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. AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. Handling Young Balls. A writer in one of our foreign exchanges gives the following as his ex1 perience in handling young bulls to prevent them becoming cross and unmanageable: "It is a most excellent idea to accustom the yearling to recognize that he is not free. It prevents those rough gambols in the box when the attendant enters, which, nine times out of ten, are the cause of man and beast both losing their tempers. As a rule, we have found the bulls best under control where the attendant has been a small?almost a feeble man. Men of that type d'o not often provoke a struggle for mastery, even with a calf; and it is with calves?in the hobbledehoy stage?that the foundation of viciousness is generally laid. The calf is roughly 'suppressed' when he only meant play, and in consequence he bears malice or feels fear. But a calf which has never been at liberty to romp never expects to be able to do so, and one great cause of contention is absolutely prevented." Bees or no Bees. "Shall I keep bees?" is a question that every young farmer, or other person outside of cities, may properly ask himself. There are vast quantities of nectar going to waste in both wild and cultivated plants. Shall he attempt to save a share Of it? The answer to this should largely depend upon whether he likes honey. If fond of honey, he will probably give to his bees the attention they require. If indifferent to this form of sweetness, his ! bee-keeping is not likely to be successful, J imloca thp hnnn nf nrnfit bv the sale of ! honey may stimulate to give the needful care. The labor required is not great, but it must be given at the proper time. If one is in doubt as to whether he shall keep bees, he should procure one of the several standard works on the subject, and study it. If he has the tastes of a naturalist, he will see that a new and most interesting field is presented, and that honey and wax are not the only returns the bees make to those who observe them properly. All experienced apiarists advise beginning on a small scale. The j care of a single colony and its increase, I the first year, will give all the instruction j needed to qualify one to conduct a larger j apiary. There are probably few, if any, I localities in this country that are over-; tocked with bees, and the cultivation of 1 honey plants has become necessary for the sake of their nectar alone.?American Agriculturist. Dairy Answers. "Is there any use in stirring cream while it is ripening?" Yes. The ripening consists, not in souring, as is generally supposed, but in airing, so that it may become oxidized by having the oxygen of the air strike through it. Hence k/4 rnArn c+irrinrr wKiln rinnninor fViO Vipf. : ter. The process of ripening by which, high flavor and long keeping are promoted, goes on better when cream is warm than when it is cold, and better ? when it is sweet than when it is sour. Hence it if desirable to keep it sweet as long as we can, and while it remains sweet and warm to give it all the airing we can. When crcam begins to sour it j begins to deteriorate, and hence when j souring is apparent the sooner it is churned the better. "Will cream by standing in a vat uncovered absorb odors from the workroom?" It will, unless the air is ten degrees or so colder than the cream, and if i tha cream is colder than the air the ab-1 sorption will be very rapid and if long , exposed "will seriously injure the butter j jor long keeping, and to some extent its j flavor. "Is there any way to test the purity of water for washing butter?" A test which will generally be sufficient may be made j by dissolving a little gradulated sugar in : the water to be tested and then filling a vial with the sweetened water and setting it where it will not be lower than sixty or seventy degrees. If the water is impure it will become turbid in a few days. If good it will remain clear. "Would ice-water be about the right temperature for washing butter?" There | is no necessity for having it so cold. Forty-five to fifty would be preferable.? k J>r. Arnold, in N. Y. Tribune. Care for Foot Rot in Sheep. A? soon as any lameness appears the foot or feet should be examined and the toes and bottom edges of the crust carefully but thoroughly pared with a sharp knife. If the disease has made much progress, it will be found suppuration has taken place and that pus has been formed between the crust and the interior of the foot, breaking out in the cleft where the crust is thin or at the top of the crust by the hair; then more thorough treatment is required. The sheep should at once be separated from the flock and placed where it can receivc frequent attention. The crust of the foot should now be cut away unhesitatingly, so as to fully expose the diseased parts. These should be treated with finely powdered blue vitriol or muriatic acid applied by a convenient swab. If abscesses have formed and fistulous openings extend into the foot, these should be cleaned with a probe and strong carbolic soap and warm water and then thoroughly treated with a caustic that will burn away the diseased parts, leaving a healthy sore, one that will readily heal, on the principal that "one fire puts out another burning." A correspondent of the Country Gentleman recommends this recipe: Turpentine 2 ounces. Sulphuric acid 4 drams. Olive oil 1 ounce. Thoroughly mixed. The foot should be cleaned and the application made evcry second day. Two or three applications will usually be sufficient. If the disease does not readily yield to this treatment it will be well to poultice the foot with a carrot or other similar poultice once a day for a couple of days, the treatment being continued. When the disease has continued for gome time fungus growths will form where the sole or crust is lost. These must be removed with a hot iron, as no other application will effectually dispose of them. Farm and Garden Notes. Fully matured, good-sized hens, over a year old, lay the largest egg. We do not believe that it is a mistake ' %rs ??TT ^ironfiAn tr* nflviQO tn I grow more fruit. There are many ways of keeping good, sound, ripe onions. The great point is to keep them dry. Cleanliness in food and -water is indispensable to the health of swine. A hog is not necessarily an unclean beast. It is an axiom that any plant, however valuable, growing where it is not of economical value, is as worthless as any weed. It is a distortion to most horses to check them up higher than it is natural for them to carry their heads. No one is deceived by such style. About a tablespoonful of liquid ammonia mixed with a gallon and a half of water and sprinkled on plants and soil is coming into use in England for destroying slugs. Old hogs fattened on corn or other grain exclusively, have very solid pork, in fact, too solid for good eating. Fruit an A TrnrrntaViloc f&f] BT7QtPm!>tifnl> V are good for them. It is not that com is not good for stock, says the Live Stock Journal, that we hear so much about its deleterious effects, but rather bccause it is not fed with discretion. The ordinary farmer who raises more than one breed each of horses, cattle, sheep, swine or poultry, is apt to lose money; and if he does not raise the best of each kind, he does not make so much money as he might. What is the value of a cow that makes 160 pounds of butter per year in comparison to one that makes 250 pounds per year? It is as 10 to 100. By a few years' work in testing and weeding out the poor cows, any dairyman can have a dairy that will average 250 pounds of butter, or more, to the cow. The plan of a farmer for securing large crops is thus stated by him: "I tell my men to harrow the ground until they think it is harrowed twice as much as it ought to be, and then I tell them it is not harrowed half enough." Thorough pulverization of the soil is more important than any other crop. The Lincoln arc the largest breed of sheep in the world, having, in some insome instances, attained a dressed weight of nearly 400 pounds. They yield a beautiful fleece of lustrous wool about ten inches in length and weighing from eight to fifteen pounds. They are not popular in this country, because they require too much care to suit the ordinary farmy. A writer in the Country Gentleman had two acres of pasture land literalty covered with garlic. When it was fully headed, but before the seeds were mature, he mowed it with a scythe close to the ground, al! jwing the heads to lie where they fe !1. This was last year; today not a single garlic plant can be found in the space mowed over, while it is plenty everywhere else on the farm. A correspondent gives a very simple and easily tried means of driving rats from the premises, and which he says is very effective. Take copperas, the quantity to depend upon the number of buildings or places infested; pulverize it very fine, ana sprinkle it in all the buildings ?in fact, in every place where they have been in the habit of frequenting. In a few davs, according to the writer, all the rats will be gone. It is the opinion of Sir J. B. Lawes, whose opinions upon such matters are entitled to and receive much weight, that the best time to cut grass, either for hay or ensilage purposes, is when the maiority of grasses are in flower. He thinks nothing is gained by waiting longer, his reason for such belief being that in the case of most of the grasses the seed formed is exceedingly light and the food which it contains is exceedingly small. Professor J. Hayes Panton, of the Agricultural College, of Ontario, suggests remedies for potato rot, which we condense as follows: Dig as soon as brown spots appear. Put in cold, dry place after digging. Grow early varieties. Burn all affected stalk3. Use only good seed. Get seed from unaffected districts. Don't plant in a field in which rot occurred the previous year. Avoid planting upon a heavy clay soil, but prefer a light and dry one. Although there is little material value in coal ashes, they are well worth saving for various uses. Thrown into the hen house they make a good bed for fowls to roll in and free themselves from vermin. They are also a ^ood absorbent to put in privy vauiis, ana serve not oniy iu prevent offensive smells, but to put valuable fertilizers into condition for use. In the summer dry coal ashes can be used with paris green for destroying potato bugs and injurious insects. Now is the time to save the ashes dry. Ear!y lambs need close looking after if they are to be made to grow fast; let them have plenty of meal where they can get it, and be away from the sheep. The sheep must be well cared for and fed so as to secure the largest amount of milk possible. For early lambs, one lamb to a j sheep is enough. It is important to have good quarters, not too warm and tight, but dry and plenty of room. Sheep and lambs after a few days old need fresh air and sunshine; they will rarely suffer with the cold if kept dry. It is a mistake to keep sheep in a small, close house; even in cold weather they naturally require exercise in the open air, and should have it in fair weather; but in stormy weather they should be kept under cover where there is plenty of room and pure air. Smallpox and Cowpox. George Fleming, LL. D., principal veterinary surgeon of the British Army, regards as untrue the generally accepted theory that smallpox in man and cowpox are one and the same disease. One of the best authorities quoted in support ot the theory was the late Mr. Ceely, who reported that he had succeeded in producing cowpox by inoculating a cow with smallpox matter. Dr. Fleming believes that Mr. Ceely was misled in this experiment, and that what he really used was vaccine, and not the virus of smallpox. His experiment was subsequently repeated on twelve heifers by Dr. Klein under Mr. Ceely's supervision, and, though smallpox matter was inserted abundantly into the incisions, cowpox was not developed in any of the animals. Similar experiments have been performed in France and Italy, and the results have all been the same as those in England. Dr. Fleming holds that all these experiments go to show that the two diseases are not identical, nor can cowpox be produced by inoculation with smallpox virus.?Science. General Lee's Broken Hands. A brief chapter of unwritten war history has been related by Captain Greene, _r r-ii 177. ... 1,? ..M. U1 VUUi luusMuc, va., lie ?1 til a ^iuuu of cxConfederates were studying the panorama of the battle of Bull Run at Washington. Said lie: 4,It is a fact not generally known that a serious accident occurred to General Robert E. Lee the morning after the second battle of Bull Run. General Lee and Stonewall Jackson were seated on a lo#, near Sudley Springs, when some Confederate soldiers who had crossed the ford imagined they had struck Pope's whole army. They instantly became stampeded and rushed pell mell by the two officers. General Lee's horse, old Traveler, broke away, and the General, in his efforts to catch him, was thrown violently to the ground, breaking both his hands. General Lee went to South Mountain and Antietam in au ambulance, and traveled in this manner through the campaign that followed, carrying his hands in a sling. According to my best remembrance he nevei fully recovered from the injury." ( HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. Using the Crumbs. The executive abi !ity required to successfully balance the needs of the bread jar may not be given to every woman, but she may at least see that none is wasted. If pieces have accumulated, dry them crisp and brown them in the oven and use them for the stuffing of fowls, or the basis of a pudding or for griddle cakes. If a half loaf or a whole one is too stale to be relished on the table set it in the steamer over a kettle of boiling water and send to the table on a hot plate, covered with a napkin, or, after pouring enough water over it, set it in a covered pan in the oven and let it remain until the superfluous moisture has evaporated and the bread is really steaming. This should be an occasional dish only, as no one likes it many times in succession. Slices of sta !e bread may be dipped in egg and fried brown in butter like an omelet. "Waste in the Kitchen. Waste in the kitchen is very often great from apparently trivial sources. In cooking meats, the water is thrown out without removing the grease, or the grease from the dipping pan is thrown away. Scraps of meat are thrown away. Cold potatoes are left to sour and spoil. Dry fruits are not looked after and become wormy. Vinegar and sauce are left standing in tin. Apples are let tc decay for want of "sorting over." Tho tea canister is left open. "Victuals are left exposed to be eaten by mice. Bones of meat and the carcass of turkey are thrown away, when they could be usked in making good soups. Sugar, coffee, tea and rice are carelessly spilled in the handling. Soap is left to dissolve and waste in the water. Dish towels are used for dish cloths. Napkins are used for dish towels. Towels are usea 101 ; dish holders. Brooms and mops are not hung up. More coal is burned than necessary by not arranging dampers when not using the fire. Lights arc left burning when not used. Tin dishes are not properly cleansed and 1 dried. Good new brooms are used in scrubbing the kitchen floors. Silvei ' spoons are used in scraping kettles. ' Cream is left to mould and spoil. Mustard is left to spoil in the cruse, etc. Pickles become spoiled by the leaking out 01 ' evaporation of the vinegar. Pork spoils | for want of salt, and beef because the brine wants scalding. Tea and coffee pots are injured on the stove.?Restaurateur. Household Hints. To whiten silver: Cream of tartar, one ounce; common salt, two ounces; water fifty ounces; total, fifty-three ounces. Cream crackers to be eaten with soup can be made crisp and delicious (even if a little stale) by heating them thoroughly in tiie oven just Deiore serving. Capital sleeve-protectors for use in bouseholcLwork may be made by cutting off the feet of worn-out stockings and running in a rubber cord in a hem at top and bottom. A plaster cast which has become soiled may be made as fresh and white as when new by spreading starch paste over it with a soft brush. The starch dries, and in scaling off brings with it all the impurities. Plants that have been in the house all . the winter are apt to show signs of weakness, and to be spindling and pale. A small teaspoonful of ammonia in a quart of water will form a liquid which, if applied once a week, will soon work an improvement in foliage and blossoms. "A little liquid ammonia added to the water in which flannels are washed will prcyent them from becoming yellow and shrinking. To preserve their softness, wash them in tepid water, rinse in water of the same tempereture, and dry rapidly at a moderate heat." To stain wood blue, boil a pound of indigo, two pounds of wood and three ounces of alum in a gallon of ".vater; brush well over until thoroughly stained. To stain wood green dissolve verdigris in vinegar and brush over with a hot solution until of a proper color. A notable housekeeper says that an economical substitute for butter may be easily made. Melt a piece of nice fat pork and strain it through a thin cloth into jars. Set it aside where it will cool quickly, when it may be used instead of butter for any kind of cake. Pound cake made with it is pronounced delicious. Boiling water should not be poured over tea-trays, japanned goods, etc., as it will make the varnish crack and peel off; have a sponge wet with warm water and a little soap, it the tray be very dirty, and rub it with a cloth; if it looks smeary, dust on a little flour, then rub it with a cloth. If the tray gets marked, take a piece of woolen cloth, with a little sweet oil. and rub on the marks. If, when a lamp is new, you begin by keeping a bowl of kerosene handy, and drop the burner into it a few minutes nearly every morning, afterwards polishing it off with a soft woolen rag you can always keep it bright. An old, blackened burner is, however, very hard, al most impossible, to clean, but may be greatly improved by a long kerosene bath, and a good scouring with common brick dust, polish off afrerward with a soft, woolen cloth dipped in ammonia and whitening. Corpulency. Professor Kisch has recently collected statistics of the frequency of sudden death among extremely stout persons. In nineteen eases of this occurrence, acute congestion of the lungs was discovered in twelve, cerebral hemorrhage in six, and rupture of the heart in one. The apoplectic symptoms were traced, in most of the cases, to arterial sclerosis, a very frequent concomitant of extreme corpulency. Rupture of the heart is due to the overworking of the walls of the left ventricle, which, oeing involved in the fatty infiltration and degeneration, can no longer increase in size in proportion to the extra work it has to perform. The failure of heart-power appears almove lio fVio immn/'lifltft fdiico /if rlontVi ....JO w. , which generally follows immediately after violent exertion, or excess in drink 01 diet. The World's Rain. Could we but utilize all the waterpower lifted from the ocean by the sunbeams and wafted by the zephyrs over the land, what vast factories might wo run I What magnified Niagaras might we create! In a recent paper to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Mr. John Murray sought to give the world's rainfall in figures. The areas of country having an inland drainage?equal to 11,486,350 square miles?receive 2,243 cubic miles of rain yearly. The total areas draining directly to the ocean equal 44,211,000 square miles, of which 38,839,750 square miles have more than ten inches of annual rainfall, and discharge into the sea 6,569 cubic miles of water each year. By thi3 means rather more than 5,000,000,000 tons of solids are carried to the ocean annually.?Arkansaw Traveler. "DON'T TOTT WORRY." j How Shrewd Duxuvm .Hen IItT? Solved ' a Kreat Problem. "Is there a fatality among our prominent man?" is a question that we often ask. It is a question that perplexes our leading medical men, and they are at a loss to know how to answer it We sometimes think that if the physicians would give part of the energy to the consideration of this question that they give to combatting other schools of practice, it might be satisfactorily answered. I The fights of "isms" remind us often of I the quarrels of old Indian tribes, that were onlv happy when they were annihilating j each other. If Allopathy makes a discovery that promises good to the race. Homoeopathy derides it and breaks down Its influence. If Homoeopathy makes a discovery that promises to be a boon to the race, Allopathy at. lacks it. It is absurd that these sc hools should fancy that all of good is in their methods and none in any other. Fortunately for the people, the merit whi< h these "isms" will not recognize, is recognized by the public,and this publicrecognitiou, taking the form of a demand upon the medical profession, eventually compel* it to recognize it Is it possible that the question lias been answered by shrewd business men? A prominent man once eaid to an inquirer, who ask?d him hew he got rich: "I got rich because I did things while other people were thinking about doing them. ' It seems to us that the public have recognized what this fatality is, and how it can De met, while the medical profession has been wrangling about it By a careful examination of insurance reports we find that there has been a sharp reform with reference to examinations, (find that no man can now get any amount of insurance who has the least development of kidney disorder,) because they find that sixty nnt. nfAvarv hundred in this rnuntrV do. either directly or indirectly, suffer from kidney disease. Hence, no reliable company will in urea man except altera rigid urinary examination. Tbis reminds us of a little instance which occurred a short time ago. A fellow editor was an applicant for a respectable amount of insurance. He was rejected on examination, because, unknown to himself, his kidnnys were diseased. The shrewd agent, however, did not give up the case. Hebaa an eyeto business and to bis commission, and said: "Don't you worry; you get a half dozen fiottles of Warner's safe cure, take it according to directions and in about a month come around, and we will have another examination. f know you will find yourself all rig ht and will get your policy." The editor expressed surprise at the agent's faith, but the latter replied: "This point is a valuable one. Very many insurance agents all over the country, when they fl?1a customer rejected for this cause, giv? similar advice, and eventually he gets the insurance." What are we to infer from such circumstances? Have shrewd insurance men, as w<?ll as other shrewd business men, found tie secret answer tithe inquiry? Is it possitle that our columns have been proclaiming, in the form of advertisements, what has proved a blessing in disjjuise to millions, and yet liy many ignored an an advertisement? In our files we find thousands of stror g testimonials for Warner's safo cure, no vo alike, which could not exist except upon a basis of truth; indeed, they are publisncd under a guarantee of $.5,000 to any one who will disprove their correctness, and this offer has been standing, we are told, for more than four years. Undoubtedly this article, which is simply dealing out justice, will be considered as an advertisement and be rejected by many as 6uch. We have not space nor time to discuss the proposition that a poor thing could not succeed to the extent that this great remedy has succeeded,could not become so popular without merit even if pushed by a Vanderbilt or an Aster. Hence we take the liberty of telling our friends that it is a duty that they owe to themselves to investigate the matter aud reflect carefully, for tb9 statements published are subject to the refutation of the entire world. "None have refuted tbem; on the contrary hundreds of thousands bare believe-1 them and proved them true, and in believing have found the highest measure of satisfaction, that which money cannot buy, and money cannot take away. Beating a Hotel. " There are plenty of ways of beating a hotel," said "a traveling-man to a reporter the other night in the Millard rotunda, " but the most ingenious scheme I ever heard of was practiced by a friencl of mine, a variety actor, in Minneapolis fi few days age. He had been on a spree for two or three weeks, and was finallj discharged by the manager of his company in Milwaukee. He wanted to go to Minneapolis, and had just money enough to get there. What to do after he reached the Minnesota metropolis he did not know, for he had barely enough money to pay his traveling expenses. He pondered long over the matter. Finally a bright idea struck him. He sat down and wrote a letter to the proprietor of a well-known hotel on Nicollet avenue, penning the epistle on the letterhead of a Milwaukee detective agent. The letter, which was ostensibly signed by the chief of the agency, informed the hotel proprietor that a well-known criminal whom the Milwaukee detectives desired to shadow closely was expected to arrive in Minneapolis, and would probably stop at the hotel on Nicollet avenue. The letter stated that it was necessary to observe the strictest secrecy concerning the matter, and requesting that the criminal be treated with the utmost deference so as not to cause him to suspect that he was under surveillance. His board bill, the letter stated, would be paid by the detectives ?A nnnn rrll TV no nrHPlirPfl OO OWKJLl act gtiuvii'^v vnvvi^u ??w |?< wv>.vv? to sccurc bis arrest. The description which was given in flic letter of course was that of my friend the variety actorv "It is hardly necessary to state that the plan worked to perfection. The 'criminal' landed in Minneapolis, lived on the fat of the land for three weeks, and one night quietly packed up his grip and stole away."?Omaha Bee. Two Epitaphs. On a recent trip through Tasmania, writes a correspondent, our traveling party happened to visit the graveyard at Launceston, and among the various epitaphs discovered the following on a slatestone slab: Beneath this rustic pile of stones Lie the remains of Mary Jones. Her name was Lloyd; it was not Jones; But Jones was put to rhyme with stones. This was considered fairly good, but on our return our host capped it. In the early days of the colony a rich merchant's wife died. Anxious to provide her a suitable monument, the bereaved husband sent far and wide for a stone-cutter, and by rare good luck found one capable of reading. The inscription was to begin with the verse: "A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband." The first five words went on one line, leaving room for two more letters. "Crown" could not be divided, but there was another resource. To the stone-cutter a crown was "five bob," so he promptly inserted the symbol 5s. and the difficulty was surmounted. ?11a r/ier's Magazine. *r ni cmcorrl n flnilincnermanent I relief from rheumatism until you have uvd it. Jatobu Oil, the great pain cure. Price, fifty cenfci. Mrs. S. T. Robeh, who conducts her local scho' 1 ofeookingin Philadelphia, supplements her tenc'iing by practical lessons in markeliiiK, with four brawny assistants, who cut up he sides of beef and mutton b'fore a lectureroom of women. ' It yo'i have a cough or cold, do not doso ycu self with poisonous narcotics, but take Ked Star Cough Cure, which contains no opia es, and is prompt, safe an I sure. Price, twen(y-llve cents a bott e. Unher it new ruie nt the Unitad States penitentiary at McNeil'* Islanl, Puget's Sound, every convict brought there has the hair on the riirht nide of his head shared off. The other side is untouclnd. St Pancake's Day. In France says a contribution to the Boston Trantcript, the Shrove-Tuesday pancake is a sort of griddle cake, very thin and as large round as a breakfast plate. Sometimes it is well-sugared and rolled up like an omelette sucree, and sometimes three or four are piled up together, with layers of sugar or honey in between. On Shrove-Tuesday afternoon, the young ladies of the household invite a dozen or more friends to "toss pancakes." The kitchen is put in apple-pie order, the range beautifully polished and blacked, with a bright charcoal fire burning and a large bowl of batter standing ready. The young men and girls tie on huge white linen aprons and put dainty paper caps on uieir neaas, ine cook pmucs ? imgc griddle, well greased, on the lire and then tne fun begins. Two spoonfuls of batter are poured on the griddle and spread themselves into two round cakes; each of the company is provided with a small tin Bhovel, and as soon as the cook announces that the critical moment has arrived they take their turn, two at a time, at tossing the pancakes. They slide the shovel unperneath, give a vigorous toss, and what the pancake ought to do is to turn half over once in the air and come down on the other side, and this is to be repeated three or four times till each cake is nicely and evenly browned on both sides. The cakes, however, are not always tractable to an inexperienced shovel. They have a way of making several gyrations in the air, and of coming down either on the wrong side or else all doubled up. The higher they can be tossed without making but one turn the greater the art. There is much rivalry among the amateur cooks, many failures and great laughter. When the fun has been kept up about an hour the serious business is left to the real cook, the young people divest themselves of their aprons ana caps and retire to the drawing-room for a little dance? the last of the season. Later a pretty J supper is served, at which pancakes are the chief diet?a fresh addition, needless to say, and not the ones on which the young amateurs have been exercising an unpracticed hand. Such little traditional | festivities form the prettiest features of ; French social life. Rats as Wheat Carriers. i A farmer who lives at St. Liberty, Washington County, 111., owns an old unused smoke-house, which he entered the other day for the first time in six months, and, to his great astonishment, in one corner lay fifteen bushels of wheat. An investigation developed the fact that rats had carried it there from the house of a neighbor, who had lost a like amount of the same cereal. Twenty-seven hundred Japanese are stated to have emigrated to the Hawaiian islands. How Women Differ from Men. At least three men on the average jury are bound to disagree with the rest just to bhow that they have minds of their own; but there is no disagreement among the women as to the merits of Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription TUey are all unanimous In pronouncing it the best romedy in the world for all those chronic diseases, weaknesses and complaints peculiar to their sex. It trans orms the pale, haggard, dispirited woman, Into one of sparkling health, and the ringing langh again "reigns supreme" in tho happy household. There are o.ly two professional prize fighters In Italy. Human CaWei. An exchange says: "Nine-tenths of the unhappy marriages result from human calves being allowed to run at large in societv pastures." Nlne-tenihs of the chronic or lingering diseases of to-day originate in Impure blood, iirer complaintor biliousness, resulting in scrofula, consumption (which is butscrofala of the lungs), sores, ulcers, skin diseases and kindred affections. Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" cures all these. Of Druggists. The mortality from labor in China is eight por cent., or about 400,000 deaths annually. Sick and billons headache, and all derangements of stomach and bowels, cured by Dr. "Pniinfa'1?or n.nt.i.hilions eranules. 25 cents a v al. No cT.-en p boxes to allow waste ot virtues. By drugglsis. There are 6,033 grand army posts In the United States. : Deep Sea Wonder* J Exist in thousands of forms, but are surpassed ' by the marvels of Invention. Those who are In need of profitable work that can be done while at home should at once send their address to Hallett & Co.. Portland. Maine, and receivo free, full information how either eex, of all ages, can earn from $5 to $25 per day wherever they live. You ar? started free. Capital not required. Some have made over $50 In a single day at this work. All succee.1.1 You ft now ffopPfnateroare prepared frompain allaying virtues of Hops.Gums.BurgundyPitch Hi/p Plasters cure pain and soreness,strengthen weak parts and do it qu ckly, too. 25 cts, If you have Cutting, Scalding or Stinging sensations in the parts when voiding urino? Swamp-Koot will quickly relieve and cure. 'Royal Glue' mends anything! Broken Chi. na, Glass, Wood. Free Vials at Drugs & Gro Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption. COCKLE'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY For Llrar, Bile, IndtfeaUon, etc. Fro* from Her eury; contains only Pur# vegetable IngT-<.]!enu. Agent: C. N. CHITTKNTON, New York. BPWfS ?((>pcinE)?| w PoitaMMffi U1|M iwirdj .r Medib la Korop* ud laiHta. ] The neatest, quickest, safest an 1 most powerful . remedy known for Rheumatism, Pleurisy, Neuralgia, , Lumbago, Backache. Weaknrw, cold In (he chest J and all aches and pains. Endorsed by 5.0U0 Physl- 1 clanu and Druggists of the highest r?pute. Benson's l Plaster* promptly relieve and cure where other plasters ana greasy ?ai?c?. uuimcuu mm iumuus - are nbsolutclv usoiess. Beware of Imitations under I ilmlar sounding names, such as ''Capsicum," -'Capacln." "Capslclne," as ther are utterly worthies* and Intended to deceive. Ask ron Benso.Vs akd e TAKE NO OTHRRS, All druggist*. ? SBABURY ft JOHNSON, Proprietors, New York. ^ "elys catarrh : ; /?os,o troubled icith Wl^ QjRfsC0U;i I catarrh it terioutly af-H^ J fectcd my voice. OneWfi*rl/rpfMw I P bottle of Cream Balm rW'f?"'<(W* . did the work. My voice . /y Km (xfitly restortd.? B. F. HT / tor of Olivet Baptist Church, Philadelphia, j A purtlcle Is applied BBMEI 1-1'***'. J [ Into each nostril and Is UAY"FFVFH? I I agree able. Price soc ?. H#* * I* Bs T ft |Pr | a. Uriii' -i- ts; by moll re<lste.-? 1.10 "t?. Circular: | Tree. ELY BROTHERS, Drgggtetg Owpgn. N'. Y. DI^Sm'a Dill a Great English Gout and ! | Dili II S llllSa Rheumatic Remedy. J I Oval llox, SI.00 ; round, .10 rtn. ;l u WAll. Soldiers an i Widowscun n >\v | _ draw pensions. A>ip Imw. Klksnkx & I ? Co.. Pension Attorneys, all -.vars, Wntthlnglon, 1). C. A P to 98 a dny. Samples worth 11.5? FREE I JW >1 Lines not under the horse's feet. Address I Uy UnhWSTER'S SAFtTV RtlN HOLDKH, HOlly.MlCh M Why did th of this country use over th Procter & Gamble's Lenox S Buy a cake of Lenox and you marcn a Ln the month* In which to purify yourlblood, ud Cor thla purpose there la no medicine equal to Hood's ;8arsaparlllfc. It purlflee, vitalizes, and enriches thejblood, removing all traces of scrofula or KherdlMast. It creates an appetite and Impart* new strength and vigor to the whole body. It Is the Ideal spring medicine. Try It, Hood's Sarsaparllla "Last spring my whole family took Hood's Sanapari 11a. The result Is that all hare been cured of scrofula, my little boy being entirely free from sore*, and all four of my children look bright and healthy m possibly can be. I have found Hood's Sarsaparllla also good for catarrh, with which I have been troubled since the war. Nothing did me so much good as Hood's SanaparlUa."?Wm. B. Atoxbrcx. Passaic City, N. J. M. B.?Be sure to get tho Peculiar Medicine, C, nuuu o wi Sold by all drufflitAj |>1; ?1x for $3. Prepared by C. L HOOD * Co., Apothecarlei, Lowell, Mm IOO Doaea One Dollar ev-yd,a EPINKHAM'S C0MP0UND| I or ALL of tho?e Painful ?^E3C Complicated trouble* and / ,,yi?S Waakneiici to common among our WivM, Mothers, It will curt tntinli /Th? Woman'. Sure WrlmifVzL of life. U4DU8,?IT WILL HOT PKXroBU 8CRQICAL OrMLATIOM OB TOM CAXCBB, BUT IT WILLUXDEK ALL CIXCCXSTAXCZS, ACT WEABMoxTWTTnnniLAwsorNATmiB. tmuTrxrura or BXABIXO SOWN, CACaiKO PAW, WBOHT AND BACKACHE I? ALWAYS mifANH.VTLT CUUD BT ITS CM. WMold by Drsffliti. Price |1>pcr bottle, in. Pinkbam'i Liter PlllicurecopitipaUop. 25c. REMEDY, (Tke Oily QallabW Blood Partner.) A SPECIFIC FOB BHXIJllATISIfl, Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Neuralgia, Ring Worm And all otber Skin And Blood DisewM. IT REOULATSS THS LIVER AND KIDNEYS. C?m IidfMtlH sad all dlKiMi arista* fttm an MfMblfd **>4llloa of tl* ajitcM. UTAikyour Drufgtitfor DH. PABDll'S RJOCBDT and take no othor. Price $1. par bottle or ill hottlee for M. MiwuJkoturvd by the PARDEE MEDICINE CO., Rochester, N. Y. DO NOT POISON YOUR SYSTEM vith medicines you know nothing about. Searlyavery so-callod remedy for RbeumaiLsin and Neuralgia now offered to the pul?ic contains powerful aud poisonous modilines that injure tlio stomach and loavo the )atient worse off than before. Do not use them, but take "the old reliable"?one that has stood the test for tweny-flve years. (Jno thatisfreo from auybiug injurious to the system, composed rholly of roots and herbs, the medical properties of which are particularly adapted to tlood diseases. Dr. Pardee's Remedy is safe and effective, "an bo used by both old and young wjib ?noflcial results. Five hundrod dollars will ? paid for any case where the use of Dr. 'ardoe's Remedy has in any way injured the atient. I'ahmkk Mkdicink eo. Si "Jones! What ore vou ^talking about?" What 41 #VPM ^everybody talks about. uj .o Tbcysay thatforDrights' __ IvI/lnoxvT.ivprnr I Bladder*compIaints, this ? o, remedy hns no equal." S It SOCK Hjtht to the Spot. ' lrllTWV tVl*repam1 nt Pr. Kilmer's 0? ^?T i)isrr.NS*):r,Hln(thamton,N.Y. o ?*> I^ttorxof Inntnryinswrn-d. N GuUle to Health (Sent Free). FRAZER"" IEST IN THE WOULD MlSEMUL tr Get the Genuine. Sold Everywhere. lATCIUTC Obtained. Read stamp for * f\ I Cll I 3 Inventors' Guide. 1? Bixouah, Patent lawyer, Washington, 1). C. ie Women \irteen million cakes of oap in 1886 ? will soon understand why. jlj^ ,pril May 1 Hood's Sartaparllla'ls prepared from SampaxQIfc flfl Dandelion. Mandrake, Dook, Plpetaaawa, andj otMV H wall known and ralnabla vegetable remedial, lit combination, propnrtlon and preparation are pa culiar to Hood'* Sarsaparllla, giving ltj eurattf* power not possessed br other medicines. It effeoM remarkable curat where others fall, . > Best Spring Medicine. "Iwm troubled with bolls, having sereral of tkaa at a time. After (altering about all I could bear, I . took Hood'a 8arsaparllla, which entirely eared tmi flf 1 cheerfully recommend Hood'a SanaparUla to al H Ilka afflicted, being sure they will find relief."? . |H E. N. Ni a hti5 oalk, Qulncy, Haas. 9 "My wife thinks there Is nothing lOca Hood'a la*- afl aaparllla, and we are never without It in the boose," IB ?F. H. Latoieb, Syracuse, N. Y. H Do not be Induced to take any other. Oat irsaparilla I I Bold by all druggists. Hi six for |1 Prepaid jH I by C X HOOD it 00., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. JM I IOO Poses One Dollar ^ :,Mj| M CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. M Beet Couch 8yrnp. Taatoegood. Dm B . . ffl in time. 8old by druggist*. PI ? HMaSBajp 1 Hainksville, N. J., ) S October 15, 1886. ) Hj E. T. Hazeltfne, jfl ^ Warren, Pa. M I was taken with a very fl severe cold last Spring, ? and tried every cure we /-fl had in the store, and could , get no help. I had our village doctor fl prescribe for me, but kept ..V getting worse. I saw an- fl other physician from Port H| Jervis, N. Y., and he told fl me he used Piso's Cure for ~?gjM Consumption in his prac- fl i bought a bottle, and fl before I had taken all of it M there was 4 change for the fl better. Then I got my em- fl plover to order a quantity ? I of the medicine and keep it in stock. I took one ^ more bottle, and my Cough I was cured. H ? Respectfully, g m Frank McKelvy. Jj| U BcetCongh Syrap. Tastes good. Use H Q in time. 8old bydrugKiits. ^*1 B ^-r-iiMrrrii-ilr-ir^i .J NTH P?9 ~ vM H Ik l/^In amounts of Ijfl 1 I Ir gJO to 8BOO, on I I | I to Ten years time. .-JjjH H U J^Our new plan?available to S ail, burdensome to none. State I I 9^<unouot you can safely use, also age and occupation. Thegytwmln I Fall, with Forms, etc., Free, on re celpt of stamp. No postals answered. | I. 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