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TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
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GROSSING FOWLS.
w_ i When you desire to make a cross go at
^ it with some object in view, and not dev/
pend on the haphazard results of a mixed
lot of all kinds together. To make a
cross select hens of some breed possessing
characteristics that you desire and
RAlprt a mnlp from snmfi breed that DOS
cesses other meritorious qualities. There
is as much art in making a good cross as
in breeding pure-bred fowls, and it often
happens that something superior to either
parent is obtained.?Farm and Fir aide.
"WATERING WITH COLD WATER.
Great injury is often done to house and
garden plants by dousing cold water from
the well or cistern upon them. In cities
water is sometimes thrown from hydrants
over dooryards; but as it is sprayed, it is
more or les3 warmed by contact with the
air before it reaches the leaves, and still
more before it goes down to the roots of
the grass. The plants that are most apt
to need watering, melons and cucumbers,
need heat even more. To pour water of
twenty degrees to thirty degrees lower
temperature than the surrounding air
about their roots gives the plants a chill,
x which more than counterbalances any
good the watering may have done.?
American Cultivator.
TRANSPLANTING TREES.
Autumn is decidedly the best season
for transplanting trees, says A. B. Allen
in the New York Tribune, and the
earlier this is done the better, for the
reason that the soil is so warm then that
the roots will begin growing im
mediately, and establish the tree so well
in the ground that the rude winter winds
will not shake it, but leave all well prepared
to push forward vigorously in
spring. Trees may be beneficially planted
much earlier than is generally supposed,
even before the foliage is frosted, if the
leaves are first pulled from their branches.
But the doing of this is so laborious that
except for a particular purpose it may
not be resorted to. As soon, however,
as struck by frost, even if not shed from
the trees, transplanting can begin with
perfect safety, as the leaves then cease
drawing nutriment from the roots. In
planting, be careful to extend every root
at full length; sprinkle the soil well between
them, then tramp it solidly over,
and a little wider around the trunk than
the branches spread out on the top.
MIXED HUSBANDRY.
A farmer should not depend on any
one particular crop, but cultivate such a
rotation as his land is best adapted to,
especially such as is wanted to be consumed
on the place. He should cultivate
largely such as will pay best, but not
confine his operations entirely to these,
for if they should fail he has nothing to
fall back on, to subsist his family and
stock. To be self-reliant, home subsistence
should be the first consideration;
and then such as will find the readiest
market at the highest cash prices.
Farming is considered the most independent
occupation in the world, because
the farmer can grow his own meat,
bread, butter, fruit, vegetables and materials
to make his own clothing: but if
\ he omits to do this and grows only one
crop for market, he is just as dependent
as other people, and as likely to be imposed
on by high prices and damaged
material. Brother farmers, as all we can
get in this world is our living; while we
pass through it, let us supply our necessities
first?feed well ourselves, families
and all about us?then grow for sale
such crops as will put money in our
purses.?Prairie Farmer.
THE ADVANTAGES OF ENSILAGE.
The advantages of the process of ensilage
are gradually becoming realized,
as experience and adaptation of it to new
uses are extending. It has been found
that it is a substitute for summer soiling
crops, the use of which has been objected
to on the score of the great cost of cutting
and carrying the heavy fresh fodder,
in detail, day by day to the stock. By
means of ensilage all this work is done at
once, and the fodder is stored in mass in
the silo, where it is preserved for use, and
thus the onorous daily labor of cutting
the fodder is dispensed with. It has
been found that the ensilage may be kept
over the winter into the next summer in
perfectly good condition for feeding cows,
up to the time when the new crop of
clover is ready to be cut and put away in
the silo. Thus there is the regular rotation
of crops grown, as under the ordinary
system of soiling, but the labor of
daily cutting and carting is done away
with, and lie sole work consists in distributing
the fodder as it is wanted. This
very much reduces the cost of feeding
the cows, and removes the only objection
i which, by the way, has always been con
sidered futile by those who have skillfully
practiced it, again^ the ordinary method
of soiling. Thus the use of silo has been
greatly extended with a corresponding
aaving of labor in the work of the dairy.
^ ?New York Times.
' * THE COWS OVER NIGHT.
The stable has many advantages?provided
it is kept clean, sweet and thoroughly
ventilated. These are three
essential conditions. Without them the
stablo is about the worst place in -which
a cow can be kept over night during hot
weather. A close, foul stable taints the
gnui anu enieeoies too cow. jsut ine
stable affords protection from storms and
insects and keeps the cows quiet. They
are there ready for milking in the morning,
but unless milked early they are deprived
of the early morning bite, when
the grass is cool and sweet.
Few barnyards are fit for cows to lie
4own in over night. In case of rain they
are pretty sure to be muddy, and unless
great paina are taken to keep them clean
.the cows will get besmeared with filth
and present anything but a pleasing appearance
to a tidy milker. The air of
the barnyard is not usually the
pweetest possible for cows to inhale,
while little or no protection is afforded,
unless sheds are provided. These are of
but partial utility, as they are pretty sure
to be monopolized by a few of the
strongest animals, but would be moro
,\^seful jf the cows were without horns.
,Thea they are apt to get filthy, like the
;yard which they face, and too often the
. water settles under them when it rains
feud.
v 1 A night pasture, close by, is a good
$hing. Oows do not suffer much from
,?x??sure |n hot weather and such a
fa|ture gives r@om to move around and
?ep clean. The air U sweet and there
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may be grass enough to give the cows a I
chance to crop a little, early and late, if
they choose, and it is not much trouble
to get at them for milking.?Indiana
Farmer.
SKIM MILK FOR HEIFERS.
Many persons are deterred from keeping
a dairy or even one cow became in
the profitable disposal of the skim milk
it has seemed necessary to keep a pen of
pigs. The ill odors of the pen, and a
dislike for the animals. themselves, seem
to be the usual grounds of opposition.
The Observer commends to the swine
i haters the following communication which
appears in Hoard's Dairyman :
"Mr. L. T. Abbott, of Lcwiston,
Maine, thinks he has found a more economical
way to dispose of the skim milk
of the dairy farm than to feed it to swine
exclusively. He says:
" 'From some experience in feeding
skim milk to young stock of the bovine
tribe, I am inclined to accord to the practice
better results than when fed exclusively
to swine. It has a twofold value
fed to young stock, especially heifers. It
is the natural food of the young animal,
and to give them the food nature designed
they should have till twelve or
fifteen months or more of age, tends to
better development of the whole system,
including the lacteal organs and those
organs more immediately connected with
the udder, the vascular system which
supplies through the so-called milk veins
the blood to the inguinal vein.
" 'For the past four years I have
made a practice of feeding the skim
milk to heifers till a year or more old.
I have one now that has had it daily for
twelve months. This has been her only
extra food besides hay since four months
old. Whether sweet or sour it is eaten
with as keen a relish as though just from
the cow. A heifer three years old in
March was fed the same way. She came
in when two years old. She averaged a
pound of butter a day after the calf was
weaned, April 15, till December, and six
pounds a week tnrougn tne winter, ana
gave two quarts of milk a day till she
calved, the present month. The other
heifer, now a yearling, has every indication
that she will develop into as good a
butter maker. These heifers retain their
appetite for skim milk- after they come
into the dairy themselves, and the question
whether skim milk might not be fed
to cows to advantage, is an open one.
From my experience in this line I can
confidently expect to see this method of
disposing of a portion of the skim milk
on our dairy farms adopted and favorable
results accrue from it.' "
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
The cows need salt, shade and pure
water these hot days.
To churn with a 6teady motion make3
the butter come quicker.
When labeling the garden seeds do
not forget to mark them 1SS9.
There is no better time for putting in
tile draining than during the fall.
Frosted corn can be saved to a good
advantage by making into ensilage.
Put the vegetable rubbish into the
poultry yard. Do it before it is sour or
rotten.
Can you give any reusuu \\uy yuux
hens should not have a warm house as
well as your cattle and horses?
Better and more vigorous plants can be
secured if the runners are kept off strawberry
plants. After the plants have
fruited they usually start out runners.
Does the farmer give the same attention
to his poultry as he does to his horses,
cattle and sheep? If not, should he complain
that his poultry is not profitable?
Linseed meal, a teaspoonful to four
fowls every other day, will put the gloss
on the plumage. So will sunflower seed.
Better gather yours before it shells out.
As a rule early apples should be gathered,
packed ana shipped a little green.
Pick, if possible, so that they will not
bruise in handling; they will keep better.
If you wish a winter dairy, breed the
present incoming cows so as 10 nave
them come in a year from now or later.
The surest way to do this is to keep the
bull penned up.
For potting geraniums use two parts
of good strong loam to one of leaf mold
from the woods. A small addition of
sand and a little old rotten manure will
help. Mix all well together.
On threshing day see that the good
wife has a bountiful supply of good dry t
wood, nicely cut and handy to get at.
Also plenty of water within reach, and
don't oblige her to dig the potatoes.
The only specific for the destruction
of thistles mentioned in later years, not
considered by Mr. Stevens, is the application
of kerosene oil to the roots after
cutting. This is said to be effectual,
and may prove satisfactory in small
patches.
No faith in the power of farmers' organizations
to control the price of products,
but lots of faith in lowering the
cost of production and increasing the
productiveness of the soil. But this lowering
of the cost and this increase of the
supply at the same time has a limit.
"What then?
The sharp cut stubs of cornstalks arc
often injurious to cattle and horses, especially
if given while hungry and eaten
rapidly. It is better cut with some machine
that crushes the stalk as it cuts it;
but to do this satisfactorily, run the machine
with some other power than your
j own right arm.
The Republic of Hayti.
Hayti has an area of about 28,000
square miles, and a population of about
800,000, nine-tenths of whom are pure
negro, and the remaining tenth chiefly
mulattoes. The ,anguage in use is
French, and the State religion Roman
Catholic. The legislative power is in
the assembly, and the President is chosen
for four years. The trouble between
the United States and Hayti originated
thus: First, Hayti had a revolution; then
Legitime, temporarily on top, declared a
blockade of the Huytian ports. Then the
Haytian Republic, having on board arms
and muuitions of war, tried to run the
blockade and was captured. A prize
court decided that the capture was
proper, but the United States refused to
accept the decision, claiming that the
court was improperly constituted, and
the blockade announced. As Legitime
refused to give the vessel up, we went
down and got her. There was no trouble,
however.?New York Dispatch.
A Wedding-Day Couplet
An old adage thus lays down * the
proper days for wedlock:
Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health,
Wednesday the best day of all;
Thursday for crosses, Friday for losses,
Saturday no luck at all.
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scouring the table, for it can be thoroughly
cleaned in a few seconds by wiping
it with a wet cloth.
The most successful method of destroying
black ants that infest a house is to
pour kerosene down their holes, which
will be found near the house somewhere.
Set it on fire, and cover over all a wet
pad or old blanket. In thio way a com.plete
colony may be wiped out.
For cleaning silver, take one-quarter
pound of salsoda, add to this four quarts
of water; when at a boiling heat dip the
pieces of silver ware in it and immediately
after wash them in soap suds and wipe
dry with a piece of cotton flannel. This
is an excellent method, and very little
elbow grease is required to follcw it.
Forty Proverbs of the Sea.
He who would learn to pray should go
to sea.
When one falls into the sea he stays
there.
When you walk, pray once; when you
go to sea, pray twice; when you go to be
married, pray three times.
"Women are ships and must be manned.
The sea refuses no river.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
HOW TO MAKE AN OMELET.
First open out two nice fresh eggs
Be careful not to spatter;
Whip up the whites to a stiff foam.
The yolks to a stiff batter.
Add to the yolks a little milk,
About a gill you'd better;
Then season as you have been taught
With salt and papper.
Then lastly add the beaten whites,
And stir in very lightly;
Unless you heed with care this rule,
Your dish may be unsightly 1
Have ready in a frying-pan
A good-sized piece of butter,
Put on the stove and wait until
You hear it sputter!
When this shall hiss, you'll know it's hot
And for the mixture ready;
So put it in, aud do not spill?
Your hand you must keep steady.
Now watch it till the foam is set,
Then place in a warm oven;
Be careful not to let it scorch,
That would look sloven.
This omelet I think should cook
Ten minutes to the letter;
And when it's done should look like gold,
And taste very much better!
Reverse upon a nice warm plate,
Be sure you do not break it;
With pleasure to the dining-room
Now you may quickly take it.
BRONZING.
| Many articles about the house may be
brightened -wonderfully by the application
of bronzing. If you depend on the
liquid bronze sold in small bottles you
will find that it costs considerable to
cover much surface, but if you buy
bronze powder such as gas-fitters use on
pipes, and mix it with a size of two
parts linseed oil and one part coach var- i
nish, you will find that a great deal may
be done at little cost. To use it, pomsome
of the size into a shallow dish?a
sauce plate is good?being sure to shake
it up well first, so that the oil and varnish
will mix. Put some of the powder
into another plate. Dip your brush in
the size, and mix up a little of the
powder at a time. It should be thick
enough to form a good body, and must
not run. It dries rapidly. If the lustre
is not enough after once going over the
article, give it a second coat. Old
frames can be made to look like new in
this way. It can be applied to metal or
wood. Anyone who can use a brush can
apply it satisfactorily.?American Agriculturist.
THE CHRONIC BORROWER.
A woman who is always "just out" of
the small wares of the kitchen is a nuisance
to the community. She will run in
on you at any and all hours, and want to
borrow just a little sugar, or spice, till
she can send to the grocer's. She
really did not know she was anywhere
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and then she found she hadn't a dust of
sugar in the house, and not a soul around
anywhere that she could send out after
any. And she will tell you that she does
so hate to trouble you; for if there is anything
on earth she dislikes to do it is to
borrow?and she never does it when she
can help it; but now her piecrust is all on
the plates, and she was obliged to, because
she could not spare time to run to
the grocer's. And she will sit down in
your kitchen half an hour, and talk about
everybody in town; and, meanwhile, she
will take an account of everything her
eye falls on, and collect capital for endless
gossip as to your habits and methods.
When the borrower returns what she
borrows it is always in a little smaller
measure, if, indeed, she returns it at all.
And you may congratulate yourself if
you get half what belongs to you. A
regular borrower will borrow everything,
from a piece of salt fish for breakfast
down to your boy if you have one.
The book borrower is even a greater
nuisance than the woman who borrows
TiniisphnlH Himnlies. She never hesitates
rr?to
ask for the choicest or costliest books
in your house. And she seems to think
that she confers a favor on you by bo
asking. And if you are foolish enough
to lend, the possibility is that you will
have to go after the books in question,
and will find on doing so that she has
lent them to some friend of hers, who
wanted to read tnem, and she will tell
you that she knew you would be willing
?for you are so good-natured. Never
have a borrower for a neighbor?if you
can help it.? Yankee Blade.
household hints.
Lard may be made perfectly sweet by
boiling a pared potato in it.
Cups and saucers stained with tea may
be made bright again by using damp
salt.
If the surface of fine wood cabinets
has grown dull go over it with a very little
linseed oil on a soft woolen rag.
An authority says that fish sauce should
always be thick enough to adhere to the
fish. It is better to be too thick than too
thin.
Willow furniture should be scrubbed
well with salt and water, applied with a
nail brush, to clean it. Dry it thoroughly.
In putting down carpets if care is exercised
in thoroughly drying the floors beforehand,
the moths will not be so liable
to bother in the house.
Two tablespoonfuls of washing soda in
a gallon of boiling water makes a good
disinfectant for the kitchen sink. Pour
it in at night, while it is still at boiling
heat.
To set colors in embroidered handkerchiefs,
soak them ten minutes previous to
washing in a pail of tepid water, in which
a desertspoonful of turpentine has been
well stirred.
After beating an egg thoroughly in a
bowl, add a cup of cold water and use
enough of this to wet your coffee wheb
making. Keep it in a cool place and so
waste no more egg by drying.
Make a list, in the order in which you
pack them, of the contents of your
woolen chest, and paste it on the outside.
Then the articles at the head of the list
will be in the bottom of the box.
An excellent way of cooking eggs is to
break them in boiling milk, without
beating; cook slowly, stirring now and
then. When done soft, pour into a dish
and add a little pepper, salt and butter.
When you boil a cabbage tie a bit of
dry bread in a bag and put it in the
kettle. French cooks say that all the unpleasant
odor, which makes the house
smell like an old drain, will be absorbed
by the bread.
No matter liow large the spot of oil,
any carpet or woolen stuff can be cleaned
by applying buckwheat plentifully and
faithfully, brushing it into a dustpan
after a short time, and putting on fresh
until the oil has all disappeared.
It is a great help to have a kitchen
table covered witii a piece of zinc,
smoothly rolled over the edges. It saves
the time and labor, spent in continually I
All tne rivers go to me aea, iuu ??.
never overruns.
The sea is not soiled because a dog
stirs it up.
To a drunken man the sea only reaches
to the knees.
If the sea boiled, where would one go
to find water to cool it?
What comes by starboard goes by larboard.
Being at sea, sail; being on land,
settle.
He that will not sail till he have a full,
fair wind will lose many a voyage.
Unless you have the wind astern you
must know how to navigate.
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the wind blows.
In a calm sea, every man is a pilot. '
To a rotten ship every wind is contrary.
What fear would he have of the waves
who had Noah for a pilot?
Every sea, great as it is, grows calm.
A large ship need*, much water.
Where the ship can go the brigantine
can go.
It is easier to get away from the bank
than from the bottom.
The ship which doesn't mind her helm
will mind the hidden rocks.
He who can steer need not row.
It will not do to have two mainmasts
in a ship.
Better lose an anchor than the whole
ship.
Good roller, good sailer.
Do good and cast it into the sea; if
the fish ignore it, God will know it.
If clouds look like they had been
scratched by a hen, get ready to reef
your topsails then.
The full moon eats clouds.
He who sends a mean, man to sea will
get neither fioh nor salt.
Every port serves in a gale.
A mariner must have his eyes on the
rocks and sands as well as on the north
star.
Ill goes the boat without oars.
From the boat we get to the ship.
Don't judge of the ship from the land.
The freshest and sweetest fish come
from the salt est sea.
No one can complain of the sea who
has been twice shipwrecked.
He gets his passage for nothing and
winks at the captain's wife.
The sea isn't burning.
lie that is embarked with the devil
must sail with him.?United Service.
The Jelly Fish.
The jelly fish is found in the GuU
Stream in great abundance of forms.
The mouth of mo3t jelly fish is beneath,
and is surrounded by tentacles which
procure food. These are also furnished
by stinging cells by which the food is
killed. Their modes of reproduction are
curious. In some a portion of the body
grows out, and, after a certain time,
drops off, becoming a jelly fish in itself.
In others the parent body actually splits
in two, each part becoming a perfect fish.
So great is the transparency of most
jelly fishes that they are scarcely visible;
but at night, what a change! When a
school is passed, the water becomes suddenly
transformed to a mass of liquid
fire, composed of individual balls that to
gether, ou account of their great number,
appear as one vast sheet of light. When
they are disturbed their brilhancy is increased.
Far different from the jelly fish
in structure, bun resembling it in it3
phosphorescence, is pyrosoma, a colony
of animals often found in those warm
waters, which together form a fleshy
mass, possessing no remarkable points by
day, but at night becoming most brilliantly
phosphorescent. In the mass, sixinches
in length, there are hundreds of
separate animals, each like the others, all
massed together in a common colony.
They are very curious, for, -while most
of the young remain to help build the
mother colony, some entirely separate,
i and, after swimming about for a while,
! begin a new cluster that soon takes the
form of the parent group. Each group
hus a regular shape just like the original
one.?Popular Science Monthly.
What the Chinese Cannot Understand.
From some extracts of a letter published
in the Presbyterian Messenger, we
learn that the first major surgical operation
performed in Changpu by the Presbyterian
missionary was in many ways a
remarkable one. On evening a beggar
with a dreadful leg, and in all but a dying
condition, was laid by some of his
friends at the door of Dr. Howe's house,
and left there. The doctor had the patient
at once carried to an empty house
belonging to one of our church members,
and there on the morrow, in the presence
of a large and wondering crowd, amputated
the limb below the knee. To
the surprise of all, the man stood the
operation well, and has since greatly improved
in general condition. That the
foreign doctor should pay so much attention
to and spend so mucii time and
trouble on a beggar seems to have astonished
the Chinese. They cannot understand
how any one should give himself so
much trouble without being paid for it.
I heard one say, as he was watching the
doctor doing his work: "Well, the
Chinaman would not do such things." It
came to our ears that a number of the
shopkeepers in the town are not at all
pleased that the mail's life has been saved.
They hoped he would die, for he has been
a source of great annoyance to them. He
used to go to their shops and expose his
sickening sore, and refuse to go away
until they gave him what he demanded?
viz., 400 cash from the largest shops,
down to eighty cash from the smaller
ones. There is every probability of his
recoverv.?Pall Mali Gazette.
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The Big1 Constantinople Bazaars.
In a letter to the New York World j
from Constantinople, Frank Carpenter
says: The business of Constantinople,
like that of all Oriental cities, is done in
bazaars, and the bazaars in this city are,
perhaps, the largest in the world. They
are all under one roof, and this roof covers
acres of narrow streets, which wind
in an out, cross and recross one another
until in passing through them you lose
yourself again and again as though in
the mazes of Rosamond's bower. The
navemeut of these bazaars are cobble
stories. There are bazaars of all kinds,
and the Turkish merchants and the traders
that you find in them are of all classes
and sexes, and they come from all parts
of the Mohammedan world. Here is a
veiled lady in a balloon-like silk gown
from some Pasha's harem, a black-laced
slave, with a whip in his hand, stands
beside her and watches her closely as she
buys of a handsome Armenian. Near her
stands a hamel, or porter, with his saddle
on his back, ready to carry away for her
anything she may buy, though its weight
be 500 pounds.
Their is a Circassian with a high African
cap and his breast covered with cartridge
boxes. He is chief in his native
village, and he is making a trip to Constantinople.
Here comes a Greek in red
fez cap,gold-embroidered waist and skirts
which stand out from his body like those
of the girl who rides the trick horse in
the circus, and here comes an Abyssinian
slave in turban and gown, whose face is
as black as the silk hat of that European
merchant who walks behind him. Here
are Persians from Bagdad, Kurds from
Asia and Bashi-Bazouks from the interior.
Commission merchants and brokers bj
the dozen hang around you urging you
to accept their services in purchasing.
Your eyes dance in trying to comprehend
the colors of the rainbow which you see
all around you, and your ears are deafened
with a dozen strange languages.
Tou wander through the street, finding
something new at every step, and when
you think you have gone to the end |
your guide tells you that you are only al
the beginning. I have gone again and
again to these Constantinople bazaars and
I find something new in every stree'
every time I go.
Tlie Routine of Military Life.
The 'United States soldier's first duty
begins at 5:30 in the morning, at which
hour reville is sounded by the burglars
of all the batteries. At this signal the
men all leave their quarters and form in
single file on the parade ground. The
roll is then called by the Sergeant, who
also presents his morning report to the
Captain. This report shows the number
of men on duty, the sick and absent.
Applications for leaves of absence are
handed in with the report, and after the
commander's approval the men are all
dismissed, except those who are to do
guard duty. The guard detail is made
out the evening before it is read out, and
the men who are appointed serve for
twenty-four hours, with a relief ever two
hours.
Tattoo is sounded at 9 o'clock, which
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9:15 taps sound, at which time all lights
must be extinguished, unless a special
order has been issued by the officer of
the day.
Besides military duty the soldier is subject
to extra service. In connection with
the barracks tfiere is a good-sized farm,
and the soldiers are frequently required
to throw aside their guns for hoes and
other agricultural implements. They
also do all sorts of outdoor work, frequently
imposed as a punishment for some
offense.
A soldier's wardrobe consists of two
Buits of undress clothing, one dress uni-j
form and helmet, collars and cuffs, shoes, j
itocking8, underwear and all other necessary
articles of apparel, furnished by
the Government, to the amount of $220
)r five years.
TFlicn and How to Disinfcct.
Clothing which requires disinfecting
should be submitted for about three
hours to a temperature of 250 degrees in
a chamber charged with sulphuric fumes
from a large quantity of sulphur. The
chamber should be so constructed as to
prevent the fumes from passing on. ino
germs can stand this.
After a room has been used by a person
sick with any contagions disease it
becomes necessary to disinfect it befor#
it is fit to be used again. This is done
by removing and burning the paper on
the walls, removing the bedsteads and
other furniture, and exposing them to
air and wind and giving them a fresb
coat of varnish; by having the mattres>
made over new and the hair boiled; by
burning in the room three pounds oJ
sulphur, and by whito washing, painting
and papering the room anew.
Now that it is generally conceded that
consumption is caused by germs whicl
multiply in the luugs, a method of dis^
infecting them, which shall be harmless,
has been sought for, but as yet withouJ
avail. The vapor of creosote, the oil d
the eucalyptus and carbolic acid hav<
been tried, and, to 6omc extent, thej
may paralyze or stun the germs and pre
vent their rapid increase; but as the pas
sages of the lungs are delicate and th
vapor cannot be brought very near ti
them without injury, the good effects an
slight. But there is one method whicl
nonnnf foil nrovA llprefiriftl. ftnd tha
is the inhalation of large quantities o
fresh, pure air. This is worth more thai
any disinfectant for the lungs and can d
no harm.?Practical Farmer.
Peanuts as Medicine.
The taste for the toothsome peanut)
a healthy one, and the nut is coming inti
favor on account of its virtues, aside fron
its edible qualities. Of late years it i
boldly claimed for the peanut that it ha
rare curative powers in certain disease
now becoming frequent, especially amonj
brain-workers and high-living people-insomnia
with the first-class and dyspep
sia with the others.
A correspondent of a Boston newspa
per vouches for the fact that he had j
very bad case of dyspepsia, accompanied
by insomnia?that he had gone seventy
two hours without sleep, was badli
wrecked physically, and went to eatinj
peanuts, and, after a short course of thii
treatment came out of it a perfectly
healthy, hearty man, able to sleep soundlj
under any and all circumstances.
In view of the revival of the peanut oi
its merits it should no longer be classed
as an article useful only as an aid in pass|
ing time at a dull circus. The peanut
goober, or ground-nut as it is variously
called, is taking a place in the dispensary!
The day may not be far distant when thi
physician will prescribe a pint of peanut!
and an hour's practice on chewing gum]
?New Tori: World.
iM?i a? ri ~ - - . u.vr r . :v. w. - I
To-NIght and To-Morrow Night,
And each day and night during this week yon
can get at all druggists' Kemp's BaL?am for
the Throat and Lungs, acknowledged to be the
most successful remedy ever sold for the cure
of Coughs, Croup, Bronchitis, Whooping
Cough, Asthma and Consumption. Get a bottle
to-day and keep it always in the house, so
you can check your cold at once. Price 60c.
and Jl. Sample bottles free.
The tallest policeman in the United States is
Lieutenant Malin, of Philadelphia, who is six
feet five and large in proportion.
No Core No Pay.
It is a pretty severe test of any doctor's skill
when the payment of his fee is made conditional
upon his curing his patient. Yet after
having, for many years, observed the thousands
of marvelous cures effected in liver,
blood and lung diseases,by Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, its manufacturers feel
warranted in selling it. as they are now doing,
through all druggists, the world over, under a
certificate of positive guarantee that it will
either benefit or cure in every case of disease
for which they recommend it, if taken in time
and Riven a fair trial, or money paid for it will
be promptly refunded. Torpid liver, or "biliousness,"
impure blood, skin eruptions, scrofulous
sore3 and swellings, consumption (which
is scrofula of the lungs), all yield to this wonderful
medicine. It is both tonic or strengthrestoring,
and alterative or biood-cleanslng.
Vnonl imyyli TUUrtHvalv llV
Dr. Sage's Remedy. 60 cental by druggists.
At Waterville, W. T., squirrels are so plentiful
that they enter people s houses and eat the
crumbs from under the tables.
Died Like a Dor.
Snch is the inscription written upon the
tombstone of the average workingman. If he
saves a little from his salary he deposits his
money in a bank at three per cent., and enriches
local capitalists Instead of making judicious
investments for his own benefit. He
fails to derive any assistance from his capital.
If you can spare SI a month you may become
a rich man. Millions have been made in similar
investments and there is no possible risk.
Send for fall pa-tieulare to the Prddektial
Trust Co., 1c05 Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa.
A judge in Tennessee has instructed his
grand jury "to indict all persons who publicly
express infidel sentiments."
Any article that has outlived 34 years of competition
and imitation, and sells more and
more each year, mutt have merit. Dobbins's
Electric Soap first made in 1865 is jiut that article.
Ask your grocer for it. He has it, or will
get it. .
0 vie it 400,000 patents have been granted in
the United States.
America's finest?"Tansill's Punch" Cigar.
Sick Headache
Is a very distressing affection, generally arising from
stomach troubles, biliousness and dyspepsia, and
we frequently find persons of both sexes subject to
periodic headaches for which they can ascribe no
direct cause. But the headache Is a sure Judication
that there Is something wroug somewhere, and
whatever the cause Hood's Sarsaparllla Is a reliable
remedy for headache, and for all troubles which
seem to require a corrective and regulator. It cures
dyspepsia, biliousness, malaria, tones the stomach,
creates an appetite, and gives strength to the nerves
v n bfl ctita to ffttfc
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only
by C. L HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
R~ ADWAY'S
REM* RELIEF.
THE GREAT CONQUERER OF PAIN,
Applied externally. Instantly relieves
Sprains, Brnises, Backache. Pain in the
Chest or Sides, Headache. Toothache, or
any other external pain, CONGESTIONS,
INFLAMMATIONS. Rheumatism, Neuralgia.
Lnmbnjo, Sciatica, Pains In the Small
of the Back, etc.
CURES ALL SUMMER COMPLAINTS,
Cramps, Spasms. Sour Stomach, Nausea,
Vomiting, Heartburn, D1ARRHCEA, Colic,
Cholera Morbus, Fainting: Spells. Internally,
half to a teaspoonful in half a tumbler
of water. 50c. a bottle. All Druggists.
D ADWAY'S
? PILLS.
m
An excellent and mild Cathartic. Purely
Vegetable. The Safest and Best Medicine
in the world for the Core of all Disorders
of the
LIVER, STOMACH OR BOWELS.
Taken according to directions the? will
restore health and renew vitality.
Price 25 ct?. a Box. Sold bv all Druggist*.
the best CatarrH
REMEDYl?^?^
FOX HBWmS
GHILORENKfSd
SETFEIUN'Q FROM rHAYFEVERBS
Cold in Head,||L /%^?l
SNUFFLES WLy
C A T A R R H
mto Sdb1aS.wi*Sd1f y AY- FE V? R
agreeable. PriceSOcentsf^* rhTta?
at druggists: by mail, registered. CO cent*.
ELY BROTHERS, 58 Warren St. New York.
xg^CIRCUS
f^MxfShero who worked
V8f hard to earn his
a jfejr' ^^^S^meeting with many
\?\ and triumphs,
\ffin \ffjf andhow unselfishly he
*%\ I5v spent it. How deter^AV
fjf mination overcame
j-J fcH poverty. A boy who
IY 11 could think how to
earn money in spite
of obstacles, and could act nobly, even at a loss of
his own pleasure. A pure story?sent free to any boy
or girl who will pay the postage?only a 2-cent stamp
required.
Curtis Publishing Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
AREflBSifi HABIT. Only Certain nn.l
SBHllBtiOT easy CURE in the World. Dr.
US IwEYI STEPHENS, Lebanon,O
PEERLESS P/sS SoldbtDsrooisia.
??>v DR? liOEHLL.
for all domestic animals, w;
uJent or spasmodic. Rarcl;
KZiire ^aiSSS^SaSv stlpate, rather acts as a ia>
reCTrffijSffii ,n n:ore than 3CG0 eases, ok
ff .^:F^it^exZi5*lg^?A treated promptly. Exj
L, ^JjSSJS3S5?2SI when needed, and perha
close 50 cents for sample be
I we ?r. KcehUr's "Fa
VSJlfSilixtvre" right along with ?
^Sfka^K^SSsS^ </ie bent colic medicine I ha\
&?gp?p^ isaac nona, none
?-?Brooklyn, 1
M? piSO;S REMEDY FOR <
JL to use. Cheapest. Reli
HgggS certain. For Cold in the Hes
^ It is an Ointment, of whicl
|8gs to the nostrils. Price, 50c.
fc&KH by mail. Address, E. T.
The man who has invested lrum three JCft
to Ave dollar* in a Rubber Coat, and a 1
at his flrst half hoar's experience in Ra*p
a storm finds to hit sorrow that It Is ykfmM Eta
hardly a better protection than a mas- n? Hz
qui to netting, not only feels chacrined *
at bciur so badly taken in, but alio B BOB
feels. Kne does not look exactly like (onl Shi
' Ask tor the " BUSH BRAND " Sucxe* ? 0 86
4ocsnotharetheyi8H*ju>ro, serd for descriptive catal
I?for
Qire o^ * .
tig.
^ mfrvancurermarfentiy
\with.oiiivretljkm dfe\ijj.: mm
^B(\IJGGI5T5ANDPEALE(VSHei^WHB^;
, the chas-aydeeler ed-baihi-mo
SYS U?39 .?i: \)
IF YOU WISH A/~. | i ir. ?
good (srtfeV^swfPnr^SA
REVOLVER 1 ^Sftk c?
purchase om of the celebratcd
SMITH & WESSON ^ -L *
armn. The finest srtall arms [( vf~\C nSH?
ever manufactured and the \1/ 11 VH
11 ret cholcc of all experts. 55?
Manufactured In calibres Si,28 and 44-100. Sin- {H A ,
gle or doable actloa, Safety Hammerless and - f,. ^
Target models. Constructed entirely of Iiestgul- jjKSj
Ity wrought steel, carefully Inspected forVotfcmanshlp
and stock, they are unrivaled for finish, :
durability and accuracy. Do not be deceivedfear
cheap malleable caat-iron Imitations whfcfc are
often sold for the genuine article and arc mat Jjfe > only
unreliable, but dangerous. The SMITH ?
WESSON Revolvers are all stamped upon the bar- ^-r - .
rel with Arm's name, address ana oate or poison:;
and are Knar an teed perfect in every detail. Insist
upon having the genuine article, and if jomr
dealer cannot supply you an order sent to address
beloprwlll receive prompt and careful attenttoa.
Descriptive catalogue and prices furnished upon application.
SMITH & wesson,
CPHeation this paper. Springlleld, Msm.
1st latest improved MM
HORSE POWER #
Machines for THRESHING * CTLEAMNO
Grain, also Machia ew^fot_SAWIN WO OP
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pATKHTKHJ AKD POLE MlXOTAOTCMOS.
MIDDLETOWS SPRINGS, TT.
MAKE CHSCKENS
PAY.
If you know how ioproperlr care
for them. For 25 cents In stamps Vy
you can procure a 100-PAGE BOOK I, / A
giving the experience of a yracti- / ] /-V'
cal Poultry Kaiser?not an ama- L / %
teur, but a man working for dol-jT
lars and cents?during a period of r t
26 years. It teaches you how to^v ? -*
Detect and Cure Diseases: to Feed
for Ekkj and alto for Fattening; IV'
which Fowls to Save for Breeding II
Purposes: and everything, indeed. ki
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able. 8ent postpaid for 25c. BOOK PD?
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I THE EDWARD HARRISON
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tune SrlndiDgtri Flotiriai SShetI
Mills of all sizes sad varieties,/?68^elD
paustsla? troat capao. W -r 7^ BVi
ftv sad durability.
Mills seat oa trial tolTOsiBKWlGSS^HMWMa
reaponsibio frHri ^^|TT<lT^Tr>l~TWnP^
mw Prices. Write for iPPgKWCT^BS
Sew Illustrated Cats- ^"'^hBjTpFnfflinfc
logne and aieatloa this paper. SSSSSiruV
The Edward Harrison Co., IxBtStS&siSr
Sew Haven. Cocn.
MC TO 8250 A MONTH can. be made working
f Iv for tu. Agents preferred who can furnish
a horse and five their whole time to the busiseHL
Spare moments may be profitably employed ilea.
A few vacancies In towns and cities. B. F. JOHJfSON
* CO., 1009 Main St. Richmond, Va. *
Please state age and business experience. -Veter
mind about aendCtig stamp for reply. B.F.J.4Q*
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teed with salary and expenses paid. Great
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ties. No experience needed with as. Outfit sentfrm,
Write quick and get choice of territory, stating an,
(Name this paper.) Hookor Nurseries,Rochester,W.TE.
OnillBfluamtbvUb.
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Ir H 8 B SaS oatpain. Book of ny
B Ej SLJ BwB tlcnlarssent FKEt
t?.nuJ?.7Z?J!i? B. M.WOOLLBY, MJDL
BSC Tmoh ety. Whitehall at.
CHflTFR AXLE
IrianiiftilinDf APC
BEST DC THE WORLD ORE HOt .
pr*Q?tthaQ?nalne. Sold Everywhere. r
D1 OP Dili Chadwick's Manual
nflrtri nftl.liy in. x a in. romn. '
Illuminated Carer,
QPVT T?prp on application enclosing
BJI1.W 1 JC IkixL (2c.) stamp, by addressing
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REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. Improve .
farms, prairie, timber coal and Iron land*, hotel*
mills, horses, cattle, city property and merchandla
lor sale and exchange In almost every State In the
Union by JOHN F. JIcGUIRE, Clinton, Iowa.
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3*^lle?erMr?reiicrcvi. Lavr?fr?. A. IT. JSrCORHH Kif W-N
H Utlluiti, O., X- ITubUcUs, tt. C. iieaUca liui ptgei
UIICUCC TAHIP FOR OBSTINATE CASK*
nUOnEO lUHllfi M and, Fever, BUSom
Fever, Swamp Fevert. More effective than qtilnfna.
Try it. DruogUtji have it. Insist on having this tonic. ^
; t;
||AIJC STUDY. Book-keeping,Business Fonn%
uhUiiiE Penmanship, Arithmetic,Short-hand,eta,
thoroughly taught by MAIL. Circulars fim
Bryant's College, 457 Main St, Buffalo, N. Z.
UAYE YOUP. DllfiC Price lists of machine*,
InAnC OWN nuqa. patterns and yar-is free.
Agents wanted. E. ROSS & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
S2SAM hour ??,?
WfaV MEDICAL CO., Richmond. V?.
MM ?3fe:
u/ujuma 3 alt 10,
Holland Medical and Cancer Institute, Buffalo, N. T,
removes Cancer without pain or use of knife. Scoot
of patients speak in unqualified terms of praiaa ?f
the success of this treatment. Write for circular.
HOLLAND MEDICINE CO., Buffalt, N,T
rbk a a Alter ALL oUmq
Or Lobb
Via kUMMj PHI LA., PA.
Twenty years' continuous practice In the treat
ment and cure of the a win! e fleet* of early
vice, destroying both mind and body. Xedldtaa
and treatment for one month. Five Dollars, Ml
securely sealed from observation to any address.
Book on Special Diaeaaea free.
-gt1 prescribe and fully m*
dorse Big G m the omly
AtfSy Ovnli ^XSg specific for the certain enra
tSibtr1 TO ft j>aT3. XX of this disease.
/fr7?&3xr?a?td *?t o. H. US'GHAUAM, If. JX.
tp&S ccaii Btrtatnrt. M Amsterdam, N. T.
?58 nrd?nl7bytka We have sold Big 6 tar
!> E. DYCHE A CO..
XS Chicago, HE.
Sold by Drugglaty
CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH
pennyroyal fills
yj-~n. bed cross diamond brand.
Safe ?l*v< reliable. l.adl**, A
m> 4\ iSSji\ alb f*r Mam?ni Brni, In /X\
metallic bom, Kalad with blue/JVl
<L_ jj rfktxia. Take oo other. AllpllUXXMr
Ju at, V<>|la paneboard lwxn, pink wrapper*. ire \W
It] ? fir da?*?roni counterfeit*. 3?ad 4?. * _
I L Vf (ttampi) for particalari, tuttjaoaUli aat
t m J? "Iipllef for Lcdtcs," in Utter, by retara
\" Tt mall. -Vam? Paper.
-f Ultlmtfr Q?m'l Co.. ??<im s^., rial*, ?
R'S FAVORITE COLIC MIXTURE
III cure 99 out of every 100 cases of colic, whether flat
r more than 1 or 2 doses necessary. It does not am;atlve
and is entirely harmless. After 20 years of trtjC
it guarantee is worth something. C?Hc most km
lend a few cents and yon have a cure on hand, rearfr
ps save a valuable horse. If no tat your druggist's, (Brittle,
sent prepaid.
&OEHLER & CO., Betlileliem, Fa.
vcrlte Colic \ IKe cheerfully recommend Dr. Koehler*
vceeu. It is "Favorite Colic Mtxturt." Would not W
:t ever seen. I without it as long as we have horses.
Healer, ISAAC XOSF.S & BKO.,
kVv> York. I Sale and Fxchance Stablef. Eastor^J*i
CATARRH.?Best. Easiest
ef is^ immediate^. A cure is
h a small particle is applied sEfl.
Sold by druggists or sent 3B|9
Hazeltpje, Warren, Pa. BBS
We offer ihc man it ho wutta service
i (not style) a garment that wlU keep
a 9B3S Ub dry fa the hardest storm. It is
, B called TOWEK'S FISH BRAND
_ " SLICKER," a name thmlllsr to every
Cow-boy all over tho land. With the*
'AH the only perfect Wind and Waterprod
a?B Coat Is "Tower's Fish Brand Sltcker."
11 and take no other. Ifjrour storekeeper
cgue. A. J. Towxa. 20 airamorn SL, Bcaitn. 11 ass.