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f_ AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE j TO FARM AND GARDEN. gK TRANSPLANT IN Q POT. / A valuable addition to the working " outfit of a gardener is a new transplanting pot made in three parts, the body being divisible and the bottom removable. In transplanting the bottom is removed from the body, the pot inserted in a hole in the ground, and the keys which control the grip of the 6idc pieces withdrawn, when the valves are pressed laterally apart and raised from the earth, leaving the earth and plant it hvad contained in the new location.?-New York Herald. j. CAPTURING ABSCONDING SWARMS. t: Swarms sometimes break cluster and take wing before the beekeeper has hived them. Throwing dirt among them will sometimes cause them to alight again. ProfessoY A. J. Cook advises throwing water in the form of a fine spray among them. For such purpose some handpump is very desirable. Another important use for such a pump, mentioned by the Professor, is this: If the swarm, when clustered, be sprinkled occasionally it will remain clustered indefinitely.? New York World. 60FT-SIIELLED EGGS. ! The shell of an egg is deposited over the egg very rapidly from a secretion exuding from the membrane of the egg passage, and after the egg with its fibrous covering (the soft shell, socalled,) has been formed. When the secreting membrane is diseased, as by inflammation, its function is disturbed.and ^ the hard lime shell is not formed. Over's feeding and excessive fatness will pro S idace this condition. Give the fowls plenty of grass but no grain for several days, then give plenty of bran with scalded oatmeal. A few days'imprisonment in a coop without any food will work an unfailing cure.?New York Times. HUGE HORSE VS. TWO ACTIVE IIOBSE8. h There is a contest among some breeders of draught horses as to wh? can produce the largest animal. The argument advanced by these men is that the time must shortly come ,when the increased trade in city streets will compel expressmen and others to dispense with their two-horse wagons and substitute smaller wagons drawn by one large horse. This Is a plausible theory, but it does not appear to agree with the statements made py the expressmen who are to try the poises. The Rural New Yorker has witnessed a number of them in New York city, and all that have been seen agree that they prefer two active horses to one i l rrtf_ _ i 1 _ nuge ueasc. i ue iu.rge uursua uro iu good demand for trucking purposes, but those who breed them with the thought erf driving out the active express horse are sure to be disappointed. \ r r rLAKT FODDEE-COEH. ! It is probable that every August thousands of farmers resolve that the next spring they will put out afield of f oddercorn, yet break the resolution when spring comes. * It is the rare exception . that July and August do not shorten the pastures. Some seasons the pastures are L almost burnt up; if there has been no ^ provision made for other feed at this season, the animals must lose flesh, and the cows must fall off in their milk product, or else grains and purchased food must be fed liberally, a Fodder-corn is cheaper than loss of flesh or grain. Allowing the animals to lose flesh is very twaste!ul. it -will require twice as much food to regain the flesh as to retain it. Every year the testimony becomes stronger that fodder-corn should not be sown broadcast. It may be planted in hills, but the largest crops, except on very foul land, can be raised by planting in drills. Fodder-corn should be planted in rows at least three apart and as well cultivated as field corn.?American Agriartturiit. SQUASHES. If you want nice squashes in abundance follow the method experience has taught me is the best. Plant on good, warm soil. I prefer greensward. Manure liberally, spread eipfht or ten cords to the acre and harrow it in thoroughly. If you have any night soil use this for squashes and harrow it in. During the final week in June make the hills eight or ten feet apart?no nearer?and thoroughly mix with the soil a handful of good phosphate. Put in these hills eight or ten seeds and cover with about an inch of fine earth. When the young plants come up keep a sharp lookout for all bugs. The first will probably be the email striped bugs. For these use plaster . sifted on the vines when wet. Then for * the pumpkin bug, a large black one, I have found nothing surer than hand killing. When the vine-3 have five leaves there is not so much danger of these bugs. One must see to thera every day 'before this or his crop will be ruined. About this time or later the squash borer and cut worms get in their work. For these I use the saltpetre solution?one iablesDOonful to a pail of water. A piot or less put about each hill around the vines does the work. At the last hoeing or when all danger of bug is passed pull out all but two or thiee plants in each hill. It is seldom I lose a hill of quashes. There is no need of it. Be sure and plant pure. seed. After I find a kind that is good I buy by the pound. 'What is not used this year is just as good nextyear.?New England Homestead. BREEDING GEESE. As geese are great grazers it is useless to attempt to breed them unless one has .plenty of room. They require unlimited Igrass runs and ought to bo kept apart from the poultry yard containing young chicks. Where one has suitable facilities for raising geese, they return good profits, as, if set early, two broods may be obtained from each female, thereby securing flocks for each season's sales. The Toulouse and Embden varieties are to be preferred to other sorts, where breeding ifor profit is in order. These attain heavy weights, mature early and are hardy and (prolific. While geese are setting they should be thoroughly dusted with sulphur ; ^ or pyrethrum once or twice to cleanse Mthem from vermin. A good plan after the goslings are hatched is to make a > jtriangular pen with three long boards, where the grass is short but fresh aud : green, and move to a new place every jduy. A shallow dish of water must bo [placed bo they can get into it, and be rcjfllled A9 often as it gets foul. Feed a litI I tic fit ft time, but often, while they arc small, and at the end of a week they will have gained strength so they may be turned into their pasture, if sheltered at .night. If a gosling gets wet so as to look drenched, and it begins to droop, it must be dried. If goslings are taught to eat, then well fed and kept dry till well feathered, success is almost certain. When fully feathered they arc able to take care of themselves and on a large farm can do their own foraging until fattening time, when they should be penned up and fed all they will cat.?New York World. FARM WELLS. The wells on the farm are a great source from which come many diseases. Some wells are never cleaned. When dug they are carefully boarded over, the pump made tight and snug, with the ground sloping away on all sides so as to allow the surface water to liow from the opening. There is no well wter that is pure. Something depends on the character of the soil. If sandy, and the water will disappear quickly from the I surface after a rain, the well will drain lm fnr n lonrr distanpe around it. I and the consequence will be that a large portion of the filth of the soil will find its way into the well, although the water may appear sparkling and bright. It is contended that the soil removes all the impurities from the water, but this depends upon whether the soil, by longcontinued absorption, be not already so thoroughly saturated with impurities as to refuse to take up more. That the soil does not remove all the impurities, even from new ground where a well has been recently dug, has been demonstrated by saturating the surface earth at a distance from the well with kerosene oil, which gradually found its way to the well, (having been washed down by the rains), and imparted its odor to the water. If the soil be of heavy clay the danger will be lessened, but on all porous soil the liability of pollution of the water is great. No manure heaps, privies, sinks or other receptacle for filth or refuse of any kind should be within 150 feet of the well?the further off the better. No matter how tight the well may be, the tnad will sometimes contrive to cret in. Many wells contain toads that die, and are swallowed in the drinking water unknowingly, under the supposition that the well is tight and "toad proof." Wells should be cleaned at least once a )ear, and especially in the fall. For a distance of ten feet around the well the surface should be cementcd, and the pump itself should be cleaned occasionally. Toads, flies, bugs, worms and even gnats will get into the water, while even a few drops of solution from a filthy drain or sink, finding its way into the well, carry bacteria enough rapidly to multiply and contaminate all of the water. Roots of trees and vines also 6erve as drains into the wells, as they loosen the soil, and for that reason they should never be planted near the source of drinking water.?Sanitary News, farm and garden n0te8. Hitch your horses in the shade. Protect jour animals from flies. Start the cultivators in the corn. "Waste apples may be profitably changed into vinegar. Sprinkle hellebore and water on rose bushes to kill the insects. Burn all cuttings or plucked leaves that are infested by insects. A good lunch about 5 p. m. is very refreshing these long, hot days. Do not allow your cows to be driven 1 Ktn /Y A? rtf (1 HTT i m /I UU1U1Q UilLAiU^j U1 Ub uuj uuig* A few tomato plants among melons and squashes will drive away insects. The proper preparation of the soil for the crop is quite as important as proper cultivation afterward. Do not keep the cream too long, for if you do it gets old and too sour, and the result is poor butter. All small fruits require a complete fertilizer,either stable manure or a chemical compound, on old soils. To keep a tree from growing too late in the fall pinch of! the terminal shoots as far as they can be reached. Good roads would reduce the cost of J hauling farm products to market at least one-half for the whole country. Early potatoes are better if dug as soon ns ripe, and either sold or stored in a cool, dry, well ventilated cellar. The most valuable food is the most valuable as a fertilizer, and when fed produces the most valuable manure. Man and tree were made for each other; where the one does not grow the other does not abide in his best estate. Wheat is found as valuable for stock food as for human food, but it-needs to be fed in conjunction with bulkier food. Do not be afraid to use the harrow freely. It pays to pulverize and powder the soil, as well as to keep down the weeds. Put your slop-water and soapsuds on the ground among the growing plants of the garden. It will help fertilize the ground. Animals ought to have twice the stable room that is generally given them. There is nothing gained in crowding animals or crops. It is said the best sweet corn grows on rocky and strong soil; better than in sandy or light black soil filled with vege-' table fibre., Professor Davenport of the Michigan. Agricultural College says: "We fail, as do others, to secure the best ensilage from the large, watery sorts of corn destitute of ears." If farmere will pick up all the loose bones, old boots, etc., around the place and burn them, putting the ashes after being pulverized around their small fruits, it will be greatly to their advantage. The best remedy for apple tree pests this year is as follows: "Soft soap, one pint; carbolic acid, four teaspoonfuls and wntet, and cold, to make four quarts." This is also good for lice on cattle. It works like a charm. One man will use two minutes three times a day for six months to prop up and securc a broken gate because he has "no time to repair it," while his neighbor will take a whole hour for repair at the start and save at least a day and a half in a year. Grain and grass is the natural food for poultry when accorded full liberty, id confinement if given almost entirely thd former and deprived of the latter, trouble will ensue. We have found it advantage* ous to have every other feeding a dry food as our birds have done uniforml} better^. ' WORDS OF WISDOM. We carry our jails with us. j There is a sunshine of the heart. A clear conscience defies a cloudy sky. Convenience generally keeps her word. It is too bad our strikers cannot make a hit. To possess one's self is to be a great owner. Trust your fellows and keep your eye on them. Circurastancc gives coloring to our independence. Accept your friend's tongue but not his ear, lest you hear from him again. A pretty young lady always wishes to sec what is in the store windows as she passes. There's no man who does not expect his Maker to be more merciful to him than he is to his fellows. A man may be honest and not virtuous; when he is so he leans upon his honesty as an atonement for his imperfections. It is usually the man of money who discourses on the bene6ts of poverty. This is proper since the poor are other YYXOC gii^U^^Ui A wise mail plays the fool when he enters into an argument on the street corner, for it is easy for the jester to get a corner on the merriment when logic is slain with a smile.? West Share. A Woman's Long Swim for Life. By yesterday morning's Australian mail, says the Pall Mall Gazette of recent date, we have for the first time full particulars of the Qaetta disaster, and the narratives of the survivors. We subjoin the principal points in the graphic statement of Miss Lacy, undoubtedly the most interesting figure in the events of that calamitous night in Torres Straits. Miss Lacy says she was sitting in the saloon writing a letter, the other ladies practicing for a concert, when, without a moment's warniug, they heard a loud, grating sound, the ship rocked violently, and a chorus of confused noises broke out on deck. Miss Lacy rushed on deck, and already the ship was sinking. "Going aft," she says, "was like walking up a hill. The part to which I was making my way was high above the water." But hnrdlv had she reached the aft Dart of the vessel than it rapidly sank, and in a j moment 200 human beings and a large j number of sheep "were all in the water in a heap, the people struggling and Bhrieking terribly." Miss Lacy with great difficulty managed to extricate herself from the confused mass, and, being a practical swimmer, succeeded in getting clcar of the whirlpool caused by the sinking ship. She then relieved herself of all superfluous clothing, and swam about for two hours in the hope of coming across some of the survivors. At midnight she heard a cry from a distance, and swimming toward it,found that it came from a raft rudely and hastily constructed by the chief officer. She availed herself of this temporary refuge and remained on the raft until noon next day, when, finding that it was making no progress, and fancying thi.t she saw an island on the verge of the horizon, Miss Lacy determined to trust once more to her swimming powers, ana in spite 01 the strong remonstrances of the chief officer she dived into the ocean and struck out in the direction she hid marked out for herself. But she had grievously miscalculated the distance of the island. All the afternoon and far into the night she was in the water without lifebelt or support of any description, relieving herself by swimming alternately on her face, back and sides. She said she felt no fear of the sharks that abound in these tropical waters, but the fearfully hot sun scorched her terribly, and every now and then she had to thrust her head under water to save herself from sunstroke. She is under the impression that for a part of the time she was asleep in the water. At length, after being for twenty-four hours altogether in Tor.ei Straits, she was picked up in an almost exhausted condition by a boat belonging to the search steamer Albatross. For some hours after her timely rescue she was delirious, and fancied herself living.in a submarine hotel. No more signal proof of the value of swimmiug as a lady accomplish merit has been furnisnecl lor many a day than this extraordinary experience of Miss Lacy's. Paralyzed by a Scratch. 4'I.have read of men being paralyzed by a wound and unable to move," said a well-known prominent Maine officeholder to a reporter of the Lewiston Journal, "and I believe it. I know that there have been many cases of the kind, and one of them in particular has such a personal twist that I have good reasons to remember. "It wts at the battle of Chantilly, in the oarly part of the fight. We had approached a low, rambling fence?a Virginia fence, as they were called, and I had my gun through it and was doing what service I could. I saw the splinter fly from a piece of that fence under the I impulse or a uau irom ine enemy. in the lightning flash of the flying wood I seemed to find time to dodge, and then there was a quick pain like the searing of a hot iron and the splinter was through my hatband and along my scalp, penetrating it, but not injuring the skull. 4'The blow was severe and stunned me, and I remember as well my last look at the scene?the fighting troops, the smoke, the battle and the tramping men. I fell back, my legs half doubled up beneath me, and in a moment my strength was gone and I was powerless. I saw everything. Men fell upon me. Men trampled upon me. Horses reared around me. The battle was on all sides. *'My wits were clear, my brain unclouded, but there was I, dying a death momentarily, alive, yet dead, and suffering more tortures than I thought life could have. I lay there perhaps half aa hour?every moment a year of agony? when I felt some one's hand oa my collar, and I was draped out and turned on my face, where I lay for a moment as some one rifled my cartridge box. The motion saved inc. My pulse seemed to stir, uiy heart beat, my will to re-exert itself, and in a few momcuts I was myself. The wound was so small that I stanched it with my handkerchief and in half an hour I was as well as ever. "If the hand li;id not found my coat collar I should have been blcachiug iuy bones on Cbantilly at this moment instead of being here talking to you, and it would have been tongli to have passed in on such a scratch." v -"S. WESTERN CYCLONES. A Tornado Cuts a Wide Swath in Illinois. A Score of People Killed and Paw Paw Destroyed, A tornado swept over the county about nine mik s north "of Mendota, 111., intheafterternoon and did great damage. The storm started west of Sublette, HI., and traveled ftbout ten miles in a southeasterly direction, hewing out a path about half a mile wide. Hundreds of people were injured, and it was reported that ten lives were lost. Ten nouses were blown to kindling wood in the village of Sublette. A schoolhouso near Philip Slassinger's, north of Mendota, 111, containing twentyfive children, was blown to atoms, and the teachers and pupils were found bruised and bleeding in the debris. Manv farm houses were blown to pieces near West Brooklyn, 111. The town of Earleville, 111., was struck by a tornado an i eight persons killed. Many were wounded. The town is said to have been almost entirely destroyed. It is about twelve miles from Sublette, 111. The tornado passed through Lee County, 111., south of the track taken by the one of twelve years ago, which wiped out the town of Loe Center. After a heavy storm of twenty-four hours a large cloud was noticed in the northwest, which soon developed into a tornado. The cyclone also swept over the little town of Paw Paw, in Lee County, 111., destroying it and killing seventeen people. The news of the disaster was brought in by a courier, who rode with all speed to Dixon, III., for physicians to take care of the wounded. The courier says the town of Paw Paw was swept from the face of the earth. Scores were wounded by tha flying timbers, and many will die of their injuries. About 4 p.m. the tornado swept across Vermilion County, in Illinois, crossing the Chicago and Alton Railroad^ about five miles north of Pontiac. Great damage was done to crops, and it was said many lives were lest. The same tornado passed west of Cornell, 111., in a path eighty rods wide and about four miles in length. Everything in its path was either totally wrecked or badly damaged. Four people were fatally injured and several others slightly hurt. The storm struck tne house of S. Plymire, tearing it to pieces and terribly injuring Mr. Plymire. The residences of William Vincamp and J. M. Bradley were unroofed, outhouse destroyed and Vincamp and Bradley slightly hurt. The house and barn of William Sutcliffa were badly damaged, but the family escaped with a few bruises. The most* extensive wreck was at W. D. Connor's. His house, barn and other build ings were demolisnea, ana jut. uonnor ana wife received fatal injuries. The schoolhouse, a short distance east, was blown to pieces, not a timber being left standing. Fortunately the school was not in session at the time. A son of Mr. Morrison was badly hurt by flying debris. 0. 0. Leonard's house and other buildings were badly damaged, one of his boys being fatally Injured. Severe electric storms accompanied by much rain and heavy winds prevailed In Northeastern Kansas and Western Missouri. At Atchison, Kan., the fall of rain was exceptionally heavy. The water forced itself into the water mains, several of which burst and flooded the cellars all along Commercial street. The greatest injury was occasioned to the offices of the Atchison Champion, the Globe and the Patriot, whose press rooms were flooded. At St. Joseph, Mo., the rain fell in torrents and flooded the streets and burst several sewers. Joseph C. Coombs, while attempting to keep an inlet clear, was overcome by the force of the water and carried into the sewer. At Moberly, Mo., lightning struck Governor Fry's house. The members of the family were stunned, but were not severely Injured. J. W. Allen's house was also struct by lightning, and two small children were prostrated. TURBULENT* SALVADOR, Death oi President Menendez and Assassination of Several Officers. President Menendez, of San Salvador, died suddenly, soon after the conclusion of a banquet given on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the entrance of General Menendez into San Salvador and the defeat of tbe Zaldivar faction. During tbe panic caused by the President's death General Alarcial and several other officers were killed at the barracks. General Carlos Ezeta, the leader of tbe forces, is now in command. All is quiet at present. _ ..." General Francisco Menenaez was eiectea Provisional President of San Salvador in 1885, after having defeated General Figueroa, and spoiled the schemes of Generals Barrios and Zaldivar for organizing a Central American Union, to which San Salvador was bitterly opposed. General Menendez was re-elected President in 1887, and his terra would have expired in 1891. He has been accused of tyranny in forcing into the military service the sons of some of the best Salvadorean families, and in imprisoning them and even causing them to be flogged when they resisted. THE LABOR WOELD. All Denver (Col.) building workers won eight hours. Nxxe thousand miners are on strike in the St. Etienne district in France. Chicago belting manufacturers are opening up a big trade in South Carolina. A score or two of fertilizer factories are being erected in South Carolina and Florida. In nearly all Russian factories the employes are required to work thirteen hours per day. There are forty brick machines In Phila delphia, each of which can make 30,000 bricks_per day. A Brooklyn (N. Y.) employer settled a strike by paying the $209 owed the union by eight of his men. There are 45,000 colored people in New Jorsey whose children are without an industrial training school. Brooklyn (N. Y.) tin and sheet-iron workers struck for $3.50 for outside work, $3 for inside and eight hours. During the last twenty years 1201 lives have been lost in Pennsylvania while mining 110,353,715 tons of coal. Over 40^000 carpenters are said to have been benefited as the result of the recent eight-hour fight in New York. A World's Congress of the seafaring fraternity will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, during the first week in October. The cigarmakers' unions have gained nearly 39DO new members through winning forty strikes in the last few montlis. The strikes at Truman, Moravia, and Gratz, in Styria, ended in a triumph for the men. Tho employers acceded all their demands. The International Shoeworkers' Union has 23,000 members, is young and has raised wages $300,000 a year, gained other points. It has been decided to order strikes In all carpenter shops in Brooklyn, N. Y., where tho eight-hour working day has not been established . Perhaps tho strongest and most cohesive labor organization in the world is the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, numbering nearly 50,000 members. But few Chinamen assisted in jrnthering cherries at Hay wards, in California. Girl3, twelve years old, made during the season from $2 to S3 a day picking cherries. The annual union of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers was held at Rock Point, Penn., recently. Between 16,000 and20,0JO people were present. The typewriter has invaded the British war office, and with such success that it is* proposed to transfer some Of the work at! present done by clerks to women with their machines. Governor Abbett; of New Jersey, has eigned the bill prohibiting the employment or private detectives to quell strikes. It forbia? the appointment of non-residents cf tho Stats 03 speciaU>33cers, - fa'::. ' ' The Monarch of Gluttons. Louis XVI., "The Grand Monarch," was a grand eater. His 6istcr suid of him : <41 have seen the King take at a single meal four plates of different soups, an entire pheasant, a partridge, a great plateful of salad, two large slices of ham, a huge quantity of mutton with garlic, a whole plate of tarts, piles of fruit, and finish up with hard boiled eggs." The appetite of Louis XV. was scarcely less Gargantuan, though more particular. He paid his cook ?5000 a month. No price was too costly for anything he fancied. He is said to have once paid $2250 for a turtle, which was procured from London. The chief cook of Louis XVI. had a stipend of $15,000 a year. Louis XVIII. used to get up in the middle of the night in order to cat a hearty meal. Even the Citizen King,the head of the Orlcanists, was a great eater. Commercial Advertiser. Twenty Million Stars In View. Astronomers say that the. fabulous number of 20,000,000 stars, all aglow, can be seen with a powerful microscope. When we consider that the nearest of these is 200,000 times as far from us as the sun, and that it would take from three and a half to twenty-one years for the light which reaches us to cease if they were extinguished, we cannot grasp and hold the vast conception in our minds. Yet it is supposed that each ot these is a central sun, with its own colony of planets circling round it, which in size are vastly superior to those of our own solar system, and are traveling through space with such speed that it is impossible for us to comprehend it. The star Sirius is said to be moving fifty-four miles a second, or 194,400 miles per hour, a flaming mass, leading its brood of planets through illimitable space.?New York Telegram. A Dnriuj* Mountain Climber. Dr. Hans Meyer, the German mountain explorer, intends to try to reach the top of Kcnia, the second highest mountain in Africa. Kcnia is about 19,000 feet high, only 700 feet lower than Kibo, the higher summit of Kilima Njaro, and is perpetually snow-crowned. Dr. Meyer will be accompanied by Ludwig Purtscheller, and will go equipped with ice axes, snow spectacles, Alpine ropes, climbing irons, rubber coverings and sheepskin sleeping bags and blankets. ?New York Sun. Among the passengers on the La Bretagne, which recently sailed for Europe, was Mr. Alfred B. Scott, of Scott & Bowne, proprietors of Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. This is one of his periodical trips to attend to the affairs of the firm, which has branch houses In London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan and Oporto. A submarine cable is to be laid this summer, between Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Bermuda. An Only Daughter Cured of Consumption. When death was hourly expected from Coiimmptiim, all remedies having failed and Dr. H. Jam C8 was experimenting, he accidentally made a preparation of Indian Hemp, which cured his only child, and now gives this recipe free on receipt of two stamps to pay expenses. Hemp also cures night sweats, nausea at the 6tomach, and will break a fresh cold in twenty-four hours. Address Craddock & Co., 10J2 Wos.a Cf PViilu/lolnhin Pn famine thisnA.rw>tv While Decorating Your Homes Do not forget that the toilet table is an important affair, still more Important what to nave on it. Every good housekeeper will acknowledge the value of having a reliable remedy at band in ease of ncc<l, and there is nothing better in the world than l)r. Tobias's Venetian Liniment, the sovereign pain reliever, besides which a single trial will convince any lady that it is indispensable for the toilet table as it quickly removes pimules and blotches from the neck, facc and nanas, while for the stings of insects it is infallible. All druggists sell It. 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Any reliable druggist who may notliave it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP CO. 8AH FRANCISCO, CAL iOUl8VIU? KV HEW 10RK, N.f. S Y N V?'2G _ For a Disordered Liver Try BEECHAH'S PILLS. 25cts. a Box. OF1 ATI, DRUGGISTS, cm ? o M n nuiMin u^TiunMis, IICIVOll/IV Wellington, D.c. 'Successfully Prosecutes Claims. I Late Principal Examiner D. B. Pf nslon Bureau. I S jts iu lost war, IS abjudicating claim , att.v eLuoa, linillll HABIT. Only Ortnin and llrllEM Kumv C't'itE 111 the World. Dr. VI I win J. I,. STEPHEN-', Lebanon, o CHICHESTEH'3 ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS ?nCD CROSS DIAMOND BRAND. hsfe alvaj? rrlublt. Ludle*. A &sk Druggist for ViamoiiA Brand, la flA red, lartilllc brxra, scaled wiib blue /7\\ ribbon. TnL-o no other. All pllln vVgy la pasteboard besos, pink wrappers. mr? X*' dangcron* counterfeit*. nesd 4?. v (*tamps) for particulars, testimonials and "Itcllef for Ladles," <f? Ictttr, bj return Dull, /tamo Tcper. Chlehioter Cfcsm'l Co.. nsrIUjn 80.. Hill*.- P> JO 1 preicrieo ana tullyei*. dor??? Big (} as tfce only /Csret In Vafl apeciflc fortbcccrtaineuro JmMy 1 TO i daTS.^I of this disease. JW&BtrsnKod DOI teW G. H.1K".?IIAIIAM,M. D.t fgg oaassGttjWow. ? -irnatcrdam, N. y. Hrdooiybytli# ? Vo have sold Bif G for 15HtTie?C>?-ifei!& - many years. and it lia3 tho best oi setlaaD. R!'DYCHE& CO.. Cnlo^BU^irklSl.OO. Sold by Drueciat^ R<z N'wc'* Free, will be sent byCrasfin & Co, Pbila., Pa., to any one In U. S. or Canada, postage paid, upon receipt of 25 Do'obins'a Electric Boap wrapper*. See list of novels on circulars around each bar. Boap for sale by all grocers. In Great Britain and Ireland the Baptists have 2786 churches, 1881 pastors or missionaries, 829,126 members. J. S. Parker, Fredonla, N. Y., says: "Shall not call on you for the $100 reward, for I believe Hall's Catarrh Cure will cure any case of catarrh. Was very bad." Write him for par- { titulars. Sold by Druggists, 75c. A workhouse for the blind of Chicago fee [projected. FITS stopped free by Do. Ki.ink'3 Gqeat Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first day's Ve. Marvelous cures. Treatise and trial bottle free. Dr. Kline, 901 Arch St., Pbila., Pa. Health and Strength Soon replace weakness and languor If that rellaolj medicine, Hood'sSarsaparUla, Isfalrly and faithfully tried. It Is the best medicine to keep the blood pura and (o expel the germs of scrofula, salt rheum ani other poisons which cause so mucn suffering, an J sooner or later undermine the general healtli. By Its peculiar curative power Hood's 8araaparllU strengthens the sy9tem while It eradicates disease. "I think Hood's SarsaparUla Is just the medietas for women or anyone who has bad olood."?Jennie i ?. Smith, East Broad Top, Pa. Hood's Sarsaparilla Fold by all druggists, f 1; six for fft. Prepared only ty C. L HOOD A CO., Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar Mt I EWIS' 98 5S. LYE L Powdered and Perfumed. (PATENTED.) ^H*L( The strongest and purest Lyo ^ PAmade. Will make tbe best per fumed Hard Soap in 20 millutes icithoutboiling. Ills the beet for disinfecting sinks, S closets, drains, washing bottles, Mm barrels, paints, etc. IV PENNA. SALT JTFG CO. i(ieu. Act*.. i'hila.. I'a. ./J0NE8\ / TON SCALES \ / OF \ $60 BINGHAMTON V Beam Bex Tare Beam/ \& N. Y. W VL*liBZVY * av \^for^y x?thvps Plso's Remedy for Catarrh ta the |H Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest, flu Sold by druggist* or sent by mall. H 60c. ?. T. llazeltlne, Warren, Pa. H DCMdriMC Bill has passed. So!r fa j IU lv u dlen<<thelr wld0w!4. U W mothers and fat hew are entitled to 812 a moutli. Fee $10 when you pet your money. Blanks free. JOSEPH 11. HUXTEU, Att'y, Waahlngton, U. C. _ M MONEY IN CHICK.EN3. w M For 25c. a 100-page book, experience &JK of a practical poultry raiser during Vgm 2 years. 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MED WATERPROOF IIP II ADI/TT nc wnni\c.i. ^ tors bills ii m SAVE HEALTH!i knowing how U take care of tout dear one* when m J t attacked by disease. THE TIME TO* IKCK ILLNESS IS IX ITS 1NCIPIBN*# f i but how many persons know what to do to h a case. Not one la a thousand Do you? IfX , you need a physician to teU you; and you don't ? lerally have a doctor at hand la the middle of tie f ht, or at a moment's notice, and In any event hi* vices are expensive, a Book containing the In- * nation you want con be at hand, however, and 2 you are wise will be at hand. Such a book mkmj we offer you for only a and if vou arc prudent _ jlJCi y?u will send for It by nilf*. ! '7^' return mall, lu title ZT .TV . ^ OStpaid. |9 "EVERY MAN Postpaid. * HIS OWN DOC- * IR." It is the labor of J. HAMILTON A VERS, tt., M. Li., and Is the result of n life spent in llxht- 2 disc aw in every form. It is written In plain ryday English, and Is free from tbo technical* to the generality of reader*. This Book laf so woi"Jed as to be readily understood by all z { s and consists or 86 pojes on the SKIN, Its o ' s Itch, Tetter, Scalp Diseases, Ringworm, Rashes^ o | , Coras, ?C., SLC. allowing auw \o rrovrui, Arrvat w VEij?covering Apoplexy, Trance, Congestion, f Headaches, Hiccough. Hypochondria, Insanity. J ; 's Dance, Palsy, Ac. Nineteen pages on the EYE ! Squinting, Stye, Ac. Tea __ dcm, Earache, Kunntng of, vVTIfl Bodies. 4c. Eight page* on 51 H I n If m* tarrh, ulcerated, Tumor, &c. j] UlVfflA lips.moi:tii. jaws, IB 1811 Canker Mouth, Toothache, J A VlAlEi/ on Til R OAT and WIND- i rla, Hoarsened, Influenza, J iUSTBATED. I Throat, &e. Elgh <eu pages ij Aftliraa, Co'.tgu, Pleurisy, | l HEAUT?Palpitation, Enlargement, Dropsy Ji ity?Cholera Morbus, Colic, Cosureties*, Cramp, i >nes, Jaundice, Plies. Ac. Twenty-six pages ou( ?Gravel, Diabetes, Private Diseases, Jnflamma f General System?Abseesn, Cauccr, Droy?v. f j m, &c. Ever.* thing treated In detail. ~ nation. Womb, Pregnancy, Confinement, to. Ji isense*, from birth, and Is tilled with Just the 0] t is worth many times the pr<ce of the work. ! ???r?- nud Kiitcrgcncies, inducing*. j, , , , their Antidotes, 4c. Invaluable. J ulfi W gleue?Preservation of Health Ji j *" Part VI?Common Qnes ? t. w:_v* nilfeellaue:ius Information cj* t iO-Night. atK| uiK-ase. tilled with Hlnldy ? 1 t.f thinking young people; ilu'f 6eful knowledge for all contemplating marriage. ? k Kooni?Aa l;i valuable section for housewives. aixce-Teiiiperaaiont.-, tic. Worthy closo study. s; Prescriptions, Kece.'pts, Ac. Extremely useful. J ictkms for preiarlng and using Common Uerbs. 0 1 lastautly to the Information you want. Ar- w should be in every household. Seat postpaid ? amps. ? , 134 Leonard St.. New York. X