able yield, though all dangers are not ' past. If much of the crop is late, the yield wLl be poor. The same causes that retarded it will aho lessen the crop. Time of sowing winer wheat has little ' to do with its lateness or earliness next I season. There may not bo three flays' difference in ripening in pieces sown" a month or more apart, and the latest sown, if on very rich ground, may be earlier in ripening. 1 ERADICATING BOUKEL. Wherever fields are red with sorrel at this season of the year it indicates some defect in the land," which prevents the seeding of more valuable grasses and clover. Sorrel is easily kept in check where a good catch of clover is had, na tho clover outgrows and smothers it. On sandy soil clover often fails from lack of mineral elements, lime or potash, and application of one or both will insure its success. The sorrel does not need either lime or potash, and only comes in where more valuable plants cannot bo grown. OVERESTIMATE OF NIQIIT BOIL. Tho quite common belief that human excrement is the richest of all manure is not borne out by practical experiment or by chemical analys's. It has greater value than the solid excrement of horses or sheep, but much less than tho liquid excrement of either, and has littlo more than half the value of fresh hen ma nure. It is possibly ono indication of man's superiority that ho gets more nearly all the good out of tho rich food lie eats than do domestic animals. Nor is it certain that the food which men generally eat contains so much of the elements of either nutrition or fertility as most animals chooso for themselves. To secure a thrifty stand of timothy, WIUCU will rciuuui nuvm IUI hnu W.iVW years, there is nothing better than seed ing it with the alsike clover on a winter grain crop. The alsike does not smother down tho timothy quite as badly as red ciover does, and if cut in June, just as the blos-oniB begin to fade, the alsiko will produce a full seed crop and then entirely die out. This leaves the soil entirely to the grass, and so stimulates its growth that often a second crop of timothy of a ton and a half per acre can bo cut the same season. With the com mon red clover the timothy does not do much until the second year. P.T. Barnum after making his will in J8S2 summoned wjveral prominent phy. eicians to examine his mental condition and to make affidavits to his sanity, which they did. This was to guard against any posaiblo contest on the plea of incapacity. A FEW HCALTH HINTS. Wearing Night riothe I)rrlns t!ie Nock. Outer Wni jin ;'oot ('erlii?. It cannot lt generally known that wo practically breathe through the skin in other words, that the skm has a function something like that of the lungs. It can not. of course, bo active unless kept clean. But in other ways than by neglect of cleanliness can its usefulness be im paired Tight clothing cripples it and keeps the poKons widen should be thrown out at tho surface looked up iu the sys tem, and also shuts out- pure air which should reach the skin. In purchasing un derclothing, therefore, It should bo so large that, even after frequent washing and shrinking, it will still bo looso and permit of u volume of air between it and the body. It naturally follows that tho outer garments should" also Ihj compara tively largo, and at least enough so to permit every movement to bo made with as much ease when they are on as when they are off. There is a habit which all, without ex ception, should pnietieo. and yet it is safe to say that not one man in ten if our people do follow it. Itcfereneo is mado to the removal of the nndervost on rotirinir. 1 ami the substitution of one kopt lor night I wear alone. The inulerilothing. during tho day, becomes (tiled with einatiatious , from the body, and must bo well aired ) regularly every night, otherwise it bo comes to a considerable extent poisonous, and tho noxious mat tots aro again ab borbed by tho skin. This self poisoning is sure to go on unless tho rulo given ia observed. Safety from "colds" depends iu no slight degree upon how tho nock is dressed. Nothing' should bo worn about it which interferes with its freedom of movement, nor should it bo encumbered with handkerchiefs, which so many wear as much for appearance as for comfort. Let each one now chooso a certain kind of collar, and wear no other stylo until spring comes liven a very slight variation in this important articlo of dress will favor a sore throat. Tho habit of wearing the fashionable bandages silk neckerchiefs is an exceedingly bad one to get into, and, as a rule, those who have it aro frequent sufferers from throat troubles. Practically the collar and neck tie will be sufiieient protection for tho throat. When tho cold is intense, turn ing up th- coat collar will bo a sulllcient additional protection, unless ouo is ridiug far in a strong vt ind. When leaving the cold air and entering warm rooms, lviuovo tho outer wraps at onco. Ladies fail to observe this rulo of toner than do men When people havo been long enough iu warm looms to be come heated, they should not leavo them and at onco enter their carriage or a street car. Under tl'.ise conditions they aro chilled even by a short ride. Bcforo attempting to ride they should walk a few blocks, until the body ia accustomed to tho change and circulation is active. After one lias been exposed to intcuso cold and is even slightly chilled, a cup of hot tea or cofi'eo is advisable to "warm up." Alcohol, so often taken for tho pur pose, is nioro active, but seldom better than tho simple, harmless beverages men tioned. During prolonged exposuro to cold, as on a longiliivo, hot drinks should not bo indulged in. for they render tho body yet more sensitive to cold. A word alwiut loot coverings. Woolen stockings, of course, should bo worn by all. Wear now heavy shoes and delay to put on overshoes as long as possible; when onco they r.ro on, keep them iu service until ne::t spring. Car drivers, conductors and other men out all day in tho cold will ho by far more comfortablo If they discard leather boots and shoos and wear cloth shoea inside their over fahocs. Then th'-ir feet will bo better ventilated, perspire less and henco-keep much warmer. Costou llerald. Tool: Her at Hit Word. A queer episode iu Conuaught lifo was tho ease of tho king at tho relation of Dennis Bodkin versus Patrick French. Tho plaint iiT aud defendant wcro neigh bors. Tho Litter was of tho "ould shtock," full of airs, and possessed of an Intolerable temper, lio and wifo had conceived a deep dislike for Mr. Bodkin, who entertained uu equal aversion to tho Frenches. Bodkin hail happened to of fend tho squire and ludy. That evening they entertained a laro "company at din ner, when Mrs Frem i launched out in abuse of her enemy, c. eluding her wish "that somebody would cut oil tho fellow's cars, and that mijhi quiet him." Tho subject was changed niter a while, and all went ou v.l;1 till supper, at vhich time, when every bwiiy v.iij happy, tho old butler, ono 2Vd llegv.u, who, according to custom, had drunk enough, camo iu. Joy was iu his eye. mid, whispering somo thiug to his mistress which &ho did not comprehend, Lj put a largo tmuff box Into her hand. Fancying It v.ti pouio whim of her old scrvaut, bho opened tho box and bltook out its contents, when lo! a pair of bloody ears dropped out on tho table. The horror of tho company was u wakened, upon which old Ned exclaimed; "Sure, my lady, you wished that Dennis Bod kin's ears wcro cut oil. eo 1 told old Geo ghegau, tho gamekcepor, and ho took a few handy boys with him, aud brought back his ears, and there they arc, and I hopo you aro pleased, my lady." Tho gamekeeper and tho "boys" left tho county. French and his wifo were held In heavy bail at tho Oulway assizes, but tho guests proved no such order was given, that it was a mistako on tho part of tho servant. They were ucquittcd. Tho "boys" and their leader never reap peared in tho county until after tho death of Bodkin, who lost his cars many years before his death. Argonaut. Tim Muztilflernro of Civilization. Talking about tho early days in Cali fornia, there was an old fellow down In the country who was the first senator to go to tho legislature from his district. Ills district was a rural one, snd tbcra wero no houses oulv cabins thero rough wooden cabins, with nails for hat racks and a rope for u wurdrobo and a cracked looking glass for u dressing table. Ho wont to Sacramento, anil when ho got back tho eutiio district camo in to cull upon him. and ho gave them a wonderful account of tho magnificence of civilization in tho capital of tho ttute Yus, boys, I had a china basin an' a cako o' soap bct-nted by gosh smelt liko tho flowers, an' thero wor a littlo place In tho wall with u row of big hooks in It, an' I said to tho waiter, 'Whut s that fort To hang your clothes In.' says ho, an' well, I didn't have any clothes to hang In it; but It wor splendid, but, boys, that wor nothln'. Wliut do you think I hadl A real bureau, a real, carved bureau, with a lookiug glass bigger'u this window iu it. It wor gorgeous, gorgeous." "Under tones" in Una Francisco Chronicle Death foreseen never came. Italloa Promb. KliAKATOA'S KliUPTIOX. SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF THE NOTED VOLCANIC EXPLOSION. Preliminary lViToriniinoi'. nT tlu Volcano. When llie Vl lN dune N'oIm of tlio Great Crali llnw-tH of tlio Kviiloilon Optical l'lieiHiuicnii. Ill 1S0 there wcro earthquakes along tho shores of tho Straits of Sunda, but Krakat ua gave no sign of reawakening unt 11 May 20, 1SS5. when thero was a sudden and violent eruption, by which a column of dust ai.d steam was thrown to a height of seven niil-'s. and some of tho matter ejected was earned as fur us 5500 miles be fore it descended to tho earth. This erup tion was aeciMupanied by noises which in Batavia. UK) miles aw in .'sounded like tho booming of ivniuin. . hile door-, and win dows wero sli..Kcn The force of this out break soon subsided, a-id Mich things aro so common i;i that part of the world that little attention v. a paid to it. On May 20 an excursion party trom Batavia visited the neighborhood and obtained a photo graph of the mountain a-; it then appeared. In tho udddlo of June another crater opened, and mo den-e pall of vapor that had boon hanging over the region was perceptibly increased. After that tho island became every day tho sceno of greater activity. On Aug. 11 thero wero three principal and eleven smaller volcanic fires visible upon it. wiikx tiii; cnisis ca.mk. Tho climax or mo en the 2?thof August. On the afternoon before it could bo seen that a crisis w.is approaching. Tlio story as told from tho logs of various ships that were in the neighborhood shows that fre quent cxplo-dona then occurred, and that the air was filled with vapor, pumlco and dust, Illuminated by a glow from tho vol cano below, aud by continuous llashea of lightning from above. Tlio sound of fre quent explosions was heard at great dis tances, and waves wero started that wero felt hundreds of miles away. Tho investigations of tlio committco havo proved conclusively that theso erup tions of the afternoon' of Aug. 20, by shattering tl eldand and tearing away great fragmc it from it down to below the level of t.io i.ea, wero tho direct cause of tho terrific utburst of the following morning, by v.hh tho island was nearly destroyed, ar.d tLo vast tidal wavo started that overwh-'h led all tho islands for a. hundred miles about. Through tho broaches mudo by theso explosions in tho walls of tho craters tho sea rushed in tor rents. Tlio first elect, as when dirt or stones aro thrown into tlio mouth of a geyser, was to deaden the violenco of tho eruption, and produce a season of com parativo calm. This bated through tho night of tho 2'Mi and well along into tho morning of th-.i next day. Butthotcrri bio energy thu , smotliero'd was merely sup pressed for a ti lie. It accumulated deep iu tho earth beneath the small i;ca that quickly filled up tho crater above, and tlio longer it was confined tho greater bo camo its power. At C:o0 o'clock in tho morning camo tho first outbreak, but it was not enot jh; tho water poured in faster than tlio power below could throw It out, aud tl.o forces of liro below wcro hold in subie.'tioii by tho sea. Thero was another outburst at'0:ll o'clock, but this, too, tlio seas ibdued, driving tlio beast of tho volcano back ouco irioro iuto ita sub terranean caverns, whero It raged and fumed for nearly four hours. Then, ut 10:02 o'clock,- it burst out with an uwful violence, flinging tho ocean back iu waves a hundred feet high, that rolled on for thousands of miles befu-o they wholly subsided. xoisr. ok Tin: oui:a? crash. Tho uolso of this la3t great crash of tho conflict between tho forces of tho water and of liro was heard over an area equal ing ouo-thirteenth of tho surfaco of tho globe. People a thousand miles away thought a vessel in distress was firing inlnutu guns and sent out a ship to her aid. At Ceylon. 2,000 miles away, people thought Unit ships wero practicing with thoir heavy guns bomelvhero iu tho neigh borhood, and oven as far as Rodriguez, a,000 miles from Krakatoa, a sound was heard us of tho roar of distant artillery. More than this, tlio air waves which ac companied tlio sound spread after tho sound itself had become inaudible and delicate Instruments at various observa tories and other stations iu all parts of tho world recorded tho passago of unac countable atmospheric impulses, not ouco, but time after time, until it is u scientifi cally ascertained aud proven fact that tho air wavo from tho explosion passed sovou times around tho world bcforo it becauio so faint that it produced uo effect upon tho instrument fit hat record such incidents. At Batavia, 100 miles distant, windows wero blown it', gas put out, a gasometer lifted from it . v. ell, and oven wulls wero cracked merely by tho vibrations of tho air. Tho boa wave .i'hurlcd out from tho vol cano hi all directions wero nioro dlsas trous, If less fur reaching, thau tho air waves. Thirty -three miles from tho vol cano somo of tho waves wero 11)5 feet high. Towns, villages uud lighthouses wero swept away. A man of war, was carried up tho Telok Belong valloy nearly two miles inland and loft stranded thirty feet above tho tea level. Tho wavo was a very porcoptiblo ono all tho way across tho Indian ocean, and at Ceylon, Natal and tho Capo of Oood IIopo its passago was mado u matter of record long bcforo anything was known of tho explosion. kh'ixts or Tin: kxtlosion. In tho immocUato vicinity of tho island tho effect of tin explosion waB almost in conceivable. Vwo thlrds of tho island of Krakatoa and tho wholo of a neighboring island disappeared entirely. Lang Island was increased by an addition to its north ern end, und Verlaten Island was enlarged to three times Its former dimensions. Tho mass of matter which was blown away from Krakatoa has been calculated at 200,000,000,000 cubic foot. Ono of tho iu cidcntal effects of tho explo&hm was tho exposure of a magnificent fccctlon of tho island, nearly 2,000 foot high, showing admirably tho formation of tho Interior of a cruto. Tho most curious part of tho report Li that devoted to tho optical phenomenu that followed tho eruption, including tho remarkable colored buusots in all parts of tho globe, which wcro almost ccrtaluly tho result of it. Tho Hon. Hollo Russell aud Mr. Douglas Archibald had chargo of tho preparation of tho parts of tho ro. port devoted to this subject. Thoy found that at tho time of tho explosion so great a muss of dust aud vupor was thrown into tho air to heights estimated at from 12 to 23 miles thut for 1C0 miles around darkness prevailed at midday. Much of this matter fell quickly to tho earth, mosses of pumlco Mono covering tho sea thickly for a long distauco about, and wero carried by tho ocean currents to all parts of thu world, to thut oven yet they uro being washed ushoro iu places fur remote from thu strulta of Bunda. Now York tiuu. Our Latest and Greatest Premium Off; THE MAMMOTH lll"TOIt V. Tut M MinT n Ctpi or trti contain aeomplete at Ian", .u-i n t t ue gret mr (Nrll War, pro MetriP itt rmed wuh unifr.") A he di of the IteMllun a cniurleie IIi-'-m f hie- lea, from It dhf ere lif Polutnhua t thf trerm H.i. giapldo dearrlptlon of fainou battle and l-ii -oifiii i-.'iiit In (he hiitorr of all nations, chronological liiMvrj ,e .etc ItKICi; M V. T.i great work contain the f.leee of alt llif pt-'lt it nf i he 1'nlied ilte, Troni Walilngton to HuMiaoH ' hi iiraft and other lllutratlou, nlo llee and p ml'.fs.i"l rtii ll'iiiaparie ShHkt'i('Oiire. Heron. 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ItemarkaMy i.Ut eating deaorlpttotia of great Inrentlon, Including tlio Steam Kngtne, ihetelrera) h, tho Pilnllug Pre, the r.lecnlo Light, the Sewing Machine, tho Telephone, tho Typewriter, the Type Hettlng Ma-It-ho, the Cotton (lln.etfl. Till: VOIIM)'H VOMH:im. (Iraphlo deicrlnttone, beaullfullr lllutrated, oftlie Vellowslono Park, Yoemto Valley, Niagara Tails, the Alps, Tarl, Vesuvius, Venice. Vienna, the Canons of Colorado, Mammoth Care, Natural bridge, Watklna Ulcn, the White Mountain, etc , eto. Tit A Vi:i,. peacrlpllona, proniaely Illustrated, of the life, inauucti, out Ionia, peculiar forms, files aud ceremonies ot the Prom thft nhnre hrlrf otimmarv of Ha enntenta anme lilet nfitliat a remarkably Intereillnc lnatrucllre and rnltmhliMvork iho Mammoth t'vri.olMJiifA la may he painetl. yet hut a frnctlonal pari nf the toplca treated In Ihla urt at work hav heyn nami-tl, It la n Taat atnrehoua or tiaefnl and enterhilnlnfj knnwhii( uninegtlon nhly of tho beat ami moat valuaMo nnrka ever published In any Und or lanmiaire. Nolomnrliould ha wiUi out I U taa work to ho conautted vry day trllh regard to the varlnna perpleilns qtieatlooR lhat eonatantly arlau t. writ I mi ami roiiveraatlon, by tho farmer and hnnaenlfo In their dally duties aod pursulte, and forcoa viuuoua reading no work la more eutertalulue orlustructlte. 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Tub Muimotii Crnormu !im htn put IhtieJ t iiit-ft tlit nahT ut thf nifi"eu for un rr runt compendium of harm Oil ft, practical. ue; Pi u it fl ami t-tnrrftl The wi.rk in pub lir M cemi . fr in tour Inrce Ami 'mml-mm t muff c m iiMnc tUi ot 2,17" rR" rtnl In pro'il'f v titrtP,n f hWUM-nulllttlftiKraT-Inn Til i!uul of tlolinrN liavo tjpf ruled It i ftkp 1 1km the tnot complete. tftlitftWe nd Ufuf w ;k forth- maiM'everplihliniieil It It ft wrk f- r PTrryhmtr -inmi, irtmtun Ami htM, hi rrerr cupnttnii ir nrnlk In life. The miU tnMceftm1 prni'tirui ullllty f tnenlj onllnarr ti iiime-J aim cotupu t In Ihf-e fnur. urn! no rrpJM l -ho wnrk with kiMwIttlre nf ffery KimK pi f-UmI i U nit 1 1 nHul hints nnd helpful AiiffKt-rtt ni, that fu'ly hliT. that In eterp hoinn to whnlt It haU flml lt w av it will noon Mm" to b teprih il art north t wHeht in sol J. Tor nant of i'HC wecan only briefly minimal--It a miiaII portion of IhecoutenUoi MM great work, Ht follow ChlnMe, Jirnnff. tlie pooV of fn.lU, Afrl't, Mtti(ftatA !loHti' Icfltu-1 Itornro, ItntniKh. Ih Snttcli UNnde, Hfrrti, Kaflrtnn, TaTlnr.T, CAlihifl Mil TunM, Ui Arab, lurm, Mftleitu, fouih A merl)nnT Amrrlctn InIUu, Kfjrp Man, Hlanttnt. hiililatn( NorwrjUn, Hrfintirl, Rlw. Italian, lrka, ltulan( Plbf finite, Afghan, I'tulaae Hoilm. Auotraliaua, hultarUnt, 91illana, tie , tie. MAM'TACTI'Iti:. InlMsftrtatworkla al- dmrihel and tliuairait J Hit an an1 ptocfMf a of rfnilnff, terratyr-ln:, tKxtktilnillut. poI eiigratii'f, llihrjtrat lij. t'tiotorh?, ealle rrlntluc, plann tnaktnc, atcti making, fr making, th itiamifi0tutf of allk. Iroo, aitrl, flan, china, ptrfurttrrj, p, Itatlitr. alarcti, wall puptr, lurrcniltif, po'tal crU, ta atatiii, cnTrtoprt, pfii", prnottt, nrfjlr. anl mativ aihrr thlnita, all of nlilchi will t fouuJ peculiar'; luterfitlef nt Invtrticilrr. roiir.tON ritOltrrTfl. IntrtllnclMfrlpUna, III.I. tratrit, nftti etilturo ml reparation for market of it, oh chocolate, cotton, flai, hfiiip, augar, tie. Mitintgf, etarrr, glngtr, cinnamon, alliplt. ppror, eoroauul", iliioapia, ban tta, ptunfi, dalra, raltlnt, flo, olltM, hilU rutbtr, guu ptrcha, rork, camphor, cantor oil, tapioca, f ta., tie. A 'ITim, IIIRTOItV. Interfiling an.l lnlmeilr d'lcrlptloua, accompanied tit Illustration, of iituncrou lMtt, birdi, nhta and Inacota, wlitintuob curloui luloi inatlou regard lug their life and liablta. I, AW. Tin Mammoth Ct firrpi l al a complete law took, teltlii eery man lion tie mar t hi own lawyer, anl containing full and cenclie eiplanatlon of lt general Iowa and the law of tho aeieralfMatro upon all mutter which mtm uhject to litigation, wild numerou forma of legal dooutwenta. MININO. Peaerlptlona an 1 IMnatrattAna of the mining of gold, ellter, dlawoudi, coat, ealt, oepper, lead, line, Uu aol qulckillter. WOMiTKB OT TUT finA. nerelnaredevrlhedan-t lllut rated the mine wonderful and beaut If n thlogi found atlho tuition oftho ocean, tho plant, (lower, ahella, flaliee, tto.( Ilka wlae pearl dlrlng, coral (lining, etc.,eto. fvrATlHTK Al. AM) MlNrr.IXANnoilS. ITereha ghn - vait amount of meftil and IntrreMing Information, tome of Thlch lathe population of American cltlet, area ant topul, (Inn c, theoonllnenti, of the Stale and Terr It 01 lea, out pf'c h lotlral oountrle of the world, length of tho ptlntlp! .Ifru.k -ilde.itlr ote for aliijr jean, 1'reildrntlal atatUtlco, nre zuC depth of iom, Ukea and oceana, height of mountain, loenro tlnn ojftnlmal and reloeltj of hndio, helgtil of titonu menu, lowc. am atructurea, dlitancct rrom Waihlngton. al fromN wY r'.., lo Important point, chronological liUtorj ofdla cover? anC progre, popular aohrliueta of American Htate, eltlca, etc., common grammatical errori, rule for ipelllng, pro nunclMlon L'u'u-e of capital, Wall Htreetplira-e, comoierca of t'jc vorld, curloua fact In natural Matorrjougetltr of nnlmcli, origin of the name of State, and of countries of great workt, popular fahlea, familiar quoiatlom, of gentti aod of planta, drlng wordi of famous peraon, fate of the Apoitlea. -tmlnloiof tli globe, leading gorernnicoti of the world, eta etc. I acscrib&i pt of only that you LES DI CKENS In Twelve Large Volumes, Which wo Offer with a Year's Subscription to this Paper for a Trifle More than Our Regular Subscription Price. ling to iircly IncrciiHc tlio cirenlulioti of thin iliuiiiR tlio next kIx inontliH, n Imvo iimtlu iiiiriitH with 11 New YulU i 1 1 1 1 f m 1 1 i ti lutimt iv we mil cnuMi'd m nlliT n h n it t'l ii 1 11 1) I to nnr iliciN ii Set nf fli Work of C'liiii lt-4 Illrk rii, In Tlvclvo lut; mill lliiinlaonitt Viiliiiiim, with ii jcur'n Miil'fcriplloii to thin pii jx-j- Inr litilllu inoni 1 1 in i niir HTiiliir euli Ht'iiitliui prii'i'. Oiir;rt't ilfcrtiiMiiliMciilwri cclij'ecH uny 'ViT hi iclnriiin tiuuli. ChurliH Dil'lit'llH ttUH tllll L'l'l,l IIIIVfllBt Who t'YIT livcu. No nutlior liulori) or hiiiou Iiih tlinnliiu won the funio thnt ht hcIiIcm-iI, und Ida workit r o 1 1 iiioio jKipuhir tn-dny thnti iluriiif; IiIh lili'timo. They alxiutul In wit. liuiiKir, mthi'H, niuHicrly (lcliiicHtinii of chiiriicirr, vivlil deucriiitioiiii oi )iluct und iiicidmitu, thrilling unit okillfiilly wrotmlit lilutn. Knott book Im intciiHcly iniiTi'Mliiij?, No hnniettl.oiihl bo without u not of tin-no great and luniurk ublo HinkB. Not to huvu rend them ia tu ba fur behind tho auo in which wo live, Thu ant of Dickens' worku whirh ue oflVr us printed from entirely now plutin. wi h now typo. worKl - rntnonn worKB, uucu ono oi wnien in pnb BARNABY RUDCE AND CHRISTMAS STORIES, OLIVER TWIST AND GREAT EXPEC TATIONS, THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP AND THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELER, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, HARD TIMES AND THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD.