FARJI AND GARDEN. rlntlnn Brick Honse. Farmers wlio build with brick lesrn s.ftrr time that to keep thu house well fainted pot only makes It look better, lint ndds to its durability. It 1 fully M Mr-century as the painting of wood. Brick is very porous, and In our alter nating winter weather, rainy one day and lieclug the noxt, the brick fills with water, nnd scales oil as fast as frost expands it. The painted house Is a'so much warmer, the, paint excluding sir from the surface l'utnt on a wooden house suvrs much of Us cost in tho les sened expense for fuel to keep it warm. Jio-t n Cultirator. rrofH In Carrots. Few root crops are morn profitable thnn carrots. They are on excellent food for horses and colls; they ttiniuUte the flow of milk in cows, and I.c a delight ful flavor and color to tlio butter. Al though there is usually not much salo for them In rural communities, in Urje cities great quantities can 1 o readily dis- I ioed of. The price does not often go lelow fifty cents per bushel, and wc linvo known them to sell for more than double that price. On ordinary land, nnd with rattier less than ordina'y cultivation, we have grown at the rate of about fiOO bushels per acre. Ameri can Affrirvl'urist. Slipep for Mutton. Tho Southdown form his been care fully obtained for mutton purposes. It pi asei tho butcher and it please the consumer. It cuts up well on the block, and it Is marbled evenly a streak of fat and a streak of lean. The excellent qualities of mutton need to be carefully studied by farmers. The excellent feed ing qualities of sheep resemble thoso of cattle. Cattle feedors are experts in selecting good feeders, and why should not thcep feeders become experts nlso? Some breeds of sheep produce ex cellent mutton as lambs, but are too fat nnd strong when matured. Motably of theso uru the Cotswolds and the broad tails much used in some sections where lamb raising is practiced. Somo breeds, as tho Merinos, arc, especially desirable for lamb raising, since they fatten so readily after the lambs arc sold, but their forms are not so desirable for cutting up economically as they should be. Crossing with tho Southdown adds to their value. Sotno of the fnmilics of the Merino are woll nigh models, however, of the famous Fouthdowns, and while growing as much and as high quality of mutton, grow large fleeces of elegant wool, moro desirable, if put in snrae condit on, than the Australian wools. Ilealthfulnoss of breeds fit them for different regions, and thus affect the profits of sheep raising, if prudently ro gnrded. Many of tho hindrances are not beyond our control, if we set about to tind a remedy. Farm and Fireside. Itcnnet lor Making Chree. Tho rennet which is used for making cheese is usually mudo by steeping tho stomach of a young unweaned calf i water with some salt This salt water dissolves soma part of the stomach which contains a certain substance generally supposed to be a ferment, thwt i some thing which produces n chemical action in the milk to which It is added in making cheese. What this ferment is is not precisely known. It is not thought to bo tin organism, for this lias not as yet been detected by any microscopical ex amination, but it may bo, nevertheless, an organism so minute as to bo beyond tlio power of a microscope to make visible. JS'o other substance but the stomach of a young animal has been found Oijual to this for this purpose, nnd any such stomach has tho same property, a lamb's stomach or a young pig's may be used as rennof, or even the liladder has been found to have this etfect upon the milk. Acids of various kinds havo been used, but they make a hard, sharp-flavored cheese. There aro several preparations of rennet in the market that can be pro cured ot dealers in dairy supplies, in liquid form ready for uso. The mode of preparirg the reutict is as follows: Tho stomach is emptied of its contents (tho curdled milkl It possesses a stronger power when it is full and is at once - tJrtiia4Vi"ydt and hung up to dry. ''TiijTn'k increases its strength. Whon it is dry it may bo used as required. A piece two inches squt.ro steeped hi half a pint of warm salt water is mllicient for luO gallons of milk at a temperature of ninety degrees. In some foreign choeso dairies a pig's bladder steeped in vinegar, with sweet herbs as a flavoring, is used for ronnet. Xeit York Timrt. Better Farm Horses. There is uo doubt that tho average quality of farm horses has been raised w ithin a few years. There is still mm b roam for improvement in those owned by a great many farmers. 1'residcnt McIIugh, of the Iowa Improved Stock lSn edurs' Association, in his last annual address refer to this subject m tho fol lowing lunguago: It is quite gratifying to note with each succeeding jcar the improveme nt made, in the horses of the Mute, by tho continued introduction of tho I est blood to be found in European countries. 'I he energy displayed by tho several import ing Ii ri n aud owners of horse farms is fast leaving its impress on the utility of our stock, but so lung as It Is po-sihlu to stand on the street corner of tho aver uge Iowa town aud note that three out of every four teams which pass are infe rior looking and evidently wi bout any claim to good breeding, iust o long must our enterprising breeders and im porters continue the work of exterminat ing the scrub. Thu natural increase of horses in our State beiug about ;.'!(), 0(n uunuully, if it bo true that Ino.OiU or even less arc from unregistered sires, bow many million dollars uro yearly lost to the uggiegate value of Iowa slock by thin peuuy-w ise and pound-foolish opera tion Nor is tho loss thus sustained direct only. It is also indirect in its detrac tion from material results. In proof thereof, how often do we sec able-bodied men engaged in marketing ihe r farm products with teams so untitled fur such work, that they Btrugglo along with a load that would atl'oru little mo o th an exercise for our ln.-t.ter cluss of horses. Much valuable t me is thus lost both on the farm and on the roads than cuu illy bo spared m busy seasons. Next to his family, th'; farmer's nearest companion is his team, and ordinary pridu, if noth iug else, would seem to sugge-t that the cost of possessing a strong ami attiac tive pair of hordes be ng so trdlin, he would not long be content to spend half his tunc behind a pair of scrubs. Hut our farmers uro be tig rapidly educate I and awakened to the rc.it ad vsiituges secured by improving the horse, the nob. est of all animals, and bringing him up to that stunduid of du-elopmeut that means stieugth, uctivily, beauty and intelligence, all of wh i h are never fail ing possibilities, and within the reach of every inuu, uo mutter how stiaightened Li circumstances may be. Farm, Fell u i ..' i m i . W. C. T. U. COLUMN. Conducttd bg th Tiontrta Union. Tba W. O. T. U. met tlis 8d and 4th Tumdar ot each month, at 8 p. m. President Mrs, 11 Holeman. Vic rraldeut Mrs. J. G. Dale, Mrs, W. J. Roberta. Recording Bec'y Mrs. L, A. Ilowe, Cor. Sec and Treas. Mrs. 8. D. Irwin. Wo unto Mm that gtveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bo'tl to him, and maktst Mm drunken alto. Hub. II, 15. The wlckd worksth a deceitful work; but to him that sowath righteousness shall I e a trua reward. Rv. 11, 18. A Cootly HaWt- The lnborer who pays the aaloonist twenty cent per ilnv, for four Rlases of beer, or to ;lnos of whiskey, sihmuIs seventy three lu lam annually for tho U-veraRe. With this nuniy, as prices now are), he rotilil pun-haw a;x turrets of (lour, two hundred pounds of -luar, twenty fivo hmhols of potato", ten pounds of tea, nnd twenty-fivo pounds of coffee. So far ns these several articles aro lOiHwnod, tho aliove amount would be an ample annunl supply for n family of six lrsons, perhaps a family of eiRlit, parents nnd s x children. Now, which had ho better use. the beer and whisky, or the proeerips f A liii-h woild tie economical nnd proof of real paternal affection! Suppnso he belongs to the Knight. of Labor, can he plead for n strike consistently so Ion as ho worso thnn wastes seventy-three dollars! Must h not strike acninst the saloon before he can slriko for higher wapes, if ho would challenge: the sy mpathies of thoughtful men) it. nni th s thought that completely changed the life and piirpos- of a bootmaker in Nor folk Count v, Mass., a few years ago. lie wna a very moderate drinker stepped from hi shop "int-3 n saloon nearby only twice n ilnv, and paid rive cents each for two glasse? of' beer. "Over thirty dollars a year:" hc said within himself. "1 could buy three bar rels of Hour, live pounds of tea, ton pounds ul coffee nnd fifteen bushels of potatoes with that money." Ho took his pencil nnd cast tho figures on a niece of leather. ".Mv family need it, to,'' lie thought: and the out come of his thinking was: "I will nevei snd another cent for beer as long as Hive:' and he never has. Was he not wise! Is there any discount l made on his judgment.' None at all, c pecially when tlio render learns that his deci sion became an era to his family. From thai dav, a laudable ambition, desire for bettet education, lovo of books and journals, aspi ration for higher social life, grew in th u family: and at the end of ten years, th members of it moved in the most intelli gent nnd influential circles. There is nothing like a good, commanding idea to lilt a fnther and his family into a nobler life. Ami this is what is needed, and all that is needed in thousands of families in our land to-dny ;The total abstinence idea is but one idea, ami it may seem a small one to many men; but it is big enough and strong enough to save c multitude of laborers whom nothing else cat save. Xational Jiecord, In a Demon's Power. The physiological secret of that progres siveuess of all stimulant passions, says Mr. t'swnl.l. in tiio I ot'ce, is tiie gradual increase of the depressing reaction, which infallibly follows every nl'iiormat irritation of the ner vous system. The jailed nerves fail to re spond to the spur of the wonted stimulus, while a mere and more irksome depression of the vital spirit prompts the patient to relieve bis torpor at any price too often tho price of lifelong bondage, clinched by a more com plete surrender to the power of the demon whose caressing embrace only secures a firmer hold upon the throat of his victim. Mild stimulants soon become insipid, and by degrees positively distasteful, to the moro and more decided appetite for stronger stimu lants. The increasing exorbitance of that appetite thus not only constitutes a constant temptation to woi-se excesses, but also pre vents the toper from retracing his steps on the road to ruin. There is, in t hat respect, a curious analogy between the inllucnce of moral and physical stimulants. The chief objection to mind enlaving passions is, perhaps, not their di rect temptation to acta of recklessness, but the circumstance that their inlluence tends to annul the attractiveness of less exciting en joyments. 'Ihe historian I-ecky. in his re flections upon the moral uberrationsof pagan Rome, traces the decline of art nnd harmless pleasures to the indirect influence of the gladiatorial games. "To men who were ac customed to witness the tierce vicissitudes of deadly coml at," he says, "any spectacle thnt did not elicit tho strongest excitement was insipid. The idealized suil'ering of the stage became unimpressive to those who were habituated to the intense realism of the amphiih atra. All the genius of a Siddons or a Kitori would fnil to move an audience who had continually seen living men fall bleeding and mangled at their feeU" Tho "Treating" Custom. A bill has been introduced in the Pennsyl vania legislature, making it a fienal otl'ence for any person to treat another with intoxi cating liiiunr. If such a Inw at this could I enacted and enforced, it would do away w-ith a vast amount of intemperance. Proba bly niiie tcnths ot the victims of strong drink are drawn into the liquor habit by the custom of treating. It is an idea quite pe culiar to America, that the spirit of good fellowship and fraternal feeling finds its readiest and fullest expression in a call for "drinks for the crowd." It is quite gen erally regurded as a mark of a generous nature lor a man to invite ins menus 10 muddle their brains with some vile decoction of the drink shop, and an indication of a mean and petty spirit to refuse such invitations. 'ISO treating cus tom is. in short, cno ot the most subtle and powerful devices employed by Satan to lure men to destruction, but we doubt very much whether tho custom can be directly legislated out of existence. The re form must come in another way. As lorg as the fiction of respectability is kept up for the liquor tratlic by making it a legal busi ness, and gilded and fashionable saloons and bar-roums are maintaine 1 under the sanction of the law, so long will the Heating custom be recognized as a social ohliatiun. With draw from the drink-shops, high and low, the recognition of law, drive them out of the lightot day in company with tho gambling dens and all their kindred iniquities, and the custom of inviting men to make beasts of themselvts with drink will soon die out of it self for want of aavthing resiectable to feed upon. An ellort is now being made to drive the salouns out cf Pennsylvania with a pro hibitory law, and if this ellort succeeds no anti-tiealing law will be needed. .Yew York Ubsrrtrr. Temperance News and Notes. Brink-shops in California increased in eight years from 14,000 to Ut.oOU. The estimated cost of the liquor traffic to the people of Ohio is $70,00 .1,0 K) a year. It is estimated that u.'.OOO families are homele-s in Loudon through intemperance. 'Ihe amount expended on intoxicating liquors in Ireland for the year is;-hs was All,0O,.V. A California paper says alcohol makes two insane for each week-day and three for Sun day in that iState each year. A "boot-leg" tratlic is said to be one of the devices resorted to i s me art.s of Iowa to evade the prohibitory liquor law in that (State. Cardinal Manning has succeeded in per guiding s0,(S'O persons, in London alone, to enroll themselves in his iTemperuuce) league of the Cross. A lady of beauty and refinement, the sister of one of the most famous lawyers in Mon treal, and a meiuijcr of one of the oldest fam ilies in Canada, was sent to an inebriate asy lum in Chicago the other day. The drink demon is impartial ho picks his victims from the top of the social ladder as well as from the bottom. f-uys a Comanche Indian clergyman: "What we need is the Bible taught in a plain manner instead of the whisky tlask. We w ant the llovernmeiit toeducato our children to be good and useful citizens of this coun try instead of drunkards. Let the Govern ment upprupriate more money for teachers of a gool moral character and less for scalp knives aud guns" 1 prefer a country where I doo't make bad blood by h'tviii to see one puolic-honse to every six dwellings w hicu is literally the case in many spots around us. My gall ris; s at the rich brewers in Parliament and out of it, who p'an their jKiison shops for the sake of their nullum m il. nig trudn. whi e protiaidy their families aro liuriug somewhere as la II tied philniilhropi.-,ts or devout evangelicals and ritualists. GiocrfH ttio. General Pooth says the Balvatiou Army is becoming theguatust teetotal society in the world. lie Ljs Lilly otlicurs working in the worst slums ot Lon Ion. SCIMTIFIC ANDISJIl'STBUL. .; Ad electric cigar lighter Is about being generally Introduced. ' A new asteroid hag been discovered, nt the Nice Observatory. An eleotrlo tree-felling mschlno Is be Init introduced in Europe. Nitro-glycerlne U now an important remedy in heart troubles. Water gas is used lo place offcoal to drive the machinery of tho forge 'works, It Leeds, Kngland. In Munich on apparatus has bcen,'ia vented which irroatlT facilitates directing the course of balloons. An electric minlnir hoist is being suc cessfully used at the Aspen Mining 'and Smelting Company's works. Two European surcoons have found hcllehorino superior to cocaine at a local anesthetic In cyo operations. . America still depends upon foreign makers for a supply of commorciul electrical measuring instruments. Electricity during a storm, according to Souncke s theory, results from the friction of drops of ice aud water. Tho Uuhtliii of tho Hoosac Tunnel bv electricity makes tho track visible whon there is no fog a mile ahead of tho train. A lev. Bell has been able, without tho u c of wires and with but few cells of o battery, to sigual between two boats o mile apart. 8now flakes are said to bo the result of low-lying air currents whoso tempera tures were much lower than tnose of the earth's surface. Ore stamping bv electricity is con sidered the ouly sufficiently economical system to permit of lower class ores being treated at a pront. Microscopic examination of emmon- Bito, the new explosive, tends to con r'rm the fad that it is a chemical com pound and not a mete mixture. A French scientist holds that the human race has greatly diminished in st. e since the creation of man, and gives the height ol Adam as l','S tcct ana Lvo as 113. Lead stopper to soda water siphons.' ginger beer bottles, etc., are condemned by medical authorities. Block tin only should be used in contact with carbon ated waters. Among the heaviest locomotives ever built are those recently put on its mount ain division by tho Philadelphia and Heading linllrood. Their actual weight in working order Is 153,040 pounds, and 1!!V4() pounds is on tho drivers. They have a tractivo force of 2 IT pounds per pound average picssuro to the cylinder. Their cylinders aretii Inches in diameter by inches etrokc; driving wheels, 30 inches diameter ; boiler, (i feet in diam eter nnd lo feet 0 inches long over tube sheets. The tubes aro in number, and 2J- inches in diameter. The lire box is over 1 1 feet long insido by 4.1 Inches wldo, and is placed above the frames, but not above the wheels. The heating surfuco in tho fire box is 18 Iquuro feet, nnd the total heating surface 2-14"i square foet. The engine is designed to burn anthracite, but not like tho Wootten en gines, buckwheat or refuse coal. New Chemical Discoveries. It will be a long timo before tho far mer finds himsolf supplanted by the chemical laboratory in the production of such commodities as sugar, tea, al o hol, drugs and dye stulls, though san guine chemists tell us that the roceut tri- i.mpus of their a len e indicate tnc probability that these and other articles will Bomo day bo prolitably produced from purely inorgauic materials. Syn thetic chemistry, or the forming of com pounds by recombinations of chemical elements, is making steady progress, and has nlrcndy a"cctcd agriculture, says the Leadon Tit Hilt. Attention was recently called to the fact that the cultivation of madder has boon almost destroyed by tho chemical dis covery that Its identical coloring mattei can bo cheaply procured from coal tur. Tho production of Indigo is also threat ened by nn artificial production which the chemists have discovoiod. A while ago it was found tho cinchona treo could be prolitably planted in India, and a flue new Held of industry was believed to have opened for tho furmcrs of thnt country. Scores of chemists, howevcr.havebeen at work upon the synthesis of quinine, and their researches have advan- ed so far that the prediction is now confident ly made that tho manufacture of the principlo of quinine will soon be a om mercial success, and that cinchona planting will be ome a thing of the past. Thess t nmmcr ial roprodu tions of the valuablo principles inherent in natural products are often easier to han dle and utilize than the products from which they havo hitherto been derived, and thus the tenden y of manufactures is to substitute artificial for Datural sources of supply. The problem of sugar making from inorganic materials has engaged some chemists for a number of years. The synthesis of glucose by Fischer and Tafel is said to promise an ample supply of this commodity without tho aid of grapes or star h. Two years ago some German chemists announ cd that they had produced saccharose, the equivalent of i a no sugar, by passing an c'.e tri turrent through a mixture of star, h, sul phuric a id and water. Nothing has yet been heird of the ' ommer ial value of this new produi t, and there Is no rea son to think it will prove a dangero 8 rival to tho sweets wo derive from the cane und the beet. Some sugar growers, however, have been prophesying for years that some -thing would happen to ruin the sugar industry, ana their alarm re cives a fresh impetus at every new discovery like that of Heinscn's saccharine, an ex -eeodingly sweet article, produced from coal tar. The day may come when pro cesses of sugar making by the use of in organic materials will seriously affect the sugar planter, but thoro is no reason as yet to believe that his industry will soon be imperiled. The Shamrock. The emblem of Ireland is not known by its ilower, but by its leaves. The tradition tuns that t. Patrick, when pieuchiug in Ireland, gathered the leives of th'S plant, which contaius three lobes, or leaves, and thus illustrates the Holy jriuiiy. ncuiuttui, in 1115 jirit'.tn r loru, says that oxalis acetoccllaor wood sorrel, is the original shamrock, having pale pink, or nearly while flowers. This i 1 1 11 i to plentiful in tho woods, and in a climate like Ire'and, easy enough to ob tain on the seventeenth of March, the day that ull Irishmen like to have a few sprigs for their button hole, or on the cap or bonnet. Others conteutcd that the original plant is a clover, aud thu com mou white or Dutch clover is the plant that at present, at lnast.is the commonly accepted plant, called shamrock. There are varieties of this plant that have larger leaves than the common clover; one with dark-brown, the other with purplish leuves, with a zona in each leaf. Th's appears the kind most acceptable for the purpose. I'rairU Farmer, Street Car Horses. The employment of horses on so many street railroads is a great wasto of ani mal material required in other fields, nnd involves a necessary cruelty to tho horses. Vet it is surprising how oc casionally a horse will adapt lumseir to this spavining kind of occupation. A driver recently called my attention on the Thirty fourth street line, In ew Vork city, says CJntb, in the Cin cinnati fc'n(tcr. r, to a horse in good condition, which had been employed by the company, and he told mo that on the Twenty-third street Cross-town l.inn was a horse which had been between nineteen and twenty years in the servit e. Tho existence of the largo stables for theso horses in the ccntro of the city, with their outfit of hay and fodder, and manure, is a cause of danger, and in time nil our horso-railroad stables have one after another been destroyed by fire, causing destruction of adjacent property nnd the roasting of cavalry regiments of horsos. During tho tie-up in the latter part of .lanuary the elevated railways worked with all their might, and a largo proportion of tho operating and business people felt no concern about tho street car lines, but invalids, women, the uptown stores and the physicians showed their annoyance, and the loss ot occupation, and therefore of value, was a matter of loud complaint. A New Mineral. A new mineral has been discovered named t-pcrryito, In honor of the man who found it, Francis U Spcrry, of Sud bury, t utatio, chemist to the Canadian Copper Company of that place. It is es sentially nn arseuido of platinum aud of creat interest, since platinum has not been found beforo as an important con- i stitucnt of any material except tho alloys with other metals or the platinum group. ! The mineral was found at tho Vermillion j mine, in the districtof Algoma, province ; of Ontario, a phi: c twenty-two miles west of Sudbury and twenty-four miles north of Georgian Hay, on tho line of the Al rroma branch of tho Canadian l'ncilic r ailway. The mino was dis ovcrcd in ' October, 1st 7, aud a three-stamp null was put up for tho purpose of stamp ing gold quartz. Associated with this gold ore are considerable quantities of pyritc, chnlcopyrito and pyrihotite, and at the contact or ore and rock, and occu pying small pockets in decomposed masses of the ore, there is a quantity oT loose material compo-cd or gravel containing particles of copper aud iron pyrites, it w as in milling this loose material that several ounces of the arsen ide of platinum were gathered on tho carpet connected with the stamp mill. Jhttoii Atleertiter. (ieneral McClellitn's Monument. Tho monument which marks the grave of Ccncral George 15. ilcClcllan is in course of construction nt the tjuincy Granite Company's Works in liulTalo, X. V., and is to bo ready for unveiling on the coming Decoration l ay. Tho Bhaft will bo forty-six feet high, at base nine fiet six inches square, material being granite, costing $i',000. It is surmounted by a largo ball on which rests nn eagle. Tho ball and eagle nro six feet high nnd the caglo is four feet from tip to tip of wing. Tho following will bo tho inscription of ono face of tho shaft : j GKOHGK BMNTON MoCLEI.LAN, i ; HOI1N IN I'KNNHVI.VAMA OKI'. It, 1'.'U. I I 1UKH IN NKW JKIISKY OCT. )Mi . 1 ; Commander General of tho Armies ot the: ; L ulled States, Governor of New ; Jersey, 1SS-M. : Erected as a tribute of respect and : ntlection by personal friends. ; .larch April Hay Ar the best months in which to purify jour blood for st no other teason iloe tho iystrm so much neeil the aid of a rel ahl medicine like llood'a Sar taparilla a now. liiir.n Ihe lonir. rotil winter t:.e tootl 1 cit-omes thin am! Impure, the b dy become! weak and tired, the aiieti:e mav be lout. HooiVi Bir.nparlla H leiuliarly ail:'ietl to purify and ear. eh the blood, to cr. ate a s"od appetite anil to overeome that tired feeling It increase In popu larity every year. "I take Hood's Sareaparllla every year as a sprln Ionic, with m-.at a tiefaetory remits.' C I'aksis IU, 3 Bridge Street, Brook. yo. N. V flood's Sarsaparilla Sold hy all dnura-iite iuaiiforSs Prepared only by C I. HOOD k CO., Aiwthecarlej. LoweU, 1UU IOO Doses One Dollar JL PROMINENT MERCHANT IN TROUBLE. Old moneybatrs mopes in his office all day, As snuppish and croaa as a bear ; Tho clerks know enough to keep out ot his way, Lest thu merchant should rrumble and swear. Even Talihy, the cat. Is in four of a cuff, 4r a kick, if she veutures too near ; They all know the muster is apt to be rough, And his freaks unexpected and queer. To correct a sluggish or disordered liver, and to cleanse and purify the blood and thereby sweeten the temper, Dr. Tierce's Golden Medical Discovery has no equal. It improves digestion, builds up the llesh, invigorates the System, dispells melancholy, and makes life worth living. IT IS GUARANTEED t0 be,lctit 1 fair trial, mended, or the luouty paid for it will be refunded. Copyright, 1888, by Wohld's Dispeksabt Mkdical Association, Proprietors. C ATA RRH IM TIIE IIEAP' waea m JiQ nmUT o( j,ow standing, la per. maaeutly cured by OH. tAGE S CATAHRH The rtIferons Grass Clrfl. There is a little bird, common about the fields and gardens, that is a worst pest than the sparrow, crow and black bird combined. It is commonly called the grass bird. It is a dark brown 01 dun color on the back, with a white breast and belly. It eats clover and grass seed, and those farmors who sow these seeds on the ground without cover ing them will look In vain for the young plants. These small birds come in llockf of sometimes a hundred or hundred, and lighting on tho liclds are unnoticed, whilo euch ono will pick tip the seed from a square yard of ground. H it easily calculated how soon a hundred ol these birds will cleat nn acre of land ol seeds; forty-eight visits w ill do it with out leaving ono seed. No wonder there nre poor catches of seed, especially ol timothy, sown in the fall, when these pests have a w hole winter to work in ol swarm on the ground in tho spring. The only safety from this loss is to cover Iht seed by tho harrow and put it safe in tho ground, where it ought to bo put bj every good farmer. If thoso birds an needed to teach farmers a good lesson, that grass nnd clover seed should be sown in the most careful manner and not scattered upon the snow or the bare hard surlnco of the ground, they will not havi lived In vain. Aem l'r Timet. In a Itnth for a Vcnr. A unique remedy for eczema and other cutaneous diseases is llcbin'i water-bed, or rather, to dcflno it accur ately, continual bath. The patient livct entirely in his bath, cats, drinks aud s eeps there till ho is well. Ono patient was kept in such a bath for ;!i" days. Think of this! .More than a year ol washing day I It is enough to make anyone hate the sight of water forcvor. There is n slight danger of tho patient slipping under water in his sleep nnd drowning: but it is usual to pass a band ago under his arms and fasten it, so as to support tho upper part of tho body on the inclined part of the bath, on which the head rests. Tho palms and soles ho come white and shriveled liko a washer woman's hands, but tho skin of othei parts of tho body docs not sutler, nnd tho treatment is said to be very ellica cious in severe burns. When the patient first gets into tho bed the temperature is eighty-six degrees, but as he gets used to it it is raised by degrcos to ninety eight degrees. London Vo-.fi. A Very Ancient Autograph. In Europe one of tho most ancinut an tographs preserved in a public museum is at the Louvre. It is an Kgyptiau pnpyrus, in which ono Serpnmonthcs writes to Pamouthes, his brother, that he has sent by canal boat tho property of Thalcs, son of Jorax, the body of Senvris, his mother, ".-he is embalmed," adds the pious son; "a t tket hangs round her neck ; her carriage is paid: her name is inscribed upon her stomach, und I with thee, oh, my brother, health and prosperity." Fortunatoly, no ono has ever tried to steal this matchlcis au tograph. I'll route Conirh ntid t'nliM. And all diseases ot tho Throa' and Lungs, on be cured by the use of Scott's Kmci-sion, as it contains the healing virtues of t 'oil Liver Oil ami llyimphnsphito 111 their fullest f rm. 1 II ihmu.ii ui rn'Hmj r.iiimsioii, j'ii iiuutiie (v milk, easily djgeste I. And call he taken by thu most delicate. I'lease rea 1: 1 eouslUcrcotr.-. Kmulsion the r medy piir-oxcodenco in Tuber culous am! Strumous Atrec ions, tn say not ii ing of oidinary cold- RTtl throat, t oubles." U .K. S.Co.sxki.1.. .M.l).. Maim ester, o. A RailirnI ( nre lor Epileptic Fit. 7ri ihf l-.tixtoi' Please Inform your reader that 1 haven positive remedy for tho nlmvc named discaso which 1 warrant tocuro the vorst eases, so fti-one is my faltti In tts vir tues that 1 will Fend ficea sample bottle and valuable treatise lo any sufferer whowlll give ine ins l' ti. anil r.xpress aunt-ess. lle-sp v, II. II. HOOT. M. C . 1X1 Pearl St.. New Vork. Kvery tprint lot yrari I have made it a rractlee to take from three to five botilea of Hoo.l'e Sarav parilla, hecaiia 1 know it purifies the bl od ami thoruUKhly cleaneea tin syatrtn of all Inipurtllea. That loiwutd feelinn, fouirtiinea called 'eprlns fever,' will never v. ait the eyetmn that ha been properly carat for br this Hover falling remedy.' -W. II l.awBEScs. Kditut Agricultural F.pltoiDlat, Imll itiaistha. lud. 'Hood a Saraai arllla purlfe-d my bloo l, save me fremiti! and overcame the headache and dialueee, ro thai now 1 am able to work again. "-Lctiieb NitoN, S3 Church bl.. Low 11, Mate. . Bold by all drusKi't. fi : an tor a. rreparea only I ty 0. I. HOOD CO.. Apothecaries, Lowell, Meae. IOO Doses One Dollar 1 ' qpsasm What makes the old fellow so surly and grim. And behave so confoundedly mean ? There's certainly something lua matter with him Is it stomach, or liver, or spleen f We've guessed It his liver Is sluggish and bad, Ris blood is disordered and foul. It's cuough to make any one hopelessly mad. And greet bis best friend with a growl. or cure i tukea in time and given a in all diseases for which it is recom REMEDY. 60 cents, by drugirut. Tk. .,-ii,mf.Tit Net Overs i k. h on tlio dnia-elst still continues and lally scores ot people call for a bottle of 1. n.i... fn. tl.TtirAj.l Bind T.unu-S for neinps I'Sintwu l"i - Ihe enre of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis Mid Consumption. Kemp s imiwm, me mu dard family remedy ,ls sold on a guarantee and never falls to alve entire satisfaction. I rice Jc and 1. Trial also free at Florida is esti mated at lt,iJ,imO tHixee. Host, easiest to use and cheapest. IMso's Ucmcily for Catarrh. Hy drmrulKUt. KV. !iysoii' ctj.TheEhas-A-VdoeierITo DIAMOND VERA-CURA FOR DYSPEPSIA. A rOBTTTVK CX nV F(n INIMOPHTION AND ALL btoniicii 'j rnut.it auhiiik iitcnirom. Tnur bnioottt or Gennrat THnler ir'H Oft Vera- Curm for v'M 1 tiof B'rfnff in -fw. or it will urnttv tnntl on rrcttptut 3ft rf. (5 feum $100) in -Mifif, Sample tent on rerrtt'1 vf'i-ttnt aftiwip. Tl- Charles A. Vogofer Co., Ballimort, Md, 'nr Ihrff irerk 1 mhi vffcr tvg from a wirtr M in hmd J nnrl vatn in temple: Aftrr nnty 9lJP niftVnffim- f)f Fly'i 'wrivtK 3 4 CVftim Ihilm I im$ rrtirifit, I'very tract cmy coM irai r (TioiYir. llrnry C. Hark, Vie Vol ApprntW Ofiirt. FORTHE BLOOD. N ti i n hiT iiir rum, nxr of ft iimlir until tna.tt.iUK "ut on mv ltf. whlt li rauvotl fnlMli'tiit'le iAin It rillnl K('B"in (V tin- doctor. - lour of whom trr-ati. nt with no ri-iirt. 1 rni1i'lly lOiifnuH i tmt I ow my I Ill, tU u U y,ld d. Ia h.s tMtmiuUuu i UiVuhiftMr n ft lilon I rpnittl. MIWJI'IJ. 1 ' y ITT, .WJW. lot h St., Nt. Ii.u, Ma Out hixhw whi n two monthnolit, w- nt-tft-kxl witli Kt iiifiiU. wh t h f'r lonw tiuiA tViti-m-it hor oiiikht nitirrly n ntl ii- to tf'nirof hfr lil. J'h .lovtorn fmilM to r linn iVr. ftti I wis nv Hwlft'H HiwitV, wbi. h tux n cnmX hr rntirrly. nd ulit it now lifti uia Uirtj. K. V. lrt.. Willi rrini, loill. In it unit lntui en hr nwk. TV nv her Hwlft' hi-ilit. urn. th res vi It woiiilr fol and tliei'nrw ironitL H. A l'riiiMoNP, rtrind, Tnn. fW"Hfttu! for lrw.k tivlnir hitory of Plood PitveMM and ndvu- to tiutT' tvrn, ma, lv, dm. liil. BWin 81'Ki:II Ir I'll., Prftwur S. Atiant. lift. CHOICE TEXAS LANDS Rare Chance for Settlers. Th nUroftrl Svntrin of Tpxm havtnff rtor1opM ro m in hrmtf within wiry ncritui of inter. ur Dd nabi'ftru nmrkuti in iftmia RriHiM tu ttia HOUSTON &TEXA3 CENT'L RY.CO. It lifts Iwn dtrmtuHl to o(Tt to ttlri th Renowned Affricult'l Lands Locftt! along th line of th Kort Worth A 10UTr lay 11. It., Ixviumnit with ilturi,er Couutv, cuiupriin 200,000 ACRES Tn farms of 1A0 acrr and upward. Thru Inmli wrt aitMt (iy th louipany niiiouk tin i-riit, witn i a riff, rv Trirtittt-, on iiartia tuu carueui im tlie vnrioua (lonittt ir irrn-M-a. Hit.iatt in tho c-)vMt-ti ami healthy region known an I lot Soiitlirn 'MiiliAiiiltt of Tciax. th'V roa-cn a ffninl climate, lvornti to man ami lKat, w line uuMoorwntk can ta f arnrd on th yrar round, and are in nnu k d rout rait Willi rfRiona ol early aud late iroHiHoriii iifMi i urn niiarnroa. HiMMtl ation in fimt iHHirint; in. aiid loral iTrnmfnt iaatitt;itv o.tuhlii.ltii, iU liosil-. cliui lit', Ar. Tfumh or ai.e; (hie-Hliti ca-.li, haUnn' in four itpiftl yearly piivriwnta, with lutenat on th'tenvd i.ivin-iil or im tin r iiitorii aiioii aa tu tui-ao nnu ianaaia ftdjact'tit lonntu-a, apply to J. S. NAPIER, Vernon, Texas, (who is prepared to show to purchaaenO; or to C. C. GIBBS, Land Ag't, Houston, Tex. YOU NEED IT! "I have a hum Ii.;tioni'y. hut It lummnrh w rk to i i u mr examination mar lain un-i niu in tsinra (xiLimr out woi.1 nllto u. h 1. kir.n a f L unit li-.li. Ymir"ll MV 11 I !N AUV in alwaa h mi-atil 1 in k out wonla ou the in-ljiit, w tho intoriiiatiou i- inipioaM'U on my muni.' cvrrrtputtdi nt. Webster's Illustrated HANDY DICTIONARY Thousand of WonU Prfliird. Iliintlrfttni I'trlUt ra. Ahbre Int Inn KxtlUird. II rdl u- Hry Foi-citfii riirnar Trnua- latrtl. .Ill trio hvilsni of Wr!ililnnnd Irnaiirra. 1 rtntiil in small, o'ear tviw. on flno taut ji;tii-r . U.uud in ltandrOiu lot U. Whrt that roads dooan't evry day minw a-rrmi wciiU w inr-anlti; ho d 04 imt know and w hii lii ho . annoi pioinniiut or-iM-t' tl no llw d niiind fur a mod ruto ai.t d Iii tu nry wlni'h run U- k t tt hand always rrady for r f rt-niiv Sin h a work wiii i o iiKi-d a huniinil ttinoa as much a a tarrye uu wi lily vt'lumi', and liicn loio in a Kn aitr iilin-t'r. As tlio Sin-iluiH' and I'lomnu'iatioit of many com mon wor.U Ih cii ctiuiikol im inir tin luat : years. i-topleown(iiK tlii oid-fa-hionod li-tionarii ntttl a ni ti. rn ono. U ro it la at trifling oust l'uatjiaid for 43f. in lo. or 'Jr. atomp-. HOOK I'l Hl.lsltINt; 1IOIWR, 14 l.ronard Hr.,N. V.C'lty. DR IPTIPM U'UTQ I I ITTI r ikmk of -o rilAUIlwAL n.n I O pir-M, contaimnic solid fl Riislnr 1 1 tli 1 1 n nV Vi i - I U UUIIUWI I I iu should know tM-for lettiuK ctjitli a'.-i. in di nu-us o plaiu and elewaut hi nits, with plana and intimatod tout Short rha, tcison the kiiolit n, (iiimuova, netorn, foumtation, tn kwork. mortar, cellar, hfatiu. ventilation, the roof and nisny items of iiiti-t to toiildrnL Mailtxl Itretion nttijtol 1 OoenU in poatal aUiniak Addreas NATIOMA1. MIKET M KTA 1 UOO-FINti HI. iim In at Twrnifrih He., New Vorkt'lty CONSUMPTION 1 ni e a oil i e r'jn-n lur ll tdlmvr himim' , lv it ue lliouaaiKlg of ruM ol the w unit kind nnd ot Imiir ninii'linir havp btrii curviL So -I iomr ik m IbiiIi in etfli fv v tii-i 1 win kcii.I Uo lnttiM lira, 1. (rill, er with a tafualile ireulit-e on tliui illM-aM- u anv nullrirr. t- tpn-aw kml 1. It. addnaut. T. A. bl.tM C1. M. I., HI Pewri M., N. Y ninivV Dill Crttn9h.h Gout ina Ulall SlIIISi Rheumalio Remedy. Oval Uox, liii rosind 14 PHI.. SOLDIERS: AI.I-t-KT lt;rlONHlf dlnal-it d: nav. rti-.: lJtaiiTt- e-l-a. r.-ll..a-sl : 1 nils fr. A W ali.i,uJiiiu a. Ai toua.W hiiiutou. u.V. it Ciuciuuati.iX IOc. Katie's Ti-Pril CtnrrtrJ! "laos s.rr MY) as fa I ) lii'Tur'lis ri'i Isa. Jl.ii ml sjiii . stiuultl bsi in tpua, loe it. j. aaaai.to Vmiimm. i IS YOUR FARM FOR SILEWrWSI If ao aldret.w C'UHTia h WaiuiiT. ilrfadav. N. Y. PtHT 1 l'r hom "a sieet aaea-y work) Ihr -iha I an-thlnralM In tb worli Knlier tX f.tly nulfll taak. Icruta a.a. AJUt-aM, liilA t o., Auf mu, Minn, who havo used rieo'a ur for f'nu-umption say It Is BfclHT OF ALL. bold every where, ko. PEERLESS DYES Are the BFT. fiuLosr iiauotiisTs. W. $3 W. S3 CAUTION & aT)T dealer aava Heat OUf wr. ifa 4 1" I i I i '1 ne liiiii whu ht invi sli-J irmit lUrt-s to nvu tlullAi" ui a ItubUer Cut, aud at hi tlrt half hours upt-rleuce in a storm huds to his sorrow that it la har-iiy a better pruteotiou titan a mos quito nctUuj, not only teals chafruu-4 at bciim so bjiiiiy uken in, hut also letls it he dots not look exarily hue it y m A WET HEN Abk tor thu KIMl UKAMj" bLi ta .L.. K n.ii i, Are tlif riaH bkvAMJ. Ktiid wi Jewnu!rv( The Most cf talti isfs Pain HCMBDT la the world tit HI lntntlf slops the moat strit lattlnaj pains. II la tralr the great romtvRRon OV PAISJ, aaet has none snore? good than any t. mam-is r-menlr I PAISf in Ihe C llK.T or MOK. HH At llR, TOOTH AI-HK, or any other K. TK.lt SJ A I. PAIN, a lew opllrl" ' like i (-. reusing (ho PAIN lo W oJToLK OUR TIIIIOAT, nilOWCHITIJ.. 0'" In th. t'HK-T, nilK.VlTI"M, Wr-I'-ItAI.OIA, I.UIHtCII. Ml I ATlt A. PAIN In the llniall of the Bark. !., more es lenileil, longer eonllnaeil onl rrntt appllratlone are tierreaarjr to "! a " AlVlSJTKHSJAr. PAISJ- l" Bow!f or -lomnrhl, I UA SI PS. HI A-M1. O l'l M T O SI A II. N A II - K A, VOW I T l - ii , 11 11 11 ir a. cttl.lt. l.T,.!V:,rV. KaYT.0 HI FI I,-. are ri lit vert inBiUffiii . CI ItKD 1 tffefclnff inifrnnn, d. Sold by lrwiKUf. jrirf 5i . . . r a. a II ar SB l 1 rM? ab 50T. 11 PI LLS THE For Iha car of all disorders af ther TOMACII, MVER, BHWm,, KII-RJKY-, DLAUDKIt. NEHVOVJI IH8KA-- m, IAt of APPKTITK. IIKADACIIK, t'OM-TIPATl(lI, t'OMTIVICIVICSg, 1WDI- (iP.NTION. IIII.IOIIIXF.B-. rKVKR, IXKI.Altl.MATHMorillBWKI.-.PIt.K and alt derangements of tit Internal Vlecera. Purely Teatelable, contalalna; no merrnrjr, minerals, or OKLKTKBo IOt sj imi'dH. PKHFF.CT DIOF.STIOl will be ae eoinpllshed hy taking RADWAY'B Pll.l.. Ity so doing DYSPEPSIA, , KICK IIKADACIIK, rut'lt BTOMACH, IIII.IOl'BMKMM, win be avoided, anal the food that la oaten contribute II. nourishing propertlea for the support of Ihe natural waste of the boil jr. BOLD BY A LI. DRVUUISTS. Priro P-r box, or, oa receipt of price, will be seat by mall. B bates for One Dollar. ItAUWAY A CO., 34 Warrest St., (f. Y, N V N I'- -O ORATEFUL COMFORTING. EPPS'S C000A BREAKFAST. n a thorough krrlt'a- of th natural taw which fQTrm the operatlona oj dirH' n and nutri tion, snrt hy a rsreful B'lIatioii of lh-line proper- Oxir htvakfaat tallies llh a delu-att-iy f! a von ml ! iae hlrh ma aave lis many h-avy doctor' bills, U ir hy tb judii imisi list of mu li artioJ-s gf diet thai a iimtJtutlon ina le irraduall) l utit ay until atroiif emMiKh to rt-mint every trndtnt-y to dtessa. liuti dreda of suhti mai.diea are floating aioiiml its ready to attack heiiwr t hens is a we k -JinL We may MM'a,e many a fatal shaft hy keei'lna- our rUea well fortineil with tmre hhod aud a proper ly unurlslM-a fraiu." ii St mil M;effe, Mad simply witn hoilluK water or m Ik. Sold) cmlr fn naif ii'iind tiiin, h tirooei. Ial ellM thus: JAMfctt Krt'h A i (.. Honneopaiutc Lh.uiiat, l.rndon. r utrltnd. UK SUM ic r. t 1st r. 'tin!1 aae one of the e iraled hMlTil h W l"KSOM ariua. 1 he nnent -mail arm ever manufai'tur-d and th flrMt ( In ti of all riHrt. niifa. ltiral in fnlilira-a :. T d 4 !(!. Rln- tvicfipdiiiihle ai'tiou. bnftv llainno-rlt-F'a and 1 anct liuxtfla. Con!, Ui tod rnlirely or beet sj ii m I liy wis h kt aircl. ouiefully itikw-ttMl for work man h y and sUn-k, t It y aro unrlvalwd for flul-h riiimhllti unilarrnrarr. ltonoi Wd-xelvi d hy cheap mnllfMbli rnai-lmn Imlimloua hUh a of teu sold for tin- Kniiii ai tirle ant are not onlv uurvliah'.e. hut daiiMi rona. The 8M1 1 11 k WKSSnS Kevoivers ar all stamped uiin the l.sr rela whh Ann s name. aldr sa ana datea of patDt and are uiirniiirf d p rf t in every detail. In si"t Uon liaviUK the fir u ill lie aiticU. aid tf four dealer i tiin t sup. ly you an order nt to aldresa Vlove will reoeiva prompt and careful atUnlioa, eaiTlptive eataloifua. nvl prioa- fonnnhed iiiq ap- ..iHutu.n. SMITH & WF.SSOX, raTk(ention this pap--r. Hpritmflrldt Ma Here It Is! Want to lesrn all armut Porie r I!w to Pick Out ft GoodOnar Know latiperfev tloas and so Guard against Fraud 1 Detect Dlaeaae and EfTectaCur wbii aamaU poASihler Tell th a(e if the Teeth? What to call the Piffereut ParU of the Animal? How to Shoe a Horae I'roperiy t all till and other Va uabl Infortnatlo raa ! obtain si by readlnt our 10-PAi;K I l,I'iTIl TfLO HtlReE ROOK, whh-k wo wilt forward,. pa.a(on receiptor only cat I atawya BOOK PUB. HOUSE. 134 Leonard St., New York City $5 TO 31 O ADA!! Af.ENTtJ WANTBDI ByorartrLau nuta. IQOD Ilrewater'a Hafetv Kaln Holders aRN A WAV to intro duce them, jY.very horse owner buy from l tea. Lmea never under horse feet Hi Od iftefs in t-tampe to lay poat axe and park In ir for Nirkal ViatM Kample that a-lU foraa ouuta. Addieaa Brewster Mfg. Co., Holly, Mich. LOOK AT THIS ! Cheapest andht'id (irrman A me I Ira u lltrllounry at th unpnt'i drntfiily low prira of 1 . ti'el4 halulMinie paKt-a, Uaind in l laok loth. Kimlich words with ilerman ei.uiva-lr-nu and pnm.n lation. and (it-rman v.onle with UKlih lithiilttona, ho t ti nt if you hear a tieriimtl vt'onl aud nnt to know it iu KiiKliFti. u '"-! in on part of the Imn ik , lnl if i ii 'il nun iti iisusiRirsu r-iiK-inh word iiitotlt rimiii oil look tntoati thorpart. rotpaid. fl. lionK H U. lint nk. i; Jj-onart Bt.. K. T. City lTU V. Ilook'ktepliiK.Ituslneas Forms, jVeiiinaiishio. Arithiiirt if. bhort-haud. etc tlioniUKliiy taught hy M A 1 !. Cimil. rs fr- liryaui'a t oller, 457 Mum Ht.t Ituflalo. N. YT FRAZ E R giWse BEST IN TH K WORLD UlltHO t fUet the Ueiiuinu. Bold Krerywhar. L. DOUGLAS SHOE FOR GENTLEMEN. In Iti ArM ir..ml..lil. fl.OO (IKNtlNK II4NII-SKH1II hHOK. 4.0 HANll-WiH tl) WHT MIIIK. 3.ft0 I'lll 1( E AM) FA KM Kits' Ml OK. i.OO X1ItA VAI.I K t'AI F MtOii. e.25 UOIlklMlMAN'N MIOK. .! aurt l. IS HOV' M1KIOL SHOK8. ah niaue la uuoki'cas. tsutlou aua i.ace. L. DOUGLAS SHOE FOR LADIES. .eui niIV Drit aVIeVCUlBJe) he ! th ur w nniii-!! a cmka- .t.i . Material. Beet Styl. Beat Flttlnaj, AD WAY If YOt' A , .T-w1 , : ik 1 1 ii fCMn. i nicer rri--v-r4L m V A-7V wtt i-frnitvTvi ith , v.rv n name aud price, ataniped oa bottom, put hlin dlwn m fraud. If . write w. L. 10 COLAS, BKOCKTON, MAfeaW s it J- ts tfr Ja I J- J- J- We utter Uis mn viiu wuti aervic (not style) a caru-nt tiit vUl ksey him dry in the tiaitUst storm. It is oalled lOWth'S HMl BRAM I it ia BRAKD , tu .very " bLlCKEH, a name tiuiiar fuS-bov all ovttr iha land. W the only psrlect Wind and WaUri Coat U J owcr's Fuh brand a.U l 1 r If your store1 uljiiB. A 3. T,.wi:a J0 huuicons St.. kjnxuti.
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