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j The Caiuel in War. , The camel is a good soldier. | It may be stupidity and it mny be ' bravery, but a camel is as steady under fire as a tower. The Persians mounted small cannon on the backs of their camels, and called them zainb-wuhs or 'little "wasps." This fashion was adopted in India, nnd after the battle of Sobroaon 2000 of these artillery earned were captured. In the Indian mutiny the British had a camel corp? of 150 beasts and on the back of each camel sat a Scotch Highlander m his kilt. In 1845 Sir Charles Napier had a camel corps in Sindh, and in one day he marched seventy-five milet, defeated a brigand chief and marched home again. In 1878 the British used camels against the Afghans and the Government paid for 50,000 camels that died in those campaigns. Many of these were driven to death by their owners in order tkat they might claim the Government bounty.?Milwaukee Wisconsin. Remarkable Deal in Dentistry. A most remarkable story of a deal in dentistry is going the rounds. A banker's firm in London the other day made an investment in teeth -which was highly satisfactory, and in -which ,the money flowed the other way. It seems that an ancient swindler, who had cheated them out of some money, was caught, convicted and sentenced. While in prison he wanted a new set of teeth, those he was wearing not being all that could be desired in dealing with prison fare. The governor of the jail told him that the Government did not provide false teeth for the prisoners. Accordingly he wrote to the bankers and told them that if they would provide him with fake teeth he would give them some valuable information. They sent him $25, he got his teeth, and in return he sent them information that led to the finding of $7500. All in all, it was a good investment.?Detroit Free Press. i*omebodv'? Good. To make our own troubles the means of helping the troubles of others is a noble effort for good. A well illustrated instance or this kindly sympathy is shown in a letter >> m Mr. Enoch L. Hanscom, School Agent, Marshfield, Me., an old Union soldier. He says: "It may do somebody some good to state, I am a man of sixty and when forty had a bad knee and rheumatism set in. I was l?vme three years and very bad most of the time. I got St. Jacobs Oil and put it on three times and it made a cure. I am now in good health." 'State of Ohio, Citt op Toledo, ? , Lucas Count*-. f Frajhc J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner ot the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pav the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLT.ATts for each aud every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. sworn to >>efore me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. i. . A. W. Gleason, 4 seal f ? ?? v?'' NoUiru Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally and acts directlv on the blood and mucous surfaces of ithe system. Send for test:monials, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. 0. ,|3F~Sold by Druggists, 75c. For Throat Diseases and Coughs n?e Brown's Bronchial Troches. Like all i tally good thinsrs.they are imitated. '1 fie gtnuine an told only in bore*. Dr. Hoxnle's Certain Croup Care Should be in every medicine closet. It cures the worst of coughs and colds, and does not cause nauBsa. 50 cts. For Pneumonia, no other cough syrup equals Batch's Universal. 25 cents at druggists. Beecham's Pills are better than mineral waters. Beecham'a?no other*. 25 cents a box. " Two years ago 1 was taken sick with ca tarrhal neuralgia and a complication of diseases, including nervous prostration. I bad four doctors here and then went to Boston, where I was treated by two physicians. They all said there was no help for me. 1 was run down bo low there was nothing to build on. They said I had catarrh of the bladder* When I begun takinc HOOD's* 8AHSAPARILL4 1 weighed 00 pounds; now 1 weigh 13U pounds. I could not stand on my feet lone enough to wash my dishes; now I can do all my work, washing included, for five in tbe family. Mks. E. E. Bnowx, Easton, X. H. Hood'aPUU re all liver Ills, biliousness. X Y X U-3 'August Flower" "lam Post Master here and keej & Store. I have kept August Flower for sale for some time. I think it is a splendid medicine." E. A. Bond, P. M., Pavilion Centre, N. Y. The stomach is the reservoir. If it fails, everything fails. The liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the heart, the head, the blood, the nerves all go wrong. If you feel wrong, look to the stomach first. Put that right at once by using August Flower. It assures a good appetite and a good digestion. & Young Mothers! We Offer You a Btmcdy xchich Insure* Safety to I_ vniut. "MOTHER'S FRIEND" Hob* Confinement of Its fain, Horror andBitk. JiternilBgonebottleof "Mother's Friend" X offered but little pain, and did not experience that weakness afterward usual In such cases.?Sirs. Anns Gaox, Lunar, Mo., Jan. 15th, 1891. Bent by express, charges prepaid, on receipt of price, #1 JO per bottle. Book to Mothers malted free, WAPFlELDBEGULlTOa CO., B|1 ATLANTA, GA. U BOLD 07 ALL DBUQQI3T& EI Best Cough Syrup. Tastes licxxl. Use H B fTI In time. Bold by druggists. Wl I SKINS OF BEASTS. ANIMALS WHICH FURNISH THE MARKET WITH FURS. London the Great Fur Market of the World?Cats and Dogs Supply Vast Numbers of Skins for Garments. "T* "T" C T ftITE has always been con\ /\ / 6idered a mark of distinc\ \ tion among beasts, said a zoologist to a writer for the Star. You will find mention of that fact in the Bible, fifth chapter of Judges. The Indians of this country used to regard a white buffalo hide as of exceptional value, and for one 6uch they would give several horses. Nowadays the aborigines of Alaska set such store by a white marten skin that they will -na-c- fivp fri-s skins for it. The rev V.+.+ r~J erence -with which white elephants are regarded in Siam is well known. In Africa King Cetewayo, who was subdued by the British, kept a herd of royal white cattle. They were said to be very beantiful. The zebu, or sacred ox of India, is white. Blue, by the way, is most rare in mammals, the only species in which that color is found being the blue-faced mandrill. The so-called "blue fox" is rather a deep drab. The greatest fur market of the world is London, where auctions are held periodically. These sales, at which pelts of a thousand kinds are disposed of in vast quantities, are attended by merchants from everywhere. They are conducted in silence save for the voice of the auctioneer, bids being made by nodding the head. The prices for skins of all sorts depend much on fashion, and hence are apt to fluctuate considerably from year to year. A fine lion skin, with a black mane is worth $300; but the hide from a menagerie specimen of the royal beast, being never so handsome, will hardly bring more than $125. Tiger skins cost much less than lion skins, but the hide of a white tiger, which is an albino and extremely rare, will fetch a small fortune. Tiger claws are mounted for pins by jewelers. They are worth $1 or even more apiece in the rough. There is awooly tiger of Mongolia which has a fur of great richness. The length and thickness of the hair is due to the fact that the animal lives in a cold region. Domestic cats contribute largely to the supplies of the fur markets of the world. Wolves furnish many skins to the fur market. In Russia about 170,000 of them are killed annually, a reward of ten roubles a head being offered for them. During 1889 80,000 of them were slain in the province of Wologda alone; the number or persons killed by wolves in the 6ame province that year being 203. The Eskimo of the Arctic practice an ingenious method of slaughtering wolves, planting a stake in the ice with a blade of flint fastened to the upper end. About the flint blade they wrap a piece of blubber, which freezes hard. Presently along comes some wolves and lick at the KlnVil-wvr until fhp pdcrps of thft flint cut their tongues. Tasting their own blood, they become frantic and attack each other, the fight continuing until the whole pack lies dead. Next day the artful hunter comes along and skins them. That is one reason why wolfskin rugs are so cheap to-day. Chinese dogB, belonging to a peculiar breed native to that country, supply much material for robes, a good one requiring eight skins. They are exported by way of Shanghai to London and New York. In color they are black, white, fawn and mottled. About 75,000 of the hides are sold in England annually. In Manchooria and Eastern Mongolia are thourands of dog farms, _t- -t- _ n ?i I WlllCfl rear *U1 llitJ wajr iiurn o otuxc hundreds of these canine beasts for market every year. The skins take a brilliant black dye, and make excellent sleigh robes. They are used to a considerable extent for making men's coats in Canada. The skins of Siberian dogs are likewise utilized as fur. But the Siberian animal which yields for its size the most costly of all furs is the sable. It is only about nine inches long, including the tail, and in order to trap a single specimen the hunter must often endure many a hard day of exposure and toil. From 12,000 to 25,000 sables are caught annually, many of the pelts being em?fllA wUoo r\4 piUJ CU 1JLL VUiU? 1VJL vuu i\/MW V4 mandarins. Another small and valuable furbearing beast is the marten of Canada and Alaska. For centuries the trapper has sought to capture it in the forests, its precious skin going far to repay him for his long winter's tramp and toil. The pelt, made up into muffs, capes and boas, is commonly but erroneously known under the name of "sable." The tails are made up Bcpm atcij JIUI/V ^Uiuiviii/n, ttjl11VU ivvvu very high prices. They are also used in the manufacture of the finest "sable" paint brushes. No part of the creature is lost. Even the skins of the paws and throat are sold by the pound to traders, who make them into coat linings and tobacco pouches. The Hudson Bay Company exports to England about 70,000 of the pelts annually. Yet another little animal, mostly taken in Siberia, furnishes the ermine fur, which is worn by the Queen of England, and i6 also utilized for the state robes of British peerB. Nevertheless, it is no longer so fashionable an it used to be, and hence is much less coBtly than formerly. TJaclcpr Kleins a.r? lar^elv used now O ??o ?* adays for shaving brushes. For-that purpose the hair is out off close to the pelt and sorted into lengths, being then tied up in neat bundles and sold by weight. The bide itself is employed for glue. Skunk fur has come much into favor of late years. In 1891 nearly 700,000 skunk skins were sold in London, though not long ago they were considered valueless. The highest priced skin is thai of the sea otter, a single pelt sometimes fetching $1000. This fur is principally used in Russia, for the collars of gentlemen's coats. Mn/ntr tVimicnrxl mole skins are nnl lected annually and made into waistcoats. Squirrel skins are taken for taxes in parts of Siberia. A fur most extensively employed is that of the mnskrat, from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 skins being marketed in England yearly.?Washington Star. In Germany twenty-nine towns have municipal gas works. Incapable ol Feeling Pain. An extraordinary case of insensibility to pain occurred a few weeks ago in California. John Molloy, a railway employe, was run over by a train of thirty-two freight cars. .His legs were crushed between the knee and thigh 60 that they merely hung to his body by a few ragged fragments of skin and tendon. He was conscious when picked up, and remained so until his death five hours afterward, yet in all that time he felt no pain whatever. After an examination it was determined to amputate the man's legs, and the surgeon who performed the operation said, in an elaborate report of the case: "Molloy did not suffer from the terrible accident which resulted in his death. He told me he felt no pain frnm hpinnr Rt.rnnk and run Over bv the train, and that he did not suffer thereafter from the effects of the frightful shock. When I saw him he was not in any apparent misery, though his legs were hanging in a mangled condition and the blood was fast ebbing from his veins. His friends asked whether he was so badly hurt that his legs would be lost, and he answered them with the serenity of a man smoking a cigar in a rocking chair. He said that a few strokes of the knife would settle the leg question with him forever. "I then proposed to amputate his legs, and he watched me put the instruments in the antiseptic bath. He said he supposed if he didn't feel a train of cars he wouldn't feel a little thing like a knife, and on making examination I found that he was still insensible to pain. There was, therefore, no occasion to give him chloroform, and I amputated his legs while he watched me. He knew something was pressing against his legs when the knife went in, but there was no pain. He watohed the knife go through the muscles and nerveB -with as much indifference as if I had been cutting into a beefsteak. A few hours later he died from the effects of the shock. "There is no theory for the eccentricities of the case. All we know or all we can Bay is that the peculiar insensibility to pain he exhibited in some way arose from the Dervous shock. In some manner the injury paralyzed the sensory nerves and left the nerves of motion intact, for he could talk all right and move himself readily. Such a case of frozen nerves might not occur again in ages." ?New York Herald. Railroads in Japan. The railroads of Japan are solidly constructed and carefully run. The " ? 1 J XV gauge is tnree ieei aix iucubb, t?uu iuc cars are generally eighteen feet long. There are first, second and third classes, and the fares are for several classes?one, two and three sen (cents) a mile. The Japanese are great travelers, and more than nine-tenths of the travel is of second and third class. The rate of speed is uniformly about twenty miles an hour. The trains are run on what is known as the "staff" system, and a train is not allowed to leave a station where it meets another until the conductor has received from the conductor of the other train a symbol called a "Btaff," which is his evidence that he is entitled to leave. In the first-class carriage, which is either one room, like our drawingroom cars, or in three compartments, like the English, one finds cushion seats, wash hand bowls and water clos* ets, and generally a tea pot and cups, the former occasionally replenished with hot water. If this is lacking the passenger can bny on tne piauorm ai any station a teapot fall of tea and a cup for two and a half cents. The tea pot is pretty enough to bring a quarter in this country, and the cup would be cheap at ten cents. You buy the whole "outfit," and could carry it away if you pleased. As a rule, the pot and cup are left in the car, and about sixty per cent, of them are recovered by the vender. The railroads in Japan are partly owned by the Government and partly by private stockholders, but the rates and rules of the Government roads govern the others also. At all the stations are overhead bridges, and crossing the track at grade is prohibited, as in England. The stations are roomy and neat, the platforms ample, and at both ends of the platform the same of the station is conspicuously posted. The passenger shows his ticket on going through the gate to his train, and surrenders it at the gate on leaving. No conductor enters the cars. "We also miss the familiar visits of the enterprising young man who Bells newspapers and popular books, and who loads our seats at home with lozenges, photograph albums, comic periodicals, vegetable ivory, matches, chewing gum and other merchandise. ?Philadalphia Telegraph. "Meteorites in Iowa. Two remarkable meteorites have fallen in Iowa within the last twenty yearR. February 12, 1875, an exceedingly brilliant meteor, in the form of an elongated horseshoe, was seen throughout a region of at least 400 miles in length and 250 in breadth, lying in Missouri and Iowa. It is described as "without a tail, but having a flowing jacket of flpme. Detonations were heard so violent as to shake the earth and to jar the windows like the shock of an earthquake," as it fell about 10.30 p. m. a few miles east of Marengo, Iowa. The ground, for the space of some seven miles in length by two to lour miles in breadth, was strewn with fragments of this meteor, varying in weight from a few ounces rvnnnrla UU DCVCJUtJ'-JWUi On May 10, 1879, a large anil extraordinary luminous meteor exploded with terrific noise, followed at slight intervals with less violent detonations, and struck the earth in the edge of a ravine near Estherville, Einmet County, Iowa, penetrating to the depth of fourteen feet. Within two miles other fragments were found, one of which weighed 170 pounds, and another thirty-two pounds. The principal mass weighed 431 pounds. All the discovered parts aggregated about 640 pounds. The one of 170 i pounds is now in the cabinet of the State University ol Minnesota. The | composition of this aerolite is peculiar in many respects; but, as in nearly all aerolites, there is a considerable proj portion of iron and nickel. ? iowa, State Kegieter. | AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. OPEN SHEDS. Every poultryman Bhould provide an open shed, facing south. It is one of the greatest conveniences, if not necessities in the poultry business. A shed twelve feet long by six feet wide, closed on the ends and back, will make a splendid shelter for the fowls, and i nrotect them from rain and snow. During the breeding season it will make a splendid roosting place for the young chicks, and by closing it at night it will be a safeguard against the destroyers of the young broods. Build it so that rats, minks, weasels and others of this class cannot enter. What you will save in one season thifi way will build you several of such sheds.?American Farmer. FOOD TO FATTEN A HORSE. It is not a good thing to keep a horse fat. Fat is only an obstacle to work, as it adds to the weight of the animal and reduces the ability of the muscles to do work. The be6t condition of a horse is that in which the Tnimf?lpH n.rA waII dfiveloned and keut firm and hard. Too much fat softene the muscles and disables it for hard or rapid work, causing profuse sweating, which weakens the animal. Good judgment is necessary to feed a horse properly, and it is the reverse of this to make it fat. A standard daily ration for a horse of 1000 pounds h made up of sixteen pounds of mixed corn and oats ground together with a bushel of cut hay, or half hay and hali good oat straw. The cut hay is wetted and the ground meal is mixed with it, a handful of salt being added. If the work is extra hard, four quarts of good oats may be given at noon with a little 1 1 I'-U.'U. 1 lUUg UOJ. VtUCi vrxou bUO uajr Uiaj ktx. given alone at noon. The horse should be watered at least ten minutes before feeding.?New York Times. ECONOMY IK GOOD FARM BUILDINGS. Good farming implies warm shelters for stock in inclement weather. Warm stables prevent loss of flesh and vitality from cold or wet weather, and at the same time enable the farmer to effect the greatest possible saving of animal excrements for manure. The increased amount and value of the voiuings of sheltered animals will pay a large interest on the cost of the T^n ooirinrr in fofifl TA. UUliUlU^Ot XUV i9Wf AM * v quired for maintenance will go far toward paying rent on the structuree. Good economy requires that the farm buildings be built of sound, substantial, durable materials, and that they be well built. Then the cost of repairs will be reduced to a minimum. The farmer's dwelling should also be well built of the best materials, and so conveniently arranged as to make the housework as light as possible. This is a question of economy as well as a question of justice to the weakei sex who are part of the working force of the farm. The farmer's dwelling should be well lighted, well ventilated and well sewered, so as to preserve the health and efficiency of its inmatep, and the idea of beauty should have full effect in the location and architecture of the farm dwellings and all of its environments, including its ornamental grounds, kitchen and fruit garden and orchard. ?Americau Agriculturist. FEEDING WHEAT TO MILCH COWS. It is claimed that many Pennsylvania farmers are holding old wheat fox higher prices. Also that the presenl price of sixty-five cents per bushel if ruinous because farmers should receive from ninety cents to SI per bushel tc make wheat growing pay. And again, that wheat, oats and corn are about on a par, or worth, say, one cent pel pound. These conditions, it is averred, have induced the farmers to "chop' their wheat for feed. That word "chop" is misleading, perhaps,because it does not mean cut up, in and wit! the straw, but having it ground coarse. It would do the stock more good anc be in better shape for assimulation, UaoV* oxto il ClLiiCl X\Jk UCOli Ui AUAiAj vv um ? w *. ground almost as tine as for flour. Wheat contains more starch in proportion to bulk than corn. If on< splits a kernel of corn lengthwise, h< can, with the naked eye, see a fair pic ture of the elements, to wit: Starch oil and phosphate or the chit. The more oil the more fattening, while botl starch and oil favor the production o. rich milk as well as to increase th< quantity. Taking the three grain; mentioned in equal quantities, it woulc constitute a very rich ration and shoulc be carefully given. There would be i tendency to sickness or surfeit among the cattle until they had become usee to it. If green food could be given ii would in a measure counteract thai tendency by keeping the bowels loose. Give salt regularly, at least once a day, Give water freely, and if the excre ments are "redolent" with sournesi decrease the rations immediately oi withhold the grain entirely. There it not so much danger with swine if fee little and often. If cattle bloat, th< skilful use of the trocar is often tin best and safest cure.?St. Louis Ke: public. CORN FODDER. The time is at hand for winter feed ? *-?'! 00 nr\vY\ to rvnp nf t.Vit (*UU <?0 Wiii *vviv*v? ... cheapest feeds, and usually the mos abundant on most farms, it is well t( know how to feed it most economically and to the very best advantage. Sine* the hay and fodder cutters have beei so much improved, the cutting up o the coarse feed is a much easier mat ter than it formerly was. If the fod der is to be fed dry, it is best to cut i in two-inch lengths. On the otbei hand, if it is to be fed mixed witl millfeed, it should be cnt from three quarters of an inch to half an inch ii length. There are three ways of feeding it First, by giving it as the mid-dai i4- m a rcmlfu nn/1 o 1 metu, it iu vusj x ? **,.* ?? lowing half h bundle to each animal The cattle eat all they want, and th< long stalks are scattered over the yardi and tramped into the manure. Thii is still followed by many practical mei ae being the best and cheapest plan If the cattle are fed upon clover ha^ and millfeed night and morning, thei will eat up every bit of the fodder thai ie worth eating, The German plan, followed by those having email farms and hut few cattle, is to cut the fodder up into halfinch lengths. They mil a half bushel of the fodder with two quarts of millfeed, adding a little salt to season the mess, and then scald it with two gallons of hot water. Cover it up with a bag, and let it soak for several hours before feeding. This softens the hard stalks, and makes it a palatable and nourishing feed. If the fodder is just mixed with the millfeed and cold water and fed at once, the cattle will not eat the hard stalks, but will leave it. "Fnrlrlpr chrml/1 altrn-ra Tip in COIl . v v**4%? M*" "yw """" " nection with mixed timothy cr clover 1 hay. Fodder alone "will not make a ' largo quantity of milk, neither rziil it 1 be rich milk. The three combined? that is, the hay, fodder, and millfeed and corn chop?will give the co:7 all the feed it needs, for the cow's 1 stomach, being large, must be filled. She. will repay this generous treatment by giving a large quantity of rich milk daily, and keeping in excellent order at the same time. If the fodder is first cut into two-inch lengths, and is to be , fed in boxes, feed it dry.?Baltimore American. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. i Now is a good time to top dress the orchard. 1 A feeble young tree rarely amounts xo anvthincr. esueciallv if crowded. XJ / ?' X IT The main force in the dairy is the man or woman -who superintends it. Whenever the weather will permit all house-plants should be well aired, i It is said that a tree is not properly 1 set unless so solid you caunot pull it up. Give the ewe flocks the best pasturage, particularly late in the fall and early winter. ! The churn should not be filled nearly 1 full of cream. If it is butter will not 1 come quickly. Scions for grafting may be cut at | any time now when the temperature is above freezing. In purchasing breeding stock, buy of reliable parties upon whose word you can depend. 1 The oiirrftnt ncpdn ft flften. rich soil. rather moist, in order to make large crops of choice fruit. By tramping down the snow around the stems of the trees girdling by mice may usually be prevented. Make your hens thoroughly comfortable and they will make you some i money and make you happy. A good coat of whitewash with a few handfuls of wood ashes stirred in it is a good remedy for bark lice. The team kept in working trim through the winter is the hardiest one for the heavy summer's work. Pumpkins are now known to be good feed for dairy cows, as they form good milk-producing fodder. Did you raise a patch of sunflowers for your fowls? Sunflower seed is the [ nicest feed you can give them. Irregularity in feeding and milking i is as bad for the pocket of the owrer as it is for the comfort of the cow. 1 Not all registered stock is good. 1 The registration is simply proof that they ought to be, not that they are. I Butter cows should not give as much milk as milk cows; we want J concentrated milk in the butter dairy. Grape vines should always be pruned t in mild weather during the winter in order to avoid bleeding in the spring. A white duck always looks cleaner when plucked, and is consequently more salable than a darker hued one. i The floors of corn cribs should be Ij raised far enough from the barn floor , to prevent rats harboring under them. > Pumpkins are an excellent feed for > hogs &nd cattle of every kind. They "are particularly good for milch cows. 1 Corn meal and barley meal mixed ' form a good pig feed. Barley is the great pig-fattening food of England. . The man who begrudges a ripe cherry to a robin or catbird ought to ! be at the mercy of the insect tribe for 1 awhile. [ Any man can successfully wage warfare against oleo by making a gooil [, brand of clean butter and letting the people know it. Plants do not receive all their food 3 through the roots, but take a consiu; erable portion of it from the air - through the leaves. , When the ground is frozen hard is s the best time to move a tree of any i size, taking it up with the earth and f moving all together. ; Picking the potatoes over and re i moving the rotten ones about once a month during the winter will lessen ' the loss from that course. I For their fruit and other attractions j one or more mulberry trees should find t a place on every farm. They thrive t best on deep, rich, well-draired land. The colder the weather the more attention should be given to the . stock. Keep them warm and in close 3 quarters when the thermometer drops f below zero4 > The kind of food which may be sufl ficient to keep grown animals in good i condition is not sufficient for young J ones. An extra allowance must be - made for increase of bone and muscle. frostbitten hay and poor marsh hay slioula not be fed to the cows in large quantities, as it will affect the quality I ? ^ A 1i4^1 a ?n n voV> n* aoli UX IIIU UUbtrx* ii iiinc maxou vi anib hay is good, and makes a fine relish for them. In arranging an orchard it is a good plan to plant the apple and cherry trees on the outside of the fruit garden, especially toward the prevailing winds us a protection to the move deli: cate kinds. j It is not what is eaten, but what i* digested, that benefits and fattens the ; animal. With a balanced ration and i some bulky food it will eat more and I retain its appetite than when fed only I on fattening food. Horses should always be fed a limited amount of hay. Beyond about . twenty pounds a day hfiy is injurious, i This amount, in connection with a ? 1 liberal allowance of grain, in sufficient 3 for the ordinary work animal. b Freezing milk or cream changes its 1 I nature, so that different handling is . i required than when it in not frozen. f i For this reason creameries should r?> i , ject all frozen milk, for when iuixe.1 t i with unfrozen aud treated the same j it would make inferior butter. a .i Highest of all in Leavening Pov ABSOlLTj Bread Making Machines. In the manufacture of the breadmaking machines of the last few years the great object has been to obviate, an far as possible, the handling of the dough. The materials themselves, having a sort of life imparted to them in the process of fermentation, require entirely different treatment from that to which other materials are subjected, while necessitating machinery of powerful construction to obtain thorough and rapid mixing and the stretching and folding motions essential to the increase in elasticity of the dough and the development of the j gluten in the flour. An improved machine possessing all these features has been constructed. Its various movements are controlled by the turn of a hand wheel. In the working of the mixers the materials are. brought from each of the four corners of the receiving trough to the centre o! the machine, incorporating the flour and liqnor thoroughly by evenly intermixing them, but without rubbing them against the side of the trough. The machine has two speeds ? one for breaking the sponge and for quickly mixing the materials, and the other for the kneading operation. The gearing for producing these speeds is actuated by means of a hand-wheel,, which acte quite independently, without stopping the machine. The arms of the machine upon one vide are made to act in the opposite direction to those upon the other side, or to work in the same direction by the -simple movement of a hand lever. The trough can be tilted while the beaters are either in motion or at rest. All the shafts revolve in split gun-metal bearings, and the kneading arms are provided with cone bearings of special rnnHtriifitinn. The pearini? and work ing parts are carefully covered so as to prevent any danger of accident while working the machine.?Chicago Record? i\u\v? riicr .11 n V 11 ujux/ WAJ Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly usecL The many, who live better than othere and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleasant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect laxative ; effectually cleansing the system, ViAos?a/tVioa onf] fprprfl Uispcilliig V/UIUOj uvauov^uvw UMU ana permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels without weakening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druggists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. rirMGIAMJ0H,vw'i0BBis ICilvOlUll Washington, B.C. 'Successfully Prosecutes Claims. I*te Principal Examiner U.8. Pension Bureau. jyT?ln)aet war. ISadjudicatiiigclairas, atty since I n?mwygrfiEraraii ijp?? Tc SPCC J -JLO, STG LI A III *3 Thoroughly post yourself as to; ri WW i market, by caning or wrmns u of information and enlightenment. which we freel) WHEN? A*oif WHERE? Well, that" goes without ? Our uniform courtesy and liberality will dj every nlent to visit us, tcriU, and get our book, fully ins witbal. Therein we impart nil the wisdom on t! you can advise us of your wishes by letter or wir as IX personally present. Columbian i i jt One bottle for fifteei ^ Twelve bottles for or i> I BT% V lT^? i Ripans Tabules are th< c ipe ever prescribed by c disorder of the stoma ? Buy of any dniRgist anyu i THE RIFANS CHEMICAL COMr. It Was Befoi SAP< They Used to Say " Worn rer.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Baking? ; Powder ["ely pure New Solution o! the Tramp Problem. Salem has originated a novel scheme. With the citizens of the capital city the tramp problem is on a fair road towaru oemg soiveci. a nuge took. pile has been formed on \he vacant ground just south of the intersectionof Liberty and Ferry streets. A largoshed has also been built. Hammer? are in abundance. Hereafter whe? aid is asked for by the tramps they will be referred to a certain wellknown firm, who will issue \o the tramp or tramps a ticket admitting them to this rock pile free of charge. Each of these tickets will be signed by the person issuing it. At the pile is stationed a man who is overseer and who collects thfe tickets issued. When the tramp presents his ticket at the y|3 pile he is supplied with a hammer and obliged to put in his best licks on the . rocks. After an hour's labor, the time designated by the board, the overseer signs the ticket and the tramp is enxix~ *U? J A maoI tlbieu IU t'HiiCI o UCU UX AUIOM* A WAVland (Oregon) Telegiam. A SURGEON'S KNIFE gives you a feeling of horror aa3 dread. There Is no longer necessity for ita um in many diseases formerly regarded u incurable without cutting. Tin Triumph of CoBssnrithri Sirpry la well illustrated by the fact that RIIPTIIRF or Breach,Is now raMnU n UnC eofl,. cured without the knife and without pain. Clumsy, chafing trusses can b6 thrown away 1 They never cure but often induce inflammation, strangulation and death. TIIMflRQ Ovarian. Fibroid(Uterine) } I umvna and many others, are now , removed without the perils of cutting operations. 1 &J PILETUMORS,FUSLT. ,> . other diseases of the lower bowel, an* :. I permanently cured without pain or , to resort to the knife. - % ICTflfUP in the Bladder, no matte* w I wilt how large, is crushed, pul- -v varlzed, washed out and perfectly re? i moved without cutting. i CTDIPTIIDC of Drinary Passage i? i| wi ihw i vii*. alio removed without ; -/ l/tl cutting is hundreds of cam. For . i Be patnphlet, references and all pertlcu|l-.jb lara. aend 10 centa On atampa) to LI ffl World's Dtepenaary Medical Aasociar. \ijy tloa, 683 Main St, Buffalo, M. Y. ^ "COLCHESTER " | Spading jyfe BEST in Market jS The outer or tap sola ' extends the whole length down to the heel, protectKSt^H log the boot In digging and in other hard worfc P|H| ASK YOURJDEALEK | ' jK and don't be put off with' Inferior good a. , i Colchester Rubber Cortnu Uahaii I ~ muiicf i 17 TOD (JIVE THEM HILT. You cannot do this unless you understand then* and know bow to cater to their requirement*; and you cannot spend years and dollars learning by experience, so you must buy the knowledge acquired by otbera. we offer this to you for only 23 cents. YOU WANT THEM TO PAY THEIR OWN WAY. even if yon merely keep tbem as a diversion. In or* der to handle Fowls Judiciously, you must know something about them. To meet this wont we are sellliu? a book: si vine the experience / A.l? 4B> of a practical poultry raiser ror IWIIIJ (WO? twenty-five year*. It was written by a man who pal all bis mlud, and time, and money to making a so^ cess of ChicKen raising?not a* a pastime, out as a businegsj-aad If you will profit by bis twenty-fiveyears' wfcrk, yon can save many Chicks annually, and make your Fowls earn dollars for you. The point Is. that vou must be able to detect trouble to tbe Poultry Yard as soon as it appears, and knowhow to remedy it. This book will teach you. It tells bow to detect aud cure disease; to feed for eggs and also for fattening; which fowls to save ft* breeding purposes; and everything, Indeed, yoi* should know on this subject to make It profitable. Sent postpaid for twenty-five cents In stamps. Book Publishing House. 134 Lkqkabd St.. X. Y. City. offa?mand*e?tIbl?^!TdJlntheworIo^,wEat^SlSb by. Grasses, Potatoes, etc.. In enormous quantities. 1,000. gs. earliest Vegetable seeds, enough for a. garden, pott b Vegetable needs, Wc. May. our Great hurt hem Oats unh. sown I Did you ever hear tlic like! Pke. orthleOats celpt of 8c In stamps, in Farm Set..' fareple*. 10c. ?1th cntalogue. 130 pa<ri-?, for 8<: postage. Write to-day. ? * W0JW v-g. | lUUATE IN ir^vJf iCKSf riiH the general outlook, and nrobable course of theere, und so avail yourself of all possible means ,- place at your disposal?then act as Judgment die; It is the only time you are sure of?life is fieeting. layins"?of course with Us. tiling possible to help vou. Ifnotconve. tructlnu yon " How to Speculate,"' and to tu ceed lis subject that Is vouchsafed t.> mortals. Tlwn e, and vour orders will he as faithfully executed COMMISSION CO.. 51 NEW STREET. NEW YORK. 1 cents, ) : < ie dollar, j B>' ma,h \ 2 most effective rec- ? r a physician for any 5 ch, liver or boweis. \ herr, cr ser.d price n 3 ft.XY^o Srst'Ci. Sr., Xi-\v Vckk.^ ^^ e (he Day of DLIO in's Work is Never Done."