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"agricultural TOPICS OP INTEREST REL ATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. Grafting Wax. How to make this is often asked, and whil? there are many receipts given, the one that we like best after forty years of experience, is as follows: Use one pint linseed oil, four pounds resin, one pound beeswax. Melt all over a slow fire; stir well and pour on water; when cool enojich to work crease the hands well o ^ # o ana work it like shoemaker's wax or taffy. Then roll balls of convenient size for putting into the vessel used when grafting. It should be heated over a moderate fire, and put on the grafts thin, but not too hot. This wax will not crack in cold weather, nor ran, even if the weather gets up to 100 degrees in the shade.?Popular Gardening. The "Waste Placcs. Mr. W. W. Stevens suggests, in the National Stockman, ways of making often neglected and unsightly spots a source of income, and even attractive: "There is no use having a single foot of unprofitable land on the farm, useless bare rock, and this can be quarried and the stone turned into a fence when a permanent one is needed. "We rcccDtly removed all out-cropping boulders for building a barn ba-eraent, and wished for more before the job was completed. A row of fruit trees will grow and yield good return alonga ravine where the soil can't be tilled for fear of its washing away. A walnut grove might be started on stouy points or steep hillsides where the plow can't be used, and an illshapen corner will grow any amount of small fruits, if only a little attention be paid to starting them right. We are trying pear tree8 along our ravines, fruit trees along permanent fence rows, and forest trees on the rocky points that border the brook that runs diagonally across one corner of the farm." Cows and Calves. It takes a smart farmer, says E. S. Gilbert in the New York Tribune, to get a calf away from a cow before she knows she has had one, and the fuss she makes after it doe3 not depend in the least on the time she has had it with her, but upon her own disposition. I had an old cow who never was consoled in less than a month; she would leave the pasture every day to roar before the shea where ehe supposed it to be; another in the same yard would not come a step after her calf as I carried it away; out of sight it was out of mind; she would chew her cud in perfect content from the first. The progeny of these cows have inherited the disposition of their respective mothers, though the offspring of the one is less frantic, and of the other less indifferent TTiose who heed the advice so often given to separate the calf from its mother at the earliest possible moment Will soon want to hear of a cure for caked udder, and here is an e\tra good one: Let the calf run with the cow until the m lk is fit for use. It is good for the calf if you intend to raise it; it is good for the cow if you do not. The calf's treatment is a great success in all ordinary cases; an excellent palliative in the very worst. Clean out the milk twice a day, or you may take a large part before the calf sucks in the morning and let him bunt for his rations. He will thus keep the bag clear of milk and mellow it up in a way you would never spend time to do, supposing you competent to do it. To teach a young calf to drink, back him into a corner of the shed and stand astride his neck so he can go neither backward nor forward, having the pail in reach. Put three fingers in his mouth, letting him hold his heai as high as he likes; dip up milk with your free hand and pour it into the other; it will run down into his mouth and he will begin to suck. Now lift the pail up to his nose, and as he gets interested gently lower it toward the ground. He will object to this, but you will come it after a little. Now befin gently to take your fingers out of is mouth; you will succeed in this before long, and the calf is broken. A neighbor, who always had good calvcs, kept a large trough in their pasture, which was full of milk all the time, the calves going to it at pleasure, as if it were a watertrough. Feeding Young Pigs. If the young pig is not getting enough milk from its motner to push it, which usually occurs about the fourth or fifth week of .its life, fix little troughs so that none but the little ones can have access to them, and give the pigs two or three mall rations daily of cow's milk. It is not best at the start to feed whole milk, or, if ?0, it should be diluted with onethird water and fed to them warm and perfectly sweet. Half a pint at a feed until they are six weeks old will be found a liberal allowance, in addition to what they get from the sow. After the eichth week "thev mav have * the whole milk, and the quantity may be increased gradually until they have all they will consume. About the tenth or twelfth week, if a small ration of com meal is added to the milk, the pigs will quickly respond with added growth and appearance. * The milk is making bone and muscle, and the corn meal will interlard a streak of fat that will give to the hams and shoulders that fine marbled appearance that butchers and connoisseurs delight in. If the feeder is near a city or large home market, where he can supply certain butchers, it is no hard matter by a little care and foresight to establish a brand of butchers' pork that will readily command one or two cents above the market. But there must be real excellencc in the product. It cannot be done with any kind of a pig, by simply making it very fat. For this kind of feeding the Berkshire and Essex, if pure bred,, arc particularly well adapted. By following the plan indicated above, with grass or clover in summer, and steamed fodder or hay in winter, it is no trouble to turn off pigs of 200 to 250 pounds weight at seven or eight months, and this is the most that butchers want for the local market, while during the summer 150 pounds suits them better if vi rrv* f 1 tt ?? This, however, applies chiefly to small farms and nearness to market, and no doubt the same practice can be followed by thousands of our largest feeders with added profit to their present course. It i? within the observation of thinking breeders, that if there is any hog disease in the country certain ones seem to get more than their share of it. This is for the most part due either to in breeding, or to an exclusive corn diet. Either of these will debilitate the constitution, and are especially to be guarded against if one would be succes-ful in this business. As to how long the milk diet can be profitably continued, we desire to quote an experiment made by Professor Bhelton, at the Kansas Agricultural College. His experiment was made with ten pure-bred Essex pigs, whose average age w&b eighty days, and the average weight forty-one pounds and a fraction. Thej were divided into lots of five each, but each pig had a pea to it self. Soon after the experiment began, ] one pig had to be withdrawn on account of sickness. One lot was led new milk fresh from the cow, with shorts; the other lots shorts and water. All feed was accurately weighed, and several facts are deducible from the experiment, but we wish to use it in its relation to milk as pig food. The result after feeding 100 days was that those which received the milk diet weighed 141 pounds, while those thatgot no milk weighed 101 pounds, a difference of just forty pounds each in favor of the milk. But this is not all. Professor Shelton says: "The milk fed pigs at the end of the experiment were ripe and ready for the butcher, while those that were fed on shorts alone were quite unsalable. The pigs which had received the milk were sold to the butcher at the highest market price: the others, with possibly two exceptions, were salable only as ' stackers.' Indeed, three of them did not weigh, four months later, as much as the milkfed piss did at the end o? the experi ment."?American Agriculturist. Farm and Garden NotesPoultry will not thrive in a wet or damp place. Confine the number of acres to your ability to till. " Pine sawdust in nest boxes is said to [ keep lice from fowls. Large growing trees should not be planted in small yard9. The codling-moth has got to Nevada and become a squatter. The value of manure from one hundred fowls is about $50 per annum. ^Nasturtiums should be on every farm. They furnish a luxuriant show of color, and their seeds are valuable in pickling. In selecting a few flowers for dooryard culture, chose those that bloom at different times, so far as to have a succession of blossoms. Mr. Strong, of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, thinks very highly of clcth as a substitute for glass in raising vegetables, and expresses the opinion that it might be used with great advantage in forwarding crops. I 1UI'? D. WJ. UUU, iiui biuuitutiou va v?v New York Experiment Station, found, as the result of a long series of tests, that the productiveness of any strain of potatoes can be materially increased by the continued selection for seed of tubers from the most productive hills. The farmer who will succeed the best in growing crops will be the one who prepares the land the best. We now have so many improved implements for stirring the soil that there is really no excuse for planting land that is not well pulverized. The manure should be so thoroughly mingled with the soil that no portion of it shall be without fertilizer within a few-inches of it. The best way to get more corn is to get increased yield from the same acreage. A poor corn crop necessarily costs so much labor that it rarely pays a profit. But if the land is manured highly and cultivated thoroughly, the crop rarely or never fails to pay. It is easily possible to double the corn yield on the present acreage, and that, to:>, without coming near the large yields which have been obtained in special cases. On suitable soils root grafts will usually prove as successful as buds. This mode of growing apple trees is largely nracticed bv all of our leading nursery men with very satisfactory results. It is a very common practice, also, to cut the roots into pieces instead of using the whole root. There is a difference of opinion as to whether budding is the better mode. Either is good. For peara and plums, the whole root is used. The influence of the moon upon vegetation is an interesting problem awaiting solution. A recent writer upon the subject mentions that wood-cutters in Cape Colony and in India insist that timber is lull of sap and unfit to be cut at full moon. Another observation of lunar influence in Cape Colony is the rapid spoiling of meats and other provisions when exposed to moonlight, though this may be due to the fact that the light serves as a guide to insects. In working land early it will be dumpy and must be worked fine. W. D. Philbrick advises, in American Cultivator, that especially in preparing the land for deep-growing roots, like parsnips and horseradish, it is necessary to run the plough very deep and take a narrow slice and, after harowing, plough again and rake fine. Quick-growing crops, like radishes and lettuce, spinach, eta, do not require so deep working of the land, but will usually well repay the extra expense of two ploughings and often of two manurings. Large pansies are comparatively a modern invention. In Harrison's Floricultural Cabinet, in 1840-45, the frst large improvements are painted. In ten years they had advanced to their full development, and no larger; a little larger ones have been raised since. In 1850 the rust took thera, ns it subsequently did the verbena, and the raising of new named kinds was discontinued. Seedlings revived their health, and pansy seed instead of pansy plants came to be popular. Modern improvements have been in the line of new races rather than increased size. The asparajus bed should be well manured and dug over early in the season: if there be any grass in it, it should be all carefully cleaned out, for it is not half as much labor to keep an asnarasrus bed entirely clean of crass and weeds as it is to keep it half cleaned out. It is not good policy to manure with barn manure, because of the weed and grass seeds. Ground bone and muriate of j otash applied a few years will enable a j good farmer to be rid of his load of weeds j and to be able to neglect cultivation | during the period of cutting. Some neglect cultivation and keep the weeds down by the liberal use of salt, but th s is very poor policy, the asparagus is not ; as large or as good flavor, whatever may : be said to the contrary. Dental Transplantation. The last discovery in dentistry?transplantation?in not quite so new as it is supposed to be. "In 1715," writes Horace Walpole, "the only thing talked j about is a man who draws teeth for sixj pence, and puts them in. again for a ; shilling." The operation is now dearer, j and it is ouly right that it should be | more skillful. The new tooth, we aire | told, nv.ist be a healthy otic,anU presmn-1 ably taken, as it were alive from a healthy person. Of course there will be "compensation for disturbance;" "a tooth for a tooth" will not be given without a good round sum into the bargain. But I am much mistaken in case of this market be generally opened, if it is not made a democratic grievance. It is bad enough to hear of the tresses of a penniless damsel being shorn off to supply false hair to her nchcr sisters, but she gets another crop; whereas the exhibition of a toothless young person upon a platform, with a placard explaining that she had parted with her ivories to sunply grinders to the mill of Mammon, win create a very unpleasant sensation indeed. ?'Independent. HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. A Lesson in Butter. A little maid in the moraine sun Stood merrily sinking ana churning? "Oh, how I wish this butter was done. Then off to the field I'd be turning!" So she hurried the dasher up and down, Till the farmer called in half-made frown? "Churn slowly I "Don't ply the churn so fast, my dear, It is not good for the butter, And will make your arras ache, too, I fear, And put you all in a flutter; For this is a rule wherever we turn, Don't bo in a haste whenever you churnChurn slowly! "If you want your butter nice and sweet, Don't churn with nervous jerking, But ply the dasher slowly and neat, You 11 hardly know that you're working; And when the butter has come you'd say, V?a siimlv. this is the better wav? Churn slowly 1" Now all you folks, do you think that you A lesson can find in butter? Don't be in haste, whatever you do, Or get yourself in a flutter: And when you stand at life's great churn, Let the fanner's words to you return? "Churn slowly." To Embellish the Corners. Corners are sometimes eyesores from their very barrenness. One of these may be managed by a very simple arrangement of three cornered shelves covered with felt or plush, the fronts being finished with a six-inch fringe, or with strips of Lincrusta-Walton. The shelves should be at least twelve inches apart, and there may be two, three or more of them, as desired. An India silk curtain suspended from a slender brass rod from the lower one is a pretty addition. Another corner may have a single shelf upon which is a bust or a handsome vase. Take a sufficient length of soft silk or other drapery, draw it through a brass ring, which affix to the picture rail, letting the ends fall in careless folds behind the bust or other ornament, covering the shelf and hanging some distance A nn/lnotol foil lomn nr cnmfl UCIUYV II/. A b!U4 tuui|y wvtuv other arrangement would fill up the lower part of the corner prettily.?American Cultivator. Darning Needle Cushion. Take six pieces of silk braid, each measuring four and a half inches in length, and overseam on the wrong side neatly, leaving half an inch at each end for fringe. Any colors can be selected, but purple, gray, brown, pink, green and black look well together. The best way to do, as the saying goes, is "to cut your coat according to your cloth," and take whatever odds and ends of braid are useless in your scrap bag. Feather stitch the seams on the right side with crewel, or for the sake of variety, make different fancy stitches. Theu overseam the last two pieces of braid which were left open for convenience, and also ornament with feather stitch. Gather this long bag at one end, above the half inch left for fringe, and fill with cotton, sprinkled with sachet powder. Then Bew up the other end. Take a pin and fringe the braid and tie a pretty little bow of narrow ribbon ovjr the stitches ? a. Clirv ttamu rlaminnf tlL cauu CHU. JWUI uatuiug uvv/v**** in carefully and securely and you have a useful addition to your work basket. The perfume combines pleasure with utility, and you can either follow the scent as the hunting dogs do their game, or you can stick your fingers in put suit of your nee lies. This is supposing your work-basket is in its traditional disorder, but a careful little girl will have a place for everything and everything in its place; and youth is the time for forming habits of neatness and industry. Another needle cushion is made of four pieces of braid, six inches long, overeeamed and stitched as above, but fringed for one inch?and has a place supplied for a bodkin by working three narrow bars, an inch apart in buttonhole stitch, on one piece of braid, and then filled with a piece of flannel rolled irfVitlTT and finished like the first.?De troit Free Press. Recipes. Asparagus Dressing.?A simply, easily prepared dressing for asparagus consists of one teaspoonful of made mustard, a little salt and pepper and a desert spoonful of vinegar mixed with one tablespoonful of butter melted. Baked Eggs.?Grease a pie-pan well with lard, spread thick -with bread or cracker crumbs, break the eggs over them in a circle, pepper and salt; set in the oven to bake until the whites are all set, then run a knife round under them and slip off onto a plate, and you have a dish that is both wholesome and handsome. VRvrra Pudding.?A delicious prune nuddins is made by stewing a pound of prunes until they are soft; remove the stones, add sugar to your taste and the whites of three eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Make a puff paste for the bottom of the pudding dish. After beating the eggs and prunes together until they are thoroughly mixed; spread on the crust. Bake for half an hour, or until you are sure the crust is done. A jelly cake batter can be used instead of the puff paste, and with the two remaining layers you can make a Washington pie. Tomato Sauce.?Strain off the liquid from a two pound can of tomatoes. Put into a frying pan a teaspoonful of dripping, a clove or garlic, or a small onion chopped line, a spray of mace and a teaspoonful of flour. When it begins to color add the tomato pulp. Simmer over a moderate lire to prevent burning, stir and cover twenty minutes, salt and pepper to taste. Press the pulp through a fine sieve, and if too thick add a very little beef gravy or clear soup. Return to the range and keep hot until wanted. Tmsistne simpnesi way 10 ma&e iuluulu sauce at home. Beet Sprouts.?A very wholesome vegetable is the young beet greens. Wash them well and cut up, bat not fine. Put into a large frying pan quarter of a pound of ham or bacon fat, after it begins to fry out add the greens. Pile them up high on the dish and put a cover on top. They will gradually cook down. No water should be added. Stir occasionally. From fifteen to twenty minutes is long enough to cook them. The tender tops of radishes are excellent eating and may be mixed with other greens, although many throw them away. New Peas.?The green peas receive more abuse from cooks than any other vegetable. If they do not spoil the color of the peas they invariably cook them to a mush or drown them in a bath of milk or water. Sometimes they soak the preen peas in water after shelling them, thereby ruining their flavor. Melt a heaping teaspoonful of butter in a polished fryingpan, add a pint of shelled green peas, and stir the pan to prevent burning. This preliminary cooking brings out their color. Add a tablespoonful of clear soup or hot water, cover the pan ten minutes, and try the peas. If not too old they should be cooked. Turn them into a hot vegetable dish, season with salt, white pepper, and a little more butter. No so-called boiling is necessary. Mist Glass has been married to Mr. Brittle in Pittsburg. v? A Simulated Suicide. An exciting scene was witnessed by the people who were walking along the quays in the neighborhood ol the Pont de TAlma in Paris the other afternoon. Just as the crowd was at its thickest a poor man suddenly jumped on the parapet of the bridge and threw himself over into the Seine. As he was struggling in the water another man jumped into the river after him, and succeeded in bringing him safe to the shore. The spectators of this thrilling incident clustered round the poor fellow and his gallant preserver and asked him why he had taken so rash a step. Want, he said, had driven him to suicide. Moved to tears by the afflicting narative, the man to whom this victim of circumstances over which he had no control, owed his lite, put nis nana into his pocket, and, producing all the cash which he had about him, presented it to the sufferer. Inspired by this bright example the crowd, which had mustered in force, pressed silver and copper coins on the poverty stricken individual who had sought a watery grave. Soon a very fair sum of money was in his possession, and, with many protestations of gratitude and promises that he would endeavored in future to take the "ups and downs" of life more philosophically, he slowly quitted the spot in company with the man who had so gallantly rescued him. Now, it so happened that a police inspector had found his way among the throng, and having less confidence in human nature than the worthy holiday makers who had been pouring francs and half-francs into the pockets of the would-be suicide, bethought himself of keeping an eye on the couple. The pair walked on until they reached a public house outside the beaten track, and into this place of refreshments the inspector followed them. Oddly enough, their arrival appeared to be expected with some impatience, for quite an assemblage of their friends greeted them with enthusiasm. Drinks were ordered by the poor man who had just bpen fished out of the Seine, and a3 they were being discussed he gave the company a graphic account of his adventure: but the story was a very different one from that which the horror stricken spectators of the thrilling incident would have related. Instead of eliciting exclamations of sympathy and congratulations, it was received with peals of laughter, in which, strange to say, the rescued man and his gallant preserver joined heartily. The whole thing had been goten up between them. One man threw himself into the river to attract the attention of the crowd; the other followed, and ihe tale of euicide was trumped up. The accomplice gave his money to the friend whom he had pulled out, in order that the bystanders might be induced to contribute freely. The "l.ttle game," however, was entirely spoiled by the police inspector marching the two rogues off to the nearest station. There are many such impostors in Paris. Wise Saws on the Weather. Cats with their tails up and hair apparently electrified indicate approaching wind. If swine be restless and grunt loudly there will be much wind. Pigs can see the wind. Hunters say that the direction in which the loon flics in the morning will be the direction of the wind next day. Magpies flying three o* four together and uttering harsh cries predict windy weather. Anvil-shaped clouds are very likely to be toiiowea by a gaie 01 wins. The vernal equinoctial gales are stronger than the autumnal. If it blows in the day it general hushes toward evening. If small white clouds are seen to collect together, their edges appearing rough, expect wind. A light yellow sky at sunset presages wind. If the full moon shall rise red expect wind. A very red sky in the east at sunset indicates stormy winds. Heavy, white, rolling clouds in front of a storm denote high wind. The sharper the blast, The sooner 'tis past. A gale moderating at sunset will increase before midnight, but if it moderates after midnight, the weather will improve. Wind-storms usually subside about sunset, but if they do not the storm will probably continue during the following day. TOTtiArt fV?Q rylooa fa lntT Ix>ok out for a blow. Fast rise after a low (barometer), Precedes a stormy blow. Always a calm before a storm. No weather is ill, If the wind be stilL Every wind has its weather. Wind in the west, weather at best: Wind in the east, neither good for man or beast.?Boston Journal. The Deadly Skipping Rope. "Skipping ropes were formerly imported from France," said a New York dealer to a Mail and Express reporter, 1 *V.aw awa nAonlv oil nf nAmao. "UUl, 11UW lUU mo uvowj iu. w uvuivr tic manufacture. Canada turns out a limited number, owing to the fact that jute is cheaper there; but, on the other hand, the wooden handles can be produced in this country at a considerably less cost than they are able to make them across the line. Different houses have started in to manulacture them in this city at various times,J>ut it was considerable effort to get their hands broken into their work, and at the end of the season they generally found that they could have bought the ropes as cheap as they were able to make them. They are sold all over the country, and range in price from twenty cents to $1.75 apiece. A Cnrions Pack of Cards. Governor Fitzhugh lee, of Virginia, has been asked for a photo of his phiz by an inventor who is getting up a pack of cards, forty-eight of which will show the faces of the forty-eight Governors of the States and Territories. Four more will have the pictures of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates of the two leading parties, and the little joker, or fifty-third card, will bear upon its face a picture of either Mr. Blaine or Mr. Butler. Truly, the American inventor leads the world in fertility of resource and audacity of consummation.?Baltimore Herald. ^ 5?if IN EVERY ONE A CURE. No ReturM of PaiNL 9 AT liRUBBISTS'AND HEALERS". The Ghas-A'VogelerCQ'BajQ'Mo* ' . ' . i What's the Matter With Tour Blood! j ; Cleveland Prtst Am much blood goes through the kidneys as goes through the heart. There is nothing startling about thif fact except it be a revelation. Many people have but a dim idea of the real work of the kidneys. They not only drain the water from the system, but also the poisonous matter which that water holds in solution to carry out of the system. Over half the time, how* ever, the kidneys fail to do this work I What is the result? Gradual failure of strength and health and eventually death by Bright's Disease or some unsuspected kidney disease But particularly in the spring of the year, when one's blood is filled with poisonous waste, as it invariably is at that time, you feel depressed, tired, languid, do not seem to have any disease, but your system doe* not respond to the genial warmth of summer .and spring as formerly. You had better look outl The kidney poison is accumulating in the dioocl ionics won't ao any gooa, tney simpiy treat effects. Yon can only secure a radical, thorough renovation of the system by the prompt use of Warner's safe cure, which is the only reliable, scientific specific for th? blood, because it is the only known specific in the world for the kidneys which are the only great blood purifiers. GEO. F. RIDGEWAY, 93 Murlson St., Cleveland, O., Ex-Deputy Sheriff, from uric acid poisoning of the blood became, at times, totally blind, and was troubled with greit giddiness. In 1882, after offering for many years, and being distressed beyond measure, he thoroughly purified his blood by means of Warner's Safe Cnre, and says: "I hare never had a day's trouble since, and have fnlly recovered my health. Warner's Safe Cure saved my life." REV. J. P. AHNOLD, of Camden, Tena, In 18 and '31 was grievously afflicted with many abscesses, caused by kidney poisoned blood. The abscossea were alive for many months and caused great distress. After thoroughly purifying his blood with Warner's Safe Cnre In 1832, ne reported that In 1S83 he waa strong and well, over 71 yeat. of age, and able to prcacn regularly. CAPT. W. D. ROBINSON. United States Marine Inspector foe the chain of lakes, residence Buffalo, N. Y? in 1881 had a slight eruption on his hands. It soon spread to his face and he was almost blind. His body was covered with light, flaky scales. His skin Itched excruciatingly. For two years he gradually grew worse, trying almost everything imaginable. In 1883, after having given np hope of recovery,he began using Warners Safe Cnre. "Twenty bottles," he says, "completely cured me, and to-day I am strong and well as ever." JAMES WIGHT, 29? Fifth Are., New York, suffered for yearn from inflammatory rheumatism? a blood disorder?but in 1S33 was fnlly restored to health by Warner's Safe Cure ana remains well to-day. The four above cases are as good as a million. They prove what is stated, that the organ that removes the impurity from the blood most effectually is the kidney, and for this when impaired there is but one sound, rational method of treatment Dr. Dio Lewis, who was opposed to the ose of medicines in general, thought so highly of this remedy that he said if he had a serious kidney disease, he should use it. A ?1? ar/4 MAI'MVIK/*v?a rcV) af fKav AO^ J UUi UiOUUH OUU UOi|UUViO it uuw vuo T think of it. In the spring of the year, when debility is so prevalent, and the seeds of dlseasa are sown that may have a fatal blossoming before the fall, the prudent man and woman will give the system a thorough cleansing and purification. An Ocean Yainpire. A devil fi.?h or ocean vampire was accidentally caught near Tampico, Mexico, in a fishing seme recently. Ropes were thrown aroutad the monster, and by the aid of horses it was drawn to the shore. It weighed two tons, and, when spread out on the beach, dead, presented every appearance of an enormous bat or vampire. It measured fifteen feet long and seventeen feet wide from the edge of the pectoral fins, and its mouth was five feet across. A number of them had been seen for some time, but all efforts to catch one had proved futile.?Neva Orleans Picayune. A Tery Curious Puzzle. Put down in figures the year in which yon were born; to this add 4; then add your age at your next birthday, provided it comes before January 1, otherwise, your age at last birthday; multiply result by K>00: from this deduct 677,423; substitute foi the figures correspond ? ? tVkA nlrvl\oKflf A a A fAV 1 U lug icticra ui bUC aiyuautu, ag a avi i, a# for 2, C for 3, D. for 4, etc. The result will give the name by which you are popularly known. News A boat Town. It Is the current report about town that Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs i3 making some remarkable cures with people who are troubled with Coughs, Asthma, Bron- [ chitis and Consumption. Any druggist will give you a trial bottle free of cott. It is guaranteed to relieve and cute. Large bottles, 60 cents and $L Mrs. Garrett Anderson, the leading woman physician of England, makes $60,0.0 a year. " Then let the moon nsurp the rule of day. And winking tapers show the sun his way; For what my senses can perceive, I need no revelat on to believe." Ladies suffering from any of the weaknesses or ailments peculiar to their sex, and who will use Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription according to directions, will expsrience a genuine revelation in the benefit they will receive. It is a positive cure for the most complicated and obstinate cases of leucorrhea, excessive flowing, painful menstruation, unnatural suppression?, prolapsus, or falling of the womb, weak back, 'female weakness," anteversion, vofp/xrarainn Vwporincr down Rans&tions.chronic consestlon, inflammation and ulceration of the womb, inflammation, pain and tenderness in ovaries, acc mp inled with "internal heat." There are eight hundred dead laws on the Btatute books of Illinois. Hnpplncas. The foundation of all happiness Is health. A man with an imperfect digestion may be a millionaire, may be the husband of an angel and the father of half a dozen cherubs, and yet be miserable if he be troubled w.th dyspepsia, or of any of the disorders arising from imperfect digestion or a sluggish liver. Dr. Pierces Pleasant Purgative Pe.leta are the safest and surest remedy for these morbid conditions. Be'ng purely vegetable, they are perfectly harmless. Bismarck's wife is now more than sixty years of age, tall, and very gray. Thousands of cures follow the use of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. 50 cents. An engin ering authority declares that no dam can stop the Mississippi. A Rniirl Name V W W Vf I I Ml w At home Is a tower of ftrength abroad?says the familiar proverb, and it la fully verified by (he hlatoiy of Hood's Sarsapari 11a. The first words of commendation and praise for this medietas were received from our friends and neighbors, and from the time It was fairly Introduced up to the present there has been, and Is now, more of Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold In Lowell, Mass,'where It Is made, than of all other sarsaparllla* and blood purifiers combined. This "good name" among people who have known Hood's Sarsaparllla and Its proprietors for years should certainly be strong evidence to people in other cities and towns of the excellence and merits of this medicine. Send for book containing btate-^ ment of cures. Salt Rheum "After the failure of three skillful physicians to cure my boy of salt rheum, I tried Hood's Sarsaparllla and Olive Ointment. I have now used four boxes of Ointment an I one and a half bottles of Sarsaparllla, and the boy Is to all appearances completely cured. He Is now four ycarj old acd has been afflicted sin;e he wrs fix months of age. ' ? Mrs. B. Sanderson, 56Newha'.l St, Lowell, Has*. Hood's Sarsaparilla ho ?ii fimrrutA. il: six for ftS. Prepared only by C. L HOOD "? CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar Every Farmer's Wife a .Sees some of her Foultry J die each year witho i -Jl knowing what the matter was or bow to efTect a remedy If she does reco?tZTsZUu* Jl'X4 n,z0 the Dlftca*?- This Is Um not right, as at an oxpense of 25 ccnts (in stamps! she can ^rorure giving*the experience of apraetleal Poultry Kaiser (not an amateur, but a man working for dollars and centsXduring a period of 25 years. It teaches yon how to Detect and Care Diseases; how to Feed for Eags nnd also for Fattening* which FowTb to Save for Breeding Parposeii and everything, indeed, you ahould '"-fte pfMXiiig' '"c 134 Leonard Street, N. Y. City. RM W Ur? at kou ud ouk e mora money working for u than UVkUl at. anything alaa In (h? world. Elthrr ki. Coitljr outfit yajtx. Herat rtll> Aildrvaa, TiL'Z A Co., Asguita, Hals*. : ' -"-v./ ^'"1 ^ ^ TO preserve the richness of colo mer dresses, make suds of ho cool until lukewarm, then wash yo nary soaps contain too much alkal the color and destroys its beauty, says, "The Ivory Soap can not ii A WORD OF There are many white soaps, each represe they ARE NOT, but like all counterfeits, I of the genuine. Ask for " Ivory " Soap a Copyright IBS*, by J sLi. Butcher's-:- Lightning 4yL FLY KILLER t qi.lcK death; easlly prepared and ? 8cd; no uanger; fllea don't live long fjM enough to get away. U?e It early, i freely; rid the house of them and be at peace. Donttake anything "Jn?t There 1* nothing like the genuine Dutch<r'a. Kit ED' K BUTCHER, 8t. Al.anw, Vt. LOOK ; M YOUNG! Leamelle Oil WMS,; AgeingofSkin Preserves a youthful, plump, fresh condition of features. Ir you desire a transparent. clear fresh Complexion, free from blemish, or roughness, use LEAURELLC OIL, It cures and prevents cracking, chapping, roughness or coarseness of skin. Keeps face, neck and hands soft, plump. Preserves the tone, life and transparent glow of the skin aa in youth. This Is a remarkable article; though called an oil is more the nature of an expressed juice, < * mnArb tonic and eleganbdrettiiig for, the Hair and Whtiken, which it stimulates and tones. Without grease, yet keeps the bair and whiskers soft gloesy, luxuriant and Tigcrous. fl.00 at Druggista, or by Express, free of J I Exp. charge. K awells. Chemist, Jersey City. | CRAY HAIR If It is desired to gradually darken or restore : gray hair to its original or natural oolor use WELLS' HAIR BALSAM Restores Gray Hair to original color. An elegant dressing, softens ana beautifies. No grease nor oiL A/.onic restorative. Prevents the hale coming out; cleanses, strengthens and heals scalp. 60c. and $1.00 at Druggists. The $1.00 size sent prepaid by Express for |L CHEAPEST AND BEST GERMAN DICTIONARY m OF 624 PAGES FOR ONLY ONE DOLUR.W^KM) iFfflST-CUSTlKCnONlT AT VERY SHALL PRICE. It (fives Engli h Words with the German Equiva I-nta a id Pronunciation and German WorJs with English Definitions. Sent postpaid oa receipt of 91. READ WHAT THIS MAN SAYS J Balm. Mass., Kay 31. 1888. Book Pub. Haute, 134 Leonard St.: The German Dictionary Is received and I am much pleased with it I did not expect to And such lear print In so cheao a book. Please send a opy to ?, and Inclosed find $1 for same. m. m. Haskell. Address BOOK PUB. CO., 134 Leonard Street, New York City, ISWAM PRg OTlVflRFATl WTW5SHnH!?5ll 0ffiHRRv BEAD SYMPTOMS and CONDITIONS This Eemody will Believe and Curt. If Ynn are threatened with, or already have, ii iuu Bright's disease, or Urinary trouble, |f Ynn ^ave sediment In urine like brick dust, ii i uu frequent calls or Retention, with distress or pressure in the parts,' If Ynn have Lame Back, Rheumatism, StingII I UU ing, Aching Pains in glde or hipe, I# Vnn have Diabetes or Dropsy, or scanty or IT I UU high colored urine, If Vnn have Malaria, Torpid Liver, Dyspepsia, ii i uu Gall Stone, Fever and Ague, or Gout, 14 Vnn have Irritation, Spasmodic Stricture, ii i uu or Catarrh of the Bladder, If Vnn have BLOOD humors, Pimples, Ulcen, II I UU Seminal Weakness, or Syphilis, If Ynn have Stone in Kidney,or Gravel in Bladii iu u der, Stoppage of urine or Dribbling, If Ynn have poor Appetite, Bad Taste, Foulii i uu breath, or internal, Slime fever, DnilrJc UP Quickly a run-down constitution. duiiuo Don't neglect early symptoms. Etxky Dose Goes Bight to theSpov ! Prepared at Dispensary?Recommended by renowned physicians?"Invalids' Guide to Health" free. Advice free III Genuine have Dr. Kilmer's likeness on All outside and inside wrappers. CaN by all Dbgo618T9, and Da. Kilmeb k Co., dDIO Bingbamton, N. Y. $1.00?Six Bottles $5.00 FRAZER^ BEST IN THE WORLD UUbnvb tF* Get the Genuine. Sold Everywhere. $ 100 to $300 made 'working1 for us. Agents pre Terr* 1 who con furnish their own horses and iclve their whola time to the business. Spare momenta may i e profitably emoloyed also. A few vacancies In town* mid cities. B. F. JOHN80N & CO.. 1013 Main St.. Rlchai ud. Va. I 111 RlVpn /n;? live man wllllns to tv<-rk : Uf n n| I fall lurd to realize $125 per month If nl? B bUlto f ai-ase our .\cndcnt In surance^F. .1. .Moore. 137 Broadway. New Ycr c. APto 98 a day. Samples worth 11.50, FRB2 H Lines not under the horse's feet. Write iPl# Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co?_Holly, Mich HER8IUND FIFTH WHEEL iff&SS6 Improvement. HKRBItAND CO.* Fremont, O. Tw^ilr KTO d LIU 1 ?<m? geetine enlest Don", waste your money j HaUuprd wltb the iboTe j9 t()r0intely icater and Ask lnrthft "FISH IVfPi : jA <]jgwp * r or delicacy of tint of your sufflt water and Ivory Soap, allow t? | >ur dresses in the solution. ?Qrdi- j li, which in a short time bleache*. r Prof. Silliman, of Yale College ljure the most delicate fabric." WARNING. nted to be "just as good as the' Ivory'|" v ack the peculiar and remarkable qualities nd insist upon getting it. *rocter A Gamble. * 1 yrjytHta D D D RaW li.n.li. eaRes* In from one to twenty minutes never Mir to ^ lleve Pain with one tborough application. S?jM|rV ; /jogs ter how violent or excruciating the pain, the BhM? made, Bedridden, Infirm, Crippled, Nervous, Neman ^.fgs gle or prostrated with disease may suffer, Badwaay Beady Belief will afford Instant ease. It InataMf ; / relieves and soon cures Rheumatism, Keuralgia, f Coughs, Colds. Cold in the Head, Gore Throat, \ Asthma, Bronchitis, V Pneumonia, Sciatica, ^ Headache, Jn/towni Toothache, Congestions, ; DIFFICULT BREATHING. Radical's Ready Relief is a Omra for every Fain, Sprains, Bruises*I Pains in the Rack, Chest or JMmjMt' Jt teas the First and is the Onltf PAIN REMEDY | Tbat Instantly stops the most excrndatin* palaa " lavs inflammation*, and cores Congestion* ?MM & of tbe Longs. Stomach, Bowels or other glandi ?t ?&$ organs by one application. I rs'TEHKAiLY, a half to a teaspoonful In hair* tumbler of water will in a few minutes cure 0rscs9% Spasms, Sour Stomach. Nausea, Vomlttof, Heart- ' burn, Nervousness, Sleeplessness. Siok Hu?ilani*J:\ jr.<5* Diarrhoea, Colic, Flatulency and ail internal pans. - .- >' ' ;' MALARIA III ITS VARIOUS FORMS CWES 5?|j AND PREVENTED. ; ?? ?.? UnS&TS feKlW E. R. B. not only coles the patient seised wltk V%-i larl*, but if people exposed to tbe Malarial poMaU will every morning take M or 30 drop* of Sh$| Relief In water, and eat, say a cracker, before catag out, they will prevent attacks. :. > Price SO centa per bottle. Sold by druggists. ' . HI RADWAY'S PILLS The Great Liver and Stomach Remedf ,.| ..V For the cure of all disorders of tha Stomach-tirae. Bowel*. Kldnoys, Bladder.HerTnus Diseases. rnsale Complaints. Loes of Appetite, Hexl*cho, OoiiiU|W tion, Costlre&ea^' Indigestion, Blllousuasa, Vm( Inflammation of the Bowel* Filet and aU asraoc*mentaof the Internal Viscera. Purelyvegetable, oo? talnlag no mercury, minerals or deleterious draflt . V,?'v PERFECT DIGESTION g'iiarSSSf Pills. By so doing " - \ SICK HEADACHE, Dyspepsia, Fool Stomach, Biliousness will bearaMaaJ-^g* and the food that to eaten contributes Its nouzttfw! gro^ertles for the rapport of the natural warts ?X _ s J3T Observe the following symptoms roeultlngfwg' disease of the Digestive OrgayajjConstipation.jny?f ^ Piles. Fullness of the Blood In the Head, Ac^Ufr * the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust otIgl<6' . , 'C; Fullness or Weight In the Stomach. Sour Eractattca*' Sinking or Fluttering of the Heart. Choking or 3oA? eatlngRensatkma when in a lylngposture, Dlmneaasj Vision.Dots or Websbefore the Ifcht Fererajdn* Pain in the Head. Deficiency of Perspiration. T*? _?<8 seas of the Skin and Eyes. Pain in the Slde,Ch0rtJUHla ; ind Sudden Flushes of Heat. Burning In the JJartt A few doeesof RADWAY'M PILliS will twa thr srstem of all the above named disorder*. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by all dru*?l<ti , E*-8end a letter stamp to DB. RA DWAYSt CO., N*. 39 Wami Street, New Yerk, m Our Book of Advice. i - > V BK SLIK.K TO GET BAD WAY'S. '>"V_ fmf ORGANS. j$i Highest Honors at all Great World's Exhibitions rtaae 1837. 100 styles, to *900. For Cash, Easy Paymwl^ or Rented. Catalogue, 40 pp., ?o, free. P'AWOS. Mason k Hamlin do not hesitate to make the ?xteosfl? ary claim that their Pianos are superior to all oOaa% This they attribute soWyto the remarkable lmprovcaMB introduced by them in 1683, now known as the MASOf - ? - ? ? ma ss *.11 u^UlMa lv ft KAJlLiri riAiiu DiiUiiUAa. HH |w>m ^ mail. *, i1 ' 111fjtfiiAffslsiftilAlilil^ ; i lH^i lfnl T|| BOSTON, 1M Tremont St. CHICAGO, 149 WabaafcAffc .71 NEW .YQBK, *t East lithSt. (Union Squaw). MARVELOUS i MEMORY DISCOVERY. Wholly nnlike artificial systems. Caro of mind wandering. Any book learned in one reading. Classeaof 1087 a Baltimore. 1005 at Detroit 1500 at Philadelphia, 1112 at Washington, 1?I? at Boston, large classes of Columbia Law students as * ale, Wellesley, Oberlln, University of Pcnn., KlekK gaa University, Chautauqua, Ac.. Ac. Rndorsed by Richard Pboctok. the Scientist, Hons. W. W. Aarwa Judah P. r.esjaxiy, Judge Gibson, Dr. Browh. E. Hl Cook, Prln. N. Y. State Normal Col.ege, Ac. Taosfet by correspondence. Prospectus post pkee from PROF. LOiSETTE, 237 Fifth Ave., K. T. MEN AID BOYS! Want to learn all about a a* Horse ? How to Pick Out a A Good One? K'nowlmperfec-^^^y I tloas and so Guard against \ Fraud? Detect Disease and /V T\ ' Effect a Cure when same la / \ / Y possble? Tell the age by / \. / V the Teeth ? What to call the Different Parts of tfc* Anlrral? How to Shoe a Horse Proper!y All tkli and other Va uab'e Information can t.e obta.ii ed + reading our 100-PAGE ILMJSTR V TKD I HOUSE BOOK, wnlch we will forward, pmftI pa d, on receipt of only 25 cents In stamp*. BOOK PUB. HOUSE^^^H 134 Leonard St., New OLD la worth $500 per lb. \JT worth $1,000, but la sold at Blair'sPiliyflBB