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. Price, per bet
prtpaul bv moil. Samples sent frm to Physicians
andallautt<Tcra,by P. Neustsedtor A Co., Box KM4
pew York City, bole manufacturers e< ' jtaaAeeM.**
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|K W STOMACH
®itteß s
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters la the great house
hold medicine of the American people, and is taken
•very where aa a safeguard against epidemios and
endemics, as a remedy for dyspepsia, biliousness
and irregularities of the bowels, as a cure for
ohills and fever and rheumatic ailments, aa a se
dative in nervous oasts, and as a general in vigor
ant and restorative.
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally.
ASTHMA CURED J
German Asthma Core never./oil*togivewj-B
m*di <( in the worst caeesdnsurea comfort- ■
able sleep; effects cores where ad otherafalL Am
ml eonrri**** the mst tktpHoal. Price
SEfflYs
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will gi*e as much mowta as 14 COMMON ©KGanV
No oilier maker dare build this orga^'ltis Mteofadj
ENORMOUS SUCCESS. 8.!.. ow MMu rnS
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Actual J S9O
If after one year's nee you are net satisfied rata*a
Organ, will pramptly refund meney silk tot—sat
CUB AJfD KAiffiTJ TBX XKHSUIBXIT
In person, Five Dollars (fS) allowed topayazpaasM If
£"J. bu y i ooma anyway, you ara welcome Free Caatb
yOb pallia attendants meets all trains, OStt
Organs s*. StO. f6O un Pianofortes 1 to fMOO,
&tr Beautiful Illustrated Catalogue /Vw.
Please Address or call upon 1
DABTIEIi P. BEATTY, Washington, lev Jersey.
9 My poreslaln-llsad Pumpt are manufactured
under license,and buyers sr#guaranteed against
any and ail claims from the Company holding the
patent. J>on't fail to mat to a noto of
title point. —— I
Carefully made ALL
ef i \ the most
Bast Selected \ Valuable
Timber. \ Improvemaott.
—N VSR""*
Tha BUTCH LEY PUMPS ara fcr Jala by the
bed houses In the trait.
Name of my nearest agent will be furnished oa
application to
C. Q. B LATCH LEY, Manufacturer,
- 808 MARKET ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA.'
YOUNG MEN
and be certain of a situation, addreea VAJuEaTBIB
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IIIDCt) IMPROVED BOOT IZUL
ftfl lllkd package makes A gallons tit A
■ 1 delicious, wholesome, sparkling Temperaaoe
beverage. Ask your druggM, or sect by matt for
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ANT BUS—Advertising agonta for the oelebretad
MoUaruryaa.Hegerstowa.ltA. Good salary paid.
rpoCABD COZ.4JBCTOBS.-81x sets ef elegant
I chromo cards, with Instructions for tnsrtng the
I t r* ttfU] H. T.
Seed Potatoes, Barley and Oats For Sals.
Chicago Market, White Eieplumt. Daamore. Hady
Ohio, or any variety furnished desired. White Has
elan bate. Adams' Sew Hybrid Barley, vety prohfr*
webrhe to to H lbs., etig etraw, staaiuflf up five te Sea
days after it Is ripe enooghto out. No order aseayatd
for leaa than halt bushsL "Pure white Charter hwtae.
Southdown Sheep, Fine Coach. Draught and baddw
Hones. H.to—Saverai flr.-t class terms in Li Kingston
County. V. Y. Prices furaiahed upon appdeaion
BSSIiAMC*
Ah MS. LtvoalaSUlioa. Llv Co.. N. Y
A MB lea ef Beeely Is es ley iemrt.
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OUS2TYAL CBKil. OB MAGICAL BMAUTDTI*.
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MS
RUPTURE!
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Hie book, with proofs from doctors, ministers, mar.
□bent* and others during the pest thirty five years,w t
have been cured, mailed tor iu cents. Seed, for it, it L
hi form yourself. Principal office S6l Broad wmy New
York ; branch office, 302 Walnut St. Philadelphia.
Consultation days, March SSd, SHd and Mth, and every
other weak thereafter, Wednesdays, Thursdays ana
Friday*.
rUPIUCC ( Traction de Portable) for Farm,
Cn IX in CO Saw Mill a Plantation. For prices,
etc., write THE AULTMAN k TAYLOR 00.,
Mansfield, Ohio.
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rn MamlouM success*
!bE, *fS{issK,s. M jgs
•ejbr Pits, J&iUsuy end Iftrvt Affectum*.
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of ttm. Treatise and S2 trial bottloflreete
ttenU,they paying ex prraßt 3 e. "Rend name,
CONSUMPTION;
I have e positive remedy far the above dieeMe: by Its
im thouaands of cases of the worn kind and of kmjr
standi been cured. Indeed, so strong Is mj
faith in it efficacy that I will send TWO BOTxLEB
FREE, together with a VALUABLE TREATISE*® this
disease to any sulfcrar. Give lyxpreee and P.O. address.
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The "Ladies' Medical Association." Remedies for
all dlaessee of women are prepared bf the most 00B
potent and reliable phyaioiana, who have made such
diseases a special life study Patients can .be suocess
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lt ooNixnawTian. Band dascriptiog ef symptoms}
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ktampe. KAGLB PUIL CO., hpringfleld. Mass.
ODIIIU Morphine Habit. Core YOUR-
UllUm SELF. Seud for Beeeipk. Cheap,
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