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3V'' ' / POPULAR SCIENCE. No limit has been found for a telephone line. Ccffee is injurious to the health of some people. ^ The depth of a sea about six miles deep is reduced G20 feet by compression. Two French chcmists have succeeded in making crystals, which have all the appearance of fine emeralds. Victor Meyer m a recent address declares t:?at we may reasonably hope that chemistry will teach us to make the fibre of wood a source of human food. The Sanitary 2ieies says that the universal habit among women of biting off the thread with which they arc sewing is prolific of sore throat and blood-poisoning. If the ocean were incompressible the level of the surface would be 116 feet higher than it is at present, and about 2,000,0i'0 square miles of land would be submersed. A vei v ingenious instrument has lately" appeared for showing the velocity and pressure of the wind. The effect is pro aucea Dy cue rising or iuiiing in icvei oi mercury in a trough. It is stated that the firmness of paper sized with resin increases by storage, owing to the fact that the resin in the paper undergoes an operation of hardening by exposure to the air. One of the more.interesting and curious results of recent spectro-photographic work, is the discovery of the duplicity of several stars far too close to be divided by any existing telescope. The fishermen of Ireland now carry oil as a means of smoothing the waves in rough weather, and are thus enabled to I continue fishing at times when otherwise they would be compelled to put for the l shore. p A medicament more powerful than quinine in counteracting fevers is said to have been discovered in Mexico. It is a plant called the pombolano, the root of which contains a substance analogous to quinine. A vegetable flannel is made in Geri.iany of fine leaves which are woven into undergarments and clothing of various kinds. One oreat advantage is no ver min will lodge in clothes made from the material. Crofttn, naturalist and geologist, says hat there was darkness over the world for a jpace of 600 years during the formation of the earth, "with flashes of lightning and peals of thunder at intervals of five minutes. In Paris all the electric light wires, no matter of what description, are under ground?telephone and telegraph as well as electric light. This is accomplished under stringent municipal regulations, and accidents are unknown. The bolo flower, discovered by Dr. Schadenberg growing upon a volcanic mountain in one of the Philippine Islands, is perhaps tbc largest flower in existence, being about throe feet in diameter and twenty-two pounds in weight. In making charcoal for gunpowder it is always kept for three or four days in airtight cylindci? before picking over, and ten daysto a fortnight before it is ground. This, it is said, is done to counteract the well-known tendency to fire if exposed ? <?i ?J. _ COO soon aitfir jr. is mane. Rapid Transit on the Prairie. H. L. Earle,who is connected with the Judson Pneumatic Company,has recentl y been in Dakota, and told a New York Press reporter of an invention that he saw there. "There is a genius out there," said he, "who has invented a sailing apparatus for a wagon and sweeps over the prairies with it at the rate of sixty to seventy miles an hour. He says he can go up to eighty or a hundred miles, but I wouldn't want to risk myself at even the lowest speed. I sailed with him at about forty miles au hour, and that was rapid enough for me. He has just the skeleton of a buggy with a seat on it. The shafts are turned backward, so that his knees strike them as he sits on the seat, and he can shift the direction of the wheels by his knees. He has a brake right in front of him to operate by hand, and the sail is on a mast right over the lynch pin of the front gear. Old Professor Jasper used to say, 'The sun do move.' I tell you that wagon do move. The sail operates exastly as if it was on a boat, and by tacking you get the effects of boating." New Oil Spreader for Stormy Seas. A difficulty experienced in the use of oil in a storm at sea is that when spread on the surface the wind blows it to leeward and the effect is lost. This difficulty is now overcome by a new device consistiug of a mortar and bomb. The latter is a nearly globular shell of cast iron filled with oil. On the side toward the muzzle as it lies in the mortar is an ^ aperture closed by a hinged cover, fitting W tightly and fastened with a Port of latch. The latch is so constructed that when the mortar is discharged the pressure of the air releases it. Hut the aperture in the shell is not opened until it strikes the water and sinks beneath the surface. The shell is so weighted that as it sinks the aperture is uppermost, and the cover is lifted by the pressure of the oil upon it. Thus the oil is released well beneath the surface, and rises through the waves, producing the most effectual results.? Courier-Journal. V VII v VIVi VilUgMl Thla spring, as you may have been before, with your blood full of impurities, your digestion Impaired, appetite poor, kidneys and liver torpid, and whole system liable to bo prostrated by disease?but get yourself into good condition an'l ready for the changing anil warmer weather, by talcing Hood's Sarsaparilla. It stands unequale I for purifying the blood, giving an appetite and for a regulating and general spring medicine. Be suro to get Hood's. "For five years I was sick every spring, but last year began In February to take Hood's SarsaparlllaI used Ave bottles and have not seen a sick day slncc."?G. W. Sloan, Milton, Mass. "My son was afflicted with the worst typo of acrofulo, and on the reconuneudatioa of my druggist 1 gave bltn Hood's Sarsaparilliu To-day he la sound and well, notwithstanding It was said there was not enough medicine lu Illiuois to effect a cure." ?J. Christian, MIIojIK 111. N. II. Be sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggist#. |1; six for $3. Prepared only by C. L I100U i CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass, IOO Doses One Dollar NV NU-IS - ElyVCream 8almjap|S IS SURE TO CURE COLD IN HEAD^f |^<|g gtlCKLV. g" Apply Balm Luto each nostril. j ELY BB08? 56 Warren St., N. ' AGRICULTURAL TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. COOKED FCCD FOR TIGS. Many coarse kinds of food, especially roots, will be only freely eaten by pigs when cooked. Raw potatoes will barely keep pigs from starving. When cooked, the same vegetable will fatten the pig. Even the potato peelings should be boiled a few minutes before putting them in the swill tub. After boiling and cooling, it is still better to give the peelings to the pigs separate from the swill, as partiy decaying potatoes, if put in the barrel, soon make the swill very offensive, if not absolutely unwholesome.?Boston Cultivator. DEPTH TO SOW GKASS SEEDS. It is necessary to revise the common practice in sowing grass seeds and no longer scatter them un the surface, where the voung plants experience precisely the A ?n,?klo nf laie iiifuuuucu iii iuc f/<u?n.uv vi vuv sower who cast his seed in the hard ground, where, having no depth of root, the plants withered away when the sun's heat dried the surface. This is precisely the result of the common practice of sowing grass and clover seed. The writer's practice for several years past of harrowing in these small seeds with n light sloping-tooth harrow,alter thorough preparation of the soil previously and making a smooth, fine surface, has been successful without exception.?New York Times. GRAFTING WAX. An excellent wax is made of three I parts resin, three ol beeswax and two of tallow. A chraper composition, but more liable to adhere to the hands, is made of four parts resin, two of til low and one of beeswax. These ingredients, after being melted and mixed together, may be applied in different ways. The wax may be directly applied when just i warm enough to run by means of a brush, | or it may be spread thickly with a brush j over sheets of muslin, which are after- j ward, aunng a com uuy, tut up miu i plasters of convenient size for applying, | or the wax, after cold, may be -worked j up with wet hands and drawn out into j thin strips or ribbons and wrapped closely together around the inserted graft. In j all cases success is more certain when the wax is closely pressed so as to fit every ! part and leave no interstices, and it is j indispensable that every portion of the wound on the stock and graft be totally excluded from the external air.?Chicago Herald. POULTRY PASTTRE. Every one who keeps poultry should provide a good piece of green forage for j poultry pasture during late fall and early I spring. A patch of winter rye for such I pasture should be sown early enough to j make a good thick growth before winter, and the poultry should be kept off till ! the rye is heavy enough to bear feeding ' without injury. It will be specially ac-! ceptable next March and April before ! ^1-- 1 -l ILlt; grass ucuvmcs auuuutiui. x vn 10 , like green forage as well as do cattle or ! hor?es, and it is one of tlie cheapest forms of food tbev caD have. Any piece of good garden near the poultry-house and upon which potatoes or other early crops have been harvested -will do for rye, which may be plowed under in spring, in season for planting again, so ! that no time or use of land will be lost. The rye will be on the ground only three months when otherwise it would lie idle. Be sure to have the piece large enough, so the fowls will not eat the rje faster than it grows. Five to seven pecks of seed per acre will give a thick seeding, the larger quantity being needed if sown late in September. ?Northeast Farmer. FEEDING AND WATERING. The frequency of feeding has gradually decreased until at the present time it has i narrowed down to feeding either twice or three times a day, says Farm and Home. The tendency at the present time is vry strongly toward omitting the noonday meal and feeding the cows only morning and night, allowing them a day of rest in which to remasticate and digest the morning meal, the same as they have always been allowed a night of rest for the evening meal. A recent census of experiment station directors showed that nearly two-thirds were feeding but twice a day. The same remark applies to watering. Twice a day is sufficient in all cases, and j and where green fodder is given once a day is usually enough. This allows a ! very economical use of the farmer's time, i He can feed, milk and clean the stables the first thing in the morning and go about his other business for the rest of the forenoon; a few minutes spent in watering at noon, and he can leave them again until night. As to whether warm or cold -water should be given, doctors have decidedly disagreed. Many practical farmers adduce proof from their own experience that warm water pays. It is at least a noteworthy contribution to the literature of this subjeet, that out of four stations which have tested the subject in the most careful manner, three have found no gain by vanning, and the other a gain which at the utmost amounts to less than fifty cents per cow per winter. There is a growing belief among those who have most carefully stndied the subject that the question is not one of warm or cold water, but rather of warm or cold barns. If the animal is well housed in good warm stables, warming the water will be of no advantage. But if the barn is full of crack9, and the auimals are compelled to drink out of doors and stand shivering in the cold afterward, or are kept in open sheds, or still worse, allowed to warm the prairie, everything in the nature nf tmrmth which can be srotten into them will show an effect.?National Dairyman. CURRANTS. There is no other fruit so common on the farm as the currant. Its hardiness and adaptability to all conditions accounts for this to a considerable extent, while the excellent quality of the fruit makes it most deservedly popular with all. Were it not so hardy and tenacious of life, it would not be so commonly found on the farm, for as a rule the care given it is very slight. A row of bushes is usually found along the fences, or between the apple trees, where the roots are bound with ever encroaching sod,and the whole institution smothered by weeds and grass. They will continue to exist under all these disadvantages for yean?, yielding a scanty crop of inferior quali'.y. Like all other plants, the currant will amply repay thorough and constant cultivation. I Ik demand* in the way of cSfc Are not exorbitant, yet they must not be neglected. As to the location of the bushes, the grower can consult his own convenience, for they will do well in an open space, or among other trees, where not too much shaded. I think it better to have them partially shaded, as the fruit will grow larger and ripen off more evenly in such locations. If given an open space in the garden, the bushes can be better attended to in most cases, which will often more than offset the benefit derived from the shade of the trees. Aside from keeping the grass and weeds away from the roots, the ground should not be disturbed immediately about the plants, for the more the roots are cut and mangled by digging among them, the more suckers or shoots will spring up and draw from the nourishment of the main stems. A good substitute for cultivation is found in mulching, while it keeps down the weeds and grass, retains moisture for the roots.and furnishes a supply of fertil ! izing material for a geoerous crop of fruit. The mulch fertilizes in the most natural and economical manner? that of filtration. If the bushes are sod-bound at the roots, or choked with weeds and briers at the tops, dig up and cultivate about them thoroughly, after which apply a good mulching, and see that it is kept on during the summer. Fine large currants, and lots of them, will be the result. ' ?Prairie Farmer. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Underdraining is a good investment. Fight stock vermin and plant insects. Plant carefully to gather abundantly. Oats and peas grown together are called ' ham sandwiches" for stock. It is an unprofitable hired man who objects to working between meals. On sandy soils, that leach badly, apply the manure directly to the crop. T_ xl?i* ? fillinrr + trn Qprnc fn I JLt> tuirru au) xuu *ix mnug n?v w get the products of one? There is no profit in it. Never prune a tree unless there is a good reason why a limb or branch should be taken off. Be sure to raise such crops as your market demands. There is no profit in a lot of unsalable truck. After you have brushed the udder clean, milk the cow as fast as you can, and milk her clean to the last drop. Owing to the sacrifice of breeding stock, some are predicting better prices for beef in the near future. In buying poultry for breeding get those of a good quality. It does not pay to use poor fowls as breeders. The best plan is to set a stake by every tree in setting out, and then tie firmly to prevent the wind from shaking. Clean up the fence corners, burn the rubbish and put the ashes on the land; they will do good there; the rubbish may sow the seeds of weeds. Get a few early broods out and take good care of them, and show them at your district or county fair. The pleasure of doing this will pay you. "Wire netting makes a splendid fencing for poultry?durable and ornamental. It costs more than lath, but lasts for years and does not require repairs. Are your tools all ready for work? If not, take the first rainy day to get your cultivator in shape, or the mower and rake fixed up so you will be ready for the corn and hay. Never allow lice to get the start of you. "Whitewash often and keep plenty of dust around. Use kerosene occasionally on the roosts. Don't set too many hens near each other. The mild winter leaves a surplus of hay. Don't be too fast to get rid of it at the present low prices. Better wait till the stock is out on good grass. Time enough then to dispose of the hay. How about your tool box? Have you some carriage bolts, assorted sizes and lengths. Some copper rivets as well as nails and screws in it? It will often pay many times over to have these handy. If your neighbor has lifted the raort gage lrorn nis iarm wnne your iusu ve?u ? interest is still unpaid, go over and ask him how he managed to do it. He may be able and perfectly willing to give you a lift. DIscoTory of Silk and Satin. Few people know that the discovery of silk is attributed to one of the wives of the Emperor of China, Hoangti. who reigned about two thousand years before the Christian era; and siuce that time a special spot has been allotted in gardens [ of the Chinese royai palace to the cultij vation of the mulberry tree and to the I keeping of silkworms. Persian monks ; who came to Constantinople revealed to ! the Emperor Justinian the secret of the i production of silk, and gave him some j silkworms. From Grccce the art passed i into Italy at the end of the thirteenth ! century. When the Popes left Rome to settle at I Avignon, France, they introduced into ' ?1 ? ? ? 4-V*li arJ Kppn | I licit L'UlliJLi V tliV OCUIWV H4AIVU UMM MVVM ! kept by the Italians, and Louis XI. esi tablished at Tours a manufactory of silk fabrics. Francis I. founded the Lyons silk works, which tc this day have kept the first rank. Henry II. of France, wore at the wedding of his sister the first pair of silk hose ever made. The word "satin," which, in the original, was applied to all silk stuffs in general, has, since the last century, been used to designate only tissues which present a lustered surface. The discovery of this particular brilliant stuff was accidental. Octavio Mai, a silk weaver, finding business very dull and not knowing what to invent to give a new impulse to the trade, was one day pacing to and fro before his loom. Every time he passed the machine, with no definite object in view, he pulled HHln tlirp.'irls trnm thfi warn and DUt them to his mouth, which soon after he spat out. Later on he found the little ball of I silk on the floor of his workshop, and, j attracted by the brilliant appearance of j the threads, he repeated the experiment, I and by using certain mucilaginous preparations succeeded in given satin to the world.?Brooklyn Citizen. How to Mail Flower Bud9. To mail flower bud6, cut a potato into two pieces and bore holes into them, and insert the stems of the buds with cotton to support them- There is sufficient moisture in a good-sized potato to support a flower for two weeks in a moderately cool temperature. Flowers from bouquets or baskets may be preserved in the same way. The potatoes can be hidden by leaves or moss.?Ration Cultivator. J HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. DINING ROOM CURTAINS. For a dining-room use short curtains of white or cream spotted muslin, 01 batiste with colored figures, fastened against the casement at the top, close tc the window, and looped to each side midway the lower sash. The curtain reaches only a trifle below the sash. Sometimes the length is divided by using a piece ol the muslin about two feet deep, drawr quite full at the top and bottom over . tape or small brass wire, across a part o'. the upper sash. The lower curtains are hung with gilt rings over a small brass rod just below this, and looped as before. The only other treatment we could suggest, as you cannot have long curtains on account of the baby, would be drapery over the windows, coming low at the 6ides, with loopings in lambrequin effcct. ?Housewife. SOMETHING ABOUT KEROSENE. Marks on tables caused by hot dishes may be removed by kerosene, rubbed in well with a soft cloth, finished with a little cologne water, ruDDea urywua another cloth. When giving the final polish to stoves, before putting away for the summer, mix the blacking with a little kerosene instead of water, to prevent rust. i Tarnished paint may be cleaned by rubbing with a cloth wet with kerosene. ( Black walnut, or any wood finished in , oil, may be kept bright by polishing with j kerosene. i Pour a teaspoonful of kerosene into i each quart of boiled starch for a gloss; this will also prevent irons sticking to , thin goods. Kerosene will brighten silver. ( Rub lamp chimneys with newspaper on which has been poured a little kerosene. | This will make them much clearer than j if soap is used; they will also be less | liable to crack. To remove rust from steel rub with kerosene and soak for a day, polishing with emery dust and kerosene. j Kerosene will soften boots and shoes hardened by water, and render them as | pliable as new. Brighten zinc with kerosene. A tablespoonful of kerosene in a boiler of clothes will greatly facilitate the rub bing. Iron and polished steel, when not in use, may be kept from rusting by wiping with a cloth on which a little kerosene has been poured. Oil cloth may be brightened by rubbing with kerosene. Kerosene poured on red flannel and bound on the throat will greatly ease a soar throat. It will also heal cuts aud cure chilblains.? Good Housekeeping. INSECT PESTS IN THE HOUSE. In a bulletin just issued by the division of entomology, Department of Agriculture, Dr. C. V. Riley, writing of insect pests of the houshold, after describing various species of cockroaches, says: In the latitude of Washington and further south the croton bug eats everything which contains paste, and consequently wall paper, photographs and especially certain kinds of cloth book bindiugs suffer severely from their attacks. In a recent number of "Insect Life" will be found an account of severe injury done to certain of the important files in the Treasury Department in Washington, the bindings of many important public documents being disfigured and destroyed. In the office of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey they have become an intolerable nuisance by eating off the surface, and particularly the blue and red paint from drawings of important maps. But I need not elaborate further upon the damage which they do. How to kill fM-owimt this flnniftffe ia the tUCIll OUU ^/IVIVUV 0_ question. Without condemning other useful measures or remedies like borax I would repeat here -what I have already urged in these columns, viz., that in the free and persistent use of California buhach or some other fresh and reliable brand of pyrethrum or Persian insect powder we have the most saisfactory means of dealing with this and the other roaches mentioned. Just before nightfall go into the infested rooms and puff it into all crevices, under baseboards, into the drawers and j cracks of old furniture?in fact, wherever there is a crack?and in the morning the floor will be covcred with dead and dying or demoralized and paralyzed roaches, which may easily be swept up or otherwise collected and buried. With cleanliness and persistency in these methods the pest may be substantially driven out of a house and should never be allowed to get full possession by immigrants from without. For no other insect have so many quack remedies been urged and are so I many newspaper remedies published. Many of them have their good points, | bat the majority are worthless. In fact, rather than put faith in nan 01 uiose which have been published it were better to rely on the recipe which T A. Janvier gives in his charming article on " Mexi! can Superstitions and Folk-lore," pubj lished in a recent number of Seribner'a I Magazine, as current among Mexicans: To get rid of cockroaches?Catch three and put them in a bottle, and so carry them to where two roads cross. Here hold the bottle upside down and as they fall out repeat aloud three credos. Then all the coachroaches in the house from which these three came will go away. RECIPES. Fried Parsnips?Scrape and slice them lengthwise about a quarter of an inch thick, and fry brown in a little butter or clear beef drippings. If previously boiled, they will fry sooner, or the remnants of those boiled for dinner may be used. Potato Pie?Cut any cold meat in inch square pieces; lay in a pie-dish with any cold gravy, or, if there is no gravy, add a sprinkle of cornstarch, and a little cold water. Cover the whole with a thick layer *)f mashed potatoes as a crust, and bake a rich brown. Cracker Pudding?Grate a layer of crackers in a pudding dish, over which lay sliced apples, bits of butter, and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Proceed in this manner till the dish is full; pour over all one cup or more of water with the juice of one lemon, or one cup of cream or milk. Okra Soup?Six pounds of beef, fire . quarts of water, one cup of Lima beans, three pints of chopped okras, two pints ripe tomatoes (cut up), one slice of turnip, one teaspoonful of mustard, a little salt and butter. Boil the beef in the water for one hour, then add other ingredients and allow to cook for another half i hour. ^ -/ . - * r-.r Facts Abont Etna. The traveler is not so much attracted to Catania by its reminders of a mighty past as he is to put eyes and feet upon the monster which all through that known time stood moaning or thundering above it. Its ascent, is begun within the very streets of the city. StradaEdta, Catania's longest street, beginning at the very edge of the port side, leads almost due- north toward the volcano's peak, within a few feet of eleven thousand feet above the level of the sea, and fully twenty-eight miles away. The area of country dominated by the mountain, and at all times subject to overflow of lava, is astounding. Its circumference is fully one hundred and seventy miles, and it describes an irregular circle, of greatest diameter from north to south. Catania stands at the extreme of a southern deflection in its southern segment. The Alcantara River, rising in its northwestern foot hills, flows to the northeast, thence circles its northern edge, and Anally sweeps around to the southeast into the sea. The Simeteo River, having its source at the northeast, near that of the Alcantara, circles the base, first to the southwest, then southward, and then flows around and into the sea to the southeast, below Catania. From Catania to the mouth of the Alcantara, the Ionian Sea on the cast, running with almost a straight wall of shore, cuts a thin segment out of this circle. But wuuin tills cxiraoruinuruy uisnuti icicle of 170 miles there is not a squareiuch of the earth's surface over which" the lava has not at some time poured; which one cannot now distinguish to be unadulterated lava soil; aud which is cot subject to-day, or any other time, to a new coating of molten lava. The entire ma; jestic coutour of the mountain, broken here and there by lesser volcauocs, is risible from any point at this tremendous base-edge; but more strange than all else is the density of population within the lower and cultivably luxuriant rim. Threading the base, along the seashore, irouud to the north by the shores of the Alcantara, around to the south along the inner, or northern shore of the Simcteo, ind crowding up to the very edge of its iesser volcanoes, are between sixty and , seventy cities and villages, housing?and ;very human being in life-long danger of Jestruction?upward of 300,000 souls. ? Commercial AdccrtUcr. "William D. Ilowells predicts that the jreat American novelist will come from ;he West. )h, how can a fair maiden smile and by gay, Be lovely and loving and dear, Vs sweet as a rose aud as bright as the May When her liver is all out of gear? She can't. It is impossible. But it she will >nly take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, it will cleanse and stimulate her disorleced liver, purify her blood, make hercom>lexion soft and rosy, her breath wholesome, ler spirits cheerful and her temper sweet. All Iruggists. Don't hawk, hawk, blow, spit and disgust svcrybody with your offensive breath, but use )r. 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I am, was the half apprehensive reply. uw. two H?lw_epnrt t*ia wiir i paper, for life," he said. " You see," he went on, " our daughter was sick and like to die; she drooped and grew weak and pale, had headaches, no appetite, back ached, hands and feet like ice, couldn't sleep, hacked with cough, and we thought she nad consumption. No medicine helped her until she tried that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription mentioned in your papier, when she began to mend in no time and is now well ana handsome as a rose? put me down as a life subscriber." Now the editor is looking for another scare. The medicine has cured thousands afflicted as was the farmer's daughter, restoring the female functions to healthy action, and removing the obstructions and suppressions which caused her trouble. It I is guaranteed to give satisfaction in every case or price ($1.00) refunded. It's a legitimate medicine, not a beverage. Contains so alcohol to inebriate: no syrup or sugar to sour, or ferment in the stomach and derange digestion. As an invigorating tonic, it imparts t- ISIOS I Billons Headache, tlou, Billons Attacks bowels, are promptly relie DR. PIER JLDey are rurciy ?< 1-?1?Ai a LlVl ONE PELLET A DOSE j I took Cold, ; { I took Sick, I i took i: SCOTTS ; EMULSION RESULTS I take My Meals, I take My Rest, j and i am vigorous enough to take l| anything i can lav my hands on ; 1 eel ting fat too, for Scott's i Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil i 1 Af I imo anH tinu n v(JU|juu?piiiii>a vi bimvu?u | i1 Soda not only cured my IllCip- | i ient Consumption but built j jl ME up, and is now putting 1 FLESH ON MY BONES j I AT TIIE RATE OF A POUND A DAY. I j l J AKE XT JUST AS EASILY AS I DO MILK." ( SUCH TESTIMONY IS NOTHING NEW. j SCOTT'S EMULSION IS DOING WONDERS } i daily. Take no other. "Oh, So Tired!" is the cry oi thousands every Spring. For that Tired Feeling take | Ayer'sSarsaparilla 1 and recover Health and Vigor. It Makes the Weak Strong. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. I tyi ? >*<> a >mNTHran be made worklng | sit) for up. Persons preferred who can furnish a horse and kWi' their whole tlmo to the business. Spare momenta inuy be profitably employed also. A few vacancies In towns ami cities, li. t\ JOdS ON & CO., 1..OT Main St.. Richmond, Vn. DsrtyciniMG w>v?t uo?u t rCHolUHasa oi JOSEPH II. UL.NTfclt, ATTORNEY, WASHINGTON, U. P*TENTS~-PEHSI0HS7S';n'?k"&!?S digest of Pension and Uoumy Inwg. Send for InTeutors' Guide or Llow to (>'ct a Patent. Patrick O'Kakp.kll. Attorney at T.aw. Washington, D. C. UnilC ^TI'DV. Poo!<-!ieeplnp, Business Forms, HUnlC Penmanslilp, Arithmetic, Short-hand, etc., li thoroughly taught by MAIL. Circulars free. Rrynut'n ('ol cue, 4H7 Mnln St.. Buffalo, N. Y. Mfiailli 41ABIT, Only Ce.-nlj aaJ flPIIlM cuf Clltbia tae World. Ur< UllUITI J. L. feTEi'llENS, Lebanon, J EVERY WATERPR 00\ THA' BE UP ISTQt *< TO pg-0 THE MARK gig I???J E NEEDS NO LAUNDERING. CAN I THE ONLY LINEN-L COLLAR IN #for all domestic aulraaU w Btipate, rather act* aa a la lu more than 3J0J casoj o enclose 50 cents 'for nurture" right along wUh the bat coiiu medicine J hi "s i ? I <jt| -p'y fTTvu) jT"| f ?strength to the whole system. For overworked, " worn-out," "run-down," debilitated teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses, " shop-girls," housekeepers, nursing mothers, and feeble women generally, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the greatest earthly boon, being unequaled as an appetizing cordial ana restorative tonic, or strength-giver. It promptly cures nausea, indigestion, bloating, weak back, nervous prostration, debility and sleeplessness. It ia carefully compounded by an experienced and skillful physician, and adapted to woman's delicate organization. Purely vegetable and perfectly harmless in any condition of the system. As a soothing and strengthening nervine, "Favorite Prescription" is unequaled and is invaluable in allaying and subduing nervous excitability, irritability, exhaustion, prostration, hysteria, spasms and other distressing, nervous symptoms, commonly attendant upon functional and organic disease. It induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and de^For a I&ok of 160 pages on Woman: Her Diseases, and How to Cure them, (sent sealed in plain envelope) enclose ten cents, in stamps, to World's Dispensary Medical Association, 663 Main Street, Bui- ' 3 falo, N. Y. --fm IEADAOHE, f| Dizziness, Constipation, Indiges, and all derangements of the stomach and \ ved and permanently cured by the use of CE'S PELLETS. egetable and Perfectly Harmless. 2R FILL, Unequaled! t SMALLEST, CHEAPEST, BASTE11"" TO OWNERS i. qp HORSES AND CATTLE J TOBIAS' m DOT (Mill MfFS Are warranted Superior to any others, or no pay. For the cure of distemper, Worms, Bo to, Coughs, Hidebound. Colds. &c., In Horses, and Colds, Coughs, Loas of Milk, Black Tongue, Horn Distemper, Aa, la Cattle, l'rlce '25 cents. Bold by all Druggists and Saddlers. DEPOT, 40 MURRAY ST., NEW YORHp m ^ SYS U-l 8 They have been tried for orer fifty years, and are to-day the most popular la ate. Your fathers and mothers used them. They art the 8afest, Purest, and Best Bemedy for Lira and Btomaoh Diseases ever compounded. For Sole by all Dmgglsts. Price 1"> cts. p?r bo* j / 8 boxes for G5 eta.; or ?<>nt by moil, postage free, oa reeelDtnf rirlcn. ftr.J. II. Srbenck ? 8on. Philalfe _ Plao'a Remedy for Catarrh Is the Hi Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest Sold by druggists or Rent by malL^B^ 00c. E.T. HazelUne, Warren, Pa. H DROPSY | TltUATEI> FIIEE. Positively Cured with Vegetable Remedies. Have cured thousands of cases. Cure patients pronounced hopeless by best physicians. From first aoso cympt >nn disappear; In ten days at least two-thlrd? - >' all symptoms removed. Send for free book testimonials of miraculous eurcs. Ten days' treatment fre? by mail. If you order trial, send 10c. In stamps to pay postage. Dr. H. H. Greek & Soxs, Atlanta, U? ^ \ / \ / 6 \ / J0NES\ ' / TON SCALES \ / OF \ $60 B9NGHAMT0N \ Beam Box Tare Beam / y? N. Y. k) DETECTIVES 1 Wasted .n irerr Coooty Shrewd men to set under laatroctieas is our Srcrc' Service. Kiperlence not uettuuj. PartlcoUrt fr* (iranuaa Dctectlre Bureau Co. 44 ArcAd0.Clncisaatl.flL flENS IO N 'Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Examiner U. S. Penalon Bureau. 3 yra In la-st war, 15 at^judkatiug claims, attj sinMb EnZEIH I BEST IN THE WOULD U R L H O ? tW Get the Genuine. Sold Ererywheitt. nCOLLAR on CUFF g r CAN BE RELIED ON 3 Split ? t to Dlsoolorl EARS THIS MARK, trade xulqiD Mark. 3E WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT. INED WATERPROOF run n/i adi/CT I nc lvinn?-vc ? ER'S FAVORITE t'OI.IC MIXTURE rill cure 99 out of every iiw casei of oollc, whatber Oak 1y more tban 1 or J doso3 aeccM^ry. It does not oo?xative and U entirely harmless After 30 rear* of trtu ur guarantee U worca ao:netbln?. (Jollo must bt pead a tew cents an 1 you bare a euro on han 1, ready apj save a valuable bona. Lf not at your dmjglrt'* e bottle, sent prepaid. KOEtl J.Elt At CO., Bethlehem, I'a. ivoriie Colic I We cheerfully recommend Or. Kr>n\ltt*a sucoen. It it ( "favorite Collo Mixture." Would %at ivc ever iten. I be without It a* long at toe have *1 nriM ?e Dealer, I ^ ISAAC MOSES dt OKO, , Sev York. | Mr 2nd tLoohanj* statu*, KaUon / ,t'