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:.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
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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
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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 . <
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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.
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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.
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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
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article has beea -washed repeatedly.?
The Ledger.
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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
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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.
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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
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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. I
Na+Ii mnr n CO
nv/iiinig
We have volumes of evidei
is the only permanenl
Blood :
I Buffered for five yeart with the 11
worst form of blood poison, during | 8;
which time I wa? attended
by the best phyBicians
1 could find, and T1' O
tried numbers of proprie- \V
tary medicines without K33E
any beneficial results. I IPrwv
continued to grow worse Is as near Infal
all this time, until my |b| ,
whole system was destroyed
by the vile dis- in the cure of B
case, my tongue and
throat bavinggreat holes caus ed by it. | {3
THE SWIFT SPEC
El<Y*tf CRKA.11 BALM
Applied Into NonrlLi is Quickly fO*T3
Absorbed, Cleanse* tie Head, wCATiOfl" 1
iiealatbe Sort? and Cures fl|?PL?)tiEA I
CATARRH.f^l
Kestores Taste and Smell, quick
ly Relieves Cold In Head and
Headucl?e. Wv. at DrugiflRU. i
LLY hRUS.. M Warreu St.. N. Y. *v'
Dy*i.?|?*ia wth* bane of the prroent getv
eratlim. 11 Ik for Its cure and ItH attendant*,
Ick headache, constipation andjiiivs, that
Tuff's Pills
have become so famous. 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
. .. ' ' * <**, *