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A Freak of Vegetation.
' In tho mountalus of Venezuela grows a re
markable treo. It is found in rocky ilneos,
at heights of about half a mile. It is a
Btupid looking treo enough at llt sijjht. It
is lofty and Blonder, and Las stiff leaves
that grow a fi-otor more in length. It looks
much of the time a if it was dod. In those
regions thore is a wet and dry reason and
during many Mouths at a time not a i-liowor
washes its leaves. It bears very binitll, in-signilleaut-lookin
fljwers.
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COW THEE OF THE TROt-ll'S,
What is it good for, this tad, slim trunk,
with thu dull, dead-lookin; lnuie!ieJ It m
tho milk tre the famous "j ah) d vm-a,"
which Humboldt describes. Ho llrt brought
it into notice, it is an everr ii. Iu siq)
is a delicious fluid resembling the linust Jer
sey milk, only sweeter and richer than even
that. When tlia tieroes nro thirsty they
cut into the sid i of tin trunk as did would
boro into a maple for vugur water, and the
milk gushes forth iu a gr"aS stream. It is
both tood and drink, so licli is ii. Alter a
little time it grows thxic an I yellow, and a
cream risi s to tho top. Jt 1 a a Intermit
odor. Wlie.i a cow tr.M is tapped tlu na
tives hasten from all (miirt -i "itii their
bowls to catch ill') How of milk, 'ihj ihi;d
Ls whitJ (Simri-e is the best time to tap the
tree, for then the sap Hows most abundant
ly. Tho tree go;s its morula.; milking, like
a cow.
Humboldt was much sunrised at discov
ering tin cow tree and iindiu.; that its milk
was palatable and nutritious. His knowl
edge of botany bad taught h.m that most
milky vegetable l'u ds arc bitter and burn
ing to tho taste. SSouie of them are poison
ous. Iiut here was ouo milky sap that put
even his great learning at fault.
Attempts have ben made to cultivate the
cow treo and make it grow in other locali
ties than where it is found naturally, but in
vain. As soon as it is remove I H um it j iui
tive mountains it di,-s. Tuo Venezuelan
government exp.'rimeute I with :t witnout
buccefs. But youth American labor is pro
verbially hhit'tless. Perhaps if some live
Yankee would try to accl.mato tiiu cow tree
in our southern stales hi might succjed
finally.
Cause of Kurtliciuaki'a and Ynlc-uncx'S.
Thu old theory of eartl.quukes and vol
canoes is tliat they are caused by the spurt
ing out and slopping over at times of an in
terior molten mass which is toiin 1 at greater
or less distances below the thicu ciut of tuo
eai'th's cool outer surface. A late writer
says the theory that .he interior of tho earth
is composed of a molted mitiut uias must
be abandoned. The new idea is that there
are three parts to tuo earth's substance.
First, in tho center U a great, s.lid nui Ijus.
About this is a ring of sem -fluid matter
which forms a viscid or sticky mass. Ou.
sido of this is solid earth crust. Tun ring or
layer of viscid substance is thus compresso I
between two solids. It slips around slowly
as the earth moves. The motion of this in
ternal viscid layer caases upheaval or de
pression iu the earth' j surface, according as
different p irtions are more or loss yielding.
Enrtliquak-'s and volcanic eruptions aw
accoun e 1 for ou tin thory of electrical dis
turbances. It is well known that electrical
currents are cojsiaiitly pasvn,g and repass
ing through tin eartu's crust. "Every tele
graph operator kaows lb it In cannot tele
graph trotn oiu city to another unless the
euds of his wire are conuecto 1 with the
earth." That there are go-id and bad con
ductors of electricity is no less wed known.
If the current nwots resistance in th i slni))
of a bad conductor, it is oostructtd iu i,s
froo passage, und melts metals, t-ausci
' things to takj fire, and plays havoc gen-rally
In 1 ko muuii -r, m tlu earth are min
erals of different conducting powur.
'Let us suppose, now,"' says a certain
writer, "that a strong current of electricity
passing through tho earth along a vein of
mineral meets witu tlio resistance otl'erel
by a body whoso capacity for conduct in; is
less, it naturally follows that great heat is
developed, tho surrounding material b
comes iucaudesceut or inoits, the earth crust
expands and crac.ss, the water from tho sur
face peuetrates to the de pihs, is decomposed
into oxygen and hydrogen by the elec
tricity, and in ot-her places reunite 1 by ex
plosion, the gases find vent through tho
crater of the volcauoaul tin lava loilows,
propelled by tho hydraulic pressure rest.ug
upon it"
This writer suggests that if lightning rods
were driven down into tho earth to sutll
cient depth in earthquake regions, tho accu
mulated electricity migni jwiss harmlessly
off into the air. But now deep would it bo
necessary to go I
r.nTtrojlHt ln a oi-.
A chemist of lire-t I ius ivstn n-cted an old
idea about tho disposal of the deal. He
mereiv rubs tho corps - with plum., ago, sus
pends it iu on electric copp-r bath, nn 1 lot a
tine coating of copjier is lifjmsit vl all over
it. T. e corpse, it is sa d, bjmg thus wholly
shut off frcm air will le tlu roughly pro
served and remain forever. Fruits and
flowers have been preserve 1 intact in this
way. Bunches of prapes treated with the
copper bath are used as decorations for tho
ceilings and friezowork of dining rooms, and
the effect is extremely artistic. Lilies have
been immersed in thj bath and delicately
coated with dusky, shining metal.
By this method a corpse becomes con
verted into a copper statue, A man might
electroplate his deceased mother-in-law, aud
have her always near him. A husband
might leave it in his will that he should be
thus copper-coated and set up as a bronzi
statue in his family library. Then, if his
widow wishes to marry again, he will be on
the spot a an awful warning and example.
Persons who cannot afford to electroplate
their dead with copper may use zinc. Poor
relations may be disposed of in this way.
Zinc is good enough for them.
Have given Tongaline a trial in two cases
of neuralgia oce a lady aged sixty; four
doses gave permanent relief; the other a
lady aged forty; neither have had any re
turn. 3 J. D. D.!OHCH. M. D ,
Butler, Mo.
Looking Ahead.
This department; lias lon run to very
poor purpose if it has not helped to make
plain the immense advantage to the farmer
of varying his crops, so that if one thing
fails on hiin something else will bo there
to take its pluco. Ho should never put all
his eggs into one baskot, as has often been
said.
Tuero are things to be commended, es
pecially to tho farmer living near towns and
cities. Homo of them are poultry, fruit,
butter, milk, cream and vegetables. If a
man has suitablo grounds for gardening
nothing will pan out letter than early vege
table i. Lettuc", cauliflower and cabbage
are substantias, and can bo deiendod on
eveiy tiiu Hut to got tho earliest they
trust bj plant-d in the fall and wintered
over in cold frames. This process is not
ditlieult, is easily learned, and will furnish
paying occupation to tho idle farm hand in
winter.
From the 10th to the 2Hh of September is
tlo time to sow the s--ed m the ojien ground.
Spinach, '-sprouts,'' and kale for greens
should te sown at the same time. .Near a
largo city an acre of kale will bring some
times as much as
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CAII.1FLOWEH
nequires irnch the same treat mnrit ns cab-
ba i'i raising, but it is a mucn moruui
; liable proluet. Heavy manuring of the
I ft.il ami extra care wih be well repaid. The
1 caul ill .r'.ver sluwu above is the llendetvo.i
: Karlv Snow ball. It is possible to grow cnl
j bnge" ai d caul.llower altogether in fold
i frames and mature them for market in
j March and April. In that wav they used to
j pay immensely before tho southern markets
j furnish, d our earliest vegetables. Cabbage,
caubllower and lettuce anywuere ni i
north, however, can bo wintered over in
cold frames, tet out iu tho ojien groun 1 in
Slarch r April, and be ready for market in
July, 'lh-y have the fresh, tend r taste of
vegeta'ol'.H grown upon the ground.
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The cut shows t wo of the 1 est varieties of
cabbage for this purpose. Fig. 1 is the
Karly ' Jersey AVukeliel 1. Fig. 'J is Hender
son's Early Siimn r cabbage. This conies
about ten day Inter than the Wakeilel I. It
should be sown about ten days lator than
that.
lettuce, kale, cauliflower and cubbage
are ull hardy, or nearly so. They will live
hi the open ground all winter if coverel
with leaves, litter, or coarse manure. Let
tucj may also be brought to perfection
under cold frame wishes alone. It will then
bo ready for use iu February and March.
But tho main early crop should bo wintered
over in the cold Inline and planted out just
as soon as tho ground is He to work in
March the first week in tiint month, usually.
Set tho ) hints between tho rows of cabbago
plants, putting them out at tho samo time.
'Jbe lettuce will mature in half tho time the
tab! ng ) does, anil all lie cut off and out of
iln way. 'Iho Butter and Curled Hilesia
aro recommended by Peter Henderson as tha
best early lettuc j. The crop w ill be marketed
by the 1st of June.
A snug little income may hi thus derived
from tlieso four lettuce, kal -, cauliflower
and cab. ago in the spring and early sum
mer, the very time when tho farmer's fun is
run low. His food is apt to run low about
that tune, too. The iresh green vegetab.es
rained will lo a godsend along with his
steady duv of hog aud hominy or beans and
dried apples.
Next weo'i wo shall give somo directions
tor making cold frames.
Winter l t-ciling of Stork.
Another way for the fanner lohavo some
thing to do, and something to 11 in the. lull
mi lilhs, is to winter-fatten beeves for sale.
Feed tuo products of tb farm on tho farm.
It is better to let tiieui walk i ff than to
haul them off. Tho manure will bo saved
where it is most needed, and returned to
tho home soil.
The live agricultural college of Kansas,
at Manhattan in that state, has been
making some useful exiriments in the
winter feeding of stock. The trial has
provod ouo thing conclusively. That is,
that corn, grounl cob anJ all, is far bettor
for fattening cattle than the grain alone.
It ke.'s the an .n. id's digestive organs in
better condition. Every farmer should
have his own corn-crushing mill at home on
the ground. The winter fattening of beeves
i.i to be recommended to farmers too far
away from market to grow winter and
early vegetables. There aro always ways
to turn an honest penny, winter as well as
jumnur, fr the farmer who has "gump
tion." Thank heaven forgumptiou!
Wire I t-iicts Struck by Lightning.
Iowa State Register.
Vo learn that there have been many cases
of stock being killed lately by electricity in
pastuies by the lightning striking wire
fences. Electricity runs along fences some
times lt)) ri ds, and whore cattle o.- horses
are standing near the leni?o tliey are killwi
We learn In an an oOlcer of an insurance
company that not long since six head cf
cattle were killed, which, from the position
in which they were founl lying, none of
them could have been nearer than tn feet
from the fence, ami some fifteen feet.
From the fact that the fence posts op
Iosite the cattle and for forty rods on
either side were split and snatceren,
showed they were killed by a heavy dis
charge of electricity. We do not know
anything about the operations of this subtle
fluid
There are, however, various cases on record
where stock has been killed by electricity
running along the fence when they were
standing several feet distant. There is
abundant ppiortunity for the electricity to
descend to the grounl on every post, but
owing to the better conducting power of
the wire, it continues along the fenos. Why
it should leap from the fence to stock ten or
fifVen teet awav. will take a sc.entu to ex
plain. But the fact is beyood dispute. If
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K mtnrltr atsuvt almop th feniw. which !
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often the case, Id is almost certainly fatal
A way might be eatfiy and cheaply fixed
for the electricity to descend lo tils worth by
a wire running down the side of the prts
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deep into the flump eartn, ami in mis way
secure the safety of stock. Wire U going to
be used for fences, aud devices should be in
vented for making fence moro safe for
stock. If cattle were iu a close lot or corral,
with a wire fence, and it were struck all of
tho stock would stauu a cnanco vi oiuS
killed. A few dollars spent in aids to con
duct the electricity to tho earth would be
cheap r thau paving insurance premiums to
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insure stocK. v nil sucu un iibuuiu""
lirrl.t..:.,,-. fl n.l.ll..tM rnrrvwith them to
make holes to put down their rods, tho com-
mon fence wire could easily be put uowu
tun fni't u-liieh wmilil tm (I e-oixl conductor.
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and savo the lives of valuable stock. L.et
farmers who have valuable stock inclosed
by wire fence think of those Ideas.
Orchard and I'm It C.nnlen.
Aim-rlean A gr ieult urist .
The picking and marketing of early fill
fruit is now in order. 8Heial caro should
bit taken in handling early variet i -s of ap
ples aud pears; slight bruises lead to speedy
decay. S-nd only the l ost fruit to iiiark"t.
Well packed, an 1 don't waste the rest, but
preserve by drying. Tho patent driers aro
lieing improved each year, are of ail sizes
and prices, and thei- is now no excuse for
wnste.l fruit. Most jionrs should be packed
before god. tig mellow; a very few kin Is,
like tho Ilosliezer, riie'.l woll on tho treo.
Where a fruit treo has n' Invn trained
from the Ktart, tho Ivst time to note wl.nt
pruning is ne.'dod is just after the fruit is
picked. The cross limbs and s'.io ts wid
then make 'hemselves noticeall", an lean
be cut ou or, if huge, marked with a
string for lato fall pitinin;. Saleable cur
rant lushes are now iva ly for
digging mil heeling in, t await
sale or shipment. Make cuttings when
the plants are dug, an 1 set them as soon
as tho ground is realy. lUackb-rry ami
iaplterry canes, which have linii-he lf ruit
ing, shoul 1 bs cutaway. If the growing
shouts have Leon properly pinched they
ought now to b-t very stocky, and show
thrifty side-slmots. Tie new trawK-rry
beds should becaiefu'dv watc'.ie I. If any
plant shows f,-'bl. grow th, ta.;e it out mi l
replace it w It ii a strong one. The ec-ei of
big berries, an I ll -nty, next season, is vig
orous grow ih this tall, (bve a week-y su
1 1- of liquid manure, an 1 plen y of wat.-r
at all times, if the weatiier is dry. ii m 'I''
l.e'ing eho'e -giapei clip out w .th the sei
sors anv defirtive or bruised U-rries. iSiiidy
tho inst'" and needs of your, market, and
pao; accordingly. Hon't let any weeds go
to ee I. As fi st as Inn I is cleared of croos,
phw and prep;. re u for something else.
Early orders secure the ix-st trees and vines
from th nurs ryinen. The new crop of
nurs tv sto k is now realy lo come on thu
market. (;(f the ground ready tor planting
iu Octob -r, so that there will be no delay
w hen the trees arriv .
Killed ly the I'.ultor Test.
I'liltimoii- Anieriean .
The iipwmp."r icports on the death of tho
valuable cow 1'iiiie -ss 1 1, belonging to Mrs.
Shoemaker, stated to be Ir.nn lung trout, ii,
brought s -veral gentlemen 1 ree lei s and oth
ers inieresled in the valuable live sloe ; of tho
state lo consult Dr. Ward, the stat j veteri
narian, as to the uaturo of the d.s -aso. He
found the entire herd, wilh the exe.-ptiou of
two bulls mi l one c.nv, out at pasture, and
in apparent good health. Tho bulls looked
splendid. The cow iu one of thestubles was
suffering from garget mid enlarged knee
joints a chronic case. Tho dairyman gnvo
tho doctor lull particulars if tho tow's
death, which was from effects of overt a xa
tion of tho system during the late butter
tests, or, in other words, as tho doctor mit sit,
from making the cow into an extraordinary
milking machine and thou trying to return
her to tho ordinary dairy cow. Value II,
tho other noted cow as a butter-making
crjature, died three weeks ago from tho
same causo or causes. Dr. Ward i-ays such
severe tests must at all times under
mine the constitution of robust animals,
and the two splendid creatures wore of that
class. Princess made forty-six pounds
twelve ounces of butter in seven days.
AiiKiist Crop Itepnrtii.
United States Agricultural Commissioner
Coinian has out his teport for August. The
long stretch of heat wo have had this sum
mer has lieen accompanied with rains, and
therefore been good for corn. Tho prospect
inr thai great crop has not been letter suieo
lsjstl. In souio parts of tho country, notably
in Illinois anil North Carolina, tho crop
promises to be tho largest ever known.
As to wheat well, tho less said about,
wheat the better. There will bo enough to
bread this great country, with not much to
send over to the subjects of the effete des
potisms, and the price will be very high
when nobody has any to sell. The prosjieet
fur spring wheat has fallen off since July.
There will be a lietter crop of oats thnii
there was last year. Cotton p remises to be
the best in ten years, except iu Is).
Fraud In Hlnillng Twine.
The h:g!i prici of tuaiiilla, from which
binding twin) is made, has induced manu
facturers to sjok cheap.-r sulistilir.es. Bisid
is tho ouo most commonly used. It does not
make so smoot.i a twine as mauilla, aud
though it costs a little less p -r p iun l is
really darest in the end, as it hxs a heavier
body and does not go as many hundred feet
to the pound. Tho cheaper twiuo we have
also found inueli moro liable to tangle or
break iu the hinder, aud a little loss of timo
of men aud teams far outweighs tho gain
from saving a few cents in the prico of
tw ine used on a field.
Tiling to Do and to Know.
Florida is the melon atch of tho world.
Closj confinement is very injurious to
young bulls. It stunts their development
and makes them ugly tempered.
The Farm Ec nomist says a whole fruit
farm is not as dangerous in a cholera sea
son as one unclean back yard.
Hog cholera l as lieen in England for over
twenty years, yet it is state I that it has
lately broken cut tuers for the lust tim .
The'liest butter is advancing'in price at
last Tho poorest ought to be given away
for soap greasa by tho slouch who makes it.
ftTbere are 1,XX) kinds of pears, l,ft)0 sorts
of applet, 150 plums, more thau I'M varies
ties of gooseberries aud aU-ut l straw
berries. Now is tho tim? when the farmer who
sowed corn to cut up tho green stalks for
feed for his cows is glad of it, liive one
feed of it a day.
A tomato vino at Plant City, Fla.,
covered a spot seventy-two feet in circum
ference, and bore all lost winter without in
jury by cold.
Tho Poultry World thinks there is one
thing that nature does not supply, and
which civilization has renderel necessary
to fowls. It is charcoal A charred ear of
corn will maki the bens happy.
Baking is a most excellent way of cooking
green corn. All its sweetness is thus pre
served. The husks are not removed till
cooked; then strip thorn back and cutoff
the butt with a strong knife, as the heal
will make itdifllcuit to break.
The Cow lilrd.
Curious friendships sometimes exists be
tween animals of very different species.
Ouo of tho o blast of thosd is the friendly
companionship between the cow aud a little
bird of the American starling family.
COW BVNTIXU.
At Ions'-, tho lit tlo bird ts great friends
with thj cow, and the cow does not see in to
mini it. Perhaps she knows of what use it
is to her. This littlo creaturJ is found ill
both tho Americas, North and Houtb,
wherever there aro herds of en-tie. When
our western plains were coverel with droves
of buITa'o, early tattlers ol.s-rved that these
were followed oy swariusof little, dark, liiud-
colored birds. Tho colonists named lheiil
buffalo liirds. Hut th bison herds disap
peared liefore civilization. Their places were
taken by vast li.-uls id cattle tliat belonged
to ranchmen. After that the Hocks of birds
changed their quarters and gave their
company lo the rani liaien's animals. Then
th -y werecail-vl cuwb'rds.
The bright-eve 1, pei-ttl i creature is of
inestimable value to tlio cow. It skips till
over her and erches saucily upon her
horns, her heel or her back. If you watch
you will koj it p -eking in lustrioudy into
her body near tho baekliou .. There is an
insect callel the warble which burrows into
tho poor cow's ll.'-h, through the hide, and
causes her eivat tor: lire. Wherever you
feci n lump under the cow's skin, there one
of th 'se paicful warbles is imbed led. They
are also called "wolves." Well, tho cow
bird jH-cks into ti.e li.mp iili its sharp lit
tle b. II, digs ir ti:eins-et an I eats it. It
also I'e-'o'iri ti-e galtliiM an I other pests
that lorm - it c iti.e in hot we-.tiier.
TOWS AM) UIKDS.
Tho birds bop around upon the grass in
swarms witlin nu inch or two of the cow's
no-, while s!i, is in pasture, and hardly
take the trou'iil -1 get out of her way. In
wil l region i v. here too birds have not bean
scare I away and killed by true! boys who
ai cnil rl civilize I, tho little creatures aro
so tame that they may bo taken in the baud
whd i they sit aroil'il the cow's nose.
One un ions l.u t I have not yet told you.
The cow bird never builds nnest of its own.
It is a lazy creature, not at all a good
housekeeper. Cow birds do not mate to
gether, male an I female, and raise their
family like other feathered creatures. The
female simply watches around till she
catches some other bird off its
nest, I hell she sl.is slyly in and
lays her own egg in tho other
bird's nest. Slrango to suv, the rightful
owner does not, Und out tho trick, i-sho
never knows but tho t ow bird's egg is-her
ow n. fcho sits upon tho eggs, her own and
tho stranger's. Hut tho cowbird's egg
batches first. Then the oddest thing hap
pens. The cither silly bird begius to think
her own eggs aio bad, and are not goin to
hatch at ull. Ho she ceases paying any at
tention to them at all, but stds in and lo
o nues a nn st .devoted mother to tho young
cowbird, that isn't any kin to her. It is
tough on her own young on -s, but tho littlo
cowbird wouldn't get any bringiug up at
all if it wasn't for this stepmother.
To May I'oHlottlco.
For a postolllee any gool-sized card
board b ix will do for this purpose. Tho lid
should bo fastcu-il to it, so that when it is
stool up it will h-ii up liko a cuplioard
door; it must bo closed by means of a button
and a b op of elastic. In the top of tho box,
as it stands up, and in the upper end of the
dour, a slit must lie cut out about an inch
wide und from ilvj to six inches long, so as
to allow of tho postiu of small parcels, but
yet not largo enough to admit of a child's
hand, while on the door of the postofllc.)
should written tho times of the post.
Most children aro fond of writing letters to
one another, and this will, of course, give
rise to a grand manufacture of note pax-r,
euveloes and postal cards, and they will
call forth all their ingenuity in designing
and coloring monograms and crests for their
note paper and en velopos. An cnvelopi
milt be taken carefully to pieces to form a
fiat pattern; then those cut from it have to
lie fuld.nl, gummed togo hr, and a touch of
gnm put on the tip of the Hap; a monogram
to correspond with the note paper must bo
drawn on it, and finally, they must be done
up in neat puek'-ts, say a half-dozen in each.
It is wonderful what occupation thisjiostbox
will afford wiier i there is a largo party of
children: of course, a ) ostman must bo
chosen, and a big must be male for the
letters, aud so on.
Mj Swo-thirt.
St. Nicholas!
I'm in loye with a fair little maiden
With her eyew, with hc-r lit, with her
hands,
Wilh her dozens of dear lit tie dimples;
And although sh Vs p-tito
On her sweet little fn-t,
'Tis a wonder to mo bow she stands.
And she loves me, this clear little maiden;
And her bands and her ry.-s and her li,
An 1 her dimples, all givmg me welcome
In a sweet, artless way
Have th-.r sny, every day,
As to meet ine slu lovingly trips.
Will she wed in", this sweet little maiden?
liless you, no! Tliat she will n'-ver do.
But, when I bavn tol 1 you the reason,
1 haven't a fear
"fw ill appear to you queer;
For I'm thirty while she's only two!
A I'rowrb Aiming I'rorrm.
Ib-re Is curious puzzle: Take a word from
each of thn proverbs below, one after an
another. If you hit on the right weird, at
the end you wdl have a w-iitenee which
forms another proverb, a very common one.
We will help you by telling you that the
beginning word is "never."
J. The highway is never about.
2. If you look not at a oetly thing you
may not tempt-1 to I ay.
3. Two of a ttmie i.dduiu agree.
st In remtniU-riu; the gift, lememW
ab-0 the giver.
5. A nod is as go.l as a wink to a blin 1
horsr
6. When th wi-ie ii in the wit is out.
?. The longest lane niot have a turning.
8. Wo:ds from thi anviLh die in the ear.
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MAIN STREET,
West of La Salle Street, (south side,)
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.
nroor a keep constantly on tiand tarts and well telected itocx of
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
All the new and popular Patent Medlclnea. Exti m ud Spices for culinary
Perfumery, Brushes, and Fancy Articles for the Toilet
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,' Window Glass, &c,
Particular Attention given to the Compounding of Physicians Prescriptions
&&rzr &z sonsf
Carriages,
Buggies,
Phaetons,
AMI THE
BEST
Roatl Cart
MADE.
Call anil cunlnc our
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KACTOliVt
Om lil.M'k wrM t.mtolHcO
IIH'HI, ILLINOIS.
HIIUaiSZutA
for Infants and Children.
"Caatorlals so well adapted to children that CastorU cures Colic, Constipation,
IrecoiHmendltaasuperiortoanyprv.cnpUon gr 1. lad "jSte. di
known to me." IL A. Aacnon, M. D., I B(.stic.n
HI Bo. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. WUhout uijurloua medication.
Tub CKSTAUtt Compa-ny, 1S-3 Fulton Street, N. Y.
Thnnph pnlnftil find wenrlnR ntmrait boj-ond
eiKlurunru, In not an Incurable dtwime if trciit
oil in time. lVrhua no other iIIm-usc iuw o
bullied tho eflorW of wtence and medicine as
thin, but ut last a remedy lni been diw-ovorecl in
frvVlr'D whl,h CURES KHEUMA
CNNvVVWtxisM, and is heartily en
dorsed by many of the Leading Phyaiciana.
WHAT THEY SAY:
" TONOALDCE in dning all thM in clnimi-i it will dn."
Q. O. SKiriBT, M. II., Uautrall, III.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
A. A. MELLIER, Sola Proprietor, 700
WHO IS UNACQUAINTED WITH THE
SEEBT EAAMININU
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t..vr-.
CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY
Bv reason of Its central position and Clowe relation to all principal lines East and
Wast, at initial and terminal points, conetitutea tlio moht important mil-contt-nental
Unit in that Bvstem or throufrh tmneportntlon which Invites find tactlt
tatos travel and trafllo between cities or the Atlantic and Pacillc : CoastJ. It
Is also the favorite and boat route to and from points i.ast. Northeast and
boutheast, and correspondtnif points W est, Northwest and Southwest.
The Rock Island eyetern includes in its main lino and brHnches. ChlcaffO,
Jollot. Ottawa, La Hallo, Peoria. Oeneseo, Mollne and Koclc Inland, in Illinois:
Davonport. Muscatine, Washington. Fairfield, Ottumwa. Oekalooea, Went
Llborty, Iowa City, Des Moines. Indiunola. VVInterset. Atlantic, Knoxyille,
Audubon. Harlan. Quthrle Centre and Councill Bluffs, in Iowa; Uallatin.
Trenton, Cameron nnl Kansas City, in Missouri; Leavenworth and Atchison,
in Kansas; Albert Leo, Minneapolis and Ht. Paul, in Minnesota- atertown In
Dakota, and hundreds of intermediate cities, towns, villaKesand stations.
THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE
Ouarantcws Its patrons that ponae of personal security afforded by a solid,
thoroughly ballasted road-bed; smooth trucks of continuous eteel rati; sub
stantially built culverts and bridges; rolling stock as near perfection ad
human skill can make it; the safety appliances or patent buffers, platforms
and air-brakes; and that exacting discipline which Roverns the practical
operation or all Its trains. O&her specialties of this route are Transfers at
all connecting points in Union Depots, and the unsurpassed comtcrts and
luxuries of its Paasencfer Equipment.
The Fast Express Trains between Chicago and the Mlfsouri River are com-
Posed or well ventilat id, finely upholstered Day Coaches. MuKnitlcent Pullman
alace Sleepers of the lates deslifn. and sumptuous Dining Cars, in which
elaborately cooked meals are leisurely eaten, "pood Digestion waiting' on
Appetite, and Health on both." Between Chicago and Kansas City and
Atchison, are also run the. Celebrated Reclining Chair Cars.
THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE
Is -he direct and favorite line between ChicaTO and Minneapolis and St. Paul,
when connections are made In Union Donota for all points m the lerrxones
end Z,rltlsh Provinces. Over this route. Fast Exoress Trains are run to the
watering places, summer resorts, picturesque localities, and hunting and nsn
inir grounds of Iowa and Minnesota It is nlso the most desirable route to the
rich wheat fields and pastoml lands of interior Dakota.
Still another DIRECT LINE, via Seneca and Kankakee, has been opened
between Newport News. Richmond, Cincinnati. Indianapolis, and Lalayette and
Council Bluffs, Kansas City, Minneapolis and St. Paul and intermediate points.
For detailed Information see Maps and Folders, obtainable, as well aa
Tickets, at all principal Ticket Oaces In the United St.Ues and Canada; or
by addreeainff
R. R. CABLE. E. ST. JOHN.
Prttidant and Central Miaagar. CMeago. Caaertl Tlcktt and Fasstnger Agant. Chicago
fi
Free Trader
DRUG STORE,
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r.3 ti
"Iliul a of InflinnmAtorT IthBomalloni t
nearly till tli lnr ).ant C.t4 lor.uiliJ, and
to-day luy pat-unt i uut and duing well."
W. W. Baxteb, M. D., Heraman, 111.
" In itit opininn TojtOALniK nupercedea all other
ao-calliu rUeumalio rwnuHiiwci."
8. cj. Wouhuam, M. D., Mareugo, 111.
" Hure Bivpn Tonoai inf a fair trial, and think it
tho Lout reuitnly 1 have erer luuud fur Uheuiualuni."
I). F. Davis, Sturgeon, Mj.
TRICE ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE.
and 7 WASHINGTON AVENUE. LOUM.
CEOCRAPHY OF THIS COUNTRY, WILL
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