the farm and oar den.
i' mbvfkttoj or nfi cnotF.nx.
This discnse may lo more easily pre
vented thsn cureil. One Important
thing is to protect tlio nntmnls from con
tusion, sgninst which no remedy is ef
fctire. The hops aro to bo kept dry
and clenn, the feed troughs must be
washed out froquontly, puro water is to
supplied, and a Rocd thing is a bnthing
trough for use, instead of a filthy pud
dle, and this should be kept filled with
clean water daily. Some chnrconl once
day will be useful, and gorging with
food is to be avoided. Sett York Timet.
RBAnr GRIT.
Even on stony ground tho heni may,
by daily foraging over tho sumo spaco,
use up all the available) material that is
serviceable, as grit. Smooth, round
gravel is not suitable. Hens require
something sharp and cutting, or they
will be innblo to properly masticate
their food, The broken chioa and
crockery may bo utilised with advantage
for grit by pounding it iuto small pieces
(about the si7.o of beet seed), and scat
tering it wherever tho hens forage, as
they will seareh for and find every piece.
Farm and Fireside.
,-" l.OKK 8IIKKP.
. Tho Lonk is one of tho varieties of
sheep that have existed from timo im
memorial in all tho mountainous regions
of Asia and Europe, and is confine ! al
most entirely to tho higher ranges of the
Cumberland, Westmoreland and York
shire hills iu England. Tho Rocky
Moiiutain sheep is tho American repre
sentative of tho same group. All of
hem have horns on the male; those of
the femalo aro less developed in lint lire.
The natural Lonk is of littlo commercial
importance, but is annually shown at the
ltoral Society's Shows, moro as a curios
ity than anything else. As selection
and improved breeding came into play
the horns were bred off and tho wool
became less hairy, till the modern breed
becamo fixed in type. American Ajri
culturitt.
K HMIII5U FARM IMPLEMENTS.
. .
The lcogltt of time that farm imple
ments can be made to do good service
depends largely upon the management
given. It is important to adjust and man
go well when in use, and it is cqinlly
important to store them properly under
shelter when not in use.
f Before storing it is best to clean thor
oughly both tho wood and iron ptirts. If
necessary tho woodwork should bo well
painted with au oil paint. Linseed oil
and ochrt, vermillion or Spanish brown
will make a good paint for this purpose.
The dirt and grease should all bo cleaned
off the iron or working parts, then a coat
of paint will prevent the iron or steel
parts from rusting, and will not only be
a help in preserving from injury, but will
'also lessen the work necessary to put
them in condition for use in tho spring.
If the shed has not a good floorboards
should be put under the wheels or all
parts that rest on the ground. It is im
portant to have the roof tight so that tho
machinery will keep dry. A little care
in properly storing tho machinery under
shelter will not only make it last longer,
but better and easier work can thus be
done with it when inuso. St. LtuU Re
public. i . '
CRIB BITING HORSES.
Crib biting in horses Is sometimes an
acquired habit, and colts will learn it
from older animals with whom they aro
associated in '.he stable or field. Horses
that are kept much in the stable without
active exercise will sometimes for mere
amusement bite the stall or mauger, and
follow it up from day uutil it becomes a
habit very difficult to break up. In
other cases it is due to indigestion, the
result of poor food, water, or over feed
ing without sufficient exercise; in fact,
excesses of any kind may lead to indi
gestion and crib biting, and thence to
the serious vice of wind sucking. A
confirmed cribber is nearly always a in 1
tucker, and this leads to digestive disor
ders and loss of flesh and health. For
treatment cover all the woodwork within
reach of the horse when in stable with
sheet iron and in a way to prevent him
from getting hold of it with his teeth.
Place a lump of rock salt in his manger,
or where he can reach and lick it as often
or as much as he chooses. In another
box place a lump of whito chalk, and
then sprinkle ill the hay and oats given
with water or a little magnesia and water.
The animal should also have plenty of
exercise, and il he has to stand in the
table for a day or two at a timo put on a
muzzle after he has eaten his ration ; but
the constant supply of salt und chalk
will usually effect a cure without the uso
of other remedies and preventives.
2ftu Turk Sun.
i .
t HARVESTING APPLES.
' The apple is the great, the important
fruit of this country, yet it is a fruit that
is shamefully abused. Although tho
apple harvest commences in simmer the
harvesting of tho summer and autumn
crops is but like the skirmishing thut
preceds the Jfreat pitched b.tttlo com
pared to that of harvesting the winter
fruit. Apple growers are a littlo afraid
to suffer their fruit to hang until fully
grown by reason of the danger of their
being blown off by liiyu, autumnal winds.
Apples increase very much in sizo after
mauy suppose that they are fully grown.
The orchard ist having many apples to
pick should be amply provided with lad
ders, both self-supporting and those
which lean against tho brandies, and
with suitable baskets, hooks and small
ropes to let dowu tho haudled baskets
from tho tree. Tho fruit should bo
picked and placed, not dropped, in the
boskets, und great cure should be exer
cised in pouring iuto larger baskets or
into barrels not to bruise the fruit. If
the apples are to be sorted aud barrelled
immediately, it is well to have a canvas
table, one end lower and uarrower tlijiu
the other, with a sharp, conscientious
man to do the aswrtiug. It is best pol
icy to muk, at leuit, three classes ot
fruit, first, seeoml and third, or cull;ns.
The first should be so sound. 1 irs-o an i
fair as to command extra price. The
Second should be free from bruises or
rotten spots, but with some imperfec
tions, such as gnarly spots, scab spots
and a wonuhole or two. The third
should iuilude wiwh'nlls, somewhat
bruised, yet suitable for evaporating. Iu
barrelling, the fruit sliaulil be lowered
iuto the barrel iu (lie basket before it is
emptied. Time is no objection to forc
ing the eud luyers, provided those layers
are fair representations of the fruit
throughout the barrels, but do not com
mit the fully of pluciug lur;;u, fair apples
S
on the ends and small Imperfect ones In
the middle. If you do, be sure your sin
will find you out, and if it failed to ex
pose yon to rt"-ers, it would lower yoif
own self-respect.
It is a good plan to press in the head
before moving the barrel, whether to the
market, barn or fruit house, for to move
them unheaded is to expose them to
shaking and bruising. If stored awbilo
before marketing have the store room as
cool and uniform in temperature as pos
sible, and remove tho heads so that the
moisture caused by the process of "sweat-Ing,"so-callod,may
evaporate. Themois
ture is caused by the cooler fruit con
densing tho vapor in tho surrounding
atmosphere. SlctropolitM and Rural
Home.
FARM AND GARDRft NOTR9.
How to put a horse "on his mottle:''
Shoe him.
What is your reason for not keeping a
few sheep I
You can't make a profit with a
crowded yard.
You can't kocp fowls thrifty without
green food of some kind.
Mud applied soon to a bee-sting is
said to afford Instant relief.
Millet seed makes a good feed for
young poultry. Usually at this time it
can be bought cheap.
A little care for the comfort of the
stock hot, dry days will indirectly be
money in your pocket.
One test of a man's fitness for profit
ably conducting a farm is his ability to
properly manuge his hired holp.
If going on a long drive do not forget
that water is acceptable to the horse
"betweon meals"' in hot weather.
One may repel striped beetles from
melon and cucumber vines by dusting
tho moist plants with air-slaked iimo.
It's a bad idea to lock tho stablo door
after tho horse is stolen. What if tho
thief should repent and bring back the
horse.
How about those winter Iambs you
mean to turn oil early next spring. Now
is the time for coupling if you wish the
best prices.
The sheep is a dainty feeder and
cleanly in all its habits. It cannot sub
sist on filth, nor can it long survivo in
filthy quarters.
Do not expect too many eggs. Occa
sionally a hen will bo found that will
lay a great number of eggs, but this 'is
the exception rather than tho rule.
Do apples pay? No, as tho masses
treat their orchards; yes, abundantly,
when given anything like tho intelligent
caro that makes any other farm crop pay.
While Leghorns aro the best winter
layer3it is necessary to provide them
with comfortable quarters if they are
kept laying; this should be arranged for
sow.
Poultry like fruit of all kinds, espec
ially apples, which at this season can
nearly always be fed to a good advan
tage when more or less is going to
waste.
Pullets that are expected to famish
oggs during the wiuter must be reasona
bly well matured by this time; late
maturing pullets will not lay until
spring.
Of tho Cochins, the partridge
is the best for layers, tho buffs
the best table fowls, followed by the
whites and blacks; one advantage they
all have is their size.
There is no advantage in feeding tur
keys for an extra lare size. Medium
fowls in good condition bring the bost
prices per pound, and when there Is an
overstock sell the more readily.
Every farmer should have the conven
ience of an icehouse. The bost way is
for a few neighbors to join and build,
fill, and use tho same. Ice in summor
is a cheap almost necessary luxury.
It docs not pay to allow the hons to
sit now; break them up at the start.
Late hatched chickens rarely provo '
profitable unless we accept bantams.
i This month will do very well for them.
Leghorns, Wyandottes and light Brah
mos are all good steady layers ; Minorcos,
Spanish and Houdans lay the largest
egs; Plymouth Hocks are good layers.
Laushana are among the best wiuter
layers.
Keep the March and early April pul
lets for laying. If given comfortable
quarters they will lay regularly tho
greater part of the winter. Late
hatched pullets will rarely lay before
spring.
If you have tried alfalfa (lucern) and
failed, try it again on a new plan. Put
out only a little, sow in rows and keep
clean by hoeing, until it has mado
good start. After that it will take caie
of itself.
Gather up and store the sorghum
bladesrwithout threshing. Picking off
the seed will help to give the fowls ex
ercise during the winter, besides supply
ing them with a good rutiou store whore
it will keep dry.
Iron for roofs is objectionable because
it expands in heat and contracts by cold,
cutting off the nails that hold it down.
The reason for the short duration of
paper and tur roofs is that the lifo of the
tar is destroyed by the sun's rays.
A largo proportion of tho poultry sent
to market from now on until cold
weather will be in a very poor condition,
and this is one leadiug cause for low
prices. A little better feed and care
would greatly improve the quali ty.
Yuluo or Small Bird a.
While little practically can bo done
by man to further the multiplication of
t!iu more minute enemies of the locust,
much may bo dono according to Dr. O.
V. Hiley, of tho Department of Agricul
ture, to protect and promote the multi
plication of tho larger animals, especially
birds. He says: "These should be pro
tected by most stringent laws, firmly
carried out, restraining tho wanton de
struction too oftcu indulged in by sports
tueuand others. Sutno of the States in
terested in this question have of late
years passed good laws for tho protection
of these feathered friends, but the laws
are, unfortunately, too often a dead let
ter for wunt of enforcement. One of the
most cdectual and successful ways of
protecting and encourugiug many of tho
smaller birds is to oiler a reward for
hawks. This has been dune with very
beneficial results in Colorado, and other
States would do well to follow hur ex
ample. Burlington Free i'rtnt.
A baby born on a train in Tennessee
c.uu day recently has Ijeen named Kucu
ulus, after the sleeping car iu which he
first saw light.
NEWS AM) NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Shirts are still plain.
Bolsters are being forced out of favor.
A few velvet slippers aro worn in Lon
don with paito buckles.
Navy blno for the late winter and early
spring of 1893 is now talked of.
Littlo soft whit-folt hats have their
brims lined with soft silk in red, blue or
yellow.
The Empress of Austria's latest fads
aro climbing mountains and learning
Greek.
Manufacturers of printed silks are
again pinning their faith on black
grounds.
The Continental tio, with its large flap
tongue and pisto buckles, is very neat for
house wear.
Princess Clementine, daughter of tho
Ring of tho Belgians, is about to be
come a nuu.
Canvass shoes, in white, tan and gray,
aro largely purohased for country aud
seaside wear.
Ono inch of pieco velvet sewed along
tho edge of a walking skirt will out wear
tweuty braids.
Collars on tho nowest gowns look like
exaggerated nock-bands extending utmost
up under the ears.
Vussar's most popular instructor is
Miss Mary W. Whitney, who is tho
Professor of Astronomy.
" In Antw erp a woman has taken a prize
in Flemish literature, which is otlore J by
the State onco in fivo years.
Black kid, embroidered with gold
star and having two gold buckles ou
the toe und singio strap, is novel.
ground the foot of skirts lace and
foulard ruches may bo widened at inter
vals to give the effect of festoons.
A white batisto blouse has a collar of
dark blue passementerie and is
belted with a s-ish of blue watered rib
bon. Bronze ties are worn again, and, in
spito of all talk to the contrary, the high
Louis A.V. necls and pointca toes arc in
voguo.
Collars aro going up, especially in tho
back, and before tho year is over
the heights of Elizabeth's rull will bo
pas-cd.
The best wny for ladies to kill
time is to play at work. Spinning is
coming into f'.iuion as a drawing-room
pastime,
Lady snako charmers are getting
scarce and the wages paid them by Amer
ican museum managers have risen to $100
a week.
A woman with a short, fat neck may
wear, becomingly, the black velvet
band. Let the thin, long necked woman
leave it alone.
Alice B. Wiles has been selected to
act ns the President of the Illinois Board
of Women Managers of the Colum
bian Exhibition.
Black lace is rapidly taking prece
dence of every other dress trimming,
even tho popular tinsel braids and bul
lion embroideries.
Modicl and Henry II. collars, after
dwindling in size until they lost all char
acter, have been set aside, at least for
this summer, in Paris.
Mrs. Julia Grant, widow of the Gen
eral, has an intense love for diamonds.
The stones in her ears are as large as
gooseberries and very fiery.
The Versailles ClarionU womau's col
umn complains that of the S210 ofices
in Kentucky, only one, that of State
Librarian, is filled by a woman.
Emma Abbott's magnificent stage
wardrobe, which cost hor nearly $200,000
was sold in New York at auction on
Tuesday and brought only $1951.03.
A Hindoo Princess, tho Begum Ahma
doe, is a new prima donna, who is said
to be a great beauty aud to possess a
voice of marvelous quality and power.
Women in Kansas at any rate seems to
be availing themselves of the privilege of
voting. At the last election in Cawker
City thirteen more women than men
voted.
Amelia Arnold has issued an appeal to
the women of London to uso all
their influence to prevent the bar
barous Bysteui of docking the tails of
horses.
The society editor of a leading news
paper in Boston is a bright young col
ored woman who is commended in the
highest manner by her associates and
employers.
Mme. Albani, despite her tilent, at
tends well to the ways of her household,
enjoys to the full her home life, and is a
most devoted mother to her only child.
a boy about teu years of ago.
A daughter of General Neal Dow la
so exceedingly enthusiastic iu her de
votiou to Volapuk that she is striving to
propagate it by translating English
books into that idiotic idiom.
Church statistics show that there are
now 920 women either occupying pulpits
or licensed to do so. The Universulist
denomination leads the list of churches
iu the number of women it has ordained.
Bishop Ellicott, of Gloucester and
Bristol, England, has a daughter who is
possessed of decided musical genius.
Miss Ellicott has taken the contract to
write a cantata for the next Gloucester
festival.
There has been seven marriages among
the female clerks of a Now York weekly
paper in seveu years, aud they each oc
cupied the same desk, which has become
a greatly prized one among the remain
ing clerks.
Tho pages who waited upon tho mem
bers of the Legislature of Oklahoma
during its first session were Carrie Me
lone, Muud Myers and Florence Had
ley, thus opening up a new field for
feminine energies.
Dr. Alice Bennett, the resident physi
cian in the women's department of tha
Pennsylvania State Insane Hospital,
boasts that she knows by heurt the name
aud the ailment of every ono of the 900
patieuts under her cure.
Queen Victoria's Prize Cattle.
Her Majesty, the Queen, exhibited a
lot of Aberdeen-Augus cattle at the re
cent fair of the Itoyul Northern Agri
cultural Society of Great Britain, at
Aberdeeu, and was fortunate enough to
secure several prizes. Anions her stock
wits a famous polled cow, which in
p jiut of size bus been at the head of the
show cuttle of this breed for several
years. Tho weight of this enormous
cow last ytur was "over a ton" uud she
is said to buvo been improving siuce thut
time. American Dairyman,
TMPElUNCEs
IrtAVT WKKn-naimiKM short MVr,
It Is Mlit that dlwmsn of th heart is very
riravBlont In Munich, where the oonmimiitloit
of beer amount, on the avnrsgrt, t MS litres
tier heml annually, tiit In the same place
the duration of life among the brewing trad
l short-T than thnt of the general popula
tion, Whereas the average age attained
among the latter li (W.5 years, that of ale
hmiw keers is 51.. "W years, and ol nrewera
4'i33 yenm. The mme note ad.ls that for
tho whole of Germany the. annual ermstimp
Won of heer per hoa 1 amou-its to 81 litres,
I but for Hnvarin it Is 909 litres.
I "ma ixTs:MPxnANca wct.T"
Tlio t'nitcd Stn'es his boon called by Pi.
Benrd "The Intemperance Holt." Here is
i the birthplace of the disease Inebriety, as
distinct from tho habit of ilruiikeiiiiew.
Here this malady has developed sooner ami
more rapidly than elsewhere, Here it Was
first atU'lied, Here inebriate asylums were
first established. Here total alstinenoe so
cieties started, for It was seen that here, at
last, no half way treatment availed. No
moderate use of liquor is wise whore elimatio
Influences havo so iiitensilied the feverish
rush of life to which racial, Bocial and polit
ical factors contribute.
RCM ON THE RAIL.
The Locomotive Engineer' Monthly Jour,
nal contains tho following! "OIHoers of
tiianv of our most Imtfortant tA'steins of late
have issued very strinitetit rulee with regard
ioineiiseoi iiiioxiraiuiK iituorn. r.mpioycs
who usi intoxicants to excess, even when off
duty, must impair their ability to properly
discharge their duty, and wheii on service
the comiaiiy may, with absolute propriety,
decline to continue to employ them. The
rule against the employes of railroad compa
nies drinking intoxicating liquor at all
when on duty is one tho Justice of which
cannot be reasonably questioned, as there is
scarcely another class of men whoso brains
thou id he so clear or nerves so steady as the
class whose duty makes them accountable
for the safe operation of a groat stesm tran
portation system. All railroad men should
l ahsolutolv free from tha effects of tha
drinking habit. Th railroad employe must
have at all times, when on duty, absolute
control of his thought aud hand; both must
be steady, alert, mire. It in not only good
for the security of the traveling public; it is
equally good for employes whoso voc.itlon
iu many branchos of the service exposes
them to the danger of serious or fatal in
jury. It is worthy of notice that the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers ma le tha
sobriety of its members the very corner
stone of its principles, and showed its wisdom
by so doing."
GIX AS A CIVIMZKR,
Gin is the great agent employed for
spreading whito inflnenco In the Congo
country, and tho only successful one. It
composes f our-ttfths of the entire Imports ot
the basin, being made especially for the
traffic in Holland, at a coat of about five
cents a bottle. Trade g'n it is called, and
with it are purchased nenrlv all of the pro
ducts of that roL'ion brought to European
markets. It will go t'n times further in
barter than an equal valuo in cloth. A na
tive will often sell a lump of rubber as big
as he can carry and worth sixty cents a
pound tor one bottle of gin.
"Cloth is not always negotiable; that im
ported for trading purposes is of coarse
quality and altogether Interior to the lob
ric resembling linen in fineness which tha
savages make themselves by plaiting grass.
Traders often return to the coast with their
goods unsold, because the blacks will not ac
cept cloth, demanding gin. A bottle of gin
pays for two days' work. The natives are
much addicted to Intoxication, and they
find that gin makes them drunk quicker than
the beverage they compose themselves by
fermenting palm sap. Ku u goes equally well
. with them and enormous quantities of it are
brought in shi from Dostou, which is the
main source of supply, together with Testa
ments and hymn books from the Bible (So
cieties, ll's7ii!(foa .Star.
THB WORLD'S TEMP3RA.NCR C0NUKE83.
The Glasgow (Scotland) Reformer, refer
ring to the action of th3 National Temper
ance Society in culling a World's Temper
ance Congress, to bs held in Chicago at the
time of the Columbian Exposition, says:
"The American Temperancs Union has
done a notable thing. It has called a World
Congress of temperanco men for and it
has asked, and will doubtless receive, a
hearty and extensive response to its invita
tion. There have been Congresses more or
less world-wide in their character, at inter
vals in the historv of tho tJiuiwrance move
ment, and they have proved of immense bene
fit to the cause iu niauv woys. We cannot
holn thinking, however, that the one now
projected by our American brethren will, on
various accounts, prove of deeper interest,
and more beneficial in Its results, than any of
its proJecessors. It may s-em a long way
ahead to 1SIM. but it indicates a determina
tion to secure th3 fullest iwssible representa
tion nf evtirv nntionniitv and everv organi
zation on the entire globe. Many who lmvi
to consider tho uuo-tion of traveling thou'
sands of miles, and b iu absent fro.u homi)
for Dossiblv two or tlire montlisata stretcli.
reauiro to lav their nlans and make their ar
rangements far in advance, and will not
consider the date as unnecessarily distant.
There will be much to discuss bearing on all
the asjiecU of the question, and by the best
Intellect tiiat tlio movement uas eunsrea.
Without doubt the influence of such gath
ering will tie fruitful in result to the whole
world. e venture to expresi an earnest
hope that Seotlund will be well represented
on tne occasioy. it lias always uorus t
worthv iart in tho irrcat temneranee enter
prise, aud it will not, we are sure, be behind
on tins great occasion.
At a meeting of the Executive Committee
of Vrienihrs Union tor ruliantnropic iabor,
held at Sea Girt, N. J., tne following was
unanimous! v adoptel:
"I. Friends' Union for rhilanthroplo La
bor. ronroseutiiiE New York, Baltimore.
Uhio. Indiana, and Illinois Yearly Meetinns.
heartily aooroves tho holding of a World's
Teiiiiiei-unej Congress in Chicago, at the
time of the Columbian Exposition, as ar
ranged bv the Nation! Temperance Society,
iu connection with the World's Congress
Auxiliary, and will appoiut delegates
thereto.
"II. We observe with mmh regret and
apprehension the still widely prevalent use
or iutoxictuts, tlio increased and increising
production ot distilled and fermented liquors,
the many aud oiniuous combinations oil dis
tillers, brewers, and saloon-keeps!- in Na
tional, Htute, aud lical organisations, and
we would ur.j;o united and vigorous elfort on
the part of ull friends of temperauoe to dis
courage injurious social drinking usages, and
for the entire suppression of the manufac
ture and Kile of ull alcoholic liquors for
beverage purposes."
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
The Helena (Moot.) W. C. T. V. has put
up a fountain cjstiulii'1, with Miss Krauces
Wlllal'J s name uu it.
In Nauvoo. 111., a W. C. T. U. was re
cently organizjd, und the mother superior
of the Catholic convent joined aud put ou a
wuiU) ribbon.
Consumption of b?er is on the increase all
over Fiance, especially iu Paris. It has a
tendeucy to nuke tlio ordinary gay aud
lively Frenchman dull aud heavy.
Miss Frances Wlllard regards the planting
of bcieutitlc t;Ux:runce educaliou iu the
public schools of tue United States as the
graudest achievement yet etfectod by the
letup -ranee crusaders.
Drewei-s hi Philadelphia have noticed that
whou there is u prolitie yield of fruit there is
a great fulling ott in the consumption of
leer. This is purliculnry the case when
there is au abundant supply of watermelons.
Rev. ISam Jones says: "I uu lei-stand that
by actual mulheicutius it has been oh iwn
that we sun 1 to the heathen countries 13.000
burrels of whisky to ouo uiibtuouarv. The
dovil doou't care how uiauy missionaries
you sun 1, if you siud that amount of whisky
uloug with tueui."
The enforcement of the recent order of the
Lake Shore & .Michigan southern Railroad,
prohibiting laiiroa 1 men from frequenting
saloons, hai hd the ull'eet b close one Mi
loou iu Eikhart, lu 1., whore tli Lake Shore
shops are 1 s-ate I, uu i others complain of a
greutly re luce! custom.
TheLo al (ipti-.m League of Now Houth
Wules states tl.ut of the 141 members form-,
ing the liuvv parliament seventy-rive hud
pledged tiieoiseivrs to support local option
without ujiupousatiuii, wuile a large uuiu
iier du,lurel themselves favorable in refer- '
w4 u local option, but had given Uo pledge
.,u
egara to oompeubauou. j
J!1.!: Iii'si lpfr ttatf.
A rnorry-hrarted lad. who is often sent
on errands of household needs and neces
sities, discovers a new method of "brlng
ina home irrocerics and sich." "Hers
ure two pounds of chops, good scant ,
weight, M said tho grocer to the joting
man of the family who had brought in '
an order from his wife) "now for your j
milk Where's tottf cunt The young ,
man of tho family protestca. tnitt no
bndn't read tho order, nnd had not been
equipped with a can. "Never mind,"
said the grocer "here, hold on to it,"
fcnd he dexterously slipped ohe paper
ling ihsido of another and filliped tha
corners Into place. Tho two quarts of
milk were poured into the inner bag.
"The grease In tho milk prevents its go
ing through tho paper, as water would,"
explained the grocer. "Iliad hard work
to get people to believe that they could
carry milk In a bug at first, and let it go
at my own risk. I've sent it so half a
mile by slow transit; still, I'd ndviso
you not to stop to tell long stories on tho
way home." American lairymnn.
The Man-Faced Crab.
One ol tho most singular-looking
creatures thnt ever walked the earth
or "swam tho waters under tho earth" is
tho world-famous man-faced crab of
Jnpnn. Its body is hardly an iucli in
length, yet tho head is fitted with a'faco
which is the perfect counterpart of that
a Chinese coolie; a veritable missing link,
with eyes, noso and mouth all clearly do-
fino i. 1 his curious and uncanny crea
ture, besides tho great likeness it bears
to a human being in tho nutter of facial
features, is provided with two legs, which
seem to grow from the top of its head
and hung down over the sides of its face.
Besides these legs, two "feelers, eacn
about an inch in length, grow from the
chin of the animal, lookiug for all tno
world like a Colonel's forked beard.
These man-faced crabs fnirlv swarm in
tho inland seas of Japan. St.Louit Re
public
Ulsmurck's Gallantry.
In spite of his old ouo, Princo Bis
marck has lost none of his gallantry. To
a young lady who lately asked to bo al
lowed to kiss his hand, ho replied, "Oh,
no i Thnt is not good enough for so
charming a dnnisel!" Whereupon His
Excellcuey, without further ado, gavo
the young Indy a kiss, lha Prince Is
very active in busiuess matters when at
home on his estate In his brick-kilns
at Friedrichsruhe ho is producing a new
kind of brirk and tile. In place of his
snw-niills, which were burned down not
long ago, he has erectod new ones,which
ore busily engnged in executing somo
inrg orders for wood pavement. Tho
Prince's income from his mills and other
industrial works is reported to be up
ward of 50,000 a year. Xeto York
1'ribune.
All Oddity In Tainting.
The provincial cities of France ore just
now beitig entertained by a remarkably
artist, one who displays wonderful skill
in her own peculiar stylo of painting.
With platos of various colored sand
before her, sho takes tho sand in her
right hand and causes it to fall in beauti
ful designs upon a table A bunch of
grapes is deftly pictured with violet sand,
a leaf with green sand and relief and
shadows with sand of tho colors to suit.
When this has been admired by thoso
artistically inclined, it is brushed away
and is soon replaced by a bouquet of roses
or somo other object, all dono with great
dexterity and delicacy. Even tho finest
Hues are drawn with streams of sand, till
as distinct as though mado with un
artist's brush.
Two hugo redwood trees, growing
sido by side, support the timbers und
rails of a railroad in Sonoma Couuty,
Cal. Tho limbs havo been sawed oil
seventy-five fect above tho surfuco of a
creek, and at this height tho railroad
crosses a ravine.
It is expected thnt 500,000 bushels of
wheat will be hai vested from tho Dal
rymplo farm, near Casscltown, North
Dakota.
The Elixir
Of Ufa, lv what my wife and I call Bool Sortv
parllla. 8h wm la delicate healti two jreor at
laatoooflued to her bed, eaue4 by djapeptla an I
neuralgia. 8b baa taken (area bottlo of Hooi'l
fiaraatiaiilla, aud bat re?aluai bar health an1
treotfth, can eat any thin i without dtetroas. S,
Stotsr. Ex.-U. 8. UarfthalU Uhar lento wa, Je Tei-ton
Couuty, W. Va. a be eure lo tot
Hood's Sarsaparilla
The beet blood purlfloa the beat nerve helper, the
beat etrenvtb uuUUer.
HOOD'N PIL.' U-ttiYigorate the Itrer, regu-
Ute the bowls. Effective, tut gentle, price lAa
CatarrH
CREAMBALM
T THE T"
11 1 a(L
when applied Into the f
MMtrlle will be ab
sorbed, effectually
ileatulug the head of
catarrhal virus, caus
ing healthy two ret loon.
It allays Inflammation,
j n tecU t he in e m
bra ne from additional
colds, completely
heals the sori-s and re
stores seuse ot taste
aud strut'll.
Try tke i urr.
Cn.'ufaO
1- at
HAY FEVER S
;T 50c
UAY-FEYER
A partltiu Is applied Into each nostril anil is agrue
ablu. l'rlre 5ii ivnt at DriUKmt or by mMl.
fcLY HkoTllKlts, ,'4 Wurrvu Strt-or, New York.
ADWAY
11 PILLS
The Great Liver and Stomach Rcmciy
ir the cure of ull "ittnordHii of the st,niat'h, Liver,
lkiMt-K Ki'ttivs, H!al'lir, NtrvuH 1 Mmh.., Lom nt
AtIM)liCU, HflUllK-Ill', t'uiistipulion, Co8UVi'Ht)H, U.
tllrcetttluu, liUii'UiUfsH, uvtr, lutluimnutioa of Ilia
Howe , i'ileaaml a. I ili'raum'Uii'iiti ot intj liit-rnal
Vnnt-ra. J'urt'ly vi-Ketuuta, iotiutmlt.g uu mercury,
uilm-ruU, or deu terkmn UruK.
PERFECT DIGESTION IL'S!''.
way's VI U- vvery morn lug, about itn o'clock, tut tt
diuuvr il.. Hy ho duiii
SICK HEADACHE
l'P'Plti Viu Kdimarh, HHUnhu-8.wlll be avol.l.i
ami me ffOtl (hut im t aieu contribute U uourlhlitu i
tioi urtiua lor tliu support of thtf uaturul wuwUj ot Uio
oov.
g if OlMterve the foilowloic nyinptuiiit resulting
from lUt.M) of tlt llK.-itve Org .iu : Coual ipatlou.
In wart I 1'IIhs, Kiitliu-pst ot the Hl.oi In 111 lit I,
ArMltf of the hiomiwh, Nhum'S, Hvarttturu, lM iht
of PiMMi, Kulli.e- r WViKhi in the btomacu, hour
F.ructadomt, Mu'.tu or 1 luttorlmf of tho Hrart,
( lioniiirf i.r SurrM-aiiii.T Keiiuttioui wtteu lu a I) lug
i.oaurv, litiiiutwtki or Vision,, Dois or Wetu bforo (lit
Klsitji, Fever aud Imll 1'alu In tha Ueai, Dellcloney
of l'erttplra'lniL, Vcltowut iw of the bkln and Kyo-,
rrju In the Slilo, CbfHt. 1 J in In, and buddeu Fluahe
Of Hf&t, hunting In th Kl'&h.
A ftv duttti of HADWAY PIlIiH will frea
the aval-in of all tttjove ni-med l horilL-i .
rrfi-e UU cl. per I ox. Sold h v nit (irugyittU.
b-Dd a K iter btainp to 1U. U A I V A Y CO.,
No. a4l Uftrreu ktieet, Now kork. IW Informa
tion ftnrth tho turn nil f. will be sent to you.
TO THK FUULIO.
lit i,ure ana ak tor kauwai a
and se tbftt tliv uamo '
KAli W AV " U on wlmi you
bur.
I -4
Grasshoppers In California.
rfofeMof Coquillet of the Kntomc
logical flection of the Agricultural De
partment of th8 Ooternmcnt, who ha
beetl investigating th grasshopper In
toalon In California, li credited with the
statement that tho most effective romedy
for the gfasshopix plague would bo to
burn over the breeding plnce. To do
this before the little hoppers swarm iu
tho early summer could hardly do any
good, as tho females deposit their eggs
nearly an Inch below the surface of the
ground, where flfo Would not reach them.
The pests might bo destroyed by Are be
fore they are ablo to fly, but in the foot'
hill ami valley sections of California this
procedure would be full of danger, ns
lite could not well be controlled in the
dry grass. It is true thnt plowing around
tho fields might render it safe to start
fires, and if nil farmers would do this iu
the locality where tho hoppers are known
to breed, the young ones might bo de
stroyed. ' Jt is a notiecublo fact that
grasshoppers are not bred whero the
ground is frequently cultivated, thero-
lore, if tho virgin plains m tlio eastern
portion of the country were torn up oc
casionally by the plow and harrow, thus 1
exposing" the eggs, the grasshopper
nuisance in this section might be dis
posed of.
JSnn Francisco's cnblo system is greater
by fifty miles than that of any other
city.
J. R. Tarker, Fredonln, N, Y., snvsi "Shall
not call on yon for tlio Jlim reward, for I !e.
licve Hall's Catarrh Cure will cure any ca-o
of calm-Hi. Whs very bad." V rltu lilin tor
particulars. Hold by l)rn-Klst,
'Inn supply nf natural (.as nt ntHbnrg,
Penn., U iKH-imiiiigcxh.iustcd.
Young mothers, who reanln strength hut
slowly, should benr In mind thai nature s
Breoleet assistant Is I.ydla K. rinkliani's cge
lablc Coniisjund. It has no rival a thousands
testify.
Its Kxrrllenl (Jimlltlrs
Commend to ptibllo approval tho California
liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs. It Is pleasing
to tho eye and to the tasto, nnd by gently act
ing on tho kldneys,llvor and bowels,lt cleanses
the systom effectually, thereby promoting the
liealt h nnd comfort of all who use It.
Prevents Pneumonia.
fir. lfoxsle's Certain Croup Cure pos'-tlvrly
.t,Mi,t,im,i,L riinliilieria and mem
braneous croup. It lias no rival. Soli! ny anig-
irUlsnr will Im mailed on receipt ol OU CI. A'
: a. i.. i...nr..l.. V V
Tke Convenience at Moltd Tram.
TV. ITi-1 u tti nnlv rnilwnv rtinnlnn eoHd
trains over lmown traekn between New ork
and i:hleairo. No rhantte of rare for anr elan,
of puwuker. Uatva lower tliau via. aul other
lu-ttt-cuuw line.
KIT auiied free br Uu. Kl.ini'4 (lnH4T
Kkuvk KKitToitatt. No ilta fier itrjt dhr'a .
Marvelousoure. Iretlse a 1 l trUl ujlU
tree. Dr. hUtno. -Ml A roll su. I'hllv,
Kor a ?r. stamp, sent with address to I. villa
K. 1'liiklmm Medicine Co., Lynn, .Mass., ladies'
will receive free, a beautiful illustratod liook,
'llulde to Health und Ktliillette."
HOW TOJ3ET WELL
is a question of vital importance, .
but it is equally important that you
use some harmless remedy;
many people completely wreck their health
by taking mercury and potash mixtures,
for pimples and blotches, or some othel
trivial disease. S. S. S. is purely
vegetable containing no mercury
or poison of any kind. And is at the
same time an infallible cure for skin diseases.
Treatise on Blood and Bkln diseases free. .
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta, Ga.
"German
Syrup"
We have selected two or
Croup, three lines from letters
freshly received from pa
rents who have given German Syrup
to their children in the emergencies
of Croup. You will credit these,
because they come from good, sub
stantial people, happy in finding
what so many families lack a med
icine containing no evil drug, which
mother can administer with con
fidence to the little ones in their
most critical hours, safe and sure
that it will carry them through.
Ed. L. Wii.lits. of Mrs. Jas.W. Kirk,
Alma, Nrb. I give it nnujfhtris' College,
to my children when HarrtidsburK, Ky. 1
troubled with Croup have depended upon
and never saw any it in attacks of Croup
preparHtion act like with niv little daugu
it. It is simply mi- trr, and find it an in
raculous. valuable remedy.
Fully one-half of our customers
are mothers who use Boschee's Ger
man Syrup among their children.
A medicine to be successful with the
little folks must be a treatment for
the sudden aud terrible foes of child
hood, whooping cough, croup, diph
theria and the dangerous tnflamina
'tionsof delicate throats aud lungs.
VT I EWIS'98 ' in
m rowaorjMiinai'errumea.
fff SMS! (PATKNTKD.I
i . rr . , , , ,
Make ilie brut perfuimxi ilnrd
Soau in 'A) imuutus without, boL
It is the tx'tufor sufteuing
water, cleansing waste pipes,
disinf acting sinks, olosuta, wash
ing bottles, paints, trees, uta
PENNA. SALT MFG. CO.,
Clou. Agents, Fliila i'a
HAY FEVER Cur9d 10 s,a Curedi
WE wuutthe name and address
of every autfuror In tho V1.. and
V. A QTUlUl A Cuaaiia. Addreaa I. Harold
UC fVU I llilin Hiiyea, M. Buffido. N. Y.
HflUC HTI'1 Y, BooK-KKKPiNO, iiuahiM P'orm
Umk Jenmnrvihip, Arithnwtw, MHtri-tvindyttt-i
llloHOt'UltLT lADUHTHY HA I I.. CilVUliir frOtl.
J.ryttul'a lollr.ee, 41 Mulu M.. Uunaiu. N. V.
RUPTURE CURED!
PotillvsltHalds Nupiurs.
nous ii.HTtsr ut
IH--.r.i-.
mi IWfW r MSltar to) Mil
lllmmto rinligs. Mnl m.
tsrvlf HII.S F
Q. V HOUil MS. CO.
744 ,.uw.f, H- V -GlTT
n i ii uUo fnila
tasto. Chihlren tuko it
U.TRDSS Jtj
vy-ts
l Z2
Iwat
Nothing can b tali
In favor of tho best mcdicino in the
world that may not bo said of tho
most worthless. In ono caso, it'a
true; in tho other, it isn't; but how
can yon distinguish f
Judgo by what j9 done. There'
only one blood-purifier that'a gvar
anltcd. It'a Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and this is what
is dono with it ; if it doesn't benefit
or enre, in every case, you get your
money back. Isn't it likely to be
the best?
All tho year round, as well at ono
timo as another, it cleanses and pur
ifies tho system. .All blood-poisona
must pro. For Dyspepsia, Bilions-
ness, Scrofula, Salt-rhcttrri, Tetter,
Erysipelas, or any blood-taint OT dis
order, it is an unequalod rcmody.
It's tho cheapest, too. With this,'
you pay only for tho good you get.
And nothing else is "just as good."
It mny bo better for tho dealer.'
But he isn't tho one that's 'to bo
helped.
EveryMtHEB
Should Have It In The Him
Dropped on Svpar, CAWIdrei lAxn
tntskeJoiisaoK'sAKODTKF.l.lKmCTTtorl'roiip, Coins,
Sore Thnmt, TonAllltls, (-nllc. Cramps nrt l-slns. Be
lieves &1I Hummer Cemptslnls, Cut and Hrwlnes Use
niSKle. Sold everywhere. Prlee Hue. Iy nmll; Shuttles
Ki uress wild. $i 1. 8- J OH NSON UO.,HoTo.llJ.
To Hire oostlvrness the medicine innst n
moretlmi. n .nrB..tlvr It mast contain
lunle, lterwtlve ami cathartic properties.
posses these qualities ""'l i.?!
itoro lotliohmvelitt hrlr net oral perUtaltl
motion. o esiwiit lal to n-fularit J
PATENTS
V. r. KltscsralS.
Waalilntlen. . VI.
40-s-ai.bo.U Iree.
Ra , KMMAN WANTKIi. islsrf ami cpn"J
A t-. pal.l. IIHUWN IIUOS. '' Rochester, N Y.
100 PIS CXKT .-i 1748 0A8H Prises
!AtpM ft. Itfi1
M Or IrKtsmsn.ril'm.S-l
UNEXCELLED I
roa
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pains In tin
Limbs, Back or Cnast, Mumps, lm'
Tbroit, Colds, Sprains, b,
Mings ol Insects, Kosqulj&Mes.
T AKKN INTBUNAl'.bV
It arts like, n rhnrm lor Cholora Markas,
lllarrho-a, Drsrultirr. Cullo, I raniaa, Saw
va, hu Uatluck. tltr.
Warranted pprctly harmless. fHeaaats)
art-aiMuaDrins --ac!i buttle, also ttlrrclloaa
lor h.i-.' lis r.nu i lll .M. anil I'KNt l'ltA
vitalities urs lU kiuutvillalelir. i'tf
It anil bo I'Ouvtucod.
I'rlro ti ana jo ceuta. Mala r all drar-
ylsts. '
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LADIES K
..- POLICE.
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$3SHOEcENTFLtW
Tha BEST SHOE in tho World for the Monoy.
UKNTI.KMI'K aud I.AOIr.K aavo your dot
lam ly weariuK W. L. UoumIwi Khova. Tdey moot tha
kudin of ull clniuies, and uro tho ii.oftt econonticai
1 (Hit -wear ever orteit'd for the nioitoy. liowur of
dcttkn who ofTir other tnukon, Ikihk Justt aa
uood, and be .uro you hnve V. U ItouKlaa bhoaa,
with uuuu aud price stain td on bottom.
. 1 lXuiKlaa, lirocktou, 4iua.
irTAKK no m aTrnrri,
Inalst on kK-al advertised dealer upplytnx you.
R
n wfavktis BMiim.n PFvn at ovtni
KUU OVll LARGE CATALOCUIoa
KLTf INO-
CARPET 2 DO testln
ixiMa na
SiltTTTL
And IS sworn
Mrfl.lAviu that tXt KKU I AAI1
F1BXV YARDS PER DAV. AJdron
US. Nkni;u.MU, I4vuruirr. iuws.
LUU1II.
W
A NTr'-ll. I'upni' llnusrra, luhitTa, Iu
i act an iKKiy that nAisis h uttii ur u nrnaa
Miouev, to ii iJil jioftai t un! with lull atlOreswtUJ
F, II. ( A l Y. U(l
U. IIIn rla rroviuenoe, m. i.
SICK
Wut; Aiaavaua, tVuaruuao iuuitaai gH'
wail aal M-eep watt. nU Heipf
taiiaao. Ujt. a ytr. upl oour '
lr. J. .1. II VE, fcviluir. UuiTalo. N. If.
Yv Phvsioians.
Pluant mid uureeablo to XUm
Tuft's Pills
without objection. By druegiata.