A 01011 on lbo Locomotive. Last winter when tbo snow storms ■wore so foarfiil througbout tho moun tains in 'CtnL jud tbo earth was eov crcil with snow to tbo doptb of flvo to ton foot and remained bidden so long tliowild animals wero forced to des peration. Tbo wolves wero starvod iiTfil weak, and what is known as tho mountain lion almost perished from starvation. Its great strength failed it and a man with a knifo could Boon talco tho life of an animal that a short timo before could hold a powerful ox or horso and make a meal of his flesh. The hungry animals after a wliilo discovered that food was to l>o had along the railroad track, where pas sengers threw hones and scraps of victuals from parsing trains. Often two starving coyotes would engago In deadly comlmt over a chicken bone that hail a short timo before boon rid den of tho last vestigo of nourishment by sorno economical person who did not care to pay seventy-livo cents for a meal. This was tho condition of tilings. Engineer Oast had charge of engino No. 151, which was known as "tho helper," from the fact that it helped Iroins up the mountain and when at tho summit cut off and dropped back down to the bottom ready to help an other. One night when business on tho road was slack Oast noticed some thing wrong with tho gearing under tho tender and remarked to tho fire man thai they would got off and ro pair it. When half way down tho mountain side ho brought tho engino to a standstill, and tho two men wout to work at what proved to bo a twenty minutes' job packing a hot box on tho tender. Tho tallow pot was left at tho boiler's head. After completing lbo repairs tho men wero mounting tho cngiuo again, only to tee a huge mountain lion de vouring tho tallow and holding full possession of the engino cab. It was u cold night and tho enow drifting. Tho men had already remained out side until they wore very cold, and tho chances of dispossessing Mr. Lioij were very meagre, as ho snapped hif teeth and flashed his eyes and fast stored tho tallow out of sight. The only consolation the men had was that the tallow would not last long at that rate, and even this thought was not entirely satisfying, as they had 110 way of determining that ono of thom would not go the samo way at tho con clusion of iho tallow feast. Finally, after fifteen minutes' further delay the tallow pot was empty, and giving ii growl, as much as to say, "I am very thankful, gentlemen, and you ought to be," tho animal leaped from tho cab and disappeared in tho hills.— Detroit Free Press. China as a (iivat l'ower. Tlio greatest homogeneous nation tlio world bus ever known is now at war, lor no other nation known to history could boast of tho -120,000,000 inhabitants that Chinese statisticians allot to their country. Now that tho problem is worked out boforo our eyes wo see that threo-fourths of this popnlutit n is worthlessfor tho present war. It is quite i>robable that ull tho forces used will bo drawn from tho two or three seacoast provinces. A general draft from tho whole country would bring together men of more di alects than Iho build ng of Babel brought on us. The striking disparity of about eleven to one in population between China and Japan is not the controlling factor. Still, tho northern sea coast provinces of China aro quite populous enough to sustain a war with Japan on equal terms. Tho Imperial Govern ment is rich enough to eulist a swarm oi European otlicers, arm its troops with the best weapons and obtain sup plies from foreign makerf. During tho last iivo or Jsix years tho Chinese have been going through ono of thoir periodical lits of egotism, economy and dislike of tho foreigner, and havo discharged us many of their foreign servants as they could spare. All that will now be changed, and a ready welcome will bo given to tho adven turous spirits of all couutries.—Now York Advertiser. llcciiie lor Inducing Sleep. ■ Sleeplessness in peoplo who work Lard, and especially in brain-workers, is oHen duo to thoir working up to the last minuto before bed-tiine. They may euro tliomselves by allowing at Ivast an hour's interval of ease and repose, between sleep and ceasing to work. A littlo light supper will often aid sleep; and a walk in tho open air before bed is also a good rocipo for in ducing sleep aud promoting health.— New York Dispatch. Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP-HOOT euros ull Kldnoy and Bladder troubles. l'uuiplilet ami Consultation free. Laboratory Dlnghumton, N. Y. Heavy frosts havo ilone mrch duiuago to croj/6 iu Nebraska. Tlioro Is more f'alarrh In thisseotlon of tho country than all oth'-T diseases put together, and until tho lust few years was suppos -d to bo Incurable. For a groat many yours doctors pro nounced it a local disease, and prescribed local remedies and by constantly falling to euro with local treatment, pronounced it lucuroble. Science has proven catarrh to b:> a C JnstlUl tional disease and ibereforo requires constitu tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, man iifact-irod by F. J. Cheney &Co.,Toledo,Ohio, Is the only constitutional euro on the market. It Is taken internally in doses from in drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on tho blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Tliey offer olio hundred dollars 112 ir any enso it falls to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials free. Address ' F. J. CIIENKY & Co., Toledo, O. pgfriold by Drngrists, 75c. A lienniiliil feoiivrnir !*poou Will ha sent with every bottle of Dr. liorslt's Certain Croup Cvrt. Ordered by mall, post paid, f>U its. Addrcs*. Hoxglc. HnlTalo, N. Y. 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In England the 6oil in flower pots is cleared of worms in tho following manner: Put one-quarter of a pound of commercial ground mustard into a largo-sized watering can, fill up with water and let it stand in soak for ono hour. Then add somo hot water, stir ring thoroughly, and apply tho water to the pots. Tho worms soon como to tho surface, and no harm results to the plants. KEEPING HILLSIDES SEEDED. As tho country grows older tho gullying of hillsides by heavy rains increases, and it soon becomes a ne cessity to keep them in sod most of tho time, only reseoding when the grass grows thin. Tho reasons why hillsides gully worse now than form erly is tho lack of underdraining to replace that which decaying roots of trees mado in soil when tho country was new. It is news to many that hillsides need underdraining. Thoy aro often very springy, aud if deep underdrains are sunk theso hillsido springs will furnish a supply of pure water all the year round.—Boston Cultivator. WATER FOB SCAL DINO 11003. Tho exact temperature for loosening the hair from tho skin of a pig is 180 degrees. Tho pig should remain a full minute in tho water at this tem perature to give timo for tho hair to bo loosened, but tho water may be boiling hot if tho barrel of scald ing vat is cold when it is poured in it, as it will cool the water down to tho right beat. Tho carcass being cooler than tho water, should bo kept moving about while it is in tho water, not to air it, but to bring tbo skin into contact with fresh water not cooled by contact with tho carcass. Whero there are as many as twenty bogs to bo dressed, it will pay to have u vat largo enough to take in tho whole carcass, aud turn it; tho car cass may then bo rolled out onto the table by two ropes under it in the vat. —New York Times. TKAVSPLANTIN'G. Raising vegetables in boxes aud frames aud afterwards transplanting them ia evorv year becoming more general, as wo llnd better results can be obtained in this way with many of our plants. Success in transplanting depends largely upon keeping tho plants moist and protecting them from the rays of tho hot sun, which may diminish their vitality to such au ex tent that they may never recover. For this reason a cloudy day is gen erally chosen for transplanting. l)ut it is often very inconvenient to wait for such weather, besides a cloudy morning is often the precursor of a particularly sunny day. Under these conditions it becomes necessary to shade tho plants by placing over each ono a cover, a proceeding involving no littlo labor. In hot weather, too, it is often desirable to repeat tho work for several successive days in order to afford tho plants a chance to send out new roots and get a foothold in tho new soil. A practical method of simplifying tho work has been evolved by Ameri can Gardening. The device is both simple and inexpensive. Tho cheap est kind of stout cotton cloth is bought in a strip, longer or shorter, accord ing to olio's needs. Strips ofpino an inch aud a half squnro aro tacked to either end of tho cloth. To either cud of tho pine croaspicccs are hinged sharpened pieces. c A TUNC; ror. CORN FODDER. I have long been an advocate of get ting more out of our corn fodder, writes E. S. Hal let. Even in tliis Ohio valley a large majority of tho farmers get nothing but tho grain from tho crop. They hold that it in jures tho grain aud requires too much labor. This clnim is not sustained by modern practice, at least. First, I put into tho silo all tho corn necessary for my milch cows. It is by all means tho most economical and labor-saving method. it is so much better than nny other that I use as much ensilage as I can. However, we must havo dry corn for horses and the grain for market must, of course, bo harvested dry. For this purpose I begin cutting when the husk is dry. Do not wait until tho blades aro dry, for then tho fodder is lost. Go through aud mnkc small shocks of, say, six rows wide and twelve long, skipping six rows so that in a few days when tho small shock is dry tho re mainder can bo cut and placed. I use binding twino for tying. No ono will have moldy corn who follows theso di rections. When thoroughly enrod I bogin to draw in. If tho weather is good I husk into bushel boxes and draw theso in when full, or if many hauds ore used have a wagon along nil tho time. Never throw in piles on the ground. Tho fodder iu bound up with thetwino and drawn in as soon as possible. If dry it bhould bo run through tile cut ter and elevated to the mows. It oc cupies only one-half the spaoo when cut; but for this treatment it must be very dry to keep. If nnablo to get it dry enough I simply stow nway in bundles. It is an easy matter to stack the fodder on tlio same principle as wheat sheaves. Make a rick and feed off ono end. In hauling tlio shocks I use a low-wheolcd wagon. Heouio n broad board at tho rear to walk up on aud then let each man carry his load tip nud doposit it. Wo now cut corn by linnd, although I mean to improve upon this method. Tlioso who havo not fed properly cured corn fodder do not know its valuo. Horses will cat it as readily as hay. Fed with clover hay it makes a well-balanced ration, and young stock will grow and do well on it if fed in u v.ariu stable. —Orango Judd Farmer. FARM AND GARDES NOTBS. Keep tjic flics out of tho ttable. Grasshoppers make a good egg food. As a rule spinach is a vcryprofltablo crop. I In batter color and flavor havo no relation to each other. Tho ashes of the a largo amount of potash. Overfeeding is. the most | fruitful oauso of a failure to lay. Take extra good caro of tho horses during the working season. Do not mako tho horses carry extra weight in unnecessary harness daring the hot season Tho stallion has moro influence than the mare on the aotion and conforma tion of the colts. It is said that fowls that lay whito eggs aro moro prolifio than those which lay dark eggs. Care in handling young horses will bo well repaid in the increased faith fulness and docility of tho pupil. A great deal ef wet land along tho banks of streams and ponds can bo Used for growing tho basket willow. An oight-framo hivo for bees is now preferred to tho ten-fraino Lanstroth hive, which has been so long in use. A solution of silicate of soda is said to bo a porfcct preservative of eggs, and does not injuro thom in any way. If necessary to cultivate tho potatoes after tho plants havo blossomed in order to keep tho weeds down, run tho cultivator very shallow. Breed for quality as well as size. There is many u sound sixtoon-hand horse that nobody wants at any fair price, simply bccauso ho is a coarso brute. It is the rushing aud worrying of horses that hurts worst iu hot weather. A steady gait and gentle treatment will accomplish tho most at least ex haustion. Boft food does not tax the digestivo organs sufficiently to insuro their vigor. It is tbo cause of more deaths of young chicks than anything else, excepting lice. The idea that corn cobs are of no value is a mistaken ono. They should be carefully saved, aud either con verted into cob charcoal or burneJ and tbo ashes given to tho pigs. The most expensive fertilizer to tho farmer is nitrogen, and this co3t ho can xoduco on his farm by growing clovor, cow peas and green crops for turning under, for tho purposo of renovating his soil. After the flies begin to bother tho horses in tbo pasture it will bo found to bo a good idea, whenever circum stances will admit, to put tho horsos in darkened stables during tho day and turn them out at night. Don't givo your horsos too much cold water when hot or after a hoarty meal, especially when they aro tirod. If you will remember this ad vice it will savo much uneasiness in your horse and much loss to yourself. When animols are stabled at night a minimum of 1200 cubic feet should bo allowed for each of them. In Eng land, tho newer cavalry barracks givo a minimum of 1500 feet with a ground area of fully ninety squ*re feet per horse. It costs no moro to grow a pound of mutton than it does to grow a pound of beef, while tho former pos sesses tho additional advantage that the wool produced will pay for tho animal's keep. Thin leaves a good profit for tlio moat. A French agricultural writer recom mends tho uso of powdered camphor to dry up cows which continuo to sup ply milk too closo to time of calving. Cows giving about six quarts a day, three weeks before due, wero givou three doses of thirty grammes each dose, aud tho cows became dry iu two weeks. Apples do not sweat. Cool npplc3 if placed in a warm room will con deuse tho moisture of tho atmosphere which comes iu coutact with them, just as it is condensod ou tho outsido of a pitcher of cold water ou a warm day. And this moisture c'outaius germs of decay. The remedy is to keep thorn surrouuded with a uniformly cool at mosphere. Never allow a draft of oold air to pass through the hen house for venti lation or for auy other purpose. Cold drafts on chickens aro not needed, and work iujury to them by increasing tho deiuaud for food and decreasing tho egg supply. If a hen houso is too close leave tho south sido door opon, which will givo ventilatiou auilieient for all purposes. Tho cow pea is a species of bean of a dwarf growth, and bearing roundish pods, having seeds of various colors. It is a nutritious plant, both as re gards tho grain aud tho stem and loaf, and is readily eaten by all kiuds of farm auimalp, especially pigs, which nmy be wholly fattened ou this crop, grown for tho purpose. Ifsowu thick ly on tho ground it may bo plowod under iu the fall with much benefit to the land. Ttio first thing to romembor about scarlet clover is that it is an annual. That is, when it once produces seel l liero is au end of that pluut. It is like corn or wheat in this rospoct, not like timothy, whioh will yield crop aftor crop of see land still grow. Hcarlct olovor may, however, bo sowed iu the spring, ami clipped or p isturod in tho full before the heads form. If tlion kept through tho winter it will yield a crop of soed the noxt year. That really ineaus two crops from it. Caught a (Jucer Fish. A curious fish is on exhibition iu this city. Its body measures ouly n few inches aronnd, but is five feet long, with a decided tapering at the tail. It was caught at Oyster Bay and is supposed to bo an oyster-crushing eel. Tho formation of its mouth would rccin to imply thd name, for the roof of the upper jaw is a solid mass of hard bone, with a similar surf-ieo in the lower portion of tltu mouth.— | Washington Olympian, , HOUSEHOLD At'FAinS. ONIONS aoon ron NERVES. Onions nro a kind of all around good medicine, an 1 every housewife knows this without exactly knowing tho reason why. Shu knows that a wholo onion eaten at bedtime will by tho next morning break the severest cold. Sbo also knows that onions mako a good plaster to romove inflam mation and hoarseness. If any one would take an onioti and mash it so as to seouro all tho juice in it, ho would havo a most remarkable smelling substanco that would quiet tbo most nervous person in no time. Tho strength of it inhaled for a fow mo ments will dull tbo senso of smell aud weaken tho nerves until sloop is pro duced from sheer exhaustion. It all comes from ono property possessed by the onion, and that is a form of opium. —St. Louis Star-Sayings. ABOUT CHEESE. No wonder poople complain of in digestion after eating cheese, while so ninny persist in buying in bard nu.l yellow, which means that there is lit tle or no cream loft in tha millt whila making, and it is full of poisonous and smelling anuotto. Tho natural color of oheeso is that of its cream, and if it has a proper proportion of this in it, it will bo soft and probably slightly moldy, aud will molt in thi month, and not require a lot of masti cation. Same people like cheese toasted with pieces of bread, sandwich fashion, iu which cuso the breal is cut into goo.l forms, sufficient for each person, tho slice of cheese being seasoned, played between two, and thou put into tho ovon for a few momeuts until cooked through. A very useful little recipe is tho fol lowing, which lends itself to various forms: Boil two eggs very bard, grato four ouueos of bread, also three ouusos of good choose, add three ounces of batter, and then mash up tin eggs with these altogether. Add a little salt and pepper, or mixed mustar.l. Having ready soma pieces of toasted bread spread this mixture on them, aud warm well through iu the oveu. This pasto cau also be served as sand wiches to eat cold, which, cut iuto pretty shapes, make a nice addition to a luncheon.—New York Recorder. TOM VTO COOKEH7. Tho bost way to eat tomatoos 14 to arm one's self with the salt cruet, go forth to tho tomato patch, pluck Bound, ripo tomatoos, salt them aud eat thorn ou tho spot. But it is not vouchsafed to <lo all this. Those to whom stern fate denies thoin tho to mato patch must try to content them selves with tomatoes slicsd, tomato salad, broiled, bake.l, oucillopod, boiled and stewed tomatoes, to say nothing of tomato jelly. Tomato jolly is tho cook's last, best gift to mau. Tho tomatoes should bo scalded, skinned, strained an I seas oned with popper and salt. As much gelatine, properly soaked n:i 1 pre pared, should be added to tho strained to inn t oos as would be to coflfeo or any other substance of which it wat pro posed to inako jolly. Tho mixture should bo poured into riu,' moulds and placed oa ioe. When quite hard tho centers should bo filled with lmrd boiled eggs, chopped with olives and mixed with mayonnaise. Broiled tomatoes are gool. Select large, firm ones and cut a slice from tho stem end of cash atil take out the hard core from tin center. Plaee them close together on the broiler, with tho cut si lo up. Spriuklo with pepper and salt; place over tho coals uud let them cook uutil they are t'i-Jf oughly done, which will l»j in aY».i l . twenty minute Whou they are cooke 1 they should be removed from tho broiler without pricking or breaking. Baked tomatoos are prep irod iu th: same way, and aroplaej.l, cut side up permost, in a baking pau an I cooko l in a steady oven for a half hour. E-i --cal loped tomatoos have tho confers scooped out, mixed with bread crumb-', pepper, salt, a little parsley ou I a lit tle butter. This mixtun is put into tho hollows and the tomatoes are baked.—Now York World. HOUSEHOLD IIHT 3. For ivy poison, apply sweet oil. A cement male from sand au 1 white lead paint will stop roofs loakinj. To remove a finger ring, hold liau 1 in very cold water for a few minutes. When a coal (ire gets low, throw ou some salt. It will help it very much. Oil door latches and hiu.,'es to make thorn more quiet whoa opened and closed. The fumes of burning matches will rcmovo berry stains from a book, paper or engraving. When cooking onions, svt a tin cup of vinegar ou the stove and let boil, and no disagreeable odor will be in tho room. To clean black kid gloves add a few drops of black ink to a teaspoon of salad oil; rub 011 with a feather an 1 dry in the SUM. Powdered chalk a Idol to glue strengthens it. Boil one po ind of glue and two quarts skimmed milk, aud it will resist tho action of water. For a very ba 1 burn melt beeswax and into this pour sweet oil until it makes a salvo wliieh can be readily L-pread with a soft brush. Keep every part covered with tho calve. To make boots an 1 shorn durable, apply to th) SO'.OJ four or live TMESES sive coats of gun-eopal varnish, aud to tho upper 1, a mixture of four pirts of lard to one part resin. Apply while warm. Powdered starch will take tho stain out of liuou if applie I immediately. Tea stains mo v be removed from a ta blecloth by immersing it iu a strong solution of sugar for a few minutes, and then rinsing it in soft water. To keep seeds from the depredations of mico, mix some pieces of camphor gum with them. Camphor gum placed in trunks or drawers will prevent mien from doiug them any injury. Air well when garments nre needed to be used. A rocent English invention for the nursery is a "patent veilod sheot." It is an ordinary eheet, in which a square of gauze net ia inserted. This is iu teuded to be thrown over tho face o n sleopiug infaut, protecting it from llios without impeding the respira tion. A portrait of Emily Bronte, the only ono known, has bocn recently discov ered. Miss Margaret Bonson has won dis tinction as the only doctor of scienco in botany at the University of London this year. Tbo best dressmakers and tailors say that a dress, as well as a coat, should bo fastened from the bottom np, not from the top down. Mary Frost Ormsby has for tbn fourth time been appointed by the American Peace Society a delegate to the peace congress. It meets in Ant werp. At a recent civil service competition for tho position of sorter in tho Eng lish postofflco with a maximum pay of $9 a week, tliero were COB female can didates to fill ten vacaooios. Sarah Grand, whoso tamo by mar riage is Mrs. 0. R. McFa 11, resides at Kensington, the London suburb. It is said that she received only $931 for tho manuscript of "Tho Heavenly Twins." Women with red or auburn hair, bluo eyes and a bright color, should, says an artist, wear cream, white, blue green, black, olive-green, pale yellow, gray-greeji, bottle-green, stono-gray ond amber. A new kim of gauzo interwoven with gilt or silver threads is frequently usod as a lining for not or '.aco dresses, This Is rather wiry of texture, but is very firm, though semi-transparent, af fording a very satisfactory foundation. Mrs. Thistle way to, who rooontly died in England, was in her youth tho most beautiful woman of tho United Kiugdom. She was the original of tho famous picture, "Tho Nuns," copies of which aro seen in so many house holds. MissM!illicont Fawcott, tho brilliant senior wrauglor of 1890, is about to begin a business careor as a eivil engiueer. Chicago lias her counter part in Miss Anise Do Barr, who is a duly accredited and practicing engi neer. Some people ia England aro asking why Joan lugolow could not bo tho poet laureate. She is living in an old fashionod houso fn Kensington, London, and is uow a goutlo, gray haired woman of nearly seventy-four years. Silk isfoundtobo tho coolest and most serviceable material for almost nil purposes. Nothing is botter to travel in than a dark Indian silk, and the silk waists which everybody wears aro even cooler tliau washable shirt waists. Tho cross of the Loglou of Honor has been conferred ou tho wife of Adrien Demont, whom somo think a better painter thau her husband. Sho is a daughter of Jules Brotou, and is thus entitlod by right of birth to bo an artist. Silk skirts for winter wear are flan nel lined. The trimming on thom consists usually of a pinked rufilo of the same. These skirts aro made usu ally liko a dress skirt, llariug a littlo less widely; or with a front gore and straight sides and back. Mrs. E. G. Sutherland carried off tho third prize, §l5O, in tho MoCluro Syndicate short story competition. Mrs. Sutherland's story is callod "Dikkon'sDog," and, likoher favorite, * Corporals," is an array yarn, deal ing with the rank and file. Mrs. Edmund Yates, it is roportod, carries about with her, wherever sha goes, tho ashes of her late lamented husband, who, it will bo remembered, was cremated. They ara IU an air-tight receptacle, aud this is fitted into a littlo traveling bag made for the purpose. Besides tho woman astronomer,Mis3 Clarko, London has a woman lawyer and a woman entomologist, Miss Ormonde, whose work on tho Colorado boctlo is famous. Missouri, too, ha:} a woman entomologist iu Mis 3 Murt feld, tho credit for who-o admirable work goe? to somo one in the Depart ment of Agriculture. Miss Eloanor Hewitt, the oldest un married daughter of ex-Mayor Hewitt, has been roadmaster at Ringwood, N. J., whero their country homo is situ ated, for several years, and a vory good one she has been, too. Au arti cle on road making has boeu con tributed to a New York weekly re cently by Miss Hewitt. A soft gray or brown alpaca with skirt woll cut, and coat or bodice sim ply made, according to tasto or re quirement, can be handsomely trimmed with pieco or ribbon velvet, moire, or bengaline, severally, according to tho selectod style, and tho result bo a stylish and ladylike costume lit for any ordinary occasion. Many eocioty ladios consult as trologers, cither to kill timo or be cause they havo faith iu tho events foretold. Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins, of New York, quite frequently has her horoscope cast, paying for this privilege about $lO. Sho does not consult an ordinary Boeres3, but ono who visits New York twice a year. A novel French oor3ot is mado of silk net with clastic gores. It is low cut aud rather short, and is laced in front, tho lacing passing around small but very strong hooks instead of through metal rimmod eyelets. It is claimed that this corset can be lacod to lit very snugly and with less discom fort than with tho old stylo of lacing. French womeu students do not seem to take to modicine. In the enroll ment of women attending university lectures, just made in Paris, of 155 on the list of the medical faculty outy sixteen were of French birth, while of the 101 on tho list of the faculty of letters 141 were French; sevon studied under the faculty of scienoo and throe linger that of law. A fad with somo of tho fashionable women is to havo a dress album. This consists of a large blank book into which is pasted A two-inch square of every gown bought by the owner. The data recorded are the date of the pur eliaso aud ita iirst wearing. As au offset opposite thoss entries are the uo less interest iug ones of tho cost price and tho dressmaker's bill for tho same. mgnesi 01 ail in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report i ABSOUJmv PURE Tlio Salt Flood Helped Peach Trees. Tho unusual floods of last year, which resulted in great destruction of wharves and other property contigu ous to the water courses of Kent County, have resulted in a very im portant question being forced upon the attention of tho Kent County peach growers. During these floods hundreds of acros of farming lands wero flooded, aud many peach orchards stood with their roots covered with tho salt waters of tho overflowing streams. With scarce an exception, or at least in very many cases, tho trees which were flooded by tho unusual tides are the only trees in tho county which this year have any fruit oil them. A gentleman said that a portion of his orchard was under the tides, and that to the very tree which stood under water thero is ftuit. Any one, he said, could mark tho exact semicircu lar outlino of the water in his orchard by the presence of fruit on the flooded trees and tho absence of fruit on tho trees which the waters did not touch. Similar results are reported, and theso circumstances force tho question upon peach growers, Do tho troos need salt? An extonsivo peach grower proposes to try the covering of as much of his peach orchard as possiblo with tho grass and vegetation which accumu lates along tho river shores in immenso quantities during the lato summer and fall, and says that ho is confident of most satisfactory results.—Baltimore Sun. Tlio National Library. Tho annual report of National Li brarian Ainiworth R. Spofford re veals the fact that tho Congressional Library now numbers 095,880 vol umes and 223,000 pamphlets. This is tho oak that has grown from tho lit tlo acorn of Thomas Jefferson's Monti cello library of 7000 books, purchased afte r the Washington flro of 1814. A disastrous conflagration in 1851 also reduced tho library from 55,000 to 20,000 volumes. Asido from a small yearly congressional appropriation aud tho copyright incomo tho only aid recoivod in all theso yoars has been tho gift in 1832 of tho 27,000 books, together with as mnny pamphlets, of Dr. Joseph 51. Touor, of Washington. This public-spirited example might havo been omulatod by other donors had it not boon for the restrictions in tho use of tho Congressional Library. A million volumes and pamphlets will require moving into tho now Li brary Building two yoars henco aud this vast labor is to bo performed by tho means of a temporary railroad in a tunnel, to bo constructed from tho crypt of tho oftpitol to tbo vaults of tho new library. This will bo tho most remarkable transfer of books sinco a regiment of soldiers marched and counter-marched with tho multi tudinous tomes of tbo Library of Ber lin.—Philadelphia ltecord. THE OLD-FASHIONED STYLE of pill gives you a feeling of horror |V AT when you sec it and IJjty when von feel it. Liko Xjijl JK the " blunderbuss" of a former deeade, it is big anil clumsy, but not cr feetive. In this century of enlightenment, you *ohave Dr. rierce's Pleasant Pellets, which cure nil liver I in the most effective Sick and Bilious Head- J & gJ \ ache, nothing has been / jljjft found to equal theso L TP pills of Dr. Pierce's in- M / v Mr. SAMUEL BAKER, WMI ; USMTIL SR., of No. let Summit TTOaL; /Kgy Av., yhitllmbiiryh, N.J., iStf Bays: There is noth in# that can compare wfth Dr Plcroc'B Picas- Mh . 8- Bai£ l; K 3lt . ant Pellets, as Liver Pills. Tbey have done mo more good than aav other medlelno I havo ever taken." Let the men wash, if they won't get you Pearline. Let tliem tr y lt or themselves, and see if they don't say that wa hing with soap is too hard )u/ y \ for any woman. ** /A v This hard work that Pearline yf j saves isn't the whole matter; it saves < si money, too money that's thrown away in clothes needlessly worn out ' "~i I a ru hbed to pieces when you wash * '"* \&i\ u j] b X ma ' n strength in the old way. I I I Sjy I That appeals—where is the man who iJ / wouldn't want to have the washing made easier—when he can save money by it? I'eddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you, "this is as good as" or "the same as Pearline." IT'S ji M Yv ClrA FALSE—Pearline is never jicddled; if your grocer sends you an imitation, fcc honest— send it baci i. 454 TAMES PYLK, New York. ''Don't Hide Your Light Under a Bushel." That's Just Why we Talk About SAPOLSO uiri i Drilling Machines TTCLL for any depth. sSt'TDEEP Best line of Portable and Berai-Port :\Me Ha* chinos ever made. Drills, to 19 inches in diame ter, all depths. Moxyited and Down Machines. Steam and Horse Power. Belf Pumping Tools foi shallow wells. Hope tools for large and deep wells. State size and riepth you want to drill. Looamas A NYIWAN, TlWn, Ohio. I .. IImI.-ik. TJ»» Tl» "LINME" sre tbc Best *n<\ Mont Kconoral- TsntSeuui or Flvs Fairs of Cuffs for Xwenty-FHe A B«mi>le rtolUr »nrt Pntr of Cuffs l>y mall for Bi» Ocuts. Name style »ml stse. AditreH BKVEBBIUI.B COLLAH COMPANY. V Franklin St.. Now York. 17 Kllby St., Boston. ■■ ■ BTinil W.IHUBBIS, | Itnoiuil WaahliiKton, D.C. ■ Snstulaatwar lfadtudlo»Uuecl»iim a»rsluos. The New (Jims Arc Dangerous. Somo interesting articles linvo been publishod by tlio Vossisclio Zoitun;' on the small-calibro guns, and tho re searches of various professors as to tho effect of wounds made by theso guns at different distances—effects that aro horrible. Tho conclusion is that iu any future battles thero will bo incom parably more dead and sovorely won tid ed than ever before in the world's his tory. And, as tho new guns shoot far, tho treatment of tho wounded on tho battlefield and their transport to tho hospitals will bo much more slow, dif ficult and dangerous.—London News, lien Fruit Statistics. In the United Kingdom 20,000,000 hens lay on an average ninety eggs each per annum, of which ten aro re served for hatching. It follows that tho homo product is I,ooo,ooo,ooo,which added to tho number imported gives 2,700,000,000, or seventy-three per inhabitant.—New York Advertiser. KNOWLEDGE firings comfort and improvement and lends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's best products to tho needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced iu the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers anu permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid* ncys, Liver and Bowels without weak* ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug, gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it it man* ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute i£ offered. n Y x W. L DOUGLAS $3 *5. CORDOVAN, jffS : FRENCH&ENAMELLED CALF ■■ \ $ 4-." : 3. 5 - 0 FINECALP&KAfiGAROI W*.l , $ 3.SP POLICE,3 SOLES. SMlfj J&k *2.*17-*BoysSchooiShqes. M . 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