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AGRICULTURE. ]low ro MAKE HENs LAY IN WIN TER.--Having occ8aion recently; to visit a friend in Northern New Hamp shire, who has the reputation of mak ing money through the keeping of hens; I found his method of operations somewhatas follows. The hen-house was in t.he basement of a workshop building, with windows facing the south. The size of the room where the .hens were kept was about fourteen by twenty. Tne fowls were of the Brown Leghorn variety, and numbered about sixty birds. Al though the room seemed small, con siderln the numtber of fowls, yet by means "good ventilation, it answered its purpose well. As we entered the room, the odor of onions attraoted my attention, "Do you give onions to your hens?" I asked. "Yes. Onions make goodgreen food for hens during the winter. As I had a quantity on hand, unti for market, I am feeding them out In this way to good advantage." "Row do you feed your hens during the winter months?', "In the morning I give them a dough made 9t bran and boileI potatoes. At Intervals of two or three days I put cayenne pepper with the mixture. At noon 1 feed such scraps as are left at miy table with baked potatoes. In the evening I give my fowls about two quarts of whole.corn, believing that this grain remains longer in the crop than any ottler. Twice a week I feed them neat. I buy cheap mutton, chop ping up bones and all beore ieeding. Every tay I furnish a supply of pure warn wa;er, also keeping uciore them at all times a pan ui ground oyster shelis." "Do your hens pay you a good profit?" "Alost certainly. The net profits from hens wore tian lPay orr grocer'e bills. Tliere 1s no guess work about thi.s statemveit, as I kep an :xact ac count, showmng the (e19ts and credits in lull detail." WnILE it is highly important that the farmer should provide good food for his horses and cattle, yet it Is equally Importaint that they should be fed regularly, at stated periods. Ani mals an good time keepers: and if the hour passesgatwhich they are common. ly fed,they are apt to make their wanti known; especially ir, this the case of the cow. It is a very hard practice to feed her often and irregularly ; and some farmers have an idea that almost cvery time Ihe harn Is entered the cows slaouild be given hay or fodder, This is a mituake. Tihe great object in view Is to keep the cow quiet and con tented, which can be readily accomp. Ilshed by iegular Iceding, and supply. Ing all the tooe they can eat. It fed In ibis inanier in the morning, the cows will lie down and chew the cud, aid are inot diotled to be announced by the visits o0 any person. In the winter Eeatson,thc secon.d feeding should be about Lwo o'clock in the atterioon, which will aillow them to have fron that time to milking, all they will eat, and giving a feeu of hay when the milking is finished, Tie frst stomach of the cow slould be empty, or almost so, befute m e lood is eaten. A cow cliewing the cud caunot be hungry. This it guinrity a regards leeding should liat wise apply to watering and milking. This regular sy tein ot teed lng applies a tdy as well to pugs and shieep, whlen the latter atre in winter quartets. Animals cain be as easily trained us chahuren, atnd every farmer who bnars this in mind will be amply rewarded by the line appel~aran1ce of Ails stock, anu tne afflection which will be beatow~ed upon hirn by thbem. iot'n 3Itx F~OR Cows.-Somae main taini thiat teedhrg scumr milik to cows affects their butter injuriously, butt we never madie sweeter or nicer butter than we have ben tturnimg out this spring when feeding sour dilk to the cows from whosE tiilk* it was matde. Last spi lng we oid niot Ieed It. but gave each sixteen poundas Of hay anmd three quarts of cats and1( corn-cob taken out -groui:dl together, and thlen the aver~ age yield (ii milk per cow wats from thirteen to fourteen pounds~i per (day3. Since we have been Ieeding the sano amtount of hay, two quarts of oats and corn ground together-cob again takeni out-two quarts of wheat brian andi the sour milk from the hied, and the aveo . age yield( of each per day has been fromi twent3 -one to twenty-two p~otunds of milk-nan increase of (onC-third. Thie cows are tihe sanie as last spriing. wvith the additIon 01f two otherE-one a cow we bought and which is thought no better than the rest, and the oi'er a two year 0oki heifer which gives from twen~ty five to twenty-seven pouinds of' milk per (lay. I dion't expect. the feed~ ing cm sour milk wvill make so much tiillience during the latter pairt of May, June and Jutly, but,, aflter that, expect as great, a diflerence as now. It is entimatedi that by using the sour milk in this way, one eow auore catn be kept for every ten in the herd ; bait on this polr~t I cannot speak definitely. We take our milk -to a creamery, so there is no guess work with regard to the weight. ONEa of the great advaintages of drain ing the soil is 10 insure the free access o1 oxygen. A phmat cannot anly more1 live wihout oxygeni than can 11n ani mal. Oxygen is 0one of the beot fer tilIzers, for by its aetion In the soijgit prepares the mlaerals for food and WELL FED aniinalts liever get lOtuSy. Blriefly described, the topophone con sats of two re~corntors (or aany other . Jund-receiver-O attached to a connect. lng bar or shoualer rest. The sounel receivers are joinied by flexible tubes which unite for p~art of their length and from which ear tubes priotced. One tuibe carries a teleopie device by whieh its length ennii be varied. When the two resonators lace the direction whence a sotind comes, so ama to receive simultameottsly the sameo sonorous Im pulse, and are Jolied by tubes of equal length, the sound waves received from them will necessarily reenforco each other, andh the second will be atigament ed. If, on the contrary, the resonam tor tubes diinrM ini length by hall the wave iltnggih of athe sountd, the impulse from tihe one nleutralizes that fromn the other, and the sound is obliterated. A French Journal is responsIble for the following : During a recent violett storm a young man wvas walking with an unlighted carriage )am pin his hand. Suddenly lbe exper Ienceui a severe shock in h'is arm, and conclud ed that the lighting had either struck him or sonie p)oint very near. liut what was his astonishmnent to find( that his lamp had been lighted I 8eyeral .persons near him witnessed the re mnarkable phenomenon. f'ebacco belongs to the class of narco tic and exciting stimulants, having no focd value whatever. Stimulation DOMESTIO. FooD CuRn.-In no better- way cat good health be preserved or restored a by paying ca'eful attention to diet. Withotit this precaution the best of health may be ruined, and to attempt to regain it by drugs alone is useless; far better in many cases te depend altogethier upon proper food and rest. No ffoubt some need nedi clue, but it is equally necessary that food suitable for the sufferer Phould be restored to. We are not apt to up preciate health as we should until di& ease begins to break down the con stitution, and then once more regain the precious boon. How many dishes in common use ought to be aiscarded from our tables, if we .would not be come acquainted with that unwelcome visitor, dypepsia. I am c9nvinced by observation that many more might be restored to health if nourishing food suitable to their condition, and need. ful rest from work or care were given them, instead ot sluulating the sys tem by exciting drinks and poweriul drugs. Uive nature a chance and she will do much towards repairing the wasted energies, it the kind of lcod is given the case demands. There Is iuct choice Il the xlads of meat and the manner olpreparing them, which we should al ways observe when cook ing ior an invalid guest, or member of tie family. The it ults and vegetables siould also be seclecLt witu great cure, and often it is necessary that soine special disti should be prepared for them. as they are aecessarily he prived (1f so much that otiers Indulge in. We ?ceA uLoro Whan repaid fur Cx tra work wilen we have succeeded in geLting somethling to LempGL tle appe LiLe 01 the sick, with no Uad re suics tv f ollow. (onclovi, (Wis.) Buffal o Co. Herald. Notlons of the First settlers. Mr. W. 11. H, Amidon, one of the first settlers in the town of Gilman town, Wis., and one of the most in. dustrious and hard working men in the country, has been very severely troubled with rheumatic pains during the past few years, so much at times, that lie was disabled from performing manual labor. Learning of the won derful cures effected by the use of St. Jacob's Oft lie procured a few bottles and experienced immediate relief. Many others of our acquaintances haye used it and express themselves as highly gratified, with the relief It has afforded them. This king of medicines can be bought everywhere. MosT of our invalids are such, and millions of more hcalthy people will become invalids. for the want of pay Ing the most ordinary at tentIon to the requitrments of the skin. The menh brane is too often regarded as a cover ing only, instead of' a complicated p)ece of machincry, scarcely second in its texture and stuisitiveness to the ear and eye. hiany treat it wit.i as little reference to its proper functions as if it were nothing better than a bai for their bones. it is t'ils inconsIderation for the skin that is the cause of a very large proportion of the diseases of the world. If, as clal ied by son scien tists, tour-iitchs, in the bulk, of all we cat and drink imust either pass off through the skin or he turned back 11ln the system as poisonl, and that lile depends as Imiuch upon those exhal ations through the skin as upon inhal sng pure air thiroughl the lungs, it must be of thie most vital importance to keep the channel free. STEwKD IJEANs.-SteW slowly a quart of beans addling suflicient salt, unitil they3 are tendler but take care not to break them. Change tihe water twice always addting~ boling water to replace that pouredt off; this greatly swveetens the beans and takes away the strong ilavor. When cooked dIraini ofl the waler and serve on a sidle dish, athuT iug e little butter anld pe~pperl and salt. PLUMr CAxE.--Five cups) of fllour,OneC of butter, two of Sugar, 011e of sour nmilk, oe of molassos, teasp~oont ul of soda; clInnamonl, cloves,alispice,miaco, one or all, as you fancy; on~c-hlalt pound of chopped raisins, or same of Zante currants, two ounces of citron sliced thin, if you like it, but it is very good without. This is a goodl cake, and it wvill keel) moist a long time. CocoAxtrr Purnia.-Take half a pouind of deslcate,i cocoanist anid twvo tickl slices of' bread; put them to in a quart, of milk for two or th ree hours; then add an ounce of buttter, t wo ounces of sugar, the yolks of four eggs, andl a salt-spoontul of salt, beat the whi Ites to a st11 if fot hi; add themi to your puddin1 g anid bake in a hot oven-f'or tihree-quiarters of an hour. Serve iiot. dox.D TUltEY, -- [Preparo your' turkey as for r< aiting; put It in a cloth andt boil itslhowly; if from eight to nine pounds an 1hour andI a half. Th'irowv into the water a few cloves, a little black popper, sweet marjoram and salt. It is to he served with oys ters. bkimn the turkey well while boiling, or it will not be white. Mr. John1I Miller, of 54 West Fifth street, tells us that he was cured by tihe use of St. .Jacob's Oil of a comiplica ted ease of rheumatism of ton years s tandinag. Tuinctan "PII.LAU."-One cup of beef stock, one cup of tomato iulee strained, One cup~ of rice; boil these together twenty minutes; then add half a cup of butter and boil ten mii tes; it must b)e boIled ini an innier kettle or stirrett all time, as it barns eaiy ; the rice must be whole when done, and it is to be0 eateni while it is very hot or itls not good. A Nica CHEAP (LAK.-One cup su gar, half cup buitter, twvo eggs, half cup of milk, One teaspoonful cream tartar, half teaspoon1Iiui soda, 0one cup flour, teasphoontul essence of lemon. iieat thoroughly. GIxoicn COOKtis-One 'cup sugar, one of butter, one or molasses, one iab'esponful k lager, one of eilnamon and two tabiaspoon fitli saicratus, dir solved in threce tablespooniuls hot water. Bake quickly. I F you wanit good starch, mix it with cold1 water; add1( bolling water until it thickens, then addi a dl sert-spoonrul of sugar and a small 1p1ece of butter. Th'lis makes a stiff and glossy fibh, eqlual to thue laundry. MOUNTAIN CA K I.- One cup of sugar, two eggs, halt clip butter, half cup of milk or water, two of flour, teaspoon fiul cream tartar, half teaspoonful soda, nutmeg. Turn oldest friends are to-day the staunchest friends of D~r. Bull's Cough Syrup. TIhey have proven Its great worth in all cases of Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Tickhng in the Tfhroait Irritation of the Bronchial Tubes anti Lngs o. t HUMOROUS. Tax propileter ot a.$ashionable res taurant was found, the other evening, sighing mournfully, and ready, appa rently, to burst into tears. "What's the matter?" ask his cus. tomers who happen to come in the time. ."Ah, gentlemen, matter enough. Fur persons went away without pay ing, after dining sumptuously.'' "That's bad, but don't take on so about it." "Ah, it's not for myself that I grieve. I am rich. I can stand it. But it is for my waiter, my poor wait er, the father of a tamily, whose place is his only support. It is he who Is obliged to stand the loss." As a medical pratitioner was visit ing at a colliery village not many milst. from West Calder he was accosted by an elderly woman desirous that he would come in aud see her husban d, who was unwell. The doctor obeys d the call, and, on enterlag, asked in a tirm voice, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" The wife answered "It's the guldman ttiat's been very bad a' niclit." The doctor went to the bed, stood silence for a few ininutes holding him by the arm, then asked the pa tient, "Do you think you could swal low a pill?" "Weel, Doctor, I dinna ken; but I can swallow a tattle." SoME time ago a character, of which there are so many in Newburyport, went Into a rum shop and called for a quart of rum. It was poured Into a two-quart Jug, which he produced, wheni he cooly told the barkeeper to charge it. ".Not much," said the man of stimu lants; I'll take It b.ack." "All rIght, then," said the bummer, "but be careful ani take only a quart, for I've got ano-iher quart in there." The barkeeper poured out a quart, and was sa.lalied; so was the custoin er. The other quart was water, and the stimulaut was ready mixed for drinking. A TEACHER In a Galyeston Sunday school wishing to Imhpress 111s 0i ass with the necessity of fa~ith, ak ed the class: "Why (id Moses lift up the serpent in the wiIlderne.s?"' But one In Lihe class knew, and he answered: "Moses lifted 16 upbecauic he kiiey it coulun't bIte.'' It was the same youth who said the Jews made a golden calf because they didn't have gold enough to make a whole cow. nogus Certmacatos. It Is no vile drugged stuiff, pretending to be made of wonderful foreign roots, ha. ks, &-., and puffed up by long bogus certiffeates of preten-led mir reu lous cures, bit a S11m1)10, pure, iYU rtive iedicine, made of well known valua ble remedies, that furnishes Its own certifleates by its cureq. We refer to Uop Bitters, the purest and best of nedloines. S3'eo anor.hor coliimn.--Re publieun. A FAiR young mother, with a crying babe In her arms, sat in a Western stage coach. On the opposite seat was a prominent polllan of engaging man ners. By and hy he said: "Let me holi vour baby; perhaps I can soothea him." ''Oh, no, I am much obliged; you couldn't help mue any," was the answer. ".But," he persistedl, "you had( better let me try." "You are very kind, but I know you couldn't help me, for lie Is hungry," replied the blushing mother. A CHSINAMAN in Weathervihie 'Cal., wh ose life was insured for a large ammounn, was seriously hurt by falling from a wagon. There was some doubt of' his ever getting better,and at length< one of his friends wrote to the insur- I antce company, "Charley hul' dead, like half money.'' "Do you want to kill the chilud ?" excliaimi a gentleman as he saw a boy tip the baby out of its carriage on the wvalk. "No, not quite," replied the boy ; "but if I can get him to bawl loud enough, mother will take care of him wh he I go andi wade in the ditch wvit~h Johnny Bracer." A G ALNESTON man recently had a p~air or panits built for him. When 130 tried them on lie found them very< light, an-d lie complained to the tailor. "Ca,,'t help it. Th')at's tihe fashion now. You muist keep up with the times.'' "'how the mischief can I keep up with anythinig ini p-ints that are so tight that I enn't walk a step ?" TrrE soft and silky appearance given to the hair by the use of Carboline, the natural hair restorer and dressing, as now improvetd and per fected, Is the I subject of gener'al remark by all whio I have witnessedl Its eflectsq upota the huip'an head. Sold by all dealers In drugs. Two country fellows stepped before the window of a liat store anid viewed with admiration a hat having a little mirror at the bottom. "Why do they put a looking glass at the bottom of the list?'' asked one, ''So the man that buys it can see whether It fIts him," irepliedl thme other. A GALVESTON <iarac~y rushed Into a doctor's ofiee and brea .hiessly exciiil m ed : "Comen on, doctor, right off': Dar is SOmebody in my hotuse who is an awful fix-laid up In bed a groamin' and a-g roanin'." "Who is it?"' "It's me. Yeor see, boss, I didn't hab no body to send, so I come myself." A VERY neat definition of the word "suisieon" wrs that givoen by a Jeal onis hus~band : ''A suspicion is a feel ing that 11mpe)01 you to try mand find out, somiethilng that you don't w anit to know. WHERN a Chicago iittle boy is had his n-amma orders him to stand ini the coi ner lie edges towvard time door, andl re marks: "Sty, ma,ls it a corner in lard er a corner i'i pork ?" YEGETrNE.-For eradicating all im.. purities of the blood from the system, it has no equal. It, has niever failed to effect a cure, giving tone and strength to the system dlebilmtatedI by disease. A YoUiio moan sent 60 cent s to a firm that adivertised1 a recipe to prevent had( dreams. lbe receivedl a all) of paiper on which was written, "IDoi't go to sleep." ONE who has had exp~ereliice says when a man has to hang on to a street car strap for nearly un hour lie relizes honi trying Is the position of anm up righit man. IF natiie puts a wart on a man's nose it Is placedl where she wants it., anmd not whlere it will help hold his sp~ectacles. ITuE railroad flagman does a flour 4 Dead from Homesolkness. A simple and-touchink story is that of the young Swiss peasant girl, Pau line Fuchs, who died recently; and it would be an idyl, but that the ideals of the books have in them neither sor row nor death. At noon the city "dead wagon" brought her body to the Morgue, and in lifting it out the cover slipped from the rough pine box. The face revealed was a pleasant one, handsome still, but if ever beautiful, so nto longer. A brief Inquest showed nottilng except that she was found lead in her bed, and that, according to the testimony of her cousin Maria, she died of longing for her home in Bwiss mountains. The little story which the girl, like III girls, kept concealed in her own heart Is so simple that it is almost com mionplaee-would certainly become .ommenplace had it not an endirg so sad. She lived with the family of a :istant relative, all crowded together in two little rooms over a shop. After ily two weeks of America she died. She was born near the town of Ei aoldelo. Her fattier was a simple pea isant, whose mind was bound up in his "ountry and his religion, and this girl was his only child. She was spoled uid petted, having everything her )wn-way until she was eightieen years )ld, when sie met a young man nam )d Henry B.%umgartner who though >nly a mechanic appeared a prince to 'he peasant girl. Of course, she loved 1dm, and also, as a matter of course, [ier father wonld not let her marry im, for the Fuchs family had always been Catholics, and Baumgartner was heretic. in spite of the prohlibithn she set her heart on marriage, and last klarch had perfected her plans toelope with her lover, but on the very day set her rather found her out and thwarted f her. She was closely watched after -this, and the young man was forbiU :on the house. Pauline pined and was aullen. She alarmed her father by threaten- I lug to run away to America, wheie Nlary Fuchs, her cousin and friend, had caine a few months before The tireat was constantly repeated, until it last, when two niontlis ago her fath r's cousin, his wife and six children, rnade up their minds to come to New York, he told her to with them. She % was unwilling to leave home, but too I proul to stay, Eo, taking tier little itock of clothing and ner dead mo ther's crucifix, she started on her long ourney across the seas. At Havre they took steerage passage )n the steamer Canada arriving In astle Garden three weeks ago; re naining there a few days they came ,o St. Louis, where Mary Fuchs and ier brother- had been living since l)ril. Mary is lfixen haired and rosy ,heeked. She wts overjoyed to meet ier friend Pauline, who seemed equal y pleased to sec her, and who was for hie first week ch~erful. Th'len she be a, to long for Svitzerland, and the3 tolor left her chetk. Mary was her oom mate, both sleeping together ont I "pallet'" made mn the floor in the oomi, and to her~she confided her de- '( Ire to return. 'f will die here'' she. aid simply. WVten another member f the family askal the cause of her ~ hanged demeanft, she rep~lied "My ecart hurts ime.' Tils was5 all sh~ eyer bald on the ubject until she grew so sick that hey begged her to go to bed. She vould not, persil.ing still that there vas nothinug the piatter. In the even ng she says to Maria Fuchs, her cous n : "1 want to g~ back to Elnseldelo; must go back, for I can not live |( eore."'I t She went to slop on the floor, and t t 3 o'clock the following morning herr ousin heard tier moaning. When they |t vent to her, she persisted that she l vas not s'ck, and so they left her. Th'e next morring when Mary awoke he girl had becet dead for an hour. ['ho policeman teld the coroner, who, 5 they were too poor to give the un ortunate girl decent burial, ordered le body carried to the Morgue. "ie died of homesicknesa, because lie was ont of sight or tihe meun ains,'' insists her cousin. WILL the world ever come to an end, >r will an end come to the world ? NATU S R1EME Y TiaE C-REAT BLOO0 Pusnca 'WILL CUR E scrofutia, re ofalons fun, cancer, Caincer,us~ li tinir. Erysi peliss. Can-j ker, Malt Itaesses. F'n ltaso Hu-l i 3norV ON the lace, conagla ad liluraslgia, iDyspepsia, Pains in the Side. C'ontetipation. Cog. iiveness, les Dialznesm, Head acthe, Nervosamnnen, l'a.ins in ime hhack, Fainitnern. at the Stunt achS, sudnley 4enmnIaints, Feunsle Weaknewa ad 4Aenerai DebIlity. This preparation Is sctentinically and chomi "allv combilned, and so strongly Concentrated fromn roots, herbs anid baryks, ihat itsa good et. IL'ue. aro m eah,'. I imediaieiy ater commnene. ing to tatio it. There Ia no diseaset- the naumam iy.sIem for which the Vcgetlne cannot be used with perfect Saifety, a it, Idoes0 not, conltatln rny ruinalli compjoun'd. For eradieatiag the iy.nI om of ail limpariles of the blood It has no :tqial. i1, hast nieve, ranehid to effeOct a cure, giv. Int tone anad strenigt a to t-le system-r debhitated b~y diseasits 118wondeFti effe5m, upon the comn 'i11 ii nmi are surpi lIng to0 all. Mauy have eneuredl by the VegetI ie Lih at have tried maniry otnier rem. dies. It, can wveH be called TIlE (OREA T BLOOD) PURiFIER. D~r. WV. Ross WVrites: SCIROF'UI.A, LItvER O3IrlaiNT. .UYsi'eA, i(HUiu AMATISMt, wx8AKNIss, ii. Ti. DrxfVRN5, Boston: I hiave been11 lradft lsng me-d icno for 25 years, Andi 1as a rt medy for Se' olula, Liver Complaint., lDyipepsia, Rumratism, weakness, andi all d1is. )215la (of th1e bloid, I ha.o n ever founct its equail, I lave 8 1,1 v..gei inn aor i years and have nover itaid (on1 bott. ie retuarned. I would heartily re-. 30mnrid It. to those in need of a 1bio ad paurifiP Sept. is, is%9. W lton, Iowa. VEGETI NE, PUsPAitD BT II. II STEVENS, lloston, Mams. Vegetino is Sold by all Druggists. unsa To All Our rirends. Having had -numberless Inquirtes fox advertislg cards from ladies in all parts of the country who are interest. %in the prevailing fashion of making Card Collections," we are havid printed for them a set of seven beaut ful cards each in six colors and on a gold background, in the very hIghest dgree of art, illustratingSbakspeare's "Seven Ages of Ian," We have spared no expelse in these cards-they are simply little art gems. Our only aim has been to publish the finest cards yet shown. Applications [or them have come In so rapidly that nearly the whole edition is enga-ged before the receipt by us of the cards from the artist. We have therefore been odliged to adopt the.following plan for the dis tribution of the remainder: No more of the gilt Shakapeare cards, seven in the series, will be s9nt excepting upon the receipt of a statement from a grocer that the person applying for the eards has bought of film on that day at least seven bars of Dobbins' Electric Soap, with price paid for same. All apply Ing in this manner toill receive the lull set of seven cards gratis by mail. This will insure us that our friends and pa trons get their share of these beautiful designs, although it in no manner re pays us for the costof the cards, Your. grocer has the soap or will get it, atnd tue purchase by you of seven bars of it at one time will secure for you gratis seven really beautiful cards. Thi soap improves with age, and Is an article of neuessity in your house every week. Thereiore you are not asked to buy a useless article, but one that you must have anyway. Please send us your applicat-on at once, and tell your lady friends making "Card Collections," to [o the same. Grocers do ',oc have the Dards to deliver. Buy the soap of them, Bend us their bill, and too wlii mail you ite cards free. Yours respeutfully, I. L. CuAaGM & Co., 110 South 4:;b Street, Phuadelphia, Pa. P. 8.-Ladies not wishing to buy leap ban get the cards by remitting ost price, 25 cents. Many manufactures of roaping ma ,hines are trying to substitute twine or Wire In binding sheaves of wheat nd other cereals. In addition to the act that a royalty has to be paid on he patent for binding with wire au ,omatically, the use of wire is alleged o be objectionable for the following easons among others: When It gots to the thresher It breaks the teeth mid renders the machine useless; small )ieces of wire with needle points attach hemselves to the straw, and have )ierced the Intestines of auIlmals who iave eaten of the straw, causing their leath ; several fires in mills have been 6ttributed to sparks thrown of! by the ontact of the millstones with the wire; hen the straw is used to make paper, he pulp has been rendered useless by he presence of particles of wire, and arge magnets have been required to liminate them. It is intimated that far ners will require on an average two iundred pounds of hemp or .tax twine, he cost of which would be abo-it $40, ir one-half the cost of wire, To bind vheat would require three feet of wine to a sheaf, 160 feet to a bushel of ;rain, or for the whole crop raised last rear in the United States 50,000 tons >f hemp, which could be made into a ord long enough to girdle the earth en times. It is suggested that if twine ome luto general use as a binder, the armers, especially in Kentucky and [Issourl, who have been raising hemp *nd flax principally for the sced, would e able to dispose of the stocks also. ~here are now ten factorIes in this otatry devoted to thme making of wine, but their capacity Is less than lhe amount of iwine that would be re *uired for the full crop of wheat. PUBIrr the blood by cleansIng the system of oul humora, and by giving strengthi to the ver kidne and bowels to perform their eaular fun'ctions. Kidunoy-Wort wIll do It. V'itness. It has been found necessary to begin he formation of a new entrance to he Mont Cenls Tunnel oni the French ide. The former entrance showed langerous signs of sinking. Captain Latoson, when in New kuinea, fouand that Mount Hercules was 42,'786 feet high. It ais calo ula Ion is correct that mountain must be iken, in the absence of other and more accurate determinations, to be he highest in the world. B e STOMACH SITTERS Invalids wvho have lost, but, are recovering vitat ittamnia. dteclara in gr .teful terms them upp~reciam Ion of tue merits as a tonic of ilostet. r er's stomach Hitters. No, only does It Impart :t.r ngth to tihe weak, it corrects an irreg star itcidsmateoof the 5'omachs, makes the bowels lct at proper intervals, gives ease to those whO umiTfor tromt rheotmati sand kidney troubles, anil ornqueraq as wvell ats prevents fever and agnoe. For sate by alt Druggists and Dealers generally. Electricity & A bsorption ~ Combined ost ilarhood ane i .rln g h p e i n r stoe t o a e t~ gor a, onto nih i ek once the seal of dis~ease. Do not - ' whprchase any old-tyte 32 ati proved for 3s.oo. "lectrio $777A rJAn expen a LITU three-year old Mabel was tucked up snugly at night with many injunctions not to disturb ber brother in a neighboring crib, under penalty. The reminder not being sufficient, the door was temporarily closed, with the desired effect. After a seemingly lengthy interval of stillness, her pa tience being evidently exhausted, a little voice piped out of the darkness, "Mamma l did you hear me keep 'kiet?" Set back 4 Years. I was troubled for many years with Kidney Complaint, Gravel, &o,; my blood became thin; I was dull and In active; could hardly crawl about; was an old worn out man all over; could gst nothing to help me, until I got Hop Bitters and now I am a boy again. My blood and kidneys are all right, and I am as active as a man of 80, although I am 72, and I have no doubt it will do as well for others of of my age. It Is worth a trial.-( Wa ther.)-Storday Meroury. "RUTHERFORD I" "Yes, my dear." "Have yoti packed the ice pitcher ?" "Not yet, love." "Then pack it at once, I'm afraid the incoming Admin istration may want to borrow It, and I desire to take the emblem of our greatness home.'" "No fear, my dear, the incomilg Administration will want a decanter, not an Ice pitcher."' Tu. ladies who sometime since were unable to go out, having taken Lydia R. Pinkhan'p Vegetable Compoundare quite recovered, and have gone on their way rejoicing. IF she's got to talk slang a Boston girl will redne and beautify it. The proper caper becomes the appropriate -gyration; bang up Is front hair ele vated; tumbling to the racket Is fall ing to the audlble disturbance; and a Equare deal 18 a quadrilateral distribu tion. Oh, refinement is a great thing. Oh, yotl wager your exIstenid that it is IRS. LYDIA E. PINKHAM, OF LYNN, MASS., LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S VEGETABL7 COMPOUND. Is a Positivo Cure for all thome Painiul omplaints and Wenknesses so common toour=bt femulo populutieln. It will Cure entirely the wont form of umalo Com plaints, all ovarian troubles, Infnlamation and Ulcra tion, Falling anhd Displacenments, and4 thme consequent Spinal Weakness, and 1s particularly adaptod to the Change of Life. It will dissolve and expel tumors f rom tho uterus in na early stage of development. The tendency to can citrous humors there is checked verymsenwy b~y lt. use. It removes faintness, flatulency, destroys all craving for stimulants, and relieves wealkness of the stomach. it cures hloating, Ueadachos, Nervous Prostration, General Debility, Sleeplesness, Depression and Indi gestlon. That feeling of beaaing down, causing pain, weight and backache, is always pormraently cured by its usc. It will at all timneo and under all cIrcumstances act in harmeny with the laws that govern the female system. For the cureof lnlilney Compints of either sex this Oompound is unsurpassed. LYDIA E. PINKWAM'S VEoETABLE COM POUND is prepared at 233 and 2zL Westurn Avonue, Lynn, Mass. PrIcs $1. Rix bott los for$',. Sent by mail in the form of pills, also in the form of lozenges, on receipt of price, at por box for elither. Mrs. Plnkham froelyanswers all let ters of inquiry. Send for pamph. lot. Address as above. Mencnths Ihf Jper. No family should be without LYDIA E. PINKIIAM's LIVElR PILL. They care constipation, bIliouness, and torpidity of the liver. 25 cents per hex. sw Sold by all Drugglats. -19 The OiMedicine That Acts at the Same Thus en The Uver, the Bowels and the Kidneys. These great organs are the natural cleans ers of thie system. If they work well health will ho perfect;s if they become elogd, dreadful diseases are sure to fellow wita TERRIBLE SUFFERINO. Elllousness, Headache, Dyspepsi a, Jaun dice, Constipation and Files, or Eid aey Complaints, Gravel, Diabetes, or Rheumatic Pains and Aches, ar deveo ad becaus the blood is poisoned expelled naturally. iIDNIVYWORLT wfil restore the healthy action and all these then and you will live bnt to softer.I elc - Thousands havebeen cured. Try itbndyon wlli.add one more to the nmnbe r. Take it and health wiliC icemoregladden your heart. Wy sfeiese fem thestemeslteasAiabiag bnek 19 bearashdisrsafrom~easimaikaadPiil KrWNRYwouT will enure you. Try a pack age at once and be satinsd It is a dry Ocgetabl. composnd and One Packagemakesaix quartsof Medlelno. Y1 our DruggIst has it, or totfl getisr or flyou. Inist UPOn haOPlIrg it. .Pried. $1.00. F * WILs, mennRDOn A o., l'ropi., U ii iel<w ak--da a n o lwet.,v. ene by te sts'ain of toratoiling ovrnre stimlA?gtean CiUSo tore rainnerveand Hop asitters, waste, use H op B. dIscyre youn a ffmlerin from any in rior ingle, oi or -ungat mnirrn fro ness, rely on gO P Bftters. whenever caunallyfrosa sonic itorHstiop .tn aebe Hprevters nave you dysa. Erlia,$$f . D. .0O. plf t ech~, an~ ir esis i Hop Dtterc narcotics., Jyon arsim thi by drug. owsjZiritedry NEVER *( rm-m dfor smR vo o u r1 noP nrrrrns iif. t has ll'g'o Co., oaved hun- te.eir, Ii. v. drede. ..-... nm~~ $999 M*" an exp"m".* ~ ui IDENET nEA U as tasasas ai all paWs ofte omt I GREAT QERMAN REMEDY FOlR RHEUMATIBE, NEURALGIA, SCIATIOA, LUMBAGO, BACKACHE, SORENESS or 211111 CHEST, ji" SORE THROAT, 4GRIilDiIb~ QUINsY, h 0,i0 SWELLINGS UfiEIIbI AND SPRAINS, FROSTED FEET ill. AND EARS, AND Gne3lo0M1y Palh, TOOTH, EAR P0111 AND l HEADA0HE, AND ALL OTHH PINS No Preparation on earth equals Sr. Otr l o t a 1'.th coprtil gritl!,iy of "Om~s, andeey one suffering with ain can have heap and positve pofof is o~lame' DIIREC-lONS IN ELEVEN LANGUAGES. SOLD BY ALL DRUlGGISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE. A. VOGELER & 00. B"altinmore, 2d., TU. 8. A. MUSIC BOOKS For SCHOOLS. ~~~IS Bels '60cts,) Thell latest book for Song Bels, bmmon Schools. By L. 0. Emer.-on. Has a g eat varloty of clioerrul, ge. nial, musical songs, such as to girli and boys must ikTe, and also a good Elementary Cour.e. Among our older find standard 5011001 song Books 'hat are still favorite and in constant (temanit. we mention Wit i.poor-wi11 (0c.; MockI lu ird, (Mic.) and Goldens R1obin. (Sue.) all by W. U. Perkins. Welcomo Chorus. , o r for t schoolS, Academies and Seminailes By W. 8. Tildon. Is of the beat cliaranter. and well fitted to follow tho.e most successful books, tbhe litgla Sheboal Choir ($I). and the lleur of blsginig ($1). bo h by Kmnerson and Tilden. and the Laucrel Wrenth ($1), by W. 0. Per. kine. We ams ir.entiori Eseranna's tar. etes nnd Clioruises for Mailo Voices (6c.). jus out, ai a good boo ior practice in Uiglh School.4, Avademics and Colleges. OPERETTAS AND CANTATAS FOR 841100L EXIII1fTIONS. Coronation, (60 eta.) Culprit Fay. ($11 Fairy lirital, k50 ots.) Flower Queen, (new, To c.) Guirdai Angel, (ou ets.) Ilour in Fairv Land, (W0 ets.) Miracle of loses, (GO ets.) Little Bo Peep, (60 eta ) it mud Irving, (60 eta.) New Year's Eve (60ets.) Threo Little Kittens, (60 eta.) Quarrel among Flowers. (V Cta.)8p11ng Holiday, (60cts.) and nderella, ( 0 Ots.) are all lively and pretty Cantatas. Any book malled, post-tree, for retail price. Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston. J. 10. D1TSON & 00.1228 hestnut St.. Phila. YOU CAN BUY THE BLATCHL.EY PUMP Unlnael,or with Copper, Poreinin,or Iron Lining.. Each one mtenciled with mly Dnt s manufacturer is warranted in material and con structlon. For sle by the beat hotuses In the trade. l'f you do not know where to get this pump, write to me as below, and I will send name of aget nearest you, who will supply you CHAB. 0. BL ATCHLEY, Manufacturer, __ 808 Market St., Philadelphia,'Pa. ENCYCLOPAEDIA IThi Is the ch'opt trteand on aspete and roll hew tolooccaallns. *fAdMN~T8ND.-S8end for circnlar.scantata ~iant. AdrssNnATIONAI r BI tNermste LL EN's Bralia Food cures Ner'ous 1illi A an d Weaknes, of Generavera -- ~TOCJG ME Learn Tlmraphyl IEarn *o to ' oe. Address VLENTIN a, liBS.. Janosl.'ie EPLYMENT-fr."%m T1, adAae .S mpromptly pgid. LA a coaos sore **. Osnaelnnasg~ Sub-kBass and Oct-Coupler, sea41, saa, SOA5 6715, p100, #120 o,kU mmcli ri. S PIAi aN *8tr an p| w U mta Agu e Ns VA TED. New OT. L. WAIlERS, 1East 14th Street,, N. Y. These answering an Aaertaeuenn eml oonfer a raor upon the Advertlser andth Publieher bystating that they saw the adver. tiensant In thlsennvaa ifemam,.. ,a e ,tVe~ AgenWnneds$aa md iCAE. ,We~g,mtoej)b. Itetal JJOUAIo iuALM Co.. ii,anti * 0.i SiioBretch Loai l aup a Doubie Danot Breekh Load... at $20 up. ~XE~esm Beelioft n g uns lies and u t~sfm nc ap e rea emt ern de (Inrs e t. EGIN WATHES~ All at les, (aid, Silver and N fe to *I1 J hains eta. sen 0 .e 0., ittabrgh, Pa. t t ~ i p o ~ i l ~ s 5e A I fo n th a n d E x p a e s CONSTIPATION *es a ND ils Potij .ES. sev, n natua ao th wtsasem,.san n ossn