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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
DESTROYING FAltM TOOLS.
/ It ruins farm tools about as quick to
be left exposed to the hot sun of mid
ouuima us 10 uu Jtrn uut m mu iaia
snow. Heat dries and shrinks the woodwork
so that tools 3nd machines become
haky, and it makes openings for the
moisture to ge* in and complete the
work of destruction. If you must leave
the tools out at least keep them well
painted. The paint tills the pores, and
to some extent will prevent spreading
and cracking. Paint is a good preservative,
and a coat applied every spring or
tall will double the life of a tool.?New
Yorlc Herald.
INDIRECT FERTILIZERS.
There are substances that in themselves
do not furnish the plant any needed ingredient
for growth, but when applied j
to the soil assist materially in augmenting
the crop. One of the best illustra- j
tionh of this class of fertilizers is common
salt. Lime is another substance rarely
lacking in the soil, b-it when added as- I
sists in setting free otner substances that I
are much needed by the growing plants,
that otherwise would not have been
available for the crop. Water is added
in irrigation not as a fertilizer but because
it is the great solvent in nature
and the vehicle of transfer of the various
substances that go to build up a plant
when entering it from the soil water.?
American Agriculturist.
DISK ABES FItOM PIGE0X3.
The pigeon, as is well known, will
feed at all the poultry yards in a neighborhood,
and is no rcspccter of owners.
A flock of pigeons will soon learn to
know the feeding hours, and will alight
in yards when not desired. They are
liable to carry disease from one yard to
another, even on their feet, and, as they
are subject to many of the diseases that
affect fowls, and particularly roup, they
are a nuisance in any community. They
will also introduce lice from a distance.
If one wishes to keep pigeons he should
do so by Keeping tuem eonnneu in wire
yards, covered,and not at the expense of
his neighbor's foed. with the risk of
causing disease in all the flocks. There
should be some protection for those who
do not wish pigeons in their yards.?
Farm and Fireside.
GROO'D BOXE AS A FERTILIZER.
In a report on experiments made at
the New Jersey Station with ground
bones as a fertilizer.it is pointed out that
fjround bone is both a phosphate and a
nitrogenous manure, insoluble in water,
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UUL WiiCLl ill wUU SUll id UCCUIU^UD&VA ftiiu
yields its constituents to the feeding
plant in proportion to the fineness. It
varies but little in composition nnd is
less liable to adulteration than most fertilizers.
They, in fact,ire usually pure.
Ground bones have a tendency to cake,
and to avoid this the manufacturer may
use other substances which, while aiding
mechanically, reduce the chemical value
of the mixture. Raw bone is most usually
pure, but tbe fat it contains renders it
less easily decompose:!. Bone3 having
served the purpose of the glue maker are
low in nitrogen and very high in phosphoric
acid. The method now employed
of steaming tbe bones under pressure improves
their quality without altering the
amount of the plant food ingredients. As
the value of ground bones depends upon
composition and their fineness, a mechanical
as well as chemical analysis is
required to determine their value. The
farmer must determiue by crop tests
which grade he should buy?whether,
for example, pay a dollar for ten pounds
of phosphoric acid in one condition, or
for eighteen and a half pounds in another
form. Average wood ashes are worth $9
per ton, but the best vary considerably.
?Fruit Growers' Journal.
FACTS ABOCT F0WL3.
There are probably more Leghorn,
Plymouth Rock, and Light Brahma
fowls bred throughout the United State3
than of any other three breeds, and pos
Bibly of all breeds. The Leghorns will
rank first in number, the Plymouth
Rocks and Light Brahmas following
very closely.
Upon the attention given to growing
chicks during hot days will determine
largely the success at the close of the
Bummer season. In hot weather young
growing chicks suffer from heat, and
need certain foods that do not produce
fat, but more that bri::^ bone and muscle.
Eggs when they command only eight
cents per dozen in the market should be
carefully packed in salt and stored away
Al/r JiiiUCJ. i iiiO xjuv;buuvi n iii
keep eggs nicely, ar.d by October they
will bring at least twenty cents per
do2en. Certainly the margin of profit
at this figure is ample.
Many who have failed to make a success
in other pursuits in life go at poultry-keeping
with the idea that it is profitable
and easy, with little or no labor.
They learn -:lter a time what it means
to hatch mm rear one thousand chicks.
One or two years' experience dispels
their first idea, aud they are glad to
quit.
Ducks are not as good field foragers as
chickens or turkeys; their short legs and
flat, web feet retard their movements.
On a pond or other water they make up
for their awkartlne>s on land, and go
through much exercise that is good for
them. The duck is exempt from many
prevailing diseases to which other poultry
are subject. They are usually excellent
layers, the Pekin duck leading ail
in this respect.?Amcricm AyriculturUt.
now OFTEX TO FEED.
After once commencing to feed to fatten,
it is an item to Fee that the stock
are fed regularly, and that they are
given all llmt they wiii <it up clean at
each meal in order to secure the best
gain at the lowest cost. To fail to feed
eoou^h is to fail to secure riie best gain;
to give more-than they will eat is to I
wtste the extra feed. In order to derive
the largest profit in feeding stock
it is necessary to take every advantage,
and neglect to do this will lessen in proportion
the profit. With nearly all
classes of stock in feeding to fatten better
results will be had by feetVng three
times a day, but it is important that the
feeding be done regularly. To feed part
of the time three times each day and
then miss a few days and feed only twice
is not a good plan. Better results will
'be secured by feeding twice regularly
every day than three times a part of the
time and only twicc the rest, _
That is, regular feeding twice a di
will give better results than irreguli
feeding three t imes a day. In detcrraii
ing t"e number of times to feed the far
work mu-t be considered. If the othi
work will not interfere with the fecdinj
it i?. usually best to feed three times, bi
it must be done regularly. The feedic
should be done at regular hours, an<
when possible, it should be given i
daylight, dividing the time as evenly I
possible. Animals soon learn their hou
of feeding, and if they do not get the
meals at this time, even when they ai
well fed they will fret and be loosing 1
some extent at least. A good plan is t
look over the work that is to be dor
while the stock is being fattened, an
arrange the time and manner of feedin
so that it can be done regularly with i
little interference as possible.
If it can be done three times a da
regularly, all the better; but if not, fee
only twice. Begin gradually to increai
the fattening rations until they are give
all that they will eat up clean, and the
see that this is supplied every day.
Hogs and cattle are the principal stoc
fattened at this season; it is best to pus
them as rapidly as possible and the
market as soon as they are ready.? &
Louis Republic.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Clean straw is good lor the hens t
scratch in.
One advantage with ducks is the
rapid growth.
Put turpentine in the drinking watt
; to prevent gapes.
Some recommend soaking corn in kei
| osene for cholera.
Decide your line of dairying?butte
i or cheese, or both.
Scald the chicken feed at night and Ie
stand until morning.
When convenient change the materia
ir the nests weekly.
Select your cows according to tru
line ot dairying chosen.
Pumpkins boiled and mixed with bra
make a good poultry food.
It is not a good plan to allow the hec
to lay in their roosting place.
The diminutive bantam lays more egg
by weight than any other fowl.
By all means avoid exposure of th
milk to hot sun and to foul air.
Store up a supply of dry, clean stra^
for making nests during the winter.
Old barrels or hogsheads are conveni
ent for storing the poultry droppings.
Gccse cat the grass close down to th
roots and often kill it out in this way.
Keep the new growth of raspberric
and blackberries cut back to three feet.
A paste made of lime and turpentin
is excellent to apply to wounds on trees
Poultry will readily digest bones i
they arc broken fine enough for them t
eat.
"Well-matured fowls with small comb
and wattles make the best kind to winte
over.
Wl.on Viowtc hnfher the chickens
few brush piles will aiford a good pre
tectiou.
Having the nests darkened and usin
china nest-eggs will, in a measure, pre
vent egg eating.
If properly managed the hens that ar
moulting now can be made to lay near!
or quite all winter.
If pullets are depended upon to lay th
eggs for spring hatching keep a two-yeai
old cock to mate with them.
Unless fattening for early market tw
feeds a day is all that is necessary no^
if the fowls are allowed to run out.
Test each cow separately and reject a]
not suited to your line of dairying o
that fail in quantity or quality of milk.
After the surplus fowls are marketed
in the fall is a good time to begin keep
ing accounts with the poultry for the nex
year.
This is a good month for getting ric
of the surplus marketable fowh; later oi
the markets are liable to be mor<
crowded.
Feed liberally, have pure water al
ways accessible, and keep a mixture ol
equal parts of salts, ashes atd sulphu
within reach of the cows.
The growth of late hatched poultr
should be pushed along as rapidly a
possible; after cola weather sets in it i
more difficult to secure a good growth
Condiments are not health-producers
and should be used very sparingly
Sound grain, pure water and comfortabli
quarter- are much better even for eggs
Pure water should bo given freely t(
fattening hogs. Milk, which is some
times given in placa of water, is tDc
solid and does not relieve the thirst ai
water does, and dishwater and swil
from the house are often salty. Givi
freih, pure water.
Paris greeii is the standard remedy foi
potato bugs, aod when thoroughly trie'
is always effective. A dessert spoonfu
~* " itAicAn fa a KiiAl'rtt nf tttofor i
ui ?" enough.
A dilution of plaster of Pari
is sometimes used for fear of injury t<
auimals and human beings.
Get a boy to like farm life and its sur
roundings, and you have him, in general
anchored to the farm. But if, througl
inattention, neglect, unkindness, o
downright meannejs, you make him hat
it, good-by to your hopes of keeping hiu
at home. This is one great reason wh]
so many farm-boys seek city life.
Have a lock of nice hay or a lick o
meal in the manner each night and morn
ing for the cows, and there will be n
need of seuding a dog or tired and cros
hired hand after them. They will be 01
hand at milking time, read to hurry ti
their piaces, and they will express thei
satisfaction by increasing the contents o
the pail.
The milk tester is opening the eyes o
dairymen to the vast differences existing
in the milking qualities of cows of nea
kin in the best milk giving breeds. Ii
the majority of herds may be found in
dividual that do not pay for their keep
and yet their performance is sufficient t
pa>; muster until subjected to an investi
tion by the tester or by analysis.
Dead limbs on tree", are not unsightly
but useless ta the trees. Cut them off
On the pcach tr.*e it is uot difficult tose
cure new growth in a year or two ii
place of the dead limbs, as the peacl
tree will renew itself in a short time anc
will endure severe cutting. Dead limb
may be the signs of disease, and in de
stroying them the disease may sometime
be checked.
George A. Cowan, now seventy yeai
old and blind, who taught Emma Abbo!
singing, is in the Milwaukee Count;
I poorhousfc
iy | POPULAR SCIENCE.
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j. J Microcid'nc is a nc-w antiseptic.
m j The practice of "cold sawing" of
it steel and iron is being generally
j, adopted.
it A new mineral has been discovered in
ig Texas which 19 said to be seven times
stronger than any other when made into
in wire.
13 The average of the pulse in infancy is
one hundred and twenty beats per
ir minute; in manhood, eighty; at sixty
re years, sixty.
"0 Electric pleasure boats are now in
je use in wany pluces. Storage batteries
ere useA in them, although the novelty
? is somewhat expensive.
^ Ith*sbeen found after elaborate experiments
that sewage can be more
y efficiently filtered though open sand
d than through sand covered with soil.
>e The demand for American screws ia
n bo great in England and Germany that a
n acrew company of Providence has estab
lisbeU a orancn laccory in ijceus, xjagk
land,and will put up another on the Confa
tinent.
n " The distance of the horizon is governed
by the height of the eye above the earth
or sea. On the sea, with the eye at a
height of five feet, the distance would
be three miles; at sixty feec in height,
o ten miles.
A philological statistician calculates
ir that in the year 2000 there will ba
1,700,000,000 people who speak Eng>r
lish, and that the other European
languages will be spoken by only 500,000,000
people.
Scientists claim that the first appearance
of the North American Continent
above the waters was in a small, angulitr
section, extending from the Great Lakes
northeast to Labrador, and nothwest to
the Artie Ocean.
Professor Tacchini,at Rome,has found
4-V?at- fKo mov/^Viinrr nf a r.*orimonfc nf snl
I ?> o ? o ?
6 diers 150 yards away was registered by
the earthquake apparatus located in the
q tower of the college at a height of 125
feet above the city.
is The air is admitted to the interior
of a leaf through rainuto openings
g or mouths, which generally exist in great
numbers. Thus upon an ordinary apple
leaf there may be found a3 many as one
0 hundred thousand of these openings.
A collection of Eskimo works of art,
v obtained by Assistant. Superintendent
Edwards of the Greenland cryolite mines,
includes greenstone candle-sticks, cigar
holders, ash-receivers, anchors, papero
j weights, etc. The objects show considerable
skill, though, the Eskimo's
!S , having no use for ornamental art, they
! were made to sell to Danish rulers.
e A Lyons anatomist ha3 examined the
[. skeletons of eighty-six monkeys?chimf
panzees, gorillas and orang-outangs?
0 and has found diseases of the bone to be
as frequent as in man, and of a strikingly
similar character. There were several
cases of ephiphyses, five of fracture, five
of deformed joints,and eight or ossification.
Fractured bones hud knitted to- I
a gether perfectly.
The recent improvement made in photography
and its use in astronomy has j
S proved most valuable to the study of that |
science. A dry plate can be exposed for I
a suitable length of time in the telescope, {
e and the image thus obtained will contain I
y the details of a nebula, even where the j
amount of light would be imperceptible
e to the naked eye, thus producing aa image
far more useful and accurate than
could ever be obtained by a drawing.
0 Engraving on metal is now carried to a
wonderful pitch of excellence, but according
to accounts from Russia further
^ remarkable strides are being made in
the art in that country. A Russian
electrician is said to have devised a process
of photographing and engraving on
' metals by means of electricity, by which
the etching method is entirely dispensed
' with. The process has been patented,
and the electrician is understood to be
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i about to taKe a trip aoroau iur iuc yui1
pose of disposing of bis invention.
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Sleep for Children.
f Sleep required for a healthy life varies
r with the age of the person, season and
climate; but none of these change the
fact that children require more, sleep
9 than older people. The summer time ia
g said to be the recuperating period for
school children, and this is largely due
to the fact that they have more time to
' sleep. Sleep is so essential to school
children studying hard lessons, that if
2 their number of hours per night i3 diminished
by one their general health
> soon begins to show it. In the summer
time they retire shortly after dark, be*
cause they arc tired and need rest, but in
3 the school months they ate compelled to
I sit up to study. They have not been
* running around all day as in the summer
time, and do not look so tired. Yet
? nn/,,] mnm elorm wliftn tired men
1 tally than when fatigued from manual
1 work. In Sweden school children of tho
s tender age are supposed to require eleven
s or twelve hours a day and the older oue3
> from eight to nine hours. But receut
investigations 3how that they get much
less. The same holds good in this country
that the prolonogation of the workj
ing hours takes place at the cost of the
r time for sleep. The higher classes the
0 children get in the less time there is alt
lowed for sleep. Older people realize
j the importance of sleep, aud accommodate
themselves to a nap in the middle
- of the day to make up for the night's
unrest; but the child, restless and feverish,
does not do this, nor does he com0
plain until health begins to break down
8 under the wear and tear. ? Yankee Mule.
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r The Sardine industry.
'* Early in the sixties, a Maine packer of
lobsters aud shell fish named Burn ham
f had conceived the idea of utilizing the
; small herring so plentiful off that coast
r as a substitute for the sardine. To
1 familiarize himself with the methods em- i
ployed in the preparation of the real ar- J
, tide he went to France and made a tour t
0 of inspection of the canneries in that J
country, taking with him a man, who
hired out as a laborer in the establishments,
in order that he might thoroughly
familiarize himself with the details, itj- |
turning to the United Strtes he set up a i
n factory at Eastport and proceeded to can I
^ American Bardines. Unfortunately the
1 climate was unfavorable to drying
g the little fishes, which is an indispensable
preliminary to the cooking of them. The
s result was that the moisture remaining in
them mixed with the oil in the cans,
causing the latter to become tainted and
8 thus imparting an unpleasant flavor,
;t which rendered the product unmarketj
able. On this account the enterprise
was abandoned.i-Wathington Star. I
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CURIOUS FACTS.
Africa has nearly 700 languages.
1 Gunpowder was first made by a monk
! /it Cologne in 1330.
j Painting in oil was invented at Bruges
by John Van Eyck in 1410.
A squad of policemen in Philadelphia
now rush over their beats on bicycles.
A thunderstorm in hot weather travelo
! at the average rate of thirty miles an
hour.
The railroads of the United States
carry 1,500.000 passengers and 2,000,000
tons of freight every day in the year.
Farmers in Oregon have to maintain
an incessant struggle against the persistent
spread of seedling trees over their
cleared land.
In Great Britain land bears ten and
one-half per cent of taxation, while in
France it bears twenty, and in Hungary
thirty-eight per cent.
DeGance, Iowa,* claims a living skeleton
in the person of a man who is five
feet eight inches in height, and weighs
but sixty-five pounds.
It is stated that in Sicily pigs are used
as the scavengers of the towns, where
they eat the filthiest of street refuse, ovti'
which a little bran has been spread.
Crickets are bought and sold in variniin
rmrfca of Afrina. Peoole caDture
them, feed them and.sell them, as the
natives are very fond of their mu9ic,
thinking that it induces sleep. SuperBtitions
regarding the cricket's chip are
varied; some believe that it is ominous
of sorrow and evil, while others consider
it a harbinger of joy.
a curious wnlte frog was on exhibition
in London last summer. It is a
fullgrown specimen of a pure white
color, its ruby eyes fringed with a golden
hue, strangely contrasting with its pink
iris and milky cuticle.
In parts of Scotland persons suffering
from epilepsy are directed to drink warm
water from the skull of a person who
has committed suicide. If pieces of the
skuli are powdered and swallowed with
the draught it will be doubly efficacious.
A vertiable curiosity has been captured
in Africa. It is an elephant larger
than the late lamented Jumbo, pea-green
in color, trunk less, and has tusks that
branch out something like the horns of a
deer. It is in possession of a native
king, who wm uut jjul l tvnu it.
Australia, it would appear, has some
gigantic caterpillars. A. S. Orlilf^ of
Sydney, mentions one moth larva,
abundant during the summer season,
which is from seven to twelve inches
long. Species are numerous which vary
from six to eight inches in length.
In Germany and some othb." parts of
the continent of Europe cherry trees are
commonly planted by the roads:ae3.
Any passenger may eat of the fruit except
that about which the owner his
bound a wisp of straw in token of reser- !
vation, which intimation is univtrsally j
ressscted.
*
Here is a case of somnambulism for j
j you that is vouched for by competent i
authorities: A youn<r man visiting |
Bath, Me., went to bed with the idea of
arising early and sh-iving. In the night
he found himself on the floor. The next
morning he went to the looking glass
and prepared to shave, when he discovered
that his beard had been removed
as clean and nice as a barber would have I
done it.
An Austell (Ga.) man boasts of
the most wonderful squash of the day.
He has been planting the same variety
for the past five years with the same unvarying
result. From any one seed
come3 up an ordinary looking squash
vine, of the bunch variety. Now upon
this vine, when in full bearing, can be
counted seven distinct varieties. Easily
can be distinguished the Patly Pan,
Hubbard, Gregory, etc.
Headache.
The discovery that hat bancis often
caused headaches by absorption of the
poisonous material is now off-set by the
report of a country physician that nearly
every kind of hat induces headache in
the summer time. He advise3 one to
wear as little as possible on the head,
and even to cut the hair off close so that
the scalp can receive plenty of wind and
air. If any covering is to be used it
shoulH be of the lightest material. The
true way in his opinion is not to wear
any covering on the head, but when
walking out in the sun a common sunshade
should protect the head from the
rays of the sun. Although this may
seem like returning to a barbarous state,
it is probably one of the best ways to
keep the head cool and free from pain in
hot weather. How about coids in the
head? "Well, the head must become
hardened to the exposure so that a cold
will not affect it any more than it does
the hands or fac>.. A compromise can
v Un mnrln ill the ailf'rpstion bv
^IVWUV.J OO "
wearing very light straw hats in hot
months so that that the air cau circulate
freely through. A heavy head of hair
is uncomfortable and injurious to the
head.?Yankee Blade. ?
Discovery of the Pcndnlnm.
Italy and Holland divide the honor of
the discovery of the pendulum. In 15S3
Galileo, then nineteen years old, hat! his
attention attracted to the oscillations of
a lamp in the cathedral of Pisa, which
some one had accidentally touched in
passing. He remarked that the oscillations
were regular,and made in equal
spaces of time, and that the longer the
cord that suspended an objcct the longer
the oscillations. Still it does not seem |
to have occurred to him to apply the !
principle to the measuring of time. His I
son made some experiments with this ob- I
ject, but without success. The applicu
tion of the pendulum to the clock is due
to Christian Huvgens,a Dutchman, who, \
in 1657, presented to the. States-General
of his country the first clock ever regulated
in this fashion. Up to this time
clocks had been regulated by a horizon- j
tai bar with small weights suspended in '
notches on each of the arms.?tian Francisco
Chronicle. '
A LifeSaved
Mr. Oeo. Raymond, of Senec;> Knlls ^ V., Is n i
pump setter ill the employ of Ramsay A Co., the
well known pump makers of that place. He na
member of Ramsay Engine Co. He says:
"My wife without aouht owes her llfo to Hood' i
Sarsaparllla. A few years a,>o sho was at death'*
door, due to blood polsonln-f, or a* physicians say
pyaemia. After everything else failed Hood's
Sarsaparllla brought her nut of tho orUU all rl <ht. ,
Since then she has suTeroil at times with nu:nOaeji
nil headache, but continues taking
Hood's Sarsaoarilla
and U gradually gettla? over thess troubles. 8"is
clings to Hood's, takes nothing eUi, anJ we bellevj
it will effect a complete cure/
The First Iron Bridge.
At the present day, when w< are ac
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i customeu u iook upon iron as ine cnie
constructive material with which civi
j engineers and architects all over the
: world deal, the first iron bridge that wa!
ever built is a curious sight. This biidge.
the arches of which were made of iron,
was called "Ironbridge," and it wa:
erected in 1778. It spans a little rivei
in the couuty of Salop, on the railroad
line from Shrewsbury to Worcester, in
England. At the present day the struQture
is surrounded by a thriving little village,
which took its name from th<
bridge. Several iron foundries have beec
established in the neighborhood. The
structure was a timid attempt at what
has since developed into an extensive industry.
There are three supports; tw<
of them are very small and cross a nar
row country road, while the third anc
largest one spans the bed of the river. I
is about ninety-six feet long and weighs
378 tons. The braces were cast at Coalbrookdale,
every bar being composed o
two segments. Stephenson, the greai
civil engineer, wrote as followa on the
construction nf this first iron hridfrfc:
4'When we bear in mind that the manipulation
of cast iron was at the time ol
its erection in its infancy we cannot help
but leel convinced that unblushing audacity
alone could conceive of such at
enterprise, and the intelligence witb
which the details were outlined and executed
is equal to the boldness of the conception."
The bridge is constantly used
and is in an excellent condition, a facl
which disproves all theomninous clamorings
of cranks that the pernicious influences
of rust will sooner or latter bring
danger to the iron bridges of to-day.?
Boston Transcript.
Wonders of Vegetation in California.
In California there are squashes that
weigh three hundred pounds; there are
mammoth grapevines; there are beets
five feet in length and eighteen inches
in diameter; there are corn fields iu
which the stalks are so tall that the ears
cannot be reached by an ordinary-sized
man; there are specimens of the prickly
pear cactus twenty ieet nign, iuickij
fringed with great yellow fruit; there
are vast mustard fields in which the plant
shoots up a dozen or fifteen feet; and
there arc plenty of other grains, vegetables
and fruits that are big beyond the
dreams of the Eastern ignoramus. As
to the flowers of California, what can be
said? The heliotrope plant there is over
six feet high, and there are dense heliotrope
hedges covered with masses of flowers
that perfume the air. The rose geranium
there is a big bush with a thick stem,
the branches of which rise eighteen or
twenty feet above ground, and it grows
year after year,till it becomes a dense mass
ol aromatic verdure and blossom. The
fuchsia there is a plant with a ctem as
big as a good-sized tree, and its blossoms
are to be seen alike in winter and in
feotnmer, The calla lily there is a marvel
; the rose is a still greater marvel, and
we have an account of a California garden
in which there is a rose bush the
main stem of which measures three feet
around and the branches of which cover
twelve thousand square feet of space.?
Boston Transcript.
An Unhealthy City.
Cairo for a long time has been notorious
as one of the most unhealthy cities of her
size in the world, and is likely to remain
so unless the French can be induced to
abandon their present obstructive policy
in Egypt. The town is practically without
drainage, and year by year the necessity
of remedying the evil becomes more
urgent. Some time ago the Government
? i- * *? ~
UJUK. lliu mutter iu uuuu, cmpiujcu. a
number of distinguished sanitary engineers,
and prepared a scheme for a system
of sewerage which is generally admitted
to be the best and cheapest that
could be devised. It was proposed to
pay for the improvement by the appropriation
of half the octroi receipts of the
city, but France will not conseut and demands
the appointment of an International
Commission of three experts to
study the question, to invite plans,and to
decide as to which is to be adopted; no
plan to be adopted unless accepted by all
these experts unanimously. The object
of this proposition is clear, end, unless
it is modified, the drainage plan must be
abandoned, at least for the present.?
Times-Democrat.
How the Kniser Trains His Bojs.
It seems that the Emperor of Germauy
has a ereat deal of the old Soartan feel
ing about him?at all events, with reference
to the training of his children. His
six little sons are subject to a severe regimen
by their father. They sleep in a
plain, bare room, upon iron cots, with
hard mattresses and scant bed-clothing.
At seven every morning they take a cold
bath, and are then put through vigorous
gymnastic exercises.?Philadelphia
Itecord.
It is said that 500,832 persona are
members of the Congregational Church
in this country, and more than one-tifth
live in Massachusetts, which thus heads
the list.
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I Sprains, Bruises,
| # PROMPTLY AND
Ely's Cream Balm
W 1L L V V ii E Es^TARB^OI
CfiTARRHf?y
Apply lialm luto cn -h nostril.
ELY III'.OS, 5G Warreii St., N. V. HBMT50cI
I A nirOwll? ul" 'IO Wrlfintr lor mcut iliel.*
i fl 111 p \ homos make good tinges; no can v.iskiiik.
trllJ IUU .Viltlrcs-i with M'lf-iuhlrfs-eil ?l;impc- I
envelope, Mws MII.DKED MII.1.KK, >outh I!eml. (lid
jp ISO'S KLiUEDi; tOli CA
]38l t'oid^inMead it lias no equal
nostrils, frice, a0c.^3old by dV
eif*4 CHICHESTER'8 ENOLio.i.
rtiumw
TMC ORIGINAL AND GCNUINI
Lad Irs, ut Dractfit for CkicMuttri h>
boxes wiled wIUi blue ribbon. Take no
All pil!? IB puubotrd biuef, pink wrmf
4a. Id tumpi for putioilvi, teiiimocU
10,000 Tutlmoolilj. Jttmu Paftr.,
M4 bj *11 Local itrmtsUtb -i
Roses Where a War Wns Waged.
One of the Wars of the Roses, th?
f fiercest and deadliest of thcin all, was
1 fought on a field where, curiously
; enough, a rose peculiar to the spot
3 grows, or used to grow. It is a rare
, plant now, and the reason is explained
, by Mr. Lcadman in his account of York_i_:
i 4.1 i.D i:? "
3 aLiire Untues, "rrujua xjuuhmjcuoic*,
r published by Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew
I & Co. After describing the terrible
i conflict at Towton on Palm Sunday,
1461, he says: "I cannot conclude this
story of Towton Field without an allu3
sion to the little dwarf bushe3 peculiar
i to the 'Field of the White Rase and the
i Red.' They -are said to have been
plentiful at the commencement of this
century, but visitors have taken them
) away in such numbers that they have be
come rare. Such vandalism is simply
1 shameful, for the plants are said to be
t unique, and unable to exist in any other
? soil. The little roses are white, with
a red spot on the centre of each of their
f petals, and as they grow old the under
b surface becomes a dull red Color."?Lons
don Nsus.
A. M. Priest, Druggist, Shelbyville, IncL
says: "Hall's Catarrh Cure gives the best of
[ satisfaction. (Jan get plenty of testimonials,
as it cures every one who takes It." Druggists
1 spll it, 75c.
There is at Richmond, Mo., a horse nine*
l teen and three-quarter hands high.
1 How a Student Milken Money.
Dca.k Readers?! am able to pay my board
and tuition, wear good clothes and have
money in my pocket bv spending mj; odd
hours and vacations plating jewelry and
; tableware and selling platers, i have made $&)
per day; never less than $4. i paid 85 for my
plater to H. K. Delno & Co., Columbus, 0.
Any one can profit by my experience by writing
there for circulars. A_Stcdknt.
Caused no Nannea.
Dr. Hoxsie's Certain Croup Cure Is universally
conceded to be the only sure and safe
remedy for croup sold. It speedily allays inflammation
to throat or lungs. Sold by druggists,
or address A. P. Hoxsie, Buffalo, N. Y.
Price 50 cts.
Jb'lTS stopped tree by Dr. Kline's Great
Nekve Restorer. No ats after iirat day's us a.
1 Marvelous cures, I'reatlseaai Atrial botlia
II. U'llnu 'HI A Phi la tJ*
\ U?Cl 1/U uotuo, "V* xxtuu * CM
i Jf afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thomp
I (ton's Eye-water. Druggists Bell at 25c.per bottle.
! ON? ENJOYS
, Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it ia pleasant
l and refresbingto the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys
Liver and JBowels, cleanses the system
effectually, dispels colds, head!
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is ihe
only remedy of its kind ever produced,
pleasing to the taste ana ao
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial uuts
, effects, prepared only from the most f
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities commend
it to all and nave made it
the most popular remedy known,
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50o
and $1 bottles by all leading drug*
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro*
1 cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
8AN F12AMCI8CO. CAL.
iWtSVILLE, KV. HEW YORK. Ht. ^
DONALD KENNEDY ,
Of Roxbury, Mass., says ,
, Kennedy's Medical Discovery *
cures Horrid Old Sores, DeepSeated
Ulcers of 40 years' I I
standing, Inward Tumors, and
every disease of the skin, ex- j
cept Thunder Humor, and \
Cancer that has taken root, I
Price, $1.50. Sold by every 1
Druggist in the United States
and Canada. |
XF" YOU .
Malaria or Piles, Sick Headache, Costive
Bowel*, Dumb Ague, Sour Stomach and
llt-lclilng; if your food does not aubiinilate
and you havo no appetite,
Tatt's Pills,
will enro these troubles. Price, 25 cents* j
U RHEUMATISM, I I
^ NEURALGIA, 1
| LUMBAGO, I
PERMANENTLY. ? 1
' JONEs; slAtEg
==0 FUliLY WARF?ANTED?= j
5Ton Scales $60Freight Paid!
*?^ONES?fBlNSHAMTOH.N.Y. |
?" |3 8~ g* The KINE.ST lI..'.fSTl:ATED CATALOOVK of
J'Kf'P Diamond-.. \Vatelic.-,Jewelry, Silvera
IQ Ja ft* ware. We furnish ever y Souvenir Spoon
mmlr. J. B. JOHNSTON ACQ.. 1". Union ?<)Uiire.N.V.
iiL4u.iA,j-uc'5u oiasijaE do cza.
aiutu a cure is certain. ior gLS'
uctfists or sent by mail. B? h
. T. Hazelti.ne, VVarren, Pa. ? tl
RED CnoSt> Diamond Brand i\ ?
A i
The only H?fc, Ports tail reliable I'lll for it]*. XtR?' tl
yjUth Mnuuiud Brand in Kcd ?o4 Gold metAlllo \y
other kind. Ktfutt Subititutioru o*W Imitation*. v
>p*rt, irt danjreroa* eoantarfelu. At Drojxlju. or send w el
li, ud "Kcflef f?r Ladlrt," <n Utter, by rctnm Mall f
CHICHESTER CHtMICk
~
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A ringing notM
in tfye ears, headache, deafness, eye*
weak; obstruction of nose, oilcharges
falling into throat, some- times
profuse, watery and acrid, st
others, thick, tenacious, bloodv and
putrid; offensive breath ; smell and taste
impaired, and general debility.
Not all of these symptoms at once.
Probably only a few of them.
That's Catarrh.
A medicine that by its mlty
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties has cured the most hopeless
cases. One that will cure you,
no matter how bad your case or of
how long standing. A medicine
that doesn't simply palliate for ,
time, but produces perfect and permanent
cures.
That's Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
A cash payment of $500, not by j|
you, as you might expect, but to
you, if you can't be cured. It's sa
in r*r\r\A t/| i
yuwi bUtkb S3 Uiauw AU tvwv* w
prove their medicine, by responsible
men, the proprietors of Dr. Sage'i
Remedy.
That's the kind of medicine to try.
Doesn't it seem so ?
"August
Flower"
How does he feel ??He r-db ;(
Cranky, and is constantly experimenting,
dieting himself, adopting ;
strange notions, and changing the
cooking, the dishes, the hours, and'
manner of his eating?August
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel ??He feels at
times a gnawing, voracious, insatiable
appetite, wholly unaccountable,
unnatural and unhealthy.?August
Flower the Remedy.
??? if >
How does he feel??He feels no <
desire to go to the table and a
grumbling, fault-finding, over-nicety
about what is set before him when
he is there?August Flower the
Remedy.
How does he feel ??He feels
after a spell of this abnormal appetite
an utter abhorrence, loathing,
and detestation of food; as if a
mouthful would kill him?August
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel ??-He has ip- '
regular bowels and peculiar stools?
AupriJ?4- '"lower the Remedy. $
KYao-ss 'Si
Harvest Excursions
At LOW RATES
via Missouri Pacific Ry.
and Iron Mountain Route.
To Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas and all
potato West and Southwest. Aug. 25, Sept. lSaa4
29. Good for 30 days, with stop-over privileges. ,
H. C. TOWNSEND. G. P. A.. St. Louis. Ho.
Ll IV ECWED CURED TO STAY CVROL
[151? ITIlVLEI We want me name and*.
aressot every sufferer in tte
ft ASTHMA
RA r? WEAVERS SHOULD SEND AT ONE*
?V3 FOR OUR LARGE CATALOQUKo*
Flying- / * /? P3 C3 f~l~ I.onus. ft'ebtn
Shutti.i UM rfp't. I 200 ustlmoolali
ind 25 (worn affidavit# that EXCEED I ft ft Ml
F* - l QtiM.
F|ENSIONj^S5.%
^Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
Late Principal Examiner U.S. Pension Butom,
3 vra i n last war. lSadludlcaticgclalms, atty since.
Journal of Adventure'ronftjtofi
Adtli ess LINESV1LLE, PA temi post > noie?uoJi,
tamp**. il wonts Fl(tt adv. tot-very suuncriber.
nif|if Weak, -Nkc.vocjj, WuKTOiLiD moruu gut
woli mi a ?-cep wen. .1 oalti Helper
IJoUll tciiaaovv. iojci. .1 >'dtr. Jinpld oppjr
ree. Or. .1. <1. 1) V K, tviltor. uu.Talo, .V. if.
'How we Make the Fruit/arm Pay,"
Sample Co;>v Free. A'i<!re*s:
t. A. GREEN, lloeliestcr. N. Y.
PElffSIOiVO - Bae all N9E.DIEBSC
'A disabled. $2 fee for iticreaso. 20 years ex?
porlence. Write for Laws. AAV. IfcConuioc
Sons. Wastiinoton D. C <fc CixcixxATt. Q.
Here it Is!
Cant to 'o.irn ?H nhont \
ioree? How to Pick Out a /6 \
iootiOne.' Knowlmperioc-^^v
Ions and so Guard agaln.it \
raud.' Detect Disease aa J /T'" n
ITectaCure when satneo . V \ / V*
osslble.' 'i ell tlie ago / \ J \
le Teeth! What to call tlio Dl.i'ereui Part, o.' to*
nlmal.' How to Shoa a Horso Properly : All this
nd other Valuable Information can be obtained bi
adlns our 10<M'AU? U.LL'STltA X'BO
loKSE BOOK, which we will forivarJ. part
nd, on receipt of only -ij ceul* lu atu.uj*.
BOOK PUB. HOUSE.
'!'<t I.coiinrU St.,N. Y.CItr*
' * )AN^ol WELL EMUCH^TO WOltil." "'|
This Is a daily event in mills, ahops, factories
tc. When those distressing weaknesses one
lernngements assail you.remombnr thattbera '
HaRsmcdvforallof them. Wehaveonrccori!
Iiousanr'.s of such cases, that have been restored
o vigorous health and lives of usefulness. '
.YDIA E. PINKHAM'S Compound |
as stood t ho tent of many years, and isto-dqy
lie only Positive Cure and Legitimate Remfc
~>r those peculiar weaknesses and ailments of :
'omen, all organic diseases of the Uteros mt
I'oinbj and Ovarian Troubles, Bearing-daw* '
ensutions, Weak Buck, Debility, Uterus Tomon^ !
[^placements of the Womb, Kervoas Pits,
ation, etc. Every druggist sells Has a itindot;
rticle, or sent by mail, in form of Pills or La*. ,
ages, on receipt of $1.00.
rdis Pinkham M?d. Oo.. Linn, DM j