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Effli9i9!^9^^r ' HBKCSOF INTEREST RELATIVE HHP TO FARM AND GARDEN. ' forcing rhubarb. B? Only a few plants of rhubarb are tc^quired to furnish enough for a family, i f Its early growth may be forced in a ' greenhouse, hothouse or cellar. Sur- ! founding and covert^; a few roots out of j doors with fermenting stable manure will give it an early start, when most of the ; covering may be raked off and the plants be further protected from cold by a covcr- j ing of rough litter or evergreen branches, j or by boxes or barrels inverted over them. N*' Mui.cn Fon teach trees. I The peach tree needs a dry soil, and so well is this known that it is usually < planted on sandy or gravelly land. This | exposes it to one danger not often thought of. This is the deep freezing | f which often occurs on such soils when I not covered by snow. While the bulk of the original forests remained, snow i was not drifted by winds, and lay evenly ' over the surface. In those times peaches were grown in many places where thev have long since been abandoned. The temperature of the air in winters is not lower now than it used to be, and the failure of peaches where they formerly succeeded is probably due to deeper freezing of the soil, destroying vitality by depriving the tree of moisture. A mulch applied late in fall or early in winfer around the trees would remedy this evil. If put on after the ground is ^frozen, it would also prevent too early expansion of pcach buds, and thus save their destruction by late frosts in spring. | A HINTS ABOUT MILKING? ^Sj5Tevcr begin miJkjtog._until^jou have ; first brushed''off all the loose hatr nncTj dirt from the cow's side and udder. Always take a pail of tepid water with a sponge and coarse cloth, so that you can cleanse the udder if it is soiled and wipe it dry before commencing to milk. Be sure your own hands are clean, and do not wet the cow's teats with milk. Be very gentle with the cow and accustom her to the contact of your left arm against her leg while milking. A threelegged stool is the best thing to sit upon; and, if you are quite sure of the good conduct of your cow, the pail may stand on something well under her. Otherwise the safest way is to hold it between your knees, so that you can 6eize it quickly and prevent the milk from being spilled by her movements. Take hold of the teats well up under the udder, pressing the milk downward into the teats. Milk as fast as you can without being rough bdoui 11, ana you wiu get more miis man : you will if you arc slow and tedious. It I is better for a person to milk the same I cows and not change indiscriminately j when there are a good many cows and j several milkers. This kind of regularity is more agreeable to the cow than the surprise of being milked by a new hand. When this becomes necessary the new milker should be more gentle and careful than usual, until the cow has grown accustoincd to him. the nervous horse. ' j Finely bred, intelligent horses are oftSn nervous. They are quick to notice, K-xb take alarm and to do what seems L to them, in moments of sudden terror, I necessary to escape from possible harm;! J from something they do not understand, j That is what makes them shy, bolt and run away. "We cannot tell what awful / suggestions strange things offer their j | minds. A sheet of white paper in the i ruuu may seem 10 me nervous juorse a yawning chasm, the open front of a baby carriage the jaws of a dragon ready to devour him and a man on a bicycle some terrifying sort of a flying devil without wings. But the moment he becomes | familiar with those things or any other that affright him, and he knows what they are, he grows indifferent to them, i Therefore, when your horse shies at anything make him acquainted with it; let him smell it, touch it with his sensitive upper lip, and let him look closely at it. ! Remember, too, that you must familiarize both sides of him with the dreaded object. If he only examines with the near! ' nostril and eye he will be very likely to ; 6care at it when it appears on his let't I ride. So then rattle paper, beat drum, : flutter umbrella, run baby carriage and | Kinmlo "fl Y\lofrvl nn/1 nlnffn* f r\ *1 I iuv poivi auvi tiaiivi iiunaiu wu i both sides of him and all around him j until he comes to regard the noise simply i as a nuisance and the material objects as ' only trivial things. lie may not learn all that in one lesson, but continue the ; lesson and you will cure all his nervous- ! ness.?Horseman. A VARIETY OF CROPS. ^ Too much stress can scarcely be laid Hwiou the importance of raising a variety W <?crops, and not hazarding all upon a ' favorite one, which by a failure caused by an unfavorable season, may occasion j a loss that few farmers are able to bear. One of the reasons usually assigned by j farmers in favor of their occupation is i LliaLj iULIJUU^U UUl U IJJUIiej*IIJUi\lIlg uuc, it is a safe business if property con-' ducted. It not only affords a good living without the liabilities attending most' business callings, but, by slow accumu-' lations, will in time compare favorably , with other occupations that arc com-1 monly deemed more lucrative. In all sections there should be leading ; fcrops, adapted to the soil and climate, j to which more thau ordinary attention , may be given, but as a general rule the fortunes of the season should not be staked on one or two crops. If corn, wheat, oats and potatoes are the chief staples there is no probability that the season will be so unfavorable that none will succeed. One or more of these may j suffer, while the others do exceedingly i well and thus compensate for a partial I deficiency in the whole. Wealthy capi- j talists in the Northwest may hazard all 1 on the success of single crops of wheat, j but to the average farmer this matter of safety is an important one that should not be disregarded, lie may not handle as much money as one may do in favorable seasons with special crops, but in the end he is quite likely to show as much real profit as the man who grows only one leading crop. Of our grain crops corn is by far the most reliable, and while we may have seasons in which the crop will prove unMjfVfitable, its adaptability to all soils and ^Bclimates makes it one that no farmer, ^either North or South,can afford to omit. I Nowhere have the advantages of diverI sified farming been better demonstrated K th$n in tht> South. There, as heretofore, | .cotton will cc.Qtinue to be the money m crop; but it hfB been learned that a successPhl crop m ;ans one -whose avails are not to be used up in paying for plantation supplies purchased whiie it was being produced. Again, in both North and South, a new specics of farming, of which the old-time agriculturists knew little or nothing, has come into vogue, and truck farming, as it is called, often yields profits that so far exceed those of the staple crops as in many districts to cause most of the latter to be abandoned for market gardening. Indeed, it may be said that the methods of farming successfully have changed so much within a few years as to almost make it a dilToreut occupation, and the man who persists in farming the same way his lather did twenty years ago has good reasons for savin? the business does not pay.?New York World. , FEEDING FOIt JtlCII MANURE. What the stock eats is of more consequence as affecting the value of manure than is the kind of stock to which it is fed. In many places the manure pile is also no inconsiderable part of the farmers' profit in feeding. Of late years, with just enough exceptions to illustrate the generality of the rule, the manure is all the profit that the feeder gets. It behooves him, therefore, to so feed as to make the manure pile rich. No subject awakens so much interest in the discussions at farmers' institutes as how to feed so as to make the richest fertilizer, and at the same time make manure of the best quality. There are some common popular misapprehensions on this point, due to confounding the feeding value of various articles with their value passing through the animal and going into the manure heap. For feeding especially to fattening animals, corn is very vaiuaDie, but owing to its deficiency in mineral and albuminoid nutriments, it docs not make so rich a manure as oats, peas, beans, or even as wfc^at. braa. In the tables showing, the Commercial valufr-Of T?r-k?^cle^ments for manures: wheat bran is reckoned at about $13 per ton, which is nearly its selling price. In feeding, especially to growing stock and to cows giving milk, some of this nutrient value will be used in the animal economy, but in either case it will only do so in the production of what is of much more value than it could be as manure. A certain amount of carbon- I aceous food, corn for example, can be J profitably mixed with wheat bran as feed for cows and young stock. It will make j T-i/Vimr milk- ami keen the cow in better ! r -- | condition. A smaller amount of corn meal with bran will keep the young stock in better condition, especially in cold weather, and make them able to eat more and assimilate more of the bran. Clover hay is another very valuable feed for making rich manure. It is the farmer's cheapest fertilizer, especcially when grown upon the farm where it is fed. What it contains of starch and carbon is mainly drawn from the air. Its mineral elements come mainly from the subsoil, where roots of other plants cannot reach them. There is good reason to believe* that the shade of a growing clover crop, combined with the action of the roots in the soil, helps to decompose, under certain circumstances, the air in the soil, and make some of its nitrogen available as a plant food. Good clover has in some seasons been grown on very thin soil by the use of gypsum alone. The greatest difficulty on such lands is to get a catch. This secured and a light mineral dressing added, the clover will do the rest. While clover alone will not restore mineral fertility to soils that lack it, with a little phosphate of lime, and on sandy soils potash, it will do more to maintain fertility than any other means, especially if it is fed out upon the farm where it is grown, as it always should be. ?American Cultivator. FAKM AND GARDEN NOTES. The hen that lays in winter does not breakfast, dine and sup on cold corn and ice-water. It is said that if mice holes are filled with chloride of lime the rodents will quit the premises. Be sure that all animals, especially the young, have warm quarters and a good bed to lie on nights. Regularity is a prime virtue in feeding stock, and next in importance to wellbalauced full rations. The feeding standards should be considered as guides and not as formulas to j be implicitly followed. To ensure success, put your products I into market in a superior condition, and l *1 C _ V.nr, Li live mem ui a nine uctwi ^uai *vj iuuu others. Not many are aware of it, but a covered barnyard is a paying institution? better than spreading manure on the snow and ice. Darkness and low temperature are the two principal points in keeping potatoes. The mercury should hover between the 34 and 40 marks. There is no better foundation for a feeding ration than corn ensilage and good clover hay. With this foundation, but little grain is required. Charcoal and salt placed where hog! can get at them freely would often prevent bowel troubles, and have beeD known to be effective as a cure. Look out that the cattle do not gel lousy. A little lard and sulphur, thoroughly mixed, rubbed along the back bone from horns to tail once a week foj a few weeks, is good. Heating food, like corn and rye meal, will produce a cough in a horse. Remedy: do not use it. Put raw linseed meal on the oats, or other food, for a while, from a gill to two gills. If the cow's milk is very blue in cold weather, it is because the food that should form rich milk and cream is used up in maintaining animal heat, hence, the policy of sheltering animals as much as possible in severe weather. Much feed is wasted each year by feeding stock that do not make a profitable gain. There is a considerable amount of difference in the amount of gain required by different animals in proportion of the food consumed,and it will be found wise to cull out the unprofitable animals and market as soon as possible. If the straw or fodder that is used for bedding is first run through a cuttingbox the work of handling the manure will be considerably decreased and less , material will be required to keep the j stock clean. Then by grooming carcfuli ly every day there ought to be no dilliculty in keeping in a good condition. .. ^ i The-value of the horses exported from I the Dominion of Canada in 1889 was $2,I 220,892, including #3,1G9,792 wprth I shipped to the United States. CURIOUS FACTS. A sponge eight feet in circumference ^ is on exhibition at a store in New York. I Paterson, N. J., has a club composed of young men "who have an inordinate fondness for onions. William Greer, who is engaged in the cattle business on the Canadian River, Texas, shot and killed a white deer a few weeks ago. Violets, fifty or so in a bunch, have been selling in New York city for $1.50, j and florists say there would be buyers if ; the price were $10. Dr. Onofroff, now in London, is a [ mind reader of ability superior to any ; that has been exhibited before him. lie ' reads miuds without contact with the ; person. Calico over one hundred years old was recently used by Mrs. Spengler at Catasauqua, Penn., to make a bed quilt of. The material had formerly done duty as a bed curtain. T? -.r n.n TT:ii vr? -G-of JtiOYS OI uruiu Xlill, J.XJV., UUJUJ moiclass coasting nowadays. They go from that town to Silver City, three miles, in 6ve minutes. It takes them an hour to climb back. Thomas Fitzsimmons, a young man of Pittston, Penn., has nearly finished a clock on which he has labored for four years, and which will prove a regular borological encyclopedia. A novelty in road fixing can be seen on the old gravel pike nearBy'ocrry, Penn., where the rutabagas have taken theplacu of dirt or stone. Several cartloads have been hauled there to fill up the ruts and holes. "Old Towlion," a hermit who lives in Jack's Hollow, Penn., spends his time in ; digging around his wretched hut in | search of gold. He has dug ten holes fifteen feet deep, and his place looks like a yawning graveyard. I Ajniddle-aged colored man boarded a horse car fn'Brook'ryh^ aifdwhetrtireeoa-- ductor came around for his fare didn't bother about his pockets, but simply put his hand to one of his capacious ears and drew forth a nickel. A Berlin professor while dissecting a J 3bark found in its stomach a dolphin ; weighing 128 pounds, forty-three fish, a decomposed seal, a human arm and four human legs. Notwithstanding this "feed," the brute was probably after a bait when he was captured. A farmer living in the southern part of Douglas County, Kan., has discovered a vein of marble and granite about thirty feet in thickness and about twenty-five feet below the surface. Successive strata developed different colors, beginning with a mottled gray and running through i bluish, pink, blue, red and clear white. Charley Sprouse, who lives in West Fort, Penn., caught a big pike, which weighed t wenty-nine pounds, in a strange cnanner. The rise in the Kanawha River overflowed the picket fencc around | Sprouse's garden. When the water fell i the pike, which had got in while it was J up, couldn't get out, and was captured. A young lady in the town of Minsk, Russia, purchased a pair of gloves. Im mediately after putting them on her hands began to itch. The next day her arms were covered with sores, and a week later jhe died of blood poisoning. The doctors suppose that the skin belonged to an inimal that had some contagious malady. The Yonng Man Did Not Go In. I was riding across town an evening or two ago on a Twenty-third street car bound toward the North River. It was raining, and the car was filled with people, most of them going to the Grand Opera House. I stood on the rear platform, the only other passenger outside &eing a tall, broad-shouldered, handsome poung man with a blonde mustache, and the conductor. At Broadway a spruce poung fellow, nicely dressed, stepped on the platform and was just about to push [lis way into the crowded car, when the ' handsome young man with the blonde mustache touched him on the shoulder ind said pleasantly: "Stay out here, please." "What do you mean, sir?" fiercely demanded the spruce young fellow, turn Ing around. When he saw the man he jras talking to his face fell, and he seemed much disconcerted. The handsome poung man smiled and replied: "Well, I'd like to have you in my company for i little while, and beside, if you stay out bere, you will save me the trouble of making a speech in the car." The spruce foung man stayed outside until Seventh ivenuc was reached, when he jumped off ihe car with a gruff "Good-night." "Good-night," pleasantly replied he of the blonde mustache. I turned to him then and asked him what he meant. He laughed and said: "Oh, if he had gone Into the car I would simply have said: 'Ladies and gentlemen, look out for your raluables. This man is a pickpocket.' | He knew what my speech would be, and be remained outside, you see." The handsome young man with the blonde mustache was Sergeant-Detective Thomas Murray, one of Inspector Byrnes's best men, and the spruce young man was a thief.?New York Star. People Who Worship the Bear. In the north island of Japan and in Bome parts of the extreme northwest of Asia there lives an interesting race of people called Ainos. Whore they came from nobody seems to know, for in many respects thoy are not at all like the Japanese and Chinese. The men are well built but rather undersized, and their bodies are covered more or less thickly with hair. They wear long beards, and the hair of their head is also long and bushy. The women are not so well-looking, as they have to do all the hard work of the tribe. THio nro rri ffwifVl in J *. *V1? 1*4%, AAWW ? ? telligence, and they worship natural objects and animals,the bear being specially selected for this purpose. They spend their time in fishing and hunting. It is hard to tell what is the number of the Ainos. But as they arc not supposed to number more than 50,000 at the very ; most, it is likely that they will sooner or later become extinct. Trees Tainted Red, White and Blue. Many of the farmers in Iloarn, North ITolland, arc wealthy in their way, but j tlicy seem quite content with the tradi- j tional discomforts of the old farmhouse, j Here, if anywhere, the mania for eolor j runs riot; the trunks of the trees are j painted red, blue, green, yellow and mud j color, and the clinkors of the paths an: | usually covered a brilliant blue. If one i asks a Dutchman the reason for painting ' the trees, with tome sort of vague idea that it is to keep the snails down, he will Bhrug his shoulders and say: "It is the custom of the country."' ^ - t HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. CARING FOR FURNITURE. "With care, furniture may be kept looking nice for years, but without this care it soon becomes dingy and shnbbv. A thorough cleansing, once a month, at least, should be given to upholstered furniture that is in every-day use. Articles covercd with plush or any goods with a pile may be brushed with a bristle brush, but for hair-cloth a light switch work^ best, wiping off the surface afterward with a damp cloth. "Wipe the wood with a damp cloth, and if there arc any dents in it, it is said the application ot several thicknesses of wet blotting paper held in place till dry by a warm flutiron will remove the dent, unless a very deep one, when several applications may be necessary. When the wood-work is dry, rub with warm linseed oil and polish Tt-ifVi /tlmmnis <j]rin White SDOtS maV be removed by alcohol simply pressed on the spot by a cloth that is not linty, and not rubbed, as rubbing will take off the varnish. A flannel cloth moistened with kerosene is good to rub the furniture with, and the disagreeable odor of the oil soon disappears.?Courier Journal. inoxrxa shirt waists. First, be sure that the waist is properly starched in boiled starch and thoroughly dried; then make a weak, cold starch and dip the collars and cuffs into it, being careful not to wet into the other parts of the garment as it takes longer to dry, and the starch in those parts is not needed. Lay the waist (wrong side out) with the back to the table, fold one sleeve upon it, then the other, lay over these the fronts, sprinkling each part according to the thickness of the cloth, roll tightly and let lie the desired length of time, then proceed as follows: With the sleeves still wrong side out, rub quickly the wristbands; now turn, and we are really commencing (wnat seems to many) an arduous task. "We will iron firstr-tbe-eutside of one wristband, then the inside, shapiilgr~i^a5 we~ciry"it. Next" fold the sleeve (at the opening) from wrist to shoulder, and iron; the upper half of the sleeve can be ironed better with it folded that way. Now fold by the under-arm seam and finish, and the sleeve will have the same appearance as a nicely laundered shirt. Follow with the second sleeve, and we are ready for the other part. Rub over the part below the wristband, then press the tucks in the front into shape with a moderately warm iron; now use a hot one, and thoroughly dry on the wrong side; in this way the shoulder seams can be easily dried. Next iron the hack in the same way, pressing the plaits into shape on the right side, but doing the greater part of the ironing on the wrong Bide. At last the collar is reached, requiring but a few moments' time, and the garment which has been so much dreaded is finished, and the result is satisfactory. I Sometimes it is desirable to press a little | on the right side at the last; in that case i do not iron as dry on the wrong aide.? j Good Housekeeping. ItECIPES. Raisin Pie?Oue lemon, juice and ' riad, one cupful of raisins, one j cupful of water, one cupful of rolled i crackers; stone the raisins and boil till i soft, grate the lemon rind, mix well together, and bake with two crusts. Macaroni With Cheese?Prepare macaroni with cream sauce, and pour into a buttered scalloped dish. Have 1 a'.f a cup of grated cheese and half a cup of bread or cracker crumbs mixed, sprinkle over the macaioni, and place in the oven to brown; it will take about twenty minutes. Milk Toast?Toast a goodly number of slices, and arrange in a deep dip. Put into a saucepan one quart of sweet milk, and stir into it two tablespoonfuls sifted flour made into a smooth paste with a little milk. Stir constantly till it boils; cook a moment or two; add a little salt and small piece of butter, and pour nvor thn tnnfltprl hrpjul. Potato Yeast?Grate four good-sized, uncooked potatoes into a quart of hot water, stir over the fire, and cook slowly for five minutes. Turn into a jar, add a half-cup of sugar and a tablespoon ful of salt, and when lukewarm add a half-cup of good yeast. Allow this to ferment for six or seven hours, stirring it down as it comes to the top of the jar. Keep in a cold place, well covered. Beef Rissoles?Chop fine some cold roast beef, season it well with salt and pepper, and to each half-pint of this add a tablespoonful of chopped parsley and a half-cup of bread crumbs, then add two j whole eggs, and work the mixture to a j smooth paste. Form into round balls, j dip in egg and then in bread crumbs, and j fry in smoking hot fat. Serve with a ' nice, brown sauce pouied around them, j A Giant Elm Over 400 Tears Old. A monster elm stands on the Avery Durfee farm in Wayne County, N.Y., between Palmyra and Marion. Two feet above the j ground it measures 33 feet 10 inches in circumference, and five feet above the ground 20 feet 10 inches. It is sixty feet to the first limb. The body would make five 12-foot logs, averaging 3250 feet; the total amount of lumber in the body of the tree is 16,250 feet. It is estimated that there is sufficient lumber above the 6awlog to make four cords of four-foot wood. Taking one-half of the diameter of the tree three feet from the ground, [ which is forty-eight inches, and allowing each inch to represent ten years' growth; the age is found to be 4S0 years. Cut into inch boards the elm would cover nearly two-fifths of an acre of ground. If made into^stove wood sixteen inches in length there would be sixty cords. Eighty years ago, when the farm was cleared, this tree was left as a landmark. It^was then a giant among the forest trees. ?New York Sun. Oregon, the Paradise or Farmers. Mild, equable climate, oar tain and abundant crops. West fruit, grain, grass and stoolc country in the world. Full information free. Address Oregon Im'ixrat'ti Board, Portland, Ore. Beware of imitations?"Tansill's Punch." The Standard "I regard Ilood's Sarsoparllla as having passed above the (trade of what are commonly sailed patent or proprietory me Helues," 6atd a well-known physician recently. "It Is fully entitled to be considered a standard medicine, and has won this position by Its undoubted merit and by the many remarkable cures It has effected. For nn alterative and toulc It has never been equaled, and physician; are (:lad to have their patients take so relinbleand trustworthy a medicine." N. R.?If you decide to take Hooi'i Sarsaparllla ' do not be Induced to buy any other. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. (1; six for $5. Prepared only py C. I. UOOD 4 CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, ilajj. IQO Doses One Dollar La Grippe, At present epidemic on this continent, a? well as on the continent of Europe, the precursor of Pneumonia and other fatal diseases, is principally a Catarrhal inflammation of the Mucous Membrane of the upper air passages. It commences suddenly, and Is generally attended with an extreme degree of debility, with high fever from tbe commencement; marked pain in the head, shoulder and limbs, and oppression of the chest, severe cough and little expec'oration. with a loss of appetite and sometimes diarrhea; in the course of a few days, follow at times free expectorations aud copious perspirations. The disease must be driven out of the system in the first stages and not allowed to develop into others of a more serious nature, which may become fatal. To do this the most simple agent may ho found in Had way's Ready Relief (and where there is not diarrhea), Rtidway's Pills. Take two to four of Rod way's Pills before retiring at night, swallow thirty to sixty drops of Ready Relief in a half tumbler of water; rub well, applied by the hand, Radway's Ready Relief to the head, throat, chest, shoulders, back or limbs, wherever the pain is felt: get into a good sweat, cover up well, and avoid catching fres'.i cold. If not entirely cured, repeat the following night. This treatment used before in similar epidemics, lias cured thousands, warded off pneumonia and other fatal diseases. There is no better treatment than this for driving out a cold. Physicians are not alwavs | within call. It is jeopardizing human life to he without such potent remedies as Radway's. A scavenger of Los Angeles picked up a pair of trousers from a pile of driftwood. Ho found $15 in the pockets and a silver watch. Tourist*, , . Whether on pleasure bent or business, should take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as it acts most pleasantly and effectually on the kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers, headaches and other forms of sickness. For eale in 50c. and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. A new railway in Wisconsin is called the "Waukesha, Pewaukee, Oconomowoc & Eastern." A Great bnrprlse Is in store for all who use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lung', the great guaranteed remedy. Would you believe that it is sold on its merits and that any druggist is authorized by the proprietor of this wonderful remedy to give you a sample bottlo free? It never fails to cure acute or chronic coughs. All druggists sell Kemp's Balsa n. Large bottles 50c. and $1. There are fifty manufactories of imitation butter in Germany. One factory produces daily C030 pounds from cocoanuts. A man who has practiced medicine for 40 ~yeafS-3U?iit- to know salt from sugar; read what he says: "v v ^Toledo, 0., Jan. 10,1887. Messrs. F. J. Cheney 'fc Co.?Gentlemen:?I have been in the general practice of medicine for most 40 years, and would say that in all my practice and experience, have never seen a preparation that 1 could prescribe with as much confidence of success as I can Hall's Ca tarrn uure, manuraciureu oyyou. nave prescribed it a great many times and its effect Is wonderful, and would say in conclusion that I have yet to find a case of Catarrh that it would not cure, if they would take it according to directions. Yours Truly, L. L. Gonstjcn, M. D. Office, 215 Summit St We will give $100 for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Taken internally. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, 0. |3T" Sold by Druggists, 75c. Judge Gresham says that the standard of excellence in the legal profession is not as high as it was twenty-five years ago. Rinsed Another Man's Wife. " You Bcoundrel," yelled young Jacob Green, At his good neighbor, Brown? * You kissed my wife upon the street? I ought to knock you down." u That's where you're wrong," good Brown replied. In accents mild and meek; 141 kissed her, that I've not denied. But kissed her on the chcek? and I did it because she looked so handsome? the very picture of beauty and health. What Is the secret of it?" "V\ ell," replied Green, Vince you ask it, I will tell you; she usee Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. I accept your apology. Good night." "Favorite Prescription" is the only remedy for the delicate derangements and weaknesses of females, sold by druggists, under a positive vuarantec of giving satisfac Jon in every case, or money paid for it returned. For biliousness, sick headache, indigestion and constipation, take Dr. Pierce's Pellets. Neither the Pope nor the dignitaries who are nearest to him in the Vatican, can spaak or read English. If you wish to do the easiest and quickest week's v. ashing you ever did, try Dobbms's Electric Soap next wash-day. Follow the directions. Ask your grocer for It Been on the market 24 years. Take no other. Chinatown, New York city, is rejoicing in the election of a new Mayor itfnd the arrival of a new doctor. ^ciaticg TRADE MARK ^tenhonil.^ ^UflbuiiByiir' ?T5jffQ.MD.T?EEHAS-A-VllOEl?Ra' I X Y N U?5 DADWAY'8 il REAIV RELIEF. THE GREAT CONQUEROR OF PAIN, For Sprain*, Bruises, Backache, Pain in the Chest or Sides, Headache, Toothache, or any other external pain, a lew application* rubbed on by hand, act like magic, """ 'n* nnln to instantly stop. For Congestions, Colds, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Inflammation?!, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lumbago, Sciatica, more thorough and repeated applications are necessary. I All Internal Pains, Diarrhcen, Colic, ! Spasms, Natmea. Fainting Spells. Nervousness, Sleeplessness are relieved instantly, and quickly cured by taking Inwardly liO to 60 drops In hair a tumbler of water. 50c. a bottle. All Druggists. b ap!lls, I An excellent and mild Cathartic. Purely j Vegetable. The Safest aud Best Medicine in the world for the Cure of all Disorders j of the LIVER, STOMACH OR ROWELS. j 9 Taken according to directions they will ' restore health and renew vitality. ! Price 25 eta, a Box. Sold by all Drnggiata. n jiTrilTO WJI- h- bibcock, 513 7th St., H A I I RJ I n Wn8lj-> c- Formerly Assist. Eil n i?ii v am'n'rPat. Ofllco. I3y'rs practice. I Fees may generally be paid on allowance. Write GET YOUR MON'EY's WORTH! Ten cents, silver, puts your name In our Directory. Tons of books, I pictures, cnrds, &c., Free. Reaches-Kastci-n firms. [ List sent you. Merchants' A d vert ise r, R !d ,e w ood, N.J. | ugnnfir tsTUU Y. HooK-iceeplnj, Buslncv. rorau I isUrfiC Penmanship, Arlthn^tlc, Short-hand, ota hB thoroughly tatiuliC by MAIL. Circulars free. Bryant'* Collnxo, 457 Main St., Hiulalo, .V. V* nm||ii*A 11AUIT. Only Certain and; ITlS'EiBang ca?y CUKE In the World. Dr. i JJB BWafS J. Is. STEPHENS. Lebauon. o | | AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL CONSULT j i IWU .North Fifteenth sit,, fnliadolphla, l'a., for tho treatment of iilooi i'olaoai, alil.i Eruptions, Nervous Complaints, lirlgal'-t Olscsue, strictures, liupotcucy anil kindred dUeassi, uo matter of ho.v long fctandiii^ or from what causa originating, j W~Teudays'medicines I'ui-alsJJJ 0/mall core send for Uoolc on SPEC1A 1. Uiweaaea. E flCCi j Q I prescribe and fully cndorse Blp G as the only Jtjf&br Caruln specific for the certain enro gtyl TO 6 DATS.^g of this dlt-oasc. flMnScuraotied sot ?1 G H.IJfGRAHAM.M. D., caaKBtrtcww. Amsterdam, N. Y. C] vrdotiy by th? We have sold Big G for OMa>*^g D. R. DYCITE 4 81.00. Sold by Drogg'liU. Copyright- t*4 '<559 THE HEATT E? " Mary," aaid Farmer Flint, at the cup of coffee, " I've made a discovery." u Well, Cyrus, you're about the la vrhat is it?" "I've found that the heavy end < Cyrus, with a grin that would have ad Marpr looked disgusted, but with a: got a discovery, too, Cyras. It was n ^Golden Medical Discovery.' It drives blood, tones up the systein, and make Cousin Ben, who had consumption, ai Before his wife began to use it, she was i rosy-cheeked and healthy, and weighs 01 Cyrus, is a discovery that's worth raentii The farmer's wife was right, for th< the only medicine for purifying; the b blotches, eruptions, ana other Skin ai Swellings, and kindred ailments, posse: as to warrant its manufacturers in sell gfeSSj-UBtJe? a positive guarantee that case, or money paid for it will be reft and Lung diseases. Even Consumpt its marvelous curative properties, if tal For Weak Lungs, Spitting of B) Asthma, Severe Coughs, and kindred j Don't be fooled into taking somett the dealer may make a larger profit. ery.w It contains no alcohol to inebria tion; as peculiar in its curative effects vegetable extract Dose small and p] adults or children. "World's Dispe* | Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. CATARRH manently cured by OR. SAGE'S CATARRH DR. ROEUliE tor all domectlo oaiinaU, w A$* I!:| ^LjjjSBte^v itlpate, rather jmjw aa a lax ^ more tb&n 800j cases, ouj when needed, and perha enclose 50 ccnta for sample Ely's Cream Balm? -. ?LiSL -.. hpS&p CATARRH.p?#i ^rice-50iiCentsJ Apply ttaun into eaca umuiu -? ZLY BROS., 56 Warren St., St. Y.WKESZ&EJSsJ nmrc7m&^^~ ^^C0MBININS5AaT!CLI^2 < ffitctall at the iL?< uhilualcfactoryprii^ffQfZgSgil^'^ PRPP mad ib'p good* to be ff-H / LP.ra Mid for on dolirory. vHi t?h STrnd stamp *orC*U-.V*^l^?r?CUl rkn lo*c?. Name good* dtnrti,v?-|y BBLITUZ. LUJSUBS MFC. CO., 146 K. bth 8t, ruiafe,!* DETECTIVES ranted la ererj Coooty. Shrewd mm to lot older laitroctlosi ?ur Secret Service. Experience set aeeen&rv. P*rlic?l?ri free. Brazilian Dettctlre Bureau Co. 44Areale.Ciaclas?tl,0. ncMsmM tVuoli I tliylft n t D?tie ISSuccessfuTTy"Prosecutes Claims. i Late Principal Examiner uT 8. Pension Bureau. I 3 rrt lii lasf. war, 15 adjudicating c!alsc?, atty slnofc -m p^O^S REMEDY ^FOB^a jgSj Cold in the Head It has no equs ffjZ| n i<:tr'ian Frl^coc' ?8 Mb^ EVERY N OWN By J. Hamilton Ayers, A. M, M. Dt Tbis Is a most Valuable Book lor the Housebold, teaching as it does tbe easily-distinguished Symptoms of different Diseases, tbe Causes and Means of Preventing- sucb : Diseases,and tbe Simplest Remedies which will alleviate or cure. ^ ^ ^ 5^8 fages, rro: The Book is written in plain e the technical terms which render i the generality of readers. This 1 ot Service in tlie Family understood by all. ONIiY 60 GEN' (Tlie low price only being made possi Not only docs this Book conta Disease, but very properly gives i pertaining to Courtship, Mai Hon and Rearing of M TOGETI Valuable Recipes and Pre Botanical Practice, Corre New Edition, Revised & Enti With this Book in the house there is n emergency. Don't wait until you have il end at once lor this valuable volume. oiMXiTr GO OEUKTI Send postal notes or postage stamps of ai BOOK JP 134 LEI pprr ID OF A MATCH. breakfast-table, as he asked for a second st one I'd suspect el such a thing; but >f a match is its light end," responded orned a skull. a air of triumph quickly retorted, M Pro lade by Dr. R. V. Pierce, and is called away blotches and pimples, purifies the ts one feel brand-new. Why, it cured nd wr? almost reduced to a skeleton, a, pale, sickly thing, but look at her: she's ie hundred and sixty-five pounds. That, oning." e " Golden Medical Discoveryn is in fact lood and curing all manner of pimples, id Scalp diseases. Scrofulous Sores ana ssed of such positive curative properties ing it, as they are doing, through drugt it will either benefit or cure in every inded. It also cures Bronchial, Throat ion (which is Lung-scrofula) yields to cen in time and given a fair trial. . ood, Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis* iffections, it is an efficient remedy. ling else, said to be "just as good," that There's nothing at all like the " Discor- \ te: no syrup or sugar to derange diges> as in its composition. It's a concentrated leasant to the taste. Equally good for rsa8t Medical Association, No. 603 | Ilff THE HEAD, bo matter of how long etaadiag, is REMEDY. 60 oeola, by druggists. tt'si favorite colic mixture iU ojreJJo'at ot every wj ojlhj of oollo, waatior l*tr mora thaa I or i Uoiea aeoaiiir/. It (low not oo> atlve aal U e ltlraly har.nl a u. After i) years ot trial : guarantee Is worth something. C?lio m?t ka ?nd a few centa and you have a oure on hand, rea.4? pi save a valuable horaa. If not at your druggist i oottle, seat prepaid. r nw?ii wd jl* fin . RAfhUnftm. Pit LVCtUliUU l? vvi; ? ? ivorite Colic I We cheerfully recommend Dr. XoM rnccets. It is I er's "lavorite Colic Mixture. WornM ice ever seen. | not bs without it as long cu tee ham t Dealer. \ hones. ISAAC MOSEX dt BRO^ Sew York. | bale and Exchange Stables, Easton, Pn GRATEFUL?COMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA BREAKFAST. "By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the opemtlons of digestion sod nutrition, and by a careful application of the One properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Eppe has pro Tided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured ber> orage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It Is by the Judicious use of such articles ol diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds or subtle maladies are floating around ol ready to attack wherever there Is a weak point We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping oarselves well fortlfled with pure blood and a property 'wmft ? ?UfHitd QfLXett/L Made simply with boiling water or milk. 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Pa. ? fsan 'doctor m fusely Illustrated. very-day English, and is free from Host Doctor Books so valueless to [look is intended to be i9 and is so worded as to be readily TS POST-PAID. ble by the immense edition printed.) in so much Information Relative to a Complete Analysis ot everything rriage and tlie producealtSijr Families; iER WITH scriptions, Explanation of ct use of Ordinary Herbs. gtrged with Complete Index. o excuse for not knowing what to do In an lxiess in your family before you order, but 7? POST-PAID. ny denomination not larger than 5 cents. UB. HOUSE, ONARD STREET, N. Y. City.