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AGRICULTURAL : . TOPICS OP INTRKE8T RELATIVE! TO PARM AND GAKDRN. Mfl.K FROM TIIIN COWS. ' When a cow is thin, and especially if she l>e losing flesh, her milk cannot ho rich in fat, and what tliero is will make poor butter, and come slowly. This is the trouble that many farmers find at the beginning of winter. Cream that could be made into butter in fifteen or twenty minutes has now to be flhiuord an, bry*" ' n ITT leea the w ~ cows more heavily, and with something that will increase fat as well sis milk flow. If the cow be worth keeping as a milker sho will not dry up and become beefy tinder sucn treatment, m sue noes it is a fair warning that she is worth more to the butcher than for the dairy.?Ameri# can Cultivator. GEESE KAISING. Many persons, after having decided to try their hand at geese raising, purchase a few mongrels of light weight, at market prices, instead of sending to a reliable breeder and getting first-class stock at a price that would seem cxhorbitant to them. An exchange says this is n mistake, and one that must inevitably follow through the whole course. The five or more pounds that the well-bred goose outweighs the common goose widths enormous difference in the receipt. The main thought to be kept in mind is tho worthlessuess of the articles of food in which geese delight and which comprises, for a great part, things wasted and at the most of little value. Cabbage, turnips, potatoes, and all other kinds of vegetables and grasses form their staple food, with only sufficient grain to give a variety. They are distinctly a grazing poultry, and will keep the grass as close as a flock of sheep. The ' value of their manure upon worn-out pasture must also not be lost sight of, as it is rich in amount, and, for this reason ?I -1.-..-. r,.? l,nn. geese wouiu seem w rivm efiting many parts of our country. no jvrc, also very valuablo, as the sonre plucked by some onre in a month vti six weeks. While I should not advocate it as often as this, yet they may certainty be plucked once or twice a year and be benefited by it, as the process of molting is facilitated. The only precaution to he taken is that no blood is drawn with the feathers. If the quills contain blood it may be inferred that the feathers are not in a ripe condition and on no account must they be disturbed. It will be found in a large llock of geese, as in one of hens, that all the members do not molt at one stated time, hut vary some weeks, so that they should he plucked at different periods, when the feathers are in the ripest condition.?Firm, Field and stockman. ' THE OKEAT sl.M'LE INDIAN COHN. The often-heard statement that "corn is king" in this country iucds tio repetition, yet it is doubtful if its great value is in ail respects fully appreciated. We nro so ncciMrtomadn to its uso as food flH^B^for both men rhid nftffialfl that we hard-; ^^^^^Flattening, or when ... judiciously mixed with other fooda iu Jdiepcpecss offcroftf11 Ki..lti development* [brVXlfa tyiiimul. Tliie- 1 |^^^p?T^reapncss and case with .which Indi&'l corn is produced, and its entire ndapta- j bility to our soil and climate, make its superiority to all other forms of grain | food for animals strikingFy'Afvjpw^rtt. Ac j cording to the facts' Vlevclofitid in pigfeeding at the Kansas Experiment Sta j tion, it is futile to talk .of.?usiug sub stances other than corn, -well as hr;u?, , shorts, barley, oats, milk, pe<\sA in pork-making upon a bug# dptj^'xuuW , should we be reduced to thfljiiKiri'*ini|y ^>1 using any or all of these .as.*]a .substitute ' for Indian corn our supremacy as a pprk producing nation will havev'Y>':isscd away. I The experiment above referred to con- j sisted in feeding one series of live, fully grown, but rather thin pigeon'a mixture of two parts of shorts, middlings or ship stulT, as it. is variously called, to one of bran. The corn fed series of live similar pigs received only cornhrctM,"' rather coarsely ground. In both sets the food was given in the condition of a thick slop and as much as would be eaten without waste. The experiment lasted sixj teen weeks. At th(\ gigl .e^rtt1" ready for v?nrener, having gained 070 pounds, against 835 pounds grain in the shortshrand fed series. The shorts bran foci pigs required twenty-five per cent, more time for ripening than was needed by the corn-fed series. Hut even when the feeding of the corn-fed lot was prolonged to their great disadvantage to a period 1 equal to that occupied by the shorts-bran i fed series it cost to make a hundred i >veight of gain from shorts bran twenty j i livtf cents more than was needed to make a like gain from cornincal alone. In strength of bone and quantity of the meat the advantage was clearly on the side of the corn-fed pigs. , simim.k cn.Trm; ok ctxkuv. t gardener who has traveled widely^^Btt 's acquainted with all the. ( pcculiari^M^T^ celery production for' market, diinWNvith me last winter, savs |( O. S. Hliss, inSbc New York Trjhqne, j j un<l iviili ! !...*?? astonishment usUol . . where I ohtainetrsuSlN^tiV'y- baid he: rj "I never saw finer." '"I"' I hat it j grew in my ov>n garden an^ri111"' from s my own cellar, l>is wondcr^ltfiunficd. But when I told how easily and ch^p^r j, it had been raised I really think his ^ credulity was shaken, Long familiar p with the accepted, theory of..celery growing and the; alleged reipiirrinciitH of the. jj crop, I had often wondered if there was s not a good deal of unnecessary routine about, it. And when 1 concluded to p make a business of growiug it myself, ^ though only on a very small scale, I put () this suspicion to practical lest and confirmed it. My theory is, in brief, that if ' given plenty of food and water the plants J may ho grown front 'the seed without .1 transplanting, and thickly enough for 1 mutual blanching, thus saving the c\- | pensc of both transplanting and earthing 1 tip. My method, which may he dMoriplively named the four row tlat cilture ' p method,is to open a trench a foot deepand j (.| from twenty to twenty four inches wide. , This, however shotI, ran be nio>i eron- >mi j tally done with plow. Manure from the general manure shed, consisting of horse, cow, hog and hen manure, mixed as made, and always moist enough not to burn, is thrown into the trench, filling it n to the surface level, and covered with tie- I'1 fine earth from the trench to the depth of a( about six inches. This is then trodden j down firmly, and upon it with the prong hoe and garden-rakc a fine mellow seed- j bed is made. The seed is sown by line dd not by mark, on the surface in four rows four inches apart. If a shower I comes along at the right time no other I covering is needed, otherwise it is covered by the liberal use of water throngh a fine hose, which watering is followed up as often as necessary through the season. Planted in good garden soil with no admixture of mnnure or fertilizer, the plants make a healthy growth and a broad and vigorous mnt.[rrngHi twifnro I-Im ^ These plants are, in fact, as well "hardened" and better rooted than tho twicetransplanted plants put upon the market in their season. The only labor subsequently expended upon the bed is to keep down the weeds and to thin the plants to one in three inches in the row, nnd no further attention i3 necessary, | except to provide water in case of | drouth. There may be a few strag- | gliug leaves in the outside, rows, but as ( a whole the waste stalks arc less ntuner- | ous than under the old system. Perhaps the stalks nre not quite so white as when earth-blanched, but they are as crisp and tender, ami finer flavored. There is just one risk of failure to be guarded against under this method. A heavy rain destroyed my first sowing this year; at least not a seed grew. It was three weeks before the ground became dry ifcnw trrreaN ening weather of early November admonished us to guard against ( its total loss by storing it in ' winter quarters. The season having thus been shortened at both ends, theoeiery is little more than half grown, but it compares favorably with most of the other crops of the season. In storing it the plants are set with what earth adheres to , the roots, upon a place in the cellar ! where the ground is always wet, but without any surplus water. The ventilation is good, and the celery is fit for the table till warm weather. In fact, it makes a little growth. Celery is not only a luxury, but a most healthful condiment, better far than many of the more pungent articles in so general without ' \\W.K harmful, indirect influences. j i i .* *" ** ?. ?<u)on the | doubtless would be but for the prevailing idea that it cannot lie produced except ( under certain highly favoring conditions : and bv ?xnerts. \ onen .minnnQorl cnnlt 4^ j he the case, but now, by the above sys' ton, I have no more trouble in growing { good celery than any other garden vcge- i I table. farm and harden notes. Give the hogs a dry bed. Buckwheat as a poultry food is both stimulating and fattening. The market does not demand any flavor in butter except that of pure butter fat. Corn is cheap?but don't waste it feed ing hogs that are so cold at night that they squeal. Season I lie feed of chickens and all other fo'wis with salt. It is a preventive j of iliseaso, and is good for the entire tjfjc ones that, make, most cheaply, the | product he wants to make and sell. The cost of production will show the profitable side of dairying in the future, j xvi,?-:ii ?i>? - i ' 1 1 ?"" ? ?> ?II' Il'l I produced ration, is the question for I ho dairy 1.1 in. This is a good time to clean up the i woodwork of the tools and give them a eoat of paint, if needed. If you cannot, do this without going in debt, give them a eoat of oil?even kerosene will be better than none. Did you get the garden plowed before j it froze up? If not, take the tir.st open day that comes and do it even if it leaves j lumps. The frost and suow of winter will level most of them before planting time next spring. Fowls in cod lined runs need extra at- i tention or they get out of condition and cease to lay, the ground becomes tainted, and they feed on food defiled by their i own excrement, which produces loss of hefcUU and 'ouditicip. , , . iiousands of tioKts nnnr? *""g the ; character of shh"t intui, profitless in cultivation and worth little for grazing . 1 because their grasses are of low quality, ' ' may be made more productive than adja- 1 , cent, lands by judicious draining, and < nothing more. < The rich black liquid that flows olT | the harii yard contains the wealth of the i farm.. Use absorbent material and save I it. The loss of liquid manure is great, ' ind if saved would not only add fertiiiz ing matter to the. farm but increase the j value of the solids. ' ' I lulergroiind I'alaces. The Imperial Cave in New South Wales, Australia, is considered one of j ho most magnificent of the series now I t ipened. It is described as ''graced with ' livi'inds fit lovr'lu : v - - - .....y W,.,n 10, ?? lilt II .>|| I lie III J handlers whose walls art' clad in beauty , >f a thousand stars. There arc under- I 'round sullies terrible enough to he the I ionic of Apolluin with legions of j^oli- j ins, and strangely eltin palaces where ' ( I'itaniii ini<;ht lie supposed to reiirn and 1 ' tobin flood fellow carry on his frolic- , otnc pranks." Ily the entrance of the Imperial Cave > s an excavation some seventy feet. Ioiijj ' 1 twenty feet wide, which is called (| he NiVoolshed" because the formation '| ver toe walls and roof resembles the " eeecs of sheep lianoin;; about and pre tdino over the shelving of rocks. I f, From this a descent is obtained into u lie "Architect's Studio," a cavern which I ' ? a marvel of beauty, with laiyje masses | ^ f stalactites han^int; from the roof and long the walls, column after column ' rofuscly decorated with cotal and i ^ awry and natural carvings. Most of iu formation is white or gray, but some me of it is richly colored. " Then in the Imperial Cave there are a ' icccssion of marvelous apartments, died respectively either after sonic w imous Colonial lady or from some special |r i.uacteristic. The Imperial Cave, in- j red, is full of enchanted grottoes and 1' liry palaces which it is practically im ?*sihlc to describe. > |'{ tli - ? in Although shivery does not exist, prop- j'' I\ speaking, in China, in the eyes of nf ie I iw the hiti;e b citing population and fe t;?rv till the position of slaves. SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL. LESSON LX?I? JANUARY lO . ' * 0 hi * *! [i-Miin Toxf; "Tli? Sonif rife AjcJuir n ' ? ? ? - - .. . - r Ijiiko i ,<17 mo lioitioii -i(*x': Lii?n i., 70?"oiiunt'eUry on-ilii ' ' Ijet miii? f>7. "And bin father Zacharias was filled] with the Holy Ghost." After Mary had sp^nt some three months with Elizabeth r-b* Rpf <lay fame tocircuni?^ icwhilrt, the people who had ooine together were about to call nini Za<^arias, after his father, but his mother <&id that he should be called John; his father being appealed to asked for a writing table and wrote, saying: "His name is John;' th"ii were the ears oj>ened and the tongue !?wised which had been closed and silent many months because of unbelief (see vss. Ud, ey>. and as he spake and praised God he was filled with the Holy Spirit and uttered this prophecy. 08. "Blesse I be the Lord God of Israel."' Thus ends the first, second and fourth books of Psalms (xl>., 13; Ixxii., 18; evi., 48) telling <>f God's mercies and deliverances, past and future, for His people Israel. The name is first found in Ex. v., 1, when Moses and Aaron demand of Pharaoh that he lot God's people go, and is always associated with God's special interest in that people. The prophet Jeremiah associates the two titles, Lord of Hosts and God of Israel, at least thirty times, indicating His power to care for His people and deliver them. "He hath visited ami wrought redemption for His people"' (R. V.). It was four hundred years ?ince Malachi had said that the covenanted with David and Abraham, hut now llis time had come to work redemption for them and to redeem them if they were willing. That we should meekly, patiently nnJ tru. 'fully iv?i? the Lord's time i? cne of the great lessons of Scripture exempli fled iff patriarchs, prophets, apostles, and in out J<ord Himself. t'/>. "Ami hath raised up an horn of salvation for 11s in the house of His servant David." The horn is the symbol of strength 01 power. Hannah sings of her horn and the horn of His anointed; David sings of the horn of his salvatiou, which is Jehovah (I Sam ii., I, 10; Ps. xviii., 2){ and in Ps exxxii.. 17. Jehovah Himself says that ir Zion lie will make the horn of David b laid, indicating the coming of the Messial from the house of David. 70. "As He spake by the mouth of hisholj prophets, which have been since the worlr began." The same spirit now speaking through Zacliarias had sjioken in times pas) 1... ...I, it f n ml nff.ei-wa.rd tlll'ouzl , themselves unto mm i? >-? ?.. 21: 1 1 ct. ? Spirit speaking "is ' iuWS lrA..9nr' the Holj speaking (Heb. I., 1, 'J; John xii., 49). 71. "That we should he saved from our en emu's and from the hand of all that hate ?s.' Lot us remember that this lesson, although hk" all Scripture, written for our instructor (Rom. xv., 41 refers primarily and rli^.fly t< Israel and her salvation from all her enemies, as the prophets had foretold. 72, T:t 'To perform the merc^prnmised tc our fathers, and to remember holy covenant; the oath which He s,varo to our fa ther Abraham." In Ps. cv.y r_iq the cov enant is spoken of as one il^l(je with Abra ham and confirmed to Is<u\ . ja,.0b anft is rael. and one of the the covenan is distinctly said to l>o tothem the Lane of Canaan If any one v*,, tako tho troubl to roail carefully tho ?'^reDeatc<l covenan with Abraham in xiii xvM xvii. xxii . they wiil^!\{,,? Juii terms of thutcov enant. and surely '^PCsuaded that it is spe tally for Israel, and l<J((ks beyond even ou days. 7 74. 7V "Delivered, f * * * serve Hitr in holiness an , righteousness befor Hiiii all t he days of unit li{? ? Un,, glance a Israel's present conditio jgQO years out c t1 mi Naud. rifled Hinhand the kingdom which w?> 3t hand including Israel s deliverance and restoration. is postponed till He shall return in power and glory preceded by another John the Itaptist! even Kli.jah himself, ns His forel-l111llt Mill iv "> <? Rnt. ivhSlo - blindness rout inues because of their unbelief mikI ion of their Messiah, He is taking out of all nations a people for His name, ami whoever is willing to receive Jesus as their io n personal Saviour becomes thereby a cliilil of Abraham (not an Israelite', a chil't of Coil, an heir according to the promise (Gal. iii.. 7. .'<>, and shall in due time find what it means to bo a joint heir with Christ, n king and priest unto God, when Jesus .shall lie manifested as King of the Jews, King of Kings and Cord o| Cords, whom all nations shall serve, and before whom all kings shall fall down (IV. Ixxii., 11>. 7(1. ' And thou, child, shall lie called the prophet of the highest " Zacharias now speaks of his son as the herald of the Messiah and the prophet of the Most High; he no longer doubts the words of Gabriel. "Thou slialt go before the face of the Cord to prepare llis ways." If we have the spirit of John we will not seek any reputation or glory tor ourselves, hut he gladly consumed as we prepare His way who is soon to como again. 77. "To give knowledge of salvation "servants can give the knowledge of salvation. and t hey should all ho telling of His salvation from day today (Ps. Ixxi., 15, '24). 7s ' Through the tender mercies of our [hid." All salvation, whether national or individual. is of grace, and only of grace; so long as we think in any way to merit it, wo . atutot nave it; but when we come empty. Tying "God l>-> merciful to me a sinner!" then salvation is ours. Wlfreby the day?pring from on high linth visiter! us." The davsorinc nivnniinn. !<? tiic margin. signifies "sun rising," lira ' ." .1 id .eaHy refers ii. Jesus, who s I ho Sun. the Morning Star, the Branch, the Light of th" World, the Prince of Ponce. I'ho ll?vised Version says "shall visit," in.tead ot "hath visited." and includes, no louht. His coming to su(Tor and His coming to reign. 7:?. "I'm give light to them that, sit in dark lev- " "Barkness ann' the shadow of death ire the expressions used in Isi. ix.. 2, to ilecrih. the condition of the p.-ople at His first ominc. "lhirkness and gross darkness" are lie expressions useil in Isa. Ix., 2, to describe he stateof things when Heshnll come again, nnsiiuich as light signifies fellowship with lod. it is easy to see how all the progress of Ins Nineteenth century may ho but gross larkness in (tori's sight, for whatever is not igld from Hod must be darkness from the it. "To guide our leel in the way of peace." le is I lie only one Who can do it, ami with nit IIiiii we shall never find peace either here r hereafter; I>iil a heart tn which lie dwells ia> always peace, for wisdoms ways and Kitlis arc pleasantness and peace. so rin-child grew and waxed strong in pint etc. The song of Znchnriiis is finished. Is lirsl word was "Blessed" and its Inst. Trace" our days and lives will thus liegin mil end if lie is our Uedeenier and King: 'his is now a word alone concerning John; lone with (Soil, unhindered and unbiassed bv lie I cachings of man lie continues to grow in KMiy ami mhiI. until, like Klijnli, he comes i>rtIt from (in I to deliver His message. Pets ^ : t !( I (Sol's school. and. Iik? Mary, sit at t'MI-V foot l.rsxiiII Itrliifv, kn innocent"man hanged. hyiaft Inn 't'lniIohxoh to Knrtlrrt lor Wliirli iiimllior Wiii l.xornt?>?l. A startling revelation lias been m ule at linois Station, a small town in Indian Tertory. (>n tlio evening of December SJ7 i Minnie" Rogers, a colored gambler and j liiskey pedlor, was run over by a railway I nin ami fat illy injured. Iteforo he died I > made a ataieiiiem regarding the murder, I i Issii, in tie* ('herokeo Nation, of l)r. J. M. I ylo ami Mrs. William Kerr. The couple were fouml inurderel in their ?is at tboir respective houses one morning, inir bonds having been cruahad in by soipo ipionieut. John Stephenson,toward whom spicion pointed, was arrested, tried before i.lgo Parks at Kor: Smith, Ark., convicted id hanged. (In Ins deathbed Rogers conssed that be bad committed the deed nailed. Mo sworo that he had been hired to i it by an enemy of bis victims. She Had Forgotten. \ Mr. Billn^HBnr his comfortable ' armchair, f?ot comfortably ^ 1 renting on Mr. Billns Co was eujoyio^^^Htf- He had diued, B . and he daft^^^HM^o it" worst, even rri as another |BnV* ?id by liistor- cl, ians to havealKaiiider like circum- no stances longjjra the period of Ca > ' Billns. * AY in "Maria," h^Rfrred, "this is the anniversary t^Bbwedding, isn't it?" Cr ), "It is k JpflWL pi mress-evinnjhnnhtTtnsy M, Maria " said U] M Mfltd tno fare mThd grate, jn "is. ? r .'ainrferitfg, long?h'm! h'm !? 0y long time for some married fol^, isn't it?" , of "It is, Jnfcn." o) "And y|t it doesn't seem?h'm! h'm ?an if it Here thirtv years since I first fa met you it the Jasper County fair, tl does it ?" * fa "It isn't thirty years," replied Mrs. Billus, ratior shortly. "It is only ? twenty-six \' i ' ? "I mean twenty-six years of course, fa Maria. Stcaking of that fair," continued Mr. lillus, "I wonder if you re- tl member thatbig artichoke in the agri- i cultural hal^" t "No, I dott remember any big arti- n choke." ? j, "Have youVugotten that long ear of B corn sent in bWldAbsalom Wykoff ?" "I have no re<t)llehtion of it." a "Don't yon remember the big beet 8 that Uncle;JakeXi^ubgis had on ex|ii- j "Maria," said ^Mr. Villus, Impa- t tiently, "whore's your memory ? Don't f you recollect tho great big pumpKin* that weiglie<\T6 .pounds that Cal F * Hepperly was showhg everybody that j came to the fair?" > "It 6oems to mej lb remember a big ?, pumpkin." "I thought so. Vmr memory is a ' mighty poor one, Ihria, but you could [ not forget that big mmpkin. Do you > have any idea" pefsiited Mr.Billus,with " i growing recollection* of sundry pies his t > good mother had made shortly after c 1 that fair, "whatever becamo of that * r pumpkin, Maria I "I think I have, John." t "You have, hey," he retorted in sur- i b prise. "If it is "all you can do to reJ member the biggest pumpkin at that \ I fair how do you happen to know wliat over become of it. madam?" i f "I marriedJ^-t pumpkin, John." itio huriMl feebly in the grnte, i - , |he canary turd slumbered peacefully * in its cage, and amid a silence so pro- ! ; found that the shadows could he plain- J ) ly heard dancing on the wall Mr. and Mrs. llillus in their cheerful little parlor and dreamed the happy hours of 1 their weddinguuiuiversary away. ?Chicago Tribui)e(%fv~ Business. ' Georgia had just i r, | dismissed ^Vtof plohihit{on. ista, w ?en bearing the nanio 1 edhim. * ' W? r4,di WBi' hftn<l* . - | speeches. '* excuse, but the hiiTNAj the card beajwked^f O ' tancc; so, wearily 2$ CsT0 / 1 porter to show tjripit to nionHM^MtfAjtjthis deeply colQ^^BfaMaMMH|^^S||^^^^p -H ' j do Peace down in do swamp distriok." " Well, state your business with me as quickly as you can." " " I'll do it, sail. C'azc dat's whiit I come yere fur. Lemine see, now. Oh, yas. h'oniOjhme ago, sah. L Ihul er man named- 9frn Bly 'rested air tiied I for stealin* co'n. 1 tried liim myse'f and lined him four hundred dollitrs an* six munts in jail. Dis wuz all salis; factory, 'specially tor me, butdeblamo lawyer he tuck er '|>eal ter de circus rou t. Now, wall, my biznesa wid you is dis yere: Ef vou's got any 'lluenco wid do jedge o* dat circus cou't, I wush ! you'd drap him a few lines an* toll him ter send dat case back ter me. Now, is you got much 'flneneo wid dat judge?" j "You old sebtmdrel, get out of here or I will have you thrown out.' \ | "-Jest wait er mini! wait or i minit. I , gBer B,ol? dftfc co'p he wants ter take [ .-? peal just 90 he ken skape de justice 1 dat is attcr him. Dar's anuder thing: Dat nigger is er mighty p'litieal bother down dar an' de folks wants ter git rid o' Him till alter do leckshnn ? knows da does er da wouldn't er promised 1110 er hunnud dollars tor pond him up. Now. it's or gubnor's duty tor do whut do folks wants liim tor do an* ?hoi' on, hoi' on, I'll go. Neber seed sich times ez dose comin' ober folks. Hoi' on, fur l'se dun gone."? Arkansaw Traveler. The Cook's Revenge. A very cuiious ease has just boon decided in a Frankfort police court. It appears that a cook, no lorger quito ! young, was courted by a tailor somewhat younger than she. On Sundays, ; and occasionally during tho week, the gallant lover was in tho habit of tnkiug his lady for extended promonados and visits to restaurants, where tho lnttor always pnid the expense. H'1*' elso pro ' vided him regularly^ith'tii* supper. Presently, however, tho awful truth was brought homo to tho rook that sho was not tho only "friend" on whom tho man of scissors and tho noodle lavished his affections. Nothing loath; sho went | to the nearest police court, suing tho j | faithless oie for the expenses of all the >. m i clandestine meals provided by her, and | | all the money spent when "walking j PI i out" with hini. Berlin letter. ! | ! SoMK-of the compound Kalamazoo Jit Crock names suggested for the killing (^| of murderers bv electricity are more terrifying thnn the thing itself. i .. - j ll< Mit. .Babbitt, the late soap manufae- | liter," made abofit H.tKMMHH) by living j K [ oil the frtt of the land. ' I It may be love that makes the world | go round, but you can't mako the old TF ijihuc ucnove it. ^ ( | K,fl trains ajW Aches a Oft i ilarl H lit' hark; shonMir> nil i tsni" nit' Hit; iiu iveleolio" i Indlrntlniis Hint t lit'iniiai^^liaH k^|ii?I a (ailhft! ! w mitl j"ii ire "In for It^lor a longer or fh irl ?. ! n< | ( i lo'l. lOiriiuinliMii Is raOMtl >?>' liiolu* .vl.l In t i I q< lilootl. ?nil U euro;! by Hood's Bars tpnrlllA, ivlilo i uf iii iiiimii/.m Hie aridity nud ohkll.me. ever/ lm,? i Kr liv from Hip b'.txxl. H "I MifliTC'l from nt-ulJC t^?Mldl<ANiii 'iilnrrli'V \ po wvorn sprain of a ilisloc i''' I ankle Jol.r tvliloii cnii'o I ureal sivdDHnUBd lutoiio pain. O.i An loll leaf Hood's Snr* 1 clrculitioi *n demon I Ho MimhI anil rufW^oT lli<^ pa il so lliV. rrj ?ni nearly noil." T. 'ff*jjy#|)rli><flsM, Mi. Hood's Sars/tpapilla Foltl I'.v all druggists. (lCdMjl/ 3 ' Prepare!l ily b> C. I. HOOD >k CO., A|> .feekiujH, ItOWell, Most. IOO D?808|hA Dollar W Hints for Amiteur Sportsmen. An excellent treatment for a bullet Mind is to wash the wound elean and ver with clean ninslin saturated with solution of carbolic acid or aloohol. le great object is to keep the wound ?au and protected from the air. Do >t foolishly probe for the bullet. It u bo better.extracted after the healg of the wound. ' To oxtraot fish hooks from your flesh clothing cut tho leader free and ish the hook on through, depressing le upper end ro an to bring the point (tw! near as jfessible tA whdre it went < . Don't try to pull the hook hack rer the barb. Thirst can be abated by the eating acid fruits or plants. The chewing f twigs, barks or leaves of trees and lrubs will also afford temporary reef. Snow and ice aggravate tho lirnt by drilling and closing tiio savary glands. Learn to shoot without closing your res when you pull the trigger, lieinners will find it hard to do this, but > must be done. In sighting either shotgun or rifle tie left eye should be closed, except in he caso of left-handed persons; then he right eye should be closed. Some len keep both eyo3 open, but the majrity of shooters and all the crack hots close the left eye. A'i extra pair of socks are handy on one-day out trip. Then, with your hoes nicely dried at my lady host's five on will be in comfort for the next he apartment well ventilated. Letin resh air, but keep out the draught. When out shooting carry a small j( iquare of sliamois skin saturated with f >ure oil. Then you are prepared to s veil grease your gun in case of a rain- 0 itorm.?Nature. ? a Don't Fool || Lway precious time and inonoy nnrl trifle with our health expo-iruo-iting wt h uncertain ledlcinos, whon I) . I'lorce's Golden Med cat s lisoovery is so pnsitively certai ? in its cura- * ive action as to warrant its manufacturers in t unmntecinR it t?? euro diseases of tiio blood, s kin and scalp, nnd all scrofulous nfllictions, r r money paid for it will bo refunded. j 5"i0) Reward offered for an incurable case of c 'alnrrh by the proprietors of Dr. Sage's Rum- t dy. 63 cts., by druggists. I Ihcconsuiu r may cons uler h ir.ae'f lucky f lie gets milk of tin- first wat-r < stat* or Onto, city or Tot.mo, i lucas county. t Fit ank J. ciiknkv makes on'.li that ho Is tho senior partner of the llrm of K. J. ciiknkv & Co.. doing liusituvn in tiio City of Toledo, Uounly and State aforesaid, and that said Arm will pay the sum of onk iumuikii ixii.i.a lis for each and every case of Catnri li I lint cannot be cured by the usa of II ai.i.'s cataioiii cithk. i'iukk ,1. ciiknkv. Sworn to before mo nnd subserllied tn my presence, tills utli day vl i -ecc tuber, A. !>., low, \ i A. \V. (iLKASON. jSKAi, J- Kutary PuW<e. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Interna'ly and acts directly upon the blond and mucous surfaces oi the system. Send tor testimonials, free. F. .1. Ciif.nf.v A- Co.. Toledo, O. J.W Sold by Druggists, 7. c. A businesHeniiat" nu nt S curing the mut. uioninl promise of mi I on ess. Arc any of tlio new-fa gird washing compounds as good ns the o d-fHsliioned Heaps V I lobbins's Elect lie Soap bus been sold ever) day lor -4 years, and is now just as good as J>nr- ei' for il and tuko no pot ?l umbrella hi> raining lawn-it e fbt belong - to another mae. Oregon, the Paradise of Parmer*. "> I Mild. equable climate, oartalu and abundant rops. Best fruit,grain, gran and sbiok conn- ( .the world.,,it;.1: \ When a train Is telescoped the passengers le apt to see stars. I A 1 ox wind mate lies fieo to smokers of Ttt* e l.'s Punch" 5c. Cigar. Has no redr Bj?-The mail wi h but one su'l i; ot bos. &yf?P'fEl!S Both the method and results when | Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant 1 and refreshing to the taste, and acts fently yet promptly on the Kidneys, aver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual | constipation. ^ Syrup of Figs is the j only remedy of its kind ever pro- ? duced, pleasing to the taste and acceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeablo substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50o and ?1 bottles by all leading druggists. Any relinhl? druggist, who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. i CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. L9WSVIILE, AY, NEW YORK, N Y. " El-V's "CatarrH 1 REAM BALM Cleanses t he HfC/^ isal l\issaKes,M^^^SSp?H] Hays IMin 1""1 R^VErS) I till annual ion. mi's the Sores. a / $?.m t Ite>t ( r,'s ? iisos n; Taste1 fgap-N^o^y..] ? LV THE (ORE. HAY-FEVER i pt-lieltt i* npplie I inlo n toll 11 utril an I ? ?i(Mi ?>. Price at rl*. at i1rili!Ki>?V- t?V ita H'um!(ir?.l, >? . i.i.V HKiiI'HKKM, ri Warr.it Si . No* V?rt. blere it 9s ! N not Is learn nil nbotit * JU i ^ >r?e ? Howls !*!? :? Oiitn A K><IOne? Knowlmperfe. 1 ,mm j m* and *o (luar.l AKAinit \ | nutl? I'otect Disease .ml ). m i Iwu Curr when molt J \ / \' I *alble ? Tell Hie ago I<y 9 \, I \ ? Teeth ? WlmI to call the t>l(Tor*nt I'orti of Ui? j lir.nl? How (o shoe a llorae Properly ' All lhl* d other Va unbte Information ran be obtained b-< wllny our IOO>l'A(lK ll.l.l'HTK tTKII ol ItlthK HOOK, which we will lorwar I. i? I "I Id, on receipt of only \f.y rem* In alanip*. BOOK PUB. HOUSE. i4Jdtftfl?r4 Qt., Hew York City, ^ A r M ^ ' :|?| lfci V~jJ __rffc - *- :'.t M&MntW 4W4 mmMlW wM 4% ^Vv . ?vt*jj < Good for every wor Whatsoe'er her cltiii * English, Yankee, T\ Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a Kitimate medicine, not a beverage; careully compounded by an experienced phyician, and ad*y>t>ed to woman's delicate rganization. It is purely vegetablo in omposition and perfectly harmless in any onaition of the system. Contains no lcobol to inebriate; no syrup or sugar o ferment in the stomach and derange [igestion. As an invigorating tonic, it imparts | trength to the whole system. For over- | vorked, " worn-out," " run-down," debiliatcd teachers, milliners, dressmakers, scamtresses, "shop-girls," housekeepers, nursing nothers, and feeble women generally, Dr. force's Favorite Prescription is tho greatest tarthly boon; being unequnled as an appoizing cordial and restorative tonic. As a soothing and strengthening nervine. 'Favorite Prescription" is unequaled ana It nasa^? S"E: ? PEILETS.1W ,-. ^ 0 3 V,?" Ono tiny, Sugar-coated Pellet a dose. Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks nnd Bowels. 2T? cents a vial, by drug| 1r YO0 wish A/-- _'| '?">? < ?? ? Ism &H[ss8/fT^w^.Us KF.VOI.VF.lt 1 Wk pnroliaae one of the role- \te-ir~?"v** orated KMITH A WKSSON i T?SilP-:*\ rni*. The finest email nrma /( Xy'sf \||Il\ ever manufactured and the ?J' )) Wa] Aral ch"lce of all expert*. Kl Manufactured In calibre* 3!. :wand 44-UO. Sin- HR! icloordouble action. Safety Hammertoes and VSV rnrset inodela. Constructed entirely of beet quality xvronulit steel, carefully inspected for workmanship and ato<'k, t tiey are unrivaled for flnlah, durability ii ml nrcurnoy. Do not l>e deceived by cheap malleable rnat-lron Imitation* which a>c often sold for the Kenuine article and are not onlv unreliable, hut itanireroua. The SMITH Ik WESSON Itevolvcra are all stamp d upon the barrels with firm's name, address and <1ate< of patents anil are giinriiiitccil perfect in Tory detail. In1 at Hi-..:." ' --iiiif the (leiiiiine article, and 1* your lealer cannot sifpiudy you an order s-nt to adaroM wlow will reoelvo Jurompt an.l careful attention. h.,.".^.n?,.??l?1e4,ii.. n,i once., lurntahei upon apW*** SMITH & WESSON, i* Mention tlil? uaix r. Hiiriiigfieli!, illaiu, 81<?>S10NE dollar z, ouvS SOLID COLO WATCH BY^CCTR^CI-Ua^aYQTEM. flKSmBSR WRITE FOR PRICE UfT AND CIRCULAR. tHMBy R. Harris & CO. .S?*s;;.\ ICB E. Fayette St.. Baltimore. Md ' opvrfclit 1W, Mention th?* i?np?r wli^n writini AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL CONSULT DR. LOBB Norlli llllecnlli St.. Philadelphia, Pa., for the treatment of blood Poisons, Skin Kruptlons, Nervous Complaints. bright'* Disease, Strictures, tmpotency nml kindred diseases, tin mntter of how Iquk standing or from what enuse originating. tB"Ten days' medicines rnmlshed liy mall enrr Send for llook on MI'KC'I A I. llUrnstl. I II tilt FRAZER^ BEST IN TilK WOULD UllLHOt IF" Uot tlie Genuine. Sold Kverywhere. ft I1C ^THIIY. book-keeping. business Forms. HUnlb rrnmsuehip, Arl li initio, short hand,etc.. II thoroughly taught l>y MAID. Circulars free. Itr>anl'? College. 437 Main St.. Buffalo, M. T. nnill^J HA HIT. Only Certain and J I I'll IBM ciinv CI'It K In the World. 1)^ WIJW III J.LhTEl'llENB.UUBiie,# ATI AC of U. S. and World 9Er H I knll 1!>I r>|fi. 01 lull Taje Maps. fcUUI ilanyof them colored. Also avast uinount of informs ion relative to different Slates ami Countries, Form ot lovernmenl, Kami Products and Value, Ae, Only tSc. In tamps. Address Book Pub. House, mi Leonard St., M. Y Cures whero all olao fails. ] tinTM ft IVERg MAN BIS OWN DOCTOR By J. HAMILTON AYERS, A. M., M. D. Niis is a most Valuable Book for tl Household, teaching as it does the easily-distinguished Symptoms of different Diseases, the Causes and Means of Preventing such Diseases, and the Simplest Remedies which will Alleviate or Cure. 598 PAGES, PROFU Tlii IVok is mitten in plain, everyday K liieh rentier most Doetot Books so valueless t \lende<l lo be oj Service in the Faniilji, and i ONLY 60 CENT (Tlie lew |>rlee only holii# ramie posslt ot only tloos tins Hook oonlairi so mneh Infni erly gives a Complete Analysis oi everytl ami tlie l'ro .uetion and Hearing o? 'illuitltlo lieelpeH iiikI I'reaKM'l ii\ pliinnt Ion ol ll< < '<>i New Edition, Revised and Enl With this I Vo!< ,n the li? u-to there is no ex nergoney. Hon't wait mi ii yo;i Invj ilium ; nine for tins vaiu thin volume, OISJXj IT OO OBKTT Fend postal notes or poit ige skimps an) IOOK PUBLISHING H0US1 nan's need, e or creed, irk, or Swede, amH|^n| 'daY^'VQiin^. |Mlm| r is invaluable in allaying and sulxi,^H|n9^H nervous excitability, irritability, exV^EMfflRM tion, prostration, hysteria, spasms and distressing, nervous symptoms, eommoniy^^^^M attendant upon functional and organic diieoso of the uterus, or womb. It induce* l| rcfrcsliing sleep and relioves mental anx- , B iety and despondency. j| 1 It is the only medicine for the cure of al W ' those peculiar weaknesses and ailments incident to females, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, of giving satisfaction in every case or prioo ($1.00) will be promptly refunded. See guarantee printed on bottle-wrapper and faithfully carried out for many years. For a Book of 100 pages on Woman : Her Disease?, and How to Cure them, (sent sealed in plain envelope) enclose ten cents, in stamps, to World's Dispensary Medical ! Association, 00d Main fc>t., Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Pellets^! PURELY VEGETABLE t PERFECTLY 11 ARM Unoqualed as a LIVER smallest, Cheapest, Easiest to Mj Cures Kick Hondachc, Bilious Headache, and oil derangements of the Stomach jists. , ^MOTHERS FRIEND" <&?* . L??12SS"- j AWumtK. r . - ,m tinilli BRADF1ELD REGULATOR BOLO MYALL DRUGC/SlS.. JONES m3 Ttr? ^^^00? fir l&R^sMiQKV Krerj else Scale. For free prftee lfc| / mention th.lj paper aud addreae KWTTms of^N^A!?OIL N ^? binghamtoa. *. ii! . OPIUM HABIT. j-m. T ttiuuuio JL rruUHO uivina full Information of an Knoy and Speedy our? frt* tt the a IB lc tod. Lin. J. 0. i I o r rmw .J eftexaOM. W loroiiMa. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL. PILLS N. nro CROSS DIAMOND BRANO. .-'7^t.,v\ Anfo 4u?l alwnr< reliable. Ladle*, A ft. AC C ,fc.vW> a-k liruRkikt for Piantnnd Brand, in ?\ itred, metallic 1?>\;V eralM with bin* -Jr^&vy rihl?.n. Take nil other. Allpltl?\tfcy ( ' wi viy ,n p??tebo?M boae?, pink n rapper*, are / ~ fly 'lanfrruui counterfeit*. Send 4e. v W Jr l-laitipa| for partlfulari, lenlmoulaii and 5* B> "Keller for I. ml lea," In Itiltr, br re tarn . \ jy mull. .V.imr Paprr. "T t hlrhralrr t krai't I o.. JljdUoo Sfl.. Tblta.,Pa. B T prescribe and fn'ly endorse IIIr <? ni tin only Tare* la specific lor the certat . cure ffljr 1 to s datr.tB of thi* disease. jUVOoaraatoaU aoi taB U. INtiHA H AM, M. P., fJW o*a?Stricture. Amsterdam, N. Y, fSf IIrd only by ,bo Wo bnvo sold nig G lof liilf, ^ fVj-rtna! fn ninny years. nnd It bat KiVen the beat of aatlfr m. Cinclonuil.WratJB faction. OUla. L>. Tt. t)YCHE4CJ. Tradt^^^M^^narkt^i.tiO. Bold by I UN IT 1 w I *T a I3^n| JBt Hi JT i Seoommcndcd by PIivaioTnns. IXM HP Pleasant and agrocablo to tho RV mt " " !~Wwi J AV;,V-v, SELY ILLUSTRATED. ngliKli. and is free from the to hnionl term* o the generality of readers. Ihia Hook it < so worded ns to t>e roaddv understood by nil. S, POSTPAID. >!e by the Imnienso edition printed.* rtnntion Relative to Disease, but vory propling |>ertaining t> Courtship, Marriage jifiumy rtuniltrs; together with l|?Lton*. / >tnnl?*nl l*r?? ! A rrot l 's?> ??i' Ordinary Ilorbn* ' arged, with Complete Index. cimi for not knowing what to do in ?n n in your fntnily Imfore you order, but send POSTJPA.ID. r il?nim:nitio i not larger thin 5 rents. l'J4 Levnard ?St.. N. Y.