THE FAR.YAXD GARDEN. PKCONn-CJlOP POTATOES. Hie Western farmers are learning tlio rslue of socond-crop potatoes for seed. For a long time the skilled tnickera of the East lmvo been in tlio habit of grow ing them, ns tin cnrliness and quality thus secured nre of consiilornblo advan tage) to them. May it not bo that other plants can be treated in tho same way with excellent results. American Agri tulturitt. ', TO rRF.?F.VB TENDER rl.ANTS. Tea-roses and other tender plants that are known as half hardy will need some protection during the winter. This may be given by wrapping the plant in straw nud staking them to prevent the cover ing beini; blcwn away. The foot of the straw covering should bo covered with earth for a few inches, and some air nd mitted to the plants, or they may perish. A good plan to winter over roses is to drive some stakes around the plant and fill the space thus inclosed with leaves, Inying a little coarso manure on thom to prevent them being blown away. The covering mint bo removed beforo tho warmth returns in the spring and tho young leaves begin to start, as otherwise these will be killed when tho covering is removed and any frost oceurs. A'cw York Timet. M5ST TO FRKVKNT KOQ-KATtSTO. A hen cannot cat tho eggs in her nest nless she has advantage for so doing, .'he illustration is no novely, but it shows how to prepare a nest to prevent ege-catiug by the hen. A hen can only indulge her propensity when she stands by the eggs, hence, open nests, close to the floor, permit her to do her work of ''image. An ordinary soap-bos will wer as a nest-box, the top, sides, and bottom not being removed, opening in front, only sufficient for hen to go in, should bo made, and the nost-bo.t should bo raised to tho height of ten inches from the floor to the bottom of tho nest-box. A ledge (A) may bo placed In front of tho opening, to permit the hen to enter the nest, but it should not bo over two inches wide. Legs, blocks 01 bricks may b? used to keep tho nest-box oil tho floor. Tlio Vmld bo iu n rather dark place. When the hen his laid, she will not at tempt to eat tho cgcjs in tho box, but will come off to the ground to do so, where she will be foiled, as shi cannot Farm ani Fireside. nORSKMAN S HINTS. Judgment is necessary in making up a ration for a hoise,as there is a great dif irence in requirement) and powers of ssimilatioti. Thoso with largo bones nd loose looking joints generally require aoro food in proportion to their weight than short, closely-knit, snng-looking The rations should be increased sed as may bo necessary to keep al in good working condition, .c, the horse requires, and will ;d wttb, much less food than ro is a largo daily expenditure - in work. If it can be seen that 1 exertion will be demanded, in ic food as regards quality, and odcrately, as being the best tion for it. As preparation for in work it is common to keep tho in t'ao stable several days and .'ith as much food as it will cat, igh strength and endurauce could tied up, and tho stomach was a ' tender to the engine,frora which s of fuel, or condensed energy, e drawn during the trip. Tho i treated is tho one that does the jou. in a most unsatisfactory manner, 3t breais down under tho extra demand on strength. English Farm and Home. SrEAKINO TO noitsES. The horse is possessed of as good hear ing as his owner usually, writes a corre- fl)oudeut,and can be made to heed words of command given in moderate tone as well as those hurled at him with all the ; strength of tho driver's lungs. Some I bare gotten iu tho habit of yelling at lieir horses as if they were half a milo v, and seem to think it is the only - pet along with a t jam. It may o horses have been educated in y, but there is no need of teach n iu the first place. I notice that ses of such men don't mind as well e of their milder spoken neigh ., they seem to have become use to racket, and found that nothing less a terrific howl (and may be a clod cut of the whip) means much. It tticcable that children constantly jlded pay least attention to rebukes, V4'je sumo holds good with dogs and lT"'?!i obeying orden. I believe as a Iwr tl""1' to speak to horses in a tono t above the ordinary, always ire to make the command dis cover give a word of command it is meant. Some men say " when they don't mean for the ostopatall; result is when they hoa" and mean it the horse doesn't ...stop. Another thing is necessary whlen certain a horse has heard always dike him obey. Some horses are like en, they hear but don't heed, and it is sessary to wake them up every now A tl.tu." Iiiav.' never seen a man yet tat didn't sometimes get rattled and yell his team with ull his power, nor a m that wouldu't make most any man .OHtf-hm temper occasionally, but there is no need of either man or team making a fcubit of it. National Stockman Farmer. TUE SCIENCE CSf BREEDINO. Breeding, strictly speaking, declare) C. Wade, of North Dakota, is the euce of. selecting the fittest, and by oper coupliug, producing the highest no. If it were properly understood, should havo arrived at a more ad- ced staoo long before this. But it erance pulls down in one year what a 'akewell or l'ntes have beeu generations in building up. It is perfectly safe to buy a puiu-bred bull for uso on common stock, for aomo of his hues will be of sdvantago. liut wheu it conies to iui krovinir tho pure-bred, then the most Careful thought and experience must be rought into uctiuM. A cardinal priu pie of breeding is to breed so that the uilt is somulliiuj uniformly superior. Vh geaeratiou iuouKl be an improve ' .. ii,, !.... n... -l.. .1.:- :.. r c i on tho las Viily put iuti S a for'.uuc, tilo words, fur a man may and his cow huve the t c.ire, yet tiiere may be something One good rule is, never to buy (ia the shape of a bull because ; a cheap animal may ruin a But the breeder must beooino fumiliai with every poiui, of cu vs, and it due) not pay He fchould be so oJhi cow s an- atomy and character that he can call them to mind at any time. Tbe general principles governing trans mission of heredity qualities from parent to offspring aro about the same in all animal life, but "tho force of this lios in the application on't," as was observed by Captain Cuttlo. It was long ago laid down that "tho iniquities of the pa rents should be visited upon the children even to the third and fourth generation." The principle is tho one that is studied and taken advantage of, reversing the work to make better tho breelsof livestock we have. Dr. Holmes says, "I go al ways other things being equal for tho man who inherits family traditions and the cumulative humanities of at least four or five generations." This I fully believe in. Given a dairy bull of a family that has for tho past three or four generations bcon noted for milk and but ter, and ono may safely breed to him. "Heredity makes of every individual tho sum or essenco of that which has lived before hlin, and is essentially a conserva tive force." We cannot, of course, expect all the characteristics of tho sire and the dam to bo transmitted, for here steps in atavism, and occasionally brings in a spirit coming from back of several gener ations, and the peculiarity is not shown at all in tbe two individuals breeding from. If we could get all the character istics, as wo do when we plant a kernol of corn or wheat, we would have the very ideal of breeding. Very much depends upon feed, care, climate, and all tho environments. Bieed only to pedigreed stock. What is pedigree? Simply genealogy, but by this we determine the valuo of the an cestors. We must reject where, from any cause, they are deficient in the lines it is desire to breed for. Pedigree directs at tention to all the outcrosses; or, if in cline breed, just how far; or, if inbred, just the state. It must bo under stood that all . animals of any value as breeding stock are rccordod in tho books of record established for tlio respective breeds. By reference to thoso we may accertain tho exact status of an animal. In nil cases whera there aro any doubts as to the authenticity of a pedigree, it is best to write to tho Secretary and find out, unless a certificate can be shown emanating from the proper authority. It is never safe to take anyone s word, "that animal is just as good." But, with au authentic pedigree, wo can trace it out and know. American Agri culturist. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Card or brush tho cows? Why not both? If you want a winter dairy next year breed your cows now. If the hens' combs freeze in winter they quit laying until they get well. While all kinds of feathers aro market able, they soli better if kept separate. It is not good economy to feed tho laying hens mouldy grain of any kind. The cause of white specks is the mtlk being churned when it is either too warm or too cold. Properly managed, there is more satisfaction in one good poultry breed than in a big variety. A really first-class fowl is always marketable a good prices. It is tho poor grades that got to be a drug. Clover hay cut iu small pieces and scilded can be made to take tho plac j with poultry of vegetables in winter. Some dairymen give their cows two ounces each of sweet spirits of nitre im mediately after calving and claim that this insures them immunity from milk fever. If the beets become frozen be careful how you feed them (if at all) or you may pay very dearly for the experience in tho loss of milk if not of a cow or two. Beware I Sennet extract never fails to cure or prevent rcours in calves. When skim milk is fed calvos a teaspoonful is suffi cient for ton calves getting each four quarts of milk. Aro your parsnips frozen in solid? If not dig some of them and bury in saud or soil where they will not freeze. They will sell well before the other fellow can get his dug in the spring. Cows don't like to drink very cold water; if the water is drawn from a well it should not be pumped until the cows are turned out to drink unless the temperature of the air is higher than that of the water. Now that the cows are in tho barn most of the time see that they have free access to salt when turned out or else give them a regular ration in the feed box or mauger. Some mix with their grain feed we prefer to lut each cow do her own choosing as to the amount sho eats. In summer, after the pigs have ceased running with their dam, let her have a run on grass with a vtry little crrain. Don't fatten her up, but let the system gut rested preparatory to raising another litter. Une litter per year is all she should raise if you want to keep up the vitality of the stock. The Southern Cultivator gives this remedy for mauge in horses: Wash the affected part with soap; water, then apply powdered bluestone diluted with water, llepcat three or four times dur ing the week. The scaly skin will then come oft iu flakes, leaviu j the part raw. la induce the hair togrow,apply a weak solution of carbolic acid and cast or oil. Gatlieriuy Kauri Gum. An important Australian industry, per haps next to sheep raising, is gathering kauri gum, which exudes from kauri trees and furnishes employment for up ward of niue thousand persons, who dig for it at the roots of the trees. Tho gum has been accumulating for ages and is usually found in a semi-fossilized state. It is used in the manufacture of varnishes and the greater proportion U sent to New York. During the last twenty-five years over iSU.UUU tons ol it have been shipped away, about seventy per cent, goiug to Mew York. 1 ho kauri tree grows in the Auckland district only and the vast for ests of this beautiful tree are largely owned by a syndicate. Some of the trees are fifteen feet iu diumater. The wood is ciossed-graiuod and tough and is used for shipbuildig to a large extent. It is especially valuable because there are no knots in it, and it is not unusual for a ninety-five-foot mast to be without a single knot. Potton Transcript, There are now living in one house In a village near Norwich, England, five generations, the agej of the individuals being lyuety-tivo, hixty-one, thirty-six, iHueteeiin'l six mouths re3pective)yA HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. LONO SriRKTS DESIRATU.K. A sheet should never be less than two and one-half yards long, as nothing is more annoying than a sheet which pulls out at top or bottom. When tho wide seamless sheet grows thin in tho middle, the thrifty housewifo tears it apart and neatly and quickly horns the raw edges on her machine. Whether sho sews tho aclvago edges for tho middle scam also by her machine or ovorsows it by hand depends upon how deep iu hor nature sank tho instructions of her youth. "Union sheeting" is a compromise both in price and material, being half linen and half cotton thread. This is not commonly sold, and is only woven iu standard widths for shooting and pillow cafes. Harper's Hitir. TUB ONLY WAT TO COOK STEAKS. The steak should be purchased from a good butcher. It should be the sirloin cut, with the bone removed. It should be an inch or an inch and a quarter in thickness, and should weigh from a pound and a half to two pounds. Two or three hours bo fore cooking tbe steak mix a tablospoonful of olive oil with a tablospoonful of salt and a quar-ter-teaspoonful of pepper. Hub this mixture thoroughly over both sides of the steak, and let it lie on a plate until timo to cook it. Two objects are ob tained by this procoss tho steak is thor oughly seasoned through, without waste of the juices, which aro prevented from passing out by tho oil ; and tho oil passe) into tho fiber of tho meat, making it tender and rich. Put tho steak in a broiler and place tho broiler over a fire of bright coals, cook each. side of tho stoak briskly for ono minuto, thou sprinkle a littlo ashe3 over tho lire to let the steak broil for tea or fifteen minutes. Finally, servo promptly on a hot plat, tor with water cress, but no butter, salt , c i pepper on the steak. This is tho way steaks are prepared by t'ao best cooks. St. Louis Star-Say injs. TREATMENT FOR nHD WOOD FLOORS. Many hard woods of superior color and grain may bo greatly improved by treatment. The graining or marking of tho wood is always a beautiful feature, and it can be greatly improvod and accentuated, if faint, by giving tho entire piecs one coat of raw oil, and then with a camcl's-hair brush going over tho various linos and veinings several times. Each coat increases tho color. A slight coat of varnish will help to keep the color; and the sticky look to which so many people object can be removed by rubbing it well afterward with a flannel dipped in raw oil, and polishing off with an old bit of dry, soft silk. The natural color of mahogany, when it is too light, may be deepened by applying a mixture composed of one-half gallon of water, four ounces of madder and two ounces of fustic. Boil nnd apply while hot. While it is wet, streak the grain with black. This will give new mahogany quito tho coloring of old. Of course any varnish on a piece of wood to be treated must first be sand-papered oil. Ebony some times becomes discolored and whitish; the natural color may be restored by sponging it off once or twice with a strong decoction of nut galls, to which a quantity of iron tilings or rust has been added. The color of oak is deepened by a solution of asphaltum in spirit) of turpentine. Varnish afterward with boiled oil. Neio Tort Tribune. RECITES. Brooklyn Pudding Three egs, threo tablespoonfuls flour, one half-pint of cream or milk, three toaspoonfuls orange juice, two ouuco powdered sugar. Beat all up together and pour into buttered cups. Fill tho cups half full and set them in a gentle oven. A quarter of an hour will bake them. Johnny-cake Beat ono egg, add ono tablospoonful of sugar, half a teaspoonf ul ot salt, two cupfuls of flour, and enough sour milk to mix to tho thickness of coke. Last of all, add ono teaspoonful of soda dissolved iu hot water. Oreaso a biscuit-tin and pour the mixture into it. If you like all crust pour iu only enough to cover tho bottom of the tin liko a layer ot cake and tbe remainder on an other tin. Bake in a quick oven. Brown Bread Toast If you have slices of brown bread that are too dry for the table, toast and lay in a deep dish, spread a littlo butter on each side, warm a teucupful of thin sweet cream, pour over tno toast ami serve, it you have no cream, put half a spoonful of flour in cold milk and mix, then pour into hot milk on the stove and cook two or threo minutes, ana pour over the toasted bread. Salsify Oysters Boil eight large roots of salsify perfectly tender; peel careful ly, crown and all ; rub through a seive, aud season with salt, pepper and threo ounces of butter; add a gill of flour, two well beaten egs aud a little rich cream, but the mixture must be a very thick batter; havo a lrying pan half full of boiling lard and drop tho salsify in, one large spoonful at a timo, just about the size of a large oyster; when brown, turn and remove us soon as douo; drain care fully and serve at once on a hot dish. Peach Gclatino Press half a can of peaches or apricots through a colander; whip a pint of cream stitf ; take quarter of a box of gelatine that has been soak ing in two tablespoonfuls of cold water and stir it over boiling water until it is dissolved; strain it into the pureo of fruit; mix well and stand the basin which should be a tin one on the ice or in the snow, and stir from the bottom and sides utitil it begins to sot nnd thicken, then add half of tho whipped cream, mix thoroughly nud set away in a mold to harden, if you dine at even ing do this in the morning, but not over night. Turn out on a pretty dish and pour tho rouiaiiuler of the whipped cream, which you have kept iu a cool place, arouud the base. Tho City Bin. There is no doubt that the noise of the city has been steadily increasing for many years. It is perhaps inevitable, and yet it is plain enough that, it' some restric tion is not put upou the unnecessary tur moil, there will be no such thing as resi dence here, except to those uuable to re tire iuto tho suburbs. One easily be comes convinced of the insensible wear aud tear upon the nerves of ull the racket incident to the city by noting the irrita bility it occasions alter tho annual re turu from the couutry, when a term of rural quiet has taken us back to our nor mal sensibility. On, for tlieonvon'"" of t'm i'l the m tUli' TEMPERANCE. Tn ROST APPL. "A lit here's an applo, brlnlit and red,r Bftil Johnny, siUiiiff up in bed, Upon a Sunday mornlnc; "Twns sweet momma that left you nero Bo near my mouth, no very nenr I'll have to eat you up, that's clear) Bo now, you may tke warning. "Toil grew upon a pretty tren, Out in rlnr grandpa's orchard, sec Yon little rosy fellow? Out where the rain, and mm, and dew, Could ripen you nil through nnd through And give you such a pretty hue. And make you nice aud mellow. 'Much bettor now to eat you up. Than drink you from a cider cup. Bo now, you niny take warning. I wish all apples red and fnir Were scattered here nnd scattered thera, That every boy might have Ins sunre On this bright Sunday morning." Mrs. M.A.. Kitliter, in Youth'sCompanion riVK HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. A newspaper paragraph states that Arch deacon Farrar, ot lionuon, otfers o00 for the proof of any one case, either in the church or out of it, where drunkenness has been cured without total abstinence. The archdeacon doubtlo-ss means to pay that no drunkard can quit drinking to ex cess and drink nioderntelv for a long period without relapsing iuto intemperance. For tlie proor ot one exceptional case no is win ing to pay the sum offered. io many readers it may appear that it is an easy matter to earn this money. But is it" Think the matter over. How many men do you know who.after years of drunk enness, braced up and, for ten or twenty years afterwards,liinited themselves to from one to three moderate drams- every day without overstoppinu the limits of sobriety? Not many, nnd very likely not one. At lanla Constitution. SALOONS AND I'OVERTT. Btatistics show a very close connection between poverty and saloons. A recont num ber ot an English publication nsserU that in the poorest district in London there is one sn loou to each li-KJ population, or eighty-one saloons to It, 000 ot population. In a certain quarter in Chicago, which, however, is not conspicuous for extreme poverty, there nre snid to be 730 saloons. Denials have been made of these figures by those who are disposed to defend the char acter of the quarter. By such defenders tho number of saloons has been placed at SttO. Unfortunately statistics showing the exact population ot the quarter are not at hand. However, a fair calculation can be made as to its proportion of saloons to population. The vote of the quarter is about 7000 It appears, therefore, tlint there is one saloon to every ten voters. 1'rovided each of these voters represents ten persons who do not vote, or in other words that the population of the ward is 70,000, which is much too high, there is one saloon to each 100 of popu lation. On the other hand, accenting the lowest number of saloons claimed for the territory 5(10 there would still be one sa loon for each thirteen voters. Estimating the voters nt one to five of the population there would be one saloon to each sixty-tivf persons. Thus it appears that London's record ol saloons iu its poorest quarter is not so bad as is that of a part of Chicago. Chicago tietvs. DIUNK AND IIKRKDITV. O, O. Rmythn, A. M., M. D., President of the Indiana State Medical SorTcty, in his au Dual address at the late meeting of the so cietv, discussed The Influence of Heredity in Producing Ilisoase and llegonerncv, and its Remedy." We quote, concerning alcohol, the following: "That the abuse ot alcohol has grown to be one of the most gigantic evils of the age no longer can be denieJ. Tue damaging in fluence on future generations is mora far reaching and deleterious than we hive here tofore been willing to concede. To arrest this evil, or to reduce it to a minimum, even, will require a most heroio effort the com bined labor, in tact, of all goou people. "IVe cannot esoae indivi tual responsibil ity when tho puldic health, the general wet fare, and the future happiness of our racj are at stoke. We cannot fold our own clean hands about us and say that as tor me ana mine we have no responsibility, ilia individual who can do this aud shirk the re sponsibilities of life, who is not willing to lend a helping band to sinking humanity, and labor for it so that the world may be Detter lor nis having uvea in it, is a misan thrope, aud had bettor never have been born. But there is probably no man so far debased that he does not love his own flesh and blood; if he have no interest in humauity in general, his single aim in life being to provide for his own descendants nud make them nappy. Hut be cannot accomplish this with certainty, for his neighbor may be an inebriate whose descendants may marry his children, and his gratidcuildren may be ep- lleptio or insane, lus great-graudohUuren criminals or paupers and die upon tbe seal' luiu, ue muiaLes ui uie penitentiary or aune house, and finally be buried iu the potter's field. Truly, be that does not provide tor nis own nousenoia is worse than an innuei. ''The time has coma when this questiou must meet its solution. With the knowledge which the medical profession possesses upon the subject uild-jr discussion, we cannot occupy a neutral position. Wecaunot do so aud discharge our duty to ourselves, our immediate descendants, or humanity iu general. Our voices must be heard in the land, giving forth no uncertain sound. We know that the improper uso or abuse of alcohol is a frequent and fruitful source of insanity. We know that inobriety.epilepsy, crime aud pauperism, aud a host of other diseases too numerous to mention in dividually, can be traced directly or in directly to its door. We know that all these conditions, when once acquire:l, are transmitted by heredity to future genera tions. We know that when a man is simply drunk he is temporarily insane, aud that it may be dangerous to the community for him to be at large. We know that waen the State furnishes the means which makes this individual crazy, or, what is practically the same thing, makes it legally practicable for bim to obtain it, she makes herself pai'ticeps erimiuLs, aud is an accessory be fore tin fact iu any crime which may be committed, and when .she punishes the criminal, she is punishing a part of herself for her own crime, an t is occupying a posi tion so absurd that it cannot be explained by any process of lojic known to the present generation. "i'he prune obstacle to be overcome in this great movement of reform is to bo met at the very threshold. Like the evils of the Pension Department and foreign Immigra tion, this tiling lias attracted tue attention of the politician . In tha game now being played the humanitarian au 1 the patriot have beeu lost in the suuill , au I nothing is bein dealt from the pack but the pot-house politician aud the ward bummer. He who can do the most dirty woric nn 1 control the most votes, or is an expert in ballot-box stuffing, alone approaches the surface, and be it said to the everlasting shame and dis grace of both the dominant political parties of the country that they would by these means s-.-ll out the present interests ot the people aud mortgage the future prospects o all humauity for party spoils, lint, notwith standing t us deplorable eouditiou of affairs, it will be the conclusion of ull thinking men, after mature deliberation, that the saloon and whisky drug-storo will have to go. This is the tirst remedy whicli we, us scientific men, must ree mi.uen 1; remove the cause and cure the disease afterward." Out of Sorts Pcocrlbes a ftH-HtiK ixH.'ullar to portions of dyrjieitIo tendency, or cuusod by change of climate, sHaou ot life. Tbe Btowuch In out of order, Uie ueuU aclu oc does not fuel riKUt, The Nerves wemed itralncd to their utmt, the mind I onn- riwed and lrrltuUe-. ThU condition Hud an excel lent corrective In Uuod' Sarsuiiurillu, whk-li, by it regulating and tuning powers boon Cures Indigestion j restore harmouy to the )tui( give ttren tth ol inlud, uttrvts aud body. , li mre to get Hood 8 Sarsaparilla which In curative power U 1'ecullur to Iiwilf. coo eooo OOQQ THE SMALLEST PILL IN THE WORLD I g TITTT'P Otihl-' ills r o!i- f "LubLe. lUlnfall and Population. The distribution of population relative to mean annual rainfall indicates not only the tendency of people to seek arable lands, but their condition as to general liealthfulness. Tho average annual rain fall in this country is 20. 6 Inches, but the vnriatious range from Ecro to perhaps ono hundred nnd twenty-five inches. Gauging the distribution of the popula tion in accordance with the annual avot age rainfall in different localities, somo interesting points aro observable, not only as to the number of inhabitants in the areas calculated, but as to tho density of population. Tho greater proportion of tho peoplo of the United States are living in tbe regions in which tho annual rainfall Is between thirty and fifty inches. Mr. Gannett calculates that alwut threo- fourths of the inhabitants of tho country arc found under thefo conditions; and, further, that as tho rain I nil increases or diminishes, tho population diminishes rapidly. Tho density of population' iu' regions where tho averago rainfall is be tween thirty and forty inches is 43.1 per square mile; in regions where it is from forty to fifty inches annually, the density is mi per square mile; in regions where tho rainfall is from fifty to sixty inches annually, the density is 25.1, and in tho arid regions of tho West, where tho rain fall is less than twenty inches, being two fifths of the entire area of the country, less than throe per cent, of tho popula tion finds its homo. Tbe population has increased rapidly in the regions having from thirty to forty inches aver age raiufall. Popular Science Monthly. Ileinnrkublo Bowlders. Accepting reportod measurements, tho largest erratic block, or bowlder, as yet recognized in tho United States, and probably in tho world, is in the town of Madison, N. II., and, according to Pro fessor Crosby, of the Boston lustitute of Technology, has tho following maximum dimeneious: Length, 83 feet; width, in excess oi 45 feet; height, 3U to 37 feet; contents, 90,000 cubic feet; nnd prob able weight, 15,300,000 pouuds, or 7, 050 tons. Next to this in tizo is undoubtedly tho great rock m the town of Montvillo,Ncw London County, Connecticut, generally known by its Indian designation as "Shcegan," and also as "Mohegnn." Iu tho opinion of some, this rock is an isolated grauitc protubcrauce, and not a true "erratic" or bowlder; but recent ex aminations havo seemed to completely negntivo the first supposition. Its ap proximate maximum dimensions are: Length, 75 feet; width, 58 feet; height, CO feet; contents, 70,000 cubic feet; weight, 6000 tons. If allowance bo made for an immense fragment which has futlcu from its northeast side, the di mensions and cubic contents of "Slice gun" would approximate nioro closely to those of tho Madison bowlder. One poiut that goes fur toward substantiating tho claim on behalf of the "Shcegan" rock that it is a true bowlder, is the number of undoubted bowlders of an immense size and of tho same granite which exist in comparative proximity. Popular Scitnce Monthly. How's This f We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any cae of catarrh that cannot be cured by Uikuig Hall's Catarrh Curj. J. Chen FY Co., Props-. Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, nave known F. J. Cheney for the last l.r years, and believe him perfectly houorulile in all busmetts traiiiuto tlous, aud Uuuneially able to carry out any ob ligations niade by 1 heir llrru. Vkst & Thuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Walpino, KiNJfAW & Makvin, Wholesale Druk'ifist , Toledo, O. IlnH's Cuiurrh Curo Is taken internally, act ing directly ufsm the Mood aud mucous sur faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per liottle. Sold by all druggists. Haftltcted with snre eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomn-on'BKve-water.Dnnwist sell at &o.ner buttle Sheridan's Condition rowdcrs t. Ik 70a can't act It send to na. We mall one nark io. Kivoftl. A s 1-tnt.rnnSl.KO. flit, SA. K-llit. hiultry !?ni.ritr ftuffe. frtH, with $1 onlrra. L ri. J Uls-u iKi 1 1 iif..m Hon Hi. H.Mton, Mm. DONALD KENNEDY. Of Roxbury,Mass..Says: Strange caMOti cured by my Medical Discovery come to me every day. Here U uuo of ParalvHle linniineK and tut lirip. Now how does my Mi'dt nil UiMT-overv rure ull theH 1 don't know. uu UMi It take bold of the Uiddtai Pobxm that make an uuiuur. Virginia Titt, Nkvada. St. WV 1891 DiHiald Knhttu Itenr Sir: 1 will Htatt) my eat to you: About iiUie years ao I ws! laralytt-d In my li-ft nid', and tue Im'mi dH-tir guve me uu rIU'f for two years, aud 1 wan adviHed to try your Dis covery, which did IlM duty, mul In a few luulitli I watt restored to health. AUut four yean aro 1 bo- came uuuu in my i-rt eye by a hjwuutl calarat'l. Ijit March I was taken with La Grim, and was confined to my tn'J.r three uiouthn. At the end of thiii lime, as in tluart, tlu-n It struck me that your lltttcovery was the thlug for met to I got a bottle, and Ix-fore It wa& hnlf kouo I wan able to go to my work In the uilnea. Now In regard to my eye, a I liwt my left eve, and about nix month ago my rltftit eve iMvanie a tYee ted with black iuhHh over tho Hlaht as did the left eye perhupa some twruty of them but til nee I have tieeu Until your IMNeovery they all h it my rlnht eye but one; and, thank (tod, Uie brlKht llirlit of hfuven is once more nmktug Its apiwaraueu In my Ujl eye. I am wonderfully aUnlfihed at It, aui tnaiik UvKi ana your lUeuicui iitaeoveryi Your truly, Han Whiik. i nn urtT oc ncrciucn with Vnstct. Knumels, nd Faint whlcH ftain the hand. In uie the Iron, aim imrn ott. n, m-int Mnn Kiou Polith la ltrllllant. Odor less. Durable, and the consumer pays tug itg tin or giay package wnuovuiy mii-ua. $100$ Invested in Pierre to-day will likely bring you IOiO )ulde of iu yearn, V, rue to me for map and JVU- lara. t II A 1 11 D fc, I'lerre, b. Vu. rplIB WollLD'S sni'VKNIlt. A hraulirul, lirUlit L AlumlnuiH l'orRft C.iiu. lirutT IliuQ a Hllrer dol- lur. l.lk'liu.r thuu r.l tultt. Ni-w hud'LI. blmolr aud lu.uut ilve. A wli..l witlilu a wlu'l. shows wliolu 'fur lit nlK'ht for ever. hlluHH lJoiululrul lA'tUT y. I tiiiiK.riiiK. jI.(1k' mi Ihm Ii. HrHt iiilvorllxlUK tlie.lliuu iu lliu world. la'U iiuttU' dully telling tlielli. t'Ut llllH UUt. NuiItU 111). pUH.T. '1 WO MUllle lV niallfor!. A.-nu wttuu-.l ,-vt.ryw ht-re. v, v. MT1 HKN, I'HIin'e.s Ito.klurd. 111. crun rno PRTfinPHC m. i -- r run UHiHLUuuti Zj LAWN TENNIS, BASE HALL, RIFLES, rl FISHING TACKLE. kid (URLS' 131- crm. rm . mm es- I WIS mm An Electric riorr. Senator Henry Keller, of Sauk Centre, Minn., is at work upon an Invention which he li confident will revolutionize agriculture. He proposes to Attach an nlcctrio motor, driven by a powerful storngo bnttory, to a common breaking plow. He nys that ha is confident of tho success of his idea, and that it will run with such speed, and go cheaply, as will enable all farmcn to plow their lands by eloctriclty. Picayune. Why oontlnno the nse of remedies that only roller e, when Ely's Cream Dnlin, pleasant of application nnd a sure cure for Catarrh nnd cold in head, can be had. I had n severe attack of catarra nnd bocome so denf 1 oonld not hear common conversa tion. I suffered terribly from roaring In my bond. 1 procured n bottle of Kly'a Cream Halm, nnd In three weeks could hear ns well as ever, ami now I can sny to nil who nre afflicted with tho worst of disease, catarrh, tttke Klv's Cream Bulm and Im cured. It In worth fit) 4) to any man, womnn or child suf fering from caurrh. A. E. Newmau, llray llnit, Mich. Apply Bilm Into each nostril. It is Quickly Ahsortied. Hive lii-lief at once. 1'rlce 60 cents nt Druggists or by mall. ELY BROTHERS, 00 Warren St., New York. The Mont I'leasnnt War Of preventing the grippe, colds, headaches, nnd fevers is to use tho liquid laxative rem edy. Syrup of Figs, whenever the system needs a gentle, yet e (Tec live cleansing. To bebcnefliod ono must got tho truo remedy manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. For sale by all druggists In 50c. nnd $1 buttles. "'Brown's Bronchial TBocnics' are ex cellent for the lellof of lloarwiicns or Sore ihrnat. They are exceedingly effective. nrfstinn H oWif. Lnwtmi, Knt. Fon IndUcstlon. constipation, sick liead- JJeecham s rllis. ror hale by nil druggists. FITS Rlnniwd trfM, hv lln Ht.fMv'a fluvAY Kr.KVK HKHTonKIt. Nn ntn after tlt-ML duv'rt iwn. larvelous curea. Treatise and trial bottu ree. Dr. Kline, IG1 Arch St., Phlla.. I'.u Obstinate Blood Humor. I HAD TERRIBLE ECZEMA in bed ix months at a time body and limbs swollen and scaly like dead fish The itching was terrible, nnd finally IX)ST MY SIGHT. After treatment by five physicians, nnd other remedies without relief, I took SSS. AND IT CURKD ME. My skin is soft and smooth, and the terrible, trouble is aJl gone. R. N. Mitchell, Macon, Ga. 1 know the above statement to be true. S. S. Harmon, Macon, Ga. I was for so" ' 'me troubled with an obstinate RASH OR HUMOR, that spread over my fo"" .-. I consulted physicians, and used many remedies wiihout a core. At the ingestion of a friend I used Swift's Specific, which completely cuied me. This was two years ago, and I have had no return of the trouble. E.II .Wf.i l-S, Chett6tld, Va. S. S. S. tne ale!lt an1 best remedy cures by removing the cause, and at the same Send for our Treatise, mailed free. "August Flower" Mr. Lorenzo F. Sleeper is very well known to the citizens of Apple ton, Me., and neighborhood.. lie 6ays: " Eight years ago I was taken " sick, and suffered as no one but a " dyspeptic can. I then bep in talc " iug August Flower. At that time "I was a great sufferer. Every " thing I ate distressed me so that 1 "had to throw it up. Then in a " few moments that horrid distress " would come on and I would have to eat and sutTei "again. I took a "little of your med " icine, and felt much "better, and aftei " takinga little more "August Flower my "Dyspepsia disap- For that Horrid Stomach Feeling. "peared, and since that time I " have never had the first sign of it. "lean eat anything without the " least fear of distress. I wish all " that are afflicted with that terrible " disease or the troubles caused by "it would try August Flower, as I " am satisfied there is uo medicine "cental to it." mm HE TllTANS TABLTJCS i-Mralate tho etonuu'h, irh, f liwt. 1 Uer and bowels, purify y i lie ii ant to tKH, tare and always nmuKlr lor nmuuni, uiotcue un ti rmv, Itrtirbt1 IllMMUttt. Cnuurrh. Colic. CoiMtllUll. Chronic DiMiTii.e. i'Urouio Livur Irvutno, Iil bUM, DUordcrwl stouuit b, lUetlueiw. IyseotTy, 1vmimhmU, i Uiuluiux. Fouial lAtu- blaint Foul BrtU,nt'iulchp, lit. ul burn. l vrt Jfcundit. Kidn-y ComplMlutM, Jjvr TtouWp, Low oi Apiwtite, Mt;utul lprvwUin, hftunoa, tion. rlmpitw. ItUril of lllotHl ? Hallow Com- T KiitfUM, Blii X ula, hick H !- X X ibt.Skln !!-' X Btoratwh, Tired! X liver, I1 lcerti.i rliti, Hour Water Kiaah S vr aympto:1 f or illwnMS thAt Impure blood or a failure tn tht proiT iwrfurm- auoe ot their fuiirtloiitt by Uu KVuwb, Ilwr auu 9 lntfwtltiM. IVrnorw tftvn to ovoi-imttmjarw bco- X eftuxl by taking on tubule ,artr Mu-h nul. A T coutlimedu. ii Ui ftipnn TmIiuKh la the tmrett X cure for obtstiitato couMtpatlui. They conuln X UolJuJMf ttiat cojx te injurious to the mot 'i'lt X coe. I gnm ft, l-t g-romi l Xft, 1- irrom 7f, l-H arrom 1ft rnn. Seat ty mall (mmUut iwll. 4 THK ItlPANH t'HKMiCAL. L'uIll'lM'. 2 1 O. ikz 074, Now York, J We Want Nam and i Addreas ot Every ASTHMATIC! I CUREO TO STAY CUHED.J BUFFALO. M. Y. P H.mlri Mava M O a fit? lIO $65 !si&s A MONTH forSHrlnht Young Men or In em-li county. A'ldrc l. Kit V I II., I'hllll., I'll. $225: 1K I ZK fur bi plsuu rUd by aBTB from ii r I'rue hr i aMt;i muiu incd. facktcr uf it-t'd Pltcbrrd: Muudu, Slborl Hllla, A.J id Itlualralvil i nlalotu. hn 1(1. onl et OH MY STOMACH ! ! ! OKO. E. ItElX, I'lullH, Neti., Huf fered KTPutly with ttj;Mit f r S fo rc. Fom tti.itn ari lit in bo that be wui ctbllgtduliiy oh lire. 3 UtUlt-K J-ntin JUihmI JUtter d rial frr made hint a well intuit woodbury's facial soap. 'ur ttic Hkl, HabKiidrtiHleKlu. lie Milt ot tn ) tmiV eipc-rirui-a t or nals at nruyixia oroyuiau, aim. moiiius , Cake and IS U. tnjokt on LHsrinat-'loy uid liuauty. M!lu.; on hkiu, bculii. Nervous and lUood dtMaw and llu-lr 'trfntincnt. went M-alwl r.r l"f.t ai"w lllril Itil KKHK-TH lUt e Wlt'l H MHKt, Hal- Hairl. Inaift Ink iind l'-iJr erk, bran, t'taliim, KrtlBr al Nmv, a- laMTlTUTK. lSia Hl ihiwrt-l,!!. f. Htt. t uiiuJtal on u Hitoiiui hV Uh.UHlToi.lll.lfAl. free, at nr nr irumi Atrvu'. wanUMl In Wftcll iiiMM. Farm Land In S. Dak.; fine, rich anil, and such land as will be worth an ucre itialde of live yvuia euu now le bought for 1 tt ki an a.ri For Ri lal IwirKutii wrlltito t'llAg. II Villi, I'lerre, S. Dak. anivaiUNai-ViM n suLii:ioai! BaV u itia.aa.iilf!! i tt-f lor lucrriaStv 1 itisrlenee. Wrlie fur 1-awa. A.W. M i i t-ai h i i t ( OUMlt K k Hon. Wahhinuton. I. '. A is. ins ah ' opium Morvhlne Habit toured In 11 to days. No ay till cured. DR. J.6T tPHENii, Ltuanwn.Ohto. ... -4 " it n m I 1 Couauii.pt. va aid pc.oic I 1 I I who have weak lungs or Amu- f I I ma, should uao i'lao'aCura for t I I 1 Consumption. It baa cures) m oa.ua It has ur - - 7f t - " intp copvitiurr if.ll Full of troulW the ordinary pill. Trouble when you take it, and trouble when you've got it down. Plenty of unpleasant ness, but mighty littlo good. With Dr. Tierce's Plcisiint Tellets, there's no trouble. They're mod to prevent it. They're the origi nal little Liver PillH, tiny, sugar coated, anti-bilious grannies, purely vegetable, perfectly harmless, tho smallest, easiest and best to take. They cleanse and regulate tho wholo system, in a natural and easy way mildly and gently, but thoroughly and effectively. Ono littlo Pellet' for a laxative threo for a cathar tic. Sick Headache, IHlious Ilead Bche, Constipation, Indigestion, Bil ious Attacks, and all derangement of tho liver, stomach and bowel ar prevented, relieved and cured. They'ro tho cheapest pill yon can buy, for they'ro guaranteed to give satisfaction, or your money is re turned. You pay only for tho value ro ceived. Can you ask more? for all troubles of the Wood and hkm. It time builds up the general health. 5VKT SPK'M rir CO . Atlanta, Go. PSEFIRE Will U tho next yittiu city to Hiirprim you with A wonderful icrmvth. site 1 the itmt proinfrtiMi elly ot her Rizo In the rnlttsl fstat', Ib-Midm a Ifitv xunf of fertile laud, there arc worlds of wealth In llrtar a In trtlmtnry to her, lurludinn liiimeiin deposits ff Coal, Iron, Tin, Lead, Silver & Gold. Two railroad r now ImildliiK. three other linve lttt0v tmrveyiM Into Pierre. The Imrvetrt of Ifi'.n la the urvntit ever known. Now is THE Time certainly to Invest. t'irrpawtndefe anllellod. Knr further Informa tion addre ' II AH. 1. IIYDK, Pierre, H. Dak. NVN C-'J CRATEFULr-COMFORTINQ. EPPSS COCOA BREAKFAST. "My a thoronjjn know led r of tho natural law which govern the isratlouti of dijrt tlon and nutri tion, and ly a careful apidioitttou or the flue proper ties of well-M'h'eteil CiK'oft, Mr. Kppa bat provided our tireftkfuHt tJiblea wtih a delleaU-lv flavoured be erajta whleh uiny imve us mauy (it-avy dortorr billed It la ty the Judicious ue tf audi article of 0t tht a constitution niny im Kradimlly built up uuU troi: eiioiiub to roiftt every tendency to dlacuau. Untidily of Middle inalAdle are float inff around ua reuly to attack wherever there U a weak point, . Wtj may eai-upe many a tittnl ahnft ty keeping our arlvea well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished rratne. ' Civil Sfrvitu Uazt tte Male simply with bolilnu water or milk. Bold only In half-pound tin hy Urocera, labelled thus: JA.HES fcl'l'n cV ( .. Hom.vojmthlo Chemlata, London. Kkolasd, rsancr Illustrated Publications, with MAPS..!''"'").!!! .Hiiiiu..la, K..I 111 1 kit. Muiilaua.iaahu, Va-liinl..ii mul t'l.'oQ, lha Kltl-KUOMIO Mt N T m M iikI i. LAND; NORTHERN PACIFIC R. R. B-tA-' "l"" fci ttnviLr. n..w i..u Ui wltl.T. Mallrd HIKE. Adrlr-li a. uimioas, Lua c. N. f. iu a., au ri. !. o FUUUY WABff ANTED' 5Ton Scales $60 Freight Paid SoNESBlOAMTON.Ny. CH FIVE OR EUCHRE PARTIES 11 ahould aeud at II SKHASaflAN. 6. T. A. C, 1 1- ft H. It. rhleatro. fk N I'liNTs. Iu atanina. ack for the nlicket vanls you ev? r Mhumcl. Suit ou will rocftvu free by exuruaa icu pavaa. lleultli Helper kEREE 0-'. a year. for suiuule. UYK, i.daor, Itu ftCijn for our ll-d of 1 Cat Ot,,fcHlinol lulcmu4 l I'HK'A It liiaiiSiineiita w. Mokv, 'Ait'eutral M Ikibuhi, Maaa. AlmoHt a $1 eze lo(tlc and a ifa I'iaMer all for MX-. OW. 1 ul the J .il. r on the Stint h for 7iiJ'""' and chiiiih't'W'tb larh new I ottlu Of Ulf JilttllM. All CURED TO . STAY CURED. Deaers . I ROCK ASTIVATION and fals ljiouibty arc icspunkible for much Female Suffering. 'tran f xcuse the deliearv of the hut tucic is no excusa i"(ra tt who rtjttis tlit prollcred Lydl? E. Plnkham's RARFIELD TEA Bz of bavd ijit,;vur hick Hwadftcbvf rator CompleximncuriiComUaBtl F 7
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