The best remedy for stomach-ache is to 
sip a few teaspoonfuls of strong salt water 
every ten minutes. 
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be; 
For loan oft loses both itself and friend, 
And borrowing dulls the edge of hus¬ 
bandry.” 
Eggs may be kept from one to four years 
by this method: Stir one-half peck of fresh 
slacked lime into four gallons of water; 
strain through a coarse sieve, and add ten 
ounces of salt and three of cream tartar, 
mixing thoroughly. It is better if allowed 
to stand two weeks before using. Pack 
the eggs in stone jars, as closely as possi¬ 
ble, taking care not to break any of them, 
and pour the pickle over them. Float a 
board on the surface to keep them all un¬ 
der. Set in a cool place. 
Cure for black-leg: Equal parts of black 
antimony, saltpetre and Jamaica ginger; 
a teaspoonful for a dose. 
For inflammation of the kidneys in hogs, 
apply externally on small of back this lin¬ 
iment: One ounce spirits of turpentine, one 
ounce capsicum, one ounce aqua ammonia, 
half-ounce tincture of arnica, quarter ounce 
chloroform; put in bottles and shake well 
before using. 
Chickens’ heads should be cut off, and 
not wrung off, as the latter stops the flow 
of blood. 
Reputation is gained by many acts, but 
lost by one. 
Never give water before work to a wind- 
broken horse. 
Cheese, while curing, should be turned 
daily, and the surface well rubbed, to de¬ 
stroy all deposits made by the cheese fly. 
The rubbing may be done by the bare hand 
or with a cloth. 
Well made butter may be preserved by 
working it into rolls of three or four pounds, 
wrapping them in clean cotton or linen 
cloth, and packing them in a jar or oak 
barrel, covering them with a strong brine. 
Clean copper utensils with brick dust and 
flannel. 
Keep a large green leaf, or a wet cloth 
in the crown of your hat in hot weather, 
and let your diet be mostly fruits and veg¬ 
etables. 
Always do work at the earliest seasonable 
moment. ..ZZZZ 
Rust and rot eat faster than wear and 
tear 
JSt. Louis, Mo. 
AT LAST. 
How weary ’twas to wait! The yeair 
Went dragging slowly on; 
The red leaf to the running brook 
Dropped sadly, and was gone, 
December came, and locked in ice 
The plashing of the mill; 
The white snow filled the orchard up, 
But she was waiting still. 
Spring stirred and broke. The rooks once more 
’Gan cawing up aloft; 
The young lambs’ new awakened cries 
Came trembling from the croft: 
The clumps of primrose filled again 
The hollows by the way; 
The pale wind-flowers blew; but she 
Grew paler still than they. 
How weary ’twas to wait! With June, 
Through all the drowsy street, 
Came distinct murmurs of the war 
And rumors of the fleet; 
The gossips, from the market stalls, 
Cried news of Joe and Tim; 
But June shed all her leaves, and still 
There came no news of him. 
And then, at last, at last, at last, 
One blessed August morn. 
Beneath the yellowing autumn elms, 
Pang-banging came the horn; 
The swift coach paused a creaking space, 
Then flashed away, and passed; 
But she stood trembling yet, and dazed — 
The news had come — at last! 
And thus the artist saw her stand. 
While all around her seems 
As vague and shadowy as the shapes 
That flit from us in dreams: 
And naught in all the world is true, 
Save those few words which tell 
That he she lost is found again — 
Is found again — and well! 
—Austin Dobson, in Harper. 
Eminent Inventors. 
Our group of portraits on page 5 repre¬ 
sents five men who have as great a claim 
to distinction as any who have borne the 
royal sceptre, and yet none of them seem to 
belong to what the world generally regards 
as the royal line. “No chronicler is equal 
to the task of adequately presenting the re¬ 
sults of their ingenuity and labor up to the 
present time, and the great future will dis¬ 
close such widespread application and devel¬ 
opment of their inventions as will give them 
a higher place in the Temple of Fame than 
the niches they now occupy. The likenesses 
are of men to whom the world is indebted 
for improvements which augment the pro¬ 
duction and assist the distribution of grain, 
increase the comfort and elegance of rail¬ 
road travel, give an improved light availa¬ 
ble for all purposes in which artificial illu¬ 
mination is necessary, and which render the 
reporting and dissemination of news al¬ 
most contemporaneous with the occurren¬ 
ces and utterances, the record of which 
forms the staple contents of the modem 
newspaper.” 
