1 THE FARM AND WARDEN. f TIIR 11K0T OKKSH. A Connecticut poultry man, who BjKuks from Ms own experience, distinct ly statts tlmt: "No amount of good food, will fitlen geese, of a mongrel type." The best and tlie quickest birds to-dny of good flesh in his opinion aro those produced by Embdcn geeso crossed by the Toulouse, lie feeds his gcesa with whent ami barley grain and barley meal with brewer's grains, all of which are good fattening foods, lie also feeds tur nip and marigold tops, which nro greatly relished Xcv York World. A LOKO JAIL ON COW. W. H. Sceley, of Knlnmazoo, Mich., a dairyman of long experience, says: "I know of no physiological reason why a long tnil is a good sign in a dairy cow, but I do know that all our best cows have them." Jlr. J. IS. Knapp, of Port Jancl, Ore., gave a corresponding opinion in hcl)nirymnn not long ago. The Hol landers for hundreds of years havo ob served that their most promising and long-milking cows had long tails, Hence it becomes a settled thing with them that the tail should extend at least below the hock. The Dairyman says : "Tho long tail is an indication of nerve power, and that is a thing that is always to bo de sired in a cow. It is equivalent to what we call the 'ataying power' in a race horse." BADI.T EDUCATED CALVES. ' Much of the trouble in dairies due to vices in cows is attributable to tho bad education of tho cnlvcs. Tho training of the calf should begin before it has got upon its feet. It should be wrapped in a suck and carried away to a comfor table pen at a distance from tho cow. To prevent its recognition of the dam is the first step to make a docile calf. It Jclicvcs the cow from a source of much nervous excitement, to which qulto often an attack of milk fever is due. The cow is left in quiet, in a dark, lono pen if possible, for a few hours, when the acceptable menl of warm bran or oatmeal gruel is given having a pint of molasses in it. This is laxative and nutritious and settles the cow to a com fortable rest for a few hours, after which she is milked and the milk is at once fed to the calf. A little patience will suffice to teach tho calf its first lesson, which is to drink the milk, and then a second one is given. This is to have a strap around its neck and to be tied in the pen. It will lio down and sleep quietly until tho next milking time, which wilt bo in twelve hours, when it will need a little moro patient teaching to drink its next meal. Bycontiuuing such treatment the young thing will soon learn to drink, and tho ninth meal should be of warm, sweet skimmed milk. To make)" good calf its milk should be given warm as long' as milk is given to it, which may be three or four months. A'w York Time$. HOADS ASD ROADMAKIKO." The Alabama Agricultural Experi ment. Pta'.ioh at Auburn has issued an Interesting bulletin on this subject from which the following extracts are taken : As an unnecessarily long road would increase the cost of construction, the cost of repairs, and the cost of time and labor in traveling over it, It should, other things being equal, be perfectly straight, but straightness should always be sac rificed to obtain a level or make the road less steep. This is one of the most im portant principles to be observed, and yet is most often violated. Roads should be made to curve sometimes for economy in construction, such as to avoid swampy or bad ground, or to avoid large exca vations, or to reach points on streams better suited for the approach of bridges. Besides its substantial advantages, the gently curving road is much more pleas ant to the traveler, for he is not fa tigued by tho tedious prospect of a long straight stretch to bo traversed, but is met at each curve by a constantly varied view. The proper width for a road depends of course upon the importance aud the amount of travel upon it. The least width to enable vehicles to pass is as sumed at sixteen and a half feet. In Eng land the width of turnpikes approaching large towns is sixty feet. Ordinary turn pikes are thirty-five feet wide, and or dinary carriage roads across the country are given a width of twenty-five feet. In France the roads vary in width from sixty-six feet to twenty-six feet, and all have the middle portion ballasted with stone. In New York all public roads are laid out by the Commissioners of High ways and are not less than three rods wide between fences, aud no more of them need be worked or formed into a surface for traveling than is deemed necessary. The drainage of a road by suitable ditches is one of the most linportuut ele ments. All attempts at improvement are useless till the wuter is thoroughly got rid of. These ditches arc sunk to a depth of about three feet below the roadway, so as to thoroughly druin off tho water which may pay through the surface of the roadway. In repairing roads the earth used should bo as gravelly as possible and free from vegetable earth. Bod or turf, though at first tough, soon decays and forms the softest mud in wet weuthvr. Stones of considerable size should not be used, as they will not wear uniformly with the rest of the road, and will pro duce hard bumps and ridges. A gravel road carefully made, with good side ditches to thoroughly drain the roud-bed, forms an excellent road. Borne gravel roads are very poor, caused in a great measure by using dirty gravel, which is carelessly throw u ou the road iu spots, which causes the ruad to soon wear into deep ruts and hard ridges. St. Louit liejiuUic. MAKE HAY WHIMS THE SUN SHINES. The American farmer must bo a prompt man. He must do work at the right time aud do it well, und have done with it. Our prevailing winds coma over a dry continent and are hungry for moitture, vhile the winds of Ireland, Kuglund and Western Europe puss over the Atlantic Ocean, warmed by tho Gulf btream, und are loaded with moist ure. Here cur minis ure muddy to-day aud dusty to-uiorrow, and aome people giuiuble and call it n disagreeable cli mate to live iu. Nothing of the sort. It 's the best climate iu the world for road ' 'tig. But we must not let the roads v. We must drain them. And - our climate is the best, -orl'l. Like rile, it is ' 4Uitster. We d that had heatedly turned, that was not wilted mora than grass that had been cut here for three hours. And it did not seem to bo In jured very seriously. In our climate a few days of such exposure would make the hay fit only for the dung heap. Why this difference? When grass and clover are growing the leaves and flowers are covered with a film of gum. Pull off a clover blossom and you find it sweet. If it were not for this film of gum or wat tho rains and dews would wash out tho sugar. When we cut the clover or grass and it dries rnpidly, tho film of wax cracks and then the ruin can get at tho sugar and wash it out. This is the one most im portant fact to be clearly understood aud obsorved in curing grass. The reason why the grass that had been cut so long in England was injured so much less than we should have supposed was due to the fact that the weather was so wet and the air so charged with moisture that the grass remained nearly as green and full of sap as if it had not been cut. Tho film of wax was still unbroken and the rain could not got at the sugar. If we cut a field of clover, nnd rain imme diately follows, before the clover wilts, no harm is done. But if the clover is partially cured and is then allowed to lie out exposed to the rain or even to a heavy dew, much loss of sugar and other soluble matter will be sustained. Our own plan of curing clover or a mixture of clover and grass is to start a couple of mowing machines in the after noon, and not touch it again until next morning. While it is green tho dew in the night will not injure it, and if it should rain in the night or the next morning little or no damago will be done. It is bettor not to touch the hay until there is a chance of getting it dry enough to put into cock. Fortunately, as soon as the rain is over and we have a clear sky and a brisk wind tho hay will dry with wonderful rapidity. We want no eight-hour men on such a day, unless they do not ccmmcnce work before noon. The hay must bo got into cock bofore one leaves tho field. It is then, if the cocks are well mado, comparatively sate. We like to get hay in without rain. If it is not cut too early aud has not been injured by rains or dews, it is astonish ing how green it can bo put in the mow without injury. Tho richer the sap tho better it will keep. A few days of sharp fermentation will do no hatm. The heat generated will kill the microbes, and decomposition will stop. It should be remembered thadrthcre is quite a difference between internal and j external moisture. Uruiuary green clover or grass, when cut, contains seventy-five per cent, of water. In , other words, a ton of grass contains 1500 pounds of water and 000 pounds of dry hay. A ton of dry hay, when growing, contains 6000 pounds of water. It is not necessary to get rid ol all this ' water. If 5000 pounds are evaporated, the bay as put in the barn would contain ' thirty-three and one-third per cont. of ' water. If the heat generated in the mow evaporated 500 pounds more water the hay would then contain twenty per cent, of water. This is a little moro than hay as sold or fed out usually cou tains. American Agriculiuritt. FARM AND GARDE NOTES. Pick tho geese regularly during tho summer to make them pay well. Under ordinary management it costs about five cents a pound to grow chick ens. The Houdans are good layers and non- setters, and their flesh U considered very delicate. Whenever young turkeys have mado a sufficient growth they should be given a free range. If the fowls begin to lose their feathers too soon change their food and do not give too stimulating diet. The refuse of the crop from an acre of tomatoes contains more fertilizing mate rial than similar remains of most other crops. As bens require a deal of water, drink ing only a small quantity at a time, it should be supplied abundantly, and kept clean and fresh. Fowls are very fond of milk, and they thrive well upon it. Sour milk will bring better returns in eggs than in any other way it can be fed. It is not economical to use the hoe if horse-power can be bestowed, but it is better to use the hoe than to allow weods or gross to grow in the rows. A poor milker will often ruin the value of a good cow. Patience and good tem per nowhere pay better than in dairy iag. Haw foreigners set to work as milkers seldom pay. If a man wants to invest a cow with an aroma of greatness, give her a long name fortieth Dutchess of Bungle town, Queen BemiramU, or Pride of Beacons- field s Barnyard. There is a great deal in a name, whether you believe it or not. The more thought and care a farmer gives to live stock cattle particularly the better his general farming is pretty sure to be. Horses are sometimes petted ami given extra care by "poor and shift less farmers, but such farmers rarely take much pains with cows. Common purslane chopped up and mixed with scalded corn meal is excellent green feed for fowls that are confined. Corn aud oats ground and fed to poultry is very fattening. After chicks are a month old cracked corn and wheat screen ings is better for them than dough. Reports of extraordinarily large eggs, or of smaller eggs incased in larger ones, are not uncommon. They simply indi cate that the hens have been overfed, are very fat and in no conditinn for laying eggs of normal size. "A Feather In His tap." "A feather in his cap," signifying honor and distinction, arose- from tho custom prevalent among the ancieut Syr ians, uud perpetuated to-day among the various savage or semi-civilized tribes of Asia aud America, of adding a now feather to thoir headgear for every enemy slaiu. In the days of chivalry the maiden kuiL'ht received his casque feuthsrlesa, and won his plumes as he had won his spurs. In a manuscript written by Kich ard Heusard in l.VJS, and preserved in the British Museum, it is said of th Hungarians that it had been an uucienl custom among them that nous should wear a feather but he who had killed Turk, uud to such ouly it was lawful to show the number of feathers in their cups. Iu Scotland and Wales it is still cuMuuiary for the aiiorUiuau who kills his tirst woodchuck to plucks out feather and stick it iu his c -JSvttuj 2'rurmcrt. NEWS AND NOTES FOB WOMEN. Little jackets cf lao- rre dainty. Fancy buttons are coming Into promt nence. Jennie June has been m- ' i Honorarj President of Sorosis for life. Mrs. Priscilla flcroggins, of Gaines ville, Oa., has 11(13 descendants. Princess May, of Teck, is tho prettiest marriageable royal girl In Europo. The souvenir spoon fnd has been car ried to the most ridiculous extremes. A Brooklyn woman's will, consisting of ten words, is contested by her mother. Black silk handkerchiefs havo a-jain been brought out, but will hardly gain favor. Chocolato Is said to bo the favorite drink with women as well their favorite candy. Anna Shaw, the woman preacher, says she wears short hair simply because she was born that way. The Princess Louise, of Schlcswig Ilolstcin, has two bodices mado for near ly all her evening gowns. The Duchess of Westminstor Is the fortunate possessor of the Nassau dia mond, which is valued at $185,000. White caovas and white leather shoos are seen up on the feet of the summer girl, and the wiudows of the best stores are full of them. Mrs. Harrison is having the grooq room of the White House decorated in Sixteenth Century stylo. The leading tint is absinthe green. The wages of shop girls in London range from $33 to $10 a yoar in the poorest kind of shops, to $250 to (100 in tho aristocratio establishments. One who has worn them says that net drosses were Invented by the enemy of woman-kind to try her temper and to keep her forever darning the rents in the net. Miss Fisher, of North Carolina, the lady who once wroto many novels under the name of "Christian Kcid," is now Mrs. Tiernan and publishes no moro. She is tho daughter of tho Colonel Fishei who gavo its namo to Fort Fisher. The wife of a well-known naval officer In Washington wears a very handsome gold necklace that once adorned the neck of a Peruvian Princess. The lady's husband took it from tho Princess.wh.nai; mummified body he found in a Peruvian grave. When a Frenchwoman wears a sailor hat, which is very soldotn, she has it of clear white straw, with a scarlet velvot band, but the hat tho Parisian likes best , this is of fluted black tr,ilo, caught in the middlo with two p'.hk" carnations or two pale yellow roses'. . Ills; ida May Davis, who has been elected a member of the city school board of Terre Haute, is the flsst woman in In diana to hold such a position. Though still a young woman, bIio has been a teacher for ton years, and is tho author of considerable literary work. When the ex-Empress Eugenie was asked at Cap Martin, near Mcntone, tho other day to fill out a census blank this is how she did it : "Comtesse do Pierre ponds (Marie Eugenie), sixty-four years of age; born in Granada, Spain; natu ralized French; widow; traveling." New toilet sets aro in opaque white and gold, with tho monogram in gold letters on the side of tbo pitcher.' Others are in novel shape, one having an oblong bowl, with the pitcher in most curioui shape, low and long, with a broad nose, tho wholo resting on a brass staud, on which it can be turned, instead of being lifted to pour the water. Some of the handsome block costumes of the season show costly black lace coats in the deep Louis XIV. style open over very rich vests of gold embroidered faille. Some of tho vests are of gold dotted silk net arranged with a blouse effect; others are of lustrous corded silk striped with gold gimps, these gimpi being made of genuine gold threads. Checked or striped ginghams for misses show the waist with the neck cut away, as though a square guimpe wero designed to fill it, but instead there will be a full frill of rows of very narrow lace, which is also used in a dozen rews on a pointed cape effect, laid over tho top of a full puffed sleeve, which termi nates, without trimming, just below the elbow. The new bridesmaid's present is the lucky slipper brooch, made of gold, with a true lover's knot in jewels on the toe aud red enamelled heels. The pin is en closed iu a case, mae'e also in the shape of a shoe. Another gift, dear to the heart of the maid of honor, is a case ol lace pins, usually of half a dozen of the convenient little ornaments, each set with a different colored stone. Rain water, it is well known, is the best cosmetic. A good substitute is to let some orange, lemon or cucumber peel souk in water used to wash the faei. This need not bo especially prepared for every ablution. Ke 'p a wide-mouthed bottle or jar of it on your toilet stand and use duily for the face. It softens the skin and gives a becoming glow, white healthfully stimulating the action of the skin. Some ingenious person has patented aud put on sale a flatiroa which especially commends itself to women who board oi any who employ dressmakers in theii homes. It is made with an opening in the upper part and is hollow inside. Within are placed blocks of a new sort of fuel which comes in little cake3, and when these are lighted tbey will burc for six hours aud keep the iron wet heated all the time. The short woman will have a very sad summer if she hasn't a soul above hci garments.' Deep, basque juckets, three quarter capes, frills, aud panniers, while very pretty on the toll, slight woman, approach the ridiculous on a woman less than five toot four. Tue choice lies be tween being out of the fashion or being caricatures of tho mode, though occa sionally a happy compromise is ingenious ly carried out by some exceptionally clevei woman. Meerschaum lu New Mexico. The discovery of a largo deposit ol meerschaum near Silver City, New Mexico, has jml been made public. Sey erul months ago Clark ltogcr discovered the croppiug und brought a specimen to this pluce. Pieces were sent to llerliu uud Vienna, and a few duys ago the re suits of the Usts were received here. Experts in both of theso cities reported that the specimens wero genuine ineer schuuui, and Mr. Holers uud M. W Nelf.of Silver City, immediately went ou to tho place where tho discovery was made uud located a claim. Xeto Yorl Hun, 1 TEMPERANCE. A WD THH HIOHT SHAM. Wl!. We aiwflKhtin mighty bnttlo 'Gainst liquordom's drual stray; We ara waging; a dHlT conflict, Hut wa know we snail win iw ukti Thoueh the odds are often against us, Well latior and work and irv; Our tnllylnR-crv soars ahove war din We flint for the right, and the right shall win I We have captured some spoil from our foe men, Rnnui nitAlf)ii mtintad no strontr: We are battering stiil nt Ills strointhrilds, We will conquer t horn all ero long I We have planted our flag on his ramparts, 'Mid music And shout and ftonfr. Our triumph means victory o'er drink-enure! sin. We flglit for the right, and the right shall wlnl Wn fight 'gainst the desortion That marketh 1o.rs holy ilav: We tight 'gainst tho dnilv trafilc In poisons, that myriads sWy. -We light 'gainst the drinking cutms- The customs that lure astray. Gainst the foes of our friends, onr kith and kin We fight for the right, and the right shall win! Xattonal Temperance Adcocate. TWO CHTLimiC KILLED BY WntSKT. At Walkerville, Montana, ono night re cently, two children, Michael J. and Mary Ellnn Downey, aged four and three years re spectively, died from the effect of drinking whisky. That morning Mrs. Downey stepped out to a neighbor's house. A neighlur oallod during her absence and saw on the kitchen floor a demijohn of whisky. The boy and girl had been driiittinx the liquor. When the mother returned the boy was unite intoxi cated and noon fell limp to the floor. Emetics were given and a physician applied restora tives to keep the heart heating. 1 he girl died about 1 1 : :W at night and the boy breamed nis last an Hour later. PTRYCHNINR VS. ALCOHOL. An analysis of the vaunted Hussinn speci fic for the redemption of inebriates has con firmed the fact that total abstiuencs Is, after all, the best cure, as well as the b?st pre ventive of alcoholism. The plan of Dr. Ked.ir Portuzalelf consists In treating topers to a subcutaneous injection of a fluid which now proves to consist of a rather strong aohitmii of strychnine. Experience seems to show that repeated doses of the antidote actually beget an indifference, and at lost a positive aversion, to alcohol, but also that the patient becomes dependent upon the tonio effect of the counter-poison. Ill other T(,nU the sunoosed remedy delivers the re formed toper into the hands of another poison habit. We might as well recommend Lho introduction of French roulette to pre vent the spread of the bacoarat epideniiy.-. oiee. . - ., . BhfKKtXA AStt LONOKVPT. A medical authority, says an Euglish pa fer, has advised lite-insuruncj companies to ssue policies to reformed inebriates only at the same rates as to old men in order that financially they niav be prcperly guarded. It is held that a man of forty-eight who had been a hard drinker, but had nbaudomxt the practice, would probably havo iongority so far impaired as to warrant a life-insurance company iu dealing with htm aa though he were from sixtv-tive to seventy years old. It will be seou i'roni this that the chances of longevity are promoted by abstinence in aarly lite as well as iu later years; that in the matter of using strong drink it is better, as Dr. Cuyler with much pertinenca huaauiJ, to "stop before you begin." POISONED BY QIX. Anderghcm and Boltsford. two small vil lages near Brussels, wero not long ago the scene of a remarkable epidemic, which caused the greatest alarm among the inhabitants. Twenty-seven persons, only one of whom was a woman, died in twenty-three days. The victims were all between forty and fifty years of age. The following were the prin cipal symptoms noted: After a few days of vague illuess, the patients wero suddenly seized with acute pain unaccompanied by diarrbcea or vomiting, headache, impair ment of vision going on to complete blind ness, and finally symptoms of passive con gestion and aspkyx'ia. In two cases a post mortem examination was made, but threw no light on the cause or nature of the dis ease. Besides the twenty-seven fatal cases, fifteen others occurred, mostly "in patients younger than those who died. The cause of the "epidemic" was at last traced to gin. All the patients were known to bo druukards, and the disease came on as a rule from twelve to twenty-four hours after potations of gin. No information is given as to the composition of the incriminated fluid, fur ther than that it was of "inferior quality," nor is it state.) that a chemical analysis ol it was made. The good people of Anderghem and Boitaford appear to have been quite aul is fled with the conical evidence; they gaveup drinking gin and the "cpldomic"' suddenly ceased. ISraisli Meatcul Journal. ALCOHOL DKADK.VS THR COXSCIENCB. Tolstoi, the Russian novelist, In Contem porary llreicw. writes: "feople explain their useoc stimulants ana narcouos, su;u as brandy, wine, beer, tobacco, hashish, opium, morphia, ether, etc., by sayiu 'It is pleasant; every one drinks; it keeps up the spirits;' or To drive away melancholy; the habit is universal; every jody smokes,' etc. But l must be very evident that the man who. placed by circumstances or bis own acts, in a position that forces him to choose between the infliction oc narusmp an i misery uooii the family that is dear to him, on the one hand, and alwenoe from stupifying stim ulants and narcotics on the other, chooses tue former alternative, is impelled to the choice by something far more potent than the de sire to keep up bis spirits, or the speculative : 1 .V . I . .. nnn .lu. e iu. t k. COUSIUCI UUUU limn vua vmuct uwa . same. 'The real reason for the extensive use or these stimulauU and narcotics is thit they stupefy and deaden the conscience, and con ceal from one's self its records. 'A lobar niau scruples to do that Wulcn a drunken man will execute without hesitation. People enjoy stimulants and narcotics either for tho purpose of stllliii!; remorse alter having performed an action disapproved of by thoir conscience, or else in ordor to induce a state of mind iu which the; shall be capa ble of doiug something contrary to the dic tates of their conscience, and to which the animal nature of man is impelling him. "A sober man has conscientious scruples about steuling or committing murder. A drunken man, on the contrary, is troubled with no such scruples. Hence it is tnat it a rvmui wishes to do somethinz which his oonscienca forbids be first btupeties his facul ties. The courage inspired ly ariuic is re soonsible for nine-tenths of the total number of crimes that stain humanity. "It is well known that aiconoi ueooens the voice of consc ience, and people deliber ately make uso of it for this purpose." TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. According to Wheeling, cyclist prefer to patronize coffee-shops to public-houses and the majority of riders are abstainers. The temperanoa women In convention at Lake Bluff, near Chicago, have decided to "oomhiue the newspapers aud temperance work." tslntnra of North Carolina has set aside a portion of the Western North Caro lina Hospital lor uie care uu ncoiuiup inebriates. ti, rhinaom Public Library is oponln? fro rAmlinir rooms in different parts of the city, hoping that they may be an antidote to the saloons. A bill for the suppression of inebriety is being prepared for the German Parliament. It is said that the Emperor takes the liveliest iuterest in the scheme to check drunkenness. The story comes from Vinoeunes, Indiana, of a saloon-kooiier who bacaine crazed by the closing of his saloon ou ISunday. If it had been one of bis customers who had been crazod by loaviug it opsn on Buuday, nobody would huve thought anything a,bout it. Miss Mary Allen West reports the great success of the Chautauqua Assembly held recently in Chester, lit ttiiss West, Mrs. Zerelda Wullace, Mrs. Mary Holme und other well-known W. C. T. U. women were in attendance aud took part lu the exer cises. Alcohol has not any microbe; but the grand total of iu mortality will exceed the com bined effect of all the bacteria that have ever passed the microscopic IuiJ or devel op 1 in the culture-lube of the bacteriolo gist. The subject is uow, however, begin ning to ruive some of the vutUmliou it do sci ves. ipitfur Hcienc JUiintUty. falls for Domestic Animals. . In controlling the movements of do mestic animals by the voice, besides words of ordinary import, man uses a variety of peculiar tonus, calls and inar ticulate sounds not to include whistling which varies In different localities. (In driving yoked cattle and harnessed liorscs, teamsters cry "get up" (usually i"glt cp); "click, click" (tongue against tho teeth); "gee," "baw," "whoa, " or wo," "whosh," "back," etc. All of the above are used in English speaking countries. In Continental Europe tho same terms are expressed as "arri," "Juh," "jnh," "gio,'' etc. In the United States "gee" directs Ilia animals away from tho driver, hcuce to the right; but In England the same term has the oppo site effect, beca'iso the "drive side" is different to whnt it is here. In Virginia the mule drivers "gee" their teams with ft cry of hcy-yoo-ce-a." In JNortolK "woosh-we" is used to tho same effect. lu Franco "hue" and "hu-haut" turns tho team to the right; In Germany the ords "hott and "hottc, " while in ltiifwia tho term "hnlta" serves the same purH)so. To direct animals to the left (mother scries of terms is used. In call ing cattle in tho field the following cries lire used in the localities given: "Boss, bosse," "sako, sake" (Connecticut); "coo, coo" and "sook, sook" (Virginia), tn Maryland they suy, "sookey" and "Bookcw." "Kope, kope" is the com tnon call for horses over most of tho I'nitcd States. In Maryland and Ala bama they sny "kopo-nanny" when they call sheep. St. is RfjtuUic. "Japan Wax." "Japan wax," as it is called, Is ob tained from a tree, tho Rhus Buccedanea, which grows in Japan, China aud the East Indies. Tho japaucso call it Hale, or llazo. Tho tree commences to In'ar fruit when five or six years old, and in creases its product every year, till, at tho ago of fifty years, a single tree will pro duco 350 to 4(10 pounds of berries, from which seventy to eighty pounds of wax can be obtained. The wax is formed in the middlo of tho berry, between the skin aud tho seed, like tho pulp of a grape. It is extracted by boiling the berries in water aud allowing it to cool, when the wax separates from the skin nnd seed, sinking to the bottom of tho vessel in a solid cake. The sK-cific gravity of tho wax is 0.U70, and its melting point 1.11 degrees Fahrenheit. It is largely used, either alone or mixed with tallow, by the Chincso in tho manufac ture of candles. This tree should not be confounded with the "tallow tree" of China, which has a pith of solid tallow in all trees that havo fully matured. IHcayune. Five Thousand Years Old. Mr. Flenders Fetrie has mado another important discovery in Egypt, nfMedum, where he has untombed the oldest dated Egyptian temple yet found, and tho only pyramid temple known. It was buried under forty feet of rubbish, aud belongs to the old Empire. Hieratic inscriptions in black paint within the chambers fix tho name of the builder as Suelru, a King, connecting the third and fourth dynas ties, and sometimes placed in one or the other (4000 B. C. or earlier). Mr. Fo- trie thinks the rubbish choked up tho entrance about threo hundred years after tho erection of thj temple, which is situated in front of the eastern face of a pyramid. 1'icayunt. Ingenious Cup and Saucer. An ingcuiuus cup and saucer has beeu devised for the special purpose of keep ing the food of iuvalids warm when re quired. The cup is molded with three feet, allowing an air space of about half an inch between its bottom and the saucer. Iu tho centre of the saucer 11 a rimmed depression, within which is placed a picco of lighted charcoal, which is supplied at a cheap rate in tne form of tablets. From this there are no fumes or unpleasant smells, and the food of the iuvulid, of whatever nature it may happen to be, is kept warm for fully an hour. Lhxtago ilnn. New York has four coroners receiving $5000 each, aud four deputies, who are also physicians, getting $3000 each, Im- side three clerks, a messenger ana a stenographer. Tried and True la the poatttr vordlot of people who lake Hood' ! Cartaparlllsv When naol aooordtng to direction the good effect of thla excellent medicine are eooa felt In nerre treogth rtwtored that tired feeling driven off, good appetlta ere ted, beedaohe nnd dyspepsia relieved, scrofula cured and all the bad effeota of impure blood overcome. If yon are In need of a good blood purifier or tonio medicine do not f all to try Hood's Sarsaparllla Bold by all druurtta, li fix for $3, Prepared oal byUL HOOD it CO, Uwvll, ale. IOO Doses One Dollar For Internal aud External I'm, Htopsj Pain, Crfcmm, Inflammation tn borly or Itmft, like- marie. Oinn iVoup. Asthma, I )!, ltrrh, t'hol ra u.. rm.i Iti su-i-hi .. ft hfiitiisUI wm. NfU.aia'ta. Lama bark, St Iff Joint and Stralua Kull partlruUr f re. I'rtoe beta poMt-DauO. ! a. H'liftBun iv.. tionua, mm. U 3 J ALL A HO IT Kaat Tenneeaee'e KINK i Ll.UATK and (iuui aUutouHCUi it kNOAViLU Bfcivi ifs t,u daily uni. Uc; wuealy 1 ear, !; aainplea DONALD KENNEDY j Of Roxbury. Mass., says Kennedy's Medical Discovery cures Horrid Old Sores, Deep- Seated Ulcers of 40 years' standing, Inward Tumors, and every disease of the skin, ex- cent Thunder . Humor, and Cancer that has taken root. Trice, fl.oU. bold by every Di-nero-ist in the United States and Canada. From the "Pacific Journal." ' A rrot InvmtliHi h bmD uuuie by Da Tut t ot New Y ork, lie Itu to1immm1 Tutt's Hair Dye Khk h luiltatm, nature to perfrctloni It U Inst uulHiieoiiHlv Mini is iM-rf.;t ly harnilrss. trice, 1. UUite, a A 1 t'urk f laoe. loHNgliNg Safety BrMftwi. Next to mining disasters railway acci dents have done most to countcrbalauoe the partiality of nature In exempting large portions of the Temperaate Zone from the earthquake ana tornadoes oi the equatorial regions. In the United States alone the jierils of tho iron high ways have proved more destructive of human life than tho wrath of hostile ele ments in the tropics of tho entire West ern Hemisphere, and, sinco tho invention of air-brakes, no other contrivance has promised to do as much in diminishing those perils as tho device by which a French engiuoer now proposes to In sure the safety of railway bridgcs.Thls apparatus is founded on the principlo that a weak link in the construction ol suspension Urulges, etc., will oetray it self by yielding moro readily to a uni form strain, and will greatly lessen im possibility of such disasters as that of tho Ashtabula express nnd the Swiss ex cursion train. Aeie York Voire. Tho Mikado's American Soldier. A soldier of fortune who tins had an interesting career lu the Orient is Colonel Wasson, the first American officer ever admitted to the Japanose army. Tho Colonel is a bill, distingue and well pre served man. Ho went iuto tho Civil War a private and came out a major, going afterward to Japan, whero his ser vices in reorganizing tho Mikado's army procured liiiu a colonelcy. In ono of tho Japanese insurrections ho was sentenced to bo beheaded, but ho escaped, was re stored to fa vol, and is now high in tho Mikado's esteem. Chieayn 7W. ey I'fl.. Toledo, I'roprs. ot Hall's Catarrh Cure, offer f UKI reward fur any i ue of catarrh that cannot he cured by tk- iug Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for testimoni als, free, bold by Druggists, .. Ht-HNiA's harvest. It is eald.wlll be tho worst on record. FITS stopped tree by Hit. Ku-HM (1 UK At Nkhvk IlKSTOHitu. No nts after unit dav's use. Marvelous cure. 1'reatlseitud i trial bolUe live. Dr. Kline, nil Arch .SU. riilliu. r . If MflllrtfMl with sore even use Dr.lnaao Thmn bun's Kye-watcr.Liriucgtsts sell at hmh.t IhiII . Es OP$ ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken ; it ia pleasant andrelreslungto the Uwto, and acts Emtly yet promptly on the Kidneys, iver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem etlbctually, diupcls colds, head aches and fevers and cure? hahituai constipation. By nip of Figs ia the only remedy ot its kind ever prr duced, pleasing to the taste and ceptahle to th3 stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only i'rom the most beaitay and aprecable substances. Its many excellent qualities oom- tnena it to all and have made it the moBt popular remedy known. Syrup of Figa is for sale in 60o and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not huve it on hand will pio cure it promptly for any one bo wishes to try it. JJo not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 81 FRANCISCO. CAL. l i48i iff Aiityi r Jn tie (Sot-, itcMi-orf v h lii lli-l ut Am'ly tnlo h Sottr it. 60c, bniRKlats or Or nialL O u 3h The house ril.,M, rritWirafr.il iVwlfh Sanoo.Trv&c&keinvour f next house'cleeminjj and be convinced "IGKORAMCS of 'aw excuses no -w.a.AAA.tT.w wj man .. and ignorance is no excuse for a dirty house or greasy kitchen. Bette clean them in the old way than not at all ; but the moder and sensible way Is to use SAPOLIO on paint, on floors, o., windows, on pots and pans, and even on statuary. To bs Ignorant of th uses of SAPOLIO Is to bo behind the age. -TrvK HEMFDV FOB CATAlUla. 13csU Ulisosi :o osa P'chVSiitr iteltol is "minodulo. A cu.o IS wituu). Hue n Cold In Uw Head It lut uoenuai. 1J It is au Ointment, ot whirl, nobUlla. i'ricet fiw Hold by Aau read. JONEs-scAtES 0 fully warrant ed 5Ton Scales $60 Freight Paid f'30NESBlNEHAMT0 N, NY. 81 00,000,00 H. DAKOTA will have thU amount or ( train. Stock, uutl .'roilm l lunmfT lu Uicut-xt lOmoiiUi. rterrc Isilhts Com itiri-lul MVlrvpoll-Hanil l uimai or ihlxblate, auil Uu' imohi proinlsiiw ol till th yuuutf WeijriJ Lit ten. Kukti'nks will Im uiiule ou wuall In- TfstUiiuuU lu 1WI Ktuto lu 1'ii'rre iu tlio uvxt Msra iKlveaKuaiuuU f of prortl wltb warranty tvw ducnl 10 101 iti rit'rrti. rur inioriimutiu aim uni-mi i""iu tlonn. inliUlrvHa CH AS. 1- HYUK, Pikkkk. b. Pak. FEwsioNs:ri: 'Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Laloi'rtiiripal KxAmUitJi LI B l'eitmuu Hurau. i.vrtulat Max, iia4judicaUucla-Uii, all)' aiucti. Xj333TX3 YOUR Ms4 Us-frtrl bt KMi UllllO.NaKI uUliht tl, Hi ilia rvuiAi kubly uw irirw ul ulilj vl.Utl, 111 11. 1 iltld 1Kk4 I 'll Usui Jt itiu'ly tirutU) 1 m(u o( t'liuu O i on rt'-i'ilt'iil iMM-r aul u liiul- rjiuely vet aoi-vuvaMy 'kiuii I 10 clutti. Itfkte f.'U'iJi worl wild tlie liJiiiiH t4t!iv.li'ui ait 1 iiioi.uu 'Uti.iu, uu I Ucnuavii wur If .villi Linfllalt tlt-lluitl-Hi-i. H U UivuIuj.1j1i- Iu ! niuno Wlin art; tw; UicruiUflilj' (Hiiuliitr ttilit KiiK'liili, or t Ami)1'R'iih "Lull k-txu tiviuiAii Addis, villi SI 'M. tUHih 11 M. 11(114. Ill lo 14M 4t., h .wkLlW uli .L.ilt.H Ui'lr.iM'. Ji i'lbH m. 'A W M 1 I 'oh M It 'K Amw '4 tilStt-bU'il 1 .' li t lur I pwrlen1. Writ rur 1 (SON. WAaUiNtrt" .vrTriismr tost liken one tvffert from Catarrh in tho Head. Those who don't havo it suffer from thoso who do. It's a diseaco you cant keep to yourself. J Here arc some ot tno symptoms. Headache, obstruction of noso, dis charges falling into throat, some times profuse, watery, and acrid, at others, thick, tenaoiouM, mucous, purulent, bloody, putrid, and offen sive ; eyes weak, ringing in ears, deafness ; offensive breath ; smell and tasto impaired, and general uo bility. Unt only a few of these likely to be present at oneo. Tho euro for it for Catarrh It self, and all tho troubles that como from it a pertect anil permanent cure, is Dr. cage's Catarrh ltcmcdy. Tho worst cases yield to its mild, soothing, cleansing and healing Eroperues. j irami m j as proved that to its proprietors and they're willing to provo it to you. i They do it in this way : If thoy can't euro your Catarrh, no matter how bad your caso, or of how long standing, they'll pay you $500 in cash. Can you havo belter proof of tho healing power of a medicino ? "August Til 99 riower Mrs. Sarah M. Black of S. Mo., during the past two yeai been affected with Neuralgia o; Head, Stomach and Womb, writes: "My food did not seer strengthen me at all and my a tite was very variable. My was yellow, my head dull, and 1 3 such pains in my left side. In ' morning when I got up I wtn have a flow of mucus in the raou. and a bad. bitter taste. Somctin my breath became short, and I h such auecr. tumblnur. palpitatu sensations around the heart. I ach all day under the shoulder blade! in the left side, and down the ba of my limbs. It seemed to be woti in the wet, cold weather of Wint and Spring; and whenever the spel came on, my feet and hands woul. turn cold, and I could ret no slec at all. I tried everywhere, and g no relief before using August FlowtJ Then the change came. It has doa me a wonderful deal of good durini the time I have taken it aud is work ing a complete cure." ' I G. G. GK'-rv iP Man'fr.Wondhnry.N.J.I CRA7ER AXLE1 I IIMfahllnnricr! UfcST IS) 'i-MK woitu Ooid Kroryvlm II IV CriCD CURED TO STAY CURED Ii '4 I IT L I L tl We want the name and 4 arcssol CTcry mflerer iw O. M OTU RJ1 V U S ana Canada. Adcij D MO I niSlH t.EucUU;n.M.D.,Hgtl, SICK Weak, Neavotn Whictvuicd mortolat well au4 loap wall. HtaUlt licit tells bow. '.Juu, t year, ttamptejaj J. II. DVK, KUItor. liuifalu, N. V. u-i i iiHimiiaiJii jioiiih n.r mm rMtifii, unn i rf uui'O fur Col ."( it M,ekli, AbtorbetL ELS CltOB., 65 AanvutiL, h. I. i ii mm m J UMCH S5VS iuhhhobedone? 6 r r sten ds for n o rh i ng j oudhh to be cleaned- i illdaSlLS DSL J a nimill particle w appu ih anplk'U to tliv drui L'U'I K T. ilA'ZKl.TINS, 1MB tn nt in. j mi. v itrreii, ra, A 8AVI0H 1 SEX. Wkrv fmiil bt-im.nti'.iit rowpnnldttl Whi-B tlirrf I" uo rMm- null, rer, 1V ly o n 1 k 1 1 1 ; when lllr liyj to l. ft cHlimitty i 11.. I wlirn nil llil--iil hy a wuiauu, Uus alia not wiu t lllleT LYDIA E-aUAM'S cw: Vegetaoia Compound J.I.M.. .11 tt.ifur w akiii"4i-s anl mi- liii'iila of 'all orBHiiii: tlUca.f.1 of tha rirrimor ' 1 Ovarian Troutil . llriirlng down S; wbllilv, Ntrvoiu I'roslralion, He. li . nll trU It, or nt hi mall, la form r l.urni, ou ro-lpt ul $1.00. , A.. boa,,tiRl4U'H.lik... (!.. C lu.UMl. 4 M.I r ph..4 ol I w. Sr. .U.., Lr ' iknam Mad. Co-i Lynn, Mass. u
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