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'FARM AND HOUSE. TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE. Spring Plowing. Fall-plowed land should be cross plowed in the spriug, for the reason thaf it is consolidated and packed too much after the six months' rest to be put in good condition for the crops. This, however, does not apply to sod land which has been plowed ana sftouiu not be deeply disturbed. This land should be worked by a cultivator three or four inches deep, so that the sod is not disturbed, and then thoroughly harrowed with a harrow with short teeth. Plowing is a necessary means for the good culture of the land and should be followed by harrowing frequently, until the soil is made fine and mellow and compact. Thorough tillage of this kind is indispensable for good crops. To sow or plant on fall-plowed land without this spring working is a great mistake. If the land is too wet for working it needs draining.?New York Times. ? Potash as an Insecticide. During the recent annual convention of the fruit-growers, under the auspices of the State board of horticulture, in a discussion on insecticides, a member of San Jose gave his experience with potash. Bein^ possessed of an old orchard about the time the scale became prevalent at San Jose, he had ample opportunity of testing insecticides. He started out on the basis of potash. He gave the prefer ence at first to potash, because there is nothing lost in using it, for if $50 be spent to put it on the orchard he gets'it back in the course of a few years. He believes that without potash one will not get very good fruit. Mr. Brittan, the San Jose member, started in on the potash experiment some eight years ago, and lor two years na* not seen a sign of the scale in the old orchard that had been so badly infested. He began by using pure potash, or concentrated lye, which contains ninety-five per cent, of potash. He dissolved this in water at the rate of one pound of lye to four gallons of water, and thoroughly drenchcd the trees with the solution by means of a small force-pump. He gave them all they needed and let it go into the ground. This treatment, continued, had finally rid his trees of the scale. Additional experiments have convinced Mr. Brittan that all washes for the extermination of insects should be based on potash, not only for the immediate effect but for the beneficial effect afterward.?New York World. Fatal Overfeeding:. The owner of seventy-five hogs, kept among sanitary surroundings?clean pens, good air, etc.?complains that fifteen were suddenly taken with "dizziness as if they had blind staggers," in twenty-four hours were dead. As adding to the mystery of the case it is said: "They had every comfort and attention; good water and all the grouud l'eed they would eat up clean." Instead of being a matter ! for surprise, this result was the unavoid- , able effect of the ground feed; for all that a hog will eat up clean is decidedly too much for safety. A pig will cat until it has no room for another morsel, , and will leave the trough and return to take a few more mouthfuls. The consequence is repletion; plethora; excess of blood; disturbance of the heart's action; congestion of the brain by the engorgement of the blood vessels, and onnnl#?Yr ic ntt-pnrlprl hv i4rli77i'. ness, as if the pigs had blind staggers." Let us consider how it would be with ' ourselves. A man provides himself with a rich banquet three times a day; he fills himself with meat, pastry, cakes and pies until he cannot swallow annother mouthful and then lies down and sleeps, to wpke and eat again. In a few days he ! sees myriads of stars dancing before his ; eyes in broad daylight: his head swims and he staggers us he walks; his skull 1 feels as if it would burst and his tem- : pies throb; still he gorges himself and : the surfeit only makes him still more ready to eat. That his brain is seriously affected may be known by the horrid ; dreams: the nightmares which disturb his sleep. In a short time the blood is ! filled with bile; eyes become yellow; tongue is coated with dark brown fur; breath is foul, boils break out over the < body and the corrupt matter is poured out from the blood. By and by typhoid < fever appears and in a community where i unwholesome feeding is the habit the ; disease becomes epidemic and scores die. 11 A physician of large practice in the | < South declares that the common typhoid < fever prevalent every year is the neces- < sary result of "hog and hominy"?an ex- i cess of carbonaceous food and a want of < ' nitrogenous elements to balance the deli- : cate functions of the system. In our 11 physical natures and functions we are ( like the lower animals. and approach i more nearly to hogs than we are disposed < to admit?subject to like results from ] like causes and too apt to suffer from un- i wholesome and ill-balanced eating and s drinking. Our domestic animals' appe- 1 tites are encouraged by every persuasive 1 to riot in excess and wear out the vital 1 organs by overwork. And blind staggers, or apoplexy, is one of the commonest results among swine, which are the most subjected to this fatal overfeeding, perhaps excepting the direful cholera, ! or more truly, typhoid fever, which is another result occurring from a lengthened course of engorgement among those ocotma fKo mAt-n ciirlrlnn mnl.irlir t nuivu vuv mviv >^UUULU tuuiau \ . < MD.y in Neio York Tribune. Farm and Garden Notes. When skim milk or buttermilk c an be secured at from two to three cents per gallon, it is one of the cheapest foods that can be given to chickens. It. may largely take the place of flesh, and will induce them to lay curly and often. Cuttings of roses, heliotropes, etc., will j grow better if taken oil at the junction ; of the ofd and new wood, aud should be i cut off just below a joint or bud, as the ' roots start from that point, and if a bud [ is not left near or close to the base the cutting is liable to decay in the soil. The beet draws its nourishment from j an area of twelve square feet for each ; plant. This has been proved by ex pi or ing to the ends of the roots careiuny, it being found that these extend downward and outward in ail directions for several feet. It is evident that where size of j root is desired the plants must be given } plenty of room. Soils are formed by the disintrogation j of rock and the decomposition of vegetable matter, The rock furnishes the minornl rinrf find the VPPetation the 01' 1 -o ganic part. Hencc the character of the soil will vary with the kind of rock from which it.was produced, the extent of the decomposition it has undergone and the kind and areount of organic matter that is mixed with the decomposed rock. The craving for salt in animals is natural, and not a result of the care of man. When this country was wild every salt spring av. s frequented by doer, a fact that -was taken advantage of by the hunters for their capture. Near the ocean 'n c- o.il* ic- tlion -fnrtVt^r inlnnfl V O Oti 1 K 10 i tij Ull VV4 lliuu &U1 VUV4 *v?w w., owing to the fact that the atmoshere is in a degree charged with salt, and this is imparted to the growing crops through the dew and rain. The cutting of dry cornstalks leaves some sharp points, which injure the stomach, and occasionally with fatal results. But the tendency-of cut cornstalks, if left in large heaps, is to heat quickly, which will so soften them that meal will adhere, and can thus be fed without loss, as cows will eat butts when thus prepared. If corn js cut early the coarser parts of the stalk are even more nutritious than the line part near the tassel. It is more profitable in the long run everywhere to feed all the coarse grain grown on the farm than to sell it. More reaiy money is, however, secured by the latter plnn, and the necessities of mo?.t farmers oblige them to pursue the more wasteful policy of exhausting fertility till the soil will no longer pay for cultivation. When once the exhaustive process is begun it becomes every year - - * f- jV more difficult to maKe a cfiange ior me better. Fruit growers agree that bagging is the only sure means of protection from grape rot. Grape vines may be protected by laying down the vines in the fall and throwing sufficient dirt over them to keep them in place. Professor Tracy says that the grape rot is not the result of a disease, as the term is generally understood, but is due to a fungus which comes of spores conveyed to the grapes through the air. It requires water for the spores to germinate in, hence, if kept dry, the grapes will be free from rot. When grown in dry situations, grapes are less liable to rot than when grown on wet lands. Sheep can best be fattened at from one and a half to two years old. Previous tot this time the wool should pay a reasonable profit upon the keeping. At this age sheep will take on more fat from the same amount of feed, and the mutton be of better quality than if held longer. The mutton market is most active from about the 1st of February until the 1st of May, after this period the supply generally being full and prices lower. Sheep fattened for the early market require more feed, better shelter and care, but the price received generally pays for this extra cost. Those turned into the market during the summer or fall have the advantage of green feed supplied at less cost than dry. Recii>es. To Broil Ham Cicely.?Slice the meat from the ham raw, as thin as you can, then put it into a pan ot cold water; set it on the stove in a stewpan and let it come to a boil; then have your griddle hot, and broil the meat with a little butter dropped into the pan and a plentiful sprinkling of black pepper. Brown Betty.?Cut into thin slices several large apples, have ready buttered pudding dish; put into this layer of grated bread crumbs, then a layer of _if ?3 1? vi,* Siiceu uppictj, uva WCSC ougai, and so on alternately, bread, apples, sugar, until pudding dish is full, letting the top layer oe of bread crumbs; on this place three large lumps of butter, put in oven and bake brown. Serve hot with butter and sugar sauce. Farmers' Fruit Cake.?Soak three cups of dried apples over night in warm water; chop slightly in the morning, and then simmer two hours or more in two nuns of molasses until the apples resem r a * i ble citron. Make a cake of two eggs, one cup sugar, one cup sweet milk, three-fourths cup butter, one and a half j teaspoons soda, flour to make a rather j thick batter, spice in plenty; put in the j apples and bake in a quick oven. This is very nice. Milk Biscuit.? Warm one qu^rt of! new milk, and cut up into it a quarter of j a pound of butter; stir well together and I let it cool; then add half a cup of \'east, a teaspoon ful of salt and as much sifted flour as will make a dough stiff enough to roll. Let it stand in a warm place until quite light, then roll out about an inch thick, and cut into small round j cakes. Place them on buttered tins, and ; let them rise a?ain: stick each one with ; ~ <~3 * , , j a fork, and bake twenty minutes in a ; quick oven. Chicken and Corn* Soup.?Even in the country' where, old fowls must be disposed of in some way, it is seldom econ umical to boil them to pieces just to | make soup. But if you will save the j liquor in which these have been boiled j the day before for the table a delightful ' soup may be supplied good enough for ; city boarders and company. Take two I quarts of the liquor left from boiling a I chicken, cleared of fat aftet it is cold; one can of corn, chopped; a tablespoon- I fill of butter in one of flower, one table- ! spoonful of minced parsley and tb.e same j [)f green onion tops; add pepper and salt! and one cnp of boiling milk. Boil the < 3orn and liquor slow ly together for an ! hour after they begin to bubble. Rub ! thoroughly through a colander, season ind add herbs. Heat to boiling, stir in the flower mixed with butter, simmer Bve minutes, and pour it into tureen and boiling milk. I Household Hints. Galvanized iron p iils for drinking , water should not be used. The zinc coat- | ing is readily acted upon by water, form- j ing a poisonous oxide of zinc. If you wish to keep a sharp knife don't | put it in hot grease; stir your potatoes ; while frying or turn meat with a fork or j an old case-knife kept for the purpose. i * Even pressed-glass tumblers should i never be set one inside the other. What j goes in win not always come out, despite ; the proverb to the contrary. Or, to speak j more accurately, if it does come out it i may be iu unpleasant y small fragments. | Wet boots and shoes may be kept from ! shrinking out of shape in the drying if : as soon a< they are taken from the feet : they arc tightly stuffed with newspapers. ; mi .1 IJ 1... ,1 ??*;i I I IIL'M' miuuiu nut uu icuiuvcu uuui 1111; : shoes are perfectly dry, as they compose ; a sort of last to prevent unequal shrink- j age and consequent loss of symmetry. In washing forks, spoons, or cups j which have been employed in eating eggs, it is best to make an application of cold i water with a mop before plunging them ! into the boiling suds. Hot water cooks | the egg and thus renders it more difficult to remove. Common table salt is said to j be excellent for removing egg tarnish j from silver. While oxalic-acid, salts of lemon, j ..?/i 11 ,.f I . >ULl lllllIV* <lIAVA V UIU^UI ?*iv> till KJX WOUV.UI. 111 helping to eradicate ink spots, nothing is superior for white linen or cotton goods to chlorinated soda. It is sold by all druggists. A few drops poured upon the stain will remove it within five minutes, leaving only a slight yellowish tinge, which will disappear entirely when the article has been washed. The use of chlorinated soda must be avoided with colored or with silk goods. It takes the dye from the former as well as the ink, and goes still further with the silk, de stroying the fabric. It is unsurpassed for white wash materials, however, as it does not injure the goods in the least. This preparation of soda is poisonous, 3 and should be kept well out of the reach of children. j A Changeable Toad. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Times, writing from Southern California, 1 says: We had taken to the bed of the mountain stream that in tens of thousands of years had made the mighty cauon. It 1 was tilled with huge bowlders, strewn and tumbled about in chaotic confusion, as if a stream of rocks had done the work 1 and water was altogetner a secondary - .1 + Thn V10H hf?Pn T>ol- I ' uuiiftjviciauvu. xiiv wmv ?v?. j ished by the rush and spray of years, and to bound from one to another without slipping or falling required no little skill. As I was about to take a leap and had my gun well in hand as a help, my companion seized me, and in an excited whisper told me to look. "A rattlesnake?1' I asked, hauling back and sitting down heavily. 4'No," was the reply, given in such a manner that I became convinced that he ' saw either a srrizzlv or a mountain lion. 1 'Don't move," and reaching around, | ' he hauled out, not a weapon,but a pocket ] microscope, which, with great caution, J he applied to a small bump on a bowlder i before him. "Is that what you are breaking a man all up for?" said I, as the bump became ; a frog. "Is that all?" retorted my friend. "Why, man, that frog, or treetoad, lam convinced is a new species. If I should describe it as Hyla Jonesii you might perhaps think it of some importance. Why, look at it! It's one of the most remarkable examples of protective resemblance you ever saw." A close examination of the diminutive cause of all this excitement showed that it was indeed wonderfully protected, and I had almost stepped upon the animal that, safe in his disguise,had not moved. At a casual glance the toad would have been taken for a prominence on the bowlder, and now that attention was directed toward it the mimicry seemed all the m(jre striking, as the animal almost exactly resembled the stone in color. The latter was a spotted granite peculiar to the mountains here, the spots being quite large and pronounced and of irregular shhpe, evidently deposits of dark mica, the remainder of the rock being white or nearly so. This mottled surface was reproduced on the toad's back as if painted, and even the delicate legs, with their disc-tipped toes, shared the ornamentation. ? t j i "I've seen green tree toaas on green leaves," said my companion, "bat this beats them all. It is evidently a tree toad adapted to a life among the bowlders of this stream. Now to show you the perfection of this protection I will stait it up and see what the result will be." The toad was forthwith touched with a twig and with a mighty leap landed upon a rock that was nearly white, round and smooth. We sat down upon a neighboring bowlder and waited for the change that nature was to make in the little harlequin. In five minutes by the watch ><orl tol-jin r?lnr?<? TVip hlarlc UlilO I ? ~I that had represented the mica were rapidly fading out, the other portions also losing their dark tint. Quickly the change went on, and in a comparatively short time the spotted toad was of almost the exact hue as its new base, and as in- , conspicuous as it had been before, and would, as in the former case, have been passed by as a mere prominence upon the rock. Another touch, and the little creature sprang upon another bowlder, from which it was finally driven upon A win flio Alio UI113 cULUU-^U Ul?ll/iVi .vXg(UU kUO vui ivuu cliangc was noticed, dark patches coming out and the skin assuming the same tint , as it had while on thn granite. The spots , continued to grow, creasing their diameter until at last they all fused together and the toad became almost black and equally as inconspicuous as before. In an attempt to drive it upon an alder it finally escaped. The Manufacture of Diaries. ' The manufacture of diaries," said a stationer to a reporter, "though one of the largest industries in the country, is carried on by only three firms, two in New York city anil one in Cambridgeport, Mass. ''The reason why there are so few in the business is the enormous amount of capital required to carry on the undertaking. The amount of capital required | runs up into the hundreds ot tnousanas i of dollars. It is a singular fact that the ! president of the largest of the three great diary manufacturing companies was at ( one time the foreman in the establishment over which he presides. These firms have now taken the first step to manufacture diaries for 1887. It is what you might ( call a long-winded business. You have got to go into it on an immense scale in order to make anything out of it, and these +V.W.S1 4i?mc ViQirn Viorl anr>h 1 nnrr pvnsri. ' liilCC 111 mo liurv 1AWV4. UUV1A *VU^ ence, and ciphered the thing down so tine, that I don't suppose any one else would care to start up in opposition. . They are buying their paper now for the diaries of 1887. Two of these houses manufacture one million diaries apiece a ' year, the other manufactures two million. ' Another New York firm make some diar- * ies?probably fifteen thousand or twenty- 1 five thousand a year. There are three j sizes of diaries made, 24mo, 18mo, and , ^ ?4.1 i i'-imo; UIIU HICU l/Uci c ? unuun ouiu, juug . 8mo, long long 8mo, and broad 8mo. . There is cap, there is quarto, and long quarto. The different sizes have one day ' to a page, or two, three or four to a page. ' Their retail cost varies from $4 to nine- ^ teen cents. There is ten times as much demand for diaries now as there was ! twenty years ago. The diary trade alone of a well-known stationer on Nassau ' street, amonnts to $7,000 a year. Not- ' withstanding the enormous number of k diaries made, there is a less number in the market to-day than I have known in , the past twenty years. There is a great | demand for the liner diaries now, and the ] better class of goods sell much more j readily than they did a few years ago."? 3 Rrnnkhm Union. ? * ? ' J Hancock as a Poet. Forty-six years ago, before going to 1 West Point, General Hancock wrote the 1 following lines in the album of a lady I now living at Norristown, Pcnn. : To my Frienrl. } Wreath thy garlands, fairest one, j Ere the beams of day are gone. Soon will clos? each fragrant flowerl Blooming in the gardens iwwer, j While the midnight dews are shed, O'er each sleeping floweret's head. Wreath thy garlands, fairest one, Soon will summer's reign be gone: Tempests c ome with chilling breath, Sweeping o'er the barren heath, So stern winter's fearless band ( Stalk in fierceness o'er the land. { Wreath thy garlands, fairest one, < Soon will set life's elowinc sun; Youth's gay dreams too quickly fade, Loving hearts are soon betrayed, Wreath thy garlands ere their bloom Fade around thy earthly tomb. Dee. 9, 1839. W. S. H. ] Facts About the Eye. There is no cure foT color blindness. me nrst case oi coior Diinaness was reported in 1777. Color blindness is due to exhaustion of nerve fibres. Four out of every 100 males and one in every 400 females are color blind. It is no sign a man is color blind because he cannot name every color. The eye of an insect contains from fifty to 20,000 small eyes. It is really composed of eyes. We do not need light to see certain objects. A sharp blow on the eyes often causes a man to 4'see stars." The cause of color blindness, aside from natural causes, are alcohol, tobacco and diseases. It is in many cases hereditory. The writer saw a man who was color blind take 100 colors and divide them into four groups, black, yellow, white and blue. it is nonsense to Deneve tnat mere is any particular way to rub the eyes. It makes no difference whether you move from or toward the nose or up or clown. The cat, horse and birds have a third eyelid, which is used to protect the eye from too much light. Man has a third eyelid in the corner of the eye which is undeveloped. The defects of the eye are numerous, but we are pretty well satisfied with it. Every one ha.'i a blind spot in his eye. This is proved, by shutting one eye and looking at an object. We cannot see it fully. The use of the eyecups to change the form of the eye in the hopes of bettering the sight is ridiculous. They draw the eye out of shape and often cause blindnnoo TVirmcar?/la nf Plino ar#? RTllH every year. A Dog that Could Tell Time. A recent issue of the Syracuse (N. Y.) Times says: An old farmer from Amboy, Oswego county, took great interest in the trained dogs that appeared at the Grand Opera House this week. "I used to have a dog," said the farmer, 1'which was the most knowing and intellectual dog you ever see. He could tell about what time it was by the clock just as well as I could. He would run into the house in the afternoon without saying a word to anybody and look up at the clock, and if it wasn't 5:15 he'd go off about his business. Then he'd come back again, and the second it was 5:15 he'd bark and start for the cows. On a Hrv mv wnnmn thought she'd see if ? ?J .. 0 ? ? the dog could be fooled, and at 1 o'clock in the afternoon she turned the clock to 5. The dog came in, looked indifferently up at the clock, stopped, shook his head, and then ran out to look at the sun. He came back again, squatted down, and eyed the clock as if he was waiting for a rat. When the minnte hand got around to quarter past he started on'as usual, and before we could stop him he had all them cows up in the barnyard. I drove them back, and a "more mortified person you never see than that dog. He ran into the house, but the woman had turned the hands b;ick to the true time. The dog inmriPrl nn nf. fViA rlnolr Jtrt.ert as if he wantecfto tear it to pieces. He always seemed to distrust the dumb thing after that." A Cat that Can Bead. 'I have a cat," said a lady to me the other day, "that knows when a letter comes for her." 4'A letter!" I exclaimed, in astonishment. "Yes. a letter: and if you don't be lieve it, I will prove it to you. Just 1 wait until I direct one." My friend left the room, and in a few minutes returned with a sealed envelope, addressed "Miss Pussy, No.? Marlboro street, city." "Now," said she, "if you will kindly post that for me to-night, and be here when the postman come around on his ! first delivery to-morrow morning, you shall see that I am telling you facts." I posted the letter as requested, and was at my friends house promptly the next ifaorning. Soon the bell rang, and shortly after"the servant entered with a bundle of letters, among which was that for Miss Pussy. Placing them near her feline highness on the floor, my friend said: 'Now, Miss Pussy, pick out your letter." Sure enough, Pussy at once showed an interest and in a moment had pushed aside with her paws the envelope addressed to her. I was about to acLrn/-vTtrlnflera mil ein nf wllfin my friend said: Wait a minute, She'll open it and devour the contents." Scarcely had she said this when Miss Pussy had torn the envelope open, and in a moment was literally devouring the contents?catnip.?Boston Herald. Intoxicants Used by Women. In a Boston letter to the Albany Journal occurs the following: A specialist 3f high repute says he has many women under his care who intoxicate themselves ?though not with liquor. Chloroform is the worst intoxicant in the list. A woman who uses it is never cured, while she may be of the opium habit or the love af stimulants. One of the most brilliant journalists on the Boston press some years igo would take chloroform to such a decree he would be half idiotic for days, md a singular deafness was produced emporarily, an infirmity which finally became chronic, and then he let up on Vio pVilnrnfnrm f'Vilnrnl "has tfikftn a strong hold of society women, who use ip their nervous force and energy, and >vho must have something to repair the ivaste quickly without waiting for natual rest and time. A lady told me not ong since that she took a "little chloral" svery night; she could not live without t, and she also added that lots of women ;he knew did so also. It is asserted by shepherds that so unite is a ewe's sense of hearing that she i ian distinguish the crying of her own lamb among a thousand others, all bleatng together; and the lamb is able to recognize its mother's voice, even though it be in the midst of a large flock. Dr. Walker's Vinegar Bitterr?a nedicine that expels disease without weakening the patient, exhilarates the spirits without the aid of alcoholic poison ?cures every phase and consequence of indigestion, restores the shattered nerves; regulates the bowels and the liver, and imparts to the constitution new strength and elasticity. Let the sick rejoice! Somebody has discovered that the Egyptians wore jerseys in the sixth century. Husbands! take the hint. Your wife or your jhildren arc liable to take colds from drafts. Keep on hand Allen's Lune Balsam, the best ina purest, remeuy lor cougns h.iiu cuius. iu contains no opium, and is harmless. Price, Joe., 60c. and $1 per bottle, at Druggists. It is claimed that 500,000 pounds of willow leaves disguised as tea were shipped from Shanghai to this country last year. Relief is immediate, and a cure sure. PisoV Remedy for Catarrh. 50 rents. | / A Message From Home. Site ttie merchant in his office, Thinking of his baby boy; As a father he's a novice, And his heart is full of jo}'. But he wonders if the measles, Mumps or croup has caught his heir: Though he knows that, like two weasels, Wife and nurse are watching there. Hark! the signal bell is ringing! Hastes be to tbe telephone: ''Hello! Hello!'* some one's singing In a silv'ry monotone. "Can you hear, wife?" "Yes I can, sir." "What's the trouble? Tell the truth!" With a chuckle comes the answer, "Baby's cut another tooth." ?T. B. Chrystal. Dry and gray hair will become moist and dark by the use of Hall's Hair Renewer. For sndden colds, hoarseness,or irritation of the throat, take Aver'a Cherry Pectoral. The first official recognition of female practitioners in Italy has just been made. A Terrible Fire arouses the apprehensions of a whole city. And yet the wild havoc of disease startles no one. Sad to relate, women suffer from year to year with chronic diseases and weaknesses peculiar to their sex, Knowing that they are growing worse with every day, and still take nojneas ures for their own relief. Dr. P.erce's "U'avorite Prescription" is the result of life-lone and . learned study of female complaints. It is guaranteed to cure. The surprising statement is made that Mexico supports 10,000 public schools, with facilities equal to any of our colleges. Decay of the Bonea, with some thirty other symptoms, mark the progress of that terrible disease known as catarrh. It advances from stage to stage of fearful annoyances, and if neglected, is certain to end in general debility, and possibly in consumption or insanity. Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy will cure it at any stage. This medicine has been long before the public, and thousands have been restored to health by its neverfailing virtues. The rainfall in New York city for the vear 11885 was forty-two inches, against fifty-four inches in 1884. * * * * Premature decline of manly powers, nervous debility and kindred diseases, radically cured. Consultation free. Book 10 cents in stamps. Address, confidentially, World's Dispensary Medical Asadciation, Buffalo, y. Y. Genoa, Italy, which has enjoyed the reputa tlon of being the birthplace of Columbus, has found a rival claimant in Corsica. Resetted from Death* Wis. J. Loughlin, of Somerville, Mass., says: I "In the fall of 18761 was taken with Bleeding of Lungs followed by a severe cough. I lost my appetite and flesh, and was confined to my bed. In 1877 I was admitted to the Hospital. The doctors said I had a hole in my lung as big as a half dollar. At one time a report went around that I was dead. I gave up hope, but j a friend told me of Dr. Wm. Hall's Balsam for the Lungs. I got a bottle, when to my surprise, I commenced to get well, and to-day I feel better than for three years." Can Consumption be Cured f We have so often seen fatal results follow the declaration that it can be cured, that we have unconsciously settled down In the belief that this disease must necessarily prove fatal. It is true that occasionally a community has witnessed an isolated case of what may appropriately be termed spontaneous recovery, but to what combination of favorable circumstances this result was due none have hitherto been found able to determine. We have now the gratifying fact to announce that the process by which nature effects this wonderful change is no longer a mystery to the medical profession, and that the changes brought about in the system under favorable circumstances by intrinsic causes may be made as certainty and more expeditiously by the use of the proper remedy. In other words, nature is imitated and assisted. Tuberculous matter is nothing more or less than nourishment imperfectly organized. Now, if we can procure the organization of this food material so that through the process of elective affinity it may take its place in the system, we can cure the disease. This is just what Piso's Cure for Consumption docs. It arrests at once the progress of the disease by preventing the further supply of tuberculous matter, for while the system is under its influence all nourishment is organized and assimilated. It thus controls cough, expectoration, night-sweats, hectic fever, and all other characteristic symptoms of Consumption. Many physicians are now using this medicine, ana all write that it comes fully up to its recommendations and makes Consumption one of the diseases they can readily cure. The forming stage of a disease is always the most auspicious for treatment. This fact should induce persons to resort to the use of Piso's Cure when the cough is first noticed, whether it has a consumptive diathesis for its cause or not, fortius remedy cures all kinds of coughs with ! unequalled facility and promptness. In coughs from a simple cold, two or three doses of the medicine have been found sufficient to remove the trouble. So in all diseases of the throat; and lungs, with symptoms simulating those of Consumption, Piso's Cure is the only infallible remedy. The following letter recommending Piso's Cure for Consumption, is a fair sample of the certificates received daily by the proprietor of this medicine: Albion, N. Y., Dec. 29,1885. I I had a terrible Cough, and two physicians said I would never get well. I then went to a drug store ana 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 VERMrLYEA. For dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of wonopol rtuhiHtr )n thelv Vfirmns fnrms. also as a preventive against fever and ague and other intermittent fevers,the "Ferro-Phosphorated Elixirof Calisaya," made by Caswell, Hazard & 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. Wm, Black, Abingdon, Iowa, cured of cancer of the eye by Dr. Jones1 Red Clover Tonic, which cures all blood disorders and diseases of the stomach, liver and kidneys. The best tonic and appetizer known. 50 cents. They are trying in Germany to find a substitute for India rubber. No one who has used Dr. Bigelow's Positive Cure desire a substitute, as it is eminently successful In coughs, colds and all throat and lung diseases. Backache, aching sides, kidneys, sore mus cies. stitch, cricK are rcmovea Dy nop rjasier. i The reign of sense in medicine is shown by I the popularity of Hop Porous Plasters for pains, j Flowers That Bloom In the spring will be here before you know It, and you should be prepared to enjoy the nywt delightful season of the year. To escape the depressing, debilitating elTects of the changing season you should purify your blood, and keep up a good appetite and good digestion by taking Hood's Sarsaparllla A single dollar for this reliable medicine now may save you a good deal of money later in the year. Take it now. "When I bought Hood's Sarsaparllla I made a j good Investment of one dollar In medicine for the I first time. It has driven off rheumatism and lm- ! ( proved my appetite so much that my boarding mis- j '< tress says I must keep it locked up or she will be obliged to raise my board with every other boarder that takes Hood's Sarsaparllla"?'Thomas Bubrell, 99 Tillary Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. "Hood's Sarsaparllla was a God send to me, for It ' I cured me of dyspepsia and liver complaint wiin | which I had Buffered 20 years."?J. B. Hoknbeck, ; South Fallsburg, N. Y. j . Hood's Sarsaparilla ' Sold by alt druggists. 81: six for $5. Prepared I by U- L HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar I EPITHELIOMA! OB SKIN CANCER. I i < For seven years I Buffered with a cancer on my 1 face. Eight months ago a friend recommended the | UM of Swift's Specific, and I determined to make an effort to procure it. In this I was successful, u nd began its) use. The Influence of the medicine at ar>?t j I was to somewhat aggravate the sore; but soon the i inftamatlon was allayed, and I began to improve I ' after the first few bottles. My general healtn has ! greatly Improved. I am stronger, and am able to do [ anv kind of work. The cancer on my face began to : ilptreasc and the ulcer to heal, ttntif^here is not a j vc*tige of it left-only a little scar marks the place. ' Mas. Joicik A. McDonald. 1 Atlauta, Ga., August 11, 1885. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. ! Thk Swirr SrnciFic Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga i . V V 1ST W. IBd St. (IOIjOR A'DO DhSUKiMKu ?c.iinute. Mining;md ' j Wages. Send 8T>e. toT. WffALtiY, Aspen. Colo. ikjgyi TheTISHBBAnD ? ? I Ull In the hirdsrt itorm KM XJ V? A ?n<l oortrt the e?tin B *Vifl "Fiin Bi*nd" tztde :' " . .. # ^i. ' What WARNER'S SAFE CORE CURES AND WHY. CONGESTION OF TflE EDMS, BACK ACHE. INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS, BLADDER OR URINARY ORGANS. Catarrh of the Bladder, Gravel, Stone. Dropsy, Enlarged Prostrate Clandf Impotency or General Debility. Brlght's Disease. WHY? .Because it is the only remedy known that has power to expel the uric acid and urea, of which there axe some 500 grains secreted each day as the result of muscular action, and sufficient if retained in the blood to kill six men. It is the direct cause of all the above diseases, as well as of Heart Disease, Rheumatism, Apoplexy, Paralysis, Insanity and Death. This great specific relieves the kidneys of too much blood, frees them from all irritants, restores them to healthy action by its certain and soothing power. , IT CURES ALSO Jaundice, Enlargement of the Liver. Abscess and Catarrh of the Bile Ducts, Biliousness, Headache, Furred Tongue, Sleeplessness, Languor, Debility, Constipation, Gall Stones, and every unpleasant symptom which results from liver complaint. WHY? Because it has a specific and positive action on the liver as well as on the kidneys, increasing the secretion and flow of bile, regulates its elaborating function, removes unhealthful formations, and, in a word, restores it to natural activity, without which health is an Impossibility. IT CURES ALSO Female Complaints, Leucorrhoea, Displacements, Enlargements, Ulcerations, Painful Menstruation, makes Pregnancy safe, prevents Convulsions and Child-Bed Fever and aids nature by restoring functional activity. WHY? All these troubles, as is well known by every physician cf education, arise from congestion and impaired kidney action, causing stagnation of the blood vessels and breaking down, and this is the beginning and the direct cause of all the ailments from which women suffer, and must as surely follow as night does the day. W H Y Warner's Safe Cure is acknowledged by thousands of our best medical men to be the only true blood purifier, is because it acts upon scientific principles, striking at the very root of the disorder Toy its action on the kidney and liver. For, if these or gaiis were Kept in neaitn an me morbid waste matter so deadly poisonous if retained in the body, is passed out. On the contrary, if they are deranged, the acids are taken up by the blood, decomposing it and carrying death to the most remote part of the body. WHY 93 per cent, of all diseases which afflict 'humanity, arise from impaired kidneys, is shown by medical authorities. Warner's Safe Cure,by its rfirect action, positively restores them to health and full working capacity, nature curing all the above diseases herself when the cause is removed, and we guarantee that Warner fc Safe Cure is a positive preventive if taken in time. As you value health take it to avoid sickness, as it will at all times and under all circumstances keep all the vital function up to par. We also Guarantee a Cure and beneficial effect for each of the foregoing diseases, also that every case of Liver and Kidney trouble can be cured where degeneration has Not taken place, and even then Benefit will Surely be Derived. In every instance it has established its claim. AS A BLOOD PURIFIER, particularly in the Spring, it is unequalled, for you cannot have pure blood when the kidneys or liver are out of order. Look to your condition at once. Do not postpone treatment for a day nor an hour. The doctors cannot compare records with us. Give yourself thorough constitutional treatment with Warner's Safe Cure, and there are yet many years of life and health assured you! Cream Balm GAIABJiH Cleanses the Bead.B9^?LY*S<l!|fR Allays Inflammation. Heals the~Bores. Ee"B^Dl stores the Senses ofP hmeversS gA Taste, Smell,Hearing.)^. / POSITIVE CURE CREAM has gained an enviable ntfition wherever known.^^Hf^V'^o^ iTsa.1 displacing all other prepar-^=j ationfl. A particle is ap-l| At# PPlim plied into each nostril; no)| A Y - LtU^K pain; agreeable to use. I III I rklLII Prico50e. by mall orat driigtrtstn. Send for circular, ELY BROTHERS, Druggists, Owego, N. Y, DAY UfUCM PIIDCfl Having sufficient conflrAI VrnCH wUnCllt dencemour ability and the willingness of mankind to pay when the cure Is made, we cura all chronic diseases and ask 110 pay for our professional services until after the cure Is effected. Describe your case fully and send stamp for Instructions, Address Dr. B. D. BAKER. Box 104, Buffalo, N. 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Pries, 26c., 60s. sndSI psr Bottle. ... . :*f| SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS || N Y N U-fl J :? ~^Ex\ blood, strengthens the liver and kidneys, and will restore health, however lost, !??* * Blttew fstt? |?a^k\ best remedy discovered for r '.< K ffl&BnSmftBwA promoting digestion, curing headache and increasing ths yx-jj, IBCBSSmmSlMSmBJ ' vinua* IHMmi Anlm. flates the food, regulates~the stomicb and bow* ' els, giving healthy ud natural sleep. Vinegar Bitters is the great disease pre enter, and stands at the head of all family rem- . f ediea. No house should ever be without it. Vinegar Bitters cures Malarial, Bilious and / other fevers, diseases of the Heart, liver and Kidneys, and a hundred other painful disorder*. - '-vj Send for either of our valuable reference ' ::M boots for ladles, for farmers, for merchants, our . Medical Treatise on Diseases, or our Catechism on Intemperance and Tobaooo. which last should be in the hands of every child and youth in the country. <;VM Any two of the above books mailed free oa? '?*? receipt of four cents for registration fees. R.H. McDonald Drug Co., 632 Washington St., N.Y* All Peopli Appreciate Hontst Goods. MIDDLESEX IM60-BUIE FLAB SUITS IS ARC ALL PURS WOOL, Always look well and R-Ire Ion? ?ervlce. Coafsofth# "' i\ genuine article have on a silk hiqnr, "Onlv orar- "4''<! ments maderrom Middlesex Flannels bear thM hanger. WENDELL, FAY dc CO., A?e?t* MID- M DLE8EX CO." Boston, New York, Philadelphia. SOLD BY ALL LEAPIMQ CLOTHIERS, vM ORisa -it- mm CURES AND PBEVEST3 v Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Influenza* Inflammations, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache, Tooth* ache, Asthma* DIFFICULT BREATHING. httrvs tot. WORST PAINS in from one to twenty minutes. NOT ONE HOUR aftar reading thin ad* . w< vertisement need any one SUFFER WITH PAIN. Had way's Ready Relief Is a Sare Care f?r * -J, Every Pain, Sprains, Braises* Pain* la the Bnck, Cheat or Limbs. It was . ' r'fi the First and Is the Only . K PAIN REMEDY ; , v$ That instantly slops the most excrnclatinj? pal at, allays inflammation, and cures Congestions, whether of the Lungs, Stomach, Bowels, or other glands or organs by one application. >y< A half to a teaspoonful in half a tumbler of water ' Jt will in a few minutes cure Cramps, Spasms, 8our va Stomach, Heartburn, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Sick Headache, Diarrhoea, Dysentery. Colic, Flatu- y>. lency, 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 , '*i; and other fevors, aided bv RAD WAV'S PILLS, -i+tt oquick as RAD WAY'S READY RELIEF. A s Fllty cents per bottle. Sold by druggists. DR. RADWAY'S ^ SARSAPARHLI&K RESOLM, ^ The Great Blood Purifier, Fer the Cure of all Chronic Diseases. Chronic Rheumatism, Scrofula, Syphilitic Com- ' < * plaints, etc. (see our book on Venereal, etc.; price 15 cents), Glandular Swelling. Hacking Dry Cough, "V Cancerous Affections. Bleeding of the Lungs, Dya- ; S pepsia. Water Brash, White Swellings, Tumors, Piro- }* ?? Dies. Blotches. Eruptions of the Face, Ulcers^ Hip - biseases, Gout, Dropsy, Klcicets, sau nneum. oroo* chitis. Consumption, Diabetes, Kidney, Bladder 4?i Liver Complaints, etc. SCROFULA, Whether transmitted from parents or acquired.la " within the curative rang? of the Sarsaparillian Resolvent * 3 Cures have been made where persona have beea -v2 afflicted with Scrofula from their vouth up to 20, 80 and 40 years of age, bv DR. RADWAY'S SAR8APA- < j RILLIAN RESOLVENT. a remedy composed of in- ,f gradients of extraordinary medical properties, essential to purify, heal, repair and invigorate the broken < Tjd down and wasted body. Quick, pleasant, safe and : v. permanent in its treatment and cure. Sold by all druggists. One dollar a bottle. DR. RADWAY'S PILLS | The Great Liver an J Stomach Remedy For the cure of all disorders of the Stomach. LiTer, * "ABowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Lots .-< < of Appetite, Headache, Ojstiveness. Indigestion, ' > Biliousness, Fever, Inflammation of the Bowels^ Piles, and all derangements of the internal viscera. Purely vegetable, containing no mercury, minerals or deleterious drugs. vi? Price, 25 cents per box. Sold by all drnggim '< - Zxti DYSPEPSIA! ?1 Dr. Radway'a Pill* Are a core for this com* J plaint. They restore strenifth to the stomach and enable it to perform its functions. The symptom* of Dyspepsia disappear,and with them the liability of the system to contract diseases. Take the medicine according to directions, and observe what we tay ia "False and True" respecting diet. GF~8end a letter stamp to DR. RAD WAY dk CO., No. 32 Warren Street, New York, for "False aud True." . VBe sure to get RAD WAY'a. 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