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FAR.1t AND HARDEN.
Mil loli In a Strnwlirrrlon.
T?ye, cat, nd wlit straw nre all er
CPllent materials for mitlMiinir atr....
berry plant., iiroviiied all of the grain
a Kx:vti iiirvsnuu out; nuin any ol mil
ha been loft in tl, lionrla If (
fall out luring the winter, and In the
('nig ib win npri'nu ana grow, ana by
the time the fruit is ripe the young grain
will be large enough to be rery trouble
some, not only to the pickers but by
shading the plants. We do not know of
nnything better for mulching strawberry
plants than lowland hay or hay from salt
meadows. The weed which are "natural"
to low moist soils rarely thrive on up
land; consequently there is little danget
of introducing noxious species in mulch
ing materials of this kind. American
Aiirictltiiritf.
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Haw Potatoes an Food.
Farmers who have fel potatoes to
stork have seldom found much profit in
them when given raw. They are hard
to digest, and if given in largo ipian
tities are so laxative that other food
given with them often passes through
the stomach without doing much good.
This is especially true in cold weather,
probably because raw potatoes consist
largely of water, and this in winter is
always cold, and chills the stomach. In
cooking potatoes much of this super
fluous water is got rid of, and the nu
trition in the potato is in more digesti
ble condition. livery farmer knows
that boiled potatoes are excellent feed
for hops early in the fall. With a little
grain they make pigs grow much better
than with corn alone. Young pigshave
weak digestion, and are easily cloyed on
a corn or meal diet. The boiled potatoes
are less concentrated food, giving more
bulk for the same nutriment, liut raw
potatoes are very poor food for hogs at
any time. They will not be eaten unless
the animals nre starved to it, as pigs
never should be for profitable feeding.
It is to give bulk rather than cheap nu
trition that potatoes nre most valuable
for feeding. Xot more than fifteen or
twenty per cent, of the bulk of the
potato is solid, and this is mostly starch,
the cheapest form of nutrition. Deduct
the water from potatoes, and they must
be very cheap before any judicious
feeder will buy them as tood, except as
a laxative, or to give bulk in connection
with dry and more concentrated foods.
Boston Cul'itator.
now to Jnrtge n Horse.
Dr. J. E. Gardner writes in tho New
Orleans Picayune: "Supposing that you
have found a horse which you think will
suit your fancy, your next step will be
to determine his soundness or whether
he is as represented to you. If you are
sutlicieutly familiar with the ailments of
a horse I have but one word of advice to
give you, and that is that you should be
systematic in the method of your examin
ations. Uut if you are not thoroughly so
familiar you had better employ some one
who is and in whom you have implicit
confidence. Beginning with tho mouth
you proceed in order to the examination
of the nostrils, tho face, eye and car.
thence downward over the ncek to the
shoulders, forelimb and feet. Then the
body, the coupling croup, tail, hind leg
and foot. Then the opposite side should
be inspected in like mauner. Having
completed your examination of the ani
mal in detail, I would suggest you have
him hitched for the purpose of test
ing wind and other qualities. Start
at once at a brisk pace, and keeping
your ear alert for rounds of whistling,
l oaring or other indications of distress,
you should at the same time be observ
ing tho gait, whether ho stumbles or
interferes or forges, whether he moves
out boldly and i'earlesslv or whether ho
cripples when a bit of hard road is
reached. Allow no hi;ih checking, ns
this is often done to facilitate an animal's
breathing. Neither nllow nny urging
beyond what is necessary to keep up tho
pace which is advisable to continue until
he begins to perspire, as some forms of
vice (such as kicking and switching of
the tail) are often not shown until the
animal is heated. Having satisfied your
self upon these qualities let him be
stripped of h's harness and placed in his
stall and here observe his actions. Kvi
dence of cribbing, weaving or rubbing
and stall rolling should be noted. Al
lowing an interval of three or four hours,
have him led out to the halter, as some
forms of lameness, such ns incipient
Hre better detected in this wav
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Dehornlna Canity
The subject of dehorning cattle is re
ceiving more and more attention, not
only lrora stockmen, but farmers and
dairymen. The experience of the writer
the present winter has been wholly in
favor of removing the horns from all
kinds of jattle, dairy cows as well as
beeves. A small bunch of feeding steers
have so far by their inveterate quarrel
someness lost fully one-half of the value
of their food by the constant vicious
lighting and disturbance in the herd.
One heifer ha disturbed the peace of a
lot of yearlings, and has so woiried
them that no gain of growth has been
made during tho past three months,
while many have been damaged by the
bruising and tearing of the sharp horns.
'1 he result has been the total loss of any
profit on tho feeding and a great deal of
mental worry. To house and tie up these
few cattle would cost much more thau
could be made of them where beeves sell
for two and a half to three cents per
pound. This experience being general
in large and small herds, it seems as
thouuh there is no relief but the removal
of the horns, just as there is no relief
from analogous difficulties except by
emasculation. The only thing to bo con
sidered is the best way to perform tho
operation.
The horn is a prolongation of the
bones of the skull and a hard covering
which grows from the skin. Tho central
core is attached but loosely to the cover
ing, which in cases is very easily de
tached by a blow or wrench with little
pain and very small loss of blood. If
the horn is cut oil with a tiue, narrow
bladed aw at its junction with the
skin, in such a manner as to follow the
line of junction as it curves, tho cutting
is quickly, smoothly, and comparatively
painlessly performed, and the animal
takes very little concern after the opera
tion, which is very much less serious
than emasculation, is followel by much
more rapid healing, and no important
organs aie iuvolved as in the latter. A
common hack saw, with a blade a
quarter of uu inch in diameter, that can
be purchased for sj'.l.oU or less, and which
is useful for cutting up meat iu every
farmhoui-e, should be used, and nny per-
son can do tho work whe.i the uuimal is
once fecurely thrown and fed, or tied
iu a stanchion so that the head cau be
Lfiruily held. An experiment performed
HOD i?oa ,wo QuarieUume beasts by the
'iter has it-suited so successfully that
"jfy 'afler every animal wiil be deprived
of hoins in souu as the weather permit!-.
The hair around the base of the horn,
matted with tar, makes an excellent
styptic. The operation mav Iu per
formed assuun as the severe cold is over
and bef"r the flies appear. AW York
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Krprt. tho Sheep.
Sheep naturally huddle together, and
this is especially hard on those poor in
flesh from age or other causes. All the
ticks in the flock will find their way on
to the poorer sheep. They will be crowd
ed from feeding troughs by their strong
er companions. The only remedy is to
keep weak ana strong in soparnte apart
ments, putting only a few of tho poorer
together, giving them especial care.
Jteto York J fern Id.
Camps of Dloonsos In Fowl.
One of the commonest plagues of tho
fowl-keeper is the scurvy. It is really
no easy matter to keep a flork of fowls
clear of it, for sooner or later it will peep
out here and there in spite of all precau
tions which may be nsed. The greatest
cause is usually dampness in their quar
ters or runs, and can often be remedied.
If filth is permitted to nccumulato in
the nests or coops, the fowls will beauro
to show this disease. It can be cured by
pouring kerosene oil over the affected
parts. But a better remedy, though not
unite as tiuicklv applied, is to make a
salve of lard and i.ower of sulphur, and
run on once or twice.
The universal uo of corn is tho cause
of nine-tenths of the soft-shelled oirirs.
log weakness and other ailments. It is
too heating and fattening fed nlono.
Oyster shells and bono meal will not
help matters, as they act mechanically,
the same as gravel and cinders, and no
amount of them will assist a corn-fed
lien to lay hard-shelled eggs, or a young
chick to grow sound bones. The corn
fed horses of the West are notoriously
weak iu this respect, and the breakincr
and snapping of bones is not an infre
quent occurrence there. f arm, Fiehl
ma otoikman.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Do not delnv urunina tho cranes too
long.
Unlenched ashes aro excellent lor tho
Vineyard.
IIoT manure is one of thn best fertil
izers for peach trees.
Mulch your pears when set and always
keep them mulched.
There is nothing like dispatch in tho
routine of farm labor.
Repealed plantings aro necessary to
keep up a full supply of fruit.
Stand by the rural home and enjoy
competency, henlth and happiness.
Tut tho garden tools and farm ma
chinery in condition for spring work.
Harness that hangs where the ammonia
of the stables will reach it will bo in
jured. Let no manuro be put in about the
roots, but top-dress with manuro if tho
land is poor.
One of the most important requisites
in growing good berries is clean, thor
ough cultivation.
The boys and girls raised in our coun
try homes become tho practical men and
women of the land.
Ten acres of corn put into a silo will
keep as many cattle as forty acres treated
in the ordinary way.
The wise farmer will ever have a gar
den. He wants something more than
pork and potatoes the year round.
The Massachusetts Horticultural So
ciety are experimenting in Boston on the
growth of lettuce by electric light.
Ducks can be hatched at any time
during tho year, but much better growth
and finer plumage is secured by hatching
early.
A garden trowel is a very convenient
implement to use in setting out plants,
either in the smnll fruit or vegetable
garden.
On very cold nights a large flock will
be more comfortable thau a 6mall one,
as there will be more warmth in tho
poultry house.
The great source of contagion is tho
drinking water. A sick fowl should
never be allowed to drink from the same
vessel as others.
Heat sour milk slowly until it thickens
and the curds separate, then stir in oat
meal and you have one of the best of
foods for poultry.
If pruned too late often considerable
injury is done to the vitality of tho plauts
by bleeding. The pruning should be
done before the sap starts
Salt ha always been recommended
for the asparagus bed. Yet it is ques
tionable whether it is sufficiently bene
ficial to make the application profitable.
. It is a comparatively easy matter to
test the vitality of all seeds before
planting, and such a course will often be
the means of saving much disappoint
ment. Where weeds have grown up in tho
garden to such a height that they cannot
be plowed or spaded under, cut them
down and let them dry. After they have
been well dried apply fire and burn tho
surface of the ground over.
The work of preparing for the spring
planting of fruits and the making of an
early garden should be pushed along as
rapidly as possible. It is most desirable
to get all this work done in good season,
and this necessitates preparation ahead.
. In making a hot bed dig out fully two
feet deep and cave a considerable part of
the subsoil to bank up the sides, then fill
iu with plenty of coarse, fresh manure.
It may be necessary to have heat some
time, and sufficient manure should be
used to supply it.
Some Diplomatic Romances.
Many diplomats have recently wedded
Americans. A few years ago, however,
there was even a greater eagerness to
wed American gills. One Del t'ampo,
of the Chilian Legation, angled earnest
ly and widely for an American girl with
a fortune. He was a rogue and kept the
city in an uproar by his sprees. After
an unusually impassioned appeal to a
Washington girl he was recalled, and
returning by the way of Panama he
wrote a letter to her, purporting to come
from a friend, describing in vivid lan
guage an account of the re'ected Del
tempo's death by the dread fever of the
tropics. His obituary was done up by
himself iu good si. ape. The girl was
still lamenting her coldness to the sen
sitive Southerner when she heard from
the Cliiliau who took her lover's pla e
that the foimer attache of the Chilian
Legation was now attache ot a horse car
'U the Chilian capital.
These modern romances of Amerie in
girls .ud foreign noblemen cannot match
the alliance of forty years a'o the fa
mous marriage of the old C ount de liu
llisco, tha Uussiau Minister, and Miss
Harriet Williams, the Georgetown beau
ly. He was old and decrepit. Itissaid
lhat he wore ' plumpers" in his cheeks
lud dres-ed his poor, broLeu old form
10 that he looked like a man of forty
lifter he saw the beautiful school girl at
I cr father's home in Georgetown. For
she was a schoolgirl only fourteeu
when he married her. He sent her to
; urope to finish her education, and w hen
became back the was the most beauti
ful woman in America. A magnificent,
lair woman, w ith golden hair and brown
t-yts, was this young wife of the old
i'ouut de liodisco. After leaving here
ier husband returned to Kussia, and she
ecame the reigning belle of St, Peters
iirg. Cfti'ajo Trihutu,
SELECT SIFTI NWS.
Tho tarpon is the king of game fish.
The first incineration has just occurred
in Paris.
Wedding rings woro used by tin
ancients.
An official of Tombstone, Arizona, is
Sheriff Slaughter.
Six different patents wcro soctircd on
chewing-gum last year.
The bullet for the English magazine
rillo is to be nickel plated.
The loader of a nation is an "ethna
goguo." Gladstono says so, nnd ho
ought to know.
Tho Key West fisherman rubs his body
with kerosene oil and swims among the
Bhnrks in safety.
At Springfield, Mass., there is a Turk
ish praying rug on exhibition said to be
101)0 years old nnd valued at $3r0H.
A Frenchman is anxious to arrange for
a fight between a devil-fish and a shark
in a tank where 20,0(10 people can seo
the combat.
1'orous glass for window panes has
been produced in l'aris. Tho pores nre
too tine to admit a draft, but they assist
in ventilation
"Oho Mnh." the Chinese dwarf, the
miallest liliputian on earth, nged fifty
years, is so small that you can cover him
with an ordinary plug hat.
Gnostics was tho name applied to a
ect who soon after tho preaching of
Christianity endeavored to combine its
principles with Greek philosophy.
The first pair of India-rubber shoes
brought into tho I nited States from
South America in 1S:,0, were gilded and
resembled in shape the pointed slippers
of a Chinese mandarinn.
A St. Louis taxidermist who recently
preserved a largo bald eagle, says the
muscles of the breast were of great size
and formed nearly one-fourth of tho
weight of the entire bird.
Almost anything is insanity, says 'a
New York doctor. If you laugh heartily
get mad forget anything drop n
letter into tho postollico without a
stomp, you can bo called Insane.
An international exhibition of posfago
stamps is to be opened at Amsterdam.
To give additional interest to the show
there will be sketches of the various
costumes worn by postmen in different
countries.
Jersey City, N. J., has abolished its
newsboys' home. It was found that the
boys used it for a loafing placo, and that
four-fifths of its lodgers wcro boys who
ran away trom home and had no real
need for its conveniences.
Scent pencils, composed of soliiied
perfume nre a novelty. They nre fitted
in silver holders, have a tiny ring at
tached to them for fastening to the watch
chain or chatelniu, and when rubbed on
the hands or any part of the drew emit a
delicate odor.
Insurance companies v ant to know all
bout it, you know. Because .lohn
lubcrt was blown up by UUO pounds of
nitro-glycerine in Pennsylvania, and be
cause only a piece of ono of his toes
could be found, tho insuranco folks says
that he might havo run away to trick
them.
A perfumer says that there is more
downright fraud perpetrated in tho
manufacture of attar of roses than in the
making of any other perfume. Connect-
inilf. ia a .wnmiuunt nl.M nf tt -
iduction of attar of roses. Heliotrope,
made by combining violet and vanilla
in certain proportions.
A youth who went into a Buffalo. (S.
Y.) store and asked for socks, not know
ing trie proper size, was told to hold
out his hand. The customer held out
his hand and doubled up his fist as di
rected. The clerk took a sock from tho
'box, wrapped the foot around tho fist
and guaranteed a perfect tit. "I am
just as sure it will fit you ns though I
had measured your foot," said he, "as
the distance around the fist is always the
length of the foot."
WISE WORDS.
Peseverance is always rewarded.
Human beings are easily deluded.
Money is king and man the servant
Most men are within a finger's breadth
of being mad.
So many detached parcel of knowl
edge cannot form a whole.
Of what use is freedom of thought, if
it will not produco freedom of a tionf
Every man, however humble his sta
tion or feeble his powers, exerc:ses some
influence on those who are, about him for
good or for evil.
Often the soul is ripened into fuller
goodness while ago has spread an uvrly
film, so that mere glances can uever di
vine the preciousness of tho fruit.
Every woman or man, however low or
degraded, whether tanned or black, or
wrapped in mere rags, who possesses tho
gem of life, which no man has been ablo
to define, is a human being.
Manknoweth not his own end; but as
fishes are taken with the hook, and as
birda are caught with snare, so men are
taken in the evil time, when it shall
suddenly come upon them.
Tho greatest of fools is ho who im
poses on himself, and in his greatest con
cern thinks certainly ho knows that
which ho has least studied, and of which
he is most profoundly ignorant.
Few natures can preserve through
years the poetry of the first passionato
illusion. That can alone render wedlock
the seal that confirms affection, and uot
the mocking ceremonial that consecrates
its grave.
What Washington Had for Dinner.
The following is a verbatim copy of
an autograph letter, now iu possession of
the New iork Historical f-oviety, to
which it was presented by one of the
heirs of the original recipient:
'W'thT Point, Au..'. 10th, '7!).
"Dear I)oct. 1 have asked Mrs. Cochran
and Mrs. Livingston to dme with me to
morrow, but ouht I not apprise them of
tueir faral As i hate deception, even wuera
the imagination only is concerned, 1 will.
"It is needless tu promise thut inv table is
large enough to hold tha ladies of this they
had occular proot yesterday. To say how i"t
is usually covered is rather more essential,
end this shall be the purport of my letter,
tsince our arrival at this happy spot we have
had a ham (sometimes ashoulden of bacon to
trace the head of the table, a piece of roast
beef adorns tha foot, and a small dish of
greens or beans (almost imperceptible) decor
ates tbe centre.
"When the cook has a mind to cut a figure
(and this 1 presume he will attempt to do to
morrow!, we have two Iwc-fsteak pyes or
dishes of crala in addition, one on each side
the centre dish, dividing the space and re
ducing the distance between dish and dish to
about six feet, which without them would be
Hear twelve apart. Of late he hud the ur
prising luck to discover that auplea will
liiake pyes, and its a question if, uuiidbt tile
violence of his efforts, we do not get one of
apple instead of having both of beef.
"If the ladies can put up with such enter
tainiueut, and will nubrait to partake of it
on platen, once tin but now iron (not become
.o by the labor of scouring!, I shall be hai p
to see them.
"1 am Dr. Doct
"Vr. most obed. serv't.
'Go. Washington."
The letter is addressed to "Dr, Coch
n, New Windsor."
Dortorlntr In Ilia Park.
No sensible surgeon will attempt the per
formance of an operation Involving human
life in n room secluded from the propar
mount of lieht. A practltionor will not
attempt the diagnosis of a complicated dis
ease iiiilfss he can see the sufferer and make
an examination upon which to hum his
opinion re ative to the course of treatment
necessary to bring about a complete restora
tion of health
Notwithstanding the impropriety of such
action there wenis to he a great deal of doc
toring done in the dark.
Hv this It l not intended that a literal
meaning lie inferred, lint that a great many
mistakes are committed because of the dark
ness which is the result of Ignorance. It
needs no illustrations to demonstrate that
gros ignorance has raused many fatal mis
takes to lie madein thn treatment of dies
l.v those who profess to I e learned in the art
vi hralinir.
In mnny diseases several organs are more
or Ins implicated and what semis a primary
nilmrnt niny be one quite remote. Kor in
stance, a severe healache mav have its
origin in a disturbed stomach. On the other
hand, sicklies nt tbe stomach may be caused
bv a blow on the head. The seat of typhoid
fever is in the upper psrt of the bowels, but
most of its worst symptoms are often in the
brain.
Symptoms of disease ns well as diseases
themselves are oftentimes followers or con
coinitnnts of some unsuspected organic dis
ease and this is peculiarly true of lung, liver,
brain and heart diseases in general, for It Is
now known that they are the result of kid
ney disease, which showy it presence in some
inch indirect manner.
Several veers ago a gentleman became
convinced of thetruthof this, nnd through
his efforts the world has been warned of kid
ney disease, nnd as a result of continued ef
fort a specific! known ns Warner's Safe I'nre
was discovered, the general use of which has
shown it to be of Inestimable benefit in all
?ases where kidney treatment is desirable or
necessary.
When consumption is threatened sea to it
thst the condition of the kidneys is inime-
liately rnimirrd into, and If they are found
.tisens'ei. cure them by an immediate use of
Warner's Safe (.'lire, and the symptoms of
Inns decay will rapidly disappeur.
1 here aid too mnnv instances alreadv re
corded of the terrible results produced by a
luck ot Knowledge concerning tne cause oi
disease, and human life is of too much im
portance to be foo'i.ihly sacrificed to bigotry
or ignorance.
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Fringe is a fashionable trimming,
looses are a popular floral ornament.
Cloth dresses are ornamented freely.
Genosco, N. Y., contains 106 widows.
There aro 275 "lady clergymen" in this
country.
All-over machine braiding upon cloth
jackets is passe.
New ribbons aro from one to five
inches in width.
The engrossing clork of tho Kansas
Legislature is a woman.
The trimmings on spring hats and
bonnets aro arranged low.
Empire styles promise to predominate
in costumes for next summer.
Directoiro revers ate seen upon low
corsages as well ns high ones.
Sorosis, New York's fam us woman's
club, is twenty-one years old.
Mrs. Burnett, the authoress, is decorat
ing a new house iu Washington.
Columbia College's women's annex will
be named for President Barnard.
There are 02,000 women iu America
interested in tho cultivation of fruit.
Black is cd'ectively introduced into
many of the light ribbons for spring use.
An original hat pin of silver is a per
fectly simulated nail with a rather large
head.
New York women are called tho most
natural in nppearnnco of any in the
world.
What are known as laminated ribbons
are richly embroidered with gold, silver
or copper.
A "cat reception" is tho latest form of
entertainment among the young girls of
New York.
Passementeries of ;et or silk cord nnd
gimps and galoons of silver orgold re
main popular.
Tho women of Denmark, to tho num
ber of 20,1)00, have petitioned for tho
right of suffrage.
The Nevada Assembly has passed a
bill prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
liquors to women.
The old-time Turc satin, iu changeable
colors, is used for the shirred portion of
some of the new gowns.
Passementerie holds its own as a fash
ionable ornament. mbroidery is seen
everywhere and on everything.
Surah silks, when made up in Direc
toiro style, with straight skins, must bo
of heavy cjuality to be effective.
Girls under fifteen years of ngo fre
quently wear tho hair nil thrown back
and falling in long curls behind.
Tho latest craze among actresses is the
hand and arm photograph. They spend
no end of money for such pictures.
tjiiite fashionablo for chatelaine pur
poses are tho pretty crystal ball watches,
some of which keep very true time.
We seem to bo fast approaching the
classic outlines of Greek dress iu our
most elegant and fashionaMo attire.
A stylish and effective dinner dress is
made with lace skirts. The skirts are
plaited nil around and open in front.
Another Tennessee woman in au
official position is Mrs. S. P. Lowo, who
has just been re-elected Mate Librarian.
The new bonnet ribbons show stripes
of irregular widths iu contrasting colors,
also ot various weaves in a single color.
Thick aigretto bows of ribbon nnd
tulle, with grasser, leaves or wheat spikes
in the midst, appear upon tho now bon
nets. Jet retains its hold upon headgear, and
is seen in crowns and bauds nnd buckles
and things as it has been this five years
past.
Isonie of the very prettiest and most
stylish evening mantles aro mado up in
delicato grays, lined with white or flesh
pink. Velvet covered hats iu toque shape are
now worn, and both fancy gimps and
metalic laces are used for banding
them.
Full skirts will be worn again next
summer, nnd the bodices and sleeves will
not be very different from thoso now in
vogue.
In artistic circles iu London tiio Em
pire gown is worn in nil its classical
severity by married and unmarried young
women
The queerest of the queer fads which
have tome into style recently is the fast
ening of a watch into the rosette of a
slipper.
Mrs. Gliphant lives at Windsor and is
treated with much consideration by
tiueeu irtoria, who is fond of her
writings.
For walking costume, the ledingote
divides honors with the long plain pelisse.
Passementerie braiding or fur is used for
trimming.
Mrs. George Fell U said to have her
coachmuu and footman gotten up more
expensively thaif any oilier woman in
New Vork.
Mrs. f laduone has just celebrated her
seventy-seventh birthday, the festivities
taking place at Hawarden t'nstlo, where
she was burn.
White nnd cream woolens, widely
barred with a color, are chosen in pre
ference to the solid colors for home and
afternoon wear.
(Jit-fr Stories ot Itort'R,
A Bay ville (Ga.) horse which lost all
his teeth has been fitted with a set of
false ones.
A horse in Norwich, Conn., swallowed
a Urge ball of twine the other day, and
had to be held while two men pulled the
cord out of his mouth, unrave'ing it inch
by inch.
A drover in West Plains. Neb., has
trained one of his horses to go out and
drivo the cattlo homo. At about live
o'clock every evening the animal starts
nut unbidden and duly appears in the
course of an hour nt the heels of tho
herd.
Cowbows in Franklin County, Texas,
frightened a wild pony into dashing
blindly over a precipice into a river
thrity feet below. After the lnpso of a
few moments the pony appeared, climbed
on to tho opposite bank, and dashed
nway, apparently uninjured by his big
divo.
A Maryland horse has developed a
wonderful appetite for oysters. A pail
of tho succulent mollusks was recently
left i:i his stall by mistake. He a; once
devoured them, and since then ho mani
fests the greatest delight when any of
tho bivalves nro put where ho enn get
them.
Rines McCloud, of I.odi, owns a horse
on his Dakota fatm which has eight feet.
It is perfectly formed in all respects, ex
cept that it has eight feet. Not until
the pasterns or fetlock joint is reached
in the descent from the shoulder to the
foot is thero any apparent difference be
tween tho horse nncl any other. Hut nt
tho pastern joint, or lower end of tho
shin bone, tho branch begins, and two
perfectly formed feet nre found on each
of tho four legs. The horse runs on the
range the same as any and as fast as most
of them, nnd all eight feet are shod, or
may be if desired. Vhieajo JVif.
How It Work.
In answer to many inquiries regarding the
rernianeiivy of cures wrought liy St. JneohsOil
towlrrh public attention has been specifical
ly railed In many varied forms, the following
serves as a most exce lent example of how the
great remedy performs Its miracles and what
Is u eint by a permanent cure. Hundreds
have testified to tho ssme effect. Mr. J. K.
Honsall, Prothonotary, Now nioomfleld. Perry
Co., l'a.. In 18S1 was permanently cured of
rheumatism. From the aso of 15 to 48, abou
33 years, he had suffered acutely at times from
the dread disease and at the dats specified, he
was permanently cured by St. Jacoln oil. In
proof of this, hewsjtes In 1880 that he has had
no recurrence of riicumatio pnlns since h s re
lief in last. AKain In April, 18SS, he writes as
follow: "My health continues good; no re
turn of rhrnma i-in since ltssi whencured I y
St. Jacobs Oil. I receive letiers from all parts
asking nbout my miraculous cure a'ter 'M
ears slllTeldtl!', Thero is no ottier remedy
extant tlcit can show like results, and when It
Is known thut iheio are hiinure w of such
ra-i-s in the meant the propriet rs from those
who have la 1 ko manner been permanently
cured it h lit tho least recurrence, thrre are
none at I his late date who will Ueny Its mlra
culcus virtues.
There are over three hundred thousand bee
keepers in America.
A Sensible Mnn
Would uso Kemp's ltalsam for tho Throat and
I.ungs. It 1b curing moro cases of Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup and all
Throat nnd Luns Troubles, than any other
medicine. Tho proprietor lias authorized any
clriiKitist to ulvo you a Sample Dottle Free to
convince you of the merit of this a-reat remedy.
l.arge Hottles SQc nnd SI. ,
Tim country Is In a remarkably healthy
condition.
A Itadicnl Cure for Kpllepile Pita.
7 ilir Kttilor Plrnse inform your readers
lhat 1 have a positive remedy for the above
immrd disease v, hicli 1 wan-ant to cure the
worst cmmp. So strong is my faith in Its vir
tues that I will send free a sample bottle end
valuable treatise to any 6iinrer who will give
n-.e his P. O. anil Kxpress address. Kesp'y,
11. U. HOOT. M.t;l!a l'carl St.. hew fork.
t'omrrh Cured.
A cleicvman, after years of suffering from
that loathsome disease. Catarrh, and vainly
trying- every known remedy, at last found a
prescript ion which compleiely cured and saved
niin frmiidcath. Any sufferer from thisdread
fill disease sending- a self-addressed stamped
envelope to l'rof. J. A. Lawrence. 8 Warren
t.. X. v., will receive the rcoipejreeof charge,
Ifafflicted with euro eyes use Dr. Isaao Thomp-sou'aKye-water.
DriiKiflsta sell at-'oc.per bottle.
At Piu'oairrs and Dkalciu.
1HE CHARLES A. V0GELER CO., B tit! nor, Hi.
Diamond Vera-Cura
FOR DYSPEPSIA.
AND AM. STOMACH XKOlTULKsM HVCT1 AS
In.lnrntmn, Sour Ktninarb, Heartburn, Nausea. 011
ilina. Ooiifttipiu.oit. l ullnwit aitr itirtK. hood
Biamir in the Mouth aud ilieatfTf abl tasta after
t atiiifc. iterrouanev) and Low plrita.
At ri((rvif and iVa.Vri or $nt f mail on nv
cript Jb ctn. (A boxrs l.U in 9tamp$. Sampb Mtnt
mn receipt ol-iriU iraitip.
Jhe Charles A. "Vogeler Co., Baltimore. WJ
SO IT.
The world onrtit to
floof! for me in the cure
which was o had as to
brt by tho phyekiana
went to be trratt-d. One
know what S. S 8. has
of a mali.niant Cancer,
bo considered lncura
In Chicago, where I
of my iiL-);hbora flrnt
tisrment tit regard to
btftan tuklug it. I got
drwi; the poison was
my system, and I aa
n.e a copy of an advr
bwift's specific, and 1
relief from the iirst few
gradually forced out ut
Hut in cured eound o;id
v, oil. ii it now ten
.ur S.8.S. and I havo
mom pi nee 1 quit IhU
Lid no Bigu ot rc;uiii of the dreadful dieeaac.
Mns. Adn Botqwxlu
Au Sable, Mich., Dec. 19, '3.
feed for books oa Blond Diseases and Cancers,
walled free. aA The Bwift Specitio Co.
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Go.
CHOICE TEXAS LANDS
Rare Chance for Settlers.
The Railroad System of Texas tavinc dsreloped so
auto brmif within caty r,ccim ut gtud iutcrlor and
ne& board iuurkts the lands granted to tbe
HOUSTDN&TEXASCZNT'LRY.CO.
It has heeu detortutued tootler to settlers tha
Renowned Agricult'l Lands
Located aloD i the linn of tho Fort Worth A UraTsr
City H. it., beniunioff with Wilbarger
County, comprising
200,000 ACRES
Jo fan.. a of lfiO acrei aud npward. These lands wer
located by the Cnuipauy amouK the eirlieiu, with
-.! ml cars its to soil, ti ruber und Maler- 'i'bey are
iiii.iltd tutUe frowlh of cuttuu, corn, at. wheat,
hurley, rye. Kf sibli-, orchards aud gardens ana
ihfi various douKiatit- graivM..
Hituatrt! ill tiit elrvntMl and healthy region knowu
an the Southern Ifauheiidle of Texas, they puikeaa a
ymnlal oiitnute, favorable to mail and beast, where
outdoor uut it cuu be cai rifd on the ytir rouud, and
aie iu nutikf 1 tirnt ra.i with rrione of early auu Jatu
fronts or of uiiir iiu live " hli7iarui."
Population is i;ist injur in; in, and local gorernment
isalreai.y etahliinrd, with s hooli. cbuutiM, &c.
'i tuuH op Sall; One-lit in catu. balauctt in four eg.ua!
yearly yiijut8, with iniMtwtt ou deferred Duymeme.
t ar further ii.ionuaiion as Vj three aud lauds ta
adjacent counties, apply to
J. :S. NAPIER, Vernon, Texas,
(who is prepared to show to purchaser 'or to
C. C. CIBBS. Land Ag't, Houston, Tex.
tor vxorUltt J tvffcrtd from a
very tevtrt cold fJis Juan.
Kly't Cream Balm ha worked
UJct Hiotfiu in its ours mfter one
week' use, I fel gm.efv.lfov
uhai i$ ha don for me.
Samuel J. Uarrit, Whole u I
ror) 111 front St., JV u V i .
S0ii
Mtfttsfc6"'
Luj. ,tiT ax.
MakestheWeak Strong
If yen are run down, or hsv thst tired feellne
ft a result of overwnrk or the effect of tha ehanr
tng eeaaon, yon should take thst beat of all tontos
and blood purifiers. Hood s Bamapirilla. It puri
fies and enriches the Mood, tones the stomach,
r.-ueea.the torpid Hrer and kidneys, erestri an
appetite and bntlds up the arstera. Thousand
who bars taken It with benefit, testify that
Pood's ParaaparllU " makes the weak itrons."
"Hood's PnrsaparlUe cured me of blond poison,
a-ave me a noble appetite, overcame headache and
rtiar.iniss, eo that now I am able to work affatn."
Ltrrara Kasok, fs Chnreh St., Lowell, Mass.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Rold by all dniKKlate. SI ; an for s. Trepared only ' Bold by all di-nixi'l. 1 : li for Ss. Frerarrd only
by O. I. HOOD ft CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. I by 0. 1. IKK it) ft CO., ApotheonrUs, Lowell, Mass.
IOO Doses One Dollar
MAY
Dear Bell : I'll write you s short letter
To siiy I'm wonderfully better;
How much tbat means you ought to know,
Who snw me Just one month airo
Thin, nervous, fretful, w bite ns chalk,
Almost too weak to breathe or talk ;
Head throbbing-, as if Dt for breaking-,
A weary, ever-present selling.
TO
As powarlul, invigorating tonic, Pr. Tierce's Favorlto Prescription
imparts strength to tho whole system. For overworked, "worn-out," "run
down," debilitated teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses, "shop-girls,"
housekeepers, nursing mothers, aud feeble women generally, it Is the greatest
earthly boon, being nneqimled ns an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic
" Favorite Proscription " Is the only medicine for women, sold by drug
gists, under positive guoranteo, from the manufacturer?, that it will give
satisfaction iu every case, or money will be ret inded. This guarantee has been
printed ou tho bottle-wrappers, aud faithfully in icd out for mauy years.
Copyrighted, Iff?, by World's Dispeksart Meical Association, Proprietors.
3CSw . tub
LITTLE LIVER PILLS.
Ofm'nttr Pure,y VeB8tai,l and Perfectly Harmless.
VsW. OWOXQ ITneoualed as n I.lvrr Pill. Smallest, ehrsoest, easiest
to tike. Out tin
lino tiny, sniar.ronra I
Headache, Constipation,
Mllloil-
deruugerucnts
lies ok iiiu sionmcii anu uoweia.
WHY YOU SHOUXD USE
dcoiisfcrnuisi
nCod T sl-yyoi Oil wm
HYPOPHOSPHITES.
It iitisrd and emlorstdhy Thyel
clant because it is the best.
ItlsFahiabld as Milk.
It .3 three times as efficacious as plain
Cod Liver Oil.
It is far eupsrior to all other co-called.
Emulsions,
It is a perfect Emulsion, does not sepa
rata or chango.
It is wonderful as a flesh producer.
It is the hs:t remedy for Consumption,
Scrofula, Bronchitis, Wasting Bis
cases, Chronio Coughs and Colds,
Sold by all Druggists.
SCOTT A. BOWNE, Chemists, N.Y.
N T N V-Vt
YOU NEED IT!
T lift vp i iitirr nt.'ticnaTy.but it lonn imii-U wvrk to
lift tt for Mi.iiithr.tloh that Iain lm-liutvl U nhirk
lttckliiK out win tin. ultlit'Ubh ilfSfirouB cf knowlpslK.
Your"!. ANDY lHT.ONMtY" 1m aluaytt by mo uhd
I Jock nutwurtlH on th inetant, pn tbe- Information
Is imprpiira on my miuil.'' Conwonden.
Webster'! Illustrated
HANDY DICTIONARY
TbouaauUa ol Words lr(1urel.
Iluudi'ttdnof Piclurea Abbre
viations Kxplttlnrd. Ordtn
rr Forelfu FhrnHCN Trans
lated. Metric Hviloiu nf.
Weights hu4 Measures iC
Frtntrd In small, e'sar t?ie. rn flnorTiA
laid mt , bound in baniionif clot b.
aao xg-33)S aso
Who that wadR iloetm't tivt-ry day come across
word whrih iiu-anlng- h lire not know, and which
biannt prnum.nen ornpeU? H-nr the l-iuainl
lor a uu Mlrraia-Bi7.nl ill. ticuary which ran Ui iiiit
at band always ratly tor refer n. Huch a work
will bp Ufrti a huii'trpn. timet ua mucli i. u lart-p mi
WlpMy volume, a 11 it thrvlorln a tfrpatp-rcmu'ator.
A tin Kiwlliuif and Pt'ouuniMatinu of many com
mon word havo be it chau(fKl iliiriiifr tbe laet l
year. peoplfiowmiiK tho old-fm-hiuned Dirttonartii
nmi a inodt rn oue. llfrp it i at a trilling c.wi.
.Postpaid for '23c in la or 2c stamp;.
HOOK L't itLIslllM. HOUSE,
I if 4 Leonard Mi.,N. V.CUy.
UNMAIi:iKI itpoilt should .10(11 the "Home (mar
riaKt Endowment Awwviation " Payw 'jUI, tinu,
t'JOU). or t at marriKe, lioiis dVmu of joiu
iii ft this a-o latlon, or to act an ar-'utu ai Invited to
end ior rnvulara frre. . It. l'ilASl' hpcy. Mm-
nrapnUfi, Minn.
FLORIDA! Fres Information.
For map. Mats bulletin, painpulet and Smipl
Wek)y. "South h'lnrnta I'morr," ttend Wr. poujie,
"r'toria'a itt7." 14 paott, 5te i p ..clot h . n.
Valuable. 0. M tUyMHY. Ht 1 tanklin M.. N
BEST IN THK WORLD U it E. f 4 C
f VUet U10 Usnuiiij. bold Every where.
DO YOU SEE "THIST
I WA.T tu it an 1 omy ;r in keiiMllfi inU nJ wuu.ui
tlial arc tut-O 01 ktujiut, Uet tiire, jJtS?tjUui aiiicr-llx-iiitul.
i- ieiiiK luni'li :tr noUntm Thai urn willing
tu .lu eafj. tn'ir-h wucK tor hbrtti ii.v (Not priidl ins ,
Adareaa KUAN. UN PU IN AM, 4J dual ft.. N Y.
fR? n iSfttbom,dDak"u'iaoiiywsraiiirfk
VUStSh i nylbtnr! In 1I10 world Kithtr in Co.il
1. ft. Knuttit, AOdrau. iuuak lu., A jrusia, atauio.
gents wanted. $1 au hour, wm-w articlps. Catr-u
aud ataiiip lew
PEIEKlISS RYES
Ara tho V.T.
cjui ur.v i
.u",r, "fi"UOL
to tollre
" I have taken IhM bottle of Hood's Baranat I
rtlls and consider It the beat Mood medicine I (
have ever taken. It bnllda me np, makes me sleep ;
better, aires ma a aoM avpetlU and Improves
my health srnsraJly." Mns. Ai V. Lrjonros,
Portland, Me.
" I have been troubled for many yeara with vio
lent headache. Hood's ftirsaparllla did ma so muoh
good that I am almost wholly cured. I earnestly
recommend Hood's Saraaparllls to all who anffer '
with headaches." Mrs. K. Rvmtsxi. Oates Avenue,
Brooklrn, N. T,
N. B. He anre to fret only
IOO Doses One Dollar
BELL,
But now life teems a different tblngf
I feel as glad as bird on wing I
I say, and fear no contradletlou.
That Pierce's Favorite Prescription
Is grand I Why, I'd have died without It!
Ma thinks there's no mistake about it.
it's driven all my ills away 1 1
Just come and seel Yours ever. Hat. -
OniGINAlj
Tincst.
riii a mii.c, v u ttii oit-tt a.t-MUMCur.
IrdlgfaMoii'i Billon Attacks, and all
tx-iue, vj ur
lirucivtHU,
NORTHERN PUCIFIC,
Bid LOW PRICE RAILROAD LAXDS ft
FREE Government LANDS.
MU.LjnKSor At'ltKs of pth in Minnmtts. North
lair-i'ij Mortuna, 1 lafco. Wah n"t n rnd (Mw n
CEDFi Puidirai !.: with raidrmT lilntftiis
OLHkl 1 Ufl bM Akt cnthitai. tiraxiiiK ard T m..
b'-r I mid now pi -n t -Rttlna Kent tree. Addips
UllAOi Di lAilsSUnni M. Pnul, .Minn.
JONES
11 1:
PAYSTMEFREICMT.
. A T:.n oagon FiiU.
Irt'Q Tatars MkT bcarliin, Praas
i'arv beam .:nl Ham &v for
Etpft Pine S ic kor frre pr.vSllst
JOSfcS OF blNCHAMTOM,
ClN(;il A3ITON. K. Y.
' T0G1 O ADAY1
gAt.KNTH WANTED!
V IsyiTitrruni riiKX.
im Urpwjtter's Safety 1Mb
Holder? . VKN A WAV to Intro
twr thriii, livery bur' owner buys
innn t tof. I.tuph never under horni
tei't, tSend Jets, in itain(n b'iay noat
n and parkins' lor Nickel l'latM
Kiimpir that te!U for tii uenla. Addraa
Brewster Mfg. Co., Holly, Mich
tiiNri hv tit. ssa-
feALKU Irom Wosks. Halem. y. C. Writ mrrlrculsr
ASTHMA CURED
lifruiB A at bam t urc :ieTux.'au unve in
mriim: filler in lii wont i"-" .lMinrin (X) rufart-
alilot!eu;et?oct4re v,herua loth'T fnl a Ji
mai rwrtwci (A m-ttt kevtiK JnVr. a)il a
StI.tKNoi.riiKv)-!vl.-' n;a:l B .iuptn I KKICH
t..-.iin Ur K M-lintM 1 S.St. mm!. V-? v
GONSUPTiOrJ
1 iiavea poMlive rtrinetiv for ttir nbore duteas , ti.v iU uit
t.iuu4uidfl of eaAsM uf ttia want kind ud 1 leiu' tititdlu.t
biAte bet1 II curesi. U"i)iiH in ju lulli lu it (tli c HiaI
1 will send tvrct l-ult'e ties, totftlhar with 4. tUul
trt?tlon this diBetvse tn Miiy uffoicr. Uiv Kinrcw aud
I1. u. aildresA T. A. HLfHTM. M. l. 1M PPiarfhL. N. Y
CuK-S ttiUHl All ILSt UlLi
Cuiigh Kjrrup. Tatt-a grtud. Dm
lu tima. Solil hvdruvkftJ.
DETECTIVES
Wanted la .r.rr Chit. S.rvwd n ta .at uBder l.itr.otioo.
In .at aar.t sr,to. aipm.uc aui acc.Mfjr. Particular, lite.
grauli brtsctlfs Hsrpsa 'u.li art!lt.:iKic;st!.0.
PI. J. Q.I.m ceal Enqllsh Gout and
Uimt dTIISda HheumatloR
: RemsJ.
Oa.l Hoi, :14 rouud 14 Fills.
CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH
PEllSIYtlOVAL PELLS
r.ED CE033 ClAW.ilD BAKD,
(ini i.'r mie. ,f er r ui.
Diamond Brand, tu rrj me
i-l At UruKMtalk. Aiit-vMl
no finer, a.i i-ii.i n ,.tt-
t Utltt.lla, llllll WlAFpri. MB
ourwunlctrrlt. u.t 4. 1
duMssr-
i "ttpllerr-p l.t.dlv,m
t' PPlut-n 111 akillt t.t.
SavntitU Irwai LAB .f S btbst urd tL?ui. jue Fapcr.
ihichealrri lit iutral t'u..llatt.atuSi..Fhita1Pat
T preirrlbA and fallrea.
''w:! doi Hig ti an the ouly
7" Princ tur the certain cura
vi una uiM'uhc.
ti.H.l.NdRAHAM,y,
Atnattrdui, JS. Y.
bave sold Htj G for
many years, and It, tattis
mven ins osai 01 aai.i-
aitiori.
U. it. DYCHEACO..
C'tal.-aco. 1 1 r
-rilI.OO. Sold by i)ruBlats
I M Waterproof
Lea Coat.
warrtiBUa wi-i,..oof, ud will k! )vu dry 1B
tcaaio. wftr UI itulUlluki. A.uB. frmilnu 1lh..at tl.. - If..
. Hill,
1 :
ffl
CIlPO FARMERS . aiiuu, irtr)Ki,
ClOU SAW MILL-fiU-i h
Willi Hmv.-nal AJUEV -JSkC1
lii.fat .Simu la- ''mZM
EEL 1
r ir
y
!bsaJYu-fl set "r3
; BrjjM sas BifUiaifc
I iJ Mr4ui7bytks
rllTaUCkamleal 0.
I W-SuT5T
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