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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.]
l>air}' IVotrs.
Although sa^t is used in packing butter,
yet itTdoes very little to preserve it.
Salt, however, retards the decomposition
of caseous and albuminous materials left
in it. There have been cases in which
butter has been kept without salt for a
long time.
If you are having trouble "with the
quality oi your muter, jusi ism'uu?u
the scythe from the old apple tree, says
the American Dairyman, and march out
into the pasture and stay there until you
have cut down every weed you can find.
There is no weed known in botany that
makes good milk; they are natural enemies
of every product ol the farm and
to dairy products in particular.
The art of butter making will never
reach perfection until we stop putting
salt in the butter, says the American
Dairi/rnun. It is a depraved taste that
requires a s ilt taste in butter. The most
critical judges in the old country never
think of allowing salt to come near the
butter, and after getting accustomed to
it, there is all the difference between
the two, that there is between salt and
fresh fish, flesh or other dried or prepared
food.
Cheese ought to be eaten instead of so
much meat. It is just the thing to take
its place. But then we must have cheese
not quite so aromatic with the putrid
whey stored up in it, nor quite so stinging
in its tas:e. There are many cheese
factories where a hint of this nature can
be applied with decided benefit. Make
cheese people like and they will buy it.
Thpvr huv othor things, not leaving out
whisky and tobacco. That is the way
the world goes.
Mock >'ote f.
Grooming the cows is not often done,
but it would add to their spirit and comfort.
"When a horse refuses to eat allow him
to rest. It will injure him to make him
do any laborious task.
The D tirjmau thinks a yellow skin on
a cow does not indicate yellow butter,
necessarily, but does indicate yellow
milk.
Over one quarter of a million of hogs
have died of cholera since last fall, and
yet this loss wo.ild not have occurred,
but for feeding too much corn and keeping
hogs ;u (11th. This is the secret of
the evil, and farmers might a* well realize
the fact and save themselves further
infliction.
It is clear that the prevailing disease,
itleiirn-nneumotiiu among cattle, slanders
r~~?" i
amon^ horses, foot rot among sheep, and
cholera among hogs, can .never be held
in check or stamped out so long as we
allow iidiscrimite transportation of diseased
iinimals, or animals from diseased
herds or enclosures where diseased animals
have quartered. ? Ohio Farmer.
A great width between and prominence
of the eyes indicates a teachable
and tractable horse. Width between the
ears indicates courage, nobleness and
strength of character. Roundness and
elevation between the eyes indicates
mildness of disposition and desire to be
caressed and to reciprocate kindness; but
never trust one that shows much white
above the pupil of the eye, or with white
in that organ.
While barn basements make warm and
comfortable quarters for stock, there is
reason for giving milch cows some exercise
in the open yard every day, and
on sunny winter clays for a consideraole
length of time. It will increase the flow
and value of the milk product, and will
also help the cow to prepare for bringing
forth a healthy calf in the spring.
Too little air, light and exercise are bad
for the cow at th s time.
Poultry Xotes.
Buckwheat is very good for poultry,
although we think its merit is not to be
compared with other grains for the same
purpose. Decayed grain can never be
fed with safety and should be shunned.
Dirty rice or rejected wheat both make
good grain feed and are sale.
Do not forget that in winter time the
birds need more and better feed than in
summer. Give the noon meal of cracked
corn, whole wheat and oats. The evening
allowance may be whole corn and
a full feed, which will last them advantageously
through the iong nights.
Hens often learn to eat their egsrs from
eating the egg shells which are given to
them with their food. They lind it easy
to crush the shells which are thus scattered
in their way. If you have plenty
ot oyster and clam shells or ground bone,
the amount of lime in the egg shells is
scarcely worth saving for your fowls.
The cross-bred fowl is often larger
than any of the breeds of line bred stock.
The prizes for dressed poultry in Kngt
j _ - I u..
lana HJIVU UllCU ucuu v? wu Wj tiutn-uicu
birds, just as in the race of cattle mongrel
steers frequently carry away the
prize for fattest weights. .Blood fr\>m
pure varieties, however, was used in
making the cross always.
A constant supply of pure drinking
water is equally as important as food.
An inexpensive drinking fountain is. of
course, the best method of securing this,
but the heme made small shallow tin
dishes are the next best tiling. It is true
that a fowl or a chicken will often drink
dirty water even when clean water is at
hand, but this is no reason why they
should be compelled to do so.
Regularity in care and feeding is of
the utmost importance. When the usual
feeding time of the chickens arrive, if
you are not on hand with the usual food
they worry. They ccane their own ellorts
in a great measure a;:d stand idle nnd
expectant. Every approach, they think,
is that of their keeper with his pail and
long-handled spoon. Every disappointment
adds to their impatience and uneasiness.
and they are. in fact, fast losing
flesh and go ng back on you.
When fowls a e confined in limited
quarters, the nests should be so constructed
that they may be in darkness,
or at least in twilight. This is an excellent
preventive of egcr-eating. Locate
the nests as f:>r from the windows as
possible, and compel the hens to approach
them through a long, low, cov
CIU'l ??iiiV/U tuiuo v/4 c *? vr
abrupt corners lo shut out the light.
The benefit which fowls derive from eating
charcoai is very marked. The best
method of placing it before them is not
well understood. Pounded chat coal is
not in the shape in which fowls usually
find their food, and hence is not very
enticing to them. Corn burned on the
cob and the rsfuse, which consists almost
entirely of the grains reduced to
charcoal and still retaining their perfect
shaoe, is greedily eaten by them.?Poultry
World.
IIow to Get the .Host Butter.
There are several things which affect
the yield of butter from a cow of any
kind. First, the food of a cow allects
it: second, the manner of setting the
milk, chiefly in regard to the time which
it requires for the cream to rise: and
third, the temperature at which this
cream is churned.
It has been shown by nnny careful ex- |
periments, and by the results of long
practice, that succulent food helps to
produce a large quantity of fat in the
milk, and also has such an effect upon
the same, as to cause the cream to separate
more completely from the milk,
leaving less fat to be lost in the buttermilk.
Hence, the use of ensilage, or,
what is better for most farmers and easier
to accomplish, the feeding of roots of
an unobjectionable kind, such as mangels
or sugar beets in the winter, and the use
of some kind of meal, preferublv a mixture
of corn meal and coarse middlings,
with pasture in the summer. In winter
the use of cut hay, or fodder. Further,
*' ' ' r ? wlmn fhp rnillc
1C lias UCt'U 1UIIUU, I.UUU ouuu
of the whole herd has been mixed together.
and when the milk has been set
for tliirry-six hours, and the cream
churned at the end of twenty-four or
thirty-six hours more, the largest product
of butter was obtained. When
these periods are shorter, or longer,
the character of the cream differs, and
there is a loss of butter in one or the
i other of the settings of milk or skimj
mings of cream. Hence it is most profitj
able for a dairy to consist of as many
{ cows as will supply cream enough for
I a churning at one milking, and to churn
the cream of one milking by itself.
Lastly, the temperature of the churning
is of importance, both as to the time of
! churning, and the quality of the butter
I made. An example from the records of
j Houghton farm in regard to this point
i will be exceedingly instructive, and they
I fully accord with a great number of tests
j made by the writer during several years
I past. At Houghton farm, when the
j whole milk of a cow (clover) was
1 churned at a temperature of seventy-four
degrees, somewhat more than a half of
| the butter was obtained: while at one
| time actually less than half of tlie butter
I was the result, and it required tnree ana
sometimes four churninirs to procure all
! the butter. On the other liand, when
j the criam was churned at a tem'
perature of sixty-two degrees, all
j the butter was obtained, or in
| one case only from one and one-eighth
: ounce to two and a quarter ounces from
about forty pounds of milk remained in
the buttermilk, and was procured at a
I second churning. As double or treble
! churning is manifestly impracticable in a
I business dairy, and is troublesome anyi
where, it is very important to observe
i evety necessary precaution in regard to
i the temperature of the churning. In the
j writer's dairy the regular winter churnj
ing temperature was kept at sixty-two
j degrees, while the summer temperature
! was fifty-five degrees. The temperature
at which the milk is set and the cream is
i kept, should also be uniform, so that the
i character of the cream is always the
same. It may be thought that a few degrees
in the temperature of the cream is
! a small matter; but great results depend
| upon small things in all human affairs,
as well as in nature; and if a dairyman
I would succeed in ms dusiucss, ue must
j observe carefully all these small things.
j ?American Agriculturist.
Reclpcs.
' Rye Cakes.?One pint of rich milk,
j three eggs and half a teanspoonful of
salt: mix with enough rye meal to make
a thin batter; half fill cups or deep patty
pans with the batter and bake for twenty
( minutes. v
Roasted Rabbits.?Skin and draw
them and stuff them with bread crumbs,
! butter and minced veal, seasoned witb
salt, pepper and nutmeg; cover the breasts
with slices of bacon, which must be
. firmly tied on, and roast the rabbits
before a brisk fire, basting often with
! the drippings and a little white wine
vinegar.
Eglantine Pudding.?Cut thin slices
of light white bread and line a puddingshape
with them, putting in alternate
layers of the bread and orange marma!
lade or anv* other preserve till the mold
i . ?i, ? f
is nearly iun; pour uvci an a pm.
; warm milk in which four well-beaten
eggs have been mixed; cover the mold
with a cloth and boil for an hour and a
| half.
Milk Sorr.?Four large potatoes, two
onions, two ounces of butter, one pint of
milk, tlirej tablespoonfuls of tapioca,
salt, and pepper to taste; boil the vegetables
slowly with two quarts of water
several botirs, then straiu through
the colander and add the milk
and tapioca; boil slowly and stir constantly
for about fifteen minutes, then
! serve.
Household mints
Lard may be made parfectly sweet by
boiling a pared potato in it.
For poison oak, bake in cream and
gunpowder twice a day till cured.
"\Ya>h tde hair in cold sage tea; it will
i keep ihe hair from falling out.
"When food is to be fried have the pan
j very hot before tlie fat is put in aud
have the fat ho* before beginning to
fry. Then the minimum amount of fat
will be absorbed.
Salt sprinkled on any substance burning
on the stove will stop the smoke and
smell, ^alt thrown upon coals blazing
from the fat of broiled chops or ham
will cause the bla/.e to subside.
Put all the pieces of bread that are
left each day in a pan and dry them in a
moderate oven. They may be beaten
line in a mortar and put away in jars for
breading or pudding. They are useful
far sifting over greased cake-pans to
prevent the cakc from adhering.
If you wfch to prevent the unpleasant
odor that arises trom boiling cabbage tie
up a piece of stale bread in a muslin
cloth and boil with the cabbage. A
piece of stale bread on the end of a
knife with which you are cutting onions
will prevent the juice from alfecting the
eyes unpleasantly.
The Use of "Honorable."
An esteemed correspondent submits
the fallowing inquiry:
"Will you kindly inform me what the
lowest public po-ition is that a pi an can
hoid that would entitle him to put hennr'ilJn
Uffr>rr> nnmrv"
There is no law whatever on the subject,
a:id the grades of tho^g who enjoy
this complimentary distinction seem to
! be widening out. Originally it was conferred
on members of Congress, members
of the cabinet, governors, and other high
I mugwumps. Xext members of Jegisla'
tures were called honorable, and now
pretty much every lello*.v whom anybody
wishes to please gets this vague
and indeterminate epithet. It is a matter
of taste, and there is no precise rule
about it."?Ntio York irun.
Round With the World.
Oh, mver mind what pooplo say,
The world goes round;
Thoy blamed yestereen, and they'll praiso
to-day,
The world goes round.
iCeep your eye fixed 011 the beacon light,
Tlie world?o?s round;
Steer through the breakers for the right,
The world goes round.
The woes of the past are now as naught,
j The world goes round;
J And happiness sure is in the thought,
The world goes round. '
A LAND LITTLE KNOWN.
Coma, and tlie Cornans?A Prcscnta?
tion at Court.
Mr. Percival Loweil, who accompanied
the Corean embassy to the United States
in ISSo. with the rank of foreign secretary
and counselor, and afterward spent
a whole winter in Corea as a guest of
the government, has given his impres-1
sions of this strange land and its people
in a book just published. Corea, or |
i Choson, to use the nutive name, is among
! all the civilized lands in the world the j
j one of which we know the least, and it
j is abo one of the most curious. The
J people aie akin to the Japanese, and
j they obtained from China most of their
I arts and learning, but they differ greatly
| from both their neighbors, and in some
' respects the differences go very deep.
There are no wheeled vehicles of any
! kind in Corea. and consequently no
! roads except rude tracks which are never
I repaired. Bulls are the principal beasts
j of burden. Horses are used to some ex:
tent for riding. Travelers above the
rank of the common people are usually
j carried in a close palanquin, a sort of
! box without seat in which the unfortunI
ate passenger must gather himself upon
' his haunches. There are no inns. The
[ trave'er carries his own provisions and
I depends for shelter upon private hospij
tality.
I Soon after her arrival in Soul, the.
I capital of Corea, Mr. Lowell was preI
sented to the king. He was received at
! the palace by a number of court officials
! in their costume of ceremony, which, in
: spite of its oddity, was not without a
' certain picturesque beauty:
: "It began with a hat made of finely
; woven siik in the form of a rounded
; cone terraced in front. On either side
, of this projected wings, like gigantic
; ears, fitted into the lower part of the
I crown, from which they stuck out at
I right angles. They arc said to be ap;
purtenances to typify the ready receiving
i of his majesty's commands. The dress
nrta rfimnncpH nf J1 lf>nf silk tlinic of a
pale pink or an equally pnle blue, reach!
ing to the ankles, and tied by a ribbon j
1 in a bow over the right breast. Outside
of this was worn a belt, vectaugular in
| shape, which fitted the body on the
sides, its shortest diameter, and stuck
out several inches in front and behind. I
i As it would never have stayed on of itself,
it was unostentatiously tied on securely
by a sillcen cord. Sewn on to the
tunic just below the chest was an embroidered
plastron in gold thread, representing
two cranes in flight, correspondingly
littcd to each other by being mutually
upside down. To the lower ranks is
permitted but one of the birds. The
crane is, in some sort, a Corean official
symbol, as the dragon is a Chinese oae.
Around the neck the tunic was cut out
in an oval, and filling this, sown on to
the inside of the stuff, was a white collar
of cotton. On their feet, instead of
the customary low shoe, they all -faore
uigh boots, the tops of which were lost
under the tunics. Those imparted to
the wearers a certain accoutred appearance,
suggestive of heavy weather. The
reason of this reversal of the natural order
of things, as it seems to us, I was at
a loss to understand till after I had observed
the ways of the court, when it no
longer struck me as strange."
j After tasting a coilation, with the
| American minister (Jir. jp ootej ana vari:
ous court dignitaries, the stranger was
i summoned to the royal presence. Preceded
by Mr. Foote and a Corean functionary
named Hong, he tramped across
several muddy courts, until he reached a
flight of steps leading to an open pavilion
where the king sat behind a table,
j 4\No sooner had we reached the top of
, the steps than Hong fell nearly flat on
i his face?the usual Corean prostration
( before royalty?while we began a series
i of three bows, and then continued alter- j
nately bowing and advancing till the I
j last one landed us on the further side of
the table. His majesty rose for the in-!
terview. lie was a man of about thirty
years of age. In stature he was rather
under the Corean height than over it.
. He may have been five feet seven inches
I without his shoes, which raised him an
' inch more.
j ''The kin:: was dressed in whatresemI
bled, in general, the court dress, and
: differed from it onlv in the details. His
hat was somewhat similar to that of the
otiicials; but instead of being black, was
of a very dark blue color. It also had
n?inrre tU/iir ?'nrn etrfttrfhf"
I Mil/ littj l?VIV oiui^nw
ill) behind, as if folded in rest. His
I tunic, which was after the same fashion
I as theirs and similarly tied, was of a
j brilliant, red?in Coiea the kingly color,
j The belt was richer in material, but simi
ilar in shape; and the plastron, instead
1 of having cranes embroidered on it, had
, the Chinese dragon. In place of the
boots, he wore the ordinary shoe. This,
in some sort, carried out my theory of
the mud, as he alone needs not to walk
about.
"His face was singularly pleasing?one
of those iaces th-it you like from the moment
you first see it, and that in time you
grow to love; and my after-acquaintance
with him taught me that his face was
truly the mirror of his character. His
smile especially was winning. As I
stood there with his eyes fixed upon
mine, a 'feeling crept over me that he
was really as glad to see me as his words
formally expressed. Presentations are
not prolific in conversation. The fact is
its own best expression. Like all moments
which are long prepared for. it
was quickly passed. To prolong an ef
feet is in some sort to dull it. ~A few
sentences and the interview was over."
Another banquet was followed by a
presentatiou to the crown prince, a boy
of ten. who said what his attendants
whispered in his ear. Then tea was
served ; and the traveler was packed into
his palanquin and carried away half
frozen.
The kin# cf C'orea is not only an absolute
monarch, but he is believed to be
of divine birth. All ollicers of the government
hold their places at his will,
lie has thice great ministers of state,
called the counselor of the right, the
counselor of the middle, and the conselor
of the left; and there are eight administrative
departments, namely, those of the
interior,treasury, war,rites, justice, works,
foreign a'.lairs and home affairs. The las
two are of recent creation. A literary
examination is always exacted of aspirants
to ollicc, and the mo>t important
qualification is facility in writing poetry.
A magistrate is therefore first a poet.
Ollicc carries rank, and beside the
ofiicial aristocracy there is an old hereditary
nobility, stripped of its ancient
privileges, but still wielding cons'deraUn
intlimn^n (Jnvcrnmr'iif fnnff nniirir-s
UiU illUl*WUV>-. V.. w . w. ..... . ....wv
are rapacious an 1 despotic to tlic*. last
degree, and the condition of the common
people is correspondingly abject.
There is no middle class.
Women have less share in 1 lie life of
the population than anywhere else on
earth. At the age of seven girls are
placed in an absolute seclusion from
which they are never to emerge. No
woman is seen in the streets except a
low c'ass of domestic s ervants who drawwater
from tiie public wells, and no sign
of the presence of woman is visible in
the houses. C'orea might pass for a
country of males alone but for the cx^
ialenr-e of a necnliar class of "sincrinor
"1 ' * t ? 4 '
girls," who are employed to enliven
ban juets and other entertainments, and
are educated for their profession. In
Soul, a city of 2~>0 000 inhabitants, there
are not more than twenty or thirty of
these professional beauties.
A Strange Story of Byron.
Speaking of the men who have known
great men," says John Russell Young in
the New York World, "I remember
meeting a gentleman who had been a
personal friend of Lord Byron. He told
me a curious story. He was in Greece
with Byron, and they were traveling together
to Missolonghi. A heavy rain
storm came on and they had to ford a
river, and they came to a little Greek
inn, riding horseback, and of course
very wet. Byron and his friend wen* to
their room until their clothes became
dry. Byroa lay down upon his bed, put
his arms under his head and said:
" 'Do you believe in witches and warlocks?"
? 'Why?" asked his friend.
" 'You know,' replied Byron, 'I am
almost a Scotchman. I spent my early
days in Aberdeen, and when I was a
child a gypsy read my fortune. She
told me that very important events would
happen in my life at ten, twenty-eight
and thirty-six. At ten I was a lord, by
the death of my grand uncle. At twenty eight
I was married. And now,' continued
Byron, 'the third event comes.
What wiU it be?"
"My friend said to Byron: "Oh, that's
all nonsense.'
" 'No,' said Byron, shaking his head,
and talking .in his slow, lisping way.
'Don't you disbelieve the witches and
warlocks.'
He died in ten days.
"I remember asking this gentleman to
give me his views of Lord Byron as dej
rived from his intercourse with him.
He said that Byron had an affected,
j drawling, almost lisping voice, and the
I general impression he made upon mm
during their days in Greece together was
of insincerity and selfishness.
Symptoms of Hydrophobia.
With regard (to the early symptoms'
an animal that has the disease invariably
, loses its appetite; and though this is
i common in the majority of complaints,
it should not be ignored, but should act
| as a warning to owners to watch for
other symptoms, which in the case of
! rabies speedily develop. The dog's manner
changes; he shows a disposition to
hide himself in corners or under chairs;
in fact, anywhere, so as to get out of
, sight. Then he will never rest in one
! place for long together, but is continual'
ly changing his position, ana appears to
be constantly on the watch. His bark,
too, is altered, and without provocation
he will at times give tongue to a dismal
short howl, or to what would perhaps
be better described as half a
1 howl and half a bark. He will gnaw at
anything that comes in his way. If he
; be in a room, he will bite at the chaii
! legs, or the carpet, or at a tablecloth,
; and if in a kennel he will attack the
corners of it. He will also attempt to
masticate stones, and will readily consume
straw and filth of any kind.
Among early symptoms is the disposi'
- ' ? - J r._?.
uon 10 Dice Oilier UOgS?JU iuuu, * lauiu I
animal will unhesitatingly attack a dog
or a cat with which he may have lived
for years on the most friendly terms.
During the whole time that these symptoms
are developing themselves the dog
will still remain under his master's or
mistress's control, and will, to a certain
extent, obey orders, although, perhaps,
not so cheerfully as usual?a fact which
is. Iexpecf, responsible for owners so
often scorning the idea that their pet
animal is a victim to rabies.?London i
Truth.
Life in a Snowflake.
Some imaginative and wonderfully
learned German scholars tell us that every
snow flake is inhabited by happy little
be ngs, who begin their existence, hold
their revels, live long lives of happiness
and delight, die and are buried, all during
the descent of the snowllake from
the world of clouds to the solid land.
These scholars also tell ns that every
square foot of air possesses from twelve
to fifteen million of more or less perfect
little beings, and that at every ordinary
breath we destroy u million, mnre or less,
of these happy lives. The sigh of a
healthy lover is supposed to swallow up
about fourteen million. They insist that
the dust, which will, as all know, accumulate
in the most secure and secret
places, is merely the remains of millions
and billions of these little beings who
have died of old a^e. All thi9, of
. course, is mere guess-work. But I do
know that the snow in some parts of the
world is thickly inhabited. I have seen
new snow in Idaho black with little inI
sects. People there call them snow-fleas.
They are as lively as possible, and will
! darken vour footprints, walk as fast as you
may. They are found only on the high
mountains, and only in very fresh and
very deep snow. They, of course, do not
annoy you in any way. They are infinitely
smaller than the ordinary flea,
but they are not a whit less lively in their
locomotion.?JSt. Nicholas.
Calabash Tree.
<;A very pretty growth to look at, and
a real refreshment, too,'' said our friend
the captain; "such comforts in the
ovf. rronnmn nrr?a?nnvthinrr t.hlf.
; suggests fti)unu!u:cj and coolness when
one is thirsty."
I This tree is found in the "West Indies,
at once reminding a New Englander of
orchards at home and luscious croling
fruit; it is about the same height and
not unlike the well-remembered anple
j tree, with their burden of spring fragrance
and beauty.
It has wedge-shaped leaves and large,
whitish, plump flowers, scattered over
the trunk and maturest branches. The
i fruit is gourd-like, often a foot in
diameter. Very shapely and convenient
goblets are fashioned from the "tree
> shells;" when carved and polished they
: are really beautiful, and so hard that
they may be used for kettles in which to
! boil liquids, bearing such usage several
i times without iujury.?Bazar.
"Weather Signals.
Shut the door!
! It is no longer popular to kick the
I Dea cioincs on.
Mosquitoes have stopped presenting
their hills.
Perspiration has gone out of style.
The icicle has taken the place of the
, lawn mower.
; Shut the door!
The garden spade has been knocked
out by the snow shoval.
The storm door is coming to the front.
| The man with the red nose now
blames the weather.
The gate and the moonlight have
! changed with the sofa and firelight.
Shut the door!
Mortgage your salary for a sleigh.
| Take a charcoal stove in swimming
! with you.
Fans are no longer de rigucr.
I Rhufc thn ri nnr !? ~\ft>rr.hanf.. Trar.Alar.
.
The reserved man possesses strong affections
and warm sympathies, may hold
his convictions with ferver and his principles
with enthusiasm; at any rate, no
one has the right to assume that he does
not, simply because he does not hasten
to proclaim the fact. , Reserve indeed
implies that there is something to reserve,
and we may well wait with modesty to
discover what it is that our reserved
friend thinks it advisable to keep back
before he is charged with coldness or insensibility.
Many hospitals and curati/e institutions
use only Red Star Cough cure, for
throat and lung troubles. It cures.
Price, twenty-five cents. St. Jacobs Oil
cures rheumatism.
An engineer, recently employed in
Burmah, says the women were the best
laborers to be found there.
Many a Poor Sufferer has expended
hundreds of dollars in the purchase of
costly medicines put up in "prescription"
form for the curc of rheumatism or gout,
and without any benefit. If all such
would but drop drugs and attack blood
impurities with Vinegar Bitter?, they
would find that nature had provided at
least one remedy for these terrible afflictions.
Gab is the expressive title of a new
nv. i a nnnor j
? r-i'?
"Said Aaron to Moses
Let's cut off our noses."
Aaron must have been a sufferer from catarrh.
The desperation which catarrh produces
is often sufficient to make people say and
do many rash things and many continue suffering
just as if no such cure as Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy existed. It cures every case
from the simplest to the most complicated,and
all the conseouences of catarrh. A person
once cured by Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy will
not be apt to take cold again, as it leaves the
mucous membranes healthy and strong. By
druggists.
On Roberts Island, on the Pacific coast, a
400-acre tract of peat is burning fiercely.
"I IJofi't Know What Ailn met'*
says many a sufferer. "I have the 'blues'
frightfully: I am troubled with headache and
dizziness; I have lost my appetite; there is a
bad taste in my mouth constantly. What is
the matter with me'.'" We will tell you; you
are "bilious." Get a bottle of Dr. Pierce's
"Golden Medical Discovery," use it faithfully,
and you will soon be a new man again. All
druggists have it.
A second crop of ripe strawberries has just
been exhausted in Grass Valley, C'al.
Use the surest remedy for catarrh. Dr.
Sage's.
There were nineteen deaths from hydrophobia
in London during 1S85.
Ancient Carriages.
There is evidence that the use of certain kinds
of carriages dates from a very remote antiquity,
When Pharaoh advanced Joseph to the second
place in Egypt "ho made him to ride in the
second chariot which he had:" and later,
Joseph, by command of the king sent wagons
out of the land of Egypt to convey Jacob and
my mother has been afflicted with Bronchitis
for about 20 years, and very bad at times. She
is using Piso's Cure for Consumption, and it
gives her more relief than anything she has
ever taken.
J. H. Carleton.
Union Centre, III., March 8,1885.
his whole family to the land of his adoption.
I Thus at this early period there were two distinct
types of carriage in use among the civil|
ized inhabitants of Egypt?a country which
from its level character presented facilities for
the development of this species of conveyance.
The vse of chariots in Egypt and among the
early nations generally was reserved for
rulers and warlike leaders.
It was among the Romans that the use of
carriages as a private conveyance was first esj
tablishcd, and with that people carriages at
tained great variety of form as well as richness
j of ornamentation. At all times the employ!
ment of carriages depended greatly on the
I condition of the roads over which they had to
j be driven, and the establishment of good roads,
i bucIi as the Appian Way, constructed 331 B. c.
j and others, greatly faeiliated the development
I of carriage traveling among the Romans. In
i Rome itself, and probably also in other large
I towns, it was necessary to restrict traveling in
! carriages to a few persons of high rank, owing
j to the narrowness and crowded state of the
streets.
It is dangerous to tamper with irritating
liquids and exciting snuffs. Use Ely's Cream
Kalin, which is safe and pleasant and is easily
applied with the linger. It cures the worst
eases of Catarrh, Cold in the Head and Hay
Fever, giving relief jrom the first application.
All druggists have it. Price .TOcents. By mail
CO cents. Ely Bros., Owego, X. Y.
Chronic Catarrh. The result of 25 years'
catarrh;?the bridge, or division of my nose,
was about half gone. I obtained a bottle of
Ely's Cream Balm; have used four bottles, applying
it to the affected parts with a swab,
which has about cured up the nostrils. I had
previously tried all other remedies on the market
without permanent relief.? J. A. Wood, 915
X. High Street, Columbus, Ohio.
I find Ely's Cream Balm good for Catarrh of
long standing.?M. X. Lasley, 1934 West Chestnut
Street, Louisville. Ky.
Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel Stiffeners keep
new boots and shoes from running over. Sold
by shoe and hardware dealers.
Tf nfflirtpri with sore eves use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eve Water. Druggists sell it. Sic.
The best Ankle Boot and Collar Pads are |
made of zinc and leather. Try them.
Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses I
of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
The Doctor's Endorsement.
Dr. W. D. Wright, Cincinnati, O., sends the subjoined
professional endorsement: "I have prescribed
DR. \VM. HALL'S BALSAM FOR THE LUN'fiS
In a great number of eases and always with success,
i One case in particular was Riven up by several physicians
who had been called in for consultation with
myself. The patient had all the symptoms of conilrincd
Consumption?cold night sweats,hectic fever,
harrnssing coughs, etc. He commenced immediately
to get better and was soon restored to his usual
health. I found DR. WM. HALL'S BALSAM FOR
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The bowels may be regulated, and the stomach
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"Haud time parties" arc a form of social di
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Mensman's Peptonized beef tonic, the only
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The Sack and Shoulders
Are the parts usually affected by rheumatism; and
the Joints at the knees, ankles, hips, and wrists are
also sometimes attacked. We do not claim that
Hood's Sarsaparilla Is a positive specific for rheuma^
tlsm?we doubt If there Is or can be such a remedybut
aa thousands have been cured of this disease by
Hood's Sarsaparilla, we ask you, If you are afflicted,
to give this medicine a fair trial.
Rheumatic Pains
"I have been much troubled with rhoumatlsm, and
had great pain and soreness In my left side. I toofc
food's Sarsrparllla and It did my whole system good
I have had but little trouble with rheumatism, a*d
my side does not pain me."?Mas. E. A. Nichols, 5
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"I had severe pains In my legs, feet, arms and
shoulders; my appetite and general health were
(VAVA TV1A n rr/wl onnflH til
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220 Fourth St., Jersey City, N. J.
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