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.Cahrl Mob Make Away Wit Four Prisoners, WOllK OF COLORED RIOTER The Pacifi-: Coa- Aven;tcrs Strin= Up It Meni In a:t Iran ilt irapentti B tweeni Two Tree.---A D.xze-I Kentitek Colored ',1en Haug a Colore:l Man f< a lirutal 'ier. Atut I ':l,-k it. n. a erw.4 *f 2'7) gatir-r. l at Yrik:i, .. to . h th& Q! mur-lerers in Ih.- -.mty jail. T fherifn io inatimat'-1 ftir In]mig. fsmall grui fromt all over Si.kiyvt Co unty h'g:tu t.> a rive Mn lth utkirt. "f th-- t-wn about oclock. At I a. :n. the rowi setriri ant) iron rail at the depot ant e-arri- I it t.> tI Court House sttiaro. plat-:im it het ween tv trees. The .?:al ;dle-, wvr' 'allit away I a false alarm, and by th tim.e th, return they realiz-I the inttentiin of the orow - The Chief of Po)lice -::iit to t'he engii house to ring th- 1ire alarm bell, but fout that the ropes iti heen (ut. H1- then we to the jail. but the mnob ha I alreadv arriv and in suchi nuners that the ilie we pxwerlesW. A nwnhor Qi men. all m:ko awakened Un-l.:r Sh--ritT Ut-vlfir at ti Sheriffi ohli-o. in th C art ihus-. ar demaandt-.1 th-- koy-i ;f th-., ja01 frio him. H- ti.ly r-fu.*-m t-- iein ti door or give' fit, k-y. 3inlim: th la.ford w.-s inmi-ovabl. te In w41 aerts thjtw i wil mi _-.t on ti; 4)f th'oste Wall wim-h s!rrounds it. J I *uty Sihri Drautla--ht who s I in tit-- Jail. firei tv shota t--o a:tr.n the ity umrihal thinkin someo1f the ;-rineri were trim to Thira h!I:- oia th - il-v rt t N u- vas ilniitv-l ytlv -eized lv thm b ii-n entir'-. ti jail. flavin 1- k,ys.- t. tit ii they wer.'c.Omlled to rmash ti lo i v, ;th 1 : hI tIno : , I . T r Hi 1 . J-h:stl . w hotl .-te thb 1 lhis wif death oit Julv :!.-. w:ts t t reeive ti att'tion of the :ntb. 1'hY i'ke the 1.1 from th-, d..or of th.- <-,1,. t-a a rol aroumn ids u-. :n d h:- I him out if the j7 anl arqss the streii to wi-rf h iroti ra w-a- la:1 hetw--u thr.. trk. if tw, tree Johusin plead-l for n-rey. but tlle sit-i gathering .gdve nio head ti t1 appeals. I wa- iuikly strum.: IIp. lyi:g fri an str:ag lation. The tno thein returne I t. the jail ar broke into the cell of Willit-n Null. who si Henry II:1tQn at (4alah:n1'- .--n April 2 Null aske. to mak a stattonint, It thni refnsel to list en. an-l he W:t. soon hanlgit besidW To hinia. Louis M.ren-. who kill-d (I'trg' Sz-ar Was next tatkt-n oti awl h:ua.: 1. Tit l: ruad you-.:st v-f the f-ou wa Gar-i ui- Sun )4r. age tineten wi i Casp-er M-w haus- at l:ih0-v liii. A ropo wa. ilae, arounil his- :-:-c, an-i in a ,; ininut-s I Was hwit;in,, bositle htis -:npanions Abol thi- tiue Mhiff S liiT arriv-s I on the seen but was Piet by sev-ral of the m'b, whi n tillel hin th:tt '"tie job was ituhe:." I this tim' tie greatir p:rt of th m1,b. h:1 dis::ip-ar, -..,:, v.ng nily a Tow on guar Soon tlhse departed al-:o. and tiie s-tu:tre: W: desertel. Colored Men Hang a Col:ired Man. A moh cimpose f of abcut a dozen im1 all col reil. took Htarrson Lewis. colore from the jail at springhield, Ky., an-t hanngt him to a t ro in thr, Court Ilitus-' yar< About 11 o'clock p. m. they attacked ti jail andi demnanl: the keys of Jail' Smxith. who, having been warnIl their apturtia-h. es--aped out of tl tack -lour with the keys. Trhie mot poithinlg dnmuned, rep-iired to a neighborit: ibla'knminth .n tp. preeiinri' 1 t sieltbie hammit In i t:'r titls. :tne b'gatn lutt.ring dlow the eb- .rs. It tiiok three hoiurs' ha~r.1 wI r to reaa-h their vjitim bu~t their deutermiti, ._,.__.,....--i-lo-k .- t t crime for wir-h Lewis wva. lyitehed was most co wvardi iytrder. ae~ Sait St. MIarie Canl, bt wo .ice' H~uron andn MiLchi:a, n1:, it' ries 2J.000, 00 toui a year, or twi< the weighit th-:t pasSes thtough tl Suez Canal anunally. The True Laxative PrineIpfe Of the plants used in manufacturing the plea ant remedy, Syrup of Figs, has a permanent beneflcial efrect on the human system, whi the oheep vegetable extracts and mineral so& tiona, usually sold as medicines, are pierm niently injurious. Being well informed, y< will use the true remedy only. Manufacturi by the California Fig Syrup Co. Keeps Xou rear. Indigestion k'wns men poor. It muddles t1 elearest brain. You think it is somi-thing ela but-ine times in ten--the truble~ is in tl dir~estive tract. One Ripans Tabunle gir relief, and their occasional use keeps you rigi Ask your drtnrgi-t for them. Notice. T want every man and woman in thne Unit4 Sts interested in the Opium and Whisi habits to have ohie of my books nt these di eases. A ddress B. M. Vicolley. A tlanta, Oi Box 381, and one will be tent you free. FITS stopped free by Dit. Ena NERY: RESToRER. No fts.after.first'uay's ut Marvelous cures. Treat itend $2.00 trial be tle free. Dr. Kline,wl rdht .ghuila., Pa. it takes out ~on -uue Suofa~tion is! Make walkg a~drggisit - teething, soft us the sntm.rel1 IdfSa~nmm We have not'be hinti' ~ re 1~:~n Consumption for I0 yeatrs.--izzis Ff RELL, Campl S., llaitriiurg, Pa., May 4,' If affli ?ted with sore'eyes usme Dr. Tun ne Thou son's Eye wat er. Diruggists sell at 25 per bot Tired Women nervous, weak ltnd- all worn out-will fi in purified blood, made rich and healthy Hood's Sarsaparilla, permanent relief a strength. Get Hood's because Hood's Sarsaparill Is the Only True Blood Purifie Pro"mnertu1 in the publi c e~o today.- It sold by all druists. $1; six for $5. Hood's PiIls n 'il ild.t Waillla 9I(6f & Ca. iI.It!, The Largaat Maiufcture-, of PURE, HICH CRADE ~CCOAca1CHOCOtATES HiGHiEST AWAiRDS renthe great 7-Industrial and Food EXPOSITIONS - IN EUnOFE AND AMERICA. Caution: In.h:T -it td', cortum--I re-hr-, m:n 'ur that our rueeIof st- uie, namel. Dorc'hester, Mass. ispIted on e:c t pxan::e. SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WALTER BAKER & 00. LTD. DORGIESTER, I ASS. TU'J ES WV 'ittL ELSE FA:LS. E | THE FIELD OF ADVENTURE THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DAR ING DEEDS ON LA.ND AND SEA. A Minister's Narrow Escape From Indians-Ripped by a Swordfish -Rode With a Skull. HE Cheyennes and Kiowas 'were on the warpath in 1867. Stage stations were attacked and burned, telegraph wires were torn down and thrown intowells, and 9ll regular communication on the ,r overland trail was abandoned. It was the duty of Captain Powell to estab lish the stations, leaving a gaard of a two or three men at eacb, and to push I cn towardFort Lupton. The country A was swarming with Indians, and small .s parties of white men movedonly under r- great peril. At one point along the 9 river the comman1 met a stage. which A1 presented an amusing sight. On the w top sat five men, armed with long guns and revolvers, while from the inside y peered a woman and three children. 1I The Captain persuaded the party to lace itself under his protection, as a to coach had been attacked the day before q and the driver killed. At the Wis it consin ranch the coach and the dead a body of the driver were brought in. The lining had been cut ont and the woodwork was riddled with bullets. The savages had torn open the mail sack and distributed the letters over it i the plains. after tearing them open, as it if in search of money. ext day at a spot called Living Springs. forty miles north of Denver, a long, lank individual walked into camp. The stranger called for the oticer in command, and was conducted to Captain Powell. L' "The man intro~died himself as a Methodist minist er from Denver, " said Colonel Powell. "I asked him how he happened to be so far from home. Hle replied by saying that he wanted R to borrow a gun. 'If a coach comes through,' said he, 'I want to go along t and kill some of those red devils that were after me yesterday.' T asked the naa to sit down and tell his story. *i He did so, saying that he was in the )t coach whose driver was killed the day before. I looked at him in astonish ment, but he told his story in such a straight-forward way that I believed it. He explained that the day before was quite warm, and after dinner lie had pulled oil his coat and boots, and A being the only passenger in the cach had stretched himself across the seats iuside and gone to sleep. His story went as follows: "I i had not been napping very long when I was awakened by the most in ferual yelling I ever beard in my life. I looked out the window, and found that thirty or forty Indians had at tacked the coach, and were ponring volley after volley into it. The driver had turned the horses, and we were I.making remarkable speed toward God "frev's ranch. A shot struck the driver, and he fell off the box dead. eo "'Then I thought my only chance - of safety lay in reaching. the boot and ggetting hold of the lines. I climbed n out of the door, crawled into the seat k left vaicant, and discovered to my dis Smay that the lines had fallen between a ground." Contining his narrative, Colonel Powvell related the story as it came from the lips of the minister. The SIndians continued their frightful Sshouts, and the terrified horses 'plunge'd forward at a pace thit threat. e eed to wreck the coach. T1he minis Iter climbed down to the tongue of the Icoach and made a wild grab for the lines. At the samne moment the coach luinged across a guiley in the san1 which bad been forme.l by a storm 7the ulay before. The minister lcst his hol ant fe-li hea-ilong into the wash out. The coach p'a-sel over him, an-1 a momnent later the piursuing Indians Sdashed by on horseback after the coaceh and horses.4 'The mnister lay perfectly still for several mijnutes. Then lie peered over tthe plain, to see that thme coach had bel~en stoppe) l' a short distance away t. aiid was being: robbed. The minister siv voly o~ne mneans of escape. The Indians would certainly return f->r his a sadp, and his only safety was in a Sbold dlash for the Plate River, several .. undred yards away. The river wvas wide and swift, au-l he might succeed Sin crossing to the opposite batik. The eproject was e irriedt into exentioni. In this stoekintg feet the white man male a dalh throm h 3:)' yards of cactus. No red dlevil a5:ttemp~te: to head himi .bujiI t the thoroua.:ly a rounde~ mnils. tc of(' the G ospel far outclassed thes tie of the plains as a sp'rinter. W4ith ai prayer uptou his lip':, he optinged intoi the imu-liy water and n- reached a smiall islanid near the centre of the. river. Looking bhack to the shore, wh it was the astonishment of the man to ree twoI stranger-, apparently white men, stauding~ and beekening him to return. The indians hid retired, and the tw< 2newv-comners wvere oilicers of Fort Lup b~y toy, who were returning to the fort xi after a huntieg trip aloa4 the~ riv.er. The minister swa'n t) shiir, a'u 1 was escortedl to a place of safety. -Denver S(Col.) News. Rippedl by ai Swordfish. ' N t mmany' days agothe mnachere shin. schooner Centennial of Gl~ou e..ster scraped a costly .qu entrions ac quaintanuce with a huge swordfish in ethe waiters 0lVCox's Ledge at the south east end of the island. Mackerel wecre Irunning lively and the Centennia:'s crew.' had done a great day's work h'ir Ivesting lumtp, strip2 1 be.aties by the acre wi~vth its miammoth $1t00 oceac sen.A; nig~ht the vessesl was hove to w'th iuer big stint b 'mt, bearint the nuet, at tached to. the schooner and run n ing re asteri. The tire I sailors slept 'ounidly. None heard any nusuat! Iuproar in the ight, not even the huow wat chmanx, p'eering dlead ahead througi k"- ists. At dlaylight, however, he nut-d that the heavy seine buoat hal beena capsizeed, anld that it lurched weihtlyv on its ihiek towing line. Ife pile1t ill handls on dleck. Great was the regre-t ani1 concern of all, for the va labl seine, tile matl~itayV of their intd ustry, hat grone~ overboar.i and evi cently was lost. Gloomily, butl qtuikl, t a: sailors righutedl the boat au I the n they- d isco'vere-d that a sword ti i ha chrged the loat an-I h-1 trough its stout -;ie. So territic, in 3 uie i. lhad bueenu his uonset. that, ap squarely out of the sea twirling it in the air, like a :huttlecock, aud it had come down bottom up and was partly submerged. The bottom of the boat is of solid planking, but the swordtish had driven his sword through it as easily, it seemed, asif it had been of paper. But after he had delivered the thrust the fish had been unable to withdraw his blade; hence with a mighty wrench he had shaken himself free from the craft, but his sword was broken. The point, solidly fixed in plank and sheathing, protruded mor than six inches above the bottom u the craft. The Centennial crew. course, had no idea they would ( set eyes on the lost seine again, vet not more than thirty minutes later +he schooner Speculator, which had he--n fishing on the same grounds on the previous day, hailed them, saying they had just picked up the Centennial't; net. It was so badly torn, however, having been sliced in a score of places by the swordfish's jagged blade, that the Centennial fishermen started for Gloucester to have it repaired. In the past five seasons two fisher men of Block Island waters have been* mortally injured, and half a dozen others severely hurt, by wounded swordfish, whose blades were drived through their cockle shells with the speed of a rifle shot.. In one instance the sword went through the bottom of the boat-the crew did not know even that the monster was approaching them-slid through its middle seat of plank as readily as if it was pasteboard, and was buried more than two feet in the body of an unhappy seaman. The man survived his frightful wound for only a few hours. In two other instances in Block Island waters swordfish have even at tacked fishing schooners and smacks and driven their sabres straight through planking three inches thick, the sword each time sharply broken, and the fragment remained imbedded a tightly in the opening it 'had made that no water leaked into the vessel. Rode With a Skull. Some weird experiences have been noted on the ranges of Northern Ari zona. Several years ago Cut-it-Short, Chief of the Navajos, was killed after shooting down two Deputy Sheriffs sent to arrest him for some alleged crime. He crawled into a gully worn by sudden torrents in tie banks that lead down to the Little Colorado. ionsiderable coin was snpposed to nave been on his person at the time of his death. Stockman .1. W. Benham, now of this city, concluded to round up the cadaver with his other spring cAves during the vernal roleo. S> he peered and poked about through the hundreds of caves and underground labyrinths of that region until by chance he stumbled upon the deco-n. posed remains of the slain chieftnin. In turning him round to find the sup posed money the head of the aborig inal leader accidentally fell from its attendant body. It was thrutt into a sack and placed in the cook's commissary wagon. For fifty miles it jolted over rough roads to the cattle men's ranch. A muffle 1, thumping lieve that the coffee was slowly escap ing from its canister. Arriving home after dark, the cook proceede.l to un pack his wagon. Taking the gruesome sack into the adobe cabin where his emplloyers lived lie emptied it to see how much cof'ee hadl been lost. When the grinning skall of the deali Navajo rolled sepulchrtilly forth the paar cook stood transfixed with horror. Finally, however, greed overcame his terror, and1 on exploring the bony brain inclosure he fon- t'on silver dollars. The old chief h l died with his wealth in his month.-Phoenix ( Arizona) Gazette. A Brave Engineer. An explosion of natural gas took place under the boilers of the Chic a Elison plant, in the rear of the big Newbery library, at Walton plase ' tx Clark street. The enziuoer an i fi re man were badly Injnrel, onv boiler wrecked an.l all th->se livin . nort] of the river using inican lescent lights were left in tiarknes<. The miracle of it all is the escape of the big library building and its valuable collection of boa s. If~ the explosion halI ocentre~l when the bi'g double-doors of the boiler room were closed at least a p~arr. of the library would have been blown to pieces. As it was the heroism of Enigineer .Jen kins in turning off the gas from the main savedI further wreckage and pa.r haps an immense loss of life, for a large crowd was attracted to the scene by the first explosion. His bravery in crawling twenty feet through six inches of scalding water, along a dark subway filled with blindivg, scalihng steam, alone saved a second explosion of natural gas that was filling the big boiler room ready for furether dex lly work. The loss is smn.dl.--Atlanta Constitution. A Woman's Wonrierful Escapa. .A rep~ort from Konmgsberg on the iregel has a reamrk'mble narrativ ot the escape of a fish-wife, who went out in a little boat on the lIlfr in or der to take so'ne provisio:is to her husband and his companions, whi were fishing. A breeze sprang up, and the little boat capsized. The woman swam after it and clna to its keel. Night came on, and a um s settled upon her limbs, so thiat her grip) was uncertain. At noon the next day the wind drifte I the boat in towards land; andI here she was seen by her husband, who soon got along side, took her in his powerful atrtna, and pulle I for the shorte. It wa< not long. before the poor fran redovere 1 strength, andi, fallin4 uponi her knee<, she otlereli up thanks to heaven for her safe delivery, after t wt d iys and a night, from her dlreadful position. Lonecn News. ood Advice Fromn a Rteputblican Paopr. If there was a time when it seeme.l ise to let well enough alone with re ard to the tariff and1 to avoid agi t; tion when agitation coulId by n'o pos ibility have desirable results, that time is now, when the chief need of :uiness is to be let alone an1l to be uin isturbed by- legislative contention ertain to lead to nothin g advant age ous-hilarelnhia TLdgr. FARM AND GARDEN. PIE AS A POULTRY AND STOCK FOOD. Rice is attracting attention as a food for stock and poultry. There is a large amount of badly cleaned and broken rice which might be very prof itably thus employed.-New York World. ANMRICAN IRISES. American irises do not seem to have received the attention from cultiva tors that they deserve. It is doubtful if there be at this time a complete col lection even of the different species in any one garden, while there are, no doubt, good varieties which have never been cultivated, and probably not even collected for herbariums. Again, there are varieties which have only a local reputation, and which have not been generally distributed. I have found a number of varieties of this kind; some of these are not yet flow ered here. Some of our irises are most difficult to establish, and it will task the skill of an Eastern grower to flower some of the West Coast species, which resent removal and naturally are at rest during our summer season.-Gar den and Forest. POISONING THE CUTWoRMS. We notice in one of our agricul tural contemporaries a siatement to the effect that "a prominent entomol ogist (fortunately name not given) proposes placing a tablespoonful of sweetened bran mash containing p'oi son by the side of each hill of corn" for the purpose of poisoning cutwor mis. We doubt very much if any promi nent or other entomologist has or could bo induced to recommend such an ab surd thing, because all of the dozen or more species of the cutworm feed en tirely on green and succulent plants, and would be no more inclined to eat bran mash than smoke a cigatrette. A man who should set out such a tempt ing poisoned dish for wild birds and domestic fowls migLt find himself amenable to laws enacted for the ex press purpose of preventing stupid and vicious persons from placing poisons in exposed positions on their grounds or elsewhere. -New York Sun. OLD STONE wALLS. When the country was new many farmers put as much stone as they could into walls for their fences. These were deemed much more im portant then than they are now. How ever great the satisfaction when the wall was built in thinking that it was a fence forever, the time has come in many places where the stone wall is a nuisance. Its material is all there, but the work of relaying it and of keeping it in repair is greater than the interest on cost of most fences. Be sides, the stone wall is a harbor for weeds, and it often is a refuge for skunks, weasels and other farm ver min. On most farms the best use of the old stone walls is to build base ments for barns or cellar walls, or in the underdrains. Good drains can be made from stone alone, or after laying the tile a layer of stone may be placed above them, coming to within a foot or so from the surface, so the stone will not likely be ever in the way of the )low-Bogd ca Cntiator. HARVESTING AND MARKETING GRAPES. Picking, packing and marketing should be done systematically ; care less pickers or packers cannot b3 tol erated. In Western New York a bushel tray or box is used almost exclusively for picking. This is too cumbersome and requires both hands in moving it. We use a shallow half bushel box, or basket, which is readily handled with one hand. A good picker will gather from 1200 to 1500 pounds per day without dropping or crushing any, and a good packer will pack 100 to 125 baskets and get them full enough so they will open up smooth and level on top with no stems in sight, but not so full as to crush the fruit in putting on the cover. Pick grapes at least twenty-four hours before they are packed. If picked and pa-iked at once, they settle so the basket is only two thirds full when it reaches the con sumner. Plan the harvest work so that full loads can b~e hauled to the depot each ansy. If the roads are good, as they should be, 400 or 590 baskets can be as readily drawn as half that number. Have the packing house cool and airy, withi room and conveniences for the uackers to work to the best advantage. I*C you ship to a commission house, don't listen to every drummer that conmes along, lbut select two or three reliable firms and give themu your fruit exclusively. The plan of forming all growers into a co-operative union has not proved a success here. A better plan is for sever-al gr-owers wvho can. work harmonioudy to loa-1 their own carai and ship or sell in earlots. -Ameri can Agriculturist. TREATMENT OF sEEEP Sc'AB. The Australian sulphur and lime lip is made as follows: Take of flow ers of sulphur 100 pounds. quicklime 150 pounds, water 100 gallons. Mix aund stir, while boiling, for ten min ates, until the mixture assumes a bright red color, then add three gal ons of water. Hold. the sheep in the mixture until the scabs are thorough ly soaked. Immerse the head at least once. Use the dip at 10) to 11.0 de grees. In various sections of the Unite~l States the following proportions are nsed: Texas and New Mexico-Thirtyr ponnilis of tobacco, seven pounds of sulphur, three pounds concentratedl lye, 100 gallons of water. Nevada -Sulphur ten pounds., lie twenty pounds, water si.<ty galione. California- Sulphur fonr pounds, ime one p~oundl, wvater enough to make four gallons. Kansas--Sal thuir t wenty-t wo po unde, ime seve-1 pounds, water 10.) gallons. Sulphur and1 lime aire probab)ly the ~heapest recipe, but the lime is apt to nrjure the stable. T'obac anid sul >hur form the best combinatiou nown for the treatment of scab. To every 100 gallons of water there hould be used thirty-five pounds of good strong tobacco (if stems or other nferior parts are used there should >e more), and ten p~oundls of flower of ulphur. This shiouldl be uscl at a emperature of 120 degrees, and will eave the wool in a healthy conlition rhile killing every sort of parasite. ~Vhere tobacco is used, care should be nyes, nostrils and meoth of the sheep. To insure success, dip again within ten days or two weeks, so as to catch the larva which may have hatched out.-_ American Farmer. FERNS IN THE GARDEN. If one has a ghady place, with good soil, ferns may be successfully raised in the garden, but it is the extreme of folly to attempt to grow them in the glare of sunlight or in dry or hard earth. Neither should they be grown under large trees, unles they can be placed some distanee from the roots, as the trees absorb most of the good from the soil, and the ferns would starve to death or grow thin and ragged. Deep, rich and loamy soil is beslt for ferns, and even this should be removed in part, and its place sap plied by the black earth from the bot tom land where ferns flourish most luxuriantly. One can go to any swamp and take up and bring home ferns enough to make a beautiful bed, with very little trouble. Always se lect small plants, and lift them with plenty of earth attached to them, water then thoroughly for a number of days, and never allow them to be. come parched. If the ground gets dry, they can be kept in good condi tion by covering the roots with rotted wood or the sweepings from the lawn, taken up after the lawn mower is used, but the best of all is decayed wood from the forests. Some day when you go out to drive, put a couple of bag's in the carriage, and when you pass through some piece of thick wood land stop and gather your bags fall of scraps from the trunk of some decayed tree. In the absence of these, pieces of board or sticks of any kind are a tolerable substitute, or bricks or stones may be laid around among the plants. This will keep the earth moist and do much to promote the health and vigor of the ferns. One may buy green-hous3 ferns in the spring and put them out, ail de rive great pleasure from them all sum mer. Many of them will not live out through the winter; some of them may, but they can be removed at small cost, and the littlo- expense is well worth while.-New York Ledger. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Hold fast to your mutton sheep. Linseed meal is excellent food for the colt. Solitary confinement in a dark sta ble will make a horse vicious. Breed to suit your market, and not according to your inlividiuil taste. See that the collars fit the shoul :lers and that the hames fit the col tars. Usually the swine pasture shoull be larger than is the ca3e 6n many farms. Pawing is often caused by indiges tion, worms, constipation or disor dered kidneys. You are feeding your hens too much. phey are too fat. That's why they don't lay any more. A good sheep is a good friend to the farmer. Do not abuse him even though he is not on top just now. A lean hen seldom wants to sit, while a fat one generally does. Moral: Don't fool your hin. too much? in warm weather. It is an excellent plan to tr eat hy 3rangeas with liquid manure till the blossoms appear. It shoul then be liscontinued, abundance of water be ing given. If the dry weather affects the lawn, (eave the grass a little longer; its shade will do something for the protec tion of the roots, that otherwise might parch and dry. A hog should be kept for every cow on the average farm, provided there are at least t wo acres in the farm for each hog kept. Piggy needs room, so do cows, horses, sheep and poul try. One point in favor of sheep is that a moderate-sized flock can be kept on very many farms with but little cost; sometimes with actual direct advan tage to the farm aside from the money return for wool or mutton. If your pasturage is short, feedl corn-fodder and help out the corn with somne fall pasturage, barley, for instance, or winter rye. Sow these now where the earlier grains have been taken otl and you will get well paid. The flowering period of hybrid roses may b'e msterially p)rolonged by faithful attention to watering; and after the bloo:ninig h-s ceased water should be given with equal fidelity, be cause at that timne the newv woo.1 is formed whieh wvill give the next crop of blossoms~. If a two and a half-year ol steer can be0 tuirncd off at a better profit, weighing I:0 p5)lounds, than if kept until three years ol and1 brought to a weight of 1GO0, it w<>uld be folly to hold him. The older an animal gets the more it costs to p)ut on flesh, and cattle men are adopting the policy of feeding off earlier. Postal lcorrations onl China. Trhero is an emnploye of the p)ost office, Washburn by name, says the Philadeiplia ReLcordl, who is the proul possessor of whit he considers the han-Isomnest specimen ^of "postaje stamp plate" in existence. This po culiar style of decorate-1 cui naware has attained considerable popularity of late. It comiprises nothing more or less than ordiry chin-a adorne I with canceled piostage~ sta'uips, ar-I ranged ir; variou-: designs, the whole being subsequently' subjected to a coat of ven':ering. The particuilar specimen in the possession of Mr. Washburn has .- border formeli of every denomination is~'me I byi the Unitedl States Government. In thc centre of the plate is anI ea"i formed ca the miniat ure~ photogramphs .of en ineni mecn that grace the, vairi's stamp1s. A circle of similar miniatures, surrounds; the CagLeI. Thei whole e!Yxet is decidedly pretty and munt have r'o, guired tedlious5 care on the part of the artist The Lar-gest Check~ Eer IUra1wn. It is sail that tii l rzest check wat drawn on the~ (mpc of Goo I [Hope Thank on Julyk 18. 1%:), in s-:Uleh:nent of the amalgama~tin of tI: Kimu',rley dia moond miines. It was for i, 333,G30), or about $23,'-2).0 1).-reuton (N J.) American. r.ir>. Woodard. of Ovid. Mich., c'.r.u . rtly her 100th birthday in pretty .id WOULD LOWER THE LARES ~What tI' Unard of Engineers Say of the '1icgo Drainage Canal. The r-.rt . of the 1>ard --f Engineors de tailed to roi.rt mp ! the probable e!Toet an-1 operation of the C;ietr) drainage canal upon the lake aud harbor levels and upon the navigation of the great lakes anit their connecting waterways was m'. le publie-. There is nothing to show. the report says. that the consent of Congresn has been asked for this eaterprise. and it is certain that it has not 1b:en treated as an inter-State or in ternational afTair. Wih this t-tatblished fa:t it is imp osiblelto thrilk that supervision of the Unitel states will not extendl ti the cimal in duo tim.e. This will become neces Wr as so'n as It be0 ties a part of the Rv t'rn 'f navigation waterway.-. If ti new ,utlet reduces the levels of Litkes Michigan and Huron ahout six inohes, that eT-Tet will h- proilucel in alout twio years, it it t be-ing a tinestion of many years, a- s.mne suppos. TIho Board fef: very sure. thterefor,. that: First--TIe' iraint:ige canal is not solely a Statet affair. but a National one. Secowi-l-The tappnlg of the Ikes must affTct their h-vels. If the level of the lakes shlrmid be reduced, vessels vould have to Ioned neorelingly. Tl:e trustees of the drainage corn pany now ontemIplat t-e abstraction of only 300.000 euhic feet.hut after the canal is opened it is as .0umed that 600.000 cubic feet per minute will I.e drawn from Lake Miebhigan. This woull lowerthe levels of all the lakes of the system. except Lake Situperior. The na vigable: capa eity of all harbors and channels on the great lakes below St. Mary's Falls would he in juriouisly afTeotod by the proposed canal and the navigalbility if the inner harbor of Chi cago would lp diminished also by the intro dutlon of a current therein. CRUSHED UNDER A PRESS FRAME. Heroic tiorts olf Press Riggers to Save I he Life or Their Forom-in. Frrin:tn David P. Williams and two press rigg.'rs -f the- Cottrell Printing Manufaetur ing Con:iny were at work removing an'old pr-s frtin the Kriikerhoeker 'ress Com pany's biilIdirg. New 11oehelle. N. V. A large iron fruie tht they waro taking from the elevat. r ippC! )vi-r on Williams. The men :tr-I Willituns ist- I their unital strength in billing th.- frnt.' up. bitt thy son b0camne exhatuste.l. :i-I the f rame graduitallv pinioned Williai:.-4 !t, the fl-jor. Tii.- meni shoumt-d, for help. Tire#. v:,. ro resp-nuSe. :s evervlo'lv ha-l left t h E't~tblishment. Willia'ms an- i1 nthmen were worn out by their ex--rtions. Seeing that thore was no hlp'l for hi:ni. Williuins etled to his cempan l-i hI-l me! Let it drop auI put me out of)r stov! ) .-J1 The I we tin wr* in a fainting condition frin siipporting th, frame. They withdrew Jh-ir iatnds ntnd the niasz of iron fell upon Wii:mits, erushing him to death. Willianis was fifty years of age, and lived it Spiyteni i)uyvil. He leaves a widow and :hree mhil~lren. Highest of all in Leavening Power Ar AB*OLVTE Uses for Wern.Out Bails. -The uses to which worn-out steel rails are put are various. Their aver age life on the railroads is from nine e to twelve years. They are then usu ally sold as junk for about half their original price. Some are used by fac tories for small railways and sidings. A great deal of old railroad iron is made into barbed wire for fences, and old rails are often used just as they are for the foundations of buildings. The Masonio Temple in Chicago is built upon a platform of steel rails six feet thick. -New York Sun. ffierii s h Vse Parket'e Glnget feate Iasist that It benefit4ur than other medi. eines for every form ot trq. T~oaco-Twisted Nerves. Millions of men keepsaking for stimulants because the nervous system Is constantly Irri tatedbyniootine poison. Chewingorsmoking destroys Zmnhood and nerve power. It's not a habit, but a disease, and you will find a guaranteed cure in No-To-Bac, sold by Druggists everywhere. Book free. The Ster ling Bemedy Co.. New York City or Chicago. The Words e f a Famuous Mission Worker. Perhaps no man in Atlanta is better and more favol-ably known than Mr. John F. Bar clay. He for a long time has been a sufferer from Indigestion and dyspepsia. This Is waat he says: "Atlanta, Ga., January 23, 1895.Dr. C. 0. Tnzer: Having used Tyner's Dyspepsa Remn ey for several years in mtty family I gladly add my testimony to what has already been said In Its rraise. Without any exception I think it is the finest remedy on tho marker t and nothing would induce me to do with out it. "Jz'o. F. BAnCLAY." - ewar-e of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury, , a as mercury 'will surely destroy the sense of ~nell and comtpietely derange the whole system y hen enteringit through the mucous surfaces. onh articles should never be used except on euecriptions fromireputable phystcians. its the amage they will do Is ten fold to the good you possiblyderivefrom them. Hall's Cntarrh lur manufactured by Y. J. Cheney & Co., at rotoo. 0., contains no mercury and Es taken _ aternally, acting directly u pon the blood and rucus surfaces of the system. In buying [al's Catarrh Cure, besare to get thegenuine. Is taken internally, an~d is made in Toledo, hie byF. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. W Sod by Druggists, price '75c. per bottle. 1W.. Vanderbilt gets damages for nearly $90,000 for the running down of his yacht ' Alva by the steamer W. H. Dimnock, some tIme ago. The Onward March of - Consumption is stopped short by Dr. -- Pierce's Golden Med S/ ical Discovery. If -you haven't waited beyond reason, --there's complete re- Do covery and~ cure. Although by many believed to be- incur able, th ere ,is th e -evidence of hundreds - the fact that, in all * its earlier stages, con - sumption is a curable disease. Not every . case, but alarge pr - - cenlage of cases, and we believe, fully 98 -per sent. are cured by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, even after .the disease has progressed so far as to induce repeated bleedings from the lungs, severe lingering _cough with copious expectoration (including tubercu -_ lar matter), grcat loss of flesh and extreme emaciation and weakness. offarming gradually exhausts the land, high percentage of Potash is used. I 0 larger bank account can only then be ex f, Write for our "Farmers' Guide," a is brim full of useful information for fan will make and save you money. Addre eni *. - GETDAN ALA J. STONE RECOTERINC. Owes His Health to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. From The Sun, Gainesille, Pla. The many friends of J. Stone, of Palmer, Fla., will be pleased to know that that esti mable old gentleman, who has for yearsbeen - a great sufferer from rheumatism,ls recover ing. At one time It was Impossible for Mr. Stone to use his right arm. The gentleman in question was in the city yesterday, and when asked by a Bun man to give some rea, son for his recovery. he said: "Well, sir. yon will not believe me per haps. but my recovery is due to Dr. WIl laws' Pink Pills for Palo People. I think them an excellent remely ani must accept this op.lortuiity. ir you will permit me, to alvise all who suffrr as I have done to try. them. lIl guarantee relif. Two years ago [ was suffering fron rheumatism; you know what eowlition I was in. I rea-l an article in a Clirktian paper of Dr. Willia.ns' Pink PilLs for Pale People and I took sven boxest Af them. The result was more than anyr 2umau being could have expected. I grew: better fast. "Someone then advised other medicine,. aying that I had taken enough of the pils i heeded the advice and the result was !: ,rew worse again and lost the use of my -ight arm. I couli not movo it a particle.. Eight weeks ago I commenced to take the, )ilis again and now I ean use my arm with >ut any pain whatever. They are a wonder ul pill and I drove several miles to-day to )urchase another box of them. "I wish you would peblish the following ildavit I swore to. I ask this of you as a' neans of displaying my gratitude as well as o endeavor to save some other poor suf erer." The Sun man consented and the following s the affidavit which the happy man swore o yesterday before J. C. B. Koonce: The above was sworn to and subscribed Pefore me this 21st day of May. A. D. 185 J. C. B. KoONcE, . SEAL.] Notary Public. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a ondensed form, all the elements necessary , give new life and richness to the blood .nd restore shattered nerves. They are an afailing specilie for such diseases as loco riotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus.' ance, siatica, neuralgia. rheumatism, ngr-. ous h-0i.acho. the after effect of la grippe. alpitattion of the heart, pale and sallow- - oMlxion , all forms of weakness either im i!.- or female. Pink Pills are sold by alt ealers, or will be sent post paid on roceipt Spri. (5 cents a box, or six boxes orL 2.50- -:he'v are never sol'I in bulk or by the 00) by aidressing Dr. Willian' Medicine omlpany, Schenectady. N. Y. Tips and Pamnes othe OstrIc r In each wing of the ostrich twenty ix long white plumes grow to matur tv in. eight months. In the male these are pure white, while those ia 'ho female shade to ecrn or grny. The ihort feathers are placked for tips, LUd each wing furnishes seventy-five f these. Z-Latest U.S. Gov't Report Baking Powder LV PURE The Winifred Canal dompany, of. Phila Iphia, Is frying to lease the old canal from >rtsmouthto Sandusky, Ohio, so astosecure all water route for coal boats from the innsylvanlia fields to Chicago. The Greatest 1'Iedical Discovery of the Age.. KENNEDY'S Medical Discovery3 DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROIBURT, MASS, ~ . Eas discovered in one Qf our commont pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula lown to a comwmon pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred rases, and never failed except in two cases 'both thunder humor). He has now in ils possession over two hundred certifi- - iates of its value, all within twenty miles >f Boston. Send postal card for book. A benelt ls always experienced from the Irst bottle, and a perfect care is warranted ihen the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected it causes ihooting pains, like needles passing4 brough them; the same with the Liver >r Bowels. This Is caused by the ducts seing stopped, and always disappears in a reek after taking it. Bead the labeL. If the stomach is foul or bilious it will ause squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever rnecessary. Eat he best you can get, and enough'of it. )ose, one tablespoonful in water at- bed me. Sold ty all Druggists. IHNSON's CHILL AND FEVER TONIC its you 5) cents a bottle ifi ursys -. I not a single cent unless it does. 1sat.on hit llb1s and Fever. . nd. Biltous Eever. srd. TYPHOiD Fryss. 4th. HemorrhagIo Fewer 5th. Dengue Fever. - 6th. Measles. Tth. Neuralgia. tonetack if onte botl fals. Ask yourdealersabout - A. GJnHaDZau', Savannah, Gi.,. 1roprietora. p TO AVODTHISv E - 0N, The ostr r--nless and h-rm cv ur for the woirst . 'if Eczema., CTetter, itngwarm, oly rr zhpatch T son the, face, crur(4 scalp. A Ground itch, chs'es, chaps, pim- - T Pes.Pin fc.m ivy orpotronl oak. TC Inashort ALL necrs. Send 50c. is H tinpso cuah to J. T. Shuptrine. Savannah. Ga.. 'for one box, if your duggist don't keep it. W lLM . CORN AND ~WMI andFEED MILLS. rater Wheels adHyPess BEsT IN 'lHE MaIkKET. oach Mill M)fg. Co., 396, Atlanta, Ga. ASTHMAI1 POPHAMSASTHMA SPECIFIC - Givee ee in ma~ minutes.' send eon recipt of L.0. sibex saOO -0 Add reio TROs. PoPijAM, iuL.. P.. -PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM - Clerenee and beauit is the hair.I -PromoteCs a lumir ant grwth. Hair to it Youthful Colo r . S5'C a~l~r ugaitali S. N. U.--3G. p System' unless a Fertilizer containing a letter crops, a better soil, and aY pected. 0 . 142-page illulstrated book. It ers. It will be sent free, and s, SWORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York.9