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I ' :.r AGRICULTURAL-!! TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. EFFECT OF SALT UPON FECIT TREES. Salt is rarely used as a fertilizer for apple, pear or plum trees. It may not be useful and as far as is known it will probably be useless, but it is not probable that it will be injurious. To wash the stems of the trees with salt brine has been found to remove moss and scale lice from the bark and greatly improve the appearance of the tree.?New York Times. THE BJCST "SHEEP DIP." A correspondent of the Country Gen tleman says that about a week after sheep shearing the lambs should be "dipped" | in some solution for the destruction of : the ticks which by that time will have | left the short-clipped old sheep and taken refuge in the longer wool of the lambs. The best sheep dip is crude carI bolic acid mixed with soap and water. , In "dipping" care should be taken to keep the lamb's ears, eyes and nose out of the preparation. ! ASPHALT OK TAR WALKS. In making asphalt walko and pavements the foundation is of course broken gtone, and over this is a layer of coarse, 1 clean gravel. The melted asphalt while f hot is poured and spread over the gravel in sufficient quantities to till all the interstices, the finishing coat being composed of clean, fine sand, all cemented together, with the asphalt compressed by passing a heavy iron roller over It. Coal tar has been U3ed for miking garden and other walks, but the preparanf ond r>r frravp] li;ed will VarV UVUO Uli ouuvt V* ? ^ according to the size of the grains of gravel or sand used. All that is required is to have each grain of sand or gravel thinly coated with the tar, and " then all compacted -with the heavy roller. Tar walks, however, have not i proved satisfactory, for they get soft during hot weather in summer and emit the strong and disagreeable tar odor.?Ntw York Sun, "WASHES FOIl FENCES AND BUILDINGS. A good wash may be made from one peck of lime and a half pound cach of sulphate of zinc and common salt. Slake the lime first, then add the other, and thin with water until it spreads easily. Stir often, and if it gets too thick reduce or make new. It is a hard wash, and adheres well, not rubbing off on the | clothing of those who chance to touch it. If kept well mixed it will not scale, unless the wood is so wet when it is applied that it does not strike in, or it has been reduced until all the zinc is gone, i Crude petroleum is faid to be a better wash, and some like it much better because it has not the glaring white color | ,"which the other has. They are about i equal in value as preservatives of the 'wood, with perhaps the weight of evidence in favor of the petroleum, but this may be due to the ease of applying a 'larger amount, which tiils the pores of ;wood. The petroleum cannot be easily obtained in small towns.?Boston Cultivator. TURNIPS AS MAXTTRE. ' Upon a light, sandy soil we know of no better crop to grow for the purpose :of plowing under as a green manure than UJfah flaf tnrnin T'hA |U1C HUUiUiUJ nuivc vri. uuw *MV | 'eeed is cheap and easilv put in, four or I ifi?e pounds per acre, sown broadcast, J {being a liberal allowance, p.nd much less if sown in drills. It will grow upon soil where clover will not, and it is very sure .to germinate upon any laud,and it is not 'killed by either wet or dry weather. Compared with clover in value, seven i&nd a half tons of turnip3 might be grown where three tons of clover hay could not, and the turnips would have in iiound numbers 105 pounds of nitrogen .to 118 in the clover, 171 pounds of phosiphoric acid to 103 in the clover, and ilorty-eigbt pounds of potash to thirty and one-half in the clover. Cr in other words the turnips are very nearly one-half .as valuable as the clover, pound for pound, for manurial purposes, and they may be sown at any season from March to August, and plowed under at any Btage rf growth, or not plowed under at ! all, b it allowed to remain until they I 'freeze and rot in the field, by which process they enrich it nearly, but not ' quite, as much as when plowed in.? : Courier-Journal. \ INSECT ENEMIES OF CLOVER. The Ohio Experiment Station describes three new insects that are doing ! much damage to clover and clover hay. The clover root borer is a small brownish jblack, minutely spotted beetle, not oneitenth of an inch long. The eggs are :laid in the spring in the crown of the jjlant. The larva burrow downward through the larger roots. Their injuries are sometimes very serious, and the only remedy is frequent rotatioc, not allowing the clover crop to stand until it becomes the breeding place for this insect. ^Another, the clover 6eed midge, is a small maggot that livesinthe clover head at the expense of the seed. Fields that j are infested may be distinguished by the | heads being green and dwarfed, instead of red, at blossoming time. The clover j [Should be mowed as soon as the midge is .discovered, and before any of the seed has matured. A worm has been found which infests clover hay in the barn and stack. It makes a net around the dried stems and leaves and feeds upon them. These worms will be most troublesome where old hay is left over from year to year, so that they have a breeding place. Clear out the mows every spring, and do not stack new mows or stacks on old foundations ot hay. Ilay which is infested with these worms should be burned.?New York Independent. A COVERED BARNYARD. f"" "With a view of inducing farmers to change former wasteful methods of handling manire, Director I. P. Roberts, of the Cornell Station, N. Y., gives in bulletin No. 27 a plan and specifications for >a cheap and easily constructed covered |yard. The area of barnyard to be covlered is 24x48 feet. Long posts eight iniches in diameter at the butt are set in the Iground two feet deep and six feet apart. (Upon these are spiked 2x4 scantlings about four feet apart for nailing girts, ! and a"plate 2x6 is nailed on the top of 'the posts, which have previously been sawed off to a line after the girts have 'been spiked to them. Round poles flatjtened nt the ends, or 2x6 joists doubled, i spiked to the heads of the posts, will tie :the building together. Ten feet will be quite high enough for j the story, and one story will suffice if no gtraw is to be stored above except that which is placed there to exclude the cold. ! : A few poles laid on the crossties which ' bind the building together will sustain the weight of the straw, while the straw will exclude the cold and absorb the , moisture better than a matched ceiling. On the inside of the posts which have been set in the ground cheap board3 may be nailed horizontally, and the space between these and the outside vertical board ing may be filled with straw, thus mak- I ing a dry and comfortable wall. The roof should be steep and can be made of aay material that will shed water. When the posts set in the ground decay they may be sawed off and supported by placing flat stones under them. Such a building will be inexpensive, reasonably durable and serve as a place for depositing manures, sheltering animals, etc. Another plan suggested is the addition of a "lean-to" to au existing stable. Into this covered receptacle the manure can be thrown and preserved until it is loaded on a wagon lutside of it through doors arranged for the purpose. Where no additional shelter is required for the stock, 1 and the only object is a better preservation of the manure from waste when it is 1 net hauled directly from the stable to the field where it is to be used, the latter construction seems to be one that should come into very general use.?New Yor'c World. { : FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Alfalfa and peas are a sure and profit able hog ration. < Keep the cultivator in the corn till you are obliged to go into the hay. 1 Burning strawberry plants after ; ( fruit picking may destroy the crown j borer. ( It is said corn roasted on the cob , and fed to roosters will keep their combs < bright. ] Fumigate the granaries with sulphur i burned in an iron pot before putting in 1 new grain. < When the threshing is done save the ' chaff and cleaning for the poultry during ' the winter. 1 Always make the poultry nests and roosts easily moveable. It will help in ' cleaning up. j Plant more sweet corn for a late sup- ( ply. It is not too far in the season yet for planting. ' While you are caring for hay and grain, j keep up the stirring of the corn ground j ( all the same. j Supplying a good dust *bath is one of . < " J?-1 ?1? _n a# I tae most econunuuui piuuo ui ?. of lice on the fowls. "When the youDg chickens are feather- | 1 ing rapidly they need good feeding to j 1 keep in good condition. At your meetings is a good time and place to discuss farm topics and compare I progress among the members. The next day it rains get the grain j j bags out. Mend those that need it and mark your name on all of them. The market for broilers begins about the middle of January and the best prices are generally obtained in April or May. I Chickens can be hatched in an incubator and be raised in a brooder during i ti,- or- of a looc root, than with bens. It is nearly always best -with poultry , ' that have a free range to feed whole grain rather than soft feed during the sum- j mer. Whenever the comb changes color the j fowl should be examined for disease and as a rule be sparated from the rest of the poultry. It is important to give laying hena good attention. While they can be given j a full range, they should be given a light ration daily. In the lall is a good time to make a ' start in the poultry business. Build the house and make the necessary arrange- j meats in good season. It is observed that the sheep thrive ( best on short, sweet herbage like blue i grass, though they will "put up" on al- I most any grass which grows on dry, roll- j ing land. If you wish young raspberry canes j to grow from those set out last spring j or last fall mill o2 all the blossoms or ' berries on any old wood that may have : been left. The summer season is very trying on 1 hogs that nre confined in pens with no j shade. Corn should be fed very spar- ; ingly at this season, or omitted alto- j gether. Keep the trough full of fresh water. In order to lessen the number of insects next season, make it a point to rake up all the fallen fruits, as they will make excellent food for the pigs if cooked. It is in the fallen apples, peaches and pears that many of the insects are bred. The birds which have suffered most from the English sparrow, and those we miss tne most irom our lawns, jiarns hou fields, are the robin, blue-bird, wren, song sparrow, chipping sparrow, yellowbird, oriole, and catbird. The sparrow not only drives away and sometimes kills the adult bird, but destroys the nests and throws out the eggs and young. A quarter of a century ago the blackbeny was a persistent weed and the greater the efforts made to destroy it the more tenaciously it seemed to attempt to remain and spread, no insect enemies attacking it, but now that it is cultivated as a crop the insects are giving the fruitgrowers extra work in order to prevent the blackberry from being destroyed, j J. H. Hale, who has ^ide experience ; with strawberries, obtains the greatest possible yield of fine fruit by the narrowing system, and not from hills or from the wide or matted-row system. The matted row does well when a quantity of new plants are wanted in addition to the fruit, but they can not be kept clear of weeds and grass without great labor. Jackson Dawson is reported as having 1 said before a meeting of the Massachuj setts Horticultural Society that epii?ie:i j repens (the well-known trailing arbutus or Mayflower) cau be grown successfully I if nice clumps are selected and p^rjwn in j a frame or green house one season. It ! does best in a northern aspect, or will do | well if planted on the edge cf rhododen! dron beds. The length of time a cow should go dry depends upon the breed aad the animal,so that no definite rule can be given. It is hardly possible to dry off some cows, but all should be given a period of rest before calving, when it can be affected. Four weeks may be regarded as long enough for any cow to go dry; a longer period than this interferes seriously with , the profit to be attained from her. 1H* ? , v".?v . > i' ' The Demand for Wild Animals. "W. W. Conklin, Superintendent of the New York Central Park and a lifelong dealer in wild animals, is now in Denver. He talked freely to a reporter in regard to animals. "The demand for animals," be said, "is larger now tbun it has been for years. j This is true both of Europe and America, j This state of the market is due to the | severe weather that was experienced last winter. There was a lack of proper preparation for keeping the animals. Fully one-half of those in every garden were thus killed off. Another reason for this extraordinary demand is the establishment of many new zoological gardens in America. Among the new ones are Manhattan Beach, a like resort at Springfield, Mo., one in Philadelphia and the additions to the Cincinnati Zoological Gardens. All these combine with the loss of last winter in making an uuusual demand for wild stock." "Is there ever a failure in the source of supply of any of these animals?" "Yes, indeed. For instance, it is now impossible to secure any of the fine blackmaned lions of Southern Africa. They are a finer species than their Northern brethren, but they cannot now be procured. They have all been either extinguished or driven further into the interior. The North African lion3 are more easily secured, but are not so valuable. They have short maacs and hence 3o not have such a prepossessing and fine appearanco as the black-maned species." 4,How many lions are there in America now, to the best of your knowledge?" "Not more than 100, and there is not une of the black-maned species. A like difficulty is experiencedin the matter of ' jlephants. The African elephants are larger than those irom other parts, but they cannot now be secured. This is awing to the recent war of England* with the Mahdi. All the native stations have been destroyed, and until the line Df communication is again established there will be no more receipts of African elephants. There are now but three of these in America, Again, the English Gtovernment has stopped the exportation of India elephants from the main land. They wish to preserve them for military purposes. The only elephants received now are those from Ceylon. They are tuskkss and are not so large as the African species. The European dealers will qo doubt soon get the stations in Africa re-established. A good African elephant is worth $3000 in New York. An African lion will sell for $1000 in the same market. Indian tigers are easily procured, as they are not wanted in the country. Most of our tigers, however, were secured as cubs and raised in captivity. Tigers all go to London before shipment to any other place."?Leaver Republican. How to Make Gas. To make coal gas is very easy. Most school-boys know how to do it at a few minutes' notice. Here is the process which I tried a hundred times or more before I was ten years old: Get a little bit of bituminous coal?as much as the size of a walnut will answer. Pound it small, almost into dust, with a hammer or cobblestone. Take an ordinary tobacco pipe (one with a long stem !o npofnmVilo\ nrwl fill if-, tpif.h tV>f> nmmH ed coal, pressing it pretty closely with your thumb?I should have said nearly fill it. On the top presj down some tough clay, reduced to the consistency of putty by being tempered with a little water. Then insert the pipe, filled with coal and closely covered with the tenacious clay, carefully between the bars of the grate, so that the clay on the top of the bowl may not be disturbed. In a minute or two the heat of the fire evolves carburetted hydrogen gas from the coal in the pipe. If the covering be compact and complete the gas flows out of the long stem of the pipe, which projects out of the fire, and you can immediately see and smell it. The smell is that of escaped gas? which is so unpleasant and unwholesome when perceived and swallowed in a room ?and the appearance is that of a thick smoke. Then apply a lighted match to this vapor, which, being inflammable, instantly is all aflame?burning brightly until all the coal in the bowl of the pipe has parted with its gas. When this is done there is an end of the flame. Take the pipe out of the fire, remove the clay cover of the bowl, and the residuum remaining therein is coke ! Now, this is the distillation of gar from coal, which lights our houses and streets?only at the gas works the vapoi is submitted to processes which purify it, thereby producing a clearer and brighter light when burning. What is left after making the gas has a commercial value. ?New York Recorder. Affixing the Great Seal. The Secretary of State has no right to affix the Great Seal of the United States to any paper without a "warrant" from the President authorizing him to do so. This warrant is always tiled with the document so scaled, and reads as follows* I authorize and direct the Secretary ol State to cause the Great Seal of the United States to be affixed to [whatever the document may be] nated this dav, and signed bj me, and for ad doing' this shall be his war want. .President of the United States. The Great Seal is affixed to nothing but treaties, proclammations, commissions, pardons and passports. The old seal, which had been in use since the foundation of the Government, was worn out and replaced by a new one in the early part of 1886. It is a curious act that <he old one which was used so lonp, was imperfect and never did answer tc the description set down in the statutes. Although using the seal is supposed to be a solemn affair, and the penalty for it? improper use is so tremendous, it is left in charge of a clerk, just like any othei piece of furniture, and it is doubtful il the Secretary sees it twice a year. During the early days of the Government it was guarded with much vigilance, as it1 appearance upon any document was kuown to give that document the force ol law, but now the people look to the newspapers and not to a picee of parchment for their information.?St. Loti'u lltpublic. A Strange Well. On the farm of Colonel W. B. Worsham, at Henrietta, Texas, there is a re markable well. It usually contains about eight feet of water, but when the wind blows from the noith tne well goes dry, and remains so until a change of wind, when the water again flows in and re sumcs its normal height. This strangt phenomenon has been observed for 8CTM*) moathSi?New Orltans Picayune. > ' '* /tjA. 1 ? - . - _ . ; v- . . - V HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. j SECRET OF FRENCH COOKING. The great secret of French cooking 5s a knowledge of the variety of food to be j had, plenty of time to prepare the food, j and a slow lire. American cooks are in i so much of a hurry that, when they prepare a meal, they imagine that what is necessary is plenty of fuel and a roaring hot fire. With meats this simply bakes or incinerates the fibres, instead of permitting the juices to perform their proper functions. And this 44hurxy up" system is what is slowly perhaps, but surely, making of us a race of dyspeptics.?Botton Cultivator. SAVING CABBAGE FROM WORMS. A f-<Vlrl m last -wppk how ahe saved i cabbage from being destroyed by worms. Early in the morning when the dew was on the plant she sifted a little flour over them. Twice during the year was all that she found necessary. The moth that lays the eggs in the plant .would fly around over the plants but not light on them,and she had no trouble from worms | and raised floe cabbages. She used o common hand sifter and turned the crank just enough to let a little flour sift over the cabbag? plants. It is a simple, inexpensive remedy and is worth trying; ana as the laiy who told us of the experiment is our mother, of course we know it worked like a charm in one instance at least.?Maryaville {Mo.) Democrat. A3 TO MILDEW. Very few persons seem to know there is a perfectly easy and simple way to remove mildew stains from cotton or linen goods. Most houskeepors use butter milk, lemon juices, chloride of lime and similar articles, placing the discolored fabrics in the sun or on the grass plot. Such agencies, however, are cf little value, and are likely to succeed only when the stains are recent and not at all dark. Mildew may be completely removed without injuring the fabric, which will be all the whiter and clearer for the process. To one pint of soft soap add half a pint of water and a teacupful of common salt. Beat this together until thoroughly mixed, then rub and squeeze the compound into the fibers of the cloth, and spead upon the goods any that remains. Place the article on the grass in the sun, and with a sprinkler keep it quite damp, until all traces of mildew have disappeared. Do not water too freely, as this would wash the preparation out of the fabric before it could remove the stains. In very obstinate cases it may be necessary to take up the article, wash it, and make a second application. While it is better to apply the bleaching preparation at once, it has been found efficacious in stains of lonrr standing, even when the - ? - O O' article has beea -washed repeatedly.? The Ledger. i ? WAKM WEATHER S0UP8. Soups for whttn weather, says Mrs. E. R. Parker in the Courier- Journal, should be of the lightest and most delicate varieties, as the rich, heavy kinds are heating and unwholsome in warm weather. Asparagus Soup? Take several bunche3 of asparagus, cut away the hard stalks and boil the heads. Drain and put in cold water; pour through a collander and put in a sauce-pan, with two pints of soup stock, and let boil. Add ? -- ? toe water 111 WUIUU wc aoptuagua iiwi : boiled. Season with salt, pepper and a | tablespoonful of sugar. Cauliflower Soup?Fry half an onion in a little butter; when brown add a ; tablespoonful of minced raw lemon and a quart of soup stock. BoU a small Lead of cauliflower in salt and water for twenty-five minutes; strain the contents of the frying-pan into a sauce-pan. Drain the cauliflower, rub it through a I sieve, let boil up, set oa the back of the stove. Season; add tablespoonful of butter and flour mixed together; stir and take up. Gumbo Soup-r-Cut up two Bmall chickens, two slices of ham, and one onion. Flour them and fry in butter. When brown, fill up the pan with boiling water, stir and pour in a soup-kettle with a gallon of boiling water. Have three pints of tender okra cut in thin slices, add to the soup, and boil one hour and a half. ? ?-'i-L - L a SCaSOIl WllU a pmcu ui uicuuc uuu a little salt. Pea Soup?Cut two slices of ham in small squares with an onion, and fry in butter until brown; cut vp one turnip and a stalk of celery, add to the ham and stir fifteen minutes; put in a kettle with three quarts of boiling water, with a quart of shelled peas; add a bunch of sweet herbs, with pepper and salt; strain. Lima Bean Soup?Shell a quart of young, tender beans and put in a sauce pan, boil slowly for forty minutes, drain and strain; put a pint of milk on to boil; add the beans with a stock; rub a tablespoonful of butter and flour together, stir in the soup; let boil up, and add the beaten yolks of two eggs, with salt and pepper. Normandy Soup?Put a knuckle of veal in a soup kettle with two white onions and four quarts of cold water; let simmer slowly two hours; add three slices of light bread, and let boil one hour longer; take up the bone and strain the soup; rub two tablespoons of flour and butter each togethe ; stir iu the boiliDg soup; season with salt and pepper and serve. Tomato Soup?Put a quart of stewed tomatoes in a sauce pan with a sprig of parsley, one small onion and a quart of water; let stew fifteen minutes, and press through a fine sieve; return the tomatoes to the sauce pan, with a quart of soup stock, and put on the fire; rub a tablespoonful of butter and two of flour to| gether, stir into the boiling soup, add a j pinch of soda, a teaopoonful of sugar, with suit aud pepper tu taste. Out of Sorts Describes a feeling peculiar to persons of dynpeptlo i tendency, or caused by change of climate, Mason or life. The itomaob IB out of order, the bead aches or does not feel right The Nervas j seems strained to their utmost, the mind U confused and Irritable. This oou.Utlon finds an excellent corrective in Hood's SarsaparlUa. which, by Its regulating and toning powers, soon restores harmony to thr system, and gives strength of mind, nerves and b?ly. Hood's Sarsapirilla 8old by all druggists, fl; six for $5. Frepars3 aaly ' Dj U.L HOOD k 00., Lowell, Mam. IOO Doses One Dollar ! / J - v -c f>' .? . , t; ',: w.vi D<Mn>Ai]t Tlnnnf t li fllA W A*"1 ! japww >u v?v v* v* ?.. . Contemporaneous with the reconstruc-1 tion of Broadway, New York City, is | fl the erection on that ancient Indian trail n and modern highway of civilization the n largest and finest railroad depot in the e world. It will occupy the west side of tl Broadway between Thirty-seventh and f< Thirty-ninth streets, and will extend back across Seventh avenue to Eighth b avenue, being 400 feet frontage on E Broadway and 1300 feet deep, and so sr- 1 ranged as not to obstruct any thorough- = fare, as the floor of the depot will be twenty feet above the street. On Broadway the building will be seven stories high for office accommodation. This gigantic depot is intended to accommodate the' New York and New Jersey Bridge Company,which is about to build an eight-track bridge across the Hudson. Recent circulations show that 750 passenger trains will cross the river by the bridge at Seventy-first street during twenty-four hours, which is more than thirty trains an hour. The New Jersey promoters of the scheme will unite with the New York corpoiation, and as the needed $1,000,000 in cash has been provided the actual work oi construction will begin in the fall. The four blocks ^ in question are mainly occupied by 1 cheap structures of a past era.?Phila- 1 ddphia Record. < Colds Catching. ^ "Don't comc near me, I have a cold." J If cold, are not "catching," as folk say, ^ how has this come to be a form of ex- J presflion familiar in so many households? j Dr. Richardson propounds this problem, 1 but be frankly confesses that he is unable 1 to solve tbe question. Sometimes he has j been inclined to think that cold9 in a j house spread by a kind of sympathy. < Against this, however, as against ordin- < ary contagion, there is the argument i that all affected may be at the time under one and the same influence. So it 4 Btands now in respect to influenza. One ' day Dr. Richardson is called to a house , to find several persons suffering with this disease, and the history supplied is ?hat I one of sufferers having contracted the 1 affection many miles away, where it was J prevailing, brought it home with him. 1 He then goes to another house to find a large establishment with every member 1 of it free from the affection except one, ] who has never been exposed, wh0 has never even left the house, and who alone is suffering severely. Unfortunatly, this expert in pathology is driven to conclude with the questions: "Where lies the truth? What is coincidence, and what is cause in relation to the phenomenon?" London Neva. Odd L'lassincauons. A lady enured a railway station in England with a turtle, and the railway porter went to headquarters to ascertain how much fare he must collect for the turtle. Oo returning he announced to the lady the company's classification of animals for charges: "Cats is dogs and rabbits is dogs, but this ere tortus is a hinsect, and we make no charge for hinsects." The lady was no doubt quite satisfied to have her pet declared a hinsect seeing that "hinsects" were not subjpet to any charge for passage. This amusing railroad classification is recalled by an item of news in our Week's Index concerning two French aeronauts who , were detained at the Barge Office in this city until the immicjrant inspector could decide whether ballooning was an art or a trade. After consulting his authorities the inspector dccided that the aero-, nauts were professors, and could not therefore be barred out uoder the contract labor law. The inspector's decision is about as near the tr uth as was ?"1 *7 17^.7. mac 01 me railway rnau.?j.icw uvrn. Witness. Hall's Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken internally, and acts directly npon the blood and mucous surfaces ot the system. Send for testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists, 75c. i. J. Chkvpy ft Co.. Propr.-*., Toledo. 0. A Western tanner has raised by irrigation 400 bushels of potatoes per acre. The Convenience otnolia Train*. The Erie is the only railway running solid trains over its own tracks between New York and Chicago. No change of cars for any class of passengers. Rates lower than via. any other first-class line. KITS stopped tree by Dr. Kxxnk's Great Nerve Restorer. No ilta after drat day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and ?2 trial bottle tree. Dr. Kline, ifll Arch St. Phila., Pa. That "all gone" or faint feeting so prevalent with our best lemale population, quickly succumbs to the wonderful powers of Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vegetable Compound. It never fails. 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They act gently on the digestive organs, giving them tone And vigor without griping or iiauifo, 25o. FRAZER AXL-E fSK&'i' ran would IlllCfty C f3T tier tne Genuine. Bold Kvervwoera. c sti' f> y. Hook-kp.ktimo, Rutintm f onnx J 1*1 - ]\-T,niui,*hi/>, Arithmetic, Slinri-hand, etc., Tiioroi'dhly Tauohtbv MAI i.. Circulars free. Brynnt'n College. 437 Main St. Buffalo. N. Y. #* ?* # Weak, Nkxtocs, Wretched mortals^ot Vl|"|l weU ;iad keep well, liealtn Helper i UlUlt tells now. to eta. a year. Sample joj/ ree. Dr. J. il. II YE. Ml tor. Barrio. .N. V. PATENTS ?'??? "? ? 1 * * I " 40-pagebook free. MAv ECUCD ctJRED T0 STAY CURED ||J\I | Cl Lll We want tfie name and address ol every sufferer in the & ACTUM A U. S. ana Canada. Address. AO I niflH t.lartidH?jm,M.D.situJilo,h!I. Confirmed. The favorable impression produced on the rst appcarance of the agreeable liquid fruit emedy Syrup of Figs a few years ago has been lore than confirmed by the pleasant experlnce of all who have used it,and the success of lie nronrietors and manufacturers, tho Cali arnia Fig Syrup Company. Lydia Pinkham's warning to mothers should c heeded by all, and "Guide to Health and Itiquette" heeded by every Mother and >aughter in the civilized world. As she enters womanhood, ever? 5*>nng girl needs ;he wisest care. Troubles beginning ihen may make her whole life miserable. But the troubles that are to be ?eared have a positive remedy. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription bailds lp and strengthens the system, and egnlates and promotesevery proper function. It's a generous, supporting tonic, and a quieting, soothing lervine?a legitimate medicine, not i beverage, free from alcohol and njurious drugs. It corrects and ;ures, safely and surely, all those ielicate derangements, weaknesses, ind diseases peculiar to the sex. A remedy that doe* cure is one ;hat can be guaranteed. That's svhat the proprietors of "Favorite Prescription" think. If it doesn't jive satisfaction, in every case for svhich it's recommended, they'll reFund the money. No other medicine for women is sold on such terms. Decide for yourself whether something else sold by the dealer, is likely to be "just as good" for pou to buy. w -.#v W tyEB,MoTHtn Should Have ? lm The hooh> Dropped on Sttgmr, Children Love cotake Johxsox's Ajtodtx* Jjximirr for Croup, OoUU, Bore Throat, TonsilltU. Colic, Cnunpa and Pains. Relieves Summer Complaints, Cut*, Bruise* like THINK OF IT. Id dm over 40 YEARS In one feinUy. Dr. 1. 8. JoHnton ? Oo.?It 1* sixty years ainco 1 ftrtt learned of your Johhsos's Axootik LnmamT, tor mort than fortvyear* 1 have used It In my family. 1 regard It as one of the best and safest family remooies that can he found, used Internal or external. In all case*, o. H. 1NGALLS. Deacon 2nd Baptist Church, Bangor, Me. Every Sufferer Tons Headache, Diphtheria,Coughs, Catarrh, Bronchitis, A-sthrao, Cholera Morbus, DlarrEoeo, Lameness, So renew lu Body or Limbs, Stiff Joint* or Strains, will find In this old Anodyne relief and speedy cure. Pamphlet free. Sold everywhere. Price ? eta, by mall, t bottles, Express paid, $2. 1. 8. JOHNSON & CO.. Bostom. ham. DADWAY'S II RUDY RELIEF. INTERNALLY?A half to a teas poo nful in half a tumbler of water will la a few minutes cure CHOLEKA MORBUS. CHAMP?, >pasm?, SoUR STOMACH. NAUSEA, VOMITIVG. HEARTBURN, DIARRHEA, Oys. entery. Summer Complaint, Colic, Clato< lency. Faintlnt SpelU. Nervousness, SleepleasneMN. Sick Hendaclie, and all Internal pain*. Malaria In Its various forma ctire.1 and prevented. There la not a remedial a^-ent lo the world that will cure Fever and A?ue and all other fever* aided by RADWAY'S HILLS) so quickly aJ RAD WAY'S READY RELIEF. ACHES AND PAINS. For headache (whether slclc or hervoui), toothache, neuralgia, nervousness and sleeplessness, rheuma tlsm, lumbago, pains and weakness In the back, spine oijkldneys, pains around the liver, pleurisy, swelling of the Joints and pains of all kinds, toe ap plication of Rart way's Reaay Relief will afford (mm# d late ease, and Its continued use for a few doyi effect a permanent cure. 50c. Per Botrle. Sold by Druggists. DADWAY'S If PILLS. An Excellent and Mild Cathartic. Purelj vegetable. The safest and best medicine ia the world for the cure of all disorders of the Liver, Stomach or Bowels. Taken according to directions they will restore health and renew vitality. Price, 25c. a box. Sold by all druggists, or mallei! - ? Va.w by RADWAY a UU., W warren ourocs ?*> ? "?? on receipt of price. m m a ABOUT Ea?t Tenneaaee'* KINK II I I 1'L.liUATK and Ureat kksources li U 1 KNUiVILLti SKNTl>'tX; dally 1 mo. wm ,111c.: weekly 1 year. *1; uunple* <>J ivhtdotttice to prove that S. S. S. : cure for contagious Taint then commenced taking Swift's peciflc (S.S. 8.), and in a few months I was entirely cured,and to this groat medicine 3D ?> do I attribute my roWjC*/ covery- This was over two years ago, and I have had no return or lible as it is any effects of the disedicine to be efse. "?d "J skin is to-day as smooth lood poison a3 anybody's.?William Sowers, Covington, 0. 7" Book* on Blood ?a.1 Skin Diseases free. ilFIC CO., Atlanta, Ca. mu-ai '^Sreal-estbuHW3 mu fe!s by us i n] lb is s.solii /-or c What would you who would fake half your 1 and do it without a murtnu find an assistant in your ho floors and walls clean, and never grow ugly over the m> is juM such a friend and c< C3 Best Cough Medicine. Ej Cures where all else fails._ Ul taste. Children take it wit . m -= "German Syrup" For children a mediA Cough cjne should be abso- *^j . .. . 1?. c.:ii. t. .*i ..u Medicine, piu uci uuui iuuuu/ her Bible. It must contain nothing violent, uncertain, or dangerous. It must be standard in material and manufacture. It must be plain and simple to administer; easy and pleasant to take. The child must like it It must be prompt in action, giving immediate relief, as childrens' troubles come quick, gnow fast, and end fatally or otherwise in a very short time. It must not only relieve quick but bring them around quick, as children chafe and fret and spoil their constitutions under long confinement. It must do its work in moderate doses. A large quantity t of medicine in a child is not desirable. It must not interfere with the child's spirits, appetite or general health. These things suit old as well as young folks, and make Boschee's German Syrup the favorite family <J) JjS 'nsTOBlAs UNEXCELLED! ! APPLIED EXTERNALLY ro? Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pains in the <1 Limbs, Back or Chest, Mumps, Son Throat, Colds, Sprains, Braises, StiDgs ol Insects, Mosqnlto Bitesi TAKEN INTERNALLY It aeta like a charm far Cholera Marbaa, Diarrhoea, Dyaentery, Colic, CruiM Naa* tea, Sick Headache tie. Warranted perfectly handle**. (Seeaath accompanying each bottle, alt* direction* lor nee.) It* SOOTHINU and PENETRA. T1NU qnalltle* are felt Immediately. Try It and be cqpvlnced. Price 43 and 3(1 cents. Hold by all drug* , / gilts. DEPOT, 40 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK . ... ? r w I. Ilnnffl.. IlkuH. IT AIK in T UUIUID IVI #T w-www. If not tor sale In your place ask y?a* dealer to send for catalogue# eecare tM agcncy, and get thom for you. larTAKE N^SUBSTITUTE.M% WHY IS THE W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE C-EN^Bvien THE BEST 8HOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONETP It la a seamless shoe, with no tacks or wax thread i i to hurt the feet; made of the beat fine calf, atjrllap and easy, and beeaute voe make more shoe* of Wita grade than any other manufacturer, It ?qaala tianflsewed shoes costing from $4.00 to $5.00. , (!>( 00 Genuine Hand-aewed, the finest calf 99a shoo ever offered for $5.(?! equals French Imported shoes which cost from $8.00 to $12.00. ??A 00 H nnd-Hewed Welt Shoe, fine calf, 2)*f? stylish, comfortable and durable. The beat shoe over offered at this price ; aamegrade as cmi tom-mode shoes costing from $6.00 to $9.00. ffiQ 30 Police HUoei Farmer* Railroad Man 9wi and LetterCarrlereall wearthem; fine calf, seamless, smooth Inside, heavy three aolea. extenalonedgc. One pair will wear o year. QA 30 fine calli nooeuersnoeeveroumu? this price; one trial will convince those who want a shoe for comfort and scrvlce. fl! O '-23 and 82.00 Worklngman'* ihoe* are very strong and durable. Those who hare given them a trial will wear no other make. Pnl/c' 8ii.00 and 81.75 school shoes are D UJ D worn by the boys everywhere; they ull on tbeTr merits, as the Increasing soles show. I n/Jlao 83.00 Hntid-newed shoe, best i kfl UICO Doujrola, very stylish; equals French ' ; Imported shoes costing from fjJ.i*) to #<UJU. i Ladles' 4.50, 64.00 and 81.75 (hoe for I illsses are the best flneDongola. Sty 1 Isu and durable. , ! Cantlon.?See that \V. L. Douglas' name aad price are stamped on the bottom of each shoo. (i W. L. PomMs Proplcton. Maw. ; m I EWIS* 98 % LYE II I Powdered and Perfumed. nH|f ! (PATENTED.) ^i Strongest and purest Lye made. ^ P/AMake* the best perfumed Hard "*Soap In 20 minutes without boiling. It is the best for softening water, cleansing Waste pipes, WK disinfecting sin Its. close tt, warn* j ing bottles, paints, trees, eta 1L_ PEKNA. SALT MFG. CO., Gen. Agents, Phila.. Pa. firs WOXUKHFUL THE "NEW TREATMENT' FOR catarrh, f Relieves n Bad Breath in Ave mliiulH. BREAKS UP A COLD IN TWjSJITY-FOCR HOURS. Cureo Chronic Ciuarrb kihI all UIhum ol Throat tnd ,\ok. VOL HIlALLY .(IUsT J.\ Vt.bTlUAlk. htnu tianiu lor Si page pampnlet. II KA Til SI; PHI.\ CO.. 7H> Broadway a.Y. RUPTURE CURED! Positively Hold! Ruptur*. , wons mciit Aire im Km ELASTIC Vfl iu< m rvi WkTR U S S JHheeedeUriwermilUrtestit cfautlapeoadUUar'niplart. yyWpiuhut<<4 uuiofnc m( mG V House SAro. Co. IMTJUO ALLOWED 1 744 iHO?!> ?*?. II V CITY &renot*mesa.in-fuilcsp jQfou ca.n lessen burden ^r3AP0U0^ d c&ke of-scouringso&p :Ieaaiin^ purposes--give for a Friend inrd work off your shoulders r ? What would you give to usework that would l:eep your your kitchen bright, and yet after of hard work ? Sapolio nil be bought at all grocers. Recommended by Physicians. fPTa Pleasant and agreeable to the Kl hout objection. By druggists. mSm . .. ' ' * <**, *