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AGRICULTURAL. "
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
GAPES IN CHICKENS.
Gapes are caused by a minute worm in
the -windpipe. It is generally produced
by filth or neglect. If taken in time, as
soon as the chick is noticed to gape and
sneeze, it can be cured. Give the chick
every two hours a few drops of diluted
camphor or turpentine, taking care to
get some in the windpipe. The odor
will, as a rule, kill the worm, and the
chick can then easily dislodge it. English
fanciers recommend corn meal boiled,
into which a tallow candle has been
stirred, then feed cold.?Boston Cultivator.
STRAWBERRY BEDS REQUIRE ATTENTION.
Immediately after bearing, the strawberry
bed requires attention. The mulch
should be removed, weeds pulled out and
a liberal dressing of manure applied. If
the plaDts are grown in hills all runners
have to be cut off. In the alternate row
6ystem the growth of the runners 13 encouraged
so as to fill all the bare space.
When this is well covered the old rows
are spaded under. Old beds overrun
with grass are not worth the trouble of
renovating; better plant a new bed as
soon as well-rooted youug plants can be
obtained.?Neu> York Observer.
FILTERING MILK THROUGH SPONGES.
Here is an idea worthy of consideration,
with a view of adoption by American
farmers who furnish milk to creameries.
According to a Scotch journal, the
method of filtering milk through sponges
immediately on its beins drawn from the
^ cows has been practised for some time
past by most, if not all of the dairy
farmers (some thirty or thirty-five in
number) in Dumfriesshire and elsewhere
who supply the Annandale Dairy Company
with milk. This new method was
started by the company's dairy inspector,
and has proved very successful. It will
be at once apparent that filtering the
* milk at the farm, before being put into
the cans is a much better plan than
filtering it aft<?r it arrives at the creamery,
as by removing all impurities beforehand
the milk reaches the consumers in
a much purer and more wholesome condition
than after a longer or Bhorter
transit by rail in an unfiltered or imperfectly
filtered 6tate.?New Tori Witnm.
V- QUANTITY OP SEED PEB ACRE.
' A five ycare'experiment tit the Indiana
Experiment Station to determine the
amount of seed wheat per acre to grow
the largest crop resulted as follows: Two 1
pecks yielded 17.96 bushels; three pecks, j
B2.84; four pecks, 25.44; six pecks,
87.76, Beven pecks, 29.54; eight pecks,
BO. 94 bushels. The best results were ob- i
tained by drilling in the seed. The broad- i
casted damaged the most iu winter.
f The station recommends sowing less
wheat, growing more grass and better
live stock. When wheat is sown select !
bardy varieties that arc prolific and suited ,
to the soil and stick to them. "With good
treatment it will not run out. Plow
wheat ground early anfl harrow at once,
as the soil is then the most easily pul-^-verized.
If the soil is lumpy use a roller.
' When the manure and fertilizer are applied
be sure that they are thoroughly
mixed with the soil. These should be
applied as the top dressing,and the man.
ore Bhould be well rotted. Keep the
the fresh manure for the corn crop.
Adopt a 6ystem of crop rotation.?Ntw
York Herald.
* THE MOLE A MJISAJTCB.
Moles are an intolerable nuisance in
Gelds and gardens. And yet they are
defended by scientific persons, who
would have us believe that these pests
feed only upon animal food, as worms,
grubs and mature insects. The mice eat
the seeds and roots, they say, following
In the passages of the moles. But if the
mice are thus enabled to devour seeds
and roots in the ground, that is a sufficient
reason fot the extermination of the
molea, who thus make a way for the
mice. But the statement that moles eat
no vegetable matter is wholly without
truth or excuse, for it is easily disproved.
The writer has now before him the contents
of the stomach of a mole, which
ebow under the microscope the starch
cells of the seed peas or corn the animal
has eaten, and the digested matter
proves, uy me iouine icst, tu wtieiat
largely of starch. That a mole in confinement
in a glass ja* will not eat soaked
?- peas or corn is no proof that it will not
eat them when free, in the soil of a garden.
When worms or insects are
scarce, and moles are hungry, they will j
eat vegetable food, no doubt, just as '
field mice, supposed to be vegetable!
^^ioeders, will cunsume worms and inBeets
as freely as peas or com.?2\rac
York lines.
HORSE SHOEING.
Many a good horse has been spoiled :
by bad shoeing. AYbo has nat felt like j
choking a blacksmith, who, by careless- i
?ess, bas driven .a nail into the quick, or i
from bungling <w<*rk has left the shoe to |
project,or the nail heads in such a way as j
to cause interfering, ur who has cramped
fee fnnt or otherwise Irv misfit caused I
conns.or lameness Wiant of mechanical
skill, .natural care-loeaness, too (much
strong drink?all ttheee are prolific
sources of trouble ia a blacksmith.
Iforis this mereily applicable to "fine
ar.d high-priced Lvjiraee. Sometimes a
blackamith, who can do fairly good
work, isf :he tries, well he (utterly heedless
when working for a afcighboriDg fari&er.
Bungling and misfe work are, in hie j
mind, g.&od enough far farm horses.
Such a bdieksmith deserves .to be ridden
on a rail .out of the neighborhood.
.Farmers should demand the best work.
Jt is not oaljr a shame ?ad a cruelty to I
choe a horse improperly, il ie & positive
jwcuniary das&age to the owner,
k Jn this, connection we are phased to
uoie that the British Parliament has before
it a bill for .the official regit ration
of farriers and thoeiag smiths. It is
proposed that no one should be permitted
to shoe horses who had not previously
obtained from the Farrier's Company
a diploma, which would only fee
delivered &fter carefnl examination into
r tbe man's technical and practical knowledga
of the business. The latter is one
in which technical instruction is essentially
requisite. "For unskilfnl treatment,
whether in medicine, surgery, or
even in the shoeing of a horse," as the
New York Tribune well says, "is only
one remove from carelessness, nt>d
whereas the human creatures are able to |protest
and complain, the poor beast ia I
obliged to bear in silence, and can only
indicate its sufferings by a limp."
The Farm, Field and Stockman would
suggest that similar measures be adopted
in America by all our State Legislatures.
?Farm, Field and Slochnan.
FARM AXD GARDEN NOTES.
Look well to the watering of stock.
Keep the wagon axles well greased.
No "letup" on the weed nuisance.
Rainy day work?Repairing tools, etc.
Buy nothing you can produce as cheaply
Change of diet keep3 up a good appetite.
Work early and late, but rest at midday.
A successful breeder must be a good
feeder.
Skimmed milk and buttermilk are good
for horses.
Don't expect all the good qualities in
one animal.
Shallow culturc of hoed crops is now
the order of the day.
A nice flock of good poultry is essential
to every country and suburban home.
The best stock raisers are now trying
to grow meat instead of to accumulate
fat.
The perquisites or free things of the
farm are equal to good wages for one
man.
Failures as well as successes tepch
lessons. lie is wise who learns from
both.
Remember that one of the "most important
cares of the farm is the care of
health.
"Whoever depends upon the public for
a market mast consult the wants of the
public.
There is no benefit in applying to your
soil any ingredient which it already has
in abundance.
Don't let the rays of the sun fall directly
on your beehives. Pro vile some
sort of shade.
Good butter contains ten or twelve per
cent, of water, but it should show no
trace of buttermilk.
Keep a vigorous growth of vegetation
in all moist and malarial places. It will
absorb the malarial gases.
Farm work is hard work, but who can
take a leisure day rnd feel it less in his
business than the furmer?
As soon as an animal is maiurea ic
ceases to be profitable to keep, unless it
is a work animal and possibly sheep.
Butter should be kept cool during the
working, and also during the few hours
it may be left for the salt to dissolve.
Do not expect any farm animal to "pick
up" its living. If you do it need not surprise
you if the crows should pick its
bones.
Have you feather-eaters among your
stock ??a bad fault. Give them sulphur
twice a week in their soft food, and give
less heating food.
Chickens assisted out of the shell are.
generally assisted into another world. If
they are unable to hatch themselves they
seldom do any good.
To make a fine quality ?cf butter,
either dairy or creamery,requires healthy
cows, good feed and judicious handling
of cows, feed and milk.
To kill the future of creameries have
poor cows, poor milk, poor machinery,
rvnnr hnildinrra. tioor maker, tkoor butter.
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poor consumption, poor price.
As soon as the salt is dissolved, butter
may be worked the second time in order
to correct any streakiness which the first
mixing of salt may have caused.
Three-quarters of an ounce of salt to
the pound will be the right quantity for
most markets for immediate consumption,
and one ounce to the pound for packed
butter.
Cheerful, active labor is a blessing.
An old philosopher says: "The firefly
only shines when on the wing; so it is
with the mind; when once we rest, we
darken."
Loss of feathers is generally caused by
want of green food, or want of a dust
bath; supply both. Local application,
mercurial ointment. The feathers will
not return before next mounting season.
Milk cans should be washed in cold or
tepid water first, and then rinsed in
boiling water before they are exposed to
be aired. The addition of a little soda
and borax to the hot water will increase
its cleansing properties.
Seattle's Indian Princess.
One of the peculiar features of Seattle
(Washington State) life is the number ol
Indians seen on the street, dressed, not
in the proverbial blanket, but in cast-ofl
ck>thes of the whites. The tribes around
there are Siwashes, and one cannot imagine
their having an ounce of the desperate,
brave blood that seems to belong
to the Indian race. These Siwashes are
vctt small and drag themselves siowiy
around the street, barefooted, dressed iu
dirty rags, carrying baskets of clams to
sell and other baskets to fill with any
scraps of food they may pick off the 1
stroet or out of the garbage barrels.
They seem to be utterly degraded and
the fiats oa which they live are fine fields
for home missionaries.
The principal -character among these
Indians is the Princess Angeline, and old
women whose face in a nass of wrinkles
and who is ugly in the extreme. It is
said that about the middle of this century
ske and her husband, who has since
died, tramped from the western part of
this State through almost impenetrable
forests to warn the people in this village
(as it tisen was) that the Indians were going
to attack them. This heroic act was
the mesas of saving the town, and since
then Angeline has been a part of it. Sho
is the daughter of the old -chief, Seattle,
for whom lihe city is named aaad to whose
memory thejpioneers of the city have lately
erected a handsome momueieai at Port
Blakeley, where he was buried in 1866.
The old ch5ef would hare great cause
to be proud of his namesake, which,
fmm a population of auuu m issu, nas
jwt.n to beacitr of 44,0U0, doubling its
size since '88.? Washington {D. C,) Star.
A Home-Made Steamboat
On St. Paul's River,in Liberia, Africa,
there1 is a home-made steamboat. It was
constructed by an African named Irons,
who was ogee a slave in South Carolina.
He built hitf>steamboat in this way: He
rein aieled a opnoe fifty ieet long, put in
the Sgine of ^ sugar cane mill, rigged
up paddle wlieel^ and put in some bits
of iron shafting. /J'he pteamer is not a
beauty, but it carries freig-bt a&d passengers,
and does good work. J?s builder
Jias inventive genius, and sh^ttKl ?Qco^raged."Atlanta
tymlitulwrt. !
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS
A XEW THASII-BASKET.
The new trash-basket is a bag. The
willow baskets which well-intentioned
young women have dressed up in babyblue
ribbons and worsted fruits and
flowers, or have gilded and decorated for
church fairs, are stripped of their ornamentations
and relegated to offices. The
vide porche takes their place in the sitting-room
and boudoir. This is a long,
narrow bag about nine by eighteen inches
in size. It is made of brocade, in any
rare old tint, and lined with a plain silk
in harmonizing color, which is turned
down "enrevers" on one side; the bag
is suspended by a metal cord and tassel
or ribbon. If the bag is made from a
piece of your grandmother's brocade
gown it is so much the better, because it
will show your grandmother was educated
enough to wear a gown of brocade.
?JYcio York 2'ril/une.
now TO KEEP ICE-WATER
Ice is so expensive this year that I
am sure my hint for keeping it ns long as
possible in the ice pitcher -will be thankfully
received. A friend gave me the
hint some years ago, and I have profited
by it m:iny times. She said* Make with
strong brown paper, a cover large
enough to drop over the pitcher like a
bell; make it of two thicknesses of the
brown paper and quilt a layer of cottonbatting
between the paper. This you
will observe keeps the warm air from
reaching the pitcher, hence the ice will
last longer than it would were the pitcher
uncovered. This cover need not be unsightly
and a disgracc to our side-board.
Get a new piece of red brown wrapping
paper for the outside layer and mark
square or diamond-shaped lines over it,
then put your cotton between the papers
and thread an embroidery needle with
green, blue or yellow zephyr and quilt
along the marks in long stitches. It will
be easy enough to make a bell-shaped
contrivance to slip over the pitcher and
completely cover it. Make a loop of the
zephyr or attach a worsted ball to the
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HONEY VINEGA.B
Not long ago we were told that the
finest quality of vinegar could be made
from watermelon juice. Now a Canadian
apiarist is making vinegar from waste
and second-grade honey. He states that
one pound of honey and one gallon of
water are the proper proportions to make
a good vinegar. 4'That is, twenty-nine
pounds of honey will make (water enough
beiug added to fill a thirty-two-gallon
barrel) one barrel of the best vinegar.
The barrels used to make it in are common
alcohol barrels, which are found at
drug Btores. Saw out one of the barrel
heads and paint the Outside to prevent
the iron hoops from being destroyed by
vinegar. The bit re Is and vinegar are
kept in the cellar, bo covered with burlap
as to keep the dust out and let tha
air in. One year converts this water and
honey into the choicest vinegar. Moro
age will make it sharper or more acid,
but at one year old it is fine enough for
any use. Sweetened water from washing
honey drippings is the most common
waste of the apiary, and to utilize it is
presumed to be the desirable matter in
connection with honey vinegar. Still,
with the low price of honey, bee-keepers
may find a reasonable outlet for some of
their poor honey, such as is unfit to sell
?s an article of delicate luxury for table
use.? California Fruit-Grower.
PICKLES.
For making pickles none but the best
ipple vinegar should be used, advises
Mrs. E. R. Parker in the Courier Journal,
and it should never be boiled, but heated.
A. porcelain or gran'te kettle should be
ased in making pickles. For spicing,
jare must be taken to flavor so no one kind
will predominate. Almost all vegetables
make nice pickles, but must be gathered
at the proper season.
Artichoke Pickles?Rub off the outer
skin, lay in salt and water for a day,
drain, pour over cold vinegar.
Pickled Cauliflower?Take go 3d white
beads of cauliflower, break in pieces and i
boil for ten minutes in strong salt and
water; drain, let cool, putin ajar; spice |
hnfc vinficar and nour over it.
Lemon Pickles?Remove the rind of
two dozen lemons and pack in salt for a
week; set in the oven until the salt
melts, put in a kettle and pour over a
gallon of well spiced megar; scald and
put in a jar. *
Pepper Pickles?Cut the stems out of
fifty large pods of green pepper with a
penknife; fill the peppers each with
chopped cabbage, horse radish, mustard
seed and salt; replace the stem; then
pack in jars and cover with vinegar.
Cucumber Pickles?Wash and wipe
one hundred small cucumbers. Put in a
large jar, and cover with boiling brine,
let stand ten days. Pour off, put the
pickles iu jars, cover with hot spiced
vinegar, add chopped onions. Set aside
fr>r twn tr/>eks_ -when thev will be readv
for use.
Tomato Pickles?Take ripe, firm tomatoes,
puncture with a needle. Put a
layer of tomatoes with chopped onions
sprinkled with salt, put on another layer
and more salt until the jar is full; let
stand a week; then drain, and squeeze
the salt water out; putin a jar and cover
with 6trong vinegar.
Onion Pickle?Take large white onions,
pour boiling salt water over them, and
let stand three days; change the brine
and let 6tand three days longer, Take
one gallon of strong vinegar, add two
ounces of turmeric; scald and pour
over the onions boiling hot, and let stand
ten days. Then drain, and pour over
spiced vinegar.
Pickled Beans?String half a peck of
green beans, put in a kettle, cover theni
with boiling water, add a teaspoonful o'
salt and let boil half an hour. Drain,
when cold put in glass jars, sprinkle I
with pepper, add a tablespeonful of mustard
seed, two of chopped horse-radish,
one of celery seed, with an ounce of
cloves and allspice each. Cover with
strong vinegar.
Yellow Pickle?Take two galloos of
vinegar, two pounds of sugar, one ounce
of turmeric, three of allspice, one of
cloves, one of mace, one pint of mustard
seed, two tablespoonfuls of cclery seed.
Pound all together, and put in the vinegar
well heated. Take three large heads
of cabbage, cut and scald in brine,
squeeze dry and hang in the sun for two
days. Then put in cold, strong vinegar
and let stand over night. Drain, put in
o jar, and cover with spiced vinegar.
Large deposits pf phosphate of lime
have been discovered Algeria, Africa,
to the west of Oran.
WORDS OF WlSBOM.^^fSi
Faith never walks with a caneOak
trees can not be raised in flower
pots.
You will never be happy unless you
try to be.
The only easy thing to do in this world
is to love.
Never look back and you won't want
to go back.
Indecision is the biggest robber on the
face of the earth.
Nobody cares what kind of a purse the
money comes out of.
The party who won't forgive is the one
who is in the wrong.
You are not fit for a leader unless you
are a faithful follower.
Ready money is a good thing to have,
but a contented spirit is better.
Those who love can never be separated,
be they atoms, worlds, or spirits.
Tt ia -nrftll hnnp fnr Kiinmsq. Tint it is
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better to determine to deserve it.
Nothing keeps a stingy man from
stealing but the risk of the thing.
It is not the gift, but the amount of
love in it that gives it value above.
Prepare for little trials, and you won't
have much trouble with the big ones.
The hypocrite is only on his good behavior
while he thinks he is watched.
To be a jack of all trades is one of the
easiest ways in the world to be nothing.
Until a man has been tried he will
always have reason to be afraid of himself.
"I give as much as anybody else,"
mean9 that ?<I know I don't give half
enough."
"When you want to see the person most
to blame for your misfortunes gaze into
the looking glass.
The woman who doesn't care much
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lar about what she wears.
You can find mea everywhere who
don't know the meaning of the word
"give," from actual experience.
If you are not making the world
better, it will be worse for your having
lived. No man can leave the world as
he found it.?Indianapolis (Ind.) Ham's
Ham.
The Carob Tree.
The carob is a widely distributed
plant of the Mediterranean Basin from
Spain to the Orient, but more especially
of Northern Africa, where it grows in all
sorts of soils and situations from the
slopes of the driest limestone mountains
fcn the moat fertile oases. It is not com
moil, however, even in Algeria or in
Tunis, and grow3 as an isolated specimen.
The carob is one of the most
beautiful and useful trees of the countries
which it inhabits. It grows to the
height of forty or fifty feet, with a stout
trunk, and a compact head of dark
green, lustrous evergreen foliage. The
flowers are not at all conspicuous or
showy, resembling somewhat in size and
arrangement those of our three-thorned
acacias, to which the carob is rather
closely related botanically. The fruit is
a thickly-curved pod, and when it is ripe
the seeds are incased in a sweet pulp,
! which is eaten by the people of the coun'
tries where the tree is found. The great
value of the fruit of this tree, however,
is to feed to horses and hoga, which fatten
on them rapidly; and great quantities
of carob pods are exported from
Crete and other Eastern countries to Cen^
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Great Britain, for this purpose. The
pulp has been found to contain 66 per
cent, of pure sugar and gum, and it has
been used in the manufacture of sirups,
liquors and an imitation of chocolate,and
by the Egyptians in preparing a sort of
lugar used by the Arabs; the pods, too
are preserved in the same manner that
the pods of the tamarind are preserved in
India and other tropical countries.
There is considerable historical interest
attached to the carob. The fruit was
once supposed to be the fruit which supported
St. John in the wilderness, the
the seeds being held to mean "locusts"
rod the pulp "wild honey," so the tree
or its fruit came to be called "St. John's
bread," and the dry valves of the pod
have been considered the husks the prOdicrnl
enn lnnnred for in the last stages of
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his misery and starvation.
The wood of the carob is hard, heavy,
?ery durable and of a handsome rose
":olor. It is admirable furniture -wood
ind is used locally for carts and agricul:ural
implements. Its rarity is the only
:ausc which prevents it from being used
rery generally in construction and the
irts.
The carob, as it flourishes in all sorts
of soil, and is able to withstand drought
ind other hardships, is often planted,
sspecially in the Orient and in Africa,
for the grateful shade its heavy foliage
affords, as well as for its valuable fruit.
This tree was early introduced by the
Smninrds into Mexico aud South Amer
ica, and the experiments which have been
made of late years with this tree in California
seem to indicate that it may be
depended on in that State, where its more
general cultivation on ground too stony
or too sterile to produce other crops can
be recommended.?Garden and For tit.
The Hermet Poet.
Joaquin Miller has become so great a
recluse that he refuses to see visitors at
at his Fort Hill home, back of Oakland,
Cal., and he seldom comes over to San
Francisco. The poet's habits are peculiar.
He does all his literary work in the
morning, writing in bed until noon, when
doffs hii nightgown, dresses, and spends
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his fifty-arcre ranch or in long walks.
He has three cottagcs. He lives in one,
his mother in another, and his wife and
daughter, who arc now visiting him, occupy
the third. Joaquin believes that a
man should not be familiar even with his
own family, and he meets them in common
only at the table. From hi? house
one gets a superb view of San Francisco
and the Golden Gate.?New Tori
Tribune.
A Lnnatic Swims Twenty-Two Miles.
A marvelous feat was accomplished by
William Blackett, of Chickasaw County,
J an incurable inmate of the insane hospital
at Independence, Iowa Gaining
entrance to the sewer he followed its
course to the river a mile and a half.
Here he divested himself of all clothing
and started to swim to St. Louis. He
was discovered when going over the dam
at Quasqueton, and as all efforts to induce
him to land were futile he was captured
by fores after he had swum a distance
of twenty-two miles. Except a
bruised shoulder he was all right.?Pitts-1
lura Diwatcfi. ' _
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tbanNtStf .encounter
Orwnvtte iaate of a N antuclS^^M0|
and tfi^'-Diqke of Clarence, AdnmB^K
the BrrtUh ffS?L<and afterwards Wiluc^Bj
IV. The dispufltircse over the Duke's
attentions % reached its climax
in the Naafc^etSf$te.s seizing the
future King oRjSoj flawi hurling
him downstairs. of the
affair was wont in a ft?r JeariotoCkd d as
a decorative detiiil that -^e-%|i^S^the
Duke's sword-hilt was
stair. Greene at once wet^wjMl^R:
ship and refused to obey alppSM
from the Admiral, who, it aftHmijn| j
transpired, had intended to maKoEjpp.
plucky Nantucket man an officer in ftifl' [
English navy.
All the strategic resources of a quick,
ready mind were often called into play
during a whaleman's career, not only in
weathering storms and in avoiding destruction
of boats and loss of life when
attacking whales, but also in escaping
massacre from 6avage islanders and in
outwitting pirates. In 1819 the whaleship
Syren, while on a voyage to the
eastward of Cape Horn, met with an adventure
which would have proved fatal
to all hands but lor a quicK stratagem ot
the mate. One fine day, off one of the
Pelew Islands, all the boats being after
whales, and but a few men left aboard
the vessel, a large band of armed natives
suddenly swarmed over the bulwarks.
The crew fled to the rigging, leaving the
naked, howling savages in full command
of the ship. The mate, on coming
alongside, took in the situation ajt a
glance, and quickly ordered the men to
open the arm-chests and scatter on deck
all the. tacks they could find. In a moment
it fairly rained tacks upon the
naked savages. The deck was soon
covered with these little nails. They
pierced the feet of the islanders, who
danced about with pain which increased
with every step they took, until, with
yells of rage and agony, they tumbled
headlong into the sea and swam ashore.
Unfortunately, in the struggle the mate
on ? lllflf ATTfir ATlfl nf
an
bis eyes, and was obliged to retire from
the sea.?The Century.
What Tears Are Made Of.
It is said that people sometimes weep
for joy as well ns for sorrow, but such
cases are at least rare; anyway, there is
not probably any difference in the material
of the tears so Bhed. They are
both made of the Bame stuff. The principal
element in- the composition of a
tear, as may readily be supposed, is water.
The other elements are salt, soda,
phosphate of lime, phosphate of soda
and mucus, each in small proportions.
A dried tear seen through a microscope
of good' average power presents a peculiar
appearance. The water, after
evaporation, leaves behind it the same
ingredients, which amalgamate and form
themselves into lengthened cross lines,
on/1 lrw\l/- lilrn o niimhpr nf miniltfl fifih
(UiU iUVU nuv %m UMiUk/v* v?
boDca. The tears are secreted in what
are called the "lachrymal glands," situated
over the eyeball and underneath the
lid. The contents of these glands are
carried along and under the inner surface
of the eyelids by means of Bix oi
seven very fine channels, and are discharged
a little above the cartilage supporting
the lid.
The discharge of tears from the lach.
rymal glands is not occasional and accit
dental, as is commonly supposed, bucontinuous.
It goes on both day and
night?though less abundant through
the night?through the "conduits," and
spreads equally over the surface of the
lids. After serving its purpose the flow
is carried away by two little drains, situated
in that corner of each eye nearest
the nose?into which they run?and
called the "lachrymal points." The use
fulness of this quiet flow of tears to both
man and beast is manifest. There is
such an immense quantity of fine dust
floating in the air and constantly getting
into the eyes that, but for it, they would
Boon become choked. Very little is
requisite to keep the ball free, and when
some obnoxious substance?smoke ac
insect, or the like, that affects the
oerves?does make its way in an increased
flow is poured out to sweep it
away.?Brooklyn Standard-Union.
Chewing the Cnd.
A number of personally observed cases
of rumination, or "chewing the cud," in
man were lately described by Dr. Max
Einhorn to the German Medical Society
of New York. The coudition was defined
as one in which, some time after meals,
the food returns in small portions, without
nausea, from the stomach through the
aesophagus to the mouth, to be chewed
3 rtnr.TTT Pnminotinri
UliU D?aiiunv.u uuv t?. a
belongs to the normal physiological processes
of most herbivora, who in pasture
collect the great quantity of the slightly
nutritious grasses necessary for sustaining
life, and at leisure reduce it to small particles
and mingle it with the saliva. The
stomach of ruminating animals differs
from that of other classes. It consists ot
four oompartmeuts?paunch, or rumen,
honeycomb bag, or bonnet, many plies,
or psalter, and reed, or rennet. The first
two serve more or less as reservoirs, into
which the food enters at the firs act of
swallowing, whereas the latter two contain
the graaular elements for digestion,
and receive the food after the chewing of
the cud. Kumination occurs only very
rarely in man, to whom it is unnecessary
and more or less a hindrance. One can
hardly define rumination as a disease, for
*1 - 1?oroin nn vrnv ViarmpA
imc UUUliy lUliV.llVUOmviu uv mmj
by that process, but as "an abormal,
anomalous condition, which must be socially
ail uncomfortable and disagreeable
burden to its owner."
Summer
Weakness
Loss of Appetite,
Sick Headache,
QuicKiy uurea dv
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
W Y N C?31
1 preicribe and folly e?
dorce Big G as the only
CbtmI* ipcclflc for tho certain cui?
TO i DaTS.^B 0f ttalr disease.
^lH?rma?wd ?ot ?1 Q. H. IKC1 RAH AM. M. D?
fEg mamBtrUmrt. Amsterdam, N. Y.
El urd?oi7by ik? v T,> have sold Big G (of
IQlne?tt?slMllh.' 7?? ! a?d.u
Hajiuinimw^^ lT(n tll0 jj#ij 9j satisruction.
OH* JM D. B. DYCHE k CO..
Chicago, lit J
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eyeballZ^^MH^^HPnMHjP^^^M
The favorable Imp^^H^H^HHBH^^H
first appearance the alrc^Bfl^^BjHH^M
remedy Syrup of Figs a few yeon^BflH^J^B
more than confirmed by the pieasan^^HflBj
atae of all who have used it, and the su^^HH
pBj?cropr:etors and manufacturers, the Cal- '
1TT8 r&gpfcj free by Dr. Kline's Great
paWra. RpSspmi- No Fits after first day'j
usb. jBBfMMBk Jtares. Treatise and S3 trial
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Don't raj^d!! think I
Don't believed > you
You women who* tJunlNil^
patent medicines
bug, and Dr. Pierce's Favt#?|
ite Prescription the big^^B
humbug of the whole ( becaus^
US UCSl KUUWU U1 All) UUCO
your lack-of-faith cure come?
It's very easy to M don't" in
this worlcL Suspicion always
comes more easily than confidence.
But doubt ? little
faith ? never made a sick
woman well?and the "Favorite
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thousands of delicate, weak
women, which makes us think
that our "Prescription" is'
better than your don't believe.
We're both honest Let us come
together. You try Dr.
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If it doesn't do as represented,
you get your money again.
Where proofs so easy, can
you afford to doubt?
Little but active?are Dr.
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Best Liver Pills made; gentle,
yet thorough. They regulate
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Instantly Stop Pain
fy*., AWTCTItDinrWHCAil
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A representation ol t&e engraving on our
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Up M V111 M\ oat tnlj year under the new
rbllUlUilv I>liabl )ty Pension Act Every
soldier Included wno serred 90 days and Le now
disabled, 110 matter what the cause; or In case of
bis death his widow and minor children. Dependent
parents also benefited. Write at ouoe for blanks
and advloe to UBO. D. MITCHELL, Soltdter of Pensions
and Patents, Box 233. Washington, D. C.. Clerk
Committee on Pensions of the U. s. Senate for the
last seven years.
TjjCURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. ET
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UJ in time. Sold by druggists. *f|
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lLlldl Vll Washineton, D.C..
*Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
Late Principal Examiner U.S. Pension Bureau.
3yrs in last war, 15 adjudicating claims, atty since.
nriimniin ol-d cl.ai.hs settlej
rrNMIINN uxdeh new law.
tllwlwI1U Soldiers, Widows, Parents, send
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/?3f^|P^?row { &
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^BhMi>hey use
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p5?S?^soakp use
purposes
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gets the blame?if things are upturned whil
again. One remedy is within her reach. II si
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DEUCinW^ -- ' '
rtn?IUnvr?irK
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r tildlUHd vm E Stereos iCi
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PENSION ATTORNEYS
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pcu ciniucM^
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Rouble Houses, Brick Blodi Honsas, suitable fat
city suburbs, tows and canotTT, Looses for the fans
a"d wortlsjrn-st humM for til a?etlons of th?
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btables, School House, Town Hall ChurcLea and
p:herpabllabnildln*?, together wltBB?edflcatioii?
torn of oontract, and a lar*eampnnt of Information
on the erection ofbuiidinjrs, selection of site, eoi
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bat we will ?end Itln paper cover by tntU, postpaid
on f?g^pt of ti.oo; bonadln cloth tzoo. ? .
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_ Onaaatioa Tula Paper_
Wives 1
ir in hhe light*ofks,
especially if*
SAP0LI0: |
i ca.Ke ofscouring
d foroJI cleaning'
. All grocers keepir.
no f by many a woman who strives
JO I to please her household and
ouse does not Iook as bright as a pin, she
e house-cleaning goes on?why blame her
fie uses SAPOLIO everything will look
r will be quickly over.
' COLLAR or CUFF
CAN BE RELIED ON
fitoiit;
; to Discolor!
AHS THIS MARK.
TRADE
i 111 nlfl
!*w i-w i y
mark.
E WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT.
NED WATERPROOF
HE MARKET.
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