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atr" FARM AND GARDEN, HOW TO SPRAT. In ftpplyinfr spraying mixtnrer, if one has only a small garden, a backet with a whisk-brook is a good thing to throw the spray. If a larger garden, a hand syringe is a good thing, and on large trees or orchards a force-pump and barrel mounted on a hand or horse eart will be found essential. Large trees are sprayed by means of a long pole attached to the nozzle of a spray ing hose, to carry it within a few feet of the leaves, for it is important to reach all the leaves if possible.—New York World. CRIB BITING. There is only one certain remedy for this vicious habit, which is to give the food on the floor in a loose feedbox. For a horse to crib there must be some fixed thing of which the animal can take hold with his teeth and on such a level with his body that he may stretch out his neck horizontally, thus affording free passage for the wind which is inspired and suddenly ex pired. And this thing must be firmly fixed, that the horse may pull on it with considerable force. Now, if the stall has nothing of this fixed kind in it, no trough for the food, which is usually the object seized by the ani mal's teeth, and no bar or other fix ture, but only smooth walls, and the only furniture is a loose feedbox on the floor, or a loose shallow feedbox fixed if it is desired on the floor, then the animal has no power to perform this curious act, and cribbing is im possible. and then for want of oppor tunity the habit will gradually die Times. _ „ J WEEDS BV THE WATSIDE. The borders along the public high ways and country roads are too often the seed-beds of noxious weeds. This is often the case also along the rail roads. Along the latter the passing freight cars are constantly jolting ofl and distributing injurious weedsecds from remote places. This evil is in creasing every year, and the adjacent fields show the bad effects. During the present season in Maryland the fields have been dotted with the com mon white daisies to an extent that actually threatens the crowding out of the grasses and clovers in the meadows. In Baltimore County there are roads where the sow-thistle, teazle, wild car rot and many other noxious weeds are annually allowed to grow in rank pro- fnsion. The winds and birds ar^ among the agencies that distribute weedseeds over the country, and year by year they are gaining a strong foot hold at the expense of the crops. In some States there are county laws which require the roadside and fence- corners to be kept clear of weeds. Such laws are of great benefit and ma terially assist the farmer to keep his fields free from weeds.—Home and Farm. HAT BACKS FOB SHEEP. Hay racks are now constructed of iron, or iron and wood, and although slightly higher in first cost are cheap er in the long run than those made of wood only. Those on wheels are most convenient, as one man can easily shift them about without assistance. All racks should be provided with "economizers.” A simple and efficient one, r-vs the Farmers’Voice, consists of a l. ht wire railing running the whole length of the rack on each side, about eighteen inches in height, stand ing about a foot from the rack, to which it is attached by means of cross bars bolted on the ends of the latter. By this means waste of hay is prevent ed, all that is palled oat and left un eaten falling between the railing and rack, in place of being trampled under foot by the sheep, as it would be.were this precaution not taken. Some have troughs beside the racks, which are useful for feeding with corn, etc. Troughs are best mala of wood. Those intended for feeding grain and cake should be V-shaped. For tur nips and other bulky food the flat- bottomed pattern is preferable. Cov ered troughs are not very extensively need, being cumbersome and expen- sive. One or two of them are, how ever, useful on every farm for hold ing a supply of rook salt for the sheep; to allow the brine to escape a few auger holes should be made in the bottom. WEEDS ON THE FARM. The annual expenditure for labor in keeping down weeds on the farm is a large item, but there should really be no weeds, says the New York World. A large number are destroyed by cul tivation of crops, and a persistent war fare is waged against them, but in most cases the work of destruction is not thorough, as a sufficient number of weeds escape to reseed the land for the next year’s crop. The repug nance of most farmers to using the hoe, depending on horse cultivation entirely, is responsible to a great ex tent for the presence of weeds, but even when the harrow and cultivator are used the work is not as frequent aa may be necessary. There are a great many kinds of weeds, and they come np at different times. Work must be applied so as to do the most damage to the weeds at the least cost, and this means not only to begin on the weeds early but often. The work is performed to the best advan tage when the weeds are just coming through the ground, as a slight scratching of the soil will then be more effective than the cultivator or plow later in the season. As soon as the seeds germinate they should be destroyed. Every weed that grows robs the crop of nourishment and moisture. During a period of draught weeds can bring to the snrface and evaporate as much moisture as other plants, being veritable pumps, which take moisture from the soil, and the larger they are permitted to become the greater the capacity of their roots to take away from the crop the necessary plant food. It is when the corn is young that it needs the greatest care, and it is more difficult to keep the weeds out than when the corn plants are higher, as they are more liable to be covered with the cultivator. For that reason the thorough clean ing out of the weeds gives less labor next year. To delay the work until the weeds are established is to increase the labor and delay the crop, aa the land Cannot grow weeds and corn at the sanke time. If all the weeds are killed by the weeder, harrow, culti vator and hoe, allowing not a single one to grow, even searching the fence corners, and the work repeated a second year, the land can be com pletely cleared of all weeds and kopt clean, which will lessen the labor, benefit the crops and give greater profits. HOW TO PLUCK FRUITS. Every person.; child or adult, when plucking fruit <j>f any sort, should be taught how to separate the steins from the twigs or sfj'irs without damaging the buds that Cvntain the embryos of a future crop. When plucking apples or pears, instead of hauling off the frnit with spars, buds and leaves, take hold of the appli or pear, and at the -same time thrust the thumb-nail against the base of the stem and pull on the fruit, and tipis sever the stem from the fruit spur at the seam pre pared in the growth' of the stem and spur for the separation of fruit and spur. When plucking cherries, take hold of the long etertjs and separate them with the thumb-.u:fcil, handling the fruit by the stems rather than by taking hold of the fruit. If the han l clasps a cluster of cherries, and the fruit is hauled off carelessly, the fruit spur will bo broken off together with all the half-matare fruit. /Then, if the cherries are fully ripe, aiid they are clawed off without taking told of the stems, the fruit and stdens will bo separated, to the great dankage of the ripe fruit. When cherries \ are to be used immediately, they may be pulled off the stems. But when the,' fruit is to be sent to market, the stemls i-hould not be separated, as the rnpjture of the fruit incident teethe separation of the stems will hasten decay and dam age appearance, because as soon as the stems of cherries are removed from the frnit the juice will flow out. Almost every variety of cherries fail to ripen with desirable uniformity. For this reason the persons who pluck the frnit should be instrneted to glean only the ripe frnit without hauling off immature specimens. But whoever is allowed to plnok cherries should have this brief precept. “Bj careful of the frnit spars,” reiterated, nntil ho or she will understand that the frnit bads, tho frnit spars, the little branches that are loaded with fruit, mast not be crashed by the feet or pulled off by careless hands. Make every dullard understand that every twig and fruit spur broken off repre sents a cluster of cherries of next year’s crop, and the fruit for many future years actually lost by inexcus able heedlessness. There should bo many placards posted up where pick ers can read the important words: "Do not break off the frnit spars.”— Country Gentleman. FABM AND GARDEN NOTES. Good sweet pork can only be mala from good, sweet food. The jars containing frnit must bs made absolutely air tight. Sow turnips now. They will be use ful for the stoak next winter. As is well understood, all fraits are usually propagated by budding or grafting. Don’t eat the new cones back too far. A few inches off the to£> is enongb, according to the number of fruit blossoms. London milk is dyed cream color to suit popular fancy by mixing one tea spoonful of liquid annatto with eight quarcs of milk. It is the stock that a stallion gets rather than the horse himself which breeders who patronize stallions should examine most carefully. For eolio in sheep give half an ounce of Epsom salts, a dram ot Ja maica ginger and sixty drops of the essence of peppermint. The flesh of tho donkey is said to be excellent eating, being as delicate in texture as tho finest mutton, with tho flavor of roast pork. Much of the failure in getting rid of weeds is duo to not pulling them np. Except at eertaim times catting off weeds will not destroy them. Plenty of exoreiso moans abundant ability to eat and assimilatdfood. We do not commonly give the occnpants of the pig pen exercise enough. Breeders must pay more attention toprodnoing shapely good-sized horses and then thoroughly fit them for the purposes to which they are best suited. tfut dp the farm and garden pro- dnets in an attrx stive form. It is not dishonest to put tho best looking on top if all underneath is sound and good. * France is report-id to be taking an increased interest in swine raising, and it is thought that this will eif- hauce the attention given to the pro duction of corn. A farmer advit thinning early ap ples. Thinning is often profitable, even if t e surplus is wasted, but in this case they can be fed to swine, some of them made into pies, etc. If the grain shocks are allowed to stand very long in tho fields which were sowed to clove; last spring they are liable to kill the plants they cover and thus create bare spots in the fields. When the horse is of a nervous tem perament great judgment must be used in its handling. If a nervous horse hears the souud of a firecracker the animal thinks that everything it sees has powder in it. Handle gently. As much as half a tou of fertilizer to the acre has been applie l to pota toes right in tho drill without injury. It should be well mixed with the soil. It is found by many growers profitable to use a larger amount, but the excess should either bo sown broadcast or spread along tho drill after the plants have come up. Test your cows and find the exact value of each oue. This may be done with little trouble, and without any scientific work, merely by churning the cream taken from tho milk of one cow at a time, by itself, in a small churn, or in a fruit jar, even, which will answer each purpose, and thiis test the character of each one. ^ In a report presented to the French Academy of Science, M. Genin that he has discovered a aure means of ascertaining / will produce cook or He says that, after thjT ence, he has found ‘ ing male germs are wrinkled at the small end, while those containing female germs are perfectly smooth at both ends. NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMBft Austria’s Effiprees has $1,000,000 is fewels. Indianapolis (Ini.) girls run a co operative laundry. Flower scissors in steel or silver are now included in a set of scissors. The Princesses Victoria and Maude ot Wales have developed into bicycle riders, Female bootblacks are reported to be multiplying iu Paris and other French cities. Miss Helen R. Benedict, of New Y ork City, is said to be the best whip among women in America. Amelie Rives Ghanler is pronounced by the London Literary World "the most beautiful woman in literature.” At Flemingsburg, Ky., a woman had to pay $10 damages to another woman for placing a bent pin in her ehnrob pew. Mrs. Mary E. Lease, of Kansas, is said to be fond of practicing hypno tism, at which gentle art she is an adept. Lady Margaret Scott is^gain the English golf champion, winning the championship at the recent contest at Littlestone. Women smoke almost as mnoh as men in Russia, and all the railways run smoking cars for ladies, which are well patronized. R. D. Mehta and his wife have jnst started from Calcutta for England, Mrs. Mehta being the first Parsee lady to take the trip. Mrs. Miles, wife of the coming head of the United States Army, is a sister of Mrs. Don Cameron, and is Senator Sherman’s favorite niece. In Persia the women of fashion paint black circles around eaoh eye and or nament the cheeks with figures of various small animals, bugs, eto. The Princess of Wales has a tea service consisting of sixty pieces, and every piece has upon it a photograph taken by the Princess in Scotland. A lady doctor, Miss Hamilton, of In diana. has been engaged by the Ameer of Afghanistan to take charge of the health of the ladies of his household. For boating and tennis, blouses are made in flannel or flannette, shaped in various ways. They are prettily trimmed with feather stitching in silk. Octave Thanet is greatly interested in photography. She is going to nse a number of the photographs she has taken as illustrations in one of her stories. Mrs. Benjamin L. Beall, of Balti more, enjoys the distinotion of having been kissed by General Lafayette, when he was making a tour of this country in 1824. New York dealers’ in the photo graphs of celebrities say that the pio- tnre of Mrs. Ballington Booth, of the Salvation Army, is among the moat popular in the market. This is how the Empress Eugenie describes herself; "Marie Eugenie, Countess de Pierrefond, widow; aged sixty-seven ;born at Granada, in Spain; naturalized French.” A fund is being raised in England for the education of the child-widows of India, who are condemned by caste to solitary and profitless lives. A school is to be opened in Bombay. Mr. Howells’s only living daughter, Mildred, is quite an artist. She has done an occasional illustration for poems of her father’s and is said to be giving art very serious attention. Hesba Stretton, author of "Jessioa’s First Prayer,” is said to be one of the best paid writers in SArope. She re cently received a royalty of $2000 for a short story, copies of which sold at a shilling each. Miss Agnes Repplier, who is now visiting London, has become a Titer ary lioness m that city. Andrew Lang has given a dinner in her honor, among the guests being Professor Max Mailer, the philologist. Lady Londonderry remains in bed a whole day every fortnight. No friends are admitted, and she permits nothing to disturb her. Her ladyship says that this custom enables her to retain her youthful appearance. Mme. Carnot, widow of the mur dered French PrEsident, is not only given to deeds of philanthropy, bat she is a model housewife. There is no work in her home which she is not ns competent as any of her own servants to do. Edmund Russell says some things to women that are very good. For in stance, he advises them to choose for evening dress tints ns nearly as possi ble like flesh tints, "/or,” lie says, "flesh has the most beautifal tints in the world.” The sanitary corps of New York City now embraees three female physi- ciaus, who are under the same rule, and are required to do the same amount of work, as their male associ ates. They are Drs. Alice Mitchell, Helen Knight aud Frances G. Deane. All’ the private correspondence of the Empress of Russia, or, rather, all those letters which she writes with her own hand, arson a delicate, pink- colored paper, just faintly perfumed with i -tar of rose. The envelopes arc long and narrow, and entirely free from any heraldic emblazoument what- Makhig Square Bushel Measures. A bushel box is coming into use with market men, and by reason of being square is very economical in the way of packing. It is made in three styles, one all slatted, another with a slatted bottom and sides, with solid ends, and the third with solid ends aud close bottom and sides, bound with galvanized iron; in fact, it is a galvanized bound box. These boxes are very convenient for hand ling potatoes, the vegetables being picked up into the boxes iu the field and left in them uutil sold. Of course, other crops cau bo handled in this pay, as cucumbers, tomatoes and ap ples. Tho measure of the»e boxes is 11} by 16j by 12j, that being a bushel without piling.—Hardware. fade of this year 16,000,000 ohil* vere (pond to be enrolled in the [ the. United State*. QUEER WASS OF BIRDS LITTLE KNOW* V] feAthkredI I ABOUT THE kTUBBS. Some Who Have the DmoIdk Habit— Argus Pheasants and. Their Salta* torlal Grounds. P ANCING is a habit often in* dttlged in by birds! and the erection of arbors and play* ing grounds forms a feature iu tbe life of many species, particu larly in Australia and New Guinea, where the bower builders live. In South America tho cocks-of-the-rock, brilliant chatterers of orange or blood- red plnmsge, are stated to have danc ing grounds, as do doubtless other birds, if we only knew their life his tories. The Argos pheasants are wonderful game birds with enormous wings studded with “eyes,” from which peculiarity the bird gets its name of Argue, the “hundred-eyed” pheasant. This fowl is the inhabitant of the thickest forests, and, notwithstanding his great size and frequent call in the jungle, is extremely difficult to see. The most experienced travelers, who made it their business to discover tho habits of this species, have seareely ever seen one alive, but they are often trapped by tho Malay's, their dancing grounds being a sure place of capture. Mr. Davisou, who spent some years in the jangles of British Bnrmab, tells ns that the Argus pheasants are ac customed to live quite solitary, both males and females, but the male has his own drawing room, of which he is excessively proud, and trhich he keeps scrupulously cleau. A patch of ground is cleared in the depths of the ever green forests, where tho birds lives, for a space of six or eight yards square I Nothing is allowed to re main on it, and nothing but the bare earth is seen. Every leaf or twig that falls from the snrrounding trees is re moved with care. Sometimes the top of a hill iu a comparatively open jnngle is cleared, and at other times the dancing ground is chosen in some open, level spot—it may be in n dark, gloomy ravine, entirely surrounded and shut in by dense brakes and rink vegetation. Cranes are great daaoers and seem to delight in the amusemenfr'both in a wild state and in captivity. Any one who does not mind being taken for a sort of idiot has only to stand in front of the crane paddocks in any ot tbs zoologioal gardens and wave his um brella and dance a little, aud he will be rewarded by seeing the birds' cut unwieldy capers, or go through vari ous evolutions of a saltatory nature. They even do this in a state of na ture. Speaking of the little brown crane, which flies north of Alaska, Mr. Lacian Turner says that during the mating season they execute the most surprising antics, -hey assemble on some level place, and, amid a chorus of deafening croaks, perform a series of motions very similar to a quadrille as danced in the rural districts. Mr. E. W. Nelson has also given an amus ing account of a dance executed by two of these same birds in Alaska. The first comer remained alone for a short time, when a second bird came along, uttering his loud note at short intervale, until he espied the bird on the ground,* when he made a slight circuit and dropped close by. Both birds then joined in a series of loud rolling cries iu quick succession. Suddenly the newcomer, wbie'i ap peared to be a male, wheeled his'baok toward the female and made a low bow, his head nearly touching the ground, and ending by a quick leap into the air; another piroutte brought him facing his charmer, whom he greeted with a still deeper bow, his wings meanwhile hanging loosely by his side. She replied by an answer ing bow and hop, aud then each tried to outdo the other iu a series of spas modic bops and starts, mixed with a set of comically grave and ceremonious bows. The pair stood for some mo ments bowing right and left, when their legs appeared to become envious of the large share taken in the per formance by the neck, and then en sued a series of stilted hops and skips, which were more like the steps of a burlesque minuet than anything else ho could think of. Othei cranes fre quently join in these pas de deux, and tho dance is kept iip nntil all are exhausted. But perhaps the most curious dance on record of a bird is that of the toledo, a little manakin which lives in Central America, and is known -to science as Chiroxiphia linearis. Mr. Netting, an Amerioau traveler in Nicaragua, has described itshabits'as follows: “The natives call this bird ‘bulla- dor,’ or ‘dancer.’ It was not until I had been in the region for some tim; that I understood why it was c tile t by that name. One day, when hunt ing through the dense-forest, the pro found silence was suddenly broken by the regularly repeated note of ‘el bat- lador,’ and, softly making ray way toward the spot whence thesoun 1 pro ceeded, I witnessed one of the most remarkable performances it has ever been my lot to see. Upon a bare twig which overhung the trail at a distance ofabontfour feet from tho ground, two male ‘oallador’ were engage 1 in a song and dance act that simply as tounded me. The two birds were bout a foot and a half apart, and wore alternately jumping about two feet in the air, and slighting exactly upon the spot whence they jumped. The time was as regular as clook-work one bird accompanying himself to tho time of ’To-le-do — to-le-do — to-lC-do,’ sounding the syllable’ ‘to’ as ho crouched to spring, Te’ while iu the air, and ‘do’ as he aliguted. This performance was kept up without in termission for more than a miunte, when the birds suddenly dlseovere l that they had an andiencc, aa l m ado off” • How to Control a Sneeze. Sneezing may be averted by press ing firmly upon the upper lip with tin fingers.* The "why” oi this is that by so doing we deaden tho impression made on a certain branch of tho ‘'filth nerve,” sneezing being « rettex action excited by some slight impression made upon tlia‘ n-iru* Proof of this is seen in the f*ct fnii sneezing never takes place when tWVervo mentioned is paralyzed, even though the sense of •mell bn fully retain set ---Atlanta Con stitution. A Strange “Story ** There is a strange story of how Sir \tfalier Scott produced "Tho Bride of Lammermcor” daring his illness, and was afterwards found to have forgotten entirely what he had thus created. According to James Ballantyne, “tho book was written and published be fore Mr. Scott was able to rise from his bed| and he assured me, wheu it was first pttt into his hand in a com plete shape) that ho did not recollect a single incident, character or conver sation it contained. The original in cidents of tho story which ho had known from boyhood, ho still remem bered; but he know no more about tho story ho hid written than ho did before he began to write, or even think about writing it.” These facts are corroborated by Mr. Lockhart, Sir Walter’s son-in-law and biogra. pber, so that they are placed beyond question.—Gentleman's Magazine. American Diamend Cutter*. Diamond cutti .£ Has-been carricl on successfully i i the United States since 1878. In 1 S8d, according to the census of 189.). there were sixteen firms engaged in cutting diamonds, and in Massachusetts there were throe more. Cutting has also^ceu carried on iu Pennsylvania add Illinois, but was discontinued after a time. In New York City, according to the cen sus statistics, there are 15S men em ployed iu diamond cutting, who re ceive wages that amount annually to $133,189.—New York Sun. A MOTHER’S STORY. IIAPPINENM COMES A FT Ell YEARN OP SCPFEKIMJ, The Terrible Experience ot a Well Known OIRrlnl'n Wife—A Stnrr Thnt Ap. peal* to Every Mother In the Isttlld. From (he Chattanooga, Tenn., Prest. No county ofllulal In East Tennessee Is belter known nnd more highly esteemed than Mr. J. 0. Wilson, Circuit Court Clork of Rhea County, nt Dayton, tho home of Mr. Wilson. He enjoys tho confidence and re spect of all classes, nnd In the business eom- munily his word is ns good ns his bond. Just now Mr. Wilson is receiving heartiest con gratulations from h's numerous frleads be cause of the res'oratlon to robust health of bis estimable wife, who has for years been a helpless invalid. Mrs. Wilson's high stanl- lug In society, ni^J her many lovable traits of character have won her a host of friends, nnd her wonderful recovery has attracted widespread attention. As tho Press was the medium of bringing 10 the invalid Indy’s attention the remedy that has effected her remarkable cure, a re porter was sent to Dayton to interview Mrs. Wilson, in order that the general publle might have the benefit of the sufferer’s ex perience nnd be made aware of tho treatment thnt wrought such a marvelous change in her condition. The reporter was welcomed nt tho Wilson home, and the enthusiastic lady with becoming reluctance gave the his tory of her affliction and the manner in which she was relieved : “Yes,” said Mrs. Wilson, “/ was for S years an invalid with one of tho most dis tressing afflictions woman can suffer. For S years 1 moped around, dragging myself with dilTleuIty and pain out of bed. My Ihtlo ones went untrained and were greatly neg lected. while 1 looked listlessly and help lessly at the cheerless prospect before mo nrd them. 1 suffered the most intense paint in tho small of my back, an I these seemed even greater in the region of the stomach, extending down to the groins. I suffered agony sleeping or awake. Despair Is no word lor tho leeling caused by thnt dreadful sensation of weakness and Helplessness I constantly experienced “I was I rented lor ra.- trouble by several local physicians, but Iho;- were able to ive me ouly temporary roliei by tho use of f a- lives and narcotics. 1 had almost give., up all hope of ever seeurlug permanent relief when I saw nn account in the Press of a cure which Dr. Wuliums Fink Fills had effected. I decided to try them, ns I knew the Indy who hud been cure I aud had great confi dence in her siate.meut. I began to take the pills iu October, 1893, and in two months I was doing light housework and attending to Iho children without inny bad effects or weakness, such us I had formerly experi enced. Hitherto, I hail been unable to re tain any food, but now my appetite grew stronger, and with it came back that old, healthy and hearty tone of the stomach. Dr. Williams' Pink Fills cured me, and I assure you I he euro baa brought n great change iu our home. I can now rejoice in my hus band's success, fer I lee! that I have some thing to live lor. Who has a better right to leel this than a mother? Oue thing more. 1 have recommended these pills to others, and many of the women ol Dayton have taken them with good results, nnd it is my greatest pleasure to recommend to every suffertng'woman a remedy tbst has done so much for me.” An analysis proves thnt Lr. TTillinms’ Fink Fills lor Fnlo People contain in a con densed form nil* the elements necessary lo give new file and richness to the hloo 1 and restore shattered nerves. They are tin un failing speoitlc for such diseases as locomo tor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus'dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the alter effects of la grippe, pal pitation ol the heart, pale and sallow com plexions, that tired feeling resulting Irom nervous prostration; all diseases resu t ng from vitiated humors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysipelas, otc. They nro also' a specific for [roubles peculiar I o fe males, such as suppressions, irregularities, and all forms of weakness. Iu men Ihcy effect n radical euro in all cases arising Irom mental worry, overwork, or excesses of whatever nature. Dr. Williams’ Fink Pills for Pale People are now manufactured by Iho Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, ScUcnectn ly, N. Y.,‘ and are sold in box as (never in loose form by the dozen or hundred, nnd the public are cant I oue I against numerous Imitations sold in this sh ip ) at 53 cents a bot, or six boxes (or tZ.AO, and may be bail of all ilru.-- gists, or direct by mail Irom Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company. Boston will have an elevated railroad. The citizens voted in favor of the Meigs sys tem. Walter linker & Co., of Dorc’ies'er. Mass., the InrKest manufacturer*of pure, M«h srado, non-cho.nlci'ly trea'eu Cocoas an I choenlnter on this continent, have 1 ,st cur red ..IT Iho hlghc-t honors at Ih ■ Mlu.v!r<*cr Fair in San Francisco. The printed ru'es governim th.t Judges at Iho F’alr, st ires that “tine hundred points emit os the cxhl lit to a spoc'nl award, or Diploma of Honor. The sc dr, however is "laced so high, they say 'that it will I e nttaln- V* omy < n most cxemrtionol rnor.”’ AH ot 'I olfei 71(1 ifr .(■ Co.'s oihhIs rrcelr.ol one tin ml is A nit A ling than to the special a mint state J 11 the rules. Statistics of the recent strike show that the railroads lost $355,91^<n cars burned bv the rjoters. A Good Appetite In essential to poo I honlih, mid wheu the nalur.il desire for footl is pone strength will «oon fail. Furious of appetite, indigestion, bick hou.lache, and other troubles of a dys- g Sarsa- parilla peptic nature, Hood'd Suramiritlu is the remedy which most certainly cures. It quickly tones the stomach and makes one real hungry.” lie sure to get Hood's an i only Hood s Hrirs.iparilfa. H?si C ures Hood’s Pills are purely vegetable. 26c. \i A SIDE from the fact that the l cheap baking powders contain alum, which causes indigestion and other serious ailments, their use is extravagant. It takes three pounds of the best of them to go as far as one pound of the Royal baking Powder, be cause thev are deficient in leavening gas. There is botli health and econ omy in the use of the Royal Baking Powder, nOVAL BAKING rOWDull CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. TrsTflin; Dairy Schools, Tbe Cnniulinu Government sent onl last year three traveling' dairy schools to teach the farmers how to make de cent butter. Lectures or practical il- l.istraled talks were given lit various places, usually under the patronage of the local tanners’ institute, which st- (ended to adverUsing, etc., the in- rlructore, with outfit, driving from place to place. The work was contin ued until the middle of December. The out fit of each I ravel ing dairy con- sisled of an eight-hottle Babcock milk tester, a Daisy churn No. 2, lever but ter-worker, *cale*, butter print, ladles, cream cans, setting cans, cold water box, pails, etc., everything required to make good bolter, except cream, ice and water. These were supplied by persons near the different places. The instructors found it necessary to explain that they wore not agents for any of the implements used, had no patent process for making butter, nnd wo e not trying to induce farmers to make butter nt home instead of sending the milk to factories, but had simply come to discuss the matter and help those interested iu dairying in every way possible. —Now York World. A Beeswax Factory. Bee comb, or “beeswax,” thy ma tcrial of which the honey cells in the beehives nro compose 1, is a wax pro duced by a system o‘ chemistry car ried on in the “wax pockets” which are located iu the abdomen of all working bees. It is a peenliar sub stance, and is said to be analagous to the fats of higher animals. Originally it was supposed that this wax was taken up in nn almost pure state from tho flower * by So bees, but recent ex periment .T»m 1 on by the leading botanists end chemists of the world conclusiva.'y proves that the bee is ca pable of elaborating his peculiar wax, although •: indued to a diet purely saccharine iu its nature.—'Jhioago 'Herald. Almost, one-twenttetn of the papula lion of tho United States is widowed. No Use to Cry. No use to fret and worry and itch and scratch. That won’t euro yon. I’etterine will. Any sort of skin dis use, Titter, Eczema, Salt-Rheum, oiigwiim or mere abrasion of the (-in. I oits 50 cents a box, at drug tores, post paid by J. T. Sbuptriuc, tiannu tli, On. Wonder* ol the Magnolia. Tho umbrella magnolia of Ceylo*. hears leaves that are so largo that a single one may sometimes serve as a shelter for fifteen or twenty persons. One of these leaves carried to Enghin l as a specimen was nearly thirty-fix feet in width. ’When tho petals of tho groat aurol magnolia arc touched, however lightly, tho result is a browi spot, wli.cli vtoVcioas -.i a.v hours. This fact is taken advantage of by a lover, who pulls a magnolia flower, aud oa one of its pure white petals writes a motto or message with a hard, sharp- pointed pencil. Then he sends tho flower, tho young lady puts it iu a vase of water nnd in thico or four hours the message written oa the leaf becomes visible nnd remains so.— San Frairaisoo Chronicle. There are birds that weave nnd sew; there are fish and animals that build houses; there arc bees thnt make nests in tbe ground and lino them with tho eoftest leaves they can procure. LONG 6TRIN8 1 of disease* and do- I rangementshave their 1 origin in torpor of the I liver. Deranged ap petite, constipation, headache, sour stom ach, gassy belching*, indigestion, or dys pepsia, are due to sluggish liver. Mu. John A. Ds- BKttHY, U. S. Inspect or of Immigration at Buffalo, tf. Y., writes os follows: “From early childhood I suffered from a slug gish liver. Doctors’ prescriptions and patent medl-'ines nfforded only tempoiu.-y relief. I tried Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, taking three at night and two after dinner every day for two week* nnd then one •' Pellet •* every Say for two months. I have in six months in creased in solid flesh, twenty-six pounds. I am In better health than I have neon since childhood. Drowsiness nnd unpleasant feel ings after meals have completely disappeared. Respectfully yours, O' U. 8. Inspector of Immigration. MOJO SAVED IN SHOPPING Shopping hone in Italtiinco bv experienc.- I In ly who watclMM cr fill y M \ MCM A % l» IIA It <; A I MS. s nipto. .in i prk’08 rhcf’Cti ly pent on ni-plh'nt on. Mi*-, i. II. MnviM.7 “Carr *llu n Av.\. Ituliliimre, Mil. Of 473,200 persons of school age in Mississippi ouly 241 are of foreign bh th. Beware of Ointment" fir Catarrh That Contain Mercury. as mercury wi l surely destroy the sens ) of eini'Il ami completely aera-igo the v'hole.system when entering it through tho mucous surfaces. Such articles shouM never be used except on prescriptions irom repulablenhy-icinn-sas the damnge tlfcy will do Is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Halt’* Catarrh Cure ma:iufa<-l ured by F. J. Chen y & Co.. Toledo, <)., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood nn l mucous surfaces of the svsiem. In buying Hall's < ‘at irrh (hire be suretoget (hegenuine. It is taken internally, and is made in Toledo, Clio, by F. J. Cheney ’o. To timoninls ircc. fST'Soid by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle. New Hampshire hits 690 colored popula* Hon. Karl’s Clover Root, the great blood purifier, gives freshness and clear ness to the complex ion and cures constipation, 25 cts., 50 cts., $i Sommer roof gardens are becoming popu lar In the large cities. Th • True Laxative Principle Of the plants used In manufacturing the pleas ant remedy. Syrup of Figs, has a permanently beneficial effect on the human system, while the cheat) vegetable extracts and mineral solu tions, usually sold as medicines, are perma nent ly injurious. Being well informed, you will use the true remedy only. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. There promises to be a lively war between the bullet-proof coat stars this season. If afflicted with H<»reeyes u«e Dr. lsaa< 'hnmi> son’s Ky*» wj»tcr.Dni‘firl«tsm»ll at 25c hnttlt $I2to$35SSt Can he undo workiirz for * *rrt*d wlio cun ami tnvel A mmm jp ■« mn (lir *u h th ‘ e m itry; a tuain, wM K* N W ill urh. is not necessary. A Bw La ■*. It few vacancies In towns a id cities >1 n and wo i.en of «ood character will find this nn except onai opp.>r unity for protltuble em- 0 ovmcnt. S, arc hours may l> • use l to good advan tage. H. V JOHNSON A: CO.. £r ii nnd Main Mm., Uichmond, Vu. "ot« krr»,youruaineund a drensnnly lOc. The IU-hai.d, No. 14 < JA,LumS!..PIiUa.. l*a- 100U WALTER BAKER & GO. The Largest Manufacturers of PURE, HIGH GRADE .COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES L On this Continent, have received "special and highest AWARDS on their Hoods at tho CALIFORNIA MIDWINTER EXPOSITION. i Their OREAKFAST COCOA, Which, unlike the Dutch Process, is nmtle without the ure of Alkalies lor other C’hemirnU or Dyes, in ahso- 'lull ly pure uud bolublc, and cods lets than one cent a cup. SOLD DY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WALTER BAKER ft CO. DORCHESTER, MASS. In money i besides other Valua’ le K rem urns to good guessers. llune- iiII Kootei’M. catch on. Hoe oiler in H0M K A Nil COUMTtt ft JIAGA- /.ISM Pi Ice, 2-~> ce its. fomulc Magazine cau be see i a d full pnrtlcu ars obtulu -d at th-K office. All Newsdealers, or 51 East lOtn Street New Y rk (J ty. W. L. Douglas O O C LifAE' isTHKscsr.. 9nVftaNOSQUKARIN& $5. CORDOVAN, FR£NCH&ENAMEU£0CALT , FINE CALf&ICMKWM *3.5° POLICE, 3 Sous. *2.*l. 7 - 5 BOY&CHOOlSHOEi •LADIES* .SEND FOR CATALOGUE ’w*!** DOUGLAS* BROCKTON* MASS* Too can aave money by wearlife tho W. L. Douglas 83.00 Shoe. Because, we are tbo largest manufacturers of this grade of shoes In the world, and guarantee their ▼slue by stamping the name end price on tho bottom, which protect you sgslnst high prices end the middleman’s proffts. Our shoes equal custom work In style, easy fitting and wearing qualities. We have them sold everywhere at lower prices for tho value given than any other make. Take no sub* •tltute. If your < lealer cannot supply you. we can. FERFEClIOii FEED BIG. Tat. April 11,1803, and Jan. 8n, 1894. Made of can vas aud gal vanized iron. Two Hags, one inside of t h e other, with spare between them for eight quarts of oats, which drop through into tho basin, gradually tilling it about ono Inch, directly under the horse s mouth. This Hag prevents waste, gormandiz ing, slobbering, breathing in tho oats, never gets • V JPi-ioo, **1.00. foul, and positively cures the habit of tlirowhiK tin* Ii«-ad. Four quart* of oais slowly fed where the horse get* them iiil is nf ninre value than sin wasted. Wi* g:u»in»nt«*e ii Hie only bag ever offered lor sa!o with thi si! merit'. Send Im* circulars. JOHN P. LO/ELL ARMS CO., BOSTON, MASS. K N U - 31 PISO'S CUKE TOR Camauaptlvaa and peopla I who have waak lungs or Aath-1 ma, should me Plso’s Cura f Consumption. It has cwn__ thowssssds. It has not lojor* I ad ona. It Is not bsd to taka. I It Is th ast cough syrup. Bold bterywhara. EAe. MHlihviiiiiflgn