Feonomie weiter declare that the income of the Czar of Russia is equal to $25,000 per day every day in the year, EE Falth Curists, These very confident people are strangely self-satisfied until danger to life looms up, as when the ohronie pains of many years endurance attack the heart, like Rheumatism very often doos, then they turn to a better faith, This better faith-—held to by many thousands—is simple and certain. It is faith founded on experience that St, Jacobs Ol! will cure, because it has cured all these ainful aliments permanently, It is a faith ounded on reason. We know what can be done by what has besn done a thousand times, Every physician knows that those who have belief in treatment are the more easily cured ; those who have not sot up a resistance to the progress of cure, It costs $12,000 to dock and scrape the oruiser Chicago, Dr. Kilmer's Swaxp- Root cures all Kidney and Bladder troubles, Pamphlet and Consultation free, Laboratory Binghamton, N, Y, Russia's army numbers footing. 974,000 on a peace Karl's ( lover Root, the great blood purifier, fous freshness and clearness to the complex. on and cures constipation, 25 cts, MW cts, $1. 1 IT WATER LEVEL In Rivers, Ponds, Walls, and other sources of drinking water threatens danger malarial ge This rms, Barsaparilia as a safoguard against attacks of disease, Hood's Sarsaparilia makes pure blood, and thus guards the system from all these perils. It creates an appetite and gives sound and robust health. Fines S sara varilla been using H ) saparilla occasional for the last three years I have suffered fron malaria feve ir for ive: Vears ad have tried many 2h 14s of medicine, } at found no relist till I con sted 10 take Hood's Sarsaparil la. [ nfldenes in it, ‘and believe it to be far sup J. Prezom ALD, 121 Ninth 8t.. 80. Boston, Ge % Hoo?’ 8 and only Hood's, I's Sar Hood's Pills cure all liver (lle. 25 centa WALTER BAKER & C0. The Largest Manufacturers o PURE, HICH GRADE ius AND CHOCOLATES On this Continent, have received from the great Industrial and Food i) EXPOSITIONS tn 11 EUrope and America. Cie tha Doge Frese. go Alka. is sny of their preparations. Their delicions wifidh 3k COCOA Soeciately pure aad soludle, and conta lear Gham one cond @ Cp, soLD WALTER BAKER & 00. DORCHESTER, MASS. HALMSE:cc6nes” Ghewingum LARA LL AJ BY GROCERS | EVERYWHERE, = by the Medical Faculty, "for 16, 1 oF 2 tent package, Sliver, Stamps or Fostal Note, } GRO. R. HALM, 140 West 29th 8t,, New York. Be a from | condition is usually | found in the Fall, and ft points to Hood's | \ " { eau de cologne, | why, Potato Perfume, *There is one odorous essence in very common use,” said Dr. F. G, Conlter, of Indianapolis, at the La- clede last night, according to the Bt, Louis (Hobe-Democrat, “‘of which the majority of people know nothing whatever. “This is potato ether, distilled from potato spirit. No one would suppose that humble vegetable capable of yielding & perfume. Yet it does yield thrae, and very good ones they are, They go by the names of pear, apple and grape oil, from a re- semblance between their odors and these fruits. Confectioners use them largely to perfume their finest can- dies, ‘Chemistry tells some queer stories about perfumes. It is found that the sole constituents of juniper oil, the otto of rosemary and that of lemons and turpentine are really the same, seven parts carbon, with one of hy- drogen, We oannot combine these substances so as to form any one of the perfumes mentioned, nor explain with the same constituent parts, | they exhale odors ¢o different. ‘“‘Eau de cologne, which won fame | and wealth for not only a family, but a city, is really indebted to the orange for most of its charm, there being four different perfumes distilled from t, which are used as ingredients in pn ————— There is preserved by a private fam- | ily in Baltimore Major Robert Kirk- { | 5 Fo ures) | rior to any other tonle,” P, | wood's certificate as a member eiety of the Cincinnati, tiflcate bears the signature mgton. der glass The cer- and is worn through folded. The Major was a Revolution- ary hero of Delaware, and a village of that State bears his name. siamese lil cse— $100 Reward. S100. he read ers « f thi Lisease I f= | » ROW wn t ‘atarrhh belong acon (uires s&s constitutional l “a ( atarrh Cure is taken in- directly upon the bi if tl 3 vate, hereby de- n of the disease, nt stre: gth by buil Sang sisting nature we propristors ‘hay ® 80 IN td H e powers that they offer Ope Hr ars for any ist of testimonials. F. J. Cuexey & Co., ny vy Drogists, Ti At wo sledo, Ou In Olden Times People overlooked the importance of peima nently beneficial effects and were satisfied with transdent action, but now that It is gen. erally known that Syrup of Figs will per: nently cure habitual constipation, formed people will not buy other laxatives, which act for a time, but finally injure the system. NA wall ro IT Is o1 Neo Us ne to say that there Is “Something Just as Good as Ripans Tabules for disorders of the stomach and Hver.” It is not so. This standard rem- edy will relieve and cure you. One tabule gives relief. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammae tion, aliay= main. cures wind ecile, 2c. a bottle Actors, Vooa Pabli praise 0) oney ore nd a Ar, Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute, If aMicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isano Thom pe son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c per bottle BEECHAM'’S PILLS (Vece What They Are For Biliousness dyspepsia sick headache bilious headache when these conditions are loss of appetite caused by depression of spirits constipation ; and con- ’ stipation is the most frequent cause of all of them. One of the most important things for everybody to learn is that constipation causes more than half the sick- ness in the world; the book. Write to B. F. York, for the little sequences and correction); reach of a druggist, and it can all be prevented. sent free. Go by Allen Company, 365 Canal street, New book on ConsTiPATION (its causes con- If you are not within the pills will be sent by mail, 25 cents, “ Forbid a Fool a Thing and that he will do.” Bon’t Use SAPOLIO Coughs and Colds, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Weak Lungs, General Debility and all forms of Emaciation are speedily cured by Scott’s Emulsion Consumptives always find great relief by taking it, and consumption is often cured. No other nourishment restores strength so quickly and effectively. ’ Weak Babies and Thin Children are made strong and robust by Scott's Emulsion when other forms of food seen. to do them no good whatever, The only genuine Scott's Emulsion is put up in sa/mon- colored wrapper. Refuse cheap substitutes! Send for pamphlet on Scott's Emulsion, FREE, Soott & Bowne, N.Y. All Druggists. 50 conte and 81. | The godl of the of Wash- | The parchment is framed un- | in pl ACEH AS though it had long bee n kept | pleased” to | i and | ana | case that it falis to cure | | and, | past few years she had developed a | | eraze for anything bordering on the | it a bargain?” first it | contrary, | certainly bewitching, AN ANSWERING THOUGHT, — Itman be but a mere sojourner hers A borrowed presence from some distant sphere, A passing shadow "twixt a smile and tear A thing of fleeting breath, Then, O ye heavenly choristers, draw near, And tell mo what Is death, If mortal strongth be but a borrowed might, A olreling sun that wanes before the night, A taper burning with a transient light, Borrowed from worlds above, Oh, pause, sweet spirits, in your phantom flight, And tell me what Is love, If human life is but a feeble spark-— A flitting gleam consumed by shadows da, Or spirits soaring upward, as the lark, Let me not blindly grope ; Ahoy! sweet sailors in your phantom bark, And tell me what Is hope, If my poor heart, a thing of trust and pray'r, Must throb-—then vanish as dissolving alr ; If I must struggle through a world ot care A vicious, fleeting strifo— Then tell me, O thou shapes of beauty rare, Tell mo what is life, Ah. yes! I clear and stron, hear you nnswor Like flood of dead, unfathe “To lve is Christ ! The soul's swos Or day, ‘Tis writ—yo yale To triumph st mission 18; or night, or life b are His,” SOD; Over Wrong hort or long, I hearken not to Evolution’ eritio I ask! oo to “walk Trus bide 1's drone, or the eynle’ x st 313 the snore 1 presence of His throne, 1 all eternity, veland P cnt — A MODERN WITCH, aindealer, HERE is +) some- at not make out, Van viciously CIgAr, other night I was up there, she sturted in by read- ing my palm, sad ended by hypao- tizing me, By Jove, Tom, 1 was frightened lutely frightened.” "That is ensy,’ answered Brans- ford, with dulgent smile, the palmistry or the hyp- uncanny girl, 1 her '" and Charlie +) ae at his “What, notism ?”’ “‘Both ; and the frightening thrown in." “Well, yon will see her to-night, and can then judge for yourself Here we are, now.” Baying which they walked up the broad steps of a comfortable looking brown stone mansion and were ushered jotosShe- drawing room by a stately looking butler, Miss Morgan was as charming a girl as one would care to meet, beauty, incidentally, wealth. numerous socomplishments, Within the mystic or supernatural, At was palmistry, but recently it had de- veloped into mird- rea ling, hypnotism | and ingeniously planned though on tirely unsuccessful wanderings of the | astral body. Yet she had impressed some of her friends to such an extent that they | would dream nightmareish dreams! about her, acd when they informed her of the fact she would calmly an- nounce thai she really had been with them in astral form. Tom Bransford thought of all this | ae he was presented to this self-con- fessed witch. To her credit be it said that the young lady thought too much of her personal appearance to adopt any outlandish form of dress; on the the tout ensemble, while was anything but uncanny. After the first introductions and per- funatory conventionalities, the con- versation was turned to the subject of hypnotism, and Bransford volunteered to become a subject with foolhardy daring “just to see what the sense tion was like,” ne he meekly explained, Overjoyed at the prospect of a new vietim to experiment upon, the young hostess offered him an invitingly com- fortable looking arm-chair, while she, seating herself before him and taking his hand in hers, directed that he should look steadily into her eyes. Bragsford did so, while Miss Morgan fixed her lustrous eyes on his as though she wonld look him through andl through. “Don't stare at me that way too long, Miss Morgan, I have a weak heart,” interrupted Bransford, Estelle laughed. “You must not in- terrupt the physic current by talking ; but tell me, have you experienced any strange sensations yet?” “Yor,” topiied Bransford, ‘the strangest and wildest sensations, 1 oan hardly talk, I feel that I am go- ing, going.” And as a matter of fact, Tom's eyes closed while ho was yet talking, and in another moment he co d, helpless and powerless in the A have never been so successful,” eried the girl, clasping her hands de- lightedly. ** He has passed beyond the suggestion stage, and now must be in the somnambulistio stage.” Then turning the limp form of Bransford, she commanded: ‘‘SBtand up, Yom are now completely in my power, Btand up and open your eyes, Bat Bransford did not of the sort. On the contrary his logs and arms beesme rigid, his teeth clenched, and his breathing labored. Estelle turned *“ Ho is in the Sataieptio 8 ; but I think I had ups don't yout”, lerveer puffed | | ‘““Why, the | abso | an in- | She bad | “By all means,” assented Vander. veer, whose face had sssumed sn al most greenish hue with fright. But in vain did this fair disciple of Mesmer resort to passes, commands, and finally tearful entreaties. Brans ford could not be aroused, and his condition seemed to become more serious every moment, “Oh, Mr. Bransford, do wake up, If you have the slightest regard for me, I beseech of you to wake up,’ cried the girl, anxiously. ** Oh, Mr, Vanderveer, do you please say some thing to arouse him, your voice will be more familiar than mine.” “Tom,” eried Charlie, at the top ol his voice, “‘wake up, old man.” Then shaking him by the shoulders, pleaded with him wildly, friend, you are all right. Tom, if you love me, wake up.” reproachfully to Estelle: you he had a weak heart.” “Yen,” she replied, now erying hys terically, “but I thought he was jok- | ing. quick as you ean.” “But I ean't leave fall the floor,” “Don’t you think I had him to the lounge?” “Pray do, aud then I { forehead with oxtract | him while you are gone,” Bransford's remsins ly seemed to be more boriously half lifted, from the chair to the daintily embroidered | under his head, . | meantime suppl him here, said Charlie, better carry enn bathe his BOTY aud fan for the y hard WW OT half then la dragged , and a i 3 { available res | place by his side | rie 1 AWAY for 1 Left { victim RIO , 8he , what h | to be gOO | frie { him from the and now Oh, how lo it!” 8p Mim pass a rm before nd cease ed, parted see if she could feel any breatl | to her horror and surprise, the bling hand was kissed in a most life. like m x Bransford's dark eyes looked into hers with a humor- ous fwinkle “Bemember,” he said, | am not re wii you know.” Then, still keeping her { hand in his own, he sat up and asked gravely: ‘‘Don't you think that you have had a pretty good lesson in the danger of playing with edged tools snd dabbling in occult arts you do not know anything about?” *“I think it was perfectly abomin- able and ernel for you to give me such a terrible fright,” she cried, puli- ing away her hand, p. ‘Jb might easily have really oo- curred. Come, now. You have said you like me, then forgive me, but { promise to be a bewitching woman and not a womanly witeh in the fu- { ture. The day of witcheraft has long {since passed; nineteenth century witches have no excuse for existing, ls put her hand over his i } y lips h, when trem. rem nner and "i 1 ’ | 1ietly, ‘1 I am hypnotized, but I 1 I promise.” returned an hour “Bather a one-sided bargain; | think you are right an When Veanderveer | Inter, after oalliz Og unsnoce ssfully on five physiciaz he fonnd Tom and Estelle ¢ hattin 1g a8 cozily together as | though they had friends lor | Years, “Yes,” Tom said on his way homo, “it was hard enough to lay there and { stimulate unconsoic while | was erving and you were carrying on { like a lunatic; but when she pat her dainty little hand on my month, why | I simply could not resist. Ye gods, | man, if it had been her lips, and I | do yon think she ever would have for- | given me?” “Oh, yes,” prophesied Vanderveer, gloomily, ‘and in time no apology will be looked for or required under similar circumstances.” Charlie was right. —Truth, becu USHOSS she —— so RI—— Oldest Scythe in the World, Quietly reposing on ome of the many well-fillod shelves in Flinders Petrio's private museum in London is an ancient agricultural implement which throws mnch light on the art of hasbandry as practiced by the prehis toric Egyptians, This antique farm- ing tool is a wooden scythe blade, which was found securely imbedded in the mortar of one tombs of the valley of the Lower Nile, The shaft of the instrument, as al- ready stated, is of wood of some un. known species, the edge being carefully pot with a row of flints so as to pre sent their jagged edges in a manne: not unlike that exhibited by the teeth of asaw, These flints are of uniform blade. The teeth are not set into a groove along the edge of the blade, as one would naturally suppose, but are | each firmly cemented in place, the material being of such excellent com: position and the workmanship of such superior quality that after a lapse of time closely sppLvansion you yoare ap! as sonnd and perfeot as <A frat taken afield by their origin- al owner. —8t. Louis Republie, cs —— 5 Birds That Build Tenements, The social brosbecks of South Africa live in large societies. They select a troo of considerable size, and literally cover it with a grass roof, under which their common dwelling is con structed. The roof serves the double of keeping off the heat and rain, and 400 or 600 pairs of birds are known to have the same shelter. The nosts in this aerial dwelling are built in streots, and closely resem- ble rows of tenement houses, 56 Louis Gc Globe-Demoorat, he | “Tom, old | Wake up, | I'hen | “He told | Do please go for a doctor ns he'll | of the oldest | | the dairy. size, the base of each being fashioned | po as to fit the eurve of the wooden | TRANSPLANTING TURNIPS, [ly clean. Rutabaga turnips sre excellent to | that will be eaten at each meal, Feed three times a day all (Give follow a crop of early peas, says the | the first meal carly and the last one Massachusetts Ploughman. We have had the best success by transplanting | sharp grit end fresh water the turnips. late in the day. Provide plenty of Corn is After the peas have all | best for finishing off poultry as 1t been picked, the land is plowed and | gives a firmer flesh and yellower color n cultivator is run over the piece to] level the surface and to scrape off part | of the weeds and rubbish, The land is then drilled eighteen inches apart, with a moderate application of phos- phate in the drill. The young plants are set four inches apart in the row, The work of transplanting may be done very rapidly by a skilled work- man, Care is taken to the eoil about each plant after pricking out. The after work is not very great by this method, the gronnd being kept with a wheel ho For a large fleld, or where a wheel hoe 18 not to be ha 3, fine-tooth eultivator pre- ferred, The Stuusp lanting method in- sures a regular stand of turnips quick growth to a good siz on loose would be and WHY BIG PORK 18 I y i onng that age, hnve It has ess that the ly RLS 1 the But Ww AY an the ww hind sthrifty Rrov We have ki thrifty old bo ¢ i 03 first fed r an wn as better flavor that have ir growth, The great is to ky ign ul wayn Wel tends from young pigs strana the praction thriftily growing uz pleted. We & OAD “th well-flavored pork, an ick enough to not fry when cooked. It ; to pig pork that it oks away too much. There is rea- son in this objection. But there no reason why, if properly fed, a hog 250 to pounds may not be as sweot and well-flmwored as one that is smaller, solid, for this solidity is sometimes due to the fever from over feeding, which makes the meat unhealthfal — | Boston Cultivator. 18 com us swoet, have it th to strips monly objected © 1 vot AWAY is com is 300 WHEAT AS A FEEDING GRAIN, The reason why wheat has not here- ftofore been the lea ling feeding grain has | its high market value and the cheapness of ¢ ard oats, But nov that 1t is the cheapest of all grains, Gquiries are m indo its value | as to its price and the nutriment thity, It is true three points are to be Wen aking an that all thes taken ug the ood feeding n digesta into ae nt in estimat of any food. Ge sarily be that which is conductive health, for there can be no thrift otherwise. Hitherto no experiments made in feeding wheat ex- cept to a small extent with damaged grain, Lately, however, attention has been turned to this matter, might be expected from our scientific knowledge of wheat, it has been shown, without exception, that it is 10st neces. hav ¢ box +] Its fat may not be quite so | \ feeding value | to! and as | now the cheapest grain food on the | whole list. profitable, and the experience of care- ful and intelligent persons goes to show that a barrel of wheat, worth about $2.30, will make a barrel eggs, worth, at fifteen cents a dozen, not less than $9. This ought to be | of | very satisfactory, seeing that corn is | not a bealthful food when given to addition of other foods. The result of feeding wheat to pigs has been pre- cisely similar, and with respect to both profit and health, There have been many instances that have proved this grain to be excellent for cows, for the bran and middlings have always been one of the most favored grain foods in It has been found exoel- lent for sheep, and, as highly-nitro- genous food is reasonably proper for | 8 wool bearers, considering the large | quantity of nitrogen in the fleece, this result should reasonably follow. For horses its equal value may be consid- ered as doubtful, except as an addi tion to cut fodder when the grain is coarsely chopped. But as barley dif- | fers but little from wheat, ractically, ss a food grain, and as barley is well | known to be one of the best foods for | this animal, it may be taken as almost certain that, when fed judiciously, wheat will be at least better than corn. The writer of this note has been feed- ing rye to his horses and mules since harvest, and with every blo sat isfaction to himself as well as to the animals, Thus, if the present low price of wheat continues, the surplus may be fed, instead of being sacrificed in the lowest markets on record, The York Times, WORK BEFORE MARKETING POULTRY. Ten days or two weeks before mars keting fowls confine them in small where they will be quiet, contented and out of sight of other ltry. Boeing other fowls at ) . them fret and lose instead of gnining. Keop the yards scrupulous | than buckwheat or other grains, Pul- lets can be fattened best just before commencing to lay and cockerels when the tails begin to turn. It is & ms. take to keep males until fully ma. tured. As soon as fit for broilers they should be marketed. Coskerels always | mee t a ready sale and command high { | prie 58, bear heavily | wider rows and a | | care in dressing {trate and loosen the feathers scalding wrap them in a thuck cloth for | two minutes and the feathers and down There is much to be learned about dressing poultry, It is useless to send fowls to market unless fat and neatly dressed. Attractiveness is an import ant feature in selling and great loss frequently occurs from lack of it. In local dealers the same that wonld be taken to a distant commission Fowls dry- If mn it is best When natural firmness of the selling to #6 if "a if shipping merchant. picked, especially if fat an plump. they are not in to scald them look best when fine conditic before 1 a . y 10 : or Chie 11d be so prepared if Let the AZO # 8L0t pos- mt food rs before rem r sever- or be quick- BOArp r the feet to bodies are t to tear the fed ton and niestines, ary and 1 ) ] place. ling, heat the water about to ling Holding the fowl head and feet, lip the body water three or four times. If head touches the water it will give the eyes a shrunken appearance, Buyers are snd if the eyes are shrunken they think the has been sick. When the feathers and pin feathers have been removed, immerse the fowl in seald- ing water for four or five seconds snd then dip immediately into ice oold water to give it a plump sppearance. If the bead is cut off, turn the skin back a trifle, cut off the bone, and drawing the skin forward tie it neatly. Ducks and geese should go through the same process of dressing as chick- ens. For thedk fowls it requires more time {or the scalding waster to pene- After fowls go with } ain in- ith a point. to the the naturally suspicious, fowl will come off easily. always be dry picked. {for shipping be sure the 3 1 and cold. Turkeys should Jefore packing meat is dry Pack snugly in clean boxes or barrels after placing a layer of clean hay or straw in the bottom. 3oxes or bar- rels holding 100 to 150 pounds are conveniently handled. American Ag- riculturist, FARM AND GARDEN NOTES, Pl Less feed is required in sun-lighted stables, ow your garden in the fall, One specked apple is sure to infect its neighbors, Jerking the finest mouth. After a hard drive the horse should be allowed to rest before feeding. It is economy to feed a little less horse will ruin the , | hay and some grain to all the horses. In feeding poultry, it is especially | Light, pure air and cleanliness are as necessary in the stable as in the house, Teach the colt to stand until you are in the wagon and not to start until you give the word. Swine fever is unknown in France, | [ts absence is attributed to the use of fowls altogether and without a large green fodder. The ammonia from the manure in the stable is very injurious to the eyes and lungs of the horses. The power and longevity of the horse are in exact ratio to the intelli. gent care and feeding he receives, Whey mixed with whole-ground wheat makes an excellent feed for hogs, either for growth or fattening, It is said that 100 pounds of hay will make 172 pounds of manure; oats, 204 pounds, while grass will make but forty-three pounds. In training a colt the safest rule is to teach him one thing at a time, and be sure that it is learned thoroughly before attempting something else, A potting soil suitable for most plants is made of four matorinie-- old sods, well-decayed cow manure, rotted leaves or leaf mould, and sand. Some farmers pit their apples as they do potatoes and roots. Care must be taken to prevent the sol w. through and affecting the flavor of the fruit, In the fall is a good time to set out both rhubarb and asparagus epnragu Planta and there ought to be a both on every farm and ia vis gar. den, and we good treatment they will he po yoars, The amount of winter wheat being fed is very much larger than is erally su wo iy a one- the
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