Miscellaneous News. The annual losses by fire in the U nited States .'amount to $130,000,000, and the consumption of cigars,cigarett es and smoking tobacco amounts to $206,000,000. Total destruction by flre $326,000,000. Here Is a good word for the women, An English statistician has discovered that the married men livo longer and live better livesthan bachelors. Among every 1,000 bachelors there ate thirty eigbt criminals ; among married men tne ratio is only eighteen per 1,000. Aooording to the mint reports, Cali fornia has dropped to the third place a monff the States snd Territories as a producer of precious metals. It still ranks first in the production of gold, but la away behind Colorado and Mou tana in the production of silver and iu tae total value of the output. A New York railroad mau tells a Mail and Express reporter that the mile a minute speed ais myth. Occa sionally, he saps, traius on a stretch of level track with an easy grade make a mile a minute, but the iastest express train in the United States, the New York aud Philadelphia limited, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, averages 4S 3-10 miles an hour. The average fast ex press of the United States reaohes 36 j miles an hour. The fastest train in the world is the "Flying Dutchman," which averages 69 1-8 miles an hour, between London and Bristol. The Minneapolis Tribune tells of a Dew feature in Baptist merrymakings: The young men distinguished them selves by the preparation of a supper at the church pallors, including ic*s, ice cream and charlotte russe. It was in eumbent upon each young mau to make with' his owu hands a cuke, aud as a result nearly thirty specimens of these culinary triumphs were set out before the throng in attendence. They were in all shapes and sizes, aud some of them were tearstained and bore evi dence of many weary hours of deep thought and anxiety. The men da used attendance as waiters at tho tables and wore colors corresponding orange yellow, pink and blue. The New Yoik Times says that the luded persons who have been led to be lieve that a fortune of $76,000,000 a waits in England the pleasure of the Sands family in this country may be interested in a letter sent by Mr. Hen rv White, Secretary of the Uuited States Legation in London, to Mrs. Sarah M. Caswell, of Aurora, IU., oue of the "heirs,' who bod the precaution to ask him for information. Secretary White says: I beg to inform you that there is no such "estate' as the one you mentioned. Vast ovmbers of people ID our opuntry are deceived and defraud ed by designing persons, ".who repre sent tbat great estates are awaiting A mericans claimants here,whereas,there are cone such. One of these rascals has recently been sentenced to five years' penal servitude for A merican in this way." This,the Times adds, sbonld be conclusive as to the ex istence of the great Sands or Sandys estate in does not. however, prove that there is no such estate in the moon, but th 9 "heirs" wUI not care to retain lawyers for the prosecution of claims in that luminary. The Killing Car Coupler. It ia an nndoabted fact tbat no in strument invented by man, not express ly designed as a man-destroyer, hasact oally crippled and slain more men tbe car coupler. Accidents to raiboad employee from this cause are the most common of occurrences. It is estimat ed tbat in tbe United States alone four hundred and fifty brakemen are killed every year while coupling cars, and thousands are braised, mained, or seriously injured. Tbe question of substituting a safety coupler has often been discussed, and numerous inven tions to secure safety, of more or less value have been proposed for adoption, but nothing practical has as yet result ed. Tbe trouble has been to find a safety coupler applicable to all kinds of care, and one that could be recommend ed for universal use. It is gratifying to learn tbat an investigation by a com - mittee representing thirty thousand miles of road is now on foot, with the object of finding a system of safety conpling that may be adopted. When tbe car stove and the old fashioned link and pin coupling are ruled nut of existence, tbe dangers of railroading will be reduced by a large degree-—N. T. Observer. Laughing at Ma- Miss Birdie McHennipln is one of tbe belles of Austin. Her intellect bow ever, does not tower into tbe sublime heights reached by Susan B. Anthony, but, to nse tbe cold language of truth fulness, she Is very much the same kind of yonng lady that Gus De Smith is of a yonng man. Not long since be proposed matrimony. In good faith, in a solemn, impressive manner,! upon which Miss Birdie inaugurated a gig gle, until Gas was very much disgust ed' and, arising from bis knees, his anger found vent in words. He was mad—too mad almost to speak. Miss Hennipin," he finally ejaculated, 44 with me this is no langbing matter. Why should yon see anything ridiculous a bout it ?" "Yon must excuse me, Mr. De Smith—really you must, fori am not laughing at you; really, now, I am not; ma's so funny, you know really, she is too funny for any use; yes, I was laughing at ma.',- 44 At yourma?""Yes, you see ma told me only this morning, Birdie, you are ; so green that some donkey will take you yet," and here you come But he was gone. He was gone. He was in the past tense. It was he who banged the door so violently, 44 1 wonder" said the suddenly deserted 'Birdie! "I wonder now, really, if he is offended at what ma said V But then ma always was too awfully fuuny for any kindbf use." — I SUBSCRIBE for the JOURNAL. SHUCK TKOTTKR'S FOURTH And How lie Observed It—A Celcbra tion Under Oltfloultlos. Shuck Trotter, having "laid by" bis corn 011 the third of July, was lifted in to such exultation uy his maturing prospects of a good crop, that lie decid ed to hold a sort of celebration 011 the Fourth. Throughout the neighborhood of "Lick Skillet" Shuck enjoys that pe culiar leadership which certain oddities of character frequently grant a man who lives in a backwoods community. Those (Hid i ties, however, are never of an intellectual sort, for, In Shuck's neighborhood, a characteristic that Is purely mental is always regarded us a weakness, while a certain "prankish ness," particularly an ability to jump higher and dance faster than any other man is 11a italicized distinctiou. The celebration at Shuck's house can doubtless be given most appropriately, and I am certain most entertainingly. In the exact words of Zeb Finch, the brown jeans beau of the "Lick Skillet" neighborhood. 4 When Shuck came over whar I wuz er cleanin' up some new ground fur er turnip patch,' said Zeb, 4 an' told me er bout the cilybmtion, I sorter hung tire er bout goin'; but when 110 'lowed pine blank that Liza Bakei an' the Jimisou gals would be thar, I told liiui that nothin' but er powerful mixture uv the rheumatix au' cramp colic could keep me er way, au' I meant whut I said, even if Liza is fat, an'not ez pale ez the most uv folks like to see a gal. Well, when I arriv at Shuck's house I seed that all the necessary preparations had been mada. It wuz too hot to stay in the house,so a lot of cheers an' benches had been put in the yard under er low, spreadiu' mulberry tree, tbat give a thick shade. Thar wuz er right smart spriukliu' uv folks, 1 tell you. Ole Uncle Mose Gayner, that went to the Legislatur last year wuz thar. Ur.cle Mose ain't much bigger er round then er hoe-handle, an' it do peer like tbat when uatur sot in to makiu' bis legs she come mighty nigh uot stoppin' er tall, but iu spite uv all these here draw bucks the ole fetler has got away uv sraackin' his mouth when the jug is passed, that gest nachully keeps him frum fallin' into obscurity, ez the preacher says. Ole Miz Gayner was thar, too. I don't think 1 ever seed a fatter woman than she is. W'y, she's so much thicker then she is bigli tbat when she wants to reach up 011 er shelf after anything she lays down. The Jimison gals wuz thar, sho nuff, an— ges, hoi' my hat, somebody, while I think uv her—Miss Liza, buss her fat jaws, wuz thar bigger'n life, un er av erage boss. Don't understan' me to mean any disrespect when I corapar tbat lovely ereetur with er boss, for lemme tell you the human fam'iy will have to improve might'Jy befo' it ketch es up with the boss. 4 lt mout not peer to be necessary to speak about the sizes uv these folks,but I'll jest say that weight bad er good deal to do with the tailness uv the cap ers that wuz cut that day. 4 01 d Shuck wuz in his glcry,an' 'low ed tbat the country's birthday should be cilybrated in er manner tbat the neighbor's wouldn't soon furgit. 4 4 How are you goin' to do it, Shuck?' says I. 'We can't do nothin' but set er round an' stuff ourselves with water milions an sich.' 4 4 Don't fool yo'self,' says he. 4 l'm goin' to have some 'splosions here air ter awhile that'll lay all the firecrackers an' tawpeters you ever seed in the ever lastin' shade. See this,' taken er pack age outen the pocket uv his duster. 'Here's two pounds uv the finest blast in'powder you ever come across. Air ter we eat and drink er while we'll step out here and bore holes in logs, load em up and have the allfiredest 'bombard ment you ever seed. Folks way over the creek will think that the biggest Fourth uv July this country ever seed has jest been turned loose on the com munity. 4 'Oil, Cousin Shuck,' said Miss Liza —and as I remarked jest now, bless her fat jaws—'please don't have no shootin' fur it skeeis me,' 4 'Bless yo' soul and body, Lizy,' Shuck replied, 4 I wouldn't skeer you fur nothin' in the world, but on this occasion I'm jest nachully bound to turn the hills and hollers wrong side out.'ard, er haw, haw—plumb wrong side out'ards, Uncle Mose,' he added, grinnic' at the lean old man. 4 'Laws a massy,' cried Shuck's wife, 'the white sow is in the milon patch. Run, Shuck, and knock her fetch-taked head off.' 'Shuck he drapped the package uy powder in er cheer and er way he went, and Liza snatched up the powder, fetched up and put it on the limb uv the tree and begged us not to tell Shuck whar it wuz which we all promised that we wouldn't. Shuck brought er big milon back with him and we diy into it red-eyed. Then he axed fur his pow der. We all 'lowed that seed it. 4 'That'll never do in the world,' says he. Er fourth uv July cilybration without powder is like a set uv plow gear without er back-band —jest nach ully won't go. Uncle Mose, whar's the powder ?' 4 'Ain't seed it, Shuck. B'leve !you tuck it with you when you weut airter the white sow.' • 'That's jest erbout whut I did,' says Shuck, and he put out to look fur it, and when he couldn't find it he went up in the fence corner and cussed that old sow fur eyerything he could think uv and Liza—bless —but never mind, laughed fit to kill her sweet self. Then Shuck fotch out his jug. It made the gals grin might'ly when they tuck er pull at it jest to be sociable, you know, but I tell you it made ole Uncle Mose's mouth pop liker er hickory bark whip. 4 'My stairs erlive,' said one uv the Jimison gals, J'the black gnats is so bad er body cain't hardly live.' 4 'That's er fack,' said Liza, 'an' they run me nearly stracted.' 4 'l'll fix 'em,' Shuck 'lowed, and he went into the house, and soon come out with same fire iu er big ditfner pot. He sot it ou the ground and the ladies all thanked him fur his kine and 'plite ertention. it 4 'Shuck,' says Uncle Mose—the ole feller is powerful frolicky—'they tell me that you learnt er new step when you went over to the Brau dance the other day. Give it to us.' * 'Oh, yes, do, Cousin Shuck,' said Lisa—that's all right. 'Give it to us, fur I know we'll be so uiuch edified.' That word settled it with 1110 light thar and ef 1 couider got holt uv her hand 1 would have sartinly squez it. 4 'l ain't round thrown' my steps er way,' says Shuck, 'but ez we've all met here to cilybrate the Fourth why here's at you. Here, Zeb,' turniu' to mo, 'pat fur me.' I commenced to pat and he hopied up ntul went at it. It wuz er sort uv Inguu dance, with er lot uv whoops scattered through it, and the fust whoop Shuck fotch he leaped up and struck the limb whar Lisa had hid the powder, and down come the powder and I wish i may dio dead ef it didnT come slap uab into the |>ot uv lire. Thar wui er bout er se'eoud bofo' any thing hapi>eued and then the cilybra tion tuck place sho null. The fust thing sperienced wuz the earth sorter shaken' itself, an' then thar couio er noise that I ain't goin' ter furgit soon. Somehow I wuz permitted ter see the performance without takin' much uv er hand in it. Shuck an' Uncle Mose leered to go into partnership, fur they went up in the tree together, an' it did seem like Uncle Mose's legs wrauied er bout Shuck erbout three times. Shuck's wife riz like er turkey-hen an' went over the fence, an' Uncle Mose's wife, ez good-hearted er olesoul ez ever lived, wuz jest rolled erway like er bar'l. The pore ole lady squealed but kep' on er rollin'. TheJimison gals fluttered ev er' whicher way, an' put me in mine uv er lot uv young patridges. llut Liza— alas, bless her fat jaws, the powder. Undid' that she w uz so heavy it couldn't pick her un, turned her round er time er two, fluttered her over the fence an' started her off down the lane on er trot, an' she hadn't mo'rn got started good till er watermilon cotch up with her an' I hope I may die dead ef I didn't jest nachually think it had knocked all the maziu' grace outen the dear ereetur. Holler ! I never hear 11 tr pore sole hol ler like sue did. I run airier her an' didn't ketch her till she got to the foot uv the hill. She flung her lovin' arms round me an' sobinly cried: *An, Lawd, Zeb, who wou'der thought that dinner pot woulder busted ! When we all got tergather orgin, Shuck, see in' that nobody wuz killed, lowed that the safest thing would be ter git down an' pray, an' wo jest nachully got down even though we seed the whito sow make ernuther break fur the milon patch. I ain't axed him but 1 jest nachully think that Shuck has gone outen the cilybratin' business.' A Chestnut Worth Retelling. 111 one of the colleges a professor who made himself friendly with the stu dents was walking out with an intelli gent scholar,when they saw an old man hoeing in a corn field. He was advanc ing with his work toward the road, by the side of which lay iiis shoes. As it was near sunset, the student proposed to play the old man a joke. 'I will hide his shoes ; we will conceal ourselves be hind the bushes and see what lie will do.' 'No,' said the professor, 'it would not be right. You have money enough, just put a dollar in the old man's shoes, then we will hide behind ttie bushes and see what be will do.' The student agreed to the proiKisal, and they concealed themselves accord ingly. When the laborer had finished bis row of corn he came out of |tlie field to go home. He put on one shoe, and felt something hard, took it off, and found the dollar. He looked around him. but saw no one, and looked gratefully to ward heaven. He put on the other shoe and found another dollar. Ho looked all around him, but saw no one. He then knelt uj>un the ground and returned thanks to God for the blessings which bad been conferred up on him. The listeners learned from the prayer that the old man's wife and one of bis children were sick, and that they were very poor ; so that the two dollars were a great relief sent to them from heaven. 'There' said the professor, 'bow much better this is than toliaye hidden the old man's shoes.'— Southern Evan gelist. Starving the Teeth. Teeth are just as easily starved as the stomach, said a lecturei the other night. The fact is that you and your fathers have from generation to gene ration been industriously starving your teeth. In one way it is a blessing to have been born of poor parents. What food the poor give their children is of a variety that goes to make strong bones and teeth. It is the outside of the grains of all cerael food that con tains the carbonate and phosphate of lime, and traces of other earthly salts, which nourish the bony tissues and build the frame up. If we do not fur nish the teeth of the young that pabu lum they require, they cannot possibly be built up. It is the outside of corn, oats, wheat, barley and the like or the bran, so called, that we sift away and feed to swine, tbat the teeth actually require for their proper nourishment. The wisdom of man has proven bis folly, shown In every succeeding gene ration of teeth, which become more and more fragile and weak. They Were Kind to the Fish. There were four ladies once went fishing. They Selected a very rainy day and they had all tbeir waterproof cloaks and head and feet covering. They were all by themselves whan they took aboat and went to fish, It was in Maine. With feminine earnest they started off without anything to put the fish in. They had an elegant time until they caught a pickerel. When they caught the pickerel they didu't know what to do with it. It was alive flop ping. They had it ia the bottom of the boat. They wondered why it didn't lie quiet. At last a happy and benign thought struck one of them. 'Poor thing I It's getting all wet ly ing in the raiu.' And she whipped off her waterproof and wrapped it up it. Each of the fonr caught a pickerel, and each of the four wrapped it up in her waterproof and the rain wet them through to the skin, but they kept their flsh dry all the same. Hill Nye Deliver* u Characteristic and Patriotic Address. FELLOW CITI/.ENS : It lins now been onu hundrutl and uloveu yosFB Mince the most successful nnd most prosper ous republic known thus far to history, sent fourth uikm Iho sultry air its first feeble qry. One huudrod and eleven years njio this morniup, the small red infant known as American Liberty, jammed her purple fists into her watery eyes and made a few desultory remnrAs which were heard In the uttermost parts of the earth. To-day she is a full-grown person with a dignified mien, and has had a statue of herself taken, which stands in the harbor of Now York, and although she lights up the country for miles a round, with her tall torch, there is no one who has ever been able to hold a candle to her in the Liberty business. Those who are to-day within the sound ot my voice, and who are over one hundred and eleven years of age, will perhaps recall to their minds the deplorable condition of things here in our youug and struggling country at that time. If we moved out West in order to se cure more freedom, the venturesome savage filled us full of arrows till we looA ed liA-e toothpieA--holders, and when we camobiicA' for protect ion,the haughty llritou assessed us and crushed us be neath the iron heel of the despot. Now, wherever the starry banner hangs out to greet the gentle breeze .all, all are free. Little do we fcnow to-dav, hero in America, what it is to suffer for freedom. Liberty does a good bus iness here in the United States now, aud the man who runs out of freedom shows that he is a shiftless man and a poor provider. Only a little oyer a century ago we dareu not go out after dark without a chilled steel corset, for fear that the maroon-colored children of the forest might let the pale, shimmering moon light in among our vital organs by means of their crude tomahawA-s. Then life was indeed uncertain and disagree able. People remained at home rather than return to their houses with holes in themselves and wildly disheveled brains. Now a umr. can start and go any where if he will pay his fare. And so tee are marching on. What a grand stride it is from the duepoti3in of a century ago, to the long and short haul of to-day V What a mighty leap from the barbarism of a hundred years ago, to the glorious sunlight of freedom which tee enjoy now ? Where ouce the slow-going ox team and Helciier box wagon crept through the wilderness, liable to be scattered over the greensward at any moment by the yelling Injun,now the patient news paper man, the member of Congress and the Associate Justico of the Su preme Court.with their coats over their arms, toil along the level sireep of rail road which they assisted to build by means of their land grants and moral encouragement, looA ing ever and anon over their shoulders for the approach of the yelling modern Injun. Times have indeed changed in the past century. A hundred years ago whisA-y was sold at forty cents per gal lon, and every other man you met was a statesman. Now you have to pay fifteen cents for enough whisAy to tret the bottom of a small tumbler, and there hasn't been a speech made in the House of Representatives for three years that was listened to by anybody but the stenographer. So liberty, while enlarging her field, has not always ameliorated the condi tion of manA-ind. We are prone to boast over the enormous mass of free dom which tee have accumulated here in America, and yet tlie freedom of the press has been greatly impaired, if I may be allowed that expression. Too much caste lias been the result of recent laws. A year ago I held up my head and "mingled with a class of men who to-day refuse to recognize me. Ttiey were then, and are notc.of men of wealth and social position ; but so am I. I allude to the railway conductors of the United States. A year ago I knew them from New York to Sau Francisco, and associated with them frequently, .allowing myself to be drawn forward into the smoking car to mingle with them aud visit pro and con. But what do I find to day V I find thi same men running on the same trains, but they aie arrogant, haughty aud reserved. One of them pUced me on a side track last spriug in the night, in the miist of a pitiless storm, be cause I tried to renew a former ac quaintance with him, and ride ioto Chicago with him. lie said that I could not ride on my acquaintance with him by any meanß, but that I would soon be riding on the small of my back if I did not pay my fare to the city. * * * * And so I remained that night in the midst of some ancient ruins called Mon mouth. I was not acquainted in Mon mouth, and I had no business there. Nobody ever had any business thrre that I ever heard of,and yet I remained there through what was left of that terrible night. I often think that our forefathers did not suffer any more hardships than we do, and if I bad fitted myself for it I would just as soon be a forefather as to be the pampered child of weAith that I am to day. BILL NYE. Whon Baby WM sick, wo gave her Caiuoria, When alio ws * Child, she criod for Castor!*, When she become Miss, she clung to Caatori*, Wbou sbo bad Children, sbo gave thorn Castor!*, A Fourth of July Demand. SMART BOY (whoso father is a print er) —'Sav, paw. If you want to make a fortune, get up a boy's calendar, with seventeen Fourth of Julys every year. And make ODerthis week while you're about it, please. —Chicago Herald. AT THE Hun.—A traveler en route for Boston was awakened by a cry outside of his window : 'Pedal teguments artistically illuminated for the infininitestimal remuneration of 5 cents. "J3y Jove !" he said, "we're there." A PLACE OK REST.— 'Where shall we go this summer, dear Y' asked Mrs. Flyaway. 'Well, let's see,' replies her husband, Mast w inter we got malaria in Florida.' 'Yes, and the alligator got your pointer dog.' 'Andthe preceding summer we gJt rheumatism in the tnountaius V' 'We did. and the hours got my little Skye terrier.' 'And the summer before that wo went to the sea shore and got bltd by the mosquitoes and the landlord ?' 'Yes.' 'And the summer before that we went Into tne country, and the children were laid up all summer with Ivy poison V 'I re member.' 'Well, if I felt as strong as I ustd to, I'd like first rate to take a vacation this summer, but I'm feeling kind of weak and listless, and I'm u f*aid I couldn't stand it. Let's stay at home and rest this year.'— Bunhttc, in Brooklyn Eagle. Hlr Walter Scott at School. Sir Waller Scott, when ho was a boy, had a hard time getting to the head of his class, lie could get up next to the head, hut the lad ultove him was too good a scholar to pass. Scott, howeytr. kept Ids eyes open, and one day he no ticed that the lad, when reciting, kept tugging at a certain button on his jack et. JThis he soon saw was a habit, so Walter quietly cut off the button when his classmate was not looking. 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Ce fumanled lj mail. past IR' paid, and If, at the expiration o I fire days from it* receipt jrou are not oatiattad with la effect*, you may return it, and If recuivud In jjood condiUou, y.mr money will b refunded. Circular aud tnUmunlaU malleft 1 P I,SI W unlike any OTHER BULKY Of II ■BII I? I I 1 1 Uw If the World, can reattached I Ml. \ B ■ TO ANY COMMONS WALKING UillUljll u Is*™. sm.KY J UUaJaaJla INCREASE THE DRAFT ONE II ■" ' POUND. SO SIMPLE A CHILD ,W TIV *1 STRONG ENOUGH TO DRIVE A I TEAM CAN OPERATE IT. WILL W / \ I m -Ml Ifrir—fci 1i TURN A SQUARE CORKER WITH _ #V \ OUT RAISING THE PLOW. THE M QVLY PLOW Made with AFOOT w wtf Xk lever to start thn point W. OP plow abruptly in the WhfV I Hlh ■I f m ground OB elevate it to SKIM over the top of fast stones, around boots. Era I | m Wowantagood, live man to acta. fl\ agent In retry town in the U. 8. -e-|V 1 X Jm Write ua for our liberal terma and Bient and were restored to health by nmof nli ii nl --SB A^kVc^l^rL^aflJ® TIEATMT.-raO^XMataH Work, or too heelndtigonce, we MtluA r; Hharris remedy co„ Nn cwaam, ?RLALPACKAGE FREE, with lUtut'd PunphletAa SOPH ll .TmlhttreeL ST. LOUIS, MO. RUPTURED PERSONS can have PRCS Trial of our Appilanoa. Aak tor Tannsl / THE CELEBRATED Reading Organ, OVER 10,000 IN CONSTANT USE. Buy Direct from the Manufacturer. Wholesale Manufacturing Prices from —S4D it lit — ELEGANT DESIGNS. LARGE SOLID WALNUT CAGES FINELY FINISHED. BEST SEASONED MATERIALS USED. VOICED TO PERFECTION. TONE IS UNSURPASSED. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. EVERY ORGAN WARRANTED FOR FIVE YEARS. SKXD tX)R CIRCULARS. Adilrrtt READING ORGAN CO., P. J. KANT NEE, Manager, RSADHTGh. Fa. TMip WDKBILITT NPPSIiUM DBCAL A Life Experience. Remarkable and quick euros. Trial Packages. Send etomp for sealed particulars. Addrees Dr. WARD A CO. Louisiana, Mo. RURNEITS ESSENCE OF Lgingerj (Blue wrapper and whits label.) An Immediate Relief for Cramps, Colic, Dyspepsia, Mtotton, aud all Utoiusch Disorders. Powerful Stimulant Without Reaotioo. BOON TO EVERY FAMILY. Used externally will relieve Muscular Rheumatism, Neural gia, Toothache, Headache* For tale by Qrootrt aod Druggists evwywharii TAKE NO OTHER. JOSEPH BURNETT & CO.. BOBTON and CHICAOO. I doslra to *n SPBCIAX. Attention to Im, portaat point* of wmllf to fonnd M>f THI CHAMPION LAMP. *• c •- IH.l>..ji fJRa* . mai miA A Itlatbe •. Itlatbe only Argand AMrtjAi OMX.Y , vrhlobhas a Umpwhlob currant of air VMr'Baru AlXtko circulating OUT nod tweao the hold* n r\ well end YUIA boner FLAME thereby vhK prevent- the wlch le abort, booting HQHW thereby i of the OQ rot. end making WH log DUKIMQ Bxrtonox jgSggzL ram IXPOSSI- MVKXIMQ rem;- BMaßjgHßMaiN^ Undo in nil forme. Plain or Pan or, Table or Hanging. Send for Piastre tad Circular. A. J. WHiVENEX, M* ®*w •' jto. 3d I. Beeend Street, Fhiledelphle. Pa. The Palmer Boss Chum.' OVER 150,000 > Now In Ui. 160.000 worft sold last year, BIN Largest Barrel Churn Fee. tlf;*"Va ***Y In the world. It makes mere butter, ABA OT2SM2toB^J!S: ter. a aaraer, oeuer gram. Ed batter, UUA toy other i ehum told. IQSSSSSSSg" . yllk~p..wM Jtl Ittep. ott hot ttrt It In perfect, eo they ell eey. i Ask yonr dealer for the "Palmer Bow Chsrs," and if be does not keep It, aead to u for circu- Ur and testimonial letter*. H. H. PALMER k CO., Rockford, 111, THE BEST WASHER. Ladles and Laundries should A investigate this machine at once mmbAA It will ears yon time, labor and ORrt money. The only washer battl V fUM on the true principle, WW WW I |dß( iti cost lu three months, Vnn have same control of clothes with your hands and wash board MBla—f;l and will wash them la half time, as you can use hat suds I hAnfcli wbllo rubbing them, without fegaCTgßßa, putting your hoafota us ' Don't spoil your hsads end temper or allow, your laundress to ruin your clothes with acids. J Ask your dealer for * The Best Washer," send for circular to ■ 4 'H, H, PALMER k CO., Bookftrd, HI/ "Warranted the most perftet Force-Feed Fertiliser Drill in existence. Send for circular. A. B. FAIfiUNAI, frit, fI,