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Xl a certain indioatlon ot impure and Impov
? erishad blood, if your blood could al
j w?ya be rich and pare, full ot the red
corpuscles upon which Its vitality de
! pQnds, you would never be weak, or
Nervous! Boils, pimples, scrofula, salt
rheum, would nevjr trouble you. But
! our mode ot living, shut in all winter in
poorly ventilated homes and shops, de
pletes the blood and there ia loss of appe
tite and weakness. Hood's Sarsaparilla
is the standard remedy for this condition.
It purifies, vitalizes and enriches tho
blood, ovcroomes that tired feeling,
builds up the nerves and gives perfect
health. Bead this:
? Our daughter, Blanche, when four years of
age had a h UKO- break out on her hands
and faoe, which our physician pro
nounced ?ezetna, If the cold air reached
her face or hands they would swell up,
look almost purple, and headed blisters
would form and break,
Prominently in the
The Greatest fledical Discovery
of the Age.
! KENNEDY'S
Medical Discovery.
DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS,,
Has discovered in one of our common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures evory
? kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to a common pimple. <
He bas tried lt in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He has now in
his possession over two hundred certifi
cates of its value, all within twenty milos
of Boston. Send postal card for book.
A boneflt ls always experienced from tho
first bottle, and a perfect cure is warranted
when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes .
shooting pains, liko needles passing
through them ; the same with the Liver
or Bowels. This is caused by tho ducts
being Stopped, and always disappears in a
week after taking it Bead tho label.
If the stomach is foul or bilious it will
cause squeamish feelings at first
No change ol diet ever necessary. Eat
the best ye 1 "r.a get, and enough of it.
Dose, ono tablespoonful in water at bed
time, Sold by all Druggists.
WALTER BAKER & CO,
The Largest Manufacturers of
PURE, HICH GRADE
COCOAS ANO CHOCOLATES
On thU Continent, have received
HIGHEST AWARDS
torn the peal
Industrial and Food
EXPOSITIONS
In Enrcpe and America.
?j TnliketheDutchl'roceui.r.c Alka?
?SH or other Chernica.li or Dye? sro
n?ed in ant of tlirir preparation*.
Their delirious BREAKFAST COCOA ls absolutely
pur* and soluble, and cottt ?tu thai one cent a cup.
SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE.
WALTER BAKER & CO. DORCHESTER MASS.
W. Lo DOUGLAS
93 SHOE HT FOB AK?NC?.
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^4*3.30 FINE CALFWftMARoa
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.X.AJDIES?
??.SEND FOR CATALOGUE
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BRO c KTOHjnaas.
Over One Million People wear the
W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes
All our shoes are equally satisfactory
They give the best vaiue for the money.
They equal custom shoes ia style and fit.
Their wearing qualities are unsurpassed.
The price? are uniform,-stamped on solo.
From $1 to $3 saved over other makes,
li your dealer cannot supply you we ?-ari,
My heart is very sad tc-night.
Unrest is In the air,
X cannot tell Just what lt is,
Dyspepsia or despair.
It is dyspepsia,
and
A . Ripans ? Tabul?
will dispel it
MORPHINE!IN 20 DAYS.
HABIT CURED. I NO SUFFERING.
Patients sleep nt nifrht nntl every day are
able to KO about anywhere in the city. Not
confined to bed a ?-inirlo day. No pay in ad
vance. Not one cent required till cured and
satisfied. Come to see me or write me at once
for terms and further particulars. Don't miss
this opportunity.
B. A. SYMS, BL P., Atlanta, Georgia.
107 Alexander Street.
How Consumption
Is Now Cured:
Pamphlet fahy describing the Treatment sent Free)
on application to
ROBERT HUNTER, M. D.y
117 Weat 45th Bu. Kew Yerk.
Notice to Mill Men
And farmers owning small power: Ihe finest and
mont complete Saw Mil! ?D oxistenco to-day, ix manu
factured bv the DeLOACH .Ml M. M'k-'U. CU.,
350 llluhlanit Ave.. At.'nntn, Un. Tonk finit
prize at World's lair at Chicago. All sizes, from 4 h.
p. up to the Icrgest. Prices reduced. Send for cata
logue, showing new improvements: a so. of Portable
Corn Mills, Baling Presses and Turbine Wafer Wheels,
Pulleys and Shafting and all kinds of mill supplies.
LIVER
PHIS
ONS
?AND
G^TONIC PELLETS.
TREATMENT K?
At all stores, or br mall 36c. double box ; 5 double boxes
81.00. BROWN MF'ii CO.. New York City.
|O00 SAMPLES* FLOWER SEED Free A
We win send to any address our collection o?a?
.Plower Seed-moro than 20J annual -also a copy \
tot Woman.whea 10c. to cover postage and pack- ti
tag ls enclosed with the request for tho seed. "
fcflfeow thia to S friends, send 50c. and gc: 6 coll?e- A
'OOHS, ftc. WOMAN PUB. CO., RICHMOND. V?.f
rO
Pl SO'S CURE FOR
CURES WHERE AIL ELSE FAILS.
Best Conch Syrup. Tastes Good. Use I
Intima Bold by drunrlBtR.
C CONSUMPTION- .V
i Feeling
Discharging a watery fluid, and the burning
and lt ohing would drive her nearly wild.
Unless we encased her little hands she
would tear patohes of ekln from her face
and hands. We tried many doctors and
many remedies and at last gave the case
up as hopelm But our daughter Cora
trio J Hood's Sarsaparilla, to oure a scrof
ulous lump neex the left breast which
caused ber much pain and alter taking 4
bottles it disappeared. BJanohe, who is
now eleven, had spent seven years of suf
forlng, so I concluded to give her Hood's
Sarsaparilla. She took 5 bottles and her
face is smooth and soft as a baby's, the
color of a rose petal. Her hands are soft
and white, where four months ago they
were blue and red and callo asea nearly
like leather. I cannot express my
gratitude by pen or mouth. It seems a
i miracle and our friends are surprised."
MRS. ANNA L. Ciaan, 401 East Fourth
Street, Duluth, Minnesota.
irsaparMla
> On
d Purifier
Public Eye Today.
Electricity Delivered to Families.
Electricity, put up in storage bat
teries of all sizes, like milk in jars, is
to be prepared for delivery at the
doors of consumers in New York, just
as milk is no rr. A company has been
formed for the purpose, and also to
push tho electric storage battery in
general use. Mr. Isaac L. Rich, one
of the officers of the new company,
who has done a great deal to perfect
the electrict storage battery, in a re
cent interview said : "There seems to
bo a general idea that in order to have
current on tap one must have a dyna
mo and a steam engine to run it, and
thus incur a large expenditure at the
start. Nothing could be more erro
neous. There are thousands of per
sons who would like to ron sewing
machines or coffee grinders by elec
tricity, or to burn one or two electric
lights, but who have no use for the
current in large quantities. They can
cow be accommodated. Storage cellp
are now made in all sizes. The small
est weight but four ounces, and fur
nish current enough for one lamp.
"Wo intend to sell electricity exactly
as tho milkman sells milk. We first
supply the cells. When the current
is used up the maid will put the empty
or exhausted cells in the hallway or
beside the basement door, and our
man, as he makes his morning rounds,
will collect them and leave freshly
charged ones in their place. The same
cells, of course, are used over and over
again a great many times."-Columbus
Enquirer-S un.
A Savory Chicken Pie.
Tc make a cice, savory chicken pot
pie, take a medium size fowl and cut
it as for fricasseeing, put in a largo
stew pan, cut a small onion in very
thin slices, and put it in the pan with
the chicken, season well with salt and
three or four crushed pepper corns.
Cover with cold water and set on a
slow fire. If the chioken is not fat
add a little sweet butter or a few dices
of larding pork. Let the chicken
cook slowly till tender, then make the
dumplings. The following is Mrs.
Charles Rhode's recipe for dumplings,
which never get heavy: To one quart
of sifted flour add three heaping teas
poonfuls of baking powder and half a
teaspoonful of salt. Mix these ingredi
?.iiis well with the flour, add a heaping
teaspoonful of butter, which should bo
worked into the flour with the hands.
When this is done add enough ice cold
water to make a very light dough.
Flour the pastry board, roll the d.ongh
out three-quarters of an inch thick,
cut in square or round shapes, lay the
dumplings in a dripping pan half an
inch apart, cover with gravy from the
chicken, stand in a quick oven and
bake till done. Remove the chicken
from the stew pan, lay the pieces nice
ly on a hot platter, thicken the gravy,
put the dumplings on a platter round
tho chicken, sprinkle some finely
chopped parsley >ver it, then pour the
gravy over all Dumplings cooked in
this way will not brown and will re
main light as a feather for hours.
Waxing Hardwood.
The American Druggist recom
mends the following formula for wax
ing hardwood floors: Yellow wax, 25
oz. ; yellow ceresin, 25 oz. ; burnt
sienna, 5 oz.; boiled linseed oil, 1 oz.;
spirits of turpentine, 1 gill, or about
3 oz. Mix the wax and ceresin at a
gent?o heat, then add tho sienna, pre
viously well triturated with the boiled
linseed oil, and mix well. When the
mixture begins to cool, add the tur
pentine, or so much of it as is required
to make a mass of the consistency of
an ointment.
Scckinj? a Foreign Clime
In search of pleasure or business, should be
preceded by the purchase of nature's great
invigorator, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, tho
best and mon Kenin', medicinal safeguard
in existence. Mariners, miners, commercial
travelers, tourists, and all who travel by land
or sea, speak of it in the highest terms. Ma
laria, biliousness, constipation, indigestion,
rheumatism, nervousness and kidney trouble
are remedied by it.
The heaviest of tho foreign woods are tho
pcinecranate and the llenum vitae.
The .Skill und Knowledge
Essential to the production of tho most perfect
and popular laxative remedy known have en
abled the California Fig Syrup Co. to achieve a
great success in the reputation of its remedy.
Syrup of Figs, as it is conceded to be the uni
versal laxative. For sale by all druggists.
To resolve to do a crime makes one a crimi
nal already._
Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP-Root cure?
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton. >?. V.
We should not be too much elate! over
prosperity._
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
With local applications, as they cannot reach
the scat of the discaso. Catarrh is a blood or
constitutional disease, and in order to cure
it you must take internal remedies. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts di
rectly on the blood and mucous surface. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is not aquack medicine. It was
prescribed by ono of the best physicians In this
country for year?, and is a regular prescription.
It is composed of tho best tonics known, com
bined with the best blood purifiers, acting di
rectly on the mucous surfaces. Tho perfect
combination of tho two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in curing ca
tarrh. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. (' II KN EY & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Not "Sick Enough for tho Doctor,
but a little out of sorts. Ripans Tabules
would sarve in your case. It is well to have
them on hand for Just such occasions.
After six years' suffering, I was cured by
Piso's Cure.-MAJIY THOMSON, 29 1-2 Ohio
Ave., Allegheny, Pa., March 19, '94.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle
If afflicted with 9ore eyes ns? Dr. Isaao Thorop'
ion's K ye-wftter. Dr ugid*ti fell a * wo r*r l>o 111 e.
EASTER BELLS.
AN HOUR AMONG THE CHIMES
OF OLD TRINITY*
How the Campanologist Sends An
thems and Carols Pealing From
Brazen Throats-Ringing in
Washington's Inauguration.
'iJJ HERE are two ways of ring
, I g ing chimes. The old way is
I so laborious that only an un
& usually strong and active
man can do the work. Who so rings
by the newer method may sit quietly
on a 6tool or chair and, by the aid of
electricity, play on the bells with per
haps less exertion than is needed to
play on tho piano.
' Trinity's famous chimes are rung by
the old method, and Mr. Alfred Meis
lahn, the campanologist-for he is
more than a mere bell ringer-is a
stalwart, middle aged man, who weighs
245 pounds and speaks of his bells
with all the pride and affection that a
virtuoso would refer to his favorite
violin or coronet. It is traditional to
speak of a belfry as "an eyrie," but
the belfry of Trinity and the chimer's
room immediately beneath it are both
too large for the customary title, be
ing at least twenty feet square, inside
measurement. If you wish to visit
them, it will be necessary first to get
a signed permit from the rector, Dr.
Morgan Dix. Then, if you wish to
bo told entertainingly of the chimes,
hunt up Mr. Meislahn, and with him
mount the stone stairs that wind up,
corkscrewlike, to the chimer's
chamber. By tho time you havo fin
ished the ascent you will have made
up your mind that you have reached
a giddy height, although you often go
higher probably, by elevator, in some
of the sky scrapers of these modern
days.
Mr. Meislahn will light the candles
that are needed even in the daytime
to illuminate his music, and you will
observe that though the chamber is
so large that it is not matohed in many
New York apartment houses, its
height makes it look small. Its four
windows are merely circular holes in
the massive stone walls of the tower,
which they pierce high above the
level of a man's head. The sills of
these windows serve as abutments for
massive pieces of framing past which
the rays of the day struggle, spread
ing a gray and churchly light over the
apartment. Standing in the center of
the floor, if the chimer has left the
little door of entrance open, you can
look down through tho nave of the
fine old church to tho stained glass
windows at the other end of the build
ing.
Trinity's bells are ten in number.
Details of their history are hard to
get. All but one are of English found
ing, and somo of them were cast in
the eighteenth century. The heaviest
weighs 3200 pounds, and tho lightest
500. They are in the key of D, and
range from D to E, being in order D,
E, F, G, A, B, O, C sharp and E.
Almost every suitable air can be
played on these sonorous bells, but of
course the music has to be transposed
if it was originally written in some
key not wilkin the rauge of the bells.
Mr. Meielahn does this transposing
himself, and, of course, plays mostly
from manuscript.
When Mr. Meislahn had explained
the workings of the levers and leather
cords and springs by means of which
he evokes the music of the bells, he
played a new piece for the Press man
who war, calling on him. So sweet
toned ii the chime, so harmoniously
attune I are the bells, that, though
their brazen throats were but a few
feet above the listener, their notes
were as pleasing as if heard from tho
street.
It was in 1889, the year of the Con
stitutional Centennial, that the tenth
bell was added. It is known ?;s tho
Centennial Bell, and is suitably in
scribed. The procuring of a bell that
would perfectly harmonize with tho
older nine in tho ohime was not an
easy matter,and,twoor three attempts
were made before success was attained.
When George Washington was in
augurated in 1789 there wero but four
bells. In 1846 moro bells were pro
cured from England, bell founding
not as yet having been made a success
in the New World, and one of the few
scraps of the chime's history that are
floating about is a story of how, when
they were ready to bo shipped, their
departure from England's shore was
delayed for some time because the
vessel on which they were to come
also brought a menagerie, and tho
place on the ship that was to have
been occupied by the bells was taken
up by the elephant.-New York Press.
The Old Hen Farmer's Sign.
When the C. & O. Railroad was con
structed along the Ohio River, many
farms were necessarily divided. This
greatly angered the farmers.
The road passed between tho house
and poultry yard of a farmer named
Left. The old fellow did not like it
very much, and he took advantage of
every occasion to speak ill of the
"pesky old contraption for hauling
stuff."
When the road was finally com
pleted and the first train went rattling
along, the fowls in Mr. Left's poul
try yard became frenzied with fright.
As many of the Reese, ducks, chickens,
etc., as were able, flew over the fence
and wandered away in the woods.
Those that could not fly endeavored
to force their way through cracks in
the fence. Some succeeded in escap
ing in this way, others only managed
to break their necks.
Mr. Left had witnessed the havoc
among his poultry, and to say he was
"mad" is only to put it mildly.
He went to the barn and painted a
huge board with fiery red brick paint.
When this was dry he took shoeblack
ing and painted a notice after his own
heart. A stake was driven in the
ground near the railroad track and
the board nailed to it.
"That'll fetch 'em," growled the
farmer, as he learned against the
fence and awaited tho results of his
labor.
A rattle, rattle, rattle soon gave
evidence of au approaching train. A
cloud of black smoko was next seen
and then tho engine appeared coming
around the curve about two miles up
the track. The engineer caught a
glimpse of the red sign, and fearing
all manner of danger, reversed his en
gine and signaled to put on brakes.
Slowly the momentum of the train
was checked and it came to a rest a
few yards from the farmer.
"Great Scott ?"yelled the engineer.
"What's the matter? Where's the
danger?"
"I reckon you kin read," coolly re
plied the farmer as he jerked his
thumb over his shoulder toward the i
3ign.
Great was the amazement and an
ger of the engineer HS he turned to
the sign and read: "Run slow by!
Left's lot ; you'll kill all my chickens."
-.CiuoinBfttt Tribune, 1
Did Sot Recognize the Cow.
Several good stories are told of the
absent-mindedness of some well known
divines. . Of one popular clergyman it
is said that when walking on the
street his mind is generally so thor
oughly fixed upon some subject that
he will pass - by his most intimate
friends without the slightest recogni
tion. Once, when in the country, thi?
minister ran full into a cow, which
was calmly charing her cud by the
wayside. {Without noticing the nature
of the obstruction, the absent-minded
clergyman lifted his hat and, with a
bow, said, "I beg your pardon."
Upon realizing the ridiculousness of
his error he made a mental resolve
never to commit a like blunder again.
Somewhat further on in his rambles
and while still pondering tho same
weighty subject, he approached a
sharp turn in the road, beyond which
ho could not obtain sight of any mov
ing object. Turning the corner quick
ly he came face to face with a lady,
and, before ho could check his speed,
nearly knocked the woman down.
Dim recollections of the cow episode
evidently flashed through his mind,
for be said, sharply, "Go away, you
dirty beast." What the lady said is
not recorded.
Of another clergyman the tale is
told that he was ouco riding with a
companion through the woods in Ver
mont. For a long time not a word had
been spoken, as tho mind ol the rev
erend gentleman seemed wrapped up
in some matter far from his surround
ings. Suddenly a fox darted across
the road, directly in front of the
horse's head. The clergyman did not
see it and his companion exclaimed :
"There goes a fox !" As if nothing had
been said, the minister continued
silent; still thinking of the weighty
subject of his reverie. Fully half an
hour elapsed before he asked, quite
innocently, "Where?"-New York
Herald.
B. I. Stevenson's Prayer.
Tho British Weekly publishes the
text of a prayer, composed by the late
Robert Louis Stevenson, the novelist.
This prayer, it appears, was read aloud
to Mr. Stevenson's family on the night
before his death at Samoa in Decem
ber last. The prayer is as follows :
"We beseech Thee, O Lord, to be
hold us with favor. Folk of many
families and Natioua aro gathered to
gether in ine peace of this roof. Weak
men and women subsisting under the
cover of Thy patience. Bo patient
still. Suffer us vet a while longer,
with our broken purposes of good,
with our idle endeavors .against evil
suffer ns a while longer to endure and,
if it may be, help us to do better.
Bless to us our extra mercies, and if
the day comes when these must bo
taken, have us play the mau under
affliction.
"Bo with our friends. Be with our
selves. Go with each of us to rest,
and if any awake temper to them the
dark hours of watching, and when the
day returns to us our sun and com
forter, call us with morning faces imd
morning hearts, eager to labor, eager
to be happy, if happiness shall be our
portion, and if the day be marked to
sorrow, strong to endure it.
"Wo thank Thee, and praise Thee,
and in the words of Him to whom
this day is sacred, close our oblation."
The Public Schools ot Mexico.
I have it from pretty good authori
ty, says a recent traveler in Mexico,
that it is the purpose of th3 Mexican
Government, within four or five
years, to establish a completo system
of public schools, reaching into every
corner of the Republic. The teachers
therefor cannot be obtained here,
nor for years to come. This will
make a demand for probably 10, OOO or
15,000 teachers. In view of. thi3 it
will be seen how important it is for
those who have an idea of teaching to
study the S])auish language, so as to
bc able to avail themselves of the op
portunity which will thus be opened.
Kansas City has already moved in this
direction by making Spanish a part
of her common school course. Tha
students of Mexico |are now ahead of
us on this question. They recognize
that English is the rival language of
the continent, and they go to col
leges in the United States for the sole
purpose of adding English to their
literary stock in trade. Mexico ie
developing scholars who can hold
their own with any on the continent.
They are delving into every research
and are well read and liberal-minded, j
The literature of Mexico is now quite
extensive, covering tho field of history
biography, political economy, science
and poetry.-Chicago Tribune.
Where "Blind Stews" Aro Popular. |
Although everybody in Philadelphia !
eats oysters, it is doubtful if one in a
thousand ever heard of a "blind stew."
That is, of course, excepting the deni
zens of "Fishtown," for what they
don't know about fish and oysters is
not worth knowing. Representative
Fow's district is just on the borders of
"Fishtown," and Fow ha3 beoomo
thoroughly familiar with all the dishes
of that section, and his favorite dish
is a "blind stew." He completely
stumped tho chef of a leading Harris
burg restaurant, however, when he or
dered one, and the redoubtable legis
lator had to explain the mystery of
compounding it, which consists of sim
ply cutting out the eyes of the oysters
used in tho stew. After explaining
what a "blind stew" was, Mr. Fow
also showed the oyster opener how the
bivalve could be separated from its eye
neatly and quickly, and now "blind
stews" promise to become favorite
dishes with the law makers at Harris
burg. -Philadelphia Record.
A Lame Man Suddenly Healed.
A severe tumble upon tho ico re
cently at Norristown, Penn., accom
plished for William R. Roop, of tho
Stony Creek Railroad, what surgeons I
could not do. Seven years ago Hoop
dislocated his left hip and it could Dei
be reset. Consequently hi.? hil leg
since that timo has been two inches
shorter than his right one.
This morning he fell on the ice,
striking the hip injured seven years
ago. When a physician wat' sum
moned it was found that the jar of tho
fall had shot tho hip bono into the
socket, and now both legs aro tho
same length.-Philadelphia Record.
-~--m*m
Imitation Jewel Frames.
"Time was" when imitation jewels
were deemed indescribably vulgar. At
present, and for their present uses,
they are as chic as possible. But
nowadays they are employed for orna
mentation in the way of picture fr ?raes
and the like, not at all for wear as
ornaments. The little frames encir
cling small photographs that aro made
of mock rubies, emeralds, or tur
quoises are things of beauty and joy
as long ns thoy remain unbroken.
Chicago Timee.
The favorite amuscmeut of Andrew
Carnegie, the great iron ranstor, is,
coaching, I
AGRIGULTURAL
TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
ntPBOVD?a THE LAWN.
If the lawn requires enriching, ann
you have thoroughly rotted barny ar ci
manure at hand, give it a good dress
ing at this season. Have it finely
pulverized, so that early rains will
wash the manure down among the
grass. It cannot do this if the manare
is applied in coarse unpulverized con
dition. If you have no manure pile
to draw from, get some of the spe
cially prepared fertilizer for sale at
seed stores and by dealers in agricul
tural goods and fertilizers.-American
Agriculturist.
GIRDLED TT.EES.
Thc girdling of trees by mice or rab
bits is an annoyance and loss to which
all farmers arc at times subject od.
With the advent of spring comes the
question how the ravages may best be
repaired. If tho inner bark is un
touched the operation is compara
tively simple. It consists in the appli
cation of a stiff plaster made of cow
manure, clay and a little water. This
plaster must be placed over all the
barked portion and be held in place
by a piece of cloth, which should be
moistened occasionally in dry weather.
But if the damage has gone deeper,
the only hope for the tree lies in graft
ing. Both skill aud perseverance ar?
necessary to win tho day. The accom
panying illustration from Farm and
Home showshow a correspondent man
aged to save a fine apple tree. It was,
GRAFTING.
says he, about eight inches in circum
ference, and I put in five scion?, which
were cut from this same tree before
using. They were taken from a vigor
ous growth of the preceding year, be
ing a little larger than an ordinary
lead pencil, first fitting the scions as
in tree-grafting, but at both ends in
stead of one. I set them firmly at
cither end in tho sound bark a short
distance apart, thus making a com
plote bridge over the bare part of the
trunk. Only two of the scions failed,
the remaining three growing to about
an inch in diameter the first year. The
following spring I replaced those
which had died. They then grew un
til met by tho others. So that in a
few years the new growth- entirely
covered the affected part, but it makes
quite a bulge on that portion of the
trunk.
In doing thia work I not only use
plenty of wax where the scions arc
entered, but also wax the whole bare
portion of the trunk before putting in
tho scions, and afterwards bind clothe
securely around the whole. Ono inv_
portant point in this kind of grafting
is to have tho scions set firmly. That
is, cut them enough longer than the
space you wish to bridge, so that they
will bow outward somewhat and have
spring enough to hold them in their
proper position without being too
tight. I see no reason why any gir
dled fruit tree could not ba saved in
the same way by a grafter if the work
was carefully done, for if only one
scion should livo the first year it would
keep thc tree alive, and more could be
added until tho bark was entirely re
placed.
arusmtooM CULTURE.
As to tho best locality to grow mush
rooms we think that it has very little
to do with their successful culture, ex
cept that it might be of advantage to
be near some good market where the
mushrooms could be disposed of. To
cultivate them successfully it is need
ful to have some place in which to
grow them which is perfectly dry.
They can be raised on shelves placed
one above the other, this plan being
largely used, as it saves space and
keeps the mushrooms closer together,
making it much easier to look out for
them. Mix fresh horse manure with
loam from tho pasture-about the
same weight of both beiug thc quan
tity required. If at first you do not
have enough to fill your shelves, bo
sure to turn what you have over every
day, as this will stop its heating too
much. When you have sufficient
manure and loam to make your bed,
place a thin layer on the bottom of a
Bhelf and pound it down quite hard
with a 'brick or something that will
answer the same purpose. Keep add
ing and pounding down until the bed
has reached the depth of eight inches,
and then in this place a thermometer.
In a day or two the bed will heat to
about 100 degrees or over, and will
then decline. As soon as tho ther
mometer reaches ninety or ninety-five
degrees take a pointed stick and punch
holes, about twelve inches each way,
half tho depth of the bed, and in each
hole place a piece of cpawn abont the
size of a hen's egg. After this has
been accomplished nothing need be
done but to keep the bcd at the proper
temperature by regulating the tem
perature of the house or room in
which they aro grown. Large seed
dealers generally keep the spawn on
sale.-New York Witness.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Beauty is only skin deep, even in a
cow.
No cow can keep a sweet temper
when her owner has a sour one.
The cow that gets kicked kicks back
by shrinking Lor milk.
Long-lived trees should be selected,
such as the varieties of elm, water oak,
willow oak, white oak or varieties ol'
mapn..
lt is not so much the quantity of
fluid in the milk pail that counts, as
docs the number of butter globules it
contains.
Common sense and kerosene will
prevent more diseases among your
fowls than all the poultry medicino
ever invented will cure.
Feeding with salt fat pork, cut up,
is ono of the quickest methods of
stopping poultry from tho disagreea
ble habit of feather eating.
Corn and wheat middlings, oats,
bread and other slopn from the house
should all bo fed to fowls, changing as
often ns twico a week. They wilfit
hftvo VBvioty io food to do wolli
Cl'BIO?S FACTS.
England uses 600,000 pounds of tea
daily.
The Chinese divide the day into
twelve parts of two hours each.
The sea has no herbivorous inhabit
ant. Its population live on each
other.
No part of the Atlantic Ocean be
tween Europe and Newfoundland ex
ceeds 2400 fathoms.
The Italians reckon twenty-four
hours round, instead of two divisions
of twelve hours each, as we do.
Every tiny protuheranco on a
branch of coral represents a living
animal, which grows from it like a
plant.
Tho banks of Newfoundland are
formed by the sand, earth and stones
brought from the North by the ice
bergs.
Outer blinds for windows were un
known until the fourteenth century.
The Venetian or interior blinds are so
called because they were first used in
Venice.
It is calculated that if the children
under the care o' tho London School
Board wera to join hands they would
reach from London to Carlisle, a dis
tance of 300 miles.
The word clock is derived from tho
German word "clocke," which signi
fies a bell, and was so called because
tho hours were published originally
by being struck upon bells.
"Hule Britannia" is usually credit
ed to James Thompson. It first ap
peared in a play entitled "Alfred," by
Thompson and Mallet, in 1740. The
air was by Dr. Thomas Arne.
The famous house at Eisleben, Ger
many, where Luther was born, has
been repaired and restored and newly
opened to the public a few weeks ago
as a kind of museum of relics of the
great reformer.
When a Prince of tho Austrian
Eoyal family dies his horse follows
the funeral covered with a black cloth
and lame in one hoof. The lameness
is produced by driving a nail through
the horseshoe. This is the sign of the
deepest possible mourning.
In Turkestau, where rivers flow
from the roof of the world, growing
smaller, until they lose themselves in
big evaporating lakes, tho fate of cities
as old as tho flood is determined by
water. The city which ia furthest op
stream has the advantage every time.
"The Bluo Bells of Scotland" was
the work of Aunio McVicker, after
wards Mrs. Grant, the daughter of a
Scottish oificer in the British Army.
The melody was long believed to be
Scottish, but it is now known to be of
English origin, being an old English
folk song.
The empire of Turkey is called the
Sublime Porte from the principal en
trance of the seraglio being a huge
pavilion with eight openings over thc
gate or porte. This gate, from which
the Ottoman Empire took its name, is
very high and is guarded by fifty
capidjis or porters.
Discovery ol Catsup.
The discovery of catsup and how
the odd-sounding name came to be re
plied to that common and important
tablorgarniture was, curiously enough,
due to a blunder by a preserve maker
many years ago when the canning in
dustry was in its swaddling clothes.
This statement was made by a veteran
member of the Western Canners and
Packers' Association.
It is only another illustration how
mistakes sometimes lead to important
"discoveries.-in the East -many.years,
ago a well-known preservo maker,
now dead, while boiling a huge caul
dron full of tomatoes for preserves
one day'^oideutally put the wrong
spices other ingredients into the
boiling mass of vegetables.
He did not discover his error until
sonio timo afterward, when, tasting
the mixture to ascertain whether it
had been boiled to tho proper consis
tency, ho saw that something was
wrong. Tomato preserves never
tasted like that. He smacked his lips
and puckered his mouth and made a
very wry face as the bitter-sweet and
now familiar pungent flavor of the
mixture made itself felt.
"Well," said he, with a rueful ex
pression on his face, speaking to an
attendant, "the cat's up," meaning by
that slang term that the tomatoes had
been spoiled.
The wholo mess was about to be
thrown out, but, fortunately for cat
sup-loving mankind, a happy thought
suggested itself to the author of tho
trouble. The taste of the new mix
ture still lingered on his palate, and
he had to confess that it wai very
pleasant.
"I wonder how that will taste on a
piece of roast meat," he remarked,
and the suggestion was immediately
acted upon, with the result that tho
cauldronful of boiled tomato3S was
carefully bottled, and it soon becaino
a popular table adjunct and a source
of great profit to thc discover.
Tho namo "ketchings" was first
used to designate the new condiment,
and it is yot to be occasionally met
with, buttha proper namo ia '"cat
sup," from the angry expletive of the
cook when he exclaimed "The cat's
up ! '' on discovering what he had done.
-Chicago Times.
Hotels in East India.
A hotel in India is in some respects
quito unlike a hotel anywhere else in
tho world. Every guest has a servant
of his or her own. The hotel has
some servants, but the guests do not
depend upon them at all. My ser
vant takes care of my room, brings
me my tea and toast when I arise,
prepares my bath, ana waits upon me
at table. He also keeps my clothes
clean and my boots blacked, sees to
my laundry, gets mo a carriage when
I want one, and does my errands.
When traveling he will attend to the
tickets and the luggage and make my
simple be.d on the cars, for India is a
country of magnificent distances, in
volving considerable .night travel.
There are no regular sleeping cars
like ours, but the seats aro long
enough for the passengers to stretch
out on and wide enough to make a
reasonable couch, which the traveler
provides with Iiis own thin mattress,
pillow and wraps. The aumber oi
servants in a great hotel is confusing
first. In a long corridor you see one
before each door. They usually
sleep there, wrapped in a sheet ot
blanket and curled up on the floor.
Scientific Americau.
Thc Colorado Can??.
The longest canon in the world is
that of tho Colorado River, in the
Western United States. It is also the
most marvelous of all the wonders of
nature kuown to contemporary mau
kind. If some rich-man would explore
if. with a corps of artists and "scientists
as thoroughly aa it dosorvea he would
confer nu inestimable boou upon his
folio tr*-Fran*. TJ&BHQ'? Weokiy,
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Camphor placed next to furs will
make their color lighter.
IQ blackening the kitchen stove,
better results aro reaohed if the
blacking is wet with coffee instead of
water.
Mud stains may be removed from
velvet by washing with water to which
has been added a spoonful of ox gall
and a little spirits of wine.
Try some way of amusing your child
if he cries during his bath-a cork
which will bob about with every
movement of tho water, or an egg with
the contents blown out.
Do not neglect wounds (no matter
how slight) from dull or rusty instru
ments that might produce lockjaw.
They Bhould be immediately soaked in
hot brine ; and the smoke from burn
ing woolen rags will also prove benefi
cial.
A new style of bottle for poisons
has the neck on one side, and is of
such a shape that it will not stand up.
Lying on a table the word "poison"
and the label would always bo in view,
and by reason of its peculiar form it
would not be mistaken for the ordi
nary bottle.
It is a mistake lo make a large tea
biscuit. Properly speaking, a tea bis
cuit should not bo more than two
inches in diameter and proportionately
thick when baked. This gives a deli
cate, moist, flaky biscuit, which will be
cooked through before the outside
crust has become hard or over brown.
Ke p Turpentine in the House.
It is tho simple thing just at hand
that we most often forget to use. Ev
ery house should have a bottle of tur
pentine on the shelf. A few drops of
it on a lump of sugar is good for worms
in children and good for kidney trou
bles in grown persons. Mixed with
lard or camphorated oil, it is a good
liniment for all kinds of rheumatic
pains and figures largely in all patent
pain medicines. It will take paint out
of carpets, ink stains out of white
muslin when added to soap. A few
drops add-d to the boiler of clothes
will help to whiten them, moths will
flee from ir, cockroaches disappear af
ter a few vigorous dose3 of it, andante
aro-cosily exterminated -by its use.
A WAR ECHO.
EVERY HONORABLE VETERAN D&
SERVES A PENSION.
And the Lone Limb is not the Only Kev
. son for a Gorernment Reward
Either.
(From Journal, Lewiston, lie.)
Samuel B. Jordan has just given the Jour
nal aa account of hts lit?, which in view of
his extremely hard lot for tho past few yeats
will be read with Interest
"I am 48 years old and have always lived
in New Portland. I enlisted in tha army in
1862 as a prlvato in Company A, 28th Me.
Volunteers. My army exparlenoo injured mj
health to somo extent, although I worked ot
blacksmithing some part of the timo, whoa
suddenly, several years ago, I was prostrated
with what able physicians pronounced Lo
comotor Ataxia. At first I could got around
somewhat, yet the disease progrercod quite
rapidly until I had hardly aay fooling in my
legs and foet, they felt like sticks of wool
and I grew so muoh worse that I oould not
move for taroo years without help, ai my
noighbors and friends could testify. I em
ployed several physicians in my vicinity, and
elsewhere, and they all told me that medi
cines would not help mo, that thoy could do
nothing to affect a cure, and that in timo I
should become entirely helpless. I became
discouraged. I was a-great caro to my wife
and friends. Shortly after I mot an old army .
comrade, Mr. All. Parlin, a resident of Mad
ison, Maine, and he incidentally mentions 1
how he had tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
a severe case of rheumatism and a spinal and
malarial trouble, that he had suffered with
consequent ot his army life, and (wen greatly
benefited by their use. By his earnest rec
ommendation I was induced to try the pills.
After taking them for a time I bogan to feel
prickly sensations in my legs and a return ot
strength so I could move thom a little. After
a few weeks I began to feel a marked im
provement in my condition. I soon was en
abled to walk around a little with the help
of crutches. After taking for some time I
can now walk without crutches, my general
health is muoh improved and I have re
gained my old-time vigor. I can walk
about and enjoy life once more, tor whioh I
feel very thankful, and this happy result is
due to the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People
are not a patent medicine In tho sense -that
name implies. They were first compounded
as a prescription and used as such in general
practice by an eminent physician. So great
was their efficacy that it was deemed wise to
place them within the reach ot all. They
are now manufactured by the Dr. Williams'
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., and
aro sold in boxes (never in looeo form by the
dozen or hundred, nnd the public are cau
tioned against numerous imitations sold in
this shape) at 60 cents a box, or six boxes for
$2.50, and may be had of ali druggists or di
rect by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine
Company.
rWS11 Latest o Absolutely Pure
Tho Hindoo Plaut Trick Revealed.
A, French scientist, M. Eagonneau,
has discovered that tho formid acid,
with which ant hills is impregnated,
greatly stimulates the growth of seeds.
After a little experimenting with thia
acid the learned Freuchmau was able
to duplicate perfectly the Hindoo trick
of making a plant grow with great ra
pidity. His further researches liavo
led him to believe that this discovery
may be profitably applied to agricul
ture. By infusing ants in boiling
water acid as strong as vinegar can bo
iniitm'ncd. _ Jd.. Bagonneauhas achieved
the best results and mosT^^erTept
growth by using earth moistened with
a solution of 5,000 parts of water to
one of acid.
THE New York Financier announces
that "through arrangement* with
several responsible and wealthy insur
ance companies bankers will be en
abled to ?hip currency by registered
mail, fully insured from the time it
leaves the bank until it is delivered,
at rates approximating one-third to
one-half those demanded by the express
companies. The hew service is as re
liable and even more prompt than ex
press shipments and much more eco
uomicd."
"The Altogether."
A well known electrical man in Bal
timore, who is noted for his quiet hu
mor, went into a restaurant the other
day and gave the waiter this h ho ck:
"Have you read 'Trilby?' "
"Yassir," said the waiter.
"Well, then, bring me some of 'the
altogether.'"
After consultation with the proprie
tor and a complete failure to interpret
the order, the joker was asked to ex
plain what he wanted. All he said
was ' 'hash. "-Electrical Review.
Thc Door of Life.
The fear of pain
and the dangers
of parturition fill
many a woman's
breast with dis
may. There is
no reason why
childbirth should
be fraught with
danger and distress.
It is a natural function, and should be
performed in a natural way without un
due suffering. Nature never intended
that women should be tortured in this
way.
Taken during gestation Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription robs childbirth of
its dangers to both mother and child, by
preparing the system for delivery, thereby
shortening labor, lessening pain and ab
breviating the period of confinement.
Wt tr?lt furnith Otis feed cutlet; tm? only to ont for
ton not later titan July 1, 1805, for $10.0? cash.and md.
dretteo of ten tteiyhbors and acquaintance* of Oto oendor
kimon pcreonally by him to bo rcfjtontiblt and influential mon
tn their localitieo ioho need and are lihely to buy rome
thing tn our lint OiU year. After July t, money rent tat
on thit offer unTZ be returned to tender and no attention uiU
be paid to inqniriet or letter* concerning titi* offer: It it
literally nott or never. Tilt teei emir: ia rfi-lirtred f. e. b.
Chiveo. If shirr*! from _ br tn oh Lease,
bick irtish t willi-?lu
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Perhaps you may think >*ft&t. Scott's Emulsion is
only useful to fatten babies, to ?Tjuild.upj?l^afa^^^i
make comely and attractive, ?lean and angular \vTjmenT
and fill out the hollow cheek? aud stop the wasting o?
the consumptive, and enrich ?and vitalize the blood ol
the scrofulous and anaemic parsons. It will do all this
-but it will do more. It wVfl cure a
Hard, Stubb/orn Cough I
when the ordinary cough syLps and specifics entirely
fail. The cough that lingek after the Grip and Pneu
monia will be softened and/cured by the balsamic heal
ing and strengthening influences of this beneficent
wod-medicme, namely, Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver
Oil and Hypophosphites/of Lime and Soda. '
Refuse substitute^ They are never as goo?.
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