The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, April 05, 1881, Image 4
AGRICULTURE.
]low ro MAKE HENs LAY IN WIN
TER.--Having occ8aion recently; to
visit a friend in Northern New Hamp
shire, who has the reputation of mak
ing money through the keeping of
hens; I found his method of operations
somewhatas follows.
The hen-house was in t.he basement
of a workshop building, with windows
facing the south. The size of the room
where the .hens were kept was about
fourteen by twenty. Tne fowls were
of the Brown Leghorn variety, and
numbered about sixty birds. Al
though the room seemed small, con
siderln the numtber of fowls, yet by
means "good ventilation, it answered
its purpose well. As we entered the
room, the odor of onions attraoted my
attention,
"Do you give onions to your hens?"
I asked.
"Yes. Onions make goodgreen food
for hens during the winter. As I had
a quantity on hand, unti for market, I
am feeding them out In this way to
good advantage."
"Row do you feed your hens during
the winter months?',
"In the morning I give them a dough
made 9t bran and boileI potatoes. At
Intervals of two or three days I put
cayenne pepper with the mixture. At
noon 1 feed such scraps as are left at
miy table with baked potatoes. In the
evening I give my fowls about two
quarts of whole.corn, believing that
this grain remains longer in the crop
than any ottler. Twice a week I feed
them neat. I buy cheap mutton, chop
ping up bones and all beore ieeding.
Every tay I furnish a supply of pure
warn wa;er, also keeping uciore them
at all times a pan ui ground oyster
shelis."
"Do your hens pay you a good
profit?"
"Alost certainly. The net profits
from hens wore tian lPay orr grocer'e
bills. Tliere 1s no guess work about
thi.s statemveit, as I kep an :xact ac
count, showmng the (e19ts and credits
in lull detail."
WnILE it is highly important that
the farmer should provide good food
for his horses and cattle, yet it Is
equally Importaint that they should be
fed regularly, at stated periods. Ani
mals an good time keepers: and if the
hour passesgatwhich they are common.
ly fed,they are apt to make their wanti
known; especially ir, this the case of
the cow. It is a very hard practice to
feed her often and irregularly ; and
some farmers have an idea that almost
cvery time Ihe harn Is entered the
cows slaouild be given hay or fodder,
This is a mituake. Tihe great object in
view Is to keep the cow quiet and con
tented, which can be readily accomp.
Ilshed by iegular Iceding, and supply.
Ing all the tooe they can eat. It fed
In ibis inanier in the morning, the
cows will lie down and chew the cud,
aid are inot diotled to be announced
by the visits o0 any person. In the
winter Eeatson,thc secon.d feeding should
be about Lwo o'clock in the atterioon,
which will aillow them to have fron
that time to milking, all they will eat,
and giving a feeu of hay when the
milking is finished, Tie frst stomach
of the cow slould be empty, or almost
so, befute m e lood is eaten. A cow
cliewing the cud caunot be hungry.
This it guinrity a regards leeding
should liat wise apply to watering and
milking. This regular sy tein ot teed
lng applies a tdy as well to pugs and
shieep, whlen the latter atre in winter
quartets. Animals cain be as easily
trained us chahuren, atnd every farmer
who bnars this in mind will be amply
rewarded by the line appel~aran1ce of Ails
stock, anu tne afflection which will be
beatow~ed upon hirn by thbem.
iot'n 3Itx F~OR Cows.-Somae main
taini thiat teedhrg scumr milik to cows
affects their butter injuriously, butt we
never madie sweeter or nicer butter
than we have ben tturnimg out this
spring when feeding sour dilk to the
cows from whosE tiilk* it was matde.
Last spi lng we oid niot Ieed It. but gave
each sixteen poundas Of hay anmd three
quarts of cats and1( corn-cob taken out
-groui:dl together, and thlen the aver~
age yield (ii milk per cow wats from
thirteen to fourteen pounds~i per (day3.
Since we have been Ieeding the sano
amtount of hay, two quarts of oats and
corn ground together-cob again takeni
out-two quarts of wheat brian andi the
sour milk from the hied, and the aveo .
age yield( of each per day has been
fromi twent3 -one to twenty-two p~otunds
of milk-nan increase of (onC-third. Thie
cows are tihe sanie as last spriing. wvith
the additIon 01f two otherE-one a cow
we bought and which is thought no
better than the rest, and the oi'er a
two year 0oki heifer which gives from
twen~ty five to twenty-seven pouinds of'
milk per (lay. I dion't expect. the feed~
ing cm sour milk wvill make so much
tiillience during the latter pairt of
May, June and Jutly, but,, aflter that,
expect as great, a diflerence as now. It
is entimatedi that by using the sour
milk in this way, one eow auore catn be
kept for every ten in the herd ; bait on
this polr~t I cannot speak definitely.
We take our milk -to a creamery, so
there is no guess work with regard to
the weight.
ONEa of the great advaintages of drain
ing the soil is 10 insure the free access
o1 oxygen. A phmat cannot anly more1
live wihout oxygeni than can 11n ani
mal. Oxygen is 0one of the beot fer
tilIzers, for by its aetion In the soijgit
prepares the mlaerals for food and
WELL FED aniinalts liever get lOtuSy.
Blriefly described, the topophone con
sats of two re~corntors (or aany other
. Jund-receiver-O attached to a connect.
lng bar or shoualer rest. The sounel
receivers are joinied by flexible tubes
which unite for p~art of their length
and from which ear tubes priotced.
One tuibe carries a teleopie device by
whieh its length ennii be varied. When
the two resonators lace the direction
whence a sotind comes, so ama to receive
simultameottsly the sameo sonorous Im
pulse, and are Jolied by tubes of equal
length, the sound waves received from
them will necessarily reenforco each
other, andh the second will be atigament
ed. If, on the contrary, the resonam
tor tubes diinrM ini length by hall the
wave iltnggih of athe sountd, the impulse
from tihe one nleutralizes that fromn the
other, and the sound is obliterated.
A French Journal is responsIble for
the following : During a recent violett
storm a young man wvas walking with
an unlighted carriage )am pin his
hand. Suddenly lbe exper Ienceui a
severe shock in h'is arm, and conclud
ed that the lighting had either struck
him or sonie p)oint very near. liut
what was his astonishmnent to find( that
his lamp had been lighted I 8eyeral
.persons near him witnessed the re
mnarkable phenomenon.
f'ebacco belongs to the class of narco
tic and exciting stimulants, having no
focd value whatever. Stimulation
DOMESTIO.
FooD CuRn.-In no better- way cat
good health be preserved or restored
a by paying ca'eful attention to
diet. Withotit this precaution the
best of health may be ruined, and to
attempt to regain it by drugs alone is
useless; far better in many cases te
depend altogethier upon proper food
and rest. No ffoubt some need nedi
clue, but it is equally necessary that
food suitable for the sufferer Phould
be restored to. We are not apt to up
preciate health as we should until di&
ease begins to break down the con
stitution, and then once more regain
the precious boon. How many dishes
in common use ought to be aiscarded
from our tables, if we .would not be
come acquainted with that unwelcome
visitor, dypepsia. I am c9nvinced by
observation that many more might be
restored to health if nourishing food
suitable to their condition, and need.
ful rest from work or care were given
them, instead ot sluulating the sys
tem by exciting drinks and poweriul
drugs. Uive nature a chance and she
will do much towards repairing the
wasted energies, it the kind of lcod is
given the case demands. There Is
iuct choice Il the xlads of meat and
the manner olpreparing them, which
we should al ways observe when cook
ing ior an invalid guest, or member of
tie family. The it ults and vegetables
siould also be seclecLt witu great
cure, and often it is necessary that
soine special disti should be prepared
for them. as they are aecessarily he
prived (1f so much that otiers Indulge
in. We ?ceA uLoro Whan repaid fur Cx
tra work wilen we have succeeded in
geLting somethling to LempGL tle appe
LiLe 01 the sick, with no Uad re suics tv
f ollow.
(onclovi, (Wis.) Buffal o Co. Herald.
Notlons of the First settlers.
Mr. W. 11. H, Amidon, one of the
first settlers in the town of Gilman
town, Wis., and one of the most in.
dustrious and hard working men in the
country, has been very severely
troubled with rheumatic pains during
the past few years, so much at times,
that lie was disabled from performing
manual labor. Learning of the won
derful cures effected by the use of St.
Jacob's Oft lie procured a few bottles
and experienced immediate relief.
Many others of our acquaintances haye
used it and express themselves as
highly gratified, with the relief It has
afforded them. This king of medicines
can be bought everywhere.
MosT of our invalids are such, and
millions of more hcalthy people will
become invalids. for the want of pay
Ing the most ordinary at tentIon to the
requitrments of the skin. The menh
brane is too often regarded as a cover
ing only, instead of' a complicated
p)ece of machincry, scarcely second in
its texture and stuisitiveness to the ear
and eye. hiany treat it wit.i as little
reference to its proper functions as if
it were nothing better than a bai for
their bones. it is t'ils inconsIderation
for the skin that is the cause of a very
large proportion of the diseases of the
world. If, as clal ied by son scien
tists, tour-iitchs, in the bulk, of all we
cat and drink imust either pass off
through the skin or he turned back
11ln the system as poisonl, and that
lile depends as Imiuch upon those exhal
ations through the skin as upon inhal
sng pure air thiroughl the lungs, it
must be of thie most vital importance
to keep the channel free.
STEwKD IJEANs.-SteW slowly a quart
of beans addling suflicient salt, unitil
they3 are tendler but take care not to
break them. Change tihe water twice
always addting~ boling water to replace
that pouredt off; this greatly swveetens
the beans and takes away the strong
ilavor. When cooked dIraini ofl the
waler and serve on a sidle dish, athuT
iug e little butter anld pe~pperl and salt.
PLUMr CAxE.--Five cups) of fllour,OneC
of butter, two of Sugar, 011e of sour
nmilk, oe of molassos, teasp~oont ul of
soda; clInnamonl, cloves,alispice,miaco,
one or all, as you fancy; on~c-hlalt
pound of chopped raisins, or same of
Zante currants, two ounces of citron
sliced thin, if you like it, but it is very
good without. This is a goodl cake,
and it wvill keel) moist a long time.
CocoAxtrr Purnia.-Take half a
pouind of deslcate,i cocoanist anid twvo
tickl slices of' bread; put them to
in a quart, of milk for two or th ree
hours; then add an ounce of buttter,
t wo ounces of sugar, the yolks of four
eggs, andl a salt-spoontul of salt, beat
the whi Ites to a st11 if fot hi; add themi
to your puddin1 g anid bake in a hot
oven-f'or tihree-quiarters of an hour.
Serve iiot.
dox.D TUltEY, -- [Preparo your'
turkey as for r< aiting; put It in a cloth
andt boil itslhowly; if from eight to
nine pounds an 1hour andI a half.
Th'irowv into the water a few cloves, a
little black popper, sweet marjoram
and salt. It is to he served with oys
ters. bkimn the turkey well while
boiling, or it will not be white.
Mr. John1I Miller, of 54 West Fifth
street, tells us that he was cured by
tihe use of St. .Jacob's Oil of a comiplica
ted ease of rheumatism of ton years
s tandinag.
Tuinctan "PII.LAU."-One cup of
beef stock, one cup of tomato iulee
strained, One cup~ of rice; boil these
together twenty minutes; then add
half a cup of butter and boil ten mii
tes; it must b)e boIled ini an innier
kettle or stirrett all time, as it barns
eaiy ; the rice must be whole when
done, and it is to be0 eateni while it is
very hot or itls not good.
A Nica CHEAP (LAK.-One cup su
gar, half cup buitter, twvo eggs, half
cup of milk, One teaspoonful cream
tartar, half teaspoon1Iiui soda, 0one cup
flour, teasphoontul essence of lemon.
iieat thoroughly.
GIxoicn COOKtis-One 'cup sugar,
one of butter, one or molasses, one
iab'esponful k lager, one of eilnamon
and two tabiaspoon fitli saicratus, dir
solved in threce tablespooniuls hot
water. Bake quickly.
I F you wanit good starch, mix it
with cold1 water; add1( bolling water
until it thickens, then addi a dl
sert-spoonrul of sugar and a small
1p1ece of butter. Th'lis makes a stiff
and glossy fibh, eqlual to thue laundry.
MOUNTAIN CA K I.- One cup of sugar,
two eggs, halt clip butter, half cup of
milk or water, two of flour, teaspoon
fiul cream tartar, half teaspoonful
soda, nutmeg.
Turn oldest friends are to-day the
staunchest friends of D~r. Bull's Cough
Syrup. TIhey have proven Its great
worth in all cases of Coughs, Colds,
Hoarseness, Tickhng in the Tfhroait
Irritation of the Bronchial Tubes anti
Lngs o. t
HUMOROUS.
Tax propileter ot a.$ashionable res
taurant was found, the other evening,
sighing mournfully, and ready, appa
rently, to burst into tears.
"What's the matter?" ask his cus.
tomers who happen to come in the
time.
."Ah, gentlemen, matter enough.
Fur persons went away without pay
ing, after dining sumptuously.''
"That's bad, but don't take on so
about it."
"Ah, it's not for myself that I
grieve. I am rich. I can stand it.
But it is for my waiter, my poor wait
er, the father of a tamily, whose place
is his only support. It is he who Is
obliged to stand the loss."
As a medical pratitioner was visit
ing at a colliery village not many milst.
from West Calder he was accosted by
an elderly woman desirous that he
would come in aud see her husban d,
who was unwell. The doctor obeys d
the call, and, on enterlag, asked in a
tirm voice, "What's wrong, what's
wrong?" The wife answered "It's
the guldman ttiat's been very bad a'
niclit." The doctor went to the bed,
stood silence for a few ininutes holding
him by the arm, then asked the pa
tient, "Do you think you could swal
low a pill?" "Weel, Doctor, I dinna
ken; but I can swallow a tattle."
SoME time ago a character, of which
there are so many in Newburyport,
went Into a rum shop and called for a
quart of rum. It was poured Into a
two-quart Jug, which he produced,
wheni he cooly told the barkeeper to
charge it.
".Not much," said the man of stimu
lants; I'll take It b.ack."
"All rIght, then," said the bummer,
"but be careful ani take only a quart,
for I've got ano-iher quart in there."
The barkeeper poured out a quart,
and was sa.lalied; so was the custoin
er. The other quart was water, and
the stimulaut was ready mixed for
drinking.
A TEACHER In a Galyeston Sunday
school wishing to Imhpress 111s 0i ass
with the necessity of fa~ith, ak ed the
class:
"Why (id Moses lift up the serpent
in the wiIlderne.s?"'
But one In Lihe class knew, and he
answered:
"Moses lifted 16 upbecauic he kiiey
it coulun't bIte.''
It was the same youth who said the
Jews made a golden calf because they
didn't have gold enough to make a
whole cow.
nogus Certmacatos.
It Is no vile drugged stuiff, pretending
to be made of wonderful foreign roots,
ha. ks, &-., and puffed up by long
bogus certiffeates of preten-led mir reu
lous cures, bit a S11m1)10, pure, iYU rtive
iedicine, made of well known valua
ble remedies, that furnishes Its own
certifleates by its cureq. We refer to
Uop Bitters, the purest and best of
nedloines. S3'eo anor.hor coliimn.--Re
publieun.
A FAiR young mother, with a crying
babe In her arms, sat in a Western
stage coach. On the opposite seat was
a prominent polllan of engaging man
ners. By and hy he said: "Let me
holi vour baby; perhaps I can soothea
him." ''Oh, no, I am much obliged;
you couldn't help mue any," was the
answer. ".But," he persistedl, "you
had( better let me try." "You are very
kind, but I know you couldn't help
me, for lie Is hungry," replied the
blushing mother.
A CHSINAMAN in Weathervihie 'Cal.,
wh ose life was insured for a large
ammounn, was seriously hurt by falling
from a wagon. There was some doubt
of' his ever getting better,and at length<
one of his friends wrote to the insur- I
antce company, "Charley hul' dead,
like half money.''
"Do you want to kill the chilud ?"
excliaimi a gentleman as he saw a boy
tip the baby out of its carriage on the
wvalk. "No, not quite," replied the
boy ; "but if I can get him to bawl
loud enough, mother will take care of
him wh he I go andi wade in the ditch
wvit~h Johnny Bracer."
A G ALNESTON man recently had a
p~air or panits built for him. When 130
tried them on lie found them very<
light, an-d lie complained to the tailor.
"Ca,,'t help it. Th')at's tihe fashion
now. You muist keep up with the
times.''
"'how the mischief can I keep up
with anythinig ini p-ints that are so
tight that I enn't walk a step ?"
TrrE soft and silky appearance given
to the hair by the use of Carboline, the
natural hair restorer and dressing, as
now improvetd and per fected, Is the I
subject of gener'al remark by all whio I
have witnessedl Its eflectsq upota the
huip'an head. Sold by all dealers In
drugs.
Two country fellows stepped before
the window of a liat store anid viewed
with admiration a hat having a little
mirror at the bottom. "Why do they
put a looking glass at the bottom of
the list?'' asked one, ''So the man
that buys it can see whether It fIts
him," irepliedl thme other.
A GALVESTON <iarac~y rushed Into a
doctor's ofiee and brea .hiessly exciiil m
ed : "Comen on, doctor, right off': Dar
is SOmebody in my hotuse who is an
awful fix-laid up In bed a groamin'
and a-g roanin'." "Who is it?"' "It's
me. Yeor see, boss, I didn't hab no
body to send, so I come myself."
A VERY neat definition of the word
"suisieon" wrs that givoen by a Jeal
onis hus~band : ''A suspicion is a feel
ing that 11mpe)01 you to try mand find out,
somiethilng that you don't w anit to
know.
WHERN a Chicago iittle boy is had his
n-amma orders him to stand ini the coi
ner lie edges towvard time door, andl re
marks: "Sty, ma,ls it a corner in lard
er a corner i'i pork ?"
YEGETrNE.-For eradicating all im..
purities of the blood from the system,
it has no equal. It, has niever failed to
effect a cure, giving tone and strength
to the system dlebilmtatedI by disease.
A YoUiio moan sent 60 cent s to a firm
that adivertised1 a recipe to prevent had(
dreams. lbe receivedl a all) of paiper
on which was written, "IDoi't go to
sleep."
ONE who has had exp~ereliice says
when a man has to hang on to a street
car strap for nearly un hour lie relizes
honi trying Is the position of anm up
righit man.
IF natiie puts a wart on a man's
nose it Is placedl where she wants it.,
anmd not whlere it will help hold his
sp~ectacles.
ITuE railroad flagman does a flour
4
Dead from Homesolkness.
A simple and-touchink story is that
of the young Swiss peasant girl, Pau
line Fuchs, who died recently; and it
would be an idyl, but that the ideals
of the books have in them neither sor
row nor death. At noon the city
"dead wagon" brought her body to
the Morgue, and in lifting it out the
cover slipped from the rough pine box.
The face revealed was a pleasant one,
handsome still, but if ever beautiful,
so nto longer. A brief Inquest showed
nottilng except that she was found
lead in her bed, and that, according
to the testimony of her cousin Maria,
she died of longing for her home in
Bwiss mountains.
The little story which the girl, like
III girls, kept concealed in her own
heart Is so simple that it is almost com
mionplaee-would certainly become
.ommenplace had it not an endirg so
sad. She lived with the family of a
:istant relative, all crowded together
in two little rooms over a shop. After
ily two weeks of America she died.
She was born near the town of Ei
aoldelo. Her fattier was a simple pea
isant, whose mind was bound up in his
"ountry and his religion, and this girl
was his only child. She was spoled
uid petted, having everything her
)wn-way until she was eightieen years
)ld, when sie met a young man nam
)d Henry B.%umgartner who though
>nly a mechanic appeared a prince to
'he peasant girl. Of course, she loved
1dm, and also, as a matter of course,
[ier father wonld not let her marry
im, for the Fuchs family had always
been Catholics, and Baumgartner was
heretic. in spite of the prohlibithn
she set her heart on marriage, and last
klarch had perfected her plans toelope
with her lover, but on the very day set
her rather found her out and thwarted f
her. She was closely watched after
-this, and the young man was forbiU
:on the house. Pauline pined and was
aullen.
She alarmed her father by threaten- I
lug to run away to America, wheie
Nlary Fuchs, her cousin and friend,
had caine a few months before The
tireat was constantly repeated, until
it last, when two niontlis ago her fath
r's cousin, his wife and six children,
rnade up their minds to come to New
York, he told her to with them. She %
was unwilling to leave home, but too I
proul to stay, Eo, taking tier little
itock of clothing and ner dead mo
ther's crucifix, she started on her long
ourney across the seas.
At Havre they took steerage passage
)n the steamer Canada arriving In
astle Garden three weeks ago; re
naining there a few days they came
,o St. Louis, where Mary Fuchs and
ier brother- had been living since
l)ril. Mary is lfixen haired and rosy
,heeked. She wts overjoyed to meet
ier friend Pauline, who seemed equal
y pleased to sec her, and who was for
hie first week ch~erful. Th'len she be
a, to long for Svitzerland, and the3
tolor left her chetk. Mary was her
oom mate, both sleeping together ont
I "pallet'" made mn the floor in the
oomi, and to her~she confided her de- '(
Ire to return. 'f will die here'' she.
aid simply. WVten another member
f the family askal the cause of her ~
hanged demeanft, she rep~lied "My
ecart hurts ime.'
Tils was5 all sh~ eyer bald on the
ubject until she grew so sick that
hey begged her to go to bed. She
vould not, persil.ing still that there
vas nothinug the piatter. In the even
ng she says to Maria Fuchs, her cous
n : "1 want to g~ back to Elnseldelo;
must go back, for I can not live |(
eore."'I
t
She went to slop on the floor, and t
t 3 o'clock the following morning herr
ousin heard tier moaning. When they |t
vent to her, she persisted that she l
vas not s'ck, and so they left her.
Th'e next morring when Mary awoke
he girl had becet dead for an hour.
['ho policeman teld the coroner, who,
5 they were too poor to give the un
ortunate girl decent burial, ordered
le body carried to the Morgue.
"ie died of homesicknesa, because
lie was ont of sight or tihe meun
ains,'' insists her cousin.
WILL the world ever come to an end,
>r will an end come to the world ?
NATU S R1EME Y
TiaE C-REAT BLOO0 Pusnca
'WILL CUR E
scrofutia, re ofalons fun, cancer,
Caincer,us~ li tinir. Erysi peliss. Can-j
ker, Malt Itaesses. F'n ltaso Hu-l i
3norV ON the lace, conagla ad
liluraslgia, iDyspepsia,
Pains in the Side. C'ontetipation. Cog.
iiveness, les Dialznesm, Head
acthe, Nervosamnnen, l'a.ins in ime
hhack, Fainitnern. at the Stunt
achS, sudnley 4enmnIaints,
Feunsle Weaknewa ad
4Aenerai DebIlity.
This preparation Is sctentinically and chomi
"allv combilned, and so strongly Concentrated
fromn roots, herbs anid baryks, ihat itsa good et.
IL'ue. aro m eah,'. I imediaieiy ater commnene.
ing to tatio it. There Ia no diseaset- the naumam
iy.sIem for which the Vcgetlne cannot be used
with perfect Saifety, a it, Idoes0 not, conltatln
rny ruinalli compjoun'd. For eradieatiag the
iy.nI om of ail limpariles of the blood It has no
:tqial. i1, hast nieve, ranehid to effeOct a cure, giv.
Int tone anad strenigt a to t-le system-r debhitated
b~y diseasits 118wondeFti effe5m, upon the comn
'i11 ii nmi are surpi lIng to0 all. Mauy have
eneuredl by the VegetI ie Lih at have tried
maniry otnier rem. dies. It, can wveH be called
TIlE (OREA T BLOOD) PURiFIER.
D~r. WV. Ross WVrites:
SCIROF'UI.A, LItvER O3IrlaiNT. .UYsi'eA, i(HUiu
AMATISMt, wx8AKNIss,
ii. Ti. DrxfVRN5, Boston:
I hiave been11 lradft lsng me-d icno for 25 years,
Andi 1as a rt medy for Se' olula, Liver Complaint.,
lDyipepsia, Rumratism, weakness, andi all d1is.
)215la (of th1e bloid, I ha.o n ever founct its equail,
I lave 8 1,1 v..gei inn aor i years and have nover
itaid (on1 bott. ie retuarned. I would heartily re-.
30mnrid It. to those in need of a 1bio ad paurifiP
Sept. is, is%9. W lton, Iowa.
VEGETI NE,
PUsPAitD BT
II. II STEVENS, lloston, Mams.
Vegetino is Sold by all Druggists.
unsa
To All Our rirends.
Having had -numberless Inquirtes fox
advertislg cards from ladies in all
parts of the country who are interest.
%in the prevailing fashion of making
Card Collections," we are havid
printed for them a set of seven beaut
ful cards each in six colors and on a
gold background, in the very hIghest
dgree of art, illustratingSbakspeare's
"Seven Ages of Ian," We have spared
no expelse in these cards-they are
simply little art gems. Our only aim
has been to publish the finest cards yet
shown. Applications [or them have
come In so rapidly that nearly the
whole edition is enga-ged before the
receipt by us of the cards from the
artist. We have therefore been odliged
to adopt the.following plan for the dis
tribution of the remainder: No more
of the gilt Shakapeare cards, seven in
the series, will be s9nt excepting upon
the receipt of a statement from a grocer
that the person applying for the eards
has bought of film on that day at least
seven bars of Dobbins' Electric Soap,
with price paid for same. All apply
Ing in this manner toill receive the lull
set of seven cards gratis by mail. This
will insure us that our friends and pa
trons get their share of these beautiful
designs, although it in no manner re
pays us for the costof the cards, Your.
grocer has the soap or will get it, atnd
tue purchase by you of seven bars of
it at one time will secure for you gratis
seven really beautiful cards. Thi soap
improves with age, and Is an article of
neuessity in your house every week.
Thereiore you are not asked to buy a
useless article, but one that you must
have anyway. Please send us your
applicat-on at once, and tell your lady
friends making "Card Collections," to
[o the same. Grocers do ',oc have the
Dards to deliver. Buy the soap of them,
Bend us their bill, and too wlii mail you
ite cards free. Yours respeutfully,
I. L. CuAaGM & Co., 110 South 4:;b
Street, Phuadelphia, Pa.
P. 8.-Ladies not wishing to buy
leap ban get the cards by remitting
ost price, 25 cents.
Many manufactures of roaping ma
,hines are trying to substitute twine
or Wire In binding sheaves of wheat
nd other cereals. In addition to the
act that a royalty has to be paid on
he patent for binding with wire au
,omatically, the use of wire is alleged
o be objectionable for the following
easons among others: When It gots
to the thresher It breaks the teeth
mid renders the machine useless; small
)ieces of wire with needle points attach
hemselves to the straw, and have
)ierced the Intestines of auIlmals who
iave eaten of the straw, causing their
leath ; several fires in mills have been
6ttributed to sparks thrown of! by the
ontact of the millstones with the wire;
hen the straw is used to make paper,
he pulp has been rendered useless by
he presence of particles of wire, and
arge magnets have been required to
liminate them. It is intimated that far
ners will require on an average two
iundred pounds of hemp or .tax twine,
he cost of which would be abo-it $40,
ir one-half the cost of wire, To bind
vheat would require three feet of
wine to a sheaf, 160 feet to a bushel of
;rain, or for the whole crop raised last
rear in the United States 50,000 tons
>f hemp, which could be made into a
ord long enough to girdle the earth
en times. It is suggested that if twine
ome luto general use as a binder, the
armers, especially in Kentucky and
[Issourl, who have been raising hemp
*nd flax principally for the sced, would
e able to dispose of the stocks also.
~here are now ten factorIes in this
otatry devoted to thme making of
wine, but their capacity Is less than
lhe amount of iwine that would be re
*uired for the full crop of wheat.
PUBIrr the blood by cleansIng the system of
oul humora, and by giving strengthi to the
ver kidne and bowels to perform their
eaular fun'ctions. Kidunoy-Wort wIll do It.
V'itness.
It has been found necessary to begin
he formation of a new entrance to
he Mont Cenls Tunnel oni the French
ide. The former entrance showed
langerous signs of sinking.
Captain Latoson, when in New
kuinea, fouand that Mount Hercules
was 42,'786 feet high. It ais calo ula
Ion is correct that mountain must be
iken, in the absence of other and
more accurate determinations, to be
he highest in the world.
B e
STOMACH
SITTERS
Invalids wvho have lost, but, are recovering
vitat ittamnia. dteclara in gr .teful terms them
upp~reciam Ion of tue merits as a tonic of ilostet.
r er's stomach Hitters. No, only does It Impart
:t.r ngth to tihe weak, it corrects an irreg star
itcidsmateoof the 5'omachs, makes the bowels
lct at proper intervals, gives ease to those whO
umiTfor tromt rheotmati sand kidney troubles, anil
ornqueraq as wvell ats prevents fever and agnoe.
For sate by alt Druggists and Dealers generally.
Electricity & A bsorption
~ Combined
ost ilarhood ane i .rln g h
p e i n r stoe t o a e t~
gor a, onto nih i ek
once the seal of dis~ease. Do not
- ' whprchase any old-tyte 32 ati
proved for 3s.oo. "lectrio
$777A rJAn expen a
LITU three-year old Mabel was
tucked up snugly at night with many
injunctions not to disturb ber brother
in a neighboring crib, under penalty.
The reminder not being sufficient, the
door was temporarily closed, with the
desired effect. After a seemingly
lengthy interval of stillness, her pa
tience being evidently exhausted, a
little voice piped out of the darkness,
"Mamma l did you hear me keep
'kiet?"
Set back 4 Years.
I was troubled for many years with
Kidney Complaint, Gravel, &o,; my
blood became thin; I was dull and In
active; could hardly crawl about;
was an old worn out man all over;
could gst nothing to help me, until I
got Hop Bitters and now I am a boy
again. My blood and kidneys are all
right, and I am as active as a man of
80, although I am 72, and I have no
doubt it will do as well for others of
of my age. It Is worth a trial.-( Wa
ther.)-Storday Meroury.
"RUTHERFORD I" "Yes, my dear."
"Have yoti packed the ice pitcher ?"
"Not yet, love." "Then pack it at
once, I'm afraid the incoming Admin
istration may want to borrow It, and I
desire to take the emblem of our
greatness home.'" "No fear, my dear,
the incomilg Administration will
want a decanter, not an Ice pitcher."'
Tu. ladies who sometime since were
unable to go out, having taken Lydia
R. Pinkhan'p Vegetable Compoundare
quite recovered, and have gone on
their way rejoicing.
IF she's got to talk slang a Boston
girl will redne and beautify it. The
proper caper becomes the appropriate
-gyration; bang up Is front hair ele
vated; tumbling to the racket Is fall
ing to the audlble disturbance; and a
Equare deal 18 a quadrilateral distribu
tion. Oh, refinement is a great thing.
Oh, yotl wager your exIstenid that
it is
IRS. LYDIA E. PINKHAM, OF LYNN, MASS.,
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABL7 COMPOUND.
Is a Positivo Cure
for all thome Painiul omplaints and Wenknesses
so common toour=bt femulo populutieln.
It will Cure entirely the wont form of umalo Com
plaints, all ovarian troubles, Infnlamation and Ulcra
tion, Falling anhd Displacenments, and4 thme consequent
Spinal Weakness, and 1s particularly adaptod to the
Change of Life.
It will dissolve and expel tumors f rom tho uterus in
na early stage of development. The tendency to can
citrous humors there is checked verymsenwy b~y lt. use.
It removes faintness, flatulency, destroys all craving
for stimulants, and relieves wealkness of the stomach.
it cures hloating, Ueadachos, Nervous Prostration,
General Debility, Sleeplesness, Depression and Indi
gestlon.
That feeling of beaaing down, causing pain, weight
and backache, is always pormraently cured by its usc.
It will at all timneo and under all cIrcumstances act in
harmeny with the laws that govern the female system.
For the cureof lnlilney Compints of either sex this
Oompound is unsurpassed.
LYDIA E. PINKWAM'S VEoETABLE COM
POUND is prepared at 233 and 2zL Westurn Avonue,
Lynn, Mass. PrIcs $1. Rix bott los for$',. Sent by mail
in the form of pills, also in the form of lozenges, on
receipt of price, at por box for elither. Mrs. Plnkham
froelyanswers all let ters of inquiry. Send for pamph.
lot. Address as above. Mencnths Ihf Jper.
No family should be without LYDIA E. PINKIIAM's
LIVElR PILL. They care constipation, bIliouness,
and torpidity of the liver. 25 cents per hex.
sw Sold by all Drugglats. -19
The OiMedicine
That Acts at the Same Thus en
The Uver, the Bowels and the Kidneys.
These great organs are the natural cleans
ers of thie system. If they work well health
will ho perfect;s if they become elogd,
dreadful diseases are sure to fellow wita
TERRIBLE SUFFERINO.
Elllousness, Headache, Dyspepsi a, Jaun
dice, Constipation and Files, or Eid
aey Complaints, Gravel, Diabetes,
or Rheumatic Pains and Aches,
ar deveo ad becaus the blood is poisoned
expelled naturally.
iIDNIVYWORLT
wfil restore the healthy action and all these
then and you will live bnt to softer.I elc -
Thousands havebeen cured. Try itbndyon
wlli.add one more to the nmnbe r. Take it
and health wiliC icemoregladden your heart.
Wy sfeiese fem thestemeslteasAiabiag bnek
19 bearashdisrsafrom~easimaikaadPiil
KrWNRYwouT will enure you. Try a pack
age at once and be satinsd
It is a dry Ocgetabl. composnd and
One Packagemakesaix quartsof Medlelno.
Y1 our DruggIst has it, or totfl getisr or
flyou. Inist UPOn haOPlIrg it. .Pried. $1.00. F
* WILs, mennRDOn A o., l'ropi., U
ii iel<w ak--da a n o lwet.,v.
ene by te sts'ain of toratoiling ovrnre
stimlA?gtean CiUSo tore rainnerveand
Hop asitters, waste, use H op B.
dIscyre youn a ffmlerin from any in
rior ingle, oi or -ungat mnirrn fro
ness, rely on gO P Bftters.
whenever caunallyfrosa sonic
itorHstiop .tn aebe Hprevters
nave you dysa.
Erlia,$$f . D. .0O.
plf t ech~, an~ ir esis i
Hop Dtterc narcotics.,
Jyon arsim thi by drug.
owsjZiritedry NEVER *( rm-m dfor
smR vo o u r1 noP nrrrrns
iif. t has ll'g'o Co.,
oaved hun- te.eir, Ii. v.
drede. ..-... nm~~
$999 M*" an exp"m".* ~ ui
IDENET nEA U
as tasasas ai all paWs ofte omt
I
GREAT QERMAN
REMEDY
FOlR
RHEUMATIBE,
NEURALGIA,
SCIATIOA,
LUMBAGO,
BACKACHE,
SORENESS
or 211111
CHEST,
ji" SORE THROAT,
4GRIilDiIb~ QUINsY,
h 0,i0 SWELLINGS
UfiEIIbI AND
SPRAINS,
FROSTED FEET
ill. AND
EARS,
AND
Gne3lo0M1y Palh,
TOOTH, EAR
P0111 AND l
HEADA0HE,
AND
ALL OTHH PINS
No Preparation on earth equals Sr. Otr l o t a
1'.th coprtil gritl!,iy of "Om~s, andeey
one suffering with ain can have heap and positve pofof
is o~lame' DIIREC-lONS IN ELEVEN LANGUAGES.
SOLD BY ALL DRUlGGISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE.
A. VOGELER & 00.
B"altinmore, 2d., TU. 8. A.
MUSIC BOOKS
For SCHOOLS.
~~~IS Bels '60cts,) Thell latest book for
Song Bels, bmmon Schools. By L. 0.
Emer.-on. Has a g eat varloty of clioerrul, ge.
nial, musical songs, such as to girli and boys
must ikTe, and also a good Elementary Cour.e.
Among our older find standard 5011001 song
Books 'hat are still favorite and in constant
(temanit. we mention Wit i.poor-wi11 (0c.;
MockI lu ird, (Mic.) and Goldens R1obin.
(Sue.) all by W. U. Perkins.
Welcomo Chorus. , o r for t
schoolS, Academies and Seminailes By W. 8.
Tildon. Is of the beat cliaranter. and well
fitted to follow tho.e most successful books, tbhe
litgla Sheboal Choir ($I). and the lleur of
blsginig ($1). bo h by Kmnerson and Tilden.
and the Laucrel Wrenth ($1), by W. 0. Per.
kine. We ams ir.entiori Eseranna's tar.
etes nnd Clioruises for Mailo Voices (6c.).
jus out, ai a good boo ior practice in Uiglh
School.4, Avademics and Colleges.
OPERETTAS AND CANTATAS FOR
841100L EXIII1fTIONS.
Coronation, (60 eta.) Culprit Fay. ($11 Fairy
lirital, k50 ots.) Flower Queen, (new, To c.)
Guirdai Angel, (ou ets.) Ilour in Fairv Land,
(W0 ets.) Miracle of loses, (GO ets.) Little Bo Peep,
(60 eta ) it mud Irving, (60 eta.) New Year's Eve
(60ets.) Threo Little Kittens, (60 eta.) Quarrel
among Flowers. (V Cta.)8p11ng Holiday, (60cts.)
and nderella, ( 0 Ots.) are all lively and pretty
Cantatas.
Any book malled, post-tree, for retail price.
Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston.
J. 10. D1TSON & 00.1228 hestnut St.. Phila.
YOU CAN BUY THE BLATCHL.EY
PUMP
Unlnael,or with Copper, Poreinin,or Iron
Lining.. Each one mtenciled with mly Dnt s
manufacturer is warranted in material and con
structlon. For sle by the beat hotuses In the
trade. l'f you do not know where to get this
pump, write to me as below, and I will send
name of aget nearest you, who will supply you
CHAB. 0. BL ATCHLEY, Manufacturer,
__ 808 Market St., Philadelphia,'Pa.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA
IThi Is the ch'opt trteand on aspete and roll
hew tolooccaallns.
*fAdMN~T8ND.-S8end for circnlar.scantata
~iant. AdrssNnATIONAI r BI tNermste
LL EN's Bralia Food cures Ner'ous 1illi
A an d Weaknes, of Generavera --
~TOCJG ME Learn Tlmraphyl IEarn *o to
' oe. Address VLENTIN a, liBS.. Janosl.'ie
EPLYMENT-fr."%m T1,
adAae .S mpromptly pgid. LA
a coaos sore **. Osnaelnnasg~
Sub-kBass and Oct-Coupler,
sea41, saa, SOA5 6715, p100, #120
o,kU mmcli ri. S PIAi aN *8tr an
p| w U mta Agu e Ns VA TED. New
OT. L. WAIlERS,
1East 14th Street,, N. Y.
These answering an Aaertaeuenn eml
oonfer a raor upon the Advertlser andth
Publieher bystating that they saw the adver.
tiensant In thlsennvaa ifemam,.. ,a e ,tVe~
AgenWnneds$aa md
iCAE. ,We~g,mtoej)b. Itetal
JJOUAIo iuALM Co.. ii,anti * 0.i
SiioBretch Loai
l aup a
Doubie Danot
Breekh Load...
at $20 up.
~XE~esm Beelioft n g uns lies and
u t~sfm nc ap e rea emt ern
de (Inrs e t.
EGIN WATHES~
All at les, (aid, Silver and N fe
to *I1 J hains eta. sen 0 .e
0., ittabrgh, Pa.
t t ~ i p o ~ i l ~ s 5e A I fo n th a n d E x p a e s
CONSTIPATION
*es a ND ils Potij .ES.
sev, n natua ao
th wtsasem,.san n ossn