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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.
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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
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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.
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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 |
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^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
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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
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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.
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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:
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nooi im agin: snoor iraagjni xie
goc" adm'nbly."?Editofi Draicer, in 1
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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
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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
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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.
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founded in 158l, and Trinity College, ;
Dublin, in 1593. ___ j
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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
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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?"
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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
?