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5?: " . ; AGRICULTURAL TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM ANI) GARDEN. Blowing Out Stumps. My plan is to bore an inch and a half auger hole in about the center root, a little below the level of the ground. Put the primer tight in the fuse. I'nfold the dynamite cartridge, insert the primer, fold the paper back and tic it with a string. Put the cartridge in the auger hole, well under the stump, and tamp with dirt, lightly at first and afterward with a wooden hammer, cut off the r fuse, fire it and get well back out of the way. Old stumps can be blown clear out, but green ones will be burst into pieces, which you wi 1 have to bum or grub out. For small stumps a half na rf i-irl rra ia enffimnnt n n nrimprs ftnnrfc. V"""U6V " j 1 Use it in warm weather, as it freezes at forty degrees Fahrenheit, and thea is of no use.?Neic Y^r.c Jkrald. Failure of Gooseberries. Gooseberry bushes arc exceedingly subject to mildew in the Americau climate and are most disappointing to the growers. There are a few wild varieties, one of which it is probable you have got, which bears very sparsely and the berries arc much more hairy than the cultivated kinds. A few cultivated : kinds are moderately free from the mil- j dew and in cool shady spots will bear J abundantly. This fruit requires exceed- j ingly rich soil, and it is useless to try to ; grow them without plenty of manure. Deep mulching with coarse manure for j three feet around the plants will help to produce fruit, but the bushes need prun-1 jng and thinning, and the fruit should be thinned out at to least one half of that which sets. J'.y procuring the best culti- j vated varieties and treating them ia the ; manner described you may hope to huve j some fruit of a tine quality and lari;e size.?Nac Yor.'c Turns. What 213 Fowls Did. CREDIT. By cash/eceived for exgs $517 81 By eggs used in three families. 02 37 By cash received for fowls 190 00 By fowls used in families 12 SO By grain on hand, December 17, '8\ !>5 5U By manure 30 0J By 413 young fowls on hand oO By 100 old fowls on baud ?0(0; Total $1,103 07 CONTRA. To grain on hand December 17, '87. $15 00 To Hia fowls 106 51 To grain and other food bought.... 515 0 To ?ggs bought for batching 20 i>2 ?o interest on houses (ten per cent.) 15 00 o interest on $2tX) used for l'ood (six per cent.) 12 00 To 360 hours' labor, Mrs. S., care of chicks, 10c 30 CO To 101)5 hours' labor, Mr. S., care of fowls. 20c 219 00 To balance (net profit) 21S 75 Total $1,105 07 Wholo Dumber of eggs laid, 30,107. Average number of eggs per hen, Hl&j. vc t- u Ij-ifBb iuai L'u o. First pullet laid, August 23. One of the best features of this account is that it shows what can be done by depending only upon common tr*de for disposing of the goods. There were no fancy prices for either fowls or eggs, thirty-five centa per dozen being the best price for eggs, and twenty-three cents per pound the best prke for broilers. Posts and Rails. The weakest board or rail determines the strength of the fcnce. Land in a square can be inclosed with less fence than an equal area in any other form bounded by straight line3. The animals will certainly find the weak spots; but it is bad policy to have tliem show you where those spots are. The width of the fence row is a large item in the cost of fencing; even more important ie what the fence row grows. Crops would suffer less from many a noxious insoct or animal and its progeny, j were it not for the shelter of the hedge, j or of the rubbish in the fence row. As the posts arc the foundation of the j fence, unless they are deeply and solidly set, good material and tine workmanship ; in the superstructure count for little. Whero the law is founded on the good j sense to re ,uire a man to restrain only his own animals, instead of all the world's from h'.s fields, much less fencing U required. As fencing is one of the most considerable items of thf> farm nxnensn. ir.i* frnif-. ful economy to make the fields of that; >:z( and shape which will require least ! fencing As the length of the field is increased at the expense of its breadth, more fence is required; but for this there may be I ! compensation in the greater ea-e of cultivation.?American Agriculturist. Veal Farming. From observation, writes Galen "Wilson in the- .sew York Tri'mn-,I am decidedly of opioion that more money can be made and more easily by devoting a cow to fatting calves than by milking and making either butter or cheese. I know a case where a person realized in a season from one cow. "Whether a cow shall be compelled to suckle two calves ' at a time or only one depends altogether upon whether she lias milk sufficient for two. If she has it, it is certainly ad - j vieab'.e. In regard to the question j whether the milk should first be drawn and then fed to the calf or the calf be allowed to draw it, the latter course seems the better, because it is nature's j way, but the subie t is of such a nature that it is not susceptible of proof. The | objection to the practice urged by some, j that it makes the cow"s teats sore after I awhile, amounts to not much, for an ointment made of the bark of the root of bittersweet simmered in fresh lard will prevent or remedy this, if rubbed on occasionally. Another objection, that it is difficult to make a cow mother any calf but her own. falls to the ground. Two or three days before the calf is to be taken away fasten a blanket around it After the calf is gone and her udder fills again and she becomes uneasy, putthe blanket on the new calf and trot it in to her. She will snifl awhile, and finally con H dude that it is her own calf, and gently H settle down to business. The ob ection ?8 urged that time would have to be spent Is hunting up new calves also fails, for the B veal farmer can do as a lady friend does: let the local butcher who takes the fat la calf away bring a new one in its place. Country butchers always know where to KB get a young calf for a nominal sum. I H have observed that veal farming does not ia'urc the cow for the next year's m;lkK ing. This system exhausts the soil less, becausc the most valuable part of the milk is retained in the mauurc of the 5? calf, while in the other ca^e it goes off jffli with the milk. In point of manual labor veal farming possesses a great advan wj The Fun in Farminff. H C. D. Jones, a "Western farmer, thus Ififi ventilates himself in the Farm, Field and Stoc'.man: H There is a great deal of fun in a fig farmer's life, so the agricultural books try to make out. Many non-farmers H read some agricultural journal and get B the idea that farming is the easiest and most pleasant occupation. ''How delightful it is to work in the beautiful fields on a midsummer day and listen to the birds sing their sweet songs." Yes! It must be delightful indeed to hear the birds, with the sweat steaming ; off a person's lace, and he expecting every ! moment to be sunstruck. Where is the fun in the hay field,with the dust and dirt lijing and sticking to you? Who loves to help at threshing time? Not the average man. Very few farmers have less than a solid week's threshing, whi'e many do not get off that easy. Still, books try to make out, a farmer's i life is pleasant. | These agricultural writers never, or hardly ever, mention the coldness of a pitch-fork handle on a winter's morning. The stables must be cleaned out and bcdrled well. The mangers must all be filled with hay or straw, the horses curried and watered, the cattle driven out to the well where the farmer mounts the platform and works with the pumpI haudle for the next hour. "While he is at j this pleasant (?j job, the snow is blowI ing up into his ears, mouth and eyes. I have heard farmers say, "the stock is always the thirstiest on the coldest mornj iiigs." I After this is finished, ye farmer betakes himself, with a pail of water in each hand, to the hog pen. Some have a well near their hog pt'n, but there are many more who have not. Harely a morning passes but what a little (just a little) water is spilled on his i lothea to freeze. >?'ext comes the all importaut job of hauling fodder. This cups the climax, if I may so speak, for this surely i3 the worst. With the scoop shovel, knife, and the hayrack upon the sled, ye farmer proceeds to the fodder field. This is the way he goes at it: First,he takes the scoop, and shovels nearly a ton of snow away lrom the shock. Next, he takes the knife arid cuts the band, and with blood in his eye tackles the shock. You can imagine what fun it is, wrestling with fodder, snow and wind all at the"snme time. The books leave out this pait,and just tell of the fun in a farmer's life, which is very little, a? I can tell you. It is not very pleasant to go down to the city and get cheated out of about fifty per cent, of your money by rascals on every side. The farmer gets cheated and lied to more than any other laborer. He unconsciously gets beaten by coal dealers, grain buyers, merchants and other persons, too numerous to mention. "We would be very thankful if some one would point out the fun in the life of the farmer, for one, I have not found it. Tf fVinra ia on tr 0110V1 tViint* !t IS be Aft buwtv iO ?UJ WWVU a....n. ? youd our comprehension. We have little faith in the old song: ' The farmer, the farmer forever, Three cheers for the plow, spade and hoe-' Farm and Garden Notes. Be sure the calves are in a warm place. Have the stables warm, but give ventilation. P gs like to champ soft coal "alack.' Give them some. There is nothing like dispatch in the routine of farm labor. It is the milk from the fresh cow thai produces "perfect" butter flavor. Stand by the rural home and enjoy competency, health and happiness. Western hash butter injures the New England farmer almost a3 much as oleo. Do you think it economy to "toughen colts" by the warm side of a snowbank* If not, house them. The boys and girls raised in oui country homes become the practical men J C tk. UUU VYU111CLi ui wuc iauu, If you live too far from the mill to gel cracked corn easily,raise the dwarf pear) corn to feed to the chicks. Ten acres of corn put into silo will keep as mauy cattle as forty acres treated in the ordinary way. Ducks can bo hatched at any time during the year,but much better growth and i'ner plumage is securcdby hatching early. On very cold nights a large flock will be more comfortable than a small one, as there will be more warmth in the poultry house. If you are crowding the hogs witnjja heavy corn ration, be sure they have 8 full and free suppy oC charcoal, ashes and salt. The great source of contagion is the drinking water. A sick fowl should never be allowed to drink from the same vessel as others. Don't keep the sows you are going to * J > 1 in I Dreetl JlllU mu liuy* )UU aic I?biguiu^ 111 j the same pea. They need different feed to do their best. A piece of chain six inches loDg, attached to a strap buckled around the cclt's leg above the fctlock, will stop his kicking in the stall. Cheap brands, of dairy salt are sold and used because they are cheap in price. They have no other merit. It is a mistaken ccononiv. An old flock master takes this sensible look at the wool business. lie says: "As long as the baby is oorn naked, the sheep has scot to live." Heat sour milk slowly until it thickens and the curds separate, then stir in oatmeal and you have one of the best of foods for poultry. The production of lambs for market in any of the more thickly settled sections of the country, if conducted with intelligence cannot fail to be profitable. There is precious little money, says an exchange,in live or six months1 milking, or creamery management, and the sooner the farmers find it out the better for their pockets. In view of the fact that cream from fresh cows improves the color and fresheus the flavor of butter, it would seem to be advisable to have the cows come in at different times during the year. There is sometimes difficulty in getting the butter to float in a mass on top of the buttermilk so that the latter can be readily drawn off without carrying . **? ?24. A _ _ 1116 DUlier Willi lb. -iv mui; lm iuc ui u handful or two of salt stirred into the 1 mass is said to be a remedy. I ? J The Strongest Man In Maine. 1 The strongest man in Maine is said tc live in the town of .New Limerick, Aroostook County. Ilis name is Alexander Willette, and he is noted far and wide as a man able to carry a log on his shoulder wilh ease. One day recently J;e won a bet by picking up a newly felled nr log, forty-six feet In length, and carrying it some distance. No twe of the other men in the camp could even lift the stick. Advert i i i. Oh, merchant, in thine hour of e e e, If on this paper you should c c c, And look for something to np p p p Your yearning for greenback v v v, Take our advice ami now be y y y. Go straight ahead and advert i i i, You'll find the project of some uuu; Neglect can offer tio ex q q q. Be wise at i nee, prolong your d a a a, A silent business soon de k k k. ?Buffalo New). HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. Modern Baking Methods. Only in rare cases are soda and cream tartar used now-a-days. Baking powder is far more even and certain in its effects and results. It seems almost unnecessary to urge the importance of getting the best of all materials for cooking. The best butter?no "cooking butter," for those who look for perfect success in :ooking. The best grade of flour, the best of everything, for the best is the cheapest, and then the cake will be satisfactory: if not, it is not the fault of the materials. When lemon juice and acid is used, as in lemon cake, carbonate of soda, an alkali, only is used.?Neio Y<si Js Obsei vtr. Cabbage Deliciously Cooked. Cabbage when nicely cooked with a white sauce, is a vegetable fit for anybody. Dumas the elder, was specially fond of it, and he has invented a way of cooking it that is said to be specially delicious. Directions for cooking cabbage . _ i* X A\_ _ ' i . JI ; -1 \ so mat an me worm ana nis neiguuur will not know what you are going to have for dinner, have been given repeatedly, but they may be given oncc more. Cut the cabbage in quarters and wash it in luke-warm water, then plunge it into cold water and let it remain for a half hour. Then take it out and put it into the (olanler to drain. Now put down the pot, and when the water is boiling very fast add a tcaspoonful of salt, and a heaping saltspoonful of salt, and a helping saltspoonful of baking soda; then put in the cabbagc, leave the pot uncovered, pull out the damper. After the cabbage has boiled hard for twenty-five minute*, take it up drain it, put it in the dish in wlrch you are goin" ! to serve it, pour over it a white sauce and it is ready for the table.?BrookLjU Citizen. A New Material. A new, delicate and durable materia for fancy work is sheet celluloid. It ii j of a soft creamy white tint, with a fin? graining which makes it resemble ivory It is used in combination with plush, velvet or satin, whenever it is possibli for a panel of any shape to be used The edges are finely scalloped or per fnrnfr^rl with n small tool mftflft for thil purpose, and the panel is then fastened j in place by tiny stitches or, more fre- ! quently, by small ribbon bows passed through the perforations. These panels, unless they are very small, ore always painted, and the delicate material make* a very elTectivc background for floral designs of all kinds. All manner of fancy goods, of which the outside is made of plush with deco- : rated celluloid panels, and the lining of satin, command a price largely m excesi of the cost. Any lady who can paint flowers can make this article. The* ceb luloid comes in quite large sheets, and has a lining of linen or muslin to make it durable. It harmonizes with any color, and is therefore adapted to manj purposes.?Huuscho'd Pilot. Hints on Seasoning Meats. Some housekeepers think seasoning food is the easiest part of preparing a dish, and they hastily throw in a lump of salt and a pinch of pepper withou' thinking of the amount. Another wil' use loo much seasoning, becnuse som? one has told h?r tbat the best French ? **! - 4l> a*<> i ! t* avi/1 k/\ * i'uu&s men iwuu quu u^j soup, slew, or whatever it may be, imitates French cookery only as far a3 salt and pepper go, and finds itself rejected. Salt was never intended to disguise the taste of anything, but to tone down the flavor or to increase it. In my opinion, the most particular part of cooking is the seasoning and flavoring. It is worth remembering that meats that are to be served cold will bear more seasoning than those intended to be aer.ed hot. Beefsteak should uot be seasoned while cooking, but just before serving. Yeal may be seasoned while cooking, or if you have cutlets to be prepared "a la fried oysters," the seasoning should be done before dipping in the egg. In roasting meat, do* not put salt and pepper on the meat, but put it in the pan with the water and baste the meat occasionally with it. By so doing, you will find the meat to be well seasoned and more juicy than by salting. the meat before cooking.?Prairie Fa rmer. Recipes. Oat Meal Gems.?Soak over night in in one pint of sweet milk, one pint of oat meal; in the morning add two beaten eg^s. two and a half teaspoons of baking po.\der, one t.-aspoon of salt; bake in gem pans m a quick oven. Chocolate .Tnu/v.? Pour half a pint of cold milk over half a package of gela tine and let it stand. .boil cne pint or milk, dissolve eight teaspoons of grated choco^atc in half pint ot boiling water; stir the dissolved chocolate into the boiling milk, with three tablespoons of sugar and a pinch of salt; let boll a few minutes, then pour on the gelatine; flavor with vanilla. Cei.ery Cream S">rr.?Boil a small cup of rice in three pints of milk until it will pass through a sieve. Grate the white part of two heads of celery (three if small1, add this to the rice milk aftei it has been strained; put in a quart ol strong white stock, and boil until the celery is perfectly tender. Season with salt and cayenne and serve. If cream is obtainable substitute one pint for the same quantity of milk. Toast ok Eggs and Cheese.?Beat three tablcspoonfuls of bread crumbs soaked in cream into three well-beaten cgirs; add three tablespoons of butter, melted but not hot, one tablespoon of mustard, a little minced parsley, salt and pepper, and half a pound of Knglish cheese. Beat very light, spread smoothly on delicate toast and brown quickly on the upper grating of the oven. Apple Batter Pudding.?Put into a bowl half a pound of flour, add a pinch of fait, and stir in very gradually half a pint of new milk. Beat it until smooth, then add three eggs. Pour about half the mixture into a buttered pie dish, and put into the oven to get firm. TLen nearly fill the dish with apples pared, corcd, sliced and slightly stewed with a little sugar and lemon K/?of v\nffftr Atran riUU. 1 UUl l UV> IWK WA WJV UttllW. V/IVl them, return to the oven and bake one hour and a half. Salad Dressing.?One heaping teaspoon each of salt and mustard, two tablespoons of thick, sweet crcam, one tablespoon of butter, three of sugar, one third of a cup of vinegar, the wellbeaten yolks of two eggs; add mustard to egg*, beat well; add sugar, salt, crcam: stir all well together and place over the fire, and stir constantly until it thickens; add vinegar last, pouring the dressing over the salad and mixing it well. This is especially nice for cabbage salad, but can be used on other salads also. The world now has 101 geographical societies and 180 geographical periodicals. France and her colonies have twenty-nine of the societies with 19,800 members; Germany has twenty-two societies, and !i200 members: and Great Britain and her colonies has nine societies, and 5C00 members. i ?? Street Car Horses. The employment of horses on so many itreet railroads is a great waste of anij mal material required in other fields, and involves a necessary cruelty to the horses. Yet it is surprising how occasionally a horse will adapt himself to this spavining kind of occupation. A. driver recently called my attention on the Thirty-fourth street line, in New York city, says Oath, in the Cin! cinnati Bn,uirir, to a horse in pood condition, which had been employed by the company, and he told me that on the Twenty-third street Cross-town Line was a horse which had been between nineteen and twenty years in the service. The existence of the large stables for these horses in the centre of the city, with their outfit of hay aud fodder, and manure, is a cause of danger, and in time all our horse-railroad stables have one after another been destroyed by fire, causing destruction of adjacent property aud the roasting of cavalry regiments of horse.'?. During the tie-up in the latter part of January the elevated ra:lways worked with all their might, and a large proportion of the operating and business people felt no conccrn about the strect: car lines, but invalids, women, the I uptown stores and the physicians showed their annoyance, and__the loss of 1 il.?.ofnro nf mine, was I occupation, ami tuu?iv>v , a matter of loud complaint. A New Minernl. A new mineral has been discovered named Spcrrjite, in honor of the man who found it, Francis L. Sperry, of Sud! bury, ( ntario, chemist to the Canadian I Copper Company of that place. It is essentially an arsenide of platinum and of 1 great interest, since platinum has not been found before as an important constituent of any material e\cept the alloys ! with other metals of the platinum group. ' The mineral was found at the Vermillion mine, in the district of Algoma, province of Ontario, a pla. e twenty-two miles west r>f flinllinrv atfiPlwentv-four miles north of Gcorgiun Bay, on the line of Ihe Algoma branch of the Canadiuu Pacific Kailway. The mine was dis overed in October, 1887, and a three-stamp mill I was put up for tho purpose of stamping gold quartz. Associated with this gold ore are considerable quantities of pyrite, chalcopyrite and pynhotitc, and at the contact of ore and rock, and occupying small pockets in decomposed masses of the ore, there is a quantity of loose material compo.-ed of gravel containing particles of copper and iron pyrites. It was in milling this loose material that several ounccs of the arsenide of platinum were gathered on the carpet connected with the stamp mill.? L'csto.i Adceriiter. General McClellnn's Monument. The monument which marks the graval of General George B. McClellan is ia course of construction at the QuiDcy Granite Company's Works in Buffalo, N. Y., and is to be ready for unveiling on the coming Decoration lay.. The shaft will be forty-six feet high, at base nine feet six inches square, material being granite, costing (10,000. It is surmounted by a large bail on which rests an eagle. The ball and eagle are six feet high and the eagle is four feet * - -* Irora up to up oi wiug. xiic wiivniug will be the inscription of one face of the shaft: GEORGE BR1NT0N McCLELLAN, I : BOKN IN PENNSYLVANIA DEC. 8, 1!520. J I DIED IN NEW JERSEY OCT. 20, 1.48\ : Commander General of the Armies of the: ; United States, Governor of Nevr : ; Jersey, 18I8-S1. : ; Erected as a tribute of respect and : : affection by personal friends. : March A Ar: the best months in which to purify yotr blood, j for at no other reason does tli? system so much BMd tha aid of a rcl abl medicine like Hood's Sarsaparilla as now. During the long, cold -winter t!:e blood I ecomes thin and Impure, the bdy becomes weak and tired, the appetite ma/ be lost. llood'd 8arsaparl Is Is iccullarly adapted to purify and enr;ch the blood, to cri-at? a good appetite and to overcome that tired feeling It increase* in popn larity every year, "I take Hood's Saraaparilla every year as a *prini? tonic, with mnat a tisfactory resulte."?C I'akmeill, 349 Bridge Street, Brooklyn. X. Y Hood's S2 Sold by all drugglEta $1: six forts. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Masa. IOO Doses One Dollar r / * A PROMINENT MERC Old moneybags mopes in his office all day, As snappish and cross as a bear; The clerks know enough to keep out of his vny, Lest tbo merchant should grumble and 8 wear. Even Tabby, the cat, is in fear of a cuff, Or a hick, if she ventures too near; They all know the master is apt to be rough, And his freakB unexpected and queer. To correct a sluirgteK or disorders blood and thereby sweeten the temper, has no equal. It improves digestion system, dispells melancholy, and makes IT IS GUARANTEED mended, or the monej* paid for it will Copyright, 1888, by World's Dispensai CATARRH naaently cured by DR. SAGE'S OATARRH RE - * ' : ..iT . .. 5" ' $ The Pestiferous Grass Bird. There is a little bird, common about the fields and gardens, that is a worst pest than the sparrow, crow and blackbird combined. It is commonly called i the grass bird. It is a dark brown or dun color on the back, with a white breast and belly. It eats clover and grass teed, and those farmers who sow these seeds on the ground without coverI ing them will look in vain for the young plants. These small birds come in tfocks of sometimes a hundred or hundreds, and lighting on the fields are unnoticed, while each one will pick up the seed from a square , yard of ground. It is easily calculatcd how soon a hundred of these biids will clear an acre of land of I seeds; forty-eight visits will do it without leaving one seed. No wonder there arc poor catches of seed, especially of timothy, sown in the falj, when these pests have a whole winter to work in or swarm on the ground in the spring. The only safety from this loss is to cover the | seed by the harrow and put it safe in | the ground, where it ought to be put by every good farmer. If these birds arc . needed to teach farmers a good lesson, I that grass and clover seed should be sown in the most carcful manner and not scattered upon the snow or the baiehard surface of the ground, they will not have lived in vain.? New Y>rk Timtt. I la a Hath for a Year. A uuique remedy for eczema and other cutaneous diseases is Ilcbra's , water-bed, or rather, to define it accur| alely, continual bath. The patient lives ' entirely in his bath, eats, driuks and ( s'ceps there till he is well. One patient : was kept in such a bath for days. I Think of tliisl More than a year of i washing day! It is enough to make anyone hate "the si.^ht of water forever. , There is a slight danger of the patient slipping under water in his sleep and drowning: but it is usual to pass a bandage under his arms and fasten it, so as to support the upper part of the body on i the inclined part of the bath, on which the head rests. The palms and soles become white and shriveled like a washerwoman's hands, bu-; the skin of other I parts of the body does not suffer, and , the treatment is said to be very efficacious in severe burns. When the patient first gets into the bed the temperature i9 eighty-six degrees, but as he gets used to it it is raised by degrees to ninetyeight degrees.?London Hospital. A Very Ancient Autograph. In Europe one of :he most ancient auI tographs preserved in a public museum I is at the Louvre. It is an Egyptian papyrus, in vshich one Serpamonthes writes to Pamouthesj his brother, that he has sent by canal boat the property' of Thalcs, son of Jerax, the body of liio mntlipp is embalmed. '' adds the pious son; "a ticket hangs | round her neck; her carriage is paid; her name is inscribed upon her stomach, and I wish thee, oh, my brother, health and prosperity." Fortunately, no ODe has ever tried to steal this matchless autograph. v - Chr tulc Coagbi aniColdi, And nil diseases of the Throa: and Lungs, rrn l>e cured by the use of Scott's Emulsion, aa it contains the healing virtues of Cod Liver Oil and Hrpophosphite* in their fullest f rm. Is a beautiful crejuny Emulsion, palatable as milk, costly digeste !, and can betaken by the most delicate. Pleasercal: "Iconsider Scott's Emulsion the remedy par-exce'lence in Tuberculous an-l Strumous Affec:ions,to say nothing of o dina.ry colds and throat t oubles."? W.K. S. t'O.NXEf.L. M.D.. Manci.ester. O. A Radical Care for Eplieptle Fits. To theEdit or?Please inform your readers that I hnv#a positive remedy for the above named disease which 1 warrant to cure thg worst cases. So strong is my faith in its |rir< tues that 1 will send fiee a 6ample bottle to(J valuable treatise to toy sufferer wbawill rive me his I1 0? and Express address. RespV, I H.G. ROOT. M. C. 183 Pearl St.. New York. pril May 'Every spring .'or ycara 1 have made it a practics to take from thice to flva bot'les of Bool'e Sanaparilla, because I know it purifies the blrod and thoroughly cleanses th? system of ali Impurillea. That languid feeling, soiuet.mei called 'apring fever.' Will never v sit the aystem that has been proj erly cared for by this never falling remedy."- J \V. 11. Lawbesck. Editor Agricultural Epitomist J Iuui inapolis, Ind. "Hood's Sarsaparil la purified my blooj, gave mi strength and overcame the headache and di'Biness so that now I am able to work again."? Lcthej Nabcs, 53 Church St., Low< 1), Mass. irsaparilla Sold by all druggists. #1; six for $i. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Maaa. lOQ Doges One Dollar IB ANT IN TROUBLE. What makes the old fellow so surly and Grim, And behave so confoundedly mean ? There's certainly something the matter with him? Is it 6tomach, or liver, or 6pleen ? We've guessed it?his liver is sluggish and DtlU, j Jlis Mood ia disordered and foul. It's enough to make any one hopelessly mad, And greet his best friend with a growl. rt liver, and to cleanse and purify the Dr. Piercc's Golden Medical Discovery i, builds up the flesh, invigorates the life worth living. or cure, if taken in time and given a n all diseases for which it is recombe refunded. iy Medical Association, Proprietors. ??????????? I M THE HEAD, no matter of how long standing, is perMEDY. SO cents, by druggist* ' ^ - 5 ~r&. * yr ,. - . : Ttie Excitement Not Orer. t < > Ihe rush on the druggists still continues and daily soores of people call for a bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption. Kemp's Balsam, the standard family remedy,is sold on a guarantee and never fails to give entire satisfaction. Price 50c and $1. Trial siz<; free. Tiie present orange crop of Florida is estimated at 3,<X)0,0G0 boxes. Best, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's Remedy for'Catarrh. By druggists. 50c. IPS SjlacohsOil^ rsSTo-Ma JheEkas-A-VdbeierEQ' DIAMOND VERA-CURA FOR DYSPEPSIA. A POSITIVE CURE FOR INDIOKHTfON ATO ALL Btomich Trouble! Allying Xliervfrom. Tour D'-vggitt or Central Dealer will get Vera- 1 Cvrafor youif not alrcidy in nfock, or u win be sent by mail an receipt of JS dx. (3 boxes 11.00) in Mtamp*, Bangle ten I o \ receipt ofi-cent ttamp. The Charles A. Vogeler Co., Baltimore, Md. Tr\f irrsk* I irOJt suffer* immBm Ingfrom a severe c Id in head j an<* pain *n templet. After | WTEVERWff /?M ?*ll/ applications of Ely's J t /&'^r<am Ba,m I uat relieved. qc'&'EM Every- trace of my cold teas re moved.?Henry C. Clark, h'eio |y\>^ llSij York AppraiserV MVre. 5for"the blood, 8\rift'a Specific ban cured me of & maiignMit breaking out on my lev. which caused intolerable pain. It was called Ecertnihy'l the doctor*?four of whom treated me ivitn I no relief. I candidly confens that I owe my I present (food health to a. 8. 8.. whl?h in my estimation it invaluable as a Mood remed}'. Miss Jrm DjewitT, 2227 N. 10th St.. St. Louis, Mo, ] Onr baby when two inontliHOld, was attacked with Scrofula, which for a Ion# time destroyed her ej'eaiffht entirely and canned us to aeapc.tr of her life. The doctor* failed to relieve her, and we gave Swift's Specific, which soon cured her entirely, and aba is now halo and hearty. e. v. Dels, Will's 1'oint, Texas. Scrofula developed on my danjrhter-iwellIdk aud lumps on her neck. We gave her Swift'a Specific, and the result was wonderful and the cure prompt 8. A. D^akvokc, Cleveland, Tet^n. HVa c?uu ivr uova. kivjjjk xubvuij ui Diseases and advice fo exiBrim, mailed free. THE BWIFX SPECIFIC CO.. Drawer 3, Atlanta. Ga. CHOICE TEXAS LANDS Rare Chance for Settlers. Tho Railroad System of Texas havinadeveloped 10 as to bring within easy access of good interior and seaboard markets the lands granted to the HOUSTON &TEXAS CENT'L RY.C0. It haii been determined tp offer to settlers the Renowned Agricult'l Lands Located along the line of the Fort Worth 4 Denver City fi. B.. beginning with Wilbarger i v . County, comprising 200,000 ACRES: In farms of MO acres and upward. These land* were located by the Company among the curliest, with especial care as to soil. tlmb?-r and water. They are adapted to tho growth of cotton, corn, oats, wheat, barley, rye, vegetables, orchards and gardebs and the various domestic grasses. Situated in tho elevated and healthy region known as tbe Southern Panhandle of Tsias, they possess a genial climate, favorable to man and beast, where outdoor work can be carried on the year rouDd. and are in marked contrast-with regions of earty and late frosts or of destructive'" Hiziards." > Population is fastfeouring in, and local government is already established, with schools, churches, Ac. TERMAorSAic: One-9ft h cash, bala?cs in four equal yearly payments, with Interest on deferred payments. For further information as to these aud lands io adjacent counties, apply to ^ ^ ; _ J. S, NAPIER, Vernon, Texas, 11 * (who is crecared to show to purchasers); or to C. C. QIBB9, Land Ag't, Houston, Tex. TOU SEED IT! "I have a huge Dictionary, but it is somnch work to "1 t it for examination that I am indued to ehirk looking ont wo id*, although desirous <f ksowleofp. Your "HANDY DICTIONARY" is always l>y me and I look out word* on the instant, fo the information is impressed on my mind.''? Correspondent. Webster's Illustrated HANDY DICTIONARY. 0 Thonsnnrt* or Word* Defined. IIundici'sofPIctinoA. Abbre- j/iJ jut vtntlona Explained. Ordln- f (1. ary Foreign Pliraacs Trantu /] I luted. Jlcrvlo Syjtcm of WJ?r\VelglitN and measures. Printed in Email, clear typo, on Cnc ""pSjWfraifiS laid pai>er;bound in handf-oinecloth. S20 PAGES 320 Who that roads doesn't every day conic across words whose meaning he drc-t not know and which he < annot pronoyaoe or spe 1 ?. Hen re the <i< mand lor a nioderatc-giz?l Dictu nsry which can be kept at hand always Jrfttlv for reference. Such a work Win I o ut-ed a hundn*l times aa itxu< h as a large uu\Vi? ldy volume, and therefore is a greater educator. Ab the Knelling and Pronunciation of many common words have be?-n changed during the last 30 years, people owning the o)d-fa>hioned Dictionaries need a modern one. Here it is at a trifling cost Postpaid fcr '23c. in la or 2c. stamp-". rook prnLisiirxG iioitse. | l.?4 Leonard St.>X. Y. City. DBiPTIPAl lUkiTC I A LITTLE BOOK of 90 rilAw I luAL mn IJ r?m, containing 'o)M To Builders! ffiSSS letting his coutract*; 10 def-ivns of plain and elegant hemes, with plane and estimated cost Short chapter on the kitchen, clrmneys, cistern, foundation, brickwork. mortar, cellar. heating, ventilation, the roof and many items of interest to builders. Mailed 1 tree on receipt of 1 0 cents in postAi etamps. Address | NATIONAL KIIEET METAI. ROOHNU I CO., 510 Fnm Twentieth St.. NVvr YorkC.ity CONSUMPTION J havea po-ltire remertv for thenbore (1ifea?c; byiUu*o j thousands of c.tmm of liic worst kind and <>i lone ctamiinjr l ave been cured. So slronjc i* my fnitli in its cllleney that I Hjll >end two bottle' tree, together with a valuable treatise on tliU ditease to any snfleier. Give Kxpreas nnd P. o. address. T. A. SLOt'UM. M. C? 181 Penrl St.. X. Y DBmSm'm Dill a Grea* English Gout a id Dlclir S rillS. Rheumatic Romedy. Oral Hox, ,'M; roun?l_ I t PilN. AHI mrnA ALLr.ET PEXSIONSlf SOLOIERS c^Kliemi McCorniick & Sons, Washington, D.C. A Cincinnati, 0. [ | ^ KrtVy'* V*it-TVket Eocjelop^Jla cotti&Ioa er?r 500 and I V/L? mstnictiTa artielct. Vra tol wjsjra al:k? abouM know iu MBtootJ. I'Mtptid, lUe O. K EKBJJV, to \7cit 23J ?u New York. is~rOUR FARM FOR SALEltt/MJ'! If 60 address Curtis k wrioht, 233 Broadwav, n. y. lDLfl1 nt anything tlac in the world. Kit her ?ez Com ly outfit VKkK. Term* >'UKK. Atldrcct, Tut* U Co., Ati~usta, Maiue. ^ w'10 have used Pifo's B?Trwnr Cure for Consumption ^ I TO UP fffJl roy itie BEST OF ALL. K* Sold everywhere. 25o. PEERLESSDYES Sold by*detu Jlsri J Hc^t M CAUTION ""J" "andiiriTO; stamp vAy A AU11 som by your dealer, write The mail who lias invested lnun three H to live dollars in a ltubbcr Coat, and m tt r.t his tirst inalf hour's experience in a m m r. st' rm tlnds to hi* sorrow that it is mJAf fen hard.v a iictter protection than a mot- WW quito'netting. not only fteb chagrined w mm at being co badly taken in, but alio lee'.B It he does not look exactly lite fafl XilUor the "FISH MKAND''Slicker 3 I In doee not hurt-the fish biund, tend for descriptive cataJc - -. -T- ..T-. ^L^LkMkMIMkM JdlMhM f PTI iW i" y 'i' ri"" 'A-' 'A* rA* rr? '1' '1* 1 'T' "i "1 A-..." '. . !. . tain s a f e ?tcracltili| hat don? more | known remedy. For SPRAINS, BRUISES, BACKACHJB, :' PAIN In the CHEST or SIDES.HEAP- - :jBm ACHE, TOOTHACHE, or any other KX> ' '"/H TERNAL PAIN, a few applications a?t like magic, causing the PAIN to Df? '^E STANTliT STOP. For CONGESTIONK,INFLAMMATIOOT? SORE THROAT, BRONCHITIS, COLD In the CHEST, RHEUMATISM, WEKJW RALGIA, LUMBAGO, SCIATICA. PAXBt . > i'^M In the Small of the Back, etc., more extended, longer continued and repeated ?Sg application! are necessary to effect a -y>S C,AH INTERNAL PAIRS (in the Bowels *$ or Stomach), CRAMPS, SPASMS, SOVft " ,t^| STOMACH, NAUSEA, VOMITING, J HEARTBURN. DIAltRIKEA, COUC, f ' FLATULENCY, FAINTING SPELLB.alV relieved Instantly ami <4UICK.LT - ,JE| CURED by taking Internally as direct- .'.>.aaB ed. Sold by Druggists. Price, ?0c. DADWAY'C 1 il DII i e u i GreatLlferiiicMfiiij i For the care of all - disorder* of the j. t ^5 | STOMACH, LIVER, BOWELS, KID- vffiM NETS, BLADDER, NEIIVOUS DISEASES, L.OSS Of APPETITE, HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION, COSTIVE NESS, INDIGESTION, BILIOUSNESS,' FEVER, INFLAMMATION of the BOWEU^IUU and all derangements of the Internal Vl?cora. Purely Vegetable, contateli% ho. mereary, mineral*, or DELKTM?!'! v IOU? DRUGS. PERFECT DIGESTION will b* ^ , Jfjm eoinplUhed by talcing RADWAT'l '^9 PILLS. By ao doing DYSPEPSIA, SICK HEADACHE, FOUL STOMACR, - fi BILIOUSNESS, will be avoided, aN ? \ fM the fteod that fa -eaten contribute tt* o ! . .'^8 nourishing properties for th*?ap|pt?f,^ the natural waate of the body. sold s, mm BV ALL DRUGGISTS. Price ?5c. per box, or, on receipt of price, sent by mall. 5 boxes for One Dollar. RADWAY A CO, 3? Warren St-, N. T, KYS r-9 ' ' GRATEFUL?COM FORTfl4G. ' flnmim mama i Eff5 5 JJUUUi I BREAKFAST.. "By athorough knowledge of the naturalism ?| which govern the cprraiions of digestion and ontrt"' tion, and by a careful application of the doe proper' ties of well-selected Cocoa. Mr. Epp? baa ptOVMlft ' our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage ifhlcb itay save u:i many hoavy doctojtf Jbtlfc. a; It in by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution lnaybegi'aduallyhiiiitupuUiltfHM '-'jgfi enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hum- k . -aW flrrds of anbtlsraaJidLs* are floating around as rwta ' juh to attack wlieiever there is a wea* point We max <-5a?I escape many a fatal fha;.'t by keeping oitr,elre*<waQ '-2 fortified with pure blc<x!l snd a properly nounahM ,?n frame.''?CMl8rrvU? i'attttr. TiSBH Made simply wit n boiling water or m-lk, Sold ,'C-QS only in kalf pound tine, by Orooers. labelled thns; JAIUE8 EPJ,e> & CO., Homeopathic Chemist^ London. Kmriand. . p' TOU^WIBH '[yfflfcftftSwjT' i " purchase on# of. the cele-tSjftEL^J bra ted SMITH It WESSON arms. The finest ?mall ami n )Vir 'M ever manufactured and tho IV 2/ }l WJQ * S .<GH Href choice of all experts. H .. . ';3 Manufactured In calibre* 33.38 and *4-100. Bin- HHf gle or double action, Bafnty HimmerJtsa and C5CF. Target modelt. Constructed entirely of beat fmau* -'IjM Ity wroethi steel, oarefully insisted foT *prfc* . 5.'?M mansb'p and stock, theyaro unrivaled for finish. "? durability and accuracy. DonotbcdeoelvMb* t cheap tnalleaDIe enst-iron Imitations ?UB \JSI Often sold for- thegnnulne article and in Ml onlv unreliable, but dangerous. The 8MITH k ' jriti WE880N Revolvers are all stamped upon the b*f- ^ rel* wilt firm's name, *daiv?? ann aaiee 01 nnna and are guaranteed perfect in every detail Xa? .5 A?9H slst upon narlng the genuino article, and ir foot ' dealer cannot eupi ly you an order a-nt to addon below will reoofve prompt and careful attention. Descriptive catalnmie and prices furniahed upon ? , JSK plication. SMITH & WESSON, M pr*Mcntion thla paper. Springfleld, Wa?? Here It Is! I Want to learn all abont a Hone ? How to Pick Out a A Good One ? Know lmperfeti-^^k 1 1 V lloni and to Guard against \ Fraud? Detect DUease and Jfa 1 ??4 Effect a Cure Jjhea sameli / \ _ i :\i ^ "yjjn possible? Tell the age by # \ M V the Teeth ? What to call the Different Parte or tfc* Animal? How to Shoe a Horse Properly/ All thi and other Va uable Information can be obtained by reading our 100>PAGE I I.IXSTR A TED IlOftSE BOOK, which we will forward, pott pa-U, on receiptor only i?3 ceuti In stamps. BOOK PUB. HOUSE. 134 Leonard St.. Now York City \ ;|j HHM A P WIS 1 OA DAT! I X 1%AGENTS WANTED! *1 Iv Vcntccuun rax *j vra^KY 1000 Brewster'* Safety Bala fc ;^KiW Holders GI VEN A WA Y to intiofT.lf lg duoethem, Every hone owner buya i wf SliC from 1 toe. Lines never under horan jff'lPy'WH feet. SendXct*. insUinpe to pay part* WIT and packing for Nickel PLated rSS'Hi.wl Sample that sella for US cents. Addren *sy,-t| Brewsler Mfg. C^JlolljsJIIci. TOOKlTTHIS! I Cheapestand bestGrrirnn- / A hum icnu Dictionary at i~~?-CjSv the unprecedentedly low pric-i *7' of Si- 6ii4 handsome paws, 7\^kJv.| bound in black cloth. English words with German njuiva- y \ ^ N\ . '4, lrnts and prom ndation, ami v '} vj\. - ^3 German words with English A1vVQ definitions, so that if you hear J' \ ^ ~i a German word and want to f y / "A. know it iu English. y< u 'ook iti one part of the Iiook. while if JT vou want to translate an Kutr- fY// / rV ltali word IntoG.nnan you look / /V into an tlu-rpart. Postpaid. $1. _/* \ BOOK PUB. HOUSE. 134 Leonard St.. N. T. Pity UnifC STUDY. BooU-kccpijip.HusinessForma, MUI1IC Penmanship, Arithmetic, Short-hand, efcc, I thoroughly taught by MAIL Circul n fre? lirynul'n Collete, 437 McinJit.. Buffalo, N. T FRAZER^l BEST IN THE WORLD untflvb Uf Get the Genuine. Sold Everywhere, L. DOUGLAS SHOE CENTLEMEN. Beat in the world. Examine his .00 GENUINE HAN1>-SKWEI? SHOE. .00 HAND-SEWED WELT SHOE. ,50 POLICE AM) l AKMEIiS' SHOE. r.O EXTHA VALUE CALl' SHOE. ~J? nUKKINUNAN'.s SHOli. ,00 and 81.7S HOYS' SCHOOL SHOES. All nuidc in Congress, Button and Lace. L. DOUGLAS SHOE LArD?,REs. atcrlal. Best Style. Bout Fitting. .as I lie W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES without . od on bottom, put Mm down -t fraud. If not W. L. BOUGLAS, BROCKTON, MASS. ^ ^ "T" "I"' V >1" V V V V "J* "J* Wc otler the man who want* ervica (not (tyle) a K*ruirut that will keep I Hm him dry in the h.irdext norm. It U H called TOWEk'S FISH RR.VND ? " SLICKEK." a numc famUiar to every 1 ? Cow-boy nil over the land. With then Nthe only perfect Wind and Waterproof Coat is " Tower's Fi?h Itrund Slicker.' and tukelio other. If your stnrckwper >cue. A.J. Towfr. 20 Simmons St.. Boston. Mas?. * -