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4 & AQMOCJLTTJKK * I ■r Waste ok the Fabm.—The greatest tf wastes on the farm is in not osing onr brains; the greatest because at the bottom of all other wastes. A little thinking often saves much labor. After acoomplishing almost any labor the most of us can look back and see how we could have improved on it if we had but thought. The ditch we dug through our mead ows, was not done in the most econom ical way. We dug too deeply at first, and did not allow for the setting of the land. That was an unnecessary waste of labor. We omitted to buy an implement that would have saved nearly its cost in one year’s use, until we had spent much time in trying to do our work without it. Another waste. We carry a water pipe too near the surface to save the expense of digging a trench of a safe depth,and the winter’s frost necessitates a replacement of the pipe and an additional digging. Another waste here. We allowed the weeds to grow on one piece of land, not thinking to what pro portions they would grow by the time the crops were too far advanced to admit the hoe. A waste here which might have been obviated. . And so on, wastes, little and big, every whore, all arising from our not thinking sufficiently-waste because easily avoided. Wo omit the ordinary waste from ne glect, from laziness, from want of appre ciation of cleanliness—the waste from our stock, from our manure heap, from our household. Verily a little thought will save to the farmer much, and the saving through this means, even on a small farm, will represent the interest on a considerable capital. The wastes arising from ignorance can very easily be diminished, and are in a large part inexcnsable;those arising from carelessness are not deserving of sympathy. The farmer, as well as the business man, must use business princi ples to secure ti e largest success, and the one should be as careful of the out goes as the other. Sheei* Fakming.—Despite the con- stant attention winch is called to the value of sheep, not only as improvers of the land, but as profitable farm animals, for wool and mutton, there are many farmers who have never raised or kept a single sheep, though their farms are adapted to raising sheep largely and profitably. Why this is we cannot im agine, for facts and figures can be had by the score to prove the profitableness of sheep breeding, if necessary, and about the only drawback in many local ities is the loss occasioned by dogs. Many a rough, wornout or neglected farm might be brought up rapidly and be made paying land,by breeding sbeep thereon, as the manure from the sheep is one of the most enriching of manures, and is evenly and finely uistributed. Of course they may not do this without being fed something besides what they can get in the fields, yet this additional food works to the profit of the breeder in two ways—it not only insures good and profitable growth of flesh and wool, bnt it makes the manure noher and more valuable. Even poor farmers can give sheep a trial by commencing in a small way, and then, as means and ex perience are gained, the flocks cau be gradually increased by purchases, though the natural increase from a small flock of sheep is by no means inconsiderable, if properly managed and cared for as they should be. Like any other kind of stock, they must have good care and food to secure the greatest measure of profit. Mb Wall last season distributed about four bushels of the Ricta wheat —a rust-proof variety—among about forty farmers living in various port ons of the State. It was grown on the plains of Tusoany, and is reported to be the only kind that does not rust iu that locality. The reports received from those who have planted it iu Mississippi indicate that it has thus far proven to bo a reliable rust-proof variety. We have found a little salt sprinkled on a manure heap one of the host appli cations both for summer and winter. In warm weather it attracts moisture and keeps the manure from fire fangmg, or burning from excessive fermentation .In winter it keeps the heap irom freezing solid, and at any season it makes the manure more soluble. In order to keep the striped beetle from vines the experiment was tried of placing corn-cobs dipped iu coal-tar near Ihe hills. While the practice did not entirely prevent the ravages of the beetle, their numbers wsre largely di minished. Occasional sowing of little patches of ground with mustard, green peas, oats, etc.,will do mue i to assist in keep ing a cow on a small form. They grow quickly and the same land will give sev eral crops. A little discretion in this way will save much expense as well as furnishing early green seed. The willow is successfully usel as a preventive of malaria in Syria,and there is no reason why it "hould not be valu able for this purpose here—especially as it has so many other excellent pro perties, for embankment of streams, fuel, etc. A JNew Jersey peach grower says ho eares nothing for the yellows. Give the perch trees a good dose of potash all over the ground where the roots feed, and wash the bodies each spring with lye. and the yellows can not only be pre vented, but cured. F. I) Curtis says that twenty years ago he treated a stunted Fameuse apple tree with a wheelbarrow full of leached ashes, and the tree shows the benefit of it to this day. Mr. Curtis also says that too many vaneties of fruit are a nuisance and an endless amount of work. The best remedy for cabbage-worms on a small scale, and which we have used for many years, is hand-pioking before the plants form heads, and hot water from a watering-pot when the heads appear—some practice being re quired to know Just how hot and how long to apply the water- A gardener in Baltimore who has a number of large hothouses for growing ing early cucumbers keeps a hive of bees in each house for the purpose of distributing the pollen. Household hints.—Barley added to pea soap helps to give it an appetiz ing flavor, and it adds to its nutritive qualities also. DOMESTIC. Paokino butter.—Use six-gallon stone crooks; rinse well with brine and dry thoroughly. Sprinkle a little salt evenly over the bottom of the jar, then pack in the butter as solid as possible. Make a quart of brine strong enough to bear an egg and pour over the butter; set away in a cool place. When the next churning is ready to pack, pour off the brine in an earthen dish; put in the butter, press down firmly and poor over the brine ; continue the same until the jar is full; then pour off the brine and place on the butter a clean cloth that has been wet in the brine; on this cloth place enough salt to fill the jar; tie another cloth over the top and on it place a board and stone. Butter worked and packed according to these direc tions will keep sweet for months. Eaos.—Procure a pine box nineteen inches long, thirteen inches wide and eight inches deep (this is a oonvenient size to pack in and handle:) cover the bottom with salt, on this place a layer of eggs with the small ends down, and so on until the box is filled. Do not allow the eggs to touch each other, nor any part of the box. Care should also be taken that each layer of salt is thick enough to keep each layer of eggs separate. The secret of success lies in keeping each surrounded by salt. The top layer should be of salt. Keep in a cool place. Do not use stone jars for packing, as in them the eggs will gath er dampness and spoil, Coknmead fruit pudding.—Scald one pint of milk, pour ou one large cup of white Indian meal, when cool add one cup of flour aud one cup of cold milk or enough to make a smooth paste. Beat well together. Make a custard of a pint and a half of milk, one cap of powdered sugar and four eggs ; beat gradually iuto the paste. When all are mixed into a light batter, stir iu two tahlespoonfuls of malted butter, one teaspoonful .of mixed ciuuamou aud mace, oue-half pound of seeded aud chopped raisins, first dredging the rais ins well with flour. Last’of all stir in a teaspo'inful of soda dissolved in a lit tle boiling water. Beat up hard and quickly. Tour into a buttered dish and bake in a quick aud steady oven one hour. Swedish pudding. — One-half pound of flour ; one-half pound of butter; half pound of sugar ; eight eggs ; a little salt. Rub the sugar and butter to a cream : add the yolks well beaten, the salt, flour, aud lastly the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Cook by steaming tbem in a steamer about half an hour. Tut die batter three- fourths of an inch deep iuto teacups. The batter will fill the oups. Turn them on a hot platter. Serve imme diately with a clear brandy sauce iu the bottom of the dish. Half the above quantity will be suffioient for a small family. Charlotte Rasse.—One pint milk; three quarters pound sugar : one-half box gelatine. Put these together, aud set over a kettle of boiliug water ; after the gelatine is dissolved, beat four eggs aud stir in. L c av« over the tiro until it looks clear, then let it cool. Beat to a stifl froth one pint of cream, then add vanilla to taste. Stir all well together, and set iu a cool place with ice around it. When you add the eggs stir thor oughly all the time aud when it is cool, beat it well. Put cake iu a mould, stuck together with white of egg, aud put the liquid inside, or serve cake aud liquid separately. Working butter —Wash the butter well with pure cold water, drain thor oughly before salting; an ounce of salt to a pound of butter is the rule ; work tlia salt iu evenly aud sot away iu a cool place from five to twelve hours. When the salt has dissolved it is ready to work up a second time. Working butter a second time prevents it becom ing streaked, Work out wbat bnue you cau, but take care not to work it until it becomes oily The buttermilk should all be removed when the butter is washed, us it is that, and not the bnue, as is generally supposed, which spoils the flavor of the butter aud pre vents it from keeping well. Atplk butter.—Nice apple butter is excellent with cold meat. Use tart apples, and to three pecks, after they are peeled and quartered, allow mue pounds ot brown sugar and two gal lons of water. Let the water come to a boil, then add the su^ar; wuen it is dissolved put iu the apples. Stir them constantly with a large wooden spoon. After th a y are soft let them simmer until they are thick and do not seem at all watery. If you wish to add any spices you may do so, Cmuamou, nut meg and a little ginger are liked by some people. Cheshire cheese toasted,—Out some slices of stale bread about an inch thick, pare off the crusts aud toast a light brown; cut slices of mellow cheese about a quarter of an inch iu thickness, but not as large as the bread by half an inch ou each side ; out off the rind, and lay on the toast iu a cheese toaster; carefully watch the pieces that they do not burn. Serve smoking hot upon the toast with some good mustard aud cay enne. Fob a positive cure for water bugs.— Take a kettleful of water, a cupful of washing-soda. Lot it come to a boll, after which pour it down the water-pipes commencing at the top of the house! Repeat the operation once or twice and yon will have destroyed ninety-nine per cent of the bugs, which breed inside the pipes during the month of Septem ber, The lew remaining in the room can be reached witn insect powder. The best way to procure chestnut trees is to plant the nuts where the trees are to stand. Plant them when fresh, in the fall, three inches deen, oorer the ground with board, and then with straw and remove those in the spring, ihe ground should be hoed, as with corn. The trees will moke a rapid growth. It Is very remarkable that so few at tempts are made to grow the foreign chestnut tree, known variously as the French, Spanish and Italian. A novel substitute for a tidy is sim ply a bow of ribbon. This, if of hand some ribbon, looks extremely well on the back of a small sofa, and if this is in two parts put a bow ou each one. The nbbon should be wide, and of good quality. If inclined to decorate a spray of flowers hand-painted or em broidered would be appropriate pretty. HUMOKOFh, —r A Lucky FUtiermau. Id the vast auiuuat of husiaes* transac ted at the Baltimore, Md., Tosloffl e, Mr. M. V. Bailey, superintendent of the Mails, is kept exceedingly busy, but somehow ho finds a spare hour or day to go tlahing, aud from his experience he Lives las testimony, that St. Jacob’s Oil is the best remedy in the world for rheumatism, sprains, sore feet and joint a, bruises, etc. It is t/ie re medy for fishermen and gunners,, who should always keep a bottle ou h md. A novel method of draining very wet swamps is being practiced in some coun tries. It is known to botanists that most large leaved plants give off about their own weight in moisture in from thirty-six to forty-eight hours. Upon this prindiple, certain plants have been grown in swamps which were not wan - ted for immediate cultivation, aud m a few years the swamps became dry aud had borne in addition a crop of hoop poles or other product. The great eu calypti of Australia are especially useful for this work, but many of our own trees answer the purpose admirably. Consumption Cured. An old physician, retired from practice, having had placed in his hands by an East India mission ary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and Rung Atfect ons, also a poiltlve and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints, alter naving tested its wonderful curative powers In thousands of cases, has felt It Ula duty to make It known tohia suffering fell iwa. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human suffering. I will send free of charge, to all who desire It, this recipe, In Qerman, French or English, with full directions for preparing and using, sent by mall by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W. A. Notes, UU 1'ower‘M block, Rochester, hi. r. A Massachusetts book agent, who was wearing a small circular piece of court-plaster ou his face, removed it while shaving a few mornings since, and feplaced it when his toilet was complete. Contrary to his usual ex perience, us he went about bis busi ness during the rest of the day he was everywhere received with smiles, winch grew broader and broader, uutil at iast somebody laughed iu his lace. Led by this to look in the glass, he was somewhat taken aback to discover that, instead of the court-plaster, he had affixed a little round printed label, which had falleu from the back of a uew mantel clock purchased the day before, and which bore the appropri ate inscription, “Warranted solid biass.” What nt Money Weighed against that health it so often falls to buy ? Dross indeed. While we can none of us claim a total exemption from that greatest of all Ills to which nesh Is heir—111 health, we may do much to lessen the chances of menrring It, and this not alone by Ihe adoption of such sanitary measures as are to bo fonnd in dally exercise, regular hours, prudence In eating and drinking, and a wholesome diet, but also by resorting to Ju dicious preventive medication when the system Is threatened by unhealthful Influences. For in stance, residents or sojourners In malarions lo calities should nse Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters as a defense against chills and fever, and persona ■who incur much out-of-door exposure should em ploy It as a safeguard against rheumatism. Trav elers In the tropics And It invaluable also as a means of arresting liver complaint and constipa tion, and counteracting the debilitating Influence of a torrid climate. “Yeb,’' he said as they came down town together, “I’ve sold mv house and lot.” “No r “Yes. the papers were all passed yes terday.” "Did you get your figure ? ’ “Well, yes,” “bay, Smith,” continued the other, after they had walked a block in si lence, “I won’t be Impudent enough to ask you what that figure was, but I should really like to know if you got anything over and above the amount of the mortgage!” Smith didn’t eav. My daughter was troubled with Heart Disease for 5 years, given up by physi cians, bad sinking spells, great swelling over her heart extending to left arm, and severe spells of neuralgia extending over entire body, doctors could not help her. Dr. Graves’ Heart Regulator cured her within three mos.-Jas. ^Tilton, Concord, N. H. $1. per bottle at druggists. How they found out : On a train two gentlemen were discussing the nativity of a third who sat near them, “I’ll bet he’s a Southern man.” “No, he looks more like a Westerner.” “We can tell by asking him a question, can’t wo?” “All right, for the cigars, now he’s a Westerner, aud I’ll ask him the queation, ” So he went across the oar and politely said: U I beg your pardon sir, bnt what time is it?” ‘Well, sJi.” ho replied, looking at his watch, “it is fo’ minutes befo’ fo’.” That settled it. Is your halt' failing out orymr sca ! t> dis eased? Carboliue, a deo loriz.-d exiraet of petroleum, as now improved and perfect- etl, is just the article you need. Buy a bottle, and, like thousands who are using it all over the land,you will value it as the choicest of all toilet preparations. A sweetheart’s solicitude : “I'm so alarmed, Lizzie,” exclaimed a Si. Louts girl, who was engaged to be married to a young army officer. “Ho hasn’t written to me in thr<?e days.” “There is no occasion to get excited,” was the reassuring reply; “he is out of the reach of Indians, there is no epidemic prevailing where he is stationed and when he last wrote to you he was in perfect health.” “Oh, yes I know all that, Lizzie,” said the (imid, agitated creature, “but then there's the the army worm.” Tlit- mhxxi • ic Ui-ettM a tin* l>*i m the m - . It Is the most ecouoaiical &o<i clicap-u . ;nd box l&iitinz as Jon': ■M two of any otnor. One greasing will last two weeks. It received first premium at the Centennial and Paris Expositions, also medala at various Bute fair*. Buy no other. Not at all surprised: “Has yer heered what happened last week to Gabe Snodgrass?” “I haln’t heered nuffin about him sence he leff Austin, last week.” “Two trains run togedder and Gabe’s head was cut clean off,” He's dead, I s’pose ?” “Of course he’s dead and he has been dead every senoe.” “Well, I ain’t s’prised at hit. De lat’ time I seed him he was lookin' mighty poorly an’ was complainin’ of a misery in his ohist, and he had a mighty spish- ous lookin’ gumboil on his neck. Decline of Man. Nervous Weakness, Dyspepsia, Impotence. Sex ual DebUlty,cured oy “*ella“ Health henewer.’'>l. A pure strengthening tome, free from whiskey and alcohol, cures dyspepsia and similar diseases, jt has never been equalled. Brown’s Iron Bitters. Caterpillars are seriously damaging Louisiana's cotton crop. Ladies and ctuioren a Boots and shoes cannot run over if Lyon’s Talent Heel Stiffeners are used. A Lucky chance. Of all men no doubt the mechanic and laborer suffer more from disease than any other class—not always in the disease itself, but the circumstances surrounding their cases. Who can depict a more horrifying scene than that of the prosperous mechanic, who, by some dreadful disease, is reduced in flesh and strength, having no power of con trol, a helpless prey to some malady? Per- ha £. 9 i he fainil y °f t he worthy man may be suffering for the necessaries of life, all be cause ‘father’' is unable to work. Why then do not all men grapple with the first symptoms of disease (of whatever name or Jnature), and thereby prevent this sad picture. This Is j ust what Mr. Hiram Franklin,of Naugatuck, Conn., did when he began to feel a heavy, dull pain In the small of his hack, which steadily grew worse until he had to do one of two things: either give up work or die, or look around for some means to cure kidney disease, and a lucky chance threw in his way a safe and certain means of de liverance. The facts in Mr. p.’s case are these: His business (mason and builder) requires him to be exposed in all sorts of weather. Re cently, from a severe cold, he contracted a disease of the kidneys, and like many others began using everything at hand. Not find- ing any help, as a last resort he began taking Hunt s Remedy. The first bottle giving del cided benefit, he continued its use until he had used three (3) bottles, when all trouble disappeared. Mr. P. is now attending to business, a well man, and recently remarked loan acquaintance: “One trial convinced me, as it will you. ” We need scarcely add Hunt s Remedy is purely vegetable/ and meets a want never before furnished to those suftering from kidney and liver complaint orop>y, etc., and the utmost reliance may he placed in it v The tables lamed : Poor beggar— “Please spare a penny, sir. I haven't had any dinner to-day 1” Swell—“Paw beggah I” Poor beggar—“I haven’t had a meal .since yesterday, sir !” Swell —“Paw beggah I ’ Poor beggar—“I’ve got a wife and children, sir, all starv ing!” Swell—“Paw beggah!” Poor beggar—"Please spare a penny, tir l” Swell—“Haven’t got one—aw !” Poor beggar—“Paw beggah !” Walnut Leaf flair Keatorer. It is entirely different from all others. It is as clear as water, and as its name indicates is a per feet V eget ahl e H ai r Res torer. 11 wil 1 i m- mediately free the head from all dandrufl',re store gray hair to its natural color, and pro duce a new growth where it has fallen off, It does not in any manner aflect the health, which sulphur, sugar of lead and nitrate of silver preparations have done. It will change light or faded hair in a few days to a beautiful glossy brown. Ask your druggist for it Each bottle is warranted. Smith, Kline & Co.. Wholesale Agents, Philadelphia, Pa. and C. N. Crittenton New York. Modesty on tip-toes : “Why will you associate with such men as Flimsy ?” asked Brown. “For my part, I always endeavor to associate with men who are my superiors.” “It can’t be hard work for you to find tbem.” replied Fogg; “but I am different irom you. I am always willing that my friends should associate with their superiors.” Wells’ “Kougn on Rats” Almanac at druggists, mail for 2c stamp. K. 8. Wells, Jersey City. Get it Sure. or A sufficient reason : “Dumley.” said a friend, admiringly, “I believe you are a man to die with your boots on. Yes ?” replied Dumley, straightening himself and trying haul not to appear too dare devilish, “and why do yon think so ?” “Because you so rarely take them off when you go to bed.” Wadlbt, Gi—Dr. H. L. Battle, Jr., says. “Brown’s Iron Bitters are very popular in tnis sec tion and give entire satisfaction.” The effects of tiavol: Beene—Ven ice ; a brio-a-brao shop. Edith (who is admiring a has relief of the “Last Supper”)—“Oh mamma do come here ; this is the loveliest table d’hote I ever saw I” VEi trade MARK. The pills are warrantedto be PUKKLY vege table. free from all mineral and other poisouous substances. They are a certain cure for Consti pation, Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Torpid Liver, Loss of Appetite, aud all diseases arising from the Liver, Stomach, Bowel* or Kidneys. They remove all obstructions from the channels of the system and purify the blood, thereby Im parting health, strength and vigor. Sold by drug- gista, or sent by mall for 26 cents In stamps by P. NEUSTAEDTER & CO., 83 fiercer St., New York, Sole Mamifacrurersof ST. BKKNA lift VKOtt- TAULE FILLS. bend tor circular. n: in mi inn FRIGHTFUL MORTALITY, LOG AX1) BRONCHIAL DISEASE, HALE‘3 HON Elf OF HOREHOUND AND TAR CHANCING THE BALANCE To the Health Side of the Account. Before pharmaceutical research bad developed the great PULMONIC above named, the cough mixtures m the daj presented no adequate pro- tection against the speedy development ot fatal forms ot lung disease. To palliate was all that ^ey could do in a majority of casea Bnt since HALE’S HONEY OF HOREHOUND AND TAR was Introduced, persons suffering from severe COUGHS and COLDS, from ASTHMA, sore THROAT, INFLUENZA, etc., have been enabled to avail themselves, at trifling cost, of an article which affords them a reliable means of cure and a genuine defense. There are dangerous Imita tions. Aslr for HALE’S by Its full name and take no substitute. Pike’s Toothache Props Cure in one Minute. clMARffibi* UNFAIUWO AND INFALLIBLE nr oranto \Epil'ptie Fits, \Spasm, Falling Sickness, Convul sions, . 8t. Yitua Dance, Alcoholism, Opium | Eating, Seminal Weakness, Im- potency, Syphilis, Scrofula, and all Nervous and Blood Diseases. tyTo Clergymen, Lawyers, Literary Men, Merchants, Bankers, Ladles and all whose sedentary employment causes Nervous Pros tration, Irregularities of the blood, stomach, bowels or kidneys, or who require a nerve tonic, appetizer or stlmnlent, Samaritan Fer- vine is invaluable. HTThousands [THEIGREIT J oclaim it the most * l * vf. proclaim it the most wonderful Invigor- ant that ever sustain ed a sinking system. 11.50, at Druggists. TheDR. S. A. RICHMOND MEDICAL CO., Sole Pro prietors, St Joseph, Mo. For testimonials and circular* send stamp. Chas. N. Crittenton, Agent, New York. (8) Camphor Milk Is the best Liniment- Price m cents AK'Et'BSSSSMXReKBjaa' The women’s department in the Bos ton Fajr has created surprise among those who tbink that women cannot in vent. Borne of the contrivanoes are in genious. A California woman has de vised h table bedatead. There are a double piauo stool, a bridle rein, an im proved chimney, a birch bark life pre server, a veutilatiug screen, life-sized doll babies, carpet stretchers, floor clinging dustpans, kidney cures, and stove dampers, a photograph albnm, a pan greaser, a look against burglars,and an autumn leaf catcher for cisterns. Two-Thirds of a Uottle Cares. Dr. R, V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.: Dear Sir—I have been taking your “Favorite Prescription” for “female weakness.” Be fore I had taken it two days I began to feel stronger. I have taken hut two-thirds of a bottle and believe I am cured. Gratefully, Mbs. H. 0. LOVETT, Watseka, HL The system of irrigation now in use in the Madras Presidency is on a vast scale. In all it includes nearly 53,000 tanks, requiring embankments which would extend a distance of 30,000 miles, while the total number of masonry works are at least 300,000. It is re markable that this whole gigantic scheme is of native origiu, not one new tank having been made by Europeans. Sick and bilious headache, and all de rangements of stomach and bowels, cured by Dr. Pierce's “Pellets”—or anti-bilious granules 25 cents a vial. No cheap boxes to allow waste of virtues. By druggists. Work on the Corinth Canal is going forward with activity. Over 1,000 la borers are employed, exclusive of offi cials and those eugagod in the transport service. At the Corinth end a tempo rary harbor has been constructed,and a 312 feet long breakwater erected at Isthmia Kalamaki. Powerful excava tors are soon to be set at work on the undertaking. Throat, llronclilal, autl Lung Diseases a specialty. Send two stamps for large treatise giving self treatment. Address World’s Dispensary Medical asso ciation, Buffalo. N. Y. 1'hc Faculty of Amherst College have placed iu the hands ol a college “Sen ate” all matters of discipline and order. President Seelye says that he is satisfied with the way things have gone thus far, aud expects to have no further trouble in regard to discipline. The students are well pleased with this innovation. For nearly :!4 years l Imvobe.u a victim of Catarrh. I ha/c trijd in-iu/ le.ue iies, receiving lime or no relief, i bought one bottle of Ely’s Cream Balm aud derived more real benefit from that than all the rest added together. Y ou can recommend it as being a safe and valuable medicine.— A. L. Fuller, Dauby, N. Y. As one having used Ely’s Cream Balm I would say it is worth its weight in gold as a cure for Catarrh Oot bottle cured me. a. A. Jj'jvell Franklin, Pa. (See adv’L) In hand-picking pears, the eye will point out,by a yellow tint or color,those which are mature enough for house- ripening, and if the stem cracks off when the fruit is partly lifted, they should not be left any longer on the tree. In a letter from Hon. Mrs. PBav, Castle Grey, Limerick, Iteland, Hrown’s Bronchial Troches, are thus referreJ to: “Having brought your ‘Bron chial Troches’ with me when I came to reside here, I found that after I had given lliem away to those I considered required them, the poor people will walk for miles to get a few.” For Coughs, Colds, and Throat Diseases they have no equal. Soli onli/ in boxes. An inch of flue manure spread around strawberry plants set since bearing, will preserve moisture in the soil, and prevent the ground from crusting if it becomes necessary to water them, I’crest and best bod-liver on,, from selected livers, on the se.isliore, by < aswell, Hazard & Co., N. Y. Absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who hsveonce taken it prefer it to all others. Physi cians declare It superior to all other oils. The roofs of barns should be steep, and if of wood the surface either pain ted or the shingles dipped in lime water to make them more durable. Straw and dirt collect under flat-roofed shingles and cause rapid decay, Mr. L.Ray,44Nostrandavenue,Brooklyn, says Dr. Elmore’s R.-G. saved his life; four large bottles cured hisdyspepsia, kidney and Uver diseases, which six doctors had failed to help, and of which he expected to die soon. Pear trees come into bearing after planting sooner than apple trees, the an nual crops are more certain with the usnal treatment that both crops get. Generally, too, pears bring the best pri ces. “KIk mum me” Is the language of visorous health am i sel'-satls- faction, but when self-indulgence, exposure ami bad habits have deranged the delicate functions of digestion, and the blood becomes Impure, there is but one certain way to avoid disease. That is to purify the blood by “St Bernard’s Vegetable PiUs” which stimulate the liver, kidneys and «mn, promote digestion and restore sound, hea'thy ac- tlon to the congested organs and disordered funo- tions. They are the oldest known hesltli restora- live in the world. Texas farmers sold last year $59,000,- 000 worth of cotton, $53,000,000 worth of cattle, $7,000,000 worth of wool aud mutton, and $1,000,000 worth of horses and hides. Malaria, chills, positively cured Dy Emory’s Standard Cure Pills. Their equal unknown; sugar coated; no griping, 25c. A new vegetable parasite, haploooc- ous reotioulatuB, has been discovered iu pork by Dr, Zopf. It was found in from thirty to forty per cent, of the en tire number of animals examined. Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer is tne marvel ot the age for all nerve diseases. All flts stopped free. Send to esi Arch street, Philadelphia. Pa. Professor John W. Clark, of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, has set out this season 1000 apple trees, 200 pear trees and 3000 peach trees in his North Hadley orchard. He has 2000 peach trees from which ho expects to get 1000 bushels. Mother Swan’s Worm Syrup. Infallible, tasteless, harmless, cathartic; for fe verishness, restlessness, wsrms,.eonstipation, 26c. Sheboygan, Wia.—Dr.a B. Myers, says: “I recommend Brown’s Iron Bitters for general de bility, loss of appetite and want of strength.” Copper loses strength rapidly with heat; irom zero to 212 degrees it loses about five per cent., while at 650 degs, it loses 25 per cent. Why don’t you use St Patrick’s Salve? Try it- Use it. 26o at all druggists- GERMAN GREAT IREI CURES " Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Headache, Toothache, •ore Thro A, N wel I ■ II«a. Sprain*.Brulaee, Borns, Seul<l», Frost BHes, and all other nouiLY pains and aches. •oldby Druffuta And Dealer, erervwhem. Piny Cent,* battle . . blrectioas in 11 Language,. ' 1 THE CHARLES A. VOGKI.ER CO. maMmonMA. VOaELEKACO.) Hallltaora. 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HOP BITTERS Is an Elegan*, Pleasant, and Refreshing Flavoring for Sick-room, Drinks, and Impure Water render ing them harmless, sweetening the mouth, and clean ing the stomach. JkDI3 Crick,Spnliu,Wrenchea,Rheu- V) ■! NX matism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, PAINS Pleurisy Pains, Stitch la the Side, Backache, Swollen Joints, Heart Disease, Sore Muscles, Pain in the Chest, and all pains and aches either local or deep-seated are Instantly relieved and speedily cured by the well-known Bop Plaster. Compounded, as It G, of the medicinal virtues ot fresh Hops, Gums, Balsams and Extracts, It Is Indeed the best pain-killing, stimulating, soothing and strengthening Porous Plaster ever made. Bop Piasters are sold by all druggists and country stores. 25cents orflvefor $1.00. ■ ■ wa^ Mailed on receipt of M J law price. Bop Plaster Co.. " ■ ■ Proprietors and Manu facturers, Boston,Mass. PLASTER nrCoated tongue, bad breath, sour stomach and liver disease cured by Hawley’s Stomach and Liver I “ills, 25ct«. C jlwpA B R H CmmBolm ■ * ■ ■ when annlierl hv t.hft ^LY’S.s ibaW coi 'FEVER by^tnall or at dm ■FEVER when applied by the Auger Into the nos trils, will be absorb ed, effectually cleans- j ing the head of ca ul | tarrhal vims, causing healthy secretions. It I passages from addi- | tlonal colds, com pletely heals toe sores and restores taste and smell. A few applications relieve. A thorough treat ment will positively cure. Agreeable to use. Send for circu lar. Price 60 cents >Y BROTHERS, Druggists, Owego, N. Y. ■ ■ m3 *72 ““omee-uiymade, costly V f « outfit free. Address Tnu* A (Jo.. Augusta, Me. UST OF DISEASES ALWAYS CUBABLE BY USING MEXICAN MUSTANG irnmENT. OF HUMAN FLESH. Rheumatism, Burns and Scalds, Stings and Bites, Cuts and Bruises, Sprains St Stitches, Contracted Muscles SUIT Joints, Backache, Eruptions, Frost Bites, OF ANIMALS. 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Y., Apr. 6th, •81. Rheumatic Syrup Ov Qbkts—I have been a great suf ferer from Rheumatism for six years, and hearing of the success of Rhenuiatlo Syrup I concluded to give It a trial in my own case, and I cheerfully saynat I have been greatly benefltted by its uso. I can walk wtth entire freedom from pain, and my general health la very mu, h improved. It is s splendid remedy for the blood and debilitated system. E. CHESTER PARK, M. D. RHEUMATISM CURED, SCROFULA CURED. HETTRAT.orA QURTm, Pout Btson, n. y., Feb. 20, *12. Rheumatte Syrup Co., I had been doctoring tor three or four years, with different phy sicians, for scrofula, as some call ed it, but found no relief until I commenced taking your Syrup After taking it a short time, to my surprise, It began to help me. Continuing its om a few weeks, I found myself as well as ever. As a blood purifier, I think it has no equal MRS. WILLIAM STRANG. Fairpobt, N. Y., March 12, ’83. Rheumatic Syrup Co.: v GENTa-Slnce November, 188». I have been a constant sufferer from neuralgia and hsve not known what it was to be free from pain until I commenced the use of Rheumatic Syrup. 1 have felt no pain since using the tottle. I think it the best heard of for A .., „ Healtli y People Sometimes Laugh ^ T? ? °- dySp °P tic8 ’ and say their pains and distresses am imaginary. This is not meant for cruelty, but it is ernpltv oil ♦k®** A person who has a crooked foot or a umnn,i Ji u 13 cruelty, all the same. calls forth sympathy by the exhibition of till i r nd ’ or a s, ?^tlcss eye, ease. Disappointed dyspeptics wearv of havin ♦ roubles, and cures dis- in seeking cure, will do weffto make^ne feir trial of*/? man . y f x P eri ments and report the result That this well tried fam - ? 3 °^. r P w1t 5 J r °n Bitters, eh the quantity.of hunua eufferiiig W,U >hus dimln