BRANDING YOUNG CALVES.
LIVELY BCFNK9 IN AW ORBOON
CATTLE CORRAL.
FARM AND GARDEN.
Dlfflrulilo Kncnnnlprfa' by Cow
boy In Corral I UK and Branding
the Frisky Calves
The past two monllis, says a letter
from llarnoy Lakes, Ore, to tho Ban
Francisco 1'ont, have not boon happy ones
for tlio rnlvcs that hnve been browsing
iround tlio borders of this lako, for a
stout campaign lins been dircrted against
Ihem, and several hundreds of youig an
imals hate been marked, cut and branded
during the past few days. It would seem
that the three operations entailed a vast
mount of pain upon them, but owing
to the toughness of the brutes' hides, the
bluntness of their nerves and their gen
eral easy nature, a steer or a heifer does
not seem to experience more than a mo
mentary inconvenience from tho necessa
ry mutilation.
This campaign calls for an extraordi
nary degree of physical exertion on the
part of the cowboy. He responds to the
task with tho alacrity of his ardent na
ture. Tho principal part of this work
lies in tho corrals, some five miles from
tho house.
On arriving upon the stamping ground
it is tho plan to split into parties and
thoroughly scour different sections of
the country for cows and their calves.
This is no easy matter, as the cattle seem
to band together and range for a few
miles in small societies, and then again
a few miles distant another herd may be
found. This entails upon both horse
and rider a great deal of exertion, for
often the cattle are hard to drive, charg
ing about in all directions and keeping
the horse in a state of fretful excitement.
When, however, all the cattle have been
gathered in the allotted section they are
driven to a convenient locality and there
held until the band arriv s from the
other section. Then commences a babel,
the like of -which can bo heard only
when near a vast herd of cows. The
lowing and the bellowing that a couple
of hundred cows can mako has no equal
in the world. It is a regular swelling
noise, a regular wave of diabolical, never
ceasing sound in all notes and keys, from
tho squeak of the sucking pig to the
angry roar of an enraged lion.
When the cows have all been bunched
together, then comes the somewhat diffi
cult task of separating tho alieady
branded calves and their mothers. It is
a duty which requires as much discretion
from the horse as from the man, as the
horse that knows his business will soon
recognize the cow and tho calf that are
wanted, and will drive them out from
the herd with, perhaps, but little guiding
from its rider. The cows then are hud
dled together in a narrow plain which
borders upon the lake, so as to prevent a
break on one side. Then two or three
men do the cutting out, while the rest
are stationed on the skirts of the field to
drive back any animal which might
escape. Very often a cow does make a
break, and then it is the duty of the man
nearest her to head her back into the
herd. The cow and her calf are as swift
as deer, and as sure-footed as mules, and
as the ground around the lakes is literally
besprinkled with badger holes, running
is accompanied with a good deal of
danger. By night time tho cattle have
generally been collected, when amp is
made and a rest is taken for the hard
work to follow on tho morrow.
' Before five o'clock the men who are to
separata the cows from the calves are in
the corrals, and soon finish that work.
Then comes the real trouble. The fire f 01
heating the branding irons is soon alight,
the man who has to drag the calves from
out the inner corrul mouuts his horse and
tho piny begins. The mounted man
holds the end of a long riata, while the
noose is held by a man on foot, who en
ters the calf-crowded corral and lassos the
calf. The noose is slipped over the body,
and is made taut at the hind foot. But
before it ran get to the feet there is gen
erally trouble. Houndabout tho corral
burkt-i--alf. tumbling and sprawling,
aw-rm Willwyv'tf., -"-'frf"r; an
Indescribable confusion. However, this
docs not last long. Tho rope is soon
down by his feet, tho word "null'' is
given, and the calf is hauled to the gate,
where a man adroitly slips a noose ovet
his head and forefeet. Thus bound head
and feet tho calf is helpless. Then a man
slips out a pocket knife, slashes its ears
into whatever fashion prevails on the
ranch, while another applies the brand
ing iron. Thus in about a minute from
the time the calf is caught he is cut,
marked and branded. The calf does not
seem to feel the mutilation in the least,
lie doesn't seem to wince at tho lopping
of his ears, though sometimes a snivel
does pass through its frame when the hot
iron sc-iir-i an indcllible mark upon itt
flank. But when over the calf hops gaily
up uud trots up to his companions aa 1
perfectly unhurt.
This is but a mild statement of the
case. The gentlo reader need not imag
ine that all that tho cowboy has to do is
to enter a corral and slip a rope over a
a six-weeks'-old calf aud have ahorse
haul the animal out. It is by no means
so easy. The calf never yields. He wil'
kick, squirm, buck, charge, rush and
butt at everything. Though well nigh
throttled to death, he will tugat the rope
which encircles his neck until the rope is
ready to snap with the tension. Then
the alert cowboy will make a rush at the
calf, and catching him on the side will
bring him, with a thump. on the ground,
while the rest throw themselves on him,
with a view to brand. The ages of these
calves that were branded ran from three
days old to one month there were, of
course, some calves branded which were
older, but the majority of the animals
were of that age. This will enable one
to form some idea of the extraordinary
strength and activity of the calf.
Old Shoes Worked Over."
One ot the curious industries of New
York is the rehabilitation of old shoes,
the cast-oil kind gathered from the ash
heaps and refuge of the street. A regu
lar market for these is found in the cob
blers' basements along Baxter and Mul
berry streets more particularly in the
region known as "Thu Bend." This re
jected stock is worked over by the shoe-
makers, mended and patched so as to be
water tight, and then blacked to the
brilliancy of stove polish. Long rows
of them may be seen displayed on the
boards in front of the cobbler shops in
"The Bend," glitteuing in the moonday
un with dazzling brightness. A small
boy, generally one of the scions of thu
paternal son of Crispin, stands at their
side in the double character of guardian
or salieman, though the former duty is
otten (Hscliargeii by tne oscillating sales
man in charge of the stock of cheap
clothing on tho floor above, who halloos
down the basement to the proprietor
whenever a woultt-lie customer for the
shoes stops to make an investment.
I'rices for this strange merchandise range
from seventy nve ceuts up to 1.80
pair. There must be a market for it, or
It wouldn't be produced. Its existence
hows how many poor fellows me. "down
on their luck" and compelled to buy
Uch goods. Brwilyn i'itutu.
The Care of Hay
Barns or '"barracks" are much better
for the preservation of hay than tho cir
cular stacks, even though the last be
well built. Hay contains, in tho dry as
well as in the green state, matter that is
soluble in water. For this reason all
exposed hay on the exterior of stacks is
subject to having the soluble matter
washed from it. In round stacks the
amount of hay thus exposed is much
larger than is usually supposed. The
best place for storing of well-cured hay
for use is in a good, well-sheltered mow.
where it should be tramped as put in and
packed closely. Thus it will all keep in
uniform condition. Next to a tight
mow nn old-fashioned barrack with a
well-thatched roof, arranged so as to
slide up and down the four corner posts,
is the better. If hay has not been well
cured in the field, ventilation should be
permitted in the mow. Vommertial
Oatttte.
Oows and Green Apples.
Whether apples will injure milch cows
depends greatly upon how they are fed,
and something also on the character of
the fruit. A cow usually has no more
discretion as to the kind of apples she
should cat or tho amount than a small
school-boy. When cows break into an
orchard or a sudden wind stoim brings
down a great number of apples prema
turely, so that cows can get them, then
serious injury is sure to result. Tho cow
has the cramps as evidently as a boy
could have them. Often the first Rign
the owner has is a sudden falling oil of
the milk yield, and though they may be
partially restored, the injury to tho tone
of the stomach is such that the yield will
not again be as great during that season
as it was before. Tho worst effects are
from unripe fruit. It takes only a few
sour green apples to derange the stomach.
The acid, bitter juices, with which they
are filled are more or less poisonous, and
even one or two will do more harm than
good. When apples are fully ripe a very
few daily may be given with advantage to
milch cows, though sour apples should
be avoided, as even in small quantities
they are of littlo value for milk produc
tion. If given at all they should be
fed in measured quantities, and on no
account should cows be turned in to
help themselves; they will cat a great
many in a short time, and if hurried may
choke in trying to eat too rapidly.
Vult water.
The Parsnip.
When well grown, the parsnip is con
sidered to be one of our most valuable
and desirablo garden vegetables, and it
is to be regretted that so little care and
attention has been bestowed upon it by
our amateur cultitators, for it well de
serves a place in all gardens, no matter
now small.
It prefers a deep, moderately enriched
sandy loam, one that has been well
worked for a previous crop, although
any other will answer if thoroughly and
deeply plowed as early in tho season as
possible.
It is best to give a liberal dressing of
aecayea manure, ana tins should be well
and deenly incorporated with the soil by
means of the plow. A good harrowing
should then be given, so as to level it oil
nicely, when it should be marked off into
drills about two feet apart and an inch
ana a bait in depth. In thc-e drills the
seed should be sown rather thinlv, and
covered to tho depth of about half an
inch.
The seed should be sown early in the
spring, just as soon as the ground can
be properly prepared. As soon as tho
young plants are strong enough to handle
they should be thinned out, so that they
stand five or six inches apart, then a
thorough hoeing should be given. After
this all the attention they will require is
to keep them well cultivated and free
from weeds, and at each hoeing let a lit
tle fresh earth be drawn up around the
plants.
. As they are best alter being touched
by frost, it is customary to permit at least
half of the crop to remain in the ground
until toward spring, when it can be dug
and used. The portion of tho crop in
tended for winter use is dug in Novem
ber, the later the better, and stored in
sand in a cool cellar.
The long smooth, or hollow crown, is
the variety most generally grown, but
the student is, in my opinion, a much
better variety; but one will not go astray
in selecting either of them.
An ounce of seed will sow one hundred
and fifty feet of drill. Vkk't Mugazone.
Tuberculosis in Cattlo.
Tuberculosis in cattle is the samo dis
ease as consumption in men. Neither,
says a writer in tho JV Kmjhwd Farmer,
is understood to be curable. thoii!rh
quack doctors may sometimes oiler
remedies to cure consumption. It is not
produced by lung worms. The word
tuberculosis is derived from a latin word
meaning small tuber. Tubercles are of
various size, from that of a millet seed
to that of large grapes, and sometimes
an aggregation of tubercles form a mass
weighing a pound or more. They are
all too large to be found in milk or but
ter. Chemical analysis is unnecessary
for determining the presence of the dis
ease; it is usually quite apparent to the
naked eye, but doubted cases may need
the microscope to determine their true
nature. Animals sometimes fatten well
when affected by this disease in its
earlier stages, but emaciation is one of
the common symptoms. 1 uberculosis
is a disease that is not confined to the
lungs, though it more commonly affects
those organs. It may locate itself in al
most any organ or part of the body. It
undoubtedly is a frequent cause of abor
tion ana of. barrenness when the
generative organs are the seat of the dis
ease. Cows that appear to be almost
constantly in heat are often affected with
disease. It is transmissible from parent
to offspring by heredity, and from either
male or female parent, but infected
parents may produce offspring that will
not nave the disease, though u predispo
sition to tho disease is greatly increased
by haviug diseased parents. The disease
is far more common in adults than in the
young of animals. It prevails more in
warm than in cold countries, and in hot
than in cold stables, which accounts in
part for its greater prevalence in herds of
fancy cattle kept in tight, warm barns.
It is farmore common in districts w here
the stock is chiefly purchased than where
it is raised. The buyer is more or less at
at the mercy of the seller, for the lattar
is the first to discover indications of de
cline in condition or health, and the
temptation to unload" upon another is
a weakness not wholly confined to horse
jockies or dealers in stocks.
The disease is most dangerous to man
kind when badly diseased meat or milk
is eaten without thoroughly cooking.
The disease is most contageous when the
tubercles are breaking down; that is.
when they are riiie, and the germs are
being thrown off from the body in the
utilk.
There is no doubt whatever that tuber
culosu in cattlcTia increasing as our eat
tie am better housed and protected
One's chance of beingkilled by driukiuy
milk or eating beef from tubercular ani
mals are probably small, but no on
wants to take that small chance. There
should be greater protection to the pub
lic, and thero will bo when tho people
are sufficiently informed in the matter.
Every person who buys milk or beef has
a right to know that the animals pro
ducing said food are in good health and
not dangerous to tho community. Cor
respondents who havo facts to commu
nicate bearing on this important ques
tion cannot bo too prompt in making
such facts public property through tho
medium of tho nowspaper. We shall bo
glad to give all a hearing on the subject.
Farm and Garden Notea.
As a breeder of disease few things ex
cel a neglected farm-house cellar.
Alwavs water your horses before feed
ing them grain, and not soon after.
Air slnkcd lime is recommended for
the cabbage, onion and turnip maggots.
Coal ashes possess little or no manunal
value, but servo to lighten up a stiff soil.
Tho Swiss dairyman salts his cows
every morning beforo they are watered.
liaising fruit, such as grapes, nectar
ines, etc., in pots ana unccr glass is
practiced by tho Knglish.
Several cases are reported of fresh
apple pomace having been preserved in
the silo with very satisfactory results.
An expression of opinion at a recent
meeting of farmers developed tho fact
that most of them inclined to cut hay
when in full bloom.
Dr. Warder says that tho strawberry
affords one of tho best illustrations of
tho benefits of shortening-in fruit-bearing
plants to increase fruitfulness.
It is better to have a crop of some kind
in the ground at all times, provided such
crops bo not permitted to mature, but to
be turned under as manure. Fallowing
is not always best.
Prof. Goessman, of New York, has
profited by cultivating the Southern cow
pea, producing a large amount of forago
but not seeds. As a green manure and
as a fodder the cow pea is invaluablo.
Corn, clover and other crops should be
allowed to pass the succulent stage and
conic nearly to maturity before putting
them in the silo. Thus they contain the
most nutriment and the smallest per cent,
of water.
Every horse, no matter of what breed
or for what purpose, is the better for en
joying at least a few weeks of pasture in
summer. Horses should not be subjected
to sudden changes from stable to hot sun,
and tiV rersa.
There are severnl reasons for butter be
coming strong, says Hoard' Deiryman.
Among them are: L'sing pails and pans
that are not thoroughly cleaned from
stale milk; setting the stale milk in badly
ventilated cellars or milk-houses; keep
ing the milk too long, until it gets very
soiir; keeping the cream too long; churn
ing too slowly, or in an unclean churn;
not taking all the buttermilk out of tho
butter; keepinj; tho butter in a warm,
badly aired or mouldly place; these all
cause tho butter to become strong, which
is the effect of decomposition in it. Tho
food or water of the cow will also causo
the trouble.
Thoso who have plowed corn under
for green manuring have been surprised
that no benefit from it was observed in
after tillage. Even after the lapse of
two, four and six months the corn was
still lying green in tho bottom of tho
furrow, and good as ensilage. Clover,
however, thus turned under will rot and
emit a powerful odor in a week after
being covered, in warm weather. Green
manuring with clover seems to benefit
the land, while that with corn usually
does not. Green manuring with rye has
been found of great benefit to tho po
tato crop, if plowed under in the spring.
The rye for this purpose should be sowed
in the autumn. After heading out ana
growing to a height of three or four
feet, it can be plowed under for corn
and potatoes.
Bull T9. Bicycle.
There are many instances on record
where men's lives havo been saved by
speedy horses, but, possibly, the first in
stance in which the treacherous looking
bicycle has figured as a life saver oc
curred at Stanford, Ky., the past week.
Dr. W. B. Penny, of that place, is a
typical Kentuckian, over six feet tall,
and built in proportion. The Doctor
makes a specialty of pulling teeth, and
uses his wheel a fifty-six-inch sky
scraper in making his visits. Oneevcn
iug recently he made a call several miles
from town, and was delayed until nearly
dark. He started home, however, after
lighting his hub lantern. He had pedaled
along serenely two or three miles over
the smooth Stanford pike, thinking of
supper, when suddenly he heard a com
motion in his rear. Glancing back, he
was startled to see a mad bull, with head
down and tail erect, charging at hun
with full speed. The red sido lights of
the lantern had roused the bovine's ire,
and he had determined to annihilate it.
There was no time to think. Grasping
his handles firmly the ' octor bent him
self to business, and pedaled as he never
pedaled before. Faster and faster went
the light machine, but closer came the
infuriated bull. Straining every nerve
the Doctor pulled himself up a hill,
knowing that once up he could gain upon
his bloodthirsty pursuer, and possibly
escape. A slipped pedal or a header
meant death, and he knew it. But strong
legs and a stout machine gained the vic
tory, and the hill top was reached with
the bull not over thirty feet behind. But
the Doctor knew he could quickly coast
away from his enemy on the declivity
before him, and throwing his tired legs
over the handle bars, he rapidly drew
away and left his pursuer. The race was
only three-quarters of a mile, and did
not last much more than two minutes,
but it seemed miles and hours long to
the man on the wheel. Cuuritr-Journal.
NEWS NOTES FOR WOKETf.
Au Overdose.
Judge "Of course you have an ex
cuse readyt"
Prisoner "1 have, your Honor, l was
full, but it was for medical purposes.
Whisky is good for snake-bites."
Judge "jou were bitten byasnakeC
Prisoner "No; but your Honor, 'an
ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure.' "
Judge "I see, I see. But you should
have confined yourself to the ounce. I
tine you 10 for prescribing meiliciue
without a diploma." Omaha Herald.
When (.Iris Should Bide.
A well known riding master insists
that girls should not be taught to ride
until they are ten years old, because
they are weak in the spine when weak at
all. But stout, active boys can be put
into the saddle as soon as they are strong
enough to hold on. JIarjier'i Miliar.
Prodigal Son "Father, after twenty
years of fruitless wandering, I have re
turned to my old home." "Oh, it's you,
is it, BilU Well, there ain't any wood
split for your ma to cook the dinner with.
P raps you'd better get up au appetite."
jV" ilavtn li'ewt.
Thero arc said to be 97,158 widows la
Massachusetts.
It takes 128,000,000 to keep our ladies
in silks every year.
Pink and golden brown, black and
yellow are fashionablo combinations.
Queen Victoria is writing another
book, but what about nobody knows.
Black grenadine, bunting and etamine
are worn in black or after crape is laid
aside.
Beaded lace and silk cord gimp are
used in the samo profusion as passemen
terie is.
Lavender and pearl undressed kid
gloves are vicing with the tan shade in
popularity.
A line of pique ribbon is still the sty
lish finish for a dressy gown in both neck
aud sleeves.
Gold or steel beaded panels, vests, cuffs
and collars aro worn on plush, volvet or
silk costumes.
Tea cloths have a handsome edge of
wide marquise, as also have bed spreads
and pillow shams.
The rage for bouffant skirts Is in no
way lessened, and the skirts are more nu
merous than ever.
Gray ginghams are trimmed with white
embroidery and worn in the house for
second mourning.
Sleeves that are puffed at tho top and
fit closely to the lower part of the arm
have caught the fancy of most ladies.
Miss Olivia Cobb, who is just out of
her tecus, is the bello of Athens, Ga.,
and has already refused thirty offers of
marriage.
Mahogany and the various Florentine
reds will bo the favorite shades for street
wear in the winter. They are certainly
warm looking.
Mme. Emfle Flygare-Cartin, the Swe
dish novelist, is more than eighty years
old, and is about to publish an extensive
autobiography.
Full ests are worn with rovers, collars
and cuffs of border goods, embroidery or
the portions that come for this purpose
with robe dresses.
Draped and folded vests remain a
feature in most fall aud winter gowns.
Hepped silk, Bengaliuc, and velvet will
be used for them.
Dressmnkcrs who pleat and gather a
quantity of stuff about the dress wearer's
figure are not following the best models.
Simplicity will rule.
Mrs. Edith Kingdon Gould cut up a
$10,000 point d'Alencon flounce, that
once belonged to the Empress Eugonie,
to trim her baby's clothes.
Beadings should be of the same toue
as the foundation, and the beads must
be so liberally used that but very little
of tho foundation can be seen.
Plush and tinsel stripes are on gauze
ribbons, moire has a satin back and picot
edged velvet ribbons aro in all of the
new evening shades for party toilets.
Annio Mercer, of Missaukee County,
Mich., promises to become a giantess.
She is only in her twelfth year, and yet
she is a trifle over six feet in stature.
Miss Bello Gentle astonished tho volun
teers at Kincraig, Fifcshire, Scotland, by
her wonderful skill with the rifle. Sho
shot in ten contests aud won eight first
prizes.
Narrow bands of black velvet are seen
on the sleeves of white and cream col
ored dresses. They are placed a little
below the puffings, and add much to the
appearance of tho garments.
There is a mistaken notion that ladies
in mourning must use a white hand
kerchief with a black border. A white
cambric one is quite as appropriate and
in accordance with the demands which
fashion makes.
Tho long straight polonaises, which
will bo made of heavy materials for
winter wear, should not bo caught up in
tho hips, but be cut in flat pleats behind,
sloping away at tho sides to disclose tho
skirt beneath, which will bo entirely
concealed elsewhere. r
There aro more simple models for even
ing costumes than ever. The picturesque
is more souirht than last season, and
tho models this season embody designs
taken from Louis 1 v. 's reigu. 1 he col
ors also in evening fabrics are rcproduC'
tions of the same epoch.
"Pinking" will como in again with a
grand rush. It will be applied to t
variety of materials and all sorts of gar
ments. Silk and woolen gowns, under
skirts, morning dresses, breakfast jack
cts. will be decorated with flounces,
frills, aud ruchings of the material,
pinked out. sometimes pleated, but more
otten very ngnny gaincreu.
In tailor-mado gowns smooth surfaced
cloths will still be used for dressy suits,
two markedly contrasting colors in one
costume, the lighter color for lower skirt
and vest, the darker for tho basque and
drapery. Thus serpent green over gray
and dark blue over tobacco brown
Jacket in the darker color. Small man
ties and shoulder capes of the two colors
in combination.
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Merrill, of Oak
land, Id., celebrated their diamond wed
ding recently. He is ninety-seven years
old and his wife eighty-nine, having
been only fourteen years old when she
was married seventy-nve years ago,
They have fifteen children living,
ninety-four grand-children and thirty
five irreat grand-children. All were
present at the diamond wedding feast,
Jefferson's Education.
For a boy born in a wilderness, Jeffer
son enjoyed remarkable advantages in
early youth, growing out ot the iaci mat
the frontier was as jet so near the parent
colonv. Good English tuition at 5,
Latiuj Greek and French at 9, regular
classical studies at 14, and a college
course at 17, fall to the lot of few Ameri
can backwoods boys. Trapping quails
and shooting wild turkeys, deer stalk
ing, fox hunting, and horse racing do
not figure to any extent as his biograph
ical exploits. Jefferson tho boy is a book
worm Jefferson the youth is the petted
member of an exclusive coterie, social,
aristocratic, and literary. The accom
plishments and courtly habits of the
town effaces all the characteristics of the
country lad. or rather soften them down
and leave them but two in number the
keen zest of horsemanship aud a true love
of nature the pure and passionate ad-
miratiou of plant and blossom, of rock
and stream, of fresh air and blue sky.
These are the legacy of the forest ; all else
he learns from books and the social tra
ditions which drift from the old world
to the new. Yet such is the strength of
nature's influences that by these two
slender threads she held this nursling of
soc iety aud made him the apostle and
hulwark of that primitive euuality he
abandoned, aizainst the pretensions and
claims of caste aud privilege to the favors
of which he largely owed tne develop
ment, II not tut awagemug, oi uis geuiun.
Century.
One of Artcmas Ward's letters.
The following letter from Artemus
Ward to a littlo Klmira girl, and recently
published for the first timo, is in tho pos
session of an Elmira (N. Y.) gentleman:
Rai.icm, Mass., June 18, ISM.
Mr Pkah Amkma. I cannot tell you how
much 1 mi yon.
It seems as though I had Inst all my rela
tives. Including my grandmother and the
cooking stove.
Why diiln't I put yon In a bottle and bring
you down here with met Hut 1 am always
forgetting something. The other day 1 went
on" and foi got my aunt Sarah, and she's a
pood deal bicker than you are. Mr. Ramsey
is nlso a very forgetful man. Ho fre lucidly
goes off and' forgets his washerwoman Mr.
Ramsey is a very flue-looking man. Ho m
minds hie of Mr Ureen, the Maiden murderer.
When Mr. Kninsov goes to the penitentiary,
which will lie very soon, we must send him
doughnuts, magazines ami other literary docu
ments, Mr. Hamsey can read print very
wen.
1 like you very much. I should like you
Just as well if you were twelve years older,
am very singular alwut soma tilings.
You siioke to ine about a boy who is my
rival. I should feel very sorry to kill that
boy, but he mnv drive me to it. I am in
hopes that he wid take himself into a prema
ture tomb that he will choke himself with a
large shoo of pudding, hut if he does neither
I shall lie forced to load him with chains
and read all my lectures to hiin. That will
finish him, his boots may remain, but the rest
will have perished miserably long ere I got
through 1
You must be a good little girl, and always
mind your mother. Never let, your excellent
mother feel sorry that she is acquainted with
?'ou. If it hadn't lieen for her you might
mve drowned in a soup plate long ago. And
if you hadn't ever had any mother you
might be a Turkey with tlie Turkeys. In
fact, my dear Amelia, so conduct yourself
that even on dark and rainy days the bright
suu may shine wherever you are, and that
tho stars (which are next to the sun in bright
ness) may never flash so brightly but that you
can always look steadily aud hopefully to
ward them.
Faithfully, your friend, A. Ward.
Farmers and others who have a little leisure
time for the net few months will find It their
Interest, to write H. F. .tnhnson Co., Rich
mond, whne advertisement appearsln another
column. They offer great inducement to per
sons to work for them all or part of their time.
Qoon carpets from common mma ars the
production of a French manufacturer.
JVo Ofittim In Plso's Cure for Consumption
Cores where other remedies fail. Mo.
Wo Point with Prido
To the "Good asm at borne," won by Hood's Sun,
par II la. In Lowell. Mum., m It t prepared, there
U more of Hood's Saraaparllla sold than of all other
medlolne. Wholenalshborhoodaare taking tt at the
ante time, and tt hat siren the bent of laiuractlon
since iti Introduction ten years ago, Thlleouldeot be
If Ui medicine did not possess men. " ro suffer
from Impure blood or debility, try Hood's Sarsaparllla
and you will realm lu peculiar ouraUre power.
"1 had suit rheum on my left arm three years, suf-
ferliut terribly. 1 too ltood'a Baraaparllla, and th
rheum has entirely dlaaipared.u H. M. Mux 11
French St, Lowell, Mass.
Hood's Sarsaparllla
Sold by all dnwlut. (1 1 ll x f or S.1. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD CO., Apothscarlaa, Lowell Mass.
OO Doses One Dollar .
COCKLE'S
ANTI-BILIOUS
PILLS,
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY
For Liver, pile, lniliKi-tlon. etc. Free from Mer
cury i contains onlv l'nrc Wiri'tablc 1iiki'cIIciiU.
Acut: I'. N. CKITTBNTON, New York.
3f HAH m-
Gone whfira thu Woodbine Twlnsth.
Ha( ar nmiirt, hut "Rmnn rm Rats'" rill
Chftm. t'lMir out Itata, Mire, Ho h, Wntr
linen, riiei, iMvima, Motrin, athx. iHnqwwir,
Hlninkn, Wrn., (Irmhprii, CMnmiinkp, Mol,
Muftk llat. Jack fcabbitd, (utrrrl. If. A W.
KIDDER
How General Grant Met His TTife.
Tho Confederate General I-onirstreot
introduced General Grant to Miss Julia
Dent, who is now General Orant's widow.
Lonrrstrcet s mother was a Dent. Un
graduating from the military academy
Longstrcct was assigned to a command,
and was stationed at Jefferson barracks,
below St. Louis. While there he visited
his relatives, the Donts, on the Gravois
road, and when Grant was assigned to
the same regiment with Longstrcct, the
latter accompanied him on his first visit
to the Dent place, and presented "the
little man with the big epaulets," as
Grant was sometimes called In those
days, to his future wife.
8
118VL1
ROUGHDIRT
Wnahlng and atarohlng Powder. A revela
tion In hnuaekeeptnff. A new nleooverv, heats
the world. How to Wash and Iron.
Dishes, Glassware, Windows,
made clear M rrratnl with Pouch on Plrt.
VnilMR fMRI The moat IncxperleBO
lUUnU UlnLO edcan.wlth Konpth on
Plrt, tlo am niue waehtng and tronlna aa can
be done In any laundry. IMItnR pot neeee
eary ; unlike any o'her It ran t,e need In both
WAtHINOandSTAMOHIMO you need hare
no foer In iiHlna thia article! bHnj free from
Tile alkali It does not rot, yellow nor Injure the
flm-xt fabric; clonm, bleaclica, wliltrna. The
only article that can be adder toetarrb (hot
or cold) to give a (rood body and beautiful
flosa; inelKt on your Iinurclft orOroeer itft
nit it foryou. 10 Hoc. R. H. Wells, J racy City.
ROUGrBORNS 1'
K Y H V-S
A Wonderful Freak f Natura
ls sometimes exhibited in our pul)ie exhibi
tions. When we jraze upon some of the peculiar
freaka dame nature occasionally indulires in,
our uitnde revert hack to the creation of man,
'who la eo fearfully and wonderfully made."
Tho mysteries of l is nature have been unrav-
eitHi by iir. K.v. neroo.oi Muuaio,ana tnrouKn
his knowledge of those mysteries he 1ms lccn
able to preiwre his "(ioldcn Mcdicel Discov
ery, " which is a spcclllo for all blood taints.
n sonn and liumont. aucti as scrofula. Dimples.
lotchcs, eruptions, swellings, tumors, ulcers
nd kindred alfectlons. Hy rtriiggista.
Tna polled or hornless cattle are a distinct
nreed, wnicn nrst onpinatea in uanoKy,
Scotland. They are now extensively raised in
many parte of Scotland and Kngland. nnd dif
ferent modee of culture hAve-dcvoloied several
distinct varlotles or tne oruginni stoca.
1O0 Not Called For.
It seems stranire that it Is necessary to per-
nade men that vou can cure-their diseases bv
offering a premium to the man who fails to re
ceive rienenu Ana yet nr. pact nmiimuiwir
cured thousAnds of cases of obstinate catarr
with his "Catarrh Hcmedy," who would never
have nnplled to him, if it had not been for hia
oner oi ine anove sum lor an mcuruoio ease.
Who is the next bidder for cure or caslif
Tnr.RK are tai Consular Agents attached to
uie VQUBumr f-ervice 111 ute iiuru cnmiv.
A Bonaulea Mine
of health is to be found in Dr. R. V. Pierce's
"Favorite I'rescrlption," to the merits of
which, as a remedy for female weakness and
klnureu aneciiouH, mousanas lestny.
It is said that there is not a running strenn
of water in Mcuean county, ill.
'RoTAi. nt.tii' mends anything! Broken Chi.
Da.Ula.ss, Wood. Free Viala at Drugs & Uro
If afflicted with sore eye use Dr. Ia&ac Thomp
son 'aKye-water. Drugviatsaell at 25c. per bottle
PATENTS
H.f?,rZ.i"''iri!.,iS
A HI RK CI RK FOR
INDIGESTION and DYSPfTSIA.
PKJKSTVIjIN, MtytriK Otrtt tt li tho W1 prrpwuUutt
fir iiitllffftatttin lht llinv have vrr
V hate nrvrr hrnni of n ran of I)ypvp4t Wbt
DIUESTYl.lN waft tAj.n thai wu ant curiM. .
FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM.
IT WILL t'UHK THE MST AOHA VATK.I OAn
rr wil l imr viiiirii.Mi in riip.u n a y .
IT WILL ItKLIKVK OONNTU-'ATION.
Fnrflummar ContnlaJnU and Chrnnla I)lirhtia.
which nrfl th dlrwot rrtutU of liniwrfwt dlgNUou,
PIOKHTYI.1N wilt cfTrvt un immMfitUi cur.
Tk PYOKHTV1.IN for Ml lni and rt1wn1n nf
th ftUwufc-h : tUr-f all noma from tn.lffBtirn. Ak
your driutflM for mOKSTYMN prlc $ iter Urpre
holt)!. If hf doea not hav ll iwnd one dollar to ut
and we will anna a noiiie to you, r,rf urpaii.
Io nni nimai m arnu jour moony, uur oi
K-anMliihfttt twrntr flv rrara.
roliabla.
MstawfactMrlug Chmll. S.j J oh w St., N. V.
F R A Z EjO?Kf
itVHT IV T II K WnKLU w
I W uei wio u"u'".
sioolossdo
cninloTivl sli. A f.'f vecanrlea In towns and Jlllce.
mm to Soltllnra Halrrn, Seat mp
Pancmnc for cmmi. rot, u
I CliSIUIIa IIAM, Alt y, Weaala(ua, B.C.
D: 1 DHU Grsat English Gout m
Detail S I IIISs Rheumstlo Bsmsdy.
oVnl Ilea, a 1 1 r.anS. 14 Pill.
Bold Everywhere.
A MOTll caabe
malc worklnK for aa.
AUKNTH preferred
twi and a-1re their time
miu raw:!
7p
fHAYFlVtR
ELY'S CREAM BALM
Is worth $ lOOO to any
MAN, WOMAN or CHILD
suffering from
CATARRH.
tluV ApplyBalnto tachjiosWL
M mm I f)a) a day. Rampio wnrtn ' , rnr.u
r i.him not mi.lfr th hornc R fwt Writ
lIU Hrewatsr iiafcly ll
SOLDIERS
relieved; K vesrs' 1
Hrewstrr safety lU'ln Holder Co.. Ilully. Mich
all aet reamlnne. If M d'a-
ipu ; timcera- hti v-j,
luntycollfi lca: nrirnrrt
kiM..M or no fee.
I ... fr. A. W. HcCormicE Soa. "" "-
r 111,1) is worth " per ll. t'ettlt'i Eye Salve li
Vf orttiSl."W. Iu' lM at 0 a KOI uy m-aiera.
m mm mm mm mm OMawieS.
ISA I EL I I Bi.M,nrf flulde.
lltAa, I'atent Attnmey, Waablnirlon. V. C.
OPIUM
Morphine llahll CorrS la IO
In StU . no pay till eared.
Itr. J. Birpheaa. Lxkmrnom. Ofale.
JONES
P AYS theR EIGHT
ft Tww Wmmmn Np
traa tTt, K-T Ufarlil. mttm
Tar Btsua wi Has M
soo.
Vrr Mir Sri. rr t pr Hat
ft Ih-si this par ind SvH d
fONtS IP llflQlUMTM. :
BlNisiHAMTUN. N
Plan's Remedy tor Catarrh la the I
UobL, taairat to use, ana meanest.
Hold by tlrntrtrista or sent by mail.
Duo. 1 1. JluieitiiM, Vi arren, I'm.
IB -4 V-- s- The
TTit FTST1 HUA NT) gf.TCKER It warranttd vVvrfrnwC wflT kwv yum diy
the riavrdr-tniirm. 'int new n.a Hf.u nurai. u a pnrcs nuinf
COTrntnaenUrvfladtlia, Jfewara oi lmttaltona. Xinn Kcnutoa wiutoai um
.. j!luUtHi vtikiittii lire. A -J I nwrr, iofion,i
m Best
Watcnroof
Coal
aad wtn ktfV
ll li a ptrlrct ridii
"'nh irmnl"tnt)e-tnftrk.
DTSPEPSI,
SICK HEADACHE,
CONSTIPATION,
SLLS
A RMTirtT for all Diaati nf th" Liver KIV
run fr iyaaia, aira noau-M-M.
VomattMiftoai. fHM?,nQ i two tea.pounluli
i'r.ih iir.har.l St tn in n 1 HACK a IT L lu Mint a-.i t to.
CRAB Or?CMHUWier! I.U., Krop m
Crab Orchard Water?
II. ,!d bulk. I
HIMONN. JOHKH. M.fr. I-ItHI
T7 ,BfF
PELLETS
o o o V
PELLETS
ORIGINAL
LITTLE LIVER PILLS-
BEWAltE OF IMITATIONS t
Always ask for Dr.Plerca's Pellets, or Little
Sugar-coated Granules or Pills.
BEING ENTIREliV VEGETABLE, Dr. Pierce's Pellets operate nrltbonS disturbance to the system
diet, or occupation. Put up In class vials, hermetically sealed. Always fresh, aud reliable. As
LAXATIVE, ALTEHATIVE, or PIBGAT1VE, these Utile Pellets five the most perfect satisfaction. lt
Wn.MAM Ramicu, Esq., of Mtniltn, Krarnru County,
SICK HEADACHE.
Bilious Headache, Dlzzlueaa, Con.
stlpatlou, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, and all deraiiKcinents of the
stomach and bowels, are promptly relieved
and permanently cured by tho use of lr.
Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets. In ex
planation of tbe remedial power of theae
fvllefa over an o-reut a variety of diseases.
It may truthfully be said tliat their action upon tbe system is
universal, not a gland or tissue escaping their aunative inlluence.
Bold by druggists, for 5 ceuts a vial. M h nil fact u red at the Chem
ical Laboratory of Woitut's UisPKNSAHi MauiCAi. Association.
buffalo, N. Y.
Boils
Cured.
Krhrtuha, writes: "1 was troubled with bolls for
thirty years. Knur years ago 1 wna so altlicted with
them thiit I could not wiilk. I bought two bottles
of Ir. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, and lopK
one 'Pellet' after each meal, till all were gone. By
that time I had no bolls, and have had none alnce. I have also
been troubled with slew headache. When I feel It. coming on.
I Hike one or two 'Pellets,' and am relieved of the bcadaube,
Mrs. C. W. Ttnowit, of TrnrxiJtottrfo, Onto,
snya: " Your 'pleasant Purgative Pellets' ars
without question the beat cathartlo ever
a. .1.1. They are also a moat efficient remedy
for torpor of the liver. We have used them
for years lu our family, aud keep Uiem la
the bouse all the time. '
The Best
Cathartic.
Purposes, like eggs,
Latched iuto action, will
cay.
unless they be
run into de
FOR A CASE OF CATARRH WHICH THEY CAN NOT CURE.
C.YMPT0MS OF CATARRH. '
Dull, heavy headache, obstruction of the nasal passages, dis
charges falling from the bead iuto tbe tbront, aouieiiuiea pro
fuse, watery, and acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous.
fiurulent, bloody and putrid; the eye are weak, watery, and
uriainad; there Is ringing In the ears, deafness, hacking or
coughing to clear the throat, ei pectoral ion of offensive mutter,
together with scabs from ulcers; the vuiee is changed and has
a nasal twang; the breath la offensive; smell and bude are im
paired; there is a sensation of dizziness, with mental depression,
a hacking cough and general debility. However, only a few of
the above-named avmptoma are likely to be present in any one
case. Thousands of cases annually, without manifesting half of
the above symptoms, result in consumption, and end in the
grave. No disease Is so common, more deceptive aud dangerous,
lees understood, or more unsuccessfully treated by physicians,
Jly lu wild, soothing, and healing properties,
DR. SAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY
ovmas th worst cask or
Catarrh, "Cold In tha Head," Coryza, and Catarrhal Headacha.
BOLD BY DRUGGISTS KVEItTWUEBE.
rniOH, GO OJ3NTH. ,
Untold Agoky
from Catarrh.
Prof. W. Hacsnir, the famous mesmer
ist, of Jthnro, N. r.. writes: "Some ten
years ago I suffered untold agony from
chronic nasal catarrh. My family physi
cian gave nie up as incurable, and said I
miiMt .lie. slv ease waa such a bad one.
that every day, towards sunset, my voice would Im-ome so hoarse
I could barely ieak above a whisior. In the morning iny cougtw
ing and clearing of my throat would almost strangle me. by the
uso ot IT. Sage's Catarrh hcmedy, in three uionuis, I was well
man, and tho cure bus been permanent.'
Thomas J. Rcshino, Esq., toot Pin Street,
St. Loui; ilo., writes: "I was a great suf
ferer from catarrh for three years. At
times I could hardly breathe, and was con
stantly hawking and spitting, and for the
last eight mouths could not breathe through
the uostrlla. I thought nothing could La
done for me. Luckily. I wna advised to trv
Ir. Bage's Catarrh Kciuedy, and I em now a well man. I bo
heve it to be the only sure remedy fur catarrh now nianufuo.
lured, and one bas ouly to give it a fair trial to experience
aslouuding results and a permanent cure."
Constantly
Hawking and
Spittinb.
Three Bottles
Cure Catarrh.
Eu Robbing, Riinunn P. O., Columbia Co,
Pa., says: "ly daughter had catarrh when
she vrus five years old, - cry badly. 1 saw
Dr. bage s Catarrh Itemedy advertised, and
a permanent cure,
and hearty."
....... m .., u 9,.m .. .
that It helped her; a third bottle effected
bUo is bow eighteen Tears old and sound
t