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^ FOR THE FAIR SEX. i ?0 Ccnrting jn the Last Century. " The History of Women," an Engf.. lish work, published in 1779, details various methods of courtship then practiced in some of the European colonies of America. It has this curious statement, which beaux and belles \vi41 find it difficult to believe: " When two Pennsylvania lovers meet with any remarkable opposition from their friends they go off together on horseback, the lady riding before and the gentleman behind her. In this situation they pre sent themselves before a magistrate, to whom she declares that she lias run away with her lover and has brought him there to be married. So solemn an avowal the magistrate is not at libt erty to reject, and they are married accordingly." \ T* il!o<l hv Mrs. Marston, during the absence of her husband, was doing the week's family washing'in the back kitchen of their, home, near Galena, when she heard a great noise among the pigs in the yard. Opening the door she saw a large black bear trying to walk oil with one of the pigs. The other pigs : had climbed out of the pen and scattered in every direction, and two large dogs that had been out on several: P?" bear hunts stood at a safe distance, perfectly cowed. Mrs. Marston rushed for the boiler of scalding water, which she emptied upon the head of the bear while it was trying to retain hold on the pig. . Her daughter attacked the bear with an ax and the two dogs came to their support. Mrs. Marston i ^ - does not know how it occurred, but in j five minutes the bear was dead, with a j dozen deep gashes from the ax in its head and shoulders, its hide nearly j peeled off by the scalding water, both j |&7 of its eyes scalded and closed, and the ; ?v7 dogs hanging to it. That night the old j " - man was asked if he would have pork i p^.. chop or bear steak, and coiudn t make it out until the affair was described.?Wood River Times. Moorish Women's Garments. La Saison in a recent issue says : <11 The Moorish women appear in the streets entirely enveloped in a number of wide mantles, made of light woolen ; material or of a thinner white texture ?the so-called Haiks?which cover m the head and the whole body; the j faces are deeply veiled. The costume permits as little of the figure being seen as the veil does of the features. The appearance of the Moorish women 5 inside their houses is quite different. ; There their figures are to be seen after xi i i ? I : ,i ~ du-s .3 iney xicivu luiu. <ibiue me x.uuh.b uuu veil. The principal characteristics of ; this costume are the wide, bunched-; out drawers, generally white, and on j . which the rich women are fond of I expending very much stuff, so that j sL this article of clothing looks like a I skirt reaching to the feet. The chemise, j consisting of raw silk or tulle j (black being the color generally chosen, j in order to show off alight complexion, j while women with dark skin wear j white culle), is perfectly transparent; | the wide sleeves are hemmed with red j silk inside. They wear a long, sleeve- j less jacket over the chemise, with flow- i ers woven in and trimmed witn gold embroider}* and buttons. A sash is worn round the jacket, of straw-colored yellow silk, very much embroidered with gold, which resembles the scarfs ; worn by rich Jewesses on festal occa-! sions. Long, fine silk threads hangj down at the ends. The hair is hidden j under a silk handkerchief interwoven | with gold, so that only small plaits are i visible at the back of the neck. Bright | colored materials are generally chosen j for these, handkerchiefs. The fore- j head is adorned with a silver orna- j ment. Inclosing the oval-shaped face, ? ?like a frame, is a chain of gold and sil r~ * Jjf other. Chains, coins and strings of | pearls, of .cn of a very costly kind, ! cover the n^ck and breast in a very ex- i ?... travagant manner. Shoes without; ||p:. heels are worn over the bare feet or | -white stockings; they are rounded off in front and made of yellow or red j leather. Fashion Notes. ?Mahogany-red gloves are much worn. In feathers there is a never-ending variety to select from. White costumes of red corduroy repped plush are exhibited. Elastic cloth, or stockinet, is sold by the yard for bodices and jackets. Kensington embroidery in silk and chenille is seen upon new felt hats. A novelty in silk-backed velvet is ; the revival of the old-fashioned green. j Flounces of black Chantilly lace are j revived by elderly ladies for full-dress j toilets. Xew satins are brocaded in lace; effects in black and white on grounds ' of color. Long, plainly made redingotes, I trimmed with "braiding, are in high j fashion. Dark repped overdresses are worn j with plush or velvet skirts?bright colors are more fashionable than som- j Via*. 0V1 17-1 ffiic -for>/>tT c+T*lo nf ctroot ' oiiau^k? tuio XUUV^T ijssj V*. uva vw j toilet. There are many very odd designs in ! winter dress goods. Threads of yellow j are so interwoven in plaids that a bronze tint appears to overspread the | pattern. Jersey wool gloves very long and without buttons are made in all shades j ' to match cloth dresses, and are so well! shaped thut they fit the hand as neatly as Suede kid gloves do. Old-fashioned fabrics are being re- j vived. Delaine, alpaca and lady's cloth j are coming to the front again, though I +nrA orn fAA liorlr I VJUXs UlOV W ?T V ca V WW AA.AV.VfcW'.u-tvwAjr ever to come into high favor. The hats shown for children are ex : - ceedingly pretty, the gay colors of the ^ ' day being peculiarly appropriate for |CP them. Plush and velvet divide favor -with the felt beavers, which have bebecome standard goods for winter wear. Brown and Pompeiian red are very popular colors for bonnets. Brown Sicilienne and red velvet are folded together for trimming fine felt bonnets, and there are three short ostrich feathers of these colors forming a panache on the crown. Broad - brimmed picturesque hats : laden with ostrich plumes are worn by ; young ladies because their coquettish I curves and waves are far more be-; coming than the newer but stiff gk__ masculine hats with close bands and short game feathers. There is a preference for having the upper part of the costume of some plain material, with a dimask or brocade of large scroll or horal patterns for the skirt. Genoa velvets, plush and brocatelles make handsome skirts ; for plain Indian cashmere Dooices ana i plaited tunics. The tasteful fancy at present for i house dresses is also an economical one, j P as it consists of a jacke* of one color I # with skirts, of another. Thus a dark ' wine-colored or an electric blue basque of cashmere or cloth may be worn with ! & , black skirts, colored skirts of silk or of ! wool, and also with the dark plaid jagsjgrSome of the gray felt hats have high Vns surrounded by wide folds or a ?|lli|Sr^le band.of colored velvet, as Arab;-; Jgf ^telegraph-blue, sage or mignonette, sf&qp:j-sen. These are' plain or richly; forked with gold cord. The plumes correspond with the color of the felt. Iglaps Very large felt round hats are massed with not only a thick panache of os-, fcTMT txich feathers, Dut aiso long, graceim, || phimes that pass around the crown and j MfejaH low behind, i HKl. ' ; v? TKa /rrnof nr nnmVi/ki* r\? or?11 ??c QTirl J, AIV- UUUIMV* V/i. U?iVk wraps this season are shorter than tho.se of last year, or else longer in J front and shorter at the back, to admit j of the crinoline, which, despite the I "ridicule it meets with, is really re- j quired to support the full and increasing draperies of the skirt. Satin velvet, j broche and matelese are quite the most ! fashionable materials for autumn ; mantles, these being trimmed with : full ruches, quillings, cascades of black lace, jetted or plain, and ribbon bows of moire or satin. The severe English styles adopted j for street toilets should tind favor j with people of small means, because { they dispense with elaborate trim- j mings, and aro of such simple designs j that they can easily be made at home; j indeed, nothing detracts so mucn irom ; what is now considered good style as the meaningless and fussy additions third- i rate dressmakers put on street cos- ! tuines with the avowed purpose of ' making them "more dressy." It is in ; their plainness and their tine tit that i their beauty lies, and all the outlay of ! money should be put in the fabric and i in the workman shin that srives neat- i ness of finish.?Harper's Bazar'. ?? Sliopkeeping in the White Honse, Etc. j The following amusing anecdotes j of the late President Lincoln's young- j est son, " Tad," are taken from Noah j Brooks' sketch, entitled "A Boy in the j White House," in St. Nicholas. Mr. \ Brooks was President Lincoln's pri- j vate secretary at one time, and a great i friend of his mischievous son: Mingled with his boyish simplicity, | Tad had a great deal of native shrewd- ; ness. The White lit use was infested j with a numerous horde of office-seek- ' ers. From day to day these men j crowded the corridors leading to the j President's office. Sometimes they ; were so numerous as to line the halls j all the way down the stairs. It was j nnt. Ion cr hpforft Tad found out what i this assemblage meant, and it then be- : came one of his greatest diver- ! sions, when other resources j failed, to go around among | the office-seekers and sympathetically ! inquire what they wanted, how long ! they had waited, and how much longer I they proposed to wait. To some he ! gave good advice, telling them to go home and chop wood for a living. Others he tried to dismiss by volunteering to speak to his father in their behalf, if they would promise not to come again. Many of these people were at the White House for weeks and even months, never missing a day, unless rw* 1 Aoyn orl +1* > f f S a OT*i t. WflC Allf*. 1u(u ixv^va wucfcc %tllu a. iwmvuv vt iv*r vv?w of town or otherwise absent from the house. Tad levied tribute on the men whose . faces he had learned to know. Once he mounted guard at the foot of the staircase and compelled every passenger to pay an admission fee of five cents?"for the benefit of the sanitary fund," as he explained. Most of the visitors took it in good part, and some of the fawning creatures, glad of an opportunity to earn the good-will of the little fellow, paid their way with a j "stamp" of some considerable value. I This venture was so successful that ! Tad resolved on having one of the san- I v-r- ca milMl I itaivv laxio unvii >?\s uiuvu I in vogue all over the country. He j placed a table in the grand corridor or j entrance hall of the "White House, | stocked it with a few broken toys, some purchases of fruit, sundry ar- J tides of food begged from the family ; pantry, and a lot of miscellaneous odds I and ends contributed by admiring i friends. Before night the sanitary j fair of the "White House was closed j out. Xo man who looked as if he had j money in his pocket was permitted to j pass into the house that day without j first buying something of Master Lin- | Com^s^jLA^trau^ ehed him soon after to branch out 111 i i a larger speculation. Having saved up 1 quite a sum of pocket money, he i bought out the entire stock of an old ] woman who sold apples and ginger- i bread near the treasury building. A pair of trestles and a board, extorted 1 from the carpenters employed on the < building, gave the young merchant his : counter, and he set up his shop in the I I grand, historic portico of the White \ i House, much to the horror of some i I of the eminently respectable people i I who passed by and beheld this most un- j ' dignified proceeding. Before noon | I almost every office-seeker who entered j 1 had bought a luncheon, under com- i i pulsion, from the alert your.g shop- 1 keeper, who drove a brisk trade as long j3 * * - -1 - ? - ?i. - J TTTt 1 A I . as nis gooas iastea. vvueu j.ita nau i i sold out all he had to sell a goodly lot j I of the fractional currency of those ; 1 times was stuffed into his pockets, his i 1 hat and his little fist. He was "the ! 1 President's son," and that was enough J for the flatterers, who were gig,d to buy i ; of him. But Tad was too generous ! ' and open-handed to be long a gainei j 1 by any such operations. Before night j J capital and profits had been squan- j 1 dered, and the little speculator went penniless to bed | < ' 1 International Fish- rles Exhibition. ; mi? ??^ I * me ut iuc mi/ci uai/mu<u fisheries exhibition in London, next , year, as indicated by a report of the executive committee just issued, are exceedingly bright. Applications foi space have been received from all parts of the world, and the expectation is j ( that the successful exhibition at J3er- ! . lin will be surpassed. The exhibition area will cover about J ( O^A AAA eAiviTfl A r?n'7a /vf I ?*?/V9VW iv-vvi u-k. V/A j j $500 is offered for the best essay j 1 oil catching and distributing sea fish, and another, also of J $500, for ti e best essay on the food ot . fish; while the best lifeboat exhibited : will carry off the fine gift of $3,000. ! ( Among the other money prizes are four, offered by AshmeadBartlett Burdett-Coutts for th< best collections of fishing-rods; a prize of $100, given bj j the Baroness Burdett-Coutts. for the 1 best plan of a fish market; and a prize of $300 for the best model of a carrier boat, the boat to be speciallv adapted ( for preserving the lives of her crew. ] TKa TT-n nrlicK (WWDTTlmOnf. Will st/HlrP JLJULV ^V?V4**?uv-v | medals at the mint as rewards of merit, ] 1 will issue diplomas of honor, and will j , probably make a grant of public money ! ' toward the expenses of the exhibition, j ! | j A Significant Utterance. I; A very significant utterance was ; 1 that made by James Tracy, who I: was executed for murder at Chicago, j ] just before he was hung. He had all j ' along protested his innocence, and in a ' i communication wmcn ne wrote uui j j for a reporter be said: "I feel satisfied j J that if my past record had been spot- 11 less I could never have been convicted. |: I do not believe any man -who has i known a life of virtue could be con- I tent with a life of vice. The farmer j who has spent his life on his farm i never seeing more of the world than ; the road to market, or more societj ' i than the village congregation, is hap- {: pier than the 'sport' who gets his j ; money easily but questionably and sees ' society in its wildest dissipation. The I hardest of work, if honest, is not as : tiresome as the idleness of an outlaw, j The laborer never feels his work as ' does the man who makes his living by the 'simple twist of the wrist.' I sincerely hope that my fate and thesa words may prove a warning to young men who are cheating themselves with the idea that there can be any peace, happiness or prosoeritv in a crooked i life." According to an English writer, of t n children born in Norway a little ove: seven reach their twentieth year; that in England and the United States i somewhat less than seven reach that j age, while in Erance only five reach it, | -,nd in Ireland less than "five. TSE PIRATE OF THE GULF. The Career of Jean I,afittf, the Celebrated Freebooter. A Galveston (Texas) letter says: On this self-same isle formerly dwelt one of the most celebrated pirates known to American annals?Jean Lafitte, tlie Robin Hood of the Mexican gulf and Carribean sea. The very spot where his lawless town stood is . still pointed out to the curious visitor, j lie was one of the most picturesque characters of the early part of the present century, and to the American novelist and poet has proved a fruitful ^A. TT/. i.t f r?/"w4" 1\TT .IlCIIlir. 1 J.\T Id L11U.-5 UV.X1HAU, avi *JJ the pen of fiction, but by an acurate historian: "He was a well-formed, handsome man, six feet two inches in height, strongly built, with large hazel eyes, and black hair, and he usually wore a mustache. lie dressed in green uniform. He was a man of polite and easy manners, of retired habits, generous disposition, and of i such winning address that his influence over his followers was almost ab- i solute." He was a native of France, ! of respectable parentage, and made his first ocean voyage as the mate of a [ vessel bound to the East Indies. He was more fitted to command than obey, ! and soon quarreled with iiis fellow i officers and lei't them. In some man- ; ner unknown he obtained a ship, ! doubtless by methods becoming an em- j bryo corsair, and, rallying to his black i llag a crew of determined men, lie { boldly embarked in a career of piracy on tiie Indian ocean. Little is recorded of his fortunes at this particular period, save that he finally fell into the hands of the British naval authorities, but evaded the halter by a timely escape, and succeeded in reaching his native land. His stay was brief, however. Only the excitement i of a lawless life possessed the allurements his restless nature demanded, j Fitting out a vessel, he sailed for the j West Indies, and made open war on ; British and Spanish commerce. Many a galleon freighted with treasure became his spoil, and many a rich English cargo. His exploits fully equaled those of the most noted heroes of piratical romarce, while his personal characteristics were far from uncommendable. Ho is said to have been brave, refined and high-minded? in fact, "the mildest-mannered man that ever scuttled ship or cut a throat." Ill lfelo Commodore ratterson, witu several American vessels of war, was dispatched, to cruise in search of him. He was found well established on an island in Barataria bay, about forty miles west of the delta of the Mississippi river. lie had a large force of outlaws under his command and a small ileet of vessels, but retired without opposition. We were then at war with Great Britain. Lalitte cherished an intense hatred of the English, by reason of the severity of his treatment while a prisoner in their hands, and was our natural ally. He had also, probably from motives of policy, usually refrained from capturing American vessels. The expedition of Commodore Patterson was not conducted in a very energetic manner, therefore, anil as soon as the American fleet retired Lafitte again took possession of the island. The latter was ! too conveniently adjacent to Xew Orleans to be needlessly abandoned. At that city the pirates found a ready and accommodating market for their captured slaves and cargoes, and could also procure any needed military supplies there. The innumerable bayous connecting Xew Orleans with the gulf facilitated the clandestine operations. "When the British attempted to capture ine cny iney iirst sougnt me j co-operation of Lafitte, offered him as | a recompense the sum of $30,000 and a j commission in the royal navy. He j declined these tempting terms, but, ivjliiout hope of reward, marched to j S^f^QRi^fAndrew Jackson, at the ; liead ofveteran followers, | and bore an hon^sw i pulsing the British. For this import int assistance his past transgressions were pardoned by the President, and tie had before him the opportunity Df abandoning the wild life he had led 50 long and of turning his undoubted talents to nobler pursuits. The charm :>f adventure too powerfully possessed bis nature, however, and he merely de- j termined on a new base of operations. ! He removed his plunder and pirates from the immediate vicinity of Xew Orleans and located on the uninhabited i island of Galveston. lie brought to j tiis new stronghold no less than six j well-manned vessels. A tribe of In- < iians occupied the mainland, and at- j tempted to expel him, but in a battle | that took place thirty savages were j tailed and the remainder fled to safer ! hunting grounds. JLantte now had many buildings constructed, including a, line residence for liis own occupancy. His intention was undoubtedly to make j Galveston his permanent abiding-place j as well as slave mart, to which plant- ; ers could at any time repair with per- j Cect security. His ocean raids now became more numerous and successful than ever. Among his followers he divided the net results with a just and liberal hand. His rank and file consisted of des perate outcasts trom every nation, out were chiefly Americans. His favorite lieutenant was an American by the name of James Campbell, who fought under Commodore Perry at the battle . of Lake Erie, and afterward on the frigate Constitution in its celebrated I battle with the Guerriere. At the end | !>f five years it became impossible for \ the Unit(d States to longer tolerate j the operations of Lafitte, and in 1820 ! an American squadron anchored off ! Galveston. The commodore in com- I mand visited the corsair chief and communicate decisive orders. Lafitte entertained him in princely style, having a superabundance of sumptuous fare to draw from, and then quietly i gave Orders for the embarkation of I the pirates and the destruction of their town by fire. While the flames were in full progess he we:.ghed anchor, and aever again sailed the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. After a long cruise j tie made his home on the island of ! Mazeret, off the coast of Yucatan, j where he died a few years afterward, | at the comparatively early age of j forty-six. His loss was not only de- | plored by the wild freebooters whom J U r\ Vin/1 cA 1 /"\T"> rr Ammin rl n/1 in cf A*?m ! u?3 uau ow vwuijiiaiiucu an otuxiu and battle, but by a devoted wife, who had been the silent heroine of his romantic story, and had shared many of his perils and most of his vicissitudes. If legends may be credited, she was a ! lark-eyed Cuban lady, who was first ! his captive, and afterward the willing ! partner of his varying fortunes. Over i his grave was heaped a vast mound of | sea sneii?, wnicn nave not yet Deen ! scattered by time. Snails for Food. Recent - discussions in the French j papers as to the value of snails as j food will be of interest to those whose ! appetites are sated with ordinary gastronomic luxuries. It appears that ' the snail (Helix pomatia) possesses ! very nourishing qualities, ana is worthy of more attention than it has hitherto received. The analysis of the weli-known chemist, Payson, shows that the snail contains seventy per j cent, water, sixteen per cent, nitrogen, ; eight per cent, fat, two per cent, ani- < mal s.ilt and four per cent, of other j constituent parts. The ancient Ro- j mans were well aware of these good qualities, and used the snail as a stim- j ulating remedy for a bad appetite, just oc nnu-'ninw wa nco /' oviaro nr nvc. ters, and had a particular way of preparing it. From Italy they were transported to France. They are still j a favorite in Bohemia,and arc delicious- ; ly dressed in the best restaurants in j Prague. j ? Bit?in FAKX, GAEDE5 ASD HOUSEHOLD, j Docking tbe Tails of Horses. The practice of docking the tails of j horses is now undergoing considerable j discussion in the English agricultural j journals. It so disfigures a horse that | we hope docking will not prevail j again as it used to years ago, not only i in England but in America also. The j main argument in favor of docking is ! that it prevents a horse from switching his tail over the reins, thereby i causing the driver to lose control of \ him : but the switching mav be ren-! c'lered impossible by fastening a stiff iron rod four to si.v inches above the i whole lengt.h of the dashboard for the j reins to rest on. This keeps them so : much higher than the rump of the j horse that he cannot switch his tail I over them. With a very nervous or | skittish horse we will grant that it is ! dangerous for him to get his tail over j the reins, particularly if he then be-1 comes frightened.?National Live Stock Journal. Feedinc Soaked Corn. F. D. Coburn, a correspondent of the Breeders' Gazette, has been investigat- I ing the profitableness of feeding corn j + r\ nr.lr on/I rr if oc r\Arlr onrl LKJ OUWI\ tillVI XU CVO c*J-kV*. j beef rather than sellingthe corn itself,! and during the past winter has propounded questions to feeders in each county of the State of Kansas, of which he is a resident, lie says: "Their replies, which cover many years of experience :md observation, indicate, I think, very nearly what is perhaps the average sentiment of* the leading farmers throughout the Western States." lleports were received irora seveniy-six ieeaers m sixty-two counties, and all agree that there Is more profit in feeding to good stock, and the testimony of these feeders shows twenty per cent, gain by soak- ! ing the com. Sixteen of the feeders I report results in feeding soaked whole corn to pigs and report a gain of from twelve to thirty-three per cent., averaging twenty per cent, in favor of I; soaked over dry corn. Several report feeding soaked corn to horses, and consider it thirty-seven per cent, better than when fed dry. But very few practice grinding, as it does not pay. We know of one pig breeder in Slew England who has been testing this matter ot leecimg corn or cornmeai to pigs, and lie is satisfied that he can getbest results by Reding the whole corn soaked. We once tried feeding soaked barley to work horses with remarkably good results, and consider this one of the best grains for part of the daily rations of work horses. Green Food for Poultry. As to kind, with the single exception of onions, which should be given imr.fi a. week, it makes but little differ ence what kind of green food is supplied, the price and keeping qualities alone being considered. Apples are good to feed as long as they will keep, say until Christinas; from then until May turnips or sugar beets are good, as they keep well, and on good land, with plenty of lien manure, can be raised for ten cents a bushel. For the three spring months I find the American rutabaga turnip the best of all; they will keep crispy and nice until June. As to how much to provide, one bushel per hen for fowls in confinement is not too much to last from Oc- j: tober 1 to May 1, or until green rye or oats are large enough to cut. "A pretty liberal allowance," some one i says. "How mucb grain do you ( save?" About ten per cent, less grain will be required than if no green food ay ere given, and twenty-live per cent, more eggs will be received, besides keeping the fowls in better health. I have in each pen a small trough, protected by stout wires two and a half i inches apart, expressly for green food, which keeps ^it clean ur^til it h eaten. writers recommend; cut turnips, bev^s, s j etc., in two or three pieces and the , hens will manage them after they j learn. I love to hear the music of 100 , hens all picking at crisp roots; it re- ^ cAmKI/io It oil Vinotinrr onrcnncf f.lio tnn. dow pane.?American Poultry Yard. ] Celery Among Potatoes. ( Having, like man;.*, rather a small i c garden and needing to economize space | g I tried setting the p'.ants in line be- j t tween two hills of Early Rose. After ; t several years experience of the plan 1j s find it answers admirably. The two j t things work very well together. The j c following advantage : First, of course, ? two crops off the same piece of ground, l Then the hilling of the potatoes (they j c receive the first baaking up just be- j c fore the celery is set) leave half a j1 trench already mad3. One spit more j s in the bottom nomnleted it. The ulants 11 when first set get nearly all the shad- J l ing they need from the potatoe tops, i then in their rankest vigor. Thus j t the scorching heat of summer is kept off the plants while they are making ^ root. Before the summer is ended the r potato tops have died down and the r celery has commenced to grow vigor- ^ ously. Xow the potatoes are ripe, and c being dug leave abundance of mellow ^ soil ready at hand to be scooped into f the trench, and earthing up proceeds .. with case and rapidity while the plants i * are rushing along in all the luxuri- j ^ ance of their autumnal growth. I ^ The only possible objection I can ! ^ iwmrrtno in t.liic nlun f lip fiflTXTPr fmm ' . Paris green, with which the potatoes are dosed at least twice. In careless j hands this might be, but I take care i to sift the objectionable compound as j far as possible on the potato tops only,; and after several seasons experience j have found no ill effects from growing j the celery in such close proximity. ? or our dry miana summers i oe- j t lieve in the trench for celery. Last | r season, -while some not in a trench j * either was entirely arrested in growth : g or killed outright, that in the trench j j. kept fresh and green and maintained j. a modest advance during the most ( scorching weather and came right i s along the moment the autumnal rains | r began to fall.?Fruit Recorder. f Fall Plowing. ^ Any one who has seen the best Euro- r pean farming knows how important it is to thoroughly prepare the ground for r the seed. The working of the soil adds nothing, but it helps in changing the j t form of the plant food compounds, and j j lhri? nlnwinrr nnrl li.irrowinsr becomes ! _ V" ' o o ? I > indirectly a source of nourishment. The IT soil is a vast storehouse of plant food, 11 which it holds by virtue of its insol-1 c ubility. Furthermore, it is only through ! the action of the air and-all those pro- x cesses, chemical and otherwise, which | are covered by such terms as weather- ^ ing, nitrification, etc., that these essen- e tial elements are brought into a soluble i \ form and made available for the use of j ^ the growing plant. The chemistry of i r *4- 1 >nr>r\T~r> r>c hoffnr nn/lpT- ! iihj duu, ao ao vcvviuw | ^ stood, teaches in every line the ira-; t portance of a frequent stirring of the j, surface of the cropped field. AVith this ;' in mind it is to the purpose to urge j the importance of fall plowing. Pur j t other than chemical reasons the stub-!, ble or sod may be turned under this j * fail. Xot only will the air circulate ; more freely, and the processes of re-1 during the insoluble substances go on I more rapidly, but the mechanical text- I ure of the heavy soil especially will be [( improved. Should insects or their ! j larva? or ' worms" abound in the earth j they will be turned out of their winter j1 quarters and destroyed. Aside from i these advar>f ges there is a lull in the 1 farm wonc at this season, and any ; 1 plowing or other labor with the soil j 2 will help materially to lessen the rush :1 and hurry that otherwise comes with i the busy months of spring. The \ 1 thoughtful and successful farmer so j < plans his farming operations that one. j season helps the next in more ways than one.?American Agriculturist. Farm and Garden Notes. Put carrots intended for feeding to j stock in pits or trenches. For family j use, dig and store in dry earth or sand ! in the root cellar. Old hens should be fattened and! killed off in the fall. A hen two j years old has seen her best days, and J should be disnosed of before she be- ! comes useless. Cover a few tomatoe plants with mats to protect them from the first j frosts, and they will continue to bear | for some time. The green ones are useful for pickles. Cracked corn is one of the best feeds for chickens, after they are four weeks ' old. Until they are four weeks old j they never ought to be fed on anything but cooked food. Take a little time to go around and j 1 ay* fV> a ai<%r? f-V? r?4* <nrcaf f iuvjv aicci tiic ouiu.jlo mau wcic aco iaob i spring. The sprouts need clipping off, and now is tne time to attend to it if it has not already been done. High manuring, thorough cultivation and the free use of vegetable matter like muck are the best precautions for preventing, to a considerable extent, the bad effects of droughts. ( Continued damp weather often , causes croup in fowls. In order to prevent it the best quarters must be ; provided. Dryness, warmth and free- ( dom from draughts are the best safe guards. Washing the stock with tobacco water, or water and kerosene, which is constantly stirred, will destroy parasit ic vermin on cattle. Feeding them cotton seed or linseed meal daily will give their coats a shiny appearance. Cut away promjjtly on the first appearance any limbs or shoots of the pear or plum affected with diseases. The pear may not be cured, but excision will do no harm-; the knot . may be kept off the plum with entire success, if promptly attended to. Give rich foods like clover, oats, , beans, peas and linseed cake. The ( stomach of a horse is small and should be replenished often. Regularity is an ( i'mportaat point. Digestion will be helped and the general health improved by giving a few cut swedes daily. i Experienced fence-builders and , others who use wcou in the rough for ; posts, ties, etc., unite in the opinion that timber cut in summer, while the i bark will yet peel freely, is much more ] durable than that felled during winter. There is less of solublesap in the trunk ; and limbs to absorb moisture, ferment, and induce decay. _ i If you want to transform a wild i heifer into a well behaved and well i trained cow, you must be patient and J exhibit no temper. Xevcr strike her; 1 she must, first of all, get acquainted : with you and learn that you will not < hurt her. She must learn not to fear 1 you. If, in winter, it is best to milk 1 in t.hp ctable make as little fuss and as ! ' few alarming motions as possible; i handle her very gently. In husking, be careful to sort out all ; the poor ears and soft nubbins. Put 1 only sound corn in the crib. Give the 1 nubbins to the pigs. It will not do to 5 feed such food to horses; they need : good sound grain. Feeding green corn 1 to pigs and fatting hogs should be ( begun judiciously. Don't overfeed. 1 For the best results, fattening swine ( should be brought to full feed with 1 quite as much care as a steer. ( JRecipfs. ' Rolls.?Take twc quarts flour and j rub into it a tablespoonful lard and a j little salt; put in a deep breadpan and jv make a hole in the llour, into which : 1 pour one pint cold boiled milk and |' half a cup of yeast; cover the pan and j, let it stand all night: in the morning j' stir, i warm place to rise ; let it rise to a ^ ight sponge (it will rise in an hour 3 ind a half), then roll it out on the j' joard about half an inch thick, cut svith an oval cutter and fold about wo-thirds of it; lay them in baking )ans, let them rise an. hour and then c >ake in a quick oven fifteen minutes. ? "Washington Pie.?One cup sugar, ^ ne-third cup butter, one egg, one-half 0 up sweet milk, one-half teaspoonful | {j ialeratus, one teaspoonful cream of D artar, one and two-thirds cups flour, easpoonful lemon. Bake in two tin ? iheets and when done spread jelly be- j( ween the layers. If a chocolate pie is p lesired use the following filling in- ^ tead of the jelly : One ounce chocoate grated, one-half cup sweet milk, h >ne-half cup powdered sugar, yolk of f( me egg ard teaspoonful vanilla. Stir n he chocolate in the milk, add the egg, t; ugar and vanilla; set it in a vessel of n )oiling water and stir it until of jelly- ^ ike consistence. More sugar can be c ised if desired. When cold spread be- a ween the layers of the cake. a Chicken Croquettes.?Mr. James f< IV. Parkinson, of Plriladelphia, jvbose j a eputation as a caterer is second to u tone, in his new monthly magazine, he Caterer, tells how to make the ihicken croquettes, for which Philalelphia has long been famous. This Sj ormula for their preparation is for a j c] >air of fowls, weighing not less than j ix pounds the pair. Choose always ! cj hose having the largest amount of 1 a >reast meat. Boil the fowls in suf- ^ icient water to cover them, with two p >nions, two carrots, a small bunch of 0: hyme and parsley, a few cloves and fj lalf a nutmeg, grated. After the n :hickens are boiled tender and have 0; >ecome cold divest them of ail skin, ^ at, gristle and tendons and chop the tl neat as fine as possible. Put half a 0: )0und of the very best of butter for p ;ach chicken into a saucepan with a ji ablesnoonful of flour and cook to- v x ( jether, stirring constantly to prevent ej ts burning. Add a gill or so of the ir tock in which the chickens were ^ >oiled and a tumbler of rich cream; g! )oil for eight or ten minutes, stirring q lonstantly; remove from the fire and a eason with salt, pepper, grated nut- n neg and a little finely-powdered sweet oar j oram; then add the chopped chick- -j m meat, stir and mix well together; ~ hen add the yolks of four eggs; stir j, apidly in; set on the fire and evap- ? irate the mixture for a minute, stir- p ing briskly after which pour the mass j ^ mt upon a fiat dish and let it remain | a, intii perfectly cold. Then make it up j ^ nrn npar.shanpri r?nnes nr into rolls. I w t~ i -- ' u vith the assistance of a little flour to ^ )revent the mixture from sticking to ^ he fingers. When all are ready dip j1 sach one separately into the yolks of ^ >ggs beaten with a little cream and s] oil them as fast as dipped into fresh o; >readcrumbs, made from day old jr >read. Let them stand for an hour or ,o to dry; then fry them to a delicate s] )rown color in plenty of clear frying j int. lard: lav them in a drainer or col-1 ei tnder to drain. Serve on napkins laid lpon a warm dish. The broth in which j he chickens were boiled can be set ^ iway till next day, the fat then re- 0 noved and added to your lard pot, the a iquor strained and heated, a few crou- ^ ons of fresh bread or a little rice j jj iddecl, and you have a tine, ncn cnicKen ^ consomme or clear cbicken soup. jj a Household Hints. ^ To clean chamois skin wash it in s iolcl water, with plenty of soap, and a inse thoroughly in clean, cold water, s Chamois-skin gloves cleaned in this l; a-ay are as good as new. L To raise the nap of velvet, cover a 1 lot flatiron with a wet cloth and place ! "v :he velvet tightly over it. The vapor | rising will raise the nap of the velvet j vith the aid of a light whisk-broom. ! c To clean -wbite knitted garments, j c teke those not needing washing, being j ] Dnly slightly soiled, place them in a j ] pillow-case one at a time, sprinkle i i -. _ ./ . ! flour through it, and shake well, until it looks as bright as new. Borax is excellent to wash flannels with, dissolved in luke-warm water. To make cologne water, take a pint of alcohol and put in thirty drops of oil of lemon, thirty of bergamot and half a gill of water. If musk or lavender is desired, add the same quantity of each. The oils should be put in the alcohol and shaken well before the water is added. Bottle it for use Trained. j. ii iiiituv ouuuiiriu uiuca -uuvo auu girls walks the streets balancing on their heads heavily-laden buckets or baskets or pans, containing polished sand, or fish, or fruit for sale. A little fellow of seven years, whom you would think fitted only for romping and play, will walk along steadily, and yet with seeming ease and unconcern, bearing up such a weight as that when the least carelessness or inattention would tumble it to the ground. "While still a mere child, he has in his special work the sense of responsibility and the steadiness of a man. It was not natural for him to walk in this way, but he quickly acquired the needful power through training. We ought to have a care not to put too heavy a load on our little ones; but we may fail to realize as we should their possibilities of training. A great deal of their restlessness can be easily controlled and ilirccted, not only without harm to them, but to their positive advantage Wonders of Simple Tools. A complicated engine, like the common woodworker, the printing press, a compound lathe, or various forms of spinning or weaving machines, is really one of the most wonderful tilings in the world. Most of such contrivances are the product of the combined thought, study, experience and ingenuity of generations and ages; yet some of the .simplest tools, either in their construction or use, represent a degree of ingenuity and manual skill that is astonishing A common file is one of the simplest of coois to iook at, ana to a careiess view one of the easiest to make. Files have been in use since the beginning, and rank with the hatchet and hammer in their simplicity and usefulness. From the time the naked savage smoothed his arrow-head with a bit of sharp gritted stone, and the handle of his club with a piece of dried lish-skin, to these days of finely-finished work the race of man has employed some form of file to acplish mechanical results. Yet the making of the hardened steel file, which is now so universal, requires a ielicacv of touch and exactness of movement that is wonderful. The diagonal cuts upon the sides of a com-mon "three-cornered" file appear tc the eye to be absolutely regular, uniform in their regular distance and alike in depth; the keenest vision is unable to detect any irregularity, and their cutting seems to be the work of a delicate and accurate machine. A close scrutiny also shows that the cuts grow finer, closer, md shallower, bv almost imperceptible degrees of variation, as they approach the tapering point. Upon the smaller files of the regular sizes there ire more than two hundred of these parallel cuts to the inch, and in some )f more delicate make, for special purposes, this degree of fineness is greatlv exceeded. Yet this wonderful delicate ind accurate work is done, not by the aid )f machines with minute micrometer screws and gauges, but with a simple lammer and chisel in the workman's land. The advance of the chisel upoD ;he blank of each cut of the two hunIred and fiftieth part of inch, neithei nore nor less is regulated simply by the maided sense of touch. The weight of :he blow, also diminishing or increasing it each stroke by the fraction of an )unce as the cutting approaches or reolely by the judgment of the work nan. All this is done without pause or lesitation to correct or readjust, and rith a rapidity which shows itself in he cheapness of the finished file. File utting is rendered still more delicate ,nd difficult by the varying hardness of he same bit of steel at different points a its surface, which would cause blows f equal force to make cuts of varying epths and widths. This unequal hard.ess must be perceived as the cutting irogresses anil allowance must be made or it all through the operation. Boubtjss all this seems easy enough to the racticed tile-cutter, and he does ins fork without even thinking of these ifiiculties. Yet the education of and, nerve and brain to such a perection of movement is certainly a lost wonderful illustration of perfecion attained in the use of tools. For lore than one hundred years ofbrts ave been made to cut files by mahinery, with only partial and moderte success, the process, simple as it ppears, being too delicate for less per2Ct instruments than the human hand nd brain.?Builder and Woodworker. The Yosemite Valley. v The Yosemite Valley, currently Doken of as the "Valley" simply, is iniuded in a belt formed by drawing thp frnin S:m "FVnri isco and Monterey respectively. It is wild, strange nook, far to the east-ard among the wintry Sierras. It erliaps hardly comes within the scope f our inquiry, yet I cannot refrain :om making mention of it as a place ot only not disappointing, but worthy f even more praise than has ever been estowed upon it. It is like one of lose dimly mysterious spots situated a the outskirts of the fairy-land 01 aradise described in the story books, t is a standing diversion and field of adenture to all who come to California, ither temporarily or to take up a per lanent abode. I reached the Yosemite y a stage ride of sixty miles from the outhern Pacific railroad at Madera to lark's Station, and thence by a stage ad horseback journey of twenty-five liles further. The autumn days were lovely there, 'he foliage, turned by a local climate uite as severe as that of 2s ew Engtnd, glowed with a vivid richness. A entle stream, pausinsr in mirror-like ools, meanders among it, along the ottom of the valley, which is as level s a floor. Walls of rock rise on either and to an incredible height. The lace is rather a chasm than a valley, .t night a full yellow moon irradiated ; and invested its wonders with eightened enchantment. The cliffs ere are what it seems that cliffs lould be but seldom are. They are ? the hardest granite, pleasantly gray 1 color, and terminate in castle and rvme-like forms. The Dreciniees are leer and unbroken to the base, hey have almost none of those [opes of debris that detract from le height of precipices in general, t is a little valley that would have een suitable, without a hair's-breadth f alteration, to the purposes of any iant, enchanter or yellow dwarf of omance. This is the kind of quaint :npression to which it gives rise. It > such scenery as that which Dore has magined for the " Idyls of the King,' nd one should be Sir Lancelot or Sir rawain riding in on his charger in earch of adventure along this lovely nd majestic mountain trail. He hould wear chain-mail and a winged Lelmet on his head and a good sword iy his side, upon the cross of which he lad sworn to do deeds of redoubtable ralor.?Harpers Magazine. An English diamond merchant re:ently offered ?400,000 for the regent liamond, now the property of the french government. It was bought .50 years ago from an Englishman for 5125,000. WOBDS OF TTCSDOM. \ The mainspring of a man's actions is j hidden from view, as is the mainspring ; of a watch. Honest worth clothed in poverty j often trembles upon approaching vice j j throned in wealth. To tell men that they cannot help j i themselves is to fling them into reck- j lessness and despair. A false friend is like the shadow on j the sun dial, appearing in sunshine and : vanishing in shade. ? i He who does his best, however little, is always to be distinguished from him who does nothing. Outward actions can never give a just estimate of us, since there are many perfections of a man which are not capable of appearing in actions. r.1 XI < ?Uamaw. mow Hie vue man v'ju uuuux; ?i\xi.\j>y by that symptom, better than any other, -what kind of a man you are yourself. For you show me there, what your ideal of manhood is, what kind of a man you long inexpressibly to be. "We live in the midst of an infinity of pleasures and disappointments,with senses capable of being touched by the former and wounded by the latter. A little reason will cause us to enjoy the good as gently as possible, and to accommodate ourselves to the evil as well as we can. It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend of his faults. If you are angry with a man or hate him, it is not hard to go to him and stab him with words; but so to love a man that you cannot bear to see the stain of sin upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship. But few have such friends. Our enemies usually teach us what we are at the point of the sword. The Toledo (0.) Bee says: Colonel J. Dorse Alexander, editor Barnesville (Ga.) News, has been cured of rheumatism by the use of St. Jacobs Oil. A patent has lately been issued which will be of great advantage to those who are obliged to go through life on crutches. It consists of crutches nrKJ/Vh .jro -fanar\ Ttri+Vi o I OCl/ \-MJL 11/Wa^iO, C4-i.V/ J.WUV/W. II1 via u. heavy upper band. The user thus moves forward eight feet at a step, with a smooth, even motion, which does away with the jar experienced in the use of the ordinary crutch. Mr. W. A. Forbes, Greenfield, Mass., was curc-d by St. Jacobs Oil of rheumatism.?Cincinnati Christian Stand-, ard. Grasshoppers were venerated in Greece both as sacred and musical. The | xVthenians wore gold ones in their hair | to denote the antiquity of their race. C. C. Shayne, 103 Prince St., New York, the well known wholesale manu facturer of seal-skin sacks, dolmans and far-lined circulars, offers goods at retail. This affords a splendid opportunity to order direct from headquarters, and save the profits of the middlemen. Ladies are sure of getting reliable furs, and fully 25 per cent, 'heaper than retailers' prices. . Banged heads are fashionable among ladies and the prize ring only. A Dead Shot may be taken at liver and bilious disorders with Dr. R. V. Pierce's " Pleasant Purgative Pellet3." Mild yet certain in operation; and there is none of the reaction consequent upon taking severe and drastio cathartics. By druggists. Captain Cabson, of Griffin, Ga., has peach trees with foliage perfectly black. The peaches remain black until half grown, when they ttfcome perfectly white. *' Woman and Her Diseases" _ is the title of an interesting treatise (96 pages) sent, postpaid, for three stamps, i Address World's Dispensaby Medical As- ' I?.?? At a recent wedding at Sherman, Texas, the groom was aged sixteen years and the bride fourteen years. Young men or middle-aged ones, suffering from nervous debility and kindred weaknesses, should send three stamps for Part VII of World's Dispensary Dime Series of books. Watjt rv'a TiTonova i t>t \fimrait A a * * VXmXtXS O VUi iJUikX/lVAJJ 11 .y sociATioy, Buffalo, N. Y. 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ParsoiiV Cui active Pills make Jfew Rich tlood, and will completely change the blood in the enire system in three months. Any person who will take uo pill eavu niKUb IXULU I WU ucvm uc ; o sound health if such a thine be possible. Sold every- j rhere or sont br mail ior eight letter stamps. I. S. JOHNSON <Sc CO.. Boston, >Iass.? for- i nerly Bangor, ->tc. [OCH'SSCOIUHPTIOHI m?ra important dJlUHU f jjlil ?r*twa?la>?>BMC WES&IW TRIAL k offertd to ftll *rtta syautonu of Itajsr Xddrcia, &>z'X3%N.f. city. FUE Sj^s^IT For fwo Dollars. Demo test's Illustrated Monthly. Sold by all Newsdealers and Post matters, r the Editor of tljin paper will take yoar snbcription. Send twenty cents for a specimen opy to VV. JEN'NINCS OE.UORE.ST, Pabiaher, 17 En at 14tli Street, New York. basst u fm agured| Eg German Asthma Cnre nevcr/aiU to give im. a H mrdicsc rtlif/vs. tlia worst cise?or:!rure?ecmiort-H ablesloep; eCTects cvrca Tvi?re a' 1 others fail. J. g H trial convinces tht iMet skeptical. Price 5()e. ifdgj KSl.OOiCf Dn^riFl'orbrrEail. S?nplo FREEH KKorstarap. DilU SCHUTMAN*. St.Pan!. JIlcn-B I i?7e a positive remedy for the above disease; bj its Bie thonsands of eases of tie -srowt kind and of long Ittndinehave boen enred. Indeed, ee stress is mrfalta la lu ofieaey, tnet I witl send T'.VO EOTTI.Kd FRfiE. together with a YjkI.U4 5j.K TKEaTISE en this disnom, to *ny suferer. Give Express and P. O. address. PR. T. A. fcLOCU*, 181 Pearl St.. jfatr York, j ""]!? CBEES WHERE ALL EISE FAILS." ST" fS BeMCoculiSjrup. Tastes good. 2 K Use in tiuie. Sold by rtmgyist*. 2 THRESHERS; j fra*. TI1K AUL'f MAX ATAYLOK CO.. M*ai?eld.Oi ' A TEST XOVEJ.TV.-B*?atiful colored litho_J graphs. SO different d<"^i^ns, gizo 15x21 in., rconnted j sebomzed rollers, jnst imported: *n ornament to any , xira. Superior to any t>l?anes. Send 2So. in stamp? | >r samples to S. BLACK, 7G Duane Street, New York. | * Q f\ O s. pneta! card to Clap.zr. Bros., Bible | J i? \J i Honse, Xevr Vorlc, the New Publisher* j f Tine, Chesp Subscription Books, for their '' PrirnH j Ircnlar to Afffn'i." It vril! puzzle and astokish yoo. ' L grrt* Wanleil f<~T the Best and Fastest-selling I \ pictorial Bo<-':s and Bibles. Pnces reduced 33 per ?r.t. National Publishing Co.. Philadelphia, Pa. rhflBC R3F5J I'yon want to learn Telegraphy ill a UUSu rf<-ss few months and be certain of a situ*, on, aduress Yat?*i!tine 15ro*.. Jenenville Wig. "10I.E3IAN Bl'SINBS8 COLI'KVe, 1Ke^IrST jS.J. Write{i>rCat*l<>Ktie. Coleman?Palms.Prop?. TWVHEAP. IBS B 0 Jn'.VE'.PY, S3IZ.VEBVASZ, retailed O?it wii. l^sale r.-'U-s. Pnce list free. ??? CSilv???*? T. W. Kennedy. P.O.boi85<>. N". Y rap-DOM*? 3P-ajcij to ?ead 3-ct. t'-ur.p for tl;e mo?t complete CiUlopot *t I yPE, BORDERS, CUTS, PRESSES, AC. j LOWEST PRICES. LAK02ST VARIETY. iATIONAL TYPE C0.,1a!S5affi2H? j . v. 1.... I, ,", ? *\"m Irf?? ivvi **' MiNW^i HjjSW ?tti I A NOTED BUT TJ^-TITUSD W0JU3U [From th? Boston Qbb*i The abore is a good Uieaeas of Xn^XydiftZ.Ftafe' ham, of Lynn, Mas., who shore all other human beings mar bo truthfully called tho "Dear Friend of "^apiaa," as some of her correspondents lore to call her* She . . rgagg Is zealously devoted to her work, which la thaoaterase of a life-study, and Is obliged to keep six U&? assistants, to help her answerthe large cofrwpoadaaei^ winch daily pocrs in upon her, each bearing Its special burden of suffering, or Joy at release from It. Her Vegetable Compound is a medicine for food and not em purposes. I hare personally investigated It aa& am satisfied of the troth of this. yOn account of Its proven merits, it U recommended and prescribed by the best physldans In the cutmUjr. ^49 One says: "It works like a charm and saves much pain. It will care entirely the worst form Of StfBaff Hj of the uteres, Laceorrhcea, irregular and paiafol !Icnstraation,aIl Ovarian Troubles, Inflammation and *9 Ulceration, Flooding*, all Displacements andtheeea- ?8 sequent spinal wen Vtiws, and Is especially adapted to SB H the Change of Life." It permeates every portion of the cystsm, sad gifW new life and vigor. It removes fafntness, flatulency, destroys all craving for stimulants, and relieves weak- BP ness of the stomach. It cores Bloating, Frwdachas, Kerrous Prostration, General Debility, Sleeplessness, I Depression and Indigestion, inu iccuoy ui ...c , down, causirgpoin, weight and bacfcnche, la always permanently ccrod by its use. Zt will at all ttrrwf, cad ? under all circumstances, act In harmony with the tar that governs the female system. It costs only JL per bottle or sis fay $&, and lsaold by druggists. Any advice required oa to apedal caw, and the names of many vfho have been restored to perfect health by the use of the Vegetable Compound,enb* vjsf obtained by addressing Mm. P., with stamp for reply, at her home in Lynn, Vi^ For Kidney Complaint of either sex this compound la unsurpassed as abundant testimonials show. "Mrs. Pinkhazn'sLirerPills,"?aysonewriter, "aaf the best in the xcorld for the cure of Constipation Biliousness and Torpidity of the lirer. 2er Blood Par&er works woadm in Ita special line and TiMa fair to equal the Compound in its popularity. jtH mast respect her as an Angeict Mercy wheeaaole ^ ambition is to do good to others Philadelphia. Pa. g) Mra.JLK.IX {iniasramtmas I CONSTIPATION. | 4 L No other disease ia so raevaleat la this ooaa-J try u Constipation, and no remedy has ever II ' .-j. ' 5Ss? # cqradledthe celebrated KTDNZT-WOBT ss ?3| WZ&Sj^A core. Whatever the cause, however obstinate Jj | the case, this remedy will overcome it. DII BQ U-'-HlSdistressingcorny! afrit41 I i ???* Is very apt to becomplicated 11 ^ . with constipation. Kidney-Wart strengthens 1 . the weafcenedparts and gnjcMy cares allldtndsS of Piles evea whoa ghy-rkrlftTis and medietasJ 1 RHEUMATISM. sSgl DEEETJL CUKE, as it is for ALL thepsiaftll] .diseases of the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, j . It cleanses the system cf the acrid poison thaSB ' causes the dresdfal errlfirrtvg which only ths j ,'5 -jjjgjI trlffWTTifi ^T>i^T-m?t-iT-n wn tmUm. A '->.?3 | THOUSANDS OF CASES ^ 1 ofthe worst forms of this terrible diaess?n*?? j - \-r.3 k been, onickly relieved, and ia a short tto? - I PERFECTLY CU3E0. k Cylt cleanses, Strengthens ?sd c*ves W?w ( y-KaS H T.tfi. to ?ii the important organs of the body. Ji iThe natural action, of the Kidneys is restored. Ji . The Liver is cleansed cf all disease, sad tb? VI Bowels move freely and bwlthftdly. Jj . ,1. ETIt Acts at the same tine on tiieKmNXYS ij -ilr HVEE. AHD BOWELS^CJ SOU) by DK06fi*SI8 V tu LKJCID or CSY. Dry cas sent VP nail ! ' - tjqB TfXLLS, RICHARPSOX & CO., ?nrllngfrtt, n. (8^ ? -lira Ifc $L00; medium50 1 cents; small, 25 cents; small size for family | use, 25 rents; Merchant's Worm Tablets, 25 ceuis. r or sine uy every uiu^abouu ucuaj in general merchandise* For Family Use. ^ The Gargling Oil Liniment with ythitx ' wrapper, prepared for human flesh, is pot up in small bottles ordy, and does not stain J the skin. Price 25 cents. The Gargling Oil Almanac for 1883 Is now in the hands of our printer, and will be ready for distribution during: the months of November and December, 1SS2. The Aimanac for th* coming year will be mot* useful and instructive than ever, and will be vsSp sent free to any address. Write for one. Ask the Nearest Brnggist If the dealers in your place do not keep Merchant's Gargling Oil for sale, insist upon ' their sending to us, or where they get their medicines, and get it. Keep the bottle well corked, and shake it before using. Yellow wrapper for animal and.white for human Special Notice. The Merchant's Garjriing Oil has been in i-":) u*>e as a liniment for half a century. All we ask is a fair trial, but be sure and follow dt v.T3g^SB The Gargling- Oil and Merchant'* "Worm Tablets are for *ale br all druggists and dealers in general merchandise throughout the " Manufactured at Lockport, N. Y-, by Merchant's Gars-ling Oil Company. d [/ E R|>a^ If nnfu-'liny ajj4 rnftTTi. * -6*3 ? >* cons, ss. vilcj uxnc*, P\ Alcoholism, Opinm Ea4\i. . a lc?. Scrofnla and ?Jl -iass ?Jl -Js'erronsand BloodDisWW ^ eases. To Clergymen, NgSSaWBS ^ Lawyers, Literary Men, Merchants, Baakan, jgSg^SSggST Ladies ana all whoa* jSaSaff sedentary employment "JEM JgfeSsL / closes >'errors Proatra. ?S? >5g?|?^ I -ion, Irregolarrtie* of . ^ W'i^H / tk^ blood, stomach, gy ^ / bowels or Ktdaagra, or wi i <if in "who reqmr* a nw <g8. tonic, appatizar or - ? ? 3BBHsS3 stimulant. SAMABI- ; * JTOltflfffmPW TAJS" XEEY1KE U iaXiiT'ia'fiifi TiViCay valuable. Thoosaed* /j* Iw NEVCK FAILS. ^ proclaim it the meet .:;>?M Mtgfefc>w_ #EU wonderful In-rixorant - * a V " MlB PT?J1 i mrypfa. THE DR. S. A. RICHMOND MEDICAL. CO.. Sole Proprietor*. St. Jottoh, Mo. TdiiTU moaarr. rm-utxiam. 41 KU I n OnSrw 3>??trt S??r.in )n? / ' '-"OMR u4 rtytboltptt, will, br ? M*u, ?fUi aft. Mjm, / \ o!<r*'?TMu<lic4k?fktlr.W?COKUCT?l>/ .Wif :: 7CU?r 7<?rft>n?kul>u4?rvi&.?iUaw.lkM U4 pUw of BMtlm;, u4 *Ua ?f UIT'J?. 4C8^K|^V * tnJ); pndMtH. *???y hiuij?I t? all Mt uMil _AMnm fnt J. lUniaM. MMWyB .law. >iw. akIY jfJ5 TSTT^H AND KO? ^ vi gy^> ^ > **Y?*t? UJ WEAK OUT. CAT Tl b* WatciimiKera. By miQ. 25 ct*. Circul?.r? 9K QU-U-UfSIX. J. S. SIBCH A CO. S8p*j 8L. X.X. KNOWLEDGE IS POWEE 1 BEAD! 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Contains one hendred tad < ???M { n?!iin?hi? nwwiCTiotions for all forma of acQta'aa'cT chronic diaeaaes, tor oach of which S lrrt class physician would chxrge from 33 to $10.?Lord** aKtrContains 300 pa?a. fin# steel enxrarinxs, to superbly bound is French muslin. embossed, foil rilt. it is m marrol of art and beauty, warranted to be a better medical book in erery sense than can be obtained els? where for double the price, or the money will be refolded in every matinee. ?JLuiher. THE SCIENCE OP LIFE: OR, SELF* PRESERVATION. Is so nrach superior to all other treatise* oa modicaj subjects that comparison is absolutely impossible.? Boston. Herald. THE SCIENCE OF IOT: OS* SELFPRESERVATION, I* teat by mad, securely scxled, postpaid, en reoeiptai price, only $1.25 (new edition). Small illntttafdampler ? ; . "^jH 6c. Send now. .. The author c?b be cecsnlted on aBldleesew zeqaiiiag' - > skill *nd experience. Address BOr PEABODY MEDICAL INSTITUT or W. H. PAKKKTT. M.D., JmL JB