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Few Canadian farmers and stockmen ap- pear to fully appreciate the value of a. good mare. Though the average speculator in Eggs may be dried and made to retain their goodness for a. long time, or the shell may be varnished, which excludes the air, when, if kept at a. proper temperature, they may be kept good for years. the bottom at onée. partly, while stale eggs will float on top. As sunflower seed is liable to heat, the safest we y of keeping it for fowls is to cut off the flower head when the seed is ripe, and pile it loosely till thrown to the fowls. Coal ashes are not fit for the dust box until the Cinders have been sifted out. A Older eggs will 8th; L‘_ ,u____hL LL,“ _ - r * *--"- 7 r ““““““ a. comb of snowy whiteness, rarely sting, and last but not least, they winter better than our other kinds.” We suppose the compositor set California for Carniolan. Perhaps some genius hopes to get a. boom on California bees, equal to the land boom there. Coal ashes are not fit for the until the Cinders have been sifte hen cannot throw coal cinders on They are too heavy ; besides the: feet. Fbr soft-shell eggs, put the hens at w scratching, as it indicates that; they are fat. Soft eggs, apoplexy, egg-bound, nearly all such diseases, are due to the t being tco fat. : Raw onion? chopped fine and mixed with food twice a. week is recommended as better than a dozen cures for chicken cholera. The freshest eggs are the heaviest, and when placed in a. pan of water “111 sink to the bottom at once. Older eggs will sink partly, while stale eggs will flont on ton. California bees, says an exchange, “ are more prolific, better cpmb buildersZ produce - _-‘L A: ,, As to the two processes of wintering bees, namely, on the summer stands or in a cel- lar, says a. contemporary, about eight in ten advocate the former, as the bees are less liable to disease. While coal ashes really possess but little, if any, manurial value, they are well Worth the trouble of saving up and applying to any stiff soil as a. means of lightening it up and rendeging it more mellow and porous. They are also very useful as a. mulch for newly set trees in the orchard. And while it may not pay to haul them any consider- able distance, they are well worth saving. BEE Norss. Cane sugar, says an expert, if stored in form of syrup in surplus boxes, is liable in time to crystnlize. The Montreal Gazette says the manure heap claims most attentive consideration, for on it depend the learned professions, manufacturers and railway kingsâ€"their interests, profits and very existence. ) A correspondent of the English Farmers Jom‘nal asserts that five pounds of common white beans ground fine and fed in half- pound doses with bran twice daily will cure the worst case of bloody milk. As a. result at the wholesale destruction of birds for ornamental purposes, reports from South Carolina state that ravages of insects in that State last season were greater than ever before known. There is no more profitable stock to raise than horses, always provided you raise good ones. If a. mere be carefully handled she will do nearly as much work and raise a. colt as though not bred, and it costs much less to raise a. good horse than to buy one. It costs no more aside from the service of the horse to raise a. colt to three years than a steer to the same age. Never set trees in sod or among wheat ,or other sowed grain. Clover is the worst of all. The whole surface of the ground should be clean and well stirred. The colt should be halterbroke when a. week old and when allowed to follow the mother be led at her side. Accustom the mother to work without its following her, and when plowing near enough to the stable leave it there and take the mere in the mid- dle of each day, to let it suck, or tie it in the shade at: the side of the field. Washing with cold water will help to harden the muscles in a horse's breast or back for the collar or the saddle. The sad- dle should be removed often to allow the back to cool, and the sweat washed off. A few minutes’ delay in this way will do the horse a. great deal of good. Cows need light, Inot only for their own health and comfort, but because good butter cannot be made from the milk-of cows kept in dark stables. Air, light, cleanliness and warmth are four essentials of a. cow stable where cows are kept for profit. To train a flock of sheep, take a. lamb to the house and teach it to come at the call of a. certain sound,a.nd then put it with a. flock. As sheep follow the leader, the whole flock may be called by the obedience shown on the part of the petted sheep. VHF”, WW, ,. thought, And things of high merit and pow'r have been wrought: And though better things skillful hands may pre- are, To to ouncomiort and legsen our care, A mmed afskill such as seldom is seen, Is this useful, r1:ims~ssvimz, self-binding machine. Then hurrah rfor the reaper that harvests so well ! La: the lips that speak well of iw high merits 15:", For we harvest today with comfort and ease, With the mercury standing at ninety degrees. The okHashioned tools that were once used \with pride. As things that are worthless are now set aside ; For the nefdls of the times have inspired men of O'er the far-reaching fields of upland and plain The harvest of summer is golden again. And the clicking of reapers rings out on the air, For self-binding nâ€"aper- are be meeting there ; And as fast as the teams speed along o'er the ground The ripe grain is cut, neatly zlthemd and bound ; And-skillful hands follow to put, it in fihock. Saving food for the master and food for the stock. when hurrah for the reaper that harvests so well i Let the lips that speak well of its ‘high merits tell. For we harvest today with comfort and‘ease. With the mercury standing.’ at ninety deuraes. l we dread not to enter the harvest today. As we‘did in the years that have circled away. No o'ld-lashioned sickles our skillful hands bear, No cradles are swung by the strong-handed there ; Now flew of a burden oppressive complain. For willh self-biul‘ing reapers we harvest “the-grain, And the work is so quickly and Rkillful'ly done ; W 'N .proud of the triumph that genius has won. an hurrah for the reaper l eoc. KEEP THE Goon MAKES. GARDEN AND FIELD Nous. POULTRY NOTES. FA RM. A Harvest Song. STOCK NOTES. s on her back. they hurt her hens at work t0 tbé hens re too , and Since Jan. 1, 1800, the nations of Chris- tendom have indulged in some forty-seven great wars, and leaving minor squabbles and indirect expenses out of view, our sac- rifices on the altar of wars since that da may be roughly estimated at $130,000,000,- 000 or just about 500,000,000 pounds of goldâ€"sums which may be pronounced in two seconds, though a freight train trans- porting the gold in American box cars of the average size, and running at the usual rate of speed, would be two hours in pass- ing any given point, for such a. train would be twenty-two miles long. An equivalent in one thousand pound bank-notes might be crammed into a box that could be carried on a medium sized express Waggon, but with the contents of that box we might have built double track railroads from Hali- fax to Valparaiso, from Paris to Peking. from Cape Town to Stockholm ; we might have bridged or under-tunnelled the English Channel, the straits of Gibraltar, the Kat- tegat, and the Hellespont, the Mississippi atNeW Orleans and the Amazon at Para; we might have drained the Znyder Zee and the Florida swamps, covered the hills of Asia Minor with cedars and the Libyan Descrtwith palm trees, converted Greece and Persia into garden lands, and Timbuc- too into a sea-port‘ town ; we might have done all that, and have money enough left to celebrate the birth of a new era by a. grand in- ternational thanksgiving day.â€"John Bright. V,_.___- .. -uv mwuuul inrwhich genius was rewarded two centur- ies ago, when Milton sold the greatest poem in the language for £5. A larger sum proportionately was given Tennyson for his poem on England and America. in 1872, for in this there are only twenty lines, and he got $250 a line. Some one mathematically inclined figured out that the laureate received on that occasion near- ly half a dollar for each stroke of- his pen. L‘hese are exceptional figures, but all liter- ary work is better paid now than ever be- fore. Of our gwn writers. Longfellow has, perhaps, been the most generously paid. His Hanging of the Crane brought him $3,000, a suggestive contrast to the manner Dickens was paid $5,000 each for two stories for Boston magazines, while the New York Ledger gave him a like sum for his rather inferior tale of Hunted Down. In this little story there are one thousand lines, with an average of eight and one-half words, or thirty-eight letters to a. line ; so that it was paid for at the rate of thirty-seven cents a. word, or nearly thirteen cents a let- ter. The manuscript was literally worth its weight in gold, for Mr. Bonner afterward had it bound, and it was sold for $500 for the benefit of a. fair. as Richardgon, for nobody either buys or reads his books. Dames made more money by his novels and dramas than: any other writer in the whole history of literature. Mr. Gladstone was paid $1,250 for his or- ticle published in the Nineteenth Century. That means about twelve cents a. word. For his famous Vicar, Goldsmith, was paid $300; and Charles and Mary Lamb received about the same for the Tales from Shakespeare. Richard H. Dana received $250 for the manuscript of his famous book, Two Years Before the Mast, according to the testimony of his son, while his publisher made a. for- tune of $50,000 by it. “’ilkie Collins was pald £5,250 for Armadale by Smith, Elder 8; Co. before a line of the story was written. ‘ That was his greatest pecuniary achieve- ment, and his second best price was £4,000. Anthony Trollope, who was forty when his first successful work was published, during the next twenty-seven years made at least £70,000 by his pen. The strangest thing is that Trollope as a novelist is now as “ dead” A notable instance of the value of a pure bred brood mare is furnished by the story of the well-known racing bred mare Roxaline. At three years old this mare was so broken up by disease and misfortunes of various kinds that Mr. E Burgess (her present own- er) purchased her of his father for $100. Since then she has produced Easter, worth $1.000; Princess, {233,50n : Willie \V., worth $900 ; Brait, worth $3,500, and Fred B., worth at least $2,5i0 or $2,000. Besides these she has two untried colts, April Fool and Rocquefont by imp. Stachino, which would probably realize $1,500 more at least and it would take certainly not less than $1,200 to buy the old mare now. Here are $12,000 worth of foals produced by a brood mare that was sold as a. three-year-old for what would be a low price for an ordinary gelding of the same age. It is true that not many crippled three-year-old fillies turn out as well as Roxaline has, but her case aptly illustrates the possibilities that are before a well bred mare. The Paper World, a. magazine printed 1n Holyoke, is responsible for the following : But if the farmer is to be accounted un- wise who sells OE his ordinary brood mares, what shall be said of him who sells off his imported or pure bred mares simply because he happens to be tempted with what he con- siders an unreasonably strong price ? Take the'Clydesdlee, for example. We have in Ontario 8. large number of good Clydesdale stallions. If we are to profit by the services of these stallions they should be bred to Clydesdale mares. If they be bred to any large, coarse, horny mares, the results will probably be satisfactory ; if hred upon pure Clydesdale mares a large profit will surely result, but if upon common, small mares their presence here will, upon the whole. prove very detrimental to the horse- breeding interest. War of Christian Nations. horses is more ready to buy a gelding than a mare, farmers seem as little loth to part with their mares as their geldings in spite of the perceptible smaller price he has to accept for the latter. It is quite true that farmers who have well-bred brood mares that have already proved themselves good producers, are apt to ask a shade more than gelding prices for them, butthe untried mare or filly, though she be ever so promising, will generally sell for a trifle less money than a gelding that in other respects happens to be equal to her. It is hardly necessary to point out to intelligent readers the folly of selling good mares out of the country, or off the farm for that matter. The cost of maintaining a good brood mare on the farm is comparative trifling, and yet, if she be a really good one, she will every year produce a foal that will bring almost as much in the market as could be obtained for the dam. Indeed the farmer who sells a good mare for the price of a good gelding is simply selling the hen that lays the golden egg. Literary Rewards. A good way to wash lawn or sateen dress- es that are liable to fade, is to boil two quarts of bran in about six quarts of water for half an hour. Strain through a, coarse towel, and mix in the water in which they are to be washed. Use no soap, and no other starch than this. Rinse lightly in clean water. This preparation both cleanses and stiflens the lawn. If it is convenient, it 'is better to take out gathers and drapings as the dress will look much fresher when freshly gathered and draped. When linen has turned yellow, cut up a. pound of fine white soap into a. gallon of milk, and hang it over a. fire in a. wash ket- tle. \Vhen the soap has completely melted put in the linen and boil it half an hour, then take it out. Have ready 8. lather of soap and water ; wash the linen in it, and then rinse it through tWO cold waters with a very little blue in the last. It is a mistake to cook corn as much as most persons do. Long boiling will never 'make it tender, but only harden it, like an egg over-boiled. Ten minutes is long enough, and it should be promptly taken off then, and covered with a. thick napkin w hen taken to the table. For cleansing and softening the hair, a. good thing is an egg beaten and rubbed Well into the hair and on the scalp, and then thoroughly rinsed out with several Warm waters. It does not leave the skin dry and harsh as soap is apt to do. Cofl'ee made with distilled water is said to have a greatly improved aroma. It seems that the mineral carbonates in common water render the tannin of the cofl'ee berry soluble but the drug will not dissolve in dis- tilled water. Lemons may be kept fresh for time in a. jar of water, changing th‘ every day. In sweeping carpets use wet newspapers wrung nearly dry and torn in pieces. The paper collects the dust; and does not soil the carpet. A “ late thing” in splashers is a large fan opened and pinned up behind the wash- stand. Moths can be kept; out of garments by wrapping them in soiled colored calico. Set a dish of water in oven with cake when baking and it will seldom scorch. Scorched spots, if not too deep, may be removed by laying them in the sun. SET THE EXAMPLE.â€"l\lany a tired house wife thinks that when she is able to keep help she will lie a bed in the morning till breakfast is ready and take it easy general- ly. But when she gets help, and good help, too, she will find that the work of the house- hold wlll not go on to suit her unless she goes before it and through it and all around it herself. If the mistress takes a long morning nap, the maid is pretty likely to conclude that a. morning nap is nice to her, too ; and the result is a delayed breakfast, spoiled in the hurry of the cooking, and a general disarrangement of the morning‘s work to follow. It may not be a restful thought, but it’s true, that if a mistress would have a. servant prompt, tidy, honest, and thorough, she must herself set a worthy example of all these qualities. She must be up betimes in the morning to lead and plan and direct the starting of the household ma- ohlnery. A company of soldiers won’t ac- complish much unless the captain rides at their head. THE CARE or UMBRELLAS.â€"Umbrelles will last much longer if, when they are wet, they are placed handle downward to dry. The moisture falls from the edges of the frame, and the fabric dries uniformly. If stood handle upward, which is commonly the case, the top of the umbrella. holds the moisture, owing to the lining underneath the ring; it consequently takes a. long time to dry, and injures the silk or other fabric with which it is covered. This is the main cause of the top of the umbrella. wearing out sooner than the other parts. Umbrella. cases are responsible for the wear of the‘ sills. The constant friction causes tiny holes that appear so provokingly early. \Vhen not in use, the umbrella. should be left loose, and when wet left loose to dry. BABY DRESSESâ€"Pretty baby dresses for the twoyears-old baby may be crochet- ed of cotton or linen thread in the so-called antique lace pattern. They have a flounce, also collar and cutfs of the same crochet lace. Any delicate color- ed satteen will be pretty to line them with. Ornament with a few bows to match the lin- ing. A new style of “ Mother Hubbard ” dress may also be made with yoke sleeves md flounces of this lace, with the body of the dress made of two widths of dotted mull. This dainty little affair has a. sash of the lace lined with the mull. The yoke and sleeves are also lined with mull, and the bottom of the flounce just comes to the bot- tom of the skirt. TOILET MA'rs.â€"â€"To make toilet cushion cover and mats, get one-half yard cream- colored brocade satin, one-eighth yard of crimson velvet, cut bias ; embroidery silks ; four yards silk lace three inches wide. Cut two squares of seven inches each for the mats, then a, piece eleven inches one way and seven the other for the cushion cover. Sew the velvet across one corner of each with fancy point russestitches. Embroider a. spray of lillies of the valley upon the velvet, Sew the lace on, fulling slightly at the cor- ners. Then cover the joining 'with fancy 1 stitching with floss. w r ......... u, muuuu. .v. umwa, auu wnen the water-color will admit of it, by reason of the fact, that; the tones are rich and dark, gilt mats are not out of place. FRAMING Proteaseâ€"Fancy frames of plush and velvet; are not used by those who now best how to frame water-colors. Flat frames of gold, bronze, or plain wood, are generally considered the most appropriate for tne purpose, and meta should be at least twice as wide as the frames. Rough paper is preferable to smooth for mats, and when " Loud isthe Summer’s busy song : The smallest breeze can find a. tongue ; While lnsecm of web tiny size. Grow teasing With their melodies. Till noon hurns with its thirsting breath Around, and day lies still as death. The cricket on its bank is dumb; The very flies forget to hum ; The breeze has stopped. the lazy hough Hath not A leaf that dancetli now ; Noon I“mom! beneath the heat it made, And flowers e'en within the shade ; Until the sun slopes in the west Like weary traveler glad to rest : And checkered field and grassy pl Jn, Hum with their summer lays again. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. be kept fresh for a long water, changing the water HOUSEHOLD. August An Augusta, Me., woman is doing a. thriv- iug business in making and selling tissue paper fans. Judgeâ€"“ Have you anything to say be- fore the Court passes sentence upon you ‘2" Prisoner-“ Well, all I’ve got to say is, I hope your Honor’ll consider the youth of my lawyer, and let me off easy.” In the whole Russian Empire there die annually 20,000 men above 80 years of age â€"a. third part: of the yearly obituaryâ€"900 daout 100 years of age, 55 to 65 over 120 years old, ‘20 above130, and 8 above 135, while two or three die annually whose ages range from 140 to 155 years. In the Bible Methuselah is put down at 1,000 years, and many others at 500 and 800. In the meantime, sir, Ishall remain at the above address, awaiting your decision, and whatever it may be, sir, I beg to remain your most obedient antagonist and well~ wisher. My second will olfer you choice of wea- pons, with an opportunity for retraction. If you enter into life and its enjoyments With real zest, I would advise you to avail your- self of the opportunity to retract, for, al- though sir, I would be a. great deal happier with your heart’s blood, the retraction will do me just as well and you need not humil iate yourself in writing it. I do not ask you, air, to gravel. You can write a retrac- tion which will not compromise you at all and yet one that will give me much plea- sure. In closing, si}, Ellow 'me to express the hope that you will surely be at the dual and tth you wil} bx_‘_i._ng {our dinngr. A v I Have arrangedv all my enrthlydafl‘airs with the exception of paying my poll-tax. I have turned 03 the gas-meter and am pre- pared for any accident, though the police have promised to come in and arrest us at any time we may agree upon. If I have been brutal in the wording of this challenge, air, or violated the Code (1' mispelled any words, will you please have it corrected before you send it to the printer. I ask this favor of you in all sincerity ad in as courteous a manner as possible, hoping that you will grant it promptly and than you will 10030 no opportunity to do all the good you can during the next few days. I feel almost certain, sir, that you will treat this note in a. slighting and jaunty manner, but I bag that you Will not do so. For the sake of the Tidds, who were always aplain but rather pleasant set of people, and for the sake of the De Nyes, whose only fault has been their fondness of fresh, young blood, furnishsd by other parties; 10): the sake of all our ancestors, sir, let me beg of you to assist in making this duel a. success. I hope you will not treat; this challenge lightly, sir, and try still further to heap rid- icule upon an old and mildewed name by suggesting soft gloves or watermelons as weapons. Let us meet as gentlemen, sirâ€" fire and fall down, stagger to our feet, lean heavily against; a. tree, mutter a. few words in a. hoarse voice, gasp two times in rapid succession, put on our coats and go home. WILLIAM DE NYE ) Formerly Duke of Sweetwater County and Referee during the Modoc \Var. My second will no doubt inform you that I am an expert and deadly swordsman and will try to convince you that it will be best not to name the sword. Do not be too proud to heed this advice .It may save your lifeâ€" and mine also. I have consulted several friends about the prospect of our meeting in a. duel at no dis- tant clay, and 8.11 of them seem to be highly gratified. It aflords me great pleasure to note that I go into this thing with the hearty endorsement and God-speed of all, without distinction. If you would prefer to wait a. few weeks till the weather is cooler, so that you can lie in state longer, I will try to muzzle my wrath, but would advise you not to cross my trail in the meantime. i The De Nyes are pleasant people to meet, but the man who infuriates one of them is liable to meander up the flume in an oblique manner. Pardon anything, sir, in this com- munication which may sound harsh or clash with the smooth and scholarly style of assas- sination peculiar to the Code. I desire to meet you in mortal combat, but I want to do it in a polished way, and I desire to word this note 30 that it will read well in print like other challenges. When I first read your stinging insult in the paper I became delirious with passion, and although I am not related to the Knickerbockers my breaxh came in short pants. _ The De Nyes have always been blooded race ever since they left F1 ax they can none of them brook an i: hear to be Eramped on. May I trouble you also, air, to select two as dangerous weapons as possible, and also to bring with you the surgeon who genenlly sag? yo_u ugac sqch times. For this, sir, I beg to state thstrmy ad- dress is at No. 231$ Rue de Bowery, opposite the Place du Rahway Mysterie, and to ask that you will send me your own address. I forward this by the hands of a. slow messen- ger boy, who will bring me your answer as soon as he gots thoroughly tested. I need not add that he is my friend in (1 will act as my second should you refuse to i'etlact the statements referred to. You mey alzo settle with him for this message and your own. I will settle with you. I hope, sir, that you will excuse anything that may seem coarse or brutal in this chal- lenge, for I desire only to take your life with- out giving you any offence, and I want to be polite, like other duellists. May I ask, there. fore, that at your earliest convenience you will name a. qUiet place, as free from malaria as possible, Where we may kill each other undisturbed. to general publicity :â€" Mr. George W. Tidd, Editor Cranberry Palladiumâ€" SIR,-â€" My attention has just been called to a, printed statement made over your own signature some time ago, in which you spoke in a. light and flippann manner of my hair. The remark was carefully worded, but cal- culLted to cast obloquy and reproach upon me in the eyes of the public. I have spoken to several friends in relation to it and they are of one opinion in the matter. They unite in saying that the term “Mexican hairless humungt ” demands a challenge, to say nothing of the statement that “ while on b)a.rd a. train which was robbed in Nebras- ka. ” I succeeded in “ concealing my jewel- lery in my hair until the danger had passed." (.‘hlvalroun “as. The following copy of a. letter has been handed Th?ng York \Vorld wi‘h a. View lle Challenges :1 Rural BILL AYE AS A DEELLIST. Editor In a Truly been a hot- t F1 ance, and an insult or Probably one of the most memorable cir- cumstances in the long reign of Queen Vic- toria. is the initiation and rise of the co- operative idea in conneetion with the trade and industry of the United Kingdom. The cooperative proprietary of Great Britian and Ireland now own land, Whole streets of dwellings, and almost townships; they oc. cupy and own stately warehouses in Man- cheater and London, in Newcastle-on- Tyne, and in Glasgow; they operate a bank with transactions amounting to $80,000,000 a year; they possess over 1,400 stores, doing a. business of $150,000,000 annually ; they own share capital to the amount of nearly $50,000,000; they number 900,000 members who make over $15,000,000 in profits annually ; during the last twenty-five years they have done a. business of over $1,800,000.000, yielding aprofit of nearly $150,000,000. They have ships on the sea, lifeboats on the coast, have invested in canals in England, and in trading companies in America. They own libraries, issue a. newspaper, erect public fountains, subscribe to hospitals and charities, establish isicence classes, and rent or own news-rooms. P. A. (to witness)â€"“ N ow Mr. Robinson, when you asked Smith ‘ How do you do ‘3’ what answer did he make? Now, take time; the exact words, if you own recall them.” '.Vitnessâ€"“ He didn’t say anything.” P. A.â€"“ That will do, sir. Call the next witness.”â€"Boston Transcript. P. A.â€"“If your honor will please, the Wei ht of authority is entirely antagonistic to t 6 view expressed by the lord high jus- tice cited by my brother, and I think your honor will decide that the principle laid down by Blackcoke is inapplicableto the matter in hand.” The Courtâ€""The Court is of the opinion that t_he quespion is admissible.” O. C.â€"“But your honor will remember that the Lord High Justice Bagwig of the Court of Queen’s Bench has given 9. contrary o inion, and Blackcoke, in his history 0 the common law, lays down the principle that: testimony cannot be sought beyond the purview of the subject matter immediately under consideration.” P. A.â€"“If your honor please, I claim it is rfectly competent. The witness has sai that he asked Smith ‘ How do you do?’ and if your honor will turn to Bimblebeg vs. Applecart, 584 Massachusetts Reports. your honor will find a decision bearing out my View of the matter in a precisely similar case. And your honor will remember in the somewhat celebrated case of Hogg vs. Swinesby that Chief Justice Beucher ruled that such a question was admissible. " Co-operation if: Great Britain. For Such are we Lawyers. Prosecuting Attorney (to witness)â€" “ And what did Smith say in reply ‘2” Opposing Counselâ€"“ I object 1” The Courtâ€"“ State your objection.” O. C.â€"“ I claim, your honor, that Smith’s reply is not relevant. Even if it were, it is not proper matter to go in.” T) A ' ' V 7 u 7; An advantage of the treatment is that it may be readily prepared at home by baking oyster shells in an oven, and then scraping otf the calcined white lining of the concave shell. The substance thus obtained is to be reduced to a. powder, and as much as will lie on a. silver quarter taken once or twice a day in a. little warm water or tea. munication on the same subject, in which he states that although his opportunities for employing it in suitable cases have not been large, the results which he has attained through its use have been extremely satis- factory. He refers to several cases in which a persevering use of the calcined shell powder arrested the grow;h and pain in tumors undoubtedly of a cancerous char- acter. Dr. Hood urges the pérsistent and fair trial of this remedy in cases of cancer where the nature of the affection is early recognized. It can do no possible harm, it need not interfere with other remedies for the relief of pain, its action can be referred to an intelli ible and probable hypothesis, and it has een of utility in a sufficient number of cases for warranting us in repos- ing some confidence in its use. Nearly twenty years ago Dr. Peter Hood published a. communication on the value of carbonate of lime in the form of calcined oyster shells as a. means of arresting the growth of cancerous tumors. In the Lancet for May 7, 1887, he publishes a second com- declaration of a. physician who has again and again tried the experiment and with such uniform success. At least two-thirds of. the cases of “heart disease ” are ascribed to rheumatism and its agonizing ally, gout. Small-pox, so much dreaded, is not half so destructive as rheumatism, which, it is maintained by many physicians, can be pre. vented by obeying Nature’s laws in diet." v r 7 7 â€" _ _ v u u vvu .u uusuuu papers. New discoveriesâ€"or what claim to he discoveries of the healing virtues of plantsâ€"are continually made. One of the laiest is that celery is a cure for rheumatism; indeed, it is asserted, the disease is impossi- b'e if the vegetable be cooked and freely eaten. The fact that it is always pm; on the table raw, prevents its therapeutic pow- ers from being known. The celery should be cut into bits, boiled in water until soft, and the water drank by the patient. Serve warm, with pieces of toasted bread, and the painful ailment will soon yield. Such is the declaration of a. thsiciau who has: nanin am! A German correspondent of an English' paper claims to have been cured of a. severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism in two days' time by a, soup made of the stalks and roots of celery. He was induced to try it by seeing the following notice in one of the papers: “ Numerous cures of rheumatism have recently been announced in English Oxxoxs Am) Thus USE. Those who are in the habit of indulging in raw onions, says a medical man, may be consoled for the social disadvantages which ensue by the fact; that onions are about the best new ne known. No medicine is really so efficacious in case of nervous prostrstiou. as they tone up a. worn-nunsysbem in a very sho: [1 time. Their absorbent. powers are also most valuable, especially iutimesof epidemic. It has been repeatedly observed that an on- ion patch in the immediate vicinity of a house acts as a shield against the pestilence which is very apt to pass over the inmates of that house. Sliced onion in a. sick room absorb all the germs and preVent contagion. During an epidemic the confirmed onion eater should, however, eschew his usual diet, as the germs of disease are presenb in the onion and contagion can easily result. CARBONATE 0}" LIME FOR CANCER. ELERY A CURE FOR RHEUMATISM. HEALTH,-