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, . . ff I^ARM AND HOrTSEHOlijT; Removing Rust. | X? remove rust?(1) Cover the mcr.-il ( ffljjHwith sweet oil well rubbed in, and iill'->; v . n^Kt to stand for forty-eight hours; sinta r I BSHK^ith oil applied freely with a feather r n I^^Ke of cotton wool, after rubbing tl Is e Then rub with unslaked lime r ? j?, as tine a powder as possible. 1 c the to be cleaned for c , UUIU I lie vij.it. mm ruou , ^ BMHSHw^Ba strong solution of potas-; c about one-half ounce I { a ^^BHBKHBj^^mh a toothbrush with some ! f an^HmpSQPI^9sc'd of potassium cyanide, S^^BBH^leso:-. p, whiting and water, mixed ? SSBHcta a paste of about the consistency of t HBthick cream. f Bees a:ul Pcaclie*. [ HSB, A correspondent in the London Gar- t |HflVa?/?, from Wales, remarks as follows: I e ^^&know of no better way of securing a q S^Khcavy crop of peaches and nectarines I c H^Ethan by putting a colony of bees in the I B^^Khnncn wlson th;; trees are in bloom. This ' Iias been my practice for several years ! >ast in the case of a house in which the j t rees comc into flower in March, and | } he result is always satisfactory. When t he bees a:e iu the house we never brush ; ' he flowers or shake the trees in the hope i \ f fertilizing tlie flowers; this work is I \ eft entirely to the bees, and they do it I { ilectually. I have thinned D00 small j lectarincs from a tree which covered a j j liece.of trellis four yards square, and a eversl hundred more will have to be ! r aken off rcfore the crop is a safe aud i r rdinary one. This, I think, is proof i 1 nough as to the advantage of employing j 9 ?es, and those who think such work I ^ pes die bees harm make a great mistake, I j I they thus get a supply of food before j lis plentiful out of-doors; and I have , 'Med that I have for two years secured iy first swarm aud earliest-filled sections j Lorn the peach house bees. I raay add j i hat I have a good m my colonies of i pes, and in my opinion they are useful in I tVarrimv nr. thi9 season. :ina when man- /> SH^d on the movable frame system they n both interesting and profitable. c KHb Hf Iffoiv Wany Epes Can a Hen Lay? ! n Wf The Farm and Gar lcn sars: u We often j v read of hens that laj two hundred e^rgs h a year, but such statemcir do moreharm k . , than goo I, by inducing die unexperl-11' Ienced to believe such to be a fact. Any . tl one .who is familiar at a'lrwith poultiy is ^wws that during the falltal! hens ul- j li Brgo the process of moling, or shed- ! hi Kg of the fea hers. rAis requires si wally about three months,for one nun-1 n Kd days. As there are only 365 daj'9 | u Kt year, we have 205 left tfter deduct- j tl E- the molting period, ila hen lays P jularly an egg every otherlay, she will i A ft 138 eggs; but she will probably lose P Bee months more in hatching out her tJ Boods, and even if she is a non-sitter P Re will take a resting spell. As molting c' | a heavy drain on the system, but few lens lay during that process, thougki i a HBBPhere are exceptions, and where the nurl h 9^B>er of eggs exceed one every two dajJ tl mHt will be found that a corresponding a: KBreduction occurs during some period ol t( ^^ the year. While we admit that certain individual hens have been known to layj B H as many as 150 or even 175 eggs in a P SB year, such cases are rare, and if one has t] a flocK of twenty hens or more, he should a V be satisfied if there is an average of 100 ' V eggs a years for the whole flock, or: a M rather nine dozen. Four dozen out of a the nine should realize thirty cents per v dozen, three dozen'should bring about v r twenty cents per itozen, and two dozen P Bhould realize fifteen ceuts per. dozen, or vi average of about twenty-three cents, ^ ")f course this calculation may be wrong, u k, 'it will convey an idea of what majlbe 1 pected." 0 HEsT Fertility from Fowls. v I^Mr. A. C. Hawkins gives, in the j ^ uterican CuUivator, this suggestive item | 1 appreciation of poultry in meadows: | 'I know a moving lot not ploughed | j, S fifteen years, but has had large j Btads of chickens ranging over it after I rHoroO' crops were h irvested, and the [ of t swe^vhftwrv.onjt last sea^ that j u ) of it became loclgoV oerore r. was : ^ somito cut, and on some parts of il 'the wero ^arvestcc^ i^ree ton3 of lay to ^ Kaucre. "NVhcn the chickens were first Ciwcd to run over this piece of land the ^!ier had to take a rake to get enough ass together to wipe his scythe. It was * ?oor, run-out piece of land that had 'en neglected and cropped for years >aout fertilization." ..'thje tree fruits are benefited by * 4 c.<iLJ^fe of poultry; they eat many in- ? jurious insects and promote healthy 1 growth; they will keep borers out of s quince bushes if the soil i3 kept loose, * but especially are plums helped, as wit- 1 ne3S the following: Lfc "J have on ray place nearly 1,000 plum jc fcT" .tree&and nearly all that are over three , 1 |F\ 'years old bear heavy crops every year, j A ?*v%nil il*/* 1 % * pi ^jl outuii pau ui mu mat IS SlUng Dy tHe j < curculio and drops off, but we have to | < pick many more to prevent the trees ! t [ from breaking and to insure a good 1 jW quality of fruit. Other farms in the i < same locality, where plum trees are not' i ^^K.so favorably located, very rarely get a ! | W full crop of plums." 11 |^L C&fe of droppings under roosts or in MHJ^ultry-hou.ses is important, with the : HH^w of making the best of this ne- j H&RKctcd resource of fertility: BM5w44The best method of retaining the j HHB^fcnaoni'i in this manure, which is held j ^^Barge proportions, is to spread dry j n or plaster under the roosts aud then j tore the mixture in barrels. It will j iff of?Ar?/**V? in tVtin f??*" * _M_ra * i,j jm >.u ^iu m 11113 1U1U1, illl .l \Mli , M|^pr,ove one of the most valuable fertilizers! K|^:or corn, grass or grain. It is very strong j and must be composted thoroughly before using it in contact with seed. If; -V properly applied, it will act quickly on j ^ the crop, as its elements of plant food! k^&re of such a n tture as to be easily assinijH^Bated by the plant." HERSt TJaUinsr Fork from Coru> Young farmers are often disappointed Bv in tLe amount of pork they obtain from ^^^feedittg a given number of bushels of HHpcorn to hogs. They anticipate results H^Kthej flo not realize. They read the j |?stateme?l of some contributor to an i faSB igricuitural journal to the effect that 600 j pounds of corn resulted in aadiug 100 BBfcnounds to the weight of a lot of hogs, or j H^&hat one bushel of corn was converted j BBlqto ten pounds of pork. Like causes GI^E_-&Y crenerally be exoected to nroduee I I, but in trying to repeat the i performed by others We expect the same results unre the same conditions. Hogs ch as other animals do in to take on flesh and fat. ng hogs of the improved gain much faster on the same 3 than old and unthrifty aui> not belong to any of the breeds. The time in which fed will exert a great inSuamount of pork it will make, in uncomfortable quarters irge amount of corn and in;ight but very little. The : >vv the money value of com-, hau almost any animal kept m >n the farm. Agahi. the feeding value )f corn differs very greatly. Many farm rs^sell their best corn and keep that ^ - ? ? ? fnnrl f a VI1.CU 13 UUt LiierciiiiULai'ii; iu iu heir hogs. This soft corn docs not con^in the fattening qualities' of that which b sound aud dry. The condition of the !orn when fed will exert a great influsace on the amount of pork produced. I'o obtain the best possible results the lorn should not only be ground but horoughly cooked. Whether it will pay o grind and cook food for hogs will lepend on several circumstances, such as he price of fuel, the cost of grinding, md the expense of labor. That many armers do succeed in making n hundred >ounds of pork from 500 pounds of ooked corn meal appears to be well esablishcd by undoubted tcstimoay. That tiany western farmers do not obtain a lound of nork from every ten pounds of orn they feed to their hogs, or allow heir hogs to eat in the field, is probably qually certain. Asa rule, seven pounds if com are required to produce a pound if poik. ? Chicago Times. i T'tilixiiig- Wood Kef use. At the recent fourth annual assemilage of the American Forestry congress. j >ehi in Boston, thtf corresponding secreary, Mr. Fcrnow, read a paper on Lumberman's Waste as a Fertilizer," vhich may indicate in many cases a soution of thj vexed and important ques- j ion, what shall we do with the debris eft by the loggers? In Europe, the i >ractice of using dead leaves of trees as ! itfertilizer, while it has always proved ! fitious to the forests, has not been a *al benefit to the tilled laud, because it ths eucouraged the wasteful practice of elling straw which should have been i sed for bedding and fodder. In Ger- j lany sawdust Las for a long time?since J 353 at least?been used for bedding attle, and the manure has been found p some repects better than that of straw. I' is now proposed to prepare a bedding Jaterial from the lumberman's waste, j rhich is so apt to occasion forest fires. { f the larger pieces of this debris can be I Ucaply disintegrated, and, together I .Tith the brush, be transported at pracliable cost to the worn-out farms which re so common in the Eastern States, it , lay be a great gain to agriculture as j rell as forestry. An agricultural paper j as recently attinned that land does not j eep in good heart on "the volatile, shortved commercial fertilizers," and that ! :ie old fashioned barnyard manure i needed to mix with them. It is beeved that recent experiments upon a irge scale in Germany have demounted that saw-dust bedding is cleaner, tore wholesome for stock, and that its se requires less labor and beside that le manure, arresting and saving more nrfo/-.tWr fVip mf-rnorrirmMs rnmnrmnds. v. ?vvvv O 1 7 arnishes more available plant-food. Excrments by scientific farmers in Onirioshow similar results. But the new lan is to use disintegrated brush, which ontains far more plant food than sawust or shaving. Analyses by Wolff nd Stockharut, German chemists of igh standing, give $2.78 as the value of le chemical fertilizers in a ton of straw, nd $3.53 as that of a ton of wood litjr, which shows the wood to be twenp-seven per cent, richer than the straw, lut in both materials the mechanical roperties are no doubt more important aan the chemical, and in this respect Iso the advantage is on the side of rood. But straw, properly treated, ha3 high value for a direct food for cattle, nd the portion of it that stock can eat rould, in most of the Eastern States, be rorth at least $10 per ton. In Hesse repared pine litter sells for $4.50 per on, which is half- the price of straw. I ave recently learned that a planinglill in New York city has a machine bat grinds up its shavings to the extent f fiifn t-nnc nor ,inrl that this was old for bedding at ten cents per bag .'eighing thirty-five pounds, or $5.70 er ton. One of our own members, Mr. licks, of Roslyn, L. I., has for years old his sawdust to his neighbors for $5 er ton, and both in the stable and field ; gives good satisfaction. Recipes. Poached Eggs With Onions.?Slice J jjvv. OAKVtfL wJi^ry "tueni in ! )iitter until they arc nicfcly browned. iVhen done, drain them well from the j m'tter, spread them upon a. broad dish j tud season them with cayenne pepper, queezlng over all a little lemon juice, 'sow poach your egg? nicely, lay them ipon top of the onions and serve hot. Spiced Grapes.?Take the pulp from he grapes, preserving the skins.- Boil 1.??/ ] vml-\ o nalnnrlnn f a 'lie piiijj (IUU IUU HU t* VtViUUUUl IV | jet out the seeds, thea add the skins to he strained pulp and boil with the ;ugar, vinegar and spices. To every seven pounds of grapes use four and onelalf pounds of sugar, one pint ot good vinegar. Spice quite highly with ground ;Ioves and allspice, with a little cinnanon. Cold Tomato Sauce.?One-half peck )f ripe tomatoc3, peeled and drained through a colander twenty-four hours, ;hen made fiie; put to them one teacuptul salt, one^eacupful of sugar, one tea;upful of wh'le mustard seed, one gill of nasturtium sod, four tablespoonsful grated horseriddish, two dozen stalksDt' celery chopped tine, or half an ounce of seed, two tiblespoonsful of ground black pepper, nne quart of good vinegar. It must,^ot be-boiled, but stir well and bottle ftr use. It can be used as soon as made.?General Housekeeper. S.vL.vr* Dressing.?An excellent salad dressing, which, if kept cool, will keep for a long lime, is made of the volks of -i--'?11 i.? lu;..,!-, twoCggs U'-'tiuu(wen wiiu iwu'iuuas ui a goblet $a!ad oil (or butter) addiu^-nol m'^rethan a teaspoonful. of oil at a time, and beating it well. One teaspoonful, of mustard, a large pinch of salt, a tiny bit of cayenne pepper, two tablespoouaiul of sugar, two "of vinegar, the juice of one lemcn, and lastly the whites of two eggs well beaten. Beat the mixture for several minuiC3, and then thin with vinegar to suit the .taste; put into a ?lass can and keep cool and dark. : KoiiDchold Mint*. In boiling for meat soup, use cold water to extract the juices. If the meat is wanted for itself alone,'plungeit into boiling water at once. A correspondent claims that stovepipes can be cleaned by putting a piece of zinc an the coals of a hot tire. The vapor produced carries off the soot by chemi*m1 rlpfiomnosition. To remove iron molds from marble take butter of antimony one ounce, oxilic acid one ounce; dissolve them in one pint of wat^r, add flour and bring the competition to a proper consistency. Then lay it evenly on the stained part with a brush, and after it has remained for a few days, wash it off, and repeat the process if the stain is not quite removed.? Cook. To make trellises for house plants get those old hoop skirts from the garret, take off the fastenings, leave the covering on the hoops. Take a stick as long as you wish, bore small holes, two inches apart, and weave the hoops in and out through the holes, in any shape you t \ wish, circle or pyramid, and fasten the ' end of the hoops, with a small, wooden wed^e or pin, paint all some bright color ?The Home. D Curious Shell Mounds in Oregon. An item which appeared in the Orego- ^ nian some time since concerning a shell- j, bed ne:ir the Seaside house has been ? going the rounds of the eastern papers, \ which shows that the subject is of in- [ tercst to the people of that section. The nnnat r\f f\<r*rrrtn ic flnt + nrl IVlfll tVlf>CP rl f>. vV/UOb Ui VIV/^UU li} M WbKV\? TV AVI* wi^vwv vtv posits of shells, the only records left of a , numerous race of people now practically 3 extinct. Tbey are interesting to the i student, and but very little has been writ- , ten concerning them. r The traveler is tolcl that they were , formed by the fish-eating Indians. It is t probable t,hat the Indians of the inland j valleys made trips to the coast and , feasted on shellfish at certain seasons. There must have been immense numbers of them, as the shell deposits are numerous 8 and many of them extensive. Some of [ them are on the very shore of the ocean, r where they are laid open to view by the j.' wearing away of the bank; others are c situated along bays and streams, many t hidden by a covering of soil, and unno- j ticed until penetrated by the spade of t the laborer or tue plow 01 tne nusDanqra:m. c Jsear the Seaside house, on Clatsop ( Beach, is a very large shell mound, about half a mile from the present shore line. Hundreds of cart loads of shells have v been taken from it to make roads. It j is covered with about a foot of soil, a upon which large trees have grown up, s and fallen and decayed, and other large j trees have grown over them. From it ^ was taken during the past summer an jimplement made of bone, probably from ^ the rib of a whale. It is the only imple- a ment worthy of the name, so far as J known, that has ever been found in any 8 of these shell deposits. It is shaped liko a paddle, fourteen inches long, including the handle, is three and a half inches in c onrl cVinitOfi c f\ o<3 tn fif. t.Vlft e til UUU ww * v mv wMw ^ hand well. The blade part is three and! -j one-half inches in width, rounding on ^ one side aud flat on the other, and half ^ an inch thick in the centre, tapering ofil q to a sharp edge on each side. It appears s to have been intebded for a sort of knife j or rather cleaver, and must have been a t very useful tool before stone or iron j. knives were in vogue. Near the end of r the handle is drilled a hole, the ends of a which have been carefully reamed out to ^ prevent chafing the thong inserted to' form a loop to hang it up by. On each edge, near the handle, are' e four notches about an eighth of an inch; t in depth, intended to be ornamental.; Some needles of bone and a few stone- t hammers have also been found in the- ^ mound, but it appears as if these fish-' eating Indians were not possessed of, T many tools. s J Thn aio-ht of these vast deDOsits causes the beholder to ponder on the number of. * Indians who must have helped to create them, and the immense amount of shell- f] fish which they must have consumed, j. What caused their extinction? Their remains arc found in many places along the coast, in some places consisting only of moss-covered skulls, while in others their "l skeletons are found, each in his own * canoe, with another inverted as a roof, v waiting for a tidal wave to carry him out ^ on the great ocean of eternity.?Portland e Ortgonian. ? A Gigantic Meat Business. t The largest and most perfectly ap- t pointed abbatoir in the world is in New York, at the foot of West Fifty-ninth t street, the property of T. C. Eastman, f who is knpwn both in this country and ? inJEurope as "The Cattle King." One 8 thousand cattle, killed and dressed completely for the market, is the daily working capacity of the establishment. o Sometimes, nowever, not more mau ouv | a are disposed of in a day, and during the ? past summer the average weekly killing p here has not been over 4,000 heads. To n such a perfection has science brought / the ordering of this formerly most offen- o sive business, that there is, in all that b vast amount of slaughtering absolutely t no waste, and from it not the slightest t offensive odor that ever gets outside the t 'udiAcmg. jfcr. huge refrig- a erators on board a number of the swift- f est ocean steamers and sends to England ? all, or very nearly all, the meat he kills. 1 That meat he sells in his own shops, of < which he has one or more in nearly every ? important city or town in the United < Kingdom. In Mr. Eastman's abbatoir he uses no natural ice, refrigeration being attaiued very much more perfectly and cheaply by means of two rcfrigerat- ( ing machines. Each of these machines produces as much cold daily as would j result irom tue most uirect ?uu uuu- i i wasteful use of 110 tons of ice, and is | infinitely better than ice, since it gives , as low a degree of refrigeration without ! j humidity, as may be desired with great ] economy of space and convenience of ( application. The cost of operation of j these machines, including interest upon ( investment in the plant, etc., is?figured ( in dollars and cents?equal to supplying the quantity of ice that would be requis- i "Ite to do their work at seventy-live cents | per ton. Natural ice costs $2.30 to $4.00 per tou. So the machines elfect I a money saving of at least ?385 per j diem, and from that up to $713.?New | York Cook. Family Life in Siberia. I My village .chief was satisfied with r | himself and family, satisfied with his j live-stock :ind his crops, and satisfied with hia taxes, and over-population was , apparently the only thing which he and his peers conceived needed to be set aright. On this point we should remember that not nearly'all the land is : yet taken up,and that many of the farms ; are large as, and sometimes larger than, \ j the most extensive German manors. Even | a spoiled American farmer would be I satisfied with such au area. In the midst | of these extensive estates stands the ' - ...liU I spacious 10g IlOUbU, SlUTOUIiUCU WJCU | burns and sheds, which, possibly, are j not large enough, llardly anything is i large enough for the Siberian. I have made personal confirmation of this greed for extension and space in the towns, | where it is often carried to cxccs; thus ! I have seen parlors where the mirrors ' ani sofas could be counted by the dozen. In bright contrast with the I stereotyped complaints of the farmers i eoncerniuff the too thick population is the fact that they are all proud of having i a numerous progeny. The farmer loves his land, his cattle, his summer and fall, but he loves above everything a large family, 'while, notwithstanding his prejudice against strangers, he lives in the perfect conviction that the country needs men, and he governs his conduct accordingly. In every other country in the 1 world there are foundling hospitals; in ' Russia they are numerous, but in Siberia j there arc none. If a mother is not able to take care of lief1 child she will oiler it ( to the nearest farmer, and he'will be glad 1 to have such an increase in his family.? ' Interior. , ' In 1860 "Wayne county, Penn., had 1 eighteen tanneries in operation. As the bark disappearedthe number dwindled until now* there^are but six. 1 TIMELY TOPIC 3. A twelve-year-old Dakota girl, taken p into the air by a cyclone, carried out 1 sight, and brought easily down in a eld a quarter of a mile away, describes ter sensation while in transit as that of ieing rapid and constantly pricked by housands of needles.' Since her ex perinee she has been affected similar to a lerson with St. Vitus'" dance. The experiment of raising buffaloas is ,t present engaging the attention of some >f the Western ranchmen, who arc payng $.30 apiece for calves with which to tart their herd. Butfalo hides arc now rorth from $15 to $20 each, and as these MttviAln V* o ir llidn <-?n f _ I .1111111*19 ?iV5 111 null UlUIVs UI*?UJ mim Ic, lo9se3 from severe winter weather vill be light in comparison with that of , herd of Shorthorns. It is said that the nations of the earth peak about ninety different dialects. Jut these dialects can be traced to a nuch smaller number of languages. All hese languages are divided into three lasses, namely, the Indo-Germanic, vhich embraces the ancient classical anguages and those of modern Europe; tie Sanscrit, which embraces all the 'arious languages of India, and the Seaitic, which embraces the Hebrew, ;hal(laic, Syriac, Arabic, etc. The gold and scarlet of the sun is riraled in the cupolas of St. Peter's cahedral, just finished at Moscow. There .re five of the cupolas, and no less than tine hundred pounds of gold were used n overlaying them. The doors of the emple cost $310,000, and upon the mar>le floors was expended $1,590,000. Ten housand worshippers can be comfortble if their souls will let them within his twelve million Ave hundred thouand dollar temple. One curious revelation made by recent :ensuses is found in the growth of the emale population of large cities. New fork contains about 25,000 more women han men; Boston has a surplus of 18,100 women; in Baltimore there are 17,100 more women than men, and so on in everal others of the large eastern cities, rifty years ago it was the men who came o the cities to pursue their careers, while he women stayed at home; but more ecently women, both in this country ind in Europe, have been crowding to he business centers. A statistician has been studying the iffect of comfort on longevity. His ables show that the richest people have in average life of fifty-two years, the niddling forty-six. and the poor only orty-one and a half. A well-to-do man 3* as liable to infectious disease as a jauper, while diphtheria, croup, whoopng cough, and scarlet fever are more irevalent among the rich. Consumption nd pneumonia claim the poor, who are :omparatively free from brain fever. Phere is apparently some advantage in >eing rich. The people of the Sandwich islands pere a good many years ago reclaimed rom their old style of heathenism. The pork among them was done by some of he earliest ot the missionaries. A modrn missionary who lives in Honolulu ays that the present danger with these slanders is not that they will relapse into he ancient heathenism of idolatry, but hat such heathenish practices as they earn from modern civilization will be oo much for them. The islanders are ihysically running down. Disease and Irunkenness have made grievous havoc ,mong them. The size of elephants is commonly ver-estimated. Their stature is almost lways exaggerated in those countries ^here they are found wild. Even Euroiean travelers of scientific training have aade notable mistakes in this respect. Jrican elephants which Major Denham, ne of the early explorers, supposed to ie sixteen feet high proved to be less han ten feet when killed. In Ceylon he native elephant, which was formerly hought to be larger than the African nimal, is rarely taller than nine feet; ind Sir Kiiieiwii"! uirwmt says the largest .pecimcns on that island do 1101 average nore than eight feet. Out of 1,'il/t 11 <>rilip.*a frnm whirh thn tJlllftst WfiTfi selected and measured with care on one jccasion in India, there was not one whose height equaled eleven feet. A German writer estimates the number >f blind persons in the world at about 1,000,000. This is not a mere guess, but is based on accurate statistics, which show that, on the average, there is oue blind pcrsoa among every 1,400; hence, is this planet has about 1.400,000.000 inhabitants, this would make 1,000,000 blind folks. The European countries differ somewhat in the proportion of blind inhabitants. In Austria one person is blind of every 1,785; in Sweden, of every 1,418; in France, of 1,191; in Prussia, of 1,111; in England, of 1,037. Then follow with a still larger percentage Russia, Norway and Finnland. The largest number of blind persons is to be found in Egypt. At Cairo one person among twenty is blind, and Dr. Franke, of Vienm,ouce encountered in one mornin'g ramble almost 1,000 blind men and women. Many are also found in China and Japan. Germany has the largest number of asylums for ' the blind, namely, thirty-five; then follows England with twenty-six, France thirteen, Austria-Hungary ten, Italy nine, Belgium six, etc. America, Asia and Africa tolmtin nnl IT oiv flCvllllYW VUIJ ??wj 4MW4S/, A commission appointed by the German government last fall on the subject of vaccination and its effects as a preventive of siunllpox reports that since 1874, when revaccination began to be strictly and ffcnerally enforced, not one death from smallpox has occurred in the ' i u:t~ ii e a Vjennan uriuy,. wuue m muse ui iiuai/ua and Fiance, where revacci nation is neglected and where the soldiers mix with an imperfectly protected population, the moitality has been high, rauging from ten to twenty-five per 100,000 in the Austrian army and from seventeen to twenty-nine in the French. Comparison of the ravages of the disease in the large cities of Europe is also made, in all cases the results being largely in favor of Germany. These facts are held to show that revaccination confcrs almost complete immunity from smallpox, and justify the enforcement of the ordinance by the German health authorities. Thi3 testimony accords with the third pronf ihf> Tllirinis board of health in its exhaustive report on this subject, to wit: "That not only may epidemic outbreaks be prevented with absolute certainity by vaccination universally and properly performed, but the iisease itself might be entirely eradicated and its reproduction be rendered practically impossible if every individual were efficiently vaccinated in infancy and the Dperation repeated at proper intervals of time." " The perfumery man may be termed a man of dollars and scents.?Blizzard. Female Clerks in the Metropolis. A New Yorfc letter to the Troy Times says: A numerous and pitiable class is found in the girls who come thither to Decome cierss. ana wno cring great expectations, which invariably prove deceptive. It is estimated that there are nearly 30,000 girls employed in the stores in this city. The number may seem large, but Macy alone employs 500, and there are many houses which have almost an equal .number. The sufferings endured by this class, from being kept on their feet all day, have led to the enact ment of a law requiring owners to provide seats. I often notice these girls hurrying in (he morning to their work. No wonder their faces are so pale when so much of their time is spent in the unwholesome atmosphere of a store, with privation .of light and fresh air. The wages paid to this unfortunate class are hardly sufficient for decent subsistence, and thus they toil on, day af\ > day, in an almost hopeless slavery. ftJfcce it is well they are protected by legislation. These girls are in many instances the daughters of decayed families, who, therefore, have seen better days, and the | shopping gentry arc often waited on by unfortunute members of their own class. Jinny of them, however, come from the country, and are sadly disappointed. New York is a discouraging placa for poor folks generally, but for none is it worse than for poor girls. Ilence I would caution this class against coming hither. One of the important charities of this city is a lodging house for homeless girls, who can find shelter and food at a merely nominal rote. This institution should be enlarged to meet the increased demand. Stewart planned a house of Tm/Ima Uitf An oA cuis luau, uiu u uu^c the bequest, and the poor g:rls are thus robbed of the bounty designed for their benefit. There are about 6,377,000 Jews in the world, of whom 5,407,000 are in Europe, and 300,000 in America. Russia has 2,552,000, Germany 561,000, England 60,000, and Spain only 1,900. The World's Champion. Mr. Edward Hanlan, the great oarsman, and until his recent contest with Beach in Australia, the champion of the world, may certainly be lboked upon as an authority in everything affecting athlctic sports. Before leaving Australia for this country, he wrote a letter in which he stated that he had used St. Jacobs Oil with the most beneficial results. He found it a reliable remedy for muscular pains in the arms and limbs, and from his personal experience took great pleasure in recommending it. No stronger proof of the truth of what is claimed for St. Jacobs Oil could be furnished than this,. and it will undoubtedly carry great weight with all thoughtful and intelligent people. There are forty Egyptian obelisks, seventeen in It.aiy, seven in England, and one in America. Tiiere are more drseases than there are visible stars, "but there is one remedy that goes to their common source in secrations aud the blood. That is Dr. Walker's Vegetable Vinegar Bitters, a prompt and perfect remedy for all diseases of the blood. It gives new vitality to the sccreting and excreting organs, and fills the arteries with new material for strength. / ? _ A novelty in s'lver is the discovery of a process of electro-plating with silver upon wood. Tnvnlids'Hotel and .Surgical Institute. This widely celebrated institution, located at Buffalo, N. Y., is organized with a full staff of eighteen experienced and skillful Physicians and Surgeons, constituting the most complete organization of medical and surgi cal skill in America, for the treatment of all chronic diseases, whether requiring medical or surgical means for their cure. Marvelous success has been achieved in the cure of all nasal, throat and lung diseases, liver and kidney diseases, diseases of the digestive organs, bladder diseases, diseases peculiar to women, blood taints and skin diseases, rheumatism, - neuralgia, nervous debility, paralysis, epilepsy (fits), spermatorrhea, impotency and kindred affections. Thousands are cured at their homes through correspondence. The cure of the worst ruptures, pile tumors, , varicocele, hydrocele ana strictures is guaranteed, with only a short residence at the in.-i/ion. Send 10 cents in stamps for 1 he Invuiius: IrUide-bodic <jivos | all particulars. Address, World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. / Four hundred sailing vessels are employed in the wheat trade of tbo Pacific coast. / Dr. Pierce's "Pellets" cure sicK and bilious hea-lache, sour stomach, and^all bilious attacks. / Iowa farmers have found dairying more profitable than grain growing. Favoritism is a bad thing, but J^)r. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" dsserves its name. It is a certain cure for those painful maladies and weaknesses which embitter the lives of so many women. 0 f druggists. Wheat, barley and hay are the only satisfactory crops in Great Britain this season. Tlia nnvaot. cwnof ->a!; nnrl h(?!h T.ivflP Oil in th9 world, manufactured from fresh, | healtby livers, upon the seashore. It 13 abso1 ""^Ivjiuro and sweet. Patients who have once o prefer it to all others. Physicians have cit^-lded it superior to any of tha other oils in market. Made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York. Chapped hands, face, pimples and rough Bkin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by Caswell, Hazard <fc Co.. New York. How many people say: your plaster bents everj ohing I ever tried. The Hop Plaster cures Backache, Sciatica, or paius in any part. The best porous plaster known. L'oc. An Item ofInteiiest.?"Beeson's Aromatic Alum Sulphur Soap prevents, cures and he:ils skin diseases,softens and beautifies face and hands. 25c. by Druggists, or by mail. Address Wm. Dreydoppel, Philadelphia, Pa. One pair of boots can to saved yearly by using Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel Stift'eners. Frnzer Axle Circnsp. The Frnzer Axle Gi ease is Letter and cheaper than any other, at double the price. Ask your dealer for it, and lake no other. 3 month's treatment for 50c. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. Sold by druggist'. Important. Whftiyon rirttor leave No.y Yorx city, s*73bazciff*. and carriage hire, and atop at tha Grin i Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central djpot. 6<>l) elegant rooms, fitted up at a cost of one mill.on dollars, $1 and upward per clay. European plan. Elevator. K' staurant supplied with the bent, llorxe car*, stages nnrt elevated railroads to all dipots. Familial can live better for less monny at the G.'and Unioa Hotel than at any other tint-class ho.el in tu3 city. 13 7RADEV^7MARK. SB MimiBiiimr BUUbHHUKt Absolutely Free from Opiates, Emetics and Poisons. A PROMPT, SAFE, SURE CURE For Coughs, Sore Throat, Hoarseness, Influenza, Cold* Bronchitis, Croup, Whoopiu* Cough, Asthma. Qulnsr, Pains In Chest, snil other .tlTcctlflus of we Throat *nd Lunar*. PUCE GO CKNTB A BOTTLK. A Dbuogistk ANI> DEALEBS. XllE CUAKLE9 A. TOOKLEK COMI'AST, !, BtltUaorf, Hirrlund, C. 8. ! A- . TWO NOTED MINSTRELS. Who Have Wo i Fortunes an I Wuat Tlifj Say About Stage Ij?'c* From. Staye \i'lii*pern. "Billy" Emerson has recent'y made a phenomenal success in. Australia, and is ouch. Emerson was bom at Belfast in ISitf. fle began his career with Joe Sweeney's minstrels in Washington in 1857. Lutor on ho jumped into prominence in connection with Kewcomb's minstrels, with whom ho visited Germany. He visited Australia in 1874, and on his.return to America joined Haveriey's minstrels in San Francisco at $"00 a week aud expenses. With this troupe he played bofore her majesty, the queen, the*' Prince of Wales, and royalty generally. Aft-.r .this trip he leased the Standard theatre. !>au Francisco, where for three years he did the largest business ever known to minstrelsy. In April last he went to Australia again, where he has "beaten the record." "Billy" is a very handsome fellow, an excellent singer, dances gracefully, and is a true humorist "Yes, sir, I have traveled all over the world, have met all sorts of people, coi^e "in contact with all soYts of customs, ana had all sorts of experiences. One urn^t 'nave a constitution like a locomotive to stand it" "Yes, I know I seem to bear it lifce a major, and I do, but I tell you candidly w'tli the perpetual change of diet, water and climate, if I had not maintained my vigor with regular use of Warner's safe cure I should hiave gone under long ago.1' George H. Primrose, whose nameis known in every amusement circle in America, is oven more emphatic, if possible, than "Billy'' Emerson, in coranietidation of the same article to sporting ami traveling men generally, among whom it is a gn?at favorite. Emerson lias grown rich on tha boards and so has Primrose, because they have not squandered the public's ''favors." The United States raises half the total number of hogs annually produced in the world. To restore sense of taste, smell or hearing use Ely's Cream Balm. It cures all cases of Catarrh, Hay Fever, Colds in tde Head, Headache and Deafness. It is doing wonderful work. Do not fail to procure a bottle, as in it lies the relief you seek, It is easily applied with the linger. Price 50 cents at druggists. (50c. by mail. Ely Bro3., Owego, N. Y. Catarrh and Deafness. I have been deaf in one ear ten years, and partially deaf in th9 other for two months; have been treated by ear specialty doctors and received no benefit. Haviug used Ely's Cream Balm for about a month I find myself greatly improved, and can hear well, and consider it a most valuable remedy. I had also nasal catarrh, wlthdroppiug of mucous into my throat and pain over my eyes, which troubles also have entirely disappeared. D. B. Yates, Upper Lisle, Broome Co., N. Y. Valuable Horses are often lost through ig-, norance on the part of the owner. Send 25 cents in stamps to Horsebook Co., 134 Leonard St., N. Y. City, and learn how to detect disease and how to cure it. This may save the life of your animal Seasickness caused the death of a yachts] man off the English coast recently. M aX Oh ma iiu vvurus ui uui s Can tell you the benefit yon will derive from Hood's Sarsaparilla, if you are in need of a good tonic. It will strain all impurities from the blood, rouse the torpid iver, invigorate the digestive organs, and impart new ife to every function of the body. We only ask you to try a single bottle to prove the positive merits of Hood's Sarsaparilla, as an honest and reliable medicine. " My daughter received much benefit from the use of Hood's Sarsaparilla as an excellent tonio after a pro. tracted attack of bronchial pneumonia,"?F. H. Adams, New Hartford, Conn. " I cannot find words Jtrojig enough to express my feeling in favor of Hood's Sarsaparilla. It has dona everything for me, curing me of dyspepsia with which 1 bad suffered tnany years."?Mrs. S. M. Beede, Marblehead, Mass. "I have used Hood's Sarsaparilla for a blood purifier in my family several years, and cannot speak too highly of it."?J. E. Collins, Piqua, O. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. SI; six for 85. Prepared by 0. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar Frightful Case of a Colored Man. I contracted a fearful case of blood poison In 1883. I was treated with the old remedies of Mercury and Potash, which brought on rheumatism and Impaired my digestive organs. Every joint in me wai swollen and full of pain. When I was given up to die, my physicians thought it would be a good time to test the virtues of Swift's Specific. I improved from the very first dose. Soon the rheumatism left me, my appetite became all right, and the ulcers, which the doctors said were the most frightful he had ever seen, began to heal, and by the first of October, 1884,1 was a well man again. LEM. McCLENDON. Lem McClendon has been In the employ of the ChessCarley Company for some years, and I know the above statements to be true. W. B. Crosbt, Manager Chess Carley Co., Atlanta Division. Atlanta, Ga., April 18,1S85. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. K. Y., 157 W. 23d St ~ & PAGES UQUCS GLUE *1 Ti used by thousands of flrrt class ?>{*nnf*chirm (J T? , and Mechanics on their bcit work. Received V-,COLD MEDAL. Loiidon.'8tf. PronouncedunmftH I -lw? l-nov-o?(Jend card of dealer wiio dims not keep IPiftO It, with Ave fw-AtMP^ECAN r Q C r 1 d.,.:. r>?^ r- pi u... ; t juusiatriucQtto.iUiuucciUtmiW. ^ HRl 5 TOM WAGON SCALES, 9n 3 ? 3 ^9 Bvl&wsl Iiun L*Tfrt, Steel Bearlngt, Brut | S^ogsoFn^fS^iS MM Mel Co. Y^dl' 18?^y. without hesitation, pronounce ? m% mm m mm " 'hp very best thing lor di.sorII II Tl 111 T II 'lered condition of tho stomU tj U III ach, call it what you will, dysi II I 18. pojmia or indigestion, that I ? U ? 1 1 U ';v< v niet with. If I foci tired either from physical or mental worlr, I find it of frreat benefit. Woof 9kt \t an<l I cheerfullv add my tcstiuuu TT uul ulul ulc, niony to the efficacy of frepttc. F. G. Ged.vky, Justice 8th Dist. N. Y. CITY. Court, X. V. Send for circular JgpCfirinrt your own Bane, ^EKe?BuA-Jm Meal, Oyster Shells, -J&?9Sair\l!GSAHA 1U l'lour and Corn , Jjl i :i the $6 SSLA.3VX> MIXiXj (F. Wilson's Parent). lOO per cent, more made lu keening poul* try. Also POWKR UILLS and iFAKM FEEI) MILLS. Circulars and Testimonials sent Oa application. WILSON BKOS., Kaaton, Pa. CURES WHERE All ELSE FAILS. tjg M Best Counh Syrun. Tastes good. Use gH Em In time. Sold h.v druggists. KIDDER'S WOTIliSH^R A Din flCrCD To introduce them, we will Dill Urrtn, givi: away i.uuo selfOperatinj: Washing Maohiaes. If you want on* send usyournams, P. O.. aad express office at _oace._Tlie National Co..'2a DEYST.. N.Y. Mutual Benefit Life Co., i"!?TS wanted tor Life and Accident. 'Write the HOME OFF1CK for circulars and terms. BOATS.?$20 lor a 13 ft., 35 inch beam Clinke1 Boat, with oars. Finest line of Canoes and Pleasure Boats in the U. S. S?nd 10c. in stamps for ? i..l l.mVLTT 1. r>OT*<:r A? \Vanbl.i,ln ill I \M _ B| Married Meu, Bachelors w ABI9IC all nceil it. New, Sure, B UtlalW UtIV'9 mailed sealed lor 15 cents. hl i:. k a n tils & co., Box 413. x. y. City. Cj/I A DAY AT HOME painting sipns. A'o expt. fjtt rifutr ntctm-nru. Onr |-atturns do tbc work. Samples 65 cents. A. m. Mop.las & Co.. Salem, Ohio. to Soldiers 4: H;irs. Scndstara> for Circulars. COL. L. BI.VO WlldlUISv HAM, Att'y, Washing:.).;, a 0. OLDCOINS SC11AYLR, 13 Laicbert Ave., Boston Highlands, Mag*. D|A|JA E2?BIa Great English Gout and DlCaii S B BaiSi Rheumatic Remedy. Oval Boi, 81.OU: ronnd? GO cts. 1 C R i kITCn An active Man or Woman in ever? Wfffl H8 I L county to lell our spoils. Salary $75. M Vh 1 per IIoBtb and Expense*. Expenses in nd vance. Canvassing outtit FIlfcK! Particular* free. Standard Silver-waro Co. Boston, Mass. THURSTON'S KTOOTH POWDER Keeping Teeth Perfect and Guma Healthy. Q A T C Al V C Obtained, Send stauu> fo r #% i el s\2 i ? Inventors'Guido. L. Bingham, Patent Lawyer, Washington, D. C. _ AGENTS WANTED forten new la- t-sf-IliuK article3, Samples, etc., tree. C. Jl!Xt!-h;ill,L >rk.>ort,N. Y. ARtfllSfflfl Morphine llnbit Cured in 10 a BP'Slireito days. No |!<iy till cnred> VI BWIVI Dii. J. Stephens. f.ebauon, Ohio. > iplI CURBS ALL 4 . j| DISEASES OP THE KIDNEYS, HljKfT?S- I LIVER, BLADDER : jB URINARY ORGANS, ' DRGPiY, GRAVEL. DIABETES, (6*60^ '<4 BRIGHT'S DISEASE, ' * J? TONIC AND BITTER, f| it ii a ; *J ii is unaquaiiea m Kesusts Permanent in its Cure* I UVIXtt TESTIMONY ~M BfncksiuitSi. "Having had occasion to n*e a remedy for kidney -f r-Sm troubles Ipurchased a bott'e of Hu.nc'* (Kidney .'. rffijW and Liver] Remedy, and it compile!/ cuwd'hie? have no indigestion, and am heart, t.i.1 healthy for '43W one of my years J. P. .Woodbury, BUclc- y3*3M wmith, Manchester, N. H. Pm "Small beginnings lead to largo endings." T' CnrprnTer. JS "I was tronbled with a weakness of the kidneys. : ,~ I had to pas j my water as many as fifteen times durinz the night. After having used tiie second >i3H ii , r i.-;,:A i !><riiri\v r 4hj i/u?uo ui nuiii a lumug; niiu mvci | * ? . 4 found that ai! my trouble was gone."?Joseph 0. Miller, Carpenter, Xcnia, Ohio. "Be a friend to yourself and others will." Fireman. : ' vjj| "1 have been a severe sufferer with a wenknssj jjfe of the kidneys, and 1 took a severe cold wlrle >?n 7,-?H duty wi;h the Are deuartment. 1 hud terrible paius Id my back, ana my water troubled me. llu.vr'a [Kidney and Liver] Hembdv completely cured me."?H. A. Glass, Columb.i?, Ohio. J "To the good, nipht is not dark." ,'ij? Captain John Kimbnl?, Sailor, New London. *::.?s|| Conn., writes:?"I wan lAren w>,:h severe pains in h| the a ''all of my back in the regioti of the kidneys. I had the beat medical attendance without ex- 1] periencin? an* relief. I bouzhc and u>ed a bJttle - ~ _'M of Hl'nt'b [Kidney and Liver] Kemedt. Four bottled entirely cured me. , i SB Price SI.25. Send fcr Pamphlet of Testimonials, HUNT'S REMEDY CO., Proridoncp, R. I. C. 8. CR1TTE8T0M. Ceaerai Agsnl, Hew York m N 7S U- H Only K flown. Grateful Thousands proclaim Vnoeois Ji Bitters the most wonderful wvigorant emu oyer mm sustained the sinking system. Made from California roots and herbs, free from Alcoholic Stimulants. A Purgative and Tonic. This Bitters cures Female Complaints, Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious. Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, Blood, Liver and Kidney Diseases. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Headache, Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Stomach, Furred Tongue, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Pneumonia, and Pain in the regions of the Kidneys, .-. are cured by the use of the Bitters. i, For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Boils. Erysipelas, Scrofula, Discolorations, Humors and diseases of the Skin of whatever name or Iga ture, are literally dug up and carried out of the -'.vll system in a short time by the use of the Bitters. : It Invigorates the Stomach, and stim- -~'$a ulates the torpid Liver and Bowels, which ren- xSB der it of unequaled efficiency in cleansing the ' blood of all impurities, and imparting new life '-ffia and vigor to the whole system. No Peraon can take the Bitters and remain { long unwell. Pin, Tape and other Worms, are W destipyed ana removed from the system. -JB Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever '% It is foul; your feelings will-tell you when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of the system . % will follow. .Vir^a In conclusion: Give the Bitters atrial IS will speak for itself. One bottle will prove a better guarantee of its merits than a lengthy advertisement. B- W- WoUnnnlfl Urns' Co.. ProorfetorS, Ban'rraodsco, Cal., and 62*T 680 & 582 Washington St. . Cor. Charlton St., Now York. > }~Ps8M Sold by all Dealers and Druggists* "e:3E| How to insure a hapi/, childhood is a (Treat moment to those who'ic? iny reason "\tfre nnable to turnish thtj littlu ones with "attvsCo's supply, while the selection of a wet nur?e is attended with much difficulty and risk. Sond to Woolrioh Jfc Co., Palaier, Mass., for pamphlets on thesubject. Ridge's ' Fund haa BiifcojwtiiUv reared mote children than all other foods combined. ' .. JK Paynes' Automatic Engines and Saw-Mill, ^Ac ~M orn t/EAOER. - ' We offer an 81"> 10 if. P. mounted. Engine with Mill, * ;Z :, 50-:n. folid Saw, 5(1 ft. belting, cant-hooka, rig < rapleta forop.Tifi.jn, on cars, (1,10U. Engine on skldp, 8101 leg.?. S.ni for circular(B). B. W. PAYNE dt SONS, M.mnfacti r*rs,of all styles Automatic ?o? gitics, from 2 to S 0 II. P.: alao Pulleys, Hangers and Bhaftng, Elmira, N. Y. Box 1850. | * ^German Asthma Cure never/aititoKlvomlH Hlmcrfia^reiif/inlhewonit cxtes^sures comfort- * Sablefileep;cffcctacarcswherea." 1 othersfail. Am """" " B trial convinces the most tkrptical. PriCO 0O0. and M SSl.(K)?o?Drug]|fl9t8orbvniall. SamrloFREEH ^ R. U. AWARE ~ jasssffa that SplllpEbrillard's Climax Plug, bearing a red tin tag, that Lorillard's jtoge Leaf flnecut; thatLorlllRrd'a Navy Clipping* and that Lorillard's Snuffa are the best and cheapest, quality considered ? . D A TCWTC^:01~SHVEHT!0HS, rti fi r H I ^ HKBHEUT \V. T. Jh.NNEK, I n I B.IS I W WasuibRton, D. C. Searches, Caveats Trade Mark*. Labels, kc. Charges moderate. Send' tor circulnr An Attorney Wanted In every Town aw Local Agent. ftp it in staple goods rnrr \jl an Nojewelry receipts ortrasli; ljutgooils f nf r ?il"? l? neededinevery house, that sell for 15.45" I llfcm ? CaSH, sent free on receipt of the addresses of 25 persons (il to 40 years old), and x cents to pay for tnis advertisement and postage on goods. Certain satisfaction. Order now, as thit v offer is United. NIAGARA SUPPLY CO.. Drawer 108, BUFFALO, N.T _ . ? CAB II CDC CflUC OR OTHERS. OWNING rAnmend OUild HORSE aud HCGGY, and commanding SlOOto S200. canseeuro P'Tiumcut and profitable business, with full contr-'i of both money and business. Address It.I itN U3I ?& CO, 30 Vewey -Street, Sew Vorit Cltv . X MORPHINECtSi EASILY CURED. BOOK FREE. DR. J. C. HOFFMAN, Jeffarson, Wisconsin. a ? kJS taken the lead la -?< tlic sales of tli.it class of ' ' *] /tttfirCurcjtn WJ remedies, anil has givea igjgyw TO 5 DAYS. v3 a.'n,ost universal w.iifac/cSSyGueriQiMd not .o VI tiuii, gS& cauac Stricture. ? MURPHY BROS., . .. fx&a Urd ooiy by tba O has won the favor'of KW- . , . the public and now rtnUs HMEVaai Ctlnlcal Co. among the Icadiafcilcdi. uratuor.l, Vi. _185SSf _ 1 PENNYROYAL 5 "CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH", The Original ami Only Genuine. ** S?fe and always reliable. Beware of Worth!c*? Initadoflfc ' 4Ohlene?tcr'i? I'.nfflliL" arc the best uia*le. Iodij;K.os?W? TO, LADIES. uclosc 4c. U tamps) for viirticalari, tcttfr> moniais. ?:e., in Tetter Mint you bv re-EAt S BI S (4% V turnaaiL NAME PAPER. OS I H V , Chlohcater Chemical Co., 5?^ ffl B $ 3k * 880? iiuji?oq H<i.,riiiiaJu,i*a.I EHaeaW* '/ Vvi:V--;. vv'V'v" | ' '' ' e . .7<& ' * ' > vC*' _>? ~ - -ur: >.