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PINEAPPLES. The Cultivation of This Deli|n , cious Tropical Fruit. ^ Kow Thev Are Propagated and jpy Transported to Market. iWm A few years ago pineapples were con^^^/sidered luxuries in the northern cities; |Hr but now they arc as common as native W products. Ease of transportation, and a better and more general knowledge of the needs of the plants for succcssIfui cultivation, have contributed largely toward bringing these delicious fruits withiu the reach of all. The shipments from the Island of Cuba are al Lways large, and the fruit begins to arrive from this place in April. The >*pincs" ripen early there, and shippers frogi Havana control the market until after the first week in May. . Then the Bahama and Florida "pines" come in, followed soon after by those from Central America. The season usually lasts through August, during which time about 5,000,000 pineapples are shipped into the country, over one-half of which go direct to New York, the ' "distributing point for the States. whole business is * now practically ' controlled by half-a-dozen large dealers in New York, who make a specialty of it. They buy up the fruit on its arrival, and fix the price according to the condition of the market, which is usually from ten to twenty cents each for the "extras," twelve to fourteen cents for No. 1, ten to twelve cents for No. 2. and as low ns six cents for poorer fruit. Barrels are usually employed for packing, and from * v twenty-five to thirty extra large "pines," or forty to sixty small ones arc put in one barrel. The cultivation of pineapples in Florida is only of a recent date; but it has become a leading industry at Key West and along the Indian fiver. The rapid increase of plantations in both of these ( scctio..s is so great from year to year that 1 j in the near future it is expected that the 1 domestic fruit will supply the consumpt on of the entire country. The climate at Key West is about the same as in the Bahamas, and the sandy soil is so pro- ' ductivc that the "pines" grow almost ' without care. The cultivation of the pineapple is very easy, and requires but very little labor on the part of the grower. They . are largely air plants, resembling in ap- , pearance the "air piucs," which can be ( found clinging to large trees in the hammocks all over the state. For this rca- 1 son they will thrive well, even in a poor soil, if in a suitable climate, and well 1 with air .md-yatcrs _____ I, They are propagated from slips and , suckers. The former are taken from the , base of the matured pineapple, each i pine producing from five to seven slips, | and thr itter arc removed from the root 1 of t> plant. These slips and suckers : en1 c removed and shipped to a great . <" ancc: but this cannot be done safely , itil all of the moisture is dried out of } ihem. About ten thousand pineapples ] can be planted to the acre, and in from eighteen months to two years after plant- | ing the slips will produce fruit. The suckers produce fruit in less time,usually j one year after planting. After the plants ] are once set, the only cultivation required , is an occadonal stirring of the soil, until , the luxuriant growth of the plants shade the ground and prevent the growth of weeds and a too rapid evaporation of moisture. Each plant, if properly matured, will produce one "pine." If sold at five cents apiece this would mean five hundred dollars per acre, and one thousand dollars an acre if sold for ten cents apiece. The average, however, is from $500 to $700 per acre. Some of the choicest varieties sell as high as thirty and fifty cents apiece, wholesale; but usually they arc shy bearers, and do not . yield as much per acre as the poorer varieties.?New York Independent. The Last of the Mohicans. 1 The death of Samson Brushell is re- 1 ported in New London, Conn., from the s Lantern Hill country. Brushell was the 1 last known descendant in the direct line 1 of Uncas, the Chief of the Mohican In- i aians, wno occupied mis country wnen it was first settled by the whites. His i body was interred in the royal cemetery of these Indians upon the Mohican Reservation, which lies on the western bank of the Warner river, about seven miles from New London. In that reservation the remnants of the Mohicans have found a home for over two hundred years, ever since the brave, far-seeing Uncas obtained it-for them as a recompense for his services to the whites of Connecticut in leading their soldiery to the massacre of Pequots in Groton in 1637. Brushell was about fifty years old, a deformed and dissipated man, but as he was the only Mohican Indian of roval blood, as well as of pure blood, living yi Connecticut, he was regarded with interest. For yoars he had been a feature at county fairs, where he exhibited some of the remarkable abilities of his ancestry by whistling two tunes at one time, and by his feats of dexterity, such as knocking coins out of split sticks with arrows from a long distance. He was especially dexterous in plaiting reeds, and had traveled in every town of importance in the state to sell his work.? Times-Democrat. The original inventor of the bell punch sold his patent for $300, and the company purchasing it made hundreds of thousands of dollars out of it. FOR FARM AND GARDEN. tl f Cisterns Under Cellars. a Most farmers have their cisterns in the cellar, -where it takes too much room S1 that is needed for Otlfer uses, where its 81 top comes so near the surface that it n often freezes over and where a break is ^ attended by the most disastrous conse- 81 quences. Make the cistern below the M floor, cover it well, and one of its ad- 0 vantages will be in equalizing the temperature. A cellar thus protected wil never freeze in winter and will be cool in summer.?New York Herald. ^ a Cows' Liking for Pond "Water. ^ v Cows, if left to their own ways, do ^ not always take to the best and clearest water. They will often drink more from a stagnant, dirty pond than from a clear ^ running stream. Possibly habit has something to do with this strange preference. But especially in Winter it may be accounted for on other grounds. The running stream in Winter, if unfrozen, is constantly exposed to severe cold, and ^ is usually several degrees colder than that in the pond protected by ice thick enough to bear the cow's "might. It is ^ fair to presume tjiat the cow lenows what n is good for her in some respects. Try 11 her with clean water slightly warmed, and see if she will not drink it greedily u as the other.?Boston Cnltiiator. & " Si Grafting "WaxGrafting wax is made of resin, tallow ^ and beeswax, and there is no set rule as o to the nronortions. What is wanted is r~ r k ^ a wax that will adhere well. A good wax is made by melting together two ^ pounds of resin, one pound of tallow ^ and half a pound of beeswax. Stir it thoroughly and pour it into cold water, ^ and pull it with the hands until nearly ^ white. Or waxed cloths for wrapping the grafts may be made by saturating thin strips of cotton or calico in a composition of two parts resin, one of tallow and one of beeswax, melted togcth- ^ cr. These strips may be wound around the grafi3 to exclude air and water. As ^ a general rule grafting is done in the ^ spriilg just before or at the time the buds begin to swell, but cherries and plums should be grafted earlier. In all eases the scions should be cut while the buds are in a dormant state.?New Yorlc World. The Wood Lot. ^ "17ttftiTT -Tarrr* YiAtvavAr cmnll clinnM. if possible, have its wood lot. Besides the supply of summer fuel, it is very con- ^ convenient if one needs a post or a few rails for repairs to go there and select o: them. In cutting our trees reference should be had to the welfare of those & that are left. It is well to go to the lot b wtfrH-CRrtand-piek-up- the?chips -and? cake them to the wood shed; when sea- a] soned, 'tiny will be found most useful. ^ The tops cut from the trees that have been felled should not be left to litter ^ the ground. Some of the large branches . may be sawed and split to add to the wood pile. The spray may be cut into suitable lengths for pea brush. These may be neatly stacked on a bare spot, the 113 buts all one way, and the stack ^ weighted with some heavy tiiAcrs ^ to flatten the brush so that it may dry in a fan-shape; thus it will go much further a in use, and look much neater than if al- S1 lowed to dry without th'< precaution. ^ rSt+ oil tVin iir>Ht>rrriwa.-fV) nml ndd to the stock of pea brush, saving the useful n jr ornamental shrubs, such as Flowering a] Dogwood, Viburnums, etc., as well as b roung trees that are to grow up to re- c< place those that are felled. If there is excess of these, cut out the surplus but ^i eavc the hardwood trees to grow. Maple md hickory trees are worth far more to 0i :hc farmer than sassafras, basswood or w ither soft-wood kinds.?[American Agri- n :ulturist. Feeding for Manure. 8 It is possible by combining different B materials not only to increase the nutri- s( tivc value of the food supplied to the ai stock, but at the same time to increase r< the value of the manure as a fertilizer for the growing crops. A ton of straw, fi in equal amount of clover hay and five w hundred pounds of bran, make a food <c< that for feeding to stock will equal the fi same weight of good hay. The com- g bining of the three materials increases the value of them as a ration. Straw is s] a poor food. Bran is not a complete lr ^ r I IOOU, containing au excess ui some eie- q mcnts and lacking in others. Clover a hay is the same, but by combining the f] three a very good ration is made up, and both the clover and bran add very ^ materially to the value of the manure. . A ton of straw, tljo same amount of ^ hay, and" five hundred pounds of cottonseed meal will make another good food, . and while it will be keeping the stock ^ in good condition it will be adding a sufficient amount in value to pay for the . food. Of course this is upon the basis that good care is taken in the management of the manure heap in order to secure the best value. J "When a considerable amount of rough food is to be fed, if reasonably good ^ shelter is provided, bran can nearly al- m ways, be purchased and fed in con- 11 nection with it; better results can be re- 1 ceived if the rough food is first 1 run through ft cutter and the bran added and thoroughly mixed with f it. But when this cannot be done, feed v whole, providing a box for the bran and s mangers for the hay, so as to avoid c waste a* much as possible. Corn meal p can be ad led, oil meal or ground oats, n Or a very good ration can be made up r by grinding ear corn and oats together: d bis increases thc^nilk and* supplies the ood in a shape tha t is easy vto masticate nd digest. So far as possible the faiim ought to apply all the feed necessary to keep the tock and to fatton for market, and the umber of 6tock that can be kept will epend largely upop the way they food is applied, and the ^nlue t>f the manuro rill also largely depend upon the same onditions.?Farm, Field and Stochnan. Tanning Fnr and Other Skins. The following is Dr. Chase's "Fiftylollar Recipe:" First, trim the skins of 11 useless parts, and soak; them till soft, ben flesh them well and soak them in rarm water for an hour. Take for each kin, borax, saltpetre and glaubcr salt, f each one half ouncj;, and dissolve ritlv soft -water sufficiently to allow it:to c spread on the flesh sia c of the skin, 'ut it on with a brush, thickest in the enter or thickest part of! the skin, and iouble the skin together, flesh side in, ;eeping it in a cool place for twenty-four ours, not allowing it to freeze, however, lecond, wash the skin clean, and then ake saWoda, one ounce; borax, one alf ounce; refined soap, two ounces; ielt them slowly together, being careful' ot to allow them to boil, and apply tho lixture to the flesh side as at first; roll p again and keep in a, warm place foi wenty-four hours. Third, wash the kin clean as before, and have aleratus (two ounces) dissolved hi hot ain-water sufficient to saturate the skin: ben take alum, four ounces; salt, eight unces, and dissolve also in hot rainrater; when sufficiently-cool to allow the andling of it without scalding, put in tie skin for twelve houws, then ring out be water and hang up for twelve hours lore to dry. Repeat this last soaking om two to four times, according to the esired softness of the skin when nished. Lastlv. finish bv null inc. working, etc., nnd finally by rubbing ith a piece of pumice-stone and fine ind-paper. This works admirably on acep skins as well as on fur skins, dog, it or wolf skins, also making a durable iathcr, well adapted to wasliing.-jbm and Fireside. Farm and Garden Notes. Repair and paint implements, etc. Feather pulling is due to idleness. Prohibit cruelty to domestic animals. It is hurtful to clover to turn stock on in the spring. Frequent transplanting of hemlocks J ill cause them to do well. The finning of the soil about the root f newly set trees is very important. If we wish to produce a new fruit wc lust use the extrcmest carc to get the est. . -"That class of men who read the most re the best and most comfortable farlers. 'Hens do not eat their eggs unless they am the habit from having eggs broken i the nest. Never use stale eggs as est eggs. Milk made from ensilage is much lore churnable than milk made from ry fodder. Less butter fat goes out in ic buttermilk. If increased egg production is dered use a Minorca or Leghorn male; if ze of fowls is the desideratum, use a lymouth Rock, Cochin or Dominique. In order to get good queens the same lie of breeding must be applied that we pply to any other class of animals, viz., reed from the best ot specimens and mtinue to select from the word go. An incubator man thinks the objecon to incubator on.the ground that it contrary to nature, is like a man bjecting to spanning a crock or river ith a bridge, because it is contrary to ature. It is the verdict that the queen is not enerally injured by stinging her lival. iut you must take good care that this inging business docs not occur among ay of your nice queens, for fear of tiad jsults to both. The combs will not easily become ostcd on cold days if they are anointed ith gtycerinc. Birds with large imbs and wattles should drink only om vessels into which they can et their beaks alone. Those who have altered their old slipaod style of caring for their chickens i favor of giving them comfortable uarters and plenty of food, are not in hurry to return to their old ways, for aev know which pays best. A fat sow either proves barren or proucesa litter of small, weak pigs; and a it cow is verv liable not only to pro uce a sma'l calf, but also to an attack f milk fever. Excessive fat, therefore, } detrimental to breeding stock, and the ood shouid consist of those elements hat assist in promoting growth rather ban "fat. If the hogs to be slaughtered are fed rithin twelve hours of their killing, the ood is wasted, the meat will be more lisposed to sour, and it will be more iifficult to remove the distended intesines and take from them the lard. Nor 5 it well to allow the swine to drink on he morning of the day they are killed, logs cannot be killed too quickly. Celery should not be handled while rozen. Plough it out in the afternoon rhen thawed out, and send it to the hed, so that it may be trimmed under over in esse of bad weather. A good | rtoughman will easily plough it out by oaking two bouts, hawing around the ow and then running the plow deep Lirectly tinder the roots. j I ???< ???Mg??? Street Car Horses. The employment of horses on so many street railroads is a great wasto of animal material required in other fields, and involves a necessary cruelty to the horses. Yet it; is surprising how occasionally a horse will adapt himself to this spavining kind of occupation. A driver recently called my attention on the Thirty-fourth street line, in New York city, says Gath, in the Cincinnati Enquirer, to a horse in good condition, which had been employed by the company, and he told me that on the Twenty-third street Cross-town Line was a horse which had been between nineteen and twenty years in the service. The existence of the large stables for these horses in the centre of the city, with their outfit of hay aud fftd/icr, and manure, is a ciiuse of danger, and in time all our horse-railroad stables have nnfl nftnr nnntbpr been destroyed by fire. causing destruction of adjacent property and the roasting of cavalry regiments of horses. During the tie-up in the latter part of January the elevaltfd railways worked with all their might, and a large proportion of the operating and business people felt no concern about the streetcar lines, but invalids, women, the uptown stores and the physicians showed their annoyance, and the loss of occupation, and therefore o;: value, was a matter of loud complaint. A New Mineral, A new mineral has been discovered named Sperryite, in honor of the man who found it, Francis L. Sperry, of Sudbury, Ontario, chemist to the Canadian Copper Company of that place. It is essentially an arsenide of platinum and of great iutcrest, since platinpm has not been found before as an important constituent of any material except the alloys with other metals of the platinum group. True frtnnd at the Vermillion mine, in the district of Algoina, province of Ontario, a place twenty-two miles west of Sudbury and twenty-four Iniles north of Georgian Bay, on the line of the Algocaa branch of the Canadian Pacific itailway. The mine was d:is.ovcred in October, 18S7, and a thrcttstamp mill was put up for the purpose of stamping gold quartz. Associated with this g*?ld ore are considerable quantities of pyrito, chalcopyrite and pyrrhbtite, and at the contact of ore and rock, and occupying small pockets in decomposed masses of-lhe ore, there is a quantity of loose material composed of gravel containing particles of copper and iron pyrites. It was in milling this loose material that several ounces qf.the arsenide of platinum were gaffijred on the carpet connected with the stamp mill.? JJoaton Adcertiser. General McClellnn's Monument. The monument which marks the grave of General.George B. McCSella.n is in course cf construction at the Quincy Granite Company's Worka in Buffalo, N. Y., and 19 to be ready for unveiling ? i-- ta ?.j~.. r? cm IJL1C CUIUlli ^ L/CLUltttiUJi i ?jr# x uu shaft will be forty-six feet high, at base nine feet six inches square, material being granite, costing $10,000. It is surmounted ty a large ball on which rests an eagle. The ball and eagle are six feet high and the eagle is four feet from tip to tip of wing. The following will be the inscription of one face of the shaft: GEORGE B..K1NTON McCLELLAN, ! : BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA DEC. 3, 1820. : DIED IN NEW JERSEY OCT. 25), 1?8>. I : Commander General of tho Armies of the: ; United States, Governor cf New ; I Jersey, 1378-31.' ; ; Erected asji tribu^ohgype^? ; affection liy personaljj^eiHi^ : March A An the beet months In which to purify yotjr blood, for at no other season does the system so much need the aid of a relt.bl medicine Ukn Hood's Sar* sapsrilla as nsw. During the Ions. co!d winter the blood I ecomes tbln and impure;the bdy becomes weak and tired, the appetite mer N lost. Hood's Sureaparbla is peculiarly saaptuu iu puuiy and enrich the blood, to create a good appetite end to overcome that tired feeling It increases in popularity every year, "I take Hood's Sarsvparllla eTery year as n spring tonic, with moat a.ttsfactory results."?C ParmetKX, 349 Bridge Street, Brooklyn, S. V Hood's St Sold by all drnggista. fl; six for $4. Prepared only by C. L HOOD & CO., Apothecaries. Lowell. Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar ' -3% \ Troki A PROMINENT MERC Old moncybngs mopes /n his office all day, As sna ppish and croBS ns a bear r The clerks know enough to keep out of his way, Lest thu merchant should grumble and swear. Even Teibby, the cat, is in fear of a cuff, Or a kick, if she ventures too near; They all know the master is apt to be rough, And his freaks unexpected and queer. To correct a sluggish or disorderet blood and thereby sweeten the temper, has no equal. It improves digestion system, dispells melancholy, and makes IT IS GUARANTEED ;f; i i fair trial, 1 mended, or the money paid for it will Copyright, 1888, by World's Dispensaf CATARRH numently cured by DR. SAGE'S DATARRH RE i i i The Pestiferous Grass Bird. ] There is a little bird, common about the fields and gardens, that is a wore! I pest than the sparrow, crow and black' bird combined. It is commonly called I the gn.ss bird. It is a dark brown 01 j dun "color ou the back, with a white breast and belly. It eats clover and ' grass seed, and those farmers who sow these seeds on the ground without covering them will look in vain for the young plants. These small birds come in Hockf of sometimes a hundred or hundreds, and lighting on the fields are unnoticed, while each one will pick up the seed from a square yard of ground. It b easily calculated how soon a hundred of these birds will clear an acre of land of seeds; 1'orty-eight visits will do it without leaving one seed. No wonder there are pocr catches of seed, especially of timothy, sowa in the fall, when these pests have a whole winter to work in 01 swarm cn the ground in the spring. The only safety from this loss is to cover the seed by the harrow and put it safe in +Vin (Trnnrd irhrrft it nucrht to be DUt bv V?.? 0 every good lancer. If these birds art I needed to teach farmers a good lessor), that grass and clover seed should be sown in the most careful manner and nol scattered upon the snow or the bare hard surface of the ground, they will not have lived in vain.?New York Times. i In a Bath for a Year. A unique remedy for eczema and other cutaneous diseases is ilebra'e water-bed, or rather, to define it accurately, continual bath. The patient livcf entirely in his bath, eats, drinks and sleeps there till he is well. One patienl was kept in such a bath for 385 days. Think of this! More than a year oi washing day! Tt is enough to make anyone hate the sight of water forever. There is a slight danger of the patient slipping under water in his sleep and drowning; but it is usual to pass a bandage under his arms and fasten it, so as to support the upper part of the body on the inclined part of the bath, on which the head rests. The palms and soles become white and shriveled like a washer j woman's hands, but the stun 01 otnei I parts of the body does not suffer, and I the treatment is said to be very efficaj cious in severe bums. "When the patient , first gets into the bed the temperature is . eighty-six degrees, but as he gets used ' to it it is raised by degrees to ninetyeight degrees.?London ilo pital. . A Very Ancient Autograph. In Europe one of the most ancient auj tographs preserved in a public museum ! is at the Louvre. It is an Egyptian papyrus, in uhich one Serpnmonthes writes to Pamouthes, his brother, jhat he has. sent by canal boat the property of Thales. son of Jcrax, the boay of Senvris, his mother. "She is embalmed," adds the pious son; "a ticket hangs round her neck; her carriage is paid; her name i3 inscribed upon her stomach, and I wish thee, oh, my brother, health and prosperity." Fortunately, no one has ever tried to steal this matchless autograph. ^ Chronic Coutlin and Colds, And alt diseases of the Throat and Lungs, <rn he cured by the use of Scott's Emulsion, as it contains the healing virtues of Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites in their fullest f rm. I a beautiful creamy Emulsion, palatable as milk, easily ftigeste I, and can be taken by the most delicate. Pleasoreal: "I consider Scott's Emulsion the remedy par-excellence in Tuberculous and Strumous Affections, to say nothing of otdinary colds and throat t oubles."-W. R. S. Connell, M.D.. Manchester. O. A Rndlrnl f'ura fnv Enllentlr Pita. To the E'Jttor?Please inform your readers, that I have a positive remedy for the above named diseas*. which I warrant to cure the worst cases. Bo strong is my faith in its vir 4e^^Kt'*hwi4lR?ndIreea sample bottlo and vahmblo treatise to"afty?Slifferer who will give me his P O. alid Express H.U. ROOT. M. C. 183 Pearl St.. New York. g prill May "Every spring for years I have made it a practice to take from three to five bottlea of Hood's 8arsaparilla, because I know it purities the blood and thoroughly cleanses the system of all Impurities. That languid feeling, sometimes called 'spring fever,' will never visit the system lhat has been properly cared for by this never failing remedy."\V. H. LAwnENOt, Editor Agricultural Epltomlst, Indlinapclla, Ind. "Hood's Sarsararilla purified my blood, gave ire strength and overcame the headache and dizziness, so that now I am able to work again."?Lctheb Mason, S3 Chnrch St., Lowell, Mass. MH:iu irsiapariiia Sold by #11 druggists. $1: six for fi. Prepared oaly by 0.1. HOOD * CO., Apothecaries. Lowell, Maes. 100 Doses One Dollar 7EANT IN TROUBLE. What makes the old fellow bo surly and grim, And behave so confoundedly mean ? There's certainly something the matter with h.m? Is it stomach, or liver, or spleen ? We've guessed it?his liver is sluggish and bad, His blocd is disordered and foul. It's enough to make any ono hopelessly mad, And greet his be6t friend with a growl. 1 liver, and to cleanse and purify the* Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery , builds up the flesh, invigorates the life worth living. or cure, if taken in time and given a n all diseases for which it is recombe refunded. \y Medical Association, Proprietors. i 1m the head, no matter of how long standing, is per* MEDY. fid cents, by druggists. Jt A The Excitement Not Orer. lhe rash on the druggists still continues and daily scores of people call for a bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption. Kemp's Balsam, the standard family remedy,is sold on a guarantee and never fails to give entire satisfaction. Price 50c and 81. Trial size free. Tite present orange crop of Florida is estimated at 3,COO,000 boxes. Best, easiest to use and cheapest Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. 50c. nn OTCobsOife? r^fTo.MQ.THEBlAS-A-VOBElERED' DIAMOND VERA-CURA FOR DYSPEPSIA. A POSITIVE CORE FOR INDIGESTION AND ALL Stomach Troubles Arising Therefrom. Tour Druggist or General Dealer tciU pet Tera- ' Curmfor you if not already in stock, 6r it urill be sent by mail on receipt of 2S cts. (S boxes $1.00) in stamps. Sample sent on receipt of lucent stamp. The Charles A. Vogeltr 'Co., Baltimore, Wd, MPTLY*?NBi For ,firee tceek*1 lcas sufferingfrom a severe cold in head lis and pain in temples. After j only six applications of Ely's J K> Cream Balm I was relieved. BLy Every trace of my cold was re moved.?Henry C. Clark, h'eio UJUtl York Appraiser's Office^ SfoITthe blood. Sarin's Specific has cured mo of s malignant breaking out on ray lag. which causod intolerable pain. It was called Eczema by the doctors?four of whom treated me with no relief. I candidly confess that I owe my present good health to S. S. 8.. which In my estimation is invalnablo as a blood remedy. Miss Jrua DcWrrr, 2237 N. 10th St. St Louis. Mo. Our baby when two months old. was attacked with Scrofula, which for a long time destroyed hor eyesight entirely and cansed n* to despair of her life. The doctor* failed to relieve her, and we gave Swift's Specific, which soon cured her entirely, and sho la now hale and hearty. K. V. Dels, Will's Point, Texas. I8crofula developed on n>y dananter?swelling and lumps on her nock. Wo gave*her Swift's Specific, and the result was wonderful and tnecnre prompt 8. A. Dkaxmond, Cleveland. Tenn. l?~Send for book giving history of Blood Diseases and advice tojsufferers, moiled free. THE SWIFT 8PECfFI<J CO.. Drawer 3, AtlnnU, Qa. CHOICE TEXAS LANDS Rare Chance for Settlers. The Railroad System of Texas having developed so as to bring within easy access of good interior and j soaboard markets the lands granted to the HOUSTON &TEXAS GENT! RY.CO. It has been dotormlned to offer to settlers the Renowned Agricult'l Lands Located aloDg tlio line of the Fort Worth A Denver City B. R.. beginning with Wilbarger County, comprising 200,000 ACRES In farms of 160 acres and npwArd. These lands wero located by tho Company among the earliest, with especial care as to soil, timber and water. They are adapted to the growth of cotton, corn, oats, wheat, barley, ryo, vegetables, orchards and gardeDs and the various domestic grasses. H Situated in tho elorated and healthy region known as tbo Southern Panhandle of Texas, they possess a genial climate, favorable to man and beast, where outdoor work can be carried on the year round, and are in marked contrast with regions of early and late frosts or of destructive " blizzards." Population is fast ponringin, and local government is already established, with schools, churches, Ac. Terms or Sale; One-fifth cash, balance in four eoual ye?W3_payinen?_TOmi 11 mini mini mptou. For further information #is to those and lauus'ln adjacent counties, apply to J. IS. NAPIER, Vernon, Texas, (who Is prepared to show to purchasers); 'or to C. C. CIBBS, Land Ag't, Houston, Tex. YOD NEED IT! "I have a hugeDictionary, hnt it issomuchwcrk to i t it for examination that I am inclined to shirk looking out voids, although desirous rf knowledge. Your "HANDY DICTIONARY" is always bv me and I look out words on the instant, so the Information is impressed on my mind."?Correspondent. Webster's Illustrated /tffe HANDY DICTIONARY. ? Thousands of Words Defined. Hundreds of Pictures. Abbrc- y M jjjl vintions Explained. Ordin> I |l tiMy ary Foreign l'hrnscs Trans- fl lated. Metric System of-'iiPryHMP cWcights nnd .Measures. EC Printed in small. clear type, on fine ? laid paper; bound in handsome cloth. 320?PAGES?320 Who that reads doesn't every day come aeross words whose meaning he dees not know, and which lie (an not pronounce orspell? Hcnro the donand for a moderate-sized Dictionary which can be kept at hand always ready for reference. Such a work will he used a hundred times as much as a large unwi'Idy volume, and therefore is a greater educator. 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