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Xl a certain indioatlon ot impure and Impov ? erishad blood, if your blood could al j w?ya be rich and pare, full ot the red corpuscles upon which Its vitality de ! pQnds, you would never be weak, or Nervous! Boils, pimples, scrofula, salt rheum, would nevjr trouble you. But ! our mode ot living, shut in all winter in poorly ventilated homes and shops, de pletes the blood and there ia loss of appe tite and weakness. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the standard remedy for this condition. It purifies, vitalizes and enriches tho blood, ovcroomes that tired feeling, builds up the nerves and gives perfect health. Bead this: ? Our daughter, Blanche, when four years of age had a h UKO- break out on her hands and faoe, which our physician pro nounced ?ezetna, If the cold air reached her face or hands they would swell up, look almost purple, and headed blisters would form and break, Prominently in the The Greatest fledical Discovery of the Age. ! KENNEDY'S Medical Discovery. DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS,, Has discovered in one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures evory ? kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common pimple. < He bas tried lt in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). He has now in his possession over two hundred certifi cates of its value, all within twenty milos of Boston. Send postal card for book. A boneflt ls always experienced from tho first bottle, and a perfect cure is warranted when the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected it causes . shooting pains, liko needles passing through them ; the same with the Liver or Bowels. This is caused by tho ducts being Stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking it Bead tho label. If the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at first No change ol diet ever necessary. Eat the best ye 1 "r.a get, and enough of it. Dose, ono tablespoonful in water at bed time, Sold by all Druggists. WALTER BAKER & CO, The Largest Manufacturers of PURE, HICH GRADE COCOAS ANO CHOCOLATES On thU Continent, have received HIGHEST AWARDS torn the peal Industrial and Food EXPOSITIONS In Enrcpe and America. ?j TnliketheDutchl'roceui.r.c Alka? ?SH or other Chernica.li or Dye? sro n?ed in ant of tlirir preparation*. Their delirious BREAKFAST COCOA ls absolutely pur* and soluble, and cottt ?tu thai one cent a cup. SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WALTER BAKER & CO. DORCHESTER MASS. W. Lo DOUGLAS 93 SHOE HT FOB AK?NC?. CORDOVAN; FRENCH & ENAMELLED CALP. ^4*3.30 FINE CALFWftMARoa $3.?opoucE,3seL?s. ?oso?2. WORKINGMEN . EXTRA FINE? ^? S2.^I7-5BOYS'SCHOOLSHOES. .X.AJDIES? ??.SEND FOR CATALOGUE /W-L-DOUGLAS? BRO c KTOHjnaas. Over One Million People wear the W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes All our shoes are equally satisfactory They give the best vaiue for the money. They equal custom shoes ia style and fit. Their wearing qualities are unsurpassed. The price? are uniform,-stamped on solo. From $1 to $3 saved over other makes, li your dealer cannot supply you we ?-ari, My heart is very sad tc-night. Unrest is In the air, X cannot tell Just what lt is, Dyspepsia or despair. It is dyspepsia, and A . Ripans ? Tabul? will dispel it MORPHINE!IN 20 DAYS. HABIT CURED. I NO SUFFERING. Patients sleep nt nifrht nntl every day are able to KO about anywhere in the city. Not confined to bed a ?-inirlo day. No pay in ad vance. Not one cent required till cured and satisfied. Come to see me or write me at once for terms and further particulars. Don't miss this opportunity. B. A. SYMS, BL P., Atlanta, Georgia. 107 Alexander Street. How Consumption Is Now Cured: Pamphlet fahy describing the Treatment sent Free) on application to ROBERT HUNTER, M. D.y 117 Weat 45th Bu. Kew Yerk. Notice to Mill Men And farmers owning small power: Ihe finest and mont complete Saw Mil! ?D oxistenco to-day, ix manu factured bv the DeLOACH .Ml M. M'k-'U. CU., 350 llluhlanit Ave.. At.'nntn, Un. Tonk finit prize at World's lair at Chicago. All sizes, from 4 h. p. up to the Icrgest. Prices reduced. Send for cata logue, showing new improvements: a so. of Portable Corn Mills, Baling Presses and Turbine Wafer Wheels, Pulleys and Shafting and all kinds of mill supplies. LIVER PHIS ONS ?AND G^TONIC PELLETS. TREATMENT K? At all stores, or br mall 36c. double box ; 5 double boxes 81.00. BROWN MF'ii CO.. New York City. |O00 SAMPLES* FLOWER SEED Free A We win send to any address our collection o?a? .Plower Seed-moro than 20J annual -also a copy \ tot Woman.whea 10c. to cover postage and pack- ti tag ls enclosed with the request for tho seed. " fcflfeow thia to S friends, send 50c. and gc: 6 coll?e- A 'OOHS, ftc. WOMAN PUB. CO., RICHMOND. V?.f rO Pl SO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE AIL ELSE FAILS. Best Conch Syrup. Tastes Good. Use I Intima Bold by drunrlBtR. C CONSUMPTION- .V i Feeling Discharging a watery fluid, and the burning and lt ohing would drive her nearly wild. Unless we encased her little hands she would tear patohes of ekln from her face and hands. We tried many doctors and many remedies and at last gave the case up as hopelm But our daughter Cora trio J Hood's Sarsaparilla, to oure a scrof ulous lump neex the left breast which caused ber much pain and alter taking 4 bottles it disappeared. BJanohe, who is now eleven, had spent seven years of suf forlng, so I concluded to give her Hood's Sarsaparilla. She took 5 bottles and her face is smooth and soft as a baby's, the color of a rose petal. Her hands are soft and white, where four months ago they were blue and red and callo asea nearly like leather. I cannot express my gratitude by pen or mouth. It seems a i miracle and our friends are surprised." MRS. ANNA L. Ciaan, 401 East Fourth Street, Duluth, Minnesota. irsaparMla > On d Purifier Public Eye Today. Electricity Delivered to Families. Electricity, put up in storage bat teries of all sizes, like milk in jars, is to be prepared for delivery at the doors of consumers in New York, just as milk is no rr. A company has been formed for the purpose, and also to push tho electric storage battery in general use. Mr. Isaac L. Rich, one of the officers of the new company, who has done a great deal to perfect the electrict storage battery, in a re cent interview said : "There seems to bo a general idea that in order to have current on tap one must have a dyna mo and a steam engine to run it, and thus incur a large expenditure at the start. Nothing could be more erro neous. There are thousands of per sons who would like to ron sewing machines or coffee grinders by elec tricity, or to burn one or two electric lights, but who have no use for the current in large quantities. They can cow be accommodated. Storage cellp are now made in all sizes. The small est weight but four ounces, and fur nish current enough for one lamp. "Wo intend to sell electricity exactly as tho milkman sells milk. We first supply the cells. When the current is used up the maid will put the empty or exhausted cells in the hallway or beside the basement door, and our man, as he makes his morning rounds, will collect them and leave freshly charged ones in their place. The same cells, of course, are used over and over again a great many times."-Columbus Enquirer-S un. A Savory Chicken Pie. Tc make a cice, savory chicken pot pie, take a medium size fowl and cut it as for fricasseeing, put in a largo stew pan, cut a small onion in very thin slices, and put it in the pan with the chicken, season well with salt and three or four crushed pepper corns. Cover with cold water and set on a slow fire. If the chioken is not fat add a little sweet butter or a few dices of larding pork. Let the chicken cook slowly till tender, then make the dumplings. The following is Mrs. Charles Rhode's recipe for dumplings, which never get heavy: To one quart of sifted flour add three heaping teas poonfuls of baking powder and half a teaspoonful of salt. Mix these ingredi ?.iiis well with the flour, add a heaping teaspoonful of butter, which should bo worked into the flour with the hands. When this is done add enough ice cold water to make a very light dough. Flour the pastry board, roll the d.ongh out three-quarters of an inch thick, cut in square or round shapes, lay the dumplings in a dripping pan half an inch apart, cover with gravy from the chicken, stand in a quick oven and bake till done. Remove the chicken from the stew pan, lay the pieces nice ly on a hot platter, thicken the gravy, put the dumplings on a platter round tho chicken, sprinkle some finely chopped parsley >ver it, then pour the gravy over all Dumplings cooked in this way will not brown and will re main light as a feather for hours. Waxing Hardwood. The American Druggist recom mends the following formula for wax ing hardwood floors: Yellow wax, 25 oz. ; yellow ceresin, 25 oz. ; burnt sienna, 5 oz.; boiled linseed oil, 1 oz.; spirits of turpentine, 1 gill, or about 3 oz. Mix the wax and ceresin at a gent?o heat, then add tho sienna, pre viously well triturated with the boiled linseed oil, and mix well. When the mixture begins to cool, add the tur pentine, or so much of it as is required to make a mass of the consistency of an ointment. Scckinj? a Foreign Clime In search of pleasure or business, should be preceded by the purchase of nature's great invigorator, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, tho best and mon Kenin', medicinal safeguard in existence. Mariners, miners, commercial travelers, tourists, and all who travel by land or sea, speak of it in the highest terms. Ma laria, biliousness, constipation, indigestion, rheumatism, nervousness and kidney trouble are remedied by it. The heaviest of tho foreign woods are tho pcinecranate and the llenum vitae. The .Skill und Knowledge Essential to the production of tho most perfect and popular laxative remedy known have en abled the California Fig Syrup Co. to achieve a great success in the reputation of its remedy. Syrup of Figs, as it is conceded to be the uni versal laxative. For sale by all druggists. To resolve to do a crime makes one a crimi nal already._ Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP-Root cure? all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Binghamton. >?. V. We should not be too much elate! over prosperity._ Catarrh Cannot Be Cured With local applications, as they cannot reach the scat of the discaso. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts di rectly on the blood and mucous surface. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not aquack medicine. It was prescribed by ono of the best physicians In this country for year?, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of tho best tonics known, com bined with the best blood purifiers, acting di rectly on the mucous surfaces. Tho perfect combination of tho two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing ca tarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J. (' II KN EY & Co., Props., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, price 75c. Not "Sick Enough for tho Doctor, but a little out of sorts. Ripans Tabules would sarve in your case. It is well to have them on hand for Just such occasions. After six years' suffering, I was cured by Piso's Cure.-MAJIY THOMSON, 29 1-2 Ohio Ave., Allegheny, Pa., March 19, '94. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle If afflicted with 9ore eyes ns? Dr. Isaao Thorop' ion's K ye-wftter. Dr ugid*ti fell a * wo r*r l>o 111 e. EASTER BELLS. AN HOUR AMONG THE CHIMES OF OLD TRINITY* How the Campanologist Sends An thems and Carols Pealing From Brazen Throats-Ringing in Washington's Inauguration. 'iJJ HERE are two ways of ring , I g ing chimes. The old way is I so laborious that only an un & usually strong and active man can do the work. Who so rings by the newer method may sit quietly on a 6tool or chair and, by the aid of electricity, play on the bells with per haps less exertion than is needed to play on tho piano. ' Trinity's famous chimes are rung by the old method, and Mr. Alfred Meis lahn, the campanologist-for he is more than a mere bell ringer-is a stalwart, middle aged man, who weighs 245 pounds and speaks of his bells with all the pride and affection that a virtuoso would refer to his favorite violin or coronet. It is traditional to speak of a belfry as "an eyrie," but the belfry of Trinity and the chimer's room immediately beneath it are both too large for the customary title, be ing at least twenty feet square, inside measurement. If you wish to visit them, it will be necessary first to get a signed permit from the rector, Dr. Morgan Dix. Then, if you wish to bo told entertainingly of the chimes, hunt up Mr. Meislahn, and with him mount the stone stairs that wind up, corkscrewlike, to the chimer's chamber. By tho time you havo fin ished the ascent you will have made up your mind that you have reached a giddy height, although you often go higher probably, by elevator, in some of the sky scrapers of these modern days. Mr. Meislahn will light the candles that are needed even in the daytime to illuminate his music, and you will observe that though the chamber is so large that it is not matohed in many New York apartment houses, its height makes it look small. Its four windows are merely circular holes in the massive stone walls of the tower, which they pierce high above the level of a man's head. The sills of these windows serve as abutments for massive pieces of framing past which the rays of the day struggle, spread ing a gray and churchly light over the apartment. Standing in the center of the floor, if the chimer has left the little door of entrance open, you can look down through tho nave of the fine old church to tho stained glass windows at the other end of the build ing. Trinity's bells are ten in number. Details of their history are hard to get. All but one are of English found ing, and somo of them were cast in the eighteenth century. The heaviest weighs 3200 pounds, and tho lightest 500. They are in the key of D, and range from D to E, being in order D, E, F, G, A, B, O, C sharp and E. Almost every suitable air can be played on these sonorous bells, but of course the music has to be transposed if it was originally written in some key not wilkin the rauge of the bells. Mr. Meielahn does this transposing himself, and, of course, plays mostly from manuscript. When Mr. Meislahn had explained the workings of the levers and leather cords and springs by means of which he evokes the music of the bells, he played a new piece for the Press man who war, calling on him. So sweet toned ii the chime, so harmoniously attune I are the bells, that, though their brazen throats were but a few feet above the listener, their notes were as pleasing as if heard from tho street. It was in 1889, the year of the Con stitutional Centennial, that the tenth bell was added. It is known ?;s tho Centennial Bell, and is suitably in scribed. The procuring of a bell that would perfectly harmonize with tho older nine in tho ohime was not an easy matter,and,twoor three attempts were made before success was attained. When George Washington was in augurated in 1789 there wero but four bells. In 1846 moro bells were pro cured from England, bell founding not as yet having been made a success in the New World, and one of the few scraps of the chime's history that are floating about is a story of how, when they were ready to bo shipped, their departure from England's shore was delayed for some time because the vessel on which they were to come also brought a menagerie, and tho place on the ship that was to have been occupied by the bells was taken up by the elephant.-New York Press. The Old Hen Farmer's Sign. When the C. & O. Railroad was con structed along the Ohio River, many farms were necessarily divided. This greatly angered the farmers. The road passed between tho house and poultry yard of a farmer named Left. The old fellow did not like it very much, and he took advantage of every occasion to speak ill of the "pesky old contraption for hauling stuff." When the road was finally com pleted and the first train went rattling along, the fowls in Mr. Left's poul try yard became frenzied with fright. As many of the Reese, ducks, chickens, etc., as were able, flew over the fence and wandered away in the woods. Those that could not fly endeavored to force their way through cracks in the fence. Some succeeded in escap ing in this way, others only managed to break their necks. Mr. Left had witnessed the havoc among his poultry, and to say he was "mad" is only to put it mildly. He went to the barn and painted a huge board with fiery red brick paint. When this was dry he took shoeblack ing and painted a notice after his own heart. A stake was driven in the ground near the railroad track and the board nailed to it. "That'll fetch 'em," growled the farmer, as he learned against the fence and awaited tho results of his labor. A rattle, rattle, rattle soon gave evidence of au approaching train. A cloud of black smoko was next seen and then tho engine appeared coming around the curve about two miles up the track. The engineer caught a glimpse of the red sign, and fearing all manner of danger, reversed his en gine and signaled to put on brakes. Slowly the momentum of the train was checked and it came to a rest a few yards from the farmer. "Great Scott ?"yelled the engineer. "What's the matter? Where's the danger?" "I reckon you kin read," coolly re plied the farmer as he jerked his thumb over his shoulder toward the i 3ign. Great was the amazement and an ger of the engineer HS he turned to the sign and read: "Run slow by! Left's lot ; you'll kill all my chickens." -.CiuoinBfttt Tribune, 1 Did Sot Recognize the Cow. Several good stories are told of the absent-mindedness of some well known divines. . Of one popular clergyman it is said that when walking on the street his mind is generally so thor oughly fixed upon some subject that he will pass - by his most intimate friends without the slightest recogni tion. Once, when in the country, thi? minister ran full into a cow, which was calmly charing her cud by the wayside. {Without noticing the nature of the obstruction, the absent-minded clergyman lifted his hat and, with a bow, said, "I beg your pardon." Upon realizing the ridiculousness of his error he made a mental resolve never to commit a like blunder again. Somewhat further on in his rambles and while still pondering tho same weighty subject, he approached a sharp turn in the road, beyond which ho could not obtain sight of any mov ing object. Turning the corner quick ly he came face to face with a lady, and, before ho could check his speed, nearly knocked the woman down. Dim recollections of the cow episode evidently flashed through his mind, for be said, sharply, "Go away, you dirty beast." What the lady said is not recorded. Of another clergyman the tale is told that he was ouco riding with a companion through the woods in Ver mont. For a long time not a word had been spoken, as tho mind ol the rev erend gentleman seemed wrapped up in some matter far from his surround ings. Suddenly a fox darted across the road, directly in front of the horse's head. The clergyman did not see it and his companion exclaimed : "There goes a fox !" As if nothing had been said, the minister continued silent; still thinking of the weighty subject of his reverie. Fully half an hour elapsed before he asked, quite innocently, "Where?"-New York Herald. B. I. Stevenson's Prayer. Tho British Weekly publishes the text of a prayer, composed by the late Robert Louis Stevenson, the novelist. This prayer, it appears, was read aloud to Mr. Stevenson's family on the night before his death at Samoa in Decem ber last. The prayer is as follows : "We beseech Thee, O Lord, to be hold us with favor. Folk of many families and Natioua aro gathered to gether in ine peace of this roof. Weak men and women subsisting under the cover of Thy patience. Bo patient still. Suffer us vet a while longer, with our broken purposes of good, with our idle endeavors .against evil suffer ns a while longer to endure and, if it may be, help us to do better. Bless to us our extra mercies, and if the day comes when these must bo taken, have us play the mau under affliction. "Bo with our friends. Be with our selves. Go with each of us to rest, and if any awake temper to them the dark hours of watching, and when the day returns to us our sun and com forter, call us with morning faces imd morning hearts, eager to labor, eager to be happy, if happiness shall be our portion, and if the day be marked to sorrow, strong to endure it. "Wo thank Thee, and praise Thee, and in the words of Him to whom this day is sacred, close our oblation." The Public Schools ot Mexico. I have it from pretty good authori ty, says a recent traveler in Mexico, that it is the purpose of th3 Mexican Government, within four or five years, to establish a completo system of public schools, reaching into every corner of the Republic. The teachers therefor cannot be obtained here, nor for years to come. This will make a demand for probably 10, OOO or 15,000 teachers. In view of. thi3 it will be seen how important it is for those who have an idea of teaching to study the S])auish language, so as to bc able to avail themselves of the op portunity which will thus be opened. Kansas City has already moved in this direction by making Spanish a part of her common school course. Tha students of Mexico |are now ahead of us on this question. They recognize that English is the rival language of the continent, and they go to col leges in the United States for the sole purpose of adding English to their literary stock in trade. Mexico ie developing scholars who can hold their own with any on the continent. They are delving into every research and are well read and liberal-minded, j The literature of Mexico is now quite extensive, covering tho field of history biography, political economy, science and poetry.-Chicago Tribune. Where "Blind Stews" Aro Popular. | Although everybody in Philadelphia ! eats oysters, it is doubtful if one in a thousand ever heard of a "blind stew." That is, of course, excepting the deni zens of "Fishtown," for what they don't know about fish and oysters is not worth knowing. Representative Fow's district is just on the borders of "Fishtown," and Fow ha3 beoomo thoroughly familiar with all the dishes of that section, and his favorite dish is a "blind stew." He completely stumped tho chef of a leading Harris burg restaurant, however, when he or dered one, and the redoubtable legis lator had to explain the mystery of compounding it, which consists of sim ply cutting out the eyes of the oysters used in tho stew. After explaining what a "blind stew" was, Mr. Fow also showed the oyster opener how the bivalve could be separated from its eye neatly and quickly, and now "blind stews" promise to become favorite dishes with the law makers at Harris burg. -Philadelphia Record. A Lame Man Suddenly Healed. A severe tumble upon tho ico re cently at Norristown, Penn., accom plished for William R. Roop, of tho Stony Creek Railroad, what surgeons I could not do. Seven years ago Hoop dislocated his left hip and it could Dei be reset. Consequently hi.? hil leg since that timo has been two inches shorter than his right one. This morning he fell on the ice, striking the hip injured seven years ago. When a physician wat' sum moned it was found that the jar of tho fall had shot tho hip bono into the socket, and now both legs aro tho same length.-Philadelphia Record. -~--m*m Imitation Jewel Frames. "Time was" when imitation jewels were deemed indescribably vulgar. At present, and for their present uses, they are as chic as possible. But nowadays they are employed for orna mentation in the way of picture fr ?raes and the like, not at all for wear as ornaments. The little frames encir cling small photographs that aro made of mock rubies, emeralds, or tur quoises are things of beauty and joy as long ns thoy remain unbroken. Chicago Timee. The favorite amuscmeut of Andrew Carnegie, the great iron ranstor, is, coaching, I AGRIGULTURAL TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. ntPBOVD?a THE LAWN. If the lawn requires enriching, ann you have thoroughly rotted barny ar ci manure at hand, give it a good dress ing at this season. Have it finely pulverized, so that early rains will wash the manure down among the grass. It cannot do this if the manare is applied in coarse unpulverized con dition. If you have no manure pile to draw from, get some of the spe cially prepared fertilizer for sale at seed stores and by dealers in agricul tural goods and fertilizers.-American Agriculturist. GIRDLED TT.EES. Thc girdling of trees by mice or rab bits is an annoyance and loss to which all farmers arc at times subject od. With the advent of spring comes the question how the ravages may best be repaired. If tho inner bark is un touched the operation is compara tively simple. It consists in the appli cation of a stiff plaster made of cow manure, clay and a little water. This plaster must be placed over all the barked portion and be held in place by a piece of cloth, which should be moistened occasionally in dry weather. But if the damage has gone deeper, the only hope for the tree lies in graft ing. Both skill aud perseverance ar? necessary to win tho day. The accom panying illustration from Farm and Home showshow a correspondent man aged to save a fine apple tree. It was, GRAFTING. says he, about eight inches in circum ference, and I put in five scion?, which were cut from this same tree before using. They were taken from a vigor ous growth of the preceding year, be ing a little larger than an ordinary lead pencil, first fitting the scions as in tree-grafting, but at both ends in stead of one. I set them firmly at cither end in tho sound bark a short distance apart, thus making a com plote bridge over the bare part of the trunk. Only two of the scions failed, the remaining three growing to about an inch in diameter the first year. The following spring I replaced those which had died. They then grew un til met by tho others. So that in a few years the new growth- entirely covered the affected part, but it makes quite a bulge on that portion of the trunk. In doing thia work I not only use plenty of wax where the scions arc entered, but also wax the whole bare portion of the trunk before putting in tho scions, and afterwards bind clothe securely around the whole. Ono inv_ portant point in this kind of grafting is to have tho scions set firmly. That is, cut them enough longer than the space you wish to bridge, so that they will bow outward somewhat and have spring enough to hold them in their proper position without being too tight. I see no reason why any gir dled fruit tree could not ba saved in the same way by a grafter if the work was carefully done, for if only one scion should livo the first year it would keep thc tree alive, and more could be added until tho bark was entirely re placed. arusmtooM CULTURE. As to tho best locality to grow mush rooms we think that it has very little to do with their successful culture, ex cept that it might be of advantage to be near some good market where the mushrooms could be disposed of. To cultivate them successfully it is need ful to have some place in which to grow them which is perfectly dry. They can be raised on shelves placed one above the other, this plan being largely used, as it saves space and keeps the mushrooms closer together, making it much easier to look out for them. Mix fresh horse manure with loam from tho pasture-about the same weight of both beiug thc quan tity required. If at first you do not have enough to fill your shelves, bo sure to turn what you have over every day, as this will stop its heating too much. When you have sufficient manure and loam to make your bed, place a thin layer on the bottom of a Bhelf and pound it down quite hard with a 'brick or something that will answer the same purpose. Keep add ing and pounding down until the bed has reached the depth of eight inches, and then in this place a thermometer. In a day or two the bed will heat to about 100 degrees or over, and will then decline. As soon as tho ther mometer reaches ninety or ninety-five degrees take a pointed stick and punch holes, about twelve inches each way, half tho depth of the bed, and in each hole place a piece of cpawn abont the size of a hen's egg. After this has been accomplished nothing need be done but to keep the bcd at the proper temperature by regulating the tem perature of the house or room in which they aro grown. Large seed dealers generally keep the spawn on sale.-New York Witness. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Beauty is only skin deep, even in a cow. No cow can keep a sweet temper when her owner has a sour one. The cow that gets kicked kicks back by shrinking Lor milk. Long-lived trees should be selected, such as the varieties of elm, water oak, willow oak, white oak or varieties ol' mapn.. lt is not so much the quantity of fluid in the milk pail that counts, as docs the number of butter globules it contains. Common sense and kerosene will prevent more diseases among your fowls than all the poultry medicino ever invented will cure. Feeding with salt fat pork, cut up, is ono of the quickest methods of stopping poultry from tho disagreea ble habit of feather eating. Corn and wheat middlings, oats, bread and other slopn from the house should all bo fed to fowls, changing as often ns twico a week. They wilfit hftvo VBvioty io food to do wolli Cl'BIO?S FACTS. England uses 600,000 pounds of tea daily. The Chinese divide the day into twelve parts of two hours each. The sea has no herbivorous inhabit ant. Its population live on each other. No part of the Atlantic Ocean be tween Europe and Newfoundland ex ceeds 2400 fathoms. The Italians reckon twenty-four hours round, instead of two divisions of twelve hours each, as we do. Every tiny protuheranco on a branch of coral represents a living animal, which grows from it like a plant. Tho banks of Newfoundland are formed by the sand, earth and stones brought from the North by the ice bergs. Outer blinds for windows were un known until the fourteenth century. The Venetian or interior blinds are so called because they were first used in Venice. It is calculated that if the children under the care o' tho London School Board wera to join hands they would reach from London to Carlisle, a dis tance of 300 miles. The word clock is derived from tho German word "clocke," which signi fies a bell, and was so called because tho hours were published originally by being struck upon bells. "Hule Britannia" is usually credit ed to James Thompson. It first ap peared in a play entitled "Alfred," by Thompson and Mallet, in 1740. The air was by Dr. Thomas Arne. The famous house at Eisleben, Ger many, where Luther was born, has been repaired and restored and newly opened to the public a few weeks ago as a kind of museum of relics of the great reformer. When a Prince of tho Austrian Eoyal family dies his horse follows the funeral covered with a black cloth and lame in one hoof. The lameness is produced by driving a nail through the horseshoe. This is the sign of the deepest possible mourning. In Turkestau, where rivers flow from the roof of the world, growing smaller, until they lose themselves in big evaporating lakes, tho fate of cities as old as tho flood is determined by water. The city which ia furthest op stream has the advantage every time. "The Bluo Bells of Scotland" was the work of Aunio McVicker, after wards Mrs. Grant, the daughter of a Scottish oificer in the British Army. The melody was long believed to be Scottish, but it is now known to be of English origin, being an old English folk song. The empire of Turkey is called the Sublime Porte from the principal en trance of the seraglio being a huge pavilion with eight openings over thc gate or porte. This gate, from which the Ottoman Empire took its name, is very high and is guarded by fifty capidjis or porters. Discovery ol Catsup. The discovery of catsup and how the odd-sounding name came to be re plied to that common and important tablorgarniture was, curiously enough, due to a blunder by a preserve maker many years ago when the canning in dustry was in its swaddling clothes. This statement was made by a veteran member of the Western Canners and Packers' Association. It is only another illustration how mistakes sometimes lead to important "discoveries.-in the East -many.years, ago a well-known preservo maker, now dead, while boiling a huge caul dron full of tomatoes for preserves one day'^oideutally put the wrong spices other ingredients into the boiling mass of vegetables. He did not discover his error until sonio timo afterward, when, tasting the mixture to ascertain whether it had been boiled to tho proper consis tency, ho saw that something was wrong. Tomato preserves never tasted like that. He smacked his lips and puckered his mouth and made a very wry face as the bitter-sweet and now familiar pungent flavor of the mixture made itself felt. "Well," said he, with a rueful ex pression on his face, speaking to an attendant, "the cat's up," meaning by that slang term that the tomatoes had been spoiled. The wholo mess was about to be thrown out, but, fortunately for cat sup-loving mankind, a happy thought suggested itself to the author of tho trouble. The taste of the new mix ture still lingered on his palate, and he had to confess that it wai very pleasant. "I wonder how that will taste on a piece of roast meat," he remarked, and the suggestion was immediately acted upon, with the result that tho cauldronful of boiled tomato3S was carefully bottled, and it soon becaino a popular table adjunct and a source of great profit to thc discover. Tho namo "ketchings" was first used to designate the new condiment, and it is yot to be occasionally met with, buttha proper namo ia '"cat sup," from the angry expletive of the cook when he exclaimed "The cat's up ! '' on discovering what he had done. -Chicago Times. Hotels in East India. A hotel in India is in some respects quito unlike a hotel anywhere else in tho world. Every guest has a servant of his or her own. The hotel has some servants, but the guests do not depend upon them at all. My ser vant takes care of my room, brings me my tea and toast when I arise, prepares my bath, ana waits upon me at table. He also keeps my clothes clean and my boots blacked, sees to my laundry, gets mo a carriage when I want one, and does my errands. When traveling he will attend to the tickets and the luggage and make my simple be.d on the cars, for India is a country of magnificent distances, in volving considerable .night travel. There are no regular sleeping cars like ours, but the seats aro long enough for the passengers to stretch out on and wide enough to make a reasonable couch, which the traveler provides with Iiis own thin mattress, pillow and wraps. The aumber oi servants in a great hotel is confusing first. In a long corridor you see one before each door. They usually sleep there, wrapped in a sheet ot blanket and curled up on the floor. Scientific Americau. Thc Colorado Can??. The longest canon in the world is that of tho Colorado River, in the Western United States. It is also the most marvelous of all the wonders of nature kuown to contemporary mau kind. If some rich-man would explore if. with a corps of artists and "scientists as thoroughly aa it dosorvea he would confer nu inestimable boou upon his folio tr*-Fran*. TJ&BHQ'? Weokiy, HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Camphor placed next to furs will make their color lighter. IQ blackening the kitchen stove, better results aro reaohed if the blacking is wet with coffee instead of water. Mud stains may be removed from velvet by washing with water to which has been added a spoonful of ox gall and a little spirits of wine. Try some way of amusing your child if he cries during his bath-a cork which will bob about with every movement of tho water, or an egg with the contents blown out. Do not neglect wounds (no matter how slight) from dull or rusty instru ments that might produce lockjaw. They Bhould be immediately soaked in hot brine ; and the smoke from burn ing woolen rags will also prove benefi cial. A new style of bottle for poisons has the neck on one side, and is of such a shape that it will not stand up. Lying on a table the word "poison" and the label would always bo in view, and by reason of its peculiar form it would not be mistaken for the ordi nary bottle. It is a mistake lo make a large tea biscuit. Properly speaking, a tea bis cuit should not bo more than two inches in diameter and proportionately thick when baked. This gives a deli cate, moist, flaky biscuit, which will be cooked through before the outside crust has become hard or over brown. Ke p Turpentine in the House. It is tho simple thing just at hand that we most often forget to use. Ev ery house should have a bottle of tur pentine on the shelf. A few drops of it on a lump of sugar is good for worms in children and good for kidney trou bles in grown persons. Mixed with lard or camphorated oil, it is a good liniment for all kinds of rheumatic pains and figures largely in all patent pain medicines. It will take paint out of carpets, ink stains out of white muslin when added to soap. A few drops add-d to the boiler of clothes will help to whiten them, moths will flee from ir, cockroaches disappear af ter a few vigorous dose3 of it, andante aro-cosily exterminated -by its use. A WAR ECHO. EVERY HONORABLE VETERAN D& SERVES A PENSION. And the Lone Limb is not the Only Kev . son for a Gorernment Reward Either. (From Journal, Lewiston, lie.) Samuel B. Jordan has just given the Jour nal aa account of hts lit?, which in view of his extremely hard lot for tho past few yeats will be read with Interest "I am 48 years old and have always lived in New Portland. I enlisted in tha army in 1862 as a prlvato in Company A, 28th Me. Volunteers. My army exparlenoo injured mj health to somo extent, although I worked ot blacksmithing some part of the timo, whoa suddenly, several years ago, I was prostrated with what able physicians pronounced Lo comotor Ataxia. At first I could got around somewhat, yet the disease progrercod quite rapidly until I had hardly aay fooling in my legs and foet, they felt like sticks of wool and I grew so muoh worse that I oould not move for taroo years without help, ai my noighbors and friends could testify. I em ployed several physicians in my vicinity, and elsewhere, and they all told me that medi cines would not help mo, that thoy could do nothing to affect a cure, and that in timo I should become entirely helpless. I became discouraged. I was a-great caro to my wife and friends. Shortly after I mot an old army . comrade, Mr. All. Parlin, a resident of Mad ison, Maine, and he incidentally mentions 1 how he had tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for a severe case of rheumatism and a spinal and malarial trouble, that he had suffered with consequent ot his army life, and (wen greatly benefited by their use. By his earnest rec ommendation I was induced to try the pills. After taking them for a time I bogan to feel prickly sensations in my legs and a return ot strength so I could move thom a little. After a few weeks I began to feel a marked im provement in my condition. I soon was en abled to walk around a little with the help of crutches. After taking for some time I can now walk without crutches, my general health is muoh improved and I have re gained my old-time vigor. I can walk about and enjoy life once more, tor whioh I feel very thankful, and this happy result is due to the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are not a patent medicine In tho sense -that name implies. They were first compounded as a prescription and used as such in general practice by an eminent physician. So great was their efficacy that it was deemed wise to place them within the reach ot all. They are now manufactured by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., and aro sold in boxes (never in looeo form by the dozen or hundred, nnd the public are cau tioned against numerous imitations sold in this shape) at 60 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50, and may be had of ali druggists or di rect by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company. rWS11 Latest o Absolutely Pure Tho Hindoo Plaut Trick Revealed. A, French scientist, M. Eagonneau, has discovered that tho formid acid, with which ant hills is impregnated, greatly stimulates the growth of seeds. After a little experimenting with thia acid the learned Freuchmau was able to duplicate perfectly the Hindoo trick of making a plant grow with great ra pidity. His further researches liavo led him to believe that this discovery may be profitably applied to agricul ture. By infusing ants in boiling water acid as strong as vinegar can bo iniitm'ncd. _ Jd.. Bagonneauhas achieved the best results and mosT^^erTept growth by using earth moistened with a solution of 5,000 parts of water to one of acid. THE New York Financier announces that "through arrangement* with several responsible and wealthy insur ance companies bankers will be en abled to ?hip currency by registered mail, fully insured from the time it leaves the bank until it is delivered, at rates approximating one-third to one-half those demanded by the express companies. The hew service is as re liable and even more prompt than ex press shipments and much more eco uomicd." "The Altogether." A well known electrical man in Bal timore, who is noted for his quiet hu mor, went into a restaurant the other day and gave the waiter this h ho ck: "Have you read 'Trilby?' " "Yassir," said the waiter. "Well, then, bring me some of 'the altogether.'" After consultation with the proprie tor and a complete failure to interpret the order, the joker was asked to ex plain what he wanted. All he said was ' 'hash. "-Electrical Review. Thc Door of Life. The fear of pain and the dangers of parturition fill many a woman's breast with dis may. There is no reason why childbirth should be fraught with danger and distress. It is a natural function, and should be performed in a natural way without un due suffering. Nature never intended that women should be tortured in this way. Taken during gestation Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription robs childbirth of its dangers to both mother and child, by preparing the system for delivery, thereby shortening labor, lessening pain and ab breviating the period of confinement. Wt tr?lt furnith Otis feed cutlet; tm? only to ont for ton not later titan July 1, 1805, for $10.0? cash.and md. dretteo of ten tteiyhbors and acquaintance* of Oto oendor kimon pcreonally by him to bo rcfjtontiblt and influential mon tn their localitieo ioho need and are lihely to buy rome thing tn our lint OiU year. After July t, money rent tat on thit offer unTZ be returned to tender and no attention uiU be paid to inqniriet or letter* concerning titi* offer: It it literally nott or never. Tilt teei emir: ia rfi-lirtred f. e. b. Chiveo. If shirr*! from _ br tn oh Lease, bick irtish t willi-?lu SULLIVAN 4 CRICHTON'S ANO SCHOOL or SHORTHAND Tbe Best and Choa:>est Business College in America. Four Penmen. Timo short. Catalogue fro?. Address Sullivan Sc Crichton, PryorSt., ATLABTA. QA. This all fttel frame ?r i MfA Wnth ??rr ttrftrlet .aw which we put cut rt fc^?A il5.001a?t 7?ar, bo* Bott .ell only >t 125.00. i> Ju,(ly "?*ttVr> on? of tba mott popular article! .vo?vcr mada. 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