1 (toe farmers of sum. BATStNO RICH AND TKTTT.n 13 , TIIEIB PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION. AH the I,nrt la Owned by the Klnff I lonilod Farm Method of lr rljtntlon Prlmltlvelmplrmpiil". Sinm, snys Frank 8. Carpenter in fhc 'American Agriculturist, is a preat wed;c nt tbfi lower end of the vast peninsula of Indo-China. It is bounded on the sides and at the top by the French possessions of Tonqnin anil tho English principality of liurmali. Those two nations are rast init their covetous eyes upon it. It is a land of some mountains ami many val leys. The eighty Munnm Hiver flows from north to south through it, and the valley of this is ono of the richest agri cultural regions of tho world. Forty miles from its mouth lies Hanglrok, town of about 700,000 people, 000,000 of whom live in floating houses fastened to piles along the banks of the rivers These floating houses are found all along the valley of the Jlcnain, and they lino tho rivers of the interior. During the rainy season a vast part of tho country is Hooded, and the fanners go from one part pf it to another in boats. Jinny farmers live in floating-houses, and when their estates lie along the banks of tho river they can float from one end of their little plantations to the other by simply loos ing tho bands which bind their houses to ho piles. The rountry has a system of land laws, and though tho King really owns ever y foot of it, and could confis cate estates if ho would, the farmers have a certain right of tenure to their lands, and as long as they pay their taxes they can buy and sell them and will them to their children just as they do in other countries. Tho taxes constitute the Kiug's rents, and theso are very high. All land is taxed at ten per cent, of its value. The crops are taxed, and in fact everything that tha farmers own must pay a high rate of taxation. The biggest tax, however, is that of labor. The big Farmer-King has the rig'.it to call upon every ono of his tenants for three mouths of hard labor during the year, lie dele gates this right to tho governors of his provinces and the heads of villages, and the result is that often when the farmers should bo harvesting their own crops they have to turn in and harvest those of the King. The women, consequently, havo to do tho greater part of the work, and the men are littlo better than slaves. This three months may be increased, as the necessities of tho King demand. The Siaineso farmers, like those of all other Eastern countries, huddle together ia little villages and they go out from these to work their fields which surround the towns. Tho fields are unfenced, and cattle are herded all the year round. Cat tlo thieves and crop thieves are numer ous, and it is only by eternal vigilance that the farmers are ablo to save their crops. Tho principal Siamese crop is rice, nud rice constitutes the food of the people. There is no better country in the world for raising it than Siam. The lowlands are easily irrigated and tho rainy season lasts from May until Octo ber. The climate is tropical and the winters arc like our summers. Every thing grows almost spontaneously, and two crops a year are not uncommon. The rice fields are laid off in lots of about one-third of an acre, each surrounded by an embankment of earth about a foot and a half high for the purpose of holding water when the land is prepared for planting. The rice is first sprouted in littlo patches, aud when it is a foot high it is pulled up, tied into bunches and tanen to these little fields, which are then covered with about six inches of wate; It is there transplanted, the men, women and children betiding over and thrusting the stalks deep into the 6oft mud under tho water. A good workman can set out about a third of an acre a day, and the planting season is any time between June and October. The harvest time comes along about Christmas, aud in many parts of the country these rich fields aro arti2cially irrigated. ' Tho irrigation of Siam increases every year, and it is chiefly tho work of the Chinese settlers. These Chineso have in troduced their methods of irrigation, aud there are others which have been in uso from time immemorial. The ordinary methods aro much the same as those of Eastern countries. Two women or girls dip up water in a basket, pitched within and without to prevent its lcakiug. They stand on tho higher bank above the canal and give the basket a swing by four strings which they have attached to it. They pull these strings as it dips into the water aud lift from six to eight gallons to the higher level where it runs oil into the fields. The system of having small buckets around a great wheel, which is turned by a man or a woman walking up it like tho clog on tho churn, is also in use and in some places the old-faahioned well-sweep is used. Labor is very cheap. Farm hands get from (1 to $1.50 a week ana ooarn tueinsuives, ana tacre is a great deal of debt labor. . The farming implements of Siam are of the rudest description. The cultiva tion of the whole country is done with a plow that an American farmer would not use. It consists of a crooked stick with ono handle, and it has a plowshare of cast iron about as big as a man's hand. Whs plowshare has a little hole in ouo end of it in which ono end of the crooked stick is put, aud the wholo outfit costs about $1.23. It cuts a fuirow of about two inches deep and five inches wide, and it is drawn by an ox or bullalo which is attached to it by a yoke and rope har ness. AVhen two oxen aro used the plow has a sort of tougue which is fastened to the yoke on the necks of the team and in both cases tho animals are driven not by lines but by a sort of rope halter fastened to a holo in the nose of the ox. The harrow is equally rude. It consists of a long rake with wooden teeth attached to a bamboo tongue which is fastened to the ox's yoke. It has an oval handle which tho woman or man holds und upon v. hich she bears down in order to bniiU the clods aud drive the teeth iu Uee j :cr. lt:io of the most profitable crops is the pepper crop, aud Siam cx porta about $2ihi,000 worth of black pepper every year. The pepper plaututious are large ly managed by Chinese. The berries grow iu racemes, like currants, from a climbing vine trained like, a hop vine Uh:i trues or tree stumps which have bii u cut oil high up from the ground, aud i,'i)ud-beaiiug vines will yield two good crops a year. Very little cultiva tion is needed. Cuttings of the vines about eighteen inches long are buried at the root ot the tree, aud us they grow the tines are trained toward the trunk. In i !ry soils it is uecesary to water the phi: : every other day during the dry i' us, fur the lirst three years, aud at the age of four or fivs years the plant begin to bear. They continue, to bear from seven to fourteen years, and I am told that the crop ia a most profitable one. The principal crop is harvested in December and January, and the other becomes ripe about July or August. The harvest commences as soon as tho berries begin to turn red and they are collected at this timo and dried for the market. A good average yield for a plant is two pounds of pepper per annum. SELECT SITTINGS. A Bowery museum advertises the "biggest dwarf" iu the world. To salute with the left hand is a deadly insult to Mohammedans in tho East. Until 1776 cotton spinning was pcr foimcd by the hand spinning-wheel. Germany manufactures over (10,000, 000 worth of children's toys every year. Lewis Ledger, of New York city, on a wager recently ate thirty hard-boiled eggs in fifteen minutes. The proportion of married couples who live to celebate their golden wedding is under one in a thousand. Tho old Craddock fort on Ship street, East Medford, Mass., is the oldest house in America. It was begun in 1634. A New York broker has just paid $15, 000 for a half interest in a salmon stream that flows into the Hestigouche, in Canada. The presence of a well developed npplo growing on the grapevine at Ports mouth, Ohio, is ascribed to skillful graft ing. A sparrow at Colestown, Penn., built a nest in the running gear of a farmer's wagon, and makes a trip to market every week. In the tnaw of a cow killed near Darien, Ga., a few davs ago, was found a pouud of six penny nails and a five cent piece. With the present rate of increase as a basis, it is estimated that a century hence this countrv will have a population of 9C4,921,6S6. Napoleou III. got his title, the third. for tho second never reigned, by a com positor mistaking the exclamation points "1 1 I" for the Roman numerals III. A marine on duty at the Brooklvn (X. Y.) navy yard, is unable to speak above a whisper, in consequence of hav ing habitually cateu gunpowder for years. The reason why fire crackers are al ways covered with red paper is that red is the festive color in China, and that firecrackers aro used chiefly on festive occasions. The oldest man in Great Britain is Hugh MacLeod, a Scotch crofter, who was born on the 24th of November, 83. He lives in County Ross, and is still healthy and vigorous. Tho boundary lino between the United States and Canada is distinctly marked from Lake Michigan to tho Paci fic by cairns, pillars of iron, earth mounds and timber clearings. Prince Herbert Bismarck cherishes carefully the wreck of a watch which he carried during the Franco-Prussian war and which Btoppcd a bullet that other wise might have ended his life, The great exhibition held in London, England, in 1S51, was attended by 6,039,105 persons and left a profit of $1,066,525. It remained open from tho 1st of May to tho 11th of October. The Pacific coast has not a complete monoply of big trees. There is a cypress tree at Enterprise, Fla., that is over ten feet in diameter and has a trunk reach ing up forty feet to the first branch. Few people know of the origin of the namo liismarck. The castle of the Chancellor's aucestors received its name from the "uiarca," or boundary lino. formed by the River Biese, Bicse-Marca becamo Bismarck. A queer white and red robin aston ishes the fishermon at Quonochoutaus?. li. I. It has built its nest in a shaggy reach of pasture near the thundering ocean breakwater. The bird s body is of a snowy white, even to the tip of its tail, except its breast, which is of a rosy red. The food of a "Zoo" hippopotamus is estimated to be about two hundred pounds a day in weight, and consists chiefly of bay, grass and roots. The daily provender of a giraffo weighs about bfty pounds. The lions and tigers ob tain about eight or nine pouuds of meat a day. For fifteen years a Portland (Me.) business man has received from the florist's every other morning a fresh bunch of flowers roses, heliotrope, forget-me-nots and the like, and placed it directly in front of him upon his desk. By thus looking upon the bright side of life he bos undoubtedly added to his happiness. Taper Car Wheels. Paper car wheels are made from com mon straw boards or "straw lumber," as it is generally called. These boards are square when they come from tho mill. At the car wheel factory these are cut into circular disks by a large knife which swings on a radial arm over a ta ble upon which the straw board sheets aro spread. A small circular holo is cut in the centre for the iron hub, for you must understand that this paper wheel is not all paper, by any means. Pressure is next applied and in the following manner: Sheets to the number of ten or a dozen are pasted together; when enough of these discs have been prepared to fill a powerful hydraulic press and subjected to a pressure of many thousand pounds to tho square inch. When re moved from the press these disc are huug on poles iu a steam drying room for about a week. Thicker disks are next formed by pasting together two or threo of thuse already finished and dried. Placing these together in a press as be fore the saino process is repeated until a block four inches thick has been pro duced. The blocks are next turned upon a lathe in the same manner as iron or wood, after which the steel tire is fitted; this is also done by hydraulic pressure, requiring about 250 tons. The forcing of the hub into the hole in the center requires a pressure of twenty live foot tons. The wheel, which is now so hard that it can only be scratched by a diamond; is next painted und laid away to season, after which it" is ready for use. At last report they were woith about $67 each, aud are said to lost three times as long us the iron wheel of the common pattern. The paper car wheel us above described is known as the It M. Allen patent, aud first came into the market iu 1674. Aintrican Mural Uvim. THE FARM AND GARDEN. XKVMIKS OF Til POTATO. One could almost say that man is ono of the worst enemies of the potato, if we may judge from the manner in which he sometimes neglects ono of his best of vegetable friends. Whilo it requires warm, rich soil, he gives it a water aoaked clay bed, and when the feeble plants come to tho surfaco no encourage mcnt is given them to struggle against the weeds that threaten to choke out the last spark of lifo. Many insects prey upon tho narcotic Jirrbago of the potato, tho most destruc tive of which is tho Colorado beetle. But with this well under subjection by a fully understood plan of applying London purple or Taris green, there re mains now only to develop tho methods of overcoming tho blight and rots, tho worst of which is tho so-called well rot. This is due to the growth of a low form of vegetation closely related to tho mil dew of the grape. It flint appears on the leaves ns frosty patches, aud from there it grows down the stems, and final ly its slender threads reach the tubers, causing them to rot. From the fact that the leaves aro first attacked, and the rot works down tho stems to the potatoes, it is evident that when tho leaves and stems are dying prematurely tho "tubers should be dug at once. Let the potatoes dry thoroughly In the field after digging, and store only the sound ones in a dry place with a good circulation of air. Avoid a damp, poorly ventilated room. Tho vines aud all decayed tubers left in the field should be burned. As preventivo measures at planting time it may be suggested that a second crop should not be grown where tho pre vious crop failed from the rot. The seed should bo free from tho trouble, and therefore only souud potatoes are suit able for planting. Early varieties, planted early, are most apt to escape, for the rot does not get started usually un til midsummer. Experience has demon strated that it is best to hill the potatoes somewhat at tho plowing, as many germs of the disease fall from the leaves and are washed down to the tubers -with the rains. American Agriculturist. BnBAKrSO A COLT TO TItK CARS. One morning last spring a traveler ap proaching a country railway station no ticed a man holding a young horse some twenty rods distant from the track, upon which a train was then standing. The man's left hand grasped a strong leather halter at the point where it is fastened to the leading line, while his right hand held firm hold of a heavy strap buckled loosely about the horse's throat. Tho man, who was speaking to the horse in a low voice, presently began moving with him over tho open space toward the locomotive, -which thus far was perfectly lilcnt. The horse's open nostrils and erect ears showed him to be somewhat excited at the strange apparition, but he evidently felt assurance in his keeper, by whose side be had moved with short and nervous step over perhaps half the dis tance between himself and the train when tho locomotive suddenly let oil team. The terrified creature turned like a flash, and in so doing for an instant swung the man's feet clean off the ground 1 But before the horse made the first spring in the opposite direction the man's feet were again on solid earth and he lost hold with neither hand, although the horse dragged him beyond the place of starting before he could be stopped. Casting his eyes around at the still hiss ing locomotive the horse, again sprung forward, but could no more free himself from the man's hold than a rat could es cape from the teeth of a tcrrer. After a few more futile attempts the horse again turned around, and this time found him self able to endure the sight of a locomo tive. Thus he stood for perhaps two minutes with staring eyes aud quivering muscles. After a little the steam was shut off, when the man loosed his hand from the strap around the horse's throat and with it began stroking his neck, still speaking to him in the same low toned voice. Soon the horse became quite composed, whereupon tho man, again grasping the throat strap w ith his right hand, urged him toward the train as before. With many stops and snorts of inquiry the horse permitted himself to be led again toward the locomotive, which, when he was about the samo direction from it as the other time, burst forth into a second hissing, quite as loud as was the first. Again was repeated the scene already do cribed, but the horse did not drag the man so far as before, nor did he require so long a time in which to be quieted. The steam shut off again, and the man and horse once more approached the train, which now moved away from tho station. Tho last glimpse of them showed the horse watching the now accustomed terror and the man by bis side still grasping the head of tho leading line and stroking the horse's neck a beauti ful and expressive illustration of the power over an intelligent animal of man's courage, kinuuess and patience. Acta England Farmer. DOES FWT-GROWrNG FAVt Fruit-growing ns a whole is. without doubt, a profitable occupation; yet the majority of farmers who engage in it are probably disappointed because their ex pectations have been placed so high that the result must necessarily fall below their hopes. Estimates for future profits are often based upon prices received in the home market for fiuits brought from a distance. Especially is this true re garding small fruits. The grower natu rally reasons that his home grown fruit will go into the market in so much bet ter condition than that which is shipped from a distance that it will bring quite as good a price, even if somewhat later in season. But by the time his plants are grown and the fruit is ready for market the condition may have changed Some other grower, not so very far away, may have found the excellent opening offered by the samo market, and is there as a competitor. His neighbors have been inspired by the same idea at about the same time, and are hardly a season behind him with their products. Or his first crops, owiug to imperfect methods of cultivation uud handling knowledge of which can only be obtained by experience, have failed to come up to the high standard of his hopes. These drawbacks may lead him to the conclu sion, if he is a man easily discouraged, that fruit-growing is not ljrofitable. Yet with all these discouragements, it strongly probable, that his trial acre of strawberries, or currants, or blackberries has paid a better net profit than any pos sible acre of wheat, or corn, or meadow, If the acre of fmlt has not made a for. tune, it has at least indicated tho road to a better income. If tho crop was straw berries, the experience gained will enable one to duplicate It to better advantage, with a better knowlcdgo of tho most de sirable varieties for his locality. Then another acre may be put in raspberries and blackberries, which will follow the strawberries in tho season of harvesting and marketing. Ono each may be put in currants and gooseberries, which among small fruits best bear shipping, and will cnablo tho cultivator to test tho value of other markets after tho homo trade has been supplied. Plums, cherries, poaches, etc., will follow in their natural order, until the fruit farm, large or small, be comes an accomplished fact, and then, if it is managed as a systematic business, it will be strango indeed if it docs not yield a handsomo return for the capital and labor invested. Fruit is every year becoming more plentiful in our mnrkets, and the in creased consumption keeps pace with tho supply. If this condition forbids great profits to tho individual specialist in fruit culture, it improves the chances for the best irtcrest of agriculture at large. It is better that many should bo able to acquire a competence than that one shall make a fortune, and it is one of the be nign influences of our progressive agri culture that we can put within the reach of all classes the most wholesome cf foods. Fruits which were once known only as delicacies by the masses are now upou their tables daily iu their respec tive seasons. As our population increases, farmers all through tho great eastern aud middle sections of tho country cultivate mainly tho smaller aud more delicate products of tho soil. The orchard, tho garden, and tho dairy will take the place of grain fields; and the farmer who plans to follow this line, content with moderate returns, will not be tho one to exclaim that fruit-crowinc is unprofitable. American Agriculturist. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. The best fed fruit tree is the last ono attacked by insects. It is cheaper to haul than to drive the fat hogs to the railway station. Frost is blamed for killing many an orchard tree that is starved to death. It is economy to dispense with fences as much as possible, and it is convenient. The roads of a neighborhood are a strong indication of the character of its inhabit ants. There is nothing so easy to grow - in this world as weeds, and nothing else is so profitless. The farm may not yield big profits, but is there any other calling so suro to gain a man a living! The secrets of large yields always and everywhere are rich soil, good seed and thorough tillage. Clover and oat straw fed together furn ish more nutriment, pound for pound, than timothy hay. A trotting match between the cows and the dog may be interesting, but it does not make butter. You are under no obligation to loan to the person that does not promptly return articles in good order. Save up all tho manure you can and spread it on your land next fall and plow it under lightly. Wo want to get rid of scrub land and scrub farming, as well as of scrub stock. Grado up all along the line! Mr. W. n. Gilbert, a New York dairy expert, says "tho man who takes care of the cc?ws makes the butter." A score of farmers fail because they try to do something other than farming, wbeie one fails by sticking to farming. If your horses shrink from you, when you enter their stall", do some detective work on jour hired help, or yourself. Shelter your wagons, plows and other implements from tho sun as well as from the rain. Ono is about as destructive as the other. Get a stencil and put your namo on your larger farming implements, sacks, etc. Get a die, and stamp your name on smaller implements. Reset and repair your fences during the interval between laying by aud harvesting the crops. Make the fence straighter, build it up higher and be suro to stop all tho big cracks. It is a curious fact that some men would rather make five dollars by trad ing horses than twenty-five dollars by housing farming implements. A cow that has to get her living by gnawing the parched pasture, under an August sue, without other feed, is not likely to make a great show at the pail. It is said thatia mixture of two parts by weight of cottonseed meal to one of good hard wood ashes make almost a per fect fertilizer' for general crops. Try it. One of tho ,very finest fertilizers for melons is old bones, gathered up and re duced by placing them in alternate layers with ashes the 'previous year to using them. Prepare your land for fall turnip patches. Break it tup deep and thoroughly and harrow well. Be sure the ground is well manured. An old cow pen is one of the best places about the farm for a turnip patch. The price of the cow does not indicate her value as a producer. Gilt edged but ter is something that depends on how it is made. The cow gives the milk, but upon the management of the milk, cream aud butter depend the quality. An Emblem Kecowrod AftcrXiOO Tears Brosenose College, Oxford, England, has just regained possession of the quaint brouze knocker frotn which it derived its name, after being! alienated from its ancient home nearly six centuries. AVhen Oxford . scholars migrated to Stamford in UJli in consequence oi a feud which then distracted tUe university, they took this knocker with them, and it has ever since remained on'the door of a house there in which they settled, and which was sold to the corporation ot Stamford early iu'the seventeenth century. This house, wliich several times changed hands, was sold, again the other day, and was purchased , by Brosenose College, which thus recovered its original emblem which probably was modeled dunog the twelfth century. It renreseats a lion's face with a rins through the mouth, and it is very curi ously tmbellifheu. it. Louti Btar-oay Sarah Bepuardt, the great French tragedijfl A .the owner of 120 birds, and er pets a large black t dogs. R KYI'S AND NOTES FOB TT03EEH Cigar" is new shade of brown. Beach tan is now the fashionable color, Archery Is again the most popular pas time. The ends of velvet bows are now cut square. Flannel drtsses are the most worn by young girls. Women are eligible to school offices Id sixteen States. f Jenny Llnd's grave is covered with resh flowers every day. Princess Mary of Tock is one of the prettiest girls in England. Turkish women eat rose leaves with butter to secure plumpness. Queen Victoria, of England, is in favor of Sunday musio for the people. Nearly 15 J women are buying and soil. Ing real estate in Superior, Wis. Miss Grace McDonough, of California, Is a pretty girl with $3,000,000. The Archduchess Valerie's wedding dress had a train fourteen feet long. The ladies of Chicago will receive and entertain the Federation of AVoraen's Clubs in 1882. The Misses Emily and Georgians Ilill have started a school of journalism in London, England. Clara Morris, the emotional actress, is t great lover of birds, and has a regular aviary at her home. The very English girls along the Hudson and about the bay wear white duck yachting suits. Rosa Bonheur claims that she has painted her best pictures since she at tained the age of fifty. Deep girdles, well boned after the peasant bodice, are put on the new toil ets of white and figured silk. Sweet-pea blossoms, white and col red, real and artificial, are the popular iecorative flowers of tho momont. Gold bracelets made of satin gold and fastened with small padlocks are very fashionable and equally expensive. One of the prettiest dress patterns for U round wear is a black India silk flowered with pink aud green posies. The "robe" dress is shown in hand worked trimmings and baud-painted velvet for the cuffs, collar and brelcttcs. Mrs. Theodore Irving, tho founder of tho order of King's Daughters, is the widow of a nephew of Washington Irv ing. A new impetus is given the cape, which appears in all styles of creamy lace ind net, and also ia ermine and lamb's fur. Tho favorite flower of tho Princess of Wales is tho Alexandra orchid, which was named for her soon after aha went to England. Miss Juliet Corson is obliged to sit in in invalid chair whilo she directs and il lustrates her methods of cookinrr hWfftrn her classes. The most stylish sleeve is tho full bishop, made with a loose slip wristlet ne inch wide and banded just above the slbow with a two-inch ribbon. A young woman in Florida has just lied in untold agony from the results of i bite of an insect which was concealed in a bunch of flowers sho wose at her cck. Beautiful white toilets for receptions ind dinners are made of the finest and richest of China and India silk scattered vcr with tiny white silk buds, leaves or rose sprays. A fancy is shown for velvet bands on white mull and flannel dresses. Generally i Grecian or scroll pattern is worked oa ;he black ribbon velvet with motal or s hite cord. A bill making women eligible to the juice of notnry public has passed the Dakota Legislature, and Mrs. C. S. rhorp, of Britton, has received tho first :ommission. The board of education in Columbus, Ohio, has decided that hereafter there ihall be no difference in the salaries paid to men and women who are teachers in public schools. Fine Irish point lace, in pure white in I pale beige tints, is made use of for xmuets, for evening drives, and is also much used on sailor and garden-party aats of Neapolitan braid. As many as three or five rows of tiny buttons are seen on bodices, and they ire also plentifully on culls, collars and :oat tails. Theso coat-tail basques will tie the thing for all fall suits. The first colored graduate from the Department of Music of the University f Pennsylvania is Miss Ida E. Power. 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OIe ooui piLeie twuvijsu of rr jrUiiBf perutiuiug to oottmUilt, tnrrtMir aud ths prfs4cuti tvad rerug ot Utxiut suniii,' fWrtelhar u Tftiati4 raoipo frM r lUripisUrtuL. vxuUiiAUu. ot boUal&U prsofio, Jjf root tut of OrduuM-y kerbtk WlUn Hits Ivuk la tb rou) tafear Is o exouM fur sVt tiuoirii rh4 ( do U ma exargeAf. 9enl pottul uoku Or utaga pWtap of uy UeuotmiiukVoa lrgu ya V oeu. Servian Military Drums. A curious thing connected with the Servian army is the manner in which nearly all . the regiments carry the big dmm. Instead of being slung In front of the man who plays it this instrument is put upon a small two-wheeled cart drawn by a large dog, the latter being so trained that ho keeps his place even through tho longest marches. Tho drum mer walks behind tho cart and performs on the instrument as it goes along. Each regiment has two or threo drums, but scarco'.y any of tho regiments havo a band. London Tit-lUU. Yon flon't have to lake mir ura for th sooil quality of Ilnhuliia's Klectrlo 8op. Just got on hiir of your urorer, let it toll yon l "m frM ni-xt .M"i(l(iy, rikI be govornul by that, piKiJor bail. Hrmembor )ii)iMru.' Klcftric Par Pai.taoor Is tits m alien t of the Ave Central Anierlt-nn Kcimbltca. W. H. Orlffln, .larknon. Mich., wrltiw; "Snf fem! with t'atarrh for fifteen yr-sra, Hall's Ca tarrh Cure cured me." Hold by DrtiKKlHta, ita. M A ir. Is hardly k nown I In Franco. i an article of f II Maai He Hal When an article has stood the test of puhllo trial upward of forty years, like lr. ToblaVa Venetian Liniment, tliero can be no doubt about tin iHMnerwIiiif real merit. i;onvlne Souraolvesofthefarttf you have not already one eo. A eilitflo trial will lie eullirient to render you the knowledge that it la a auiterior art icle.aud t he bent in t he world for xlna and arhrnof all description. For internal m well as external line twins warranted Mrfei't.ly hnrnilcn tonth to that ef fect accompanying each bottle aa wull aadtrec lions for unci. Truly rellable.it Is no wonder then that thou sands statu they would not be without this preparation even were the prioe $1U per bottle. Instead of only 'A or Ml eta. bold by alWlruKglsta. FITS stopped free by Da. Kr.iftt's OnsAT Kkrvi Kehtohkh. No Fits after n rut day's uae. Marvelous cures. Treatise and ! trial bottle free. I r. Kline. Bill Arch St.. f hlla.. I'a. The Indianapolis (Ind.) 7?im' Horn, a won derful paper, on trial to Jan. It for 85 cents. If afflicted with sore eyes nne Dr. laaae Thomp son's Kve-aaler. ltriiKnieteBellato.perbotll9 The turning point in woman's life brings peculiar weaknesses and ailments. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription brings relief and cure. It is a powerful, invigorating, restorative tonio and nervine. It imparts strength to the whole system in general, and to tho utcrino organs and appendages in particular, "ltnn-down," debilitated and deli cate women need it. It's a legiti mate medicine purely vegetable, perfectly harmless. It's guaranteed to give satisfaction in every case, or money refunded. Nothing else does as much. You only pay for tho good you get. Can you ask more ? As a regulator and promoter of functional action, at that critical period of change from girlhood to womanhood, " Favorite Prescrip tion" is a perfectly safo remedial agent, and can produce only good results. It is equally efficacious and valuable in its effects when taken for those disorders and derange ments incident to that later and most critical period, known as " The Change of Life." Wall paper BARGAINS! Wa will guarantee au then clean Dew jrnorls Just made, and full lengla S yardj to the roll. AaH-rd. rati White back I'aper. 3 la Hi, AiS-Tl. roll lillt I'aper. S la lOo. AiM-rd, rail E miaoued (Jilt Paper, Htm 13s. Ulll Bardera. 4 13 lacaea wide, IS aaa 3c. per yard. Boraera wUeeut Ulli, tl ta Inches la. per yard. snd 4c. In ttamttt for samcles of the best aa4 greatest barsaius la the oouutrjr. 3". II. OADT, 305 liltill DTK EST, Mention this paper. frarldsacs. R. I. L EWIS' 98 JKL LYE Powdered and Perfumed. ll'ATKNTED.I The Mtronant and purest Lya made. Will make tliebrsC per fumed Hard hoap in & min ute without bailing. Itlattio Iient for disinfecting sinks, closets, drains, washing bottlui, tarrela, painlH, eXo. PENNA. SALT MFO CO. tirn. Agl... f alia.. Pa. llfipVt "Till) V. Book-keeping, BulneM Form", MUa V I'anmanaalp, Arithmetic auort-nand. sux , llocMEVuly lauaut by MAIL circulars Ires. Hrrant'e olleie. 4.17 Main Kt Uurlalo, N. Y. every WATERPROOF COLLAR or CUFF BE UP TO THE MARK NEEDS NO LAUNDERING. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT. THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF COLLAR IN THE MARKET. teslburttens i 3. cvS 61 'iused ror What would you FES who would take half your hard work off your sliouldert and do it without a murmur? What would yon give to find am assistant in your housework that tvould keep your floors and walla clean, and your kitchen bright, and yet never grow ugly over the matter of hard work ? Sa polio Ujusi euch a friend and can be bought at all grocr$. OIVIS KNJOY8 .e Both the method and result when yrup of Figs is taken ; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and act gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem ell'eotually, dinpels cohls, head aches and fever and cures habitual constipation, rvrtip of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial In its efl'eets, prepared only from the most healthy and agrccaule substances, its many excellent qualities com mend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Fvrup of Figs is for sale in 60o ftpd 1 1 bottles by all leadingdnig. gists. Any reliable druggMCwho may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. i CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO. CIL M T N V 34 CANNABIS INDICA, The UrcM Kant lntlla Itemexly. Imported by nuncncK A Co., Ki Race Stress, I'hlladrlphla, I'a. Is warranted to curs Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma and Nasal Catarrh. And will break up a rrenh cold In 34 hours. Kkeptlo, ak your drug-glut for It. One bottls will satisfy ynv of Us merlta 'J.!K iter pint bottle, ur Uu-es botUes, Sh.5ii. Bend for circular. 6 JONES TOM SCALES OF $60 BINGHAMTON IBsim BoxTsrs Beam J A N. Y. aJ six suss m rV M WM. FITCH & CO., 1 O t Corenraa RuUdlns. Washington, D. CU PENSION ATTORNEYS of or rr tsvj.iV ritwiew. Sure fully pro rut ponttims nt rlavlms of all kmrti In ahotisurt ltwnbw umN far Ino KK rwi wcyMffvu ERAZER UKfiT I TItK WOULD AXLE GREASE I rjJ etUiatisnulna. Bold Erairwbw. PENSIONS ThouMnda nlli-t utvtrM- tb Sew At. W rit immtHllaUly for t.,!ft for pltrftUon. Km piny tholJ rv I table Arm, J, II. ( HAl.l.b All., .Vuhlutftoa, D. 0. fENSIONJi?!UKK Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Lt Frltioipl Kiimlner U S. renalon BurMU. 3 T r lu Urtt war, U mIJ utlicaUux claim, ally luoa. pensions; i r; .i-.k kv law. rVvkllora. Wklowa. rarruU. aearl for blank appllfatlnu an t tnrirm4Un. f atkiu 0'I'ahnbij IVnMuii AkviiI, WaalilQaTt-in, IK C rino'n UcntMlr for Oitarrh La tb Boat, KaaiMl to Uh, ami CbrajvaaU Hold by (.niCTrUta or arnt nr mall. OUCb Jsk As UaMeVIIISIfJ) nMrs M. MONKY INCMICKKNM. t Kor W. a liAri4( iMMik, xiH)r1f)iKa r a iractk'ai poultry raiaur during ara. It uticta bow to uto aud curetllara; to f mhI f nr isctra Paudfor fatiruiiur; wotcb tow la 10 tvo for brwUiuA, Ac, Ac. Atlrv4 UooK itoUKK, IM nasi HU, S, V. City. A $5 B001 a book In sits and style, but wsliavsnj ra"Ji ausks It wret tb. .)i.u3r dtiusiid. Jo suit IUS 111 T'UlAook oout.lus H4 pos IHU taebeslnslra, andonnsUtso! ln.a Sill fists '; C1,,1.n elerstloiis, psric"lvs inVws. descriptions, c"U.r country, suj co.im f roDi ' to S.j also st ntsulss. R. heol Hou., Town UU, t'burebss anS oilier pubQo buildings, toireth.r with ,B'",?int form ot oouJrsct, ssd 1"S amount of tfonueUoe oaths srscUon M buiUlnis. "lection of sits. sjj. rJoyment of Architects. It Is worth M to snr jus. but ws will snd II la psoer coysi b ulsJ. postpaid, cm rs.-"lpr.ffytiOi bouudm ololn S'-O AKCUITKCT crT. I 4 Vantlewatsr , r TOT S"MsaUoo This I'smr..! n EH M FOR $1.00. 1 UU! a IT..S Urnthtomot ti Idliif a bous.yonoBf to luy ia. new booff, FalUser s Awerira-Arch. I i.e. lire, or ST.rr nisa s c..iut.l.M Dutlder.irfirj4 it fsUWr. Wlllssr v-th"'llk,w.n,,i'1'tt!: 'fliers is not a Bull.r or vf oas lutndu ta Iralldor otherwise uitrrestwl yisi osn sn.ira 10 Without It. It t s prsctirsl wort Slid srerbodr bur It Thsbeit. rhespsst and most ropulsr work Urardon Butldm. Ncsrlr I " hundred Arawltups, ss THAT CAN BE RELIED ON 3Tcyt to siriit! 3Tot to Pisooiori BEARS THIS MARK. ' MARK. 1 -WTourc.&n lessen URDEN id cSkke-A'frecoaTi nfi soim cle&nln pumps.es. givo for a Friend
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