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... . A -4k '. . ~ AGRICULTURAL. I ?????? TOPICS OK INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM A\l) CARDEN. PRUNIHU I.AIU.K MXn.o. - ? If trees arc properly and intelligently 'managed, they will uever need severe pruning. Our most careful fruit-growers prune with thumb and linger, pinching back shoots that are certain to he in wray when they grow a little fur ther.4 When it is necessary to prune large nniDs do it twtore the ?p has started, and at onco cover the surface with paint, to protect the wound from the air. After the sap has started the paint will uot adhere. If grafting wax is used it is still better, as this will adhere until th?- tree grows new bark entirely over the wound.?American Cultivator. 1 IVnEAT GAIN BY SPRING IIARHOWIKO. We have made repeated trials with harrowing wheat in spring with a smoothing harrow, the work being done first as soon as the ground was sufficiently hard and dry, and again when about a foot high. Breaking the hardened crust and making a tine, mellow surface among the plants had obviously an excellent clTeet; the heads of wheat were longer than usual, aud the increase was estimated at five bushels more per acre thau miliar rowed wheat. The last harrowing was I accompanied with the sowing of clover- ] seed, which succeeded well and produced | good growth. At the last harrowing the I harrow was passed over the wheat twice, 1 Al klZlk t-.f -- 9 ' ' ^ uit ursi ueiore sowing mo ciover-seeti, the last after the operation. Any slanttooth harrow, with numerous tine teeth, will answer. The teeth need not. be | sharp, provided they are sufficiently so to mellow the crust; generally, however, the sharper the better.?Netn Y< rl Tribune. t TKKAXTS. At the twenty-third meeting ol the Minnesota Horticultural Society a paper was read on currant, culture bv Or. M. M. F risselle, who has a plantation of one thousand bushels in full bearing. The Doctor said that the secret of growing currants at a profit was in feeding thein abundantly with cow manure and ashes, ! and giving them absolutely clean culture. In growing currants for the market it was recommended that they lie planted on nearly level ground, of deep rich soil, well broken and finally pulverized. The plaiting should be. six feet apart each ?ny, mi as hi give room lor noise cum . VHtion ntiil plenty of air and ligltl. Tlic ! essayist said I hid it was a delusion to | fhiuk thnt this fruit could be successfully grown ainid grass, weeds, clover or burdocks, or when crowded along a stone i wall or a mil fence; that it needed I plenty of elbow room, air and light, and as much fertilizing material a- one has a mind to give. With regard to marketing, the Doctor urged thai the fruit bo t gathered tree from leaves, without hruis- j ing. put in eleau, eovcrc.l baskets hold- ( ing no more thau eight pounds, or onefifth of a bushel, lie said that it would be ditlicult to glut the market with clean, huudioiue, well grown Clinic 'i v \r-i' V.4.. / \ KEKl'INll KOtvfi. a It is a notewo'rthy jTA't JhllTlhe niotfi who have attained.pYofmnertce, and been most successful pnimnvily in poultry ' breeding, commenced with one variety; and not till that was thoroughly mastered, and the line points of mating ,and matching for. exhibition satisfactorily.' adjusted, did they branch out inr'?" the cultivation of other varieties. It is all very woll to be known as it breeder of several or many different : varieties of fowls, but it is farHhetfei: to be well , known as an eminently successful breeder*! of one variety than an indifferent breeder';, ,,r ivi i it \'m iikiii a . iio IMM l illl.M !!.??? illic IIMI III*" permanent retirement fn?ni the business | of poultry breeding nf so many wtwrhiKvc f-turtI with high hope* ami full eonti dement success as the 111 inuufor attempt iug ton iniK'h in the beginning. Whether this is the result of the tendency tu.l'tpijl expansion. si? prevalent in all American business, or the engrossing nature of the J " pursuit*, whic h leads Us dfrvylejes, pm '** ticulnrlv those who have jusf caught the infection, and have not sett hid town to steady work, to launch out into every new branch which hits their _tusU:.~iB a matter which affects the result in no way. The fact remains that too much poultry! work is overdone as to ipiantity and on derdonc as to cpialitv. /*??/'t/'v Yurti. ' s ficu jp-; <>k. siii i.c kkkuinc. We put in ninety-one "mature weth ers"'n#i'igiiini? seventy-one pounds each . i fed^Uor *?r.tiu*.M oru and cv.its. mixed at rate of four bushels corn to otic bushel oats, fed f>nri of the time cornstalks and hay ulteriuitely, and then beanppds and fctalks": always feed by daylight ;pid only flay. Keep ejeau water-and salt by thetn, unci kcup well bedded. Itesult Fed _thy sanie.shee^vuiighty days, drove oW?rtifFWiniles before weighing; weight, tn {tv'i%?ounds, an TiWHlge gain of ?1 'Ml , pourid* pt^i bead, and this, too, on a . rn nitt nnn^l ..t tL?r. t-iiA-I i -u r-: hftyivmgu 4efalt<eiiiiig snoop on straw and * no' ^ ,i(:ai K"'n ^iHjJrrs nrouud thrm gej.who do not feed cvilxv 'shwp require enough more to offset the dilTwVonte in value lie twee a straw-ami cornstalks, hay ami l<p<ioj?o^ls :Jti frret, I rhnlWf very much its being profitable to feed,chnn jajrnw under Feeding timothy is very unprofitable, as sheep do n\ueh V>t?f*^ter on Clover, and tin- price i.s.#* pcu ton Either one is mi profit able . i* >, iVot t ., ,e$>*Jusive|y, an cornstalks and toftiipttd* fr<l alternately are lnrnh 'chfkh'j1efT'l?^ just"' as good its. iffibt Tieflrr than, clear jiay^Xtilpsdtcm of profit feeders consider important, naiucly, convert tug -coarse fodder," si raw and grain pnto the best manure. Sheep feeding to be profitable siiould be.-crowded touts utmO*f limit ' *> , hut Ic^Uou; van tue<m.citfiw.l>u^9iail<*-jit for market, unlwthov air < wolt.ou their grain tttirtjh thriyirt?q(>ndV" eiglftv or ninety days is usually vtltfligfi time Lo-Xee4 for pruJit.? ... .. ?? ;?-' 'noxfes xtrtf-rmrr.s. Thnse who ship vegetables ami fruit to city markets arc well aware much neat packages help,the sale of their eon tents. As those who have tried it ?le clare, it is often more profitable to take their truck ami fruit to a small place, especially if it he a manufacturing town, than to New York or other large markets, it is often the case that a farmer has a bushel or two of peas or some other truck, or a few quarts of currants or other small fruits, which he purposes to take to the near-by town to dispose of. Not being accustomed to uuukctbuch articles rcgu arly, they present * strange sight as ho sets out, a peck of peas at the bottom of a bushel basket that is nouc too clcaii; a * quart of currants hidden in a five quart ! pail that has seen better days; a few early i * beets, an after thought, are thrown into the bottom of the wagon, without taking ! I the trouble to waih or bunch them. It , j ran be but little wonder that the stuff I takcu in this miscellaneous manner is | slow of sale. Farmers who live near I cities or villages will find It to their in- I l tcrest to work into "farm trnr lening." I and raise perishable crops, which bring high prices, if they can tind a near mar- I ket. ii^ip. that an ( acre of it, properly managed, brings more j ready cash than comes to the farmer dur- f ing the whole summer. Farmers who own the land they till should plant an asparagus bed, or rather field, which, in the third year, aud every spring there- i after, will bring iu a handsome cash return. But our object was to suggest that ' those farmers who occasionally market j truck, should provide themselves with a i sufficient number of crates and boxes, in 1 j which to take their stuff in a treat and j attractive manner; these packages t<> be j kept in good order, and to be tis?ul for no other purpose whatever. The crate used ' by those who shin truck to a distance is one that holds a bushel; some of a barrel ! capacity being also required. For a long distance, crates with slatted sides are pre j ferred on account of the ventilation they afford to their contents; but, for markets ! ncui by, boxes with entire sides will i;u swer. To .Make a Bushel Crate or Box?Two cuds and ono middle-picee, eight by fourteen inches. The slilcs are two feet i long, and if for crates, arc of laths, and from t wo inches iu width to more or less. ' Boxes made with entire sides will contain a trifle more than a lega! bushel. The center-pieces add to the strength, and are convenient in measuring two half-bushels. Mark all crates nut I boxes with the owner's uamc.?A'ucriruu Agriculturist. HAIIM AND tlAltUKN NOTKS. Nut culture is yearly growing more popular. The potato that sprouts the easiest ! makes the poorest seed. Premature j sprouting is due to weakness. Paris grceu and hellebore will destroy I i the asparagus beetle. Hither should bo j used with judgment and rare. A pair of brood mares, properly used. ran <10 a i*oort season * work on a larm ami turn out a pair of fine colts. Currants and gooseberries need one good trimming out annually, cutting out old wood and thinning the new. It is not the largest seed that is always i host, but that whieh is most perfect and .vigorous and has been kept the best. Which is the better, to expend your money in makiug good roads or to lose it in worn-out horse flesh and wagons.' Spring is the time to prune hardy roses. They bloom on the new growth. Cut out all useless and weakly old growth. Some kinds of seeds are said to be better old than when new cucumber seeds, for instance. Shit usually the older the ' seeds, tb"' less the vitality. If you think it cheaper to buy the | hixurics of tin- eotuuiou kitchen garden [ than to grow them when you an, your ["family may count on a small supply. I^^lf you have a timber lot cut the deadtopped trees ami crooked st chiles for j fuel. Clear out worthless underbrush, ! hu> spare all straight and thrifty ttnib-r. i As a rule, raise your stock instca ' of buying it. You can generally lwve bet ter stock, ami you do not run the risk of I introducing disease into your herds or j (locks. "I Chrysanthemums need all the light, sun ami air (hat tliey can get from the time the cuttings ar" rooted until they are ready to cut again. Tliey want a 1 rich, warm soil of turfy loam. Minuting is an evidence of indigestion ami may easily occur when a cow is fed j 011 turnips in the winter. The feeding should he ehanired. ami the liav cut ami mixed with bran with some sail until the food is properly digested. Salt is an aid to digestion. In transplanting deciduous trees there must he a proper balance maintained be tween the roots and the tops. If hut fewroots are taken up with them the top ihjujyild be correspondingly reduced. flare o?ould be taken that the roots are not ex- { .posed to the air any longer than ueees'safV d'liltng the removal. For topdressing upon lawns where a good thick turf isdesirud, we have found nothing etpial to skint milk. Where pigs and eliit hens are abundant if may he i worth more for feeding than for fertil I i/.er, especially when it is remembered | that neither pig nor chicken will take j more than half the in anuria) value of the milk. To grow gooseberries to perfection, the I soil should he well enriched with stable manure.about t he same ai for strawberries. They like plenty of food, and the more j they get the better they thrive. Wetind a clay loam, well enriched, the best, of soil will do when properly enriched and cultivated kangaroo Skins. ! When brought to bay, the kangaroo jumps like a flash for a hunter's chest, and tries to crush it in with his fore feet. To prevent this, each man wears across his breast a two or three inch thick matting. Armed with a spear, with a club attachment at the other end, they ride upon swift horses into the herd. With the agility and eipiijiose of circus riders, they statu! rrcet upon their horses, and use their spears and clubs. The kangu mo is able to jump clear over a horse. As the game is bagged it is skinned, and tiie skin is stretched on the ground and pegged down to prevent shrinkage. The lle-.li Inrnislms un it fur tin- i-nniti V.nuli m in places his privat<> mark upon his honty, and when they have one hundred skins a\?iee . they return hack to civili/.a tin.i. There are twenty varieties of kan parous, among them the blue, red Wallaby, tilaek gray and forester, the. latter furnishing the best leather, as it lives mainly in wooded sections.?Nature. I.egnl Descent of Property. Where a husband and wife are lost at sen, the law always assumes that lie, being the stronger, survived her by some minutes or hours, tin thi supposition in- inherits her property (during the few moments that he survives her), and on his death his relatives inherit it from him. In seven different eases, followed ' up in the French eourts within the last I ten years, it was found that the wife outlived her husband, and the practice of the law had to be reversed. i TEMPERANCE." . ".. .1 when tiik t??rr.r drinks. k V1i*ii days ?r?? long or short or hot or cold o or wb( or dry 1 A fellow for his slomaoh's sake should take* little rve. , Tberc'ti nothing when I'm by myself no much " of comfort lends ' And nothing suit* me bettor when I'm with ri a lot of friends , p Icouhln't do without it wieeu I'm feeling lono Jj. and sad, \ . And never fail to get it when my >j?i? it's gay 11 nnd glad. l VI In fa? t while I ran keep niyt feel I tarry at pi the run. J Ami then take just * glass oPe* o"TO"help rr^ sober uj>. raehidkrt corbiV.S edict. ^ A recent dispatch from Philadelphia saym Not a Heading ll-tilroad man too:, a drtn* r in th? saloon" around the Ninth and Orooi street station last night. While crowds in passed in and out of the brightly-lighted if saloons on the south sido of Green street, a buuoli of railroad men stood in front of th > depot, talking of President Cor bin's proela- l)( nialion against th "boozers" of the road. bi l'r.?sidenl Corbin's edi.-l of the afternoon was bt a linn one. an l stirred lip livolv talk among w the employe-. In his order Mr Corbm said. *\ "All superintendents will l>> holil strictly El res|?onsible for the enforcement of the rule | relating to the use of intoxicating liquors by | employes. Men who violate it must lie | promptly discharged, and proof that a man goes inside n drinking place ra w'ml > on duty xvill he ample evi- re deuce to warrant his iinmedinto dismissal. w Men known to drink to excess or to fre- 0? qiient drinking nlaces while olf duty must ho discharge 1. When employing now men ,,s strict inquiry should. Ik? made as to their fit habits, and preference always given to those br who do not use intoxicating liquors at all. (;| Heads of departments must keep informed as to the habits of the men under them, and _ make sure that these rules are strictly ob- w TWi," tli This order applies to every one in Road- w ing's army of employes, from high oflleials with big salaries to tlio Hag men at crossings, and there xvero many different comments by the employes. 1J " I'liis is a prop r order," said a prominent m employe at Ninth an I Green streets. 01 ' There is an order in the book of rules of ftj the company direete 1 against intemperate employes, and Mr. Corbsn is just reminding the division sup rinteii'lents that the rulo must l>'> strictly enforce I. This is done to j|. save tin-lives of tl:? employes and pusseugers, while nt the same time it. saves tlio ' hard earnings of many men xvho otherwise would spend tlteni in saloons. Ill t'resident Corhiu's positive stand against vi the drinking habit ii'iioug employes of the .)f it u ling i> said t<> have been tics' prompted ' bx observing in ixy-:iiiud 'I and shaky clerks wrestling xvith columns of tigures. When vr Mr. t'orhiu liciino l'iv<i'l ii' of tlio com- K; pan.v il xvas the eustoni to furnish n free ilinner to every clerk in the Fourth street olllce. t ( When President t'orbin began to curtail ex- . penses lie did ii way xvith the dinner; thro?- 111 quarters of an hour was given the clerks hi til go outside of the olli.v an I buy their dinners. e.\ White out at. dinner som of th" clerks fell m into the h diil of drinking. nn?li?t limes went. . back to their desks carrying what is vulgularlv call" I a "ioa I." An order was issue 1 Kf forbidding clerk-, to drink during ofllca pt hours, leit the or.ler ot to-:lay is directed jji ag iin-.i all employe- of the Reading Railroad system. - , sr I'SK OF AhC Hint. I!* IIOSIMTAt.R. tj, A very interesting report lias ftveu pre- rr sen led to the liritish Medical Temperance Association by 1 >rs. Morton Moirand I\?n roe, , mi the administration of alcohol in hospitals. The commit tee have draxvn tip a series of R' tallies full of instructive figures, instituting U' a comparison botxve'u the amount o.xpoude 1 w under I liis head in 1S'H mil in tsss. There- ,i iii irkable fact is noted that in these txv.mty(ive years tli >r.< has bean, from the returns I'1 made by I I't hospitals, an increase of .'to i j?er of " nt. in the charge for milk and a decrease pj of 17 p,.|- cent, in the charge for alcohol. A cj s." >nd table gives returns from <1 > hospitals of which iv previous record coul I be fouu I. < hi the basis adopte I by Dr. Fleet woo I Mu *kle, in his report on iS'i-t, these h i hosni- til tats showed a decre ase of i'.'.l per cent. in tlio ??x(? ??'n* are t>?r nleoiioi per i>ni. A tlur.l tu- I hh> shows the comparative ale >hi>li charges | jvr he I in 1 >* ?! and ivt-i respectively. In < ? hospitals there had he on an in-rcas < of Jins | he.ls, iiii Ih i|i?tiwnf total average e xst jier hed nf A-;*, ,V|. Jleds have tlius iiie.vnse I . at th<> rata <>f p>r real. while th? am "int oxpende I on ntojh it has lie- ' mvas'sl ti| the ral ? of 4i' par cent. Only w eight of this group of hospitals showed an j| iiioreas.' in the (plant ity of nloohol consumed. 1 ,( In the remaining the .leerease ranged . from .'( ? to k: per rent. In the Loir Ion Fever " Hospital, while milk has risen from Vl-Vl 1> to it;VI per annum, tle? dishorn mients for tl aleohol were at the rale of only las. '2 I. per ), I.e.I in isss ns eoinpnr<>.l with i't, 5s. per . Ii.mI in In St. Ihirlholoaiow's Hospital ' the milk hill has gone tip from '.'i'M to over *' .t'ih'Kt, while th 'ale thol l.ill had g.?n tlowa from A'I I ! '? t<> I'.i.'i'l. '1'liese statistics prove thitth'Tehas hivn a gradually inereaslng jr rational me.li.-il a.(ministration of aleohol, theere.lit of whieh must lie awai'tle.l to th* me.lieal stall's of the hospitals, a fact which ' atl'or.ls yet another proof of the lively inter- 01 est in the promotion of tamperaiu" taken by J* the medical profession.?British j." Julll it'll. a1 TVMI KIIW.K I'llOflllKSS IN Kt ltOPF. r< Principal Ihiiumft, of Phillips Academy, Amiovi r. says m h's lliriilil tlint temper- ! tl mice principles are making-r.-at progress in 1 Ktnope;tn countries. that tln-re is a mnrke.l 1 increase in tlie nuinher of gnests at hotels | . who.loi.ot take wine ami that the niimt?er j of ? indents who <lo not use heer is grow ing | P wlnle the mimher w ho do not u-e tobacco is j t ii I rend \ large. Kvervw her.- the afe is gain- $ ill" nil llli> vril.iAti ntnl ? 1 liiIv i r erenm are more likely t<> be ordered tSiiiii w ine or brandy A puttlic water , supply is !?l"n I'('in;', generally introduced, so lliat travelers now \ or> seldom have the ex 1 use that ticv must ilrink wine, the water is I e so l u I. ' j a TKMI'KIt iN'i'r Wil'.K IX (.I'MRKn ( AMI'S. ! V Tile iiiirii.'i- ramps >! \V iseoiisili have heeil I r, the scene id a remarkable work this season. The Stale W i' T. T. has kept an itinerant ' missionary i<ii>taiitl> in the liohl ami the v -amps ha\e heen supplied with the l?esl ol" t literalre. bv the various unions through- f out the Stale. Croakers tire informed that r i lion <lo re.nl with eagerness all that I hey r - t eive ami are-lateral for the interest shown ill their welfare.? IT. V. T. L'. Mullet in. " ion r.nvMA nin .o?ir.?i. ( tthoile Island now has an average of 0110 ' saloon for every 'i'N inhabitants. ? i; Mieral Neal l>o*v, the temperance agitn- f tor. has just celebrated his eighty-sixth ? l>ii I Inlay . mil is still Irtle,hippy and hearlv. .. Iletgiuiu has .Wtltl schools, but Tllt.iKlO drinking sli ips. Tor pnhlie in-t met ion it sp ails |."i ii.1.1,no i trail 's for intoxie iting 11 liipior. tb.ii ii.no i. it The Siiellield (Tiiglanh C if ' Coaipaav has ' u >w twenty three houses, tin t during the p.tsiyear it has sold about t!.tK*i,OM nips of t m. roll'-". ? in and milk. A Mio'nigin weekly siyol a subscriber m who died th> other div "Mil lie in tin , lain I a different attilu I ? tow n I water, wo ii i \ i- ii i iii mi- i- lint ii * iv iiii i li'lvi* live I <i;i In ;i v.-i>i years tor.im-'." i At "l*??I?:iw.tit X. V.. .1 ?!?n U'?v'.?, nil ni l ponsf ii',r of the ISriltsh army, w.?:i a tvager t ii\ ilrinkni ^ ii <|11 irI whisky in l? an.I a , Ii ilf iiiiinit ?. nii'l w.ii vnlimt>?prin * to tlnnk t lit n<Mit innnl pint when he foil ?l *:i I It i- si ll.'.l iii til m'ill i till! 111 0110 nf | tli i,in Inn inst it it inns iviiK'li still in lint mi. | its 11n:tr11it > ot ill'-ilm), twenty four percent. i ?? ' til-ti |.;.n,| I..v.V pit ion ustlie; ivher'as in ( Insgow Fever ii >>pitnl, ivlioiv milk is usj.l, tin niorlrtlity is only twelve p*r cut. The French (tovornnioni m taking action < ng'inst the :i<tulternte.l drinks so rotiimotily | lis.' I liy tlio masses. The life-in-umnoa e ?:n- ( p mies have iliseovertsl some startling fa^fs j relating Vn tie* shortening 'if? through f t lieso beverages, nn I tlio knowledge is waking up p wiplo nf many classes. Insanity in Paris has inoiviso.l tliirtv jier rent, within tlio Inst sixteen years. I'rink ninl extravagance are tlio two eliief causes iitiin 1 ier> nf persons going ma 1 from worry can sod by living lieynnl their nie.ms. Woni n liecmno iiisnno much more fiviptont ly than men, especially through drink. Indirectly, says tlio \'oirr, tlio liipio;- j tr.iltie is lieeoming a more frequent deatolislier of ministries in tii?? ?l<I tVnrM than nny other oiieeuise. iihiilstone's last ministry , topple.l to its fall over theheer-tax, an I now ( ,'J'i i*n I* I's iiiinistrv has broken topiecsin trying t-> lower toe <lnty on Turkish wines. , Urcat is Uainbriuus! 1/ n36rE8 AND COMMENTS. It aSfe* only the other day that hariari weBgarded as the national method f ettMiijwrsonfll differences in Japan, "he maJ^"ticonsidered himself insulted r of demnndiug ratis*cttoiff|f Wb aggresnor, was accustomed ' r< tire to hi* house, and delil>erately to p hlnafflf open; not, however, without revioilev Inditing a letter to his friends nd rebmMa consigning his enemy to icir tender mercies and demanding AU. this appears to have gone and the European custom and- <WTce ?*<y^en^^^W^ke. For according to ie n?st Te^Ueeplpatches from Japan, ic Mkadoh*ofo|,S obliged to issue a dcce inposina severest penalties for icliiig. njje mere issue 01 a challenge volvrH yeara' imprisonment, while the meeting actually takes place the inishment is increased to five years' nal servitude. In case of bloodshed, >th the principals and the seconds will s held liable for the crime of "assault ith intent to kill;" while if death rules they will be punished as if for manaughtcr of the first degree. Tiik Chinese Government is now eonmplnting a revolution in the coinage of int country, which is now of copper, nging in value from aliout a mill to a in worth about 20 cents in face value, ithout either gold or silver coins. Bars gold and silver bullion, however, are ;ed in commerce, and the Mexican silver )llor circulates extensively in the sea>ard cities.. It is uow proposed by the tiincso Government to make silver a oncy metal, an^ to issue a series that ill correspond sofcicwhat to our dollars, tl v 'trnv^ OiniW rneTtmtA?o ill ,00 uoiform throughout the vast cmre, with its 4:50,000,000 population? least six and a-half times that of the nitcd States. This will open a new arket for the silver of the world, and ight to make silver higher in price and d in re-establishing its old-time ratio ith gold. The discovery of a lode of uranium at ie Union mines, Cornwall, was nnuinecd several months ago. This is dieved to he the only known lode of at metal in the world, us it had preously been found only in isolated ickcts aud patches. Since the discovery as made steps have been taken to delop the lode and to work the mine, cperimentul works for procuring the ctal from the ore were fitted up in uulon, and there the ore has been subit ted to treatment in order to determine e best and most economical method of traction. The market price of the etal is about ten thousand dollars per n. It is proposed to substitute it for dfljii "leelro-plating, and it is also ex ctm f(CpfbV^^cry useful in electric Thting. Recent excavations in Rome go to low that the short-lived water pipes of lis age are sadly at a discount when impute! with the work of the old oman plumbers. The commission in large tf the improvement of the city of nme his unearthed great numbers of ad wa'cr pipes, each plainly stamped ith thu'iamcof the owner of the house, to year ?f the plumbing, the name of ie constis for tliat year, and the name the rigning emperor. In opening ghty-twi miles of new streets in that ty, matirial has been found sufficient to Id to otr present knowledge a Ihousnnd tails fmcerning the haths, heating ies, writ pipes and sewage system of leient tines. I r\v \b>r of 21,0(10 tons of cement, linn l..i.!. ..r 1 1- n..i> v'ne nil in linnim.1. iii.ouw ibic yarrKbf masonry, were employed 1 the foumltions and piers of the Forth ridge, andlhe weight of steel used in le eonstnxtion oi the superstructure as 51,00] tons. The rivets employed i the Fori* bridge would, if laid end > end, eowr about 580 miles in length ; ic numhef of rivet holes drilled have een over J 5.0(10,000; if put together ley would font a tunnel 110 miles in ngth, while tie plates used in the eonruetion of the tubes would extend s istanec of 14 miles. Havino iinpoited a lot of mummified gyptian eats forfertili/ing purposes, an inglish firm is nr.v turning its attention >ward the vast numbers of cnbalmed roeodiles that res in certain portions of gvpt beneath tie soil. Whi n the old gyptians earefnly embalmed and laid ^vay the cats ni.l crocodiles that they nti:irly| naereil animals, ley little thought to what strange uses leit pet- would eventually come. A viv.a tors woman lecturer has been filing i Now York audience how to pend unucy. It is a surprising revclai >n Hit anybody in the ? ity needs tlio lightest information on the subject. A Knock-Old. The lfc Carrol-MrAulifTe pugilistic ncounter at San Francisco, under the uspiccs u the Athletic Club of that city, ,ns one >f the fiercest prize tights on ecord, anl the piineipals were terribly iiinishcd. What snrpiised tln ir friends, rho took in active part in thcafliir, was he speed; recovery of each of the men rom titer sprains nn?l bruises. The ihysieal ciergies and the recuperative orce of sitli men ate surprising, but they re alwayrsupplicd with the I it reliefs; ome s jcl perhaps, as was used iu the rege i, v?arnjiicist, Cleveland, Whio, vrites, ua* .Jacob Ktzcnspergcr sufcred \ear*1 f'otn the elTeets of i sprain, 15^^- 'v\xcV-how and shoulder. I'he spraiu V.\a caused by clubbing hi st nuts,'and about eight or nine years go. was relieved by the use of a part of . hot tic of St. Jacobs Oil, the wonderful llicaey of which is so w? II known. "foe|a ir.UKt hiIT.t lieta.ro they can write," ?>sn phi o?o|>:n r. Aft<r tlsat it is o'lier ia (> .!? w! o Sillier. Purify Your Blood At the aVinih) ft .prillK* I lac lale.llt sllOlllal lie |.lll , teal, us Impurities waiia li have laeeu nernimilotlll? ?r months air a?\eii >aMi-s, aril halite la> iaiuhif.*t?t ri<-iiiaolTes mi-I -' rroai?lv nfTavt the health. Itaofa -Hrsnp.irllla Is nni|.Milil -'|l, iha> rest hlaod |>iirifla*r. f expel-,evoify taint of nnp-irily, drives out s, rofii iiH humeri and germ-<<r disease. ami give* ! > iho lootl Iho <|iutlit> fuud tone essential to good IichMIi. HoocJ's Sarsaparilla "My diuiifhter suiTore-l terrible ?v|?h -of0 Awl #^aV#J|^?iinor. We / < <" obliged to keep Iter eut We had mr<ll< *1 Attendance. but^h*-' d to gain relief. At last, knowing that IIooUN Sat .apantla had etired in? mother of rheumatism, and Mlrvlnt it must lie goo I for Hi" iiliMwi, i eonelnded lo have inv daughter try It. and it hn<entirely cured Iter.' '.'otinki n -> YrttiM, I1J K?<t Main street, Maraballtmviv Iowa. Purifies the Blood "IteoilV arsaparllla has cured tit" of salt tlteiini a llien I have had for vears. 1 tin think it is a splnti :llil nii'itleine. 1 am <0 year* of age and my skin I Inst as smooth and-fair ?? a plee of glass.'?Mas 1-itJ.A t'lsiiK, South Nor walk, Conn. Hood's/ Sarsaonrilla fold ?* all ilntMtlf. t): si* for t". Prepared onl liy t\ I IIO'djjKeO . Lowell, Mas.". ^ luotoses Ono Dollar V^i A Remarkable Suicide. One of the most remarkable suicides recorded* in the annals of self-destruction occuired near Chiquet, New Brunswick, recently. Before committing the rash act, the self murderer, W. R. T. Jones, dug his grave and placed a rough coffin of his own make nt the bottom. The dirt from the grave was kept from rolling back into the excavation by boards held in place by a trigger, to which a string was attacked. Kveiy thing -in readiness, the deliberate Mr. .1 < nes, as subsequent dcM^Mguols - jw* t vmiWL, go* in the coffin, toolca YTbse of poison and then pulled the string and was buried beneath tons of dirt. It is believed to be one of the most unique and successful instances of 6uicidc on record. Fifteen rontcMnnt? elad for Iho fray. Aimed Willi m ml ilcol and in I pi lie army. Striving fol Inere, as btavo KnieliU of old blrme fer their holier- and nieiiplnnf fold. Driving each t-hining ren nv? i Hie paper. Seeking to initnd, (lie nn . l i roper eaper. The praiMit of leuirdics known tlio mild over From 1'aris lo I'aiai' , from < 'plait* lo Dover; l ul each Knight vainly itrivii--liiUKOape tails in lie: oription Of the ,i a ii ilvld virmet of "Favi lite Frenrii . I ion." When ill or drpn >wil willi llmt "(irogRiiiKdown" feeling. ri>n?c)[urut upon ?(Rkw f?, mi[. fcrlng Item IkimIdcIh', weak or lamp lin k, end llio inanv i 11 x common to ilo? w? o K? r sex. lake l>r. Pierce's Prescription, which is Kimriiutcptl lo give ? !* infection or piiic (*li innrctd. ?ce printed guarantee on hot I lew rapper. Dr. I'iiTPfV T'cllcls ptnlly laxative or actively cathartic according to i!o?-, "5 cents. Mrp, (lazztin: "II< re's an nrPcle abpul ar i?rif?n vv to fifty alopa." Uaxztir: "Vm! I wish t ,11. t piuno n xt door hn?l even on ! ' ("ainrrh L'uu't be Cited With i.nfAt. Appi.h'ationh, as they cannot reach the teat of the disease. ( atnrrh is a blood or constitutional disease, anil in order to euro it you have to take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is lake i internally, and nc:s direct.lv on the Wood and mueous snrfnees. Hall's Cutnrrh ('uro .is no quark medicine. H was prescribed by one of the i>?st physicians in tills country for years, and Is a regular i>r?scripti n It is compos d of the best tonics known, combined with the liest blood purifiers, acting directly on tie- mucous surfaces. The perf et combination of the I wo ingredients is what produces : ucli wonderful results in curing cuturrh. Send for testimonials free. K. J. CflENKV A Co.. I'rops., Toledo, Q. Sold by drug.ists, price 75c. Better be good than groa*. You'.I have less oiiipei<1 ion. The etler business Is overdon , Sir JVbrcLs Free, sent by Crngln <* Co., Phlln.. Pa., to anyone in IT. S. or Canada, postpaid, npon receipt of 25 Dobblns's Electrical Soap wrappers. Sec list of novels on circulars around each oar. Tilts soap lor sale by all grocers. % Silence is golden; l.ut It is the other fellow' silence tliat is mo.nt. J'ufTHcted with sore eyes use I )r Isaac Thorn tei.'t KyeNVater.DruKglsts sell at 25c. prr bottle The switchmen 8 interest <n t'c railroads they represt ai s. ems to lie lla/ging. Physic nns reiomniend "Tans I's Punch.' . Myslci y lends a charm lo a most every Both tho method and results when 1 | Byrupof Figs is taken; it is pleasant ! and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet prompt ly on tho Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses tho system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho only remedy of its kind ever prol duced, pleasing to tho taste ana acceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the mosi healthy and agreeable 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 drugI gists. Any reliable druggist who | may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who i wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. LOUISVILLE, KV. NEW rORK, N.t. i ! "Oh, So Tired!" is the cry of thousands every Spring. For that Tired Feeling take Aycr's Sarsaparilla and recover Health and Vigor. It Makes the Weak Strong. Prepared by | Dr. J. C. Aycr 8c Co., Lowell, Mass. i EMC wonoerfulIC vo?. !BURG\CHAIRl^^^jgb1 KlyACOMBINING*>ARTICLES^ W# rniml St 111" I'tu-rM **tOBi4lTl Rnhl ??A Irmilr tn,ti,ry prir^tjf f/y/^CJi ?- all r DCC od ship Roods to bo |V JI fJ^Zpa'I fitt K1 PiT on (lohvrn j I. - I I fffJBf,1 "Hill ( M tlgj JfUnt>|.ifO?U. V.uAf/7lXV/k TO IIIKIS. ?o. y a"'Kui. rsia LVliUUii UYQ. <?.. us iCSVb tfruii'ifc tfrEiAU,rar?.M | >isffi, rjiilinli-lplilit. 'Twenty venTs* e*|*prlenoe Iln eperlnl iilnn.i-c , inres tile ivurnleaiiM "f Nervous Complaints, IiId I 1'uisonlnR, liiotrhes, Kr options, p||e?. t'atnrrli, l'lc(f<, fore*. Impnlrpil Memory, Dwp 'inlrncy, I>Idiimm of Vision, l.uns, I.lver, Montiu-h. Klilncy HiIkIiI's I'lsesse); cmiMilcntlai. |?> Call or nrilu (or <|ue?(lon list ami booR, % i Y .. ?> ' .iHIMV ? \ ,-.I?. W II II r mi I ,"I rpii'h cv y.ih-ne ii r ||ir.?>iMil III" i rpia nv ii .? i n l I.mi i w.i- rl, i r.viiVri III ir., I'nij.i I I Pi I l-TTt ^ 1 ' "'Hi l'n?! It linn I IT , " ?- * "* N. V. . . I/'O'imI I A I'n . \t i-.l , I,. IV ,4jo9^*' rv| ' 1 ^ * Ajpr pi-rtlii' ol I lie CTrtJli I'l. , ajgwi t;? y ..j i *.i? d s. Hs,. jWU'irioiMl U"| BU I 2!. I Nli l: A II A M V !? *%M AliiMi riliiin, N V St Vf J only by P ? V r ||jv ?n',il I'.I|< (1 ? pW" ' IH* l?-?t Of ".'It Wibl kXcclnai-4,C*47-S flion. i<hto. v, rfi l?. II. iiYCTl F "*?'<> < hi. air-.,; J1.00, field Oy .Diugeiso. MABEL'S ** The world la oven i And life, dear child This is sense, even if it is not Shakes pearean. Indeed, it is the opening stanze of an anonymous noem. It was the ecnti mcnt of nn old lady to her grandchild Mabel. And many a Mnbol has found it to 1h> true, and sho has made her life a very happy ono because sho has taken euro ol her health. Sho keeps on hand a supply ot Dr. I'iereo's Favorite lYcscription. and so is not troubled with those wasting diseases, weaknesses. " dragging-down " sensation? and functional irregularities that so ninny women endure. It is the only medicine for women, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, that it will give satisfaction in every case, or money will lie refunded. This guarantee has lieon printed 011 the bottle - wrappers, and faithfully carried out for many years. " Favorite Proscription is a legitimate medicine, uot n bcvcrqgc. Contains no alcohol to inebriate ; no syrup or sugar to derange digestion. As peculiar in its romo ami resting as in it? composition. As a powerful, invigorating tonic, it Mice's DR. f a ^ QTVt obv?\r?i^ ITnrqnnlorl to Mo. One Tiny, Sugar-coated I iiiilnun Headache, Constipation, I derangemouta of the stomach and bowel? Finns in New York. I have often heard of the kingdom o Finland, which was broken in half am absorbed by Russia nnel Sweden yean ago, hut I never knew that there wen Fins, or Finns, in New York until thi week, when I lound u small colony o them on the Fast Side, not far fromFiftl street. Of the seorc who were prcsen all were undersized, squat, broad, wit! high cheek bones, light yellow hair am heard. They are the blondest blondes ever saw approaching almost that pop ular museum freak, the Aibino. The; are good farmers, servants and nieta smiths. One of the party, who spoke English, said: "We have just begun to cross the Atlantic. There area million of our race in the north of Europe, and a large por tion are hound to come over here in the next decade. Finland is neither vor; fertile, com fort able nor happy. I'olitiea conditions are one rents, and the people are only too anxious to leave in order te better their circumstances. They are ex tremcly poor, however, and will be com polled to work hard ami wait long before they can accumulate money enough t< tench the I nitre I States. Most of in; people have gone to Wisconsin ane Minnesota, where there are alread; 111 000 Fins The fie-incs will In* iniie'l larger in the year IEGO."?[New Yorl Star. Tiif: Rritish and Foreign liildo Socfety, which has spent Sc.Vt.nnu.uno in tin* dis semination of the Seriptures, recently celebrated it- eightv -sixth birthday by t gnat eiiteitjiiniiien' in London for if: juvenile agents, who are chiefly youn< girls, and for whom it hud made, as on< cl the features of the occasion, a caki that weighed eighty six'pounds. In proportion to their size the stnallcinsects are the strongest. A ltor?e ca scarcely hear two thirds of its weight hut one small species of June beetle ea lift ninety-nine times :,ts own weight Were the strength of a man in proportio to the beetle, he could play with weight 0<pial to ten times the weight of a horsr Northern pacific LOW PRICE RAILROAD LARDS i EE Government LANDS 911 lit. IO NS OK AC<t I.S In Jllnutiulk, Norl CCkin Can i"d>llcnlU>ns with map* ileaortblnjlb CHU lUn hrot Aki'li'iili ural, CimzlnR and Tin: tx>i l..tii<tsin>w <i|icn i<.M illers. >?-in h'pr. Aildrea 9UIC D I iunnuu l.nml Commissioner wHftj? P? HIWOUnHi si. i?t.ui, mu*, fimillRlS ;<M< WHISKEY HAfi M H U I H 9 ITS cured at noinc wnb P5 gfl fi" R M BIWI ol" I""0- l;ook ?f i**' BIB I WW r^uSZLKTOS ATLANTA. G.i. on.co na* vv bitotiaii ?i FRAZER.ffAf KHV IN TI1K WOULD U II L H O C IJf" Oct the (Jenuln**-. Boh! Everywhere^ EMPLOYMENT! nnnn tVJ. Si:ni,?li?. AfffiI* wa i . |. Am? (hind4 f n (if. **??le t Kcr.t-y given ?(.( I?\Y. / d Iro 4lluu wl ll?firii|i \V h It vVKhI Pi} , livf.K) %i it tlt% TOf'1,10 \ M ONTII can ho mi.h worklni 11 i *1 tor im. IVi'Aons |i??*.Vrrt*il \vl??? can ftirnipl H ln?;*si* aOil i^lvp Itii'lr W'.inlc thiic (O till* hiisiiirfiA SpHri* % hi tv Im* |iroUI;?li!v ctti|>!o>evl nine A Iimv %H4*aii<*l(Miii lowii? hii?I If. F. JOHN SON ^ CO., jirji M.iiu St., r*iclivooiMl( Ya? ODIIIkA "*?;T J.'"1*' <>? ?? m UrSIIM rixHjf i kiuj^w.-n^#DCI^QIAliC si:i:Kr?U AM. or Sll'l'A Y, rcnOlyPA N. vv. KiUjimll. AJ^'y, |Va*i... ?. O, FKKKMAN A MOSEY, Washington, ?. C I'ATK.ST. IV.KMOM, tn.AIM A*l> I.ANO A t"fWnNHT1 II. I>. Money, 10 year* Member of Confront A. A. froonmn, S yowra Aag't U. s. AtCy-Qoo A Valuable Book c Send 2c. Stamj>? to Book Pub. ' * .?4M i^> GRANDMA. ,^' "* ^ u? we take It, I, in what wc make It." -? r,c.?S imparts strength to the wholo system, l and to the womb and its appendages in particular. For overworked, worn-out^* I 'run-down." debilitated teachers, milling i ers, dressmakers, seamstresses, "shop-girls,? ' housekeepers, nursing mothers, nnu feeblo women generally, Dr. Pierce's Fnvorito irescnpuon is tho greatest earthly booh; , ? lieing unequalcd as an appetizing cordial vk and restorative tonic, or strength-giver. t As a soothing and strengthening nervine.. I'Favorite Prescription" is unequalcd and ' is invaluable in allaying and subduing nervous excitability, irritability, exhausi tion, prostration, hysteria, spasms and other distressing, nervous symptoms, commonly t attendant upon functional nnd organic disease. It induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and despondency. i A Book of 160 pages, on " Woman and > Her Diseases, fheir Nature, and How to Cure them," sent sealed, in plain envelope, on receipt of ten cents, in stamps. Address, World's Dispensary Medical i Association, 663 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y. 'lERCE'S PELLETS > Vegetable and Perfectly Harmless. as a I.lver Pill. Smallest. Cheapest. Knsiost Pellet *? Dose. Cures Sick ltcadactic, iidigf-Mloii, Dillon* Attack*, and all i. 35 cents, by druggists. ' J?" ( i ' I Some i Children Growing \ i Too Fast 1 become listless, fretful, without ener-i 1 gy, thin and But you can for1 tity them and build them up, by the I 1 use of ; | SCOTT'S EMU! Clftll ; kiH^kvivii ; OF PURE COD UVER OIL AND !' HYPO PHOSPHITES C>r I.ime ?n?l Soda. J | They will take it readily, for it is al- 1 .r most as palatable as milk. And it J > should be remembered that AS A THE- | VKNTIVE OK ( I RE OF C'OL'OHS OB COLDS, j i IN BOTH THE Ql.D AND Y0UN6, IT 18 j r L!JN'QUAUED. a V . To euro Biliousness. Sick Headache. Const I pat Ion. Malaria. I.ivpr Complaints, take the safe and c^rlatp remedy.. SMITH'S i BILE BEANS . Use tho SMALL SIZE (40 little beans to the bot? tlei. They are the most convenient: Milt all ages. K 1'rlceof cither site, 'Ji cents per bottle. KISSING "l 7 37' 70: ''hoto-gramUL panel sue of thU picture fori cents (coppers or stamps). B ; J. E. RMITn A CO.. Makers of "Bile Beans." St. IxHifa. Ma VBK?B3ft9MHH9MHQSC5CH9'Vl*Q5R&flP8HMHPPH8 , Ely's Cream Balm I) UIVRS HKJ.IKC AT iiNCF. H I cilDreCOVO t. COM) IN IM-:AI?.fe^fSHfAn ? - icnir.s i ? gMYFEVER?? ? i ? CATARRH.|_ 5 Appl.vHnlm inloench nostril ti.v unos.. to Warren It.. N. f, J ^T "~g dr. schenck's SEAWEED \\ f Cfcf v TONIC * JKtCL 00 l? a Positive Curo for (jy^i DYSPEPSIA I IF;' HI And all !>lsnrdpr*of hip ft|reat? i jy1-/*> *XHj| lv<* Organs It in likpwiae a 1 rorrol)-miIvp, ft xlroiiRtlicn, L. ?iiiR Mrilirinp, ami limy ! ? ' r taken ?itli RfPnt U'lufit in all * '*ram-sof Di l'ility. For Salp lif nil I'riiRnlKta. I'rirp,SI "h por Irottlp. I'r ftrheiick's Jti>K It,Nik on I.ours l.ivpruiiil Stomach nmlleil freO. c.dress. Or. J. H. SCHtNCK A SON. Philadelphia. G RATE PUL?COM FOR TING. EPPS'S COCOA c ? breakfast. I ''By a thorough kn nvlndKP of the nitu.-al Ijwi | wiMcu govern th - onar.itions of digestion and nutrlI , tlon, and t>y a careful apnl teat Ion of tun One proper* | tlea of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Kpps line provided * , our tireakla.nl tallies wltli a dollcaiely flavoured L^v* ' | arago which ma.- nave us ninny heavy doctors' hi la. * | It Is liy the Judicious use of sueli articles of diet that a constitution miv he era t unity t utlt up until - 1 sUuiik enough to renlxt. every h'l"1jW.n? 4aw II ? u nu r cm OI 1,U m i'? ?j well fortiilod with mn blood and a properly ourlihod frame."?"C<?>u SernUie G<i trite. ' Made Mrnply with botlln* water or milk. Sold 1 Mil Id liadf-p iund tin , by (Iroeora, labelled thuc , J AIHIM tPl'M A. CO., Mo ..(eopatblo Olie.uUU. * i < Losdos;. Kxoi-t.tn.. bl ^ " 16 ? ? ' jsn,, J in Chickens7;t 25c. House, 134 Leonard St, New York,