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PRIWW."' " '' AGRICULTURAL l ?? TOPICS OK INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AW I) (i.VllDKM. PRUNIVr. I.AROK LIJIRJ. ?If trees arc properly and intelligently 'managed, they will uever need severe pruning. Our most careful fruit-growers pruue with thumb and finger, pinching hack shoots that are o-jriain to be in way when they grow a little further. 4 When it is necessary to prune large limbs do it before the sap has started, and at onm cover ih? with paint, to protect the wound from the air. After the sap has started the paiut 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 WflEAT GAIN r.Y SPUING It ARROWING. We have made repeated trials with harrowing wheat in spring with a smoothing harrow, the work being done tir3t as soon as the ground was sufficiently hard ami dry, and again when about a foot high. Breaking the hardened crust and making a fine, mellow surface among the plants had obviously an excellent effect; the heads of wheat were longer than us- | vial, and the increase ..eHrr.of?.v tire bushels more |>cr acre than unbar- ' .rowed wheat. The last harrowing was accompanied with the sowing of clover- j seed, which succeeded well and produced good growth. At the last harrowing the harrow was passed over the wheat twice, ^ the first before sowing the clover-seed', the last after the operation. Any slnnttooth 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.?Neva Y< rk ' Tribune. CURRANTS. At the twenty-third meeting of the Minnesota Horticultural Society a paper was read ou currant culture by Dr. M. Jl. Frisselle, who has a plantation of one J thousand bushels in full bearing. The Doctor said that the secret of growing currants at a profit was in feeding them j abundantly with cow manure and ashes, | and giving them absolutely clean culture, i In growing currants for the market it J was recommended that they be planted ! on nearly level ground, of deep rich soil, well broken and tiually pulverized. The planting should he six feet apart each way, so as to give room for horse culti- , vation and plenty of air and light. The ' essayist said that it was a delusion to thiuk that this fruit could be successfully grown amid grass, weeds, clover or burdocks, or when crowded along a stone wall or a rail feuce; that it needed plenty ?>f elbow room, air and light, and as much fertilizing material as one has a mind to give. With regard to marketing, the Doctor urged that the fruit bo gathered free from leaves, without bruising, put in clean, covered baskets holding uo more than eight pounds, or onefifth of a bushel. He said that if would he difficult to glut the murket with clean, handsome, well grown fruit*) 6 -j i ! #~2 \ KEKriNci I It is n noteworthy ^^t^hlfrihe mcnf who have attained. ptondTierTra, mid been? most successful pecuniarily in poultry breeding, commenced with one variety; and not till that was thoroughly mastered, and the tine noints of mating ,and matching for : exhibition satisfactorily* adjusted, did they branch out info" the cultivation of other varieties. It is all very well to be known as It breeder of several or many different ' varieties of.! fowls, but it is fnr^Tietfei: to be welf, known as an eminently successful breeclorti of one variety than an indifferent breeders of many. No one cause has affected the jtermanent retirement from the business | of poultry breeding of so many whnrh/yvc started with high hopes and full contidenceof success as the maniaJor attemnt ing ton much in the heginnii^. Whether this is the result of the tendency to.tajnjl expansion, so prevalent in all American , business, or the engrossing nature of the J pursuit, which leads its <fcvpte^s, parriCvilnrly those who have just caught the I infection, and hnvc not settled ?dowfl to J steady work, to launch out into every new branch which hits their .taste, Js ? matter which affects the result in no way. The fact remains that too much poultry! work is overdone as to quantity and underdone as to quality.?Poultry Yard. tjyi? . OF^SIIKEl? KEKIHNO. We put. in ninety-one "mature wethers'"^Wighing seventy-one pounds each; | fed^or ^*r*in-.M orn -and oats, mixed at | rate of four bushels corn to one bushel oats, fed fmrt of the'timc cornstalks and I hay alternately, and then bejtnppds and 1 ^talks': always feed by daylight qtul only VVflCC-A-a a}1. Keep (jean water, and salt by them, and keup well bedded. Result: K?d _thy same, shee^uoighty days, drove eyeri^ftftPnuley before weighing; weight, ffl-Jfcv'Upounds,-an aVHfcge gain of 21 2-li j , poun'd* "p*4!- head, atid tjiis, too, on a fattening sheep on straw and ; "wi. jluhl luv k'lin jt^jn a,0>ioH them gej,,who do not feed , trilstv The shc.ep req?iro enough more I jctCMin to offset the difTetoenfec in value he- 1 tweea straw-and cornstalks, hay and' Jn titot, IdVulbt ^ery'much its being profitable to fecd.cJl.eau s|raw under f.t'Wi Feeding timothjr is very unprofitable, as sheep do ipuch.het>'-fwi WoVer, and the price is-#2 pec. .ton Either one Is unprofitable ,(krfc?ffttyi :> .^illusively, air cornstalks and frdafapbds fed alteruateJy 'arCAmurli 'chtklJeiTTrtitl just'' as good its, iftiot Tieflcr than, clear hayftrteth&ftAem ?f profit feeders consider inipprtant, piuuely, converting.-coarse foddft*. "sVraw afid grain: ?nto the best manure. Shcop feeding to Ire profitable ^l^jld bc^rpw d cd ^Jo^ jt3 utiujjif Jimit,'! but sMxt^l^SLj* l.c^tioic i)iaip-eiui"1 market,*\jnless.rth?y hi* j t. n\uu.<?u cueir gratn-Bnnin xnriyiirjcpnfni "TM* eijflftV or niiie^y days is usually time U> -Xee4 for pryfit? ? ! toxica TtWrinnca. TB?sc who ship vegetables and fruit to city markets are well aware hft'KJ much neat packages help,the sale of their contents. As those who have tricrl it "dc clure, it is often more profitable to take their truck and fruit to a small place, especially if it be 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 I fruits, which he purposes to take to the ' near-by town to dispose of. Not being accustomed to market such articles rcgu- j Iarly, they present a strange sight as ho sets out. a peck of pens at the bottom of a bushel basket that is none too clean; a quart of currants hidden iu a five-quart pail that has seen better days; a few early ' beets, an after-thought, arc thrown into the bottom of the wagon, without taking i the trouble to wadi or bunch them. It j | can be but little wonder that the stuff taken in this miscellaneous manner is slow of sale. Farmers who live near cities or villages will find it to their iutcrest to work into "farm gardening," and raise perishable crops, which bring high prices, if they can find a near market Bpiuaofj'is fhat an acre of it, properly managed, brings more ready cash than comes to the farmer during the whole summer. Farmers who ! own the land they till should plant an 1 ! asparagus bed, or rather field, which, in the third year, atid every spring thereafter, will bring iu a handsome cash return. But our object was to suggest that those farmers who occasionally market truck, should provide themselves with a sufficient number of crates and boxes, in | which to take their stuff iu a neat aud attractive manner; these packages to be kept iu good order, and to be used for no other purpose whatever. The crate used by those who ship truck to a distance is , oue that holds a bushel; some of a barrel I capacity being also required. For a long 1 distance, crates with slatted sides arc preferred on account of tho ventilation they afford to their contents; but, for markets i near by, boxes with entire sides will uq- 1 swer. To Make a Bushel Crate or Box?Two i euds and ono middle-piece, eight by i fourteen inches. The sides arc two reel long, and if for crates, are of laths, and from two inches iu width to more or less. Boxes made with entire sides will contaiu a trifle more than a legal bushel. The center-pieces add to the strength, and arc convenient in measuring two half-bushels. Mark all crates and boxes with the owner's name.?American Agriculturist. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Nut culture is yearly growing more popular. The potato that, sprouts the easiest makes the poorest seed. Premature sprouting is due to weakness. Paris green and hellebore will destroy the asparagus beetle. Either should be used with judgment and care. A pair of brood marc3, properly used, i can do a pood season's work 011 a tarm _ 0 - - - - and turn out a pair of fine colts. Currants nnd gooseberries need one. good trimming out annually, cutting out old wood and thinning the new. It is not the largest seed that is always hest, but that which is most perfect and 1 . vigorous and has been kept the best. Which is the better, to expend your I money in making good roads or to lose it in worn-out horse flesh and wagons! Spring is the time to prune hardy j roses. They bloom on the new growth. I Cut out nil useless and weakly old . growth. ! Some kinds of seeds are said to be bct| ter old than when new?cucumber seeds, i for instance. But usually the older the j ^ eds, the less the vitality. I If you think it cheaper to buy the "Tuxjjxics of the common kitchen garden ttjran to grow them when you can, your rfafuily may count on a small supply. p^If you have a timber lot cut the dead topped trees and crooked staddles for fuel. Clear out worthless underbrush, butt spare all straight and thrifty timber, .j. lA.s a rule, raise your stock instead of buying it. You can generally have hotter stock, and you do not run the risk of introducing disease into your herds or ll.wL-a '? .Chrysanthemums need all the light, j sun nud air that they can get from the j time the cuttings ar?' rooted until they i are ready to cut. again. They want a rich, warm soil of turfy loam. Bloating is an evidence of indigestion and may easily occur when a cow is fed on turnips in the winter. The feeding j should be change i, and the hay cut ami j mixed with bran with some salt until the food is properly digested. Salt is an aid to digestion. In transplanting deciduous trees there must be a proper balance maintained be* j tween the roots and the tops. If but few roots are takeu up with them the top jdxojuld be correspondingly reduced. Care r?&i*itd be taken that the roots are not ex.ppscij the air any longer than neceaI'Sifty' dVWing the removal For topdressing upon lawns where a ' good thick turf isdesirari, we have found nothing equal to skim milk. Where pigs nud chichens are abundant if may in: worth mqre for feeding than for fertilizer, especially when it. is remembered that neither pig nor chicken will tnkc more than half the manorial value of tho IU11K. To grow gooseberries to perfection, the soil should be well enriched with stable manure,about the same a? for strawberries. They like plenty of food,an<l the more they get the better they thrive. We find a clay loam, well enriched, the best of < " , Vuit nn^i soil will; do when property 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, i To prevent this, each man wears :ieross 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 equipose of circus riders, they stand erect, upon their horses, and | use their spears and clubs. The kangaroo is able to jump clear over a horse. As the game is bagged it is skinned, and the skin is stretched on the ground and l?cgged down t,o prevent shrinkage. The flesh furnishes meat for the. earn]). Eaeh i ii -% 11 inn jixi ?nw: muriv iii^ 1 booty, and when they have one hundred j skins a\>icee, they return back to civiliza- ? tion. There are twenty varieties of kan- [ garoos, among them the blue, red Wallaby, black gray and forester, the latter ( furnishing; the best leather, as it lives mainly in wooded sections.?Nature* Legal Descent of Property. Where a husband and wife arc lost, at . sea, the law always assumes that he, [dicing the stronger, survived her by some I minutes or hours. On this supposition , he inherits her property (during the few moments that he survives her), and on his death his relatives inherit it from him. In seven different cases, followed up in the French courts within the last ten years, it was found that the wife outlived her husband, and the practice of the law had to be reversed. v. . " 3 TOIPKRANCE. 7 WIIEN Til* TOrRR DRINKS. kl Wi?n days aro long or abort or hot or cold of or wet ordry f A fellow for his stomach * sake should take* little rye. J* There's nothing when I'm by myself so much 'a of comfort lends, * to And nothing suits me better when I'm with yi] a lot of friends. p( I couldn't do %vithout it when I'm feeling lone and sad, J? And never fail to get it when my spirit's gay *h aud glad. "i v< In fact while I can koep my* feet I tarry at qv the cup, _ 'rtl Ami then take just * glass oHw'o to "help sober up. 1 h PRESIDENT COR BIX* EDICT. f J A recent dispatch from Philadelphia sarsi Not a Heading Railroad man too.; a drink *L in the saloons around tho Ninth and .Gre?u street station last night. While crowds itr passed in and out of the brightly-lighted jf saloons on the south side of Green street, a bunch of railroad men stood in front of the J* depot, talking of President Corbin's procla- Pc inalion against the "boozers" of tho road. DC President Corbin's edict of the afternoon was be a (lrm one, aud stirred up lively talk among wj the employe?. In his order Mr. Corbin said: I "All superintendents will be held strictly responsible for the enforcement of tho rule relating to tho use of intoxicating liquors by employes. Moil who violate it must lie ,, promptly discharged, and proof that 10 a man goes inside a drinking place ra nuuo on uuty win bo ample evi- I co ilonce to warrant his immediate dismissal. ' wj Men known to drink to excess or to fre- 0< queut drinking places while olt duty must he discharged. When employing new men U8 strict inquiry should. l>o made as to their d< habits, and proferoncfe always given to those be who do not uso intoxicating liquors nt all. Heads of departments must keep informed ? as to the habits of the men under them, and , make sure that these rules are strictly obnrrTort," - til This order applios to every one in Road- wi ing's army of employes, from high oillcials with big salarioa to the flagmen at crossings, ami there were many different comments by the employes. Ul 'This is a proper or.ler,'' said a prominent m employe at Ninth and Green streets. ol ' There is an order in the book of rules of ft:( the company dirocte 1 against intemperate employes, and Mr. Corbin is just reminding w the division superintendents that tho rule must bo strictly enforced. This is done to j], save tho lives of tin employee and passengers, whilo nt tho same time it saves tho : nar.l earnings of many men who Otherwise "t would spend them in saloons. til President Corbin'* positive stand against vi the drinking habit n'noug employes of the Reading is said to have been first prompted by observing niasy-ntinded and shaky clerks Wl wrestling with columns of figures. When vt Mr. Corbin became 1'resid -nt of tho com- E; pany it was the custom to furnish a free din- m ner .o every clerk in the Fourth street office, r ( When President Corbin began to curtail expeases he did away with the dinner; three- ni quarters of hu hour was given the clerks to 111 go outside of the office and buy their dinners. e> While out nt dinner sonn of the clerks fell m into tlie habit of drinking, and at times went . hack to their desks carrying what is vulgnlnrly caile 1 a "load." An order was issued ?( forbidding clerks to drink duriug office pf hours, but the or.ler of. to-tlay is directed Hj against all cmolnyer of the Reading Itaihvnd system. aV TT8E OF ALCOHOL IK HOSPITALS. I (h A very interesting report lias teen pre- J or sented to the British Medical Temperance jj, Association by l)rs. Morton Moir And Pearce, ? on the ndmimslration of alcohol in hospitals. The committee have drawn up n series of Iv tables full of instructive tignres, instituting le a comparison between the amount expende 1 w under this head in 1883 aud in 1838. There- .? inarkable fact is noted that in these twenty- , five years there has been, from the returns "1 made by 1BI hospitals, an increase of .'Wit per of pent, in the charge for milk and a decrease ci of -17 per cent, in the charge for alcohol. A cj se - md table gives returns from til hospitals of which no previous record coul.l be fouu I. . Oil tlio Imsis adopted by Dr. Fleetwood <o Buckle, in bis report oil lStsl, these 80 hosui- Hi tals showed a decrease of 33 per ceut. in tne m expenditure for alcohol per bod. A third table shows the comparative alcoholic charges per bed in 1803 and 1888 respectively. In 7.1 71 Hospitals there had been an increase of 2108 ci beds, and a decrease of total average cost per bed of ?7*. Its. 3d. Beds have thus increase 1 , at the rate of 33 per cent. while the amount expended on alcohol has de- ^ creased at the rate of 47 per cent. Only w eight of this group of hospitals showed an increase in the quantity o* alcohol consumed. In the remaining 05 the decrease ranged , from 30 to 83 per eeu^. In the London Fever " Hospital, while milk has risen from ?150 bi to ?850 per annum, the disbursements for tl alcohol were at the rate of only 15s. 31. per jP bed in 1888, as compared with ?3. 5s. per c. bed in 1803. 1 n St. Bartholomew's Hospital . tlio milk bill has gone up from ?600 to over ** ?3000, while tha alcohol bill had gone down from ?1410 to ?053. These statistics prove that there has been a gradually increasing V rational medical administration of alcohol, the credit of which must be awarded to the tj medical stall's of the hospitals, a fact which affords yet another proof of the lively inter- ct est in the promotion of temperance taken by jf the medical profession.?British Medical j,Journal. '' at TEMPERANCE PROGRESS IN KUROTE. . rc Principal Bancroft, of Phillips Acndemy, ^ Andovcr, says in '/.ion's Herald that temper- ! tf auco principles are making great progress in lCurojienn countries, that there is a marked j increase in t ho tumiLet- <%f -? i-i " ?? IIUICIO . who do not take win? and (hat the number 1 of students who do not use beer is growing fj while the number who do not use tobacco is ti already large. Everywhere the cafe is gain- g| ing on the saloon, and in the cafe tea, coffee, chocolate or cream are more likely to be ordered than wine or brand)-. A public water supply is also being generally introduced, so that travelers now very seldom have the excuse that they must drink wine, the water is cr so bad. m THMPF.RAKCY. tt'ORK IN T.l'MRKR CAMPS. W The lumber camps of Wisconsin have been j-c the scene of a remarkable work this season. The State W. T. lT. has kept an itinerant " missionary constantly in the Held and the w cani)is have been supplied with the best of tl literature, by the various unions through- fr out the Stale. Croakers are informed that n| men do rend with eagerness all that they re- I ceive and arc grateful for the interest, shown ,c in their welfare.?IK. V. T. U. Bulletin. ?sc BtirnnASUK sunn A.IW '? Rhode Island now has nn average of one lr saloon for every 'JJ8 inhabitants. w General Ncal l)ow, the temperance acuta- fe tor. has just celebrated his eighty-sixth a birthday, and is still hale,happy and hearty. rjHelgiuin has 5500 solioolR, but 1-16,000 drinking shops. For public instruction it spends 15,000,000 francs?for intoxicating nf liquor, 155,030,000. tt The Sheffield (England) C.ifo Company has cf now iwenty-tnreo houses, nn<i (lining tho post,year it has sold about 3,000,03) cups of tea, colfee, c.icoft an'l milk. ** A Michigan weekly says of n subscriber Hi who died tho other day: "Had he main- _ tained a different attitude toward water, we I have no doubt that h woul I have lived mi I for a score of years to c?>ln .', * At Tonawftuda, X. Y., John lloaeh, an old pensioner of the ISril ish anny, won ? wager fi( hy drinking a quart of whisky in tw ? and a half minutes, and was volunteering to drink u, an additional pint, when he foil dead. It is stated (in the Atliaife) that in one of p Iho I/indon institutions which still maintains i,: its quantify of alcohol, twenty-four per cent. i,| of tpo typhoid fever patients die; whereas in Glasgow Fever Hospital, where milk is used, the mortality is only twelve par cent. The French Government is taking action CJ agtInst the adulterated drink* commonly -f, used by the masses. The life-insurance coaa- al pauies have discovered some startling facts relating to the shortening of life through these bpvj)rages, an l the knowledge Is wak- Jr ing up people of many (dasses. Insanity in Paris lifts increased thirty per cent, witiiin the last sixteen yeijrs. Hrink and extravagance are the tww cliief causes ? miiubsrs of iiersons going mad from worry , caused by living beyond their means. w Woinon becomo insane much more frsquently than men, especially through drink. f 11 j 1 r/v? Mo an w a tlui 1/aV/i* lltn ISaiiac traffic in liecoming a more frequent demolisher of ministries in theOld World t.h"n any other one eanee. Oladstone's last ministry toi>|>le.t to its fall over the l>eer-ta*, and now ^ Tirar.l's ministry has broken to piecmin trytug to lower tiie duty on Turkish wines. ? Ui eat is Uauibriuus 1 I . > : WES AND COMMENTS. It iAi on'.v the other day that hariui wAregardod as the ua|}onal method 8?ttQg personal differences in Japan, he moPEshoconsidered himself insulted aggr&vM, lnrtfid of demanding satisctionlf his aggressor, was accustomed rettra fo his house, and deliberately to p hiaieU open; not, however, without erloilb inditing a letter to his friends id reHven consigning his enemv to icir1 feJDvder mercies and demanding 'raMhteT All this appears to have gone itfl 1Mb anf* thr European cytoq^ * Te^en^pPKl^cT For necording to 6 iW>t re^i|/a??p ^patches from Japan, e Mkiulo oil, obliged to issue a dcie inposinff severest penalties for icllirg. "JflR mere ispue of a challenge volvfsj^Bl/o years'imprisonment, while the meeting actually takes place the inishment is increased to live years' nal servitude. In case of bloodshed, ?th the principals and the seconds will i held liable for the crime of "assault ith intent to kill;" while if death ones they will be punished as if for mauaughter of the first degree. The Chinese Government is now conmplating a revolution in the coinage of nfr. rniinfrv wKirK ia nnn? nf om ic consxis for that year, and tlic name the itigning emperor. In opening ghty-tw> miles of new streets in that ty, inahrial has been found sufficient to Id to otr present knowledge a thousand ;tails hncerning the baths, heating ies, wayr pipes and sewage system of leient tines. Urw.\H?sof 21,000 tons of cement, )7,0QU k'hic feet of granite. 117,000 ibic yarofyf masonry, were employed i the founiltions and piers of the Forth ridge, andlhe weight of steel used in le construction of the superstructure as 51,00 tons. The rivets employed i the For l bridge would, if laid end ? end, cc ?r about 380 miles in length ; ic numbe of rivet holes drilled have con over 5.000,000; if put together icy wouh forii a tunnel 110 miles in ngth, while the plates used in the eonruction of the tubes would extend a istuncc of 14 miles. IIaviso iinpoiu-d n lot of mummified gyptinn cats forfcrtilizing purposes, an nglish firm is now turning its attention iward the vast numbers of cnbalincd I oeodilos that res in certain portions of ! gypt beneath tie soil. When the old ' gyptians earefialy embalmed and laid : vay the cats aid crocodiles that they -paridiajl*,eacrcd animals, | icy littTi! thought to what strange uses j icir pet would eventually come. A vivjcjoub woman lecturer has been lling p New York audience how to tend mmcy. It is a surprising revcla?n tint anybody in the city needs tho ightesi information on the subject. A Knock-Out. The lao Carrol-McAuliffe pugilistic icounter at Sao Francisco, under the ispiccs cf the Athletic Club of that city, as one if the fiercest prize tights on cord, aol the piincipnls were terribly iinished. What surpiiscd their friends, ho took'an active part in the affair, was ie speed; recovery of each of tho men cm t her sprains and bruises. The bysical cicrgies and tho recuperative iree ofstcbtnen aic surprising, but thev c ulwaytsupplicd with the t it reliefs; >me s icl/ perhaps. as was used iu the II CW(- B. -*. O.U-11 eger, Vhantfityrtt, Cleveland, Ohio, r"c"l4Ufth4"C?b ^'zcn9PcrKcr s?f* red froi? the effects of sprain, ^^e^bow and shoulder, he sprwti Wu caused by clubbitiX ustnuthlami about eight or nine years ro, was lelievcd by the use of a part of holtlo ol Ht. Jacobs Oil, the wonderful licacy of which is so well known. "i'oela tjunt Milfer Iwfora they can write," ys a pbloroptitr. After that it Is o'her nobs Wt A rtiffrr. si v .1 . . )urjfy Your Blood Al the M nhvt < ( 4'>n( I ho blond i|muI(1 tie |>urihi, as impurities whlrli Imrr been accumulating t months or oven yeiirs, ore liable to inanlteat iem?elfes add scftnutly nfTrct tho health. Ifoo<t*s irsnporllla U undoubl-lly Ihn bant blood par I tier. nxprWeve^y taint it Impurity* drives out scrotiius humors aud germs <>r illatsri1, <uil glrrt to the ood the riulltjr and lone essential to good health. Hood's Sarsaparllla "My jl_?,ii?bMtr mWtcS terribly with ?<>ro eyes. He*"t tAS|^hi?r. wn/einoWlgedtpinrp tr'out <^9HVK<"9MHpafii. MttlwUtTh sl trnda^en, to gain relief. At ISst, sowing thai ftixttlS iCii ^iparilln had cured my other of rhetfBtatlsm, andbeUerlng M mnst be good >r tho likxxl, reotvludyd t" bare my daughter try ,kn<l It has entirety nvred her."- OonNttciUH Ysaoaa, 3 East Main Street, Marsha lltnwn. Iowa. Purfflcs the Blood "Hood's ??r?3birM1a bar curdtt ate of aalt rbeum, hlch I bare l> after y?i I do think H is a rplen *1 medicine. I ant 40 years of ago and my skin Is ist as smooth aiiK^jy W a pteco of glass.' ? Sat, "t nurwiMR, VVHII. Hood# Sarsaonrilla >ia by Mil (IrajflEntf. {];?(? for #6. Pirparftd only lr C. I. HOOI*B(;0 i uhtm, Xu*. . IOOAoms One Oollar ... J I " " I ngitig in value from about a mill to a in worth about 20 cents in face value, ithout either gold or silver coins. Bars Sold and silver bullion, however, are in commerce, and the Mexican silver )llar circulates extensively in the seariflfifl It is nnnr nronnonrl Kw fKn 1 ? .... ? : t linese Government to make silver a j oney mctnl, and to issue a series that ill correspond sokiewhat to our( dollars, FJv'^P^unrters^-^ lynies.- -rncvomnge ill ,oc ugiAfrfn throughout the vast cmre,'with, its 480,000,000 population? least six and a-half times that of the nited States. This will open a new arkct for the silver of the world, and iglit to make silver higher in price and d in re-establishing its old-tune ratio ith gold. { The discovery of a lode of uranium at 1 ic Union mines, Cornwall, was an- , amecd several months ago. This is dicved to he the only known lode of at metal in the world, as it had preonsly been found only in isolntcd jekets aud patches. Since the discovery as made steps have been taken to dc- | lop the lode and to work the mine, sperimental works for procuring the , ctnl from the oro were fitted up in >ndon, and there the ore has been suhitted to treatment in order to determine e best and most economical method of ;traotion. The market price of the etal is about ten thousand dollars per n. It is proposed to {Substitute it for 1 >ldjn "lcctro-plating, and it, is also ex rtou frTpfo>IP^ory useful in electric ghting. Recent excavations in Rome go to iow that the short-lived water pipes of is age are sadly at a discount when >mpifire<l with the work of the old r>man plumbers. The commission in targe tf the improvement of the city of onic his unearthed great numbers of ml wa'cr pipes, each plainly stamped ith the name of the owner of the house, io year ?f the plumbing, the name of A Remarkablo Suicida. One of the most rcmnrkablo eulcldt recorded* in the annals of sclf-destrut tion occurred uearChiquot, New Bnm wick, recently. Before committing th rash act, tho self murderer, W. K. T Jones, dug his grave and placed aroug coffin of his own make at the botton The dirt from the grave was kept froi rolling back into the excavation I boards held in place by a trigger, 1 which a string was attached. Ever readiness, the deliberate 3 Jcnes, aa subsequent go* in the cmTra, toott a nose < poison and then pulled the string an was buried beneath tons of dirt. It believed to be one of the most uniqi and successful instances of suicide c record. Fifteen rontectnnt* clad for Ibe fray. Aimed with (.cod vtccl and in tattle array. Striving foi lucre, as brave Knights of old Strove for their honors and medals of paid. Driving each ohiniug ren over tho paper. Seeking to found, as llic me: t j roper cspcr. 1'ho praises of remedies known tho worl overFront l'nrls to Calais, front Calais to Dover; Hut each Knight \ninl> ; trivet--lsugiingc lai in dotoription Of the manifold virtues of "Favorite I'rescrii lion." When ill or depressed with that "tlragRitij down" feeling, consequent upon wcakuefs.su fcritig flout liradachc, weak or lame lack, an the many ills common to the weaker ?ex. tat l>r. JPierco> 1'rescription. which is guarantee to give satisfaction or price (fl) returned. S? printed guarantee on hottie-wrapper. Dr. Pierce's Pellets? gently laxative or ai lively cathartic according to dose. '.*5 cents. Mrs. Uazzatn: "II? re's nn art ids ahout f ?rx?n w to fifty atops." Osr.zttr: "Uwl s'lsh ti.at piano n xt door Itnd even on ! * Catarrh Can't he C'nred With local APPiJCATioNa. as they cannc reach the Feat of the disease. Catarrh is blood or constitutional disease, and in order t euro It you have to take internal remedies Hall's Catarrh Cure la taker Internally, an acta dlrectlv on tbe blond and mucous sm faces. Hall's Catarrh Curo .Is no quack tnedl cine. It was prescribed by one of the lies rhysicians in this country for years, and is regular prescript! n It is compos d of th beet tonics known, combined with tbe bet blood purifiers, acting directly on the mitcou surfaces. Tho perf ct cm hi nation of tho tw Ingredients is what produce* such wonder ft results in curing catarrh. Send for tcstinionl ttls free. F. J. CnENFT A Co.. Props., Toledo, Q. Bold by drug.ist*, price 7.">c. Hotter he good than groa'. Yotl'.l have le; !ompet4lon. Tiio otter business Is overdon f?tr Wm-el* Free, sent by Cragtn A Co., Phil* Pa., to anyone In U. S. or Canada, post pah npon recolpt of 25 Dobbins'* Klectrical Son wrappers. Seolist of novels on circulars arnun each oar. Tills soap tor sale by ull grocers. Silence is golden; l-ut it is lite other fellow illcnce that is m-,nl. Ifaflllrted with sore eyes use Ilrltaao Thomr ici.'f Kye Water. Druggists sell at 25c.psr botti The switchmen interest in t'o nrllroa. they represt ill s< em* to t>? flarging. Phytic ans retommend "Tatisd 'g Punch. Mystery leuds a charm to a most ever] thui?MMtcept^igjriDncej?le^^^^^^^^^^ dv6i!PBfPTr?^ Both tho method and results when 6yrup of Figs is taken ;'it is pleasant and refreshing to tho taste, and acts ?!ivcr and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste ana acceptable to tho stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup or Figs is for sale in 50o and 9l Dottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will procure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 8 AH ERA NCI SCO. CAE. lOHtSVtUI, Kt. HEW rOAK, H.t. "Oh, So Tired!" is the cry of thousands every Spring. For that Tired Feeling take Ayer's Sarsaparilla and recover Health and Vigor. It Makes the Weak Strong. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. r^acoimiiiiNc 5 A?TICL?S^ W raUil >u tun toMi -* *?v 'ii i i? ii i ttm_^rr^mSrii ** '" rnrr OodaHpooodatob 7m/CTEffii*******?nfcfc M Ump for Oa4o- Vv4*iJ/W/fc. J* M,"?? wniwi wra. or*. i?5 iFSt* nfiSS.1!* AFTER ALLOTUIH FAII CONSUI.THII, 1 Iti ipri'lju <11. * ee^cvrMti^^uMt^SI^^^TrroI I'ompMoli, OlooJ 1'utaoalng. MtoWfcM. kfapWoO Pile". Catarrh, Ulocro, Horn, hnpSlrail Moanav D?p.iitlfM>, lilmn'M of Vtairm, l.uo?, I.Iti htotnavh, Kltlooy .Mrltftit'* DImim); conrtrionUal I*'max or writ* for hbosUob iim and book. 0 kY?'\i * mOMktf .<Viu. Wool | gaiva ara yahara u N|ir??nl 'I ha i ?p, a? n ,a i nd UM oly. roridanc Kid*., Pm PllFllTt I'rtiriu No Toy! Hi?a Irr rWIMII ,1, NV. I' itagoral I A Uo,, WoM., 1>, ?!nrs?- HIk u ih jM; J5;-'? !?_.^91 apwiflu torihaceriai r To > DATK.^B Of Ihla 4l?*iwr. "1 (I.H.INCKAIIAM.M <4>J inlrtU"' Aumtt rdnm, N. ? HMonljbyO* V> bAVr mild Ttlff G ,5lir M a?!?i o*. "1% J&j?dJ? cJT ?'*?n ttie bent of *< WML. Clccln??tl,BlCCa f ?rtion. rftk. OM<\Jy\ji l>. B. i)YCHK A f 0 11.91, Sold b/ Druccl BHKI , %#j, -*#'"'3 1 MABEL1 " The world la even lt And life, dear chl a 0 This is sense, even if it is not Shak< s. pearean. Indeed, it is the opening stan d of an anonymous poem. It was the eon' ment of an old lady to her grandchi Mabel. And many a Mabel has found a to be true, and she has made her lifo a vei e happy one because sho has taken core it her liaalth. Sho keeps on hand a supply ? Dr. Pierce's Favorite Proscription, nnn ? is not troubled with those wasting disease 1 weaknesses. " dragging - down " sensatioi and functional irregularities that so mar women endure. It is the only medicine f< women, sold by druggists, under a positii punrnntce from the manufacturers, th it will givo satisfaction in every caso, < nr.or.Gy will bo refunded. This guarant hns l?een printed on tho bottle - wrapper j" and faithfully carried out for many year ,p " Favorite Pre6criptioa" is a legiuma (1 medicine, not a bcvcrqgc. Contains r % alcohol to inebriate; no syrup or sugar derange digestion. As peculiar in its rem dial results as in its composition. As a powerful, invigorating tonic, JKjf'WTCo'S DR. oSKTOtiftl? ? Unequal* to Take. One Tiny, SuKar-eontcd nilloua fleadache, ConmipnMon, dcranffetnenta of the stomach and bowc Finns in Now York. I have often heard of the kingdom Finland, which w.'.s broken in half ai absorbed by Russia and Sweden yen ago, but I never knew that there wi Fins, or Finns, in Now York until tl week, when 1 lound u small coh?ny them on the East Side, not far froinFif street. Of the score who were prose all were undersized, squat, broad, wi high cheek hones, light yellow hair ai beard. They are the blondest blonde! ever saw?approaching almost that p?i ulnr museum freak, the Albino. Th are good farmers, servants and met smiths. One of the pnrty, who spo English, said: "Wo have just begun to crass t Atlantic. There are a million of ourra in the north of Europe, and a large p< tion are bound to come over here in t next decade. Finland is neither ve fertile, comfortable nor happy. Politic conditions are onerous, and the peoj are only too anxious to leave in order better their eireumstanccs. They arc c tremely poor, however, and will be coi pclled to work bard nnd wait long befc they can accumulate money enough Teach the United States. Most of i 'people have gone to Wisconsin ai Minnesota, where there arc alrnn 10,000 Kins. The figures will be niu larger in the year 1C00."?[New Yo Star. Tin? British and Foreign Bible feoeTef which has spent $50,000,000 in the di semination of the Scriptures, recent celebrated ils eighty-sixth birthday by ?rent entertainment in London for i juvenile agents, who are chiefly youi girls, and for whom it had maclc, as o of the features of the occasion, a ca - that weighed eighty-six'poiluds. . In proportion to their size the small insects arc the strongest. A horse c scarcely bear two-thirds of its wcig but one small species of June hectic t lift ninety-nine times its own weigl "Were the strength of a man in proporti to the hectic, he could play with weigl equal to ten times tho weight of a hor Northern pacifii LOW PRICE RAILROAD LARDS EE Government LAND1 MI I.I.IONM OF ACHliS lu MlnoctoU, N? *? ? ?1 >?*-* , w tM.4 tryn CAR nubllcetioo* with map* deecrtbtDf wfcRU run bent Agricultural, <jru*!n? and T IcrUmUuow open tohettlcm. >rnt free, Addr CHAS. 0. LAWOORN. aVgR'"^ flDEI III IwJKKREUSI Hnunmaor w mnrror ouc? watuaau ! FRAZER.WM WW IK TRIE WORLD UllbnO tW M tli* Oeuulne. Bol<t KrerrwbM*. ' EMPLOYMENT PDPP A??nts w* i ?J. Koa (loo r If r.r. *??no? giren n.U P vY. AdJr ilUill ?| hW K. RiTKHinu ,B.mo ? mTOWM A MONTH,MM be mule workl for ii*. lVmons inrforml wlio run film homo uml gfvp their \v,iu!e llwr to the btKiiii Bp*r? moini'Mf* tiny be pm>ntnl>l? employed *1 A few vaoAnelmi In town* ami rllirt. B. Y. JOY bON A CO.. low Miliar St. Uictuooiid, v* A Valuable Book C. Send 2c. 8tami? to Book Put OIHOH KKUKUY YOK at -t chriiprst. Krllf! In I fK Cold In tl>? lieml li h*a no c iM It U an Ointment, of v.li III nostrils. iTIce, COr. Sold I ata, Addrcua, /r< ^ - . ' 3 GRANDMA. t?p v ' i mm wm take it. Id, to what we make It." . / .. .. _ * *. ' v.-a w- (mparts strength to the wholo systernT' za and to tbe womb and its appendage itf ti- particular. For overworked, worn-outj? Id ''run-down," debilitated teachers, milling it ers, dressmakers, seamstresses, " shop-girls^? ry housekeepers, nursimr mothers. ?nd f?kh of women generally, fir. Pierce's Favorite of Prescription is tho greatest earthly boon; so lieing unequalcd os an appetizing cordial ?, and restorativo tonic, or strength-giver. i ^Hj tis As a soothing and strengthening nervine, ' ly "Favorite Prescription" is unoqualed ana. tr is invaluable in allaying and subduing re nervous excitability, "irritability, oxhausit tion, prostration, hysteria, spasms and other ?r distressing, nervous symptoms, commonly ce attendant upon functional and organic dis s, ease. It induces refreshing sleep and re s. lievos mental anxiety and despondency. to A Book of 160 pages, on "Woman and 10 Her Diseases, fhoir Nature, and How to to Cure thorn," sent sealed, in plain envelope, o- on receipt of ten cents, in stamps. Address, World's Dispensary Medical it Association, 663 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y. PIERCE'S PELLETS ly Vegetable and Perfectly Harmless. *V *d as a I.lver Pill, Ejjnnllcsf, Cheapest, Easiest Pellet a Dose. Cures Sick Headache, Indigestion, niltons Attacks, and all >ls. 35 cents, by druggists. "! Children !rc | Growing v Si Too Fast th: become listless, fretful, without ener* 111 gy, thin and weak. But you can for* , (b tify them and build them up, by the nd uso of % SCOTT'S EMULSION OF PURE COD LIVER OIL AND lit I HYPOPHO8PHITE8 ry Of Llase and Noda. :vj I They will take It readily, for It is al* *~ lc j most as palatable as milk. And it r to . should be remembered that AS A FEE* x. VKKTIVE OR CUBE OF COUGHS OB COLDS, j m IN BOTH THE OI.D AND YOUHB, 1T II j UNEQUALLED. Avoid subst It at Ions offered. [ to ? - ? i To cure Rlllootness. 8lck Headache. ConttlpaUoa, Malaria. Llrer Complaints, take the safo IL iTgfe" A M S? . Dee the SMALL SIZE (40 little beans to the hottie). They are the moat convenient; suit all ages. Its 1'rlceof either site, 26 cents per bottle. >K KISSINfi at ' 17, 70: ''boto-tTsvare. ?? IVIOOIIlM panel site of this picture for 4 no seats (coppers or stamps;, kc j. r. SMITH * co.. Makers of 'Bile Beans.'' St. Loots. Ma p-i Ely's Cream Balm 'AD Gives arbier ?T ONOB vm qSrcCoi."! lit, <X>M> IN 11K A. (>. HUflj K CATARRH. ktl Apply Halm Intoench nostril 8?- SLY naos.. to Warren 4t,. N. If, J. H 0R SCHENCK S | & ^dOEAWEEO I ?* "TONIC r Is a Poeiltv* (MrfJtr. - hjb| dyspepsia Aedall DteordersoftlieRlseet. yfkfrJL**(H. We Organs. It Is likewise a m | 7B| corroborative, or strenflheih ft* ?Win Ing Medicine, and lotf l? At! taken with great benult l(r,alt caste of Debility. for Sale \g all Druggists. Price,II.noper buttlv Dr.Schenek a New Hook on Liinsa l.lveranit Stomach mallet fraJL - Z odraia. Or. J. M. SCHFNCK A SON. PhlladtlpMC. E QRATBFUL?COMPORTING. :i EPPS'S COCOA Til breakfast. _L'P/. * ,t*oro?*b kn ,w,le<*?' <* lh? nattrtl tovi l?- whloo govarn U?? oparationi of dlmtloa and iitrii?R u2?' # '/ J**' application of tba On* propac * . A tlM of well-Mtootwl Oocoa, Mr. Bppa baa pro?<Sod *>'. ZOJ?Jrt^'ISf4 w,<h doUoata!/ flarourad U*fIX If *" "* "l*?* h*?rJr dootoar t?l Mi ItMbytbajudlptom km of ?uob article* of dial - to1"r^tU. on Ch1^en$7sl5c. , i. House, 134 Leonard St, Hew York I J " ?&? A>:' M ^yrr ? 1^".""*" Sf H - -" ,'* It