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agriculture. ij'BOM results obtained with various fertilizing substances, Professor Atwater lias drawn the following conclusions: Corn needs little nitrogen besides what it can draw from natural sources, while its yield is largely increased under the inhuenoe of mineral fertilizers—the most elective being those in which the chief component is phosphoric acid or potash according to the soil and the season. Potatoes respond uniformly to all the ingredients, and they are less able than corn to gather from natural sources. The same appears to be true for turnips. Not enough experiments ha/e been made with other crops to justify conclu sions concerning them. Practically,the largest average yield for all crops is ut- oured by the use of fei tilizers containing all the essential elements of plant food. Used alone, nitrate of soda is rarely useful, sulphate of lime frequently, mu riate of potash very often, and the su per-phosphates generally, ttoils vary in their capacity for conveying food to crops, and careful observation and ex periment are necessary to determine the needs of a particular soil. DOMESTIC, F. E. M., N. Y., advises the use of bark in the tobacco held to trap the de structive little “miller.” He speaks as follows: “Last season, m cutting time. I discovered the fact that the millers, that cause so much trouble to tobacco ground, seclude themselves doriDg the daytime under anything that will pro tect them, as I discovered one under a piece of elm bark, at the edge of the tobacoo held, and, upon examining oth er similar pieces, I found as many as fonr under one piece. As this experi ment would cost nothing. 1 think many growers should try it, and,if found val uable, it would be generally practiced. Place pieces of bark, or something that would answer the purpose best, at the ends or sides of the rows, or even in the held, where they could be examined when the workmen were doing the hoe ing, woiming, etc. I intend testing it fully this season, as i did not have time last, as the cutting was almost finished when I discovered them as de scribed. A writeb says: “Grass is a cheap food tor pigs and a mot healthy and profitable diet. Much of the profit on pigs must come from a proper use ot grass as a summer food. Some have expressed grave doubts whether pigs can be fed as a proht w pen all them lives, but we do not think there is any doubt about it. For, if the best feeu- ing will not pay for the food given pigs, then they must be considered unpro fitable animals—a petition wholly un tenable, as it has been abundantly proved that the pig is the best utilizer on the farm, We fully b< lieve in the use of grass for pigs, and. if obliged to keep pigs constantly in pen, would ear ly the grass to them purely as a matter ot health. Cabefdl experiments in Germany seem to show that cows milked three times a day yield milk richer in fat than if milked but twice daily. There also appears to be a somewhat larger yield of milk from the three milkings, in one instance reported the difference in the yield for eleven days, the cows being first milked three times a day for that pumrui awd t.h«n twice a day for same period, was live pounds o milk a day. Such a gain, both in quantity and rich ness, would make a large item in the course of a year. An Australian sheep-breeder recently purchased 173 merino sheep in Vermont, for which he paid the sum of $<50,000. Fear of the rams oust $2000 each. The freight to Australia will amount to nearly $6000 more, whioh increases the sum to $36,000, or about an average of $200 per sheep. The breeder already has a dock of 92,OOo, and the Vermont sheep will be used lor purposes of im provement. Vebmin.—The greatest pest of the housekeeper is vermin from the huge rat, the persevering mouse and the in dustrious spider, down to the ant which never rests and the lively flea upon whioh one can never be sharp enough to put a finger. These and many others double the labor of the wearied wife and cause her endless worry which is so much worse thau work. What shall we do ? is the common cry. Fight. That is the only remedy, and when we tight we must do it at ouoe and never- stop. Mauy houses are so badly built or arranged that it is impossible to keep out the vermin, when they have been driven out, and as soou as one relaxes her vigilance a new swarm takes pos session, For rats and mice, eats and traps are the best. Foison is danger ous and the results are very offensive. The cellar is tbe great battle ground and this should be defended by filling up every hole and crevice with cement mixed with broken glass. Where poi son can be used there is nothing better thau flour and meal, dry mixed with calcined plaster-of-paris. When this is eaten it causes great thirst by absorb ing moisture in the stomach and when the creatures drink the plaster sets hard like a stone and is sure death to them. Insect pests of all kinds are kept at bay by perfect cleanliness. Frequent sweep ing removes what they feed upon and they will never cornu unless in search of food. Borax sprinkfed about is very offensive to them, and phosphorus paste made with flour and spread on strips of paper is sure death. Fleas and bugs are destroyed by cleanliness and kero sene oil. Benzine is death to moths. The broom will drive out the spiders and a sponge wetted with sweet water is the best trap for ants. The Terror ot tbe South. Jaspbb, Fj.a.—Mr. Hoard man W. Wil son traveling tor A. G. Alford & Co., dealers in Firearms and Cutlery, Baltimore, was prostrated here, with tbe “break-bone fever;” he asserts that in his own, as well as in the case of others, the only thing round to relieve this painful malady was St, Jacob’s Oil. This wonderful pain- cure has the endorsement of such men as Ex Postmaster General James, Senator Daniel W. Voorhees, and an army of others. t m , To Bottle any Small Fruit.—Fill wide necked bottles with any fruit to be used for tarts. Let the bottles be as tightly filled with the fruit as possible, leaving just room for a quarter of pound of powdered loaf sugar to be put over the top of the fruit in the mouth of each bottle. Tie a piece of wet blad der firmly over each, and place the bottles in a fish kettle of water, with cloths under, between and around them, to prevent them from touching any part of the kettle or each other. Let them boil on the tire if a slow one, or if not, at the side, until the fruit has sunk a good ileal in the bottles and appears to be sufficiently done. During this pro cess the bladders must be kept moisten ed from time to time, or they will burst. Remove tbe kettle from the fire and let the bottles remain in it and the water until perfectly cold. Then remove them, wipe the bottles dry, and let them be put away to keep for future use in a cool, dry place. The bladders must on no account be removed until the fruit la rcqnirotl for vu»a, aa it will Tint kftOD after being once exposed to the air. Should the bladders happen, any of them, to burst during the process of iioiiiug, which they will sometimes do in spite of the precaution of moistening them, a fresh piece of bladder must at ouoe be tied on. HUMOROUS. The Indian is a good deal of a philos opher, and with his philosophy goes some wit. The representatives of the Wichita, Comauohes and Kiowa tribes who have been in Washington trying to prove their title to Grier county, Tex as, as a part of their reservation have started home, having failed to get the Government to their way of thinking. They claim to have been deceived by tbe interpreter at tbe time the treaty was ratified. Big Boy, a Wichita Chief, says of that little episode: “Yes, we knew all ’hot him. Big man, bald head, big nose, red nose, heap whisky, no savey, heap dam foot” This same la conic authority describes Secretary Teller: “Big man, good heart, give Injun heap of maps, but no laud.” Mr. Big Boy does not appreciate painted prairies on a scale of live miles to the quarter inch. Sewing-Machine Indiutrj. These remarkable items pour into our oAce daily. Mr. 11.3. Fullek, with the New Homs Machine Company,of Orange, Mass., writes, May 23 ; 1883: “I have used Hunt’s Remedy iu my family for over ten years. My wife was troubled with catarrh of the bladder, suffered intense pain in the kidneys ami loins, and urination was accomplished with the greatest of agony. My friends thought that she could not recover. We tried doctors aud medicines, and although better at times she would grow worsoagain. She wasohliged to use the urinal as many as fifteen times in a night, aS»d was growing worse daily. At this time my attention was called to Hunt’s Remedy, and L concluded to try it; and alter using one bottle she was a good deal better, the inflamma ion was reduced,and the water more nat ural. She began to gain in appetite and felt no pain in the back and kidneys. She could attend to her household work without pain, aud this had boon a great burden to do, even the lightest kind of work. After using six bottles she was completely cured. Since then I have had occasion to use H unt’s Remedy for kidney and liver com plaints,and found it to be j ust as represented, aud I consider it a most wonderful medicine. I would not be without Hunt’s Remedy In my family; and I have recommended it to my friends here iu Orange with equally good results.” _ Among the guests of a New York hotel was a maiden lady from the rural districts. The landlord noticed that about 9 o’clock every night she would come down stairs, get a pitcher of ice- water aud return to her room. A One night,” he said, “I made bold to speak to her, and asked why she did not ring the bell for a hall-boy to bring the ice-water to her.” “But there is no bell in my room.” “No bell in your room, madam 1 Pray, let me show you,’ and with that 1 took the pitcher of ice-water in my hand and escorted her to her apartment. Then 1 pointed out to her tbe knob of tbe electric bell. Bbe gazed at it with a sort of horror, and then exclaimed: “Dear me 1 Is that a bell? Why, tbe hall-boy told me that was the fire- alarm signal, and that I must never tonch it, except in case of fire I’” “ ‘And that is how the hall-boy saved himself the trouble of going for ice- water.’” Five-Minute Spring Chicken. —After a spring chicken is dressqd this is one ef.the quickest ways to cook it. Have ready over the fire a frying-kettle half full of fat, heating while the chicken is being dressed, and also a pint of milk heating, After the chicken is jointed roll it in flour seasoned with pepper and salt, and plunge it into the smoking hot fat; at once begin to make the sauce as follows: Put a tablespc^nful each of butter and flour in a saucepan over the fire, and stir them until they are smooth; then gradually stir in the hot milk, and when the sauce is smooth season it pal atably with salt and white pepper; by the time the sauce is made the fried chicken will probably be done, take it from the hot pan with a skimmer, lay it on brown paper for a moment to free ft from grease, then put it on a hot plat ter, pour the sauce over it, and serve it at once. Blood Infooted with Malarial Virus Is more effectually purl fled by Hoatetter’s Stomach Bitters than by any other deparent. It expels every trace of the poison from a system Impreg nated with it, and for the reason that It gives a vigorous Impulse to all tho-e functions whoso regularity is essential to health, It is a flrst-rate preventative of malarial and billons endemics. It promotes regularity In the bile-secreting process, Is the best auxiliary of enfeebled digestion, en riches the circulation, and imparts to flaccid, at tenuated and enfeebled frames an amount of vigor which ordinary medication fails to yield. Since it is well known that per-ons of a bilious tendency, Irregular digestion and a constipated habit of body are the best subjects tor malaria, the wi dorn of using this line protective agent IU time will l>e ap preciated. It uiffuseit a genial warm'h through iie system, which counteracts ihe effects of damp and exposure, aud defends it iroui causes produo- of rheumatism, kidney troubles aud other Druggists, Take Notice. The Supreme Court of P&uasylv&zna having sustained the District Court of Al legheny county, granting to R. E. Sellers & Co., the exclusive right to the “trade mark” “Blood Searcher” (registered at Washington, D. U., December.il, 1876), our name will be printed on all outside wrappers. Any one selling, or offering for sale, any “Blood Searcher” without bearing our name will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. (The penalty is $1,000 fine and two years’imprisonment) It. K Sellers & Co., Proprietors, Pittsburg, Pa. A quart of good milk should weigh about 2.15 pouuds, or nearly 2 lbs. 2} ounces. If milk is weighed, this rule will give the monthly yield in quarts more exactly than measuring. VEI TRADE •ILLS MARK. Clay soils are generally better for wheat than sandy ones, because they are nut subject to such sudden extremes of temperature and moisture, and are more tenacious in their character. Tim ber land is better than prairie land, be cause tbe decaying roots are pretty sure to effect underdraiuage; magnesia and lime and silica are more abundant, and nitrogen is less abundant,aud such land being mure rolling is better drained and dryer. Western com growers persist iu planting corn after ouru. The result is that they have bred a worm whioh lives in the ground year after y ear. As it is not migratory its existence depends ou having corn planted ou the same field in succession. Good husbandry, which demands rotation of crops,will therefore rid farmers of this pest. There is more differeuce iu men than in the soil they till. Place a guod, wide awake farmer in one uf the most un promising neighborhoods, and he will not otly make his own farm bettei, but also increase the value of all the laud iu the viciuity. Very bad accounts have been receiv ed of tbe ascertained yield of wheat in some of the northern areas of South Australia. Winiuowie is reported to have returned only 71 pounds to the acre; Baroota, 2f bushels, and Tclowie, 2} bushels, while thousands of aores were not worth reaping. The differeuce between thinning peaches and omitting that work is found out on market day; the thinned and consequently large, fine fruit sells at two-thirds higher rates than that which grew as it could. Aside from this, the injury done to tbe tree or vine is no uu- unportanl consideration. Fruit men all say the best way to treat trees infested with borers is to re move tbe earth about the base of the trunk. Fill up the hollow, aUer freez ing weather is well uuder way. Most fruits need a good deal of water to ripen a full crop, but not many will do well on land naturally wet. They want water, but it must not stay long enough to become stagnant water. ©o not have any u-oeeupied land to grow a crop of weeds. When an early crop is removed bow at ouoe any crop that will keep them down. Buckwheat and peas are good and may be turned under before frost. Superphosphate, or none manure, iu any form is a specific for turnips or ru tabagas, Fanners discovered this and now apply bone manure to their root crops instead of to wheat, aa is usually the practice. Another Life Saved. Mrs. iTarrl t Cuiniutuga, of Cincinnati, Ohio, writes: Early last winter my daughter was at tacked with a severe cold which Bellied on her lunga. We tried several medicines, none of whuh seemed to do her any good, hut she continued to get worse,and Anally raised large amouuisof h ood from her lungs. We called m a family physician, but he failed to do her any good. We then called i n a physician—a most skdliul professor in one of onr collcireM —he faitl Unit she e.ouM not get well. At this time a friend who hail been cured by Dr. Wm Mali’s Italsam for the Lungs, advised me to aIvc It a i rial. W e then got a biltle, and before 5‘ienad used it ail up she began to improve, and by tne uso of i "ree bottles she was entirely cured. How to Tell a Good Potato.—Take a sound potato, divide it into two pieces with your knife and examine the exposed surfaces, if there is so much water or “juice” that seem ingly a slight pressure would cause it to fall off in drops, you may be sure it will be “soggy’’ after it is boiled. These are tbe reqfiiaite qualities for a good potato, whioh must appear when one is cut in two: For color, a yellowish white; if it is a deep yellow the potato will not cook well; there must be a considerable amouut of moisture though not too much; rub the two pieces together aud a white froth will appear round the edges aud upon the two surfaces; this signified the presence of starch, aud the more starch, and consequently froth, the better the potato, while tbe less there is the poorer it will cook. The strength ot the starchy element can lie tested by releasing tbe ho\d upon one piece of the potato, and if ft still clings to the other, this in itself is a very good sign. These are the experiments gen erally made by experts, and they are ordinarily willing to buy ou the strength of their turning out well, though as stated above, these tests are by no means infallible. tive serious luslad es. Baked Egg-Plant, Dixie Style.— Pnt two medium-sized egg-plants into boiling salted water and boil them for ten minutes; theu cut them in halves and scoop out the seeds; mix these with an equal quantity of bread crumbs, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, a level teaspoonful of salt, quarter of a salt- spoonful of pepper and a raw egg; put this force-meat into the egg-plants, tie them in shape, put them into a dripping- pan with half a cupful of water and a tablespoonful of butter, and bake them for an hour, basting them with the drippings in the pan; then serve them hot. Menbman's Pewonizki) bekk tonic, the only preimi'iition of bee: omia.n.nr Its entire nutn ticnix proper tie*, it contains b:ood-m»klng, force geuerat ng and nfe-sustauvng properties; Invalua ble for indigestion, dyspepsia,nervous prostration, and all forms of general debility, also, in al en feebled conditions, whether the result of exhaus tion, nervous prostration, over-work or aoute dis ease, particularly If resulting from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard £ Co., proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists. I have been troubled with Catarrhal deafness for seven or eight years with a roaring noise m my head. I bought medi cine iu 13 states but nothing helped me till 1 procured a bottle of Ely’s Cream Balm. 1 found it a sure cure, in tour days 1 could hear as well aa ever. 1 am cured of the Catarrh as welL 1 consider Ely’s Cream Balm the best medicine ever made.—Uarrell WidMCK, nasi mgs, new York. ^ ^ An old man familiarly known as “Oolouel,” who gains his living by doiug odd chores aud errands was dis covered iu au ice cream saloon with a ten-ceut dish of the lucious dessert be fore him, aud the question was asked: “Why, Colonel, isn’t this ralier an unusual circumstance ?” “I reckon it am, sir.” “And pretty steep ?” “Yes, party high np.” “Can you aflord such luxuries ?” “Not hardiy—uot hardly. Time I has paid ten cents fur dis, five oeuts fur a glass of sody an’ bought half a dozen oranges to take home I shan’t have mo’ dan naif to buy chicken an’ green peas fur Sunday I” The friuAr Axle Grease Is the best in the market. It la tbe moat economical and cheapest, one box lasting as long as two of any other. One greasing will last two weeks. It received first premium at the Centennial and Paris Expositions, also medals at various State fairs. Buy no other. St. Heriianl Vegetable Pills. The revered name of St. Bernard will be remero. bered so long as man continues to abuse nature by excesses aud the ptU ot our tath rs remains tbe champion remedy of the world to prevent dis ease. Whenever tbe appetite Is lost, tongue coated, sleep restless, bowels costive, sklu sallow, eyes yellow aud all bough not quite sick you are feeling badly, be sure that disease Is hanging over yon. Don’t wail. Hemember that one ounce of preventative is better than a pound of cure, aud that all druggists sell SL Jjentard Vepetabie fttl*. Bread Without Yeast—A lady sends the following to au exchange:—“The night before yon wish to bake, take one half a pint of new milk, scald and when scalding hot stir in corn meal till it is thick as mush. Set this where it will keep warm till nine or ten o’clock at night. In the morning take one-half a pint of warm water, one tablespoonful of sugar, one-half tablespoonfnl o( salt and flour to make a thin batter, add your meal prepared the night before; set this in warm water and place it where it will keep quite warm. When this is light make np your bread, adding about as much warm water or milk as you have rising; knead well, pnt in pans and when light bake, and my word for it yon will have lighter, sweeter, whiter aud finer bread than you ever made with*yeast ” Does your heart ever seem to stop and you teel a death like sensation? do you have sharp pains in region of your bean?—you have Heart Disease. Try Dr. Graves’ Heart Regulator. $1. per bottle. A tale for travelers: “Speaking of carrying the mails,” remarked the cap tain, “when I lived on Feather river, California, in ’49,1 saw the mail earners and noticed their way of travel. They had sort of snowshoes, aud they would go down the mountain side st the rate of three miles a minute. .I’ve seen ’em go so fast that the friction turned the snow to steam, and a good mauy of ’em were blown up by it one winter!” “How did they get up a mountain side ?” in quired a listener, “They would go down one lull so fast that the impetus would carry them to the top of the next,” replied the captain. The soft and silky appearance given to the hair by the use of C'arboliue, the natu ral hair restorer and diessing, as now Im proved and perfected, is the subject of general remark by nil who have witnessed its effects upon the human head. Sold by all dealers in drugs, A few days ago a baby was born in Newport. A gentleman neighbor called at the honse, and, on being shown the young one, said to it: “How are you, Colonel ?” Its mother then asked, “Why do you call it Colonel ¥” “It’s a male child isn’t it <> ” he re plied. * Yes,” replied the mother. “Well, then he’s a colonel. By the common law of Kentucky every male child born in the State is a colonel. The mother was greatly tickled over the fact that she was the mother of a Colonel. Why Corn Bread is Not Good.— One reason why corn bread is so often un successful Is, that the batter is made too thick; it should be thinner than for johnny-oake, as the flour helps to thick en it Then one ought not to rely too implicitly on receipts; some kinds of floor and meal thicken more than others, so it is well to observe carefully the first time you nse flour or meal from a new sack. On account of this differ ence many cooks prefer to purchase flour by the barrel, even for a very small family. “We know Heart Disease can be cured, why? because thousands say they have used Dr. Graves’ Heart Regulator and know it does the cure.—Ptympton Newt.’ $1. per bottle at druggists. Another most effective explosive has come into noiioe—an Austrian invention, inexpensive, gives forth no injurious smoke or gases, and does not explode from concussion or friction. It is man ufactured in two kinds for different pur poses, one sort being specially adapted for tbe various desoriptious of hard rock, drc., aud another for sandstone, lime, and similar formations, the fol lowing being the ingredients employed: Saltpetre, soda, refined sulphur, saw- duct, chlorate of potash, charcoal, sul phate of soda, prussiate of potash, re fined sugar, and piorin acid. Each of the ingredients mentioned is finely pul verized aud passed through a sieve,then compounded in a mixing cylinder of copper or wood until the sawdust is hardly noticeable; after this, the only remaining proceeding is to add to the mass from teu to fifteen per cent, of water, the whole to be then stirred until large pieces are formed. “ Bat.Siu-Pal ba.” Tbe quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Diseases. $1. Druggists. Sponge Wear.—A German has re cently patented underwear manufactured from sponge. Ir is said to be more flexible than woolen,more easily cleansed and to absorb the perspiration withont checking it. After thoroughly cleans ing and beating the sponges are dried and shaved into thin shoes, which are sewn together to form the garments. In addition to other virtues it is claim ed that this singular olothiug is dura ble. The pill* are warranted to be pukki.Y vege table, free from all mineral and other poisonous substances. They are a certain care for Consti pation, flick Headache, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Torpid Liver, Loss of Appetite, and all diseases arising from the Uver, Stomach, Bowel* or Khliieyi* They remove all obstructions from the channels of the system and purify the blood, thereby Im parting health, strength and vigor. Sold by drug gists, or sent by man for it cents in stamps by P. NEUSTAEDTER & CO., 83 Meroer St., New York, Sole Manufacturers of ST. BKKNAKD VEGE TABLE PILLS. Send for circular. Vital Questions!! Ask the most eminent physician Of any school, what is the best thing In the world for quieting aud allaying all irri tation of the nerves and curing all forms of nervous complaints, giving natural, child like refreshing sleep always ? And they will tell you unhesitatingly “Some form of Hops I” chapter i. Ask any or all of the most eminent phy sicians : “What is the best and only remedy that can be relied on to cure all diseases of tbe kidneys and urinary organs; such as Bright’s disease, diabetes, retention or ina bility to retain urine, and all tbe diseases and ailments peculiar to Women”— “And they will tell you explicitly aud emphatically “Buchu.” Ask tbe same physicians •‘What is the most re iable and surest cure for all liver diseases or dyspepsia; con stipation, indigestion, b liousness, malarial fever, ague, Ac.,” and they will tell you: Mandrake! or Dandelion!” Hence, when these remedies are combined with others equally valuable And compounded into Hop Bitters, such a iUonduded next week.) Qatar For y earn I have been alfiict- < d with Hav-Fever from early in Autfuat uutil frost. IgaveEay’a Crt am Balm a trisL The relief waa Immediate. I regard myself cured. G. Schrkibeb, Supt. of Cordage Co., Elizabeth, N. J. I hitve used Ely’aCream Balm for Hay-Fever, and experienced great relief I most cordially rec ommend it aa the beet T. B. .1 KNKS.Lawy er.Gd. Rapids. Mloh druggists. KIDNEY-WORT •HAS BEEN PROVED The SUREST CURE tor KIDNEY DISEASES. Does a lame back or disordered urine indl- 1 cate that you arc a victim ? THHN DO NOT ^ HESITATE; use Kidney-Wort at once, (drag- J giata recommend it) and it wiU speedily over- , oome die disease and restore boalthy action. < | o H! OG For complaints peculiar : IwdUICOa to your sex, auch as pain . and weaknesses. Kidney-Wort is unsnrpaaBed, aa it wUl act promptly and safely. Either Sex. Incontinence, retention of urine, I brick duai or ropy deposits, and doit dragging ’ pains, rv'l speedily yield to its curative power. J 45- BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Price $1. ! KIDNEY-WORT Dr.LlSEYaOODMIR f Nothing Iu tbe world equal to It tor the cure ot Scrofula. Pimples, Bull., Tetter, Old Sons, Bore Eyci, Mercurial Dlieaaei, Catarrh. Lea of Appetite, Female OomptsluU, aud all Blaad diieuee. It never fall*. All druggist, and country .tore keeper. Mil it. IL K. Sellers A Cm, Prep*., Pltniinrgli, on every bottle. Baltimore, Md.—Dr. Irwin H. Elderidgs, says: ‘•1 would recommend a trial of Browns Iron Bit ters iu all esses of aaaemic debility or when a tonic or appetizer la indicated.” Harvest Calendar of the World. Mother Swan's Worm Syrup. Infallible, tasteless, harmless, cathartio; for fe verishness, restlessness, worms, constipation. Me. Bostonians read with swelling pride such little compliments as this: “Ijet two men of ordinary strength take a ten-foot fence rail six inches thick each way, tie a boxing glove jo one end. and then bang that and against a man’s face as hard as they can, and it is doubt ful if the blow will be as vicious as one of Bullivan s best.” Nervousness, debility and exhausted vitality cured by using Brown’s Iron Bitters. . A solution: Visitor (frequest, soien tiflo yound man, he was now tiying to explain the philosophy of positivism)— We are all taught, that by reason ot the Inclination of tbe earth’s axis, the several seasons Happen at different times in differ ent portions of our globe, so that seed times and harvest Ad uot correspond in the various zones But probably few persons realize that if all the harvest periods of tne world were grouped together they would be found to occupy altogether more than three fourths of. the whole year. As a fact, leaving out of light altogether the equa torial and neighboring regions, in which different seasons are actually contempo raneous, there are, perhaps only two months out of the twelve in which the harvest is not being actually gathered somewhere on the face of the earth. Thus, in the greater part of Chili, portioas of the Argentine Republic, Australia, and New Z Aland, January is the harvest month. It begins in February in the^East Indies, going on into March as we come north. Mexico,' Egypt, Persia, and Syria reap in April, while Japan, China, Northern Asia Minor, Tunis, Algiers and Morocco, and also Texa j , do so in May. California, Spain, Portugal, Ilaly, Sicily, Greece, and some of tbe southern departments of France gather the harveat in June. July is the harvest month for tbe greater part of France, for Austria, South Russia, and the greater part of the United Sutesof America; Germany reaps in August with England, Belgium, tbe Netherlands, part of Rusiia, Denmark, part of Canada and the north eastern States of America; September is the lime for Scotland, the great part of Canada, Sweden, Norway and the north ern midlands of Russia, while the harvest drags on slowly throughout October in the moat narthern parts ot Russia and the Scandinavia* peninsula. It would thus seem that November and December are “I admit the question is abtrose and ' tbe only months which have not a place in comphc—” ohe—“Why not ‘pop’ it?” the harvest calendar of the world. fK in 90f% l«rflay at bome.8amplee wortb $6 fre ♦*» T O Addreta Wtihbow fcOo.. PortUnd.Mg DUN. J. N. & J. B. H0BENSACK. THOSE AFFLICTED WITH 'IHE EFFECTS OF SELF-ABUSE AND MERCURIAL1ZATION should not hesitate to consult J. N. and J. B. HO- BENSACK, of 208 North Second btreet, Philadel phia, either by mail or by person, daring the hours tram 8 A. M. to 2 P. M., and 6 to 9 P. M. Advice free. Whosoever would knew his condi tion and the way to Improve It shonld read “WISDOM IN A NUTSHELL.” Sent on receipt of 3-cent stamp. z week m your own town. Terms and as outfit GvOfree. Address H. Haixbtt*Oo.. PertUnd.Ma Camphor Milk is the beet Liniment Price 26 cents. FREE Drees Cutting, ulnnati, O. A GENT) t per cent National Pub. Oo-. re- Pa. ■Photnlx Pectoral will cure your cougU. Price 26 oft. sir Ladies Do you want a pure, bloom* ing Complexion f if so, a few applications of Hagan’s MAGNOLIA BALM wWgrat- ify yon to your heart’s con tent. It does away with Sal lowness, Redness, Pimples*. Blotches, and all diseases and imperfections of the skin. It once of heat, fatigue and ex citement. It makes a lady of THIRTY appear but TWEN TY; and so natural, gradual, and perfect are its effects, that it is impossible to detect its application. “Georgs Alfred Khmvho, what were yon doing down town last sight till after 12 o’clock ?” “What was I doing, Mrs. Renfro? Why, my dear, I was in the office bal ancing up the books. I worked there till I could hardly see. My head is just fall of figures yet.” “Your head fall of figures I Figures! O, yon are mistaken, Mr, Reufro. Fig aros don’t lie, you know. ••Now Well aud Strong.’* SHIPMAN, HlinoU. Dr. R. Y. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.: Dear Sir—I wish to state that my daughter, aged J.8, was pronounced incurable and was twi failing as the doctors thought, with con sumption. I obtained a half dozen bottles of your “Gulden Medical Discovery” for her and she commenced improving at once, and is now well and strong. Very truly yours, Rev. ISAAC N. AUGUSTIN. “Discovery’’ sold by druggists. A New York man has devised an arm chair in which a condemned man can be pnt to an instantaneous and painless death by means of electricity. The method of despatching criminals will become so pleasant pretty soon that the culprit will “cry for it;” and the daily list of murderer 6 will be largely augmented. Hlok-Headaohe. Mas. J. C. Henderson, of Cleveland, Ohio, writes: “The use of two of Fieroe’s ‘Pleasant Purgative Pellets’ a day, for a few weeks, has entirely cured me of slck- headaohe, from which l formerly suffered terribly, as often, on an average, as once iu ten days.” Of all druggists. Most humane: “Oome, Samivel, pnt oop dose shatters already. Ye moost close onr store cbnst like odder beoples, on baturday afternoon, to give onr vork- men, a little fresh air, eh ? But, Sami vel, when yon gets oop de shatters, look the doors and exercise the poys until after the sunset goes down. Ye moost not let the poor fellows get son- strike, SamiveL” Young and middlu-agud men, suffering from nervous debility aud kindred affec tion!*, as loss of memory and hypochondria, should inclose three stamps tor Part VII of World’s Dispensary Dime Series of pamph lets. Address World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Forethought: Unole—“Now, what would you say if I gave yon a shilling apiece ?” Mastei Jack—“I’d rather you gave mine to sis, uncle, aud told her to bay me a shilling cannon, as pa said the first money I got shou.d go for that window I broke.” Ladies and children ’* boots and shoes cannot run over if Lyon’s Patent Heel Stiffeners are used theuaaal varnmne ot catarrh »i virua causing healthy secretions It ailays inflammation, protects BOME-COLU. the membranal linings of the A POSITIVE OliREl head from colds ;oompletelyheals _, the sores and restores the sense t L Y o of taste and smell. Beneficial re- CREAM BALM. &8S1X? bv ‘ few “ ipU A thorough treatment will cure. Unequalled for cold In the head. Agreeable to use. for circular 60 cents a package, by mail at at ELY BROTHERS. Owego. N. Y “Bit.her education: “Why did you take your boy away from my school ?” asked a teacher of an old ne gro. “Wall, I tell yer, 1 heard de white folks say dat de negro was in need of higher eddyoation, an’ I sent my boy up on de hill. ” Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer is tne marvel of the age tor all nerve diseases. All Bts stopped tree. Bead to Ml Area Street* PMadeipma. Pa. A Jersey court incident: Lawyer— “Did the ground slant?’ Witness— “Yes, sir.” Lawyer—“Bnt did it slant at an angle?” For sore feet, swollen Joint a, sprains, corns or bunions, nse ht. Patrick's Salve. Literary item: We have received small uook entitled, “English As She la Spoke.” Did this esmanate from the Hub ? Mrs. J. S. Littell,of Newark,N.J.,suffered terribly from Bright’s kidney disease. Three doctors said she could not live; a fourth doo tor gave her Dr. Elmore’s liheumatiue- Goutaline only—three bottles cured her. Electricity and Wine.—A thunder storm having greatly improved • cask of bad wine in a wine cellar there have been seme experimentr made with eleo tricity in France. A current of electri city was passed through a small cask of sour wine, am) at the end of a few days the wine was found to be greatly im proved in quality, and to have acquired that flavor which has hitherto been sup posed to come only with age. The button-holes of Ghrohthion collars and cuffs are made so they will uot tear out like other kindp. In Japan the camphor tree is very widely distributed, but it thrives best in the provinces of Tosa and Sikok, in the southern part of the kingdom. Dr. A. von Roreitz is the authority for the statement that the only tree which yields the oommeroial camphor of Japan and Formosa iff the Laura* camphoru- tue, called by the natives “tsunoki.” The hygiene of quackery has done more to aggravate dyspepsia by seli-iuilictod starva- tluu than gluttony ever did. Gastrinr cures tbe worst forms of dyspepsia. The extensive use of various com pounds of borax as agents for the pre servation of food hassled to inquiry in regard to the {ioeaibUity of any injurious effects from taking these substances into the system. Investigation on the con tinent of Europe by several different chemists all indicate that no harm is done by pure boracio aoid, but that un pleasant consequences may be produc ed by some of the Imparities common in commercial borax. Doga can take large quantities of .pure botax daily without apparent injury. It is evident, however that the utmost care should be taken to use only an absolutely pure artiote for application to meat or any thing else intended for food, "Roagh ob Raw." Clean oat rets, mice, roaebes, flies,* ants, bed bugs, skunks, obipmunks, gophers. I60. Druggists Owenton, Ky.—Dr. I. F. 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Headache, unnatural losses, and all waakneeeof Generative System; it never {aOa. *1 pkg.. 6 for *A—At Druggists, by mail from Allan's PhannacyTsu Fit Ayenaa, New York Oitf. l png., o Tor gfe.—At Druggist!, or from Allnn't Pharmacy, 316 First DRAIN FOOD k Disease, Propensity and ■Passion brings Maa. tkind numberless alt- i l I EN’QI LLIm Bjments, foremost among ^thera are Nervoutneaa, Nervous Debility and unnatural weakness of Generative Organs; Allan's Brain Food successfully overcomes these trembles and raatorea the sufferer to his former vigor. |L If Ml F000 <- The Peculiar O/a Mystery I * It was one of the peculiarities of the old-lashioned Doctors that they never would tell patients what they were prescribing for them. They said It WnnlH Hn rvjtiAxnfo pv/'ofvf! ♦/-w xl a. 1a. 1 J i .• Would wnte the prescriptions in dog-Latin, so that most patients could not readthem. AH that sort ofthmg is now over. The patient wants to know what he takes. He is weak, and wants to be strong, or he is dyspeptic, and wants to digest well. •Or he has a troublesome liver which he wants to put to rights. So Ee takes Brown’s Iron Bitters about which there is no Tnvqtf»rv at nil TV»»a «a Kao* is*,** i J • mystery at all This js the best preparation of iron in the worid, in com bination with gentle yet efficient tonics. It gives strength. < It builds ui enfeebled systems. It enriches impoverished blood. It rerr vves feminine weaknesses. It casts out debility. It is what YOU want, and your druggist r j