THE FARM AND GARDEN. CTII.l7.ISa COAT, AS1IKH. , Ono of the bet uses for fresh ronl ashes is tlio hen homo first, while flue ana powdery as it dint Imth. and after ward to go In with the fowl's dronninirs. removing offensive) odors and absorbing aramonia wnon me nm neglns to neat, 1'ut the droppings into a barrel and sprinkle coal ashei on the surface. To wards spring mix several barrels to gether in a box, and with a sieve it can be made fine enough to drill readily, or uo uixirnuiieii in 111 1 is Dy old tablespoons iui uuiuing CISC. notion l IffflM- tor. ' '. TUB MISSION OP WKKP18. No one should disclaim against weeds. They are certainly troublesome to the careless farmer, but when rightly con sidered are a gentlo reminder by benefi cent nature that we are neglecting work which should be done. And as virtue is its own reward, that of careful atten tion to business nppcrlunitici alwavs pays tho farmer handsomely. Weeds are thus an inducement for the farmer to do his whole duty in the thorough culti vation of the land, which would bo apt to bo neglected otherwise, American AoriculturUl. i FEnTIT.t7.Klt FOR I.AWNS. Sulphate of ammonia is an cxrellent temporary fertilizer for lawus, stimulating the grass into a vigorous growth for a few weeks, but it does not Inst like bone dut and phosphates. When the grass on a lawn becomes brown in summer a top dressing of sulphate of ammonia during a shower will give it a good color iu a few hours, but it is soou Wished out by hewy rains. If the sul phntc is mixed with fine dry muck and left in the heap until it is all dissolve I and absorbed by ihe muck and this ap plied as a top dressing to grass, its effects will be a little more permanent. JVci York gun. ; rCMP FOR A DEEP WF.U, For a well 22." feet deep a special pump is required. Ono of the kind known as tho centrifugal pomp would be the best for tho purpose, as it throws a powerful stream the wholo sizo of the pump tube. With a stream eight inches in diameter and flowing 200 feet per minute, the supply will amount to seventy cubic feet per miuute, or enough for 200 acres of land at the highest estimate. As the velocity of the stream is of grcatf" 10 ,re,ult W1" be a 8mde for future importance, it would lm mn.r ,.;p.ki.. work- -Ther-s will be no difficulty in ui use n sieam engine lor tlie pumpinj. This would bo the more necessary with the propeller pump, in which the velocity is a matter of importance, if tho capacity of the well is -mllicient. One inch of water per day would be a sufficient. sup ply for fifty acres with an eight-inch pump. A six-inch pump would give one men oi water per day to twenty-eight acres. The probable cost of an outfit lor tins purpose would be not far from ?.00. If only one aero is to bo irri gated a small windmill would be suffi cient with a pipe of two inches diameter. The cost of an outfit of this capacity would not bo more than (150. Sea York Timet. KEMKDY FOB CHICKENS WITH THE GAPES. , Mrs. K. R. Taylor, Kentucky, writes us: The authorities say the best remedy is prevention, but in a wet season this is difficult of application except by the few scientific poultry raisers. When preven tion has failed, the thing to do is to take a long horse hair and bend it, twistiug the loop so it can be probed into the chicken's throat with a spiral motion. Catch the chicken with the left hand, press its wings to its sides, hold its head back, open the bill, put out the tonguo until a coarse twine can be hooked over the raised portions at tho base of the tongue and held beneath the bill firmly, while the horse hair loop is worked into the windpipe gently to the depth of two or two and a half inches of the loop. With a spiral motion twist it out, and repeat until jou bring several buncliei of small, bright, red worms. After all have been extracted, the chick will, per haps, froth a little, but in ten minutes it will eat its food. If in twelve or twenty-four hours it still throws its head back and gasps, repeat the operation. Old hands says blue grass is better than horse hair, but the latter is always available. This is the preventive ol sure death. American Agriculturist. EXrERI.MF.NT3 IS PIQ-FEEDINO. ' It is woll known that corn is the chief fattening food for pigs in a large part of the United States. Experiments which were made during three years are re ported iu full by the Illinois Station, showing the feeding value for pigs of corn, of corn and grass, of grass alone, the comparative value of soaked and dry corn, the value of droppiugs from cattle aud of apple pomace iu feed iug pigs. In eight trials in which corn alone was fed, asido from salt and coal slack, pigs varying in weight from sixty five to 690 pounds, kept in pens of small lots without grass, gained at the rate of from 10.40 pound to 14.73 pounds per uusnci, ine average pounds per bushel Tho rato of eaten and the gain being 12.38 of shelled corn, gain for food food eaten in proportion to weight decreased after four or six weeks' feeding with corn only. There teems to be no constant relation between the weight of the pigs or the season of the year and iood eaten or the gains, made. Iu four trials pigs fed all they would cat of shelled corn, with blue grass pas ture, gained at tho rate of 12.04 pounds per bushel of corn. Pigs under like conditions except that they were fed but half as much corn, gained at the rate of 12.ua pounds per bushel. I'igs iu dry lots fed shelled com, gained at the rate of 10.52 pounds per bushel. In no case did pigs make a satisfactory gain after six or eight weeks feeding on corn aloue. Iu two trials pigs fed staked corn ute moro and gained more thau those fed on dry com, but the ditlurenco was not great. Two pigs iu a two acre pasture lot iu which three yeailing steers were feed corn, gained iu twenty-four weeks 195 pound. Iu a secoud trial under like conditions two pigs gaiued 231 pouuds in thirty-one wcuk; the gain in neither case beiug large. A trial of apple po mace as food lor pii;a resulted uusatis factoriy ; the pomace kept well, but the pigs uti but littlo of it. A short ex periment made it so evident that it is unprofitable to (.online pijs to a "iu.? diet sulely, that further trials iu I'll ii mUou were not made. A-i i'jih World. wheat wrru . Wa.i'- has AH.-lh'lclAt FEIITIM7.KRS. Uta rowi. with eiuire succcsa by the solo nse of fertilizers. But yet It is a doubtful thing to recom mend, because so many conditions may prevail that might prevent success. When loss would be ruinous, as in this case, any unqualified advice would be ill-judged. All that can bo said safely is that it has been dono, and in this way: The quantity of mineral elements taken from tho soil being known, it is a mere matter of calculation to apply to tho soil the fertilizers called for, and to use them in tho ordinary manner. For instance, thirty bushels of wheat being desired, and it being known that this quantity of grain with the straw lakes from tho soil forty-five pounds of nitrogen, which is equivalent to nearly fifty pounds of ammonia; twenty-three pounds ol potash, which is equal to sixty pounds of the muriate of potash; about twenty-five pounds of phosphoric acid, winch is equal to 1st) pounds of tho best superphosphate; all tho other ele ments required are supplied with these fertilizers. Three hundred pounds of nitrate of soda would supply the nitrogen required in another and perhaps the best form. Now, it is to be supposed that the soil will contain some fertility that would make up for any possihlo failure that might occur with the fertilizers. and thus the expected results are reason able to be looked for. But it may turn out that some adverse circumstauces may occur and disappoint ment result. This is the uncertainty that may mar all one's hopes, aud tho contingency is to bo prepared for. Can this be met without iuconvenicncc? This question is the maiu consideration, which reuders it so difficult to give any cer tain advice iu the matter. Tho risk is to be ruu under almost any circumstances. and if the experiment is first tried for ono year with a small purt of the crop, us success or lauuro win uo a gumo lor further attempts. As the cost of these fertili zers will ha $17 oi more, it is clear if thirteen bush els of wheat can be grown in the ordinary way, it win Da about the same thiua. except that the land may be so well fcr- Uized that the products may be in ex cess of the yield montioned, or the whole of the fertilizers named may not be re quired, half as much may bo sufficient, aud the result will be so much more fa vorable. It is most probable that ono trial of tho method may clear tho way to a more extensive attempt, which might be found at lisfactory. Five acres, for in stance, may be put in wheat this continuing the method of growing this crop if the requisite supply of fertilizers that may have been found necessary arc used for each crop grown. Keio York Timet. FARM AND GARDES NOTES . Fermented soft feed for poultry ofteu induces disease, especially chol era. A young duck is easily choked if fed upon dry feed alone. Water should al ways be supplied to them when fed. The moulting season requires fron eighty to ninety days, and the hens re quire good care while this is going on. All poultry intended for market can be improved by feeding heavily on fattening food a few days before sell ing. One advantage with stone-drinking vessels is that they will keep the water cool much longer, whilo they are easily kept clean. In selecting out the roosters to keep for next season's breeding take those that are compact, of modium size and very active. If young turkeys can have the run ot the wheat and oat stubble fields they will pick up much grain that would other wise be wasted. A good nest egg can be made by mak ing a hole in the large end, and letting tho yolk run out and filling the shell with plaster of paris. The Miuouri Beekeeper claims for tho t.irmolau bees that the gray type is the only pure one, any showing of yellow be ing a sign of admixture. - Bees have claws by which they can stick to a board upside down, explain; Dr. Miller in Gleaningt in Bee Culture, but if it's glass the claws will not hold, and then an oily secretion of the fool allows them to stick. Wet the glass and the oily foot will not stick, and down comes your bee. Mrs. Atchlcy tells in the Bee Worll how she treats wormy combs: ,4Soak in clear water twenty-four hours and hang out to dry, or throw water out with the extractor aud hang so they don't touch." Dr. Miller's comment is that if this set tles the fat old fellows an inch long it beats brimstone. Joseph Yuill, of Ontario, Canada, says he milk his cows right up to the time of calving, and since he adopted this prac tice he has net had acme of milk fever, and we presume none of garget. lie used to nave a great deal of trouble when he let his cows go dry two months or less. When the milk gets bad for domestic consumption he feeds it to the pigs. No dairyman should purchase ready- ground feed. He may not be deceived, but it is one chance out of many that ho will not. The waste of the oatmeal mills. the hulls only, are largely used for mix ing in ground feed and the rest consists mostly of the poorest corn and mill screenings. The very best is the cheap est iu buying feed. How to Climb Mountains. The secret of the climbing of the hunters is that they trust their feet as much as their hands. To plant their nailed shoe is all they ask in any place. They go steadily but slowly, aid rest often, so as to avoid climbing when ex hausted or breathless. A tired or winded man will tumble, slip, and be in danger whore he would pa3s easily when fresh. The apprentice in this particular hunt found the greatest difficulty in crossing a chaos. A chaos is a steop slope cov ered with blocks of stone ranging from a hundred pounds to many tons. There aro ugly holes, big and little between thcin. Their edges are generally sharp ; to the rapid passer, as he looks down at his feet, they appear, without exception, very sharp. In addition, some of them uro 'wobblers." The duffer pissed several uupleisant quarters of an hour in following the hunter, excited by the proximity of game, over t'uoie places, and will always carry ou his leg a s iiiveair of one of them. Neia Yori fj'.trital. It ii state I that .tin 1 angler, Alire.! !,( lists fall in the streets like rain, lmj Me sound oi tutnr tailing reiiillej ci a heavy shy A a, HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. TO WASH CTORAITTi. Zante currants are very dirty things. Put them in a pan and pour scalding water over them. Shake them about and drain at once. Then pour on cold water. Rub hard between the hands and drain again. Then spread the currants on a towel laid open on the table. With an other towel rub them dry. Pick over and spread on platters in the heator till perfectly dry. Then put into glass jars till wanted. Scatter flour over them bo fore putting them in cake, to make sure of thoir not sinking to the bottom. Button Cultivator. KtTCriBN TABLES. An excollont kitchen table upon which to set pots and kitchen utensils is mod erately low, mado of strong wood, and covered and bound with zino. The samo table will be found useful to rest tho marble pastry slab on, as it is so low that tho pastry worker can readily roll and fold her pastry with that deftness neces sary to success. Such a table can bo made by any cabinet maker at a reason able expense, or even by any home car penter. It is found in many wealthy kitchens, where it is known as the but ler's table, but it is rarely seen in our ordinary American homos. Ntie York 7'ribnne. BROILED CHICKEN. Only very young chickens are good broiled. After they are dressed and singed, split open on the back, wash them, wipe dry, and sprinkles little salt inside all over, dip a piece of cloth into sort butter and grease tho fowl well, then dust just a littlo flour or fine cracker crumbs over it and place on a wire broiler (breast down) over n gool coal or hard wood fire; a hot bed of coals is best; turn the broiler often. When nicely browned on both sides, which should bo' ia fifteen minutes, put in dripping pau five or ten minutes in a hjt oven, season with butter and salt if It needs moro and popper if you wish. Remove to warm platter and serve. JVeio York OUerver. OREE CCCUMBEK PICKLES. First cut them from tho vine-be iring part of the stem, with the cucumber, wash theui clean, rubbing off all specks. Be careful not to bruise thorn. Then take your iar or kog, have it clean, but dijr, put in a thiu layer of salt, then put in your cucumbers, say one gallon at a time. You can use more or less as suits. Then put on them dry salt, sufficient to make brine to cover them, put a good weight on them; in a jar of five or six gallons use a plate, and a heavy limestone rock. Then tie a cloth over them, and set them in a cool place. Repeat this each time you pick your cucumbers, which should be every other day. Be careful not to put water . in them, aud you will have good pickles. Xeie York Voice. CLEANIN6 COLORED WOOLENS. Four ounces of white castile soap, four ounces of ammonia, two ounces of alco hol, two ouuees of glycerine. Shave the soap hi one quart of water over the flro. When dissolved add four quarts of rain water, and when nearly cold the othei ingredients. Bottle and keep in a cool place. One cup of this mixture in two quarts of water will be sufficient for or dinary use. Now lay the goods on an old sheet, and iron rapidly and lightly on the wrong side, and then roll' tightly on a curtain pole or any round piece ol wood. If this is carefully done you do away with tho creases made by folding. For black silk or cloth dissolve one iablo spoonful of borax and one tablespoonful of indigo in one pint of warm water. Sponge the pieces well and lay smoothly one above tho other, and, if possible, put in the sun to iry.--Arkantait Traveler. STALE BREAD. The number of nice, tempting dishei that may be prepared from stale bread it manifold, says the Detroit Fret Preu. They may be made very tempting and actually devoid of the appearance of try ing to be economical. Quick Pudding Line the baking pan with slices of bread and cover them with fresh berries, when in season, or with canned fruit orstonod peaches in winter; add a secjnd layer of bread and fruit, and pour over it a thin sauce. Then put into the oven to remain long enough to heat through. Nuggets Cut pieces of bread Into cubes, diamonds, squares, or any shaps your knife may happen, to devise for you, being careful to hive them all small, not more thau an inch in diameter. Put these pieces carefully in a pan (without breaking), and set in a moderately warm oven. Let them remain until a light brown, but at tho same time well dried out. Serve while hot; they may ba eaten with butter or in tea, and will bo found an excellent substitute for crack ers and far more tempting. Tuey are very nice for tea. Bread Omelet Beat well one egg and stir it into a pint of milk; add a pinch of salt. Break iuto small pieces the bread, but do not mash it, and drop iuto the milk. Pour it into a frying pau, in which there is a plentiful amount of melted butter. Wheu brown, turn over as you would potatoes, until the pieces aro brown all over. This makes a nice breakfast dish and can be prepared in a few minutes. Baked Dressing Put your bread to soak, and when soft mash well. Then add one egg, a spoonful of butter, a lit tle chopped onion and salt and pepper to taste. Pour into a shallow pan and smooth tho top all over, then butter to insure a nice browu. Bake for a half hour, aud you have a wholesome dinner dish. Buttered Toast Butter the slices of bread just as you would to be eaten. Then place in a hot oven. They will brown very quickly, and the bread be soft iustcad of hard, as toast us ually is. Growth of the l iurer-NalU. The growth of the nails is more rapid in children than in adults, and slowest in the aged. It goei on more rapidly ia summer than in winter, so that the same nail that requires 133 days to renew it self iu winter would do the same work iu 11S days in the summer. The in crease for the naiis of the right hand is more rapid than the left. It also varies iu the different tinkers, the variation being so us to correspond with the length of the tinker. Thus, it is most rapid in the middle finger, neatly equal lu the index aud the riug tinker, slower for the littlo Auger, but slowest in the thumb. TEMPERANCE. WHAT 8ITALL I PRINK t Give me the pure wntor From heaven's own fountain, Dancing an I taping From hillside ami ninuntain Bo sparkling and bright f n its ailvory flow. It snoms to shed light On tho valleys below. Kich blessings it brings To the homes of the poor, For wattr and bread They Hint ever sure. There nothing no good In way of a drink As watr, pure watwr. Welling up from the brink. It Is liettw than wine. Ami niuoh clearer than beer; It will keep the bead cool, And it cost is not dtnr. N. Chance, in Jemjieranee Uanner. -A ICO ALConol, I.T THIS HOSPtTAL. In Chicago there Is a hospital which treats patients without the uao of alcohol. Cases of all kinds are taken and the patients art nursed throegh all sl.Hgos of disease without ever taking a drop of anv medicine which contains alcohol, iho treatment has heon very successful, and now it is proposi-d to erect a new hospital that will cost tlOO.OOO. The name of the old ono 13 "Tho Woman's Christian Temperance Hospital." WnAT IS A DRUNKARD? What is a drunkard? I have gone through the whole creation that lives, and 1 find nothing in it like the druukard. There is no other thing In nature to which he can be likened. The drunkard is the self-mads wretch who has depraved and has gratified depraved cravings of tho throat and body, until he has sunk his soul so far that it is lost in his nosh and has sunk his very flesh lower, lower dowu beyond comparison than that of the very animals which serve him. He is a self-legraleAl creat ure, whose degra dation is ma le manifest to evory one but himself; self-made misers hie being, who, while be is insensible to his own misery, nftliets svery one else around or belonging to him with misery. The drunkard is let loose upon mankind like some foul, ill-bo'!u and uoxiuus animal, tc pester, torment and dis gust everything that reasons or feels, while , the curse of Uod hangs over his place, and the gates of heaven are closed against hira. Drunkenness is fever to be found alone, never unscconiimim.l by noma horrid crime, if not by a wicked crowd of them. Go to the house of the drunkard, consider his fam ily, look on his aitairs, listen to the sound that proceeds from the house ot drunken ness as you pass, survey the insecurity of the public ways snd of the night streots. Go to the hospital, lo the house of charity and ths bed of wretchedness. Kntcr the courts ot justice, the prison and condemned cell. Look nt the liazaard features ot tho ironed crim inal; Ask all these why they exist to dis tress, and you will everywhere be answered by tales aud recitals ot drunkenness. And the inisories, au.l thi vices, and tho sorrow end scenes of sulTeriuf that have harrowed up your soul were almost without exception tither prepared by drinking, or were under gone for procuring the means for satistying this vicj which spi-aik: from it. Archbishop I tlathoi fie. ALCOHOL AND THE CAUK OH CHILDREN. Very many people, and among them not the least well educated, think that alcohol is a cure for different sicknesses and indis positions, and in such cases even children are frequently compelled to make use of it. If it ia still a question as to whether the use of alcohol produces the wished for and expected results in the case ot men who ft el inilia posed, there is not the slitfhtast doubt that for children alcohol is a poison in every case, whose after effects may be inexpressibly far reaching. Professor Demme oitea a note worthy case of the injurious effect of alco hol on a bov, which should serve as a warn ing. For tho purpose of "strengthening his ton year old son, who was very intelligent, but physically weak, an anxious father ad ministered daily.at first a gloss, then several glasses of strong malaga wine. After some weeks the parents noticed that the memory of the boy was steadily declining. Finally, by order of the physician the supply was entirely discontinued, and, in the course of six or eight weeks tlie boy recovered. His mental powors had become so weak that at times he did not know his own name, failed to recognio his relatives, and could scarcely point out the simplest objocts in daily use. But as is often the case with fathers who believe in usine alcohol, this one onuld not allow hiuisolf to be convinced of iu injur ious effects. He could not bear to withhold this supposed strengthening article, and he again strike I his sou's life anJ health on this belief. This time he exirlmeutod with beer and gave the boy a wine glass full evory noon aud evening. In a few weeks he ob served the same significant doclino of mem ory and ths same dwindling of his son's mental powers, which wore again recovered when the use of alcohol was at last foraver ended. Reasonable thinkers can scarcely understand how well informed peo ple are able to deny this ami similar effects of alcohol. This destructive influence upon thought and the meiital pow ers is self-evident, aud every one, who does brain work, will be a proof of this, if he al lows himself to be led to nse alcohol. That this effect will become greater by continued use need not be mentioned. Aud now the same result has been found in the delicate unused faculties of a child. It is inexcusa ble for any parent to allow bis children to have even a taste of alcohol. How many sicknesses, for which one has vainly sought an explanation would be understood if the carelessness of parents, in this respect, were known. A child should be taught to fear alcohol as it drends the fire. It is sad that this is so seldom the case. There are even frivolous fathers who give their children strong drink for a "joke," instead ot liecom ing acquainted with the spectacle afforded by the play o( the child's natural inclina tions. JV'sui I oi k BeUetrMitchet Journal. TEMPERANCE NKWS AND HOT 3. A woman was recently arrest! in Boston for the ninetieth time for drunkenness. It is reported on unquestioned authority that the natives of Alaska are drinking themselves to death with startling rapidity. Mrs. Julia A. Chase has been doing splendid work iu the niilitarv prison at Fort Leaven-' worth, Kansas. Four hundred men have taken the pledge. It is ascertained that nearly one-balf of the criminals in tho German prisons were ar rested for crimes committed wheu they were under the influence of intoxicating drinks. A recent advertisement in the Derry In land) Signal roads "Wanted: A man and bis wife as caretakers for a gentleman's country house. One must be so Liar." Was it too much to expect both to bet The owners of 13 ) small drug-stores in In diana have been obiiol to go out of busi ness since the law went into effect compelling all drug stores keeping for sale any prepara tions of alcohol to py the regular liquor tax exacted from saloons. Tho Rev. Mr. Fassmore wanted the sa loons closed on Sunday, and tiie ill feoliug agaiust him took the shape of placing dyna mite in the bell of his ohurch, the Methodist Episcopal. The bell and the belfry were blown to atoms, endaugering the lives of more than 100 people. This occurred ai. lirtckoui idge, Col. The united committee on native races aud the liquor trallio of Great liritian have ad dressed an interesting letter to Utnguuhaus, Chief of (iazalaud, whose envoys have been for some lime in this country. They inform him that the Uovenirueuui of Europe have agreed that thd "white man's stroug drink" is not to bo forced ou any chief or people nguint their wishes. The letter Is signed by tlie Duke of Wnttiuinstur and others. rjty Liver ' fiu for ft 7t oftumd me a fi-eat ol of troabU. Bftd atmnew In lb back, UtU appetlt, Utter teat la th moutb tud a ge&eral b4 loeliug all erer, ibat X ooaid not looata. Kara beaa Uhkltif Hood' earaapaiiUa fur tba (muI (Urea muatab wit f raat benefit, l feel better, the Dad Taste in the Mouth k goae and my gwutxrul beaita la again quite good. o kmcer total tttuee Ured ttuiU ouma over m aa 1 furmarl did. Hood's Sarsaparllla Is eortiunlr a aujst uwlleuS medwlus. BUuk L B, Causa, rail Hlrar, Haas. tl.lt. U ar t (at Hooa aaraapartUa, A Bone Shed ler. Dr. Boll, of Parrottivllle, Tenn., re ported the case of a woman who sheds her bones, and showed some of the speci mens before the East Tennessee Medical Society. He said: "The patient is seventy-one years of ago, seemingly in perfect health, a well preserved woman of medium height, avcrago weight, mid normal in every other rospoct. Twonly one years ago the exfoliation of bono be gan in her Oncers, and has during the succeeding years continued until she has twice shed ulna and radius, humerus, scapula, and part of inferior maxillary. This shedding takes place spontaneously without pain, hemorrhago, suppuration, inflammation, oi inconvenience. On one occasion when churning she shed the ra dius. There is no deformity, snplnation, pronation, extension, flexion, and cir cum flexion being erfcct. The bones shod (nbout six hundred pieces) were, on careful inspection by the society, found to bo eutirely natural. She lias given about ono hundred pieces ot bone away as souvenirs. The woman is con scious of tho pcuding expulsion of a bono about ten minutes before it takes place, and a perfect bone is always loft in its stead, Tho bono innkcs its way out, al ways on the posterior side, and the wound heals by first intention, though at the 'exit of tho bones' were numerous small scars. Bho has always been in comfortable circumstances and ia cheer ful, a very interesting fact, as showing tho power of tho mind to adapt itself to extraordinary circumstances." Kxpei lnient With a Toad. Sorao persons in Yorkshire found a toad which, from a whimsical curiosity, they placed in a pot with a slalo upon tho top of it, and buried it three feet in the earth, in n situation to prevent its receiving any moisturo from the rains, etc. They wished thereby to determine whether the wonderful rclutions respect ing tho subsistence of that reptile woro truo to any degree The spot was marked, and it was resolved not to opcu it until tho same day in tho following year. A great number assembled on that dny, and tho pot with its contents were carefully dug out, when the toad was found not only living, but greatly im proved in size. It was viewed for some time, to obscrvo whether it seemed affected by tho exposure to the air after so long a confinement, but no change was discovered. It was afterward set at liberty. Chicago Timet. Mexico's Sour Bread. "If a good American baker wcro to start an establishment in tho City of Mexico I am certain le could mnko nn immense fortune in a few years," snid Ocorgo 8. Day, of tho linn of Day & Dean, promoters, New York, when at the Lncledo yesterday. "My business calls mo to Mexico two or three times a y;ur, and every linio I am there I am compelled to cat sour bread or none at all. At the leading hotels, fashionable boarding houses and private residences the bread is just the same. The flour used, so far as I could learn, was all right; the troublo is that the 'jokers there dou't know how to make bread. Tho Mexicans, as well as the foreigners, complain about tho inferior quality of the bread, nnd I know there is a fortune awaiting the baker who will go to Mex ico and make good bread." Sf. Lou it mtcr-Hsatingt. A II ii ui in i n g- II I rd's Nest. A curiosity in the shape of a humming-bird's nest was on exhibition iu the show-window at Megedo's jewelry store last week. It contained ouo eg. The nest and tho eg together would not weigh much more than an ounce. The nest was daintily fashioned and was lined with a soft fuzz much resembling silk. It was found by Sam Itiugo in tho woods northeast of town. Itichmond (Mo.) Cvntervator. Tho assessed valuation of Los An geles, Cal., is $3, 000,000 less thou last year. We will give ?h reward for any ease of ca tarrh that canuot be cured with Hall's Ca tarrh fui-e. Taken internally. i. J. OiKMcr dc Co., i'ropra., Toledo, O. Khcpf claims the biggest rolling-mill. Young married ladles And In Lydta E. Pink barn's Vegetable Compound a trusty friend and in the "liuide to Health and Ktlquetle" a book that anawurs all their questions. FITS stopped free by JJn, KuniM Ohbat NtKVE Kkstoukii. No ilia after dru day's w Marvulouauurea. Treatise s,ul Atrial bottls llee. ir. hLuue, Ml Aran Sk. fhlUk, 1'i. How Is Your Appetite. If it is not good you need a tonic. Hunger is a sauce that gives your food a flesh -making and strengthening pow er. S. S. S. is fa mous for its health giving and building up qualities. It is the best of all tonics. s. s. s. aids digestion makes you enjoy what you ' eat and cures you of dyspepsia. TREATISE ON BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES MAILED FREE. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta. Cq. ELY'S CREAM BALM Is worth eSOU toaujr MAN, WOMAN OR CHILD -uflttrlutf from lyHj -w f M CATARRH. Apply LttUn Into each uo it r J I. LLY BHOS.. M Warren St,, N. Y. Tutt's Hair Dye Oray hair or whlaken changed to n fflneay It luiparU a liul urui color, acta Inatanlaiie. oiuly and contain not hlny liurloua to the batr. tyohl by all ilriiKa-lnTti, or ae.it by pi- prees on receipt of prion, kl.OO. oitico, a u m ai i-aric naoe, new York. ".Hi ;Vm 'B'l Mint KXrkr.Ti i nnM dwttzvMKz?. LOOM. HflMC ' V, UooK-KiKniiij, uiiu furmt. u,n" irHmrtiuAlii, Anltimrlio, Slu.ri-lKnul.eta? lHoaouuHi.vUui.HTHY .HA 1 1.. I'Hvular Irua! llryaut'e t olleae, 47 Mum St,, Hultalo, N. V. PATENTS W.T. FaBr.il. V awhlntftoa, l. O 40-ln book Irae. B KAt'TIKUI. IjullpautM Ijkw Daol-" oouiplexiou remedy. 7 eeitl-i. A nttt' i -1al itrle lUt HAY FEVERS CUHED TO STAY CUitLlX 1 want Uta name and ad- areaaol every autterer in the V- AQTUFin U. S. and Canada. Addresa, gc nu 1 man . : tuiU Mijm, M.K., df u, 11 l"!."' "LA,0 CATALOGUE or Its Kxeelleat (fnallitM Commend to puhllo approval the California liquid fruit remedy ftympof Figs, ft Is pleasing tn the eye and to the taste, and by gently act ing on the kidneys, liver and bnwels.lt cleans the system effectually , thereby promoting tie health and comfort of all who nse It. Kxrrllenl Oapanasllle For a personal Inspect (nn of the magnificent resources of tlie trrrtlory tributary to the t'hiengo Ai Northwestern Hallway will beaf fnrded hy a series of Hnrrost Kxcnrslons to R lnts In northwestern Iowa, Minnesota, nrthand South liskota, Nebraska, W)otu tinr, Utah. Idaho. Colorado and Montana, (or which tickets will he sold at greatly reduced rules, circular giving full Information will lte mailed on application to W. A. Thrall, Gen eral Passenger A Tleket Airent, Chtrngo, 111. Ticket can lie procured of your nearest ticket agent. The t'envaaienee el folia Tralaa. Th Krie Is tho only railway running solid trains over Its own track between New York and Chicago. No rhngn of car for any eluas of passenger. Itale lower than via. auy other ttrst-vuta line. wiae matter T'se Pr. IToxrIc' Certain Croup Cure, the only remedy In tlie world that will cure a violent cane of croup in half an hour. No opium. tHold by druggist or mailed on receipt of 00 uta. Ad drve A. i' Hoxwiu, bultalo, N. Y. "Th normal life, well being and happiness of mankind depend npon the physical health and perfection of Woman." These are the word of Lydla E. Pinkhara.and they are true. A woman " nm-doon,n overworked, weak, nervous and de bilitated that's a woman t' it Dr. Pierce's Favorito Prescription is mado for. It gives her health and strength. All woman's weaknesses and all woman's ailments aro cured by it. It's a legitimate niedicino not a beverago ; an invigorating, re storative tonio and a Bootliing and strengthening nervine, freo from al cohol and injurious drugs. It im parts tono and vigor to tho wholo system. For all functional irregularities, periodical pains, organic displace ments, and uterino diseases, it's a positivo remedy. And a guaranteed one. If it doesn't give satisfaction, in every case, tho money paid for it if re funded. No other modicino for women is sold on these terms. That's because, nothing elso is "just as good." Perhaps tho dealer will offer something- that's "better." Ho means that it's bet ter for Atm. ADVVAY'S READY RELIEF. IVlEKN AM.. A bair to a touwiuarul in half tumblur or wattor wui in a rrw iiUuuUw our 1 ll01,fc.K SMJUBlfc rKAMrft, h M R KTOMACH, N A l'PK A, Vtl.MlT. i Da a tit ISO, IlKAKTHt HN. 1 1 A K Kit K A, Hym rntery punnnor lompiitiiii. lollc Plain pi ii it I. i one riaia . NrrvouinrH. Hire p. lenor irnra. rlck llenilarar. nd all tuteruJ paint, riinun iar Niii ii MnlHTia in li Tarou nrni curj and prer n(i. Then la not a iemllal aeut la the world Utat will rura Pvcr and Avue and all otber fever aided by K AIVAVS TILLS) ) qtitoaUr ai UAOWAY H UKADY Itttl.lkp. ACHES AND PAINS. For hradachwluth0r iluk or nnrvouiK tooth actio, DfurutKla, iMrvounei and ltwplfaiutaa roe u ma limn, luinlutaro, pain and waakneas In tba baric, iplnenr kldufja, palm around tti? llvrt pleurltty, welling of the Joiuta and pa Ine nf all klnda, tna ap plication of Kailway'11 Heady Kellef will afford Imme dlataaaae.aiid iUcuuUuud ua tot a fww days eriivt a permanent cur. fiOe. Par Bottle, Hal hy Diatl-ta. BADWAY'S ii PILLS. Ad Excellent anil Mild Catbartio. Purolt vegetable. The safest anil best medicine in lbs world tor tue cura ui ail aisoruer or toe Liver, Ktomncli or llowvla, Taken auoorttlug lo 1 irtjcUoo uoj will rwatora bealUi and renew vitality. I'rloe, J5u. a boa. aulJ by all drnmlata, or mallad by HADWAY a CO. a Warrau Htruel, New York. OB reoelpt of price. SICK WstAK, NaaToat Wfurouau mortal m wuu aai Keep wait, tfaU lirlr ir. J. U. V K, f. iitor. HuiTaio, ai. if. wiu uuw, iaiui.1. a ruir. ovum intv Gained 44 Pounds. Mr. James J. MeCullcy, of Monet, Mo., says be hud dysjicpsla for eight years, which mado bliu a wreck, sick and suffering during the whole time. After try iug all the remedies, Includ ing all Uie doctors in reach, he discarded everything and took Swift's Bpoottlo. Ho Increased from 114 to 153 pounds and was soou a sound and healthy muu. Jffi4' grow J-a.ir in the ligf tSll? .rheir works, esoeci ffliigfiSmev use SAP? soop used fored"! c purposes. All jroc LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST 17 work herself to death In the effort. If the house does not gets Ihe blame II things are upturned while house-clea' gain. One remedy It within her reach. II she use S CmM". and the roiqn ol house-cleaning disorder will be g tr a t:i Host Cough Medicine. Kccomra Cures where all eke fails. Pluusau taate. Children take it without of "Germaii Syrup" Jr J. C. Davis, Rector of St. Jf.meV ' Episcopal Church, Eufaula, Ala.:; My kou has been badly afflicted with a fearful and threatening cougb for several months, and after trying : several prescriptions from physician! which tailed to relieve him, he ha 1 been perfectly restored by the ust oi two bottles of Bo An Episcopal schee's German Syr-1 up. I can recom-! Rector. mend it without' hesitation." Chronic; severe, deep-seated coughs like this are as severe tests as a remedy can ' be subjected to. It is for these long standing cases that Boschee's Ger-; man Syrup is made a specialty, j' Many others afflicted as this ladi was, will do well to make a note of this. i J. F. Arnold, Montevideo, Minn.. ! writes: I always use German Syrup' for n Cold on the Lunges. I have never found an equal to it far less ' a superior. d) : G. G. GRrF.WSole Man'fr.Wooubttry.NJ.f M V N U 37 UNEXCELLED ! AIM'I.IKD KXTKRNA1.I.V Foa Rheumatism, Neural Pains in tbs Limbs, Bact or Ciust, Hops, Son Tbroit, Colds, Sprains, Bruises, Stings oi Insects, Mosquito Bites. TAKKN INTF.KNAI.l.Y II acta Ilka n rharm tnr Ctiolrr. Morbaa, IHnrrhira, lvinierr 'aUo t'rayiaa. Nai. aa hick Itpiuiiirlia. .Ve. Warranted prlrtly hnrmlraa. natli rrainaanrlnt pnrli bniila. aUa dlrprtloaa Isrur.i lla l-OOTIl I !MJ and I'KNKTKA I I Mi aaalllUa are Irll Immediately. Trr tl aad be i onvlnred. Price '40 and io cent a. Maid fcr all rirai rial a. IIKI'OT, 40 IMMIH A V hT NF.W VORK . Aak my naonla Inr W. I. OnMBlas Hheeia atuce aak yaar . tlcnlrr to ai'iid for rntnlositet II lint Inr utile In your arc a re th ue-enrr, anil ! thrni lor you. tXAlt MO M UST1TUTE. THE L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE rFNfPJWN THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY P It U a tMnmlrM-i)iktt, with no tm-kaor wax thrd to hurt th (Vol; niadfi of th lfitt His calf, atrllntl and eiwy, ami hfmiue tre mak more aAs af IKtB grade than any otht-r fHmiiturfwi-tfj-, It euu&U boU I'WfMt hIkh'H otftlnit Troin $4.00 to $.,U0. ffiR OfMimiihu tlaiuLwf it, (he finest calf 'w hIumj fvt r uir i red fur .V'-i; viuaU Freud lniHrttil RhMt which fruni $(Atto$lJ.'iU. 0(1 llun il-rw rd Writ Htioo, flno calf, atvlMi. ruiiifortiiblf and durablo. The boat oyer cifTfifd at Dili rlr ; miii gra4 m cus tom-niadf h)kmh tuiatlng from !.() to $T(t. CIO 50 lNiltrr .lioct Farmer, KallrotuJ )Tra W and Ittort'HrrhTaall wtnr them; lino calf, scan iIphh, Him rot h tnnldx, htavy ihr-ao aolaa, aitcit Inn dlH. nt pair will wrnrayvar. CO '0 tint rnlft nu iM'ittr Rlioeovar offerod at 7tfCa this prlrf i nni trial will muvJuco tliuao who want a hIhm for comfort and service. CO t3 nnd 91.00 orklnurnnii'i aborfl P-fan art viry hi mug nnd durable. TIiom wu Ikivo (riven th-in a trial will woar uo other make, RnVC V'-i.Olt) nnd Ml. 95 achool aheva an UvfO worn hy the b:vitrvfrywher; thoyaell on thi'Tr merit, a the lurrcimlng mlea how. B oHipc V:i-00 llnml-nmrd ahoe, Ixnl ICO Ih-uola, verv stylish; iMiuulaKTeucb UiilMirtfd hoert eiwtlnil from $4.ll to lUi.nl. MlhWri iiit the I .i.dteV -j. . OO nuil AI.93 ihne To t line Duiitfola. Stylish and du ruble. l HUllun. Nee Ilml . I-. IHttiKltuT naiuo a wiu are iiainpen ou me ooiiom of euro ihoa. w. u 1-OUULAH, Hrucktou. Mau. EW IS' 98 ' UI Powdered and 'erfamed. (hATINTCU.I Strangest ami purest J.yemadet Mil km the 6ct rwrfumtxi Hard Sixxp in 'Ml mmutoi without, boil, ing. It is the Iwatfor softening wutur. cleansing wast pipes, disinfocting sinks, cluauta.wa.sh. ing bottles, puiuta, trees, eta. PENNA. SALT MFG. CO., lien. Agents, fhilsw. fa. RUPTURE CURED 1 Poltlv8l Holdt Rupture, hums siuut aNr DAI. u.. au i.M.r whia h Mil larywereaievrteMM lumlae mall toe- 'nytM. llhamlca taulfi awt antr MM ay O. V Moust Mra.Co. iu , a. I.O.TT (TATKJIT J.U ) A SURE CURE for the Dl lire tiiid fur tho KawUAMituC Pollmlre ill LU LU "Stringing the Necklaoo." IT IO fir U-XM.ll I K lalimtl to aUillU 11 IN llr woUani'lilliireii. ttant puetpaiU ua n I IU UI oelpl of aoc. In Metal ae. Aildie Nutlonn.1 Publublng ('a., WAenuieToa, It. II rf eritVf"lJ I MIIWIVI ill, cror l.wu I'l iv s. r unii lor uaio ul our':J!ua. I. ( MAS. It. WOIM.I.KV. tlaliurne. .at) WHY IS w. ft r, - a..
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