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AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE j
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Don't Fiffht the Team.
If a horse shows signs of stubbornness
or contrariness, just get mad yourself,
and you can rest assured you are fixed
for the rest of the day as lung as you
want to keep it up. Horses, like men,
are generally set in their ways, and wheu j
a horse with only moderate sense gets I
into trouble with a man with only mod
eraie sense ine iwo generally uave a
"monkey and parrot time" from morning
till night. Well bred horse:; are seldom
stubborn and unruly, and in this respect
there is a striking analogy between
horses and men. ilorses docile, obedient
and tractable in the hands of one
man are vicious aud unruly in the hands
of another. The reason is, the one knows
how to mauage them, the other does not.
Bad dispositions are generally the result
of bad handling. A few slaps and Jerks,
accompanied bj a little sharp talk or a
few fierce yells, get the most gentle lior>e
clear beside himself and ready to worry
and fret the remainder of the day. The
more quiet and steady you keep your
horses the better it will be for them,
yourself and all concerned.?tfa?io.;ul
Stockman.
Cutting Grass in the R lin.
Nearly all writers upon agricultural
topics take occ asion to warn their readers
to avoid cutting grass or clover when it
is raining. In the writer's practice he
has found this advice to be of little value.
In a locality where it has rained every
afternoon for a month past, and all daring
the ha}' season it is necessary to cut
the grass while it is raining and get it
dried while the sun shines. This is the
actual philosophy of the common adage,
make hay while the sun shines. Fresh
cut herbage takes no hurt from the rain;
it is the dry hay which is in ured. Green
grass is kept alive and fresh by the rain
if it is not too long continued. We have
cut grass and clover riyht along through
three whole days' drizzle, and one tine
aay tollowing nas given time to cure ana
house the whole, when the night following
the rain fell again in torrents. The
common advice referred to i*? consequently
not well fouuded, and it is better
to get the grass down when and how
one can, and when the sun shines cure
and make the hay and get it safe under
cover. Such an experience as this proved
the value of a set of hay caps, a hundred
of which, at a cost of $23, has protected
25 tons of hay, and will do the same for
many years.?Ntw York Tints.
Training Tomatoes.
H. P. Johnson, J.eavenworth, Kan.,
has found the following method of training
tomatoes highly successful in a small
garden, producing great quantities of
very early and tine fruit; after the plant
has become firmly established and has
begun to throw out small shoots, he
writes us, the training should commence.
Stakes five feet in length, and
of the size of stout bean poles, should
be driven one foot in the ground, a few
inches from the plant. Then remove all
the small shoots that start from the main
fctalk, being especially careful to leave but
one shoot at the top of the plant. The
plant is then to be secured to the stake
with any kind of coarse twine. The
shoots should be piuchcd in, and the stem
tied at intervals of a foot, until it reaches
the height of the stake, when it should
be topped. On vines treated in this j
way none of the early fruit will be lost
by rot, and in a small garden much
Bpace will be saved, as the plants may
be set as close as three feet apart each
way; it also improves the appearance of
the garden, facilitates picking and
makes the passage between the vines
very easy.?American Agriculturist.
Ensilage Indorsed.
Some time ago the Kansas State Board
of Agriculture appointed a committee to 1
investigate ensilage, and report the re- !
Bults of such invest gation. The con- j
elusions reached by the committee were
bs follows:
1. That the time has arrived when the
more progressive and economic methods
of conducting the dairy and beef-produc- j
ing interests should command the j
thoughtful consideration of Weetern
farmers.
2. That the method of preserving j
green crops by means of silos, now com- i
mon in the older States, is ceneraliv
commended as practical and profitable
by those having the largest experience in
the business.
3. That ensilage, if intelligently pre- |
pared, is a good, wholesome article of I
food for cattle,and when fed as it should |
be, in connection with dry feed, will i
materially increase the product and
profit of "the dairy, make the _ roduction
of beef more remunerative, improve the i
condition of hogs, and euable the farmer !
and stock grower to realize pro. *s not!
promised by the methods now common
in the West.
4. That corn is the most profitable
crop for ensilage, and for this purpose
the seed should be drilled at from eight \
to ten inches, in rows three and a half
feet apart. Good cultivation is required, j
and the crop should be cut just before or ,
about the time the ears begin to glaze.
?. That corn planted, cultivated and \
cut as Above indicated will average not;
le89 than twenty tons of ensilage per ,
acre: that in feeding value, three tons
of corn ensilage will equal one ton of
tame hay, or ihat one acre of corn, when ;
made into ensilage, will equal about
seven of hay; that the feeding capacity j
of a given amount of land can lie at least .
doubled by the method proposed, and
that without adding materially, if at all, i
to the cost per head of the animals f?id. !
The Value of Good Itoads.
The following extract is taken from a
paper rend before the Connecticut State
Agricultural Society by Professor W. II. 1
Brewer on '"The Carrying of Farm Products,"
and published in the annual re - ;
port of the State Board. '*ijood roads
are one of the fir t essentials for a high
civilization. It has been so in all ages, '
it is so now. There can be no great na- |
tion rnless it has means of intercourse !
between its parts, and the very fa':t that!
railroads now offer ea?y means of travel
and transportation for great d:staDces
?it a tho Inpnl } , i nrh __ I
I^JVCO UC n IUUVV/ wv mv ?VVM* i
ways that lie between the farm ;md the ;
railway', or the faira and the town.
"The Romans built great roads as they
extended their empire and their domin- |
ion. They were a military necessity, but
they had their other uses and were a j
great factor in civilizing the peoples they j
conquered. And when l'ome" fell the !
roads became poorer, and this was one o:' j
the causes as well as one of the ellects j
1 j>f the dark ages which followed. .Ma;:- j
?ulay and other historians have told us '
how bad'the roads were in Great. Britain \
in the last and in previous centuries. j
How that farm products had to be car- j
rled on the backs of pack horses, except;
oattle which might be driven on foot,and j
bow slow tvavel was generally. AVhen j
the Highland Agricultural Society came ;
Into existence in 1"<S4, it found the '
Ceat obstacle to impro ement 011 farms j
be the want of means of internal;
( .v. ?
communication. ''The defects oi
the public roads then in existence operated
most prejudicially to the farmers
who sent their produce to market. II
limited the production and prevented
the replacing, by manure, of the elemeuts
of fertility which was abstracted. The
turnpike act went into effect about 17G0
or lTUS, but it was not until well into
the present century that good roads became
common enough to allow Knglish
and Scotch agriculture to take the high
stand the middle of this century found
it. "A prize essay on the fifty years,
published in 1840, in the Farmers' Magazine,
brings this out most strikingly,
how the improvements in roads led to
progress in agriculture.
".Most countries of Continental Europe
have built road; for military purposes,
which becamc great factors in the
development and progress of the countries
in times of pcace. Napoleon had
the firs: wagon road built across the Alps,
that cannon and armies m'ght move the
easier. Now that four tunuels pierce
the Alps for railroads, for peaceful
tralic. the country finds greater need
than ever for good local roaas.
il.\lilitary roads have been built by
every civili ed nation on earth, I think,
and in the end the roads proved of raoie
importance to the arts of peace than they
did even to war. The great 'National
Road' built by our general government
from Baltimore westward across the
mountaius to Wheeling, the ice to Cincinnati
and St. Louis, was a great aid in
building up the West, and was for a
long time a great route of travel and inland
traffic. So long as western outposts
were disconnected with each other
and with the outer world by roads, they
could not grow."
Farm and Garden Notes.
Give to poultry a good grass run if
possible.
The currant and the gooseberry thrive
best in a partal shade.
Feed plenty of charcoal mixed with
ashes and salt to your swine.
With a goo.i breed of hogs there i?
nothing like staying with them.
Young poultry should now be protected
from sudden and heavy showers.
As soon as the stem will part readily
from the tie.', pears should be gathered.
A Maine fruit grower applies manure
lilierally to plum trees on the first indication
of black knob.
The la^t list of transfers for thoroughbred
Berkshire swine contains fifteen
sales to go to eight different places.
Avoid exposure to the hot sun as much
o? nnccil?lf> and rpmfimhsr that farm
animals suffer much at this season.
If cuttings of cotton wood have been
taken from the tree some time, they
should be soaked a week in water before
they are plauted.
Those who have formed industrious,
persistent h.ibits in any work of life, do
hot generally abandon them when the
muscles or brains are called to different
fields of labor.
For general use the. Gregg raspberry
gives the best of satisfaction, according
to a New York farmer, being a stroug,
upright grower, with entire absence of a
straggling, sprawling habit.
Fruit designed for exhibition will
nearly always be finer if care is taken to
properly ihin early in the season, taking
pains, of course, to leave the nicest looking
specimens whe.i thinning.
Do not forget that the present is an
admirable season for gathering dry earth
and putting it under cover in convenient
proximity 10 me cnichen nouses, ior
futu-e use as a dust bath and as an absorbent.
New beds of strawberries should be j
kept clean. Sufficient cultivation should J
be given to insure a strong, vigorous
growth, and this implies keeping the i
soil in good tilth and thoroughly destroying
the weeds.
Appl&s that are to be marketel this
month, eiould be picked as soon as the
skin begins to turn. If left on the tree
and allowed to riDen too much, there is
danger of the fruit not reaching the
market in a good condition.
Every part of the farm must be made
to yield its share of the profit. If not in
a shape or condition to cultivate, at least}
a growth of goo I grass c in be secured
which, while adding to the profits, will
also add very materially to the general
appearance of the farm.
A common mistake in ploughing June
grass sod is, according to Am rica-i Cultivator,
to bring up more subsoil than
can be used to advantage. For corn,
not an inch of s'?il should be brought up
below the roots of the grass, which will
generally be limited to the area rich in
vegetable mutter.
J. A. raw?on, of Pictou, Nova Scotia,
was reported at a meeting of the
Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association
by the secretary as having tried with eutire
success the application of salt water
to the hark of apple trees for destroying
the bark louse. One pint of salt is dissolved
in two gallons of water. A single
application is made about June 1(5, with
a still' paint brush. Care is taken not to
wet the leaves, as the salt will destroy
them. It has the merit of being very
easily tried. It is obviously important
to apply it at the right time or early in
June, when the eggs are hatching.
It is useless to treat a colt for colic as
long as it is (breed to eat straw. Thi^
coar.-e food does not contain nutriment)
enough for a growing animal; it is not
digested, and consequently the digestivi*
organ?, which are weakened, are burdened
excessively by this coarse food.
Colic is to be looked for under such
conditions. Medicine is not required;;)
change of food is all that is needed.
Give the colt some oats and a bran mash,
and, if hay is not to be procured, feeu
no more than a pound of finely-cut straw
steeped in hot water and mixed with
three pounds of bran. Give a little salt
with each feed. This is for one ration
given three times a day for a two-yearold
colt.
The following is offered ai a sure preventive
of gapes iu chickens l'ut two
or three ounces of larkspur seed (sold at j
druggists) in a -i-oz. vial and fill nearly
full with alcohol. Shake it occasionally
for si few d ?ys, then as soon as the chicks
arc ready to come off the nest, let one
person hold the chick and another with
finger apply the preparation on the comb,
rubbing it in a little. Be careful not to
get it in ihe eyes, as it is poisonous, and
may in ure them. Gapes are caused :
by a louse that is always hatched .
with the chick, and will soon crawl dowu
to the nostril and form the small red
worm, hence the necessity of applying
the remedy in time to prevent the killing
of the chick.
Says Sam Jones: "Thank God it is no !
crime to be ugly. When God wants a '
good wo.nan no maKes ner as sjiuiuum- i
cal as an angel, but when he wants a ;
good man he makes him as ugly as a mud .
fcncc. 1 never saw a pretty man yet who;
was worth killing."
Old Crusty (who desires a slight variation
in the breakfast bill of fare, to his
b arding house keeper)?"It seems to
me, raadame, that you aro endeavoring
to make this a table d'oat mea!.?Lite*
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Pretty Bedspreads.
Those of us who have as heirlooms old
i hoavv home-made linen sheets, can transj
form them into handsome counterpanes,
hays a writer in the Pnirie Farmer, by
the following method: Divide them into
squares or parallelograms, by drawing
out the threads, and working the open
spaces by merely twisting three or four
threads over as mauy others with the
wash filocelle, or heavy red or blue
working cotton. In each square or oblong
space, with one or two colors of the
same, work little quaint designs. These
may be irregular geometrical patterns,
or such figures as fancy may suggest. It
can be divided into squares by briar or
feather-stitching, if preferred to ihe
open work. Finish the edge with conrse
| nnen lace. I'litow-snains to maicii me
easily made.
Hints About Kitchcn Economy.
When the kitchcn dishcloth begins to
j "smell like a dish rag," throw it in a
! saucepan or tin bucket of hot water,put
a good lump of soda in with it, and set it
on the stove to take a good boil. It will
be sweet and clean when it comes out.
Certain of the fraudulent say that leaving
milk pans open until the milk gets
cold will remove the taste of onion from
milk. It does nothing of the sort. The
only thing that removes the taste is to
keep onions or garlic away from the
cows. Once in milk, it is there to stay.
Another fraud is the statement that
washing rancid butter in buttermilk will
make it sweet again It doesn't help it
one particle! Kancid butter has uuder!
gone certain chemical changes and can not
be restored to its normal state. There
is a German method of preparing
"strong" butter so that it can be used in
cooking, but once rancid, or even in the
edge thereof, it is past table use.
iStill another imposition is the story
that when eggs are 'Mat" and won't beat
up light, a pinch of soda will make them
beat. It doesn't do it. A stale egg cannot
be restored any more than sour milk
san be made new or rancid butter fresh.
? Oood Housekeeping.
Pickles.
In making pickles, use none but the
best vinegar. Boil in a porcelain kettle
2 -4.-1 dja1,1a3 koav.
Lie Vci 1U uiciau X iVAt^ auuuivt w Vtt
ainined every month, and soft pieces removed.
If there is much tendency to
soften, it is advisable to strain off the
vinegar; add to each gallon a cupful of
sugar and boil it, and return to the
pickle jar while hot. The occasional
addition of a little sugar keeps pickles
good and improves them. Spices in
pickles should be used -whole, slightly
bruised, but preferably not ground; if
ground, they should be tied up in thin
muslin bags. Most pickles, if well
made, improve by age, the sharpness of
the vinegar passing off and the flavors
of the spices blending pleasantly together.
Ginger is the most wholesome
spice for pickles, cloves the strongest,
mace, allspice and cinnamon the more
delicate, and of course less of the strongest
should be used. Never put pickles
in anything that has held any kind ol
grease, and never let them freeze. Before
putting them in vinegar after scalding,
they should be cold and perfectly dry. A
lump of alum the size of a small nutmeg,
j to a gallou of cucumbers, dissolved and
added to the vinegar when scalding the
pickles the first time, renders
them crisp and tender, but too much i9
injurious. To prevent moulding cut horseradish
roots in thin slices lengthwise,
and lay halt a dozen or so of these pieces
on the top of each crock of pickles,
allowing them to remain until all the
pickles are used. Grated horseradish
will not do, as it soon loses its strength
aud then ferments.
Home-made the Best.?Pickles are not
famous for wholesome qualities, even
when made with the greatest care, but if
the}* must be eaten, it is best to make
them at home. Those sold in markel
are often colored a beautiful green with
sulphate of copper, which is a deadly poison,
or are cooked in brass or copper vessels,
which produce the same "result in
an indirect way. Scalding or parboiling
articles to be pickled makes theraabsoro
the vinegar more readily, but docs not
add to their crispness.
Sweet Pickles may be made of any fruil
that can be preserved, including the rinds
[ of ripe melons and cucumbers. The proportion
of sugar to vinegar for syrup is
three pints to a quart. Sweet pickles
may be made of any preserves by boiling
over the syrup and adding spices and
vinegar. Examine frequently, and rescald
the syrup if there are signs of fermentation.
Plums and other smoothskinned
fruits should be well pricked
?- ' t-i rnu- 1
ueiore COUKllig. lac pnuiipai bjjiucs
for sweet pickles are cinnamon and
clove3. Use "Coffee C" sugar always.
Sweet l ickled Iicets.?Boil them in a
porcelain kettle till they can be pierced
with a silver fork. When cool cut lengthwise
to size of medium cucumber, boil
equal parts vinegar and sugar, with half
tablespoon ground cloves tied in a cloth
to each gallon; pour boiling hot over
the beets.
ijweet Cucumber Pickles.?Take ripe
cucumbers, cut them lengthwise, take
out seeds, soak in salt and water twentyfour
hours: then soak in vinegar and
water twenty-four hours; drain. Then
make a syrup of one quart vinegar, one
pound of sugai, one ounce cinnamoa,
and one-half ounce cloves. Boil till tender.?
Far.it, Fiel Land S ocJcman.
Lord Beresford's Empty Threat.
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j ue anujuui, iuwu ui a^ewes, uei,, ukb
not been without some historical occurrences,
nor altogether slighted by people of
renowu. In 1613 Lord Beresford, of the
British Navy, laid off Lewes in his flagship
Belvedere, Beresford demanded
forty bullocks, or he would level the
town. He had to fire, as the deinind was
not aceded to. With the exception of
sending a solid shot through a ouilding
then standing on the site of the Yirden
' house and knocking a chimney from
another house, no damage was done.
His bad gunnery drew from the local
poet the couplet:
"The C'om.nodoro and all his men
Crippled a dog and killed a hen."
A battery of smooth bore thirty ponuders,
brought from YVilmiiigtou to protec t
Lewes against Beresford's fleet, were
never lired for want of ammunition.
Nearly eaten with rust, the barrels, with
rnu zles aiming seaward, now lie on the
ground in front of the Yirden house,
and arc a prolific source of questions for
every newcomer.?Bullimorc Hun.
The Death of Cleouatm.
Dr. Viaud Grand-Marias, of Nantes,
France, has been holding an inqucBt oa
the sudden dcaih of Cleopatra. lie rejects
the theo;y tliat her death wa'
caused by the bite of a viper. She was
accustomed to te-t the effects of various
poisons on her slaves, in order to ascertain
which ra sed the easiest death.
Having shown that no viper was found
in the room of the fair suicide, that he.?
body pre entcd no traces of bite-?, and
that her two maid servants were found
dead or dying at the foot of her bed, lie
comes to tho conclusion that her death
was caused by carbonic acid. ' J
The Traveling Tinker.
New Jersey is the Paradise of the
traveling tinker, and the neighborhood
of Allen and lower Grand street in New
York city is his usual place of abode
when not on the tramp. "People around
the rural districts," said one of them the
other night to a Graphic man on the
Erie ferryboat, "are finding out that we
traveling tinkers are a good deal of a
necessity and some of us are making
money. Our work ain't all tin work,
but everything you can think of from a
clock to a steam engine. I've got a soft
snap on cleaning clocks. 1 just take the
brass work out and soak them a day or
two in gasoline, and shake them up a
bit and oil them and they're as good as
new. Sometimes I've got to put a tooth
in a wheel, or to make a pendulum rod,
or something like that. And I have to
do a little blacksmithing among the rest,
but it pays well, because if I didn't do
it folks would have to go to
the next town, and they are willing to
" ? T oof TPOAIT
pay me mure uu tuiit attuuui*. jl^c*o?. n w.?
I sold a lady a gasoline stove by a little
ingenuity. You see the lady said she'd
like to have one, but she was so afraid
the tank would explode she wouldn't
dare take it, and her husband was a little
skittish about it, too. I told them that
was all nonsense, that it couldn't explode,
but it was no use talking. At last
I said if they were willing to pay the
extra cost I would fix it* so the tank
would be out-doors, and that settled it.
I got some gas-pipe, made a hole through
the brick wall, run the pipe through,
and set the tank on a shelf about the
right height against the wall outside,
with a box and cover over it, and it
works first rate, and the lady says she
feels perfectly safe about it. Of course,
it's no safer than inBide, unless some
idiot wants to fill the lank when the
stove is lit, and then its being outside
would be safer. And I'll tell you something
about putting pipes together for
gasoline or oil that eveiVbody does not
know, I guess. If you get a plumber to
do a job of tt>at Kind ncu aauD ms
joints up with red lead because he don't
know any better, but the best thing to
use is liquid glue that comes already
fixed up in a little bottle. If the screw
threads are cut a little oil is as good as
anything, as all it wants is a little lubricant,
but it ain't always the screw is cut
clean, but the liquid makes it tight, and
the oil or gasoline will not cut it out like
it will with red lead. I was at a mine
where they had an air compressor at
work and they had a hard time keeping
the joints of the pipes tight. The oil
that was used to lubricate the cylinder
of the a:r compressor would follow the
oil through the pipes just enough to eat
out the red lead. I told them to try
liquid glue, but the engineer was one of
those smart Alecks who know everything,
and he laughed at me and said I
was a crank; but the boss told him to try
it, and he told me afterward that the
wrinkle had saved him a heap of money,
but he didn't offer me any of it. Most
folks are that way, I guess."
Food for Building Brawn.
"What is the best food for producing
muscle." Some foods are particularly
muscle-formers; others produce fat, and
still others brain ana nerve, wmie most
of the common articles of diet combine
these uses in varying degrees. But the
question, to cover our physical needs,
requires to be broadened into this:
What combination of food will best
nourish the body? Even then the answei
must be modified to suit individual
<ases. For the digestive power differs
greatly in different persons. Moreover,
there is an independence between the
different bodily organs and tissue3, so
thet the body must be built up as a
whole. If one part lacks, the othei
suffer?, and if one ) art is ovecTed, the
others will be underfed Thus a person
who beeoncs unduly fat loses in muscular
fiber, either in quantity or quality.
So, too, muscular development may be
carried to such excess as to impoverish
the brain, and also to reduce the fat ol
the body below what is necessary both
as surplus food laid up for emergencies,
and as a protection against sudden
changes of temperature. The best food
for producing muscle, therefore, must,
while being duly appetizing, contain a
large per cent., first, of nitrates for the
the muscles; second, of phosphates
for the brain and nerves; and,
third, of carbonates for the fat.
Uf tne first class, tne nitrates, ueans
stand at the head at twenty-four pel
cent.; then peas at twenty-two; cabbage
and salmon at twenty: oats at seventeen
eggs and \ealat sixteen; and beef al
fifteen. Of the second cluss, the phos
phates, salmon stands first at seven,
then codfish at six; beef and eggs at
five; bcaus and veal at four; and cabbage,
peas, and oat-; at three. Of the third
class, the carbonates, butter stands at th<
head at one hundred; rice at eighty
corn and rye at seventy-two; wheat at
sixty-nine; oats at sixty-six; peas at
sixty; beans at fifty-seven; and cabbage
at forty-six. Fresh codfish, fried in fal
or served with butter gravy, a'boui
equals beef iu all respects, and so do eggs
fried in fat. Heuf with cttbbage makes
a very nutritious diet. But we must
ad'i: first, the mere eating of food can
not make muscle; the muscles must bo
called into v gorous daily exercise, ye!
without overdoing; second, excessive eat
ing is weakening, and must be avoided,
it is the amouut digested and assimilated
that tells, not the quautity taken into
the stomach; third, al I the "laws of health
must be steadily observed.?Argonaut
Horse flesh is being consumed in Pari.'
to a greater extent than ever before.
Don't Kill iht? Old Hen*.
When hens are shedding feathers they often
Btop laying and grow fat. Most people considei
fat a sign of health. The fattening of moulting
liens, however, as with some people, produces
debility rather than health. Many ol
the worst cases of roup are contracted, while
the hens are moulting.
Thefo >dof moulting hens, if largely vegetable
is fat-forming,and not * equired for growin#
feathers. Therefore corn-fed hens get very
fat. They need more nitrogen and phosphate
elements in their food when moulting.which if
not supplied they stop laying, because the
growing feathers have used all, and left no nitrogenous
matter to form egg'?. At this season,
killing old hens and relying on young pullets is
a great mistake, where people have a few hens
and late pullets. Because, if properly fed, the
hens will have their new plumage and lay well
all winter; while the pullets unless specially
treated may not commence laying until spring,
when high prices for eggs have fallen one-half.
Again an old hen's egg will hatch a more vigorous
chickens than a pullet's egg.
John IL Jones, Suffleld, Conn., a breeder of
prize winning mottled -lavas, says:
"1 find Sheridan's Condition Powder.fed one*
daily in the food, very valuable for moultlnp
hens. I have used it two years for exhibitiop
birds. It assists in growing new feathers,
makes the combs a bright red, and gives a rich
gloss to the plumage. It will also make hens
lay and the eggs hatch well. I find when the
other egg-foods are used in quantities to force
egg production the eggs do not hatch."
The above is the experience of many people
in using Sheridan's Powder. If fed to young
pullets now as direott d, they will begin to lay
before six months Old. Commenoe at once
using Sheridan's Powder. It helps old hen?
through moulting, and gets the pullets in layin#
trim before the season of high prices. Eggf
will sell very high this fall and winter. Therefore
be ready to ket allyou can.
L S. Johnson & Co., 22 Custom House St.. Boston,
Mass..sole makers of Sheridan's Condition
Powder to make hens lay, will send to any address
for one two cent stamp,testimonials with
full information how to make a few hens pay
well; also how to obtain Sheridan's powder. 1
A tilimpg3 of liima.
Lima, Penn., was, before the last war,
a rival of Madrid in art treasures, but
there remain only two statues?Columbus
handing a crucifix to an Indian girl,
and Bolivar rearing his horse in front of
the Inquisition Building. The President
of Peru lives in the residence of
the late Henry Meiggs, and a grocery
store is kept in the corner of this palace.
The Lima women are beautiful and
dress accordingly. Some of their mantas,
or shawls of China crape, cost $500.
! Tlin monlo in tnn.rp in ahftllp. flnd fcwO
AAAN, ?MWU%W -w r-? ~ *
yards in extent, folded triangularly, and
the center of the fold placed upon the
forehead; one end of it falls down in
front of the dress to the knee, and the
other is thrown around the neck and
fastened at the breast with a pin. The
women, consequently, can look with
their very rich eyes out of a little fold
of this concealment; in youth the women
are slender, short and graceful. At
twenty-five they are fat. No woman
with a bonnet is admitted to any Catholic
church on the west coast of South
America. ? Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Simian Microcephalia!
A microcephalist, aged eighteen, has
arrived in Vienna, Austria, from Galicia,
and has been placed under the charge of
Professor Nothnagel, of Vienna University.
The head of the youth is extraordinarily
small, flat on the sides, aud
coming to a point at the crown. The
unfortunate is an idiot, but possesses a
great power of imitation and repeats
words without difficulty, He has to be
tended like a baby, and is very fond of
dolls and other toys. In showing him J
' ' * 1 - -A Al_ . ~ 4.1
to His nearers aur;Dg a icciure me uujgj
day, Trofessor Nothnagel said that the
man in appearaace and in habits greatly
resembled a monkey, from which animal,
however, he was distinguished by
I his power of speech. Besides, the Professor
added, nothiug h^s been found in
microcephalic brains which would point
to a closer affinity with the monkey.?
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Tlic Rent Test of Success In Success.
Tested a id piov d by over twenty-five yeirs'
use in all pa: ts of the world, Allcock's Porous
Plasters have the indorsement of tha
highest medic.il and chemical au'horities,and
millions of grateful patients who have been
cured of distressing ailments voluntarily testify
to their mer.ts.
Allcock's Porous Plasters are purely
vegetable. Theyaremild bu". effective, sure
and quick In their action, and absolutely
harmless.
Beware of imitations,and do not be deceived
by misrepre3entation.
Ask tor Allcock's, and let no explanation
or solicitation induce you to ac:ept a subetitute.
A Glasgow firm has finished a brass wire for
the Glasgow exhibition sixty-five miles long
and a copper wire 111 miles long.
A Narrow Escape.
"Yes, I had a very narrow escape," said a
prominent citizen to a friend. "I was con
nnea to my oea ror a year ana my ineuus gave
me tip for a consumptive's grave, until I began
using Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and
Lungs, and here I am, sound and hearty."
| You will find it for sale by all druggists,
j Price 50c and $1. Sample Bottle Fret.
The yacht Coronet met but a single vessel
during its trip, occupying 160 days, from New
York to San Diego, Gal. ?
The Lonfrent Word in the Dictionary
Is incompetent to communicate the inexpressible
satisfaction and incomprehensible co ssequences
resulting from a judicious administration
of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, a
preparation designed especially for the speedy
relief and permanent euro of all Fe rale
Weaknesses, Nervousness, and diseases peculiar
to the fem le sex. The only remedy for
woman's peculiar ills, sold by druggists,under
a positive guarantee to give satisfaction. See
guarantee on wrapper of b >ttle. This guarantee
has been faithfully carried out for many
years by the proprietors.
California expects a wine crop of 25,000,000
gallons this year, an increase of 8,000,000 over
last year.
A Large Entnte.
A broad land is this in which we live, dotted
I so thickly w.th thrifty cities, towns and villages!
Amid them all. with ever-increasing
popularity and helpfulness, is Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery giving hope and
cheer where there is disease and despair.
Wherever there is humanity there is suffering;
wherever there is suffering there is the
best field for this greatest American Remedy.
Consumption (which is lung-scrofula), yields
to it, if employed in the euiy s ages of the
d sease; Ci.ronic Nasal Caarrh yields to it;,
Kidney and Liver di-e ises yield to it! If you
w nt the best known remedv for all diseases
j of,the blood, ask for Dr. Pierce's Golden Med!
ical Discovery, and take no other.
j Seaweed is now made into paper which canI
not be torn, and which takes the place of winj
dow glass.
Popular Preparation!
Pure, Potent, Powerful! Pall d People
I Praise, Progressive People Purchase! Positive|
ly Pierce's Plea-ant Purgative Pellets,Properly
Partaken, Presorve Physical Powers, Pr duce
Permanent Physical Perfect.o \ PurI
chase, Prove!
i The electric arc lights in the Unithed States
i now number nearly 200,000 and the incandesj
cents number over 1,100,100.
"The Gods give no great good without labor,"
' is an old proverb, ana a true one; the hardest
j labor is not always that which is best paid
: however. To those in search of light, pleasant
and profitable employment, we say write to B.
j F. Johnson & Co.. Richmond, Va.
It seems that the discovery of a sure cure for
baldness, claimed to have been made by H. A.
Fechter, of New Haven, Conn., is genuine.
Some of the results it has accomplished are
really wonderful. Mr. Fechter has printed a
circular describing it,which he distributes free
to all who apply for it
Whv Don't
Fori take Hood's 8*rsaparilla If you bare Impure
blood, have lost your appetite, have that tired feelin?
or are troubled by sick headache, dyspepsia or
biliousness. It has accomplished wonders for thousands
of afflicted people, and, if given a fair trial, la
reasonably certain to do you good.
"I have been troubled a great deal with headache,
I had no appetite, no strength, and felt tA mean as
I anyone could and be about my work. Since taking
! Hood's Sarsaparilla I have not hod the headache,
my food has relished and seemed to do me good,
and I havo felt myself growing stronger every
day."?M. A. Steinhun, 19 Grand Avenue, Grand
Bapids, Mich.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1: six for $6. Prepared only
by C. L HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mua.
[OO Doses One Dollar
Every Farmer's Wife
? Sees some of her Poultry
1 die each year without
"*sl knowing what the matter
^^5 vQi wft8 or how 10 erfecl a
flffWi W?fJ remedy If she does recojr
~ rJE^ nstf nlze the Disease. This Is
WtiMcKT AjBA not as at an expense
ot ceutH (In
_^RPa stamps) ?he can procure
a lOO-l'mre BOOK
I . 1 ? Poultry Raiser
mot an amateur, but a m in woritinjt for dollars and
cents) during a period of 3 J'ea,2i-, *' tcncue* yon
how to Delect and Cure IU?t a?e?; how to
Feed for Kkkm "*?d aluo lor Faueuintn
which FowTm *o Mvc for llreecHn? 1'urpo?c?i
and everything, indeed, you Hhould
Low on tln,?uW ^eM^post.a^d n;r 25c.
134 Leonard Street, X. V. City.
$ f 00 to $300 nnde working for
us Agents preferr* t who can furnish their own
horses and t Ive their whole time to the business.
Spire moments may e profitably employed alsa
; A few vacancies In town* and cl.I^s. B. F. JOHNSON
& CO.. 1013 Main Ht.. Klc-h n u l. Va.
i DIa!Ja Dill#* f real English Gout and
Dlalr S I IIISi Rheumatic Remedy.
Oval l!ox, 34} round, 14 Pilltt.
ODIUM UJIBIT Painlessly cured In 10 to X
rlUlfl nnail Days. Sanitarium or Home
Treatment. Trial Fret>. No Cure. No Pay. The
11 iinin ne Item edy ( <>., I,:i Knve'le. In,I.
HERBRAND FIFTH WHEEL. SJf&SSK
Improvement. UERBIIAND CO., Fremont, O.
Cleveland, O., Homceopathic Hospital College. Beswion
lHi8-'89; organized in 1819; 1400 graduate*. For catalogue
address William T. Milter, al. D.,6<n HuperiorSt.
AP to 8S a dnr. Samples worth $1.50FREE.
% Lines not under the horse'* fret. Write
|{l %0 Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co.. Holley, Mich.
rn? II Lire at home and make more raonej working for an fhaa
UUUpI it anything else In the world Either sex. Costly outfit
IgiJL Jena* Viill. Addresj, TiiUC L CO., Augusta, AUine.
John C.
Coi
Messrs. Pr6ciey & Gamble:
1' The sample of Ivory Soap 1
Laundry Soap of more than aver
is also very well made, no greasj
alkali is thoroughly combined so
delicate fabrics. Very respectfully
H. B. COR]
A WORD OF
There are many white soaps, each represei
they ARE NOT, but like all counterfeits, U
)f the genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap ar
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HEADACHE ?The Stomach is disorder- |
ed. Cleanse and settle it with Dr.
Schenck's Mandrake Pills.
HEARTBURN. ?Food fermenting, not !
digesting. Correct the Stomach by
using Dr.Schenck's Mandrake Pills.
INDIGESTION .?Start the secretions of |
the Stomach with Dr, Schenck's
Mandrake Pills.
INFLAMMATION.?Conge stion run I
mad. Reduce instantly by free use
of Dr. Schenck's Mandrake Pills.
JAUNDICE.?Blood poisoned by bile.
Correct the Liver by using Dr.
Schenck's Mandrake Pills.
LOSS OF APPETITE.?The Stomach
is failing. First cleanse it; then ;
tone with Dr. Schenck's Seaweed
Tonic.
NAUSEA. ?Reaction of bile. Correct j
Stomach and Liver with Dr. j
Schenck's Mandrake Pills.
PALPITATION.?Dyspeptic condition.
Cure by using Dr. Schenck's Mandrake
Pills as directed.
TORPIDITY. ?Inaction of Liver. Start j
it up with Dr. Schenck's Mandrake
Pills.
Dr. Schenck's new work on the Lungs,
Stomach and Liver sent free to any address.
Address Dr. J. H. Schenck & Son, Philadel- j
phia, Pa. ;
OAUnONi
Beware of Fraud, as my name and the price are '
stamped on the bottom of all my advertised shoes
before leaving the factory, which protect the wearers i
against high prices and inferior goods. If a dealer
otters W. L. I) oner I an shoes at a reduced price, or
says be has them without my name and price stamped
on the bottom, put him down as a fraud.
W.L. DOUGLAS
OQ cnni? for !
*J>0 OllUiJ. GENTLEMEN.
The only fine calf $3 Se.imleaa Shea In the world
nade without tack* or nalla. As stylish and
lurable as those costing $5 or $6, and having no :
locks or nails to wear the stocking or hurt tMe feet;
makes them as comfortable ana wellflttin* as a
oand sewed shoe, buy the best None genuine antes*
stamped on bjtcora "W. 1* Douglas <3 Sho*
warranted."
W. L. DOUGI.AS84 SHOE, the original SB*
inly hand sewed welt $4 shoe, which equal! custommade
shoe* costing from $6 to $9.
XV. L. DOUGLAS 82.50 SIIOB U unex. i
telled for heavy wear.
W. L. DOUGLAS 82 SHOE Is won by an !
? anA la i Ko hout */?hnnl flhrw^ In the world
All the above goods are made In Congress, But to*
Hid Lace, and If not soil by your dealer, wrlW
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Good One? KnowImperfec
tlon8 and so Guard against \ V
Fraud ? Detect Disease and /T'" ?ii
Effect a Cure when same Is / \ / \
possible? Tell the age by / \ / \
the Teeth ? What to call the Different Parts of the
Animal? How to Shoe a Horse Properly.' All this
and other Va uable Information can be obtained by
reading our 100-PAGE IM.UsSTU ITED
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paid, on receiptor only '?5 cent* in rttainpa.
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t for Shot Uuns, QadtaO i
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MERCHANTS, BDTCHEHST5li;9
We want a good man m yonr locality to plct op
CALF SKINS
for lie. Cash Furnished on satisfactory guaranty
Addicts C. 8. Page, Hyde Park, Vermont. U. S.
GOIjD is wortli ffiOO per lb. Pettlt's Eye Salve la
worth 91,000, bat Is sold at 25c a box by dealers.
^ " T^~
OTt!
Green School of Science, \
lege of New Jersey, v
Princeton, N. T.J 'v'J
.
received from you is an excellent*
age cleansing power. The soap
r fats being left in it, while the
that it will not injure the most ; < --'i$
/ yours,
.VWALL, Professor of Chemistry.
?
WARNING. v' ;
nted to be "just as good as the 'Ivory';" f
ick the peculiar and remarkable qualities * r%
<d insist upon getting it. < ' vJl
*rocter <fc Gamble. .
" TH* FOR
FAMILY Utl
itnonar ? the ,
iraiiim worldi
f "aH" k CURES All
PAINS, ;i>:|
* Internal or ExieiaaL j
It waa the flrrt and la the only Fain remedy Qm
instantly stop* the moat excruciating paina, aQaM
Inflammation and curea Congestions, whether of Cap
Lungs. Stomach, Boweli, or other glanda or orsaaK
No matter how violent or excruciating the Mtp
the Rheumatic, Bedridden, Infirm, Crippled, W>
Tons, Neuralgic, or prostrated with dlaeaaea any
offer,
RADWAY'S READY RELIEF |
will afford lastant easei . [
BOWEL COMPLAINTS
Thirty to sixty drops In half a tumbler of irata
will in a few minutes cure Crampa, Spaama.8oar
Stomach, Nausea, Vomiting, Palpitation of tta
Heart, Falntuesfl, Heartburn, Sick Headache, Diarrhea,
Dysentery, Colic, Wind in- the Bowela and ai
internal pains. It is more refreshing and MfcT
than French Brandy or Bitters aa a stimulant
There la not a remedial agent in the world Ml
will cure Fever and Ague, and all other Malsrioa*
Bilious and other fevers, aided by Bad way' PiB^W
quick aa Bad way's lteady Belief.
Miry cents per wme. boki ujr uiu?gau.
EADWAY'S
PILLS, f 1
7
For the cure of all disorder* of the Stomach. Iiwt
Bowels, Kidnevf, Bladder, Nervous Dlseues, Low al
Appetite, Headache. Constipation, Costivenesa, InAgestion.
Biliousness, Fever, Inflammation ot taa
Bowels, Piles and all derangements of thelntana
Viscera. Purely v we table, containing no
minerals, or deleterious drugs.
A FINE, SURE MEDICINE. .
Radway & Co.?Gentlemen: Tour Pills have ota
warded off sickness in my family. I never think n
safe to be withoutlthera: they arc a fine, sum nsttdne.
Most respectfully yours.
HENRRY KEN-WORTH.
Chebanse, Iroquois County, UL
What a Physician Says of U ad way's Pills.
I sm using your R. R. Relief and your Rcgoilatiac
Pills, and have recommended them above all pUI(
and sell a great many of them. I have them of
hand always, and use them in my practice and in say
own family, and expect to, in preference of all Pllla
Yours respectfully. DR. A. C. MIDDLEBROOK.
Doraville, (Ja.
DYSPEPSIA.
DR. RADWAY'S PILLS are a cure for Utfa
complaint They restore strength to the stomas
and enable it to perform its functions. The ?ynr
toms of Dyspepsia disappear, and with then tM
liability of the system to contract diseases.
Dyspepsia of Long Standing Cored.
Dr. Radwat? I have for years been troubled wtt
Dyspepsia and Liver complaint and found but Uttf
relief until I got your Pills, and they made a pexMI
cure. They are the best medicine I aver had laaff
Ufa Your friend forever.
WILLIAM NOONAH.
Blan chard, Hick
DR. RADWAY & CO., N. Y.
N r N 17-33
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