Eating and Sleeping.
Is it really true that sleep is more per
fect and refreshing, the body more per
fectly invigorated, by sleeping on an empty
stomach than on one moderately tilled, and
the appetite satished; or is it true that di
gestion and assimilation are moie pertect
it perfoimtd outing wcrkiug hours than if
performed during sleep; or are these un
pleasant feelings during sleep after a lull
meal simply the effect of breakiug over a
long fixed habit? Let us reason tiiis mailer,
for during the whole historic period more
or less ot popular opinions have in the
course of time been proven to be but pop
ular eirors. Experiments are recorded of
dogs of the same age, size, aud breed, led
alike, one put upon the chase at once aud
the other lelt to rest. Alter a stated time
the food upon the hunter was found
scarcely affected, while iu the oilier It was
fully digested. All our domestic auimals
lie down and rest after their appetites are
satisfied. Beasts and birds of prey are al
most incapable of action during the diaes
lion of the contents of a gorged stomach.
Experienced teamsters learn to give their
annuals their fullest feed at night alter
their labor lor the day is fiuisheu, aud iu
all the brute world, so far as we are able
to observe, their natural habit ot digestiou
induces rest and sleep.
But says my lady friend of a dyspeptic
diathesis, "they are but brutes." Admit,
ted, but tbey don't have dyspepsia, neither
do I admit that we can learn nothiug of
benefit to ourselves from the na'ural habits
of brutes. But let us refer to the animals
of our own species, man, as near as we
can find him following his own natural
instincts. The Indian hunter gorges him
self and lies down to sleep when he has
slain his prey. The overland travelers
across the plains eat their principal meal
when camped for the night. Soldiers on
the maich do the same. Explorers aud
surveyors follow suit; and our grand
fathers and grandmothers when relievtd
from the cares and labors of lite are very
apt to take a nap after diuuer. Your own
physician, if he is orthodox, tells you it is
better to rest after a lull dinner, aud your
lawyer who labors with mind aud biaiu to
defend your cause will tat but lightly at
the dinner recess and make it up when the
trial is over or sojourned for the dav.
Man retires at nigut with his stomach
moderately filled, his appetite satisfied, his
mind relieved from the * ares aud labors of
the day; he fails to sleep, his brain aud
mutcte are at rest, his lungs are inflated
less frtquently, his diaphragm more slug
gish, his putee beats slower, for his spare
blood has gone to the assistance of his
stomach, for the involuntary muscles of it
are at work, his sleep is tranquil, and if
he has dreams tley are of a pleasant na
ture, lor nature has had her own way and
the man is all right.
Bill}* Bumbottle'a Daughter.
Not long ago a party of four buck In
dians passed through .North Nebraska go
ing northwest. A few miles out they
stopped and arrayed themselves in war
costume and put OP ominous black and
red paint, thus indicating that they were
on a mission not wholly peaceful. The
secret of the matter was, two of the In
dians were going to fight a duel. They
were two young Santee Sioux, named, res
pectively, Slit-lip Be b and Sam Squire.
They had been down to the Omaha reser
vation on a visit, and while there had both
fallen in love with an Indian squaw named
Sal Molly, the beautiful daughter of Billy
Bumbottle, one of the chiefs of the tribe.
The two lDdian beaux, Bob and Sam. went
desd in love with the alluring Sal, and,
according to Indian custom, each tried to
buy her of her affectionate pareut. His
price was twenty-four ponies, which was
not high, considering that she was a stout,
strapping squaw, good tempered, and ca
pable of boeiug corn, taking care of pap
pooses, and doing the housework, in all of
which accomplishments she was well
versed, hsving already had much experi
ence. Consequently both the beaux were
willing to pay the twenty-four ponies, and
the question then naturally came up as to
which one it should be. The case was re
ferred to Sal herself, but she could net
fully decide, as she liked them both almost
equally well. They were indeed both tine
Indians, and in many respects well matched.
Jf there was any advantage at all, it was
probably in favor ot Sam, who was younger
than the other and had already only two
wives, whereas Bob was the possessor of
four helpmeets. But Sal could not decide
which she would make happy, ami her two
swains agreed to settle the mat.er by tight
ing. So they started on Sunday, bringing
with them two Indian friends to act as um
pires and bottle holders, and on Monday
passed through town as before related.
After donning their war paint, they went
up to a secluded spot In the Lime creek
hills, and then laying aside all weapons,
excepting two stone-headed war clubs, tiiev
-mounted their ponies and tackled one an
other with great fury. After circling and
whooping around as a sort of preliminary
exercise, the combatants came to close
quarters, when Bob delivered a tearful
blow with bis club at Sam, who slipped
to one side and the blow fell on the head of
his pony and made him feel very demure
for a while. Then Sam got in a blow
which lamed his opponent's leg severely.
They then fell to and whacked and banged
away at each other, but without much
effect, till finally with exhaustion both dis
mounted and sat down on the grass and
glared at each otner in silence. And now
the spirit of peace, compromise, and con
ciliation stole over them, and Bob proposed
if Sam would give him hve ponies, are
voiver, and two knives he would turow up
the sponge and let his rival have the girl
without further trouble. Sam joyfully
agreed to this and then washing off their
paint and dirt, they and their two friends
teturned back to the agency, where they
probably arrived yesterday. To-day with
out doubt the triumphant and love favored
Sam will be uuited to his Sal, and Bob,
conciliated by his five ponies, his revolver,
and his two knives, will rejoice in happi
ness second only to that of the bride and
groom.
Niagara.
A scheme to turn Niagara still further
into commercial profit is being realized.
The canal was originally constructed in
1860, at a cost of $250,000. It de
bouches from the river above the falls,
and empties into the reservoir below
them, being about three-quarters of a
mile in length. Its dimensions are
about thirty-five feet in width by ten
feet in depth; but a new company have
land enough secured to enlarge it to one
hundred feet wide. The new company
bought the old undertaking at a mere
song. They have nearly completed a
wheel pit not far from the lower ex
tremity of the present reservoir, forty
feet long by twenty feet wide, sunk in
the solid rock, from which a tunnel, ten
feet by six feet, has been bored for
discharging the waste into the river.
The water is led from the reservoir to
the wheels by huge iron pipes, The
otal available head is about 220 feet.
AGRICULTURAL.
POT TORS. —In order to have the best
success in growing potatoes, and to secure
a healthy, vigorous growth and crop free
from rot, says 1 horburn, it is uecesssry to
plaut as early as the ground can be got
ready. Select a rich soil and plant in rows
three feet apart aud the sets one foot in the
rows. To kill the young weeds, run a
light steel tooth harrow over the field
leugthwise of the rows; this will allow the
crop to get the start of the weeds, besides
breakiug up all lumps and levelling the
ground ready for the cultivator. If wood
ashes and plaster can be procured sow a
good dressiug over the Held alter the i>ota-
are up. if a very early crop is de
sired it will be uecessary to sprout the
potatoes before planting. Cut the pota
toes into pieces of any size desirable
and place in a warm, light room trout
four to six weeks before ri quired for plant
lug in the opeu ground. During this
time shoots will start out stroug and
vigorous, sr) that as soou as planted
they will send out roots and grow much
more rapidly than those treated iu the ordi
nary way. Auother method is to place the
sets iu a hotbed two weeks before they are
wanted, auil then lift carefully aud set out
on tresli horse dung, so that the heat will
cause them to start at once. If the Colo
rado potato beetle makes its appearance the
vines must be dusted with Paris greeu
mixed with about eighty parts of plaster,
or, what is belter, mix the Paris greeu in
water, two tablespooufuls to a pail, and
apply with a small brusli or broom. Take
care to stir the mixture often or else the
Pal is green will settle at the bottom. Two
or three applications during the season will
usually suffice to clear off all the beetles.
EFFECT CF Foo> ON HOGS. — It does
not require much, if any, extra under
standing on the part of any one, to really
see how the flesh of a fowl fed on whole
some food aud water should be better to
the tasie thau those fed at random, and
upon all manner of uuwholsome fcxKl.
This applies equally to the eggs also. Any
ODe can test this quite easily, if he so
wishes, by feeding ou slop food, or food of
an uucleau kind, such as swill aud decay
ing cabbage. The flesh of such fowls will
quickly taut, ami eggs will taste unsavory,
at least to any one with tn ordinary palate.
Fresh air has also much to do with this
matter. No flesh is tit for the table which
is not allowed an unlimited quantity of
puie air. If auy person of ordinary dis
cernment would consider the actual con
dition of highly stall-fed snimals of
Chiistmas aud other similar tines of re
joicing. he would be quite easily satisfied
that although to look at. the stall-fed ani
mal, which always lacks pure air, is the
lattesi, yet its flesh does not agree with the
stomach as does that of a healthy, ordi
narily fed animal, borne may say that the
extra fat does this. I say not, for 1 have
quite often kept account, and though I did
uot touch a morsel of fat, was troubled
atterward with a disorded stomach, which
never happened wlieu 1 paitook heartily of
ordinary hue beef, both fat aud lean.
THE health of cowa may be promoted by
studying the effect of different foods. A
fruitful came of disease in cattle is the
steady feeding or dry, woody, fibrous food.
This produces impaction of the manifolds
and a general derangement of the system.
Oil meal seems to have a similar effect upon
the system to tu r uips or other rootf. It
produces a general relaxation of the bowels
and counteracts the effect of dry, fibrous
iood. In many dairy districts flaxseed is
purchased at a moderate price, say lrom
$1.13 to $1.50 per bushel, and it will pay
the u airy men or feeder ot' cattle or horses,
to buy a few bushels of flaxseed aud griud
it wiih his otuer grain. One bushel of
flaxseed mix d with twenty bushels ot corn
aud oats, and all g-ound flue to>ielher, will
by reason ot its oil, render it slightly lax
ative and assist materially in giving a
proper action to the digestive organs. This
will answer instead of oil meal. It will
show its effect by piviug a soft, mellow
skin and a glossy coat. By studying the
effects of foods the feeder may prevent
m>st of those d's< ases that rendei the ser
vices of the farrier necessary. Food is all
the medicine that Is needed.
WINTERING FIGS.-- We have found that
it costs as much or more to wnter a young
pig as it does an old hog, aud have almn
doued the practice of wintering anything
but breeders. A breeding sow may be
allowed to have a litter of pigs in the
spring which can be sold, and the oid oue
will get in fine condition, almost, if not
quite fit for butchering, on clover, corn
btaiks and roots. And we count the in
come derived from pigs as an extra gain.
There is always a demaud in the spring for
young pigs at from $2 to $4 each for fat
tening and a higher price for breeding
stock, which makes the profits on a breed
ing sow equal to that of a cow with a great
deal less cost of ketping. By a little
painstaking and effort a farmer can make
market for his pork at a price more remu
nerative than what is usually paid for it in
the caicass. Town people will buy and
eat more pork if they know that it has
been grown and fattened on wholesome
food.
MII.K COMES FROM FOOD. —We know
many dairymen who give their cows a
small grain ration all the season, and keep
ing a strict account of the yield of milk,
show that they make money by this liber
ality. One who feeds fifty cows told us
lately that he fed four pounds of middlings
per day through the season, finding that he
was fully paid In the extra milk ; and the
cow was in so much better condition in the
fall that it saved him the whole cost of
this extra food in wintering. He has fol
lowed this system for ten years. He called
our atteniion to a neighbor of his keeping
about the same number of cows, who fol
lowed what he called the economical plan
—let his cows pick for themselves—both
taking their milk to,the same factory.
Good feeding produced $45 per cow; poor,
$27, a difference of sixty percent, m favor
of liberality in feeding. This illustration
can be found in almost any dairy town.
Let every dairyman ask himself to which
class he belongs.
ECONOMY IN FEEDING. —AII food beyond
such auicunt that is properly digested and
assim'Jated by toe animal is a source of loss
to the owner, aud that in two ways: First,
the food is lost; and second, the animal
is not kept in the best condition for get
ting the most out of its feed—its stomach
is overloaded aud its digestive apparatus
more or less disarranged. Just inside the
limits of assimilation is the point to have
in view in feeding; in this way the animal
will hnve a good appeiite, and, other things
being equal, is sure to give the best returns
for food consumed.
WHEN a horse suffers from the heaves
the fteding stiould be very carefully man
aged. The food should be of small bulk,
moist and very nutritious ; oate steeped in
boiling water until cold, or if corn is given
it should be ground aud steeped in the same
manner; carrots, potatoes or wheat bran
and a very little hay may be given daily
until some relief is apparent, and then five
grain doses of arsenic daily for a month or
six weeks.
THERE is no crop raised which yields so
so large anamount of food and with so
little labor as Indian corn.
FROM "Mary, the Little Missionary."—
''Mary's uucle Charles came to see her, ami
pave her a bright gold dollar. Then Ma
ry taid, "Now I will buy some can !y, and
some chewing-gnm, aud a pickled lime;
and give Sarah Jones two cents, and the
poor woman with the littlo baby three
ceuts.' But A. M. Sleek, that good man,
heard her, and he groaned and said: "Ma
ry, remember the Pottawottauiiesl" So
she gave her dollar to the good Mr. Sleek
for the Pottawottamles; and when he took
it he was kind enough to say that ho wish
to the Pottawottamies might get it. And
Marv was made a life member of Mr.
Sleek'a society. Was that not better than
a pickled lime?"
SCKNK —Augusta's boudoir. Lucy holds
an opeu letter in her baud and says:
•'Well, you see, dear, 1 only mot hhu at
Mount Desert this summer, and we did
flirt despeiately; but It's too absurd, his
wntiug to me now and proposing, now
isn't Itf" Augusta—"Awfully bold, I
but then, it's just like a man.
Shall you accept him?" Lucy—"Well, 1
don't kuow what to do. lie don't deserve
it, but, then, he's awfully handsome, and,
besides, 1 really think I would be a good
wife. I eau make splendid corn bread."
inncitiiiitti Irish Citizen.]
Mr. Thomas Lewis, 62 Butler street iu
forms us that for seven years ho was atllic
ted with tlmt dreadful malady, Sciatica, uud
being iuduced to try St. Jacobs Oil, found
almost immediate relief therefrom, and is
now perfectly cured.
••BRETHREN," said the Leadville clergy
man as he breathlessly eu'.ered the pulpit
twenty minutes late, "1 know I'm behind
time. But here is my excuse. I had a
flush royal and Deacon York had four
queens, aud though he bet low I knew he
would put his entire pile in, and I couldn't
bear to break up such a good thing by call
ing him. So I stayed aud scooped his pile.
Can you pardou me for the dela>?" And
the congregation shouted "Aye," and gave
three cheers for the preacher, and then the
services wore begun.
VKKT strange indeed: "I suppose there
never was a woman who had sucti trouble
with her stt.niach us 1 have," remarked
Mrs. Dosewell. I've taken more than
titty kinds of bitters the last year, besides
pills and other uiedlciues that I could not
begin to remember the uaums of. Aud if
you'll believe It, my stomach is in a worse
state than when I began. "1 can readily
believe it, madam," replied Fogg politely,
"but I think your trouble Is of the head
rather than of the stomach."
[Kansas City Times.)
Mr. William Hadelt-r at the Marathon
Hotel, W'ausau, after extreme sufferings
with rheumatism, without any benefit from
physicians or various preparations, was
cured by St. Jacob's Oil.- H'is. Exchange.
ALL things comparative: "1 maintain,'
snldMr. excitedly, "that no man
has been in such a horrible predicament
that he could not tie iu a worse one."
'•That's all uouseuse," answered the blonde
young man; "a relative of mine was once
on the sea in an open boat for ten days
with nothing to eat; on the eleventh
day he was so hungry that ho had to eat
his own shoes. What ould be worse tliau
that?" "Well," said Mr. Q., slowly, "he
might have had to eat sou e one else's!"
The blonde young man wilted.
PRACTICAL arithmetic: "Vou can't add
different things together," said an Austin
school teacher. "If you add a sheep aod
a cow together it does not make two sh<H'p
or two cows." A little boy, the son of an
Austin avenue milk man, held up his hand
and said: "That may do with sheep and
cows, but if you add a quart of milk and a
quart of water it makes two quarts of milk.
I've seen It tried."
"On, Charlie," exclaimed the elderly
M'ss Prim, "I've learned lots of things
this summer—been studying botany aud
geology and —" Charlie—"What, more
new wrinkles, Miss Prim?" Charlie meant
no harm, but Miss Prim was heard to re
mirk, as she Razed into her mirror that
evening: "The idea! More uew wrinkles,
indeed! The saucebox!"
MANLY babies: "1 tlunk, husband," said
a .New Haven lady yesterday morning
"that it is about time Charles had a
little more restraint put upon him. lam
afraid he smokes." "Daresay. Let's see
he is seven next February. Well, I w ill
see to htm. He certainly ought not to
smoke before he is eight."
A POPULAR name: The name of Maria
is so popular in Ottumwa that when a cat
climbs a back fence in a well populated
neighborhood and plaintively vocalizes
"Maria!" twenty windows are hastily
thrown up and twenty female heads are
thrust out, wildly answering: "Is that you
Charley?"
SILVER CKKKK, N. Y., Feb. k, 1880.
GENTS—I have been very low, and have
tried everything, to no advantage. I heard
your Hop Bitters recommend 2d by so
many, I concluded to give them a trial.
I did, and now am around, and constantly
improving, and am nearly as strong as ever.
W. H. WELLER.
Miss Ardent (anxious to discover the
opinion of the new curate on her favorite
costume): "I hope you don't disapprove of
jerseys, Mr. Bullock?" The Rev. Mr.
Bullock (on his hobbv): "Weil, no, not
exactly, although my experience leads me
to prefer short-horns.''
LITTLE dunce (looking up suddenly
from her history book): "Oh, mammy
darling, I do wish I had lived under James
11. Mamma: "Why?" Little dunce:
"Because I see here that education was
very much neglected in his reign!"
AN extreme agony is for a young lady
to add to her toilet a large sunflower to her
belt. The occult signification of this is:
"I always turn toward the son—of some
rich man." Isn't there a touch of the in
tense about this?
"YES. sir," he said to the grocer, "that
butter was short in weight, and so bad,
that 1 had to throw it away." And the
grocer couldn't see, if the butter had to be
throwu away, why the mau should com
plain of short weight.
"I'M afraid you'll he late at the party,"
saia an old lady to her stylish granddaugh
ter, who replied, "Oh, you dear grand
ma, don't you kuow that in our set uobody
ever goes to a party till everybody gets
there?"
"You won't suit meat all," as the man
said to the tailor who refused him credit.
At last there is an effort made to lay
telegraph wipes underground. The long
suffering character of the Amenican people
ould not be better illustrated than by
pointing to the hideous poles and wires
that are permitted to disfigure the streets
of our great cities.
IT'S not fair to blame boys for stealing
apples its hereditory in the whole human
race.
Vegetinc.
The Barks. Roots and Herbs
KKOM WHICH VEUETINB IS MADE
IN POWDER FORM.
SOLD FOR
AO vis. l*ii<'kii|ge.
egctmc.
For Uluuey (oniplnt't nntl Nrti>a
Debility.
IsI.RSHUKO Me., Deo. VS. 1£77.
MR. STEVKNS—PKAK NIH. 1 had had a Cough
for IS yours when | euuinn ucetl hiking the V. g
aiine. 1 was vary low; my s\st IU was detail
a ted bv dlsaise. I had the Kidney Com dainl,
aud was v ry nervo is—cough bad, lungs sore.
Wnen 1 had taken one but lie. 1 found It was
helping me; It has helped my cough and It
itreiigitu us me. lam now able to do my work.
Never have found anything hke tbeVegittne.
I know t Is evetyihlr.g lis l ecommemie i to bo.
AIKS. A. J. PliN DLU 1 ON.
Vegctine.
DR. \V. ROSS Writes:
Wrrofuln, 1.1 ver Complaint, Dyspepsia,
It lie nma 11 sin, XX eaU iii'MN.
n. R. STEVENS, Houoi: I hav be n prr
tlslug inealclne tor m< years, and as a rimed*
tor ->crofuU, Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, KIM U
inattsm. weakness a id ab dle H sof the blood,
i have never round Its equal. 1 have i-ol i Veg
etlue o reveu years, au l have never had one
botiie reiurued. I would heart ly teeommeod
>t to those in need of a i loud purl ier
Dl(. W. UllHs. Druggist,
Sept.
Vegi'tlne In Powder Form Is sold by all
.iiiu genera, so(•• -. i you cannot
buy L of them, tnolose Boc. In po->iuge stamp
for oue package, or fl for two packages, ami 1
will seud u by reiuui mail.
A'pnfcl i iu> f
rkih'AhKn nr
11. K NTF.FF.VS, Ho*lo, Mnaw.
/egetine is Sold by all Druggists.
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Bon, Smiling and Die placements, and the consequent
Bplnal Wnkiiw, and U particularly adapted to tki
Chang* of Lifa.
It will dlaaolT* and expel tumor* from th* uterus la
an aarly stage of development. The tendency to a
serous hamort thara la checked very rpeedt 1 y by Ita aaa
It rrnnoTM falntneaa, flatulency, destroy* all or* ring
for atlmulanta, and relieves weakness of the stomach.
It cocoa Bloating, Headache*, Nervous Proetretloa,.
Sonera! Debility, Bleep! eaaim*, Depreealoa and Indi
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That foaling of bearing down, renting pain, weight
end backache, la alwaya permanently cured by Ue uae
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A New Electric Lamp. —La larapeso
leii, as it is termed, is a new French elec
tric lamp of considerable promise and some
nove.ty. The light formed by boring
two converging holes into a small block or
brick of marble, and inserting into these
two carbon rods. The rods are separated
at their points by a partition of the marble,
and they nearly penetrate through the
block. Their upper ends are connected
to the dynamo-electric machine, aud the
current in traveraing the wall of marble
between their points makes it white hot.
The carbons are slowly consumed, the gas
escaping by the bare holes, which are wi
der than the rods, and they are fed to the
arc tiy their own gravity. The light is
emitted by the botttm of the brick, which
Incomes calcined, aud is of a mellow lus
tre like the sunshine. The cost is said to
be only a sou per hour, the carbons consu
ming at the rate of a centimetie in that
time. Already the new lamp has been
introduced into several places in Paris, in
cluding the Mayor's residence, and it will
form a feature of the forthcoming exhibi
tion. It is the invention of MM. Clerac
and Huieau.
It lie lliiiatle_ l>Ueaft-n.
These ailments follow from torpid liver
and costive bowels; the skin, bowels aud
kidneys failing in their proper work, an
acrid poison is formed in the blood, which
is the occasion of these acute diseases.
Kidney-Wort produces healthy action of
all secretive organs, and throws off the
rheumatic poison. Equally efficient in
Liquid and l)ry form — lnter-Ocean.
mm*
Many , if not nust, people have suppos
ed. cr, rather, believed that the method of
teaching deaf-mutes to sjnuik had been
quite a modern invention; but every one is
not of that opinion. A congress on the
education of the deaf and dumb was lately
opened at Bordeaux, and during the sittings
M, Ciavcau published a series of articles in
which he endeavored to prove that the art
of leaching the dumb to speak is as old us
the latter part of the Ninth century; that it
was invented and practiced by St. Johu, of
Beverley, Archbishop of York, England,
ami that it was explained in the writings of
ihtVenerable Bede.
THAT slight Tickling in the Throat and
disposition to slight Cough may be the pre
cursor of years of suffering unless you take
l>r. Bull's Cough Syrup which never dis
appoints. Priee 25 cents.
In 1870 the total coal production of the
world was 193,970,088 tons; in 1880 it was
294.468,000, an increase of 100,497,317
tons, or fifty two per cent. Taking the
growth of the coal industry asa measure f
u nation's eeneial industrial progress, Rus
sia makes a very good showing, the per
centage of coalouiput there having increa
ate 275 jn*r cent., ami Spain nmkee a poor
appearance, the percentage being only thir
ty-six per cent.
The various specimens of celluloid that
were lately examined by M. F. Boaiunan
did not coutain true gun-cotton, but the
pvroxyline of collodion, perfectly soluble st
common tempcratur* s in a mixture ot etl -
er and alcohol. C.lluhi l, be bolus, is
not a true, definite chemical combination.
HOI.II> men admire the beautiful, and
this accounts in some measure for the
thousands upon thousands of bottles of
C&rboline, the deodorized petroleum hair
reuewer and dressing, which have been
sold yearly since its invention by Messrs.
Kennedy A: Co., of Pittsburg. Pa
With regard to diastase—that peculiar
ferment developed during the process of
germination—M. J. Kjelahl maintains
iliat a smatl quantity of scid increases, but
that a large quantity diminishes, its action.
A very little amount of alcohol checks the
efficacy of the disastuse altogether, and is,
therefore in his opinion iuiurious.
i r is ini|M)sible for a woman after a faith
ful course of treatment with Lydia E.
Pmkluui's Vegetable Compound, to con
tinue to suffer with a weakness of the ute
rus. Enclose a stamp to Mrs. Lydia E.
Pinkham, 233 Western Avenue, Lynn,
Mass., for her pamphlets.
MAKK haste, if you are constipated,
dizzy, pain in the hack, or headache, take
*'Sellers' Liver Pills." 25 cents a box.
Atco/tol)<■ teruientation generated in the
r.vits et apple trees has been found by Dr.
Van Tiegheni to be often the cause of dis
ease in such trees. As the roots do not
sometimes receive enough of oxygen in
wet weather, drainage is the remedy re
commended.
Foil loss of appetite, nausea of stomach,
ami indigent ion, " Lindwy's Blood Search
er" has no equal. Sold by druggists.
It is probable that very soon the south
ern part of the territory of Utah will sup
ply enough of antimony for this country
and render unnecessary any importations
of that substance. The ore, mined aoout
140 miles from Salt Lake City, yields
from sixty to sixty live per cent, of anti
mony.
VKOKTINK does not act as a cathartic to
debilitate the liowels, but cleanses all the
organs, enabling each to perform the func
tions devolving upon them.
Thix is M. Bo> veau's method of testing
the elh< real oil of bitter almonds:- The
spurious oil has a specific gravity of 1.029
to 1.030 while that of the genuine oil is
1.043, or according to other statements,
1,045 to 1,060. When the genuine oil,
however, is mixed with an equal volume
of sulphuric acid it turns red, but remains
limpid and clear; on the other band, the
spurious oil turns dark red; it then be
comes brown, dull, and tiiick, and, last
ly, it congeals to a brownish mass.
Vanilline, when pure, M. A. Yver
finds, melts at 80 degrees to 81 degrees,
and is very soluble in boiling water, alco
hol, ether chloroform, carbon-bisiilpuide,
and the fatty and volatile oils. Iu cold
water it is slightly soluble. It decompo
ses carbonates and neutralizes alkaline
bases in the cold, aud eartbv bases with
ttie aid of heat. It is turned blue by fer
ric chloride, and yellow by sulphuric acid
in the cold. If it contains traces of nitric
acid there is a scarlet coloration.
A SrNDAY-SoHoei. bov, upon being ask
ed what made the tower of Pisa lean, re
plied: "Because of the famine iu the land."
—i
lleil-lliigD, Roadies,
Rats cats, mice, ans, flies, insects, cleared
out by "Rough on ltats." 15c., druggists.
Cast-iron Fellows,
Men of endurance have healthy kidneys
and liver. No aches in the back, no piles
or const ipatlou. The euro for these dis
eases is Kidney-Wort. This great remedy
keeps up the tone of the whole body by
enabling the liver, bowels and kidneys to
perform their functions perfectly. Both
he Liquid and Dry are sold by druggists.
—Pioneer Press,
MKSSKS. MORGAN & UKIULT, Mutual Lit*
Build.ng, Tentu. and Chestnut streo s, hiye on
hand a superb stock oi extra line quality Dia
monds, which they olTer at as low prices as
stones oi the tirst quality, pcrrect alike In color
antf shape, can be sola fox.
"WHAT is the moon good for?" asked
the teacher, ''what are its principal uses?"
And the smart boy looked up from the foot
of the class and said: "To rest the gas
companies."
"80 she refused you, did she? ' asked
Pingry; "why didn't you press her, my
boy?" "Press berl' 1 exclaimed Brown;
"she wouldn't let me get near enough for
that."
HKII.I. IN TIIK WORKSHOP. —To do good
work the mechanic must have good health.
If long hours of confinement in close rooms
have enfeebled his hand or dimmed his
sight, let him at once, and before some
organic trouble appears, take plenty of
Hop Bitters. His system will be rejuve
nated, his nerves strengthened, his sight
become clear, and the whole constitution be
built up to a higher working condition.
A LADY watching by the window for her
husband, late at night, sees a masculine
shape approaching through the darkness.
"Is it you?" she says. "No, iuadame,
it is not L"
IK you wish to know the climate of any
high mountain, why go to it and climb it.
A FAIRY AFLOAT.
The following description of the fairy
vessel represented on this page is from tlie
Cincinnati Commercial : The hull is of the
lineal seleeted white ouk, braced, bolted
and riveted in the moat skillful and work
manlike manner, and is 04 feet in length,
14 feet breadth of beam, 2 J leet depth ol
hold, and draws twenty inehes of water.
She earri-s a tubular lioil er,and two lieuuti
ful little engines, made expressly for her,
by the Ohio Machine Co., Middlcport, O.
The dining-room is situated between the
boiler and engine rooms, and is artistically
grained, with frescoed ceiling. It is fur
nished in the Anne style, and the
silver, china and table linen are of the finest
character. The pilot-house, cabin, main
mlon and Captain's office are on the saloon
deck and are luxurious in their furnishing
and decoration*. The saloon projKT is
frescoed and gilded in Easthake style, and
the flooring is covered with Turkish carpet
The furniture, in raw silk and walnut, of
the Queen Anne pattern, like that of the.
dining-hall, .and rieh curtains of daniask
complete the Impression of a \eritahle float
ing palace. The four atate-rooms, contain
ing two berths each, are alsorarpetedwith
Brussels and handsomely furnished. The
l>oHt belongs to and was built under the
directions of Messrs A. Vogeler St Co.,
Baltimore, Md., for their own exclusive use
U|>on the Ohio, Mississippi and other West
ern rivers, and is run by a picked crew ol
officers and men in their employ. Tin
object ol this little steamer is to carry
neither freight nor passengers. She wu<
built for the firm above named, to be used
exclusively by them for distributing their
printed matter in the river towns for ST.
JACOBS On., the Great German Remedy
for rheumatism and other ]iainful ailments.
I DOES WUVO>!
WONDERFUL ff||l { I
CURES! hhE
[HWUM It art* OW tli> LIVER, BOH ELS I
| uil KIRNLI'S at the NAME time.
Because it cleaneee TBE ayatem of the poiaon- H
oua humor* that develops in Kidney ir.J UN- H
BMry Biliouaneee, Jaundice, Uiniti. |J
pafion. Piles, or in Rheumatism, Neuralgia, flu
Nervous Disorders ana Female Complaints. ETA
SEE WHAT PEOPLE SAT s
Fngi-ne 11. Stork, of Junction Clly. Kanaas.
*> . Klilnwy- Wort cuivd laint after regular Phj- RM
aiciaits had been trying for four yearn.
Mr*. John Amall.of Washington, Ohio, aav* H
her IKJJT man gires iiii to die hjr four prominent IJ
t>hy eii'iniia and that lie wan afterward* cured by H
Kidney W'ort. ■
M. M. It. tiood win, an editor In Chardon, Ohio Km
"ays ho *.** not ciixv-b d to live, lienig bioateu
beyond belief, but Kidney-Wort cured him. ■
Anna L. Jarrelt of South Salem. N. Y., MTIU
that wren year* nulTeriiig from kidney
other compUcaliuiis w as ended by the use of Iv
JQUney-Wort. |A
John B. Lawrence of Jackson. Tenn., suffered Ht
for yeenifroiii liver and kidney troubles
after taking "Imriels of other medicines."! I
Kidney-Wort made him well.
MlchaH Colo of Montgomery Center, Vt..l
suffered eight year* with kidnev difficulty and CA
was unable to work. Kidney-Wort in arte himflfl
" well as erer."
1 PERMANENTLY CURES
KIDNEY DISEASES,
LIVER COMPLAINTS,H
Constipation and Piles.
LF" It Is put un In Iry Vcgrtahle Form In M
tin can*, one package of which iiiakntaii quarts ■
of mtslicine. Aleoln L.lqulil I'srm. rerv COD.R
rent rated, for those liiat cannot reaaiiy pre- M
IF JF act. irith equal eflcftnep 1n either form. JB
GET IT ATTIIK DRUGGISTS. PUJCK. SI.OO Q
WELLS. KK HAKDSO.N A Co.. Prop's, ■
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Is reimbursed in great measure, to those troubled
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