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r ?m?^ HIBERNATION. 1 A PHEXOMEXOX PECULIAR TO SOME ANIMALS. They Live When it is Warm, and Merely Exist in a Lcthargic State When it Gets Cold?A Curious Condition. The phenomenon of hibernation, or winter sleep, peculiar to some animals, is very curious indeed. It is not well understood. Some declare it to be a sort - e ~~* "1"""" cot- it ic n trainee. As VI U<liaicpoj , uuivio ^Uj av .v ? it is a physiological event and cannot be well investigated, the changes which occur must remain somewhat of a mystery. That certain animals retire to a concealed place and remain dormant, or in a state of lethargy, for days, Aveeks or months together, we know. That during this time they take no food, void no excretions and lose a great amount of animal heat we also know. But just how life is maintained, no one can say. A number of hibernating animals acquire a great amount of fat, usually just under the skin, and during the dormant period this is consumed and they come out in the spring very lean; but in the case of serpents, frogs and bats no such accumulations' have been noticed. In order that a certain amount of heat may be maintained, and as they are generally easily aroused, it is their habit to conceal themselves in warm places, or congregate in some secluded quarter. Bears, hedgehogs, woodchucks and such animals go into holes and curl up nearly into a ball, with the head and feet on the inside. snaKes twist together in numbers in some rocky hole to keep warm. Frogs and toads sink into the mud, as do also alligators, crocodiles and other lizards. Shell fish dig down into the soft bottoms of streams or lakes, and insects, which survive the winter, lie in the ground or some protected cranny. Those who explain the phenomenon attribute it to the eilect of the cold, the absence of suitable food and the gradual showing of the respirations. In those that are perfect liibernators the instinct storing food for winter is entirely wanting. They betake themselves to some warm place and begin by falling asleep. Sleep is a very similar phenomenon, differing only in degree. Human beings who are frozen to death first sleep, then get into a condition very like hibernation, which, when carried further, causes death. It is so with the lower animals, and many succumb to great cold. In sleep the respiration is slower, and as a rnnsftnnence the temDerature falls, so that clothing is necessary at ni^ht which would be too warm during waking hours. Breathing has direct effect upon what is known as muscular irritability, or the power of muscle to respond to impressions. The heart beats because it is excited to contract by the blood flowing into it. That this contraction is dependent upon the number of respirations is shown by comparisons. In birds the breathing is fast and the irritability of the heart great; beating normally from 120 to 140 a minute, and the heat of the body is considerably over 100 degrees. Descending the scale we find lizards breathe slowly, their hearts beat slowly and their temperature is very low. Thus it is in hibernation, the breathing becomes less and less until in some it o ( is nearly or entirely suspended, the heart beats decline and the temperature falls, until, even in warm-blooded animals, it reaches as low as thirty-five degrees, which is only three degrees above the freezing point of water. Suicides sometimes take their lives by placing an open charcoal fire in the room and inhaling the carbonic acid gas which it gives off. Death ensues from the gas poisoning the blood. Breathing accomplishes the same end for the body that heat does for charcoal. It carries away this pernicious gas from the blood, but the slow action of the lungs during hibernation allows this to remain and induces lethargy, or anesthesia, at which time were it not for the increased irritability of the heart death would ensue. There arc two classes of hibernators. Those perfectly lethargic through the winter, and those which wake at frequent intervals. The best example of perfcct sleep in this country is seen in the bats. At the beginning of cold weather they huddle together in bundles, fall into a comatose condition and do not stir until warm weather comes again. An old hollow tree, or, best of all, a cave, affords protection for them. Bats have a little hook at one of the joints of the wing, by which they hang suspended in the air when sleeping, and during hibernation great numbers crowd together clinging to each other, the weight of all being borne by the central one. It is stated that as many as fifty or N sixty have been seen in on^ bunch, the / weight of which would aggregate about fifteen pounds. While the central bat sleeps as if in a feather bed, it would seem like a frightful weight to sustain on his thumb-nail. The statement is vouched for, however, by one who may be believed. The same author, in speaking of the amount of cold which bale can stand, said that in this large bunch A*.. ? r IL- ^ i me wingB OI iuu uiusiuu uais were su frozen and brittle as to break like ice 01 candy. Some of these, although so badly frozen, were soon brought to life by the application of warmth. Our squirrels, opossums and wood chucks are examples of such as hibernate imperfectly. They remain in a state of lethargy until a pleasant day, or the pangs of hunger induce them to awake ana partake of food which has been stored for such emergencies. Squirrels not only provide a large supply in one place, but have other stores, or caches, al irregular placcs, to which they can resorl in case of the exhaustion or destructior of the chief granerv. When the snou has lain on the ground for a long time, holes may be seen where squirrels havt dug down with unerring accuracy to gel nuts burried months before. An old hunter says he has known squirrels tc perish because the main supply had giver out and the frozen condition of the crusl of the snow prevented them from getting at the caches. There is a very vast difference betweer an animal torpid from cold and one hiber nating, and the difference can be quickly determined. A frozen animal is stiff anc rigid, while the one that is hibernating is mobile. When frozen they are withoui sensation, but when hibernating they an usuai jj ccwiij anuiw/itwu i/j t? w?tv?a? The mountaineer's snake, if it wo; hibernating, should have been curled up, or twisted together with others. It prob ably had been in for the winter, but, waking on account of the warm day, ven tured out, and the cold coming on, wa.< unable to return, and so froze, but noi enough to exterminate life.?Pittsburg Dispatch. Tobogganing in Canaaa is an extreme!} popular sport with back-sliding banker* from the United States. The easy down ** hill glide has for them a peculiar charm ?Inter- Ocean. FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. Drowning by the tide was once & method of punishing criminals. To cry "havoc"' appears to have been a signal for indiscriminate slaughter. In India the devoted wife formerly ascended her husband's funeral pyre and perished in the flames. A tree at Tampa, Fla., yielded 11,463 oranges, which is said to bo the largest number ever known to be taken from one tree. The Russians place in the hand of the corpse a paper ccrtilicate of the character of the deceased, to be shown to Peter at the gate of heaven. Scorpions, spiders and various insect3 have been observed to remain motionless - 1 if any person mows strongly upuu tULCUA in u vertical direction. Frank Ritter, of Gait, Cal., reports a prodigious growth of tomato vine in his garden during the season. The vine reached thirteen feet high and produced G50 tomatoes. Paupers are still sold at auction in Nova Scotia to the lowest bidder. A very good article of distinguished family in reduced circumstances can be had there for a few dollars. The sea turtle's toes are united in the form of a paddle. It makes long voyages, sometimes across the Atlantic. The sea turtles are immense, some of them attaining a weight of 1,200 pounds. They graze in the grasses at the bottom of the j sea. The hedgehog is a favorite food of the i gypsies, and those who have eaten of it j as cooked by them in their traveling ! caravans in England say it is excellent. Hedgehogs are nicest in the fall months, and are said to be more delicate than piglings. An English paper gives the following curious notice, found in the marriage register of the Church of St. James, Bury St. Edmunds: "1832, November 5?Christopher Newson, Charity Morrell. Charity Morrell being entirely without arms, the ring was placed upon the fourth toe of the left foot, and she wrote her name in this register with her right foot. A writer in a medical journal says that the medical idea of a teaspoonful is one fluid dram. This is, in fact, about the measurement of that article as used by our grandmothers. But this and the dessert spoon are now made so much larger than formerly that they hold nearly two drams, and people who measure medicine by them overdose themselves. The tablespoon remains as in the old days. A Convict's Career. Silas McCIoon, one of the four Deer Island convicts recently pardoned at Boston for heroism in rescuing the rem i nant oi tne crew 01 tne scuuuuei o unci,, wrecked off Winthrop's Point, is well known in the West. His father was a wealthy ship-builder at Rockland, Maine, and left $500,000 to his son when he died a few years ago. Young McCloon was induced to purchase an interest in a valueless invention to utilize steam without allowing an exhaust, and on it lavished thousands of dollais. He went to France and it is said spent $200,000 in trying to sell the patent. His relatives at length succeeded in inducing him to return to the United States, when he entered on a career of dissipation and his remaining property soon disappeared. Various efforts to reclaim him were made but for a time he seemed to be a hopeless case. At length, on a promise 'that he would reform, his mother gave him $10,000 with which to purchase a cattle ranch in the West. He started and remained sober till he rcached Omaha, when he drank a bottle of ale. Then he started on a debauch, and in four days all of his $10, 000 had disappeared except $200; His next effort at reformation was made in exile in the Medicine* Bow mountain range, where for four months he remained searching for gold in a region where human beings are rarely seen, and intoxicants could not be had. At the expiration of that period, having suffered the adverse fate of most gold huuters, McCloon returned home to his wife and two children in Maine, sure that circumstances had redeemed him and resolved to recover by hard labor the fortune he had so recklessly squandered. His release from a convict's cell for bravery is the first that has been heard from him in the "West since then. Crape-Weaving in Japan. A correspondent of the Globe-Democrat writes from Japan as follows: Crapeweaving is carried on by scores of men and women working in long, open buildings, and from the reeling of the silk to the finish the whole process can be seen. When the crape is on the loom it is only a thin silk tissue, a flimsy-looking sort of material, such as they use for painting the panels for screens and kakemonos. It has a perfectly smooth, glossy surface, and the threads each way are drawn tight and even. From the loom the piece of crape, which is generally made in lengths of fifty or sixty feet, is plunged into a vat i of boiling water and stirred about in the L steam for a few minutes, and this process , shrinks the threads and gives the crape its wrinkled, crinkly look. When dried i the crape is tossed in heaps, each length > of mussed, yellow stuff twisted and tied like a skein, and but for the silky lustre [ it looks like so many ragged and badly handled pieces of unbleached muslin, i After this the crape is bleached or dyed and stretched on Damboo frames to dry, i when it becomes the smooth, soft crape with "a wrinkled skin like scalded milk" that every woman raves over. The twen> ty-yard lengths of wide crape are sold at ; prices ranging from $13 to $25, depend; ing on the weight of the silk and the tinei ness of weaving. > j The BigHeaded Boy. . j Oh, the big-headed boy! who knows more I j than his pa, AnU gives ttuvure licc w mn iguuiuuu uiu > ma; i "Who the whole tree of knowledge has robbed I of its fruit r And-torn up its withered old stump by the > root; Oh?the goddess of wisdom smiles blandly l ana coy . On the deep, spacious brow of the bigj headed boy! \ The big-headed boy, though he's scarcely six teen, c With octogenarian wisdom is lean, The wealth of his knowledge he gives without price, 5 This munificent siinger of generous advice! From his fountains of wisdom he raineth with 1 joy " On the just and the unjust?the big-headed i boyl " . Oh, the big-headed boy! what a darkness and ? I dearth k Should the light of his knowledge be quenched . I from tne earth. ; How we should be left in the darkness of doubt, i As Moses was left when the light went r .at! 3 That the world wobble on without further annoy, May he Jive to direct it?the big-headed ' J boy! ?Lynn Union. FARM AND HOUSE. I I MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE. Secret of Large Round Cabbages. James H. Gregory, the well-known Massachusetts herdsman, lets his patrons i into the secret of growing good, large round heads of cabbage every time. He builds his practice on the theory that the cabbage plant absorbs its nourishment through its stump, hence the manure should be put where the roots and stumps can get at it. Mr. Gregory puts his plants three feet apart when he wants to get a good drumhead, cultivates them three times at least, and gives plenty of 1 - TT - - J ? AnTin/v n I gooa manure. n? uuvuculc^ ? forrow and filling it up with manure. Plow it well under, but do not scatter it over the land. Put it where the roots of the plants are going to be. To prevent cabbage heads from bursting, Mr. Gregory advises going over the ground often and starting every cabbage ! that appears about to mature, by push- j it over sideways. Heads thus started, he j claims, will attain to twice the size they were when about to burst. Potatoes as Pi? Food. Much of the value of potatoes as a hog food depe nds upon the cooking. If fed largely raw they produce scouring and do not all digest, thinks a writer in the National Live Stock Journal. This is due to the fact that potato is composed so largely of starch as to make cooking an almost indispensable aid to digestion. A little raw potato is beneficial to the hog's stomach when fed largely upon corn. It is laxative and cooling, allaying the feverish tendency arising from the heating effects of corn. When fed to I realize the most benefit from them for fattening, they should be boiled sou, ana If grain be fed with them, tlicy should be boiled together. Potatoes and corn go well together, the former giving bulk and the latter concentrated nutriment. The potatoes have more value, judiciously fed, as promoting health than for nutriment. Although more nutritious than any other roots, the potato, nevertheless, is 75 per cent water, so that its nutritive value is far below that of corn. In fact, it takes 383 pounds of potatoes to be equivalent in nutriment to 100 pounds of dry corn. Watch the Stock. Keep a close watch of the stock, and be quick to notice if any of it is not thriving. The good farmer should be able to tell at a glance when any of his stock are not doing well. A dull eyer a staring coat, an unnatural position in standing or lytng a sluggish appearance, a loss of appetite, or an appetite for unnatural substances?any of these are usually symptoms of something wrong, and it is not often that severe illness will commence among any of the farm stock without one or more of these evidences of ill-health, or at least of that unthrifty condition which predisposes to disease, having been manifested for some days previous. Taken in season, some simple remeay, witn a mue extra carc uuu uuis- | ing, may do more to effect a cure than | can be done by the best veterinary surgeon a few days later. It is usually better to separate such animals from the rest of the herd, so far at least as to prevent them from being tyrannized over by their stronger mates, as they are too apt j to be. This is more important with sheep | and swine which feed together, and where the stronger can rob the weaker of its proportion of food. A feeble sheep or a weak pig will die of starvation in the midst of plenty, simply because it is crowded away by others. And a sick cow or calf, turned loose in the yard with others, is too frequently attacked by them, even as wild animals, when wounded, are said to be by their mates. ?Cultivator. Feeding Lambs. Feed a little grain daily, commencing as soon as the lambs are separated from the ewes, when raised; and as soon as brought home, when purchased. No matter how early this may be, or how good the pasture, a little extra feed in the shape of corn, oil-meal and bran, will keep up a growth and thrift that, with the increase of flcece produced, will pay well for all the food consumed.. The practice will, at the same time, accustom ! thfl lambs to the presence of the feeder. - - ' 1 / making them tame, and at the same time it will'get them used to the dry food so they will not much mind the change when taken from the pasture to the barns. For convenience in feeding, troughs should be provided; they can be made of I boards of any convenient length, and eight inches wide nailed together, and to V-shaped end pieces. They are to be supported on legs made of one and onehalf inch planks, ten inches wide and sixteen inches long, having notches cut in the upper edge into which the troughs are to be nailed. A trough sixteen feet long, if placed where the lambs can eat from either side, will afford room for feeding twenty-five. A good food is made by mixing two parts of com, one part of oil-meal and four parts of bran, by measure; one bushel of this to one hundred lambs is a fair ration while at grass. They should be fed but once a day, and the best time is just at night, or after a day's run into the pasture; but whatever time is selected as "feeding I time," it should not be changed, but j should remain the same, day after day, | otherwise, not knowing when to expect their food, they will be constantly watching instead of grazing as they should.? Rural New Yorker. Good Fruit Pays. The value of a crop of fruit depends more upon its quality than its quantity. No matter how large the general fruit crop may be, nor how heavily the markets may be "glutted," good fruit will always sell readily, and at fair prices. Nor can there be a surplus grown. If j not sold immediately the crops may be dried, evaporated or canned, for there will arrive a time when such will be in TVin mnr-h frnit Vinq rmt vpt, uumauu, aw luuvti ....... ?? ?? j-"been produced during any season. When the blackberry was made a cultivated crop it was predicted that, as the fcnce corners and abandoned locations had always afforded a supply, the introduction of large Quantities of the cultivated kinds woulci render prices too low to realize profits, but as the ; crops were increased the berries were improved, and a demand was created that grew with the supply, the consequence being that although carloads are shipped to our lar^e cities during the fruit season, the prices have been higher than at any previous time. The same rule applies to other fruit crops. As the supply increases fruit growers endeavor to advance prices by improving the size and quality of the fruit. In venturing upon fruit growing, the varieties selected should be those best adapted to the climate in which they are to be grown, the prolificacy, hardiness and quality being the chief considerations. ] And it must not be overlooked that som varieties require special cultivation, while the character of the soil is an important factor also. In marketing fruit something depends upon the mode of shipment, while the manner of harvesting, and the proper time for so doing, largely affects the keeping qualities. Like every other pursuit, labor is necessary. Preventing insect depredations and pruning at the right moment call for good judgment and careful attention.? Day Star. Kitchen and Market Garden. - - ' i- ? i ?n It has occn our constant eimeuvui iu induce farmers to provide an abundance of vegetables for their family table. While there is a great improvement in this respect, yet farmers by no means live up to their privileges. Especially is this the case on the great grain farms. The fanner's table should not only have any abundance of vegetables, but these should be the best of their kind. The farmer's wife can do much in selecting the seeds to be ordered, and it is none too early to begin as soon as the seed catalogues are ready, which is usually next month. Send to one or more seed houses of good reputation for their catalogues, study them' carefully and order early, selecting well tested varieties. ii "novemcs arc m uium, uj way of trial, but not for the main crop. If roots stored in trenches did not have sufficient protection, add more litter and more loose earth. Manure is the key that opens the door to success in the market garden, and is equally so in the farm and kitchen garden. In the winter months the manure heap should grow. In villages and cities stable manure can often be bought very low, and the teams may be profitably employed in hauling it. Stable manure, slaughter-house refuse, night soil, muck, lime, sods, etc., all help to make up a rich compost. Those who winter cabbages and other plants in cold frames must keep them dormant. If the temperature rises to thirty degrees lift the sashes. When the plants are frozen, snow may be left upon the sashes: but if they are not frozen, the snow should be cleared off. Overhaul the implements and have all in working order. Provide boxes for starting seeds in the kitchen windows, and flats for use in hotbeds. Collect bean poles and pea-brush. Make ready labels and stakes for marking crops in the open ground. Make markers of different widths, procure a good garden line and reel, and provide whatever else will be needed when work begins in the spring.?American Agriculturist. Recipes. Boiled Beets.?Boil whole, without breaking the skin. Winter beets need at least three hours of cooking to be eatable. Scrape and slice into a deep dish; pour over them three tablespoonfuls of vinegar scalded, with two tablespoonfuls of butter. Spinach on Toast.?Wash and pick the leaves from the stalks; boil for twenty minutes in hot, salted water, drain dry, rub through a colander into a saucepan; heat and add a liberal tablespoonful of butter, a teaspoonful of sugar, pepper and salt to taste, and a pinch of nutmeg. Beat until it bubbles all over, put in two tablespoonfuls of cream, heat again, and heap on squares or rounds of buttered toast, a slice of boiled egg on each hillock. A Breakfast Disn.-Mix half a pound "nimtic TxritVi on nnnnl niiJinti vi uauaui v/iuiiii/<> f* ftv** M*? v vj ^ ty of finely minced lean boiled liam; moisten this mixture with a little stock or water and butter, adding salt to taste. Put the mixture in a baking dish, make depressions in it the size of an egg and break an egg in each hollow. Bake a delicate brown in a good oven. Household Hints. A cup of strong coffee will remove the odor of onions from the breath. Take out spots from wash goods by rubbing them with the yolk of eggs before washing. To beat the whites of eggs quickly, add a pinch of salt. Salt cools, and cold eggs froth rapidly. Finger marks may be removed from varnished furniture by the use of a little sweet oil upon a soft rag. Patient rubbing with chloroform will remove paint from black silk or any other material. To make sausage keep its shape in flat cakes, after making them the size vou wish, dip them into flour; this will effectually prevent their falling apart. Add to the covered brick used .as a weight for holding a door open, a strip of the covering sewed strongly to the sides, and raised just enough to admit the foot, then lift it by the toes and save stooping. A lion on a Locomotive. The engineer and fireman of the train from the south had an extensive scare near Butte. Montana, recently. John , Else is the engineer and Joe Davis is his ! assistant. The train was running along at a forty-mile-an-hour gait rounding the j curve near the cliffs below Silver Bow. Else was as usual at his post and it was growing dusk when he noticed a dark object spring upon the cow-catcher. He naturally whistled "down brakes," but as there was no disturbance he concluded that it was a rock or a lump of dirt that had been in some peculiar way thrown on and off, and the train resumed its ordinary speed. About this time Davis had occasion to go out on the footboard and oil some of the machinery, but before he had completed the job he rushed back into the cab, more dead than alive. The dark object that Else had seen spring on the cow-catcher proved to be a full sized mountain lion. How it obtained a footing in its perilous position will uever be known, but it is certain that it clambered from the cow-catcher and reached the footboard just as Davis was finishing his oiling. As soon as he saw the ugly object the man naturally retreated to the cab, to which point he was followed by the beast. The pair entered the cab together, Davis speechless and the lion growling. John Else is a man of nerve and expedients. He took in the situation in a second. He had no weapon, but as quick as thought he opened the valve nncl there was a piercing shriek from the whistle. The scheme proved :i good one. The animal was then more frightened than the men, and he took a headlong plunge from the cab. Singular to relate, in the jump he fell headforemost and his neck was broken by the fall. After the train had been brought in Else and a party took teams and went in search of the brute and found him. The carcass was brought to Butte, and found to weigh 300 pounds. Mr. Pamell probably receives the largest mail and sends the fewest replies of any similarly conspicuous politician in i the world. Who Invented Chess? The Hindoos say that chess was the invention of an astronomer who flourished several thousand years ago, and who was possessed of supernatural knowledge and acutcness. The Greeks claim that it was the invention of Palmedos to beguile the tedium of the siege of Troy. The Arab legend is that it was devised for the instruction of a young despot by his tutor, a learned Brahmin, to teach the youth how a king was dependent on his subjects for his safety.? Cincinnati Enquirer. If we are to act rightly, we must know what right is; and to this end the mind must be informed, the judgment exercised, the reason strengthened, the intellect cultivated. Every battle against ignorance, every effort to expound the laws of our being and to show how the truest happiness and the highest duty are always consonant, is a direct help to the cause of right doing. The New York World says a child in that city was poisoned by a cough syrup containing morphia or opium. There is no such danger in Red Star Cough Cure. It is purely vegetable, prompt, safe and sure. Twenty-five cents. It cost Mr. Pratt $1,083,333.33 to found the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Balti more. Col. D. J. Williamson, Quartermaster U. S. A., and ex-U. S. Consul at Callao, Peru, spent $20,000 in eight years in trying to cure himself of rheumatism, but got no relief until he used St. Jacobs Oil, which cured him. In Portugal elections are held on Sunday, and the ballot box stands between two saints. Every tart of the Body is filled with veins and arteries; the iast carrying pure blood to build up the tissues? the first carrying away waste matter. Pure blood is necessary to health, and the waste, if not removed, is poisonous. Dr. Walker's California. Vinegar Bitters stimulate the organs that separate the poisonous waste from the body. Dealers in wild animals in Europe often lose $12,000 a year by the death of animals. The profits of the dealers are enormous, however. i " More than all other Lung Remedies," is I what E. W. Falrman, druggist, Dayton, Ind., I writes of Allen's Luag Balsam. Ho has sold it J for eight years, and it gives satisfaction in all cases. 25c., 50c. & $1 per bottle. Druggists. Two millions of tons of ice are required annually to keep the people of New York cool. The "Favorite Prescription." Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., whoso name has become known over the world through his success as a physician, and especially through the reputation of his "Golden Medical Discovery." has done a good work in preparing an especial remedy for the many distressing troubles classed as "female weaknesses." It is known as the "Favorite Prescription." Under its administration all the pelvic organs are strengthened, and the woman becomes that embodiment of health and beauty which God intended her to be. The czar of Russia derives an income of $10,000,000 from his personal estate. Rapture. 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It generally - ?i |IWoriginates in the nasal i /*iv^L assages and maintains its I 5p2PfA>rtj?^Su lH Istrooghnld in the bead. 9m^0iS!L'crM From this i>oint it sends KjCpfyrnAu jfcf jBfurth a poisonous virus J/^Balong the membranous linmgL. ^ j <y<y ^pjlnga and through the dlW / J^?|Hgestivc organs, corrupting ?C^^^Hthe blood and producing lother troublesome and dan- i .^serous symptoms. ^ J Cream Balm is a rem I m\f PPlIPnedy based upon a correct U A Y 11V I" K diagnosis ot this disease lift] It W 1.1'and can be depended ui>ou. 60 cents at druggists or by mail. ELY BROTHERS, Druggists, Owego, N. Y. giBHBHH(;blIlclt0>v?' H*u Physicians Indorse Hall's Hair Renewer. Its use is always attended with good results. For throat and lung troubles, the most reliable remedy is Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. There is a deficiency of 3,000 tons in the Java coffee crop this year. Something A.lout Bracelets. Bracelets have at all times been much In use among barbaric nations, and the women frequently wear several on the same arm. The finer kinds are of mother of pearl, fine gold or silver; others of less value are made of plated steel, horn, brass, copper, beads, etc. This species of personal ornament was exceedingly common In Europe in prehistoric times. The bracelets of the Bronze Age were either of gold or bronze, silver being then unknown. In snape tney were ovai ana penannuiar wita expanding or trumpet shaped ends, having an opening between them of about half an inch to enable them to be easily slipped over the wrist Those of gold were generally plain, hammered rods, bent to the requisite shape, but those of bronze were often chased with elegant designs, showing a cultivated taste. Some forms of spiral armlets of bronze, peculiar to Germany and Scandinavia, covered the whole forearm, and were doubtles intended as much for defence against a sword stroke as for ornament. The Etruscan and early Roman forms of bronze bracelets were for the most part cylindrical, with overlapping ends, or spiral or serpent-shaped. There were also the common forms In the Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life. In this vicinity all know its merits. L. L. Whippls, Druggist Kintner, Mich., March 4,1885. Iron Age of Northern Europe, while silver bracelets of great elegance, formed of plated and intertwisted strands of silverware, and plain penannuiar hoope, round or lozengeshaped in section and tapering to the extremities, became common towards the close of the pagan period. In the Middle Ages bracelets were much less commonly need In Europe, but the custom has continued to prevail among Eastern nations at the present time. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is prepared from Sarsaparilla, Dandelion, Mandrake, Dock, Plpslssewa, Juniper Berries, and other well known and valuable vegetable remedies. The combination, proportion, and preparation are peculiar to Hood's Sarsaparilla, giving It curative power not possessed by other medicines. Hood's 8arsaparilla Is the best blood purifier before the public. It eradicates every impurity and cures Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Bolls, Pimples, all Humors, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Indigestion,Oeneral Debility,Catarrh, Rheumatism, Kidney and liver Complaints. It overcomes that tired feeling, and builds up the system. Hood's Sarsaparilla Has met unparalleled success at home. Such has become Its popularity In Lowell, Mass., where It is made, that whole neighborhoods are taking it at the same time. The same wonderful success is extending all over the country. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared by C. L HOOD ft CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar Dnn n n n Read? 11.11.II. Belief CURES AND PREVENTS Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Influenza, Inflammations, Bhenmatism, Neuralgia, Headache, Toothache, Asthma* DIFFICULT BREATHING. CURES THE WORST PAINS In from one to twenty minutes. NOT ONE HOUR after reading this advertisement need any one 8UFFER WITH PAIN. Railway'. Ready Relief I. a Sore Care far Every Pain, Sprains, Bruise*. Pain, in the Back, C'ie.t or Limbs. It wai the Pint and i. the Only PAIN REMEDY That Instantly stops the most excruciating pains, allavs Inflammation, and cures Congestions, whether of the Lungs. Stomach. Bowels, or other glands or organs by one application. A half to ?teaspoonful in half ?tumbler of water will in a few minutes cure Cramps, 8pasms, 8our Stomach, Heartburn. Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Sick Headache, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Colic, Flatulency, and all internal pains. Malaria in Its Various Forms. There is not a remedial agent in the world that will cure Fever and Ague and all other Malarious. Bilious and other fevers, aided bv RADWAY'S PILLS, so quick as IlADWAY'fi READY ItELlKP. Fifty cents per bottle. Sold by drnggUM. DR. RADWAY'S SARSAPARHLIAK RESOLVENT, The Great Blood Purifier, For the Care of all Chronic Diseases. Chronic Rheumatism, Scrofula, 8vphilitic Complaints, etc. (Bee our book on Venereal, etc.; price 25 cents), Glandular Swelling. Hacking Dry Cough, Cancerous Affections-Blceding of the Lungs, Dyspepsia. Water Brash, White Swellings, Tumors, Pimges, Blotches, Eruptions of the Face, Ulcers, Hip iseases, Gout, Dropsy, Rickets, Salt Rheum, Bronchitis, Consumption, Diabetes, Kidney, Bladder, Liver Complaints, etc. SCftOFULA, n-i...I.frnm nutvnts or acauired. is IT UObUCi ..VM. , within the curative ranxe of the Sarsaparillian Ho solvent. Cures bare been made where persons have been afflicted with 8crofula from their youth np to 20, 30 and 40 years of age, by DR. RADWAY'S SARSAPARILLIAN RE80LVENT, a remedy composed of ingredients of extraordinary medical properties, essential to purify, heal, repair and invigorate the broken down and wasted body. Quick, pleasant, safe and permanent in its treatment And cure. Sold by all druggists. One dollar a bottle. DR. RADWAY'8 PILLS TheUreat Liver anJ Stomach Rermdy For the cure of all disorders of the Stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidney*, Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Loss of Appetite, Headache. Costiveness. Indigestion. Biliousness, Fever, Inflammation of the Bowels, Piles, and all derangements of the internal viscera. Purely vegetable, containing no mercury, minerals or deleterious drugs. Price, 25 cents per box. Sold by all druggijis. DYSPEPSIA! Dr. Radway'i Pills are a cure for this complaint. They restore strength to the stomach and enable it to perform its functions. The symptoms of Dy spepsia disappear,and Kith them the liability of the system to contract diseases. Take the medicine according to directions, and observe what we say in "False and True" respecting dint. OF"Send a letter stamp_ to DR. RADWAT 4c CO., No. 32 Warren street, new xor?, *ur i "False ?ud True." *yBe sure to get RADWAVS. n a TCMTC Obtained. Sendatampfor rA I Ell I O Inventor*' Gaid& L.BiJ?aham, Patent Lawyer, Washington. D. 0. consumption; ? I bare a positive remedy for the above disease; by lte aie thousands of ca?e* of tlie worst kind and of long standing have been cured. Indeed, >-o?tronr!? my faith In It* efficacy, that I wl;l send TWO BOTTLES FRBB, togather with a VAIUABI.E TREATISE on this disease to any sufferer. Give express and P. O. addr ss. JR. T. A.. 8LOOUM, 181 fear! St., how Tort. No Rope to Cut Off Horses' Manes, Wfc Celebrated 'ECLIPSE' IIA LTE II JM\ and BltlDLE Combined, cannot be Slipped by any horae. Sample /yVliV. Halter to any part of U. S. free, on /A>4|m receipt of $1. Sold by all Saddlery. VJjgyy Jjmt Hardware and Harness Dealers jSwM Special discount to the Trade./^JL^pMrV\y SK'nu iur a ^ ?- _ _ , J. c. LICJIITHOIJSE, ^9* I V Koehemcr. N. Y. w ^ " AGENTS WANTED We want n reliable Lany or Gent In each towa n I township to sell our koivN: also Ki-npral agents. P.ir tlcular?rr>;e. AddrciMJiCWiiRSOS ,ttV\i Co.. I'oloiJ. J THDRSTOITS pZRITOOTH POWDER ItM?ln? T?lh Perfect mi Ow Healthy. PILES?Needham's world-renowned Red Clover Suppositories cure severe cases 3 to 6 days. 75c.; st'mps taken. K. B. Lewis, Box 2034,San Fr'nclsco.Cal. PENSIONS INCREASED B Write L. Bingham, I Att'y, Wash'n, D. C. B|a'Ja Dili a Great English Gout aa< Dlall S I IIISi Rheumatic Remedy. Oval Bex, H.UO| ??at 60 eti. m a ||TCn An active Man or Woman In tvrrj 111 |U I Ccounty to lell our ftHidi. Salary f 75. B|1 * p?r Moatfcand tlpentw. Kxpeniei In a<l tance. Canraningoutfit FRBB! Particular* HI &te-Btaadard Silver-war# Co. Boston. 2?m?. ? 25 I CEHTS r^W^cm* i for fc* VI jJNGBALSAf* THE BEST AND CHEAPEST COUGH or CROUP i TZ? TT' ~Tk/T T71 T"\^?r '-,?? AS AN EXPECTORANT IT HAS NO EQUAL ItContains no Opium in Any Form. ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM In Three Sin Bottles, Price 25 Cents, 50 Cent# and SI Per Bottle. The 25-Cent Bottles are put up for the aceomwodatloa e\t all H?a<fn etmntv A. Pmiir. RpH1A<1T- .'*,^3? Those desiring a remedly for CONSUMPTION or t?f LUNG DISEASE should secure the large #1 bottles. Price, 25c., 50c. and <1 per Bottle, SOLD BY ALL MEDICIHE DEALERS. || fit ..Dk. a! Vinegar Bitten, a prop'lfiiitEARDlTTthV Pfttive aud t0,i,c? Puriflc? ll"*^ sap En,\ blood, strengthens the liver #nd kidneys, and will restore ffirTV6GV"^y health, however lost. i yt Vinegar Bitters lstM best remedy discovered for *^3promoting digestion, coring headache and increasing the llT r ' amf vinegar Bitten assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bow- . 3*3 els. giving Healthy and natural sleep. Vinegar Bitter* is the great disease preventer, and stands at the headof all family ren* .r> edies. No house should ever be without it. Vinegar Bitters cures Malarial, Bilious aai other fevers, diseases of the Heart, Liver and ] Kidneys, and a hundred other painful disorders. r ^ Send for either of our valuable reference books for ladles, for farmers, for merchants, oar . -. Medical Treatise on Diseases, or our Catechbm on Intemperance and Tobacco, which last should be in the hands of every child and youth in the oi country. * 22 Anr two of the above books mailed free <m '> k?M receipt of four cents far registration fees. 3.H. McDonald Drag Co., S8S Washin, SUK.Y# I N Y 5 U?3 " f3515ITffl OUaUfiliUitl 1 ALL FIRST-CLASS Storekeepers now keep it for Sail mmmmM nflPTi iBiUi' IBq TO PARENTS. Many baking powders are very pernicious H ' health, and while everyone regards his own, 1m i; . -;l should also have a care for tne tender one*? the little children. SEA FOAM contains none of the bad qualities of baking powders?soda or saleratus. It contains no hurtful ingredient?no alum or ammonia. SCIENTIFIC. All chemirts who have analyzed Sea Foam "t commend it Housekeepers who have used it - -if will have no other. Cooks, whose best efforts -a: have failed with other powders, are jubilant , ct ? T?_ O 4lL. ? mvm uwr (XOrUIUlX. COYCSWW) SBIWlluvvi) money. It is positively unequaled. Absolutely pure, Used by the leading hotels and restaurants im 5. New York city and throughout the country. For sale by all first-class grocers. QANTZ, JONES & CO., 176 Duatus St., 3T. T. IMMEDIATE RELIEF! Gordon's King of Pain relieves pain of whatever it turn, the moment It to applied, aa<l U a household remedy wherever known for Rheumatism. NeanUS?, Headache and Toothache, Barns and Soaida rains and Braises. Diarrhoea Dysentery. Sore Threat, Ulcers, Fresh Wounds, etc. Burns mil no# ? blister if applied, and Bruises wUl heel in a day thai would require a week by any other method. The remedy Is furnished In powder, with label*, eta. and Is sent by mall, postage paid. It Is put up In 50a.. ft and 93 packages. The 50c., or trial package, whsa reduced to liquid form, will fill 34 2oz. bottles, whiafc are worth at retail, $0. Agents can coin money setting it. It is worth ten times Its cost for burns alooe, Send postal notes or two cent stamps. Address & Q. RICHARDS, Sole Proprietor, Toledo, Ohio. SmfH 5 TON MHI WAGON SCALES, | IllW^mWI 1A? L?T?Tlf DlMl BtAriSft, BfM rMff IBfW Tart B#*m tad Bm?Mi bmbm ago* jTTTTTsrrrwTTWi JON ?* p.^ ^tht-fw &*? iMMaljUf MM'hli Mn UMI MillM (Mi HP*r "4 BHMmd gJ^THopTlasterol : RCAT pain and disease. A wcmlerfulB _..'1 itrjusrthening Porous KMtn| TUCU mademnnBunnmdyl'iteh.GtinjsB ntiw. Sd Cure* instantly, Back*ohs. lAme 81 do, Crick,? Stitch, Temale Ptins. Sore Muscles, Bi ffnmatism, Weak Lun?s or pain in ur part. The BEST pi*# terknown. Call for Hop Piaster, 25c. everywhere I H **? ?? PAYWHEN CURED. d?nce fn oar ability sa4 the willingness of mankind to pay when the oars ta made, we cure all chronic diseases and ask no paj for our professional services until after the cure effected. Describe your case fully and send stamp for Instructions. Address Dr. B. D. BAKES* Box 104? Buflalot N. Y. viini all klsi fails. IB Best Cough Syrjp. Tastes good. UN HI In time. 8old hy dragrsta. _ UflDDUiME Chloral sad IYIUIVI lllllb'jpiumiiaDiis fcASiLY CURED. ADVICE FREE. OR. J. C. HOFFMAN, Jefferson, Wisconsin J, FACE. HANDS, FEET Jlj and all their imperfections including F?cial Development, Superfluous Hair, Blrtfc ,9 Marks. Mole^ Warta, Moth, Freckles, Red ^3 N'oee, Acue, B'llc Heads, Scars, Pitting ao4 their treatment Dr. JOH.1 H. WOODBUltr, i.t tnrl Ht., Aibaajr, S.V. Est'b'd 1870. Send 10c. to book inn per ct. PROFIT Male and Female. 1111 Barker Burglar Alarm. Send for circulars IW w and terms. Barker & Co., 131 Nassau 3t, W.Y. MITCHELL'S Perforated Selladom Floaters cure all Aches and Paius. Surs Keoedy lor that cold spot between the shoulder*, Salt by DniRRists everywhere. Too are allowed a free trial of thirty dent of tbewa of Dr. Dye's Celebrated VoltalcBelt with Electric 8ae> pensorr Appliances, for the speedy relief and pM*> mancnt cure of Hervout Dtbilifv, loss of VUaHtyaaA Manhood, and all kindred troubles. Also for many other diseases. Complete restoration to Health, VJjpx, and Manhood enftranteed. ?o rnue is incuireu. d5^JgWl.TAlcBM3?S^ MawhiUl, fl2c? _ C Tit* ttkea th? lead ta the file* of (Kit claM m \^^^rcnr~ .r^BB t?niedie?, anrl has give* Az3r\ TO 6 DaTS^V *.'"i0*( univeraal aatufac*"UmtTm*ZS?i? ^Wnil Chiaictl OL imong th? leading M?4k rv don o( the oUdoa. ^^^Cteolnn*tl,^^M A. L. SMITH. Ohio. JW Bradford, Fa. ^ EcMby DnifrUo. l rnctim. PENNYROYAL CHICH ESTER'S ENGLISH'* The Origin*! and Only Genaiae. fefcaoii alwaje reliable. Beware of WartklcM ImlUtioMl <4Chieia?at?r'* EsffUak" are the beet made. IodUpeaaaMs isl^?JSS?; g?j|&j,,i"xf n&si^PILLS! -v. :. .