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AGRICULTURAL
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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
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\ 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.
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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?
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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.
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TOIPKRANCE.
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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,"
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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