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u VERMONT WATCHMAK & STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1889. Jfurm aitil 6;ubcn. A dil re h. ttll lii(tilrlt' nr ronininnletltimiA 1 1 rt'lrttlnn to igMralMN i" Da. T. II. RoraiMi Ntwpofti vt. Bdltoriai Rottnfa, I'kas. Strange liow many write for the papers on things they are qultfl lg noitntofi Tlius onc uyti "The more wrinkled tlie pea-sccd thc better the rpinlily, bn( thc kinds Ihnt arc of llic wrinkled varieties are not usually thc earliest, and also rcnuirc supports." Now, as a fnct, there ll bllt onc MBOOth pca that is dwarf tBOQgb DOl l need inppOti; while there are a dncn dwarf wrinkled sorts nt least. A sriiiitiNf! BUBJiot. Thc Winni- perj Farmer (lliink of farniing 00 Lake Winnippg!) has thc following: " A. L. Crosbv says, stir cream, and stir it fre qnently; Joho Boyd says, doo't stir lt at all ftfter niixing tlic two skimmings of pacli day with his fnmous ' startcr' ; John Gould says, stir the cream while it is ripcolng; Iliratu Smith does not bclieve ln stirring cream. strangc liow dairy doctors differ, and stranger, Withal, that each and all of these gcn tlemen can inakr primo gtltedged but-ter." I'KOFITS PHOM BERRTEA. " Straw bcrries should yicld 4,0(M) quarts per acre, raspberries .'!,000, blackberries a little morc than raspberries, and cur rants should yield 1,000 to 2,000 iuarts per acre.'' 80 says an cxchange, but we will bet a bun that the writer of it ncver succeeded in growing 125 hush els of strawberrics on oue acre in a single season. It has been done, but the men who do it are scarce. It is like those 1,000 bushel crops of po tatoes done at the rate of so much, on a small plot. In our experience, currants will outvield any other berry with the sarae soil and care, and yet they are put last in the above list. IMPROVKD Pnis. Farmer Congress man Burnett of Mastacbutetts, who is a great pig man, says: " Our improved modern pigs are the result of thc in fusion of Chinesc and Siamcse blood witli the pigs of England and Ireland of 100 years ago. The Chester Whites and Polaod Chloas of this country are not thorough-bred in the strict sense of the term that is, they do not always reproduce theirancestors. The Poland China is the best one for the practical farmer." Probably, bowevcr, there is no essential difference in the lixedness of the best strains of Americau brecds and thc foreign ones. We have so long believed that foreigners can do thiugs in the way of brecding that we can not that we overrate them. Uut if American farmers could create the Vermont Merino sheep and the Morgan horse, nothing else is beyond them in that way. they saw how full thc trccs hung. We sct no watch at all, Bnd arc unable to say whcthcr more than a bushel were niissiiig. Anyhow, we had all we wantcd to pick, and shall rcgard an off ycar as rathcr a boon. And all this wlicn, Iwenty years ago, we wcre bcine callcd all sorts of a fool for trying to grow apples " whcrc it had bcen aniply provcd that apples could not bc grown." As some may ask what crops we grcw betwecn the rows (which are twenty-livc fcet apart, trccs twclvc and one-half fcet in the row), we will state that these crops wcre gardcn pcas, bcans, bcets, swcct corn and turnips. BetWeCO thc trccs, in the rows, arc cur rant and gooseberry buslies, from which thirty-tive hushels were niar ketcd at from 8.00 to $8.80 a buBhel. DlSTANVK OF AlTI.K-TltKKS. We are informed that " un Illinois fruit grower is said to have forwarded the apple productlon of a youDg orchard very muchby plauting only sixteen feet apart, requlrlng four times the usual number of trees. Thc rcdimdant oncs are girdlcd wbcn large enough to bcar; this both chccks their growth and hastens fruitfulness, and they givc a good return of extra-linc speeiniens be fore it becomes necessary to remove them out of the way of the large per mauent trees, theu only beginniug their yield.'' This close plantiughas been a practice of ours for many years, and the past season we could show a yield of 2,000 hushels on six acres, with no tree over six inches in diameter, and witli crops grown between the rows Rutlicient to more than pay for cost of manuring and cultlvation. This is " in tensive orcharding," as compared with the slow method of planting at wide distances iu sod land and waiting half a life-time for returns. In lectiona where fruit-trees are short-lived,a large yield may be got out of them when closely planted auil well mauurcd and cultivated, provided varieties are planted which come to fruitage young. For this purpose the " iron-clads " are well adapted, as the majority of them bear young, and if well cultivated will produce large crops of handsome fruit iu from four to six years from Betting. 1'erhaps some may ask, "Did you get anytbing for them?" Yes; we averaged about forty cents a bushel for the crop. Is'o number ones were sold for less than 52 per barrel. The principal varieties in their order of maturity were: Yellow Transpaicnl, Tctofsky, Pcachof Mont real, Duchess of Oldepburgb, Proliflo Swecting, l umeuse, Wealthy and Scott's Winter. The Transparcnts, coming the lirst half of August, averaged a bushel, even for windfalls; Tctofsky, a little later, scvcnty-live ccnti; Dttcheu and l'each, forty to Bevcnty-live cents; Sweetings, 1; No. 1 1'aiueuse, Wealthy and Scott , jf2 to 2.50 per barrel; No. B'l and culls, scvenly-live cents a barrel down to nothing exoepl that we got in about two tons of bones for the latter, traded to the omnipres eut small boy. Those who camfl to t'lc state muster had a chance to see the frtllt, for the orchard is just over tlie fence from the camp-ground. Many propbciied that the Boldiers and the crowd would clear the orchard; but they probably got dUcOUragcd when What Cropi Tk from the Soil. Nitrogen, potasb and phosphoric acid are tlie ihreo elements of plant food that are most gencrally supplicd to the soil in the form of fcrlili.nrs or barn- yard manurei. Thc followlng table ln- ilii'ates the number of pounds (or dec imals of a pound) of each of these ele mentl that are taken out of the soil by the crop namcd. Nitrogen is callcd worth twcnty-one and one-fourlh cents per pound, phoiphortc acid nine cents per pound and potasb scvcn and one half cents per pound; but these elements can often be bought in some form at less than this price. It is calculated that in some of the crops only a fraction of the nitrogen need be relurned to thc soil, as the rcst is derived from the soil and atmosphere. In practice, half thc quantlty of potasb is also enough to supply, but phosphoric acid bcing so deficient iu nearly all soils, the full amount taken out by the crop should be returned in the form of raanure or ferlilizers. CONTA1NS POWOI Of VAM'K Xltro- One husiiri wliRKt, Hh pnlllliU MM Nntnrnl Itrnportiiiii Htraw. IM poandi, 0.I6Q ODfl I.iimIicI li.irluy. 4H poundl I.4M Nftturel proportlon tr:iw. ii poundt.. one bu.tn'l m, M poundi 0..VK) Nnturiil iiropnrtlun straw, ll poundl. tt.ui) Onc IiiimIioI oHtft, M poundn u.:iwi NHtiirnl iirni(irtluii straw.li, immiihU.. U.IHK Onfl liutht-l nhellt'il oomN ponna.. . 0.22:1 Niituntl proiorti.nt Btover, 1117 poumU, O.I.'K Ollfl bllrtticl plltHtlM'N (tubfn), tfi liis. . o.iw7 onc lniHhrl liuck- whfMti M pounds.. 0.173 Natural nropoftlOll strnw. B7ponnds.. t.l-ii Out' lUUlll'l UllkUllH. VI notiiicls 1 tne Imsh. lieHiiH, HJ pounds 07.H0 I'nl- axh. 1.311 I.MM 0.1 10 O.li O.IM t.lN m 0.04 Acii, I.4TI MM 1,211 0.1H) I.4N 0.218 O.'.MW 0.401i I.1M 0.77J 0.4IW cut in the ice. Oalllc will plainly mani feat Ihcir dislikc for Riich water, ca peciallv on a eold, stormy lay. Docs any one tbfnk it hcttcr for cattle to drink siicb water than water warmed to sixlv degreca or so? Few trouglis arc fre from ice, eapeciiilly where water is pumpcd IntO them. Water is always left, and so icc is formed in thc bottom of the trongh. H can not bc chopped out clcan,and )ieccs will belcfttO lloat wbcn the trougb is again fillcd. And in case of running water it i-" not easy to kcep the trougb clear from ice un less the water is more than ordinarily warm and is well sheltered. WrltCPI icem to Ignore this. Again, some things have been written about cattle drinking tepld water which secm rather llioughtlesR. Ou many days in summer thc temperature of the air is cighty to ninety degrees in thc ahade. Water, cither running in brooks or standing in ponds where tlie sun shines upon it, gcts very warm. If the readcr Iias ever drank aucli water, or tasted it, he knows liow insipid it is. But did he ever know a cow to rcfnse such water? I ncver did; and a cow seems to cnjoy drinking water warmed by the sun. Uut, by the way some men write, one would tliink cattle nevcr drank anytbing but cold water from one year's end to another. If warm water is such a bad tblog for cattle as some men claim, we should lay in a supply of ice to cool the drinking water of our cattle in hot weatber. The fact is, where one animal is in jured by drinking warm water (if any arc) a thousand, or ten thousand, are injured by drinking icc-water, espe cially if they drink from a brook dur ing the winter. Many remedies for lice on cattle are given in the papers. Oue of the most simple and effective that I have ever tncd is cotton-seed mcal well rubbed into the hair. Kvery one who has handled this article knows how line it is and how it sticks to the clothcs. Fiuding lice on a cow and thinking what I could apply, it occurred to mc that this would be just the thing. I found it killed the lice, and have tricd it since on a calf, with thc same re sults. I am going to try it on settiug hens. I nevcr tiud lice on my hens at any other time, and lice on little chicken8 are a great nuisance. Plowman. bbcrtiscmcnts. Ist 2d: 3d: W 0.7:14 14 The above table, somewhat altered and corrected, is taken from the New England Homestead, for which it was compiled from station rcports. It is instructive, as showing how much these various crops abstract from the soil ; and it would seem to show that in the long run the annual reapplication , iu ma nures, of equal quantities, will not only keep the land from growing poorer,but should keep it growing better, to the extent to which the unmanured soil is capable of contributing to the crop. On soils naturally rieh in potash (soils where wood ashes doe no good) the pot ash may be omitled, and its cost saved. To illustrate a little, take potatoes: each bushel takes out four cents' worth of plant food from thc soil (for the tubers only), and therefore a crop of two hundred bushela would take out but S8.00 worth of fertilizing matter, or about the qnantity of plant food con tained in four hundred pounds of a good potato fertilizcr. Such a state- Three Peculiarities iTood's Barfaparllla, Um natMocdpnrUlBf tM rogulaMni medlolne, li cbaiMtcntcd by mrco pccullarltlMi nantlf : tiip conUBatlon t tiic Tartoni remedtai ukcmis um4 Thc proporUon in wtaloh thc rccis, herbt, liarks, ctc, arc inlxcd. Tlin prnocss liy Wbleb ttlS .icllvn medtotnal propertlM arc leeuriMl. Tim rcsuit is a medlelBc of unuraal itrmgth nnil curalivc DOWCfi Whloh tttdtl OUrei hCtf tnforc Qneqnalled, Thctc pccatlarttlu beloog cxcluslvcly t Hood's 8arsiilailllii, and are Unknown to Others Hood s Barnnartna li-preparcd with thc Breatcct skiu nnd carc iy phannaettti of edacatlon and loni oapcHeacci Bcnec it is a mcdlclno wnrtby of ciitln- ccnlldcuicc. If you sulTcr frmn scrcfula, salt rliciiin, or any dis- nasc of thc blood, dripcptta, bntonmcMi sick licailachc, or kiilncy and livcr eomflalntl, catairh or rhcutnatttnii do not (all to try Hood's Sarsaparilla "i rccommend Bood't BartaparllU to all my frlcnils as thc best blood purifler 011 carth." wm. Oafv, dragglst, Raittllton, o. "Hood's BanMpatUla haa currMi mc of serof- tilnus hmnor, anil done mc WOftdl 'f OCd otherwlcc" c. a. Abkolo, Arnold, Mc a book contatnlng many cddlUonal staie naatt ot cntti irUI ie amt to all who iiesirc. Hood's Sarsaparilla 80M by ;iii drngftft. i ; H Kada onlyby O. 1. HOOD & 00., Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses One Dollar. bcrtisemcnls. DO IT NOW s mm JJotes by the Way. READING by the millionand printlng are steadily evolving a new agriculture and a new jieople. A HO(i consumes twice the weight of food that a steer does, and grows more than twice as fast. THE farm now requires men of bralna, and in future the dull boys will have to seek other Qelda for an occu pation. HAVE some good hogs, gdbd cattle and good sheep. Invest money in the best of all kinds of stock. Itven at preseut prices it will pay. APPLE-TBEE8 should be made to pro duce good fruit or be destroyed. The farm should not remain tncumbered with unsightly and worthless trees. It is always best to save, but to save yourself, in the long run, will be the most cconomical. To know whether the cream is just right demands the use of a thermoraeter. In the production of butter the cheap est food is not necessarily the best. Hutter is a product in which quality be comes a ready commercial factor and as in no other farm product. Well-MADK fertili.crs do not mate rially deteriorate iu (juality if kept in bags and not allowed to get wet. Any of the standard superphosphates may be sprcad broadcast and harrowed in for turnips. What is known aa a "starter" for ripening cream is the addition of a sniali ciuantity of slightly-soured skinimed milk; this introduces the germs of ferment and hastens the ripcn- cream is not ment asthis, bowevcr, would bc rather espcciaiiy vmicii ... stirred. misieauiug, lor we see uiai 111 regaro to grain the amount abstracted to pro duce the straw is considercd, while nothing is allowed for the tops of the potatoes. It is probable that at least half as much fertilizing matter is taken from the soil to produce the tops as to produce the tubers. We should be inclincd to say two-thirds; and having this fact in view, we have always taken pains to carefully bury the tops of each hill in digging the crop. At one-half as much, thc amount of fertilizer required for an acre would be six hundred pounds; and on fairly good potato land, well tlllcd aud tended, this is about the quantity actually re quired; though it is too little, rather than too much, to depend onfor gelting an average of two hundred hushels to the acre. Without doubt a part, even of the best and nio-t soluble fertilizer, fails to be seeured by the growing crop; but,on the other hand, there is some nutriment in the soil, aside from the fertilizer, that is available. ln testiug the value of ferlilizers by trial plots, it is rare to see a case where six hpndred pounds of a potato fertilizer, compared with no fertilizer, will increase the crop more than one hundred hushels. If it does that, it coststwelve ceuts a bushel for the fertilizer. We regard the items of this table as very useful to a think ing farmer who will compare it with his own experience. Talks 011 Farm Toplcs---No. 1. Much has been written about warm water for stock; but there are some pointl which I have not seen taken up by any writer. There are Ihree ways of watering stock: (1) Hy water run ning tbrOOgh pipes into a tank or trough; (2) by puuiping water into a trougb; (.'() by drinking from runolng streams. If you dlp a tbcrinomelci' into a brook in cold weatber you will lind that it will mark a little above thirty-lwo degrees. As boou as such water Btands slill ice will begiu to form on ihe top. Yet many cows have to drink just such water through holes WHETHER a man or a boy will suc ceesl on a farm depcnds very inucb on whether he has a real love of the coun try aud farm work. If be has, he will BUCceed in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred. If he has not, chances arc t even againsl him. THE preseut rapid increase of popu latiou in this country indicates that soon we will need twice as many cows i as we now have to supply the demand 1 for good butter, or we must keep a j cow that will produce twice as much as does the present dairy cow. Ensilahk is a good crop for Ameri can farmers, because maize grows so perfeotly aud is so easy a crop on its 1 native contineat, and because the fail- j ureof continuous efforts for forty years 1 ou the part of airricultural writers has shown that American farmers can not be induced, in any considerable uum ber, to grow roots ou a large scale for feedlng. " No doubt," says Ilenry Stewart, "the reason why so many pigssuffer from apoplexy and nervous diseases arising from iudigestion while fatteniug is lliat they have not suftieient liipuid food. Linseed meal or other oil-meal is not a desirable food for pigs at any time ; nor is cob-meal desirable, for the rea son that the pig's stomach is small and naturallv adapted to concentrated food." AccoitDiNu to the Cierman values of the albumlnoldl. fati and carbohydrateu in stock foods, the dlgCltlble parts of a ton of oat straw have nearly seventv lier cent, and of a ton of wueat straw nearly tifty-six per cent. of the value of the digestible DOrtlODI of a ton of aver age meadow hay. liut this is only wbcn these straws are rightly fed witii other things. Fed alone, their value is much less. A QREAT deal of small talk is niade over run down farms and the declloe (f Ihe fertility of the soil. This is only evidence jf how much easier it is to WhtoC than to brag and how much more peopie like to do it. In tlie face of such claims it is a fact that lands in the hands of good farmers are actually more productive at the present liuic and uuder iiresent managemeut than iu the days 01 virgin fertility, and this is the case not only in iudividual caBcs but with many of the farms as we tiud them through a towu. Iutelligeut handling more than makes up the drafl upon the supply stored up by uature. Choice Seetl Potatoes Kurly Alltiin) tnnl Kurly DurhBTH, S.M per l;tr reli MorniiiK st h r. White Blephanti Thonderbolt inq BoDftnMi itsOD tr Imrn'l, fr mw bwrel. Ht MarshiU'hl or Vcnt Dftnvtlle. Th Bbovfl rrteilei nrf Hiuoiin tln! vtv lt"t sorts i'vir ktowii in this Rcrtton. I.. H. KKA I, Oftbot. Vt. Clcanse the System WKD UMI mosi RIMOH mc ii inc patoco ostw c mpouiKL 11 pnriflcatlw lj ( od, curcs CoriSll):iMofi, nn 1 renlalcs UM UfCf Mld UM syslem of all WtM and dsad mattcfi Pasne's Oelcry Compound comblncs tHM ii'T.c toalO RBd StTBBgUMMllf rttislltiti. rnilTlrn ti eoeitjtoii uidRpvlta. " I haVC beCB MKlblCd 6 some years witli a OOtnpUC&tlon Of (lltneultles Atter trylnif va rious remedies. and imt llnillint rcllef, I t rl d Paloo'i Celerj Compound. Hefore tcudug qm fuii botUe tiie lons troublesome syinptomii bs ann to suhsldc, aud I can truly say now, tbal I net like a Bew man. DlgesUOO bM Improved, nnd I have pnlned ten ponn'Jsln wcihi rinoe I huve commcnccil r . 1 ! . 1 . : : i iif I. lloNi sTi s mvaiins. Kch livllle, Vt. i.oo. hi.x for fi.oo. AiDrngglata Wr.us, KiciiAiinsoN st f'o.. ilurllni.rim. Vt. ANY ONE CAN DYE A Dress, or a Coat, finy Color Ribbons, Feathers. Fon Yarns, Rags, etc. ten cents nd in many other WMTI SAVE Money, and mak tliinR. look like NEW. by uslni UIAMOND DYES. Tlie work i easy, simple, quick ; ihe ;nnn th- BEST and FASTEST known Ask for D1AMOND DYES and take no other. ForGilding or Bronzing Fancy Articlei. USE DIAMOND PAINTS. Oold, Silver, Bronze. Copper. Only 10 Cents. Babv Portraitsa tures tf'im Um, 1 rinlecl un RO platc papM PJ pntcni iinoio proceaB. sent Tree to Mothei ot ny Baby iini wlthtn a rear. F.very H other wanta fhesa plCturafl ; Mfid nt once. OtVC Bnhy's DMDQ Ulld IM. WELLS, RICH&RDSON & CO., UBLINQTON, VT. IBtstcllanj). DIAMOND I FIK8T SEND-0FF To the Farmers of Washington Gounty, We now have tlie most coinplete line of Agricultural Iinpleinenls in Central Vermont. 9 Diti'erent styles of Spring Tooth Harrows at prices lower than ever before offered. Also Clark's Plain and Cutaway DISK HARROW. The Ajax (All Steel Frame) Cultivator and Horse Hoe! 9 Lobiteri ( at ami Lktj, A Slfinington, Conn., lndy was drawn Into a earioni ccl and lobatcr aSatr ln that bOfOngh by the sna the ttlhr.r day. The niarketmnn had left a large sca green lnbster on the rear veranda of Eer house, and he was baskinu in thc sun. He was alive, bttt he didn't, look it. With claws sprawled out and with long sniellers harely swnying, he looked like a sca-)Iant the wiiid was fooling with. He was waiting for something 10 turn up. Along came the sleek, handsome Maltese family eat. The cat saw the lobster and the lobster alsosaw the cat, but niade no advances. (iingerly nnd susiiiciously the cat pioked her way to the lobster "and sniclt of him, but still he srnve nosign. Ii was cvidently a qneitlon witli her whether the lob ster was nierely a pieee of fashionable new Cmcfald brica-brao, or something that she coubl have fun with, and shc walked dillblently around the lobster twiee, and linally stepped up in front of bim. She put out one paw. The lobster thrust out his claw, aml there was a bony crackle and creaking, as of unloosing toggle joints as hc did so. They shook they shook for a second, and thCD thc cat wanted to let go. The lobster wouldn'l. Ile was a stayer, and be had the cordial hand-shake of a Slon ington bony flsh captain. Then the cat tncd sciencc to make him quit. She sutldenly described a double back som ersault four feet in the air, but the lob ster went along, too, and he came back witli ber, and as he came down smote the veranda tloor with a sullen, hollow whang. Next the cat spun down the veranda boards as quickly as she could with a six-pound lobster still shaking hands with her in a tenacious way, but thc lobster held his own. Then she wallzed back to the starting p'.ace, the lobster going with her, wliirled over on her back and kicked, nnd for ten seconds the verandn and the air wcre full of tlying lobster claws, smellcrs, llying legs, bits of fur, a swollen, plumelike tail that rose and fell, and cat-calls, with stitled feline spittingat cvery other see md, mingled with the dull thump of the lobster as he came down on his back on the tloor. Uut at the end of the bout, when the cat sat up, the lobster was still facing her, and he still had hold. The cat looked surprised. Thc lobster seemed tobe relishing agrowing convictiou that there was more fun in the world than he had ever dreamed of in the cradle of the deep. He was fresh. But the rumpus had hrought the housewife to the scene, who, beholding her favorite Maltese in the grip and embrace of a compacative stranger, at once darted for the lobster to pull him off, while the cat, seeing in her a rescuing chani pion, simultaniously, made a rush for hcr ample lap. He was the quicker, and thereupon it heeame a triangular affair of cat, lobster and woman. The Maltese had the lady with his three dis engaged claws, the lady had the cat, the cat had the lobster, with his fourth claw, and the lobster had the cat. Then the whole performance had to be re hearsed again, and the lady was not able to scparate all the performers until she dragged the cat and lobster into the kitchen and pried open the lobster's grip with an oyster-knife. Since the af fair the Maltese will have nothing more to do with sea-food. er York Sun. Our Koadvrays. iubbeH's Improved Reversible Plow! Fantiers, do not fail to call and ex amine our extensive line before purchasing. D. L. FULLER & SON, Head of State Street, - - - Montpelier, Vermont. THE YANKEE PULVERIZER The Yankee Steel Plow! The Improved Billings Gorn-Planter! The Strowbridge Seed-Sower ! THE ST0DDARD GREAMERY AND BARREL-GHURN! The Waters Butter-Worker, etc., eto., are speeialties sold by us whieh should be exaniined by every farmer. lvery one of the above tools warranted to give satisfaetion. Barrows & Peck, South Main St., Montpelier, Vt. BUY MONTPELIER CRACKERS! THE BEST IN THE WORLD. MANUFACTUBED HY C.H.CROSS &SON MONTPELIER, VT. ALSO I T FACT LT RH OF FINE CONFECTIONERY. This is the time of year when those of us who live or visit out of town have the privilege of bumping over irregular heaps of dirt or sods thrown down in every chance holluw or stony ridge in the roads. We know what it means; the roads are bcing repaired. Custoru develops patience. Most of us have ceased to commeut, as we are thrown forward aud backward on the carriage seat. We have neveniuite determined whether we would rather ride over thc bumps, thc sods and loose stones, or go splashing through slush and mud holes a little later ou. In some sec tions of the country there is an over sight and authority exercised in the re pairing of the roads, but iu most coun try districts the farmer works out his taxes and pays the wheelwright for keeping his wagons in repair, scolding because the roatls are in such adreatlful condition, but never seeing his relation to the comfort and cconomy of the whole region. Governor Heaver, in his last annual message, says, with truth beyond contradiction, what might be said by the governor of every state in the t'nion: " It is said that the clvilizatloD of a country is marked by its roads. If this be true, Penusyi vauia can not claim to have ranked highest in civilization. It is safe to say that no expenditure of public moneys yields so little in return as the road taxes of I'eunsylvania. Our en tire system of road laws or rather our road laws which lack system should be thoroughlv revised and COdlQed. The comfort of our peopie, economy in the transportation of our products, saving in the wear and tear of vehicles and aniinals and the need less mttltiplloatlOQ of hig'.ways, all de mand that the laws goveruiug tbe laying out aud coustruction of our roads should be radically refornied and systematized. This may be eonsidered a matter of niinor importauce. and yet it affeets every iuhabitant of the com mouwealth. We must all use at some time or other, in comc way or other, our public roads. Their character aud condition affect the hreediug of our stock, the style of our vehicles, the carrying capacity of the fanuer's wagou and the speed and eujoyment of all who travel them for biuloeaa or pleas ure, either in the carriage, in the sadtllo, on thc bicycle or on foot. A thorough system should be devised aud authorized by tbe legislature, which could be put into imuiediate eft'ect hv our oltler communities and adopted bv ihose which are newer, as their ability and the wants of their peopie might rvoulre." ChHtHan l niim. HiiKLiN's Aunica Salvk. The best salve iu the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, ohublaloi. corns and all skiu eruptions, aud positively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfactinii, or money refunded. Price twenty-live ceuts per box. Sold by all druggisU.