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' AG RIGHT Li UAL ~T TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE 1 TO FARM AND GARDEN. l Big and Little Cows. Speaking of big cows, a writer in the Wettcrn Farm Journal asks: Do we want them? He argues that small kine, as i, {general purpose cows, are preferable, un- j, ess the large cow gives a return of milk i, and butter in proportion to her size? j then she is the cow to keep, for she will make a "fine mess of beef" when fat- '' tened as an old animal. But if for milk j1 alone, then we want the llolstein or Ayr- J hire; if for butter, the Jersey orGuern- i sey; not necessarily thoroughbred ani- ! ^ mals, as high grades will answer the j ' purpose almost equally as well. By the '1 way, the prices of fine cattlc are getting 1 down to figures which permit their pur-! chase by farmers of moderate means; i and, as has often been observed, it costs t no more to breed a thoroughbred animal < than a scrub.?Commercial- Gazdie. < Value of Cob Meal. , While the cob of the corn ear has but >, little nutriment in it, yet when the whole < ear i3 ground the meal contains more di- I gestible nutriment in it than meal of the ' j clear corn alone. This has been proved by numerous trials made in feeding cows | , and pigs, especially some made by a j leading farmers' club in Massachusetts s hv- is Aericul auu o . 7 tural Experiment Station. In the writer's J practice the whole ears of corn boiled soft e with potatoes, and wholly eaten by pigs have been found to make more weight j of pork than dry shelled corn. The ' reason for this is that more of the corn is ( digested when the cob is ground with it, !' fcna some of the cob at least is digested i1 when given with the corn than if it were j fed alone. This accords with similar ex- ' perience in feeding straw and other ' coarse fodder with meal of different 1 kinds and in feeding cut hay or corn 1 fodder with meal. Hence it may be con- I Bidered economy to grind the whole corn ! ears for feeding pigs.?Xac York. Times? How Sheep Pay. s If a farmer has plenty of patience, and i is willing to give close attention to de-j < tails in the care of stock, he can make j more money for food consumed from ' 1 heep than from ony other stock. But j not one farmer in ten will care to give 1) them the attention they require at certain j ceasons of the year; so the few who do s take good care of a flock will find a 1 { f;ood market for mutton, and a demand j j or wool at some price, usually enough } to uav wintering the flock. A farm , Which is rolling in its surface seems per- ] fectly adapted to sheep raising. Such j < land needs grass on the hill tops to keep 5 it from washing, and sheep need hill- ;* tops and sweet, short grass. They like 1 ^ to lie down on a hill-side in the spring, I where the sun makes the ground dry and j ] warm, and where they are protected from the cold sweep of the winu. j The greatest profit from sheep is not j |n mutton or wool, but in the enhanced J fertility of the farm on which they are j * kept. No other stock can compare with j sheep in this direction. The increased } value comes from two causes: the large j quantity of solid and liquid manure de- i . posited on all the land, and particularly \ on the highest and poorest points in the ' 3 pasture. The mauure, being line raid c well-scattered, is pressed about the roots 1 of the grass, where it gives the greatest I * possible beuefit. Another source where- j 1 by the grasses are encouraged is the dc-, " Itruction of bushes and many kinds of s Weeds which grow where cattle andi 1 horses only are pastured. Hazel-brush ,8 fares very badly in the sheep pasture, I and wild roses, rag-weed, burdocks, and ( other weeds are selected first, and then \ the sheep look for ^rass. Iu this way a 1 sheep pasture becomes like a beautiful * lawn, and every year grows better; but if the farmer sees ' millions in sheep," and over-stocks his fields, then the grass goe.3 i with the bushes and weeds. Then the theep get poor, tumble down one ai't r t another, their ambition lessens as th ir flesh goes, and the unfortunate owner, j or. imprudent manager, votes Bheep a pcrfcct nuisance.?American Agrioilt't' rut. ;1 Labels and Records. , 1 During the latter part of autumn, as well as in the spring, trees and plants 1 have been set out, and need stakes and labels to preserve their names and places. ? If they are to remain for years, they hould also be registered in an account- 8 book. Small wooden labels and stakes f are often used, and if the names are . written with a pencil on a thin coating of white paint, they will usually remain 5 for some years. But the owners of small. 1 -1 J- *. -1 1 A. L!i - ' places uu nut uiways unve uie wnue paint at haud, and write on the dry, * wooden surfacc. A few showers of rain ? obliterate such names; but if the wood is first moistened, before the writing is t done, the name will strike into the pores, t and will last distinctly lor a year or two. i If n addition to wetting the surface, a little gritty soil or sand is very thinly r rubbed over the surface, it will give ; a much greater distinctness or blackness i from the pencil, and be as good as 1 if written on white paint. Fruit trees are most conveniently la-; belcd on one of the side limbs, for which the old method was to hang a plate of j metal or a piece of wood with a loop of ] copper wire. The diflicultv in using 1 such labels is that the wire ofteu cracks or breaks off alter swinging years in the 1 wind, or else it cuts into the bark of the i branch, while some labor is required in i making and placing them. A much! cheaper label is made of a strip of zinc j half an inch wide and several inches long, on one end of which the name is j written with a common pencil, and the < other end is coiled around the side limb, j1 ?o that the name hangs down iu full j light. The zinc must be roughened a > little with rust, by exposure to moisture j or salt water, so as to take a strong mark j from the pencil. Such writing on zinc i will last for a lifetime exposed to the j weatner. w e nave seen it as aisunci us j ever after thirty years' exposure. The i coil should extend rather more than once . around the branch,and as the tree grows, j the zinc slowly uncoils and does not cut j the bark. Snap zinc will make them by 1 1 the huudred for the mere labor, and they : will be far better than any of the more expensive tags with wire loops.?Cultivator. Farm ana Garden Notes. "Go for" sheep-killing dogs, every I time. Have no machines "lying around loose." Warm stables, sheds, etc., economize ( fodder, remember. This is a good season to compare notes With brother farmers. Better pay double for clean seed than (o that which is foul. Frequent changes of food for fowls are indispensable to success. With many products, how to sell is as important as how to produce. . After sUimid, there i* more in the man than there is in the ground, says J. irp, Jr., in Home and Farm. When sheep gnaw the bark of fruit trees it is ;-aid to be an indication of thirst, and water should be provided. The Atlanta Constitution opines that the blackberry crop might be made a large and profitable business in the South, ft is already so. All deciduous trees?those shedding their foliage in autumn?may be planted it any time after the fall of the leaf until the buds start agaiu. - * ...? i ?- 1- 1 1 The dust bath is tne nen s wasn ouwi. A. setting hen requires the dust bath as regularly as she does her food, and good poulterers will see she is provided. A pair of oxen were exhibited at the Eastern Maine State Fair, whiehjneasured en feet in girth, weighed 7,000 pounds, ind cost over $1,000 to raise them. They ivcre Vermont cattlc. Salt to stock keeps food from decaying intil it can be digested and assimilated, ind prolongs the time to allow the digestive organs to complete their work, heeking or intercepting fermentation. Rye is very strongly recommended foi grazing by the Southern Planter. It will jrow well on poorer land than any othei jrain, and nothing else will supply tht tmount of green food from September to V.pril. The Southern Livestock Journal says 'As grain is the natural and cheapesl ood for the horse and the cow and th< iheep, so it is for the hog. The cheapesi )ork is not made upon corn but upoD jrass." Speaking of the Canada thistle, th* Prairie Farmer says the only way of kiling it which lias met with general sueless, is to prevent the tops from growing intil the roots die of exhaustion from vant of air and light. At the Toronto (Ont.)FairMr. Thomas Shaw read a paper in which he argued hat nearly all the substantial progress iu he improvement of live stock has been nade iu lands where exhibitions prevail -since their introduction. The New York Witness thinks what, is wanted now is a great National Experinent station, with branches in different sections of the United States, so that new or seedling fruits can be tested all >ver the United States at the same time ?one station in each cluster of States of :he same climate and soil. Sheep that are accustomed to a shed .Till run to it of their own accord when t rains, and it is well that they should, says a writer. Water never yet did a i sheep good, externally administered. No sheep is better for a wetting, but ather worse, no matter what the time of fear. The wool in a man's coat is inured by rain, and so, only to a less decree, perhaps, is the living fibre of the iheep's back. The Scientific American calls attention ;o the well-known fact that nothing will jurify and keep a stable so free from >dor8 as the free use of dry earth. Everybody who keeps horses or cattle vill find that it pays, with interest, to ceep on hand a plentiful supply of fine Iry soil to be used daily. A few shoveluls of earth scattered over tne floor after ileaning will render the air of the apartnent pure and wholesome. In preparing cattle for the winter, the lomettewl well remarks, let them get ust as fat as all the grass they want and :an eat will make them. Corn and ximnb'Irtci r, mit omoyinrrlu Tf miupniuo ? he beasts have a good coat of fat on heir ribs, and are kept as well sheltered is possible, they will come out in the pring in good condition and yield good vork and good profit the ensuing seaon. The farmers' live stock demands >eculiar attention in the cold weather, lifferent in kind but not less in degree han that accordcd to the members of his araily. Legal Don'ts Don't rely on a witness who can't go nto detail. Don't testify to your own conclusions mless you are an expert. Don't refuse the call of a sheriff to aid lira in making an arrest. Don't think that compound interest (vill render a contract usurious. Don't forget that a chattel mortgage is, n fact, a conditional bill ol' sale. IJon't sue for one-half of a demand mless you want to lose the other. Don't forget that there is an implied juaranty in selling goods by sample. Don't transcend your authority as igenr, or you will become personally re sponsible. Don't erect a building upon foundations iuukcn into the ground or it will become mrt of the realty. Don't hold a paper or an account an inreasonable time, or you will be preaimed to admit its correctness. Don't accept a chattel mortgage unless ;he schedule annexed contains every irticle to be covered by the lien. Don't think that a promise to marry vill be void because no time is fixed. Hie law will allow a reasonable time. Don't acknowledge a man as an agent lnless he can show that he stands in his irincipal's shoes as to the business in land. Don't take a title where there is a judgment against a man of the same lame as your grantor, without conclusive proof that he is not the judgment debtor. Don't forget that a promissory note in [he hands of innocent third parties for ratyie shuts out all defences usually made an c-ontracts.?Philadelphia New*. The >Vork of Seven Men. That locality and circumstance alone are true magicians in respect to their effects on the value of human labor is xvpll known. In :l m.innal l?v Mr. Alr'y ancler Wylic, entitled "Labor, Luxury iind Leisure," it is stat ed that on the vast farms of Dakota, the. equivalent of one man's work, supposing the crop amounts to twenty bushels to the acre, is 5,500 bushels of wheat. Now, keeping back enough for seed, we have here sufficient to produce 1,000 barrels of flour. This mass of food stuff can be carried through the flour mill and put into barrels, ineluding the labor of making the latter, at the equivalent of one other man's labor for a year. Again, it has b. en worked out that, at the ratio of the work accomplished by each man employed on the New York Central railroad, the wheat can be transported to the flour mill and the thousand barrels of flour removed to this city, and all the machinery of the farm, the mill and the road be kept in full "going order," for an equivalent to the whole labor of two more men. It romes, then, to this: That one thousand barrels of tlour, the annual ration of one thousand persons, can be placed in New York from a point 2,000 miles away with the exertions of only four men working one year in pro<luc:ng, mi ling and transporting tl.e wheat. Further, the staple food can be baked and distributed by the endeavors of three more persons. It follows, then, that just seven persons can supplv one thousand with toe staff of life.?JVra Tvrk JSttics. HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. Home-Made Candies for the Holidays. Pure, fresh, home-made candies arc I among the most delightful of Christmas | sweets. Most of them, too, arc so easily j made that no one need fail to treat their : young folk to quite a variety during the J holidays. The most delicious orange 01 lemon bonbons are prepared as simply as follows: Squeeze enough orange or lemon ! juice into a cup with confectioner's sugar | to make of right consistency to mold into any desired shape. Then roll in granulated sugar, and place on buttered paper. C'ocoanut drops are made with one grated cocoanut, whites of four eggs well beaten, and half a pound of fine sugar. ' Heat all together and lay on buttered j paper, in the shape of drops. Place in a | quick oven till slightly brown. | White, Maple Nut and Molasses Taffy? j White taffy: Two pounds of granulated 6ugar, one teacupful of cold water, two j teaspoonfuls of butter, two tcaspooufuls | of vinegar. Boil without stirring till I Kmtfla n'ViAri fnotorl in nr if or Whftn flrtniV I UIUUC nu^u vvobvuiu ITHVM4, ,, uv? add one teaspoonful of vanilla and pour | on a buttered platter to cool. Full rapid! ly till white and brittle; cut into sticks, j Maple nut taffy: Two pounds of maple j sugar, one pint of water. lioil without J stirring till brittle when dropped in cold water. When done, add one tablej 6poonful of vinegar. Have ready buttered tins lined with nuts and pour the ; candy over them. When partly cool i mark off into strips. Molasses taffy: One cupful of molasses, one cupful of b?/vap oiirl Q iu(ir?o ftl" I lilt t.llP fti'/.f* of Jill .inv* .. w. . ' egg. Flavor as desired. | Caramels and Lemon Candy.?Onecup| fuleach of chocolate, milk, molasses and | sugar and a piece of butter the size ol' an ! egg. Boil all together till it waxes in ! water. Flavor with vanilla, put upon buttered tins and mark off when partly cool. For lemon candy, to which any kind of chopped nuts may be added if desired, boil one pound of sugar and one cup of water slowly for half an hour and clear with a little hot vinegar. Test by dropping in cold water, and when brittle j flavor with lemon and pour upon butI tcrcd tins. j English "Walnuts and Cream Alj monds.?English walnut candy is par; ticularly nice. The ingredients are five cups of granulated sugar, seven table! spoonfuls of water, three tablespoonfuh ; of vinegar and one tablespoon of butter. Boil without stirring till it crisps in cold ; water, then remove to rear of stove and j while the mixture is still hot dip each walnut in the s.ime and iay on buttered | pans to cool. Cream almonds: Two and a halt cups of fine sugar and one half-cup of water, i Boil four minutes, then beat till cool j enough to handle. Mold over almond ! nuts aud roll in coarse sugar. Useful Hints. The color of the jelly is spoiled by | boiling too long. Do not fill the soup plate. A halt ladleful is generally enough. I Put very little lard in your bread if . you wish it to be white. Use great care when pickling or prei serving in a bra93 kettle. Scour the kettle just before using, and never let food stand in it after it is cooked. A decided improvement in the eating| bib for children is made of a towel. It ' is better to have the towel white. Hollow out the neck before binding, aud bind with white tape. i - - i In keeping fruit through the winter one great secret of preventing decay is to pre! serve a uniformly low temperature, i Changing from heat to cold is conducive to quick decay. Currents of air are to , be avoided, as they producc changes ol temperature. Apples Avill keep well by wrapping each one in tissue paper. ; Packing in any powdered substance, such as sawdust, bran or ground plaster, , is a good plan. Never put a towel in the wash until i you have overcast the fringed edge. The use of this is obvious the moment one is ! told of it, though a dozen towels might be worn out before one would discover ; it. If when towels are washed the j fringe is shaken we 1 before they are hung to dry the fresh appearance will be preserved for a longtime. If vigorously j shaken that is all that is necssary; other! wise it is best to have the laundress whip the fringe over the clean back ol ! a kitchen chair. This is much bettei i than the combing process; besides, il does not wear the fringe so much. j n.\m Croquettes.?Chop the ham ; very fine and season with pepper 01 | mustard. With a little flour in hand, | make up small balls and dip in beaten I eggs, roll in crumbs of bread or cracker, and fry to a light brawn in hot lard j Mii.k Fkosting.?Ten tablespoonfuH of sweet milk, one and a half cups of sugary let boil six minutes; takeoff and stir until quite white; put in a little lemon, spread quickly before getting too hard, wetting the knife in cold water. Very nice. Goon Coffee.?Take the amount ol I water you generally use for coffee, put J into a saucepan, add coffee (giound), two I spoonfuls for each cup. Just before the water boils throw in a few drops of cold water; take the pan off and strain the j liquid through a piece of muslin. Mut<led Rice.?A coffec-cup of rice I washed and soaked an hour in hot water; : then boil slowly four hours in two quarts i of sweet milk. It should be eaten hot, ! and room left in the pudding-dish to Sour over the puddiug (just before ringing to the table) the following ! sauce: Beat two eggs, whites and yo k9 i separately, the former until they will j stand alone; into this beat a tcacupful j of tine white sugar; add vanilla or nilt; meg. Pancakes.?One pint milk, two eggs, | ouetablespoonful sugar, one cupful flour, I one teaspoonful baking powder, one cup! ful cream, one pinch salt. Sift flour, j salt and powder together, add to it eggs j ueaten wnn sugar ana uuuicu wim uim 1 add cream, mix into thin batter; h-ivc ! small round frying-pan, melt butter in j it, turu pan round, that batter may cover J the pan, put on hot lire; turn it and ' brown other side; butter each and roll i it up. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. She Married Him. j Said an aged matron to me once: "When my Cousin William came home from his three years' cruise his old bluej cloth suit with brass buttons looked very j old-fashioned, and I said: 1 Cousin William, you should buy yourself some new clothes, you can afford it'; but he an swerea, *i UO not worry UUUUL my clothes, Cousin JVlary, I have brought home lour shot-bags full of gol(l-piecc.?, and the girls will marry me now.'" And to my " Did any one marry him ?" he replied, while a faint tinge mantled her aged cheeks: " Yes, I married him."?Baltimore American. Sngitv is put into cement to increase its strength. - - r A HUNDREDJTEARS A HERO. now Seth Warner Won a Wife and B? cumo Famous. (Colonel Seth Warner, of Vermont, tb i famous hero of the Revolutionary war, wa ! a fighting leader for the Hampshire grants. These titles were disputed oy the State c New York, and its authorities obtained a edict of the King of England in their favoi The settlers were stung by the supposed ir justice. This state of things brought Co onel Seth Warner to the front. With Etha Allen and others he actively opposed eve effort of the New York State authorities t enforce possession, and finally ho, with Alle and others, were outlawed and a price put o their heads! To circumvent New York, it was necessar that some one should go into that state an gain required information. Colonel Warnei assuming for safety the name of "Dr. Hov ard," undertook this perilous and romanti journey. Whiie on his way home he stopped at country inn, where an old gentleman an daughter wire storm-bound. The father fe 1 *" " * *? ?"-I | ill ana me aauguujr rain-u upu? Warner, who, with his wide knowledge ( sirnn.'e remedies, successfully treated th "ola man,1' and he finally won this devote woman for a wife. Such incidents were not uncommon i those years. When the doctor was not easil reached, months of sickness, and even lil were often saved by some unprofessioni friend versed in the use of simple herbs an roots. The health of early settlers and the powers of endurance convince us that sue medicines did only good and left no poison i the blood to work as much injury to the sy tem as would the disease itself. In time of peace the colonel was in constai demand for his knowledge of simple remedi< and their power over disease. But it w? left to another of his name of the present a<3 to give to the public what was then use I with such positive success. Warner for over a hundred years hf shared with Ethan Allen the admiration < the American people. r\-vinr.?i Koili Um noi- ho1r>ii(r<; to n fainil of wide distinction; no less than eight men bers thereof won fame in the regular practic of medicine. Looking to the adoption by the people < I this generation of the old time simplo ren edie-;, his direct descendant, H. H. Warne the well-known proprietor of Warner's sal cure, for many years lias been experimentin with old time roots and herbs formulae an< his search having been finally rewarded wit success, he gives the world the result. The: I recipes and formula in other days accon j plished great things because they were pnr i ly veget ibli! and combined simply so i j to cure the disease indicated, without injur to the system. In harmony with their ol time character, we learn that he proposes t call them Warner's Log Cabin Rented if using as a trade-mark an old-fashioned Aine ican log cabin. We understand that he ii tn nut forth a "Sarsanarilla" for tl blood, the sarsaparilla itself being bt one of a number of simple and e feetive elements; " Log Cabin Ho] and Buchu," a general stomach ton and invigorator: ' J.og Cabin Cough an Consumption Remedy," "Warner's Lc Cabin Scalpine" for the hair; a preparatic for that universal iti>ease catarrh, calk "Log Cabin Rose Cream;" "Warner's Lc Cabin Plasters;"and "Warner's Log Cabi Liver Pills," which are to be used in connei tion with the other remedies, or independen ly, as required. Warner's safe remedies are alreari standards of the most pronounced scientif value in all parts of the world, and we haA no doubt the Log Cabin Remedies, for tl diseases they are intended to cure, will I of equal merit, for Mr. Warner has the repi tation of connecting his name with no pre] aration that is not meritorious. Savin? the Teeth. " What should a man use to clean h teeth?'' was the question asked of awel known dent:st recently. The dentist r< plied at once: "Nothing but wate: There are more good teeth ruined by s< called dentifrices than by all other caust in the world put together. The objec of the makers of these dentifrices is, c course, to produce a preparation that wil with very little rubbing of the brusl make the teeth look perfectly clean an white. To accomplish this they pt pumice stone, and sometimes stron alkalis, in their preparations. Pumic stone will unquestionably take all tli tartar oil' the tooth, and it will also, jus as questionably^', take all the enamel wit it. An alkali will make a yellow toot look white in a few seconds, but befoi a week has passed it will have eate away nearly all the enamel and uttcrl destroyed the tooth. In walking alon the street you often see a ' fakir,'by wa of advertising his patent dentrifue, ca a small boy from the crowd near by, anc opening the boy's mouth, rub the dentr Hce 011 his dirty teeth, and in a minul almost, take off all the tartar and mak the teeth look perfectly pure and whit< Now, a man like that fakir ought to L arrested, for he has forever destroyed ths boy's teeth. His preparation, compose of a powerful alkali, is eating aw.iy th enamel of the boy's teeth, and in a fei months the poor youngster Will not hav a sound tooth in his head. The dent: frices, composed chiefly of pumicc stone are not as bad as those containing a alkali, because they will not destroy th i ton+ii ca Miiii-klv but if used habituall I 1 J 1 I they will as certainly destroy them in th end. My own plan is to use a mode?atel hard brush ami plenty of cold water, an< nothing else, and my teeth are in excel lent condition. If people would onl pick their teeth carefully after eachmea making sure that not the slightest part cle of food remained near the gums c between the teeth, and would also,befor retiring at night, run apiece of soft threa between their teeth, they would nothav any necessity for a dentrit'ee. Of cours sweet8and candies are bhd for the teeth 83 is smoking, or taking either very col or hot drinks ; but. as bad as all these uc doubtedly are, I really think that th | worst enemy the tooth has is the sc called dentritice. Take the advice of I dentist, and never use anything for you teeth but a brush and good cold water. ?Boston Gazette. The Rock of Gibraltar. mt. ? f I.Jb mnnu-ni-rl nrr llie Ujijii.uiain.ii ui r.. montory from the .sea is very impressive It is, I judge, some three miles long niv nearly two thousand feet high, the high est part being a huge biulf looking dc fiantlv over into Spain. Many patrioti Englishmen think that it resembles th crouching British lion, and with an elas tic stretch of the imaginarion it may an sumc somewhat the outline of the figur of that leonine guardian of their " tigh little island." A cloud or two were s;'iil ing majestically along the top of th Ifock; below we could see the whit foam of the breakers as they dashei against the rocky base of Europa point while on the sheltered side along th shore of the bay was the snug and pic turesque lookiug town, nestled behin< the grim 1 ne of batteries and fortitic/] tions. On the opposite sho:e of th | bay, some three or four miles across, i ' the Spanish seaport of Algiceras. - Jiot . ton Transcrij t. 11 The Rattlesnake's Eye, ! A writer in Forest ami Strum says ! ''When lie is alive and excited, I Knni I of nothing in all n at lire of so drendfu j appearance as the eye of the rattlesnake ! It is enough to strike not only birds an< j little animals, but men with nightmare I I have on several occasions examine* them closely with strong glasses and fee with all the force what I state, aed I wil tell you that there are few mcr on th face of the earth who can look upon ai angered rattlesnake through a gno< glass?bringing him apparently within foot or two of the eye?and stand it mor j than a moment." Petroleum has been discovered nea j .anion, Chin. i mm Cigars Made from Paper. Smokers will be interested to know that not a thousand miles from Albany ie there is a firm which makes large quana ti+ies of paiier for this avowed purpose. The plan of operation is said to be this: n The paper on reaching the tobacco warer. house is repeatedly soaked in a strong l" decoction of the plan*. It is then cut up and pressed in molds which give to y each sheet the venation of the genuine o leaf tobacco. So close is the imitation n that oxpert tobacco men and habitual n smokers have been deceived. At a re_ cent gathering in this city cigars made d from this paper tobacco were passed p, around and declared excellent. Many of those present declared that the cigars lC were made from rare brands, and so well a was the imitation carried out that one d man actually insisted that there could he 11 no mistake about the cigars being genu3i ine tobacco.?Albany Express. The Poor Mute One*. We often see children with red eruptions on face and hands, rouprh, scaly skin, and often " sores on the head. These things indicate a de7 praved condition of the blood. In the crowing 'e period, children have need of pure blood by il which to build, up strong and healthy bodies. (J If Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" is :r given, the blood Is purged of its bad elements, and the child's development will be healthy, a and as it should be. Scrofulous affections, n rickets, fever-sores, hip-joint disease or other s- grave maladies and suffering are sure to result from neglect and lack of proper attention to it such cases. 33 There are 320,000 teachers in the United is States. rQ ????????????? A XiOTcIy Complexion. "What a lovely complexion," we often hear persons say. "I wonder what she does for it?" ~ In every case the purity and real loveliness of the complexion depends upon the blood. Those I Kova oollnur hlnfnhv fnnpfl mn.v mjikfi j I their skin smooth and liealthy by taking j. | enough of Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Dise covery" to drive out the humors lurking in the system. >f The experiment of silk-raising in Texas has i- proved very successful. Mild, soothing, and healing is Dr. Sage's Ca'e tarrh Remedy. ? There are 100girl students at Cornell Unl? vers ity. ;e TlieErie Railway s'eadily holds the lead as j. the favorite route with all tourists. This is ? time becauso of the many improvements con~ stantlv being made in all branches of service; 13 the substition of hard coal burning engines; y , the placing in use of a system of block signals, Id ! thus enhancing the safety and speed of trains; :o j the erecting or new, commodious and elegant s station buildings along the line of the roaa, of | which those at Rochester and Jersey City are i fair samples, and the placing in commission of ri" j the latest and most improved coaches. 16 i In addition to the above the Erie is constantit 1 ly extending its lines, with a view to the augf | mentation of the conveniences it would place 3S i before its patrons. In proof of this strflement ic is the lengthening of the Erie's track to within j three blocks of the Falls of Niagara, and on the l" property acquired by this extension an ele'& gant new station building is to be erectcd. in Between New York and Rochester, Buffalo, sd Niagara Falls, Canadian points, Chicago, St. ig Louis, Cincinnati, through Pullman coaches of n I the latest construction are run, and all details ? | which cater to the pleasure of traveling public j. are handled with great care and liberality. Taylor'ti Catarrh Remedy [y ' will certainly cure you, or no charge. Treatise lc | on Catarrhal Troubles mailed free. Address, re ! City Hall Pharmacy, 264 Broadway, N. Y. ie i Itching Piles.?SympUrms ? Moisture; in? | tense itching and stinging; worse by scratching, n- I If allowed to continue tumors form, which ofD_ ! ten bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore. r Swayne's Ointment stops the itching and l bleeding, heals ulceration, and in many cases removes the tumors. It is equally efficacious i in curing nil Skin Diseases^ DR. SWAYNE& . | RON, Proprietors, Phila. By mall ror ou cents. IS Swayne's Ointment for sale by druggists. Connuinpllon Murrlv Cured, 2- j To the Editor:?l'lease inform vour readers r I that 1 have a positive remedy ror the above * i named disease. By its timely use thousands of >* hopeless cases have been permanently cured. I S shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy x j free to anv of your readers who have con'' j sumption lr they will send me their Express >f and P. O. address. Respectfully, | I T. A. SLOCUM. M.O.. 181 Penrl St.. N. Y. if | i "Royal Old*' menda anythingl Broken Chi. ? j na, Glass, Wood. Free Vials at Drugs & Gro s' Eyes Ears Nose ,e Are mil more or less affected by catarrh. The eye* 1C become Inflamed, red and watery, with dull, heavy it pain between them; there are roaring, buzzing h noises In the ear*, and sometime* the hearing is ^ affected; the nose Is a severe sufferer, with Its conI it act uncomfortable discharge, bad breath and loss 6 ' of the sense of smell. All these disagreeable sympu | toms disappear when the disease Is cured by Hood's y j Sarsaparllla, which tpels from the blood the lmpurir { Ity from which catarrh arises, tone^and restores the y diseased organs to health and builds up the whole jj system. N. B.?Be sure to get only Hood's Sarsaparllla 1 Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $3. Prepared only by c. I. hood ft co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Maw. f IOO Poses One Dollar j e YOIJ ni" SAVEMONEV, it WTCRFAU RM-WjI Time, Pain, Trouble c l^vilsa CATARRH ' fA BY USING ie tzSffl ELY'S CREAM BALM. Apply Balm into each nostril. H j ujju Ely Bros.,235 Greenwich St ,N.Y. I e ! 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Y. . . ;^$5ooa 9 lfl offered by the manufactur' era of Dr. Safe's Catarrh ,% v i 's Bemedj, for * case of 4* -3/ Chronic Nasal Catarrh which they cannot cure. ridPTOmS OF CATAHRH.?DnlL ry headache, obstruction of the nasal . .'5 ages, discharges falling from the bead the throat, sometimes profuse, watery, acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous ilent, bloody and putrid; the eyes an If, watery, and inflamed; there is ringing /' le ears, deafness, hacking or coughing te r the throat, expectoration of offensive tcr, together with scabs from ulcers; the e is changed and has a nasal twang; the th is offensive; smell and taste are lined ; there is a sensation of dizziness, with t&l depression, a backing cough and gez> . '- $& debility. Only a few of the above-named ptoms are likely to be present in any one , Thousands of caoee annually, without ifesting half of the above symptom*, rain consumption, and end in the graven lisease is so common, more deceptive and rerous, or less understood by physicians. its mild, soothing, and healing properties Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures the worst A i of Catarrh* " cold in the head,** yza, and Catarrhal Headache. Id by drucgists everywhere; 50 oents. * Untold Agony from Catarrhs < of. W. Hausner, the famous mesmerist; *" *? iw V uSnm? tfn rmrtim ffered untold agony from chronic naaal , rrh. My family physician gave me up at ' V rable, and said I muBt die. My case was a bad one, that every day, toward* sunny voice would become so hoarse I could ly speak above a whisper. In the morninf oughing and clearing of my throat would st strangle me. By the use of Dr. Sage's rrh Remedy, in three months, I was a well ? and the cure has been permanent." instantly Hawking and Spitting.* OHiS J. 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