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by.-. ne7-e' nv b : at le eeCte d Ato,ltes ttat of ti _ Tb+'oa 1a,, ot Cold Land, up in d the natntans; tiutt othe Tierra Ten- o 1aitp;;Teinperate ,lnd, the plateau, t and:extendig down the slope toward s the eo t lfw score 'mles, and, lastly ,; Oat of the !lrra.Caliento, or ot saud, whioh t eain'the coast on the. i 'Iaolca and Atlantic sides with also f some of the sloping country. . r The Tierra Tenplada is, at the north t of the country, characterized by vast v treeless. plains, over wbich.-,ust be d hauled by railway, or by ta 'bere the railway does not pene tate, (do poles' and wire for the lines. Oftentimes a great loads of poles, cut In the forests n around -Toluca 'or Paizouaro, in. the a southrtl part of the republic, have to a be elowly and laboriouly hauled ovei' a the hot plains of Chihuahiui and put in d place by men who carry their rations i for days with them. The cost of the g poles and the wire is ecessarily greatly. q enhanced-by-the tranAportation, thd, it v may be said that telagraph wire, placed i1 almost anywhere in Mexico, costs the a government three times what it did a landed at Vera Cruz or Paso del Norte. s Trave'lers on horsebacic in northern A Mexico traversing these vast, treeless is and mel41looly plains stop at night for. i camp; and )iding the telegraph poles e accessile itidtirably seasoned,- cut them down for firewood. And this is not all. The humble ranchero, desir- a ing a stock of wire with which to fence a in an inclosure, goes with hip peon ser- t vants and cuts down a mile or two for use, leaving poles oftentimes prostrate. I have myself seen poles wireless, and also long stretches of wire without poles. IIONEYCDOMILNC THE POLES. And the poles brought so far at so i great an expense have other enemies be- i sides man. There is the insignilcant c looking worm, thle "jengen," which mn sidiously honeycombs the poleA till some r tine day they fall at the breath of a c breeze, strewing fragments of wood c over the ground. This is a formidable g opponent of telegraph communication i in Mexico, and any bright American t who can show how to keep it out of the poles may fairly demand a reward from the Mexican government. . "Y los pajaros son enemigos tambien" 9 (and the birds are also enemies). There t is a Mexican woQdpecker .who sits up toward the tops of the poles and preks and pecks for whole days, till the top comes off, and wires and cross arms go, s too. A great rogue is this Mexican r woodpecker, the sworn enemy of tele graph poles. The linemen (celadores) t shoot him when they can, but of. what use? One dies and forty come after r the funeral! And then the white ants, those in d.ustrious unseen hollowers out ot' tim ber. These tiny creatures will eat out s the inside of a pole till it is a mere shell, , solid apparently, sturdy..seemingly, but n absolutely: is good for nothing tas an t eggshell. "Up comes'the wind,'aid the poles blow away as if they were hornets' nests detached by a cyclone. These "horinigas blancas" dig out the inside a of house tinnbers iq suo parts of the d country. _',ri*yhlavQ; pveftbeen known 9 to so hollow out the legs of a dining table that one day dlown. it came wit,h i all its crockery and the nioonday meal, E -too. The shormiga. llanca is also the t sworn enemy sof. ci izMidn and Iro gress as represented by' the telegraph. - I - But the klot Land has its enemies of' telegraphy al.so. flow Mayne Rleid, .or I Biallantyne, or Verne wonuld haivo. seiz ed on the facts here presented, Picture E to yourselves, good friends on seaside ( piazzas or. lounging on miountain tops t this summer day, a country of .impen- I etrable vegetation, with gigantic Palms I and plantains, with jungles so dense that It is hard work wvith a stout and sharp machete to make a path through them, a country of intense heat, of in-1 utmorable mnusquitoes, and ticks, and malarIa, and snakes, and vegetation that growvs up in a clay to a height that,I interferes wit,h the labor of man. FIOJITINGI OFF1 Il P UMA. Such are some parts of the Mexl(can * states of Tabasco and Yucatan, and it is through such regions that the tele graph which connects the Mexican capital with important points like San Juan B3aptista or San CJristobal must penetrate. This is a country wvhere the linemen go in couples, and armed with rifles to fight off the fierce "puma," or Mexican tiger (tigre), who a'saults man and is especially ravenous for telegraph constructors! Thbe-- mI'$x'eneyr -. -.. dow- frr the hot coast country shoot many a puma while out' attending to their lines. * A scarcely less formidable antagonist is found in tihe monkey tribe whoi in habit the jungles and chaparr'al of Tiab asco. Literally thie "wvoods are fnll of them." Their favorite diversion, when net in quest of food, is to betake them selves to the telegraph line for gymnastic exercises and linemen assert that often 100 able bodied monkeys may be seen swvinging on the wire, lestooned, mon key fashion, by looping their tails. The continuous vibration of these forest gymnasts starts the iron nails used on the cross arms, and these often come clown, bringing the wvire wvith them. And it is not a safe matter to under take to disperse these robuist monkeys who play the dickens with the telegraph lines m the sparsely 'nhabited state of Tabasco. Linemen have iound that on shooting a monkey swinging on the wire they have been pursued biy a whole regiment of monkeys, who, with stones and nuts, have pelted them severely. "It is,no j.oke (n'o es broma)," said a lineman recently, "to have a tribe of monkeys pursue one; they are very strong (muy fuertes) and can hit with a stone or a stick ina fashion to make a man howl with pain, a thing the monkeys enjoy hugely." In the , coast. country, especially on tile gulf of Mexico side, the wvires, fronm the humid condition of the- air, oxidlize rapidly, and a wire is found by experl once to be in need of replacement ill year's time. This adds l,vjily to ti cost of keping up the sei~'u Still anotlier difliculty ii intaining a good service In'the iPi Yand states is the impossibility of aculimating, in many regions, telegraph operators from the colder table lands. They easily fall. a pray t9 fevers, and, if they escape withi their lives they havd been absent I from their .posts and the service has suffered. So it 'has bee'ni found neces~ sary to malte use of natives of those regions, often imperfectly educated, and from whom much must be borne, perforce, for they make blunders with fatal facility and try the patience of the City of Mexico ofilcials t9 a degree. Lambs will nibble at oats with great beneis to themselves, Bad -roads are good for the wagon maker and bad for tile *agons. ).0 ~ ~ ~b6 'a u;hr-k 1t or cr am~ aC who is tnopt prop d' to te d 1sh of ctam toRst is ecious atea no i atonco economical ile bibe First, put hi a.doublbe kttl#'ti ent pint'of'tch milk and a*teacpful f creatpi let it -come .tq :the boiling oltit and -.dd , 0 large, tablespoonful "of resh-butter ;and ra heaping. tabJepoon. A of sour or a smaller one of arbw jot wet ina -little creamWa Season to kste with salt and let it boil up. Mean rhile, toast l1g.. t slices of bread a day two.. d: ake .t ev my broNu d: a ltt b ed ie p tfthe ur,i ed artole wih a: kitf 'See tif' the lices are of even size, with neatly trim ied edges, Then put the slices, two t a.time,.into the siico, and As sooi s they soften all t hrough--it only takes wo03ept-transfer them to a covered Ish kept 'hot. in .the oven.. Pour a ttle souce over. each successive layer, oing through the whole operation uio1ly...Serve th toast wiiie it is ery ot. his a dieh to tetSptI a fast ig saint, and it is one which it gener fly takes a lady to make. The aver go cook is sure to botch it. The sauce tould be of .the consistency of cream. Lrrow-root, it should be remembered, the inost delicate thickening niatorial a the world. It is oonaiderably more xpensive than flour, however. . BAKED MirK.--"3aked milk is an dmirable food for consumptive people nd for most invalids. It is made In his manner: Put a quart of good milk uto a stone jMr; cover with writing pa. er, tied down. Leave in a moderately Lot oven for eight or ten hours, till it as the consistence of cream. Tho mount of nourishment to be . derived rom it is marvelous." It most closely esembles condensed milk, and does iot differ much from a milk rice pud ling; the rice being a nice and digestible ,ddition. This reminds us to say to nany anxious Inquirers that the perfect uro for the most inveterate habit of onstipation is simply to live on wheaten roats and any kind of friit. We have Lover known a case that this diet failed o cure. WOVEN C it CIIECKER-nOARD WORK on CusioNs and anti-macassars Is ulte popular, and not at all difficult to nake. For hard usage the wider kind f mohair skirt-braid is most servicable, ut satin ribbon is of course much andsomer. 3elect two colors, or two hades of the same color, and cut the ibbon into strips of the required length; 'in each strip tb a cutting-board or able, and weave cross pieces of the ther shade in and out with regularity. The intersections should afterward be ocured at thr back by an invisible titch or two. A. broader plain ribbon, r a piece of plush, matching one of the hades used in the weaving, may be owed on for a border, and for an anti. aacassar, lace or fringe can be added o the lower edge. AsPEG1Es AUX PETITS P.'us.-Iu. electing your asparagus for the above ish, pick out that which is slender and reen. Cut it in half-inch lengths as lar as tender, dropping the pieces into pan of cold water, Now put in a aucepan a small piece of butter, . an ion (1whole), pepper, salt and a half mi lozen lumps of wvhite sugar. Lift the leces of asparagus out of the cold vater aInd, without draining them, put hem into the saucepan with the other ngredients andi cover atl$ closely; then et the saucepan over tlie fire where the onitents may steow briskly for fiteen or wenty minutes, oir until tender. ]3e ore servhng remove the onion and serve BRowN G RAVY FOR lEoAsT VEAL. 'ut into a sauceipan a quarter of a iQundl of good butter and a large table. poonful of flour. Knead these together mntil thoroughly mixed, and then add a >iiit of good .brown gravy, some essence ,f mushrooms and a littl. grated nut nog. Put the contents wvhiere they nay boll gently for ten minuties. If it secomes too thick, a little more gravy nay be adided. When nearly done a Ittle lemon juice may be added if like d.. $UGOEmsTIONs FOR KEEPING PRE. En1vis.-iPut them away in smal[ jars >r glasses. If the latter are used, store hem in a dark place. (Jut out ge/ >i' stout piaper the size of 4/dlh jar. slip thesp over the fruit.f soon as it iNs growitcaf.'-Hiaving reserved a ittle syrup for the purpose, p our a layer >f it on top of the papier, and thie fruit nil not rise to the top, mould and poil. Fmsii IN WJIITE SAUCE.-Flake up old boiled halibut and set the plate nto the steamer that the fish may heat rithout drying, Boil' the bones and kin of the fish with a very small piece ~f red p)epper; a bit of this as large as a ~ernel of coffee wvill make the sauce uite as hot as most people likelit. 'Bol his stock down to half a pint, thicken vith one teaspoonful of butter and one easpoonfnii of flour mixed together, add one drop of extract of almond; iour this sauce over your halibut, and tick bits of parsley over it. COFFEEcs JELLY is made of 0one quart f strong coffee, moderately sweetened, vih half a box.of gelatine dissolved in little cold water and added to the hot offee; strain it through a muslin cloth nd put it into a mould; serve on at aull platter with~or without whipped reaim. Thise is someties served with ake, and should ini that case have vh I pped cream, asweetened, surrounding FRESH MlACKEREL..-.jean the ish, cald a bunch of herbs and chop them nue, and i)ut them with one ounce of utter; three tablespoonifuls of soup tock into a stewpan. Lay in the Lackerel and simmer gently for ten u luntes. Lift tigem out upon -a hot ish; dredge a little flour, and add sat, ayenune, a littielemnon juice, and fini. *liy two tablespoonlfuls of cream; let hese just boil and pour over tlie 118sh. TEA COsi'ts.--Theo prettiest are~ ade of white or drab linen. Cut the ieces in the form of an oblong half ifelejimd line each with four or five hicknesses of cotton batting. On the utside of each etnbroider with scarlet Otton the figures of Japanese gathering ea, or any. other suitable design. Fio SAUcE.-houk the figs in water. r better st,il, fin a litti6 soutr cider, all ight,. Thea hil themE gently uM4il ender'. Just before takig thueni from he fire, add mgugar to your taste, and holjuie ofac6upIo of lenlons to pe enut thmo Auce froi tatn iod nnh tt read i, ut2 tnnb !il #rley isle tnf aprin a a1~r wflle I onrtiu alantage, to bo followed by later itte,% d ? .n l ASIG lhogsi will'~tI with gra r lsi.'T,er r re mnore fattehnng. propOrtie$=in b ?bet: corp-stalks, than WQo ..e l" ppae With the above auxilars mas u kept growing through the Sumne,ah ) 1,,J1 ned ho tipuy corn.: pigs wee .wUi requre oom dore an qre{ heat MWd or ground, oats with the hulls si out, and slightly fermented, will make the best kmnd of. food for pigs. The bulls f the oats are ex#eelentfor ttie calves .or. cows. , dow dre sunkg pigs, they will require additional f6od until tqe pos or barley arse r ay,for them, , The hogs My "be..turned into, the peae, and thus harvesting and grind ink will be unnecessary, The waste will be scarcely anything. Wheat might take the place of corn, and if ground entire in small quantities it will be ex cellent food f6ov swine. vuiF ATWe cninaet. the 'cost ift a)i the fencesiii the cOimt y, the tine'a'h labor it takes to make them and keep. them in repair, the question of how the most substantial ones can be made at least cost is. worth noting. We wish to describe one which - we know to be "a good thing;" though possiblo,others may claim to have better. Posts should be set at the usual distances, and light rails and some common bale wire made ready. Two persons can work to better advantages than one In putting up the fence; drive a staple, into which one end'of the wire Is fastened into posts just where the frat rail is to be put; lay in the end qf the rail and ca,the wire over it .nd dtive another 'staple over the wire:'just abovO this ril,' irst drawing the- wire tight;:proceed in-the same manner with the next above, and so on, until as many are put up ai re quired; the upper end of the wire may be fastened above the post or another staple driven into which the wire may be made fast. The advantages of this style of fence are, that it. is not expen sive; the ends -of the: rails cannot split out as when spikes are driven into them; it takes but little room, doing away with the hedge rows. TRANSPLANTING VEaTAn3,ES,. The common practice of transplanting early vegetables from hot-beds is usual ly performed without any previous pre paration of the roots. But as they always meet with some check in the removal, various modes are adopted for preventing it in those plants most affec ted by it, such for instance as cucum bers, tomatoes, etc. One mode Is the use of small pots, from which the plants are taken to set in. open ground. Another Is planting the seed on inver ted sods, which are lifted out with the growing plants on them, and set into the ground. One of the best modes, however, is to employ fat turnips, scooping them out and filling the cavity with fine mould. to receive the seed. When the plants are large enough; tho whole is taken up and the turnips set twvo or three inches beneath the sur face. There Is no mutilation of the roots, no check in growthi, and the turnip soon decays. THERE Is a n lii owhich the Hlow of milk may profitably be c'arrled. If the secretion Is crowded too hard the producet becomes vitiated, more watery and decays sooner~ Soattering-globtiles of blood are of frequent occurrence in the large yields of milk, anid the larger. the yIeld the more numerous thiey are apt to be. Occasionally, at -the last end of Al milking, the blood wili flow out nearly pure. When - this extreme has been reached the secretion is too large, and It may be remedied by learv lng back a part of the milk at eirch milking till the flow dries down to an amount the food and vigor of the cow. can sustain, ._____ TUE oat crop is too generally t.rea as of little conseqjuence and oa 4' * - late on land not regarde o a~6~iny thing else. So lI ~his practice prevails t,he aver l~1ed and profit is likely t al The fact that Inan2,ces oats are ,mainly.fed to 3%leads to his neglect. Thiey are 'not the crops on wvhich the farmer relies to raise money to pay hired'help or to clear off mortgag( 1.. But those who give oats a good treatment find ithat the crop is as responsive to good culture and manure as any 'other, One farmer who. used. large quant,ities of phosphates on all his c.rops says that they pay as'well or better on oats as on any othier. TEAT we overfeed in some crases,and underfeed in others, .as a rule, when the reverse would answer the purpose better Is clear..- We underfeed when we grow our young stock, doubtloss,in the majority of cases, take the country through and the .exceptional cases which occur have often the wrong' kid of food given them-an undue propor tion of fat-forming elements, as when corn is made the principal fecd. We thus get puny stock lacking the growvth of which it Is capable. A MosT desirable little pig -is the genuine "Small Yorkshire4" I Would seem inipos'siblo to breed, any animal having more economical proportions for meat-making. J?gs of this breed are not so small as their name would Imply, sometimes weighing from 1619 to-170 - pounds at six months old, They are 'broad on the back, which ia very straight; deep in the body; with a very short snout,and fine legs, aind altogether they are a superlative breed. A FRUIT culturist gives the follow .ing. calculation of the prod uctiveness ol' certain, fruits: Six , gooseberry bushes wihll produce .eix gallonse -o fruit, six currant bhushesitwenty quarts. six . blackberry hushes twventy-five Quarts, six raspberry buishes teri q?uars and six grape vIbes 129 pounds. Much, however, depends upon the age of the plants, soil, season and culti vation.. THEu wool crop of California amount to 17,000,000 pounds- Ohio. 25,000,006 pounds;- Indiana, 9,0,0 pounds Kentucky, 4.00,000 pounds; Michigan, 12,000,000 pounds, and '.'ed, 7 00,000 pounds. The 'total -wool' pY"od cto the United-Spates, in~ rounst. numbers, Is estir ntid art 175,000,000 poudy. .AN Ontario, N. Y,farmer had twelve acres o,f lahd which a sovwet that. exceipt -upon kuoll5 it Would riot prddtice., wheat.- fe'l.r14 drains ttwo and ,a half teet deep anA ti4y.sig teet aglt at' a cost- of $80 per-acre, Aind '1gh d dqep. Hie Gould. thlen raise ~ Ir7bfel of wheat per aere. Ile tt inde orI ?k "q8bet 8,r op 1naor bl i ro , r e Oneo. oay xr o ts' or11t teped aliesy 1i ,td'9 stone . o t be0,00teo c, ervo s rain oroe 0I3l B i reacen ure na l ih W 18 i t m{ aIb d >t aatan f r,o dlaeadir o b o t rtno. or brong, fre ia, o on oraeta, naalsar ut al o of t In d, soofngped o oiait flases tAe system of aly blo1c1 rabl an,ber uritIos' from whatever aouse o I t fr iqWlrypCOt Ot ti Kid a y t og rea o , as eton a a n s it heaies a ll040 Zdde ft P til a o n Up lrc ton foh a r ta l tirno It, lure ' rilatJ mlil ad o Chilsunp Driere qui lloa totdical so CURRAEjg HUORS, )r lat comon faltb 1~ terntion. t h o eriry a. Salt..rhel lOv 'e.r'or thd haly or RoughSkin, in o rt, all d eans lused by had blood are conq andre i )gttalny olplnl. hs nader rysipeas, oe teto Eaen, itlou Sores and Sweilin , lase. A WhtSWolings," GioiEo, oi Thick Neck in eu gd'lands. Send ten conts i tap on a large TreaAue, with colore uat kes an S seses, r e sa dismount tria watioo rful OW a galfind. "FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE." or. bl{clr use it b 1ing d re il t!etma a"o fi ti,bor ntusito s ital VONS1PTION, wraich Srofula. of the Lnn is arrete mi etned by thuis remedy, if tak-en in. the ?lOer stages or the disenso. From its Suar e ou Or ovor this terrbly fatal dease then first offering this now world-fan rini este e poeb n uingt Seriue atu ioo aal n t ltn a Ilil~ o'int CuIlIs,' ibandoned that name as too restarivo for SinedIcino wvh beh, cram Its wonderful coi bination of toni, s stren thonig, alterati me' blood-elemish ,. anti-bilious, pectoral, an Dhriti prois otes rs ofuqtouale tonl Liver, Blood, and Lungs. Fieo , We raktn, buynSpptsvtl;rngl n o ihath il of esood,short ness of the isasa. Catarrh, nron ro oou ah atd kindred oln b Druggsts attiloo, or ix Rottles )dy to thepucenc, Istamp f'ror thogh Perousl bock on c nmt ion. idIO , World's Dispensary Medical Association, - '603 MKain sta. RUFFALOa N. Y. A BlotD Cd3InAtIN.--Lady--"You >lon't get another bito to eat at this house, You are a lazy soamp." Tramp-"-But,' my dear madlme, yott should remember that there is no roe without a thsorn.n Over-w orko ad Vo Lon, For "'worn-out,''i rUln-own," d Shill tatod school teaUher, muilliners, seatn trlssAs, housekeepers, and over-worked women generally, Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prescription Is the- bst of all restorative tonics. It is not a "'Cure-all," but admir ably inifills as singieness,of puirpose, .being a Wnost potent Spelofocr all thoso Chroni Weaknesses antd DiseAss peenliar to w . mn. It Is a powerful,-general as wecll as uterine, tonic and nervine, and lInparts vigor and strength to the Whola system. It promptly cures weakness of stomach, in digestion, biqatinsg, weakc back, nervous prostration, debility and alcaplessuiess, in either sex. Favorite Prescrlptio-u is by druggists ifnder ousr -poslitieo ggj( See wvrajpr arotund bi a' boltle, or' six bolle ' A la ttec 'lionses of' Women, edWith colored- plates ~ erous wogd,cuts, aieut for ton cen1ts i .stamps, ** ' - I e A ddress, WVon.Lu's DIsvnssAny bla. CATS AssocIA'r,ON, 663 Mains Street, Bur falo, N. Y. -.Early Plowinlg brings up the weeds, wich after sproutlnd may be killed by ihe barrow. * * * * A. disease of so delicate a isa ture as strictutre of ,h.o nrethmra should only be entrusted to thiose of large experience and skill. By our imnproved methotts we have been enabled to speedily and permia nont:y cure hundredsq of the worst cases. Pamnphlet, references and terms, -10 coals in statups. World's Dispensary biedical Assoc-ation, 663 Main Street, Budfalo,N. Y. Gire Cayenuo pepper, for roup in fowls; and wash thue hlead with soap and.. Si1lk and bilious hondui,lco curadl by D)r. Pierce's "Poills," Orchtard grass growa Iin bunches andi never makes a sod. It gives good hay antd a good pasture, On pastures have a 81hed unid'er whlich sheep may dud protection. It ohould be boarded towar'd the north-cast. Constnh,p,i n rely buredi. Tfo the Editor :-~Please, informa your roaders that I ha.ve. a puositivo remedy for the above named disease. My its timely use thouusandsa of hope'less cases havo betn perananoitl <urod. I shuili bo,gladi to send tWp boltces of~tny remnedy ion f they will sa Inot1 0 Expressand.'0 addcressa Respectl'uliy, A writer in theiPtrairie Farmer, after extended experInients, Is convinced tha what8 generally sown too deep. "f.taro Fit,." This beading Is a f4millur, sight to most nloss. pape rair,as ihd appean e d regularly in thie Dr. II. 0. Root, of liJ3l'eari St., k(W Yorke, a s a world Wide reputatIon as a. sitccessful spal-. ist. in- this didiressihg- disenso, and h55s no dotlut eurOtd more caSes ti,an all othier doctors con-. ined ia e v evdnce o goodi faith Ih ~oetor sulferers who tnrite fortIt it thmey givo their Ex press and foesilflc aq#ress. Mar y fatrtnexs feed rodts Without Qrst fi'eeing 'them frdnil dit. ThiI is an lujuriotus practice, and harmfutl to cattle. Jri httindred~ .ot eases, loodV.s Sat'saparilia, by piril'ying and ohriohing the tooed, h as' provo!i' a i)otoat y'omedy fog thQussma~t nj. Ionog, if yen tuifer theopains anl Izeotes f th as diseas, ,it Is fair to.assume that.If0p' A tap'i yi onaro Horses .iI not Sioff r' froin galled shouldera 1 thlel dollirs are kept clean. Gr6 edilt'' IlVrtllf or Liver Diseases Me 0 aarnte dice, 53 to a,h raoot2 "Wl,~;~doa t~ ~9~ af all. Papers are 41 gh, S a as they R 114 hav.en't l bIilid, to prove b i ' hx hiaqa'pl e t the arity n have o te. ov te choer, X.iias ighty bad in our t0w4 *4 isTi ~aoua NGVN FE--"Wh at on 1erth r; *you doing at tilat Qi'rbr Olara?" .a - Seoi young wfe--"I'mn practioing ;aak i hain les; d'ye alnott forgotten "Wrinkle l Of all thinge Don't yor w a man likes tohave his Wife look "I4ted I do, Jo.hn is g og with noe to eleut a new bonnet ths afternoon, Sndif he sets his mind on a cheak bon et lie ill.fiscover that it Dates me look as old "os his grandmwother " A,NEW c*As.-.-The car is -full of lInedi," whispered MIss Bckonstreet to her friend from the west, as they both journeyed Cambridgeward in the torse car. "Yes," said the Chicago girl, "and iow' it chokes one up, don't it I won hey don't open the ventilators.)"' WiY ToT WAS VERY PROUD.--"If Vou'l1 keep still I'll tell you something," the whispered as they were. on their way to school. "I will." "Won't you ;ell a single soul?" "No." "Well, wve've put t; mortgage on our house and ot. Fa and ma don't want anything aid, because they want to surprit:o omo of our stuck-up neighbors. We'll how 'em in a few dayn that we are just. is stuck-up as they be, but don't you 6li." "I want to thank you," writes a young nan to 11. F. Johnson & Co., Richmond, ia., "for placing moin.i position by which am enabled to make money faster than I ver did before." This is but a samplo ex ,ract of the many hundred similar lotters eceived by the above Arm. Seo the ad rertisement in another column. Strong lye Is sure death to apple bor srs. Apply with a sponge to the trunk mpd large branches. Frazer Axto Grease. One trial will convince you that it is the )est. Ask' your dealers for tho Frazer .xle Grease, and take no other. Every >ox has our trade mark ots. E NJOY IN 'IllMSE,lzt'.--Travoh'r (to tentluman watchhug them throw trunkn it the Grand Centrni station)-"Yotu ividently don't own any of those t runk iC, or you wouldn't look co happy and onteuted." (lentleman---"No. si, sim trunk maufacturer.' TheI 3A Increased. in Size * upcial Articles of , great - Eminen Ilight Hon.l *Profesaor' T) Gen. George ArQhdeacon - - ~VLL DB O!ytN I <p200 Short illustrated Art *Historical 1000 Twelove 'ages Weekly - sie ofthepaper almost one-i thons, without any advance 'Ina FREE T LTO JAN1 For i'hnks viora eltures, which aro-a, featuro 7Ahrres PERIRYil S- - - -l SMWomninted Anam !E t eto. 00 Jpl 191 'lp Itli!q ~Oi~tue,y is tpnisi I t 9.t oot i tstivoorgans, ; A4uy gites-r lte- when lQ 1Qke:arises ftrpi l getp9ni.4pc i1 poral ft4 1" up .lho,deblltated ays. ltetoe bvercoi tho{dlnculy . "-iy wit.o stifere4d ,.14 slok bdadacto and nou. ralg,u. After taking Iood's Sar.apiritla she was iielt televed." IV. f.DAs, Wilmington, Oh io. $I have taken ilood'B 8arNnparil1a for catarrh, and It has done me a, great deal of good. I re. .'ommend it to all within my rgael." LUTUIt D. litomuis. East Thompson, Ut. 1oi's Sarsaparilla ZSoll by all duggist%. $z slxfor$e, Prepared only, by '.'I. 1100D & CO., ApotheOariee,T.owell, Blass., 100 Doi'-sOne Dollar royuarauttodby .ithtt., 4 to i' P., M 13aliy$toi l 120 A vo(,t 1r FRAZER AXLE:GREASE.I at tho Wor2d. donl he Lubrlca torCu. at Va ,,. N. 7Yr & B$.LOuI. Bol avrmahera 43 048 FR t AT. *30a week and oxptse ORi ro. P. O. VIOKFARY. Augusta. Mfo. 1 000,0 00 LEadinted to ..8,".t It ioe ervou io nd b the i scof rt olteu Mimie( by all oiher Iir1d'ny. ttsusplo Pox IOc'. Atdros 0. 1. M. (t... Vitnland, New Jer:oy. JONES PMSth,FREI - I n .ec a T N .ec Bern= . TAo s ad lteam liot rt Lwerh slaoe egV Fo a pnj1pi i r hs el paper and addr"aa I. ION ES OlF 6INOHAMYS ui D. ~ ~ ~ I N IAZT N .. HNOfro,103Bi t. ihnn . Va . ' BPIUMam"An1UN,4 ?IO LI) Is Aortlt e5u. pot lb. 'ettit's >y" Salvo Is M worth v,tW, but Is sold at 2a i, box dealors. Madeorkig for us. Fa0ther-Wa Ar NT8 proetorr .whot enUi turnii'l tlt.t Ir ow sa an ie ahir limo to to busnes. a th o mhy be prfitaly mn11oodf also. A row vanelo n a ites. * . ---------- -o hnS i mod,Va. -- - Remarkiloable a dI olunf U biOPIUM , It'Aawo .z FineAy llutrad.. MON --Y 4 M~an-- love" yourl (ilughter, sir, ands rc wnesld like to mako hr my pife. w nathler--W t are yolr prospects? .i Young Mao-k think toky'll be pretty c good IF you'll .ay yes. SThi FISH) fltANDI 1 I n ude te elko n and poparto writ x Seral S or.mier PO 1888.tyi.rcTximAanyaois cu F nely llunsrad. Storins; Tsof Auths of ratel3ri ;Skethes ofte and Scientifc A ie orighi ndalOi .DlranLo"le S oarA 1rtilles no; Ando ul :wSke of Setral Stor k oty alf.vin an exrodnr mutadv riety! . 7 t pi p c Stoins;of Teole of anys ofi Tubarer Sketches UToUT Sho7t At ies; O Ader,dxpes: og ofe Nattur oHsk,tor Poyetry. ietin to eth Cpanio w will, e eal r snd ar -fr. giigach ek,rdnr touan viet 8y ho ful.s4.year fronta. aetoJn t -ler1itoncohs offeole Rld an o Christm i,e p anh wil CUToledT ti to C om~ nion lo The will. Bonal Double Ho.,4idTmpy PNa ord nno;coment andi Calendahr free' if S..R 7 'Q tUna 100t+tt. I'lxo f a4 tijtu as a 11ast .. nto .., 'oriar Fat pad, Itlae IYandiue COate .wnanto,05e. rir epcto, The aboeecut rprsenct atb lateet and ctpoaaa do a eaatoredla the. rlag Hao. The pekee we neat.have slutJ ne to be .d of Rodla.Rll e (il Alats 'Ob rd*r a r 1 .00 to $1.1 fotop .apo bl at'tooo. W 4will terfully weue moey tou Lally -4utca swJis,d ofn Watches rh rig,w oi u ag Ilutrtd aalhao s n, c usand other Jewelry. W. tahc po llet. atai,ncc th" no as cash. Rings sent paoat.rpacd to any peteala'the UJnited stsbu oltto Canada. Itolloo tblecpa or. Sedy r addnsec to ho Domoetio Mfg. 0o. Walingfor aonn. XHAUSTED VITALITY A Great Medioal Work for Young and Middle-Aged Men. .rky C/Eb+CE .F Urr KNOW THYSELF, )IJ11ifl lbSIIei'AIl I) by the l E Al i aton MAl.e. WMl. i1. Ath to . )cstitcg Phyaelacn. Mioro tha ond Ilun s:rpie. It. I6 treatau pn Nnrvous and Physical Ilebility reonatuaro Decline. .Exiatatea Vitalit Inpair efur, and Impurities of the Blood, ant tite unto kerin cnseqentthereon. Contain. $5) p.astes bsantla ososr in itng, ful glt Wrrartt o bett popular nindlical treatise Uublishted in the vilh languago. lrle only t by tual. ostpald. dt concuealed- Ini ni pllu pier .U Il Uus I(rctitj uacple fre It ysenccd now. Addresa abovei,~ OR. H AIR'S ._" Iaa absolutely cured tents of ,> enda. The only Asttatna toarejand --.... .. Treatment known to the euedioal arld that. w oaitlvoly,permnatentiYYour. Acetic". o and tinya oe*. Unquestionablaevtdenci IlI be found u nay 64-page TreatIe., aent free. it. . . HA IIit, 23 W. 4th St.. URnctua.,tI, O. |CURE FITS! Vhetei say cre I do -jot tnonau cacrely to stop them ra stm acnd then hao thoin return again. I pno$a a dieat Curt'. I ha"e liadac the uile- of -1TH. IPIle l'SY or biALLINO 8IUiKNISi ifelonateudy, I1. trrant my reraedy to curo the worst cates. eocause here hna failed Is nr r easeu for nob now receiving a nta. $ocad at once for a treatise and at Ilree Iiottloe w hnfallible rmedy. hive Ixpruss and Pout Office. d. .Cit . (...183 Pearl tit, Now York. The BeS Waterproof '110u 'J tiraCiaalr1~it Ia rtect rtulu cc1 rktratet Cateioguetree A J oser, Iostoct4. Rra y Ma-. Sartying. Ps, tcIo Acott.In nec.ln h ifcor e raig ld lut. yings A; 25 P~APER SFOR 1.75 rnbers vers and 1full pago Frontispicce attractive this ycar. co, Boston, Masse you mention thiis gpenr ; *