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? AGRlCU LTU RAL. TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE 1 IO FARM AND GARDEN I Taking Care of Farm Tools. "Too much care cannot be takon in preventing loss from exposure of the farm implements when not in use," says a farmer in the Xew York "World. "Nearly all farmers now house them through the winter, but quite frequently, through neglect, some ,will be left outRfandincr until Info in tViA full hpforfi I they are put away in a dry place, and then in a foul and rusty condition. Every tool or implement should be thoroughly cleaned as soon as it is out of use, and before it is stored away for the season. I give my recipe for a mixture for coating the metal portion of farm implements: To two quarts of kerosene add one gill of liuseed oil and aa ounce of powdered rosin, and apply wi?h a paint brush. This will prevent rust by excluding the moisture which causes it. To the wood apply a coat of pure kerosene." Transplanting Large Tree". Large trees may be removed quite safely during the winter in this way: Dig around the tree at a distance from the stem and under the roots, so as to make it easy to get a large bail of earth out with the roots when the ground is frozen. Protect the bottom of the hole with leaves or straw to prevent the earth from freezing. Prepare the place for the tiee, j and keep the soil taken out from freeziug so that it can be returned wheu the tree j is moved without trouble. When the I ground is frozen haul loosen the tree and rai?e it with blocks and tackle and run a sled under it so as to get ttie ball of earth and roots upon the sled. The top of the tree should be pruned if it is not an evergreen, but if it is the top should be protected by tying it with straw ropes. The tree is drawn to the place intended for it and set un on a well (prepared bed of soft earth; the remainder of the earth is carefully pushed under the roots and settled in among them with plenty of water and the hole is tilled firmly. The tree should be supported with ropes until the roots have got a firm hold on the new ground.?Nex York Times. Wood Ashes in rhe Hoffpon. It is believed by many that a liberal ?upply of wood ashes in the hogpen serves to promote the health of the occupants, and is a sure preventive for many forms of disease. 'The following I from an exchange shows that ashes are highly valued by some swine growers. A certain farmer and his neighbor to whom the sec ethad been communicated, had been very successful in keeping their herd of swine healthy and thrifty, while those of their neighbors were dying. The secret of their success was due to the free use of ashes on the feeding , places. "When corn feeding commenced , these farmers would haul a load of iishes J and scatter over the feeding-place, repeating from timu to time during the fattening period. Coal ashes was found to answer as well as -wood ;ishcs when the cobs accumulating about the feed lot were raked together frequently and burned, allowing the ashes to mix with the coal ashes. By practising this, these two men saved their hogs each year, put- 1 iB tin? them on the mnrket healthv and well fattened. During two years, -when cholera raged in the neighborhood,some men lost all their hogs, while those of ' the farmers above named were exempt. ; Yet these losers would not adopt the ! simple preventive That gave immunity ' to two farms in their midst from disease. 1 The remedy is so simple that they scoffed at its supposed efficacy. Too much tes- . timony has accumulated in the favor of ashes contributing to the health of swine, when they have constant uccess to them, for farmers to ignore their value. This preventive is in the re:ich of all men, and there is no reasonable excuse for not making free use of it,? American Cultivator. Cooking Foo I for Fowlq. How to feed well and at the same time economically is often the question with people who must make their fowls pay in dollars and dimes, as well as iu pleasure and recreation. And eveu the wealthy fowl owners are not averse to having their fowls pay for their food and care, even if they are not expected to pay for their expensive houses and.fancy runs. With persons liviug east of the ltocky Mountains corn must always continue to be the cheapest food, out it has been objectionable a< a constant food on I account ot' its fattening properties. We believe by cooking the corn whole until quite soft and swollen to the fullest extent that a flock of hens may be kept in good laying condition when fed corn almost exclusively. We have been experimenting with corn boiled very soft, ioasted and parclied until well baked through and a very little fed in its natural state, and find our hens laying splendidly upon it. They have been fed as much as thoy cared to eat, were running upon a good grass run, and fed no other kind of dry or green food. | This food, we may say, is very cheap, i costing fifty cents per bushel, and kept the hens in finer condition and at less cost thau anything else that we could afford. Corn, oats and wheat are increased almost doude size by cooking, and as a natural result the hens will not get fat because they get only half a< much -olid matter when fed cooked as when led dry g;aiu. They relish )t greatly. All solt foods and vegetables make better food for fowls if cookcd or scalded well. If a large kettle and plenty of water and fuel is accessible it is very little trouble cooking the rations of several hundred hens. If only a small flock is kept enough food can be cooked in a small dish or pan to ao them a day. Cooked food should not be kept until sour and j 8tale, but should be led sweet and wholesome. We are satisfied that a saving of rvao'rlTT Viv I proper use of water, steam and tire.? American Fou try Yard. Wire as a Farm Convenience. j Soft steel galvanized wire, such as is used for the cheap telephones, is wonderfully useful about the house or farm. With a good pair of pliers, it can be used almost like string. When this cannot be had, common copper wire will answer just as well, but is a trifle more expensive and not as strong. In the absence of these the soft iron wire u?ed by srove men for putting up stove pipe will answer. The latter, however, i* rather Ja-ge. Having either of thesu goft wires we may sew a button upon ktifi cloth, fasten the ear of a tin pail in place, or bind a volume of periodicals. With the copper wire leather can be fastened in many places a3 f?r example about a harness where ordinary waxed ends will fail. For training plants igainst the house wire is far better than ktring. For this purpose copper is first, pho galvanized second, and plain iron wire last. Old fence wire may be worked In for this purpose. In the garden two br three strands of it can be made partly, If not entirely, to take the place of brush for peas. A pretty stout stake is , wanted at each end of the row. Tomatoes can be supported by a pair of wires stretched along the row, one on each side. This must be done early before vines begin to spread at the top. An old barrel hoop may be fastened to the wires so thattne plant comes up through it. In the pocket of the buggy and the farm wagon?in fact, in every carriage on the place?there should be a small roll of wire, as well as a ball of stout string. In the event of a break-down all sorts of mending can be done with great ease. A broken strap, thill, or even a tu?r, can be made whole, and accidents which are usually seriously vexatious become mere incidents. "Wire wound tightly about the end of a stick, and the ends carefully tucked in, or the la%t turn secured with a tack, makes a good and substantial ferrule. To learn how this should be done one has only to study the winding of wire upon a broom. This broom wire is of about the right size for all the smaller jobs. There are places and times when a couple of turns of wire around the mouth of a bag are much better than string. A wire staple or band wiil hold ? ^onnmrr ctron *?nrl Ti'ltlmnt. fiTinwinff like a string. A stretched wire will keep llower pots from blowing off a bench or shelf in summer. A split I knile-handle may be wound with wire 'and made to do good work. It must not be forgotten that a handle tightly wound with copper wire affords a firm grip. Lastly, when your suspenders break, and needles and thread are a mile away, don't forget the copper wire.? American Agriculturist. Rinjfbone. A celebrated authority on the diseases 1 of horses describes u ringbone as "an exostosis ta growth of bone from bone) situated arouud the coronet, mostly near the pastern joint, at other times just above it; and not unfrequently the joint becomes anchylosed, owing to the spread of ossification; that is, the coffin bone and the pastern bone become united together by a bony growth." Ringbones | are usually the result of hereditary dis; position or accident. Farmers often raise colts from nearly worn-out, coarselimbed, spavined and ringboned mares, and then seem to be surprised because ; the colts are ai'icted with the same diseases as the'.r dams. At the first appearance of ringbone there is usually considerable inflammation of the membrane covering the bones, and this may be alI layed by cold-water dressings, changed every hour until the parts are restored to j their normal temperature, then apply | counter-irritants. But our herb authorities differ in regard to the kind of counter-irritants, which should be applied. For instance, Dr. Law in his 'Veterinary Adviser" says: "If there is very active inflammation, adopt soothing measures first and then blister severely, or even fire. Corrosive sublimate and camphor, twenty grains of each; muriatic acid, ten drops, and oil of turpentine,one ounce, is often useful in such cases, but should be watched and washed oil when sufficient exudation has taken plate, otherwise it may blemish." 13 it Dr. Geo. II. Dodd in his "American Heformed Horse Book" condemns 1)1 stcrs and tiring with a hot iron, and says that they "savor too much i of barbarity," and that he has never I found them any more efficacious than I Bouie milder remedies. He recommends a lotion composed of two ounces spirits j of camphor, one ounce fluid extract of j wormwood, and five o inces of good strong vinegar,to be applied twice daily. In eases of chronic ringbone apply a r\f ni'iin 1 norfo Af nnfl _ JUUUU K"' " liver oil and kerosene. Apply this once or twice daily until a crop of pustuleB appears; then omit the application, and reapply it at the expiration of two or three intermitting peiiods. As the ringbone on your mare must now be well advanced, we wou.d advise you to try the cod-iiver oil and kerosene first,using | more severe remedies if it becomes absolute y necessary. A1 ow her to rest as quietiy as possibe while applying remedies. Farm and Garden \0tc9. Unbleached a^hesare the best fertilizer known for the vineyard So says President Phillip, of the West Michigan Horticultural Society. They also make a good fertilizer for the orchard. For feeding milch cows corn meal is good, as every dairyman knows, but when mixed in suitable proportions with wheat bran its effect i9 much better than when fed with coarse provender alone. A ton of hay to the acre is poor return from land that cost a hundred dollars an acre, especially wnen it is considered. j that two or three times this yield may I be secured by suitable care of the sod. If a tield is infested with grub worms j to the detriment of the crop or gras3 j sward, there is no better way to eradi- j cate them than to give the field over to the hogs with the freedom of their noses. There is always a demand for really good stock, strictly tirst-clas-; animals will always command a ready sale, and the better the individual and choicer the breeding the greater is the demand for it. f-'alt should be regularly supplied to stock to maintain the elements of digestion, thrift and growth. It increases trie How of saliva and facilities fattening, and is essential to maintain the health of the animal. The Germantown TeUgrmh has never been able to discover sufficient reason for adopting the silage system, but believes ihat dry fodder supplemented with grain, as ensilage is, will prove as well for the farmer, if not better. Rye a3 a green manure is rapidly growing into favor. It has the advantage over clover, inasmuch as it can be sown in the fall and will attain a growth in the spring sufficiently early to be plowed under in time for late springcrops. The peach and plum are nearly enough related to be budded or crafted on each other. The plum endures the cold better than the peach, and the latter fruit grown on plum stocks can be much more easily protected than when grown on its own. Mr. Stephen Powers tells Popular \ Gardeniwj he burned bushes of decnycd apples in the house-furnace last wiuter "without smell and lesscuing use of other fuel, while destroying all insects in the fruit, which was the main object in liring it." There are men in every neighborhood that sell their hog crop to a disadvantage, and with more or les; loss to themselves; notably when a man sells hogs at seven months' old weighing 123 pounds that are healthy and have good frames, when there is an abundance of good corn on the farm that must be fed or sold. Taking the amount of food required to make a pound of gain on swine weighing 115 pounds, per cent, more food is required by swine weighing 70 pounds, 14 per cent, more by swine weighing 125 pounds, 11) per cent, more by swine weighing 175 pounds, 22 per cent, more by swine weighing 220 pounds, 55 per cent, more by swine weighing 270 pounds and 84 per cent, more by swine weighing 325 pounds. / i HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. Use for Old Brooms. When my broom becomes worn and stubbv, I use it to make brushes out of it. I cut the wire that holds the brush part to the handle, Selecting the best parts. I wash them thoroughly in hot soap-suds, and rinse in warm water. Tlieu I tie them into bunches, using ; - -3 J I strong twine, wnicii 1 wrap rounu jidu round the stem cud, making a kind of handle. These I use to clean pots and kettles. The more worn and stilT parts I make up in the same way, and one I use to brush out the stove ovcu, another I tind excellent to scrub out swill pails, and still others I use to wash the mud from vegetables, as potatotes, turnips or parsnips. ?Prairie Farmer. Milks for Invalids. Br. Demuth advocates the use of sour milk and buttermilk as cheap, effective and easily assimilable nutritive agents. Both are easily digested on account of the finely divided condition of the casein and the presence of acids. He also ?ays that buttermilk is useful in all cases where a milk cure is indicated, aud is particular.y to be recommended in consumption. Such milk has shown itself to be very beneficial in scrofulo3is, neurasthenia, hypochondriasis, in convalescence, in diseases of the organs of respiration and deglutition, chronic catarrh of the air passages, nervous disturbances following excessive or exclusive meat d et, dropsy, albumini ria and Blight's disease. It is also useful in diabetes mellitus. Both forms of milk are e i cacious in chronic metallic poison'ng and inflammatory and fnhrilft i nn -Jit-inns. t'snpr.iftllv in tvohoid fever. They are not to be used in ulcerous processes in the alimentary canal, a fact not always considered in ulcer of the stomach, ulcerating cancer, and the tuberculous ulceration of the intestines. To Slake Raised Pics. This is a little dillicult to do, and the learner should practice ou small pies tirst?say pork pies?though any meat or game can be put in the raised crust. Put tour ounces of lard and half a pint of cold water into a saucepan; put a pound of Hour into a bowl with a little salt. Boil the lard and water, and when it is quite boiling pour it over the tiour, and mix it with a wooden spoon to a smooth paste. It will be too hot to touch with the hands at first. Previously have a pound of lean pork cut into small pieces, and put to it some chopped sage leaves and a seasoning of pepper and salt. But this must be done first of all, because the momeut you can touch the paste, while it is yet warm and soft, you must mold it with your hands. Cut oil as much of ihf? nasi? as vou will remiire to make a lid to the pie, put it on a plate and set it over a saucepan of hot water to keep it 60ft ^it must not get cold), then take the rest of the paste and form it into an oval, pitting it on the lioured paste-board. "With the knuckles of jour right hand make a hollow place in the lump of dough; put your thumb inside it. the four fingers outside it, and, with the help of the ieft hand, work the paste into the shape of an oval crust. Thus 4'the wall," as it is called, of the pie is formed. It should be thin and firm, and straight up; it must not bulge outward, and should incline inward. If it stretches at the top you must pinch the stretched part over in a fold, and press it quite smooth. There must be no thin places in the crust: the cook must make the pie-walls of equal thickness everywhere. It must be done very quickly, as the wall can only be molded while "the paste is soft, for it hardens if it coois. When the pie-crust is thus made fill in the meat and seasoning into the hollow center, then roll out the paste lid (kept over hot water), to the proper shape and size, and lay it over the meat. Egg the sides and pinch them together, and make a hole in the middle of the lid, through which some good gravy is to he pouted after tne pie is baked. Brush it over with the yolk of an egg, ana ornament i as you please, with leaves, etc., of | the paste. Bake in a moderate oven for two or three hours for small pies, and four hours for large ones. ? Yanhte Lladt. liecipes. Mayoxxaipf. P a ret.?Three yoll<s of eggs, pinch of salt, pepper and dry mustard: dilute ihis with a spoonful of good vinegar, and add oil at leisure until consistent, and all to be worked with a good whip; linibh with the juico of a lemoD. Nooim.ks.?Add as much silted Dour to one egg as it will absorb, a:id a little salt; roll as thin as a wafer, dredge very lightly with flour, turn over and over into a large roll, slice from the ends, shake the strips and drop into the soup. Mashed Potato ks,"?Pare and boil a dozen large potatoes; put into a hot crock La!f a cup of cream, a tablespoonful of butter aud a lit tie salt and pepper; set where it will heat; take the potatoes up the moment they are done and mash them: bent perfectly smooth and send to the table very hot. Apple Frittrhs.?Six tart tipples, two eggs, one cup of liour, two tablespoonfuis of milk: Fait. Beat the eggs, tiour and milk together in a smooth batter. Peel and slice the apples, dip the slices in the batter and fry in hot lard until of a delictite brown. i-prinkle with powdered sugar and serve at once. Pkimrosk Pupdinc.?Primrose pudding is the attractive title of a <|uaint old Knglishdish, which, says the recipe may be made with either primro>es. cowslips or roses. Make a good, light batter, with three pints of milk, and iet it stand lor a little; then stir into it about a quart of the lreshlv gathered Kowers, and pour the mixture into a buttered pudding basin, tie a buttered paper over it, and boil or steam for about un hour an a half. Serve with sweet sauce. Koast Mutton.?After rubbing with melted butter, sprinkle with salt and pepper; add a cup of hot water to baste with, and bake in a hot oven. Allow twenty to thirty minutes to the pound. Thicken the gravy with browned Hour, or serve with mint sauce and fiesh salad, Another way is to make a mixture of one tablespoonlul of vinegar to one pint of cold water, wash the meat, anil wipe dry. 1'ut into the baking-pan with ODe cup of hot water and one-half cup of butter: baste frequently. Serve wi'^ mint sauce. Cimckkn S vi.ap.?Mince the meat of - - * ' c fl.o wl\h<i nnftc II ClUCM'It 11 (If.- ^ men I'uuji bii\> ?t uiku of c.-kry, ;itid prepare <i dressing a> follows: itub the yolks of two hard-boi. eel e<rgs smooth; toeacli yolk put oue leaspoonful of made mustard, half as much ?a!t, two raw egg", a wineglass of vinegar nnd n tablespoonful of the best olive oil. Put the celery in a salad bowl: lay the chicken 011 that and then pour over it the dressing. Lettuce cut small may be used instead of celery, but the latter is mui h more delicious. Cut the whites of the eggs in rings to garnish the salad. Geimany will connect her railway system with the new direct route to Constantinople, saving twelve hours. This action is to be taken with a view to competing with the French route to the East . 1 A Chinese Joss House In Gotham. The Chinese have installed their god, Kwan Goon, in a new Joss house at No. 16 Mott street, New York city, -which has been fitted up at a cost of $25,000. The strange ceremonies were opened by the Chinese Consul, "Yee Shaw Now, who was accompanied by his staff and the council of the Loon Yee Tong, or United Chinese Brethren. Thesacrifices were pigs, roast chickeus, birds' nests, stewed goats, pigeons, dried fish, fish wings, sea worms, saucers of rice, sweetmeats and nuts, with wine of a thousand flowers. The priests in the procession marched between two line9 of elders who wore mandarin caps and robes embroidered with snakes and dragons. The various clans from Quaug Tong represented in New York greeted Kwan Goon separately, the groups consisting of eleven men each. They were the Mooyg, Chiens, Kwans, Lieus, Gheungs, Lees, Hants, Veungs, Choungs, Eungs, Chings, Wongs, Liangs, Lems, Taungs, Kevoungs, Lis and Hows. The worship of the clans and the various services continued all day and streams of Chinamen came and went, while a regular Chinese band made enough alleged music to populate several insane asylums. The new Joss house is a room twenty feet wide and twenty-eight feet long. One end has an alcove in which stands a gorgeous temple of stained glass. Large joss sticks are held in gilded candelabra. Handsome vases on either side of the temple guard the good spirits within. The god, representing the greatest of all Chinese warriors, is a gold figure four And a half feet high, squatting on an ebony table in the ccnter of the apartment. All around the walls, stretching from floor to ceiling, are strips of varicolored paper, covered with gilt hiero-: glyphics. These are tributes from re-cipients of special favors from Kwan' Goon, and the ceiling is covered with; more of them. There is a distinct flavor! Df heathenism about the place, but it; j can hardly be called intrusive save in' matter of instrumental music, thus the missionaries of a hoary civilization plant in the untutored west the propa-; gandaol their ancient faith.?Picuyune. Insects That Are Our Friends. "While destroying insects wc often come upon those?sometimes larva?.! sometimes pupie?which look black and diseased; these are harboring our insect friends and so should not be destroyed. Again, many larvse, like those of the cabbage caterpillars, tomato and grape sphinxe3, are frequently seen with whitish or yellowish egg-like masses thickly covering the back; these little bodies are; cocoons of parisitic flies, and so should never be destroyed. Of predacious insects most likely to be killed are the wasps. All the wasps are predacious, and do great good in killing insect pests. The dread of wasps is needless, as they rarely sting if molested. Not only yellow-jackets and the large white-faced wasns (usuallv called white-faced horn nets), but the solitary mud-wasps or sand-wasns (which are usually black, or black ana brown, or blue-black or blue) are alsc friends, as they kilt and devour hosts of our worst insect pests. The ground beetles, which are usually black, with long legs, fitted for running, are also good friends. They destroy hosts of cutworm?, white grubs, etc. These ground beetles are often seen in grass, under stones and boards; their black color and long leg3 and quick-running habit makes it easy to identify them. The little yellow, rounded ladybird beetles are also predacious and very valuable. These are often orange, and many species have black dots upon their backs. These beetles feed upon plant-lice and other insects and should never be destroyed. Not only do the beautiful little beetles feed upon insects, but the elongated grubs or larvce are equally our friends. I have often received these ladybird beetles from those who found them in the house and feared they might be the carpet beetle. The buffalo carpet beetle is hardly larger than a pinhead, and so need never be mistaken for these, or these for them. ?New York Tribune. Gotham's Greatness A notable thing about New York city is its line dock system. To dock this town aud advance the water line into deep sea water and accommodate the enormous shipping, writes "Gath,"froin New York to the Cincinnati Enouiier, liere is a great undertaking, and lean see immense improvements in it. 2sew York is probably the best lighted city in the United States. This may arise from the close proximity of the lamps, for there are more lamps here than almost anywhere in the world, omitting London. They extend all over the nominal city, of which thousands of acres are hardly occupied at all. In annexing the outer districts the city gave the same privileges to the rustic metropolitan as to him in the heart of the city. You can go almost to Vonkers, where Samuel .j. Tilden lived,and tiiid in that suburban quarter the United Statos post box and the city gas-lamp standing together right up to the margin. The Brooklyn r>oiu KrirlnrO W AT JUI1UUC auu kuv UVT in ?. lcm Itiver, and the old acqueduct or High Bridge, are flue instances of public architecture and enterprise. The world has no such ferryboats a? those cl New York city, and these ferries belong to 'the town and are leased. You will also tind in > ew York the most prompt and wonderful tax-paying public, perhaps, on the globe. 1 have some taxes to pay, and have been at the place where these moneys are given in, and I am always astonished at both the promptness and the thrift of the debtors. They get a little bonus of a dollar or two upon the hundred for paying two months ahead of date. The consequence is that this city will sometimes take *12,000,000 on that first day. No sheriff or constable is drumming up for the money. You can pay your taxes by check, and by inclosing a stamped envelope rcceive a receipt. America's Costliest Set of Boilis. Probably the most costly set of books in this country is a twenty-nine volume edition of Motley's "Kise of the Dutc h Republic," owned by Mr. Clarence H. Clark, the Philadelphia banker. These volumes are said to have cost their owner $o00(';?. Originally, says the ticor l of that city, the set consisted on nine handsomely printed volumes, which have been extended by the insertion of some 2500 portraits, engravings, autographs and maps, making the present elaborate and costlv work. The set is not quite J I I nuea wiui illustrations, uvwciu, ?u>-? | Mr. Clark is still diligently seeking after more material, hvcry famous <>trueral or diplomat of the time of the Netherlandic war against Philip II o; ?pain is represented by portraits engraved by experts of great reputation. The set contains valuable autographs, remarkable scenes of battles and sieges, of marriage and funeral processions, of declarations of peace and of victories, and the illustrations form a wonderful gallery of contemporaneous pictures boaring upon and confirming Motley's masterly narrative of the great men and events of successive generations of Dutch heroes. The twenty-nine volumes are handsomely bound in Levant morocco, and are of the imperial folio sue so necessary for such an elaborate work. Facial Expressions of Workers. A man's occupation or condition has a good deal to do with making his facial expression. Intellectual pursuits, like studies or the scholarly professions, when coupled with temporal and moral habits of life, brighten the face and give a per~ ' J,.- 1 XT i.Mi.nni TH > TT rtf svsu a oupcuui luvyxv. iiiaguauiuiibj v* nature, or love of studies and arts, will make a bright, glad face; but, contrary to this, a man may have a face that does not please anybody, because of a love of self to the exclusion of all others, notwithstanding his learning and worldly shrewdness. Soldiers get a hard, severe look, overworked laborers constantly look tired, reporters look inquisitive, mathe> matician's look studious, judges become grave, even when off the bench; the man who has had domestic trouble looks all broken up. An example of the ludicrous side of this subject is to see a third-class lawyer stalking around a police court looking wise as an owl. The business makes the face, I say. There's the butchers face, the saloon-keeper's face, the ministerial face, the lawyer's face, the doctor's face, the hoodlum's face, all so distinct each from the other and singly, that I seldom fail to recognize those"callings showing through the faces. And what city boy cannot recognize a genuine farmer on the street as a farmer the moment he sees him 1?Hera'd of Health. Put castor oil on the soles of youf shoes, letting them absorb all they will in several aonlications. and this will stop the creaking noise. From Republican Headquarter*. Moravia, N. Y., May 5, 1887.?O. F. WOODWAnD: I have been using Kemp's Balsam and I find it very effectual in relieving a cough with which I have been afflicted of late. Our druggists tell me they sell more of this than any' other cough remedy. I can cheerfully recommend it. Yours Truly, J. J. Pease, Editor Republican. At all druggists'. Large bottles, 50i and $1. Thk production of the silk manufactories of America now amounts to 860,000,000 a year. If Snfl'erers from CoDflnmption. Scrofula, Bronchitis and General Debility will try Scott's Emulsion of Cod . ,iver Oil with Hypophosphites, they will find Immediate reli f and permanent b neflt. The Medical Profession universa lv declare it a remedy of th" createst value ana very palatable. Rcaii: "I have used Scott's Emulsion in several case* of Scrofula and Debility in Children. Results most gratifying. My little patients take it with pleasure."?W. A. Huldert, M.D., Salisbury 111. A Radical Cure for Epileptic Fit*. To the Editor? Please inform vour readers that I have a positive remedy for the above named disease which I warrant to cure the! worst cases. So strong is my faith in its virtues that I will send nee a sample bottle and valuable treatise to any sufferer who will give me his P. 0. and Express address. Resp'y, v a unriT \f n ifta Poarl St.. New York. Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption. Last Winter I was troubled bo badly with rheumatism In my right shoulder and joints of my leg as not to b? able to walk. I took Hood's Siraaparllla, and now I dont feel any ache* or pains anywhere, and It not only stopped the soreness m my shoulders and Joints, but makes mo feel as lively a* a ten-year-old boy. I sell newspai?rs right in the middle of the stiteft, and standlrg on the cold stones alDt no picnic, I can tell you. And if Hood's Sareaparllla cured me it certainly oiipht to bo (rood for tho*e poorl* who don't stand on Ui o cold tit* ncs. I can bo seen every dny In the year at corner TompVlna and DeKalb Avenues. |W. VI. Howard, Brooklyn, N. Y. I Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. #1: six for $3. Prepared only .by G I. HOOD k CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. _l OO D'ses One Dollar gglCAfARRH EHHPn CREAM BALM | ja^^loQLD IN HEAP. ELY EBOS- teWerren St.. K. Y gag FOR THE BLOOD.' iRjjK Hwiffs Specific has cured me of a mallg-, bmb nant bruiting out on my le?r, which caused intolerable pain. It wm called &nmi by ;PW th? doctors-four of whom trt-atedrae with W a Ido relief. I candidly confess that I owe my I W # / present good health to 8. 8. S., which In my t estimation is lnvamamt* as a dioo*i reraray. Ml88 JULU DlWlCT, ! 2227 N. 10th St. Ht Louis, Mo. Onr hahy when two months old. was attacked with Scrofula, which for a lonj? tlm? destroyed her eyesight entirely and cais?d hk to dcujiair of her life. The doctors failed to relieve her, and we gave Swift's Specific, which soon cured her entirely, and she Is now hale and hearty. E. V. Pelk, Will's Point, Texas. Scrofula developed on my dauclitcr?swelling and lumps ou her ne-.k. We irave her Swift's Specific, and the result was wonderfnl and the cure prompt 8. A. Dearmond, Cleveland. Tenn. EF~Rend for book giving history of Blood Piaeases and advicc to snfterer^ maile 1 free. THE SWIFT SPECfFIv CO.. Prawer 3, Atlanta, Ua. MONEYwajn We offer an easy way to make hundreds of dollara between now and July 1st, 1889. We pay Good Wages, as a free present besides oflerinc to the person who shall do the best work for us; $400 to the second, and so on down. These prizes are EXTRA compensation to the beet workers. A good chance to pay off that mortgage, secure! a home, or start housekeeping. CURTIS PUBLISHING CO., PHILADELPHIA- PA. ; Here It Is!1 Want to learn all abo'it a At Hone ? How to Pici Oct a A GoodOne? Knowlmpcrfey-^'V. " V Hons and so Guard against \ VV Fraud? Det?ctDlseosoand /T " A Effect a Cure when same Is / \ / V poMlble? Tell the age by m \ / V the Teeth? What to call the Different Forts of tat Animal? How to Shoe a Horse Properly - All til and other Valuable Information can lie obtained by reading cur 100-PAGE ILLUSTRATED HORSE BOOK, which we will forward, pojc [aid, ou receipt of only 25 cents In it urn pa. BOOK PUB. HOUSE. 134. Leonard St., Now York City CHICH ESTER'S ENGUSH PENNYROYAL PILLS fJET CB0S3 SIAMOKD BEAST. A Critical. lw?U onlj (t,Lulo*arrt reliable pill for a>le. Kircr Pall. A*k for Ckichtst cr'i EnglUti fC Diamond Brand, I" red ?* talUo Do*e?, aealoa with blue rib- \*y boa. At l>rncffl(U. Accept Y/ no other. All pllli Id pule. v board l-oxcj. pink wrapper., art a danger, ou* counterfeit. Seod 4c. (atampi) for pnrticulara and "HelltTftir Ladle*," In leIter, br return mall. 10,000 test!' monlula from U[)|?$ who have uaedlhtm. Name Taper. Chichester Chemical Co., Madison Sq..Plilli.,Pa. WHY WEAR EYE-GLASSES ? DR. TEAZIE'S ^gfe^CUllE8 Eye Restorer RESTORES UJlSLaS^U SIG-HIT >2!sy" EYES. , At all Druggist*. Send for Circulars. EYE RESTORER CO., - ALBANY. N. Y. MEN WANTED. 25 year* of ace and over, to canva*? for a full lias of hnrwrv *roclt. Oar rtoctc i? smarnMopi flr?telass at)'! Tf.rs to name \s okderko. We srivo STEADY EMPLOYMENT _ ana hire on SALARY or COMMISSION as preferred. Address (statin? m*e and enclosing rtfimp) H. W. POSTKR A CO.. Nurserymen. Onova. N. Y. PUCCT MIKIP AT HALF l?RU'l?. S nd JnEC I mUvllU 10o. instarajH" for 160-paK*catalogue and n w Luur ! Waltzes Valentines in new rte-U-r.8 and Fancy Enveloi'eo mailed lor 10c. each. \V. T. DODOE, Statiouer. 176 Brcalway. N. Y. Ciiy. ftlnuc STUDY. Book-keepinp.Business Forms. HUfflC Penmanship, Arithmetic, Short-hand, etc.. II thorouphly tuught by MAIL. Circulars free. Bryant's College, 457 Main St.. Buffalo. N. Y. QIa;uL ESSIIa Great English Gout and Dlair S I IllSa Rheumatic Remedy. OtbI Box. 34l ronnd 141'IIU. 'k"- lc? ;. CTJACOBS Oil ONCE CURED NO RELAPSE. ongjnal Statement. 1882. Qndnal statement, 188L B?a*?*dIfoT.. 11(6. Bts*tr*d Bov. 2, 1858. Mr. *. B. *Tl?. Mr. Jno. H. W?U, Clt K. Hill.Appom*19?- 7*; St.. S. Bortoa, Xui.: writtK "Hiimtortn- . nutina leriril ytar*: BtiStwd *cnU> p*lna S pit worie; ?mls(Ot noathf la both kntei; io phyileluu Mtand?4 m?; fc?d ootid not got up *??? Applied fit, J?rabbtd *11 over with Bt. cob* Oil >t night; Bach Jacobs Oil; lint applies- rslltvei la tut morning, tlon rellsvsd; second re- Tried It again; pain finalmoved pain; continued ly left Be entirely. Z ?m cored Be; no rslapse h?7e had uo return of pstn la four years; do u moeh sInoe. I un completely work u ever." cored." AT DSUOOIST8 AND DEAL1M EVERYWHERE. THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Btfflmof.Md. DIAMOND VERA-CURA FOR DYSPEPSIA. A POSITIVE CURE FOR INDIGESTION AND ALL Stomach Tronb1<s Arising TUerrfrom. Tour Druggist or General Dealer will get VeraCurafor you If not already in stock. Or it tclll be sent by nail on receipt of 25 cM. <6 boxes $1.00) <? stamp*, Sample sent on receipt of2-eent stamp. The Charles A. Vogeler Co., Baltimore, Hid. IK YOU WISH A /*> GOOU [sum t wesson &~i r^j REVOLVER purchase one of the cole- fl" Jf a J-xsr brated SMITH It WESSON AS r&J5>j&. arm*. The finest xroali arms // yY^i'f >A\ ever manufactured and the \VJ/ )) 91) first choloo of all experts. VH| Manufactured In calibres 32,38 and 44-100. Sin- ISM gleordouble action. Safety Hammerless and ^ ^ Targetmodel*. Constructed entirely or bent quality wrought steel. carefully Inspected for workmanship and stock, vhey are unrivaled for finish, durability and accuracy. Do not be deceived by cheap malleable cast-iron Imitation* which are often cold for tho genuine article and are not onlv unreliable, but danireroua. Tho SMITH & WESSON Revolvers are all stamped upon the barrel* with firm's name, address and dates of patents and are snaranrecd perfect in every detail. Insist upon navlng the genuine article, and If your dealer cannot supply yon an oader s*nt to address below will receive prompt ana careful attention. Descriptive wttalo?ne and prices furnished upon application. SMITH & WESSON, CyMentlon thl^ paper. Springfield, ninaa. Wonderful GERMAN DICTIONARY m OF 624- PAGES /^\\\\\ FOR OKLY MIE DOLLAR.! JUST-CUSS DICTIOIMIY AT VEKV HlliU I'KICE. It glT?* EngLl-h Words with tbe German Eqolvn lent* and Pronunciation and German Wordf with English Definition*. Sent postpaid on receipt of SI READ WHAT TUISJ MAI* HAYS: Sat.em. Mass., May 31,1311. Book IVb. Route, l&l Leonard St.: Tbe German Dictionary is received and I am much pleased with It. 1 did not expert to Ond such clear print In so cheap a boot Please send a copy to ?, and Inclosed find $1 for same. M. M. Haskell. Address BOOK PUB. CO., 134 Leonard Street, New York City. mm APTOSIOADAT! m TjAGENTS WANTED! ft. , ?a ttw yf tsr~crsrcxAM nxx. ' " '* 4M BW ? 1000 Brewfter'e Safety Rein k'Rjnfl MB Holders GIVEN AWAY to Intro fftjWJHOTI duce them. Every hone owner buys from 1 to6, Linos never under horse'* fact 8end29cts.InrtunpetOl>aypoe^ 'j? and packing for Nickel Pitted ifc* . illj Bam pi# that sells for 65 cents. Address tjlal Brewster Mfg. Co., Holly, Mich. CONSUMPTION I have a positive remedy for the above disease; byltnose thousands of eases of the worst kind and of Ions standing have been cored. So strong Is my faith In Its efflcactf that 1 wilt send two bottle.* free, together with a valuable treatise en this disease to any snfferer. Give Express an1 P. O. address. T. A. BLOCtJM. M. C.. 181 Pearl St. K. Y SALESHENIifl J-tent etsmp. Wages #3 Per Day Pcrmsnsot poiltioD. No portals aaswertd Monsy aUvujesd'for wa^ts, sd?erU?iDS, tie Ctnlennial Manufacturing Co.. Cincinnati. Ohio. AAI nirnft ALL GET PENSIONS" SOLDIERS aas&'Ktf&frs: McCormick 4 Sons. Washington, P.O. k Cincinnati. O. I ic vmio ciBu cno ??i g rr do yon wlab Ill WWII i mifvf WII wnhh wonjmmi! If go address Cpbtib ft Wbtoht, 23 Broadw>v, N. Y. HNVfl Ut* at turn* and nuk* man money wo<tln; for uttiia S>l > anylhln jr rise In the world. Ellter w?. CottW outfit rait Turin* runt. AJdrtM. Thus k Co., Aaicoiu, Maine. CAUTION V?*i W A aUIi gold by your dealer, wr Colored Maps of each State am Also Maps ot every i .1 - The letter press gives cue squ settlement; population ; chief cit of officials and the principal posti farms, with their productions at manufactures and number of en of each Foreign Country; form o cipal products and their money v size of army ; miles of railroad ar cattle, sheep, and a vast amount ( EVERY mSPAPERM All newspaper readers are c reference in order to intelligently perusing. It is surprising how ir away in the memory, and how si the chief points concerning all th POSTPAID FC BOOK PUB. HOUSE, 134 I ^ The meat mi* tain and mtm Pain REMEDY rfopi the moil .,^9 ?icni<iutta| truly the fwal ^ CONQUEROR * J has done mors I good than uf Hi * known remedy. , For SPRAINS, BRUISES, BACKACHE, PAIN In the CHEST or SIDES, HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE, or any other EXTERNAL PAIN, a few application* act like magic, causing the PAIN to IN- ':-a STANTLY STOP. For CONGESTIONS,INFLAMMATIONS, SORE THROAT, BRONCHITIS, COLO In the CHEST, RHEUIIATISM, NECRALGIA, LUMBAGO, SCIATICA. PAINS In the Small or the isacit, etc., more extended, longer continued and repeated applications are necessary to effect a cure. All INTERNAL PAINS (In the Bowels or Stomach), CRAMPS, SPASMS, SOUR STOMACH. NAUSEA, VONITIIfO, HEARTBURN. DIAKRH(EA, COUC, . :..4 FLATULENCY, FAINTING SPELLS, ara relieved Instantly and QUICKLY CURED by taking Internally as direct* .vl ed. Sold by Druggists. Price, 50c. RADWAYQ n PI LLS W !l THE GreatLiver&SlomaciiReieay ' For the cure of all disorders of the STOMACH, LIVER, BOWELS, KIDNEYS, BLADDER, NERVOUS DISEASES, LOSS of APPETITE. HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION, COSTIVENESS, INDIGESTION, BILIOUSNESS, FEVER, INFLAMMATION of tbe BOWKL.S,PILES and all derangements of the Internal Vlar?ra. Pnmlv VttffAl&lllft. runtflIhIIUT no mercury, miners La, or OELEl'EB* m IOCS DRUGS. PERFECT DIGESTION will be aecompllihed by taking RAD W A V'B PILLS. By so doing DYSPEPSIA, SICK HEADACHE, FOUL STOMACH, BILIOUSNESS, will be avoided, ul the food that la eaten contribute 111 nourishing properties for the support of the natural waste of the body. SOLD' -!i BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Price *3e. per box, or, en receipt of price, will be sent by mall. 5 bezes for One Dollar. RAD WAV & CO., 394 Warren SL,M. T, SIS 0-5 ? GRATEFUL?COMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA | BREAKFAST. "By a thorough knowledge of lb* catnrilLsws which govern the operationb of digestion and nutrition. and by a careful application of the flue proper ties of well-selected COcoa, Mr. Kpvs has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured berei ngfi which may save us many heavy doctors'bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong ," :? enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hun dredii of Bnhtlo malidles are Coating around ua ready to attack wherever there is a wetik point Wo ma? escape many a fatal fhaft by keeping our.elves veil fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame."?Civil Service Gazette. Made simply witn boiling water or milk, Bold only In half-pound tins, by Grocers, labelled thus: JAjVIEH EPPS & CO., Homcsopethic Chemists, London. England. make chickens pay. ' If ynn know how Ui property care for them. For25 cents in stamps ]'jf yon csji procure a 100-PAGE BOOK I ml Jk " \ giving the experience of a practi- I ml /A csl Poultry Hals?a^-not sn sma- I * '5 teur, but a man working for dol-/ Xf V ' -'J lars and cents?during a i eriod of/ S 25 years. It teachrt you how to^V , -* Detect and Cure Diaeases: to Feed i iii? for Eggs and also for Fattening; ITr which fowls to Save for Breeding I I Purposes: and everything, indeea, |4 you should knew on this subject to make It profit able. Sent ucxtpold fo 2{?c. 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