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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. EXCELLENT FACE-WASH. An excellent Wiish for the skin, -which will soften it to the softness of velvet, is made after the following rule: Two tmras 01 a pint 01 uisiuiea waier, iwo ounces of pure glycerine, one ounce of simple tincture of benzoin; mix, shake well, and it is ready for use.?Xew Yor'c Journal. ON SERVING GREEN* PEAR. Every good housekeeper delights in having her tabic look as dainty and attractive as possible. And here is a hint how to prepare green vegetables, especially green peas. When you cook the vegetables put them in an uncovered dish, and keep them uncovered all the time they are cooking. If you see to it that your cook prepares the green peas in this way, you will have them served looking as green and fresh as whentbey were first picked from the vines. A SCOTCH WAT OF WASHING. Here are some Scotch directions for washing underclothes and stockings. These articles should be washed with tepid water and boiled soap, and the lather worked up quire light before they are put in. They snouid never be rubbed or allowed to soak in the water, but should be simply drawn through the hand. Each article should be entirely Ullisueu wusuilijj uuu piuuiug up iu uij before the next is made wet, and in every instance they should be quickly washed ard dried, the soap beiDg rinsed out in cold water. Socks and hose require wooden boards to prevent them shrinking while wet. These should be inserted while the articles are wet, and left in until they are perfectly dry. Any carpenter can make these stocking-boards of the required size.?JSew York World. "WASTE NOT. It is a sad fact that there is, perhaps, more extravagance in bread?the real staff of life?than in any other article. Pisces are thrown away, crumbs shaken into the fireplace, and crusts or "heels" of loaves allowed to get stale; wherea3 the careful housekeeper has a large dish an the top shelf of her pantry, in which every scrap and crumb of bread left unconsumed is placed. Once a week regularly these are dried?not browned ?in the oven, then crashed on the pasteboard or pounded in a mortar, siftei through a wire sieve, and stored in an earthen jar. Not only are these breadcrumbs useful for making soles or cutlets, or for frying, but, soaked for some time in milk, they make the foundation of many sweet puddings, which are both nutritious and economical, and of which ho TTO rJfif? fA OnTT tuc abj'ic auu uavui wu tsw imtvu ?vr Muj extent?Daughters of America. IlECirES. Chicken Fried in Batter?Cut up young, tender chickeus, dip in egg butter, fry in boiling lard. Serve with cream Gravy. Egg Chowder?Fry slices of pork; cook onions and potatoes as for fish chowder; just before serving, break into it as many egg3 as eaters. Boil for a minute and serve. Cauliflower?Pick off the outer leaves and break apart. Wash and soak in cold water, add a teaspoonful of salt and boil briskly until tender. Take up, drain and serve with cream sauce. Lemon Jelly Filling?One-half pint of Bweet milk, one egg or yokes of two, one teaspoonful of corn-starch, one table-, spoonful of flour, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, the juice and grated rind of one lemon. Cook like boiled custard. Sliced Baked Potatoes?Peel and slice thin four large potatoes; put into a small dripping pan, with salt and pepper to taste; add one teacupful of rich milk; set it in even and bake one hour; take out and add butter the size of a walnut, scattered over the top. Indian Pudding?Oae quart of sweet milk, two-thirds of a cupful of Indian meal, two-thirds of a cupful of molasses, three eggs, small piece of butter, pinch of salt. Scald the milk and put all in it, 1 then pour into a pan not too deep, and bake half an hour. A. good hasty pudding. Egg Gruel?Beat yolk of one egg with one tablespoonful of sugar, pour a cupful of boiling water over it; add the beaten white, with any desired seasoning. Milk may be used instead of water. 2. Boil eggs until they are as hard as possible; mash the yolks smooth, as for 6alad dressing, and thicken boiling hot milk with them, adding a little salt. Orange Cu9tard?Put one pint sweet milk on to boil in a custard kettle. JXLOISICII uuu iicapuig UWIWJJUUU1UI wi u.Btarch in a little milk, and the wellbeaten yolks of three eggs and twothirds of a cup of sugar, and stir into the boiling milk. Peel and cut fine four oranges and place in custard bowl and pour over them the custard, first sweetening them with one-half cup of sugar. Then make a frosting of the whites of three egg9, spread over the top, brown slightly, aud place in a cool place. Serve cold. Delicious. Vanderbilfs Check lsno Btronger in Wall street, than the word of Mr. H. G. Saunders, a prominent carpenter an1 tuilc!er of Auburn. N. V., In among his fellow cidsccs. He says under date at Aug. < 1S91| "I Pin My Faith to Hood's Sarsaparllla. Whenever I see any one - broken up," or 'run down. '1 say 'You Just take a bottle of Hood's SarsipuriUa and It will bring you out all rtgot,' In heavy work 1 sometime* get tired out and stiffened, but a day or two of Hood's Sarsap&rUla makes me feel well. 1 haro beeu subject to severe attacks of Rheumatism In my aruu and cteet. A rery few doses of Hood's Sar?aparilla cared me of the last one, when mlerln? intensely." i DONALD KENNEDY Of Rsxhrv, Mass., says ; Kennedy's Medical Discovery cures Horrid Old Sores, DeepSeated Ulcers of 40 years' standing, Inward Tumors, and - every disease of the skin, except Thunder Humor, and Cancer that has taken root. ' Price, $1.50. Sold by every Druggist in the United States h and Canada. AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AM) GARDEN. CALVES DRINKING TOO FAST. So long as the calf sucks its dam it , gets milk slowly, and the action of lips ( | and jaws mixes it thoroughly with the Baliva, thus enabling the stomach to digest it easily. "When the calf comes to be fed from a pail it is usually encouiaged to drink as rapidly as possible, i "When it learns to drink fast, even a cold mess does not readily stop it if hungry. Cold feed is the most usual cause of scours in calves, and scours not only ( causes temporary loss of flesh, but seriously injure the digestive organs, on which the future usefulness of the animal depends.?Botton Cultivator. BRITTLE HOOFS. Dry weather is a cause of the brittle- , ness of the hoofs, but this may be caused as well by an inflammatory condition of ? the system. The inner part of a horse's hoof is exceedingly tender and sensitive, i and sympathizes immediately with any i diseased condition of the animal. The horn contains a large quantity of water, i and this is driven off when the foot is in i a feverish state, thus causing the brittle- i ness. First, this condition is to be changed by cooling mediciDe. Give a pound of epsom salts, which is better than oil in this case. Repeat if necessary. Give cooling, laxative food, and keep the system in an open condition. To run on a damp pasture will be useful. The shoes should be removed and the hoofs pared, and when the horse is I in the stable the feet should be kept in | linseed poultice. The fro# mu9t not be I pared at anj time.?New York Times. CREAM RAISING. By far the greater proportion of butter is still made from cream, raised by setting the milk. There is always some loss, and generally a good deal of loss, in raisiDg by gravity process. Ice water will, however, enable the skillful dairyman to beat the careless hand with the separator. Cornell University, in New York, experimented to ascertain which method gave best results. Bulletin No. 30 says: "Where the milk was set in the Cooley creamer with ice water at a temperature of forty-four decrees, the ; average per cent, of fat in the skim milk was .23; where milk was diluted with an equal weight of cold tvater and set in the open air, the average per cent, of fat j in the skim milk was 1.38; where milk was diluted with twenty and fifty per , cent, of cold water,the average per cent, ot fat in the skim milk was 1.21: where milk was diluted with ten to 100 per 1 cent, of its weight of hot water, the average per cent, of fat in the skim milk < was 1.11; where milk was set in deep cans without dilution, in running water at sixty to sixty-three degrees, the average per cent, of fat in the skim milk was .89; where milk was set in shallow cans, at sixty and sixty-four degrees,the averernge per cent, of fat in the skim milk was .48; where milk was set in shallow pans and one-third of its weight of water at 120 degrees added, the per cent, of fat in the skim milk was .75.?Rural Life. ; IMPROVED EMULSION. Last year, writes Professor A. J. Cook, | the Arkansas Experiment Station recommended a modified kerosene emulsioD, found superior to the usual kind. A kerosene extract of pyrethrum made by filtering one gallon kerosene through , two pouuds of the powder is used instead | of the pure kerosene. Dissolve one , quart softsoap or one pound hard soap in two quarts 01 water. wmie scm not add one pint of the kerosene extract of ' pyrethrum, and violently agitate till a perfect emulsion is formed; properly done, the material will look like cream and the# oil will never separate on stand- 1 ing, even though diluted. To emulsify, ' we must agitate the mixture violently. ! This is best dene by pumping back into the liquid?easily done with a cheap 1 dollar pump; cannot be done by stirring. 1 This is more powerful than the simple i kerosene emulsion and is safe on all foliage when diluted to a one-twelfth ( mixture, while one-fifteenth mixture is 1 as strong as is safe to use in case of the , regular kerosene mixture. We diluted the softsoap emulsion by adding as much water, aud the bardsoap by adding twice j as much water as we took of the emulsion. This season currants, hollyhocks, potatoes and many other plants have been greatly injured by species of bugs sucking their juices. The pyrethro emulsion has served to. kill the bugs without injury to the plauts.?New York Tribune. CARE OK COWS UI WINTER. "Where farmers have not already comfortable quarters provided for the winter accommodation of their animals, it is not too early to begin pieparing for them. The horses are almost certain to have the best, and as far as the sheep are concerned, if they have dry shelter the , fleece affords a good protection against cold. Cattle are the animals that are usually expesed, and in the case of cows giving milk, it is not enough that they are within doors during storms, but they require a comparatively warm temperature in winter are they arc to be profitable for their milk. Nothiog will sooner cause a shrinkage in the flow of milk than to leave a cow shivering in a cold storm without protection, and the effect of stabling her in a building so open that she is constantly exposed to draughts of cold air is almost as bad. The winter cow-stable should be tight enough to prevent the eutrance of cold air through cracks, doors and wiudows, on a level with the animals, so freely as to chill them or to make them uncomfortable, and at the same time it should be so constructed that there will be good ventilation. This can be provided for by a small cupola at the top and a few lonir, shallow openings under the projecting eaves. Thrr ugh these the vitiated warm air brc;i Led jy the animals can escape, and at the same time sufficient cold air will enter from the outside and slowly descend without producing a dn:ujht through the lower part of the stable. Attached to the cow stable there ought to be a covered shed facing south, with at least one side and end open, where the dairy cows may stand for a short time duriDg the winter sunshine of mild days. At all other times in cold weather they will be better off when confined in Clean, closed quarters. Too much attention cannot be given to cleanliness in the cow Btatle, for the newly drawn milk will quickly absorb odcrs.?New T&rb World. VERMIN ON THE FOWLS. The real amount of damage done by lice aud parasites generally ou poultry is not commonly known. With nine-tenth9 of the people, whenever a fowl dies, it^is said to be from cholera, whereas the true cause at the bottom is much more likely to be vermin or roup. Thousands of fowls are dwarfed and killed by the vermin which infest their bodies and houses, espicially in summer - time. There are parasites of all sizes and colors, that are continually sapping out the very life from the fowls, and making them so weak that they are easily victims to all diseases. Your fowls drop off, one by r>ne, and you wonder what's the matter. Reader, if you have a poultry-house, there are probably thousands of vermin swarming in it now. Some are so small and ot such color that it is hard to see them. Shake one of the fowls over the sleeve of your white shirt, and look well for the result. You need not expect the chick to grow fast, nor the older ones to give good returns in eggs, while there are lice about. Now, to kill these pests and to prevent them, clean the house well, take whitewash (to which may be added, if bandy, a little carbolic acid;, arid apply thoroughly to the roosts, nests, cracks, etc.,and if you do the work well you have got them. After this, once a ? All An iVtn nrtlofi "Jiiof WCCtif iuy tuoi ua ua iuv |;ui&o jugv before the fowls go to roost. Three or four times a year fumigate the house with burning sulphur and resin while the fowls are outside. Branches of cedar tree in the house, or carbolic powder kept scattered around on the door or in the nests, or tobacco etem9 and leaves used the same way, are excellent preventives. Vermin do not like the smell of cedar, and generally keep away from it. Oil it death to them. But do not put too much coal oil on a mother hen, for it will kill the chicks that brood under her, as well as kill the vermin. No one can estimate the damage they do. Give the house a good dose of whitewash now, before you forget it, and oil the poles weekly, and it will pay you big.? Uamden Register. FARM AND GARDEN NOTE9. No man is too old to plant a tree. Make a fruit orchard of your poultry yard. A warm barn saves a lot of feed each winter. Kill the bug and you destroy its progeny. Wheat screenings make good winter food for hens. If you want to keep your help furnish i house for it. "Weeds are a mortgage that may fore* Ji - 1 ^ 1 -3 Close 03 tne uest laau. Cooked wheat bran furnishes bone material for young chicks. Portable fences are becoming more and more a desideratum. Castor beans and all oily plants are easily spoiled by wetting. A sagging gate and a door that sticks cost mure to use than they do to fix. There is as much in the proper curing and handling of hay as there is in the kind. Economy is no relative of stinginess, though some people seem to think them brothers. A good pasture is a valuable ally to the hay stack. All that are fenced are not pastures, however. When pigeons are kept in small yards care must be taken to keep an even number. An odd male will cause continual trouble. Young geese that have not yet completed their growth should be fed iiberilly from now on until they are ready to market. Cabbage make3 a good green poultry feed for winter. All the small unmarketable heads should be gathered up and stored away. Giving the turkeys and ducks a good feed of corn regularly when they come home at night will b3 a strong inducement to keep them coming. Egg-bouncTliens or persistent cases of croup rarely pay for the trouble required to cure. The hatchet in a majority of cases is the cheapest remedy. If a Western farm can afford to build an irrigating ditch five or six miles long, can an Eastern farmer afford not to ditch his rich, boggy meadow? It is not a good plan to keep pullets and old hens, fat and lean hens all together. They do not require the same food and will do better separate. Speculation is as dangerous to the farmer as it is to the city man. Getting into debt to buy more land or more implements is generally speculation. It is a variety of food rather than large quantity that fowls require. More care is necessary in this respect when they are confined than when given a good range. If aDy farmers have gathered a sborfc hay crop,there is yet time to supplement the pasture by a little "soiling" corn or millet. Be vigilant, however, or it may be too late. The best shade for a cow in fly time is the shade of a nice clean stable. Give a cow the chance to go into a stable when she pleases and she will soon show her ideas as to comfort and flics. Before the winter sets in it would be well for the farmers to consider the annual loss from leaving the corn fodder in the fields. It is an odd custom, but it entails a heavy waste and loss. A horse" that is subject to lamene33 in one neighborhood may escape that difficulty in another section. Tender feet may impair the usefulness of an animal on h^rd stony ground, but on sandy locations the feet may not be so easily injured. Street car horses when taken to the farms often proven valuable and entirely recover from lameness. The best fruit tree to grow, on the lawn is probably the cherry. When well established it does well in grass, though it is best to mow the grass as ofteu as once a week. A closely ;ihaven lawn does not drain the soil of moisture as when grass is allowed to mature. An abundance of well decomposed manure is important-for the highte3t success. One objection to the matted row system of growing strawberries the drain on the soil for moisture in a dry season. The matted row system wi'?l never produce strawberries equal tO' those grown in hills. On the hill system several crops can be grown, in the other only about one, while the v/ork of plowing up and replanting counts heavily against the plan. * , ) 1 WORDS OF WJSD03L Hope in the phoenix of despair. ? Charlatanism keeps pace with civiliza- i tion. | ; The -welcome guest 33 the invited i i fiuest. , < I Destruction Is the first step toward progress. To rule is a divine prerogative, aid ! belongs only to love. A whisper in a country town finds 1 echo in its farthest limits. ( Truth is an abstraction, en infinity, ? and we delve at it with picks and spades. There are certain laws made by certain individuals to be obeyed by certain othei individuals. A thing more difficult than to be economical is always to have a plenty with which to economize. When you hear a great deal of one sidi j of a story, the other side receives from you a great deal of sympathy. Almost any man will extend a helping hand to a friend in trouble, if it is not asked that he have silver in it. There is no greater misfortune that can befall a woman than to let a man marry her believing she is an angel. The wisdom that contends with ignorance in the form of denial is half folly. If a man deny his own soul why seek to convince him of existence?. A friend is more apt to believe a bad story on you than an enemy. In hoping it is true, an enemy fears it is not; but . a friend, hoping it is not true, believes it is. Man has been called a little universe. His laws change too often to make : the spiritual ra'.er thereof anything more than a micro-deity hedged about with < all the uncertainties imposed by human- , ity. m < The World's Navies. Within the eighteen or twenty years \ immediately after the war we spent \ about $400,000,000 upon our navy, and : ^ rv mm/1 /\ f 4-U a ^ i!mn wo V* n r?r\ 1 tt a , at LUU CUU KJL tUiU CI I lit TOw UUU UttlUtj (4 1 vessel that could fight or run away. Since then, however, we have strength- ^ ened our naval force by the addition of ( some modern ships capable of doing ser- ( vice in time of war, though in the matter of torpedo boats, really the most effective craft that floats, we are very far behiud the rest of the world, since we ha ve but three of these vessels. The following table shows the navies of the world, the vessels countcd being cither finished or in process of construction. It does not include sailing vessels, store ships, tugs or transports, but only such serviceable vessels as are capable of fighting: Hi [l-i -i Ijj jLXunr. I| p O || |? p I Argentine | s| 7 10 20 20 Austria., ##... 14 o- 4o 61 ? Brazil 12 ? 21 10 Chili 3! 10 13 13 18 China 6 23 29 82 13 Denmark 12 12 24 86 15 Prance 75 118 193 210 2 Germany 34 57 91 i80 4 Great Britain... 79 220 299 206 1 Greeca 5 16 21 51 16 Hayti 'None. 5 5 None. 23 Italy. 22 54 76 152 5 J apan .? ? 7 35 42 24 10 Mexico None. 3 3 5 25 Netherlands.... 25 30 61 50 8 Norway 5 ,6 11 18 19 'Peru............jNone. 8 8 None. 21 Portugal i 28 29 9 13 Roumania...... None. 4 4 5 24 Russia 48 62 110| 143 3 Siara None. 5 5 None. 22 Spain........... 13 53 66 36 7 Sveedeu 17 14 31 19 12 Turkey 18 20 33 41 11 United States... 29 46 <5 3 8 Uruguay None. 2 2 None. 26 The table excludes from the British navy all vessels belonging to the colo nies, and from the Russian what are known as volunteer ships. As it stands, , we are sixth, though not a very good sixth. We are improving, however,and, if we really need to maintain ourselves upon a war footing, we may, in the course of a generation or two, be able to meet any country but Great Britain ; oa equal terms. But a glance at tha i table will show that Britannia rules the ( wave. This is a necessity of her situa- i tion, and we have no occasion to envy j her her naval establishment.?Louisville j Courier-Journal. Most Powerful of Explosives. Experiments with the new explosive, "fortis," were held at Liege, France, the members of the commission leaving afterward for Ergv to draw up its report, which is being kept a secret. The trials were made with a view to ascertain the capabilities of the explosive: first, when underground; second, when exploded simultaneously in several places; and third, when compared with other explosives. From all these trials it appears that "fortis" is a striking success, really startling result having been obtained. It is estimated to have an explosive power "f v-iav* rtnnf rrrnofnr f-Vinn nno nf ltQ UI tlilltj LUU V. tfuitu UUJ V 4 ?vw rivals now on the market. It is said to have surpassed the expectation eren of its inventor. In illustration of its power it may bo stated that a cavity thirteen feet deep having been drilled into solid rock and charged with a relatively small quantity of "fortis," the explosion detached a ! mass over two hundred feet ir? height, ' breaking it into pieces of from fifty to sixty pounds in weight and projecting them to a distance of 351) yards, where they came near destroying the hou9e of the superintendent of the quarry where the experiment occurred.?Boston Tran- { tcript. * Tallest Men in the World. 2 The tallest men of Western Europe are found in Catalonia, Spain, Nor- ' mandy, France, Yorkshire, England, j ! and the Ardennes district? of Belgium. | I Prussia gets her tallest recruits from ) Schleswig-Holsteiu, the original home of j the irresponsible Anglo-Saxons; Austria from the Tyroiese highlands. In Italy J the progress of physical degeneration " has extended to the upper Aponnines, but the Allanian Turks are still an athletic race, and the natives of the Caucasus are as siuewy aud gauut as in the days of the Argouauts. In the United States the thirty-eighth parallel, ranging thiough Indiana and northern Kentucky, is decidedly the latitude of big men as the forty-second is that of big cities. The tallest men of South America are found in the western provinces of the Argentine Republic, of Asia in Afghanistan and Kavpooana, of Africa in the highlands of Abyssinia.? Botton Cultivator. J i .. J Hott a Great Artist Got Even. Meissouier Lad become celebrated, md was beginning to make money, 1 vhen he got acquainted with a Parisian "v grandee, very wealthy, very food of pos- e ng as an art parron, but slightly pen- n irious. i One d&y Meissonier, breakfasting with o he grandee, was struck by the beauty 1 )f the texture of tho tablecloth. f "One could draw upon it," he re- t narked; and, suiting the action to the f ivord, he produced a pencil and made t )n the snowy, smooth nap a wonderfully s ible sketch of a man's head. e The economical swell had the head c carefully cut out of the damask, aud a lastened to frame and glaze his prize. e A few weeks afterward Meisonier again s breakfasted with his patron and found jy the side of his place at the corner of ;he table assigned to him a neat little iheaf of crayons and holders, with a jenknife and some india rubber. f "While the guests at the conclusion of 1! he repast were enjoying their coffee and ^ :igaretts, the host saw with delight from 8 he corner of his eye that Meiesonier was a lard at work on the tablecloth?this 3 ime with a superb little full length of a J nediccval halberdier. 13 The party broke up, the guests de- * larted, and the "economical swell" v ushed back to the salle-a-manger to se- ^ :ure his treasure; but, alas, the painter lad for once shown himself as economical as his patron! f He had made disasterously good use ^ )f the penknife, and one corner of the g ablecloth was gone, halberdier and all. ^ ?Boston Qlole. California's Olire Industry. ? "The olive industry is just now one of ntense interest to all farmers cf South:rn California," said James C. Bangs, of San Bernardino, Cal., at the Windsor Elotel. "The small fruit business, espe- { lially grape growing, is being overdone ? :n the opinion of many of our brainiest nen. In looking around for something j to pay equally well, which at the same ^ time would not be so subject to a crowded market and need peculiar methods of ^ transportation, we found the olive. You ? know on the coast of the Mediterranean the olive tree requires fourteen years of growth to bear fruit. By a method acdentally discovered we in California can grow trees so that they will bear in six years. How? Why, we cut off a twig about as thick as your little linger some twenty or twenty-five inches long and simply stick it in the ground. The way . it sprouts is simply wonderful and we promptly cut off all but one, the best 6hoot. The fruit is crushed so that the meat is taken off, but the stone is not crushed. This meat is put in a press and the juice from it is composed of water and oil. The oil is taken up by absorbent cotton and then squeezed and refined, put into bottles and on the mar ket. The profits are said to be large, and judging by what I have seen I should say there was a comfortable living in olive growing."?New York Telegram. Prepared for Emcr^encics. In'the cab of every locomotive on the Pennsylvania Railroad is a neat little tin box, almost square, in which is packed several necessary articles for use in case of accident. This is a very necessary and humane precaution, and every engine must be provided with one of the boxes, which are all made after the same pattern, and each of which contains a piece of linen, a rubber compress, a package of absorbent cotton, six rolls of bandages and a pyramid containing pins. There are plain directions on the box how to use these various articles before the arrival of a surgeon.?Pittiburg Pat. What It Costs to Live and Die. It costs something to live and a good deal to die; in fact, everything co9ts, says a bright exchange. Some one esf!n?ntoa fViof rvottinrr Knrn nnflfa f.hp nonnla bl&uaw^o bUHU i/V*u Vvwvw vwv ^ww^/iv of the Unitea States $250,000,000 j annually; getting married, $300,000,000, I and getting buried, $75,000,000. It might be added that getting drunk costs the people of the United States more than $900,000,000 nnnuallj, or over one and one-half times as much as getting born, married, and buried put together, and more than all the bread aud i meat consumed iu the nation.?Chicago Tribune. | * IN15MI No return since 1882. F. I ^ "ALL RIGHT! ST. J Farm-Poultry P'a practical poultry magazine; AfriElvBmSr bent poultry paper published; lent on trial, six mo's, 2Se., or oneKSJi^BSJBtSRS. rear 40c., if you mention this paper. Sainpie free. LS, Johnson & Co.. 22 Custom Houso St., Boston, Muss. , make^n^ 'WTIlIU p CONDITION POWDER Hlehly concentrated. Doso email. In quantity costs c?s than a tenth cent a day. Prerent* and cures all llseasesi Good for young; chicks and moultlnp hens, iainn'.e for 25 eta in stamps, lire packs (1. Large 2 1-4 lb. an, by raali, $1.20. Six large cans, $.1, express prepaid. 'arm-Poultry one year (price 80c), and laree can 81,SO, . S. JOHNSON A CO., 22 Custom KouseSt., Boston, Mass. YOU NEED NOT FEAR ? that people will know your hair in dyed It you use that perfect imitation of nature, i Tutt's Hair Dye ji No one can detect it. It imparts a flossy uoioraiul fresh llfo totlie hair. Easily ap. ' ( plied..Price. 81. Office, 3U i'ark Tlaee. N. If. ^ pisO'S HEMEDJ FWOtX rifcfe Cold^toeHead it lias no equai. jjll nostrils^ Pric fi^d^SoKihL|Cyhdru CHICHESTER'S ENQUoIi, RI rtMXR0\ THC ORIGINAL AND GENUINE Ladle*, uk l>ni|zlat for ChUkutert t*fi bun Maltd wlU bin* ribbon. Tabeaoai All pllli Id piuttboard boiM. pink wrapp? 4e. In nampi for particulars, tajtimealals, 10,000 TelUmeolati. N?m* Paptr. Md ?j all Local ItnggUU. A Black Opal. There is au opal which comes from , Australia which is almost black, from ! vhich tongues of fire shoot out from unixpected points and give the stone alaost the effect of being in combustion, t is not as expensive as the prccious pal, which comes chiefly from Hungary. The Australian stone is found in veins of torphyry placed in layers with its marix. It is often cut "en cameo"-when thus ound. A specimen of such a cameo exlibited by a well-known jeweler repreents the head of a warrior, whose hel- I, net is of the most brilliant opalescent olors, while the face is sott ivory-white, nd the whole is thrown against a background of dull black.?Boston Tran- S cript. I I ?:? When Woods Decay. Tests have been made to determine | ? he variations in the length of time that | ? ? required to produce decay in different * ;inds of woods when buried under the * urface of the ground. The birch and t spen were both found to decay in three f ears,the willow and the buckeye in four ? ears, the maple and the red beech in a ive years, elm und ash in seven, while s he larch, juniper and arbor vitae were r ininjured at expiration of eight years.? c 51. Louis Republic. t mt i There are now twenty-seven royal < amilies in Europe, which have about I =60 male members. Of these twenty- I even families no less than eighteen are { Jerman. t S. K. Cobum, Mct., Clarie Scott, writes: "I < Ind Hall's Catarrh Cure a valuable remedy." ? )ruggists Bell it, 75c. 1 Cable lines will supplant 4000 horses In New 1 fork City. \ Not . Nostrum. Dr. Hoxsie's Certain Croup Cure, the tested inscription of an eminent physician in regu * ar standing and practice. Positive, swift,sura told by druggists or mailed on receipt of 60 eta I Address A P. Hoxsle. Buffalo, N. Y. JJTl'S stopped iron oy Dr. K.LiJfB's Great ?ekve Restorer. No dts after arse day's ma. larvelouacuros. Treatise aai i~ trlil botcla ree. I)r. Kline, H31 Area St., Phlla., Pa. f afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thomp on's Eye-water.Dnigifists sell at 2fic.per bottle. ; ONB ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneys Liver and Bowels, 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 producef', pleasing to the taste ana ao> ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substance^ its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedv known. Syrup 0/ Figs is for sale in 50o and $1 bottles by all leading drug* gists. Any reliable druggist who may not huve it on band will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 8AN FRANCISCO, CAL. VmfVtLLE, KY. HEW YORK M.9. K Y N 0-40 ' Ely's Cream Balm WILL CUKE ?PLD\nKE>?] Children gnjjj OF CATARRH. Apply Balm Into each nostril ELY EROS., 56 Warren St, N. Y. BB| A I!OUT East Tenne?*ce'ii FINE j a i i cLI.IIATE unrl great Resources is |Mfl_ I KNOXVILLE SENTINEL; daily. 1 ino., j ?? 3Qc.; Wet-lcly, 1 year, 81 1 sample*. 5c. j ITOTES. * I red severely with facefneu- || it in 15 minutes after appli- J$j St. Jacobs Oil was asleep; |j been troubled with it since. || B. ADAMS, Perry, Mo. If /ICOBS OIL DID IT." 1 lB/IWIIIili?ff|F7?II M llllinTUMTrlfl fflh?kfyt; raost noted physician of Eng. 1 half of all diseases come from Send for Free Sample of r.nrfiniii Tea to 319 West 45th St root, New York City. 0ARFIELD TEA S ifiSJ ofbsd dttllnijii urfpi Sick ilemliu hr: retflorrnComplexiou;cure?Coiintipiitloii. WOODBURY'S FACIAL SOAP. I ttor the Skin, Scalp unit Complexion. I Kesult ul ttiyrVexpcrlenct*. Koranic ; / ntDiuggwtmrby moll..V?c. Sample i / fiffljt Cnke nnu 13* p. book on Dermatology j tm *SKjW iiiiri llcauiv. iIIiuk. t; on Skin, Soup, I ?9 jS9L ,H Nervous an I Wood illwa.-e ami tueir [ / vfrn l reat ni'lil, >ent fealed for IUr.: also [rv ,-A? iJlt-ttciirciiM-nt* li|{? HIKTH MARKS, ' ijW-... V Moles ?'(,??, India Ink and Powder | ifrjWitaa-w Mark*. Xnr?. liltinp', Rcdnfwof No**. SuwrHuoii* Ilnlr, 1 linplcv, 4<\, removed. JOHN II. MtlliOIllHV, IIF.KJIATUUMiltAl SKIITl'TP, 125 WhI 4'Jii M.. X. V. Cllr. ConxultatlOB IK, al office or by letter. a cent wnnteil in ouch place. PENSIOW.1-Due all SULUIERS: '/j disabled. K tee for Increase. 31 years experience. Write lor ;,aws. AAV McCottutcs Sons Washinoton d 2 <fc Cincinnati O. \i I K8MAS WANTED, s-alarv and expense" 11 AL |.nJ,|. HH( iW N I.KOS. CO. Koi-lt ester. .N Y. fa Cftosb Diamond Brand I\ : ^\i^n\i\is<^ j The ooJjr Hufty, Hare, uitirelublc Pill for ula. \ UH Diamond Brand Id Bed ud Sold tnrtalHe \ V [her bind. Ktfyut Aildiiuilmi aiMi Jniioium. v < n. ut dangerous eaanterfelte. At DrauUu, vr Mod u and "Hellef fur Ladlea," (? Utttr, b? ret arm Mali , CHiCHcaTtn Chemical Co , Madiaawtoaar* - . . . |?liaAOKI,FlluT^?A. J J 1 - tl?L M ^co^aicffr i89i .4 woman mho can see, ''"'M Ihe's the "woman who gets weD- -i3 t's the woman who won't see and mn't believe who has to Buffer. And it's needless. There's a f*S aedicine?a legitimate medicine? ^ hat's made to 6top woman's rofering and cure woman's ailment*. -1 t's Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip- yftjS ion. It's purely vegetable and , lerfectly harmless ? a powerful y general, as well as uterine, tonic ,'v md nervine, imparting vigor and trength to thte whole system. For >eriodicaI pains, weak back, bearinglown sensations, nervous prostr* J-, ion, and all " female complaint*," r4| t's a positive remedy. It improves ; ijj ligestion, enriches the blood, aispels icnes and pains, melanAoly and lervousness, brings refreshing sleep, Wf ind restores health and strength. - ^ No other medicine for women is guaranteed, as this is. If it fails to ' jive satisfaction, in any case, the -M nonev paid for it is refunded. You pay only for tjie good you get. On ;? ihese terms it's the cheapest. . But more than that, it's the best. . "August 171nwDp'll JL XV T? VI ' |gj For two years I suffered terribly 'J$jH with, stomach trouble, and was for ; ill that time under treatment by ? physician. He finally, after trying ? iverything, said stomach was abont worn out, and that I would have to :ease eating solid food for a time at least. I was so weak that I Could not work. Finally on the re com- V'4^ mendation of a friend who had used your preparations a|3 A worn-out with beneficial resuits, I procured a Stomach. bottle of August a Flower, and com-* menced using it. It seemed to do J me good at once. I gained in . strength and flesh rapidly; my ap- $$ petite became good, and I suffered $ no bad effects from what I ate. I :fm feel now like a new man, and con- '|| sider that August Flower has en- ? tirely cured me of Dyspepsia in its worst form. James E. JOedericx, |jffl Saugerties, New York. W. B. Utsey, St. George's, S. C.f . writes: I have used your August' , Flower for Dyspepsia and find it an excellent remedy. # THE NEW WEBSTER 11 ? i international] g , 1 is \ dictionary J ? vlj c \ / ? . 'mb w \^/ p $81 SUCCESSOR OF THE UNABRIDGED. Re-edited and Reset from Cover to Corcr. A GRAND.INVESTMENT Tor every Family ana School. * Work of revision occupied over 10 year?. ; 1. More than 100 editorial laborers employed. 7 Critical examination invited. Get the Best. '': T; Sold by all Booksellers. Pamphlet free. CAUTION is needed in purchasing a die* tlonary, as photographic reprints of an obso- ' lete and ?oraparatively worthless editionof $ Webster eve being marketed under variou? Jjj names and often )>y misrepresentation. The International bears the imprint of G. & C. MERRIAM & CO.. Publishers, Springfield, Mwas., U. S. A. aONEr?CME8j.| = 0 FULLY warranted?= j "t 5ton scales $60 freight bw *?^|ones^Binghamton.NY-1 ] "how to save 50 per ct. or more in G'A Stl and get troo?, plants etc.. 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It will dissolve nr.d expel tumors from the uterus in an early staire of development, and checks the tendency to cancerous humors. It removes faintness, flatulency, weakness of ike ' stomach, cures Bloating, Headache, Nervous Prostration, General Debility, Sleeplessness. Depression ind Indigestion, also tliat feeling of bearing down, causing- pain, weight, and backache. For Kidney Complaints of either sex this Compound is unsurpassed. All druggists. Com*. sondence freelv answered. Address in confidence LVULi t'. n.VKHAJd K?D. CO., LVXN,