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AGRICULTURAL, j TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. EAT FOR H01TE USE AND FOR MARKET. t If to be used for the farm, do not allow it to get too ripe; if to be sold for baling, the purchasers do not mind the hard stems, they think that there is more {"substance" in it. So there would be in shingles, and in any kind of wood. [The beginning of flowering is the proper j time to begin cutting clover, as well as i "the grasses. Timothy becomes hard and j I woody much more rapidly than orchardgrass. It makes better hay to sell, but not so good to feed out.?Agriculturist. CURING CLOVER. To determine me conaiuon 01 pmij i cured clover I have found much help in taking a half dozen stalks and twisting them very tightly. The more or less (or none at all) sap that I can twist out shows far better than the looks of the clover how much it is cured. This has been laughed at in these columns, but nevertheless it is the best way I know of to determine the condition of the stems. They may be too full of sap to put into the barn and still the hay appear quite dry. I suspect I cure my clover more than some. I do not care to handle an | extra ton of water on each acre, only to have it sweat and steam in the mow. It seems as well to let the air take this waiter while the hay is in the field, as later, and saves me useless lifting. But I want jthe hay green enough so that it will heat j some, so as to settle solidly. It is easy j jto think and write about these things, but it has taken many years of experience i under varying circumstances to make one j fee1 anything like a master of the clovercuring business, so do not be discouraged Jif you cannot make good hay the lirst time.? Ohio Farmer. THE GAPES?HOW TO CURE. When a large number of chicks have gapes it is a difficult task to handle each ,one separately so as to force a feather tip, or horse hair, into the windpipe in order to pull out the thread-like gape worms, though such is the usual practice, as cures are not always reliable without physical aid. The best remedy is to give each 'chick a drop of spirits of turpentine on ia bread crumb. If the chicks are numerous, mix a teaspoonful of spirits turjpertine with a quart of corn meal, make into a stiff dough and feed it to the chicks. A wholesale method of curing gapes is to put the chicks in a box with ia wire partition; on one side of the partition the chicks are to be placed, and on jthe other side of the wire a hot brick or .stone. Pour a little carbolic acid on the 'hot brick, shut the lid of the box and compel the chicks to breathe the fumes of the carbolic acid. It will cure the gapes at once, but care must be taken not 'to suffocate the chicks. This remedy is also excellent for roup, or where adult jfowls are suffocating with the well known difficult breathing. Once or twice at [practice will enable you to handle the chicks just as it should be. To prevent gapes, keep the chicks on clcan, board floors.?Farm and Fireside. EFFECT OF IIO&S CUTTING. What effect has the growth of a horn upon an animal, and what would be the results of its removal? This question has .come up in regard to the now prevalent jpractice of dishorning cows and other cattle, and it is thought by some persons concerned, that cows may be injured as .milkers and bulls as stock getters by the [operation. This matter?strangely enough, it seems?has occupied so much atten[tion that Professor Law, the Veterinary 'Professor of Cornell University, has been (called upon to give an opinion upon it, ;which he does by saying that the loss of the horn can have no affect upon the ability of a cow to give milk, or upon |the quality of the milk. The opinion jcannot be questioned. Any reasonable jperson could scarcely ask for it. A horn 'is made up of hair closely aggregated in a solid but fibrous substance. It grows (from the skin as hair does, and if the '? -CC - T J fCutung uu ui u liuru suuuiu uucui* tac milking of a cow the clipping of the (switch from the end of her tail should do the same. On the contrary the removal! [of the cow's horns has largely increased '"the product of milk and butter, because [ft has given the weaker cows rest from .the persecution of the stronger ones, [leaving them to eat and rest in peace and :ruminate upon the better condition of .affairs more usefully and profitably.? -flew York Times. TOTOG FRUIT TREES. : If the young trees are to make a good Sthriftv growth, considerable care must be Igiven them. It is not good economy to ^purchase and set out a lot of trees and ithen expect them to grow as they should ( without giving them good care. When iOnce well established, they can easily be kept growing, but a tree or plant that is :atunted will not make as good a growth afterward. f Close contact with the soil is always an (important item, especially during the first , ;summer. If in setting out proper care i ihas been taken to press the soil firmly 'around the roots, a considerable portion of the risk of damage is avoided. The ;winds that we usually have in the spring iwill often loosen up the roots, and care jshould be taken to press the soil around the stem before hot dry weather sets in. J It is a good plan to stir the surface and keep it stirred, killing out the weeds jand keeping the soil in good tilth. fWeeds and grass allowed to grow around ithe stems of the trees will tend to prevent ja good growth, and one important item iin the treatment of young trees is to give 'reasonably good cultivation at least. While a considerable part of the pruning should be done when the tree is set out, yet it will pay to go over the trees jand rub off any extra growth that may Start up where it is not desired. This lean be done much easier now than when l V .3 1 1 JJ J line woou nas uaiuuueu. One of the worst things to contend rwith is the borer that so often attacks the young trees, and the surest plan is to protect them in advance, as often the tree is practically ruined the first year by this pest. A good mulch will often prove very j (beneficial through the hot dry months in J keeping the soil moist, and if applied j after giving good cultivation, can be made profitable in the better thrift and growth of the trees. Once the tree gets [well established, it will stand considerable drouth without injury, but during the earlier stages of growth, mulching is Ivery beneficial.?Farm, Field and Stockman* THE UTILITY OP SHEEP. Some one is now trying to dispel the pleasant faith that people have long enjoyed in regard to sheep improving a pasture or a farm. The statement that sheep must eat the same as other stock and that the substance that goes to make up the wool and carcass is lost to the soil is truo and very evident; but there are many points of dissimilarity between sheep and cattle in their feeding in and effect upon a pasture. Sheep will in a dry time, or at any time in a short pasture, go into the [ swamps and bushes to feed and browse in the early morning and then seek the hill-tops and lie down in the breeze and | chew their cuds, and here their droppings i are left in a condition to be washed on to the surrounding slopes and trampled into the soil. Cattle which are in the pasture day and night will not feed on bushes or coarse plants until they are starved to it, but will feed on the high land till they get dry and thirsty, then they will go and drink. The water is usually on low land, and if it happens to be in a shady swamp they lie down thero nirl -roVint mnniirp thfiV leave there is wasted. Wlint they leave on high ground is no better than chips in a few days of hot weather, and if it gets broken up by tramping over it it will float olf before it will dissolve. Sheep relish a good proportion of leaves and twigs in their food at all seasons, and will live and do well on plants that cattle do not like and horses will not eat. With a small daily ration of grain sheep wall thrive in a bushy pasture where there is very little that other stock would eat, and will kill out the weeds and bushes at the same time; and if they do not really enrich the soil on the whole, they will enrich the poorest parts of it, and will add to the value of the pasture by the value of the labor it would take to kill out the weeds and bushes and cover the surface with fine grasses. This is no fanciful theory. We have seen a field which had been used as a pasture for colts and calves till .about onethird of it was covered with goldenrod and blackberry vines changed to a fine grassy sward in three years by putting in a fewvmore sheep than it would keep in good condition, and giving them extra food to make up the deficiency. And we know that there are thousands of acres of rough pasture in New England growing up to bushes, where the rocks are too thick to allow cutting the bushes or plowing the land, that might be mads into good dairy pastures in the same way. Now that there is such an awakening in the dairy business, cows are about all the stock that we think of or provide for: j but on the most of our farms the dairy I interest would be further advanced and more profitable in ten years if the pastures were divided into three parts and one of them stocked with sheep and the cows kept in the other, changing from one to the other each week. The sheep can be kept on their part one or two years according to their effect on the weeds and bushes, and then let the cows have that and give the sheep one of the others.?Mhror and Farmer. FARM ANT) GARDEN NOTES. Put the trusty team to the mower. Forethought is one good harvest hand. It is highly extravagant to use lowpriced mower oil. Keep the little chicks cooped up until the dew is off the grass. Twelve hours with system harvests more than sixteen hours without. Do not feed fowls on corn alone, nor fail to provide clean grit to help digest the corn. There is no luck in leisure in harvesting; procrastination is the thief of grain and grass. Many a vigorous, fruitful tree owes its existence to a mulch at this season, when it was young. Beauty always attracts, and it is not dishonest to send clean,bright berries and fruits to market. Cutworms do not like buckwheat, according to Orchard and Garden, and may be driven off the field or starved out by planting it with that crop. Affection cannot be pounded into animals. Kind treatment insures the affection of an animal, while rough treatment is sure to cause its hatred. Poultry farming conducted with system and managed in a business-like manner should pay well, the profits being considerably increased by growing food on the farm. Mulching with anything is regarded as favorable to plant growth by many people, and the benefit is of course increased when the mulch itself has fertilizing properties. After turkeys are ten days old, they may be turned out every morning after the dew has disappeared from the grass, and may remain out all day if the weather is warm and bright. The temperature of water for horses is not so much of an object as the purity of it. While it is best to have the water cool, it is more important to have it free from all impurities. Anitrals of vicious habits should never be used for breeding purposes, as vices are transmitted. By careful breeding in this respec', the dispositions of the animals can be partially controled. It is claime? that wheat bran as food for cows does not provide the essentials for butter-making; that while the yir:ld of milk is large tho cream from it rises slowly and churns with difficulty. When horses are suffering from the bites of flies or stings of other insects, sponge the parts that cannot be protected by nets, with water in which insect powder has been mixed?a tablespoon to two gallons of water. Of two colts similar in disposition and sense, one may develop into a steady family horse, while the other may be everything that is vicious, treacherous and unsafe?all because of a difference in the men handling them. The first ninety days of a calf's life is the critical period. Feed it vrell during this time, and it will form the habit of eating and digesting a generous supply of food?a habit on which the success of every good cow depends. The horse which can plow an acre while another is plowing half an acre, or that which can carry a load of passengers ten miles while another is going five, independent of all considerations of amusement, taste or what is called fancy, is absolutely worth twice as much to the owner as the other. What the colt requires is plenty of exercises, a clean place to sleep, shelter from bitter storms, plenty of good grass of different varieties, good, clean hay without dust and good, sound oats. Colts raised in this way will not look so well nor win as many premiums nor sell for as much money, but they will last. i I BUDGET OF FUN. ~ HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Hot Weather Advice?His Head Was a Void?He Found an Opening? A Woman's Spite?Reflex Repentance, Etc., Etc. What though the blazer lies Unused upon the shelf* What though the lemon sighs For glory for himself; What though the swimmer's sprawl Ripples no frigid pool; What though the ram drops fall, Keep cool! ?Bvffalo Courier. ms HEAD "WAS A VOID. "I often feel an aching void," rcmnrked Tonn.fr Fitznerev to Miss Susie. I "I am sorry you are troubled with chronic headache," replied the girl, sympathetically. -Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. he found an opening. Would-be Reporter (sliding into the 6anctum)?' 'Have you got an opening for me?" Editor?"Yes, indeed. Take hold of that ring in the floor and pull. There's a trap door there. It won't hurt you much."?Lawrence American. a woman's spite. "What an awfully small mouth Miss Bagly has," remarked Jennie. "That is only a deceptive trick she has acquired," replied Miss Snyder. "You ought to just see her out in the yard on wash day with five clothes-pins in her mouth."?Epoch. reflex repentance. Parkson?"I'll bet fifty cents that Melville's girl has jilted him." Richford?"What makes you think 60?" Parkson?"Why he's out under the trees, looking for that pipe he threw away last month."?Burlington Free Press. their pictures. "Hurry to the door, Mary, and let Mr. Smith in. He has rung twice." "That isn't Mr. Smith, it is the other young gentleman." "tir.ii ?*v>or? t mucf "VVtJil, Wttili a JLLUUUbU) l/u^u* J. JJU vtow change the photographs on the mantel." ?Life. A CRUEL DASHING OP HOPES. Father?"Bobby, are you too lame and tired to -walk a mile and a half to the circus?" Bobby?"No indeed, father." Father?"Well, then, you will go into the yard and run the lawn mower until bedtime. I've no circus money this year."?Omaha World. NATURAL HISTORY. Frog (to elephant)?4 'How far can you jump, you big lummix?" Elephant?"I can't jump atall,froggywoggy." Frog (hoisting his shoulders)?"You're anlucky. When I see an enemy approaching, with a few jumps I'm out of danger." Elephant?"When I seo an enemy approaching I don't have to jump."? Harper's Bazar. TRAINING FOR HIS CANE. Swell Boy?"Feel that muscle, Charley." Dudeley?"Good gracious! How did you get it?" "Gymnasium. Dumb-bells, sand-bags, Indian clubs, and all that sort o' thing, you know." "Why, Willie 1 What do you want to get up your muscle for? You're no fighter." "Deah boy, I've heard from London that canes will be larger than ever. Don't you see? I'm in training for my cane."? Chicago Herald. MIXED THE CERTIFICATES. Government Clerk (to friend)?' 'I'm in a frightful hole. I went to see two doctors yesterday and got a medical certificate from each. One was a certificate of health for a life insurance company and the other was a certificate of illness to send to the chief with my petition for a week's leave of absence." Friend?"Well, I've done that myself. What's the matter?" G. C.?"Matter? Great Scott, I mixed the certificates in mailing them. The insurance company has my certificate of ill health and the chief has my certificate of good health!"?Boston Beacon. HER CHOICE OP CRAFT. They were sitting on the piazza that faced the sea, watching the white-sailed yachts as they crossed the moon's track, when suddenly he said: "I think it must be delightful sailing on such a lovely night." "Oh! lovely, I should think." "I wish I owned one for your sake. I would take you sailing every night." "That would be just lovely?" "What kind of a yacht would you prefer?a steam yacht or a sailing one?" "I think," she murmured, as she glanced around, "I think I would like a little smack." She got it.?Boston Courier. A. MODEST WOOER. "Mabel," said the young man bashfully, "do you know I think your mother is a wonderfully fine woman." IIT l-nnnr fVlflt cTlP TiaS won "JL HULL ^iau bv AUVU vmmm wmw .? your esteem." ' 'Do you think that I have succeedcd In making a favorable impression on her?" "I don't know of any reason to believe the contrary. Why do you ask ? "I was only wondering." "Wondering what?" "Whether she could ever think enough of me to accept me for a son-in-law." And Mabel did her best to give him confidence.?Merchant Traveler. FINE SENTIMENTS. uYes, gentlemen," he said eloquently, and with a patriotic thrill in his voice, "I think that when an American citizen (s tendered a nomination to office by his fellow men, it is his sacred duty to accept it. Let him put aside all thoughts of self. A man can serve his country in times of peace as nobjf as he can in times of war. Gentlemen, Iriends, I thank you for the honor you have conferred upon me, and even though the salary may be gmall, I will " "It is not a salaried office, Colonel," explained one of his admirers. "Wha-a-atl no salary? Then I'm dumbed ill accept it!"?Texas Siftinga. A COINCIDENCE. "I'm interested in that young man," said stranger Number One. "So am I," said Number Two; "quite a coincidence, isn't it?" "Yes, so it is. I've watched him for a number of years, and I think he has the making of a smart man in him. In fact, ! I have taken quite a fancy to him." I "And I lent him five dollars over a year ago, and I'm quite interested to know when lie intends to pay it. Yes, we are both of us quite interested in him, and as I remarked before, it's quite a coincidence." v Then each looked fiercely at the other, and turned on his heel simultaneously; which was quite a coincidence.?Yankee Blade. PROGRESS VS. PREJUDICE. "Laura," said the old man, "will you have some taters?" "If you refer to the farinaceous tubers which pertain to the solanum tuberosum, and which are commonly known as potatoes," replied the sweet girl graduate, "I would be pleased to be helped to a modicum of the same. But taters? Taters? I'm quite sure, papa, they are something of which I never before had the pleasure of hearing." The old man hammered on the table till the pepper castor lay down for a rest, and then remarked in a voice of icy calmness: "Laura, will you have some of the taters?" "Yes, papa." Is our boasted high school system a failure or is it not??Terre Haute Express. an episode of travel. He had on a high collar with lurid stripes and a vest which for colors would have dimmed the glories of Joseph's famous garment. He was eating at the same table with a middle-aged, baldheaded man who appeared to be doing pretty much as he pleased. He helped himself to water out of the young man's decanter and had remained apparently oblivious to the indignant glances that followed the proceeding. He had given orders to the young man's waiter and the latter had hastened to fill them in preference to all others. At length a dispute arose as to an open window. "Put it down," said the young man. "Leave it up," said the other. "Who are you, anyhow?" spluttered the young man, who was thoroughly aroused. "Do you own this hotel?" "Yes, sir," was the bland response. "I am the landlord."?Merchant Traveler. "tipping" a waiter. "I had the greatest time at the hotel I stopped at while I was down to the city," remarked Uncle Josh to the admiring crowd who collected at the store to hear of his journey. "They had a great, hi or flinincr-room there, and more than a hundred waiters, but none of 'cin came around where I was. I sot there as much as a hour, an' none of 'em paid the least bit of attention to me. Finally a man at the table with me, who was just finishin' his dinner, says: 'You'll have to tip one of the waiters if you want to get any attention here.' "Wall, I 'lowed I cud do that fast enuf, fer I felt about mad jest then, so the very next waiter that came skipping by with a hul raft o' dishes up over his head, I put out my foot and tipped him up quicker'n wink. That was the quickest way to get attention I ever seed. Why, I hed the whole hotel, boss an' all, there in about ten seconds."?Peck''s Sun. Swordfish Killing. There is both money and fun in swordfishing. A few years ago few fished for the big, wiley, wicked and solitary pirate fish of the ocean; then smacksmen chased him in their swift crafts for the sport the novel cruise afforded to idlers at summer resoris, who paid $1 a head to see the fishermen stand up to a swordfish and stick a harpoon into him. Finally, since the dietary merits of broiled swordfish were recognized, swordfishing became a steady and lucrative vocation. New London, Stonington, and especially Block Island are the home of swordfishmen. To open the swordfishing season it is necessary only for a smacksman to fix a board walk up to the end of the bowsprit, where a little cage is A* J Xao il%A in on/1 UiUULL'U 1U1 LilU Uclipuujaci tu otauu iu uuu lash a long-tailed harpoon along the side of the bowsprit; then he is ready to cruise. He sails right out toward the gulf stream, twenty, thirty or forty miles, near whose tepid waters the swordfish loves to float lazily near the surface, his dorsal fin just showing above and cutting the water like the cutter of a sod plow. The smack swims smoothly up to the fin and the harpooner drives his long-handled trident into the big fish. To the end of the spar is attached by a stout cord a floating buoy, which the harpooner lets go overboard as soon as he strikes the fish. No sooner does the fish feel the cold steel in his vitals than he is off in a furious rush into the wide ocean, dragging along the buoy, which points out to the fishermen the course he is taking. The smacksmen sail after the the fish until he tires himself out; then they kill him at their leisure, lift him aboard, and go cruising for more game. A smitten swordfish does not alwajs die ignominiously, and when the notion pops into his head, as it frequently does, that he will make it lively for the enemy, he is an ugly antagonist. Twice last summer wounded swordfish drove their long, sharp swords clean through the sides of smacks, and in one instance the vesssel barely escaped going to the bottom, the sea pouring in through the broken planks. In another instance a big swordfish towed a smack several miles, the harpoon line being fastened to the vessel.?Ifeio York Sun. A Dying One Reviews His Whole Life. A F rcnch scientist affirms that a dying person in his last moments thinks of the chief events of his life. Persons resuscitated from drowning, epileptics with grave attacks, persons dying and already unconscious but momentarily brought back to consciousness by ether injections to utter their last thoughts, all confirm this remarkable fact. Brown-Sequard mentions the indisputable fact that persons who, in consequence of cerebral affections, have been paralyzed for years, get back when dying their sensibility, mobility and intelligence. Such facts clearly show that at the moment of dissolution important changes take place, reacting on the composition of the blood and the functions of the organs.?Chicago Times. The Trne Hero of Waterloo. The Duke of Wellington was once laaked who, in his opinion, was the [bravest man at Waterloo. "I can't tell kou that," he said, "but I can tell you of pne than whom I am sure there was no Waver. There was a private in the &?irillery. A farm house, with an orchard {surrounded by a thick hedge, formed a [most important point in the British possession, and was ordered to be held against the enemy at any sacrifice. The hottest of the battle raged around this point, but the English behaved well, and ?eat back the French again and again. "At last the powder and ball were found to be running short; at the snme time the hedges surrounding the orchard took fire. In the meantime a messenger had been sent to the rear for more pow der and ball, in a short time two loaded Wagons came galloping down to the farmhouse, the gallant defenders of which were keeping up a scanty fire through tie flames which surrounded the post. The driver of the first wagon spurred his struggling horses through the burning peap, but the flames rose fiercely round and caught the powder, which exploded, sending rider, horses and wagon in fragments in the air. For one instant the driver of the second wagon paused, appalled by his comrade's fate; the next, E'jserving that the flames, beaten back r a moment by the explosion, afforded m one desperate chance, he sent his borses at the smouldering breach and, imid the cheers of the garrison, landed Lis eargo safely within. Behind him the flames closed up and raged more fiercely than ever. The private never lived to receive the reward which his act merited, put later in the engagement he was killed, dying with the consciousness that he had saved the day." ? Fastest Trains on Earth. "The fastest regular express trains in the United States," said an eminent railroad man to a reporter, "are now in transit daily between Philadelphia and Washington. They run at an average fcpeed of nearly forty-five miles an hour covering the entire run. Of course, a part of the distance is made at a much higher rate of speed?not less than sixtyfive miles an hour." "Are there any regular express trains In the world that make faster time?" "Yes; on two of the English roads this record is equaled and surpassed over long distances." ' "Will American locomotives ever attain a speed of 100 miles an hour?" "Not until the locomotives, cars and .tracks are built differently. There is no * * --a J- 1 r r-i? I comiorc, not xospeas. Ol bUJ.ci._y, m uaiuing faster than sixty miles an hour." Parisians Abhor Hot Bread. A curious incident of the difference in jtastes was noticed at the Paris Exposition. At a time of bread famine at the restaurants on the grounds, owing to the thou'sands of visitors, one of the American Seating h ouses, which possessed a barrel of iflour, made some hot bread for sale. Not a Frenchman would buy the bread. (They declared that they would rather go 'hungry than run the danger of having [gastric fever through eating such hot, in|digestible stuff.?Times-Democrat. Idaho shows evidence of rapid development. In 1880 it cast 7000 votes for Relegate, and in 1888 more than 16,000. iln the same time it increased its annual .expenditures for public schools from $9000 to $140,000. Of its 55,000,000 acres of land 25,000,000 are grazing and 15,000,000 agricultural lands. Why They Lead. 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La^o MARRIAGE PAPER JC JLlJCjJCj and particulars of our association that pavs over 91,000 AT MARRIAGE. Address THE CORRESPONDENT, Toledo, Ohio. eg mm Alter others i' | niiiii 329iiir$i. Si bUMU) PHILA., PA. Twenty years' continuous practice in tlio treat mont and cure of the awful effects of early vice, destroying both mind and body. Wedlcino and treatment for ono month. Five Dollars, sent securely sealed from observation to any address. Book on Special DIieawe? free. M I prescribe and fully en. dorse Bi* G &3 only yCE?*yrC*r??la spsclflc tor the certain cure jSSBsFl TO ft DA.T8.TH of this disease. %?i ?1 o. EL ENOKAHAM, M. D., wwttriito * Amsterdam, K. Y. EM ura*&Ti*? *- "We hare #old Big G for ^y?<tawjB1?Sa,Jg?bifVU? W& Ctact^i^.^Q^ faction. (Mil _dW D. B. DYCHE t CO.. Chicago, I1F. Tnb^BVl?n8l.ltl SoldbyDngrUty " * ' .y '';v!f-> . V ^TJ^COBS ?H FOR STRAINS AND SPRAINS. NEW AND STRONG CASES. A Surprise. Boston, Km., Jane 13, IMS. J villi to in&m 70s of whit I consider mart wonderful. Yesterday I sprained ray anile oa a cutStone uA at nlfkt conld only step on ny toot with greatest palm: fot a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil asd applied It freely; to-day I am cbout my business M anal witiont feellag any lacenTealeoce. P. A. GATLORD. Strained Ankle. Cleveland, 0., June 10,1818. Wu In bed with stralced ankle; tued cans; completely cored by St. Jacobs Oil. N > retsrn of pain L. EANLEY. At Druggists and Dealees. THE CHARLES *. VOGELEB CO.. Baltimore, Md. IF YOU WISH A/-> . , , ?-?. goou fsm l wesssk revolver ' purchase one of the celc- ,#*\v torated SMITH h WESSON T/V 1 arms. The finest ?m*U arms n f \ejBS\ ever manufactured and tho \Xi/ 11 lSgjM first choice of all exports. Manufactured In calibres 32,38 and 44-100. Sin- KoSari rle or double action. Safety Haznmerlees and VSP' Target models. Constructed entirely of best quality wrought steel, carefully inspected for workmanship and stock, they are unrivaled for finish, dnrablllr.y nniluccnrscv. Do not be deceived by cheap malleable east-iron {mirations which are often sold for the genuine article and are not only unreliable, but dangerous. The SMITH & WESSON Revolvers are uli stamrfd upon the barrels with firm's name, address and datM of patents ?nd ar? rrnnrniitppd perfect in (.very detail. In 1st upon having the genuine article, and If your dealer cannot supply you an order dent to ad dross below will receivo prompt and careful attention. Descrptlvecataloyuo and pricrs furnished upon appllc&ton. SMITH & WESSON, |g"Mention this paper. Springfield, Mags. *7C TO 3250 A MONTH can be made working 913 for us. Agents preferred who can furnish a horse and gtve their whole time to the business. Spare moments may bo profitably employed also. A few vacancies In towns and cities. B. V. JOHNBON & CO., 1009 Main St.. Richmond, Va. N. S.? Plaate itate age and buainees experience. Never mini about tending stamp for reply. B. F. J. & Co |3J CURES WHERE ALL ELSEFAILSL Kg MR Bost Cough Syrup. Tastes good. Use KS| EHl In time. Sold by druggists. t BUTCHER'S FLY KILLER crakes a clean sweep. Every sheet will kill a quart of flies. Stops buzzing around ears, diving at eyes, tickling your nose, skips hard words and secures Peace at trifling expense. Send '25 cents for o sheets to F. DPTCHER, St. Albans, Vt. P H \T 3 trba entbJlllbfiilflBALtl 0, Holland Medical and Cancer Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., removes Cancer without pain or use of knife. Scores of patients speak in unqualified terms of praise of the success ot this treatment. Write for circular. , HOLLAND MEDICINE CO., Baflalo, N. Y. ERAZER,^ BEST IN THE WOE1D 0 61 W C PT" Get the Qenulme. Sold Everywhere. Op^ omtpsJu. llinuc STUDY. Book-keeping. Business Forms Hvnlb Penmanship, Arithmetic,Short-hand,etc II thoroughly taught bv MAIL. Circulars free h * _ a rz*7 a* XT v DT/HUl S t/UUCMV) ail 4 niKill Oh, MtUiBlV, XI. X PEERf.ESS BYES" ?LDCTDsroa?S /wmr Wiyjiw?\. tcr domestic 'animals, w /Sm V' '5m?CIKS. ulent or spasmodic. Rarel Mr) Jf i3m[ r5WfcWa?y, stlpate, rather acts as a laj y?Jp;j 111 more than 3000 cases, ot wrtwhen needed,''and'perhi close 50 centaur sam^je b< thC tf'sAA^ J fta Darn< ABI I ISIllR the bottom of ;*J1 Shoes adr? UAU A AUH factory; this ]>rotects the i inferior goods. If your dealer offers you shoes wltl and price stamped on them, and saye they are his deceWed thereby. Dealers make mote profit on ui ranted by anybody; therefore do not be Induced_t< tlon. Boy only those that hare TV. L. DOUQL/ stamped on tue bottom, and you arc sure to get ful Thousands of dollars are saved annually in this CO' W.L. DOUGLAS' SHOES. If your dealer will not get you the kind er style yo direct to his factory, with the price enclosed, and return mall, postage free: consequently,no matter n caa always get W. L. DOUGLAS' SHOES. Be and width you wear; IX not sure, send for an ord< firing full instructions how to get a perfect fit. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, 1 Colored Maps of each State an Also Maps of every The letter press gives the squ settlement; population ; chief cit of officials and the principal post farms, with their productions ai manufactures and number of er of each Foreign Country; form c cipal products and their money -v i c ?01 size 01 army; mixes ui isinuau cu attle, sheep, and a vast amount EVERY NEWSPAPER BEi All newspaper readers are i reference in order to intelligently perusing. It is surprising how n iv/ay in the memory, and how s ire chief points concerning all th POSTPAID FC , 3dK PITB. HOUSE, 134 J \ p*imrkhiedt axcrsc iatta* S |L&0ftLSa^ trmIjr th* r*?t E CO.^CHROR 11 tha* Mf 1 known remedy. ^TfS^J^S&SS?,^5 STASTtf' STSF"'"* "" ,AMI " "f^cSS?S?!5SSiS^^g? I L". ,*? cHR8T, RHEUfeuM SJiK? l!. ti. o ' L,IVBr,AGO' 9cimticjl,'*VU*? J" Vl? Smmll ef the Baelc, etc.,m*nS- ~ v >2 tended, longer continued auA **?2?t2e " 1.TES?! AUIBITEIWAIi PA Iff S (in the Bawala ????!> HEARTBURN, DIARRHOEA, COUO, | mTWEUCT, FAIMTIIT6 SPtUS.'aM relieved instantly and QUICKLY CURED by taking Internally aa direct" ed. Sold by DmggUU. Price, 50c. DAOWAfQ * PILLS v THE GFliLilrtStKitiUf :i Fer the care of all dlsordem of the STOMACH, LIVER, BOWELS, RIDIfEYS, BLADDER, NERVOUS DISEASES, LOSS of APPETITE, HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION, COSTTVENSSS, INDIGESTION, BILIOUSNESS, FEVER, INFLAMMATION of the BOWELS,PILES and all derangements of the Internal Vlicera. Purely Vegetable, containing y no mercury, mineral*, or DELETERIOUS DRUGS. PERFECT DIGESTION will be accomplished by talcing RAD WAY'S PILLS. By so doing DYSPEPSIA, SICK HEADACHE, FOUL STOltACH, BILIOUSNESS, wiU be avoided, *** the fooil that is eaten contribute its nourishing properties for the .support of the natural waste of the body* SOLS BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Price S5e. per box, or, on receipt of price, will bo , VI ent by mail. 5 boxes fer One Dollar. RADWAY * CO., 33 Wurea St., ST. Y, fift e to S8 a day. Samples worth tti.*8 Free. n Lines not under horses' feet, write JBrewrw ster Safety Rein Holder C*., HeUy^flch :r?s favorite colic mixture rlll cure S9 out of every 100 cases of colic, wtiejier flat- < y more than 1 or 2 doses necessary. It 4oes not oonlatlve and Is entirely harmless. Alter 20 years of trial ir guarantee Is worth something. Colic niM k? >end a few cents and you hare a cure on hand, Veuty .pa save a valuable hcrse. If sot at your druggist's, ear jttle, sent prepaid. iOEHLEIt & CO., Betfclehem, F*. vorite Colic We cheerfully reeitunend Dr. Kothlaft mcoess. Itii "Favorite Colio JfiMhtre." Would net be ve ever seen, without it cu l**g as tee have Kanes. \ Dealer, JSJUO 2IGSJS3 <* MO, New Tori. Sale and Exchange Stable*, Satjon, P*. V. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. Best in the -world. Eiamlse his 85.00 GENUINE HAN7V8EWKD SHOE. 84.00 HAXD-SEWED WELT SHOE. 83.60 POLICE ANl) FARMERS' SHOE. , 82.80 EXTRA VALUE CALF SHOE. 82.25 WORKINOSIAN'JS SHOE. , 82.00 GOOD-WEAR SHOE. S2.00 and 81.75 BOT3' SCHOOL SHOES. All made In Congress, Button and Lace. j N. L. DOUGLAS >3 & $2 SHOES la die 8. Best Material. Best Style. Beat Fitting;. T. L. Dounlas* 83.00 Shoe, sbewa la cut below, is ade of 3ne Calf, on lasts modellcjLfor the foot; smooth side as bond-sewed shoes, and no tacks or wax thread hurt the feet. Every pair warranted. s and the price are stamped on A. ... jM irtlsed by him before leavlrjr bis to gentlemen & rearers a*aln6t hich prlees aad ftrndiBf lout W. L. DOUGLAS' name 1'TwIE? jj shoes, or lust as pood, dt> ?ot be I nknown shoes that are not war- M ^ OFvl > buy shoes that bare no reputa* iH&F !" IS' name and the price j/Q Mb I value for your mosey. ,^-Tf 23V yj? on try by the wearers of nHP mj* n want, send your order they will be sent you by /r AO' rhere you live, you Jf v sure and state size n< SHE KEGLECTED a OPPORTDXITT SKD % SHOWS IT IS HER MCE,? Don't you be equally foolish, but , t send at once for the CHEAPEST Mil M -M Kisrowisr. .y?M ONLY 25 CENTS. | 191 Pages, 91 Fall-Page Maps. | * . --'vv jc d Terriiory in the United Stales, Country in the World. 'J :are miles of each State; time of :ies; -average temperature; salary masters in the State; number of ad the value thereof; different aployes, etc., etc. Also the area )f government; population; pi? alue; amount of trade; religion; ad telegraph; number of horses, of information valuable to all. JMOOLD HAFE ONE. constantly needing an Atlas for / understand the article they are luch information is thus stored oon one becomes familiar with . e Nations of the World. >R 25 CENTS. ^sonard St., NewYork City, s>