AGRICULTURE.
RAISING COWS FOR THE DAIRY. —In the
best dairy regions of the country but very
few calves are raised. Farmers who make
a business of producing milk for supplying
the city market or for the manufacture of
butler and cheese generally state that it is
more economical to keep up the size of
their herds by purchasing cows than by
raising them. f l hey want to sell all the
milt they can, and if they are obliged to
feed calves, a large proportion of that pro
duced is consumed at home. Land IU re
gions long devoted to dairying is oo costly
to devote to raising stock, and the majori
ty of dairy farmers deeire to sell their cows
when they begin to fail in their yield of
milk, and to purchase those that are young
and promising. The demand f.w good
milk cows is increasing rapidly, and the
prices paid for them are higher from year
to year. As a rule a cow three or four years
old. in ordinary flesh, but heavy with calf,
or with a calf by her side, will sell for
more than a steer of the same age that will
weigh several hundred pounds more and is
in a condition of fatness to furnish mess
beef. The expense of raising the latter is
much less than that of the former. In a
part of the country where many animals
are raised for beef, female calves sell for
less than males and are iu smaller demand,
li will take less food to support them till a
given age, owing to their smaller size, ihe
steers must be well fed on corn in oider to
fit them tor the market. The cows, how
ever, if designed for the dairy, will require
no mere expensive food than grass and hay,
Again, the market for dairy cows is nearer
the bomes of Western farmers thau that for
beef cattle. By selecting bulls of a family
of shorthorns or Ayrshlres, noted for the
milking qualities, there is no more expense
involved in breeding cattle for the dairy
than for the slaughter-pen. The males can
be raised for beef, and the females for pro
ducing miik. If it is the case, as It is not
likely to be, that cattle bring more for
slaughtering than for dairy purposes, the
cows can be fattened.
MIXING O? CORN. —It p t >ears from ex
periments that while some appearance of
mixing in two sorts of corn takes place the
first year, the complete crossing is appar
ent only the second year in the crop grown
from these mixed ears. Every fanner is
familiar with the variegated ears where two
sons of two colors are plauted near each
other. Frof. Beal reports an experiment
where he plauted an early, eignt rowed
yellow dent, add through it a single row of
yellow flint. Before flowering, the tassels
ot the hint corn were all cut off, making
impregnation by the dent on this row a ne
cessity. There was no trace on the ears
of the flint of any crossing with the dent
the first}ear. The next year, however,
the flint corn showed ail gradations from
the dent to the flint. He reports some va
rieties as being less affected with crossing
than others, and names the red or brown
varieties as having the greatest fixity of
type, which accords with our own obser
vations. To prove the influence of climate
and locality in changing com without cros
sing, he says that the King Philip corn
went to Kansas and iD three years was sent
back well marked with dent.
A CRACKED Loot can only be repaired by
new growth troui the coronet, where the
new horn is secreted. Horn consists of
precisely the same elements as hair, aud is
really a solid, compact form of hair growth
the hair of the skin ends where the growth
of horn begins, and this goes on downward
to repair the constant wear at the sole of
the liocf-crust. But a crack in the hoof
will always extend up into the new and
weak growth because the horn is expanded
by the pressure of the horse's weight upon
the foot. To prevent this the sides of the
crack must be supported and held together
by some means. This may be doße by
boring holes through the horn on eacb side
of the crack and putting htrse shoe nails
through aud drawing the hoof together
and clinching the ends of these nails on
each side. The top of the crack thould then
be burned across so as to wblitei ate the
epeding aud form a solid starting place for
the new growth. The hoof should be kept
s >ft and elastic by frequent (Ireis'ngs of equal
parts of glycerine and water.
HOME MAJ^EFEBTILIZBBS. —For potatoes
—lrish or sweet —work well together sul
plmte of potash, 550 pounds; ground bone,
life pounds: sulphate of ammonia, 200
pounds; oil of vitriol, 40 pound/;,land plas
ter, 120 pounds; sulphate of soda, 40
pounds; making in all 1,050 pounds; For
onions—Hulphate of ammonia, 210 pounds
ground bone, 150 pounds; oil of vitriol, 60
pounds; sulphate of potash 250 pounds;
and land plaster, 128 pounds, making in
all 800 pounds. For turnips, —Ground
bone, 100 pounds; oil of vitriol, 40 pounds
sulphate of ammonia, 275 pounds; sulphate
of potash, 600 pounds; land plaster, 150
and sulphate qt soda, 35 pounns; the total
amount berjg 1,100 pounds. For peas—
Muriate of potash, 90 pounds; sulphate of
ammonia, 250 pounds; ground bones, 100
pounds; oil of vitriol, .40 pounds; sulphate
of soda 6®younde; land plaster, 170 pounds
making in all 700 pounds.
MIXED FEED. —One of the points in fav
or of the much praised ensilage is that
aaimals eat it with relish. No food, how
ever rich it may be m rood elements, will
prove profitable if the farm stock cannot
be made to take to it kindly It is on this
account that a mixing of feed has been so
successful. Sameness palls upon the ap
petre —a change of diet encourages and
sharpens it. A few roots cut, or better,
pulped and given to the animals, will make
them eat the corn feddir or cut straw with
ell the greater relish. Try and make a lit
tle change in the diet of the animals, even
though it be only once a week, with some
roots, potatoes, apples, etc.; it will pay.
WHEN young poultry have been allowed
to contract the habit of roosting in the
trees, no time should be lost in breaking
them of it. Confinement to the poultry
house for a day or two will generally effect
a cure. Get your dust baths ready for
winter. Sand and finely-sifted coal ashes,
with a pound of sulphur to each bushel of
the mixture is the best. This should be
put in laige boxes, and kept out of the
rain. Whitewash the houses, putting in
a gill of crude embolic acid, and a pint of
common kerosene oil to each pailful of
slacked lime.
FABMEKS are often at a loss how to clean
an old pork barrel, making it fresh and
sweet. We have seen the following plan
commented: It is simply to fill the taint
ed cask or barrel with fresh earth; let. it
stand a couple of days, when this should
be emptied out and more earth putin. Af.
ter two or three days to make assurance
doubly sure, invert the barrel and bnrn un
der it some bits of cloth saturated with so
lutions of sulphur or brimstone.
OF all the poultry breeding the rearing
of the goose in favorable situations is said
to be the least troublesome and most pro
fitable. It is not surprising, therefore,
that the trade has of late years been enor
mously developed.
COVERING the bottom of a bin with a
thick layer of powdered charcosl will help
materially to preserve the flavor of pota
to* and prevent sprouting.
WIT AND HUMOR.
CONTRAST.— "Why, good morning, 1
am delignted to see you. liow could you
come out in such cold weather, my dear?"
was the greeting of a New Haven belle to
her intimate frienu yesterday. "It Is in
deed cold, but Emily de Mellvelic called
for me and I thought I couldn't miss the
opportunity for a morning walk." "How
could you? 1 * It is a mystery to me why
you persist in beinur seen on the street with
so very plain looking a person." "Ah,
my dear, you do not apprateoei the value
of contrast."
Two gentlemeu, ot opposite politics,
meeting, one inquired the addr. ss of some
political celebrity, when the other indig
nantly answered, "I am proud to say, sir,
that 1 am wholly ignorant of it. "Oh.
you are proud of your ignorance, eh, sir?"
"Yes, 1 am " replied the belligereut gen
tleman, "'aud what then, sir?" "Oh, no
thing,.sir, nothing; ouly you have a great
deal to be proud of, that's all."
fEvausvihe, (lud.) Journal.
Mr. Frank 8. Mueller, 925 W. Franklin
street, cited to a Journal reporter he ease
ot Mr. Henry Rheuick, who for four
vears suffered with Rheumatism, which
was cured by the use of two bottles of 3L
Jacob's OIL
Or torpedo service is said to be BO good
that no nation will dare to attack us.
Thank fortune, in case or war, we cau run
our navy into the Erie canal and defend it
with torpedoes.
BOMB one writes that gored dresses are
fashionable. Why, that's bully, ain't it?
How do you know? It might have been a
wronged she dress maker that dons it.
AI.WATS ready to take a hand iu conver
sation—Deaf and dumb people. I'ick
pockets, too, are sort of handy at getting
up a controversy.
BKNAT >B EDMONDS IS engaged in writing
up tho Mormons. If the government
would take to righting them a little it
would be a good job.
Now that col weather prevents Bt.
Louis people from bathing in the Missis
sippi, Chicago people think the great river
can be more easily improved
THE almanacs for 1882 are out. The
crop is large and of somewhat original fla
vor. They have been shifting the positions
of the jokes and illustrations.
THERE are prospects of the appointment
of a Chinaman on the Philadelphia police
force. A Chinaman can "sleepee topside
dloor-step allee sa-nee Melioan man."
THE world is all a fleeting show, we say,
but somehow we all wan't to see the show
a little longer.
AN aesthetic poet, on being asked on his
arrival at Brighton on what train be hail
arrived, replied, "By the two-two.
fFon du Lac Commonwealth.]
Mr. B. Clark, one of Foud du Lac's ol \-
est citizens, states: "I have used St.
Jlcob's Oil and am well satisfied that it is
a splendid article to relieve pain, and tha'
very quickly.
VON Supra is enough 10 write an opera,
but it takes a number of supes to success
fully produee it.
CALIFORNIA convicts are engaged in
making b.ge. "Bagging" comes natural
to them, undoubtely.
GRATZ BROWN "feels it in his bones"
that he will some day become Fresident.
It's the crazy bone, likely.
THE suocessful miuer does not always
work in vain. And he only strikes too
heavy a load on payday.
The Chen*-Board.
The game of four-handed chess
rapidly growing into favor and becoming
a marked feature inctub play. The points
embraced in this singularly fascinating de
partment of the royal game are as follows:
Four-handed chess is played on a board
composed of 160 squares, the extra squares
being simply three rows of squares added
to each of the four sides of an ordinary
chess-board. In other words imagine a
board of 14 by 14 rquares, with a block of
9 squares cut out of each corner. Four
sets of chessmen are employed, usually
colored white, yellow, red and black, and
placed on the two outer rows of the addi
tional squares, one set being placed on a
side of the board. The two light-colored
sets, white and yellow, are placed opposite
to each other, each being arranged like the
white men on an ordinary chess-board.
Similarly the red and black men are ar
ranged, each being placed like the black
men on an ordinary chess-board. The
players opposite each other are partners
and the moves are made as in the ordinary
game, with, however, certain restrictions.
Castleing is not allowed. The pawns can
never move more than one square at a
time. Pawns queen when they reach the
royal line of an adversary, which can only
be done by repeated captures. When
pawns of partners meet one can jump over
the other into the square beyond. When
a pawn reaches the partner's royal line it
still remains a pawn, but then has ihe
power to move or capture backwards, and
backwards only, until, should 6uch be its
destiny, it either becomes a queen by
backwardly capturing itself into the ad
versary's royal line, or reach the original
second row from which it started. A
pawn that is on the buck track should be
marked in some way. A king ean go
lreely in among his partner's men. It is
not allowed to make a move which would
leave the partner's king in check. The
players move in rotation from right to left.
If one player is checkmated or stalemated
be loses his turn to play, but his men are
not then subject to capture, but are like
dead pieces of wood on the board. A
player, however, can be released from
checkmate or stalemate and then move as
before. It is not allowed to take any of
the men of a player on the move in which
such a player is liberated. The game ends
when two partners receive their quietus
either by checkmate or stalemate. Vic
tory, however, is only achieved when both
adversaries are checkmated. If one part
ner checkmated and the other only stale
mated, the game is drawn.
THE overstocking of land is one of the
surest and quickest ways of ruining pas
tures. It is an every day thing with many
farmers, who cannot be made to believe
that they are getting the full benefit of a
pasture unless the grass is eaten off a little
faster than it has time to grow; consequent
ly, sll who put this method into practice
always have bare pastures and poor cattle.
SOME large and important sales of Shrop
shiredown sheep, have recently been held
in England. The sales were largely atten
ded and highly sucoessful. Some of the
most famous rams brought astonishing pri
ces, one of them going at 410 guineas
($2050). Prices ranged all the way down
to a few dollars per head.
A REMARKABLE BTATKMKNT.8 T ATKMKNT.
The Unusual Experience of a Promi
nent Man Made. Public.
The following article from the Demo
crat and Chronicle , of Roohestur, N. Y.,
is of so striking a nature, and emaoalcf
from so reliable a source, that it is here
with re-published entire. In addition t
the valuable matter it contains, it will be
found exceedingly interesting.
To the Editor of the Democrat and
Chronicle :
Silt:—My motives for tho publication ot
the most uuusual statements which follow
are, first, gratitude for the fact that I have
been saved from a most horrible deuth, ami
secondly, a desire to warn all who read
this statement against some of tho most de
ceptive influences by which they have ever
beeu surrounded. It is a fact that to-day
thousauds of people are within a foot of
the grave and they do not kuow IU To
tell how I was caught away from Just this
position anil to warn others against ncarlng
it, are my objects iu this communication.
On the first day of Juue 1881, I lay at
my residence in this city surrounded by
my friends and waiting tor death. Heaven
only knows the agony L thou endured, for
words can never describe it. And yet, if
a few years previous, any one had told me
that I was to be brought so low, aud by so
terrible a disease, 1 should huvc scolTed at
the idea. 1 had always been uncommonly
strong and healthy, had waghed over 200
pounds atul hardly knew, in my own expe
rience, what pain or sickness were. Very
many people who will read this statement
realize at times that they are unusually
tired and cannot account for it. They feel
dull and iudotinite pains iu various parts of
the body aud do not understand It. Or
they are exceedingly hungry one day and
entirely without appetite the next. This
was just the way 1 felt when the relentless
malady which had fastened itself upon me
first began. Still 1 thought it was noth
ing ; that probably I hail taken a cold which
would soon pass away. Shortly after this
I noticed a dull, aud at times neuralgic,
pain iu my head, but as it would come one
day and be gone the next, I paid but Utile
attention to it. However, uiy stomach
was out of order and my food often failed
to digest, causing at times a great incon
venience. Yet I had no idea, even as a
physician, that these things meant anything
serious or that a monstrous disease was be
coming fixed upon me. Candidly, 1
thought i was suffering from Malaria and
so doctored myself accordingly. But 1
got no better. 1 next' noticed a peculiar
color and odor alxmt the fluids I was pass
ing—also that there were large quant ties
one day and very little the next, and that
a persistent froth and scum appeared upou
the surface, and a sediment settled in the
bottom. And yet I did not realize my
danger, for, Indeed, seeing these symptoms
continually, I finally became accustomed
to them, and my suspicion was wholly dis
armed by the fact that lhad no pain in the
affected organs or in their vicinity. Why
1 should have been so blind I cannot un
derstand.
There is a terrible future for all physical
'ect, and impending dauger usu&llj
'• rs a person to his seuses even tliougt
it .y then be too late. I realized, at
last / critical condition and aroused my
f-[ .o ov-rcome it. And, Oh 1 how hare
A i onsulted the best medical skill
in tl. ... I visited all the prominent
miuera. opnngs in America and traveled
from Maine to California, tsiill 1 grew
worse. No two physicians agreed as tc
my malady. One said 1 was troubled witJt
spinal irritation; axother, nervous pros
tration ; ano'lier. malaria; another, dys
pepsia; another, heart disease; another,
general debility; auother, congestion of th<
base of the brain ; aud so on through a long
list of common diseases, the symptoms oi
all of which 1 really had. In this way
several years passed, during all of whict
time 1 was steadily growing worse. My
condition had really become pitiable. Th
slight symptoms I at first experienced were
developed into teriible and constant disor
ders—the little twigs of pain had grown tc
oaks of agony. My weight had been re
duced from 207 to 130 pounds. My life
vas a torture to myself and friends. ]
could retain no food upon my stomach,and
lived wholly by injections. I was a living
mass of pain. My pulso was uncontrolla
ble. In my agony 1 frequently fell upon
the floor, convulsively clutched the carpet
and prayed for death. Morphine had little
or no effect in deadening the pain. For
six days and nights I had the death-pre
monitory hiccoughs constantly. My urine
was filled with tube casts and albumen. 1
was struggling with Bright's Disease of
the Kidneys in its last stages.
Wnile suffering thus I received a call
from my pastor, the Kev. Dr. Foote, rector
of Bt. Paul's Church, of this city. I feit
that it was our last interview, but in the
course of conversation he mentioned a rem
edy of which I had heard much but had
oever used. Dr. Foote detailed to mc the
many remarkable cures which had come
under his observation, by means of this
remedy, and urged me to try it. As a
practicing physician and a graduate of the
schools, 1 cherished the prejudice both na
tural aud common with all regular prac
titioners, and derided the idea of any me
dicine outside the regular channels being
the least beneficial. So solicitous, howev
er, was Dr. Foote, that 1 finally promised
I would waive my prejudice and try the
remedy he so highly recommended. I be
gan its use on the first day oi June aud
took it according to din qtions. At first it
sickened me ; but this 1 thought w h s a good
sign for one in my debilitated condition. J
continued to lake it; the sickening sensa
tion departed and I was able to retain fooc
upon my stomach. In a few days! noticec
a decided change for the better as alst
did mv wife ahd friends. Mv hiccouirln
eeaseu ana I experienced less pain than
formerly. I was so rejoiced at this im
proved condition that, upon what I had
believed but a few days before was my
dying bed, I vowed, in the presence of my
family and friends, should 1 recover I
would both publicly and privately make
known this remedy for the good of human
ity, wherever and whenever I had an op
portunity. I also determined that I would
give a course of lectures iu the Corinthian
Academy of Music of this city, stating in
full the symptoms aud almost hopelessness
of my disease and the remarkable means
by which I have been saved. My improve
ment was constant from that time, and in
less than three months I had gained 20
pounds in flesh, became entirely free from
pain and I believe 1 owe my life and pres
ent condition wholly to Warner's Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy
which I used.
Since my recovery I have thoroughly
re-investigated the subject of kidney difl
culties aad Bright's disease, and the truths
developed are astonishing. I therefore
state, deliberately, and as a physician, that
I believe more than one half the deaths
which occur in America are caused by
BriyhCs Disease ot the Kidneys. This
may sound like a rash statement, but I am
prepared to fully verify it. Bright's Dis
ease has no distinctive symptoms of its
own, (indeed, it often develops without any
pain whatever in the kidneys or their vl
cir? v.)vr has the symptoms of nearly
eve: v c b-.- :rvwa complaint. Hundreds
of people d v 0:ly, whose burials are au
thorized b;- * Dhvslcian's certificate of
"Heart Disease'" "Apoplexy," "Paraly
■la," "Spinal Complaint," "Rheumatism/
"Pncumoala," and other common com
plaints, when in reality it was Brighfc's
Disease of the Kidneys. Few physicians,
and fewer people, realize the extent of this
disease or its dangerous and insidious
nature. It steals into the system like a
thief, manifests its presence by the com
monest symptoms, and fastens itself upon
the constitution before the victim is aware.
It is nearly as hereditary as consumpti >,
quite as common ami fully as fatal. Eu
tire families, inheriting it from their an
cestors, have died, and yet none of the
number knew or realized ttie mysterious
power which was removing thera. In
stead of common symptoms it often shows
none whatever, hut hriugs death suddenly,
and as such is usually sunoosed to be
neari uiseuse AS one who has suffered,
and knows by hitter experience what lie
•uyH, 1 implore every ouo who reads these
words not to neKlecl the slightest symp
toms of Kidney difficulty. Curtain agony
and possible death will be the sure result
of sueli neglect, and no one can afford to
buzzard such chances.
1 aui aware tiiat such an unqualified
statement as this, coming from me, known
us 1 am throughout the entire land as a
practitioner audleUurer, will arouse the
surprise and possible animosity of the
medical profession and astonish all with
whom I am acquainted, but 1 make the
foregoing statements based upon fuels
which I am prepared to produce and truths
which I can substantiate to the letter.
The welfare of (hose who may possibly lie
sufferers such as I was, is an ample In l
dueement for me to take the step 1 have,
and if 1 can successfully warn others from
the dangerous path in which I ouce walked,
1 am willing to endure all professional and
personal cousequenccs.
J. B II EN ION, M. D.
Rocukstkr, N. 1.. Dec. tfd. 1881.
A MYSTERIOUS Christinas gift: "Why,
good morning. I haven't teen you since
Christmas day. Did you have many pres
ents?*' inquired u New llaven belle of her
caller. "Uuly a very fow simpleggits,i f ts,
Cicily, door. An embroidered suutl >wer
from sister Beat 1 ice, a hand-painted lily
from cousin Katv, and oh, I nearly forgot,
a beautiful gift from George." "And what
was it?" "Well, never mind. You'll be
one of the In ides-maids.'' Thus the holi
days brought Happiness to one loving, trust
ing heart.
"No woman is worth looking at after
ihnty" said young Mrs, A., a bride wuh
a'! the arrogant youthfulneas of twmty
oue summers, true, my dear,"
answered Lady D., a very pretty woman
s)me ten U fit teen years older, "nor worth
listening to before."
As a Cure for Pile*
Kidney-Wort acts first by overcomiuar in
the mildest manner all tendency to consti
pation ; then, by its great tonic and In
vigorating properties, it restores to health
the debilitated and weakened parts. We
have huudreds of certified cures, where
all else has failed. Use it and suffer u
longer. — Ezchan ye.
TORN and turn about: "No, I shall leave
my wife nothing," said old Gribbs; "she
always had her will, and now I'll have
11000."
GOT his answer: "Young Tompkins
(thinking to take a rise out of Pat),
"Why, you've got that paper upside down,
Paddy!" Pat. "Bedad! any fule cud
rade it the other way oop!" (Calmly goes
on with his readieg.)
Taken Out of H-l.
DR. R. V. PIKRCK, Buffalo, N. Y.:
D*;ar A'<r—l have to thank yon for the
great relief received from your "Favorite
Prescription." My sickness had lasted
seven years, one of which I was iu bed.
After taking one bottle I was able to be
about the house.
AMANDA h.. KNNIS. Fulton. Mich.
SOMK one says talk is cheap. It is not
when it comes iu the extra session of the
Legisiatuie, and must be paid for by the
State.
A TKKY polite notice in a sawmill
rends, "Do not handle the buzz saw while
in motion." "Hands off,'would be more
concise and quite as appropriate.
A MAN in the suburbs calls his
"Shadow," because she continually fol
lows him around. We take it for granted
that he is afraid of his own shadow.
IIAYKSVII.I.R, Ohio, Feb. 11, 18S0.
I am very glad to say 1 have tried Hop
Bitters, and never took anything ttmt did
me as much good. I only took two bot •
ties and 1 would not take #IOO for the
good they did me. I recommend them
to my patients, and get the best results
from their U9e.
C. B. MERCER, M. D.
"JOHN, is there much difference be
tween a see and a saw?" "Yes; the dif
fer* nee between see and saw is in-tense."
1 DEOI.ARB," said Julia, "you take the
words right out of my mouth." "No
wonder; they are so sweet," said Henry.
The day was set that evening.
THE man that savs that women never
invented anything should listen for a lew
minutes at the keyhole of the Sewing so
ciety.
Fits, I 11m, Fit*,
successfully treated by World's Dispen
sary Medical Association. Address, with
stamp for pamphlet; Buffalo, M. Y.
A Curious Nfpill.
Among the rare treasures iu the posses
Bioß of Queen Victoria is a very curious
needle that was made at the famous fac
tory in Buckinghamshire. The needle is
a miniature model of the Roman column
of Trajan, but the scenes it depicts are not
in the military exploits of Kuman emper
ors, but some of the leading events in the
lite of Queeu Victoria herself. There is
one special interest, representing the prin
cess as a young maiden at Tunbridge
Wells, where, in simple girlish attire, with
a straw hat shauing the sweet, earnest
tace, she is receiving the water from the
hands of an old woman, to whom she
seems talking veiy pleasantly. Anoiher
scene' is the coronation at. Westminster
Abbey, bearing date of June 28, 1833 In
this scene are clearly depicted en or twelve
figures. Another scene is the queen's
marriage, showing the royal bride and the
prince consort, with the date, Monday,
Febuary 10, 1840.
The figures in all these scene i are so ex
tremely small that they can be scarc-ly
made out with the naked eye, but by the
aid of a magnifying glass, they appear
clearly cut and beautifully distinct. This
wonderful needle can also be opened, and
it contains several others, all of the same
form, and ail are adorned with miniature
figures in relief—each scene portraying
some notable event m the life of England's
noble and virtuous queen. I
Closed In Harmony.
An Oil City young man was reading
about recent doings m the Arctic regions,
and his best girl was sitting near by watch
ing the wagging of his moustache as the
words rolled out. Hhe was evi den tally
more deeply absorbed in the moustache
than the story. He continued.
'•She arrived at the mouth of the river
Lena about three mouths ago. The Jean
uette crushed—"
"What ?" quickly asked the girl start
ing up.
"Jeannette was crushed by—"
"Oh, but was't that just too lovely 1
Only think, to ho completely crushed I ''
"What are you talking about dearest ?"
asked the young man iu surprise.
"I was saying how grand it was to be
crushed. Did you say it was Lena or
Jeunnette that was crushed ?"
"Jeannette, of course,"
"Oh, how I wish 1 had beeu in the
Joanm-lte's place,"
Then the pressure of busines necesstated
turning down the gas, and the meeting
closed in harmony.
—The ox-Emprww Eugenie is in seri
ously broken health.
am uuiA t rums,a ltu. nun.
LYDIAfc PINKHAM'B
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.,
JiiPotlgrtCnri
(Wall Um rUhl CagltU ul Vabtwt
MMMBU * W S—t fuult HfUUWL
t* win ear* auttraly tb* TOS (oraofhualiOm
pUlnta, all .Ttrka troubUs, Inflaumtton sad Utoara.
HOB, IWllng oad btapiMtawk, aad lb* toswiMl
■pliui Waakaam, aad to pasMwiliiitj ttofM to to
Chang* of Ufa.
U will dlaaolva aad aarpal torn ftrsss TOO HWS
BB BBrty stag* of tonlopawl THO toadaaay to aaw
aanuabamoratbaraUebaekad varyspaadllyby ttovaa.
N ranoTM falntnaas , flatulaaoy, d— >< UY* all BIIII|
tor attmulanU, aad raltovaa waaknaas of tha RTOMAOB.
H onraa Bloating, Eeadacbee, Nirroai Proatrmdoa,
Hanaral DebUlty. Slsaplamß Mß, Dapra— lOß BAD lad*
faatloo.
Thai fnftag of bearing down, wanßng pain, wtogbl
AND backache, U always peraaeaeaUy cured by Ha nee
It will at all time and undar all rlroumstaaoaa Bel la
aarmony arttb the law a that govern the female ayatom.
TOT tha car* of Kidney Complaints of either aea tbto
Compound la utuarpeaaed.
LTDU E. PIXKHAKV VMRAILX OOW
POUND U prepared atlSand U Waatern A vacua,
Lynx, Maaa. Prtoa gl. Six bcKlaafor gfi. Bectby maQ
In the form of pUla, alao la the form of loseagaa, an
reoolpt of prlre, fl per box for either. Mrs. Plnkbam
freoly anew era all letter* of Inquiry. Band for PAAFH
tot. Ad dram aa above. Mention tXi* ftp*.
He family should be without LTD LA X. FINXHAMf
LIVER FILLS The T acre oonadpattoa. >lHafS|
and VarpKllty of thv ttver a oaats per bee.
Mr told b - nil Tkrejreietn. *^OH
BITTERS
The name of ITostetter'n Stomach Bitters is
hcanl in every dwelling, it Amis a place in ever)
household, and its praises are sounded through
out the whole Western Hemisphere, as a general
lnvlgorant, a cure for sick headache, a speciflc foi
flatulency and sour stomach, an appetizing stom
achic, an excellent Mood aepnrent and certain
remedy for liucrunttcut fever aad kindred ilia
eases.
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally,
- * "SBIHP
|KOP BITTERS^
I,A Medicine, not a Drink.)
CONTAINS
nons, Bt'CIIU, MANDRAKE,
I' DANDELION,
AND ms PritKST AND BEST M EPICAL Qcali- I
TIES or .Li. ornxß BITTERS.
THEY CURE
All Diseases of theStomsch, Bowels. Blood, I
Liver, Kidneys, and Urinary Organs Neb §b
vousuess, Slecplessnessand especially
Female Complaints.
SIOOO IN COLD.
I Will be paid for n ease they will not cure
help, or lor anything Impure or Injurious
found in them.
St Ask your druggist for Hop Bitters snd try I
jm them before you sleep. Tuke us other fe
3 I) I.JC. Is an absolute and Irresistible cure foi S
Drunkenness, use of opfum, tobacco and P
SEND FOB Civrri.Aß. ■NBKSK
fl All >ove told by drupriaU.
, t lop Bitter* M ft;. Co.. Ro.lieWr, N. V, A Toronto, On v. B
•11 mmrn inniiin i hi nun ■hihiiwim
Engines.
Reliable, Sondes and Economical. wtt furnish a
hone power urW,'fs tees fuel ami water CM* any other
Engine tmtit, not fitted with an Automatic Gut-off.
Send for Hiutrated OataJogua for Information g
Pnoeß. B. W. Fadb k Bcma, Boa 889. Corning, N.Y.
T?REE —A Musical Journal. Address, F. Brehm
r &■
X'boie answering u suveitiseuient wll
confer a favor upon the advertiser and th.
publisher by stating; that they saw the adve •
ifsdment In this! onraa Binltg Hit ggp
Water glaea— silicate of soda—has re
cently been used in G ruiany for rendering
the shells of eggs non-porous. A small
quantity of the clear sirupy solution is
smeared over the entire surface of the
shell. On drying, a thin, bard, glassy
film remains, which serves as an admirable
protection and substitute for wax, oil,
gums, etc. Eggs thus coated and stored
in charcoal-powder or a mixture of char
coal and bran would keep a very long
time.
The sunshine of many a happy home
baa been turned into dark despair by the
death of loved onea caused by neglected
Colds. Dr Bull's Cough Syrup has saved
innumerable lives by its timely use.
The average life of an English gold sov
ereign is about eighteen years—that is, the
coin loses three-quarters of a grain in
weight in about that length of time. It
then ceases to be legal-tender. It is said
that of the £100,000,000 of British gojd
coinage, 40 per ceut. is worn down below
the legal weight.
Snakes as Life Oestroyers
The loss of life in India due to the rava
ges of venomous snakes is almost incredible.
Yet consumption, ia as wily and fatal as
the deadliest Indian reptile, is winding its
coils around thousands of people while
the victinw are unconscious of its presence.
Dr. R. V. Pierce's "Golden Medical Dis
covery" must be used to cleanse the blood
of the scrofulous impurities, for tubercular
consumption is ouly a form of scrofulous
disease. "Golden Medical Discovery" is
a sovereign remedy for all forms of scrof
ulous disease, or king's-evii, such as tu
mors, white swellings, fever sores, scrofu
lous sore eyes, as wch as for other blood
and skin discuses. By druggists.
Experimentt were condui ted a week
or two ago in Chesterfield, Englaud, with
the view of ascertaining how the people
would like tke substitution of the electric
light for ga-t to ilium cite the streets The
Brush system was the one tested, and the
corporation of Chesterfield are so well sat
isfied with it thut they will probably adopt
it.
W'liy Wear PlsstersT
They may relieve, but they can't cure
that lame back, for the kidneys are the
trouble and you want a remedy to act
directly on ilieir secretions, to purify and
restore their healthy condition. Kidney-
Wort has that specific action —and at the
same time it regula'cs the bowels per
fectly. Don't wait to get sick, but get a
package to-day, and cure yourself,
Liquid aud dry sold by all druggists.—
Germantown Telcjraph.
There is no ivory waste. Even the
powder is sold for making jelly. It is said
that one leading cutlery firm in Sheffield
made a calculation that to supply them
selves with the ivory needed for their busi
ness they needed 1,280 elephants every
year, and th it, with this number, the tU9kB
were each estimated to weigh 23} pounds.
A World of Good.
One of the most popular medicines now
before the American public, is Hop Bit
ters. You see it ever where. People take
it with good effect. It builds them up.
It is not as pleasant to the taste as some
other Bitters, as it is nor a whisaey drink.
It is more like the old-fashioned bone-set
tea, that has done a world of good. If
you don't feel just right try Hop Bitters.
—JS'unda Newt.
Professor Owen iu a a article lately pub
lished, questions whether man ever receiv
ed a third set of teeth. He ascribes alleg
ed cases cases to the reappearance of old
and worn stumps in consequence of the
shrinkage and absorption of the jaws.
Lydia E. Puikham's Vegetable Com
pound revives the drooping spirits; in
vigorates and harmonizes the organic
functions; gives elasticity and firmness to
the step, restoies the natural lustre to the
eye, and plants on the pale cheek of
beauty the fresh roses of life's spring and
early summer time.
Housevrive* will be irterested in a new
discovery, instead of ironing clothes with
a hot iron on a cold table, the garments
wou.d be better done up by using a cold
iron on a hot table.
FROM observing the effects of Petroleum
npou the heads of operatives at the welli
came the shrewd Pittsburgher'j great dis
covery CAUBOLLNR, a deodorized extract of
petroleum, this is the only article that
will produce new hair on bald heads. It
never fails.
It is stated that the Chemin de Fer du
Midi, in France, which has already order
ed 60 locomotives from the Austrian States
Railway Company's engine shops, ts in
negotiation for a like supply of similar
quality during the Dext 10 years.
It is simply marvelous how quickly
constipation, biliousness, sick headache,
fever and ague, and malaria, are cured by
i'Sellers' Liver Pills."
BAD for the lovers: It is most trying
weather. It is impossible to ask your girl
to go on a sleigh ride. It's too d ill and
prosy sitting in the pallor with the sitting
room door epen and the old folks looking
at you at just the right angle, and you pos
itively can't afford an opera box more than
once a week.
Elrnira, .N. Y. J. Thomas had a dis
eased foot. The blood and matter ran out
from under his toe nails. "Lindsey's
Blood Searcher" cured him.
A LOGICAL hired girl: A Main street
lady remoustrated with a green girl who
had washed a table dish in a wash basin.
She nearly convulsed the whole family by
replying: "Well mum, but I clanes the
basin agin afore any person washes in it!"
Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
A noRRiD man: "1 fear 1 have spoiled
my beauty," said Laura, when she shut
her nose in the door jamb. "Oh, that's
nothing," replied Fogg, consolingly.
Laura says she never did like that fellow.
CTTTB fashion fact: Gloves will be worn
as long as swallow tai'ed coats are in fash
ion. What in the world would gilded
youths in swallow tails do if they could
not keep buttoning and unbuttoning their
gloves?
On Thirty Bay*' l'rlal.
The VolUio be.t Co. Marshall M oh., wll]
■end their Electro-Voitaio Belts end otuel
Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days to
any pereon afllicteu with Nervous Debility,
Lost Vitality, and kindred troubles, guarantee!
ing oofliplete restoration of vigor and man
hood.
Address as above without delay.
P. B.—No risk is incurred, as SO days' trial
is allowed.
MKBSRS. MORGAN a HJUOLT, Mutual LI"
Building, Tenth and Chestnut stree a, nave oc
hand a superb stock oi extra fine quality Dia
monds, which they offei at ap low prices si
-tones of the first quality, perfect alike to oolor
and shape, can be sold tot.
ALWAYS KEEP COOL
fTo stick to jam
ibject and the
utn is an excel
int plan, and
hether it be in
nestions of
utnceor fishing,
any topic what
rer, civil or pollt
al, always seep
>ul and tell the
uth. However,
lere Is a^oej
wcd for lying,
heu it comes to
thlne.thatlsper
iltted in no other
abject. and no
oubt our friends
i the picture are
idulring in that
peclal employ
icnt, as well, wr
aps, as in a little
Jenliflc swear
ig. Their bodies
id tempers are
A and the air Is
>ol!as they should
j.bu tare-not, )and
ley are apparent
ln.thecondltlon
hen it is much
iihier to catch
icumatism than
<b,ln which case
would be well
r them that they
i provided fNtn
bottle of ST.
tcoBS On,.the
rcat German
Remedy for this as well as other painful ailments.
WE'LL SAIL ITS COtOItS TO THE MAST
"Hello, Denny! what iq the trouble.?* ."Oh,
I'm all broke up," was the response to the In
quiry of an old shipmate of William G. Denuls
ton, ono of Farragut's war-worn veterans, well
known In the southern section of this city, who
came limping into the American office yesterday.
" 1 thought I would go under tlie hatches this
time,"continued Dennlston. "I never suffered
so much in my life. I had the rheumatic gout
HO bud that I could not get off the bed or put my
foot to the floor, and would have been there yet
if a frieml hud not recommended PT. JACOBS OIL
to me. I hesitated some time before getting ft
bottle, thinking it wasanother one of those adver
tised nostrums, but was finally induced to give it
a trial, and a lucky day it was for me. Why,
bless my slurs! after bathing thelimbthoroughly
w ith the Oil 1 felt relief, and my faith was pinned
to Sr. JACOB ami bis Oil after that. I iYeely say
thut if It had n<>t been forBT. JACOBSOIL I should,
in ail probabilty, be still housed. My foot pains
me butliule.and theswelling has entirely passed
away. It beat* anything of tne kind I have ever
hoard of, and any person who doubts it send them
to me at ltd South Tenth at.— Philadelphia Timet.
■TH^OWL^WEPiCIWEy
■1 I* EITHER LIQUID OK DRY FOBS ||
U That Acta at tlie unuie (tine oa
3 TSZ LITSS, TES 30 WILS,P
n ASS TEX EIBSXTS. B
IIWHY ARE WE SICK?M
11 Because rre allow fhese great organs to H
isU become clogged or torpid, and \KHSOUOUS LL
humort are therefore forced into the hood mm
y that thould be erpelled naturally. n
■ WILL SURELY CURE
[jKIDNEY DISEASES,
H LIVER COMPLAINTS, ■
IfPILEA, CONSTIPATION, I'UINAKYP
W DISK ASKS, PCM ALE WEAKNESSES,
M AND NERVOUS DISORDERS,
fM by causing free action of these organs and II
restoring their potter to throw off disease.
Why tmffw IMlioaa pains and aches!
Pi Whj tormented with Piles, Constipation! ■]
vJ Why frightened orer disordered Kidneys! W
S endure nerrons or sick headaches! I
pm ifte Kinyr.'V ~W OUT and in healtk If
$4 It it putitplß Wry Vejttsble r*?n, tn tlx N
cans oiu- package of wfcli k makes six quarts ot ■
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Jtratee for those ibateaanot readily prepare it. *■
J tjrll acts whh equal efficiency in either form. ■
kJ GET IT OK TOtnt DRCOGIST. PRICE, SLOO Q
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