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F, A ;?*.-;* ' x rr.:\y 1 v' AGRICULTURAL OPICS OF INTEREST RFIj ATIVE k TO FARM AXI> GARDEN. Batchers* OITal for Pigs. There is a wofui luck of cconomy in the feeding of butchers' offal to hogs. it is not a Lad nor unwholesome food ^ itself if its character is understood. The ^^pig is a carnivorous animal, and a certain proportion of b <>od and oilier I butchers' o.l'al is not bad tor him. But ] I this is a very concentrated, heating food. : r If given ail it will eat, the pig is made j , feverish w-nd loses half the "bene it it j > should ?/ain. I'robm.ly r the butcher! i thinks to gi^e his |>igs anything else he I throws in so;r.e corn, another heating | | and concentrated food. It is no wonder [ that hogs ihu3 fed are particularly liable to cholera. Thdc is nearly an entire lack of bulky foods to distend the > Btotnach. or those that furnish material for bone anil muscle. Milk with bran or oats should form a part of the feed of all hog3. If th s rule were attended to S disease of any kind anionr swine would ? be very rare.?Airwio an CaUicutur. I Round-K dml ' "We clip the following from at English I exchange: A fortnight ago we gave ac i I account of the manner in which a French j h poultry-keeper, by following an Ameri- ! B can invention, produced coikercls and | pullets as he de ired. The report elicited a letter from another Continental breeder, who states that he has tried a simpler j method with success. lie selected i i twelve eg?js with pointed ends, and ( f twelve with rounded ends; they were j placed under different hens, aud trorn i (the former were hutched out eleven; cockerels, and fr m the latter ten pullets, ; i the other egg<?having been broken dur- J ing the proce-s of incubation. There is, : however, nothing new in this selection i of the large cnued or round ended eirgs, j as many poultry-rea ers in i-.ngl&nd I (make a praeticu of doing so, in the be- J lief that they are more fertile?more certain to produce chickens?than the j sharper pointed eggs. A lady of forty 1 years' experience tells us that she always sets" round-ended eggs and that she ( invariably Jha? the good lucK to nave | more pullets th?n tockereb. This is to I I some extent a corroboration, though not' [ s complete one, cf the French farmer's / experience. Renovating Horses. A month to grass will work a wondrous | change with a liorse which is feverish . and getting stocked We used to turn | our horses out at night, and keep them \ in the stable, if not at work, during the j daytime. They would renew themselves J in this way. And the run to grass was j 1 just enough laxative to j urify the blood j and take all the fever out of them. "When a horse is kept on dry food and [ fed grain for more than a year, without i change, the <;rain does not seem to have j the eilect of susta ning the system that i it does after catiDg gra-s. The change is in the lack of complete digestion and | assimilation. The btoiuach becomcs! more or les3 inflamed and congested, and the lood passes through it and is ; Dot absorbed and made into'new blood, i There is no sort of economy in this sort of management, as food is wasted and j the horse is not benefited. Increasing j the amount of yrain will not remedy the trouble, as the hor.?e has too much, already. Any hor^e should have a rest j of a few days when first turned to grass, i out aner it nas Dccome usea to tne new diet it may be worked carefully. It j should be driven slowly, for it will heat: up rapidly, and as it cannot get rid of the water in its system by evaporation 1 fast enough it will sweat proiusely. If i it did not it would die. The horse, fed frain and full of fever and congestion, as no water in its body, comparatively, and of course it can stand hard usage. The truth is, cows and all an:mal9 would free e in winter if they were in the same physical condition they are in summer?when fed on grass. While this is true it is nevertheless a necessity that all animals should have this renewal, which the sue culeut foods of the summer bring about so well. The city man who caunot spare his team wisely buys bunches of clover or green rye for his horse*, which ac: as an antidote to remove fever and help a little. Ilceling-In. Whether trees are to be planted in the fail or in the spring it is best to procure thum in the tail and heel them in. "Heeling-in" is a most important operation, and, according to its beiug well or poorly done, it is of great benefit u,. 4.. 11*. ? , VI ICOUIU3 1U XL IS ICtWlY tt tv.niporary planting, which will preserve the trees for almost any desired length of time, yet allow them to be taken out | whenever thev are wanted for permanent * planting, i-u ect a high, well-drained place, in light soil where water wiil not settle, and iree from weeds that may afford shelter to mice. The object is to place the roots aud a portion of the stems in contact with the soil. A trench i is opened, the heau toward the South, of a width and depth ?ovenied by the size of the trees, 'the trees are laid in at an an?le of about fortv-iive degrees; one layer being piaccd, the roots imd part of the stem are to be thoroughly covered with fine soil. Then another layer of trees is laid iu, more soil, and bo on; when all are in the trench aud the earth so filled in that no airspaces are left amonc: the rcots, bank the earth up over aud around them, rounding it up well to shed water. As the trees are heeled in, use every care, bj labels, marking stakes or by record, to preserve the identity of the kind. When the trees are taken out for planting, there should be no di culty or uncertainty about their names. This should be kept in mind when placinir them in the trench. The trees aie placed in u sloping position that the branches may protect those below them from the sun. if the weather is very severe and there is.no danger from mice, the tops may be covered by leaves or other mulch. If mice abound, heel in the trees erect, and bank up the earth well around the stems.?American Agriculturist. Wintering Stock. The farmer should look well to his store of feed, to see that he has sufficient hay, grain and roots to feed his stock through winter profitably. In addition to a full supply of feed, he should have a supply of clean str;iw, to bed his stocK. If to be o .taim d, forest leaves r are preferable. Gathered while dry, and stored away, they n akc the bi st Kor^Inrr- ( fsiflcs. thev arc shorter, and I not so heavy in handling. Th? manureleaves also make a richer manure thau traw. If the farmer has not sufficient feed for his stock, it would be wise either to buy feed or sell oil a portion of the stock. He should cull out and dispose of all old or otherwise inferior animals; they are kept at an expense, and with no ontcome. It is also important that the barns be in good condition, to keep stock comfortable throughout winter. It is really astonishing how careless and thoughtless many farmers are in regard to this. .Many farmers go into Winter j.. quarters without shelter for a portion of their stock; others with their haras j open, shackly and illy covered, with just j iced enough to carry their stock through, i as though, after the expense of feed and trouble of feeding through winter, they j were not of any more value in the spring than they were the fall before. The feed, | thus scantily given, was entirely lost, with a little manure, and that of poor quality, to pay for their trouble. The object of the farmer in feeding animals through winter should be for peolit. Feeding stock to gain a profit from is a nice point, and requires study and ciose attention. It is not enough to feed a sufficient quantity but the feed must be of !-u<-h as is best for accomplishing the ob cct of feeding, let this be for milk, butter, fat or jrrowth. The animal must first consume a certain amount of food to maintain its stationary condition, to keep up heat for the body and supply material waste. These ,11 -? a. 1 J ..J l?n p/-\ ? /* Vl/i ill! must, UU 11 IM prov Hll-U IU1 UClUIb luu farmer can gain anything for the food. An animal kept clean, dry and warm, is kept in better health, consequently it takes lc.cs food, and what is consumed is 1 more effectual, and more profit is realized . from it. I In feed ncr for milk and butter, such ! food must be given as will best meet the demands for milk, in addition to what is required to supply the wastes of tissue. "VY hie young, animals require food for | formation of bone. This is yielded in | milk in larger proportion than from any other food. A. more matured animal re- I quires such food as the grasses, roots and grain, to produce bone, muscle, and a certain amount of fat. If the animal is fed for the butcher, it should be fed some flax ami cotion seed. Corn is the most fattening grain. Auother thing in feeding animals over I winter to a profit, is to get them n good condition early, while the weather is pleasant, it will take less feed, than to start into winter with them in a poor | condition. The manure produced by the stock, if not secured and udieiously used, will greatly diminish the profit on the feed aud care; therefore, let this be a point of great intere>t to those feeding animals through winter for profit.? 1'ruirie Farmer. Farm and Garden Notes. Near the close of a journey let the horse walk. - * _i ij.: L f-e lanci in wmcn some cuiuvmcu ciuy grew last year. Bran will pay the milk seller, but oats the butter-maker. Never wash a horse with cold water when he is heated. A fruitful cause of disease among poultry is impure water. It is better to pay $.}() for a registered bull calf than to have a grade bu.l given you. Dorking3 are par excellence as table fowls, ami proline layers of good sued white eggs. If the hog pasture gets short this month, roots and pumpkins can be used to supplement it. Do not use coal oil or grease of any kind on a sitti. g hen; it will prevent the eggs from hutching. it is better to think twice before you strike a cow, than to think twice to find out why you struck her. Ducks may be profitably raised on farms where there are no streams or Dounds of water lor them. I - The evening milk has been proven by recent Kngli>h dairy tests to contain more solids than the morning milk. To cure a cat of catching chickens, cut off her tail just back of her ears, and then top-dres3 her with two feet of earth. .Mushrooms can be grown in any dark room or cellar where the temperature can be maintained at from fifty degrees to sixty degrees. | It is better to keep a cow that knows how to attend to one branch of business thoroughly, than to have one ambitious ! to excel in everything. Happv is the man whose cows "come ! in" at the riuht time lor winter dairy' ing. If he cannot make dairying pay he has some important things to learn. It is better to till up the water trough before it is quite empty, than to let the cows get very thirsty und drink so much I they won't care to cat for two hours. !No animal is more sensitive to (old J than a milch cow, aud it is very import ant to ouserve great regularity 111 umeui feeding and nnlKing. Cows keep accurate time in these mutters. | The poor quality of the native wild grasses in the \Ve!.t is one diliiculty of the dairyman in that section. Prairie hay, 1 hough nominally cheap, is poor fetid, and really ofieu not so cheap as com in the great coru producing States. | Potatoes, beets, turn:ps, parsnips and other roots can be kept in the cellar all winter without w.lting by storing them in airtight re eptacles. They keep equally well if placed on the cellar Hour and covered two or three inches th.ck with damp leaves. j When farm implements are housed for winter they should be painted with crude petroleum, mixed With enough coloring maiter to give it a substance ik.ii- ktiII Hr>!fi it-rin [f thia w flnnp their durability will be grea ly increased, and one of the most seriou-i farm expenses be correspondingly lessened. The common squirrel is an arrant thief in the corn crib. The bulk cf wheat lie eats may be small, bat he destroys a great deal more, eating out the germ or chit, and being especially partial to that which the fa: mer has rc-erved for seed. If a squirrel can find his way to the loft where the seed co:n is hung up to dry, he will be sure to do so in preference to taking that from the crib, i Husking corn out of doors, in dry j weather, the stalks are so brittle that it is very di.iicult to bind with them. Some use rye straw for that purpose, and whsn they have none arc at the trouble to ransack the ncighboihod till they find it. It never occurs to them that stalks are not brittle when damp and that enough to furnish a man with bands all day can be su liciently dampened with one pail i of water. ? i Adobe Hons.-'s. Adobe houses are made of tinburned brick. They are common in Teuis, Mex.ce, Central and South America. The bricks are male or loamy earth, contaning about two thirds line sand and one third clayey d st. Th sinensis mixed with water a id then pressed into molds of the requited si e. Taken from the mold-*, the adobes are placid on edge on the ground and left 10 burden in the sun. In a few days they are h rd, compart brick?, without a crack. They are laid with mud mortar, and at the completion of every two feet of the structure an interval of one week is allowed for drying, and a similar space of time between the completion of the walls and the putting on of the roof. The houses are usually one-story high and the inside is plastered be <Te the roof is put on. The duration of these houses s much greater than would be supposed, as there are a number now in existence which have stood m.>re thai a century. ?Jfcw York Disputed* k COLD COUNTRY. HOW THE PEOPLE PASS THEIR LIVES IN ICELAND. Interesting Story of the Early Settlement of the Distant North?A Nation of Intelligence and Thrift. Iceland was first settled about the middle of the Diutii century by some adventurous Norwegians who fled to its /*nncfo fA neonno nnnrnftrll JlU^^CVl wuovo I U V.O?.u|)\j tuu vuv< WMVM meuts of tlicir king. They were bold warriors, to -whom submission was impossible. Together they swore to be free. Though some kindred spirits sought a refuge on the Shetland, the Orkney and the Faroe islands, it was to Iceland that a majority of the malcontents sailed in search of a new home. They founded there a free republic of aristocratic character, much like those that nourished in (.iriece before the Christian era. It consisted of nobles, or independent chiefs, their free retainers and slaves. The^e social grades were very distinctly marked, even in personal appearance. The nobles were fair, with blonde locks and line, intelligent eyes. To them is ascribed all the beauty of their race. They were brave and haughty, yet simple in manners and devoted to grace , ful and heroic pursuits. The middle grade, called churls, were florid and redhaired. Their features were of coarser mold and their occupations were more laborious. The slaves are described as swarthy and black-haired, with faces like the Lapps. Th >ugh under the control of their masters, their condition was by no means so hopeless as that of the modern slave, for thoso who in any way ! distinguished themselves were coiu! monly rewarded with freedom and a gift I of land. The loss of independence mat 101lowed acceptance of Norwegian rule in the thirteenth c.-ntury was accompanied i by a decrease of mental vigor. Books were still wrtten, but they offered no new ideas. The people beiran to live upon the past. Though they have never lost .heir taste for letters and have always remaiued fond of study, they have never since reached the creative power qf that early time. The uuion of Norway with Denmark in ly^O transferred Iceland to Danish rule, under which it still remains. The selfish policy of the new government caused a steady decline in material pros[ pcrity. Compelled to deal with Danes ! only in all commercial affairs, the people j suffered fiom their greed. The former ! proud pos.tion of the is and was almost forgotten in the obscurity that gradually 1 surrounded it. Poor, oppressed, and I isolated, the world passed it by. But a I general revival of thought and power is rw.TO i\r/->orro<cin tr in llinr hlfalc hut. hfiilll | tiful laud. Iu Its learned societies are ' scholars of merit, and the new authors are laying claim to recognition. In l8T-i the King of l)e imark signed a new constitution that gave to Iceland legislative independence, with some administrative control over their own affairs. But they are not represented in the Danish legislature, and their Governor is appointed by the King. This chief executive is | responsible to the ministerial department of justice in t openhngen. In the legislature, called "althing," there are two houses. The upper house contains six 1 members nominated by the King, and six more choseu by themselves from the i th rty deputies elected by the people, j The lemaining twenty-four members constitute the lower house. ! The people of Iceland are well edj ucated; indeed, it is impossible to find one who cannot read and write. As all are instructed in youth, teachers are abundant, and the climate, together ojit-Vi Irtnrr dark winters that make ! out-of-door work impossible, give much time for study. Simpie. temperate tastes foster their inherited love of books. It is a commoa habit for families to draw together in the evening, children and servants with the rest, to "listen to the reading of some good book, while tlieir hands are employed with light but use. ful labor. Observations are occasionally made by the older or wiser members of the group to aid the understanding of the young and ignorant. Even in mast remote quarters and among the poorest there is a knowledge of social amenities that has produced gentle manners. Children will offer the r hands to strangers with a polite greeting, while their elders will never refuse them hospital ty. The instruction of the young is further provided for by a novel ecclesiastical law, giving the prie.st a right to forbid the narriage of any womau who is unable r/aorl A fault in the education of this people is that students devote themselvos almost wholly to language and literature, to the neglei t of science and mathematics. They have a wonderful faculty for acquiring languages, die commonly meets people who can easily converse iu Dani>b and Knglish,nnd often in French, German, or La in. Their own tongue i% the ancient Scandinavian, which has been preserved among them in almost changeless purity. It is the oldest dialect of Europe, which their isolated position and constant study of national literature have kept unmodified by the influences at work upon the continent, j Says Sir David Wedderburn: "Social equality is complete in Iceland. The priest en oys a certain rank and distinction, but even the Governor, whose of fice is one of power as well as of canity, is liable to have his hand grasped *>y farmer or fisherman with the familiar inquiry: 'ilow are you, Finser?' " The Icelanders of to day are reither strong nor handsome. Their features are harsh, but this fault is partly ato..ed for by a gentle expression and frank blue eyes. In character they are cheerful, but never no:s:lv merry, and their m.nds are serious anc^ettective. Hospitality is one of their chief virtue?. They will entertain all comers as well as they are able. To he sure, guests always o.ler a gift of money if they can do so, and from foreigners it is expected; but no one is turned away. Many churches have a small collection J of books that are left in the care of the i priest for the use of any family in the district that desires instruction or amusement. Tiie priest also afds in teaching the youn<r. Though he is poor like most of his neighbors he is relieved from some of their more laborious tasks and keeps a superior position because of his intellectual acquirements. There is nothing characteristic in the dress now worn by men in Jceiana except mittens with double thumbs and moccasins and Icuyins of untanned sheepskin. Hut all the women wear a small black cloth cap. whose long silken tassel i9 ornamented with gold or silver. It makes a very pretty head-dress, that is concea'ed, however, on the street by a dark shawl which is wrapped around the head. Their dicss is usually plain and unornamcntal. but all the people are neat and clean, having a generous supply of bodv linen. Though poor everybody seems to be comfortaole. Poverty, as we see it, is very rare. Drunkenness is also infrequent.. Manners are easy and orderly, a respect for religious worship is habitual, and the desire for mental growth is nearly universal; in fine, the distant Icelander has reached a degree of real civilization that prouder nations might well strive to copy.?Chicago Newt. In a Persian Bazaar. There are silversmiths in the bazaar at Teheran, Persia, fusing the metal into ingots and bars, hammering at the plates, designing, engraving, chasing and soldering; the work is seen in progress from the very beginning, and woe be to the unfortunate wretch who shall be detected in using alloy or an unnecessary ouantitv of solder. The workers in j leather, in copper, in iron, the manufacj turers of textile fabrics, all give a conj tinuous industrial exhibition of their | own, which is open to all the world, "free, gratis, for nothing." The conI fectioner produces his sweet stock in ! trade under the eye of the purchaser. ! The Persian likes to have everything 1 made specially, and sits by to sec it done, j to make sure that what he buys is fresh, J and that he isn't cheated. It is not to i be wondered at that the bazaars are a j favorite lounge of the middle and lower I classes. All day long the great arches I of the bazaar arc thronged by a noisy, | pushing crowd, hurrying and gesticulat; ing, but all in h gli, good humor. Here I come the mounteoank, the bulfoons, tno ; proprietors of dancing bears and monj keys, the street conjurors, and the man with the tame lion; the itinerant vendors I of flowers, lettuce, pipes and hot tea; | the sellers of eggs and poultry: the dealj crs in weapons and second-hand clothing, ; and innumerable hawkers. It is not to j Do wondered at that the European travj eler finds it very di Hcult, indeed, to tear | himself away from the innumerable atI tractions of the Persian bazaar. The | bric-a-brac hunter may come upon a i price'ess piece of faience, which he may | possibly secure for a few pence. Here | one may occasionally pick up a num sl matic treasure, which the owner is glad to part with for a little more than the price of the metal; but here the strauger mu>t beware, for skillful forgeries of old coins are not unknown even in Persia. But there is one honestcustom invariable in the Pers an bazaar; if a purchaser is I dissatisfied w:th his bargain, the seiler is always ready to return him his money if he brings bock what he has bought within twenty four hours. This is a custom never departed from.?Good Words, Goats Clear 400 Acre9 or Forest. Last winter the Missouri Land and Live Stock Company brought on from | Texas O'J.) Angora goats and put them | upon its ranch to be used in sprouting : off '.00 acres of red, wh te and postoak I timber lands that had been cleared otf ! and seeded for tame grass pasture. vVhen : the goats were turned on the land in i May the whole 400 acre? were springing I up from each stump and grub with [ sprouts and the land was thickly cov{ cred with this young growth a foot to three feet in height. Within four weeks , the goats had completed the first sprout ing and were turned on to another field i to graze. As quiclc as tne sprouis snoi up again the goats were set to work to sprout it off. They have kept fat, and i at the close of the sea-on the land will ! be entirely free from sprouts. This gives the tame grass a chance, and this year I Mr. Dummit is gra/.ing 11?>0 goats, 50 | head of cattle and 0 head of ponies on ! this 10 > acres of land. These goats are valuable, too, for their wool, which is i worth about tiftv cents per pound, but | the clip for this year has not been sold, j The young kids make excellent mutton, | and in the vicinity of San Antonio, | Texas, they are slaughtered for their : meat. The experiment of the Scotch j Company of clearing land with these goats may be put down as a perfect sue* ce-s. By such means hundreds of thousands of acres of timber lands can be subdued and set in grass at comparativeI ly small cost, which could not be successfully seeded in live years by the process of grubbing and clearing.?Mi-wuri i Miner. A Rare Coin. We have seen a Confederate silver coin ! belonging to Koberts 6c Collins, of this ! city, tbac has several times been written up since they came in possession of it several years ago. It is dated 1861 and j is one of four issued by the ' New Crleans mint before the mint was olo>ed. The other three have been i heard of, one in Meriwether county in ; this State, one in Louisiana, and the i other was sold not long since in New ] York City at auction for $800. A Brook* ; lyn man coming this way offered Messrs. j I oberts & Collins $-00 for their curi; osity, but they refused to take it. They ; paid $1>> for it. The coin is a half doK : lar. has the Goddess of J iberty on one j side, on the other, the wreath is a stalk I of cane and a cotton stalk, the bars and , stars of the Confederacy in a coat of j arms, with a liberty pole through it and liberty cap on top of it. ? CartersvilU | {Ua.) Jimeiit'an. All 0:ld Will. Persons frequently form strange at: tachmcnt9. An illustration of this was j furnished the Probate Courl by the pro! visions of the will of Maggie Watson, ; which was probated. After providing ! that out of the estate w s to be paid the expense of a hear.se and four carriages [ for the funeral, and that her body bo ; laid beside that of her husband and a l monument be put on her grave like that ! on his, the wid goe* on to provide: "It : is my will that the two china doys now ! in my room be ea<'h separately put in a I box with glass fronts, both alike, and I one placed 011 my dear hatband's gave at I Spring Grove and the other on my grave, j and all to be paid for out of the money I | leave."?Cincin/.a i Enquirer. j Best Time for Literary Composition. When is the best time for writing? Some poets and novelists maintain that the best time is a night. Nobody knew when ; ord Byron wrote, for no one ever found him writing. Poc could write at I any hour of the day or night. Macau lay I always spent the entire morning reading, | and then ho wrote, Balzac tilted himself with bla k codec so he could work at night. Wilkie Collins prefers the m.dniyht hours. Wiliiam Black finds morning the best time for work. Authony Trollonc made i. a rule to sit down at ! hisdeslcat a certain hour every morning. He did not wait for inspiration. He wa3 as methodical as a bookkeeper.?Allunt Constitution. Cremation's Entering: WcilffP. The first furnace for the cremation in America of bodies of the dead was eiejtecl nt Wa-hington, 1 cun., in 13.(i, by Ur. F. .T. Le Moine.at acost of ^ 1 GOO. The lirst cremation (tlint of Baron de Palm) took place Teccmber (? of the same year. The process occupied about two hours, and was very successful in its results. The ashes were placed in an urn. The process seemed objectionable to many, and some excitement was caused throughout the country. Since then crcmatoiies have been erected in seve al huge cities, and the p oce3sof cremation is not now regaided with much curiosity. ?New York jDivpateh. Man may growl, grumble and fight, but it has no effect upou natural right. i / | Three prospectors ?eeking the fabled I Adums t'old mine in New Mexico have been killed by Navajo Indians. A. unique Chinese teapot is of white porcelain embedded in a wadding lined bamboo basket, for retaining the heat. (ieorpre Augnntnn Sntn. George Augustus Sala. the well known English writer, on his last Australian trip wrote as follows to the London Dally Telegraph: "I especially have a pleasant remembrance of the ship's doctor?a very experienced maritime medico indeed, who tended me most kindly during a horrible spell of bronchitis and spasmodic asthma, provoked by the sea fog which had swooped down on us just after we left San Francisco. Hut the doctor's prescrip tions and the increasing warmth of iho 1cmpcrature as we ncarcd the Tropics, and in particular, a couple of Ali.cock's Pohous I'lasteiis clappcd on?one on the cbcst and another between the shoulder blades?soon set mo right" Representative L'rain is the only native Texan in Congress The Gnltlen Gate Special. The Union and Central Pacific Roads and Pullman Company put on, Dec. 5, a weekly train of Pullman Vestibule Cars, to run between Council Bluffs and San Francisco. Steam heat, electric light, separate bathrooms for ladies and gentlemen, barber shop, observatlon and smoking rooms, and a female attendant for ladies and children, make it "the finest TItAIN IN the world." A SeuHible Man Would use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs. It is curing more cases of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup and all Throat and Lung Troubles, than any other medicine. The proprietor has authorized any j druggist to give you a Sample Bottle Free to convince you of the merit, of this great remedy. Largo Bottles 50c and $1. Oscar Wilde has cut off his ringlets and covered his calves. A Tremendous Sensation Would have been created one hundred years ago by the sight of one of our modern express trains whizzing along at tho rate of six y miles an hour. Just think bow our grandfathers would have stared at such a spectacle! It takes a good deal to astonish people now-adays, but some of the marvelous cures of consumption, wrought by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Db.covcry, have created widespread amazement. Consumption is at last acknowledged curable. The "Golden Medical Discovery" is the only known remedy for it. If taken at the right time?which, bear in mind, is not when the lungs are nearly gone?it will go right to the seat of the disease and accomplish its work as nothing else in tbe world can. A faith cure church haa just been built at Jersey Ciiy, N. ,T. "Had Been Worried Eighteen Year*." Tt. should have read "married," but the proof-reader observed that it amounted to about the same thing, and so did not draw his blue pencil through the error. Unfortunately there was considerable truth in his observation. Thousands of husbands are constantly worried almost to despair by the ill health that afflicts their wives, and often robs life of comfort and happiness. There is but one safe and sure way to change all this for the better. The ladies should use Dr. Pierce's Favoiite Prescription The River Nile is lo * er than tefore known in the pre ent ccntury. " Givo Him 82, and Let Ilim Cues'." We once heard a man complain of feeling badly, and wondered what ailed him. A humorous friend said: "Give a doctor 82, and let him guess.' It was a cutting satire on some doctors, who don't always guess right. You need not guess what ails you when your food don't digest, when your bowels and stomach are inactive, and when your head aches every day, and you are languid and easily fatigued. You are bilious, and Dr. Pierce's Pleasant I Purgative Pellets will bring you out all right. Small, sugar-coatcd, easy to take. Of drug| gists. Our railways represents 9,C00,(XJU,0tt) or goo a Ameiican dollars S.1000 in Prized 's rffered by the publishers of The Youth's Companion for the be short stories. There are thro prizes of $]OCO each, thre i of $750 each, and three of $250 each. N.i other paper pays so liberally to obtain the very best matte for its subsi ribers. T e punlisher^ will send a circular on receipt of astamp.giving the conditions o this offer. The Companion has Two Million Readers a * eek. Every family should take it Any new subscriber who sends $1.75 now,will receive it ree to January 1,1889, and a full year's subscription from that date. A Hnd cnl Cure for Epileptic Fits. 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