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wl? IgYiculturalT TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. A Split Hoof. When a horse's hoof becomes cracked ' by ny accident or disease it can be healed in this manner: The crack is supported by small hooks of horseshoe nails made in this shape \ / driven into the hoof; a mark is tiled in the top of the hoof across the top of the crack to separate it from ths sound new horn, j and a little blistering ointment is ap- j plied to the coronet, by which new , growth is hastened, aud the sound horn then gradually grows downward until the crack grows out.?JYeto York Times. I Starting the Rhubarb Growth. Bhubarb, or p:e plant. a3 it is often called by housewives, is an important - - ?- ji? rr part oi every iarmers garucu. mu ground can hardly be too rich for it, and if properly cared for it provides aii ex- ! cellent acid sauce, healthful and refresh- ; ing, and better than medicine to clear from the system in spring the humors j engendered by too close confinement in { the house in winter. To ha- e rhubarb , very early make a rough sash around , each of a few plants. Bank with manure and cover on the coldest nights to keep from freezing. Au old barrel with both ; heads knocked out is good enough. A j single plant and the above method of securing early pie plant is common in i many parts of the country. ?Boston Cul . tivater. Making Grape Cuttings. In making grape cuttings iqf plantiog ( in the open'air, the most common prac-1 tice is to save the caaes pruned oil in j fall or winter for this purpose. The canes arecutupinto lengths o. five to eight inches, varying somewhat according to the habit of growth of the canes from which the cuttings are made. If the wood is long jointed; that is, five or six inches between buds, then cuttings with two buds on each are sufficient, one at the base and one near the top. The canes are cut square across just below a bud, and at the top one inch above and in a sloping direction. These cuttings should then be tied in small bundles and stored in moist sand or moss until wanted for planting out in spring, or they may ! be buried below frost in the open ground. | In making cuttings of short jointed canes, three or four buds may be found on cuttings six to eight inches in length; I it is not necessary to have the cuttings of j this length, although they are more convenient to handle iu tying up and plant- j ?r? rr tVion if nnlr f trrt r\y tliron inohn? V* 4UV"VJ long. But for outdoor propagation, the cuttings should have at least two buds on each. Under glass single bud cuttings are used in preference to loDger ones.? American Agriculturist Strawberry Culture 1 The stiawberry is doubtless the xost satisfying of all small fruits in eveiy respect, says the New York Time?. It is. grown with the greatest ease; it is an : exceedingly prolilic plant; it affords a a supply for three months in the yenv by means of its numerous varieties; il; is a most healthful as well as luscious fruit, and it can be produced abundautly at j such a small cost as to be merely nominal. A hundred plants can be procured to start with for seventy-five cents, and with, a little care these will be increased tenfold the first year, so that j afterward the fruit can be grown without any expenditure, except of very' elirthf Ga a r\ F u&jguv mv/vii k.v w.wcuuuv a vi j generous nature cannot be neglected blamelessly, and every farmer and other j man who has the ground for the purpose ; should not fail to supply his family with a full abundance through the whole sea- \ son, or he neglccts his duty. By proper , culture, an enormous product can be grown on a very small space. A small bed is better than a large one, and if only one square rod can be afforded and well attended to, the possibilities of that narrow piece of land will surprise those who have never tried what can be done , with it. Forty-one aud three-quarter quarts of fruit hare been produced from twelve plants, and at two feet apart this would make more than 200 quarts per square rod, and this is not the largest I yield known. A French Lesson in Fowls. I never heard, says a writer in the New York TrVntne, that the French, the most successful breeders of poultry in j the world, had such a thing as a "standard of excellence''?ia print, although they have a very satisfactory standard of their own?which is profit from the fowls and their eggs. Everybody in France eats poultry, and eggs on many , farms are served up at almost every meal. I In the markets one can buy a joint of i fowl, or the bony parts for soup, or for * their incomprehensibly made dishes, which are lit for an epicure. The French have three breeds of high repute, and are content with them. They arc not' (every day making "new breeds" cf any j Sportive fowls which have a strange feather appearing on their bodies, and are not spoiling what they have by crossing for the mere sake of setting something new to exhibit at the~shows ! to make money of, as we are. They go j n for meat and eggs, not for feathers. ! Consequently, they have meat and eggs to export by the miilioa dollars' wortb. The Houdan, I a Fie he and the CreveCour are their standard breeds, and are food enough for the forty millions of Frenchmen, while we have more varie- j ties than there are weeks in the year, ! ind others constantly coming on. All these French breeds are business fowls-- j aever mind the plumage; the French 3on't eat feathers--and are large-bodied, full-breasted and plump, and prolific layers; the eggs are large,and the chicks ! ire healthy and grow quickly. And, ! trithal, these iowls are attractive. The Boudans, with their spe kled plumage ind topknots, are far handsomer than jur Plymouth l'oiks; while the other two are stately birds, of erect carriage, jet-black plumage, with deep crimson mtler or hornlike combs, and the Creve- i I;our has a very handsome crest of silky, lowing feathers and a thick heard. The 'ren.n women cherish their fowls, and hese three satisfy the cultivated tastes if these successful poultry-keepers. Sow, have we not too any varieties aleady, without adding more? Grafting Fruit. Trees. Many appear to think that grafting, ?r inoculation, as budding is often :alled, has, like vaccination, in the ani-nal sub'ect, in some mysterious way the >ower to so change the nature of the ree that it will bear better fruit that beore. AVe have "grafted fruit" and 'natural fruit,'' often used as equivaent to good and poor fruit. Grafting 3 simply planting a cutting, but instead >f planting it as we do most cuttings in he soil where, under favorable condi ions, it will take root, the cuttings a: c )lanted in the body, or the wood of an >ld tree, and instead of forming roots, he giaft unites with the old, and take" and becomes in all respects a jart of the "stock," as the tree that is grafted is called. There are several ondi Ql grafting, the mechanical opera ! tion varying, but all having the same end in view? to convert or change a tree from an undesirable kind to a variety we prefer. The cuttiDgs, or cions. or grafts, demand as much care in their selection as if they were young trees to be planted. They are usually cut in autumn, after the leaves have fallen, and should be of the last summer's growth, new shoots at least a foot long. These should be cut from bearing trees, making sure that j these are of the kind we wish to convert. The cions are to be tied?or better j secured with small copper wire, as string ; may de."ay?into bundles of convenient | size, and accurately labeled. The j bundles of cions are placed in boxes and carefully surrounded with sawdust or j moss, and kept in a cool cellar. They must be inspected occasionally, and if the packing materia! is becoming dry, give it a slight wetting. Some pack their cions in boxes of sand or sandy soil and bury them below the reach of frost, and where water will not settle. Some methods of grafting are quite difficult, but the two most in use are mrr cimnle and everv bov caa practice j them. Tlic cleft is the most simple and I the most common. The cion is cut with a sharp knife, in the form of a wedge. ! A branch of a stock is cut off with a 1 proper saw, and with a heavy knife, | struck with a mallet, a split or cleft is i made. This is kept open with a wooden wedge, and the cions. usually two in a large stock, are carefully set, so that the J inner bark of the cut portion of the cion and that of the stock will come in con- | tact. The wooden wedge, being care- ! fully removed, the spring of the stock j will firmly hold the cions. All the bare places, on both stock and cion, are cov- j ered with grafting wax to protect them ' from rain and air. Crown grafting differs in cutting the cion upon one side only, to form a half j wedge. The bark of the stock, it being ! cut off as before, may readily be lifted with a wedge of iron or hard wood ; thrust between the bark and wood, to j allow the cion to slip in between the ' two. The bare surfaces are waxed as before. ?American Agriculturist. Farm and Garden Notes. Feed young animals plentifully. A deep soil is best for potatoes. Politeness pays in the cow stable. A gentle man gels more milk than a harsh one. Kemember that good care and keep ; are as essential as proper selection and j breeding. Do you believe in spring cleaning?j Roffo,. (.Inon nr? tVinrnncr'hlv nr>w_ nnd ! keep clean. You must not expect even the largest egg-produc ing hens to lay well in winter with rough uncongenial surroundings. The idea cannot be too strongly enforced that it is the duty of the dairyman to deliver good milk to the factory in good condition. You can't have healthy fowls if they are not housed in a dry place and given a chance to exercise. Let them work for what they get. Be careful that the ration fed to your cows has a proper balance of elements, approximating one part of nitrogenous food to live or six parts of carbonaceous. The bestkuown remedy for hot-house miidew is to run the heat up as high as the plants will stand and admit air that is dry as possible for a period of twentyfour "hours. There is no reason why the healthy bird should be doctored daily any more than human beings. The best mode of promoting health is warmth and a variety of food. The duck is coming to the front as a market fowl. They are often up to the turkey in price, and can te raised for j one-nan xne cosi ana irouoie. uon t ue behind the times. It is not necessary?in fact, it is not desirable ?to griud grain for sheep. They masticate their food very finely, eat slowly, and so more thoroughly assimilate unground grain than ground. The more succulent foods make the more wafery milk and oily cream, which churns the easier. Hence ensilage and rcots are favorable to butter making, the oils principally giving butter its flavor. Give your wife at least a dollar for flower seeds. Encourage the children to look over the catalogues and help make the selections: they will then take more interest in planting and caring for them. Fruit growing pays in combination with general farming. Fruit brings money easier and the pleasure of its culture is much greater. (.iood fruit is always salable and yields profit in greater or less degree. The pig likes warm weather and warm quarters, and unless comfortable shelter and a warm bed is provided for him in a climate like this he will not do much more than hold his own from Christmas until the middle of March. One of the principal advantages of a wind break is that in addition to protecting the trees from cold in the winter u considerable protection is afforded the ujictiuii xiuib IU IUI; ian i?> LUU wind from blowing it oil the trees. All farm tools, implements and mach'nes have their weak points, which are quite sure to be the first to break. The A'jricii'f.xirist advises providing duplicates of such parts. This will ofteu save much time when time is valuable. Grapevines planted in the chickea runs and trained to the fences will give shade in summer to the chickcns and luscious fruit in the fall to the poultryman. No fertilizers are necessary?the chickens attend to that. Train the vines as high as possible. The richest part of a milking is the strippings, as they contain from three to five times as much cream as the rest of the milk. Strip the cows clean then. If milk be left in the cow's bag it is apt to cake and form lumps in the teats; it also has a tendeucy to dry up a cow. If your garden is not already stocked with grapevines, currant bushes, raspi :- l -i. -L ? i- a. ucrrits auu bixnw uuri ics, luutvu )uar UH at once and send to some reliable dealer. Order only the old and well tried varieties. As a rule the high-priced novelties arc profitable only to the man who sells them. Eloped From a Poor Honse. Patrick Mulligau, a spooney swain of seventy-nine years, and Hanuah H. Call, a giddy girl of eighty-four, inmates of the Kamsev County (Minn.) Poor House, eloped recently and went to St. Paul, intending to get married. When their tVght was known at the poor house the police in St. Paul were notified and an ofriccr of the union depot squad arrested the acred couple as they stepped from the suburban train on the Duluth road, which they had boarded at Gladstone. Mulligan has been an inmate of the poor house for two months, but he was paying for his keeping, and has a little money left to start housekeeping. Miss Call has been at the poor house for more thau two year3. She has worked in the kitchen, and was peeling potatoes when MiV.ligan first sow her and became enamored.? Chi: ago Herald. _ . HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. Potato Salad. , Tare and slice, while warm, one dozen good sized potatoes. Slice and cut iu small di e; sprinkle slightly with salt; add grated onion and chopped parsley to taste; add the cream dressing two hours before serving. Dressing?One teaspoonful ench salt, sugar and mustard rubbed smoothly together, one teaspoonful salad oil or melted butter, add three eggs well beaten, one half cup of vinegar. Place the mixture in a dish of hot water and cool until it thickens. When cool add one cup of cream. Succotanli. Take eight or twelve ears of young sweet corn, according to size; cut otf the c om, lengthwise of the ear, and not cutting deep; put it in your kettle with three quarts of cold water, boil half an hour, skim and add one quart or shelled green Lima beans; boil one hour and then scrape the milk from the cobs with the back of a silver knife, mix with the beans and corn, take from the lire and let it stand on top of stove for a few minutes, then pour all into a large dish and season witn pepper ana saic 10 lasie, i adding one cap of sweet butter.?2\Tctc J York Press. Candied Orange-Peel. Here is a good substitute for citron in cake and pie3. Let the orange-peel soak for two or three days in luke-warm water to extract the bitter favor. Change the water frequently, keeping it always about the same temperature. After the bitter flavor is gone, put the peel in fresh water and boil it slowly until it is tender enough to pierce easily with a fork; then drain otf the water and put the peel into thick syrup made of granulated sugar, and boil slowly until the syrup is nearly absorbed. Then spread the peel on platters with the remaining portion of the syrup poured over it, and let it dry in a warm oven.? Prairie Farmer. Green Apple Pie. The fir9t thing necessary to insure a good pie is a large, tart apple. Make a nice, rich pastrj of one-third butter and two-thirds lard; rub into the four lightly and thoroughly. Add a little salt, and moisten with cold water (if ice water all the letter) by adding a little at a time until you can press together for rolling out. Line a medium-sized pie plate with this crust; then peel your apples and slice thin. Fill the plate very full and put the upper crust on lightly. Bake. When done remove the upper crust, and with a silver knife mash your apples fine. 3Iix in one cup of granulated sugar a large spoonful of sweet butter, and nutmeg or lemon to taste. Then replace the upper crust. Vegetarian Cookery. The following bills of fare for the three meals a day will be found con venient to seiect ironi ior muse wu? ?ic just entering upon a practice ol vegetarianism : Breakfast?Mush with milk or syrup, Graham gems or Dread, griddie cakes, corn bread, Johnny cakes, stewed fruit, fresh or canned fruit, according to season; baked apples, potatoes, beets, parsnips; stewed celery, potatoes, rice; fried apple fritters, salsify or oysterplant, potatoes, onions. Dinner?Carrot, celery, pea, bean, rice, tomato or vegetable soup. Omelet, plain or varied with macaroni, bread crumbs, herbs, etc. Koa9ted potatoes, green corn on the ear; stewed celery, potatoes, canned corn, tomatoes; boiled Lima beans, either green or dry; green peas, asparagus salsify, squash. Fruit according to season. Apple or other fruit pudding. Ripe fruit and nuts. Supper?Omelet or beet sandwiches, moulded rice and preserved fruit; fried mush, onions, potatoes; gems, cakes, puddings; fruit, ripe, in season; stewed prunes; baked apples, peas, figs and dates. Stewed tomatoes?Open a can of tomatoes, put in a saucepan and set on the back of the stove; cook one hour, add a leacup 01 ureau crumus, iwu uuutra ui butter, with salt and pepper; cook half an hour.?FooJ, Home and Garden. Household Hints. Relieve paiu in the side by the application of mustard. Rain water and soap will remove machine grease frcm washable fabrics. Put salt in water to prevent black calicoes from fading when they are washed. Let clothes that f:ide soak over night in one ounce of sugar of lead in a pail of water. When recipes given call for a cupful it meaus precisely half a pint. This amount of granulated sugar weighs half a pound. A little borax put into the water in which scarlet napkins and red-bordered towels arc to be washed will prevent them from fading. One cannot afford to beat eggs with a fork, when for ten cents a beater can be purchased that will do the work in Anft-fontli 4"Imn IUU VlUlVl By soaking blankets in a solution of soapsuds and ammonia water, and then washing afterward in clear water, they will come out white and clean. To take ink out of linen, dip the ink spot in pure melted tallow, then wash out the tallow, and the ink will come out with it. This ii unfailing. Kerosene will make tin tea kettles as bright as new. Saturate a woolen rag and rub with it. It will al?o removf stains from varnished furniture. When ailk h&s lost its gloss and becomes limpsy it may be restored bj sponging with a solution of half an ounce of gum tragacauth in a pint of hoi water. To clean pie plates that, have long been used for bakiug, put them in a large kettle of cold water and throw on them a few hot ashes or cmuera anu ici iiiciii boil for an hour. Alum water is used by many foi . frosted feet. f-oak the feet for half an hour in a strong, hot solution of iilum water, and if one application is not enough two certainly will be. A simple remedy for neuralgia is to apply grated horse-radish, prepared the same as for table use, to the temple when the face or head is a Tected, or to the wrist when the pain is in the urin 01 shoulder. To make sealing-wax for fruit cans, take eight ounces of rosin, two ounces gum shellac av.da half-ounce of beeswax. .\Ielt all together. This will make ;i quantity, and may be melted for use when wanted. In boiling meat for soup put cold water to it and let it come slowly to o simmei to extract the juice. If meat is boiled for itself alone,put it into boilin:1; water, which causes the outer surface ;i> contract, and the richness of the meat is retained within. The collieries in Japan yearly produce about 1,500,000 tons of coal. Texas is now the largest wool-producing State in the Union. ' '.' ''"""FT-. ' v. Doctoring in tho Dart. No sensible surgeon will attempt the performance of an operation involving human life in a room secluded from the proper amount of light. A practitioner will not attempt the diagnosis of a complicated disease unless he can see the sufferer and make an examination upon which to base his opinion relative to the course of treatment necessarv to bring about a complete restoration of health. .Notwithstanding the impropriety of such action there seems to be a great deal of doctoring done in the dark. By this it is not intended that a literal meaning be inferred, but that a great many mistakes are committed because of the darkness which is the result of ignorance. It needs no illustrations to demonstrate that gross ignorance has caused many fatal mistakes to be made in the treatment of diseases by those who profess to te learned in the art of healing. In many diseases several organs are more or less implicated and what sesms a primary aiiment may be one quite remote. For instance, a severs headache may have its origin in a disturbed stomach. On the other hand, sickness at the stomach may be caused by a blow on the head. The seat of typhoid fever is in the upper part of the bowels, but most of its worst symptoms are often in the brain. Symptoms of disease as well as diseases themselves are oftentimes followers or concomitants of some unsuspected organic disease and this is peculiarly true of lung, liver, brain and heart diseases in general, for it is now known that they are tne result 01 ?.iu- i n?y d>'s?se, which stowr its presence in some | S'ueb indirect manner. Several years ago a gentleman became convinced of the truth of this, and through his efforts the world has been warned of kidney disease, and as a result of continued effort a specific known as "Warner's Safe Cure was discovered, the general use of which has shown it to be of inestimable benefit in all cases where kidney treatment is desirable or necessary. When consumption is threatened see to it that the condition of the kidneys is immediately inquired into, and if they are found diseased, cure them by an immediate use of Warner's Safe Cure, and the symptoms of lung decay will rapidly disappear. There are too many instances already recorded of the terrible results produced by a lack of knowledge concerning the cause of disease, and human life is of too much importance to te foo'.ishly sacrificed to bigotry or ignorance. The Good Natnred Perclierons. At Savage & Farnum's Island Homo Stock Farm, Grosse Isle, Wayne Co., Mich., there is an instance of the docility and kindness of the Percheron stallion, a trait in which this remarkable breed of horses excels all others. Their Percheron stallion, Pluviose, and a little Shetland pony stallion, Tom Thumb, live in the same box stall, and one of the most amusing of the many pleasing sights that one witnesses during a day's inspection of this famous stud is to watch the capers and antics of tnesc two siauions. Pluviose weighs about 1850 pounds and Tom Thumb about 350 pounds, and they will play and roll in the straw and nip each other for hours at a time like a couple of puppies, the big fellow being always very careful not to hurt the little one. Once in a while the Shetland will lose his temper and "go" for Pluviose quite lively, but the sensible Percherou wiil stand and look at hiin with an expression as near to a laugh on his face as it is possible for a horse to have, and when the little runt tires himself out with his hard play he will lay down on the straw in the middle of the stall and go to sleef), and Pluviose will move as carefully about the stall to avoid injuring him as a mare would if it were her foal.?American Agriculturist. . A Cancer Which Eats Beefsteak. Mrs. William Galloway, who lives in Trempealeau County, Wis., some years ago was attacked with a cancer. It increftscd in size and the physicians said nothing could be done to help her. But some one made the discovery that it was a "beefsteak" cancer, and prescribed beefsteak as a remedy. Over a year ago it was though: she would not live from one day till the ne\t. The beefsteak was applied and it was found that every twenty-four hours the cancer would eat seven pounds of beefsteak. When taken from the cancer there is nothing left of the beef but the tissue and tough parts of it. and every particle of moisture will be drawn out, the remainder being as porous as a sponge. Mrs. Galloway is no worse than she wasavearago, the cancer living on tie beef instead of her.?St. Paul Pioneer Press. A Tostal Carii Well Filled. When some antiquarian of the future reports that a citizen of Belfast wrote on a postal card the whole of one of the annual messages of President Cleveland tim infflronfp will hn that President I Cleveland was a man of few words, but the inference will be wrong. The message contained 10,00J words, yet Mr. l<ila Kittredge got it all on the card with a steel pen and ink, each letter, as seen through a microscope, being beautifully formed. Moreover, a border three-eighths of an inch wide is placed around the card, representing a string of bead?, fifty-two in number, each three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, aud most of them containing the Lord's Prayer; 4000 words are put into this border. Mr. Kittredge is seventy-seven yeais old, and says he could get 18,000 words ou a postal card. It took him forty-five days to write this one.?Leici-ton (Me.) Journal. Ingenious Convicts. The Detroit police have in their possession a number of remarkable articles, the workmanship of convicts. Among them are six oil paintings by Ben Moyler, a forger; a finely carved bone toothpick, the work of A1 Little, a well known crook, cut witn a iacK-Kniie; a colored image of a red-wing blackbird in f.ight, also carved by Little from a meat hone; a very <_raceful mirror frame, the work of Con Kane, another notorious crook; a workbox composed of 3000 piece* of wood, made by Clarkson. a forger, and a curious bottle, containing a minature tree, on whose branches sit gayly colored birds. This tree was niiide in pieces by a famous crook named .;oe Coveyeau, with a broken-bladed jack-knife and a piece of wire and put together inside the bottle.?De'.roit News. The Siffht-Seer's Headache. "The sight-seers headache" is the name given to an a'liiction from which fiequentcrs of picture-galleries and museums sutler. It is a result in part of the effort cf the mind consequent upon loug-continued observation, and partly of the muscular strain involved in that '" m l' luif ie / Viipflt- lirnrliiri'fl in stlf. "'? 1 ""v -?-"J I ? lercrs who are burdened with catalogues ?by the freijuent movement of the eye lroin the book to the ob ecr, aud the iuccssautly repeated readjustments of the focus of vision which arc made necessary in looking uow at one, now at the other. ?lJ<>j uhr (i'.i'.nx M-juthbj. The bones of nine British oncers who fell at Waterloo, and were buried in the cemetery oi' the <vuartier 1 eopold at liiusscl.% have at last been transferred to an J uglish cemetery. The skeletons arc all finely preserved. All were very tall men. The old tombstones were set up over the new graves. The New Jersey almshouses contain 1923 inmates. France grows but twenty-five per cent, of the wool she uses. r : -7' v ty.AVwr5.v>>;v:sjs?5S? (Jneer Stories of ilorse9. A Bayville (Ga.) horse which lost all his teeth has been fitted with a set of false ones. A horse in Norwich, Conn., swallowed a large ball of twine the other day, and had to be held while two men pulled the cord out of his mouth, unraveling it inch by inch. A drover in "West Plains, Neb., has trained one of his horses to go out and drive the cattle home. At about live o'clock every evening the animal starts out unbidden and duly appears in the course of an hour at the heels of the herd. Cowbows in Franklin County, Texas, frightened a wild pony into dashing blindly over a precipice into a river thrity feet below. After the lapse of a few moments the pony appeared, climbed on to the opposite bank, and dashed away, apparently uninjured by his big UlVtJ. A Maryland horse has developed a wonderful appetite for oysters. A pail of the succulent mollusks was recently left in his stall by mistake. He at once devoured them, and aiuce then he manifests the greatest delight when any of the bivalves are put where he can get them. James McCloud, of Lodi, owns a horse on his Dakota faim which has eight feet. It is perfectly formed in all respects, except that it has eight feet. Not until the pasterns or fetlock joint is reached in the descent from the shoulder to the foot is there any apparent difference between the horse and any other. But at the pastern joint, or lower end of the shin bone, the branch begins, and two perfectly formed feet are found on each of the four legs. The horse runs on the range the same as any and a3 fast as most of them, and all eight feet are shod, or may be if desired. ? Chicago News. How It Works. In answer to many inquiries regarding t.ho permanency of cures wrought by St. Jacobs Oil to which public attention has been specifically called in many varied forms, the following serves as a most excellent example of how the great remedy performs its miracles and what Is meant by a permanent cure. Hundreds have testified to the same effect. Mr. J. E. Bonsall, Prothonotary, New Bloomfield, Perry, Co., Pa., in 1881 was permanently cured of rheumatism. From the age of 15 to 48, abou 33 years, he had suffered acutely at times from the dread disease and at the dat2 specified, ho was psrmanently cured by St. Jacob3 OiL In nroof of this he writes in 1880 that he has had no recurrence of rheumatic pains since his relief in 18S1. Again in April, 1888, he writes as follows: "My health continues good; no return of rheuma* ism since 18S1 when cured by St. Jacobs Oil. I receive letters from all parts asking about my miraculous cure after 30 years suffering." There is no other remedy extant th*t can show like results, and wnen it is known that there are hundreis of such cases in the files of the propriet re, from those who have la like manner been permanently cured withrut the least recurrence, there are none at this late date who will deny its miraculous virtues. . There are over three hundred thousand beekeepers in America. A Sensible Ulan Would use Kemp's Balsam f or the Throat and Lungs. It is curing more cases of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup and all; Throat and Lung Troubles, than any other medicine. The proprietor has authorized any druggist to give you a Sample Bottle Free to convince you of the merit of this great remedy. Large Bottles 50c and $1. The country is in a remarkably healthy condition. A Radical Care for Epileptic Fit*. To the Editor?Plea.so inform vour readers that I have a positive remedy for the abov* named disease which I warrant to cure the worst cases. So strong is my faith in its virtues that I will send free a sample bottle and valuable treatise to any sufferer who will give me his P. O. and Express address. Resp'y, H.G. ROOT. M. C.. 183 Pearl St.. New York. Catarrh Cured. A clergyman, after years of suffering from that loathsome disease. Catarrh, and vainly trying every known remedy, at last found a prescription which completely cured and saved nlm from death. Any sufferer from this dreadful disease sending a 6elf-addresscd stamped envelope to Prof. J. A. Lawrence, 8S Warren St.. N. Y.. will receive the recipe free of charge. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompnmirnrlefc aril of nnr Hott.l*. us At Druggists and Dialers. THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO., BtlUmort, L'i Diamond Vera-Cura FOR DYSPEPSIA. AND ALL STOMACH TROUBLES SUCH AS Indication, Sour Stomach. Heartburn,Nausea. Oidtimtss. Constipation. Fullness after eating, food Rising in the Mouth and disagreeable taste after eating. >rrroui!;iesa and Low Spirits. At Druggists and Dtaltrs or sent by mail on rsdipt of 25 cM. (5 boxes $1.00) (n stan>i>s. Sample sent on receipt of1<ent stamp. The Charles A. Vcgeler Co., Baltimore, MJ -Ai The world cnght to ^yTfl know what S. S. S. has done for me in the cure I wgJ| of a malignant Cancer, which was eo bad as to afea be considered Incurable by the physicians in Chicago, where I west to be treated. One f k j of ray neighbors sent ine a copy of an adver- ^Sustiseraent in regard to Swift's Specific, and I WSsfl began talcing it. I got relief from the first few n/gV doses; the poison was gradually forced out of jjlfl my system, and I was coon cured sound aud BggJ well. It is now ten months siDce I quit taU- aSBs ins S. S. S. and I havo had no ?i?n of return of the dreadful disease. Mhs. Ann Bothwill. Au Sable, Slich., Dec. 29, 'S3. farSend for books on Blood Diseases and Cancers, mailed free, Tns Swift Specific Co. *"rr'" Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. CHOICE TEXAS LANDS Rare Chance for Settlers. The Railroad System of Texas harioc dorelopcd so as to brine within easy access of good interior and seaboard markets the lands granted to the HOUSTON &TEXAS GENT'l RY.G0. It has boon determined to offer to settlers the Renowned Agricult'l Lands Located along the lino or lao iort worm <z Denver City B. R., beginning with Wilbarger County, comprising 200,600 ACRES In farms of 160 acres ami upward. Theso lands woro located by tba Company among t!,o earlient, with ospecial car* aa to soil, timber anil water. Tbev nro adapted to th? growth of cotton, corn, oatt), tvbeat. harley, rya, vegetables, orchards and gardens and the various domestic grasses. Situated in tho elevated and healthy region known aothe Southern Panhandle of Tests, they possess a genial olinicttc, favorable to man and beast, where outdoor work can be carried on the year round, am! aro in marked contrast with regie!:* of early and late frosts or of instructive "hiiszarcU.'' Fopnlatint: i:i :;i?t pouring; in, ond local government isalreedy ei.taMiaiiCu, with schools, churches, Jtc. Tresis or Sale: One-fiftb cash. balance in four equal yonrly payments, with interest on deferred payments. Forfurtb-r information as tothesa and land? in adjacent counties, apply to J. !S. NAPIER, Vernon, Texas, (who is prepared to thou to purchasers);'or to C. C. CIB5S, Land Ag't, Houston, Tex, i'cr months I suffered, from it MBPJLWfS very severe cold ?'? the hen:'. I Bfl Hffn Ely's Cnam Balm has icorkeil WfAY'FEVER k* ifi /U-e magic in :ts cure after otic week's use. I feil grateful for Bel / what it has done for me.? Samuel J. Harris, (.Wholesale Grocer) 119 Front St., Xei: York. MakestheV If you are run down, or have that t!red feeling as a resutt of overwork or the eff?:t of tht> changing peason, you should take that l/est of all tonics ?nd blood purifiers, Hood's Sarsapirilla. It purifies and enriches the tlood, tones the sl:omach, rouses the torpid liver and kidneys, creates an appetite and builds up the system. Th' u-sands who have takeu it with benefit, testify that Hood's Sarsaparilla " makes the weak strong." "Hood's Sarjsparilla cured me of blood poison, gave me a noble appetite, overcame headache and dizziness, so that now I am able to work again." Lctheb Nascn, r3 Church St., Lowell, Mas?. Hood's Ss Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only I by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Poses One Dollar 1 MAY 1 m 73..1? ? T?11 T?A11 ft t*lATt Inttpr JL/ZUI Jt.JCXfr. Jl U nilVW JVU To say I'm wonderfully better; How much that means you ought to know? * Who 6aw me just one month ago? * Thin, nervous, fretful, white as chalk, Almost too weak to breathe or talk; Head throbbing, as if fit for breaking, A weary, ever-present aching. As ti powerful, invigorating I imparts strength to the whole systen down," debilitated teachers, milliners, housekeepers, nursing mothers, and f< earthly boon, being uuequaled as an a] "Favorite Prescription" is th gists, under a positive guarantee, satisfaction in every case, or money wi printed on the bottle-wrappers, and fai Copyrighted, 1823, by World's Dispen Jovcrcels "LTTI tr" &xvt J p? i! ? Uncqualed to take. Ouo tiny, Sugar-coeted 1 Bilious Headaclie, Constipation, derangements of the stomach ana bowels. WHY YOU SHOULD TOE Scott'sEmulsisn op OodL Liver Oil WITH HYPO PHOSPHITES. It is used and endorsed by Physicians because it is the best. It is Palatable as Milk. Zt is three times as efficacious as plain Cod liver Oil. It is far superior to all other so-called Emulsions, It is a perfect Emulsion, does not separate or change, It is wonderful as a flesh producer. It is the bestremedy for Consumption, Scrofula, Bsoncmtis. wasting diseases, Chronic Coughs and Colds, Sold by all Druggists? SCOTT & BQWME, Chemists, M.V. NYN U-1'2 YOU SEEB IT! "I have a huge Dictionary, but iMs so much work to lilt it for examination that I am inclined to shirk looking out words, although desirous cf knowledfcT. Your "HANDY DICTIONARY" is always by me and I look out words on the instant, so the information Is impressed on my mind.'"? Corretronieii'. "Webster's Illustrated HANDY DjOTiONARY, ? Thousands of Words Defined. Hiiudrcdbofl'ictiiieN. Abbre- yA|jJa viations Explniued. Ordin- i H ary Forcigu Phrases Trans* / I lated. Klerric System of. Weicht" nnd Ulensnrcs. Printed in small. cJear type, on fine l?id paper; bound in handsome clot h. ; 320?PA&BS?320 i Who that reads doesn't every day come across words whose meanin<he dees not know, and which he cannot pronounce or spe.i: nenre me ut-mauu for a moderate-sized Dictionary which can be kept at hand always ready for reference. Such a work will be used a hundred times as much as a lcr?e unwieldy volume, and therefore is a greater educator. As the Spoiling and Pronunciation of many common words have been changed during the last 30 years. people owning the old-fa?hioned Dictionaries need a modern one. Here it is at a triflln? cost. Postpaid for 25c. In lc. or 2c. stamp?. BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE. 1S4 Leonard St.? N. Y. City. UNMARRIED people should join the "Home (marriage) Endowment Association." Pays $500. $KOO, $2000. or SS000, at marriage. Persons desirous of joining this association, or to ict as agents, areinvited to fend for Circulars fret. W. E. PEASE, Sec'y. Minneapolis, Mine. FLORIDA! Free information. For map. State bulletin, pamphlet and Sample Weekly. "South Florida PriMjrtto, send 6c. postage. "Florida Facfs.'" 144 pages. 50cl 24(1 p..doth.* !. 1 nvaluable. O. M. CROSBY. 99 Franklin St.. X. V. ! mmMAi nrs-r TV THE WORLD W H t ? W b i fS" Got the Genuine. Sold Evemv&ero. I DO YOU SEE THIS J 1 WANT to hj.-.r mil'/ ;r..ci sensible :?<>J women j that ar?- ?:r; I m boyu*. ilert;>:trf, Xup'&iisicul twivri- I tifeaii'iit!:. o^rii's noun to.- tiling. Tnut an- wiiiin? ! to i1?? eii-nj. w.ir : ?o? W.vt"< oriv. (Not jwM'iufj. Acjf.-ss KKAXKL1X FUTXA.U, 193 CausIS;.. N ftfifft **'" stt'^painl aisKcsu-rcJKenfynrriiinsf.irin thsti Vvfitfol At auytlitnccU'* fn the worhi, Kit&.T :cn Cortlvoutti: ; ?bke. Tcru rue. A.l<!r?<, Tiux Si Co., Aupiu. Maine. Asenis wanted. $1 au hour, so now ai ticies. CatTgu;- I aatf same ?i* :rr?. i:. E. Ma: f kail, Lrekpoit.> V ! remiss mi&i&m?; ; B" Ttse FISH EEAND Si I */SR B B Dl\n' Ir.Bd" trUtmart. i i I ? _ m>|gg '' S|18 ^iB : M /eak Strong " I hive taken thr e bottles of Hood's Summrllla and consider it the best blood medietas I have ever taken. It builds me up, makes ma sleep better, gives me a good arpetlta and improves my health generally." Mm. A. P. LnGHxes, Portland. Me. "I have D?en troubled for miny years with violent headache. Hood's SarsapariLa, oil me so modi > good that I am almost wholly cured. I earnestly recommend Hood's Sirsapari.la to all who suffer I with headaches." Mas. E. Satchejx, Gates Avenue. Brookl; n, N. Y, ' N. B. Be sure to get only irsaparilla fa i Sold by all dingbats. $1; fix forjj. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell. Han. 100 Doses One Dollar 3^ 1 " ' "m A*| o r>.? V" '0 BELL. But now life seems a different thing.* I feel as clad as bird on wine 1 I say, and fear no contradiction, ' ~ That Pierce's Favorite Prescription la grand! Why, I'd have died without it! Ma thinks there's no mistake about it. It's driven all my ills away: i Just come and sec! Yours ever, MAT. Ionic* Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription i. For overworked, "worn-out," "ron, dressmakers, seamstresses, "shop-girls," ;eble women generally, it is the greatest ppetizing cordial and restorative tonic. e only mediciue for women, sold by drngfrom the manufacturers, that it will give 11 he refunded. Tiiis guarantee has been thfully carried out for mauy years. saby Medical Association, Proprietors. 3CE ORI&INAIi [ LE LIVER PILLS. f Vegetable and Perfectly Harmless. as a Liver Pill. Smallest, cheapest, easiest ?ellet a Dose. Cures Sick Headache. Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all 25 coats, by druggists. jpTHERN PACIFIC. I B1 LOW PRICE RAILROAD LARDS t FREE Government LANDS. MILLIONS of ACBES of each in Minnesota. North Dakota. Moct?na, Idaho. Washington ;nd Oregon- ccun ens Puol icationh withMap*describingtha OCnU I VII best Agr cnltural. Grazing aod Tim.. bc r Lands now open to Settlers. Sent free. Address AUAC D I AUDnaU Land Commissioner UHAO. 15. LAnlOUnHi St. Paul, Mina. ?% JOJ^S Ji PAYS THE FREIGHT. ?J T 5 Tod Y> apon Scales, Iron Levers. Steel Bearing*, Bnua Tare Beiu^u^^jjn Skr* f?p y* ? 'err sizo Scaie. For free vr.o?lUt ,N-\ JMWiirJL n:cntioiJ this naivr and uddrew r JONES CF BINGHAMTON, __ BINGHAMTOX, N. Y. JSa?rTCS10iDAT! ?BAGENTS WANTED! r^CT.cctABS razz. 1000 Brewster's Safety Eoin !" Holders GIVEN AWAY tolntrojliilf 9:t' diicetbetn, Eveiy horse owner bay* Sfl Hri'.J. from 1 tofi. Lines never under horse's & J Wrej feet. Send 25 rts. in stamps to naypoet* B >."-rl atfe aud packing for Nickel Plated IkS/kImM ] Sample that sella for 63 cents. Addreas JBs-'itaU Brewster Mfg. Co., Holly, Mich FARMERS gL r.sgl\es, ivooi riaatn. SAi^i^BwfwoHKS. Salem, C. Write forcircnlcr. SGtrmaB AnthmaCure ncveryatU to give ?'?-H pm mediate relief in the worst Citoe.;i:.iure?ccmfart-H B able aleco; effacta cares where a'l others fail A ?trial rn-irincel the mm: tkep'.ical Price 60c. and B H81.00?o?OrnKKi?"orbvmaU. SamplsFREJiB B for stamp. DrTICSCHTFFM ' X. S^&tu.M;nu-E oMsoIFfioij 1 1 have a positive remedy for the above disease; by Its use .thousands of ease? cf the worst bind and of lon:r standing have been cured. So rtronjr In my faith In Its tltowy that 1 will seat! two bottles free, together with a valuabla treatise on this disease to anv sufferer. Give Express and P. U. addrwa. T. A. SLOCC.M. M. C- 181 Pearl St. N. Y ll CURESwS^.LULSEFARSL H Best Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use Hi U in timo. Sold by druggists. *1 DETECTIVES Wanted in every Countt. Shrewd men to aot under impactions _ 'j la cur Secret Service. Kxperier.ee no: nje^inry. Particulars tnc, Gran nan Detect! to Burcaa C'o.li ArKde.Ciacimti.ft. S36aem'#% SSSBa Great English Gout aid mmt S rliSSa Rheumatic Remedy. Oral Uox. .">4) round 14 I'llln. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH pennyroyal pills ? mm.* mm A* ? . viJUia /\ ^//w4\\ Original, be*tf only p*ncln# and & h\ W^St&lL rell*W? pill Tor iale. Nfter Fill. A?k for Chichestcr'* rngluftuP .-JfwSflDiamond Brand, i" red me5-A wllic bow*. rai'-a vith blue rib- \^Ky -W <yvi VfVlbon.SAt !>rugglata. Accept \/ / flj l,t? other- *" p'li? ia [ *?? </f board boic?. pink wiippcrs. are idnngarL f/r 0.1. counterfeit. Sca t+c. (ataraps) fbr V f/,i particular* and " Kellcf for l.adlea," 1* ' V r""y Utter, bT return mail. 1(>,<)00 teatinoolalafrc.u I^2)|ES who liave u<tJ thvai. Naice Paftr. Ciiichoste:-Chemical (a>..?I2i1:sch S<j..PJilla.,Pi. J^w & T pn??e.-ibc nr,o fully ea. 1 fVgp>^^g (3or?o Tt'r <? as the only lurejln pperinrfortlsocerislncare ?h$'S TO b day?, v.! cf tiiis discuss. ;$&3?.irr.w-.A not soW <;, H.INiiRAHAM.M. D., gg? mumStric'.art. ? Amsterdam, X. Y. 2E& Mfdoolybyths Wo have sold P.ls G for fe?fa2o..?.?,a-'*ilC(> ?i?ny y ars. and it has attarr?M -ivrn the ben o! sstisX&S3V 01nei2B8tiJsK?57? faction. OUO. jffd D. K. DYCHK h CO.. aj Ch'.caso, Xir, TnnT^^SS^Jiari^Sl.Off. Sdd by Drueglstr ^CKFK Is TTi^^^wit-rr-co', a-! I will k?>p jou dry la Tbt new POMMEL SLICKER ia a perfcct ridlnt coat, and di?. Beware of lmlUtloaa. Nona ftnitlno wlthcot tha "PUk Illoitratcd CtUlscsa fr?e. A. J. Tower, Eoatca, Hill. ' * *~~~ '> - *"J>'* '*?.- '