Asparagus.
There is prophiy no vegetabTiJ that b
so absolutely superb to tho delicate up
petite or tLe epicure as the Cnt deli
cious outtlrs of ear'.y asparases. Al
though a native of Europe and Asia, It
has become eo common iu this country
as to be alines, naturalized in ni.nv
places, having found in way into the
fields and sometimes being s-en on
beeches aud marshy places on the s?:k
coast. Sril and locatiou have piohatlv
mora to do with the raiding of Use as
paragus lhaa anjthinjr rise, p.nd of the
many different vrietioj introduced into
cultivation at d.ff. rent times few of
them have differed crwatly from the or
iginal. Although asparagus grow 3 very read
ily from seeds, we have found that the
special characteristics of improved
strains are not so certain of reproduc"
tion as when the propagation is effected
by planting the roots. Most of our
prominent growers prefer to plant one
year old roots, although two year and
three year old are ofUa ujed. The as
paragus bed should bj five feet wide,
and ariy desirable loupth, accorJirg to
tho size of the family. It should bo
well cultivated, one foot apart ia the
row, and the crowns should be well
covered four inchs deep ; a good dc p
soil with a sandy bottom will be found
most suitable, aa tho plants do not
thrive well iu a wet, s ift soil. JS s
soon as the tops are cut down in tho fall
coyer with a top dressing of coarse
manure, which may be forkrd in early
in the spring. A partial cutting may
be made the third year, but it will add
materially to the vigor of the plants if
none be got until the fourth year. In
locations away from the seashore a top
dressing of two pounds of coarse salt to
tho square yard wilt be found benetl
Clal. The asparagus is naturally a mar
itlme plant, this beinj the rtason why
salt acts so beneficially.
Kats aud Lead 1'Ipe.
I was talking to a well-known plumb
er a few days aco. ai;d he sun:ised me
by saying there wa3 a forturn awaiting
the inventive geDius who would setup
a poisonous preparation with which t
coat lead pip? in residences.
"Fully oneshalf of the unexplainei
cases of burs! or leakinz rues." h
aaid, "are due to rats aud not to flaws
in the material. 1 ou tsko a well ce
mented basement, as nearly vermin
proof as ia possible to m ke it, aud the
annoyance from rats will be greater
thau io one that Is not vermin proof,
for being unable to Cud water, '.hey aro
driven frantic bythoscund of it run
ning through the pipes, and thf-y pro
ceed to eat their way through to it. A
rat can make a hole In a soft lead pipe
in a very little time. The only preveu
tive that I know of would be to coat
the pipe with a poison that would til!
the rat as s.xm a3 ho bi gan to eat his
way through.
How to Make (Jrarting Wax.
Grafting wax is made of iein, tal
low and beeswax, and there is no set
rule as to the proportions. What is
wanted is a wax tint will adhere wtll.
A good wax is m;ide oy melting tooih
er two pounds cf resin, one pound or
tallow and half a pound of beeswax.
tlr It thoroughly, and pour it into cold
water and pull it with the hands until
nearly white. Or wixed cloths for
wrapping the grafls may be made by
saturating fhin strips of cotton or calico
in a composition of two parts resin, one
of tallow and one of beeswax, melted
together. These strips may bo wour.d
around the grafts to exclude air and
water. As a general rule grafting is
done In the spring, just before or at tho
time the bnds begin to swell, but cher
ties and plums should be grafted earli
er. In all cases the scions should b
cut while the buds are in a dormant
state.
Farm 'ote.
If the soil Is to feed we must feed
the soil-
Never wash a horso with cold water
when he Is heated.
Feed your horso three times daily,
but never overfeed.
Scour, sharpen and paint the tools
and implements.
The beer maiket 19 neer bo bad but
the best brings a fair price.
The early pig catches the light mar
ket and pays the highest rroilt.
One acre of grapes has been known to
ahow a greater ret rrofit than twsnty
acres of gias.
Those farmers who are resolved to
tick to cattle, roust also resolve that
the "beef combine"' must go.
A lamb that weighs 120 pounds is
worth In market more than double an
eighty pounl Iamb of the same age.
Tuvtii Is stronger than any network
of deception, however complex maybe
Its weaving, and sooner or later the
reality will break through and make
Itself manifest. It Is only a question of
time when he who pretends to wisdom
which he has rot is weighed and found
wanting. Yet the betrayal of his igno
rance will be the least ot the penUtin
.Lewill have to suffer. The greatest
mistake ha I.as made has teen In sup
porting that tho wise and good, whose
esteem ho eovefs. value knowledge
above sincerity. Ignorrnce is, la itself,
110 disarace. Jt may result from cir
cumstances oyer which Le could have
bad no control, la auy case, the few
things Le can hy the utmost labor acs
jaiie are a mere nothing to those of
which be must remain Ignorant. Cut
honesty is a characteristic which all
may poseas, and its absence Is a d.s
.grace that nothiug can wipe out.
febllwb-a (uaaiiinpiiua (are.
This Is Ivyond question tbe most success
ful Cguku Medicine we have ever sol J, a few
doees invariably cure th worse rases of
Couch, Croup, and JJronebitis. IJIe tn
wonderful success In the cura of Consump
Iod U wltriont part lie! in t!ie history of
meIiiie. Smc it Brit di.-wovery it has
teeu sold on a guarantee, a t.-.t which no
otht-r medi.-iuo can stand. If you have a
Coach we earnestly .,k you to try It
Price 10 cents, Lki c?v'.i. and Ji.oo. If jour
I-unm ar, sure, Cl.e t cr Luck imuc. u.j.
.SbiloVj Tyrous i'Jast. Ti. tioldby Dr. T. J.
Davison.
KASKINS
THE NEW QUININE.
cms
fiGODAH'ETHE
STRENGTH,
QUIFTNERYES,
mm' days,
SWEET SLEB;
A POWERFUL TOVY
that tho niiot uYliraK'f--aswh w ill bear.
ASPECIFICFOR MALARIA,
RHEUMATISM.
iERVOUS PROSTRATION,
and all lrm Disease.
Ttiain.i.t ii-lrnllllplDj ta.'fcsful lilood I'UriX-
er S'.i;itTlr lo Uiatno
.u r. j onn :. rKMrooroiirn. .1 . .. wi.i,.
"1 itut Hi iln in Ii" SviuiLern urmy net lur a
dozen yeir. ufl-::e i from Its d.-l.lllfttiPtr t fte.t.
1 w t rrih; run il'wu whu I heard ot K-isaine,
the ceo (u'i-iiiio. It hil.l ine at cnee. 1
.. . J -a. ....... I j LJ i ip. mil h.:! .U.-h UfhlJ
h'lth In .0 vcur-i.
Older litu'rs i.fi sttu'Tur ch sra-ter from prom
inent lli'l i vl Juius, i ir : tump KsfS.ns ns a
Mnr.ty ot uu.louhtej ir.eril, will bo i'Jiit on
ai'i.l.ctlon.
L.Tt. r 1rm tho n! ovi t r.-ons, jflvluf lull
di-tulN will t o ! i :il i.n ai i ;irt!un.
KasVIno can ! taken wltL..-jt uny s pe!l rol-
iit 'rr.i it Til -'u "
IlihKAKlM. .U.,i4 WurreaSt
New York.
koi;krt kvans.
UNDERTAKER,
AXD MAXl KAClVKlli
aoj ,lc-luf iu ail kln U ul H'KMTl'Kt,
lIl a n ss l 1 fix - I'iv
full l!e of iT'keu tiitiji on banJ.SS
Bodies Embalmed
v. iikn uhuviui:i.
All S3 9
Pollet written t mrt cotlce in tt
OLD RELIABLE "ETNA"
Anil other Firat ( CompanlM.
rr. W. DICK,
c;ft rR tiik
1704:.
EVec8ar. Ja:y vl. 1SS2.
STAB SHHIHG P&BL0B1
COR. CENTRE AND SAMPLE STREETS
ECENSDUnC, PA.
J. II. 1 ANT, IVoprietar.
ri'HKI't'lH.H! will alwjj-s f.n.l nil at our place
X of buiiie.i la bullae- hours. KverythlBu kept
neat xi'l ciiv. A l'a!i r wii hn been con
't'l "lih the flu p wher,- ti.e j . n t 1 '. c ran be
rtitniiiu-1 itf.l with liot or -i,H bath. Bath tub
ami cvcrytliir.n connected therein kej't i-crloctly
Ole:lB. CI.UII TOWEL A Sl'Ut'lALTY.
STEEL FIRE FENCE
The cl eapet ar.il nrat- Kence f.-r arouoj
l.imiii, t-ct.uui LctJ, Ton. try Yra. (lunleuj,
rui. ei-. Also uiunulu. 1'irein ul Limit a.l
Hemvlr. a r't-iictuir. r. ir.x. Stnbie fitting,
r ro .shutters, Kire fcseai.e ( UtC:rent Ucdikos
and a.l kinls of Irua and Wire Work.
T A L iK . IiKAN.
W. S. li s Market Street, i'ltts'mrK. l'a.
Aj.rilo. ISj. iTr.
fl r ,r r,-
l ' ' t .1 . i t .. miH in I a;: i.t a. rnei'lJ. r nor.
e l 1 1 -t c-. it. i n lat;reipen-
.i. i Ut;
. . .. .t
Cs' ii . - n it n ..n. TVrru
. ". ik'.ir.:t"r ifti:t i nation of iaoU.s
. . '.v , I v n n i : . .
.. - , r i t - , -r V -. . arnticAd
m Mi'i i i lt .Wk- KU AN.wlneihM
i- . sin 'i 1 i ' e r , -m in:luittt
t : i i k.:. l i .. - I in ttio wfir:j.
i i rv
1 :
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w I: . oi. . -f
i 1 - -.- f v r "iv :Hivjj pstfutei
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T.-. v:.:r Cr: ia (V
a . i.i if .! iLei.
tu kv i.lio an4 T
iTniaj li one,
."n.iacii- iti nifir iaLW one hutdre-1 keatl of
.mi'. , aj ., rrum Tour foot t.i the larje mule
w..iK..i!i.- U. lfM,., jire 1. Arnliriul ii. In., OJ
etil Alrniif, i'ilttiu-Kli. I 'a. .4uVtl.i)'
r-d to u!i rr: ,t tho rirto t.a or.K r. N.iUung l
2o. 1 pukt-vi t. It lu l fun id ui tuuuf 5UUri
ornr-j-'tiiit-i.o auiicttcd,
Ecenstnrn: Fire Insurance km
T. AV. DICK,
General Insurance Agent,
TtrzTTlnzli Lz?.s.n?x rcrks.?crk,ra.
ar4ahaf 6UaJar4 aiinr. and aw Buta.
AdUreaa A. B. F aCQCiUU bC5. Xx, T.
Ixe. S8. l.-.;n.
f j bi i Qiitrz far r-r Chiiee f(r:trg gtock
hu- w..tk l. r hw Mar. lou.'riuua m-a.
iilfand Er rtrr. or Comitnimn, if Preferred
i - r. a Tu!l i.i oi fr-rt aa-i i.rdr maiur. a! sir. x fa
rl.i iu, tiM ,a nrrt-rfM Kn it.u ru!'. . Srtijru.
Srtitaeir. Caannteed t- C.-lomcr, ,d Ag.nS
i i .i.n .iwi.-avn,'.i-,.,.4. r . -c.
L..;.r. a,.i,. it. vi l.i; A Hi..
14-U teutli ruu Sijiijir, 1-liu.aarlj.lMa. I'm.
-i
,iA,:,i.,m"AWtAiitij
oUK,v
. 3! "3. t:u to tw:a :
Uirls' Hriliug.
Girls shonld look to their hand writs
icg. tor it may serve them at some
future crisi3 better that the short hand
cr the type-writer.
There is a lady clerk In tho Depart
ment of the Inreiior, Mrs. Aryry by
name, who has a snug andasy place
cf sixteen hundred dolljj'a jear, chleily
on acccuni or tnovtira0rdinary excel
lence of hf--penmansbip. It is Bhe
who i-af-lied to copy the letters cf
i'Separtment which are regarded aa
t . . -V. A-
example, as are to receive the attentiou
of the l'lecident, who frequently com
pliments Mrs. Avery's admirable pen
manship. Considering the advantage it is to
many girls to write a good Land, it is
strange that more of them do not try to
acquire this accomplishment. Of late
years our school girls and school boys
do a great deal more writing than they
did formerly. Much is done iu school
now by the way of dictation, and In
and in many schools the pupils bave
pencil or pen in hand almost half the
time.
Hut it would not be true to say that
the girls of to-day write more legibly
and neatly thu their mother did. It
would be well if they paid far more at
tention to this matter than they do.
Hut they should make a serious study
of It acquire the habit of taking the
'osture ; learn to use the muscles
vantage so that they may not easi
become tired ; and then practice, as
one who intends to become a professions
al musician practices.
When a piece of writing gets worse
and worse, page after page, it is because
the writer did the woik with only one
arm, instead of employing the whole of
its exquisite and harmonious machine
ry. Mr?. Avery, It Is said, writes as easi
ly as the dors lefjibly. She writes as
well at the end of her day's work aa at
the beginning, and her fingers never
ache.
(olden Truths.
l.Ive up to the best that Is in yon.
Every man has need to be forgiven.
To succeed, be ready when oppor
tnnity comes.
Iteprutation Is the shadow which
character costs.
The virtue of prosperity Is temper
ance ; tho virtue of adversity is fort is
tuoe.
Accustom the mind to keep the best
company by introducing it only to the
best books.
An avowal of poverty is a disgrace to
no man ; to make no effort to escape it
is indeed disgraceful.
It is as easy to draw back a stone
thrown with force from the hand as to
recall a word one? spoken.
Whoever strikes hard mun prepare
for the rebounder. If we criticise we
must not wince when we are criticised.
If we would remember that there is a
rebounder to every uukind word, per
haps we would be. more guarded in our
speech.
The books which help you . most are
those which make you think the most.
The hardest way of learning is bv easv
reading ; but a great book that comes
irom a great thiuker, it is a ship of
thought deep freighted with truth aud
beauty.
Don't flatter yourself that friendship
authorizes you to say disagreeable
things to your intimaSes. On the con
trary, the nearer you come into a rela
tion wun a person, the more necessary
do tact and courtesy become. Except
in cases of necessity, which are rare.
leave your friend to learn unpleasant
a a. a. m a - .
iruiiis irom nis enemies. They are
ready enough to tell tnem.
Saved by His Monkey.
An Instance of the instinct and fidel-
itj of a young monkey comes from
Ilatlerolles, a suburb of Paris. A lit
tie uoy was playing in a room alone
with the monkey, which is verjlond of
its young master. The bev wa$ playing
with the cord of a window blind, ore-
tending to hang himself, to the im
mese satisfaction of his simian play
mate, which grinned and chattered
near by.
Suddenly the boy became livid and
began to cry, for the cord got into a
real noose around his neck, and he was
in dangar of an actual banging.
The monkey soon realized that
thing serious had happened, and did ita
best to release its master. Finding
this impossible, it qnickly hopped away
to another room, where the boy's grand
mother was sitting, and began to pull
at ner gown, to chatter, grimace and
look wistfully toward the door.
At first, thinking that the animal
wanted to bite her the old lady was
frightened, but seeing that It was en
deavoring with might and main to drag
ner toward tae door, she rose from her
seat, and went, piloted by the monkey,
to the room where ber grandson was
moaning. The boy was instantly extri
cated from his perilous po8itIou, though
it was some time before be recovered
from his pain and fright.
Jocko, the deliverer, says the French
authority for this narrative, received a
nice little tablet of chocolate cream for
its splendid action and deserved it.
The Treacherous Sitting Hen.
It is very annoying to have a 6lttlng
hen leave her nest after vou have taken
eo much pains to make her comforta
ble. The reason a ben sets in this man
ner after being removed to the place
you have selected tor her is because she
feels more at home on her old nest and
prefers to give up Incubation in prefer
ence to being removed. AVhen it is des
sirea to change a ben to another nest,
do ic at night ; remove the nest and tho
hen on it, and cover them for twenty
four hours, first placing two or thr
porcelain eggs under ber at night, and
she will then begin to feel at home, and
no further difficulty will bo experienced
unless the nest is lousy.
flallUa (aiarrh Iteniedy.
Shiioh's Catarrh liemedv. a niirrlr,ni
cure for CaUrrb , IHphtheria, Canker Mouth
and Ileadaene. With each bottre iLere Is
an ingenious Nasal Injector for th
successful treatment of these complaints
"uuuul extra cnarge. I rce 00 cents, fiold
by Dc T. J. Davbon. I
best 1
Spring Disorders
S ' 7 Shattpred nenrea. tired
brain. Impure blood,
debilitated sxsrem, all
are the natural out
come In the Spring. A
laedlclne must be ospd.
and nothing equals
Palnes Celery Com
pound. We let ethers
praise us tou cactot j
help believing a d'.sla
to rested rany.
Etlzndler-nenil W. L. Greonleaf. Eurlinfr
ton. U, wrltoj : I have uej l'ulne's Celery
Compound on wveral oroaslous. and always
ltti tieurCT. Lost spring, twliif very tiiui b run
1o and uebuitatrd. 1 ronin-ri- d taking It.
Two bottle mmde me feel like a new man. Ah
a Federal tonic and spring medicine I do not
luow of ltd equal."
&Z,712!Zl itiseasttodye with diamond dyes fjgzt
OVERCOATS
-AT-
UBIDERPRIC
MARCH RIGHT
M
READY-MADE CLOTHIER
OB1 AJLTOONA, lAi.,:
o
NEXT TO POSTOFFICE.
Not a einfjrle List Fall Overcoat was carried over to rust
on the shelves, fade on the counters or to be injured by hand-!
ling. All such goods were sold to and bought by Stern, of
tiie Golden Eagle.
j My present stock of Overcoats is direct from the manu.i
Sfaeturers, who obtained the fabrics from which they are com-
jposed direct from those who made them. Conseiuently no
itax exists imposed by clothing speculators, jobbers, brokers,'
'middle-men and tho like. In buying a coat you pay buta
'small price for the cloth, a small price for making it up, anda
much smaller price to me fur bringing it here and oflering it
to you for sale. Thu3 I am enabled to sell Overcoats you
jraay not believe it until you call arcund and see cheaper
than any other house in Altoona, or in Blair county, or in
this State, or, as for that, in the United States of America.
Big vord3, it's true, but call and see.
i All of the aggregated New and Popular Fabrics enter in
:to the composition of the garments made up in the Latest
Styles of Fashionable Taste for the present season, which, be
.ing strictly the case, no one who calls will fail to be astonish
ed at the Marvellously Low Prices at which such Radically
q Superior Goods are sold.
Undercoats, also, at under prices, as well as
I EjSTTIRIE SXJITS i
0 Made of the Best Materials, Fresh and Fash-
louable, in Great ariety and Exte it
cci of Stock.
TWELFTH STREET, NEXT DOOR POSTOFFICE
gJLV0&i3A
' tAv'-lii - ' -iitZlZkL-1' - -n-
T2iG Axiea-Ican JAvc - iock Wagon
i or L3 us5 cf Bntcters d stccteei
cmm nZi ZZZ hi..- I , lnVf 7" oonveyln. or to your howos. Tho animal
lTl . P but ? T3-7 tokfll loon as it rtyvohc the .laughtc.
uao- yUT " -oucd and Iioalthy when it U brought to tho block.
J7 JOT f.taio-si - ii.'
HOT DEAu YET!
VALLIE LUTTRINCER,
vabcvaotckbb or
TIN, COPPER AND SHEET-IRON WARE
A.ND TIX ROOFING,
Kepettally tnTlte tha Attention at bla tiiandi
and tea public In a-eneral to thafaet that ha la .till
earrjlna; on haataes at the old aland oppoilte tea
iuu.ui.iH aoun, r.(aaDarK, ana ii prepared ta
apply from a larre ttoelr nriumiuMriT.. t r.
der, any article In hit line, from the amalleat to
the lai-ye i. m tha beat Banner and at tna lowest
llrinir prteea.
liri tenltatlary warK either made or eid
at tnli e.Labllshment.
TIN ROOF1NO a SPECIALTY.
le me a call and latlify yonnolren at to my
work and price. V. LCTTKlNOlUt.
j-p-oaDnri. April IS, lSSa-tl.
ST. FRANCIS' COLLEGE,
LORE1TO.PA,
13i CHAJIGE OF
FRANCISCAN BROTHERS.
Board and Tuition
for the Scholastic Year, $200.
March -jsth. 1&6& IC
The ldet anil t.est InElilntiA. r.m . v . . i -1
nnatneas Kdueation. K't bin .
laral thousands ot yoanjr. men for the active du
Uea of hie. 'or t'irealajfi adlrea.
0T. US, lioa,
r J " flu.
"I have used two bottles of your Tatar's
Celery Compound, and 11 has lvea entire gat-
kuacuoa as an apjo-tizer ana uioou punner."
Paine's
Celery Compound
H rrencrlbed by priyslclacs, recfunmended by
druh-fcrlats. endor-d ty nUnlsters, pr&L-d by
UMeia, and guarunte-d by the miinutacturorw.
as a spring Uiedu lno wtilc-h will do all that li
claimed tor It. I'se it this spring, and see how
quKiily it tones you up.
Purifies the Blood.
Full arount of wonderful cures made by
Palce's C-lery t'omrxmnd afv-r otlifr medicines
and the bent phrslrlans luia fuUed, tsclit Irev.
There's noU4ng like lu
11.00. Six Xor tiOO. Druggists.
? Wklla, KicnAKION & Co., Burlluglon. Vt. -
STRAIGHT TO
k..
ARC Ht
3
Sares Tims, LaTiur ana Expense.
Ft r"oen. terms cbvulora, aJJreaj
UIPII1N BttlDT St (
nnii'TrnuY
UUII I YOUR
Rubber Boots until
you have seen the
"COLCHESTER"
with Sole leather
Heel. This Is the
best fitting and
K3ST DURABLE BCQT
In the market.
Made of the best
PURE GUM
Stock. The Sole
leather Heel saves
Honsy to tho Wiarer.
ft IVl T VOUR ARCTICS UH
Wwll S TIL YOU HAVE SEEN TH
COLCHESTER ARCTIC
wtth "Outalde Counter." Ahead of ALL
ottieralnatyleAOurablllty. If you want tho
worth of your money try the Colchester v;
"OUTSIDE COUNTER."
KEPT HERE BY BEST STORES
AT WHOLESALE BT
II. CIIILDS cSc Co.,
ie..P.lITmSPURC'pA.
Important to Canvassers.
WAXTEft Live CanTacrs In eTerr eonntj
lVi ,lJn.'t'T1 ste to tell fOX S PATENT KE
LKSlhLf.Al IKON, whiea com bines two
fcad Iron, Polisoer, later, lie., one Iron doing
' n entire aet of ordinary tronf. la
aelf-heatinir h a ..r alctiol laron IMirs
A KA Y WITH HOT HITC Iie&K. Price
moderate. A lanre and laaunjr income Insured
I? nyaS4. 4ddrer, macular, ic,
I OX bAU J.KO.N CO.. We KeadStet.. K. Y.
Food For Thought.
Knowledge, like money, increases our
responsibility in porportion to the
amount obtained.
Face it my lad ; you will find, nine
times out of ten that danger will then
turn tail and rue.
A miction ia a echiol of virtue ; it
c;i reels levity and interupts the confi
dnce of sinning.
Most tvery one loves to listen to a
sUudtr, but there are tut few who de-spis-j
the author of ir.
Moat things come to a man who
works, but very few to the man who
calmly sits down an! waits.
How cunningly nature hides every
wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity
under roses and violets and morning
dpw.
Self trained in the test way and de
veloped in the noblest parts, is ever
giving itself out foi the welfaie of
others.
There is nothing core universally
commended than a fine day ; the reason
is that people can commend it without
envy.
After trjing for more than forty
years to bave my own way, I bave final
ly come to the conclusion to split the
difference.
If a man has got eighty thousand
dollars at interest, and owes the house
he lives in, it is not much trouble to be
a philosopher.
Mankind are a whole parcel of apes ;
one rich fellow is apeing another rich
fellow, and some poor fellow is apeing
both the rich ones.
Without money, without friends, and
without Imprudence, is about as low
down in this world as any man can get,
aLd keep virtuous.
The study of human nature is the
only way to increase wisdom, but it is
quite often as disgusting as the secrets
of the dissecting room.
Those tnings are generally btst re
membered which ought moat to be for
gotten. Not seldom the the surest
remedy of the evil consists in forgetting
it.
Let no one suppose that by acting a
good pari through life he will escape
scandal. There will be those even who
hate him for the very qualities that
ought to procure him esteem.
Xyrtfis Ibont the Xoon.
A maiden was acoustomed to spin
late on Saturday in the moonlight. At
on6 time tha new moon onthe eve of
Sunday drew her up to itst-If and now
she sits in the moon and spins and spins.
And now when th? "gossamer days"
bh in late in the summer, the white
threads float In the air. These threads
are the Epinning of the lunar spinner.
The moon is especially a ghostly aven
ger ot human arrogance, and has its
humors, according to which things go
well or ill w ith it. In its increase it has
a special force and certain will for the
earth and Us inhabitant", while in its
decrease it Is friendly to no one. The
good woman must not do any sewing in
te decrease of the moon, fir the
s itches will not hold ; fainJag tools
must cot be left in th field, because, it
is believed, if they are, crops will not
again thrive there. If an cnbnttized
cLild is exposed to the moonlight it will
losi its luck for its whole life. If oue
points at the mocn with his finger he
will suffer from swelling around the
nail ; aud whoever tpils at the moon
will lose all his teeth.
These beliefs, too, are international
The same is the case with the religious
notions atout the moon. Sorceries of
every kind, to ba successful, must be
performed on Sunday night cf the tew
moon. The hair must be cut only in
the increase of the moon, otherwise
there is danger of getting headache.
If a person returning home in the even
ing sees the full moon, he ought to take
soma money out of bis purse and utter
an incantation that will make it in
crease a hundred times during the
month.
The moon is also supposed to have an
influence over animals and plants.
Mckel Sluing.
The nickel mining of the world is a
most peculiar one. It has only been
about sixty years since it first came into
use as a mineral, though it has been
known to Japan and the eastern nations
for centuries. There are nickel mines
in France, Germany and Wales, in
Tennsylvania, Nevada and Oregon.
Nickel is not as generally supposed, a
mineral that Is mined like silver and
then smelted and reduced from an ore.
It is a chemical element which is ex
tracted from arsenides, cobalt and sul.
phides. The yield from these substan
ces as found in France and "Wales, is
only about 1 per cnt nickel, but Ihe
yield of some mines in Nevada, not
yet developed, Is fully 20 per cent of
pnre nickel.
About thirty years ago there was dis
covered in Ne Caledonia, a French
penal colony, a wonderfully rich deposit
of nickel. A French company was im
meliately formed, and this company to
day almcst controls the trade in this
country. It almost controls the nickel
trade of the world, and it has frequently
declared its intention to ruin every
other nickel manufacturer and run
them perpetually out of the business.
Seeding with Oats.
Outs are beyond question the best
crop to seed grans and clover with. It
is not so much the crop as the condi
tion of the soil and the time that favors
the successful growth of grass ; ots
secure the very best time, and if that
crop is properly prepared for, it affords
all the nrcMiry conditions of soil. If
farmers would always sow their grass
and cloyer seed upon well manured soil,
fresh plowed and well harrowed, we
Bhould hear no more of poor catches
and half sown meadows, and if farmers
would only give their oat crop a liberal
quantity of manure, which it will repay
with good interest, they can always get
a good catch of grass and clover oa the
land.!
Life ia very critical. Any word may
be our last. Any farewell, even amid
g'ee and merriment, may be forever.
If this truth were burnt into our con's
Bciousness, would it cot cive a new
meaning to all our human relationship?
i I 3
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only one siaje-3xa-
full 6orjb
te Ynozt conem'ent
to cat for joocJot or
insist on favng tfje
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tin tag , made only by,
John "fmz er Bstt-,Ltou'tsville, Ky.
Dobbins Electric Soap
THE BEST FAMILY SOAP
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It is Strictly Pure. UnTora in Quality.
T
HE oriru-il forsiula fur which we paid Jko.ooo
tvrm:y rtarx aga hjA never Ixrrn motl.licj or
chj.j'd 13 the 1 iiitrt. IfaiM Mian iK
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J of soap, of f.icl, the f-bric. v litre lob- I
hi 1 urine Si., ii used n" corUiu to diree- !
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and tVc norther. Xrarly evcr-grocer from M-ice
t-'J Mi-: -co l;ei-i it i:i n-ck. If our hato't it, he
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lar. in.! Ik: c ti. follosv l I rr t inft
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our.
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vruie aa coaven
co-operation cf the aVV ''"j jfs
1 ciub mmCera aells us S. - " ' f
i . - T". r St . t liijr.l
ir-r t8 watches ia each P 1
S3WathOub,aadrecah from
and rhv
-Watch business In the world Wc sc.i
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P. prices arc abent -l:at oil.crs et t.j-sec-pi-.-JT
ond quality OirrS 10 tr 11 rraWatth j. j
1. is a subitanualS.lvex imitati.nrj UCri.
- J any kind) ?tem-Wind American Levci .r.
. Watch either hunting ce or o;en. !" Ct
fetsi ( ux ii.OO Wr.tr U is 1 f- terc-wn J 1!
V7- OpesFace, first oanlity, icffce?Oo!J 3,'r4!1
L dvxtr on f.'jn. It in fu..v cauat tc ar.
watch o.J for bv oilicn:. W c hn.J T
j: s ftrt-c:as Suiscnru Ooid Cnf mac:-. $Zi
! more tati. factory and crrict-ate than T,- Z
any bo.id Croid tuc that can be so a at
m tfuta CoutJlo tn money, u cxicnp tr";
ltd ctcs u iuvariaUy thin, weak, C'l
yl ot low nmlitv. tnH worthless .iter
i ..u I hCld IT.Ik d- W
numerous tmnortant patented im- a- - a-
prcvementm, of vital topcrtance to acnu--Ki; .
ate tuning J'atnt IV4trfrf, Patent Stem
W 7a,, cVr., which weccntrolexc'.usively. It cir'i
isfaily equal fir accuracy, orpenmnce.dnra-
bihty and service, to any f-; Watch, either
Open Face or H'intincr. thirj 13.O0 llutl-
road Walcli ia esecu.l!y constructed ttvl
the niostexsctire c. anrl is thefcest Kail-
road Watch nisdii. Open Face or Huntmg. si f
am inese pnecs are e;ucr bU casn or uicajja, -
Sl.OO m. W(k. ia .4. Hi.ri , . i J-
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Vi priA. C. to sf Cvm0wal Agtmm
WUa. OFarMekMomsrh.
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Billons Mradarkr.
nrrj
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UtkUla hllUill Tarrant's KffrrT.r.i.t
jt0?'f v Sltwr' Aprint.
it?:"'-" It is certain Ir. Iu effecia
p if It Is gentla In its a-H, i,.
i"VKScl? L V'TSv 1' ,fl 1'HlataablB ts the
koItbs or allow tour chll-
n. . . . - dren u take them, always
yry.HOf?!lfIta u, ecft phar-
"il -WjJi ma-ciitlcal preiiarallon,
.srj) which bus bcn for more
than forty vears a puhiie
DYSPEPSIA. rXr?" bv dru"t
V MCUCTALLMJ IS
Tchb, WJorlnaiisliiB & DnraMiitr.
- WII.UAM K7AIsU Sc.
Koa. S1 and 3 Wwl BulHmre sikx,, aJUiaorr
lio.U iiU Avcnno, Naw Yutk.
For Irroppy. tiravrl. NmnrounnrM. l!ri;ht
Heart, 1'rmsry or l.lver diseases. 'nre l i u-irrn-teed.
Office. bil Arolt tlret-t. 1'hlla.lelprila. Al
drnKKi,i. Try It. H a botUo. six lor i.
March IS, ln.-i.
I T i7K nt SALESMtN everj where, Incul
'CfJi an.l tra vellni;, to fell our tttrf.di'. Will
.aycuod alar' and all exiienccs. Write
ed. MANHAKII lULUWAIih (VMI'ANV,
liofU.n, iUass.
HT 11 rill! ftt (inPl". ar.1 t;il I S:4 nrv w.nt.
FK KALE-STEAM LINO 1 t"S. ("LAV T(t
t're fans, iouer i. n I Sheet-Iron V rk.
Second-haiiJ eUiUtic ar.J t!lfic t.aJ. l'.:?t
lair etiirines ind machlnerT a specialty. THt'M
At CALLJ.N, Alietiituy, P. (Jun. Xi.-ly.)
0
.. . . . " lino it tu trier : we nae o"'i-n l-
TT coouini uollilni; Hint fun In. j u cu '-
Jnro I ho liarot IIrir. It bright- j kiwes tc Come by the gdteiiilfif
ens colors anu biraclua h-w. j " '
TI w:.ihcs flncia a ad tlanlseta aa no other onp Ch'.dly (j JCu! irlj ) 'T,ike tb
thcra.ok.mlLi.r.Jhkcncw. r j OUt Cf J'Ouh Wuth." Hi 'v-
I J-. f the Ciub fee-each wutch before it go J. c 5
out, though ech meriiber on'.y pays "r.j
$1 a wetk. Xlu U why we give you it j I
ifc-if more trr votir monev than any one else
w are ilulne Uic !ari.'et fZV
I
kZ. a. i-V-'-iltVl ,J''10- 11 en " ""cJ
r-"T!!&ir Ji? ujH.n to cure, and It cures
' 'y ey ost'S'iea. not iiy outraar-
Vi'nV'".''jy ' tnf. natare. IK t.oi taso
'V J-"-' Jf- 'loleat t.urailvei yottr-
"vr-s -
(FP f&
To KM i'otato ; ,.;
The !a-.t Vn.." ,.f th- r,,......
wLk-h u--u3i:y i'p-'ar l.-.t j:i . ,
crawl lull) th3 groun.l cr uiv; -
stale iimtug:! Hi'; vciiVr
tha ground becnm-"? wurrm ! j- .", '
: " opting, these tr?p:i if,.. j,, ...
come cp.t. in S"?rr!; , v. , ,. '
nvilfs ley their 117; u;i,n ;i,. .
t lo leaf lij pnriDir n,nvi ,'
j aV.he.riir H e b-et!fs ;,. 1 ,
I and des'.iuying il:t-m we an-,..
i check the i nereis in net: 1
first or rrw trar,l and oi th- tik'.'.
every on of th old feuM!.,
c.capts uestructiou will l,.y fr ,
a . a a
i j ivi-ivb i.uuorei e?y?.
arri very w.itcl.f :il ?v,u ( ...
b.-c-Mes will ebcii.-, and iher '
tbe your:g gir.bi v. j'l L? fv:i; '
'.Vi'f-L'-l l:iT-- riTi llitt r.r.. ...
on. a corcin-nca tLn
j of d. y.soy mr them l y dus ;i e
J tees n!th IV.ris i;r-en tn'xf v, .. '
I ter cf I'ariM or commM-i 1' .. ,
pound of tl:e poison mixel
of ll jur will Le suflici-ni ;y s'r-.r?
either the grubs rr fi;:i-r,wn u
ft-ediri.i uon the p'.a-i's. :;ou ,
other or later brood uf 1
spp'y more poison, nr.d ci!jt:r,i.e '
it t n the plan's as '.wz a!lill l
: aro found on il.i-iu. If rcur i.i
will practice tha s-rce v.-rfar- J.
iriM ct few orr.rrf -.t a". will u
j following jear. V.l in a':j. ......
j neighborhood thr-r-j will t. (.-. r;.
irtrmrrs who will nt.( cl ;i ;
ons to their potatoes, and e.s :'
thousands of tLesft lLdec.a
infest tho prounds of the v.-ar-d
painstaking cultivators of :(
Hiifiioroiis.
Speaking ; f wagi-rs, wl at wa'- :'
phabet.
The iilt-iii Leau is tot alwrj ?,
an's L au-;Jeal.
A CLiL;.mui1,s ljt;.d n.uy l j c,
ccmet l-ecause it has a Celts'.iu! m.
There aro :;(;00 leleeiaj.h . jA.:.
London bud ti.ey are all
"tick,"
Another good cute for ius. v a---,
have the nurse s'cjj up iu t lie tut c v
the bitjy.
A lad v refer? rr t !f f f . . .w. ,,
in fro;:t r.f l.i-r 1 w-i-.r r
. . - . I . . , Ll . ' 71 I
n; t:'r, of n flc'.iot:."'
What horse did I.dy MacbKL
le!ore the bade a fond adieu ti,
wicked husbtmd V The nightmare.
A kiss is said to be Homethirz
'cr.mes by male but never I ;
m'ster, who owi:s this mout 1, y (
ly "A syndicate, 1 tub-illy. ;
frf'm its size."
HriRhtlv ""U'hat wcuM ; r--u (' .. .;
tcr, if you had a bad cuM " : .
(cruthirglj) 4-rd coiifu!'. a rj
physician, sir V J'.rk'hfy -'I
don't trpT'Osa yru cm.:.
where I ccu!J f!i.d c n" , il-c'.-r. c
i you V"
Dust of the vii,
I V, h'.le travelli.j? fn.ra Aw'u
I New Zta'i.r.d cce cf the j u-s-:.
' 1-i'iy. ccmpliuncd U.ut .!t;st (
! wa caused her eyes I.) . in::;, ar
al.-o sailed l.tr tlott.:i.r. :
lunched nt t.x the other pa.-.- . .-
insisted that tLtre cuuM If i.j J.
' .-ea.
j "They w-re rnis'akei,,-" .v,:.a
I I?.uou. who lei's ihe !. .( M iu j
. ,.f f .... ..1 i.T'l ... -....a. 1 a
j ' a ' l i it ii t,i in;': r .
ii".-s mm th- spriy. u:i,l : .a
eve rjthitijr. rven li.liL i.in'o it .
with sailrid taste.
; 'While the nun iir.es this ir; -
like the dew on lrind, is less r.c!:v--.
perc.jtib'p t tut to walk !!. ir.:.
J nigh t ia to bcnrni! covered w. '
; thiii coatirp of salt dust, hi lir.e
: hi.Td'V 1 ernml lli!r hn u),ir.'i ir, '
j hecomes suftieiently crystal :-d f
j obvious to tho eye. The dust r
; St-tt is no fable.
"The cfiieer who stands h if :
I watch on the bridgr; will testify :
J fct ; aud his cabin steward wii:
i you that he has often to resort t.i
I thirt; more potent than than a
! broom to cleanse c'othlnsj ,: . :
been exposed to sen dti.st."
Keeping Sujierfluoiis 11 or
It Is comparatively few f.irun:;
j an accomplish all thnt tl.t-y v.
They uy out plans that re.;u::r-
Men and team hoip than tl..y ta3t.
t-:and. Of lueyears it is i:.L t-..- .
j dlRicult to hire reliille farai l.t-, .
hort.t-3 are always to be l;,.l ' :
moi.ry if the farmer wan! '.';-":
' them. It is in this w.-.y t! u
i oveistcck themselves with l.trs
I evil is the worse for the lac1: tl.a'. '
htrsein the stable is a t
the owner or to his family to
aiound the country, instead f '';'-r-ing
strictly to their bui.ifss.
lieve that farmers do well to vf;:'
other and learn different and iu r: "
methods of farrainR ; hut ttc
for this is mainly In Winter,
work is not pressing. It is liar' ?-"
bible for a farmer to leave woik
tlliniT in trio irrnn-inir couQ.lfl - v
lots.
Wolf in the Tall of a If
Tee soMlled "wolf In tr
really inflammation of a j nnt cu
come? suffused with serum as
sort under pressure. There 1 '
ia it. The euppof ed worm seen
tinj? into the diseased psrt i.-? '--er.
tendons, which are whice coi .
IhirknPKR .if n fcnittinj' lit el'-
trouble raav ba causJ by &1 '
as one cow treading i'.,.
other, or by exposure to tevete c1-
paitial freezing, or by the -''
smutty or mildewed fodder. Ti)?'
edy is to supply tur:entine era:)
liniment to the part.
AnsaerlhlsiliK-"""
Why do f o many peoi le ' r "
us peeni to rrefT to yuffiT ami W
inlerab!e by Indice-tinn. l'",tiv",..
i)!7:7.ines. Iws of Arpct!te- -'i'!ll..'r
the Foot. Yellow Skin, when f.;:
wc will sell t::ciT! S!;ik.!'V J-t':"
cuaiar.teed to fare their. Si-li ' i
1 i)?viMn.