University of South Carolina Libraries
" AGRICULTII'AL ~ TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AXD GARDEN. ______ : A Useful Table. The following table give? the number j of trees or plants sufficient to plant an I acre at various distances apart: Feet. Wo.of Trees. ] Feet. Ko.of Trees. 1 by 1 43.560 12 l>v 12 .*.. .302 2 " 2 10,890 13 " lfi 557 3 " 3 4,S4<* 14 " 14 222 4 " 4 8,722 15 44 15 193 5 " 5 1,742 16 44 10 170 6 " 0 1,210 17 44 ]7 150 7 " 7 tlKs 18 44 IS 134 8 44 8 08!) 19 44 19 120 9 " 9 5X7 20 i4 20 10S 10 4410 435 25 14 25 tilt 11 4'11 :;H<) 30 44 30 -IS The number of plant* required for an acre, at any given distauee apart, may be ascertained by dividing the number of square feet in au acre (43,300? by the number of square feet given to each plant, which is obtained by multiplying the distance between rows by the distance between the plants. Thus, strawberries planted three feet by one foot, gives each plant three square feet, or 14,5'.?0 plants to the acre.?Jforltrnlturint. The Culture of Vetches. To raise seed, it must be sown iu April just as soon as the frost is out of the soil, the vetches beiiJg able to stand rough weather, similar to peas. It is preferable to sow vetches mixed v. ith oals. If sown alone they arc liable to be blighted by mildew. Upon the sandy tie Ids of Germany vetches are mostly cultivated mixed j with oats and Polish lentils. The straw i of the vetches i< as valuable a fodder as | meadow-hay, and the kernels are not in- j ferior to any gram, especially for horses j and sheep. If seed i? wanted, sowing in j drills may be recommended, otherwise broadcast sowing is preferable. There are many other varieties of vetches, prominent among which are the vetchlentils, winter vetches, pea vetches, and French fodder vctrhc?: but these require good, loamy and moi?t soil. In the rotation of crops, vetches take the place of peas, offering, however, more advantages than thf? latter, bce.iusi* tliev can be sown earlier as well a* Inter than peas.?Ameri- | con Agriculturist. Pruning Fruit Trees. "When to pruuc fruit trees and how to j prune them is a matter which cannot be learned from books or magazines. Sug-1 gestions may be made in a general way, j but the good use of them will depend j upon the sense of the owner, and hi* | knowledge of the wants of the tree. A young tree needs some of its brandies trimmed, so as to lay the foundation of a permanent form. Or it may not have enough branches for this purpose and some have to be cut back to produce j more. One strong branch may be desired where there are some weak ones, so they are all cut away to the trunk, and then the strong one will sprout. Suckers come out very near the roots or sprouts from the main stem. Th^good orchardist takes them off with (lie finger and thumb in the summer while green, but if forgotten then he docs it in the winter. He learns after a while that sprouts on the j trunk means something wrong with the I circulation. The fond-giving sap does | not easily reach the ends of the branches. J Perhaps he tinds the ends of the growing ; shoots have been injured by frost or j drought. In these ?-:isos the ends are | shortened in order lo make an active j cmvwfh. Tn lnrnv trees this sliioro-ich O O- on ? | action often comes from overbearing. Then the heart wood decays. Quite large j branches then often have to be sawed out. | When these large branches arc sawed out, the cut should be made close tc the trunk, | so that new wood and bark shall grow i over. The exposed wood may rot and j decay before the new growth covers it, bo all such wounds should be covered by j any kind of common paint. Profit in Oat*. Many farmers say there is no profit in raising oats, yet others find them a profitable crop. If the. market price of the grain is not profitable, the price paid for young stock always is. The farmer who sells oats and feeds his calves, pigs, lambs j and colts all coin, or nearly so, makes a ; mistake. Not a few men find oats un- j profitable because they do not feed them, j or do not feed them properly; yet more j because they do not get the full value of I the straw. If oats are cut five days ! earlier than is the common practice, the j straw is worth for feeding two-thirds of I its weight of timothy hay,and thi< earlier cutting iucrctfses, rather than diminish.!*, ] the value of the jrrain. Of course the straw must be kept bright. If it is not cut. until it is "dead ripe'' and then piled up after threshing to bleach and rot, it is not worth much lor feed. But the cut ting, curing and feeding being equally i favorable, three pound* of oat straw are j worth as much for winter feeding as two i pounds of hay. True, the other articles j fed must have more albuminoids than j when hay is fed,but this does not increase j the cost of the ration. The biggest price : for oats is realized by cutting the crop when most farmers would pronounce it green, curling it nicely, then store in ! mow or under barracks, and feed 'grain j and straw toif^tlu-r after running through j a cutter and moistening. Cutting oat** a j little early, also reduces the chancr-s of | their lodging, and their liability to lodge is the most serious objection to them by farmers who have a soil rich in nitrogen and rather deficient in silica -a very poor soil for all grains.?AtfricuU* uri*t. A Xi'W Butter Theory. It is a common notion that sslt pre- | erven butter. Recent experiments have demonstrated that but very little of the butter contains any salt. The sslt floec not penetrate the butter as it does meat, but simply attaches itself to the exterior, and of course it must come in contact with all of the butter to do this. Prof. Arnold iinds that such is not live case, but that the salt is not absorbed bvtbe but- i ter, but a considerable portion of it is j moreorli-ne mingled, not mixed through j the butter ia its original .-tale, or in the form of still smaller crystals, and in an un- j dissolved stale. This does not look like j preserving thv better, for to preserve it j the salt must hi* hit mporated with it. j The salt will absorb the water in the but- ! ter and form a brine, and this lu inc ran j coat over the partiali s of ihe butter with i which it come- in contact, and no more, j This coat ingmusl be on the nvhifc. Jcav- \ ing the inside just as it was before, w ith-j out any salt. Tcm]>eralure lias more to do j with preserving butter thai* s:ilt. and ihe | place where it is kept (the stirroundinifsi is more of a factor for its weal or woe than salt. The dairyman who expects the salt in the butter to keep it all right acd disregards the other tiling, will find his butter "off." The truth is. the salt is of the least possible consequence so l'ar as preservation is concerned. It is only a matter of taste. If the salt. is put in it will taste of it, and an ounce to a pound is the common rule?that is, about what j the publfc palate requires, although a j half owict* r; about al) which a \yH'-' worked pound of butter will dissolve. The rest is there in the original form,and gives to the butter the salty ta?te desired. "Working butter with brine is all the salting it. requires, according to Prof. Arnold, and when well worked it is ready to park at once, or to ship to market. All of the old. tiresome elbow work which h:is made the dairy such a drudgery for all time is entirely unnecessary. Except the mere packing, the old dash-churn should go, too, as it has no cheer in it, and it is altogether too unhandy for the present age. A revolving chum is the thing to save labor and with which to nse l lie brine to the best uerfeotion.?Our Country Home. Pear Culture. As wo ascend the wale of perfectiou iu the production of ti??i liner fruits, we find tlie way beset with more formidable difficulties. "When we fail to apply the necessary safeguards against the prevalence of pear blight, pear slug, and other enemies, our time and money expended are worse than thrown away. It is a mistake to put out a pear orchard, unless we fully resolve to give it the" proper care and attention during every stage of its existence. l! cannot be correctly inferred that because sour, worthless pears have stood in the corners of the fences over a century, that the finer sorts can be successfully grown with as little care. I have seen, during the past season, thousands of bushels of pears sent to the markets fromVineland, X. J., and among them all there could scarcely be found a bushel which was developed much above cnc-half their natural size, and equally as deficient in color and maturity. Such pear orchards cannot possibly pay, since 4i?? will Krinn* Hut littlr* mnrft HI' J I Hit niu v ihnn the expense of shipping. The cause of all tliis is very plain, as a hasty glance at the orchards showed that the trees were never trimmed, and that the ground among the trees is generally occupied by small fruits, while the leaves of the trees were nearly destroyed by the ravages of the pear slug. If good, healthy trees are obtained from the nursery, made up of the best varieties suited toyonr particular locality, and they are transplanted and treated according to our directions in another column of this paper, success will reward your efforts by an abundance of fine fruit i'or family use aud marked purposes. To avoid the blight, care should be taken in the selection of ground. As a rule avoid low lands which contain 8 superabundance of rich vegetable mould, as upon such lands too great a growth is induced, which results in the production of blight. Avoid stimulating manures, and apply potash and salt in the form of German Ivainit. The ravages of the slug can be arrested by the use of lime thrown upon the trees while the dew is on in the morning, or by applying a solution of Paris Green or London Pnrnle with a irarden svrinsre.? Ho'ticuHurkt. Farm and Garden Notes. Cucumber seed is good for two years. To bring be^t results work should be done in season. For garden purposes there is nothing belter than well-rutted stable manure. Thorough preparation of the ground is of viial importance in raising good vegetables. Clover hay, one of the best of foods for sheep, will greatly improve sheep that are old and out of condition. Experiments show that the native thickskinned grapes are better winter keepers than our improved varieties. If swine are to be kept on the farm the best protil.s will be found in the tincst breeds that run into matured meat the first year. Do not put horses to work too suddenly and steadily in the spring. See that the harness is in good trim and does not chafe or rub. It has been suggested that farm horses be sold by weight, in addition to othei qualities, so as to induce farmers to raise larger and better horses. According to an experienced breedei of Iiolsteuis, these cattle combine ooet and dairy qualities in a greater degree of excellence than any other breed. Frost often crumbles the tile at the outlet of a drain, but by digging in the distance of one tile it will generally be found that the drain is not much injured. Seeds of evergreen trees may be sown a* early in spring as the ground can be worked. Son- thinly in beds of fine, sandy loam raised about four inches above the general surface. Look out for o'd seeds and plants under new names; we do not mean that they are knowingly introduced in that way. but it is well lo keep the eyes open as a matter of policy. It' in May we find the winter ha* not been profitable as regard* keeping poultry, we should charge the lov. in the opinion of J)r. Twitcheil, to our want of care and attention, and not to the hens. Peach yellows is readily distinguished by the leaves taking a sickly yellow color. The newer ones being of much smaller size than ordinary, and the shoots coming out feebly. The l'ruit is ouaull, inferior, and ripens prematurely. Xut culture is slowly, yet surely, gaining'ground among fruit-growers. Ac/mi^linrr t/\ flu. .1 fli/ti'/i i j ..ic C--IL ' ^ , <" no reason apparent why tliis should not in the near future bccotnc a pro lit able industry. Xut trees succeed over a great range of country. Professor Morrow, head agricultural ihhq at the Illinois (late Industrial) University, says tlmt more exercise than the average wf'll-bjvd pigs receive, less feeding when young, and breeding more generally front mature animals, will tend tf in< !''?se the vitality of our hogs. Stov??s iu Germany. German stove?, says a correspondent ol the Charleston (S. C'.) Xctc.^ are of a large^eumbroiH nize. resemble a furnace in thape. but are anything else in reality. One can never catch u giimpsc of flame, and from their nature, if heated in the moruinif. b^irin drawiuL'in tlu* afternoon. Their merit lies it; the fact that they preserve a room at a uniform temperature. without allowing it to become hot. The favorite attitude is to lean up agaiiM them to ascertain whether they are hcaUtl or not. as there is no po?-ibl<; danger of ecorehing. Tli?* white color of the porcelain'i.s in striking contract to the dark iron cast of ours, ami looking something like an old-fashioned clipboard, a stranger never recognizes a stove in one until the fact is mentioned. In parts of the Kmpire, particularly in the Rhine district, the American stove is being rapidly introduced, in spite of the fact th it the average critic declares our stove ?as most of our practices looking to comfort?to be very unhealthy. Wii)i&m Bad, a wealthy man of Melbourne, Australia, spends ha?f of his income every year in relieving tire peeds of deforv?r,.T nronle, <?ood for Bad. : T'li-C".vi. POPULAR SCIENCE. It is estimated that the fog which al- j most ceaselessly hangs over London con- . tains nearly fifty tons of solid carbon and 250 tons of carbon in the form of hydro- j carbon and carbonic oxide gases. The slopes of Etna and Vesuvius owe , their richness to the fertilizing action of volcanic ashes, and reports from New , Zealand indicate that the ashes from last j year's eruption have enriched the soil to : a remarkable degree. Heavy machinery is run by artesian- j I well power iu many parts of France, and , the experience of the French shows that the deeper the well the greater the pres- | sure and the higher the temperature. At j (Crenelle a well sunk to the depth of 1802 ; feet, and flowing daily 500,000 gallons, [ i hi?a si rvrpssure nf sixtv Bounds to the square inch, and the water from this well j is so hot that it is used for heating the I hospitals in the vicinity. It is an error to suppose that severe j winters are destructive to insect life, ac- j cording to Mr. McLachlan, an English j entomologist. Larvas may be frozen un- j til as brittle as rotten sticks, iu which i condition they can scarcely be said to | live, but on the return of warm weather j they revive, quite uninjured by their freezing. It is a noteworthy fact that butterflies and bumblebees have been j found almost as close to the North Pole i as man has ever approached. The Sidereal Messenger contains an arti- | cle by Dr. S. V. Clevenger on the optical ' appearance of comets. lie holds that j "comets are aggregations, usually spheri- | cal or spheroidal, of .relatively tenuous 1 : and variable densities and their nuclei ' I and tails are optical appearances only." j I According to his view, the first or tele- 1 i scopic (globular) appearance of the comet I I is the only real one, and all the rest issim- j | ply phenomenal to an extent which some | other people might feel justified in call- I ! iiii? delusive. ! ? The mean atmospheric pressure for the j whole earth, as shown by the barometer, ! j is found by Klciber, of St. Petersburg,to i be 29.91 inches. That for the northern j hemisphere is 29.96 inches, and for the southern 29.87. The average northern \ excess is greatly-increased in January,but ; becomes a deficiency in July, when the.j southern pressure is slightly the greater, ' a mass of air sufficient to give a pressure j of nearly .2-4 over a hemisphere appearing : to be periodically shifted from one side of the equator to the other by the changing seasons. It is thought that in the making ol stock sizes of sash, doors and blinds, in ! the factories of the Northwest, white i pine will not much longer be the matej rial so exclusively used heretofore. PopI lar is commonly looked to as the most j available substitute, its reasonable price ' bcin<r a prime consideration, and there j are other woods adapted to the purpose, j I One of the most recent and satisfactory ; j features in this line is the manufacture of i i doors of bass wood, treating them to a 1 1 priming coat of paint; they are found to j j answer well in every respect, and, withal, I i arc comparatively inexpensive. Every one knows that the sea has j i larger animals tlian can be found on land; , j but, with the enormous sequoias of California in mind, many may be surprised to | learn of vegetable growths in the ocean ; vastly exceeding in length, though not i in bulk, these giants of the forest. Re- j ccntly the ship Clever, commanded by j Captain John Stone, arrived at 3Iontevi- | deo with a portion of a seaweed which j had been pickcd tip in the Atlantic neai | the equator. The sailors perceived an j object floating on the surface some dis- ! tance from the ship, and, manning a boat, they rowed to it, and ascertained that it was an alga of enormous size. On measuring it, it was found to have a length | upward of 1,500 feet. Indian Cremation in Alaska. Having had information the other day of a cremation to take place at the Indian viHage, I went to the beach to witness it. The defunct si wash was known around Juneau as Frank, and was formerly employed at Martin Brothers' store in the i capacity of Indian clerk, and the klock- I mau (it being a double cremation of one j of each sex) had been called Jenuie; j both, as it happened, having died of consumption. The mourning service consisted of the ancient ceremony known as "potlatch," which is always customary among the Indians of southeastern Alaska on the occasion of a death of one of their j number. The pot latch is a division of | whatever temporal goods the deceased j may have possessed, such as blankets, dry j goods, etc., among his or her relations, l 'irnnrrliiKv :iq the rnrrits nf each individual { case may justify. In the services of the morning, which ! are very long, ami to the Indian mind iinprcssive} the Jirst in the order of the day is a eulogistic discourse by one of the old men, which, being delivered by him in sections, so to speak, is taken up and suug by the rest in a monotonous sort of I chant; the old man is then superseded by auother venerable buck, who goes through the same service, and he in turn by another, until all the old men have had their j individual say. The chanters keep time i by thumping the floor with sticks and j beating on a drum. This performance ; being gone over for a day or two, the : potlatch takes place. The body of the deceased is first j wrapped in a matting, woven from split roots, and in appearance resembling coarse straw. They then convey the body to the place of cremation, which is always on the beach at high-wa.ter mark. | On this occasion they had on hand foi j the purpose of burning the two bodies, j about one cord of wood, some split and I some in small logs. First a platform ol i small logs is laid a foot from the ground, I ami :> snare of four inches between each log. On this pyre, which was about seven feet long by live feet wide, the two bodies were placed, about three feet apart, and around them a miniature log hi? was; built to a height of four feet; me enclosed space is then carefully tilled in with split wood and fine kindling, and now, everything being in readiness, the tire is lighted from the bottom. The native diet being chiefly salmon, an oily substance, the bodies of the Indians seem to contain a conwd'Tublc amount of oil, as thej* burn wry r. adily. While the cnpsf.s were charring, the fricuds of ; thy def eased continued to poke them i with long sticks, occasionally raking the ] fragment -: of burnt flesh from the fire ami | | wrapping them in skins, blankets, rtc. ? j Ah'In /><< Pre.< ?. Prolific Hens. ' Tlvre is a man living in my neighborhood,' said a householder the other day, "and he keeps a green-grocery. He also has about three hens that he allows to run out on the lot next to his house. .Just about this time, you know, eggs are in demand, and the old fellow deals in thern. For barrel eggs he charges at the nite of 20 cents a dozen, but for the fresh laid eggs of his own hens he charges five cents apiece. I was brought up in the country, but those three hens ore the most prolific liens that I ever saw or heard of, 1 honestly believe they lay a barrel a , yiceki/V<ih-Wjihia Cull. ' Recognizing a Portrait Unexpectedly. A little five-year-old boy from Philadelphia, now on a visit to his grandfather in Baltimore, has been greatly admired for his sweet, intelligent countenance, shaded by a profusion of light curly hair. Not long since a photographer in Philadelphia succeeded in catching by the instantaneous process a perfect likeuess of his features, lit up by a laugh, and was so pleased with it that a large picture was made and retained as an ornament to his gallery. One of the men employed in the gallery was induced to sell one of the smaller pictures to the manager of a cotton-mill, and five thousand copies were made to be used as a sort of trade-mark to the shirting muslin manufactured in | the mill. The father of the boy Deing i connected with a large firm in the dry | goods trade, was one day altonished at i seeiug the portrait of his laughing pet. pasted on a pieee of muslin lie was examining. He began an investigation, and soon discovered how the picture had been obtained. He notified the millowner, and in consequence of his remonstrance the pictures not already used were surrendered and destroyed.? Baltimore A mfrisstn. Sharp Settlements. ''There is one thing about mc-," said ! Dumley, as he wrote his name in the ! hotel register, "I pay as I go, and don't you forget to remember it!" "Any baggage?" demanded the clerk. "No*." "Then you won't pay as you go; you'll pay ns you come! Two dollars, please, and remember not to forget, it!" Puck. 1QQA " Tr\a "P \fnt*n1tv i,U>CHiUCi, JWW, live. a. - ***? X'*'J t Springfield, Tenn.,"my w'fe suffered eighteen months with neuralgia and paralysis. By use of St. Jacobs Oil, she could walk." October 7th, I860, he writes. "My wife recovered en- j tirely." Price fifty cents. N. 0. SiTELNUTT, of Jackson county, Georgia, was hanged twice by a mob in January last, and still lives to tell the tale. He says that it is a great mistake tothink thaldeath by hanging is painful. "There is no pain about it," he says, "and a man can die mighty ca?y." Charles Tiel, Philadelphia, Pa., was in a hopeless condition from throat trouble and asthma. Red Star Cough Cure cured him. Price twenty-five cents. At druggists. A citizen of llawkinsville, Ga., bought a turtle, cutoff its head,and had turtle soup for dinner. The next day an unsuspecting chicken 1 ecking at the head was grabbed, and was not released until the moutn of the head of the cooked turtle was opened with a knife. "The Slouch of Despondency'' In which you are wallowirg, on account of those diseases peculiar to you, madam, ami wnif h have rjobed you oi the rosy hue of heal li, and made lite a burden to you, you can easily get tut of. Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Pxescript:on," will free you from all such trotilles, and soon recall the rose-tint of health t? your chcck, and the elasticity to your step. It is a most pc feet specific for all the weaknesses and irregularities peculiar to jour se\-. It c ires ulceration, displacements, "internal fever," bearing-down sensations, removes the tendency to cancerous affections and corrects all unnatuial discharges. By druggists. Indians in Nevada eat the flesh of the rabUi.lt-.. ?...> ? tVini,. cl-inc UII3 IIH7 * V, IU? IVC lUUt^O <J1 M1VU and t;e a bounty for their scalps. Young or middle-aged men suffering from nervous debility, lo^s oi' memory, premature old ago. asthere>ultof bad habits, ihouldscud 10 cent in stamps lor iilusir.uod book offering sure means of cure. Address World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo. N. Y. Ruports of the discovery of coal come fr -m numerout counties in Kansas. Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy euros when every other so-called remedy fails. Colorado is said to have sent only redheaded men to Congress. MARK TWAINTJTDPKQF. LOfSETTK The Fninona H uiiioriMt'I'elln How I'rofesiwr liOiNCItc Tnsiclit lliin io Improve Hlit Memory. FivmtheNew Yurie UorUI. The success wnich Professor Loisette's Memory School, No. '.237 Fifth Ave., N. Y.. is meeting does not occasion a.ny surprise to those acquainted with its advantages, and the hearty indorsement given by prominent men to the Professor's methods of improving the memory arc a guarantee that these advantages will soon become known tnr and wide. Professor Loisette is doing a noble work for the metropolis. College protessors generally and the best known physicians of the country at e in hearty accord with Pio'essor Ix>i-;eUe. Writers, law yers, musicians nna representatives or all classes, boih professional and business men, a: e pupils 111 the school or aro learning by correspondence, and are quickly discovering what they havo never before understood, how retentive the memory may be made. One reason is that he uses no machinery, localities or other devices of artificial systems. Mark T??ain has been a pupil of the Professor, arid this is what he fays about lrm: "Professor Loisettedid not create a memory for me; no. nothing of the kind. And yd he did for me what amounted to Dm same thing?he proved 10 me that 1 already liml a memorv, a thing which I was not aware of till then. 1 iiad lieforobeen able, like most people, lo store up and lose things in the dark l elbir of my memory, but /1< thawed me how lo li>jht up the cellar. I t is the difference, to change the Azure, between bavinir money wlyre you can't collect it, and havinii ft in your pocket. The information cost mo but little, yet, 1 value 't a' a i rodigiou' figure." Tin* 1'uulic are taiilioned Against the many worthless i mi tat ons of Benson's Capcine Plasters ofle:ed by tir scrupulous druggists. The word "I'apcinn" is our exclusive trade-mark, and any ono selling a plaster with a similar name is a fraud. Aii!< for Benson's, and examine carefully to make mre it is genuine, soaoury ? .iwniisim, j-narmaceuticalJJhemists, proprietors. New York. Important to All Who are willing to wo; k for the revrard of success. Hallett & (Jo., Portland, Maine, will mail you, l'reo, full particulars about, work that either sex, jounjr or old, can do, at a pro lit of from $5 to $&"? per day, and livo at home, wherever they aro located. All can do the work. Capital not required; Hallett & Co. will start y? u- Grand success absolutely sure. Write at once and see. The farmers, in their swamps, we're sure, Could flnd the roots and plants that <;ure; If by their knowledge they only know For just the disease each one grev,\ Take courage now and "Swamp-Root" try - (for kidney, liver and bladder complaints). As on this remedy yon fan rely, Royat. Gr.ue'mendfi any thing! Broken Chi. na. Glass, Wood. Fret) Vials at Drugs & <;ro Beet, easiest to use and cheapest Pise's Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. Hlgbot iwi rfa ,f XnS*1i la Eur?p> ud tairlti. The neatest, quickest, isafest an 1 most powerful remedy known for Rheumatism. Pleurisy, Neuralgia Lumbago. Baekacke, Weakness, cold in tlie cheat and all achefand pains. Kndoreed by 5.000 Physicians and Druggists of thi! highest repute. Bcusor.'? Planters promptly relieve and cure where other plasters and greaBy salves, liniments and lotions are absolutely useless. Beware of imitations unrl Vr simlar sounding names, such as "Capsicum." "CaDucln." -<;apslcli?e." a? they are utterly worthier and intended to deceive. Asi: kon Bknsox's rin taku soothkrs. All druggists. SKAHt.'RY AJOHN'SON. Proprietors, New York YOU CAN UK Cl'RED OF STAMMERING. SKXI) TWO STA3II-S TO SCHOOL OF VOICE. 11 KAST Urn STHI'.KT. XKW YOKK. I BP" O I. llj I Vone r'3?:n? en1?? Don't wnsto yotir monev on a lUiupt'l with the aboTc is absolutely i/ i.'t and rcinrt rfi H trad* MARK. AskJorttlo"VfSH KKA.ND" s Why did t\ of this country use over // Procter & Gamble's Lenox ? Buy a cake of Lenox and you Criminals in Conrt. Judge George C. Barrett, before wliora are brought many of the great criminal eases in this city, said recently that he found the trial of an important criminal of intense interest. "Nothing is more ! fascinating," he said, "than the arguments of keen and sagacious counsel. I think, too, that I can do more good to the people in such trials than in the adjudication of civil cases and the adjustment of merely private wrongs. The law is only a plain statement of the limits of good conduct in a civilized community. Tf icrtffon ltiwnncn it ie Tint. Iin derstood. I have frequently tried men who have committed murder in belief that they were acting in self defense, and when I have charged the jury I have seen in their faces signs of a rebellion against the law as I laid it down. A little man who has been struck in the face by a big one is not justified in drawing a pistol and shooting his assailant down. He must believe, and on reasonable grouuds, that his very life is iu immediate danger before the law gives him the right to take the life that threatens his. The Anglo-Saxon does not like this law-and you must appeal to his reason. After I have done this and the jury have vindi cated the law. I have ben merciful invisiting its effects upon the prisoner. This case only serves to illustrate the theory upon which I endeavor to try a criminal cause. I want its lessons impressed upon the community. It has been a source of profound satisfaction to me to watch the effect of a trial upon those present in (lie courtroom, and to sec even among the lowest and crimc loving classes the conviction slowly made that the law is just and its administrators are merciful and without malice."?Ncic York Tribune. The Telegraph Plant. Tlio consitivfiifss! to toilfh of the well known sensitive plant (Mimosa pudiea) and diomea is singular enough, but the movements of the leaves of Desmodivm gyvam seem still more curious, and up to the present have baffled our best observers. The movement may be observed on a light, warm day, when the plant is standing in a temperature of about eighty degrees. The two small lateral leaflets may then be observed to move upward and downward; first the one and then the other, now resting a moment, then starting again with a jerk. The movement is quite spontaneous, the plaut not being perceptibly sensitive to the touch. Truly it is a vegetable wonder, and deserves a place in every warm greenhouse on that account. It is easily propagated either by means of seeds or cuttings. It, is a rapid grower, and though it is not handsome, still it is a graceful plant. It grows to a height of about two feet. Any light soil wili suit it, and the higher the temperature in which it stands the more perceptible are its movements. I do not think it would thrive in winter in a temperature lower than fifty-five degrees. It is a native of India, and is a member of the pea family.?Gardening Illvstrated. COCKLE'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, rHE QBE AT ENGLISH EEMEDY For Llrer, Bilo, Indigestion, etc. Free from Biereury; contains only Pure Vegetable Ingredient*. Agent: V. N. CttlTTENTOX, New York. ei-y-s catarrh CREAM 6ALMI?f^y^<n I hare, used two b?t C[jpr?CuV*:l ties of Flu's Cream llr.^t Halm a tul consider my- RV t/? * Al)l self cured. I *>iffered JjliypPWrp'oS ?3 ft? A 20 years from catarrh ' 9/^ and catarrhal haul S&.-& /8BI a, he, and this is the / >{ ?. fifffj first remedy that of- H8L y ? forded lasting relief.- HM9K^ D. T. lliyyinron, 1>S Jaike St., Chicago, III. J A particle b applied MbK- U SX. ] Intoeavh nostril and .* MAv.rrvro greonble. Price 60c s. m~ wm^w " bt\ hi l>ruuvi>ts; by mall reglstcrd. (0 <*ts. Circulars frc. KLY BF.UTHER3, DnufKl*^ uwego. N. Y. REMEDY, (Th? Only Ballablo Blood Parlfler.) A SPECIFIC FOB BHEIMATISM, Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Neuralgia, Ring Worm And all other Skin and Blood Diseases. IT BEOUTJ.TE8 THE LIVER AND KIDNEYS. Oaraa Iadgeitlon and all diicatea arfilnx from aa ei((tbl?d condition of the ejretem. HT A?k your Drujfplst for DB. PABDEE'6 2EHHD7 and take no other. Prica 31. per bottle or ?lx bottlee for M. Manufactured by tha PARDEE MEDICINE CO., Koohevtar, N. Y. Rochksteh, J?. Y. i Gentfl: For the past winter I have been very badly afflicted with rheumatism. About six week* ago was confined to my bed, and whenever I was able to get around was obliged to use crutches. All tlio time I had the best medical attendance. After one week's use of Dr. Pardee's Remedy, I was able to walk with a cane. I continued its use and can now move around without assistance of any kind, and am better in health than I have been for years. It has effected a permanent cure and I take pleasure in recommending it. C. R FINTs'EGAN. Supt Fire Alarm Telegraph, City Building, Front Street. Send for pamphlet to Pardee Medicine Co. AGENTS WANTED for the LIFE OF HENRY WARD BEECHER br Two*. W. Knox Aa Aalhoiiliooo 1 Complete ! I lienor hit Lit* and Work from thu Credit- t.i tlso Urn re. OutMll> *11 ?ltm 10 in I. TJ)0 KKftf ?nd I IIKiCMT. Splendidly illu?tr?t?d. SeJIi like iJNunco no liiiulrniui) for ? p*7 Ik* frflfkl and fit* Eilra Ti-rmi. Sk-hd fur clrriiUr. AiMrec HiRTfUftD PtiB. (0., Hartford, Conn. f" OB ' rornilnu J.an'1, on Ion* laftl* V 41A thru*. For inr>>riim(-on ?-|*!t? l<> I Ul WMIW K. K. ?<uil>l. Kn>f Smf:naiv. Mlcli. jf C BwaterproolCoat igiim or rubber coat. The FISH BRAND SLICKEH nor, ami will k.v|> you dry in the hardest storm I licker and taki; no other. If your $tor*-kc*i>'irilo?t T -C T le Women hirteen million cakes of Joap in 1886? will soon understand why. ^ . {gBOD^/ ^ . I. ^ 1 I ne vu i Of th? peculiar medicinal merits of Hood's Sarjaparllla U fully confirmed by the voluntary tostimony of thousandi who hare tried It. Peculiar (n the combination, proportion and preparation of its ingredients, peculiar In the extreme care with which It is pat up, Hood's S&rsaparillA accomplishes cures .where other preparations entirely fall. Peculiar in the unequaled good name It has made at home, which Is a "tower of ttrengih abroad," peculiar In the phenomenal sales it has attained, the most popular and successful spring medicine and blood purifier before the public to-day Is Hood's Sarsaparilla "X hare had running sores on my limbs for flvo | years, so bad at times that I could not walk about the house. When I commenccd taking Hood's Sarsaparilla I was in pain so severe that I cannot describe It. I could not walk nor sleep nights. I had no appetite and fell away. But Hood's Sarsaparilla did me * wonderful amount of good. I am well now to what I was when I began to use it I have a good appetite, have gained In flesh, and can sleep well. My sores are almost all healed, and 1 can do good day's work, and not break down."?Mrs. C. K. Lord, Dover, N, U N. B.?Be sure to get the Peculiar Medicine, Hood's Sarsaparilla . ti- nixfortf. Prcpars l only | b> C. L HOOD ft CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mm IOO Poses One Dollar ^#lorWlr# I PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE I? _?ulk finwpniiNn. <W Is a Positive Core M ^ Complicated troubles and ^PRK. i . Z/rf&ljr) Weaknesses 10 common j> amon8 our W,ve,i Motheri, . r /%), /!yf Weakntu, and it J7\//s^(4T J/&\*t PQrt(cularly .^^^r^Z.adapt?d to the The Woman's 8ure Friend of llf^ ??TIT 18 A SLEJSINO TO O VEBWORKXD IT BEHOVES MNTKZSB, rLATULKKCT, ALL CRAVIVO fOZ MTMUUlKT^, A2TD BEMK*YS WKAINMS OV THE 8TOJUCH. OtrBIS X.EO OONUKXt JIESBTRCAL PEUODS PASSID Without PAIS. ^*isoMbjDrn((litii Price 91 Per bor*?' Percheron / Large an>l complete / MCTlcSa -took of Imported stalI lions uiid mares, of all I Bjtl .?{?>*. Over 175 prizes I awarded my hor-tcs In I four years. All V Hons guaranteed breeder?. Full-Hood stock \ recorded with pedigree \ WMy In Per.-herou stud hooka. I guarantee to sell llrst-clas. stork as low or lower than any Importer In the U. 3. Station Knslnore, on Southern Central B. R. JOHN W. AKIN. P.O. Box 30. S?cn>io N. \ . iqocoluMBUs! / j.1 ccatkel manure spreaders .A S&FARM WMMlMSioMttefatym | cheapest 8]3renjler^ outran d^th# dl to old wfVRons^. Iulm Branch Hotue, llngrHlown, M?rjl?ni ?s: "Joiicn! Wlmtaroyou talking about?'' What every oodv talks alxnit. I ,o Theysaytfiatlorliriphta' I ~ Disease,Kidney,Liveror j Bladder complaints, this o, remedy bas no equaL" I TT Itroc? rt*ht to thetjpot. . ^ tfTl'rcpami nt Dr. kilinor b | ??T dispensary,nintrliaraton.n.y. , Jin Lettersofliiiimrjanr?m>d. i - N GuiUeto Health (b?nt>roc), j jones i?Wp^s,hI!few.T JM Iron Uura, Snrl Henries*. Hrui Tare B(*b and IUam Box for tun prut il v8rj*m johes or binohamub. ! ? ' biwkhajiton. n. vnn u iiBIC Un. n?in o | ASTHMA | q Has absolutely cured tensofthoit m I I J# t hands. The only AxthnmCureand Treatment known to the medical world that will, positively, permanently curd A*ihum and Hay Fever. l.'nquestlonnbU; evidence will bp found in my Mpage Treatise, sent free. Pit. It. \V. H AIR, 23.1 W. (ill St.. Cincinnati, 0. One Agent (Merchant only) wanted In every town .or During tho last year you furnlsNv.l m? \\l h <>7/K? | ' Tansill's Punch. This month yon have sc'r! me t 21,000, almost all of wh'eiihave been hold, from out j tollvo to each person. You will please ship 3.i?)rt i ever}' Saturday until further notlee. S. 1'RowiTr, Dru-.-^lst, Denver. Col. j ( Ad.lr-ss K. \V. T.l\?ll,l. A TO., flilcjico. j 1 8eHlRnSV5flGP3SS5$?ro9R883ST2*SMh ' SBp*eLK2?5S5s332etoflSu&3ljj*^Ml M CURES WHF.RC ALL ELSE FAILS. U Best Couxh Syrup. Taste* good. U*e H 1 B3 In time. Sold bv drucENM. H9 1 HIA LtnJ&jA BEST IN THE WOUL1) 1* IS kM O C ty (Jet the Genuine. Sold Everywhere. . Mil PA I IJR.WILI.1AMS' f PILES ! 'n(*,an P''e Ointment ; I Inb w I will cure any case of llcli. inir, ISU'ciliiitr, ITl<:or:itecl or l'rolruiling t l?nl?. C'l'KK Gl'A RANTKKD. l'repare" r for Pile# only. [Physicians' jars by express, ore- t paid, S'2.50.1 Price per box, and SI. Sold " bv druggists or mailed on receipt >/f prioe by the I 'WIlililAMS .lIF'ti CO.. tie vela ml. Ohio. nniliu Hiibit rul ed. Treatment senr, on tri* 1 UrlUra HUMANE HEMEDY CO., 1 Afayottjv In 1 I ?% A T C M T C Obtained. Send *tamjxfcr 1 l#r\ I Cll I 3 Inventors' Guide. !.. Rxo I iiam, Pft'ent lawyer. Washington. D O. v - -V ' - -CVS ^ ^ ^ * I rold Itory | "100 Dosea One Dollar," so often told of this pr .-"'^B oullar medicine, Hvod'a 8ar?np<irtlU. is not a catofc ' liuo only, but la Absolutely true o" and orlgimAl wltk H this preparation ;{an.l it la aa absolutely tru? that B fl can honestly be applied only to Hood'* Sarmipadllaj B which is the very U-et pprlai? meilklnc and blood TjM purifier. Mow, reader, prove It. Take a bottto^ > Home and measure Its content!. You will find KM . bold ltfJ teaspoonfuls. Now read the directions, -H and you will find that V ? average does foi different B ages la lesa than a teaapoonful. Thua cconony ' and atrength ore peculiar to Uood'f Sarsapartya. "fl Is the Best 1 "Icommenced taking Hood's Saraaporllla u a*. fl experiment. aa 1 had no appetite or Htreogtb. vi4 friL tired all the time. I attributed'niy 'eomtfttou to B icroruious humor. I had trUKl gr??r*l different kin<!? of medicine, without rocelrlnic *i?y braetl fl luiusooaai X had taken hair a bottle or Hood'* /jfl Sareaparilia mf appetite was restored, aud my B ttomach felt better. 1 have taken three bottiea, aai fl my Etomach never felt better."?Mna, J. F. Dofc- --B beahk, Pa.s. oa#, R- r. "~53j "We all like IlOJd's Sareaparllla, It h so jitrengtk- fl enin?."?Limit balfour, Aoiiaro. k. l '. "^h Do not be Induccd to take any other. Oet fl Hood's Sarsaparilla fold by all drugplsta. tl; tlx for $5. Prepared ?Aly "T by C. L UOOI) ft CO., Apothecaries, Lowell. Mi?a V 100 Doses One Dollar 1 jrl^M9 U Best Cough Byrup. tomcs good. Use H --* C3 In time. Sold by dnuttiete. Hi S ijpBMBBaMBpM I IHainesvillk, N. J., | I I was taken with a very 9 9 severe cold last Spring, fl and tried every cure we I had in the store, and could I * , |i^B I I ;iaa our Tillage uoctor ? prescribe for me, but kept 9 getting -worse.. I saw another physician from Port fl Jervis, N. Y., and he told me he used Piso's Core 'J for Consumption in his fl practice. I bought a bottle, and 9 before I had taken all at. it there was a change for I the better. Then I got my fl employer to order a qu&n- * fl tity of the medicine and . keep it in stock. I took . one more bottle, and my Q Cough was cured. Respectfully, . ;-fl Frank McKeebt. fl CUFtfS WHERE ALL ELSE fAJLS. El sfl Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use H H in time. Sold by druggist*. g| v* ^jpfirn'TiraMrtirpp , < ^ N Y N U?13 ' '' " . : ;><Q| OAK LAWX Ths Great Nursery el 300 to 400 IMPORTED ANNUALLY . from France, all re- ordctl with extended pedlgrreos Id ti? Poreheron Stud Books. ThoPcrcheronistheonlydrmfl H breed of Franco jjorfwsrtnjr a frfud book that has tbf B support and endorsement of the French Government Send for 120-pat.*e Catalogne, lllnrtrations by Bon " lioahear. M.W.DUNHAM, . Wayne, DuPage Co.. Illiwef. 9 EXHAUSTED VITALITY M A Great Medical Work for Younf I and Middle-Aged Men. J J jQHqMifc ?m\jsR2: 1 Boaian, Mrh. \VM. II. IMRKKK, M.D.. I Consulting Fh.vsiclan. More than on<j million < ?p!ea "-fl old. it trraui upon Norvou* and _PhVKlcal Debility, rre mature vevutie. Kxomistcd vitality, impaired Visor, ana Impurities of the blood, and the untold Ifl miseries consequent thereon. Contains 300 page*. .. W~,.I?fl lubstanrial emboss ! binding. full gilt. Warrants M Ihe best popular siedic.il treatise published in th? B English l:in?u.u'f Price only 81 l.y mail, postpaid, V >nd concealed m a plain wrai>]>< r. Illintratipt tampiejrtt If you wud now. Address a- above. Same lltij pa/if r. H BMNFY TO LOAN est on }Iortgax<-. Art- R Ifl WBu b I drw, with particulars. H SI N LOAN ASSOCIATION, Ifl ? O. Box S8. or :<! I V, W \tku Stukkt, Ei.miuj, N. V. IRKS* IMPROVED ROOT BEER PACKAGES, 'JJi', Makes .1 gallons of a delicious paiklinsf temperance beverage, strengthens and lurifles the biuod. Its purity and delicacy of flavor ^^^B ommourt It to all. -Sold everywhere. TRV IT. DEA F?* very Inierc?iiii7b0-pagc hook on fleaf fl nes?, Volst's in til1* lead. &e. How relieved. Sent B reo. A'i<'.rcssXi''Hoi?tiy. l7?Mcl>ont;allst.. N.Y.City B MB m Ma rinv. Samnlea north S t.-'VJ KflKK B K M I.m. s uot uhdt-r tlio bor*o'* feet. Addrosi uukwoten's Safkty Rkin Hoi.dkk, Hoily.Mirti m to v?t?l ! >? <? A Heirs,. >rGit?i >wi).p -~H livuL-ir-. OOl.. I.. Bl.Nu- . ? I C1I5m?IBIQ y. Wa-hiiuton. I). 0. mPTRAPMY Learn tore and e*r? H BVn Wr n pay. Situation* H IikI Writ* Vklmttu*. Broi , J&DCjvillr,Wi* H ' " i 1' " I