AGRICULTURE. WASTE ON THE FARM.— The greatest waste on the farm is in the not using of our brains; the greatest, because at the bottom of all the other wastes. A llitle thinking often saves much labor. Atter accomplishing almost any piece of work, the most of us can look back, and see how we could have improved on it, if tee had &tif thought. As we re view our crops of this year, we see how they could have been easily increased, bad we only thought. The ditch we dug through our medow was not done in the most ecouomieal way. We dug too deeply at first, and did not allow for Ihe setting of the land. Hence & waste of labor. We omitted buying an Im plement that would have saved nearly its cost in this one year's use, until we had spent much in trying to accomp lish our work without it. Here was another waste. We carry a water pipe too near the surface, to save the ex pense of digging a trench of a sate depth, and the winter's frost necessi tates a replacement of the pipe, and an additional digging. Certainly, a waste here. We allowed tho weeds to grow on one piece of land, not thinking to what proportions thev would grow by thoitlme too mops were too lar advanced to admit the hoe. Aw aste here, wlnch might have beeu obviated. Aud soon wastes, little and big everywhere, all arising from our not thiuKing suffici ently—waste, because not necessary and easily obviated. We omit the or dinary wastes iroin neglect, from lazi ness, lrtm want of appreciation oi cleanliness and tborouguuess,—the wastes trom our stock, irjrn our man ure heap, from our household. Verily, a little thought will save the l aimer much, and the saving, through this means, even on a eman farm, w ill re present the interest on a considerable capital. Ihe wastes arising Iroui ig norance can very readily be diminished and are in large part inexcusable; those arising lrum caielesruess, aro not de serving ot sympathy. The tanner, as well kk the business man, must uee business principles, to seouie the larg est success, and the one should bi as carer ui ol the out-goes as the other. CARROTS TOR ANIMALS.— The carrot is the most esteemed of all roots lor its leeuiug qualities. When anulyied It gives but aittle more solid matter than any other root, eighiy-dive per ceut, being water; but its influence iu the stomach ou the other articles 01 lood is meet favor able, contributing to the most perfect uige&uon and assimi lation. liiis resini, long known to practical men, is explained by chemise as resulting irom the presence of a sub&tauce called peciine, which ope rates to coagulate or gelatine vegetable solutions, and lavora this digestion iu all came. Horses are espe> tally bea med by the use of carrots, and they should ne led frequently with then other lood. Most ail sections of the western country produce, when thou roughiy cultivated, beautiful crops 01 can oia, and. they can be raised at a trivial expense. The land upon which carrots are to be cultivated should be mellow, and be plowed deeper than usual. How TO PEED HORSES, —The trouble witn most persons who keep horses, no matter whether for farm work or lor driving purposes, is they feed too much hay; and to tuts can be attributed the geuerai sluggishness often manifested Dy the horse until they have been working a couple of hours, while their wind is also much impaired. Night is the only time when hay should be led, especially to animals used lor quick work; even the slow plow team should have but littie hay at me morning and noon feeds, but give them a generous supply at i.ne evening meal. By doing this your horses wiii keep in better spirits and condition, and tree irom any tendency to "pot belly," which horsemen so much uisiike to see. FATTENING stock will thrive most when fed only such quantity as will be eaten readily with good appetite: any excess of feed laying before them will destroy the relish, make the ani mals dainty, and lessen the quantity they will consume. A variety is de sirable ; one feed daily should be some escnlenr, ss potatoes, turnips, or beets, not so mucn lor the food element they contain as to give tone to the appetite and digestion. Feed and water should be given at regular times, and by one feeder, who will, if a proper hand, soon learn what each animal requires and will feed no more or less. WEEDS.- -The best time to kill a weed is as soon as is is born, before you can see it. When the seed is germinated and is just ready to break h the grounu, then the least disturbance of the toil disarranges its connections, and it dies la a Lot sun; but, if it grows until it makes roots, if It is dis turbed considerably you do not kill it; it has hold upon the soil, and it lives in spite of you. PLANTS vary greatly with respect to their demands lor food, their Capabili ties ot gathering the ingredients irom the soil and air, and the effects of difl'- erent fertilizers upon the growth; hence the proper fertilizer in a given case depends upon the orop as well as upon the soil. Landslip in central Asia. The landslip which overwhelmed part of the Russian army marching against the Tekke-Turkomans, but of which little has been known, must rank as one of the most terrible catas trophes of the kind on record. The column was eneamped in a narrow val ley near Kheja-Kaleh, and not far from Kara Kaleh, when, after heavy rains a huge mass of the mount&lu overhangi jg the camp came down and hurried six hundred soldiers and many horses. The Turkomans, taking ad vantage of the mishap and the conse quent confusion, attacked and plund ered the Russian camp, compelling the remainder of the colnmn to fall back upon Chat, No landslip unaccom panied by other natural convulsions, like earthquakes or volcanic eruptions, has ever caused such a frightful loss of life; indeed Hie instances of vast displacements of surface are very rare. In 1840 there was a wonderful subsi dence of surface at Axmouth, in Devonshire, when about one hundred acres of undercliff slipped down to the ■ca, and a reef forty feet in height was driven up through the water. There was no loss of liie on this occasion, nor in the landslips at Lyme Regis in 1871, at Freshwater in 1842, or at Sid, mouth in the same year. The disaster of Khoja-Kaleh, therefore, Is probably vnique in its horrors. DOMESTIC. CONCERNING HAIR CITTTINO.— She Is a mother, but she does not know how to cut tnc children's hair. This is a pity, becauso it is expensive to send Co the barber, and Papa neglects the job. Besides, the children do not like their hair haggled, and it Is not nice ro look at either. The trouble often I the scissors are dull; now, this should not be. A woman ought, above all earthly things, to have sharp scissors, especially where a whole family Is to sew for. Next in Importance to hav ing plenty of dry kindling wood and lively yeas*, is having sharp scissors. Given sharp scissors, she cannot then cut the children's hair. She makes their heads caisteppy; for the life of her, she can't help it. The trouble is she does not manipulate the ooirb pro perly. Let her push this instrument through the hair In a direction oppos ite to which it lies on the head, and elipoff tto-e hairs that protrude hrou?h the comb. Do this, little by little, taking hold of fresh bair continually, aud soon the Job Is completed as beau tifully as though the barbsr had done it. Don't cut toff the child's ears. To the sick thirst is most important and distressing, often causing much restlessness anil irritability—these In their turn often increasing the fever. I'he urgent thirst must, therefore, be allayed; but If left to themselves, to satiate their craving, patients will al ways dFluk to excess, which is very liable 10 di-arrange the stomach, im pair digestion, produce fiMtuleuce and even diarrhea. Theory and experi ence both show that drinks, made slightly bitter and somewhat acid, slack thirst most eflectual'v. A weak infusion of or c range peel, acidulated slightly with hydrochloric acid is a iavorite thirst-allaying drink for fever patients. Raspberry vine gar is a useful drink. Sucking ice is very grateful. CHEAP DTKS.—A lovely dark brown can be obtained by using catechu and bi-eroinate of potash,two ounces of the potash and four of the catechu. A lighter yellowish brown, can be color ed by making a strong tea of hemlock bark, and putting In the goods while hot. A correspondent says that last tall she sent some muslin to be colored in the vais at the tannery, and was de lighted with the shade—a yellow brown,and iree from spots, doit maple bark with copperas added, makes a lovely dark purple. It will wear well, and bear washing if dried in the shade. Hickory bark and copperas will inaae a dull dark green. White clover blossoms and alum pro luce a bright yellow. STARCH FOR SHIRT BOSOMS. —Take two ouuees of fine gum-arabic powder put Into a pitcher, and pour on a pint of boiling" water, according to the strength >ou desire, and theu, having covered it, let it stand all night; In the morniDg pour it carefully from the dregs into a clean bottle, cork it and keep it for use. A tablespoonful of gum water stirred into a pint of starch made In the usual manner will give to lawn, either white or printed, a look of newness when nothing else can re store them after they have been washed. A MOLD OF COLS MEAT. —A pound or a little more of cold meat— beef, mutton, anything except pork—two ounces of maccaronl, one teacupful of flne bread crumbs, a tablespoonful of butter, one egg, pepper and salt. Cut the meat very line. Wash the macca ronl in cold water then boil for half an hour, drain and cut Into inch-lengths. Mix with the meat crumbs, butter, pepper and salt, mix thoroughly, bind together with the beaten egg and pack into a well-greased basin or bowl and steam for an hour. Tins is very nice for kreakfast or tea, sliced and eaten cold. LAWS of life say it does not neces sarily lollow that a person with an ill-developed or peculiarly shaped chest wall should have consumption. One great primary cause of consump tion is the want of inflation of apices of the lungs, whether fro n habit,occupa tion, inattention or whatever cause. This tact is the primary cause of more consumption than anything else. It opens the door for the onset ot tho dis ease under any exciting cauae, as cold, congestion or pneumonia. CABOITES A LA FLAMANDE. —When parboiled anu drained, put the carrots into a saucepan with a piece of butter, a pinch of fugar and as much water as may be necessary lor sauce; add some tinely-minced parsley and white pep per, and salt to taste. Let the carrots simmer till dene (about fifteen min utes), shaking theui occasionally. Beat up together the yolks of two eggs and half a glil of cream, stir this into the carrots off the Are, and serve. T OR cholera morbus, take Mack pep per and grind it tolerably fine. Then put in a glass a tablespoonful ot this and a tablespoonful of salt, and flli about half full with warm water,then All up the glass with good cider vine gar, and stir it up. How take one tablespoon tui, and then wait a little and take another, and keep on stlr ringand using it while the vomiting lasts. If one glass does not cure, try another. BACHELOR'S LAKE, —One pound flour half pound sugar, one-fourth pound buiter or lard, four wine-glasses of milk, half pound currants the same of candied peel, one-fourth of a nutmeg, two teaspoon!uls ground ginger, one of cinnamon, and one ot carbonate ef soda. Mix well together and bake slowly for an hour and a half. EVERY DAY FRUIT CAKE. —One cup of butter, two cups sugar, rwo cups sour milk, two cups raisins, five cups flour, teaspoonful saleratu*. Bait, cin namon, cloves, citron and wine to taste. A writer in the London Engineer stales tiiu first requisite for a perfect railway brake to be a capacity to sup ply the instaniaueous application of the greatest amount of retarding force —the brake to be applied to every wheel ot a train simultaneously, and the utmost power of the brake to be at once used. He says that a train of fifteen cars, weighing 2JO tons, at an energy of sixty miles an hour, is equal to 34,000 ions falling a distance oi one foot, and as at a speed of sixty miles an hour a train passes over eighty-eight feet per second, to stop it quickly in volves the following requirements; First, the brake blocks should be ap plied to act upon every wheel in tne train; secondly, they should be ap plied wiih their lull force in the least possible time; ihirdiv, the pressure should be regulated according to speed and other circumstances, so that the friction may never exceed, but nearly equal, the adhesion of tho wheels upon the rails. These three requisites must be regarded as iudisDensabie. The hardest steel does not last long est as rails for track purposes. This has been praotically proved lately. TUMOROUS. A FRENCH peasant saw in the river a floating egg. He thought ho could catch It with his hand, but in his at tempt. fell in the water, and the egg escaped him. Tho water was deep, and ne could not swim. In terror, he believed that God was thus punishing his greediness, To propitiate his fate he vowed that if he esoaped he would never eat another egg. Instantly a branch of a tree presented Itself to him, by means of which he gained the banks of the stream. Shaking himself he said : "I suppose, O Lord, that you of course understood me to say raw •Mh" a OLD MAGGIE DEE nad fully her own share of Scottish prudence and econo my. One bonnet had served her turn for upwards of a doisn years, and some ladles who lived In her neighbor hood, in offering to make and present her with a new one, asked whether she would prefer silk or straw as ma terial. "Weel, my leddles," said Mag gie, after careful deliberation, "since ye insist on gi'en me a bonnet. I think I'll tak' a strac and; it will mivbe be a mouthfu' to be coo when I'm through wi' it. A THICK-h kadki> jury in Columbus Ohio, had decided that the man who hail broken into Spilklus' house and was caught In the act, was not guilty, the evidence being Insufficient to con vict. and the prisoner was acquired. "I would like to have the address of the innocent man," said SpUkins. "What for?" "Well, since he was paying me n friendly visit, I want to know where he lives, so I can return the call." [Mondovi, (Wis.) Buffalo Co. Herald. Notion* of the First Settlers. Mr. W. H. H, Amldon, one of the first settlers In the town of Oilman town, Wis., and one of the most in dustrious and hard working men in the country, has been very severely troubled with rheumatic pains during the past few years, so much at times, that he was disabled from performing manual labor. Learning of the won derful cures effected by the use of St. Jacob's Oil he procured a few bottles and experienced immediate relief. Many others of our acquaintances haye used it and express themselves as highly gratified, with the relief It has afforded them. This king of medicines can be bought everywhere. AN arctic exploration : A year or so ago a young Galveston lady got married, and the voting couple went off on a bridal trip. Atter her return she was always mentioning her north ern trip. "Did you visit the Cans das?" asked somebody. "The Kene dyg?" she asked, musingly, "do they live down on Ctnal street. In New Orleans? We went as far north as New Orleans. "TMK land, my friends," said an Irish orator the other day at a meet ing, "has belonged to the people from the days of Adam." "Adam Indeed !" replied a voice In the crowd, "do not speak of him; he was evicted from the Garden of Eden without compensa tion." "I AM your boot maker, here's your bill," says a man approaching another who is standing at the steps of a notel. 'Pardon, but I don't racognlzj you.' 'I find on the contrary, that you recognize me too well." MME. 8., seeing some dust on th c furniture, shows it to her servant. "What would you like to have me do In such a case?" she asks kindly. "As I do—don't pay any attention to It." TRAVELING along the se-coast of Florida, a gentleman, noticing the barrenness of the oonntry, asked a na tive, "what do you live on here?" "Live on?" replied the man; "why, on fish and strangers." BROWN gave his wife an elegant umbrella for her birthday present. "Be verv careful of It," he said to her. "Ob, be easy, dear; I'll use it only on Sundays and holidays, and then only when the weather is ll ne." IT is perfectly proper to speak of a man's magnificent dome ot thought,or his Websterian brow, but when you speak of a re'd-beaded gentleman as the man with the gilded dome, ten chances to oue he will not feel flatter ed. A BOOR excuse is better than none at all. When a boy was called to ac count for going Ashing on Sunday, he replied, "I know I do, but then before the fl^hbegin to bite I always wliist'e out one of Moody andSankey's tunes." THE intelligent printer got It int type that it was a "damnation" party, and the poor minister who had been afflicted with a donation party didn't kick a bit, or request any of his sturdy congregation to go 'round and kill the editor. THE time has amved when an invi tation to a wedding is equivalent to lending a groom $lO and feeling thankful that he didu't ask for more. [Cncinnati Iri-*h Citizen.] Mr. John Miller, of 54 West Fifth street, tells us that he was cured by the use of St. Jacob's Oil of a complica ted case of rheumatism of ten years standing. A NEW sled has been invented.whlcli is so constructed that a person is In no danger of falling off, and the boys are relieved of the trouble of holding the girls on. The invention is not meet ing with a large sale. THE Pilgrim fathers deoleared kiss ing on Sunday to be wicked. They were bound a man should kiss his wife at least onoe a week. PURIFY the blood by cleansing the erst em of foul humors, and by giving t-trongth to tbs liver, kidneys and bowels to perform their regular functions. Kidney-Wort will doit.— Witness. GIRLS having the dollars of their daddies are wearing the queer looking hats of their grandmothers. How to bring people over to your side—Have the snow cleaned off jour sidewalk. FRIENDS. Romans, countrymen,lend me your ear muffs! A GREAT wag—The dog's caudal appendage. THE oldest friends are to-day the etaunchest friends of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. They have proven Its great worth in all cases of Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Tickling in the Throat, Irritation of the Bronohial Tubes and Lungs, ete flout h AfWon. South Africa, speaking in the rough, is a semi-circle, the shore line of which Is low and level, while the In terior rises In two or three tolerably distinct steps to a high plateau. The hills and mountains which form these steps runs on the whole, parallel with the seashore, while the rivers form he radii between the oenter, which is the interior plateau,and the periphery, which is formed by the sea. The two largost rivers, the Orange and the Limpapo, flow respectively In a west erly and easterly direction. The northern boundary of the South Africa seml-clrcle Is formed by the tropic of Capricorn. The territory thus limited is capable of supporting a great em pire—an empire, moreover, which can mpport Itself and has a position of matchless security. It has the most salubrious climate known to medical science. The soil produces every thing needed by a civilized and luxur ious people. Nevertheless, the em pire has not Interested mankind great ly save as a stopping place on the way between the European states and their colonies in Asia. In that capacity the Dutch occupied the cape in 1032, by the proclamation of a Surgeon Ribeck. Some adventurers, mostly Dutchmen, settled at the cape, their wives being furnished them by the Dutch govern- wh'eh emptied Its workhouses for that purposo. These Dutchmen had no difficulty in taking from the Hottentots what land they wanted, and a mau who chose to leave the set tlement usually went where he pleased the Hottentots being either his slave or his game. The Dutch Boers—an appropriate name—were joined by Huguenots and Germans, and the re sult was a peculiar mixture. The Boer of to-day has a language of his own, the basis of which is Dutch; he is tough, bold, vulgar; he is an Intense Calvinist; he detests English freedom he looks upon the African tribes as ills slaves; his institutions are patriar chal; most Boers read, and uiauy of them write; they hold silence, art, and refinement In contempt. Living stone's early journals show what stuff these Boers are made of; the best authority on South African language* Is Beek ; the best South African library has been collected by an Englishman, and is now at Cane Town. flogu Certificate*. It Is no vile drugged stuff, pretending to be made of wonderful foreign roots, ba.ks, s'rongly concentrated from roots, hertB aid birks, that its good ef leous are realize i immediately after commenc ing to take it. There is no disease t the aumai syatem for which ihe Vegetlne can ot be U9ed with perfect safety, as it does not contain any metem or all Impurities of the blood it has no equal, it ha* never faHed to effect a cure, giv ing tone and strengt i to the system dcbilliated by disease, its wonderful effeo. upon the com pl lnts named are surpilslng to all. Mauy have been cured bv tie Vegetlne thit have tried many otuei rem-, dies. It can well be called THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER. Dr. W. BOMS Writes: SCROFULA, LIVER COMPLAINT. DYSPEPSIA, RNIV MATISM, WKAKNBSS, N. It. STEVENS, Boston: I have been practising raed'clne for M years, and as a remedy for sc. orula. Liver complaint, Dyspepsia, hheumatism, Weakness, and all dis eases of the blood, l have never found Its equaL I have sold V getlne ior 7 years and have ne\er had one bottle returned. I would heartily re commend It to those In need of a bio id puriflc Da W.HUaS, DiUgglst. Sept. 19, 1378. Wilton, lowa. VEGETINE, PKEPAKED BT H. H STEVENS, Boston, Mass. Vegetlne is Sold by all Druggists. 991 To All Our Friends. Having had numberless Inquiries for advertising cards from ladles in all parts ot the country who are interest ed In the prevailing fashion of making "Card Collections," we are having printed for them a set ot seven beautl tul cards, each in six colors and on a gold background, in the very highest degree of art, illu Crating Sbakspeare's "Seven Ages of Man," We have spared no expense In these cards—they are simply little art gems. Our only aim has been to publish the finest cards yet shown. Applications tor them have come In so rapidly that nearly the whole edition Is engaged berore the receipt by us of the cards from the artist. We have therefore been obliged to adopt the, following plan for the dis tribution of ihe remainder: No more of the gilt SUakspeare curds, seven in the series, will be sint excepting upon the receipt ot a statement from a grocer that the person applying for the cards has bought of him on that day at least seven bars ot Dobb ns' Kiectrlo Soap, with price paid fcor same. All apply ing lu this manner trill rect lve the lull tct ot seven cards gratis by mall. This will iasure us thai our friends and pa trons get their share of these beautiful designs, although it in no manner re pays us for the cost of the cards. Your grocer has the soap or will get It, ai.d tue purchase by you of seven bars of It at one time will secure for you grati* seven reaily beautiful cards. The soap improves with age, and is an article ot necessity lu 3 our house every week. Therefore you are not asked to buy a uselct-s article, but one that you must have uuyway. Please send us your application at once, and tell your lady frieuds making "Curd Collections," to do the same. Grocers do not have the cards to deliver. Buy the soap 01 them, send us their bill, and ire will mail you the cards free. Yours respectfully, i. L. CKAGIN & Co., 110 Mouth 4,b Stref, PiiiiuUelphia, Pa. P. .—Ludiea not wishing to buy soap can get the curds by remitting cost price, 25 cents Let M* examine the marvellous in stinct of the solitary wasp in providing for the worm that will issue from her egg after her own death. She brings grubs—food that, as a wasp, she never tatted —and deposits them over the egg, ready for the larva she will nevsr see. The life history of every insect ex hibits instincts of this perplexing de scription. Look at the instinctive character of bees in their far-sighted provisiops for the future. Witness the caterpillar, how at the proper time it selects a suitable situation and spins for itself a silken cocoon. Marvellous instincts are met with outside of the Insect world; every little bird is its own skilful accoucheur. We 01 ce ob served the self-delivery of the chicken. The prison wall Is not burst In pieces by struggles. By a regular series of strokes the shell is cut in two—chipped round in a perfoct circle some distance from the large end. The bird has a special instrument for this work—a hard, sharp liorn on tho top of the upper mandible, which, bring required for no other purpose, disappears In a few days. Obviously each individual bird no more acquires the art of break ing its way out than It furnishes Itself with the little pick-hammer used in the operation; and It is quite clear that a bird could have never escaped from the egg without this instinct How were e/gs hatched before birds had acquired the Instinct to sit upon them ? A lowl that never before willingly shared a crumb with a compiniou will now starve herself to feed her chickens, which she calls by a language she never before used —may have heard —but which tuey are born to un derstand. Tni soft and silky appearance given to the hair by the use of Carbollue. the natural hair restorer and dressing, as now improved and perfected, is the subject of general remark by all who have witnessed its efiects upon the human head. Sold by all dealers in drugs. According to l>r. Wiedeholp, fungus growths in cellar may be combated either by burning sulphur or by pour ing two parts of concentrated sulphuric acid over one part of commou salt, and so closing all openings as to prevent any escape of the vapors. —Tne Montana Legislature, has pass ed a stringent law against opium dens. w STOMACH &ITTEB S Invalids who have lost, but are recovering viral stamina, declare in gr.toful terms theli appreciation or tue merits as a tonic or llostet ter'sHtomach Bitters. Nor, only does It impart str ngtli to the weak, It corrects an lrreg lar aold state or the somich, makes the bowels act at proper intervals, gives ease to those who sutler irotn riieumatl: and kidney troubles, and conquers as well as prevents fever and ague. For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally. 0 S Electricity & Absorption 5 % Combined 6 Ju •*[ Sprdllr reftirw the Vital Forces, V? / / tj® Lost Manhood, and curing the ( > j: gt wont cam or Seminal Weak- Si'; noes,lin potency,Ao. MATH ,'W I Jm'? M \ EWS' Improved Electro Magnetic M A # 41 V Belt and Al>eorbent Pad Combined t a? ~ X J i , (size of Pad, 7*lo inch**, 4 timet f. aKw * < larger than others), reaches at • M %V M 1 . once the seat of disease. Do not t jl ■ -J& \ purchase any old-style SOO Belts 1 if \ when you c*n get the lateet im- I t'vk>| ; proved for 53.00. "Electric I atVorlrnUAdn./ HE • Light," a larje 34-eolumn cw> 1 """tTO# i paper ser.t free unsealed; scaled, I I ■ D. S. D. MATHEWS ft CO. X / 431 West Lake St., Chicago, DL flj 777 Qntfl\ A lr^r r Ad4re * § i i ViLtl 11 iWltu A SEA captain was brought before a justice in Marseilles and mercilessly attacked by his opponent's lawer. When at length he was suffered to speak he said : "Your Honor, I ask a delay of one week in the proceedings so that I may linda big enough liar to answer that man." His request was granted. Set back 4% Year*. I was troubled for many years with Kidney Complaint, Gravel, &o,; my blood became thin; I was dull and in active; could hardly crawl about; was an old worn out man all over; oould g-t nothing to help me, until I got Hop Bitters, and now I am a boy again. My blood and kidneys are all right, and I am as active as a man of 30, although I atn 72, and I have no doubt it will do as well for others of of my age. It is worth a trial.—(Fa ther.)— Sunday Mercury. PLEASING MODESTY : A Frenchman was presented to Mahmoud, and found himself. In consequence of progressive Ideas, a little embarrassed at having to call hltn continually "His Higbuess," a title even less familiar than that of "His Majesty." The Sultan saw his embarrasßmeut and remarked sym pathetically "Call me King of Kings; it's much more simple." VEOKTINE, —For eradicating all Im purities of the blood from the system, It has no equal. It has never failed to effeet a cure, giving tone and sirengtli to the system debilitated by disease. It takes a country schoolmaster for shrewdness. Whet the weather is cold, and the scboolhoute imperfectly heated, he puts the head of the class nearest the stove, and then all the scholars work like heavers to rank high in their studies. Sex ior asks proiefsor a very pro found question. Professor—"Sir, a fool can ask a question that ten wise wen could not answer." Senior - "Then, I suppose that's the reason why so many of us flunk." IRS. LYOII L PIHKH&M. Of LYNN, MISS. LYDIA E. PINKHAM'B VEGETABLE COMPOUND. la a Poaltlre Cure f.r all ikwr ralnriil Complaint. and Wnknimi Mvoamo* t. our beat ft-malc population. It will cure entirely the wo ret form of reinole Com plaints, all ovarian troubles, Inflammation and Ulcera tion, Falling and Displacements, and the eonwfjucr.t Spinal Weakness, and ia particularly adapted to tha Chance of Life. It will dissolve and expel tumors from the uterus In an sariy rtagv of development. The tendency to can cerous humors there is checked very spordlly by Its use. It removes faictness, Catulcnry, destroys all craving for stimulants, and relieves weakness ofthestomacK It cures rUodicc, Ceadarhcs, Nervous Prostration, General Debility, Sleeplessness, Depression and Indi gestion. That feeLnc of bearing down, oatudng pain, weight and backache. Is always iiertnancntly cured by its use. It will at all times and under all circumstances set In harmony with the laws that jyovcrn the female syWem. For the euro of Kidney Complaints of either sex this Compound is unsurpassed. LTDIA E. I*l NIvIIAM *8 VEGETABLE COM POUND is prepared at 23 and 2Ji Western Arsnuo, Lynn, Mast. IMeo C - Six bottles for JA Sent by mail In the form of pills, also In the form of lozenges, on receipt of price, SI per box for either. Mr*. Pink ham freely answers all letters of inquiry. Send for ponipb | let. iddrn. as above. Kmtio* thi• raper. I No family should be without LYDIA E. I*l NK HAM'S LIVER. PILLS, fhey cure constipation, biliousnmi, mil torpidity of the liver. SS cents per box. MW Sold by all DrnggteU. *tt jrrh^OniyMedicinejl That Act* at the 8u MM M M Til Lifer, ths Bowels tod the Kidneys. [ y These great organ* are the natural clean*- ■ ■ era of the system. If they work well, health P| ■V will be perfect,; If they become elogged, M II dreadful disease* are aore to follow with B| y TERRIBLE BUFFERINQ. J Btlltmm, Headache, Dyspepsia, Jan- BJ Alee, Comrtfpatlon and Pile*, er Kl4- 11 aey Complaints, Gravel, Diabetes, | Jar Rheumatic Paine and Aches, M are developed because the Mood la potaoned K f ■I with the humors that should hare been B' y expelled naturally. ■ H HIBXET-WORT V wtn restore the healthy action and all these W 11 destroying erila will be banished j neglect V M them end yon will live bnt to enffer. 1. P| Thousands hare been cured. Try It and yon Be Q #lll add one more to tbe ntimber. Take ft |H ■ and health wllltnce more gladden yonr heart. U ff Why anthrMiaw ft the tm wt sf an IMdaghaahl H [1 Why haar rmha^| of baslnoes.weak- man of let ened by the strain of fMf ters toiling over mfiP your duties avoid night work, to res- an d use V tore brain nerve and Hop ksittera. 9 waste, use Hop B. It yon are young end Hi offering from any In discretion or (lissipaßtion ; if you are mar ried or single, old ortWyoung, culfering from poorheolth or languish King on a bod Of stok neis, rely on Hopgßlt+ere. Y/hoever you are, Bp* Thousands die an whenevor yon feel p ,( no ally from some thai yonr system 118-. ; J form of Kidney needs cleansing, ton-disease thai might Ing or stimulating |fl| J have been prevented without fx tori eating, IV Aby a timely use of •* Hop Anfc \ Hop fitters Bitters. Have you dye- ■WB^BH pepsia. rj , q plaint , disease 15 j* 3 m abeorate of the stoviuch , If., ITHTI L a ? d irreßl^ A boxeds, blood. H! H I K hie oure for llwr oTxirrvrs I JwJ AAU V [d^unkeness, Yon w ill be WJ P> of opium, cured If you use hi : niTTrnfl tobacco,or Hop Bittere § W l- jv cooties. J yon are b!to- IT; UlllLliU Bold by drug ply weak and iM;] gists. Bend for low spirited, try |B;i NLVLR Circular. aaveyourff jTA I I KOP c,ll£Hß 11 fe. It has Jr., r/\ILI 117,0 co, 3aved hun- Jt I Roehnter, 5. Y. d red S. Nj'A ■ ' -n A Toronto, Out. IP—Will II inwilllll HI Mil will—in fQQA 4 year to Agents, and expenses. $6 Outfit SUUU free. Au'rss F. SWAIN A Co., Augusta, He. KIDNEY DISEASES,-^XKiS?" WMa —ma If.WQl*. Afe MV aad VtßdMhl TMBtdy wkMfe M lATtafmkukMMiMlali rtlprarf mm w—T. wmpetitttgim. Itr—tdr- mnmgl pltiMl* lh* towi ocfsaa, ad ul* •" eeee*ele*d a4 podwaay Wai-r mi—J lliHia^^^r— ** ailirtotl lw — —"**• **** - OoMtiia3U.BhaiaMd—. * ymrnm, W fcy <>f rfm Wrn Um— aaa Alakalia t— ij MP# IttflA. • AWLltlj —MBP— .. _ . No Preparation on earth equal* ST. Jacob* Oil U a uri, •ran. SIMPLK and msar External Remedy. A trial entalia bet the comparatively trifling outlay of SOCurrs, aad every one suffering with pain oan have cheap and positive proof of He olefin*. Dixti-noxs !■ ILIVM LAMICAGES. SOU BY AIL BIOOOISTS AN SEALERS 10 MEBICIML A. VOQELER A CO. Ualtimore, Md, V. .1 A* MUSIC BOOKS For SCHOOLS. Cstnse oong Bens, common schools. By LO. Emer.-on. Has a g eat variety of cheerful, ge nial, musical songs, such as the girl* and boyi must Use. and also a good Elementary Course. Among our older and standard School Song Books hat are still favorites and in ronst ant demand, we mention Whip-poor-will f.Vc.; Marking Bird. (30c.) and Golden Bobia (50C.) all by w. O. Perkins. Welcome Chorus. Cog ™ e l m%> schools, Academies and Seminaries Br W. S TUden. is of tne best cnara rter. and well fltteo to follow iho*e most successful books, inf H||gli Sfhoal Choir ($1). and the Hour ol (timing (II). bo hoy Kmeison and Tlldea. and tlie Lnnrel Wreath (11). by W. O. Per klnc We aiS? mention tmeraon'fl Quar. tela and Chornses for Male Volees (flue.) jua out, ai a good boo. lor practice in Jdlgt Schools, Academies and Colleges. OPERETTAS AKD CAKTATAS FOB ftUIIOOL EXHIBITION*. corona-ion, (80 cts.) Culprit Pay. (fl) Fairy Bridal, i*o eta.) Flower Queen, (new, TB Guardian Angel, (fc> eta.) Hour in fairy Land. (10 eta) Miracle of Rosea (Wets.) Little Bo Peep, (W cis ) M iud Irving, (&o eta) New Year's Eve. (ao eta) Three Little Kittens, (.0 eta) Quarrel among f lowers. (as eta) Spilng lioltday, (octs; and Cinderella, (4J eta) are all lively and pretty Cantatas. Any book mailed, post-free, for retail price. Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston. J. R. IUTSOK A 00. 1228 Chestnut St.. Phlla. YOU BLATCHLEY PUMP Fnlln*d,or wtfh Copper. Portelaln/g Iron Lining*. Each one stenciled with my name aa manufacturer is warranted In material and con struction. For sale by the best houses In the trade. If you do not know where to ret thia pump, write to me as below, and I will send name of agent nearest you, who will supply you at my lowest prices. CHAS. G. BLATCHLEY, Manufacturer, 308 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. Encyclopedia TIOUETTE; BUSINESS This Is tht cheapest and only complete and ratio •Is wore an Etiquette snd Basin, ee and Social Fame. It tells huw to p-rform all tbs \arious <1 Use of Ufa, and haw to appear to the baat edvaatap aa all occasion*. .AC N NTS W ANTED.—Sand for circular* ueutafiu lugs full description of the work and extra taruss t* J NATIONAL PUBLISHINfI CO, A earsa Nsrvaas Pehilttv f\ sud Weaknes- af G.uerativs Organ*. #l—*o frgrl*t. Send for Circular ta Ailau * Fhanuacy Ml First Ave-!.!. "\TOUNG MKN Laarn Telegraphy 1 Earn 940 to #IOO a month. Graduates gan ran toed paging efficev Address VALENTINd BROS., Jane.vllto W iacoßsia. WMPI nVMriIT LOCAL OR Travel l ** i u I*l f Llf I lulfcll I state *hkk preferred, fl Ala# SALARY perssoath. All EXPENSES ll advanced. WAGES promptly pal A SLOAN H dk Co. SO# George St. Claciaaatl. O. I bub-bass and Oct-Coupler,! g ; 84*, #55, #5, #75, #IOO, #l2O j 2 ZT! ; Book mclu ld. PIANOS. jjUO nu •5* 3 • Upward* AGENTS WANTED. New • PQ s Catalogues now ready, ©j T. L. WAFERS, a ! 14 Eam ldth Street, X. 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