AGBICULTURAIu CLOVER.— N. Griffin says there is no substitute for clover, so far as 1 know nothing to take its place. It is better in its effect on land than any other forage plant. It is said that a good crop of clover —say such a crop as will yield two tons ot cured hay from an acre—will leave an t qual weight of roots for the soil. That is like a coat of manure. lam sorry to hear that clover is falling into disrepute, for its renovating power is greater than that of any other plant. Lately clover does better than in a few years past, so 1 hope we shall soon have all the old meas ure of success. Many years ago the farms in Duchess county used to trive large eropp of timothy and they were taken away and sold. Those farms are now exhausted ruined because the crops were taken off. But clover is never all taken off when the roots are left. Forty-five years ago a great deal of timothy was raised in Tompkins county ft. Y. and the land that produced it ran down under its production and the occu pants had to turn their attention to clover. At first it was difficult to get it established, but little by little under its influence the lands grew oetter. Farmers bd to ditch their lands as the first condition, theu they used plaster, and at last got full crops of clover and better crops of grain, for their lands improved through clover. Hungarian grass has been tried, but, like timothy, wheu the crop is takeu off nothing is lett, and the 'soil becomes poor. The best crop is that which leaves most to the soil, and that is what clover does. 1 hope it will not lose its place in our farming, for there is no other plant so beneficial in its effect. HORSES, AIULES AND OXEN. —When thin steers, poor cows, and scrub stock gener ally, are very plenty and very cheap, hogs of all kinds and fat cattle are scarce and high-priced, and anothei kmo of stock is more scarce si ill, and that is working horses aDd mules. For the last three or 4 years there has been a large demand lor horses and mules, from the best to the poorest, and last summer it ha-i increased so much that the loss of an eye, a curb or a spavin, would not prevent a sale, and unscund plugs sold last fall for nearly as much rs sound common stonk ten years ago. But this winter the price has been increased by the home demand for mule teams, if not to cultivate acieage, at least to do the work better, aud it looks now as if the old army price in greenbacks will re-appear in gold in the course of the sea son. Already good, heavy mules and horses cannot be had at what are thought to be fair prices. Oxen are being substi tuted by those who own large herds ot rough steers; and this may be a start in the direction of a partial substitution of oxen for horses for farm work. FLOUR was formerly made by simply grinding wheat at one operation to the fin est flour, and then separating by sieves the flour from the bran, necessarily grinding in much of the bran with flour and discol oring it, while much of the very best ma terial was separated with the bran and lost. The later common method is to grind very coarsely the wheat several times, using strong blasts of air between each grinding to separate the bran from the granulated interior portion and at last crush it to the floor, relieved of all the bran. The new electric method consists in passing the midd'iDgs under revolving hard-rubber cylinders, electrified by con tact with sheepskin. The particles of bran fly up to meet the iubbtr, Irom which they are turned off in a side channel, the puri fied middling, fieed from bran, passiug tLrough rollers to become tine flour. GOOD, strong grass land, which can bo e6ily worked with improved tools in every favored locality in New England, is deem ed by good judges, worth SIUO per acre after clearing, if such lands are very rocky in a state of nature, the smaller rocks art sunk where they he, below plowing depth, sad the larger blown to pieces with dyna mite and powder, ami removed. The Yan kee farmers are not ashamed to use energy and work hard, lor their good markets reward them abundantly. Such work on the cheaper of the West and South would inevitably enrich all patient own ers. EXISTING orchards illustrate the varied epinions of orchardists relating to the distance trees should be planted apart. Thirty feet was considered sufficient for all purposes when I planted my orchard of ten acres twenty years ago, but we are gradually learning that to grow perfect fruit in size and coloi, plenty of sunshine, and a free circulation of air are important essentials, and as many are now practicing thirty-five or even forty feet apart is de cidedly a preferable distance fcr a fully matured orchard. THR brown Leghorns are looming up ss winter layers. It is clainffed that they are equal to the heavy-feathered fowls in that respect. Jhe consideration, how ever, is that they must be kept very comfortable, and have a proportion of animal food. If exposed and unprotected they are liable to roup, and a sick fowl is the most unprofit able thing a faimer can have. MANY dairymen practice milking their cows steadily without allowing the ani mals to co diy. They feed heavily on cornmeal and oil cake until the milk tails, when the cow is replaced by a fresh one. A dairyman who keeps 160 cows says such a practice is moie profitable tli&n to lose the time between their going dry and com ing in. .NEVER delay leeclmg your fowls until they have gone to roost, as they are very apt to fly frcm the perch, and in their haste injure themselves. OCCASIONAL sowirg of little patches of ground with mustard, green peas, eats, etc, will do much to assist in keeping a cow on a small farm. They grow quickly and the same Jand will grow several crops. A little discretion m this way will save much expense as to keep as well as furnishing early green feed. GBXEN peas are early crops. Most per" sons prefer the dwarfs, but the fall varie ties yield better. A fault with the dwarfs is that they furnish families growing them such few pickings. This is because they ripen nearly all at once. The better plan is to put them in the ground at intervals for a succession of crops. SOME farmers thmk that a cow must eat all the time when confined m the stall. It is a poor economy which puts fresh hay in a manger on top of older hay. A little tossing of the hay left in the manger will dry it and make it seem of renewed nico ness to cows or horses. IT is a good thing to take a red hot cin der from the fire in an eld pan and proceed to fumigate your hen-house by sprinkling sulphur on the hot coal, carrying it into various parts of the room. If the fowls are in, don't give them too big a dose. IT is the best plan to have the perches in your fowl-house oa a level, and then the fowls will not crowd to get on the highest perch, DOMESTIC. As soos as a wound is inflicted get a little stick—a knife or file handle will do —and commence to rap gently on the wound. Do not stop for the hurt, but continue until it bleeds freely and becomes perfectly numb. When this point is reached you are safe—all that is necessary is to protect it from the dirt. Do not stop short of the bleeding and the numb ness, and do not on any accouut, close the opening with plaster. We have used and seen this used on all kinds of simple punc tures for thirty years, and never knew a single instance of a wound becoming in flamed or sore after treat ineut as above. Among other cases: A coal rake tooth going entirely through the foot, a bad bite by a pig, several instances of filt shank through the hands, and numberless cases of rusty nails, awls, etc., but we never knew a failure of this treatment. After the bleeding apply a little simple cerate on a clean cloth. A Railroad Official tnsarrlawed. Not every one so cheerfully comunl cates his knowledge and opinions as re cently did E. L. Loweree, Esq., cashier of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, that splendid outlet to the South from the Ohio. Our representative waited upon Mr. Loweree, and In reply to certain questions the latter gentleman observed : "I was suffering from a very severe attack of rheumatism in my right foot; it was in a terrible conditiou, the pain was almost In tolerable; our family physician waited on me without success; 1 sent for another well known M. D., but even the twain oould do nothing for me; I could not get down here to mv office to attend to my duties ; in fact I could not put my toot under me at all, and after nine weeks suffering 1 betran to grow desperate. My friend (whom, of course you xeow, for he is kuowu by every-body), Mr. Stacey Hill, of the Mount Auburn Inclined Plane Railroad Co., called to see me; he spoke very highly of St, Jacobs Oil, and recom mended the remedy to me in glowing terms. 1 laughed at the idea of using • proprietary medicine, and yet the party recommending, it, (Mr. Stacey Hill, re member), being a man of sound judgment, set me to thinking the matter over. The next day when the physicians called, 1 dismissed them, and said to myself 1 would let nature take its course. That resolution lasted just a day. On the following morning I, in a fit of desperation, sent a servant for a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil. I applied the wonderful remedy, and it penetrated me so that 1 thought my foot was about to fall off, but it did not; in fact it did just the opposite. The next morning the pain had entirely left my foot, the swelling was reduced, and really the appearance was so different altogether from the day before, that it actually sur prised me. 1 applied, more of the St. Jacobs Oil, and that afternoon I walked down here to the office, and was as well as any one. Let me say for 8L Jacobs Oil that it beats railroad time, and is always sure to win.— Cincinnati Enquirer. Rict MILANAISK SIYLE. fry one ounce of butter (cost two cents) light brown; put Into it half pound of rice (cost five cents) well picked over, but not washed, and one ounce of onion, chopped fine; stir and brown for five minutes, then add a pint of gravy from meat, season with a level teas] oonful of salt, quarter that quantity of pepper, and as much cayenne as you can take on the peuit of a very small pen knife blade; the onion and seasoning will cost less than two cents; stew gently for fifteen minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent burning, and serve as soon as the rice is tender. This makes a palatable dish for about ten cents. MACARONI AND HAM. lake ene-half pound of macaroni, put it in boihug salt and water, and cook for twenty minute? or until tender. Drain the macaroni, and put in cold water until you are ready to use it. Take a quarter of a pound of the lean of cold boiled ham, chop fine; take naif a can of tomatoes, seasoned with gait and pepper; stew with a email onion; paes the tomatoes, when thoroughly done through a colander; thicken with a ta blespoonful of butter, rubbed smooth. Lay the macaroni in a layer, spread on the chopped bsm, add some of the tomato sauce, a little pepper, a little salt, and so on, until the dish is fhled. Bake in a hot oren for twenty minutes. Prom an extensive use of St. Jacobs Oil in the editor's family, we are able to speak confidently of its great worth in numerous ailments, and folly recommend it as an article most desirable to hare on hand in the medicine chest. — Siamford(Q)nn.) Herald. POOR MAN'S PLUM PUDDING —Take Three cups of flour, one cup chopped uet, one cup stoned raisins, one-third cup molasses, one cup rnJk, one teaspoon of ealeratus dissolved in the aiilk, half tea spoon ot salt, one teaspoon each of allspice, cinnamon and cloves. Boil three hours. Serve with sauce as follows: One cup of sugar, half cup of butter, one egg, one tablespoon of flour, beat all together. vVhen ready for the table pour in two thirds cup boiling wine. Add nutmeg grated, and you will have a dish fit for a king, though planned for a poor man. FIG PUDDING —One pound of flour, six ounces fresh beef 6uet, with half table spocnful of salt; and one pound figs, with one leaspoonful of baking powder. Chop the suet as fine as possible, remove all strings; mix well with the flour, salt and baking powdei; make this into a paste with iced water, and ioll out into a sheet; cut the figs into long slices, cover the paste with them, tie in a cloth, and boil in fast boiling water for two hours. Eat with a sauce \ OKK9HIRT PUDDING.—A quarter of a pound of flour, with a quart of water or milk; three eggs, well beaten, to be mixed with it; pepper end salt; butter the pan; put it under the beef so as to catch the gravy; have it m a good big pan, so as to be thin. Cut in pieces when served with the beef, and arranged around the dish. WARM SLAW.— BJice a head of cabbage fine; put it in a stew pan, with a little water, 9nd scald well; sprinkle salt, pep per, and sugar over it; then take two thuds of a teacup of vinegar, one third of a teacup of water, one egg, one-half tea spoon of flour, well mixed together; pour it over the cabbage, and let it come to a boil, when it is ready for the table. COLD SLAW. —Slice one bead of cabbage very fine ; sprinkle a little sugar and salt over if; then pound the cabbage. For the dressing, take half teacup of cream, whip it into a troth, add to it one teacup of vinegar; stir the dressing well through the cabbage- LINCOLN CAKE.— One and one-half pounds sugar, one pound butter, one and tbree-fourths pounds flour, two pounds fruit, one pint sweet milk, one tablespoon ful Ecda, 6ix eggs, one nutmeg, one tea spoon lul cloves, two teaspooafuls cinna mon, one gill of brandy. SALT will curdle new milk; hence, in preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc., the salt shGuld not be added until the clish is prepared. THAT RICH EXTERIEICI. A Free Prtst> Interview Sustained and lis Monro* Revealed. (Detroit Free Press.) A few mouths ago an interview with a prominent and well known physician, formerly a resident of Detroit, but now living in New York, appeared in the ool umus of this paper. The statements made by the doctor and the facts he divulged were of so unusual a nature as to cause no little commotion among those who read them, aud many inquiries were raised as to the gemiinensss of the interview aud the validity of the statements it contained. The name of the physician was at that timo suppressed at his own request. The seal of secrecy, however, can now be re moved, as the luqiortant and interesting letter which appears below will abundantly show. In order, however, that the reader may belter understand ibis letter, & tew extracts are herewith giveu from the in terview in question. After an exchange of courtesies and a few reminiscences about the war, In whioh the doctor was a prominent surgeon, the reporter remarked upon the doctor's im proved appearance, upon whioh he said : "Yes, 1 have improved in health aiuee you last saw me, and I hope also in many other wtya. One thing, however, I have succeeded in doing, and it is one of the hardest things for any one, and especially a doctor, to do, and that is 1 have over come my prejudices. You kuow there are some people who prefer to remain In the wroug rather than acknowledge the manifest right. Bucli prejudice leads to bigotry of the worst order. Now, lam a physician, and of the "old school" order, too; but I have, afisr years of experience and observation, come to the conclusion that truth is the highest of all things, and that if prejudice or bigotry stand in the way of truth, so much the worse for them —they are cortain to be crushed sooner or later. Why, when I knew you in Do troit, I would no sooner have thought of violatiug the code of ethic 3 laid down by tke profession, or of prescribing anything out of the regular order, thaa I would of amputating my hand. Now, however, I prescribe and advise those things which I believe to be adapted to cure, and which my experience has proven to be such." "How did you come to gel such hereti cal ideas as these, doctor!" "Oh, they are the result of my experi ence and observation. I obtained my first ideas upon the subject, though, from hav ing been caret 1 after all my care and the skill of my professional brethren had failed to relieve me. Why, I was as badly off as many of mv patients, with a complica tion of troubles, including dyspepsia, and consequently imperfect kidneys and liver, and I feared I should have to give up my practice. For months I suffered untold Dull, indefinite paius in the va rious parts of the body ; a lack of interest in everything around me; a loss of appe tite; headaches; all these disagreeable symptoms were added to pains which were bvth acute and constant. Sick as I was, however, I became restored to health in a most surprising manner and in an in credibly short space of time, and It was this that proved a revelation to me. That was the starting point, and my prejudices faded rapidly after that I can assure you. I went to reading extensively, and ana lyzing more extensively, and since lhat time I have discovered many things of real value to humanity. Why only a few days ago I advised a lady who was suffer ing from a serious female difficulty and displacement to use the same remedy which cured me. I saw her this moruing and she is nearly well; the pain and in flammation are ail gone and she is around as usual. We have no right in the medical fraternity to sit back and declare there is no such thing as improvement or advance ment, or tnal we have a monopoly of the remedies which nature has given to man kind. There are greit changes going on in every departmentof life, and there are great developments in medicine as welL Thousands of people die every year from supposed typhoid fever, rheumatism or other complaints, when in reality It is from trichina, caused by eating poorly cooked and diseased pork. Thousands of children are dying every year from dropsy as the apparent sequel to scarlatina, when in reality it is from diseased kidneys which have become weakened by the fever they haue just had." "Weil, doctor, you have got some new truths here, certainly, but they sound very reasonable to me." "Well, whether they are reasonable or not, 1 have demonstrated to my own satis faction that they are true, aud I propose to si&nd by them, no matter how much opposition I may raise by doing so. Any man, be he politician, preacher or phy sician, who is so considerate of his pocket book or of his own personal ends as to stulify himself by suppressing the mani fest truth, is unworthy the name of man, and unworthy the confidence of the pub lie of the public whom he serves." The above are some of the principal points in the interview referred to. Now for the sequel. The following outspoke letter from the doctor himself which has just been received is published in full; Editor Detroit Free Press; iyome time ago a reporter of your paper had an interview with me which he said he would like to publish. I consented on condition that you would not mention my name until I gave you permission. I have ROW accomplished the purpose I had in mind, and wish to say to you (which you can publish or not as you see fit) that I had debated for a long time whetner 1 would shake off some of the professional fetters which bound me with others for years, and tell the truth, or not ' Whon 1 looked back, and thought of the tortures, like those described jy Dante in his trip to the Infernal regions, which I endured from dyspepsia, and recalled how much I would have given at that time for the re lief which i have since obtained, I deter mined that I would take the step so long meditated, and thereby discharge a duty to my fellow men. If I could thereby save one poor mortal one night of the terrible suffering I endured, I would be fully satis fled, be the other consequences what they might. My dyspeptic condition was produced by a torpid liver, which did not, as a con sequence, remove the bile from the blood. This produced derangement of the stomach, inflammation of its ooats, dyspepsia, con stipation, headache, depression of spirits, yellow complexion, fat-covered eyes, ohilis and fever; in short, I was miserable to the last degree. I appealed in vain to my books, to my skill and to my fellow phy - sioi The mystery of my ill-health grew deeper. I traveled every where—ex hausted all authorized expedients—but to no purpose I When ia this frame of mind, desperately in need of help, but expecting none, one of my unprofessional friends called my at tention to some unusual cures wrought by a prominent remedy and urged me to try it. I emphatically declined. But se cretly, and with the firm determination that I would never let anybody know what I had done, I began its use. It was only an experiment, you know, but for that matter, all medical treatment is experi mental. Well, to make a long, and sur prising story short, I experienced a sort of physical revolution. My skin got a better color, My liver resumed its functions. I no longer had to arouse the bowel* with cathartics. My hosdachcs disappeared with my dyspepsia; but *still I was not convinced. "Nature did it," 1 reasoned. But, determined to push the investigation to the extreme, while 1 was in active work, I tried the effect of the reimdy on my patients afflicted with kidney, liver and urinary diseases, watching every develop ment carefully aud studiously, lhen I was completely disarmed, for the remedy stood every test imposed 1 Under such convincing circumstances, the matter of confessing my cure became a question of conscience aud of duty to hu manity. "Here is a remedy," 1 said, "that has done for me what the best medi cal skill of the country could not accoin olish"—and as an honoiable man I will uot supprcos the lacta. 1 therefore write you and most uuhesitatingly assert that lor all diseases of the kidneys, liver, stom ach or urinary organs which are arneuable to treatment, Warner's tiafe Kiduey aud Liver Cure surpasses any remedy I have ever known or used, aud since physicians have so much ill-sucoess in the treatment of diseases of these organs, I am prepared to accept all the consequences wheu 1 say that ttiey are, if conscientious, in duty bound to use this pure vegetable ooin pouud in their practice. Yours very truly, J. W. till ITH, M. I). Statements so outspoken as the sliove and coming from such a reliable source are valuable beyond question. They con clusively show not only the power of the remedy which has become so well known and popular, but the great Importance or attention in time to the first indications of decliuing health. When professional men of such high standing sink their pre judice and willingly declare their belief in that which they know to be valuable, the public may confidently follow their ex ample. A PICTURE of still life : A vagrant scor pion strolled leisurely down a plank lean ing against a fence on ltusk street, just as the sun reached the zenith yesterday. On that plank pensively reclined a negro whose contemplation was profound and most musically eviuced by a sound emit ted from his open mouth that recalled to the minds of passers the days of the pit saw. When scorpion aod the \fricaa made the conjunction, to say that the Af rtcau awoke is not an exageration. As he tore the reptile from his swarthy neck and pulverized it in the mud beneath the heel ot a No. 18 brog&n he got off some such expression as the following : "Dat scarapmhzard must think I got my neck half-soled wid a leather apon, dog-gone him!" Consumption Cured. An old physieiao. retired from practice, having had placed in his bauds by an East India missionary the formula of a somple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cuts for Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, and all Throat and Luug Affections, also a posi tive and radical cure for Nervou9 Debility and all Nervous Complaiuts, after having tested it* wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve huuian suffering, 1 will send free of charge to ail who desire it, this recipe, in German, French or English, with full directions for preparing and using, tient by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this paper. W. A. NOTES, I Power's Block, ItochetUr, N. Y. MISCONSTRUCTION; lie sat at her feet in quiet peac*. He looked into her face and said softly: "Ah, dear, I could sit here forever." ,4 Could you. love?" answered she. "Yes, sweet." "You are right sure you could, darling f" I know it my own." "Very well, then, you sit there, tor 1 have an engagement to go out with young Mr. Fitzspoone. and I won't be back this evening. Turn down the gas and fasten the night-latch when you go away. Ta, ta, dear." And she went out, leaving him to the awful solitude of her goneness and his bitter disappoint ment. Beer Afleota the Kidneys, and It may seriously Interfere with the health unles promptly counteracted, and for this purpose Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure has no equal. EXTRAOT from a young lady's letter : 4 'And, do you know, Maud and 1 are quite sure Captain Popple had taken too much champagne at the ball, for he took out his watch and looked hard at the back of it and then muttered; 'Blesh my shoul 1 I hadn't any idea it was this timeo' night.'" LIXE the generality of kings and con querors, Frederick the Great had a philo sophic indifference to the death of others. In one of his battles, a battalion of vet erans having taken to their heels, he gal - loped after them, bawling out: "Why do you run away, you old blackguards! Do you want to live forever?" The greatest medicine known for pro ducing an appetite is "Dr. Lindsey's Blood Searcher." Try it and see, GOVERNOR ST. JOHN, of Kansas, de scribes a negro orator as saying to bis brethren of tne exodus, "Bretbrea, you mus' be somebody. You mus' make money. Money, bredren 1 Honestly, ef you kin; but el not, why—as do white folks do." "S-a-a-y, father, I learned something new at achool to day." "What was it!" "I learned to say, 'Tea, sir,' aod 'No, sir.' " "Did vou?" "Ya-as." A MAIN street lady remonstrated with a green girl, who had washed a table dish in a wash basm. She nearly convulsed the whole family by replying: "Well, mum, but I clanes the basin agin afore aaybody washes in it." WHEN a southern man has a lot of chickens in his hen house, the neighbors turn in and elect him to Congress so that they can take a whack at the fowls with nobody to Interfere. Congress is of some use iu that country. For Brick and Tile Machinery Address Jas. F. Clark. Morenoi, Midi. MISSED ihe mark. Connoisseur in wines (to iunocent guest)—" Try a glass of this Chateau la Rose, my friend. It has been in my cellar for over twenty years." In nocent guest—"Has it, indeed?" What must it have been when it was new ?" "WHICH side of the street do you live on, Mrs. Klpple ?" asked a counsel who was cross-examinsng a witness. "On either side. sir. If you go one way, it's on the right side; if you go the other way it' on the left." When the body ot a starving manor an imal loses two-fifths ef its substance It loses life. HUMOROUS. THRASHING Othello: A theatrical com pany was performing "Othello" in one of the Connecticut provinces. Owing to the illness of the lady who played the role of Desdemona a local tragedienne was as signed that part. When she saw the enraged and foaming Moor ad vancing to smother her, her courage gave out and hastily crawling under the bed she began to yell for the police. The chivalry of the pit was aroused. A sturdy young countryman mounted to the stage and grappling Othello mopped,him around vigorously, amid tne applause of the boys. When he recovered his freedom and his breath he explained that he didn't mean to hurt the girl and was only following the cue of Shakespeare. "All right," re plied the rustic champion, "when you come around again fetch Shakespeare with you and if he can lick me I'll treat." Our I'rogi*a. A* Stage* are quickly abandoned with the completion of railroad*, so the huge, drastic, cathartic pills, composed of crude and bulky medicines, are quickly abandoned with the introduction of Dr. Pierce's ''Pleasant Purgative Pellets," which are sugar-coated,and little larger than mustard seeds, but oompoeed of highly ooneeutrat ed vegetable extracts. By druggists. A CUSTOMKK complaining to a horse dealer of the bad points of a horse offered for sale, the dealer, with an air of philo sophical resignation, g&id, "Well, of course the horse has his bad points and his good points; we all know that. But what 1 insist on is that there's no decep tion about his bad points. We can see em; they stand out plain, fiat we can't none of us tell how many good points he may huve till we comes to know em. That's what 1 say." Consumption Cure. DR. K. V. PLKMOE: Dear Sir —Death was hourly expected by myself aud friends, My physicians pronounced my disease consumption, and said I must die. I be gan taking your "Discovery" and "Pel lets." 1 have used nine bottles and am wonderfully relieved. lam now able to ride out. ELIZABETH THORNTON, Montongo, Ark. A COUNTRY school master tins delivered himself—"lf a carpenter wants to cover a roof fifteen feet wide by thirty broad with boar as five feet broad by twelve long, how many boards will he need?" The new boy took up his hat and made for the door. "Where are you going ?" asked the mas ter. "To find a carpenter," replied the boy. "He ought to know that better than any fellers. "TBLL you the truth," said Brown, "I began to feel uneasy about my health. I haven't the least particle of energy." "My dear boy," cried Fogg. "I congratulate you I" "Congratulate me!" exclaimed Brown in astonishment; "what do you mean?" "I mean just what I say," re plied Fogg. "If want of energy has be gun to trouble you there's some hope for you. Again, 1 say I congratulate you." A KIND husband: A neighbor of Mr. Migga', glancing out of the window, ob served that estimable man plugging up the Knot holes in his back yard fence, and ventured to ask : "Any hard feelings agin'the woman next door?" "No," re turned Miggs, placidly. Mrs. M'a got iheumatiz m the jaw and the doctor says she must keep quiet." Tho "Golden Bloom 01 Youth" may be retained by using Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription," a specific for "teinule complaints." By druggists. A FEW years ago the following resolu tion was passed by the Common Council of a Connecticut town: ''Resolved, That hereafter the churches that have bells that are ring, be rung ai the same hour for morning aud afternoon service." "THERE'S our Jeremiah," said Mr. Shelton, "he went off to make his living by his wit* " "Well, did he succeed?" inquired his friend. "No," said the old man, with a sigh, and significantly tap ping his head; "he failed for want of cap ital." Sing a song of hair oil, Pocket minus chink, Four and twenty editors Spilling printer's ink; Now the pen goes faster, Wonder what they mean, Guess they must be writing ads, For the improved Carboline. ADMIRATION: "There is something about Pingrey that I admire," said Brown. "Yes," replied Fogg, "there is something about him that 1 admire too—something in the morning paper, which says that he has gone to Europe for a couple of years." A POBTFSATB fellow : Fogg says his friend Pingrey is so slow that he never catches eold, and couldn't get within hail ing distance of the slowest of slow fevers. FIRST Freshman to second ditto: "Did vou get her photo wnile you were away?" Second F.: "Well, ah, the fact is, she gave me her negative." Allen'* Brain Food Cures Nervous Debility and Weakness of Generative Organs, sl-—all druggists. Bend for circular. Allen's Pharmacy, 114 First av.. N. 1. "DON'T stand on ceremony, come in," said a lady to an old farmer who had colled to see her husband. "Excuse me, marml" exclaimed the man, "I'm stand ing on the door-mat!" A LARGE nose is a sign of oh&racter. The character, however, depends on the color of the nose. A MAN that is var.able is not esteemed very able by his near neighbors. Tns man who is a little under the weather will soon get over it. Skinny Mem Wells' Health Rencwcr. Absolute cure for nervous debility, dyspepeia, mental or physi cal deoline. 41 at druggists. Prepaid i y ex- Bress, f 1 25, 6 for 45. & 8. WKLLS, Jersey ity, N. J. _____ Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer is the marvel of the age for all nerve diseases. All fits stopped free. Bend to 931 Aroh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. On Thirty Days' Trial. The Yoltaio Belt Co.. Marshall, Mioh., will send their Eleotro-Voltaic Belts and other Eleotrio Appliances on trial for thirty days to any person afiSioteu with Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality, and kindred troubles, guarantee ing complete restoration of vigor and man hood. Address as above without delay. P. B.—No risk is incurred, as 30 days' trial s allowed. MESSRS. MORGAN A HEADLY Mutual Life Building,. Tent h and Chestnut street a, have oa hand a superb stock or extra One quality Dia monds, which they offer at as low prloesas atones or the first quality, perteot alikt in color and ah apt, can be sold ton Mr. J. 11. Pttlebvry, of Springfield, Mass., has the following letter in the Science : "A friend of mine who it a reliable observer relates an incident which forcibly illustrates the power of parental affection to overcome fear. The gentle man found a nest of young mice and re moved thein to the ground near by. The mother mouse made her appearance and carried away one of her young, and while she was gone the gentleman took the re maining mice in his hand. When the mouse again appeared and could not find her young she seemed to hesitate a mo* ment and then ran up the gentleman's clothes, took one of the young and carried it away. This was repeated until all the young were removed to a place of safety. Commercial travelers and others sub jected to sudden changes and exposure, should be provided with Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup the best and quickest remedy for the relief and oure of Colds. Pnoe 25c. It is well known that a black object on a white ground will appear to be much lar ger than it really ia. A white stripe, for in stance, on a black surface seems broader than a black stripe on a white surface, al though both be of the same width. This phenomenon of simultaneous contrast is j physiologically explained by Peter Sherff er in this way: When one of our senses receives a double sensation, one of which is active and strong while the other is weak it will be found that the latter is not felt. This must be particularly the case when both impressions are of the same kind, or when a stmug effect from an object on one of the senses is followed by soother of the same kind which is milder and weakei. Bend name and address to Urugin ds Co., Philadelphia. Pa., for cook book free. To destroy the black points, flesh-worms or comedones which are found in the face, and especially near the nostrils. Dr. Unna prescribes the following. Kaolin, four parte; glycerine, three parts; acetic acid, two parts, with or without the addition of some etheral oil. With this pomade the parts affected are covered in the evening, and if need be, during the day. After sev eral days the comedones can be easily pressed out of the skin. Bandaging with vinegar or lemon-Juice or diluted hydro chloric acid has much the same effeet. Nothing like "Beilers' Liver Pills" for headache, biliousness, dizziness, constipa tion, fever and ague, and all malaria. There Is a etau ment in the tHornalc del Lavori Publico of Jan. 4 to the effect that the Italian Minister of Public Works has granted permission to the Societa Ven eta di CoQßtruzioni to make the necessary surveys aQd investigations regarding a projected tunnel under the Strait of Mes sina. It is intended that a branch line from the Eboli-lteggio Railway in Naples will descend by a spiral to the tunnel it self, and in a similar manner ascend on the other side to join the Messina-Patti Line. The tunnel proper if to be about two and two-thirds miles long, and 100 feet below the bed of the straits. DFBULL'S COUGH SYRUP Mesl ANAKESIS Pr. S. Sllsbeo's External Pile Eemedy Give* Instant relief and la an infallible CURE FOR ALL KINDS OF PILES. Sold by Druggists everywhere. 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