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\ / AG^ULTU RAL. |! t TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE i [ TO FARM AND GARDEN. J 8 T1IE THERMOMETER IX THE DAIRY. The necessity of the thermometer as a guide tb dairy practice is well known. It does not seem to be so well known j c that many thermometers, especially the f l cheap dairy thermometers, are not accu- r rate. "We have known one of these r thermometers 10 degrees out, and few a are within or.e degree of the standard. f Again, therefore, we must urge the r I necessity of each dairy worker having his or her own thermometer, and know- ? ing that it is accurate, or at least what , allowance is required to dc made.? [American Dairyman. c t FOWLS EATIMi hKATUbllS. When hens eat their feathers it is a i * symptom that something is wroug with , 1 their feed. Giving too much corn is a ^ common cause of this habit. The hens r grow fat at first from the excess of car- f bon or starch this grain possesses, but a soon become unhealthy and stop laying, s Even when more nitrogenous and miner- b al food is given care must be excercised r not to over-feed. The only way to | \ securc entire he.ihhfulnesa with any , s breed is to give them plenty of room, I \ and if of the lazy Asiatic breeds, that k dislike exercise, then force them to it by ( giving them food mixed with straw or j, chall so that they must scratch to get it. The fowls that pick over heaps of horse . manure for scattering oats may not be 1 1 engaged in very cleanly business, but s they do not becomc diseased as fowls j6 will that are cooped up and fed only on c clear grain.?[Boston Cultivator. 8 c KEROSENE IX THE rOULTEY YARD. t The many uses that kerosene may be ! 1 -put to in the poultry-yard make it an al- j most indespensable article to be charged to the expense account, and no other ar- j ticle "will so enhance the profit of the j poultry-yards as kerosene diligently and j ? intelligently used. For painting the in- ! side of nest boxes for setting hens there ! is nothing equal to it, :is it surely kills . 1 all vermin with which it comes in contact, and prevents other vermin from en- s teriug the rest until it is entirely evapo- j rated, which, if the crude oil is used, i c will give the hen ample time to hatch i her brood. A few drops in the drinking j water occasionally has a good effect upon I the general health of the flock, and for j colds or roup there is nothing better if 3 carefully applied. Scaly legs may be ' cured by simply wetting the legs of the : s fowls affected occasionally, and the crude oil is best in this case also, as it take3 a c much longer time to evaporate. When ' c the crude oil is not readily obtained, j some kind of heavy oil or grease should j be mixed with the kerosene to stay evnp- n oration. As a remedy for cholera it has = been highly recommended.?[Fanciers' j. Review. i1 I c TILE DKAINIXO I" KET.ATION TO DROUGHT. ' From. observations of the effects of j cutting off the forests in Michigan and i draining the laud with surface ditches ' and tile trains aud from experiments i r with reference to the percolation of water I through soil?, the following conclusions were reached at the experiment station 1 of 3Iichigan Agricultural College: i t First?Surface ditching iu connection : with deforesting may increase floods and j contribute to drought?. ' <3 Second ?The drainage may increase j flood at the "break up" in Spring, when ! . the water accumulated in the surface soil I by the joint action of frost and soil ca- , 11 pillarity during the Winter and the sur- \ lace accumulations in the form of snow F are suddenly set free l>v a rapid thaw. a Third?During the warm months the E draining tends to mitigate flood by taking up the excessive rainfall and holding v it in a capillary form, keeping back the ! v sudden flow that would pass over the t surface of the soil, if not absorbed by it, and escape by flood, and mitigating c Summer drought by increased capacity , of the soil to hold water in capillary ! j, form, and to draw upon the subsoil water , t by ieaso:i of the increased capillary power of such soil produced by tile draining.? [New York World. \ WARMTH OP GROWING VEGETATION. j ~c The act of growing implies changes in t t cellular tissue that always are accom-1 panied by warmth, at least as compared J with the freezing point. Hence even ; f tender vegetation often escapes whon the 1 r thermometer registers below the frost | r temperature. This is because the ther- a mometer encased in tin is made so as to j be susceptible to the slightest changes of heat or cold. Even whoa frost is de- c posiied on a plant the leaf itself is often a not frozen, and will not be unless the i ! frost i3 thawed out too suddenly. In ; 1 that C?!-e the cold in thj crystals of ice ' c goes into what they nro in contact with ' while thawing, just the samj as is done ; J in making ice cream by thawing ice : * around it. If there is much wind and 11 the temperature only ju^t down to the < c freezing point, buds, blossoms aud leave? ; c may be injured on the windward side of'1 the trees, while on the lee side the fruit i will cscape. This phenomenon will pro-'s bably be witnes.-ed on many trees this f year, aud it may induce the habit which r some trees have now of bearing on each s side in alternate years, a valuable habit t where there is a single tree of some fruit e wanted only for family use. Where suow lies on fruit blossoms it may protect, j them. The chief danger in such case ? would be not while the snow remaiued ) j with the germ of fruit hidden beneath it, ;, bu". when it thawed. Showering trees with ( cold water as the temperature began to ( warm would be most apt to let the suow thaw off with least posiiblc injury to the fruit. i K0AI5S AKD LAWS. In England, writes E. S. Gilbert, where 4 they say the roads arc so good, there , 6eeins to be a broad distinction between , " roads''' and Manes." Nothing is ever j said about the track of the lanes; to look at the hedges, etc., i> the correct thing. I Here all ways arc public highways; all equal before the law. In our town (four by live mile6) there are forty-two miles of them; aad when the average voter reads, as he does in every paper nowaday?, that our roads must and shall be ! improved, he iufers that it means all of | on I L-nnwinor tli-i' in fivprv town """"I """ --p J there are miles of lonesome road, where ! 1 the "farms" arc not worth so very much more than the road would cost, it t'res ,1 him awfully. Tt would simply matters , ] to tlassiiy roads and lanes; sixteen miles j 1 of road could be so located in this town ' that no one would be more than two 1 ] miles fiom it; tneu let the law cease to j concern itself with the lanes; with no1 formal tax to be worked out on them [ i tou would get the habit of making little [ < repairs when they are needed, instead of < letting everything slide till the year i conies round, as you do now. Hill-roads lire easily kept, because less water is used. I have noticed that my horses i sweat freely ou the valley road, but dry i Q& iu climbing 500 'cot of bill, because : / HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. EPIGRAM OF IiAMR AND rEA?. . Place a breast of lamb in a thick saucepan with a litlc stock or water, three onions, one carrot, a good stick of celery, pepper and salt, parsley and any sweet i herbs that one likes. Wheu cooked i v u ?11 ...( _n ii._ i I euougu LU itiiuw ii>, uuu uui an tuu irjuvz, and put the meat De'iween two disnes with a heavy weight on it. When r:old cut into small cutlets, roll in egg and cracker crumbs and fry a nice Drown. Dry the cutlets on a brown paoer in the oven and arrango neatly on a hot dish, leaving the center of the dish for some French peas, which should be served with the cutlets.?[Chicago News. be road is harder, the mud never deep >n these grades, and if attended to as he occasion arose, they could be kept ;ood with very little labor. This is at ea.ct the way to begin; then lanes could >ccome roads from time to time, if deircd. ? [New York Tribune. WHITEWASHING BT HOUSEWORK. The Messrs. Geer are fruitgrowers, and arly this season they bought an outfit or spraying, with the prescribed fornulas, their vines, trees, etc., to destroy loxious insects. The sprayer is large, md has been mounted in a barrel fastened in a frame, on a pair of short sled unners, the object being to gain smoothiess of inotioD, and to move it about easily among the trees and vines. A lorse is the motive power. After the first praying of the vines a heavy shower :amc on, but they were as white aftei he rain as before. This set Mr. Geei hinking, aud from thought to action, ie prepared half a barrel of ordinary vhitewash solution in his mounted barel, and driving up and down the picket ences about the premises, whitewashed ill in a few minutes. The fine mist or iprav penetrated every crack and crevice, ind dried out a beautiful even whiteless. The next morning he hitched to lis spraying outfit, and in one hour iprayed a stretch of paling fence 930 feet ong, leaving it when dry as fresh and vhite looking as any hand whitewashing :ould have made it. The next job will >e to whitewash the poultry houses, and his work can be done, spraying them nside and out, in a few iniuutes. wane praying the first fencing mentioned, the prayer, or 4'whitewasher," was turned >n the trunks of a row of fruit trees, md in a few minutes they were thoruighly whitewashed from the ground up o their lower branches.?lennmee Farner. FARM ANT) GARDEN NOTE3. It pays to grind bones for hens. Feed a little dry hay to your cows all iummer. Draining land is often better than maturing it. Let young poultry have free range as oon as possible. When the grouud is dry it pays to roll ?rn after planting. Grow as far as possible all your grain eed on your ovn farm. On the farm tue poultry ought to pay , good part of the running expenses. Feed poultry only soft feed in troughs; catter grain of all kinds on the ground. Always have the uests so that the hens an walk into them rather than jump lown. Cooked food fattens fowls more readiy, because it is more thoroughly digested. When duck eggs are set under a hen t is best to make the nest on the ;round. Ducks grow faster than chickens, are res from verrniu aud less liable to lisease. . Feed for growth or for egg? and not ncrely for subsistence if poultry is to >ay profit. PnHr.fc thnf nro trpll fpd will herrin aying earlier thau if left to look out for bemsclvec. Young poultry should not be allowed o go on the roosts too early : it causes leforincd breasts. By supplying a good variety of food be necessityfor feeding fowls condiments 3 largely avoided. If the poultry are confined now a good ilau is to feed soft feed in the morning, green food at noou and whole grain at light. Hens should never be fed so well that rheu they are given a good range they fill not forage a good portion of the ime. Com is the least exhausting to the soil if any of our grain crops, and where a iroper and regular rotation cannot be :ept up this should be grown more often ban wheat, oats or barley. By feeding for early maturity we may make sure of some profit in stock raisng. It costs less to add flesh to a oung, growing animal than to a mature me. Get early maturing breeds, and j hen feed toward that end. No matter how well fed the stock may , >e, the greatest gain is secured when the ood is varied. A mess of greeu food uav contain but little nutrition, but it nay promote the appetite and induce an nirnal to consume more food. Never break a colt?only train it. Pro" urc its confidtLce by uniform kindness ,nd gentleness ; then work patiently to nakc it understand what you require of t. A Eimple harsh word or blow may asily undo the work of months. If beginniug strawberry culture this car, it will be best to confine yourself o a few varieties. Get such as have >een tested and found valuable in your iwn locality, and avoid costly novelties, ixcept to test in a very small and experimental way. i Buckwheat would be a good crop to ow in the young orchard, to turn under or the purpose of buildiug up the pcrnanent fertility of the soil. It may be own after the regular crops are all iu he groimd.thus no: interfering with the icason's work. The value of the vegetables purchased jy farmers every year is enormous, ['rains leave Philadelphia daily with oads of vegetables in season for the farners along the lines of railroads, many >f th"m giving the cultivation of a garden no consideration. While some farmer3 spread all their manure on ten acrcs iu order to grow a LTOp of corn and bestow the labor on a large area, others may perform their work on a single acre of celery, cabbage r>r small fruit, and realize a larcrer profit than those who cultivate ten times as much land. Corn i? benefited by all kin Is ot manure. The roots extend ijuite a distance ind feed over the whoie of the surface, [t is a crop that assist3 in cleaning the soil of weeds, owing to the frequent cultivation required, and it thrives best when the young plant* are given a good 5 tart. When some method is devised by which the juice of the beet can be extracted on the farm and shipped to the sucjar factory there will be a saving in transportation and a large amount of pulp retained on the farm. Such a thing fis shipping the juice instead of the beets ib not impossible in this age of progress. When the grip was epidemic in Japan it attacked only the rich folks. It was :juite the reverse with the cholera, which chose its victims almost entirely among the poor. Vienna University had last term 4409 regular and 1811 irregular students; 3242 young men were there- to ?tudy medicine, and 216 to study theology^ itat>y's macar..\i akd ojieese. Italy is the land of macaroni, where it . is the national dish, eaten alike by lords, priests and peasants. To prepare it as it is eaten there, take half a pound of best macaroni, put it in a deep sauccpau, cover with boiling water, season with salt and pepper, and let it simmer gently about twenty minutes. if ffAm til n tr?n f at* / *? ? ! n in 11 Jil'iXl uiv niHtl, Uiaill iU colander, and put it back in the stew pan, with two gills of good stock (free from grease) and let it stew slowly until the Jbroth is all absorbed. Stir into it an ounce of grated Parmesan and one of Gruyere cheese, and mix well by shaking I pan; when all the cheese is melted add an ounce of good butter, and the same j quantity of cheese as before, tossing it jin the pan until thoroughly melted, j Should it taste too oily add about a gill of stock, stir well and serve in a hot 'covered dish.--[New York Journal. AX APPETIZING SOUP. An appetizing soup, calied "Cream of Celery." may be made from the bits of celery left over from dinner. The inIgredients are six stalks of celery, one | quart of milk, one tablespoonful of onion-juice, one of butter, three of Hour, one pint or ooniDg water ana salt and pepper to taste. The celery should be cut into small pieces and allowed to boil in the pint of water for a half hour, then pressed through a colander, the watei I also being allowed to pass throng1!. ,This product and the onion juice are now ndded to the milk, and these to the butter and flour, which have first been rubbed to a smooth paste. Cook this uutil it thickens, stirring it carefully. It should be served immediately when done and is sufficient, according to this recipe, for a family of six or eight persons. It is a rich soup and does not require heavy meats in the following course.?[New York Ledger. NEW ORLEANS BOUILT.TBAI88E. So long as men are fishermen?that is, so long as men retain the spirit of sport ?this fish stew will retain all the fame its own savor won for it before Thackeray set its praise in rhyme. It is made in America somewhat differently to the Marseilles method, but in very appetizing fashion. Two or three kinds of fresh fish are cut in largj dice, free from skin and bones, about five pounds ; a large Spanish onion and one clove of garlic are minced with two or three sprigs of parsley; a large tomato is peeled and sliced; the onion, garlic and parsley arc put in a thick saucepan with a gill of the best salad oil and fried light yellow; then the fish is fried in the same oil; next the tomato is added, with a pinch of powder ed saffron, salt and pepper to taste and enough clam or oyster broth or water to nearly cover tho fish; let it stew gently for about half an hour. Meanwhile toast some buttered bread without crust, cut it in half-inch squares and put it in a hot tureen; have another tureen hot; serve the fish, etc., in one and the broth from v/hich it is taken in that which contains the toasted bread. The French dish always contains the bouquet or fagot of sweet herbs, which gives the indescribable flavor to the cookery of that country. HOUSEHOLD HINT?. To give a cream shade to lac- dip in weak tea. To stings of insects apply soda moistened or tobacco. Rub sauces smooth with the back of the spoon, not with the tip. efoino \fi11 iionnllv Ia hnf ! water v en persistently poured upon them. A handy thing to have for the window j coruer3 is a tooth brush to take dust or j dirt out. Mix pepper ia with flour used for I thickening sauces, instead of adding j afterward. To restore strong ham to its original j freshness, slice and soak over night in : milk, sweet or sour. It is said that sciatica may be cured . by applying a coating of flowers of sulphur to the affected limb. It is a fa^t worth remembering that persons atflicted with acidity of the ttoraach should not indulge in cold . drinks. ' uates arc quite auotner arucie waeu i cut ia two, the stone.", removed and the I fruit soaked in boiling milk with some shreds of lemoa peel. In purchasing canned goods it i9 a safe rule to observe whether the head of | the can is concave, a bulging nppearance being indicative of decomposition. It is a mistako to give a glass of lime i water and milk soon after or before an i invalid takes a dose of calomel. The j nction of lime water changes the character oi' calomel. It is a curious fact that mayonnaise dressing will disagree with delicate people, whereas the same ingredients put together without an egg (French dressing) will be easily digested. Gold rope is much used for picture frames. It should not be more thau half : nr? in^ in fnr l.irrrP I Mt* ?"VU ?41?*U4VW.1 V'k< Wt'W *" *W,b" pictures. Hemp nnd mauilln nro also used; but hemp is better, for it is smooth. A tasty dish is made from a half pint of cold boiled tongue minced and mixed with cream and the yolks of two eggs I well beaten. Let this simmer two or ' three miuutes, then spread on slfoes of hot buttered toast. Eat at once. A good plan for keeping butter cool and sweet in summer is to fill a box with sand to within an inch or two of the top; sink the butter jars in the sand, then thoroughly wet the sand with cold water. Cover the box air-tight. The box may be kept in the kitcben. Rattan and willow chairs should be ' cleaned, like straw matting, with salt ! and water. Fir3t thoroughly remove j the dust. Then wring a clean cloth out | of 6alt and water, rubbing chair or mat- | ting dry with the other hand as you go : on, or, at any rate, as quickly as you cuu, so mat n may ruiuu UVJU ??? moisture. A company has been formed in Chicago for the puruose of cutting mahogany, rosewood, lignum vitce and other bard woods from a largo tract of land in Honduras. It ie proposed to ship the logs to Pcusacok, Fla , and there saw them into marketable shape. ' - w Paraguayan Types and Manners. At Rosario de Santa Fe we take on board some rough recruits, under the ] conduct of three dirty soldiers, accom- i panied by their women folk and children, ] to whom quarters were assigned on the j upper deck abaft the beam. These re- , cruits are, I am informed, jail-birda and criminals, who, instead of bein;j kept in prison, are sent to do duty in the fron- , tier corps at Formosa, in the Gran Chaco, and to keep the Indians at bay when necessary. The soldiers, it appears, seize every opportunity of deserting, and the runaways now form bands of brigands far more dangerous than the Indians. Several engiueers whom I met, who had bcjn engaged in various railway surveys and expeditions in the unaco, reported mat rney were consiunily molested by these brigands, but very rarely had aDy trouble with the Indians. The system of criminal recruits is of coursc bad, but perhaps it is the only practical way of getting men for the wild frontier service, where pillage takes the place of pay. The recruits and i their escort formed a picturesque group with their varied costunf and their more varied skins, ranging from white through bronze to absolute African black. The women were Indians, it being the Argentine usage in warfare against the aborigines to kill off the men, and distribute the captive womeu as wives for the troops. Tlie only baggage that these creatures had consisted of ponchos, a guitar, an accordion, and several kettles and gourds for making mate, or Paraguayan tea, which they drank from morning until night. Our English tourist and his wife were very much scaudalized at the dirty ways of these soldiers, and particularly at the manner in which the women washed the children, taking a mouthful of water, then spitting the water into their hands and rubbing it over ihe faces. This operation is constantly seen in South America amongst Indians and crossbreeds. The idea is that only barbarous whites wash in cold water. Holding the water in the mouth for a few seconds is the easiest way of warming it. The Englishman's younger brother was also greatly scandalized because the military officer who shared his cabin slept in his clothcs, did not wash at all, did not even own a tooth-brush, and carried an ms oaggage 111 a nat-oox. tumbre del pais," I explained to him-? the custom of the country.?Harper a Magazine. The Wonderful IJoomerung'. The boomerang is a weapon which, from its peculiar motion when thrown, has excited and astonished every one who has witnessed the operation. It consists of a flat, curved piece of wood, and varies in size from eighteen inches to three feet or more. It is cut from the natural bend of a tree, cither from the root or branch. A curved block is lirstcut from the tree, and then split and scrapcd down to the required thickness, the edges being made sharp and the ends rounded. The native Australian throws this instrument with appai ent ease. He holds it with one baud by the end, the other pointing outward; theu, running a few paces forward to gain impetus, be throws tbe boomerang, as though aiming at an object slightly above his line of sight. The boomerang at once assumes a rapid rotary motion and ascends to a great height, occasionally suddenly taking opposite directions, or describing a wide circle in the air, at times appearing stationary. It then returns rapidly toward th? thrower, who is now in a dangerous position, and has to keep a sharp lookout lest he be struck by it, in which case it would probably kill him, or, at least, break some of his limbs. The boomerang gradually descends to the ground, Bkimming along the surface thirty or forty yards behind the thrower. The boomerangs used in hunting are largei and heavier than those that have the quality of rising in the air. They are thrown so as to strike the ground, when they roll along something hkc a wneei. Such is the force given them that they will penetrate a kangaroo, an emu, or a black gentleman who belongs to a rival tribe. The boomeraug is thus an implement of pleasure, of war and of chase.? Continent. The Bagpipe. The bagpipe is almost universal throughout Asia, though at present not so much in use as it seems to have been iu former ages. It is used among the Chinese musicians, and is met with iu Persia, where it appears to have been more general in former ages than at present. There is also a Hindoo baggage, and in Egypt it was used to some extent, but it is now rarely met with. In Italy it is common. It is said that the Italian peasant believes that it is the best beloved inusic of the Virgin Mary; ulso that it is the instrument upon when the shepherds expressed their joy when they visited the Savior. When the Italian peasant visits Rome on the anniversary of the birth of our Savior he always carries his bagpipe with him. The Romans arc said to have been acquainted with this instrument, and most likely the Greeks also. In Scotland it is the national instrument. but even there its use is dying out. A New Process of Hefilin?. Joe Jackson (colored), whose arm was so badly lacerated by a circular saw at T)l?.^Vio ri.? tVxif U?/l t/\ Kv/? 1 UlJ luc, ua. , mat H/ UV, u.u|vumttu, is doing well. Dr. Barwick, who managed the amputation, applied a newprocess. After ^ the amputation he wrapped the wound in tissue paper, a new process, au 1 up to date, which has been ten days or more, the mail is improving. There is no fever or any unusual pain whatever, which speaks well for the skill and knowledge of this surgeon. ?Atlanta Conatitutb~. Makes the Weak Strong The way In which Hood's 8ar?apartlla builds np people In run down or wtakenod state of health conclusively proves the claim that this medicine "make? the weak strong." It does not net like a stimulant. Imparting fictitious strength from which there must follow a reaction of greater weakness than before, but In the most natural way Hood's Sarsaparllla overcomes that tired feeling, creates an appetite, purifies the blood, and, in short, gives great bodily, nerve, mental and digestivo strength. Hood's Sarsaoarilla g Sold by all druggists, fl; six for J3. Prepared oaly bi C. i. HOOD A CO, Apotbecarlea, Lo well, Mail. 100 Poses One Dollar -V ^ .... . # How a Mohammedan Prays. . - In the city of Algiers, in Algeria, lYa Mohammedan mosque of the regular style. It has four sides of equal length facing to the north, south, east and west; in the centre is a small square inclosure open to the sky, like a court yard, and in this little yard is a fountain of water in a shallow urn. All the floor space is covered with matting. From the ceiling hang numerous delicate chains terminating in an ornamental hook for holding a lamp. On the side facing the east is a little niche reaching down to the floor. A flight of stairs leads to a small platform behind a screen; here on Fridays, the Moslem Sabbath, stand the preacher, looking over the scrcen, but the mosque is open for worshipers always. One day I saw a Moor come into the mosnue. At the door he dropped his J ? slippers from his feet, picked them up in his hand, walked over the matting to the open enclosure, dropped his slippers and deftly thrust his feet into them and Btepped to the fountuin; tnere dipping his hands often in the trickling -water, he washed his mouth, his eyes, his ears, then his face and neck, then the arms to the elbows, his hands, lastly his feet and legs to the knees. That was to typify the purifying of what he said, saw and heard, his deeds and his walks. Then he came into the mosque again, and, dropping his slippers by his side, stood fncing Mecca?the niche in the wali is to show which is the side toward Mecca, the holy city jf the Mohamme dans; they always turn their faces tnward it when they pray. Standing there, he began to say words inaudible to us, but we could see the motions of his mouth. After a few moments he kneeled down, still speaking; after another litt'e while he bent forward, and, leaning upon his hands, laid his forehead on the floor; afterward he raised his body and head erect, and then stood up as first, only to go through this routine for three times, not interrupting his words, only changing his position at regular intervab. After he had finished his prayer he picked up his slippers and came to the door, dropped them on the threshold, again thrust his feet into them, and walked away. ? Wide Awake. Lnst year the 110 street railways in Pennsylvania carried over 680,000,000 passengers, or 100 times the total population. Molasses can bo brought from Cuba in a tank vessel for two ceuts a gallon. Denfncsa Cnn't be Cored By local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the oar. There i6 only one way to cure deafnesa, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it' is entirely closed, deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can bo taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of deafnesa (caused by catarrh) that we cannot cure by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. 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As a Liver Pill, they've been imitated, but never equaled. JDHNSSlillWIlgl For (nti-rnal and External IV. Stops Pain, Cramp*. Inflammation In hodv or llrah, like mot-lc. Curc?Croup. Asthma, Colds, Catarrh, Cholera Morbus. Dlarrhn-a, Khciimat!i>m, Kpuralfria, Lcr.;o. tmrk, Stl<TJolntaanrlRtrmtn? Full particular* free, 1'rleo ?5 eta. I. I. f>. * A* (\l. f!n?ton. >'?** Good Land Investments Have Paid as High as 200 PER CENT. IN 0N2 YEAR! A WMV I'rtlVTS OK 1NTKRKST TO EVERYONE WHO IIAS ONE POLLAH AND FIFTY CENTS 1 E C WEEK TO INVEST. AN ASSOCIATION has been started In Bochsstbh New York, called the <iA KII! N KIt IIO.llESTEAI) TRACT ASSOCIATION! the Shan* are S-lflO eneli payable 81.30 per week. Any person c.m become a member by payinv SI.50 per wcrk upon the number of shares he subscribes for, not to except tlve. Maps and By-Laws will be mailed to any person addressing <JEO. W. PALMER. Treasurer, 140 l'owfr? Work. Kaclirnlcr, N. V. KIAV CCVCD CURED T0 STAY CUREDnAT I CV Cll We want the name and addressof every sufferer in the & ACTUM A U.S.annCanada. Address, nO I nltlM P.HaroldHsjm,M.D., Bafftlo,hTt. PROGRESSIVE EUCHRE. -R- Send Postal Note to Jornr Sibaitiak. O. T. A. 0.. R.L4P.R. R.. Chicago, and recede. pentose paid, U>e slickest deck of cards yor. every handled. A OB veau K7 uuc or xn&u^ FRAZERA2RI TESTIS THE ffoaiDUiltMWh w (VtfettMUesalxMi tfoid CraTwaar* i 1 Ear Trumpets as Cnpid'o Arrows. // * , -- ; ?J ^ With the marriage at Sttelville, Mo., "^| T C( y 'M of William J. D. K*llv to Miss Anna Mc- 3^^ ^ J 81 ^ g j Donald, of Oakville, Canada, is counected quite a romance. The groom is a ^-u _ 99-mM well known young man, living on a farm ij' I with his widowed mother, well-to-do, 111 \j\i fr I though deaf and dumb. A year or two JL. JL^J' ? T \^JL ago he noticed in the papers a recommendation of some kind of ear trumpet Perhaps you do not believe these by the above named young lady who is statements co lcerning Green's Au? also a deaf mute. A correspondence en- gust Flower. Well, we can't make '-'Ja sued, the tender chords of sympathy and you. We can't force conviction in* emotion were aroused and an engagement to your head or medt followed. The heroic young bride left Doubting icine into your her far off Canadian home to meet her throat. We don't distant affianced. For six days and alone Thomas. want to. The money she traveled, but came safely through. * js youre, and the This was three weeks before the mar- jj^jy js yours; and until you are nnirr ann the intervening time was mi;_ _ v_i: j *r?sm spent in forcing each other's acquain- luo tance at the groom's home, with the re- for the relie? ?[ other, they will suit that the nuptials were celebrated stay so* J?"n H. Foster, 1122 amidst ths congratulations of a host of Brown Street, Philadelphia, says: friends.?SC. Louis Republic. " My wife is a little Scotch woman, - _ thirty years of age and of a naturally . ; 3 ?j: ,-n TJnr fi^rA nr ??* ^Ss ^ UClUJcllC UJSJWaiUUU. 1 VI u<v v. .M. . ,. jgm SYRllPflinB^ yelre paSt pj * J Vomit became so bad at last ' f jfffggBfih that she could not dt yg&M ?^ Every Meal, down to a meal but :/jg "* <?ij^ she had to vomit it *JBL 33 soon 33 s^e eaten it. Two :,vj?r> }?\ \ bottles of your August Flower have '?&M ]X cured her, after many doctors failed. CTin/vin ?nm aQf onvthina 9t1r1 PTll'fTV "fV i L \,n J Both the method and results when |i/ JIlWZL&f V I Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant U w Xfi* ' and refreshing to the taste, and acts I gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, 1 ( H.ff T'NJ'T1 I l-Z%? Liyei and Bowels, cleanses the ej? ^"5 addition oVaJ m tem effectually, dispels colds, head* nllnC cqualpartofoila^ ncrl aches and fevers and cures habitual rjU lw MAWNQ coaT^rOiLyJ^^yi constipation. Syrup of Figs is the ]SSd in7348PA^ERS] iff only remedy of its kind ever pro AVh ere wo have no Agent will arrant* duced, pleasing to the taste ana ao wUh any ttCtlv0 ?"cfc?n?.-L. & m.-n. y. ceptable to the stomach, prompt in 11111/ A 1911 CCA I ft its action and truly beneficial m xts | O UI I A effects, prepared only from the most ? ? Jt , healthy and agreeable substances, ei?tS i?ht/ flouringS rM$ Ite many excellent qualities com- Located in the garden of Wyoming. Produced the mend it to all and have made it prize pot*:? crop of the United States in 1890. tie most popclar remedy known. For m.p. .nfonowto .ppij u> c /t:- t "/v. MANN <fc THOM, Buffalo, Wyo. Syrup of F igs is for sale in oOo ?? and bottles by all leading drug- I ^ v. gists. Any reliable druggist who X B \ / JONES ymay not have it on hand will pro- / TON SCALES \ f OF \. cure it promptly for any one who ( $60 I (BINGHAMTON) 'W& Wishes to try it Do not accept \ Beam Box Tare Beam/ W N. Y, any substitute. \ $ aixsim *7 yo ^ ' CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. v%the#/ FRANCISCO, CAL. _ _ _"T7T . WW * m wt? HEALTH J (imU Weak, Xehvocs, Wretched mortals&et *ew left, will mall for lic.oocb toclose. '430,000 in - -.,3 \llilt weU and keep well. Health Helper nne-Aenigneil lor the nia8?e8-*conoinic^l J Mi Wl* tells Dow. 50ctf>. a year. Sample copy 1 QQ1 if test dlj:ie?. lflc, free. Dr. J, 11. DYE, Editor. Buffalo. X. Y. ^S^iJaS^LMMS^Bratt'eboro Vt** BAGGY KNEES Q^}r*iltK$SZteu?. nENS8 INivH?iw,i,IOBS1^ -3! Adopted by students at Harvard, Amherst, and othol BCiIlB^SS v?y I ? ttasliington, D.Ci Collegea, also, by professional anil business men every ?W Successfully Pr03eCUte8 ClailDS. " ? Where. If not for sale In yoar town *end 2Se to m Lrfito Principal Ex&mlnerU.S. Pension Bureau. B. J. OBEELY. lit Washington Street Boston. fl 3 yralniadt^ai 13abjudicating claims, attyaliiOQi I TVeasuryof General!? ( Information, |Jj I A Condensed Encyclopedie of Universal Knowledge. I i Being a handr Hefercncc upon nearly every subject that can be thought of. Con- Tf ;v* talnlng In rcondensed form whnt can otherwise be learned only from A o. great many large Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, dkc. WITH A COMPLETE ANALYTICAL INDEX FOR READY REFERENCE. I I EDITED BY THE ABLEST TALENT THE WORLD AFFORDS. T| It tellsaboat nearly every subject under tha son; "and, Instead of Lmg and diffuse chapters m , .'/{ It gives whot nearly every one wants to know, In a very few linos. In reading nearly any book or paper there aije frequent reference to a toouaand and one matters whlcb the general reader would like to understand a little more aboat, and wh'ch, unless be has a large library of costly V books to refer to, be can learn nothing; but here, with this oae vo.ume be can torn at once to the II . ' ?-'J bou and And the page, and the whole thing Is clearly and concisely explained. A very import- m ant featuroo! the bx>x is, that In addition to every subject being carctully Indexed by ttteif, so H that any one word can be turned to at once, (ho _., J3 reader will And everything _ _ ^ __ __ reUt:ng to one general sub- *jn Ject Is collected together ^ TV JR M B|f| under one General Clatri- W| ?, JlcaHon. For example: l& llll 1M ffl * 15 m1 Mythology Is treated or In A J one place, and everything # B B Br IE BO ?" ? about It is under one chop ter; while. In the Complete I fm D I I rm H 3 | ( |1 Index each individual chsr- H . acter and reference Is al- V U A mm B# phabrtlca ly found, thus W' ' . { enabling the rwador to _ study the who.o of Myib* !ologv, or to rerer, at a| FKOJfUHJSLX lLLiUBXitAIJiii. ~ , __ _ ological character, a:.d ;?arn all about It In one Fhor; paragraph. The same In History, Philosophy, tieogrjphy, Art, Astronomy, etc. Merely to E give an Idea of the more Important matters we e .urne rate the following: Astronomy. Geography, Geology, Chemistry, Mythology, Vegetable Creatlo i, Animal Creitlou, Language, Medieval ueara. W, tag, Europ an Literature, English Literature, Fine Arts, Ancient History, Aiedleval Hlatory, A' Br.tish History, History of all Nations. No one need ever be Ignorant cf en/ subject with thk M , ' * worst ot hind. Every person should passes* a copy. A? a rule encyclopedias ;*ud works of real B ,?S valuable Information have been the books most sought after, bur, here:ofo e, l ?y havo been tn too many volumes and too costly lor tho general reader; but here a book Is published In ON? W s5 VOLUME, a: a low price, wltaln tae means of all. HKE bow thoroughly General Knowledge Is R\ l~ covered: There are 238 paragraphs In Astronomy and Geography, itfe 0:1 Geologv, Mineralogy, A . * Chemistry, neat and uitMMttuttAtmcs^h. re; 133 on >>2.1? Light. Electricity, Mag- / * nvttsm, Matter and . Motion: 165 on Vegeta- f \ | \# f \ ftl yp ble and Animal Ore*- V tlon; 106 on Ethnology, J Hf I OU EL Kv a Chronology, Ijin- \\ guage, Literature, etc.; c on Greek and Ko- M ^ man Philosophy, 5i on POSTPAID. ? Me-ieval Learning " and Arts, 119 on Litera- . I ture. France, Germa- .--Ja ny, Spain, Italy; SSi .? * pnnigraphs In English W Literature and the Flue Arts, 90 ou Brlt&i Onstltut.on and Law, !3i tn Jllsce.laueous Subjects Ti and Historical Explanations, 135on Ancient Hlsiory, Hebiews, Baby.on aus, A>s.vr:an?, etc.; 98 on A Mythology and Grecian Hlsto . 48 on A .cl.-nt Greecv?Cred ble i-lntory; 2jjc on Ancient Roman A and Medieval History; 851 on Hist.ry o. All Nations. Here are some abb:evlntodextracts: Light H travels 192,000 miles in a second?See page 5<J. William Snakes care, t e grea est of all poets ?nd W dramituts was born 1501; dl<d 1616?page 143. TLe tainous Aiitantsb A: muda was destroyed !n 1588 ' W" <nn PHnr. ni7 tnwi.nted 1437 bv John ijuue ioerg?poso 3u6. Ttie Pyramu s are monume. tai A ! tombs of the Pharaohs, and wre from 3,0.0 to 4.001) years od?page 2:7. bound travels at the rate A of 1,125 feet per second? page 4J. jEkid, the famous writer of fables, wis n Greek slave, who fl Uvea In tho 0th ecntury, R O?page 103. Awbroslii, In Mythology, was the ft t.d of the Gods?page H 248. The great earthquake which bhwotbmwm occurred at Lisbon, In 1753, destroyed V 50,000 In haw i ants In eight minutes? rnMa. CTC pag* 426. So onion's T( mp!e Wi\s de- It stroyed In the year i0?page 230. vUllirtc. 1 t Cf a butterfly contains 17,(XX) A lenses, each lenspossessing the power INDEX of un eye?page 77. Earth's surface Is H 300,000,000 square miles?page 23. The Golden Age, Iron Age, Brotuc Ago, etc., were fanciful notions of the Greeks?page ?42. Napoleon, born In W Corsica, 17G9; died 1821?411. Amazon Klver, South America; longest In the world; 4,000 miles; I< navigable 3,300?25. "Order of the Garter" was a knlghthroi, Instituted i:tl4?122. Amazon* A were a naUou of fomale warriors?243. Croesus. u kin.; In Asia, renowned for bis great woalth? H 243. Philosopher's : tone originated In Egypt, and supposed to convert boxer metals Into gold?117. H George Washington, first President of the L. S.; born in Virginia, 17- 2; died, 17f3?'.28. Castile was a prison In Paris; destroyed 178<i?407. Mariner's com pans Is a magne.lzed t-ecdlr. Invented 1260, Ti by Marco Polo, or Vcnlce?3'JU. The atmosphere reaches to the be ght of 45 miles?47. The "Got"- m dkan Knot" was a knot tied bv King Gordlus of Phyrg-.a In the 1 arness of his ozen?225. B It Is Impossible for any Intelligent person to oi>cn the book, oif any 1 age, without becoming in- H tcrested. From beginning to end It Is > NE C'O.NDKN. Eu MASK CI' KMWLELGE, cseiul, n- B structlve and enteitalultg. It covers almost the entire Held of Learning, fcent pist; aid ou receipt Wt of FIFTY CENTS In stamps, postal note or s.lver. k .\5 BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE. 134 Leonard St. New York City. ">>- _ nnt-bh^ gain-fulles!? burdens cejv lessen" I ^faFES Burden j using^S APO LI ? #* J Ibis dwsolid c&Re ofscourin.gsookp ?^||piys..used for cle&nin<* purposes " *COnrm(MT* ,4// " I I / ^ jm a j wnat wouia you give wr a menu who would late half your hard work xff your shoulders and do it without a murmur ? What would you (jive to find an assistant in your housework that would keep your floors and walls clean, and your kitchen bright, and yet never grow ugly over the mutter of hard work ? Sa polio is just such a friend and can be bought at all grocers __ pisO'8 REMEDY FOll CATAltlta.-Best. Easiest to use. PEW JT Cheapest. Heliel !s immediate. A. cure is certain. For |gg jgfg Cold Id the Head it has uo equal ?j| KgS It is an Ointment, oi which a small particle Is applied to the Kb* 9g nostrils. Price, COc. Sold by druggists or sent by mall. fuM HB Address. ?. t. Hazeltixe, Warren, Pa. H ?^4 CHICHESTER'S ENOUoit, RED CROSS DIAMOND BRAND A rtumoxMi * rwius A THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINC The only Raft, 8nr*, *M rckalU niirvMk \lfw JLndlea, uk DrufdM tor OUcktttr t KnfUtk Diamond Srartd Ik Re4 ud GoU BwMUlo \ y buet hiM with (lu rlbtaa, Take ao ether kind. Xi/uti SulttUutiont mnd ImltaMttu. V All plU? lopuubeertbeiaa. pink wnpp?ra. trt JaajMfeva MaatarfUU. At Dntffitta. ?r Ml H I 4*. la (tempt tor pwtlroUri, MUasotkU, uJ "BcUef far La41ee,M ?n utter, br r?tmtm KaiE i osnj-araa. esss? . _ ?"rtr" )