AGRICULTURE.
WASHING BUTTER.— Butter gathered
in the churn always contains more or
less buttermilk, which woula soon
spoil the butter if not removed. There
are two ways of removing it —one is
by kneading in water or brine, and the
other by kneading it without water.
One is called washing, the other work
ing. The former removes it muaii more
rapidly than the latter. The flavor of
the butter which has been washed Is
different from that which lias not been
washed. The difference between wash
ed and unwashed butter is analog ms
to the difference between clarified sug
ar 4 and ULclariiled. The former consist
of pure saccharine matter; the latter of
sugar and some albuminous and fla
voring matters, which are contained In
the juice of the cane mingled with it,
which give a flavor in addition to that
of sugar. Brown sugar, though less
sweet, has more flavor than clarified
sugar. When unwashed, there is
always a little buttermilk and sugar
adhering to the butter that gives it a
peculiar flavor, iu addition to pure
butter, which many people like wheu
it is new. Washing removes all this
foreign matter, and leaves only the
taste of the butter, pure and simple.
The assertion is often made, and many
people believe, that water washes out
the flavor of the butter, but it only
cleanses the buttermilk, sugar aud
milk add which may adhere to It, just
as clarifying sugar removes from it the
foreigu maner which modi ties its true
flavor. The flavor of butter consists ol
latty matter which does not combine
witn water, ibereloie cannot be wash
ed by it. The ettect ot washing upon
the keeping quality of butter depends
upon the purity of the water with
Which the washing is done. If the wa
ter contains no foreign matter that
will affect the butter it will keep better
lor washing the butteruihk out than by
kneading it out.
KEEP THE CHICKENS WARM. —Fowls
sutter more I rum suckle u changes oi
the weather than they do from exces
sive heat or cold. At this lime of the
year colds, croup, catarrh and the
numberless ills caused by the chilling
air aud stormy weather, are to be cate
fuJly guarded against. It is well to
rely more on the "ounce of prevention
than on the pound of cure." In this
climate a mild sunset is often followed
by high, cold wluds. :>ee to it that the
chickeus are protected at night from
these sudden changes. It is indispen
sable that for the next few months
the fowls be provided with warm, dry
quarteis, as they must spend many
whole days indoors, keep a good
sized box of sand and coal ashes, well
spriukltd with sulphur, for their ac
commodation inside. In cooping chicks
at uight it must be remembered that
the want of ventilation will prove as
fatal as draughts of cold air.
GOOD stock, superior stock, pays for
itself ali the time, A herd of cows is
well worth wintering that will pay iu
milk and butter mauy times more than
the cost of their keep. No other kind
ought, therefore, to be allowed on a
farm. No business man ever expects
to make headway against competition
by holding a stock of goods that is of
Inferior value aud out of fashion; aud
a farmer ought to observe the same rule
and carry on his hands no stock that is
not of the very sort to give him a gooo
looting in the produce market. He
never can get good milk, good butter,
or good beei lrorn poor runts of creat
ures whose existence comes undei
the head of accident rather than design.
Superior stock is the only kind an en
terprising and thrifty farmer can aff
ord to keep.
AN ELEVATED JSTABLE. —It must b3
confessed that the building oi a stable
for twenty horses on the top of a pri
vate mansion, access to which is ob
tained by means of a lift, is calculated
to awaken a feeling of astonishment,
even in these days of marvels. Yet
ihis is the case on a house just erected
in Belgrave Square, London, by Mr.
Sassoon. Grt und is very valuable in
that fashionable part of London, and
by relegating the horses to the top 01
the house two birds are killed with one
stone, for space is saved and the smell
of the stable avoided. The horses do
not seem by any means to object to the
mode of ascent possibly they are un
conscious of icon account of the closed
shutters of the lift.
How TO GET RID OF &TUMPS —Farm
ers who desire to got rid of their
stumps, may find something to their
advantage in the following recommen
dation from the {Scientific American:
"In the autumn bore a hole one or two
inches in diameter, according to the
girth of the stump, vertically in the
centre of the latter, and about eighteen
inches deep. Put into it one or two
ounces of saltpetre; fill the hole with
water and plug it up close. In the en
suing spring take out the plug and pour
in about a half gill of kerosene oil and
ignite it. The stump will smoulder
away without blazing, to the very ex
tremity of the roots leaving nothing
but ashes."
SOME years ago, a farmer had a horse
which had become useless for labor,
on account of an attack of heaves. The
horse was turned into a pasture field,
and allowed the range It afforded, and
not looked after for some time. There
had been a lime Kiln in the field, and
in the basin of the kiln water was
standing most of the time. There was
no other water in the field the horse
was .confined in. Alter some weeks
the owner found the horse free from
disease, the lime water having effected
the cure.
CHOKED CATTLK.— To relieve a choked
ox or cow, sayß the American Stock
Journal,give at once one-half pint mel
ted hcg's lard, and exercise the ani
mal. It sickens the stomach, and the
obstruction will pass immediately eith
er up or down, as the animal will
cough and swallow at once, and thus
get relief. Put the warm lard in a junk
bottle and raise the animal's head—it
will run down easy. This is the surest
and safest remedy known, and never
fails il administered soon after the ac
cident occurs.
HAKNESS that has been soaked with
water will dry bard, unless it is dress
ed while damp with some kind of non
drying oil. First wipe off the harness
with a sponge, and then with a cloth
kept for this purpose, you can apply
the oil or dressing thoroughly. A
coating of waterproof dressing given
now will be useful, but the harness
should tie thoroughly washed and made
perfectly clean.
Boiled apples and meal are excellent
food for fattening hogs.
When potatoes are frozen the amount
of sugar they contain is doubled, the
starch undergoing a corresponding
diminution, while part of the protein
passes lrom the coagulable into the
soluble form. During the process of
rotting the potato loses half its nitro
geneous constituents and the whole of
(he sugar.
THE HOUSEHOLD.
KKKTING ICE. —In answer to tin sev
eral inquiries made of us. we give the
following essential rcquistes for keep
ing ice in small quantities for a fami
ly, whc r e only single boarding is used
for the building. By observing these
requisites, we have never been out of
ice when stored In such a building,
with only seven or eight tons stored
for dally use tlirough summer and
autumn. 1. Perfect drainage at the
bottom, which may be effected by plac
ing the ice on a ten-inch oven stratum
of saw-dust, resting on a floor of nar
row planks with cracks between tliem.
2. The square b'oek of ice made Into
a solid pile, with ten or eleven inches
space on each glde, to be tilled com
pactly with saw-dust and troddeu
down, as the pile ot Ice goes up. If
the tilling is attempted after the Ice
pile is completed, crevices and open
ings sufficient to ruin the whole w ill
be left. 3. Ten Inches or a foot of
sawdust on the top of the ice; to be
drawn aside while taking up apiece in
summer, and imuieJiat ly teplaced.
4. A iree sweeo of wina over this top
stratum ol sawdust, throw open win
dows under pio)ecting eaves, or
through at. opening several inches or
a foot wide all around. As an Illus
tration of the importance of this ven
tilation, on one occasion when tiie
owner had been confined by illness,
the newly hired man came in and in
formed him mat the led was melting
settling away, and had already sunk
several Inches. "Are the upper win
dows all shut?" was the inquiry of the
owner. "Indadethey are ail tight and
good," "Then go and throw them all
open," was the repouse, "and make a
mark at the top ot the lee, and let me
know how much it has settled in the
next ten days." lie came in at the
lime appointed. "Well, Patrick, how
much has the ice settled?" "Niver a
bit lias it settled, not a quarter ot au
inch." "All right."
[Pittsburgh Commercial (iazetle ]
The B't. Rev. Bishop Gllmour, Cleve
land, Ohio; —Chas. S. Strickland, Esq.,
9 Boylston street, Boston, Mass.: —
Capt. Paul Boyton, the World Re
nowned Swimmer; —Prof. C. O. Du
plessls, Manager Chicago Gymnasium,
Chicago, 111.; —Wm. 11. Wareing, Esq.,
Asst, General Superintendent; New
York Post Office—Hon. Thomas L.
James. Postmaster. New York;— Stacey
Hill, Esq., Mc. Aburn Inclined Plane
Railroad, Cincinnati, Ohio, are among
the myriads who have experienced the
beneficial effects of that most reoiar
able remedy, St. Jacob's Oil, and who
have testified to its efficacy in unquali
fied terms.
GAME SOUP (CLEAR). —Take the rem
nants ol any kind of game, not high,
put them in a saueepin with an onion
and carrot, two or three cloves, a
small piece of mace, a bay leaf, some
narsley, white pepper and salt to tast' 1 .
Co er the whole with veal or pone,try
stock, aud set the saucepan to boil
gently for a couple of hours. Strain
off the soup and set It to boil again,
then throw in an ounce of raw beef
or liver coarsely chopped; let it give
one boil, and strain th 3 soup through
a napkin. If not quite clear, the clar
ifyiug process must be repeated. A
very small quantity of sherry may be
put in before clarifvinfl'-
CROCP REMEDY.— Parents would do
well to cut out this remedy for croup,
and preserve it for future use, in case
any of the family should be afflicted:
Take a soft flannel cloth, a quarter of
a yard long and a Auger wide, spread
a thin coatiug of lard over it and
sprinkle yellow snufl" over the entire
surface. Lay It over the chest, the
lard and enutt uext the skin. Spread
another flannel over it. Grown-up
people, as well as little folks, will And
it an excellent remedy for tightness
or congeston of the lungs.
How TO >\ ASH LACE. —Carefully
squeeze the lace In a lather of ordinary
soap and warm water, keeping the lace
folded as flat as possible. When all
ihe dirt Is extracted, put the Jace,still
folded, iuto a towe 1 and squeeze it as
dry as possible; then remove and lay
it out flat to dry on clean white paper,
pulling out all the points and edge
most carefullv. If it is to be stiff, put
a lump of sugar into the water.
BARLEY SOUP. —Boil one pintof pearl
barley in one quart of stock until it is
reduced to a pulp, pass it through a
seive, and add as much more stock as
will be required to make the puree of
tfce consistency of cream; put the
soup on the fire; when it boils stir
into it (off the fire) the yolk of an egg
beaten up with a gill of cream; add
half a pat of fresh butter, and serve
with small dice of bread fried in
butter.
TUTTI FRUTTI.— When a rich vanilla
cream is partly frozen, candied cher
ries, English currants, chopped citron
or any other candied fruits chopped
rather fine are added ; add about the
same quantity of fruit as there is of
cream. Mold and imbed in salt and
ice. It may be served surrounded with
whipped cream.
MUSHROOMS WITH WHITE SAUCE.—
Melt a piece of butter in a siueepan,
moisten with a little white stock or
water, add grated nut-meg and finely
powdered sweet herbs; put in the
mushrooms, stew from eight to ten
minutes, then stir in off the fire the
yo'ks of one or two eggs beaten up with
the juice of a lemon and strained.
[Vpsilanli (Mich.) Commerc a!.]
Our representative lately learned the
following from Mr. Carl Siegmund,
Cor. Congress and Washington Sts. :
My daughter suffered from Rheuma
tism to such an extent that it crippled
her, rendering her unable to walk at
all. We consulted many physicians
and used all kinds of medicines, but in
vain. At last St. Jacob's Oil effected
the happiest results. It cured my
daughter.
MINCE MEAT. —Two pounds ot beef,
boiled and chopped; 3 pounds or suet;
4 pounds of apples, chopped ; 3 pounds
of currants; 2 pounds of raisins; I>£
pu nds of sugar, the juice of 3 lemons
the grated peel of 2, mace, cinnamon,
cloves, allspice and nutmeg to suit the
taste; 1 pint of white wine, pint of
port wine, and % pint of brandy. The
wine and brandy may be omitted,and
sweet cider substituted.
DOVER CAKE.— One pound ot flour,
one of sugar, one-half pound of butter
six egg 3, a glass of sweet milk, one
teaspoonful of soda, two teaspoonfuls
of cream tartar, add a little nutmeg.
A PARISIAN fancy is for brown tulle
ball dresses, trlmmad with pink roses
and buds.
BLEAK, chilly March and November
are the two worst months of the year
for thos€Lßuftering with pulmonary dis
eases. Keep Dr. Bull's Cough Syrujj
near by and such sufferers will be abh
to brave the rough weather withoul
danger. Price 25 cents.
A Good liidonoinfnt.
It would 110 doubt be highly amus
ing, and at the same time astonishing,
to see a complete list of all the expres
sive and "powerful" names of the mul
titude of short lived medical prepara
tions placed upon the market during
the past few years as "most wonderful
discoveries" and "infallible cures."
(In hoc si<ji,o voices,) by unscrupulous
speculators and adventurers, who, re
cognizing the value ot a-ivciiislng seek
by these means to obtain public favor
and popularity for their doubtful and
so often entirely worthless and even
dangerous preparations. And it is a
genuine pleasure for us to commend
l)r. BULL'S COUGH SYRUP as one of the
few really deserving medicines ottered
to the public. Its adoption by mauy of
our Intelligent physicians is duo only
to Its real worth and merit and by thou
sands of families it is regarded us "the
standard household remedy."— if a* A.
1). C. Critic.
Dr. C. W. Simene has conducted ex
periments on the influence of the
electric light on vegetation. He
planted the quick growing seeds of
certain common hardy vegetables in
pots, and divided these pots Into four
groups, of which otio was kept in the
dark, one was expose 1 to the influence
of day light, and one to the influence
of the electric light and daylight in
succession. The electric light was ap
plied for six hours each evi n!ng,atid the
plants were left in darkness during
the remainder of the night. The plants
that were kept entirely In the dark
soon died ; those exposed to the electric
light only, or to daylight only, throve
about equally; and those exposed lo
both daylight and electric light throve
better than either. The experiments
showed that the electric light is efficaci
ous in producingch'orophyl inthe leaves
of the plants in promoting growth. It
also appears from them that an electric
light, equal to fourteen hundred can
dles, placed at a distance of a little
more than two yards from growing
plants, is equal in effect to the average
daylight of the English March. Other
conclusions, which I>r. Simens thinks
he is justified in drawing fro-n his ex
periments, a.-e, that plants do not re
quire a daily period of rest, but m<ke
increased and vig rous progress it sub
jected during daytime to sun'lght, and
during the night to the electric light;
that the radiation of heat from power
ful electric arcs can be made available
to counteract the effects of night frost,
and Is likely to promote tiie setting and
ripening of fruit in the open air; and
that, while under llie influence of elec
tric light, plants can sustain Increased
stove heat without collapsing. The ex
pense of electric culture, being depend
ent on the cost of met liauk-ul energy,
may be made very moderate where nat
ural sources ot such energy, such as
waterfalls, are available.
How to Kt Sick,
Expose yourself day aud night, eat
too much without exercise; work too
hard without rest; doctor all the time;
take all the vile nostrums advertised;
and then you will want to kuow.
HOW TO GET WELL.
Which is answered iu three words-
Take Hop Bitters! See other columu.
—Ezprenn.
The latent list of pre minent us rsof the
Brush system of electric lighting em
braces twenty-five rolliug mills, i rou
and steel works, machine shops, car
works and the like; twenty saw mills
and other factories and mauutacturing
establishments; twenty woolen .cottou
and silk factories; a dozen mines;
more than a dozen large whole
sale aud retail stores; public parks,
docks, summer resorts, and a large
number of cities, San Francisco, Bc.
Louis, Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit,
besides New York and Brooklyn, where
more than a hundred electric lights
are already in use. Wabash, Indiana,
claims the credit of being the first town
to adopt the electric lamps for general
illumination, four Brush lights, of
three thousand candle jower each, on
the court house dome, sufficing lor the
outdoor needs of the entire town of
ten thousand inhabitants, Wherever
electric llgtith has bten brought fairly
into competition with gas for lighting
large rooms or open spaces it ha* given
a good account of itself as regards cost.
Iu many cases, however, any compari
son with gas is out of the question.
With gas it is simply impossible to do
certain kinds of work at night, or to
do it as rapidly or as well as by da}*-
light. With the electric light night
production is brought to the level of
day production, and the practical busi
ness men arc not slow to appreciate
advantages of this sort.
SHRIMP SALAD. —Dress some lettuce
with a mayonnaise sauce and arrange
plenty of canned t Primps or fresh
boiled ones around it.
REFINED and educated women will some
times suffer iu s lonco for years from kidney
disease, or constipatien and pil 8 wi'icli cnuid
easily be cured by a package of Kidney-Wor..
—Journal.
Vegetine
Purifies the Blood, Renovated and
Invigorates the Whole System.
ITS MEDICINAL PROPER TIES ARE
Alterative* Tonic,' Solvent
and Diuretic.
Vegetine Is made exclusively from the lulces
of carefully-selected barks, roots and feerirn,
and so strongly concent rated that It will effect
ually e-adlcate from the system every talni. of
Scrofula, Scrofnlonw Humor, Tumors,
Cancer, CiiuvrroUN Humor, l)r>Hlpe.
la*, Salt Rheum, .syphilitic DisenMes,
danker, Faliilnes. at the Stomach and
all dioease--thai arie from Impure blood. Sci
atica. Inflammatory and Chroulc
ltheumatlMiii, N-urlirl, Gum and
Spinal Complaints can only be effectually
cured through the blood.
For Ulcers and Eruutlve Diseases of
the Skin. Pustules Pimples, lilotrlies.
Roils, Tetter, Scaldliead and Ring
worm, VEUEiINE has never falkd to effect a
permanent cure.
For Pains lu the Back, Kidney Com
plaints, Dropsy, Female Weakness,
Leucorchwa, arising from Internal Ulcera
tion, and uterine diseases and General Debility.
Vegeilne acts directly upon the c.tuses or those
complaints. It invigorates and strong hens the
whole system, a ts upon the secretive organs,
allays inlla aniatton, cures ulceration and regu
lates the bowels.
For Catarrh. Dyspepsia, Habitual
Costiveness Palpitationot the Heart,
Headache, Piles, Nervousness, and
General Prostration of the Nervous
Ny stem, no medicine has ever given su h per
fect satlsfaci lon as the Vegetine. It purifies
the blood, cleanses all the organ < and posset sea
a controlling power over the nervous system.
The rem irkable cures effected by Vegetine
have Induced many physicians and apotheca
ries, whom we know, to prescribe and use it In
their own families
In fact, Vegetine Is the best remedy yet dis
covered for the above diseases and Is the only
reliable BLOOD PURIFIER yet pi .cei before
the public.
Vegetine,
FBSPASKD BY
XI. B. STEVENS, Boston, Mass.
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists.
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WIT AND HUMOR.
THKKK are some distinguished moan
men in Galveston, but the champion
mean man lives in Colorado county,
Texas, and his name is High McClane.
He was in the town of Weimar not
long since. He was In search of a cer
tain party, and made known his wants
at one of the hotels. A gentleman, a
native of the town, who happened to
be present, sitting In the office, volun
teered his services in assisting McClane
in hunting up the missing man. A iter
traveling on foot through the deep mud
all oyer the town two or three times,
they (the mean man and the volunteer)
were Anally put upon the right track.
By this time the anxions searcher
(McClsne) had finished smoking a
cigar, wliiie his companion had not lit
up since supper. It was proposed by
tbe volunteer that they should "stop
in and get some cigars, as you need a
l'resh one."
The mean man spoke up:
' Oh, no, thank you! I have a pocket
full. But I'll wait hero till you come
out, unless you want me to Join you
in a nodal glass.
THR other morning, when a milk
dealer delivered the usual quantity of
so called to a new customer up town,
he was met with the accusation, "I
tound the milk you left yesterday com
posed of about halt water." The deal
er muttered an apology of some sort,
and hurried away. Next morning the
customer looked very serious,and said.
"1 found the milk you left yesterday
had a great deal of chalk in it." The
dealer tried to look astonished, and
went away saying he would see about
it. Next morniug his customer met
him with "1 found the milk you leit
yesterday largely composed of some
earthly matter." "Seehere," said the
dealer, as lie squared off' "what sort of
u family are you? I've given you
three kinds ot milk In as many days,
and yet you are no nearer being satls-
Aed than at first. I've only got one
more kind, and if you And fault with
that you'll have to get a new milk
man.
A PKIKST in Ireland, having preach
ed a sermon on miracles, by
one of his congregation, walking
homeward, to explain a little more
cleatly what a mirac!e meant. "is it
a miracle you want to understand?"
said the prie-t. '-Walk on there for
nlst me, and I'll think how 1 can ex
plain it to you." The man walked
on, and the priest came alter him, and
gave him a tremendous kick. "Off!"
roared the man, "why did you do
that?" "Did you ft el it?" asked the
priest, "To be sure 1 did," said the
man. "Well then. It would have been
a miracle if you had not."
A YOUNG man ot Boston went out
yachting for the first time last sum
mer. lie spent most ol his time after
starting in the cabin, but at last he
summoned up sufficient courage to get
on deck, and said in a faint voice, "1
think I'll go up stairs." "What," re
plied the skipper, who was at that
time eating his dinner, "can't you ex
press yourself better than that?"
"Well, then," answered the landsman
timidly, "I think I'll go up aloft."
A MISSOURI woman died ot heart
disease, from the shock of being told
by her husband that somebody bad
stolen SBOO which they bud been sav
ing by years of work and economy. A
few days after the funeral a neighbor
told his wife that he had lost SSX), the
savings ol years. But she didn't die
of heart disease from the shock. She
wasn't one of that kind. She just gave
tier husband a withering look and
said: "Well, If you ain't the care
lessest old fool that ever lived!" Ills
little game didn't work.
THERE was a young man RO well bred
That the hair would not stay 011 his hea<
But the C&rboline oil
Put new hair on the soil,
And now with an heiress he's wed.
NOTHING makes a man more mad than
to come down to breakfast and.have his
wile tell him he lias been talking in
his sleep, and refuses to give away
what he said. Not that his conscience
troubles him; oh, no! lie Is only
after psychological facts.
SHE had sued for breach of promise
and the verdict of the jury?" she was
against her. "Want to poll the jury?"
she was asked. "Yes, I do. Jea' gim
me the pole for two 111 nutes," and she
had thrown ofl her bonnet before the
legal phrase could be explained by her
counsel.
A VILLAGE pedagogue, in despair
with a stupid boy, pointed out the let
ter A, and asked him if he knew it.
"Yes, sir," "Well, what is it?" "1
know him by sight, but hang me if 1
can remember his name."
"WHY, Franky !" exclaimed a mo
ther at a friend's table, "1 never knew
you to ask lor a second piece of pie at
home." "1 knew't want no use," re
plied Franky quietly, as he proceeded
with his pie eating.
IT is claimed that a man never loses
anything bj r politeness, but this has
proved a mistake. As an old Pnll&del
phian lifted liis hat to a young lady
the wind carried away his wig.
"WHAT decoration is that you are
wearing?" said an Austrian sergeant
to a new recruit. The man blushed
deeply and responded. "It is a uiedal
our cow won at the cattle-show."
DRUGGISTS and physicians recom
mend and prescibe Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound for all fe
male complaints.
THE waves ot a woman's handker
chief have wrecked many a man.
THERE Is one European city that is
naughty, and it's Nice.
EITTATH for a cannibal —"One who
loved his fellow-men."
WORTH makes the man; he also
makes the woman.
IIORSE marines are led from the
trough of the sea.
A MAN born at sea cannot be proud
of his native land.
DP BULLS
COUGH
SYRUP
Norel and tolerating Nwi.
The Boston Olube hag made a happy
deal. In an extraordinary apeolal edi
tion dated January 1. "1981," It pre
sents the iiewg of one hundred years
from now, in a highly interesting and
elating manner. The Phonograph in
Divorce suits, —Sunday School Excur
sion in Air Cars, —Terrible accidents
in Mid-Air,—lnvention of a Burglar
Bouncer, are respectively treated lrom
the stand-point of the advanced jour
nalism of that day. News by the
Talkogram and Thotophone from all
parts of the world is lully presented.
To show the progress of those times, it
is only necessary to state that "Hiram
Grant's bay mare Broad S. trots a mile
in 1 Every one should secure
from hia News Dealer or from Messrs.
A. Vogeler fe Co., of Baltimore, Md.,
by whom this edition it exclusively con
trolled and owned , a copy of the Button
Ulobe for "1981." Mailed on receipt of
pric?,— FIVJC CENTS. To read it Is to
have grace and flexibility Imparted to
the intellect, and a strong desire to
live on—as the poet would express it.
Exp* r intents have proved that if fifty
thousand pounds, once applied, will
Just break a bar of iron or steel, a
stress very much less than fifty thou
sand pounds will break it if repeated
often. Tests made hi this direction go
to show that rupture may bo caused by
a succession of shocks or impacts,
none of which alone would be suffi
cient to cause it. Wrought Iron will
erystallze by repeated blows in service
and become weaker than cast iron;
iron axles, the piston rods ot stearn
hammers, and other pieces ol metal
that are subject to continuously re
peated shocks, invariably break after
a certain length of service—in other
word.;, the "life" of the metal is limi
ted. Iron rods in bridges sometimes
crystallize und break, although the
rods in most of the iron bridges of the
present day may have five, tifty, live
hundred years of life yet allotted to
them —due to their factors ot safety.
It is well know that wrought Iron,
subjected to continuous vibration, as
sumes a crystalline stucture, and its
cohesive pow crs become much deteri
orated.
la II puaalble
That a remedy made of such common,
simple plants as Hops, Bucliu, Man
drake, Dandelion, Ac., makes so many
and such marvelous and wonderful
cures as Hop Bitlers do? It must be,
for when old and young, rich and poor,
Pastor and Doctor, Lawyer and Editor,
all testily to having been cured by
them, we must believe and doubt no
longer. See other_co!umn. — Post.
During a recent boring for water In
the Wimmera district, Victoria, a tree
was passed through for a d stance of
six feet at the depth of 260 feet. Sev
eral fruit stones were brought to the
surface. At some period In the world's
lrfstory a grove of trees is supposed to
have occupied tills subterranean spot,
and the great depths of earth now cov
ering the re r sins of the vegetation in
dicates a vtd lapse of time since it
flourished.
A bank in Lyons, France, uses paper
colored with ultramarine green. The
bills of exohange are lithographed ai.d
the figures are written with an acidu
lated ink, so as to appear white upon a
green ground. This seems to furnish
a perfect security against alterations.
CUT LETS OK (^UAIL. —Cut the breasts
fiom half a dczuu quail and at the
small end of each insert a neat little
piece of leg bone to make the breasts
look like cutlets. Dip them in melted
butter, seasou, roll in cracker-crumbs
and fry in hot butter. berve with
French peas in the centre of the dish.
POTATO FBITTKKS. —Boil three lirge
po aioe* and rub them through a col
ander, then add to them four well
beaten eggs, one teaspoonful of rich
cieain, a little lemon juice, a little
nutmeg and some salt. Beat all very
light, then drop from a spopu Into hot
lard and fry the same as doughnuts,
and serve hot.
BKKSKWAX and strong lye will clean
and polish furniture.
|| The Only Remedy B
That Arts at tho Kama Time oa
■The Liver, The Boweis and The Kidneysll
Li This combined action aires It wonderful wd
power to cureeul diseases. W
jjWhy Are We Sick ?U
■ Because we allow these great organs to be-II
mWcome clogged or torpid, and poisonous AM§l
In mors are there fors forced into the
]g£that should be expelled n atvrally. ■
(■BUionancMni, Piles, Constipation, KldnryH
Complaints and niseanes, weak
fj netiHes and XCITOUH Disorders,
■f bp causing jrie action of these organs
Wrestoring their power to throw off disease. U
fcj Why Suffer Villous pains and aches!
M Why tormented with Piles, Constipation TAJ
a A Why frightened overdisordered Kidneys til
■ I Why endure nervous or sick headache*! ■
Why have aleepless nights 1
H Use KIDNEY WORT and rtfolce inVB
VI health. It it a dry, vegetable compoundont/y
LjOne packajre will make elx qtaof Medlclar.H
■ Get it of your Druggist, he will order
for you. Price. SI.OO. wM
mm WXL T *S, BISEAMSOH A do., Fropriitori, m
W|j (W .limi.l txwt p*u.) Burliagten, Vt. ft
BITTERS
No Time Should be laont
If the storaacn, Uver and bowels are affected,
to adopt the sure remedy. Hostetter a Btomacb
Bitters. Diseases or the organs uamod b # gei
others far more serious, and a delay Is taereiore
hazardous. Dyspepsia, liver counjalnt, cnuis,
and lever, early rheumatic twlngea,
weakness, bring serious bodUy trowle If trifled
with. Lose no tlm ein using this effective, saw
and long known medicine. For sale by all
Druggists and Dealers generally.
A mm amy amp a YEAR and ex ponton to agta
54% [ [ [ Outfit Free. Addrem P.
will VICKEBY, Argrtsta, Maine.
A 1 AWYkR once Approached a pretty
Quakeress and said she looked so
charming he could not help giving
her a kiss.
"Friend," said she, "tliee must not
do It I"
"Oh, by heaven I will!" rep.led the
barrister.
"Well, Friend, as thou hast sworn,
thee may do it, hut thee must not
make a practice of it!"
THIS is (retting to be a well padded
world. There are htfrac pad, footpads
hip pads, liver pads, back pads, kid
ney puds, lungs pads andstomaoh pads
and it is expected that somebody will
get up a pad for bald heads. As the
Dutchmau might say. "J>is is too
pad."
V MJKTJA'K IS composed of the best
vegetable ingredients the dispensary of
Nature furnishes. Their juices are ex
tracted In away which preserves their
undiminished medical properties, mak
ing it one ot the greatest cleansers of
the blood that can be put together.
"Mr darling," said he, "what a
delicious taste four lips have." Then
she sprang up and yelled : ' G nxlness,
John! have you been eating my lip
salve?"
77 it water In the Straits of Gibraltar,
at the depth of G7O fathoms, is four
times as salt as at the surface.
AN old bachelor is a traveler on life's
railroad, who has entirely failed to
make the proper connections.
EDISON is the most promising man
in the country. lie doesn't make light
of his prom lses, either.
TBK wind always finds something
to blow about even if It only blows
aliout one's ears.
SOME men are called muffs because
they are used to keep a tlirt's hand In.
TUNEFUL LYRE—A music teacher
who does not keep his engagements.
THE nran who predicted a hard win
ter is not very sociable just now.
MRS. LYDIA L PINKHAM. OF LYNN, MASS.,
■
J£N*SF£T> $LH%£—
S
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'B
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
Ib a Positive Cnro
for all thoor Painful Complaint* and YTrakMMM
eo common to our beat fvmulc population.
It will cure entirely tbc worst form of Female Com
plaint*, all ovarian troubles, Inflammation and Ulcers.-
tton, Falling and Displacement*, and the consequent
Dplnal Weakness, and 1* ptrtieularly adapted to tho
Change of Life.
It will diasolre and expe' tumor* from the uteru* In
an early stage of development. The tendency to can
oar-out humor* there Is checked v*r :<peedily by It* uaa.
It remove* falntness, flatulency, 'lcatroy* all craving
for stimulant*, and relieves weakness of the stomach.
It cure* Bloating, Ueadaches, Nervou* FToatmtlon,
Ooneral Debility, Sleeplessness, Depression and Indl
gaotlou.
That feeling o. bearing down, causing pain, weight
and backache, is always permanently cured by Its use.
It will at all times and under all circumstance* act in
harmony with the laws that govern the female system.
For the cure of Kidney Complaints of either sex this
Compound Is unsurpassed.
LYDIA E. PIXKUAM-S VEGETABLE COM
POUND is prepared at 833 and 835 Western Avenue,
Lynn, Mass. Price 91- Six bottle* for $5. Sent by moll
In the form of pills, also in the form of lotenges, on
reoelpt of price, $1 per box for either. Mrs Pin's ham
freely answers all letter* of Inquiry. Send for pamph
let. Address a* above. .Vrrsfion thie Piper.
No family should be without LYDIA E. PINKHAXf
LIVER FILLS. They cure constipation,
f torpidity of the liver. 85 cents per box.
gar Sold by all Drngsintn. "*t
HOP BITTEB&l
(A Mcdicinf, not a Drink.)
CONTAINS
HOPS, BCCHU, MANDRAKE,
DANDELION,
And thi Pr rest and Bert M eni cat,Qr ali • I
TIES or ALL other Bittrrs.
TIIEY CURE
All Disease* of the Stomach. Bowels, Blood, I
Liver, Kidneys, and Urinary Organs. Ner
vousness, Sleeplessness and especially
Female Complaints.
SIOOO IN COLD,
•will be paid for a case they will not cure
help, or for anything Impure or iujurlous
found in them.
Ask your druggist for Hop Btttera and try I
them before you sleep. Take no other. I
D I. C. Is an absolute and Irresistible cure for I
Drunkeunosa, use of opium, tobacco and
narcotics.
■■■MB Se\d roR CtßcrbAß. MBBBB
All above told by (irumfimU.
Hop Bitter, M fu. Co., Rot-heater, V. IA Toronto, On I. I
Mazxle and BReveti-Loading Hans, Rifles and
Pistols of moet approved En ft link and American make*.
All kinds of Sporting Implement* and articles
wquiru dby Sportsmen and Gunmakqra. Colt's Nest
Breech-Londing Double Guns at 830 up.
JOS.C.G)trBB A CO., 112 Market St.
lend ttampfor I'ric*-LUt. Philadelphia, Pa.
*1 HH I LUWiinn una. a FOSTXR * CO. Oiotaot, 0
Employment— =s A JtSf preferred
Also SALARY per month. AU EXPENSES
advanced. WAGEB promptly paid. SLOAN
dk Co. 30A Ueoixe Kt. Cincinnati. O.
Those answering an navertuement wll
confer a favor upon tits Advertiser and th
Publisher by stattng that they saw the adva
dso an ant in this lon rami (n*a(nc the pan#
ALLEN'S Brain Food cures Nervous Debility
sud Weakness ot Generative Organs, Sl— ail
druggists. Send for Circular to Aliens Pharmacy.
SIS First Ave.. N. Y J '
&QQQ Agtnto.ani expenses. §6 Outfl
ftJi/U free. Add's bWaiN & Co., Augusta,Me
KIDNEY DISEASES. 'Xia"
B8 quickly and surely cured by the use of KTONKT-WOBT. This new and wonderful remedy which It
having such, an immense sale in all parts of tho oountry, works on natural pinnifiim It restores strength
and tone to the diseased organs, and through them cleanses the system of accumulated and poisonous
humors. Kidney diseases of thirty years standing have been cured, also Piles, fymiepttimi, Bhsmne,
dec., which have distressed the victims for years. We have volumes of testimony of its wonderful curative
power. No longer use Alcholio Bitters, which do more harm than good, or drastic pills, but use natures
U SKSfinx: ES
St Jacobs Oil
. C* . Q
_
No Preparation oa earth equal* Sr. JACOBS Oil a* a i*ri,
it**. *imelk and CHEAP External Remedy. A trialstail*
bat th, comparative! v trifling outlay of 50 Cum, and ovary
•no ■afforing with pain can havo cheap and positive proof of
it* claim*. piguTioss II KLSVRI LAIOCAttBS.
MLB IT AU BMMISTS AM BIJ4.EIS II MIDICWI.
A. VOGELER A CO.
Baltimore, Md., V. 8. A.
FIVE FAMOUS OPERAS.
UTPVMI 3 s ) Opera by AMB ROTS* THOMAS.
If]lUllUn. Thii very sucoawful ooers flret be
came known in Paris, where it slowly but surely
worked 1 sway to permanent distinction, and
baa become one ot tbe standards. It Is very
full, occupies 405 pages, and furnishes to tbe
purchaser quite a library ot music ot a high
order.
M(|l.) Grand Opera by VERDL Composed
, In tbe flrt instance for the ruler of
and first given la thai ancient king
dom'. where also the scene ot tbe story Is laid.
Tbe strange lire ot old forgotten ages comes be
fore us. and is made vivid by tbe thrilling mu
sic ot one ot tbe most brilliant ot oomposenL
P A DUE II (S3-) By GB3RQE9 BIZET. A Span
uaGmCn. Ish Opera, Introducing Spanish
Gypsies, Soldiers, Spanish Dons, a Torreador,
and Spanish Contraband Traders, we are la
contact with tbe bizarre ways and Incidents of
the Spanish Peninsula, and tbe music Is quite
in consonance with tbe prevailing brightness.
Mrnwnrpir <S* ) By A. BOITO. Mefluto-
IYIIII lulUl liuDi tele is tbe true fiend, ac
cord ng to Goethe, whose poem Is closely fol
lowed throughout. A daring composition, ro
mantic and weird, and now widely given, and
pronounced a success.
<•>> By P. VON SUPPK, whose
fAIUUIM. music is most taking, and who
introduces u*. Id a free and easy and humorous
way, to Russians and Turks during the war.
Very popular.
Any book mailed, post-tree, tor shove prloes.
OLIVER DITSON k 00., Boston.
JT. K. DITSOM. A C©„
I>M ChMUat SltmL Philadelphia.
YOU CAN BUY THE BLATCHLEY
PUMP
Cnllnel t or with Copper. PorcsJalx,or Iron
Lining*. Each one sten lied wh my name as
manufacturer is warranted in material and con
struction. For sale by the best houses in the
trade. If you do not know where to get this
pump, write to me as below, and I will send
name of agent nearest you, who will supply you
at my lowest prices.
CHAS. 0. BLATCHLEY, Manufacturer,
308 Market Bt., Philadelphia, Pa.
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NEW YORK.
(CA presented with the Standard Singer
Sewing Wnehlne No. 11.
U. S. MFG. CO., Pittsburgh. Pa.
OEND 10c. in silver for one Rich French Photo
O Card (rich) and Book* Catalogue.
PARKER A CO.. 80x436 Charleston, 8. 0.
ATS ELGIN WATCHES !
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8 W < I * r t er than others), reaches at
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