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, % AGRICULTURAL / TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. Pasturing on Sandy Land. Cows and horses that graz^apoD light, sandy land swallow with their food a good deal of the saud, which may accumulate and cause gastric troubles. The indications of such a result are an abnormal or depraved appetite, a desire to eat coarse rubbish, to gnaw wood, and chew bone3 and old leather. Sometimes the gastric irritation causes a troublesome cough from the disorder of the pneumogastric nerve, which brings the stomach 1 1 - !-*.! i- ?rru? ana luags into intimate reiauuu. iuc remedy is to give soft mucilaginous food, as linseed and brau mash, to which the sand in the stomach adheres, and with which it is carried off through the intestines.?New York Times. Ventilating a Hay Stack. The internal ventilation of an outside hay stack will add materially to its preservation. A simple and effective method of ventilating may be contrived thus: On the spot selected for your stack erect three strong stakes or posts, the lower ends fixed firmly in the ground about two to three feet apart, and upper ends joined together. On and around this [. > triangular structuie build your s ack. But before doing so lay a pole on blocks along the ground from the center of the triangle to the mark designed for the outer edge of the stack. This wid serve as a duct for the admission of air to the interior. Besides serving as a ventilator the structure described will not only help to support the stack, but prevent it sinking at the center or become lop-sided. It will likewise tend to preserve the g adual Blope of the sides which is so useful to carry off rain. The air duct may be made, if preferable, in the shape of a V trough and placed mouth downward, the outer opening being coveied with wire screen or slatted, to keep out ver-, min.?New York Herald. Color in Horses. Wiiile bay is tbe "regulation" color for standard and thoroughbred horse*, i gray is the foundation or standard color of the draft horse. It was once coi- ' tended by people generally that gray was an undesirable color: that a gr.iv horse was much more liable to blemish, be unhealthy or weak-eyed, than dark- j colored horses; but in the country,where horses are bred specially for hard and j ' heavy work, four-fifths are gray, and : this is the most desirable color. That a gray scrub is more likely to be delicate than one of darker color is probably true, but there are distiuct breeds of j draft horses that are nearly all gray, a-.d : of this class the best are of this color, j and it is anything but an indi: ation of weak eyes or a delicate constitution. It sometimes happens that a standard-bred horse, sired by a bay or black, but having in his veins the blood of some strongly bred ancestor several gene.a-j tions back, is a gray. Such a horse is no more likely to get gray colts thkn if he | was black. This is not so, however, of j the breeds that are uniformly gray. If 1 the horse is a pure-bred animal it makes little difference what the color of the i the mares, the colts will generally be | crrav. If. however, the horse is a srrade. ! the colt may be gray, the color of the j dam, or the color of some remote ancestor on either side. One of ihe be3t: Eroofs of the breeding of a horse is that ! is colts are uniformly of his own co'.or. ? Texas Lice Stock oournul. Fall Feeding of Milch Cows. When the pastures begin to fail, feeding in part, either with green corn fod der, lucerne, millet, oats or clover, must be resorted to for keeping up a flow of milk until cows go to the aftermath. It I is an important point to the dairyman ! that the flow of miik be kept up, for if ! the cows are allowed to fall off when the J pastures fail, it is next to impossible to bring them back again by f ill feeding. ! As the season advances and occasional! frosts occur, cows are very liable to fall j off in their milk yield, if precautions | are not taken to prevent it. .Not only i has the grass lost much of its nutritive value, but cold storms and frosty nights reduce the general tone of the animal's system. It is wise, therefore, at this season to use a little bran or ground grain, or a little corn. It will also pay to houBe the animals in inclement weather even if the temperature is not very low. A cow in milk is very susceptible tn n.hftncrea In the weather, as all attp.n tive dairymen must know. Remember that at no season of the i year does stock?and especially milch I cows?require more care than during the ' cold, stormy weather liable to come in I the autumn. Shelter and extra feeding pays at such a time, for what is lost during the fall is seldom regained throughout the entire winter. Good shelter is economy in that it saves feed, for every one knows or ought to know that unless an animal is kept warm by artifical means, a large percentage of its food goes to furnish warmth. This subject has been 60 many times cons dered that any additional remarks seem superfluous. So no more will be added except a quotation from as good authority as "Willard's Practical Da.ry Husbandry:" "The secretions are always disturbed by influences, that cause pain or uneasiness, and every shiver of a half frozen cow :ii ^1.^ u :i T* will luucvt; iiocii iciviu iuc uiiitv-pan. jli will often, therefore, be a matter of economy for dairymen to begin feeding cabbage-?, the tops of roots, or small quantities of gram, just as soon as the grasses of pasture have been touched with frosts. A daily allowance of bran, shorts, or ground feed of barley or oats, or oats and corn, in the proportion of two parts oats to one of corn, will be of great service in keeping up a flow of milk and at the same time keeping the animal in health and condition."?Neto York World. Geese. It is a matter of curious study that geese are bred only in such limited numbers. They are Lardy. They require only the cheapest shelter. For many months in the year they will obtain the whole or a greater part of their living. Goslings are easily and cheaply reared. m flnnn i 1 tt ? n /I Khuih a r? 1 UC UCOU OtilO uuu KS4 Ulg-J ? ^vvvt price. The birds are handsome; oa the water rivaling the beauty of the swan, but ytt few Dreed them. Perhaps the most influential reason why so few breed geese is that farmers, rightly or wrongly, are pre udiced against them. They say that they destroy more value thau they create; that a flock which would produce fifty dollars' worth of tiesh and feathers would destroy by eatmg and trampling down fifty dollars' worth of hay; in a word, they do nut think they are profitable. - But geese do not need to run in a meadow. Th??y need rass, but they can feed in a pasture as well as a cow. .\'ept in a mea low a cow might destroy as - much hay as her income would equal. Regarded in this light cows would not be profit ?I?le The fact is, geese properly managed, will pay a ha cUome pront. During the summer they can be turoec] into a pa-it* ure, and so long as the feed is good will get their own living. They can be plucked several times in a season, and ; th -ir feathers sell readily and at a high price. The eggs can be set either under he is or under geese, the best method being to set the earliest eggs of the litter* under large hens and the latter un! der the goose which lays them. They do not lay a large number of eggs, although we recall one instance where a common gr.iv goo?e laid over fifty eggs. The eg_rs are almost always fertile and hatch well. The goslings are easily reared, their tenderest age being when they begin to feather. For the first few weeks of their existence they make very rapid growth, and then comes the additional strain of not only feeding their bodies but also that of clothing them. At this time they need a littie extra care and feeding, the giving to them, in add tion to all the grass they eat, corn meal thoroughly scalded and seasoned with a little salt. They should also at this stage of their growth be protected against arcncmng rains, as, having outgrown their downy covering, and not yet having grown their feathered coat, the r bodies, and especially their backs, are neirly bare, and they are unfitted to withstand the wet. But once feathered they become extremely hardy, and are almost absolute strangers to disease. Foxes and extreme old age are their chief enemies, J ii'ty years is reckoned as the average age of the gooso, although some manage to reach three-score and ten. Goslings after attaining their growth can be quickly fattened, and as there is a rea ly sale for such poultry, and as the prices realized are generally very satisfactory, the fowl, which has coat almost nothing, except the exercise of a little common sense, to rear, affords a very handsome proSt. Geese are profitable or unprofitable,according to the manner in which they are kept. If given the use of a pond on which they can enjoy themselves, and dive down in search ot' minnows and tadpoles, they can supply themselves with all the an mal food they require. They should also have plenty of grass. When geese are kept on abandoned Kelds, and have access to ponds, ihey are profitable; but if they are to be fed altogether, they will be kept at a loss. They often do damage to pastures, and destroy and wa9te much that they should not disturb.?American Cultivator. Farm and Garden Notes. Manure the strawberry patch. Look out for borers in fruit trees. Don't let the cows be hurried home from pasture. Keep tools in good order and save labor and time. >Iix hen manure with fine soil before applying to plants. m A ? ... -1- n" ?%Ann'U1/i MWAin/ti onSmola AS LLLUL'il pU991UlC ouiiuaiD from flies and mosquitoes. Never leave a horse standing unhitched. It is the way to make them runaways. Kerosene or coal oil is the best stuff you can use to keep the roosting perches free from lice. Empty the water dishes for poultry at each feeding, wash clean and refill with cool, fresh water. Near the close of a journey let the horse walk. If covered with sweat rub oil with a rag, to prevent too sudden cooling. A little time used in the care of the harness will make it last much longer. It will also be more comfortable for the horse if kept soft and pliable. No class of farm stock is more eagerly sought for by buyers than good horses. For the present, at least, there is no danger of overstocking the market. Spade up a small piece of ground in the poultry yard, make the soil very fine with the rake, and the chickens will reBort to it for a dust bathe; thus preventing lice. Southdown rams are the best for crossing on small native breeds in older to produoe excellent mutton. The ewes from such cross should be mated with Oxford or Shropshire rams if larger size 1 be desired. | Reports from the use of copperas solution oa grape vines have been very favorable. Spraying with the solution usually mitigated the bad effects on the crop, though the disease \va3 not entirely prevented. The amount of salt required for butter much depends upon the ta?te of the consumer, but oue pound of salt to fourteen pounds of butter is the average for good butter in England. Only the very best salt should be used. Koscs and the flowers of the grape were formerly disastrously destroyed by the ruse bug, but since the iutroductiou ; of ailantus trees the bugs hive entirely j disappeared. This statement would suggest the making of experiments in this direction. Because you know that Paris green and London purple are poison, do not neglect to caution those who use them on your premises. They are as dangerous as they were when many farmers declared that they would quit raising potatoes rather than use poison. It often happens that when cows are | giving an extra quantity of milk, they j incline to become thin and weak. This i condition should be prevented by the j judicious use of concentrated food. ! The strength and condition of the animal i must be kept up at all times for the best | results. I The hired man who milks, has no ! more important duty to perform than I that of taking a pail aud sitting down ! by the sdeofacow; and it is pretty safe to say that when a man feels that "milking is not a man's duty anyhow," he will never properiy appreciate his duty as a milker. Hardening Wood. ''The recently invented process," says Iron, "by which wood is made to take on some of the special characteristics of metal has been turned to practical account in Germany. By this process the surface becomes so hard and smooth as to be susceptible of a high polish, and may be trea.ed with a burnisher of either glass or porcelain, the appearance of the wood being (hen in every respect that of polished metal, having, in fact, the semblance of a polishe I mirror, but with th'.a peculiar and advantageous difference, namely, that,unlike metal, it is unaffected by mo sture. To reach this result the wood is steeped in a hath of caustic alkali for two or three days together, according to its degree of per- ] meability, at a temperatu e of between j 1?> and ti?7 degrees iTa&renneit. 11 jg then placed in a secoud bath of hydrosulphate of calcium to which a concentrated solution of sulphur is added, aftur some twenty-four or thirty-six hours. The third bath is one of acetate of lead, at a temperature of from !)"> to 120 degrees h ahrenheit, and in this latter the wood i9 allowed to remain from rhirt. to fifty hours. After being subjected to a thorough drying it is m a condition for beinu poli hed with Uad, tin o- zmc, as may be desired, finishing the proces.3 wi h a burnisher, when t *e wood apjiar: ently bccomcs a piece Oi shining, pol) ished metal," ' ' ;-;:vV > V r ' v XCURIOUS FACTS. Ezekiel's reed was eleven feet. Bolivia doclared its independence in 1S24. The sword is the earliest weapon mentioned in Scripture. Aurelian was the first Roman Emperor who wore a diadem. The first notice of battering rams occurs in the prophecies of Ezekiel. San Francisco has had over four hundred earthquakes since her first settlemen At the Philadelphia Zoological Garden they have an alligator that climbs a fence i:? t?> 1IVC ICUt uigu. Houston county. Ga., is the home of a chicken whose feathers are so like hair as to give the effect of fur. A tornado which stripped the feathers from chickcn? and blew away tombstones is the latest product of Kansas. A gas meter has been invented which, on receiving a nickel in a slot on top, measures o;f so many feet of gas for consumption. Railway time-ta'jles are now made of convenient si e and shape to be inserted inside the cover of a watch for convenient reference. The invention of the game of chess is attributed to Palamedes, 0S0 13. C. By some authorities the origin of the game is referred to the Hindoos. The caliper compass, whereby the bore of cannon, small arras, etc., is measured, is said to have been invented by an artificer of Nuremberg in 1340. Frank lies, a Derby (Conn.) piano tuntr, lost the four fingers on his right honrl rpf>r>ntlv and could no lonerer olav. I He brooded over his misfortune until he went insane. A man in Walker County, Ga., had a horror of buri-al in earth, so chose a halfacre rock, had his tomb built upon it, aud now sleeps in a grand natural mausoleum. A Michigan man heard that his grandfather had left him a portion of his fortune, and at the appointed time went to the post-office to get his check. It was for seventeen cents. It is said to be customary for the women employ-d in a lace factory to work with needles in their mouths. One has held as many as 274 needles in her mouth at the same time. Mr. Pate, of Hazelhurst, Ga., will live in history as the man who killed two deer at one shot, the animals having "locked" in front of him while in the act of firing, and both receiving part of the charge in their heads. An inch of steel-knife blade which had been in the brain of a Florida man lor two weeks was finally extracted, and the doctor said the patient would, without doubt, get well, medical precedents to the contrary notwithstanding. Grandmother Heaton, of Virginia, 111., is doubtless the only person living in the United States born in the famous Tower of London. She is eighty-one years old, and her pareuts were employed in tho grim old prison when she was born. The old cabin once occupied by John W. Mackay, of bonanza fame, when he mined at Allegheny City, Cal., from 185G to 185'.', is to be exhibited at the Mechanics' Fair in San Francisco. The picks, shovel aud rocker used by Mackay ? HI mIMA U/V will tuau uu cAuiu.ibu. A canary bird died at Iroquois, Dakota, recently, at the advanced age of eighteen years and six months. He was a good singer, and possessed all his singing powers until the last year, when he seemed to be in his dotage. During the last two months his eyesight had nearly failed him. Every year the Emperor of China takes a trip at the vernal equinox to the temple of agriculture, and, after plowing a few furrows with his own hand, offers sacrifices at the four altars of the gods of heaven. This ceremonial is deemed necessary to insure good crops during the coming season. A Skipper Speaks Abont the Tides. In a little French cabaret on Fourth avenue there were assembled a few days ago, says a New York Telegram reporter, a sea captain, a professor of physics in one of the city colleges and a young ' *? V??/1 o?\or?f mno> nf Viia muhira u1uu wXX U uau opv/uv mv/uv v? miu uiuv?mv years in traveling. The conversation turned upon navigation and particularly up >n the phenomenon of tides. The weather-bronzed skipper said that he had found during the course of his travels that in different parts of the world the tides varied, and, while aware of this fact, was unable to account for it. He had noticed that near the south const of the Bay of Fundy, in Nova Scotia, the tide rose from sixty to seventy-five feet; off .Jshant, nearly fifty feet; forty-live feet between Jersey and St. Malo, and in the lower pnrt of Uugava Bay, which is on the north coast of J.abrador, the tide is reported as the greatest at flood and ebb of any known part of the world. It is claimed to have , a vertical rise of 120 feet. On the north fchore of Hudson's Bay nnd straits it is from twenty to thirty feet. In the Polar Sea, north of North America and Siberia, there is scarcely any tide, the maximum being about twenty inches only. A Tel'ijram reporterasked the professor for au explanation of this phenomenon. "Tne sun and moon," s iid the Professor, '"combine to sweep around the world two immense waves daily. Their preatfst heights are attained at full and change of the raoon and during one hnlf of the year they occur at niglit and the other half in the day time. In raidocean the greatest height is about twenty feet, but when checked by the shore they are piled up aud thus reach their maximum. Inland seas and lakes are not so much atfected, because while one part is at its hignest in the ocean it is compensated at ninety degrees distance by the lowest tide. This c mpensatiou is impossible in seis or lakes of small extent. Though man ha9 succeeded in calculatin ; the regular daily recurring tides with the greatest accuiacy, the movements of tidal waves are as little known as when Aristotle drowned himse f because unable to predict their coming." Fishing- with Elcctric Lights. Prince Albert of Monaco, Italy, who Is devoted to zoo'o^ical studies, is about to start on an extecisive liaiiing expedition in whicli he will utilize the electric I ght to attract the fish. The apparatus fur generat ng the electricity, toge her with the lamp, is attached to the net and submerged w th it The great diiliculty sncountered was to c instruct a lamp wh eh shou d be capable of resisting tcreat water pressure, und this obstacle has beeu successful y overcome by the physicist, r. egnard, in the construction of this ap a'alus. Experiments Lave shown the electric light to be very giiicficious in attracting tish.?Ifeto Turk Post. There are fifty-fire cheese factoriea in Chautauqua county, N. V. J.ast year Iheir to;al prodtiut was $74 4,521. | Eccentric Russian Czars. Paul, the mad Russian Czar, had ror- . bidden round hats, which he regarded as a sign of liberalism, says Prince O.artorvki's memoirs. If a poor man, with an old, round hat on his head, showed himself in the crowd which witnessed the parade, an aide-de camp immediately pursued the culprit, who fled to avoid being bastinadoca at the first guardhouse. The chase was o.'len continued in the streets, to the great amusement of the people, who hoped the unhappy man -would succeed in making his escape. Lord Wh'tworth, the British Embassador, was obliged to have a hat of peculiar shape made for him, so as to be able to walk about in the mornlDg without contravening the Emperor's orders. Paul drove through the town daily in a sledge or an open carriage, accompanied by one of his aides-de-camp. When he met a carriage it stopped, the coachman and footman had to take otf their caps, and the persons in the carriage had to alight and make a profound bow to the Emperor, , who observed whether it uas sulficiently respectful. Sometimes women with their children trembling with fright, were seen descending into the snow in a hard frost, or into the mud during a thaw, to accomplish this salutation. Paul always thought that people wished to slight him as they did when he was Grand Duke; he liked everywhere to meet with marks of fear and submission. When people went out into the streets in carriages or on foot, all took care to avoid meeting their Impo?y\oofflf 4\t*r\ of Viia onnrn?ir?K Aim Uiaoi^i ^ i/uvj u?u uu uio u^^/ivuvu and went down a side street or hid und'jr a gateway. Another dangerous person to meet was the terrible Archaroff, Grand Master of Police, who also drove through the town to see that everything was being done according to his orders. He prohibited rapid driving in sledges, which is one of the greatest pleasures of a Russran; and when he perceived a sledge which seemed to go at a forbidden pace he ordered it to be seized, had the coachman flogged, and then appropriated both sledge and coachman to his own use for any period he pleased, while the occupant of the sledge had to walk home. This once happened to my brother. He had driven out in a sledge and met the Emperor, upon which he at once jumped to the ground. As he passed, Paul cried out to him: "You might have broken your neck." On his return M. Archaroff sent by the Emperor's orders for my brother's horses and his sledge and used them for a week, after which he returned them. Bivouac of the Unknown Dead. One of the most touching features of the Arlington Cemetery, at Washington, uerhans the most touchincr. is the monu- I incut to the "Unknown^Pead." It is only a few steps from the site selected for Sheridan's tomb, and around it lie over two thousand Boldiers who were unidentified and who were only "unknown dead." It is a sad and startling fact that of the more than a quarter of a million dead who sleep in the national cemcteries of the country almost one half are "unknown." There are eighty-two national cemeteries scattered through the country. In these rest 334,000 dead soldiers. Of these 334,000 graves, 148,000 bear the sad words "unknown." This is especially true of those in the ex treme Southern States. In Mississippi, for instance, there are buried over 2.1,000, and of this number less than 5000 are identified. Another curious fact: Did it ever occur to you that men who gave their lives to prevent certain States from seceding now sleep in the soil of those States? Anyway, it is a fact. There are in Virgiuia 17 national cemeteries, which contain almost 7.1,000 dead, of whom over one-half are unknown. Of the 82 national ccmeteriesof the country three-fourths are in the States which were in sympathy with the Confederacy, and of the 324,000 dead who lie in nnf ir>nn1 onmpfpripfl fthnilt !?00_ 000 lie in Southern soil.?Milwaukee Sentinel. Chinamen Matrimonially Inclined. Ever since pretty Mrs. Sinn Quong On's arrival in China town some weeks ago, says Wong Chin Foo, the Chinese Philosopher in the New York Sui, and the subseiinent fame aad general popularity of her fortunate husband among his own associates, the well-to-do New York Chinamen have been on the war path for protty wives. The bachelor shopkeepers, with their tens of thousands, and the abluent fan-tan players have been sending homeward their spare cash to bring over their wives. A few days ago Mr. Nong Hi Chong, of li) Bowery, brought over his small-footnd cishteen-year-old wife to gracc his heretofore lonely hearth, and for whom he gave a great dinner that afternoon with the usual exchange of presents, and the ''koto," or bow, before the assembled guests by the newly arrived woman. And now the old Chinese millionaire Yuet, of Chatham square, has sent home - a check of several thousand dollars to bring his better half over to America to spend their remaining days in New York. It is only a question of time when all the Chinese merchants will have regular Chinese families in this city. There are twenty-nine cities having between 200,000 and 500,000 inhabitants. Money Made Keeping; Hens. Hundreds of farmers who never kept an account, would kill every "pesky hen" on the farm, if it was not for tho "women folks." Thj women intuitively know that the hens do not "eat their heads off every six months," but properly kept pay better than any other farm animals. This is true. A record, simple to keep, so it would be used and show the facts in detail, would prove that every hen paid a profit. They could be made to pay, from one to three dollars I each. Mr. James L. Burgess, Nashua, N. H., reported to the Nashau Telegraph that his wife made a clean net profit last year, of $36.59 for eggs alone, from only sixteen hens. He thinks her success was largely due, to using Sheridan's Condition Powder, a much advertised preparation to make hens lay. Do your hens pay like that? Do yon want to learn how to make them pay better? | Are you in delicate health, and want to com- | menco poultry raising, for the sake of open air employment? If so, get some reliable advice how to do it. A new, enlarged, and much improved edition of that valuable book, the Farmer's Poultry Raising Guide, has just been irmation. 1 Among the many new features, which every , person who keep.? hens should have, is blank i rccords and accounts for eacn month of the i year. It also contains a lone series of very valuable articles, by A. F. Hunter, "How to Make Money With a Few Hens." Of him the Lowell, Mass., Journal says: "The most sensible poultry literature we nave read we find under the name A. F. Huuter. He evidently knows what he is talking about." These two features alone, are worth ten times the cost of the book; which the publishers, I. S. Johnson & Co., 23 i Custom House St., Boston, Mass., send, post- } paid, for only 25 cents in stamps. , There is really no way that persons on a I farm or near a large town can secure a ca9h [ income, with so little effort, as by keeping a i few hens. For such, this book is very valuable. Send to JohnBon & Co., for testimonial i circular. ' G. W. Cashing, of Hingham, Mass., says: "I believe the Farmer's Poultry Raising Guide I which I received with a larfjo can or Sheri- I dan'B Powder (all for $1.:J0) contains more f practical knowledge for a person raising only a ? rew fowls than many poultry books wluch cost I two dollars. Satisfying a Murdered Indian's Relatives. If an Indian is killed'in a quarrel his relatives are usually appeased by payment. I remember unce a fancy, overbearing young Assinaboine buck came into the Milk River Agency and bent his bow and arrow oq the agent's pet dog. The agent warned him if he snot the dog he would kill the Indian. The young buck shot his arrow, the ngent killed him. We expected to have some trouble, but the grief-stri::ken father cams iorwara on Denau oi trie reianvcB and claiincd that, in consideration of the young man being such a good buffalo runner, the agent must pay for the loss of such a person' a red blanket, a piece of calico and four pounds of sugar. He complied with their demands, but the vengeful relatives thereafter adopted him as their banker. The mother aud other relatives of the slain young man scarcely ever met the agent without embracing him, and with endearing epithets begging for something more in remembrance of the good buffalo runner.? Forest and Stream. Scotchmen Discnss Our Centerboard. An extremely interesting discussion took place at tho rocent meeting of the Institution of Naval Architccts, held in Glasgow, upon the subject of thecentcrboard. It was stated that experiments made by Mr. Froude "proved that the leading part of a plane moving obliquely through the water had much greater resistance per square foot than the remaining part of the piane. The triangular centerboard of the American yachts, having a long leading edge, was most advantageously placed in this respect, and its resistance per square foot at a given speed was much greater than that of the ship proper, or of any draught she could be given, so far as large yachts are concerned." Mr. Watson, the designer of the Thistle, spoke, and maintained that a keel boat would still beat a centerboarder. ? Chi. ago Heruld. Care for RhentnatlHin. G. G. Treat, of West Granville, Mass., writes of Allcock's Porccs Plasters : For rheumatism, neuralgia, pain in the side or back, coughs, colds, bruises and any local weakness, they truly possess wonderful curative qualities. I h tve recommended them to my neighbors with the happiest results, many of whom but for Allcock's Plasters would be .n a crippled condition at home. In every instance where they have been faithfully and prop.-rly applied the result has been wonderfully satisfactory. Four or five of the head porters in the leading Chicago hotels are worth, collectively,ovei half a million. Interested People. Advertising a patent mcdicine in the peculiar way in which the proprietor of Kemp's Balaam, for Coughs and Colds,does it is indeed wonderful. He authorizes all druggists to give those who call for it a sample bottle Free, thai they may try it before purchasing. Ttie Large Bottles are 50c and $1. We certainly would advise a trial. It may save you from consumption. It is c laimed that Washington Territory hai gained 20,u00 by immigration the past year. An Extraordinary Phenomenon. No other term than the above would apply to the woman who could see her youthful beauty fading away without a pang of regret. Man; a woman becomes prematurely old and hagirard because of functional derangement What a pity that all such do not know thul Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription will rns' ore their organs to a norm-il state,and make thera youthful and beautiful once morel For the ills to which the daughters of r.ve are peculiarly liable the "Prescription" is a sovereicr remedy. It is the only medicine sold by druggists under a positive guarantee fr >m the ma-iufacturr rs that it will give satisfaction it every case or money will be returned, see guarantee on bottle wrapper. The German population In Chicago exceedi that of the Irisn. A Babe In the Bonne Is the source of much su ishine and joy brightening mam- a dark cloud and lightening many a heavy load?but joys continual abide only in a healthv body. The Creatoi with great wisdom ha* distributed over the ear h vegetable remedies for every ill of human kind. This marvelous Laboratory re-, eals its secrets to man only by long and searching labor. Few men have attainea greater success than Dr. R. V. Pierce; nor devised for suffering humanity a greater production than hi* "Uolden Medical Discovery," (he nnfaili:ig remedv for consumption in its earlier stag e, no wall no fr\y* naool rofovplv QPTnflllft tumors and all biood disorders. ' Sun Francisco Las been shaken up 417 time* by earthquakes in the last eighty years. "That Miss Jones is a nice-looking girl, isn't she?" " >'es, and she'd be the belle of the town if it wflsn'tfor one thing." "What'ithat?" "She has catarrh so bad it is unpleasant to be near her. She has tried a dozen things and nothing helps her. I am sorry, for I like her, b'lt that do -sn't make it any less disagreeable for one to bp around her." Now if she had used Dr Sage's Catarrh RemeJy, there would have been nothing ot the kind said, for it will cure catarrh every time. An orange tree in the gardens of Versailles France, is 450 years old. "There is nothing you require of your agents but what is just and reasonable ana strictly in accordance with business principles." That's the sort of testimony any nouse can be proud of, and it is the testimony of hundreds of men who are profitably employed bv B. F. Johnson & Co.,Richmond,Va.Write for rail particulars. It seems that the discovery of a sure cure for boldness, claimed to have been made hy 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. ii i m Tiie Log Cabins of America have been birthcggjhv places of some of the grandest men. Lincoln, Grant, Sheridan, first saw the light of day through ^IgpF^fc'cBa the chinks of a Log Cabin. Warner's Log Cabin Sarsaparilla also originated in a Log Cabin and stands pre-eminent among the blood purifiers of to-day as Warner's "Tippecanoe" does as a stomach tonic. 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