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s Agricultural. TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AXD GARDEN. L TO FATTEN OLD ANIMALS. On account of the worn teeth and weak digestion of old cattle and sheep,it is advisable when feeding for slaughter to use Eolt grain food and fodder. Finelyground corn and oats and linseed-oil meal given with cut hay twice a day, and such good pasture as can be afforded, make the best feeding for old animals. To aid digestion give with each feed a small handful of a mixture of one pound of salt, four ounces of powdered gentian root and two ounces of powdered sulphate of iron.?Sew York Times. POOR CLAY LAND AND WIIEAT. Good wheat may be grown on a poor clay soil, provided it be got in proper mechanical condition. It is not infrequently the case that clay soil is rated poor,not because its fertility is exhausted, but because it has bccome hardened by loss of vegetable matter, and what fertility it contains is locked up in clods. If the field has been in hoed crops and well cultivated, we should not hesitate to sow it with wheat by adding a little phosphate to restore the available mineral plant food that the crop grown this year has exhausted. If phosphate were added, and the corn or potato crops were got off early enough, there is no reason why as good wheat may not be grown after one of these crops as after a summer fallow. The soil needs no plowing, is better without it. After the hoed crops ??? +~r*r\ ni? rnn arc 1CLL>UVCU VUiutaiv v *? v/ Vi kuivv, inches deep and drill in the fertilizer with the seed.?Boston Cultivator. f __ WATS OP WEEDS. There are three classes of weeds, as to their duration, namely: Those that live for one season only, those remaining for two years, and a third and very large group, the members of which continue their existence indefinitely and are known as perennial plants. All these that belong to the first group are annuals, and it is evident that if these plants are kept from maturing their seeds there will be an end to them unless?and-here is the impor tant point?seeds are not sown with the crop, as is often the case, or they are brought in by the winds or other agencies for their transfer. Of course the Boil may already be stocked with the seeds that remain dormant for many years until favorable conditions for their germination obtain. The biennials live for two years 3nd the same rulo as to seeding, or preventing their seed formation holds here as with tho annuals. Perennial weeds, other things being equal, are the worst of all, for when they are once in the land they hold their own and yearly produce a new crop of seeds if the chance is given them. They must be kept from yielding seed, and then if the plant itself is to be eradicated oue of many methods may be observed. If large they may be pulled; if small the leaves cut off; but j tV>p hpst. nf nil 19 tn nrnoHofi rpnoated till- I ?~ ?? ? - ? ~ J ? 1 age. Grow a hoed crop, and not fail to hoe, hoe, hoe.?American Agriculturist. EFFECT OF FOOD 02? MILK, i If the quality of the food given a cow - . "would materially change the quality of the milk there would be little need of trying to improve the breed of milch cows by selection as now generally practised, and any common cow giving what is termed "blue milk" could be made to give Jersey cream by simply feeding on oil cake and other rich and oily food. An English author, in referring to the influence of food on milk, has very aptly said: "As respects the quantity and chemical wuuipubiLiuu ui IUIIA, buryiiaiugij i-ittiu influence is exerted by either the kind or the physiological condition of the food, Or by any circumstances connected with it, except the proportion of its nutritivenesa and degree of its digestibility. The controling power of particular sorts of food over the milking properties of the cow has been almost everywhere a topic of boastful declamation and pseudo-scientific discussion among the illiterate philosophers of the dairy; but the alleged power has either been mistaken for some overlooked" and widely different controling cause, or has existed only ia the heated fancy and distorted observations of its advocates." It is true, however, that food will impart to the milk and butter its flavor, but this is a distinct property from what is termed richness or Duiier yielding quauiy.?jxeu> j or% oun. HOW TO DECREASE THE MANURE PILE. * Farmers do not always give as much attention to Increasing the ?ize of the manure pile as they might. There are the pig pens, and most of them are wet and filthy, the pigs naturally being in the I Bame condition. There is always plenty r of chaff or waste material of one kind or another around the bams or stables, and thia can be liberally supplied. "When this runs out leaves can be hauled from the woods during off days, put into a nearby-shed, and used jis needed. If the farm is near a river, the rushes and dry grass which come ashore in quantities in many places can be hauled up, and make excellent bedding and manure. In this way the writer has managed to keep his men and teams busy when there was little else to do. The pigs were always comfortable and clean, and large quantities -of manure were made, generally getting from three or four large pig pens fifty to sixty loads of fine manure. There was at all times enough dry material to absorb the liquid matter, and th is pi event much value from running down the drains to be entirely lost and to make a nukance around the pens. The barnyard sloped toward the center, makiDg quite a large and wide place for the liquid manure from the stables and barnyard to collect in. Here were deposited considerable quantities, from time to time, of waste corn stalks, leave3 from the woods, rushes and dry grass from the river, and any other waste, absorbent materials. The leaves and dried rushes were also used for bedding for the horses and cattle; nothing was better or cheaper; the stables were always clean and free from wet, slush and dampness. On the farm were neat, roomy, comfortable hen-houses, in which the poultry was housed every night and not permitted to ; roost on trees, wagons, plows, and ether L implements in the sheds. By cleaning \ out the hen-houses every month, and keeping the floors well sanded, several barrels of good manure were secured, which made the corn fairly jump when applied to it in the spring. This manure was kept in barrels, under cover, in the beat possible condition for applying to corn, onions, or othef crops.?American Agriqdturist. v ,v ' - N isi THE COXSTItrCTION OF SEL09. In building silos, the Kansas, Ohio and other stations advise that they be located as near the feeding place aa practicable and on the same level. "Wood has been found the best material. The method of construction commonly recommended is in general terms as follows: On a light foundation of stone set up a framework of studding two by eight to twelve Inch stuff. On the outside of | this frame put on a layer of stock boards aud on the inside two thicknesses of matched boards with tarred paper between. The roof should be tight and the floor may be of hard, dry dirt. From twelve to fifteen by thirteen to eighteen feet, and twenty-two to twenty-four feet deep, are common dimensions for ordinary silo3. The great lateral pressure resulting in a deep box requires a strong construction. The door of the silo should open convenient to the feeding place. It is generally conceded that corn is the best crop for silage in this country. Greater maturity before harvesting is now favored than was formerly thought , desirable. At the New York station it is thought*'com should not be cut before it has reached the milk stage of the kernel." The Ohio station recommends that "fodder corn be cut when the corn I nn/l efo71ra Ko_ Ul'^aiS IrU ill/.U UUU lYUWU VUW OVUUW WW- | gin to dry near the ground." But in Kansas, where intense heat and other I climatic peculiarities hasten the ripening of the crop, it is advised that harvesting "should not be delayed after the corn is in the early dough state." It is now thought better to put both stalks and ears in the silo than to use the stalks alone. The whole is cut into small pieces and a man is kept in the silo while it is being filled to attend to its close packing. There i3 no general agreement among experimenters in regard to the necessity of heavily weighting the contents of the silo. In Kansas a layer of tarred paper covered eighteen inches deep with green grass has been found as effectual as weigh ting heavily with rocks, i Exclusion of the air seems more important than piling on weights. There are so many places either in or adjacent to farm buildings already existing where silos may be located, with the manner of construction, filling and taking out adapted to varying cases, that J beginners will always be benefited by j visiting neigbboripg silo9 and profiting j by what they can learn from the experience of others. Mature corn, containing but little water, and close packing in an air-tight silo appear to produce the best silage.?New York TForZtf. . SHIFTLESS TRICKS FOR A FARMER. To try to farm without manure. To plant more acres than can be taken care of. To work with poor tools, and to sow poor seed. To buy at public sales what is not needed because it sells cheap. It is shiftless to keep poor stock. A poor cow eats as much as a good one. To lounge about stores and groceries when it is possible to be doing something at home. To raise frogs and mosquitoes In the front yard. To have a pig-wallow in the ? xL. x roau near me gate. To allow the hogs and sheep to wander at their own sweet will over their owner's and his neighbors' premises. To allow the barnyard to drain into ! the public road, or into a stream. A good many farmers are guilty of this. To cut the wood for the kitchen fire day by day and then burn it green. It is worse to leave it for the wife to cut. To let the cattle fodder themselves at the haystack. It saves a little labor, but the waste will make their owner poor. To leave tools of any kind lying out in the weather; to put them away uncleaaed, or to loan them to shiftless and careless neighbors. To turn the cattle out into the bare in rnlrJ wpnther when there isnoth ing fcr them to eat there, and they lose flesh shivering in the cold. To plant an orchard and then to allow cattle to browse the trees; to leave vacant places in a young orchard; to allow a young orchard to remain in grass. It is shiftless to allow weeds to occupy any portion of the farm, aud very shiftless to allow bushe3 to occupy several rods of ground along the fence rows. It is a thoughtless and a very dangerous thins fc>r a farmer to put his name on paper presented by a stranger. Also, to go on the notes of friends and neighbors. It is a short-sighted policy to elect to the township and county offices the men who cannot support themselves in the ordinary pursuits of life. It is also costly. It is reckless to buy trees of an utter stranger; also, groceries, spices and such articles as can easily be adulterated. Nine times out of ten one will be cheated by so doing. It is a shiftless trick to employ the teacher who will work for the least wages. It is as bad to leave a family of boys and girl to grow up without good books and papers. It is a heartless thing for a farmer to allow his wife to work sixteen or eighteen hour3, when his own work is completed in ten hours. On the farm, as elsewhere, husband and wife should bo "equal partners." To wade through mud to the barn and outbuildings when good dry paths can so easily be made. So pay heavy doctor's bills for wife and children because their feet became wet through lack of good paths. To have no garden and to buy stale vegetables of a huckster. It is nearly as bad to have a miserable little garden, which the good wife and her girl painfully weed, and secure a few Btunted vegetables, when large crops could be had with little trouble, if the garden were cultivated by horse power.?American Agriculturist. An Aucient Certificate of Deposit "Here is another curiosity," he continued, producing n stick two feet in length and curiously notchcd and split. "There are seven notches," said he. "This is a certificate of deposit issued by the Bank of England over 100 years ago. A stick was taken, notched and split. One piece was given to the depositor, who had to produce it and notch the other piece to get his money. It defies forgery and fraud. This stick represented a deposit of $35,000. It and the striking piece were given to me by an officer in the Bank of England.^? Washington Post. Vv ' WOMAN'S WORLD. PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR FEMININE READERS. TWO FAMOT7S YACHTSWOMEN. The two most famous English yachtswomen are Mrs. Rudsou Reed and her lister, Miss Cox. Each of these ladies lails her own boat?the former holding ;he helm of the Troublesome and the latter that of the Miles. No sort of weather makes any difference to them, ind when the breezes blow them may be teen wrapped up in thick pea-jackets like iny old salt. DRESSES OF THE DAT. It is 6aid that the severely plain skirts will soon bo abolished. The dressmak;rs do not encourage their continuance, ind already draperies and full backs are :oming back into favor. Dresses are aow made in such great variety of style that no woman need wear anything not becoming to her own figure unless she ?k/vnooo Tho nlninpsf. tnilnr-mfirlA Ureases are considered the most fashionible for street wear, although one sees an istonishing variety of styles and colors svery day. The tailor-mado dresses are composed chiefly of light wools, and checks and plaids are at present more popular than plain goods. They are often combined with velvet.?New York j Star. BEST WAX TO PUT ON KOBE-GLASSES. As there has been shown to be a "best way" to boil an egg that everyone does not know, so thero is also a best way of putting on one's nose-glasses, provided one has come to that pass in age or in* flrmity where there is a real necessity for this supplementary sense. The way most persons put on their glasses, with thumb and finger at side of both lenses and with elbows at right angles to the body, is neither the easiest nor the most graceful way. That is as follows: Taking the glasses in the left hand, slip the tips of the first and second fingers through the spring and then separate them until the two lenses are far enough apart to slip easily over the bridge of the nose. Then cpf +Vipm nn The simnlest. Quickest wav in the world, you see. And yet The Woman has eeen only three persons in all her life who knew how to put their glasses on in that way.?-New York Sun. -6TYLE3 IN FALL BOXXET3. The straw bonnet will be worn lato in the season, it being no longer counted an unusual sight to see a fur coat with a straw bonnet above it. Indeed, last year very fashionable women wore dark straw bonnet3 all the season. Of course they were trimmed with velvet and had what might be called winter decorations upon them; but they were, after all, veritable straw chapeaux. The lady-like capote will undoubtedly reiain its popularity. The rather flat trimmiags are still fancied and consists of ribbon bows, flowers, grasses, small fruits and berries, and, indeed, whatever mnv be deemed becoming or adapted to a costume. A black laced straw has a puffed brim of golden-brown velvet. In front, mashed down almost to the level of the crown, are three brown velvet wall-flowere. The tie9 coming from the back are of brown velvet ribbon and are looped just under the chin.?Ladies' Home Journal. THE DEMA3D FOR TYPEWRITERS. The typewriters are becoming so expert that they can work the machine in taking dictation almost as rapidly as the stenographer. The graphophone is also coming into general use, and this is another blow at the stenographer. In a year or two the counting-room stenographer will be out of a job. The army of typewriters is getting larger and larger every year, and no business house can afford to be without one of these deft ? *? * r . a.*._ a a i lingered worKers. .uacnes nna typewriting a pleasant profession, and they learn to use the machine more readily, perhap3, than men. Many typewriters, however, lack education. They are poor spellers and are ignorant of the meaning of many words in every day use. There is no excuse for this. Every typewriter should learn to spell and punctuate and learn the meaning of words. An accomplished typewriter is a great luxury. An uneducated one is anything but a luxury.?Picayune. TWO INEVITABLE FASHI0X3. Two things are told certainly of the fashions for the coming season. One is, that the old-time hoop-skirt is to be worn aarain. and with it the full-draped and heavily-trimmed dress-skirt; the other is, that the head is going to be piled up a foot or more with a massive monument of somebody else'3 hair. These two things are said to be certain, because the modistes and hairdressers of London, Paris and Vienna have settled upon them. Nonsense! As if a lot of persons over in London or Paris 01 Vienna or anywhere else were able to foist these ridiculous revivals upon American women of culture and taste. American women have learned the beanty of simple lines in their drapery and of the witchery of loose coils and gentle knots and careful carelessness in theii coiffures. Just a year ago now the same cry was raised about the wonderful headdressing we were going to aee during the coming winter, and every womau was told that she would have to go back ic the rats and puffs and false plaits of & quarter of a century ago, and all the hairdressers went to hanging beautiful tails of human hair in their shop windows, and women sighed as they looked at them, and then went calmly on tuckins their hair up into the same little puffy knots and twists that have made the beauty of their heads these past years, and by and by the long tails of silver and red-brown and yellow disappeared from the shop windows, and nobody heard anything more about wonderful head structures. And all the while the hairdressers held meetings ic London and in Paris and iu Vienna, and went on decreeing great things, and made themselves happy in it, possibly, and, certainly, no ono the unhappier for it. It takes two sets of persons to make fashions, you see?one to decrce them and the other to follow them.?Nev York Sun. WHAT COLORS TO WEAR. It is astonishing how few women really know what colors are suited to their complexions. They may have excellent taste in other respects, buiT jthey will often wear pink with "auburrf'' hair, green with sallow complexions, and various other inharmonious .combinations?*' Florid people must be particularly careful in their selection r? hues. A deep blue-red is the most becoming shade for them if they are young. Older women will do well to remember Modjeska's sage remark. "As one grows older red is more becoming above the face than below it." Nothing is more charming than a rich shade of cardinal velvet above white hair and dark eyes. Only a remarkably pretty woman should try to wear magenta. Even then it must be combined with white in order not to disfigure the wearer. Green should be worn with caution. On certain blondes it looks well and some brunettes can don it with impunity. It must be a pretty dark shade, however, as pale green can only be tolerated with the most exquisite complexions. Yellow is becoming to brunettes and combines well with many other shades. It blends beautifully with certain shades of blue gray. Amber is becoming to most dark people. Women with blue eyes should not wear bright blue in their costumes. It make3 the eyes look faded and detracts from the bloom of the complexion. "Dlortlr mnTT Ko TiTArn Tver ViofVi Trnnncr on/1 i"UV"'- "J old, but there should be some discretion used, too. It is apt to accentuate the hard lines or wrinkles in the face. Blondes, red-haired maidens aud brunettes with good, clear complexions find black very becoming. Other3 should modify it by a combination of white, red, orange, gray or yellow. People who have any complexion at all look well in white. Down South it is worn by old and young alike, and the different watering" places showed this summer that Eastern women are beginning to follow the fashion. There is no reason why grandmothers should not wear it as well as grandchildren.?New York World. FASHION NOTES. Plaids promise to be very popular this winter. Perfumed shoes find their purchasers in Paris. Dark dyes for the hair are said to be dangerous. Ribbon is less used for trimming than heretofore. Autumn dress goods are worthy sincere admix ation. Shirts of Empire net are worn over slips of colored silk. Orchid jewelry is the latest fad in the matter of ornaments. Sleeves differing from the bodioe are the order of the day. Embroidery on all sorts of material is the favorite garniture. Skirts made of two materials are preferred by many ladies. Plain skirts have very deep bands of trimming around the hem. 'PK/i lnfncf nriTrnl+TT in cfpflW made in the shape of a boat. Hampers of substantial make are chosen for infants' toilet baskets. Linen collars and culls never ft so favor for use with tailor made gowns. Chatelaines are seen made of gold dollar pieces strong ingeniously on line gold wire. False hair "fronts" are a great boon to middle-aged women not yet cured of vanity. A new name for rugs is "art squares.'1 There is more or less nonsense always in fashion. It is announced that Scotch costumes for young women are to continue in fashion. Red shoes, with a white evening costume, is evidence of very poor taste in women. It is quite the fashionable thing for the girl of the period to have two fans at her waist. Sleeves of almost solid embroidery are seen on dresses of fine wool and silk and wool fabrics. The average woman is afraid of a strong light. This is because the facc is "all made up." Lace is quite as much used as heretofore, and may form a portion of a dresi ' of almost any material. Belt3 are universally worn. In som* cases they are of a color and material entirely foreign to the remainder of th< costume. Among the new and popular trimmings are fringes with netted headings. These fringes are used to edge neckerchiefs and draperies on dre33e3. Dust-grav mohair is much used foi traveling dresses. The jacket corsage flnnnnl oKirf wnJof onrl \JU a >t uiwv uuuuvi w ?>Wm? mmv. is lined with chestnut brown silk. Poppy red makes a brilliant toilet foi a garden fete and attracts general attention. The silk crepo was mado with a small train in clinging princess style. Dresses of faille or other close-woven silks have draperies edged with flat bands of lace. Tho collar, vest and sleeve trimmings are of the same garnii ture. Red shoes, with patent-leather trimmings, are not much worn. They are | plenty and attractive in the windows, but the ladie3 do not buy them to any 1 great extent. Linen lawns are in great favor. Little 1 trimming is required. Organdies are trimmed profusely with laca, which is used in a great variety of forms and in ' white or black. i t Long gold pins, with moonstones set . in brilliants, are among tho prettiest for i catching the ruffle or collar together. One sees many pins used in catching the [ collars of jackets. amo fro* rraWlon, vuuuuuc uaw aio uuv*vu aw* ^?v*w*4 i party -wear in autumn. They are maize i colored. Ostrich feathers are used foi ; trimming in clusters on the crowa and ' bordering the brim. A Waif of the Cannibal Islands. There is in Portland, Me., a young ! woman about twenty years old whose 1 history is even more remarkable than hei 1 appearance is unusual. She has a dark, copper-colored complexion, very higfc cheek bones and prominently sharp, long teeth. When but five years old, awaj off on one of the South Sea islands, she was sold by her own people, who ore ' cannibals, to a Portland sea captain, and the sellers, if not the buyer, firmly believed she was bought to be eaten as food. 8ho has passed through the grammar schools with credit. Although never able to articulate the English language correctly, she can make herself understood. She lives in the capacity of a servant with the sea captain's wife, and is mucfrjattached to her.?flew Yorl , A Fortnue In FroifS. "About twenty-five years," said an old attendant in the big Washington Market, 'several men made fortunes at catching frogs and sending them to market. tThe hind legs were cut offr skinned, -washed, and, after being mildly! salted, were sent away in barrels. Prices used to range from fifty cents to seventy*' five cents for a dozen pairs of legs, and,! as sales wero quick, there was a pile of money in the occupation. "One old fellow, a blacksmith, by the' name of "Weld, down in Grecnbush, Me.,i supplied all of New England for years.; He lived by the side of very extensive, swamps that were filled with wigglers andi cattails. Tho former furnished food forthe frogs, while the latter gave them; shade. I have seen bullfrog legs that; were nearly as big as the legs of an or-; dinary chicken. "Old man Weld used to hire boys toj kill the frogs for him, giving them five, cents or six cents a dozen. The frogs) were so plenty that many of the children} earned good wages, evien at that small price. Weld dressed the froga, corned] them and shipped them to Boston In bar-: rels, like herrings. He kept up the busi-j ness for years and, though he slew hun-l dreds of thousands every year, the sup-! ply did not diminish at alL 'By and by the prices went away down, and as the old man had cleared about $100,000 out of the scheme he retired, built himself a fine mansion and lived at his ease. He is the only man I know of who got rich by catching froga, but Ij have heard of several others. "Of late the frogs are shipped to the| market 'alive and kicking' in cool, moist) grass, and killed as they are wanted. This! Involves more expense. They bring; higher prices than those that are shipped ready dressed. But the demand is not enough to make the business pay much. I wish people would cat more frogs, for there are ten times as many frogs in the United States to-day as there are people, and as fast as they die new ponywogsj grow up to fill the vacancies."?Bottom Globe. Dialects of tlio Cliincse. Few people of the thousands who! daily hear the unintelligible chatter of} the Mongolians on the streets, in cars, orj about their places of business, know any-j thing of their peculiar language. As a' rule most every one knows there are in-l numerable dialects, of which each par-! ticular class of Chinese, according to the' district in which they are reared, claim! one. But of the intricacy of the tongue) very little is known by the average Cau-j casian. The number of characters em-j ployed by an intelligent Chinaman, not a! professor or student, of couree, but aj fairly educated fellow, ia never more! than 2000, which, by a peculiar method! of inflection, transposition and rotation,) is equivalent to about 44,000 different! mow m/inn oei WUI U3. 1UC BU1UU >r U1M ixiajr uiuua uo; many different things according toj whether it be pronounced -with] a ris-t ing or falling inflection, quickly or long! drawn out. This peculiar feature has been forcibly brought home to the would-; be white student, when he has caught| himself addressing a merchant as "a| lying old fool," when he intended toi convey the idea that ho was "a charming old fellow." Most of the Mongo-J lians here use tho Canton dialect, says} the San Francisco Examiner, and butj few of 'the most intelligent mer-j chants ever speak anything else J The newly appointed consul 6peaks thd mandarin f direct which is the peculiar language of royalty and the court, and an interpreter is as necessary when ha transacts official business with his coun \ tryman as between Americans and Chi-| nese. A Peculiar Mountain Bird. Away up on the mountain Bide is tho natural home of the water ousel, thej strangest of all Btrango birds. You sel-{ dom see more than one of them at & time. They are of a dork bluo color and! are easily recognized by a peculiar^ quick, jerking motion which they neven Beem to tire of. And as they flit from] rock to rock they are continually bob-j bing up and down, performing such cj polite little courtcsy as would make yoii smile to see it. Owing to their peculiar habits and ther Isolated spots they select to build their' nests no one but the most ardent sports-: men and naturalists succeed in findingi them. Hence a water ousel's nest with; two of their eggs in it has a commercial! value among nest collectors of $25. Theyj * AT--;- i- Ka/ilr always DU11U XUUir IlCs>U) J USb uava UK some waterfall or under some overhang-j ing bank,where they have to go through! or under the water to get to it. Another strange habit of this bird is j the deliberate way in which they appear! to commit suicide. They will startj slowly, very slowly, to wade sight down: into the water until they disappear fromj view; but if the water is clear, and you! have a sharp eye, you can still soe theirj little dark forms clinging to the bottom/ m scorch of their morning repast, which! consists of periwinkles,?Chicago Herald. ' ? Great Australian Estates. Roman nobles sometimes had wholej provinces for estates; but these are al-j most paralleled in Australia, where im-j mense estates are numerous. Three are," advertised for sale in a Melbourne paper.' The area of the first is 454 square miles,) of which the rent is ?321 Is Gd onlyM ? * ? and the cattle on the pasture at xu_ each. The second comprises 648 square: miles and the third 553 square milea. All three are in Queensland. The first lot is described as watered by a river and having a town ninety miles distant on one 6ide and 150 on the other. The advantage of the 6econd is that it lies between three towns, which are respectively 180, 300 and 350 miles away, and the third, apparently most fortunately situated of all, is "within 100 miles of a railway." ?GalignanVi Me&scn'jtr. The Audos Slowly Siiikiug. The startliDg announcement is made that the Andes arc slowly sinking into the earth's crust. As proof of this La ^ 1 * ?? (razelie ijrcograjHii'juc i>u>3 wm v^unu ?ao 9596 feet above the level of the sea in 1745; in 1800 it was ooly 9570, in 1831, 9567, having 6unk twenty-six feet during the fifty-six years following 1745, and but three feet during the thirty-one years which intervened between 1800 and 1831. In 1868 the city's level had been reduced to 9520 feet above the level of the Pacific. To sum up the total, we find that Ecuador's capital has sunk seventy-six feet in 122 years. Antisana's farm, the highest inhabited spot on the Andes (4000 feet higher than Quito, the highesl city on the globe) ia said by the sam( authority to be 218 feet lower than 1' i, was ia 1740. The camphor tree is flourishing in Florida. Illinois has more miles of railway than Iowa. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., Proprg. of Hall's Catarrh Cure, offer $100 reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for testimonials, free. .Sold by Druggist*, 75c. TnE Orange Free State and the Transvaal, In South Africa, are both Republics. If you wish to do the easiest acd quickest week's washing you ever did, try Dobbins's Electric Soap next washday. Folio .v the directions. Ask your grocer for it. Been on tlio market 24 years. Take no other. TnE railway mileage of ths United States and Canada exceeds 120,033 miles. Its Excellent Qualities Commend to public approval tho California liquid ftult remedy Syrup of Figs. It is plea.v lng to the eye, and to the tasto and by gently acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels. It cleanses the system effectually, thereby promoting the health and comfort of all who ..AA U U3C 1U Guaranteed five year eight per cent. First Mortgages on Kansas City property. Interest payable every six months; prlnciyal and interest collected when due and remitted without expense to lender, for sale by J. H. Bauerlein & Co., Kansas City. Mo. Write for particulars Judicious Speculation. Money invested in snnu of from 81 to S3 weekly or monthly will iniike you a fortune. Write for Inf irmation. Benj. Lewis & Co., Security Building. Kansas City. Mo. Lee Wa's Chinese Headache Cure. Harmless in effect, quick and positive in action. Sent prepaid on receipt of SI per bottle. Adeler& Co..5?? Wyanriotte St.. Kansas City,Mo FIT3 stopped free by Dr. Klixe's Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatis3 and ?2 trial bottle free. Dr. Kline. '01 Arch St., Phila., Pa. Timber, Mineral, farm Lands and Ranches in Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas, bought andsold. Tyler & Co., Kansas City, Mo. Money invested in choice one nundred dollar building lots in suburbs of Kansas City will pay from five hundred to one thousand per cent, the next few years under our plan. $25 cash and $3 per month without interest controls a desirable lot. Particulars on application. J. H. Bauerlein <fc Co.. Kansas City. Ma Oklahoma Guide Book and Map sent any where ? Tvlor A- Pr> K.inq,m CitV.Mo. VIA iPVCltJlUi ^ w ? * Beecham's P1113 core Sick-Headache. My Head is Tired Is a Common Complaint Just Now. Both Mind And Body Are Made Strong By Hood's Sarsaparilla W CONDITION POWDER Hljrhly concentrated. Dose Email. In quantity costs less than 0110-tenth cent a day per hen. Prevent* and cure# all diseases. If you can't get It, we send by mall post-paid. One pack. &c. Five 81- 2Mlb. can 81.20; 6 cans 85- E.xpress_pald. Testimonials free. Send stamps or cash. Farmers' Foultiy Guldo (prico 25c.) free with 81.0# orders or more. L 3. JOHNSON & CO., Boston, Mais. DADWAY'S [I READY RELIEF. A CIHIE FOR ALL SUMMER COMPLAINTS! Dysentery, Diarrhoea, CHOLERA MORBUS. From 80 to 60 drops la bait a tumbler of water will M Onaama flnnf Stnm. IB a lew moixMuus emu viaiuyD, ftch. Nausea, Vomiting, Heartburn, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, tick Headache, Diarrhoea, Dysentery. CboferaHorbui, Colic, flatulency, and all Internal Pains. For severe cases of tbe foregoing Complaints see our printed directions. Applied externally It tnstanUy relieves Headache, Toothache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism and all pains arising from Colds, (grains, Bruises or any cause whatever. Price 30 oents per bottle. Sold by druggists. DADWAY'S n PILLS, An Excellent and ralld Cathartic. Purely vegetable. The Fofest and best medicine In tbe world fox the cure of all disorders of tho Liver, Stomach or Bowels. Taken according to directions tboy will restore health ana renew vitality. Price 25c. a box. Sold by all druggists, or mailed by RADWAY & CO., 12 Warren Street, New York, on receipt of price. WM. FITCH & CO., 10'i Corcoran Building, Washington, D. C. PENSION ATTORNEYS of over 25 years' experience. Successfully prosecute pensions and claims of all kinds In shortest possible time. EF"No FEE unless successful. FKAZfcK P?rm UESTj THE WORLD UllbHvt &et the Genuine. Sold Everywhere. Dcwcinwc rcwoiuwoKsw plication. Employ the old reliable Qrra, J. B. CRAL.LE ?fc CO., Washington, D. C. mrtlTO Frool 8tOO month made sellirx? fl i T N I our D0W Tnlinnire Book, also fiMUIl I U .11 other, lluinenud Heaven, by T. 1. Cuyler, 10.000 ('arioHltlcs ol I ho Bible, 92. E. a TREAT, Publisher, New York. WALL STKEET MAN UAL free. Margin operations $30 upward; Options $10 to $100. Correspondence Invited. S. J. PECK & CO., '52 Broadway, N. Y. ~~M MONEY IN CHICKENS. tr D For 25c. a 100-page book, experlencs MjA ik jfN) of a practical poultry rulser during tfiSw IHWr 2yeara. it teaches bow to detect *fT 7T_ and cure diseases; to feed for eggs and for fattening; which fowls to 6avo for breodloK, &c.. 4c. Address BOOK pua HuCSE, 13-1 Leonard St.. N. Y. City. nENSiONw"f;"i ?s^r r9Successfully Prosecutes Claims LataPrfnolj>?i Examiner U.S. Pension Bureau. 3jr?lala?t war, 15adjudicating claims, atty since. "Better ouh of t-he w f&shiono^-^ IT SFI for house-cle&: ^tJpipL caJ^eofscoi Cleanliness is alwayi of or the neglect to use difference in the social are always the most s< cleanliness?and the bes Women are not- slow to comprehend. They're quick. They're alive, and yet it was a man who discovered the on& remedy for their peculiar ailments. The man was Dr. Pierce." The discovery was his w Favorite Prescription"?the boon to delicate women. Why go round "with one foot in the grave," suffering in silence?misunderstood?when there's a remedy at hand that isn't an experiment, but which is sold under the guarantee 4-1, Of 1 r TTA11 OVA Liiai. xx y\j u ai^ uioa^ vjxixtwi* in any way in it, you can get your money back by applying to its makers. We can hardly imagine a woman's not trying it. Possibly it may be true of one or two?but we doubt it. Women are ripe for it. They must have it Think of a prescription and nine out of ten waiting for it. Carry the news to them! The seat of sick headache is not in the brain. Regulate the stomach and you cure it. Dr. .Pierce's Pellets are the Little Regulators. y Y N C-3T NO ONE NEED SUFFER. f| Dr, Tobias' Celebrated Venetian Liniment acts like a charm for Cholera Mortons, Diarrlm, Dysentery, Colic, Cramps, Nausea, Sick Headache, Ac. Warranted perfectly harmless. (See OATH AO 2 "V COMPANYING each bottle, alao directions FOB US E.) Ita SOOTHING and PENETRATING qoai- Hlea are fell Immediately. Try It and be convinced. Price 23 and 50 centa. Sold by all drugglsta. Depot, 4u Murray St., N. Y. PIIITIAH w. L. Douglas Shoes arc uAMIIUrli warranted, and every pair baa his name and price stamped on bottoia. 'illfl JlPlnPllll, $3 SHOE GE^TL^MeN. rysend addreu on portal for valuable Information. W. li. UOLOLA8, Brockton. Mmi. ;4RB THE OLDEST FAJCLT 8TA5DiBIL\. A Purely Vegetable Compound, witboaf mercury or other injurious mineral. Safii tod sure always. For tale by all Druggist* Full printed directions for using with each package. . Dr. Schenck's new book on Th? Lungs, Liver and Stomach sent free. Ad-' dress Dr. J. H.Schenck A Son Philadelphia! (TOill^OMOtllPUL ^ ^7^ COMBINING 5 ART! > ; Ve retail at the teat ^S^nrr vholan It factory L U L L and Bb'p cooda to b? paid for on delirery. To^Mi^t Band Btjmp tor 0??*- ^WTTy #SP ICUL FBfl lofae. /fame gocdt detirea. DELITUL JLCBCBQ MFG. CO., 140 N. 8 th St, mutant*, nruoinu NEW LAWCLAIMi I luidlUfK* Hi B. Stems M., Attorney*, 1419 F St., Washington, U.C. Branch Ofllccg, Clevelaiul, Detroit.Chicago* nriininiiA OLU claims settlej PFNSIllNS under .new law. I LIlUlUllU Soldiers. Widows, Parents, ss a 1 1 for blank applications and Information. Pat&cc O'Faoreix, Pcnjlou Agent, Washington, D. 0. |l fllir STUD V. Boo!c-]cooplng, BusinessFonn% U UifIC Penmanship, Arithmetic, Short-hanJ, eta, II thoroughly taught by JIAJL. Circulars troa. Bryant's College, 457 Main St., buffalo, S. Y. nnillifl HABIT, Only Certain and IIHIIIRR Eaay CURE In the World. Dr. V IWIW J. L. STEPHEN'S Lebanon, O i 1 pnscribo ana tally en, dorse Bis O as the only JW1Ootm tn specific for the certain carf ' to 5 Dats.^B of this dhease. aKfoortctocd not G. H. LNURAUAM, II. DKJjw ctwBrtam Amsterdam, N. Yl Baf lirdorJy by ti? \7e have sold BI(j G foi Vol*?,,Ovufeii (Vl many years, and It hna iMBB g*Ton best of 3tti* aD.^*DYCHE&CO^ Rfld bv DryglsW B gl j ^ "ISTANTLY. jgM^M a 8t, New York. PricaSOct*De' qt Id. than out-of the nind- Ibis a so!jdoJ*? i ring so&p-Try fh 3 fashionaole and the use SAPOLIO marks a wide scale. The best classes crupulous In matters of it classes use SAPOLIO. A