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FARM AND HOUSE. Matters of interest to farmer and housewife. Feed Judiciously. If there is a time for economy in forage and grain for stock, it is when the barns are full. So many farmers think they have plenty on hand there is no necessity for saving, and therefore they feed it with lavish waste. The northern farmers coming here are frequently heard to say they could keep their stock on our waste. The charge is justified by observation and experience. The best way to -"""1 /-.Viovrvo ic fni* tlio -former tn fit- ! O> U1U iuai> cuai^^ 10 ivi tuv iutiuv? w ** tend to his stock at feeding time, and see that they have no more given to them than they can readily eat up clean. Go into the stalls of the average farmer, and it will be seen that hay is littered kneedeep on the floor, trod on, and defiled so stock will not touch it. If only enough was given, and the manger is properly guarded by straps across to prevent pulling out, this would not happen. Again, it is a common sight to see bits of ears of corn, partially eaten and slobbered over, so it is unfit for eating.?Nashville Spirit of the Farm. Heavy Fowls. ' Many persons suppose they cannot breed heavy fowls unless they have heavy stock to commence with; but this is a mistake, as I have proved by experience, to my own satisfaction at least. Breeders will always sell birds hatched late in the season cheaper than early-hatched fowls. Such fowls will, however, never attain the size of the early chicks; but as the difference in the price is an item of importance to mauv, we must not look miifh tn tVif. c;-/r> nf those birds as to consider wliat they will do as breeders. Now if these fowls are bred from heavy stock, and the only cause of their being small is that they are late-hatched, then early chicks from them will grow to as large a size as the chicks hatched the fame time from larger fowls. Of course, by breeding late and consequently small fowls year aften year, the stock may be degenerated, but one remove from large stock as above stated, will do no harm whatever. Large, showy prize-winners do not always prove the best breeders.? American Mural IImi". How to Raise Carrots. A Vermont fanner has been experimenting with an easy method of raising them, and writes to Our Country Home: In the fall when I can do nothing else I, draw to the field intended for carrots i plenty of well-rotted stable manure and j give the ground a liberal dressing. I then plow the soil into ridges, and leave it until spring to pulverize. Before plowing in the spring I give the ground another good dressing of manure. I then harrow the surface level, plow quite deep, and harrow until the surface is left as Bmooth as it is possible to make it. It is then ready for the seed. After the rows are marked out two and a half feet apart I sow the seed by running the drill in the bottom of these rows. The garden roller will cover the seed sufficiently. By rolling the whole piece over I find that soil letainsthe moisture better should it be /lrrwli(in t"hp nlnnHnor is rloriP. When \ ""J ~ I ? ? - I the young plants begin to show themselves I scrape the soil away from the ?lants into the spaces between the rows, 'his gives the young plants a start and j at the same time kills all weeds that may j be starting. As soon as the weeds begin j to grow I put the horseshoe and cultivator to work, going through them at least once a week until the tops get large enough to shade the ground. Three inches apart is about the right distance to leave the young plants in the row. If j furthe apart it is waste of ground, and if ! closer they will be crowded and grow i small. It is just as much work to top a small as a large carrot. Pull up all weeds I that arc left in the row. One pound of seed is sufficient for an acre. Interesting Facts About Beets. At the New York Experiment Station were tested eleven so-called varieties of garden beet, one of chard, fourteen of mangel murzel and eleven of sugar beet. The seeds were planted April 24, in rows ten feet long; two rows each of the garden beets and chards and one of the mangels and sugar beets. The soil was manured with a moderate application of stable manure. The rows rfs-f Knofo on/1 nliorrlo xrprp ttrpntv VI ^U1 V4VU UUVl vuutuo " V* V w If vuV j one inches apart and those of the mangels and sugar beet twice that distance, or three and a half feet apart. The plants j were thinned to six inches apart in the j row. A table, noting the results given ! in the report of this experiment, shows j that the average height of roots is de- j cidedly less in the garden beet than in i the sugar beet or mangel, and that in the Vilmorin's improved sugar beet, which is noted for its sugar, the root averages less . in weight than in the other varieties of j sugar beet. In the beet, richness in flavor | and in sugar, accompany small size; I hence, in choosing for table use, one | should not necessarily select the most , productive variety. It was noted that the more depressed ; the root, or in other words the flatter it is, the more rapid is its development. j This- rule seemed also to apply to other , garden roots as well as to onions. By planting several samples of seed : grown in the station's garden a previous j season, was learned the fact that the va- | rieties of this vegetable cross-fertilize by natural agencies, and hence cannot be I kept pure except when grown separated some distance from each other.?Neis j York World. , Maun?*enient ol'Heavy Sod Land. The popular idea about an old sod is that it is necessarily rich. If the old sod J is subject to overflow, or has not been so j heavily pastured as to prevent it from | thickening up, this estimate of fertility | may prove correct. But any one who i expects immediate results from it will | very probably be disappointed. It is i only the most enduring grasses that sur- j vive ill an old pasture, and when the field is plowed there ensues a struggle for life that baffles the best efforts of the farmer to repress. The common blue grass is first cousin to quack, and though it be turned to the bottom of the furrow, its thread-like roots will send up shoots to the surface, and unless vigorously cultivated the field will soon be as green as before plowing. "Wherever possible, an old sod should be plowed in the fall, so that part of the decomposition of its roots may occur in winter while they are dormant. The heavy soil turned up will be worked by frost into fine tilth by springtime, i And if it has been done in the fall there is a further advantage in topTdressing with manure, which will thus fertilize the seed bed instead of being buried at the bottom of the furrow. There is no danger that this extra surface fertility will make grass roots more vigorously. The surface sown weeds will indeed be stronger for it, but they are easily kept down. The decomposing manure will furnish heat and help to rot the sod more quickly than it otherwise would. Two years of thorough cultivation will be needed to subdue a tough sod so as to fit it for seeding with clover. And under most circumstances such land should not be kept under cultivation more than two years without seeding. In killing out old grass roots in a heavy sod a great amount of plant food is made available, and this will be wasted by washing of rains and snows if clover is nnt sown to retain it. Near cities land may be too valuable to seed to clover every two or three years, but this is nor the location where old sod land is generally found. No matter how high the price of land, an occasional rcseeding with clover and grass will restore fertility as nothing else will.?Boston Successful Sheep Husbandry, The knowledge necessary for successful sheep husbandry is of a twofold character. The successful manager of a flock of sheep must know what to do, and when and how to do it. As the successful pilot must have knowledge not alonG of the deep and smooth waters of the route his vessel is to traverse, but as well must know the location of the hidden rocks and shoals to be avoided, so must the shepherd know the course in his business that is free from obstructions, and which will, under ordinary conditions, insure successful results. First of all, have your mind thoroughly made up as to what particular phase of industry you propose to confine your I efforts. In reaching this conclusion, one j will need to take into account the amount I of capital invested, the kind and number of sheep he will begin with, and the limits to which capital and surroundings circumscribe him. If the owner of land, one can utake chances "from which the mere leaseholder is barred. A large proportion of the failures among men making sheep husbandry their leading business, have resulted from indebtedness incurred for sheep and lands, with the expectation that profits would soon wipe out both principal and interest. At any time than when a "boom-' is on, more [ money will be made from a small, wellselected flock that lias been paid for, than from a larger one from which the first returns belong to the creditor. "When you buy a sheep for breeding purposes be sure that it is better than the best in your own flock in blood and physical development; and when you have bought it, see that it is cared for like any valuable piece of property. Good live stock, like good clothes, cannot be i exposed to all kinds of hardship without showing the effects of such harsh treatment. Take off the wool as soon as the weather seems settled and warm enough to admit of it with safety to the sheep, and put the fleeces in such order that the J buyer will readily give you the top price l for wools of similar grade. j Breed so as to have every lamb an im- | provement upon the average standard of the flock, and sell as soon as they can be made ready all that come below such standard. When the time comes for selling animals of any age do the select- ; ing yourself?always keeping the best, j They are worth more to you than any one else, so long as you are not overstocked. Do not be tempted into keeping more sheep than you have first-class arrangements for keeping?food and other neces- ! sary accomodations. Do not keep different breeds of sheep together. The conditions best suited to some are notthe best for others,and when * " ?i" i-- ?n ,?;n mixeci tne result win ui?u an ma come short of their highest possible results. Do not abandon sheep husbandry because prices are temporarily unsatisfactory, or be in a hurry to expand your business when a "boom" sets in. Wool and mutton, like everything. else, will vary in price, and the changes in price will come faster than any man can change his business without sacrifice.? Ohio Farmers Journal. Recipes. Egg Roi.ls.?Two cups of sweet milk, two eggs, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt, three and one-half cups sifted flour, one teaspoonful baking powder. Make in batter and bake in gem pans. Jumbles.?Very nice. two cups sugar, two-thirds cup butter, two-thirds cup milk, two-thirds teaspoon soda, two eggs, nutmeg. Stir together the flour, butter and sugar; dissolve soda and put in the milk, then add the beaten eggs. Dumplings.?Scrape two ouncesoffine beef suet very thin, mix it with four ounces of flour, a pinch of salt, and water to make a stiif paste. Flour your .hands, and roll the paste into balls about the size of a florin; have ready a stewpau half filled with boiling water slightly salted; drop in the dumplings , in/! tVif.n L-t hnil fast. for twenty minutes. Take them up with a fish-slice, and put them ou tho dish Avith the carrots. If preferred, these dumplings may be made of drippings of butter in the proportion of two ounces of the fat to five ounces of flour. A small pinch of sage and pepper can. if liked, be used as flavoring for the dumplings. Chicken Pie.?Cut up two small chickens and put them in a saucepan with one-quarter of a pound of salt pork cut in thin slices, adding salt and pepper. Cover with water and simmer until done; then set aside until cold. Make a paste of one quart' of flour, with which is mixed two teaspoonsfuls of baking powder, two large tablespoonsful of clarified I beef drippings or butter, half a teaspoon! ful of salt and half a teacupful of granuj lated sugar. Mix together and moisten with sweet milk until a soft dough is formed. KoU. out half the dough and ' line a well-buttered tin pan with it. | Fill with the chicken and broth, adding ! a tablespoonful of butter. Set an inverted cup in the centre, roll out the other half of the paste and cover over the pie with it. 3Iake a large incision in the middle of the paste and press the sides of the upper and lower crust well together. If all the broth be not used at first, add through the opening during the baking. The pie should be baked in a moderate oxen. Household Hints. Make your table pretty; it makes the food taste better and refln?s the manners. I1" L-n?n +inw<irr> nw/> nnrl Virirrlit. SPmir it every two or three weeks with finely sifted coal ashes. Soiled white fur can be nicely cleaned by rubbing it thoroughly in white tiour. It should then be hung out of doors for | about thirty minutes. Repeat the pro| cess several times, and the fur will be equal to knew. A very easy way to mold meat which is to be sliced for tea is to chop the meat very fine, season -with pepper and salt, and if you wish for spices add them; add butter also, or ''try" some suet, and add the fat from it. Butter the inside of a plain mold, press the meat into it very firmly, tie a cloth over the top, having first scattered flour over the cloth; steam this for an hour; then set it away to cool. This may be served hot, if you choose, with nice gravy. A RACE OF DWARFS, i PIGMY PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN CENTRAL AMERICA. Ruined Cities that Testify of their Existence?Dwarfs Still to be . Pound ? A Diminutive Girl's Capture. Alice D. Le Plongron writes as follows in the New York Tribune: Stories about diminutive people are found in many countries, not as real beings, but shadows that come and go, and are called by various names, such as fairy, fay, elf, pixie, etc. Nowhere are such little people more talked about than in some parts of Central America, notably in British Honduras and Yucatan, where people 1.4.4.1^ "i r??V* oro VOTTT i lllllU Jliuic uinu iuui -wig" uib ?<-?j numerous even at the present time. Whenever the natives are questioned about the ancient temples found in their country, they say " The pygmies built them," and although no importance is generally attached to that answer, it is a strange fact that on the East Coast of Yucatan, as -well as on adjacent islands, there are whole cities, in ruinous condition, of houses that could not possibly have served for people more than three feet high. I have measured many of those houses, which are strongly constructed of hewn stone, and found the doorways not more than three feet high, and eighteen inches wide, while my head nearly touched the ceilings of the largest rooms. No one can dissuade natives from the idea that the ghosts of those diminutive people roam about at night. They say. "But we do see them; they are no higher than a child four years old, and they wear big | hats. They throw stones at us, shako j our hammocks, and hammer on the bench where we grind corn." It is affirmed that very diminutive people still dwell among the hills in Honduras and Guatemala, but no one seems able to put his fingers upon them, which would lead to the belief that if there are any still living, as so many assert, they must be very few, and successful in hiding. Nevertheless, it is credibly related that one day, in the year 1825, some woodcutters, wandering along the banks of the Moho river in British Honduras, in search of mahogany trees, was startled upon reaching a place called Meditation Fall, by a strange little being that suddenly emerged from , the bush, Stared wildly at them, then turned to flee. The men pursued, overtook, and brought the odd creature to their camp. It was a dark-skinned girl, not quite three feet tall, and with no other covering than her hair which fell in thick black masses to her feet, completely covering her. She was very wild, but not stupid, and finding that no harm was done to her, she talked to the wood-cutters in the Maya tongue that they also spoke, that being the language of the Indians in those parts. As the weather was cool, one of the men gave her a red flannel shirt, which clothed her from head to foot. For a day or two she refused to eat, but afterward seemec. contented. She said her people were all the same size as herself, and that they were then living near Meditation Fall, where they had planted a cornfield, but that they generally dwelt three or four miles away in a deep valley. After she had been in the camp about ten days, some of the men proposed to go and see her people. She manifested delight, and ! offered to guide them to the spot. Reach! ing the place where they first met her, j she led them into the forest, then made a j sign for them to stop and be silent. A : hub-bub of voices, as of many people talking, reached their ears, and the girl whispered to them that she would go and announce their coming, as otherwise her people would run away and hide on hearing footsteps. Away she went,and soon not a sound was heard. The men waited patiently,Jbut their diminutive guide did not return. Convinced that she had very cunningly eluded them, they went forward, and in two minutes found themselves in a cornfield. There were embers in two or three places, and small piles of corn, as if prepared for transportation. The ground was much trodden,but no living creature was in sight. They searched in vain, and remained some time in the field hoping that the owners would return for the corn, but they never saw the girl again, nor any of her people. One of those very woodmen gave me this account, and similar stories have been told by others; but all such stories might be doubted were it not for the cities of diminutive houses, which any traveler may examine for himself. Fish That Beg. Through the last "defile" about halfway below Sampanago, on the borders of the Upper Burmah, is a small rocky island which in the dry season is connected 1 with the shore by a narrow spit of sand. In the bay thus formed lie enormous dogfish which are perfectly tame. Dr. Williams, in his book called "Through Burmah to Western China," relates: "As we drew near the island, I asked the boatman to call the fish. He hesitated, until assured that we had something to give them to eat, but at length slightly ruffled the water with his outspread fingers, and called with a coaxing voice: Tit-tit, tit-tit J' when, to our extreme as tonishment, in less than half a minute large mouths from ten inches to a foot in diameter rose to the gunwale of the boat, gaping for alms. They were a kind of dog-fish, some of them at least five feet in length and very broad at the shoulders. Twenty or thirty crowded to the side of the canoe, and, though not clamorous. were ludicrously energetic in their begging, some of them rising so far out of the water as to lose their balance and topple back with a splash on their neighbors. So tame were they that they allowed us to stroke their backs. Some of them had patches of gilding on their heads." Rats Will leave. A correspondent of Chambers' Journal says that chloride of lime will drive rats away. He first made this discovery on board ship, and says also: "On ray return to England I took a house and furnished it. After being in it a short time I found that it was infested with rats. They would get through every /\n tVir* rrvmiml flnnr On pvnmina JJU1 U Mil l?V "WV WW VAM?MA.?? tion I discovered that a drain ran under the house emptying into the harbor. I here ngain used the chloride of lime freely, and in less than a week every rat had taken its departure. I have recommended this remedy to many ship-masters and friends on shore; and in all causes it has proved a success. I have occupicd my present residence for five years, and we have neither rat nor mouse on the premises. I attribute this to the free use of the above mixture, which is also effective as a deodorizer and disinfectant." New Zealand, with a population of about 600,000, has a debt of nearly ?31,000,000, or over $250 to each inhabitant. i POPULAR SCIENCE. A plan for rendering paper as tough as wood or leather, it is said, has been recently introduced on the continent. It consists in mixing chloride of zinc with the pulp in the course of manufacture. It has been found that the greater the degree of concentration of the zinc solution, the greater will be the toughness of the paper. It can be used for making boxes, combs, for roofing, and even for making boots. Experiments on the sleep of fishes have been made in London by Mr. W. August Carter. He has found that the freshwater fishes observed?the roach, dace, gudgeon, carp, tench, minnow and catfish ?sleep periodically like terrestrial animals. The same is true of some marine fishes, such as the wrasse, conger eel, dory, dogfish, wrasse bass and all species of flat fish, but the goldfish, pike and * ** ^ A- -i. _11 angler nsn ao not appear 10 sieep at an, although they rest periodically. The desire for sleep varies according to weather condition, and fishes do not necessarily select nighttime for repose. Crocodiles are represented by alligators. Their tails are used for swimming, and their legs aid in lifting them out of the mud. They build nests of leaves and vegetation before it has begun to decay; a layer of eggs, a layer of vegetation. The heat of the vegetation hatches the eggs. The crocodile differs from the alligator by having no long separation between the nostrils. It has a valve in the throat for keeping out water. The crocodiles of the Nile and of the Ganges are most dangerous. Alligators are called cold-blooded because of their inability to develop much heat in their bodies. Among the wonders of photography it is said that with a lens made of rock salt it might be possible to photograph in the dark. One operator has succeeded in preparing plates which are sensitive to the rays lying beyond the red end of the spectrum?the dark heat rays?and with such plates used with rock salt lens there should be a possibility of photographing bodies which possess a higxi temperature, IY1QTT Ko foi* OllUUU^U vuai/ l^lli^C'iatUlV UUUrj w\y AWi. below that needed to render them selfluminous. It is even possible that such a plan may some day be so perfect as to give us that information about the "dark suns" that are believed to crowd the firmament?or rather heavenly bodies, which once were seen, but have now cooled down so as to be invisible. Dr. Chapman, an English physician who has practiced for a number of years in Paris, but was formerly in India, where he had cholera to treat, has just published a book entitled "Cholera Curable." He is the man who sometime ago recommended the use of ice-bags for sickness, and. has more recently tried the same method with cholera. He used it in ten cases, with a result of ten cures. The ice-bag :is a triple rubber bag, about twenty to twenty-four inches wide. Each part is filled witji fine pieces of ice, and it is applied to the back along the spinal column. Its application should be constant, so the ice must be changed from time to time. The vomiting was stopped by its use almost at once, while there was a great diminution in the cramp. The patients warmed up, the pulse came back, and all the symptoms gradually disappeared. Mineral waters, when examined in a glass, are usually clear and trnsparent. But when we look down upon them in a spring, or as they are accumulated in reservoirs, they frequently present a green hue, an optical effect depending on their density. In some instances, however, ] they present other colors, due to substances which they contain in impalpable division. The whitish color, frequently observed in sulphur water, is caused by the precipitation of sulphur, the yellow by the change of a monosulphuret into a polysulphuret. A pure white color is often due to precipitation of carbonate of lime, while a blue color arises from the suspension of slate or clay in the water in minute subdivision. A red color is frequently seen in challybeate waters, and results from the precipitation of the red oxide of iron. In some instances, however, a red color may be due to micronlrrnp r>f tVint. rnlr>T\ The Potato. The early history of the potato is involved in obscurity. It has been supposed that the plant was first found by Europeans in Virginia, and that Sir Walter Raleigh carried it thence to England in the year 1586. Raleigh never visited Virginia. He only furnished ships and means to aid in planting a colony there. The most probable theory to my mind is, that Sir Francis Drake, returning from explorations in the Pacific ocean, coasted | along the western shores of South America, one of the native habitats of I the potato, and while in that region procured some of the tubers, which he carried with him to England.* On his homeward voyage, he touched on the shores of Virginia, and took off the discouraged colonists and conveyed them back to the mother country. If this is correct, then this introduction probably occurred as early as 1565, this being the date of Drake's return from the West. The potato was doubtless known to Europeans at an eariier date, as Columbus, during one of his voyages, found a root cultivated on the island of Cuba, that was used for food by the natives, and this was no doubt the potato. Early European voyagers and travelers found the potato growing in the Andean forests and along the Pacific coasts on both sides of the equator, through sev- I eral degree of latitude. It was also found in cultivation, the natives testifying that it had been in cultivation as an article of diet from time immemorial. Spanish and Portugoese adventurers probably in- | troduced the potato into those countries at a very early day, whence it probably moflo ifq wn.tr infn Tfnlv Tt. is finite cer MiUVA V A VU ?f WJ . -J - tain that it was cultivated in Spain as early as 1550. The time of its introduction iijto Ireland, where it has become so important as an article of food that a general failure of the crop results in a famine, is in dispute, some claiming that it was from Spain by a sea captain in 1565, others that it was procured from Raleigh in England.?Rev. L. J. Templin. The powers of oratory of U. S. Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, are universally acknowledged.. Where even in Demosthenes could there be words more eloquent than these? "I consider St. Jacobs Oil a splendid remedy. 1 suffered from rheumatism of the back. I used St. Jacobs Oil, which gave me iustan- ! taneous relief, and then cured me." San Jacinto, Cal., has fifty flowing artesian wells. The first well was put down a little over a year ago. Prof. Grothe, of the Brooklyn Board of Health, analyzed Red Star Cough Cure and found it absolutely free from poisons and opiates, and safe and sure. Price, 25 cents. A kindling wood factory at Mount Tom, Mass., turns out 10,000 bundles a day. ' ' "' ' \. ' ' | EXCITEMENT UNABATED, Proof that that Physician's Terrible Con* Tension is Trne. Cleveland 0., Herald. Yesterday and the day before we copied into our columns from the Rochester, N. Y., Democrat and Chronicle, a remarkable statement, made by J. B. Henion, M. D., a f entleman who is well known in this city, n that article Dr. Henion recounted a wonderful experience which befell him, and the next day we published from the same paper a second article, giving an account of the excitement in Rochester, and elsewhere, caused by Dr. Henion* statement. It is doubtful if any two articles were ever published which caused greater commotion both among professionals and laymen. Since the publication of these two articles, having been besieged with letters of inquiry, we sent a communication to Dr. Henion and also to H. H. Warner & Co., asking if any additional proof could be given, and here it is: Gentlemen: I owe my life and present health wholly to the power of Warner's Safe Cure, which snatched me from the very brink of the grave. It is not surprising that people should question the statement I made (which is true in every respect) for my recovery was as great zl murvei iu iu mj pujjicians, and friends. * * * J. B. Henion, M. D. Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 21. Sirs: The best'proof we can give you that the statements made by Dr. Henion are entirely true, and would not have been published unless strictly so, is the following testimonial from the best citizens of Rochester, and a card published bv Rev. Dr. Foote. H. H. Warner & Co. To Whom it May Concern: We are personally or by reputation acquainted with Dr. Henion, and we believe he would publish no statement not literally true. "We are also personally or by reputation well acquainted with H. H. "Warner & Co., proprietors of Warner's Safe Cure (by which Dr. Henion says he was cured).whose commercial and personal standing in this community are of the highest order, and we believe that they would not publish any statements which were not literally and strictly true in every particular. C. R. Parsons, (Mayor of Rochester.) Wm. Purcell, (Editor Union and Advertiser.) W. D. Shuart, (ex-Surrogate Monroe County.) Edward A. Frost, (ex-Clerk Monroe County.) E. B. Fenner, (ex-District Attorney Monroe County.) J. M. Davy, (ex-Member Congress, Rochester.) John S. Morgan, (County Judge, Monroe Co.) Hiram Sibley. (Capitalist and Seedsman.) John Van Voorhis, (ex-Member of Con?ress.) o Editor of the Living Church, Chicago, HI.: There was published in the Rochester (N. Y.) Democrat and Chronicle of the 31st of December, a statement made by J. B. Henion, M. D., narrating how he had been cured of Bright's disease of the kidneys, almost in its last stages, by the use of Warner's Safe Cure. I was referred to in that statement, as having recommended and urged Dr. Henion to try the remedy, which he did, and was cured. The statement of Dr. Henion is true, so far as it concerns myself, and I believe it to be true in all other respects. He was a parishioner of mine and I visited him in his sickness. I urged him to take the medicine, 'and would do the sam? again to any one who was troubled with a disease of the liidueys and liver. Israel Foote (D. D.,) (late) Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, Rochester, N. Y. It seems impossible to doubt further in the face of such conclusive proof. Eighteen hundred and twenty persons have committed suicide at Monte Carlo, the European gambling resort, within the past eight years. They were all victims of gambling. Professor Spencer F. Baird says that the American fishers realize a revenue of 1100,000,000 annually. My Friend, do you suffer with malaria? Almost any impure condition of the atmosphere will induce it. Try Vinegar Bitters as a cure, and you will bless the day when you began its use. In less than a month the Vinegar Bitters will chase the last remnant of malarial poison out of your blood, and you will feel like a new person. Worth, the man milliner of Paris, employs over 1,000 people in his establishment. ' I am a merchant and planter," writes Mr. T. X. Humphrey, of Tenn., "and it gives me great pleasure to say, that for severe coughs and colds Allen's Lung Balsam is the best remedy now offered for sale. I have induced many to try it with the best of results." Price 25c., 50c. and $1 per bottle, at Druggists. It is said that three crops of corn can be raised in Honduras every year. "Gentle as the Breeze of Evening." This line of an old hymn is quite appropriate whe.Plipplied to "Pleasant Purgative Pellets." "I don't like to take pills if I can avoid it," we often hear persons say, "because they constipate me so," now the "Pellets" never do this. They are so gentle and mild that their effect is almost precisely similar to a natural movement of the bowels, and no unpleasant effects are left behind. There is a man in New York who can open 2,500 oysters in one hour and twenty minutes. Prematurely Aged. Many a woman is robbed of those charms which the gentler sex value so highly, and made old before her time by functional irregularities. To such the bloom of youth may be restored by the use of a remedy which has stood the test of time and which is to-day acknowledged to be without an equal as a cure for all female weaknesses?Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription." By all druggists. A building in Atlanta only six feet wide commands a rent of $100 per month. Throw Away Trusses. Cures guaranteed of every case of rupture undertaken. Book of particulars, 10 cents in stamps. Address, World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. There are more colleges in Ohio than in France and Germany combined. Uayi D?/iu#i>vn rflliaro^ mA r\f PoplranliA when I coulxi not turn in bed, after using several other kinds of plasters und liniments," says Mr. Spencer Lai kin of Farmingdale. 25c. The best Ankle Boot and Collar Pads are made of zinc and leather. Try them. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh isajfreuble to use. It is not a liquid or a snuff. 50c. RedStar TRADE MARK. coughcure Free from Opiates, Emetics and Poison. 1 iuni". o kcts. i DDHMDT I a i i w ivi At D?u??i?ti amd Dxai.ixi. TUX CH1KLE9 A. YOOEMB CO.. BlLTlfOBE, ID. CER? P-y Rheumatism, Neuralgli, ! L HI* U O I M Bfttkaehe, Hetdaehe, Toothirk*, ! f III | fgJll PK?oe?'FIFT^*CE\T?. - ** AT DRUGGISTS AKD DEAI.BB& TiU CHABLXS A.Y0GELER CO.. BALTIMORE, JSO. fcSaSLI ThelTSHBRAira '! ' ' ; : : * A vigorous and healthy growth of hair la maintained by using Hall's Hair Renewer. The value of Ayers Cherry Pectoral, in colds and coughs, cannot be overestimated. A Chicago man boasts that he has read Webster's unabridged dictionary through eleven times. Qntck Relief. Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 12,1886. Ton may add my testimony as to the merits of Piso's Cure for Consumption. I took a ' severe cold last February, which settled on my lungs. They became ulcerated and were so painful that I had no rest for two days and nights. I got a bottle of Piso's Cure for Consumption, and was relieved by the time I had taken half of it. Since that time I have kept Piso's Cure in the house, and use it as a preventive, both for lung troubles and croup, for which I can recommend it an the best, medicine I ever used; and that is saying a great deal, for I have used at least twenty others, besides about as many physicians' prescriptions. Piso's ure for onsumntion has never failed to give relief in my family. A. J. Gmjbb, 37 Springfield St Perfect Satisfaction. Spring Hiu, W. Va., Oct 20, U85. Enclosed find one dollar for two packages of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. The sample package, received in June, gave perfect satisfaction. Gill. Messer. Cannot Live Without It. Albion, N. Y., Dec. 30,1885. I had a terrible Cough, and two physicians said I would never get well. I then went to a drug store and asked for a good cough medicine. The druggist gave me Piso's Cure, and it has done me more good than any thing I ever used. I do not believe I could live without it. Leonora Vermilyea. "Doing Wonders." Allegheny, Pa., Sept. 26.1885. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is doing wonders for me. I believe it will cure any case of Catarrh, if used according to directions. Mrs. F. Johnson, 49 ?. Diamond St. It Has No Equal. Maidstone, Eng., Sept. 7,1885. Mr. J. M. Holliday, Chemist. Dear Sir: I shall be glad if you will send me by bearer some more of Piso's Cure for Consumption. I have nothing tq^equal it for in flammation of the Chest and Sore Throat, ana do not intend to be without it. If you like, you can make use of my name as recommending it before anything else I ever tried. E. E. Hiblinq, Photographic Artist. A Minister's Teitimoiy. Harford Mills, N. Y., Aug. 8,1886. I have used a little over half a package of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh, and it has helped me more than any of the different medicines I have used. I feel confident that it will cure me. I can and do recommend it to others who are troubled with that disea.se. Rev. A. Djlmon. Do as you please when you please to do r?ght; and you will always do the proper thing in taking Bigelow'a Positive Cure for coughs, colds and all throat and lung troubles. Pleasant to take and cure speedy. 50 cents and $1. With Ely's Cream Balm a child can be treated without pain or dread, and with perfect safety. Try the remedy. It cures Catarrh, Hay Fever, and Colds in the Head. It is easily applied with the finger and gives relief from the first application. Price 60 cents. At druggists. 60 cents by mail. Ely Bros., Owego, N, Y. Ely's Cream Balm has entirely cured me of a long standing case of catarrh. I have never yet seen its equal as a cure for colds in the head and headache resulting from such colds. It is a remedy of sterlingmerit.?Ed. L. C'rosly, Nashville, Tenn. I have been a severe sufferer from Catarrh for the past fifteen years, with distressing pain over my eyes. Gradually the disease worked down upon my lungs. Aoout a year and a half ago I commenced using Ely's Cream Balm, with most gratifying results, and am to-day apparently cured.?Z. C. Warren, Rutland,Vt. For dyspepsia, in'diobstxon, depression of spirits, general debility in their various forms. I ttisu bL55 it picvcjjuvc ttgauiob icvci auuo^uc aim other intermittent fevers,the "Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell,Haz- I ard & Co., New York.and sold by all Druggists, | is the best tonic; and for patients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal. Those who take Dr. Jones1 Rod Clover Tonic never have dyspepsia, costiveaess, bad breath, Iiilee, pimples, ague and malaria, poor appetite, ow spirits, headache or kidney troubles. Price 50 cente. | Men look slovenly with run-over heels. Lyon's Heel Stiffeners keep boots straight, 2oc. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c. A C'o*e Not Beyond Help. Dr. >1. H. Hinsdale. Kewanee, 111., advises us of a remarkable cure of Consumption. He says: "A neighbor's wife was attacked with violent lung disease, and pronounced beyond help from Quick Conloo locf rocr\rt wnfl nprft 11 arfpH i to try DR. WM. HALL'S BASSAM FOR THB LUNGS. To the astonishment of all., by the time she had used one-half dozen bottles she was about the house doing her own work. It Is Economy To buy Hood's Sarsaparllla. for in it you get mori real value for the money than In any other medicine. A bottle of Hood's Sarsaparllla contains 100 Dose> and lasts a month, while others will average to lasl , not over a week, and the superior curative powers ol Hood's Sarsaparllla are also well known. Hence foi economy, purity, strength and health buy Hood't Sarsaparllla. "All I asloof any one Is to try ono bottle of Hood'i Sarsaparllla and see Its quick effect. It takes lest time and quantity to show Its effect than any othei preparation I ever heard of. I would not be wlthoul It in the house."?Mrs. C. A. M. Huebard, Nortt Chili. N. Y. "I was generally run down, had no appetite, and felt the need of a good tonic. I have taken othei medicines, but never used any that did me so much i good as Hood's Sarsaparllla. I now have a good ap- J petite and feel renewed all over, am better than I have been for years."?E. H. Rand, -11 West Ninth i Street, Oswego, NT. Y. I Hood's Sarsaparilia Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared oniy by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar Relieved at Last! "We know a gentleman In this county who, six months ago, was almost a hopeless cripple from an attack of rheumatism. He could scarcely hobble across the room, used dutches, and said himself that he had little if any hope of ever recovering. We saw him in our town last week, walking about as lively as any other man, and in the finest health , and spirits. L pon our inuuirv as to what had worked such a wonderful change in his condition he replied that S. s. S. hud cured him. After using a dozen and a half bottles, he has been transformed from a miserable cripple to a happy, healthy man. He is none other than Mr. E. B. Lambert."?Sylcania Telephone. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free, i Tiik Swift Specific Co,, Drawer J, Atlanta, Ga., or 157 W.JHd St., X. Y. OLD COINS Eirey-JW Ukll UUBIlV all coins wanted; large coiu-pric* books, 25c. (3 books in l); shows our buy'i" and selling prices for all coins, etc. (Small books 1'ic.i Mason & Co.,235 Washington St, Boston, Mass. ? ? i IITPH LADIES to work for us at their MV All I LU""owii homes. $7 to 410 per week can WW be quietly made. So photo painting: no canvass-t ing. Kor full particulars, please address at once. CkescestAktCO., j9 Central St., Boston, Mass.. Box jl70. | CAULIFLOWERS A new book with Practical Information in Minute Bet nil. By mail '20 cents. FRANCIS BRILL* RiverhemU Long Inland* TBORSTflirS p?rtiT00TH POWDER hfuih FnCmi aai Canu Httlthf. I nil f Needham'H renowned Red Clover SupposlrlLtw torles cure severe cases 3 to C days. JSc.; st'nips taken. E. B. Lewis, Box 2084,San Kr'nclsco.CaL ? apiA book Worth $10. on | A IIP LDCE & courtship, sent tree I IIVP r nPP by the Union Pub. Co.. kU V ! I Newark,N.J. Send stamps for post'g. ? Rare relief ? oirmr I KIDDER'S PA8TlUi8.SSc"iow ^ mus. MITCIIELL'8 Perforated Belladonna Plasters cure all Aches and Paius. Sure Remedy lor that cold wot between the shoulders. Sold by Druggist* everywhere. WELL BORING AND ROCK I i sV^iwsa &sz Q|a*J. Dill a Great Engllth Gout an4 Diair S I IllSa Rheumatic Remedy. Ot?1 Boat <1.00; rsundt W ets? n a ? A1 T C Obtained. Sand stamp for f a i c li i o Inventors'Guide. L. Bingham, Patent Lawyer, Washington, d. 0. luKERr > SLICKER U warranted waterprpef. and will keep yen try i. Tlit new POMilEL SUCKJtR is a pedfot ridln* eoat, addle. Beware of Un!lOlon?. Kpie mujne without the mark. Zllwtnted Caulc*m free. AJ.fomei, B?eton.Maw. HMUMinMHv! } , : 25 lmZ#2B 3EHTS p^C^en**m ^ iff ^NG BM^ THE BEST AND CHEAPEST COUGH or CROUM RE3MEDY. AS AN EXPECTORANT IT HAS NO EQUAL ItContains no Opium In Any Form. .. './%j ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM In Three SUM rjM Bottles, Price 23 Cent*, 50 Cents and <1 PerBottl*. . The 25-Cent Bottles are put up for the accommodation - c! of all who desire simply a Cough or Croup Remedy. rffe! Those desiring a remedy for CONSUMPTION or any 7&1S LUNG DISEASE should secure the large $1 bottles. -Jgr Priei, 25c., 50e. and SI parBottl*. SOLD BY ALL MEDIC1SE DEALERS |1 n y x u?6 'V .^: imB vineoae Bitters IB is the great Blood Purifier and Life-giving .-'uM Principle; a Gentle Purgative and Tonic; a perfect v/iea Renovator and Invigorator of the system.' In Vinegar Bitter* there is vitality baft ao alcoholic or mineral poison. ; '?! Diseasei of the win, of whatever name ?$ or nature, are literally dog up and carried out of the system in a short time by the use of the Bitten. Vinegar Bitters allays ferorishness. It re- >?j? lieves, and in time cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Gout, and similar painful diseases. Vinegar Bitters cures Constipation and ,-:.M prevents Diarrhoea. . ;k,?3 Never before has a medicine been com* pounded possessing thu power of Votoab Bitters to beal the sick. Send for either of our valuable reference books for ladies, for farmers, for merchants, our Medical Treatise on Diseases, or our Catechism on Intemperance and Tobacco, which last should .^rggj be read by every child and youth in the land. /in7 two of the above books mailed free o)B receipt of four cents for registration fees. B. H. McDonald Drug Co., 532 Washington 8U, NX '?j|| Consumption Can Be <;ure<s I ALL'S... I LUNGS.BALSAH1 Cnrei Consumption, Colds. PnennMia.lt> flnenza. Branchial Difficulties, Bronchitis, Hoarxenenv Asthma, Cronp, Wktoplai j Coagh, and all 3iiea??? of the Breatklu Or* CVC nuie. It HOthet ud heal* tne Membrant ( ?j>Sj| 1 the Lan^s, Inflamed and poisoned by the dt?* {-'..51 ease, and preYents the nlaht awtati and i-wyS tightness across the chrst which accompany It. Consumption is not an Incarable tnaladv* * < 'ZKg HAJiL?8 BALSAM will ears 70s. evott' ' f.yS IFPAGESj ' CLUES Wgfiai and mechanics in the world. ^0^/8811 ,} ',?] Plillman Palace Car Co., Mason Mf** NO ^IjHI A Hamlin Organ k Piano Co., ' %'?i ?x/th6 New Orleans Eiporition, joints made with It en-lBJvT32KHH||f?' -'yv^S dared & testing strain of over BS|^^^J4?Jm]|JI KOOPgmdS SnnTnMFnm.l?S?5llffli I n H lawiia , London. 1883. New Orleans, 1885. -Ar aen<Thi<fof?r<l and 10c. postage for cample can. FRER. ' RUSSIA CEHEM CO., Glsueester lui, . /;- ^ I says: "Ridge's Food resembles the mother's milk ? >C7w closely that Infants are reared, and well reared, ex- , ,?J cluslvely upon it" Another physician, at the head r '$ otan orphan asylum, says: "I have been using this. preparation for five yearn or more and have the moat /. unbounded faith In ft ax a diet for Infants up to, say, - ly eighteen months old." ''i?P$3 "FRAZERli IUIP hbfipf ' m AAiiC uncAoc. m Best In the World. Made only by the FraxerLnbricator Co. at Chicago, N. Y. & StXonJi. Sold everywhere. .' jSrtgjj I CURE FITM When I aay cure I do not mean merely to atop theaa for a time and then have them return again, I mean a - - j? radical cure. I have made the diaeaje of UTS, EPI- .4# LEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a llfe-lon* atudy. I warrant my remedy to cure the worst cases. Beoaow X others have failed ?*no reasonfor not no w recei ring a cure. Send at once for atreatiae and a Free Bottle of ',&z my infallible remedy. Give Express and Port Offioa. *' : > It costs tou nothing1 for a trial, and I will cure you. Address Dr. H. G. ROOT, 1*3 Pearl St., New York, No Rope to Cut Off Horses' Manes- VI * - vvjj Celebrated 'ECLIPSK' HALTER JUL and BRIDLE Combined? caonnt be Slipped by any horse. Sample l3r^l|V Halter to any part of U. S. free, 011 /JK-CIH receipt of $1. Sold by all Saddlery. JH Hardware and Harness Dealers Special discount to the Trade, AjJfKVw * S Send for Price-List. J. C. LIGHTHOUSE, J RocbeMter, X. Y. ~ PiBO'B Remedy for Catarrh la the H| Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. Headache, Hay Fever, Ac. 60 cents. ' .. 1 vukbility y0jnAL*mm DZCAT. '^1 A life axpcrleaee. ??m*rk*i>le ud q?kk cor*. Trial pasfc t|u, gaud Stamp for aeaUd particular*. Addrau. Or. WARD A CO., LOUISIANA, MO. - ^ * %? linDDUIIIC Chloral and In U If II11* t Opium Habit EASILY CORED. ADVICE FREE. v OR. J. C. HOFFMAN, Jefferson, Wisconsin. ,*$? a f AITCR As actin Nin or WomulnmiT . III M H I C "county to it! lour J5,xxl?. 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Ask for "Cklckeater's English" Pennyroyal Pill*. Take no other. Ton are allowed a free trial of thirty data of the OH of Dr. Dye's Celebrated Voltaic Belt wltn fiectrlo Sag. t>eusory Appliances, for the speedy relief and permanent cure of Nervous Debility, loss of Vitality and jfatJiood, and all kindred troubles. Also far many other diseases. Complete restoration to Healtn, Vtmx^' and Manhood guaranteed. No risk Is Incurred. Iuas* (rated pamohletin *?xl?d envelops mailed free, by ad> 'reeeic* VOLTAIC BELTCOm MarfhalUtticti, ' -i--' / *4 -