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Vi* AGRICULTURAL IOPICS OF INTEREST REIiATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. Early Maturity. The question of early maturity in the feeding of animals used as human food is always interesting. It is simply a question of the cost of material food, to produce a pound of meat. The question of preparation of food >comes in, of course, collaterally. In the feeding of any farm stock it is dethiitly settled that the younger the animal the more fully is the food assimilated. That is, the young animal will give a greater re turn for the food taken than will an older one, and tho younger the animal the more fully is the food assimilated. That is, the young animal will give a greater return for the food taken than will an older one, and the younger the animal the greater the return. Of beeves, at the Fat-Stock Show at Chica- ' go it was shown that of nine steers weighing 166 potiudserch nt the end of the first year, the cost to the breeder and feeder was three and a half cents • ■ per pound. In the second year five of these gained an average of 560 pounds each, the cost being nine cents per pound. Two of thes3 the third year gained 630 pounds, but cost to make thirteen cents per pound. This of course is an extreme ca^e where the cost of arti- j ficial feeding and care must be taken into consideration, but the fact neverthe-1 less remains that the older the animal the less gain is there for the food con sumed. Tho time inevitably comes when, however much food is given, i however rich the food, no gain can be found. Hence it may l:e set down as a constant rule that the older the animal the less return shall we get for the food given. * In this connection the rule has been found identical in England. In relation to this matter the Burnley Gazette (England), in relation to feeding in that country, says: * ‘‘At Islington Ipist year a prize-win ning Devon steer"weighed 80y pounds .} at 388 days old, having made the very sktisfactory gain for a small breed of two S ounds daily. This year at Birming- am the pri/e-winners in the “under four-years old” class had all gained less than two pounds daily, the cross-bred Short-Horn and Angus bullocks having bred the highest daily gain of one pound fourteen ounces. The “under threc- . yeirs-old” animals had made a daily gain of two pounds one ounce, and two pounds one and a half ounces in the case of the • pri. e Short-Horn and PoUcd Angus, and of two pounds three and a half ounces in that of the cross bred Champion oxen. The same story, showing the advantage of early maturity, might be told of sheep. - Colonel d’Arbtes’s Hampshire lambs have been exhibited, weighing 146 pounds at ten months old, and whose young sheep are sold as mutton at seven, eight, and nine months old. weighing 112 pounds, or as n.uch as wethers did formerly at one year older.” The practical lesson to be learned from the foregoing is that tho feeder who keeps animals in low flesh for years and then puts them up to fatten loses money. The daily waste of an animal is a constant facter. It take a certain amoundof food to keep this up. Only the excess of this, or what is gained, goes to the credit account. Hence it has come to be a recognized fact among the better class of feeders that the fuller any animal destined for the butcher’s block the larger the profit, and hence the ear lier the maturity the larger the return.— Chicago Tribune. ifeSf • Farm and Garden Notes. Treat all plants as weeds when they are growing where not wanted. No matter hoW'hard the farmer works. -v-cf lab*™ atrip tsi nnns,SstU keep up with the progress of the times. Like produces like, and it is impossi ble after grain is put into the bin to tell whether it came from a large, vigorous plant or not. High farming is precisely like the keeping of superior animals. To get the best return, not only the animals but tho ■oil must be well fed. The man who puts up a barbed-wire fence in Nebraska is responsible for any damages sustained by men or animals Coming in contact with it. The American Dairyman says a thor oughbred cow in a herd has a refinirfg influence in the family,knd every farmer should have nt least one in his herd. A fine saw is a good implement for cutting off the larger grape-vines, and a sharp knife for the smaller ones. * In all cases make a clean cut, without hacking or bruising the wood which is to remain, ! so the wound will heal up neatly and not leave-a shattered stock to bleed and rot. The Fort Wayne Gazette mys: Farmers should be sure and sign every paper pre sented to them by a stranger. If the stranger forgets to present one ask him about it.„ It may be added, if signed, it may come back in the shape of a promis sory note in the hands of innocent (?) parties, and the courts have decided such must be paid. ' In preparing food for stock, 6uch as cooked vegetable, chopped feed, etc., always season with salt. Every animal craves it aud must have a certain amount os saline matter introduced into its sys tem to enable it to thrive. Many ani mals really suffer for the want of salt, and lose appetite, which is attributed to ‘some other cause. A correspondent, who is an old fruit grower, says that he prefers winter to spring for pruning his or< hard. The tree perhaps does not do any better for it, but the bark does not peel off easily when rubbed by the ladder or the boot soles. Then, too, it is much easier gettingabout in the tree tops v hen the branches are free from leaves or blossoms. It is claimed that a flock of sheep can be made more prolific by selection. In this way the Shropshires, that have been improved so ns to bring forth a gre tter number of lambs, are selected as breed ers, and gradually the breed has become more prolific and each ewe, taking a fork as a whole, produces an average of one lamb and a half per year. When pullets are forced to lay early, by stimulants or highly concentrated food, it is an injury, as it taxes the vitality. A pullet that -is forced will lay very small eggs for a while, and when she ceases, in order to nest, she will not begin again as soon as a matured hen. She becomes prematurely old, and does not prove on the average as profitable as when she is given ample time to mature before begin ning to lay. The protection of a bed of lilies, says C. E. Allen, is a simple and inexpensive operation. The best and most natural is a covering, say six inches deep, of newly fallen leaves: these kept in their places by a few brush or pieces of board. Salt or marsh hay is also an excellent protection; corn stalks answer a good "purpose: in short, whatever material is the mo-t convenient that will accomplish the purpose i£ the best to use. There is no fixed rule for milking kick ing cows, but a correspondent in an ex change names the following as his method: Approach the cow whistling, singing or talking, to attract her at tention. Lean gently against her side and tell her to “hoist.” Place the head against her and adjust the stool, sit down and gently grasp the farther fore teat, then the near one, and with the head still resting against her keep milking, whistling until the job is finished. Wherever there is live stock to lie fed there should be regular measures to deal out the grain with. This will insure evenness in feeding aud enable one to know exactly how much grain is being consumed. With the use of one-half inch thick pine boards for the bottoms auy farmer may readily get up a set of measures. A one-quart size should be four inches square, by four and one-half inches deep; two quarts, five inches square, five and three eighths inches deep: three quarts, six inches square, five and throe-fifths inches deep, and a four- quart size six and three-fourths inches square, five and nine-tcntlis inches deep. Do not send half fat or otherwise mean chickens to market. Send the fat ones and feed the under ings a little longer. It is the even lot of any stock animal as well as birds that brings the most money. Take special care in picking and packing. ,llere again is where money is lost. No man will buy a nasty lot of fowls if he can get those clean and nicely picked, and then never at a paying price to the grower. Take a lesson from the city merchant. 8ce how nicely the packages look. It is one of the “tricks of tho trade,” and an essential and honest one. The fault more often lies with the farmer than with the commission man that tho shipper does npt get reuinnerative re turns. A cow in milk should never be driven faster than a walk. Good cows have large aud well filled udders, which cause pain to. them if they arc hurried or driven in a run as by a careless boy ora dog. Besides, there is danger of over heating the blood and milk, and thus greatly injuring it and rendering it un wholesome. The common companion of the “cow boy” is his dog. Every owner of cows should understand that dogs ex cite and worry cows, and this ought to teach him that dogs should never be al lowed to come near them. We have seen a farmer send a dog to bring up the cows, and he would bring them on a dead run. The dog was less at fault than the man, and he did as he was told with out knowing how much injury he was doing. A Traveling Stable. “Where do you stable your horses?” said a Union reporter to Professor Bristol during a conversation as to the care and management of his trained steeds. “Why, haven’t you seen our car?” said the pro fessor. “Come down and look at it a moment.” At the depot it was found standing upon the side track, used now as a stable for the va’uablo animals, and in which they are transported about the country. The car was built expressly for the purpose for which it is used by car manufacturers in Springfield, Mass., and was first used in December last. Its out side measurement is Od feet 2 inches long, 13 feet 6 inches in height, from the rail, and 9 feet 8 inches wide. All the mod ern appliance; have been attached to the car, including automatic brake, Miller coupling, etc., and it is intended to run upon passenger trains only. The outside of the car is handsomely painted and lettered, and presents a very attractive appearance. The inside of the car is nt present a large ope:i stall in which all the horses stand together, although it is provided with temporary partitions for twenty-two animals. The stalls were taken out at Professor Bristol’s sugges tion, as the horses were so well accus tomed to each other as to render the par titions unnecessary. The sides and ends are sheathed and provided with windows and ventilators, while overhead are rooms At-doriiw —, „ - _ — •wfboTrtt."'The cost of the car was abou $2,600, and it is admirably suited for the care and transportation of its valuable occupants, who fi d in it a comfortable and tidy home. Here the horses are groomed and fed, their grain being served from boxes and the hay they eat placed upon the floor of the car in front of them. When asked why raised feed boxes or ricks were not provided the professor said he would not have them fed in any other way as he believed in following natural laws in this respect and it was natural for a horse to get his food from the ground. Five men sleep in the car, and one of them at least is always with the animals when they are there.—Man chester {N. If.) Union. It Helped Both Ways. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, of Philadelphia, is almost as well known as a story-teller as he is as a physician. One of his sto ries is a personal experience which oc curred during the war. Reports of cru elty to the Confederate prisoners con fined in the millitary prison at Fort Delaware were sent to the Federal headquarters, and a committee of gentle men, among whom was Dr. Mitchell, visited the prison to investigate the mat ter. The reports were found to be ex aggerated and most of the prisoners lim ited their complaints to an insufficient supply of tobacco. One of the men, whose uniform showed him to be an offi cer, said he had been granted his ex change, but had no money to return to h s home. Dr. Mitchell emptied his pockets and gave him $20. “To whom am I indebted for this loan?” inquired the officer. Dr. Mitchell told him his name, and added: “Never mind where I live; give it to the next Union soldier you find who needs it as badly as you do, and I shall consider that sufficient |ay- ment.” The doctor returned to Phila delphia, the war came to an end and he had forgotten the incident of the Con federate prisoner, when one day a stranger, dressed in the uniform of a Union soldier, entered his office and in quired if he was Dr. Mitchell.. The Doc r tor said he wa>. “Dr. S. Weir Mitch ell?” the man asked again. “The same,” said the doctor. “Then I have some money to return to you which you lent me through a Confederate officer you found in prison at Fort Dalaware. He gave it to me to pay my way back to the North,” and the man handed the sur prised doctor $20.—Philadelphia Press. The Real Ruler. This a free country? Well, may be. So Ions as you haven’t A baby. Young or old, tho’ golden Or gray be Our heads, wo’re all ruled by A baby. Fond aud foolish the words that Wo say be When we bow to that tyrant, The baby. The wise man’s a fool and A gaby And a hobby-horse for his ' Own baby. - • -• '•% - But of lights in our home, vfh« , A ray be Without that bright cherub, , .The baby? Y. v? . Then, hallowed and blest lei \ “ , The day be '• <- • - That brought that dear despot, Tho baby! , , • ■ ‘ —Boston GhytiK " FOX-HUNTING. DESCRIPTION OF A WINTER “MEET” IN ENGLAND. An Institution Participated In by All Classes—The Assemblage— Following the Hounds— Struggle for the Brush. Fox-hunting has made a secure place for itself in English literature, as every re ider of novels, to say nothing of de scriptions of out door sports, knows, for it is a British institution. The chase of the fox is tho ideal chase. It must be enjoyed in the early morning of the win ter, when the love of out door life, which is the basis of the sportsman’s healthful en’oyment, can be gratified under the best conditions. The larger the com pany tli; better, so that companionship adds to the pleasure. There is no neces sity for silence or strategy. No unfair advantage, according to the sportsman’s code, is taken of the victim. The un skilful can participate in it with as keen on oyment, if without an equal chance for the honors of the brush, as veterans. Ladies can ride to the hounds, and men that lack horses are not thereby denied participarion, while those who are mounted have need for all their skill and endurance as equestrians. It is a sport in which all classes in England can and do take pride. The ladies and gentlemen assemble at the meet, at an early hour in the morn ing, mounted for the chase. The farmers come on foot. The master huntsman withholds the hounds, eager for the race, until the morning greetings are cheerily exchanged, and expectancy and the bracing air have produced tho true sporting spirit. And then the hunt be gins. The hounds make excursions in every direction, keeping, however, with in hearing of one another, and riders and footm; n follow slowly. When a fresh track is scented, the successful dog gives expression to his own delight, the others “ open ” and follow him, at first slowly, now and then losing the trail and going back to find it again. A little later it becomes warmer. The hounds follow it with greater ease, at a swifter pace, and in louder chorus. Now the excitement of the race begins. The riders spur their horses to keep pace with the dogs. The footmen abandon the race behind the hounds, and take shorter routes to what each considers the course the fox is likely to take, gome go in the wrong direction, and lag further and further behind. Others anticipate dogs and riders, and meet them at the crowning moment. It not infrequently happens that the whole forest for miles around is alive with the army and its stragglers which are following one good runner. The fox is not a rapid runner until he becomes fully aware of the danger, and then he is likely soon to run himself down, so that when the hounds come within sight of him his strength is al most exhausted. And it is only where the track is fresh that the hounds go at great speed. But the most exciting pe riod of the race is likely to be long enough to give horses and riders, and pedestrians as vigorous exercise as any but cavalry desire. Yet it is invigorat ing and exciting, without being violent or dangerous. The excitement is just great enough to supply a motive for a ride across fields and over fences, and through the forest, wherever the sly vic tim leads, and the baying of tho hounds acts on the sportsmen as music on sol diers making a charge. There are just falls and bruises, and other accidents enough to b ar witness to the engaging nature of the sport—to hint of reckless ness without causing serious fright. The sportsman carries off the honors who is the first to seize the fox after the is tue DTnsn. mere is sure to be a spirited struggle for this, and the gal lant fashio i still holds in England of re warding the most daring lady in the chase with the fox’s tail. Nor is it any wonder that fox hunting has from time immemorial been one of the favorite di versions of the country gentlemen. In Northern England it is an unwritten law that miners and farmers and all the coun try folk shall spend New Year’s day on the chase, and there are always parties of ladies and gentlemen who join them in this combination of merry-making and healthful sport. And it is a matter of honor that a fox shall not be entrapped or shot. The country gentleman world judge any person fit for treason and un worthy ot respect who should wantonly kill Reynard, and thereby take away the chance for him to sacrifice his life nobly to the cause of healthful and merry sport for a whole community of hunters. There are as many days of genuine pleas ure in store for English men and women as there are foxes in the kingdom, and nothing b it the extension oj the British Empire gives greater glory than the cap ture of many brushes.—Harper's Bazar. Among the Gas-Wells. A group of burning wells north of Washington, Penn., has presented many grand and beautiful night scenes. Though several miles apart, they appear at a distan e, to be close together, and their light intermingles. On a dark night, with all of them burning, they make a great show. These wells in full blast—with those flanking them on the right and on the left, with the broad glare of those at Wellsburg, W. Va., showing twenty miles to the northwest, and with those at Murraysvillc, Pa., thirty miles to the northeast—make a scene which would terrify a stranger, if he should come upon it unaware of the existence of such things as burning gas wells. It would only need columns of fiery lava to convince him that the whole region was full of volcanoes. And his terror would doubtless be complete when he saw a great fiery column shoot syk- ward, unless he was made aware of the real cause of the phenmenon, when he would remain to admire what a moment before had filled him with alarm. The explanation of the sudden burst of flame is that it is necessary often to “ blow out” the wells and the pipes leading to the regulator, to keep them from being clogged by the salt which gathers in the pipes from the salt-water thrown up by the gas. The Low of the gas is stopped for a moment; and when again released, the ga> drives everything before it into the open air. The escaping gas is burned at the regulator. The effect of the sud den increased pressure is to shoot a tongue of flame, hissing and roaring, high in the air. On a misty night, when the light is broken up and diffused —the snow covered hills sometimes adding their reflection.—the whole sky is brilliantly illuminated, and the scene is grand and beautiful.—St. Nicholas. Surprising Ignorance. “Young man,” he said in solemn tones, “don’t you know that if you persist in drinkiug you will - never get ahead of this world ?” “Won’t get ahead?” repeated the young man. “Why, my dear sir, your ignoiance surprises me. I’ll have a head on me to-rrforrow morning as big as a barrel.”—New York Sun. BOYS AND MOTHERS. Ob, If Boy* would Only Understand Their - - Mothers. Sometimes boys think mothers are in the way; that they would have more liberty if it were not for their mothers, Mothers have such searching eyes, eyes that seem to look right into the heart, especially if there is anything hiding there that mothers should know about; and this is troublesome. If the boys would only understand that it is love that makes the mother’s eyes so keen, hci voice so anxious, her questions so searching; love that knows all the temp tations that may come to a boy, and the trouble if thero is no wise confident about ! It is not the anxiety of a Paul Pry, but the loving guardianship of a mother. A wise man said, “God could not be everywhere, so lie made mothers.” God may seem far off to us sometimes, but there is mother near, who will lead us back. The wisest and best men’have honored their mothers. Few men who have accomplished a special work in the world do not give credit to their mother for the help and inspiration that made their work po sible. In giving this credit to their mothers they have honored themselves, for it proves that as boys they honored her instructions, were guided by her advice, and made a con fidante of her in their hopes and desires. When the late President Garfield was inaugurated, the first person he saluted was his mother, showing plainly tho plaCe she held in his heart, his life. 'I he world honors and respects tho man who honors and respects his mother. The neglect of a mother stamps a man or boy as heartless, ungrateful, if not cruel. The truly great men have never forgotten those to whom they were most deeply indebted. Many letters have been written about mothers, but few that show the sorrow that comes if the full measure of a mother’s love has re ceived no return until too late to make it. The poet Gray, in 1765, wrote the following letter to a friend: “It is long 6ince I heard you were gone in haste into Vorkshire on account of your mother’s illness, and the same letter informed me she was recovered. Otherwise I had then wrote to you only to o g you would take care of her, and inform you that I had discovered a thing very little known, which is that in one s whole life one can never have any more than a single mother. You may think this obvious and (what you call) a trito observation. . . You are a green gosling! I v as at the same age (very nearj as wise as you, and yet I never discovered this (with full evi dence and conviction, I mean) till it was too late. It is thirteen years ago, and it seems but as yesterday, and every day I live it sinks deeper into my heart.” Not Too Much to Ask. Tramp (whose request for food has been denied)—Well, ma’am, would you let me sleep in the ten-acre lot back of the barn if I won’t make any noise?” Woman—Ye-es, I don’t mind letting you do that. Tramp (appealingly)—Well, one thing more, ma’am, before I say good night. Would you have me called at seven sharp? I want to catch the limited cattle train West. Mns. J. W. Smith of Orange, TT. J., during the last year rode 2,643 miles upon a tricycle, 2,228 of which were made upon a tandem tricycle with her husband and 415 miles alone upon a sin gle tricycle. Hon. M. A. Foran, of Ohio, member of House of Representatives, writes that St. Jacobs Oil relieved him of a^ute bodily pair s. IS THERE ANY HOPE 1 Now aud Important Opinions of Pulmo nary Expert*! CAN THE UNIVERSAL CONSUMPTION BE SUC CESSFULLY TREATED? Dr. Borgeon, a leading French doctor, has a new treatment for consumption! He gives an enema of carbonic acid and sulphu retted hydrogen gases, the latter gas carrying the former into every part of the throat and lungs. This treatment, too, is directed at effects —the cause remains undisturbed. What this cause is has been stated by per haps the highest pulmonary authority in the world, i. e., the Brompton Hospital for Con sumptives, in London, Eng. This malady every year t arries off from one-seventh to one-fifth of the entire popu lation of England. Dr. Payne, M D., M. R. C. P., London, is authority for this statement. The same ora greater proportion of deaths obtains in America. Dr. Payne also says that one-half the total number of deaths from all other causes have seeds of this disease in the system which only require some irritant to develop! Dr. Hermann Brohiner, an eminent Ger man authority, says that consumption is caused by deficient nutrition of the lungs, by poor blood. These authorities cannot be disputed. The medical world recognizes them. The uric a dd is the irritaut in the blood that causes the development of the seeds which Dr. Brehmer says lie dormant in the blood. Every particle of blood which passes through the lungs aud heart, also goes through the kidneys, and if they are in the least de ranged they cannot rid the blood of its kill ing poison. The thousand little hair-like sewer tubes of the kidneys very easily get blocked up and diseased; and wheu they do they corrupt instead of purifying tho blood. Kidney disease may exist, and yet no pain occur in that organ, because it is deficient in nerves of sensation. Dip your finger in acid every day and it soon festers and is destroyed. Bend acid-poi soned blood through the lungs every second, and they soon give way. 'I he Brompton Hospital investigation showed that 52 per cent, of the victims of consumption were afflicted with deranged kidneys, which permitted the uric acid poi son to remain in the blood and irritate the lungs. This uric acid is alwayS'fight ng every vital organ, and if there be auy inherent weakness in the lungs it inevitably causs pneumonia, cough and consumption. The real cause of pulmonary troubles being so authoritatively shown to be faulty even though unsuspected action of the kidneys, explains why, in order to master the dreaded, consumption, one must rid the blood of the uric acid irritaut which inflames and burns up the lung substance. For this purpose there is nothing equal t) that great specific, Warner’s safe cure. Tho remedy has now the favor of medical men all over the world purely on its merits. We have no doubt that if the kidneys are kept in naturaljaction, con sumption and a great many other diseases, caused by uric acid, will not only be cured but will be prevented. When the kidney is healthy, no albumen appears in the water, but albumen is found in the water of more than half of those who die of consumption 1 This, then, is the condition of things that always precedes consumption: First, weak ened kidneys; second, retained uric acid, poisoning the blood; third, the development of disea-e in the lungs by the irritant acids - l assing through them. Theu there is a little ccugh in the morning; soon thick, yellow matter is spit up, followed by loss of flesh and strength, with dreadful night sweats; and wheu the patient goes to his school physician for help, he is put on cod liver oil, which his stomach, weakened also by uric arid in the blood, cannot digest. Because there is no pain present in the kidneys, the patient does not think they are affected, but the kidney acid is doing its work every minute, every hour, day aud night, and by- and-by the disease of the lungs has advanced until pus is developed, then come hemor rhages, and at last the glassy stare which de notes that the end is near 1 A post-mortoin examination of such cases shows that the terrible uric acid lias com pletely destroyed the substance of the lung. It is impossible to cure lunr diseases when tho blood is poisoned with uric a id. G >od fellows are not always the best citi zens, especially if they get too numerous. Too Much for the Judge. A nice little boy, reared in tho intel lectual and heterodox atmosphere of Bos ton, haopened to be a witness in a case in Cincinnati, and the question arose as to his being old enough to understand the nature of an oath, so the Judge in vestigated him: “Well, Wendall,” he said kindly, “do pou know where bad little boys will go when they die • ” “No, sir,” replied the boy with con- Bdence. “Goodness gracious!” exclaimed tho Judge, in shocked surprise; “don’t you know they will go to hell?” “No, sir; do you?” “Of course I do.” ‘ How do you know it?” “TheBible says so.” “Is it true?” “Certainly it is.” “Can you prove it?’* “No, not positively; but we take it on faith,” exclaimed the Judge. “Do you accept that kind of testimony ! n this court?” inquired the boy, cooly. But the Judge didn’t answer; he held up his hands and begged the lawyers to take the witness. LE PREPARAItOa AMO j BITTERS IT IS A P U RELY VEGETABLI c^ v '%. s hBARK PRICK#ApRICMnri SENNA-MANDRAKE-BUCHU AMD OTHER EQ.UAUYETFICIEWT REMEDIES It has stood the Test of Years, in Caring all Diseases of the BLOOD, LIVES, 8T0M ACH, KIDNEYS,BOW ELS, &C. It Purifies the Blood, Invigorates and Cleanses the 8ystem Young gent (in furnishing store)—“I want to get a bix of paper collars, fifteen an’ a half inch, an’ a satiu neck-tie.” Dealer (affably)—“Y~es, sir; all right, sir; and how is everything over in Bos ton ? ” CURES L ALLDISEASES OFTHE LIVER KIDNEYS STOMACH AND BOWELSI AILDRUGGISTStl PRICE DYSPEPSIA, CONSTI PATION, JAUNDICE, BICKHEADACHE,BIL IOUS COMPLAINTS,Ac disappear at once under its beneficial inflncnce. It is purely a Medicine as its cathartic proper ties forbids its use as a beverage. It is pleas ant to the taste, and as easily taken by child ren as adolts. < | PRICKLY ASH BITTERS CO Sole Proprietors. St.Locib and Kansas Citt c/i PISO’S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE TAILS. Byrup. Tastes good. Use >. Sold ‘ ‘ Best Cough in time. Id by druggists. Wretched, Indeed, Ire those whom a confirmed tendency to btt iousness, subiect to the various aud changeful symptoms indicative of liver complaint. Nausea, sick headache, constipation, furred tongue, an unpleasant breath, a dull or sharp pain in the neighborhood of tho affected organ, impurity of the blood and loss of appetite, sig- na'izeit as one of the mo?t d stressing, as it is one of the moat common, of maladies. There is, however, a benign specific for the disease, and all its unpleasant manifestations. It is the concurrent testimony of the public and the medical profession, that Hosteller's Stomach Bitters is a medicine which ach eves results speedily felt, thorough and benign. Besides rectifying liver disorder, it invigorates the feeble, conquers kidney anl bladder com- plaints,and hastens the convalescence of these recovering from enfeebling disease 3 . More over, it is the grand specific for fever and agu6 There are 18,000 operatives in the shirt, cuff and collar trade of Troy. Daughters, Wives and Mothers. Send for Pamphlet on Female Diseases, free, securely sealed. Dr. J. B. Marchisi, Utica* N. x CONSUMPTION Hainesville, N. J., I October 15, 1886. ) E. T. Hazeltine, Warren, Pa. Dear Sir: I was taken with a very severe cold last Spring, and tried every cure wo had in the store, aud could get no help. I had o r village doctor prescribe for me, but kept gettiug worse. I saw an other physician from Port Jervis, N. Y., and he told me he used Fiso’s Cure for Consumption in his prac tice. I bought a bottle, and before I had taken all of it there was a change for the better. Then I got my em ployer to order a quantity of the medicine and keep it in stock. I took one more bottle, and my Cough was cured. Respectfully, Frank McKelvy. Illgbmt Awards of Hrd.il* In Europr snd An cries. The neatest, remedy kn Lumbago, end all nches and pains. Endorsed by 5.UU) Physl elans and Druggists of the highest rep ‘ Plasters promptly relievo plasters and greasy salves, are absolut-lv useless. Eoware of Imitations under slm lar sounding names, such as “Capsicum,” “Cap ucln.” “Capslclne,” as they are utterly worthless and Intended to deceive. Ask for Benson’s anj TAKE NOOTHEK8. All druggists. SEABURY & JOHNSON. Proprietors. New York. r-nuorseu uy o.waj rnyn highest repute, Benson's i and cure wltM* otjjef s. liniments and ToWCns, pa CURES WliERE ALL ELSE FAIL Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION A* L-nilics! Those dull tired looks nnd feelings speuk volumes I This Remedy corrects nil con ditions, restores vigor and vitality and brings _ back youthful bloom I A' * and beauty. Druggists. E A -A Prepared at Dr. Kilmersuis-) . \peksaey, Binghamton, N. Y. t A <v -X) Letters of inquiry answ ered. [ Guide to Health (Sent Free). j ^ precociousTrfffTwalking with his father one day saw a cast-off hen’s feather lying m tho street. He stopped abruptly, and stood gnzing nt it for some minutes, then pointing toward it innocently inquired: “Angel?— or turkey ?'* A bottle of Red Star Coash Cure made a thorough and permanent cure of a cold s« severe that I could not t Ik, says Mr. J. P Roach, assistant superintendent New York Centra' Sleeping Car Oomiany. At the University of Texts: Professor Snore, with dignified mein—How are the bivalves divided? Bright student—They ain’t divided at all. Professor. You swallows’em whole after sprinkling them with a little lemon juice and pepper sauce. “Isn’t that Mrs. Holmes? I thought the doctors gave hor up. She looks well now.” “She is well. Alter tho doctors gave up her case she tried Dr. Pierce's ‘Favorite Prescr p- tion’ and began to get better right away. I heard her say not long ago lhatshe hadn’t felt eo well in twenty years. She does hor own work and says that life seems worth living at last. ‘Why,’ said she, ‘I feel as if I had been raised from the dead, almost.’ Tuns do thou sands attest the marvelous efficacy of thi -i God- given remedy for female weakness, prolapsus, ulceration, leucorrlioea, morning sickness, weakness of stomach, tendency to cancerous disease, nervous prostration, general debility and kindred affections. Spring; Medicine Everybody needs and should t ike a good spring medicine, for two reasons : 1st. The body Is now more »usceptlble to benefit from medicine than at any other sea on. 2d. The impurities which have accumulated In the HiA'pftlMiui^efteclfoi wa weather are felt. Hood’s Sarsaparilla ^ Is the best spring medicine for evorybody. It puri fies the blool. It sharpens th- appetite. It tones the digestion. It overcomes d ability. It builds up the whole system. Try It this spring. ‘•Hood’s Sarsaparilla gave me new life and re stored me to my wonted health anl strength.”—Wil liam J. 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Ths rapidity with which delicate people improve with its use is wonder ful. Use it and try your weight. As a remedy for Consumption, Throat affections and Bron chitis, it is unequaleff, Please read: “I used Scott's Emulsion in a child eight months old with goo 1 results. Ho gained four pounds in a very short time.”—Tho. Prim, M. D„ Ala bama. A man who talks about himself is some times a fool, but seldom a slanderer. nu’.Mtcutq.M'.stn* 300 to 400 IMPORTER ANNUALLY from Fruncc. all recorded with extended pedigrees In the Pcrcheron Stud Books. The Pcrcheron isthe only dralt breed of France j-ossesslng a stud book that has the support and endorsement of the French Government. Send for 120-page Catalogue, illustrations hy ltoeo Bonheur. M. W. DUNHAM. Wayne. DuPageCo., Illinois. JONES PAVSthJVREICHT 5 Ton Wagon Scales, Iron Levers, Steel Bearings, Blau Tars Bc*m and Beam Box for SQO. Br.rr «iie Scale. For free pn.i, 1IU K.ntloD thi, paper and addrta. JONIS OF 8IN0HAMTBN. BINGHAMTON. N. 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Prickly Ash Bitters will remedy the evil results a d restore iho brain, stomach and liver to healthy action, thereby si rengthening the willpower, thoroughly cleans ng and toning up tho sys tem and remove every taint of disease. It is puroly a medicine, and while pleasant to the taste, it cannot be used a, a beverage by reason of its cathartic properties. A Fortune for You. All is new; capital not needed: you are sta ted free. Both sexes; all ages. Wherever you live you should at once write to Hallett & Co., Portland. Maine; t hay will send you free, full information about work that you can do and live at home, earning thereby from $5 to t 25 and upwards daily, from the first start. ome have made over S-IO in a day. The best chance ever known by working people- Now is the time—delay not. TREATED FREE. DU. II. IT GREEN Ac SONS, Specialists for Thirteen Years Past, lave treated Dropsy and its complications 'w th the nost wonderful success; use vegetable remedies en irely harmless. 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