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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
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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.
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