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1 AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM ANI) GARDEN. Favor Yonr Horses. Some level-headed lover of cquincs pertinently remarks thai the man who drags the life out of his team while nlnwinrr u-iih an old-fashioned. dilani Sated plow, wheu a plow of some improved pattern would do better work, more of it, and with much less labor, certainly docs not deserve to be the owner of a horse. If the road-cart rides just as easy as the four-wheeled vehicles that have been used for many years, answers e\ ery purpose, and cau be driven with one-ha'f the labor, then the proper thing to do is to use the cart instead of the heavier vehicle and save your horseflesh. IIo:ses that are willing to work as best they can, at whatever they are put, are certainly entitled to every convenience that can be allorded them. Practical Rnttcr Ration. Early cut hay, cut from ground dra'ncd by ature or by art, nice, s*eet fodder, corn or corn fodder, bright clover hay with the 'eaves all saved, sound cornmeal and a few carrots will make the best of butter in amount, color, aroma and texture. Bran will cut down the quantity and quality of the butter, epe?ially if given in large quantities. I speak of it as a substitute for cornmcal. There is no substitute for line ground cornmeal; not crushed, but flour of corn. The energy of cows must l>e turned to milk production and not to corn-grindBig, nor to ca rv two pounds of corn to digest one with its interference with digestion. We cannot afford to grind thirty-cent corn for steers, but for tows we can. Oats will not give the color to the butter that corn will while the oil I meals give a less desirable color and i texture. A am .11 amount of cotton-seed ' mea! is favorable to quantity if a large j amount of corn fodder is given, and in I small amounts not censurable. Two to ; three pounds u day is all I desiie, wliil<; t ten pounds of meal in total is enough j grain.?Pwf. Sanlorn. Number of Ejjgs from One Hen. Enthusiastic poultry raisers, says a; writer in the Kew York W-rld, are re- , :ki,_ 1 I BJJVSIJ>IUIC iui una^iuuui DUK un\;u to iuaiprove very misleading to amateurs. For instance, we arc told of hens that lay 180 or 200 eggs per year, and the inexperienced man or woman is liable to to think that he or she can go into raising poultry and net that m;inv eggs per year from each hen. On thi< basis they figure out a fiue profit?scld m realized. Of course, the number of eg:*s depends : somewhat on the breed. Small, well* | cared*for llo ks of Plymouth 1 oeks and ! doubtless of other good egg-producers, such as Hamburg's, Minorcas, etc., may ave.age 150 eggs per annum. On an ordinary flo; k of chickens, having no i more than ordinary care, I would figure something like this: Out of the 30;) days of i he year deduct say JiO for the moultimr sea on, during which no eggs will he lad: this lpn.v<>s '?7rlava- nnw. say that th1 hen Jays an egg every other j day regularly, this gives i:?7. But if a ; hen ha'clie? out a hroo<l she lo es time ; gain, and even the hens that do not sit; will take a short resting spell; bo that I; would consider 120 egys a fir st-class | average. T reshfns Onts l>y Hand. Some good fanners are read opting the ! Id method of threshing their o*.t crops with a fla.l. leaving the work to be done in winter, and thus furnishing (employment to men who would othenvi-e be idle. There aro some other advantages in this practice not inc uded in the em pioynicnt it gives to labor in wi::ter. j The freshly thresh'.d oat straw is readily j eaten by stock, Jind there are usually j enough li^ht oa s left in it to make it f>oss bly gond f-ed It is better to leave ( ight oats in the straw than to put thetn J in the b!n among the threshed grain, for unless tfre grai.i is caiefully graded some of these li?ht oats will go in the seed aiid help to deteriorate the cro;>. With hand threshed oats in cold we :ther, there has been no danger that vitality of seed has hr Vipntincr AVhiln fVin I oat is in the sheaf any dampness in the j ' train is absorbed by the cha i. and as the J Bead is bulky and parous it dries out j without injury. Oats t:ire-hed by ma cbine as soon as harvested, and then 1 dumped, several hund.cd bushels, per- j haps, in oncb n, are pretty sure to heat. I It would be better in such case if the seed were entirely spoiled instead of having its vitality impa red. The cr.ip comes up weak, and if the season is not, every way j favorab e it is a partial failure at the best, j and this makes a larger proportion of. poor oats for seed the subsequent Bcason. ; ? Cutiutior. Profit in Sheep. It seems as if every farmer could make j heep profitable. It is not a dirricult; thiDg to do to make a bheepyield an in- j come of $(? ]>er year from her lamb and fleece. In any of the older States, a good Umb, lit to turn away in July, or beTore, : will bring *4 in the local markets, and ! eight po.inds of unwashed wool, of me- j dium or coarse grade, will surely bring ; $2. le sheep may be valued at $0. j Thi? i?? the amount of capita! required in J the sheep. I o this must be added the use j of land tor pasture and to cut h iy from i lorthe winter. The pasture for a small j flock of i-hecp is an item of little cost, as they can run in the eerly spring on the land designed for corn,and if they do eat this down close they will make it richer. After the ? orn g; ounvl is no longer available, the buckwheat lot and the fallow j land caa be utilized for pasturing the i sheep, 8ome good farmers may Bay this is pinching the sheep too closely, and the lambs will not <lo well. It must be remembered that sheep like ? short and evveet bite, bo that a close pasture is not amiss. This is not all. Every flock of suckling ewes :ind evi r; lot of Limbs should have i>rain every d;iy In regular feeds. Il-re is a secret our i readers should know. The money to be made out of lambs is in a rapid and early j growth, and this can be broug it abo it! the cheapest an i the: best with additional ! food, such as they reed, and that specially adapted to make milk and growth. Every man who owns any land and who wants to get anything from it cau well afford to buy bran, if he does not have it, and to feed it to all young ani itsiis and all suckling ones. He will certainly get it back bv feeding it plentifully to sheep and lambs in bo:h growth and in the manure. irhei-p thus led will shear double the amount oi wool that they will confined to hay and grass, t-heep will do well on c.ear clover hay before lambing, and if in tine condition they will do well I fed exclusi elv on it afterward, but u little grain, even when fed 011 this, the best ol hay, will help wonderfully and pay in the ext h growth. It is foily to expect any proit in sh-.ep when not liberally fed. It will make half-difference in the lambs. Anv ram can figure out the difference, allowing two gills a day, or a lull pint for three or more months, suits. It must not be forgotten thai sheep can by good feeding be made factors for enriching the farm, and this is a grand consideration. ? Oar Country Home. Farm and Garden Notes. It co?ts no more to raise good live filock f nnac lu"" J"-"-" Old turkeys producc the best and hardiest chici<9. Clean stables will help to bring voui horse through the wiuter witii a clean bill of health. Mouldy silage is unwholesome, of course, but sil ige properly etored can not become mouldy. Don't let fowls eat snow. It canscs looseness in the bowels and prevents hens from laying. Give good, pure water. A writer in the American Culticaior j favors sowing beans broadcast, as you would auy grain, always putting them I nn oTPenswiird. When you have raised a forage crop do not sell it. Feed it to livestock, and thus have manure and have crops, and always seli your crops through your stock. An exchange suggests: "Whenever a farmer gets a labor-saving implement for himself, let him think if something to save his wife from kitchen labor cannot also be&ecu.ed." The Farm, Stock and Jlome says: " A cow is in her prime when she is from four to six years old, and the best paying time to buy is just after the birth of her second or third calf." Carrots, beets, mangolds, or English turnips, when gathe efl, should be topped with care, should be put in tight barrels, ? *' " l*i (?%%/%*? Kntf nnt /-if o Ul jJUCU UllCUHjr ujiui! lUU UUHV1U \JI a cool and damp cellar. Sheep like variety, and if this is furnished, a very small amouut of grain can be made to answer. If com is fed it always is preferable to at le:vst have it shelled, if not chopped. Every farmer should maintain a good garden. Vegetables fresh fiom the garden are always healthful and more palatable than those purchased in the market. Peas show a marked contrast. Many fanners are studying the science of m iking lean pork. There is a good <?c:il in if_ huh the old wav is nrobablv "v"* """ "7 ~~ y ~ i ? the better one. Make your swine weigh as much as possible by the science of good feeding. The pear is thought by some to be the most useful of small fiuits to one who has a garden. It takes but little room, bears eiirly, ar.d in succession from July until November, and it is a fruit that most persons like. An open shed with a yard attached will cot answer for the pigs in the winter season. They should be well protected, having a houso with a doortfcat can be closed at night, and provided with plenty of dry litter. A thick coating of whitewash on the walls of the cellar will be as productive of benc.'it now as during the warm season. It will also make the cellar light and cheerful, and greatly assist in oreserving the purity of ihe atmosphere. As far as the experiments have been conducted it has been demonstrated ibat when wheat is sixty cents per bushtl it is the cheapest grain that can be used as food forstock, being ir.orenutritious than corn and better adapted for growing stock. The anerp Breeder Bays sheep require to he fed oftener than any other stock, and it is really more essential to feed a small quantity often than a large quantity all at once, and wait until they have eaten this up clean before feeding again. Like hoge, it is necessary to feed them regularly. When manuring fruit trees, remember ilxnf fan^in/v or-n nS\f of ap ni.Ai* tlldl tliU 4 CUUI ?1^ iUUlO 1*1*5 AJ v/r% U 1/1 Ul U1 the trunk of khe tree, but at the extremity of the larger roots, therefore nearly under the extremity of the branches and often beyond them. In an old orchard the en I ire surface of the ground should be covered with manure. Dry sleeping places are indispensable ti sheep. If compelled to remain on (lamp locations the wool will dry very slowly, and the nnimals will often contract lung troubles. Sheep are liable to move di-eases than any other elass of faim stock, and for that reason should be more carefully protected. "Whether it be best to spread tho manure on land intended for corn in winter or spring depends on the land. If too rolling, much of the soluble matter of the manure will be washed out and car .j if i _ _ I _ . .1. . 1 J l ricu oil i>y trie nuns, uniess ine mnu n.-vs been plowed and left in the rough condition (uuharrowed), so thnt the rains may more easily carry the matter downward. It is best to haul the manure now. if it can be done, so as to avoid su< h labnr in the spring, which is usually the busy season. The (jueriiHtu It rest!er says soft-wood charcoal, especially willow, ought always to be kept in the cow stable. If a cow docs not look bright give a teacupful in her bran and other feed and wet up. If lifir hrfft'h is had. lir;r horns hot and her nose dry, she is dyspeptic and feverish. Give licr charcoal. If she lias hollow horn, give charcoal, half a tcaspuonful at each meal for three or four days. Treat wolf in the tail in the simc way. The wolf enn't *tand charcoal. It is an ex< e'lent tiling to give charcoal all around oncc a week. The cost of milk depends upon the cost of the food, hence the more milk received from a cow in propoition to food cri en the rheaner the cost. But unless warm quarters be given a large quantity of food must be diverted to creating wa-mth for the body, and it would therefore be economical to keep the cows comfortable in order to chea en the C03tbv lessening the amount of food required for bod ly warmth. In o her worvie, shelter is food, as it protects the animals against cold. Nomadic Parans in Russia. A nomadio people livins* in the lTpper Ural in Russia, and called \ aguls, are pagans. In winter they live in wooden caoms, while in summer they go out among the moun'.a ns and dwell under canvas. Their winier clothing is ma>le of camel skin and th<:;r summer of linen. As is the rule among savage ra cs, the women are little better than slaves. The Yaguls worn.iip the hear, and consider as sacred different parts of t;ie forest, for which they have a supers?itiou-i terror. They sac. ifice daily to their deity a still lo:i previously greased. Cmitact with l'us<sians is beginning to civilize these people. Weisrht or mo h :uiiin ii.'an, tie. The avcrnge weight of men's hearts is eleven ouni es ca' h, and of women's only n ne ounce s. Thus when they pi e nnd take or ex? hnnge hea t->, man is the ^oser, <|iiality being equal. Man's a erage brain weighs 404 ouuees and woman's 14. The average weight of both lun^s is for men \ '> ounces ami for women 32 ounces. Garfield's right lung weighed -i: and the left 27 ounces, making ?s? ounces <rf lungs, or 14 ouDce< in excess of the average. ?Philadelphia C a 7. HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. Keeping Oil Clotb Bright. Never use soap in the water when cleaning oil cloth. It fades tbto colors and breaks up the paint. Ammonia, also, is to be avoided, because it gives the cloth a dull, dead look. If a brush is used, it should be a soft one, but it is better not to u?e any, evcept in cases when the oil cloth has been long neglected, or poorly washed for some time nrpvinnslv. Take a clean flannel cloth and apply clean, warm water, which is finally to be removed by soaking it up into the washing cloth again, after it lias been wrung out. The oil cloth is then wiped dry with "another piece of clean flannel or coarse crash. After the oil cloth has become thoroughly dry, apply to it some warm linseed oil. The housekeeper who tries this for the first time will probably use too much, and make the cloth so stic<y that e^ery particle of dust will adhere to it. Only a very little is to be u<cd, and slightly ruouea into me ciuiu, giviug u a u<*Uv. some gloss. The linseed oil will do more harm than good unless used as sparingly as indicated. In the country skim mi !< is used in plae of oil, aud it gives the cloth a beautiful gloss. Of course, au oil cloth, with frequent washing?, will look old, and the housekeeper should be cautious about washing when dusting will answer just as welL? Qood House keeping. Recipcs. Rye Pancakes.?One cup of sour milk, one cup of flour, one cup of rye meal, four tablcspuoutuis 01 moiasses, one and one small teaspoontul of suleratu*; drop from a snoon into hot lard, and fry like doughnuts. Frted paitsnirs.?Scrape and leave in culd water for an hour, then cook half nil hour in hot, salted water, wipe, slicc lengthwise, dip in melted butter, then in flour, seasoned with salt and pepper, and fry in boiling dripping. Drain free of fat and dish. Oxtmeal Gems.?Soak one cup o! oatmeal over night, with one cup of water. Jn the morning sift together ary one cup of Hour and two teaspoons of baking powder, add a little salt, mix the oatm-al and flour together, wet with sweet milk to a stiff batter, drop into gem pan* and bake immediately. Cream Pie.?One pint of milk, one heaping tablcspoonful of flour, three tablespoonfulsof supar, one tablespoonfill of butter, two eggs, and flavor to taste. Bake with one crust, name as custard. Bent the whites to a stiff froth; add a little sugar, spread over after the pie is baked, Ihen put in the oven and brown. Mixced B~ef.?Three pounds of raw beef, lean, chopped tine, five soda crackers rolled fine, two eggs well beaten, one and one-half tea poonfuls of pepper, three slices of pork chopped, one-half cup of mi k, and salt to taste. Mix all 1,1? 1 ? a Pfll/ii ttrn launjllgui Y, Ulill^u Jlliu O IWUI, J'Hnv " V bours. This should be sliced cold for tea or luncheon. buttkitmir-k Muffijjs.?These have but to be tried to become a standing breakfast dish. Bo 1 bard two eggs into a quart of buttermilk, and stir iu . ourto make a thick batter, about a quart when it is mixed, and lastly, a te&S|iO?nful of salt nnd the same of soda. Bake in a hot oven in well-greased tins."* Muffins of all kinds should only be cut just around the edge. then pulled open with the lingers. Stuffed Potatoes.?Wash and poel * ?M/1 #? V*om 1/mirtVi. Cl^ut, lurjjjt: , uumv/iuviu >v?g?wise through the middh; hollow them out neatly with a knife or spoon till they are reduced to the thickness of & dollar piece. Take the inside of two or three baked potatoes, two shnlots chopped finely, a piece of butter the size of an egg, a small piece of fat bacon cut into di. e, a pinch of chopped parsley and chi cb. and beat the whoic to a paste, with pepper and salt; butter the inside of the potatoes and fill them up with this paste, except u*t at the upper part: then put the potatoes upon a buttered tin and bake in the oven; in half an hour, if both sides be browned, serve. Useful Hints. The covers of the rnuge should never be allowed to get red hot. If yourr flat-irons are rough, rub them with tine Bait aud it wid make them smooth. Washcloths should be thoroughly rinsed in water with soap and a Jit tie ammonia. By using soda water as a wash you can clean ceilings lhat have been smoked by a kerosene lamp. To remove white spots from table or other furniture, rub Hmj spots with camphor and they will d sappear. Chloride of lime should be scattered atleist once a week under sinks, and in all olaces where sewer eraa is liable to lurk. \ ineirar in the rinsing water for pink or grccu calicoes wdl brighten them: soda answers ihe 6ame end for both purj.le and blue. Never uso a sharp knife in cleaning the nails. Fill under the nails with soap, and then remove it by brushing with a nail brush. Very pretty curtiins, which can be laundered and look as well as new ones, arc made of v.hite mu6lin with large round dots the size of a silver halfdoliar. a composer s wager. Talking of how long it takes for a song to become popular, M. Lecoeq, the well-known composer, not long ago bei a ihousnnd francs that lie cou d compose an iiir which all Paris would be sing nif with.n a week, lie wrote one, anU the evening after it was sun/ by a popular artist at a cafe < hantant. Pour days afterward M. I.ccocq and his friends we e walking on the boulevards, when ?e eial ' masher^'met tliera al: whistling the new so ig. Thrnigh an open window li/>w it iirnftir-i'.I fin t)if> lii:inr> some cuildieu wore sinking an old nursery rhyme to it. a'ld in a yard uot 1; r off the same a r was played on a barrel onran. M. i ec c<j had won his wager ' with hoi. or*," hut the air he ame en unhia ahly pop .lar that '?c was obliged to leave Par.s lor Brussels to escape from it A 0 le-Anncd It i-cr of Gtrmany. There iB a pro[>hecy which is widely helie ed in by the Herman people, who are sotncwi at superstitious. i>ermany is to be the greatest, it say?, under a young ruler who has hut one arm and has four sons. He i-< to sneered an aged sovereign, carry on a ;<rcat war successfully, and prove a i other Frederick the (>reat. The Germans see in this the destiny of Prince William who wa- born with one arm partly deformed?short and sli.f. And tney in his character nil the requirements of the prophecy, even down to the four sons. Hut ihe power of Germany w 11 wane after this rul r, and she will go down and become un i isign ticant nation. t^o runs the prophecy ?Ht. Sccp/tru'i Review. THROUGH THE FQRBST. The Old and Tung Uaaced ATI Kltkt-Oir Hardy Ancestors. Old men live in the past. Perhaps it would be better for the young men of the present, if they lived a little bit more in the past, and drew less on the future. The log cabins of primitive times would eeera very cheerless habitations to the people who live in the tinely constructed, furnace heat d mansions of kf-day. But our grandparents took a great deal of comfort in these rude homes. They were rugged and healthy. The men had stalwart and hardy frames, and the women were free from the modern ai ments that make the sex of to-day practically helpless slaves to hired foreign help. White-haired gran l-sires frequently took I their life partners and on horseback rode a score of miles through the forest to enjoy the lively pleasures of a frontier ball, danced till daylight, rod? home again in the early morning, then put in a good day's work. Middle aged folks of to-day couldn't stand that tort of a racket To these inud-ohinked log cabins doctors1 visits were a rarity. The inhabitants lived to a rugged and green old age. Sometimes these log cabin old-timers were t-iken ill. They were not proof against all the exposures to which they were subjected. They found the f ffective remedies for these common ailments in the roots and herbs which grew in the neighboring forests and fields. They bad learned that nature has a cure for every ill. These potent remedies assisted their sturdy frames to quickly throw off diseases and left no poison in the system. The unpleasant feature of modern practice with mineral roedicii es is the injurious after effect 011 the system. May not modern nhvflical de?eneracv be due to this feature? A drug-saturated system is not in a natural, consequently not In a healtqy, state. If any of the main orgai* are clogged with traces of the mineral poisons used to drive out a particular disease, the whole machinery of life is deranged and early decay of natural powers is the inevitable result. There can be no question that remedies from the laboratory of nature are the bo^t. If they are as efficacious, they have the advantage of leaving no after sting. j Their efficacy, if properly compounded,and | the proper remedy appli.nl to thy proper disI ease, will not ba doubted. The experience of ! ?'rpio nrovpji it. Their disuse has com9 about principally through the rapid congregation of people in cities and villages, rendering these natural remedies ditlicult to obtain. Progressive business enterprise has lately led to putting these old time n madies within reach of all classes. I The proprietors of Warner's safe remedies, in the faith that the people of to-day would be benefited by using the simple remedies of log cabin days, have caused investignt on to be made and secured the formulas of a number of those which long and successful use bad proved to be most valuable. They will, we learn, be known under the feneral title of'' Warner's Log Cabin Rome ies.'' Among these medicines will be n ">inr?Aruiri11?"fnr th^h'ood and liver. ' L02 Cib'n ftops and Buchu Remedy," for tbe stomach, etc. ' Log Cabin Cough and Coil* Buuiption Kemedy,'' a remedy called "St'alpine,' ' for the hair, "Log Cabin Extract," (or internal and externa! use, and an old valuable discovery for catarrh, called "Log Cahin Rose Crenm." Among the list is alto a "Log Cabin Plaster" and a ' 'Log Cabin Liver Kill/J The Cocaine Habit. The Bellevue Hospital authorities say the cocaine habit is on the increase according to their statistics. It h;is not, however, reathed startling proportions, as only fi. te?.-n cases have been treated in Bellevue during ilie present year. About one uaif 01 llie pill.euia weie iuuuu iu be su.l'ering from morphine as well as cocaine, and, as a rule, resorted to the latter to escape the former. Owing to the compmat.vely recent discovery of cocaine they were not aware that they were flying for relief to a more deudly drug. Tne coeaine habit is considered incurable ^hen once contracted. The most notable in tance of its dire efTeds known in tli s country is in the case of of l;r. ( harles :Brad.ey, of Chicago, who was a tine specimen of manhood and one of the leading physicians of t.ie i ake City, when he commenced experimenting with the drug, us ng himself, his wife and his chil.ireu assul/icts for his experiments. In a very short ? * i _"l . .1 tune tte oecnnie a incnuu anu pnyeicm wre- k, and is now a probabiy in. unable in.alid iu the Chistian hotne of this city. He i-atwraily lost all of his fine practice iu Chicago and became a ? arrant.. O.ie of the peculiarities of tbe cocaine habit is tha a majority ef ita victims ha\e been physicians, whic h is nt least partly accounted for by their elTorts to arrive at a thorough understanding of the action and effects of the drugs. The most noted patient bes des Dr. Bradley among the Bellevue cocaine victims of the past yrar was a well-known ph .eician of ti is city who was treate I last summer. This yen lemau is about forty yeiirs of age, is a <>radiinte of the New York Medical Co lege aud a Jew yenr> ago was consider.d one of the Iri^htcst member- of the medical staff oi Bellevuc Hospital. His practice was large and among the best people of this city and hi-* family is prominent id the city. He, like Dr. Bmdley, began experimenting on bin>elf and became a vie im of the drug, but discovered his danger before he had lost his reason aod voluntarily entered the hospital fur treatment. He unK remained eight or nine d:iys however, and left appaiently convince I that he was safe, but his friends fear lie did not remain long enough. In another and very sad ptiuse tnis i\e*v York j hysjciiin follows Dr. Bradley's ex per'dice, for be, too, experimented on his wife, unci the husband h:id scarcely left th>- hospital beiorc his wile entered it as a patient. j\ patient who was gi en cocaine in its legitimate nphere says the sensation is not ?t all pleasant. It leaves a numb, uncomfortable sensation in the stomarh which make- even thoughts of food nau-e iting aiid creates other distressful sensation*.?Niio Yvr.'c Wvrld. Vnrnr Tii'lna Alit>P ICIIWM A r.lVA A^VIVI ? i. ivv It i* a we 1 known fact that the character of the fever is different in different years. A remedy that answers admirably one yiar will not answer at ali another year. The doctors of every city that su.icrs f orn yellow feve.- ha e their expe iences with tlie fever to tell, and the tiling whi< h tro ibles them the m at is ihut the treatment which appeared to be so satisfactory in oue epidemic produced ti.e most disastrous re-ults in 1 aui<1 tViut ft ! loriria nhvsi UlJ<MliCU A\ JO ou.m ...m. J ^ c an who made a great reputation a* a yellow fev r doctor in 1 ?(?'i adminis:ered only whisky in large do-es to his pat ents Kor the next epidemic, however, whisky acted as a deadly poison. There is no donbt that other fe era which prevail during an cpidcxn'.c assume ti e yellow fever type and pass for I that-disease In the epidemic of 1 .*>78, ! in New Orleans, some of the most experienced of the physicians insisted that in some pa ts of ihc c tv the prevai.ing d sease was not the yellow fever at all, hut a fever siini ar to it, w iich they I r.niiA(l nf>i ni. iotis fever. It was as fatal as \ellow fever, however, and much more difficult to treat auvccflsfully.? Florida LclUr. l'nlp Pipes. Wood pn'p is dow used in making pipes for conveying anvthinsr not of li:gh temporal lire or ?t roils, ly alkaline. The pipe- are suitable lor wnler ai d gas distriliution, or for holding e'etri wire<. Pulp .shinnies re al.-o m.ide for roofing a d rendered riieproof by a coat of paint made I' oin iron oies. These shingles are quickly laid, and fastened bv mula dri ea through tinned ir.-in washers, about nn in>h in diameter.?C'/ W/V Treatment of Ingrowing Nails. A very common and troublesome affection is that which is popularly terme<l "the ingrowth of the nails," and which mo t usually occurs by the side of the great toe. There is really no alteration in the nail, as its uame would imply; the surrounding soft, parts are first swelled and inflamed by constant pressure against the edge of the nail from the use of tight shoes. If th s stare is permitted to continue au ul.er is formed in which the edge is imbedded. Pain is the consequence, sufficiency Bcvere in some instances to prevent walking. Treatment for this condition often de- j mands the skill 01 a physician. 1 ne Biiflerer m:ght attempt a cure by the simpler methods, and, if the) fail, professional assistance should be Bought. The first object is to remove the cau-e, then to lessen the irritation and reduce the ewe'.ling. After soaking in hot water the nail should be thinned by scraping, and, if very painful, a flaxseed poultice will bring relief. After the irritation has thoroughly subs'ded, soft cotton should be p-c-scd between the fLsh and the nail, and after that is done it should be slitrhtly saturated with the tincture of iodine, if the ckin is not broken, and the annlication repeated several days, after which the tenderness -will d sappear. It may be necessary to lift the end of the nail, and this can be done by pressing cotton between it and the toe. This tieatment is usually effective, and is attended with a little pain as any which can be saggested.?New York News. New York's Unclaimed Pead. Fully one thousand bodies are utilized caeh year for dissecting purposes in Xew York City alone, says a correspondent. Each medical collcgc is entitled to a certain number by law, in proportion to the number of students it leprescnts. The College of Physicians and Surgeons, which is the medical department of Columbia College, has over seven hundred Mudcnts. This representing the largest number of med'cal students in ony one institution, the college has the claim on the g:eatest number of "cadavers." Two hundred and sixty are required cach collcire session. The University of the City of New York, which has six hundred students, requires about 340; Brllevue Hospital Medical Colleire requires two hundred, and the remaining three hundred are divided among the minor institutions. Besides the number of bodies, or, to use the medical term, "cadavers," which serve for anatomical study, at least one hundred more are used to illustrate lectures upon operative surgery. The object of this is to teach students to operate upon dead subjects before experimenting upon the living. All these bodies are unclaimed dead, which are in a/tnAti/l.in/to t*7ItVi lottr fnr JYrpi/, J Jul OtV,UU4U1M V, *V I VII wiv , .v. three days for identifh ation I efore being disposed of. However revolting the idea of dissecting maybe, it isabsolutely essential to the study of medical science. Forgot She Had Grown. Patty made a long visit at auntie's ' house one summer. She was such a little ! thing that the upper drawer of a low bureau was quite a reach for her arms. The next summer she came again. The first time she went to tin upper drawer, ] she called out: "O aunty what have you done to your bureau? Have you hnd it I cut down:" Patty forgot that she had pent a whole year in growing tall.? Yout/t'a Companion, The Homelieftt Man In Town, I As well as the handsomest, and others are ' I Invited to call on any druggist and get fret a [ trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat I and Lnngs, a remedy that is selling entirely nnon it* merits and is enaranteed to cure and relieve all Chronic nn?l Acute Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption. Large bottles, 60 o nts and $1. The yearly product of Uncle Sam's henno'y is estimated at 457,000,000 dozen eggs?40 to each fowl. By means of a solution and an instrnmcnt called a Nebulizer the worst case of Catarrh can be quickly and pleasantly cured. For particulars address City Hall Pharmacy, 204 B'way, New York. Free pamphlet. After Diphtheria Scarlet fe?eror pneumonia, the pail ant recovers strength s!o<rly, as the system Is weak and deblll tated, and the blood poUined by the ravages of the disease. What Is needed Is a good reliable tonic and Ht/wi nnrlfler like Hood's Sa.-saparlll.i, whlcU has Ju*t the ?; uents of strength for tba boJy, and vitality and richness for the bJood wuleh ao?a bring* back robust health. "After recovering from a prolonged sickness with diphtheria, an t needing something to build me tip 1 too* two bolt es of Hood's S rnapanlla. I felt k-ood results from tue flrst dose. It seomml to go fro.u tiie top of my head to the ends of my toes I Know Hood's Sarap.irllla 13 h good thing."?<3. B. SntATton, Druggist, Woatfleld, Mjbs. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all drj .ftl tts. $J;slxforJj. Prepared only by 0. L HOOD & 00., Apothecaries Lowell, Mut 100 Doses One Dollar 1 ll 11 put?rir r a soiimin^. Ion? aero, sicrhi . O' - - Will lose its glossy luster, when the She docs not know that in the soap Its great excess of alkali, which cu Our modern maidens need not sigh s Containing no free alkali?by whic For linen washed with Ivory Soap But always, while it lasts, preserve i A WORD OF There are many white soaps, each represei they ARE NOT, but like all counterfeits, l< if the genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap ar (Yiivrirbt. 1SSG. by I I A Trial by Jnry, That trreat American jury, the people, hnve rendered a unanimous verdict in favor of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets,iho s'andard remedy for fcowel and stomach disorders, biliousness sick headache, dizziness, oonstipation and eluggish liver. There Is so little crime in Cameron Parish, La., that the jail is ui-edos a warehouse. Come to the bridal chamber. Death! Come to the mother, when sue feels For ilie first time, h-r first-born's breath, nd thou art terri le! The untimely death which annually carries off thousands of human beings in the prime of youth, is indeed terrible. 'I he firet approach of i:onsumpMon is insidious, and the sufferer himself is the most unconscious of its approach. One of the most alarming s> mp'oms of this dread disease Is. in fact, the ineradicable hone, which lurks in the heart of the vie tim, preventing him from taking timely sters to arrest the malady. That it can be arrested in its earlier stages i< beyond question, as there are hundreds of well-authenticatedcasoa where Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has effected a complete cure. A new French pun throws a projectile having a shell of German silVer. Walking advertisements for Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy arc the thousands It has cured. Two Hnmmonton (N. J.) sisters cleared $3,000 in a year off lieu-raising. CnD*nmpiIon Hurelv Cared. To the Editor:?Please inform your readers that 1 have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently ourea. i shall be glad to send two Dottles of my remedy ritKE to any of your readers who have consumption if they will send me their Express and P. 0. address. Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM. MTC.. 181 Pearl St.. N. Y. 'Roval Glue' mend* anything! Broken China, Glass, Wood. Free Vials at Drugs & Gro. KIPPER'S INDIGESTION and DYSPEPSIA. Over .1,000 Pbynlclan* have sent ub their approval of DIQESTYUK, saying that It la the best preparation for Indigestion that they have ever used. We have never heard of a c.w of Dyspepsia wber? DIQESTVUN was taken that was not cured. rna nuni cdi iucautiiu run wnukvim mrNniumi IT WILL CURE THE MOST AGGRAVATED CASES. IT WILL STOP VOMITING IN PREGNANCY IT WILL RELIEVE CONSTIPATION. For Summer Complaints nil Chronic Dian-bnia, which are the direct remiltt of Imperfect digestion, DIGESTYLIN will effect in Immediate cure. Take DYGESTYLIN for all pain* and disorder* of the stomach; they all come from Indigestion. Ab'< your dJTiKjrlBt for DIGESTYLIN (price (1 per large bottle). Jr he doe* not have it send one dollar to ui and we will send a bottle to you. express prepaid. Do not he?ltate to send your money. Our houie If reliable. Established twenty-five yeara. WM. F. KIDDER 6c CO., nailiacioriug mrmiiisnaosnnni.i n. i. MARVELOUS MEMORY DISCOVERY. Wholly unlike artificial An7 book learned In one rftdlng. Recommended by Mamc Twain, utfhiio Proctob, the Scientist, Hons. W. W. Artok. Judah P. Bkmjajci.t, Dr. Minor, Sec. Class of W) Columbia Law students ; 2JU at Mertden ; 230 at Norwich; 350 at OberlJii College; twoclasscs of 2"J)eacb at Yale; 400 at University of Penn, Ptilla.; 400 at Wellealey College, and Hire.) large classes at Chattuqua University, Ac I l'rospeetliu post free from PROF. LOTSRTTR. 2?7 Rlfth At*. New York. ELY'S CREAM BALM bT<SJiSSSwI c,ean?* the head of Catarrhal Virus, KjiyrpvrpCS Vj Allays Inflammation, Ife HEALS the SOKES, W / -tV|? Be*iorca lite 8cn?c? of ' Tiihte and Smell. Apply Balm into each nostril. uAMtly Bros., 235 Greenwich 8t ,N.Y. CURETkeDEAF ? Pick'a P>Ti^Tliir*orii) Cr?iio?r*? jm, E?*Dmuii? Perfectly Restore th? Hear'ng,wl>?t,1"tii?3e*fnM?UcmM?d iy colclt, ?Ttr? or lojurix to th? wtorml ml (Co fr<y drum I. InTbibl?, comfort*!]#, alwmyi in r^Mitbw. Vnik. ?m*er?atlonp whU* for7 I rer? heart dlatlnctly. We refer to tliote sj A aS^I u-lngthem. WriletoF HISCOX, 851 1 VlV vCaTJ'1 I J'rocdwiy, eer. 14th St., New YetS,f?l T T il T illuitraWd book of proofi, FREE. i GORE FITS! When X oay cure 1 do not mean mere]/ to stop them for a tiuie and then have them return again. I mean a radical cure. I h.vo made tli? diser.se of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a life*lung study. I warrant my remedy to cure the wore* caies, Because others have failed is) no reason for not now receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise and a Free Bottle of my infallible remedy. Give Express and Post Office. -- *. . O J i,? ?| K.uVorlt. ^li lit JLf UU i i ;TA? V.? lou A tn** WM HEWANDnFTH WHEEL. SF&SBS Improvement. II Kit BRAND TO.. Kremont.O. GOLD f* worth $.VJU per lb. PetUt's Ey? Sairs La wuitu but u sold at 23c. a oox oy dealer* By returnmatl. Fall Description LUk M Meady' New Tnllor My*lcn ?r OreM Q Bltfc CatUa*. MOODY & CO., Cincinnati, 0. E1!aiv'*DjI!a Great English Gout and Qlali SrilISa Rheumatic Remedy. Clvnl Bux, a ti round, 14 Pilla. ft J" to 8S a day. Samples worth SI JO, FREE Jk % Liuw not unucr the horse's feet. Write Hf V iJremoter Solely itciii liulUer Co., Holly, Mich. ? ?-"?? oMn?rin? P?nminiMilD.Arithmetic, HOME Shorthand, to., I norouu'hly wuiC"t by' nuu. Ur CUllnifrw. UUVA.TTMUllXUiK, 1*7 ?U.?tfU, m s v Hi *p obtilne.1 py E. n. fiETjpATENTS STON & I inglooD.C. 3 nd for our book oUaatructlona. 5 as she thinks how soon her linen wash it oncc or twice has been in. the evil lies that makes her suffer, ts the fiber, makes it rougher. ince Ivory Soap has been invented, h the ruin is prevented. in snowy beauty'll ne'er diminish, ts pristine gloss and lustrous finish. tit a o-nttiwi wniviHu^u. ited to be "just as pood as the 'Ivory*j" ick the peculiar and remarkable <jualiti?s id insist upon getting it.. 'rocter & Gamble. R-R-R."*4, | In from -me to twenty minutes never fall* to f? 1 lleve Pain with one thorough application. No mmtcrliiiw violent or rx'.TUclaUntf the pain, the Rheumatic, RedrMdon, Infirm. Orlpplnd, Nervous. Nemfl. itlc or prostrated wltlr disease may suffer, Radw*j* Ready Relief will afford lnxtant ease. It relieves and soon cures Rheumatism, neuralgia, Coughs, Cold it. Cold in the Head. Sore Throat, j Asthma, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Sciatica., Headache, Inflammations, Toothache, Congestions, DIFFICULT BREATHING. Had trait'* Ready Relief {? ? Cur* ' ^ for everu Pain, Sprains, Brul?em% Pain* in the Bark, thent or t.irnbo. It teas the First and is the Only PAIN REMEDY That 1n?tantlv utops the uio?: excrnolntttir pain*. 1st" Inflammations, and cur<* Congestions, iitunt ..'3 of the Lungs, ftomacn. Bowel* or other glands em orK&us by one application. < ? -1KM INTERNALLY, a half to a teaspoonfui In halt ft tumbler of water will In a few minutes cure Oram** . SrMms^ Sour 8tomaoli, Nausea, Vomltln*. Heart- ' Dura, Nervousness, Rleeplc^neas, 81 ok TTrnilinM. Diarrhoea, Oollc, Flatulency and all Internal pau* MALARIA IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS UUREt AND PSEVENTED. There is not a remedial agent In the world (Ml r ^ will cure Fever and Affue and all other H?larfofL Billon* and other (even, aided bv RAD WAY'S ..v? KVLIKF? qlUClUy mKA1)WAY'S READY R. R. Ft not only cnree the patient seised with *a- - ?2 laria, but if people expose I to the Malarial pot** will every morning take '20 r 30 drops of Beady Relief in water, ana eat. say a cracker, before gatat out, they will prevent attacks. Price 30 ccutts per botcle. Sold by druggists. RADWAY'S PILLS ij| The Great Liver and Stomach Remiy For the cure of all <Tlanrdcr* of tho 8timaoli, TJrer. Boweli. Klduey*. bladder, Nervntig DIbcimi. Fenuto Complaint*, kiss of Ap? Headache, Constipation. CoAtivenon, I '.diK?sti)n, BlllonsnoM, Far* Inflammation of the Boirela, Piloi and all osraof*meiitsof the Internal Viicera. Pcre ly vegetable,oo*talning 110 morenry. inlaerali or deleter! ins droit PERFECT DIGESTION by' taklngC<Ra5 I'vipi \ kja Pills. By so cluln? SICK HEADACHE, Pyspopsl^Foul Pfouiach. BllIooKnecs will be avoided, and the fo&d that U coten contributes Its nourlahtat . 'C-r^jaa properties for the aupport of the natural waste of the nody. . w . . -: -.a W Observe the following fyniptoms r guttingfroim , disease of the Digestive Organs Constipation. Inwar# Piles. Fullness of the Blood lathe Head, Acidity <* the Stomach. Nausea, Heartburn. Dlagust of Food, Fullness or Weight lu the Stomach Sour Eruetatlres* v* Sinking or Fluttering of the Heart. Choking or 3 alto . : -jB eating ^;en?tloM wfienta a $$ vision, worn ur ncud umwic Mipuw Pain in the Head Deficiency of Perspiration. Yellow esAOftheSklnandEyes.Palnln theSlde.Chest.Llmkl .? and Sudden Flushes of Heat Burning In the F eah. A few do^i of RADWAY'it PIM,-* wi.T turn fh< of all the above named disorders. _ "' 'f^sS Price 25 cenwpar ?xw. Boldbr all dnvjrt'tc WS?nd a letter stamp to DR. RAD WAT 4k CO., No. 33 Warren Street, New York, to Our Book of Advice. 'wJn VMli ftUKKTI) GET RAD WAY'S. /\-M NY N U?1 lSWAMPKOQTjPS|| :||| ^CONEITIONI This Bemedy will Believe and Cure. If Ynil &re threatened with, or already bar?, 11 IUU Bright'a disease, or Urinary ti ouble, If Vnn have sediment in nrine like brick dnA II lyU frequent calls or Retention, with distress or pressure in the parts, If Yaii have Lame Back, Rheumatism, EtiafII I UU ing, Aching Fains in side or hipu, I f Vnn have Diabetes or Dropsy, or scanty or T I Ola high colored urine, jf Yn? have Malaria, Torpid Liver,Dyspepdfc II | UU Gall Stone, Fever and Ague, or Gout^ I# Vnn have Irritation, Bpa?modio Stricture II I UU or Catarrh of the bladder. If Vnn have BLOOD humors. Pimples, Ulcer* 33 III llll Seminal Weakness, or Svnhiiia. if Ynil hare Stone in Kidney,or G ravel in BlaAII IU U der, Stoppage of urine or Dribbling, If Ynil hav? poor Appetite, Bad Taste, Fool. II IU U breath, or internal Slime lever, Diiilrfn up quickly a run-down constitutioa. DullUo Don't neglect early symptoms. Itfet Dos* don Bight to thsSpot 1 Prepared at Dispensary?Hecommerxkd by movnet phyildana?"InTallds* Guide to Health" free. Advice tra III Genuine have Dr. Kilmer* likeness oa nil outside and Inside wrappers. >5S Cnlrl by all DRDMOSTl^aad Dc. Bun k CoOUlU Binghamton, n" Y. ; $1.00?Six Bottles $5.00 ? "tlfCTT ffi WELLS* ROUG^CATA^BH worst chronic ewes. Ue equaled forCalarrhiUthroal affections, foul breath, offensive odors, *orethro? diphtheria, cold In the head. Ask for Kooohojt Catarhh. ?c. Drug. E. B. Wpxs, Jeraey City, i*. X LOOK YOU MS ?x~X\^V. aa long's* rou can,pr?A?*Vvr rent tendency to wri?Tm rid' b*r 'ff1"?' ?' th* (^S^E leaurelle oil \5?y j7*B(WB}ni?l? Kcmares and nrerenta 'Jr Wrinkles, ?JI(1 rmighyy >^8oeA?Sr*Sr v nen ?' or aklaj ffV/Kyjtg5y <T \ prow ires a youthful, '^JSfcf- - I plump, fre-h conditio* ?. *3T of the features; r?mores pimples, cImi* ~ oulr sntatancc know* >Vl "111 strut *?< ?r?rifflKBsHMV. 'eottrsdr??jt?wrl?sl? ) $1. Druinristsor Expl R. k mu.s. rh?*Mi W. L. DOI'GLASSt SHOE, the original nil only bantl-nervcd welt 94 ?b*e la tk* world, eniinl* caitom made haad?i(WM hoCM that cost from ?6 to 89. u? a rtrtli/*l AS vera Bail K#WMianv $3 SHOM The only S3 SEAMLESSfJ^Kj i Shot) in the world, with-1 Ejjfc-J oat tacks or nails. / SK-9 -*-1 Finest Calf. perfect fit,^/Q KO k! anil warranted. Congress,, KSj-3 M Bo'ton and Lace, nil RjvJ Uj qk styles toe. As otyllsh .Oy^ A, fc/fijffl ay? anil durable as tlmse Ao a cost'.n?$j?r$ti.ltoy?^ ,?</ . cS3 Ell v, c?r the W. JT ^ L;> IKH.GLAS^^ ill 'r^ *n [N*o? ni prfct (tinptil oi b?Lom ?f ?ack f hf J W". r? JUOlUil.AS 8-1.50 SHOE is unexcelled forhcavv mar. 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