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F r x, y AGRICULTURAL. ~ TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. I J - ^\. THE SEX OP STRAWBERRY PLANTS. The strawberry varies in regard to the Bex of the plants. Some are entirely female. These arc known as pistillate froia the pistils, which arc the receptive reproductive organs which are fertilized by I the pollen from the male plants, and j they have no stamens. Others are both male and female, having both pistils and stamens, and these are perfect plants. The pollen from these is distributed by bees or the wind to a considerable distance. Consequently in planting different varieties of strawberries it is necessary to have a row of perfect plants intermingled with the pistillate kinds for j the perfect fertilization of these?iVcw York Times. THE TEKKECT COW. To those who are desirous of making up the perfect cow in their minds, we ad- j vise them to begin with the udder as the most important feature of the cow. This rule is perfectly familiar to the regular : dairyman, who rarely troubles his head i about any other point. At the same time i the size, or even the shape, of the udder i does not determine everything, for the ' teats are not to be forgotten, which i should be of full size and set well apart. ] Nor should we lose sight of the "twist," i which is the open view from behind. 1 When a cow's hind lesrs are so close to- .< gether that you cauuot have a full view < of the udder from behind, or that her ' hied legs rub against them so as to make 1 the udder swing backward and forward, i you can depend upon it that she is not 1 correctly built for a first-class cow. So 1 ; it may be with the other popular points s ?small head, thin withers, slim tail, 1 etc.; if they do not bear a co-relation to the other points they should not count in 1 the make up of a fine cow. In other ( words, there are many points to be con- s Bidered in passing judgment on a cow 1 that is a candidate for good work.? 1 American Dairyman. { ( WHiprixG noRSES. < Professor "Wagner, in writing upon ' the subject of whipping horses, says: 1 "Many think they arc doing finely, and 1 are proud of their success in horse train- 1 ing, bym:ans of severe whipping, or ( ocnerwise arousing ur anuiuianu^ iuu i passions, and tbiougt necessity crushing | * the will through which the resistance is iT | prompted. No mistake can be greater j * than this, and there is nothing that so j f fully exhibits the abdity, judgment and ; * Bkill of the real horseman as the care a displayed in winning instead of repelling j ' the action of the mind. Although it j ? may be necessary to use the whip some- i * times, it should always be applied judi- T ciously, and great care should be taken : T not to arouse thepassious or excite the ' v will to obstinacy. The legitimate and ! 0 proper use of the whip is calculated to 1 ? operate upon the sense of fear almost en-11 tirely. The affectionate and better na- ? ture must be annealed to in training a ! t horee as well as in training a child, but I if only the passions are excited the ob- 1 ject is depraving and injurious. This is * a vital principle, and can be disregarded * A in the management of sensitive and ^ ^Siourageous horses only at the risk of c spoiling them. I h ive known many 8 horae3 of a naturally gentle character to a be spoiled by whipping once, and one ^ horse that was made vicious by being * Btruck with a whip once while standing I in his stall. HOW TO BEGIK POULTRY KEEPING. The safe rule to follow in starting in the poultry business, as in any other pursuit, is to know what you want. Never mind what any interested person has to say about some particular variety of fowls. Make your own investigation? go to his yards, look over his different 1 varieties; read up on the subject?and know what you are doing. A.nd then c you can go ahead and made your selec tion with a reasonable prospect of success. Get the breed best suited to your purposes. One who live3 in a town, with but limited quarters, should choose some of the Asiatics. If there is plenty of range, and eggs are the object?take 6ome of the active, large-combed breeds, 6uch as Leghorns, Minorcas or Hamburgs. If the object is to raise poultry for market?take some of the middle-sized, quick-growing breeds?Plymouth Rocks or "Wyacdottes. "While for a good, allaround fowl the American Langshan is the best, though there are many other good breeds that would go in this class. One thing, that must be remembered, is that every one must suit his own individual taste and purposes. After having decided upon the breed or breeds to keep, the next question that comes up is where to produce the stock? Get it ^Pof some reliable, well-known faucier who j has a reputation at stake. You nave j then the guarantee of good stock, and, j i even if it does cost a little more, you . ] have the foundation of success. It i3 I particularly true in the poultry business : : that the lowest price i3 the dearest, in , the end.?American Agriculturist. PASTURE REXEWAIi WITHOUT PLOWING. | Ground for pasture may be renewed without plowing if the grass which covers it is thin in growth and does not form j a close and compact turf. Use a harrow with sharp teeth and load it sufficiently to tear and pulverize the surface^ If ( necessary the harrowing may be repeated several times until the surface presents a fine, mellow bed of soil to insure the ' growth of grass seed which is next to be 60wn upon it. If the soil happens to be 1 rather dry pass a roller over it, which ] aid in covering the grass seed by pressure < and &t the same time will firm the soil and render more certain the growth of j 4V>o rrrooa For rwrmnnMit nasturft It ifi < best to sow several kinds of grass, both , for increasing product and affording succession of food by ripening through the ( eeason. The different kinds will also , proteet one another in winter and in sea- , sons of drought. A permanent pasture cannot continue to afford good crops without top dress- ' ing. If a good coat of barn manure can 1 bs applied it will become pulverized and ' mixed with the surface soil by the operaI tion, causing the grass seed more ceritainly to germinate and promote better 1 r growth. In absence of manure any com- ' mon fertilizer may be used which has ' been found efficient on your particular 1 Boil, and in making this experiment it would be well to measure the increase i thus produced, and to see if its value is ] (equal to the eo3t of the fertilizer. A 1 ipernj^nent pasture will uot continue j tTyitb9i?t^ecrea?e uoiess some additi&a J>e i made to it by tome kind cf enriching substance to supply the waste caused by constant removal of the feed; but this decrease, varying with a difference of . soils, can be determined in amount only by making the experiment.?Country Gentleman. DRY FODDER SILAGE. Much has been said in the agricultural press and at institutes in regard to the J feasibility of making silage from dry, | shocked corn fodder, and us to its ad- j visability. Many farmers raise corn to ! sell, acd they are left with a great abundance of fodder, as its feeding value j so rapidly deteriorates that the cattle ; are practically left without fodder long before spring, and they have to be wintered out on other food. Others find themselves with surplus fodder, and still others who have a silo, cannot use their^field fodder as it is husked too late to go iuto the silo with any assurance of making any reasonably good silage, ow ing to its dry condition. Last year a neighboring farmer, Mr. J Griswold, of Summit County, Ohio, in j the last days of October decided to I build a wooden silo, and put his field j corn, then six weeks in the shocks, into j it. The silo was built, the shocks of corn husked, and the shocks drawn up i and cut in half-inch lengths into the silo. Ilaviug farm water works, a hose sva3 attached and a sprinkler fixed, and, is each load of fodder was cr.t into the pile, at least eight gallons of water were sprinkled over the dry silage. The pit svas filled and^covered with two feet of straw. In four weeks the silo was uncovered, and the feeding commenced, rhe silage wa3 found to have settled rery well and taken on fair heat, so nuch that the air had been forced out fc) :he point of non-molding, except a tilling am >unt in the corners, and the remit nn Article of srood No. 2 silajre ;hat proved the wisdom of bis venture. Later Mr. Edgar Huidekoper,of Crawford County, Penn., fillel a silo late in Dctober with field corn, that had been ihocked for five weeks. It was very dry, jut was cut very fine into the silo, and 'airly well wet down as the filling progressed. The resulting silage was excellent; sweet, odorless, and greedily ;aten by the cattle, who thrived upon it. rhere was quite a loss at the sides by nold, no doubt the result of insufficient .vater being supplied near the walls, vhere there should have been most. The :orn fodder came out quite dark in col* >r, the corn kernels "brown as a berry," jut plump and full of "meat." The renture was voted a success to this exent: it is possible to raise more corn han the silos will hold, and after feedng out the contents of one it can be israin filled with drv fodder, if wet o lown, with less loss, and ft manifest conomy in time and labor than to allow t to stand in the field and leach for reeks in the winter weather. The man rho must sell the corn ears, can afterward put the husked stalks into a silo, ,nd realize upon them for months afterward. There is no gain made over silong green fodder, as there is not only a jreat wastage in the drying of the stalks, >ut an unestimatcd litter that it is im>ortant to save, and at the silo the cuting takes more power, is less satisfacorv, and more labor is essential. The dea advanced is, however, a matter of ralue. These examples, and others that :ould be mentioned, indicate that the iloing of dry fodder may be profitably dopted in exceptional cases, and an ad 3. i.1. A.T -3- .f i.1,^ rance maae on me meiuuus u* cuc p?oi< i vhere older systems of farming aro yet in jartial force.?American Agriculturist. FAKM AXD GARDEN NOTES. Kill bushes in hot weather. Mature plans for fall work. Protect insectiferous birds. A patch of rye for fall feed should be >own. Cattle or horses should not be pastured n an orchard. Pick cucumbers for pickles often; pick :lean and of uniform size. Do not let your team when warm be :xposed to the cold draught of air. A soil showing a largo amount of ilant food by analysis is sate to Duy. Rye or other grain fed to hog3 ought :o be accompanied with grass or clover. It is better to color batter with breed ind feed then with any artificial preparation. The loss of feathers often proceeds Torn deficient or unclean dusting arrangements. The honor, wealth and stability of a ; iation rest in the keeping of the industrial classes. Hemp and sunflower seeds are excel.ent for imparting a glossy appearance to the plumage. Among your farm duties is the duty >f taking care of your health. No other is more pressing. The pullet is so called for twelve 1 months or until the year in which she was _ .1 1 aaicueu 13 cioseu. Bone-dust is very beneficial for the | feeding of growing chickcns up to five or j six mouths of age. Ammonia i3 the best suggested remedy for bee-stings, as it neutralizes the icil injected by the sting. Fruit mulching is too much neglected. A. good mulch not only helps the grow ing crop, but cnriches the soil for future crops. All fruit trees should be trahied low. rhe lower limb3 should never be higher than to adapt the orchard to convenient culture. The Minnesota experiment station has bad excellent results in spraying native plums with London purple to kill the curculio. Tarred felt is used for covering the roofs of buildings made of wood. If tarred and sanded over, it lasts a consid ciiiLiic time. English ivy can be planted with success on the north side of buildings, but where it gets much sun in winter it will not thrive. It takes an extra good farm and extra good farming to yield six per cent, od tha capital invested. Consider this before you borrow money to buy more land. One of the cheapest and best-made fountains is an ordinary flower-pot reversed into a glazed saucer. Fit a cork into the hole of the pot, fill it with watei and reverse it. Nothing is more fatal to the success oi \ breeder than over-crowding. The poisonous air, the exhalations from the bodies and the evacuations of a great number of fowls crowded together, c*baot be combated by any icfluence^-v WOMAN'S WORLD. PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR FEM1XIXF. READERS. MAIDS IX LIVERY. English ladies are adopting the fashion of putting their maids who wait at table in livery. The skirts are plain of these livery gowns and of the heraldic color of the house. All the pleats are thrown behind. Then the waistcoat and jacket are trimmed with livery bands, buttons and crests or monjgrams in metal. A high stiff white collar, white cufls and a tiny white cap like a topknot complete this livery.?Chicago Herald. TIIE LONGEST OF CONCERTS. Mrs. Mackay, wife of the California bouanza millionaire, recently gave a concert in Loudon iu honor of Princess Louise, but the royal guest never appeared until 11:45, when the concert had commenced alter long aeiay. Princess Louise, who has a genuine love for music, if no consideiation, calmly begged the programme might begin over again. Of course a royal wish is always granted, and the artists good naturedly complied with the request. About four o'clock in the morning the affair terminated, to everybody's relief, when it was immediately put on record as the longest musical session of the century.?TimesDemocrat. POPULARITY OF PUFFS. It is but a short time?perhaps two or three years?since the first timid attempts to introduce puff sleeves were most energetically rejected and ladies declared themselves in lavor of the tight 6leeve incasioz the arm from ton to bot torn. And now what a change 1 Not a dress, mantle, or paletot, be they intended either for old or young, without the full sleeve, ending either in baud or cufi at the wrist; sometimes the sleeves are gradually slanted off from top to bottom, the former being as wide as the old-fashioned leg-of-mutton sleeves with their inner rolls of padding. Broadshouldered ladies, to whom this arrangement is unbecoming, lessen the size by means of long plaits going the whole length of the arm and springing out in a i puff at the top. Devotees of the old i style modify and modernize their sleeves ; by the addition of a set-OD, Gretchen i costume puff, or the proper plaited epau- J let trimming.?Chicago Nevct. LATEST OCCUPATION OTEN TO WOMEN, j The latest occupation open to women 1 19 that of lamp-carer. 1 don't know it that's what the ladies who take care of lamps call themselves, but that's what they really are. There are two in the ( city now; 01 there will be two during 1 the winter. They are "reduced gentlewomen," and cach morning they visit a 1 number of houses, and clean, fill and : "fix" the various tine lamps set before thera. Tho average servant can do nothing with a lamp but spoil it; but these ladies don their aprons und rubber \ gloves J" clean the outside and the inside of the lamps see that tho wicks are in , good order, fill the lamps, and leave them so that even the stupidest servant can not prevent xnem irom ourmng wen. They have studied lamps, know the right kinds and sizes of wicks, know whether colza oil is needed in one kind of lamps, and "starlight" in another; and altogether they take away from the owners a great deal of the caro which the management of the rediscovered and much-multiplied lamps brings upon them.?Chatter. A FEMALE BULL-F1QHTEB. The heroine of tho hour just now In Lisbon, Portugal, is a German girl, Fraulein Johanna Maestrick. Fraulein Maestrick was born near Berlin, but went with her parents as a child to Portugal. When she was seventeen an impressorio, struck with her size and beauty, offered to train her as a female bull-fighter. The agent sent his pupil, wrVin ic nnt vot trcontxr tr> nt tllfi " w J ? ?J1 ? -?I-?- ? ? show of female beauty which took place last spring at Lisbon, where she carried off the first prize. The advertisement prove! an excellent one, for ever since the imprcssario has been bombarded with letters from persons of all classes, wishing to know when the beautiful "Torcra" is to make her debut;. She has not yet appeared in an arena, but last week she came out in a trial fight at Oporto. A huge crowd collected to see the unusual sight. The young lady quickly laid two bulls in the sand, and rode of! followed by a band of music, amid thunders of applause. Crowds of people coiiected before the windows of the hotel at which the "torcra" was staying, and far into the night she was obliged to appear on the balcony in response to their calls for her. nrrrr ttht? qt> ivtctt rumrtvo The rage for Spanish fashions has by no mean3 abated. Spanish yellow is the most popular color to-day for elaborate dress. It has gone far to succeed the poppy-iedof a few seasons past. One fair lady appeared on a gala occasion recently with a parasol, bonnet and dress of pale yellow crape and a yellow ostrich feather bow about her neck. These boas ol ostrich and cassowary feathers are very becoming and are easily slipped off when the sun becomes too hot. During the damp mornings and evenings at the seashore and the high mountain resorts fur capes have been in demand, especially by those who adopt English styles in dress. Ti 1 nmKKnno trUK r\n 1 r\ CnonieVt iiuuuuo tu^tu yellow Qnd yellow grosgrain ribbons are largely used with black dresses. This shade of ribbon has since the time of Moses been used in combination with black by the women of Granada, and is especially becoming to their clear brunette beauty. Ribbons are used in dozens of ways this season; in knots on the shoulder, in fnll choux or rosettes at the waist directly in front or in pairs directly at the back. These rosettes are made of either plain inch-wide ribbon, orofpicot edged ribbon in the narrowest width, like the cherry colored ribbon head dress described by "The Spectator/'?New York Tribune. . Here's some hat trimming lore from the Ladies' Home Journal For trimming hats the velvet or silk rosettes are much in vogue. They are easily made?after one knows how. You must conclude how large a rosette you want, and widen or narrow your material to suit the size. The rosette most fancied is just about the size of a rose, and the material, cut on the bias, ia folded to be an inch wide. The Btrip is then gathered and drawn into th&pe, it being fastened ia that way on a circle of stiff net. Sew it securely and do n:>t attempt to plait it to shape?it must be gathered. One, two or three rosettes are used and the number usually decides the size. An eighth of a yard of velvet, cut on the bias, will make one medium-sized rosette, and this seems to be that best liked. Amateurs usually err in over-trimming a hat or a bonnet; so, as straw ones are not as troublesome to arrange as those of velvet, do not commit this fault. If you cannot see the really good styles in any other way, then look at them in the milliner's window. Read her art and, marking it, learn and outwardly imitate. Chapeaux "just tossed" together always look what they are, and the one to which proper consideration and time has been shown is the one that approaches the nearest to being "a love of a bonnet." OLDEST OF FEMALE LOBBYISTS. In point of service Mrs. Olive M. Hechtman is the oldest of the women now regularly engaged in lobbying in "Washington. For twenty-six years she has been the self-elected champion, friend and attorney of all sorts of worthy claimants, and while she has tirelessly labored through the years for such as were otherwise friendless aud unsided, she has steadfastly refused to accept any commissions or remuneration in money for her work. It is and ever has been a labor of love, the result of good principles earnestly adhered to and a boundless sympathy for the unfortunates of our race. I am credibly informed that through her mediation no less than 10,000 pension claims have been adjudicated, and that in every case the pencmnnv lina nr his hpen helieved to be, worthy and in need. Yet this is but a portion of Mrs. Hechtman's work. She has interested herself in behalf of thousands of claimants other than pensioners, and in all sorts of reforms of the general laws looking toward the relief of oppressed classes. She knows personally more influential men, perhaps, than any other woman in America, and though her fame has not gone as far as that of mary women who work for lesser ends, but with more ostentation, she has probably done more,in her quiet, practical way, for the really needy than mcst of those whose names are familiar to the tongues of this nation and the world. If this bo an extravagant claim, I have made it in a frame of mind quite free from prejudice, fori have no personal acquaintance with the lady, I know her only by her works, and I judge tier only by a long record of consistently good results?a record which began in r* * \ .1 4 me nospuais rnuuu uumcruus uuu ii'igui*ful by our Civil War, and has been continued through the years of peace with unabated energy and faithfulness. Of course, Mrs. Ilechtman is in comfortable circumstances financially. No woman who wa3 not could thus devote herself to others without living by the charity of friends.?-Picayune. FASHION NOTES. The capes for autumn have collars in the Medici form. ine newest jerseys uuvc mujuuug around the around. White tulle veils are worn with bonnets entwined with a wreath. Feather collarettes seem unseasonable, but they are worn in Paris nevertheless. Gold decorations are extremely fashionable on black, colored and white cloths. All net veils are worn to the edge of the chin and traveling veils mu3t be still longer. There is one thing fully decided as to autumn fashions. Basques ore to be longer. New waterproofs are quite startling in appearance. They are bright in colors and brocaded. New parasols to use when shopping and traveling have a pocketbook strapped on the handle. So't silk embroidered handkerchiefs which exactly correspond with the gown are a fancy of the moment. The knowledge spreads, but slowly,' that diamonds are not in fashion for breakfast and traveling toilets. Effective drapery for the head or throat on cool evenings is a scarf of mousseline do chiffon in a becoming color. Large and small girl9 who have outgrown their gingham dresses may have them lengthened by means of rows of insertion. The definition of a "perfect street ia I (nnn ttaii r?nn xrnfiT fn p.all fin your laundrcs3 or to pay your respects to a queen." Most of the delightful odors which cling to the gloves, laces, hankerchiefs etc., of the lady of fashion, are produced by the free use of sachets. Young girh are wearing this season to an extent greater than ever before white embroidered muslin dresses, "set oil" by a "perfectly superb sash." It is the fashion now for the women of fashion to carry two fans, one large and one 6mall, to be used as occasion may require. Mine. Carnot started it. A uew wrap is cut and made precisely like the dress military coat worn by the West Point Cadets on parade, having it. x! i. A _ 1 ~4. 1 UVCQ toe nuy uuui-uiiia uu cut; uuua. Hats for tailor gowns have straw brims and crinoline crowns, with the latter covered by a figured silk kerchief knotted on one side after covering the crown with it. Engagement rings, according to the new idea, fad, caprice or whatever else it may be called, are of the stone representing the month in which the young woman was born. Jackets, as a rule, are longer than those worn for some time past. Novel features are rows of small buttons up the inner seam of the sleeve to the elbow, and buttons for closing used with hooks. Jewelry is growing more and more out very little is seen except upon full-dres occasions and earrings are fast growing out of date; even those possessing one of diamonds are using the stones in som< other form. Sleeveless and zouave jackets are won on 6omc of the late toilets. The ma terial used on cotton muslin and ginghau dresses Is generally fine velvet, bui against silk there is nothing prettier thai embroidery of Irish laoe. Bodices, without pinches or seams ic front, perfectly clinging to the bodice, are fashionable, but so trying to any bui perfectly proportioned figures that manj ladies prefer the plaited or draped fronti fastened at the waist with belt ant buckle. 4- verjMarge oval buckle is no* worn at this side. Wide plaid sa?bes an much ia vegue. 1 y'iL/ r+ * s v* *" . -Jv vl-l. . .... <Z:A Cat Raisin? Tillage. The idea of a village that is giveL. largely to the industry of breeding cats being known at New Harmony, furnishes additional proof of the non-applicability of some American names to towns, says the Cincinnati Times-Star. Twenty miles from Evansville, Ind., lies this cat manufacturing hamlet, which is becoming known far and near as the place where one can at any time get the latest thing in Angora cats and the latest quotations. The way of the village and its history is as follows: In 1840 a Mme. Bernstein, a noted vocalist, gave an Angora kitten to the hotel-keeper. As the aristocratic little feline grew to manhood it had ?l difficult row to hoe. Its enormous size and bushy tail furnished a fine target for the ubiquitous small boy, but, despite its persecutors, this cat grew and finally died at the age of sixteen years, afte-a life of unremitting sentimentality. Could this Thomas the First arise from his honored grave to-day he could point with pride to a progeny so numerous that its members can be found in any aiaic in the Union. The mixing of the Angora characteristics with those of the mongrel cat has produced a superior sort of animal, whose distinguishing tendency is an indiscriminate love for music. Quantity, not quality, is the foundation upon which the Angora's musical taste is based, and he can hear even in the voluminous notes of a wet bas3 drum ravishing strains that arc lost to human cars. Hence the name of "New Harmony.'1 The New Harmony Angoras are the nicest, cleanest pets in the world, and were it not for their exaggerated love for music, which they gratify from within if the means from without fail to pan up, the kind would speedily become universally adopted as society's pets. Great Singers' Care of tlio Yoicc. No woman has ever made such an exhaustive study of everything bearing on the voicc as Patti has. She reads and investigates the subject exhaustively, and few of the famous specialists have as accurate knowledge of throat hygiene. Her vocal gymnastics are as much of her daily life now as when she electrified the world at sixteen years of age. Nor is there another person sc excessively careful of her voicc. It is related of her that one night, after leaving her lodging to go to the opera, she discovered at the end of the second block that there was a tiny crack in one of the carriage windows. Immediately she tapped for the driver, was driven home, and refused to stir an inch until another vehicle was brought. Another painstaking student in this direction was Mmc. Albani. Her intelligence is of a high order, and she labors unrcmit tingly at her profession. It is a revelation of the pumping power of the lungs to lay one's ear ou her ample chest, and hear the great, steady blast she sends up, beyond the diaphragm, past the breast, and on out of her mouth. It sounds like some machine at work,and yet so nice is the adjustment of the delicate mechanism, that at any point on its upward course she retains tor gives forth the force at will.? Chicago Post. The Russian Coffee Pot. The Russian coffee pot is one of the recent additions to the list of inventions for those who will not or cannot learn to make coffee. It is curiously christened after a nation that is devoted to tea. It offers a proccs9 of making coffee SUCCeSSfnll^ nt ttin tnKlo 1 illf- it. will hf? US?lflll tfi camping-out parties especially. This coffee pot consists of an oval coppei vessel suspended over an alcohol lamp. Iu the centre of this oval there is a compartment which holds just coffee enough to make o:ie cup or five cups, according to the capacity of the pot. In the lower part there is a compait:nent that hole's only just the amount of water needed. This is put in cold, the alcohol lamp is lit, and as soon as the water begins tc boil hard the oval is reversed and the water percolates through the coffee. It cannot fail to make a cup of good coffee, providing the coffee is good and ha? been properly powdered.?New Tori Tdigram. A Two-Headed Snake. Tn Snntnmhfr 1S67. ft two-headed XU 7 ? I snake was captured about three miles from Bethlehem, Ky. It was small, onlj about ten inches in length, had but one vertebra and one pelvis. Both heads, however, were perfect in every particular. Each head had two eyes and a mouth of about equal size and appearance. Sometimes it would dart out one tongue and sometimes the other, then again both simultaneously. The heads each turned from the body at about the same degrces the distance between the noses being about one and three-eights inches at the points. The forked heads prevented the snake from making much progress iu the higli grass, the stalks of which became ~ ? ~1-v/if nrnon n r>r?lrc C f TSilt J j CUUlUfc.CU U?nl(,u mv, ~v.v,.w. ? . Iic-pullic. Disraeli's Clever Tarn. An anecdote illustrating his extrenu tact was told of Disraeli, soon after h( was created Earl of BeaconsfielJ. It appears tbat not long after his transplantation to the House of Lords, Disraeli mei a former peer in the streets, who asked him how he liked the change. "Like it?' exclaimed Disraeli, forgetting for th< moment and blundering out the truth, "like it? I feel as if I were dead and buried alive?" Then, seeing the expression of discomfiture on the peer's face, he added hastily, with a courtly and irresistible smile, "and in the land of tht blessed I" Warm Weather Causes That Tirod Feeling. To be Strong, Take Hood's Sarsaparilla W Y N C?33 Jt I prescribe ana fall? en* done Blj (J as tho only Car** In apeclfie for the certain cuio ffl TO & DaT8.^ of thlc dheasc. Of!?1 O.H.LN JRAHAM.M. D., wm? Btrictar? .imstcrdam, N. x. Q Hrdnty bytk* v Vs have 30ld Big G for UHtMuRVt-ltillV many years, and It baa uuxtu2 cu-aa 01^ ' n thc ^eit of 3ftlU. OlTyMrmgaJBOgM faction. D. B. DYCHE 4 ?V-?l^^fcBPLr*l?1.00. Bold by Drucrl?t? The Vtry best way to know whether or not Dobblna's Electric Soap ti aa good aa It Is said to be, Is to try it yourne. f. It cant deceive you. Be sure to act no imitation. There are lots of them. Ask your grocer for jnat one bar. Aluminum Is a white metal of bluish tint, weighing about one-fourth as much as copper. Albert Burch, West Toledo, Ohio, says: "Hall's Catarrh Cure saved my life.'' Write him for particulars. Sold by Druggists, 75c. American vines are being planted in French vineyards. Gratifying to All. The high position attained and the universal acceptance and approval of the pleasant liquid fruit remedy. Syrup of Figs, as the most excellent laxative known, illustrate the value of the qualities on which its success is based and are abundantly gratifying to the California Fig Syrup Company. FITS stopped free by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first day'a use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and S3 trial bottle free. Dr. Kline. B31 Arch St.. Phila., Pa. Beecham's Pills cure Bilious and Nervouj ills. All the year round, you may rely upon Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to purify the blood and invigorate the system. It's not like the sarsaparillas, that are said to be good for the blood in March, April and May. The " Golden Medical Discovery " works equally well at all times, and in all cases of blood - taints, or humors, no matter what their name or nature. It's the cheapest blood-purifier, sold through druggists, because you only pay for the good you get. Your money is returned if it doesn't benefit or cure you. Can you ask more? " Golden Medical Discovery" contains no alcohol to inebriate, and no syrup or sugar to derange digestion. It's a concentrated vegeta ble extract; put up in large bottles; pleasant to the taste, and equally good for adults or children. The " Discovery" cures all Skin, Scalp and Scrofulous affections, as Eczema, Tetter, Salt-rheum, Fever-sores, White Swellings, Hip - joint disease and kindred ailments. nruoinil NEW LAW CLAIMS. r tn 01U nMo B. Stereos & Cj. , Attorneys, 1419 F St., Washington, d. c. lirnnch Offices, Cleveland, Detroit,Chicago. nmnmiin oli> claims settlbIT rrNNIIINN under new law. I L.I1 UIUI?U Soldiers. Widows, Parents, soai for blank applications and Information. PATatoz O'Kariiell, Pension Accent, Washington, D. C. ABIIIBA ha hit. Onl7 Certain and I Bra II in Easy CUKE In the World. Dr. Ul IV III J. I.. STEPHENS Lebanon, a WM. FITCH & CO., 10*2 Corcoran Building, Washington, D. C. PENSION ATTORNEYS of over 45 years' experience. Successfully pronecute pensions and claims of all klndi In shortest poeslb c time. tySo KEK umjas roocasgruu flCMCI/>IUJOH;v W.HIOBBI8, IClldlvIl Washington, D. C. 'Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Ex&mlner tT8. Penalon Bureau. Syrslu last war, IS a4Judlcatlug claims, atty aluce. DciicinMe~^ r Pfl?ll|lll?l Write immediately for blaxjcs for application. Employ the old reliable firm, J. n. CHAl.LE <fc CO., Washington, D. C. ft leiican Rtslmtm. A new and wonderful remedy for Liver, Kidney, Blood anil Female Diseases. Trial package, 25c. by | PiaU. LOXE STAR MEDICINE CO.. Houston, Texas. 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It gives English words with the Carman Iwl \ equivalents and pronunciation, aol \>Sq ) German word* with English definitions. \ 15P v It U Invaluable to Uermang who are no! If ?" 4 thoroughly familiar with KntfUsh. or to I . jj Americans who wish to learn German VuV ,.i? Addresx. with 21.00, BOOk 4"L U. UOt'3, 131 UoaarJ SC. S?* York (.It/. every WATERPROOf ??i THAT UP ISTOt tC TO No1 THE MARK L?? BE NEED8 NO LAUNDERING. CAN Bl THE ONLY LINEN-LI COLLAR IN T qyie'Mo.grtd if* Slur?* ^jajrho .use SA j?0rso'lic(Q&ke o used forcie I asked a maid if s And in my home hei She faintly smiled a "If I can have SAI D ADWAY'S Bl READY RELIEF. 1 A CUBE FOE ALL SUMMER COMPLAINTS! Dysentery, Diarrhoea, CHOLERA MORBUS. From 30 to CO drops in bait a tumbler of water win In a few momenta cure Cramps, Spasms, Soar Stomach, Nausea, Vomiting, Heartburn, Nervousne*, Sleeplessness, i Ick Headache, Diarrhoea, Djsentery. Cholera Morbus, Colic, Flatulency, and all Internal Pains. For severe cases of the foregoing Complaint! see our printed directions. Applied externally it Instantly relieves Headacba, Toothache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism and all patM arising from Colds, Strains, Lruise* or any on whatever. Price 50 cents per bott'.e. Sold by druggists. DAD WAY'S n PILLS, * , :4?9I An Excellent and mild Cat'iarttc. Purely vajeca> ble. The t-afest and best medicine in the world tm Uie cure of all disorders of the Liiver, Stomach or Bowels. Talion nrnnritlnir In illrertloni tber win restore health an<T ronew vitality. Price 25c. a bo*. Sold by a'l druggists, or mailed by RAUWAY & CO., 32 Warren Street, Sew York, on receipt of pricj. NY X P?33 NO ONE NEED SUFFER. If Dr. Tobias' Celebrated Yenetiai Liniment acts like a charm for Men Morbus, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Colic, Cramps, Nausea, Sick Headache, ?c. * 'If Warranted perfectly harmless. (See OATH ACCOMPANYING eactj bottle, alio directions FOB USE.) Its SOOTHING and PENETRATING qualities are felt lmmodlately. Try it and be convinced. Price 23 and 50 cents. Sold by all drngglsta. Depot, 40 Murray St., N. Y. panTinH w* Douglas Shoes in WM -? I llllli warranted, and everr pair has hi* name and price stamped on bottom. W^L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN* tyiend address on postal for valuable informnttnn. W. I,. UOlUliAa, Brockton, Mmi. llTME WONDERFUL. |/? it imnWrTi CMAl ^^^C0MBINING5ARTICL??^j^@^^fc V.wtail>tthec^if^rnrr* vhoUnlt/ariory pHct^fKfiVjga^^ FRFF and^'pcoodstobo jHJtoOffHlMiH '. ivS piud for on deliTery. XTJJITO IIIILi Bend stamp foe q^\ylW\yJb flPicuL rm lojpio. Ifatnegoodi Retired, VM-v: CEUT1II X.CBUSO 1TFG. CO, 145 W. 8U? Bt, If! CURES WHEREALt *El?MAlLSr^^r " El BestCoogh 8jrnp. Tastes good. Use Q i.fx I?1 in time. Sold by druggists. 5l_ qp I li 111 liil'ili ^1 PENSIONS a%S3 blanks sent free. H. C. TANNER, Patent iM Claim Attorney. 1317 FSt., Washington, D. C. DCUCinMC Sen t freV??utrUnr? I t IIVIUIIV ?m4' i'ipiXm"1*! 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