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i ; THE PARK AMR GARDEN. TO OUT RID OP MOLES. It is advised in the American Ploria to get rid of moles as follows: Knoch off tho rosin from a ball of potash, pul verize the potash, make openings in th< runs, drop in a tablespoofui of the pot sh and cover the opening with a fla itone. 1 tried it and the moles disap peared in a few days. Ball potash i very cattflic and must be handled wit) raution to avoid injury to the one usin^ it. WHEN BCTINO PEKTILIZERS. FHrmers should hear in mind that th< "commercial valuation" is not the onl] thing to bo taken into consideration in buying a fertilizer, says the Rhode Island Station. To illustrate: Suppose that tho crop and soil demand largclj phosphoric acid and potash and litth liitrogeu, then a fertilizer with a higt percentage of nitrogen, but low in th< other elements, would be of little value to the farmer, however high its com inercial value might be. The questiot is not how many pounds of fertilizer fot tho money, but how much potash, phos phoric acid and nitrogen and their form This question involves in a great meas uro the profits and losses in New Bag land farming.?New York World. PACKtNQ BUTTEII FOH WINTER. Butter to keep well must bo wel > . made, that is tho buttermilk well worke* out andJfTuM ounce of pure salt workec iUfS-cSCh pound of butter. If packet in tubs sec that thoy are clean, firs scalded with hot waiar and then washe* with cold. Pack the butter as made uuci keep each layer covered with a cloth anc salt until the next one is added. Fil the tub within one inch of the top, thet sprinkle on a little salt, cover with i cloth, aud tuck in the edges all around next to the tub. then cover with a hall iuch of salt, put on the cover and set - _ : _ 1 ^ VT AfVA Iiwaj iu a i;uui| ui y lciiui. iw tables or fruits should be stored in t cellar where butter is to be kept, because they are very likely to exhale odors that will be absorbed by the butter, even il the butter is kept iu a close vessel.? New York Sua. cans of work horses at noon. When work horses are brought in at uooutime, the harness should bo re moved the sweat wiped off and tin brush aud curry comb freely used. The shoulders should be washed if they are b.veaty or sore. Before starting work the sore shoulders may bo softened with castor oil. Do not water the horses while warm, uor feed them grain. Both at noon and at night the horses should be watered previous to feeding grain. The stomach will then bo in better condition for the assimilation ot solid food, If obliged to give a short hour at noon give a larger ration of grain, or what is still better cut the hay into half iuch lengths and add the usual quantity ol ground feud, sprinkled with water, ant thoroughly mix. This cau be catcu rap idly, and will digest more readily thai (when fed separately in the dry, du3t; (state. ?American Agriculturist. how 10 kill brush and briars. , To farmers who livo in timbered re gion this question is an interesting nrob lom. There is a theory with some Iwho ought to know, that there is a day with the moon in right quarter and th ? s'.';u nf Zodiac in the "right place, that tree or shrub should be Out to kill i iroot aud branch. All this sounds wel enough to theui, but years of expcrienc< has failed to verify such theories. / sapling may be cut in the winter tha will never sprout, and it may he cut i the light of the moon in August, whe the sign is iu the heart, and sprouts wil appear abundantly. We cut brusl every day in the year, and some will di< no matter when they were cut, and som will not dio. If sprouting is done twic a year, say June and August, for two o three years, no sprouts will appear th next year unless it be sassafras or pos oak runners. The whole secret of killiug, othe than grubbing, seems to be iu sap pois oning. The sap must sour, which kill the roots. Hence some practice cuttiu the stumps a foot or more in heigtli An experiment of this kind showed decided gain, since tho stumps rotte out in four years' time from cutting. The killiug ot briars, especially dow berries, ba(Ho all skill and iudustry At. one time it seemed they wero gone '.but when tho land was put down t meadow they came up as stroug and vig (orous as ever. Sassafras has been al Uuled to; nobody ever killed one b cutting it off at the ground. The sam is tiue of persunmou. They need vcr jdiftcrmjgMuatmunt. When cut a foe or twMB^^tha ground sap poisoning i iniore tad affective.?America Farmer^^^jf^Br^.;. ' WILD FLOWERS AND THEIR CULTURE, People usually make too hard work < cultivating wild plants. They are apt l , < attempt to imitate tho natural conditio! ?! under which they find the plants. Thi v to n certain |*Fnt, is wise, but in mo 'A cases it is oOTuy^rtg|fd too fAr. Ti problem is simph/Xl^hen we once con 9L to understand that wild plants gro where they are obliged to grow, rutin where they desire to grow. B a plain, grows in the woods is litt ra Hnmc^uu to that it not as well in the nun. And the ? not necessary to wait until fall tal{0 up the wild plants. / H^B^ry outing, whatever the time of ye< 9 ( the ground is not frozen?I mea HHHffo preparod to bring home roots. ] sultry July days I am bringir wild herbs, and next year I c; tor see most of them bloom. ? dig tbcui up with a comfortablo ba esrth, cut the tops off nearly to tl IftSEn^Bbfind, and keep them moist until I g< home; then they are set iu ti Ipr, and if dry weather follows, L water given occasionally at em I helps them to grow. I do not pr jfO.say that July is as good t tin l?il or October to move plants, hn oust capturo the good things as h .'them. Tho native orchids, how usually require careful iuanag< , being among the most difficult c e plants to colonise. Most of thei re complete or partial jflnbsoil. a water supply is at hand, a moi? tnder trees or about buildings, wher is some protection from wind, ca lade, an I clumjw of many specie >e removed with safety. It is be< imoro them in summer, when tli season is put. ? America HlJog. V HARVESTING AND 8TORINO POTATOES. That potatoes require even more care t tbau grain in harvesting, is verified by a i long cxperieuce. Unless the soil is very heavy and wet, digging should never bo 9 done early in the fall. Potatoes should romain in the ground until tho vines t bavo become dead, and, if the weather is warm and dry, they should remain s still longer. Of course thero are excepl tions as when blight withers the vines { and extends down to rot the tubers. Then the crop should be harvested and stored in a dry, cool place as quickly as possible. #' e Provided normal conditions exist, and f there is no disease iu the crop, potatoes i for winter storiug should remain undug until late fall, even until tho last of Oc9 tober. If possible, harvest when the f ground is dry, and do uot let the tubers 5 be exposed to the wind and sun any i lonirer than to evaporate the moisture a clinging to them. Whether dug with a hoe, hook, or horse potato digger, avoid harshness in removing the potatoes from the ground. One reason why potatoes should be left iu the ground until fully ripe is to toughen their tender skins to ebviate easy abrasion, but, of course, tho principal reason therefor Is that the tubers may bocomc thoroughly mature, so as to be a healthful, nutritious food. The potato tubers should not be al II lowed to burn in the sua, or their tine \ flavor will bo destroyed. The crop 1 should be handled as little as possible 1 to prevont abrasions that do irreparable t injury. It is always the best plan to do ] tho assorting in tho field when the tuI bers are gathered. Place the merchau| table potatoes carofully in crates, or I baskets, nevet throw thom roughly in, ] and do not take them from those recepj tacle3 uutil they are put in the bins in | the cellar. The mode, practiced by some farmers, of pouring them into a wagOD box in the field, from which they are shoveled into a chute, whence they i side iuto the cellar, i3 ruinous to their J keeping qualities, and should never be . practiced. Tho cellar, or store room, should bo dry, well ventilated, and cool. Do nof mass the potatoes together iu big bins; thoy will "sweat" tho saino as hay or grain when in bulk, and will boat and rot if there is no ready escape for the moisture. To store potatoes in pits to remain uutil spring, select a dry elevated spot, and, whether buried below tho surface, or covered above the ground, always leave a free space over the potatoes for tho evaporation of moisture. Potatoes thus kept will not sprout during the winter. ?Americau Agriculturist. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Late hatches of turkeys seldom prove profitable. A pond is not uccossary iu raising T>..n;? ri.w.L-o [ Sheep cauuot thrive ou lilthy food or ) filthy quarters. It is always an item to keep sheep as 1 clean as possible. f The Chinese sacred lily blooms as well in pebbles aud water as in soil. Orange troos may be planted successfully almost any month iu the year. Chaugo the flock to fresh pisturos occasionally; they will thrive better. ' Select now next year's hens and fatten 0 oil the surplus uuloss they are tit to sell as breeders. t The Newtown pippin is popular, not 1 only for home consumption but for tho a foreign trado. i. > With sheep, as with other stock, tho >t best feeding is a good variety regularly 0 ami liberally given. 11 Tho earlier the sheep are mature I the less chance they will have to oat their 1 heads otf while growing. Itoman hyacinths are extensively use 1 0 for forcing, which may bo done at a temperature of sixty degrees. 8 When the Iambs arc vveaue I bo sure t that they have access to a good supply of water. This is essential to thrift. :r While a few sheep can be kept on al? most every farm, they should uot be Is yarded with the cattle and horses. Jonquils are suitable alike for pot i. la r?_ ..i ?: L cuiiuru or iui jn;iiiun_; uui. iuu uunmc a required is tbo sauae as for hyacinths. ^ Keep in a good condition now; n sheep iu a vigorous, thrifty condition in the fall may he considered half win tered. q Galvatiizod iron vessels arc good to hold water for chickens. Tney must bo cleaned every morning and tilled with y fresh water. c A common-sized egg is a very iny defiuitc thing, but tho3c may be called it common-sized of which it takes ten t< is make a pound. n The new Princess strawberry, which originated in Minnesota, was name 1 by the Horticultural Society of that State; it at the same time took rirst prizi over of lifteon new seedlings, to Put in a crop ol turnips for yom is geese and ducks. Store thoin away for s? winter, and during the cold season cook theiu and thicken with bran and shorts, 'o and you will have a cheap and nutrition) c mess for tlieui. ^ An experienced peach grower says: ir Don't force a ton rapid growth wmlo "* young, as it tends to produce a true subject to early decay. Apply no futilizir w upon the pcic'i orchard in good soil until the petring period. On clay soils poultry yards may be ir greatly improved by placing a tile dr.iiu ltl two feet below the -surface of the yard, [a and then a Iding a foot of sand. Treated ig in this way, the raius cirry down muc-i i. of the tilth to the drains and save labor. At the New Hampshire experiment ill station tlicy toun 1 that fro n their best le cow milk cost about one and one-half it cents a rjuarf, and fro n their poorest 10 cow more than four and one-half cents, a There is a chance for a proiic in one i* case. B' A good average corn crop iias produce I 10 from one and one-third to two and one d fourth times as much food per acre as a 0 good hay crop, or euough to support a cow in full flow of milk from one hundred and sixty eight days to two hua dred and eighty-seven days. a rtlKKUt HI : If .I mil VK. Mr. Huckleberry?No one admires me. Miss Wallflower?No one admires mc, 0 either. 11 Mr. Huckleberry?We bad better or;9 ganizc a mutual admiration society. I d , admire your eyes. What do you admire o about me? a Miss Wallflower?Your pood taste.? Puck. ' re? BUMBLE EARTHWORM. / - ' ' 3RKATU&B6 WHICH PLAY AN IKPORTANT JABT IN NATURE. 1 How Thejr Make fehe Earth Fruitful i ?Their Cartons Habits?1*8,777 of Them to an Acre of Garden. UNTIL Dr. Charles Darwin made 1 his study of earth worms no acquaintance was had by science #ith the work of these bumble creatures that play so important i a pert in the wdtld, all the soil of which bas been rendered fruitful by betns ws , ^ ' t 'V; " * ti;' flNG OF THE TIGHT ROPE. 5 XrONDERFCTIi PERFORMANOSS OF < THE AGED BLONDIN. Agile m Ktot, Thoutcli BUtr-alght Years Old?Hit Proad Reoollec*. tloiis of Niagara Palls. PLONDIN is a name that seems, to belong to past generations. Men who are now old re mem-' ber seeing in their youth his ] (vonderfnl performance?. To most peo- 1 pie he is only a name, a great name of 1 the past. And to most it is probably itartling to learn that the agile chevalier is not only still living, but actually giv-; 1 Ing his bewildering exhibitions. Yetj this is true. He some years ago went into semi-retirement. He was rich, and he had mado thousands of perilous jour*! i eye along the tight rope. It seemed, time to take a well won rest. 'Yet from, time to time he emerges from his retire-, meat and resumes his old place upon the; rope, with all his old skill and grace and' daring, and with all his old eflect upon, the spectators. Thus only a few weeks ago he began a, Scries of performance? in the Botanical 1 Gardens, at Manchester, England, in thai presence of admiring and fascinated! thousands. His rope had a clear stretch' of 188 feet, and was eighty-eight feet, above the ground. There was no safety; net under it. That is an appliance Bfon-, din has never used and never .Rill u??.Wtayl **lt would ruin my rejyyption,"; l.o says. 80 a false step wbuld have been fatal. But he had no fear of false j Steps. He was clad in a brilliant costume, surmounted by a brass helmet 1 with floating plumes. On being hoisted to his rope, which was less than two inches thick, ho walked along it from end to end as unconcernedly as though he had been on a Broadway pavement. KIrvf oa iyin/*K nan Ko anirl for f.ho flOArfn tors, who were literally spell bound at even this simple performance. Then the old gentleman blindfolded himself, and then drew a big bag over his bead. In that manner he recrossed the slender bridge, just as easily as before, while many of the spectators turned their eyes away in fear. Next he put on s cook's cap and apron, and returned to (ho middle of the rope, bearing a basket snd a stove. He set up the stove and Lindled a fire in it. From the basket he took various utensils and some eggs. He broke and beat the eggs, and cooked I hem into an omelette on the stove, and then, "as a guarantee of good faith," aut the omelette and a flask of wine upon t tray and loworod it to the ground, that the spectators might see that it was real. After that he carried his son across on, fiis back, balanced himself on a chair at the middle of the rope and traversed the tope on a bicycle. These are the feats be used to perforin thirty, forty years ago, tud more. Now he is an old man of' iixty-oight years, aud ho does them just is easily and as unhesitatingly as ever. That is the most extraordinary fact of all. Among his almost countless medals and sther trophies, that which Blondin most uigh'.y prizes bears this inscription: "Protented to Mous. I. F. Blondin by the citi-. tens of Niagara Falls, in appreciation of t feat never before attempted by man,' hut by him successfully performed on tho 19th of August, 1859, that of carrying a man upon bis back over the Falls of Niagara on a tight rope." That modal, one might say, sounds the keynote of hi* life. Niagara has been everything to him. Before he crossed that awful gorge he was a great gymnast; but since then he has been indisputably supremo. He has crossed Niagara three hundred times since then, but it was that first performance that made him what he is. "How did you feel when you set out to cross Niagara?" he was asked. "Were you nervous, afraid?" "No, nol Poui! No!" was hisonorgetic reply. "I left that for those who watched me. Some of them saldi 'Ho won't dare to try it.' Others said: 'Tho crazy fool of a Frenchman must want to commit suicide.' But I crossed, and I have crossed it 300 times since then." "But it was really dangerous, wasn't it?" "Yet>, to bo suro it was. Tho rope might have suapped." M. Blondin calls his pleasant home in London "Niagara Villa," and one of the most conspicuous objects in it is u huge oil painting, depicting him in the act of crossing the falls, In the presence of the Prince of Wales and a great crowd. "Blondin," of course, is an assumed name. Jeau Fraucois Gravelc is what he was christened. His father was a gymnast, and he himself began ropewalking at four years old. At twentyseven he had a considerable reputation in tho provincial towns auci ciuos 01 France. It was there that the famous Ravel saw hun, and was much impressed. He sought the young man's acquaintance. "Como with mc," he said. "Join my company and go to America?to New York. You will make your fortune." "Agreed," was the reply; "I'll go with you." "Well done! But first, what is your name?" "Jean Francois Gravele." "Gravole? Pah I That will never do. Such a name would never do for I he billboard. We must change it. Hal I seel Blue eyes, light hair; of course. You shall call yourself Blondinl" So "Blondin" it was, and the young man made a great hit in Now York, Bight years later he crossed Niagara. In all his career he has nevor used a safety net. And he has never fallen from his rope. lie has never bad an accident of tuv kind, save one, in which he merely scratched himself a bit in one spot. They say the secret of bis success is in the powerful muscels of bis arms, which enable him to carry an unusually heavy balancing pole, it is true that he has prodigious muscles. But when he is asked if that is really the secret of his success, ho laughs and says, "No; I succeed in keeping on the rope because I don't want to fall." He contends, moreover, that rope-walkers, like poets, are born, not made. He was born a ropewalker; but his children were not, so none of thetn will ever attempt it.?Ne:v York Tribune. THIS ISSAWKIT,. "My!" shrieked the saw. "This sots ill my tenth on edge." "It might mine," answered the file, "were I not hardened to it."? [Indinnap oiis Journal. The regular army of Brazil consists of only 12,000 soldiers, but the Government can raise a military force of 100,000 meu by conscription. pawed through thoir bodies. Earth worms are distributed through-, out the entire world, being found even on the most remote islands. Although! land animals they are la a senee seiniacquatic. Whoreas exposure to a dry air for a few hours is fatal to them, they have been kept ali7e in water for several i months. They are nocturnal in their habits, and at night may be seen crawl, ing about in large numbers, usually with their tails inserted in their burrows. Their bodies are armed with short bristles, by means of whioh' they cling to their holes, so that it is difficult to drag thorn out. The body of irlarge earth worm consists of from 100 to 200 rings or segments, each furnished with minute bristles. By meaus of a woll-developed muscular system the animal can crawl backward as wfell as forward, and, ifhom Us uil to latd in the mouth of its hole, it can rotifKit Into the latter with extraordinary rapidity. It has a mouth and throat as well as a gizzard, which grinds the food swallowed. Tho gizzard generally contains small stones, which arc supposed to be taken in for the purpose of assisting digestion. Earth worms breathe through their skin, possessing no special organs of respiration; they have no eyes, and the two sexes are united in the same individual. Although they are entirely blind they are sensitive enough to light to be ablo to distinguish between day and night. Thus they escape many dangers which would threaten them from diurnal animals that pray upon them. They do not possess any sense of hearing. Dr. Darwin found that they took not the least notice of the shrill notes from a motal whistle and they were "indifferent to shouts." Their sense of smell is very feeble, but they perceive very well by touch. Although their nervous system is well developed it $s doubted whether they suffer as much .pain when injured as they socm to express by their contortions. Earth worms are omnivorous. They swallow quantities of earth continually, out of which they extract any digestible matter which it may contaiu. Thoy also consume half decayed leaves of all kinds, except a few which have an unpleasant taste or are too tough. From such leaves they chiefly obtain their sustenance. They pass the winter season either singly or rolled up with others into a ball at the bottom of thoir burrows, which during that time of year are elosed at the top. They devote much of their attention to gathering leaves, decayed twigs and small refuse ol all sorts for the purpose of plugging up their holes and to line tho uppor parts of the latter. There is plenty of organic matter in ordinary mold for tho support of earth worms, including many eggs and larvm of insects, as well as small living and dead creatures. Thero aro certain speoina f/Minrl in damn nla/sua in flin fr/\r\ir*fc Viva tuuuu IU V4uiu|i j/i?vao iu n*v iiu^/iva which possess trap like bladders, beautifully constructed for catching minute subterranean animals. Earth worms eagerly devour raw meat and dead worms. Although they usually live near the surface of the ground, yet they burrow to a considerable depth during long continued dry weather and sovero cold. They have been discovered as far dowu as eight feet. The burrows run perpendiculaily or a little obliquely, and are lined with a thin layer of Hoc, dark colored earth voided by the worms. Tue lining thus formed is vory compact and smooth, closely fittiag the worm's body. It strengthens the walls of the burrow, which may be likened to a tunnel lined with cement, and saves the occupant's skin from being scratched. Often the hole terminates in a small enlargement or chamber, whore one or more worms pass the winter. These chambers aro lined with little stones and *oeds, to prevent coutact with the surrounding cold soil. After swallowing earth, whethor for making" its burrow or for food, the worm comes to the surface to empty its body, thus forming what aro called "castings." In the case | pf certain giant earth worms of India and Ceylon, such castings aro sometimes four inches or more in height and seem to be constructed with considerable skill. The earth thus voided by worms, if spread out uniformly, would form in most places in the course of a year a' layer one-fifth of an inch in thickness. Inasmuch as the process is carried on' unceasingly, the mold from below being continually brought to the surface, it is a matter of ready calculation bow long it will take for the entire layer of superficial soil to be pawed through the worm's body. It il estimated that on an average acre of arable land more than ten tons of earth are annually swallowed by worms and brought to the surface. The importance of the work accomplished by them in this fashion oanoot be overestimated. They periodically exposed the mold to the air, iningliog it like a gardner who prepares fine soil for his choicest plants, and sifting it so that no stones bi>ger than the particlee they can sw< How are left in it. Earth worms drag an infinite number of dead loaves and other parts of plants into their burrows. The bones of dead animals and other more or less decayed refuse are buried beneath their castings and thus brought within reach of the roots of plants. Two worms, placed in a vessel eighteen inches in diameter, which was tilled with sand, with fallen leaves strewn on top, have boon observed to convert a layer of the sand four-tenths of an inch thick into vogetahlo mold within threo weeks. Thus do these humblo creatures prepare the land for the farmer and make it fruitful. The smoothness of a wide, turf-covered meadow is due to leveling performed by worms. It has been calculated that 53,777 earth worms, weighing 365 pounds, ordinarily exist in one acre of garden patch, about half as many living in an acre of corn field.?Washington Star. ' * Pythons are abundant in the Philip ' sines, the species being identical with [ (hat found in Borneb. queerest of queer Kestaurants. The rerj queerest of the queer restaurants in New York City went to pieces not long ago, and probably no one was sorry except the owner. lie was a short, squat Frenchman from the thleres' quarter of Paris, and he started up in the heart of Park street, a place wnioh he called the "Luck of the Fork" in honor of a famous crook's resort in the French capital. The plan of this restaurant was a very simple one. There is a great fire-place in the old house, and in this the Frenchman hung a huge iron pot. Into this pot the Frenchman would pour a number of pails of water, then he would rattko a nre uaaer it. wtien tne water began to boil the cook would dump into it a bushel of potatoes and other odds and ends of vegetables picked up in Mulberry and Bayard streets along with scraps of bones and shreds of meat. When all this was boiled up and a bit of flour added you had a Gargantuan stew that could be smelled a full block away. The smell was not nice, but for that matter neither were the patrons of tho "Luck of the Pork." There was no bill of lare in the "Luck of tho Fork," nor were there any waiters. It followed tho plan of the Paris place in this. The host secured somo long handled forks with two tines each, lnq these were tho only utensils used by the customers. When you ?m4 > * ih? "Xratrit or the Pork" you paid the proprietor's two cents, aud he gave you one of the forks. You advanced upon the iron pot and plunged tho jork into it and brought it up again much as you spear for eel! through tho ice on the Shrewsbury River. If your fork brought you up potatoes or meat or both you were in luck. If it brought nothing so much the worse for you. There was etiquette in the "Luck of the Fork." No gentleman or latiy was allowed to 6pear tho pot more than once without paying an extra fee, and no one was allowed to fish about for large pieces in the stew. You had to give a straight jab into the pot with your fork and then break away. Of course you could return by putting up another fee. For a time tho "Luck of the Fork" Drosnered. There was a novelty about il that attracted tho sports of the Fourth Ward, but this finally wore off. Io th? first place the propietor was charged with putting nothing in his stew but big bones from which the fork glanced and brought up nothing save the necessity for paying another two cents for anothei chanco.?New York News. Days Five or Six Honrs Long. As the evidenco of t.hn earth's crust proves that our globe has lasted for in> icalculablo ages, it boco nes of interest to thiuk how far tho gradual elongation of the day may have attained significant proportions sinco very early times. It may bo that in a thousand years the effeet of the tides is not sufficient to altet tho length of the day by so much as a single second. Hut the effect may be very apprcciible or even largo in a million years, or ten million years, or a hundred million years. Wo have th< best reasons for knowing that in intervals of time comparable with those I have mentioned tho change in the length of the day may have amounted, not merely ,to recondsor minutes, but even to hours. Looking into the remote past, there was a time at which this globe spun around in twenty-tbreo hours, instead of twentyfour; at a still earlier period the rate must have been twenty hours, and the further we look hack the more and more rapidly does the earth appear to be spin* ning. At last, as we strata our gaze tc aonie epoch so excessively remote that it appears to have been anterior to thoso changes which geology recognizes, we see that our globe was spinning round in a period of six hours, or live hours, or possibly even less. Here then is a lesson which the tides have taught us; they have shown that if the causes at present in operation have subsisted without in.terruption for a sufficiently long period in tho past the day must have gradually grown to its present longth from an initial condition in which tho earth seems to have spun around four times as quickly as it does at present.?Uood Words. A Turtle's Sense of Humor. To suppose that a turtle, as you watel it crawling over the mud, had any sena of humor in its homy head seems ab surd; yet naturalists have recorded thei being seen at play, nnd certainly the can readily be tamed to a remarkable de grce. Their intelligence, howevei; shows out prominently onlj in the de grce of cunning exhibited when the; are in search of food. Tho huge snappe "lies in wait," nnd certainly this is most suggestive and eomprehensiv, phrase. I believe, too, that this Hero turtle buries surplus food and so givo further evidence of intellectual activity Courier-journal. PniiioiM Sapphires. O ie famous sapphire was found In Bengal by a poor man who sold wooden spoons, say a the Jewelers' Review. It was taken to Europe and was bought by the house of Kaspoll, at Rome. Later it becamo the property of a German prince, who sold it to Perret, a Parisian jeweler, for 1,620. It was absolutely without a blemish, and weighed 176 carats, A couple of wild pigeons were recently shot in Sautt aux Uecollets bush, Canada. A sportsman says it is over twenty-live years sincospecitneui of these birds were teen there. Pa VtarT Tlaw People overlooked tho Importance of permanently beneflclal effec ts and were eatlsfleil with tianslent action, but now that it Is gen eratly know that Syrup of Fire will permanently euro habitual constipation, well Informed people will not bny other laxative*, which act for a time, but Anally injure th< system. An English syndica'e has paid ?4<)0,? 000 for chororinal raining property in the South Dakota n"w. The Only One Ever Printed. CAW VOD FIND TUB WORD? These In ft 8 inch display adreri isement li this paper, this week, which has no two word allse except one word. The aamit is trne o each new one appearing each week, from Th< Dr. Harter ModlolneCo. This house places i ' Crescent" on everything they makeand pnb llsh. Ixmk for it, send them the name or th< word and they will return yon book, uadti FOI. I.tTHOOUAPHM or aAMPI.U FKBK. A Brooklyn (N. Y.) in ventor propose* to tap the earth's interior for heat and thus save fuel. Mai amia cured nnd eradicated fr m thi svatcm by Brown's iro i Hitter-1, wi.icti nrlcho-1 ho blood, tones the liercea, i ids dices tion. Acts tike a charm on persons In yenera ill health, giving now energy and strength. valuable bed 01 t^rm cotut clay has been diacoverod on the farm of J. Ghatt* way. juat outaide of Petoskey, Mich. >V. H. Griffin. Jackson, Michigan, writes: "Suffered with catarrh fbr fifteen years. Hall's Catarrh Core cored me." Sold by Druggisto,78c. i In Petonrille (England) Prison, out of 1000 convicts at one time confined thero, j 751 had been Sunday-school scholar*. ! . Bbown% Iron Bitten cores Dyspepsia, Malaria, Biliousness and General Debility. Gives Btrengtb, aids Digestion, tones the nerves? create* appetite. The best tonio tbr horsing Mothers, weak women and children. "Is it not very exciting to see tho anchor weighed aboard shipt" "Not half so exciting as it would be to see one wade ashore."?King's Jester. Don't fool with indigestion nor with a disordered liver, but lake Beecliatn'a Pills for Immediate roller. 26 cents a box. About the hardest crop to raise on a arm nowadavs. is tho bovs in the fain Iii Pnr>lr. If afflicted with ton ays* <w Dr.Inao Thompton's Er^Ml?J)r?|(W> Mil %t 26o.per bottle Children of Mr. and' Mr*. WN M. Boiler Altoona, Pa. Both Had Eczema In Its Worst Form After Phyatolana Fatted, Hood's Sarsaparilla Perfectly Cured. Great mental agony is endured by parents who see their children suffering from diseases caused by impure blood, and for which there seems no cure. This is turned to joy when Hood's Sarsaparilla is resorted to, for it expels the foul humors from the blood, and restores the diseased 6kin to freih, healthy brightness. Read the following i "We think Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the most valuable medicine on the market for blood and skin diseases.' Our two children suffered terribly with the Worst Form of Eozema for two years. We had three physicians in that time, but neither of them euccedeed in carina them or even in wiving them a little relief. At last we tried Hood's Sarsaparilla and in a month both children wero perfectly cured. We recommend Hood's Sarsaparilla as a standard family medicine, and would not be without It." Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Soli.eh, 1112 Second Avenue, Altoona, Pa. Ilond'n Pills cure liver Ills, constipation, biliousness, Jaundice, sick headache. Indigestion. Advice to W omeh If you would protect yourself from Painful, Profuse, Scanty, Suppressed or Irregular Menstruation you must use Ibradfi eld's e female I regulator | CAnTFii.sviLi.K, April 20, 18fl6. This vUl cortlfy that two members of my Immediate family, aftor having suffered fop years lrom Monslrual Irregularity, being treated without benefit by physicians, weroat length completely cured by one bottle of Bradfleld'e Vomalo Regulator. It* effect Is truly wonderful. j. w. Stranos. Book to " WOMAN " mailed FIUCE, which contain# valuable information on all female disease*. BRADFIELO REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA, OA. ron bale mtr all dbuooibtb. jj? <TA wvBnn?^ *^22* ME BileBevns Small. Gnnrsnwscd to cure Bilious AtUoka, Sicktloadaohe and Cottatlpatfon. 40 In SSWh wAtle. Prion 25c. For sale by druggists. Picture "7, 17, 7<0" and aampla dose frae. A f. SMITH A 00? Prcprlttors, HEW TOM. S^SCROFUUI Mrs. E. J. Rowel), Medford, Man., ujr> be mother hu been cured of BcrofuU by the as of four bottles of KKKS after baring ba much other treat- ^EbI ment, and beln, reduced to quite a low oonditioa of health, as I was thought she could not live. RKKa Cured my little boy of be red tary scrofula wblcba( pea red all over his face. Fo a year I had given up all hop of hie recovery, rebsa flg&Il I was Induced to use KKK| Afewbo "tties cured him,and uo K29mC symptoms of the disease remain. Mas. T. L. Mathers, Mathervllle, Miss. Our book on Blood aad Skin Diwrit, mailed htt. Swift sraciFic Co., Atlanta, Oa. We pay the printer to give you good advice about health aid to lead you to careful i iving. Our reason is that Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil is ? so often a part of careful living. If you would go to your doctor whenever you need his advice, we might save our ? money. He knows what you [ need. Let us send you a book on careful living; free. Scott A BowNB.ChcmUu, t j? South jth Avenue, i New York. Your druggist keeps Scott'* Emulsion ol cod-liver oil? *11 druggists everywhere do. ft, sr SI8N PAINTIM. S1.' SIS 'August Flower" \ * ^ "What is August Flowet for?'1' As easily answered as'dftVcd. It is ^ for Dyspepsia. It is a special rem edy for the Stomach and Liver.? Nothing more than this. We believe August Flower cures Dyspepsia. We know it will. We have reasons for knowing it. To-day it has an honored place in every town and country store, possesses one of the largest manufacturing nlants in the country, and sells everywhere. The reason is simple. It does one thing, and does it right. It cures dyspepsia# RflSR.?S!&. m the bunds. Injurs tlis Iron, and burn off. I Tbs Rising Sun Storo Polish 1j MrlllUnt. fHJotJ l0gr DuiaMii i?m> *h? imiamer fUtjW I Or JlO HQ I ST glASS package wllh??wy |wrrN??. I tfBDIIHfl Morphlno Habit Car?d la 10 OPIUM WANTKD?l.n die* n nil Vanni HIrm to work AT flOMK. 1'lcnsnnt i mplaynioot a* good prices. No cnnTasnlUK. Address, WITH SJAJfF, Standard Mfg. Co., L. Box tin, tip. Kramlnj{hAJf,WMe wsSS3E BICYCLE SULKY JOgy B. JbKMJ'8 HON * UP., New Taifc. LUXURIES?LEAKSVILLE BLANKETS. housekeepers sV< lb., S3. Carolina's Pride, lb., |H per pair. LcnksvllU lionost Joans?Gray, Brown and Black?'A io., 30c. and ?JOc. oer yard. Kcner _ Gray, 3vt l-'Jc. Brown, 40s. < yard; veryjpoa. Wool Yarn, all colohi, ."jr. n Imnk. U J oar dealer docs not keep these Roods order of J. VI. W-OTT 4c CO., Special belling Agts., Ui cci?"'?nro, N. C? 2 MONEY IN CIIICH.B!(?~ % M ^ For 25c. n lno-page book, experteho* M M a practical poultry raiser darlnf BV WflP < years, it teaches now to dfteoi Tt and cure disease*; to feed for eggs Sand for fattening; wbloU fowlsto tave for breeding, Ac., See. Addreai BOOK I'Utt MOU8K. 134 1/conard St.. N, Y. City. zjzirnb your Bret Lee Prltel CFRNAS IIIL'TIOSART published, at th* rentalkably low price /^Hnvj^a m of ouly Sl.oo, postpAl I This Hour con- f V'/BRE B) tains e-Jl rtnclr priutoJ pages of clear IW ^wjK' type on excellent paper and U hand- 1 at, tomely yet serrlceabljr bound in cloth. V t\^T 'V.-* It gives English words with the Oormaa vl^l A * equivalents aad pronunciation, ant l\*k ) Oerinan words with Kn-rlLsh doitnitlons. \ It Is Invaluable to Germans who are not W ? jl thoroughly laminar with Kuglish. or to \ sj American., who wUh to learn Herman Addrw, with S1.00, .. kous rPH. IIOUS. 111 Leeoart SU. Few TethUly. Hfl *, ;R?tk. VTiZlMfUH Qj fl Ajp^jhllllS^^H RELIEVES sU Btomacb DlstNM. REMOVES Nausea, Sense of FunwWB, Congestion, Pain. , REVIVES Failimo ENERGY. RESTORES Norma! Circulation, ntf ' Warms to Ton Tiro. OB. HABTBR MEDICINE CO.. St. LOttf*. Nd A WOMAN HAS err little dtwlre to enjoy the pleasure* of life, sod la entirely unfilled for the cares of bo usm keeping oe any ordinary duties, If afflkte.l with SICK HEADACHE DAY AFTER DAY end yet there arc few diseases that yield more promptly to proper medical treatment. It Is therefore of the utmost Importance that a reliable remedy should always bo at hand. During a period of moN SIXTY YEARS thete has been no Instance reported where snob eases hare not been permanently and PROMPTLY CURED BY the use of a single box of the genuine and Justly celebrated DR. C. McLANE'S LIVER PILLS, which may be procured at any Drug Store, or win be mailed to any addreas on the receipt of 25 cents In postage stamps. Purchasers of these Pills should bo careful to procure the genuine article. There are several counterfeits on the market, well calculated to deoelve. The genuine Dr. C. Mcfane's Celebrated LJver Pills are FLEMING BROTHERS CO., Pitfbargh, F?. ^ S .n U 44 i IF YOU OWN CHICKENS YOU WANT-p \ THEIR i THEM TOJ^X WAY I even If you merely keep them a* a diversion. In or | Acr to handle Fowls judiciously, you must know ocftetblng about tliem. To meet ihU want we in Mling book airing the experience/f|n|M of t practical poultry nlttr fbrlvnlj lOOi tweatyflrc year*. It wm written by a mau who put all hie mlert. end time, end money to making a ?uoeeeaof Chicken raising?not as a pastime. but aa a tmrtnoaa and If yon will profit by bia twenty-lira year*' work, yon can mtu many Chick* annually. PV|\\W f " Raising Chickens." I and ma*"! jour Fowls earn dollar* for yog. The ? point la, that jrou mutt be able to detect trouble n* I (be Poultry Yard a* aoon a* It appears, and know how to remedy It. This t ook will teach you. M It fella how to detect ajid cure dlyease; to feed for m ecu* and al?o fof rattening; which fowl* to save for m breedfna pur|io*ea; and ererythlng. Indeed. you U ~ ahould know on this cut Jert to make It profitable. M ... Sent postpaid r r twenty-five cent* In tc. or ta. I ' stamp* ji )o.' i Book Publiuhlng Houso, M " ~ij