FARM, GAKDEX i\D HOUSEHOLD. Strnminx Food For Stack. A. C. "VTalcs, a'farmer of Stark county, Ohio, who has experimented extensively in feeding sheep, wrote the American Farmer's club, that he selected three hundred ewes and divided them into two v lots of equal numbers, and as nearly equal in size$ weight, age and condition as lie oould..?0* them. One lot of one hundred Arid ftfty was placed in one shed and received liberal rations of clover, hay and sheaf oats. Tim other lot of one liuudred and fifty was placed in a neighboring shed, and ied twice a day with steinidrt fodder, cut to three-quarters of ail inch in length, mixed with two bushels of bran, and wet down with boiler water?at the ^ata of one bushel of the mixed feed to fcefc sheep. Before beginning each idfwas weighed on a set of stock scales conveniently near, and thereafter %were WEjghed -twice a week. Each lot received-?e?ame care in water tv^.,1.1* i A.ainina nvAf/utfiAn anairvef lLl^) UCUUIU^J CACfVlOCj puvovvivu H^VUMWV storms,. etc. Th^ experiments were continued over a perioa of eight weeks. t The records of the details were so satisfactory as to seim to warrant the pur/ chase* of an engine and boiler, and the putting n0rf tanks and conveniences on a scale adequate^ to the wants of the tlock. Since then Mr. Wales has fed % this feed almost exclusively. Last winj|tir,.owing to the failure of the hay crop, he kept over his entire stock, consisting of twenty horses, abont twenty head of cattle, aud between 1,600 and 1,700 ? she^pwithout a pouud of h$y, and they Ar Came into spring in*Ifelter condition than they have, ever done on dry feed. The sheet aribhor of steam feeding, he be'tieves, is the fodder of sowed corn, of which he cnt and cured five hundred , tons last summer, from eighty acres of upland clay soil. At tfie present time he is feeding 2,250 sheep and lambs on steamed food ; their daily ration is 3,400 pounds of fodder corn, 500 pounds of bran and twelve, bushtis of corn.. One flock ql'|(4s hundred and fifty ewes ? weighed, gained three pounds per head in eight days. In regard to the cojst of steaming, he says : The stock now being fed requires about three tons of dry feed per day. The cutting is done by a No. 6 Cummins qntter, and it is so arranged that the cut feed as it falls from the cutting machine is carried to and placed in the tanks, wet up with the necessary quantity of water, and mixed with bran or meal by qjachiuerv?so that when the cutting is "douti the ?eed is ready for the steam. Three.men in an hour and a half mVi *Mifc th? three tons. With the ?resent boiler capacity it take* oue man four hours more to steam ik : cost of fuel for cutting, mixing, pumping water, etc., is about five cents per ton of dry feed. Th<: rapidly msmrmtea nr the ammais than long fend, It is shoveled from the tanks down into wagons with side boards that sta d below thg riirttofafrtof the tanks, and carried tfi fhe feheep foMi. The racks are made to accommodate twenty sheep, and this number is found to need abOHtf 'f*b^bo8bel8 of out feed. The feeder has two two-bushel baskets. ana a boy can feed and care for 1,500 sheep. The fodder i&;ehtaa tfp fleta, a few joints and soiled pieces* only being leftpaJwIt oi>e per cent, is wasted. All the advantages claimed for feeding steamed food to cattle and horses?the economy of feed, the increased health, thrift and ^mf?rtt?r|;Jre u&gnai??are fouud in an equal degree in the feeding of sheep. The effect is shown in the wool,' wweh 'ih of a length, clearness, style, and particularly strength of 6taple rarely found on shoe^ wjatered on dry feed. There is ^arorlteder place in the wool; indicating tU* point in the growth of the fiber where the ahesp changed from green to dry food. All the wool buyers^observed this ; and the wool, it is belief#, commanded a higher price that an/ other clip bonght from first hands in Itinfranv of the adjoining counties. It claimed that the steaming of fepd adds to its nutritive elements. But ph. the pulverization and s'irring of th&Sful promote the growth of plants by lQfc&ng the plant food more accessible to the so the steaming of feed makeafljl at once more palatable and more re^nrP-?Hgested wad assimilated by the animals, and performs the 8 ime office for their food that cooking doce^or lis h|Stti^pJa?iily. Timely Hint*. Be sure to have the ground where yon put o lions next spring rich, and to make it qp, eovprjtover with fiaanure now, runniirgx>v^r it in ttie spring and raking off all the coarse parts. Throw your coal ashes around fiuit tre3s and* under currant and goosebei'-v ^ rie?. Don't throw away or sell wood ashes, but use.them around your peach trees or other fruit trees. Carefully examine with a sharp instrument, the peacn trees, wnere\er gum is escaping, ami kill If not done before, trim currants, grapes and gooseberries; cut up the cutt ugs six or ton mdie^ lonv, and bury below the fro^flj for Bering siting. There is nothing better for hotbeds than leaves mixed with barnyard manure, as they produoe heat for so long a time. To grow good roots from cuttings-of quinces,1 currants, gooseberries, flowering shrubs, etc,, it is well to take off the cutting the first open spell, and bury in earth so they will callous over before planting out in the sparing. Cut scions of apples, pears and cherries now, and bury in saud for grafting. ?Fruit JRccQrdcr. The Hoof Rot. Hoof disease, or "hoof rot," is caused by filthy yards, or pasturing in. wet soils, but it may spread to cattle which are kept in clean yards atul dry pasture. Thoroughly cleanse the diseased foot with warm soap sods, carbolic soap is b^8t, and if pus has formed, remove it by paring away the horn ; cover the sore with tar, then bind up closely. After a few days examine the foot, and if pus is again formed, remove it and wash again with carbolic soap, or a weak solution of sugar of lead water. Chloride of zinc lotion, one grain to an ounce of water, is also excellent for dressing such sores. Cleanliness and a few applications as above will cure any ordinary case of foot rot in cattle. Preparation of Thr&shlnv Floor*. Prof Lelunann suggests the following plan for the preparation of thrashiug floors fn fkr less time and of greater durability than those made with clay. Slake naif a bushel of lime to a dry powder and mix if with half a bushel of sand, free from loam, and eight bushels of sifted ashes of coal or turf, and work the mass with water to a stifl paste. Lay it ftve or six inches deep and smooth with a trowel. The durability may be increased by coating it with coal tar after it li&s become perfectly dry. Do not forget that while you fold your hands, time folds not up his wings. The Mediterranean Mosquito. Clarence Sydney Montgomery was a j handsome young man when he reached , the town of Cannes in the twilight of a ( warm November evening. His face was i indeed his fortune, and a more beautiful ' one America seldom sends abroad to ' demonstrate the comeliness of her race, i' The object of his devotion had not 1 hung ou the branch a ripened fruit ' awaiting his hand, like all the other ( girls, and before he was fully aware of his own mind, had been snatched away |1 from his sight altogether; hence the zest of pursuit and painful uncertainty 11 such as the young Adonis had not pre- ' viously known. The charmer had not flirted with him 1 in a ballroom or at the seashore, he had 1 never danced with her in his life. To be ' sure, she was the only child of a very J' wealthy merchant, but as she was barely ! 1 seventeen, and not "out," even in the i American sense of the word, only the most fortunate chance could have 1 brought her in contact with Clarence ! Sydney. Re had met his fate on the ;: platform of a drawing-room car between , New York and Philadelphia, where she [' had lost her Skye terrier, and the young j1 ; man, in rescuing the little beast from the wheels, had been moved bv Emily's 1 sweet gratitude to seat himself in a con- j1 venient corner of the saloon during the ( remainder of the journey, and admire 1 her over a rim of newspaper. The tele- ( graph along the route sent no more rapid signals than did the eyes of Clar- 1 enoe Sydney over the newspaper margin. ' Before the termination of the journey he had slipped his card into Emily's hand, 1 with his address inscribed thereon, and ? she Jhad promised to write him a note, i That guileless old gentleman, the young : 1- J?f a/1 flio fr?oin ( UU.IV B ULAU liV'Ui tuu UM1U entirely unconscious of a Clarence Syd- , 1 ney's existence. After that there were : stolen interviews, ruthlessly terminated ' by the departure of Emily for Europe to I complete her education. Despair seized the lover left behind, although he had made a favorable impression on mamma, or fondly hoped that he had done so. Cannes is one of the most lovely spots |' of the lovely Riviera. Our traveler be- : 1 held it in that interval of balmy twilight i when the rose tints of sunset have faded, | but a certain tender bloom of the day }1 still lingers. Clarence Sydney, having j1 f deposited his portmanteau at one of the 1 leading hotels of the Boulevard de l'lm- 1 peratrice, and partaken of dinner, ' strolled forth to enjoy the evening. A sympathetic waiter, who evidently di- 1 vined the situation from the young stranger's agitation of manner and indif- 1' ference to the meal served him, gave ex- 1 plicit directions as to the location of the i: villa occupied by Emily and her family." The young lady's papa, in order to be i on n/vieiKlo on/1 ti/?Viipvp flip ' I tK> ?i?i^ li5il ao uiV j nu\? wvmvf other chambers of the hotel, sliroude* in curtains, recurred to his mind, and h had selected the one now occupied be ?ause of the water view. Accordingly he closed the windows ind therebyprevented any of his viciou visitors from departing during the re oiainder of the night, even to make a cal elsewhere, if so disposed. Oh, th wretchedness of that night, tortured 1; a tiny, insignificant mosquito, and wit) the moon lit Mediterranean in view ! I Clarence Sydney sank into an uneas; iloze, after his labors, armed with towe and candle, a select orchestra serenade* him in one ear ; if he drew-ft sheet ove Liis head, leaving only his nose exposed the Grandfather of that uninvited com pauy settled oil that organ with a pierc ing sting which- caused the victim t jump ou his couch; and if he rousei himself desperately with the determina tionto abandon sleep and think of Emily both hands were required to ward off th enemy. There is a fierce pertinacit; about the Mediterranean mosquito un equaled by its family on other shores an .1 its bite is injected venom in the veins Oilier less famished insects are satisfiei with a moderate meal and a subsequen retirement; Clarence Sydney was allow ed no respite until broad daylight. There were stealthy sounds audible h the hotel during the midnight hour, am aur traveler observed a light shininj through the door leading to the nex room, succeeded by a waft of incense Clarence Sydney decided sagaciousl; that his neighbor was performing som religious service. The neighbor, bette armed against the foe, was slowly ?trang [ing himself and the mosquitoes with i Venetian pastille. "When he arose in the morning, ou Adonis was a spectacle to behold. Wha had become of the fair, handsome fac n-hicli had won the young heart of Em ily ? The fine features had wholly dis appeared ; a horribly grotesque masl leered back at the dismayed owner fron the glass. A mosquito i?-a most insig nificant insect, and yet an army of them with sharpened appetite, had wholly de itroyed the beauty of a suitor whose fac< had done much for liim hitherto, am i *? ?- lA.l a was now neeueu more iuhii ever, ai ingry, inflamed, distorted oountenana was reflected in the mirror, with nos( swelled, one eye closed, and number o rividly red spots visible on cheek, cliii and forehead. "What n^edjo tell how the unfortmiab mouthy wincing under the cdmpasaionrfti glances of the household, spent severa hours in uncertainty and painful inde vision ? His vanity was severely ruffled and he fearecF to stake all on Emily's af fection at such a crisis. A swelled nos< and a closed eye might make no differ ?nce to her, bat his heart failed him a the prospect of her father's cold scrutiny Would he sympathize with mosquih bites ? Would the ladies laugh at him m * . . J py He bad never been au object of ndicuh before in his life, and he felt that In jould not-endure it If he had not lef the windows open for the Mediterraneai moonlight! How could he be expectet to know all about the deadly insects Emily had never mentioned mosquitoei in writing home the previous winter ? It U LJ 1 J.1 1 out iiau a well rupturuuhij uu me cumin: of the Riviera, the flowers, and delight ful seftj, to the admiration of all her younj friends. ' ^ At length h$ seized his Jbat, resolvej to pni an end to lis own distorting floubts, and once more ascended tlie hil toward the villa. As he reached tin gate, Lis heart begun to throb violently and he.paused. .He saw the white d*ea amidst the shrubbery beJbrrging to tin charming Emily. She was seated, wit) tier faoe invisible, but one foot was dis played in its high French shoe. Clar euce Sydney recognized his divinity, al though he had not seen her for man; months. " Emily," he called, softly. The white dress rustled, the prett; foot descended to earth, and mamma ap peared. TTOien she beheld the visitor she started aside ami screamed. " I have come over to Europe at last,' tie cried, iu excitement, and strove t< npen the gate. At the same moment fair Emily, bloom ing and gay, appeared at the door of th< eitla. *" ** ; " Oli, what is it ?" demaiuled mamma still staring at Mr. Montgomery in tin most unpleasant way. "No, no, I be{ :>f you uot to coine in?that is, conside iny child's beauty. It may prove small pox." Clarence Sydney turned and fled with ant a wont The guilty mother had no sooner givei utterance to her silly fear for Emily'i xmaplexiun tlian she repented. Surety his apparition st the gate, disfigum rnd swollen, could not be the handsonn Diajlejice Sydney of the baJlroom a aome. What had happened to him She was very attentive to her daughte: luring the remainder of the day, striv ng to propitiate that unconscious younjc aerson in advance of the sterna wlricl night be brewing. She even dispatchec - * ?-1?J ler lootman 10 mHKt* umuucauuc juiries for Clarence Sydney at all tin lotels. The young man had departed. H< aad not gone far, however, but pausei it Nice to recover his beauty somewhat ind write a letter, which Emily reac vith hysterical tears nod laughter. " Only fancy, mamma, Clarence Mont jomery has come all the way fron America to see me again. The foolisl ellow would not call yesterday becausf he mosquitoes had rendered him a per ect fright. As if we could possible nind that !" " Our savage CanDes mosquitoes," ex daimed mamma, visibly relieved in mind ' Does he say anything?else?" ' He will call when we intimate it wil )fj agreeable. Dear me, how cerenonlowg!" . J \l* r>' You may invite him to iliimer, Emily, j nnil I wilL talk the matter ever with your a father," said the mamma, stung by - remorse. ? The noble minded Clarence had not I revealed that she had driven him from ? the gate, fearing contamination in his . near approach. This magnanimity alone 8 i would have converted her into a warm j partisan, since the way to a woman's e j heart is through her sympathy ; and she ! did talk with her husband to such a good purpose that when Clarence Sydney i ! finally reappeared, his path was strewed 8 witlyrose leaves by her matronly fingers. . fle *ae made to forget that there was a \ mosquito in the world, when not placed e j opposite a mirror. y! i; How a Newspaper is Made. * i There are from 10,300 to 20,625 pieces V : of type in the column of every large city 1 | newspaper, the number varying accord2 ing to the size of the type used. Agate, ! nmm?rui1 miniA)) miH lirovipr are most *?*? ?- ? f ! frequently used on the principal dailies. -? j Agate, which is the smallest of the - ; typos named, is employed chiefly for - advertisements, quotations, long speech0 . es, etc., nonpareil, the next size larger, 1 i for news articles, and either minion or brevier for editorial or semi-editorial matter. When it is desired to give un? usual prominence to certain articles, e ' they are "leaded," that is to say thin y strips of metal, called "leads," are ini serted between the lines of type, thereby ! rendering the matter more open, and ' therefore more easily legible. Some| times, but very rarely, articles are 3 ! "double leaded," that is to say, two t J "leads"are inserted between each*line - i of type; the matter is then very striking , in appearance. There are from 1,090 to , 2,020 words in an average column of ^ leaded type, and from, 1,370 to 2,750 in ^ one of solid type. There are from 156 to ? 275 lines in an average column, accordt ing to flie size of the type. Every letter, every ?to|), e*ery 'note of interrogation, mark of exclamation and quotation mark is a separate piece of type, and has e to be taken up singly in the process of r "composition." iThe "composing room," the place a where the type setting is done, is a distinct,.very important and interesting department of a newspaper office. It is in charge of a foreman, who has between * forty and sixty "compositors," or printe era, under him, each of whom has a com plete case of type in a wooden box, be. fore which he stands when at work. This i. box is divided into little partitions, each "containing a letter, stop or dash of the 1 various types used in the office. The printers are known, not by name, but by , numbers, as soon as tne manuscnpr, . or "copy, as they call it, is received e from the editorial rooms, it goes to the I foreman, who cuts it up into "takes," or shares, of about one-tenth of a column 1 eaoh, and distributes it among his men. & It is on this account that manuscript e must be -written on one side of the paper f oplv. Each "take" is marked with a 1 letter and a number; for example, an article of four pages is received, the first page is cut up into five pieces which are ; .numbered respectively a 1, a 2, a 3, a 4 P and a 5, and soou according to the nuinI her of "takct."'' The printers then be. gin their work, picking out the type with their fingers, piece by piece, and drop' ping kriltto.an iron neceptaole known as a "stick," which they holu in their ? hands. When tiiey have finished their - "takes," they drop them into a brass t dish or "galley," which is numbered and letteied to correspond with the * '' copythe man having a 3 drops it on that part of the " galley " marked a 3, j and so oh until the "galley is full. It ? I is then given to the " proof-taker," ? ; who takes proofs and hands them t j to the "proof-readers," who mark j j any '^rrprs the printers m^y have II made. * The printers have to cori rect these errors themselves ; different ^ i modifications of this mle being made, j however, in the various offices. After , i the type is set and corrected, it is put 5 into the form and arranged under the direction of the foreman, who receives y j his instructions from the night editor. ^ ! The columns are then "justified," or made even, the "forms "are "locked 1] up " and sent down to the press room to ^ be screwed on to the press, when the 1 printing proper begi ns. ?Illustrated a! Wtetiiy. i Social Life in Washington, I I P One year ago, sayB a Washington cor:1 respondent of the' Independent, Mrs. Belknap was the toast. Every night and r?j even* morning we read anew of the | brightness of her face, the marvels of her - dresses, the number of her shoes. She y read so much about the splendors of her j beauty and the wonders of her toilet that j she grew to believe herself to be a little 1 above any of her earthly sisters. In 7 ! three years she was utterly transformed - | from a gentle, subdued looking widow to ; an airy, supercilious woman of fashion. When Senator Cliristiancy, married a ? i little girl who counted scrip in the treas1 ury, the society " leaders " met and de1: bated whether should reoeivs her or not. She entered their enchanted cir I cle as if by fire. She was by no means a ' unanimously received, nor in any way ! Uftfinfer "welcomed. * Nobody tabooed lwr m pbfutMdy arxl utterly as Mr* * j Belknap. She, the daughter of a country s j doctor, was not willing to receive on j j equal terms the little "countess" of r " scrip," suddenly elevated to the dignity of a senator's wife. That was but one year ago. Yet already we have ceased altogether ! to hear of Mrs. Belknap^ dresses. She J lives at the Aldington, and no doubt still i keeps her near personal friends ; but she s | is no longer the fashion. Nobody cares ' whether Tier shoes are ones or tens. , Just the. same gay throng rolls up to | the door of the secretary of war ; but his ? ! name is Dou Cameron. He has a daught ter, tall, atrong, dark and beautiful. > . She is now the toast. So also is the r | daughter-in-law of the attorney-general, _ | the bride of a week. She is a blond of blonds?blue eyed and lovely in an azure > dress. The wnole world t)f fashion is 1 : pushing to gaze upon her at the Ebbitt 1 "House. Every wfek ire read that the . i most brilliant receptions of the season ? i are those of Mrs. Taft It seems but yesterday that the whole ! world was flowing into the house of the 1 attorney-general whose name was Wil, liams. What sumptuous feasts were 1 j those in the new house into which the j beautiful woman had put her very life, _ i Amid costly hangings and azure satin ' furniture, dressed like a Peri, this beau1 t iful sultana stirred her famous and fra1 grant "punch" for the feasting and i 1 dancing crowds who packed her house. I fttiA stirn it ?t4H in the same house, no T | doubt, for her individual friends ; but the crowds for the attorney-general's all rush to the Ebbitt House, and Mrs. Taft ") answers just as well as Mrs. Williams. j the beautiful, albeit she stirs no toddy. 1 The genius of liberty and poetry brought into action the brightest powers of the human mind. Fashions in Spring Silks. Importations of spring silks will be ' smaller than they have been for years. * * Very small checks and very fine hair stripes will be chosen for summer silks. The new self-colored gros grains have the soft cashmere finish, with demi- li^t re? i and medium reps, neither very heavy, j like poplin, nor too small, as in taffeta. | The colors of silks that predominate I are blue, brown, dark steel, and smoke 1 1 shades. Of brown shades, seal brown ! will remain in favor. The same soft cashmere finish seen on colored silks is liked for black gros grains, I and the medium grain is also chosen. Taffeta silks that are so cool and pleas; ant for warmer weather are again offered, | but their high gloss has hitherto kept, them unpopular. The smallest armure figures will be probably the first choice for the silks that are used as parts of costumes in oom| bination with gros grain. The long straight back breadths formj erly used for trained skirts will new form j i th * fronts of a princesse dress or polo; naise, while shorter pieces can be used for the back, as the place of joining the ' waist to the skirt cai! be concealed under the scarfs or sashes that now cross the 1 back below the waist. The soft yielding silks in brocaded or damask designs are largely imported in very light qualities, scarcely heavier than | the plaid Louisines so long in vogue. Evening silks are brocaded in all the ! designs just noted, and are accompanied i by gr6s grains of similar shades.?, , Bazar. j Scarlet Fever. Scarlet fever being very prevalent this ! season, the Boston board of health has issued a special circular in regard to the disease, from which we abridge some i fyts and suggestions. Scarlet fever is i highly contagious, and usually shows its : first signs in about one week after exposI ure. A patient should be placed in a \ 1 room apart from the other inmates of the i house, and nursed as far as possible by : * one person only. The sick chamber should be well warmed, exposed to sun- ! ! light, and well aired. Its furniture1 should be such as will permit of cleans1 inc without iniurv. The family should 1 o 0%T W . not mingle with other people. Visitors to an infected house should be warned of the presence of a dangerous disease ! therein, and children especially should j not be admitted. On recovery, the sick ! ; person should not mingle with the well j until the roughness of the skin due to the disease shall have disappeared. 1 Clothing worn by patient er nurse should 1 be cleansed by itself, and not sent to the laundry. It should be thoroughly boil, ed, or if that can not be done, should hive free and long exposure to air aud sunlight. The walls of the room should | be dry-rubbed, and the cloths used for i i the purpose should be burned without , previous shaking. The ceiling should be s craped and whitened ; the floor should j be washed with soap and water, and car- f j bolic acid may be added to the water? one pint to three or four gallcms. Jn . case of death from scarlet fev, r, the* fun- I eral should be strictly private. [From J. H. Jackson, Esq., of Croton, N. Y.] "About six years since mv wife was attacked with a difficulty of the lungs" and stomach, spit- I . ting of blood, etc., accompanied by great sore , ness, and was thought by all to be in a danger- J ons condition. 6he was under the care of a j skillful physician for more than a year, and j afterward tried many of the most popular ! oough remedies, but s&e received no permanent j rebef until Wistab's Balsam was used, a few i bottles of which restored her to her usual I health. I would add that this balsam has been used by other members of my family, and I can truly say that I know of no other cough remedy | in which I have so much confidence. I would I recommend Wistab's Balsam or Wild Chebby to all in need of a safe and reliable cure for coughs, colds, or any other diseases of the ! throat and lungs." i 60 cts. and $1 a bottle. Sold by all druggists, i I Our readers who may visit New York 1 on business or pleasure will find the Tremont House, 665 Broadway, between Bleecker and Amity streets, pleasantly and centrally located, i conducted on the European plan ; good rooms at 75 cents and one dollar per day. A first-class restaurant, with very reduced prices. The proprietors and clerks "are attentive and obliging, and any one going from this section will ao ' well to give them a call. ! Nothing Like It! It Stands Alone ! ! Such is the veadict of the medical world and the public on Hales Honey of Horehound and ' Tar. Coughs, colds, influenza, all irritation* of the organs of speech, and respiration vanish under its influence, like fogs before the sunlight. 8old by all druggists. Pike's Toothache Drops cure in one minute. I . There are more than one thousand different kinds of pills in the United States. Some of them are worthless and injnrious, others are good and beneficial Old Dr. Parsons invented the best anti-bilions pill we ever saw or heard of. They are now sold under the name of Parsons' Purgative Pills. We understand that the whooping cough is quite prevalent in the towns around us ; but that no cases have proved fatal. Some families use nothing but Johnson's Anodyne Liniment-. Our doctor, however, savs a little ipicac, to produce vomiting,would be an advantage I Sanford's Radical Cure for Catarrh is a local and constitutional remedy, and is prei pared by distillation. Not a particle of woody ; fiber or caustic chemicals enter into its composition. It thus differs from other remedies. Is there one reader of this paper suffering from rheumatism ? If so write to Helphenstine A Bentley, druggists, Washington. D. C., for a circular of Durang's Rheumatic Remedy. This medicine is taken internally, and will positively cur6 any case of rhenmatism on the face of the green earth. Price, one dollar a bottle. Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam, the Great New j England cure for conghs, colds and consumption. Cutler Bros. A Co.'a, Boston, only gennine. Conundrum for St Valentine's day: , _ Was St. Valentine 'if i A Varnish Maker ? Toe AarKeis. mtw reuk. Beef Cattle Native 09*@ 12* Texas and Cbeiokee.. <3?@ -03 Milch Cows 45 00 @7000 Hogs: Lire 06*@ 06** Dressed 08* @ UftS 8heep 04* @ 05 * Lambs ? @ ? Cotton : Middling..... 13*'@ 13*' Fiour: Western : Good to Choice. 7 75 @ 8 50 8tate: Good to Choice.... 6 05 @6 3-1 Wheat: Red Western . ;... 1 50 @ 1 50 Ho. 2 Milwaukee 1 43 @ 1 44 . Rye: State 88 @ 91 Barley: State 75 @ 86 Barley Malt 1 35 @ 1 25 j Buckwheat 97*@ 1 00 Oats: Mixed Western 89 @ 54 ! Corn: Mixed Western 65 @ 4(5 i Hay, perewt 7 ? @ 80 Straw, per cwt 75 @ 86 i Hops 76's?38 @35 75*8 0< @ 13 Pork: Mess 15 75 @16 80 Lard : City 8team 11*?? 11* Fish : Mackerel, No. 1, new 19 01 @30 00 " No. 3, new 9 50 @10 0J Dry Cod, per ewt. 687*@ 6 0 1 Herring, Scaled, psr box? 15 @ 17 | Petrolenm : Crude 11* @14* Refined. ..36* ; Wool: California Fleece. 30 @ 26* Texas Fleece at @ 25 j Australian Fleece............ 38 @ 41 Butter: State 24 # 25 | Western: Choice 21 @ 22 Western : Good to Prime. 1 ' @ 17 Western: Firkins 12 @ 15 Cheese: 8ta!e Factory 08 @ 13 8tate Skimmed 06 @ 07 Western 08 @ 14* i Eggs: State and Pennsylvania 24 @ $> < The Gospel of Merit Where there is so much riva!r> u in the manufacture of family medicines, he who would succeed must give positive and eonvinc. ing proof of merit. This -wan age of inquiryPeople take nothing for grant*!. They must know the ' tchys" and "wherefores" beforeacknowledging the superiority of one article over another. Among the few preparations that have 'stood the test, those manufactured by It. V. Pierce, M. D., of the World's Dispensary, Buffalo, N. T., have for many years been foremost, llie truth of any statement made ooncerning them can be easily ascertained, for Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and Dr. Pierce's Golden Modioal Discovery are now prescribed by many physicians in curing obstinate cases of catarrh and incipient consumption. The Discovery has bo equal in coring oougha, oolds. bronchial and nervous affections. It allavs all irritation of the mucous membrane, aids digestion, and when used wi h Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets readily overcomes torpid liver and constipation, while the Favorite Prescription has no rival in the field of prepared medicine in curiug diseases peculiar to females. If you wish to " know thyself" procure a copy of "The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser," an illustrated book of nearly 1,000 pages, adapted to the wants of e.crybody. Prioe #1,50, postage prepaid. Address the author, R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y* ^9w GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP, The Most Effectiv External Rembdt Ever Overbid to the PuBUO. Glenn's 8ulphub Soap eons with wondrous rapidity all Local Diseases and Irritation or the Skin, remedies and prevents Rheumatism and Qont, removes Dandruff, Prevents the Hail from Falling Out and Turning Gray, and is the best possible protection against diseases cemmunteatyd by con- * tact r / OoMFLKXIONAL U?W SIS PRMANBNTLY removed by its use, and it exerts a most beautifying in fluen c a upon the face, neoc, arms, and, indeed, upon the entve cuticle, which it endows with RBMAiKAim, pubttt, vainness and softness. This ineifensije and oos sbsuuit SPRCVft BENDERS UNNECESSARY TUB outlay .ttendino Sulphur Baths. It thoroughly disinfects contsminated cluthing and lin?4. < -? PHT8I0LUfB ADVISE r"h TSE ' r ' . . . . 4 Pricea, 25 and 00 Cents >eb Cazb, Peb Box, (3 Cakes,) 00c. n 1 $1.20. 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BlUUM liBLEL s;~33: | Broadway, New York, Manufacturer of StandaiA Amenoan Billiard Tabka. flftistixted Catalo^ia6?,RSi?'E5rr.,sa f*/ Fjras&ttmti&Sm I hat* sold mora dosens of Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup for the paat year than ! hate ?t?t*oM of avfaHUA* . medicine donna the seme lerleth of time. I here oa my twelves thirteen different remedies, comprising ? ' r Evans Mflls,J?fL Co.. N. Y.[t A BOOK for the MILLION. <' MEDICAL' ADVICE Ckae^r, Catarrh, Raptors, Opium Habit, eteu Mfir il iABn-riiAzti.* -n* BLADE Uf iflTED -t HHln Glass Lump Chimneys, Mon.tor 9af?Ay t Surner*, Automatic Extinguishers, Lamp Goods, ate.'; i 1,200 a rear, hotel sadHisiilies asssnsso paid to food men. N9 peddling. No risk. Best selling ?oods " n.^MTltOOll A- C'O.. CINCINNATI. OHIO. Voting America Prew Co., Cs. * *A Mckhay 8T4 Inf Tout. |K& / i jteu?i, IM u ib. . iKi m mjbch jf rseisMt sad best hand and ; dl-faking printing presses. ir* ** ft* FiVB rw> ii?X A *jl l li^ LiLiavI Pfc&ftXXT. ^^fc^JydmMEirlcf tSo. 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