Cromnlion is ranking progress in Great Britain. Faeilit es tor inoinora fttion bT8 now been proviilcil at Man diopter and Glasgow, as well ft"! at Woking, BDtl every year tho number of bodies disposed of by tUat proocts is increasing. There is a Boston church where tho contribution box lias a small boll con coalod in it, which Tinps only when a deposit is modo. The collection is taken during tho sermon, nul tho stingy chnrchgoers are thus ensily do teoted. The Shah of Tcraia is going to send an embassy extraordinary to visit fuc ccesively St. Teterslmrp, Vienna, Be r lin.rarisand London. Nasscrct Monlk, son of the former 'Minister of Foreign Affairs of the lato Shah, will bo nt tlio head of it. He is said to bo an intel ligent man, quite fnniilinr witti Euro pean affairs. Cretins nntl Inrrenr. An elephant wears mora creases to his trousers thnn any other animal. They sawn lo be sort of a kilt pleat with a bi:i3 clopo. lie Is not very fashionable, but is up to ilnte In inking enre of htmpplf. H.imn KUiMeu, violent pains cnvie, twist or contrn-t tile muscle or tenJens, nud this is the nature of a bad praln. If nusleeteil, the creases In crease, and so does the pain, until sometimes It is very difficult to straighten them our, but by the prompt use of St. Jacobs Oil, tho friction or nibbing I" its application and the enratlve qunlltios of tho oil will smooth out tho worst twist or cre.ne and Rut the. muscle In natural shape, whore It will remain, re etored, strengthened, cure !. Promptness in using It insures prompt cure, and when the sprain Is cured, It is cured for good. Thore is said to have been very much less snow in Mnlne at the beainnin of March than ever before nt that season in forty-five years. No.To.Bac for Fifty Cent. flrer 400.010 rnrel. Whv not let No-To-Bilu regulate or remove your desire for tobacco? Haves money, make neaiiu aim mnnuoou. Cure guarantied. 60 cents and il.M. at all druggist. Horses have been offered at Oxford, Mo , lately in open market nt "S and take your pick." Deafneu Cannot be Cured There Is only one way toiure deafneao, and that Is try constitu. flamed condition of tha mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube, wnon tins tuoo Beta in. flamed ron liavo a ninihlinff Eotind nr iir.uer. feet hearing, and wiit-u It is entirely closed De.irnuss la tui result, and nine's tho inimm- inatioacan bo taken nut nnd this tulwi re etored to its normal condition, hearinr will bo destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, whioli is notlilnir but an in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for nny ee of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can. sot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, trend for circulars, tree. F. J. CnrNi-r & Co., Toledo, O. Fold by Dro guilts. 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the hsU Mrs. Wlnslow'e Soothing Syrup for children tonthinir. softens the trams, retiuces lnuaroiria- tloa, allays pain, cures wind colic. 26c. a bottle CAScAnirrs stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe; 10c FlTSstopped freeandpermanentlycnred. No ft ta after firpt day's use of I)n. Kline's hkat NsiivsHESToniiit. FreeJ2trlalbottleand treat ise. Send to Dr. Kline. Kll Arch St., I'hila.,Pa I can recommend Piso's Cure for Consump tion to sufferers from Asthma. h.. u. I own- bend, Ft. Howard, Wis.. May 4. m. Wnkif bilious or costive, eat n Casearet. candy cathartic: cure guaranteed; 10o., 2jc. If afflicted wltlisorecycsueT)r. !?nacThomp-Bon'sEye-water. Druizinta bell tit "5c. j-er bottle. St. Vitus' Dance. Ono bottlo Dr. Fcnner't' Specific cures. Circular, r redonia, N. Y. Just try a 10c. box of Cascnret?. the finest liver aud bowel regulator ever made. by local applications, as they cannot reacn the Diseased portion ox me ear. THIN ma SHELLS. The Mediterranean breed of fowls which aro the most nbnndant egg pro ducers are very apt to lay cgGS with thin shells. They tnnet have abun dance of gravel to grind their food with cut bone to make the material for both egg and shell. But usually these breeds do not begin laying until the weather is warm enough for them to range and forage for themselves. If tho fowls are now laying thin-sholled eggs they are probably of the Asiatic; breeds or those related to them, in cluding Plymouth K"cks. In snoh case it shows you have been giving too much Brain, fattening tho fowls in stead of increasing the egg product. Because wheat is good ogg-produoing food, it is often fed in too large quan tity. Wheat is quite as fattening as corn, and should bo fed lightly every day, as a supplotnont to cut clovor, beet tools or other vegetable matter, which should always form part of the fowls' diet,in wintei. Boston Cultivator. HOW SALT HELPS ASPARAGUS. The New York Former takes excep tion to the oft-repeated statement that salt is necessary to asparagus, be cause the plant in its wild stato is mostly found near the seashore, and thrives where salt spray can reacu it, The Farmer argues that this merely proves that the salt is not injurious, and per contra that tna plant is suc cessfully crown hundreds of miles in' land, and that without the u?o of salt. While this may and does ehow that salt is not absolutely necessary to crow asparagus, it. cannot prove that it is not useful, lhe salt may not bo a constituent of tho asparagus plant, yet it may bell) its growth in other ways. If applied heavily it will check or destroy weed growth, whilo not in inring the asparagus plants, which have been for thousands ot years sub ieet to showerin.es from fait sea enrav. But in smaller doses the salt will help make soil fertility more available, for salt is one of the best solvents known, Asparagus docs best on very rich soil If made eo with stable manure much of this manure takes a long time to get into condition for plant use, Hence on general principles salt ought to be applied lu Bmull amounts to gardens or other rich soil for nearly all crops. It helps the toil hold moisture by attracting it from the air, The beet crop is especially helped by salt. and will livo several years. A his would be ft good money crop for somo enterprising woman to raie-e, as she could easily tend U, aud the fresh dried lonvos unadulterated would una a ready market after once introduced in that form, under a particular brand. Every kitchen, garden or yard should boast of at least one hop vine, hich. when properly trainod, is very ornamental and will yiold enough hops for family uso yearly. A short row of currant bushes will be a good investment and furnish you with sauce for your holiday dinners, as well as jelly and jam. And if your crop is o good one, yon will have no uso for ldmons, for crnsued cur rants make a very delicious drink in warm weather, and when prepared like grape juice, will keep for soma time. Almost Blind Wns my little girl, owins to scrofula trouble. he was treated by physicians and sent to a hospital without I elng cured. Ve resorted to Hood's Saraparllla, and lu a week we could tee a cliame. Wo continued giving ber tbis medicine, and to-day her eyes are perfectly well; there is not a blemish on her skin, and. sha is the picture of health." B. C. Alls. S21 West 01st Street. New York, N. Y. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is sold by nil druggists. Price $1. six f -r g.i. Uj.Arla D!ile Bre Prompt, efficient and liUUU 9 f ma easy m cirecc e.i cema. Bad way s PHls Always Reliabh Purely Vegetahla Perfwtly tOHtelesn, pli'prnntly crated regulate, minfv.rlt'ftiiHf ami Htrenirtlien. HA1WA"H PILLS fur thnrm-Mfif nil iIim ittlxil of the Stomach, BoWfU. KtdnfVfe. UlaiMer. Nervous Urease, Uizziiie&s. Vertigo, Cuhiiveuty, 1'ilea, BICK HEADACHE, FEMALE COMPLAINTS, BILIOUSNESS, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION nnd all Disorders of tho Liver. riiMprv ill ft,lliwinu M-mrt 1,111. resnltum from dtetaMM of the ihfces'lM- ! w.ili: tVtistipati.'ii, in-tttrii-vlli-ft f lilltlvi-n of Mo'.d 111 the limit, aolillty of the t,Uillta-h, iiausett. heartburn. ui-llt i,f tt od, tnl)iiti ct wpU'M if thf k1i,ih it-ti, sour erm-tatiwiM, kii,ln,u r flutterim-' i f the llurt . i'hoktlli or blltlw rattiiK beUFitlicnii wTit-ii In s h int.' pi-Miii-e, dniiiiesi nf vl.iill,d.ti. or welw It-fore the --U'ht, lever and .lull 111, lu tho head, ilelh inu of jieroiratioli, velluwueliH of tilt) l.kl!l mid eve;., j aiu ill the hide, i-beit, Htulm, and biuuii-u flnlieu of hmt . burning it, the aeHli. A fi wdoM-s of ItADWAVH WI.1.S will free the aytiteuj ol all the above-named ilir.onler" Irlce 3c. a Box. old by llrunlHta, or oi-ul by ujull. RADWAY & CO.. Elm iStreot, Newjfork. e i rtr a VPAn renters ou PLENTY. OF Air. FOB C0W3. The eupply of fresh air must ho constant one, but the means by which it is obtained must m some way I: controlled, so there will always b enough and never a great excess. Wi know of no self-regulating arranse merit for accomplishing this. It can only be accomplished by constant and careful attention. Whether the air be admitted through windows and doors or through specially constructed ven tilating shafts is immaterial, provided it is admitted and care is exercised that no animal tball bo rendered un comfortable by standing in a draught. It should also be borne in mind that fresh air will enter most readily on the windward side with an opening for the outward blow of eeoond-hand nir on the opposite side. Each mature cow needs not lets than 3200 cnbio inches of now air every minute. This is 2600 cubic feet in the twenty-four hours, nnd the supply must be con stant. Hho eaunot get a day's supply during the few minutes she may be iu the open air getting the water sho needs. Neither can she get it during the day and then be sealed up for the night to constantly use the same sup ply, J3he can drink enough in five minutes and eat enough, in two hours to satisfy her needs for a day, but fif teen or eighteen times a minute, UOU times an hour, she must have her sup ply of fresh air. And this each hour in the day, and eaon day ol her life. F. L. Busscll, Veterinarian, Muine, in Massachusetts Ploughman. MILE IN' Qt'ALITV OF ETtF.EDF.nl. Wo hear very little said about the milk producing capaoity of any kind of animal except tho cow, whose milk is in this oountry the only kind much used by man. But in parts of Europe too rough or too poor to support cows, the milk of the goat and sheep is very largely used. As milked by the human band, and possibly given better care and feed than they get while running wild, both goat and sheep develop greatly increased milking capaoity. In Arabia and among the Tartars the milk from marcs doos not go long to suckle tho colt, whioh is quickly partly weanei, while a portion of the supply from bis dam is divorted to making tho Koumyse, drink that has valuable nutritive qualities, and which is mado bv fermenting mare s milk. It is probably true that tho highest excellence for both milk aud fat pro duction caunot bo combined in ono animal. Therefore, in such animals as the hog, kept mainly to be fattened and killed, there is a constant ten dency as improvement in fastening qualities increases to deteriorate the milk producing capacity. For this reasou, except for the breeding of pure bred stcck, the dam should be of grade or native stock, and be chosen rather with regard to her milk produ cing capacity than for anything else. The very best bred sows are poor breeders. They will drop litters of scrawny pigs, with probably half of them decided runts. On tho other hand, a pure bred male of almost any of the improved breeds, crossed with a long bodied full grown sow, will get a litter that will bo large and have scarcely a runt in it. Such pigs will be thrifty from birth, because their dam, if fairly well bred, will have a good supply of milk. The value of a sow for breeding is very largely de cidod by the number of teats she has. This varicB from six or eight to twenty or perhaps more. We have grown lit ters of fifteen and have heard of those still larger. Of coarse tho sow cannot long supplv all of these with their en tire ration, but the better milk supply fcho has tho better the pigs will thrive. All horso breeders know that there is a great difference in mares as to milk production. Here the aotivity and nervous energy which enhance value in the animal for human uso are also compatible with tho highest capacity for milk. Some of the best trotting ruaros have wheu bred excellent dams in this respeot. Thn food of the horse, which is mainly of the kinds best cal culated to produce strength, is also for the same reason best calculated to inorease the milk flow. No other grain is quite eo good to make a large milk flow as oat, nnd this is the staple grain feed of the horso in most coun tries. American Cultivator. TEMPERANCE. TAT-A, BR Tnc TO KF.1 VThnt makes me rcfn.o a oelnl Rlass? Well, I'll tell von the ronson whyi Reoniifte a bonny, blue-eyed lass is over MnndlnK by; And I hear lier, boy, above tho nolso of the lest end tuo merry Rlee, Ki with baby prnca she klfscs my face and pays, "I'apn, ue true to mo. Then whnt can I do, to be traa to my la, better than let It pass by. I know yon think my refusal to drink a hreae'h nf vonr court eav! For I hear her rent In aoeents sweet, and her dear littlo form I see. As with lovlnir embrace she kisses my face and snys, 'Tnpa, bo true to me." Let mo off-r a toast to tho ono I love most, whoso dear lilt lo will I ob-y: Whoso Influence, sweet Is Kuldina my foot over lifea toilsome wnv: M iy the nun ever shlno on this Inssio of mino. trom sorrow may eho bo free: For with baby craco she bath kissed mj facu, and snld, "I'apa, bo truo to mo. THB FARMER AND TF.MrERANCE. Tho farm ounlit to be tho homo of the torn- rieranco sentiment of the country, for we who Ive In the country, removed Irora the olty'i and town's temptations, can more clearly so the follv of the alcohol linblt, than people who have lived so Ions with thobrewory and pro(rnry under their very noses that they have become iuured to their offensiveness, But from a purely prnctlonl point of view, all nuostlom of right and wronn aldo, WD out-lit to bo "dead set" nxainrt tho l. iuor In terest, from the :not that it is tho irrent dis turber of business. II tho millions of dollars now spent for drink that out?ht to bo to sup plying poor moil's families with food and clothinif nnd fuel, wore spont as thoy oujiht to be, thore would be homo markets for nil that we could raise, and "overproduction" would be a thins unheard of. An official Inqu'ry mado by tho Massa chusetts bureau ot Stutistlos of Labor Into tho relation of tho Honor traffic to pauper- Ism, crime nnd insanity, has brought out some interesting facts. As to the Insane, so far as can bo ascertained, seven out ot every ten had Intemperate parents; and one ont ol every four wa9 bellevod to have been made Insane by his own intemperate nanus. Ol all the rau twrs ot the State institutions. three out ol every four were addicted to the uso ot liquor, and nearly one-half had intem perate parents. Ot all the arrests for crime durinR tho year, two-thirds were for drunk enness. Taking Into account all kinds of crime, In about eight and one-half ease; in every ten tho Intemperate habits of tho of fender lod to a condition which induced the crime; and excluding minors, ninety-six ot every ono hundred persons convictea oi irlme were uddlcted to the use of liquor. Massachusetts has a local option law, un der which tho cities and towns vote annually upon the licenslus of saloons. One branch ot tho bureau's investicatloo wns directed to ascertaining the relative amount ot drunken- uess in places whore the saloons were ciosoa and In those where th3y were open. In the no-licunse cities aud towns itte u. :-epis tor drunkenness wero onlv about one-fourth, and for offenses other than drunkenness, less lhau half as many per thousand of the popu lation, as in license cities and towns, in tlvo cities which were for a part of the year ti u icr license an 1 n p:irt of tho year uudor uo license, the licensed moot US showed nrarly three times as many arrests for drunkenness, on the average, as tho no- license mouths. Those statistics, taken as a whole, seem not only to establish a close connection betweon Iho liquor trnfnj and crime, pauperism nnd Insanity, but to show also a considerable suriailtnent ot these evils when tho saloons aro closed. L .C. Poor, In Farm News. ootlem liiHiimiii at-elite. I .H. lit.' iiollcy. no; iiuliui-n -THY 'u.. !M 6M Ae.. N AtiFNT wuYited. Hepburn k Co. York. Pln1ntie.il. N.J. wry .1. ill HI m ; ,i !H fi , i J -.'v m;- and health making are included in the inakiuK of HIRES Rootbcer. The prepa ratiou of this great tem perance drink is an event of importance iu a million well reKnl-itcil uomes. Rootbeer is full of pood heuhh. Invigorating, nppetu ing, satisf) itiK- l'ut suiue up to-tiiy and have it ready to put down whe.ie icr you're thirsty. Made onlv by The Charles K. Hires Co. l'hiladcliihia. A pack age makes 5 ;:iilous. bold evcrve "ncre. INDISPENSABLE FOB THE KITCHEN GARDEN. At this time of ordering seeds for the kitchen garden, says Alioo E. Fin ney, in the American Agriculturist, it is a good plan to have a few of these, indispensable plants which need bo little space, and so little care, and aro really among the must haves. Already you are longing for to mo horse-radish, but how few farmers have it in their gardens. There may be one man in a neighborhood who raises it, and it you hint pretty strong bo may give you a few roots, enough for one grating; but when tho whole neighborhood hints he will doubtless have to cease taking the hints. If he gives you any roots this year, you had better plant them, and it might be a good invest went for you to buy a few. It would be as profitable as buying the small cans all prepared from your grocer. If you want to avoid smnrtiug eyes, put on your wraps aud sit out on the veranda to grate it. In the open air the work is not at all troublesome. Another early spring reliEh, whioh need not to be planted in tho gnrdtn, but will grow equally well on tho waste around beside pigsty, farmvard, etc, is the Jerusalem artichoke. Wbeu dug curly, bo!ore ' anything ot tho kindcau be grown, they taste fresh and crisp, una when sliced and seasoned with alt, pepper and vinpgur, they are almost as nico as cucumbers. Hngu is a very useful herb nnd one that is often conspicuous by its absence from the garden. Yet it is one of tho mubt haves for seasoning dressing for roust turkey, chickeus or sausage, aud is very nice sprinkled over fresh pork or real. It is also necessary as a medi cine in the family. This, like horsi' radi'jh, is a haudy thing to borrow if neighbor i:i willing to lend out with hopes of po ro'.uru, or it tuuy be bought at tho grocery. Vet like iho prepared hurae-raJisb, it is usually adulterated and lucks strength. Don't About the Spices. Jamaica has the ollspico whioh get the credit of taking the place of many diuerent spices; boutu America re- loioes in the chile, wnion is used in great quantities. Cinnamon, a small portion of whioh was onoe held a present which kings were glad to re ceive, is a native of Ceylon and has been known from the most remote time. It was first carried to Europe by the Arabs. Cassia bark is a rela tive of cinnamon, and is prized for flavoring liquors and chocolate. The Malabar coast of India furnishes the natives with cardamom, and mustard comes from the East Indies. The Hpico Islands have given tho world few things more popular than tho dried buds of a tree smoked and dried in the sun, named in Latin, from their resemblance to a nail, clavus, and called by us cloves. In the same group of islands a s nail col lection of islands are planted entirely iu nutmeg trees. Caraway comes from the northern and central parts of .Lu l-ono and Asia, is used as ilavoring iu cooking and drinks, in cheese, cakes aud bread. Sweet marjoram, native to Portugal, and capers originally crew wild iu Greece and Northern Africa. Aaioetida, which has an un savory reputation among us, is highly prized as a condiment in Persia and lu lin and is used in France. Su'-tnr, which we class among the indisponsablus, was wholly unknown among tho ancient nations, and for that rea;on they used honey as we use sugar, llouey was tuereiore a very important article of diet. Silt was almost entirely produced by evapora tion of Boa water. If the entire ocean were dried up it would yield uo less than 4,419,').i0 cubia tnilesof rook salt, or ubout fourteen and one-half times the eutiro bulk ot Europe above high watermark, mountains and all. Eva iicratiou is still practiced on tho sea board, Portugal pro.luoes annually 330,01)0 tons; Spain, 200,000 tons; Italy, 163,000 tons; Austria, 100,000 touti. WHAT OPENED PAT S EYES. A coachman, fond ot Btrontr drink, re plied to his master's warning that he knew when lo stop nnd ho ono should ever see him drunk. Christmas came toon after nnd Fat drank freoly with tome friends. At night he was ordered by h'S employer to bring an old horse aud btt.'sy to the door. uo and seo what s the matter wita i-at. enid tho Rcnllcmaa to his little son. "I ordered him to brluR a buggy to tho door Dearly a half nn hour ago. Oh. papn. come and soo what Put is doing!" said tho lad a few minutes later as he rushod iu almost bursting with lnughtor. "Ho wants you to come oil!." tioluit to tnocoacu nouse tuo owner saw the coachman in great excitement tryinif to forco a horse collar over tho bond and horns of nn old Jer?ey cow that stood quietly before the buggy. The Irishman had nlreudy put nn somo of tho harness an 1 tried in vain to put tho collar In plao Bald ho as the owner appeared; Her ears are ns shtlfl as shtieks and Ol enn't make tho col'nr go over thitn." Don't try any more, but pat her bnok in the stnll, then go to bod yourself," responded the owner. "Wheu you can t ten tne unier ence betweon nn old horse aud a Jersoy cuw you nre too drunk to work." The next morning, sober and humble, Pat begged his employer's pardon aui said that ho had taken too much Christmas tho clay before, so did not know wh it ho was about. Then be added: "Whin a mon uon t know an olJ harse from a Jersey oow. th-n he don't know whin he's got enough whuskey and it's toitne for him to sliton. That's what Oi mano to do. l'rom that dav, nearly nvo years aifo. r-ii has let whisky and strong drink alone. Us Is now a faithful temperance man. Mexico's UrcAlest General. The rtepublio of Mexioo has lost her croatest soldier in tho person of Guadolnpe Lopez, who died from pnenmonia after five days illness. General Lopez was known ns the greatest Indian fighter in the Republic. As a full-blood Indian he was able to coj.e with the savages with thoir own tactics. lie was regarnod as tho ve t officer in tho army, and, owing to hi universal kindnoss, was known all over tho Republic; as "Undo Lnpe." lie was Bixty-Qve years old, and leaves no family. VaIuo or Corn for Fuel. The pross bulletin of tho University of Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station rays : Tho present abundanoo of corn ana its low price have occa sioned much speculation as to its fuel value. There is such a diversity of I opinion and so little actual knowlcdgo regarding tho profitableness of buying corn instead of coal, that it seemed desirable to conduct a comparative tost that would show tho relative heat ing power of tho two materials. Whether it would pay to raise corn for a fuel is a question not contempla ted in thin investigation, but tho in terests of the largo number of peoplo living in tho region of cheap corn call for the determination of its most pro fitable no after it is upon tho market. To mako tho test, a good grado of yellow Dent corn, on the ear, of this year's crop, and not thoroughly dry, was burned under the boiler used to supply power for the department of practical meohanios, and the amount of water evaporated by the burning of a known quantity of corn was noted. The test lasted nine and one-half hours, and 5,232 pounds of corn and cob were consumed. Tho next day the same boiler wsj heated with screened Bock Springs nut coal for five hours, burning 1888 pounds of coal, and tho amount ot water evaporated was re corded. The data thus obtained show that one pound of ooal ovaporatod 1.9 times as much water as one pound of eorn. In other words, 1.9 times as much heat was liberated in burning oue pound of coal as in burning ono pound of corn. Several calorimeter tests were made, which agreed very closely with these results. The ooal used cost at Lincoln $G.C5 per ton. With coal celling at this price, and worth 1.9 times as much for fuel as nn oqnal weight of oorn, the fuel value of tho latter would be $3.50 per ton, or 12.25o. per bushel. The following table shows how much ooal is worth per ton when its heating power is the same as that nsed in the experiment, and whon eorn is selling at a certain price per bushel : Com Coal. per bushel. per ton. Scents .....$4 87 10 cents , '. 6 41 11 oents , 5 93 12 cents 6 4'J 13 cents . 7 11 14. oents.., 7 67 IS cents.... 8 11 It will thus be seen that if this qual ity of coal were selling at less than $11.50 and corn were bringing 12o., it would pay to turn corn, whilo coal must sell as low as $5.41 per ton to bo as cheap as fuel at lOo. per bushel. According to recent returns tbere were 917,201 births and 527,929 deaths registered in England and Wales dnr ing 18i)r. Tho natural increase of the population during tho year being thus 389,272. A genrrnl European war could not fail to stimulate prioos of American farm produco, yet our farmers, boasti the American Agriculturist, are dinin terested enough to wish the world at peace. tyStop! Women, - m y"SK a J " I I 1 1 A II . . . aiiu wuiisiuer uie mi-important ruci, That In addressing Mrs. riukhnm you are con fiding your privato ills to n woman a woiunn whoso experience in treating woman s diseases is greater than that of any liv ing physician male or female. You can talk freely to tv v.-oinnn when it is' revolting to relate your private troubles to n. ir.cn -besides, tmaii doo3 not understand simply because bo is a rami. - Many women suffer In Filenoe nr.d drift along from bad to wor.se, know ing full well that they otighttoha.ro immediate nyn.istnnce, but fi natural modesty impels thetn to plirlnlt from exposing themsoU'cs to the questions and probably examinations of even their family physician. It is unneces sary, without money or price you can consult a woman, whose 1 nrMvl.'fiirn f i-oin Rc1.mil csrneri- yKyifS enee Is trreater thnn any local physician in the world. The fo' lowing Invitation in freely offered; accept it in the same spirit: MRS. riNKIIAM'S STANDING INVITATION. tVc-men suffering from any form of female weakness arc Invited to promptly communicate with Mr3. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. All letters aro received, opened, read and answered by women only. A woman can freely talk of Iter private illness to a woman; thus has been establisbed Iho eternal confidence be tween Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken. Out of the vast volume of experience which she has to draw from, it is more than possiblo that she has gained the very knowledge that will help your case, (she asks nothing in return except your rood-will, nnd her advice has relieved thousands. Surely any woman, rich or poor, i3 very foolish if she does not take advantage of this generous offer of assistance Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, J vfuk ' H 8 9 ii, mm ii $mc II Si HI j O lJ''1 9 " 4 58 .noco.ace Walter Baker & Co. Ltd., Established in 1 780, at Dorchester, Mass. lias the well-known Yellow Label on the front of every package, and the trade-mark, "La Pelle Chocolatiere," & on the back. . T NONE OTHER GENUINE. ? 11 C1 1 1 V-1 uancr V kiui Wl uivaii iTinaav K-vfrWH M 9 HMHKWWtMvM THE INTEMTEniSCK OF COOKS. It is a well-known fact that a very large number of professional cooks, or cooks who worn in noiets ami iare uoaruinK noueus, are a IdletoJ to the exeedsive usu of stimu lants. Borne nserlbo this to tho IiIku tem perature of tho kitchen, aud consequent ex- hau9tiont ethers to the loss of uppeiito pro duced by lliocoti.-tant sit,' lit nnd odorof food. It is alio said to bodueio intlnR sauces that are llavored with spirits. Lnhaustloo and lack of at. petite are probably tho most fra- mient causes. Ou the other baud, men who are employed about the furniices of lion works, tho llretnen on railroads, und slokers on steamboats, nro not ndd eted to tho usu of intoxicnutK; they conlil not retain I Heir places u muy were. Whatever tho reasru for the lutein. purauce of cooks, it i-i generally understood that it is a physical one. Iu the interest ol humanity, the nuustinn is: li there not Borne retnody'r New ior Journal. LIQ.U0B IBAFFIC IN INDIANA. In evry town-hip in Montiroiuery County, Ind., has teeu organize I u law and orJel league, the express purpose of which is to roK'ulato, if not entirely sttppro-s tho liquoi traftlc. These several organizations nro lu the hands of thn leading aud most iutliien- lial citizens, und are secret In their work, only two or three persons of each longtiu being publicly kuowu. This secrecy as to monibersLiu bottt-r enabled the leagues to a-3. compliah their appointed work, and keepa the liquor dealers guessing whom to lo ,k upon ai uuemles or us ineuus. Airra lyiiie prosecutions hnvo begun. San l-'raucisjc txuminer. Horse Meat Test. Some people aro fearful that the bcrsu meat so generouily provided I uowuduyu will be foisted upon them by ' their butchers. The Paris correspond ' out of tho Medical liezord says that if a bouillon is ma le of the meut it will has been uiaJo a red brown by dipping iu l'or it rtiiinr.-s very litUo cure, und ! ijdme, wbiio beef nud uiuttju boud- taii be cut Kevcr.il times iu out) season, lou mnUo u didueut thudo PRUNE EN NESS DEFINED. When a man through drink has Impaired his reason, however temporally, he li drunken, even though he may not slugger. Wheu a nuiu through drink is made so ugly that he is abusive or even unkind to his lam. ily, he is drunken, nlthough bo may be able to stand upright. When a mau's nerves are so uusteaily throng. i Urink that he can noi properly perform Iih Lusiuea dmles, he 1 oruukeu, uiliiougn nu may not suspect it. Yueu iiod-given powers ot usefulness are smothered through the voluntary use ot in toxicating diliks. the condition n preheat! iliuukuunes.", and auy narrowing ot tins Ucu uUtuu is as foolish as it is wrong. both xrvta BAD. (,'hi nn whisky is sni 1 by seienlillu men tc bo less notsonoux Ihtiu tho b st. It contains eihyl-iilcohol, which is much iess harmful than the atnyl-alcotuil ilk which "good' whisky nbuuuilH. 1) Hh kfuos are equally iutuxie;iting, and when t ikciinterually thev lower tho temporal lire of lliobo,ly several degrees, aud yet the recipient tVuks Ihut U( feels warm A Naval Pigeon Post. It is satisfactory to hear that Iho Admiralty have sanctioned the build- lug of a loft for carrier pigeons at Devonport, eo that now we either actually have, or are shortly to have, pigeons stationed at Portsmouth, Hheerness and Devonport. In tho French Navy the carrier pigeon has been recognized for somo years, nnd there are well established lines of oommunioation between the French naval ports, Toulon, Corsioa, aud Tunis. It may further bo news for some people that French societies are constantly flying their birds from Portsmouth and Plymouth across the Channel, and that no precautions aro taken by our Government to prevent foreign birds from being brought into these towns and kept there. English birds are allowed to be released in Franoo, but stringent measures are taken to prevent their being kept in the oountry. In Uermany, Italy, Rus sia, Denmark, Spaiu nnd Portugal there are carefully organized pigeon services to aid in coast defence, and pigeons are regularly employed in the Italian naval manoeuvres. Westmins ter Budget. Uo (iuessetl the S.'x. The other day, writes a correspon dent, I waB told a story about the new Archbishop of Canterbury which 1 nave not eeen iu print. As my informant was a clergyman, it must, of course, bo true. A certain youthful curato was taken to task by his lordship for reading the lessons or the service in an inaudible tone. Whereupon the young man replied : "I am surprise that you thouhl find fault with my reading, as a friend of mine in the congregation told me that I was beautifully heard." "Did she?" mapped the bishop, and the fair young curate collapsed. His lordship had once been a young clergy man himselr, and knew a thing or two about the "friend." St. James's Ga zette. Prophecy, r a C'oliieMcncil The French astrouomer, Flam marion, avers that a lady living in Paris consulted a youug woraau re ported to have a way of seeing the most surprising things in a bcwl of coffee grounds, to leurn if possible who had robbed her of 8700. The girl described every pieoe of furnituro in the lady s apartment exactly, like wise her seven servants, and then said that although she oould not name tho thief, he would bo guillotined within two vears. This was in 188.3. Two years later one of the lady's, sorvants, her volet, was guillotined. New Eng- lund Homestead. ANDY CATHARTIC to 24 50 ALL DRUGGISTS iRQftT TTTTT V (!THIT)1I1ITT1?T1 to cart ny nn of constipation, f.iccartt ir th lill laiai hDDUhUiijllI UUfltiflnlttjU tire, iiiwi rrip or rripcbit nan mt natural results, fcua- pie anil booklet free. As. STERLING BKMKDf CO., ( hlr.ro. 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When reafling joa doubt. SEFS AH ErJOYGLOPEBIA H!H5 will clear up far ou- Ittiaaaiom- plct Index, totliat It may Ve ffl O T referred to easily. TliU 1 o k 1. a ri.h mine of v.iluiiblo R B Z Ij Ufl 9J B liifoHiiution. i-rescnted In u InteteMiuu . tinn ier, aud i. B 3'm W W 10 cll worth lo any ouo muuy limes I be stiiuil stm of FIFTY CENTS liich wa ask for it. Astudyof tlua bo.k will prove ot iiic.iliuhibla leuelit to tlio-e hosa edueatlon has boen nev'.eettd. wl ile the voliimi will alto le found of civt vii'ua Ut tlinne wlio ruiiuot readily eoninmii I lha knowl de tl y taB ncnuiru.!. BOOK PU3LI5HINO HOUSE, 134 Leonard St.. N. Y. City. ST TEJE MM 00 WAMTii
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