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i? f AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVJ TO FARM AN D GARDEN. KOCGn FORAGE. Bulky foo3, such as straw, corn foe tier and coarse hay, is not always of vak solely on account ol the nutrition it cor tains, but sometimes it ailords a cou plete changc of diet, and because it di< tends the ttornach and aids digestior If a liberal supply of grain is given thei is no danger in feeding coarse foods t any kind of stock, and by thus utilizin the straw and fodder a great saving c hay may be effected. Coarse food should especially have a place in th economical feeding of cattle and shcej -?Tuns Live Steel; Journal. TRY IT. "We want a large number of our read ers to try the experiment of sowing win ter rye in their cornfields just aftor th last going through with the cultivatoi and report next spring what they thin of it. It is no experiment with a num ber of leading dairymen that we know They claim that it pays a big profit o the investment, as it gives fresh pastui age the latest in the lali and the earlies in the spring. One party informed u the other day that during the high pric of batter in A.pril he got enough out o his early rye to more than twice pay th i.-i'-ense of sowing it. Try it, is the ad vice of Hoard's Dairyman. DESTROYING CODLUCG MOTHS. In that large part of this countr where no apples were grown last yea no codling moth worms were bred, be cause there was nothing for them t breed in. But even here the enemy ma; have been introduced in apples brough from other localities, where, of course 5 * -3 ?U, me species was cuuuuueu. iuusc nm put apples in cellars will always find a spring approaches multitudes of moth struggling against the windows and try ing to get out. They arc particular^ numerous just about the time apple tree begin to blossom, and if any escape, thei they will make work for future years It is a good plan to keep cellar window closed at this season, and by going in side many moths may be crushed agains the panes of glass. Worms that hav not jet changed to moths can be fount in cocoons glued against the inside o barrels in which apples have been kept ?Eaton Cultivator. FOOD FLAVORS BDTTEU. The old statement that any food whicl a cow can digest and assimilate will no effect the flavor of the butter made fron x- 1 iMI /)_ ner cream, seems to ue sun uu us tuuuua It is true that the chemist has a grea deal of trouble on accounting for it, bu the fact remains that certain kinds o food do modify th3 flavor of the butter It not infrequently happens that cow: eat rank or bitter weeds, either in the pasture or in the hay, and that a verj perceptible and unpleasant change i quickly apparent in the quality of th< butter. Why the cows should eat thes< weeds we cannot say, but tho fact that they sometimes do cat them has beet often noted. Theu, too, the influenci of cottonseed meal, linseed meal ant /inoilnxj unnn tVio nimlit.r Clf fr.hl DVUi ^uoua^vj ujfvu vuw -j v? butter yielded by cows which these sub stances are fed, has been so often noticec and ?0 widely discussed, that it shoulc have set at rest all questions as to thi power of the food to modify the quality of the butter. If, in spite of all the evi dence from these sources, anyone stil has doubts upou the subject, let hin feed his cows a few turnips or onion every day for a week, and when he come to test the next lot of butter from hi cows his belief will forever disappear.? American Dairyman. DESTROYING CUT WORMS. Professor J. L. Budd, xa the De Moines lityister, attests the value of fal plowing in killing the cut-worms. H< says:: -"We have an object lesson al this time of much interest and value We prepared ground last fall for plant ing our cherry and plum pits by plow ing w^ll about the lust of September an< again an November. The preparec ground was not largs enough for all tin 6eeds, and about half a bushel of th plum seeds were planted on ground oc cupied .last summer and fall with a crot of mangles, rutabagas and cabbage, am net plowed until spring. On this ground the plants came up quite at thickly .as on the fall-plowed ground, but at this time there arc not 100 plant; to the row, and these are going from hour to hour. The soil is so full o worm6 that no possibility of saving th plants -exists. On the fall-plowe< .ground scarccly a plant of the plum o cherry has been cut off. Instead, afte careful inspection I only found two plant ruined, and these were in the outsid tows. >Our root grafts of cherry, plum pear and apple arc mostly on groum plowed late in the fall, turning uadei a crop of Tye sowed the last of August .Not a sign of cut-worms is found 01 this ground. On the other hand, every thing,put-out on land un plowed intht fall has buen seriously injured or totallj ruined by the different specics of cut worms. .60 far a3 known to the write the fall plowing ut proper time is tin only safg and practicable method 0 eradicating .these pesu." {RAISING JClIfBARB. ?T nil-the garden plants raised in th< open ground rhubarb is .the lirst to com< into we in the spriug, writes a Stam ford ((-Conn.) farmer. Half a dozen 0 \rell^fistablished plants, if properly care: for, srill furnish stalks enough for 1 family. TJhus&nj lot-hakLei iu a towi who ha3 a small space to 6j>aie may kee| his famiJy supplied with the best cook ing substitute lor apples thai; we have But it will sot do to s^t out a few rhu barb plants ia poor soil and Jeave th< ground to pack down around thena with out any cultivation. They need higl manuring, and the earth armnd thou should be kept ia a Jose, friable condi tion. For several years I have bad th< opportunity of observing the great difference in the quantity and quality o the product where they were well caret for and where they *vere neglected When open-headed barrels have been se over the plants the stalk* have growi long acd spindling, and were very brit tie and tender, and the flavor seemec improved. But I don't think the quan tity is increased, and if it is continued long I believe it will enfeeble the plaufs I havc'noticed,also, that there is a wid< (difference in the value of different varJe Ities. I have two, one of which is muc'j Superior to the other botii ia yiolti aad quality, but I do not know the name of J fiftn^cmnn Mif> T.l'nnPflQ nil I one of the best. It takes 60 long to get E producing plants from the seed that tho best way is to propagate by roots set deep enough to have the crowns well covered. As the plants increase in size the roots in:iv be subdivided to make other hills. Plants from the seed will ie not alwajs prove the same variety as the parent stalk.?Neu> York World. i FARM AN'D GARDEN' NOTES. ^ Often it is better to set a broody hen than to break her. o tr It is good economy to feed poultry jf well from the start. Is Very many of the losses with young ie turkeys are due to lice. ' It is not a good plan now to keep chickens in a box or small yard. If uecessary to confine young chickens in a coop with a board floor, cover well I* with soil. If the ducks and geese arc picked reg- i _e I ularly during the summer and fall they ? | will not moult. I Qcalflorl millr in ft rmflfl TPmedvfOr di [- w/ww.?vv ? o * j , nrrhrea in summer; give the fowls all J ^ they will drink. Brahmas and Cochins feather very it slowly, and it is not safe to condemn is them until they are four mottbhs old. e When young chickens are shedding f their second feathers they should have a e small quantity of carbolic acid in their 1 - drinking water. After young turkeys have passed the period of "shooting the red," which oe- ' curs when they are about ten weeks old, 7 thej can be given a free range. r Either fall or spring planting may be * adopted, but for the strawberry spring j 1 0 settiug is surest and safest. Do not let / 1 P a strawberry bed run over two years. 1 New varieties of strawberries are year^ ly introduced, but they should be tried 1 j only to a limited extent, as the varieties 1 suitable to somo sectiofls are worthless in I others. ( y Catarrh in sheep is caused by exposure s to dampness and cold fall rains. A reme- j ! dy for it is: inject into the nostrils a so- J lution of one part carbolic acid to fifty * s parts warm water. In setting strawberries put them three c t and a half by one foot apart. Black E e raspberries six by three. Blackberries I i eight by three. Plant only old and tried f varieties and let novelties go. Put a large shovelful of manure around j cach young raspberry plant, and you | will derive the benefits therefrom next J ? season. Any attention given youug 1 , 1 raspberries is always rewarded the follow- j . t ing year. 1 If you wish to haul out your coarse 1 < manure, put it on a field intended for a | 1 green manurial crop, so as to plow the E crop under and thereby more intimately t f I mirtKo monur# with tllft SOll as Well OS * to destroy weeds. ' I * The best butter makers are the great- j i ' est readers of dairy literature and thus f ' keep posted about the methods of others, j < and do not depend too much upon the j * knowledge they have inherited from ' < * their grandmothers. 1 I j Dwarf Lima beans may be planted in ' i ; rows in the same manner as string beans, 1 j and they will need no poles or supports ' B of any kind. Though the beans are smal- | 1 ler than the pole Lima, yet they are pro- : ' j lific and easiiy harvested. 1 It is well to test your cows?know ' i exactly which are paying, both in qnal- i J j ity and quantity. Keep a record of - your profits and expenses, and you will i ,1 thus be enabled to know just what your | 1 i standing is at the end of the season. 3 Spraying the trees is something of re- j 5 cent introduction. When the work of j 3 spraying begins there should be no ces- [ sation until the fruit is safe. Much de- j nenas not onlv on how the work of ! 1 spraying the trees is accomplished, but also upon performing the work at the ( 5 proper times. I , 1 The oils of the different kinds of : | s grain fed to dairy cows have very much j | t to do with the quality of the butter, j i Cotton seed, while giving an increased | - flow of milk, rich in butter fat, makes i | - the butter greasy and sticky. Oats and ! | i bran give good oils for butter, but the j ] i best is the oil of corn. To the general j | e use of corn in feeding dairy cows in the j j e West is due to a great extent the fine ( - flavor of western butter. I 1 * ' A Drama in Real Life. < 5 I Witnessed a most touching and dra- ' matic incident the other day, says M. J. ' 5 Madden, of Chicago. It was at the * { Union Depot. f Among the passengers leaving the c e train just in from the South was a dis- ' j tinguished looking gentlemen, and 1 r cliuging to his arm was one of the most J r beautiful girls I ever saw in my life. 9 | To take the Joliet train there came ( e j down the stone step3 a burlv ofii| cer in citizen's clothes, and by his side ] was the once society favorite, George . Line. coLvieteJ of fort'iu<? his mother's r ?1? ? o o ? name to valuable documents, and who, ( j in spite of all the influence brought to 1 bear, must serve his term in the peni- 1 , Herniary. < p j A stcc 1 band was about the prisoner's i 1 i wrist, attached to another about the ofnr cer's wrist. The two couples I have de- < e -scribed met directly in frout of the big i f gates. 4,Oh, papal" exclaimed the girl, < us her face lighted up with pleasure, < "here is George, come to meet us after a < long journey." ] % She rushed forward to meet the con- 1 ~a i vlct, and impetuously grabbed both his i Imnde. The shock the sight of the 1 j. ) uieaacles produced wae positively frightj 1 fuL Her great eves opened, her face blanched, she tried to spteak, but could not, and then she fell fainting into the j arras of her father, who bore her to a I carriage. ] The convict during this ordeal was a ] pitiable looking object He uttered no < ^ word, but as he passed through the gate j I saw his lower lip was covered with i blood. He had bitten through it. 1 The girl, I subsequently learned, was the felou's fiancee, who had been in ~ j Mexico all the wiuter. . "" ? I f How to Cat Glass Bottles. j 1 Professor William Thompson gives the . following method of cutting glass tubes ? t and bottles: Two strips o! thick blot- 1 i ting paper are wetted and wrapped * round the tube or bottle as bands. They r 1 should be kept a quarter to three-eighths of an inch apart for tubes an inch or so in J I diameter. A fine flame, two or three . inches long, i3 then allowed to play on > the glass in the gap between, while the J - vessel is slowly revolved. In kgs than a r i minutd glass parts along tbs trtck of 5 the flamed __ I WOKDS OF WISDOM. What fools other men ar^ The true reward of work well done is the having done it. Doing good is the only rertaiuly happy action of a man's life. ! Every raau is trying to see how much hccan get for his little. When a man fights in his mind, he al- ! ways comes out victorious. Whoso extinguishes in man one feeling of benevolence partly kills him. The trouble is that so few men are as good as they think their nighbors should be. The time spent in mourning for the dead might be used in making the living happy. A man's opinion of people is as much a test of his character as people's opinion of him. A man's idea of being good to a woman is tc give her opportunities to be good to him. All men are alike in one particular; the most humble believe there is a kick coming to him. A man will wait ten years to get even; a woman will forget that you offended tier in ten miuuies. Everyman occasionally says: "Spare no expense; I care nothing for money," but none of them ever mean it. When you sec a man who has the same opinion he had in early life, it is a sign that he is a fool, and cannot learn. As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without culture; so the mind without cultivation can never produce good fruit. Look upon the "brigTat side of your condition; then your discontents will disperse. Pore not upon your losses, but recount your mercies. Don't compare a girl's cheek to the clown on a pcach if you want to be complimentary. If there is anything disagreeable to get on your lips, it is peach down. What creitfj thincr is there for two luraan souls than to feel 'hat they are joined for life, to strengthen each othei n labor, to rest on each crther in Borrow, ;o minister to each other in pain, to be )ne with each other in silent, unspcaktb!e memories at the moment of the last mrting. Biggest Turtle Yet. About two miles below the junction, n this county, can be found a deep hole )f water in Current River, in which a arge turtle, measuring about four feet icross the back, has been seen at differ:nt times for the last fifty years. Various ilans have been devised and put into jxecution to capture the tortoise, but up ;o the present time to no avail, as he >eems to be proof against armies, spikes, spears, gigs, gunpowder and dynamite, i few days since a hunter residing in :hat neighborhood, while passing along - _ i i- :-J 4. k\~ \V ueiLit'r duiui; |n;uuuu? . jxj-gen takes place during respiration, | )r whether the toxic properties are due :osome active product of respiration which has escaped detection in the injaled ges, is a problem which will loubtless be studied with much iuterest. ?SU Louis Republic. Education in E?c?pt It is reported that Egypt is making Trent strides in educational progress, and that the natives arc not slow to appreciate the advantages of the reorganized Government schools. Since Moses went to chool in Egypt, and the University of Alexandria wus destroyed by Omar, cdu;ation has never been at so low an ebb in that country .'is during the past few iecades. In 1887 there were only twelve schools under the Minister of Public Initr action, with an attendance of 1919 pupils, of whom only fifty per cent, paid Tees, and the total receipts were $5O00. Lost year the number of these schools throughout the country, a9 far south a3 Ajsuan, cpen to all races aud creeds, wo9 forty-seven; the attendance was 7397, of erhom sixty-two per c<nt. were paying pupils, and the receipts reached nearly ?100,000. The iucrease is significant, however, that all pupils must either learn English or French, and it is significant that whereas in 1881) only fourteen [>er cent, of thein selected English, in n 1890 the proportion rose to twenty!hree per ccnt.?Picayune. Bi.if Pay Per Line. Alexander Dumas was much addicted :o boasting of the high fees he received i for his articles. "Tl;at is very fair, no doubt," once ' said a stranger to him at a party. "How ! nuch was the highest fee you ever got?" j 4,Tcn franca (52) a line," replied Dunas. "Bah! that ia nothing," said the genleman. "I get about half a million rancs ($100,000) for a line." 'Really?" rejoined Dumas, with ao { ncrcdulous smile at the apparently out' ageoua piece of brag. "Pray, what are ' ou?" J^'A railway.^tractor, Jour-1 | HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. CLEAN IRONS. Clean irons are one of the marks of a good housekeeper. Irons should he thoroughly scrubbed in hot suds quite often, wiped off and put on the hot stove at once, or they will ru;t. A piece . of beeswax is good to rub one's irons with if they become rough, or a little lard in a thick, soft cloth. Some ironers like kerosene. Dampen a cloth with kerosene and rub the iron hard with it. Kerosene is also good to clean the kitchen stove and stove-pipes?just a little on a rag and rub hard. ? Ckicaqo News. WASHING BLANKETS. A good housewife vouches for the following as an excellent way to wash blankets: Soak the blankets for ten minutes in lukewarm water before washing; have ready some soft soap or good yellow soap sliced thin and boiled to a iellv in a little water, allowing one pound to four blankets; wring them out of the first water, lay them in this and stir them about for some time, then leave them another ten minutes to soak. After the soaking rub each thoroughly in every part, wring out and shake well; unless exceptionally dirty they will not require another washing, but should be rinsed in 6oft warm water, and dried in a good wind.?Brooklyn Citizen. JELL? OF RHUBARB. To make jelly of rhubarb, wash, but do not peel, a pound of pink rhubarb, which cut into pieces an inch long and stew gently until the juice is drawn, then add half a pound of loaf sugar and stew again until tender. Rub the rhubarb through a sieve, and afterward boil until it becomes sirup-like. Let this get cold, when to three gills of it add half an ounce ot gelatine, scasea ana dissolved in a gill of water. When oa the point of setting, put the jelly into a mold. Serve with custard flavored with extract of alraouds. This jelly ought to be a delicate pink color, which, if it is desired to heighten, a few drops of rosecoloring may be added.?New Orleans Picayune. POACHED EGGS. To poach eggs take a wide, flat stewpan and put luto it one quart of water, one cupful of vinegir, one tablespoonful of salt; when it comes to aboil, open your eggs one by one into a cup, drop them into the boiling water; but not more than two or three at a time. Take a spoon,and try to keep each egg in shape, by pushing the whites toward the yolk. As soon as the whites are flrm, take out the eggs carefully with a skimmer. Place each on a slice of buttored toast. Now, if you have a tomato sauce at hand, and pour it around the eggs and toast, you will have a most delicious dish to 6erve. But you may also pour hot milk, in which some butter has been melted, over the toast, and, of course, omit the tomato sauce.?Ncx York Tribune. rTlOPERLY FRIED EGQ3. Fried eggs are best aud nieoat done in little egg-moulds, which are made for the purpose, writes Mrs. Bayard Taylor. They come in pairs or threes, and so on up to six and more. I hare a mold of six, and if I have fewer eggs to fry I fill the other forms with water. Put a liny liitle piece of butter in each mould, drop in the eggs and while cooking loosen the whites at the edges every few seconds to prevent the under side from getting too much done. Sprinkle the eggs with salt icar ine river uaaK, uspit*u ma turtleship basking in the sunshine on the root )f a large oak. Quickly bringing hia Winchester to his shoulder (a forty;ight-calibre) he fired, the ball striking the monster fairly between the eyes. But judge of his chagrin and surprise when :he turtle, inteadof tumbling over dead, juietly let go his hold and swam away 19 placidly and unconcerned as if he had teen thumped by a gravel. Upon crimination the hunter found that the sail, after striking the turtle, had glanced upward and embedded itself in ;he body of the oak to a depth of six Inches. It is supposed that the monster shellfish made his wpyup from the Mississippi River in the great freshet in the spring of 1341.?Eminence {Mo.) Current Wave. A Carious Ckomic&l Anomaly. An astonishing result was reached by Dr. Richardson, the English expert physiologist, in some experiments on the icspiration of animals confined in pure jxygen. In most cases a steady flow of fresh oxygen rendered the animals conaned in it excited and feverish, and none svere quieted or made sleepy. When, | however, the oxygen, after having been j passed once through the chambers confining th2 animals, was collected, purified and again used, all the warmblooded animals, such as dogs, cats, 'uinea-pigs, rabbits, etc., became drowsy xnd fell quietly asleep; and when the *as was again used after another purifica:ion the sleep became deeper and some )f the animals soon died. The oxygen ippeared chemically pure at each time of ising, aud the cause of its remarkable jhan^rc in effect is as yet a mystery. rxrL^4.i ~mnrlifiAfltinn nf ?and pepper, if you like, as soon as the whites are firm, take out the eggs with a spoon. They are nice with spinach, sorrel and green salads, the acids of the two latter especially helping to digest the albuminous matter of the egg, and one complimenting the other in a very desirable and palatable way.? Neio York Tribune. RECIPES. Griddle Cakes?Three eggs, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one pint of sour miik, one teaspoonful of soda, flour enough to make a batter. Deviled Chicken?Take off the wings and legs of fowl, made incisions in them, fill these cuts with made mustard, and season highly with salt, white and cayenne pepper, gr'il them over a clear fire; serve very dry on a warm table napkin. Rice Cakes?One pound of flour, one pound of ground nee, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one-half pound of moist sugar, one-quarter pound of butter, one-quarter pound of drippings, one egg, small quantity of grated nutmeg; mix with milk or with cold water, and bake in a quick oven. These are made into little cakcs with the haads. Plum Salad?Any tart plums, wiped with a wet cloth, sliced away from the stone, arranged iu little heaps, each upon a fresh, crisp lettuce leaf and served with a tablespoonful of mayonnaise salad dressing on cach; the tart, fresh flavor of the plums blends admirably with the smooth, equal taste of the mayonnaise; | as a breakfast salad, or wi h broiled j birds or chicken, nothing of its kind cx- j eels it. Icing for Cakes?Beat the whites of two eggs till they are very dry, then add gradually ten ouuees of pulverized white sugar. Dredge flour over the top of the cake and wipe it off, to make the icing adhere. Put it over with a broadbladed knife; it should be put on quite j thiek. When this coating is dry, dilute the remainder of the icing oa your dish with a little rose-water, and put another < coating over the top, which will have a < glossy appearance. j k Frothed E^gs?Separate th* eggs i carefully without breaking the yolks; < beat the whites until they are very fine and stiff. Then arrange them neatly in ( small custarJ cups, making up a place j in the centre to hold the yolks. Slip one yolk carefully into the centre of each cup, stand the cups in a pan of boiliug water, and cook iu the oven for aboul J two minutes. Dust them with salt and j pepper, and put a small piece of butter oa each one and serve immediately. j . Veal Croquettes?Chop the veil fine, j Mix one teaspoonful (or a little more) of flour with half a cup of sweet milk. Melt a piece of butter the siza of an egg 1 and stir the other ingredieuts into it. Let it come to a boil. Mix this thoroughly with the meat and form into small flat balls. Place upoa plates, dust a little pepper and salt over them and let stand over night. Then beat one egg I till very light, dip the balU first into this, then into cracker crumbs, and fry t till brown in hot lard. j ( The gold premium at Bueaos Ay res is \ | 293 per cenw I Quick Lunch and Sunstroke. Americans in general are noted for the habit of fast eating, and New Yorkers in particular spare but a few minutes foi i their midday meal. While this practice j of quick lunches usually ends in some form of dyspepsia, there is another re* i suit far more serious. The best mcdical ; authorities agree that sunstroke is far more frequent after than before noon, and there are two good reasons for this. In the lirst place, the heat is most intense during the early part of the afternoon; and, secondly, after a meal the stomach and other organs of digestion are very much congested with blood. The internal organs being congested, the surface blood vessels are compara- ] lively empty and the function of perspi- i ration is considerably interfered with. Sunstrock is apt to follow any interference 1 with free perspiration, and the process 1 of digestion interferes bv drawing off the 1 blood from the skin to the stomach. I A light lunch properly masticated and ] slowly eaten has but little effect in dis- y turbing the circulation, but a hasty meal, i bolted and washed down by large draughts of water or coffee, necessitates increased exertion on the part of the di- y gestive apparatus, and a much larger 1 supply of blood is needed to do the j work. Business men are often heard to < complain that in the afternoon they have ] a headache, that they cannot work so l well, and that the heat seems to affect | them more. The statement is correct; i they do feel the heat more, aud the rea- ) son is because of the hurried, half-eaten i lunch taken at noon. If business men 1 would only learn that this pernicious habit of rapid eating, espeeially in the middle of a hot day, exhausts their energi ea j and makes them liable to sunstroke or j heat prostration in some form, they would save themselves money, comfort ,J and health.?New York Mail and Earprets. ' The New South. Northern farmers were onco apt to pity their Southern brethren for their neglect of good work, diversity of crop9 and other needs of good farming. But all this has changed materially. There are some of the tinest, pure-bred herds of cattle in the South; fodder crops are being grown; dairying is rapidly developing; the average product of crops is doubling and trebling; Southern farmers are out of debt to a large extent, and wealth is accumulating in the farmers' hands. The New South is seen not only in the factories, the mines and the workshop but in the blooming cotton fields; the green clover meadows, purebred cows, silos, and the greatly inrrpittrri nrnrtnrta of thfi fields.?Arneri- ! can Agriculturitt. Wheat Growing From a Boy's Head. A grain of wheat has sprouted in the forehead of a five-year-old boy. On May 15, little Thomas Stretch, the son of miller Reeve A. Stretch, of Lower Alloway Creek township, was quite seriously injured by being caught in a belt at the mill, and would huve been killed but for the promptness of his father in stopping the machinery. He has now almost recovered from the effects ; of the accident, but a few days ago a dark 6pot whs noticed over his eye. It wm carefullv onened with a lance and was found to be a grain of wheat which was sprouted. The grain was probably forced under the skin when his head struck a bin while he was being whirled around the Bhaft.?Philadelphia Prem. Growth of London. During many years there has been an annual addition to the number of houses in London of about 11,000, or an average of something like 900 a month. There has been in a long time little variation in i the total annual increase. The increase for the year ending March 1 was 11,097. | The weather seems to make little difference with the building trade. The total i-ttimknr r\f linncnc in ruinrinn nn t.fi? 1 of of March was 771,413, occupied by a j population which the latest estimates set down nt something over 5,800,000.? Picayune. Played Out How often this and similar expressions aro heard from tired, overworked women, and woary, anlous men, who do not know where to flud relief. For that tnleaso wcarluets 83 oommon and so dl?- / couraglug we earoesily rcoommsnd Hood's Saraa- j parllla. It Is not a stimulant, but a true tonic, | gradually building npall the wealc organs In such a way as to be of lasting beooflt. A fair trial will convince you of ltd merits. N. B. Be 6ure to gw Hood's Sarsaparilla \ Sold by oil druggists. |1; ?lx for$.V Prepared only by C. L HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. * IOO Doses One Dollar msm IU*"' Anu"' ES'^" I8IU-I Tor Internal and external l'?e. Stops Pain, Cramo*. Inflammation In tvxly or llmt), [Ike made. Cure* Croup. Aattuna. Cold*. Catarrh, ("hotera Morbus, Diarrhoea. Kheuinatirm, Neuralfrln. Ij?m? baric, Stiff Jointsand Strain*. Ftil I particulars r M. 1'rloe K eta, post-paid. L B. JOHNSON & CO.. Coat J.. Maea. DONALD KENNEDY Of Roxbury, Mass., says Kennedy's Medical Discovery _ :ures Horrid Old Sores, Deepseated Ulcers of 40 years' | ' standing. Inward Tumors, and svery disease of the skin, except Thunder Humor, and f dancer that lias taken root Price, 11.50. Sold by every i Druggist in the United St<j?es ind Canada. frazer^IM 1 IN A'tHl ttOHLuttnEMwfc tW iict trie Genuine. aoia fcverywnera ^ flCIUCIARIJOH> W.ilKIRKIS, itllOlUll WaHlilnctoi), n.C. 'Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Late Principal Examiner U.S. Pension Bureau. 3 vis iu last war, 1 j uilj udicating cUltus, att> siuhi. f I V CCUCD CURE0 T0 STAt CURED ? lMl I Ll CH Wc want toe name anc ad- n aressof every sufferer in the It I ASTHMA K kircld Kijm, MJ)., Hafftls. ii!T. J *1 PBivazoiva -i>u?- ?h koldiers; a: Ji disabled. f.!fee for Increase. 20 years ex* be pertenee. Write for Laws. AAV. McCohm.-ck lo 80KB. WASHINGTON. D.. C. & Cincinnati. O. J Fonr-Footcd Guerillas. The Spanish conquest of Central America was achieved largely by dogpower. Balboa, the butcher Davila and all their successors kept brigades of trained mastiffs which more than once bedded a battle by their ferocious cour age. The best breed came from Aragon, in old Spain, and the efficiency of that font-footed militia may be inferred from a recent episode in the Oklahoma prairies. The Dalton brothers, after their robbery of the Santa Fc express, took refuge in the gullies of the Fox Indian Reservation and would have escaped but for the pluck of three Spanish bloodbounds who followed the track of the bandits across creeks and sandhills, and at last forced them to try conclusions with their pursuers. When the clogs bad approached within eighty yards, the brigands opened fire, but the four-footed bailiffs continued to advance, and, in their desperately wounded condition, sept the outlaws at bay till the contest was decided by the arrival of the uounted rangers.?New*York Vvice. Catarrh Can't be Cared fVlth local applications, as they cannot reach he seat of the disease. uaiarrn a diooq or ;onstitioaal disease, and in order to cure it you lave to take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Jure is taken internally .and acta directly on the flood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh 2ure is no quack medicine. It was prescribed )y one of tiie best physicians in this country 'or years, and is a regular prescription. It is :omposed of the best tonics known, combined ^ith the best blood puriners, acting directly on lie mucous surfaces. The perfect combination >1 the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for oetimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toedo, 0. Sold by druggists, price 75c. FITS stopped free by JDn. Kline's Great S'krvh Kestokeiu No fits after first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and S2 trial bottle xee. Dr. Kline, 631 Arcn St., Phi la., fa. if afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thompson's Eye-water. Druggists sell at Zbc.per bottle On the move ?Liver, Stomach, and Bowels, after Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets have done their work. Tf'u a VipaltVw mnvpmpnt. too ?a natural one. The organs are not forced into activity one day, to sink back into a worse state the next They're cleansed and regulated?mildly and quietly, without wrenching or griping. One tiny, sugar-coated Pellet is all that's needed as a gentle laxative; three to four act as a cathartic. They're the smallest, cheapest, the easiest to take. Sick Headache, Bilious Headache Con ruination. Indigestion. 1 ' o Bilious Attacks, and all derangements of the Liver, Stomach and Bowels are promptly relieved and cured. I I ABOUT Earn Tennessee's FINE ml i CLIMATE and Grkat Resources t* IX KNOXVILLE SENTINEL; dally 1 mo, 30c.: weekly 1 year. Si: wmple? 3a CANCERS When, however, a method of absolute and pe knife or plaster has been discovered, and aftei rood of humanity ? Hk G9I M requires that it be Q ET O JfoBfk made public lo the Q A IWQ widest extent pos- B Bible. Mason's Vegetable Cancer Cure is the gre roform or other, uor does the cancer ever retur of treatment. Testimonials of living cures e ""'ir'??t""L Dr.ABBOTT W.WASON.ChaU wor M8Sp"t'hey use It-isa.soli( so&.p use purposes LOVE'S LABOR'S Li works -herself (o death in the effort. If the h gets the blame?if things are upturned whil again. One remedy is within her reach. II si clean, and the reign of housa-cleaning disorde a_ PiSO'3 .REMEDY fOfl CAii EH * Cheapest Itcliel is immecu Kj|l Oola in the llcaa it has no eguaL is aD Ointment of which a a EgjJ nostrils. l*rice. sec. Sold by dni? I've Cot It!I JHEAPEST FAMILY-:-ATLAS KNOWN. 33xtijy b5 cents i f 91 Pages, 91 Ftill-Page Maps. Colored Maps of eaoh State and Territory in ttw> nited Statv-8. Also Map* of every Country in the orld. The letter iire?B (riven tlio square milet of u.h State: time of t-eflleiui-nt: j>opiilation: chief j tit-t; average tenij>eratiire: t.r.ljry of oltlrirJii all 1 le principal l>ostr.iseter? in Ihe State: numtier of mm, with their produ. tionpand the value thereof: ! iff? rc-i.t manufactures and number of < ni, los es, c.. etc. Also the area of each Foreijrn Country: rm of Koverumtnt; population; principalprodu ta id iteir money value; amount of trace: relitfon; te of kTmy; mliee of rallrocd and tele^r. ph: numr of horaep, cattle, 6hcep, tnd a v?et amount of i:irniatlon valuatle tO*ll. Poatpnld for UHt . BOOK POB. HOUSE, 131 Leonid St, K Y City. j Both the method and results when - :-a| Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts . | E;ntly yet promptly on the Kidney% | iver and Bowels, cleanses the 3 tem effectually, dispels colds, bead- % aches and fevers and cures hab>t constipation. Syrup of Figs v ;M only remedy of its kind ever pro >^|| duced, pleasing to the taste ano -uy " ?$ ceptable to the stomach, oroiLp a --Ji its action and truly benencia, m ? ; ^ effects, prepared only from the oioflt. v'Jj healthy and agreeable lubstance^ jV^|p Its many excellent qualities oomr ^ mend it to all antf have made it . - J the most popular remedy known. |a Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50? ' V;2g and $1 bottlee by all leadinp drug* gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand wili pro* >s| cure it promptly for any one ?ho ; "Hi wishes to try it Do not accept "38 any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Cd M 8AH FRANCISCO, CAL. iSmVILLE, KV. HEW <0RK ? $. ;* "August! FloweS Mr. Lorenzo F. Sleeper is very ;|| well known to the citizens of Apple- ^|S ton, Me., and neighborhood. Ha says: " Eight years ago I was taken % " sick, and suffered as no one but a' '' dyspeptic can. I then began tak? "ing August Flower. At that time : "I was a ereat sufferer. Every-^ " thing Iatedistres-eed me so that "had to throw it up. Then in i ^ " few moments that horrid distresd ^ 44 would come on and I would have 44 to eat and sulfa . For that "again. Itoofc*||j? ,, . 4 4 little of your Horrid ,4idne,andfeltmudJi?|g Stomach "better, and aftcf^jjj " taking a little more '--M Feelirvg. "August Flower 44 Dyspepsia (iisap* ^ "peared, and since that time I " have never had the first sign ofit^g "lean eat anything without the ? "icastfearof distress. I wish all y:M " that are afflicted with thai terrible JS " disease or the troubles caused by ^ #"it wouia try August nower, as i " am satisfied there is no medicine7 "eotr?1 *r\ it." /C /^om%S $60 BINGHAMTOH^ ? ?? vii> Vnmnt Wmrremm mnrtAlxMt :;5a ^inif well and Keep well, health Kejptr <JIU 1? lella uow. 10eta. a year, bampleoop/ free. Dr. J. II. DYE. Editor. Buffalo, S. g. a a dread disease, its effects so loathsome, iti ' s so sure and fatal, that it is tometimw ht not in good form to write or talk about ifc 3g ruianent cure for cmcer without tha use of years of trial ir ost thoroughly tested, the -jfi ANENTLY j latest triumph of the age. No cutting, nochlon. Send for bouk coutaining full particulahl >53 ..IiCURED. q g>o ' * .Wivegl .ir in the light*of* ;| Ks, especially if ^ aAP0Lioa i ca.He of-scouring d /-or ?^11 cle&nin?>.j| All \jt eyoT\Tr? . '<1 . / \*l jgl UUOl O OWjyT ?? 10 T by many a woman who sW*M ^ 0 / to please her household and ;-3 louse does not loo* as bright as a pin, she e house-cloaning goes on?why blame her lio uses SAPOLIO everything wi'l look r will be quickly over. I^nOXA 33,~ 1 pllKHA^ H{ IS A POSITIVE CURB (f For all tbof't ralaful t'ompUUli aid ff<itoe>W A ao eoaiatoa amoag th? ,{. J Ladles of the Woi ld?j (