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AGRICULTURAL TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. Diseases of the Potato. A correspondent of the Gardeners Monthly, vouched for by the editor as an expert, c'aims that the diseases of the potato come from the immense strain to which it has been subjected in the shape of gross feeding, high cultivation, unnatural treatment, and all the greed of the exacting cultivator with his determination to have the "last pound of flesh." The writer thinks that if we were to treat in a similar way any other like kind of vegetable that is propagated by the bulb or tuber, such as the tulip, the hyacinth, or the narciss, pretty similar results would follow. "In fact, all vegetables and animals, when pressure is put upon them like it was upon the poor potato, must, 'like riding a free horse to death,'finally succumb to its treatment; for all ought to be impressed with the important leeson that, if we break nature's laws, we certainly shall, sooner or later, have to pay the penalty." Value ol'Wood Ashes. In a bulletin recently issued, Dr. R. C. Kedzie, of Michigan, gives the manurial value of ashes, as ordinarily found upon the farm, as follows: Hard woxl ashes, j>er ton $20 00 Leached " " ... 10 40 Soft wood, unleached, per ton Hi 00 Corn cob, " " 50 00 Tannery, per ton 4 50 Boft coal, " . 40 Hard coaJ, " 16 One hundred pounds of ash, says Dr. Kedzie, represents the miucral matter of eighty-five bushels of wheat, eighty-five bushels of corn, or one ton of timothy ' hay. Eleven tons of goosberries, grapes, blackberries, peaches or apples would contain only one hundred pounds of as'.i. Several tons of cherries, plums or raspberries contain only one hundred pounds of mineral matter. liut, small as is the 1 amount of ash, it is still indispensable for the pro3uition of th se crops, and must 1 be present in the s >il in available form J before profit ible cultivation is possible. Ashes or mineral c al are nearly valueless for manure. The ashes of wood and | of land plants of every kind are of value ; for manure on eve y kind of soil which j has been reduced by cropping; but the 1 greatest benefit is shown upon sandy and ] parous soils. On these light soils, crops r>f ovorv kind lmt esnt ciallv root crons I ' w* " ""j 7 - I y - x and corn, will be benefited by a dressing of wood ashes, also fruit trees and fruitbearing plants.? Orchard and Garden. , Grape Vines from Cutting**. No kind of wood will more easily grow i from the eye than the grave vine. For i this reason the rapid propagation of new [ : varieties is a very easy matter. The nur- j eeryman uses single-eye cuttingi in green- \ houses, and this is a very good way ] wherever bottom heat can be furnished. But all this trouble and expense are not needed, provided the right course is , taken and enough buds or eyes left on , the cutting. Even nurserymen do not , rely entirely on the single-eye method. , It is only used, in fact, for new varieties \ when wood is scarce and it is desirable to ( increase the vines a-; fa.-t as possible. Cut- , tings set in the open ground should be , pa-pared early in the spring, leaving two or at most three eyes on a piece. The lower part must be cut off square at the . bulge where a bud has formed. Then , remove this lowest bud with a sharp knife so as to make a cli au cut. Leave the ; top eye just at the surface of the soil, which must bs p.tc ked around the lower part very closely. Plant in rows ] three feet apart, and run the cul- ' tivator through o:.c.' a -week to . keep weeds down. 1 lant cuttings six to eight inches apart in the row, and keep down weeds with the hoe. If 1 the season is fairly favorable four-fifths x of these cuttings will make strong- 1 rooted plants by July 1. There is [' no need of being discouraged about 1 those that at this ti:ne show no signs of 1 putting forth a shoot. Full one up and ' you will find the bottom calloused and ' line, white, thread-like roots from it. In ( such casjs the shoot will usually start 1 from the eye below the surface. Where ! 1 the firit eye ttirts and grows the one be- ' low it also grows. In the fall or next spring one of these s;>outs must be cut off, and the other trimmed down to a single eye. By this method farmers and others can easily and cheaply supply ( themselves with as many grape vines as ! they wish, and of the best varieties. Four-fifths of all the grapevine growth of the previous season must bo cut off this fall or next spring, and it can usually be had for nothing. A few very hard-wooded and c'ose-jointed grape vines do not root easily. Kumelan and Delaware are samples of these: but it is only necesary to take a little longer cutting and plant at an angle of forty-five degrees iu the ground. This will keep the bottom of tUe cutting within reach rtf f Ko Oil" onrl Xl*?41*?*\ 111 V A >?> r? ?i n rn I necessary; in fact, it is positively hurt- 1 ful. Its heating forces the buds too ' rapidly, and m iy cause the bottom of the 1 cutting to rot, instead of patting forth roots.?Cultii a 'or. Farm and Garden Votes. An application of lve will restore to rough trunks nnd b anches of orchard trees their original smoothness. Tar ouglit not to be used in marking , eheep, It dries into ;i hard lump, whi -h must be cut off by hand before the wool is manufactured. Have you ever observed how much one tasty-looking, well-painted structure betide the ho.ise, e en if it be only the ! poultry house, adds to the appearance of j a place? Tubercolosis is now admitted to be ' communicated thr >ugh milk, and- so is milk sickness. Other .species of bacillius have been detected in milk under the microscope. A remedy considered satisfactory for various kinds <?f ins cts in stored grain consists in placing an open vessel of bisulphide of ca:bou on top of the grain in a tight Lin. Beans and pens that are to bo kept over winter n ay be pul'ed from the vines as fast as they dry. If left on the vines the hulls will sometimes pop open and the seed- !?; lost. Qmnll mpQs r?F milt furnished hv ! one cow may be far richer than the ! larger quansity obtained from another cow. And it is the butter yield that is i the best test of a cow's value. The greatest kindness yon can to dc a 1 young chick is to simply leave it alouc j for the first twenty-four hours of its existence. There will be little difficulty % experienced in getting it to eat afterward. Dr. Sturtevant, at the New York Experiment Station, found that mulching the soil lightly between the rows of peas with straw retards the attack of mildew very perceptibly. It is the late sown crop that sutlers. Animal have their pecul'ar or individual peculiarities of tastes aDd habits, the fame as persons. Therefore in feeding you want to notice that some animals are more dainty as to their choice than others. Their likes should be respected. If one take9 a little pains and time he y can readily raise nearly all the trees and shrubs he needs by transplanting to a nursery patch from the forest when small or by buying from the nurseries, where they are grown from seed very cheaply. Do not feed a sow that has sucking pigs on too much drj food. She should ha. e plenty of s!op, but it should be rich and nutritions. A mixture of corn- tl meal, ground oats and middlings reduced tc to a thin consistency with skin, milk is a c) good mess. S Farmeis who have sown gypsum on ai strawberry plants to promote their vigor *1 have met some disapp inting results, The gypsum produced so large a growth lr of clover that it became almost imposs!- P| uin tn l-ppii tlif> row-* rlean. and in some h instances the bed had to be abandoned. >c Plans should be laid to prepare the ei ground to be planted -with raspberries or bla -kberries next spring this fall. If " the ground is plowed at any time after b this and thoroughly cultiv;:tjd about the ? close of October, tho raspberries can be 11 planted as soon as frost is out without replowing. 11 A Tennessee farmer made an applioa- !? tion of one handful of gronnd sulphur 1 and the same of salt to about a peck of ^ ashes, mixed together thoroughly, then applied it to the collars of the apple P' trees that were badly affected with the borer. He s tys the remedy killed the j. worms and saved the trees. The good start that a calf has on milk ^ in the first few weeks must be kept at sj least through the first year if the animal o! is to have full development. The first jc, winter is the trying time, but it requires only liberal feed and comfort able quar- ^ ters to maintain ster.dy growth. Any- w thing short is sure to be loss. tc Catnip is one of the most valuable sc plants for bees. The flowers are rich p in honey, and for several months, com- ai rncncing with .Tune of each year, yield tl it freely at all hours and in every kind s[ of weather. A patch may easily be g raised from the seed, sown the latter h part of summer or ca-ly iu the spring. h In p'anting cabbage, etc., with the ?' bibb.r, be sure the soil is pressed firmly " around and in close contact with every ^ liber of their roots. A too common j? practice is to merely close in the soil round the ncck of the plant by a surface application of the point of the dibber. ? i'hc plant is thereby left hanging, as it 13 were, in the hole. Cl D. A. Jones, of Beeton, Canada, uses ^ chloroform in introduciug queens. He j is very successful, seldom losing a queen ^ when introduced in that way. He } uts ^ a few drops of chloroform on a raj or sponge in the smoker, and giving a few puffs in at the entrance, stupefies them, ? ind by the time the bees recover from " their supor they know nothing of what 0 has happened. ul The circulation of sap, says the New Hampshire Mirr r, is like the circulation of the blood in the human bodv c * ' ' * "? - x_ 3 t il.. .1 " ? wnen tne dioou is sidricu iroiu tue biuui*ch, where it is made. If this blood is jj stopped before it reaches the lungs the ^ Ijlood bccomcs poisoned and produces j lisease. So with the potato vine, in which, if the sap be stopped, produces a lisease called rust. No thrifty farmer will permit coarse re weeds, thistles, briers or bushes of any 0i kind to grow by the roadside adjoining cl tiis fields. One or two days1 work each fr year for two or three years with a stout ti oush scythe will cause these unprofitable o varieties of vegetation to give place to -w valuable grasses. Start the bush scythe le it once where the weeds and bushes are h; "ound, and cut every one of them close fc ;o tlie ground. in Mr. H. B. Gurler, the eminent dairv- A nan, says the I'mirie Farmer, is an ad- pi rocate of wiuter dairying. He claims ic :hat by changing from summer to winter ft lairying he lias raised the average net pi profit on forty cows from $15 to $40 per -H fiead. His winter ration is early cut g' ;lover and tiirothv, with equal parts by n< measure of wheat bran and corn meal, d tirin+?r Vi'o mi'V fiVirnnlf a from 851 to 720 pounds, and on aBcer- fii taining the cause he found that late had w Deen substituted for early cut hay. ni Victims of Mormon. Another 6tory of the b autiful effects 0j )f fanaticism as demonstrated by the ni practice of Mormon belief comes now ie [rom a home on the State roal, where a] recently a young lady,the last of a family if eight children, died a horrible death a, [rom diphtheria, for which no relief was b ittcmptcd other thaa the anointing and ft mummery which the blind faith of these ai :ranks pn scribes. One by one this large circle of children have died from the tl disease, and it is the proud boast of this C1 Family that a doctor was never within n| the household. The last one had reached h the age of eighteen years, and the fell C1 disease worked slowly against the resist- w fince of a strong con titution which, fr aided by mcdi'-al skill,would likely have if triumph d and the girl's life been saved, h But the Mormon ritc9 aud belief must be fi obeyed, and so by degrees the destroyer took the youn j life by a lingering pro- 0i cess, as xne msr struggle came, me cl agony of the poor girl was something S( terrible to witness. In her anguish she tore her hair from her head and sought I to throw herself from her bed, and the w combined strength of several persons fr was required to keep her upon the couch, tl In any other community those rcspon- ci sible for the death could be made an- is swerable to the law for such criminal S( neglect.?Salt Lake Tribune. ti ?? cl What the Panama Canal Costs. ai u: If the Panama Canal is ever finished at all, it will cost in human life alone, sis j,, well as iu m >my, the price of many a jj war. In addition to the slaughter of tc the laborers by "the sword of the cli- U( mate" they kill each other as a daily recreation. They arc principally natives e) of Jamaica, and according to a re ent ^ arrival thenec, the most lawless collco- d tion of men on the face of the globe. The superintendents go heavily a.med, 8i and control the laborers at the mouth of 0 a pistol or rifle barrel. There is no capital punishment there, and a few hundred j dollars will set au imprisoned man free. 01 An a\erag;: of two murders a day is a ;t modtr-.tc c?tim:.te.?Detroit Free Prm . 0 m^m "* t? Peculiar "Canned Corn." j11 "Pee that man going into the bank, ^ there:" said a veracious citi/.cn one day last week over on Dearborn street; "well, ^ he's r'.ch and getting richer. lie's got as nice a little business as there is in this town?one that make* handsome .. profits every day in the year." c] "What bus'ness is he in?" oi "He cans corn for the Iowa makct, ^ and sells dead loads of it, too. This c, may surprise you that Chicago should sell com to the great corn state of Iowa, a, but it's a fact. The corn is p ickcd in ^ Kentu ky whisky, and the liavor of the w liquor isn't hurt a bit by the mixing. As B( to the corn, I couldu't say whether it is 0j improved <?!* WiV?Qlikago Herald, _ cowboy" dress. THY CATTLE HERDERS WEAR SOMBREROS AND LONG HAIR. sefkil Purpose Served by Bi/j Hats and Lone Hirsute AdornmentUses of Other Striking Articles of Apparel. "It is the general impression among ie people of the East, as well as with >unsts in the great West," sa d the lever cowboy lecturcr and writer, J. H. ullivan, who is known on the plains id elsewhere as Broucho John, "that ie long hair, wide rimmed hats, b g vara, fringed leggings, and other strikigthingsina cowboy's outfit and apearance are worn simply for show and luster; but, like many other popular leas about cowboys, that impression is itirely wrong. Take, for instance, the cowboy's bigmmed hat.. The fact alone that it has cen worn without changing fash'on for eneration after generation is enough to idicatc that use, not vanity, dictated its rigin. Until recent year9, when the nportance of these hats was recognized y hit. manufacturers and wool, felt and lr wereturi.ed to account in making them e made our own hats. A hole, as near le shape and size of our head as we ju!d make it, was dug in the ground. A >rge circular piece of raw hide, wet, >ft, and pliable, was 6pread over the ole. With a bunch of gross or buckskin le center of the rawhide was pressed own into the hole until it assumed its ze and shape. The surrounding circle f hide, which was to be the rim was ept flat on the ground by constant patng of the hands all around it. When le hat was molded it was left until it as well dried by the sun. Then it was tken to a place where smoke and heat :orched it so that it was perfectly waterroof. Then it was trimmed with strings id straps and was ready for use, and lat use is often to throw a quickly jreading prairie fire b.ick on the burned round be ore it has a chauce to gain eadway; often to turn wild cattle and orses in the direction we want them to o. 'When the sun is scorching hot and lere is a b'i ter in every pull of wind, lis grct hat is much cooler than a straw at. When the wind is blowing the >and kc hot shot in our faces we would suf:r greatly but for the protection afforded y the big-rimmed hat. When the mud flying lrom the heels of stampeding ittle, <r the terrible hailstorms of the lains are pelting upon us, these hats are ie best friends we have. We wear ather bands on all o lr hats, bocause cot>n, woolen or silk won't wjar and won't eep the hats on. ' Nowadays our hats are made in the ast, and made of the beit fur of the est water animals. We can wash them r soak them in water for that matter, ftcr they have been exposed to all kinds f weather, and they hold their shape as ' they were just out of the factory, hey will do service for many years. The tetson hat is the most commonly used t the West. They cost from $3 to $;i0. : made t-> order they cost a great deal lore. I have seen hats that cost $500. hese fur hats have taken the place of ie old home-made rawhide hati, as they iswer every purpose. "As to our long hair, there are good asons why we wear it. Our business is at doors, rain or shine, and in many laages of climate, and we have found om experience that the greatest protecon to the eyes and ears is long hair. Id miners and prospectors know this ell. Hunters, scouts, trailcis and guides :t their hair grow as a rule. Those who ave been prejudiced against it have sufired the consequences of sore eyes, pains i the head, and loud ringing in the ears, peculiar result of exposue without the rotectiun of long hair is loss of hearing i one ear, cau-cd by one or the other of ic ears being exposed more when the lainsman is lying on the ground, ealthy hearing aud eyesight are of the rcatest importance to a scout, hunter or srdsnien. When we sec an object at a istance we want to know whether it is cloud burst coining upon us, a prairie re, au enemy in the neighborhood, or hat it is. The longer we look at it the iore distinct it becomes, if our eyes are aod. It won't do for them to be w.ak : watery, and, having found that the rowth and wearing of long hair not ily preserves but strengthens our sight id makes our hearing more acute, we it nature have her way in the matter, id prctit by it. There are some white ien whose interests call them to live nong the Indians, and it is a fact that y letting their hair grow long they gain ivor with the people they live among, id get along much better. "1 have olten heard people sny that icy should think the cowboy had tough things abou* him to attract :tent cn without ing a great big undkcrchief about s neck instead of irrying r in his pocket, and yet if it asn't for that haudkc;chief we would equcntly be put to much inconvenience not actual suffering. Many a time ave I had my face and eyes covered and lied with mud while at full speed on iv horse at a critical time in a stampede r" in danger. With my big handkeriiief ready on my neck I have but to ^ o??/l rriTT avoc witliAtif ro. ixingr my horse's speed for a second, as would have to do if the handkerchief ere carried in a pocket. Then it is equcntly called :nto use as a veil during ie fierce sand storms we encounter in rossing the country, and that is why it made so large. Being of inestimable :rvicc in the sand storms, we can't be )o careful of the safety of our h:indkerliief. Tied about the neck it is handy nd secure. Many time; when it is being sed by the cowboy the stumbling of his orse at full gallop will call into use oth hands, and the handkerchief must c dropped in-.tantly. There is no time ) fumble for a pocket, and if it were ot secured as it is, it would bo lost. "Another thing that worries the Kastrn people a great deal is the fringed uckskni clothing of the cowboys. 'Why on't they wear fj-arm'.-nts like other peole?' they say. In the first place, but k<in is much more durable than cotton r woolen goods, and at the same time a reat (leal cheaper to us, lorwc kiii tnc ecr that furnish the skin, tan the skin urselves and then make our own elolhig in a majority of eases. In making nr buckskins the scams are tied toctherwith strings of the same material, nd the ends of the strings arc left hangig on the outside to the li'dc ihe big nots made by lying them and to cover ic spaces between them. That makes le so-calicd fringe people think is suerfiuous. The leather leggings or straarajos?straps, we call them?are 0:11 by the cowboys t > protect their lothes and limbs from the wear and tear f tiic heavy saddles, and also as protecon against brushes with thorns, such as ictus, moscite, and many others. "Our b'.'lt cartridges, open holsters, ad revolvers are not worn to scare or ulldoze people with. We wear them hen crossing country because it is abdutcly necessary. We have great herds f cattle in our charge, and many times wc have to cross hostile regions, when, there arc horse thieves, Indiana and other marauders. Wc must be very determined in all our fights. We never give nor ask quarters. We fight until we are killed or the enemy killed or forced to rct.eat. We never desert our stock, even in the face of death. We keep well practiced in handling our guns. We can do better shooting at long or short range with oui heu\y pistols than many soldiers can do with rifles. We have them in open holster.*, all ready for use. There a: e times when wc have to cripple rattle to sav^ our horses iu a stamped, and our pistols must be constantly ready to our hand. If there are reports of hostile Indians on the trail, we double up and extra arm ourselves?generally two revolvers and a Winchester carbine, 44-calibre, to each man. "Then comes our boots. Many persons ask me why the cowboys wear such high heels on their boots. Some say to make their feet look small. We have our boots made to order, and made well. They cost from $18 to $40 a pair. Sometimes wc have the tops stilt so tncy win not wrinkle, because wc have our trousers legs in them, and if they writiklid the trousers would work out. The heels on o'ir Loots arc often four or five inches lo- g, sloping greatly toward the sole of the foot. This is to keep our feet from slipping through the stirrup in times of danger. They arc also kept in a comfortable position when riding. Our boots arc made to ride in, not to walk."?Neu York Sun. THE HOME IOCTOE. A Liniment for Earache. According to the Canada Medical Record, Pavesi recommends a liniment composed of camphorated chloral 2J parts, pure glycerine 16$ parts, and oil of sweet almonds 10 par:s. This is to bo well mixed, and pre erved in a hermeticallj closcd bottle. A pledget of very sofl cotton is to be soaked in the liniment, and then introduced as far as possible into the affected ear, two application* being made daily. Frictions may also bt mad.: cach day with th2 preparation behind the ear. It is claimed that the pain is almost immediately relieved, and even in many cases the inflammation ii subdued. Care of the Eyes. Keep a shade on your lamp or gas burner. Avoid all sudden charge? between light and darkness. Never begin to read, write or sew for several minutes after co ning from darkness to a bright light. Never rend by twilight, moonlight, 01 on cloudy days. Never read or sew directly in front oi the light, window or door. It is best to let the light fall from above, obliquely, over 1;he left shoulder. Never sleep so that, oa awakening, th eyes shall open on the light of a window. Do not use the eyesight by light so scaut that it requires an effort to discriminate. The moment you are instinctively promoted to rub your eyes, that moment stop using them. If the eyelids arc glued together on waking up, do not forcibly open Ihem, but apply saliva with the fingers?it is the speediest dilutnnt in the world; t' en wash j our eyes and faci2 in warm wat r. Health Hints. A hot, strong lemonade, taken at bedtime, will often break up a coli. Peach leaves pounded to a pulp, and applied to a bruise or wound from a rusty na:l or a simple cut, will give immediate relief. There's little to be feared in eating | good fruit. A barrel of apples in the ' house where the children aud everybody j can have free access is a good institution. Flowers of sulphur sprinkled on a hot j shovel, and the fume< inhaled while they are fresh, will cure cold in the head. A I teaspoonful of sulphur is sufficient; and does not cause disagreeable sensations. In the case of injuries by acids, ;uch as vitriol, nitric acid, etc., the application ot an alkali will neutralize the acid. Whatever may be at Land, soda, limowuter. a handful of common earth, may be spread over the affec:cd part. Water may be used freely before the alkali is applied, becausc it reduces the acid by dilueion. How Bohcmiau Glass is Colored. The ornamentation of the glass is done partly in connection with the exposure j in the furnace and partly in the finifihing thops, where the work is completed by cutting, polbhing, tarnishing, etching, I painting and mounting in metal. The glasshouses have at their command a very complete color scale for transparent, opa |ue and cloudcd glasses. But it must j not be supposed that a c rucfble is placed I | in the furnace for each color, from which I ; glass colored for each ornament is to be | made. The colors arc worned out by j means of what are called pastes, which i are kept ou hand iu sticks or cakes, i From pieces of these pistes, previously I warmed till they are soft;, suitable quan- j | tities ore cut off, laid upon the foundaj tion of white or colored glass, and then 1 spread out by drawing or blowing. By I iuid lii^auo vui j n aii vwuvuutai uav vi I such costly materials as gold and silver compositions possible. Some of the ! gla-ses thus treated?gold, copper, I and silver glasses?remain still ! little, or not at all, colored after the ! melting, shaping, and quick cooling. 1 and do not take on that bright hue until i they are reheated. This is the case with ! the new yellow silver glass, which con| tinues uncolored after the intcrmclting i of the silver salt until if, is exposed in i the furnace again. Very fine effects are 1 produced by blending cr overrunning of j paste colors, provided proper attention J j is given to the laws of hjirmony. A blue 1 I glass cup is, for example, overlaid with I : silver glass at its upper edge, and this is j drawn down in gradually thinner tones j till it fades away at the foot of the vase. Gold aid copper ruby colors arc thus c jmbinod with green glasses, etc. An- 1 . other brilliant etlcct is produced when a I ! still bet bulb of glass is rolled in finely ; pulverized aventurine glass, and after this is mjltcd, and previous to the shap- 1 : ing of the vessel, is overlaid with a coat- , j ing of either colored or colorless glass.? I Popular Science Mndhly.. The World's Hebrews. I The number of Hebrews, according to i the last furaelitivli Ann-utl, in the wo Id > ; at present is but G,30;),(J00, of whom 1 j 5,300,000 are in Europe. There are SJSiO,J 000 Hebrews in the United States; I 2,552,000 in Russia; 1,<544,000 in Austria-IIungary (08S,000 in Oalicia, (130,000 in Hungary); 5G2,000 in Germany; i in liouniania. 205,000; in Turkey, 105,j 000; in the Netherlands, 82,000; in Italy, 140,000; in other countries, 35,000; and ; in France, notwithstanding all the fuss | thut M. Drumont makes about them in his "Jewish France,'' only Go,030.? i Frank Leslie's. Sod school houses are r.till used in Cheyenne County, Nebraska. i POPULAK SCIENCE. | _____ i Bees are said to have such an antipathy J to dark-colored objects that black chickens have been stung to death while the ! white once of the same brood were un- | touched, and a man in a black plug hat | is rarely stung on account of the attention the bees give to the hat. German photographers have succeeded in photographing a projectile in the course of its flight, and some of these photographs show the head of condensed air which precedes every shot. It is said to be this '-head1' which prevents even skilful rifl-mcn from hitting an empty | eggshell when hung on a long thread. I Tne air blows the shell out of the way of the bullet. Dr. Laptchinkski has been making a ! series of experiments uf;on dogs, for the I purpose of ascertaining the proper treat- I ment of persons who have been frozen. I Hp. fmind that of twentv animals treated , by the method of gradual resuscitation j in a cold room fourteen perished; of j twenty placed at once in a warm room, eight died; while twenty put immediately into a hot bath recovered quickly und without accident. The great force exerted by growing plants may be demonstrated by dircct measurement. By an arrangement of harness nnd levers, Piesident Clarke, of Amherst Agricultural College, made a growing squash register a pressure equal to thousands of pounds, when finally the: harness broke. A tree in a graveyard at Hanover, Germany, has lifted more than five inches a block of stone containing twonty cubic feet. There is on exhibition in a jewelry j store at Washington a vary unique elec- | trioal time piece. The face,orindica'or, i of the clock is suspended by two cords, I and the electric apparatus, which is the i motive power, liaugs by a wire in the I bottom of the window. The clock works j silently,and it has been tested and proves I to keep uccuratc time. No clock work | of any kind is attached to the time-: keeper, except the hands, which move ! only each minute. The great glacier of Alaska is said to | be moving at the rate of a quarter ot a s mile per annum toward the sea. The front presents a wall of ice some 500 feet in thickness; its breadth varies from three to ten miles, and it is about 150 miles long. Almost every quarter of an hour hundreds of tons of ice, in large blocks, fall into the sea, which they agitato in the most violent manner, the ; wares being such as to toss about the j largest vessels that approach the glacier ; as if thev were small boats. ' " I The air of the sea,taken at a great dis- ! tance from laud.or even on the shore and , in porta when the wind blowi from the ope n, is in an almost perfect state of purity. Near continents the land winds ; drive before them an atmosphere always I impure, but at ICO kilometres from the j coasts this impurity has disappeared.The j Fe.i rapidly purifies the pestilential at- ! mosphere of continents, hence every ex- j par se of water of certain breadth becomes ! an absolute obstacle to the propagation of epidemics. Marine atmoiphcres driven upon land purify sensibly the a'r of the ! regions which tl.ey traverse. Investigation shows that the limits ol i temperature at which men can work de- I pends upon the length of their exposure, the amount of exertion they put forth, ; their condition and the nature of the ! atmosphere, particularly ns to its degrees j of moisture. It is state 1 men have been j employed on railways at 104 ? ; in mine*, under very favorable conditions.at 120 ?, ' and are s iitl to work occasionally in the stoke hole of tropical steamers ot 1;>? c . Professor Dubois is reported to have estimated that a temperatuie of 122 ? can be endured when the air is as dry as possible, but that even 101? is likely to be fat;?l in an atmosphere saturated with moisture.lt is also considered certain that men cannot become accustomed lo stand for any considerable time a higher tcm- | pf-rature than from 145? to ltio?, even when they keep perfe.tly still and arc in quite pure air. Roitniania and the Roumanians. What is now known as Roumania was within the limits of ancient Dacia, whose inhabitants were allied in origin to the | Thracians. The Romans conquered the country in 105 A. D., held it till 275 A. I)., and colonized it, and then gave way to the Goths. For several centuries this country was the Fcene of the struggles between the Gothic, Ilunnic, Bulgarian and Slavic races?who alternately ruled or were expelled from the country. These people all left more or less trace of their characteristics among the Romanized Dacians, and thus helped to form that composite people, the Walhichs, who later controlled the entire country. Two provinces were now formed of this country?Moldavia , and Walla<hia. In the eleventh ! century the Wallachs were converter! to j Christianity. During the two following j centuries their country was overrun by j the 'I'urks, the Mongols and the Tartars, who left it so utterly devastated that no trace of the native population existed any .vhere save in the mountains and forests. During the fourteenth century, ! however, the Wallachs again secured pos- | session of the two provinces, and established independent governments. In the sixteenth ccutury both of these placed themselves under the protection of the ; Porte, leserving the right to choose their own rulers. This, however, they lost some time later, and the Turks governed them by rulers selected from the Greek princes of Constantinople, who had no interest in the countries beyond enriching themselves by farming their ri venues. In 1802 the Russians wrested from Turkey the right of surveillance over the principalities. but thev could not secure the independence they desired without successfully overthrowing the claim upon their sovereignty made by the Greeks. In 1858 the two principalities were united under one ruler, under the natnc of Roumania. The people of th.se provinces, though known to all Western Europe as Wallachs, called themselves Komani, in consideration of their claim to a mixture of Roman Mood in their ancestry. A numbjr of Roumanians are also found in the other Dnnubian provinces Roumania hrs had a constitutional government since IS G. Its entire independence was recognized by Turkey I in 1*78. The language used by this people is composite, hrc.usn of their mi ved I origin. Abiut three-fourths of their j words are of I.atin origin: tiic rest are : de-rived from the Gicek. (lothic, Slavic, ; and Turkish dialects.?Inter-Ocean. Important to Merchant Tnilo--. M. von Keller A- Co., MX cessors to Keller & I'nhl, at the old Cloth House, corner Ann a:id William Sts., New York city, are doing an extensive business by means of furnishing to tho Merchant Tailoring trade throughout the Uni- ' ted States, complete sample collections of I their Woolens in season, and receiving and executing orders received through the samples. Whenever a style hns been sold out, they notify their customers to that effect, so that the parties holding their samples are alwavs properly informed as to which styles t hey can offer to their patrons. The Merchant Tailor is thus placed in a position to show a large variety of styles without encumbering himself with a large stock. We understand that any Merchant Tailor desiring such collection of samples can have same sent free of charge. Address Messrs. M. von Keller <fc Co. Russian Cookery.' A correspondent of the Hartford Cou rant, writing from Moscow, says: "It st is delightful to find a race with the moral courage to invent dishts of its JJ own, with names which the Frenchman oi cannot understand. The soup, to begin a( with, would be incomprehensible to a js Parisian ( hef. Two portions of it would make a s {uure meal. It is hot, slab broth, with a large chunk ot meat (not a knuckle-bone) in the middle of it, invit- g ing the knife to cut and coma again. *( With this succulent dish is served pastry w looking like Yankee 'turnovers,' stuffed u to the bursting-point with meat hash. c Croquettes and balls of meat?with deli- ? catc sauces?figure in almost every din- i ner. The conventional 'Joint' of other J] countries?beef, piutton or veal?is not wanting, and the Russians so far accom moaate rnemseives in our prejudices us to give us ckicken and salad?buf, the e latter in the disappointing form of pickled cjcuml er, while we are sighing 11 for a little crisp lettuce. I had almost j. forgotten the fi>h; but the fish i? a served out of place. Here it comes third c on the list, following a meat dish. For ? dessert, one has the fruit of the season. s Just now the strawberry is in its zenith. They bring us a rosy pile, which we are r expected to eat out of soup plates with g tablespoons. Cream is plenty, but pow- t dered 6Ugar scarce. I send for uiore. 1 The water is polite, and goes for it. When he returns I am conscious that he , is looking me hard in the face. He . wants to see what manner of a man it is i who requires to qualify his sour berries with so much of sweets. He h.is previously bet n looking just as hard at ray i new gaiters. I am beginning to discover l that my gaiters are as rare here as- fez in Broadway. In settling my score I cannot think of giving less than twenty copecks to the waiter as a reward for his spotlessness. if'or at tne tirst-ciass restaurant where we have just dined he is drc sed in complete white, relieved only by a little red cord about his waist. This shining habit is u stained by a single drop of soup or gravy, although he has been whisking plates and tureens off the ' table the moment we were through with them." Never Too Old to Learn. A Chinese student who has reached the respectable age of 10 5 years recently presented himself before a learned body of Chinese savans and asked permission to be examined. He was accompanied by his wife, and two sons aged '.JO and SO years respectively. The other candidates for degrees who happened to be present accosted the centenarian in a most respectful manner, addressing him as "Old Master." He objected, however, and infViow olinnl^ flimnlv rn.il Viim "Comrade." A huge derriclc-po!e fell and severely injured the foot of Mechanical Engineer E. R. Hoyt at tlio New Orleans Exposition, and after only three applications of St. Jacobs Oil, all the pain and swelling disappeared. Akono the workmen specially occupied with tar in tho Paris Gas Works only three were sick In the course of seven years. Wanted?Tbe name of the goldsmith who made the welkin ring. The most astonishingly beneficial results have followo l the us? oC Red Star Cough Cure by thosi affected with throat and lung troubles. Frice, twenty-five cents. COLOR-Br.iNDNESS is said to have been first reported In 1777. Titer* are 14,000 licensed drivers of cabs in London. "What Every One Should Kb?it." Among the 150 kinds of Cloth Bound Dollar Volumes given away by the Rochester (N. Y.) American Rural Home for every $1 subscription a firm rrm ULrftl U'Mlflv. (all 6x7 inches, from 300 to 900 pages, bound in cloth) arc: Law Without Lavi- Danelson's (Medicalyers. Counselor. i Family Cyclopedia. Boys'Useful Pastimes. Farm Cyclopedia. Five Years Before the Farmers and Stock- Mast. breeders' Guide. People's History of Common Sense in United States. Poultry Yard. Universal History of World Cyclopedia. all Nations. What any one should Popular His. of Civil know. War (both sides). Any om book and paper one year, postpaid J $1.15 only! Satisfaction guaranteed. Reference: Hon. C. R. Parsons, Mayor Rochester. Sumple 2c. Rural Home Co., Ltd, Rochester, | N. Y. A professional beggar died recently In Rio Janeiro and left a fortune of f-'QJ.OOO, We Appeal to Experience. ) For a long time we steadily refused to pub- ( lish testimonials, believing that, in the opinion j of the public generally, the great majority i were manufactured to order by unprincipled nupfica as a means of dlsDosineof their worth less preparations. That this view of the case is to a certain extent true, there can be no doubt. At last, several years ago, we came to the conclusion that every intelligent person can readily discriminate between spurious and bona fide testimonials, and determined to use *s advertisements a few of tlie many hundreds af unsolicited certificates in our posses- , sion. In doing this we published them as nearly as possible in the exact language used by our correspondents, only changing the phraseology, ( In some cases, so as to compress them into a j smaller space than they wouldotherw seoccu- ] py, butwithoutin the least exaggcratingor de- 1 btroying the meaning of the writers. \Yeareglad to say that our final conclusion ] was a correct one?that a letter recommending j an article having true merit finds favor with . the people. The original of every testimonial published by us is on file in our office, cn inspection of which will prove to the most skeptical that ? our assertion made above, that only the facts I are given as they appear therein, is true. j But as itVould be very inconvenient, if not impossible, for ull of our friends to call on us for that purpose, we invite those who doubt (if there be such), to correspond with any of the parties whose names are siimed to our testimonials, nndaskthemif we have made anymisstatements, so far as their knowledge extends, in this article. In other words, if we have not published their letters as nearly verbatim as possible. Very respectfully, E. T. HAZELTIXE, Proprietor Piso's Cure for Consumption and Pizo's Remedy for Catarrh. I We append a recent letter, which came to I us entirely unsolicited, with permission to | I publish it: j B DayTo.v, Ohio, Jan. 12, IRMi. ! u You may add my testimony as to the merits | of Piso's Cure for Consumption. 1 took a j severe cold last February, which settled on my | 15 lungs. They bcca'iie ulcerated and were so j B painful that I had no rest for two days ai d . nights. I got a bottle of Piso's Cure for Con- ri sumption, and was relieved by the time I I.a 1 taken half of it. Since that time l nave i;cp; : Plso'a Cure in the house, and use it as a pre- j ventive, both for lung troubles and croup, tor ft which 1 can recommend it as the be: t medicine j L I ever Utcd: and that is saying a great deal, for I have used at least twenty others, beside* j _ about as many physicians' prescriptions. I Pi-o's Cure for Consumption has never failed ! f to irive relief in my family. A. .T. GRUBB. | :n Springfield HI j | No lady should live in perpetual fear, and j m suffer from the more serious troubles that so ^ often api>ear, when l)r. Kilmer's Compi.kte | h Ki'.mai.k Kkmkdv is certain to prevent and cure ; ? Tumor ami Cancer thefe. I Tut: habit of running over bios or slices corrected with Lyon's Patent Heel Stifletiers. No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consumption Cures where other remedies fail. 25c. TiRSTON'SSTGOTE POWDER 1 Pi.t.fi.i.1 nml Cm... Il?ttl?liv I\ ri'JII "K ?. Vi lli a ?.? . MUM ..1M..MJ, . DATCMTC ObUinort. Send stamp for I'A I UN I d Inventor's GuUle. L. Uisoi ham, Patent Lawyer. Washington, 1). C. 1 jj Th? FISH BRAND ?LICR I//cur ?? llr*nJ" Irailt-incrk. l!!i Gray Hair; HoWever caused, is rest oral to K H -iginal color b/ Halla's Hair Renewer. . ?$ Persons suffering from Ague of long anding will find a specific In Ayer'sague Cura For dyspepsia, indigistion, depression of >irits, general debility,in their various forma . -^|H m an a preventive against fever and ague and B lierintermittentfcvers.the"Ferro-Phosphor . ted Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell, Has* fl rd & Co.,Now York, and sold by all Druggist*, B the best tonic; and for patients recovering ~:jafl om lever or other sickness it has no equal. fl An Killtar'* Testimonial. A. M. Vaughan, editor of the "GreenwicH Review,* '5 vrflB reenwich. 0., writes: "Last January I met with a ' fry severe accident caused by a runaway hone. 4 m used oirao t every kind of halve to heal the wounds, fl Mich turned to runn iik sores, but found nothing i do me any goo I till I was recommended HEjrar'i M aubolic Salve. I bo.ight a box, anil it helped me fl t once, and at the end ot two months I was com- fl letcly well. It Is the be.-:t s.ilve in the market, and fl never fall of telling my friends about it, and urge fl lem to use it whenever In n"ed." _-i^^B Water Runs Down J [111, and Just as naturaV.y life, energy an>i strength fl rc gained by talcing Hood's Sarjaparllla. The p?cnl I ?r toning, purifying. and vitalizing qua'Itles of thla I accossfnl medicine are felt throughout the entlr* B ystem, expelling d S"aie, and glvln* quick, health ctlon to every organ. If you suffer from any dlseaa* 9 f the blood, stomach disorder, cr difficulty withtb* S Iver and kidneys, try the peculiar medicine, Hood'a 'iB arsapar 11a. Be sure to get Hood'*. Take no other; -V<B 'I have taken Ho >d's Sararparllla for dyrpepda nd as a tonic alterative, with the most beneficial I esults. I have also used It for rheumatism with tfe? I :ood effect. I regard It a* one of the very best fan> ly medicines, anl would not willingly be without . t."?A. B. Cunnv, Providence, R. I. " "I have been using Hood's Sorsaparllla for IndlgWIon and liver trouble. It has greatly benefited ma, . ind I think It Is fnlly as good a medicine as claimed," -E. S. Citcskbro, chief engineer Are dept., Stonln*- - ,'.A~ Jm Hood's Sarsaparilla I Sold by all dni^srist*. $1; ilz for $3. Prepared onlf >y C. 1.H00D A CO., Apothecaries, Lowall, Mm. Sj IOO Poses One Dollar 1 - e? Ladles l Those doll .-%? <2. tired looks and fcelingi " .. <# ^ sponk volumes! Thla V1 Itemedy corrects all oon - ?%? Cv jjlTM dltions, restores vigor 1 ? and vitality and brings . .. :1 hack vouthlul bloom ^PkfKiFftV ? and beauty. DntfjqitU. <j3gM vjiw t/ prepared at Dr. Kilmer* do- m X7.,nw*?I, BinghaaiUirx.y.T. fo - ^ Letters of Inquiry wwwewd. I X ' Tl Guide to lIo<Llth( Sent Free). >..<qgM Agenti Wanted U I jfck SELL THE I SyUSU 8team iijS Washer. j SlenandWomenofgoodcharactercanmakeblc .'j money at home. Kxclosive territory guaran* -**? teed. Sample Washer sent for one weeks1 triaL 9 Return at our expense if not satisfactory. Will ~^Sfl wash 15 Shirts in 20 minutes, or no sale. Only 1 perfect Washer ever invented. Sella on its own jM merits. Will positively wash Collars and Cufll I without rubbinjr. Clothes are placed in a hollow , \r'3M tin wheel which revolves in a square covered I boiler; steam penetrates the goods, thoroughly v-^i9 cleansing them. Write for testimonials and terms U G. L. FERRIS, Patentee, ] 171 Conrt St.. I'.'fclvn. N. T Book temii* you noiriouu use vaa* -- ' -M mm CURE DISEASE In thi* valuable aid- . ?9 mal. Do not ran the rl*k of loalnf your Hone f? i39 want of knowledge to cure him, when tie. wil Ip?T for a Treatlae Bay one and inform yoarMiL Remedle* for til Horae Di*ea?ea. Plate* fhowlac .1-".' a? how to Tell the Axe of Hona*. Sent postpaid tm to cent* In staaip*. N. T. ITOBSE BOOK CO. 134 Leonard St, N. Y. City. K T N U?36 MSCALES awarded first premium AT TIIE WOBUfl EXPOSITION, New WtMi (Four,Cold Modal#* ,AI1 other priorlpal makan competing). Track Seal**, Hay BcoIct. flatter** Bcalei,eti% Ianrtutpatratrd lHPRO>uiIJl& . 3j BEST VALUE f#r TOUR iOIET. &5 SSBSSMTa? BUFFALO SCALE COMPANY-BUFFALO,M.T.* r nu a 11 mman 2 1 UenmHN 024r pageS FOR ONE DOLLAR. A flr*t-cUM Dictionary gotten out at small - 2 price to encourage the study of the German - hi Language. It gives English words with Um German equivalents, and German words with Kngllsh leflnltlons. A very cheap book. Send $1.00 to BOOK PUB. HOUSE, 131 Leonard Sr., H. V. City, and got one of those books by return maiL rhe Greatest Curiosity in latura The HIcxImd Resurrection Plant, apparenty dead, when placed in water soon comes to Uf% yji mowing all the lints of the rainbow. $2 to par lay easily made, as It sells to four oat of live pcr> . -j ions at sight Send Xc. for 3. or 5W. for 7 sampl? sell for i&e. each). Low prices by the 100 and 1,000. 4. year's suhflcrlptlon to one of stx papar* given to irst SOc.order from each cointy and to first order neutionlng this paper. ; - v? II. BLEDSOE, ' 313 Main Street, Fort Worth, Texaa. No Hops (0 Cut OR Horses' Maim. kk 3elebrt el'ECLIPSE' HALTER. M and BRIDLE Combined, cannot so allotted by any home. S?tnpl: Halter to any part of U. 8. free, on recelptof fl. Sold by all Saddler/, Hardware and tUrness Dealers. /nrVifln Special discount to the Trade. /jtt aMpPCr \? iend for J'rioe IJ?t V VJ. C. LIGHTHOUSE, V" Socliesttr, N. Y. I CURE FITS! I When I*a?"ir?Irto uot mesin merely to stop them tor a time and then liave them return again, imeana radical cure. 1 ha ve made the disease of HT8,EPXLEPSY or FALLINQ SICKNESS a life-long study. I irtmnt my remedy to cure the worst cases. Becamo then liare faiiec nuo rM?nior n?m.. lure. Send at once for atreatlM and a Free Bottle ot BTlnfallilU# remedy. Gl?? Kxpresu and Post Offlc* [t coit* you nothing for a trial, and I will rur? you. If rt. IfOOT. 1*3 l'earl 8S.. New York. Plao'a Remedy for Catarrh U the Beat, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. H , a Also rood fbr Told In the Head, r Headache, Hay Ferer, <fec. 50 cents. ' i h sthma-cured! H M UfriMH AiUmi Car* s?rer failt to dwB * B ' Q r*Ut/ ia th? wortt cur*, ianret IHW B Hfortable alrep; effecta earea wker* all otfaeri fall. il 0 Iritl MU>*n( <A? fit tktrlic*!. Prl:t ul) rU. uil 1.00, ?f DniuUu rbrmall. Farcple FKKE CorB [cump. Die. R. 6CHIFKU AN. 8u I'aaU Mlam.|| naiSMRL I IEST IN THE WORLD ftl IB EfluE MTUct the Genuine. Sold Every whore. fllllCO A new and reliable compila.^Uita tion of 1-000 Cooking and Baking Receipes. mailod oa eccipt of 25 cents in stamps. Address. GEO. K. BKI.I.OWg. ?>a V TTnlllrlnv St.. Raltimorn. \fd SSaSm'a Dill* Creat English Goutand licUi S I IllSa Rheumatic Remedy. Oval Box ?1.WU| round, SO cca. | a to Soldier* * Heirs. Send sump 'ftnCIAtl*'" Circulars. COL. L. BINOwHwIwllw HAM. Att'y, Washington, D. a >nillU *nd Mornlilne Habit cured In 10 IHIIInl toJUdays. Keferto lUUUpatl ntflcured 91 iVIII lnallparc . Dr.Marsh,yuln y.MIcIl k r to 9Sa day. Samples worth $LJ0 KP.ES kfl Macs not under tlie horse's feet. Addrsss |v Brkwstkr's Safety Rgix Hoi.dkr, Holly,>llc&. 3 EL EC I'KIC BELT for Kidneys. Pain, Nervous & weak. Book free. Fletcher & Co., Cleveland,0. aSffoatrtnuti tii iifi RRil': jtSSf cauM Sirlciort. A:?. Te* HUH .t,. G hat won the lavor of HQ trd oo-7 ty tas the public and now ranks Clsalc*l Co. anon* the leading Mcdi\Sk riTiHnn.il MaCmtlAoillioll. ?MA CinclDDIti,Bn A. 1_ SMITH . ?2Jk Ohio. Bradfi.. J, Pa, SoU!'y Drurcuti. 1 f/KctiOtt. l#F n Tie Best 3 OB Bu RJ Wotcwirnnf y I%Sb II Coat. ;FU It wtrnn'.eU wstfrproe'i ?c1 *11! kr'P 3?" '<7 new rOMUKt. fMCCKB It ? p?rlfc? r.ilin* w?t, ?Bd Btw?r. Of ImlUtiona. Non? C'?"!n? without tbo FUt? ? . - * ' - ~ . '" ? '.".~Wi* ! 't ?-v- ^*.'yi+.'l, -.. --r-vv-lr?.