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, <fce., and puffed up by long
bogus certificates of pretended miracu
lous cures, but a simple, pure, effective
medicine, made of well known valua
ble remedies, that furnishes its own
certificates by Its cures. We refer to
Hop Bitters, the purest aud best of
medicines. See another column.—l?e
puhlican.
In a late paper. Or, Hughes Bennett,
of Edinburgh University, stated that,
the tendency of modern pnysiologv Is
to ascribe to a mail a sixth sense. If
there be placed before a man two small
tubes, the one ot lead and the other ot
wood, both gilded over so as to look
exactly alike, and both of the same
temperature, not one of the five senses
could tell the man which is lead and
which 1s wood. He could tell this only
by lifting them, and this ser.se of
weight, Dr. Bennett thinks, is likely
to be recognized as the sixth sense.
One tr/tf has tried everything, says
that after an experience of fifteen years
he has found nothing to equal the fol
lowing as a cement for leather belting;
Common glue and isinglass, equi.l
parts, soaked for ten hour in just
enough wcter to cover them. Bring
gradually to a boiling heat and add
pure tannin until the whole becomes
ropy or appears like the whit 0 of eggs.
Burt'oil the surfaces to be joined, apply
this ceuieut, ami clamp tiruily.
f l"ir* ladles who sometime since were
unable to go out, having taken Lydia
£. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,are
quite recovered, and have goue on
IneLr way rejoicing.
Instead of oil, which thickens and
makes the stones dirty, a mixture of
glycerine and alcohol is used by many.
The proportions of the mixture vary
according to the instrument operated
upon. An article with a large surface,
a razor, for instance, sharpens best
with a limpid liquid, as three parts of
glycerine to one of alcohol. For a
graving tool, the cutting surface of
which is very small, as is also the pres
sure exerolsed on the stone in sharpen
ing, it is necessary to employ glycerine
almost pure, with but two or three
drops of alcohol.
NATURES REMEDY.
jni^BEATBWO^USiriEB^^
WILL CURE
Scrofula, Scrnfnlnns Hnmnr, Cancer,
Cnnccron* Humor Erysipelas Can
ker, Malt Ithciim. Plmplcsor Hu
mor on the Face, Cough* and
Co IU is. Ulcers, Bronchitis,
Meiirulgin, DY spepsla,
Rkeuunallsiu,
Pntns In the Nlde, Cornellpaflon. Coa
ttveneee, Piles Disiiimae, Head
ache, Nrrvunenees, false In Ihe
Hack. Falutness at the Mtona
arh. Kidney Complaints,
Fein tie Weak net* and
Ueueral Debility.
This preparation Is scientific ally and chemt
callv combined, and so>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 me<alllo compound. For eradlcatl ig the
By.->tem 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 rmh<Mfcmstr—Csarttpatli and IHssl |1
U InnntT-WoBT will cure TOO. Try a pack-11
■ age at once and be satisfied.
Jilt a dry vegetabls compound mmd
H One Package makea tlx quarts of ledldao. |
II Tour Druggist hat It, or uitt yet U JUr WV
II you. Insist upon having it. Pries, SIXO. 1
WILLS, BICHASSSOH * CO., Fropiftan. |J
II O (Will b* port pit) BsrUsgtes, TV P
are a mantßMwlfywiiuv>a^|
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. w<Mfcoa m>mpetitttgim. 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. T. j
Those answering on AdveruMiaeat aril
oonfer a ntror upon the Advertiser and tha
Publisher by stating that they saw the advar*
Uasmmt Hi this lanr** Unamtrg She n*n*> >.
A Agents Wnuted. *5 aDsy made
ri11,..
pi" tMBaU Weighs up to S611)8. Retail
4no priee. pl.&O. Term* *urpria Asent*.
DOMESTIC SCALE CO.. Cincinnati, O.
I^C^'obratet
Loaders
Wnzzle and Breecli-Loadln# Guns. Rifles and
Pistols of st ott approved English and American maJut
iU kinds ef Sporting Implements and articles
■equlred by SYportsmen and Gumnakers. Colt's New
Rreech.Leadlng Roable Guns at #SO up.
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