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at ' * ;1 f * THE FARM AND GARDEN. TK8T FOR WHOLSSOMR MILK. , I A good way to tell when to use new milk from the cow is to bring a sample to a boil and if it curdles then do not 1 use it, but if it remaius limpid it is all 1 right. This test should be used always ' before sending milk to the factory, ' though perhaps it is not so important when the milk is peddled on a route, 1 though this colostrum tends to savo the 1 milt . : rv->? I uiii? tu itoiui cawgi ? auiuiituu i/aujr* man. ] ?? i APPLE BUTTER FOR MARKET. Why do not farmers who have large amounts of apples that do not pay for drawing long distances to market try the plan of turning soaie of the surplus into apple buttar? It requires considerable labor, as it is a branch of manufacture; but the farmer who has invested labor in this way is surer to get pay for it than he is for most of his work on the farm. As far as possible the farmer should put the product of his farm iu the form where it will bring him mo3t money, and if he thereby turns his farm at some seasons into a factory he may bo none the less prosperous.?New York Herald. AN ELECTRIC INCUBATOR. A novelty in the hatching of eggs has appeared in the shape of an electric incubator. The special feature of this machine is that the heat of the egg drawer is automatically regulated to the fiftieth part of a degteo Fahrenheit. It consists of a tank incubator, heared by radiation from the bottom of u water tank, which is constructed ou the multitubular system. When the egg drawer reaches the temperature of 104 degiees Fahrcuheit an electric thermostat connects a dry battery with au electro-magnet which actuates a damper, allowing the heat to escape through the open air instead of passing through tuo dues of the water tank. This entirely automatic device is said to elfeot a saviug of thirty per cent, in the fuel used for heating.? Boston Transcript. cows IN WINTER. Feed to a considerable extent determines the quality aud quantity of the milk aud butter. It does not pay to keep a cow on half rations and hardly get a good milking at any time during the winter. In rao3t cases both the milk and butter are of more value during the ?*< winter thau at any other time, and generally enough more to make it worth while to give the cows good treatment during the winter. They must be fed enough to live, at least, and they ougiit to have enouga to keep them thrifty, as there is no advantage iu letting tnem run down during the winter and then bo obliged to take the best part of the spring to make up what has beeu lost. A little additional feoa will not only keep them thrifty, hut in many cases insure a good flow of milk, and this implies a prolit rather thau a loss, as is so often the case wnen the cows arc fed on the plan of barely keeping them alivo through the winter.?Bt. Louis ltepublir?_ . ? THE CISTERN RESOURCE., I J ' How much will your cistern hold?" I asked a friend, relates Holiistcr Sage. * 'Oh, half a dozen hogsheads or more. I1 Jt ify ^|1 " ?.T.9uu?t",H.\'v'?T<j'nt ?ei I JJ contaminated by soil-leacliiugs! Cheap ' enough if the cistern be well ma le and lasts for twenty years, a reasonable time b frequently exceeded. IIow many farms r( are considered almost worthless because poorly watered, and if one or more t( cisterns wero put in?the work can bo done by auy farmer?drouths would be tided over aud no trouble made. I have now in mind a place where the only ? source of supply is a well which fails on u the first provocation. It is offered low. Auother place near it, and also poorly ' ? watered, has a spacious cistern uuder a 1 barn, kept full by its roof, and although the farmhouse has been burned, the g place is still held at over $100 per acre. 1 A lane leads from the pasture to the farmyard, where a trough is kept full coustantly by use of a pu up. The "?& thirsty herd comes up for food and Jt* shelter. In the West, eveu in many jjrvJ .gating. cistern water gives the solo uuuply. The cleanly house-owner pumps dry his supply reservoir and has it cleaned thoroughly before the autumn or April rains begin. As soon as this is done the cistern is allowed to fill, closed tightly and kept so for the year. Fresh, copious water of spring lasts until the I earth is sprinkled, the fall dust laid aud nil I I... <r?o it tl,? ? (? iiiv IVM ? VJ W?\/?I II c? rr c? J J TT UVU | u VlIO supply be short, the great distillery of the heavens is again allowel to pour in a sufficiency. ? Now York Tribune. PLANTS FOH WINTRR. The fall is the time for preparing those plants that arc choseu to brighten the home with leafage and bloo.n during the winter. The first poiut to bo considered is tho choice of the plants. Young hroatiiing plants are always to he preferred rather than those that arc exhausted with blossoming during tho summer. It scctus almost heartless to leave tall, thrifty plants to the mercy of the frosts, but not only their prolonged blossoming has wcakeue 1 them, but their rapid growth under summer suns has rendered them less hardy. Feeblo plants should never be taken into the window garden unless it be to save some favorite species. Examine the earth carefully and see that it is free from insects and grubs. It is a good plan to put ^tanfuls of loamy garden earth and loaf mold mixed into the oven, and bake it half an hour. This will kill all injects, and when the earth is cool is is ready to use. Out oil all water-soaked roots, and then press the earth lirmly around the plants, using always the common red earthen pots with separate saucers for each pot. Keep repotted plants in a shady place for a week or so, until the roots are well ^ settled in their new homes. J)o not let *. f % these plants bloom for a month or two, Sggftfft but pinch off all buds, that the strength J^BL of the plant may ba concentrated in the ' IjfeTocts, in order to produce a new, rigorSEgbus growth of branches. In choosing the windows for plants K enduring the winter those with gay-colored Ablossoms need all the sunlight they can JPnave, and for them a south window is m A southeast window is the I -9 next most desirable, then a western window, while a north light is worst of There are a few nlanta, like pansies, ? primulas nn * Cornelias, that like the shade 5 and thrive in northern light, and a north? era window is useful to place blooming lA plants in from (ime to titno, thns* proLonging the short life of the sprays of [lowers. The beat success in indoor plant growth comes from a uuiform temperature of Sfty to sixty degrees at night and from sixty to sevcnty-Sve degrees duriug the ilay. A higher temperature is ouly needed by semi-tropical flowers. Plants not only need a cooler temperature in the night, but also darkness, aud it is neglect of this fact that is one of the causes of the lanky growth of house plants. Shield plants with newspapers in the evening if the gas in the room is lighted. The paper will keep both heat and light from the plants. Another cause of spindling growth is lack of air. Plants shut up in the house get seusitivc, and are liable to suffer if there is a sudden fall in temperature, but if they are given plenty of fresh air daily, uuless the day is very inclement, the plants will thrive and be sturdy. Do not open a window directly on plants in winter weather, but rather let the fresh air filter in more gradually through a distaut door or window. Plants in windows should be turned once or twice a week. A fiuo form, which is half the beauty of a plant, cannot be attained without this. Plants should also be shielded from the dust which arises in sweeping and dusting rooms. A newspaper is suitable to present the settling of dust over them, but this ca:*o is not enough. Each plaut must be washed thoroughly and frequently to keep its pores unclogged, for plants breathe through them. They cannot grow if their means of inhaling carbon and exhaling oxygen is taken from them. Showering plants over a tub or sink is a good way to remove du3t, but hold the plant sidewise, so both sides of the leaves will be reached by the water. Large plants which cannot be easily noved should have their leaves washed gently with a sponge on both sidejk? Boston Globe. FARM AND GARDF.N NOTES. Hons that aro crowded will not layt Hens will not lay when shivering with cold. Do not change all tho old hens for young pullets. Dispose of any old hons you do not wish to winter. The size of the sheep should bo gaged to suit the pastures. Comment nnd brau with milk is a good feed for ducks. The manure from the pig is valuable in prnportiou to the food consumed. Use nothing but pure bred male?, no matter how your (locks may be made up. Fruits and flowers have beou rightly called "children of the light woven from sunny air." Bear in mind that the sooner the hens pass the moulting season the sooucr they begin laviug. Do not risk too many flocks together. Small flocks carefully tended will givo the best results. You cannot alford to buy all your home supplies, no matter how big crops pou grow to sell. No one can afFofd to buy manure un. il he lias first made use of every pouud rodueed at home. af ueitt-r tn ah a large one that jusl 'pulls through." Young hens and the early pullots will ring more money now than as "old 303ters" next spring. During the winter it is quite an item a arrange so that the fowls can have as rnch sunlight as possible. What is a good sheep? It all depends n what the sheep is wanted for aud the aan who take3 care of it. Stick to the breed that you have dono veil with. Improve aud build it up ather than let i. fall back. When a sheepman finds occision for grumbling it would be well to quit tne business aud try somcthiug else. uive tnc young pigs plenty of succulent food. A slop made of bran and potatoes makes au excellent food. No mercy should be shown to the dog that rushes out and barks, at. ? icam. rie snouia be shot at sight. If you have no extra feed do not buy \ lot of stock this f ill because it is cheap. It will be dear (to you) before spring. Do not wait till you are obliged to give full winter feed before you begin to add auything to that gotten from the pasture. If the fowls get too fat give then some grain not rich in carbc-hydrates. Oats as a single food will tend to lesseu the fat. If you have late hatched turkeys it will be well to see that they do not get out into the grass until the dew is oil, even though the suu is bright. Using ewes that have borne twin lambs, raising young ewes from twins and using rains that were twius, have given good results in increasing the proficiency of the flocks. The Wiaconsiu experiment station sayi that 100 pounds of sweet wlicy is worth seven ceuts as a promoter of flesh an 1 health in calves, but sour whey is not worth anything. This is a poiutcr that may be followed to advantage. Oklahoma's Water Tr?o. The people of Stillwater, Odahoma, are greatly mystifie I over a remarkable phenomenon which exists near that town. In the field of Robert Copper, south of that place, stands a large Cottonwood tree, with its branches leaning out over the bed ot a little creok. A few week ago a party of picnickers stopps 1 un ler the tree and were startled by finding that tnere was a continual shower of water falling from its leaves and branches. It is in the shape of a fine mist or drizzle, but can be plainly felt and seen at all times. Although it had not raiucd in that part of the territory for weeks, the fall of water from that tree has kept up continually, aud crowds of people come from a distanco every day to view the wonderful curiosity. Those scientifically inclined speculate, theorize and give it up, the superstituous ones shake their heads oininotiily, hut the tree keeps right on sending down its shower, and whenever the sun is shining a beautiful rainbow can bo seen under its branches. Who can cxplaiu the mystery.?Chicago Herald. The morning star, or spiked ehib. came into use in the Eleventh Ceuiury. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. \ BAKE BREAD DURING DAYLIGHT. All kinds of raised bread or cake rise A much quicker in a kitchen in the day time when the kitchen is warm, than at night, when the fire is out, Thcrefote ? five or six hours in the day are equal to twelve hours at night. In cold weather anything made with yeast should be ^ made early in the evening, that it may * get started to rise before the kitchcu is cold. Somo house-keener* keen a nlnen , . 1 r - i? of an old ironiu? blanket, kept cloao, to ^ fcld and lay over the cotton or lioen w bread cloth, to keop the biead warm rfl while rising.?Boston Cultivator. at TO PRESERVE PEPPERS. . Take a mixture of red, green and yet- ch low peppers, cut off the tops and remove as the seeds, throw them into brine suffi- w clently strong enough to float an egg, tl and stand aside for twenty-four hours; n then drain and wash them, put the pep- jt pere carefully into stone jars, sprinkle a layer of salt over each layer ??f peppers, ^ When the jar is full put two or three jji cabbage leave3 over the top, then a j( small saucer to keep them in the brine; ^ stand in the cellar until ntoled. Tnc day before you wish to use them take a @ sufficient number from the brine and e: soak them over night iu cold water. Thoy may then be stuffed with a mixture e, of meat and rice or rice and tomatoes.? New York World. w v ir COMFORTS FOR SERVANT8. la Certainly the hardest workiug woman C( in the house should have at night as comfortable a bed as anyone, but very jj, often this is not the case even in lux- a, urious houses, a spriuglcss cot being rt thought good enough for the girl's m room. Though in a city home, the a room of the maid-of-all-work is a small jn hall bedroom on the top floor. This w may still be neat, even fiue in its tippointmcnts, with dainty spreads, cou- Q| venient toilet articles and a whole looking-glass. There should be a bureau of ftI some description, with a draw reserved f/\l> Kap tntifnla nnrl linnn oa UUllUl 11(111 biiu OlfiVJ ?/i nu ?"?V vw<?- spoonful* baking powder. Boat tlie 'i whites and yolks of tl.o eggs separately, b and add last. Bike iu small muffin pans v in hot oven. u Milk Biscuit ? Two cupfuls sifted ^ flour, add two tenspoonfuls bakiug pow- 1 der, mix and ?<ld one heaping teaspoon- I ful of cold butter, cut in bits, mix through the flour, then slowly add suf- ' ticicnt sweet milk to make a soft dough; 1 roll and cut out; bake in a very quick oven. Floating Island of Apples?Bake nine j apples; when col l sift. Beat in unong i sugar to sweeten. Add the wliitei of five f eggs, flavor with row wafer, mix until f light and heap on ccld boiled custard ( inade from the live yelks of the eggs, a cupful of sugar, a pinch of salt and one quart of milk. Mushroom flauoe for Fowls ? Peel about a pint of young mmliroo ns or mo a can of canned mushrooms; put them t into a saucepan with a little salt and ] pepper, a vary little mace, a pint of rich, ] a<Y<'At M??m and a crilt of butter rubbed up with a teaspoonful of flour; boil up I once and serve in a Kravy boat. m I The house where the poet Longfellow was born, corntr of Fore and Hancock streets, Portland. Mo., has been purchased by John Mus^rave of that city, who is rcmodelinsr the interior. He is | bothered a {food Heal by relic hunter", 01 c admirer of Longfellow (foin<? so far tb?- other nay as 10 walk oil with a man- i telpiece. 4wi uvt wu 10 ouu uuu nuuU| oy mail auy ^| need not call on the mistress for these jj, things common enough in the rest of ^ the chambers, but luxuries here. A very good way to appreciate a girl's ^ weariness by those who seem never to dream that she can get tired, is to try { sotne day to take her place. After get- j, ting thoroughly tired out with half the work undone, the mistress begins to understand what day after day of do- 0, mestic toil means. When on Tuesday ^ an ambitious girl is hurrying to com* _ plcte a large ironing iu one day, it is hardly fair to call ou her repeatedly to C( do something else, as often happeus when there is only oue servant.?Detroit ^ Ft ee Press. fr CHEMISTRY OF THE BAKED POTATO. ^ Usually the first vegetable prescribed by the physician for tho sick person who is beginning to uso solids is a bake 1 p, potato. A baked potato, however, may el be no better thnu a boiled unless it be u done in so high a temperature that the starch is affected. Boiled potatoes cannot be subjected to a higher temper- ol aturc than 212 degrees Fahrenheit. Ci Baked potatoes may bo doiic in such L n way that they are little better thau m boiled-?for instance, done in a slo v Cl oven. On the other hand, if they are Uf Dill into a -a?ra 'hot oven'" they will be done iu such a B, manner that the conversion of starch w will in a degree take place and the po- tt tato be eonscqnently palatable and easily ft digested. Potatoes roasted in hot e.u- b bers are delicious and for tho same reason. The high degree of heat cooks e< the starch properly, but it must not be 0 understood that by cooking potatoes in n a high temperature tho starch which ^ they contain is all changed into dex- t] trine. This does not usually take place a except in slight degree; however, by j the high temperature it is better pre- r pared for this change in the processes n of digestion. Probably what does take q place is a sort of hydration of the starch, resulting in the complete swelling ami final bursting of the granules. Just at . the mimcnt when this takes place the potatoes are done and should bo immc- . diately taken from the tire and served at ! once.?3t, Louis IhuuihUo-,? _ __ JL nBCIPK8. " * Golden Cako?Three cupful* of flour, ft. one cupful of butter, one cupful of milk, fl two teaspooufuls of baking powder, two q cupfuls of sugar, the yolks of eight eggs u and the whites of one. a Cabbage Salad?Select a solid head, and one that is white after the outside p leaves are taken oil; lay on a board, and with a sharp knife cut fine; set in ico 0 ho* until ready to use. c Canned Salmon ? If you prefer it b heated, immerse >t in a kettle of boiling y water until heated through, or put it in b the steamer over a kettle of boiling ii water; open and draiu off all the liquid, a then remove to a platter, taking out any a skiu or poor pieces. Garnish with para- (. ley. v Pop-Overs?Three eggs, throe cups t of flour, three cups of milk, a little salt, b U..H l._lf ll,? oI-.? ~r nr. r> ? iO.? tni . fi ,ii' )' -? . "fiOUND-f r OF OATTL E PECUXJA.kfl'ACL CEREMONY ON WJB8TJfcN BANOHES. b ?7? tl ho Operation ot Branding thn Cat- )* tie?Curiosities ot Brands?Steal(lift Cattle W Changing Marks, V THROUGH the mouths of Octo- ni I f In 1 ilftij f~Tg[ii 11111I1 in a peculiar n 1 piremony^^joiog on at the k "y huuuicds ranches of A i? Northwest. It is the tjill4'round.up," r< hen the stock is drired to the. "home p inch" or headquarters for "cutting it" the marketable steers and branding n: it aoimals that may hare escaped the a on in their days of calfhood. Long a 1 t<a f oS/lin/w An fUn nnxf A f tLn >? nnll Is ?> o Ui iuiiu^ VII bUQ pill b VI tug I nugii v isistauts precede the gathering, and ti hen the thousand or more head of cat- r< e that have been feeding all summer ou p le plains are collected in the big corral b is a splendid Bight. p On the hip ol every grown animal ii icre is a scries of scars, showing their tl ealcd surfaces through the sleek hair. h . is the trademark of the praries. By s; s perfect system the cattle can be iden- e Bed as if by name, and the buyer in hicago, Omaha or Kansas City knows ti isctly as he sends a mixed carload o(T si > the packing houses from which ranch ii ich came. f< Branding requires one or two men ith lariats andone man with the brand- b ig iron. AVYth AllUal hands tho b issos are thrown, catching the steer or H iw by horns and hind foot. Perhaps " le victim is tumbled on its back, per- b aps not. At any rate, in a moment the b isistant has run from the lire with the ^ ;d-hot iron in his hand, pressed it a | B' lomeut on tho shrinking Bauk: there is P little puff of smoke, a smell of burn- b ig flesh, and beneath is a mark that ill remain until the creature's death, seems cruel, but it is a necessary plan f identification. < Hard as it is to capture and hold the t .: l ti. :a it jiuiiti lit ia aiuiuab cquuiiy uiiiiuuii iu lut t r>. At the iustaat the ropes are loosened le frightened beast,never before touched y human hands, leaps to his feet eager >r an object upon' which to wreck veneance. For a man on horseback the ecr has the utmost respect, but for ian or horse separately absolutely no iar. Either is helpless in a herd of exas steers. The marking system is based upon igistration of brands. Every man who wns stock on the great prairies where mces are uukuown must select a brand -letter, Ugure, fanciful design or nomination ? and register it with the >uuty and State officers as well as with ittle associations. His braud must bo istinct from all others, hence the steer lut has strayed during the summer om Southern Wyoming over into Neraska or Northern Kansas is quickly leutiticd at the annual round-up. Inmeters arc stationed at the shippirg oints to intercept and seize for the beuiit of the cattle associations any auiinal ot described iu the bill of sale. The old-time brands are notel for leir intricacy and fancifulness. Some f them almost cover the flank of the ittlo and make the hide worthless, etter brands arc common, many stocken using their own initials. The ditfilltv of securinsr a brand not previously led has led to bars over ftiki under the unonty?khuwo W'TKiSy Tffttcrs?and railar devices. Flying letters are < rittcn with red hotpoken and continue le letter proper into lor [?, straggling ourishes. Of late yes a the figure rands liave become the fa' brites. Outnes of axes, shears, boots, eggs, arrows, tc., are likely to be found/ on the stock f small owners, though the brand of tie Sidney Dillon ranches is a rude raitsn. The thousands of cattle owned by ' ho Earl of Freund are marked "76," nd the brand is almost as familiar in Jurope among cattle owners as on the j augos of Nebraska and Wyomiug. Sentor C'arey brands his herds 4,C. Y." 'he Oelrich ranches have the "bar H," r this, "?H." Occasionally a man rith a short name will put it in full on is stock, but it is needless cruelty. A few years ago it was not uncommon j ir poor, but energetic, young men to . tart in life on the plaia^wijji uo capital zed in the world's gooffs. 6y patiently" " " issooing one unmarked animal after aother and leaving a trademark on its ank, a respectable herd was soon ac- ^ uired. A violent attack of hemp fever t as also acquired if tho "rustler'' was aught. Changing brands was also a favorite ursuit with the rustler. Adding a letjr, figure or device, or by some means* 1 bliterating the murk already on was otninon. The story is still told in No- 1 raska of the Napoleon of Cattledora, rho invented the spade brand, formed >y heating a spade red hot and slapping t on the creature's tlauks, obliterating II previous hrauds. lie was invited to necktie party and never leturned. 'hanging O G cattle into BOO ras reported by the papers last year,And lie Three Ones Hanche found that its rand "111" was being transformed by orne unknown depredator into MH 1." 'he only method by wh?Wrl? brand can >e legally wiped out is by venting" it, vhich means placing the original brand ipside down under the one first burnod. 1 steer that has changed hands several inies thus often comes to preseuta crazy mtchwork appearance. At the fall round-up thero are found nany cattle without a mark. They were nisscd when calves or were born after he spring branding and are termod mavericks." The word is one peculiar o the West and has come to mean any onesome individual owued by nobody ind claimed by uone. Tno inavericks ire gathered by themselves and sold at motion, the proceeds going to the cattle i.ssociations to help pay for inspectors sud registration. ?Detroit Free Press. THK ONI;t TB9T. Bister?What! I>o yon mean to say .hat you have engaged yourself to that Belle Blondic, and intcu<Vlo bsfejjj- the torrid thing into the family Brother?llomdwHiing|J?rif/eard you tell her you loved fitjfakntrly. Bister?Huh! Yflfn never heard me tell anyone else so.?York Weekly. ? i?ii > ?TEItT FEW OA*. Algy?Tliere goes the?r#-4inost inteller'.ual fellah in ouah Stt, (holly?Ah! '<( Algy-Ho can distinguish differrn'o between this yeah'-s Dei?V hataul "T About Pillows tor B?4k ^? The use of a pillow is not a matter of lere blind usage. It has a physiological asis. We sleep for the most part on ie sido, and without a pillow the head ould be uncomfortably and harmfully iwor than the body. It will be re* lera bored that Jacob, when fleeing from sau, took a stone for a pillow. He aeded something for the purpose, and othlng better than a stone presented it* >lf. Such practices are common in .frica at the present day. Some peoples ?t the neck Instead of the head on hard illows. In Africa extraordinary headgears take this uractioo necessarr. and manv civilized woman has been compelled bj somewhat similar coiffure to forego oth the pillow and the recumbent poa* ire. A consideration of the phyaiologal 3ason for pillows will suggest their roper thickness. They should merely ring the head to tho natural level. Some illows are much too thick. By bend* ig the nock unduly they interfere with lie outflow of the veuous blood from the ead. The pillow that just fills up the pace above the shoulder best suits its ud. Again, pillows of feathers are objecionable. While they furnish tho needed ipport for the head, they are too heatig. as they have a remarkable capaoity >r holding and accumulating heat. It should bo remembered that more lood, and hence more beat, goes to tho cad than to any other part of the body, [cad-heating pillows are against the diolesorae maxim, "Keep the feet warm, ut the head cool." There is nothing otter than the hair pillow. Further, lie pillow i* .or the. bead, not for the lioulders. 1 o rest the shoulders on the illow defeats tho very end for which it > u?cd.?New York Advertiser. The Muses. !v itio Muses were demi-gods, or, rather, lenii-goddesscs, the patrons of litera* ure, music, poetry, dancing and the ino arts generally. They dwelt upon :he three sacred mountains, Helikou, Parnassus and Pindus, in Greece, and :here were nine of them. Clio was the muse of history. She is YAnarallv rr>nr?apnfaH rftrririnar ft mil of S~~ j I?8 " manuscript. Melpomene was the muse >f tragedy and is made to wear a mask ind sometimes carry a sword or club, rhalia was the muse of comedy and buresque. She wore a mask and carried a ihepherd's crook. Then came Calliope, .he muse of heroic poems, sometimes sailed the chief of the Muses. She tarried a writing tablet and a stylus. Urania presided over the study of asronomy. In the representations she tits beside a globe, holds a compass with one haud, while with the other ihe points upward to the stars. Euterpe iresided over music. She was figured is playing the flute. The muse of song ind oratory was Poljhymnia, or Poly India, generally pictured in an attitude of ;outemplatiou and wearing a laurel wreath. Love and marriage songs had Erato for their inspiiation. Erato wore i wreath and played on a large lyre with many strings. Terpsichore was the last of the musei. She presided over dauciug, and is represented as wreath crowned ind carrying a lyre., Mnemosyne, meaning "memory," was the "mother of the muses." T>1f roPf ftrrnmnri n Iirnminnnt ?il??i Rohie, aud are the subject of very frequent allusion iu literature.?Now York Voice. Ilnisrg Her Own Te?. Mrs. Increase Sumner, of Starke, Bradford County, raises her own tea and has treated her guests to cups of the homemade beverage, which was pronounced delicious. She says that owing iu mjMu growm sue nas to cut oil the bushes every three or four years, while in China this is done only once in seven years. She gathers three crop* a year; the lincst tea coats $15 a pouud, but will not stand a sea voyage, and never gets further than Russia; but her bushes fur nish it to her for the picking.?Florida Dispatch Siberia is said to be a country of enor* nous natural wealth, which no effort las yet been made to develop. rTeliuT Joiis ll. UicKsrU'rujc TO.'. Brutal, Boise City, Idaho, will use the boiling vater from artesian wells near the city o hent its houses. Rkecham's PiLia cure bilious and nervous llnese. Heecham's tills sell well because hov cure 2R cents ft hoTThe pine tree is said to attain an age of rom 500 to 700 years. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson's Kye-water.Druntrlsln sell at J5c. per bottle The moose in Penobscot County, Maine, are getting 60 accustomed to the Canadian Pacific's trains that they gaze calmly at the locomotive and are notdis turbed in the least by whistle* or hissiug steam iota^ Your Work in l.llr. A series of 1$ articles by successful men In as many pursuits is onenf too many stroii* groups of art icles wnic i are annnuncd in Th^ Y>iUth <t Ciimnan on for 1?ICI. "T.ic Bravest Deod 1 Kver Saw" Is the topic of another aeries by United State. (ionerals.Tlio prospectus for the coming year of The Cnn?p?Mi?n?? is more varied and gen* ero is t ban ever. Those who subscribe a*, once will receive the paper free to .Ian. 1, 1HQ0,and lor a lull vear from that date.Only $1.75ayear. Address The Yovth'sCom pan/on, Uo/ton, Masa Water cress contains much sulphur and is one of tho best remedies for scurry known. It should be eaten raw with salt. . Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That "' n l a I a .llermry. As mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell ami completely drrunge the whole system when entering it througi! the mucous surfaces. Huch articles should never he used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the priori you can possilily derive from them, llalrs Catarrh Cure manufactured hy F.J. Chcnev Ar Co.. Toledo. 0.,contains no mercury, and is taken internally, uud acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's t 'atarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, ana mad* in Tolerio, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney Ar Co. Mr Hold by Druggists, price 76r. per bottle. A man is called a confirmed liar when nothinur that he says is confirmed. The Only One Ever Printed. car vod FIND TUB WORD? The<eiaa3 inch display adveriUement in this paper. (hi* week, which baa no two words all e except one word. The same la true o? each new one appearing each week, from The I?r. Ifarter Medicine <*o. ThU house p ace* a nreacent" on everything they make and pub1 h. liook for It. send them the n vine of the word and they will return yon B'>ok, beautiful nttbooaju>u or bajcplbb ma - A ChlH Ul?n The pleasant 0?v<u-, gentle notion end sooth- W ing effect of Syrup of Figs, when In need of e I laxative, end If the father or mother be cos- I tlve or bilious, the moet gratifying results fo!- fl low Its use; so thst it is the. hoot family rem* B edy known end every family should here e B bottle. [ Mrs. ? Ot 1A5 Tremont St., Boston, was In very poor ' heslth, from bad circulation of the blood, bnv- T v?.rU8h "'Wood to the head, numb spells and physician said the veins were al must cmnuing ait over ner ooay. A collision with a double runner brought on neuralgia of the liver, causing great suffering. She could not take the doctor s medicine, so took HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA and soon fully recovered, and now enjoys perfect health. She says she could praise Hood's Sarsaparilla all day and then not say enough. Ilood's Pills are hand-made, and are perfect ln composition, proportion and appearancs. pMOTHERS'l ] FRIEND*' | Shortens Labor, H Lessens Pain, ] ; ; ; Endorsed by the Leading Physicians, ;; < | Ztoohtot,Moth*ra"n%9U?d FJtSJB. ][ * URADFIELD REGULATOR CO .; ] 2 ATLANTA, OA. C < g SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. ? < 4*2% : BileBe&ns Small. Guaranteed to cure Bilious Attacks, Sic*. Headache and Conatlpatloa. 40 In each bottle. Price C?c. For sale by druggists. Picture "7,17, 70" and sample dose fee*. J. f. 8WTH 4 CO., m?w fOfUL "Augms^fe? Flower" i " For two years I suffered terribly with stomach trouble, aud was for all that time under treatment by a physician. He finally, after trying everything, said my stomach was worn out, and that I would have to cease eating solid food. On the recommendation of a friend I procured M a bottle of August Flower. It seemed to do mc good at once. I gained strength and flesh rapidly. I feel now like a new man, and consider that August Flower has cured me." om Jas. E. Dederick, Saugerties, N.Y.8 V ?looA?Ml ?o I had a malignant breaking out on mv leg below the knee, and was cured sound andweU M with two and a half botilea of R|9RI ? Other blood medicines had failed to do me any good. wili. C. IJf.atv, ^ j I was troubled from childhood with nn | gravated ease of Totter, mid three bottles of IF3KS3I cured me iJcrinnnently. Klmfl Walla f. Mann, hrflMbeW Mar.nville, i. t. Our book on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Bwurr Bpecuio Co., Atlanta, Ua. It is better to take Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil 2 when that decline in health r d< begins?the decline which g precedes consumption? S rather than wait for the germ g to begin to grow in our lungs. r "Prevention is better than cure;" and surer. The saying never was truer than here. What is it to prevent consumption ? Let us send you a book on careful living ; free. Scorr ft Bown?, Chemists, 131 South jtHAvtiiua, N?? York. Yoiif di legist Useps Scott's Eannlaioa of cod-liver oM?alt druggists everywhere do. ft, 4 ? PWi Remedy tor OaUnt1 la the neat, Katsst to V->, and Cheapest. IB Hoia hy rtrtiyyiW nr m?h Ivy ~%.ll M 60c. K. T Haaelttne, Warren, Pa. | , LUXURIES?UUSVILUE BLANKETS. j Housekeepers SW lb., H4. Carolina's Vrlde, lb , \ I 90 per pair. J,-i3*vllle Honest Jeanv-Urey, Pi owe ( and Hlaofc?'J0c., 40c. and 00e. per yard. Kersey Oray. M 1 -?c. Brown, 40>- a yard; very ?ooo_ , , Woof Yarn, all colors, Ac. a hank. If J0W oeaVec does not keep these goods order csf J. \V. IM OTT * CO.. *paalal hailing Agta., areeusfcare, X. C. ??? ' PI llfmH, oamaw, ie bsnrts. Injnro tba Iron, and buiil ?*- :-^g This lUnni Bun Btota Polish la Brilliant. OB?r-1 rriag,'&ywg?^'s?gg 1 ^ PIURM atihgInventeo^ navigable balloon 1th to find aom? party with CAPITAX to dejp it. For particulars address II. OliAXI* tOOK, 913 Jnrviw St..Toronto. Canada. sjysvs,t?ftiiif,r!,?,s!?5sss^ [suiting physician, IMS North Tenth St., Phllad.i. Ail tetter? confidential. Advice >Vre. ; jr s?-m .la stamps for sample of Dlt. I.ATfttKK'9 EAUAC1IE (hNKUHAl.UlA T.l Bl.liTS. Cores Consumption, Cougfcl,Crotip, Soro hroAt* Sold by a]l Druggists on a Guarantee.' THE ONLY TRUE Sp IRON if TONIC prcisa disorder, build strength, renew t appetite, restore licaltli and 1 vluorof youth. Drspcnsln, Indigestion, tliut UredfceW lug absolute! y eradicated. Mind brlRhtenod, brain 1 "rtWu* ltlf?rAAl?lt. I a |k Ji A 'lionvi, I inirP clcs, rccclvo new fore*. I 111 r \ antbsrtnK from complaints P? LBIIILU collar lottielrsex.uslasH, find a safe, speedy cure. Return* yiiq bloom ou checks, beautifies Complcxlaa. Bold ev?.y where- All genuine foo<l? hear Crescent." Bend n<!centsUuip for32-pag* pamphlet. W. METER Mf ICIW1 CO.. ?t UoU. ??. A Choice Gift V Y Y Y< > ! A Grand Family Educator v<' A Library in Itself V V \T< [ I The Standard Authority I : :: \ \ NEW FROM COVER TO COVER. < < Fully Abreast of tho Times. * J IP Successor of tho authentic "lln*-4 < bridged " Ton vearn soent In ro.Uin. A < y 100 "editors employed, over 5200,000 * . < expended. _____ x I (* SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. ^ 1 I ?wwws?e^sy*lTerntTr."Lolfl edlllon*. :: pSra *>***??*> o o. & C. MERRIAM CO., PublUhors, , ! < Springfield, Mass., U. 8. A. .> ?? A WOMANHAS ry llUle desire to enjoy the pleasures of life, sad M ttrelr unfitted for the earrs of housekeeping o? . ordinary duties. If afflicted with SICK HEADACHE DAY AFTER DAY 4 yet there are few diseases thst yield more ompUr to proper medical treatment. It la therere of the utmost Importance that a reliable remedy sold always be st hsud. During s period of mors SIXTY YEARS Me has been no Instance reported where so-jfc MS hST# not been permanently and PRniiDTiv niiorn ? nwmi hi vuniiU ' 1 l' . DR. C. McLANFS LIVER PILLS, lleh nujr b? procured at any Drue Store, or win bo toed to aay tdirw* oa Um receipt of SB oenta la taft atom pa. hirektMri of Uiaoa Pllla Bould bo oareful to proro the genuine article. There err *everal counterIta oo too market, well calculated to deceive. Tho uulne Dr. O. HcLeno's Celebrated Liver Pllla are aaufaetured only bj LEMIgtf BBOTKEM CO., PltUbargk. fa. 8. N U. 48 F YOU OWN CHICKENS '0X3 WANTT?> A -XT' TIIEIR 'HEM TOA X WAY ran If *oa merely keep lhero an a diversion. la or* *r to handle Fowl* judiciously, you mu*t know imethtng about them. To meet thl* went wo aro tiling a bonk giving I he experience < flnlw 41a I a practical poultry ralrc-r forlUWj CUUi renty-flve year*. It waa written by a man who put II hla mind, and time, and money to making a tuoMeof Chicken ralalng?notaa a pastime, but a* a aatnnaa ami If you will profit by hi* twenty-Are ear*' work, you oaa save many Chick* annually, " fialtinf mA 58}^ how to unity it. SjHfhiMtr It uu? how ^ ^ ** ^1 ^r#l&r MMWP* ^ ^ PuflH "