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wgp " AGRiCl'LTVPiAL~ TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. Feeding for Strength. One of the remarkable results in the experiments made at the Wisconsin station was shown in the tests of the strength of bones. Those fed mainly for the production of lean meat bore a strain of 1,000 pounds. Others, apparently the same, made from a feed of coru meal, broke at 300 pounds. Perhaps farmers can see from this why it is that corn alone is not good food for horses hard at work. It puts on fat, but it does not wear, because it gives so little for making muscle. The world-wide prefer ence ior oais as ioou ior wur&mg uuioss is not an accident. It is one of the best Sains for giving strength. Farmers irned this practically long before science explained the reason. Loss of "Wool in Sheep. Dry feeding and close penning have the effect of causing congestion of the skin, and this cati-es the wool to become loose and be pulled off or rubbed o.T by the sheep scratching themselves. To avoid this trouble give the sheep some sliced turnins or notatoes. with a little # Bait,and a draiu, for each sheep, ofepsom sales sprinkled over them. Continue this for a week. A little oat straw given in place of clover hay occasionally will be useful. For .ewes having lambs a mixture of oats, buckwheat and flaxseed ground together will be useful for increasing the milk. A pint daily will be sufficient. Where early lambs are reared a supply of carrots, mangels or rutabagas should be grown for the ewes, as these encourage the flow of milk more than any other food.?New York Times. Salt for Cows. A commission appointed by the French Government to inquire into the use of salt ror domestic animais reported on iuu matter as follows: I. Salt ought to lie given to domestic animals to replace the saline matter washed ou: of their food by boiling, steaming, etc. 2. Salt counteracts the ill effects of wet pasture' and food on sheep, and prevents foot rot. J. It increases tne flow of saliva, and therefore hastens fattening. 4. In making mixtures of chaff, potatoes, beets, bran, oilcake, ete., salt always ought to be added. The daily allowance recommended by the commission was: For a milch cow or ox, two ounces; for a fattang stall fed ox, two and a half to four and a half ounces; for a fatt:ngpig, one to two ounces; for a lean sheep, one-half to three-quarters of an ounce; for ahorse, one ounce. Bnckins Horses. One thing I have never been able to understand and that is the subject of bucking horses. I have given the question some study, at:d find that only in ( the Western part of the L'nited States, i in South America and in Australia do horses indulge in this most unpleasant j performance. This would not be strange If it was confined to horses raised in ! these countries, hut it seems to be in the climate, as the progeny of Western ponies, if taken East, never buck, and a colt of a high-bred Eastern horse if born on the plains will buck the first time a : saddle is put on its back, a thing that ' other colts from the same mare born in the East never do. Both the Kentucky and Irish horses ; have a trick of bounding into the air and 1 alighting with stiff legs, which is some- I times called buck jumping. But this in no way resembles the true plunging buck : of the plains. I never saw any one who i could account for the change of habit in colts born in the West, but | every man who has ever had anything to do with horses in that section of the i country is perfectly familiar with the j fact.?Post Dispatch. Early Potatoes. Three years' experience convinced a Farmer and Breeder correspondent that j his practice brings potatoes ' 'several days Booner than if planted without manuring in the hili." Starting, "the iirst appor- , tunityin spring," with loose, loamy land, : 'reasonably rich or made so by thor- ; oughly working in of well-rooted ma- i nure," he proceeds as follows: 'The soil should be thoroughly fined before planting. Mark the row-:, run- ! ning the plow reasonably deep. A good 6ingle shovel is the best implement for marking for early potatoes?have the rows about three or three and a half r . i . i i i__ * i_ ! ieec apart, iatte rea-onaniy iresn manure and drop a forkful where each hill is to be planted. Cover lightly with . soil and then drop a whole potato of medium size: on this eo\cr well, stepping on the hill to press the soil on the seed. The fresh manure will aid materially in securing the necessary warmth to indtKe germination, and if, as is sometimes tlie case after planting early in spring, we have several days of cold, j wet weather, there will l>e considerably less danger of the seed rotting. As soon after planting as condition of soil per- ; mit, a thorough harrowing should be , given. This tines and levels the surface onrl /^ocfr/itTd vAnnrr Troarla hof ara auu uwtiujo jvuup viiui uiv v vi tain to start. L'ndcr ordinary condi- i tions two liarrowings can nearly always be given. Keep the surface mellow. The first wo: king should always be the deepest, getting shallower ea h time. 1 generally prefer to give at least one good hoeing after the first cultivating so as to loosen the soil well between the plants and kill weeds. Cultivate su ficiently to keep e'ean and have the soil mellow 80 that a strong, rapid growth will be made. After a good start bythe vines. | I find it advisable to thin to not over j tnrce gcoa plants to cacn qui. " Onions. Mr. Wm. H. Derby, of Revere, read a very practical paper before the meeting! of the Boston Market Gardeners1 Associa- j tion on December 21. The general rules for growing crops are varied by different conditions of soil and climate, and the speaker confined himself to the methods of onion growing at Revere, where the business has been steadily growing and is fairly profitable. Good seed is a very imnrtrfanf T/? nrrnnr it- nno nintt select carefully the best bulbs and place them iu a dry place to keep with tops on. Early in spring thry are set out after cutting off the old tops, if any rein tin, in rows three feet apart and sixinches between the bulbs in the rows, i The crop is carefully cultivated and I weeded, and in September the seed is ' cut and stored in a dry place until it can be cleaned. A barrel of onions will produce about ten pounds of seed in a favorable year, but sometimes less than half this amount. The land at Revere is ! mostly strong clay loam, and works best 1 by applying in the fall heavy dressing of coarse manure, which is ploughed in; ]and thus enriched will admit of working a week earlier in spring than if not I thus heated, a very important point with J onions, which must be planted early, the j earlier the better. .May 12 being as late as is considered safe. The rows are 6own 33 inches a] art, with & to 12 seeds to the j foot or 3| pounds per acre. If celery is to be grown on the same land, as is usually done at Revere, each eighth rowis left blank for the celery. Clean culture is very important, and for this purpose the Arlington wheel hoe is used very often, and several hand weedings are needed. The best crops are usually grown on the strongest clay land. The j crop is housed, after drying in the , field with the tops on, and sold as want- i ed through the fall and winter. This! crop is subject to blight and smut and is ! infected by green flies or lice. There is i no remedy of much value, though many 1 have been tried. Formerly the onion j " rowers used to erow them continuously on the same land, but recently they have j adopted the plan of growing them only one or two years in the same place, thinking that they thus avoid the dis- ! eases to some extent. When asked what fertilizers, if any, he used, Mr. Derby ! replied that he relied almost entirely on 1 stable manure, although he had experi- j mented with many other things in addition, but had not on the whole received j return enough to warrant a repetition of | their use. His average crop was 600 to | 700 bushels per acre on land one-eighth . * * ' --i? ?a I 01 WHICH IS occupied Dy celery, nuu vu rare occasions he had known 1,000 bushels per acre to be grown.?If. E. Farmer. Farm and Garden Notes. Beets are relished by milch cows. Feed oyster shells and ground bones to fowls. Fresh lime scattered around the cellar 1 will help to keep it dry. Permit no smoking about the barn, haystacks or strawstacks. Corn-fodder cut fine, moistened and sprinkled with cornmeal or bran, iseacen ; up clean. Hogs fattened on barley are reported to make superior meat with a large proportion of lean. A dairyman asserts that, on the same | amount of food, he never saw other j young cattle do as well as Ilolsteins. "It should I e the aim of every feeder," j says Henry Stewart, "to induce his: stock to eat as much as they can digest." j According to Col. F. D. Curtis the hog j is the smartest animal we have among 1 us, and the most like man, especially in j the stomach. In making out orders for nursery stock one is liable to invest too largely in novelties. Stick pretty closely to tested and proven varieties. Scaly legs in fowls, a complaint of the ; season, should be treated by rubbing i twice a week with a mixture of lard and ' kerosene, applied warm. Salt benefits the compost heap by killing weeds and preventing heating. Re- ! suit of spreading salt "on the heap?i manure is all fine the next spring. Common homemade lye soap, well mixed with corn meal to a stiff dough, ! and given every few day, is now recom- i mended as a preventive and sure cure of chicken cholera. Sheep here do not pay as great profits as tho*e in England. Everything depends on the mode of management. Our j farmers compel sheep to forage, while in | England they are treated as carefully as as are cattle. It has been found in California that a cold air blast dries fruit in the most perfect manner. Samples of fruit dried in this way?prunes, apricots a id applestwo years ago are still in a perfect state of preservation. Secretary Woodward would draw and spread mauure from the stable, even if the snow were a foot deep. He believes | that, spread on corn land in the fall, it ! does fifty per cent, more good than when j spread the following spring. Professor Robertson, of Canada, claims that cream raised by the deep cold process produces a butter that is le<s highly flavored when first made, and is, in fact, often insipid at that time, j but its flavor increases with age, and i* at its best when several weeks old. A practical authority states that the best way to make a hog-crate, in his i opinion, is to have the height three- I fifths nf ihf> Ifnnrth of thfi hoc. and the width three-fifths the height. This , will make a comfortable crate for a properly trained hog. It is certainly I worth trying. Keep cream apart from any strongsmelling vegetables, as nothing so ; rapidly ab;orbs odors as milk or cream, j Never put it into a jar that has had vinegar, pickles or a.'ids in it, until the j iar is thoroughly cleansed and aired. The best plan is to have a jar especially i for.it, and be very particular that it is j often thoroughly washed and aired. When cow-; refuse good hay there is something wrong. Most probably they 1 have been overfed. The remedy is to cut the hay with a fodder cutter, the cost of which will be repaid by the saving in one year, and wet it and mix bran with it: about two quarts for each cow, adding a small handful of salt. Give no more th in the cow will eat clean, and as the appetite returns increase the ration. Formerly it was common in giving directions for transplanting trees to add instructions how to stake them, to prevent blowing over or becoming twisted by the wind, which was really one of the worst things that could htfppcn to them, j and such staking was always essential if the top was larger th in the roots. But a better way is to obviate the necessity j of all staking by taking up sufficient breadth of roots to hold the tree firmly , in position when properly planted Long and ample roots will hold the trie better i than any staking. Purchasers of trees j should "therefore make this requirement j of the nursery-man. Fisli Living in Hot Wnler. There is a pond on the Lay ranch at j Colconda, which is fed by the waters from the hot springs. This pond has an ' area of two or three acres, and the tcm- ; perature of the water is about eighty-five j degrees, and in some places where the : hot water bubbles up from the bottom ' the temperature is almost up to the boil- | ing point. Kccently the disco>cry has been made that this warm lake is lit- j erally alive with carp, some of which are more than a foot long. All efforts to catch them with a hook and line have failed, as they will not touch the most j tempting bait. A lew of them have been chr>t nml rnntrnrv to thu rreneral sun position, the flesh was hard and pa lata- 1 blc. How the Hsh got into the la!<e is a | mystery unsolved. Within t()'.? feet of it are springs which are boiling hot, and ' the ranchers in the vicinity use the water j to scald hogs in the butchering season. ?Silver State. /\ -X? i!.. une III lilt; S5CH 3 J/UlljJCIS. A curious acoustic phenomenon, some- . times observed at sea, has been termed by jM. Fi/.eau, the "mirage of sound," j from its analogy to certain well-known phenomena of light. The sound-waves 1 are deflected upward to a very marked extent under the influence of strata of air of various temperatures and to this effect flre ascribed numerous collisions between vessels haying powerful fogsignals. . . -6. HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. Pie Without Fruit. When fruit is scarce, a good pie can be made of one c ip of rich,sweet cream, sweetened and flavored to suit the taste; whip to a stiff froth with an egg-beater; if the cream is cold it will get stiff quicker. Line a pie plate with crust and bake; put the cream into it; set in a cold place until you want to eat it. Small pieces of red jelly placed on the top improve its appearance. Fried Parsley for a Garnish. This is the cheapest of all garnishes, but it must be carefully prepared. Wash, pick and dry the parsley thoroughly. then put it into a wire basket, and hold it in boiling fat for two minutes; then take it out of the basket and dry it well by placing it before the fire. Beef-dripping is the best frying medium for this purpose, and care should be taken to have it boiling hot when the parsley is put in. The Philosophy of Boiling, It is a mistake to suppose that a piece of "well-toiled" soup beef has been heated to 212 degrees throughout. The heat penetrates so slowly, that a goodsized piece of beef may remain comparatively cold inside after staying in boiling water for an hour or more, and if you actually measure the temperature, of the nrtriAf nurfa Knof tho mriTTiPllf. it. Ifl ta'<en out of the pot and pronounced "well-done" you will be surprised to find that it seldom reaches over 170 degrees. It was therefore cooked at a temperature considerably below the boiling point. A Lecture on Coffee. It is a well-known fact that a better and more delic'ons collee is made b_v pouring the boiling water over the rrrrmriH r>nffpp thnn hv hoilin.tr thu coffee CI'""'"* ~ -J 1 o itself, as unfortunately is yet so often done. The boiling water that is poured over the coffee ceases to boil the instant it leaves the kettle in which it was boiled. Through evaporation it is already somewhat cooled on the way to the coffee pot, and by further contact with other bodies the temperature is still further lowered until it is evident that the temperature in the coffee pot is several degrees below the boiling point. The coffee is consequently not made with boiling but with warm water. A Suggestion for Easy Cooking. A writer in the New York Times says: <lA process in cooking that possesses the Advantage of considerable saving in labor and fuel, and, furthermore, makes it impossible to scorch 01 burn anything, is as follows: The food is brought to boil and allowed to boil for a few minutes. T'Urv ly-siftls* io flwirt vnmAW/?/l fenm fVll* firA X lie IVUltAV 13 WJVslA JUMIUfVW i.vui v.jw ?-.w and carefully protected in a heat safe so as to prevent the heat from escaping. The food will then be cooked by ils own heat, or, in other words, the temperature will for several hours remain high enough to produce the neees-ary changes in the victuals under treatment. The heat safe necessary for the foregoing process can be easily constructed by anybody, and at a merely nominal cost. First get a common packing box of a suitable size, cover the bottom with a layer of picked wool or cotton two or three inches thick, then from a piece of zinc or sheet iron make a hollow cylinder ? lofn-or f"Kon fKo Irotf.lo HCPfl "nlftPP a .mn, ) I the cylinder in the box, and fill the interval between the cylinder, and the box with cotton or wool two or three inches thick. A common pillow will answer for the lid, and the safe is ready for use. When the kettle is removed from the fire care should be taken not to raise the lid, which should fit as closely as possible, and when placed in the safe the pillow must be tucked well down all around. After remaining in the heat safe for from two to four hours, according to circumstances, the food will be done, and you will be astonished to find what a well cooked and toothsome dish you have nrnrtarod TOlfrV BO llfflp trftllhle. - Hay or cow hair, being cheaper, can be substituted for wool or cotton, but do not retain the heat quite as well, especially in apparatus of smaller size. The safe can, of course, be made to contain several vessels at one time, and meat, potatoes, beans, etc., can all be prepared at the same time. Potatoes, Deans, rice, peas and likes can be placed in the safe as soon as they boil, but large pieces of meat should be boiled for about half an hour so ns to allow the heat to penetrate them better." Hints to House Decorations. A pretty fancy for light curtains is to drape them with narrow scarves or half handkerchiefs of their own material. Maiden-hair and pink roses are the accepted decorations for the "pink" dinners ana luncneons now so prevalent. Rope embroideries and rope fringe? are stylish and costly for wall decorations, a bit a yard square or less Ahat wo recently handled being marked $185. Maiden-hair fern without any flowers is a very favorite decoration this winter, and should always be dipped in water just before using, so as to glisten in the light. A decoration within the reach of almost any is & jar of grass and ox-eyed dcises, draped about with a green scarf, and, though so simple, few more effective ones can be found. A narrow shelf about eight inches above the mantel board, with a row of Japanese fans placed behind it as a border, sertcs nrlmirnljlv fnrhnldinrr And disnlnvinrr the ; o 1?j?o smaller bits of bric-a-brac. A champagne bnsicet and pine easel, painted some neutral tint and draped with plush or velveteen, or cretonne, mai<ean admirable holder for newspaper and periodicals. Have the pins of the easel lon<* enough to hold'the basket? who=e lid should be' fastened up with a bow matching or contrasting with the drapery. Hf who is always prying into other men's affairs leads a dangerous life. Consumption Horelr Carod. To the Editor:?Please inform your readers that i have a positive remedy for the above named disease. By its t imely use thousands erf hopeless eases have been permanently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy Fhke to any of your readers who have consumption if they will send me their Express and P. O. address. Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM. M.C.. 181 Pearl St.. N. Y. To truly tell thousand* Taylor's Hospital Cure for Catarrh is the most pleasant, painless and effective remedy known, send for free pamphlet to City Hall Pharmacy, B'way, Make No Mistake If you ha^-e made up your mind to bmy Hood'* Sar j Sarsaparilla Is a peculiar medicine, possessing, by virtue of its peculiar combination, proportion and preparation, curative power superior to any other article of the kind before the people. Be sure to get Hood's. "In one store the clerk tried to Induce me to buy their own instead of Hood's Sarsaparilla. But he could not prevail on me to change. I told him 1 ! knew what Hood's S irsaparllla was; I had taken It, not perfectly satisfied with It, and did not want any other."?Mrs. Eiu A. Qorr, CI Terrace St. Boston. Hood'c Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. $1; six for $3. Prepared only by C. L HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Man. __ 100 Dopes .One Dollar J A Sign in the Moon. There is, perhaps, no better known lunar prognostic than that referred to in the old Scotch ballad of Sir Patrick Spens: " O ever alack! my master dear. I fear a deadly storm. I saw the new moon late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm; And if ye gang to sea, maister, I fear will suffer harm." Chambers, in "The Book of Days," says that to see "the old moon in the arms of the new one " is reckoned a sign of fine weather?another curious example of how sayings get twisted; but in that statement he is quite wrong. The appearance i$ almost universally held to be a sign of bad weather. Two explanations have been offered to account for the prognostic, in each of which there is undoubtedly a measure of truth. When the ; moon appears 41 new " to us, the earth would appear " full" to the lunar inhabitants, if there were any; and what causes the dark part of the young moon to be dimly visible is its reflection of the brilliant earth-shine. The earth, however, will not always shine with equal brilliance, even when the same amount of surface is illuminated, for obviously clouds reflect more light than either land or sea. Hence, when an unusual- illumination of the night-side of the moon is apparent it shows that the earth-shine is exceptionally strong, which in turn is an indication of the presence of a large amount of cloud in our atmosphere. Further, as a moment's consideration will prove, the cloud era must lie to the west of us, I flio ^irnntinn frnm tx/Tnoh WP r*?pmv? I mosiof our storms; go that the apparition j of the old moon in the arms of the new, virtually means th it there are va9tc'oudbanks over the North Atlantic ocean j which, in all probability, are drifting j up to us, and will, before long, bring ! us "dirty" weather. I am not dis- j posed to go so far as Mr. John j Aitken, who, in a paper recently read before the royal society of Edinburgh, suggested the use of the moon's dark limb as an " outlying signal station," but it is satisfactory to know that this venerable prognostic has a sound physical basis, and is as worthy of respect as ever it was.?Longman's Maqazine. Lincoln Never Read a Novel. While Edwin Forrest was playing an j engngement at Ford's Theatre, Mr. Car- i penter spoke to the President one day of I the actor's fine interpretation of the | character of Richelieu, and advised him to witness the performance. The conversation occurrcd in the presence of Senator Harris, of New York. ''Who wrote the play!" asked the President of j Mr. Carpenter. "Bulwer," was the re- j ply. "Ah!" he rejoined. "Well, I knew Bulwer wrote novels, but I did not know he was a play writer also. It may | Beem somewhat strange to say," he con- i tinued, "but I never read an entire novel \ ? ?" In/lnra Norrifl' if. i ILL my 111U. k-'ttiVl II UV4^V AJMttW ?w I possible?" "Yes," returned the President, "it is a fact. I once commenced 'Ivanboe,' but nevor finished it." NEURALGIA. Nerves.?Everyone of the thread-like nerves has each a latent power to cause excruciat- J ing pain, the linut of which is simply the j limit of human endurance, and Neuralgia 1 has a few of these fibrous torments all pulsing painfully at once. CH A RACTERISTICS. Subtile Pain.?Nothing is so subtile in ita approach; nothing so flagrantj acute and distressing, and certainly nothing yet discovered so completely subdues its ravages and so permanently conquers its pangs as that above mentioned. SYMPTOMS. Symptoms.?Neuralgia is defined to be a nerve disease, the chief symptom of which is an acute pain, intermitting, which follows the course of the nerve branch affected. TREATMENT. Treatment.?Apply St. Jacobs Oil frequently, gentlv rubbing the afflicted parts; apply to the whole extant of the nerve soreness; keep up a gentle friction until a burning sensation is produced. Sold by Druggists ani Dealers Everywhere. THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore. Md V YN U?6 M CURES WHERE ALL ELSEFAILST Efl M Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use IS IM . Id time. Sold by druggists. g] P I believe Piso's Cure H a for Consumption saved R R mv life.?A. H. Dowell, M Editor Enquirer, Eden B ton, N. CM April ?3, 1887. S The best Coutrh Medi- I ? cine Is Piso's Cure for B Consumption. Children 1 take it without objection. 9 9 By all druggists. 25c. TjT CURES WHERE ALL *ELSNAILS. pa Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use Bt Jd In tlms. Sold by druggists. cl C^BpAYSthcFREICHT j7 5 Ton Wkkod scaled, Iron Let era. SureT Bcaringi, firu? Tare Beam and Ream Box Krerr eli^^Mkle. For free pr?ee ll?l ^^7 ncr.ilon thla pao?r and addrew * ^r^ii if lAHit or iioHiMTiM. * * BiNUHAMTON. N.f. NORTHERN PACIFIC. "low PRICE RAILROAD lands and FREE Government LANDS ty MILMONS of ACHES of each In Minnesota, North Dflkntfl, Montana, Idaho, \\ inhlneion and Oregon, (run CAR Publication* with Mnp*deturlblug the ocnu run hest Agricultural firming and Timber Ijxndi now open 10 Si-it'ar.n. s>ent Krrp. Andre** CHAS. B. LAMBO I CURE FITS ! Whor I Mjf cure Id" nut moan ^merely to stop them | lor* time una uirn ua>e mou radical cure. I hnvo made tho disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a lifelong study. I warrant my remedy to cure the wore' caics. Because others have failed is no roasnn for lint now receiving a cure. Send at once for a troatiaeand a Freo Bottle of my infallible remedy. Give Express and Post Office. H. (< It GOT. ,M. t'.. 183 Pearl St. New YorU FRAZERg^sl, BEST IK THE WORLD UIILHVU tW~ Get tho Ocnulue. Sold F.vemvhere. DIaUaDIIL Great English Gout and Dlall Si IllSa Rheumatic Remely. Grnl Box. 341 round, 14 I'ilfa. J1AI niPRP ?ct PfBslona, If M disa CtT III I I If" K\blpd : OfHcera' travel ??y, rjw LUILIIG bounty collccted; Deserters " relieved; 22years' practice. Kucacbm or no fee. !.?* wot free. JL, W. KcCormick & Son. Waiklnftoti.D.C; UftUC BTtJDT. Book-keeping, Penman#nlp, Arithmetic nUmC Shorthand, Su\, thoroughly taught by mall CIr nJwjfree. DHiiXS i CQLUtCK, Ul MmIm foawo. a.?. The large number of graves scattered throughout China, and the superstitious opposition of the people to the moving of a body once properly buried will,, in the opinion of a missionary, prevent any railroad building in the Celestial Empire for many years. A Sensible Man Would use Kemp's Ealsam for the Throat and Lungs. It is curing more cases of Coughs Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup and all Throat and Lung Troubles, than any other medicine. The proprietor has authorized any druggist to give you a Sample Bottle Vrtt to convinr e you of the merit of this great remedy. Large bottles, 50 cents and $1. A New York house has re eived an order 9 n<vl fro R-??nTi* nnstj>i?A stamDS for use in Chili. ' ? ?- -- -- She Broke the Engagement because she saw that he had ceased to love her. H r beauty had faded, her former high spirits had given place to a dull lassitude. What had caused this change? Functional derangement; she was suffering from those ailments peculiar to her sex. And so their two young lives drifted apart. How needless, how cruel! Had she taken Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription she might lirive been restored to healih and happiness. If any lady reader of these lines is similarly afflicted Jet her lose no time in procuring the "Favorite Prescription." It will give her a new lease of her life. Sold by druggists,under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, of perfect satisfaction in every case, or money refunded. See guaaa tee on bottle wrapper. The regular rate of increase of the Astor estate is said to bo I rom $10,000,000 to $13,1X0,000 a year. It's AIwrjts the Way. "Didn't I tell you so?" said a gentleman to an acquaintance whom he chanced to meet on the street; "it's always the way." "What's always the way?" inquired a mutual friend of the two men who happened along Just then. "Why, just this," replied the first .speaker: "you see Smith, here; the last time I met him he had one of i he worst coughs you every heard. He comp nined of a loss of appetite, of night-sweats, or low spirits and other unmistakable premonitory symptoms of consumption. I told him to get a supply of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery at once. He did so, and look at him now! Did you ever see a healthier looking man? The 'Discovery' has snatcnea mousanas iruui tuuDuu>??w graves. I knew it would cure Smith. It's always the way." A small piece of tapestry, time of Louis XIV., was sold in Paris lately for 32,200. We ouifht not to be too anxious to encourage untried innovation, in cases of doubtful improvemen'. For a quarter of a century Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy has been before the public and passed thr ugh the severest test and is pronounced the most reliable remedy for that disagreeable malady. Thousands of testimonials of its virtues 50 cents per bottle. By druggists. m ? -?? Vvtt Txmnnrd I Kl ESt'UfJSH w ere mvcuiw uj Digges about 1571. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye-water. Druggists sell ar 25c.per bottle. The best cough medicim is Piso's Cure for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 26c. you win save money, Vc/friu Time, Pnin, Trouble W&famCA and w,n CURE CATARRH by using Jty ffl ELY'S CREAM BALM. Apply Balm into each nostril. Ely Bro8..235Grccnwlch St,N.Y. EXHAUSTED VITALITY A Great Medical Work for Youne and Middle-Aged Men. PI!B 1,1 SHF. 1) by (lie PEAUODY IMEIHCA l< INMTITI'TEt No. 4 Hullflncli St., Bomon, Mam. WJI. II. PARKER, M. D.f Consulting Phvslclan. More than one million copies old. It treats upon Nervous and Physical Debility. Premature Decllna. Exhausted Vitality, Impaired Vigor, and Impurities of the Blood, and the untold miseries consequent thereon. Contains 9)0 pages, substantial emboss d bind In?, full gilt. Warranted the best popular medical treatise published In th? English language. Price only $1 by mall, postpaid, and concealed In a plain wrapper. IUuatrath<4 tamplefree If you send now. Address at aboye. Same this paper. * ffk PJ to 88 a day. Samples worth fl JO, FREB 5k % Lines not under the horse's feet. wrlt? M W Brewster Safety Keln Holder Co., Holly, Mich. u ? ? INVALIDS' HOTEL MD SURGICAL INSTI OUR F The treatment . nasal Throat th?air pas?a*ei > nnoiiLj innufli as Chronic Catai AUn Liaryngltlsj Rroi , *nu and Consurapti I IIIIG fllQITlQCC correspondence and LUfla UIOlAoLo, constitutes an impoi We publish three Nasal, Throat and Lung Diseases, which gi> formation, viz: (1) A Treatise on Consumr Bronchitis; price, post-paid, ten cents. (2) A or Phthisic, giving new and successful trt paid, ten cents. (.'() A Treatise on Chronic ( price, post-paid, two cents. ""^ni Dyspepsia, "Elver DISEASES OP stlnate constipation ' ur rheaj Tape-worms, ai fllGCCTinU aic among those chronic UlBku llUn. cessful treatment of whicl J attained great success. 0 on Diseases of the Digestive Organs will be on receipt of ten cents in postage stamps. I y I BRICRT'S DISEASE I Rinurv I Viniimd maladies, have been I A Li and cure8 ejiccte(j in thoui IlKPItPS I hlld bc<-'Q pronounced bcyoi UldkROLO, | casca are readily diagnostic by chemical analysis of t personal examination of patients, xvko euorally be ucccsHfully treated The study And practice of chemical nnnlys examination of the urine in our consider reference to correct diagnosis, In which our became famous, has naturally led to a ver in diseases of tho urinary organs. These diseases should be tres I RAIITinN Iist thoroughly familiar with tl I uauMun. to ascertain the exact of advancement which tlx (which can only be ascertained by a careful scopical examination of tho urine), for i curative in one stage or condition do pnsitii Being in constant receipt of numerous iu< work on the nature and curability of these i style to bo easily understood, we have puli triitefl Treatise on tlios^ uiscaacs, wnu-.i ? n dress oil receipt of ten cents lu postage Rt;u: _ INFLAMUATIOff ( rlamler ?er, stone in t DLflUUCn Gravel, Enlarged nioriocc Ketentlou of I'Hne, UIolholO. tions. inay be included mm wotmhmm of which our specialists hn dinary success. These are fully treated n Pamphlet on Urinary Diseases. Sent by mai I - strictures and STR CTURE. tul as.?Hundreds of of of strictures, manv of thoi U,* uir i;uiCirw uw in jii:m of inexperienced physicians nnd pnreroonf. ci urinnry fistula:, and other complications. am relief and euro. That no case of this claw ii eki* of otir ppecialists is proved by cures r trated treatise on these maladies, to which To intrust this class of cases to physicians is a dangerous proceeding. Many a man life by bo doing, while thousands annually In unskillful treatment. Send particulars of centa in stamps for a large, Illustrated Treal testimonials. TAKE TI Whene'er an anxious group is seen Around some monthly magazine Or paper that is daily whirled To every quarter of the world, And merry peals of laughter rise As this or that attracts the eyes, TVio cmilinrr rrnwH vnil mav detiend. ?..v, - b -f J J ? r , Above some illustrations bend That advertise the strength and scope And purity of Ivory Soap. A WORD OP There are many white soaps, each represe they ARE NOT, but like all counterfeits, la< the genuine Ask for 11 ivory " Soap and i CoDTTteht 1886. by P DR. KILMER'SI ~ Ffimalp I VIMMIV Remedy. A GREAT BLESSING TO WOMEN. W Dnnrl SymptomN and Conditions this ncau Spcclllc will Hellevo and Cure. If Ynii have nervoua or sick headache, stomII I U U achache, buckache, spin cache, bloating, Internal heat or scalding urine, I# Vam have chronic weakness, bearing down | II I U U or perversions incident 10 me-cnangt;, If Yni. have uterine catarrh, suppressed or II IUU painful periods, or ovurlan dropsy, If Ynil ^nve suspicious growths, disposed to II I UU humor or cancer, or hemorrhage, It Riiilrlc UP Quickly a run-down constltuII DUIIUO tion and brings refreshing sleep. It Will d|sPel those dull tired looks and feelII IIIII ings, and bring back youthful bloom and beauty?restores the nervous system. M fl t h D TC Give it to yonr weak and delicate danghtIflUIIICIu ere. Not a vertigo of Impure Blood can escape lis healing and purifying Influence. If Ynil value good health, and hope for long II I UU life, use "Female Remedy." Cqq Symptoms continued with certificate* of cure*, OGG In "Guide to Health," free. Also advice free. Dr. Kilmer & Co. Bingham ton, N.Y. Druggists $1 GOLD U worth |500 per lb. Pettlt'a Ey? Salrs la worth fl,000, but la told At 25c. a box Oj dealer* T*7T*r^ rtftrlitfci ticular '< rUTE, 663 Main St., Bulfalo, M. Y. ionast, IELD OF STJC i ?if<! i!i"g*4'.uo* Nervous | rJ<}v, rh in the Head, nuuiuuw Sl. tR ucUitis, Asthma, IlKFI^FS ?2 w.Sfl on? both through UluE#wEw< Dcblli at our institutions, tion, art rtant specialty. eases with unusual succ separate books on different illustrated par , e much valuable in- which will be sent for tt .>tnn t nrvnmtib nnd for them is accompaniec l Tre'ntise onAsthma, tion, so that we may kn atment: price, |iost- pnaMnMna We ?aturrh In the Head; QlSEtSES OF ?? Women. sff id kindred affections, P.0"11' diseases in the sue- already baffled the skill o i our specialists have ('* u,S,?"n.c' ?J ur Complete Treatise Invalids Hotel and Sui , sent to any address VvoiSnflUurtSSS1with 'very largely treated, I Radical Cure I ?>> sands of cases which n,,..,... j!s5?% of huptuhe. s ''J.JirTuSrof.: Illustrated Tren A) at tlioir Iioiucn. PII,e8, FISTI'LJ) is and microscopical bowels, are treated with ation of cases, with pile tumors, are pt'rnia institution long ago bend ten centa lor Illus v />vfcnoive Druetiee cmmni n I Weak ,ted only by a special- I I impaired licm. and who is coin- I MfU I will-power, condition and stage | IIIEff. [ tions arisiii 5 disease has made nicious, sol chemical and micro- and permanently cured, nedicincs which are We, many years a^ro, < c injur)/ in others. treatment of these disci Itiiries for n complete the most skillful physic naladics, written in a 'hat all who apply to u ilished a large, I litis- full Council of the most I be sent to any adWe Offer .s. F THE BLAD. I"',iev JRJKfSSH: No ham. a , and kindred affec- which >ng those in the cure intent on doing good * " such enses. we cannot if in our Illustrated it otherwise than most 1 for 10 cte. iu stamps, these disi-a^s, we eannc malndics which afflict : . roT?iinv pis. which physicians in gei therefore, continue, as is of the ,.,? ,!!! siderntion, sympathy, nr m prentlvnpera\nted froin any 0f these delien rwmcntfl in the hands ? |]niir Most '"jsj Cured at home. at a miflllr consult us Tor * too difficult for the A Complete Treat! eported in our illus- sent w.fri, in plnm eiii < we refer with pride, of only ten cents, in sta of small experience, and sccreta confided to 1 has been mined for All letters of inquiry, o se their lives through nla vour case and ten world s dl tiae containing many ^ - * "i : fm ___??? '? $ r - ??? '' . " -IE HINT. But while they smile or praise bestow And wonder whence ideas now, The fact should still be kept in mind That people of the knowing kind Will need the hints or lessons laid In rhymes and pictures thus displayed, And let no precioti moments fly Until the Ivory Soap they try, And prove on garments coarse and The truth of every sketch and line. f WARNING. nted to be " just as good a*the ' Ivory';M :k the peculiar and remarkable qualities of nsist upon getting it Procter A Gamble. ROUGH?? KATC I I TRAUt If- * u Gone Where the Woodbine Twineth. Rats are smart, but "Rough on Rats" beats - v them. Clears out Rata, Mice, Roacoes, Water Bugs, Flies, Beetles, Moths, Ants, Mosquitoes, Bed-bugs, Hen Lice, Insects, Potato Bugs, S Sparrows, Skunks, Weasel, Gophers, Chipmucks, Moles, Musk Rats. Jack Rabbits, Squirrels. 15c. and 25c. Druggists. "ROUGH ON PAIN" Plaster, Porosed. lte. ' ROUGH ON COUGHS." Coughs, colds, 25c. ALL SKIN HUMORS CURED BY RnilCH-ITCH m m "Rough on Itch11 Ointment cures Skin Horn ore, Pimples, Flesh Worms, Rin^Worm, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Frosted Feet, Chilblains, Itch, Ivy Poison, Barber's 1 tcb, Scald Head, Eczema, , 60c. Drug, or mail. E. S. Wells, Jersey City. ROUGHiPILES I Cures Piles or Hemorrhoids, Itchic<$, Protruding, Bleeding. Internal and external remedy in each package. Sure cure, 60c. Druggist* or maiL E. S. Wklls, Jersey City, N. J. UCyiPHI WAD SOLDIERS and their Widows CAIUM H *n P?nslon?nowforirouaQ. tJL W drew E. H. Gelwtoa St C>.i Washington, plft -A. PLEASANT ??????????? MEDIAL HOME. I FULL BTAPP OF IENCED PHYSICIANS I SURGEONS. CHRONIC DISEASES Sac* is fully Treated without a Personal consultation. italn our knowledge of the patient's di*? w by the application, to the practice of e, of well-established principles of modern The most ample resources for treating g or chronic diseases, and the greatest } thua placed within the easy reach of however distant they may reside. Write :ribe your symptoms, inclosing ten cent! ps, and a complete treatise, on your parlisease, will be sent you, with our opin) its nature and curability. ZCESS. . optic Convulsions, or Fits, Pa* n, or Palsy, Locomotor Ataxia, ns's Douce, liikoninia, or inability p, and threatened insanity, Nervous ty, and every variety of ncrvoug affeo> treated by our specialists for these disess. See numerous cases reported in our nphluts on nervous diseases, any one of >n cents in postage stamps, when request I with a statement of a case for consultaow which one of our Treatises to send. have a Special Department, devoted ively to the treatment of Disease? of ;n. Every case consulting our specialists, ler by letter or In person, is given the careful and considerate attention. 1mit cases (and we get few which have not f all the home physicians) have the benefit lied specialists. Rooms for ladies in the rgical Institute are very private. Send ? "?? (Vmnloto Trrntian nn Diseased of wood-cuts and colored plates (160 pages). 1ERNIA (Breach), or RUPTTBE, no itter of how lony standing, or of what 6i2e, )romptlvand permanently cured by r specialists, without Hie knife mid ithout dependence upon trutsea. imidunt references. Send ton cents for , and other diseases affecting the lower wonderful success. The worst cases of nently cured in fifteen to twenty days. ~ tratca xrcause. weakness. nervous debility, premature the ir.aniy powers, involuntary losses, nu'iiiory, mental anxiety, absence of ruclancholy. w<ak bock, and all affeoig from youthful indiscretions and peritary practices, arc speedily, thoroughly stablished a Special Department for the iu?i s, under the management of some of inns and surgeons on our Stair, in order s might ri enve all the advantages of a ex perien ccd spt ciulists. offer no apology for devotinjr ?o much ion to this neglected class of diseases, ing that no condition of humanity is rretchcd to merit the sympathy and services of the noble profession to we belong. Why any medical man, and alleviating suffering, should shun Imagine. Why anv one should consider honorable to cure the worst cases of >t understand; and yet of all the other mankind there is Probably nope about ueral practice know so little. We shall, Jinrptnfore. to treat with our best con id skill, all applicants wno arc sunenng tc diseases. of those cases can be treated by us when distance as well as if bore in person. Be (136 pages) on these delicate diseases >lope, mure from olncrration, on receipt imps, for postage. All statements made js will be held to be sacredly confidential. r of consultation, should be addressed to , i SPEHSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, J O. 663 main St., BCFFATO, Y.fN.