I THE FARM AND GARDEN. TUB FARM rl.AT. Every fnrraer should know the tract area of his farm, and the area of ever; division of it. There is satisfaction in knowing this, and the plat will be use ful in keeping a record of operations during the year. Jinny farmers can 'pace"a field and come "somewhere near" the actual contents, but this is not OQCAigh. A farmer who had depended upon the pacing measurement, found when he came to sell that he was flvo hundred dollars poorer than ho thought he was. As the price was reduced this amount, it was equivalent, almost, to a loss. It was a disappointment. The plat may be used every year to keep a recoru 01 an crops. Make a copy of the plat every spring by laying tracing paper upon it and tracing the lines. The year's work may then bo laid out corn in this lot, oats in that, aud so on. If this bo done accurately every year, and tho plans be kept, they give a record of all crops, and succession or rotation of crops in a small spice a kind of one leaf book- kccpitfg that recommends itself to all furuicrs. American Agriculturist. ..- Assonnso the nF.Ns. It is one of tho most important mat ters that hens be separated according to the requirements. If you have a flock of hens, and some of them are laying while others nre unproductive, separate tho layers from tho others, or tako out the extra fat hens. This is especially necessary on those farms whero the hens arc confined to a limited area. Tho lay ing hens and tho fattening hens do not require tho same food. For instance, a hen that is intended for market may be allowed all the grain sho can consume, but the laying hen will require a moro nitrogenous diet, such as meat, and if they are together the Inying hens may not receive the food intended for them, as tho others will also take A portion. There is also a difference in hens in an .other mpect age. Tho old hens will always domineer over tho younger. It is best to have a flock' of the same breed and age. The layers should never bo with tho non-layers. Always observe the condition of each hen, if possible, and feed according to circumstance?, as there is no rule that can bo followed in feeding. Far-n and Firt tide, . I " nAItDKE?S OF BITTEH. Tho New Hampshire Experiment Sta tion has been conducting some experi ments as to the effects of diffurent foods on the hardness of butter, and though tho work in this direction is not as yet extensive enough to justify tho drawing of conclusion:, their experiments thus far indicate 1. That gluten meal tends to produce . a much softer quality of butter than corn meal or cotton seed meal, and other things being equal, tends to lessen the churnability of the butter fat. 2. That with the same cows the hard ness of butter depends much more upon the character of tho food than upon the nutritive ratio. 3. That ensilage produces a somewhat softer butter than does good hay, but it is also favorablo to the flavor and tcx- 1 ture of the butter product. 4. That skim milk has a very favor able effoct upon tho churnability and quality of the butter fat, and in a single trial apparently reversed the general rule that the volatile fatty acids decrease as the period of lactation advances. 6. That cotton seed meal touds to pro duce an unusually hard quality of butter, and that the cotton seed meal and gluten meal might bo used together with excel lent results. 6. That contrary to general belief the melting point of butter fat is not a good index of the commercial hardness of but ter. That while in general a soft butter melts at a lower temperature than a hard butter, thero is no definite relatiou be- tween melting point and actual hardness. 7. Thut no I elation can be traced be . tween volatile fatty aids, except in t lie case of skim milk. That usually hard ness and volatile acids vary inversely, hardness generally increasing aud volatilo elds decreasing, as the period of lactti- (tion advances. Creamery Journal. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. For breeding keep two or three geese for every gander. If ducks are kept, be sure to have the duck house tight and dry. During the summer eggs should never be used as nest eggs; there is too much risk of making a mistake that, tj say the least, may not be pleasant. Guineas are among the bct forngers of all the fowls usually kept on tho farm, and if nllowed a good range will pick up the greater part ot their own living. Wliile an exclusive diet of grain is ob jectionable as a rule, yet at this season some grain must bo supplied iu order to jieep me iowis in good, tcrilty comution. One advantage in buying needed breeding fowls tho latter part of suiu- I mer or early fall is that a better selection I can be hud and the fowls be purchased V at a lower price. Keep tho Mmcli and early Apiil pullets C for lavinrr. If L'ivon comfort.i!)!,! nunr- t" ters they will lay rcgulur.y the greater part of tho winter. Late hutched pullets k will riir.Mv lav lw.frn-A tttiririfp ..... j ., The best plan of feeding boues to noultrv is to nound them un into srriHll pieces about tUe size of grains of corn. Supplied in this way the fowls will pre- i ,uer iresu uunesio uone-meui. Keep the laying nests clean. Filthy veggs, espccia'iy auruig ,ne summer, will "Sjaot sell at the best prices, and it is often ! 1 some work to clean them. A cheaper j 1 way is to provide clean nesting material. If you suspect that your sheep have Ilieeu exposed to the contagion of foot rot ' tand them for a lew minute iu a trough -imtainiug one pin t of the strong carbolic i , id to 200 parts of water to disicfect iie:n. After the chickens nre old enough to be given a free range th feeding coops : should all be gathered up and store I away uutil ncedud another season. A Ittle cure iu this roijcit will save ex-K-nse. P If the fowls itppour droopy and lose Inppetite, it will niu-a be a good plau to Mend them linseed meal. A gill of the tutu! given to ten liens twice a week will 'aid iu maintaining goj health ami thrift. Nest-egg gourds make the Iwsi nost ; they are 1 i --1 1 1 , eiieio, convenient, there is piuctirallv no danger of sine by the otin r eg.;t rjlliu, down hi them, us is the case with Jftiu. To test eggs dissolve two ounce of salt In one pint of water. A fresh-laid egg will sink to the bottom ; an egg one day old will sink not quite to the bottom, and for each day old the egg will swim nearer the surface. Cornmcal and water makes a poor food for ducks during summor. Thoy need but little grain, but will thrive better if given rather coarse, bulky foods, espe cially where they are given a good rango and have access to a pond. Many a promising young man is tem porarily or permanently injured on tho farm at the harvest season of the year as a result of over-exertion. The prido of tho youug man is his sttcngth; but it should )e used judiciously. When a fowl has canker, and tho mouth and throat are sore or ulcerated. wrap a soft rag around a lead pencil, dip it into chlorate of potash after dampen ing (lightly and stvnbout the mouth and throat as thoroughly as possible. The principal itom with tho bantam is its small sir.o, and, in breeding them everything should bo sacrificed in order to have them as small as possible. If they get beyond a pound and a half in weight thcyNare getting too heavy. An applo tree if long on the way may be buried, top and all, if it appears dry, and in a week ofton days will be in con dition to plant and most likely it will live and grow. Avoid tho nocessity if possible; patronize home nurseries. All thing being equal, patronize tho nearest reputable nursery to your own home. Trees will not bo so lonir on the way, and will come in good shape with less damage. Evergreen treos which have their roots exposed while being transported are most likely already dead when planted out ; keep tho roots moist. Crab grass is an enemy that gives an noyance at this season. No grass is more easily destroyed if the work is done when tho gra?s first appears, but onco let crao glass become established, and its great mass of roots gives it a firm hold in tho soil. It will not thrive on a loose soil, but starts up quickly after a rain. The Into cabbago should be worked af ter each rain. Never let tho ground be come hard or baked arouad thorn. Tho frequent working of cabbage is nearly equal to application of manure, and, as cabbages are gross feeders, they will thrive on sod land that has been wetl re duced, and will nccept any kind of ma nure. Perhans cverrono ilnon not. tnnn Tina. easily can be had fresh apple blossoms in winter, uei ine onus ot branches with nlumn flower buds and Tiliirn thorn in water In a warm, sunny window, and they will soon bloom. No doubt niauy other kinds of trees and shrubs will give as uood satisfaction as the Annln. Ttnrn is an interesting field for experiment. In answer to the subscriber whn nah-a whether sheep should bo fod on turnips while carrying lambs the Chicago T - . .1. .. .1 . ' , . - ,. . j una aj mm me nioaoreato leeuing ot turnlns or other ronfcrrorw nt. thuf. Hma. la not considered by good shepherds injur ious to either sheen or lnmli. hnr. ton hcavv feedinrr of nnv rnnf. Iq Thn anma is truo of esilage, as far as the lambs are i cuueerueu. It is said that the dairy people of Den mark have become such experts in mak ing butter that thoy can sell in London a better article and at a lower price than can be produced at the best English fac tories. Their cows are fed on cultivated grasses and clover and in winter on bar ley, oats, linseed cakes, straw and hay. They give special attention to regular grooming and are neat in all respects. rickles to be marketable must not bo too large. Care must bo taken in pick ing them to watch the pitoh closely, for tuey will, under favorable circumstances. grow a great deal in oae night. As soon as they reach the length ot three or four inches pick them. Some firms use them much smaller than that, but iu this it will be necessary to consult the desires of those to whom they are to be sold. Experiments made in Franco with the sunflower gave a return of 1778 pounds of seed from an acre, yielding fifteen per cent, of oil (275 pounds) and eighty per cent, of cake. Tho product varies, of course, with tho klud, the climate, the soil. Tho common oil is used chiefly for woolen dressing, lighting and soapmak ing in Europe. Tho purified article is largely employed for table use, aud is considered equal to olive oil. Thero seems to be an agreement among the results of potato tests that good, average sized, well-ripened tubers ueed to be used for seed; that they need to be planted with plenty of room for healthy growth, and kept clean of weeds and bugs. Beyond this there are differ ence of opinion, doubtless due to variety used, kind of soil and character of sea son. There is very littlo exact mathe matics about potato grew'ng. Mr. Williml, at a meeting of fruit growers, said that he had for some years been in the habit of cutting off from one-half to oue-third of the season's growth from his plum trees during the uiild weather in the winter when the wood was not frozen hard, aud he was well satisfied that it was profitable. Ou varieties which make a long, rampant growth thero is much breakage when tho limbs are set full of fruisa iiy cutting back, short branches lire forced out, which give moro fruiting surface and a stronger troo: Ho does not pruue ufter the trees have begun to grow. lHcrclc aud Trotting1 ilorso. Tho mile record of the trotter Maud S. may be beaten by a bicyclist before it is toppled over by a horse. It is six years since tho 2:08 J murk was uwdo at Cleve laud, and, judging by tho present out look, the record will -stand undisturbed during the year lS'Jl. On the other hand, the bicyclists have been each year clip ping oil the seconds, until now tho best English record has reached something like 2:10. Jilt in 1SS5 we all thought Howell was doing something wonderful wheu ho made his mile iu 2:13 over tho Hampdeu Park bicycle track iu this city. While the horses have been ut a stand still the men havo advanced by over twenty seconds. SpringlieU lltyubliean. (Jucen Victoria's Watches. Queen Victoria has two beautiful little gold watchesbyIJreguet,thatare supposed j to be one hundred yetrs old. They have silver dials, and ure about tho size of a j two-shilling piece. One is a blind man's watch, the other is a repeal-.-r. lioth go perfectly, and are in constant use. Her Majesty's favorite watch is u large plaiu t;old one by Mudge, tho Engliih maker. ! It is about twice as big as au ordinary muu's watch. BviUnt 2 renter ipL, NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. TTummolstown, Penn., has a lady lot- tcr -carrier. Tho kodak girl Is said to be a terror at Chautauqua. Danish gloves in four-button lengths arc in demand. Twcnty-two newspapers in Kansas are edited by women. Lawn tennis continues to lose favor with Euglish women. Naples, Italy, has a woman editor in tho person of Matilda Serao. A dress reform crusado has been be gun by the women at Chautauqua. Some of the models for dress bonnets for next season are absurdly small. Poland has produced somo of tho brightest women which the world holds. Women professors aud women lectur ers aro to bo added to tho University of Michigan. A New York pajx-r says tho porfect woman should be five feet throe inches high and weigh 130 pounds. A woman, Miss Ormerod, is tho con sulting entomologist of the lloyal Agri cultural Society of Great Britain. There are to be two new plays brought out in New York next season and both of them aro by New York women. A hospital for womon has been opened at Sitka, Alaska, by Dr. Clarence Th wing. It is the first iu that country. Women in Swedon have now obtained official permission from the Government to bo received as pupils of apothecaries. English women havo returned to squaro-tood shoes, but tho Piccadilly pointed too is still proferred in America. The young women who adorn the fash ionable seaside re-sorts have bocorno won derfully proficient in tho art of whis 'ng. The finest diamonds in tho world are owne 1 by Mine. Andrp, of Paris, and her black pearls are nlso considered beyond all comparison. Tho day consus in the city of London shows that there aro now 50,416 women ongaged in the city during the day as against 44,179 in 1681. The Polish Countess Branicka Is callod tho "Queen of Sapphires" because of these gems sho possesses the most beauti ful collection in the world. Tho Indian women In Arizona have ceased to be picturesque since they began to wear fashionable dresses, shoes, stock ings and all tho paraphernalia. Miss Susan M. Duncklee, of Newton, Mass., tho only woman treasurer of a bank in that State, has resigned after seventeen years of brilliant success. One of the largest dairy farms iu In diana is carried on by Mrs. Laura D. Wooley, of Ellctsvillo. Last year she sent 10,000 pouuds of butter to market. Mrs. Alice Shaw, the famous whistler, has demonstrated the fact, that whistling oven is hereditary. She has four daugh ters, each one of whom inherits her pe culiar talent. AU women who havo earned the dis tinction of becoming notable personages are to havo their portraits in tho Photo graphic Gallery of the British Museum of Portraits. Miss Nanette McDowell, grand-daughter of Henry Clay, lives with her father in the old Clay homestead of Ashland, one of the most beautiful and romantic places in all Kentucky. Helena, Montana, boasts of a young woman who is made of the right sort of material. She is a very successful moin ber of the bar, and is also the secretary of a large lumber company. Annio B. Saunders keeps a paint shop in Eighth avenue, New York, and makes a good living at the business. She mixes the colors and oils, looks after the cash, and takes orders, employiug men to fill them. Miss Curzon, of the Toronto (Canada) University, has been acting as assistant public aualyist since her graduation iu 1889, and at the samo time pursuing her studies at the Toronto Woman's Medical College. Miss Mary Proctor, the daughter of Richard A. Proctor, has inherited her father's tastes and aptitude for astronom ical science, and frequently contributes articles upon those subjects to tho peri odicals. Mrs. Richardson, wife of Dr. T. G. Richardson, was given $100,000 for the purpose of building a new medical col lego iu New Orleans, on a site which was recently purchased by the Educational Board for $35,000. Fraulelu Knutson was lately chosen cantor, organist, and bellringer in a llttie town named Holland, near Gothenberg, iu Sweden, by a great majority of votes. Petitions wero presei'ed to the King to declare the election invalid, but he has dually confirmed it. Miss Cbarlotto Nichols, of Empire City, Oregon, can use a ntlo in a way that would do credit to any masculine sportsman. Shu has a record of having slain several deer this season, aud recent ly she shot a boar that crossed her path while sho was out horseback riding. Among the old-fashioned colors which are appearing aguin is snuff brown. Muizo-cotored muslin organdie, and chambery gowns are trimmed with snuff brown laces, surahs or chiffons, and gloves, hats and parasols are fast turning snuff color, now that fall draws near. A Vienna despatch says that "there li a great demand for women physiciaus In liosuia, tho Moslem women refusing tc bo treated by male doctors. The Aua trian Government is engaging all the fe male graduates of the medical school at Zurich to locate in Bosnia, guaranteeing their income up to a certain figure." Mrs. II. S. Gould, of Georgia, Is a railioal woman. She gave her means and efforts to the building of tho Cov m & Macon Railroad. She has also iiu I u deal to do with its management, n '.i is suid to have hail a share in the building of the Middle Georgia &, Atlan tie Railroad. She also runs a farm ol 400 acres. Offenbach "Eril Eye." The composer Offenbuch was credited by the superstitious with possessing that malign intlucuco known as tho "evil eye," and even now the people of Etre tat believe that the handsome Villa Orpheo he built there is subject to this diabolic charm, it is certain that every tenant of the house since Offenbach died has met with sudden death or financial disaster. Consequently the villa, though one of the most desirable seaside home; iu France, remains unoccupied and shunned by tho townspeople.- 1'lnUideU TEMPERANCE. ALCOnoL NOT A REMKDV. Dr. N. 8. Davis, President of tli CMcaijo MHenl Collojro, sy: "Heonuss the sonsa- tlons of alcohol ars (fmirllv oonslilnred only, many intllviilunla ars ever realy to preicril6 intoxicating beverages to relievo the Iviby'p cnlir to strengthen the mother, to relloTethe father's wenrinoes, end to pre vent the boys and pirls from taking colili, and of course doctors and people are all unitd in calling them tonics, stimulant, and restoratives. Alcohol does not lessen the effects of evils, but diminishes the con ciousnessof their existence." rortTT Years a tmuNKARo. An old inan with snow white hair and mustache and trcnibliiut voioe, but with the impressive el.iuiice which liuartfult convic tion and sincerity produce, stood up in the Water Street MeAuley Mission on a recent night, and, while wonien wept and beanie I men uttered fervent, ainens, told tho story of liis conversion end rcneue from a career of confirmed drunkiMiurs which hat lusted, with brief inform iion, nearly forty vears. The man was Keuhen Johnson ''XJncla Itube," ns lie was taniillnrly called by the frequenter of the mission. He mid he was over evonty years of aj;e. Many years airo, before rum had obtained complete do minion over bim, he was well known nt a skilled mechanic and operator of printing presses, lie was converted a year ago at tho McAulev Mission, and at the samo time ceased drinking. It is customary at the MeAuley Mission when a convert has remained faithful to his pie lges ot reformation for a year to hold an anniversary mooting over him and got him to mount the platform and toil the Btory of his life and conversion. On a recent night was "Uncle Rube's" anniversary, and, as he is considered, not to speak Irreverently, the star convert of the mission, there was a preat gathering there of people Interested in its work. In plain, unatrected language, and with none of that ostentation of ntety which eon verts sometimes display, ' Uncle Rube" told hi story, tie began to work when he was foiirteeu years of a;,'e, finding employment In the press room ot a U)wspiior. W ith his earnings he helped support his widowed mother, who whs a devout Christian. He wasof a sociable disposition and soon learned to take a glass of beer now and t hen with tho men on pay day. A little Inter he occa sionally took a Rlass of sweetened gin. lie was promoted rapidly and esrned good wage. As his wage increased he drank more fre quently, but without any suspicion that he might some day become a slave to the habit. After he readied manhood he occasionally got tipsy, but he alwuys managed to conceal such lapses from his mother. Ha married when he was thirty. Three years Inter hs lost his mother, and a year after that his wife died. While hi wife was living he only took an ocaisionnl glass, but after that Bnd bereavement ho abandoned himself to drink. "1 could always endure physical suffer ing," he sai.l, 'but mental anguish made me a coward, and I went to rum for solace. Then, when I got sober my conscience would chide uiennd accuse me, an J to escape from self reproach 1 would a.aiu have recourse to drink. And so it. went on, until before I wasnwnroof it, the habit had enslaved me and bound me in shackles that strive as 1 would 1 could not break." It was soon after he began drinking stead ily that, at a hint from his employers, ha Ba" "p ",B 6iuaiion in me pressroom, where he had been getting tio a week. He never apaiu worked at his trade, and for years lived a most precarious existence, swiftly sinking towanl the gutter. Ho cared little what hard shifts he was put to tor foal as long as he could satisfy his cravin for rum. About fifteen yars ago ho obtaine I ad mission to an inebriate asylum in the hopo that he might there be cured of his terrible appetite. But after stavinj there three months he found thst its 'intensity had not been diminished, and In a few hours after leaving it he was as drunk as he had ever been in his life. He went back to the asylum several times, but always with the same re suits. "The only advantage that the placo offers to the drunkard," he said, "is that he can't get drink there. Except for tiio absence of rum the ntmophere of the placj is that of a third-rate barroom. There is no Cbri8tiani2iiv influence aiiout it." Except for brief intervals of respite when he was in some nsylum Johnson live I for years the life of a drunken sot. Five years ago he went to the MeAuley Mission, "hungry, destitute, ragged, vermin in festeda wreck phy.-ieally, mentally and morally." Ho got converted, as ho thought. After keeping sober for a few days he was consigned to the care of a convert ill Brook lyn. Hut ho found that this convert hai lapsed from grace and was drinking freely. The temptation proved too much tor him. Again ho fell, this timo if possible lower than ever. For three yenrs he lived almost literally in the gutters, without hope of any sort, except tho faint one that if things came to the worst ho might escape by sui cide. A year ago he ngniu visited the mission for the purpose of getting a night's lodging. Again tho prayers, the hymn and the a I divsses so wrought upon him that again he was led to hope that he might lie saved and escape the terrible curse that had atllicted him more Viau half his life. "I hud no laith in myself,'' said the old man, while tenrs of gratitude stole down his cheeks, "but I asked Jesus to help me, and Ho did it. I am a Christiau now. The old thirst for drink bas gone." New York Herald. TEUPERANCC NEWS AND NOTES. Eight polls havo been taken this year in Canada under the Scott Act, and in six cases prohibition was adopted. Chicago capitalists are projecting six ad ditional large breweries. They iutend to flood the World's Fair with beer. Any man giving drink to an aboriginal or halt-caste of uuy district in Fiji Is liable to a penrlty of or imprisonment. , The Philadelphia W. C. T. U. holds meet ings weekly in the Philadelphia almshouse and hospital. The meetings are well at tended mid looked forward to with great de light by the inmates. The report of the Coinmisaionors of Inland Revenue for 1K'jo-'91 shows that the coa sumption ot rum iu the United Kingdom tor tho period naiu-)d amounted to 4,47d,71B gal long, against 4,''Jl,4Vi gallons in lWJ-'yo, or uu increase of laT.titH gallons. The report of the temperance committee of the Weslxyun church states thut there are 8714 bands of hope, with a membership of 870. MO, iu increase of 145 bands and 5S3U members. The number of bunds connected with .Sundny-schools HII74, with H-W, 175 mem bers, an increase of '2.. The number of temperunce societies is 77'J, with 51,545 mem bers, au iueroase of l'2'l societies aud t0o4 mem tiers. Among the savages of New Guinea there is a tribe ot pt-ople called Papuans. A Queensland gentleman has given a most favorable aceount of tnem as a healthy and vigorous people. They havo no knowledge of any intoxicating drink not even kava, the Fijian beverage made from palm. "I'hereiore," says tuu chronicler, "if they do not imbibe the vicious tastes of civilisation, thero is no reason why they should not perpetuate their race for many centuries to come." Two Mu.wAtTXM gtrtsollmbeJ to tho top of the Pabtft brewery chimney a boight of 225 feet and were wildly cheered by thousand of spectators. They were pretty high np In the air, and had good nerve, sorely j but their performance will not make them famous nor raise them higher in tin atimation of those who read of their tom boy exploit, A LifeSaved Ir. Oeo. Itsjmnml, of Seneca Yulla, K. Y., It a pump tetter III the employ of Hamaajr a Co., the well known I ump makers of thai plao. lie Is a member of Itantsay Kulue Co. He sayai -My wife without aoubt owes her life to Hoo4' Saroiparllla. A tew yours ao Stie was at Ueatb'4 Uoor, due to bUiod poisoning or a phyilulsm y pywmia. Aflrr everything cl tttllel Huot's Hiirtapvlll i.roujht bar out if theorist all rtht. blnce tbun ehe has suTrea at time wltu nuuibueji ami heauuoue, tout ooutluuu taking Hood's Sarsaparilla ana l9rlu!illy olllu( o, these troubles, hi, cilux to ilooi's, Utkei uolbluif eUa, aud we ObIIm .1 will effect a oouipieu uure. The Flint Iron Urldgft. At the present day, when we are ac customed to look upon Iron as the chief constructive material with which civil engineers and architect all over the world deal, the first iron bridge thnt was ever built Is a curious sight. This bi Idge, tho arches of which were made of iron, was called "Iron bridge," aud It was erected In 1778. It span a little river in the county of Salop, on the railroad line from Shrewsbury to Worcester, iu England. At the present day the struc ture is surrounded by a thriving little vil lage, which took its name from the bridge. Scvornl iron foundries have been established In the neighborhood. The structure was a timid attempt at what has since developed into an extensivo In dustry. There nro three supports) two of them aro very small and cross a nar row country road, while the third and largest one spans the bod of tho river. It is shout ninoty six feet long and weighs 378 tons. Tho braces were cost at Coal brookdnlc, every bar being composed of two segments. Stephenson, the great civil engineer, wroto as follows on tho construction of this first iron bridge! 'When we bear In mind that the mani pulation of cust iron was at the time of its erection in Its infancy we cannot help but (eel convinced that unblushing au dacity alone could conceive of such an enterprise, and the intelligence with which the details were outlined and exe cuted is orpin! to tho boldness of the con ception." Tho bridge Is constantly used aud is in an excellent condition, a fact which disproves all the omniuous clamor ing of cranks that the pernicious in fluences of nut will sooner or latter bring danger to the iron bridges of to-day. Boston Transcri)Yt. Wonders or Vegetation In California. In California there are squashes that weigh three hundrod pounds; thero aro mammoth grapevines; there aro beots live feet iu length and eighteen inches in diameter; there arc corn Holds iu which the stalks are so tall that tho oars cannot bo reached by an ordinary-sized man; there aro specimens of tho prickly pear cactus twenty feet high, thickly fringed with great yellow fruit; thero are vast mustard fields in which the plant shoots up a dozen or fifteen feet; and there nre plenty of other grains, vegeta bles and fruits that are big beyond tho dreams of tho Eastern ignoramus. As to the Cowers of California, what can be said? Tho heliotrope plant thoreis over six feet high, aud there are dense holio tropo hedges covered with raassosof flow ers that perfume tho nir. The rose geran ium there is a big bush with a thick stem, tho branches of which rise eightoon or twenty feet above ground, and it grows year after year, till it becomes a dense mass of aromatic verdure and blossom. The fuchsia there is a plant with a rtom as big ns a good-sized tree, and iu blos soms nre to be seen alike in winter aud in summer. Tiio calla lily there is a mar vel ; the rose is a still greater marvel, and we have an account of a California gar den in which there is a rose bush the main stem of which measures three feet arouud and the branches of which cover twelvo thousand squuru feet of space. Boston 2'rantcript. An Unhealthy City. Cairo for a long time hns been notarious ns one of tho most unhealthy cities of her sizo in the world, and is likely to remain so unless tho French can be induced to abandon their prosent obstructive policy in Kgypt. Tho town is practically with out drainage, aud year by year tho neces sity of remedying the evil becomes more urgent. Some time ago tho Oovernmeut took tho matter iu bund, employed a number of distinguished sanitary engi neers, and prepared a scheme for a sys tem of sewerage which is geuerally ad mitted to be the best and cheapest that could be devised. It was proposed to pay for the improvement by the appro priation of half the octroi receipts of tho city, but Franco will not consent and de mands tho appointment of an Inter national Commission of three experts to study the question, to invite plans, and to decide as to which is to be adopted ; no plan to be adopted unless accepted by all these experts unanimously. The object of this proposition is clear, and, unless it is modified, tho drainage plan must bo abandoood, at least for tho present. 2'imet-Democrat. How the Kaiser Trains IIU llojg. It seems thut the Emperor of Germany bus a great deal of the old Spartan feel ing about him at all events, with refer ence to the training of his children. His tix little sousare subject to a severe reg imen by their father. They sleep in a plain, bare room, upon iron cots, with hard mattresses and scant bed-clothing. At seven every morning they take a cold bath, and ore then put through vigor ous gymnastic exercises. I'hiladelpMa litcerd. It is said that 5(10,832 persons ure members of tho Congregational Church iu this country, and moro than ouo-tlfth live in Massachusetts, which thus heads tho list. WITHOUT on -d J FrT-iJUS;.'-. ' 2 IEDY"P- - 'rue nE-iCA-r Sprains, Bruises, PROMPTLY AND Ely's Cream Balm VII,I.(IIIE a a"i"A nn II t ay. nQP Apply iitilui luloeui'u uuwrll. 1 f9&sf st. n. v. t Ny-e-socl LADIESs who will do Writing lur inent iiirlr UurtitM ntukti auotl uHjff-n; nucttuvuMin-. Mien wail wlf iniilrtjSJ Hiuiiitx l cl.Telopr, M1.-4 !U.lKKb M1IXKH, Smith itei.u.lhd tiEM ISO'8 WEMEUV FOH CVl.Uuui. tfesu fci:..st, SO CHIOHtSTCR-a NQLlo.1, lJ.j1.!"",,,t "0 uif Ma all Ltmi l,Mcuu. Roars THiere War Waa Wag4. One of the Wars of the Roses, tb fiercest and deadliest of thom all, was fought on a field where, curiously enough, a rose peculiar to the spot grows, or uood to grow. It Is a rare plant now, and the reason is explained by Mr. Ioadinan in his account of York shire bnttlos, "Prcalia Eboraconsin," published by Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew & Co. After describing the terrible conflict at Towton on Palm Sunday, 1461, he says: "I cannot conclude this story of Towton Field without an allu sion to the little dwarf bushes peculiar to the 'Field of the White Ksso and the ltod.' They aro said to have been plentiful nt the commencement of this century, but visitors have taken them nwny In such numbers that they hare bo corno rare. Buch vandalism is simply shameful, for tho plants aro said to be unique, and unable to exist in any other soil. The littlo roses are white, with a red spot on tho centre of each of their petals, and as they grow old tho under surfaco becomes a dull red color." Lon don Nmt. A. M. rrlest. Druuglst, Shelbyvlllo, Ind. snysl "Ilnll's UnlnrrU Cure glvos tho best of aailsfnetlou. Can get plenty of testimonials, as It cures every one who tukos it." Druggists toll it, 7So. ThkhrIs nt Richmond, Mo a horse nine teen aud three-quarter hnnds high. How a. tudent .Mnken Money, Drar REAnBii 1 am able to jmy my board aud tulllou, wear good clothes and havo tnonny in my pocket by sending uiy odd hours And mention pltttlux Jewelry and tntilewnre nnd selling plntnrn. 1 have made $'Xt per dny: never less than $4. I paid $." for inv plnter to II. K. Delno A Co., C'olllinhus, O. Anyone enn profit by my exjierlouoe by wrll iug there for cironlnrs, AiTUintNT. Canara no Kftaarit. Dr. Hoxsie's ..'ortnin Croup Cure Is univer sally cnuceded to bo the only sure nnd safe remedy for croup sold. It htieedily allays in flammation to throat or lungs. Sold by drug- flste, or nildrcsa A. P. lloxsie, buffalo, N. i. 'rice 60 els. KIT8 stopped free by Us, Kuns's (I it sat Kkhve KasTonKa. No ills it tor rtrit ly' in Marvelousoares. I'rontlse u-i s-trUt IxiUU tree. ir. Kllue. ilt A roll Su. I'liilv, Jf arointed with sore eyes use Dr.lsane Tbomn fcon's Kvo-wnter.tiruggiHta sell nt fto.per bottle -.i i.i. .r -. OldS EXJOVS Both the method and results when Synip of Figs is tak en ; it is pleasant and refreshing to tho taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver And .Bowels, cleanses the sys tem eflectually, dispels colds, head riches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. (Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing; to the taste and ao. cep table to tho stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial !n its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, Ite many excellent qualities com mend it to all and have made It the most popular remedy known. Fvrup of Figs is for sale In 60o and $1 bottles by all leading dra gists. Any reliable druggist ho may not have it on hand will pro cure It promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO, SAN ftUMCISCO, OAU MVfsmiE. nt. tew roRK. r. DONALD KENNEDY, 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 cept Thunder Humor, and Cancer that haa taken root. Price, $1.50. Sold by every Druggist in the United States and Canada. 137 TOU IIAVJUi Mnlarlft or rilea, hick Headache, Cnetlva Hiiwla, Iunib Aku. Sour rjUmiwli anil llelchlucri If your food does nut HgallilllMtH and you liave no upueUle, will core these troubles. 111 oe, 23 cents. L2 AN EQUAL, o CURES RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, LUMBAGO, SCIATICA, Burns, Swellings, PERMANENTLY. O 1 FULLY WARRANTED0-"" 3 Ton Scales $60 Freight fVia 3 0NESf BlN GH AMTO N, NY. FREE! TUf KlSKrJT iU.I'WTHATKD CaTALOOI'K of iHnuioiitlii. Walt-lit. Jrwtlrv hi I Vsuiu. We f urnlnlt nrv Vniivnlr v,,k.. wia-iV. J. H. JQHNhTuN A Cu.. I. Union 'guttr-, N. V. RED CHOSi TU. ..I, H.fo, ,.Mai.1.f C.CHt.TS "'-'."jK-.ra Tu 's Fills io la applied to Uis i I nt Dy mall. I 1 INK. Warren, Fa, J Oiamono Brand korrniorrr itsi A ringing noun in tiio ears, heartache, deafness, eyef weak ( obstruction of nose, dis charges falling into throat, some times jfrofuso, watery ami acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, bloody and putrid 5 offensive breath ; smell and tame impaired, nnd general debility. Not all of tlieso symptoms at once. Probably only a few of theniT . i That's Catarrh. A modicino that by its mild, soothing, cleansing and healing properties has cured the most hope less cases. One that will cure yow,' no matter how bad your case or of how long standing. A medicine that doesn't simply palliate for a time, but produces perfect and pei mancnt cures. i That's Dr. Page's Catarrh Remedy. A cash payment of $500, not oy you, ns you might expect, but to you, if you can't bo cured. It's an offer that's mado in good faith, to prove their medicine, ly responsible men, the proprietors of Dr. Sago's Remedy. That's tho kind of mediciue to try. Doesn't it seem so ? "August Flower 99 How clous he feel ? He frcla cranky, and is constantly experi menting, dieting himself, adopting strange notions, aud changing the cooking, the dishes, the hours, nnd manner of his eating August Flower the Remedy. ( How doos he feel ? He ftcls at .limes a gnawing, voracious, insati able appetite, wholly unaccountable, unnatural and unhealthy. August Flower the Remedy. How does he feel ? He feels no desire to go to the table and a grumbling, fault-finding, over-nicety about what is set before him when he is there August Flower the Remedy. How does he feel ? He feels after a spell of this abnormal appe tite an utter abhorrence, loathing, and detestation of food ; a3 if a mouthful would kill him August Flower the Remedy. How does ho feel ? He has Ir regular bowels aud peculiar stools Aucn?'" !l'wer the Remedy. m u aw Harvest Excursions At LOW RATES via Missouri Pacific Ry. and Iron Mountain Route. To Mlntourl, Kanwut, Arkaniim. TaxM And all pnlotM Wool ami 4iulliH-fiit. Auk- Sept. IS ad w. uood for :lu (Uys, wltU Htup-oTer privilege. H. C. TOWNSEND, G. P. ., SI. Louis. Ms. UAV EEUTR CURED T0 81 r CUREDl ilia I D kO Lli We want the nameand arcseot every sufferer in the 9, ftQTUM A U.S. anrt Canada. ArldreM. $X HO 0 SIlBWl k.UamiitUvu.a i.,jlfl,lft. R A Cl wravrks Kiuin.n bknh at oni;k run imiii large CAT Fl.YINO. m mMi-Ml.M Surrn.1 IsMrf r"E. I SO Loom, w liftTo I 9fM tofltl mnnt nil i-l 33 iworn mli-lnvM that KXCKhTi !" irf m?.!.-Afc!ff-1-0 0 M. "Successfully Proseoutes Claims, Late Frlnvlpnl UiAmlnar U S. Panaton Bureau. 3 viotu ittat war, iswliudJcaUiiucltaiui, Uy iuek .TJournal of Adventure'rSc A.HllifW .1NKS 11.1 h, I'A N-U.l IX -Hi l. Il.la If. , bihiiim, U wont k'.V. nlv. Uirvi-ry HUtMorMwr, SICK: Wuk, Nturoot, WitxruuBD mortsU geft WBU sail I aoOp WtfU. lUOU'l lflfr LetUatiTT. Umc. t dir. mqdIs uuut free. Ir. J. ,1. i V K, fa. Hum-, buifalo, N. . "How wo Mako ths Fruit Farm Pay." Kumple Copy KrvM A itrurtfl: I . A. iiHYA.S, ltrlirtr, X. Y. P SINSIOlVa.UNf nil MOI.hlEUir, n dlaubltMl r fto lur uicrvu.so. j yvt.ru ex rjMtcnee. Wrlift for l.aws. A. XV. MiH'ciyu-E BONS. W AH H 1 N TO N . U C fc ClNCINN ATI . O. Here Want to nrn nil about Horter llovrto IMok Out i I ootl One K now 1 ra perf ec- (kin and ao liu&rtl aalusi Iraudr Drlect Ultoato a 1 I Sect a Cur wueu mi mo! t roaalblur' lell the kv "J Itc Teeth What to call the binvrvnl Part of ttte Animal' How toSUoe a Uormo l'roperl All tula and other Valuable) Information ran lie octal tie J bl readlnir our IOU-1'AUK ll.l.l'HTUATEU l.lltK HOOK, whion wa will lorwari, poit t-aiU.uo receiptor onlj '4i cenla Iu aitiuiiM BOOK PUB. HOUSE. 1.14 l.ronnri! Ht.. S. V.f'ltr ' 7 l WW " I AM NOT WELL ENOUGH TO WORK." TUIl U a dailjr event In mllU, ihoni, factories, ate. When thote dUtrestintf WfHkur.M-t aud derangement! assail jrou, reiuemlMir that thrra IsaKemedyfurallof them. We liuveuu record thousands of such cast-s, that have been restored to vloruus health aud lives of usefulness LYDIA E. PINXHAM'S B haaatond the tt of uianr veara, and is toilet tha only I'uslliveCureuml it-,! Ill mule Itemedy for those neculiar wcakuefcae ajal ailmeuts of women, all orgiinio discusr of the Uterus or Woiuh. and Ovurlan I roubles, lliarlnr down ffu.ull.iu., Weuk Hack, Iebillly, lie i us Tumura, I'liplacemeuts of the. Wuu.U, Nrrvous l'ros. ration, eto. Kverjr di ujrgi.l s. Us It as a standar J article, or si-nt by m.ll, lu lorm of Tills or i.os ukv, on receipt of $l.uu. r-jan. ri.ti.ii.'. w.s"-.ui.u Hm Ms tuiu.iss.a -sr fcnrylljlll.lria,tiMrwilrtl,w. Sc.u Vfdla I. Pinknam Mod. Co., Lynn. Mast TTc
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