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- AGRICULTURAL. ] Topics of interest uhliative TO FARM AND GARDEN. \ ?ROOMING COWS IN TICK STABLE. j ; ' j. Much of the comfort aud thrift dl a cow tied up in the stable depend! on frequent brushing and rubbing to dear * off the dirt that wilt otherwise accumulate. In the field, at pasture, cows manage this matter -themselves, rubbing against a post or tree; but in the stable there is more need of the currycomb and I ; brush, and they get less of it. The ! diversion of blood to the skin keejM the J row ivnrm in <>nl<l ivi*nMir?r nnil ?n?wi>r? qjanjr of the purporcs of exercise. Now ..-"'that. so large a proportion of cows are N,>* kept in stable the rear through, their grooming becomes a matter of increasing importance. Try your cow with the brush, and see if she does not like it,and Tespond by better condition iu every way. , ?Ameriran Cultivator. 4i* ? ArriiK TltKE ROKKH. When an orchard has become badly infested with borers, it will require con, aiderablc labor to exterminate the pest. The trees must be carefully examined every year duriug the winter or spring months, and every grub cut out or otherwise destroyed. We prefer cutting away the bark over each burrow, and followtny \t. un nutiV U>o V>?rrr In twnilA | " and killed, than to trust to the prob- | ing with a wire. The wounds made | in the stem iu the operatiou may l>c tilled . with clay, wax, or the exposed wood [ smcareri with thick paint. Banking up the trees in the au'unin will do n<? good, for the female beetle will deposit her i eggs above the mound of soil, no matter j | how high it may be. Yoii might, try | < wrapping the stems with tar- paper, which ? we have used with success on peach trees '} !o keep out the insect known as the i peach tree borer, an insect <|uite distinct i from the apple tree borer.?American t Agriculturist. 1 i PANOKlt IN SKKIH.NO. < The greatest danger threatening a new t tending of grass and clover, or either of j | them, is the drying of tlie soil by a cold | wind or a dry, hot spell after the seed- 1 ing. If the sowing has been superficial : and the seed has thrown out roots on the. surface one. hour's drying will lie | fatal. But if the seed has been covered , an inch, before the seed leaves or the rpire appear above the surface, the root i has gone down three or four inches and 1 nide roots have spread as far on each | side. A dry surface does not injure such ', plants. Two weeks of dry weather will i | not. kill them, and if protected by the thadr of a growing crop they arc entirely tafe from any ordinary drought, 'hie other point should not lie ignored : This is the adcipiati! feeding of the young grass, all the more requisite if another;' crop has licen sown with it. Iiiimodi ' itclj' after the grass seed has been covered in, .'100 or 500 pounds of complete I artificial manure should he sown on the ) lurfaee, or it might he sown by another ; hand as the seed is sown and botii cov- . i ercd in together.?Nar York 'l'imrs. ! | 4 . , f ??f?NAMKNT\l, l>\HUKMN(l?.-j Order and simplieity'ai?Mnc?^'fo1neiftV | pletc muddles of gras?, trees, walkijJ drives. arbors, dr. Ynliollung will ontf-r j and simplicity rountTor moh' lliun when J using garden inakimj inatt-vpjls withal view to creating i t"11T^frrts ahottTy our homes and grounds. Through a do- , sire for display one is liable to overdo l?y i bringing too many objects into the garden i and scattering them unduly. Simplicity ! implies neither poverty ih imtj)i'iute or/tfif.tj' design. A garden or (lie parts of "a gar den may be, essentially simuhyju* .disium and elaborate in detail- - 4, A unity of the objects of a garden for | contributing to a complete whole, a bar monizing of these, one with another and a balance .if the different feature* and k sections are important things to secure in planning an ornamental garden. Where marked features and bold contrasts are: ought t here should also be 4 agreeable, I easy transition from one to another*.'with 1 '<ut abrupt breaks to interfere with the harmony. fl v_,- . 1 Let it be remembered that jardecis are , foi Uic ras well as, oruame.ul ' finouKr lie accessible and convenient, and , this should always lie kept in. mind in locating dilTercnt objects, walks and drives. TiUa.-i.Long, the well-known i landscape arehifeet, says there is no more;'. conflict between utility and beauty in the ga^leitjfhipl e|er?vhere, and we may a I waysaiin.lo4iuvi-.it very convenient and ?t the same lime very handsome1. ? Mary- j Utnrl Farmer. Toe FIHST ?TIIKN TCNKU. To get the large yield of potatoes we must have a strong, stocky top-growth, and .this in as early a stage of development -{i. c. as suou, after planting! as possible. The latter is one of the most ,, loipoih1'*' points;?/an<i if secured, tin plants will have lilne- to concentrate j ? .sUvta; - . pl/yvt^^by planting large seed-pieces, 1 preferably whole tubers, in rows about j,. three feet apart, ami about one loot :-?, ?parl in the row. This plan invariably ; gives the largest tnpdjmwih, and earlier 1 in the reason than it cau be secured by . 8ny, ttHigi jnctbutl of'planting; and it also usually gives fjiu Jargcst yield of j .tubers.* Plenty of aggregate top-growth, ; but later in the season,- can also be ob- ' tained by planting cut sheil, even ,j " single-eve, very cl.o-.ely. .making .t'^\or i three limes the number of pitiikte on a : given area than when \l hole'seed is used. I The individual iSlftift is smaller at the , ?t?Ng jtstfmiins at a disadvantage nil through the .season, and will yield less than the strong* r individual plant from whole seed; but as there arc >o many jpore such plants,.they may e<|iiul,..per haps rymi ?l^yihld, ihi:*a?:u; njrgij plap^ed <W tWi ot<lier plan. tllut Hose -planting ..calls for close attention and' a good deal of band Vatfor. and either me'lovl m.,it!, . IV"v 9 ' t'he Wfrfctgo 04 . a suttkicnt .ptuntvty of 1h^ mirA-gal^. available forin. at IheMJityosid otdl.e plant* during tuber formatimrt - Without this re I^s^uUisite, the use of whole scad, ?r the /^Sa^hod of close planting of rut-seed. will '"^^aely a waste of seed. It is not mi' secure the necessary lar?;o , r^v^carly r,e.tson, even from J tritU- of nitrate of . aft'-r planting the dose, vve, would -ta^es j " p. " Sfl :' 1 TEMPERANCE. . . . , >> "rAI>Aj Br. TRITE TO ME." A New York (Mate Senator. *hen nrkoo at a iKK-iul gathering wliy ho would not tako anything stronger than w*t?r, inai'l to havo ja respon?l?l with the following verse.*: jn hi,, t ... - l ... ..... ...r.t.a ? uu.;.l .l.Ji WaII OK ION BET?. For sets, says Joseph Harris in thr American Agriculturist, the essential points are rich, clean land; the best of seed; sowing as soon as the frost is out of the surface of the ground, and drop ping from twenty to thirty scc<t* in each inch of row. Keep the ground well hoed and absolutely free from weeds. Do not embark too extensively in the busi ness at, first. I have growu thent for many years, and am perfectly willing tc tell all I know about the matter, but there are many little things absolutely essential to success that can bo learned only by experience. One year I lost ? crop because the soil was too dry at tin time of sowing. Seeds have to absorb moisture from the soil before they car germinate. The land may be moist enough to start two or three seeds in an inch of row, but not to furnish moisture for ten times that number. This is one reason why very early sowing, while the ground is moist and we are likely to have frequent rains, is so desirable. I sometimes obviate the difficulty by soaking ?... r.?.. i.i...r "" " j ^ n ' sowing?changing the water two or three times. I have kept the seed, after soakin" in a warm room covered with moist sifted moss till they sprouted. If they sprout before the ground is ready for them, put the seed in a cold place so as to retard the growth. I hnvc grown tine sets in this way. Lust year I grew equally good sets by drilling in the seed in rows tlltccn inches apart with a seed drill. In any case do not fail to put on seed euough, unless you want more bushels of pickling onions than bushels of sets. Handy land is considered best for sets. But they will do equally well, ami sometimes better, on a well drained and well pulverized clay soil. The trouble is to Tet the seed into the soil early enough in pring. . It is here that good judgment uid previous preparation of the laud arc cquired. The crop is a profitable one, itid it is well worth while to learn how o grow it successfully. It is a great nistake to suppose that poor land is desirable. On the contrary, ouic:r sets rcluirc, in my experience, very rich land. \ ton of high grade fertilizer, or 50O pounds of superphosphate and 50 1 pounds nitrate of soda per acre, can lie used w:th great advantage. FARM AND OAUDKN NOTES. There is as much in planning as in doing farm work. An early, healthy growth of a plant wards off many evils. Never mind about the color of the rows; it is the color of the milk that | ells. If you have to buy some cow feed try insecd meal. t?ct some for the calves my way. If you have sale for a regular quantity ?i milk or butter all the year breed ac'orilin rrt v Don't feed all of your best hay now, l?ut keep souk! till spring ? just before grass is a hard time on the cows. Don't nfraid ??f washing out the llavor of your butter: you rati wash out. the buttermilk taste, but not the true butter flavor. I Heed two or three times a day, but feed _eiKMKd^eael^Jiino. "Not ipiito J>htU>cr let your ealves get potbellied on dry feed than on weak skimmed milk; lipsced meal will take the place of cream .'M1 te yiilk fed to ealves? Don't put oil planting the garden until every other bit of spring work is tin ished?it might be a good thing for tho spring work, but ''it's mighty hard lines" on the garden. Kvery dairy farm ought to produce all the grain fed on it and grow more productive all the time. The help to care j for the runs can do the necessary work I to grow the grain. If a hen lays soft shelled eggs, give her | plenty of gravel, oyster shells, sea shells ; and crushed bones (which material she J needs to make hard eggs shells of), and i this evil will oftentimes be corrected. It the saying be. true that "the early j bird catches the worm," it is no less true j I bat early hi ceding operations bring early chicks, which, if tine, will catch I the ori7.es so full shows, or exchange, for .. .......i r.._ ,1...# . ?i -.urn |i| ?v u l?M I 11<1 * When h fnrmor knows lli?; capacity and qualities of each cow under his rare. In* i> on tin- road to success. .\tfess wf>rk ii\. ili uo more jray in dairying flfftn in other purs nils. The farmer's guessing habits is one reason for farm depression. To make a good, warm 'breakfast for forty fowls: Itoil a heaping half-peck of potatoes; mash them; add, one quart each of vhoMs and brail, a teaspoonfu! each of salt and pepper, and finished by adding hot water enough to mix into .a Mi IT dough. It is not generally known among farmers that the same food that makes a pound of dressed beef would make a pound butter. At the present price of cattle, the farmer gets about five cents a pound for his dressed beef, while butter i;oup is a mean disease and kills many valuable fowls every year. An ointment t,nade of one tablespoonful e:ich of lard and kerosene ami twenty drops of carbolic aci.i. melted together and applied twice a day with the finger on the part elTected will cure. If you have never tried this it is worth a trial. Fowls need far more care during damp, rainy weather than during the clear, cold weather .of winter, or the dry, warm weather of summer. Dampness engenders numerous disorders, many of which are difficult to cure. Therefore, it is better to use preventive measures than to administer medicines when too late. HoiiikI to Put Things Through. Judge Peters tells the following story: "Sheriff Brown had been elected in Penobscot County, and hud made his son I tlie page or messenger in court. Judge P'-tcr* "presided at the first term, and in the middle of the forenoon announced a recess of fifteen minutes, lie retired to the library and soon became immersed in some legnl books, looking up some points of law. When the time mentioned had expired the jury cante in, but the .finite did not. The llrown boy, who was anxious to have everything go off in good shape under his father's administration, grew nervous and at last made a bolt for the library. Walking in and pulling out his watch, he tnppcd the Judge upon the shoulder and said: "Come, Mr. Peters, you've not to hurry. Your time is up and the folks are a-awaiting." The Judge "hurried."?(Me.) Jour tuf. I'll toll you the reason why - Because n bonuic, bluc-syed las* U ever stand- ?' ingliv. t. B1 And I hoar her voice above the Stf tu teat and merry gla.\ J"3J" ^ A* with haliv grar^ *n?? kia^ au4t ? ' says "1'apa, be true to inc.' . What then ran I do to my las< to be true 11 better than let it |mm< by? pj I know you'll not think my refusal to drink ^ a Drench of your wuft.ay; For I bear her repent ill aerolite sweet, and her dear liulo form I m*\ fch As w ith loving embrace she kisses my face, 5t mid says, "I'apa, be true to nio.'* l.ot me offer <\ tonsi to the one I love most, t* whose dear little will I olioy, at Whose influence sweet is gtiiMing my feet tj over life's toilsome way; | May t lie sun ever shine on this lassie of mine, j* from sorrow may alio b? free, For with baby j;r.to) siic bath kissed my face, M> mid said "I'ajKi, Ihi trU'i loiut,'1 hi I t>l .Iti-d how much of inebriety is da* t-? th moral oltlii|uily an 1 ju- Irj'.v inu'li to discasyj>f a physical t-r may H3Vor i>) iTetciauiii'M. In t!? ??Ifgiit ?? sii -OJwful ex- ir pcrimciitntion in tli* cure of inehri'ty tin til a lvihMti's ?>f inelninU' nsvlunm liavn on- fr coiirgeinent that is uot to Ih1 despised j8 by Uio opjoiioiitK of such institutions. Tha numlwr of the latter, once considerable, ?*i Is now steadily diminishing. The subject, is th iiittrmtlinj ?u view of tlii> otT >rl to piUlilW^ nn inebriate asylum in Washington. From d< I'lpinn, the Human jurist of the secondcell- __ tury who urged the necessity for treat in ? inebriates as diseased persons down to the cc prcscnt. there has been n learnwl and phile- lr sophie circle composed of lawyers physi- tli eiiins, scientisls and literary men in favor of n departure from the ]*>pulnr opinion that .1 ilriinkeuness is entirely n vice. It is stat<vl by the Secretary of the American Amoein- !t tion for the Cure of Inebriates that more thnn y lifty inebriate asylums have Won established in America, and Hint more than tiiirty of 7a these are now in successful operation, 'lucre ore said to lie twenty asvltmis lor inebriates in Knglnu I and Seotlatnl, two in tleriuauy, one in Switzerland, and a number have lxs>:i fa projected in France, Norway and Sweden, to The resulta are declared to lie highly grati- js fying in Ihefnce of much discouragementduo to the iiniwrfeel trial which many persons make of t lie asylums. Out of a thousand let- VO tors from the friends of inmates of the in- nli stitution at Ming oton. New York, the nn percentage of tolat abstainers or tern- .1 jiernte among the inmates after live years was at Washington Home, Huston, '" after ten years, out of two thousand ha cases there was a percentage of apparent l?j cures of thirty-four. And so in other iusti j). tiitions. The legal control of inebriates lieiug so slight the wonder is that the success has been so great as it appears by these tig- 'v ures. Most of the inebriate asylums have been private institutions receiving snno m .state aid. The appropriation asked of Con |)(, gress. if granted, would place the Washing . ton institution on a solid foundation. Tin advocates of this method of treating inebrintes contend that their plan has passed the co experimental stage, and that public benefits from it are assured.? H'as/iinf/fon Star. TI1K "MODKRATB" DRI.NKK.R. (ff At nu old fas'.ionod temperance meeting yj in 11 Hroo'dyn church recently, Colonel It. ! . I. Clievis, of Kentucky, wns tho principal speaker. He was introduced asn native of a an whisky manufacturing State, and said thai or Ins fellow-natives were too wise to drink iiiirii of thestulT. "Wo make it," he n<Uteri, "but wo refuse to ls> |>oison<sl by it. Ktatis 1 ics show that it is consumed mostly in tho |1C North." lie (ieitounecd the moderate drinker ro ns n greater evil to society than tho habitual a j drunkard, because tho former had access to circles where his example caused more real . harm than a drunkard could bring about l|l among his class of associates. The speaker lit recalled that Chauncoy Peppvv and other ht prominent men had attributed the presence so ttfrAJt^th'arne.T 'pliyslcTaiis now alcohol injurious, instead of beneficial, for vc medicinal purposes |<? ? .. VANU" ' tli I'd ward Everett Male says: '1 am icady to acknowledge tlint the clergy arc apt to be a little fanatical in thi- matter of temper- ca nnii'. Why not. indeed1 They see the skeletons in the closet, which other people do not see They receive tlie confidence, und tliey know why this lad never kept the fond proin- I ise $\ith which lie entered college. They know what is the hidden cause of the ruin ^ in this household, nnd the fond hopes of that ti young married pair. If von want to make n] mi active temperance member of any indifferent friend, set him ! > work in prisons, in . charity organisation:!, in eiluc.ition; you will *" soon lind that lie says less about moderate |> drinking, thai lie looks less doubtfully <>n o strong legal measures for keeping mm out of temptiit. hi." o) OtU'.KI.KY AND PICKENS. Tditrat Malslead in tho Cnn'riii/tirnri/ tells j of I lore '' ' iveloy. th it presiding nt the din- | y lie,- giv .-a Charles Pickens at 1 vlnionieo's by i c the press in I vis, while "Pickens partook I freely <>( the wines, tlrecley did not turn his | | glasses down, hut ihrus,. them out of his i vviw. wile n nimsle except Ion, and ill Mult | i a beautiful red rose, which had Ihssi lui'iii-he-l for his houloiiuicre, and during the I dinner lilted In - glass to his nose as often as | others i ns I glass s to then* mouths, and Hi" ! ti Ir.igr.ui" 01 the rose was all the stimulant : I he it mil.' I." ] ij TKMI'KHANCK NEWS AMI NOTTS. A druukeii man sees every thing double Init | ' liis iiioii >v. It is oniv tie* man who saves | tl who m'i's his moiii'V iliml'lc. n "I'll" i >lii Kbit" Cranse declares Mint all li li'^isliilion on tlio liipmr ?|U".stion should lie g toward tli' iiinn?diat" suppression of tlio >| I li I ll "I- traffic. Iii limitary th" Stat" has acquired ton ili 'ii hi I otilili- h ?iis"s and inti> a very lat'i?" . I 11 i 1111- i' o| which af" to ho Hos'?l. ami there- f' iftm* r(i(i||i.iii"d a s"ho.>I>. t li i-fouu-lthal forty mo jhm* oont. of tin* c i . ri,i| |.- lor wliie'i prisoners aro held, in si llurtv two Merman jails, were committed (. ' iiiidor III inlli|ii|ioo of alcohol. The ('oti^ivs.. in' Hi - t'uit IKtatoscan well tlTord to listen and alliroi tho pica from Massachusetts that "the 1'nitod States shall | - a Tiic Catholic Total Abstinence Society is a rai-ino the in nev t-iTestaldish h Father a Matliew I'rofd-sorship of Temper nice in con- n u.'ct ion with the ^rtvit Cathedral 1'niversity at Washington. f Toe reiii|H>ranco Society of Mm Freo ti Chur--h of Scotland has only been Mire" years i, in e\isiene ?; yet it already includes ii't\5 per- t s mally pie IjjciI ministers mi l possesses a r iiicmbci-slnp of lVI,07!t. I ?i The fiVI'ormrr, of (ilasgow, notes the fact p of th > prop ise.I World's Temperance Con- j cress, to be held during th" progress of the : W irli'i's Fair in 181M, and ad Is: "Kc dland I s'tiiml'1 send a :;o.i,| contingent.*' l>r. II. II. !'iii niii"r, of Kan Francisco, re- I ecntly rctuiMed front a year's journey | around the world, nc- inipniiie 1 by his wife J mil two sons, iisin^ water freely, and no alcoholics, during the entire jmirifyinc in distant countries. It is inl"iided to lay before the Interna- ) tion.il Anti Meoholic Congress to b> li -ld next year in Christiana, Norway, a pr i|n?nl ; lii loriii ;i<t International Kiiii>|h?:iii Temper- | iiiiii' I nil in, with the nlijwl of promoting tiii* ruiiMiliilnl imi ?H llio miIV<<III<IHt in <itli-*r j countries, thi< h'-adipiarters being in London, ' " 51 Ir iihiiim lliat th? loss of l<>) lives in th i i s terrible itassivniiiiii disaster in Arizona, I when a dam burst away nn<l let a huge ! inniint mi of ivali'i' rush down tho valley, j sweeping everything lieforo it, wax <luo to i tin* <lrnn!??!i!H<-ss of th? messenger %viio was | sent in ainpli- tinto to warn tho p<< iple ill tho ' i valli'V li *low. luil who exercised fiis "personal \ liberty" in stopping at a saloon nil I Retting so ili'tiit's that h" forgot to <| *livor his ines* I m*?. Th Droo'sIyii W omen's Prohibition l/caguo ! R complain that <lc,pilo thoir efforts to linvo ? th on ii,i ils.iry s -iiMitilic temperance lessons p t night i'i Hi * public s<<ho i|s, tun work is not * done t'loroii ghly. Several of the niomlierz of tin, lengtisare authority for tin* state- | f in <ni that tho school nuiiitior of children who drink lnvr is increasing rapidly, and flint I thi afternoon school work is itiiuHMTOil by the b"<<r luticho.* wiiicli children are accustomed to take regularly, 'v>' I. JAPANESE LIE* iriot and Flower* m Seen by v American Eye*. A correspondent writing from Yokoina has much to tell of the curios of ipon. He says: "Out here there are tie god*, big gods, good gods and bad xls. They cap be had from .10 cents to 0,OO^caeh. ^hey arc made from every tnunas, arthey aro called, are the first and most unique. Good old Hud ias can be had from $15 to Mex. K'80 arc prices here. It is always the st way to figure that an article costing, v, $20 Mex iean here will eo?! the puriitser $20 gold landed in the United ates. "I think Japan is the most beautiful untry in the world. The people are laint and picturesque; the flowers are irvelou*. At present writing I see l?erc me two plum trees about twenty four rlies high, in full bloom, each tree out ten years old. A few days ago we nl a little snow, unn it was a sight to t rosrs, geraniums, plum and cherry ssoins, all in full bh>om, with snow on i?n. Next month we will have the uLllius. which are now in bud. They o\lli?ut in the open air, and in April ic lat^c cherry trees, ranging in size "in 4ght feet to forty, though mauv psm wire mc tliat there we cherry trees ghty ocJt high. I have never seen ien^btM^mddn?yirprise me if it ;ncr cjoi anything with trees id plants. Itsuppose youngsters will >mc that way k?i?o time in the future, i August we lave the lotus flowers; lese also arc wcrth traveling a thousand ilea to see. October*and November ie favorite flower, chrysanthemum, for month. This i< the flower show of the ['nr. "There is n little place called Dayoka, near Tokio. where they have the irysanthemuni shows, and they are, for I the world, the same as old English irs. Two criers at the door, clapping gelher two pieces of hard wood?this to rail attention to the show within? en you plank down two cents and get mr ticket, which is a piece of wood out two inches wide, six inches long, d half an inch thick; they arc miulc is size so as to lust a few years. I never c visiting these <juaint places. I have d several invitations to visit the r*hiyn (theatre) at Tokio when the great luturo arts. This man is called the loth of .liipaiTVjifls pay is $10,000 foi rcnty-oiu' nights. "The costumes of the company are the ost lovely things I ever saw; they art yond description. I really came oul re to form another Japanese village, get her with a Japanese opera company inposed entirely of Japanese ladies and ntlemen, with brass nud string lmnd unbilled. I atn sure of all except th< era part; although there are sixty uduntcs from the Conservatory of Music i our music), they cannot sing. My en was t*>do 'The Mikado' with a Jap cso company and proper costumes; not to of the rtyupaiiies at home ever cos med the piece properly. "The brooiutes one sees oui Here arc fleet dreams, particularly old priests bcs. We have paid as high as $100 foi full suit. If I had come out here te: tifteen years ago, I could have nttainec e finest collec tion in the; world for mj tie money waiild have been worti ill .tsuillioij^^^Vcniont. There arc vor^ mM^gj^ |M |7|,|'l'lv-liv1 irrmuimWicce ftnd iind now their col "lions to be wottli from $150,000 tc {00 000 cf gold laccjuer work iat < o?i a mere trifle ten to twenty yean jo are now worth hundreds of dollar.' ich." The Difference. "Father," anid a young son of Peaeot quibbs, "what is the difference beveen a man that dyes woolen lambf acl a New York editor?' "Well, now, really, my son,"bearainp onignly on liis oilspring, "I am nol reparod to state. What is the differice?"' " Why, pn. one isa lamb dyer, and the I her a ?" "What ! what! nry son !" "New York editor," continued the outh, rolling bis tougi.e around in his h/ek. I' > t'luiti'jr Tb? ro May && Oil.i. Sctisns. The l'nsiduit of Ilia Ihitish Associa ion, I'rof. Flower, iudorscs Sir Join .ubhoek's idea that the Held of in<|tiiiv i: mitless. nn I that there may lie "lift; ther m'ims as different front oars in mind i* ft an si^ht ; ami even withii lie. houinlans of onr own senses then my he entlliss sounds whii li we am no ear, and eoors as different as red fron reen of wliih we have no conception, 'hose and i thousand ft her <|ii? stiom tannin for sdution. The familiar worlc rhieh surroinds us may he'a totalh ilTeient jdrre to otlni. animals. Tt hem it may he full of irtuffle "\fchieh \vi nnnot hear, of color which wc cannol [>o, of sensafons which we cannot eou *v?i ; Mow Is 1 a i Tumry yuuriysifTi gainst th* aSlMutlii^ nf spring wrathei it Dasher wonS tho hitter Mste la tb? moutl nori> i romlant, the hrealh so offensive, Ih riiTTr iilt~lTiyn r~ frrniniT. rr that extreme tlri" eellng so praaalonl. Hoort's Jarsaparllla Jus lie Mc-llclne fc> iniild up the system, purify ?li 1<xm" . lire bHlousuoss anil hemlachr, ovrrcom na: ureu INiiaif ami ornate j? pcv?i nppoiur. in ee'lliar medicinal merit nf Hood's Sarsaparllla I tiown by the many remarknblo cnrca It accoin ti*hes where others fall. Hood's Sarsapariiia ' for flnl-eliuw Spring medicine my wife anil hink ?rry highly of llonrt'i snr*n;>nrlllit. Wo hot rx?k it la?i spring. II iliil n? a grent <lo.il of fni ml wo foil better llir.nc'i tlm h<>; v." it her tha vor l.ofore. II onroil mv wife sink hoadachi rotn n Itlnh alto has suffered a proa I deal, anil r iovo.i mo of ii dizz.v. tired foollnir. I Ihinfc ovor no nM <ht i i trtko-oniol'itn : l<> pnrifv tlio blood I* ! ! . wtalj'itk I- '!-i QJ' " I'KAIKI Niio.^'^til in ? Hoqdfs S told by all ilriifgUta. ffSl -s for 55. prepared? y C. I lini>i> ,t co.. <AaM. IOO DoseC one OoHar_ iMPLO IYMENT REE r4 *" % & ? lUJU?, h .It'?"' 'ATENTSKtEgZ s-*g?t iV JWUBStfoVviS brco edition* in HV 11 r.e.t fully ' ted. 1-ocal and CMr" Mi.i.tcti. ?'"m' at4? ftl.Vft |U U^UWOrt' "Chip of the Old Block.* At a recent banquet a bright youn^* theologian told a very good Rtorv on his respected father, who is an old and tried member of the cloth. An is well known, the theological students, before they begin the formal prat tire of theology, are required to preach a sermon before an assemblage of the gray-lxards of the church, who have pounded pulpit eush Thl? is a moat trying omca^ior the students, and they go through with palsied knees and quiver* ing lip. The young theologian in question was well known to the ministers of the denomination, as his father had been of their number for years, and, as the old gentleman was naturally proud of his boy, the young man's effort was listened to with interest by all present. To tell the truth, the old gentleman was a bit disappointed, but the young man was dreadfully embarrassed in the presence of his elders, and did not do himself justice. As he walked slowly home with his father the old gentleman said, after a long pause: "Charlie, that was a regular schoolboy essay of yours." The young man was about to make some excuse when one of the dominies who had been Jireseut, walked up In-hind him, slapped he boy on the back, and said : "Charlie, you're evidently a chip of the old block." The old gentleman made no further criticism of his son's first effort.--IChicago 1 Herald. _ _____ Waan'4 Vnkin^ Ohnncea. The l>ootjaek is one of the implements of domestic welfare and warfare that has gjone out of date along with the boot, but it is occasionally found on farms and in small towns, where the boot is still worn, or noisily worn still. Once in a while | 1 the bootjack is found in a great city in , the bedroom of some old gentleman who is not too proud to allow a pair of boot- r legs to wriggle bis pants up to liis knees. J Over on the West Side there lives one of these old gentlemen. He is a club man ] and somewhat convivial in his habits; { i accordingly the tmotjack is often quite a n help to him in retiring. One night last week he returned home from the club and was unable to find bis bootjack, lie r started to hunt it up, but as be noisily I encountered one chair four times he gave c up the search and sat down to pull off j his lioots unaided. As he tugged and c IK-rspired his wife arose in bed, saw what j le was attempting, and said severely: . 1 "Henry, why don't you use. the bootIT.. .15.1 ....? .......t ... ..... V.O could not find it, and like nil men he f i wns ready with an excuse. " Martha," t ' he said solemnly, as he paused and wiped 1 t i the sweat from his brow, " I was rending ( in the paper to-day of a man who, while ( : ' removing his boots with a bootjack, lost I his balance, fell backward, ami broke ( I his collar hone. Martha. 1 am taking no ' more chances." Then he resumed his t ' task.?[Chicago Herald. Fnet'Moma and neuralgia, with an l occasional departure at the end of a nooso ill the West, constitute the bulk of the news at this season. Tlif Only Ciinrnnt ceil f'nre For nil blond taints ami humors, pimple*, r blotches, eruptions and skin diseases of every , none and nature, is Dr. Pierre's Uolden Medi. cal Discovery. A certitb ale ot guarantee ficm ' n responsible husiiu ss house warrants It to ; bonotii or euro, or money refunded. i Chronic Nasal Catarrh positively cured by ? Dr. fc-age's Itemed) . f.t) cents, by druggists. f -wiVi*inrlAt"PTmio n" Sfi ndor n?u V-v^n ot\. f"" ^ Progress. . ' 1" ve?T ImtM.riant in thl? or vast mate( rtnl progress (bat a remedy be pleasing to the ^ ta-teand to the eye, easily taken, acceptable to the stomach nnd healthy In its nature and effects. Possessing these qualities, Syrup of Figs is the one perfect laxative and most gentle diuretic known. poets n usi suffer before they can write," ^ snyn a phi o-mpat r. Alttr that it is oilier Pt ople \vl o suff. r. ; Btatk or Onto, Citt or Toi.r.DO, t ^ Lucas County, t ' ! Frank J. ChfnkV nrnkninnlh that Im Is the ! Benior partner of the firm of F. J. Cuenky <fc | Co., doing busino s in the City of Toledo, i County and State aforesaid, and that said firm ' will pay ihc sum of onj hundred doixari j for eacn and every rase of Catarrh that rannot I lie cured by the use of Haix's Catarrh Curb. I Frank J. Chunky. ; " > I Sworn to before me and subscrilied in mv \ , presence, this 6th day of December, A. I)., 1886. | I ? ? ) A. \V. Urbason. < sbai. V Notary Public. , Hall's Catarrh Core is tnk^i Intorna'ly and ! ; acts directly upon the liluul nnd mucous sur- | | faces o the system. .Send for testimonials, free. _ ' F. J. Chf.ney <fe Co., Toledo. O. ( XW Sold by Druggists, 7 c. ! ^ 1 j Iletter be tot d than gr-'at. You*.I have less ' f ' coiiipet .tion. Tim etter bu?incs? N overdone, , 4 j Sir ATorebs FVee. sent by Oragin A Co.. Plilla., Pa., to anyone in C. S. or Canada, postpaid, j 1 ui?on receipt of ?"> Dobbins'.s F.lectrlcal Soap 1 3 wrappers. See list of novels on circulars around ^ each bar. This soap lor sale by all grocers. ? Silence is golden; I ut it is the other fcdlowVs j si.once that is m nl. s II cli! Ira rani! fine! are ibe cxp-essions of I tb< a ' who smoke '* I'aitsi l's I'unci." ,'.c. Cigar, t 1 h-* swilchmcn'S In terest 'n tie railroads | ' | they represt nl stems to be flagging. ^ | AVnlch for "Mirray" Huguy adv. ney.t week I Mystery h-nds a charm to a'most every* ( I th tig except ii'- mince p:e. the Time i*^ ^tdlViTSfirsapamTa is iff flSs^nfffWi pnriner ne'. fore thp public. It crad catca scrofula and nil hu- | l? mors, cures salt rheum. boils, pimples, etc. The * severest cases of blood poisoning hnve yielded to Its I sunerlor curative power. t ; "This Is to certify that ! have used flood's Sarsa- , c parilla In my family for some tiinn past and ha v? e found It to he a Rood blood purlfler. It has been of e great tiencflt as recommended and I have no hesitg. 5 llan III mnmrnonilln.' II In r.ll who nr? in wan. ?t i- an v medicine of the kind."?'Iobeiit A. Smith, Justice of the Peace, Honcsdale, Pa. i . The Spring Medicine I "I wish to enr >11 my name as one of those who h have derived health from the use of Hood's Xarsad partita. For many years t have taken It, cspc-tally i n in the enrl.v sprinp. when I am troubled with dlrrt- ' ( r, 1 ness, dullness, unpleasant tnste In my mouth In ha I e morning. It remove* thtetiad taste, relieves my ' v | headache n;i,| makes me feel ?- -. Klr(.c( ; I ??-"-?> * 1,8 43d E | Town of t-aHf. Chicago. III. n,y,rn,ar" j too Doses One Dollar?__ TUllhmii r.> I V * Sold Kverywhera._ T* V'TS^red^"^,'e.w'^' fir ill m sg I lJmiiru. u"" wwUklU * THE BROWN Brown has a houseful of girls Rosy and healthy and full of r They aro sprightly nt work nnc An<1 are noted for smartness ai Brown is healthy, his wife is f! And their faces aro free from t Thev R|v<nd no money for pow< And never a dollar lor doctors The reason the Brown's are so exempt ly an occasional rounc of Dr. Pierce's Gc ccep their blood, which is the fountain ol ieh. In this way their systems are fortifie* md other dangerous diseases. Those not so prudent, who have hecon filiousness,*or " Liver Complaint," or from ases caused by impure blood, will find the i positive remedy for such diseases. Especially has the " Discovery " produt >f all manner of Skin and Scalp diseases, Erysipelas, and kindred diseases. Not le .tires effected by it in cases of " Fever-sore! oint Disease," and old sores or ulcers. >rgans into activity, thereby cleansing and t from all manner of blood-poisons, no m tavo arisen. Hidden Medical Discovery " is the'fu told by druggists, under a positive guarii >f its benefiting or curing in every case, < eturncd. World's Dispensary Medical >63 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. CATARRH jeptic, soothing and healing properties of I>r. Sago's Ci March, April, May j J are jfE aj the Montlia when the Blood should be renovated 0^o with I Ayer'sSarsaparilla g. and Mp lor tho ^ change ol Seasons. ! w. Prepared by $3 Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., A^n"; I.owell, Mass. onbottoi 7 will not _ to buy <1 u E.\\?s C."sewttv"^3\\xv. 0*WpI CH %d* ""lJkywA LES: 50 Cts. zoo* rtos H'nHFAPI ... rikk# DMU ***** JUfvrjmjji, 6tl \\ imon St Ki?w Yntk. * ' ' vr yo* 1 V Mannfac 'o cure Biliousness. Sick Headache. Constipation, gleordo Malaria. I.lver Complaints, take the safe Tnryetn and certain remedy, SMITH'S ??' nrc BILE BEANS $$ I onlv tin ITae the 8MALT. 8IZR (40 little beans to the hot- WF.HSOl lot. Thev aro the mnrt convenient: suit all ages. rela wltl 'rice of either site. 25 cents per bottle. and are k I Qfi IIJO nt 7- 17- 70= Photo-gramra, >* w? I " panel size of this picture tori ftSfow w :enta tooppers or stamps). jSaacrpti J. F. 8M1TIT ft CO.. pile.ton Makers of "ltlle Bears." St. Louis, M<x patents?pensions "",w ^ k<?l ?>f lYns.on and Bounty laws, teml tor Inventors' y*'? i.iikU'oi llow to tie! n I'ntcut. Patrick O'Fakkkll, i. irmnn itt .nmnnnn nut ^u:v, Ariun all u 111 una tail I'OMSI'l.r lilt. I.OUII, Narlli Fifteenth M reel, I'liilatli-I i>liin. Twenty yenr*' experlenoe nn In special dFe.me-, < itro* the worst eases of Kerrous UL I ninplallil.i, !() <?.I ('olsoning, Hlotehes, Kriiptlon* El Vile*. Calauli, Hirers, Sores, Impaired Momorjr, [>esp -ndeiicy, I'iinnrs* of Vision, l.mifc, I.lver, S*~t Stomach. Kidney i|lrl|(lit's IXscNSe); confidential. f jS\ ( 'Call or write (or question list and icofc, Monroe ink Eraser Fl* Hem v.-. v.. iii Itt*ilr in T?v? Sri-|m.l. ? J.'t ceui- vs-fi * VHAIIi I*II" I V I K"' * illirtallan 3Wf d iiicitie#""1"" roiriot. Kt9 ? liillMli III or rial ?(V", firfl v m \ ,? 1ft els. 'Venn. nHl opium 3 HI \ I. I. < r NO I A % 1 -- ~ " PEiiStdiii $*.^A,i7'w^b,u<*S? J 'S. . < ?4 and boys, oiw. I trijrlit at thoir books, ml wit and Rood looke. ,lr? v ?r wrinkles and carc: ? Jors and pilla, ' biila. from sickness is the fact that >ldcn Medical Discovery they f life and strength, pure and 1 to ward oil attacks of fever, 10 sufferers from torpid liver, any of the innumerable dis"Golden Medical Discovery" ^ed the most marvelous cures Salt-rheum, Tetter, Ker.cma, i ss wonderful, have been tho j," " White Swellings," " I lipIt arouses all the excretory purifying the system, freeing otter from what sourco they A ily blood and liver medicine, t 1 ntee from its manufacturers, I >r money paid for it will be ^ Association, Manufacturers, X3\r I?XXJ3 xrBAP is conquered by tho clonnsinp. antiitarrta licmedy. SO cts., by OruioriBta. QUnr AND S2 SHOE OnUtforCENTLEMEN her Advfrtim-il Mpeclnltica Are Ike Bent In the World, tmi'lnr unless name and prlco are stamped in. SOU) KVEUVWIIKKK. If your dealer supply you. send postal for instructions how Iroot from factory without citra charge. .. f. I.. IIOI'IJIAS, llrockton, dtaaa. " ^MOTHERS j$? FRIEND" ^*KESr? i rth ^ AS\T liLDBVBS&i S8??i"?ure% nnpuwHIw.. .4 > one'of the coleWITH A WESSON ^ / T "he ft neat small arms /( lyvf WAX nufactured and the \V JJ )l flu) nice of all experts. V5S=r^*' IsB! tnreil Inea'.lhrea 32. Wand 44-IiCl Sin- (9901 ublo action. Snfety llainmerlet-a and todela Constructed entirely ot licet anal* muht atecU carefully lnapecte-1 (nr ?nrl- * and atoch, they are unrivaled for (lnt?k.>jHk 111 v it nil nrru met. Donot hedneived hy ~ in I lea hie eit At?t rnn flmlinflnna whlen I aolrt for tlia treutline article and are not reliable. Imt nauKeroua. The HMITII h ^ llevolvera are all htami" <1 a;>on the bayi nrm'a rniinn, artrtreea anil date* of pat/ gu inarnnirnl perfeot in every detail. Ini na?1nif the genuine article, nml If your annut aupply you an order ?/nt to tddraai 111 receive prompt an I careful attention, rcctitaloirun an 1 i>ri/vn rurnlahe i noon apSMITH & WESSON, ibon lhl?patKZ. ttjriuofield, Aloao. | -*=?* DR. SCHENCKS >J z-J acAuicrn fl] ? TONIC |A^ BR lit a Positive Cure for WyM DYSPEPSIA / t Gf And Ml I?is?ril? raof the T>1(;eatf|S 'vo llrK"1"1 It i* likewise a .J.. MB eorrolH.rstive, or elreny.lhen, ??-vol irig Medicine, and may l># luken with great beneftt in all _ "** ' rosea of I> -1,1111y. Kor Sole If ipgiste Price,51.011 per laittle. Dr. b'rlienrk'e ouk on l>ur.?? I/lver unilStoninch molleil free. is. Dr. J. H. SCHtNCK & SON. Philadelphia. CHICHKb., i-#?ENGLISH NNYROYKL PILLS ntf Cflrp.3 DIAMONf) PRANO. ?v\ Hfifp ?:?? alwav r 11 . l.u?ll??, A W-.A'U *'k l?f??g i<! (?*? iHart . t.i Hr>\?d if, ^5\ "*495yhrr41' lr"'i!h<t -?i^i v r, i'tn~/j\\ nt t?>n I'nkf* no of li? r. All fill. \m?sF _ - - " hfe 'i? pa?t*bn?r<l Iho.1*.. l ink * _ QT RPfclfi'- Inrilircertai rure^, 1 TO 4 !>AT#.^ of U.t* dbonno. nrulwd ft?* MV fl If I N* i It A H A M . M. P., kuNSirtotur*. ? Amis'* rditm, N. Y. --i If a ool,' *7 & Wo liavo *:>!.! Mr 5",'?* ? w..mv yearn. nml It lias 1 tl>Ch>?lC?l?A. ino bent of Olnolnnotl.a?/E**fa.-t,on. W Oblow^yw ' 11 (*** * ' O-. ^ #1 Chicago. "I. (^ M^l?rkl8I.OO. Bold by Drugglfta. II M <1 14 nmenrlod by Physfcians. liijl iant ami aRivPrtblo to tho ol#J?c.tfon. By rtnjfjpfr.ts. 1*1 -a