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AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND OARDEN. PASTURING HVB IN WINTER. Rye may profitably be pastured by ahaep In some of tike Southern States, but in the North, where cold withers its leaves, they are not worth enough to offset the poshing of the ground that is sure to occur In midday even in cold weather. If, however, the rye is getting too large a growth pasturing with sheep or calves is necessary. If there is auy danger of its getting into joint it becomes tender, and a slight amount of cold destroys the crop, as it would of the most tender vegetable. "" vjr* . ? APPLE WOOD FOR FUEL. In most Old orchards there are some trees that have become stunted, and except with extraordinary attention will never pay their way. The better plan is to dig thorn out root and branch and use them for fuel. The extra care concentrated on the remaining trees will bring far larger returns. Most orchards are planted much too closely for the best results. Where the tree was dugout fill in with rich dirt from the roadside, and the trees on all corners from the old one will show in their increased products how much they appreciate the wider range given their roots. Apple tree wood makes excellent summer fuel, and is especially rich in potash. FLOWER TOT8. It may be well to remember that there nro other uses for old fruit-cans than feeding them to goats or filling gutters; they are just the things for home plants of many sorts. They will retain moisture much longer than an earthen pot of the name diameter on top; they hold more soil, consequently a lnrgcr plant can be grown in the same si/.cd pot. We have seen all manuer of house plants, including hyacinths, in the windows of ordinary farm-houses, growing in tomato cans, that would put to shame many of our florists' productions, and mainly because the plants were in better quarters than in porous earthen pots. Try tin cans, after pounding holes m the bottom for drainage, painting them nicclv, not red?but some neutral tint that will not detract from foliage or flower?and mark the result.?New York Observers ' "f v ONION CULTUItE. Twelve years' experience in raising onions, and no trouble from maggots and worms. I have sown and raised on the same piece for six years, and the crop grew better every year. When the time comes to sow onion seed in the spring, generally about the last of April, as early ns the ground will work, I spread on thickly rotten manure, plow it under, and then rake the ground oil and mark it out in drills fifteen inches apart. I next sow unleachcd wood ashes in the drills at the rate of forty bushels per acre. I then sow the black seed on the ashes and cover with earth. Thov will come up black and keep so. I have no trouble from worms and maggots. Unreached wood ashes and onions arc 2re.1t. friends. "Use them freely" is my motto, and I have never failed of raising a good crop of onions. ?American Cultivator* . W ? 1 THE USE OFoFEETJLIZERS. r''A farmslr'n \rovprt?^jugo mUffe atgbiVf I suggestion about the proper ffSfc of feV '1 filizers, and as he is a successful planter it is worth giving for the benefit of others. ^ ./- I', find,1' soKl"lhefarj>?r,Athntj a griJfltt rteal of njdncy too i lavish use of fertilizers when the crop is planted. If you want to fatten a pig you do not give him nil the food iji onc^s. ( eimply because it will be wastedJli?l;.ddr, .< etroyed before it can be eaten ifp*lV e ipig. So it is with food for the plant. 'Put on part of your fertilizer when you plant your crop, then every time you jwork it add a little more. If a drouth jcomes, and you find it will not be needed, lyou save that much. It frequently happens that a crop is injured more than it :is benefited by the improper 0*0 ?< fertilizers. Then again by putting the fertilizer on later in the season you get more benefits when the crop is maturing and 'fruiting." Apparently there is good 6ense in the suggestion.?Atlanta Constitution. ~~i ^ , * DISEASE IN FOWLS. f When fowls become stupid and sleepy with the feathers bunched i^p and the excrement is yellow.nncl grcea in color, the disease is anthrax, or, a&jLt. H vtOI!V? monly called, cholera. It is a disorder of the liver and contagious. It usp#lly. happens when fowls are kept in damp and filthy houses ami overfed, as these faults quickly proih)<te.60(ii$ an tinhealthy condition as', to rhake the birds susceptible to the contagion. ' It is' scarcely worth while. to'lttWttyjf a"curfc. The sick fowls should be ki'jvd Without bleeding nnd buried away frontthe house and the house burning sulphur on ypt coals in it. wim the doors closed. Ip. well cleaned and kept clenKUtt/iefeed the remaining fowls with i<C#W!Sd meal, dissolving for each twc1$8 fowls one dram of hyposulphite of sulfa' 'in the water tised. Continue this for a wccK. and 'feed no more than one titcftl 'tor each fowl daily. After the weck'fc?d wheat, and buck wheat;'VJlfcj'tfWtVMtbbajM; and some broken boju'^ yV-Ht^le san nnd pepper should *d>\*Hy,v be.given ,i?i the feed of hens two or three timnctH" week, and some vegetift>lfcrfood'should be' supplied. Chopped cabbage is the qjpn t?,1 ?t ii.in u:?.i v... lIL'.^I.I luuu U' vmo MilUi i^rn, rror??. , ? p'!K, lUK.W'f * ' ' TO SAVE tiltAIN IN ' Every year a good (leal of grairf' IV' spoiled by molding or bccoiniug musty after being threshed. Tti!$ yeai\"ui?leM threshing is delayed losses from this can ..nxxiiiif lieavv, ovtitatf > to -Mmk wet weather of harvest tinifvucrt tti<Hui***ndition in which much jflratn ivas <*ftt1TnfHer cover. Wo heard a few 11 u ysrh's'o'V' tical farmer describe a method by which* he put up grain, however \X9VftuVtjVM'>y amount, without injury. #>,Ut Hu|*ha Jot... of common brick under *5sr, jto oaitobu. always dry, and when thn.Jgt1uita.4ntf pilt into the bin he interspersed brick through the heap enough to absorb the superfluous dampness. Almost every one 'knows that kiln dried brick will absorb a great amount of watc in proportion of their size. The brick tn a heap of damp or even wet grain will, if numerous enough, dry it out, saving all danger of heating. After serving their purpose the brick should be carefully put one side for ( use another year. Our informant's father j [ had used the same pile of brick many years, and however dry the grain, he usually threw a few brick in the bin to insure greater safety. It is possible tbat this would prove a good method in drying out corn or to keep hay or grain in stacks from being spoiled by heating through. K.KEP YOCNG STOCK OROWIKG. If properly fed and kept warm in winter, young animals gain more from the same feed than they will at any later period of their existence. The necessity for good feeding must therefore be apparent. For the young stock, if not fed or cared for as it should be, becomes stunted, and under this condition there is scarcely anything more vexatious and disheartening. Tbo cause of stunted growth is usually impaired digestion, though this is followed by, and often confonnded with, attacks of scurvy in pigs, lice in calves or colts or ticks on lainbs, all of which are serious evils. They generally proceed from the one source of insufficient nutrition. We use this word nutrition rather than feeding advisedly. There may be enough or too much fed, and there may even be enough eaten, but it docs not digest. It is only the food that digests which does an animal any good. Where digestion is ruined easily the animal never recovers to what it might have been. Starving and surfeiting arc equally injurious. It is just these extremes that the careful farmer avoids as belonging to the wild state. No wild animal produces as much gain in flesh as one under intelligent and painstaking human care.* The wild auimal gets its food as best it may, and in latitudes where cold winters prevail it is reasonably sure to become pinched and stunted the first winter. It is quite likely that if the buffalo is domesticated and giveq food and shelter winters, it will attain larger size than the buffalo that formerly ran wild over our western plains.?American Cultivator. GRAFTING THE CHESTNUT. In some old works on horticultural operations the grafting of the chestnut is referred to ns a rather difficult and uncertain operation, and this may have deterred many otherwise good propagators of trees from attempting it. But any one who can successfully graft the apple and pear need not hesitate to graft the chestnut, thereby saving several years iu procuring a crop of these excellent nuts. The cious should, of course, be taken from bearing trees if possible, and only the young healthy nlioots used, aud theso taken from the terminal points of large, vigorous branches. After thecion is set, cover every part of the exposed wood on both stock and cion with wax, using plenty of it, inclosing all with waxed paper or thin cloth, to prevent admission of air or water when the stock begins to swell with growth in spring. I much prefer splice grafting upon small stocks on brauches of larger trees, to the ordinary cleft-grating, but have good results from both. It is not at all rare to see the cion set in spring blooming at the usual time the first season, and bearing a few nuts the sctond, and more the third. By having a few seedling chestnut trees growing in the orchard and garden we can always avail ourselves of the opportunity for obtaining cions of choice varieties found in the forest, or in the grounds of frjends and neighbors. The same is true in regard to fruit and ornamental trees, and t man handy with the budding-knife car his friends choice anil without cost, if he is known as a- liberat man ever ready to return such favors.?New York Tribune. i ' ( * f jC* ?~iC,ARE OF HOU E PLANTS. At this season of the year windou plants require considerable attention tt maintain ;y healthy condition. Care has ] Jo be; taken in watering so that too mud fee tint given and n saturated conditioi of the soil result. Do not allow water t( remain in the saucers in which the flowei pots are standing, as it causes the soil tc get too wet, and no plant will remait long healthy in such a coudition. Stii the surface of the soil in the pots, anc occasionally wash the leaves by sprnyina wliua 011100(41 HUU Wlgv, IIUU * ^ syringing when they are stuall anc covered with hair. Also keep the poti clenn. It is just as necessary to keep tht breathing pores of the leaves in good working condition as it is to keep tin skin of the human body free from dirt Dick off all decayed leaves and keep th< plants free from insects. Green fly, that inveterate enemy of all window plants, should have at all time close attention. Syringing will keep them off when they first make their appearances it j regularly 'attended to-, but should they get on in large numbers thi ! only method of destruction is tobacco | smoke, which can be applied, by placing the fSIantk under a barrel or box and filling with smoke; or. if the barrel or bos is jicrfectly tight, fill with smoke first, th<4u.; j>J? ?:thc plants under by *piicklj turning the jUnnts on one side, as enough will-remain to destroy the iuiccts. Bulbs-of hyacinths, tulips, etc., which have filled thdir pott well with roots can be broug/it into light ami heat, wueu they* will'"soon expand their flowers. WbjjAh watering newly expanded fiowert ! of any 'hind, do not allow any moisturl j to remain;long on the blooms, as it eauset premature decay. Those who were for- ! tuna$? citnrggb to secure a few bulbs ol j igjg, and Jhavc. them now coming intc | liloom, will nj. once be convinced thai -lhia>'js?onoiOf ifbc sweetest of recently introducc<l b,vlf?s." They are so easily managed1 jjnd'blhoiu so finely that they linv? Mll'*utv'f>ccoino general favorites among 'frll 1 overt of flowers wherever introduced. riltjf llieir flowering period give plenty ] of water, but as soon as the foliage be fLps.to, riuy^ gradually withhold water, ' ms. Dally allow them to dry off alto* j 'geUicj until next August, when they can bo started , into growth.?0\it *"* t- ?.^Most wv* Tlive for Lockjaw. ^Professor Kcn/.i, of Naples, has re* p<j*to<i: euros of tetanus by securing ab* *?LotW; rort-forttoo patient?that ia, real for tire "sfcuses as well as for the body. The jmuont's cars arc closed with wnx,, his room is dark, nud the floor is heavily rn'rpetcd. (lis nUrsc attends him witb/fl s)tndV ;l hintorn; lie ia served food tj^j requires no mastication; and sed.?K,c, are given to reliovc- pain. It is not tended that this treatment shoit<n's period of the disease, but that |^qo;,Song the force of the paroxysms, whift, eVontually cease. if The lost census in New reveals the fact of a profession of n on the part of no le* thuu niuri?j|JJ pcr ccut. of the wbjle p^?ulatiozyj V ? TEMPERANCE. - TEMPERANCE TiM. / la a cam before e magistrate at Plymouth, England, the captain or the brigaotine Louis Montgomery wee charged with baring failed to serve out lime juke to bis crew on a voyage from Montevideo to Plymouth, and the evidence showed that be had attempted to substitute grog for the lime juice, and that the tneu had refused to touch it, and for eighteen days bad lived on bread and water rather *ta?? mv? it it fhnir (AmnflrttiM nrinrinlt?L a trui stort. " Papa, will you plow* g;ve mo fifty cents for iny spring bat? 'Moat all the Academy girls have theirs.'' "No, May; I can't spare the money.* The above request was persuasively made by a six teen-year-old maiden as she was preparing top school one fine spring morning. The refusal came from the parent in a curt, indifferent tone. The disappointed girl went to school. The fattier started for his place of business. On b!s way thither he met a friend, and, being hail fellow well met, he invited him into Mac's for a drink. As usual, there were others there, and the man that could not spare his daughter fifty cents for a hat treated the crowd. When about to leave he laid a half-dollar on the counter, which just paid for the drinks. Just then the saloon keeper's daughter entered, and, going behind the bar, said: "Papa, 1 want fifty cents for my spring hat.'' "All right," said the dealer. And taking up the half-dollar from the counter, he handed it over to the girl, who departed smiling. May s father seemed dazed, walked out. alone, and said to himself:, "I had to bring ray fifty cents here for the rum seller s daughter to buy a hat with, after refusing it to my own daughter. I'll never drink another drop." And he kopt Lis pledge. ? Our Young People. wnat tii* w. c. t. v. has dows. Until the organisation of the W. C. T. U., temperance work had been almost exclusively reformatory. When mother-love came to the fore, it quickly recognized the fact that the awful river of drunkenness was fed continually by streams whose springs were in th& nome; every man Hwepi to destruction oy n* terrible Hood was some "mother's boy." Other organizations had stood on the bank and dragged here one and there another victim from the flood, too often only to see them stagger back and be engulfed m the black waters; These mothers said: "The stream must tie . stop|>ed at the fouutain head," and ' this is prevention. They had learned the lesson taught by an insane asylum; the patient whose sanity is to bo tested is taken to a tank into which a stream of water is flowing from a pipe, and told to empty it. If, unheeding the flowing stream, he attempts to dip the water out, his sanity is clear; but if, comprehending the situation, he first turns the faucet shuttiug off the stream, and then proceeds to empty the tank, his sanity is equally clear. The w. C. T. U. haa proved its sanity by turning the faucet, and thus originated Us preventive work.?Union Signal. DRINK DESTROYS THE BRAIN. The Christian Inquirer mentions an impressive lecture on "Alcoholic Inheritance," by Dr. Syraes Thompson, at Oreehatn College, and rejiorta him as saying: "We doctors are often tempted to wish that the human race could be propagated with as much care as is shown in the breeding of horses." The lecturer followed with a really terrible list of the evils to which "alcoholic subjects." or the children and children's children horn of drunkards, aro liable, not the least of which are insanity and every form of mental aberration. It was very noticeable, said the doctor, how much the moral character of the drunkard was <V?stroyed, and the same effect of the parent's trtn was traceable in his children. Again, drink was the greatest destroyer of brain power in the world, and its results were wonderfully manifested in the drunkard's issue. It is well understood that drink destroyed self-control, and a great necessity of the present day wa? the training of drunkards' children in self-control. WORK AMONG SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. The important work of the \V. C. T. TJ. among United States soldiers and sailors is under the special direction of Mrs. Sarah A. McClees, of New York city. Effort is being made to induce interested men to become total abstainers, to form soldiers' temperance unions officered by themselves, to suppress the sale of liquor near soldiers' homes to provide Bethels, coffee and lodging rooms for soldiers in seaport cities, to circulate temperance nnd White Cross literature among soldiers and sailors everywhere, and In every way |>os&ible to promote Christ's kingdom among these men. The work has met with marked appreciation, not only from the men thpmSi'lvrR hilt, frnni ntflppr? nnrl phnnlainu who have given the ladies their sympathies and support throughout the entire six veara Of effort.-IF. c. T. U. Bulletin. a praiseworthy precedent. One of the most elegant entertainments of the season in Washington was one recently given in honor of the Pan-American Delegates by ex-Senator and Mrs. J. B. Henderson, of Missouri. There were many distinguished guests, and all. tbejMnQjfiuVcintrai-" ter, "But no wines or liquors were offered.' All honor to ex-Senator and Mrs. Henderson for their praiseworthy social precedent.? National Temperance Advocate. TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTRS. The Minnesota W. C. T. U. gained 5821 members' last year. It is said that the prevalence of the influenza in Munich lessened tho consumption of beer by W1.000 gallons. During 1881) the output of tho St. Louis breweries was increased by nearly 100,00}) barrels of 1888. . V! .."-"Xge IBili.ilbense Omaha send$ fonr ftu/leutato the Sttite T/niVei^ity And ?ighty-one victg to tho State penitentiary. .... i ' Tha ybung Oerman. Emperor recently dined with Bismarck, and, says tho telegram, "re* peatedly took wfne with him." * Western members of Congress have est^b-i lished a club house in Washington, in which intoxicating liquors are prohibited. Tbaiemperanoa women of Sau. JKrnnciaoo Snvft kamn werivn hnvcotttnir nffrthrst thfc. "cott)&.^rO<^iry of California. -'..n't ciurUufttip 80,000 gallons of brandy at tneir distillery at Goyserville, Sonoma County, California. The statement is mane uu u.v -Umontj or private detectives employed by licensed retailers, that there are nearly 4000 unlicensed groceries in operation in the city of Philadelphia. A Boston statistician tlgures that 64,000,000 able-bodied drinks of Boston-made rum are exported for African consumption every yenr. This estimate is made on the basis of nearly 1,000,000 gallons, and the business makes the rum producers very rich men. Charles Emory Smith, the now Minister tc St. Petersburg, turns his glasses down whec the wine is passed at public banquets, and has not tasted the intoxicating cup in fifteen years. He will astonish the Russian blue nloods, who are the hardest drinkers in th? world. 1 Since the establishment of the Vienna free kitchens the number of drunkards is said t< I liave greatly diminished. The medical pro ] fession testify to enormous improvement ii ! the health or tho lower classes. Derange ments of "tomaeh, formerly the njpet Xr< quent ^rtna h^pita^fcava-de c reased t one-thtnf n/***1? DUrt?^r of tw years y,0 ^ . - . . / ' Ak a grocery store in Uelfnst, I ro'cjit1y, whHc qdifc a Wimlw of persons | Vrq g!dlij;ml ,tJu'icin^(lhc proprietor got ||?H*si?igon ynrious things, finally , t'olu ui'tL" '5, bomber' fM | _cuci*t'5'^YT^ lipidc as"|o how many were , in adfl^iol.- The most reckYcss person ft : I he piirlv g?eM(iih?s^ngh i^Nlk AOO.'.Fl ufi thill tlSfid \VlTC V,rtf H t iff hthe*f 'efcihh i/tW' n I a smaller numher. "Well, sir," said tht 'grocer, "there are 110,000." Of course no one would believe him until he ex plained that there were sixty to a hni j ounce, and proved it. "Then how man] vmk notes will it take to weigh as mur) as a silver dollar?" lie raid. "One liun tired!" Seventy live!" "Three hundred!' cried out several. "Not light," said tin {[nicer; "just twenty two"?which lie ii list rated unci proved. * BLKPX ON HIS POST. j How k 8c Idler'* L1f? was SkTkl bp ' 'Y the Late Judge K?Uey. . la 1864 a young soldier of a Pennayl- | van la regiment was convicted by a court* E inkrtUWig^^p;ng orupost, and sen- t Mend* of the un- t fortunate boy hastened to Washington ? And enlisted the sympathies of the late < Hon. William D. Kelley in his behalf. I Their statements of the boy's grave of- c feuse indicated that there were mitigating r circumstances which rendered him a t firoper subject for executive clemency. * t was claimed that the soldier was in feeble health, but had refused to go to t the hospital, remaining with his com- * pany, wnich was engaged in the cam- t paign against Richmond. He had been ( marching and fighting for two days and ? bights without sleep, and it was under i such circumstances that, overcome by ex- t haustion, he had suffered himself to fall asleep while on pickst. Military law was rigidly enforced at thnt time and little -mercy was shown to offenders. Mr. Kelley at once went to the Presi- J dent, with whom he was on terms of < close iutim.acy. Few men enjoyed to a J fuller extent than he the confidence of 1 Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Kelley laid before the 1 President the case as presented bv the friends of tho soldier. Both agreed that * If the facts were as stated the death sentence might prcpedy be revoked in the * interest.q^ato&jy, and without prcju- * dice to the service? The lint* was short, as but a few hours, or days at most, intervened between the sentence of a court- ( martial aud its execution. Mr. Kelley t Volunteered to go at once to the army and investigate. To enable him to do < this Mr. Lincoln handed him a reprieve ] for three days. So fullv did he tnmt. tlio ! judgment of Mr. Kellcy that he also 1 wrote and signed a pnrdon which Kellcy , was to present in ease he found the statements of the soldier's friends to be cor- 1 rect. If, upon the other hand, he should find the case to be without extenuating 1 features he should not interfero with the j cxerution beyond the reprieve granted for the inquiry. Mr. Kellcy took the first train for tho t front. Traveling as far as ho could by rail, ho rode on horseback nearly all | night through the great camps to reach % the regiment he sought. The execution * was to have taken place that morning, but was stayed by the President's order. Mr. Kellcy satisfied himself1 that the de- | mantis of justice and the discipline of tho army did lTOt rFqniifUhc sacrifice of'tho young life, produced the pardon and tho | soldier was restored to duty. Naturally Mr. Kellcy watched with in- ' terest the future career of the boy whoso life ho had held in his hands, and was gratified to know that he had not erred in his judgment. The Roldicr fully redeemed himself by conspicuous gallantry, n and lost an arm in tho final assault upon Petersburg. After the war Mr. Kellcy secured his appointment in one of tho departments of Washington, where ho remained till his death two or three years . ago. In after years Mr. Kellcy often remarked that no act of his life, public or private, gave him more satisfaction than nis services in behalf of that condemned soldier. It goes without saying that tho lattcr's nfTeoiion for Mr. Kclley was beyond any power of language to express, continuing till the last moments of life. Bonfires Before the House*. I wt& tall^. pwlt\e other day with a gentleman just returned from a long trip through the South, when he told mt about innumcrabh fires in the onen nit which he saw as the train swept across Alabama and Georgia at night. It seemed, he said, as if there was a bonfire in front of every country mansion. C. II. Parraelcc, a former Southerner, now living here, to whom I mentioned this observation, said to me: '"Why, ha was just about right. There is a bonfire j in front or nearly every country mansion in the South to-night. It is located soin? distance from the house, and is built to gather the mosquitoes and insectp, which i fly to the light, and leave the people sit- ! ting on the porches in comfort. That is : one of the oldest and most common prac- | tices in the South. Animals, as well as ! insects, are attracted by fire, you know. A horse will dash headlong into a fire at night, and when stables catch fire the only way to save the animals is to blindfold them with blnukets."?[New York - Prcsa. A rAssTWr??.ft fl7TTfic renirTSuiar ano Oricutal Company's steamship Victoria, on her last trip homeward from Australia, leaped overboard. Immediately a lifeboat was lowered, but the tackle did not work easily and the crew of thirteen men was spilled out. Another lifeboat, however, w as safely launched and eleven men I of the first crew recovered. The other j two men, together with the passenget i who had leaped overboard, were devoured r.( by sharks in plain view of every one on i : board the ship. ????? U March April Mav /re the best mnuihs in which to purify your V'?o4? H ? for nt no other season ?loe? the system so much- nee<|: ' the at(l of a reliable medicine like Hood's HaifaI-" . parilln, as now. Iiurlng the long, cold winter, the ;f ' blood becomes I hill and Impure, the l>o<ly becomes ..weak and tired, Iho appetite may be lost, flood's 1' '' Farsapnrllla Is peculiarly ndapteil to purify and en rich the bloo<l. to create a Rood appetite and to over'1 : -come that tired feeling. Hood's Sarsaparilla fsc ycurs^ have made It a practlea to tnke from thr?> to . w.-u.. ?.* ir>wr? s-nr 1 saparllln, because 1 know It purines the blood an I thoroughly cleanses the system of all Impurities. That languid feeling, sometimes ealle.l spring fever," will never visit the system that has been properly cared for by this never-falllng I remedy." W. If. I.awrfnck, Kdltor Agrloultural rptlomlst, Indianapolis. Ind. i Tho Best Spring Medicine 'I have taken three (tattles of Hood's Sarcapa< rllla and consider It the liest ii|oo<l medlelne 1 have I ever taken. H builds me tip, make* me sleep ' tetter, give* me ft good appetite." Mm. i. P. l.timt1 ton, Portland, Me. ? Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all drujtftlsts. $1; six for f-V lYepnrrd only ' by C, I. IIOOD A CO., Apotheearles, Lowell, Mass. - IOO Dosos One Dollar i ~ f The Pope Favors \Convalescents from the Influenza L. with exemption iRSfc-rfW*?'1 f i? rules (IK??)-. _ > Ayer's sarsaparilla Restores \ I Strength W Vigor. ( Take it S r now. Prepared bv Dr. J. C. AVer & Co" Lowell, MaP"' "' v SLattlesnakM In tho Yosemlta V?lI heard Judge Nelsou telling Ms ex* xjriencc with rattlesnakes in the Yosenite Valley, and mildly suggested that he writers who hare described its glories uake no mention of the snakee. "Of ourse not," snid he, "because that rould destroy it ns a resort for travelers. Jut they are there and-4n greut numbers, icvertheless. As vou drive along the oad you will occasionally hear the uur-r-r of a rattler, and your horse will jump harnly to one side. Horses are tnucn ifraid of the snakes and quicker to see hem than men are." E. L. Bonner, of tfontnna, who is an old frontiersman, old how the well posted wagoner on the rontier always puts a hair rope entirely iround his camp at night, merely stretchng it on the ground. No snake will :ross it.?[New York Press. Pair Piny" is ail that Is asked for Dr. Pierce's Golden Vled'cal Discover}-, when taken for catarrh in .he head, or for bronchial or throat affection , t ?r lung scrofula (commonly known as con- | sumption of the lungs) and if taken in timo, md given a 'air trial.it will cure or the money aid for it will be refunded, it is the only ,-tutran teed rurv. Cleanse the liver, stomach, bowels and whole ystem by using Dr. Pierce's Pellets. After aM. why not etthe attge elevxl* tel ? Who Is to condemn it if It us.s it rings and flies. (lew's This! Webffer One Hundred Dollars reward for iny case of catarr.i that cannot be cured by aking Hall's Ca'arrh Cure. F. J. Chbnet <ft Co.. Props., Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Dheney for the last 15 years, and believe blm perfectly honorable in all business transacions. and financially able to curry out any ohigations made by their flrm. tVeet & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Walding, Kinnan A Marvin, Wholesalo Druggists, Toledo, OMo. S. H. Van Hoes-en, ('ashler Toledo National Bank, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, aetng directly upon the blood and mucoir-t surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent lies, i'rico 75c. per Dottle. Sold by all Druggists. There are thoto who never eason on w' ni hey should do, luton what they have done. For washing flannrl*, Dobbins's Electric Soap s mnrvfloun. Blankets and woolens washen vith it look like new, and there is absolutely no hrinking. No other soap in the world will do (U uch jtcr/cct work. Give it n trial now. Mamma?What are you taking your doM's <( dsteiwl ap irt to-, pet/ L? tile Dot?1'? J? ookln' for buga* rfc The Mother's Friend, used a few weeks be- ?1( fore confinement, lessens tho pain and intkos lal or qnick and comparatively easy. Sold by all Druggists. ^ An undertaker's favorite ex-rcl-e !s box n . ^ Watch for "Murray" Bu.'gy adv. next week rl in iimewuiti wo wiim is nuuci', 1 ill id uo ? ibie to do without it Is power. Traveling men smoke "Tansill'H Punch." Th?re Is nothing In life so rArn-'stly to be nuitlit for nn 1 hnrar or mid prob ty. is ; ONB ENJOYS Both the method and results when 6jrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, I iirPF flnH Rntvnla nlnnncoa tltn otro. VIVUilOVkJ ItUV DJO* tem effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrun of Figs is tho \ only remedy of its Kind ever pro- 4 duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- * ceptablo to the etomach, prompfin its action and truly beneficial m its 01 effects, prepared only from the most u healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities comthe most popular remedy known. Syrup 01 Figs is for sale in 50o and $1 bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who J may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who ( wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. . CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAM FRANCISCO. CAL. 1 19*HSVILL?, KV. HEW FORK. Mt. E MPLTOYME N T! : nnnil S3.30 8 m )|H. Ab<m>?s wW'il. * ?m flood , * r hp f nn| i * R.*nry k Hit. P * Y. / cl lr?* r . 1 IIUU Kill W K. B VKRI1IO . n?LTO ,\.P 't CRATER AXLE I linia b BH CDCACC I' BEHT IN TI1K WORLD UIILMOL , PT Pitt MtQanulna. Bold Kvenrwhf. _ , BB % ""1WH18XKY HAH- ' IJII IU| ITScnred at 'oonic wih I H B III RW1 out |>rId. liook of |4ir mil |U|V| Ilculars rent FREE. M. WOOLLKY, SI I'.. ATUUIIA. O. ?- *> ? ? IfkOalltll s?. | UTW VDVTV Any woman tan make n few . A ID JQUDiM. dollar* weekly without interference with other untie*; jio eat vr?*trc or " agency. Call or rend in cent*lor material r-n<; |*rrtitular*. < . C. Co., 1.11 Broadway, Jo w 1 or. . PATENTS?PENSIONS;^" W 1 deal of Pension and Ilouuly law*. Send for Inventor-.' (itilde or IIow to ttet a I'atent. Patrick O'fAKRC:.!, Attorney at Uw, Washington, P. C. IA8TH Wl ASHR&BjFREE ' I ky Mil im?W%r*n. Dr. H BCIIirKXAl, B<. P?al, Mnnpv in Chip.k^nfi If yon know how to properl\- car* 1* ? for tlirni. For 49 cents In stai i? I 'J yw > < 11 run procure a IMVl'AtJK IHlOK ' it f y.X RlvitiK tno < Jiwrlencc of a pmctl/ / \ ral 1' ultry llalser not an am . / \ tenr. hut a n an worklnK for do'? ( X iura and cent-?during a juried of -1year*. It trachea rou how to ^ tect and Curr Dlaraara: to Fa <1 IP tTrKiwa and alao for F tteniiur; I 1 which Fowl* t<> Kara for Ilrerdlns I I I'uriKiai a; and verythintt. mined, yon should know < n (ha a u hi rot to make It profile able Bent postpaid to iiOc. (lUOK PtIB. UOI BF. 134 l.eoaard nncel. N. V. Cllf. I prescribe and fnHy endorse III* (4 aa tb< only Oereela^^^H specific fonhrcertai. cura 1 Jvl TO a DiYk.V of this disease. JHbvanaawt a?t v*H O. H. INOHA It AM, If. [>.. ' fcf aaaae?irli?Mi Amsterdam, N. Y. j rdf Mra eaty ?7 tka We have sold Ill(f O fo? t!a. ?. uia many years, and It has ltSMTiMOhaBKMO^^^jrt^n the l^8t oi mi,. 'MB. OlnolonaUJi^^Tactlon. | o?oo. VV n. n. oycitk a co.. I Chicago, III. i enO^V^iirkylll.no. Bold by Druggists. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PIL! ~ yr_~^v RIO CROSS DIAMOND BNANO. . .Wi'TS Rafr anil alwaya reliable. l.adit-e, A f U QAd a?k Drucrtat for Vimrnontf ItranH. In mrtatllo t nr? anted with bine /^\\ ty ribbon Take eo ether. ailpllla\\5y RA yc-1 la paatr board boiea, pink wrapper*, are \y I ] ~ pf d??frron? rounterfVltn. Kend 4r. v I 'if ( lamp*) for partleulare. uetlnonlala and I aa B "HeHrf for Laflr*," I* laner, kj rrtara \ // aiall. .Varna fapn. '^r Iklebaakac CkaB'l ( ? ladiaaa Sa? rhlla* r* ''"" COfvRi^tf 18?'' AN OLD MAID'S * To take or not to tako it, is tho Whether it is better to end this < n Bpiusior?urnvmg ins armies r. That lack of lovers caused my 1< Or take the remedies my sisters And see my eyes grow bright as In the immoi-tal fount Do Leon In vain in Florida's peaceful ahn 1 oft have heard my married stsl That good old Dr. Pieroe's Favoi Would bring back color to a fad Restore the health of ono who f To rid herself of all tho pain sh Thrt aforesaid spinster took the remedy iving regained her health and blooming beau Thousands of women owe tfcpir fresh, t< ooming countenances to the restorativo c< facta of Dr. Pierce's Favorite PMeerip- v. on. It is a positive cure for the most rr implicated ana obstinate cases of leneor- r< tea, excessive flowing, painful menstrua h in, unnatural suppressions, prolapsus, or d< lling of the womb, weak back, " female j ai oakness,'' anteversion, retroversion, bear- j C g-down sensations, chronic congestion, in- | immation and ulceration of tne womb; j r flammation, pain and tenderness in ova- p D8, accompanied with "internal beat." tx As a regulator and promoter of func- I c T)r "Piftrpft's Pftllfite rprm I; tomach and bowels. One a 1 i j[ Best Coogh Medicine. Re< >r<| Cures where all else tails. Pic taste. Children take it withor: S3 SHOE for GENTLEMEN i nd Other Advertised Specialties Are the Meet In the World. None genuine unless name and price are stamped n bottom. SOLD EVERYWHERE. If your dealer 'III not supply you, send postal for Instructions bow > buy direct from factory without extra charge. W. I.. IMU'ti I.AS, HrerUton. illnss. taacph E2TW ?.it Tars Bmuii ?nj ll?im I&X foS*>^TT . 1IINGI1 AMTO.N. N. v.. DROPSY TIIKATED FltKE. 'oslllvely Curnl wltli Vegetable ileniedlea. Have curod thousands of cases. Cure patlcnu pro niueed hopeless by best physicians. From first <Iom ymptoms disappear; In ten days at least two-thlrdi II symptoms remove I. bend for free boolc tesllino Inls of miraculous cures. Ten days' treatment ree by inall. If you vrdor trial, seud IOC. In stainpi opay postage. Dx. If. If. (Jnaas St Horn, Atlanta, tia \W' JEFFERSCtt DAVIS hook published, j brco tdltlor.s In three vrcfcs. Beautifully lilusrateil. I.ocr.l end Ccnrral agents wanted. Complete ut.lt $1.00. K. U. MCOlTW ARD, Baltimore, J.d. t?a M #% hoot drafts?Everything! No H sJ Km t W larger stock In U. 8. No belli 11 if g- am ler. 110 cheaper. I'tKECO. W MW NUftSElUBa, Ixmlslaua, *0. rtniMli IIA IIIT. Oulv Certain ss4 B PIU M y'f.c^ruAto, jimssuk ri > a nrA Fstu FRrrrs, limuerre ??rrk rkrnp. . Ft fl H r N I end lie. lor. ssnr>i le vines, t stTcgne Llllfil LU /iff, C. h. ( nrt eelt Co.. I ortlaiu'.N.Y. TCIII kin PI I.KI'?Tleh of every description noslI uFlInu lively cured tvlth JLnupllratlons. Sent y mad for (l. UEO. II. CAUL, Falls Village, Conn. I EVERY MAN HIS OWN DOCTOR By J. HAMILTON AYERS, A. M? M. D. rhis is a most Valuable Book for th Household, teaching as it does the easily-distinguished Symptoms of diffsrsnt UitsniAi ttiA and Means of Preventing such Diseases, and the Simplest Remedies which will Alleviate or Cure. 598 PACES, PROFIT The Hook is written in plain, every-day E which render most Doctor Books so valueless t nitende l to be of Service in the Family, and i ONLY 60 CEN1 (The low price oulx beln* made oosaii With this Rook in the honso there is no e: emergency. Don't wait until you have illnc at ome for this valuable volume. ONTjY OO OHN,,3 Fend postal notes or postige stam|ie of an BOOK PUBLISHING HOUS \ SOLILOQUY. question ? [ wtlily career if those who would insist inely state,? take, tho' 1 bathed sought ides. Icra say rite Prescription ed check ? ain would dio o feels." ? and forthwith took a husband also, ity. onal action, at that critical period Cf tango from girlhood to ir*"*lltlir^ rJ'* ' ' ?? miw ftiw i i|iMim? ! n |WWewy safe reicdi&l agent, and can produ?? only good ssults. It is equally efficacious nnd valualo in its effects when taken for those disorr>rs and derangements incident to that later lid most critical period, known as "Tho hnngo of Life." ,? For a Book (160 paces) on Woman : Her / lseascs and their Self-cure, (sent sealed in L lain envelope, I enclose ten cents, in stnmpe, flk* > World's disrknsarv M kmc ax. Asso- " IATIOR, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. ite and cleanse the liver, dose. Sold by druggists. t sommendcd by Physicians. sasant and ogrceabio to tho gSB it objection. By druggists. El "~ V-fJ I* TOO WISH *r^_ | i i_u "ie ^?^--v n KVOI.TKR ?xT^5--i.i ^ifQv mrchur one of the <* - TRTtrrLJlo rated 8MITH A WESSON a. y .^aJtVeSy rtna. The finest small >nni ff YV~rf \Wl8V ??r manufactured an.t the \\ JJ )J WB nit choice of all expert*. ^6-^' n Iannractured Incalibres 32,3*and Sin- MW le or double action. Safety llarnmerloea and VJHOw nredmodels Constructed entirely ot beat ty wrouckt steel. carefully impertel for workmanship and stock, they are unrivaled for finish, Inrabllll y and accuracy. I>o not be deceived by heap malleable cant-lion Initiation* which -e often sold for the trenni lie article and are not P'y,bnt datiKerona. The 8M1TH k 1E8HON Rerolvera are all elami^d upon thenar la wrllh Brtn'a name, aildri-e* an<i dila<i of pa tenia n<l are aunrniiieed perfect In < Tery detail Imlat upon tiavlOK tho genuine article, and If row ealer cannot aupply you au enter ? nt to adchroaa elow will reoeivo prompt and careful attention. >eaorptlTaoataloirue an 1 nrl es furuluhe 1 upon a??cu,a gMITH & WESSON, HTBImUm thla paper. g^rinKdeld. lUaaa. ^SmesL,5H tASV BRADFIELD REGULATOR ca mA?% SOU) BYAU OKUC-m/STS. - Coughs ^ Colds UMtKUXSS There is no Medicine Ilka Si^li DR.8CKENCK'S lllpULMONIC lT4lr SYRUP. M ft I* pleanant to the taate and B mCC PB" doca not contain a particle of SSJHLUB u J opium or anything Injuriotia. It I l,*^MKga ; rt i*the licet Cough Medlclneln the - World. KorSalob,all Druggist*, price, ?l.<iO per ?>ottl<\ Dr. behenek'a Book on ' mmimption anil flu t'ure, moiled free. Addreea ^?e. .1. H. Hchacck & Bon, Philadelphiaironnn in nmnnDO Bill men ALL U 111 lino 4'iUli CONSULT UK. I.UHIt, 340 Nertb Vflteealh p-f reel. l'hllHilel*tilit. Twenty your*' experience In ?peci*I IIIMUO; vitrei tne irwW ft., nim Complaint*, Hlixxl Poltonlng, tllotches, Kruptlou* Piles Catarrh, Ulcer*, Korea, Imp* I red Memory, Pe?p->mlency, IMninrn* of VUIod, Lung, Liver, Moinacb, KldnevilhlKht's Dlaeane); coc'hlcutlal. I VCall or write (or uucatioa lUt aud hook. ? S *I 12 SELY ILLUSTRATED. toglish. and is froe from the tehnical terms <0 the generality of readers. This Rnok <1 is so worded as to l>e readily understood by alt 'S, POSTPAID. ble bv Um tmmonM edition i>rlnt?<i.) sense for not knowing what to do in an >*? in your family before you order, but send CS, POSTPAID. ly denomination not larger than 5 cents. E, 134 Leonard St.. N. Y. City.