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AGRICULTURAL. tOPICSOF INTEREST RKL.ATIVH TO FARM AND GARDEN. Onion* for Poultry. People who give their poultry finely chopped onions once or twice a week along with their other food, will find it an excellent preventive to various diseases, especially where fowls are not al- ' lowed to run at large and gather food for themselves. When kept in the close con6nement of small runs, much more attention is necessary in supplying thom with a variety than where they have a larger liberty, and for keeping them in good health onions are among the best things that can be given theui.?New York World. Best Food for Pigs. Experiment appears to have proven i the benefit of supplying such a proportion of nitrogenous food with inai/e for .... ;ii >i... ; r..n.. .... pi^o c*3 mil iouu?i mo itvuiii^ i viiij uu tritious and healthful. The effects ol such feeding have been that the growth of hone was larger, the vital organs? the heart, lungs, liver and spleen?were heavier and more vigorous, while, as might be expected from this better development of these organs, the carcass was heavier and the proportion of lean meat to fat was larger than on exclusive maize feeding. It may be sufficient to point out these facts to lead feeders of pigs to make use of such nitrogenous food (ib bran, milk and linseed cake meal along with maize, so as to avoid disease 1 and secure mure and better meat, greater firofit in feeding and exemption from ' osses by disease.?Ntw York Herald. Hose Insects. The insects most harmful to roses are ( the green Hy, red spider, rose hopper or ( thrips, and the rose hug and the black ( slug. Mow, though these insects involve some little trouble, yet success will attend idl persistent efforts. The ' green lly, the thrips and the black slug 1 can all bo kept under by syringing the ! plants with a solution of whale oil soap. One pound of soap is sufficient for eight gallons of water. Throw the water in a ( fine spray on the under as well as the ' upper side of the leaves. A syringe with a bent nozzle is the best instrument with which to apply the liquid to the lower side of the leavos. The red spider can bo held in check by syringing the leaves with clear water; in dry times this should be done every day. If the rose bug (melolotha subspinosa) makes its appearance, which is not very often, it can be destroyed by the insect exterminator.? Vick's Maja.ine. , Value of l-'oresl natives The vnlue of a forest rango for feed- j ( ing cattle is not well understood, even i , in the ?outh, where large areas of forest are put to the purpose or ranging stock in the summer, and which thus provides ' the cheapest pasture for six months in ; the year. There the forest is burned over, with the wasteful sacrifice of mil- ' lions of dollars' worth of the costliest plant food in the form of organic nitrogen, and of many millions worth of timber, and for the sake of the sparse growth of grass. At the same time the leaves of the young growth are worth per aero j more than twice as much as any other ' forage except timothy grass, and arc worth one-half more than this. And yet Houthcrn forest lands covered with the 1 finest timber and of the richest soil, but little incumbered with rock mn 1m nm. i cured for less than tlie tuxes on the uiu- i iority of grnss and clover fields in the North. This hcing thocase, the present popular desire to "preserve the forests" should bo especially heeded by the Southern fanners, who hold on an averago several hundred acres cuch.?jVtu> York Times. How to Prevent VerminPrevention is better than cure, for the reason, because it is easier. When a farmer liuds his spring calves pining away and looking miserable front the attacks of lice, he will find it no easy matter to suve the calves and rid his stables of the pesis. Hut a few hours spent in efforts to prevent the mischief would have saved weeks of worry and work. To prevent the entrance of these ! pests, nil fowls should be kept from { roosting in stables. Fowls will do no J hnrm if their house is kept clean and the roosts are well so.iked with kero ! cene once a month. Hut lialf-a-dozen | lousy hens will iufect all the stock in the 1 atablcs and give trouble through the whole winter. For the stock, the best vrnv to keen them free from vermin is to brush them well once a day, using a stiff brush, to which a little kerosene is ap plied by means of a sponge, or the hair i 1 may be rubbed with the oiled sponge 1 and thou well brushed. This will keep the animals free from lice and make ' 1 their coats smooth and glossy, but if used too plentifully it will take off the i hair and blister the skiD.?American j i Agriculturist. 11 !' A Demand for Rig Horses. Don't be afraid of breeding too large | horses, says the New York Hrritll. The ( people of the present day want them. j , The best farmers will have them, and J , the heavy freighters in the cities cannot , do without them. The si o of the horse I of the future will lis its value. The I boom is up for big ones, so don't neglect j to breed them, and afterwaid to feed | them. A big pair of half-breed Normans J that are well matched will bring *r>00 as quickly as one silver dollar wdl bring j another. The best horse for the farmer I to rise is the draught horse. The 1400 j to 1700 pound draught horse requires no I 1 special experience or training to sell,and } 1 the farmer has no need of a professional j trainer. A ready market is constantly I open for the draught horse. The de tnand far exceeds the supply. The! farmer can turn them into cash at their real value more quickly than any other I class of horses. While cattle, sheep and hogs have been so depressed the past year * or two, the draught horse breeders have met an active demand at big prices; in fact, they are masters of the situation, and about the only t lass of breeders that can set up their own price, and get it . too. I Value of Ashes. "How much arc untouched lmul wood i i ashes worth per bushel to u-e on land i which is worth $100 per aero, ami when hay is selling at $1 : per ton.'"' asks a 1 reader in central Vermont, of the Knglunt! /<\irm r. and the following re ply is made: "Ashes vary greatly in their actual value and in their se "ing I price according to the kind <>f wood burned and their freedom from sand, earth and charcoal. The best hard wood ashes often contain nearly ten per | rent, of potash while those from some of \ the softer woods may show le-s than j three pci rent., though it is claimed by I pome that soft-wood ashes ore not so in fcrior as many believe, but being lighter than those from hard wood ashes they > * are easily lost by being blown- away 1 while burning. The ashes from small f twigs arc much ri her than those from } the trunk of the trees. It is estimated that average ashes will contain from lour to Ave pounds of potash in a bushel of i forty-eight pounds, and that compared with potash salts as uow sold in the market they should he worth about Itwenty-flve or thirty cents per bushel, 'the phosphoric acid they contain adding to their value. It is also believed 'that ashes have a beneficial effect upon some soils, independent of thoir contents of potash and phosphoric acid. The chemist can dotermine the amount of valuable manurial substauce in a given sample, but he cannot say what effect the sample will have when applied to a certain soil. That is a question which the farmer must himself answer, by experiment and intelligent observation." Hnrrowinir Both in the preparation of the soil for the crops before plauting and in giving the earlier cultivation afterward, the harrow enn be used with profit to a more or less extent. For fining the surface of the soil it is one of the very best implements we h rve, and, with the large number of different kinds sold under this name, we can secure an implement ml anted to nlmostanv kind of work and in almost any kind of soil. The improvements made upon the old A harrow, are giving us the square, Scotch, vibrating, flexible, and smoothing harrows, to which may be added ijuito a list of spring, disc aud cutting or slicing harrows. In this line of implements there would certainly seem to be a full supply, so that no matter what kind of soil the farm is composed of, a harrow can be used with profit 011 nearly or quite every rarm. Hut with the spring, disc and cutting hat rows, they will do much better work with some soils than with others. One will be best in one kind of soil, and the other iu a different soil. | t>omo are better for some kinds of work, | aud some for others. It is best to have the soil prepared in a thoroughly fine condition before planting j the seed, ami to keep the soil in a good tilth until the plants have made a aufli | cieiit growth to be aide to commence | using the cultivators. Weeds are much j more easily destroyed when young than after they get a good start to grow, and if the soil is p.cpared in goou tilth be- j fore planting the seed, in a majority of | cases the harrow will be found the 1 cheapest and best implement to use in destroying the weeds. The disc, spring or cutting harrows aie good implements to prepare the soil in a good tilth for seeding oats, grass or other small grain: or w.ien oats are sown on corn-stubble or land that has been planted iu the fall. They arc good 1m- | plements to cover the seed, sowing the seed broadcast and then covering them 1 with the disc or cutting harrow. The 1 same applies to sowing wheat in tho fall. | They will tine tho surface and prepare in a good tilth for sowing tho seed with 1 the drill or seed-sower. And the work can be done so much more economically that in many cases these can bo made very profitable implements.?Prairie Parmer. Farm anil Garden Notes. Mulch your orchards. I'eas should not be sown until warm weather. Hit; carrots are good for cattle, but not for the house. Early hatched pulicts make the best layers, but not good breeders. Ileus supplied with plenty of green bone will lay more eggs thau those without. To the question "Do we set a hen or lit herf" we answer, you set the hen; slio does all the sitting. Save ami store a full supply of fruit and vegetables; none are so cheap as those grown on the farm. A hen *hou!ti be set in a dark, quiet place with access to plenty of water and :orn, and a good dust bath. A few drops of carbolic acid in the drinking water is said to be good for fowls allcctcd with the cholera. Do not be afraid to feed bran, for every ton of bran you feed ma cs the manure into which it goes $U richer in plant food. Feed heavy, do not feed a poor cow two years so as to sell her for beef; sell iier the first chance, and buy or put a [loiue-ruiseu uciicr 111 ner piacc. A crack in the wall, or a hole as large is the head of a nail, will cause more lain age than if the whole front of the hen-house is open, provided the rear and sides are tight. Dip your fowls' feet and legs in kcro senc to cure them of lime leg or scurvy leg. Three such applications will ure the worst cases. I sually two applications arc enough. Hens do not need antidotes to make them lay. Provide comfortable and sunny quarters and feed and water regularly and they will produce plenty of eggs without coaxing. When a man is frightened or angry his digestive organs do no work; this is also true of an animal?hence the profit of keeping it in a peaceful and fearless state by kind treatment. An ardent pig-fancier contends that the raising o. pork, if properly con ducted upon the farm, wid lift the mortgage or raise the hank account i more rapidly than any other farm 1 stock. A fine (piecn for breeding purposes should not he allowed to expend her force by too much egg laying, hut should he kept in a nucleus and only be allowed to keep that up moderately strong. A correspondent of the Firmer*1 ltr.ricir has his theory as to "different hog diseases." These were not known, he says, till rings and snout:ng machines were applied. t'bvious moral: "Let their noses alone." The poultry business is not a little business when nmiierlv tiiiii.iiro.l .,<,.1 till thero is in management is having good ijuartcrs and watering and feeding with the regularity with which your farm team is cared for. No system of dairying is complete that loses any of the fertility at the barn. Save all, liouid and solid, and do not ho afraid of manure drawn to the fields in t lie winter losing value, as compared with , the usual leak from washing manure ! piles and stable I'oors with cracks. If the brush, weeds and stubble have not been cleaned out of tho fence coriters it should be done early. The fence horncrs, especially if the worm rail fence is used, will harbor all classes of weeds and become fruitful sources whence weeds are scattered over the i'ariu. The fact that "variety in food is es scntial for cows in milk" docs not seem to he generally acted upon. "A mixture of corn and oats giound and bran in e.jual <|uantities makes one of tho very best grain rations for the cows that can he used. Corn by itself should never bo employed." "Samson, what did you ever make ! out of that blooded pup of yours?" i Samson?"Sausage."?.'/ *<' and I'.c- : _ The use of dogs as messenger? and sentiuels in the crman army lias been a most successful experiment. I r SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON POJR APRIL !W. Ijcnmoii Text: "Destruction of (te Temple Foretold," Mark xiil., 1-18? Golden Text: Matt. xlL, O?Commentary. 1. "Ami a* He wont out of the temple, out of His disciples saith unto Him, Master, net what manner of stones and what buildings/ He was Icaring the temple to return do more to that building; lovingly and patieotly bad ltr> ihiiwhiImI Himself to the riders M th? people again au<l again u their Mmminh, only to Ih? rejected by tuem; many parables baa Ho spoken to Umoi descriptive of their eon duct and its consequences; and in the eight woee of Matt, xxiu., 13-38 (sad contrast to the eight blessings of Matt, v.) He had told thein plainly what they were in the sight of God. He assures them Of the doom that await# thorn because of their sins, and because they would not let Him deliver them from the im |M>nding wrath no long in grace restrained, and then utters His last won! to them: "I sav unto ye, ye shall not seo Mo henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord." (Matt, xxiii., 38-39) As He leaves the building, sad at heart and deoply grieved for them. His people, for wliom He was about to lay down His life, His disciples, almost as blind as the rulers concerning the true condition of things, try to call His attention to the building*and the gTeat stonee of the temple, but a heart that could seo and feel what Ho saw and felt had no eyes for stones or costly gifts. If. ' 'There shall not be. left one stone upon another that shall not lie thrown down." The Holy Spirit had said through Micah, tlx prophet. TOO years before this, that Zion should be plowed as a field and Jerusalem become heaps (Mic. iii., 12); but the samo prophet also said by the samo Spirit that the samo Zion and Jerusalem should in the last days rise from their ruins, that all natioiu should flow thither, anil that In thoee days the nations should learn war no more. (Mfc. iv., 1-4). After so many centuries of God's long suffering the same spirit that had testified through Mieah now testifies through the greatest of all prophets, the Son of God, thai it should be ns it had boon foretold. 3. "He set upon the Mount of Olivoa over ngainst the temple." As we see this great and glorious God-man, Israel's true though reject-, si Messiah who shall yot bo manifest at the glory of llis people Israel and a light tc lighten ilie nations (Luke ii., 32), thus lingeringly leaving His people ami the Holy City, we are reminded of the visions of Ezekiel in which he saw the (jlory of the God of Israel slowly and lingermgly leave the Holy ol Holies, and the temple, and the city, anil stand for a last farewell upon this same mount on the east of the city, driven away by th< sins of the people. (Ezek. viii., 8,4; ix., 3 x., 4, 18; xi., 22, 23). But we must also remember the later visions of Ezekiel in whiel ho saw the glory return from the way of thi east, causing the earth to shine, entering th? house of the Lord and filling it, pointing ui forward to the time when tlio Lord shall return with His saints to dwell in the midst ol the children of Israel forever. (Ezek. xliii. 1-7; Zccb. xiv., 3-5.) 4. "Toll us, when shall those things be And what shall be the sign when all thesi things shall lie fulfilled?" Matthew adds "What shall lie the sign of Thy coming, anc of the end of the world or consummation ol the ago?'' (Matt, xxiv., 3, R. V. margin) Whether there was any conversation by th< way as they walked from the temple out o the city and up to the Mount of Olives we ar< tint fiilil lint imw tlifit. Hn i< civnti^l nil i.In mount over ngninst tho temple, those foui mine to Him privately, or rattier asked Hin privately these questions. They were expect ing that Ho would redeem Israel and restori to her tho glory of the son of David (Luk< xxiv, 21; Acts i.. C>); and this their prophet had taught them to expect; take Jer. xxiii. Vs. as a sample of what all tho prophets lm< everywhere foretold. But they ovorlooket the prophecies concerning the sufferings an< rejections of their Messiah, such as Isa. lii. l's. xxii.; Dan. ix., 2G, etc. 5. "And Jesus, answering them, began t< say, Take heed lest any man deceive you. Four times in this chapter wo have tho ad monition: "Take heed'' (vs. 5, 0, 23, 33); oi other occasions He had said: "Take heei what you hear and how ye hear" (Mark. iv. 94; Luke viii., 18), but now it is: "Take hco. lest any deceive you." If it was so in John' liny that, mnny (liwivorn ImJ go?? i?.U the world (II John vii.), it is much more si to-day, and the child of God who would avoii Wing deceived must be well versed in th Worn which is tho Truth. <>. "Many shall come hi My name, saving am Christ, nnd shall deceive many." 1 wo o these are mentioned in Acts v., 3t5, 37, wli< t. .1). ... ... In T .T. ,1,1. ;,r 1 if. i written: "Beloved, believe not every spirit but try the spirits whether they nro of God because many false prophets are gomo out in to the world." Ever since the devil deceive* Eve in the Garden of Eden (I Tim. ii., 14) h has lteen constantly al it and will continu until bis masterpiece, the Antichrist of th last days, has l>een produced, whose destrur bou shall l>e by the Lord at His coming (I 1'hess. ii., 8. and then shall come to pas what is written in Be v. xx? 3, the deceive shall deceive no more till the thousand year Ik* fulfilled. 7. "When we shall hear of wars am rumors of wars, be ye not troubled; for sue! tilings must needs 1m*; but the end shall no Ik* yet." Though the earth bo removed, am the mountains bo carried into the midst o the seas; though the waters roar and b troubled, and the mountains shake, there i no need for any one to fear or tie trouble* who can truly say: "The Lord of Host is witl mo; the God of Jacob is my refuge." (Ps xlvi.) 8. "These are the beginnings of sorrows or travail." That is the wars, earthquakes, famines ami troubles of this vorso and tin last to which Luke adds "fearful sights anc great signs from heaven." ! . "But take heed to yourselves, * ' ye shall bo beaten * * * for my sake, foi a testimony against them." This they actu ally experienced many a time. (Acts iv., v. xii., xiv., etc.) It has boon true in greater oi less degree in nil times since, and shall b fearfuliv true again in the last years o Israel's history ere the Lord returns for theii national redemption. in. "Ami the gospel must llrst lie publislio* among all nations." Matt, xxiv., 14, says "This gospel of the kingdom shall b preached in all the world for a witness tint nil nations, and then shall the end come. Ere Jerusalem was destroyed, Israel seal tared, and the end of that "dispensation full conn*, the gospel had lieen preached in a the world ami all Israel ha*i hoard (Col. i J3). and might have received the Messiah i they would. 11 "Take no thought beforehand whn ye shall s|ieak, * * * for" it is not ye thn s|x*ak, hut the Holy Ghost." Luke xxi., It xl.lt:- I will r?ivi> von n mouth an wisdom which all your adversaries shall lie Ik* able to gainsay nor resist.'' See how thi was literally fultillcrl in tile ease of Stophe ( \efs vi., KM; and in the rase of the Apostles 110 doubt every time they were placed i such circumstances, and relied upon Hi promise. 12. "The brother shall betray the brothc to death, and the father the son." Coinpar the similar statements in His instructions t the twelve when He sent them forth (Matt x., 34-30). This too was foretold by 111 prophets (I's. lxix., 8; Mir. vii., tl), and ar tually oxoerieuecd by the I,ord Jesus Ilin self; and if we are ltis faithful followers w must not expect to be better treated tha our Master. Ill, "Ye shall be hated of all for My Name sake." The word of Hod separates "us fror the world, and causes us to l>e hated by tli world, when it is clearly manifest that v, are not of the world (John xvii., 11); but 11 has passed through it all, and feels for us, an sympathizes with us and encourages us b tnesH words: "Blessed are ye when men sha hate you * * for the Son of Man's sak< rejoice ye in that day and leap for joy fc lienold your reward is groat in heaven" (Luk vi., 22. 23).?Lesson Helper. A (?.toiuitA physician writes to tli 1'nhntHntiiin, of Atlanta, thfltthe solutio used in the hand grenades now oflere so extensively for sale is easily an cheaply made by taking twenty pound of common salt, ten pounds of sal an tuuiiiue (muriate of ammonia, to he In. of any di nggist), and diss??l\ ing in seve gallons of water. When it is di: solved it can he bottled and key in e.a h rooui in the house. In catof tire, one or two bottles should h throw n with force into the burning plac? hard enough to break them, and (lie tii will certainly be extinguished. j 8te*taf the Fn,rnet,*tJ?a PradamaUaa. "Mr. Lincoln took the riotu manusoript notes and^ memoranda which his Cabinet adviM** bsought him on the 81st of Deocrrihpr, 1862, and during that s^v and the following morning /* A own hand carefully retl*k . ,j|r&ei>lankB left to d* Btates he official advioee <? >^er. ?^tin the closing ; Mr" .Hefffc7 Chase he ! ?. "outh ,dfWarranted by 1 imporu/t [ ! m whe Executive 1 Mansion to hold, on' New Vtear's Day, - an official audjniblic rectt>tion, begin' uing at llo'clcfck in the noruing, which | keeps tho president at bis post in the Blue Room nnt 3 2 ii/ the afternoon, i The honr for tliil rwloption came before Mr. Lincoln hafl entirely finished revising the engrossed copy of the proclamation, and he was compelled to I nurry away from hip office to friendly handshaking ?nH festal greeting with ihe rapidly arriving official and diplomatic guests. The rigid laws of etiquette held him to this duty for the space of three hours. Had actual necessity required it, he could, of course, 'eft sncji more Social occupation at any moment; but the President saw no occasion for precipitancy. On the other hand, he proWblv deemed it wise that the completion of this momentous executive act should be attended by every circumstance of deliberation. Vast as were its oonsoqneDoa*?act itsell was only thersiimwK Tdefeat formality. It oou]R5^V oiBFvbe made sensational ot dranilrRV ihose characteristics attached, if at all, only to the long past decisions and announcements of July 22 and September 22 oi the previous year. Those dates had i witnessed the mental conflict and the 1 moral victory. No ceremony was attempted or made of this final official signing. The afternoon was woll advanced when Mr. Lincoln went back from bis New Year's greetings, with his right hAnd so fatigued that it was an effort to hold the pen. There was no special convocation of thejCabinet oi i 01 prominent officials. lnose who t were in the house came to the cxecu! tive dffice merely from the personal im; pulse of curiosity joined to momentary i convenience. His signature was at: tached to one of the greatest and most ! beneficent military decrees of history [ in the presenco of less than a dozen j persons, after which it was carried to , the Pepartn)ent of State to be attested by the great' seal and*"<lepositcd among ' the official archives."?Kicolay and Hay's History. Centum Magazine. I Wasting Nature's (lifts. Stories corao to us from various ( quarters that#the natural gas is giving a out. The probability is there are exb aggerntions in the reports to this effect, r but that the intelligence is in part well ' founded there is reason to believe, e There has been something amounting e almost to infatuation in tho public pas3 sion for finding tibia gas nnd then burnj ing it as a display. There never has 1 been more startling and destructive 1 profligacy than that exhibited in this ! Stnto and the State of Indiana in re^ spect to this, one of the most wonder'I fill of the ample resources of nature 1- with which this land was endowed. " There are half a dozen counties in this 1 ?j - a _ * T-* 1 * * - ?"<i Indiana wnero gas na? oeeii l rec ^ly found, nnd tho people seem s doligiTc* "^5 have tj'o glare of its oon^ ?>. t-l<o sun toy ? day and lightin^tip the country by e night. It may be a vain thought, but it seems something should bo done in 1 the way of legislation to check this ' hideous destruction of tho ideal fncl. ? It is as bad as tho desolation of forests ^ and tho |x>isoning of tho streams, and ; tho washing away of the soil through ? recklessness in cultivation,nnd it ought ^ to bo more impressive because tho pron cesijos of destruction are ojusnicuous. lllrth of New 1'lnnt Spcelcs. a The piantfi recently collected from r Christmas Island by the English Ad 8 miralty prove to be closely allied tc rl those of Java. Yet their isolation has I, had the effect of making thorn mostly t unlike their Java congeners, though t not sufficiently different to bo specitif cally distinguished. In this grudual 3 alteration Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyoi i sees "a manifest case of nascent spei* ries." ' Whuk will case-of dyspepsia What will Insure a hearty appetite ana iii created digestion? What will core genera j debility ana give anew lease of life? Wha i will dispel nervous depression nnd low spirits What will restore exhausted mothers to fit) strength? What will Etrengtlien nerves am muecies? What will enrich the blood? Wha r will enable you to overcome weakness, wake fulnest and lack of energy? What will pre vent chills and fever nnd oilier effects of ma Jarial poison? Brown's Iron Bitters. It i: 0 well to Know tiiia. ' The rnco problem?Was It fnoare? You Ne< o ? To impart strength and givo a feeling of heMtt ^ and vigor throughout tin system, there le notliin< y equal to Hood's Hareapartlls it seems peculiar!] || adapted to orercomo that tired feoling raipo-l b] change of tea on, cllmato or life, and while it tone f an t fuialatnii theeyetem It pur.(lcs and renovate tho blood. Wo earnestly urge the large army o it clerks, bo>k-keepcrn, teachers, housewlvo?, oyer ,t tivea and ethers who have been cloeoly confine* >( during th. winter and who need a good rprini ri medic ne, to take it "* * * * ~ m Hood's Sarsaparilla 11 "For years at Irpagu'ar intervals in ail Reason; <, J snllered the intolerable burning and itching o 11 blood poisoning by Ivy. Jt would break out on m is legs, In my throat and eyes. Last spring I too Hood's Barsaparilla, ae a blood purifier, with n T thouxlit of It as a special remedy for ivy pMsonln; 'O but it lias effected a pcrmment and thorough cure o Calvin T. 8iii:tk. Wentworth, N II. o Purifies the Blood "Hood'a Sarsaparilla purified my blood, gave m '* strength, and overcame iho headacho and dlar-incs 0 Bo that i am able to work again, i rccoimnen n j Hood'a 8areap>rlUa to others whore blood is Ihl or impure, and who feel worn out or run down." 'H LtrrnER Nason, Lowell, Mass. 11 "We have used Hood's Sarsaparilla for years, ar lft recommend It as the best spring medicine or blot 0 purifier. Our boy is nine yearn old and hasenjoyt gootl health ever sinco wo begun giving it to h't ' We are seldom without it."?11. F. Ouovrn, Ilochc jv| ter, N II. Hood's S Bold by-All druggists. $l; six for go. Preparodon by 0.1 potboyrl?i. Lowell. Mass <. IOO Dososo" to Dollar " Ely's Crsam Balm Pi lee AO >nt?. w>atarbvr 'j WILL CURE ggLD.NHt*v 1 c?ta?rho| < Applyllnlm Intocach nostril >t kly linos.. m Warren St,, n. If. PEERLESS DYES fc > r> by htpoaim ^Rf w _^w wbo have used Pbo's Itbn w^l^nwE' Cure for Consumption ray It Is BK8T OF ALL. JL# W Sokl everywhere. Xc, . I , f Poor People's Chances. 8oum yam ego a city mlaknin vm troainf one of the parka in New York oo Mm Saooath day and said to a lad: "What are yon doing bare breaking the Lord's dayt Ton ought to be at Cbnroh and worshipping God Instead of breaking the Sabbath in this way." The poor lad in bis rags looked up at the city missionary and saia: "Oh, sir, it's very easy for you to talk that way; bat God knows that we poor chaps ain't got no ohanoe." The sentiment seems to be growing that in the United States tbo time hat arrived when "the poor chape don't have no chance.'' There I s soma truth in it. Tne poor are net shot out from making a livelihood, but the gulf between riches and poverty continually grow* more difficult to cross. As the country becomes densely populated keen business competition decreases the chances for accumulating wealth by ordinary business methods. But the same conditions vastly improve the chances for great success to those who cau strike out in new paths, can furnish something to the world that others cannot. IV... I.. .. _t.SK>.. _Sll I ?iuv iuviiV) iat wtuuivuivr wi "i" win aasily, and with grand results in this country, if tho iiiisjoj can bo induced to recognliee it. This recognition can ouly bo aocomplishel by what ar<j sometimes sneeringlv alluded to as advertising methods. What a tnarveloutsuccoHS has attended tho thorough introduction to the world of the merits of that wonderful remedy for kidney disease?Warner's 8afo Cure. Hon. H. II. Warner first came to know of its curativs power by being restore*I to health from what the doctors pronounced a fatal kidney trouble. He concluded the world ought to know of it and in the ten years since ho began its manufacture he has spent millions of dollars in advertising the 8afe Cure. His methods have been ingenious?sometimes, perhaps, open to criticism, bat tbey bail a purpose, which has been accomplished. Out mark! be never would havo secured m four fold return of the vast sums thus expendsd it the real merit of the remedy had not been fully proven to tho millions of people reached by his advertisments. Ten years of Increasing success of Warusr's Safe Chine is due, firit, to intelligent and pleasing advertising, by which the people were mado acquainted with the remedy. Second to the true worth of the remedy, proved by actual experience, showing it to be tho tnly apeciflc for kidney disease, and all dissasne growing out of kidney derangements. Mr. Warner lias somothing tho peoplo rrsr.t, tolls them so, then proves it to their latisfaction?success follows as a matter of courso. The Atlantic Record. Tho steamships havo not yot dono with tho Atlantic record. But tho proof of tho pudding is ijot moro in \ tho eating than that of tho ship iu her i actual sailing or steaming. Vosso's ' [ built, so far as appo ired, exactly aliko havo shown wide difference in sp ed. Tho newer craft will illustr.ito the question of tho double screw. Tho ! principle has been successful in its ap' i plication to smaller boats on rivers aud I rr :t 11 ?. | 111 iiui u. ia, xi it wuih? wt'll ill rtlll^ll | water it will largely revolutionize ma' riuo construction." bo, us far as tho I romance of tho "wot sheet" arul tho ; "flowing sea" and tho "wind that fol' lows fast" sinks below tho ocean horizon, science renews the charm and mystery.?Brooklyn Eagle. regain:) Man. Man is an ungainly creature at tho host. His head is an irregular spheroid; his eves aro not alike or of equal efficiency; his whiskers won't grow uniformly. One shoulder is higher than the other, one hand or foot larger than the other?and this on opposito sides? his hips (if he has any) are unequal in , shape. The calves of his legs are not twins in anything but age, and without his tailor, hatter, and l>ootinaker he is a very sorry-looking animal. As for , women?well, this article is not written to discuss their physical crooked! ne38. If it was it would not be half tho length that it is.?Sayi Francisco Chronicle._ A c.haiuty bawl?Boo lioo! (Jim mo a penny, mister! i Man Is eighty p rcrnt. water. That Is why , a boll makes liini l.ot. I Children ."inrviiiK to llrnlh On account of Iheir inability lo digest food> l will find a most marvellous lood and remedy in Scott's Emitijsion of^ I'lire Cod lever Oil Wim XiyiiO|?M'B|Miu?:?. ?<>J l'i in Ml ?i" it II" 1 easily digested Dr. S. \V. Coil fn. of \\ nco, 1 Texas, says: "I hnv used your Emulsion in Infnntilo wasting with cnoil reru'ts. It not only res'ores wasted tissues, tut itivi k strength and increases the appetite, lain glad to use such a reliable article." Ra'ning cats and dogs is surely no worso | than hailing strangers. A Radical Cure far Epileptic Fit*. To the F.ditor? Please inform your readers : that I have a positive remedy for tho abovo ] named disease which I warrant to cure tho worst cases. So strong is my faith in its vir- I lues that I will send free a sample liottlo and valuable treatise to any sufferer w ho will give me his P. O. and Express address. Hesp'y, H.G. ROOT. M. C.. 1NJ Pearl St.. New York. Rcot'and was unco called Pictland, hot Mio land worth having was picked long ago. Children Crv for It. f It a child will take a medicine with plcasu e, . you may know that 'it is not in any way oflfen1 | ?ivo to thetaste, Children like Hamburg Figs, j t ! end it is no longer necessary to disgust them | f I ivith castor-oil. 25 cents. Dose one rig. Mack j I Drug Co., N. Y. t IP-fore slntes were in use people multiplied - on tho surface ot the en Hi. The best cottili medicine is l'.so's Cure for I s Consumption. Sold < wry where. 25c. A e'entist refers to his collection of extracted teetli as gum drops. sd St Now i I At no other season doo.i tho human sys'em go { j much need the aiil of a reliable meliouo like Y . Ilocd's Hapg; arilla as now. Tlio imi o/eriahod oonY ilition of the hlood, tlie weakening effects of tho ; s | tony, cold winter, the lost appetite, and th-.t tired j a feelinjjr, all make a good spring medieino absolutely f j nic esary. IIool's Sars parilla is p culiarly - i adnplel for th's pnrpo-e. and increases in popular- j 1 , ity every year. Give it a trial. . I "IlnrS'a U.ra n.ri l.i i. 11<n .hn.nA.I m^trlnn T can bny."?F. R. Ritdel, Belleville, I1L The Spring Medicine i "Evory spring for yesra I havo made it a praetlco f to take from tlireo to livo bottles of Hood'a Sarsay parllla, I ecanro I know it purities the blood and k thoroughly cleanses the system of all impurities, o That languid feelin*, sometimeB called 'spring r, fever,' will never visit tho system tha'- has been " properly care 1 for by this never-failing remedy,"? W. II. LawnENcr, Editor Agricultural Epitoinist, Indianapolis, Iud. 10 Creates an Appetite s, "I wish to enroll my name as ouo of those who id have derived health from the uso of Hocd'fl Sarsan I parilli. For mnny years I have taken It, especially _ i tu tho e&riy spring, when I am trouble I with di/zl- | I ness, dullness, uiiplcAssnl taste in my mouth in tho ! id | morning. It r moves the bad taste, relieves my Hi headache and makes mo feel KTcitly refreshed. The Kl I TWO iKHllot i navr iism mm tpriiiir nave ii?en worm n. | many dollar.* to me I advlso .ill my iri'niln totako 8- i It."?John Dinns, <?3 43d St., Town of Lako, Chicago, I 111. arsapariBIa ly i Hold by all drugeHis. $1; si* for $5 rreparcd only I by C. I. 1IOOI> & CO., Apothecarlf 8, Lowel', Mass. IOO Doses Ono Dollar I llftllP *Ti:i?Y. llook-k# oi.lnn, Rttslnras Forms, M?BIC lYnimu nhip. Ari liin*lir, short hand, etc., ! 11 thoroughly tamrht by MAIL ( innlsrs frne i llrjranl's I'alltRr, 4ii7 Main fit . IhtlTnlo, N. Y. I Mai*'* Dill* Great English Gout and DiaiT S 111Sa Rheumatic Remedy. J Oral ? *, 34 ? round 14 Pilla. | ~ ' I I (ftp lo a ilnr. Naijiplrs worth 41.M) I'lU.r-; i 3ksl I'lnii not miller (lie linrve (ret. Writo BwwatorSafety Hrln lloldrrCo., Holloy.Mloh. :|DQ YOU SEE THIS. I I WANT to liont OHlJ tr..rii m-mhI l>l)> mh-ii ami wmiirn ; thai arc tired <>i bog in, ttecrpiirr, XoH SrriKlca! .nlveri tuementu, offerinit iiiurli lor noihlnt That arr wtlltne to do ea?v, honfU work for liberal nay (Not prddline). I Addiaaa THAN KLIN PUIN AM, 4S3 Canal Bb, N.Y. V AN HONES finding his patient suffcriug -from that Bilious Dyspepsia, or, in other words, fi gestion, advised him to go to the drug s* Discovery the world-famed remedy for s Golden Medical Discovery acts powc great blood-purifying organ, cleanses tli ties, from whatever cause arising. It i Kidneys, and other excretory organs, c healing their diseases. As an appetizing and nutrition, thereby building up bol medicine of its class, guaranteed to be it is recommended, or money paid for Copyright, 1888, by World's Dispenbai $500? Kl'MI'TOMH OF CATARKI falling into throat, BOinetiUM tenacious, mucous, purulent, V * deafness, difficulty of clearir j# breath offensive; smell ami y.f few of these symptoms likel result in consumption, and c Ily Its mild, soothing, antiseptie, cleans! 11, cuivs tlio worst cases. Only 50 cents. t:->l<t UNUIU " Cleanse the System Wltli that most reliable |j|[ j medicine? rallies Celcrj Compound. It purines the b'.ood, cures constipation, i and regulates the liver and HI kidneys,effectually cleans tng the system ot all wast* ? autl dead matter. Paine's Celery Compound combines true nervo tonle and strengthening qualities, reviving the energies and spirits. " I have boon troubled for some years w ith ft complication ot dinieultles. After trying various remedies, oud*not finding relief, 1 tried i'alne's Celeiy Compound. before taking one full bottle the long troublesome symptoms began to subside, and 1 can truly say now, that 1 feel like a new innn. Digestion hns Improved, and I have gained ten pounds In weight since 1 havo commenced taking the compound." IlONKSTUS STEAKNS. FClCUVllle, VU $1.00. Six fur $6.00. At Druggists. Wei.13, lticnARD6QN & Co., Burlington, Vt. any qwe r;xr) _ - __ _ _ _ _ A, Diamond /. CAN DYE^!gJ> A Dress, or a Coat, ) /\nv Color Ribbons, Feathers, V for Yarns, Rags, etc. ) ten dents and in ntaayoihcr ways SAVE Money, and make tilings look like NEW, by using DIAMOND DYES. The work is easy, simple, quick ; ih* colors the BEST and FASTEST Known. Ask f(A DIAMOND DYES and tnke no other. For Gilding or Bronzing Fancy Articles USE DIAMOND PAINTS. Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper. Only to Cents. Baby Portraits. f A rorlfolioof beautiful baby nlct tares tnan life, printed on tine 1 V. plate paper by patent photo pA-* & K\ process, sent free l<> Mother ot 5Sr ATS ??y llaliy l>orn within a year. ft Every Mother wants theso \ pictures ; send at oncc. Givo f V J Baby's name and age. A/A 1 * JJWELLS, RICHARDSON A. CO., tUr <tP' BURLINGTON, VT. Jl P.E1IA3IADIS CAOI. k ' *"or *wo I'Oti I lmd ST i rlif nuiatlsib so bad thot ? V It disabled incfor work A&?&9k\ el cfj and confined mc to my /Jj (k bed for a whole year. sds. could note von raise my a / ???. * hands to my head, anil tSUSJg f. n9 I for 3 months could not J ?|M \f move mjrjelMnbct^ was only^ to prow* worse! Finally I took Swift'e Specific, and soon liepan to Improve. After a while was at my work, and for tho past Ave months have been as well as I ever was?all from tho effects of Swift'# Specific. v. t John Rat, Jan. 8, 1880. ' . Ft. Wayno, lud. Books ou Blood and SUIn Diseases mailed free. e\firr Specific Co., Atlanta, Oa. | ASTHMA euMfil! Cirrnan AatbnmCnronever/aiUtoirlTsfir noMuix rtlitf i n Uie worst rswm,lna u rrw exit n fort at >lo alnep; effects c a res where aJ 1 others fall A B iriat emuinfM (A? wsl akrplienl. Woe AOc, and I III ,00,ol 1 iruKvtats or by mall. Bami'lo rtt It It H Wmrstami^RiyOWlHn^J^^J^jy^suljit'iyH FRAZER.^M Dr.MT_iN THK WORLD JUR ? H O t ftxt UOHIJO ueiiuiiia w>m Avrrjwoeri. (CougHiPBP ? ll.oPISllllBARDfll i* I C ? m V \| th? h?r.1nt form. H * i,\ hf Tj it iV v\ |ro??l l!i? ?ntlre ??<1 t.) DtV^' T DOCTOR, am most common of American maladies? rom Torpid Liver, associated with indtore and get Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical ucli ailments. !rfully upon the Liver, and through that e system of all blood-taints and impurls equally efficacious in acting upon the licensing and strengthening them and ; restorative tonic, it promotes digestion h flesh and strength. It is the only \ P nellt or cure, in nil diseases for which it will be promptly refuuded. ty Medical Association, Proi?rlctors. IV l?? WT1 "FiT> for nn incurable case of tmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmhm Catarrh in tho Haad by iroprietore of DR. 6AGE'S CATARRH REMEDY. II.- Hondachc, obstruction of noso. dischargee s profuse, watery, and acrid, at others, thick, bloody anu putrid; eyes weak, ringing In ears, tg throat, expectoration of olfonsTve matter; taste impaired, end general debility. Only a y to be present at oueo. TIiousuuus of cases nd In the grave. r, and healinR properties, I)r. Sage's Remedy bv druRRists everywhere. fr you wish * r^i ?r?v>. , it k vVm ,'v'k h _ rorchnse one of tho rolerated SMITH fi WESSON v"t r S , wmV\ arms. Tin- finest small arm, (( Vy-vf over iiiaiiiifactiirid and lie. U. )J )) SWA first rh"ira of all ni^ri*. MW Manufactured In rallbn * 32. rwand 4l-l<?>. Sin- nCaWI ilcnrdnulde action. Safety llnmmerlesa and V^S5' Target models. Constructed entirely ol Itesl QiinlIty w.nnuht slerl. mrefully lit-pe-ted f?'i workmansh e and stock, I hey are unrivaled for lint?h, dnrnhlllty mid nrcui nrv. I?o|iot bedccelved by eh> a|> ton lieu tile cnsl-lion iitiitn lions which a eoften sold for the genuine ni tide and are not onK unreliable, hut dantreroiis. The SMITH H WESSON" Iti'Volvers are all stamped ujioil the barrels wlili firm's name, address and dates of pat-uta an t are ininrnnlerit ix rfect in every detail. Insist ii|>011 having tho genuine article, and If yonr Sealer euiiti t sunt ly you an order s lit to a Idresa below will rwefvn prompt and careful attention. DcKcript.ve catalogue and prires furnished npon aj?nic.t,on. SMITH A: WESSON, Pf Mention this pap t. Spring ln-lil, Ilaim, AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL Si ' coNHiu/r * Drs. LINN Sl LOBB New Vork otliges !l'Z Clliilan Ploco (Eighth Rf.), nr ii'JO Narni Fifteenth Ml., Philadelphia. Pa., for (lis treatment of Illood Poisons, Skin Eruptions. N\.-vous CJomnllints. UriKhl's Diva e, Btriclnroa, Impotem-y and klnilref diaeasc, no matter - t how oag standing, or from wliat cauao oris in a tiny. Wren days' in dicines furnished l?y mail tXEC k u fat Rook on MPKC1A I. Hlaesaes, rflCta QIC A FARMERS X\ rt?> I^IOU SAW MILL.|3U>~-qL ?D ! Wnnea talon, V P UVlfn fr.rpir|N|lilLP JONES PAYS THE FREIGHT. >2Shfw\ JtJ . ff.T. n ituon fculea, waiBtk vL^r *ron Lowers Steel Iteming*, Itraaa vJEwWtL L. Totv lienm and Iumiu Box for soo. KW?? YVwMti V* EvepT 1,110 fi,'nl''- Cor free price 1IM jr**i \ <4r_AAc r-1. mention thin p?n< r anil aililnma I 7 W}TJONES OF BINGHAMTON, BINGIIAMTO.X. N. Y._ M I proscribe and folly endome 111k i: as the only C?r*?ln Hpertftc for t he certain curs n^Tl TO 6 iutb.B of tbln disease. J^pBaaraatMd not w>? G jj ifjilllA IIAM.M. P., Pj cameStriatum. Amsterdam, N. Y. R9 MM only by (ha We have sold Illg G for MMltuuChemleslOe. ?"y >r""i 11 d^uthimuuwKlven the hest of satlaOlnclnnatl^^^^H faction. OblOw W I>. It. PYCUEA ro., B Chicago, ill. Tr*J.^AH|^^nuriiV 31.00. Rold by Druggists. [CONSUMPTION 1 1 have a positive rriucdy for tbo above ilticA.-e ; bvita una thoinaadfl of raws ot the worst k^ntl tnd of loug :<iundlnr have beeu cured. So MroDtf If my faith In its afllcacv thai I will send two bottles frea, togrtber with a vaiuab&a treattaa on thla dierxw to any purifier. OI\e Kxprras and \\ O. ad dregs. T. A. 8LOCCM. M. C.. 1M rawrlftb. nTY a-Turai Matrimonial - Paper. Iff *iuL) 1 16 Pages, ltichly Illust'd. -KSP^SU M l'-*ery number contains nearly SHU A tjfa Jr M advertisement of I ih ? nod gentloa?l*HP a mm wan iiik to < rn 'Pound lor fun ^I or iratrinimiy. Naiiplo copy, lee. HKART A N I ?'l * AN P, Chicago, III aa I.urge llonk. Itlclilv 111II n - A BIG OFFER? We will make you a present of a birldlny lot ad< Joining one of the moat prom sim? cities of the Went #nd pay the tax'-n on it for two years. if y m will do %'llKht service for us in your town. Kend us your name and we will write you fu 1 particulars. Address The honxnwTOT Co.. 420 Watiabti Ave., Chicago. 111 AT0R<kl--vK r. thE"B T (t . Free Masonary. Kirns, Grip* and XSI*FAl6 Morgan's fate t.y mall on receipt $L Uwlfl V 19 Peoples l'ub. Co.. ht. Paul. Minn. ^b^iu") The Gold Hunters9 Adventures in Australia, by Wm, H. Thames. I An extiilo^ ?tcry of two Yankee** Adventure* la A Amtrnli*, In the early dny?, when the dWcorcry of (old Attracted a motley crowd of reck leu, tlirlaj xoia* i Bmhrii'tn, "Ticket* of-Le^ve,*' Oi't'jwi, no J every Tii* most f?t*cinat In;; fttory of DAN* OEK. EXCITEMENT, IIAKDSIIIP and CONFLICT, aver written! A ipleadld to]tune of 604 I'lfN, dllll 4 | foil pi|l Illustration*, with htndaorue Engraved Coir re J Cover, The Chenpeit, f,*rf??ini>d rno?l t axelrating of Book*I PltlCK ONLY CENTS I Boll by nil rvr tn?tnflifl hV Dubltlliert* Sojalki' ALEX. T. LOVD A CO., Tli? CakeIH | iw9l ildf llMtldlnt:, Chicago, HI. bM.])PuV by F?l?l Not.. Coin, or ose root lUotpo. soscurei (ONSVM?fl- E /\ L_E BY AtL DRUC,ClnT3. ick erv.If'Ki.Itla m arranltfd wat-rproof, and will fcrrp y<fh dry In The n*w I'oMMPI. RI.ICEKtt It * prrf?< l ridltiff f?M. nr | dir. Herveio of Irniutloea. hone f r ntiln * w '* m.t lh? "t i?u Illti*fr?fc<! Catalogue free. A. J. Tower, |:< r,tno, Mass.