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I AGKICULTURAL. TOPICS OP INTRRKST RELATIVE AO FA KM A SO UAKUK\. How Turkeys arc SnilToil. I The common method of stutlin:: tur- j keys is as follows: The birds are put up j in coops with *u cent room for air and j light, but not for much exercise, and : are fed four times a day with *ti !' dou-jh made of oatmeal and coinmeal and milk, i This is contiuucd for three weeks, when j the birds arc lit for the table. Some- I time- the turkeys a:c crammed, that is, I the food is made into pellets which are ! forced into thu liiid's throats; but this j excessive feeding is injurious to the ! health of the turkeys and, consequently, j not desirable.?_Y tc York 'Times. Heaves in iforscs. The disease known as heaves in horses j is somewhat like a?tlnn i in men, be.ng | of a spasmodic character. "\Vheu heaves | have been brought on i?y feeding clover . hav, musty, and dusty food of var ous ; kinds, they are readily cured l>y feeding only oats or ground feed, or cut and j moistened hay, and pure and wellcut ed corn fodder, li 110 corn fodder ' ran be procured, tben hay moistened with salt water, at.d occasionally w.tli j lime water, will iro c benelichl. Dur- 1 ing the winter the horse should have a ' feed of raw carrots and potatoes two or i three times a week. There ate some 1 case- of what is called "wind broken,1' which are iucunbic, <>n account of mp- | tt'.re of the uir cells of the luu^s.? .Vac ; i\rk Sun. Use of Leaves. The importance of leaves to the horti- j culturist is ?lmo>t incalculable. It is Kelt-evident that without aliuudance of healthful foliag- we need e\peet no bottnifnl cmn of frnif Rilf it 1< jit* if?!!VOS in a matured and decaying state thut I : write, as comparatively tew gardeaers | arc aware of their value. Wiihout en- j tering into a dissertation on the scicntilic | aspect of the ijuestion, it n;ay confidently . be asserted that there is a small amount of 1 nutrition in their elements, but for lightening up so ls, and rendering them por- j ous, leaves in the form of mould are 1 highly beneficial. Decayed leaves form the basis of an 1 excellent potting soil, and, with old 1 sods, suit the requirements of aim st all j forms of t life. Some genera are ! especially partial to this compost, as, for 1 instance, ad the e.icaceoe, as wel as ! ferns, lycopodiums, etc. Perhaps their j value as a mulch has been overestimated ; on account of \heir rapid decomposition, I which soon becomes a sour mass, but for i a single season they answer an excellent ; puipose. especially lor all manner of Da- > tive wild flowers. All fallen' leaves j about our grounds should be rake.l up ; and composted with soil lor future use. [ ?New lo.L TriiUue. A Rat-Pr oof Collar. A Xcw \ ork farmer gives the follow- j ing advice in rcg.ird to keeping rats out i ot cellars, lie says: "The foundation of the cella- wall should be made of broken sione, hrm y rammed into a | 1 trench one foot wider than the wall on the outside, and the top of the bioken stone should lie covered with a layer of 'i u:? c ^ 4. nU,.if luiiiuuu i 111a joints a ui around the building which rats never ' work arouud. and the vermin may run around the budding but will never find a way in. It also serves as a diain fur t the foundation." My plan of Keep ng ! rats and moies out of a cellar has been lo make a hollow wall in this way I l_ f Pi just inside of the foundation. The moles or rats burrowing under the foundation rise and get into this trap and will go all ! round the building tiutil they go out where tiiey came in. The hoilow will never be passed ai.d the cellar will ne\er be entered i>y the vermin. At least my cellar, made twelve years ago, has nc-. er j yet had a rat o mole in it, uud not more than two or three mice, which came in at the open door at tines, but were caught immediately, having no place to h.de in. ' | A farmhou e may be kept free from < mice by flooring over every floor with hemlock boards e.lo-e up to the studding, or nailing the studding upon this close Floor. r.very siory is uius cut ou jrom another and the sj nee between every two studs is impassable evey way. The attic: floor is laid in he same way before the i rafters are put up. A lioue thu-* built is mouse and tire proof, lor lire cannot spread, but will be confiuod to the room in wheh it i eyins and is easily extinguished.?New York Tinua. i Warm "Water for Dalrv Cows. A test was made during the winter of lSyT-N at the experiment station of the Agricultural College of Michigan iortlie purpose of determining how milk and butter products w>.uld be a:eeted by warming the water drunk by dairy t ows. The llols:ein cow Mas was chosen for the test, winch began .January l;1, 1S?!S, and lasted eight weeks, i or the litst 3 month the cow was fed bran, ensilage i ana corn siaiKs. Jiaii tne amount 01 bran and ensilage fed daily was given in the morning ami theTema;uder at night. The stalks were fed at noon. The second month A!ac was fed ensilage, bran, cornmeal au<i ground oats mixed; the daily ration was divided into two i feeds, while hay w:i9 f< d at noon. The i first week and every alternate week dur- i ing the t-st, water warmed to sixty degrees F. was given the cow to drink. On the second week and alternating weeks cold water was given her. A study of the table shows that the milk and butter product was but little affected by ihe temperature of the water !?- drunk. In tho last two weeks of the teet the balnnce is in favor of cold water. The a imunt of butter made the lust week on ccrtd witter was oue pound seven ounces more than the preceding week when warm water was given. Thishoids true in no other case, there being a ImlonAft ii* futf/i* nf w-irm TP-iff>r during tho entiic period. 'Ihe week when more Imtier was produced with the use of coid water 6i.\teen and one half pounds les-* of miU was given than dnring tho prcviou* week when warm water was drwuk. In the total results there is a balancc in favor of warm water, there having been forty-'ive and a half |?ounds more of milk prod Cid during the entire period when warm water was given than during the time cold water was urunk. Tho balance in favor of warm water in butter was ten ounces, which ind.cat*s a greater relative gain in milk than in but> ter. A a<- drunk *>.'{" pounds more of warm water than of cold. The results are not a~ pronounced in favor of warm water a? wa expected. The dilfcrencc is BO Blight as sca>cely to pay for warm Kg' the water.--iVe<o York World. The One-Horse Farmer. "HuMditor of the Nerastoto (Texas') Tablet loaded hia shooting iron not long "V ago and -went gunning out on the praire. having bagged a one-horse farmer ha holds him up to view as follows: The one-horse farmer has a life long ambition to gain a reputation for wearing a dirty shirr. Uc will alarm the neighborhood by getting up two hour? before day and than sit aiound and not go to work until afier sun up. He will ride abound a week looking for a two-dollar hog. lie will complain of hard times, then tear his pants climbing over a fence where a gate ought to be. He will pay three dollars for a new bri.llc, and then let the calf chew it to pieces before ^uuday. lie gets all his neighbors to help in ? i.rnv /-,!!+ nt tllP luirr then let her die Irom want of attention. She wi;l get in and destroy his crop3 at a place <11 his fence that he has been puttusgotl tixing for six monihs. lie will sprain his back lifting someth ng to s-how how strong he is. lie will ;alk all day Minday on what he know* o: farming, 'hen r.dcs around the neighborhood Monday hunting seed potatoes. 1ft* will go in h>9 shirt sleeves on a cold day to.show how much he ( an stand, i and then return home at n ght and occiij y two-thirds of the lire-placc till led | time. lie will ridicule the mechanism of a| co:n planter, then ij?> out a d smash his j thuicb nail ng a hoard on the fence. lie will go to town on Saturday and co:ne home with lifty cents' wor.h ol co-Tee. a paper of pius aud a dullar's worth of chewing tobacco. He :s economical, economy is his forte, lie Wilis i vo ten cents' worth of axle g'. ei? c ;ud i uiu the spiud:e of a ?70 j wa^oii. lie wont subscribe for a newspaper, j but wiil boriow irciu his friend and lorget to return it. Fartn and Garden Notes. Give the horses plenty of bedding. A neglected farm proves that the owner is not up with the times. Oi' ail stock raised on a farm, poor horses ;;re the most unprofitable. Don't dispose of all your po atoes till you have selected the best lor seed. Leaves of all kinds make good fertilisers when prope:ly composted, (father them now. In selling off the surplus horse stock, be suie to keep the best mares for breeding purposes. It poor economy to save a few dollars in service fees by breeding to an inferior stallion. When pa king apples,handle carefully and pick out all that are bruised or damaged in any way. Hetter to have a surplus of hay than noteuo'igh. You cannot foretell how severe the winter may be. Do not suddenly increase the feed of horses because of suddenly increased iabor, but rather las-en it at first. Swedish turnips, parsnips, and carrots arc all excellent for fattening hogs. They will be relished better cooked than raw. 1 1 11 ? A If Usvnt A piant must ue wen icu u mu nsuits are expected, i'oor'suil will produce poor quautity aud quality of plant growth. To be successful as a gardener, you must do more than raise large crops?you must gather up the fragments aud turn thi-in to account. The fttriner should take active interest in the condition of the reads of his town. '1 heir excellence increases the value of the farm. Hogs will I e the belter for good water to tiaihe and wallow in during this month. Mud is good for them, but tilth should not be endured. With ten or tifieen hens one rooster, with six ducks one drake, and with twenty hen turkeys one gobbler, is said to be the proper div.s.on. Prepare your winter quarters and see that everything is snug aud tight, for good wholesome feed and warm q-iarters .u u,.? ?,;II i,? Ill'*2111 CggS lUiSWlHlCl rvuv;u IUUJ >T1U ue | high. jKqual parts~of clover hay and straw, | either tvlu at or oats, together with a j small quautity of bran, forms a food j ei|ua! to the best timotiiy hay and at a cheaper rate. Make pets of your colts. (Make friends of your horses. Treat them kindly, and you will nor. be troubled with unsafe and unruly horses, it is but the humane j way to treat them anyway. Hood hickory ashes arc said to be excellent for expelling worms from the bowels of young horse*. ,\.ix tliemwi.h them with the iced, a co iple of tablespoonfuls once or twice a week. In buying fowls for breeding stock be cavcful and not choose the overgrown, line looking, fat old her.; she may appear line outwardly, but she is not what you want for a breeder Hood, wclL giown pallets, or what is best, trimly] inad<*, blight, active yearling lieus, of known good sto:-k or pedigree, if you will, are the ones to choose. An app'e should be picked "before being fuily mature," it long keeping is des red, for decay comes hi close alter full maturity, whereas an apple thut is fully formed, but not fully ripe, if taken tenderly from the tree then and placed in cool, still air, not too dry or too damp, but equable, will gradually but very slowly attain fullmaturiiv and line color, and be a beautiful aud enjoyable object after midw.nler. Telegraphing Without Batteries. Fenor 1 icdrahitn, an elcetricinu of Bo^oa, has patented a telegraphic instrument which he claims will revolutionize telegraphy, as it works w.thout l batteries. The Government appointed a comm.ttec of experts to examiuc into the merits of the machine. In their first report they ;-ay: "We proceeded outside the city and placed the new appaiatus iri connection with the telcgr.tph to the city, and without a battery we held communication with the main office. We practiced another test and sent messages over a w ro six hundred metcr3 long, which wasnuugon posts without in6u ators and some portions of which were allowed to trail along the ground. Once car machine was in order we sent messages over this wire in Spanish, French anA VmrlUh and thev were repftivftd without diiliculty. The strength of the current: received from us was tested and it showed a ck isity of - 0?> ohms, ccjuul oo a distance off even and a half leagues, and over this range we could have communicated had our wire stretched that distance." A Remarkable Window. There is a remarkable window in Fifth avenue. Several thousand dollars' worth of tiger skins have becu ta^en from the big fur store which owns the window, and they have been draped so that they present a ph&ntasma of jungle dangers. Any tiger hunter who ran against tho ' window at night would receive a terrific i-hock, for the beads of the beasts bawe all been preserved, and thoy look wonderfully lifelike.?York titL-i. j HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. Johnny Cake. Tako a cup of corn meal, And the meal should be yellow. Add u clip ot' wheat Hour, For to make the corn mellow; Of sugar a cup, white or brown at your pleasure, Tho co:or is nothing?the pint is the measure; And now comes a troublesome thing to indite. For tho rhyme and the reason they trouble ine quite. For after tho sugar, the flour and the meal, Comes a cup of sour cream, but unless you should steal From your neighbors, I fear you will never he ablo This item to put upon your cook's table; For "sure and indued," in all towns I re member, Sour cream is as scarce as June bugs iu December, So here an alternative nicely contrived Is suggested your mind to relieve, And showing how you without stealing at all. The ground that seems lost may retrieve. Instead of sour cream ta;:e o ie cup of milk, Sweet niiiic, what a sweet ptirii.se to utter; And to make it cream like put, into the cup, .lust three tablesuoonfuls of butter: Cream of tartar one teaspooul'ul rules dietetic. How u arly I wrote it down tartar emetic, And so mo alternative makes t.-elf out Of soda the hall' <u a t>vi:;poontui add, Ur e.so your poor corn cake will go to the bad; Two e:gs must be brolccn without leing heat; Then of salt a teaspoonful your work will complete, Twenty m.iiuies of baking are needful to bring To tho point of perfection this awful good tlnug. ?Mrs. J. H e'is'cr, ia Su,is:tine. A Use for Old Carpets. A good way has been found to utilize old carpets. Cut thcui into strips three <ji:arters of an inch in width, sew them together and scud to a carpet wea er. Have him weave this material in breadths as long as you wish your rug to be. Tell him to leave live iuches iu the warp at each end for fringe. Sew the breadths together; knot the fringe and the result wnl be a very pretty rug for the living room.?Uouictoijc. Cheap Cuts or Meat. Many of the so-called cheap cuts of meat are preferable; for instance, the shoulder oi mutton is much more delicate than the .eg, and,as most pcrsous know, the price is low. The Euglish, who of all people know whut good mutton is, always give the leg to the household and save the shoulder for guests or first table. However, meat is not the only th.ngyou must learn to choose. Every housewife does not know that a delicious stew may be made of round steak, which costs a mere tritle compaied with the choicest sirloin and porterhouso steaks. First pound the round steak, then cut it into small piecss and proceed as with any meat stew. How to Po tsh Stfel. Small steel and iron articles in the hous arc very diriicult to keep bright. They easily become oxidized aud always want continual polishing. One way, and a very simple one, is to pickle them. J'irst of all plunge the articles into a boiling solution of cau>tic soda or potash for a lew minutes. This removes all the greasy matter on them. Then place them in a weak pickle of sulphuric acid, mixing about half a pound of acid to a gal Ion of water. j et them remain in this pickle for about half an hour. This will loosen the scale. Then rinse the articles and afterward dip them, by means of a perforated stoneware basket, into a strong solution of nitric acid. Only let them remain in this acid for an insiant and the black oxide will be immediately removed. After removing the basket from the nitric acid plunge it into cold water. The articles can then be coppered, silvered or gilded very easily or left bright.?Mail and J&press. Recipes. Es -ai.opud Tomatoes.?One half cau or one pint of tomatoes, a little pepper, sait, butler and breid crumbs, hake 0:1c half hour in a baking dish; sprinkle b:oad crumbs on top. corrack Soijkki.v.?One ei'g beaten separately; one scant cupful ot sugar; two tablcNpoonfuls of melted butter; one heaping cipful of flour, one of water; one table-spoonful of baking powder; bake one half hour. Sauk.? Hub one tablespoonful of butter with two of pulvcri. ed sugar vin a bowl); nlace the bowl in a pan of boil ing water, stirr ng in two table>poonfuls of cherries and juice or auy canued fruit you have opened that is tart. P.?t\'io Bali.s.?One pint of cold meshed potatoes, one egg beaten light; roll the potatoes in small round bulls, dip in egg. then bread crumbs; fry in a deep kettle of hot lard; have ready brown paper to absorb grease; serve in u napkin. Hoast Chicken.?Singe the chicken and split down the back; wipe dry, dredge well with salt and pepper; cover with softened butter and dredge both sides with line dry bread crumbs; place in a pan inside down; bake in a hot oven forty minutes; serve with celery leaves or parsley. C'i:i.y Sour. ?One pint of milk and a little over a pint of boiling water; rub together one taidcspooiiful of butter and two of flour; .stir iuto boihng milk until smooth; add one teaspoonfui of salt and nf /.olpr*,- vtr;mr 11?n one half a bunch of celery, boiled (leaves and all) in the water given in the receipt; boil one hour. Fmki> Appi.es and Uacox.?Core and slice round, without paring, some tart, well flavored apples. Cut into thin slices some middlings of excellent bacon or pork, and fry in their own fat almost to crispness. Take out the meat and keep Hot while you fry the apples in the fat left in the pan; add a little sugar to taste. Drain and lay upon the slicts of meat Cheese Straws.?Grate three tablespoonfuls of any kind of cheese; add three table^poonfuls of flour, a little red p.pper and salt; add to dry ingredients one tablespoonful of melted butter,one of water, and the yolk of one egg. lioll thin as for cookies, cut in strips live inches long and ono half inch wide. Bake fifteen minutes. ^ervc on plate and fringed doily. Build the straws up like a log cabin. They are delicious with salad. n r hnck Hiint.frs T?y men who know how to shoot, rare sport may be had with tho duck among the gins* and shallows of .iamnion Uuy, ' ong Inland. The birds are not plcntiftil there, but wild enough to make the hunt exciting and the capture of half a dozen fat brace a good day's work. Tho more raw, windy, cold and dismal the day the better the luck. Down on the waters of tho Chesapeake or further south, where shooting for the market reduces sportsmen to pot-hunters, all sorts of sly tricks aie played on the gamey bird; such as decoys, sink boxes, swivel guns in boats propelled by mu ed oars or paddles, and even nets pla ed on their feeding grounds at night, in which the ducks become entangled and drowa and are picked up like fish.?A7?c YorM Tribune. jkM .... m A Very Curions $20 Bill. A curiosity in tlie shape of National Bank note currency hus come into the possession of Mr. S. II. Wickham, of i.exington avenue. The note is of the $20 denomination having its back printed upside down. It is of the series of If-8>, and is comparatively new, having been but little in circulation. There is no doubt about its genuineness, as it has passed through the hands of soveral of ihe mo3t prominent bank noto experts in tho city without question. Mr. Wickham. accompanied by a Hun reporter, successfully passed it upon the pavinc teller of the Seventh National Bank, corner of Broadway and John street. "Will you plea?e tell we whether that bill is good?" inquired Mr. Wickham of the teller, sprcadiog the bank note before him on the counter. The teller adjusted his glasses and carefully scrutinized the bill on both sides. "There is no doubt about it," he replied. Apparently he did not discover the mistake of the Treasury Hu-enu, for ho handed the note back without comment. He was requested to examino the bill more carefully and compare it with a $2.) bill of the same issue, lie did so and at once discovered the error. Astonishment was depicted upon his face, and he was obliged to confers that he had never before seen a National Bank note like it. Mr. Wickham thcu submitted the bill to a similar test at the Chemical and City Hanks, the Th:rd .National and the German-American National Bunk. In each case the paying tellers pronounced the bill genuine, and were not a little slow in discovering that the back was ! ?? ..?? K?o? I priUlUU ujisiue u>mn, .?unc ?! uivjl | j cashiers had ever seen n note of the kind | j before, nod were greatly pu/.zlcd to i know how the bill had got into cireula- i tion. Mr. "Wickham received the lull from the cashier of the Honjr Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, where he is employed a3 clerk. The tirm in turn received the bill from the City Bank in the usual order of their banking system. It was by the merest accident that the error of the Treasury officials was discovered. The cashier of the ITong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation is very methodical in his business transactions and in handling currency notes lie is exceedingly careful to have the face of the bills turned toward him. After counting a pile of bills one way he usually turns them over and counts them the other way. In this manner he discovered that one biil was upside down, and upon closer inspection he found ! that it was printed that way. Mr. Wick ham's attention was called j to the matter, and quick to seize a fiood ! thing he proposed to the cashier that he i be allowed to take the hill, substituting from his own pocket auotherof the same denomination, " he cashier made no objection, and Mr. Wickhum does not regret the transaction. bin no then] several parties have been negotiating to j buy the bill, offering fancy prices, several | times in excess of its intrinsic value. Mr. Wickham has refused all of these ! offers. He thinks if a hdl stamped . on one side and *!0 on the other is. j worth $10UU. his currency i.ote w i!i t!ie oack printed upside down is worth leveral hundred dollars. ? jVVsc York Hun. An Epidemic of Mjasip.s. Dr. "W. D. Ilodges read, some monthsi Ago, before the tmi oIk Medical Society i. a paper on an epidemic of measles in au institution lor children over which be presides. | A child who was supposed to besuf-j ferinjr merely from a severe cold wasj brought to the institution, and immc-l diately placed in the sick ward. Within J twenty-four hours an eruption appeared, which proved to be measle*. Three' children, who were that day di.Mhaiged from the sick ward, devloped the di ease, the odc in nine days, the others iu eleven days. It spread among the inmates until of ?ixty-iive all but twenty took it. and <>f | the exceptions teu were sent away, und ' sight had already had it. In the case of i the other, no intorrnation on tliis p iiut could be obtained. Of the forty-five patients, five died. The eruption wns a' its heiffht on the 6fth aod sixth davn, and lasted from twelve to fourteen days. In over one balf of the cases theie was int'atnnv<tioii of the ear. In only one case were there I 1 .: I... | wUU V 111MUII9, W I1.C41 I.UIIIU lillVVi u.ljo ?;w> fore the eruption. This child made a I rapid recovery. The treatment consisted mainly in cleanliness and the regulation of the diet. The following fact3 seem to be established : 1. Tlie wonderful contagiousness of measles. 2. The tendency to communicate itself from, at least, the earliest visible stage. J;. The interval between the exposure and the eiuptiou is from nine to twelve days. 4. Its fatality is mainly from its complication with other diseases, developed by it. i?. In a ma oritv of cases, there is a tendency to produ e more or le^s inllam1 txf ! ?? o?m (iii imMnrtrtf. t 1'*1 ft ; iliuuiMi vsi uu* vui <?.< ?. .wv. for parents to bear in mind. U. The tendency to cause convulsions is very slight. 7. There is generally a tendency to inflammation of the eyes. J/'r. lio<it>es treatment for th s was to apply a solutiou of borax, ghccriue and water. In the discussion of the paper, Dr. Durgin, of the Hoard of health, affirmed that there was prevalent a mistaken feeling of security in the case of measles. Since there h:id been in Boston 111. deaths from this disease?an average of forly-e gilt a year. Such a yearly average from sma!l-pox wou d Btartlo the community. In one yeai there were 152 fatal cases. it was voted by the soe'ety that '-he; Board of Health should caic for cases ot measles, as is done in smail-po"; and scarlet fever. It was intendtd that this vote should authorize the Board to ge to the houses, give advice in respect to isolation and disinfection, and sec thai i the advice was followed. ? Youth's Com panion. Rats Half a Yard Long-. A party of engineers from the New York Dock Department and sanitary experts arc ranking a prospecting tour o: the slips and pier* hi the orthnnd a<*t j ltivers with a view to uncurtaining then condition. The party began w.ih tin ] ant hiver, traveling at low tide ,n a small boat to enabli; it to e\'i<!ore tin river bottom under the piers where the sewera discharge the r contents ami ;c test the sounduess of the timbers willadze and auger. The commission report? this hidden world under I lie piers ilia: stretches along the ent.re water from o." the city to be a veritable pa-adisc foi rat-oating. Cele3tiais. .Sleek dock ran half a yard long sport among the slitnv timbers in the glare of their dark Ion terns. Occasionally evidence of tin visits of another kind of dock rats w,n ^pund in the hidden plunder from som< B|d on the river. J . s- :y y-'-f.:.' ;v< Parting the Hair. "On the right, if you ploa*e," said a representative of the CaU to a tonsorial artist, who, brush and comb in hand, was about to part his hair on the left side of the head. "All right, sir," remarked the knight of the brush and comb; "was going tr> part it on the other side from force of habit." "How many people part the hair on the right side?" 'should say less than one in twenty." "And why do so many men part it on the left side?'' "Because," replied the artist, brushing back a stray loi-k, "they've been brought up to it from infancv. A mother facing her boy always holds the comb in her right hand, and it being easiest to com!) the hair from left to right, she parts it on the left. The boy when he grows up and is able to cora!> his own Iviir finds the part on that side, and follows the line marked out by his mother. That's why the majority of men part on the left."?San Fnnc'uco Cull. We Arc Japan's Uest Customers. Governor Hubbard, the I'nited State? Minister at Tokio, tells me that we buy more from Japan than any other foreign Dation. "Last year," said he, "our imnorts from this country amounted to 21, 000,000 Japanese dollar-, or about 1<5,000,000 American dollars. "We bought $11,000,000 worth of her raw silk and nearly $7,000,000 worth of her teas The fair cheeks of our ladies were cooled last year with $117,000 worth of Javanese fans, and our noses were wiped with $8llf,000 worth of Japanese silk handkerchiefs. "We buy neariy .>-0;),009 worth of porcelain evciy year, and our imports of bamboo war<; amount to 9102,000 of Japanese money. We buy more than twice as much of Japan as any other country, and our imports are increasing every year. In 188 r we bought a million and a half more goods than in 188(>, and the United States will probably continue to be Japan's bc3t customer."?Neu> York WM * A Professional Dinner Taster. ' Paris keeps ahead in the invention of employments. The pitch of material civilization to which they have attained has now blossomed in a "dinner taster." There is only one of him. He drives rapidly from one house to another tasting the dinner and suggesting improvements and corrections, udding a touch of oil here, advising the passing of th s carving knife through garlic, correcting flatness by a sque'.e of lemon, etc. He is a chef of the first order, and having made a great deal of money contemplated retiring, but hi?* artistic nature revolted.so he explains to a newspaper man over there, against total divorce from the congenial and sympathetic occupation1 of a lifetime; and he inveuted for him-, self the occupation of dinner tuter.many. people being d'lighted to have the bene fit of the critic:s :i of such a master who :ould not atlord to employ such a one iltogethor.?New York Graphic. Cure of Pneumonia. IIkss l{OAi>, Niagara Co.. X. Y.. t. March 24, 1SS0. About .1 year ago I was taken with a severe pai'i in both lungs. I was first attacked with a violent chill, then a dreadful pain and then a sough accompanied by considerable fever, -it looked very much like a bad attack of pneumonia. A friend of mino procured five Allcock's! Plasters. One he put under each arm, on-: j under cacti shoulder blade, and one on my) ;hest close around my throat. In a few hours* :he cough'ceased, the pain gradually abate;]) ?nd I broke out in a profuse perspiration. I \ Cell into a profound sleep, and the next day j ?vas almost well. I wort? the Plasters eight days ^ afterwards, and have never bad any trouble J lince. William A. Sawyer. Nevada contains 109,740 square miles;.wa? [ ?cttle<l iniMiUat v> asuoe, anu wu muuiucu i Into the Uuion October 31.1861. To-N'liflit uiul To-^lo' row Nighli And each clay and night during the week you ! ;an get at all druggists' Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, acknowledged tube the most successful remedy ever sold for the cure of Coughs, Croup, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Asthma, and Consumption. (Jet a hot-) tic tu-ilau and keep it always in the house, so' you can check your cold at once. Price Stic and SI. Sample bottles free. Estimates of the number of dogs in the Uni-i ted States lis it at 30,(X)3,r0D, and their cost of; keepiDg ut $3X),(XJ0,0 0 per milium. SJiorltiiisr Arritlenf. So read the headlines of many a newspaper! column, and we j cruse with palpitating inter-) est the details of the cataMrophy, and are; deeply impressed by the nacriticc of human' lives Jnvotved. Yetthousand-* of men and wo men are falling victims every year t?that ter-; rible disease, consujnp ion (scrofu'a of the lungs), and they and their friends are satisfied to believe the malady incurable. Now. there could be no greater mistake. No earthly power, of course, can re tore a lung that, is entirely wasted, b..ti>r. Pierce's U- Idea Medical Discovery will rapidly and sureiy anvst the ravages of consumption, if take.i in time. l)o not, therefore, despair, until you have tried this wonderful remedy. Camfornta's production of dried fruit has increased from f>.070,UX) poun s in 18SS3 to 20,CQ5,000 pounds in 187. ?-1 ?rn un ^ "Yes, it pays," said a bin, fat physician, with | anamewliich is known throughout the modi- i cal world. "I have a practice worth $40,0(A) a year." "Women?" "Yes, you've guessed it first time. They jjay $10 every time they come into iny office. \V lien one gets on my list. I tell you she stays!" and Dr. II huig1 ccl 1 lis and loud. This is quackery?gilt-edged, genteel quackery?to keep suffering women paying tribute year in and year out, and (loins them no good. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures the peculiar weaknesses and diseases of women. It does not lie to them nor rob them. Ala bama was settled in 1711 at Mobile; admitted into the Union December 14,181'J, and contains 50,54' square milM. A perfect specific?Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. It was a maxim of Marshal Saxe that "every soldier killed costs the enemy his weight in lead." A Rr.inr.rlmhle f nper. TrtE Youth's 1 'omi'anion i? a welcome visitor weekly n more than 400,(XX) families, and has 1 1if? >,v T,r> ntlw.r won II puiuc 111 I1U1UL- tug uuuiiiivii iv mu ?v..v. publication. It is always saf<, pure, instruci ive and ent-c taining. The onucr is bow any family can do without it. Any no subscriber sendin $1.75 now, can have Thk Companion free very week to January 1,1SH), and for a full year from tha date. Ham le conies free. Address The Voi th's Companion. l oston,>la^a ? ainrrli Cured. A clergyman, after years of suffering from thnt loathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly tryinpr every known remedy, nt last found a prescription which completely cured ami saved him fromdeath. Any sufferer from thisdreadfuI disease sending a self-addressed stampod envelope to Prof. J. A. Lawrence, 88 War en St, N. V., will receive the recipe free of charge. A Rail cnl Cure lor Epileptic Flm. To (he Editor?Please inform your readers that 1 have a positive lemedy for the abovo named disease which 1 warrant to cure the worst cases. So strong is my laith in its vir tues Hiut I will tend i tea sampie bottle and valuable treatise lo any sufferer w ho will give me his 1' O ard Express addresF. Kesp'y, H.?. ROOT. M. C . lf-3 Prarl St.. New York. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isa c Thomoeoa'sEye-water. Druggists sell af25c. per bottle ft? ? ? who have uwd Ptso*8 Cnro for Conramption sai GHEA^T -:- FAMILY-^ITLAS >1 ' fi : . V v. ;:, STJAlSOIL W TRADE MARK^I REMeW'PAIIJ IT CONQUERS PAIW. IT CUR3S I MILLIONS Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Of Bottles Sold Backache, Headache, And In Every One Toothache, Sprains, A CURE Bruises, &c. _ ?. . ? , ^ ThoChas.A.VogelerCo. At rmgfUti atd D?iters. Baltimore, lid. Diamond Vera-Cura FOR DYSPEPSIA. Alts ALL STOMACH TROUBLES SUCH A3: Xndlgeitlon, Soar-Stomach, Heartburn, Kmui, Glddlncu, Comtlpatlon, Fnllnrsi after eating, Food Eliln,-; in the Mouth and disagreeable taite alter eaVlnj. Mcrrosiaesi and Low-3plrlU. At Drtingieit and Dea'ers or gent by mail on reecipt of i"> els. (.") bo.ce.< 1.00) in ttampi. Hamplt sait on receipt ?J2-rent Stump. THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore. Ml y Y S U-3 0 Wbat Scott's Einlsion Has DoQel # Over 25 Pounds Gain in Ten Weeks. Experience of a Prominent Citizen. The Caijfobsia Socirry foe the) Supphession of Vice. > San Fbascisco, July 7th, 18SC.) I took a severe eold upon my ehest and lungs and did not give it proper attention; it developed into bronchitis, and in the fall of the same vpnr T was threatened with consumption. Physicians or dered me to a more congeni al climate, and I came to Sar, Francisco. Soon after mj arrival I commenced taking Scott's Emulsion of Cod Livci Oil with Hypophosphites reg ularly three times a day. Ir ten weeks my avoirdupois went from 155 to 180 pounds and over; the cough mean time ceased, c. R. Bennett. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. . (98 SKWinr-MuchlnrnnnT] jTjlV~*Vfl 9_ i*| 41" " at once ratabliihIt Ulj [ BESv^5fl|e3i?8fl]lrodf <D 4:1 P?"?. b?r n p p bXJZtll'j |>'*cinj oar micblnrt^ 11 I 11 I J fi'jilt where tht p?ople r.u tee I^ 'Hem, w. will Mad free loone m/.*?. '^55{?Frrt''D in e*ch locality.tbc very .J??f beat eawinj-macbinc tr.at!? In WSS~zg?7o fji I kthe world, with *11 tlie attachaienta. ff t4r?"*'A., JBSfi d w? wl" *u<> "nd free * com,,lei. B rriil1! T Tariff rrllpg our an<* valuable *rt B f "T; I ( *J(w^>ljumple>. In return we uk thai you v I f '&t'i B Aj W?bo?r what ere tend, to thoae who jj r | -J 'iflf cll: *' 7our home, and after 2 E tsjj--?^9S^j^JC^Tnionlh*aliahall become ycur own J/PC LProPertr. Thit par,;] machine la Si-JL \ "^jfrnade after the Kinr<>r patent*, W have run oui: befor* luirnta % nn out it told for.'SUiS, with the IIn itchmenn. and row ttlli for Jl I. EtffPu "K? ZT Be?i.nron(tcit,mu?t inc. PBIFph fj? KS* Pful n-.achine in the world. All < HhhS I ->o capnti required risin, brief instructions given, I hose who write to us it once can sc. cure free the bc-t sewing-nuchlno in the world, and the flne?t lineofworlt* of hifh srtevrr shown together in America. TiC<J? <3c CO., Box 140. Augusta, Muine. 8wifl% Sp<'c'flc cured meofmalifrnant BIdfld Poison .ifter I had be n treated til vain with old so-called remedies of Mercury and Potash. S. 8. S not only cured tne Hlood Poison, but relieved the Rheumatiau wuich was caused by he poisonou* minerals. GEO. BOVELL. 2422 31 Avenue, N. V. ' Nine years Scrofula attacked two of mv children. and they were badly atttcted with the disease, which resisted the treatment of my'ami yphy icia-i. I was persuaded to use Swift' 'Specific bv i-eein^an account of c-res in my county paper. The impr'>> emen" was apparent from th first few oses, and in n short time my children were cured, and ar? still sound and well. JOHN WILLIAMS, Lexington, Va. Swttt'8 Specific is mtircly a vetcctablo rcm<dy. nnd is the only medicine which permanently, cure Scrofula, Blood Humors, Cancer and Contajfiou Blood Poison. Send for Books on Blood and Skin Diseases, mai ed free. THE SVVTFT SPECIFIC CO.. Drawer 3. Atlanta, fia nPFTTTWHYOU will SAVE MONBY toPCDrt ii r>m Time, Pain, Troublo aDdWi"CLKE CATARRH ?fEVtRg|dJ BY USING W / :?i ELY'S CREAM BALM. gggjh^ ' pply Balm into each nostril. usxiELY BROS., 50 Warren St., S. Y. /Mi DA R t?- Ei 13 fP* ,r? w|<h ? ""n i? 5k3 ?ti |1 &lia M L&fl "HI our COO.I* hv simple Xk ? H 8*3 ^ Hlfl Bb till to the whnlrsal.' ami re $ W L L. WIVIL fll fS! str iar KBt 2-cont?tani|i Wages $3 Per Day It-nrancnt f>ox>riori. So poilals ?n<worf(l Mom-r advanced for ???>. iblvrlllliic. etc. Centennial Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati. Ohio. SKUtKI RACCOOH! MINXS and all otter Furs lior.pht for cash at highest priest? al-oH'.nU-rs' and Tracers' Uuide; iclialle Si-u& for circular at once E. C. HOUtJIl TON. '28 Polld St.. Xew Yorj_. Blair's Pills/ OtoI Hoxt ;t4; round 14 Till*. CALIFOBNIA OBANOE, RAISIN and FRUIT LAND. 9000 acres i n any size tractii. Just the place for n Colony. Special inducement to settlers. Kasv terms. SIGNOR. FERRY <fc SZLOVER, Sag Tlogn. Cf.j ISf.MP >TI"I)V. Boofc-keepinfr.fiusinesHForuis. WwraC Penmanship, Arithmetic, Short-hand,etc. BB thoroughly taught by MAIL. Circul rs fne. liryuiu'n College, 457 Main St. Buffalo. N. Y. 0111. i Liiil T f eurm. .a i . u tlRD I Days. Sanitarium or Mow irefJw-UL iria. Free. No Cure. Nol'av. Th *' "? niit* l<? r f.iy ('?? l,n KiivriiP. in . p to $S a day. Samples worth $1.S0 Lilies not trailer llie horde's feet Write S& W BrcwstrrSafety ltcin Hiilder Co.. Holley. Win". CHEAP South Florida Homes. No frost or fever News; apor free. O.M C'roHliy', 99FiunkJin6t.N Y ! Wc want to miy sever:' i in tni* locality, r AllmJ CnnTiH A: Wjti?u. .^33Broadway. N. Y. TEERLEM PTES SOLD BY DHUGOIST-I CHEAPESTAMD BEST GERMAN DICTIONARY m OF 624 PACES //^^OljA FOR ONLYJUME DOLLAR.^/VX^ A FIRST-CLASS DICTIONARY AT VERY SMALL l'KICE. V i t It (rives Fngll h Words with the German EquK-i If Mr a <1 Pronunciation and German Words lvltii Lnfclish Definitions. Sent postpaid on receipt of SI HEAD WHAT TJTTS M \N SAVS: Salem. Max., May 31,133L Fook Pub. House, KM Leonard St.: Tim Germnn Dictionary Is received and I am much pleosed With It. I did not exit-ct to (Ind such-dear print In so cheap a book. I'lcaoe send a opy to . and inclosed tiud SI for same. 1L 21. Haskell. Addrcfn BOOK PUB. CO., 134 Leonard Street, New York City. /\ TmAtiCl say FIFO's unrerorcoiiI Bo Hi I 111 V sumption ie THE BfcST UoiUWjJI^W^^ vole* 1 Money in MONEY IS CHICKEHS <Aa. ^ 11' YOU <'W KNOW HOW MriUf ^ !IMK;*3ml Sulfer and Die of llm y?- nlv. I ' n\ lious Ma'adic* which aflliet \lv> vVvv ftf them when in o majority of Mi /fit V cases a Cure coti.d have .W'l^ becii effected had the owner pf)si-c>Hwt a little kuowlcdfie. Pitch as can be juvcored from the or* ONE HUNDRED PAGE BOOK ilQS Wo ffcr. embracing tbo Puvcncu. Kilt RUNOU Of -? " KNOWN. OWLY 2?3 CENTS. 191 Pages, 91 Full-Page Maps. Colored Maps of each State and Territor* In the T'nited Stat- s Al?o Maps of every Country in tho " ' v World. Thr- letter presn pives the square miles of ea h State: time ot settlement: i?pulat'ons chief cities: average temperature: salarv- . I clhdala and theprincirai postmaster* in the S'ate; number pt fcmiif, with their prod 11 t.ionsand the valr.c thnreof; different manufactures and number of < nicioyee, * etc.. etc. Also ih'i area of each Foreign Country: form of Kovemiu nt; i>opu!ation; principal product" . ,< and their money value: miiount of trade; religion; ; si/.-of 1 my, miles of railroad and tele>n: pb: number of h' rses, cattle. sheep, and a vast amount ot Information valuable to all. : EVERY FAMILY SHOULD HAVE ONE. All newsjwper readers nre constantly n edlnean ^ Atlas for reference in order to intelligently understand tlio artic e fli y ar. p rnsintr. It is mrpriBimr , how much infoimation i- thus stor <1 away in the memory, and how noon one I ecomes foiT.iilar with the chief points concerning; all the Nation* of the V.'o'- d. PnntnaM fur 'ia c?m i?. - n-r- t>t? f VII r eo-flrd St.. y. Y. City. [FOR CDN^PT^I Piso's Cure is our best selling medi- J cine. I have a personal knowledge of its beneficial effects, and recommend it. ?S. Larry; Druggist, Allegheny, Pa. iwpw A-RTn nnvc ? i mijii Aim iiuioi a Want to learn all about a Af Horse? How to Pick Out a A \ Good One? Enow lmperfev-^/'^v ' ':S tlons and so Guard against \ ^ . v'^S Fraud? Detect Disease and XT'" W L ffect a Cure when same U y \ / \^ possible? Tell the orc by </ V / \ $2 ti.e Teeth? What to rail the Different Part* of til* Animal? IlowtoShoe a Horse Properly.' Allthl and other Vn u.:ble Information can !>e obtained by ' > reading our lOO-l'.UJE ILLUSTRATED HuRSE ROOK, which we wlU forward, poit a.il, on receiptor only ^5 cents in stamp*. BOOK PUB. HOUSE. 134 Leonard St.. New York City > , iLECANT LADBES' KNIFE FREE! This cut represents our.-^ Warranted fif .adius LPlte und Olove\ * est atnel fist. Suttoner, combined with \ >. est 3ieei. ,,y.> ocuni tort oi.* handle,tfven \ ^isfactio* Guv jcriptionsto tbo Amur- ^ \ icnn Rurolnome at 85 cents each, without prsmlnm. ? \ Addri>Rs ail orders to RURAL HOME CO. Limited, Ji<"hn"Wr. N. Y. Mintio" fh1a paw. WHY WEAR EYE-GLASSES ? DR. VEiZIE'8 ^kCURES Eye Restorer RESTORES DISEASED SIGHT EYES. . I At a!l Druggists. Send for Circulars. <j/31j BYE RESTORER CO.. - ALBANY. N. Y?. fi?m catIrrhS where all other remedies fall. Oni method of direct mid eo tinnota ., inculcation of the whole respiratory system produces num. effect a3 a favorable chaiiRO of climate. So xrnoke or disweeabie odor. IIXUSTKATKD HOOK KivSnjrfoIX partlciilars.freeupon application. common s:kse mm. curb CS State St., Chicago, IU. , Northernpacific^ i low ps ice railroad lands i FREE Government LANDS. MILLIONS of ACHES of each in Minnesota, North Dakota, Montuna, Idaho. WasliinKton acJ (Jrejron. CC&in CHO PublicationR with Map?d<?cribimrth? '?< '5 OCltU rUn bcMt Agricultural. Grazing-anil " < r>cr Lands now open to Settler* bentlreo. Addros* chas. b. lamrorh, 'ff issiffif fsk j?nes a c out If rw*o*?*Tri6i iijfyk. jSy S Ton YVtuson 9calei? v'Offi ^jSE3n?Tr 'ron Sucl Heariag*, Brut j ' UflBjKxRjiSXf^ Tare Bchjq and Ream Box far S80. MaW^VcaBP .v^ Inr'tluSrilc, For tret prut Ujfr T^7 \ swr.tlno thl? papfr and addreia ?. 4 C WJI W jnms Of BINGHAMTM. : _ B?N<JfMffITON. W. T. CON SUMPTION I luivea positive rctntilv for fbe above fli?,>a>?: ty I ti us? thoorandx of raj*s of ttw ?or*t kind and of Ion : standing have br^ii cnrod. So i-tronar * my faith In Its e.ncacy thai I will M?nd two bott'o< tree, to^otlier with a vafoabl* treati v on this diseiwt- to anv Milfeivr. (Jive K\pre?s and 1'. O. aildrua*. T. A. SI.OCCM. M. C.. 1<1 Pearl St.. S. Y t|(<!crnian Asthma Cure nexery'iztisUnrtvem.* Umrdiii'rrciir/m the wor?t ca^e^.lnHiiroM comfort-B able sleep;; effccts carca where a lntbtr?full ia 53! trial convhetj the moti skeptical. Price ?()c. MdH K S1.00, olDrugris;s or b\' m.-i il. Siunli- l'UEHl Bjorgtamp. DiOjL^HIPFMAN.fiU^ul.MlnnM WOMEN BLESS IT.^ hoxa dj:a: \&] w, lir mill Mar- JBM/ fT.CC Oil Will* ??"> = ? -i --- ja?v tj-rs to female romp, aints send for troat:so an 11;* timonials. tM an s. H AI.i. 10 2 First St.. Jorsoy City. N. J. a Proof that 6IOO a month la ?A 1 m 5? ng 0 raadc selling cur New Book itev Dr Tnlmagr, also Mother, Home and Heaven. 19u,000i?lar Kditod by T.I. Cuyler, D. D. 82.7.V 10 ooot'urloaltieaof toe Bible. Introduction by J. II.Vincent, D.D. Illa?tnttod. ?2. E.B. TREAT, I*ubluUcr, 771 Ercuulway, N.Y. WISE GREASE NtVFR GI'ItlN Never tmew* or Molts. Every hox Guarauti**!. sample orders solidUf.i. Write for prices. \VI.*?K Axleiirejmebrut innde. .Soldby all Jobbers. Chf-ajmr than common jrreafe. CKA K K. i!t Wlfifc CO.? Mfi-s.. 39 River St.. Chicago. III. DETECTIVES Wanted la everr CMQtr. Shrew.! m?o to act under instruction Id our Secret Service. Kxp^rienc not ne<**???rjr. Particular! ftrw. Orannan Di>teethe Bureau Co.il Arcade,CiaeiasitLO. fjfl j Lire ?l home ?ml make more inonrjr working for bi tbm IftjaVl ?t unrtlilnrelf In Hie world Citlirr vi CoeClroalflt mi*. Term* mix. AUdreu, Tkur. it CO., Aue.w.'a. Mala*. Chickens. ? 3 man who devofod 25 rrsaw ? ,B1 of hi* 11 fr r? CONDUCTING .\ roM.TUV Y .MIDAS A flU SJNIXs. i:?f :i? u pastime. As the liv.iiL'of himself unci family depended ou it, lie gave llic subject ttich attention as only a ' need of bread will com mand. and the result was a yrnnd success, after he had ; spent much money and lo?t hundreds (if valuable chicken* inicxperhm'utjnir. What he learned its all tlu'W years is embodied in litis book. which we M>i:d [wistpaid for 25 cents '? stamp*. It leaches jv:i how lo Detect ami Cure" Dif-iw". how to , Feed for Kyjrs m:d also for ? Fatten uijr. u liich Fowls to ! Save lor Breeding Purposes i and everything. indeed, you bhouWkuow on this subject BOOK PUB. HOUSE. 134 Leonard St,. N. Y. City.