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AGRICULTURAL ? wit topics op interest relative tw,c lo farm and garden. ^ not Contracted Hoof. To Contraction i9 not a disease of the hca hoof, but the effect of internal disease of acr< the foot which interferes with thegowth in e of horn and causes shrinkage from the mai excessive heat of the inflammation. plo Horn contains forty per cent, of water, and and if this is dissipated by the fever of plai the foot the born shrinks and becomes fall hard and rigid. It then presses on the No1 interior of the foot and causes lameness, plai The remedy is to give cooling medicine nur to remove the fever. A pound of Epsom lan< salts, followed by one-ounce doses of spri hyposulphite of soda, will do this. Then stir keep the feet enveloped in cold wet hoe ' bandages; put wet sawdust under them, T and anoint them daily with a mixture of in 1 neatsfoot oil and glycerine.?New York its Times. Thi eve Water for Stock in "Winter. I.iu For farm stock in winter, water may r*y ' be warmed easily by adding one pail of 1 J? d hot water to seven or eight of cold drawn from the barn cistorn. But with a little dlli! expense the cistern water may be kept , 1 waim by connecting it with a small {' gridiron pipe folded three or four times ,v'1"1 and fitted in the back of the kitchen . stove, where the heat passes over the oven to the chimney. Water from the 13,n house cistern may run through this pipe ' to the barn, if the grade be right, and , into the cistern, keeping it warm always, j a To prevent loss of heat from this pipe, ; 8Pr< it may be laid in a wooden box, resting on small pieces of stcne, to prevent i contact with the wood, and the air- i J*1?' space will cause the heat to be retained. t(? * Strips of old woolen cloih wrapped ; P1 around the pipe, or thick roofing paper, j : ?. or dry sand in th? box, will also prevent j *u 1 loss of heat and cooling of the water.? ? Neu> York Tribune. , earl Rendering Beeswax. ?ro The following query was recently pro- n< pounded in the American Bee Journal and answered by leading apiarians in different sections of the country: '-In rendering out the wax from old brood- K combs does it make the wax darker if T it is boiled in a cast iron kettle than it q would be if a tin or cjpper kettle was p0tj used:" James Hcdden replied: "Iron ^ should never come in contact with hot wax." A. J. Cook said: "I do not see why it should. But I should not wish to boil the wax much in any kettle." J. "ou 31. Shuck replied: "The kettle does not eSS color the wax. Excessive heating col- E ors it, and, worse than that, ruins it. you Heat it just enough to get the wax out, fulc and no more; boiling does no good." g; H. D. Cutting said: "Some grades and unrj mixtures of cast iron will darken wax j8 c] every time, while other grades will have jt no effect on it. You will notice that a|0E irnn Irpftlpa Trill nlwnm mof. nftfr use and put away for a few days, while j ^ others never rust. Copper is best, as i you are sure of the results." fi?e| The editor of the journal quoted from !tiie^ concluded with: "Yes. The tin or | G copper kettle every time. If the iron pre] kettle is old, well used and perfectly tast clean, it might be used, but the ordi- J( nary run of iron kettles will color the full wax. che; T The'Frlffhtened Horse. jlori The feeling of fright is probably a sen- Clrt sation commou to all animals from man- cocj kind down to the lowest grade of life. T It is also true, that the higher the grade of life, the more sentient the animal, the keener is this sense developed. The r~e horse is universally noted for his sagacity [ and intelligence, therefore in him tright F is innate. When a horse manifests fear resu it is because he has by excrdse of his as a reason decide I that there is danger to *uct himself lurking in some object, which . he accordingly endeavors to avoid, vats mat same reason will, it properly ui- j is a rected, undeceive him and convince the ! thet animal that he is mistaken. The horse j p being unable to reasou, except from his ; flaXi experience, you should convince him, by I S0Qt careful examination, that the object he aIlcj dreads is harmless. Bring him in direct ^pni contact with it. It is a common saying j (, that if the nose is touched to the object! the animal will be satisfied; generally : or this is true; the animal becomes ac- j :i*rD quaiuted with his ''enemy." It is a ter- 1 j rible mistake to use a whip on a fright- j s ened horse The animal is already ?x- ( J* cited, and will, iu all probability, j best associate the wh ppingwith the ob ect | The of his dread r xert your own common int0 sense and calm your horse. j thc^ Colts especially should receive most : spri considerate treatment, and above all ; T thngs make jour lessons thorough. To shoi leave the ob.ect of his alarm before hav- , and ing made him thoroughly familiar and Pot* careless of it, is often worse, ter.fo'd, i just than no attempt at all to break him def< of his skittishness.?National Hvrse ; -] Breeder. | fect ! orcl Makins Vlnesjar in Small Quantities kin; "Where families have no cider mills gro< and but few apples they may easily make ash( their own vinegar by mashing apples in in. a tub with a pjnnder. The pomare i should iiiea !>e put into a hall 'barrel 0?r, with holes in the bottom, and be placed ^h? over auoiher tub as a receiver. A fol- wat lower can he placed on the pomace and con be pressed down by a lever ov stationary 0jweights. The juice should be kept in a mi>1 keg, b;ing open, and in a warm place ; ^ until the vinegar is made. By frequently \ replenishing as it is drawn out, any far- ?.n mer's f ami I.-can easily keep up their stock. A few apples mushed and put in l0 ' a stone jar. covered with water and the j iuiceof some soured fruit- aud berries, , can be used for this purpose. Vinegar li! will stand quite a low temperature, but . it is better not to allow it to freeze. j Vinegar trora other suostances is some- I rf times made. Wine vinegar is from in t soured wines and the juice of grapes. , kin Wine v.negars are extensively counter- : The feited by chemicals. For sorghum vine- the gar, to one ga'lon of sorghum syrup add spa< five or six pailons of water, with a little for yeast, or to a barrel of the strained juice can of the cane, a pint of yeast and a little of t syrup. Large <]uantit e of vinegar are left made from A'h^sky and acids that have sec< a good appeal ance and sharp acidity, are but are untit for family use. For molas- dec ses vinegar, take one g dion of New Or- in s leans m dasses and tive gallons of water, o tc put in a little old vinegar to sour it, or the start it to fermenting with a l.ttie yeast. 4,A Keep in a warm p ace and cov>.r the the bung hole ot the keg with n'-tting, to nat keep out the Hies, l ine honey vinegar to i is made in the proportions of one pound to a of honey to a gallon of water, th;>rou<jh!y savi mixed. For healthfulncss and geueral Th( utility apple cider vinegar stauds at the in t head of the list.?Aeio York World. j Thi j the The Cultnre of Rhubarb. , 6uc At the request of several of our sub- pea icribers we gi e the following hints on naei the culture of rh ibarb. The best time tee to plant rhuba-b ;s in the fall after fro3t has killed the leaves, or early in spring mal before it has made much growth, but it alii' may be set out w thout much riBk at has any time in early summer before July 1. clai Xhe old roots should be divided so as &P& to have but om or two eyes to each big to :e, and should be set out about three ; apart in the furrows of a small plow, h four feet between the rows. Cover > inches deep with a hoe. M thubarb is in no way particular about land it grows upon, provided it ia a dry gravel and is well manured. grow it well, however, demands very ~ vy m inuring ; ten or fifteen cords per 2 every year of strong manure, rich litrogen, is what is wanted. Hog aure is best. Spread the manure and w under when preparing the land, . put some more along the furrows in ^ nting. Afterwards rake oil every .. the dead leaves and rubbish about 7. 1. Plow a light funow from the nts at each side, fill thi9 with ma- . e, and cover with plow, ridging the ^ i well over the crowns. In early ^ ing cultivate across the ridges and often with plow and cultivator, and . until it is growing too high. "he best variety forgeneral marketing 3oston is the Victoria, on accouut of large size and very heavy yield. ^ rty tons per acre is not unusual, and 1 n forty tons have been grown. The ! na*us variety is earlier and preferred ? some buyers for its milder acid, but oes not yield much more than half crop which the Victoria will pro e. , 'o grow rhubard profitably one should . lear his market, fcr the bulk of the ^ p sells at less than $13 per ton, and P. in for $10. The expense of marketat long distances is considerable. It .. lostly grown within six or eight miles market! he bed should be replanted after ut five years bearing, as the roots ^ ;ad about aud crowd, making a largo , mnt of small stalks, involving double labor in cutting and bunching for * ket, and making an inferior product hat grown on a young bed. A new , station should not be cropped at all , first year, and will not produce a ^ crop the second, but after that for g years is in its prime. ^ 'he price of rhubard is always high v in the season, and some growers .. w a little of the Linnreus variety in iy land on the south side of a fence, .s to get it early.?Cultivator. ^ Farm and Garden Notes. .'eep "tools handy. d( he dust bath is the toilet of the hen. ca lean the bins before putting in the ?u iioes. W1 ut corn fodder from which the sweet 1 has been picked. su window facing south in the poultry be se this winter will pay in increased aj s. fa very time you worry your horses na shorten their lives and days of use- Ai less. pi heep are better scavengers for small, ?u ipe, wormy apples than swine are, it j*1 laimed. , 6t ;is dangerous for the colt to run t igside the mare, .particularly on a ^ lie road. au ell your poorest horses. Always th p the best young females to breed as ua j mature. er ive horses clear, substantial food, so ex pared that you would be willing to to e it yourself. th r\V>n \r QfaVtl 4Tiinba fofmora aVi/Mil/3 y comprehend that they can live iper by growing fruit and vegetables. 01 he English rarely drive their draught ^ ses faster than a walk. Trotting a horse would seem barbarous to a + kney, th he longer you put off transplanting eti wberry plants the less they will grasp <ji soil and the mo;e danger there will ab >f winter-killing. w< rench farmers report very beneficial cu ilts from the me of copperas solution be manure ou strawberries, pears, let- m: s, peas, beans, carrots and vines. ri< fash dairy utensils, pans, paiis and t>1 i carefully with cold water, in which 8a i thoroughly scald with hot water. rofessor E. W. Steward advocates mi seed as a medicine for pigs. It is Pc hing to the stomajh and intestines, ex it is alio rich in food for muscle and r0 e' ve ne reason that there are so many j3 tgaged farms, is because so many icrs sell com, oats and hay early, and pj 1 have to buy the same class of artibefore ihe next crop is raised. ec ; often happens that autumn is the gc . time to apply manure to fruit trees. Ujsoluble portions of the manure sink j)r ' the soil during the months before ro commencement of growth in the tw "S- pc 0 have fowls moult quickly they wi ,ild be well fed, in good health, young ex vigorous, and, according to the is 1 try, Y-<ra little extra stimulation sh before and during moulting can be en ;nded. m; he promptest, cheapest and mo?<t ef;ive means of restoring a worn-ont dc lard is, according to Dr. T. H. Hos- be s, to dress it heavily with coarse ^ and bone and nnleachcd hardwood a sown upon the surface and plowed th . prominent dairyman ho'ds that salt . ht alwuv to be kept in a place where ni cows can ??t at it wiieuever they j it to; that it keeps them in good r? J-.- i.1 I cl( anion, positively increases me i.uw milk, and that th -y will never eat ^ e than is good for them. elf-sowing vegetables, such as lettuce cj, spinach, which are hardy enough to gtJ through winter with a light cover- j,. , in?y be srarted early in .autumn W( n artificial sowings. Hardy bienn a! ^ perennial ornamentals, if sown at 0f i time, will give flowers next season. Qi Wi ijrenerat O'.i of thft Human Teetli. 0f 'he law of retardation exhibits itself he teeth of the higher races of man- pi d in a highly inconvenient manner. ru j greatly developed brain requires all co available room in the skull; there is ex ne left for the attachment of muscles th a powerful jaw. Cooked f9od also Sli sesa degeneracy in the development th he jaw. There is constantly no ioom ci, for either the wisdom teeth or the nc >::d upper incisors; the wisdom-teeth hi retarded, often cause great pain, und sh ay early. The second incisors appear rjj tartling and unexpected places, and :n (in America especially do not cut fli gum at all. Prof, lope says that sh rncricai dentists have observed that third molar i wisdom teeth, are in ives of the t nitcd Mate; very liable j in; cri'ect growth or suppression, and t degree entirely unknown among igc or even m.iny civilized races." . ; same suppression ha3 been observed ,, be outer pair of superior incisors, s is owing not only to a reduction in ? size of the :irches of the jaws, but to . cessively pr- longed delay in the ap- . ranee of the teeth. In the same way 1, and the man-like apes have fewer J? h than the lower monkeys, and these , in fewer than the in9ectivorou3 mam ?e s to whi; h they are most nearly td. "When this dillerencc in dentition been established, civilized man may . m to place himself in a new specie-, J" rt from low savages as well as from y h apes.?Popular beience Monthly, ' , * - ..? \ ^ ^ .. y( ' ? ... *<. Z.J.. ' :< / .ftZVi. ' HIGH EXPLOSIVES. [YSTERIES IN THE MAKING OF NITRO-GLYCERINE. a 3 ow the Nnmerous Componnas c arc Made?Wonderful Uses of c the Explosives in Mining i and Agriculture. c a I It is not many years since gun-cotton t as termed a high explosive, it being, as ] is, vastly superior in strength to gun- f )wder, but the discovery of newer and s i more powerful explosive compounds j ive taken the Dame away fromgun-cot>u entirely. Powerful explosive as it is, tat substance is weak compared with ie numerous compounds based upon s itro-^lycerine. The first high explosive, according to ie classification of the present, was j iffinallv discovered and put into prac- v cal use by a distinguished chemist. He i ade it by slowly digesting ordinary j ycerine at a low temperature, in a mixire of equal parts of nitric and sulphuric ids. In this operation the oil slowly parates and falls to the bottom of the issel. It is of a yellowish color, and is a sweetish, not unpleasant ta-te. If 8 nited in the ordinary methods em- g oyed in burning other inflammable s Is it burns in a similar manner to j iem, but if it be Ignited by percussion instantly explodes with almost inconsivable force. So seusitive is mtro-glycenne to conission and percussion that if it be , I opped only a few feet or struck even a i 1 igiit blow it will explode. An ex- ( nple of this wonderful property of the s uff occurred a few years ago in .Panama, 1 hen the tfudden ignition of a quantity t it converted a wharf and a ware- 1 >use into a mass of unrecognizable * agments, indicted damage to the ex nt of about a million dollars and sud- ( inly ended a number of lives. f Careful investigations soon demon- I rated that the change which converts ? harmless substance like glycerine into 1 ;ch a powerful explosive is made by 1 ie substitution oi' molecules of nitrogen s id oxygen for atoms of hydrogen in 1 ie original compound. When this is I >ne with great care and the process is I Tried through the last stage, the re- 1 ltant liquid is nothing more than a E ist mass of gas held together by the 8 eakest and most unstable bonds. * It was soon seen that the same law ol bstitution could be applied to othei >dies with exactly the same results. If ?plied to cotton fibre it produces the ? miliar gun cotton. Applied to ordi- i try gelatine it produces nitro-gelatine. } 3 a matter of curiosity it has been ap- i ied by chemists to a great variety of i bstances. and high explosives have < :en produced from linen, sawdust, < ead, coffee grounds, tea leaves, cigar- < tes, hay, old clothes, and a number of t her materials. In fact, Dr. Chandler, < ho is in his line the most distinguished 1 ithority in the country, once said that ^ ere was hardly a substance in ordinary i e in household life, but what by prop- ] treatment could be converted into an :plosive compound powerful enough to < tally destroy the largest building in 1 e city. i The alarming number of accidents j bich occurred from the use of Noble's i t I, as well as the great value of the dis- c very in mining, quarrying and ex- J ] vating operations,called the attention j j scientists to the matter and they went 1 work to fifld some means of destroying e danger withont impairing the ( icacy of the compound. They soon ( scovered that if nitro-glycerine be T isorbed by any pulverulent body it ( Duld afterwards explode only by per- j ssion, and that the percussion had to j i comparatively powerful. It was j 4 Lxed with tine clay made into cartiges or molded in forms, to be sold in ilk. Some German chemists employed wdust as an absorbent and produced ^ bat is now known as dynamite. Others j ive used plaster-oi-pari?, chalk, ^ agnesia, Fuller's earth and other inert , iwdw's and have nroduced the various :plosi es known as rendrock, racka- j ck and the like. ^ The latest discovery in this line was | ( ry recently reported from London and ' ] that of a new compound cnllcd tabro- j g namite. It is composed of ninety j t rts of nitro-glyceriue. | t It is dillicult to over-estimate the! s onomic value of these high explosives. I ime ores, like the copper ores of the ; g iper Lake Superior region, are almost j j oof against gunpowder blasting. The j ( ck aud me;al together are so hard that i 'O charges out of every three of gun- I ( iwder are fired out as if from a cannon ( c ithout shattering the ore. If the high : i plosives are used the expansive power j found to be bo great that the ore is attered in every dircc ion. The di.:erce is so great that while gunpowder ty be said to blow up and sideways, 1 . the ereat h'gh explos.ves blown s iwnward as well. This property has j J en utilized in many ways, notably in ; : e removal of reefs and other obstruc- j )ns in the .New Vork harbor. Diamond | ;ef, off the Battery, nnd a number of j c e smaller rocks oil Ilell Gate were de- 1 roycd by lowering a heavy charge of j t tro-glyeerine or dynamite directly j ? >on the sub-aqueous surface of the 1 ck and exploding it by means of an ! a 3ctric wire. In every case the tocks I are shattered and thechannel imi)roved ] i 3m one to five feet in depth. i c Farmers find the high explosives espe- \ t ally valuable in clearing new land of t amps, as a single cartridge will make i le kindling wood of a stump that it c 3uid take two men a week to remove: g nother and a most reprehensible use < the explosives is the killing of fish, j ue small cartridge exploded under ] a Kor will kill every fish within 200 feet i Jt- a In shooting wells, too, the high ex- t osives are valuable. When a well ( ns dry two or three heavy chafes are i mmonly lowered to the bottom and < ploded with an electric wire, the >\ eory beiug that the little veins or lis- ^ resin the substratum, through which j i e oil or water Hows, have become ! o-.'ged or choked up so that the tluid ?longer finds its way through. The 1 gh explosives are powerful enough to atter the rock for many yards in every a rection, so that a multitude of new jj innnels are opened, and commonly the j r lid finds its way again at ouce into the c aft.?Mail and Lij.rert. c - ? a A Barber-ons Contrast. t There are barbers in this town, says I e >ew \ork Hun, who ought to take 1 ssous in Paris. They lather and scrape 0 roucjh the lirstcousse, andagi-.in lather. 8 id scrape through the second, after | ? liich the rum-soaked towel is brought J " to play, and then come corai) and 1 ush with pomatum, to be followed l>y | 8 t other fandangoes, all of which cause j " >ior and waste of time. In Paris a t: ixterous operator uses the lather brush ( * it once, and lightly, and the ra-or but i ice, and lightly, after which he hands I e cu tomer a norcelaiu bowl of water it ith a small soft napkin for use on his e ce. We have some barbers in New . p )rk an expert as any in Paris. | fi ' \ < v - / '* HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. Cranberry Sauce. After removing all imperfect or soft lerries, wa-h thoroughly; place for ,bout two ivinutes in scalding water; kira out or draiu, and to every pound if fruit add three-quarters of a pouud jranulatcd sujjar, a half pint water, and tew over a moderate fire. Be careful to :over, but don't Btir the fruit, occasionilly shaking the paa if in danger of mrning. The berries will thus retain heir shape and add to their appearance. Boil from five to seven minutes; remove rom fire; turn into a deep dish, and set iside to cool. If to be kept, they can be )ut up in air-tight jars. Homemade Toller Soap. Careful housewives save even the mall bits of soap that have become too ittle to use. Melt the pieces all together, )ut in a small bit of Indian meal and a ew drops of perfumery. Let this larden in any way desired, Btamp on a mttern, or cut with a cake cutter, and he result is a pleasing soap for toilet ise. Other bits of soap can be melted in vater, and while the mixture is hot stir n oatmeal until there is a stiff batter. ?or a hand soap this is unequaled -when nuch dirt or deep stains of ink or berries ire to be removed. The common yellow oap melted and thickened with scouring and makes an excellent soap for scrub)ing and scouring.?Graphic. Waxin# Hardwood Floors. For waxing a hardwood floor take a jonnd of the best beeswax, cut it into rery small pieces and let it thoroughly lissolve in three pints of turpentine, itirring o casionallv if necessary. The nixture should be ODly a trifle thicker ;han clear tnrpantine. Apply it with a Mg to the surlace of the floor, which hould be smooth and perfectly clean, rhe right amount varies, less being rejuired lor close, hard-grained wood, ind more if the wood is soft and openjrained. Lven professional "waxers" ire sometimes obliged to experiment, f/\ 4-V? a O li/jn/iW/i J ,ry\ a/r* ih/iti ILUUIUIU^ IU tuc W. IWH t/iv xif/K/f vhich gives these directions, and novices ihould always try a square foot or two. Wiien thoroughly dry, rub with a hard jrush. If it polishes well repeat the jroces over the whole floor. If not, emove the wax with sand paper and try iguin. If the mixture is slow in drying idd a little of the common "driers" sold )y paint dealers. How to Utilize Buttermilk. Buttermilk is used in many ways down South. There is nothing more healthul on a warm day than a glass of fresh mttermilk. Ia our cooking it is almost ndispensable, used with soda in bread nuking. Clabber is nice made into cream :beese. If you do not have a press made >f tin you can make a bag of coarse :loth, into which you pour the clabber ill the bag tightens and hang it up to irip. In twelve hours the curd will )e ready for use. Serve for breakfast vith cream and sugar (with a little nutneg if you like; or eat with salt and jepper. Buttermilk Biscuit: Sift together a | ]uart of flour and a teaspoon of soda. Work into it a teaspoon of salt, and a ;ablespoon of lard or butter (not melted), idd a pint of buttermilk, a little at a ime until all is used. Do not work the ioucrh longer thHn to collect it smoothly. Roll out oue.-half inch thick and cut with l biscuit cotter. Bake immediately in lot oven lor about ten minutes. Buttermilk Egg Bread: One quart of :orn meal, one tablespoon of melted lard, meteapoon of salt, four eggs beaten lutil light. Mix tnese ingredients into >ne quart of buttermilk, into which has jeen disolved one teaspoon of soda. Pour latter into a pan, which has been heated ind well greased, to bake. Compotes of Fruita. Compotes are fresh fruits boiled with ery little sugar. They are much used >y the French, and are an excellent node of preparing inferior or overripe fruits. Compotes of Peaches: Cut ripe peaches n half, thr..w them into boiling water or two or three minutes, then take them >ut and put in ice water; jieel them. ?ut a pint of water in a saucepan, and j iet over a brisk tire; let boil, and put' he peaches in. As soou as tender take hem out, place on a dish, and pour yrup over. Compote of Oranges: Put a pound of iugar and half a pint of water on to boil, j Joil ten minutes, und skim; add the juice ! >f one lemon. *l'eel a dozen oianges. i mt them in halves, remove the seed, and I lrop a lew pieces at a lime in the hot j yrup, and lay them out on a flat dish. I Jour over them the remaining syrup, ' md set on ice. Compote of Apples: Peel and quarter ! argc ripe apples. Put in a pan to stew i villi a little water and sugar to make a ! yrup. Add pieces of ciunamoa .bark ind iemon peel cut in strips. Let boil, ake up the apples, luy in a dish to cool; >oil the syrup thick and pour ov'er. Compote ot Pears: Quarter, peel and :ook some pears in a stewpan with a ittle Wilier and sugar. When tender, ake the pears up. Boil the syrup down, Ldd a handful of raisins and a sliced emon. When thick as jClly pour the nrflr flio fruit" jr.u;. v,?v,? Stuffed Compote: Select some large, ipe apples; pare them, and take out the sores, leaving the apples whole. Cook hem in syrup, take up, drain, and bake ;kcm a few minutes in a very quick oven. iVhfn done, till the middle w.th pear:h >r quince marmilade. Theu roll each ipple in the jelly in which it was bo led. ,ish them in the form of a pyramid; mt whipped crcam around the base, ind serve. Syrup of Compotes: Put a pound of ugar in a kettle with a pint of w.iter, he juice of a lemon, a little powdered innatnon. Set it o er a slow tire, let joil, and skim. Continue to boil until iloar and thick; let cool and bottle. This syrup will keep for months, and is rery convenient to have ready for makng compotes.?Courier-Journal. To S.ivo Firemen From Asphyxiation. An English inventor has perfected an ppl aticc which will be of great value to irem.-n. It is a respirator with an Indiaubber month-piece, and s designed to nable the wearer to breathe aud work in ( ml'ort iu dense smoke and poisonous jases The device isjfnstcned securely by , band around the head and a flange Iving ' etwei-n the teeth and lips, wh Ie u small \ >ro ecting piece may be grasped by the eeth. The air inhaled is drawn through . series of small filters containing wet ponges, cotton wool dampened with glycerine, and animal charcoal. The ilters are provided with valves so that he breath expired from the lung^ is ent dir-ct to the external atmosphere, ipectarles. with india-rubber rims titiug tightly to the cheek and brow, proect the eyes. . The best recipe for going through life a a commendable way is to foel that ieryb dy, no matter how rich or how oor, needs all the kindness they can get rom others in the world. ... ! Log Cabin Success. What ails the young men? Robert Garrett's father left him a fortur of twenty millions. He was from childhoo reared in luxury; he received a splendi education with an cspecial training into thorough knowledge of railroad managemet and was expected to succeed hit father as railroad king. Within three years after the responsibil ties which bis father's death threw upon hii ! were assumed, he is reported a broken dow man, with mind and health permanentl shattered. George Law is enother young man lei with millions of money, who is reporte among the "wrecks." His father, bred stone mason,was of giganticsize and strengtl with commensurate brain power, so ne tx came a great contractor, then a railroa king and Teft half a dozer, millions for h son to dissipate. The young man is a su< cess as a dissipator. The founders of both of these great estat* were born in the most humble walks of lift grew strong, mentally and physically, b simple living and honest labor and develope into financial giants. Their sons were renre in the lap of luxury and developed into ii tellectual pigmies. Tbe great men of our country have not, 8 a rule, come from the elegant mansions ( the cities, but from the Log Cabins of tb rural districts. Simple ways of living, tret dom from dissipation and enervating plea ures, simple remedies for disease, effecth and which leave no po son in the system. d( velop brawny, brainy men, who compel tb world to recognize their strength and powe The wholesome, old-fashioned Log Cab remedies are the safest and surest for famil use. Our grandmothers knew how to pn pare the teas and syrups of roots, herbs an balsams which drive disease out of tbe sv tem by natural methods and leave no oft< ill-effects. The most potent of these olc time remedies were, after long and sear chin investigation, secured by H. H. Warner, < safe cure fame, and are now put out for tl I "healing of the nations" in the Warner's Lc [ Cabin remedies. Regulate the regulator with Warner's Lc I f!nhi snrsanarilla. and with DUre blOC giving health, strength, mental and bodil vigor, you may hope to cope successful with the most gigantic financial problems < the age, without wrecking health and mai hood. Pearls in the Blue Grass Conntr; For sometime past it has been more < less vaguely stated that pearls of a va uable character were being picked up i Kentucky and sold at a good price 1 jewelers and others. No systemat search, it seems, has been made, tl finds having been confined principal to boys living along the streams in ce tain sections. Kecently State "'eologi John H. Proctor, has taken hold of tl work and is laboring to have the r sources fully developed. In a recei interview Mr Proctor said: "\es, it a fact that the most useful and mo valuable pearls in America are to 1 found right here in the limestone streac of Kentucky. They are of great value jewelers, who can utilize to good ai vantage all the pearls of shape and sis they get. They abound in the lim stone region of Eastern Kentucky and portion of Western Kentucky, ar among the counties in which they are 1 be found are Warren, Logan, Christiai Todd, Simpson, a portion of Trig, Crittenden, Livingston, Hardin, Har Allen and Boyle, some of the pearls a simp]; beautiful when touched up by tl lapidary. Hundreds of beautiful stoni have no doubt been found by the boi along the banks, who, after keepir them for a few days as a ''pretty thing would throw them away, ignorant < TrrVvnf Vio/1 (min^ 'Rut: T urn irnir to bring before them the true significant of these pearh, and more systemat searches for the precious stones will 1 made. I nm preparing an article aboi pearls which will enable those in sear( of them tc tell a line stone when th< see it, ar.d will give them other inform tion about pearls that will go largely i develop this resource, which to many a new one. In the article I shall have s illustration and a description of a sms instrument by which the ordinary cour try boy can force open the shells ac extract the pearls without injury either pearl or shell, so that the latt can be returned to the stream unhur Some of the pearls already found an disposed of by jewelers have rank* well in appearance with any I ever saw Tim**-Democrat. Bonner's Eccentric Advertisemen Robert Bonner, says the Pawtucki (R. I.> Record, in the early days of h struggle for fortune, began a system < advertising that has since bccome con mon, but at that time created quite sensation. Single .columns, then ha pages, then an entire page, and then a the space that leading newspapers woul allow him appeared with an apparer reckless disregard as to cost, econom and common sense. Sometimes his ac vertisements would be made up of tl opening chapter of a new story, som times a single line would be repeatc until a column or a page had bee filled. The first advertisement of tl latter description appeared in the >!e York Herald, following a refusal of tl elder Bennett to give the advertiser ti display he wanted. After a few a< verthements of this kind appeare< Bennett again protested. "What d you want now?" asked Bouner. ,4N( so much display," replied the sagaciot publisher. ery wel," was theanswe and the next day the 1 feral > appearc with one sentence commencing the ne story repealed and "run in, ' professior ally speaking, with no blank lines, forn ingoue panigraph of one solid page, b far the most conspicuous advertisemei; in the litraid that morning. During the Prince of Wales's recei visit to Horn burg he ir.it ated son: wheelriarrow races with ladies in tl barrows, trundled along by the highes English nobility. Arc Y?iii I'lillcix linyinzf This question is often asked at this seasc by persons keeping hens; and the answer too often: "Ko! and suppose they won't la until eggs get cheap next spring, just m luck." It ought not to be your luck. Fu lets hatched in April last should have con menced laying a month ago; while May an and June hatches should be laying tiii month. It is not too late even now, to fore the early pullets to laying in a few weeki The late ones, even as late as July and At Kust, can be brought forward, so as to pa well, while eggs bring good prices. Sirictl frtsh, pullet eggs will probably reta as high as 50 to 00 cente per dozen, i Boston and New York markets, bofore Marc 1st, 1889. Mrs. L. J. Wilson, of Northborc Mass., says: "In past years I have notice* when my pullets laid at all, they would lay litter and then, either want to set, or mop around for ten days, often for weeks doini no laying. Last fall and winter there wa no interruption of their laying. The result were the lx\st I ever saw m nil experience o eighteen years. My thirty pullets *vro a] just six months old when they commencei laying. I never saw such return of egg& Ii ju t eight weeks al ter they commenced to la the thirty pullets laid 1437 eggs; which" asc ribed to the use of Sheridan's Conditio] Fowder, to make hens lay." 'J he new am enlarged edition of the Farmers' frouitr Guide (on tains much information uponth above subject. 1. S. .Johnson ie Co.. 22 Cus torn Bouse Street, Boston, Mass., (the onl' manufacturers of Sheridan's Powder. ti make hens lay) will send a Guide, postpaid to any address for 25 cents in stamps;or tw< 25 cent packs of Sheridan's Powder and thi book for 00 cents, five packs $1. A large 2): pound can of the Fowder lor $1.20 po>tpai< and the Guide lree: six can3 $5, express pre paid. They will send a testimonial circula] free to any one. . . .. ^ ? f. .? - ' V.'s ; : ../ ; Tbelr Only Medicine Cheat. Dkerlodge, Montana, Dec. 10,1885. | ie I have been using Brandreth's Pills for ^ d 1 the last thirteen years, and thongh I haye had | d nine children, I have never had a doctor in the | ? j house, except three times, when we had an epi- 1 j demic of scarlet fever,which we soon banished J j by a vigorous use of Brandreth's Pills. I I i- ! have used them for my6elf,two or three anight t n ! for a month, for liver complaint, dyspepsia, C n J and constipation. In diarrhoea, cramps, wind I y j colic, indigestion, one or two Brandreth'9 ft. | Pills fixed the children at once. A box ot tC I ~ 1 {j j flJib is au uie meuiauo tuwi r?o **? a ! house. We use them for rheumatism, colds, l, j catarrh, biliousness, and impure blood. They i 9* J never have failed to cure all the above com- I f* * plaints in a very few days. ' ^ William W. B. Miller. i George M. Pullman, the palace-car million- I is lire, had a capital of Justy fifty dollars when \ j, be went out into the world to make his way. g y fr d A Sensible Man d Would use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Z Lungs. It is curing more cases of Coughs, | ^ Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup and all * >f rhroat and Lung Troubles, than any other I 16 medicine. The proprietor has authorized any " H lruggist to give you a Sample Bottle Free to * f* convince you of the merit of this great remedy. ^ Large Bottles 50c and $L J ^ ie" The island of La Costi, on the Florida coast, r. Is being set out with cocoanut trees so rapidly n that it will soon be one immense cocoanut y prove. B' Warner's Log Cabin Remedies?old fash" toned, simple compounds, used in the days of s- our hardy forefathers, are "old timers' but jr "old reliable." They comprise a "Sarsapari la," [- "Hops and Buchu Remedy," "Cough and Conie Bumption Remedy," "Hair Tonic," "Extract," ,f for External and Internal Use, "Plasters," I "Rose Cream," for Catarrh, and "Liver Pills." 10 j They are put up by H. H. Warner & Co., proI nrietors of Warner's Safe Remedies, aod prom ise to equal the standard value of those great i? preparations. All druggists keep them. id ly Cincinnati has a women's press club, a wo\y men's paper and a women's suffrage club. The Coming Comet. a" It is fancied by a grateful patron that the next comet will appeal' in the form of a huge bottle, having "Golden Medical Discovery" inY. I scribed upon it in bold characters. Whether . this conceit and high compliment will be veri;r | fled, remains to be seen, Dut Dr. Pierce will ,1- i continue to send forth that wonderful vegeE ; table compound, and potent eradicator of dis! ease. It has no equal In medicinal and health 0 giving properties, for imparting vigor and tone ic to the liver and kidneys,In purifying the blood, and through it cleansing and renewing the ie whole system. For scrofulous humors, and ly consumption, or lung scrofula, in its early r. 6tages, it is a positive specific. Druggists. st 1 Frogs' legs have become a staple delicacy on 1P the bill of fare of all first-class hotels and restaurants in New York. e Woman's Work. jo There is no end to the tasks which daily confront the good housewife. To be a successful st housekeeper, the first requisite is good health. How can a woman contend against the trials 7 and worries of housekeeping ir she ne suffering ' from those distressing irregularities, ailments to and weaknesses peculiar to her sex? Dr. rj. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a specific for these disorders. The only remedy, sold by ! 5? druggists, under apositive guarantee from the e- manufacturers. Satisfaction guaranteed in n every case, or money refunded. See printed guarantee on lx>ttle wrapper. . The annual value of the dairy product of Ulico nois equals the gold production of the United i, States. g. A General Tie-up t, I Of all the means of public conveyance in a ! 1?.? ? fnu/ liniina rliit^ncr a, fttrlkft r-g UUgC Ult/, OVCU J.V1 w iwn uvuiu1v>v.....0 w I of the employes, means a general paralyzing | of trade and industry for the time oeing, ana ;s is attended with an enormous aggregate loss to B " I the community. How much more serious to J 's the individual is the general tie-up of his sys- c ig tem, known as constipation, and due to the ' ? | strike of the most important organs for more a ' . I prudent treatment ana better care. If too long 01 i neglected, a torpid or sluggish liver will proig 1 duce serious forms of kidney and liver disI eases, malarial trouble and chronic dyspepsia. . j Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets are a I ic preventive and cure of these disorders. They i i 3e ' are prompt, sure and effective, pleasant to ? i take, and positively harmless. j " ,ij j Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes says he has made j i more money as a surgeon than as an author. i 5 V ! ??????????? Cure warranted?asthma, bronchitis, cough, 1 | croup. Use Fontaine's Cure and Liniment. J . 1 If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp18 son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at25c.per bottle. in j ' ; ! J7JAC0BS Oil to! For Lumbago. < ei FRESH. STRONG EVIDENCE. ' Prompt. Port Byroa, 111., Kir tl, IStl. id I^it Bprlag iu taken with Urn* back and raf* j ' ferei nonthi; wai cursd by 8t. Jacob* Oil and har? I Q ! had no ratarn of pain. JACK 01LLE8PU. j "I Bare. DanT?r, 111., HayII. 1818. I I iuff?r?d with pain In back_about 10 monthi j ago which laitea two monini. i WMgmaa Uj ?. Jacobe Oil. ul there hat been no return of palm. ( WILLIAM BTBEE1LTZ. ' permnnent. Fenton, Mich.. May 29,1818. I ,f About the Bprlni of *87 ?u tiken with adur # ' and palm In hlp? and but:: wu cored b7 one boV C is ' tie of Bt. Jacobe Oil and hai remained permanent b , I ever elnce. 0. CHEIS. PUHMKT.T. f AT DKtTOOISTS AND DBA1ZBB. 3* ! THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore. Hd. ( a i R If! Diamond Vera-Cura a "! FOR DYSPEPSIA. v a ; AND ALL STOMACH TROUBLES BUCH AS: 1 it I Indlgoition, Soar-Stomach, Heartburn, tij-nea, Old- L' ! dineta, Conitipation, Fullneu tfter eating. Food n y : Rilling in the Mouth and disagreeable taite aiwr eat' a | tug. Nenroainou and Low-3piriU. c 1Q j At Druwit'.* nnd Jiea'ers or tent by mail on re- t ccijit h/'Si nti (.*> totes SI.00) in stumps. Sample .8 e" | sent on receipt iJ'2-rciU Slump. | THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore. Ml j le ; 1.00 uaeins were strong-: wj hvUhholds of love, contentment, i ie ; ' \ health and happiness.Coon j ie J Vjf /\"i. s^'os were nailed to the j 1- j t ovv door and they were the 1, ! happy homes of strong, lo j 0 healthy, noble men and ' it ; women. The simple but effective rem- ! is j edie3 which carried them to green old ! r, ! age are now reproduced in Warner's ! d i "Tippecanoe" and Warner's 1 og j w ! C abin Sarsaparilla and other Log Cabin i-1 Kemedies. j I " NTNV-iO j sirs OEM Mil J2^jC>?uftESc Price 50 rent*, j 5 lYfmM^aTARRH it! t pply Balm into each nostril, j | i:i.V BKOS.. 56 Warron St.. N. Y. > _ J CHEAPEST AND BEST f | I I GERMAN DICTIONARY ml! d OF 624 PAGES i ' ; FOR ONLYJOME D0LLAH.W^$'| J. A FIRST-CLASS DICTIONARY y AT VEKIf sMALL PRICK. v'Yl^. I I y j il ! CI i in D It (?lves Kn(?ll h Words with the German Equlv.i ' lo h lents a irt Pronunciation and German Words with ' * u English Definitions. 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