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AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. Curing Cora Fodder. Every one who has raised a heavy piece of fodder corn realizes that it is nc easy task to cure it so as to preserve it in first-class condition. Probably the safest method to pursue when aside from packing in a silo is to cut it in fair weather, when free from dew, and lay it in swaths, keeping the butts of the stalks on a line, and let it remain until thoroughly wilted, then bind in fair-sized bundles and placc in shocks of four and six bundles each. ^A *? <n flnl/1 nrlinrn frrATVll Jib UkU lCIUfllU 1U tliU iltivi nr iiuv until cured, then draw near the barn aud place in lar<>e shocks, where it can remain until wanted for feeding. II mowed away in tne barn it would be very likely to mould badly, and pertiaps become unlit for cattle.?Culticator. Yellows in Peaches. The disease of peaches known as yellows is due to a parasitic fungus which 2_r?i. U?1? T?. till. luieuia tuc wuyic ncg. xv 10 UVK *U %???. leaves only, but in the stem, and the parasite seems to enter the tree by the roots. It has been known to affect a tree through diseased twigs buried near the roots, and it spreads through an orchard from centres where the disease begins. But it is not known to attack trees where the soil is furnished with an abundance of pota<h and lime. "Where the soil is well supplied naturally with these materials the yellows is not known, as is the , case in parts of Tennessee and the moun tain region of tne soutn, wnere very oia orchards arc found uud scattered wild trees of very large size. The remedy is plain. Before planting a peach orchard the land should be well prepared by plowing, harrowing and liberal manuring, with a dressing of lime and wood ashes, and the orchard afterward should be regularly manured and supplie 1 with abundant food. If this were done the peach would be a longer lived tree than . it is in the existing orchards, which are rarely cultivated or manured.?JVtho YorkTime*. Advice on Killing Weeds. 1 rvtvinrv orlt'ino or?rl ciurrrnefmnc X UV AVS11VS ?? uu ivv uux.4 "U^>0V411 >VU>J are given in the Agricultural Department report: Plants cannot live indefinitely de? rived of their leaves. Hence prcveotjg their appearance above the surface wfll kill them sooner or later. Plants have greater need for their leaves, and can be more easily killed in the growing seasou than when partially dormant. Cultivation in a dry time is most injurious to weeds and beneficial to crops. Avoid the introduction of weeds in manure or litter or from weedy surroundings. Some gardeners use no stable manure on ^rounds thev desire to keen especially clean, relying on commercial fertilizers and the ploughing under of green crops. After a summer crop has ripened, instead of allowing the land to grow up to weeds, it is often well to sow rye or some other crop to cover the grouud and keep | them down. Give every part of the farm clean cultivation every few years, either with a hoed crop, or, if necessary, with a fallow. It is often stated that cutting weeds while in flower will kill them. This is only reliable with biennials, and with them only when done so late that much of the seed will grow. If the ground is kept well occupied with other crops weeds will give much less trouble. Keep meadows and roadsides well seeded aud plough-land cultivated, except when shaded by crops. Tests of Dairy Cows. At the Ontario (Canada) Agricultural1 College grounds ten different breeds of j cows have been tested as regards the j value of the milk, cream, butter and j cheese made by them. The results of ; these experiments have been reported! upon oy rrot. Brown, ana wnne tnese may not be conclusive they are of general interest. Accordiug to Prof. Brown's report, the Jersey is far ahead as a producerof cream or of butter, with Ayrshire next. The Ayrshire, in the same report, i stands first where the milk is to be sold j or cheese made; the Devous rank next I for the cheese-maker, and the shorthorn 1 grade comes close after. In the lists referred to, Prof. Brown I AftlAiilnlAA tinln nn An n Knots r\ f ill r/i n waituinicd v axiics a uasis ui luitc- , fourths of a cent per pound for milk, I five cents a pound for cream, ten cents a ! Eound for cheese and twenty cents for! utter. The shorthorn, with an average I weight per head of 1,570 pounds, yielded, by his calculation, $19 worth of milk, from which the cream would have amounted to only $11. The cream made butter to the value of $22, or $30 worth of cheese could have been made from the j milk. This breed averaged giving, milk 1<0 days in the season. The short-1 horn grade, which averaged in weight! 1,450 pounds each, nrovea better,as they ! produced milk 220 aays in the season to | v the value of $30, but "the cream was val- i ued at $10 only, and would make but i $18 in butter, though it yielded $42 worth of cheese. The Devons give milk 200 days; its value was set at $21; the cream at $11 .25; and they averaged $19 worth of butter, or $45 worth of cheese. The Devons made an everage weight of 1,050 J pounds each. The Avrshires weighed 1,000 pounds I each and gave milk 210 days, valued at | A.1A ?. 1 K i*t)1 rl : t ; ^ov; xxie cream was woiui ?-i, uuu it made $35 in butter, while the cheese from the milk was worth $08. The Jerseys averaged a weight of 740 pounds per head and gave milk 200 days, which was valued at $19. The cream on it was valued at $.r)7. According to some tests made in which 100 pounds of cream made 44 pounds of butter, the i butter amounted to $88, without any al- ] lowance for extra quality of butter. In drawing conclusions, another point : made for Jersey and Ayrshires was their | light weight, taken in connection with the fact that a cow requires food very ! nearly in proportion to lier weight.? World. Top-Dressing Grass Land. O. S. Bliss, a Vermont farmer, says in the the New York I'rilnine: " I believed in the common theory of fall top-dressing, j but a little accidental experience opened j my eyes to the fact that top-dressing at other seasons is often far more effective. | Between the road and the fence across 1 the front of my house-lot is a strip of land 3i by 40 rods, which, at much ; labor, I leveled and set in grass?a por-j liUil HI law II ^I?33U3 UllVi CiiO IVIU 1U j mowings. Across this a class of people delight in asserting their right to travel ; during the muddy season, and it is some- j times a good deal cut up. One season j when the fall of snow was light it was | traveled nearly all winter, and in the j cpring grcnt ugly ruts were cut the whole | length of it, and the prospect for grass } seemed very poor indeed. When the road became settled and travel assumed j " 2&!- Ms-.. . iSjsjiZj:*:'. its normal course^ I took a spike-tooth | harrow and smoothed it down as well as i t could, fimshin<r the job with a prong | hoe. I then gave it a light dressing with mannre from the shed?a good quality of j manure?and re-seeded it. A part of a oad of manure left over was also spread, very lightly, over a part of the plot nearer the fence. "The operation was in every way a sucI; ess, and I was bountifully repaid for the labor and expense. The season ! proved dry, and the general grass crop was much shortened, but where that little snrintr dressing was applied it was full and luxuriant. w Of course it was a very small experiment, but it was wonderfully suggestive, and I determined to follow it up. I have not wholly abandoned fall or winter dressing, but I have dressed in spring up to the time when the grass had got & good, large start. The only difficulty experienced in latespring dressing is in getting the manure well spread. When it is carefully an thoroughly spread, so as to leave no lumps, the effect has always been magical in thickening the bottom growth and improving the quality as well as increas- j ing the quantity of the hay. I believe I i have in my barn now more that a ton of " ? ? * 1:?nr I tne nncst 01 nay irom me uppiiuatAvm vi four loads of manure after the spring work was clone this year. I have never seen so good results from fall as from spring dressing, the same quality and as nearly the same quantity as possible of manure being applied to adjoining portions of the same field." Farm aiul Garden Notes. Look out for borers in the orchard. A heavy coat of manure will improve i next year's asparagus. Sow rye on ground from which a crop has been already cleared. Protect the birds?the great annihila- j tors 01 destructive ill suets. Pop-corn is said to be better for pigeons than any other variety of corn. "When the axe is dull there must be put forth more strength," says a very , ancient proverb. For keeping &mall quantities of seeds ' paper bags are excellent. They protect j against insects aud moisture. Barley and oatmeal are becoming favorite articles of feed for hogs that are raised for home consumption. It has been demonstrated, says a New York journal, that roup in fowls and diphtheria in children are identical. The value of corn-stalks for feed will i be a subject of interest to farmers in the dairy regions where drouth has prevailed. The bark louse is reported as increasing in the West. A moisture of soap- j stone and carbolic acid is a remedy employed. Plenty of cornmeal and mill feed ia being used by dairymen in sections where remunerative prices rule for butter : on/I Dr. G. C. Caldwell thinks summer fallowing "poor economy and a lazy trick," and we do not know another man who weighs words more carefully. Mr. J. C. Plumb, of the Wisconsin Horticultural Society, says that the seas >11 following a great drouth is exceedingly productive, "owing to the bringing up of elements from the subsoil in a dry year." A very little insect powder dusted ' among the feathers on the head, neck, back and sides of chickens, it is said, will kill all vermin. After being dusted the chicken shakes itself, thus distributing the powder thoroughly over its bouy. Prepare trees for planting by cutting the tops back in proportion to the amount of injury done to the roots, which is generally from one-hall' to two-thirds of the entire top. On this pruning all shoots should be entirely cut away that are not needed for the formation of a perfect j head, and the others cut back one-naif to two-thirds of their length. Hungarian grass proper has black seed mainly. The millets have yellow seed. TT V?ne Inee VinorJ onrl m f\m I II UIJ^.U 11 11 iltiO iV/OJ UVIIV4 UltNt 1MV*W stalk and leaf, and is less liable to rust, and hence is a better hay crop and not so good a grain or seed crop. In selecting seed for a hay crop buy of a reliable seedsman, and take that which has the largest possible proportion of black seed. The deeper the preparation of the soil the deeper will the roots penetrate, thus ; advancing closer to moisture, as well as j permitting of the growth of a large pro- j nortion of those rootlets that collect food, j If the soil be shallow and the subsoil hard, the roots will spread nearer the surface, thus rendering them not only more liable to being winter-killed, but also to damage from drouth. Life at Libby Prison. In those boxes received through the lines, savs an old soldier in the Alta | California, were many things besides eatables; different kinds of musical instruments, enough to comprise a full band, were sent to different ones, so we had a fine one, which discoursed sweet music. We had a first-class minstrel comjany, also a dramatic company of no mean dimensions. They were so pioticient that many times the Confederate officers would attend, and every night the streets of Richmond were crowded with people who came to listen to our band. We also gave large ami scieci nops, inauu so because there were no ladies present. Our minstrel show took immensely, and one was forced to go at three or four r. m., in order to get in. What little we had to cook was done in one large room. One end was used by Chickamauga and the other by officers of the Potomac: army. We used little tin cans to boil our rice in, and would raise up mc uus 01 tne stove a uuie, so that the fla i.es would shoot up; then you could see some fifty or sixty little cans all over the stove, their owners standing around, eagerly watching their staff of life as it boiled. AVe easily detected a new can. Sometimes officers from the Potomac end of the room, their stoves being full, would sneak a can on ours. We would knock it clean across the room. You may think this unkind, but had we infringed on their stove, they would have done the same thing. Effective Inspiration. Honest John Blank was for several years the well-known Governor of a New iMigianu c?raiu. uuvuniur jonn nau a brother William, perhaps equally honest, though less well known, who was a sportsman, and somewhat given to the cheering cup. On one of his shootiug excursions William and a boon companion found that their horse did not trot quite rapidly enough to correspond with their exhilarated notions of the proper speed, an:l the companion fired a charge of bird shot into the animal to encourage him. The hon?o dashed wildly off, the buggy rocking, hats and parcels flying in all directions, and William, ruler of the storm, shouted with delight: * , TT. nooi im agin: snoor iraagjni xie goc" adm'nbly."?Editofi Draicer, in 1 Harper. _ \ > -. X*;." I^ "'J-*: I' .r*?.'.- " . ** TROPICAL WIRES. I mrrr. n>nntn>TT Tire rtW TPT.R. J-nii inrni/uiiiiuo GR APHY IN MEXICO. Monkeys, Ants, Woodpeckers and Timers Its Enemies?Formidable Antagonists of the Linemen? A Dangerous Occupation. Frederic B. Guernsey contributes an article to the Boston llerald on the difficulties of constructing telegraph lines in Mexico. We quote as follows: Travelers on horseback in northern Mcxico traversing these vast, treeless and melancholy plains stop at night lor camp, and, finding the telegraph poles accessible and admirably seasoned, cat them down for fire-wood. And this is not all. The humble ranchero, desiring a stock of wire with which to fence in an inclosure, goes with his peon servants and cuts down a mile or two for use, leaving poles oftentimes prostrate. Ihavemyself seen poles wireless, and also long stretches of wire without poles. And the poles brought so far at so great an expense have other enemies beside man. There is the insignificant 1 ? At-- <1 T ?u:^v. loosing worm, me "jeuyeii, v??iiwii insidiously honeycombs the poles till some fine day they fall at the breath of a breeze, strewing fragments of wood over the ground. This is a formidable opponent of telegraph communication in Mexico, and any bright American who can show how to keep it out of the poles may fairly demand a reward from the Mexican Government. t( Y los pajaros son enemigos tambien" (and the birds are also enemies). There is a Mexican woodpecker who sits up toward the tons of the poles and pecks and pecks ana pecks for whole days, till the top conies off, and wires and crossarms go, too. A great rogue is this .Mexican wooapecKer, me sworn uuuiuy of telegraph poles. The linemen (celadores) shoot him when they can, but of what use? One dies and forty comes after the funeral! And then the white ants, those industrious, unseen hollowers-out of timber. These tiny creatures will eat out the inside of a pole till it is a mere shell, solid apparently, sturdy seemingly, but absolutely as good for nothing as an eggshell. Up comes the wind, and the poies diow away as 11 mey were uumms nests detached by a cyelone. These "liormigas blancas" dig out the inside of of house timbers in some parts of the country. They have even been known to so hollow out the legs of a dining table that one day down it came with all its crockery and the noonday meal, too. The hormiga blanca is also the sworn enemy of civilization and progress as represented by the telegraph Down in the coast country they get hard wood poles, not so easily eaten out by ants or pecked to bits by the naughty pajaros or perforated with such facility by the Jengens. But the Hot Land has its enemies or Telegraphy also. IIow Mavne Keid, of Ballantyne, or Verne would have seized on the facts here presented to the Herald reader. Picture to yourselves, good friends on the seaside piazzas or lounging on mountain tops ims buiumi'v uu^, ? country of impenetrable vegetation,with gigantic palms and plantains, with jungles so dense that it is hard work with a stout and sharp machete to make a path through them, a country of intense heat, of innumerable mosquitoes, aud ticks, and malaria, and snakes.'and vegetation that grows up in a day to a height that, interferes with the labor of man. Sueh are some parts of the Mexican states of Toli'icfn anr? Vnr-nfnn jinrl it is through A l*Vl?^VV l,uv% * ~ O "" such regions that the telegraph which connects the Mexican capital with important points like San Juan, Bautistaor San Cristobal must penetrate. This is a country whore the linemen go in couples, and armed with rifles to fight off the fierce 41 puma," or Mexican tiger (tigre), who assaults man and is especially ravenous for telegraph constructors! Linemen arc often attacked by these formidable beasts, whose stuffed skins one sees in museums in the City of Mexico. No, I should not ' want to encounter a puma if I were alone 1 and unarmed. It would be of no U9C to take to a tree, for the puma would get there, too, and he can shin up a telegraph < pole with neatness and dispatch. The Mexican linemen down in the hot coast i country shoot many a puma while out at- i tending to their lines. A. scarcely less formidable antagonist is i iouna in me monitey iriue wno immua the jungles and chapparal of Tabasco. , Literally the "woods are full of them." ( Their favorite diversion, when not in j quest of food, is to betake themselves to , the telegraph line for gymnastic exer- , cises, and linemen assert that often 100 j able bodied monkeys may be seen swing- j ing on the wires, or festooned, monkeyfashion, by looping their tails. The continuous vibration of these forest gymnasts starts the iron nails used on the crossarms, and these often come down, bring- 1 ing the wire with them. And it is not a safe matter to unaer- i take to disperse these robust monkeys who play the dickens with the teiegraph j linos in the sparsely inhabited state of ; Tabasco. Linemen have found that on shooting a monkey swinging on the wire ' they have been pursued by a whole rcgi- ^ ment of monkeys, who, with stones and 1 nuts, nave peitea tnem severely, "it is no joke ^ao es broma)," said a lineman : rccentlv, "to have a tribe of monkeys ; pursue one; they arc very strong (muy 1 fuertes), and can hit with a stone or a stick in a fashion to make a man howl 1 with pain, a thing the monkeys enjoy ] hugely. They keep up an incessant chattering when pursuing us, and the noise is enough to frighten one out of his wits." It may well be imagined that when a wire gets down in the hot country that it is no small affair to pick it up again, for, what with fighting tigers, monkeys and 1 mosquitoes, not to mention the cheerful 1 jigger or borer who works his way under lone's skin and sticks there, the business 1 is not at all a monotonous one, and may be safely recommended to youthful readers who are dreaming of the Mayne lleidsortof adventure in tropical lands. An Afghan Execution. \ The Pioneer newspaper gives an ac- 1 count of the execution of Taimur Shah, < the ring-leader of the recent Herat 1 mutiny. Tsiimur was taken to a public 1 place, and there, after his beard had been 1 plucked out, was stoned to death by the ' chief ofHcers of the army, ParwanaKhan, ' as Kotwal of the city, casting the first I stone. It is stated that Taimur, wlio was ] a man of exceptionally powerful build, did not die at once, though stones were piled upon him in a large heap. Two days later the sentry on duty saw a move- , mont among the stones, and, stooping, he beard Taimur cay: ''Oh ! creature of God, come, kill me, that I may be released from this torment." This being j reported to the Amir, he ordered Taimur to be killed outright. The University of Edinburgh was j founded in 158l, and Trinity College, ; Dublin, in 1593. ___ j " - ' ----- - ; " ... r HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. Rectpcs. j Boiled Cattliflower.?Cleanse prop- j erly, soak two hours in cold, salted water, and plunge into boiling water. When tender, pour over it a white sauce made of a cupful of milk, thickened with a tablespoonful of flour seasoned with butter and salt. Frosting.?One cupful of sugar, onehalf cupful of milk, and a piece of butter nnc-half the size of an esc. Boil ten minutes si rong, and beat until thick enough to put on the cake. For chocolate frosting, use one square to the above quantity. For pink frosting, add a little beet juice. Tarts.?One-half cupful of butter, one-half cupful of lard, five tablespoonfuls of cold water, one tablespoonful of sugar, one egg, and a little salt. Beat the sugar, eggs, and salt together. Take what Hour it needs to make up the quantity and mix with this thoroughly. Melt the lard and butter, add the water, and mix together. Pickled Arpr.es.?One gallon of best vinegar, four pounds of sugar, all the apple (pared and cored) that it will cover well, one tablespoonful each of ground cinnamon and cloves; tie the cinnamon and cloves in a cloth, ana put witn tne apple into the vinegar and sugar. Cook until nearly done, and then cool. Pour the juice off, boil it, and then pour over the apple, and let stand until cool. Repeat this twice, and you will have a very nice pickle. Pickled Cabbage.?Quarter the cabbage, wash, lay in a wooden bowl or ! stone jar, sprinkle thickly with salt, and ! set in a cool place for twelve hours. : Drain off the brine, and throw over it a pickle made by adding to every gallon of J vin< <rar one tcacupful of sugar, two | tablespoonfuls of celery seed, one of whole mustard, a little red-pepper pod, and mace and cloves to taste. Bring the picklc to the boiling point in a porcelain or granitizc 1 iron kettle, and pour over the cabbage, which should be packed in a stone jar. It will be ready for use in a month. Add onion, chopped, if desired.? Good Il'useieeping. Uscfnl Hints. Benzine and common clay are used to clean marble. A pint of watercresses will make salad AnAimK fiuA rvnrannc Brine from salted meat should never be spilled upon the ground or floor. At this season of small insects great care is necessary in looking over vegetables. A table 6poonful of caramel improves both the color and taste of stewed tomatoes. Ordinary soft lamp-wick knit into convenient squares makes excellent dishtowels. Baked eggs are sometimes relished by those who find fried ones greasy and indigestible. Oil or grease may be removed if taken - *- ' rtlrlif rf ??CTlJn ATTflr ! at once uy curu nicui luiuivij au^nuuiv. the soiled parts. Tomatoes dipped in bread crumbs and browned in butter are a delicious addition to the dinner. Cleanliness in the kitchen is conducive to the comfort of the household from the head down to the help. Kitchen aprons now cover the wearer from her neck to her toe. Two sets of pockets are stitched on the outside. If the ice-box is kept in the cellar the water caused by the melting of the ice should never be allowed to drip on the floor. Galvanized iron paib for drinking water should not be used. The zinc coating is readily acted upon by water, forming a poisonous oxide of zinc. Very thinly cut beefsteaks are preferred by many. They are sprinkled on top with fine herbs and bread crumbi that give to it a new and pleasant flavor. The composition of an omelette, varied is it is in a hundred ways, needs a great deai of judgment. Salt prevents the eggs from rising, flour or too many herbs will render it leathery or indigestible. When one is tired of beefsteak in the ordinary way it is very nice smothered with bread crumbs, a little minced onion, i small piece of butter, salt and pepper? spread it on the steak, roll it up and tie with a string, and bake or stew until tender. An old New England housekeeper says: "To keep moths out of closets, clothes and carpets, take green tansy. It is better before it goes to seed. Put it iround the edges of carpcts and hang it ip in closets where woolen clothes are aung, and no moth will ever come where it is." L'aptal of Mcxlco. The City of Mexico, capital of the republic, with a population of about 250,J00, as is well known, is situated ?n ground that formerly was an island in Lake Texcoco. The name is derived from Mexitli, the Aztec war god. In brief, the story of its origin runs thus: rhe Aztecs, while wandering about the country, met a rival tribe, the Colhuans; being defeated in battle and pursued, | they marched to the valley ot Mexico. An oracle had commanded them not to found a city until they had come to a spot where an eagle should be ficen standing on a rock. They shortly after beheld. in their wanderings, an eagle perched on a cactus growing out of a rock; hence they founded a city, calling it Teuoclititlan?meaning "cactus" upon i rock." Under this name it was the capital of the old empire of Anahuac. flence on the national flag, as also on some of the coins, will be seen the device )f an eagle with a serpent in its beak, pcrchcd on a cactus protruding irom a rock. The city has an elevation of 7,100 feet above sea level, and a mean .empcraturc of GO degrees Fahrenheit.? Weto York Evening Pout. Apparent Death. ITold the hand of a person apparently lead before a canfllc or other nrlilicial light, with the fingers stretched, one :ouching the other, and look through lie spaccs between the fingers toward the liiiht. If the person is living, a scariei i red color will lie seen where the fingers ouch each other, due to the still circuiting fluid blood, ns it shows itself Ihrough the transparent, but not yet congested, tissues. When life in extinct this phenomenon ceascs.?Cottage Health. \ Funny Case of Abscnt-Mindedness. At the last session of the German Reichstag there was a curious instance of ibsent-mindcdness. Herr Wichman was :alling the roll of members, when, upon reading out his own name, he naturally eceived no response. lie called the iamc the second time in a louder tone, ind finally roared it out like a healthyunged bull. At this juncture his colt avues broke out into such hearty laugher ti:at the truth dawned upon him and io joined in tbe general Hilarity. I 'i'-'-T-'. r>: iu ' , One of Artcmos Ward's Letters. The following letter from Artemus Ward to a little Elmini girl, and recently published for the first time, is in the possession of an Elmira (N. Y.) gentleman : Salem, Mass., June 18, 1804. My Dear amelia?I cannot tell you how much I miss you. It seems as though I had lost all my relatives, including my grandmother and the cooking stove. Why didn't I put you in a bottle and bring you down here with But I am always forgetting something. The other day l went off and forgot my aunt Sarah, and she's a good deal bigger than you are. Mr. Ramsey is also a very forgetful man. He frequently goes off and forgets his washerwoman. Mr. Ramsey is a very fine-looking man. He re minds me of Mr Green, the Maiden murderer. When Mr. Ramsey goes to the penitentiary, which will be very soon, we must send him doughnuts, magazines and other literary documents. Mr. Ramsey can read print very i well. I like you very much. I should like you just as well if you were twelve years older. I am very singular about some things. You spoke to me about a boy who is my rival I should feel very sorry to kill that boy, but he may drive me to it. I am in hopes that he will take himself into a premature tomb?that he will choke himself with a large slice of pudding, but if he does neither I shall be forced to load him with chains rn-rr fn him Thftfc Will aiiu io?u an mj iwvutw w " ? ? -? . finish him, his boots may remain, but the rest i will have perished miserably long ere I get through! You must be a good little girl, and always mind your mother. Never let your excellent mother feel sorry that she is acquainted with you. If it hadn't been for her you might have drowned in a soup plate long ago. And if you hadn't ever had any mother you might be a Turkey with the Turkeys. In fact, my dear Ame ia, so conduct yourself that even on dark and rainy days the bright sun may shine wherever you are, and that the stars (which are next to the sun in brightness) may never flash so brightly but that you can always look steadily and hopefully toward them. Faithfully, your friend, A. Wabd.. How General Grant Met His Wife. The Confederate General Longstreet introduced General Grant to Miss Julia Dent, who is now General Grant's widow. Longstreet's mother was a Dent. On ?o miUforrr ??TYlTT ^liiuuaiiug num iue uiiuvutj wv%vuv??j Longstrcet was assigned to a command, nnd was stationed at Jefferson barracks, below St. Louis. While there he visited his relatives, the Dents, on the Gravois road, and when Grant was assigned to the same regiment with Longstreet, the latter accompanied him on his first visit to the Dent place, and presented "the little man with the big epaulets," as Grant was sometimes called in those days, to his future wife. A Wonderful Freak of Jfatnre Is sometimes exhibited in our public exhibitions. When we gaze upon some of the peculiar freaks dame nature occasionally indulges in, our minds revert back to the creation of man, "who is so fearfully and wonderfully made." The mysteries of ' is nature have been unravnWi Vvv rip R -V PinrcA.nf Ruffalo.fl.nd throucrh his knowledge of those mysteries he has been able to prepare his "Golden Medical Discovery," which is a specific for all blood taints, poisons and humors, such as scrofula, pimples, blotches, eruptions, swellings, tumors, ulcers and kindred affections. By druggists. The polled or hornless cattle are a distinct breed, which first originated In Galloway, Scotland. They are now extensively raised in many parts of Scotland and England, and different modes of culture have developed several distinct varieties of the original stock. 8500 Not Called For. It seems strange that it Is necessary to persuade men that you can cure their diseases by offering a premium to the man who fails to re ceive benefit. And yet Dr. sage unaouDtecuv cured thousands of cases of obstinate catarrn with his "Catarrh Remedy," who would never have applied to him, if it had not been for his offer of the above sum for an incurable case. Who is the next bidder for cure or cash? There are 428 Consular Agents attached to the Consular Service in the United States. A Bonanza Mine of health is to be found in Dr. R. V. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription," to the merits of which, as a remedy for female weakness and kindred affections, thousands testify. It is said that there is not a running stream of water in McLean County, 111. Royal olds' raenas anytningi aroKen uni. na. Glass, Wood. Free Vials at Drags & Gro If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac ThomDBon'sEye-water. Druggist*sell atiJJc. per bottle PELLETS^ I v w BEING ENTIRELY VEGETA1 diet, or occupation. Put np In { LAXATIVE, ALTEH ATI VE, or PI msju Jtti Billons Headache. / stlpatlon, ludlei ft Attacks, and all de i\ vBfcjfiay stomach and bowels, ai fa and permanently curec >B8f Pierce's Pleasant Purgi planation of the remei Pellets over so great a It may truthfully be said that their action universal, not a gland or tissue eeoaping the! Sold by druggists, for 26 cents a vial. Sianufi leal Laboratory of World's Dispensary Mi Buffalo, N. Y. ^^FOR A CASE 01 Mn A jgymrrums ur 1 Dull, heavy headache, obstruction of the charges falling from the head into the thr fuse, watery, and acrid, at others, thick, fmrulent, bloody and putrid: the eyes aro nflatned; there is ringing in the ears, de coughing to clear the throat, expectoration < together with scabs from ulcers; the voice a nasal twang: the breath is offensive; erne paired: there is a sensation of dizziness, with a hacking cough and general debility. How the above-named symptoms are likely to be case. Thousands of cases annually, without flvmntomfl. rpaiilf in pnnenmnt.tr grave. No dfsease is so common, more decep fees understood, or more unsuccessfully treal By ltfl mild, soothing, and healing propertiei DR. SAGE'S CATARRH R ctrass THB WORST CA8ZS 0 Catarrh, "Cold In the Head," Coryzi, and C SOLD BY I>R7TG419TS EVWi PRICE, SO Farmers and others who hare a little leisure time for the next few months will find it their Interest to write B. F. Johnson & Co., Richmond,whose advertisement appears in another column. They offer great Inducements to persons to work for them all or part of their time. Goon carpets from common moss are the production of a French manufacturer. No Opium In Piso's Cure for Consumption Cures where other remedies faiL 25c. We Point with Pride To the "Good name at home," won by Hood's 8ana ill- T- Taw?11 M*aa wh*PA It il nrflDiTfid thCfO Is more of Hood's Sarsaparllla iold than of all other medicine*. Whole neighborhood* are taking It at the ame time, and It haa glren the beat of Mtlsfactton since lu Introduction ten years ago. This could not be If the medicine did not posseM merit. If 70a suffer from impure blood or debility, try Hood's Sarsaparllla and you will real 1m Its peculiar curative power. "I had salt rheum on my left arm three years, suffering terribly. I took Hood's Sarsaparllla, and the rheum hu entirely dlMppeared." H. M. Kills, 71 French St., Loweu, jaaaa. Hood's Sarsaparllla Sold by all drugflstt. $1; ilx for *5. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD * CO., Apothecaries, Lowell Mag*. IOO Doses One Dollar COCKLE'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, THE GEE AT ENGLISH REMEDY For Liver, Bile, Indigestion, etc. Free from Mercury; contains only Pure vegetable Ingredients. Agent: C. N. CHITTENTON, New York. KIPPER'S A XURE CURE FOR INDIGESTION and DYSPEPSIA. Orer 5.000 Physicians have sent us their approval of DIGE8TYLIN, saying that It is the best preparation for Indigestion that they have ever used. ? We have never heard of a case of Dyspepsia whert DIQKSTYIJN wag taki-11 that vras not otire-L . FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM. IT WILL CURE THE MOST AGGRAVATED CASES. IT WILL 8TOP VOMITINO IN PREGNANCY. IT WILL RELIEVE CONSTIPATION. 1 For Summer Complaints and Chronic Diarrhoea, ; which are the direct results of Imperfect digestion, 1 DIGESTYLIN will effect an immediate cure. | Take DYGESTYLIN for all pains and disorders of the stomach ; the/ all come from indigestion. Ask vour druggist for DIGESTYLIN (price 91 per large bottle). If he does not have It send one dollar to us I and we will send a bottle to you, express prepaid Do not hesitate to send your money. Our house is I mi labia. Established twentv-flve wears. I F? KIDOER Sc CO., MnnfaetarlBt ChamUti, 83 John St., N. V. 5^5* ELY'S CREAM BALM Ht"nl ** wort^ $ 1 ooo to any BAB, WOMAN or CHILD V / snffcrlng from fc^ |i CATARRH. App'yBalm int?each n?striiMto |8 a dar. Samples worth #1 JO, FREE Llae* not under the hone's feet, write Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co., Holly, Mich. aai nirnc ?etP'Mion'tiffd|Mv( II I HI- KN bled; Officers' travel par, JIVLUILIIW bounty collected; Desertera "relieved; 22years'practice. Success or no fee. 1 <w t W WtCormiok t Soil. GOIiD Is worth $500 per lb. Fettit's Ere Stive i* worth $1,000, but I a sold at 25c a box by dealers. RATCMTfi Obtained. Send stamp for DA I Cll I 9 In Ten torn* Guide. L. Bmai ham. Patent Attorney, Washington, D. C. sMn 1 The FISH BRAND SL THREE [Grab Orchard Wate OmK HroKtrH S*lf? in Rpnlnd niekl(fei i( Pos THEO LITTLE U ,?SV\ BEWARE 01 w"% C. Always ask for Dr. P 3 V vj Sugar-coated 1LE) Dr. Pierce's Pellets operate wit] flan vlala, hermetically lealed. Alt BGATIVE, these little Pellets giro 1 ii nil hue HuHunc. in 1 ountu. of Dr. p]orc , Dizziness. Con- one 'Pellet' jstloc). Bilious that time I had no boils .rano-ompnta of the been troubled with atfck re promptly relieved I tuko one or two "Fell I by the use of Dr. itivo Pelleta. In ex- f n.._ Mrs. dial power of these ImF BEST snj'8: i variety of diseases, " witliou upon the system is RlTUlRTIf! 80ldIr sanative influence. UHin*llllU? for tor ictured at the Chem- for ye edical Association, the bouse all the time." '(?> Jj?$ C(usofferedbythOj) ?ph Musi F CATARRH WHICH THEY CAN TARRH. Untold to |& , from Catarrh. ffi nasal pflssafres, dls- mut oat, sometimes pro- ^ ^ every day, towards si tenacious, mucous, i ?|d tarcly epeak abov. weak, watery, and , X.o.fno-nf mv ttai afnoss, hacking or j Dr. gage's Catarrh of offensive matter, ? nd the cure has be ia changed and has 11 and taato are im- Tho i mental depression, lifllTCTAHTlY St. Li ever, only a few of WHO lflHll.1 ferer present In any one HAWIffNR AMI) times manifesting half of IlflnMflO SHU gtantl' >n, and end in the CDiTTIIIB last e( tive and dangerous, urllllntl. tj,e n ted by physicians. done 1 ?i Dr. Sage's Catarrh Rcmcd lieve it to be the only ei L.utU I tured, and one has only astounding results and a p I II .1 t aiarrnai manacnB. i mutt dui ills i u ywhere. i cure catarrh.J Proc n permanent cure. She i JTI?St. I and hearty." v . -.''itSt '* I PfSIH <s?\C rLlV w Gone where the "Woodbine Twineth. Rata ore smart, but "Rough on Rats" beats them. Clears out Rata, Mice, Roaches, Water Bugs, Flies, Beetles, Moths, Ants, Mosquitoes, Bed-bugs, Insects, Potato Bogs, Sparrows, 8kunks, weasel. Gophers, Chipmunks, Moles, Musk Bats, Jack Rabbit*, Squirrels. 16c. & 86c. ROUGH^DIRT j Wash Ins and Starching Powder. A revelation in housekeeping. A new discovery, beats the world. How to Wash and Iron. Dishes, Glassware, ^Windows, inaae cie&r as ayuwu wita aougn on unz. VAIIUA OIDI C The most inexperiencVUUntl wlnLw edcan, with Bough OB Dirt, do as nice washing and Ironing u can be done in any laundry. Boiling not necessary ; uniiJce any ether it can be used In both v'-' WASHING and STARCHING ycm need hare no fear in using this article; being free from vile alkali it does not rot, yellow nor injure the finest fabric; clears, bleaches, whitens. The only article that can be added to starch (hot or cold) to give a good body and beautiful gloss; insist on your Druggist or Grocer retting it for you. 10 & 28c. E. S.Wells, Jersey City. ROUGHsaCOBNS ^b*AtDrawS?" AYS U-38 PATENTS 1 c! No chuv* unlaw patent ta accuml. "3m'd for <3ic?]ar sioooisg Heutal or WctkMM,th*lBoimme Nerve Bitten fail man. SOCti. Herb Medlda^Ofc IB N. 111 b riiilwltlphU. Pm. Sold b/ all DrofgMfc FRAZER BEST IX THE WORLD U It k fl V b |T Get tho Genuine. Sold Zvtnrwbm. siootYsMMlpi who can furnish their own horses and give their time ^ tn the business. Snare moments may be profltafctj einoloyed A few r+c Ancles la town ?na ciueaB. ft JXIHKSON A CO.. 101-1 Main St.. RlchmondrV* m to Soldier* tt Heln. Smdrtavp PailtlAllt'<>r circular*. COL. L. BINOI CllvlUII V HAM, A try. WaehlQ^tnn, D. C. DL|J. DSIU Great Engllth Goutu* Blair S rlllSa Rheumatic Re??^ Oral Box, 341 ronnd, 14 PitU? ^ npiiiM U| IUIVB Dr. J. Stephens. Lebanon,Ohi?. rjk JONES |?Wp^.s?th!f!.E!?BT lr?n Uvm, SlrtT jflBuDX Tan Beta aad Inn B?x far FhI i IBfc ano IrtrjtiieScili. Fortrt*prwtM UBIPl1 mccUoo tbli paper axxS addrMi # v tD" f leiEiiririHtini. ? XIP^ * BIN GHAflKTON. W. fc Piso'a Remedy for Catarrh ia the |H Beet, Eaaieat to Oae, and Cheapest. Bold by drnggista or eentbrmaflTBf 50c. ?. T. Hazel tine. Warren, Pa. || niirn^M! 1. K p Ktm UIVbR Coat ICKXR ft vtrruted wilcmroot sod wd ken yew dtr Tie new POMMEL 8LICKXR ) *peifrei ridlaf rod, Hale* xror&re ox imxuno&a. rmimi wimiuu? uui DYSPEPSIA, BR | ICK HEADACHE, H , CONSTIPATION, g A Remedy for alt Dimses of (he Llrer, CM>a raen, Sionueh ?nd BaveU. A poilUnl cure (or DjiujmU, flick HeMUdM.1 ConatlpattsH. Do*e, oneto twot?Mpo<j:ifQj?.B _ > L 10 and 2.) els. No fennloe ulU sold is bolk>H : ( ~M RIGINAL IVER PILLS- 1 1 IMITATIONS ! 'force's Pallets, or Little Granules or Pills. -J? boat disturbance to the lyitem^ rays fresh and reliable. As I the most perfect satisfaction. . Umich, Esq., of Mindsn, Kearney County, rites: "I was troubled with Dolls for Four years ago I was bo afflicted with could not walk. I bought two bottles e'a Pleasant Purgative Pellets, and took after each meal, till all were gone. By i, and have bad none since. I nave also headache. When I feel It coming on. ets,' and am relieved of the headache. C. W. Brown, of Wapakoveta, Ohio, "Your 'Pleasant Purgative Pellets' ar? t question the best cathartic ever They are also a most efficient remedy por of the liver. We have used them, ara la our family, and keep them In. gpl I sil i NOT CURE. rof. Hacsner, the famous mesmerof Ithaca, N. T., writes: "Some ten re ago I suffered untold agony from >nic nasai catarro. aiy ramily physii gave Die up as incurable, and said I it die. My case was sucli a bad one, inset, my voice would become so honrse p a whisper. In the morning my coughroat would almost strangle me. By the Remedy, in three months, I was a well en permanent." mas J. Rushing, Esq., toos Pine Strut, wis, Mo., writes: "I was a great luffrom catarrh for three years. At I could hardly breathe, and was cony hawking and spitting, and for th? fiui iiiuuuio vuuiit uvi urvume inrougn ostrils. I thought nothing: could be for me. Luckily, I was advised to try y, and I am now a well man. I be- * ire remedy for catarrh now manufaoto give it a fair trial to experience permanent cure." t Robbins, Runyan P. O., Columbia con 6ay8: "My daughter had catarrh when ivas five years old, cry bcdly. I saw ' age's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and ured a bottle for her, and 6oon sr.w it helped her: a third bottle effr-ticd e now eighteen Tears old and ssund ?