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Household Matters.
IRrSH STEW.
I Cnt two pounds of the neck of
mutton into small pieces, put it into
s. kettle with one onion sliced and a
^-^"bunch of pot herbs nicely dressed. Simmer
gently for one hour, then add two
tablespoonfuls of rice, simmer ten minutes,
add two potatoes cut into dice, and
while they are cooking ten minutes
longer, make your dumplings. Put a
pint of flour into a bowl, add a teaspoonful
of salt and a heaping teaspoonful of
baking powder, moisten this with about !
a gill of milk; the dough must be soft.
Form it lightly into bails, drop them on
top of the stew, cover the kettle, boil
ten minutes, season and serve.
MUTTON CLTI.ETS.
A way to serve cold mutton is to
cut it in nice pieces or ''cutlets'' about
half an inch thick. Dip these, after
beinc well salted and peppered, in melted
butter, and lay thcni aside until cold.
Then dip them in egg and bread crumbs,
and fry them in a little beef dripping
until brown on both sides. Lay each
piece on some brown grocer's paper to
absorb the grease, arrange on a platter
and pour a white saucc over them. This
eauce is made by thickening a pint of
milk with a heaping tablespoonful of
flour, mixed with some cold milk reserved i
from the pint. Salt and pepper. The j
mutton may be egged and breadcrumbed j
early in the day, and at dinner time,
after the sauce is made, it will take but
a few minutes to fry the cutlets. They
should be served very hot.
BRAISED BEEF.
Take four or five pounds of the round
L of beef and season it with salt, pepper,
ft a little chopped parsley, and a scant teaIP
spoonful of thyme, and tie up compactly,
ft Fry out some slices of fat salt pork in a
J deep pot and brown the beef in this,
| turning on every side, for about half an j
I hour. Dredge plentifully with flour,
I usiner fullv half a cun; add a wineglass j
of vinegar, two clovcs and half a bay
leaf. Cover closely and cook slowly two
hours. At the end of this time, add one
carrot, one turnip and one onion cut in
thick slices, also half a pint of hoi
water; cover and cook two hours longer,
6immering slowly. Take up the meat,
remove the strings, skim all the fat from
the gravy, and if not thick enough stir
in more flour. Serve the sliced vegetables
on the same platter with the meat.
Braising is strictly intended to be done
in the oven, anu a braising pan is one i
with a tightly fitting cover; but in the j
absence of such a utensil it may be done j
on the outside of the stove, if the pot is j
30 covered that no steam can escape.? i
Neu> York Observer.
HOCSEUOLD HINTS.
Ripe tomatoes will remove ink stains
from white clothes and also from the :
hands.
Never put away food on tin plates.
China, earthenware or glass are the only
receptacles for left overs.
II SOOt iaus upou mc taiycu w iug .
cover quickly with dry salt before ;
sweeping and not a stain will be left.
A little borax put in ths water in !
which scarlet napkins and red bordered
towels are washed will prevent them
^ from fading.
To oool a hot dish in a hurry set iu a
vessel of cold salted water. This will
extract the heat much more rapidly than
fresh water.
A small box filled with lime and placed
on a shelf in the pantry or closet, will j
absorb dampness and keep the air in the |
closet sweet and dry.
Plush goods and all articles dyed with
aniline colors faded by exposure to light,
can be made as bright as ever by sponging
with chloroform.
Instead of wetting biscuits to be
warmed over, put them in the oven closely
covered with tin. They will be almost
as good as when first baked.
Rub lamp chimneys with newspaper on
which has been poured a little kerosene.
This will make them much clearer than :
if soap is used; they will alio be less liable
to crack.
Ia patting away silver that 19 not to be 1
used for a considerable time, place it in j
an air-tight case with a good sized piece j
of camphor. It will keep bright for
months in this way.
There should always be plenty of good !
kitchen aprons, which protect the J
dresses so much. Long-sleeved and
high-necked sack aprons for children
should be kept on them while at play or
at the table.
When the glass globes of chandeliers
have become smoked and grimy, soak I
them in hot water to which a little sal I
fa soda has been added. Then put some
ammonia into hot water, enter the globes |
H^hnd scrub brUkly with a stiff brush. |
Rinse thoroughly aud wipe dry.
I The old fashioned idta that burning
I sulphur is a disinfectant is pronounced
g by physicians of the present day to apply
only to tbe rooms anu closets 01 a nouse,
but will not answer for clothing and
blankets, which should be washed in a
Bolution of carbolic acid and left in the
air for several days.
To take iron rust out of white goods
pour a teacupful of boiling water, stretch
the goods tightly across the top of it;
then pour ou a little of the solution of
oxilic acid dissolved in water and rub it ]
with the edge of a teaspoon or anything.
If it does not come out at once, dip it
down into the hot water and rub it again.
A Machine to Make Picket Fenees.
An ingenious Minneapolis man has
just perfected a machine which takes the
"edgings" of the sawmill refuse, and ,
.automatically makes them up into a picket
lence. The boards are trimmed into the
I-ehape of pickets and then the machine 1
binds them with wire. T^e machine
makes 120 pickets per minute. Those
who are up in feucc uulteis predict that
this new fence, CAlIed the combinatioa
foncp. in destined lo donolant barb wire.
: CURE'3 PERMANENTLY
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gufferei.l Years in Pain.
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ItkJCT I ?nrained pv r.rra clubbing ehe*tr
nuk < suffered years in m:n a:id could rot lift
mv &WS. It was finally cured by St. Jacobs ,
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AGRICULTURE, j
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE j
TO FARM AM) GARDEN.
SAVE THE LEAVES.
We not frequently sec piles of leaves
raked up and burned because tlicy disfigure
the grouuds. Loaf mould is valuable
fox- many purposes, and is especially
so for azaleas, rhododenrons and
kaliuius, and if these shrubs are mulched
with leaves every autumn they will fill
the accumulating mould with fibrous
roots and repay the trouble with a thriftier
growth and more abundant bloom.
All clippings from the shrubbery, old
dahlia stalks, potato vines and all rubbish
of that kind may be used to advantage
on small places by burying it around
the roots of trees or shrubs.?Seto York
Herald.
PLOWING.
"When the ground has been well
plowed in the fall it is not always necessary
lo plow again in the spring before |
planting. A good cultivation will stir
the soil sufficiently deep for planting and
the harrow will work iuto a proper tilth
for planting the seed. In addition to
the saving of the work by this
plan there is the advantage of having the
trash buried so deep that it will not be
disturbed either in preparing the land for
planting or in cultivating.
With all cultivated crops it is quite an
item to have the soil clean and in a good
tilth so that the cultivation can be commenced
as soon as possible. Work is always
pressing in the spring and it is not
only an item to save time but also to get
the work done in good season, and with
the ground well plowed in advance by
using the plow and cultivator a good
tilth can be secured with much less work
than would be necessary if the ground
must first be plowed and then worked into
a good tilth, while the results will be
fully as satisfactory.?Selraska Farmer.
VSR OF THE WHIP.
The whip should be utterly abolished ;
as a weapon for compelling the service of I
fp.iinoH Hrauo-ht animal?. It is useful in '
the training when rightly used for the I
purpose of teaching subjection and di- J
recting the movements of young animals, i
A colt may be touched with it, but never j
punished or struck in anger. Anger ,
should never be a?oused in any animal, j
much less in the man who is engaged in
teaching his colt to work. A colt prop- j
erly trained from its birth will have no !
vicious propensities that need to be
whipped out of him. "When it is.first
saddled or harnessed it needs to be taught
that there is nothing to fear, and if
mounted by a boy and led by an older
person until it learns what is to be done,
it may need to be touched by a light
whip, if it has not already been taught
to lead, or, if in harness, it has not al- |
ready been used to the lightest work. It I
would fully double the usefulness and !
value of all our working animals if the j
whip were abolished altogether as a j
weapon of punishment and used only for.
the purpose of guidance, and the drivers j
understood their business as well as the
animals which have been properly trained
to it. A trained driver is as necessary
as a trained team.?2?eu> York Times.
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Years of experience have satisfied many
that the best results from setting hens are
obtained -when they are left to themselves.
The making of desirable nests is
of much importance to successful hatching
of eggs; there are various styles ot
nests which have met with the very best
of results. We have had excellent results
by making a nest with two inches
of eand for the bottom, then place hay
or straw cut short to prevent the hen's
feet from catching in it and injuring the
eggs; hollow the nest only enough to
prevent the eggs from rolling out in
front, sprinkle thoroughly with insect
powder, then you are ready to give the
hen possession. Place her on the nest at:
night, and if necessary darken the box
by hanging a cloth in front until she sets
steadily. Do not forget to feed, water
and supply the setting hen with a good
dust bath, and 6ee that they are well
cared for.
Tf vmi intend tn lir?p<l thnrnncrhbred
" J"" * " a
poultry get the best, for it costs uo more
to feed, keep and house choice stock than
it does^the common mongrels, and there
is a great difference in their looks and
usefulness. It is a waste of time Aid
money to breed and feed poor fowls,
when good ones can be had at fair
prices.
Use every means to tame your birds;
some breeds arc more easily tamed than
others, but if you keep your poultry as
tame as a house dog they will lay more
eggs, and will also lay on more flesh than
if you had to chase them about every time
you wauted to look them over.?Poultry
Rev it w.
"RAISING HORSERADISH.
Here, where horseradish is grown
largely tor market, we have deep alluvial
soil, free from stone or clay?a good
sandy loam. The custom is to raise the
crop on the same land year after year, as
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| luc auji is UUL coanv uu \n uic iuuucis
I that break off and remain, sprouting in
I spring sometimes from the bottom of the
| furrow "where the plow cut them off in
I the fall. We never raise the first crop
on sod, but always after other crops.
Moisture is necessary, but not a damp
soil. We use horse-manure, ten cords
per acre, plowed in fall or spring and
harrowed well. Bows are three feet
apart and setts two feet apart in the
row. The setts are obtained in this way:
When a crop of radish is gathered in fall
the roots are trimmed of "spragles,"
leading the marketable root ready for
Bale; this is done in the field usually, or
it can be done under cover and shelter
ii toe weamtT ue coia or siormy. i nese
small rootlets, one-half to one-fourth inch
through, setts for next season's crop,
ace kept over winter by burying in the
gpouud, where only they will preserve
the freshness necessary to perfect growth.
A sett is a root three to eight inches long,
and should be dropped in a hole made
with a crowbar of the right depth to
ieave the top of the root two inches below
the turface; fill the soil around the
[ sett, and Leave it to start, which it will
do in four to six w<oeks. This work of
planting in spring is sometimes expedited
by laying the setts along m every
third furrow, and then plowing the soil
upon them. The large roots should not
be used to propagate from, either by
slicing, quartering, or even by planting
the crown; the root when grown takes
shape from the sett; and a root dug
titer one season's growth should be
gbdut ten inches long and two Incites
through, with the smaller routs (used for
setts) at the sides and below.?New York
Tribune.
PREPARING SOD GROUND FOR CORN.
Leading out of consideration the question
of plowing sod in the fall, if it is
plowed in the spring, it is best done as
soon as the ground is in good condition.
Sod ground can be plowed earlier than
fallow, stubble or corn-stalk ground, and
the sod will have none too long to partially
decompose before the corn is
planted.
A good plow for stubble or fallow land
is one that, moves the furrow-slice with
considerable force, breaking it up; but
such a plow is not a fit one for sod
ground, for it will leave parts of the furrow-slice
lying with the grass up, and
other parts standing on edge. The harrow
will theu leave many pieces with the
grass up, to grow again. The best plow
[ for sod is one that turns the furrow-slice
completely upside down, and no more,
! without breaking it. Then the plowed
ground can be fined without bringing
grass to the surface to grow again.
Sod requires more work than stubble
to put in good condition for the seed,
and the loss from planting on sod not
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wen preparcu is greater man uu ^tuuuic.
Unless the ground is thoroughly -worked
there will be crevices among and beneath
the sods, which will aggravate the effects
of both drouth and food. The pieces of
sod will constantly interfere with cultivation,
and if one of these pieces is beneath
a hill the corn will likely be torn up by
the cultivator. Neither will the sod be
so well decomposed and feed the crop.
Another reason for careful preparation
of the sod is that it is often infested
with cut worms and other worms. The
more the ground is stirred, the more of
these will be destroyed; and planting
may safely be deferred until the cutworms
have passed their voracious {period
and will do little damage. Quite frequently
sod ground, and especially clover-sod
ground, contains so many cutworms
that it is not advisable to plant it
until quite late. Only a poor stand will
remain. Last spring I allowed a fortyacre
clover-sod field to lie a month after
it was almost ready for the planter. One
of the employes became very impatient,
and thought I was wrong not to plant at
once, as some of my neighbors had done.
But much of their corn was cut off by the
worms, and they had only a poor stand,
with some hills a month behind the others.
"When I planted I had a most, excellent
stand and the field averaged
eighty nushels, sneuea, per acre, un
sod ground thoroughly prepared corn
grows so fast that it is safe to defer
planting until quite late, and this ground
is not apt to be hardened by rains as is
other ground.?American Agriculturist.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
It has been demonstrated that spirits
turpentine is one of the best remedies for
roup in fowls.
Rust and rot do more for the implement
maker in winter than wear and tear
do in summer.
Have coops provided and yards arranged
in readiness for the young chicks and
their mothers.
Do not crowd the fowls, especially as
warm weather comes on. Close quarters
invited disease.
The secrets of large yields always and
everywhere are rich soil, good seed and
thorough tillage.
More attention ought to be paid to the
teeth of our domestic animals. They often
suffer from neglect.
The farm may not yield big profits,
but is there any other calling so sure to
give a man a living?
The fruit orchard wants no fresh and
fermenting manures. Give it manure
that is well decomposed.
The farmer who makes his own pork
and beef puts another bond on health and
pays himself for so doing.
A small amount of easily digested food
is preferable to a larger amount that is
more difficult of digestion.
{3oui? swill is one of the sources of disease
in the hog. Much of it is kept until
it becomes too acid for even a hog.
Cleau earth is a good absorbent for the
poultry house, but should be removed
without fail before it becomes foul.
Use but do not waste or abuse the gifts
of nature. She supplies enough for all, if
we have the intelligence to use them
rightly.
It is a great luxury to live on a good
road. It pays every one living along a
rnnd tn do his share toward makinor it a
| good one.
When only one ingredient is lacking iu
the soil, that one when applied will produce
iust as good results as a complete
manure would.
Use salt as i fertilizer at the rate ol
about one barrel to the acre. In some
cases double the amount, as a t02>-dressing,
would be better.
A particular fertilizer may be beneficial
on one farm or field and of no value
on another, because that particular ini
gredient is not needed.
A tree planted in a poor, barren soil
will not thrive much by filling the hoh
i with good earth or manure. It wants
good soil and good care.
Corn cobs contain more potash than
wood. If they are used for fuel, and the
ashes saved, it will be the most economical
mode of disposing of them.
Give your farm credit for furnishing
you a home rent free and for a thousand
and one necessaries and luxuries which
you would have to pay cash for in a city.
Recipe for vicious horses?patience,
gentleness, firmness and petting, on*
pound of each. Mix thoroughly with
one half a pint of common seuse, and give
to the horse every day.
Running a dfiirv withont a thermom
~~ o ? J
eter is as inconvenient as running a household
without a timepiece. The good
workman must have good implements tc
produce the best results.
Grafting is an old art not sufficiently
appreciated. By it auy old fruit tree that
is healthy but unproductive can be soor.
changed in its character. Thousands o1
fanners do not know how to graft,
though it is easily learned.
Nitro-Glyccrine as Medicine.
The use of nitroglycerine in cases ot
emergency instead of alcohol is rcconi
mended by an English physician. A
drop on the tongue rouses a fainting
man, and it may restore life in the ease
of apparent death, as from drowning.
It has quickly relieved headache, hcarl
pains, and asthma, and strengthened
weak pulse in /evers.
One of the University of Pennsylvania's
oewest courses jj>-?iat in statistics.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
Hunger and thirst are life, satiety and
abundance death.
Sorrow is a heavy burden, sadness a
heavier, but heaviest is anger.
Humor usually tends toward good nature,
and everything that tends toward'
good nature tends toward good grace. 1
Experience keeps a dear school, but
fools will learn in no other. If you do
I not hear reason, she will rap your knuckles.
Noble examples stir us up to noble actions,
and the very history of large and
public souls inspires a man with generous j
thoughts. :
"Whatever anyone does or says, I must
be good; just as if the gold, or the emerald,
or the purple were always saying
this: "Whatever anyone else docs, I
must be emerald and keep my color."
Laws cannot prevent extravagance;
and perhaps it is not always an evil to
the public. A shilling spent idly by a
fool may be picked up by a wise person,
who knows better what to do with it; it
is, therefore, not lost.
i Dn not, think of vour faults: still less
of others' faults; in every person who
comes near you, look for what is good
and strong; hcnor that; rejoice in it;
and, as you can, try to imitate it; and
your faults will drop off like dead leaves,
when their time comes
The Butcher Plant.
A fascinating plant now being propagated
at the Botanical Garden la Washington,
is the "butcher," which kills
the insects and such things that it feeds
upon by crushing them alive, afterward
consuming them at its leisure. This is
considered to be ot ail vegetables the one
exhibiting an intelligence most neariy
approaching that which animais possess.
Its apDearance is not impressive save for
its peculiarity. Growing aiong the
ground it has for leaves little green
things snaped like open clam shells, the
biggest of them half an inch long, with
a row of little spikes around each edge.
As you observe the plant, most of the
clam shells will be open, waiting for
food?each of them a greedy mouth
ready to devour anything that may crawl
in. Here comes an ant. Perhaps he will
walk into one of these pail's of yawning
jaws. Yes, there he goes into the big
one, attracted by the sugary excretion on
inoirlo nf the minature clam shell,
which serves for a bait. The victim
reaches the middle point between the
jaws and comes in contact with six microscopic
hairs that grow inside the clam
shell leaf and serve the plaut as feelers.
Immediately the jaws close with a snap,
the two rows of spikes folding over the
shut edge of the clam shell, so as to give
the prey no chance of escape. If the insect
was much bigger and stronger than
an ant he would be quickly crushed to
death. It may be some hours before the
jaws will open again, the clam-shell
leaf being occupied meauwhilc digesting
the food captured. All the
leaves of the plant being engaged continually
in waiting for prey, catching it
and digestingit, it makes a very good
living indeed where bugs are plentiful.
In the green houses there are comparatively
few insects, however, and so the
head gardener feeds his butcher plant
from day to day with such delicacies as
finly chopped or scraped beefsteak and
earth worms cut up, which are devoured
with relish. The butcher plant is found
in North Carolina, and nowhere else iD
the world. Fears are entertained that
it will pass out of existence before long,
for there is very little of it existing in a
wi'.d 6tate and attempts to raise it from
seed have not thus far been very successful.
A curious thing about it is that it
will have regular fits of dyspepsia, if
such indigestibles as salt pork or the
heads of blue-bottle flies are fed to it.
The clam-shell leaves will turn black and
die after consumiug that sort of food. One
evidence of the intelligence of the plant
is afforded by the judgment it exhibits
in its diet. If a piece of paper just the
size of a fly is introduced between a paii
of the jaws they will close greedily upon
it, but will immediately open again, the
discovery having evidently been made
that the capture was not edible.?Globe
Democrat.
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spring i
U a necessity with nearly everybody. . rhe ran
down, tired condition at tills scaeon is due to Impurities
In the blood which have accumulated during
the winter, and which must bo ^xpelled If you
wish to feel well. Rood's Sarsaparllla thoroughly
purifies and vitalizes tho blood, creates a good appetite,
cures biliousness and headaohe, gives healthy
action to the kidneys and liver, and Imparts to the
whole body a feeling of health and strength. Try It
this spring.
"I take Hood's Sarsaparllla every year as a spring
tonic, with most satisfactory results."?C. Parmei.ee,
349 Bridge Street, Brooklyn.
Purifies the Blood
"Hood's Sarsaparilla purified my blood, gava me
strength and overcame tho headache and. dizziness,
60 that I am ablo to work again. I recommend
Hood's Sarsaparllla to others whose blood is thin
I or Impure, and who feel worn out or run down."
?Luther Nason, Lowell, Mass.
I "We have used Hood'6 Sarsaparllla for years, and
recommend it as the best spring inedJoloe or blooi
purifier. Our boy Is nlno years old and has enjoyed
good health ever since we began giving It to him."
?B. F. Geover, Rochester, N\ H.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Bold by all drufgljta. $1; tlx for $3. Prepared onlj
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IOO Poses One Dollar
N Y N IT?| U
Children
HjfJjsK Enjoy It
SCOTT'S
emulsion!
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I Children enjoy It rather than j
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I taking Scott's Emulsion after their j
Lmeals during the winter season. j
Betcare of gubitltulloiu and imitations, i
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How's Thin!
We offer Oae Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cure i by
taking Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
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West & Truax, \\ holesale Druggists, Toledo. 0. |
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gists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Care is taken internally, acting
directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Price, 75c. per bjttle.
Sold by all Druggists.
ONEoflhebig life insurance companies of
New York intends to put up a building in Salt
Lake City that will cost $1,500,030. _
Miss Larkins was bilious and feeble and sick.
And it seemed as if nothing would ever relieve
her.
Her liver was clogged with impurities thick.
And her stomacn was constantly burning
with fever.
Of the great G. M. D. she bought a supply,
, And uirections for taking pursued *.o the letter,
! 'Twas the best thing on earth she could possibly
try.
; And soon,very soon. Miss Larkins was better.
The G. M. D. which she took was Dr. Pierce's
I Golden Medical Discovery, the great remedy
; for bronchial, throat and lung diseases, sick
headache, scrofula, dyspepsia and all diseases
that have origin iu impure blood and a disordered
liver:
The cleansing, antiseptic and healing qualities
of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy are unequaled.
The "Valley of Death,'1 which is thecra'.er
or an extinct volcano ana coniams agreaiue.u
I of carbonic acid gas, la in Java.
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An exhibition of a thousand different sorts
j of horseshoes, including some made by the ancient
Romans, is going on In Lond ;n.
The Ladle* Delighted.
The pleasant effect and the perfect safety
with which ladies may use the liquid fruit
laxative. Syrup of Figs, under all conditions
make it their favorite remedy. It is pleasing I
to the eye and to the taste, gentle, yet effectual I
In acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels.
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use. Marvelous curcs. Treatise and $2 trial
bottle free. Dr. Kline. 931 Arch St.. Phila., Pa.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson
's Lye-water. Druggists sell at25c.per bottla
The U. S. Government makes regular pur- I
chases of "Tansill's Punch" .or the army.
i A Wonderful Pneumatic Rifle.
i Paul Gifford, the original inventor of
the Paris pneumatic post system, has
made a pneumatic rifle which is said to
be a wonder. It is described this way:
The weapon is much lighter than any of
the army rifles now in use. It resembles
the magazine gun in that a steel cartridge
about a span and a half long and as thick,
as a man's thumb is attached to the barrel
by means of a screw. This cartridge
contains 300 shots, which can be discharged
as rapidly or slowly as a man desires.
At. a roncnt trial the ball traveled !
with wonderful accuracy, and penetrated j
deep into the wall of the shooting room. I
As soon as one cartridge is emptied of its i
300 shots another can be screwed on the
gun in the twinkling of an eye. Mr. j
Gifford says that the 300 shots in a car- j
tridge can be produced at a cost of about i
three pcnce. The gun itself can be j
manufactured for about ?5.?Times-Dcmocrat.
The Head of the Shakers.
Frederick "William Evans, who foi
many years has been the Presiding Eldei
; of the Shakers in America, lives in rigid
i simplicity at New Lebanon, N. Y., on
the estate of 4000 acres which the
Shakers have owned since 1770. He is
eighty-two years old, but is still vigorous
in bodv and mind, and is the real head j
of his people. "We live here in soli-I
tude," said Mr. Evans to a visitor, "and
grow up like the trees in California. Our
f life is simple and we believe that every
person born has an equal right to the
soil."
Cocoauut Day in India.
' "Cocoanut day" is celebrated in most
parts of India during the full moon in
August. On that day numbers of nuts
i are thrown into the sea as an offering to
the Hindoo god. Occasionally one
i meets with deformed nuts, consisting of
the husks with small nuts having no ker!
nel inside. The natives attribute this
f blighting to the tree-frog, which, by
I smelling the flower, can prevent the fruit
j from coming to maturity.?Popular
1 Science Monthly.
Vledicine
* The chief reason for the maryelous success oI
Hood's Sarsaparllla in found In the article Itself I
It Is Merit that wins, and tho fa^; that Hood'i
Sartoparllla actually accomplishes what Is olalmed |
for It, ts what has mado It the medicinc flr3t la the [
confidence of our countrymen, and given to Hood's j
o?....in. ? nnnninritv and salo irreater than that |
ottisa^aiiuu u # ? - _
of any other bloo:l purifier.
"Early last spring I was very much run down,
had nervous headache, felt miserable and all that
I was'very much benefited by Hood's Sarsaporllla
and recommend it to my friend?."?Mrs. J. 1L Ta7lor,
1119 Euclid Avenue, Clevolan J O.
Creates an Appetite
"I wish to enroll my cams as one of those who
have derived health from the use of Mood's Sarsaparllla.
For many years I have taken It, especially
in the early spring, when I am troublod with dizziness,
dullness, unpleasant taste In my mouth In the
morning. It removes this bad taste, relieves my
headacho and makes mo feel greatly refreshed.
The two bottles I have used this spring havo been
worth many dollars to me. I advise all my friends
to take It"?Jons Bi.vss, 663 43d Street, Town of
Lake, Chicago, HI
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
r Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $3. Prepared calj
by C. I. HOJD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
IOO Doses One Dollar
DENQMNQ "without
rCBalUlla JjIk. C2
or JOSEPH II. HUNTER, ATTORNEY,
WASHINGTON, D. C'.
CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH
PENNYROYAL PILLS
?RCD CROSS DIAMOND BRAND.
Biife and tlwmja reliable. L*4In, A
uk Dr?(ff>t for DUmtnd Mrtnd, In /l\
nsli metallic boirt, Malad will) his* JK^\
ribtwn. Take do ether. 1u pills \uy
In puteboiril born, pink wrappm, an VST
dunftraai counterfeits. Scad 4a. v
( larnpi) fer particular!, tcttloenlala anil
"Keller for Ladles," <m Utttr, k; rotaro
Ball. Nana r*tper.
lllrtir.t.r (lam'l Co.. HidUoc R? . rVlla.. P?
AFTER ALL OTHERS M
CONSULT DIt. LOIJB, 3if) North Fifteenth
(Street, i'iiiladelpliiu. Tivouty years' ox{*?rloac<
in special diseases; euros the worst of Se rrjui
Complaints, Bloo I i'olsoalUjf, Ulotehe.l, Eruptlom,
Piles, Catarrh, Ulcers Sores, Impaired Memory
Despondency, Dimness of Vision, I.uug, Liver
Stomach, Kidney (Bright'* Disease); confldeQtiaL
tmcall or writo for que.itloa list and book.
1 present.) ?no iunycA
dorse Ble K * the onlj
Map Ckt?i la specific for the certain enri
jwi TO & DATB.^i of this disease.
JHfcaanatMd sol t?? G. H. INGRA11 AM, M. D.
eanw Btrtcwa- Amsterdam, N. Y
? urdoalj by tka We hare sold Blfir G fa
n. many years, and It liai
VMUtUI BMBW109^^ v#n the b,st of satla
Cincinnati ,? faction.
d.r-dtchekco..^
TnZ^^^^JUrklit.OO. Bold by Dro*rUU
v-.-. ,-y.v* ~o*<r
Said Sarah to Mary:
" Pray, tell me, dear cousin, what
Sure, a few months ago you wc
Now your cheeks, once so rosy,
Your tbln, trembling hands are
Your nerves are unstrung, ycui
And you act and appear like a
Said Mary to Sarah:
" Your comments seem rough, hi
For nobody knows how acutelj
I am sick unto death and well
With female disorders and ner\
I've doctored and dosed till my
And life hardly seems worth ti
Said Sarah to Mary:
" Forgive me, my dear, If my co
Anu, pray, try a cure that is c
'Tis needless to suffer t^ mum
And nass half your days in eu<
For ' female disorders' of ever
Are certainly cured by Pierce'i
Mary heeded tlus good advice, bought a
supply of Dr Pi6? ce's Favorite Prescription
and it wrought a perfec cure. The <
history of her marvelous restoration to *,
health is similar to that of thousands.
Dr Piece's Favorito Prescription is the i
world-famed remedy for all those chronic
weaknesses and distressing derangements so
common to America \ women. It is a most
potent, invigorating, restorative tonic, or
strength giver, imparting tone and vigor
1 ^
t Billons Headache,
tion, Billons Attacks
bowels, are promptly relie
DR. PIERi
Purely Vegetable ai
J A? a XjI"
ONE PELLET A D<
For Fifty Years
the I
Standard
Blood-purifier
and
Tonic,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
has no equal ;
as a 1
]
Spring
Medicine.
Prepared by
Dr. ?J. C. Ayer & Co.,
Lowell, Mass.
YOU will HAVE MONEY,^y^-T^7^0
Time, Pain, Tronbls
and will CURB
CATARRH libera
BY USING Mr yffM
ELI'S CREAM BALM.
Apply Balm Into each nostril
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uulde or How to Uet a Patent. Patrick O'Farrell.
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PlENSiON^SS^ra
'Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
Late Principal Examiner D. S. Pension Bureau.
3 jrg iu last war, IS abjudicating claim*, atty ninoo,
n nr Yjricr CHOLERA and ROUP
I _ /I L^H ^kdeitroyyour Poultry. Send
Vn l \ I \^A\J Js one-cent stamps for a
^'V^argeilluitratedcatalogue.
Tells you how you can learn to prevent and 'ire
all thelrdlseases. A. ML LAX6. Cove Dale. Ky
DETECTIVES I
Wanted .n ererr County Shrewd men to act unJer Instruction!
mourSecre* Serticc. Kxpericucenotn^cetsarr. Particular* frc*.
urunnan Dctectlve Bureau Co. Areii?,CiscIca?tl,0.
SPRING BEDsT"
[fyou want employment send at once for circulars,
with directions how to get asplendld Spring Bed for a
little work or cash. J. H. Elsaxek, Castoriand, N. V.
am?i? lad All vn PAW
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i
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m MONEY IN CHICKENS.
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m M J&i practical poultry raider during 2 I
?in It tCii hi^ )iu<v to dMfi't and
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TL.-,-Jv _.forf?ttMJ''nst; which fowls to save for
raSLT*??tii^J2'broe:l.n^.J;o, 4c A:lilres?
HOOK tt'B. HOl>B, tit* Leonard St.. K. T. Cllj. I
DR. KOEIII.GR
for all domestic animals will
uleut or spasmodic. llarely
stipule, rulber acts aj a laxat
In moro Uiaa SM) cass.i our
treated promptly. Kxpe;
wlieu needed, and peruapeuclose
50 codu for Handle t>
] uk Dr. KoijUer'a "tUvi
Mixture" right alonj icithxw
the lest colic medicine i navt
, ^"iTi m/,,||-|| |.|,
|J| Be3t Cough Mcdicino. 1
Cures where all else fails.
U| taste. Children take it wit]
_____
can bo the matter?
re fairer and fatter.
are sunken and sallow,
as hueleas as tallow; -$??
r temper is shaken,
woman forsaken."
lMhe^facts are etill rougher,
nigh desperation,
ous prostration,
stomach is seething tdm
le trouble of breathing."
mments seem crusty, >389
rtain and trustv.
aur and languish
:h pitiful anguish,
7 aescriptior i
Frvorite Prescription."
to the whole system. As a soothing nervin#,
it it is unequaled. Seo guaranteo printed | ,;~
on bottle-wrapper and faithfully carried oat,
for many years.
A Book of 1G0 pages, treating of Woman;
and Her Diseases, and their Self-cure, sens
in plain sealed envelope, to any address, oil
receipt of ten cents, in stamps. .
Address, World's Dispensary Medical
Association, No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo,
IEADACHE. M
Dizziness, Constipation, Indigos,
and all derangements of the stomach and
ved and permanently cured by the use of "
GETS PELLETS. .
id Perfectly Harmless.
VJfcJR FIXjIj, Unequalcdl
f\0T| SMALLEST, CHEAPEST,
JmJW . IF.AS"1""" np'> " "?
TRUTH 1
AND NOTHING BUT THE
TRUTH II
THAT
DR. TOBIAS' |j
VENETIAN LINIMENT
ACTS LIKE A CHARM for pains and aohet
3f *11 descriptions. Try it and be convinced.
Send to us if your druggist or storekeeper does not
Keep our goods.
DEPOT, 40 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK. Vi
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yg DR. SCHENCK'S
fed QEAWEED |
a * TONIC I
js la a Potitiro Curo for
DYSPEPSIA
I? Atidall DlaordoraoftheDig*t>
We Organs. It la likowiao ?
v..* KiW corroborative, or strengthenf
L-Tft">a '"I? Medicine, and may b?
k i/fyjy taken with great benefit in all .
? cMea of Debility, For Sale If
*11 Druggists. Price, 81.00 per bottlo. Dr.Scheackv
Hew Book on Lnngs, Liter and Stomach mailed froa.
Mdreu. Dr.J.H.SCHENCK & SOW. Philadelphia.
m VULCANIZED FIBRE
Axle washers. i
f| CHEAPEST AND BEST.
OUTWEAR FOUR LEATHER ONES
Ask your Hardware Dealer for them, or wrlto to
Vulcanized Fibre C'o.t 14 Dfcy St., Now York.
N Y NO?16
?TA^TOC!
PAYS THE FREIGHT.
lUJ '?/ 5 Ten Wazon Scale*,
/WXF^ IJ Iron Levari. Steel Bcariaffs, Braa
j. ^Cc Tare Bt^un ted Dum Bw* for
ySy???&5k SGO. .:
&^HyQTQfujK^ Every site Sc*Jo. For tree pr.Ge JM
to*9?.\i5*35r-*. mtntionthis p*per an(t *ddrew
WNES OF BINGHAMTON,
binghaiuton. n. v.
fllllMti ilAHlX, Only Llorttli aid
iIDIIIm ??y c'Oillila U?? WoriL Or.
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DXTCIITC l'atent. No I'ny! Book Iree
r R I CH I w N. W. Fitzgerald A Co., Wai.i., D. C
'S FAVORITE COLIC SIIXTURK
cure 99 out of ererjr 15U caw> oI colic, whether rt?V
moro thaa 1 or 2 doae* necesi-iry. U does aot 00a;ire
and Is entirely Uarntlejj. After J3 yeir; of trill
guar.xawj U worth ?o:nc:hiuj. Collo must be
ad a few cent* an-l you Uave a cure 0.1 haal, realr
1 aarj a valuable horse. If no: at your drain's,
ottlo, H6ut prepaid.
OEllIiER Sc CO., Bethlehem. I'r.
>rita Colic I We chttrfallu reooinnieni Dr. AToeHJer'i
cc?a?. It is "Favorite Colio Mixture." It'ouH >w<
: ever neeti. I be without it in lonj at we hat'J hvrji%.
Dealer, I .ISAAC MOSES ? PRO.,
ew York. | Sale and. Scccluinje Stables, Easton P.u
Rccommcndcd by Physicians. Kjj
Pleasant and agreeable to the Pfl ' JL
tiout objection. By drupRists. El vf&
y.n_ Jiw^iy *? iiiMi :'m
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