w THE BANK OF ENGLAND. AN INSTITUTION WHICH 19 BANK. ER FOR THE GOVERNMENT. rinnklps In Gnrffrou Knlmont Pro-tr-clt'il nt Xiglit. by 8nl(lirm Ofll oeraAVlio Iiivr in I tic Ilullillnit. There U nn nir of rospcdubilily and so lidity every whom nbmit the Hunk of Kng laiul, siiys David Wcrlisli-r in tlic Brook lyn Citizen. There is no end of well dressed elerks counting money, jinyiniy it out , milking entries in various big books, and explaining to this or that person the intricacies of the bank system. There is row nfterrow of bank messengers, dressed in swallow tail coals, waiting to innkc de posit or draw out money. There is a ceaseless jinglo of gold, scurrying of messenger boys, and the din and rattle of omnibuses anil cabs outside. There, are tiny number of bank servants who seem to have nothing to do but stand erect nud look magnificent. Their superiors who wear the cockades and flowing gowns of many colors, are so gorgeously dressed, and so haughty in manner, that they are allowed to twirl their maces nnd walk w ith measured step from one courtyard to another. Through these courtyards there are doors or gates from which the various divisions of the bank arc reached. All of them are low, solidly constructed and modest, and grouped about in nine court yards. The basement of the bank is very in teresting. The visitor is taken through a cirefully guarded iron door into a low roofed circular vault, ii"ur which arc a number of small trucks loaded with gold ingots, collateral for the bank's notes. The ingots on each truck are built up in stacks to the amount of $400,000 in American money. These constitute the assets which the bank possesses against its liabilities on account of circulation and deposit, and the difference between the several amounts is called "the rest," or balance in favor of ihe bank. For weigh ing admirably constructed machines arc used, and are accurate even to the weight of the smallest atom. Hold is almost ex cl lMvcly obtained by the bank in bar form, although no form of deposit would be refused. It may interest the reader to know that a bar of gold is a small slab. It weighs sixteen -pounds and is worth about $2i) per ounce. In the basemant also is the barracks wherein a half hun dred soldiers arc quartered from 7 o'clock every evening until 7 o'clock the next morning for the protection of the bank. There is a library for the use of the men, who are also provided with a bountiful supper and breakfast, plenty of good tobacco and enough beer to satisfy even a thirsty Londoner. Kvcry night in the year an officer at the head of this com pany of soldiers is marched over from the Tower of London. At 7 o'clock he takes possession of the bank. This is cus tom that dates back since the Lord George Gordon riots. All night long these men patrol through the hulls, courts and offices of the bank, and the outside is as carefully guarded. Indeed it may be truthfully said that from 7 o'clock in the evening until 7 o'clock in the morning "The Little Cld Lady of Threadueedle street" as the bank is often called, is as well protected by her Majes ty's soldiers as her Majesty in her palace at Buckingham. As there is plenty to eat and drink nud a good wine cellar to choose, from, it is not considered a bad post even for an officer, and it often hap pens that late passers-by can hear music and songs issuing from the buildiug, for be it known also that the Secretary, Su perintendent and various other officials with their respective families are com pelled to live in the bank. They form a set of their own, and the young ladies give delightful little musicales and teas, which somewhat surprise the unsenti mental American sightseer. Just imagine a musicale or afternoon tea in Wall or Broad street. In the weighing offices is shown an ingenious machine, invented to detect "light" gold. About eighty or a hun dred light and heavy sovereigns nre placed indiscriminately in a round tube. As they descend on the machinery those that are light receive a slight touch which moves them into their proper receptale, and those which are of legitimate weight fall into their appointed place. The light coins are defaced at the rate of 200 in a minute, and by the weighing ma chinery 35,000 may be weighed in one day. There are a dozen of these ma chines, and 100,000 pieces have been weighed without an error. More than a quarter of the gold tendered in a year is light. The silver is put into bags each of $500 value, and the gold into bags of $5000 value. These bagfuls of bullion are sent through a strictly guarded door, or rather window, in the Treasury, a dark, gloomy apartment, fitted up with Iron bars and made secure with solid looks aud bolts. The bank note machinery exerts by the steam engine a power formerly cm ployed by the machanic in priuting the uoto. The bank notes are numbered by a wonderfully accurate machine. As soon as a note is printed aud the handle it reversed totiike it out nnd put another iu Its place, a steel spring attached tothe handle letters and numbers that which is to follow. No note of a higher denomina tion than 1000 (equal to $3000) is is sued, J he press is capable of produc ing these at the rate of HOO0 an hour. There are other presses which print 5 and 10 uotes. The number and date of each note are printed at both ends of it, and as the sc jmrulo halves are thus easily identified, it is no uncommon thing in Kugland to cut a note in half and transmit each by separate mails or in dif ferent euvelopes. The paper uu which the notes art priutei' is made at a special manufactory, About IS, 000 reams are supplied to the bank yearly aud not the smallest scrap of it is wasted. If a note is spoiled iu the prlutiug it has to be ac counted for just the same us a perfect one. The die by which the witter marks are made aud the plates used fur printing are manufactured iu the bank itself. Mr. May, a New York banker, told me that britllu as the paper seems to the touch it is ahuott as struug as parchment, aud it is possible tu hold a piece no huer thau a note by the edges aud place u fiity-pouud weight upon it without t curing it. Itsthiimcssuiid traiibpureucy prevents erasures aud other illegal alter ations. 'i'lio Treasury, a sombre lookiug room siiiTouuded by file proof cupboards into which are stored bO.000 sovereigns, or au equivalent amount of uotes, way be wall said to be au interesting room, llis cus tomary fur the alteuduut to unlock one of Uiu cupbonrds uud take out a bundle of tuousauJ-puund uotes, which ha places iu Tour hands. Each no'4 1 fur JtlOOO, orfJOOU. There me 1U00 notes & f ull bundle, Lkh weighs ubuul ttVt ounces, and in worth 1,000,000, oi ' $5,000,000. They represent nine t of gold, and never fail to cause expression! of awe and wonderment from the visitor. The Bank of England is the banker of the Government, for here are received the tflx.es, the interest of the national debt paid, and the exchequer business transacted. Considerably over $5,000,. 000 is paid into the bank daily in the shape of notes. AVhen cashed a cornet is torn off, and this now valueless piece of paper, after being duly enteied in the books is deposited in chambers beneath the sorting room, nnd is kept there for ten years in case it may bo required as testimony nt some trial or to settle any other legal difficulties. In a furnace in one of the court yards once a month all tho notes received a month previous ten years back are consumed. The furnace is seven feet high by twelve feet in diam eter, yet it sometimes has to be filled twice by the number of notes to be destroyed. SELECT SITTINGS. The property of Trinifv Church, New York city, is valued at $140,000,000. Jay Gould has an orchid in his conser vatory at Irvington, N. Yr., that is valued at $5000. M. r.arbcdiennc, the famous bronze founder of Paris, exhibits a clock valued at $70,000. It is calculated that forests still covet nearly thirty per cent, of Europe, nnd forty per cent, of the vast area of Hussia. Frofessor Huxley says that an oyster is a far more complicated piece of machin ery thin a watch. . And it runs down easier, too. Two kinds of divorces are granted in Circassia. By the first the parties can immediately marry again; by the second, not for a year. The Pacific Ocean is more than twice as large as tho Atlantic. The area iu square miles is 78,000,000 and 35,000,. 000, respectively. In the I'nited States there are more thau 170,000 miles of telephone wire iu operation, over which more than a mil lion messages nre sent daily. Out of 2-Mi men passing along Main street in Cincinnati, Ohio, on a receut af ternoon 210 had lost one or more of the hind buttons off their coats. . There nre altogether about 17,000 Arabs iu this country, and not "ten per cent, of them have a settled home or any other means of support than peddling. Bombay has a serpent thirty-six feet long in its zoological nrdens. Let this reptile be seen swimming at sea and the man who reported it would be called a liar. The fastest time made by nn electric railway is a mile a minute by a small ex perimental car; the fastest time yet at tained by street railway system is twenty miles an hour. On a recent Suuday morning the rats entered a colored church at Natchez in such numbers that the congregation had to adjourn. It was estimated that 1000 of the rodents put in an appearance. The Century Dictionary lias cost the Century Company over $500,000. It has taken nearly seven vcars of the time of some of the best experts and specialists iu the country, nt an annual cxpeuso of not very much less than $100,000. Mr. Main, of Franklin, Conn., drives a horse that has a luxuriant moustache on its upper lip. The moustache is of a sickly yellow hue, and it is not pretty, but it is long enough to be tied in a bow knot about the horse's nose. The animal attracts much attention. An Indian Doctor. Dr. Carlos Montezuma, of Chicago, who was recently given a position nt the Indian boarding house at Fort Stephen son, Dakota, has had a very romantic life and it illustrates the native ability of a man of Indian race who, through the greatest difficulties has won his way to culture and standing. He was brought to General Morgan, the Indian Commis sioner's atteution by Captain Pratt, of Carlisle, and iu response to a letter, ask ing him if he would take a place in the Indian service, he modestly replied that he did not wish to stand in the position of au office seeker. Dr. Montezuma is a full blooded Apache, and all his near kin were killed iu battlo when he was not more than four years old. He was sold for twenty-rive dollars and carried to Chicago by an Italian photographer, who used him dressed iu Indiau costume, with other curiosities to attract patrons. He was employed in this way until nearly fifteen years of age, when ho attracted the attention of Professor Selem H. Peabody, of the University of Illinois,at Champaign. The interest of the young men at the university, especially those connected with the Young Men's Christian Associa tion, was enlisted in behalf of the home less boy, and they undertook to defray the cost of his education. He spent two years in a preparatory school, fouryears in college and afterward attended a medical school, from which he graduated a few years ago. He has built up a good prac tice in Chicago, which he was in no haste to surrender, but the proposition of Com missioner Morgan that he go among his own people and assist in elevating them appealed so strongly to his sentiments that he decided to accept it. Huston Post. Hunting for Treasure. Senor Mercado, a descendant of the hist Aztec Emperor, is engaged, with other Mexicans, iu a search for treasures buried by Emperor Moutczuma in the suburbs of the City of Mexico. He has hiero glyphic documents which convince him that it was in the Pedrega that Monte zuma hid his treasures among other things a huge golden sun. A few weeks ago a valuable pearl was found, and also au emerald near some skeletons discov ered iu a subterranean passage. The ex cavations already disclose a subterranean staircase, winding passage, aud vaults and skeletons, lie estimates the value of the buried treasure at sot less than $20,000,000, but others put it at $SU,. 000,000. To Propel Car by Air. An English firm is experimenting with a sdiBiue for the propulsion of street cars by means of compressed air. In order to obviate the necessity of currying cum brous receivers on the cars, pipes are laid uudi-.i ground between the rails, from which at stated intervals supplies of corn pitsjod air are furnished to tho passing cars with littlo or no delay. The idea is said to work favorably, and systems ftf this Mad will uuw be constructed oa a. latgu- cule in a number of continental THE FARM AND GARDEN. R.usnio Tciwtrs FOR ST-ED. In Pennsylvania, where the growing'of turnips for seed is a great industry, the seed is sown between tho rows of corn, after the last working. This gives tur nips about to inches in diameter, the most desirable size for seed purposes. In this manner a good crop is secured at a nominal cost, as they require no work af ter sowing. Sufficient roots can bo grown with an acre of corn to set three acres for seed the following season. American Agriculttirht. rnOTECTIOS THAT PATS. Mulching wheat fields in the fall after seeding has been much experimented with under our observation, nnd it is de cided to be eminently advisable. Fine material, thinly nnd evenly spread, gener ally prevents winter-killing, and it in creases the crop over that which is neith er mulched nor affected by nlternato freezing and thawing. For this purposo buckwheat and other chaff is excellent ; the partly rotted refuso of old stick-bot-totns, and any short litter raked up about the barns and sheds, and short clover and buckwheat straw answer well. Long straw may be better than nothing if thinly spread, but that is a difficult mat ter. A person tried it, put on too much, and the wheat came up spindling and the crop was poor. Long straw chaffed' by running it through a cutter would be ex cellent. It is suggested that forest leaves, especially if partly rotted, would be as good as anything. Tho mulching should be done immediately after seed ing. Xcw York Tribune. DIGGIXd AND STORING POTATOES. The early crop is often injured by de lay in digging. As soon as the vines are dead the potatoes should be dug aud stored. Every one knows that a potato in the spring when it has started to grow and pushed its sprouts becomes of infe rior quality for the table; its starch be comes chauged into sugar and other prin ciples which feed the growth of the leaves, and the tuber becomes soggy nnd of poor quality. When the early potato becomes ripened, the top or vines die down nnd a long period of dry wcathet completes the ripening nnd tho tubers should bo dug and housed. If, nfter a dry season, a wet one follows, a long warm rain starts the tubers into growth, not a growth of stems and leaves, but a kind of growth which often takes place when potatoes are stored iu too warm a place, called "supertuberation." In this the material stored in the tuber for sus taining the growth of the following year is started and used for the formation of new small tubers. Most observing far mers must have found iu their potato-bin toward spring new potatoes produced from tho material of old tubers. Pota toes should be dried off beforo they are stored, aud in doing this they should not be exposed to the sun. The old farm house cellar, which is being abandoned as n storehouso for potatoes and other crops lias an advantage as a place for stor ing potatoes, as the odor which attends the destructive disease may be noticed nt its appearauce and the affected potatoes removed. A merican Agriculturist. ADVANTAGES OF CLOVER. Clover has a beneficial effect iipon the soil in two ways, aud is not only grown cheaply, but it yields a valuable crop for hay or pasture. It shades the soil and mellows it, and this is beneficial by en couraging the natural nitrification of or ganic matter that may be inert in tho land. It produces a large quantity of roots, which contain nitrogen in abund ance, and yields a feeding crop which is worth, for tho nitrogen not used up by the stock and left availuble iu the man ure, at least $10 per ton, as valued on the basis of the cost of the nitrogen in artifi cial fertilizers. After a crop of hay has been taken for two years the second year the aftermath yields enough seed to stock the land for years when it is turned under, and au amount of most useful plant food equivalent to ten tons of tho best barn manure per acre. A fair yield of aftermath, with the roots and debris of the previous hay crops not counting the manure made by feeding two crops of hay, which in all is estimated by tho noted expert Sir J. B. Lawes as equal to more than $10 per ton of hay fed would contain at least fifty or sixty pounds of nitrogen per acre (and at the most threo times as much), which is equal to sixty nuc or seventy-throe pounds of ammonia, and is worth at the market value of fer tilizers seventeen cents per pound. Iu all, with the manure value of the hay and the fertilizing value of the roots aud aftermath turned under, each acre of land under this crop gains in available nitrogen about ISO pounds. Ai'ie York Time. DECENTLY DRESSED. A well-dressed farmer called on busi. ncss at the boarding place of my son in town, says a farmer, in the New Y'ork Tribune, and, after leaving, the geutle man of the house was told by my son that the caller was a farmer, when he ex claimed, "He's no furmer!" Of this farmer I once heard the remark that "ho always looked as though he had just come out of a band box." Now, I happen to know that this dress was inexpensive, and devoid of foppery or show; only plain, neat and clean, and he always wore a collar aud necktie when visiting or on business Evidently there is room for improvement in tho appearance of farmers when abroad, or notice would not have been tuken when one appeared neat and tidy, with collar, etc. Farmers who read this can refer to their own ob servation whether the appeuranco of themselves and neighbors is all that it should be at home. If the children of some fathers and mothers are a little ashamed of their parents' uucouth dress, unkempt hair aud general slouchy habit, they do not deserve to be very highly censured. Why should a farmer lie stoop-shouldered or of rolling or shuttling gaiti His work is no harder thau that of many a townsmau, who carries his head erect, with a straight form, and walks with something of the martial air, as though the equal of other men. "Nothing which can be won by work in this world," uys the New Y'ork Witness, "can make amends for shortened and enfeebled lives." I indorse this, and contend that we should keep our forms erect, walk as squarely as other men, dress respectably nud becomingly both ut home and abroad for our children's sake, as well as our own, and dignify, us we mav, the most useful aud honorable callitjj in tho world, g TO BflLD A SILO. A subscriber of tho Prairie Farmer asks for directions how to build a silo. Mr. B. S. Hoxie, . a correspondent of that paper, says: "If tho structure is to be detached from tho barn, make a low foundation wall, just high enough to prevent any surface wafer from ever coming in con tact with the ensilage. Fill up the floor to tho level of this wall, and finish of! with clay well pounded down, or a cement of water lime. Next lay your tills of 2x8 in. joist, flat on tho wall, and bed them well in lime mortar; have them so firm that there will bo nochnnco to spiead or get out of place. On the !oists placo 2x8 in. studding 10 feet ong, as this is a proper height for the silo, and 1G inches from center to center. Toe-nail firmly at the bottom of the sill. The object of placing the stud ding this distance apart is to accommo date the width of tarred paper; for a per fect silo must be perfectly air tight on Bides nnd bottom. Now put good tarred paper on the inside of the studs, lapping, as it will, so ns to make tight work; cover with good, sound matched floor ing, and sec to it that tho corners arc made secure, so that thero will bo no spread, or give, to let in the nir. En closo tho outsido surface with tarred paper sumo ns inside, and good drop-lap siding, as it is called, or any similar method, being careful to make it tight ami firm. Tho roof is mode as any ordinary barn roof, and the building may be finished up on tho outside to suit the owner's fancy or pocket. A very good size for a silo would be 16x32 feet, or if more room is needed, make it longer and put iu a cross parti tion of plank. This partition should be made so it will slip down into placo and bo held by cleats at its ends. The sides must be secured with one or more iron rods to keep the building from spread ing. A convenient size for door would bo four feet wide, in one end, nud made iu sections of two feet each, sliding down iu grooves so ns to come out from tho inside as the silo is emptied. These doors, ns well as all inside work, must be made so as to form no obstruction to the settling of tho fodder nud boards and tarred paper which are to form the covet to the pit. This is one of the cheapest methods of construction, nnd is essential ly as good a one ns enn be built. If n farmer has stones handy, he can build one of solid masonry, but it would not keep out frost or nir better than one of wood. One end of a bay iu the barn can be used, by observing the samo precautious to havo it nir tight." FARM AND GAUDEN NOTES. A small amount of salt should occa sionally be allowed in tho soft food, should any be giveu. Managed properly Guineas are ever lasting layers, and their flesh is a unite of tho turkey nnd pheasant. Waldo F. Brown, suggests that posts which must bear the strain of stretched wire fencing be set with cement. Sunflower seed properly used makes admirable food for the hens. Mix it with other grain nnd feed occasionally. Everyone is studying up science. Sci entitle farming is the rage. Wouder if a little science in the traiuing of boys wouldn't be a good thing. If you failed to put turnips, celery or fodder corn on the ground from which you took the early peas, do not fail to keep the weeds from going to seed. Don't wait till the close of the season, then take somo littlo "nubbin" of a cucumber for seed select now a nice specimen and let it grow nud ripen for icud. A gentleman says he never bothers with his setting hens. He gives them enough feed to last a week, and water "every few days, as he thinks of it. This we call un wise. Don't let earth or rubbish accumulate around the sills of the barn or sheds; if you do it will not bo many years before the expense and trouble of a new sill will have to be incurred. A farmer who needs two teams during the season of busy work may find much more profit in huving a yoke of oxen and a span of horses than iu four horses; a question dependent on utteuding condi tions that he should examine, carefully with the purpose of deciding wisely. Good racks for holding hay for cattle, horses and sheep will save a great deal of money nnd hay over tho wasteful plan of feeding the hay on the ground or in troughs where it can bo pulled out and trampled under foot. In feeding any kind of food to any kind of stock, avoid t wasteful system. The cry is for a hog with the old time constitution. Well, we can't have him till we go back to tho old time methods, and besides what do we want with him anyway? The hog of the present day has lufficient constitution to carry him tothe pork barrel. All the trouble is he is not given a chance to take care of w hat nature (jives hi:u. It is the keeping and feeding that kills the hog or the present day, rather thuu poor constitution. Curiosties of Figures. A problem, that at a glance, seems enough to tempt many a school-boy to ipeud a portion of his evenings iu an en deavor to solve it, appeared recently in a Maine journal, and is as follows: Take the number 15. Multiply it by itself, aud then multiply thut product by itself, and rou have 225. Now multiply 225 by itself, ind so on until fifteen products have been multiplied by themselves in turn. The question uroused considerable interest iinoug lawyers iu Portland, nnd their best mathematiciau, after struggling with die problem long enough to see how much labor was entailed on the solution, uiado the following discouraging report upon it: "The tiuul product called for contains 38,5;19 figures, the first of which tro 1412. Allowing three figures to an Inch, tho answer would be over 1070 feet long. To perform the operation would require about 500,000,000 figures. If they can be made at the rate of 100 l minute, a person working ten hours a day for 300 days iu each year would be twenty-eight yean about it. If, in mul tiplying, he should make a row of ciphers, as he does iu other figures, the number of figures would be more than 623,939,228. This would be the pre cise uumber of figures used if the product of the left-hand figure iu each multipli cand, by each figure of the multiplier was always a single figure; but, as it is most frequently, and yet not always, two figures, the method employed to obtain the foregoing result cuuuot be accurately applied. Assuming that the cipher is uted ou an average once in ten times. I 475,000,000,000 approximates the actual I number. Hindoo Women. On (ho slopes of the Himalayas, tayi a correspondent of the Denrer JiepuUican in a letter from India, there are many curious tribes. Borne of the tribes neat Darjoeling reckon a journey by the num ber of quids of tobacco they chew upon tho way, and some of the most gorgeous specimens of Hindoo jewelry I have seen I saw on the women of the Himalayas. I remember one mountain pink who had fifty rupees strung around her neck and whoso limbs wero loaded down with sil ver dollars upon her ears, nnd her mouth was covered by a flat, gold nose ring. Borne of these Himalaya tribes have one wife to four men, and polyandry is com mon. In Bombay are the prettiest women of India. They are the parsecs. With delicate, olive-brown skins, they are tall and well-shaped, have beautiful eyes and fine intellectual faces. They dress in silks of tho most delicate colors, aud tho dress seems to consist of ono large piece of silk which is wound around the waist and then carried up over the body and tho top of the head, so that the faco looks out and the whole hangs in a beautiful drapery. Many of them, I note, have silk stockings, and slippers to match the color of their dresses, and they are tho brightest and pret tiest women I have ever seen. A Crazy Horse. A farmer in LaPorto County, Ind., lias a horse that is crazy. The animal is not vicious or ugly, but is simply insane When given liny it will grab a mouthful and hold it in his mouth for half an hour, and in tho mean time swing around in a circle, throw ono foot out, as if dancing, and cut up all sorts of silly enpers. When let out of tho barn it will walk off a short distance aud then gnllop back at a ter rifio rate of speed. If tho door is open it will go in, but if shut tho animal will dash against it without knowing that an obstruction is in its way. If hitched up it will start and run straight ahead, and can neither bo turned nor' stopped until it becomes completely exhausted. The insanity has only lately appeared. The case is a very strange one and tho first of tho kind ever heard of in that locality. Rational Horse Breeder. Discreet Deafness. It has been remarked that if all the pret ty things said of one by heedless or ill-natured idlers were to be brought home to him, ho would become a mere walking pin cushion stuck full of sharp remarks. The ort of not hearing should bo learned by nil. It is quite as important to do mestic happiness as a cultivated car, for which so much money nnd time are ex pended. There are so many things which it is painful to hear, many which we ought not to hear, very many which, if heard, would disturb the tempei, corrupt simpli city and modesty, and detract from con tentment and happiness. American Far mer. Marriage Is but the stepping-stone to those divine lnstt tutinna, tbe family nnd the home, which con stitute the very foundation on which our na tion rents; and upon the health and etrentrt.i nf the wife, and innthi r, depends the sunshine and enjoyment of t: e home, anu tbepr sptri tv of the family. 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Hest fruit, grain, grass and stock coun try in the world. Full information free. Ad dress Oregon lm'igrat'n hoard, Portland, Ore. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Itaao Thorn n- son's fcyc-water. Druggist seel 1st aacper bottle public uecw'iii niiui iiijuiiuunmuKi umaev "TanBiU's Puuch" 6c. Cigars most popular. The Liver And kidneys are organs which it la Important should be kept In good condition, and yet they are over worked and abused by nearly everybody, until they become worn out clogged up or diseased. Hood's fcarsaparllla cures all difficulties with these organs. rouses them to healthy action, and tones the whole digestive organism. 'i have been using Rood's Barsaparilla for Indi gestion and liver trouble. It has greatly benefited me, and X think it is fully as good a medicine as claimed.' K, a. Chessbko, chltf engineer Are dept. Stonlngton. CU N. B.If you decide to take Hood's Sarsaparllla do not be Induced to take any other. Hood's Sarsaoarilla Sold by all druggists. $l;li(urSS. Prepared only by C. L HOOD a CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IQO Doses Ono Dollar N Y N C 40 Ely's Cream Balm IS SURE TO CURE COLD IN HEAD QUICKLY. Apply llalui into each nostril. ELY BROS., 96 Warren St., K. Y. OPIUM HABIT. A. Vuluable Tieul li ;ivlns lull lnroruiiulonof an iiuty uud bueedy eure fr to me amicitHi. vh. J. u. iorrM.vNljeneron, w ViBcuntUu. CM nun NEW TREATMENT. Hh UmiABALTIO, As auulled at tha Holland idemcal aud cancer Institute, Buffalo. N. Y. removes Cancer without jiaiu or use of knife. Scores of patients bpeak In unqmil...tsi teruis of praise of Uie uuccetut or tuift treatijif ut. v rit lor circular. HOLLAND MfclUn.N K CO., liuflalo, N. Y Here It Is! Wsat to lemrn all about a one r B.w to Pick Out OeodOaet Know uaperfec- UomM and so Quartf against Pruud t letect blsease sal Effect a Cure whea saiasla possible) leU the age by be Teeth r Wuutouall the Dur.nat Part of the Aalmaif Bow toSboe a liars. Properly All this ua outer v. u.bi. InformaUoa can be obtained bi reeding sue lUO-PAGK 1LI.USTKATSU HOUSE BOOK, wtilua we will forwent, psit. taia,oareouttef eaiyua ceata la etaaspe. BOOK PUB. HOUSE. EJ&t.D.Nrtt0 mm M Varna Feellsk People Allow a eoriuh to rnn tin til It get beyond th reach of medicine. They often aayt "Oh.lt will wear away," but In most cases It wean them away. tViuld they be indnoed to try the snccsoefnl medicine railed Kemp's Balsam, whloh Is sold on a positive guarantee to euro, they would Immediately e the excellent ef fect after taklna tho first dose. Price 40c. and $1. lYial tit free. At all dmcglsta. TitutTnlted States Imported .v inrt.tinfi pounds of ooffea last year, at a cost of tlU,AUU,UUU. Those who nee IVibhlns's Kleetrlo Koap each week (and thitr nnms U Utrlrm), save their elothee and strength, and let the toap do Die work. Dlil ton ever try It If not. do e nest Monday rur; Auk your grocer for IU "Bihch bark" lawn parties are the latest In Maine. - i i All the old potash, mercury and sarsaparilla mixtures left far behind. S. S. S. never fails to cure. This magic remedy builds the system up instead of tearing it down. If you ever had blood disease, don't fail to take S. S. S. If you have ever taken mercury and potash, get it out of your system by using Swift's Specific. Tho nest In tho World. I think Swift's Specific is the best blood remedy n the world. I have known It to make somo wonder ful cures of patients who were considered Incurable. 1). M. Grayson, Crowville, La. Trcatlso on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. OK. KOFIII,!Cltrt FAVOUITK OMC MIXTI RK for all doniMtU" animals, will cure ww out of every nm raaei of colic, whether flat ulent or imnl,. Harely more thuii l or V loe necetary. It doai not roa H ate, rattier &-ta mm a laiath e and la entirely harmleaa. AHer W veara of trial In more than Moil raaea, our guarantee la worth aomethlnf. Callc ma at iieatrtt promptly. x end a few rent a and 3 on have a cure on hand, rety v lien t:eeel, and retlMi a valuable hone. If not atyourtlruyglal'a, cluie tAi cent for .ample bottle, nent prepaid. Addreaa UK. K 41 Ml Milt A O.. nelklehem. Pa. jTsxfwrt" right nhmg tith mvecrm. It i$ the tttt coKv medicine I rtni-e et-er aeen. ISAAC HOIK, Hone ener, brwklim. Amp 1 ort. CAUTION be a (rood, on which dealera make more profit bnt aend dlrert to factory, and receive by return mall what you want. Mate kind, button, counrea or lace, wide or narrow toe, aUe and width, and ancto price witn oruer. 11-vnipt delivery and aatluacuon W. L. DOUGLAS S3 AND Both Ladles' shoes are made In sices from 1 to 7, p5a STYLUS OF 1. All IKS' illOKM. "The Vrenrh Opera," "The HpniiUli Arcb Opera," "Tbe American Common Rnn," The Medium t'omiiinn Hrn.e." All made ia Buuen la the Latest Sirlea. Alee Vreack Opera Iu r'ruut Lace, on V;l fboeenly. SP Efil A L w' " OOI'ULAK1 .t t. It A IN PIIOK (laced) for Gentlemen, with heavy ' " Ie a lap sole auu strictly waterproof, is lust out. . V. L. l)OI';l.A, Hrerkton. Mass. E4 ... .v lurea wnoro ull elso taate. Children take it without obiertinn. H d rVC' U SI Lit" Iff 1 JOSEPH H. HUNTER. DROPSY THKA'1'HHPHKK, Fo.lllTclr ( ureal with esetuble llemediea. Have cured tliuusandii of caiu-s. Cure p.tlruL m aounced hoiieless by best physicians. From tlr.t dose symptoms duappear; tu ln days at least two-thlnis all symptoms removed, heud for free book tcsttim nlals of miraculous cures. Ten days' treatiueut free by mall. If you order trial, aeud 10c. In stamps upay postage. Ha. II. Il.aa.is A Soas, Atlanta, oa. Watakew- Hah. enred at home . pain. Book of par. liars sent Fit EE. B. al YYOI1AET. M.Ul mce Whitehall 0U IlftMP TI'I . Book keenlng, Rtmlnaaa Korma. a Urn b lvntni.n-.hln, Arithmetic, Short -hand, etc., thoroughly taught liv WAIL. Clrvtilura free. Ttryaiit'a College, 4.17 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y. HARNESS AT A IIA1MJA1N Are you alive to your Inter est aiirt wl.n to save money, dou't fill) to send tirenr In tumps for our 4 i rent liar. saln we offer to one person ' M Cttl-lt pONtortU'C. I .f(N ,A( MINE t'OMI'ANY, W A 1. N IT ST.. I'll I LA It t L 1 U IA, PA. DADAI VCI C 'l '". New mrth rMnMI. I O IO ols. VI rite for partic ulars tu HA N IT A HUM, I uion fcprllltfs, N. V. R Al N I RAIN ! R Al N ! If thara'a ooa set of man who appreciate a food waterproof coat it ta the farmer. Ha knows that a ' uh Jrand tiJickar " costs him leaa per vcar than any garmeut made. Did you know it raina or anowa one Uy in three the whole year through i A ' Fish brand Slicker " tuakea every day a plcasaut iy to its lucky owner. Go anyahcra with it in ram, hail, elect, snow, or blow, it ia win4 aud water proof. Cutta lest than rubber, and lasts ten times as long. Rubber is good for show days, but will rip in a week. If you want a coat lor haid wear aud hard weather, get l he "frieh brand Slicker." fc very good thing has its imitatiou, so has the Kuh Brand Siu'lrer." Look out. be ware of wonhleuimiutioua, every garni em stamped with M Irish Brand" 'inula Mark. Don't accept auy iaferior coat when vou can have the Kiel Hraift Slicker" delivered without esUa Goat, Par UtuUn and illustrated catalogue lice. A. J. TOWER. - Boston! Mam, 73. V 0 I B Pi Wi ana uriuys UaJBaaaaaaijaBfeMai ItlBumatisIjl J-' mm? I .TheEhas-A-VodeierCo BALTO'MD Swift's Specific entirely cured me of a sew case of blood poison which obstinately resisted and re fused to be cured for oyer M years. The regular medical remedies of mercury and potash only added fuel to the flame. I uttered during most of this long time with ulcers, blotches aud sores of the awel offensive character, and was for a long time practi cally an Invalid. In less than thirty days nae of 8. 8. 8. 1 was all cleared up sound and well. This has been nearly a year ago, and no sign of any re turn of tbe old enemy. Joint B. Willis. 67 Clark Street. Atlanta, Ga. I have seen Swift's specific used, and known of many eases of the worst form of blood diseases which have been enred by It. I know the proprie tors to be gentlemen of the highest type and almost reliability. I recommend It as s great blood remedy, unequalled by anythuig that I know of. M. B. VHiTOW. Tastor 1st Baptist Church, Montgomery, Ala. Two Bottles. Two bottles of Swift's Specific cured me of a bad condition of my blood, from which I had suffered for 18 mouths. I had b'.otcbs and sores which were ! painful and troublesome. 8. S. 8. Is much better than potash and mercury mixtures, and I recommend It above all blood remedies. H. 1). Comvtox, Homeland, Va, Tub Swirr Srccino Co., Drawer S, Atlanta, Oa. tiae Jr. Kor Met 'a "fntoniy 'ulc H'e lerrvUy recommend lr. Koehir "rniwire foUe AfLrture." H'owM nt to without it i hmg as we ant am-aea. ISAAC XOStS t nmK, Sale and Exchange MabUi, laaftm, la W. I. !MH'4 IjAH name and the prlre are itamnM ou the bottom of all Shoea advertised by him betora leaving hit factory; thla protecta the wearer atalna high ttrlrra aud Inleriar tol. Taka nona tut IntetHO ta.miel. 11 or It deelvetl tiv nthtra CLtvlmed la guaranied. AtldreM V. I,. DOl t.LAM, Brarktam, Maea, W. L. DOUGLAS 3 SHOE GENTLEMEN. Our Halm for ibla alio aver 9311 ataar ah urn advert! ei nrrt It roniulua artier material. It la more niylUu, better flttlng and durable It glvra belter general aaitatax'ilon. It aavea mare money tor tbe roaautuer lia great aucrefn la due to merit llrannoi bo duplicated by aay otber turmrer. It In the bent In the world, and baa a larger drmnnd than any otber tVI aboe ndverilaed. tC nnfl wl' paid to any peraou who will prove ytJiUtlU the above atatemeuU to be untrue. The following line of ahoea will ba found to be of the ajttuc htfth alainlard of excellent; . 1.IIO lil-M INK IIAMI.SKWF.n IMIOK. ftl.00 II AM-K K.l WKI.T HMOK. .'!. .Ill l'OI.M'K AM FA It M Kit W hllOK. ..0 i:TU4 Y A H E t AI.K MIOK. Sf.tZ WO l( K I (! A VM MIOIU tW.OO t.OOU-W l-lMt SHOK. ft'i.UO a l.?.1 HOYrV M'ilOOl. MIIOBS. au made in lougrcaa, Button and Lace. $2 SHOES FOR LADIES. Inrlutlliia half slscs, and B, C, D, aud K wldtba, imiiiucuuin vi j uvati-uiiw, Pleasant ami at?reealilo to the II 4- II . P-VaM ATTOllNKY, WAM11M.TON, . '.. WILL UST iOlIt F.N Si ON without DKLAT fW LATEST IMPROVED HORSE POWER Marhl.ee for TH R RKI1INC ('MIANINO (.raJu.alae Alarhiae fur NAWIKU WOOD eem with Circular we Cnss. Acknowledge K"! ci lira fe.wa. THE my neardinar r. lJ E AST DRAFT. UURAHILITI1 UlMTlli Of kvnal aSSS A.W. GRAY'S SONS. ePevrsxTEK avt ri MatwTVArrtTnaaa. MIDDLE-TOWN HPRINt.H, TT. For Dairy, FarmS Household Frank's American Wander Machlue awarded highest medals. Approved of and fouud O K by ibe hlKhoat dairy faculties. A child can use It. Always produces fluent grauu lar butter (the very gilt edged) from sweet milk or cream In minutes. Works from one pint up to the largest quantity. Jtiakes more butter. Clear proflt M0 to I'jii per vent. Buttermilk remains perfectly aweet for coffee. kc. TTaiMi rei'oruiueuded by children's physlolaua as best baby food. Machine also makes flu est lea cream lu minutes. Five quarts, $5.50; 14 qaarU, flOf u guaru, t Hen d for testimonials and ctrcu lara w K. A. Frank V ( ., I'atentees ft bole Mtra., 316 K. 821 St., New York. Krliabl ugtntt icanfed. JONES IIH PAYS THE FREIOHT. . !i Ton Wuzen s. .T.., Irou Lst.rs StM Sewing., BraSB Tap. Mcam and ll.aas fia. for MOO, Stmt alas Si .Is. l or fra. pr.. JONfct, OF BINGHAMT0N. BINGHAM TON, N. Y.J K. B, TKgAT'S CstslcM at new keeks. Skola at Suu.ry T reele,br 1 .latsce S2.SU. OuUk ! blj c.v. Also, M.iher. Heme ft line. .a. euubuieut.Ms. K-!t4 bvT. lCuvls. , C'm-loaittaof Bible. liyatjl K.aVTK 191 ow) sola sue BASE BALL ."IS Chadwick'g Manual. 9 In. 0 B.e.a. jiiuaniiis.ee 1.1. SKnTT TRPll' application eacloslu. iialea f'ever. pic.) stamp, 1T tuUlres.tua THKODOHtt HOLLAND, P. O, Box 1U, ihllaa. OPIUM Z BIT. Only Cerlala ..A t I RK Iu the World. Ur . bTl PIILMS, Lsbaaoa.O FARMS lvoyou want u, buy or .ell f I lyn If so send atuinu Tor . lrc'I'r to LSHU Curti. 4 Uug,it, -Jaa Broadway, N. V. FRA pri AXLE UEST IN TUIC WOULD I y t.'t the li'tau Bvld iMmrtf Fee--, i ..vTiai.v- r. J--v,j , V-Y ? - - - .' Is." AOCNTSle tend toryJ. PEERLESS CTES tZlk i J , . i
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