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> / "agricultural. TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. GREEXHOCSE WALLS. The walls of a greenhouse should be made of stone, brick or concrete, and all the woodwork of Southern hard or pitch pine. If built of such materials a house will last fifty years or more. When the walls are of wood they soon decay, owing to the constant moisture and heat. By coating the wood with crude petroleum it may be made to last a few years longer than when used in the ordinary way.? New York Sun. A BOTLESS FARM. It has been said that a farm without a boy would soon come grief; but what place would not come to grief without him? Who is it that "does the chores'' and the bothersome errands? And what, boy ever amounts to much who is not taught to ao the chores well, ana in | time, and to do errands in an exact way? | It is business every time, and fathers j should remember that their methods are noted and copied by the boys, and if the hatchet, spade or rake is left to rust under tjie tree in the yard, he thinks that if father does it it must be all light.? Springfield Union. HATCHING UNDER THE HENS. As ege s become pi cut if ul prices drop. It is best to use all that cau be spared for hatching. It will bring profits later, when young chicks command top prices. a If hens are used for hatching, experience & has shown the wisdom of providing clean, comfortable nests. A_dark._out-of-.tbe-.. MP?way place is-the-bcst;* A breeder of our acquaintance is now watching over six hundred sitting hens, under each of which thirteen eggs were placed. It requires attention to give such a family of incubators the comforts necessary to make them faithful. A close, steady sitter is the result of providing a clean nest?using insect powder to keep clear of vermin, which not only make the hen restless, but the chicks, when hatched, are eaten up before they are a month old Dust the hen under the wings and body Un^AVA a1 1ar> Vinr fr? eif on/1 Iroorv IJCIUIO UIIISI*1U?? iibl I,\J Oil) UUU H1VU ber penned up a day or two.?American , Agriculturist. BEAJKS FOR FARM STOCK. In one of his recent essays Professor Long, 'of England, states that beans are one of the most valuable crops of the stock farm. To the dairy farmer ten acres of beans, if the crop is a good one, is, when we consider the value of the straw, quite equal to sJ-'oOO worth of linseed cake, and would probably produce more milk. Bat beans are useful for all kinds of stock, supplying as they do, a i larger proportion of flesh-forming matter than almost any other farm crop. , The Profesor adds that the manure which : is most effective in bean growing is potash, and he strongly recommends that where wood is plentiful and is largely ; consumed by burning upon the farm, the ashes should be saved and drilled in or plowed in with the seed beans. Failing \ this fertilize r, which is recommended on BC^^ccount of its cheapness, kainit may be B used, or, what is better though more < expensive, muriate of potash, which 1 usually returns a sufficiently large yield to pay a handsome profit to the grower. 1 Beans are usually drilled or dribbled, but ; where crows are troublesome the plan of plowing may be adopted with success.? Nf.m York I/ideneiident. * A FEW SIJJPLE DOG REMEDIES. Simple remedies are the most efficient in ordinary ailments. From different causes, the skin of a dog becomes harsh, becomes scaly and cracks, causing much discomfort and unsightliness. For such troubles, have within reach a simple . salve made by mixing equal parts oi flow- ! ers of sulphur and lard free from salt, rhe lard is first melted,and the powdered lulphur well stirred in, when the mass is removed from the fire, and constantly stirred until cold, to thoroughly incorporate the sulphur. This salve well rubbed in every day for three days, when the trouble first appears, will usually prove efficacious. To get rid of fleas, which are a troublesome nuisance, use snuff. It is much better than the soaps made for the purpose. Spread an old sheet on the ground, place the dog on it, ii. *._n_ .1 i. L xT ma men careiuuy uust or ruo in uie i muff, little by little, on every part of the i body. Soon the fleas drop off, curl up j and die. One application, if done thor- ! DUghly, will do the work sufficiently for i several weeks. For very young pups, j ^ ;Vis application may be too severe, as it | i gets in the eye3 and mouth. For such j ^ | youngsters, we used good Persian insect powder, well rubbed in. "When the young puppies are troubled with worms, mix a tablespoonful of gunpowder in a pint of milk. This generally clears out the worms without in any way impairing the general health of the animals.?American Ag culturist. ABOUT MOVING BEES. if the beekeeper wishes to move his bee colonies a short distance?less than i half or three-quarters of a mile?he may do so with slight inconvenience. Fixing our grounds last season, we had to move ours twice, eight or ten rods. "VVe did ' this just at nightfall, after they were ] done flying. The first day we move ! about half of them, taking cach alternate colony. In the new position we placed the entrance facing the opposite direction from that of its previous position. We also drove a board into the ground just in front of the entrance. The new position of the hive as to points of the compass, and the now object in front of the hive, caused nearly all the bees to mark their new positiou and return to it. The few that went back to the old place ? a xi__ -. i ?:? ~4.:n ? j n jomea me COIUIIIO ami luca-, ?uu ? strengthened them. After the bees first I moved had had a good fly,we moved the a others, at similar time and in similar I manner as before, only leaving four colli onies, one in each quarter of the old K place, to receive any bees that might re- j S turn. Boon these four were moved, and | 1 go far as we could see,we suffered no loss | B or inconvenience. The point to be ob- j served is so to change the aspect about the hive that the bees when they come H out will note the new surroundings suf|j ficiently to charge their memories; then g they will come back to the new home, I and not to the old one. Changing from Es open ground to a grove will accomplish I this.?Ntio York Tribune. I OLD COWS FOK BEEF. , Imnjjtare young cattle produce beef H whichaoes not posjess the fine qualities B. . ? and firmness of that from fully matured animals, while that from old animals is usually tough and undesirable. "When a cow has passed her age of usefulness she is generally turned into beef, but too often in such a way as to make the beef both poor in quality and exceedingly tough and dry. There is a way of remedying this in a great measure, and one which farmers can adopt. When an old cow is sold to the butcher he pays a very low price for her, but we invariably made use of such animal on the farm, and almost every year we slaughtered one animal of this kind for our home use. When we had decided on butchering any particular cow, we took her in hand two or three months before we wished to slaughter her, our first step being to get her down as poor as possible without injury. As soon as this w:is accomplished, we commenced the work of fattening, and pushed this as fast as it was possible to &o it. For the first week or two we had to accustom her jrraduallv to rich food, after -which she was fed three times daily toward last, and all she could possibly consume and assimilate. Corn, in its different form, being the best and most economical fat-forming food, was the principal food, with just enough other and coarser food to act as a distender and to keep the animal in good health. In a few weeks we had a fat animal, which, when killed, produced fine beef, the quick fattening rendering the flesh tender and juicy.?National Dairyman. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Keep the sheep out of the mud. Make a note of amount of seeds sown. Profitable?clean and thorough culture. - Eix?flower-beds- -fox; the feminine folks. Sowing impure seeds brings evil weeds. Good feed all the year improves good blood. It is strange there are not more pure bred sires used. No feed should be left from one feeding time to another. The scrub steer has found its place? of fV*rt hn+frvm nf morl'flf Good pure water should always be provided summer and winter. Feed liberally, but not in excess of what the stock clean up nicely. Skill in breeding and in feeding is the stockman's "way out of the mire." Churning without a thermometer is as difficult as stearing a ship without a compass. Among curcs advised for cracking of the pear is regrafting the trees with some other varieties. If you want to give your pansies a congenial home, locate them in moist soil in some shady corner. An English court awaided three guineas for damages done by thistle seed blown three hundred feet. Scatter air-slacked lime with liberal band over the floors of the hon-houses and restricted poultry runs. Don't overwork the brood mare. The seeder is a bad place for her if you have low wet ground to turn upon. CnrtrtAPofnl noopK oro fnnn/1 UUV.LV.OOW. V-.v. on elevated sites and warm, sandy soils, or localities near large bodies of water. A foreign exchange writes of admirable results obtained by bagging specimen tomatoes, plums and pears. What next? Manufacturers estimate that twenty per cent, of the wear of farm machinery comes from neglect to keep the bearings properly oiled. In feeding all classes of stock th? value of the feed is the same, whethar it is supplied to the scrawniest of scrubs or the best of full bloods. Keep the calves in good order with ample food properly prepared, and they will be in prime condition to take on flesh when put on pasture. The farmer who grows strawberries enough for family use deserves well of his country. He has made at least a part of the world happier because of his thouijhtfulness. A fair crop of asparagus may be expected the third year from seed, or in one or two years from the roots, according to their age when planted, and after that full crops every year. Mr. E. G. Fowler, of the Orange County Fanner, urges those.who have given the garden scant attention in the past to just try haviDg a good one this year, "and see how it works." Some fruits will not bear an extension of their season. Peaches and watermelons that would keep into the winter would find a slow market. Such products are for warm weather mainly. Nature has things about ri^ht. Those who desire to "bag" grapes? that is, to cover them with paper bags to prevent grape rot?should remember to do it as soon as the grapes are visible. The mischief, if done at all, is done in the earliest stages of grape growth. A Boston florist says that he seldom fails to root slips of the most tender and rare kiuds.' He credits his success to a layer of oats placed under the usual layer of saud in which the slips are planted. When moistened they act a* a stimulant and feeder to the tender roots of the slips. Carrency tho Marvel of Financiers. The paper on which United States currency is printed is the marvel ol financiers on the other side of the Atlantic, as I found on talking with E. B. Lambert, a London banker, yesterday. "I have often wondered how you get sucli perlect paper ior your irovernmem currency," said he, "when we cannot approach it on the other side. It is a paper that investigation has informed mo cannot be successfully counterfeited, and which wears mu;h better than our Bank of England notes. I notice that you Americans carry your bills loose in your pockets or fobs, where it is subjected to the greatest amount of wear, yet it stands better than our notes, which we carefully put away in our pocketbooks so that they shall not be subjected to extra wear. I have especially admired the paper in silver notes, wliich is a little crisper than the greenbacks."?New York Press. The Queen Turned Doctor. A servant of the Queen of the Belgians was lately stricken with apoplexy. The first aid that some Queens would have thought of would have been an aide-decamp to fetch a doctor, but she turned in and doctored the servant herself. And the servant recovered.?Philadelphia Ledger. - ? - ' ^ HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. 6TA1R CARPETB. Stair carpets should always be lined in order to keep them from wearing out rapidly. It is an economy that well repays time and trouble. The best plan is to buy or make a separate pad for each stair, and when adjusting it be sure and have it reach over the edge, which is the part that receives the hardest usage. Pieces of old carpet folded to make H pad an inch or an inch and a half thick will answer every purpose. A worn quilt or comfort, old coats, in fact, anything that will make a smooth surface of sufficient softness and thickness, is good to cut up and make into pads, and will give just as much service as a ready-made article. Strips of cotton batting about six inches wide and a little less in length than the width of the stair carpet may be covered with any woolen or cotton goods, and the carpet will wear three times longer with this protection than without it.? New York World. WHAT I KNOW ABOUT LAMPS. It happened, says H irriet P. Richardson, in the American AyricnUitrist, that in going into the country cvf-ry summer the care of the lamps fell to me: and, after many years' cxperier < 'riving light to the family, itstrn-k mo that :i few hints upon the subject might be acceptable to others. Tf there is only one servant to assist as maid-of-all-work, the kerosene lamps will suffer fur want of proper and intelligent care. New lamps do very well, and ii filled daily, the light will be satisfactory for some lime. Unfortunately, lamps, like other household conveniences, feel the effects of time and constant, use. The brass burners become encrusted with oil. which has burnt black; the little perforations, S" important for just the right circulation of-air, are filled with dust, andjthe lamps begin to give a cfifn iigEt and to smell vory unpleasantly. The first idea always is that the oil is not so good as formerly; but a little observation will disclose where the trouble is, namely, in the burners alone. Now the best way to obviate this trouble is to take all the burners off your lamps, and, after removing the wicks, put the burners on the stove to boil. A little ammonia in the water will accelerate the proccss of cleansing. After the burners have been thoroughly boiled, a slight rubbing with a flannel cloth and sapolio will restore all their prestine brightness, and your lamps will no longer annoy you with a bad odor or dim light. The care of lamps is quite an item in the daily routine, but if they are systematically attended to it take3 much less time in the long run. Fill the lamps early in the morning and wipe them carefully, first with a damp cloth and then with a soft, dry one. The burnt portion of the wicks should be pinched off with, a bit of cloth, and only occasionally should they be trimmed with scissors to keep them perfectly even. That most satisfactory of all lights, the Rochester reading-lamp, must have the , burner boiled occasionally?once in six months is often enough. Many people use brushes or paper to clean lampchimneys, but nothing is so satisfactory to me as washing them in good hot soapsuds and wiping them, at once, with a linen cloth. A good light is an absolute necessity, and nothing gives a room a more uncomtortaDie, loriorn loot man a sputtering, dim, ill-smelling kerosene lamp. Candles are pretty and fashionable, but are altogether too much trouble for ordinary use, for it takes longer to clean a candlestick than it does to put a kerosene lamp in order, and, if not perfectly clean, a candlestick is far from ornamental. STRAWBERRIES IN TEMTTING WATS. It is recorded of Fontanelle, writes Mrs. E. R. Parker in the Oourier-Journal, that he attributed his longevity to the free use of strawberries, and it is now a well-known fact that the fruit possesses great medicinal qualities,being a valuable remedy in viscedity and putrid disorders. One wrjter on the subject fur "> i?l - r t: msncs msuiuuca oi uusmiaMs uuwiuuo cured by the use of the strawberry; another says that by eating of them freely he kept himself free from rheumatic affections. They are also said to be excellent for the teeth. Possessing so many recommendations, it will not be difficult to induce every one to eat strawberries; but that the housekeeper may prepare them with a little variety, I give the following suggestions: Strawberries?Place a layer of strawberries in a fruit bowl, cover with sugar, put another layer of strawberries and sugar, until the bowl is full; set on ice uutil ready to serve. Strawberries and Whipped Cream? Place a layer of strawberries in a flat dish, cover thickly with pulverized sugar, and another layer of berries and sugar; cover the top with one pint of thick cream, the whites of two eggs and a teacup of sugar, whipped together. Strawberry Pyramid?Crush a pint of ripe strawberries with a pound of sugar, mix well; whip the whites of four eggs until very stiff, beat with the berries until they stand in a pyramid. Strawberry Flummery?Put a pint of strawberries and a piut of sugar in a small saucepan, add a small teacup of boiling water, and let simmer slowly ten minutes without stirring; moisten three tablespoonfuls of corn starch in a little cold water, and add to the strawberries; stir until it thickens, turn out to cool. Serve cold, with sugar and cream. Frozen Strawberries?Stem a quart of ripe strawberries, put in a bowl with a pound of sugar and the juice of two lemons; let stand one hour, then mash the berries, add a quart of water, and stir until the sugar is dissolved; put in a * J r ireezer aou trecw. out tuiu? uuc before serving. Frosted Strawberries?Select large, ripe bcrrms, leave on the stems, dip one at a time in cold water and lay on a sieve to dry. Beat the whiles of two or three eggs, dip the berries one at a time into the egg, then in powdered sugar, then in the egg and sugar again, putting thera, so they will not touch, on plates to dry. Strawberry Shortcake?Into one quart of sifted flour rub thoroughly two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, half a teaspoonful of salt, and two tablespoonfuls of butter; add sweet milk to make soft dough; bake in buttered pie pans. When done, split with a sharp knife, butter both halves, cover the lower half with a generous layer of ripe strawberries well sweetened, place the other half of the 6hortcake on top of this, crust down; cover with berries, add more sugar. Serve with a pitcher of rich cream. The estimated population of New Yori gtate is 6,500,000. WORDS OF WISDOM. Truth lies in character. Every sorrow is partly wrath. To be content is not to be satisfied. No one ought to be satisfied with the imperfect. Let the burden of your table be a part of your religion. Live leisurely, unless you are anxious to die in a hurry. No man can live happy with an unhappy digestion. It is easy for a man to be a model husband when he has no wife. In asking for an impossible thing you only waste additional time. Did you ever see a boy go out at a gate when he could climb a fence? Bridle the appetite with reason and save the stomach a toss in the ditch. Some men must have new friends every moutli in order to have any friends at all. A lazy appetite bothers the rich man more than an active one does the poor rran.. i Of all the sciences none is more essentia! to tLe welfare of humanity thau j Lookcry. If .-<?no i;icu succeed only in raising a ; i>ig, cvcihauging uiustache they are batisiktt. There never was n man ?? humble or obscure that his biography wonM not be j interesting. "Whenever ' ~nry iroin the liighest rule of right, _ ist so far we do an injury to the world. It is the wonder of a pretty woman's j lifo that her husband does not realize I that he is envied. The wise carr} Ihcirknowl 'go as they do their watches, not /qt display, but for their own use. -J It is only on the first trip that he takes away from home that a man writes "notes by the way." Rome men are kent SO busv blushins for others that they have 110 time left to blush for themselves. If the room is too warm, and you open the door, every man who comes in will think it his duty to close it. Not to give thanks that we are better off than others, but to make some others better o(I than others?that is the impulse of a grateful soul. "lire" arid "Dead1' iVory. There is ivory and ivory, as I learned while talking with William Cooper, who spent two years on the Congo River. The so-called "live" ivory is the quality most sought after, because it retains an elasticity which is not common to the "dead" ivory. The distinction between them is that the latter is taken from skeletons of elephants who have died a natural death, leaving their bones to bleach in the elements. Either is valuable enough, a single tusk of live ivory on exhibition in Fourteenth street being worth $800. It weighs something over one hundred pounds. For ornaments the dead ivory answers as well as the other, so that it is at a discount of only twenty or twentyfive per cent. For billiard balls the dead ivory will not answer at all, because it lacks elastic qualities. Mr. Cooper says that Africa is full of the dead ivory, beI - tin fradara oTTfl CfllibC Up WJ tUC pC9CU? uuib uauuouuiv confined themselves to buying live ivory, &? it cost them no more and would bring them a higher price, but he predicts that as the supply of tusks that have been taken from freshly killed beasts becomes less, dead ivory will become a great and a profitable African commodity.?New York Press. A Royal Glutton. Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, takes the prize as the most eccentric of all the sovereigns, great and small, of Europe. His bread has to be made after a special recipe of the late Empress of Russia, which she sent to the mother of the Prince, Princess Clementine. Chicken*, ducks and other birds have to be plucked and kept in ice for three days before cooking, and beef and mutton are never served unless in the form of a ragout or hash. If the Prince is to have fish, he I f evr\9*rrr\ nfo fr\ Ktniirr if ol 1TTO Jlttes UUU Ul lllC OCtiaubo bv/ Uiiu^ k%, Uktiv in a basin for personal inspection, and a small pond, full of various kinds of shell fish, is under the special supervision of his highness; sea water being artificially introduced at great expense, as it has to be brought in huge barrels from a long distance. Like Lucullus, Prince Ferdinand thinks nothing is too sacred for the stomach, and a pie of linnets is not an unfrequent dish at the palace of Sofia. "As great a glutton as Ferdinand" is already a proverb with the Bulgars.?Atlanta Constitution. Origin of "Gerrymander." The word gerrymander means to arrange the political divisions of a State so as to give an undue advantage to one political party. It originated in this wise: When ElbriJgc Gerrv was Governor of Massachusetts, there was a reappointment of Representatives in Con i ii.. A gress, uuu iuc ouiic ?a* icuiauit'icu. political opponent of Gerry, on looking at a map of the State on which the proposed districts were indicated, said of one of the districts that "it looks like a salamander." "Say. rather, like a "gerrymander," said the sympathizer to whom the remark was addressed. The term soon camc into general use with the meaning above given .? Detroit Fret Preis. ^ITS stopped free by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after lirst day's aso. Marvelous cures. Treatise and Si trial bottle free. Dr. Kline. Ml Arch St., l'hiia.. Pa. We recommend "Tansill's Punch" Cigar. One Reason Wliy nearly everybody should take a good medicine In the sprint; is because at this season the system It especially susceptible to the benefit to bo derived from a reliable preparation like Hood's Sarsaparllla. In the winter various Impurities accumulate In the blood, the efTcct of which Is most felt when spring comes on, In general weakness and languor. The system craves assistance to maintain the health tone and exp?l Impun'les, which Hood's Sarsaparilla readily gives. Try it. Av<> I ia?n? *vhp* snrlni?. but lust year begun lu February to tnke Hood's Snrsaparllla. 1 lined ilvo bottles anil bavo uot, -tea a tick day since."?0. W. Sloam, Milton, MarA Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. I1: alx for 55- Prepared onlj by C. I. HOOD * CO., Apotbce-arles, Lowell, Maas. | IOO Doses One Dollar < I .V Y NU?i? Afkllllfl klAHtT. Oily Uarttla a?4 'fUJlllfti Mur OUitKla u? **14. Or. ' Ul IUIYI 4, L. UbMon,a , ' First Presbyterian Clinrch In America. A/ter years of toil on the part of tho Presbyterian congregation at Sncw Hill, Md.,they have succeeded in erecting a handsome church edifice as a memorial to the Rev. Francis Mackenzie, an Irishman sent to America by the presbytery of Laggon, and who is believed to have been the first regularly ordained Presbyterian minister in this country. To his labors are due the establishment of Presbyterian churches at Snow Hill, Rehoboth, Manokin and Wicomico. The church just completed at Snow Hill, which is to be dedicated during the first part of May by the Rev. Dr. Patton, President of Princeton College, stands on the site of the original church. It is a handsome Gothic structure of brick, with red stone trimmings, having two steeples, through which the buildiDg is entered. The windows are of stained glass. The interior is frescoed and finished in quartered oak. The building is lighted by electricity. The original Snow Hill church, which is claimed to have been the first Presbyterian church in America, was erected in 16S3 or 1684, and was described as "a plain wooden building thirty feet long." J In excavating for the foundations of the ; u(-w edifice, bricks of unusual size were i uneartneri, auu wore eviuomiy irnm mc j foundat ion of the old house. Theimmej diaie predecessor of the new building I was situated farther back from the street, j was of brick, and bniit in 1795, succeedj ing t1.'; one erected in 1745, which took j iLe place of the original Mackenzie meetj lag-house. Thus the new building is the | fourth house of worship erected for the j Snow Hill Church since its oiganization, over 2?/0 years ago. Some of the most prominent men in the country contributed to the building of the new church, Catholics as well as Protestants.? TfWtI iugton Star. . Fighting For the Frogs. Jieiguuu districts, where the playful frog lives inTin^-Colonies around the ponds, canals and ditches, there is lamentation and woe among the farmers at the wholesale destruction of the creature, which, besides being in the French gourmand's estimation, "good for food," is very useful to agriculturists as a slug and insect hunter. After various fruitless attempts to prevent the destruction of the frogs they have now put their case?and that of the frogs? before King Leopold, petitioning that frog hunting be prohibited during certain parts of the year, so as to prevent frogs from disappearing altogether from the country. If, therefore, it should be noticed in the rear future by admirers of stewed frogs that their favorite dish is hppominnr morn exnensive than ever.thcv will know whom to blame for the fact.? Pall Mall Gazette. The I?ndy Next Door. Mrs. W. envied the lady next door because she always seemed so well and happy. "She enjoys lire and I don't," said the discontented woman. "How I would like to change places with her!" At last she made the acquaintance of the object of her envy, and this is what the lady told her: "Happy? Of course I am, for I enjoy perfect health. My dear Mrs. W., your face tells ine why j/ou are not happy. You are suffering from functional derangements. I was a martyr to female weaknesses for years, but Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cured me, as it will you if you will try it. It is puuranteeii to give satisfaction in every case or price ($1) returned. Dr. Pierce's Pellets, one a dose. Cure headache, constipation and indigestion. There are eighty-one women in Kansa3 acting as superintendents of public schools. *r 1 . IT Jfc 1DKIU OU< UUIXAG V I OC. SOUb >JJ v;tK4(U uv vv*| a. utt Pa., to anj one in U. S. or Canada, post paid, apoa receipt of 25 Dobbins's Electrical Soap wrappers. See list of novels on circulars around each bar. This soap for sale by till grocera. The taxes for St ite purposes aro lower In Missouri tlian in any State in the Union. To Diapel Cold*, Headache? and Fevers^ to cleanse the system effectually, yet gently, when costive or bilious, or when the blood Is impnre or sluggish, to permanently cure habitual constipation, to awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity, without irritating or weakening the3, use Syrup of Figs. An Ardent Admirer. Old Mrs. We itherbee?"Good-bye! John, and do take care of yourself, and d n't forget to brine me a large bottle of Dr. Tobias's Venetian Liniment; somehow I can't get along without it, and look out if they tell you something else is just as (,'ood?for 1 for one wouldn't believe it, and I ain't no different to a host of othe:s, either. Why, there's RjIIv Ann Jones, Theresa i admin jton and Sarah Clarke, ana?" John (interrupting)?"Well, I reckon I won't forget that it is Dr. Tobias's Venetian Liniment that you want, mother! How many friends that old remedy has and you're one of them, ain't you?" All druggists sell it. F. J. Chenkt & Co., Toledo, O., Proprs. of Hall's Catarrh Cure, offer $100 reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists, 75c. 5-JACoes oil, CURES PERMANENTLY RHEUMATISM. Suffered for ?urly 30 Years. 187 N. Chester St.. Baltimore, Md. For nearly SO years I suffered with rheumatism in arm and shoulder; could not lift in; arm. Less than two bottles of St. Jucobs Oil cured me. W. H. HKESON. Of Many Years' Standing. Gadsden, Crockett Co., Tenn. My case was rheumatism of many years' standing, contra-.ted during the war; tried most everything without relief. St. Jacobs Oil finally curia me. FILED. KOGCiE. At Druggists and Dealers. THE CHARLES A. VOGFLER CO.. Baltimore. Md. Ely's Cream Halm ' WII.L CURE fiftTARRHJWd Wn niliiagg^, /<tA' I Price 50j5Tn~ Apply Balm into each nostril. ELY BROS.. 56 Warren St.. X. Y.pBjrv^^vBOc] PURELY VEGETABLE. 1 2SiCenti PER BOX. ,,,, .. d. p f 3 Boxea for 65 en. THOROUGHLY RELIABLE. V gtnt ^ B,|| po?t. ABSOLUTELY SAFE. J *? on r?M>? ' prtc*. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. DR. J. H.SCHENCK&SON, PHILADELPHIA, PA. ACTD D ATT MUTCM If ATT M1B11 ilLIi UllllillU i nm CONSULT DR. 3'i!l North Klftueat'a Street, 1'hilatlelpitia. Twenty years' eiparlaaoj In special dlse.nm; euros the ivoritciui of ."iorraat Complaints, Blood i'olsonlu j, Ulotclias, Kruptluai, Piles, Catarrh, Ulcew, SoraJ, linpalrel Memory Despondency, DlinneM of Vision, Lun?, Llvar fetomach. Kidney (Bright's Disease); coiiddautiat lycatl or write for question list and book. 1 prescr.u* ftati itinyendorse Big 6 * the only Cartt in "Jv| specific for the certain cur? 4QBRV1 TO 5 u>T8. of this disease. flMumtwl not Itl q h. INGRAH AM. M. D., RS ?o*o Amsterdam, N. Y. GS HrdMly by & Wo have sold Big GJor ' -i?- many years, and It hta ,T#D tho test of aatltygSk drmlnr.a.M.fi'iiJPB fiotlon. D. K. DYCHKj^CO^ Sold bjr DrugftiJ* v I i y ,' . s: ' it*. "BOAT, AHOY! the rapids are below you!" cried a man to a pleasure party whom he descried gliding swiftly down the stream toward the foaming cataract. And we would cry, "Boat, Ahoy!'' to the one tvhoFe life is being drawn into the whirlpool of consumption, for unless you use effective measures you will bo wrecked in Death's foaming rapids. If your lungs are weak, breath short, have spitting of blood, experience occasional cold chills creeping up your spinal column, with hacking cou^n, variable or poor appetite, feeble digestion, with gradual loss of* llesh, cold feet, lassitude or general debility, are "" easily fatigued, don't disregard these premonitory syHrptcaas- Thousands annually, without experiencing halt .the above symptoms and not heeding their timely warnings, are plunged into the relentless grasp of that most fatal scourge?Consumption. You can't afford to fool away any precious time, if suffering from any considerable number of there unmistakable symptoms of approaching danger 1 It's madness to trifle and experiment with uncertain means when thus afflicted. Dont forget at such a critical period that the only medicine possessed of such positive curative properties as to warrant its . proprietors in guaranteeing it to cure Consumption of the Lungs, if taken in time and given a fair trial, is the worldfeWi $500 ? WrrtB&tL* SYMPTOM! OF CATABI falling: into throat, sometii If ^ Vi.? tenacious, mucous, purulen EVaJl Jjjr ing in ears, deafness; offen: is/Jirm. Mr eral debility. Only a few o Dr. Sage's Remedy cures the worst oases. Oi DAD WAY'S 11 READY RELIEF. THE GREAT CONQUEROR OF PAIN, For Sprains, Rrnisea, Backache, Pain in the Chest or Sides, Headache. Toothache, or any other external pain, a fe\r applications robbed on by hand, act like magio. cunning ine pain loiasmuii/ h^vk* FoiCongestions, Cold*. Bronchitis, Pneumania, Inflammations, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lambaio. Hclatlca, more thoroagh and repeated application* are neceasary. All Internal Palna, Dlarrhcea. Colic, spaimi, Nansea, Fainting Spells. Nervouaneaa, Sleeplessness are relieved Instantly, and quickly cnred by taking Inwardly 40 to UO drops In half a tumbler ?f water. 00c. a bottle. All Draggiats. DADWAY'S ? PILLS, An excellent and mild Cathartic. Purely Vegetable. The Safest and Beat Aledlclna in Am world lor the Care of all Dlaordera oil the LIVER, STOMACH OR BOWELS.1 Taken according to directions they will restore health and renew vitality. Price 26 eta, a Box, Sold by all Dmggist For Fifty Years the Standard Blood-purifier and 1 'rtVl ^ /> JiUAUV) Ayer's Sarsaparilla has no equal as a Spring Medicine. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. eiMiwis **v<siMW* OT.lWTO ^ W?mute<l the belt corn dropper *nd mat \^jPj|p?rf?ct force-feed fertllur distributor lo UM Send for inr?o Tlltisrrsrpd Catalogs^. erTzer,^ best in the would QntHut Get the Genuine. Bold Ererywhera. arm WATERPROOi ??? THAT BE UP 3>TOt tC TO rg-0" THE MARK gjg I??I BI 4 % NEEDS NO LAUNDERING. CAN B THE ONLY LINEN-LI COLLAR IN 1 #DK. K.OBHLE for all domestic rvnlmait vri fUpmto, nUber acta u a lax la more^tlum 3000 enclose'w jmtt'for Jttvturt" rt&kt along icWlt lk? y "3|i 'em^ 3 j famed Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Di? 'j Trying conditions these, under which to offer" the afflicted relief and cum No ordi- " nary remedy cOi.it' sustain itself under mcb /jm & guarantee. It wouili bankrupt its probrletors! Not so with " GolcieC Medical Dig- ,/sL covery." Its best advertisement is tha thousands of consumptives, in all parts of world, which it has restored to health, ^ strength and happiness. To-day no other ^ medicine has so great a sale. Why? Be- ^ cause it does just what it is guaranteed to $ accomplish, otherwise its sale on so peculiar a plan as this would rain its manufact- M "Golden Medical Discovery" cures Coo* * sumption in all its earlier stages, on common sense principles. Being, according to all recognized medical authority, a scrofulous affection of the lungs, it is reasonable to seek a remedy in those agents known to '$jjM prove most efficacious in conquering scrofn- ~:;ig lo'iis disease affecting other parte ana organs . Now tor Scrofula in all its myriad form*, ::?jgS nothing has ever yet been discovered to ? ftia mwfurfiil nvnMv llrMult uuuipcuo nxvu mv ?.??- ?~i j ^ mentioned. And especially is this true of Lung-scrofula, or Consumption. It sootfaM the cough, improves digestion, sharpens' the appetite, invigorates the liver, purifies ths blood, cleanses the system of all scrofulous ...Jag humors, and builds np the flesh and strength. ' % World's Dispensary Medical Association, 63 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. >FFZSHJES!D for an incurablc caso of Citirrh in th# Head by "5B proprietors of DR, SAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY^ ;% tH.?Headache, obstruction of nose, discharges ^ nes profuse, watery, and acrid, at others, thick, . ;-7 t, bloody, putrid and offensive; eyes weak, ringgive breath; smell and taste impaired, ana gen- - n f those symptoms likely to be present at on?k llv fiO cents SoM hv dni"r'liJ,P nvn-v ? W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE fot aE^TLEMEN And Other Advertised Specialties Aro iht Best In tbe World. None genuine unless name and price are stamped on bottom. BOLD EVERYWHERE. If your dealer will not supply you. send postal for instructions bow to buy direct from factory without extra charge. a W. I.. DOUGLAS, Brucktou. Mass. N Y N C?1W GRATEFUL?COM FORTINQ. BPFS'S COCOA i BREAKFAST. "By a thorough knowledge of thi natural lawi which govern tho operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the One properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bill* it is by the Judicious use of such article) of diet tbataconitltutlon ruay be gral natty built up until 6trong enough to resist every tendency to disease ' ' ? M.UJIAa <lAoHn-r omnnd n? nuiiureas ui auuuc mutuuico ^ ~ ^ , ready to attack wherever there is a we&Jt-JwUUw??-We may escape many a fatal shalt by ^keeping our- ~>ssselvea well fortlfled with pure blood ani a pro pari/ nourished frame."?"Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with bolllu; water or milk. Soli only In naif-pound tins by Orooors, labollsd thus: JA.UE4 El'l'sJ Sc CO., Homoeopathic Chemist* Lo.ndox, Engla.no. fflTHS WONDERFUL I/? LuaURGlCHAIR.V^jq^^^ 9rCT^C0MBINING5 ARTICLES)^ Ve?SS.?.i t:^TrDrc vhnlfMlefactorypnec^/Kf^A^K^^^ f RpF "vi^o^d^fiMTT0 (HiftffirW nBIU< *!? paid for on a&liY?ry. l*^jii?/TT\7r\ yn uibk. Bend eUmp for Cata-VdfcJrtViyVttgrfciAj, rku lojae. Name good* iftxrto, xf-4?S DILITXSI, LUHCTHQ MFG. CO., 145 N. 8th 8t, tUUU^tt, NORTHERN PACIFIC. Si LOW PRICE RAILROAD LANDS ft FREE Government,LANDS. MILLION!* OF AClHi** 'a Minnesota, Norti Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Orojcm. nrun TAD publications with maps describing U? OfcrlU rUll best Agricultural, Urazinj aud flafcer Lands now open to settlers Seal Iroo. Anurttt CHAS. B. UM80RN, !BB5a^BEaQBEail CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. ET Best CongU Syrup. Taslos good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. r*! Bssamsjaaassmgk ? COLLAR or CUFF 1 ' CAN BE RELIED ON > siDiit; .'4 t to Discolor! " t<fno M?nir :AKS ima iuara. trade .luloid ' mark. E WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT, NED WATERPROOF HE MARKET. H'S FATO&ITX COLIC MIXTURE II euro 99 oat of cmrj 100 cwu or ooU^ whoUior 1?tT more tban 1 or i da?es jieoeuar/. It <ioo* noc ooaAtiTo mad U ?BUreljr harmlaM. Aiter 3D tm? it trUl i gooraatM u worth aoaaethln^. Cello wait b? wad a few o?at? aad you h*y? a aars oa h*aJ, ready i>J *? ? a valuable boria. U n?t >: /our drui/Ut'i bottle. Mat prepaid. iOJEHLES St CO., BathlchMB. Pa. write CoiU I IT< chtirfuUy rte<mw*enti Dr. KotMUr'a MMO. B if I "Thtcwtf* Cofio mature." Would Mt rasr r T'jKuiag sac?, MmT9rK IM* JMn tth?