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Agricultural 1 TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. I New Way to Load a Hog. A "Western farmer, who claims to know all about it, tells of this novel way t? load a pig: Back the wagon up to the pen; place two planks side t>y side,with ! one end in the wagon and the other on ' the ground, makiug an inclined plane. I Then turn the hog with his tail toward ; the wagon, put a basket over his head, i and as he backs up to get his head out follow him up, taking care that he does not step over the side, and to his sur- j prise he will find himself in the wagon . without a struggle i Marketing Poultry. Do not scald the poultry, but pick them dry. Bleed them in the mouth when killing, and pick quickly. If scalded, the skin turns blue, tears and becomes ragged, thus injuring the appearance. When dry picked the natural nrmness 01 tne iii>n remains, dux. wnen scalded it becomes soft and flabby, while the heat from scalding causes rapid decomposition of the bowels. The drypicked poultry bring the highest prices. Cleanliness is important. C ool the carcasses, carefully sew up all rents or torn places on the skin, wash clean in cold water, wipe dry, and pack in clean barrels or boxes, no packing material being needed. In summer, ship in refrigerator cars if possible. Always carefully remove the pin feather?.? Virginia Farmer, j Care of Cows. The skin of a cow is as necessary for | the proper purification of the blood as lungs are, and it discharges in offensive vapor a greater quantity of matter every day than the kidneys do. While a cow mftv Hisrhnrorf* <>0 nnnn<l? nf water through the kidneys she will take into the stomach 10U pounds. The SO pcunds passes off through the skin chiefly and takes along the dead waste matter, which is thtown off from the fine capillaries through the pores of the skin, with the perspiration. When the milk has a cowy odor you may be sure the skin is not working right and needs thorough brushing to remove the scurf and dried matter which covers up the pores. And this is the reason wby, if we would have pure milk and sweet butter, the card and the bru-h must be in constant use in the cow stable.?Nebrailca Cultivator. How to Cure Hunjj Beef. The Hon. Cassius M. Clay, of Ken- j tncky?now a noted farmer and stockman?thus tells whereof he knows on the subject of curing hung beef. A good fat beef's rounds should be cut into pieces parallel with the bone, weighing from four to six pounds, according to the size of the hind quarter. Thesre pieces should be salted by a judicious expert, iust as much as would be used in cooking the same.. They should then be strung with an ordinary meat needle and twine and hung up in the smokehouse or any dry out-house or attic. These pieces, dried in cold weather, when there are no dies, are cut into thin slices and broiled on the crossbars over. live charcoal. Few dishes equal it. Each of the many ways ot curing beef by ( brine and condiments is an illustrious example of "the way not to do it." The method here set forth saves the whole flavor of the meat in the correct way, with none of the juices lost, which may also be eaten raw when well dried. Liniments for Bruises. Liniments for uce on bruises, sprains, and swellings act by stimulating the circulation of the blood in the part, the repair of the tissue, and the absorption and removal of the injured and disorganized fibre. There are several kinds in use?some mild, for simple cases, and some more active and strong enough to blister the skin, for serious injuries. A simple liniment is made of two ounces of aqua ammonia and six ounces of sweet oil mixed. Aconite liniment, which is more active, is made of two ounces of tincture pf aconite root, one ounce of creosote, and four ounces of sweet oil. This is valuable for severe sprains and bruises, and the resulrng inflammation is quickly subdued by it.~ It is excellent for spavins of all kinds and ringbones in their early stages. Lead liniiujat Ticrprl fr?r Krnicpc r?nnciotc r?f rivA nnnr-OQ of castile soup and one dram of powered camphor mixed w.th one ounce of foulard's extract of lend, and then with one pint of boiliug water. Other useful liniments are: shaved castile soap, four ounces; powdered camphor, one ouuee; laudanum, half an'ounce; alcohol, one pint. For burns and raw wounds, equal parts of limewater and linseed oil, shaken together to a cream, is very useful if frequently applied so as not to L>eeome dry.?jVeto Yo. k Times. Bees Educators. No sooner does a person b'-come the owner of a colony of bees than he looks around to see what are the prospects of future in. Heretofore he drove or rode along the highways, noth ing the ruts, bridges, fences and houses, but new his vision takes in a wider raugs. His aKcofvoi inn ie /* 11 unrl "f Ibs and plants have put on new life, were, to his enlivened faculties, a the first opening buds in spring, i the last rustling leaf lias fallen, his est never lags as l;e constantly hes the opening flowers, and notes pleasure the busy workers roaming them in quest of treasure to store eir hives. hat was to him once a useless weed, : cut down with the scythe, or ;ked off with a hoe, is clothed in ty, and becomes a priceless treasure. e\er saw any beauty in the figwort, atched for the appearance of its tiny oard, looked down into their depths be first appearance of sparkling ncc-' auta bee keeper. Or whoever saw itility in Spanish needles, or begga* ? There is a bond of friendship ex* between the bee keeper and cectar ng plants, and they appear to spring ) greet him wherever he goes. The in ca!ls white clover ''The White 8 Foot," and well he may, for its jst flower soon appears as the har- ' er of peace and plenty.?Prairie j xer. iraMltty of Farm Machinery. j rmers are gradua^'y learning that rear of farm machinery is one of the expenses of running their farms, the machine is costly they know enough when they buy it, though glib-tongued agent disguises this fact as much as possible by post-! ig the day of payment. There is | [e an indefinite idea prevalent among farmers that the expensive machine bought becomes a permanent in- j aent, and that only the annual in- J t, with perhaps a little extra for re- j , need be considered in determining j eal cost. e cold actual fact puts the case in ! iifferent lipht. Under poor man-1 ient or neglect ma;hine3 are often j destroyed before the farmer's notes j i for them have matured. It has'j with some farmers, come to be a ru that the iirst year's use of a reape harvester or mower is the only one ih ran be had without an expensive list repairs. The machines are heavy ar complicated,and often become misshap< during disuse through winter, fro their own weight bearing on parts n a. i u luicu iu noiu up uuuci mis wuuuu strain. This may happen when in u; skillful hands the machinery has be< carefully sheltered from storms. It is, perhaps, to accommodate tl American love of cheapness and luck < carelulness that many farm implemen are made weak and unsubstantial. T1 dealers understand that the machine scarcely expe ted to last more than tw or three years, and in the competitic for cheapness they weaken it so that does not do good work all through or season, though, of course, much depen< upon the amount of work to be don and more still upon the man who us< the machine. The more complicated kinds of far: implements should only be used by e: perts or tuose naving a natural geuu for mechanics. The ordinary iarm< who buys and uses them finds that the save him little in labor, care or won over his work, while as for expense, the often cost more than to do without then The time is coming when Kastern farn ers, at least, will find it their interest 1 hire harvesting and such like work dom rather than to attempt to do it then selves. Jobs will be let out by the aci or otherwise, much as the threshing i done now by men who, during the sea son, make cutting grain their entii business. ? Cultivator. Farm and Garden Notes. Dig deep and plant shallow. Luxuriant growth does not insur fruit. A rough bark on trees invites borer! smooth bark repels them. Young vines produce beautiful fruil but old vines produce the richest. Sweet clover is a great honey plar wherever it can be induced to grow. Cream should have a uniform cor sistency when it goes into tne cnurn. Egg dealers throughout the countr are again agitating the selling of eggs b weight. Six thousand pounds of milk i3 th amount that it is claimed a good co1 should produce. Cream is a ready absorbent and then fore quickly injured by association wit odors of all sorts. A raw egg broken into milk give calves to drink, is said to be an effectut remedy for scours. Do not waste wood ashes. They ai sufficiently valuable to pay for savin and applying to the soil. Remember that one ill-tempered c slow-walking horse will do much hari on a farm where colts are raised. When butter is made from swee cream it does not keep so well as the taken from milk that has soured. For breaking heifers to be milkec patience and gentleness are the onl requisit es. If the udder is handle occasionally from a calf up to cowdom + Vtni foi? id oUno^TT K?Al'On iiv>iiwi 10 uiiv/uuj i/ivavut Some people don't like wooden floor in fowl houses, but they don't knoi whereof they sper.k. Cover them wit cut straw, hay, sawdust or sand, and yo avoid dampness, rats and other vermin Any farmer who lives on a farn situated one-quarter of a mile or mor from neighbors, may keep a flock o geese with proiit. If he has a tigh fence they will not bother near neigh bors. One of the troubles which cheese makers have to contend with is a float ing curd. There are numerous ways o treating floating curds, but the mail joints to be ob-erved are: Drainingth whey early, developing an acid, ex posure of the curd to the atmosphere long time and grinding in a curd mill. Deserted Indian Capitals. One of the strangest things in India says the London Time*, is the multitud of deserted capitals. There are three oli Delhis, three successive capitals of th East, all close to each other, all south o the present city. One of the three i Tugluckabad, a marvellous city on hill, roo:iess and absolutely deserted but soiid and gigantic. The second i Ferozebad, including the Fort of Indra put, with a handful of inhabitants. Th third is the old Delhi of ivutub, who wa bom a Turkish slave and died 1-mpero of India, ilis uame still survives in th Kutub Minar, the linost tower in th world, springing aloft like a livinj organism, anu in me oiuesi mosque n India, the Kutub Mosque. There is Daulatabad, in the Nizam': dominions, with a fort atop of a conieu hill of black g.anite. artilically scarped The fort is .100 feet above the plain: th city lies below, with European fortifica tions and dry moats; but almost th whole of the city is .jungle, tall euoug] to hide a herd of elephants. There w ate the best grapes we found in India ripened naturally in February, square sided, black, delicious. Thither it wa that Tuffluek, the builder of tuat south eratnost Delhi, that still bears his name dragged the whole inhabitants of Delhi vSUii miies oil. "Twice." says Hunter ,4lie allowed the miserable supplants t return to Delhi: twice he compellci them on pain of death to quit it.'' I was Tugluck who called the cit Daulatabad, instead of i.eogiri. lie wa a scholar and a soldier, and a very early if unscientific, bi metallism "Havinj drained his treasury, he issued a force* currency, by which he tried to make th kiD^'s brass equal to other men's silver Foreign merchants refused the king' ijra?s tokens, trade cams to a stand, an< the king had to take payment of hi taxes in his own depreciated coinage." The Murderous Locomotive. Anyone who runs on the railroad lonj can understand what a saving it wouh be to the stock-dealer and the railroad if the tracks were fenced in. It woul prevent cattle straying on the track The slaughter of the cattle along th roads is something terrible, especiady ii the Indian Territory. To see au engin dash into a herd of cattle is enough t sicken anyone. I've known as many a thirty cows and horses to be killed a one swoop. The engineer can't stop aud the ouiy thing he can do is to pu on steam and hit the animals as hard a possible, to knock them from the track lor if he don't he'll derail his engine am probably kill his passengers. When th engine strikes the cattle they are knockei up into the air and to one side, am often they burst and festoon the engin with their entrails. Sheep are ofte killed. If one sheep happens to cross track in front of an engine, every othe one will follow, and they'll try to g through right under the moving cars In the Territory, coyotes and deer ar oiten killed, and there are any numbe of snakes ground up. When the engin is going rapidly birds often fly againa the headlight and get killed, and th trainmen often get lots of game tba wayPicayune. lei 171 ATr* I?T> Dl\ir<C :r, rinVJJLiil 11I11UO. at ?1 HOW THEY ARE FASHIONED FR031 PRECIOUS METALS. m ot Shaping, Stamping and Setting 1 al With Costly Stones?IngeniQ ous Mechanical Applian- r 5n ces Used bv Jewelers. i; ie Sometimes I think, says a jeweler to t3 a reporter for the Pittsburg Dispatch, a ie that the adage, "all is not gold that glitj3 ters,1' needs to be reconstructed by n q people in our line of business, and made ,n to read, "all gold does not glitter." In 0 it proof of this assertion he exhibited sev- j 10 eral pieces of goid as nearly pure as it: 13 can be, and still be worked to good ad- j e> vantage. The material looked very much ! 33 like old brass, and was so dingy and v lusterless that none but an expert would | m have pronounced it gold. The piece b K. was designed to form the top of the j 18 ring, in which the stone is set, and was p ?r separate. It is shaped like a tray, hav- j iner been given this form by a die or ! v y stamp, by means of which it was cut! ~ y from a piece of rolled gold. The greater ^ part of these gems are cut and polished j i- abroad. ? to For weighing diamonds and other | ** e precious 6tones a very delicate instru- ! x. ment, known as the diamond scales, is i ti e used. It consists of balances and is so I t] [3 delicate that it will turn wheu a weight j equal to one sixty-fourth part of a carat 1 ^ a is placed upon it. A carat is a weight l b of four grains; the scales, therefore, are | capable of determining the weight of ; ^ any part weighing one-two hundred aDd i fifty-sixth part of a grain. The smaller weights used on the scales are of alumi- . aum, the lightest metal known, and a * piece one sixty-fourth of a carat in * '' weight is but a small, filmly scale that |" the breath would move. i The workshop is a curious place, full i ai of ingenious mechanical appliances, j o tt Gold coin is put in a small crucible, with I f< flux, and. the crucible placed inside a I f< lm covered pot, which is subjected to the j heart of a powerful flame of natural gas. j o To increase the intensity of the heat a y strong blast is produced by means of a i p J fan, making a constant, even temper- ' h ature. Alongside the melting apparatus [ 0 is the annealing furnace. w The gold is rolled and cod verted into ; convenient shape for use precisely as j . ?- iron is worked in a rolling mill. It is h passed througn grooved rolls of various J " sizes, one after another, until it is . q fashioned into narrow strips of the ' ^ nl desired width and thickness. There are ! L also other rolls for converting the ingots . into sheet gold. For stamping the ^ 0 setting for rings a screw press is used, r ? dies of various sizes being inserted as ^ recjuired. A diamond ring is thick at ~ ,r i the centre, gradually tapering iu size n from the top downward. A piece of' ^ gold, after I eing rolled and cut, is laid ? t upon a metal die and a heavy hammer, f< I"/, in Q fi-nina (lnfl nnomfp^ hr bl W JU c* iiuuiv MUVt v^v?wwVM wJ , means of a rope and pulley, is made to 11 I descend, thus giving with one blow the : v y desired shape to this part of the ring, j * (j Hundreds of diilerent dies are necessary ; " , for the various styles and sizes of rings. { ? ' After the drop hammer has stamped the j " gold into shape it is placed in a thin j J1 metallic plate containing a hole in which : J* . it fits exactly, and driven through by a ^ punch, worked by hand, thus cutting u away the gold adhering to the edges, which is carefully saved. II All along the side of the room are ? workmen seats.d at benches, some shap- ! ' ing the p eces into rings aod soldering ? t them together, other inserting and fas- ! J* l* tening the stone se.tings, and still others ^ perlorming various sorts of equally difti! cult and delicate work, all necessary in " - the making of a ring. In auother part ^ f of the room is a curious bit of machinery, , a which is called a lapidary lathe and used 8( e for shaping or cutting down stones: when necessary. A round piece of 0 a metal, shaped like a small grindstone, is F3 set in horizontal position and made to 11 revolve. To this emery is applied, and ^ the stone being held against it is soon ! reduced to the proper dimensions. It is ! i then polished on "a similar appliance of e wood coated with putty powder. An- a' J j other interesting object is the enameling v.( e i furnace. The article to be ornamented, " 1 having previously been engraved for the ^ 9 reception of the enamel, is placed in a ' J* a little oven coated with the enamel in * , i the shape of a powder, it is tnen neaten ~ 9 I until the enamel runs and is then re- I - j moved from tne fire to be cooled and j e | fini-hed. i . s I A peculiar process is that of gilding, 19 r j or electro plating. The article to be tl 3 , gilded is tirst thoroughly cleaned by a Cf e | tine brush of brass wires. A piece of 1 ! gold is attached to the positive pole of a | an electric battery and the article to the a i negative. Both are then placed in the P1 s j same solution and the electric curreut 13 1 does the work, transferring a portion of 8e the gold to the object to be plated. j V1 e : For polishing the various articles man- 01 - ufactured there are various ingenious ^ o ! devices whereon the work is done by li I line revolving brushes, souie made of ac e i bristles and others of cotton. A machine . which has been in use lor the last twenty sa - I spars :inH wliifh created a revolution in 511 s the business is the me: al lap, consisting ^ - ot two wheels charged with dill'erent " , grades of emery, one for evening the e. edges of rings and the other for polish ? iug. k' i) v.reat care is taken to prevent any rc 1 waste of the precious metal,' bat a con* tl t siderable loss is inevitable. The dirt y which is ^wept from the lloor is carefully 9| s sifted and saved, and even the water in which the workmen wash their h;inds is :i' g too precious to be thrown away. It goes 5 from the sink into a barrel underneath, e a pipe carrying it to the bottom, and from ei this barrel a pipe takes it to a second, j s and so until it has passed through four or P 1 live similarly arranged receptacles. et s Thence a p pe carries the over.low to the w basement, wheie the water undergoes a like process of filtration. The amount Dl of gold saved, mainly from sweepings and C( from the lavatory, amount to from xi:;oo a 3 to $1000 per year. And a good deal is lost beside, despite all precautions. i s _ i } hi d The Caricature i'lunt. ; ai One of the most remarkable of all! e plants is that known to botanists as the i a Jutticia pictti, which has also been well! ? named the "caricature plant." At lirst ^ sight it appears to be a heavy, large- > a' t leated plant, with purple blossoms, j " ' chiefly remarkable for the liirht-ye'low at 1 centers of its dark green leaves. When g one first sees this odd plant, and thinks what a sickly, blighted appearance the j queer yellow stains give it, he is sud- j ^ flenlv impressed with the fact that the st i plant is "making faces" at him. And j J" j this first impression is correct. This carious plant indeed occupies itself in j growing up in ridiculous caricatures of j j* the "human face divine," and is covered j " from the topmost leaf down with the i &' Q queerest faces imaginable. Nature has I " taken to caricaturing. The flesh-colored a( profiles stand out in strong relief against ra the green of the leaves. The plant ^ r grows in a r-ommon hot-housa.?Prairie ? Fanner _____ 0 There is madness in the loyal family gi of Germany. The mother of the present ej Empress is in the madhouse now. th WORDS OF WISDOM. Virtue is its own reward. Discontent is infirmity of will. A sensible man will always be civil. What makes life dreary i9 the want of notive. Forgiveness and a smile are the best evenge. Who dares not speak his free thoughts s a slave. The wise fortify themselves by reason nd fools by despair. He th it would enjoy the fruit must iot pluck the flower. To be rich is not to have wealth, it is nly to have enough. Favors of every kind are doubled when hey are speedily conferred. Without contentment there is no realth, and with it no poverty. It is something to be good; but far etter to be good for something. The mill streams that turn the clap era of the world arise in solitary places. Work is not man's punishment, it is is reward and his strength, his glory nd his pleasure. Better to be despised for too anxious pprehensions, than ruined by too condent a security. We want characters that will stand smptation, and not snap asunder under tie sudden pressures of life. We cannot conquer a necessity, but re can yield to it in such a way as to e greater than if we could. Every good act is charity. A man's rue wealth hereafter is the good that he oes in this world to his fellow men. The voice of conscience is so delicate aat it is easy to stifle it; but it is also 3 clear that it is impossible to mistake Passionate expressions and vehement ssertions are no arguments, unless it be f the weakness of the cause that is de;nded by them, or of the man that de;nds it. We are all of us workers, in one way r another; but how many are possessed rith an earnest desire that the work we ut from our hands shall be thorough, onest and faithful. A Tale of Sea Heroism. "Captain George W. Pendleton, .merican fishing schooner Cleopatra, of rloucester, Mass. ."Captain Edmund Miller Hughes, merican Line steamer Lord Gough. late of rescue, December 27, 1885." The Lord Gough, though of the A.mer;an Line of steamers (Liverpool to Philaelphia), is a British vessel; her captain i, I think, a Scotchman. The Lord (ough, on her way to Philadelphia, saw le tlag of distress- on the mast of the Heopatra. The wind was blowing a ale, making it a matter of serious risk 1 ' ? T ** ^ ? ? !? 4--? A k/\of f/\ Tin jr trie Luru uuugu IU 9CUU a uuat w vuv jscue. But Captain Hughes thought it is duty to do this, and he called for olunteers. The second officer (I think) ad a crew volunteered, and a boat was >wered. Suddenly, however, the signal f distress was lowered from the mast of le Cleopatra. Captain Hughes was mch perplexed; it seemed almo9t cerlin that the vessel was in extremity, n the whole he thought it his duty to ;nd the boat. The brave fellows made leir way over the perilous waters and le schooner was reached. There they )und the master and eleven men. but >r the Lord Gough, utterly without ope. Three others of the crew had een washed away, and the body of a mrth lay on the deck. In two trips ie survivors were conveyed to the Lord ough. The master of tne schooner ent in the second trip of the boat, but efore he did so he read, with such )lemnity as he could in the awful orm, the burial service over the remains f his comrade, and the body was comLitted to the deep. Of course the first iquiry made by Captain Hughes of the mericRn Captain was: Why did he aul down his signal? The reply was: ?ir, we saw that you were preparing to take an effort to save us, but we saw, e/\ tlint it- wna a sea in which it was cry doubtful whether a boat would ve. I said, then, to my men: 'Shall e let those brave feliows risk their ves to save ours*' and they said: 'No!' hen I hauled down thellag."?6'ornhill Magazine Talented Feathered Warblers. An interesting discussion of bird music furnished by a correspondent of i>ciice. Incidentally pointing out that the itbird is our Northern mocking bird, ipable of imitating any noise it may i-ar, the writer takes up what he says is complete evolution in the song or notes f our ordinary robin. Ordinarily, he a "clumsy singer, having a rough, , :esaw note, that he repeats with little iriation." fie has precedence of the ;her birds in the morning song with hich daylight is greeted in Juiie, and is song, though not musical, is well lapted to constitute a matin cry. In ane of la t year, however, the writer ,ys, he heard aery "so narticurarly like !?i-*:? T . tri/io* I llL'UIilLiUU tuut x siai tiwu . 11wen lis bird;e! Hear this birdie! Hear lis pretty birdie!' the last notes being c<|Uisitely rendered, with a wave and upard bend." On cureful examination, 2 found the singer to be a veritable ibin redbreast. This year the bird reirned, and, "better yet, it was apparent lat the babes of this family were nging, not the old robin's seesaw, but ic new song." These robins, too, sang 1 day long, f.aterin the year the writer sard a robin singing a set of notes most charmingly unlike anything I had jct heard." From these facts, and from various :iblishcd reports of the imitative pow s of the robin, the writer believes that e shall soon see a remarkaMe evolution r robin music. Any such evolution canot b it compel us to give a warmer wel>me than ever to the bird which though traditional favorite in England, has itherto been accepted Dy us less for his :-auty of plumage and of song than for is amusing and charming impudence id laziness. The Raven of Soudan. In the African Soudan the respect for le raven, the "Bird of the Shade," is )u;:dant. He is endearingly known to le Arabs as their "Incle," and they ! e more exorbitant in exacting bloodoney for his chance slaughter by the iud of the stranger, than if it were | a^ly the relative in question. Shoot ieir dove, their ostrich, their varied ( :avengers of the vulture kind, their ice sacred ibis even, and they grin and ;ar it; but once aim a bolt at the Noah Bird" and a hundred lean but uscular brown arms will be raised, end le bereaved, white-teethed relative w.ll ssticulate and shout round you, while ley explain how black-hued was your I ;cidental crime. Apart from this, the iven, with his jetty plumage, will alays be a point of interest in the j sudan from the strong contrast he pre- 1 mta to the ordinary "desert-colored" irds which preserve a neutral tint of ray or fawn, which, to the inexperienced re, renders them almost invisible.?All e Tear Bound. ' Taking a Ccnsns Jietween Two Snns. A late census of the population of St. Petersburg, Russia, was taken during the night. It is stated that the popula lion amounts to persons, ox whom 110,002 were in the suburbs. The last census was in December, lfcJbl, and the population was then !*2!',01C, so that it has diminished during the last six and a half years. There are reasons, however, for supposing that both statements are incorrect. The functionaries employed proved unequal to their task, and many of the inhabitants did their best to mislead them, being convinced that the census was only a sort of preparation for new ta\es. Many hundred families passed the entire night out of doors, and so were not numbered. It has been decided that a new census is to be taken in December.?Lonuon Ntws, A Soap Mine. There has been a soap mine discovered near Crawfordville, Ga. The Deinocrai says that "Taliaferro is doomed to be one of the most wonderful counties iD Georgia, or all the South. Mr. D. A. Saggus gave us a sample of the natural soap from a hill on Dr. J. J. Ken's place, near town. We took the article, and, to test it, washed our face and hands with it, aad it cut the dirt from the skin and made the water lather like manufactured soap. It is exactly the color of turpentine soap, and has a peculiai smell. There is money in this "natural soap mine, and some enterprising capitalist could make a big thing of it here. There is not another place in the world that can boast of a natural soap mine." Howto Help Yonr DiKCMtlon Almost every day we feel the unpleasant sensations of Indigestion. Try Allcock's Porous Plasters and be relieved. J. F. Davenport, of Canarsie, New York, writes; I have heen very much troubled with a violent pain below n>y chest bone. I was told by 3everal physicians that it was rheumatism of the diaphragm. It resulted from cold and exposure. I had very little appetite and digested aiy food with great difficulty. I placed one A.llcock'8 Porous Plaster below the breast oone and two on each side. In the course of 'wenty-four hours all pain ceased, and I was ible to eat and digest a good square meal, some'.hing I had not done before in two weeks. I rot better constantly, and at the end of seven lays found myself entirely well. Since then I lave U9ea allcock s porous rl.ASTEii8 ior ;olds, coughs and pains in my side, and I have ilways found them quick and effective. Since 1848 5300.000,000 have been sent by emigrants of this country to pay the passage of :.ueir friends. ' Curd of Thnnkn. If the proprietor of Kemp's Balsam should publish a card of thanks, containing expresiions of gratitude which come to him daily, from those who have been cured of severe throat and lung troubles by the use of Kemp's Balsam, it would fill a fair-sized book. How much better to invite all to call on any druggist and get a free sample bottle that you may ?st for yourself it3 power. Large bottles 50c ind 81. > Bricklaying is asserted to be the oldest trade ji the world; '1 am weary of living," moaned poor Mrs. Black, 'For I'm fairly worn out with the ache in my back; Mv nerves are a chain Or weakness and pain, A.nd my poor head is aching as if it would crack." 'Now, don't be discouraged," cried good Mrs. White, 'It is never so dark but there's promise of light; . I can tell you, in brief. Wliflf will mvp von roHpf? Pierce's Favorite Prescription will soon set you right." It is the only remedy for woman's peculiar ! weaknesses and ailments, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, that it will give satisfaction in every rase or money will De refunded. See guarantee on bottle wrapper. Large bottles (100 doses* 51. Six for 8'i. A Georgia man has twenty-seven brothers and sisters living. Can a Man Swallow a Cannon-ball ? Well, "that depends." He can if His throat is large enough and the cannon-ball not too large. The question really seems worthy of some consideration in view of the size of some jf the pills that arc prescribed for suffering humanity. Why not throw them "to the dogs," and take Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets? Small, sugar-coated, purely vegetable, perfectly harmless, in glass, and always l'rcsh. Count Von Bismarck was bora in Brandenburg in April, 1813. Don't Y011 Know That you cannot afford to neglect that catarrh? Don't you know that it may lead to consumption, to insanity, to death I Don't you know that it can be easily cured? Don't you know that while the thousand and one nostrums you have tried have utterly failed that Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy is a certain cure? It has stood the test of years, and there are hundreds of thousands of grateful men and women in all parts of the country who can testify to its efficacy. All druggists. There are in North America about 200,000 persons keeping bees. Have you a few hours' or a few days' spare time occasionally that you would like to turn into money? If so, then write quickly to B. F. Johnson & Co.. of Richmond, Va., and they will ifive you iniorinaiiun iuui, wiu prove lo uo money in your pocket.. Cure warranted?asthma, bronchitis, cough, croup. Use Fontaine's Cure and Liniment. No opium in Piso's Cure for Consumption. Cures where other remedies fail. 25c. S'jacobsou Fo'^^NEURALGm. chronic PROMPTLY ^ PERMANENTLY, No Return of Pain. Curo9 Positively. BOLD BY DRUQOISTS AND DEALE23. Tho Charles A. Voffolcr Co., Balto., M<1. H!nmftn,<-l l/ora ! lUIIIVIiV] V V3 W FOR D YSPEPSt A. a pohtivb cinr roa indigestion and ail Stomach Trooblts Anitng Thortfrom. Your Drurjgitl or (Stiia al Dealer 10ill get VeraCiira for you if not already in t/ot.:, or it xri'l be tail by mail on receipt of'S) <?<#. (5 bo.rcn 51.00; in itauips. Sample sent an rer-n'i>t of 'l ead tiamp. THE CHARLES A. VGGELES CO.. Baltimore. Md. Sole i'roprialon Xauuuaururf. Warner's Log Caimx Remedies. ? "Sarsapa- ' l^rfm rilla," ? "Cough andCon sumption Kemedy," ? ' "Hops and Buchu,"-"Extract,"?"H a i 1 j Tonic,"--"LiverPills,"? | "Plasters," (Porous-Electrical>, ? "Rose I , Cream, ' for Catarrh. They are, like I < Warner's "Tippecanoe," the simple, effective remedies of the old Log Cabin \ days. j ely's Catarrh mm Biispsis; Cleanses the 2fasa!f"l_pfllDj r0:ir::wR||J|! Sores, Restoros the Senses of Taste and BraeU. ! TRY THE CURE. i A partidc 1m _ 1 "^-c ' isssairasri^hay-fevek itdruxrists: by mail, regisi- iv:'.. Gfl ELY BROTHERS, B6 Warren St.. Sew Vork. 4 gnntH wanted. $1 an liour. 60 new articles. Cat'lcij. rV and Hamplwt free. C. E. Marshall. Lockjiort. N Y HHT f( Lire at home and make more money working Coma than Umvi at anjthlnpelie In Ihe world. Either i?x. Coatlr outfit fKLK. Ttrmt rail. Addreai, TJ10X & Co., AupusU, Maiae ; .* />" .'-k 'r': * ' ' " jTiflftlf*" " A direct practical experiment i ?\ that the 'Ivory,' tested against " laundry soap, has the same amount '' two-thirds the lasting capacity. Tha "and two-thirds times the work of tl "tested. I therefore consider the Ivc JOB Professor of Che A WORD OF U There are many white soaps, each representei they ARE NOT, but like all counterfeits, lack tfi the genuine. Ask for " Ivory " Soap and insi Copyright 1886, by Proe dr. schenck's j| Mandrake Pills 11 Are the safest, surest and speediest I vegetable remedy in the world for all j Diseases of the Stomach and Liver, j lecause They clean the linings of Stomach and bowels Reduce congestion in all the organs, Heal irritated and excited parts, ( Promote healthy action and sweet secretions, Correct the bile and cure biliousness, Make pure blood and give it free flow, Q Thus send nutriment to every part. | N( > Do not fail to send for Dr. Schenck's new ?en and admirable treatise on the Lungs, the n Liver, and the Stomach, with their diseases ? and cure. It abounds in excellent information, and will give you ideas about these D vital organs and the laws of health you never had before. Sent free. bur Him DR.SCHENCK'S MEDICINES J PULMONIC SYRUP, rL SEAWEED TONIC, MANDRAKE PILLS, Jn aesi PURELY VEGETABLE. Rve tint are for sale by all Druggists. Full printed directions with each package. Address all communications to Dr. J. H. Schenck & Bon, ? Philadelphia, Pa. CAUTION f Beware- of Fraud, as my name and the price an PS stamped on the bottom of all my advertised shoes R before leaving the factory, which protect tho wearers H against high prices and inferior goods. If t. dealer E offers W. L. IJoutrlnn shoes at a reduced price, or says he has them without my name and price stamped on the bottom, put him down as a fraud. W. L. D^GLAS! I qq cuni? F0R i J pO OnUiJ. GENTLEMEN. 1 5 The only flnscnlf $3 Sea ml cm Shot iu t'.ie world j ft tiade without tackn or iiaila. As stylish and i tumble as those cos.lntf 85 or $S, and having no | ?P tacks or nails Co wear the stocking or hurt tlie feet, Be natces uicra us uunuuiuu/io iuiu nciruuiui ? tanii sowed hlioe. Buy the best. None genuine un- 1 iss stamped on bottom "W.I, Douglas S3 Shot, Warranted." W. L. DOUGLAS S4 SHOE, the original ia4 ?nly hand sewed welt $V shoe, which equals custommade shoes costing from $0 to $9. W. L. DOUGLAS 82.50 SHOE is trncx celled for heavy wear. W. L. DOUGLAS S'2 SHOE Is won by all ! 523 Boy m( and Is the best school suoe in the world All the above goods are made In Congress, Buttoi ' jfl ind Lace, and If not srild by your dealer, writ* Sti IV. L. pOl'til.AS, Brockton. Mam. 1 in6:? upon yrrmiiK m- - ? ......... , dfrti'T ha mi i it. *pii?I t?? us. s?-n?l <jc. in stamp* for Iltn<trat*<l 100-l'acr Cmalocucof Guns, Itilk**, Itovolvcrx, Police (Joo?l>, 4c. JOHN P. LOYKLL AtlXS i'O., JUnufr*, Motion, Mum. I Fl flRinA HOMES ES-iaiyffSi J I kUiiliUn ons, i'.ananas, StrawlwrieH, l'ine-apfili-s. Hire: potatoes and Garden Truck to sell ft in Jan., Feb. and March;irrand place for chickensanil bees: plenty cif frameami I'ikIi : taxes li-.-ht: nn malaria Ij pood water; church and school facilities. Ifynucan't comeuow. secure jroodland near railroad: cash or in- Qlj stalments: all particulars in '"Tiie Orange <?hove'' ? monthly. *1 a year, or a dime for .ample. Good laud ' in healthy location* at reasonable prion. Household supplies very reasonable. ItffcivncM (riven. J, CKOSS, MunaKer The Orange drove Agency, j m Liverpool, Dt'Soiitt.n.i HiDICID i. jjj MERCHAHTS, BUTCHERS^- I We want a good man in vonr locality to picK up Jt CALF SKINS for us. Cash Furnished on satisfactory guaranty. Addi ess C. S. Paoe, Ilvdc Park. Vermont, U. S. ODIIIM UAD!T Painlessly cured m 10 to X j Pi rlUnl nfiOil Days. Sanitarium or Homo ! <?r Treatment. Trial Free. No Cure. No Pay. Tlio ! 1 ro Hunmne Remedy Co., l.a Knvette. linl. \ $ 100 to $300 made "working for j n'nn . ji Agents preferri 1 who can furnish their own and o horses and i?lve thel'- wliol# time to the busbioss. j M{ Spare moments may protltably employed also. A few vacancies In towns :ttid cities. B.F.JOHN- gal. SON ft CO., 1013 Main St.. Kich.ti ml. Va. FRAZERgf^jlIn BEST IN TIIF, WOULD U II LWtf t ' T , %3T Get tlio Genuine. boid hverywhere* j yy ^ iKfluc STVl> V. UiK.k-kei p:ir.'. Ltis.nes*Forms, i StT;l" tsUtftC Pi nn:a:i*h;r>. Arilliniete-,Si?ort-h;.nd, tU.'., r~rn-i ll thoroughly taujfht by J1UL circulars free. BTJw Bryant'* Collcsr. 4.<7 Mam St., JbuA'alo, X. V. MSB The ma" who lias invested troni three to live dollars in a Hubber Cent, and ,vw at his tirst half hour's experience in ? a ?> amm m a storm finds ta his sorrow that It la Mtl HUT hardly a better protection than a mos- BsVH |5^L quito netting, not only feels chagrined "* at being so badly taken in, but also Oft feels if he does not look exactly like BctiM Rifl Ask lor the "FISH lilt AND*' Sucker I fi 'tret B does not have the fish bkaxd, sejidfor descriptive catalogue **************** .?> : ai ; ?. 't< Q n a laundry has proved to mc t a certain well known brand of of cleansing power and one and ? it is, the Ivory Soap will do one lie soap against which it was :'$ )RY a very good laundry soap." [N W. LANGLEY, mlstry, University of Michigan. 3 EARNING. d to be just as good as the Ivory' le peculiar and remarkable qualities of st upon getting it. r/li Ji ter & Gamble. . ,v Cures &, PrtvBBtl t ^ Colds, UV%\%W Coughs, <, ' Sore Throat, iAbBu^ Hoarseness, st.rr Neck^ A s t h nfa, 5 M Bruises, Sprains, ? nicker Than Any Known ftemedj., 'frM 3 matter how violent or excruciating the pain the umatic, Bedridden, Infirm. Crippled, Nervoui, -J ralgic, or prostrated with diseases may suffer, adway's Ready Relief Wil Afford Instnnt En.se. ITERNALLY?A half to a teaspoon/ul In h&lfs ]'4 ibler of water will in a few minutes cure Crampt, 9ms, 8our Stomach. Nausea, Vomiting, Heartii. Nervousness. Sleeplessness. Sick Headache, . ;j rrhnea. Colic, Flatulency and all Internal pain*. .- *m alaria in its various forms cured and prevented. lere is not a remedial a (font in the world that * cure Fever and A?ue and all other fevers (aided / , ' RADWAY'S PILI3) so quickly as RADWATTS LDY RELIEF >1 ACHES AND PAINS. >r headaohc (whether sick or nervous), toothache, k ralffia, rheumatism, lumbago, pains and weak- ' ' '.M i iu the back, spine or kidneys, pains around the r. pleurisy, swelling of the joints and pains of all is. the application of Radway's Ready Belief will rd immediate ease, and its continued use for ft dars.eflect a permanent cure. Price, SO cents. Id by all druggists. i n mi U) a'. AUWAT X 1 PILLS u be Great Lirer and Stomacli Remedy. the cure of all disorders of the Stomach. Lire*, els. Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Loaa of etite, Headache. Constipation. Costiveness, Indlfon, Biliousness, Fever, Inflammation of the els. Piles and all derailments of the Internal era. Purely vegetable, containing no mercury, train, or deleterious drugs. RFECT DICESTION by taking00BaSwiy^e ?. By so doing ECK HEADACHE pepsin, Foul Stomach. Biliousness, will be avoidis the food that is eaten contributes its nourishliropertiesfor the support of the natural wast* ii? body. '"Observe the following symptoms resulting i Disease of the Digestive Onrans: Constipation, ird Piles, Fullness of the Blood in the Headity of the Stomach. Nausea, Heartburn. Disgnat ood, Fullness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Nations, Sinking or Fluttering of the Heart, ? king or SuttocatinK Sensations when in a lyin< ure. Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs before the it. Fever and Dull Pain in the Head. De&cienojr erspiration, Yellowfiess of the Skin and Kyea. i in the Side, C hest, i.imbs, and Sudden Flushes eat. Burning in the Flesh. "ew doses of IC A I) WAY'S PILL* will fre*', 'ysiem 01 an lu? aotivc namea uisoraera. ice '2!i ct-. l>er box. Sold by all dnnrKigt.'. nd a letter stamp to DIC. ItAUWA V ?fc CO,? W Warren Street, New York, fflnformation ;h thousands will be sent to you. 1 THE PUBUC. Ee * iirtJ and aak for RAD WAY'S see that the namo "RaDWaY" is on what yoa N Y N U-39 toEBEaaiipsii ? CURES WHERE AIL ELSE FAILS. g3 En Be3t Cough Syrup. Tastes pood. Ueo gB ?1 In time. Soul by dniggJata. j5L 3 I believe Piso's Cure 2 for Consumption saved I a my life.?A. H. Dowedl, m Editor Enquirer, Eden- H | ton, N. C., April 23,1887. y Tho best Cough Medi fe cine is Piso's Cuke for 65 1 Consumption. Children i S take it without objection. ^ By all druggists. 25c. ^ Pi CURES WOE ALL "ELS^AILS * ^ Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good, use n In time. Sold by druggists. J1 _ DIS?***'I5RY. \ny b-^ok learned In one reading. >1 hid wnndcrhiar cured. Spi-nhiiie without note*. Wholly unlike nrtificiul nvstrinn. irnrv condemned by Supreme f'onrt. cat iudtMi-incntK to correspondence eiaxsos. nji.i-tus. with opinions of Dr. Win. A Ham? il. the wori-'.-fiuii'd Specialist 'a Mind ''iseases, ?*l (Jreonleaf Thouirson. 'ln-i.-r*-at Psychol. J. M. IliK'WIey, D. I).. Fvl'tor of th? <"7ir?a tilrwate. II clinril Pr.iCtor the Scientist, tilers, sen* post free by or. a. r.or^v.t ri:. err fifth ?* vork. OiSSA proat En^lish Goul ani M S r IIeSb Bheunitfic Remedy. Ovn Box. ;i(j round, 14, fills. to n tiny. Sans;;. * v.-orih s?l..V)FREE \ i.ities nor umler 11. hor.?i-"< f-. i. Writ<" 1 litew^terSafety item ilnliWl'o.. Holiey.Mich. iNTEI-'?Iiei'a!i!e, eiienret ir. . \p<.r!-n',<-rl men on alary to sell nuraery ntos!:. o. D. Green & Co., toll. I'm. "I* ^ "J *I"- *5* *1" "1^ ?I? yl< V ? *1* ^ We oiler the uikm w lio wants service (not style) a garment tliut will keep rhlm dry In the hardest storm. It is called TOWER'S FISH BRAND " SLICKER," a name familiar to every Cow-boy all over the land. With them J the only perfect Wind and Waterproof Coat is "Tower's Fifth Brand Slicker.'* ond lake no other. If your storekeeper . A.J. Towtcr, 20 Simmons St., Boston. .Mass.