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ggggHpMP" . ffl ^ It is stated by the Medical Record, 1 that the United States Government has : |?|& paid more money in the investigation of, the disease of hogs than it has for all the diseases affecting the human race. In addition to the National Bureau of j ^^^^LXabor Statistics, it is now proposed to j establish a Bureau of Criminal Statistics, I WEBB6M ol a somewhat similar nature so iar iw BgK^nato^atli<'riiiLT of material is concerned. raS0?H^ifH^vat(i<t centre of industrial acis tlie Argentine Republic of America, where phenomenal ?more rapid relatively than that United States?is seemingly affccthe European financial market. jgjgggSp^yrhc Detroit Journal recently headed mS^^Kts column of Michigan news with the following challenge: 4'Leap year is gone, fyMf yet can any one tell of a bona fide case wherein a Michigan girl really proposed to a man during the year? Give names, please; 110 generalizations." The startling assertion is made in one of the opening pages of a recent work on prison reform that "judging by the numlwr nf VPJir llV VCar. to the penitentiaries and state prisons, crime has increased in the United States, relatively to the population, since the war by not less than one-third. It is asserted by the Rural New Yorker that "More sheep and lambs are killed in New. York than in any other city in the world, over two million head being slaughtered annually, and with the increasing demand for mutton and lambs the chances arc that she will continue to hold first place for some time to come." It is the intention to send a portable steamer from Liverpool to Central Africa, to be transported by natives to Stanley Pool, 210 miles from the mouth of the Coneo River, to navigate the Congo, whu^i, it is estimated, is navigable for a distance of 4000 miles. The steamer, it is-hoped, Avill be running in about a year. Italy is rearranging her railroad system on the \ I..r gr..it ::r: -hbors, so as to make it more efficient in carrying troops to any threatened jioiut. It seems, comments the Cincinnati Euquircr, as if the war burdens would never close over them. But they have increased at sucli a frightful rate since 1ST0 that every one who can is running away. "Most of the sardines soid nowadays," says a grocer, "arc nothing but small herrings, put up in boxes with gaudy labels and French inscriptions. In Eastport, Me., there arc nineteen places where they turn out sardines, besides three at Lubec, two at Jonesport, and one each at Millhridge. Lamoinc and Kobinston. When it was first attempted to make sardines from herrings it was found that the difficulty lay in eradicat- j ing the herring fluvor. It took years of experiment to accomplish this. Finally a manufacturer succeeded in producing a combination of oil and spices which reIiaBrret is expressed among naval yellow fever should have sl^Ripon the United States man|^K>ton. It is sometimes imposSv say, to get the germs out of Bl. and when the ship is thought tircly freed from the disease a jto the fever country will develop rms and cause an outbreak of the BPSragElfigv^VUl'. A il> tr Milp is aiu> > icaau, positive method of fumigation has "111 discovered that is regarded as E91B3plBnblo. It is a question, however, MH^^*mvthvv the germs will tind a foothold raSB^^in the Boston, for she is a new ship, constructcd for the most part of iron, and with no rotten or soft wood anywhere in. her frame. As these materials usually furnish the hiding places for the seeds of the plague, it is hoped that the Boston will escape the reputation of being a "fever ship." It is hard for the clergy to please even 1 odv nowadays. A Boston woman comph ins that her pastor never looks at her wh< n h preaches, but devotes all his attention to the sinners on the other side of the church. For this reason she says that his sermons do not have the moral effect on her which they ought to have. On tlin r\tV?r?r lton/1 o Pltit'irrn wnmon ro. cently complained that her pastor invariably looked at her when he was preaching. especially when he denounced humw buns and hypocrites, and she wanted to know if it wasn't an outrage to treat respectable pew-holders in this way. "When the clergyman finally heard of her grievance he laughingly explained that he wasn't looking at the woman at all when she thought he was but at a certain pillar Jj'-hind her. the sight of which, for some mysterious reason, always seemed to clarify his thought. A Deadly Railroad. .Nobody will ever Know now many lives the building of the Canadian Pacific Railroad through Maine cost. The dead unknowns have been buried like sheep. A correspondent of the Dexter Gazette, writing from Elliotsville, says: "An old, unused burying ground (where "an interment had not taken place for 25 years prior to the commencement of the G. P. R. RA is being rapidly filled up. A few days ago your correspondent counted, scattered around among the skeletons of old horses, seven newly" made graves. These contained the remains of workmen on the C. P. who had no Mends in this part of the world."? ILewiston (Me.) Journal. FOR FARM AND GARDEN. i ( About Dressing Poultry. If you want to know how to dress your * poultry so that (if otherwise good) it will * command the highest price, send right 1 straight to a commission house that deals s in ]x>ultry, or to some retail dealer in nnnltri- in the nhiee whore VOU OrODOSe J I'~ J - I . J A to sell your poultry, and find out just what kind of dressed poultry sells best? whether dry or wet-picked, drawn or undrawn, is preferred. You will find this will be better than going ahead according to s?>me directions that you have read somewhere in some paper, for these directions are for some particular market, and the chances are they may not fill the bill for your market.?[Prairie Farmer. To Feed a Choice Calf. There is no better food for fattening a calf than the fresh milk of the cow. But when a calf runs with the cow it should be fed only twice a day, as frequent sucking tends to lessen the yield of milk. To make a fine calf the following method 1 would be advisable: Give the cow a ( liberal feeding of good food. For in- * stance, four pounds of bran and the same * of cornmeal daily, in two feeds, with the usual hay, and a feed of hay alone at noon. Give the calf, if 17 weeks old, a pound daily?beginning with a little at first?of the mixed bran and meal. Very large calves are reared by giving them the milk of two cows, with meal besides, and a little good clover hay. With two months' such feeding a calf now 7 weeks old may be made to weigh 400 pounds. Care is to be taken not to crowd the grain food at first, but to give a little to begin with and increase gradually. Corn ensilage, 30 pounds daily, might be given with the above-mentioned meal, and 5 pounds of dry clover hay at noon to the cow. The cow would milk all the better after the calf is taken away. A calf does better to suck than to drink ? the milk.?[New York Times. ] Remedy for Colic. . An excellent paper on colic in librses is published in Bell's "Weekly Messenger, (London.) It was contributed by Mr. J. Smith, veterinary siygeon. "This complaint," he says, "is rare in eases where enre is bestowed on the diet of the animals. He recommends that those who have charge of horses, especially agricultural horses, should be taught that the stomach of a horse is not like the rumen of a cow, a mere receptacle for food, but an essential organ of digestion of but limited capacity, which docs not need to be crammed in order to perform its proper functions, and that it cannot be so treated without danger to the animal; that the teeth of a horse are | provided for the purpose of masticating the food, and that food which docs not 1 require mastication should bo sparingly, if ever, used. He further recommends that no horse be put to work immediately after a full meal, and where a horse has done a heavy day's work it should be allowed to stand in the stable until it tie good hay be put into the rack it will occupy his attention, and besides requiring proper mastication, will further have the effect of slightly stimulating the stomach to secretion and prepare it for the reception of the feed which is to follow. Should a horse require more food than usual to supply the extra waste of tissues caused by hard work let it havo it by all means, but let it be in excess of its albumenoids or nutritious 1 constituents and let the horse be fed oftener and not in increased quantities at J a time." Preventives of Wood Decay. , Warmth and moisture, by causing fermentation of the sap, are the active agents in inducing decay in unseasoned 1 wood. Posts set in the ground rot MAAMAni ?/v* Ua en?fnAA nn/1 AlllfA OUUJLJ19L Ub KJl 111U1 IUC dUUUtl, ?* LAVA often the lower parts will be compara- 1 tively sound when entirely rotted off at 1 the point mentioned. An application of an oily or resinous substance that will re- [ sist decay if put on to a seasoned post 1 for only a few inches at this most vulnerable part will be beneficial. Wood ' cut in the sap may from too rapid dry- 1 ing be well seasoned on the outside, but ' unseasoned within, and thus be liable to decay from, that cause, while a slower ' and more perfect drying would have * made it practically indestructible for 1 most uses. Logs when cut should not be allowed ' to lie long in direct contact with the ( ground. Sawed lumber, such as boards ^ or joints, should always be separated by sticks or laths when piled up for drying, or nfterwards while in lumber yards for ( sale. Lumber that has been rafted and kept under water for weeks will season ( much more quickly and is believed to be , more durable than lumber seasoned di- j rectly from the saw. The water dis- | solves a portion of the sap and causes it ] to leach out. Steaming lumber produces ^ the same effect more quickly besides , making it more pliable and fitting it for ] bending into different shapes without , fracturing. Saturating wood with brine , or salt as a rule will lengthen its usefulness. "While painting wood before it is sea- | soned is not only a useless expenditure, , hut will often contribute to decay, the preservation of seasoned wood by paint- , ing cannot be too strongly recommended. The surface of all lumber exposed to the i action of the elements, whether in build- i : lags or agricultural implements"N?hould ( be completely protected in this mau er. While the admixture of color, as in ordi- i V \ iary paint, make? a harder and more lurnbic body, where it is thought it canlot be afforded, oiling with raw pctrocum may often be used with good efect. Immersing in or painting with it s a cheap and useful preservative for ieasoning posts or any kind of wood. Charring the ends of posts tliat are to jo into the ground is of doubtful utility, :onsidcring the trouble and the fact that hey are liable to crack. As a general hing,heart wood and the wood from maurc trees, neither youug nor very old, vill last longer than wood from trees of :ither extreme. In heavy clay soils, always wet or moist, posts will endure onger than in gravelly and lighter dcicriptions that arc alternately -wet and Irv. As a rule, trees grown on dry upands in open fields, if of the proper tge, are worth more as fuel or timber ban when grown in a dense forest on ow, rich land.?[New York World. Renovating Run-Out Orchards. We often meet with an orchard of apparently healthy trees, which is practirally fruitless. The owner may tell us hat it formerly bore abundant crops, but pf late years the trees have "ran out." Why have they "run out?" They foruerly gave good crops of apples. All :hc other land on the farm was expected to give but one good crop, but this of :he orchard was made to give a crop of *rain, or a crop of grass or clover, to be :akcn off as hay. The soil soon became :ired of doing this double duty. The :rees "gave out" because they were robbed of food; the first thing they need is feeding. Of course if the soil aeeds draining, lay the needed tiles at pnee, or as soon as the soil will allow. such orchards are usually in grass; draw 5n a heavy dressing of manure and spread it, and as soon as the soil is in propei condition, turn over the sod and manure with the plow; with the hot weather the >od will decay rapidly. When this is found to be well rotted, give another plowing, and a deep one. If ashes can jc had, spread a heavy coating and harrow ; in the absence of ashes, harrow in i good dressing of lime. If the trunk ind larger branches are covered with oose scales of old bark upon which lichens and mosses have a footaold, scrape off the loose bark, using a blunt, short-handled iioe as a scraper. Then in a damp time >r thaw wash the trees with soft soap, made thin enough to apply with a brush. Use home-made soft soap, made with lye jr potash. That sold at the stores is usually merely hard soap mixed with water and very deficient in strength and ^uitc inferior to the home-mnue. jshx ihc soap with enough water to work readily, go over the scraped portions with it, and leave the spring rain to finish the work. In due time the bark will be found beautifully smooth and deprived of all foreign growth. The soap that has been washed into the soil will ict as a useful fertilizer. Long neglected trees usually require pruning, and this must depend upon the condition of the tree. Never cut out a branch without * ' ' " 'in lin? ltf'r :omc crowded, cut out enough branches to let light and air into the center; if grown one side, remove the branches needed to restore the balance. If large wounds are made, smooth the surface ind paint them over with some darkcolored mint.?[American Agriculturist. Farm and Garden Notes. Indian corn is the best plant we have for silo purposes. Have a farm that you can keep up in fertility, and it will keep you. If the house plants ore in a room that is often swept, don't neglect giving their leaves a washing occasionally.. < The need of the American farmer is lot fast trotting horses, but fast farm lorses and fast plow horses. If you take from the farm a little more fertility each year than you return, you vill soon find farming don't pay. We believe it best to leave the horns in milch cows until it is proven by disinterested persons that dehorning pays. By continually cutting back the white pine it may, in a few years, take a form is compact as that of the common hemlock. Hake free use of all the conventions ind meetings that you can attend; all :hese arc means of obtaining informa:ion. With plenty of good feed stored under good shelter and with shelter for the ;ows, winter dairying can be made more profitable than in the summer. Surprising Cheapness of Tinware. "People often express great surprise at the cheapness of tinware. Not long ago i lady told me that for $1.20 she purchased a wash boiler and enough smaller irticles of tinware to entirely fill the ooiler. If they could see how quickly those articles are made they would no longer wonder at their cheapness. A piece of cheap coke-tin can be made into i stew pan almost in the wink of an eye, [ might say. There is a general impression that because such tinware is cheap it will not give good service, but this is not. generally the case. The greatest imperfection is caused bv careless soldering, but this applies only to the most inferior shades. The better grades of the socalled cheap goods have double pressed ?eams, which are practically everlasting. Tinware is cheap only because it is made by rapid machinery. Should this country ever produce tin in quantities large enough for home consumption, tinware will likely be cheaper than ever."?[Boston Cultivator. f QUAINT AND CUKIOUS. Divorce is unknown is South Carolina. Steam was first applied to boats in America. The famous Kohinoor diamond of England weighs 106 carats. Nine knots made in a black woolen thread formerly served as a charm in the case of a sprain. In many parts of England and in the United States an odd number of eggs is put under a setting hen. A Quaker witness was ordered out of a London court the other day because he would not remove his hat. "John Bull," a nickname given to Englishmen, is said to be derived from Dr. Arbuthnot's satire of that name. A man can liire'a house in Japan, keep two servants and live on the fat of the land all for a little over $20 a month. A Japanese is coming over to this country to prove that a man can stay under water for four miuutcs as well as for twenty seconds. A fissure has recently appeared in the earth in Churchill county, Nov., which I is three feet wide, several miles long and nf linl-nnwn rlpnth. W4 ?I . A spring of natural cologne has broken forth in the southern part of Algiers. The liquid has not been analyzed, but its odor is very similar to that of patchouli. A tourist fell into a Yellowstone park geyser the other day and was carried some distance below the surface of the earth. An instant later he was hurled twenty-five feet above the ground. Mr. TopiifT, of Cleveland, is nothing if not enterprising. He proposes to take a phonographophonc with him around the world and record his impressions, sending the phonograms to his daughter. When the Olympian left Victoria, British Columbia, the other day three aud a half tons of barnacles were scraped off from her bottom. It is estimated that it cost her $50 a trip to carry them. Several white topazes, so much like diamonds as to deceive even some experts, have been found on Bald Face mountain in Chatham, N. II. A small boy found one, which he sold for a few cents, and the buyer realized $60 for it after it had been cut and polished. Two young Englishmen who recently passed through Chicago on their way around the world, informed a reporter that they have been making a collection of samples of the water of the great rivers of the world. The samples are bottled as soon as collected and the bottles duly labelled, arc sent to their homes in England by express. , Near the soda springs at Ashland, Oregon, there is one which emits a gas so poisonous as to kill whatever may , breathe it, and it is said that there is almost constantly a ring of birds, snakes, lizards and such small deer, lying dead ; about it. The same deadliness is fnr ? enrinor KomewhcrG in Ida I UiUilliWU AW* * ?Q ; ho, and in both, it ls thought that a con_ ccntrntcd form of carbonic acid gas is l the aei;Nt! HgLut ui utjautuuii. 1 i The Only Female Mason: i The gossip in Masonic circles over the ! publication of a story to the effect that the Grand Lodge of Scotland had been called upon to discipline two of its members for permitting two women to witness and overhear a part of the ceremony i and proceedings of a Masonic lodge while in session, recalls the legend of the only female Mason. In the office of the gr.ind secretary of the grand lodge in the Masonic Temple, New York, hangs an oil painting of a woman dressed in Masonic regalia. It was presented to Colonel Elders, and is a portrait of the Hon. Mrs. Aid worth. She is said to have received, about the year 1735, the first and second degrees of Freemasonry in Lodge No. 44, Doncrailc, Ireland. Mrs. Aldworth (nee Elizabeth St. Leger) was the youngest child and only daughter of the first Viscount Doncrajle nf Trr.l;>nfl T")iirin<r thn mastershin of Lord DonerJlc, brother of Mrs. Aidworth, the meetings were held at Doncrnilc House, his residence. The lodge was held in a room separated from another by stud and brick-work. The young lady determined to gratify her curiosity. With a pair of scissors she removed a portion of a brick from the wall. She thus witnessed the first two degrees in Masonry. When the brethren were about to separate, she became nervous'and agitated. Being in the dark she stumbled over a chair. The crash was loud, and the tiler burst open the door and, with a light in one hand and a sword in the other, appeared to the terrified and fainting lady. He was soon joined by the members of the lodge present, and luckily; for it is asserted that but for the prompt appearance of her brother, Lord Donerailc, and the other cool members, her life would have fallen a sacrifice to what was then esteemed a crime. She was placed under guard of the tiler in the room where she was found. The. members reassembled and deliberated as to what was to be done. For over two hours she could hear the angry discussion, and her death deliberately proposed and seconded. At length the good sense of the majority prevailed. Ir was resolved to give her the option oi submitting to the Masonic ordeal to the extent she had witnessed (fellowcraft), nnd if she refused the brethren were n^ain to consult. Miss St. Leger, ex O ? hausted and terrified, gladly and unhesitatingly accepted the offer and was initiated.?[Argonaut. TREE PLANTING. I The Practical Observance of Ar- ' bor Day in the West. j i Farmers of the Plains Benefited 1 by an Extended Rain Belt. One of the local Colorado papers some time ago published the following item: There has been no entire failure of crops j in western Nebraska or Kansas since the big drouth of 1880. During that time, Tnum TUinoia nnil tnniA TCnstnrn States hate been parched more than once. The reason for this was found in a very general tree planting. This has been one of the annual labors of the sctler of the plains, and as a result the rain belt has been steadily extending further west with each succeeding year. "Where once the sandhills were given up to the gopher and jack-rabbits, are now seen cosey farm-houses, fields of growing grain and herds of cattle fattening for the Eastern markets. The westward progress of the rain limit?the imaginary boundary of the region within which falls sufficient rain to sustain vegetation and beyond which even cattle find scanty picking?has been so marked that it is almost possible to trace each year's march. Already three-fourths of the vast region has been covered, and another decade will have seen the last of the Desert under cultivation. The extent to which trees have been planted on the plains is easily observable along any of the railroads. Leaving Omaha or Kansas City, over the Union Pacific for Denver, one goes through the rolling country extending a half-hundred or more miles back from the Missouri, the streets of the little towns lined with rows of shade-trees,and looking cool and inviting. Each farmhouse lias its grove of Cottonwood, maple or walnut trees hard by. The lanes about the house arc lined with trees, and frequently there are rows of trees all around 10, 20 or 40 acre lots. Then every little stream or spring is made to furnish nourishment to other trees which line its bank. In places, acres upon acres of young trees are planted in long rows, traversed by ditches supplied with water from a neighboring stream, by the friendly aid of a windmill, or, where practicable, by a part of the stream itself turned aside. Further west the number of trees seen is less and less, and finally there is nothing but a waste of barren, land. Not a tree is in sight, not even a scrubby cottonwood, except right on the banks of the sandy streams. Eastern Colorado and Western Kansas have overcome the lack of rain to a great extent, by systems of irrigation. Great dilches extending from away up among ^he mountains west of Denver convey water out over the plains, and wherever the system of irrigation extends the desert is made to blossom. The change from the desert to the irrigated district is .even more striking hero than when entering the rain-belt, for in the latter the change comes gradually. . TTnfrtrfnnafplg the supply of water is limited, and barely sufficient to supply the districts" already established, while there is a demand for water from a large outlying country. A movement is gn foot to obtain Congressional aid in establishing storage reservoirs. But with the rapid western movement of the rain-belt and the increasing rainfall in the vicinity of the mountains, it is a question whether the expenditure of millions on irrigation for western Kansas and Nebraska would be a profitable investment. Still it would open up hundreds of thousands of acres of land now untillable. But between nature and irrigation it will not be long before the last vestige of the "Great American Desert" disappears, supplanted by a- region of unsurpassed fertility.? [New York Tribune. Compressing Snowdrifts. Out in Ncgaunee, Mich., a genius is building a machine for getting rid of snowdrifts. The concern consists of an immense roller built of 1500 feet of hardwood lumber, an iron axle weighing 500 pounds, and cast-iron heads to which the timber staves are bolted. Some 500 bolts arc used in making the machine, and a pole six inches square and twenty feet long serves to control the movements of the roller, and forms a place to which several teams can be attached. After the Sermon. Husband (coming home from church). 'You seemed unusually thoughtful during the sermon, my dear. I was impressed, too. There seemed to be something genuine about it." Wife. "Well, there isn't. I'm perfectly sure it's only seal plush,for all Mrs. Veneer gives herself such airs over it."? A Itad'cnl Cure for Epileptic Flr?. 7<> the Editor?Vlenso inform your renders ll'Ht I have a positive remedy for the above named disease which 1 warrant to cure tlio worst cases. So strone is my faith in its virtues that I will send fieea sample bottle and valuable treatise to any sufferer who will give n:e his P O. nnd Express address. Resp'y, H.G. ROOT. M. C . IK] Pearl St.. New Vork. Aged People Whose blpoa has become thin or impure, are especially liable to attack* of rheumatism, or to that weaknous called " general debility." The pains and ache* of tho former ars relieved by Hood's Sarsaparilla. which purifies a(|1 vlta'izea the blood, while it also tones and builds up the whole system. "My wifo *nrt myself were both generally run clown. Hood's Sarsaparilla brought us out of that tirKl fei-lltiK, and made ua feel like young peoplo apain. It has done more for us than all other medicine* together." Richard Hawrhubat, Amityvillo, Long Island, N. T. Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. Si: six for $S. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Maaa. ' I Oft closes On? Dollar A Sensible Man I CVould use Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and | Lungs. It Is curing more cases of Coughs. I :olds. Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup apd all Throat and Lung Troubles, than any other nedicine. The proprietor has authorized any 0 iruggist to give you a Sample Bottle Free to | convince you of the merit of this great remedy. * Large Bottles 50c and $1. . Cor.OMAi, wool on sale this season in London ? amounts to some 155,000 bales. Cntnrrh Cured. A clergvmnn, arter years 01 enuonnj irvut I bat loathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly trying every known remedy, at last found a prescription which completely cured and saved hirn from death. Any sufferer from thisdread- . 1 til disease sending a self-addressed stamped I envelope to Prof. J. A. Lawrence, 88 NVaricn I St.. X. V.. will receive the rcclpefreeof charge. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye-water. Druggists sell at25c. per bottle < Jacobsoff Tor Horses and Cattle. ' ' Recont, Prompt, Good Result#. j Swellings. H.pcneet, Dl., S17 SI, tISS. Ky aar. eanght cold; nralt: evelled Uab>; 1 lamp b.tw..n (or.-legi and in tarnation. Cured 1 h* with It. Jacob. OU. L. 0. OAKOirn. I Tbt Arm. Palac. and Stock Oar Oo., The Best. St. Olalr Bldg., Toledo, 0., Jan., 'IS. W? cheerfully recommend St. Jacob. OU a. tho boat tor general oa. on itock. H. tlMl a CO. For 10 Months. Wlneboro, Teiu?, JnnelO.'U. My hore. wa* hart on hind l.g; euff.red 10 months; wae oared by St. Jacob. OU; ha* remained pcraran*nt. W. J. CLOfZ. at nvoavm akd dialsu. . THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO., Baltimore. Ud. Diamond Vera-Cura FOR DYSPEPSIA. AND AM, STOMACH THOUB1.K8 StTCH AS Indigestion, Sour Stomach, Heartburn. Naures.OMj. t.'tiilnMi. after eitlnjr. food Hi* rig In tbe'Mouth anil diKwrrirable taste after eating. Aervotisnnn and Low Spirit*. At Druooixtt nnd lie air r a or ami by mail on receipt of 25 cU. (5 boxer f 1.00) in tlampa. Sample sent on receipt of%cent itamp. The Charles A. 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