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w AGRICULTURAL j TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. How She K?kgps Effgs. An Ohio vroman who claims to have had twenty years of successful experience in the matter, furnishes this recipe for keeping eggs: Take good fresh eggs and rub them over with" melted lard, thus closing the pores in the shell. Then put a layer of oats or bran in a box and a . layer of eggs, setting them on the small i ? end and not allowing them to touch each j other?separating them by oats or bran. In this way fill the box, and ihe eggs j will keep fresh. Milk Diet for Layinjr Hens. Please listen to the substance of an instructive little story lately told by a Canada editor: A neighbor whose hens, j to our exasperation, kept laying on when eggs were twenty-five cents a dozen, j wlule ours persistently laid oil during the same season, on being ques- : tioned. revealed the fact that his hens ; had a pailful of skimmed (perhaps clab- | bered) milk each day, and no other drink. On comparing notes we found j ~ that our manage nent of fowls was al- . most exactly alike, with the single milk , difference?a difference that had put; many a dollar to the credit side of his ledger, while ours was left blank during j the same period?and this thing had i been going on for years, with the results j always in favor of a milk diet. A good j thing for poultry keepers wanting eggs ! to remember. Snrp Thrnnf in rattle. . Chronic sore throat in cattle is some- ; times produced by feeding coarse dirty j hay cr musty straw-containing more or j less rank irritating weeds. But if you > have nothing better to feed your cattle j than wheat straw it is high time you either give up farming or dispose of your live stock to some one who will give them ! 6uch food as they require to keep them in ] health and comfortable. You certainly | had wheat if you taised wheat straw, and i the grain if sold would supply the wherewith to purchase bran, middlings, and other kinds of cheap ground feed, this being sprinkled on cut straw slightly moistened or steamed would make excellent food for cattle. If the animals are ; worth saving, cut up the straw, and : either steam or soak it a few hours in i a. xl J - /T J J 1 warm water, men uruiu uu auu auu urau | and a handful of linseed or cotton-seed , meal to each feed, three times a day. Keep the cattle in the stable when the j Weather is cold, and give a tablespoonful of glauber salts once a day in frheir food. Steaming the nose and placing warm wet bandages about the throat will often afford relief.?New York Sun. Management of Raspberries. It always improves the fruit, both in earliness and size, to prune the bearing canes of raspberries and blackberries. The old dead canes are removed, the young cane9 are cut back to about feet high, and the side branches shortened 12 or 14 inches. Uusually these fruits are grown in hills of three or four plants, each distant four feet apart in the rows, and the rows five or six feet apart, and each cluster of cane?, of four or five of the best, is tied to a strong itrong stake. They are then more easily worked and cultivated and the fruit is gathered more easily. The worm which bores in the stems and kills the canes is the larva of a small beetle about half an inch long known as Oberea tripuncta. This insect deposits its egg near the tip v of the cane, which withers soon after; the worm then eats its way downward and upwai d through the stem, consuming the pith; it remains in the cane all me winter ana irausiorma 10 a mature , insect, which leave* the cane near the root at a hole which $ makes through the cane. The only way to destroy this pest is to destroy the tops of the canes late in the summer, and earlier if they are found to be withering at the tip. The beetle cuts two riDgs around the caue near the top about an inch apart and lays its egg between them, so that the presence of the young worm is easily discovered.?New Yirk Times. "I?eve1 Cnltnre" for Potatoes. Mr. T. B. Terry, of Oh'o, a very successful potato grower, makes the following pertinent argument for the "level Culture" of potatoes: On a field nnltivatrd level and the sur face all mellow, the rain goes right down ] where it falls, wetting all the soil, and carrying what fertility it has in it right | to the growing roots that extend all through between the rows. Where a i ihovel plow is used during a heavy j ihower, much of the water runs off in the j furrows, carrying its fertility with it. j The ground in the hills, instead of being a "yielding medium," often gets so dry ind hard that the yield is injured. Level oil will withstand drought best. In a wet season potatoes will stand hilling better, but on drained land even then hills are an injury. When one takes soil from between the rows to pile up around the hills, he is laying bare, or nearly so, the roots that are along in the center. This is abusing the plants, and on arainea iana i Know oi no possioie \ benefit to be derivid. Better plant about four inches deep and keep the ground nearly level. In practice I have ' to throw a little dirt in under the plants once with the Planet horse-hoe to keep j the weeds down without the use of hand t hoe, but we keep the surface as nearly : even as possible. After raising many j thousands of bushels in this way. we ! fined no more greened or sun-dried than when we hilled up high; in truth 1 think not so many. Labels for Trees and Plants. The subject for consideration at a late j meeting of the Massachusetts Horticul-} tural Society was"Methods for Labeling ! Trees and Plants." In an essay on the j -.lubject read by Robert T. Jackson, the j luggestion is made that as labor costs ! generally more than anything else it is economy to provide good labels?labels j tV>n+ will loaf a Inn rr timn \fpto1u YVOra buai will IU3V a IVllg muiwt v IU1 r, (TViV named as best material for durability. Zinc is the metal most commonly used, as it is reasonably imperishable, cheap and readily handled. Bright, clean zinc may be written on with an aqueous solu- j tion of chloride of platinum or chloride I of copper?the former ie probably the ; better. They may be obtained of chem- j ist8 or purchased under the name of j chemical inks for zinc labels. A quill | pen should be used in writing with them. The zinc should be prepared for them by cleaning with fine emery paper or very weak muriati: acid, the latter being preferable, as it is not so likely to be followed by extensive oxidization, bo injurious to the writing. Use a rag dipped in weak ac'.d and rinse in j clean water. After writing nothing fur- I ther is necessary. Zinc, when slightly j roughened by oxidization, may be writ- | ten upon with a soft lead pencil, and ; the graphite soon becomes indelibly fkei j on tpe zinc, and is quite as permanent as t chemical ink. The labels may be suf- j ficently oxidizec^by leaving them a few weeks in a dump place, this ii m uch t the quickest way of making any metal ! labels and makes one of the best labels I for outdoor purposes. They have been I seen perfectly clear after ten years' ex perience. Zinc labels may also have the names of plants or catalogue numbers stamped with steel dies. The letters are rendered clearer by rubbing black paint into the i lines after stamping. This is an ex tremely good and permanent method, I but if the labor of stamping is to be ex| pended it would be better to use copper or pure tin.?New York World. To Teach a Colt to Back. This part of a farmer's education should not be neglected, says au exchange. It can generally be accomplished by a few lessons with the Bonaparte bridle, which consists of a small, strong cord not much larger than a common lead pencil, attached to tne lower jaw ana Kepi, iu p'ace by passing it over the neck just back of the ears. Take a piece of small clothes line some ten or twelwe feet long. Tie a knot near one end, and draw it close so that it will not slip. About ten or twelve inches back of that tie a loose knot. Pass the end of the rope containing the first knot back through the loose one and draw it close. This will form a small loop, which should be passed around the lower jaw, aDd over the tongue into the mouth like a bit. Stand on the near side of the colt. Pa=s the free eud of the cord up the off side of his face over his neck just b.ick of the ears, down the near side of the jowls and through the loop attached to liis jaw. Draw it moderately tight and 1 fasten with a bow knot, so as to keep the loop from slipping from the jaw. This is a very powerful bridle, and the one who applies it should be careful to avoid all harshne-s, for in rough hands it becomes an instrument of torture. After adjusting the cord as above described, sfr?r> in front of the subiect. take the free end of the cord in the left hand, grasp it with the right a few inches from the jaw, and 6ay, in a firm, mild tone: "Back, Ben," or whatever his name may be; at the instant the command is given press upon the cord with the right hand. He may not back at the first command nor the second, but the pressure upon the cord in the mouth will prove uncomfortable, and to obtain relief w 11 soon step back, perhaps an inch or two with one foot. The instant he does this give him his head and caress him. After resting a few moments repeat the performance, und so continue until he will step back at word of command without pressure upon the cord. It may take several lessons to accomplish this, but by persevering gently the object will soon be accomplished. It is a good idea to have a few apples, potatoes, oats or lumps of sugar in the Twkpt. to ffive the colt while patting him, after he has obeyed a common <? Thoy are much more elective than whips and clubs. After he has become somewhat proficient in walking backward out of the harness apply that and give him a few lessons. Then put him in the shafts and educate him gradually to throw his wc:ght into the breeching. Mr. J. R. Farnum, of Waltham, who has handled and studied horses all has life, has owned such trotters as Commonwealth (2:22), has bred Eddie Wilkes (2:29i) and several other fast ones, says that his method of teaching a colt to back is to stand him with his head toward a barn door or gate, then open it gently and swing it toward him, at the same time repeating the command to back. As the door approaches his face he will step back to avoid being struck, and after a few repetitions will step back at the word without waiting for the door or gate. A colt should never be driven under a shed or into a corner where it is necessary to back h'm in order to get him out, unt 1 He Has been thoroughly educated in the art of backing, for if a few attempts to back him out of such a place prove faliures, the habit of re'using will become chronic nnd can be overcome only with great difficulty. Take plenty of time to give him his lessons, otherwise the truth of the old adage, "the more haste, the less speed," will become apparent. Odds and Ends. Do not hurry the cows from the pasture. Sow turnip 6eed after, not before, a rain. It is not too early to begin on your fair exhibits. Better have whitewash than manure on the sills. Try hard to keep the stable dry during dump days. Th^ poorest land is too valuable to ctow weeds or briars. Peduce the amount and improve the quality of the fencing. Pasturing meadows is removing the door to stop a knot-hole. More hoe is the best remedy for pooi quality among vegetables. Cultivate the mud-wasps?they are the sworn foes of the cricket. Plows in the fence corner are a sign ol "farm for sale" within ten years. A m;xture of grasses stimulates the appetite and affords better nourishment. Buckwheat and sheep are most excellent help in renovating foul, worn land. Empty the slops on a heap of dry earth under a shed near the house?not in a sink drain. It was well-rotted chip-manure liberally applied that made the radish so sweet and tender. The secret of transplanting sweet potato plants successfully is to firm well the soil about the n. A weak fence, a pond near the house, a scrub male, or a lean manure heap, ia not seen on a well-managed farm. Having two many implements is as bad as not having enough; and haviDg implements in bad condition is always bad. A large per cent of merchants are ru:ncd by the failure of other merchants; few farmers indeed lose by the failure of other farmers. Put it down to the credit of the silo that at least it has shown farmers that their worst faults have not been in producing but in utilizing. Plowing around stumps and rocks is i ki?? .1 uui uuiixvi; uuviu^ aiunci iu icaun >uui destination sooner; yet the children would be afraid of you if you did the latter. The fnrmer who thinks that to make monev he must go where laud is cheaper, should consider well if he wQuld not make more money by making the land hehas deeper and richer.?Amtrican Agriculturitt. Bng-Proof Fences. A Kansas man told me that an ingenious individual in Southern Kansas had invented a fence to keep out chinch bugs. He takes a strip of flooring and sets it on the ground with the groove side up. In the groove he puts candle wick and saturates it with coal oil. The chinch bug, when it crawls up the s.de of the board and gets a sniff of the kerosene, reti.ea is disgust.?Lima Re1 A Chapter Fr?m Real Life. Tn the largest and most splendid metropolis of our country: the centre of our wealth and commerce; a city which is the most gorgeous outcome of our showy civilization, there was enacted, the other day, a tragedy well calculated to mafce the angels weep and men blush with shame. A wretched workingman and his wife, living in a miserable attic, found themselves out of work. They parted little by little with everything that could be pawned, and the man tramped the streets wearily day after day begging, not for for money or bread, but for work. Night after night, when he returned unsuccessful, his brave wife with a mighty effort threw off her sadness and greeted him with a forced cheerfulness. It was of the utmost importance to keep up the breadwinner's spirits, and his wife never gave way to her despair in his presence. There was a baby, too, to be thought of, and even when the last penny had beeu spent the neighbors heard the woman singing to the child and its father. For days after the money was all gone the little f:imily managed to live. At night the woman slipped out and picked up crusts of bread and other scraps of food. But this could not go on forever. The husband and wife consulted together. Should they try another world? They did not know what the consequences would be, but it seemed to them that it would be a blessed escape from the selfishness and inhumanity of mankind. They succeeded in obtaining a little poison, and they died together. They did not have the heart to kill the baby. Half crazed as they were, Ihev thought perhaps that people would look tenderly upon the orphan of such a frightful tragedy, and give it bread instead of a stone. All this is horrible, but the short " ' * ' ii /..II ana simple annais 01 me poor are iun ui just such horrors.?Atlanta Conditntion. A Chinese Meat Shop. "Is there a Chinese butcher shop in New York?" This was a question put by a Mail and Express* reporter to several city butchers, and the invariable answer was "No." A search of the neighborhood usually frequented by Mongolians led to the discovery of one in the rear of No. 8 Mott street, by the side of the building occupied % the Wo Kee Company. Sitting on a rough board suspended between two large wooden blocks sat Sam Wah, hard at work cutting up pieces of fat and rinds taken from pork loins. After a good deal of speculative conversation he managed to explain his manner of conducting business. He makes daily visits to the American butcher shops in the neighborhood and buys up all the 1- i-J. ?A i-: ! JJUril, ItU HUU U'JIilUlllJgS ill IUU UiUiavw He usually adds to his basket load any bargains in the shape of flank and shin pieces of beef he can find. This stock he carries to his little cellar shop and carefully sorts into different grades. Every evening economical Chinese laundryraen come from all parts of the city to his emporium and purchase enough provisions to last them for several days. Mr. Wah further explained that in the matter of prices he can undersell any pork butcher in New York, but admitted, with rare candor, that his stock was not exactly suitable for the tastes of Fifth avenue millionaires. He stated that he had been engaged in this business in San Francisco and that it was only a matter of time when the Chinese would make deep inroads into the provision industry of this city. It only needed, he said, the arrival of a few hun areu more wongoimns lu scl iu uiuuuu a scheme which the residents of Mott street have now in contemplation. As to the nature of this economic scheme he was very seriously silent, but gave the inference that it was in the meat line. Results of Ear-Boxing. The professional opinion in regard to boxing the ears of children is, that it is a punishment criminally wicked or senseless. Medical records which have been investigated to this end show fifty-one cases in which the ear has been injured by blows of the open hand or fist?the nature of the injuries varying, of course, considerably. In one case the patient has inflammation of the ear, with suspicion of internal injury, and a running of the ear for twelve years following the blow received by that organ; this patient subsequently died of biain disease. In another case the ear became inflamed and the hearing very much impaired. In another the patient was slapped upon the left ear, ana immediate pain and deafoncnorl nritV* o hlnnrlrr r?5Qf?Ti?rorp from which he was three months in recovering. Natural Electricity Discovered. Considerable excitement ha9 been caused by the discorery of electricity in the water works well at Lebanon, Mo. Some time ago, during the dry weather, the 'Frisco Company put a pump in the well, but before c nnection was made . with their tank water was plenty and the well was abandoned. An attempt j was made to remove the pump, when it! was found some part of the pump was j fast to the piping, which extends down about 800 feet. It wa? also found that by the application of small Steele articles ! that the pipe is h:ghly magnetic and ! steel readily adheres to-it.- The wellls 1 1200 feet deep, and has 900 feet of water in it. It has filled in and bfcen drilled out three times. Three months ago Charles Willits, of ! Brooklyn, N. Y., dreamed that a certain I lottery ticket would draw $10,000. j telegraphed around the country until he located it, got a man to buy it for him | for $800, and when the drawing came off he was 250 numbers away from even the smallest prize. George Washington Christopher Columbus Cleveland is the name of a sixyear-old colored boy of Brunswick, Ga. One never grumbles if he finds a hare among the viands while eating a game supper. That Tire fs experienced by almost every one at thl season, and many people resort to Hood's arsaparllla to drive away the languor and exhaustion. The Mood, laden with Impurities which have been accumulating for months, moves sluggishly through (the veins, the mind falls to think quickly, and the body lsstlil lower to respond. Hood's Sirs ipar Ua '8 Just what Is needed. I: purifies, vital zos, and enrlahes the blood, makes the head clear, creates trn api-eUte, overcomes that tired feeling, tones the nervous system, and Imports new strength and vigor to the whole body. Hood's Sarsaparilla rs proven to be so va-tly superior to any other sarsaparilla, or bl' od purifier, that one ha< well said: "Its heal.h giving effects upon the blood and entire human organism are as much more positive than the remedies or a quarter or a century ago aa toe (team r power of to-dav Is In advance of the si j* and laborl- I ous drudgery of years ago." J Hood's Sz Sold by all drug?l*tt. $1; six for #5. Prepared only I by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apotbeccrlea, Lowell, ttaas. 100 DO809 One Dollar I t ? : ,-y jgjg . MYSTERIOUS FATALITIES. What Is It That la Killing ao Mauj Prominent IIPDf The death of Kaiser Wilhelm, ex-Governor Hoffman, Banker J. W. Drexel, Lieut. Gov. Dorsheimer, Dr. Carpenter, Chief Justice Waite and ^en. B. H. Brewster, in quick succession, and all from the same cause, although having different names, is startling. March and April are fatal months, not only for consumptives, but also for many diseases more disguised but none the less fatal. Gov. Hoffman had heart disease, Gov. Dorsheimer, apparently a strong, well, robust man, over six teet high, sickens and dies in four days of pneumonia. Chief Justice Waite meets the same fate and he was apparently the personification of vigor. Drexel, the Philadelphia banker, and Brewster, ex-Atty. Genl., were suddenly cut off in the midst of great usefulness, by Bright's disrase. and Df. Carpenter, the wellknown New York physician, suddenly died of Kidney disease, nerer having suspected that he was at all troubled therewith! This reminds us of the case of Dr. Frank Wont.tinrr of New Orleans. He was lectur ing before the Louisiana university on the peculiarly deceptive character of Kidney disease and the methods of miscroscopical and chemical tests. After having shown specimen after specimen of diseased fluids, and made verj ?-;ear the point that kidney disease mav exist without the knowledge or suspicion of the patient or practitioner, with gracious self-confidence he remarked: "Now, gentlemen, let me show you the healthy water of a strong, well man." He applies the test! He staggers! "Gentlemen, I have made a terrib'e discovery!" he gasps, "I myself have the fatal Bright's disease In less than a year this specialist of the commonest and most fatal of diseases was dead. He was a victim of advanced Kidney disease, the presence of which in himself he had never suspected! L. B. PRICE, M. D., a gentleman and physician of the highest standlne of Hanover C. H., Va? four rears ago, after trylns every other remedy for bright's disease, Including famous mineral water*, cured himeelf by Warner's Safe Care, and March 24, 1838, wrote: "I have never had the slightest symptoms of my old and fearful trouble." MR. JOHN DOIIERTY, of Cotcord, N. H., wai given up with Bright's disease by the best physicians in 1879. He was In a dreadful state. After using and being enred iu 1831 by Warner's SaTa Cure, in 18S7. he wrote: "I am better than ever." JOHN COLEMAN, Esq., 100 Gregory St.. New Haven. Conn., was first taken sick In 1873, grad ua!ly rail down until be had pronounced Bright'* disease, rhenmat'sm and all o ber deceptive signs of kidney disease. The beet physicians in New Haven could do nothing for b'.m. He then foejian using Warner's'Safe Cure, ?00 bottles of which he and nit family have used, and be is cured. W. T. CKAWFOKD, proprietor St. Charles Hotel, Richmond, Va., and well known all through the South, several years ago was in the death agony from kidney disease, convulsions and bright'* disease. The best Philadelphia specialists In cucb diseases prononnced him practically dead and incurable. Everything else falling, he took Warner'* Safe Cure abundantly and regularly, until fully restored ta,health. and now he say*: "After a lapse of many years I am as sound as a dollar, with no symptoms of my old trouble, I owe my life to Warner's Safe Core. Kidney disease is the most deceptive, the most universal, the most fatal disease. If the most learned men cannot know without the use ot microscopical and chemical tests that they have kidney disease, how much more liable is the layman to be, unknown to himself, in the very jaws of death, who does not feel as well as formerly, but who does not think anything specially ails him, and whose phycician may assure him that he will soon be "all right" In these days people recognize that it is wiser to prevent disease than to await its arrival to cure it. When you know that you may be in the greatest peril and not have any idea of the fact from any defined set of ill "feelings, the wisest course to pursue is to follow the counsel and experience above outlined , and thoroughly renovate the system, cleanse the' blood, tone the nerves and insure your own life against these common, mysterious fatalities. The Vanilla Bean. The vanilla-bean is the costliest bean on earth. It flourishes in Mexico, chiefly in Papantla and Misantla. It grows wild, and is gathered and marketed by the natives. Just a& they come from the forest the beanB sell at $10 and $12 per thousand. After the beans are dried and cured they are worth from $7 to $12 per pound, according to quality. Last year the vicinity of Papantla alone exported sixty million beans. They are used by druggists and confectioners, and are an important article of commerce. A monster toad, weighing sixty-six pounds and measuring nearly three feet round the body, is said to have been found at Juillac, France, and sold for $:ioO to a manufacturer at St Etienne. Its croaking bears a close resemblance to the barking of a dog. The inhabitants of all the country round have been pouring into Juillac to see the phenomenal animal. Can a blind man be held for a bill which he accepted payable at sight 1 A Great Surprine Is In store for all who use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, the great guaranteed remedy. Would you believe that It is 6old on its merits and tha any druggist is authorized by the proprietor of this wonderful remedy to give you a sample bottle free? It never fails to cure acute or chronic coughs. All druggists a 11 Kemp's Balsam. Large bottles 50 cents and $1. A process has been d:scovered for producing photographs on metal. "Ah me!" sighed Potts,"I'm tired of living, I ho world is 1 ollow. ambitio .'s vain." "Come now!" said his chum, "I know the symptoms; It's all your liver?that's very plain. "You need not suffer, for help is asv; Pierc 's Pe lets go rig it to the place. 'A friend to the bilious,' I well might call them? Ttiprn'a nnthintr hp. ter; thev Bnit vonr case." I Potts ceased bis sighing aud tnught the "Pellets." No more he mourneth his hapless lotl His face is cheerful, his heart is lightsome, His melancholy is qu te forgotl About 20,000 miles of railroad aro projected for construction this year and next. Popular Edncntion. We sympathize with the feeling which often leads citizens to bo.ist that no ch Id born in this cou try need grow up in ignorance, and vet it is a fact that many people who have learned to read and write have never taught themselves to think. A man who suffered from catarrh, consumption, bronch tij, scrofula, or "liver complaint," might read, till his eves dropped out, now these and many other diseases have been cured by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, but if he did not take the lesson to him?elf and test the vi tues of th:s great medicine, his time would be thrown away. A St. Louis firm has orders all the way from Europe for sawed hardwood lumber. Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures when every other so-called remedy fails. .henry * y was in ino wnare 01 me united States at 29, contrary to the Constitution. If afflicted with Bore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye-water. Druggists sell at :25c.per bottle. d Feeling Nearly everybody need* a good spring medicine like Hood's Sarsap irilla to expel Impurities which accumulate In the blood durln; the winter, keep up strength ;s warm weather comes on, o eate an appetite and p omote healthy digestion. Try Hood's Sarsaparllla ai 1 you will be conrlioed of Its pecul lar ti eriu. It Is the Ideal spring raeaicinc?rcnauic, beneficial, pleasa..t :o ake, and gives full value for the money. "I t ike Hood's Sarsa-jarilla as a spring tonic, an 1 I recomraenl It to all who have that mlsera le tire J feeling. ' C. Parmklkk, 349 Brl Ige stree , Brooklyn. Make the Weak Strong "My appetite was poor, I could not slesp, had headache a great deal, pains In my back, my bowels did not move regularly. Hood's Sarsaparllla In a short time did m so much g <od that I feel like a new man. My pains and aches tn relieve I, my appetite improved. I say to others lry Hood'i Sarsapaiill.u" q. f. Jackson, Boxbury Station, Conn. irsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for #3. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD Jt CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mots. 100 Doses On9 Dollar . " ~ ^ \r~ > ; ;; *V i J" . -.- - -. ' * /" V An Ingenious Chinese Clock. A New Orleans gentleman has just received from San Francisco a wonderful piece of workmanship, which is a striking evidence of the patience, skill, and ingenuity of the natives of the Celestial Empire. It is in the form of an egg, but little larger than a turkey's, and, to outward appearance, nothing but 6uch an egg as might be picked up in any farmyard. But inside of the shell there is such a delicate mechanism that an accurate description of it is well" nigh im{tossible, and to get a fair idea of the imits to which human skill may reach it is necessary to see this marvel. The eggshell is divided into two paits. but so closely and skilfully are they joined that the naked eye fails to discover the line of junction. The tiny works by which its different parts are operated are a let of microscopic springs and diminutive wheels, so small that the largest of the lot hardly rivals in size those small spangles which are used in gold l&ce embroidery. TVin a pro n from An f la fllieh that ODCe ill U.4WUtHV.?W? each hour the two shells, which are hinged at the base, fly apart with a spring, displaying to view, a gorgeous tulip, so artistically and truthfully col- . orea that one can hardly believe it has not been plucked from a flower bed instead of being a production of art. The petals of the tulip slowly unfold, opening one after the other, until the flower is full blown. Within it stands a wee church, with belfry, on the outside of which is a small dial plate, where the tiniest hands point the hour. The latter are so very small that, placed next to them, the finest needle seems monstrous. The hour strikes with a fairy like tinkling, the church slowly revolves on its axi?,.when the rear comes to view, exposing the works to the sight. Then the petals of the tulip fold together again, the shells of the egg rejoin, and for Viamh tnVir?lo oaanno tn fVlP ! QUUU1C1 UVUI IUC nuuiv OWV1UO ?V | uninitiated beholder nothing but a com- ! mon egg.?Nex Orleans Times. Fashionable Women's Whims. The extent to which moDey is wasted on a fashionable woman's whim was illustrated to me the other day. I was in the shop of a well-known florist on Broadway when a lady came in from a private coach. She purchased three huge roses, for which she paid $5, and carried them daintily away by their long stems. An hour later, going by Delmonico'p, I saw my lady of the ro?es lunching at one of the windows with a companion of her own sex. Fifteen minutes afterward, returning by the same way, I noted that the table where they sat was vacant. Three bare rose stems lay amid the dishes, which were buried in rose leaves. The lady of the roses had plucked $ > worth of flowers to pieces in a few minutes' idle conversation after her luncheon! Neither their cost nor their beauty bad any value m ner eves. " Speaking of flowers this same florist informed me that at a dinner given in this city less than a month ago the supply of loses for the table alone cost the host a round $500. Quite a neat sum to put out on the partial and immaterial decoration of a feast in a town where there have to be one-cent coffee stands to keep people willing to work for a living from dying of starvation, is it not? ?J\r? w York News. The Japanese stick to it that the best way to punish a man is to whack him on the soles of his feet, and therefore refuse to abolish the bastinado. Victims say they had rather be hung or shot. Spain issues a new postage stamp every year or oftener. ttti/m rm in n a i IJSS, IT IS SU!! You have but to write?letter or postal?to j. O. Pangbokn, General Manager Lorborn Publishing Co., Baltimore, Md., to secure full information as to the unexampled opportunities offered Agents for The American Home Journal, just entering upon Its Third Volume. A superbly illustrated and printed weekly, double the number of pages of "Harper's, "Leslie's," "Puck" or the "Judge,'* at half the price per annum. Those who care to put in a few hours' time will be well repaidand at once, while in addition securing all the advantages of the every twentieth system. No chromos, picture-books or plated ware. All cash. If you have any doubts, write the Mayor or Postmaster of Baltimore, or any bank, city or State official, as to the standing of the Lorborn Co. fe&srai "cream bali7 VI'rfce au ? entir, HEAnJ Will do more in Coring mmmja catarrh fc . / Tlinn 8500 In any fltlier way, Apply Balm into each nostrlL 0^*N^6^_u2lJ Ely Er<i*..2S5 Greenwich St ,N.Y. ~SCOTT'S EMULSION of Pure Cod Liver Oil, with Hypophosphites, is a combination of two of the most valuable remedies in existence for the cure of Consumption and all Wasting Conditions; is more generally recommended and used by Physicians than any known remedy; it gives most satisfactory results, and tones up the system; and when the Consumptive has wasted | away and loses hope, the Emulsion j will speedily check the ravages 01 mis ; terrible disease, and restore the sufferer to good health and happiness. This is equally true in regard to Rickets in Children, op Marasmus and Anaemia in Adults, and all impoverished conditions of the blood; and especially desirable for Colds and Chronic Coughs, as it will cure them more quickly than ordinary Specifics used. Palatable as milk. Sold by all Druggists. NORTHERN PACIFIC, lvL0W PRICE RAILROAD LANDS and FHEK Government Ds? PfMILLIONS of ACRES of each in Minnesota, Nort'n Dakota, Montana. Idaho, Washington an<l Oregon. CITlin EAD Publication* with Mapi describing the OCHII rUil best AgriculturalG raxing; and Timber Lands now open to Settler*. Sent free. Addrew nil AC D 1 AlADADtl Land Commliwlouer. UHAj? P. LAWDUnHi BT. PALL, Mtnn. FRAZER^M BEST IN TOE WORLD UntHut " " "A - ft?Cftl/I I IW uvi lag vraumu^ W>* utvmj . THE repre-entnt ve ot ? New Yor'c Shlpp! ik an 1 Conimls-fcn House of hUli standing, *h.>isa'>oit to mane a tn to gh and extensive ? .rope n toar. w ulil be w Ulngtolnteresthlmselfl'i behalf of other American Arms Address P. 0. Box 3,581, X -w Yorlt. CAD CAI C ?A faluaMe flrstrda^K M rchant nnd rUll OALCi Custom Flour Ml 1, Asnko In respect to location, power and business to clo<e up an estste. Write ford s-rlptlon nnd terms. Address Box '20, Greenfield Mills, Frederick Cr. Md. A p to 88 a day. ample* norm SI JO, FRB1 Jk % Lines not under the horse's feet. Writ* III V Brewster Safety Keln Holder Co.. Holly, Vlc>i bu!?'?Dill? Great English Gout and B air SnilSl Rheumatic Remedy. OynI Box,31i round, 14 PIHw. BlM Ll?e?t horn# indnuki more money working fur n* thnn UUUvi *t anything tl?c In th? world Flthrr ?f I. Coat I y outfit JUL Tenaa mick. Addma, Tkl'K fc Co., Auguata, Maine. TETVAC I AIIH5.000.000 acres best afrlcul11Aflu LAW 1/ tural and eraxlnp land fnrsale. Addreaa.GOP.LK Y PORTER.Dallas-Tex. ,' - t- - X- - ; .. -X-'gp3 A PHYSICIAN " Gentlemen :?I am glad to 1 Soap,' and have long intended doing It has become a household neces If there is an unusually obstinate work, an ink daub on my desk cove plate or surgical instruments, a clear the teeth, and a very superior toilet i Wo hnv it hv the ho*, remove t thoroughly ripen. Now, if I had saved fifteen wraj little girl a drawing book in accorda Companion; but as it is, we all feel facturing 'Ivory Soap' for us. We do not hesitate to recommen It is one of the few articles that i A WORD OF There are many white soaps, each represe they ARE NOT, but like all counterfeits, lack the genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and i Copyright 1886, by P $I0^FREE!mS Our new fUmpinr outfit la free nil) reader of thla publication; It y iS^v conuinJ lOO perforated atajupinp//??<A "JITmR pattern* and Inclodeaa prtaiemrlerjr of all alacaa that an wanted. Hia^V/ itI\1 Vw outfit la a real work of art; no riVWy/ k Jj ftamping outfit baa l?r been SjPTG / A11 Mn H offend hentofora, on which 1/ WrMlW U anything lika (O moth artlatlc \\\M. I53KI ability waa brought to bear. WUhVr"v\ I vUSf each outfit il A BOX of BMT 8TAMF- ^ H hrUj^fj IlUTmocrioas, giring fall dlrecUowV \1 W/jglj} '/ for stamping, tells how to maka tie \Ri |tfMf / powder and stamping paint, con- V ff ?/ taim instructions for Lustre, Kensington and lland p&lutlnr, tells colon torn* is painting?red, whJte, blue, yellow, pink and other Sowers; also contains blnU And instructions on other nutters, too n?merons to mention. Bought singly, or* few pattrmi at a tim?, at usual price*, the equal or lb* score would co?t BIO. Although it la free, yet thia la the Betal Qaecn of Stamping OutHtaand on ererr handle acknowledged to be superior, yet, rery much superior, and my much more desirable than thoee which hare been selling for Si each and upward*. By haelngS00,000 of theea outfits made tor us, during the dull eeaeon, we pet them at 8nt coet i the menafhcturer wee (lad to take the order, at coet, that hie help might be kept at work. All may depend that it it the eery beat, most artistic and in etery way desirable outfit rrer put before the public- Farm and Housekeeper (monthly, 16 large paces, M long column*, regular price 75 cents a year) U generally acknowledged to be the bint general agricultural, housekeeping and family journal In America; it is entertaining and of greatest interest, as well ai useful; Its cootrlbators embrace the widest range of brilliant talent. Furthermore, we hare iauly beootne managing owners of that grand monthly. 8nnshlne, fbr youth; salao, for tliose of all aces whoa* heart* are not withered; lSlarge pages. 84 long eolamns, regular price 74 cant* a year. Sunshine is known Larorahly as the best yonth's monthly In America. The best writers for routh, in the world, ere its regular contributors; lttanow quoted all over ibe world u standing ai uihh. mm ars enletxfldlT Illustrated by the beat srlttts We will take SOO.OOU trbkl year sabscrlLxrs at a price which gira* as but moderate portion of tba coat. * PRf* | Furthermore, erery trial year aobaerfber, for fKf r I either of tba papers will receirefree by mall oar new MO oattern Stamping Ontfit. Trial ??year subscriptions will be receired for either of the papers as followa: 1 eubacription and 1 outfit, 3S cents; S subscriptions and 8 outfits, If tent at one time, SS cants; 4 tnbacriptiona and-4 outflu, if tent at one time, SI. For 91 send a dollar bill, bat for leaa, lend l>cent postage stamps. Batter at one* gat three friends to Join you, at 25 cents each) yoacando It in a few mlnntea and they will thank yon; pa* para will be malletrregalarly to their acparata addresses. Whlla trial year subscribers are serred for much leaa than eoat.lt prores the rule that a Terr large prop ortion of all who read either paper for year. want it thereafter, and ara willing to pay tba regular price of 75 centi a year; through this, U time rolli on, we reap a profit that aatltflea u?. pnp|a I The trial yearsabscriptlons are almoat free, fJltt I and this tho Regal Qneea of Stamp Ins Outfita?the beat arer known?la en? tlreTr free. It la the greatest and beat offer arer made to the public Large alzea of patterna tWT du that can be desired ! Included; all other outfita surpaaaed, by tbla, the baet, tba moat artlatic, the Itefal Qaeen* Below we firt a llet of a few of the patterns; space 1> tooraluabla to admit of naming all: 1 Poppies for Scarf. 71-2 inch: 2 Tidy design,! i-2 Inch; 8 Splendid Tinsel design, 8 inch; 4 Golden Hod,4 inch; 5Pond Lilies:Q Pansiest 7 Mosaltose Buds: 8Tube Kosss: 9Wbeat;]OOak Leasee; 11 Maiden Hair Ferns; 12 Boy; 13 Glrl'a Head; 14 Bird; 15 Strawberries; 16Owl; 17 Dog, 18 Butterfly; 19 Apple Blossoms; 20Calla Lily; 21 Anchors 22 Morning Glories; 23 Japanese Lillee; 34 Rabbit; Si Bunch For* get-me-nots; 28 Fucbtlas; 27 Bell Drops; 28Fan; 29 Clown's - - ? ? ? Head: 3D Cat Hitu. <u outr ipinuiiu|?>u..~. In thii Ileial Queen of stamping outfit*?la *11 lOO Ktterns. 8sfe dellrery guaranteed. Possessing this outfit any ly can. without expense, make home beautlAiI <a many ways, can embroider children*' and ladles' clothing in t.ie moat charm* ing manner, and readily make money by doh. r tamping. Lustre, Kensington and Hand painting for mM A good stamping outfit,}* InditnenMbla to every woman who cai es to maka home beautiful. This outfit contains patterns for each and every branch of needle work, flower palnrlnpr, etc., and th-i Book Of laatractlons makea all clear and really easy. This outfit will do more for HOME and Ladhs than many times lbs amount of a trial year subscription spent -otherwise; no homa should ba with oat It. The beautiful designs of this BjcgaI. Qocia of outfits are ALL THE Haok wherever seen: when aver os? or two reach a locality their fame spreads, and many TeiaL TcaR subscriptions usually follow. Many whohara paid from 81 to S3 for outfits and wer* satisfied until they saw oar designs, bare secured our outfit and laid aside forever tha others. Tho*e who subscribe will find tha paper* well worth scTtral times tha tflfiingcost of a trial rear subscription,and the majority wil 1 maka np to is the losa, that this year we incur, through such a low prioa, by continuing subscribers, year alter year,at the regular price, which ail will b? willing to admit ii low enough. The money will gladly ba refunded to any on* who Is not frilly satisfied. Address, OEOUGE BTLNSOJi & CO., BOX ?7 FOttXLAJfD, Maim. 'x y tr v-ia ( on kTimehsi tomQio IGIIIQIG ! Remedy. A GBEAT BLESSING TO WOHEN. W DoqH Symptoms and Conditions this fludU Specific will Helleve and Care. If Ynn havc nervous or sick headache, stomII IU U achachc, backache, spineache, bloating, internal heat or scalding urine. If Ynil bare chronic weakness, bearing down II IU U or perversions incident to lif e-cnange, If Ynil have uterine catarrh, suppressed or II IUU painful periods, or ovarian dropsy, J If Ynil ^ave suspicious growths, disposed to II I UU bumor or cancer, or hemorrhage, It DiiilrJc UP Quickly a run-down constitu- 1 It DUIIUO tion and brings refreshing sleep. It Will dispel those dull tired looks and feelII TV III ings, and bring back youthful bloom and beauty?restores the nervous system. Mnthorc <5've It to your weak and delJcat? dauRht- ! Ifl UI lib Id pre. Not a vestice of Impure ltlood can escape its healing and purifying Influence. | If Ynil value good health, and hope for long II I UU life, use "Female Remedy." Cnn SymntOBUcontinued with certificate* of cure*, OCu In "Guide to Health," free. Also advicc free. Dr. Kilmer & Co. Bingham ton, N. Y. Druggists $1 i CURE",;,DEAF _ _ J*"* ?.? Picx'a P*T?xTl>?r?oriD Cc?aiox*D EmDimu Perfectly Restore the _wfi Hecr.n?,wbether tit de*fnwi ii rauied by c?ldi, fcTtn or Injoriet to the nitcral //J[Y& dram*. InTliible, comfortable, ?lw?yi li-U-L. ?r In politico. Mailc, converutlon, whl?J 4/7 Cfy^r r?n be*rd dUtlnrtly. Wi refer to thow i Bk ^51 A-\ cilnir them. Write to F. HISCOX, 851 j ' OljJv " lv-*dw?r, cor. Nth Ft., New York, for f Tv-1 1>'"V of uroofi. FREJi GO L. D 13 worth $J00 per lb. Pettlt'B Eye Sal veil worth $1,030, ut Is sold at 2ic. a bax by dealer ^ & ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ The man who has luveited l'roui three to live dollars in a Kubiter Coat, and i at his first half hour's experience In * m m a storm finds to his sorrow that it Is |M hardly a better protection than a mos- V W quito netting, not only feel* chagrined m at being so badly taken In, but also feels if be does not look c>actly like Bm Ask for the "FISH IJKAND'' Slickkb ISI ^M,mh.^the mt^Biux^w^fnrttowTiptlre < *$-c. :' " - < ' ' =5 Y.i~> n I I II - Jj s LETTER. write you my opinion of 'Ivory - ; ^ sity with us. spot on the clothing, on the wood- '?. r; a polish required for the doorising and harmless preparation for soap needed, we resort to 'Ivory.' ,-v* he wrappers, and allow the soap to . ' * >pers I would ask you to send my nee with your offer in the Youth's under obligation to you for mano* . d it unqualifiedly to all our friends. eill do what it is advertised to do." WARNING. nted to be "just at good as the ' ivory* j" : the peculiar and remarkable qualities ?f nsist upon getting it rocter & Gamble. SWITZERLAND. The Favorite Rrndez-Voai Place* ef American Traveler* and Tewrlfi ; AR'l U KIUl BAH^/-ims rnouiuu 1 ramuwi uuci _ to Tourists the most majestic panorama SnaH " from Zurich or Lucerne, or b ?ta fnwn Lucerne and Zoug. Circular tickets available by Vitsaau RJ1 Rail. V.J > . ^ CONSTANCE.-Hotel* and Penskmi, Inset Hotel ' "J? aid ConitanserJnf?flrst-ciais, magnificent At- ^ nation bordering the lake. LUN8IEDELN.?Peacock Hotel and Pension. 8plea- s Li did way on the i all wan delicious air, SOB metres ^-;5 abo> o the tea; celebrated Church and monaKery; y post, telegraph, electric light lni&e house; omnibus y > i atthestalon K. OYRZANNEHTProprietor GENiVA.?Grand Hot-1 de laPalx. Kim-clMaT - ''SSai lift electrx light, tariff; Best position FREDERIC WEBER, Proprietor. rTHE HALLS OF THE RHINH ' \ JL at Neuhausen, near Schaffhansen, the gieatest ' waterfall In Europe: grand and striking scenery. HOTEL SCHWIRZERHOF?delightfully Vtuated on a beautiful LlU opposite to and commanding spies- V did views of the fails and mountains. One of the largest and most excellent Swiss-hotels la Swltser- '- a land; exten lrely patronised by the best daas ot * Americans; church service. RUSTLE OF LAUFEIf. v; Cltse to the Falls of th* Rhine; contains a ?* lection of oil paintings by celebrated artists: rwt* wood carvings; Ivory work and other articles (or sale. From the Castle and the ground' belonging 1 to It t?ie best views or the eitaract are to be had. Uallerlee built close to and almost, over the foaming waters. F. WEGEN8TE1N, Proprietor. . ' - ? ST. OOTHARD^fiSTLWA Y, Swltser land. The most direct, rapid, picturesque and deHghtful route to Italy ExDrtesfrom Lucerne to Mllaa in eight hours Excursions to the Rlgl by Mount*!* %% Railway, from Arth Station, of the Oothard line. Through-going Sleeping Cars tr m Ok tend to Milan; '" ' fl balcony carnages: safety brakes Tickets at all _r.*? corresponding railway stations and at Cook's aa4 - v-; Q-? '? ofllces. ;.-v ..v TTETLIBEBG. NEAR ZCRICH.-HMO metres; nnri. 33 U valel aumme.' resort," retort comfort ble bote!; pure, fresh and dry Alpine air; grand panoramic view. Mountain Railway; Pension, $L9J, A. LAXDRY. Proprietor. ^URTCH, GRAND HOTEL VICTORIA.?oppose* ? ?j railway depot Elwtclas* house; particularly V patronized by American families; every modem ' >*? comfort; elevator; moderate charge*. L BOLLE& ti SONS, Proprietor*. yi'KICH, A HOTEL HABI& Fint-el&s* house; with all comfort*; opposite ran- vway station; moderate charges L HABISREMINOER. I'ropr etor. ; ' > ZURICH.?A flne, healthy and gay city end favour. ito summer resort; a charming residence; good hotel ; fine p-omcnade excellent schools. "Wrlpg mi i parlor cars from Pari* to Zurich. (~i ENERAL ENQUIRY OFFICE.?Information aboal \ J Excursions and Journeys In Switzerland: the curiosities of the dty and vlHnlty: reboots, trade la- - "l-iy' duatry, tc. Verbal or by lettor NO FEES. A Magic Complexion Beautl fier for Face, fPjBSS&W. Neck and Arras H \ /Si Elegant forff WMBk dressing andn JUgf VHzbgHH ;<v? whitenm* the H&w' flHfll C ' ^:rskin. Unrivaled K W /HPirMj for Theatre, Re- K , v JSM ceptions. Balls. ^KL f aBMH Parties,&c. Unequalled for BHf) dell cat* transparent whiteness, sort youthful effect and fine finish. Harmless, docs not roughen, draw, wither, nor in U& way injure the most delicate or sensitive skin. Superior to any Powder, Paste or Liquid for toning dosrn red or flushed face. Effaces Tan, , Sunburn, Freckles, Pimples, Coarseness, M lo* Sldn, all blemishes and imperfections. $L bottles at Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealer*, or by ExDress. prepaid, on receipt of price. ? >$ E. S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City, N. J..U.8JL "ROUGH ON.NEURALGIA," fl.OO. Drug. "ROUGH ON RHEUMATISM," $1.00. Drag. "ROUGH ON ASTHMA," $iM. Druggist*. "ROUGH ON MALARIA. ' $1.50. Druggfeti, 3 c^gregaid^^Ex^^^/Wittia^rse^^^ ^ ROUGH?wCORWSsoFra>RNs 15c. ROUGHowTOOTHACHEm'S'I Sc Ili D|B^ ||l'M Hllll IB H lk?| organs. Highest Honor* at all Great World's Exhibition* tine* 1837. 100 styles, tii to *900. For Ca?h, Eaiy Faymesti, ; or Rented. Catalogue, 40 pp., 4t-o, free. PIANOS. Mason A Hamlin do not hesitate to make the extraordinary claim that their Pianos are superior to all others. This they attribute solely to the remarkable Improvement Introduced by them In 1883, now known as the "MASOH tc HAMLIN PIANO STRINGER." Full particulars by mall. ' III llllgl ft I ||B -Ik l|l n II BOSTON, 164 Tremont St. CHICAGO. 149 Wabash Avt. ' N?w YORK, 4(S Eaat 14th St. (Union Square). iniUES W!*i? PA YS theFR EIGHT Wf ? Ton Wascon Scaka* IrM Ltvers, Stttl Rearing!, Bna Tar* B<?n ?n4 Rfiro Boi tor Ktmt riift^ale. For free prio* U4 VSJBIi?k.' mention tfcli paper and addreaa /c w!> V Jfl?? ? IINQHAHTH. : P * BINKHAMTON. W, fc A. I'M '1^ 'I' T A A A We offer the man who wants service (not style) a garment that will keep i hm mhB him dry In the hardest storm. It ia TT called TOWEK'S FISH llRAN? m . I "SLICKER," a name familiar to every Cow-boy all over the land. With them t/m (m the only perfect Wind aud Waterproof P* |\| Coat la "Tower's Fith lirandMUctar." fas I a and take no other. If your storekMptf catalogue. A. J. Tower, 30 Simmon* St., Boston. Mass. -A