THE FARM AM) GARDEN.
rios a CLOVER.
'No! I never est pork; tho meat is
not clean ! Hogs arc such filthy creatures,
ymi know," remarked an old lady in
New England, lomo years ago. "Ycsl
l!ut out AVcit they keep their pigs in
clover I They have preat pastures,
covered with grass, and there tho hogs
urow until autumn, when they nro fat
tened on tho new corn, and this keeps
them healthy." ,-(hl if they eat clover,
their meat must be good." Now, this
old lady could readily believe that clover
must bo n valuable element in producing
.sweet, wholesome pork. Hut the "West''
lias no patent on clover for swine. Every
where its use. is perfectly free, and,
wherever used, its good effect is quickly
noticed. The American Afriottttiritt
noticed, some years ago, tho case of a
gentleman in Southliorough, Jlass., who
sold afeiv pigs each fall to his neighbors,
who had become acquainted with the
excellence of his pork, and gradually in
creased his guies each year, until his
grass-fed pigs were in such demand that
he had to buy many car-loads annually
from farmers who raised the "pigs in
clover'' as he did on his own farm.
But it is not always practicable to en
close large pastures or swine; so the next
best thing is to adopt a system of soiling
which will supply tho stock with green
food in summer, and roots and clover-hay
or silage in winter. Hogs can subsist for
months under a hay-stack, with a very
little grain. A ration of hay or dried
grass, during the season when the past
ures arc covered with snow, will be very
acceptable, and greatly reduce the cost of
wintering the herd. Clover-seed should
be sown very early in spring, as the seci
needs to bo well covered up before it will
germinate. Tho spring rains wash the
seed into the soil, and a "good catch" is
reasonably certain; while, if the sowing
is delayed until late, the crop is not half
as sure. American AarkuHnritt.
FODDER AND EXSII.AOK.
The College of Agriculture of Cornell
University has published au interesting
articlo ou growing corn for fodder anil
ensilage, giving tho results of its experi
mental work in this direction. The fol
lowing is a summary of the subject :
First, we wish to emphatically repeat
our recommendation of last year, that, in j
L'lowiiif' corn for ensilage, rare should be i
taken to select the largest variety that
will fu'.lv mature before frost in the local- ;
ity where grown.
Special attention is called to the fact
that heretofore it has been a common
practice to sow or plant corn for fodder
and ensilage, entirely too thick. Starch
aud sugar arc not fully developed with
out an abundance of sunlight.
Immature plants are likely to coutain
a very large per cent, of water. It will
readily be seen that twentv-tive tons of !
green corn, containing nmety per cent, of
water, gives but five thousaud pounds of
dry matter; while twelve tons, contain
ing seveuty-rive per cent, of water, givc3
six thousand pounds of dry matter. In
the latter case we get a thousand pounds
more dry matter, and have to handle and
store less than half tho weight of gross
material; while tho corn will still have
sufficient moisture to give the resulting
silage that succulence upon which its
value for feeding, as compared with dry
forage, largely depends.
While tho percentage of nitrogen
grows lea as the plant approaches ma
turity, a much larger proportion of the
nitrogen in the unripe material is iu the
less valuable lorm of amides, tbau in the
mature plant. So that the less percentage
of nitrogen iu the riper product is com
pensated for iu its increased nutritive
value.
So far all the experiments go to show
that the effort should bo made to raise
tho largest yield of grain irrespective of
stalks, no matter what purpo.so it is in- j
tended for. If one variety gives au equal I
yield of grain and a greater amount of
stalks and blade, then of course it
should be preferred, for fodder and ensi
lage purposes, to the variety that gives
the less stalk and blade; but it will be
found that as a rule tho larger the yield
of grain, the larger will be the yield of
stover.
Finally, tho fact should not bo lost
ightof, that wood and water alone, are
not good food for animals, aud that they
ure expensive products to handle. jYef
York Obstrccr.
WHY EKDS FAIL TO OllOW.
There are many reasons why seeds fail
to grow. One great cnusc of failure is
immature seed. The great aim of the
seed grower is quantity; to get the most
from the plant, rather than the best. The
first fruits are often permitted to ripen
seeds for seed purposes, which should
never be, as the first settings and ripen-
mgs are usually impetfect. The same, is
iruc ot the last ot tlic plaut s production;
they aro weak iu vitality, aud the seeds
produced w ill have a tendency to perpet
uate that weakness. It is of the utmost
importance that seeds should have at
tained perfect maturity, aud should have
been carefully and healthily preserved.
Immature seed may, it is true, possess the
power of germination, but it always le
taius a disposition to disease and weak
ness. Weakness perpetuates weakness,
and unshapely forms anil poor qualities
are transmitted. Good cultivation, under
favorable circumstances, will in a great
measure restore vitality, but it is a ques
tion of time, accompanied by a degree of
uncertainty that the fanner and gardener
cannot afford, as there is a liability of
failure, or partial failure of crop from
this cause. The responsibility, in a great
measure, rests up.mthe seed grower.
Seeds, saved with the utmost care from
carefully selected stocks, may lose their
vitality if they aro not properly pre
served. All seeds of vegetable" or Bowl-re
should be kept perfectly dry, cool,
aud iu an airy situation ; they aught to
be carefully protected from dampness,
and should be kept in a room that is not
alternately moist or dry. An even
temperature and humidity is essential to
the seed's vitality.
Carelessness in planting is one of the
principal causes of failure. The soil
should be carefully prepared before the
seeds are sown; it should be worked
deep, aud made tine, aud, when the seed
is sown, the soil should be firmly pressed
about them. This bus been practiced by
the systematic, horticulturist)! for centur
ies, and for this purpose the garden or
farm-roller was employed, as much to
break up the lumpy soil asf.ir any other
object. The spado was used for packing
the soil firmly about the seed. The mod
ern plan, "the use ot the feet in sci d
sowing," is ouu of the most ctbetive,
practical and convenient methods,
as the feet are always with the
ganh ner und Ita ly for use when
Uejuin-J, a fact that a-luiiU of HO excuse
if tho work is neglected. Tho influences
that act upon tho seed to cause growth
are heat, air, and moisture, and without
proportionate amount of each there can be
no plant life. Now, it follows that when
a seed is put into the ground, and loosely
covered with light, dry soil, it does not
como in contact with sufficient
moisture to soften it coating, neither is'
there sufficient heat, because of tho too
great circulation of air around tho seed,
to produco tho chemical changes upon
which vegetable growth depends. When
wo placo a seed into tho earth it com
mences growth in two opposite directions,
upward into tho atmosphere, and down
ward into tho earth. The first root tho
seed p.jts forth does not furnish tho young
plant with food for its development; it
simply holds the plant in placo until tho
true roots, by which the plant is fed, are
formed, after which it becomes a part of
the plant itself. Tho cotyledons, or
seed-leaves, contain tho food of tho in
fant plant until its truo leaves and roots
are formed. If tho soil is not firmly
pressed around the main root, these feed
ers will have nothing to feed upon; they
must come in immediate contact with
moisture, or tho warm, dry nir will
destroy them, and tho whole plant will
stand still until new roots aro formed, or,
in tho meantime, perish. Herein lies the
benefit of firmly pressing tho soil around
the seed when planting.
Deep planting is another frequent causo
of failure. Take, for instance.sweet corn,
and cover in planting from one-half
inch to five inches in depth. The former
will germinate, if the seed is good, with
out a loss of five per cent., and the latter
will not grow five per cent., and the ex
act ratio between tho two will bo kept
up. The cause for the difference is that
the conditions ot growth arc not com
plied with tho deficit being heat, which,
at the season for corn-planting, cannot
be furnished at so great a depth from
tho surface. As a rule, not more than
onc-qua'tcr of an inch of soil should be
put over tho seed. Very 6ne seed should
only bo covered from sight. Proper caro
in seed-sowing, and the too common
practice of burying seeds, is just the dif
ference between success and failure in
their germination and growth.
Mechanical assistance, or the manner
of placing the seeds in tho earth, is of
I fTi-n.ifni tut iifiitinin tli.m ta nrnnr.illv ent
posed, particularly those of the gourd
family, or any large and flat seeds. It is
economy to plant all vine-seeds edgewise.
Lima beans should always be placed edge
wise, germ down. The same is truo with
I the seeds of the hybrid amaryllis. If sown
! flatwise, they will rarely make a plant; if
I sown edgewise, rarely one will fail, un
j der the same conditions of soil and tcm-
perature. Any careful experimenter can
easily explain how one man could com
plain of the seed sown, whilo another
would kindly praise the seedsman for seed
from tho same stock, and will become
convinced that, very often, seeds not
growing is more due to poor sowing than
to poor seeds. American Agriculturist.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
It pays to feed sheep, not ticks.
Old hens invariably make the best si t
ters. Prune trees early for growth and late
for fruit.
AU foods for plants must be soluble to
be available.
Give your fruit trees a good soil. They
cannot feed and thrive on nothing.
The farmer who makes his own pork
and beef pays himself for so doing.
Do your shortening back among your
young trees before the buds begin to start.
Prune a little at a time and avoid the
necessity for heavy pruuing in the future.
If you want your stock to do their best
give them better shade than that made by
of wire fence.
Set out well tried varieties that thrive
iu your section, but do not try too many
varieties of fruit.
It has been demonstrated that spirits
of turpentine is one of the best remedies
for roup in fowls.
More attention ought to be paid to the
teeth of our domestic animals. They
often suffer from neglect.
There are four hundred varieties of the
bean family. No wonder the average in
dividual '-doesn't know beans."
Is it wise to neglect to repair the floors
of tho stalls until after a valuable cow or
horso has broken a leg? Mend yours to
day. Don't breed for quantity but quality.
Better have five birds good all over than
than twenty-five good only in one or two
sections.
No better use can be made of the small
potatoes than to cook them for tho hens;
smashed warm and thicken with meal,
snorts or bran, they make a good uiorn-
iug meal.
j It is invariably from the early spring
pullets that we get the bulk of our eggs
! in winter, and the earlier the better. But
be sure to have a suitable place in which
to raise the early pullets.
Ashes increase the quantity of the
strawberry crop, and make it better
colored and firmer. Well-rotted barn
yard ruanuro makes a healthy growth of
plants; superphosphates are also valuable.
A fruit tree should never be popped up
to keep tho limbs from breaking down
with their load. Instead, pick off tho
poorest specimens, and don't show greed
by allowing the tree to overbear. Thou
sands of trees are ruined this way.
The Illinois Agricultural Experiment
Station has reached the conclusion that
while tho yield of orchard grass is less
than that of timothy, its composition and
digestibility indicate a better quality of
hay for milch cows and growiug stock.
Iu purchasing a swarm of bees, get one
j early iu the spring, that is, au early
swarm, in a good, iwo-siory uive wiiu
movable frames. You must have a two
story hive for storing surplus, and a hive
without movable frames is no better than
any box.
Southern Men iu tho Union Ranks.
Taking all the States that gave men to
the Confederacy iu organizations ami
throwing out Delaware and tho District
of Columbia, it is found, says the New
York Commercial Adcertiser, that there
were 324,677 white Southerners who
fought in the Union ranks, drawn
from these States:
Alabama !?,SM
Arkansas
i Florida l.l
1 Kentucky 9.rJ5
I.nutMaua
Mni'vlaiid 5'J,31u
! Mi.issiopi M5
I Missouri 100,111
North Carolina H.I.Hl
I 'IVmiessee 31,'Ar;
j 'J'n&a l.ikw
i YVwt VjJ'jcmiUudi. SIAW
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. I
There seems to be a craze for red.
Bonnets continue to grow smaller, hats
larger.
Colored stones aro coming more into
fashion.
Masculine fashions aro raging among
the women.
Now we are having tartan surahs for
summer Bilks.
Full wreaths of flowers without foliage
encircle many toques and turbans of vel
vet. A velvet facing is used with summer
roses and blackbird wings for trim
ming. Veilings with black velvet dots arc
worn to imitate tho "patches" of bygone
times.
The fishing dress is now an accepted
fact in tho summer wardrobe of many
women.
Queen Victoria's stock of India shawls
for wedding presents has become ex
hausted. New tailor-made bodices of striped
material have the darts taken in tho lin
ing only.
Married women wear tho smallest pos
sible bonnets, young girls the largest hats
they can find.
Little pads arc used to support the top
of fur sleeves made up of the softest
woolen goods.
Bonnets are stnnglcss, or they have
mere strips for strings but strings, like
veils, are optional.
Tho tendency to showy flower-laden
hats is so great as to tax tlie milliners to
supply the demand.
Black Leghorn hats trimmed with a
wreath of buttercups or daisies are worn
by the smallest girls.
Velvet forms a part of many or most
summer hats and bonnets, or it trims
them, mingled with flowers.
The latest New York caper is to array
pet dogs in the choicest of floral blooms
when taken out for au airing.
Many open lacc-pattcrned woolens will
be worn. They are very pretty, being
wholly or partly transparent.
All new jackets are longer than those
of last year, and aro fitted more closely
about the hips and in the back.
Accordion plaited lace capes arc
trimmed with bands of ribbon and have
ribbon bows and shoulder straps.
The University of Baslo is the only
one in Switzerland which still refuses to
admit women to its medical teaching.
The newest "woven wind" tissue is of
pale yellow silk, Bhot with gold, and
takes the namo of "sunbeam gauze."
Little girls wear accordion-plaited
dresses, tho blouse aud sleeves, as well as
the skirt, being made of the plaiting.
The embroidered nainsook gown is as
much in demand this summer as last for
girl graduates and commencement wear.
A plaiting of black lawn underneath
the hem of the skirt, so that it cannot be
seen, is a great protection to a walking
dress.
Of the more than 4000 students who
have joined the volunteer movement for
foreign missions about one-quarter are
women.
The money annually spent for cosme
tics by the women of this country would
paint 17,000 houses, allowing $75 for
each house.
Some American and many English
mothers insist on short, veiy short skirts
for all their daughters under fourteen
years of age.
Except for very young children, the
Greenaway bonnets have given place to
large poke hats of soft felt, heavy with
ostrich plumes.
Mrs. Langtry says: "A woman of the
deadest white skin, with light blue eyes
and palo blond hair, becomes a poem
in a yellow gown."
Tho Duchess of Albany, widow of the
Queen's invalid son, took a regular
course as hospital nurse, and has just
received her diploma.
In Denmark most of the girls are
trained in agriculture, which is there an
important industry. The owners ot farms
receivo pupils who undergo a regular
training.
"Marion Harland," the author, is Mrs.
Mary V. II. Terhunc in real life. She is
the wife of a Brooklyn clergyman, and is
a tall woman, with gracious manners and
a dignified presence.
Mrs. Mary J. Holmes is one of the
most indefatigable travelers among
women authors. She has recently com
pleted a year's tour of the world and is
now going to Alaska.
The beauty spotted veil is a tremendous
success. There are not more than three
spots in a veil, which can be shifted
round so as to locate the black disc of
chenille on the chin, cheek or forehead.
Little butterfly knots of bright rib
bon are considered chic tied about the
handles ot parasols, along the sleeves of
mull and lace dresses, and perched on
tho shoulders at the belt, and diagonally
across the corsago of summer dresses.
Women inventors appear very often
on the Patent Office records, and one of
them who succeeded in pushing through
an improvement in an eye glass spriug is
said to have made a very comfortable
fortune by the crystallization of her ideas
in practical form.
The two principal prizes in landscapes
given to the British Royal Academy stu
dents have been taken by women, and a
third female student cirried oS a prize
of $250 for a decorative design in water
color. The work of the male students
was still very good.
Mrs. Wanaiuaker has introduced a new
fad in Washington, and has a class of
young women meet at her residence twice
a month, where a professor of physical
grace from abroad teaches them how to
walk, to go up and down stairs, to bow,
to smile, to make eyes, and to dispose of
the hands.
Mme. Patti sleeps with a silk handker
chief round her neck. She uses a very
salty gargle of cool water every morniug.
Mme. Albani-Gye says that drugs are
useless. She gargles her throat with ice
water every few hours and gets im
mediate relief. For huskiuess sho uses
gelatine drops.
A wonderful pin to be stuck in an
evening bodice is the fac-simile of a hand
mirror. The glass part is formed of that
very unusual atone, a flat diamond. It
is framed in tiny diamonds, and the
handle is of diamonds a little larger. Bo
clear is the large one that forms the glass
that one could, with perfect success, put
a minature photograph under it, and it
would be exactly as if a face were re
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Artificial ice can be manufactured, so
it is said, at a retail cost, of about $8 per
ton, or forty cents per 100 pounds.
The experiment of treating typhoid
fever by prolonged immersion of the
patient in water has been tried with
gratifying success.
Tho importance of placing compressed
air as a motive power within easy reach
of the small manufacturer has boon
recognized at Birmingham, England.
The measurement of 2000 studcuts at
Cambridge, England, showed that success
in literary examinations is in no way con
nected with stature, strength or breathing
capacity.
An Australian meteorologist claims to
have proven that the moou has an influ
ence on tho magnetic needle, varying
with its phases, declination and distance
from the earth.
Tho basin of an extinct crater has been
turned into a storage reservoir on Honey
Sido Valley, Ncv. It is one and a half
miles long by ono milo wide, and is fed
by a canal that taps Susan Hiver.
A horse can perform 3000 units of
work that is, a horso can raiso 33,000
pounds one foot in one minute. An engino
that can do the same amount of work is
said to be a onc-horse-power engine.
A new telephone has been brought out
in Englnud which is said not to infringe
upon any existing patent. It is of tho
most simple construction, consisting of an
clcctro-niagnet and celluloid diaphragm.
Hirer water was substituted for spring
water in ono of the quarters of Paris
several times last summer. In every in
stance,according to tho ficmaint Medicate,
an increase of typhoid fever was ob
served. An electric typewriter is being con
structed which will write letters in New
York as they aro transmitted from Bos
ton, nnd vice versa, tho communications
being transmitted simultaneously over
four separate wires.
Great progress is being made in rapid
photography. Lord Hayleigh has pho
tographed a minute jet of water in tho
100,000th of a second; nnd anew camera
takes ten successive views a second on
the turning of u crank.
Dr. Weisman, a German biologist, is
trying to show that artificial modifica
tions of living forms can be transmitted
from one generation to another. He has
cut tho tails off some 900 white mice in
the hope that they will breed a race of
mice without tails.
Sir James Crichton Browne says tho
Scotch brain averages 50 ounces. the Eng
lish 49 ounces, the Germau 48.3 ounces
nnd the French 47.9 ounces. Sir James
is a Scotchman, which accounts lor the
position of that race at the head of the
ccrcbelic processiou.
The construction of the pillars and
foundations of the great Forth bridge in
Scotland consumed 21,000 tons of cement
aud 707,000 cubic feet of granite. Tho
total amount of resulting masonry is 117,
000 cubic yards. The weight of the steel
in the bridge proper is 51,000 tons.
It is said that in each ton of camphor
wood brought to this country from Japan
there is tweuty-five per cent, of camphor
and seventy-five per cent, of waste. More
over, one-half of the camphor evaporates
during the sea voyage, leaving twelve and
one-half per cent, of tho drug after re
duction. This accounts for the high price
of the article.
There aro many very warm spots on
the torrid zone, but Bohrin, by tho Gulf
of Persia, seems to be, as far as tempera
ture goes, absolutely without a rival. For
forty consecutive days iu July aud Au
gust last year, which was by no means an
exceptional season, tho thermometer was
known not to fall lower than 100 degrees
Fahreuheit, night or day, and often ran
up as high as VIS degrees in the after
noou. A strong alkali at once applied to a
snake bitu will decompose all the venom
which it touches. So if both fangs of tho
snake havo pierced the skin the two
wounds should be made one w ith a sharp
knife, and then filled with dry carbonate
of ammonia. Frequent small dissolved
doses of the same should be taken iu
wardly, or fifty drops of aromatic spirits
of ammonia taken hypodennically, for its
peculiar effect upou the blood.
A Female Pilot.
A woman has been licensed as a pilot
on the Ohio nnd Monongahela Rivers.
She is the first one within the recollection
of Captain Neeld, of tho Steamboat In
spector's office, and his memory of River
events covers many years. It is not un
likely that she is tho pioneer of her sex
in this branch of navigation in this di
vision of the river trade.
The woman is Mrs. Callio L. French,
and her husband runs a circus, which he
transports by water in a trim little
steamer known as French's New Sensa
tion. Tho circus is known by the same
name. 1 lie license was issued to Mrs.
French, and sho went ou duty under it
at once. About nine years ago," said
Mrs. French, "my husband hit upon the
scheme of running a boat show; that is,
giving exhibitions in towns along the
river and using the boat for transporting
the outfit and furnishing living quarters
for our people. It is much cheaper,
cleaner and pleasanter than traveling by
rail, and we aro not obliged to remove
our personal baggage. The first few years
we employed a regularly licensed pilot,
and my husband, who had a master's
license, had charge of the boat. I then
couceived the idea of learning to be a
pilot and thus sive a big item of ex
pense. So I did, aud for half a dozen
years past I have held a pilot's license. I
recently made application for a masters
license also, at New Orleans, and I ex
pect to get it." J'itUburg Commercial
uiuette.
A Wonderful Nut.
The fruit of the coco-de-mcr, which
General "Chinese" Gordon believed to be
the forbidden fruit of the Gardeu of
Eden, has been exported to Europe. The
nut weighs twenty pounds and measures
twenty-five inches across. The palm ou
which it grows ('odoicea sechellurum) is
100 feet iu height, and is only to be found
on the Seycbelle Islands. Iluudreds of
years before the Seychelles were discov
ered these nuts were washed up on the
Maldive Islands, and the wiseacres of
those days told the peoplo that this sea
borne fruit had grown on a submarine
tree, and that it had a mysterious power
of counteracting poisons. Hence the
name coco-de-mcr. It is probnble that
Gorden met with allusions to this won
derful nut iu Arabic MSS., and ufter
ward visiting Seychelles was struck by
the beautiful and isolated group of islands
and their douMti wocouuut. Chicago
Herald,
Traffic la Dried Human Heads.
There is an article of Ecuador'a com
merce, which, though not reckoned in
any market reports, is worthy of especial
notice, viz., human heads, dried and
pressed to about the sizo of your fist,
each wearing tho most life-liko ex
pression upon tho perfectly preserved
features. Most of tho faces are clabor
ntely tattooed, and all have long hair, the
lips sewn together with fibres twisted
into coarso twino hanging down over tho
chin in heavy fringe liko that iu a mac
ram's lambrequin. Centuries ago a tribe
of Indians living near the northern bor
der of Ecuador used to preserve tho
crmihims of tho dead in this manner.
Nobody now living knows how it was
done, but it is supposed that tho bones
were all drawn out bit by bit through tho
ticck and then tho head was buried in
tho hot, dry sand until it shrank away to
One-fourth its former sizo and became
perfectly preserved. As household adorn
ments tho gruesome recuordes of dead
folk are certainly not handsome, but they
are very curious, especially sinco tho art
of preparing them has long been lost and
tho sewed-up lips toll no secrets. They
used to bring about tf 16 apiece, but now
command all the way from $100 to $500,
nnd are very scarce at that. Years ago
the Ecuadorian Government put a stop
to this sale, as it was learned that sotuo
modern Indians, instead of dealing ex
clusively iu tho brain pans of their de
funct ancestors, actually made a busini'sa
of preparing fresh ones for tho mnrket.
Siuce long-haired ones sold for the
bight price, they took especial caro of
the capillary adornments of their wives
nnd daughters with a view to cutting
tltoir heads olT, one by one. There is no
doubt this traffic in dried heads cost many
lives, for tho prico paid by museums and
curio hunters was enough to set an Ecua
dor Indian up in atliuence all the rest of
his days, could he manage to judiciously
market his superfluous children aud rela
tives. Wafhington Star.
A Financier's Polyglot Autobiography.
Mr. Henry Villard, tho eminent finan
cier, is writing his autobiography for the
use of his children alone. He was born
in Germany, aud tho story of his enrly
years is written in German, while, having
been educated in Franco, his school days
aro described in French, aud his business
and social lifo iu America will bo record
ed in English. As his children speak
French, Germau nnd Euglish with equal
elcgauco nnd fluency, this polyglot
method of book-making will doubtless
ronimeud itself to them. Wathington
Star.
The Size of Royal Heads.
The Priuce of Wales wears bell-shaped
silk hats. He pays tweuty-five shillings
each for them. IIo has a remarkably
even-shaped head, the hatters say, and
his size is seven nnd one-eighth. Prince
Albert Victor only takes a six and three
quarters. The brim of his hats aro enor
mously arched, to take oil tho effect of
his long face. His brother, Prince
George, takes a six and five-eighths. Tho
Emperor of Germany, who has a very un
eveu head, takes a six and seven-eighths.
so does the Duke of Tcck. Pall Mall
Gazette.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken
Internally, ami acts directly n I lie I1imhI ami
mucous surfaces of the system. Yrite !ur
lustiniouials, tree. ManuiHctitrfMl by
tJ. C11K.NKV & Co., Toledo, O.
8I.KKPINO cars were first used inOilacnmttry
in INjs. I'ulluiau's paumla wero trrauled iu
ls4.
A fwket )ln-cnshlon free to smokers ot
"laiisiU'sl'unch" tie. Clears.
N V HV-ft
OCIU ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken ; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Howels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of ita kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
ita action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities com
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50o
and $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do sot accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL
UUISVILLE. HI. HCW YORK,
Ely's Cream Balmf
WILL t'l'tlK I
CHILDREf
OK C'ATAKKIl.
Apply Balm luto oaob aoitrll.
ELY BROS., M Wrren St, N, V.
BEECHAM'S PILLS
AOT 1,1KB M.A.CKJ
ON A WEAK STOMACH.
25 Cents a Box.
OF ALL DRUCCIST8.
Here It Is!
Tut to le&ra an about a
Bona F Bow to Pick Out a
GoodOna' Know Impartac-
Uoaa and ao Quart asalaat
Oandf SataotSUaaaaaad
KHaota Cur whan aamala
poHlblol TaU tho aca by
baTaatbt WbMtouaU.tha Different Part of tba
Animal r How toShoa a Bona Proparly I AU this
aaaotbar Valuabla Information oan ba obtained, b
readme our 100-PAUK ILLUSTRATED
HOKXK BOOH, wbloa we win lorwany pevt
la:d,oarecelptof oalyttS casta la etamye.
BOOK PUB. HOUSE,'
IS4 Leonard St..
11 1
lUwYorfc City
' " " 'I. M.
A fnrlons Submarine Vessel.
A curious French submarino vessel, the
Gymnote, much interested President
Carnot during his recent visit to Toulon.
The little boat looks merely liko a sub
merged rock causing a slight ripple in
the water, only its lookout apparatus
rising above tho surfneo. It appeared
suddenly by the sido of tho President's
stenmer, then struck tho water sharply
with its screw, nnd plunged down to a
depth of from fivo to fifteen metres, re
appearing in a few moments at a consider
able distance. I ho Gymnolo is manned
by ono officer, Lieutenant Dan-ions, and
six men. JVi York Telegram.
SO A'nnrta Free, will bo sent bv Criurln Co..
rtilln.. Pa., to nnv one ill 1 1. S. or t 'miii'ln. ixwt-
fttfo pnlii, lliMtn receipt ot & ilutihitia1 Klectrlo
(Soap wrappers, Bco lint of novels on otreiiliirs
around ouch biu. ftoap for wilo tiy all itrocera
Tn Kfryptlnnn hull tho annual rlneof the
Nilowlth '((Yliuiit. ami tlie blKlu-r U rines the
more they rcjolcn,
Prom the " New York Hpnrmmnn."
Nnfltnblo onn bo well ennlnnoil unloM a
miliplyof Dr. ToMnn Vrnrtttm Horn ,,(iH-
nit'iit una utTijr couumon ruwurrs nro Kfpi
ou baud.
"llorBMi nro no llnblo to mwt with nroldonU
nt nny moment thut tho wiso owner will hU
wnytt Imvo a remedy al hand (or Imiued. ate ap
plication. 'A .mttto of TohlnVn Venetlnn Iitnlnient
ready for ue promptly may save Uim a veter
inary bill of runny tlollnrn.
"For worm, bnltn, scurvy and all blood dla-fanei-
Tot una '5 Derby Couditiua 1'owdurs are
the best."
FITS Mopped free by Dn. Kmnk's Owkat
Nkhvk Hkntokkh. No Fits after (I rut day's
use. Marvelous cures. Treat Imo and W trial
bottle tree. Dr. KUne.ttU Arch Ht. I'hlhu. I'a,
If afflicted withsoreeyea use Dr. lsaao Thorn p
1011 ' Kve-nater. DruiKisls sell alfo.per bottle
What It Costs
Mut bo core fully cooRltlerod by the great majority
of people before buying pven what may teem alo
Ivtely necessary, llood'i SartaparlUa eommend
ltaeU with special force to the great middle classes,
became It enmblnes positive economy with great
ftierftclnal power. It tt the only mettle I a of which
can truly be said
IOO Doses One Dollar
And a bottle of Hood'i Barsaparllla taken according
to directions will avcrago to last a month. whUs
other medicines last but half or quarter as long.
This Is practical and conclusive evidence as to Its
Strength and economy. Try Hood's Bar ss partus and
see for yourself.
food's
Sarsaparilla
Bold by all driUKlila. $!; tlx for 5. Prepared ottly
by 0. I. HOOD ft CO., Apotlierarln, lxwrll, Maea.
IOO Doses One Dollar
k y s u -ft
TEN POUNDS
IX
TWO WEEKS j
THINK OF IT I'
A a ricah Producer tbera can be
no queition but that
SCOTT'S
Of Pure Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphltes
Of Lime and Soda
ia without a riral. Many haTo
(rained a pound a day by the uae
of it. Itcurea
CONSUMPTION,
SCROFULA. BRONCHITIS, COUGHS AND
COLDS, AND ALL FORMS OF WASTING DIS
EASES. AS l-AI.ATAHI.K AS MILK.
11 fur you get t ymuint at there an
poor imitation
Ftso's Remedy for Catarrh Is the
Best, Kastest to Use, and Cheaiwnt.
Sold by dmsNts or -nt by mall.
50c. K. X. Haze Ui no, Warreu. I'a.
PENSIONS
It you waue your
pu.lou withauc
dlar. lut your
Klitm In lha hnti.l.
lirVl'l-.li, Al'TOUXti,
WAMII.NUTON, 1. t'.
FYOU HAVE ANY OLD
REVO
I LI
LUTIONARY OR CIVIL WAR PA
PERS OR LETTERS WRITTEN BY
CELEBRATED MEN FOR SALE
WRITE TO W. R. BENJAMIN,
30 W. 23d St.. Now York Citv.
LOTS
FH KK toevnry (.nbnorHH-r
'.MiUlHtLllN Itl IKK.- I'lUO
Hlurt. MtKirf fount y, N. C; a northern bcUlrnuut.
.'( renin per year. hVnd stamp tor ehrcuUra.
MON'r.Y IN CIIH'KKNK.
V.ir 2.V. fclXUxaiXI tMHik. eKIM-l lf (lit) of
lmetirul poultry rul-n-r luriiitr t
year. II lejM'lu now to leu-t and
i-itin diviiMut: to ft-! for -Lf.f Mil l
for fnttfiuntc 1 which fowli to maw tor
Mimh n v. not t, m Vmmr4 Si., s. v. iir.
liHIVlinj.iVC . iVC. AJi H'M
upuui, rumor maim mm
In more loan u eastu
treated promptly.
wkva needed, aud perhaps tuva a valuable horss.
auuiose au oeut ror M!iipiu oottus sont prepaM.
Address OK K.OK1I1, ML ic CO
UN vr, AueAMr i
Jf imt urs" rtyai along with ccm. H u
Uts fcasf ooiui awWuArwi I naui ever n
yAAC MUUU, iurss Vtitfar,
hrookivn, Kw York.
bvery WATERPROOF COLLAR or UUFF
BE UP
TO
THE MARK
tj TRADE
iiiSElLULQl
3X
NEEDS NO LAUNDERING. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT.
THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF
COLLAR IN THE MARKET.
mm
S APOLI
royalty it-s el-: Try' it i n y our next5
house-cle&ning: Grocers keep ih
DO YOU LIVE IN GREASE?
As a true patriot and citizen you should naturalize yourseli
by using the best inventions of tho day for removing euch a charge.
To live in Grease ia utterly unnecessary when BAPOLIO ia sold
in all the etoreb, and abolishes grease and dirt
NERVE-PAINS.
Cures
curaltrla.
Neuralgia.
euraigia.
Rait Point, N. Y., April IB, m.
I im (Towel alt wcfkn with tmiralfta; a hall
bottlo of Hi. Jacnhn Oil cured moi no ratnm ol
pnlii In thn yoam. Have ol( It to many,
anil hava yvt to hoar of (ingle caae It did not
rclloTO or uermani-ntlr rnrp.
U. JAY TOMI'KINa, DruRlit.
Oror-rt inland, N. Y Fch. 11, 1SW.
t MiffhnM with neuralRl In the head, but
fhund Innlnnt relief from tho application ol
bU Jacob oil, whleh pureit ma.
K. T. UKLMNliKR, Chief of Polios.
For Fifty Years
the
Standard
Blood-purifier
and
Tonic,
Aycr's Sarsaparilla
has no equal
as a
Spring
Medicine.
Prepared by
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.t
Lowell, Mass.
ARB TBI OLDIST TAHILT STANDARD.
A Purely VeRetable Compound, without
mercury or other injuriout mineral. Safe
and sure always. For fala by all Dru(ffiiau
Full printed direction! for tiling with each
tackage. Dr. SchencVi new book on The
.ungr Liver and Stomach SENT FRT.C AdV
dreu Dr. J. H. Schenrlc & Ron. Philadelphia
SALT LAKE CITY.
1,noatiHl tn the niMut of the most fertile farmlu
Tallpys in ihe wnrhl. Cros abundant, never fail.
Home markets emmutne everything" at high prices.
Wonderful stork nl gTasltig- country. iienaia
K-hoolR and churche of alt denominations, good so
eletv. terfH't eilmitie. A sroat health resort, (irand
opiNirttinltles for In vent me nt in Halt Lake City or
the rich nnd iimieveiojieii mines ami lanu or vxn.
Kor full tuiriiiUNir nnd II I mum ted pamphlet address
t IIAMItKIt OKt oMMKHCK, Mult lJik City, Utah.
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at:f in Tint world U II L JnO t
I W Oet tho Ueuulpix Bold Branrwhara,
DETECTIVES
W taWil la err Coo( fthr4 in U Ml lattrtUas
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RE N S I O N V'"7i tnZuXfSSf
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t Principal Ea&ralnar V S. Paualon Bur a.
3yra tu Lt war, lb nljutueaUug alalia, atty
PATENTS-PENSIOXSTur.eai'S
direct of fruttlou and liouuiy laws. Bend fur In
ventors' Uukln or How tu list a latent. PatsicS
U'Kasrklu Attorney at Uw, Washington, P. C.
in asp hTl'OY, Hook .keeping. Hutlne Forms,
KUInC IviimuiiKhlm ArithmuUu. Short-hand, ete
II tiiontutfiily taught ly IA1L. Clreulsrs free,
liryaiit'e I'titlege, 4.17 Main Nr., ttuftalo, M. If.
OPIUM
II A HIT. Only Ortsli sn4
eaay ft' It Kin the World. Dr.
J. la. T I'll K.N K, Lebanon, o
ltO( KU OOD'rt I'OKT-t AITrt.
A cart u tie visile, tintype or tlaguvrreotype can be
uupuxl U a lifu sixe Kj.-triitt for
T K N DOM, All
Fend forrlruuVir. 17 L'uion b4iiare, W. Y.
s0An
JONESN
TON SCALES OF
$60 (BINGHAMTONJ
V Beam Box Tire Beam v$, N. Y.
" - Vj, 4 .rSr
OK. KOMI LEU'S FAVOUITK COLIC MfXTCRB
for all domestlo animals will eur W out of evwy loo cases of uollo, woethe flat
uieut or spasmodic Karwly more than 1 or i does nOMary. It does not eon
uiiiuti auu i anursiy narmtau. Alter S3 years or trtat
our guarantee is worth soinathini. Vmllc nsaef be
Kipeud a tow osnts and you nav a ours on hand, reear
U uot at your dxuggU4'4
Bethlehem. Pa.
"fuvorus cu.w
We oKeertuliy rseomwMad lr, JToAJses
tavorUe CoAe liurtwr." Would
T
lettAouf it as iotj ai toe have orssa
Sals and A.uA.atH UtabUe, ttaetam PiX
.iajl,' atuia MNti
THAT CAN BE RELIED ON
TNTot; to iSxDllt!
3Tcyt to DlHOOloyl
BEARS THIS MARK.
MARK.
the kin
If-Hie old proverb be fairs
G is .greater to