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r ""agricultural TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATl' TO FARM AND GARDEN. Care of the Cow-House. ??A ,1 *.y ?nrn nf *1 VT VI VI iU 1 V^lUU IV IMV VU&v v* stable or house in which cows are ke This is not au unimportant matter, too many farmers hurried with ot' work are apt to think. The cow-ho' should be kept clean and sweet. Fii because pure air is almost as necessarj the health of the cow as to that of m: second, because cows are often milked the stall. Now, milk is very sensit to outside influences; its purity and flai are affected by foreign substances falli into it, a::d also, it absorbs ammonia a noxious gases very qui klv. These v pretty surely exist in an ill-kept stab My way of keeping a clean, sweet sm( ing place for the cows is to sprinkle t floor once a day with plaster. Pla? enough for this purpose will cost I little, and will increase t!ic value of 1 manure more than enough to compi sate.JVftf York World. Cooling New Milk With Water. The success of the (re.imery system V A/VAi.nn. *? . n f.TTT TV* Ill hju suuuc i twuiiiii; n iuv.u um m undergoes, su roundid, as the creamer are, by ice. Many years ago, longbefi C e:imerfes were thought of, some thri housewives bad got boll of this idi only dashing a little ice cold water ii the new milk as soon as it was set in t pan. The rapidity with tvhich the crei will rise under this stimu'a ion i3 eas noticeable. Place two | aits of new m of e jual quality side bv s'de, and the c that has half a teacupful of cold wa dashed into it will not only raise cie; more quickly, but more of it than t other. Milk treated in this way will gi nearly as much cream as the be^t crea ery. It will be fairly blue when the ere: is skimmed off. while milk set in t usual way will have a thin skim of crei on its surface after soaring. This d covery is probably fi ty or more years o and may possibly have been the basis the creamery system. The milk shot be 6et warm, and the wate.- be as cold possible. Ice, if it can be procuri wou d possibly be better than water Culiicator. Grinding Corn With the Cob. There is no little variance of opiu as to the advisability of doing this. C opinion is that where there are facilit ? for grind ng corn an 1 the cob togeth ana where the ground feed is to be gi\ to cattle or horses, it is wise to do ~ There is really more nutriment in c than is generally supposed. A compet< authority says that it shows on analy: 42.(5 per ceut. of carbo hydrates, 1-4 ] cent, of albuminoids arid the same fat. Cobs lack nitrogenous eleinen hence, if the deficiency can be suppli by other means, they are not so uudes ^-^able as a food ration wi h corn. So writers claim that cob* thus ground a V. n *?<? nnA V.tlf OC milAl) IMinO flC hi leu, ua? t vug-u?(ii ?%o iiiuvii <i*tuv Many object bccause tlverc is an appar< danger in feeding ( racked cobs. Win cobs and corn are grot r.d fine in bi mill stunes, the feed is in a better c< dition to enter the animal's stoma than when corn is ground tine aloi The juices of the stomach can bet Eenetrate the food, and it is digest etter. But let no one suppose tl grinding c >bs separately, is here or e\ " advocated.?Intejemhnt. Thinning Fruit. A writer says in the Michigan Hortic tvriat: When planted in good soil, go thrifty fruits will nearly always overlc , themselves, and in order to secure t best, tmoothest, and largest fruit, cc iderablc thinning must be done; this especially the case with grapes and ti fruits. Choice apples pcac' p<s, pears, qu:m ?in fact, the be t of all kinds of fruil command the best )>;icts, and alwi ell. Ofttimes the market becon glutted with poor fruit , and the pri< realized are really below what it costs produce them, and sometimes they c: not be sold at any price, while at 1 eame time the c!ioice-t and best are sc iag at a profitable price. Too many fall into the error of thir ing that by thinning they lessen t quantity so much that they prefer to tne fruit all remain. This is a mistal &8 well as to think that by thinning tl lessen the profit on tlie iruit. "Wlier tree is heavily loaded the fruit mi necessarily be small, and this will less the quantity; then the fruit being sm will sell for a less price, and really c< mote to sell, and you really loce rati than make by not thinning. Then addition, when a tree or vine is allow to overloa 1 at:d mature the fruit, it is strain upon the vitality of the tree, much that a re>t must be had, and t next year the tree will fail to bear. Whenever tried judiciously thinni froit always pays; but it requires cc siderable courage when the trees i laden with young fruit to go over a rull off and throw away a consideral portion of the fru't. T?? one who 1 never tried it, at first it would seem li a waste; yefcit has been tested sufticiei Ij to prove its value. The work, of course, should be do early, as soon after the fiu't has set possible. The long r the fruit gro after setting, the more wa-ta of vital of the tree, that should go to the otl fruit thati9 left upon the tree tomntu It should be done as evenly as possil all over the t ee. thin so as to give en pecimen left hs much room as possib Close crowding is what often makes i lhapped fruit. If you have never b( in the habit of thinning try a few tr first to see the effect, and in a major of cases you will conclude that it beneficial. Ground Bone for Poultry. Some of our farming friends appear be dcenlv imp cssed with the notion tl hens need no food but corn in some of forms. Hut we ought not to forget tl food means the miterial fi>r evcrythi that comes out of the system, and tl if any part'cular race t;ikes up any spec branch of manufacture, they must hi the raw material. AH animals consu more or less lime; it is one of the pr cipal elements entering into the com sition of the bones, but the hen needs extra supply. The domesticated 1 also need; more than wild stock of f sort, since she is stimulated to a grea production of (gijs. In consequence must give her more than is contained the various grains The most useful forms in which to g lime are in the shape of coarsely grou bone and oyster shers. ? eea tuese tides most abundantly at the time 1 hens are layiug most; freely, and anti pate, if possible, by beginning early the season, lest your fowls eat a shell egg, and acquire bad habits. The i portance of providing a liberal supply ground bone and oyster shells for foi is less understood* than it should be breeders of poull^y. Haw bone, coarsi ground, ha^ as large as grains _\)rn, is grtedily eaten by fowls, es] ciaily if they are not allowed to run ? Ill w? nil large; and well-conducted experiment have proved tbat it is not only beneticia to the health of the fowl, but it also cer tainly stimulates and promotes laying t a very great extent. Mow, while this elTcct of producing ai increase in the number of cg;>s is cer tain, and not a newly claimed merit, w the have arrivt d at the conchisiou that it nisi pt. increases the size of the eggs ; and when as there is any trouble with regard to tin |lcr shells of the eggs, we have found i a5e speedily remedied by a liberal use o st, ground raw bone and oyster shells > to Every person who keeps even a fev in; fowls should own a mill for grinding I jn such food, as it will soon repay the cost ivc Bone and shell should be led to fowl for by puttiug it in a narrow box and nail no- ing it to the side of the coop; we prefe; u? this method as it is less wasteful thai ill throwing it on the ground. To use fin< ,]e_ bone beneficially, it is necessary to mi: >11. it with the soft food, and we have founi ;he it it very useful in cases of d'arrhi-a ii ter fowls, having cured cases of this diseasi >ut in green fowls in a single day by the us< he of this arti le; to promote laying, how ever, it is necessary to have it grounc coarse.?American Rural Home. Practical Tests in Transplanting. is In an essay read by Mr. J. T. Lovett ilk Little Hlver, >?. J.,.before the last meet iei ing of the American Horticultural Socio 5re ty, this enterpii>ing horticulturist pre fty sent-d some facts in relation to trans ca, planting borne of his own experience, anc' lto what, in many instances, demolished pe he theories. Following are some of th< im statements ma'le by .Mr. Lovett: ily 1. Celery and cabbage plants bccomi ilk established in their new quarters as wel 'lie and as quickly, whether freshly takei ter from the secdbeil or alter being kept in : im damp cellar for any number of days DC be tween one and six, with a hardly notice ive able difference only in favor of the fresh m- ly pulled plants. itn 2. There is no perceptible different he in the behavior of plants after trans planting, whether during their short in is- terim in the cellar their roots were kep Id, in damp soil or in water. The new for of mation of fibrous rootlets, one quarter o lid an inch in length, deve'o;:ed during i as several days' sojourn of the roots ii sd, water, proved to be of no advantagi ? whatever. 8. I'lant* set out just as they comi from the s.-ed bed or cellar do exactly a: well as those the roots of which weri ion dipped in water or mud beforc^transplant )ur ing. The famous "puddling" is of n< ies account. cr, 4. The application of water to a rca ren sonably moist soil?one which is neithvi it. wet nor dry, and thcrefoie in the onlj :ob proper condition for the work?afte ;nt trausplautiug has no visible effect and ii sis, entirely superfluous jer ?>. AVhen the soil is very dry, the ap nlinofinn nf nrntop some time before set ts; ting out the plants, so as to get a merelj ied moist soil at planting time, is of decide iir- advantage and preferable to watering af me ter planting. nd G. Under average conditions it wa: iy. found immatciial whether the work ii ?nt done in the forenoon or afternoon. Onb ere during extreme hot weather, with an ex jrr cessively dry atmosphere, is it advisee >n- to defer setting plants until after th( ich proverbial 4 p. >t. ie. 7. Plants pull d from the seed-bed ter when th's is thoroughly wet, recovei ed from the elects of transplanting so .ne: iat than wh.n taken from a scarcely mois rer bfed. 8. Shading the plants for a few day after setting them out, either by mean! of boards above the rows, or by othe: means, is of decided and lasting benefit ocj The here enumerated facts appear t( ia(j justify the axiom that the plant itself? lie its character, size and condition?is i m_ most potent factor. As regards size tin j js advice is given that ce'ery plants be larg< ree ?in fa t the larger th-j better?as th< roots do clop but slowly during theii ?es earlier life. Cabbage plants of mediun ^ size seem to get over the effects of trans planting quicker tnan very large or ven small ones. 1 heir roots develop compar %es atively much earlier than those of celery 'to In both kinds of plants, however, tin in- ProPer balance between root and toj .jje must bj either already existing or estab lished by pruning. The character, "or rather compositioi ^ of the plants is of the utmost import jje ancc. Any plant, no matter how thrift; 'j#t it may appear to be, is of little value i ce its mineral constituents are scanty. Tin ie^. right kind of plants, such as will bea 1 ^ handling and transplanting well anc quickly recover from its effects, arethosi ten grown on soil abounding with the ele ments of plant food; not in one with ai ' f excess of vegetable matter.?Netx> Yon 2 World. . in ed Jokes About Journalists. 1 a A retired editor?One who is in bed. v? An exchange wants to know why edi e tors commit so few crimes. They haven' time. Dg m. The sculptor thinks he can carve i irft poem about right, but the editor cai n(j usually cut one up in uener siyie. jle A health journal says you should tak las three quarters of an hour for dinner. I ke often happens that an editor gets noth at- ing else. An article in a contemporary is en ine titled "Why editors are rich." It is be 113 causc they give a five-dollar puff with i ws fifty-cent advertisement. -\moag the requirements of a Bostoi ier recipe how to cook string-beans is to sti with a silver fork. Very few outside o ,e editors' wives can afford" to cook bean jc that way. An Italian has discovered a lotici !en which will take away all desire for food pes aud will sustain 1 fe. If editors canonl; itv get tlrs stuff on advertising then the; jfg can afford to run newspapers as the ma iority of folks seem to expect them to namely, free puffs and lots cf them. to The Cause of His Sorrow. ^ One of the most pathetic eights I hav geen jn a long t me I saw the other after Mt nnn-i ITstfldfl nil t!l? f6mcr (if nK street, villi eyes cast down and a loo] llaJ of agony on his face. lie was sighin ;la* heavity as lit- poked a thick stick int 1VC cracks and breaks in tl.e asphaltuiu !ne which was terribly open to such poking in' He was an ol lisli man. too, and seeme< P?" to be heart-broken. I watched him fo an quite a minute, and he seemed so dec, ien iu painlul thought that the people pass my ing almo-t walked over him with:)'.. tcr awakening him. I was studying thi picture when a friend came up, 1,1 '"What s the matter "J.ook at the poor old fellow."'I snid ive "That! don't ycu know him? That' eld , the millionaire, lie owns tha ar" block, and he s got to put down a ne^ ,e pavement.'"?San Francisco Call. ICI- * in """""" ess The Younger Brother's Warning. m" He spoke of love till 12 P. m., of Of sunshine in a cottage, vis With him she thought'twould rapture b by To live on Esau's pottage. ely At length a rap as from a stick of Came from the upper story, pe- Acd with it one shriit voi':e"that said: "Your pop's a comin,' Flory.' ?New York Journal. ! ivnnnj AC WiSDftH I Fi 9 " .. Rather hunger on going to bed than nr 0 debts on rising. If all the year were playing holidays, a to sport would be as tedious as to work, wi There is no harm in b ing stupid so t0 e long as a man does not think himscl! V 3 clever. c Though familiarity may not breed con- !n ? tempt, it takes oil the edge of admira- ojj f tion- th The man who is good-na'ured all dav ^ ' do:-s more for the race than he who win's il' J a battle. There is time enough for everything in i j the cou ;e of the day, if you do but one ' thing at once. ^ 1 "We know of nothing that will test a pu j man's true inwardness better than to feel ck z like Satan, anct be obliged to act like a an 1 saint. in] 1 Independence is a name for wh it no aP 2 man possesses; nothinir, in the animate C!l ? w i n 5 or inanimate worm, is more uepeuuem. - than man. m ' Uou't gossip. It not only in ju-es you 111 by leading you to exaggerate facts, |but .r< it often injures those of whom you speak 0 when no injury was intended. Words, , especially bad ones, are like thistle seeds 1 - borue upon the breeze. They lodge aud " - grow over the land, and when once siarty. - ed cannot be picked up again. " Tne heart of a man is like a garden, ' capable of producing, under good cul- g0 ture, everything beautiful in humanity; 1 while, if neglected, it isclioked up with j,every kind of rank a d poisonous weed. e]j J Tlie hand of a virtuous woman is best m, 1 adapted to the ia>k of sowing good seed ^r' 1 and rcariug beautiful flowers. nu ?? _ co Barbarous Punishments. ex The punishments to be witnessed even or to this day in the East art most peculiar, c 1 3 and, to European minds, vindictive in ^ - the extreme. The bastinado is dispensed "e - ou the soles of the bare feet, but it is t not often carrie.l out so far as to cause 8:2 - death. The sti ks used in Turkey are J".1 f usuallv heaw staves, in other countries , \ thin rattan canes ending in a fine taper- m 1 ing point. From the fact that the lower 2 classes in the East go about every-where barefooted, "their feet become, as it were, 2 case-hardened. As many as 2,000 sticks s have been broken over the feet of acrim2 inal, aud that would mean upward of 6,000 blows. Imprisonment is reserved ) for burglars, and main.ing is carr: d out no ordinarily only on professional thieves. The method of inflicting this punish- ? r ment is generally by cutting off the joint r of a finger for the first offense, and a r hand for the tecond. Sometimes a man j J10 s will be lamed by taking away part of the j tJI ma n tendrn of the leg. Blinding is W! - scarcely ever resorted to, but occasion- ?f - al.y the ears are cut of, the criminal in 11 f this, as in other cases, being taken 1 through a large crowd of ga/.ers in the - bazaar t?the pla e of execution. The * punishment ot death is indic ted in most nn s cases by simply cutting the throat of 3 the prisoner, much in "the way that a & j butcher slaughters a sheep. In England there have beon Bcveral 1 very curious mothods of punishment. 111 3 Quartering and maiming the body was an common in the eailier days of British . rc , history. The pillory was also used for i M' : the exposure and ridicule of offenders. | r At tim:s, too, ''the cell of little ease" | th, t was occupied by some offender. This j m cell wa-i constructed on the principle that ; s no comfort should be given to the person j " i imprisoned; there was neither sufficient j r" r room for standing, lying, nor even sitting ?' . comfortably. j t,1 ) But of all the kinds of punishment that. nb - of boiling to death was surely the most ; , i vindicative and atrocious. It was made 3 a capital punishment in England by FV 3 statute 22, Henry VIII., 1531. One j11 3 Rouse, a cook in the service of the Bishop ; r of Rochester, had poisoned %some soup, : on i which caused the death of 'several per- i CH - sons, and it was to guard against such j heinous actions that the punishment was ? - enacted. This death penalty was not a . long in force, being repealed during the 00 3 next reign of Edward VI. ! aJ( ) Burning was the usual punishment ?* - meted out to those changing their doc trinal faith. This method dates back to P? l the first dawning of English civilization, I ^ - for our Druidica! ancestors used to sacri-' _ j fice to their gods by burning all the conf demned crimina's. a a Beheading with the ax, maiden or r guillotine long hel.l sway in Great Brit1 ain; indeed, up to the year 1747, when ' jrr e I.ord I.ovjit was the last to suffer this I - kind of death. This mcthud was after- j|j l ward followed by the more humane plan 1 ^ ! of strangling, whi.h, however, like the former kinds, was doue openly. s]j Witchcraft was very common four oi five hundred years ago in Great Britain. Any persou taken aud accused of having occult dealings w\th "the realm of spir- : be its'' was punished by drowning, which, t by the way, is faid to be the pleasantest th .+w ;. I kU UC M il ililil^tllUUlb. i a The French had also some curious pun- / i ishment9. Prisoners were chained to gal- St. leys, which they were forced to row all str e day and night. Hardly auy cessation of t toil was allowed, and the poor wretches held ou*. simply to escape the driver's be, lash. To enumerate all the methods is u>< not our intention; suffice that we should mention the strangest of them all, viz.: ^ wearing the iron mask for life. Into this j 1 musk the person's head was placed once je\ and for all; nothing wa9 seen of his fea- ha i tures save his eyes and mouih; death fin r alnne relieved the languishing victim.? sa3 f Chicago Tribune. ^ c bri elii The Visitor Left in a Hurry. ; A Boston Traveller correspondent air writes from "Washington of the iiirht be- I _ .. o U ' tween the Willard brothers: Both are immensely wealthy. 0. C. Willard is Bju the proprietor of the Ebbitt House and ha; ' owns two lots on F street, one on which the Ebbitt House stands and the other ^ some twenty feet d.stant o:i the jame 0ui side of the ?t eet. His brother. Joseph of Willard, owns the lot between the two jjjji pieces of property. It has been C. C. wh Willard's aim for years to get hold of J this lot. He has tried all sorts of by schemes, but t:p to date he lias not sue- f0?r = reeded. >ot a great while ago a suave, at 0 business-like gentleman called upon Joe ' Wil ard and stated that lie was looking eai for a location to establish a candy mauu- A"' factoiy. He was inipressed with the F !"?.J r st:eer, location and wanted to know if it ror P w:is in the market. Joe Wiilurd replied al>! J that he would sell if lie could get his ^ P i ' e. Then his visitor asked the terms, tio ; f.nolvin<r mi sind fatuhinir the business O *1 ? man's eye he said: "My price is $500,- Ft0 OjO. You go back to C. C. Willard, who iiw " sent you hen*, ami tell him that." The . visitor left in a hurry without any further tra explanation. Joe "WTilard. as the boys I1-' say, had ' called the turn." Two girls of Oregon, III., gather, d n quantity of hickory nuts and placed them ncs 011 a table in a vacant room adjoiuing the UA one where they slei-t. That night they ^ e were terrified by ghostly noises. When i they tried to make music on the family the organ naxt day they found the mice had 5 stored ei^lry nuts in it. 0I^ Tobncronist8 say th-re is a marked' falling off in the cigarette habit. 1 *c irst Slinging of "Homo. Sweet Home." j Perhaps the most thrilling quarter of . i hour of .John Howard Payne's life is that when Jcnnv Lind sang "Home, veet Home,'' to him. The occasion is the .'enny I irnl concert in "VVashingn. theniuht of Dcccmber l?th, 1850. ae a^embly vas, perhaps the mo-t dis:)guished ever aeon in a con- ert room this country. The immense National ill, hastily constructed for the occasion i the ruins of the burned National eatre, tvas filled to overflowing. Among e notables present and occupying Dnt seats were President Fillmore, iniel "Webster, Henry Clay, General ott, and John Howard Pay: e. Jenny nd opened with the "Casta Diva,"' aDd llowed with the "Flute Song" (in iiich her voice contested rivalry for uity and swjetness with a flute in the lets then the famous "Hird Song," d next on her programme the "Greetg to Ameri. a." All the pieces were plauded. apparently to the full parity of an enthu-iastic audi <e, and Jlr. "Webster, who was his most genial after dinner ood. cmphasi. ed the plaudit by rising 3m }iis scat and making Jenny a pround bow, as if responding for the untry of her reeling." But when c '-Sw edish Nightingale" answered the i ore by turning in the direction of hn Howard Payne and giving "Home, icet Home." with all the wonderful i dernes8, purity and simplicity tittir.g th ihe wo:ds and air of the immortal ng. the difference was at o/.ce ae<n beeen the mechanical applause called out a display of fine vocalization, and thut citcd by the "touch of nature that vi^aIa Lrin " tllP st line of the sring was complete i the diince was fanly "off its feet,'* and uld sraicely wait for a pause to give pnssion to its enthusiasm. People rlinnrily of the undemonslrative sort i| pcd ' stamped and shoutnd as if they re mad and it seemed as if there would no end to the uproar Meantime all es were turned upon Payne. a snal.1:ed,e'cgaiit-;noJded.grny-haired, gentlein. who blushed violently at fir.dic.g mself the center of so many glauccs.? ook.'yn Mugaiine. lint it Cost9 to Run a Locomotive Many people wonder at the animal enirance of the equine. Few understand are aware of the mighty perfoimanc? the great railway horse of to-day. ike one passenger engine on the Illi>is Central 1 ailroad?No. 11G? the gineer of which is Hugh Bailey, who r twenty-nine years has been holding e reins of an iron steed on that road. August last Tailey, with his iron irse, tiaveled 4,731 miles. During this nc it required twenty-seven pounds of iste to rub down and thirty-one gall as oil to lubricate the engine. To keep hot three coids of wcod and 120 tons' coal were used. >lr. Enilcy nnel his eman in the monlh earned $220.10. le oil and waste cost $'.!)!; the wood <3 (oal, $170.10. .As a liorse has to be ctored once in awhile, so does an cnnc have to be repaired. In this mon th , ). lie. received repairs to the extent $?!'.6 . Thus it is seen that.it cost e company $4!>2.8G for the perforrnce of this horse in one month. The port of the expenses of the month's .rk has many other interesting fentes. It shows that a pint of oil lasted whiile e engine ran n fraction over nineteen iles. In little over thirty-six miles a d of wood or a ton of coal was used, is j c.'uratcly figured that for each mi.le :i the oil and waste cost a fraction or:? mills; the coal and wond, mills; 0 wages of the two men in charge, out 4. ; for repairing nearly 2 mills. "Was this faithful horse ridden under e sr.d(lie or driven in harness?" isorae iv ask. Well, he must have been tchcd. judging from the amount of uling he did. The report shows !lmt, an average, within a fraction of six rs were hauled to the mile. In one ar, ending I?e.ember, 188.">. this grand 1 charger, guided by skilful hs.ncls, d hauled a tra'n of six passcngei aches in point of distance nearly twice Dund the earth. He used 304 pounds waste, 355 gallons of oil, 35 cords wood and 1,3UU tons of coal. Thereirs cost $380, and the wages of the ennecr and fireman wctrc $2,33^.77. So at it cost the company $',717.51 to ike the double trip with the engine me.? Chicago Kars. The Boy and the Frog. A Boy Who was Passing a Pond Saw a og ump from a Log Among a Mass ol xks, whcie he would be safe from issue*, and assuming an Injured tone <i lad rema ked: ' Have I ever done you Harm that you ould thus Avoid mef" "Never,' replied the Frog. "Then, why such Action?" "Simply because there can be no fun tween us except at my expense." Moral?The Boy Chugged at him, but c Frog Dodged it. - Jjetrcit Free Press. a the masquerade ball in Adin last week, .Tnrobs Oil took the first prize. Nothing ange in this, as it in highly prized in every nily where used?especially in ours.?Bfeber, !., Mountain Tribune. [ing Theeb.vw's state chariot has lately sn exhibited in London. It is of the pattern I ;d in Europe 100 years ago, and it is literally ited with sheet gold, inlaid with bits of .ss. Within there is room for only one pori. Ir. Geo. Denterman, New York city, sufed nearly a month with a severe cough, and ving tried several remedies without relief, ally used Red Star Cough Cure, which, ho s, proved "speedy and effectual." L well-known French scient:st suggests that mstono should be carried on board every p in et.se of lire. Half a hundred weight tuipliur will be sufficient to abstract the oleof the oxyaen from 3,500 cubic feet of , thus unfitting it t^ support combustion. Ixpkespes his Giiatitude.?Albert A. Lari, of Kirkman, la., in expressing his gratile to the proprietors of Allen's Lung Balu, writes: "1 firmly believe my wife would vc died of consump'ion, if not for the timeuse of your balsam." Buy the ?1-00 bottle Lung D seases. Vhex the steamship Polar a was eight days t front Hamburg for New York,a large eagle, a ki d seldo.u caught, flew on board exustcrt and was trapped. It i-> a beautiful d, dfl.cately speckled with brown and ite feathers. Yon Can I<enm How to (Set Klch send.ng your address to Hallett & Co., rtland, Maine; they will send you full inmation about work that you can do and live home, wherever you are located. Work ipted to all a^res and both sexes. Si> to S-f> a y and upwards easily earned. Some have nod over f'.O i n a day. All succeed grandly, I is new. You are started free. Capital not [uircd. Delay iu t All of th? above will be >ved to you, and you will find yourself on tho ..i tn n lionHanmn fnrlnnp. with a larire and iohitcly sure income from the very start. Prize Stories. 'lie Youth'* maintain? itsreputan for publishing the best Serial and Snort jrie;?,iis well asstr kin^stories of adventure, e next volume will contain the eig t prize ries* elected its the bo-t from over s.rtJUmaniptsscnt in competition. The first Serial >ry to appiar. beginning in January, will bo lind Brother." in eight chapters, fully illusted. livery one will v. ant to read it. If *5 is sent now, it will pay for the paper to unary, INj# f you have tumor, (or tumor symptoms) ncer (or cancer symptoms),Scrofula.Erysipe, Salt-Rheum, Ctironic weaknesses,Ncrvous?s or other complaints?Dr. Kilmer's Fkle Remedy will correct and cure. iackache,aching sides and kidnevs.sore mus s, stitch, crick are removed by Hop Planter. 'he reign of sense in medicine is shown by s popularity of Hop Parous Plasters for pains Ir.Jf look slovenly with run-over heels. Lys Heel Stiffeners keep boots straight. 25c. Vill not soil the clothing nor stain the ckin. li's Hair Renew-. Try it. Ayer's Pills cured me of stomach and liver ubies."?D. W. Bainc, New Berne, N.C. ( ' -7; .s ' ' ' ' 't^.r V Two 1S86 Gold Medal?. Messrs. Mnson ?fc Hamlin again have the distinguished honor of having been awarded the highest gold medals over oil ?vViihiff>r>' Air.prinan and European. both at Edinburgh and at Liverpool, the two most important exhibitions of the year 188(5. Since the first great Paris Exhibition of 1807, the Mason ?.t Hamlin Urgans n.ive lnvariaoiy rccciveu tue highest honors at all great world's exhibitions. If a couch disturbs your deep, take Piso's Cure for Consumption and rest well. Catarrh Can be Cured Thousands who have been troubled with that disagreeable flow from the nos >. offensive breath, pain over an.l between the eyes, ringing and bursting noises in the ears, and other disagreeable symptom-i of catarrh, have been entirely cur-'d b.v Hood's Sarsapnrlila, the bo.? t blood purifyinj medicine. It expels every taint of Impurity from the blood, vitalizes and enriches It, and also Improves the general hnaltfe Tf emi onfTny frnm n*t_nrrh trv TTood'? Sflf. taparilla. "I have been troubled with catarrh about a year, causing great- soreness of the bronchial tubes and terrlblo headache. I saw the advertisement of Ho -d'a Sarsaparlllaas a cure for catarrh, and after taking only one bottle I am much bettor. My catarrh Is curod, my throat is entirely well, and my headache has a'.l disappeared."?R. Gibbons, Hamilton, Butler Co., O. "Hood's arsaparllla has helped me more for ca tarrh an i Impure blood than anything else I ever used."?A. Hall, Syracuse. N. Y. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared by CM. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries. Lowell, Mass. Dr. Pardee's Remedy THE GREATEST BLOOD TVZHXZB. KBOWK. A. Specific for Rheumatism, Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Neuralgia, Ring Worm, And all BXUT Md BLOOD DISEASES. It Etplttu lh? ???LIVER AND KIDNEYS Corn IHDIOESTIOK, and all Sluiiii arlilig from as Enftablid Condition of tha BjtUm. |5?~Send for our pamphlet of testimonials, and read of those who have been cured by its use. Ask your Druggist for D*. Pahdbk's Rhmcdy and take no other. Price $i per bottle, or six bottles for $5. Ladies in feeble health should not fail to try it Manufactured by the PARDEE MEDICINE CO., Rochester,N. Y. DO NOT POISON YOUfv S YSTEM wi:h mcdicines you know nothing about Nearly every so-called remedy for Rheumatism and Neuralgia now offered to the public contains powerful and poisouous mcdicines that injure the stomach and leave the patient worse oft than before. Do not heed them, but take '"Iho old reliable" one that has stood the test lor twentylive years. One that is free from anything injurious to the system, composed whully of roots au l herbs, tho medi-al properties of virkinK rvi rfinnlop] IT Osianfuvf lll/wl diseases. * Dr. Pardee's Remedy is safe and effective. Ca:i be used by bDth old and youu? with beneficial results. Five hundred dol'ars will be paid for any c ase where the use of Dr. Pardee's Remedy has in any way injnre.l the patient. Pakdkk Mkdicine Co. COCKLE'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, THE GREAT ENGLISH BEMEDY For Lirer, Bllo, Indigestion, etc.?Free from Mercury ; contains only Puro Vegetable Ingredients. Agoiit: V. N. CK1TTENTON, New York. IOO Doses One Dollar "DON'T PAY AM PRICE!" fit" A.nte Payg for a Ycnr'? suhscrlpD3 uClll? Uon to the weekly American Rum I Home, Rochester, N. Y., without premium?"'the Cheapest and Heat Weekly In the World." 8 pages. ? columns, IS years old. For linn J>nllHr you nave oue choice from over 153 different ClothHound Dollur Voluitie*, 3U)to JJO pp.. and paper one year, postpaid. Hook postage, 15c. Kxtra. 50.000 books g ven away. Among them are: Law Wltho.lt Lawyers; Family Oyetouedla; Farm Cyclopedia; Farmers' nfld Stoekbreederii' Oul.lo: Com nou Sense In Poultry Yard; World Cyclopedia; Danlelson'a (Medical) Couuselor; Boys' Uaeful l'astlmcs; KIv% Years Before the Mast, People'* lllstwr of unit'd States; l nlv<?wal lllsto y of All Nations ; Popular History Civil War (both sides). / ny one book and paper, oue year, all postpaid, for 11.15 only. Paper alone 65c. If subscrllted before the 1st of Marcb. Satisfaction guaranteed oa b )oki and Weekly, or money refunds!. Itefrrence, Hon. C. R. Parson*, Mayor Rochester. Sample papers, ie. ^ huual humk co., lto., Without Premium.H-tc. aycar | uociik.tkr ff.y. BINOHAMTONI. N.V. ] THE INVALIDS BENEFACTOR. Dlscovcrer of Dr. Kilmor's E] flOMPLETE Female Remfdv Ladled JTnmt Trratmrnt n Special nnd Sneoitlc treatment for : all Complaints atxl Diseases peculiar to 5 Daughters,Wives nnd Mothers. ; Each package contain* 3 bottle*. ty'Eaeh kind is also sold separately: Female Remedy, (Blood and Syitem)$ 1 Autumn-Leaffc.*t.}(LocnlTrcjitm't;$ 1. N 1U & O Anointment,(External " ,50 pp~0r the three in one I'ackage$:.'.tK). i Recovers the "run-down;" bed-ridden1' or "abandoned." It Eliminates Humors tnd Blood Impurities that cause Scrofula, B Cancer, Tumor, pimples and blotches. TI10 a?e for I'esxnriMi and Exporurca is raft. Woman's Health and usefulness otcaln reftoifo. Dr. Kilmer treats inlrrnal 1 umor, Cancer. ? wm vmii vnilwi U IV miiivct rnrijr vnijiioniff. (Letters of inquiry promptly Answered. m Dr.Kilmer's Female Dlcpensory, Jilnirhiuntou.N. Y. R "Invalid*' (Ivlde. to Health" (''nil Free). fj SOLD BY ALL DllUGGlSTS. g "ely's catarrh CtEll 6MH|p53g >-T.w|fe8ga: Ely's Cream Da In Kf!! works like magic. 1 FftfyFEVER ftjM cured me of eatarrl and restored the tensi uood, Banker, A particle Is applledM^ ^^^"^^ Into i n h nostril ami IsjUJ A^^bi BTP^ ?! 3 igrceaiileto use. rrlccTii^k ? rfcVSij^ ki ota. by mall or nt Hri g'rUts. Send forolreulkr. ELY BROTHKKS, Druyglstg. Owcgo. K. T. WELL OBiLLING Machinery for Wells of any depth, from 20 to 3,000 feet, for Water, Oil or (ia#. Our Mounted Swam Drilling ana Portable HoiMPower Machines ?et to wuik In 20 minute*. Guaranteed to drill fabler and with 1cm power than any other. Specially adapU-d to drilling Wells In earth or rock 20 to 1,000 feet. Farmers and others nro making $85 to $40 per day with our mai-hinerrand tool*. Splendid business f?r winter or Hummer. We are thn oldest and Unrest Manufacturers in the business. Send 4 cants In SUmpBforlllustrated Catalogue H. Addkub, Plerco Well Excavator Co., New York. lAITilTP WANTED for Dr.Scott's beauHnl'N I ^ tlful Electric Corttta, lirit.ihcs, HMbll I W Hens. etc. Samplefroc. Xo risk, aulck aalcE. Territory Riven, saliifactlon guaranteed. Address I) It. SCOTT, S-ttf Broadway, N. Y. V PLPCR APHY Learn here and earn TEUE^nMrni rood pay. Situati.ns furnished. Writ* ValsntiatBros., JancsTillc.Wia. \5<^? remedy is vjhitn covins Opium allem's ws Lung Balsam-*. Co\to, Covx<?\\% b( (tcu$ NV^? E^a^L \\ \% \v^ow\ Ex^^cWc\y\\ s^rc\?(iy vt\ us* rmiH^RS 4T$iCX v?\M\W\ W,ascv\e. . fm'^OMxiTV 6N.\.DRUGGV=>TS se\\\\. <&25+ -50* &fcl?- per. bottle. For Good Purposes. Mrs. M. A. Dauphin, of Philadelphia, is well known to the ladies of that city from the great good she has done by means of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She writes Mrs. Pinkfcam of a recent interesting case. "A young married lady came to me suffering with a severe case of Prolapsus and Ulceration. She commenced taking the Compound and in two months wasfully restored. In proof of this she soon found herself in an interesting condition. Influenced by foolish friends sho attempted to evade the responsibil.ties of maturity * After tenor twelve days she came to me again and she was indeed in a most alarming state and sufered terribly. I gave her a table-spoonful of the compound every hour for eight hours until she fell a leep. She awoke much relieved and evidently better. She continued taking the Comp und, and in due season she became the mother of a fine healthy boy. But for the timely use of the medicine she tJelieves her life would have been lost " Your Dri ggUt hna the Compound. 81 per bottle. CUTTERS. is 11. tor Must rated Citalojrue au.i prici a o' our Slelglis and Cutters. We liiaKa a complete lino Of Swe.l-Bocty, Portland cue and two-horse SIclglH, P.ano Body anl Bob Sleighs. Jumpers and Box Sleighs, llnfslied In a variety of t-tjl.-a. made of the brat material, and w? offrr tlieui at ha low fVurea as they can be to!il for by any other concern mauufac luring rir.it cl.it j g >o:!a. Addr->sTHK EUMlsTON 4 WAUDKLL COL. !l3 Broadway, Br. okjyu. E. U., N. Y. OAKLAWN Tho Great Nursary of PERGH|R0N H|RSES. 300 to 400 IITIPOUTED ANNUALLY from France, all recorded with extended pedigrees in tho Fercheron Stud Bocks. Tlic Percheron Is tho only dralt breed of France possessing a stnd booic that has th* support and endorsement of th6 French Government; Rend for 120-page Catalogue, illustrations by Bou Boah?ur. M. W. DUNHAM, Wayne, PuPoge Co.i Illinois* BOOK AGENTS WAMED for PLATFORM ECHOES r LIVING TBCTII9 FOli ILEAD AND IIEAKT, Tin John B. Gouah. t/ - - - - - v Hi? lut and erownln; lift work, brim full of thrilling Io terMt, bumor and palhoi. Bright, pure, and food, full of ' laughter and teare " it trl't at tight to aU. To it ia added 'the Life and Death of Mr. Uough, t>y lltr.'LYMAJi AH* JIOIT. 1000 Agcnti Wanted,?Men and Women. #100 to i)200 a month Diade. &j'J)ltfanci no lindrana aa w# five Bxtra Ternu ami /'?jr frtighe. Write for circular* to A. U. WOKT1IIXWTOX Jr CO., llmrtford, Conn. J O IM E S fc^l?PAYStl>eFREICHT jUMfc.. YfJ 5 Ton Wnion Scales, dcGRCMLMr Jroa l^>rr>, Hu?l Haariofi, Braaa roroSflEfflL Tare Beam and lleam Box for Jeerr ili^^le. For free price Hit TS VaSKB^Cr^t' oa'lon thU paper anl & Sa. W km* o' BIrohamtsr, * niNCiflAMTON. N. ? Ne Rope (o Cut Off Horses' Mines. IV C<;lebrra 14S0 LI PSB' H \LTKIt JML and BRIDLE Combined, cannot be all >i>cd by any liorae. Suuplj tifiS of ir. s. free, on recelptofgl. ? >11 byallSadllor/, jfiWN Hiird\rarj and llarnaM Doalarj. /i?Vflt jyiW Special discount to the Trade. Uj'jMr9[ W Send for I'rlce-LI-t eZafinT"'! V J. C. LIGHTHOUSE, V* liochcBter, W. Y. * " y ft ? to Soldiers A iielrs. bendsH.mp MAIICIAIICfor Circulars. COL. U BISJ wllwlUllw HAM. A.tt'7, Washington, O. 0. THURSTON'S [TOOTH POWDER Keeping TeetU Perfect and Giinii Healthy. ODIUM Habit Cured. Treatmentsent on trial UrlUWI Hl'MASK KKMEDy CO.. LaFuyett.-. lui l|VM ft IA BlI ft procured or no Fee. BoldienA KrnklHM\heir. Kow law!. Hfnner A Co., I fcll Wmil J AU'ymlSynt-.WuhiilytoD.U.C. I 425,600 Copies ready Double Christ of Colored Corer, Twenty ft Mailed, to any add: Free to Jan. I. tlon is received to Jan. 1, 1887, offer includes the Christmas Dot Please mention this Paper. Address PERRY MASON & W* re* Irt \1 lth? haptost ptnrm. 1 " , / #? ' ; 1 tin JmAn'fl K K R "Tally I II.?S1.iIIB RGIIB! CDRE3 AND PREVENTS Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Influenza, Brofl* chit's, Pneumonia, Swelling of tha Joints, Lumbagi, Inflammations, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Frostbites, Chilblains, Headache, Toothach?_ Asthma. DIFFICULT BREATHING. CUBES THE WORST PAINS In from <mo to twentr minutes. NOT ONE HODTt after routine thi* a I- ' vertinement need any one SUFFER WITH PAIN. lla<Uvay'n Kentlv UHieT N n Snrt Oara fJ? Ev*ryPaln, Sprnlnn, Braises. Paiaila the Brick, C.iest or Limbs. It wai the Fir*tatid t? (lie OaU PAIN REMEDY . That lnstantlv *io;?s th? most excruciating Pains, ' " ?* allav* inflammation, andcuri<sCongestions, whether d* oi the Luuks, Stomach. Bowels, or other glands or organ*, bv one application. <' }.*, A half to a tcaRpoonlul in half a tumbler of water will in a few minute* cure Ora'nps, Spasms, 8our Stomach, Heartbnrn, Nervousness, S'oepiessna* 6ick Headache, DiarrficKa. Dysentery, Colic, Flatulency, and all internal pains. MALARIA Chills and Fever, Fever and Ague Conquered. -'M BADWAY'S BEADY BELIEF Not on'y cures the patient seized with this terrible foo to settlers iu newly- cSSldd districts, where the Malaria or Ague exists, but If people expose t to it will, every morniiu on cettln.? out of bed, take $ twenty or talrty drops of the Ready Relief la a glass | of water atid eat, say, a era -kcr tney wl.l escape attacks Tlii* iuu?t l>e done before troin r out. ' JJrjj There is not a remedial atrentla thew >rld that will etire Fevor and A^ne and all nthnrMalarinns.BlllOM nn-1 other fever*, aided 1>v UADIVAY'.S PILLS, so qnick as UADWAY'S READ V HEI.IEFw Fifty cents per bottle. Sold by druggists. DR. RADWAY'S (The Only Uennine) SARSAPAR1L1M RESOLVEKT! The Great Blood Purifier, For cure of nil chronic diseases Scrofula, Dlool Taints. Syphilitic Complaint*, Consumption. Glandular Disease, Ulcers. Chronic llneuuiatl-im. Erysipelas. Ki Iney, bladder and Liver Complalnti. Dys- . ' ' p psla, Affections of the Lun^a and Tliroat, purlflaj the Ulood, restorlnhealth and vl^ot Hold by Di-intitUi*. SI per Bottle. DR. RADW AY'S PILLS The Grea* Liver and Stomach Remsdy j For the enrjftf all disorders of the Stomach. Lirer. Bowels. Ki'lnovs. Blaarler. NervousDIseaae*, Loss of Apiielitp, Headache. C istivenesa, Iuditfeiition, BilIcusness, Fever, Iutlauiination or the BovroLs, Pil*s and all dcraueemeuto <<i the Internal Viscera. Purely veg -table, containing no merenry, mineral! or deloterion* drugs. Price 2 j cento per box. Sold by all druggista. DYSPEPSIA! Dr. ltadwa;*! Pill* are a cure for tuia com. plaint. Thoy restore strength to the stomach and enable it to rorform ito fauctious. The symptoms i>;} of D;s( ei sia disappear .and with them the liability of the system to c mtract disease*. Take the medicine according to direct! >ns, and obsorve what we say is "false and True" respecting diet. Rr8cnd a lettor stamp to DR. 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Albany,N.Y. ^5^ FACE, HANDS, FEET, and all their Imperfections, Including ?+ cial Development, Hair and Scalp, Super I ajOL KW.rfe'aa Heads, Scam, l'iltlue and iheir treatment ?c<5wi / >f!>Send 30c. for book of {Opa{rmt,<th edition. Pr. J. H. Wood be 17, BT N. PearlSt., Albany ,7?. Y., Kit'b'd 117% WE WANT YOU! !?5SSr2SS profitable employment to represent us In mrmrj county. Salary $75 per raontlt and expenses, or a large commission on sales If preferred. Goods staple ? Ivery one buys. Ouiflt and particulars Free. STANDARD S1LVKBWAKE CO.. BOSTON, XAML - ' M COBES WHEIE ALL USE FAILS. H9 Best Cough Syrtip. Taste* good. Use B 1 y in time. Sold by druggists. M ' ^astgEPiniahiir-TrHQi FRAZERAX^ | BEST HV THE WORLD IIII C A O C OF"Get the Pennine. Sold Everywhere. DU;*'? DSII? 6roal En9,ish G0ufjus< Diair S 1 lllSi Bhiumatic Remtdy. Oval Box 81.UUI ronnd, 30 cf. f A n 3JI t* on James River Va.. In Claremonl pnH M \ Colony. Illustrated Circular free. I Mil In W J. F. .VlANCHA, Claremont, Va, Af* to SSn day. Samples worth $L5) Fftll ,\>l Lines not under the horse's feet. Address . WW URgwsrgK'iiSATicrr Bjca llournt, Holl y.Mlctt f DATCTMTQ Obtained. Send stamp tot I* A I lali IO Inventors'Uulde. L. han iia>i, I'aU'ut unvyer. Washington, 1). C. ? - -V-if Vi - v. "r-M Deo. f, of the fmac Klnmhpr [IIIUU IIUI3SWVI the igK, Pmfosel/ Ulostnted. ess for Ton Cents. ow Subscriptions sent at once, i ?1.75, will include the CompanionEE from tlu> time the subseripaml a full year from that date>. This ible Number. CO., 45 Temple Ptecc, Boston, Mass. Ifll/Pn The Best is ilb SIWatemroof iyPk&al! Coal CKERIs %rarrtr.f?d wat-irrrof, tnrt vill k**p yon dry In Ph# n*w POMMM RLICKKRtc u |*rft-c| tiulnc coat, ami I*. H?wr? *1 Irnitalfnna. None pen ulna vr It boot the "PUh IlluXi?trd C^taloruo fr?e. X. J. Tower, Boston, Ham.