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B BP BBDnK % ^^^Kcre and how they are raised and prepared. SHMvative of the East India Islands? SKHk Cultivated Now in Other Places? Nutmeg Growing a Very Profitable Business. ^ Nutmegs grow on small trees resem* ? - ? 'lnmii in nhfiilt. ULlUg puui II CCS, CUK UU1.U v\y twenty feet in height, said "VV. D. Bennett before the Grocers' Association of / Boston. The flowers are very much like those of the lily of the valley; they are pale yellow and very fragrant. The leaves stand alternately on short footstalks; are oblong, pointed, entire bright green and somewhat glossy on their upper surface, whitish beneath and of an aromatic taste. The fruit, which appears on the tree mingled with the flowers, is round or oval, of the size of a small peach, smooth, at first pale green, but yellow when ripe, and marked with a longitudinal furrow. The external coveriug, which in at first thick and fleshy, and abounds in an austere astringent juice, afterward becomes dry aud leathery, and, separating into two valves from the r.pex, discloses a scarlet net-like membrane commonly called mace, closely investing a thin "brown shining shell, which contains the iemel or nutmeg. The nutmeg tree is a native of the Moluccas and other (neighboring islands, and abounds especially in that small cluster distinguished 'by the name of Banda, whence the chief Eupplies of nutmegs were long derived, i But the plant is now cultivated in Sumatra, Java, Singapore, Penang, .Ceylon and other parts of the East Indies, and has been introduced into the Isles of rbprance, Bourbon, Cayenne and several fc'f the West India islands. A fine tree in ^Jamaica has over four thousand nutmegs on it yearly. The tree begins, to bear when ten years old, and goes on improving for a hundred years. The fruit is -?? ^ fimoa Q TTAflr gtttuereu iwu \ji unwv j Three sorts of nutmegs are distinguished ?namely, the male or barren, the royal end the queen, the last of which is small and round. The nutmeg is propagated from fresh seeds (nutmeg), and these vary in size and shape, just as apples and pears do when raised from seeds. There can hardly be a more profitable crop than the nutmeg at present prices. The annual yield of a good tree of sixteen years' growth is about ten pounds, covering about 500 square feet surface, which, at an average of forty cents per pound, gives a value produce per acre; per annum of over $300, including mace. : The fruit of the nutmeg takes nine months to mature, and one hundred pounds of nutmeg produce one pound of mace. A good nutmeg should be large, round and heavy, of a drab or light-brown color and finely marbled in the cross section. Its virtues are extracted by alcohol and ether. Eighteen ounces of good sound nutmeg will yield four ounces of oil. The volatile oil is obtained by distillation with water. ; By pressure with heat an oily matter is procured from the kernels, which becomes solid on cooling.and is commonly, though erroneously, called mace. Nutmegs have been punctured and boiled in j order to extract their essential oil, and tiie orifice afterward closed so carefully as not to be discoverable unless by breaking the kernel. The fraud may be detected by their lightness. The Dutch were formerly said to heat them in a stove in order to deprive them of the power of germinating, and thus prevent the propagation of the tree. | The Dutch used to have all the nutmeg trade, as they owned the Banda Islands <&nd conquered the other traders and destroyed the trees to keep the price up. They once burned over three piles of nutmeg, each of which was as large as a church. Nature did not sympathize with such meanness. The nutmeg pigeon, found iu all India Islands, did for the world what the Dutch had determined should not be done?carried these nuts, f. which are their food, into all the surrounding countries, trees grew again,and the world had the benefit. The practice of liming nutmegs has been sadly abused; it is used principally for making sightly and marketable those nutmegs which at one time would have - been altogether rejected. The long or wild nutmeg is distinguished from that just described by its greater length, the absence of the dark-brown veins, and its UUl&ipai akIVC ICCWiC UUUI au? uioa-iv,vaui& WM taste. It has been called male, wild or Jong nutmeg, the other being designated |99 as the female, or cultivated nutmeg. SS The concrete or. expressed oil of nutMn meg, commonly called oil of mace, is W obtained by bruising nutmegs, exposing them in a bag to steam and then comraB ^pressing them slightly between heated |H plates. A liquid oil flows out which bell 'Comes solid when it cools. Nutmeg6 are gBttffH to yield from ten to twelve per cent, this oil. The best is imported from the East Indies in stout jars; it is solid, soft, unctuous to the touch, or yellowish, or orange yellow color, more or less mottled, with the odor and taste of nut^B^^^Hj^rtificial preparation is sometimes 99 made from genuine oil; it is made by Bi mixing fatty matters, such as suet, palm B9 oil, wax, etc., adding some time coloring S8I ?ubstance and giving flavor to the mixture by the volatile oil. Nutmeg unites B| with the medicinal properties of the ordiH| nary aromr.tics considerable narcotic 99 power. In the quantity of two or three [H drachms it has been known to produce i H9 stupor and delirium; and dangerous, if not fatal, consequences are said to have IH followed its use in India. (is employed to cover the taste orct the operations of other medicines, aorc frequently as an agreeable ad1 to farinaceous articles of diet, and irious kinds of drink, in case of lid appetite and delicate stomach, tegs imported to this country are ally limed and packed in cases of 5 and half piculs (a picul being lbs.), and the mace in half picul j and packed very tightly; but the j and brightest kiud is usually ; ed to Europe. Preserving Fruit in Sand. j Italians have a method of preservuit in sand, alternate layers of fruit rnd being put down. Oranges are frely kept for months by this process, ruit is cut, not torn, from the tree, ilar method has been adopted by a ir of oranges in South Africa, and uit comes out of the "silo" in fine lion at a time when oranges are and yield good prices. Sweet >es may be preserved in the same t. j Fate of a Glass Eater. Mackay Holmes, described by persons J -who have frequently seen him as a typical pure-blooded American, was killed at Sweetwater, Miss., in a brawl brought about, it is said, by the jealousy of a local merchant, whose customers were being attracted from his store by an exhibition of Holmes's peculiar accomplishments, which consisted solely in his ability to swallow with impunity or pleasure articles that would be dangerous or repulsive to the ordinary stomach. In the squabble Holmes received a fatal shot from some unknown person. Holmes's appetite for tacks and other pointed hardware was remarkable; but if he doted on anything it was soda water bottles, although he never turned away from glass articles, and had a welldeveloped taste lor forty-rod whisky. Upon occasions, and for a reasonable purse made up by a crowd, he repeatedly ate raw chickens, beginning on the unhappy fowls while they were still alive. At one town in Delta (for he was in the habit of going from place to place exhibiting himself) he varied the monotony of his bill of fare by drinking two gallons of water as fast as it could be dipped out and handed to him. It must be told, however, he did this to win a bet of a pint of whisky. In the same town, after eating $ live chicken, he announced that on the following day his bill of fare would consist of a lame and especially mangy dog that was then a familiar object on the streets. The gorge of the community rose at this, and Ilolmes was ordered to leave the town at once. It does not appear that he had cny aversion to ordinary food, but rather that he used the trifling articles already mentioned as other and ordinary men do pepper and fiery sauces, solely as condiments. Recently a circu6 offered him $50 per week to travel with it, but he indignantly rejected the offer when he learned that to earn the money he must subordinate his will and pleasure to that of the manager. There is abundant evidence that he practiced no sleight-of-hand tricks on his audiences, out actually crushed with his teeth and then swallowed glass and other hard substances.? Vickiburg Commercial Uerald. The Indians of Guatemala. The Indians of Guatemala are a strong and hardy race, and although small in stature are capable of almost any amount of work. But they seem to have an antipathy to progress, and to wish to be neither producers nor consumers, except to the smallest possible extent. They are unwilling to go seriously to work, wages and money being no inducement to them. Many of them have their little plots of ground on which they keep a tv ?v? ? lew vi auu uuu iaicv> ?, little corn. Some of this live stock they sell, but they have no sense of accumulation and never seek to do more than supply their present wants. To live costs them a mere trifle, and they are satisfied to spend their existence in this way, looking after a few domestic animals, harvesting a few handfuls of corn, and for the rest living upon the profusion of fruit which nature provides for them. When they can be induced to engage themselves for farm work it is never for more than a month, and seldom for more than a week, at the end of which time they return to their villages. So a farmer no sooner gets enough hands to work his land than he has to begin looking about for others to take their places. These Indians are often engaged at a considerable distance. They will set out long before daylight in the morning for their place of labor. Men, women nnd children alike will walk perhaps twentyfive or thirty miles to the plantation where they have been engaged, carrying a week's provisions on their heads. They will arrive at the farm at about noon, and begin their duties at once, working all the remainder of the day in the hot sun without resting and without seeming to be in need of rest. Fatigue seems unknown to them, and their capacity to carry heavy burdens is probably not exceeded, if equaled, by that of any other people in the world. Their wages ordinarily range from twenty-five to thirty-five cents a day on the coffee plantations and farms, but a considerable proportion of the work is done by the piece, under which system they earn j much more?for when an Indian does take it into his head to work he can accomplish an amazing amount between sunrise and sunset.?New York Tribune. His Wonderful Ears. Everybody who travels on the Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania Railroad knows Conductor John Dinges. He is one of the greatest jokers in the service, and when not punching tickets is busy telling stories or perpetrating a joke. Conductor Dinges's ears are historical. They are remarkable not for their size, but for their wonderful pliability. Kis favorite trick is to double up his ears and then stuff them farther into the orifice. This makes them look as if they had been mashed with a crowbar. The other night, while the train was speeding along toward Altoona as the rate of fifty miles an hour, Dinges doubled his ears and passed through the fourth car. Nearly all the passengers were ladies. They regarded Dinges with amazement. The conductor's face wore a look of superb unconsciousness. One old lady, with iron gray curls and a pug nose, could not take her eyes from the ears. When Dinges passed through the car again her curiosity was so great that she could not resist the temptation to stop him. " What s the matter with your ears, conductor?" she asked. ''Nothing," he replied, innocently, as he elevated his eyebrows, and the ears fiew back to their normal postion. The old lady nearly fainted.?Philadelphia North American. Modes of Execution. A contributor to American Notes and Queries summarizes the modes of execution in different countries as follows: Austria, gallows, public; Bavaria, guillotine, private; Belgium, guillotine, public; lirunswick, axe. private; China, sword or cord, public; Denmark, guillotine, public; Ecuador, musket, public; France, guillotine, public; Great Britain, gallows, private; Hanover, guillotine, private; Italy, capital punishment abolished; Netherlands, gallows, public ; Oldeuburg, musket, public; Portugal, gallows, public; Prussia, sword, private; Russia, musket, gallows, or sword, public; Saxony, guillotine, private ; Spain, garrote, public; Switzerland : Fifteen cantons, sword, public, two cantons, guillotine, public, and two cantons, guillotine, private; United States, other than New York, gallows, mostly private. * - t .*>>' IA ' r ' t. 7/ : . m m <' ; : v ; *r.~\- ' v CHINA^COURT. TRAINING THE YOUNG RULER OP THE CHINESE NATION. The Little Prince Taught Constantly?His Various Teachers?The Imperial Harem?A Yearly Court Banquet. I Kwang-Su, the Chinese Emperor who ascended the throne March 4 last, was I just seventeen years old on July 23. Nevertheless, says the New York Sun, he j probably has as much miscellaneous learni ing in his head as any three European | princes, who, at his age, are usually dig i giag deep alter ijreeK ana .Latin roots or j hammering away at elementary problems I in Parliamentary Government and finance. The young Chinese Emperor's precociousness is due for the most part to the thoroughness and strictness of his very early training, for in China little princes are compelled to cram their small noddles full of all sorts of knowledge during the years which American boys always devote to marbles, scrub, and holey-bowley. They rise at 4 o'clock in the morning to take lessons in Chinese literature. The teacher who gives them this lesson bears the title ;'shifu," and is a very big man, l so big in fact that the princes upon enI tering their recitation room must bow to him first. As soon as a prince has learned his lesson he places his book before the teacher, sets down before him, and repeats without interruption all he remembers of what he has been studying. If the teacher finds that the prince does not remember enough he sends a eunuch out for a whip and makes a great show of preparing to whip some one. The whip when it comes, however, falls not upon the shoulders of the prince but upon the shoulders of eight other little Chinal men called "ha-ha-tschu," who accomi pany the prince to his school daily and reJ cite the same lessons as he. Through I these ha-ha-tschu the prince is thrashed I or praised according to his deserts, i Should vicarious floggings not induce a ! nrlnco m stnw awflv the reouisite amount of Chinese learning he would be taken | before the Emperor, who would comJ mand a eunuch to pinch the young lazyI bones's cheeks. The Chinese lesson lasts j two hours. It is followed by other less important exercises, which are superintended by another teacher. Still another teacher instructs the princes in several Asiatic languages and Chinese dialects, j After school hours the princes shoot with the bow, on foot and on horseback, | fence, run and jump, under the superinI teudence of special teachers. In short, i their whole day is taken up with the I performance of prescribed mental and I physical exercises. At fixed hours their I food is portioned out to them. None of | them is allowed to use his own judgment j as to what and how much he may eat. j They are always tucked away in bed | with the hens, so that they may be ready | for the four o'clock dose of Chinese j literature the next morning. j At the beginning of his fourteenth year the heir apparent to the Chinese throne is put in training for bis marriage, which takes place in his fifteenth year. The young woman who teaches him all about the duties of married life is selected from the inner circle of the imperial official household, and mast be just one year older than he. After the Prince has become Emperor this preliminary wife receives the honorable title of "Sli," which she alone of all members of the harem is allowed to bear. The daily leisure hour of his Imperial Chinese Majesty is from four to five o'clock in the afternoon. During this hour a eunuch brings the Emperor a box of little white tickets, each of which bears the name of a court lady. The Emperor draws a ticket, hit or miss, and gives it to the eunuch, who immediately orders the houri named on it to the Emperor's apartments. She is conveyed thither in a litter by four servants. Most men are not allowed to pass the most remote of the five doors which lead to the imperial chamber. Members of the Imperial Garde du Corps, who guard the fifth door, are under orders to oppose with drawn swords the entrance of all men, even the highest imperial officials, who cannot give the password. Not even eunuchs are allowed to pass the j three inner doors. If a lady of the court ! wisnes to buy anything or communicate : lo any way with the outside world, she ! tells a maid servant all about it. The ! maid servant then goes a safe distance I away from all court ladies and summons to ! ber the eunuch in chief by striking a gong ! or turning a "clapper." After learning j what the court lady wishes, the eunuch | in chief passes along the errand to an under eunuch, who secures the desired article or information. Once a year, on New Year's Day, the Emperor and his real wife preside over a Teat court banquet. The Empress then 's at her husband's left. This is the ly occasion in the whole year when the .nperor has all his quasi-wives together and under the eyes of his real wife. The Emperor himself hands the viands to the | eunuchs, who receive thein kneeling. Most persons address the Emperor as "Kwang-Tschan," that is "Majesty." The members of the household, however, use merely the title, "Chu-tsz" that is "Dominus" or "Lord." The eunuchs Usually address the Emperor, Empress, and court ladies as "Fo-Ye," that is. "Buddha," and a royal prince as "Ye" or "Most Gracious Lord." The Cabinet Ministers at the Chinese Court don't have so much fun as their lord. They have to get up at two o'clock every morning to present themselves at court one hour later. They receive their meals, free of charge, in the Emperor's dining room. They pass the whole day in the imperiul palace up to four o'clock, and when military affairs are under discussion, up to six o'clock in the afternoon. Only when seriously ill can a Minister excuse himself from the laborious duties of his office. A Profitable Hole. An old farmer in the Granite State ono Sunday morning started to wind up nis ^re.'it silver watch, and found that tlio cey was iilled with dirt. Being unable o dig the latter out with a pin the farmer drilled a hole in the key, and with a single breath blew all the dust out. Theu he sat down to think, and within a month had patented that hole. To-day in Lelinon, N. H., there is a large factory running by electric power wherein are manufactured daily thousands and thousands of watch-keys of every possible size, shape and design. Each one of these keys contains the hole which has been patented by the farmer. The latter . -is already made a fortune.?New Tor I :tn, - -A*:, .-v * " r;'j" T* " ' " ' "c..-*'" ~~ HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. COLDS AND HOW TO CURE THEM. Everyone is more or less susceptible to cold, and now that the cold season has come the utmost precaution should be exercised beforehand to prevent colds, instead of taking numerous doses of medicine afterward to cure them. To relieve colds or hoarseness grate horse 10 dish in a cup of vinegar, let steep awhile and add honey or crushed rockcandy to sweeten; or, pour hot water over pine tar, cover and let cool, or drink warm with lemon juice and sugar. For singers and speakers this last is excellent. Persons troubled with rheumatism will be relieved by rubbing briskly with olive oil, or olive oil in which is dissolved salt and potash in equal qantities. The parts most sensitive to cold are the chest and back which should be covered with flannel. Many men when wearing overcoats, either through disregard for health or negligence, leave the fronts unfastened. and expose the chest to the cold, which penetrates to the oack and lodges there and is afterward felt in excruciating backaches. The same way with some women.?Detroit Free Pras. BEDS. The care of beds may seem a very simple thing, and doubtless every womau thinks she knows all about it; but in this many are mistaken. It is by no means sufficient to hastily spread up a bed, and be content if it looks smooth and neat. Once a week at least the mat tress and bedding should be removed from the bedstead, and it dusted and thoroughly cleaned. The mattress should be uncovered and aired even morning. When ready to put in order, the undersheet should be spread an^i folded under at the top and bottom, the'u at the sides. If a wide hem is put at the top of the sheet, you can alway> sleep with the upper part at your head. Spread the upper sheet so as to leave sufficient room to turn down, lay ii smooth and straight, when the blanket and comforts may be put on and folde. under at the foot. The outside spreat should be put on evenly, and the uppe: sheet turned down over all. .Then thi pillows, well beaten, should be laid on A bed thus cared for will be pleasani and comfortable to sleep in, and healthful rest will be likely to come to the occupaut.?Courier-Journal. LAUNDRY HINTS. Buttermilk will remove tar spots sometimes. Rinse in soapy water. A paste of soft soap and starch will take stains out of bed-ticking. Sprau it on the spots, and when dry scrape o! and wash with a damp sponge. To remove grease stains from silk hat;;, use turpentine and then alcohol. To iron a silk hat: Holding the hat in l"*4- ruiM O TTorm irr>n nniokl\ ILIC IClb uauu |;uoo a nutiM ? ^ around, following the lay of the nap. To clean silk: The garment must b< first ripped and brushed. Spread on i flat board an old blanket covered with a< old sheet. Then sponge the silk on botli sides, rubbing any dirty spots particular ly, with this mixture: One-half cup o gall, one-half cup ammonia and one-hal. pint tepid soft water. Roll the silk on is stick, an old broom-handle will do, b(; ing careful that no wrinkles are left 01 it. Let it dry without ironing. Wooler goods may be treated in the same mau ner. All fancy hosiery should be put into a strong solution of salt and cold water be fore wearing, well saturated and dried without wringing, either in the shade or in a warm room. To clean coats: Take of ammonia twe ounces, soap one ounce, soft water one quart, and a teaspoonful of saltpetre Shake well and let the mixture stand u few days. Four enougn on a coat u cover the grease spots, rub well, wash oh with clean cold water. Two ounces of common tobacco boiler" in a gallon of water, rubbed on with stiff brush, is used to renovate old clotl clcthes. It is said to leave no smell. RECIPES. Baked Custard?Two tablespoonfuls of flour beaten with two eggs; one pint of milk and sugar to sweeten; flavor with nutmeg and bake. Jumbles?One cup of sugar, one cup of butter, one-half cup sour cream, one egg, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in hot water, one-half of a pound of desiccated cocoanut, flour to roll. Corn Gems?Stir one pint of boiling milk in one pint of corn meal, add half a cup or less, according to the taste, of sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, and let cool, add three eggs and bake in gem pans. Ringed Potatoes?Peel some large sized potatoes, then cut them round and round as an apple is pared; fry in clean, sweet lard like fritters until brown, drain on a sieve, sprinkle fine salt over them and serve. Puddiug Sauce?One cup of sugar, butter tiie size of an egg, one egg; beai the butter and sugar to a cream, add th?egg; set on top of boiling tea kettle, 0' some vessel of hot water, and stir until it is like cream. Cheese Scallop?Soak one cup of urj breadcrumbs in fresh milk; beat into it three eggs, and add one tablespoon of butter and a half pound of grated cheese: stew upon the top sifted breadcrumbs, and bake in the oven a delicate brown. Apple Tapioca Pudding?Soak ovet night one cup of tapioca in six cups of water. Next morning add one cup o? sugar, one egg, and beat well together Then pare, core and chop five, six 01 more apples and stir with the tapioca iu a pudding dish and bake slowly. Boiled Salmon?A piece of salmon four pounds in weight should suffice for eight persons. Put it to boil iu spiced acidulated water, cover and keep it simmering for thirty-five minutes. Then take tta fish from the water, skin it, remove the bones, mask with a little cardinal sauce, and send it to the table. The sauct should be separately served. Chicken Puree?Pick into small bits, cold roast or boiled chicken; salt and pepper. Boil the bones and skin in enough water to cover; strain and return to the lire. When it boils, stir iu lor each cupful of the stock a small teaspoon flour rubbed in one teaspoon butter; add a little celery salt, and stir in the meat. Serve with small triangles of bread previously fried crisp in very hot lard. John Garnett, a British sailor, died in ! the Seattle hospital recently. He told . his attendants that there was a cache on Apple Island, lying between Vancouver Island and the mainland, that contained $160,000 in gold dust that came from Fraser River. He had no map to give the exact location, but the island is email one. Judging Distance by Sound. Some experiments in judging distance by sound were carried out on Saturday last by one of the London brigades of the Metropolitan Volunteers. This branch of military tactics is quite a new departure in volunteering, and one which, if it is to made of service, will require more than an ordinary amount of practice. It was first explained to the men that sound travels at the rate of 1100 yards in three seconds, and on this basis they were to estimate the distance at which some rifles were being discharged in the darkness. The answers at first were very wide of the mark, some of the men being as much as 150 yards out in their calculations. With a little practice, however, a great improvement was shown, many of the men guessing the distance exactly. I am told, however, that the experiments are not as satisfactory as was hoped, and it is thought some time must elapse before judging distance by sound can be relied upon with any certainty.?London Life. Things Are Seldom What They Seem. Half a dozen school boys were worrying their" brains in a sidewalk congress the other day over a difficult problem in quadratics. When they had fairly given it up a battered old individual who was shoveling coal a door or two away and who had overheard the boys' dispute came up and asked leave to try. Then picking up a bit of coal he soon spread the values of X, Y and Z on the flagging before the astonished boys. Again, a party in a hotel not long ago were drawn to watch the emotion of a dirty and half-drunken tramp who sat in the barroom while the sound of the piano came from an adjacent room. As the music ceased the vagabond rose slowly as if in a dream, walked into the parlor, and Beating himself played for half an hour the choicest classical music with an exquisite and marvelous touch. These incidents show that things are seldom what they seem.?New York Sun. Governor Shoup, of Idaho, reports that the population of his Territory is 113,777, a gain of 81,167 since 1880; that in the past year the assessed valuation of property has increased $3,000,000, and the production of gold, silver, lead, and copper $8,000,000; tha 600,000 acres of land are under cultivation, and that the total railroad mileage is 888.73 miles. The American Economic Association has received a sum of money to be awarded as prizes for the best essays on the subject of women wage earners. A New Kind of Inxurnnce Has b en put in operation by the manufacturers of Dr. Pierce's medicines. His "Golden Medical Discovery" and "Favorite Prescription" are sold by dragidBts under themanu facturers' positive guarantee. Either benefit or a complete cure is thus attained, or money paid for these medicines is returned. The certificate of guarantee given in connection with eale of these mcdicines is equivalent to a policy of insurance. The "Golden Medical Discovery" cures all humors and blood taints, from whatever cause arising, skin and scalp diseases, scrofulous sores and swellings. The "Favorite Prescription" cures a 1 those derangements and weaknesses pe.uliar to women. Don't hawk, hawk, and blow, blow, disgusting everybody, but uso Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. " Private Secretary Halford is anxious to resume newspaper work. Mediocrity alicaga copies tuperiority. Dobbins's Electric Soap, first made in 18G5, Las been imitated more than anv soap made. Ask your grocer for Dubbinn's Electric Soap, all other Electrics, Electricity, Magnetics, etc., are imitations. Oliver Wendell Holmes refuses to write any more poetry. Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers. Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant crops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock country in the world. Full information free. Address Oregon Im'igrat'n Board. Portland, Ore. A 10c. smoke for 5c. "Tansill's Punch." Dangerous tendencies Characterize that very common complaint, catarrh. The foul matter dropping from the head into the bronchial tubes or lungs may bring on bronchitis or consumption, which reaps an Immense harvest of deaths annually. Hence the necessity of giving catarrh Immediate attention. Hood's Saroaparilla cures catarrh by purifying and enriching the bloai, restoring and toning the diseased organs. Try tha peculiar medicine. "Hood'sSarsapariila cured meof catarrh, soreness of thebronchlal ?ubes and terrible headache."?R. Gibbonb, Hamilton, Ohio. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. |3; six for $3. Prepared only by C. 1. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar DR. KOEfl I.K for all domestic animals, w In more tlian SUOU cases, o when needed, and perh sapouo" is muzzled ii your house SAPOLIO is the hi dirt and adds to the Don't be foolish and work can be done witi belong to the past ge ^?~^^F^0RIE5 l|\ every I^MIN BYTHE (ill Week f ft0,000 ;JbestAuthof nOMES -A _ See tbe laree advertisement in a prev: HI X To any New SubBT Office address and A| in 1800, and for a full , |P HOLIDAY NUMBED WB"BB 45 Addr< What Women Can Do. Every wile or daughter living near a village or large market, can make many dollars each year raising eggs. Just as surely as that a woman can tend a baby better than a man, just bo certainly can she care for any animal better. For example, Mrs. Eunice Goodwin, East Livermore, Me., says: "In four weeks, last autumn, my thirty hens laid 131 eggs. I then fed them Sheridan's Condition Power, advertised to make hens lay; and in eight weeks they laid 478. Having sold twelve, the remainder laid 815 eggs in eight weeks, by feeding Sheridan's Powder. I sold the eggs for $15.93, making clear $13.38 from only eighteen hens in eight weeks. One of my Polish hens which I could not buy for $2.00 would have died but for Sheridan's Powder. I. S.Johnson &Co., 22 Custom House street, Boston, Mass. (the only makers of Sheridan's Condition Powder), will send, postpaid, two 25 cent packs of Powder and a Poultry Guide, for 60 cents. For $1.00, five packs and a book; for $1.20, a large 2% pouna can and book; six cans, $5.00, express prepaid. Send stamps or cash, interesting testimonials free. For five cents a copy of the best Poultry paper sent. ' About 2300 miles of main for carryng natural ga3 have now been laid in this country, and the total capital invested in the business exceeds $50,000,000. k Pen; PuiuFfH. The recent statistics of the number of deaths show that the large majority die with consumption. This disease may commence with an apparently harmless cough which can be cured instantly by Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lung-1,which is guaranteed to cur; and relieve all cases. Price 50c. and $1. Trial size free. For sale by all druggists. There are 210 co-operative buildingandloaf associations in the State of New Jersey. Beware oi Ointment* for Catarrh Thai Contain Mercury, As mercury will surely destroy the sense o1 smell and completely derange the wliole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescripiions fro u reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold t< the good you can possibly derive from tbe'm Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactuued byF..I, Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.. contains no mer cury, and is taken internally, and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of th< syBtem. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be f ur< you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by K J. Cheney & Co. %ST Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle P. T. Barncm was born in 1810. Hebrojgh Jenny Llnd to this country in 1849. J?ain|Scfi{><5 TRADE MARK MeclsOiP? C^rQ.MD.THEEHA5-AVnGEl?Rfa. Ely's Cream Balm WILL CURE HCOLS^Ht>? CATARRH.N/1 "Prl'ce'SQ Cents. I Apply Balm Into each nostrlL WIL<w^^ ELY BROS., 36 Warren St, N. Y KHtX^^'50jC nn YOU WANT A SITUATION? KEl 3 III LOGG & CO.. 49G Main Street, BufTalo g ** N. Y? can get It. Addrea* with stamp. Rgpaigi Waterproof JSL BEST IN THE WORLD II R Lft O t XW Get the Genuine. Bold Ererrwhere. ; rft jp A| |*1 |U *2 DUE All iLM El US O Ivll V9 ir X 4i.?W?4 : p.j, rta iff* Ut?T\*r.rt>.cv>>4. Ltw.f?*. A. It. UrCORIIflt * gOXS B Uitlutll. O, a ttuAlnfUia, 11. c. Mrniioo till ommi f||tl||U tlAUlTf udij vcrima uui IIkIMM ea?y CURE In the World. Ur Ul IUHI J. I. teTEPHLXt*. Lebanon.( DM piSO'S REMEDY FOI gflaifl 1 to use. Cheapest. K IBgflB certain. For Cold in the I It is an Ointment, of wl K3a| to the nostrils. Price, 6( BPS by mail. Address, E. iR'S FAVORITE COLIC MIXTURE 'IU care 9s? out of every 100 cases of colic, whether flat ly more than 1 or a doses necessary. It does not con xatlTe and Is entirely harmless. After 20 years of trial ur guarantee 1b worth something. Colic ma at be pend a few cents and you have a cure on hand, ready aps save a valuable horse. If notatyour druggist's, en ottle, sent prepaid. KOEIILER ?fc CO., Bethlehem, Pa. ivorite Colic We cheerfully recommend Dr. Koehler'i kvcccs>. Jtia "Favorite Colic Mixture." Would not bt ve ever teen, without it as long at we have hones, t Dealer, ISAAC it OSES ? BKO? New York. Sale and Exchange Stable), Easton, Pc I house-wife, ibis well s&id i her housed cle&n*All gro ouse-wife's best friend, appearance of her houi try to clean house witl h SAPOLIO. Common neration. Be in fashion ions issne of this paper. Send for Colored Annoi FREE TO JAN. I, 1890. :riber who will cnt out and send ns this slip, 11.75, we will Bend The Youth's Companl< year from that dute. This offer includes IS. and all the ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY SI ??. THE YOUTH'S COMPANtOI / '' .> / ? . . , RAD WAY'S il READY RELIEF. THE 6REAT CONQUEROR OF PMM For Sprain*, Brniaea, Backache, Pain liI tbe Cheat or Sides. Headache, Toothache* or any other external pain, a few applies^ tionn rabhed on by hand, act like mafbv ' cauaing the pain to Instantly atop. For Congestion*, Colda.Bronchitla, Pneamonia. Inflammations, Rheamatlun, Nea?, ralgla, Lnnbaco. Sciatica, more thoroagfc and repeated appticatlona are necessary* All Internal Paint, Diarrhoea, Colic, Spaama, Nan sea, Fainting Spells. Nerroaa* neaa, Sleeplessness are relieved Instantly, and qaickiy cared by taking Inwardly M to tiO dropa in half a tumbler of wtWT. 50c. a bottle. All Dragglsta. RAO WAY'S n PILLS, An excellent and mild Cathartic. Purely Vegetable. The Safest and Beat Medleia* In the world tor the Core of all Disorder* of the LIVER, STOMACH OR ROWELS. Taken according to direction* ther will restore health and renew vitality. Price 25 cti. a Box. Sold by all Draggi?t?. 1 N U?47 IV YOC WISH A d? | | | - n _ GOOD ISKfTH iKFSSOti , REVOLVER Eurchase one of the cele- JSr rated SMITH St WESSON S j_ / ? arms. The finest small arms ffvW AnSBBM \ ever manufactured and the \JJ )} wH ' first cholcc of all experts. m| Manufactured In calibres S2,38 and W-100. Ski- MM gle or double action, Safety Hammer less and ?25P t Target models. Constructed entirely of beat qual? ity wrought steel, carefully Inspected for workmanship and stock, they are unrivaled for finish* , durability and accuracy. Do not be deceived by 1 cheap malleable cast-iron imitations which are of ten sold for the genuine article and are oat t only unreliable, but dangerous. The SMITH & WESSON Revolvers ore all stamped upon the ba^ rel with firm's name, address ana date of patents and are guaranteed perfect In every detail. Iaslst upon having the genuine article, and If you dealer cannot supply you an order sent to addreM below will receive prompt and careful attention. Descriptive catalogue and prices furnished upon application. SMIXH & WESSON, jyMentlon thLs paper. Springfield, Mass. ^^combininc5AATICLE?)5? K J^^OF~FURN|TURE ^ Wentafl?ttbe louat tcholcxilc /artory f>rUtt,/AjfJjjS/B^ . f HCfc paid for oq Q0uT6ry. ujl il|/7l\/7l. to hire. 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