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f _____ , A Hopj's Affection for a Hea. ' The large, blooded Poland-China boar Rob Roy III., owned in the town of Wayne,N. Y., says a New York Sun correspondent, has more than a local reputation, not only for his breeding, but for the fierccness of his nature. He is of enormous size. "With the exception of his owner, he will permit no one to come near him, and the only other living thing on the farm that he ever had any friendship for was a dominick hen, which had been his almost inseparable companion and attendant for more than a year. The big hog has the run of half an acre of ground, and he has rooted that over and over again, for apparently no other purf pose than to provide the hen with worms and other insects, without her having to take the trouble to scratch for them her\ self. The hog and the hen could be seen any day in good weather making the rounds of the enclosure, the hog turning up the ' ground with his great snout, and the hen standing ready to seize the worm or bug (the rooting revealed. The hog would watch the hen as she searched in the upturned dirt for insects, the old fellow grunting contentedly the while, and apparently having no object in life but to (root for the hen. When sne bact gone thieugh one rooting of soil the boar would plow up another one, and keep on until the hen's appetite was satisfied. Then Rob Roy III. would stretch himself in the sun for a nap, and the hen would either wallow in the dust by his side, or perch on his body somewhere and wait for her big admirer to wake up. i The hen always took her place on the edge of the boar's swill trough when his feed was poured in, and picked out such morsels as his nosing about the trough brought to the surface. k A week ago another pig was turned K into Rob Roy's enclosure, and the big W*- hog tolerated her presence. She fed at ft the same trough with him, and all went 5 well until Saturday. The dominick hen ' perched herself as usual on the edge of the trough at feed time. The new pig did not approve of this, and, with a quick and savage movement, caught the hen by the neck and bit it in two before she could squawk. For a moment Rob Roy turned his head and gazed at the flutter ing and pirouetting of the bleeding and headless body of his friend.Then he made ene rush upon the dominick's slayer, and before his owner, who had been a witness of the hen's taking off, could interfere, Rob Roy had torn the other pig so frightfully with his long tusks that she died in a few minutes. last Coin Spent by Abraham Lincoln. Dr. J. B. Mobley, of Fairburn, Ga., has a curiosity, with a history of unusual interest attached, in the shape of a tencent piece?not a dime, but a regular ancient ten-center. It runs this way On the evening of the 14th of April, 1865, the night on which President Abraham Lincoln was killed, the President, before reaching the opera house, walked into a drug 6tore close by and bought of the druggist a bottle of smelling salts, paying him therefor ten cents. He handed the druggist the exact change, this identical ten-cent piece. T --A it.. T> : j ? t. ?...t ii,? g| just us me rrcsiucut wamcu uui ui tuc B drug store, Charley Lines, a Union soldier n and a member of the 146th New York g Volunteers, entered the store and bought I a cigar tor ten cents, and handed the fc^jdruggist a twenty-five-cent piece, and r^**tbe-druggist said: 8 "Here is ten cents just paid me by If President Lincoln, and here u a five-cent M shin-plaster." 0 Private Lines placed the ten-cent piece Eg in his vest pocket and went on his way rejoicing in the flavor of his cigar. The next hour and a half brought the news Hi to the soldier that the President had H| been fatally wounded at the opera house. The soldier thought of the ten-cent piece immediately, being the last money Kg the President had spent while in life. |k He valued it very highly, and in the fall of 1866 he met with Dr. J. B. Mobley jgs and told him about the ten-cent piece he gtf had. The doctor laughingly asked jm Colonel Lines what he would take for I the piece, ana Uoionei Lines remarked, jokingly, he would take $25 for it, whereupon Dr. Mobley pulled out the amount and handed it to him. Colonel Lines wanted to back out, but Mobley insisted, and finally received the piece from the hands of Colonel Lines. It appears the drug store mentioned was only a few steps from the opera house, and, further, that the President had a private box at the opera, and, consequently, had no ticket to purchase as he went in, and Colonel Lines stated it to be a fact that the d.-uggist said the President gave it to him. At any rate, this is strong evidence that this is the identical last ten cents Abe Lincoln ever disposed of during his life. It is dated 1827, with the Goddess of Liberty, and the eagle with three arrows in his claws and marked 10c.?Atlanta Constitution. ["Good and Honest." fjjy *8 thus Praise<^; a'aXV State of Ohio Tress^^1 mM1II\ UT DePl> Columbus, f7/*l ^rvfir ohl0,Fcb-6'1889" V??y I #^V|| "I have used St. Ja^ \ 9\\r cobs Oil in my family for years, and find it to be tbe medicine of medicines FC? GENERAL USE. It Is a good, honest medicine and honest men will not hesitate to recommend it to suffering humanity." JOHN P. SLEMMONV. Bookkeeper. AT DRfGGISTS AST DEALERS. THE OHAHLES A. VOGELES CO.. Btjtlmort. Md._ THE GREAT CONQUEitO.t OF PAIN, For Sprninn, Bruinen. Backache. Pain in tlicClirit ?r Side*. Headache, Toothache, rany other external pain, a lew application* rubbed on by hand, act like magic, eaurins the pain tu iiKtanily Atop. ForConee?tlon?. Collin. Bronchitis, Pneu 1-- '??- !>l........rlxn. NVu. Iralcin. l.ntnbasro. Sciatica, more thorouzh *n<l rrpfxted application* arc nrccnaary. All Internal Painx, IMarrlieea, Colic. Spa* ma. .Ncuiea. Painting Spell*. Nervaua* eta. Sleepleitanen* hit relieved inHtautly. and <?icUly cured by taking: inwardly '2b lm (>H dt-ap* in half a tumbler of water. 30c. a battle. All Druggist*. R AP!llSS Ab excellent and mild Cathartic. Purely Vegetable. The Safest and Best OTerficina In the world lor the Curaof all Disorders I the LIVER, STOMACH OR BOWELS. Tmleip according to direction* rbey trill reaiora health Anil renew vitality. 13we Wtu.* Sox. Sold bj til ' J >> AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OF INTEREST REL.\TI\E TO FAKM AND GARDEN. THE FARMER FEEDETH ALL. My lord rides through his palace gate, My lady sweeps along in state, The sage thinks long on many a thing, And the maiden muses on marrying; The minstrel harpsth merrily, The sailor plowsthe foaming sea. The huntsman kilis the good red deer, And the soldier wars without a fear. But fall to each whate'ei befall, The farmer he must feed them all. Smith hammereth cheerily the sword, Priest preacheth pare and holy word, Dame Alice worketh broidery well. Clerk Richard tales of love can tell, The tap-wife sells her foaming beer, Dan Fisher lisheth in the mere, And courtiers ruffle, strut and shine, "While pages bring the Gascon wine; But fall to each whate'ei* befall. The farmer he must feed them all. Man builds his castles fair and high, Whatever river runneth by, Great cities rise in every laud. Great churches show the builders hand, Great arches, monuments and towers, Fair palaces and pleasing bowers, Great work is done, be'fc here and there And well man worketh everywhere; But n-ork or rest, whate'er befall, The farmer he must feed them all. ?C?iarles G. Leland, in Independent. HOW A COW MAT BE TESTED. To test the ability of a cow to turn food into milk and butter several days' U*U1JILI?? TOU4 Ut IC^UllCU UV UIOV. JVU* ing this time the food is gradually increased one-tenth each day, or more if it can be done safely, until the cow's ability to eat is discovered. When the highest point of this is reached steady feeding at the same rate is continued for a week and the produce carefully weighed, the quantity of food also being accurately measured. The gradual increase during the training period is also noted. It is not safe to continue the test more than a week, as, if the appetite falls off from excess cf food given, the loss of yield is greater in proportion than the increase has been, and sometime will be required to reach the normal product again. Many fine cows have been injured by this sort of experimenting, and some have been killed.?New York Times. GIRDLING GKAPE VINES. To determine the question whether the practice 01 giruiing cne grape vine produces increased size at the expense of quality, says Orchard and Garden, a careful experiment has been made during the past season by Dr. Jabez Fisher, at the instigation of the Massachusetts Experimental station. The results show a decided gain of teu days in ripening of I the fruit, with largely increased size of berries, but with the drawbacks of a loss by cracking open and the production of berries too soft for market. Both of these were due to the wet weather, and would be lessened in a dryer season. In the matter of quality there was no loss of j sugar, but, on the contrary, an increased sweetness in the fruit from the girdled | vines compared with those not girdled. The gain in earlincss would make the crop more valuable, and the increased size of the fruit would make it very at | tractive, and more than make up tor trie I softness of the berry. There is also to ! be considered the injury which may be j done to the vine in repeating this operation yearly. HOW TO KEEP HONEY. All surplus should be removed from hives at the close of the honey season; if left it will soon become dark and have a solid appearance, and bees cannot protect a large surplus so well, and unless the hives are very close, robbers will find their way to the honey. Comb-honey should be carefully stored in a close building, so that bees cannot find it; not in cellars or underground repositories of any kind, but above ground, and have plenty of light and air, and at the same time prevent bees from entering. Combhoney can be kept free from ants and other insects by placing it on tables the feet of which may set in basins of water and kerosene. Ants are very destructive to comb-honey; they puncture the cappings and destroy its appearance. Extracted honey should not, as yet, be kept in air-tight vessels, as it is still in process of ripening, and if the gas that is produced cannot escape it will burst the packages; hence, they should have a small opening at least. Extracted honey may be kept together in any quantity if pretty well ripened; if not, it should be in small quantities. Earthenware and tin are probably best for keeping extracted honey in, although kegs and barrels can be used, but should first receive a coating of beeswax inside. This can easily be done by pouring in melted beeswax and running it over the surface.?City and Country MANAGING UNEASY COWS. To sit down to milk a cow that is disposed to kick, or is so uneasy as to be continually stepping is an annoyance that leads to a very strong desire to use Untiee if nnt tlfinrrJ lrnnnbc^ on/1 it is the development of this desire on the part of rough helpers that frequently ruins an otherwise valuable animal, says W. H. Foreman, in the Southern Lice Stock Journal. Any habit of this kind is injuiious in more ways than one; it makes an undesirable animal, and the constant interruption in the milking tends to diminish the flow of milk. We recently purchased a fine cow that was soon to come in, at a surprisingly low price; at calving time we thought we discovered the reason; upon attempting to milk, the cow had formed the habit of lifting her foot so constantly and so close to the pail that it rendered milking almost impossible. In devising ways and means for prevention we took a ring and staple and attached it to the sill in the barn directly back of where the cow was stauchioned; we then took a strap with buckles and buckled around the right hind leg just above the fetlock,and setting the foot back, hitched the other end to the ring. We then sat down and went to milking, the cow attempted to take her foot up over the pail; but every time it came back in its place, and our milking continued in full confidence of A ataw/trtf a/1 frlolp tlio aaictj. auci iciicatcu ujuia ?* gave up for a few minutes, and then would try again with the same result. As soon as we finished milking, the cow was released. We continued putting on the harness, and for some time she would tr^ to continue the old trick, but finding it was of no avail she poon tired of it. After pursuing this treatment for about three weeks we omitted the placing of the strap and there was not a foot raised. The cure was effectual; no harsh words were employed, but the animal soon discovered that she was cvZitroled by a power superior to her own, and very gracefully yielded to its influence. I It miglit be somewhat different in the case ot an absolutely vicious and ugly kicking cow, and yet we have no doubt that the above treatment will subdue them, although the attaching of the strap would be attended with some danger. HORSES AT REST. These are some curious facts about the disposition of horses to lie down. To a hard working horse repose is almost as great a necessity as good food, but tired as he may be he is often shy about lying down, even when a nice clean bed of straw is provided for him. The writer once rode a mare seventy miles in a single day. The stable in which she was put for the night was as comfortable in every way as it could be made, yet she stood the whole night through. She ate her oats and hay and then went to sleep, leaning forward with iier breast against the manger. There are horses that have never been seen to lie down, and if they have ever done so it was only for a short time and at an hour when they were not likely to be seen. No marks have ever been discovered upon their coats which would indicate that they had been lying I dnwn A hnrup is rpralled now that oc cupicd for fifteen years, from the time he was two years old, the first stall in grandfather's stable. Up to the hour he diei no one had ever seen him lying down, and several times after wearisome drives i of about eight or ten hours a watch was placed on him to see if during the night he would lie down, but he was never caught in that position, and he would not be tempted to recline by even the sweetest and cleanest of bedding. He died literally upon his feet. He was taken sick, and in giving him a drench from a long-necked bottle, with his head pulled up to a beam, he suddenly fell back and expired. Unless a horse lies down regularly his rest cannot be complete, and his joints and sinews stiffen, and while it is true that horses that sleep in a standing position continue to work for many years, it is equally true that they would continue to work for many years longer and perform their work much better if they rested naturally. Young horses from a country stable may refuse to lie down _t i wnen put luiu a sinuic m lvvvu, ?uu iue habit may be confirmed unless inducements are offered. Horses can be taught to lie down, and they can also be taught to be as neat and cleanly in their habits as individuals. It is a very rare thing for horses afflicted with a disease that superinduces fever to lie down. They will stand up until nature becomes completely exhausted and their limbs refuse to sustain them. They have an instinct which teaches them that if they lie down it may be difficult for them to get upon their feet again. A sick horse, because of his evident knowledge of his own condition and his inability to communicate the symptoms and the nature of it, comJ mends himself to human sympathy more than any other animal. Horses have a horror of death, and especially dread death in their own kind. A horse may be sick in company with a stableful of horses and the others will not notice him at all, but the moment he dies there is ' consternation throughout the entire ' stable. A horse may be absolutely fear! less of every inanimate thing that comes to his notice, but will be frightened beyond measure at the sight of one of his own kind lying dead by the roadside. FAItil AND GARDEN NOTES. Fat vegetables require fat land. Don't plant in a restricteu area. Girls, have a fine show of flowers. Farm for both profit and pleasure. Don't set aside your poorest land for the garden. Don't depend on the markets or your neighbors for supplies. How many tradesmen and men in other lines of business are bankrupted to one on the farm? One bushel of cornmeal is worth nearly three bushels of oats as food for fattening hogs. "Management." This one word has more meaning on the farm than is generally suspected. Tastes differ; if you are making butter to sell you must consult the tastes of your customers. The farm may not yield big profits, but is there any other calling so sure to give a man a living? It requires 13.80 pounds of skim milk to produce one pound of pork when fed with cornmeal; ratio 1.147 to fattening hogs. Skim milk could not be economically fed to fattening hogs unless it was a product which could not be otherwise utilized. Stand up like a man and honor voui calling. You may have wrongs, but they are not in your farm, although some of them may be in your iarming. The sweet cream will make butter of very mild flavor; if you prefer its flavor to that of ripened cream, thea the question is settled so far as you are concerned. You can churn sweet crcam and get all the butter out of it; you can churn slightly acid cream and get all the butter, or you can churn thick, sour cream and get all the butter. The seed-bed should be in perfect condition, which means mellowed deep, all manure thoroughly incorporated with the soil, harrowed and plunked until all clods are reduced fine. If you gather the butter in the churn before washing it you will have butter with a decideu buttermilk flavor. There is no objection to this?if one likes it? but it is not true butter flavor. All seeds, so far as possible, should be sown by drills, of which there are several excellent makes. The advantages > . of regularity of depth, even distribution eoTrinrf nf cnnrl nrp mntt.nrs of rrrpat auvi V,* ...v. -- 0 irapoitance, to say nothing of the amount of ground that can be sown in a day, which is a great saving of time. Stable and yard manure is considered by many a complete manure, and as such indispensable for market gardening, but it has been demonstrated that on some soils a combination of stable man 17e, and j commercial fertilizers have and do inj variably produce the best, earliest and : consequently the most profitable crops. Have a place in which to deposit what; ever will burn and will not soon make rotten manure. A shallow trench of ; proper size should be made to hold the ashes. When a burning has been made cover over the trench with boards to prevent the aches from being blown away. This will give you a valuable fertilizer and 1 rid you of much rubbish that is but an unsightly encumberuucc to any farm or garden. HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. ERADICATING INK STAINS. Ink stains can be taken out of carpets, rugs and other woolen goods if sweet milk is applied to the soiled places directly. First lay a sheet of blotting paper over the place to soak up the ink, then with a piece of cotton batting wash off the place with milk,changing the batting for a clean piece as soon as it becomes much soiled. Continue this until the ink no longer shows, then wash off with hot suds, rinse with clean warm water and rub dry with a clcan cloth.? HWiington Star. MIXING MATERIALS. In the compounding of rcciues various methods are employed for mingling together the different ingredients, chief of which are stirring, beating and kneading. By stirring is meant a continuous motion round and round with a spoon without lifting it from the mixture, except to scrape from the sides of the dish occasionally any portion of the material that may cling to it. It is not necessary that the stirring should be all in one direction, as many cooks suppose. The object of the stirring is to thoioughly blend the ingredients, and this may be accomplished as well by stirring in one direction as another.?Farm, Field and Stockman. PAPER FOR PILLOWS. All England is crazy on the subject of paper pillows. Tear the paper into verj small pieces not bigger than the finger nail, and then put them into a pillow sack of drilling or light ticking. They are very cool for hot climates and much superior to feather pillows. The newspapers are printing appeals for them for hospitals. Newspaper is not nicc for use, as there is a disagreeable odor from printer's ink; but brown and white paper and old envelopes are the best. As they are torn stuff them into an old pillow case until a sufficient quantity is had. The easiest way is to tear or cut the paper in strips about half an inch wide and then tear or cut across. The finer it is, .ho lirrhter it. mnkps the mllows. *"*v "O***"" XT AN EFFECTIVE TABLECOVER. A very effective tablecover can be quickly manufactured of a piece of sheeting linen a yard and a quarter square, including the fringe, which is made by ravelling the linen to the depth of three inches and knotting the top. A row of feather-stitching, worked in heavy linen floss, forms a heading. Two of the corners diagonally opposite to each other are decorated with three fern leaves, embroidered in outline stitch; one curving toward the left is worked with orange silk, one toward the right with brown, while between the two, interlacing both, is the graceful-maiden hair fern in a very pale shade of yellow green. The design in the other two corners is a spray ol sumach leaves wrought in crimson silk, drooping toward the right, a spray ol acorns and oak leaves in dark-brown, cx tending toward the lett, ana oetween them a cluster of rose leaves, in lighter brown. It would be difficult to produce a prettier piece of work with the same outlay of time, skill and expense.?New York Tribune. TO PRESERVE MEATS. Commissioner of Agriculture Henderson has fouud another excellent recipe for preserving meat, which he is anxious to have the farmers of Gcorsia make use of, as he considers it an excellent one. For 1000 pouuds of meat, mix with 100 pounds of salt, two pounds of saltpetre, one and a half pouuds cloves, one pound cayenne pepper, six pounds brown sugar, and dissolve in water. Then boil slowly and skim well, until the brine' is strong enough to float an egg. If necessary add more salt. Trim meat well and pack in water tight barrels, and when the compound is cold pour in until the meat is covered, and weight it down so as tc keep it submerged. Keep on hand enough of the compound to add as it evaporates. In four or five weeks the meat will be ready to nang up, men taKe it oui, wasu well and hang up. This should be done iQ dry weather, and it would we well to dry out with slow fires. When thoroughly dry, take down and sew up neatly in a covering of shirting or ducking, which cover well with a paste made of two parts lime and one part of wheat shorts 01 flour. See that the paste is put on thick enough to exclude the air. Hang up in cool, dry place, and the meat will keep for years.?Atlanta Constitution. RECIPES. Corn Bread?One cup of flour, two cups of Indian meal, batter the size of an egg, sweeten and salt to taste, one teaspoonful of soda, one cup of soui milk or buttermilk. Baked Tomatoes?Take eight or ten tomatoes, peel and slice rather thick, and put into a deep baking-dish; season lihernllv with salt. neDner. and two ounces butter; cover over with bread crumbs, and then pour over a little butter clarified by heating, and bake in a moderate oven a third to half an hour. Serve hot. Brown Bread?Scald one cupful of Indian meal, add to this one pint of sweet milk and stir till the meal is well mixed, three-quarters oi a cupful of molasses, one teaspoonful cach of salt aud soda, and Graham meal enough to make a batter that will pour with great difficulty. This makes one large loaf. Bake one hour and a half. Beef Kidney Stew?Wash, remove all bits of skin and fat, cut into small pieces, and soak in salt and water for one hour or more. Brown a lump of butter in a stew-pan. Drain the kidney, and put it in the stew-pan; nearly cover it with water, and allow it to cook slowly for two hours. Thicken with a little fljur and butter, and serve hot on toast. Dried Turnips?Pare, slice and cut them in dicc an inch square, boil till nearly done in as little water as possible, and to one quart turnip add a tablespoon nf sucar. and salt to taste; when boiled ? ?0?J ... as dry as possible without burning, add two or three spoons of cream, a beater, egg, aud serve. Slices of turnip or parsnip left from a boiled dinner are nice browned in a little butter the next day. Lemon Cake?Two cupfuls of sugar, one half cupful of butter, three eggs, one cupful of milk, three cupfuls of flour, three level teaspoonfuls of baking powder; bake in layers. For the jelly use the grated rind and juice of two lemons, one cupful of sugar, one egg, one half cupful of water, one teaspoonful of butter, and one tablespoonfui of flour mixed iu a.little water. Coil until it thickens, let it coo! aud spreail it between the layers of cake; A man wlio has practiced medicine for 4( years ought to know salt from sugar; read what be says: Toledo, 0., Jan. 10,1887. Messrs. F. J. Cheney & Co.?Gentlemen:?1 have been in tbe 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 Catarrh Cure, manufactured by you. Have prescribed it a great many times and its effect is wonderful, and would say in conclusion that I have yet to find a case ot Catarrh that it would not cure, if they would take it according to directions. Yours Truly, L. L. Gonsrcn. 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, O. ?5T" Sold by Druggists. 75c. Utah's great salt lake is an immense limitless maguzine of salt that can be readily obtained in any desired quantity by evaporation. A Woman Two Hundred Years Old. A case is on record of a woman who lived to this advanced age. but it is scarcely necessary to state that it was in "the olden time." Nowa-days too many women do not live half their allotted years. The mortality due to functional derangements in the weaker sex is simply frightful, to say nothing of the indescribable suffering which makes fife scarcely worth tht living to so many women. But for these sufferers there is a certain relief. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription will positively cure leucorrhea, painful menstruation, prolapsus, pain in the ovaries, weak back; in short, all thos? complaints to which so many woman are martyrs. It is the only truiranteed cure, see guarantee on bottle-wrapper. Cleanse the liver, stomach, bowels and wholt system by using Dr. Pierce's Pellets. Tbe Prague (Bohemia) exhibition of 1891 is to celebrate tbe centenary of an industrial exhibition held there as far back as 179L Six Navel* Free, sent by Crazin & Co., Phil*.. Do t/\ ontr nna in IT S nr < fano/ln. TlOStnattL upon receipt of 25 Dobbins's Electrical Soap wrappers, bee list of novels on circulars around each bar. This soap for sale by all grocers. Hartford (Conn.) citizens have subscribed $400,000 for a free public library and art gallery. -~ A Single Trial Will Convince Yon That Dr. Tobin>'? Venetian Liniment is the ^ greatest pais destroyer IS the world, Don't be persuaded that something else is just as good, for Dr. Tobias's Venetian Liniment has been established over forty years. Every bottle warranted to give perfect satisfaction or the money refunded, yet a bottle has never been returned. Does that not spenk for itself, and proclaim it the pain destroyer of the world? If your druggist or store-keeper does not keep our goods, send to us and we will forward promptly. Depot 40 Murray St. New York. To Dispel Colds, Headaches and Fevers, to cleanse the system effectually, yet gently, when costive or bilioos, or when the blcod is impure or sluggish, to permanently cure habitual constipation, to awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity, without irritating or weakening them, use Syrup of Figs. FITS stopped free by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after lirst day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and S2 trial bottle free. Dr. Kline. 931 Arch St.. Phila., Pa. Traveling men smoke "Tansill'd Pouch." Hill Climbing. "I saw two girls with their escorts walking up Corey Hill, yesterday," says an observer of girls. "One of them went up like a rubber ball, bouncing and bounding at every step, chattering briskly to her companion as she went and etopI ping now and then to pant a little and take a fresh start both with her bounding way of walking and with her chatter. Presently her friend came quietly along. She was letting the young man beside her do the talking, and she was mounting the long hill with short, inelastic steps. She used her heels as well as her toes in going up hill." It is a good rule for hill-climbing and one to be remembered in going upstairs. Women doctors say, and many women prove it in practice, that by going upstairs slowly, with the foot?heel and toe alike?put firmly on each stair, one may arrive at the top of four flights of stairs really rested, instead of gasping for breath as when one runs up stairs. Going upstairs is a good form of exercise if one goes the right way to get its benefits.?Boston Transcript. The Oyster's Food. The food of the oyster consists entirely of microscopic beings and fragments of organic matter, which are carried by the currents of water to the mouth of the animal at the hinge end of the shell. Along with the food a large amount of indigestible dirt or inorganic matter is carried in. When this material is examined through the microscope it is seen that the oyster subsists largely upon what scientists call "diatoms"? one of the lowest types of moving plants which swim in the water, encased in minute sandstone cases or boxes of the most delicate beauty of workmanship. "When these have been found in the intestines of the ovster thev have usually had their living contents dissolved out by the action of the juices of the stomach. Findings Ave Keepings. Hardbake?"I hear that you picked up a roll of ten-dcllar bills in the street yesterday." Snarleigh?"I did." Hardbake?"Find the owner?" Snarleigh?"I know his name." Hardbake?"What is it?" Snarleigh?"Snarleigh.'' Don't Get Caught Thl* spring, as you may have been before, \rith your blood full of Impurities, your digestion impaired, appetite poor, kidneys and liver torpid, and whole system liable to be prostrated by disease?but get yourself into Rood condition and ready for tlie changing and warmer weather, by taking Hooa's Sarsaparilla. It stands uusqualed for purifying the blood, giving an appetite, and for a general spring medicine. Be sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla "For five years I was stele every spring, but lail year began In February to take Hood's Sarsaparilla. I used Ave boHte3 and 'nave not seen a sit*, ubj since."?G. W. Sloan*, Milton, Mai*. "My son was afflicted with the worst type of scrofula, and on the recommendation of my drug* gist I pave him Hood's Sm-sapnrilla. To-day he J* sound and wet), notwithstanding It was said there was not enough medicine in Illinois to select a cure." ?J. Christian', tllipolls, 111. Dizzy, Tired Fealing "For a first-:las* sprin; medicine my wife and I think very highly of Hood's Sarsaparilla. It cured my wife of siclt headacue aud relieved roe of a dizzy, tired feeling."?j. H. Prarck, Supt. Granite Ky. Co., CoucorJ, N. H. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists, f i; si* for $5. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One OoHar -N Y y L ?17 DCUCinUC SUKEfOR AliL or NO PAY. runulUIiO N. W. Fitzgerald, Att'y, Wash., D. C I rcmrinTf f nrnniTDO t? A TT AT inn amj uinmio i'jiijj CONSULT DR. I,OBH, 3'2!> North Filtoentli Street, Philadelphia. Twenty years' exjwrlensi In special disoasei; cures the worstcaiai of Xerroui Complaints, Blool Poisoning, Blotche3, Eruption, rtlei, Catarro, Ulcers, Sores, Impaired Memory Despondency, Dimness ot Vision, Luns, Liver %toinacb, Kidney tHrlght's Disease); contldentlal. UfCall or write for question list and book. * IfcTVTI* M 1 preterm# frnc, unyen. >E^^6M^ieJQ dorse Blc 6t .? lb" only /Wy o?r?? 1m -**3 specific forth* certain ccre j&W l TO t DATi.^j of tbl* disease. M?uiuui? n.t w>W O.H.I.V3BAHAM.M. D., C^a Hrlswr*. Amsterdam, N. Y. ?H vra?Blybytk* We havt sold Bl* G for tCT-. many ysars. and it bn *lr#n the best of ?aU?Ttfi*. ciD?i3i?a'j,asa?aifaction. Gki#. D. R. DTCHE A CO^ Tr?<^Sfe?0^wkT tl.OO. iold by Drom'liU. ?' * "/<- . '-V , ' ' ?- ' ?- ... ?. JrAT'a JUJ Shure, docthor, thii p Be jabbcri! I'm at I hop? you will thry For belave me, I ca Well, Pit, I will try and relieve you, Lduced). (with a ratle which Put's speech had inAnd if you can't "lay" nor "set*' cither, Perhaps you bad better just rootU For Liver Disease, Biliousness, Indigestion, Scrofula or any blood-taint or disorder, the "Golden Medical Discovery" is tide only remedy possessed of such superior curative properties as to warrant its manufacturers in selling it, through druggists, under a positive guarantee that it will either benefit or cure in every case, or money paid for it will be refunded It's a legitimate medicine, not a beverage ; contains no alcohol to inebriate, no syrup or sugar to derange digestion. As wonaerful in its curative results as in its peculiar composition. It stands alone,? vncomparable! Therefore, don't be fooled into accepting something instead, said to be " just as good," because the substitute pays the dealer a better profit. The equal of the " Golden Medical Discovery " has not been invented ; if it ever is, it won't be sold for a less price than what the " Discovery" costs, viz: $1.00, or six bottles for $5.00. It's a concentrated vegetable ex ?-A$SOOg Wifwi SYMPTOMS OF CATAKK1 By f jMgk falling into throat, sometime k7 Vv 3e tenacious, mucous, purulent, fir 7V deafness, difficulty of clearir EUa M breath offensive; smell and few of these symptoms like! ^ result in consumption, aitd e By its mild, soothing:, antiseptic, cleansing cureo the worst cases. Only 50 cents. Sol To Restore Tone and Strength to the System when weakened by La Grippe or any other Illness, Ayer's Sarsaparilla is positively unequalled. Get the BEST. Prepared by nr. .1. Ct A i/ok St ftn. *" w ";v? ? wwi| Lowell, Mass. the best catarrh REMEDY ?M?*ci.Y'bMH CHILDREN SUFFERING FRO* thayfever?! j?A Cold in Headffe? $<f& SNUFFLES fit. y T^fH CATARRH A particle is applledyjBgK^, ' ' Into each nostril and HU Ar*I<EVt P agreeable. Price 50 cts. * ST.Bi w mm ini at Druggists; by mail, registered, CO cts. ELY BROTHERS, 50 Warren Street. New Tork. AND $2 SHOE 90 ?nut for GENTLEMEN I And Other Advertised Specialties Are Ch? Bent in tlie World. Nono genuine unless name and price are stampe .i on bottom. SOLD EVERYWHERE. If your dealer will not supply you. send postal for instructions bow to buy direct from factory without extra charge. XV. Ij. IJOtGI-AS, Brncitton, Mans. Kqrthern pacific. low pride railroad lands & EE Government LANDS. Mil,1.IONS OK ACttES in Minnesota, :.orta Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon, i crtin CAS publications with maps describingthe [ OtnU rUn best Agricultural, Urazlng and Timber Lands now open to Settlers, sent Tree. Address cm,s. b. lam3m8, carter fra7er axb-e kllmaiteia jjapifp best in THE WORLD lintnot XWGet the Genuine. Eold Ererywher*. nfllllBI JiABl'i', Oaly Certain aiA jiiviiimi urCUiCKLn ttt? World. Dr. UrlUIVlI J. J,. 6'rt I'll ENS. Lebanon, 0 M MOXEV IN CHICKENS. | A- 9 For 85<\ aOO-pajje boot, experience o* m M ML AoN a |Tacti cut poultry roller during : I Ml tBtiyv' yeai* It teache* how to detect anil vQ*' i'ure itbiaiv.'o; to feed for efnf* and T.T - | - rv forfattening; which fowls to save for breeJ ng.exc., &c. Address BOOK Pl'B. HOlSt, l:?4 Lso.iard 8!.. W. Y. tky. t #L>K. KUEHliEii tor all domestic animals wlU gtlpatc. rattier acta as a tax* in more man 3000 caias our ! when needed, and parnap enclose so cents for saxnplt^ Mixture" right along withtu IKc best colic medicine ? havi mm DISCS REMEDY FOR CA1 BB *- Cheapest. Relief is immec TEH Cold ia the Head it has uo equa.. nj3tr^s- Frice,GOc.^Sold by dri - - [LEMMA. ' >ala la jixt awful I 1 I of a sweat t to relave It, a't lay nor set! But, Pat, for the pain yon complain of, ~'i Simply roosting' alone might not do, I think I would try Dr. Pierce's 1 Golden Medical Discovery, too. tract Dose small and pleasant to the taife Equally good for adults or children. To invigorate the liver, sharpen th? appetite, improve digestion, and build up botk strength and flesh, when reduced below tht , >.*3 standard of health, it ranks pi-e-emxnenL Has the largest sale of any medicine ia the world, without a single exception! ; For all itching, scaly, festering, burning, tormenting Skin and Scalp diseases, it is especially efficacious. Salt-rheum. Tetter, Psoriasis, Erysipelas, Eczema, and all humors, from a common pimple or eruption (9 , the worst Scrcfula, vanish under the use of i1* this world-famed remedy, if continued for a reasonable length of time. Scrofulous Sores and Swellings are cured, aad the most tainted systems art, by its somewhat persistent use, cleansed from the most virulent blood-poisons and completely renovated \ :?3B| and built up anew. World's Di3Pi?rsAaT ; Medical Association, Proprietors, Bof k'Jb'JUZlSZ} for an incurable case of' Catarrh In th? Haarf by >roprietors of DR. 8AGE6 CATARRH REMEDY. IV.?Headache, obstruction of note. discharge* !8 profuse, watery, and acrid, at others, thick, bloodv and putrid: eres weak, ringing in ears, ig throat, expectoration of oSenslve Matter; ' <?, taste impaired, and general debility. Only a y to be present at once. Thousands of cum nd in the rrare. ' ;. and heeling: properties. Dr. 8age's Remedy d by drusrpigts pvervwhpro. K Y NP-ir . GRATEFUL?COMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA BREAKFAST. "By a thorouga knowledge of the natural law* which govern ths operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the line properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Eppa has provided our breakfast table* with a delicately flavoured be rerage which may save us many heavy doctor*' blUn. It Is by the Judicious use of suoh arttoles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendenoy to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around c* ready to attack wherever there Is a weak polat. ? ? ?? ? # *?! mhmft h? IfMnlnr otm v> e luay uiwij ? selves well fortified with duts blood and a property nourished frame."?1"Ciov Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Soil only In half-pound tins, by Grocers, labelled thiu: .' * , JAMES BPPS <fc CO.. Homoeopathlo Chemist* LO.VDO.V, England. / " " Tb?7 ian Ims tried for m? flftr yem, o< si# to-dij tka 30ft popular la uo. Tonr fp.tleri tad mothers used them. Tisr sr* " the Safest, Ptrert, and Best B;m?dy for Lirer "jjj and 3iomaoh Dlieuei ith eompouaded. Ttt 3al? by all DraggliU. Price 25 cts. per beij 8 beiee for 65 ctr- cr sen; *oy mail, poetage free, o? T. ' receipt of price. Dr. J. H.Schenck ?Son,PhiJaJto fr-TKE- WONDERFUL f _^-r LUBO RG\ CHAI iffV',^ C 0 MB I Nl N G 5 * RTIC L icUil at the toircit aholtMle /artory pne^ff\Jff^aK^Ctiekm {" KhH and tb'p eoods tob? [njlHffjtffinUIELC^AuJI paid for o? doh?or7. VrT/ [zsK^JfL to hiri. s?nd ntunp lor cm-, vysMrt / LtfCBricui r*u lcjoe. .ft'cm* ;?ci? dtr.rcC, \J^4 0BL1TUX, LDBCEG MFa. CO.. 145 H. Slh 8t, rhiu^r*. tf'Sk PAsausis SITSTCHI COSH rusts* vflk. Warranted thi out corn dropper and ml' N^M^erftct force-ft-rd f?rtUi?rdi*tribator la ttt Send for lnnre Illustrated Catalogue. DATBIITC No 1'ateut. No Pay!_Book tree mi fcll I N. W. Fltx?er.il'l 4 Co., was i., o. u L'S FAVORITE COLIC MIXTURE cure 99 out of every U? eass? o.' colic, wnether flatmore than 1 or J UBcesiir.*. It ilo#? not conlive and la aotirsly tiar .alei*. After JO year* o. trial guarantee is worta 50.11 <t'ala<. Celt: mas: bo ud a tow cents and yoi havo a euro oa hand, riidr s save a valuable Sorse. If not at your drujgist'i lOttlo seat prspaid. orjihhtl & CO., Baiklakeni. P?. urite Co/to | We cheerfully reoomnend Dr. SosM*?* ceesj. Itie I "favorite Colic Mature." Would not t ever i>een, i be without it oj long at we have fvoritt. Dealer, I ISAAC HOSES it BRO., iew York. \ SeUe and ?zehanye Stales, Kiulo.x P*. 'ARKii.?Best. Easiest to use. -? [late. A cure is certain. For gOT , igylsts or ?ent by mail. Egg' T. Uazsltinb, Warren. Pa. Sfc -