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* THE FARM AND GARDEN. ? U> TELL THE WEIGHT OF A HAYSTACK. < , To ascertain the approximate weight of , of a hajstack an English authority savs: i J Multiply the length of the stack by its' . j breadth, and multiply the result by its M height, all in feet, divide the product by j twenty-seven, which will give tbo uuruh?t of ItAric yards; this multiply by six, ' if new bay ,< if cridish, by eight or nine, ' and the produtet will be the weight in J a atones, lu inensifriiTg the height deduct two-thirds cf the disUtuco iu feet from tmrtsverwfhe Wji ~ 'J , PLANTING IN AN OLD ORCIIAHD. ' Orchardists have usually asserted that' ^jrmrag trees would not thrive if planted i hi? the same place w hore an old one of <toJRie sauie kind had grown aud died of old ' Cje or otherwise, although nature has j.en replanting her forests in this way I ?r many thousands of years. There is' no good reason for supposing that an old' ? apple tree leaves anything in the soil' that should be injurious to a young tree planted in its place, aud we would not. j hesitate for a moment to replace old I trees of-any kind with new ones If the j ' land is old and its fertility exliausc?i, | fertilizers should, of course, he applied ' in sufficient quantities to insure a vigorous growth of young trees. It's an old J theory that a new orchard should never l?c planted on the site of hii old one, hut ' , it does not hold good in practice.?-Vcie I York Suu. 1 I ' j WHITEWASH poll POULTRY HOUSES. : A capitah whitewash is mn<le hy mix- | Ing common, water lime cement with | weet, skimiued milk to the proper consistency. The following is the Government whitewash, and a fine whitewash it is: Put two pailfuls of hoi I ing water in a barrel; add one half of a Inishel of well burned, fresh quicklime; put in quickly one peck of common salt, disnolvcd in hot water, and cover the barrel i tightly to keep in the steam while the | lime is slacking; when the violent chut- j lition is over, stir till well mixed to- f | gether, nn<l, if necessary, add more boiling water, so as to have the mass like ' thick cream, strain through a sieve or coarse cloth. Make a thin starch of three pounds of rice flour and one pound of strong glue, having first soaked tho glue ' in cold water, and to the latter mixture ' add two pounds of whit'ng. Add this to the lime wash, and also Millico-nt hot I water to dilute to the projuo consistency; , I keep hot while applying. It will require j about six quarts of the mixture to 100 square feet of surface, ami it will last re- j 11 . .. :,i I IIIUI T\n\j\y nui. niuiun aa?iu^, that it may bo inmle any color desired.? Farm and Fireside. KEEP THE COWS CI.EAN With cows constant attention to tho cleanliness of the" skin is indispensable to the purity of the inilk. These animals generally escape injury to health from causes which would be fatal t<> other auinmls because the poison is carried olT with the milk. And in dairies where cleanliness is not observed as it should be the evaporation from the milk, which collects on the covers of. lit1", pails ryuy which the milk is set for cream, or which may be gathered upon -a slicrf-vf glass v i laid over n shallow pan of milk freshly drawn from a cow, will deposit a quantity of liquid of mi intolerably foul odor. If one will test the milk of vows kept in filthy stables, and upon whose sides tilth is permitted to collect in ndheicnt Makes, < in this way, tho foulness will Imj very apparent. This odor has been called sometimes the animal odor au<l has been thought to be inseparable from the cow. This is wholly uutrue. It is the odor of filth, which has every characteristic of manure, and which is discharged with : the milk because it could not etciipu Ithrough the skin, which is the natural outlet for it, aud by which it would es- | cape freely aud imperceptibly if the skin , wero kept clean and in healthful action by means of thorough carding and brushing every day.?JVir/r Y?rk- '/'inn*. DHE88INO Attn SHIIM'INO PuUt.TltV. In reply to several queries in relation i to preparing ami shipping poultry for j market we cannot do better, perhaps, than give the directions of one <>f the lending commission firms of Now jYork to their patrons. They say: To irwrre and skin not broken or torn , thoroughly | cooled, but not frozeu. l'ai k in boxes ' with a layer of clean straw (rye straw is the beat) between the layers of poultry in ,the same posture in which the birds tfofbroost. Mark each box, specifying what, ^.'it contains. Send invoice by mail. Ship to reach destination about the middle of the week?never to arrive as late , as Saturday. In New York city three is an ordinance ~?dlint specifies that neither chickens or Mkcys shall be offered for sale unless t"o Vops arc free from food. While poultry %|t Nuw York and some other markets Is spMo."d if ever drawn, that designed for Boston and other New Kngland markets is relieved of the entrails when killed. It i?Important, therefore, that producers should learn previous to shipping just what tlicir special market i .u^ndCT. Ttifs information may no on- ( tained hy writing direct to one's commis- I sion merchant for instructions. Many Anns have printed circulars containing directions, which are sent out mi written application. Whenever nraetieahle. sliio I -------- 1 1 chickens, ducks, turkeys, etc., in separate packages. In sending poultry f??r i the holidays endeavor to h ?\ your ship merits reach their destination three or four days in advance. Ih-tr in toind that the big demand for line, large tin keys conns at Thanksgiving, and thaf prime geese catch the fancy pries at Christmas. Soon after January prices j go lip again. Capons meet, a good market from the 1s? of f'Vlnu iry on until* i about Kastcr.?A'ar >-</ / Woril. wkiohtino a WAfiON. Ten years ago a man drew me a load ! of hay in spring, roads very r itsg'i and i . I 1 -?Vo of' c "no ImiIiIo. "iVarr 1 the most wotidiful 1th 'in'sli C'uro i J known. g?M It J. M. tJlltS & SO |v llruggisls, Union. n FOR IIVSPICI'SIA, I: Indigestion, and Stomach disorders, u? t HHOWN'ti I HO* HIT r Hit M. ? A11 dealers keep it. J1 per bottle. i.Vnnmr . trttdfc iuaxk md mossed red lines ju ?v ruj / 2 lla.. saddle, aim at t ' i 4 _ -' narket, an?l not oue\of their^was loaded lonviest behind, and ?uchj?.fc? Preen, my reservation everywhere'. With potatoes ;lie liox is fillo<l taxi ll?>?*xlrH bags jjiled >u forward, also ^nlt, nails, and such teavy goods aie |*it f< a ward, a*/d the lighter and more Irufcy Irehiurl. 1 rejaid such loading as um/il a physical icresy as that the burst >lint iafga In-hind Iocs the most work. "It is true that ho closer the. load to tl* -tram the easier t will draw,'/if it is. a loi{,on.f)ieground, nit put it oir,wheels and i?c the roads -month or rough, it inakr-f little oiliereoir-ur eifes t'le team n advantage*, on '-rough (^f.vads.?The '{iitbonitrrwn. KAKM AN I' ??AJtUKN'jtOTR8. Don't your welltneedM leaning! Choo6e a cool-day for pickiugAupplcg. Keep right ou cuftivntiugt*tbe strawtrerry patch. Fight weeds, t briers ,?etc. ,\nutiI they .ease growing. Now is a good timo4to make mutton is well as pork. Put implements under govertas soon aa lone using them. l'? .".rniiinont ".nsf tire tf imntli v iPnea lot <lo well alone. Tho best egg-makerV is tgood food. Feed the hcu no other. The same fence should f not enclose a rnutig orchard and cattle. Oct your ground rendvfforfthose trees poti mean to set out this fall. Have seed from any nowllicsithat have proved satisfactory wittnyou. Harvest the onions asi soon as ripe. When dry store in a cobi.slry place. Black cap raspberries dodietterset out in tho spring. Put others <uut this fall. Stop cultivating the grape.vines. Tho wood must bo given a.cliaucevto harden. Put no "wind falls" in the'*barrels of No. 1 apples. It will pay iu tho long run. If there is marsh hay ncarfyou got some in readiness for covering* the strawberries. Currant and gooseberry cuttiugs will ;lo better set out now than to wait till ipring. Try it and see. Begin your intense farming this fall by burning all the weeds about the place before they shell their seeds. If you can put out some grape vines his fall d>> not wait till spring, you may lie crowded with work then. You need not wait till the frost, drops the leaves from currant ami gooseberry bushes before making cuttings. Where art; lite mower ami Imrserake? Better have them housed to-day. They will be of better value next season if they are. While the corn is curing in the shock is a good time to get mil t he manure that has been accumulating during tins summer. By the way, do you make your wife an equal partner in the turm plans? Shu in ay be the "better half" of the firm if you will. Kvery farmer should look over his fnpn of^en and examine his fences so that his stock will not destroy his crops ut Ift' found in his neighbor's lot. Whetj a man wants an idea, ho sorilteWes liis head. When a farmer wants a crop he scratches his land, and the harder lie scratches tin* better the crop. Don't let any green tomatoes go to waste. Apples are scarce and green tomatoes make excellent pies?are good fried, arc good several ways. Save them. Very ofteu the surplus product of a farm can not ho morn profitably invested fb:5i by putting into under drains, till the thorough drainage of tin- cultivated land bo accomplished. Whore thorough and clean culture has boon practiced one can set? how the crop? lay hold of the fertilizers and are corre spnndingly larger. It pays to ho cncrgeth In lighting the weeds. The si/." of the tile should he ill pro portion to the length of the drain ami the amount of fall in the ditch. Hut tin flooding of a dram tile depends somewhat on the depth to which it i* sunk. A correspondent of the Ormuj'. ,fu4<i Farmer complains that on his farm manure has been a dctriiueut rather that ...i.i,iaw 111*1 mrrrrrm rrprrwrftTTt vcF small. Flax seed that has been exposed in tin field to the sun's ray's until it is dry ti brittlcness, still holds a latent moisture which will develop when the seed is con fined in a mass and result in heat and de composition. A farmer should take rare to keep eas and s:?fe ways of ingress and egress t his culitvated fields. More wagons ar broken down by going through deep fur rows or over ridges than bv twice th trawl on smooth highways. It is time that western farmers wen taking warning from tho experience o their eastern brethorn. When they ?r \in?ler the necessity of buying fertilizer to keep up the fertility of their land they will sing a more doleful song tha they do now. tk . ir.m n .?* a I am pass. A few days ago I wis standing bv an Aon riean gentleman, when I expressed a w i-li to know which poii t \s as the Noi th. Ileal oiu e pulled out his natch, looked at it and pointed to the North. I a.-ked him whether he had a compass attached to Ins watch. "All watches," he replied, "are compasses " Then lie explained io me how this was. Point the hour hand to the sun, and the South is exactly half-way between the hour and the figure XII. on the watch. far instance, suppose that it is four o'cloi k. Point the hand indicating four to the sun, noil II. on the watch is exactly South. Suppose tli it it i-; eight o'clock, point the 111n<I indicating eight to the sun, and tin* figure X. on the watch is due South. My American friend \>.is juito surprised that I did not know this, flunking that very possibly 1 was iglornut of a thing that every one else tnew, tiud happening to meet Mr. Stanuy, f asked that eminent traveler vhethcr he was aware of this simple node of discovering the points of the oiiipaas? lie said that he had never leard of it. I presume, therefore, that he world is in the same state of ignorriee. Ainalti is proud of having been he home of the inventor of the compass? do not know what town boasts of my uncricnn friend as a citizen. ? London rruth. A Georgia farmcr#?as bought only ft*-live cents - - V * w ? ' HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. TO HKMOVE PAINT ODOW. TIk- smell of paint may be taken away 1 by closing up the room ami setting in the 1 centre of it a pan of lighted charcoal ou which have been thrown some juniper lierries. Leave thin in the 100111 for a day ami night, when the smell of the paint will be gone. Home persons ) reM|| a pall of water in which a haudfufl'of hay is soaking. This is also effectual in removing the odor of tobacco smoke from ? room. ?? lAV(C I (JTR TV.V^rUt/!. TI1K DININC. IIOOM TAOI.B. It is a great saving of expense, both as regards your linen press and your laundry work, if you keep your dining room table well polished, and use small center cloths for breakfast and luncheon, reserving the heavy damask tablecloth for dinner only. Although nothing can be more retiued and attractive than a perfectly appointed table, with the whitest and finest of damask beautifully laundered, a cloth that lias been used, and is the least soiled, is on the contrary really repulsive. And yet with a large family J ami ati overtaxed laundress, it is some1 times impossible to have a fresh cliaugo for every meal On that account, therefore, we advocate the small center cloth, not as a substitute, he it understood, for spotless nupcry, hut in lieu of that which is not altogether spotless. Moreover, it is a change, and the table can he rnado to look very attractive with a pretty cloth. These are made in various ways, from the plain square of damask to the so with beautifully made cut-work border or German embroidery in silk on heavy linen. Hut your own taste and the means of gratifying it will be the best guides in these matters.?tftto York Tribune. TO FUESIIEN OLl> CI.OTIIINO. The way to make old clothes look like new is described in the American Analytic as follows: Take, for instance, a shiny old coat, vest or pair of pants, of broadcloth, cassimere or diagonal. The scourer makes a strong, warm soapsuds and plunges the garment into it. souses it up and down, runs the dirty places, if necessary puts it through a second suds, then rinses it through several waters,and hangs it to dry on the line. When nearly dry, he takes it in, rolls it up for au I ... i i 11..?. ?a A .. II' 1(11 Ul I'YU, ??: I? I I I I'll IV. XXII old cotton cloth i* laid on the outside of the coat and the iron passed over that until the wrinkles are out; hut the iron is removed before the steam ceases to rise from the goods else they would he shiny. Wrinkles thai arc; obstinate are removed by laying a nit cloth over them I and passing the iron over that. If any 1 shiny places are seen, they are treated na i the wrinkles arc; the iron is lifted, while the full cloud of steam rises and brings the nap up with it. Cloth should always have suds made specially for it, as if that which has beeu used lor white cotton or woolen c lothes be used Hut will be left in the water, and cling to the cloth. In this manner we have known the same coat .iii?l pttuiaioous to be renewed time and again, and have all the look and feel of new garments. Good broadc loth and its fellow cloths will heat many washings, and look better every time because of them. bk\sou\m.rc uukarfart rnsnes. Frizzled Beef?Cut dried beef very thin. To every half a pound allow r tablespoonful of butter, half pint ol milk, and one tablespoonful of Hour. Melt the butter iu a frying pan, add tlie beef, and stir over the tire live minutes sprinkle in the flour, siir again, pour ir the milk, season with pepper, stir uuti it boils, and serve immediately. Kidney Taute Split the kidneys ir halves lengthwise, and trim. Cut ir pieces. I'ut two ounces of butter in i frying-pan; let mob , add a small onion cut iu slices, with llu; kidney. Stir ovei a brisk tire four or live minutes; then adc a tablespoonful of lb ur, stir again; pott in a teacup of soup stick (or hot water I season with salt, pepper, the juieo of : ! lemon, and a teaspoouful of grape jelly stir well and serve hot. Lamb Cutlets Willi Mushroom*?Trin ' and cut six l:?ml> cutlets about half tti i inch thick; roll in orated crackers, am an<\ strain tlicm thro" :'n a veoctubl strainer, add a teacup ol the sauce, pi f in the center of a ?1 i-h ; arrange the cui lets arouml, ami pour over ioown sauct Hash on Toast?t'ut nit res of col meat into small squares; to every pint al low one tahlespoonful of bu'tcr, one o flour ami half a pint of hoiliu*; water ^ Put the butter on a frying pan, h brown, the floiu , mix well, pour i the water, and stir until it boil*, an add the meat; season with s,|t ami pep per. bet simmer over a moderate fir ten minutes. Toast squares of stal 9 bread, l utter, and lay in a hot dish spread the hash on thickly and pour th " pjravy over. 9 Cecils?Take two cups of cold, finely 9 chopped meat, the yolks of two eoos u a tablt'spoonful of luitter, have a teacu; of stale bread * rumbs, a Icaspoonfiil c iinulr a-r,?* ?i?, '? ? i,. . .-? ?? < met;, a little pepper and silt, mix all to (tether well, put in a fiyin?; pan ami ?ti over the tire until well heated. Take up and spread on a larye dish to cool Whim cold, form in little bills, dip tirs in beaten cite th' a in bleu r crumbs, an fry in boiling lam. rtweetbread Croquettes- Trim and parboil a pair of sweetbreads; cliop tine. Put a teacup of new milk in a saucepan, and set on (be tire to boil Itub a tablespoonful of flour and two of flavor together, and stir into the hniliii" milk with the mushrooms; let cook until very thick. Take from the lire, season with salt and pepper, two l iMi-spoonfuls of chopped mushrooms, half a teuspoonful of onion mice and i tahlcsnooiilul of cIio|>|mmI parsley; mix well ami turn out to cool. When eold, form into croquettes, <1 i|> first in egn and then in bread crumhs, and fry in boiling f.it.? Cviirier-Journal. Seamless Steel IlitaU. Mr. fleslop of Leeds, Lug'and. lias devised n method of forming steel i> rats without a seam by one operation The tnotal plate used is one-sixteenth inch thick, and of oval shape. I' is heated in a furnace and th e molded mi a die to the required form by hydraulic pressure. Three dies are employed to gain the form by degrees, and thus preserve the inetal from cracking or buckling, The boat is then polished, and fitted up with air-^ht compartments and ythoi % . # ' 1 TUE ATHLETES OF JAPAN. II *? AV0ND*BrtTI|*U80T7L.AR DEVELOPMBNT OFTHEK WRESTLERS. \ ? k win Their Herolr iwle of Traininf;?The \z\ ltatb ffmlttuiportnut?Herculean n(l S;.n w *rtp's^L n. >n tort ion ists have an 1 international* imputation. On every on,j country rornl* If Japan you will find cun bauds ranging in ago aUtl from s!* to four(evn, aud these boys will ^|'|D twist theoMclres into more shapes than fere the india-rubber uinu of the American hil <!imc-mnsemi>. Thnv will wmn their - -T ------ l^y toes nh"ut their heads a* they lie on their ua < . stomachs, ami will louk out of their Adi I almond eye* us they frame their fares j with their ankles. They will'turn their heads around so that they seem to he set is tl 011 thcil shoulders wrong, side Hrst, and tr"! will brtug themselves into so many positions that you ran hardly believe w?> that they have any bones in their bodies, the; and you feel that they are hardly human. Among 'he best developed men I Imve thai | evcr,seen *re the Inborers of the Takas- ous, hiina coal mines, who work all day underground, ami whose labors are pj,y carried on in a network of passages of the j more than fifty miles in length, which ( extends under the sea about one of the islands of western Japan. These men Jin carry great loads. They work from dawn i ! until dark, and their daily hot bath and their ric?? ^i*-v" *i?em muscles of tern J which any turner in America would be ior ] i proud. a I The Japanese consider the bath and ' gymnastics of such importance to health that they have introduced them into the r 1 training of the soldiers of their regular ^ | army. The soldiers of Japan arc put ^ | through a full set <>f exercises every day. i They swing dumb-bells, jump on the j ! parallel bars, and go through the severest ^ 1 of physiral training. The bath-rooms aro ! one of the institutions of eveiy barrack, ' I and the soldiers are required to bailie all i over once a day, ami they have to take ! hot baths three times a week. Their . diet is rice instead of hard-tack, nod ' tlicy have nn allowance of six cents per K" dny for other food. I The professiona' athletes of Jnpnn are ^ the great wrestlers who seem to be of a ^ different rice from the ordinary Japanese, ^ ! and who have n system of training very o different from that of John L. Sullivan ^ ' or .Jake K"ilrain These men belicvo in the accumulation rather than the reduc- |e^ i tion of fat, ami they are great, tall fel- co| l lows of six fett or more, and weigh from j i two hundred to three hundred pounds. tj)( , They train themselvc3 largely by pounding and by being pounded by their fellows. They have great strength of neck, v ( and they increase this by butting ngainst wj one another with their heads anil strik- e| j ing their opponents in the chest, so that ( the noise is that of a battering- ^ ; ram. They butt at wooden posts j I with their shoulders, pound their flesh, |t>) and stamp the earth with their feet. I i saw an exhibition at which about a hun- ? j died of these wrestlers contested, during |ir a visit I paid to Japan a year or so ago. mi ; The wrestlers caine into the room entirely jr. naked, with the exception of a belt about jr, : the loins. Bsfore beginning, they made f0 ' the earth shake with their stamping, and an ! 'bey glared at each other like demons. They made many false starts, and when they grappled, their muscles stood out like ir,|irjiijj^|^iH??T .wnis, auit it ^ r 1 ivat a tial 117> iii the imhiiIs Tlit-v have n i wonderful strength of wrist and lingers, u F and n<>w and then one would grasp his ^ opponent by the belt, and, lifting his . 5 three hundred pounds high in the air, ^ ; would throw him over his shoulder, and > he would fall on the earth with a terrible I ! thud, while the umpire would raise Ins fan a.al yell out the Japanese word for ' victory. The most, noted Japaneso wrestlers have as great reputations as those of our prize fighters, and the profession of wrestling dates hack to J the beginning of the Japanese history. 1 Tin rules of the ring are quite as rigid as those of the Marquis of Quecnsbury, i -on) tlioic mi' fort a . i-iirlit fulls which ran ft be made. The very best class of the I Japanese people patronizes these wrestlers, ami a ueh man often has a party of them come ami wrestle at his receptions n for the entertainment of his guests. Some "i of the most noted statesmen are patrons \r stlers.jmd one qf.ihti.a'lUll^ "K-Vo I, nicknamed the "Wrestler." The wres- fil lo tluig jjoe>ou in both its public exhibitions it and at pi ivatc entertainments without the t aid of betting, and so far the muscular . exhibitions of Japan have not been cor. mpted l?v the vice of pool-selling.?Jtfcu) w York J A 4 to Animal Worship. ^ Among primitive peoples all animals 1! ate sup|MiM?l to he endowed with souls, ra 1 which in many task's have formerly ani- si 1 mated human beings. Hence a likeness p; c" i1- "fi,.|i recognized between an animal ami some deceased friend, and tho ' animal is addressed as the person would ' have been, ami honored with a kind of uoiship. Many tribes call themselves by M llu name of and even derive their pedi- n '? gree limn some animal. Its cries be- -.j IJ come tinomens of the tribe, and thus nrifiiiuti* th<? ? * - ,n ti?.">7*vrYviii'vWViiiilions. In the modern " world tin- most eivili/.cd people among T" ' whom animal worship vigorously survives '< lie within the range of llraliminism. m Here tin acred cow is not merely to be ? l| spared; she i* as a deity woishiped and c howed to daily by the pious Hindoo. ** Siva is incarnate in Kanuinan, the ? tnonke> god. The divine king of birds, * Carudn, is Vishnu's vehicle, and the ?"! forms of lidt and boar ami tortoise {jj assumed in the avatar'legendsof Vishnu. Perhaps no worship has prevailed more jje widelv than that of the serpent. It had it thfl t it- place m Egypt and among the *n Hebrews, in t?recce and Rome; among A lin t elts and Scandinavians in Europe; mi Persia and India; in China and Thibet in Mexico and Peru, and in M,., , ,.i ? <> " --- ?> m uti nourishes as flip ?lrtlr H lii?ion in Dahomey. ? Hrvukhjn ' i!i:in A Paste Which Will Stick Anything ! A past e sjvMr h "trift stick any tiling is ( said liy Profcssoi Winched to bo nmdo , as follows: (jvo ounces of clear gum arabic, oik* ami a half ounces of lino | starch, and half an ounce of white sugar. ! I Dissolve the gum arabie in as much water as the laundress would use for the quanti! tv of starch indicated. Mix the starch 1 and sugar iidtli the mucilage. Then cook the mixture#in a vessel suspended in boiling watvr until the starch liccomcs clear. Tliiicciii. iit should l>e as thick as tar, and kcpnu^Hfltogan bo kept from ( spoiling liy the camphor or a 0 _ WHAT CURES I Iterla! DIOrrire tf OylnlM an Imparl n nl Makjrrt. Vhat is ibo force that ousts diseiue; an<l tab is the most convenient apparatus for dying it? How far is the regular pbysii useful to us because we believe in him I how far are bis pills and powder* ana ice only the material representative* ot ! nersoual influence on our health? he regular doctors cure; the homoeopathioctors cure; the Hahnemannite* care; 1 so do the faith cure* and the mind | *s and the so-called Christian scientista, I the four-dollar aud-u-half advertising crants,and the patent medicine raon.They hit, and they all miss, and the great dirwee?one great difference?in the result l it wheu the regular doctor* loao a pat no one grumbles, and when the irregudoctors lose one the community stands Mid and howls.?Mo*'htster l/nion and iv r tisrr. ature cures, but nature can be uided, bin*1 or defeatist in the curative procce*. i the C'o?nrn<m?i'\? contention is that it ho part of rational (sung* to seek aiut it thw aiIvi< v of moil of good character ? havo studied tli?? human system uod, a> far as mo lorn science light* tbo r, how far thoy ran aid nnturo ami how / rati best avoid obstructing lior. ? llufj Commetxial. is not our pur|>ONC to consider the evils t result from employing the unscruputtho ignorant, charlatans and ipiacks to icribo for tbo maladies that atllict the uvn family. We simply declare that the sician who knows Something is l??tter than physician who knows nothing, or very e indeed atiout the structure and theconons of the human system. O." course "he ' not know it all."?Rochester Mornin</ aUi. J have used Warner's .Safe Cure and but its timely use would have been, 1 verily eve. in my grave frpm what the doctors nod liright's Disease.?D. K. Hhrinor, seuRktitor Scioto Ctmctte, Chillieotho, Ohio, . letter dated Juno 30. lb'JO. Greenland's Ico Cup. rhe aspect of these bouudless wastes ling away in scarcely perceptible tinlutious, and in the distance mingling i gray of their snows with the gray of i skies, at lirst gave the impression t Greenland was a uniform plateau, a t of horizontal table. Tho belief now wails that the roeky surfneo of tlie d is, on the contrary, carved iuto untnins and hills, valleys and gorges, t that the plastic snows and ico have (dually tilled up all the cavities, which w show only in slight sinuosities on i surface. Allowing to the whole mass the ice cap an average thickness of 500 t, it would represent a total volume of 0,000 cubic miles. This sermer suak, "great iccM of the Grecnlanders, llows e asphalt or tar with extreme slowness it.vard, while the surface is gradually eled by the snow falling during the urse of ages and distributed by tho nds. In the interior of the country. [5 surface of the ice and snow is n& moth as if it. were polished, looking ;e "the undisturbed surface of a frozen ean, the long hut not high billows of licli, rolling from east to west, are not sily distinguishable to the eye."' jvertlicless, says a writer in Popular it nee M<m(hh/, the exterior form of the ; cap lias iiccn greiniy uiversiuou hc ?st on its outer edge, where 111 many aces it is to cross, or even lite impossible. Tin* action of lateral essure, of heat produced by the tie-' >ndous friction, of evaporation and til it ion, has often broken the surface into numerable cones a few yards high, in rm and color resembling the tents of i encampment. A New Puzzle. A new puzzle has been sprung upon e inoffensive people of this weary orld. It is an innocent looking affair, id an inexpensive one withal, but more sadly than "pigs in the pen." This test brain-raking device consists simply I three columns of figures,arranged thus: 1 1 1 :t 3 3 5 6 5 7 7 7 i 9 tf 9 ?ioy , me potwos to rifl<1 togetner any x of the above figures and make 1 luff al 21. ? /'h iladelph in ft'.'ord. 'I I... \V...-1jI'u C1IL The production of silk throughout the orhl lust. year is estimated I 1,7'ttl ins, us ii^itiust 11..VIH tons iu I8.SS, I.88S tons in 1887, 10,oft 1 tons in SS?> and Ihitri tons in 1885. This nvorjo for the four yvaht from 1885 to *88 was 10,7 18 ton?. The Issp crop was it her above it, allhnuoh scarcely any lk was produced in Syria and other irts of the Levant. ? l/>ntl?n '/'iiiifn. fill II It'll III f|| I* llfNf. All Art* cut ;t l?'t| ti? I lie host that their money ill tuiy, so ever) family should have, at nin e, botf to of t ho liecf family remedy, Syrup of us. to 11, an.se the system when costive or thins. Fur sale iu Ode. and *1 tiottles by at* mt I OK dt uinrist-s. m niUSKV IN CIIICKKNH. U Kor !i5o. a I'W-pUKe Iwioh, experience Jk a practical foiiltry raiser Uiirluif WW WWr . 11 < h">\ to FT . ami ciirohlsfases; to feed for egga for fHtlcnlnKi which fowls to ?e for lirecillnK. .*c. Address liooK I'Ult. HoUSK, is4 Leonard St., N. Y. city. jHRTII YOUn XCS. Ml ! ? Iflel I.IKKO Hti rillVtKT /UBk \ lilutiwl, nt Hit, rcnt?rk Alily low erica /V only ?!.!??, lhl? hook Von IK'^k At na *44 rlm ly | i 111(I pnt-t-i of rlpar I Vf Ml >o on rxralli-nt i?|M>r an l I* hand- IV J\ nolv rot wrrl>'oai>ly liound In cloth. \m?VW/\Vv llTPn l.nifllrh w.irtlr With th - llonnan V\f f 1 v ItralfPta an I |irofiiuirtatl >n, an I \\ld \ rnmn ?orl? with Kiik'llth'Ipfli'.ltlona \ ^' s inraluahlo to < tormana who nro not ? A irotijihljr familiar with Kngtlxh. or to \ J itrktix who w-Uh to Irarn tiprinan X. ,\w draw, with SI no, xtiVijlr 001 rfH. Ilrtt's. tat Lp.^d it,, law Tarktlty. M N U. -1<; i IeYoi I f?crjL'taman ma I (opim t. if Thanksgiving ^ TonnvNrn! MtQMt'AMKTt ^ \ lltpmrnl, at ill P"'1 ' ?' Tin YomiIi'K I ' N from Hint ilnl W MMIIKRS, ii 4H AtMre**, 1 j. Remarkable Lukes Trie decjrest lake in tho world is Lako IJuikal, iu Siberia. Its aroa of over 9000 *q are miles makes it about equal to Lake Erie in superficial extent; its enormous depth of between 4000 to 1500 feet makes its volume of water almost equal to that of Lake Superior. Although its surface is 1330 feet above sea level, its bottom averages over 3000 below the same level. America lias awhich, although its waters aro ntkwSas those of the Siberian wonder, iWo' Dears a uniquo distinction. It is located in tho Yosomite Valley, and is called Mirror Lake. Ou account of the height and sheer descent of the surrounding mouutaius, the sun does not rise upon it until 11:30 o'clock in the morniug and sets seventythree minutes later.?<Sf. Louis UfpubHit-re are n gieat many things that go wiib>-ut saving, nut woman Is not one of i hem. HkownV Iron Killers cure* Pyspepcda. Malaria, UiliotlMiess mi l (reueral iH'bility. Wives strength, aides Diinstion, tones the nervee? crea'os appoiite. The best tonic for Nursing MoIIh'ih, weak women and children. Front the oil of grasshoppers a Spanish in mmitor claims to make the finest soap yol ptoilure<l. L*? Wa's Chinese llMd?che Cor*. Harm, lean In cITfrt, quirk and positive In action, Kent prepaid on receipt of fl per bottia delor ?v Co.,??i Wyaiulotto at., Kansas CityJM From the oil of grawdioppon a Rpanish in rcntor claims to make the finest soap yet produced. Woman, her dlara-sea and their treatment. I* pages. Illustrated; price (She, Kent npon receipt of lOc,., cost of mnlHng.eto. Addrees Prof. R. II. Kuiii, M.D.. Oil Arch St.. Phlla^ Pa. l'c >n< rny is wealth; but it ia a kind of wmlth that tho rich man finds it hard to titiusfer to hiss u. l?o Yon K.vrr Speculatef Any |MTM>n antidinn u-? their nativ* s'i I aldresawdl receive information that will leal to a fortune. Kent. Lewis do C.i., Security building, Kansas city. Mo. The preacher fails who trie* to preach a h ctritie that hasn't lu-en tested in his owr hoai t, Mai..\ui \ cured and eradicated from the system by brown's Iron bitters, which enriches the blond, tones the nerves, aids digestion. Acts like a charm on persons in general ill health, giving new energy and strength. White pine boards are now made by re during small trees and limbs to pulp ant pie sing in molds. FITS stopped free by !b?. Kt,ink's Qiikat Nk.uyk Rkstomk.h. No fits after first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treat is-) an I $J trial b >ttle free. Or. Kline. 081 Arch St., Pulltt., I'ft. ^ The toughest, fowl can bo made eate ble i put i*i < old water, | lenty of it, and cook* ry slowly from tive to sir hours. Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranche in Missouri, Kansas, Texan and Axkansai bought and sold. Ty lei <Jfe Co., K ensas City, Mc In i nndt-mniiicr tlm vnmtv of women. m? c )uip'nin of tho tire that they themselvo have kitidl'X*. Hecvliain's I'illa Cute Sick Headache. He fpsls enough whose wife scolds at ilitt Q' r | iroo. Catarrh in the Head Originates In ncroftt ous taint In ?tic blood. llonc the . roper method by which to cure catarrh Is t /mr(/i/ Hf WohiI. Its many illsugroeablo symptom and the danger of developing Into bronchitis or tha terribly fatal disease, consumption, are entirely rt III veil by llood's Sars iparllla, which cures eatairl by purlfylUK the blooit; It a so tones up tho system "For i'i years I have Is-en troubled with ijJtjUTll_il the head, Indigestion and general debility. 1 neve bad faith In such medicines, but concluded to try liottle of Hooil's Sarsap ii Ilia. It did me o muc good that I eonttnued Its use It I I have taken ftv I sit tics >l> lie Itb lias greatly Improved, and 1 fe? like a dllTcicnt w. mini ?Mies. J. It. ADAMS, 8 Hlcl montl st . Newark, N. J, Hood's Sarsaparilla ! old by all druggists. ? I; six for -Jo. l'repared otil ' ) C. J. lb a >1> at CO., Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar BFor Coughs ^ Colds Thero It no Medietas Ilk* OR. SCHENCK'S PULMONIC r SYRUP. H Is pleasant to Ilia tails and dooa red contain a parllcl* of opium or anything Injurious. It Isllie Host Cough Modlclnetath* World. ForSalobyall Drnggifta, Trie*, fl 00 per bottle. Dr. Srhenrk'* Rook on Conaumption and its Cure, mailed fro*. Addr<*a Ur. J. IT Hetl#"' !' t, Bnn PtiiUdslpSU f F YOC WISH I r^.m . It KVoI!v'?;h j Purchase one of the cidc a A\> I uraieti SMITH it WKSSUN | nrim. Tlii> IIih'mI small arms i ever 111 ji 11 : r i. tin i i ami I ha jf wfM I first cbolca of nil experts, WfB llmiufacliiretl In calibres.I.', :irt mult ll"). Sin MM ale or iliiutilo action, Nufety Haininerlcsa and <3D Target models. Constructedentirely of IipbI <iual I Ity wrought steel, carefully liis|ieet?'d for worn j luunshlii anil stock, limy urn unrivaled for finish durability ami mriiiurv. I'oiiol In- deceived li clmap inn Ili'iihio ciiNl-lron linilulIons whle < am nftoii Bold for the genuine arllcle mul urn nc , only unreliable, but dniigrreit*. I'lu- SMITH I ' WK.SON Itevolvors am all nlmnped upon li:" bai | rrl with firm'* name. iiililman mul itnto of pntuiit I ami arc auitrniilcnl perfect In nvury ili'lall. Ir | Blst upon having tin- genuine nrllcle, ami If you j dealer cannot supply yon nn order sent to ml.Ire* I lielonr will receive prompt ami careful attention Inscriptive catalogue ami prices fnrnlsl.eii ii|h>h at . plication. SM|T|| tV WKSSON, |F"Mi'iitlon this paper. Hprhmllt'lil, 31 una ry IfVfJt ? Finely fllutlrafttl ? /? fntl in I AO,Of e Double Holiday Numl ], Christmas, New Year's. Easter. F FREE TO 1891. 'Subscriber nlio A\ II.I. FIT OFT nnil aenil i name mul I'ont-Ollii e address anil 1.73 ompnnlon I'll KK i f> .lunuary I, ISfll, anil e. Tliin oiler includes (he FIVE IHM'lil nil rill the ll.M STK ATF.il WEEK I.Y S|' The Youth's Companion, Boat * * * " i ' z Oklahoma Guide Book and Map Bent ur wh?? on rooelplof 60cla.Tyler A Co..Kausaa CUy.MOk 'rhe crovr dot* not flj from cornfield Bit lit raws. Let every cnfcelled woman know it! There's a medicine that'll cure her, and the proof's positive! Here's the proof ? if it doesn't do you good within reasonable time, report the fact to its makers and get your money back without a word?but you won't do it! * T\ T-%' _ 1 lie remedy is ur. rierces Favorite Prescription?and it has proved itself the right remedy in nearly every case of female weakness. It is not a miracle. It won't cure everything?but it has done more to build-up tired, enfeebled and broken - down women than any other medit cine known. Where's the woman who's not ready for it ? AH that ; we've to do is to get the news to her. The medicine will do the rest. ^ Wanted-t-Women. First to know it. Second to use it. Third to be cured by it. The one comes of the other. The scat of sick headache is not in the brain. Regulate the stomach and you cure it. I)r. Pierce s l ellets arc the little regulators. ' TRINITY COLLF.CE. A IIIkH Rra.le ??.f?T Ymitnt Men. Heat liiMrtn tl.'ii, lia.lln t Five lirKrrce, ' Itcna<'in<l>l<'l xi < iim jji.vi |n n n * oar. -* Fit p m iv I'. V1' '11 I lhi. year. * M in titrlotilati * ami f.ia.liiMc.s In iwrnt state Les| lalntiiii-, M int ftt UalaioKHi*. Hull; till, Hcurit- Itnolc, Etc.. Free. John ! '. Onowii i. II., I):;. I.itt., rre*.. Trinity lit>|lt |;?t, Uamlolph tlo., N. 0. I V'ext term opi'ii < ,'iiiiiiiir.v 1st. Telegraphy and Shorthand. !.i iullltit Sc?km?I tu.tltlt I'ltlalnuui' Free. I'ot-i ii.v i.ruKNBKEL, Scnola, Oa. e tT.UC sTl' It V . tio..:<-k*eim?K. lluetneee Koine*' lyUrnt I'eiiu'.niisu.ty Arltnnielio, Short-nan.!, evx, ' 6* lliomtiuUly luujbt lit MAIU ClIVUlM* Ittjr I Bryant'* t'tlltir, 437 11 mu sU, HuOfcl<\ N. Tf ?% A "* Jff I ii Ten l.i r'a < J aide, . PA I try I Sor llotr to llbtula 8 S n I klH I V# n I'ntent. Sent Fraa. k Patrick O'Farreii, WASH I'nwTON* ii AliriU A I I R '"reeure for ltiicitmatttm I -m y* Iim P\ B fl ? ami Until. Ordinary c?wi * IJIIBe 11 WloPeH .,.|.|,?n or or.-r requlro nmro Hi.hi one In it 11". I'rliv S'.tMl per bottle. W t|. Wll \ \ V, H.>\ s:{.>. Nnv llrlr:in>, t.o. 1^^ |1| B OAS nKlWlilakerHabit* M Hi "3 tfi H K HQMQi'iircd at home withft H 9 {; Ej CfitfSont pnlti. Hook of parMi 3 Wf fabB li.ulam sent FrEK. BUtfi ? IIWIIIII I! M WOOU.EY.M.fX Atlanta,(ill. U111cc lot.1. Whitehall BC * PDJQ [ flMQ 23 " rciiolUNd sPsssEn^ir * ?? n. ii, ii ?r> and r*th?r? are en ? titled to 9 1 a mo Fee 81" when too |?t your bomi kloalu free. JOflirMJI. Merrca. lito tfullulM. a. a CORN Meal. Flour & Millfeed. i RICHMOND CITY 'liiiiik i?t t.'.IHI \V i 11 in iiimIiii ru ATr.e * h W ItlCllillWM). VllttilNIA. ' ntUPIDUO NEW LAW CLAIMS. rtNolUnu Mi'iB B. Stew&Ca AI mriiry<, III!* K St., \Vanli I n(l*a, 1*. O. Hrasth Ofc??t llftfUaj, Heuell,CUv?% mpriJTk (Silror nr IVntal not*)payafor yensr ULll! O nnnv nnd adrlnttn In thft "A'^nWc 1 ih>? wiimhgnen wliirlingallor^f tlmU S a Oinmla.nnrl jrou willk**i hundreds <?f Rainpioa. lunik*. rtt-culitt-H, tiHwppanrffl. niaKazlnw, y A?* . fr im l.'irjrn biihin??*t ImUHen ami iidblHhfrv wlio wnnl !*#??/ ?#/'./,//.??*??/ ?;.eh/ ?ri'tint/ft ee and ^ re.*?Mve in??r?* in^ttrr tltmutfli Mm mail than ow. an<l will ? *-'1 with th<* Hmnll invintf ro^ni, nrlriWM WCVtLTY OIRCCTORY CO . P. 0. Bex 325, ttaoloa.Vl. sccOftto. W |BSf3 IITIVE CURE. '/irron 6t-? Nvw Yorlf. Pi i^o f>o rtp.tHME.?I lending remedy for all th} ^^BFi'.,r<.? in^^H Hiinnliiriil dlaohargna MS ^Vit..'. iia VH V private dlacaaea of mrn. J^Bi.astsotrrd net is V coriuln c ure for the deblUCZW ?,M teutonic*. lallng KekkDNl peculiar KS9 to women. M M' Jantrhr I prenerlbe11 and feel Ell Tilt tvtW3CHlMir>l0o 111 reenmmendtng It lo m?TO?3ifjtra"ri?s;o.c!,wiu. Nol't try Drnggllia. vnfvx, ti.oo. /^B^\ /^J0NE8\ / TOM SCALES \ / OF \ $60 BINGHAMTQN] \ Beam Box Ttfre Beam / N. Y. a?/ \ ,# six sua* _*/ \/0 A .CV/ ^<^??r ' ^3? rut / -VASELINEM FOft * ON F-llOl.liA If III I.I. sent u? l.y malt II we wilt dollvc r, fi< < <>i ell rliarM to nny poison In " the Unlt-d Mates, nil of the following articles, care fully ixu'kel: One twiMiiinee liottle of Pure Vaseline, lOote. One two-oimee tmitle of Vaseline Pomade, 15" J One )tw of V?? line I old ('ream, - - - 15" " One Cuke of Vaseline Parophnr lee, 10'* 'r One Cake of Vaseline Snap, niiKcent.il, . 10" * Onefakeof Vaseline soap, exiiulsllely scented,25" r* One two-ounce bolt e of White Vaseline, ?5 'I #11 * <>r for pothujr *hnnf" otii/ stnjlr or/iWe af f/o ... 1 '* nnine.f <h> no cieoounf he /lersoo.fed to accept from L I/our if ru(/./is/ liny I'us,line or /.re/uiro/fon therefrom - unlcM lnh> licit with . i/r no Me,. use you ictW oer<ol nly r.<cnv o ii nnitnlt in irhir/i hon HttU err ^ I i np.fbroinli Hlu. l it,, ? I Shiln St., N. V. in fnmilitt. f"'.' ""'l The youth's bers. Companion .1 iioi.iiuv PI'I.KHKNTS. * __ christma5 \ on, Mass. N j j A