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How Herrings are Made to Resemble the French Fishes. American Methods of Counterfeiting the Finny Delicacy. "Are these the genuine French sardines?" asked a well-dressed woman of a Xew York grocer as she received for inspection an oblong tin box, marked on one side "Sardines a la Francaise." The grocer looked at her with a slightly surprised air, and replied, "Certainly." "You may send me three boxes then," said she, and, after ordering a few more things, went out. As she passed through the door a reporfer of the Post, who had been standing by, inquired, "But were 1 i_ ,i: C4.~~ ?ii?i? , uiey real rreucu saruuies hi iia tun The grocer tried to appear indignant, but couldn't. Finally, he laughed and paid: "I guess you know all about it, but what can I say when a lady asks me v. such a qucstiou? I can't explain to her that nine-tenths of the sardines consumed . in the United States come from Maine, for, although they arc just as good as -the French product, she would not have them, and I should lose her trade. Most of the sardines sold nowadays are nothing but small herrings, put up in boxes with gaudy labels and French inscriptions. In Eostport there arc nineteen places where they turn out sardines, besides three at Lubec, two at Jonesport, and one each at Aliybridge, Lamoine, and Robbinston. .When it was first at- | tempted to make} sardinfis from herrings it was found tlr.it the difficulty lay in eradicating the herring flavor. It took years of experiment to accomplish this. Finally a manufacturer succeeded in producing a combination of oil and spices which removed the trouble. The herrings used in making sardines are , about four inches long, and can be bought of the Maine and New Brunswick fishermen, when pienty, for about $5 a hogshead, although when scarce they bring as high a" $15 a hogshead. The lish arc caught in huge nets set along the shore. After capture they are taken immediately to the factory, and laid in heajis upon long tables, where thev are decapitated and cleaned by children, whose dexterity is marvellous. On the average, each child dresses seventy-five fish a minute. TI19 pay is ten cents for a box holding about a bushel. Some of the children make as much as $1.50 per day. After being washed, the fish arc pickled for half an hour,and arc then laid upon trays and placed in a large drying-room, heated by steam. "When dry they arc thrown i^i to ; large shallow pans of boil* iug oil, and "thoroughly cooked. They arc then pac^jl in boxes by women and girls, and into cacli box is-poured some >f the patent mixture of oil and spices. Covers arc fitted on the boxes and"sealed by men. The boxes are next placed in boiling water for half an hour, and are then removed and put on an inclined plane, so that the enclosed hot air rushes to one corner of the box. This corner is punctured" with an awl, and the air escapes; the box then being "made airtight again by a drop of solder. The boxes arc ornamented with attractive French labels, stating that the enclosed ire "Sardines a la Francaise.' Some are labelled in addition, 'a 1 huile d'olive.' T1 ic oil ccnerallv used is cotton seed. Olive oi! is however, used for the quality marked prime. "Almost the entire product of these factories is shipped to New York,whence it goes to retailers all over the country. One of the Lubec houses prepares about' 1500 boxes per day. The profit "made by the packers is from four to six cents a box." "flow do you happen to be so well informed on the subject," was asked. ""Well, I hnil from East port myself," said the grocer, "and ns a boy I used to work iu a sardine factory." Reflections of a Cat In all my experience I never saw a cat hit with a bootjack. Every cat that conies on Our back .^-fcncc doesn't come to see me. ^ When people go to sit down they W'"" net er sec I am asleep in the chair. When I can't get the ribbon off my neck I try to drag it in the dirt. if I hadn't talons the small boy would find no fun in pulling my tail. Tim Ic ft,,, nnlv nno irtin wrtnl/1 sooner have a rat than a cat around. The nicest bed. is a pan of rising bread. The old maid is the cat's good Samaritan. If it wasn't for the rat I would be an outcast. I think I have a pretty nose when it isn't scratched. The ovjen. was about the hottest place I was ever-in. I am b'amed for a great many things the girl breaks. The missis ami I can never agree as to the place where I shall bring up my kittens. 3lissis used to leave me only one kitten until after she had twins herself, and then she left me two.?Eveninj Wisconsin. Had Hammered Brass. "Have you hammered brass?" inquired a lady in a St. Paul art stoic. . 4>Yes'm," remarked the clerk briskly. jL "I pounded a Chicago drummer once until he didn't know whether he was in Minnesota or throe miles below Memphis."?St. Paul Press. ' FOR FARM AND GARDEN. ? Successful Treatment of Garget. In earlier life I treated garget by a number of methods with varied success, pus forming in only, a few instances; but for twenty-five yonrs I have had no case of suppuration of the udder Irom garget. As soon as the trouble is discovered (usually but one quarter of the udder, more correctly one of the four glands is involved), the inflamed part should be bathed with a mixture of equal parts of tincture of lobelia and glycerine and kept saturated with it till fever, tenderness and swelling subside. If pus has been already formed, the pus sack should be opened at its lowest point and kept dressed with i weak solution of phenol, thymo-crcsol, or listcrine.? American Agriculturist. To Prevent Swarming. If you desire to prevent swarming to the greatest possible extent you must use a hive large enough to accommodate all of the bees that one queen can ever produce. You must keep your bees em ployed either by taking their honey or by giving them room to build comb. The young bees having their work allotted to them in the hive, as nurses and comb builders; those young bees not needed as nurses ought to have room to plnctnr nn/l ltnilrl nnmlt until tlmr firA rtlfl enough to go forth in quest of honey. If you are working for extracted honey, you will, as soon as your hives become ( well filled with bees, but not too much : crowded, place an upper story on your ; hive the same size as the lower, when - this is filled raise it up and put another j between it and the lower one. These ; three hives should satisfy any colony, > but if it docs not some of the strongest < add still another. 1 i Feeding Cattle for Manure. j The feeding of cattle for manure is a 1 subject for profitable study through the winter. Manure is the most valuable crop that farmers can produce. It cannot be purchased except in the shape of 1 costly fertilizers, or at exorbitant prices 1 that farmers cannot afford. At its usual ] market value of $2.50 to $3 per ton it is largely used by thousands of fanners. But it can be made for much less than this price. Milking cows use up 20 per cent, of the manurial elements of their food, young stock 10 per cent., and fattening cattle only five per cent. A ton of straw and a ton of hay fed with 500 pounds of cottonseed meal will make eight tons of manure, and will be fully returned in the form of flesh or fat, or milk and butter. So that the fanner who buys these feeding substances will have at the above-mentioned market prices fully $20 worth of manure, clear f nrnfif frnm tlin frvnrl if lin rlnnc nnf mnL*/> I iivui iuv iwv/u, a iiv v*uv.,.j uvb uiunv anything from the stock.?New York 1 Tunes. , - < Potatoes Following Corn. If corn has been heavily manured on ( an old tough sod, it leaves the land in excellent condition for growing a large ? potato crop the following season. The ] coarse manure is just right for the corn crop, giving warmth which corn needs and potatoes do not. Fresh manure also f causes rot in potatoes, especially if the , weather be moist. The second years use of the manure is therefore best for the potato crop, and after two years of thorough cultivation the land ought to 1.~ r r ."i_ a ii.. . . . .. ue irce irum wecus ana in excellent con- < dition for seeding. The ouly objection < to this plan is that sometimes the lack of 1 a sod to be plowed under causes failure i of the potato crop in a dry season. Even < this may be partially remedied, however, < if rye is sown among the com at the time < of the last cultivation. The rye thus 1 covers the ground during winter, and protects it from washing away. In the spring, rye will grow up to full size, and 1 be full of sap in time to be plowed under for the potato planting.?Cultivator. Influence of Feed. Mr. "William V. S. Beckman once reported an interesting involuntary experience by which he learned that the most palatable as well as expensive turkey meat is built on a basis of lima beans. That the character of feed of all farm animals greatly influences quality of flesh and milk is a matter of common observation ; a Home and Farm writer illustrates flip fnnt ns nmmllv nnnliMihlp in tlin nnco J "j'l' ~ *" of egg-production: 4"Eggs in the corn and cattle districts of the "West have far less keeping quality aud a much thinner shell than eggs coming from States and districts of broken or hilly surface and a soil of comparative poverty. And the fact of a thinner or thicker shell does not tell the whole story. There has been found to be a radical difference in the proportionate amount of the constituent element of the two classes?the thinner shelled eggs, the nroduct of verv rich soil containing ___ r ? - ?/ o more nitrogenous and mineral matter, notably phosphorous and sulphur; and thicker shelled, a larger portion of pure albumen, water and oil." ' Pig-Feeding Experiments. Professor Iluut, of the Illinois College Farm, is reported to have obtained the following results fiom his experiments in feeding pigs: It required 13.80 lbs. of skim-nnlk to produce one lb. of pork, when fed with corn-meal in ration 1 1-7 to fattening hogs. It required on an average 44 lbs. of shelled corn to produce 1 lb. of pork during average period of four weeks, or one bushel produced 13| lbs. of pork. It required 4? lbs. of cornrneal to produce 1 lb. of pork or one .. ?. rfCiS&H *J^?'+* . fc >?* .;**: - I . .. bushel of corn made into meal and fed produced 1ZJ IDs. ot porK. w nen iea dry,shelled corn is more economical than corn-meal to feed to fattening hogs. One bushel of com is worth nearly three bushels of oats as food for fattening hogs. Cora-fed pigs gained about lbs. per w.eek, and ate about 21 lbs. of corn per 100 lbs. of live weight. Pork was produced during the cold weather, with corn at 28 cents per bushel, for less than three cents per pound. An insufficient food supply for two weeks caused a very considerable loss in feeding thereafter. Indian corn is the most economical pork-producing material during the Winter months in regions where it is extensively grown. Care of a Shingle Roof. There are several ways in which a shinirle roof mav be treated so as to add' very much to its durability, among whjch are: 1. Paint the surface of each course of shingles as it is laid down with lend and oil paint, or paint one surface and let them dry before laying down. One good coat should be enough. 2. Paint the roof over as thoroughly as possible with the same kind of paint of any color desired, as soon as the roof is finished. 3. Petroleum may be used instead of paint, and of course will be much cheaper, but it is liable to the objection of increasing the danger of fire on buildings where fires are maintained. Soaking shingles a short time in a solution of lime and salt has also been recommended. Of all the methods, painting and drying before they are laid is the best, but the most troublesome, and if thef roof is also painted after it is finished the job will bo a complete one. [f any expense is put on a board roof, it should be of matched stuff with a smoothly planed surface, and be painted the same as weather boarding. Gas tar is not as good for a tin roof as the roofing paint that can * be bought at Lardware stores ready mixed for the purpose. A Sunflower Hedge. A willow hedge across the garden or on the north side of it, is a great protection, but while waiting for this to grow plant three or four rows of sunflowers icross the piece. When tho flower terns begin to grow drive some laths in the row about six feet apart, bracing the autside ones well; then stretch two or three lengths of binder-twine on each side of the row, winding tliein once around oacli lath, and wind some cotton twine iround the middle pair of strands between each cluster of flower stalks to keep them from falling or being blown down. The seed heads must be gathjred as fast as they ripen and open mough to show, the seed, and spread out in a cool dry place to out thoroughly, when the seed :im be. rubbed or threshed out with a light stick, and cleaned in a fanning mill or winnowed out by the wind. In the fall plow up a few furrows on the south side o^R; stalks which arc left standing through the winter; harrow and work down fine and plant onion sets at once, rhc hedge or sunflowers will catch and hold the snow, and so protect the onions during the winter that when the snow is oil the ground in the spring they will 3iart at once into growth, and furnish the first early green onions.?American Agriculturist. Dampness in Walls. A wall constructed of brick or stone of any quality whatever will be subject to ihc damp which exists in the soil, and which will enter in all directions' aud in ill parts where the wall is in immediate contact with the ground. This is especially true of brick walls that arc now so often found superseding stone in the country; many builders claiming hard burned brick as being better than stone for foundations even for brick houses, as they certainly arc very much cheaper, and if really hard burned arc practically indestructible, which is more than can be said of some kinds of stone that are occasionally put into foundation walls. In treating this subject, the London Architect advises a sub-stratum of concrete under the footings of the wall. Afterwards as soon as the footings and lower nart of the wall arc carried a high ns the level of the ground, it will be well to introduce a thin sheet of lead the whole thickness of the wall, or as thin layer of bituminous substance that will penetrate the brick and stone and fill the pores, or a double course of thin slate set in cement. The purpose in each case is to prevent the wet from rising up into the walls of the house above ground. As a fuither precaution to prevent the access of damp from the surface of the ground next the outside face of the wall, a facing of stone two or three feet high and not very thick answers the purpose. While the rain may beat against this part of the wall so th#t it may become temporarily damp, it will soon dry off without communicating dampness to the main body of the wall. The inside of external walls should never have the plastering applied immediately on the face, but they should nl ways be battened with long narrow strips of wood attached by holdfasts to the inside face of the wall. The slips or battens receive the laths upon which the plastci is applied, and the space formed by the battens between the wall and the lathing effectually keeps out the humidity. The New York Sun says that any one desirous of speculating in real estate cau purchase an acre of laud in Wall street, New York, for the small sum of $14,300,000, and it is cheap at that. ^QUAINT AND CURIOUS. h knot is a nautical mile. ^nlnrv is tJift Intpsf. r>nrr> fnr rliPiimn. ' tism. " A threshing machine in England is woyved by electricity. Mimical missionaries in China find that a great many of the more ignorant people regard them as poisoners. Cherry County, Neb., with nn area lurger than several Eastern States, hasn't a practicing physician within its borders. In 1816 one bushel of corn would buy one pound of nails; now ten pounds can be bought for the same quantity of corn. . A book published in 1832 describes the devil fish as a fish from ten to thirty feet long, with a single horn on either side of the head. The United States consumes 160,000,000 pairs of boots and shoes per annum, 100,000,000 of which are furnished by the New England States. 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. Cats are held in high esteem in Egypt even to this day. In one of the khedive's palaces at Cairo there is a free ration distributed every day to any cat that may care to apply. A number of plants have been discovered in the Phillippinc Islands, whose flowers arc almost a yard in diameter, the petals, five in' number, being oval and of a creamy-white color. George Smith, a colored man in Cairo, 111., put a billiard ball in his motith to show that it could be done, but the dentist had to remove some of his teeth to prove that it was a foolish act. Near El Paso, Texas, there is a cave of unexplored dimensions, which, contains a beautiful lake. The shores of this body of water are strewn with human bodies and pieces of pottery. D. C. Robertson figures it out that if we had a railway to the moon, with cars running at a speed of sixty miles an hour, it would take a man between 166 and 167 days .to make the trip. A similar journey to Venus would take about 50 years. Capt. Hay of the Anchor line steamship Tyrian, which arrived at New York the other day from Jamaica, is the proud possessor of two Spanish poodles. They are almost u year old, yet each is only some eight inches long. They are simply little round balls of long white wool. They whine like a baby and are very affectionate. A New Englander has invented an apparatus for timing horses. A clock with three hands?minute, second and quarter hand?is started by the official timer. When the winning horse touches the wire the clock is stopped by electricity. The same instant the current opens a camera, which photographs the horse and the clock face. Suicide and Gambling Profits. An American who lias just returned frnm TTrnnee cni's fhnt. the rlnv he. visited - ,w-vv ~ J 3' Monte Carlo happened to be the day on which the annual meeting of the shareholders occurred, and that after the meeting general gloom, pervaded the entire surrounding atmosphere. It seems that the profit and loss account showed a profit indeed, but a profit very much less than had been the case in preceding years. After paying the expenses of the esTiiWklMucnt_onlj $1,250,000 were, left for those who heldstoclcurt'fie-compftny.A few years ago the profits were double this sum. The change is owing, so it is said, to a growing conservatism among the gamblers, both men and women, who frequent this famous resort. There is just as much gambling as there ever was. but the eamblinsr for enormously high stakes. is not so frequent. Men and women now wager five-franc pieces instead of louis and bank notes. One interesting fact is that the suicides are not as numerous as they used to be. There, were 19 suicides during the past year men and women both driven t6 the taking away of their own lives because of dcs}>air over losing various" ^divisions of the $1,250,000 profits of Monte Carlo. The previous year when the profits were $1,500,000 the suicides numberecV 25. The number of suicides and the profits of the establishment maintain a .^htio or seem to do so from year to year. \ The proportion is about one suicide to/every $60,000 profit to the gambling/establishment, which means, of cour^, a corresnondinc amount of loss to/the pat rons. / A study of the interesting/ fluctuation of these suicides to correspond with the gambling house profits would certainly have delighted Mr. Buckle.?Mail and Express. Work of the Hermit People. An interesting collection of the productions of the Coreans has been brought to England, and is now in the Kew Museums. Like the Japanese, these little-known people make arT extensive use, in their few industries, of paper, which is made from the bark of the paper mulberry. This collection includes various white or cream-colored papers for drawing, writing, wrapping, etc., with fans and hand-screens of paper and bamboo, oiled-paper, tobacco pouches and hal coverings, paper kites with bamboo frames, sun-blinds of bamboo split intc thread like strips, and fine clothing, such as undershirts and cuffs, of split rattans. Very fine work is displayed in some pi the articles, r ......v. / - * 1 \ ?, Northern HettltmeiU South. ?ovent>*-flve Pezf cent, of the readers of thL' article, either ror health, pleasure or permanent homes, expect to eo Sonth in the near ftp ture, and are anxious for reliable information concerning tnat ravoreu country, xno illiNOIS CENTRAL Rrfllrbad, tlie'Home-seekers' friend, reaching from Sioux City, Sioux Falls and Chicago, to New Orleans, passes through Western Kentucky and Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, making a direct line to all NORTHERN as well as Southern markets. For this reason hundreds of Northern families are settling at .Jackson, Tennessee; Holly Springs, Jackson, Terry, Brookhaven and McComb City, Mississippi; and Kentwood,Areola, Amite City, and Hammond, Louisiana. If you would know more of these places, address the undersigned at Manchester, Iowa, for a copy of the pamphlet recently issued, entitled "Prosperous Northern Settlements in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana," and if you think of visiting and investing in the South before prices are greatly advanced, you cannot make the trip too soon. J. F. MERRY, Gen. West. Pass. Agt. Oheoon raised four crops of strawberries last year. To-XIsrht and To-Morrow Mailt, And each day and night during the week you can get at all druggists' Kemp's Balsam for t he Throat and Lungs, acknowledged to be the most successful remedy ever sold for the cure of Coughs, Croup, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Asthma, and Consumption. Get a bottle to-day and keep it always in the house, so you can check your cold at once. Price 60c and SL Sample bottles free. Connecticut capitalists have put a line of Bteamboats on the Tennessee River. A Radical Cure for Epileptic Fit*. j i> ilie TAnior?ciease jniurm your reauera IbatI Lave a positive remedj for the above named disease which Lwarrant to cure the worst cases. So strong is my faith in its virtues that I will send free a sample bottle and valuable treatise to any sufferer who will give me his P 0. aDd Express address. Resp'y, H. G. ROOT. M. C. 183 Pearl St.. New York. Catarrh Cared. A clergvman, after years of suffering from that loathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly trying every known remedy, at last found a prescription which completely cured and saved nim from death. Any sufferer from this dreadful disease sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Prof. J. A. Lawrence, 88 Wan en Ft.. N. V.. will receive the recipe free of charge. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye-water. Druggists sell at25c. per bottle A Fair Trial Of Hood's Sarsaparilla will convince any reasonable person that it does possess ureal medicinal merit We do not claim that every bottlo will accomplish a miracle, but wo do know that nearly every bottle, taken according to directions, does produce positive bone tit. Its peculiar curative power Is shown by many remarkable cures. "1 iviui run down from close application to work, but was told X had malaria and was dosed with quinine. etc., which was useless. I decided to take llood's Sarsaparilla and am now feeling strong and / ItAnrfnl n? W H TIpivrrarT 9C1 Qnrlntr Vaw York City. Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by all ilrnfnrtats. $1; six for $5. Pr pared only by 0.1 HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses ^ ^o^lar ^ BH.Ioll A! FA fililu i " AS MILK". ~ So dlagnisod that the most -i delicatufitomachcantakoit. - Remarkable a* a ?, FLESH PRODUCER. Persons gain rapidly while taking it? SCOTT'SEBDLSIOH Is acknowledged by Physicians to bo the FIN ESI and BEST preparation of its class for tho relief ol CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA, OENERA1 DRRTLITT. HASTING DISEiSES OF CHILDREN, and CHRONIC COUGHS. 4 to* Dcpooisn. Scott & Bowne, Haw York. Swiff# oj iec.tic-aired me of malignant Wood Poison after I bad be n treated in vain with old so-callod mnedios of Mercury and Potash. S. 8. S. not only cured the Blood Poison, but relieved tho Itheumatlam Which was caused by the poisonous minerals. GEO. BOVKLL, 34223d Avenue. N. Y. Nine years ago Scrofula attacked two of mv children. and they were badly aftlicted with the disease, which resisted the treatment of my family phy-ician. 1 was pvrsuaded to use Swift's Specilic by seeing an account of cures in my county paper. The improvenv nt was apparent from th>- tirst few doses, and in a short time my children were cured, and are still sound and well. JOHN WILLIAMS. Lexington, Va. Swirr's Specific is mtirely a vegetable remedy, and is the onlv medicine which permanently cures Scrofula, Blood Humors. Cancer and Contagious Blood I'oifon. Send tor Books on Blood and Skin Dis'ease?, nmi ed free. THE 8WIET SPECIFIC CO.. Drawer 3, Atlanta. Oa. ELY'S CREAM BALM Is worth $ 1000 to nny l.HFAn!if?\T TimiT k V on HUTf T1 F/_A?FEYER0iBliifli WUlflttll UJ UliLLiU KT ii,:, ;7/4s snfl'crlDB from I CATARRH. A PP'y Bain? *n'? eac^ nostril. ELY IiROS..SC Warren St.. X. V. WHY WEAR EYE-GLASSES ? n.wm cure s Bye Restorer W??K RESTORES fi%aGs?Efer.DISEASED SIC3-KCT EYES. At all Druggist3. Send for Circular^. EYE RESTORER CO.. - ALBANY. N. Y. DR/IPTiP/ll UIMTQ! A LITTLE HOOK ol O rnAul IbflL nin I O rumtos. containing solid To Builders I sSS?; .'fttinr bis contracts: lOdcsbrns of plain and elegant hemes, with pinna and estimated coat. Short ehaje teison thokitchen, chimneys, cistern, foundation, brickwork, mortar, collar, hratiiur, ventilation, the rocf and many items of interest to builders. Mailed free on receipt of 1 0 cents in postal stamps. Address NATIONAL SHEET METAL ROOEINO i CO.. A10 Enst Twentieth St., New York City. VASELINE PREPARATIONS. On receipt of postage stamps we will send free !)V vail the following splendid articles: One Box of Pure Yuaclluc. - - 10 rents, tine Box ot Vaseline t'niuplior Ice. I !i cent". One Box ol Vaseline t'olil Cream. 1 H rents. No Vaseline is genuine unlcsaournameis on the label CgrfennotroH Mayrr'o Co.. at State St.. New York. CONSUMPTION 1 have a positive remedy for tho above disease; bjrit. u*; thousand* of ra<e* of the worst kind and of ions: standing have been cured. So strong b iny faith In It* efllcacv that 1 will ?ond two hottlei Iree, together with a valuable treatbenn thisdiseasetwanv sufferer. (live Express an I P. O. addre?-. T. A. St.OCf.M. M. C.. ?1 Pearl St. N. V DETECTIVES Wanted in en?ry County. Shrewd men to act under instructions In our Secret Service. Kxpcrieur*/ n.'t ne*e-*?i?ry. Particular."* free. Gran nan Detective Bureau L'o.-li Arcade,Ciseinsiti.P. FRSZim BUST IN THE WORLD W it L rt O L ?V Get tho Genuine. Sold Everywhere. fit! w who have used Pi*o'? Sllf.mnr Cure for Consumption ^ I rs ^ r Si Ja ^1118 BEST 0F A LI" Sold everywhere. '.Sc. N*?X1. CIS la f 9K 2& EeudlOc. (Kt'mp*; Mt E V iw vaaw for A'Cut'* Comi'let Uutlit. \>e want agents it every town to tel! an article eve y one will bny Mt'NGKK t 1.7K. CO . 11 Maiden T ane. New York UNMARRIED people should join (lie "Home (junr riajfe) Endowment Association." Pays $SC0. SHOO $2000. or $30tx>, at marriage. 1 tiwiw <i< sirou- of j<-in ing thi-* association, or to net us agents areinvi>?lt< fend :or Circulars free. \\. It. PEASE, See'y. Miu neapolis, Minn. UnUC STI'liV. JJooU-i;*eping,IlusinrssForms MvmC Penmanship, Aritlinietic, Short-hand.etc. Rl thoroughly taught i>v St AIL circuit* froi Hrymn'w Calltgt; 457 Main St.. Huilnlo, N. V ESBaiv'a SiiJNiU treattnalish Uoutau uEdBr S r<6fiSi Rheumatic Kent J Jl Ovni Ilox, .11; round 1-1 I'ilU. UYOUR FARM~FORSALE toS/?". ' If so address Cubtis .v Wiuoht, 2a Broartwa-. X. V f AT Llvcat hom* and make mort money workii.-foru* 'iian m\l> onythJnar el?e in the world rit!nr t'v*t!y outfit yjUK. Terma FCUfii AddrcM, tcli: 4 co., Mama. -.r r * ' * X* 4 1 ' R^cfcAehes ^ RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA ??rjsDJ ^&*X$ Promptly. J $BTfED(ly% and Papuan an(ly.N Sold BY PruGB'^sd dealers. ^EHius A X/nRFi fb f!n Riim Mn. Diamond Vera-Cura FOR DYSPEPSIA. AND ALL STOMACH TROUBLK8 SUCH AS Indication, Sour Stomach,Heartburn.Nftusea.OldHine?K, Constipation. J-'tilliiMHi altar eating, Kood ICs.ng IB the Moulh and diragTfcabte taste after . latlng. ^frvouaiicaw ftnd_l.ovy Spirit*. At DnifrQhti nnd Dealers or sent by mail on receipt of 25 et*. (8 bores *1.00) in stamps. Sample tent on receipt of'j-cent stamp. The Charles A. Vogeltr Co., Baltimore, IHd N Y N U-6 MEN WANTED.! 25 years of ape and oyer, to canvass for a full line I of nursery stock. Our stock is guaranteed first- I class ana true to .tame as ordered. We give . STEADY EMPLOYMENT and hiroon SALARY or COMMISSION as preferred. Address (stating age and enclosing The C. L. Vas Duszk Nubsebt Co., Geneva, N. Y. ~rjjk JOWES" te^?|pAYSth^FREICHT JhL. Wf 3 Ton Was on Hcales, SMjnkSy Iran levers, hi.?T Rearlafi, Brail IMHHmL Tar* Beam and Beam Bel for Everv.i JL rer^pr-UV209?lik.. ' uerllon thl? paper and addrtaa /IWlI V I ONES BF IINQHAMTM. 9 Mr . IfIN<?HAMTON. N. Y* IASTHMA ?U5pD| Eg G c nn on A eth ma C ore never/at is to giro m- H media?* relief \a tho woret caeesjnstzree comfort ablosloeptetTectscnrw where ail others fail A trial convinces tA4most skeptical. Pr.coOQc.andB A_ -vrrfATldlWJpleo'1 CnretorCon* I lo \ I llK\ sumption is THE BEST "?'? i Agents wanted, $1 an hour. 60 new articles. CallVu and samples free. C. E. Marshall. L'ckpoi t. N. Y THIS MEANS YOU. This Beautiful $125.00 Organ Positively Given Away. To the first person sending us 91 for 'id packets ot Scot's, 10 pncKets most bonutifnl Flower Heeds, 15 pnckcteof the choicest Vegetable Heed, Beans, Peas, Itndisli, Parsnip, Tomato, C'nbbnae. Union, Turnip, lleet, Mask Melon, Cu ( limber. Celery, Pepper and Lettuce, one packet each. Itenteinber, we make yon a present of thi Organ as you get the worth of your mouey in Heed. We oo this to get every one reading 'hi* ",td."tr buy their Heed?ot ns. The on'-sending the llrst nearest guess as to the number ot grains or kernel* In n ballpoint,! oi I'oflee t- <t? the Orsan, wbtel will be sent by Ireiglit, ?ccarelr packed. Ma, 1st, lafl. Writeto-day. Send iio?inl note, mrne* or ej or rcgist, red letter. We will Hot compete with firmselling old trnshy seeds at cot rates. We Sell onh the best at rensonnble prices. Addressnlainly, 1 It VI N(J II. SW1SK, Herdsman, IJIoomin ( leu, BUCKS CO.. 1KNNA. Your choice any 1 ( rncki ts and cnc guess, 50 CIS. Send purs- i s- pnralo piece of japer, size cf postal tard. Mint ( ) Ibis paper. * ! C E fPftiifiUiPlo vSSraSJ/1 F?R < 2 GIVEN FREE^T^^^^^RIBERS. !j | Read and, lienrn S m &*^jT&&&B&s3w Bo raccemfal *u oor I B f ^S&SSqUHi B5-0*0 to rubecrlbera, Decc f= f Hr- '^STrSHB tnnlto a rtlll more liberal ol % 8TKM-WI.NDINO WA E ^plnto?OTdl,K ?rtn~ iffiS poured Into an ordinary pi Z K ' "j-V iwn The jar hu been deposited H *ST>?H Conuianj.aiid cannM booi <3 flPITnp FOLLnuivc'i aA" [ mmmoires TO Tim 8,11 ,-By TllK 1IF-8T GIE8SE8 S^s?i KERNELS OP RICE t 1 Presfint to tne Snbscrmer Guessing He Correct: 1 present to the Subscriber ?uc**lnr ncnrcs gtj 1 present to tho Subscriber making the ncx | 1 present to the Subscriber mnLtnjy the uex I 6 presents to 1 be 6 Subscribers ranking ni U 10 presents to tho 10 Subscribers making n< D SO presents to tho SO Subscribers making n< ? 50 presents to tho 60 Subscribers making u< a 100 presents to t no 100 Subscribers maltlas n< . I COO presents to the 800 Subscribers making n< 3 600 presents to the 500 Subscribers making n< H S.860 prescpts to the 2,860 Subscribers making, ut | 3,139 Presents, M f\ Allfl nAr ?Wo make no charge =3 111 \J v H M rv vt CI well known puld.cul H homes, we require each one answering this to become r H cents in postage stumps or cash, which entitles you to Eg which ontitles you to twogucssca or $1 lorn two year 1 The Jar will He oped anil grains of Rice coDDiea Ainil E Should no one guess the correct number, then the oi - 82.000. Should two or more persons guess the correct n will receive the $8,OtM>, and tho aexl tho tl,tlf s YOUR SUBSCRIPTION FREE V'tim Club of Ten und $6.00, wa will send two extra rnhs send live extrn Subscriptions. For a Club ? t forty i H Knch Subscriber Is entitled to two guesses, and tb n- for cuch extra Subscription. Tutclub-raiser*' Cue F THE AMERICAN HOMESTEAD'",315 ma nazes, AS long columns, completely tilled with nowotsi lean homo. Tho subscription price bos been reduced t reading matter for the money than slmost any other p ? DIAMOND RINGS AND WATCHES FOR CLD1 B DIAMOND RINGS to tho FIRST ONE HUNDRED I'ERS =1 ?? ?. I-.raS THAN^jtlO IN^CARTI^nnd^tottietiexjBOOl 1 (1 Ail v* U IT IIJU ?? ? !- n.' mn>u BE Wo have been so long beforo tbo public that Itoni ry naTco. If wo ive unknotvn to you. any bnnk. commrrr j?j are. Money may bo sent by Postal Koto, Begteterwt Lc THB AMERICAN HOMESTEAD, CUT THIS OUT AND SECURE A CLUB. IT WILI i^lru'LVIUIHIiliBiii.'flliUiliilllllKllfliiliHlflDrjiinilil Make Youi Earn K They will, if yon handle then w? are now pn 100-PAGE BOOK It embodies the experience of a | among Poultry as a business?not as i making dollars and cents. He made a -i?.. I,J if \snii \a/III nrnflt bv his yuusiiuuiunui... ..... will give you this intelligence. Eve hens you should know how to MAKE you. Among hundreds of other point To Induce Hens to Lay, To Select a Good Cock, j) To Select a Good Hen, Which Eggs to Hatch, Vy When to Set for Early \ Broilers, ^1^} ' What to Feed Young /V-*? Chicks, i How to Arrango Coops, * Handling of Eggs. J About Watering Chicks, / Arrangement of Ferches * y To Prevent and Cure Roup. Abortio >, Choi- \ir era, Gapes, &c., &c. <^9 CARE OF TURKEY i The best Chicken Book fcr the. r Fowls can afford to be without It. Sei silver, postal note or stamps 0 or 2c.', BOOK PUB. HOUSE. 134 .msm iT'' ADVANCE IN PRICE. f TELL, YOUR FRIENDS ^Ladies'Home Jonrnal is to be made BETTER and LARGER. It can be had-floV for only AO Cents per yt?r| another year It will cost 91.00. We shall double the price bccauie we cannot afford to furnish so good a paper as the Journal la to be for less tban one Dollar, but we shall double Its value, and give you more of it for your money. AGENTS con make hundreds of dollars securing subscriptions at ? ?#!% -_ ? i??? i.i toon nan rnce up to juiy isi> iocs. We offer them good pay for every subscriber secured, and an to the person who extra Prize of shall send us the largest number; 8*00 for the rccond largest list, and so on. Sample copies and posters will be furnished, so that a great demand can be created in any neighborhood. CURTIS PUBLISHING CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. J NORTHERN PACIFIC. If LOW PAIGE RAILROAD LANDS ? FREE Government LANDS'i MILLIONS of ACKEH of etch In Minnesota. North Dakota. Montana. Idaho. Washington and Oregon. CCUn CftD implications with Mapsdoecrtbingthe aCnll run brat Agricultural, Grazing and Timser Lands now cpen to Settler. Stent free. Addreaa nuac D I IBIOflDII Land Commissioner. llHASa Pa LfllBPUHIIi St. Paul, annn. BA C TO S10A DAT! . %P|AOENTS WANTED! IjS Lr rwancxjLiMt razz. t 1000 Brewster's Safety Bain Holder*.GIVEN AWAY to Introduce them. Every bora, owner bay* from 1 toe. Lines never under horse'*' feet bend 2Scta in stamp* to pay postage end packing for Nickel Plated Sample that sella forts cents. Address Brawsior Mfg. Co., Holly, Woh. 4 iAJ nu? .!> .in _ UK v 60 - a > W? SAW i>l 2S5 tVltb Universal Lok beam and Simultaneous Hot Work a, also r.:: Inea, \Y ooa Planer*. Manufacturad bf ' SAI.feitl MtlfN W'OHKH, HAl.Kflf, W. C. SALESMEN?!! t-ceni >tamp. Wage* #3 Per Day Permanent po?ltl?e. N? postals answered JloneT advanced tor warts, advertising, etc. Centennial Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati. OHio? "peerless dyes So LB BY1pj^tsvi ^ ; : . S/JSWIjo/j. E ALE BY ALU DRUGGISTS, fcj : ? I. '",wwwb "H" w"a;"HT,sr:ra aBp] . GIVEN TREE TO S13SCRI3E3S. | ? and Win? gggsjl |; a?t contest, when we garo away Iff;1! "p?wB ES ruber ijth. that we have decided to |???EJEEB38 tcrof $10,000 in casu, ao?> M?EBiES88Bg 3 fi'{RT,,Ari.,ii?1,4feDii^fl I inch aa can be bought anywhere it (wlue) measure even I nil. thnnPgBk r^tSagl B K!SS9Cia?l I tened or counted till the ezplmllou^^^g^'^0 B, 1.180 PRESENTS WILL IIEB!0FW!CE. Jj H 10 SUBSCRIBERS ilAKlXOHff!)U}W?'?l ^ A8 'IO TIIK NUMBER OFBKujfflQKg rilli JAR CONTAINS. =3 SDmter of Kernels, $2,0001 t ?be correct number, . # . 1,0*0 IB t best {iitu OOO t beat'cucaa, ?' 850 ^ FStbc*!|il(U,|100?uk, . . . 600 ' r t bcit guess, 50 eaeb, . . . 600 g fir best guess, 06 each, 600 B lit brat guess 10 each, ? 6*0 9 , - c< ixt best (BfH) 6 each, COO jg. (iUc<t|ncu,t.COtaek) COO H ^ (it <>e*t guess, S each, - . . 1,600 e :xt beat iu(u, 1 cucb, . 8.260 g - ' ? - Amounting to 810,000 for the guess, but In order to lntroduco our old and H lion. T11E AMERICAN HOMESTEAH, Into new m l uuhseriber lor at lenat tlx months, and send ?<!? one encaa, or 60 centa lor a yearly subscription,H a* subscription, whlcli entitles you totbur gavssea. g I 25ili. 1839.67 a Committee chosen by tic sEfescriters 5 I ne guessing nearest will recciro the flrst present of B ninbrr. then the one whose guess la flrst received 10, and ae on. , <J b of Five Yearly Subscribers. accompanied by En Cash, we will sera one cxtru Subscription. For a crtptlons, For a Club ol twenty and S'O 00, we will . ind KOM.we it III as ml ten extra hubacrlptlona. am t getter up or the Club i* entitled to tiro guesses isses on separate slip ut paper. g . Iq of one of tho largest, handsomest, and best pnbll- Q| w is JsMird (rem Jersey City. It contains eight large =3 W ia ciioici'Bb rrnnuiK i or w? ci t mcmutr 04 o?crjr Ainrp b ? 0 only 6" cenro n year. which affords moro choics 9 JH iibllciitiou In (hi* t.'utid States. a V Sin order to obtain a large list of subscriber* before H V April ?th, wo will mve nw.ijr lOO GENUINE H5 M ons uwdivn us a list of sur-ckibeks with ra s PERSONS WHO *RND 08 A LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS, H 1 IANT GOLD PLATED STEM WINDING WATClir^ = I rhttobc ft etiflli'ient guarantee that w? w ill do as we 1 lalsgeiiey or publisher In N. J. Will tell jou who wci 1 Iter, or P. 0. Order. Address: ? 1 74 & 76 Montgomery 8treet, Jersey City, IT. J. " . NOT APPEAR AGAIN. Ml* Chickens floney. 1 properly, and to teach yon Ltting- forth a ^ FOR 25 CENTS. ? aractlcal man laboring for 25 yeors^^j i diversion, but for-^he purpc^gr~of ^ success, and there Isnfcrr&asarfwhy \ labors?and the price of a few eggs n If you have room for only a few -J THEM PAY. This book will show 3 about the Poultry Yard it teaches: To Prepare Nests, Judicious Pairing, llfL.i U... iA C?? wnai nciii iu ^ar0 ?' Brooding Hens, J"'", Know Unfruitful Eggs, I |, \ When to Set for Cho'ce * vlwW/ F?"'! vA\\ what t0 Fee(I for Efl-S? x.> What to Feed to Fallen, **"" To Got Rid of Vermin, 7 \ Altmtt Innnhslfl'C M To Prevenl and Cure \j \ Pip, Lice,Scaly Legs, Indigestion, &c., &c. S, DTICKS, GEESE. noney ever offered. No one with it postpaid on receipt of 25 cents in Leonard St., N. Y. City. -j