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AGRICULTURAL TOPICS OP IN TEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. Sowing Clover. When land is thoroughly well prepared and made perfectly fine there is no need tor rolling it after sowing clover. It is a good practice to sow the seed by itself on the freshly-harrowed and finished surface immediately after the harrowing, and it will very soon get covered by the settling of the soil. It is the writer's practice to do this, and two days after the seed had been sown an examination showed that almost every seed had been covered by the settling of the small furrows left by the smoothing harrow. If, however, the sowing is delayed, the seed should be lightly harrowed in.?j\'.w York Times. Whitewash an'l Poultry. A. fowl-fancier writes that neatly whitewashed roosts and fences make the poultry yard look cleau, but the mnro pfTpnf in finMninrr ! or preventing the multiplication of lice, if some death-dealing substance is in- 1 corporated with it. Carbolic acid is ! death to lice, and if mixed with the whitewash in the proportion of an ounce of the acid to a gallon of wash, it will Dot only destroy the lice that it touches, but because of the porous character of the wash the acid will continue to be effective for several months. A good plan is to whitewash as early in spring I as possible, thus making the coops inviting to the sitting hens. Such labor J always pays, and especially at this season.?New Ylt!; IFi'taess. For the Good of the Colts. Give the mare a daily feed of bran, i * Treat her with the greatest gentleness and kindness. If it has never yet been } done, give her a few slices of apple from j the hand, and make her approach you j for them. The coming colt will inherit f this disposition and "can be made as friendly and confiding as the dam before it is a week old, and it -will never forget your kindness unless it is badiy J treated afterward. In thirty years of farm work anl horse keeping the writer has never owned or used a whip, nor has he permitted a hired man to use j one, and every horse, cow, bull or sheep, and even mule, he has reared has been a petted one and would comc to his hand freely. Kindness is a good crop to sow in the farm yard, for it yields in profit an hundred fold.? Amtri:an Agriculturist. The Profit in Sheep. Keeping sheep is always a profitable industry when carried on with judgment, even if not with experienced skill. There is room for twice as mauy sheep as we now have and for some kinds which we have not at present. The Cheviot sheep, i for instance, is hardy, large-bodied, aud is excellent for its mutton and its fieece. The Cheviot wool is used for men's t clothing, of which it makes the most durable and desirable kinds; its fieece is heavy, and eight pounds of washed wool i is a small product for the ewes. Tbe i writer's experience during a few years I, past with this sheep is wholly favorable; j two-year-old carcasses have weighed, I dressed, 12U pounds, and the cross upon the common native sheep make3 nearly i as good mutton and wool as the pure ! bred. It resembles the Cotswold in size \ and somewhat in its general character. 1 That it is not better known in America . is due no doubt to the neglect of sheep in general, a neglect which is exceedingly costly to the agricultural iuterest, I as sheep rearing is the most profitable branch of farming. It is because of this | neglect, no doubt, that a journal de- J voted ostensibly to the sheep industry j (the Sheep Breeder) makes the strange mistake of saying that the Cheviots are a black-faced breed.?JS'eio York Times. Best Troes for Windbreaks. Discard evergreens with tendency to lose their lower branches, or become de- I foliated by disease. Balsam fir is pro- j verbially an open gro wer, under the [ most favorable conditions. Ilemlo k j spruce whips badly with the wind?so much in many situations as to present a | thin and open head. Here are two na- : tive trees, beautiful when young, and | presumably well adapted lor "windbreaks, owing to their northern habitat, I but they should be rejected. White pines, as a rule, are not compact in : growth, but are hardy, rapid in develop- | meut, and eminently handsome. They 1 are superior to Austrian and Scotch pines, owiDg to comparative exemption j from the fungal diseases which are ile- ; Btroying the latter in mauy localities, j Although in favor of our own native trees as a rule, the remarkable success of Norway spruce places it at the head of ' the list for windbreak. The red pine (Pinus reiiuosa) when better known | may prove one of the most valuable trees j for s reens, but more experience with it ; is advisable. Deciduous trees for the j purpose are undesirable. In winter, j when protection is most needed, the cold ! northwesters whistle through their bare i branches to the detriment of house, I orchard and sto k. European larch, a j prominent forest tree abroad, is practi- | cally useless here, for although a mem- , ber of the conifer,c, it is deciduous. | Too much stress is laid on the views and i experien es of our transatlantic foresters; we must think and act on our own re- \ sponsibility,and according to our needs, j ?New York Tribune, Italian TirosIn form, the queen bee is long and slender, and very symmetrical in all her fiarts. The whole abdomen of most talian queens, except the last segment, ! is of a beautiful golden color. The color j of queens varys somewhat, some being darker than others, but all produce line j workers, writes Dayton E. Barker, in , Bee Jourha'. Ilcr movements among the bee3 on the combs are well directed one! rrrappfill. And On aCCOimt of llCr quietTdisposition and fine color, she is easily found by the operator, on the combs. I have often seen the queen laying, while holding the frame in my hands. Italian queens are also more prolific than the common black queen, thus keeping their colonies strong, j hey also cast larger and earlier swarms than our native bees. The drones, or male Italian hee3, also vary in color, but in general the three first segments or Lands are yellow, aud somewhat scalloped with black. I have had drones in my apiary, of which nearly rtK/l r\rrtnr\ woo mror/ifl with lilt W IIW1U ni/UVlUVU If MV ? ,... yellow, and 1 always prefer to breed from these dark drones; especially those reared from queens that" mated with a black* drone have a tendency to produce workers that do not show the 'fine yellow bands so uniformly as they :should. My advice is, if possible, not 'to breed from such drones. When the queen is pure, and purely mated, the workers are fine-looking, I have three yellow bands around the abdoj men,and very symmetrical bodies. They j possess agility and strength in a very marked degree, are excellent nurses, always keeping the brood up to the highest possible point. They also have the v admirable trait of quietness when the combs are being handled. They do not fly off or crawl over and cluster od one I end or side of the combs, but keep their places quietly until driven away by the operator. During the honey season they are very easily handled, but when swarmiug, they are crosser than our native bees. "When robbers are around in the fall, they become fierce, and de fend their store well. They also defend ! their homes in a superior manner against the wax-moth. If properly cared for, a handful of workers with a gocd queen will soon build up to a powerful colony. As honey-gatherers they are certainly far superior to common bees. This i point, in connection with greater proI lificness, beauty and quiet disposition, , has made them generul favorites. Raising Onion Sets. Onion "sets" are small onions that are planted in the fall or spring for the purpose of producing green onions for pulling early in the spring, or for growing a ' crop of large onions. For the latter purpose, especially, it is desirable, indeed essential, that the sets be quite small, not more than half an inch in diameter. If the sets are too large, instead of forming large bulbs they will run up to seed. For furnishing green onions for pulling in spring some gardeners prefer good sized sets, as they make a stronger and earlier growth. There is a general impression that the seed for onion sets should be sown late and on poor land. On the contrary, the seed caunot be sown too early in spring or on too rich land. The real point is to sow very thick, say twenty seeds to each inch of row. One practical difficulty in sowing so thick is tc get tne seeas to germinate. As every farmer knows, before a seed can germinate it must absorb considerable water, or, as we say, 'Swell." It absorbs this water from the soil in immediate contact with the seed. Hut when you have a large number of seeds" in a small place only those in direct contact with the soil I will get moisture. The others ; will remain dry and hard, and sometimes "burn." There are two remedies for this difficulty. Either sow very early in the spring when the ground is moist, and when we are likely to have an I abundance of rain, or soak the seed two I or three days before sowing. We say j two or three days, but by this we do not | mea-i that the seed should remain in the water for that length of time. Soak the seed for twelve hours, and then throw it on to a sieve or cloth and let the water drain off. Keep the seed in a moist state in a warm room four or five hour3 and then soak it again in fresh water another twelve nours, ana keep repeating this till you are ready to I sow. After such treatment for two or I three days, if the weather will not permit sowing, put the seed in a cold room i and no harm will be done. We have j kept the seed moist until it commenced 1 to sprout without harm. In fact, wc j never had better sots than from this ! sprouted seed. "We repeat that early ! spring, rich land, thick seeding and j clean culture are the great secrets ol success. ?American Agriculturist. Farm and Garden Notes. ' Use the currycomb lightly. "White oak makes one of the finest park trees. Minorcas are good summer and winter ! layers. liens should be given plenty of room ; to scratch for a living. Butternut is a rapid growing tree on good soil and ornamental. Doctoring poultry don't pay every time. But prevention does. Charcoal aids digestion and should be j kept constantly before the fowls. If you want good vigorous chicks, j take good care of your old birds. Pastures may be late in starting. | Don't sell the surplus hay and fodder too 1 close. Has the wood-pile for the coming season reached its full size? If not keep j it growing now. Keep a horse's bedding dry and clean underueath as well as on top. Standing in hot, fermenting manure causes thrush. A heavy growth of buckwheat is not J only a good way of killing out weeds, ' but is also a good means of getting rid of cut worms. The red spider so harmful to roses, can I be held in che. k by syringing the leaves with dear water; iu dry times this should be done c. ery day. If the fruit men would only think a ! iittlc, they would keep a few hives of bees, just for their valuable services in fertilizing the fruit blossoms. Let the man about to select a vocation for his son, or let a young man about to j choose a vocation for himself, consider j the advantages of horticulture. A golden motto for any bee-keeper is: j "Have everything ready early, and get all in readiness when it can be done with the least outlay of valuable time." Let your horse stand loose, if possible, without being tied up in the manger. Pain and weariness from a confined position induce bad habits. The tubers of Stachvs Tuberifera are said to be very good eating when boiled 1 like the potato. They ^realso palatable j when eaten as a salad or raw with salt. ! To protect young trees from sun scald, mi e. rabbits, and the ravages of whiffle trees, take eight lath and weave togeth- j er with binding wire. Surround the body of the tree"with this. It will last live years. Jsever allow any one to tickle or tease I your horse in the stable. The animal j only feels the torment and does not un- ; derstand the joke. Isever beat the horse when in the stable, as nothing 60 soon makes him permanently vicious. j The farmer who raises cows that will give more and better milk than the ordinary cow, steers that will net more beef per head than the average, horses which are stronger, handsomer, and more reliable than the common horse, will get better returns than the ordinary stojkra'ser. | Apart from the cost of sto k transpor[ tation, the facilities for so doing, the i question of time, of care in transit and ! ability to handle, so as to conserve the shipper's interests, as well as the more j prolJtaDie convenience ui tue turner, are [ all proper questions to be considered by sto.'lvmen to the end that the maximum | of profit may be realized for the producer. Cotton Spinning? in Japan. It is reported from Japan that the rapid growth of the cotton-spinning in1 dustry~of that country is beginning to direct public attention to the supply of the raw material. The total production of cotton in Japan, it is stated, is about 41,000,000 pounds, and at present | the mills consume 17,000,000. In consequence the price of the home-grown ' cotton threatens to be disturbed, and | the mill-owners are anxious to procure supplies from China, and desire the J Government to reduce or abolish al,together the import duty on the raw material, which at present stands jn the I way of importing it from abroad. . V POPULAR SCIENCE. Paper 19 coming largely into use as a building material. In France experiments are being made with cork car springs. Somebody claims to have found out that the beard grows faster in sunny than in rainy weather. The imperial astrologers are very much opposed to the extension of the Chinese railroad toward Pekin. By use of magnets to extract the particles of iron, many clays once useless now serve for a fair quality of pottery. Some pieces of the Persian Gulf cable laid twenty years ago show the core to be as perfect as when it left the factory. A Lartiguc single-rail railway is to be built in the Argentine .Republic from Chilecite to the mineral mountains of Famatina. The structure of the upraised coral islands so far as yet examined appears to lend uo support to the Darwinian theory a? An VI AUi uiauuu. . The artesian well basin of Dakota supplies abundant water under a pressure of 140 pounds to the square inch from wells 1165 leet deep. Jame3 Burnes, of Verona, Penn., claims to have fouud anew the lost art of copper welding. A company has been formed to test his process. The simplest way to moderate the glare of incandescent lamps without lessening the lighting power is to give the globes a thin coating of collodion. An electric shoal-water indicator has recently been invented by which the action of a column of mercury completes a circuit and rings a warning bell. The United States inventors of electric meters intend uutting forth their best exertions to capture (he prize in the meter competition in Paris this summer. The new Agricultural Department, it is said, is to become a kind of scientific department, a Bureau of Ethnology. Philology, and -what not, being attaciieci to it. It is claimed that the diffusion process extracts ten to fifteen per cent, more sugar from cane than the best mill work. Louisiana planters are adopting it as rapidly as money allows. Arkansas must be a mineralogist's paradise. Rich nud very accessible de posits of zinc?a metal rather scarce heretofore in this country?have been discovered at two or three places in the State. Paving blocks are now made of slag, which, it is claimed, are equal to the best Belgian stone. If the claim be made crood it mav help eastern iron men in their life-and-death struggle with southeastern competition. The bulk of the water of the ocean has a very low temperature; it is ice cold at the bottom even under the equator, but on the surface within the tropics there is a relatively thin film of warm water with a temperature of from seventy degrees to eighty-four degrees Fahrenheit. According to M. Laveran, of the French Acadcmy of Science, malaria is due to an animal parasite, which belongs to the lowest sort 01 animal life. Most infectious maladies in man, says M. Laveran and 51. Bouchard, who explained Laveran's theory to the Academy, the other day, are due to vegetable microbes, but marsh malaria must be attributed to | an animal. It is stated that a Hamburg blacksmith named Wolff has constructed an apparatus whereby all the doors in a theatre may be opened simultaneously. The other day experiments were made with the apparatus at the Concordia Theatre, and on somebody shouting "Fire!" the inventor turned the handle of the apparatus, fixed in the refreshment bar of the theatre, on which every exit in tho whole building opened at once. Train Kobbing in tlic West. In tbe good old times, when a traveler took a journey in a stage coacb, he carried pistols ready for immediate use, and was on the lookout for highwaymen all along the road. But our modern robbers do not care to bother with small matters. A stage is safe enough, except down in Mexico, where it is a common thing for a few dashing -knights of the road to stop a coach and strip the passengers, leaving them to make their way to the next town attired in a stray copy of the New York Ilcrald. In this civilized country, however, the Dick Turpins of the present day have their minds directed to bigger things. They will be satisfied with nothing smaller than a railway pas*~~ger train. The recent action of the Arizona Legislature in imposing the penalty of death for train robbing has brought this nuisance prominently before the public. In a review of the situation the New York Herald enumerates more than twenty train robberies within the past three years. These robberie* all a/.ax.ha/J ? ? r\nl T A'lieiono Toroo Uv.'t'uncu XII JIia0ia0ip|n, uwuigmuu, 1WAU3, the Indian Territory, Ohio, Arkansa?, Arizona and Illinois, but most of them occurred in Texas. The robbers at different times secured $(50,00J, $40,000, $30,000, $25,000 and $15,000. More than half a dozen train men have lost their lives in these encounters. In the majority of the cases mentioned the train robbers escaped uuhurt, and were never captured. Generally the number of robbers is small. It is rare for a gang to be composed of more than six men. They take a train by surprise in an out of the way place, and go through it in perhaps two minutes. When pistols fail to intimidate, the bold marauders have more than once produced dynamite cartridges. The prospect of being blown up induces the bravest men to surrender.?Times-Democrat. A Philosopher With a Wooden Leg;. "Until I grew a wooden leg myself," said a retired warrior marching aloug State street, "I never knew how many of ray fellow-mortals enjoyed a similar experience. I\ow, more than half the fun I have in life I get from looking out for other fellows' game legs and arms, and eyes and teeth. I know two fellows that have false noses, and about a couple of dozen tnat nave cnaney-aney eyes. But That's nothin'. Sure I hear that over in Paris the surgeons can take a baby's face and change every feature in it until its own mother would not know her offspring. I do be always poring over old books and lookin' out for curiosities of men and women who manage to live though they're all cut to piecesThere's a man living in Munich, I believe, that plays the violin with his toes and leads the orchestra in the theater. An' there's a bully artist, I hear, in Antwerp, who was bom without arms or legs. But the quarest ould Mohawk of them all is Kavanngh, who used to be member of Parliament for County Carlow, Ireland. He was born without arms or legs, but that doesn't prevent him from doing anything he wants to do. He writes books, makes fine speeches, drives a four-in-hand, goes flyfishin' for salmon, and can carve a duck as nately as you plaze. Oh, pshaw! 'Tisn't nothin' to have a wooden leg. I don't care so's I haven't a wooden head.Chicago Journal. ' ^ , A Public Benefactor. "Who is H. H. Warner, of Rochester, N. Y., -whose Safe Remedies, especially Warner's Safe Cure, have attained such success and celebrity at home and abroad?" The question is inspired as much by affection as curiosity, since through his instrumentality hundreds of thousands, in both hemispheres, have been restored to health J and happiness. Hon. H. H. Warner, then, is a leading and | honored resident of Rochester, not only, but a prominent and influential citizen of the United States. On several occasions chosen by his party as a National delegate to nomi- | nate a President of the Republic, he has been J a member of the Republican State Commit- [ tee and of its Executive Committee. He is a member of the -American Institution for the Advancement of Science; President of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce; a successful and upright business man. He has given away fortunes in charities. The celebrated and costly Warner Observatory of Rochester was conceived, endowed, and is maintained by him. His munificent prizes for the discovery of comets has been at once the won- J der and delight of the scientific world. The yellow fever scourge in the South, the Ohio floods, the fire disasters of Rochester and other cities awakened his profoundest sympathies, and in each instance his check for from $500 to $">000 swelled the several relief funds. Where other wealthy men give tens and hundreds, he gives hundreds and thousands. His charities are as ready and magnificent as his enterprises and public spirit are boundless. The world has need of more such men. An incident led him into the manufacture of medicine. Seized some twelve years ago with what the ablest physicians termed fatal kidney disease, he was miraculously restored to health by what is now known as Warner's Safe Cure. At once he resolved to make known the merits of ?o potent a remedy, and the consequence is that to day he has immense laboratories and warehouses in the United States, Canada, England, Germany, Austria, Australia and Burmali. Sales of his Safe Remedies are enormous, and their ! power over disease simply marvelous. The merit of a production is in exact keep| ing with the character of its producer. An honest and reliable man himself, Mr. Warnor makes honest and reliable medicines?a fact abundantly attested by their phenomena efficacy and popularity. The Trees of America and Europe. That this country once consisted large- j ly of unbroken forests is well known to all intelligent persons, and although sections have been greatly denuded none of the original species have become extinct. Few persons, however, are fully aware of the remarkable number of the species as compared with other parts of the world. In a report on Michigan State forestry Dr. W. J. Beal, an officer of the Commission, makes some interesting statements not only in regard to the forests of that State, but of the trees and shrubs of North America and Europe as well. The relative importance of the trees and shrubs of this country as compared with those of Europe is surprising. Great Britain has one specie of basswood, one maple, not over twenty feet high; one cherry, from ten to twenty feet high; one small ash, two elms, two poplars, one beech, large but not high; one small white birch, one species of pines, inferior to our white pine, and a snecies of oak which sometimes grows to j a great size. About ten species of trees are natives of her soil. Michigan, with half the territory, has seventy species. Great Britain has no white wood, no white or red cedar, no hickory. Michigan has six species of maple of tree size, a basswood, a white wood, honey locust. Kentucky coliee tree, two cherry, a pepperidge, five species of ash, a sassafras, three elms, a blackberry, a mulberry, a buttonwood, black walnut, butternut, six hickory, about twelve oak, a chestnut, a beach, four treebirch, four willow, of tree size, six poplar,three pine, four spruce, one larch, one arbor vitnc and a red cedar. In the Atlantic region of North America there are 292 species; in the Pacific region 153 specics. In all Europe there are only eighty-five species of trees. Katurallv the question arise3, what has caused this great disparity? Scientists explain it to their own satisfaction V_ if tn rrtooinl A WAV I UJf ilHIIUUU..t vw e. back in tlie tertiary period the trees of the regions now possessing an Arctic cli- mate were such as now thrive in a warm, I temperate zone like that of Georgia aud California. Then came the glacial epoch, | when snow and ice lor most or all of I the year extended to the Ohio Hiver. At the approach of cold the trees slowly retreated southward as generation followed generation. As the climate airain gradually grew warmer the trees and other plants slowly migrated northward. In a similar manner during the glacial epoch the plants of Europe were driven i southward. Europe, says Dr. Gray in | the American Journal of S.ienrt, is all within the limits generally assigned to severe glacial action. Jlcstofthe plants of the warm temperate region had per% Bmiih? "I know 'tis a But I'm bei I'll tli row my; The deep, b Brown?11 Fie; fie, my good friend, ( and settle down into such gloom and d conduct, when it's a well-known fact t aches, poor appetite, sense of fatigue, a driacal condition are due to torpid liver i which will all give way and disappear, a but make \ise of that world-famed an Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. II diseases for which it is recommended, oi cured me when I was in a much worse only try it, you will soon be singing? - "But my spirit Through ga And frisk witi It shall, by Copyright. 1888, by World's Dispense CATARRH jnaoeatly cured by OR. SAQE'f CATARRH R 'futfjf.'. &ic :: J?.?"*. "*T- " . - ' ~ ' v ' ?. *>' ished, and therefore were unable to retreat when the continent became warmer. "So our lines have been cast in pleasant places, and the goodly heritage of forest trees is one of the consequences."?New York World. Anchovies. The true anchpyy is a fish of the herring tribe. It is taken mostly in the jrediterranean, where it is found in vast shoals and is caught and pickled in salt for use as a condiment. There are seven known species of this fish, differing | chie8y in the form of the fins and the j color of the skin. They are members of the herring family, as are the shad and the sprat. The Mediterranean species is not a native of that sea, but its abode is in the Atlantic, whence it comes to the shores of Europe and of some of the islands fas the Bermudas) to spawn; it is found along the Atlantic coasts of Eu[ rope as far north as the Bay of Biscay, but prefers the warmer waters. It is probable that the Bermuda species is identical with that found in the early summer in the Mediterranean.?New York Times. A Misfit Crown. The young Emperor of GermaDy has ordered his court-jeweler to change the shape of his crown and model the improved edition after the exact pattern of the coronation outfit of Charlemagne. A French paper suggests that the crown of William the Victorious and Frederic the Noble ought to be good enough for a youngster who, thu3 far, has done nothing more remarkable than snubbing the German Liberals and assisting his court bigots in driving his mother into exile. The Eerlin wits cannot risk such outspoken comments, but express their opinions by a caricature of a snub-nosed boy trying on an antiquated head-dress about forty size3 too small for his skull. ?Detroit Free Press. The Malaga grape crop is short this year and only 100,000 barrels are coming to this countrv, in place of the 300,OOl) barrels that were expected. A single storm destroyed 100,000 barrels of Tin fruit The potato crop of this country is estimated at 210,000,000 bushels, the largest ever harvested. From Republican Headquarters. Moravia, N. Y., May 5, 1887.?O. F. Wood ward: 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, 50c and SI. The assessed valuation of personal estate in New York city is $3-50,023,553. Dclicatc Children, Nursing Mothers, Overworked Men,and for all diseases where the tissues are wasting away from tha inability to digest ordinary food, or from overwork of the brain or body all such should take Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphitcs. "I used the Emulsion on a lady who was delicate, and threatened with lironchitis. It put her in such good health and flnoi, n.at I mncf bov ir. is th<> host Emulsion I ever' used."?L. P. ^Vaddell, M.D., Hugh's Mills, S. C. A Kadtcitl Core for Epileptic Fit*. To the Editor?Please Inform your readers IbatI Lave 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 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.. Sew York. Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses of Piso'sCure for Consumption. FOR CHICKEN CHOLERA 419 Hnroa St., ^ St. Jacobs Oil for chicken cholera i\ with great suejy (y cess. Every fowl Wy ^ affected with I r,fT*l~ the disease was | cured by It and I recommend it as a sure cure. It has saved me many dollar*. H. A. KUEI\NE, Breeder of Fine Fowls. mmm ver^cura FOR DYSPEPSIA. A POSITIVE CURE FOR 1NDIGESXION AND ALL Stomach Troublt-i Arising Therefrom. Tour Druggut or General Dealer will pet VeraCur* for youif not already in ttoek. or it will be tent by mail on receipt of 25 cts. (5 boxes $1.00) in stamps. 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Your Blo< A thorough cleansing this spring, in order to expel the impurities which have accumulated during the winter, or which may be hereditary, and cause you much suffering. We confidently recommend Hood's Sarsaparilla as tho very best spring medicine By its use the blood is purified, enriched and vitalized, that tired feeling is entirely overcome and tho wholo body given strength and vigor. The appetite is restored and sharpened, the digestive organs are toned, and the kidneys and liver invigorated. " I had boils all over my neck and back, troubling mesomuch thit I could not turn my head around, nor stoop over. Hcod's Sar.-aparilla cured me in two weeks." Damzl Head, Kansas City, Mo. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar BgHijtgfipga Tn 18831 contracted Blood Polion SYEKTSy of bad type, and was treated with gamgSajjgBffi mercury, potash and sarsaparilla mixture?,growing worse all the time. 1 took 7 small bottles S. S. S. which gT^fir.? ^1 cured me entirely, and no sign of ! ^ jfgk H the dreadful disease has returned. Jan. 10, '89. Hobby viue, Ind. inSSjgShijS Wy little niece had white swelling W to such an extent that she was conf Qr nfincd t0 thc bed for a long time. I ( ? jtw at juore mr.n w pieces 01 uuue uiue fc^jgE^ffloutof her leg, and the doctors said amputation was the only remedy to 8*vc her ''ft- I refused the operation and put her on S.S.S. and she la now J ?fy V upandacfivenndlnasgoodhealthas I w yKJ fl any child. Miss Aiojie Gee?usb, X > J&7 Feb. 11, '39. Columbus, Ga. PjTfTjffft'gaii Book on Blood Diseases sent free. tSCfiSYffH Swurr Specifio Co. ^g!|)pcgw8 Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga, rfjyi^,v,^gaYOU will SAVE MONKY, SfmTi,ne? Tronblo and will CURE CATARRH W-FEVER?^ g?A 1 t BY USING wy^m ELY'S CREJH BALM, Apply Balm Into each nostril. SPPw u&jELY BEOS., 56 Warren St.. N. Y TOD NEED IT! "I have a hture Dictionary, but i Us so much work to H.'t it for examination tbat I am inclined to shirk looking out words, although desirous of knowledge. Your "HANDY DICTIONARY" is always by me and I look out words on the instant, so the information is impressed on my mind."? Correspondent. Webster's Illustrated HANDY DICTIONARY. f| Thousands of Words Defined. Hundred* of Pictures. Abbre- //|tljj]Si vintious Explained. Ordin- i l' * ary Foreign Pbrnses Traus- [ l latcd. Metric System of.*4 Wcislits nnd Neasnres. Printed in small, clear type, on fine i "iSfi laidpaper-.boundinhandsoniecloth. 320?PAGES?320 Who tbat reads doesn't every day come across words whose mean In* be dees not know, and which he caunot pronounce or spoil? Hence the demand for a moderate-sized Dictionary which can be kept at band always ready for reference. Such a work will be used a hundred times as much as a large unwieldy volume, and therefore is a greater educator. As the Spelling and Pronunciation of many common wonts have been changed during the last 30 ??? Tionntrt nwninir the oM-faahioned Dictionaries ! "need a' modern one. Here it is at a trifling cost I Postpaid for '25c. in lc. or 2c. stamp;. BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE. 134 Leonard St.,N. Y.City. WEBSTER 3000 more Words and nearly 2000 more Illus. trations than any other American Dictionary. ; An Invaluable Companion in eyery School and at etery Fireside. Sold by all Booksellers. Illustrated Pamphlet scot free. Z.SlC. MERRIAM & CO., Pub'rs,Springfield. Maaa. Taylor's Hospital Cure for Catarrh. Warranted to give satisfaction or money refunded. Sold on ten VSsW tla5*s'tria'* Price comf flV >^M^Pletc $2.50. ForpaniV^; an<*ternlsofsate SWvjga^l>ess City Hall Pliarluacy? N?. 264 Broadway, New York. i?il@eT0$1 ? A DAY! AGENTS WANTED! ilili ilnfliimi Wcracnuiits free. lil'ii'jiMfflraSSf 1000UrewFter's Safety Keln y, $&&&? Holder* GIVEN AWAY to intro<l?ce them, Every horse owner buys jlSri from 1 toe. Lilies never under horse's > / '& ^?3 feet. Send 25 cts. in stamps to pay post;| /M.'1,1 [ton use and pactlnif for Nickel Plated I0iffi!l'' i TSi SaIlll'le that sella for ?5 cents. Address aafh.il Brewster Mfg. Co., Holly, Mich 3# Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is the jglj Sold by (Iru^is^o^ent^mail.^^g ?39 50c. E. T. llazeltine, Warreu, Pa. gj? FRIZIRS I BEST IN THE WORLD M 61 11\ \9 h, tZT G et tiio Genuine. Sold ErerjTviiere. ? Jjt MONEY IN CIIIflKF.XS. O- /g For 2jc. a lOu-pacc book. experience of ' JLda ;t practical poultry raiser during 25 MfyJ years. It teacher liotv to detect and fS% cure disrates; to fei-d for eggs and IfA /V ?, for fatten n/ : which towN to save for " ?<-.*?2. breeding, <?e , Ac. Aiblivs* UOUK PIB. 1(0 t at:, m Li-oaarrf St.. S. Y. ctljr. SRL AWAV,r-'k'^s i ' p^jSnKa &?? V9 Mixed 1- lower Seeds, ooa M r\>Sr^' kinds? Gctde, and 10c. Certificate toy ^St^MjSeedR. your choice, all for SstaniPF (4 cents.) W'^ViirKKvery flower lover drliirhted. Tell oil your JfeSSB^Jfrehds. G. W. FAEE. FANNE7TSBUXG, PA. Send at once. This n'ticrwi 1 not npurni'ayi'n. V^CHOLERA PROOF, OR OHIO iMPROVEcfcJk 55 Chester Hoas. echo FOROtscaiPTioN&prics!?L ;*S 0J1.THI8,FAMOUS BREED* FOWLS. A?-T8W*NT?O.L3^ The L. IS. Silver Co., Cleveland. O.B>^ NEW Straw berries. Roces and 'i'rfes, Write now for new rocket Cutalogrte & rejxirt of Trial bed--, and order tb -best by mail. Plain directions to cultivate Roses. .1. \V. ADAMS ,V CO., Springfield, Mas?. SOLDIERS VULlllbtlVers relieved: Laws free. A. W. McComiick 4: Sons,Washington,D.C. fc Cincinnati,O. jtftG&BJf*-. P I prescribe and fully en. .fc dorne Blc C as the only j?si&r 0?r??l? specific Tor the certain euro ?&?j3rl TO 1 DiTB.^3 of this disease. jgggSnn&uti act t*? o. H. INGRAH AM, M. D., RgW c*u? Birtctars. ? Amsterdam, N. Y. JHf Mfdaniy kyths We have sold Big G for R?b9Itiii Ciseieil Co. m ^ ^ " Is U ^ f'l. Ji"" | (tJlnoinnatietHSS faction. D. R- DYCchfcf.o iif Sold by Druggists Magazine tkree irontks. Ills nicely printed on cretin laid ptcer trt and faihlon. Every lumber contains one novelette complete, b?9t tuthors, ftshlon plates, latest faiklon notes, etc, All replies when contest closes. Ntme* and addretas of winne* will apw quick and get tfee first prlte. If you do not receive the firittward of the others. Stamps taken tame aa caih. Address The xOUBf Best H CAUTION nara?yandipHcer3Um W*? W A <av?Al ?0id by your dealer, writ Tlic man who lim invested from three K to five dollars in a Rubber Coat, and m at his first half hour's experience in a a storm finds to his sorrow that It la WKkM I hardly a better protection than a mos- DB y quito nettin*. not only feels charrined w at being so kadly taken In, but also feels If he does not loot exactly like q* IL Ask for the "FISH BRAND" Sucks* B I S does not have the risn xxxnd, send for descriptive cat *-v J ' * " '-. J? ? ? ' 3d Needs * Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the best blood purifier before y the public. It eradicates scrofula and all humors, cures salt rheum, bolls, pimples, ets. The severest cases of blood poisoning have yielded to its superior curative power. It accomplishes remarkable cures where other preparations utterly fall. Try it this season. " For years at irregu'ar intervals in all seasons I suffered the intolerablo burning' and itching of blood poisoqing by ivy. It would break out on my legs, in my throat and eyes. Last spring I took Hood's Sarsaparilla, as a blood purifier, with no thought of it as a tpecial remedy for ivy poisoning. but it has effected a permanent and thorough cure." Calvin T. Shcte, Wentworth, N. H. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by alldrugg sts. $1; six for $5. Prepared only by C. I. Hood k Co., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar S |>)t[ _ The most e?> Lain and tafe . -M Pain REMEDY In the world that Instantly stops the most excruciating painit a?> m? Il iSfftV'T truly the |reat CONQUEROR OF FAIN, and | lias done mere good than any I 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 tho PAIN to INSTANTLY STOP. For CONGESTIONS.INFLANIMATIONS, SORE THROAT, BRONCHITIS. COLD In the CHEST, RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, LUMBAGO, SCIATICA, PAINS In the Small of tho Back, etc., more ex1 tended, longer continued and repeated applications are necessary to cffect a curc. All INTERNAL PAINS (in the Bowels or Stomach), CRAMPS, SPASMS, SOUR STOMACH, NAUSEA, VOMITING, HEARTBURN, D IA RR H CE A, COLIC, FLATULENCY, FAINTING SPELLS, are relieved Instantly and QUICKLY CURED by talcing internally as directed. Sold by Druggists. Price, 50c, RADWAYQ 0 PILLS o THE GreatLivor&StoiacbRomeily .>? For the cure of all disorders of the STOMACH, LIVER, BUWKLS, tviuNEYS, BLADDER, NERVOUS DISEASES, LOSS of APPETITE, HEADACHE, ! CONSTIPATION, COSTIVENESS, INDIGESTION, BILIOUSNESS, FEVER, ' - j INFLAMMATION of the BOWELS,PILES and all derangements of the Internal Viscera. Purely Vegetable, containing no mercury, minerals, or DELETERIOUS DRUGS. PERFECT DIGESTION will be accomplished by taking RAD WAV'S PILLS, By so doing DYSPEPSIA, J SICK HEADACHE, FOUL STOMACH, BILIOUSNESS, will be avoided, and the food that is eaten contribute its nourishing properties for th* support of - - - - ? the natural wait* or the body. suia; BY ALL. DRUGGISTS. Price *3e. par box, or, on receipt of price, will l*e eat by mail. 5 buw for One Dollar. HAD WAY ?fc CO., 33 Warren St.,BT. Y. grateful?comforting. j EPPS'S COCOA breakfast. "By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws . which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition. and by a careful application of tho line properties of well-selected Cocoa. Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of dletthat a consti tution may be gradually bui It up until strong' enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle m aledies are floating around us readyto attack wherever there is a weak point We may * S escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ouivelves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame."?Civil Service Gazette. Made simply witn boiling vater or milk. Sold only in half-pound tins, by Grocers, labelled thus: JAMES EPFS' ?fc CO.. llomceopathic Chemists, London. England. . ft' YOU WISH A a good i revolver ' i urchase one of tha cele- f, axSC brated SMITH k WESSON i/V' 1 arms. The finest small arms (( yS~\( >,1?\ ever manufactured and tha \J/ J) ?Jjaj first choice of all experts. fefCi Manufactured in calibres 32,38 and 4<-100. Sin- 1BMI gle or double action. Safety Hammerless and VSy Target models. Constructed entirely of bent qunl? I Ity wr one in sreei. Uiuuuj mfj.ciif. .v? 1 manship and stock, I hey aro unrivaled for finish, durability and accnrncy. Do not be deceived by cheap malleable rast-lron imirations which arc often sold for the genuine article and are not onlv unreliable, but danwerous. The SJIITH h WESSON Ilevolvers are all stamped upon the barrels with firm's name, address anu dates of patents and aro guaranteed perfect in every detail. Insist upon naving1 the Kenuine article, and if your dealer cannot supply you an order sent to address below will receive prompt and careful attention. Descrptive catalogue and prices furnished upon applicaton. SMITH & WESSON, "Mention thi* paper. Springfield. flings. OONSUMPTION ] hare a positive remedy for tbe above disease: by Its use thousands of cases of the worst kind and of lone standing1 havu been cured. So ntrong is my faith in ltn elflcaey thai 1 will send two bottles free, together with a valuable treatise on this disease to any sufferer. Give Express and P. O. addi es*. T. A. SLOCCM. U. C.. 181 Pearl SL. K. Y B" JOHNW.MOHBB, $Ji &_ hI V R (j 3 Rfj Late Principal Examiner, an SHill 8 0 B k P U. S. Pension Bureau, Att'y a Bo B tsP E wl H at Lj?\t, \Va?hin:ton. If. C., successfully prosecutes claim?, original, increase, re-ratlng, widows', children's and depen dent relatives'. Experience: S jrs. In lauwar,15yrs In Pension Eurcau, end 4 yrs. practicing attorney m'l'i iW mTt FURNiSHEDj FLORIDA! Free information. For map. State bulletin, pamphlet and Sample Weekly. "South Florida Progress, 'send He. postage. "Florida Facts." 144 pages. 50ct '.MO p., cloth,* 1. I nvalnable. O. M. CBUS15Y. 9? Franklin St. N. Y. ESIaSu'm OSES A Great English Gout and S I ealSi Rheumatic Rcmody. Oval Box, :> *; round 14 1'ilU. BWs Bifc Theism U offered to the fint 54 ptntu Informlij bTm M g ui where In the Bible the no d |lrl ii tint foaid. '>) R i Ttc first ptnoa lliwrrii; correctly will receive $10 KflP EH locuh. If mere than ooe cirrect aoswer the ucoid StS B B one will receive |5J, tie third |I5, toe fourth $16, 9 R a 5 tl" B,zt 15 '5 each, tbe next IS $3 each. the next M H C sf!v " Competitors must Mid 30 cU. (or Cfln which they will receite Tho Ytuif Lillet* * elejaatly lllni- lull tratod and excels u a maguine of literature, original ihort itorles by tho _ . _ ? mum be reco.Tcri by April S1 ft I (IP | i* l 111 jar In May lomber. Writ* U I IJiJ I III ill you bare ?3 chance, for one " tWW ' UIIIU* r Ladles Magazine. Kansas City. Mo.. Ctfuioia! Block.! L. DOUG"LAS'" S HI O H GENTLEMEN. Best in the world. Examine his ;.<)0 GENU INK HAND-SEWEI) SHOE. 1.00 HAND-SEWED WELT SHOE. 1.50 POLICE AND FARMERS' SHOE. !.50 EXTRA VALUE CALK SHOE. i.zr. ?V OR KINGMAN'S SHOli. 1.00 and SI.75 ROYS' SCHOOL SHOES. All made in Congress, Button unii Lace. L. DOUGLAS esjAC1 FOR OnvCi LADIES. laterial. Beit Style. Best Fitting. has the TV. L. DOUGLAS SHOES without ped on bottom, put him down as a fraud. If not :e W. L. DOUGLAS, BROCKTON. MASS. & We offer the man who wauta service ? (not style) a tarment that will keep mm n him diy In the hardett storm. It is r TH called TOWER'S FISH BRAND C, " SLICKER," a name familiar to every S Cow-boy all orer the land. Wit.1; them A the only perfect Wind and Watersroof g III Coat is "Tower's Fish Brand flicker. II and take ne other. If your storekeeper alone. a.J. Towib. 20Simmons St., Boston. Maw. ' L '" P