FARMS OF INDIA. The Hindoo Cattle are all of the Same Variety. No Fences to the Farms— The Wheat-Growing Area. Tho peoplo of East India are not stock farmers, says Frank Carponter in the American A/jriculturiit. The Hindoo peasauts will havo nothing to do with pigs or fowls. Tho only ani mals they keep aro horses and cows, aud the cattle all over India are of the •acred cow variety. These aro mag aillccnt animals, of a dove or light yel low color, possessing the aristocratic air of tho well- bred Jersey and the big framo of the Holsteins and Bhorthorns. They have great humps upon their shoulders, which rise fully six inches above tho rest of the back, and which, Btrange to say, look by no means out of placo. Tho Hindoos worship thesa cow*, and I visited at Benares a noted templo in which a hundred sacred bulls were prayed to every day. It was in the center of the city, and it looked more like a stable than a temple. Imagine a stouo court about tho sizo of a barn-yard, with an immense low band-stand in the center. Around tho court let their bo a row of stalls in which a• - liundrod of these sacred bulls, with tlieso big humps on their backs and with silky ears hanging down like those of a rabbit, stand with their heads toward the court. About the court other bulls are moving, and tho sloppy, dirty stone floor is filled with men and women having the dark, handsome features of tho Hindoos. They hold up thoir hands before tho bulls and pray. Pretty girls feed them garlands of bright flowers, and at tho edge of the court an old priest sits and puts a red mark on the forehead of each worshipper as ho goes out. Now and then the bulls roar and stamp their feot, but as a rule they aro as gentlo as pet rabbits, aud all of them aro as fat as butter. The Hindoos bring water from the Ganges and offer it to them, and they would much sooner cat their grandfathers than chow beef steak. Their scruples, however, do not pro vcut their using these cattle as beasts of burden, and, from Slngaporo to Bombay, I saw carts drawn by these beautiful shoulder-humped animals, and in many of tho fields I SAW men plowing with them. Tho only other beast in common use in India is tho water-buHalo, which is as homely as tho sacred cow is beautiful. It seems to bo a kind of cross between the pig and tho hippopotamus, and it has wide, flat, curved horns, a neck which comes straight out from the shoulders, and a body which is bloated and ill-shapen. Its skin is covered with thin straggling black hair, which looks more liko the bristles of a hog than the hair of a cow. It delights in wallowing in tho dirt, and it is tho mo3t plebeian species of tho genus bos. The sacred cows are milked, and the butter made from them is clarified and used by the Hindoos for cooking. A Iliudoo will never use lnrd or tallow in any shape, and the Sepoy mutiny was causod by the story being circulated that tho cartridges which the native soldiers had to bite wore greased. One of tlio curious sights of India is the 112 armor's pleasure-buggy. It is a Bulky-liko affair, raado of bamboo fish ing-rods and is covered with rod cloth. It is drawn by ono of thoso sacred bulls, some breeds of which aro famo%s for their trotting qualities and which can almost make as good tirm as the nverago horse. Tho driver sits on the shafts in front, aud there is just enough room under tho cover at the back for one or two people to sit cros-i-legged. "When a farmer wishes to travel from from one part of the country to another he gets into one of these carts, and if he is a wealthy man, ho will havo a richly-colored blanket to put over his bullock. I took a rido upon ono of them and found it as easy as any sulky 1 have ever tried in America. There are no fonces about the farms of India. AVooden fences would be an impossibility, oven if they were needed. Tho white ants aro tho great pest of tho country, and tlicso will eat up any thing woodon. Indiv has a vast net work of telegraph lises covering the whole Peninsula, and tho poles for these aro inado of galvanzod iron. Tho ties of tho railroadi havo to be mado of iron, and such few fences as I saw along the railroa li wero mado of barbed wire fas'.oned to sandstono posti. The great whoat-growing dis tricts of India aro in tho north, aud in the northwest province? about flfty scvyi per cent, of the couitry is used for wheat. The variety plan tod is not as good as that of Australia or Cali fornia, but it is good onough to find r market in liiglaud, and tho export* ceottati* to IncrMt* from y«»r t« y»«. Ail Aerial Hunt I was standing on the bank of • stream on the pampas, says the author of "Argentine Ornithology," watching a great concourse of birds of several kinds on the opposite shore, where tho carcass of a horse, from which the hide had been stripped, lay at tho edge of the water. One or two hundred hooded gulls and about a dozen chimangos wore gathered about the carcass, and close to them a very large flock of glossy ibises were wading about in the water, while among these, standing motionless in tho water, was one soli tary white egret. Presently four cavanchos appeared, two adults and two young birds in brown plumage, and alighted on the ground near the carcass. Tho young birds advanced at once and began tear ing at tho flesh, while tho two old bird* stayed where they had alighted, as if disinclined to feed on half putrid meat. Presently one of them sprang into tho air and made a dash at tho birds in the water, and instantly all tho birds in the place rose into the air screaming loudly, tho two young brown cavanchos only remaining on the ground. For a few moments I was in ignorance of tho meaning of all this turmoil, when suddenly, out of tho confused black and white cloud of birds tho ogret appeared, mounting vertically upward with vigor ous, measured strokes. A moment later first one and then the other ca vancho also emerged from tho cloud, J evidently pursuing tho egret, and only then tho two brown birds sprang into the air aud joined in the chase. For some minutes I watched the four birds toiling upward with a wild zigzag flight, while the egret, still rising verti cally, scorned to leave them hopeleisly behind. But before long they reached and passed it, and each bird as he did so would turn aud rush downward, striking at the egret with its claws, and while one descended tho others were rising, bird following bird with tho greatest regularity. In this way they continued toiling upward until tho ogret appeared a mero white speck in tho sky, about which four hateful black spots were still revolving. I had watched them from tho first with tho g.-eatost cxeitcment, and now began to fear that they would pass from sight and leave me in iguoranco of the result; but at length they began to descend, and then it looked as if tho egret had lost all hope, for it dropping very rapidly, whib tho four ravenous birds were all close to it, striking at it every throo or four seconds. Tho descent for tho last half of the distanca was exceedingly rapid, and tho birds would have coim down almost at tho very spot they started from, which was about 40 yards from where I stood, but the egret was driven aside, and sloping rapidly down struck tho earth at a distcnco of 250 yards from tho starting point. Scarcely had it touched the ground beforo tho hungry quartet were toaring it with their beaks. A Wonderful Japanese Family. "A thousand years iu oue household" [ikka sea-ncn) is an old Japanese say ng, employed with reference to an :vent which, in respect of extremo arity, may be classed with the sight of i dead donkey or a tinker's funeral. The Hochi Sh.inbiri says that an in itance may at present bo found in the louseliold of a merchant called Mizima Sensuke, who resides at Kanazawa, in he Saitama district of Sado. The amily consists of tho following mem bers: Great-great - great - grandpapa 3ongo, aged 130; Great- great- great rrandmatnma Tomi, aged 132; Great coat-grandpapa Gsmbei, aged 101; Sreat- great-grandmamma Miyo, aged )9; Groat-great-grandaunt Yoshi, aged 105; Great-grandpapa Gensuke, age 1 SI; Great-grandmamma Ktmi, aprod 79; Grandpapa G'mpachi, aged CI; Grand mamma Toyo, aged 00; Papa G:nkichi, ;ige 1 40; Mamma Tonw, united ages of the fourteen amounted at the close of last year to 9SO, and consequently bccamo 994 on the first day of this year, according to tho Jap aneso method of calculation. Next New-Year's Day, supposing that death had not intervened meanwhile, the aggregate ages would be 1008, s.nd as 994 is nearer 1,000 than 1.008, the family have resolved to celebrate (heii ikka sen-nen this Spring by a visit to the shrino of Ise, and afterward tc Kyoto, where the whole fourteen, from the littlo tot of 5 to the grayhead—il he still has any hair—of 130, will de their sightseoing in company. Cat's Eyes for Clocks. At 12 o'clock, noon, tho pupil of ■ cat's eye is nothing but a thin, hair-like line; after that time it dilates, so that by noticing the si/-- and ihnpe of the pupil one cmi .ie independent in » meai uro of clocks aud wnteha*. yhia Am«ritai*> QUAINT AND CURIOUS. A centenarian who ha# just died ir England spent ninety-niaa years of hen life in the one house. The highest railroad bridge in tho United States is tho Kineua viaduct on the Erie Road—3os feet high. The town of Bethol, Me., with nearly three thousand inhabitants, has no use for a lock-up, and proposes to rent out tho building formerly mod for that purpose. At tha funeral of John Cozzens, a prominent citizen of Spotswood, N. J., somo ouo discovered that there were thirteen carriago3 in the procession and one carriage was withdrawn. A letter written by Georgo "Washing ton in tho year 1793, introducing Win- Stanley, tho painter, to tho commander at Georgetown, was sold recently for $35, at Sotherby*, England. A man with a penchant for statistic? has computed that moro than four mil lion miles of blood pass through the veins of an ordinary human being dur ing a lifotime of seventy years. A wild rabbit in tho streets of Bidde ford, Mo., was one of tho "sights" that :ertain inhabitants of that city recently m joyed. As a reward for his tcmority ho was allowod to depart in peace. A Riverside (Cal.) man sent a piece of manzanita wood ton friend in Now York recently, lie has now rcceivod in order from a maker of musical in struments to forward a wholo carload. A special train of tho Baltimore and Ohio Riilroad mado tho run from Philadelphia to Baltimore in two hours md sixteen minutes, tho fastest time jver mado over tho now division with a single locomotivo. Leprosy in Civilized Lands. According to Dr. Morcll Mackenzie, lenrosy, tho scourge of tho Middlo A','cs, has not become practically ex tinct among Europeans, but 19 really spreading. It has botwoen 1000 and 1200 victims in Norway, is found also in Portugal, Greece and Italy, and is rapidly spreading in Sicily, in the Baltic provinces of Russia and in Franco, while tho British Islands aro not ex empt from it. In tho United States, cases have been found in California, in some of the states of tho Northwest; in Utah and in Louisiana. Many cases exist in Now Brunswick. In tho Sand wich Islands tho disease first broko out in 1853, and thoie aro now 1100 lepers in the Molokai settlement alono. The disease is extending in the AY est Indies. In Trinidad thcro wore threo cases in 1805, 800 in 1878 and probably more than 1000 now. Leprosy cx sts in Australia and Now Z :aland, and is estimated to havo more than n quarto! of a million victims in India It may bo added that recent investigations seem to remove all doubts that leprosy is contagious. The causo has been found by Hansen in a bacillus resembl ing the germ of consumption, and Dr. Arning of Hamburg has produced leprosy in a condemned criminal by in oculation. Heredity nntl Heniity. Heredity has much to do, of course, with facial beauty and refinement. Generations of cultured associations and education will naturally produco facos of iunato refinement and spirituality. If the course of such a life in a family is uninterrupted, it will load moro and more to beauty and refinement of fea tures. But it is, unfortunately, rarely uninterrupted. Thero is degeneration in nearly every generation, oithcr through crossing with coarser stock, or lack of education or mora' influences or cultured associations, or tho demoralis ing dofects of dissipation or low pur suits. FITS stopped free by DA. KLINE'S GREAT NKHVK HKSTOHKK. No Fits after It'ft "AY? use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and 5- >ri ß i bottle free. l>r. Kline.!K>l Arch St..l bila-.^a. One Reason Why nearly everybody should take a good medicine In the spring is because at this season tho system 1* especially susceptible to tho benefit to be derived from a reliable preparation like Hood's Sarsaparllla. Iu the winter various Impurities accumulate In the blood, the effort of which 1s most felt when spring comes on, lu general weakness and languor. The system craves assistance to maintain the health tono and expel impurities, which Hood's Sarsapa rllla readily gives. Try It. ••For Ave years I was sick every spring, but last year began In February to take Hood's Sarsaparllla. I used five bottles and have not scon a sick day since."—O. W. SLOAN, Milton. Mass. Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all i)rugßl«i. $!; Mx for f.l. Prepare.l only by C. I. HOOl) .* CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, MM. 100 Doses OnQ Dollar Ely's Gream Balm wibii uiiuK ■ffilyjeAO] Apply Balm Into uiclaoitriU ELY BHOf., M W»rr«n at.. N. nmil&J uri A Cunning Thief. Speak of the "spendthrift Yankee" t<» a London pawnbroker and the cold chills will go down his back in squadrons. He and his brethren have reason to remem ber the man. Mr. Leighton, as the American was known, dropped into a loan office one day and an ad vance on his diamond ring until he re ceived remittances from home. The pro prietor examined the jewel carefully and accepted it as a pledge for $750. It was redeemed and again pawned, then putin pledge once more, and the process kept up until the money lender grew well ac quainted with the ring and its owner. One day "Mr. Leighton" sauntered in; "Same thing, same sum," he remarked in his usual manner. "All right., sir, was the reply, the pledge was laid aside without scrutiny and the cash turned over. This time no redemption followed, and the ring, on examination, proved to bo paste. It afterward came out that the "Spendthrift Yankee" had disposed of eighteen other imitations else- by adopting similar methods. The I.ndy Next Door. Mrs. W. envied the lady next door because she always seemed so well and happy. She enjoys life and I don't," said the discontented woman. "How I would like to change places with her!" At last she made the acquaintance of tho object of her envy, and this is what the lady told her: "Happy/ Of course I am. for I eniov perfect health. Sly dear Mrs. your face tells me why i/oti are not happy. \on are suffering from functional derangements. 1 was a martyr to female weaknesses for years, but Or. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cured mo, as it will you if you will try it.it is (/wir nntmi to give satisfaction in every caae or price (Jll returned. Dr. Pierce's Pellets, one a dose. Cure head ache", constipation and indigestion. THERE are eighty-one women in Kansas act ing as superintendents of public schools. Sir, Novel* Prr*. sent by Cragln <fc (Jo.. Phil*.. Pa., to any on# in U. S. or Canada, post paid, upon receipt of 25 Dobbins'® Klectrlcal Soap wrappers. See list of novels on circulars around each oar. This soap for sale by all grocers. THE taxes for State purposes arc lower in Missouri than in any State in the Lnlon. To IHapel Cold», Headaches and Fevers, to cleanse the system effectually, yet gently, when costiveor bilious, or when the blood Is imp ire or sluggish, to permanently cure habitual constipation, to awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy ac tivity, without Irritating or weakening them, use Syrup of Figs. An Ardent Admirer. Old Mrs. Weatherbee ---"Oood-bye! John, and do take care of yourself, and t forget to bring me a largo hot tie of Dr. Tobias s \ tin etian Liniment; somehow I can t get along without it, and look out It tney tell you some thing else is Just as good -for 1 for one wouldn't believe it.and I ain't no dliferent to a host of others, either. \\ hy, there s Holly Ann Jones, Theresa i admlngton and Sarah Clnrke, and " . , , John (interrupting)—" Well, I reckon I won t forget ttint It Is Dr. Tobias's Venetian Lini ment that you want, mother! How many friends that old remedy has, and you re one of them, ain't you?" All diugafstssell it. F. .1. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0., Proprs. of Hall's Catarrh Cure, offer SUM reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for testimonials, tree. Sold by Druggists, 75c. We recommend "TansiU's Punch" Cigar. CTJACOBS oil CURES PERMANENTLY RHEUMATISM. Suffered for Nearly 30 Year*. 1»7 N. Chester St., Baltimore, Md. For nearly Si) rears 1 suffered with rheum* tisra in arm ana shoulder; could not lift my arm. Less than two bottles of St. Jacobs Oil Cured me. W. li. HfcESON. Of Many Years' Standing. Gadsden, Crockett Co., Tenn. My ease was rheumatism of many years' standing, contracted during the war; tried most everything without relief. St. .larobj Oil finally cured me. FRED. KOUGE. AT DRDOGISTS AND DEALERS. THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore Md. DADWAY'S il MUt RELIEF. THE GREAT CONQUEROR OF PAIN, For Kprninn, Bruise*. Backache. Painln tlie Client or Side*. Headache, Toothache, or any other external pain, a few applica tion* rubbed on by hand, act like magic, canning the pain to instantly "top. For C?ongentlonn. folds, Bronchitis, Pneu monia, I nfln initiation*. K lieu mat I em. * CM " rnlgia, l.nmbngo. Sciatica, more thorough anif repented applications are necessary. All Internal Pains. lllarrhsra. C-allc, Spasms, Naunea, Fainting Spellt. Nfrvoui" ne**, SlrepleimneM are relieved Instantly* nnd quickly cured by taking Inwardly JO lo (ill drop* In hall a tumbler of water. 50c. a bottle. All llrugglsts, DADWAY'S n PILLS, An excellent nnd mild Cathartic. Parely Vegetable. The Safe.t and Beat Medlcina In the world lor the Cure of all Disorder. LIVER, STOMACH OR ROWELS. Taken according lo direction* ther will restore heulth and renew vitality. Trice 25 ctt. a Bo*. Soldby all Druggis*. N Y NU—l9 _ PURELY VEGETABLE. 1 THOROUGHLY RELIABLE. >■ «,.u. p«i ABSOLUTELY BAFE. J *' FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. OR. J. H. SCHENCK & SON, PHILADELPHIA, PA. AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL CONSULT »U. 1.088, 3'iS North Fifteenth Street. Philadelphia. Twenty years .Kpwl.ao# iu special diseases: cures the worst case* of Nervoa* Complaints, Blood Poisoning, Blotches, Erupt loot. Piles, Catarrh, Ulcers sores. Impaired Memory Despondency, Ulinness of Vision, 1-nng, Llw (stomach. Kidney ißrighf. Disease); conSdentlaL lircaU or write for question list ancl book. ■ 1 prescr.uo fna tuuyea* done Big « th. o.ly .peclSc tor the certain cor. to 1 ot tbts disease. mjjM UlMSuiokh. " Amsterdam, N. Y BV Wr a ..I, w Ik. We ha,, sold Big Olo' mlm " r _ Vil many years, and It baa <3lrui o*. at yen th . last ot satlt- VsrT l »5»rA. lolt »r DniffUM. « BOAT, AHOY I the rapids are below you!" cried a man to a pleasure party whom he descried gliding swiftly down the stream toward the foam ing cataract. And we would err, " Boat, Ahoy I" to the one whose life is being drawn into the whirlpool of consumption, for un less you use effective measures you will be wrecked in Death's foaming rapids. If your lungs are weak, breath short, have Sitting of blood, experience occasional cold ills creeping up your spinal column, with hacking cough, variable or poor appetite, feeble digestion, with gradual loss of flesh, cold feet, lassitude or general debility, are easily fatigued, dont disregard these pre monitory symptoms. Thousands annually, without experiencing half the above symp toms and not heeding their timely warnings, are plunged into the relentless grasp of that most fatal scourge Consumption You cant afford to fool away any precious time, if suffering from any considerable number of these unmistaka ble symptoms of approaching danger! It's madness to trifle and experiment with un certain means when thus afflicted. Don't forget at such a critical period that the only medicine possessed of such positive curative properties as to warrant its proprietors in guaranteeing it to cure Consumption of the Lungs, if taken in and given a fair trial, is the world- _ mm -* » ail si» T!T> for an Incurable case of r. % orJPJaru.. Ca<arrh jn tha H ww the proprietors of DR. BAQE'S CATARRH REMEOt. Pq SYMPTOM CATA«M.-H<*daohe, obstruction of 112 Alitor into throat, sometime* profuse, watery, and a< rid, at others, thick, WW tenac&ua, mucous, purulent, bloody, putrid and offensive; eyes weak. m j nr in ears, deaf nees; offensive breath; smell and taste impaired, and gen- ElUk. era j debility. Only a few of these symptoms likely to be present at once. Dr. Hajre's Remedy nre* the worst oases. Only .10 r*»nt* Sold hv For Fifty Years the Standard Blood-purifier and Tonic, Ayer's Sarsaparilla has no equal as a Spring Medicine. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. I GRATEFUL—COM FORTI NO. j EPFS'S COCOA BREAKFAST. "By a thorough knowledge of the natural law* which governtbe operation* of digestion an 1 nutri tion. and by a careful application of the ft no prjper tles of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Kpps ha* our breakfast table* with a delicately flavoured bev erage which may save us many heavy diwtors bllU. It Üby the Judicloa* use of suoh article* of diet that a constitution may be gradually built »P. UU| ' 1 strong enough to resist every tendency to dftease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around u* readv to attack wherever there is a weak jwlnt. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping our selves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame."-"Civil .service Ganttte. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Soli only In half-pound tin*, by Grocers, labelled thus: J A UKS ItPFSi A: CO.. Homoeopathlo Chemist* iyOSDON, KWOLAWP. w w»mnU<l tb« betlcornSrepMr and mart toroliiO f«rtlta*r dlairtkator la Iks world. Bin# 1T Jfc iddnta mVBMI I m | ft 7erk.Fi. Pend for If-""* TUn«*r**ert ERAZER^I nisT IW TIIK WORLD U It LWU §y Qet the Genuine. Bold Everywhere. EVERT WATERPROOF THAT CAN BE RELIED ON BE UP KTot to STJllt! TO iwot to Discolor! i THE MARK _BEARS THIS MARK. NEEDS NO LAUNDERING. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN a MOMENT. THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF COLLAR IN THE MARKET. ulani or TIT— —*"" KUuraLy more t&au lor I Joaai necauary. It doe* no* eoa> LA**M»« and It »atlr«lr barmlMi. After 30 ITMK of trial In mors Uuo DM «uw our guaraaiM u worm «om* tuliw. (Jalfo maat b® irsatad trtaM Kxpaad » fa* oanM an 1 iron havo a oars on lua i, read r DE~ *NL perftapt «•»- ■ Horn. If DO: at your DRAWING .aolo- no »»uro r B £ r Tcc».. fl f lhl.h*n. l-a. „ yEJr rasssayßE; famed Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dls- C °Trymg condition* these, under whichito offer the afflicted relief and cure. No ordi nary remedy could sustain itself under sucn a guarantee. It would bankrupt its propri etors! Not so with "Golden MedicAl Dis covery." Its best advertisement is the thou sands of consumptives, in all parts of tha world, which it has restored to health, strength and happiness. T ,° day no other medicine has so great a sale. Why ? Be cause it does just what it is guaranteed to accomplish, otherwise it* sate on so peculiar a plan as this would ruin its manufact- Ml " CJolden Medical Discovery" cures Con sumption in ull its earlier stages, on common sense principles. Being, according to all recognized medical authority, a scrofulous affection of the lungs, it is reasonable to seek a remedy in those agent* known to prove most efficacious in conquering scrofu lous disease affecting other parts and organs. Now for Scrofula in all its myriad forms, nothing has ever yet discovered to compare with the wonderful remedy already mentioned. And especially is this true of Lung-scrofula, or Consumption. It soothes the cough, improves digestion, sharpens tha appetite, invigorates the liver, purities the blood, cleanses the system of all scrofulous humors, and builds up the flesh and strength. WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIA TION, 68S Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. W. DO U C L^S S3 SHOEi."°Jtle 18I« And Other Advertised Specialties Are to. Best in (he World. None (tenulne unless nanif nnd pricei urn starnpwi on bottom. SOLD KVRHYWHKKE. It your dealer will not supply you, send postal for Instructions bow to buy direct from factory without extra charge. \V, Ij. HOIUIiAS, Brockton. HnM, N Y N P—l9 SITHt WONOSRFUL I »G\CHAI^KP»j W.ietail atlho hi"* ■"'cDCC uh uvtory price*ff\{f | IlLll and sb'p goods to be nH/majFif wiICEL rUAlfli paid for on delivery. Vrlilv^TTN/T^ K» n d stamp for Csta- /l/y®BrRCUI **** J*' atne 112t 00 d'rircd. OXI.ITKRI, LDUCCQ UTO. CO.. 14& N. «t!i FhUU*, NORTHERN PACIFIC. LOW PRICE RAILROAD LANDS & CHAs! B. LAMBORM, jS? Bfl Best Cough Syrup. Tan tea good* use KJ rH in time. Hold bydriiggieta. I jfiV J'*'
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