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AGRICULTURAL TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. Cabbage "Worms and Squash Bugs. . A correspondent of the New England Homestead says: Cabbage worms never t.rniihlfi an Rncrlish ?r:irdenpr of mv aC 0 e* -- ?--quaintance. When they first appear he dissolves a tablespoonful of saltpetre in a pailful of tepid water and gives the plants a good sprinkling. The worms will disappear speedily. If they begin after a few days to appear again, renew the sprinkling and you will seldom have occasion to apply it a third time. It promotes the growth of the plants, too. I Seeing him planting his melons, squashes end cucumbers, I asked him if the bugs "would not destroy the vines. He said he was never troubled by striped bugs. When he prepared the hills he planted a circle of beans six inches apart around the outer edge of each hill. The beans would come up just before melons, etc., would appear, and no bug would molest the vines. I have tried these two remedies myself for ten years with perfect success. Hints About Horses. Unless the farm is very stony and the roads rough, steep and hard, take off the shoes at this season and let the hoof get some natural growth, says a farmer in the New York Tribune. It is a waste of time and money to shoe a plow-team or farm-team in the summer. Ill-fitting collars are the bane of farm-teams; they divert the line of draft and bruise the tlif.tr Irwwnlr unrl r*hnff> thf neck. Too often the collars are too lonir. In this case one of the i.inc collar pads will shorten the collar and prevent bruising the neck. Muddy legs irritate the ekin and produce the pustular inflammation known jis grease. This is more easily prevented than cured. Wash the legs and rub them dry whenever the horses come in wet and muddy. Glycerine is j the best emollient for the skin, but more i be au^eit is easily procuied. Crude petrolium is antiseptic, emollient and healing, and thus prevents poisoning of the skin, softens it aud prevents heating and inflammation and cures disease when want of care produces th'.s too common result. Friction with a woolen rubber either dry or wet as the case may be, is excellent for the skiu,and fifteen minutes spent every day in rubbing down a horse will be well employed. For all kinds of vermiu rub the hair, not the skin, with a 'hrnch or snonrre moistened with kerosene "I o and glycerine in equal parts. Making Clover Hay. Cut the clover as soon as you can sec any heads turning brown. Cut at this stage, the clover will make a less weight than if cut later; but it will have a grea;er food value, a larger part of it being digestible. As the heads ripen, the percentage of woody fibre in the plant steadily increases. Cut as soon as the earliest blossoms beyin to turn, it is more troublesome to cure than if cut later; but this is more than compensated for by the greater value of the second crop, whether it is cut for hay or seed. When cut at the right season, and well cured, the nutritive value of clover hay is fully equal to that of Timothy, and is greater in many food combinations, on account of its higher albuminoid ratio. Clover is injured by too much sun. A very hot sun is not desirable, as it "hums"' the plover, mukhifr the h aves I go brittle that they will break off in handling. If allowed to get too ripe before it is cut, or if cut when the dew is on, the effect is of the same nature. It will cure notalitt'ein the cock, and this curing is more desirable than sundrying. The less handling necessary the better. The best weather for clover-hay making is when the sun is not very hot and the air is dry. The worst weather is?u ifortunately, not uncommon?hot sun ;in 1 moist atmosphere; then the hay "burns out," arid sudden showers may be expected. Clover hay will not keep in a stack, unless the stack is protected by better material. In the West, where most of the hay is stacked, this is accomplished by puttiug timothy on the top. Large barracks?open sheds?are often used. These cost but little, and afford good protection. But nothing else equals a good mow; and nearly all the value of clover hav denends upon its curiny and keeping.?American Agriculturist. Treatment for Young Pigs. My mode of treatment for young pigs, says a farmer in the Swineherd, is: In the first place alter the pigs are farrowed I am very careful to watch them and see that the sow does not overlay them and that their bed is kept clean and dry. I do not feed the sow very much for six or eight days, do not feed any slop until the pigs are five weeks old, then 1 do not give any sour slop, for it will give the pigs the Scours, which will stunt or kill them. I i do not allow them to have very much bedding whi'e young, and it should be changed twice a week. As soon as they are old enough to eat corn I sink a trough In the ground so they can get to it easy and feed them soaked corn in it. If I want them for show pigs I give them all they can eat with a pint of slop to each j nis1 twice a dav: if I want them for fall ! trade, let them run 011 grass through the summer, and do not feed very much corn, as I think pigs kept in this way will make bigger hogs with better constitutions than when fed too strong whiie young, as you are liable to break them down in the feet and ruiu their constitutions for breeding purposes, which is one of the main things we are looking after. My ol scrvatioa has been that pigs ! fed for the show ring never amount to i much as breeders; this is not always the j case, but you will find it so nine cases j out of ten. I have been in the show l ring nine years and have ruined more ! good pigs by feeding too young than by disease. The best result I ever had was not to feed any corn till the pigs were four months old, then when 1 began to feed them it would not be long till they began to curl their tails, and by the time they were six months old they would wei^h two hundred to two hundred and fifty pounds; then you are not ashamed for them to be seen. I had thirty male pigs last season that I treated j in this way that were hard to beat, and j it was no trouble to find sale for them, and every man who got one is well sat- j isfied. Too many get too anxious and j teed tiicir pigs to ucurn vnue young. i ! know thrt was the case with me when I I first started in the business. A new j beginner generally thinks he kno;vsmoie than the man who has been in the busi- J ness for years, and he finds out when it. is too late that he knows nothing about the business and if he had taken some advice he would have been several hundred dollars better off. I use charcoal, sulphur, salt, ashes, and a little black antimony mixed together to keep my hogs in a healthy condition. Farm and Garden Notes. Potash fertilizers have decidedly improved dosiVable qualities of fruits whore, ever applied. Don't use any parsnip seed unless it be of last year's growth, as such seed does not rapidly germinate if old. It is claimed that sorrel can be eradicated from fields by the generous application of unleached wood ashes. Milk from healthy ?ows can easily be kept pure and sweet in trencnes wuu water at about seventy-five degrees. "Whenever pear trees are attacked by blight, which comes without warning, cut away every blighted portion and burn it. Keep your milk sweet and pure. To a supply of impure milk epidemics of diphtheria, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, and other ailments have been frequently traced. Do not feed meal or any other food that is full of parasites, as it will cause j worms in the fowls. If you use such, not only scald it, but cook thoroughly, and it will do no harm. It is often better to hatch the turkey eggs under the hen than under the turkey hen, as the hen turkey is too im[ patient of confinement and is apt to lead her young ones away at an early age. Never use sulphur on the bodies of young chicks, for gapes or any other disease. Lard and sulphur applied while in the downy state will cause sores and torture?sometimes death. This we have found true?to our cost. Blackberry vines should be well cultivated after the fruit has been picked. The old canes should not be cut out until late -el? rn ii.. Ill uie Jell J, uui ijil* iiuw uuiicd, w 111^11 arc to produce next year's crops, will be greatly benefited by cultivation. Young chickens, as soou as weaned, should be provided with suitable perches. Make them low and on a level. It will be better for their health to get the young fowls ol! the ground as soon as possible. Do not ncg'.ect to provide a door or slide. In order to have the oxalis flower to perfection during the winter months, they should lie so placed as to be fully exposed to the >un as much as possib'e. They will grow well enough in any light si ua'ion, but if flowers are wanted they must be exposed to the sun. Clover is one of the greatest consumers of lime among farm crops, and this explains the marvelous effect of ?.i?i_~r 1: ? i..../i suipnuiu ui nine vi muu pinaiL'i iu in**iv" ing clover catch. On heavy soil a dressing of 100 pounds of gypsum per acre rarely fails to bring good clover. Farmers everywhere should make it their special business?ns it is their right?to see for themselves that the proposed gift of $15,000 a year to each State for the institution of experiment, stations by the agricultural tolleges, is applied strictly lo that purpose, and that the outcome shall be as practical and serviceable as able and faithful men can make it. The oat is a splendid food for young animals because, compared with corn, straw, ctc., it is rich in muscle and boneforming elements; and this also makes it a splendid food for work animals. Cora should be fed sparingly to work animals, during the summer months especially, as it is a heating food. It will pay to make the grain ration of oats in the morning and at noon. During the summer a good use for house slops and wash water is in using them to water plants. Utilize tin cans?old fruit cans will answer. .Funen a very small hole in the botom. Set near the tomato, cucumber and melon vines, or any other variety of plants that need plenty of moisture, and keep them supplied with water. This furnishes the moisture and at the same time adds -good fertilizing material. Iligh priced cows that are fed for milking tests aire induced to eat and drink all they will of sound, wholesome food and clean pure water. Silage and roots are largely fed as suplemental food, the idea being that these keep the animal's system in good, healthy condition. Sliced carrots form one of the favorite foods for milch cows. In addition to rations of roots are given generous quantities of clover, hay and grain. Hungarian grass and millet are two grass crops that are grown in summer, the seed being sometimes sown as late as July, but June is better should a rain Oijcur. The Hungarian grass affords several cuttings during the same season, and is excellent for horses when cured. Millet grows very tall, makes a heavy crop, but is mowed only once, Both crops need rich soil, but can be grown on sandy soil if it be properly manured. In hot, dry weather, gladioli will repay the attention of a mulch of rotten manure over the beds, and applying water freely if thought needful. It is the right course to place supports in the earliest stages of the spikes, as the broad lveaes are much acted upon by gules of wind, and if the roots get loosened the plants soon suffer. . Those having spots about the home so shady that grass will not grow, may rely upon the hardy ferne for embellishment. Wild ferns abound in all parts of the country, in woods and waste places, and can usually be had for the digging. The insects attacking the grapevine arc mainly large caterpillars, which are most readily picked by hand; the socalled "thrips," which is properly the "grapevine leaf hopper," ana not related to ti e true thrips. It is a little whitish insect which often rises in clouds when the vines arc disturbed. The best treatment is to go among the vines with torches, gently beating them to disturb the insects, which will atonccfly toward the light. The first appearance of grayish syots on the under sides of the vine indicates mildew, and flowers of sulphur should be applied with a bellows made for the purpose. Many persons gather seeds for the season all in one dav. nnd that far aloner ?' o iu the seis >n. It is better to commence with the first flower of spring and keep it up all through the season. A correspondent writes that she usually carries in her pocket a small ball of twine, and when she sees an extra fine flower from which she would like seed she ties a bit of twiuc around the stem, and when among the flowers she is on the lookout for the ripened seeds of such. These she gathers and tics up in the corner of her handkerchief, orin cheese cloth, narrowly hemmed for the purpose, which she lias provided expressly for gathering seeds in. It is curious how little attention is o-iven to the cultivation of those garden crops that require very little care and j yet that are so much appreciated when I brought upon the table. Spinach is one of the crops. It is found in but com| paratively few gardens, and yet is i tasilv rrown and is very relishable. It : might have been sown last, autumn, and | if lightly mulched would have been all ! right. It may be sown in the spring as i soon as the ground is fit. and two weeks from the first sowing there may be a sccond. There arc two varieties, the prickly seeded and the round, the latter bainjr the best. It requires but a small bed to, supply a family with all thi greens neeaed. MILLIONAIRES. THE PECULIARITIES. OF SOME ' c WEALTHY MEN. I i A Daring Real Estate Speculator ?William Waldorf Astor?A Sleepy Millionaire?A Victim to an Impulse. a Biakely Hall says in one of his New York letters to the San Francisco t Arqonaut: When I think of it, million- t aires never resemble one another. Yesterday, for instance, I walked for a few j f blocks behind a gentleman of trim ! a physique and thoughtful mien. . His figure was as well molded as that of a . fashionable leading man, and his coat was a marvelous tit. His grey beard was trimmed to a point, ana he strolled along, the picture of a dilettante, artistic, >' and rather precise lounger. Nobody 1' seemed to know him, although he was on his native heath. His face was serene. k He might have been an elderly society h man, a gentleman of leisure, or an e aristocratic poet. His name is quite as unfamiliar to the world as he was per- o sonally unknown on Fifth avenue that b rlav His fortune is estimated at twenty i t! millions, his name is Wilsgp, and he is one of the most daring and successful of ft speculators in real estate. His son mar- t ried Miss Astor two years ago, and so ? strengthened the moneyed connection of that famous family. A sharj) contrast was furnished to the ? ornate Wilson on coaching day,by a man 1 who should according to every precedent I be a dandy, a spendthrift, and a fop. lie i is none of these. William Waldorf Astor j v sat on Mr. Roosevelt's coach, during the ; 8 great parade, with a loose and not par- | a ticularly well-titting coat wrapped around , a his athletic figure, and his hat pulled down over his eyes. Here is a man who : a made a brisk canvass as a politician, s served well as Minister to Italy, models j n admirably in clay, has written a good | 4i book, is now writing a play, manages an s estate of two hundred million dollars skillfully,and is the virtual head of what undoubtedly ranks as the first family in America. lie is clever, brilliant, well- o born, and has had every advantnge that | a boundless wealth could buy. lie can o box like a professional, has broad shSul- n ders, and apparently never thinks of uis g attire. His father calls him 4,Bill." On t every coach that day, there were prim, a tightly clad, supercilious, and over- a dressed young men, sitting erect and n staring with affected indifference at the d vulgar herd that s.irgcd below them, t Undoubtedly they felt like aristocrats, or v tried to, but they looked like a lot of s tailors' clerks. The only man among t them who was absolutely indifferent to v his surroundings and his position was p William Waldorf Astor. 11 Another sharp contrast occurs to me? t Mr. Griswold LoriiL.rd. If any man a can look at him without feeling an in- v stantaneous and almost overwhelming f desire to yawn, he must surely have u slept well over night. Mr. Lorillard p seems to have but two objects in life? c /vm a f /i olefin rtn/1 + U ah /-? innkaitefi lilfl T win; lu auvi mc uuiui iu .1110 l. stock of English clothes. His eyes were a designed byMorpheus. It is a physical t impossibility, apparently, to get the lids g more than one-eighth of an inch apart, c and they close by reason of the laws of 0 gravitation. Mr. Lorillard's specialty is t in consonance with his physical capabili- 11 tics. He sleeps on top of a coach, in an t opera box, and in the windows of the ti Knickerbocker Club. lie is blase be- s yond all precedent. His thin, colorless 0 face has never been disturbed by a smile, t and he drifts from one fashionable assi m- \ bly to another, reposing somnolently in t the corner of his brougham. He has t one accomplishment however?he is a a capital whip. To see him perched on e the corner of the scat of a big mail- 1 "cart, with a pair of seventeen-hand bays t thundering through a crowded pj.rk li while the tlriver is ostensibly asleep, is t one of the most interesting sights af- r forded in the surface view of New York, s I have known him to rush by a light t road wagon, and east one sleepy eyo \ down at the hub of his wheel with an t air of drowsy satisfaction as it skimmed I within a hair's breadth of the hub of ihe I lighter vehicle. si A millionaire who would probably be n described by the majority of natives as t the most popular man in New York is t Mr. Charles Delmouico. His wealth is L not suggested by his talk or clothes. He a is amiable, cheerful, knows every one, t goes everywhere, dresses quietly but a with entire correctness, has a perfectly appointed stable, aad seems to do :he proper thing by instinct. He chats in every tongue, and intererests a visiting f nobleman us much as he does a local jolitician. i The Earl of Loudan differs from Ri oh- j ard K. Fox,of the Police Gazette, in mr.ny r ways. The latter bought his paper for a j hundred dollars. It is now the oaly American journal that is recognized by f the elite society of Cuba, Mexico and c South America, and it pays ite ow:ier ^ something like two hundred and fifty 0 thousand dollars a year. Mr. Fox is c fond of a good horse, and he has one ( peculiarity that I have never seen illus- a trated in other men?whenever he ^ drinks a bottle of wine too much, he be- 0 comes the victim of an overpowering i.ra- ^ pulse to give away all the money that he j can lay his hands on. He makes prcs- c ents to everybody within reach, and, as s his credit is good, his lapses from grace j are apt to cost him a small fortune. At s least, such was the case a year or two , ago. His habit became too exhaustive r even for his ample purse, and he lias v since closed his eyes resolutely to the se- c ductive glare of the wine when it is red. v Robert. Garrett, ?f the Baltimore and c Ohio Road, would consider his ten million dollars as nothing if he could not afford a fresh business suit of tweed clothes every week or two. Pudgy and dumpy < men arc fond of sack-coats. It is the irony of fate. Mr. Garrett, who looks j like a well-fed young produce merchant ' in a frock-coat, insists upon wearing ^ the sack-coat of the festive clerk, and t looks like an exceedingly healthy and n rtibicand young retail grocer, in all the x glory of Sunday attire. i t A Good Word for Buttermilk. c In warm, summer weather, many persons feel an irresistible craving for something sour, and often gratify this desire by a free indulgence in pickles and vege- T tables made acid with vinegar. This dc- t mand for acid indicates a deficiency in the acicl secretions in ine siomacn, ana tne : demand for an artificial one is a natural one; but vinegar is not the best sul stitute. Lactic acid is one of the cniel ? agents that give acidity to the gastric juice of the stomach in health This is 1 the acid of sour milk, and therefore one 7 of the best summer diet drinks that we j1 can use is buttermilk. It satisfies the ' cravings for acids by giviDg the stomach ? a natural supply, and at the same time / furnishing in its cheesy matter a good , supply of wholesome nutrition. A man ' will endure fatigue in hot weather better a j oo buttermilk than any drink he can 'ise. J? WORDS OF WISDOM. Prejudice, which sees what it pleases, :annotsee what is plain. We are sure to get the better of fortune f wc do but grapple with her. In this world of change, naught which :omes stays and naught which goes is ost. Habits are soon assumed, but when we itrive to strip them off, 'tis being flayed ilive! A man without self-restraint is like a >arrel without hoops, and soon tumbles o pieces. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, or he never thinks that he gets as much ? he deserves. The best characters have a mixture of nfirnuties, and the worst have some releeming<virtues. Be not too brief in conversation, lest ou be not understood; nor too diffuse, est you be troublesome. How can we cxpcct that a friend should :eep our secret whilst we are convincing iim that it is more than we can do ourelves? "Words are but the signs and counters f knowledge, and their currency should >e strictly regulated by the capital which hey represent. The understanding is better employed a bearing the misfortunes that actually efall us than in penetrating into those liat possibly may do so. Begin early the cultivation of symiathy: in this way we lose sight of wories and troubles connected with our own at, besides being of help to others. What is liberty without wisdom and rithout virtue? Such liberty is the | ;reat"stof all possible evils, for it is vice nd folly and madness, without tuition nd without restraint. Trees that, like the poplar, lift upward 11 their boughs, give no shade and no heltcr, whatever their height. Trees the lost lovingly shelter and shade us when, ike the wiilow, the higher soar their ummits the lowlier droop their boughs, j The Gardens of Egypt. At the beginning of March the gardens ' f Egypt are really wonderful; the orange . nd lemon trees spread their most pungeut ! dor j the rose trees are covered with in- | iun^rable flowers; the palms, with their | reen and white crowns, swing there in he wind: the oleanders tbere border the venues, on the lawns anemones, annual , nd perpetual flowing pinks, chrysanthemums, violets, zinnias, periwinkles,snapIragons, mignonettes, pansies and peunias blend their innumerable colors rith the green ol the trees, bushes and hrubs. Groups of bamboo lift here and here their long green or golden stems, rhich assume in a few months enormous roportions, the cruelly ingenious punishment of the Chinese in binding a criminal o a young bamboo. The plant grows nd the wretch is quartered in a few reeks. No wood is lighter or more-useul than the bamboo. One d<Tes'-?t mderstand why the Egyptians neglqctt^ ilant it along the canals and on every uUiirfifnrl lonfl nrlioro if trmxVG cn U'aII UillTUltU 1<VUVI^ VVUVlVs li Vuu CV ? viii Jut what gives, at least during winter nd spring, the most smiling aspect o tlie Egyptian gardens are the ;reat sheets of rose bougainvilleas that ling to the walls, the trees and groups >f foliage, and which display every where he varied and exquisite tint of their lowers. The bougainvilleas is certainly he finest of climbing plants. During ive months it flowers under the winter un, takes shades of extreme delicacy? ne might say a light rose trail, the inensity of which every play of light ari.es. The aloes, the agave, attach heinselves on rocky slopes. On the lanks of the water course the blue lotus ,nd the papyrus still revive antique remiliscences. Grass cannot be raised in Jgvpt. The layer of soil is so thin that he sun dries it up immediately, and uness the grass is constantly submerged it urns yellow and perishes at once. It is iot the heat alone that produces this reult, for there is very much fine grass in he tropics; but the heat, accompanied >y the shallowness of the soil, renders he culture of grass impossible in Egypt, t is with difficulty that a few isolated ilodnc nf rrrnce ?nrnnt. /Inrinnr winter """v" "* s>?~r-? o long the Nile and the canals; they cllsppear as soon as the spring begins, so hat everywhere in the country where ariticial cultivation finishes the dry and wire desert begins. In the place of grass | , pretty little vcrbcnacca is used, and [ his is encountered everwhere, the same s grass is encountered in America. The Army in 1792. Major R. H. Hull, Twenty-second Inantry, stationed at Omaha, has coinlilcd and had printed for private distriiution a "register of the United States irmy for Jan. 1, 1702. A copy of the egister has been received at the War )epartmcnt, and excites considerable inerest, Major-Gen. Arthur St. Clair was hen General-in-Chief. The army then onsistcd of one battalion of artillery and wo regiments of infantry and but 82 ftieers. 10 of whom were artillery fficers. The monthly pay of the Majorieneral was $12/5, with $20 for forage nd 15 rations per day. An officer of hat rank now receives a monthly salary >f $625. For clothing each man was enitled to receive annually 1 hat or helmet, coat, 1 vest, 2 pairs woolen and linen iverulls, 4 pairs of shoes, 4 shirts, 2 pairs ocks, 1 blanket, 1 stock and clasp, and pair of buckles. The daily ration f onistcd of 1 pound of beef or $ pound of lork, 1 pound of bread or flour. $ gill of um, brandy, or whisky, or its money alue. For every 100 rations a man was ntitlcd to 1 quart of salt, 2 quarts of 'incgar, 2 pounds of soap, and 1 pound j if candles.? Washington Star. The Naked Truth. "Yon have heard the expression? The naked truth'?and perhaps you do lot know how it originated," said the iev. Sara Jones in his Red Rock sermon j esterday. "I will tell you. Once upon ' time Truth and Error went in bathing j ogether. Error came out first, put on ! ["ruth's clothes and ran away. And ! ilrror has been trying to wear the same ' rai ments ever since. When Truth came ! iut of the v/ater the only clothing it onld find to put on was what belonged o Error. 'Before I will wear such garnents as those,' said Truth, 'I will go laked all my life.' Truth has kept its | k'onl, and goes through the world naked, ! without frill or bang, or bustle, or anj- j Inner dsn."?St. Paul Globe. A Sympathetic Horse. A number of horses are kept together t Independence. A few days ago a sad of alfalfa hay was brought and put n the yard near the stable; one horse j rat loose in the yard, the other two beng tied up in the stable, the door being 2ft open. After eating a few bits of the j lfalfa, of which he is very fond, the ' 30se horse appeared to remember that ! is companions were debarred from the 1 L*ast. He took large moutlifuls of the lfalfa, carried it into the stable, and I laced it before the other horses.?Inyo ! Co/.) Independent. I : i r i?i ft ? < : : A Safety Saddle. An English military officer' has made some radical changes in the construction of a saddle which are highly spoken of. The "tree" is so altered as-to allow the open space to be webbed, making a yielding seat, so that the falling of the rider is not likely to occur any more on this saddle than on an office stool. It is in the hanging of the stiirup, however, that the greatest improvement consists. Instead of dangling at the end of one vertical straD the safetv saddle stirrup is suspended by two straps?one from the cantle and one from the pommel. The rigidity of this suspension, compared to the swinging motion of the ordinary stirrup hanging, only needs a trial to make the rider exclaim: "Why was this not thought of before?" "With this douj>lfe suspension the open front of the stirrup is always to the forward thrust of the horseman's foot?a serviceable position with a skittish or V. A.nn M'VlOtl m Aiinfin cr lmgexjr nuisc unci uuia nucu the right foot having always to kick at the dangling stirrup iron till it is turned so as to get the foot into it.?Chicago News. Scott and the Lieutenant. In one of the great battles of the Mexican war Lieutenant George H. Derby was wounded, and the Commander-in-Chief, being near, rode up to the group surrounding him, and, finding that the injury was not dangerous, started away with the parting salutation: "Good-day, Leftenunt Darby." "Good-day, General Sc?tt," responded the party addressed sufficiently loud for his retiring superior to hear. "The General's name is not Scatt," said one of the group. "No!" was the response, "and neither is my name Darby."?Han Francisco Examiner. It is an impressive truth that sometimes in the very lowest forms of duty, less than which would rank a man as a villain, there is, nevertheless, the sub limcnt ascent ot selt-sacrince. ?ve yuincy. The greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall. A Home Knows What'* What. It id said the race-horses in the East get to love Moxie aa bad as the women, and drink it with the greatest avidity. The cattl- p efer it to i nj t iins el' e where it grows. It is now estimate I that oik-! a f t'.:emoleratedrii.ki-rs and inebriates o: New England are diinking only Moxie Nerve Food. Ir so, God be pro.i-ed. It did not come any t/o scon. Its sale is said to exceed anything ever put u] 0:1 the market The a^e of swilling drugs a'd tt niulants is getting a set back by the extract of the little fodder p ant "Moxie," which now seems to be comii.g the next th n r to the family physician It has hi herto been sup Osed that the highest mountain in the woi Id was Mount Everest, one of the Hima ayan range, 2P,0(J0 feet high, but th 8 honor is now claimed for Mount Hercules, in New (iuinea, which soars to the tremendous altitude of 32,7i>ti feet or five times that of Mount Washington, in New Hampsnire. "t tin writ " "I want to thank you for telling me of Dr. Pierce's 'Favorite Prescription,'" wr.tes a 1 idy to lier frien.l. "For a long lime I was unlit to attend to fie work of iu*' household. I kep: *alout, but I felt thoroughly miserable. I had terrible backaches, and bearing-down senato s across me and was quite weak ind Ci couiaged. I se it and got some of the medicine after reoeivin* your letter, and it has cured mo. I hardly know my elf. I^feil so well." A hemlock tree measutlng five feet and Seven inches in dian eter was felled recently in Tioga County. Penn. All "Played Ont." Don't know whut ails me lately. Can't eat well?can't sieep well. Can't work, and don't enjov doing any hing. A'n't really sick, and I really ain't well. Feel kind o' played out, someway." That is what scores of en say every (lav. If they w u!d take Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" they would m on i have no occasion lo say it. It purities the blood, tones up the system and fortifies it against (iiseasi. It is agreat anti-bilious remedy as well. Mn?. Cleveland objee s to fineer rings;she only wiars one, her wedding b;ind. Don't disgust everybody by hawking, blowin.' and spittinv, 1 u' use Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and bo cured. The American Exhibition in London has the longest bar ever built. Pi leu ('lived for !45 Cents. Dr. "Walton's Cure for Pile* is guaranteed to cure the worst case of piles. Price 25 cents. At druggists, or mailed [sta'iips taken] by the Walton Remedy Co., Cleveland, 0. Rotal Glue' monds anything! Broken Chi. nn, Glass, Wood. Free Vials at Drugs & Gro Rel'of is immediate, and a cure sure. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. fiOc. One Fact It worth a co.umn of rhetoric, said an Amer'eai statesman. It i* a fact, < itabllslied by th? tcstlmnn / of thousands of people, that H od'a Sariiparilla does euro erofula s .It rheum, and other dheaassor afT.-ctl a<ari Ing fr in I. pure st.teor low cvndl \1 n or the tl od. It al o overcomes that area reeiIn.;, creates a good app tite, and gives strength to every part of the *j st?m. If you nee i a goo : blood purifier, to lc. or ppetizer. try Hood's Sirsaparilla. It will doyoit i,ojd. "Mydaught r received much benefit from Hood's Sar.apartl a as an exce lent tonic after a pr tracteJ attack of bror.ch al pneumonia."?Riv. F. H. Adams, New Har.fonl. Coon. Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists, tl; six for $5. Prepared only C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Maw. > IOO Doses One Dollar COCKLE'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, mrrn rinti A mPV/1T TQIT T)THTWR'nV xnrj vxxvjcjjql x uu uuiuu For Liver, Bile, Indigestion, etc. Free from Mercury: contains only l'ure Vegetable Injrreiilcnt'. Agent: C. X. CRITTENTOX, New York. U/ANTFn lady canvassers V Ml V I bU to obtain subscriptions 'or a WW < oh nuil popular Muitaziue. Liberal commlsslc n> a'lowed. Kor t> rms and sample copy addr es THE CAI.MSON ?V IlciRRON COM P \ N Y? 09b ? 69S Broridwav, New York. MAftlPlI Tfl I ni|| "t low rate of InterMllNE" Y I U I-UAH est on Mortgage. AdIll Ullbl dress, with particulars SI X LOAN ASSOCIATION, ?-0. Vox OS. or :!14 K. Water Street, Elmira, N. y. DATFNTS Procured at LESS I loll I w cost than olita;nable elseI whsre. lu st of refen nces and Inventors' Guide mailed free. JAMES II. LANCASTER, Putem Attorney. IS? Rrondway, N. Y. City. ? fmnE Wife of 'Ostler Joe." A Travesty by Ruth I Waldon. Price 10 cents. Sent to any address. K. W. HHOWEU. 1W Mchlgan Ave., Chicago. VI to Soldiers Sc. Holrs. Send stamp KAneiAne^r circular*. COL. L. BINGrClldlUIIO H M Att'y. Washington. 1>. C REGULATE Bowels & Purify Blood. Dr. Balrd'g Blood Granules, 25c.i 5 boxes. $1. 0' druggist*: or by rna.l, prepaid. Luc. Baiud, Washington, N.J ?? p | rpp API4Y Lrnrii here and earn tclcynwrn t goo<ip,y. situ?ti.n? I furnished. Write VaUntint Bro?., JiDesviUe.Wts. 3?^ FINE Wooded Cuttle, Sheep, Hugs, Poultry, DtifcS fur sale. Catalogues with l jO cnitnivMfiiim, N. i'. Mojer& n. UMinvlll*. Px. PALMS* Bunlueid College, Phils,. Pa. SItualions furnished. Life Scholarship. $40. Wrlto. iGrab Orchard Wate HGenuine Crab Orchard Salts in scaled pnckatres at I^RA^ORCHAR^tfATE^Ojj^ropVB. Why did t\ of this country use over t Procter & Gamble's Lenox i Buy a cake of Lenox and yoi L?ctur? en "ROUGH ON RATS." MfeJ A^juak This is what killed rour poor father. Sirnnlt. Avoid anything containing it throughout your future useful (f) carocrs. We older heada object to its special Bough'nees,' DON'T FOOL StiS <41*' In futile efforts with Insect poirVWy der, borax or what not, used at ! random all over tbe house to K*t ' rid of Roaches, Water-bugs, Beetlee. For 2 or 8 nights snrLikle V7VN "Rough oh Rats' drypowder.L , about and down the sink, drain w pipe. First thing In the morning wash it all away down the auk, drain pipe, when all the insects from garret to cellar will disappear. The secret is in the fact that wherever Insects are in the house, they must DA A flUEC drink during the night liUAlfllEd Clears out Rats, Mice, Bed-bugs, Flies, Beetles. 'Rough on Rate," is sola <01 around the world, In every ctkne, is the most extensively advertised and has the largest tale of any article of its kind on the face of tbe globe. DESTROYS POTATO BOOS For Potato Bugs, Insects on vines, etc., a tableSpoonful of the powder, well shaken. in a keg of water, and applied with sprinkling pot, spray syringe, or whisk broom. Keep it well stirred up. 16c., 26c. and $1 Boxes. Agr. sisa. 'RQOCH-RATCf -CLEARS OUTfjjflT BED BUC8V 08^ FLIES. Roaches, anta, water-bogs, moths, rats, mice, STtarrriwF. lack rabbite. squirreLa, gophers. 18a NTS V-'l7 DR. BAIRD'S GRANULES REGULATE THI BOWELS, PLRI L-rv fl FY THE BLOOD <^M?3 CURE DYSPEP. SUa& JW ST A. PTTiES. MA. PLAIilA, HEAD f ACHES. (yJKSti. Ine patient write*: "Bps the Uw*V'l,e<'t rfK'lIat Another: "They sre In deed wonderful. They <1 not Physic. but uct i.n ton! and euro." Dr. W. M. BAIRD, Ph> Mclan un<l Stirgt'on. Ofll rm Wa?lilngt n. N. J , and 157 West itd St., Now York Speaker N. J. House Arisen bly. ox-President Wash Ington, N. J., Board of Health, ex County Pny-1 clan, Ac., Ac. Another: "I win cured of a severe attack of pi lei by their use. Cuuuot too h'ghly express my rog i < for them." Easy to take, a* they are no larger than a must re prai". 2.V. per box. 5 l?oxe?, $1; of drugglfts or b; mall, postage prepaid. Trade supplied by wholesali clrujriflsts. TRY THEM AND YOP WILL BE CONVINCED. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE. 1 The only S3 SEAMLESS Shoe in the world. I Finest Calf, perfect fit, and / Wtj warranted. Congress, Button Q fPfjf >-1 and Lace, all styles toe. As / Vl Ma 00 < stylish and durable a* M5EQ % those costing $5 or D|' *5^? W. L. DOUGLAS tr KKr 1 2.50 SHOE excels f the $3 Shoes adver- f ^ iW'J tlsed ? rlltafwd en WlMS of <uk SbM Bovs all wear the W. L. DOUGLAS 12 SHOE If your dealer does not keep them, send your name o postal to W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Hui MARVELOUS MEMORY i>iss<jovj:it\r. W Lolly iiiilikourdflclal *y*teui0. Auy book leitrned In one rending* Recommended by Mark Twain, Richard Proct< the Scientist. Hon*. W. W Astor. Judah P. Benjamli Dr. Minor, etc. CI as* of 111) Columbia law student two classes 2UJ each at Yale, 3r.*i University of Penn 300 at Wollesley College, etc. Prospectus post fre t'l'.QF, LOljETlK, -?3T Filth Are.. Sew Yorlc S^^MARLIN REPEATINC J RIFLE BEST IM TH curato and absolutely^^fflS^. WORLD! safe. Made In all sizes for large or email game. BALLARD Cutlery, Hunting and Tnrret Rifle*. bend for Illustrated Catalogue. Marlla Fire Arms Co., New lluven, Cobb. > Wltbont Increaain tbc FIFTH WHEE IY<lini|jl|flii HEBBBANO CC FREMONT, O. DR. HAIR'S ASTHMA f \ | p Has ab olutely cured lens 01 in i > a I I FT ^ hands. The only Asthma Cure an ^!r.-rm,* ? Treatment Known to the medics world that will, positively, jj rnianentlycure Anlli ma and Hny Fever. Unquestionable evidenc will be found lu uiy Mpage Treatise, sent free. 1>IC. It. W. 11A IK, m w.4tli 8t.. Cincinnati, C J JONES PAYSth^FREICHl 5 Ton Wagon Scales, Iron Stfel Reirlafi. Br*i T&rt Bf?m and Be*m Box for Ir?rr For Prtr pr,j? 111 V, neciloD ilali pftper and addrru V JONES OF IINQHAMTBN. * B1NGHAMTON. N. ? One Agent (Merchant only) wanted In every town to Tour Tarn-Ill^ Punch" 5c, cigar* are getting ^lot or 1 nenng. iriTviiu^ uiru kv ? ? ^.v># "Why. they are better than most 10c. cigar-." Ou trade has more than ilouMed sine - we commence to sell hem. P. & A. L. Millard, Elllsburgh, N. Y. Address It. \V. TAXS1LL & CO., Chicago vlZ<?o$.?(tAhewtfii, ... !? GI.OVKR BUILDING, Washington^. C A DIP ACECD To Introduce them, we wll oiu urrcrit ?iv?> awu?- i,ujo sen Operating Washing Machines. If you wan one rend usyourname.P.O.and express offl atonee. The National Co.,^i' ey St.,N.1f jfl> ^ JBk JIB. Rfward If M] S1000 91 r uIa 1 or Physical Wrakn?*a that Botanll Nerrc BIttera fail to curt. SOCla. Htrb Madieina Co 13 N. lllh SC.. Philadelphia, P?. Sold by all Druggist) FRAZER?L| BEST TV TilK WORLD U?U,nOb C T" t-ct t:.c (<e: u'n f ilil rv>?.-where. KKtf'EW RQAT BEEF gals, of ilpllrloui, spark- I lllabil Mnz, wholesome ueverngr', jg,,, uru.^un. ...unr. hrZ'*!. C. E. HIttES. 48 N. L>ela. Ave.. Phila., Pa niAJuL DSIIa Great English Gout an< Dldll S I IllSa Rheumatic Remedy. Ovul llox, tftl rotiml. | i IMU. nniMU Habit Cured. Treatment seat on trla UrlUn HUMANE REMEDY CO.. Lafayette. Ind DYSPEPSIA, 9 I B ICK HEADACHE, g| CONSTIPATION, g A Remedy for all Risence* of the E,lrei\ KId-_. Mneri, Slomiteh ?nd Bowels. A pusitircB cure for Dytpeptia, Slcb Ileauiiehe, Constipation. Dose, one to two te?hpouii/ul?. 10 and Met*. No genuine salts m>ld m bul*. 8IMON N. JOKES, l.ouUrllle, Kft J ie Women - - * fw * . ^ _ f _ _ _ _ r hirteen muuoti caxes 01 Soap in 1886 ? t will soon understand why. fiRR"? n.ii.ii. ReHei ? CURES THE WOKST PAINS In from tu to twenty initiates. Not one hoar "iflTPElfwiVH'pVflf."" BOWEL COMPLAINTS It will In a few moments, when taken according to directions, cure Cramps, Spasms, 8our Stomach, Heartburn, Sick Headache, Summer Complaint, Diarrbcca, Dysentery, Colic. Wind In the Bowels, and all other Internal Pains. MALARIA IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS CURED AND PREVENTED. There Is not a remedial seen'. In the world that will cure Fever and Ague and all other UalarlooL Bilious and other fevers, aided by RAD WAY'S PILLS, so quick as RADWAY'S READY RELIEF. R. R. R not only cures tbe patient selced with Ma larla, but if people expose i to tbe. Malarial potion will every morning take 20 < r 30 drops of Ready 1 Relief in water, and eat, say a cracker, before going i oat, they will prevent attacks. i It Instantly relieves and soon cares Cold*, Son Throat, Bronchitis, Pleurisy. Stiff Neck, all Congestions and Inflammations, whether of the Lungs, Kid- < > neyk or Bowels, RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA,' Headache, Toothache,Weakness or Pain in the Baok Chest or Limbs by one application. fifty ceuta per bottle. Hold by druggists. \ DR. RADWAY'S SARSAPmUiK RESOLVENT! The Great Blood Purifier, For core of all chronic diseases, Scrofula, Blool Taint*. Syphilitic Complaint*, Consumption. (Haalolar Disease, Ulcers. Chronic Rheumatism. Kryalp* elas, Kidney, bladder and Ltrer Complaint* Dyspepsia, Affections of the Lungs and Throat, purine* the Blood, restoring health and vl^ot Sold by DriiKKiKtR. 81 per Bottle. \ nBBBBOHHHBHilHi RADWAY'S PILLS TheG ea' Liver and S'.omash Ren.'i/ ; For the cure of all disorders of the 8toniach, Uver. Bowels. Kid uevs. Bladder. Nervms Diseases Female | Complaint- L of Ai'i etit-. Headache, Constlpai tlon CostiveneM, Indigeatiot-, Hiili usneos, Ferer, Inflammation of the BowoIh, Pilei and all derangements of the Internal Vi?cer?. mr- lyvegetab'e, containing no mercury mltieriU ?. deloierl drills. | PERFECT D GESTIC'M >y taking one of RadI way v rills every morning, about 10 o'clock, as a diaj ner pll!. By so doing cirv ucAriAruc |j | 0IVI\ Mbnifnviiia) i Dyspepsia, Foul Stomach. Biliousness will te avoided, 9 j and ihf food that is eaten coniributes.its nourishing - i properties for the support of the natural waste of the body. ! f ^Observe fhe following'symptoms r sultlngfrom> diseaseof theL'lgostiveOrgan : Constitution, Inward f Piles. Fullness of the Blood In the Head, Acidity of 1 the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn. Disgust of Food, , Fullness or Weight lti the Stomach Sour Eructations, 1 Sinking or Fluttering of the Heart. Choking or SufTo[ eating .* ensatlons when in a lylneposture, Dimnessot 3 , Vision. Dots or Webs before the Sight. Fever and DoU : Pain in the Head Deficiency of Perspiration, Yellow1 ncssof theSkinandEyesJ'aiatn the Slde.Chest.Umbi - and Sudden Flushes of Heat. Burning: In the F esh. i A few doses of 11A I> WAY 'ft 1' II. I.? wl 1 free i th" ?v?teni of all the above turned disorders. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by all druggists I ! PfScnd a letter stamp to DR. RAD WAY A CO., No. 34 Warren Street, New York, tot Our Book of Advice. '.'UK SL'KE TO GET ItAUWAY'W. KTN- -v The Orijlnl .vDj.lvevce s LITTLB *.rmL/\o a s > 'V_v I wfeatw? LIVEB 1 8?V?\toXS PILLS. BEWARE OF I MIT ATIOSS. ALWAYS ASK FOJt I tit. PIERCE'S PELLETS, OB M LITTLB SUGAR-COATED PILLS. Being entirely vegetable, they op* n erate without disturbance to the system, diet, l. or occupation. Put up in glass vials, henneti caily sealed. Always frcsn and reliable. Af a laxative, alterative, or pcrgative. f these little Pelleta give the most perfect satisfaction. ftinw urininur 5M ticnuflunc. Bilious Headache, L jBT; Dizziness, Constipa- JHL , tlon, Indigestion, |1^( nL' 'r Bilious Attack*, and all ^ vf?ySff^ derangements of the Btom- it ach and bowels, are prompt- ^ a wef t is. ly relieved and permanently fflt I cured by the use of Dr. * A ~ Pierce'* Pleasant Purgative Pellets. 2 In explanation of the remedial power of these Pellets over so great a variety of diseases. It may truthfully be said that their action upon K the system is universal, not a gland or tissu? escaping their sanative influence. Bold bydruggists, 25 cents a vial. Manufactured at the Chemical Laboratory of World's Dispen&a&T" ^ Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. . 4_4500?B le ifl offered by the manufacturEr V era of l>r. Sage's Catarrh ?t ff * N iRemedy, for a case of n Chronic Nasal Catarrh which IrapTHv; <rf they canaot cure. , :l 51 .TiriU.TlS Ul VAiJinnii^-Liuii. heavy headache, obstruction of the nasal I passages, discharges falling from the head ' into the throat, sometimes profuse, watery*. and acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous, - purulent, bloody and putrid; the eyes art weak, watery, and inflamed; there is ringing' in the ears, deafness, hacking or coughing toclear the throat, expectoration of offensive mattcr, together with scabs from ulcers; the , voice is changed and has a nasal twang; the breath is offensive; smell and taste are low paired; there is a sensation of dizziness, with L{ mental depression, a hacking cough and gen. eral debility. Only a few of the above-named ? symptoms are likely to be present in any on? case. Thousands of cases annually, without manifesting half of the above symptoms, resuit in consumption, and end in the grave. No disease is so common, more deceptive and dangerous, or less understood by physicians. By its mild, soothing, and healing propcrtiei, r Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures the worn cases of Catarrh, "cold in tho head," u Coryza, and Catarrhal Headache. Sold by druggists everywhere; 50 cents, ( i* M Untold Agony from Catarrh." Prof. W. Hausner, the ^ famous mesmerist, Of ltnaca.JM. 1., wnwfs; ouuc icn Ycuiou - r suffered untold agony from chronic nasal r catarrh. My family physician gave me up as Incurable, and said I must die. My case was Iiuch a bad one, that every day, towards sunset, my voice would become so hoarse I could barely speak above a whisper. In the morning my coughing and clearing of my throat would t almost strangle me. By the use of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, in three months, I was a well ? man, and the cure has been permanent" "Constantly Hawking and Spitting." Thomas J. Rushing, Esq., t90S Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo.. writes: " I was a great sufferer f rom catarrh for three years. At times I could , hardly breathe, and was constantly hawking and spitting, and for the last eignt months could not breathe through the nostrils. I thought nothing could be done for me. Luckily, 1 was advised to try Dr. Sage's Catarrh . Remedy, and I am now a well man. I believe it to be the only sure remedy for catarrh now - manufactured, and ono has only to give it A c fair trial to experience astounding results and P a permanent cure." ~ Three Bottles Core Catarrh. ' Eli Robbi.vs, Run nan P. 0.. Columbia Co* " Pci., says: "My daughter had catarrh when ; she was five years old, very badly. I saw Dr. L Sage's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and proi. cured a bottle for her, and soon saw that it helpi*d her; a third bottle effected a permanent cure. She is now eighteen years old and sound and hearty." EXHAUSTED VITALITY I A 6r*at Medical Work for Young j and Middla-A&ai Man. Fl'BMSIIEI) b/ llie I'EAUOIIV .11 E 1)1CAL. INSTITUTE. Km. 4 lliillflnrh St.. Bohiodi Itlaai. WM. II. I'A It K Kit, M.I>.r Conraltiug i'htaJcl&n. More than one million <<Jie* old. It ttvat* ur??u NVrvou* and Plimlral DeMUty. Premature Decllue. Bxbuuitrd Vlialltv, Impaired Vigor. and Impurltlo* of the Blood, and the untold mi?er!ea conae<(iirnt therron. Contain* 3U0 pa^ea, auliauntlal era ho** <1 bln-tln,;. full gilt. Warrnut?d the best popular medical treatlae paliliihed In tt>? Knrlish language. Price only si by mall, j>o?ti<Hld, and concMiM in a piain w Hr. iunsirwii* ??mplrfrtt If you srcid now. AiUircir. at above. A'ctmr /hit pujtr. |S| Be?tCouehS>run. Tastes g. d. Us? jgj en in time. Sold by drareisw. ffcf H a T C W T C Obtained. Send utau.y ro 1IA I t '' 19 Inventors'Oulde. I. Bisj I ham, Pa-eat Lawyer. W'a.n n?'t >;i. U. C. DPI* By return mall. Full Descrlpi'oa L U M JD Muotf'? New Ttailor ?y>lrw .1 .'-v-M RBlbEa CutUou. JIOOSY 4 CO.. CiBO: laati. a - * " * . : i .* i*L