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FISHING ON THE LAKES. I Jf IMPORT AWT WINTER INDUSTRY OP THR WEST. fbe Fisb Supply tor Elfht Grest States ? The Kind of Boats and Nets Used in tho Business. FEW of tho distinctly Weslcrn industries are more interesting or of greater public importance than the fisheries of the great lakes. The charming blue of the waters, their freshness, the beauty of tho species of fish takou aud the methods employed r ywnrtno depths of these great seas are taken tens of thousands of tons of fish every year, and the food supply of at least eight States is vadUy richer and .better for it. Lake whitefisb, trout and ,jjiKe una welcome place in tboir season on the menus of hotel* throughout the North, and caviar is manufactured of such quality and quantity that not only the homo demand is supplied in tbo main, but a considerable amount is exported to Germany and other European countries. t Each lake has a distinct character in Its fisheries. WhitoGsh are the great fish of Lake Superior, lake trout of Huron und Michigan, and herring an 1 bluo piko of Erie. All apccies aro found in all the I lakes, and a considerable quantity of ( each is taken in every ono of them, but o tbo predominant species caught gives in- d dividuality and character to the whole. * " In size of catch Erlo raukt " firsl, with Michigan second, Huron a c'ovj third ^ and Superior fourth. L&ko Erie alone 1 yields about twenty-hvo thousand tons of ' lish annually, two-fifths of wh ch Is lake 1 herring, a smaller species of tho whitefish family that rarely exceeds a foot in length and a pound in weight, but rivals the whitcfish itself in beauty of scale and the mothcr-of-pcnri effects of sunlight on its silvery sidc3 when taken from tho water. Bluo piko comprises another liftb, rivaling the color of Ono blued steel iu splendid metallic luster. About one-tenth is sturgeon, the largest species of lako tish, and one of the most uncanny looking. They aro more common iu tho eastern on I of Liko Erie, aud sometimes reach many pounds in weifiit. Thnir rat>?_ wriif-ii h < taken weighing ns much as sixty pounds, wheu properly pickled and spiced, are the caviar of commerce, while from their bladders isinglass is made. This fish, iu the early days of lake Qsliing, was highly esteemed, but smoked sturgeon is now cured in large quantities and sells readily iu all the principal marko'.s of the country. The remaining three-tenths uru whitcfisb, saugcrs or saudpike, porch , .and bass. More than half the great catch of Lake Erie is sold while fresh. It is shipped on ice to all the cities and towns of Western New York and Pennsylvania and of Ohio and Indiana. About '5000 tons are aalted and sold over a wide urea in tho familiar "kits" and | quarter barrels, while 4000 tons are , frozen pud 1500 smoked. Tho thrco | greater lakes togothcr produce loss than ( '50,000 tons annually, a total gi /antic in , itself,'but small indeed compuroi with < !th6 product ui iittie Erie. , The fisherie??of the lakes are carried ( WB?-eeJ|^lUg5y)aU^vrtti^|g^ig5aof neta? the pound and ffi^gllFnot. "So J ml"1 *ro~ ~~ somctiuics used, and grapnels are employed to some extent in sturgeon fbh- ( ing, but at least ninety-five per cent, of | A all the lish taken is by the two means j named. The gill net is the oulj device used iu deep water. Where the depth exceeds fifty feet the pound net is unprofitable and impossible, and usually is not employed in a greater depth than twenty-live feet. The gill net is about six feet wide, a single sheet of meshes, varying iu openness with the size of fish to lie taken. Each not is about 300 feet | long, aud thoy are set togothcr iu gangs of forty to sixty nets. ( Thus each stretch of gill nets is between three and four miles in length. ( iiy means of floats on one sido nud sinkers on the other it takes an upright position on the bottom of the lake, where it ( is anchored nud its place marked by buoys and little Hags at the surface. The j fish iu swimming up or down the lake | strike this mazy stretch of twine, push throiufli it it thoy can, and those thnt are too large to pass through aro caught by the gills and held. It is a cruel method, because if the net is not lifted in a few hours tho fish is drowned aud will then soon bccomo worthless. Not infrequently iu November tho storms prevent a visit to the nets for several days, and often when they aie lifted under such circumstances there are hundreds of dead J and bloated fish in them. cu The pound net is a much more humane contrivance. It takes the fish alive and keeps them so until the fishermen come to remove them. It was first introduced on the lakes about 1850, and is the familiar net of Connecticut fishermen. It has three parts?leaders, fun- , nel or heart and bowl or pot. The fish strike the leaders, and if too large to pass through its mcahos turn aside and follow along to tho fnunel, and thence * VUIUU??l* lb IUVV IUO Kf\jrf 11 IIUIU WU1UU they rarely escape. Lifting a pound net consist, accordingly, of simply raising the bowl and scooping the fish from it into the boat, while the whole gill net , must he taken up and changed and wushed every timo it is visited. , A few years ago the fishing tug was a rarity. The dingy and pound-net sailboat were almost universal. But with the development of the industry tho em- , ploymcnt of the steam vig of from five to twenty tons burdeu came in rapidly. , A score of them are now in tho business in Erie, I'cnn., nearly as many in Cleveland, and many more in Sandusky. Thoy j will soon about entirely supplant tho sailboat, as steam is more certain than 1 the fickle wind, and getting fish to market promptly is quite as important as catching them. Lake Erie is now being fished very closely, and the catch per \ boat is correspondingly small. A few i years ago a gang of gill nets not infre- , quently yielded several tons at a lifting; , now it is rare that it reaches a ton, and ( the average is probably somewhat under | half that much. This is duo quite as . much to the larger uumber of nets as to , failing supply?perhaps almost wholly , to the former. Fish culture is replen- , lulling in a measure tho drain caused by , tho enormous annual catch, and more , may justly be expected of it a few years ] lienco.?Now York Advortisor. ( The present French Republic hns spent ^ two minarcu minion aoiinrs in impror> ( |ing tho wntorwAys of the country, which ] reach a total length of 7456 miles. All t HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. A rvruiu*li iCin?< An icing for cake that ii popular among French and German coo tea and, that ia economical becaoae it calia for no eggs, ia made from a half pound of powdered eugar, a tableapoonfnl of bpiling water, the grated, yellow rind of an orange, and enough orange juioe to moisten it. Put the augar In a bowl, then add the rind, next the water, and lastly the juice, and use at once. SAUCB8 Asn 1 'o ral n tt ts ikn A. ******** J *9 DUW VVIUU1VUVOII ^MIIOU IVfl ill kinds of cold meat, poultry, fish, etc. Horseradish is used for roast beef and fish. Slices of lemon are used for boiled fowl, turkey and fish and for roast beef and calf's head. Barberries, fresh or preserved, go with game. Currant jelly is used with game; alsb for custard or bread pudding. Apple sauce is for roast goose. Mint Is for roast lamb, hot or cold. Slicod Seville oranges for wild duck, widgeon and teal.?Now York World. SHOULD BR IN EVERT NORSRUY. In many nurseries in Eagland there Is o bo found upoq tho wall a large card, crimps two by throo feet. At the top if tho card Is written the name and adIress of the nearest doctor, or the one to c called in case of accident. Buneatn ro the words, w nat mi uu auu now to lo it.** There is a list of the accidents nost liable to happen to children and the remedy for each. Bites and swallowed buttons, bleeding nose, burns, ' convulsions, stings, bruises and sprain?, and poisons are all provided for; and in a box beneath the card aro kept absorbent cotton, court-plaster, lint, arnica, and various necessaries that aro only to bo used in casus of accident. When general chaos reigns, and even tho intelligent havo last their wits, this card is invaluable. To be able to read and understand it might be one of tho tests used in engaging a nursemaid. Printed cards could probably bo road more icadily than those written.?Now York Po3t. ELECTRICITY HKLl'd IN IIOUSBWOUK. Many little tasks about the houso may bo done by electricity with a great gain in convonienco. Take a slight and trilling matter as an instanc;. Grinding the codec take* some minutes. It can bo arranged so that the only attention Deeded is the pulling out of a small slide which allows the codec to fall into tho mill from a bin. Pulling out tho slide 9tart3 the motor, and when a given amount is ground and has fatten into the codec-pot below, the weight will* automeMcallv turn od the motor, thus leaving the codec in the pot ready to boil. Among the other things about the house that can bo done by electricity arc washing clothes, turning a clothes-wringer, a meat-chopper, a fruit ezpresser, an ico cream freezer, an egg boater, a cream extractor, which will tnko all tho cream out of the milk In an instant, and an oatmeal srusher. These and a bundled other Utile things are usually done wrong by donestics. By electricity they are dono ixactly right.?Detroit Freo Press. NEEDLESS WASTE. A few hints in regard to careless rastefulness are well worth considering. VnatA in th? klf^hnn in nflen ?.r? roui apparently trivial sources. In cooking meats the water is thrown >ut without removing the groase, or ths grease from the dripping pan is thrown iway. Scraps of meat are thrown away. Cold potatoes are left to sour and ipoil. Dried fruits are not looked after, and jccome wormy. Vinegar and sauce are left standing in bin. Apples aro left to decay for want of "sortiag over." The tea canister is left open. Vituals are left exposed to be oaten by the mica. Bones of meat and the carcass of turtoy are thrown away when they could i>e used in makin/r gotxl soups. Sugar, tea, coflee and rice aro careessly spilled in the handling. Dish towels are used for dish cloths. Soap is left to dissolve and waste in tho water. Napkins arc used for dish towels. Towels are used for holders. Brooms and mops arc not hung up. Moro coal is burned than necessary by not arranging dampers when not using the fire. Lights aro left burning when not used. Tin dishes are not properly cleansed and dried. Good, now brooms are used in scrubbing kitchen floors. Silver spoons are used in scraping kettles. Cream is loft to mold and spoil. Mustard is left to spoil in the cruse, . . .- - - I i'lcmes occomo sponea oy tne ieaKing >ut or evaporation of tho vinegar. Pork spoils for want of salt, and beef jecause the brine wants scalding. Hams become tainted or 'filled with rermin for want of care. * * Cheese molds and is eaten by mice and rermin. Tea and coffee pots are injured on the itove. Woodenware is unscalded, and left to warp and crack. And so on and on indefinitely, and it is important that the eye of the mistress be ever vigilant, no matter how competent the "holp" may be considered, or now thorough the housekeeper. ? Philadelphia Times. ~ Definition of a Tlioronfhbred. A thoroughbred horse is a race-horse racing back to Byerly's Turk, Darley Arabian or Oodolphin Arabian in tha nal3 lire. This breed of horse was derate ped in England, beginning two or ,hree hundred years ago. and are regu arly registered in the books kept for the purpose. Rigid rules as to pedigree are soforced before ao animal is admitted to registry. ''Standard" is a term used with reference to trotting horses. A btalllon that has trotted in 9:30, or better, is standard; if he has two colts that have a record of 2:35, or better, or If sithcr his sire or dam Is standard. A mare or gelding that has trotted in 2:30 !a standard. If both parents are standard die colt is also standard. A stallion that ins two colts in the 2:30 class is standtrd. There are some other rules on the mbject, which it is not necessary to de* i tail harp.?Courier-Journal... _ THE DESERT RAINSTORMS A LAND OF 1QCIHTY OLOUDBUB8T* AND TORNADOES. When the Dry Lakes Are Filled? Floods That Sweep Away Miles of Railway Tracks. OF all the tales told by the white Arabs of the Mojavo Desert \ y low will stir too mlnCl pi a har'.ly ton???*? m do those of M?o ram storms that now and then del age this arid region. For practical purposes ?for the purpose of agriculture or the amelioration of the and atmosphere?it is a rainless region. At intervals- of years general, or what the weather sharps would call blanket rain storms, do prevail, and then the desert becomes thoroughly moistened and the brown, hard-baked sand disappears under the most luxuriant, fragrant charming flowers imaginable. But in ordinary years nothing of tho kind is seen there. And yet the talcs of the downfall of immoose masses of water aro to bo heard from every old Arab, and tho physical ovidonco of such downfalls are'to beee^n on every hand in a journey across tho region. One docs not have tJ IeCve tho railroads to see theso evidonces. Justnesst of Mej.avo Station, in California, the road runs tor miles over a mass of what looks like yellow clay that has baked and cracked in all directions - perrOTOTn sight. It Is a cracked ib??i of earth, that looks so mueh like the | bottom of tho dried-out ponds to be seen in tho East that any tonderfoot would recognize it as tho bottom of q desert dry lake. The wayfarer whq drives across the desert finds theso dry lakes wherever there is a bow-shaped valley between mountain ridges, and Boinctimcs on what seems to bo level mesas. That these dry lakes arc occasionally flooded need not bo doubted, for tho water marks are visible. But more impressive than the dry lakes are the water marks wherever there is a canon or even a depression leading down from a mountain. In those catiom the tourist drives or rides along tho dry bed of a torrent invariably nnd it is iu such places as these that the guide tolls his stories of desert rai i storms. The usual season for theso rains is, curiously enough, the dry season, if one may bei liovo them. While the sky is clear and flaming hot a black cloud appoara unexpectedly over some mountain crest, where it sways about aod increases in volume until its bottom strikes tho mountain top, and then, as if picrred by a lancet, ii releases such a volume of water as would pass belief did not one tco tho work done by the floods in every canon. In the valley of tho Amargosa lives old Cub Lee, a man who for nearly thirty years has mado the desert his home. Ills house is one of the shanties formerly used by the workmou who gathered borax there. It stands under cliffs of clay that are cut aud slashed at frequent intervals by deep fissures running from the river bed up toward tho mountain? that riso on each side of the valley. Ouc day last winter he pointed to a mark about three feet up on tho porjxmdicular walls of the fissures on tho Funeral Mountain side, and said: t^The wster ca-se derrn sc deep aftera cloudburst up yonder ono day last summer." _ The crest of tho Funeral Mountain divide was thirty miles away. The nearest peak was not less than ten, while a gradually rising mesa swept back from tho immediate valley of the river for flvo or six miles to the foot of the nearest peak. This storm had rolcased its flood on the r.ri?9ts of mountain* from'tan' to twenty miles away, the water had flowed down the canous between thoso mountains, bad poured oui over the mesa, had | filled the gulches nnd fissures in its route, and had at last rolled out through the wido splits in the river bank a solid wave tbreo feet high. How long did the flood last!" was asked. "Perhaps twenty minutes?not a half hour, anyhow." "Did it rain in the valley!" "Not a drop." As described by Lee, this cloud was not very much like the tornado common to the prairie region east of the Rockies. It was not a whirling storm, nor did it travel away from the placo where It was formed, as n tornado docs. It was simply a great mass of black vapor constantly aflame with zigzag lightning. It seemed to gather a trcuendous bulk of water from a stratum of nir above tho mountain tops, to swell in volume as it gathered the water, and Anally, when a change of conditions was created by touching the mountuin tops, to roieaso its garnered floods instantly. Tho cloud was streaked with lightning until after the mountains were embraced, and then the flashes disappeared and in a short timo the cloud itself was dissipated. Lee did not notice ony unusual wind while the storm lasted. The effects of these cloudbursts 0*0 , best bo realized by a consideration of | some of tho authentic reports of such storms. For instance, a cloudburst in the Humboldt Mountains, Nevada, on June 10, 1884, flooded the valleys about T} VTA Dat/ih an/1 rl 1 /I? *? - ?. - ? ??;v & uivu auu uoviijf uauia^UU tllO VsUUtral Pacific tracks for thirty miles. Oo the 10th of March the same year a stretch of the Atlantic and Pacific tiack six miles long was washed away just west of Daggett, Cal., and on the same day another cloudburst near Yuma, Arizona, washed away about as much more of the track there. Three days earlier, March 7th, 1884, the streets of Florence, Arizona, were flooded four feet deep by a cloudburst at the nearby mountains. The effect of such e. flood among tbo houses of a mining camp may be imagined by New Yorkers if they will consider what a tide four feet high would do if it swept through the shanties if. the goat district. A still more destructive flood was reported from Arizona in 1887. On September 9 several miles of track and a number of bridges were destroyed near Pantarro, while another cloudburst on itae l?th washed away (Ire miles of track and three bridges on the Sonora Railroad and washed out eight miles ct a railroad that was tifty feet high near Dragoon. Among the dangers that bjQjt the minor, everybody is familia.' with falling rocks, broken ropes th c let t-ie bucket or cago fly, and cave-in* that crush or imprison tho tnon at vrovk. L?ut in the mountains of the desert the cloudburst is an ever present danger, though it raroly takes the life of a miner. Many of the leads aio discovered in canons, and some are ..'urketl so that the mouth of the naujp ia right ia the bottom of the ' ??J %? canon. A MMtl^e kind laibted near Eurekt, Nmdi.. On AugusW?tivl884, a cloud burst oaKuby HU1. When tho flood poured through Adam'r Hill Cauon St ?u in the fom bCn Wnvethat opposite the WlUlamabhrg mine ^was thirty feet wide and eerou feet deep. A Mttls further on the mtuth c^ the ^Titua abaft opened right lit the path cf the wave, rbo men about the top.*<-tho% shaft fled ip the east aide of'tlie**can<?n'':*hu? na^iuo tho man at the ^-bottom of the eh aft. who, could hear tho tor.f of the flood and the shouts of hia .'elU?ws abore but waa powerlesa to escape the destruction that otcrwhelmod dim!?New York fluo. " SCIENTIFIC AND 1NDUSTBIAL. Aluminum horseshoea are now i made for record breakers. If sneesing be induced it will atop a disagreeable hiccough. Some of the stars more with a Telocity of nearly fifty miles a aeoond. Plash light pictures of dinner parties arc quite in order all along the line. The weight required to crush a square inch of brick nrlis from 1VU0 to 4500 pounds. Place BOO earths like ours side by side and Saturn's outermost ring could easily inclose them. No living geni^^^toeM^cai^^oaist The RpcetrwM^D^Fd^^mstnxtcd that all the so called fixed stars are in motion?some In one direction, some in another. Electricity is being applied to the dry. log of tea in Ceylon, the process having proved mora economical than the olq method. Newton, in his day. believed that the earth was gradually becoming dry, and later scientists have recently confirmed the opinion. Dr. W. A. Wells has written to the London Lancet about a new source of lead poisoning, the manufacture, cleaning and re coating of the plates of storage batteries. Physicians have at last decided that the small too of the human foot must go ?that civilisation pradoally tends to crowd it out of existence, and to depend moro than ever for locomotion on the big toe. A valve whose movement is so delicate as to be under the control of a hygrometer is the invention of a Chicago man. Any change In the humidity of the atmosphere alters the opening of tho vaivv* A lasting machine that enables one operator to last 3000 pairs of shoes a week is one of the latest things in labor saving machinery. It tackles anything from light feminine foot gear to the heaviest brogans. Incandescent electric lamps, it Is said, havo been adopted in Madras, India, as an ornament to the heads of |he horsos driven^ in harness by thf. Jaghldar of Ami. Two (snips pro?id#d with powerful reflectors,are attached to the harness between the ears of toe hor*o*,t'se lamps being connected to battery place! in the bpdy of tho canJegc. Tho novelty "of the arrangement Mulls great attention. Calculations, based on the observation f the refraction of light, have oauso 1 it to be supposed that the air becomes so rare at the height of about sixty miles that the distance may be regarded as the limit to its sensible extent, but other calculations, mads during the prosent century, of the distance from tho earth at which meteors ignite lodiosto that tho atmosphere extends to upward of 100 miles. Eight or ten days before the appearance of cholera in Hamburg, Germany, last summer, all the sparrows an 1 other KSerle lnft the J -1: J Mikuo ivi? vug vgtvu auu ouuurus ttilU UIU ot return until the plague had co uoletoly disappeared. The same thing happened in Marseilles and Toulon in 1884 a day or two before the choiora visited those towns: Similar migrations have been noticod in different parts oi Italy, Austria and Russia, always aomi days before th? appearance of cholera. Object of Prehistoric Skitll-Cntllng. Wc are disposed rather to accept Dr. Broca's first suggestion than the last, and to regard trepanning among the prohistoric men as having had a therapeutic motive. Tho perforation of the tomb was al most certainly intended as a door of exit for spirits. Even In later times, when tho dead were burned, holes were often bored or knocked in the urns that contained the ashes, for the same purpose. Some cinerary urns have been found with little windows, as it were, made in them, and a pieoe of glast placed over the hole. Macroblus, in his Saturnalia, quotes an Etruaean belief that a door should, be opened for the spirits to pass la end ajCFnBl i The writer temeaMn* a case of s dying woman some few years ago in Sussex. She was gasping, and apparently was undergoing the last struggle in great distreM. The nurse went to the window and opened it. At once the woman breathed deeply and expired. The writer said to the nurae, " Why did you open the window t" The auswer given was, 14 Surely you would n'I have have her soul go up the chimney l'4 One csn understand how that, if a piece of skull had been regarded as in contact with a demon or spirit, it woold be respeoted at an amulet, aod that so the rondelles removed from the beads of men who had been subject to epileptic fits would noquire a virtue in the eyes of the ignorant and super? stitious, and be employed as charms. And this seems to be both the simplest and most intelligible explanation of the phenomena of hole-pieroed heady, aod of the wearing of the portions remove! from those heads by men and women who had not tbeattlxgLbepn trepanned. ?Popular Science idonthly. A Bly Story Tree. A a Elinor (Oregon) paper publishes thlf remarkable story: "A citizen of this place juat finished worging up a fir tree which grew on hie plate. Be receieeJ $12 for tbe bark: WU a frame bouse 14x20, eighteen feat high. With ehed kitchen eight feet high, oignt feet wide and twenty feet Ion 7^ built a woodshe i 14x20 feet; made 3*J rails; made 33f railroad ties, and git twelve eords ol wood eight feet mnjjLAad four feet big) all from that oa AtffiMncl still has n par of the treoJften^HtfOuis Republic. nw Mr. Harvey Heed IjaceyvUle, O. Catarrh, Heart Failure, Paralysis of the Throat "I Thank God and Hood's Sarsapartlla for Perfect Health." "Owitlomen: For the benefit of suffering humanity I wish to state a few facts: For several rears I hare suffered from catarrh and heart failure, getting so bad I oould not work and Could Scarcely Walk I had a very bad spell of paralysis of the throat sometime ago. My throat seemed closed and I nnM net mtvnllmw. The doctors said It was caused by heart failure, and gave medicine, which I took according to directions, but it did not soem to do me any good. My wife urged me to trr Hood's Sarsaparilla, telling inpof Mr. Joseph V. Smith, who had been ~mRi I" T Poor - l-v&W After talking with Mr. Smith, I concluded to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. When I had taken H ood'sSJlnaC u res two bottles I felt very much bettor. I have continued taking It, and am now feeling excellent. 1 thank Clod, and Hood's Sarsaparilla and my wife for my rentoratlon to perfect healthIf AKVKY Hrkd, I-nceyviUo, (). Ileed's Fills do not purge, pain or gripe, but act promptly, cosily and efficiently. 25 cents. J 1 1 1 A Wond r'ttl -HIiitiI S. rliiy. Superintendent Stout rcccully doscribed a wonderful mineral spring that formerly flowed from the mountain s'.da somo mile* abovo the Butto Creole Homo and near tho Plumas County line. This spring was lirst called to Mr. Stout's attention somo years ago while camping in that vicinity by an old pros pcctor, who callol it tho chloroform spring." Tho water which (lowed from it did not differ in appearance ot taste from the water of other springs, except that it wu slightly brackish. It was tho effect that followed the drinking of its waters that was remarkable. A small ctip would in the courso of half an hour render the drinker totally insonsibto and ho would remain for hours as If dead. But few white men had ever tried the experiment of drinking from it, hut those who havo done so describe tho offoct as not unlike that resulting from a heavy narcotic. To the Indians this curious spring has been known for generations. Thoy call it the heap sleep" spring, and it is said that more than one poor weary red man has entered tho happy hunting grouods through the medium of its waters. Mr. fftout states that when ho saw the spring in the summer of 1890 there were no leas than five oarcassesof deer bosides numerous smaller animals in its immediate neighborhood that had drank of the water and been overcome and diod from the effects. An examination of tho geological construction of the Immediate section failed to show an/ minors! that might account for the peculiar powtr of tbs water, and, so far as known, no maljsls has ever boeu made.?OrovUIo 0*1.) Mercury. The Royal Bak dispensable topi and to the cor nience of mode Royal is undoubtedly the powder offered to the public. For finest food I can u Chef,-White House, for Prt Fresh Air and Exercise. Getall that's ka possible of J both, if in need of flesh eg* Strength and nerve _ 1 ^ force. There'? need,too, of plenty Of'fat-food. .. . Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil builds up flesh and strength quicker than any Ath^r r?rer?afiitlnn Innmn *? UIIIUI |JI D^UIUUUII AIIU Tf it IV cnce. Scott's Emulsion is constantly effecting Cure of Consumption, Bronchitis and liindred diseases where other methods fail. Praparrd by Boott A Bow. M. y. All iwgMfc ^ M MONKY IN OIIIOKIHS. % a For a&3. a 100-M|t book, exparteno of a practical poultry ralaor durlnj i/car*. It leachea bow to deteo tT W and cured lie a?M; to read for egg wirl and for fattening; whiob fowlatt mti for brooding, Ac., Ae. Addraaa BOOK pun. HQU8E. 1M Leonard St.. W. T. Oltr. . >* VV \ f WMV Aa \ JT?rl gf&Ldk Nowr.iiutt.tt.; _ M VBafflEil our Buffalo B?itt, Jnnatxrr '????? ?.*!? to unfclj tbori pUnUd thti Mitaun blonm O?o of ooeh of?ho' I"?*** *?***- **' "*,V7 ; ^ V"''** "German Syrup" * Boschee's German ^yrup is mor? successful in the treatment of Con- ' sumption than any other remedy ^ prescribed. It has been tried under every variety of climate. In the bleak, bitter North, in damp New England, in the fickle MiddleStates, in the hot, moist South?everywhere. It lias been in demand by ? every nationality. It has been em?1 1 _ r I About Search Lights. ti t.n ^.AL.. Jtk1? A. - 2? SvVAAM (UAUVt lUVAtnill/ig IV spgili VI the oandle power of searca lights ai in tho millions end hundreds of millions, but this Is warraatod bj facts. Tho lamn itself does not give a Tory high oandle power when measured in any oue direction, but when a magnifying lens Is used, which collects all the light, as It were, and throws it in ono direction, the Intensity of the light is enormously increased. For instance, in the search light which is being experimented with upon the world's fsir grounds the candle power of the arc light alone is only 159,000 candles, the carbons being twetvo inches long and one and three-sixteenth Inches In diameter. When this is surrounded by a reflector four feet in di ftmeter the candle power is multiplied t?. somewhat startling figure of 460,GUI ^s,?Electrical World. to An Enormons Balsam Poplar. Near Qoneva, N. Y., Is a balsam poplar tree 120 feet high, diameter of tho 1 top 116 feet, and with a trunk twenty, threo feet iu diainoter. It in probably the finest spccimon of this trco in tho world. It is on the homo grounds of Charles Bean, Esq. It has been taken for tho common Canadian poplar, but Dr. Sweet is authority for the correct name. It is believed to be be about 100 years old, and is called the Conlpry Tree; but as this would make an averAge increase of neorly thnabk^Majndiainetcr a year,. I ? How'a This f Wa offer One Hundred Dollars reward for ny oaaeof catarrh that cannot be cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Curs. ' T. J. Ciiknet A Co., Prope., Toledo, Q. We, the undersigned, navo known F. J. Cheney for tho loal 15 years, and beliovo him ? perfectly honorable in all business transactions, and financially ablo 'o carry out any ol?ligations mado by their llrm. WxstA Thuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Waj.diko, Rinnan A Marvin, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O. i Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upon tholilnod ami mucous surfaces of tho system. Testimonial* sent free. Price 76c. per bottle. fcoJd by all druggists. PintMWin hiwin ?** nt?? when six years old. At twenty-three he t was Professor of Music In the Conservatory 5 ef Btrasburg. An Importnnc Difference. To mako It apparent to thousands,who think themselves ill, that they arc not effected with any disease, but that tho system simply needs cleansing, Is to bring comfort homo to thoir hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured by using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by tho California Fig Syrup Co. { Tho Mount Cenis tunnel fit Switzerland, under the Alps, is seven nud a half [miles long. It was begun in 1S57, [opened in 1871 and its total cost was i.was $10,800,000. * 'Brown's Huonciii ai. Taurines' are excellent for tho relief of Hoarseness or Bore Throat. They nro exceodlngly effective,"?Christian )Yorld% London, Eng. One of the strongest elements of success in farming is faith in the soil. As a class farmers seem to feel that money laid away in the soil is deul property. If afflicted wttli sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Tlioinpi ton's Eye-water.Druggists sell at SSc.pcr bottle The Berlin Telopliouc cxchango hu 7000 wires in connection. ing Powder is inrogress in cookery nfort and convern housekeeping. ! purest and most reliable baking ? U. S. Gov't Chemists Report. se none but Royal.?A. Fortin, sidetits Cleveland and Arthur. WANTKIY ? J<oraland traveling nKontannd promoter* for the Maryland llulldltiK and I,oan AmocIaUon; IIImtaI cotnmlxHlon. For luirllcular* nddro** K. C. 1'rltolioU.Secretary, Ij?w ]Iu1|<IIiik, Mainmort', Md. CO A OI.D FOKTAGK HTAMPH wa #% wanted ax ourloxltle* of the War. I ray $1 each for dome. 1WNT VP Ol.P LETTERS. tend to U. A. KKI.HKV, Merldon, Conn. | f| BOYS I Hero's a anap. Romt U L LUa 10 <**" w><h name and addri?s of T 6 lx>y? who road atorlea and get, l| the Rovn' whhi.ii regularly for 6 moai Hevru complete atorlea In Feb, Nnl ?*Mjlhcopy for atamp. Bora' Woai.p, Lynn, MaW ?to3teiB!?s94si? at* .ffSB mMtiRVr qaJIUAlylia t Cure*Consumption, Coughs, Croup,Horo Throat, Sold by all Druggists on ? Guarantee. IOsaiurtlTS* andpeople^B who bars weak lunga or Astbnia, should use Plao'sCuro for H Consumption. It has tared H (htnaaada. It baa not Injur done. It Is not bad to take. * It Is tbo best oough syrup. Bold everywhere. ?5e. H \H|f ^SdNV/ 2^Hj^^HHNHA'Y^^v9ij ^^UVH^InnB HHfi^'l v ?IJoB^H^jflBL I1W M^^eoo. iAMET^ "r Ittrfxlnwd tmU4 such ft linullot u J aa4 TrrnOftnlx-rry. From t ho time tha ^ Kul^B ir? ft?onre?or eoatUftt UaiitT. f.hrubx ^ KS Mi k?ir th? next jraftr. llardjr u oak. >CN TO-DAY. Our mammoth ihraa rarr fruit oot.IUm,will ba mailed iflllta A OA olloctioni farM.18, 10^1^. Q,i4. JOHN A. 8# 1-mjjrcvt in every stage 01 consumption. In brief it has been used by millions and its the only true and reliable Consumption Remedy. ? YOUR HEALTH I May tta|>enrt upon tbo way yon treat the . warnings which nature gives. A few bottles of H. 8. 8. taken the proper time ,. may insure good health for a year or two. Therefore act at once, for it IS IMPORTANT &1? That naturo be assisted at the right time. " Never fails to relieve the system and U an excellent TrttliM on Blood and Skin DHestet mailed iietu., SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. A?UnOlb|^ ^ I l)u Hut Hi Jin ill I I with routes, Knamrls and Palnta which stain tbs I I bands, Injuro the Iron and hnrn red. I I The main* Sun Stove Polish Is Brilliant, Odor- I 1 leas. Durable, find tho consumer pays for no tin I I or glass package with every purchase. . ? ??rAN'TDEA "rAMlLYM E O I O I NK I Tor Indigestion. lllll.asacsa, " Headache, C'on.tlpatlon, Had .Complexion, iHTcrnd*? llrculh, 9 and all disorders of tho Stomach. hirer and Bowels, /r^SP^iJ RIPANS ?ABULE8, act iroUjr yet promptly. IVrroet I^HJmlvr digestion follows their dm. Hold br dnirrMn or wnl by mail. Box ( vials), 78a. l'sekagc < I boxes), $*. or , WwrTsHh _ ?? ? ? - " ; LUXURIES?LEIKSYILLE BLANKETS. Xv: Housekeeper* :>% lb.. 8.1. Carolina's Pride, t\4 lb., %? kit pnlr. I.cakivlllo llonest Jcnns?(Irny, ltrows and Black?Sc., 40c. and (JOc. per yard. Kersey Ofay, ,'t'l |-Uc. Brown, 40c. n yard; very good. Wool Ynrn, all colors. 5e. a hank. If your dealer does not keep these goods order of J. \V. MCIOTT 4c CO., Special Bellini; Agts., Urccuabaro. N. C. A III .. h wuman nas very little desire lo enjoy the pleasures of life, and M entirely unfitted for the cares of housekeeping or "I"1 HICK iikao. # .P BAY AFTKIl DAY and yet there are few diseases that yield nioro promptly to proper nodical treatment. It Is therefore of the utmost linE?fiance thntn rellahle remedy should always boat and. During a period of more tliau UO YBAUH there has been no Instahcc reported where such eases have not l?oen |>ermaucntly and 1? It O >| PT I. V C li H Kll by tho use of a single box of Ihe gctiuino ?V?".,',L,y ct:'?,Ln,,od Hr.C. Mel.ANK'M 1,1 VKit I I IjLH, which may lie procured at any Drug store. or will or mailed to any addrcw on tho receipt of 95c. ? In pontage stamp*. Furclia*?nn>f *tt*o Mitt X*KWl<t - . ,(._3 iky carerni to procure tho genuine arllclo. Tfteroaro v - l! cvernl counterfeit* on tho market* well calcuilatod to deceive. Tho iretitilnc l)r. O. 1frlsiMie%> Celebrated Diver Fills art* man ufuet tired only by FLEMING BROTHERS CO., Pittsburgh, Pa, MEND YOUR OWN HARNESS frHOKON'saai g|f SLOTTED CLINCH RIVETS. I Va inn's renti11 . ft Onltf n liammnr naadail In drtva mi* in.h !h'm caaiiy and quickly, leaving tl?? clinch i in-ly smooth. t< quiilng tin h?e lo ba mode In h>- Ic.i tier nor burr lor tin Ki* els. Tlicy arc troai'i loiiuli and ilHrnhlc. Millions now In uao. All rir.-llf uniform or assorted, put up In bozes. t A?k your drnlrr Cor Ibrm, or send 40c. Is lamps '>r a Ooz ol 100, amricl ?ues klnn'ld bjf judson l. thomson, mfq. co., TVAI.TII ASf, MAMS. IF YOU OWN CHICKENS j you wantt-> a at their THEM TO* Jr\. X WAY rren It *ou merely keep llicm aa a dlrcraton. In or* der to handlo Fowls judiciously, you must know onicihlng about tliem. To meet tnla wont wow* celling a book giving I he ezperienco / A. |w SC. of a practical poultry rnlror for I VHIj AWVa JPF twenty-flvo year*. It was written by a man who put all hla mind, and time, and money to making a sue* coaa of Chicken raising?not aa a paallmo, but aa a business?and If you will profit by hla twenty-live years' work, yon can save many Chicks annually, 11 amm. "MmlHnt CMakmt," ?a Zoar FowU e*m dollar* for yon. Tbo !hlaPm.i^tk?ou'nu"t b.?bl. to detect trouble la ,? the Poultry Yard as aoon a* It appears, and know bow toremedjr a this book will Bach you/ It tella now to detect and cure disease: to feed foe *W* and alio for fattening! which fowl* to save for breeding purpose*; and everything, Indeed, yon ahould know on tbls subject to make It profitable, twenty-fly* rent* In lc. or Se, f '"Book Publishing House, 135 Uo?au Bt . n. t. oar*. 8. N u.-a ad) THC GREAT BUFFALO BKHHYT Thla ii truly H o greatest novelty of I be century. Thl* ehrub grow* id to 15 fctt high, covering ilaelf In early eprlng with beautiful flower* which ere auccwded by greet q.tan* I title* of luiclon* fnilt. It 1* hardy, m benutlful m ? picture, while the fruit Is Incomparable. It will grow any and everywhere and form* a grand addition to our lawn and garden ehrub*. Each, 80c.; 10 for 91.30, poetpaid. , L (2) JUNEBCRRY. A abrob of wondrou* beauty: cover* it*elf with a great mix of mire while. d*Hotou*ly fragrant bloaaome. Theae are followed by large, dark oetored berries, excellent for pie*, aauco, etc. Bach, 25e.; 10 for f 1.26, (3) TRKC CRANBERRY. Everybody I* fond ef oranberriee, and we hare a ehrub that will flonriah and bear prodlgioualy tnevery sectlonof America. Each, 86c. The above 3 rare Novelties, poatpaM, eaty SOu , wllh catalogue, 68o. catalogue la mailt d upon receipt of Sc. for pnetege LZER 8EEP CO., la Crowe, Wit. JU1