The Toad and the Centipede.
la the Court house yard there are
quite a number of laiize, sleek-looking
toada. One of theso (owls w seen by
the lourifrrr. nbout the jitnec cnuaped in
an earnest attempt to swallow something
that seemed to tax nil Ids energies. A
cloter cxutniniitiou revealed the fact that
the toad had seized a centipede, by the
rear end and was slowly and placidly
stowing him nwny within his jutvs, In
epito of the viiitinn frantic efforts to es
cape. Nearly oncdiulf of tho reptile had
disappeared, when the centipede, with
the nncnl.iumbercd balance of his 100
fect.succcei'cd in getting a ground hold,
and with a desperate effort freed himself
from tho jaws of the devourer, and was
moving rapidly awiiy when the toad,
finally realizing the situation, made a
jump and again caught his victim. This
time the centipede seemed to realize tho
hopelessness of his situation and fran
tically turned to the right and left, each
time nipping his enemy severely upon
the lips and head, but all to no purpose.
The toad would coolly brush nway theso
Bttacks, first with one foot, and then
with the other, al! tho tinio taking the
centipede in, until nt Inst nothing re
mained bu'. the toad calmly and serenely
seated upon his haunches, considering
tho next move. El Taso (Texas) Herald.
How to Cnre for I'cnrls.
An old-fashioned receipt to prevent
pearls from losing thoir brilliancy is to
put them away in a box with a pieco of
ashroot. AVise men in their own esti
mation will probably lauh at this ad
Tice, but it is just n? well to let them
laugh ami not have one's beautiful .jewol
become dull and dead. 1Vhy the root of
the ash tree should have this'tnarvcllous
effect is hard to determine, but it is a
fact and one which is worth taking ad
vantage of New York Herald.
Mr. S. a. Ilerry
of Prov denca, R. I.
Widely known as proprietor of Dcrrys Wa
terproof Harness Oil, tells of his terrible
sufferings from Eczema and his cure by
HOOD'S
Sarsaparilla
"Gentlemen: Fifteen years ruja I hn1 an attack
Of Inflammatory rheumatism, followed by
Salt Rheum
breaking oat on my right log. The humor iprcad al)
over my 1k( back and arm, a foul maaa of
area swollen and Itching terribly, causing In ten w
pain If the skin was broken by scratching, and dis
charging constantly. It Is lmpoMlble to describe my
13 years of agony and torture I spent
Thousands of Dollars
tl futile efforts to get well, and was discouraged
said ready to die. At this time I was unable to He
down In bed, had to sit up all the time, and was
a an ale to walk without cratches. X had to
hold my arms away from my body, and had to have
my arms, back and lefrs bandnfred twice a day.
ii all j- a friend urfo'd me to take Hood's Sarsa
parilla. I began by taking half a teanpoonful. My
Stomach Was All Out of
Order
But the medicine soon corrected this, and In six
weeks X could see a change In the condition of the
hamor which nearly covered my body. It was
driven to the surface by the Sarsaparilla, the sores,
aooa healed, and the scules fell off. I was soon
able to giro up bandage and crutches, and a happy
nan I was. I had b-n taking Mood's Sarsaparilla
for seven month; and tlace that time, 3 years, I
have worn no bauiloKt whatever and my legs and
arms are sound and well.
The Delight
Xf myself and wife at my recovery It ts Impossible
to tell. To alt my business friends In Boston and
over the country, I recommeud
Hood's Sarsaparilla
from personal experience." S. U. Dfrry, 43 Brad
ford Street, Providence, R. I.
Ifyss srcBIUsus take Hood'i I'tllo
VODYttfc
FOR HOUSEHOLD USE
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3V ORIGINATED
For INTERNAL much at EXTERNAL usa.
. i By an Old Family Physician.
Soothing, healing. penetratinQ
Jtrepped en Sugar, Children Lor
to take Julmson'. Aivl)ni IJnlmrnt for Crmiri. Oolitei
Ror Throat. T.inflllll". I'"'"'. (Tamp, and I'umi He.
lirre Summer omi plain'. ,cnlau: hrul -i-n likemnyio.
Ciirt. Cu'ufM. AeUiu., Cutanh, ltruur'nm, rlioliTa
" rbut, ( t?illilr1ii. ( S'.innf8 In H.i'lv or I lull,,
TtilT Juwle cr .Mi-alii.. lnhi.li. Ii.r Siituui Hwnlfc ho,
"li'Bt'd l'..ini,lil-l tl ' e- "M i-i yvh.-i u. I'r1. eta.
iADWAY'S
3l READY RELIEF.
CtrRE. AND PREVENT
Colds,
Coughs,
Sore Throat,
Hoarseness,
StifTNeck,
Bronchitis,
Catarrh.
Headache,
Toothache,
Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Asthma,
Bruises, Sprains,
Quicker Than Any Known Heinedy.
Ko maltrruw violent ur xcrut-tatluK thu iutn (he
Rueuuiall IteUriitilru, liitirm, riileu, Nervm,
lieuralKk, ur irufctruu-cl wit.i rtlh -aa-. may uRi-r,
RADWAY'S READY RELIEF
Will A third InntHiit Knar.
1STKUNA 1.1. V A Imlf to a tensrnrfnful In
flaU a luiuhl. -tut wuiiTwiil In a fin iiiliiuu-s cure
. ramp, hittms. ur Momm'h, Nmuc, omitltiK,
Heju-lhuru, Nfrvotiftiicnf. l- plt t.-ii. ks. Melt HHhd
aoh, lJlairtm a, tulkc, riutulcucy and all luUrnul
Malaria lu Us vurliiiM frniH rur.-1 uinl prceutel.
I hare In nut a rm 'iin.1 b.'i.t In the iri i il.at
will .'iu '-vtr an I ak'i nil fihr ft'ser milt-d
tv KAIU AV I'l quiLkly as KAU
V A n It tA I) 1 Wt Lltr.
V aix uhi GoiM-. rrlct all rente.
Kur c it we will st-nd by nihil one of
our Tuiiuih I.iik aii-1 LJuOroicleiiUM Ma-
jij'uor tiii sua tmwuaeiy ri
f.iu
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ECl)Rt
GENTS
TREATMENT OF A BROKEN HORN.
There is no diflicalty in repairing a
broken horn, as only the shell of it Is
lost, and the inner core quickly secretes
the horny matter for new covering. As
good a way as any to treat tho injury is
to wrap the hora core in a strip of cot
ton cloth smeared with common tnr, hut
not gas tar. This protects the tender
core from the air, and the new covering
is made in a short time without any more
attention. Tho bandage may bo left on
until it falls off, or it may be removed
after a week or two. New York Times.
MACHINE TO PUMi WEEDS.
A ronchine has been brought out to
pull weeds entirely out of the ground or
to kill them in case they are well rooted
by stripping off their seeds and leaves.
It is uduptcd to be drawn by horses and
a sprocket drive on the drive wheel is
connected to rotate a forward shaft turn
ing in suitable bearings, this shaft hav
ing a gear wheel by which a drum is ro
tated on a shaft turning in bearings on
the front end t'f tho main frame. The
drum has longitudinal slots in its rim in
each of which moves a comb, the teeth
of which form V-shaped openings into
which the steins of the weeds readily
pass Hnd arc (irmly gripped. The ma
chine issaid to have given great satisfac
tion in practical work, being well
adapted to pull up weeds in cultivated
ground in which the grain has appeared,
without injury to the grain. Chicago
News.
LOJS'KS OP EARLY LAMBS.
Tho most telling commentary on the
prevalent carelessness and poor manage
ment among old-fashioned farmers was
their acceptance of the loss of a consid
erable number of early lambs as a matter
of course. Those who were more care
ful timed the breeding so that the lambs
were dropped late when thers was com
monly mild weather and a good bite of
grass. In these days thousands of lambs
arc born in midwinter, and such care is
taken of them that losses arc very rara.
A basement stable warm enough by the
warmth from a flock of sheep so that
water will' r.ot freeze in it, is needed.
Then there must be green or succulent
food, roots and some bran or grain, to
encourage a flow of milk when the lamb
is dropped. Tho logs are carefully cut
so that it is easy to get to the teats, and
if the weather is cold a watch is kept so
that the lamb does not chill before it
can ct to the teat and suck. After it
gets bold of the teat the lamb will
usually care for itself. Of course, lambs
thus cared for cost money, but they
bring money, too, and enough to repay
the cost. This kind of lamb-growing is
very different, and also more pleasant
than tho old way of keeping sheep, feed
ing mostly on straw with a little hay,
and letting the earlier lambs, which are
always most valuable, die for lack of the
necessary attention. Boston Cultivator.
ALWATC.
Always belicvo in farming so long as
it pays.
Always blanket the warm horse stand
ing in the wind.
Always milk the cows regularly,
kindly and with dispatch.
Always have a snowplow ready when
the heavy snows come.
Always count your chickens after the
period of incubation is passed.
Always thiak twice before the boy Is
set to a task you would not do your
self. Always keep cellars cool as near
thirty-four degrees as possible in which
roots are stored.
Always prepare for the spring work
during the comparative leisure of win
ter. Always clean the mud from your
horses when you get home and rub them
dry.
Always go to the barns at night just
before going to bed to see that the stock
is all right.
Always keen the fences and gates in
order, and have a supply of posts ready
in the shop.
Always select the most vigorous and
well ripened shoots for cions,alter which
pack in bundles and store in the cellar.
Always keep posted about the work of
the month, and read the agricultural
papers, not forgetting the advertisements
of implements snd seeds. American
Agriculturist.
agricultural stations.
The good work which is being done
in the various agritulturul experiment
stations of this country is amply demon
St. -ted by the experiments of the past
year.' From the periodical pamphlets
compiled by the able scientists in course
of these stations we cuu judge of the
merits of the work, aud it gives us
pica&ui'o to bear testimony to the useful
ness and excellent results attained by re
cent experiments. Theories are good,
but stubborn facts are what wo need
most, and it is because our knowlelge
ou muuy subjects has been advanced by
the work done at the agricultural experi
ment stations that we deem tho scientists
in chargo worthy of such high praise.
Enlightenment iu regard to tho science
of agriculture is certainly much needud,
and no one tan maintain that the agri
cultural stations arc not doing their ut
niofct to supply this neej. Indued, our
only fear is that they will go ahead too
fast. However easy it may be for them
to arrive at satisfactory results by means
of simple experirucut it tuunot be ex
pected the averago uusiieutilic agricul
turist will arrive at the same results with
equal ease; aud it might therefore be
wi ll for the scientists to pause occasion
ally, iu order that their less erudite
brethren may have time to thoroughly
test tlie experiments. We make this
fcuigestion on the assumption that the
object of tuote agricultural stations is
not solely to advance the cause of pure
science, but also to benefit and iustruct
agriculturists. Experiments which show
conclusively that improvements are pos
sible in soiug branch of agriculture are
of inestimable value, and the more popu
lar they become the greater benefits will
be reaped thiough them. Popular, how
ever, in the ordinary mtauing of the
word they ciu hardly become, at least
for a considerable time, uules pains be
Wkcu to bring tUcoj to the notice not cf
scientists, but of average hard-working
farmers. Excellent as the pamphlets
containing an account of the experiments
are, they are not as widely circulated or
as thoroughly appreciated by practical
farmors as they should be, and until they
aro their real value as exponents of pro
gress will not be clearly understood
National Provisioncr.
transplanting cabbage plants.
"For three consecutive seasons," says
Professor Dailcy, of tho Cornoll Univer
sity station, "we have endeavored to
determine what foundation there may be
for the common notion that deep-set
cabbage plants give better heads and a
larger proportion of heads than those sot
at the normal or natural depth. It is a
very general practico among gardeners
to set tho plants to the depth of the first
leaf when transplanting to the field. As
exhibited in tables in Bulletin No. 37,
the results of three years' tosts show that
no advantage is to be gained by such a
practice."
In 1889 tho experiment was tried unon
twelve varieties, about twenty plants of
each being set up to the first leaf, and
as many more set to the same depth at
which they stood in the seed bed.
Strangely enough, it appears that one
hlf the varieties gave better results from
shallow setting and the other half better
from deep setting. There were,however,
rather more heavy heads from the deep
setting. Combining all the results, the
gain in weight from deep setting was as
13.60 is to 13.46, a difference so small
as to lead to the conclusion that the par
ticular method of planting probably had
nothing to do with the yields.
Iu 1890 the tost was repeated, tho
early AVakcfleld cabbago being used for
the purpose. Tho plants were growu
upon a heavy and rather poor clay loam.
Here the shallow planting gave decidedly
the better results, both in the percentage
of plants producing good heads and in
the averago weight of heads.
In 1891 the test was again repoated,
this timo with early Wakefield and Pre
mium Drumhead. The plants were
grown on a rich and well-prepared loose
clay loara; and all the conditions through
out the season were such as to insure a
fair and uniform tost. The average re
sult was io favor of the shallow setting
so far as the weight of heads is concerned
but in favor of deep setting in tho per
centage of plants producing good or
mature heads, but the differences were
slight aud no greater than might be ex
pected from two or mora lots of plants
treated iu the same manner. The two
varieties, however, gave different results.
The Early Wakefleld gave better results
from deep setting and tho Drumhead
from shallow setting. Upon the whole
the results of the entire investigation
leads to the conclusion that the depth at
which strong aud stocky cabbage plants
are set docs not influence tho extent or
weight of the crop. New York World.
FARM AND GAHDEN NOTES.
Broad tires are a disadvantage on a
rough road.
Keep your watering troughs scrupu
lously clean.
Vary the feed; feed greens during the
winter, birds lay better for it.
Hatch early in season ; the earl; bird
brings tho highest broiler prices.
Dig the yards over frequently; this
will prevent much poultry disease.
Be sure that coops are moved fre
quently; foul ground Is worse for chick
ens than old birds.
llcnew drinking water for the fowls
every day; twice a diy would be better
if time cau be found.
Buy fowls when starting suitable to
wmits. Never buy egg machines when
table poultry are wanted.
I-conoray is the proper term for goofl
farming. Save tho littles all around.
Chi pi will make as good flro while the
last as big cord wood.
The big fruit crop of 1881 may not bi
repeated in 1892. Let us take care ol
the orchards and vineyards this year; be
prepared to fight insects and blights.
Not more than threo or four per cent.
of business men succeeded without nt
some time becoming bankrupt, Where
do you find a farmer who fails in busi
ness I They rarely do.
With fair to gov! draft-horses selling
in Chicigo at $135 to $2 JO, and in good
teams at $225 to l i7 each, it appears
that there is still moacy to bo made in
raising good horses.
There are four ways of handling man
ure piling it against the barn to rot and
leach, scattering it over the barn-yard to
wash, drawing it into the field at once,
aud composting it as gardeners do.
The New York Tribuno says: "Get
rid of the fences !'' Taese words should
bo placed at the held of every page of
the agricultural paper until public
opinion is completely stiri-o 1 to action.
One year ago with twcuU-.lve fowls
a farmer hai fiva eggs u da. Now,
with tweuty fowls, he has from twelve
to foui teuu. The five missing birds were
roosters, which accouuts for the whole
story.
Tubers of the single dahlia may bo
started this mouth if it is desired to
multiply some choice kind from cut
tings. It may, however, ba done later.
Seeds of the single dahlia sowu in the
open border as lato as May will produce
tloworiug roots.
! A whole chapter would not suffice to
tell how much farmers, aud other peoplo,
too, ioso uy putting olt necessary work
uutil they "have to" do it. It is tho
mau of forethought and forchandedness
who wins, aud ho is the only one de
serving of success. In autumn aud
winter get everythiug possible out of the
I way oi tho rush anil throng of our short
spring aud hot summer.
Many of the current run of papers have
had a good deal to say about feed for idle
horses, but few farmers can afford to
have tuch things. They can no more du
so than to nave idle nieu. Both are all
sorbents of profit which no sensible man.
able and willing to plan aud contrive,
and therefore to run a farm successfully
can or will tolerate en his place. Have
something for bands and horses to da,
and utilise their services winter and sum
mer.
TEMPERANCE:
ROUB AT LAST!
A llttla child I fatr-halred, with wondering
Fast, through an opon door, into ths
treat. ....
6h wandered on, lost in a land of siRhs,
And wept, "Is there no rest for weary
feetr
Deep in the dark a door stood open wide,
A Heht streamed from it brighter than the
"V!
A mother's voioa kept calling t "Here!
. Abide I
Come Homo, my little onel you've lost
your way !
Come Home!"
A wretched man, forlorn, with inattwl hair.
Stood In a crowd of sots, more beasts than
men;
Deep eursce rent the air, and dull despair
Bupermely reifrned in that aocursed den.
But nigh above its revels rang one eounJ,
Clearer than sea-bird's over roaring sea
The voice of wife and woman 1 "Lost but
found !
Come Home, my Husband! Cornel Ohl
follow me!
Come HomcT'
A poor lost sou), cast down with wretched
ness; Fale death was ringing out his fatal
knell;
No one to pity, no one there to bless
The parting hour of one who loved so well.
Then suddenly a voice "Oh! which is best?
To live or die? Ever to sing or sight' '
This voice eternal whispered "Come and
rest!
Come Home,sad soul, and ret eternally I
Come Homer'
Clement Bcott .
POSTOFFICES IN SALOONS.
The latest rallyiuz cry of our temper-
ancersla, "No more postofflees in saloons."
It seems that there are at least eight iu the
beery metropolis of Milwaukee, Wis., and
pleiilly elsewaere in the Badgar State and
in the South. Crusaders, "let no guilty
man escape." It is too late in the day to
tolerate liquor and letters in the same shop.
Will notour Jtrother Wanatnaker move in
the matter? We believe he will and that
right speedily. Union Signal.
DRUNKENNESS IN IUR0PC.
The Chicago Tribune reports a Paris doc
tor as saying: "I think more liquor is con
sumed in Paris than in any city In the world.
Regarded as a matter ot drink supply, I
have no hesitancy in saying that Franoa is
a country of drunkards. I saw some sta
tistics as I was leaving which showed that
6000 people have been sent to inebriate
asylums; they had drunk themselves craay.
This is frightful. Aud the appalling port of
it is that tee majority of them were women.
The proportion was f iree to two. Drunk
enuoss it also increasing in Austria, in Ger
many and iu England. Uelgium is reeling
from drink."
AN RARLT PROHIBITION PETITION.
The Atlanta Constitution recently pub.
lisbed the following petition from King
Hagler, a celebrated chief of the Catawbas,
dated May 36, 1756, addre?se1 to Chief-Justice
Henley, and discovered in the State ar
chives of North Carolina:
"I desire a stop may be put to the selling
of strong liquors by the white people to my
people, especially near the Indians. If the
white people make strong drink, let them
sell it to one another, or drink it in their own
families. This will avoid a great deal of
mischief, which otherwise will happen from
my people getting drunk ani quarrelling
with the white people."
Whether the petition was brought to ths
notice of the Govornor, as promised by the
Chief Justice, and acted upon, does not
appear. Hagler, who was assassinated by
the Catnwbas in 1760, was, says Schoolcraft,
"a great mmi."
PERILOrS WORK.
Away up among tho wires of the great
Brooklyn Bridge, at their greatest height,
I saw several men busily painting the wires
the other day. It strained my neck as I
looked up at them, and made me feel dizzy
at the mere thought of being suspended iu
mid-air as they were. There they were, hun
dreds of feet above the river, but as busy
and painting as calmly as though they were
on solid ground. "Ah !" I tbought, "you
men must be good teetotalers, or you could
never work at that dizzy height It needs
men of steady nerves, of clear brain to work
where you are. No man stupiiled with beer
or muddled with whisky could do what you
are doing, holding on with the left hand and
working with the right, away up hundreds
of feet, with the river below you, and
knowing that a slip from what seemed a
very insecure seat, would cause a fall, an 1
very likely instant death." Yes, we need
temperance men for careful work and for
positions of trust. Temperance Banner.
OVERBURDENED HEARTS.
The heart at seventy beats a minute will
beat 4200 times an hour, and 100, 800 times in
one dny of twenty-four hours. With five
ounces of blood propelled at each beat, 5H,
OOOounces are propelled each day, or31,500
pounds. Imagine 81,500 pound balls on the
edge of a platform, and let a strong man bo
required simply to lift the balls one foot
and drop them from the platform. He
would work well if he landed twenty in a
minute, or 1300 in an hour. By continuous
work for twenty-four hours, without a mo
ment's rest, he would lift aud drop 38,800, or
3700 less pound weights than the action of
the heart represents. Flail)1 we see he
could not perform the supposed task for one
day, nor indeed for twelve hours continu
ously. No living man is the equal in his
muscular ability to his own heart in the line
of action. And yet it must be remembered
that this heart is simply in size like one's
closed baud, and weighs only about ten
ounces. Truly there is no such powertul
piece of machinery known to man. lto mo
tion also is perpetual it knows no rest until
lite ceases. Now, the moJerato drinker will
consume two ounces of alcohol each day.
This alcohol accelerates the action of bis
heart by 6000 beats in twenty-four hours, re
quiring it to prjpel 70.000 onnces more of
blood, or shoot forth 1875 pounds in addition
to its ordinary enormous work. Poor, dear
beard The drunkard has no pity on it, and
it is no wonder that it seeks relief in an early
death. Herald of (Jospel Liberty, -
STRONG DRINK AND TUE CUII.mtEN.
Strong drink which is responsible for so
much cruelty and suffering, affect, with
perhaps its worst results, the children. It
Is sometimes said that if you let drink alone,
it will not hurt you, but the exrerience of
the children who do not themselves take it,
but who are in many cases victims to a fear
ful extent of its demoralizing iutluence upsu
parents and guardian, sulliues to show that
even those who do not themxelvos indulgo in
it. may be, ami many times are, among it
most unhappy victims. The Seventeenth
Annual ltoport of the New York Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children,
for the year ending December ill, 1M.M, fur
nishes many striking an I iwiniul illustra
tions of the way iu which children are thus
made to suffer through strong drink. It ap
pears that for the year 1KII1 the society re
ceived and examined 76f.'i complaints of
cruelty to children; that it instituted 3803
prosecutions, and secnrel 3761 couvictioni;
thut it rescued Vj61 children from pernicious
surroundings, and that it slieltured, fad
and clothed 1607 children iu its re
ception rooms, aud t' it inves
tigated in additiou, 3i"il i.og of alleged
cruelty, ut the instance of the Police Justices
and the courts. These figures represent a
great deal of timely and valuable labor iu
behalf of exposed aud victimized childhood,
and show that the society discaarges a most
useful function iu this metropolis. But it is
safe to say that ttire-fourtus of its work is
rendered necessary, either directly or iudi
rectly, through the ageuc-y of btrong drink,
lu very many of tho cases recorded it has
been obviously a chief factor of the cruelty
lrotu which childrdu have suffered. In one
case mentioned in tho report, an oftiiier of
the society was detailej U care for little
Hose itorlmau. He found the little creature
crouching in a corner of the apartment be
fore her druukcu mother, who was stagger
ing toward her in a drunken fury, shouting;
"'I'll kill you, you little brat; I'll murder you
for this," aud just then the otiicjr put iu an
appearauue and rescued the little one whoee
lite was really in danger. The report says of
the mother who was taken to the station
kouse. "hs bshavei like a mad-woman:
drink had literally crazed bar." Her two
little ones were taken Iron ner ana com
mitted to the Aaiiiican Femile Guardian
Society, -National Advocate.
Japanese HonsM.
In the construction of their houses,
which are built of wood without an
atom of paint, the Japanese, unlike most
builders, begin with the roof. This is
built on the ground, and when framed n
overed with shingles about tho size of
two fingers, as thin as a sheet of paper.
When it is done they raise it on four
corner-posts, and it is a plcasuro to sco,
it Is so light and yet so Btrong. The
walls are mado like the side-scenes in a
theatre, of thin strips of wood, over
which aro pasted sheets of a cottony,
transparent paper. They are slipped in
to grooves as soon as the roof is raised,
nnd the house is finished without the use
of a nail. In tho evenings when the
lanterns dispense their soft light round
the lnsido of these white buildings, the
spectator seems to bo looking at a magic
lantern. During the day time tho sides
of the houses aro slipped out and tBo
house becomes only a roof resting on the
four light corner posts, tho whole inter
ior being thus opened to tho air. Every
part of it is exposed to view and every
thing done in it can be seen, while bo
hind it appear tho chnrming littlo
gardens situated in tin rear. The great
luxury of tho Japanese consits in their
mats made of plaited straw. They nro
perfectly rectangular in shape, about
three inches thick and soft to the touch.
They aro never stepped on with shoes,
since the Japanese go about their houses
always barefooted. Of furniture tbey
have next to nothing; a small furnace in.
one corner, a closet made like the sides
of the house nnd intended to contain the
mattresses, a small set of shelves on
which are arranged the lacquered plates
for rice and fish, this is all tho furnish
ing for these houses, in which they live,
as it were, in the open air. In the mid
dle of each house are two articles of
general use among all classes brazier
and a box for tobacco. Being great tea
drinkers, great smokers, and great talk
ers, the Japanese pass a great deal of
their time, in groups of seven or eight,
seated on their heels around the tea
kettle. Detroit Free Press.
llijf Potatoes and Turnips.
E. J. Lawrcuce, a farmer at Peace
River, Canada, says:
With the most ordinary cultivation, we
grow from two to four hundred bushels
of potatoes, and upward, per acre. The
heaviest potato that I have weighed was
three and one-fourth pounds, and, from
three pounds of Early Hose seed, I dug
672 pounds of sound potatoes.
Last season I weighed a turnip, that
hnd had only ordiuary field culture,
without fertilizing, which weighed
twenty-two pounds ten ounces. I after
ward picked up four more that brought
up the weight, with tho first ono, to
ninety-three and a half pounds.
Tho number of lighthouses in the
worm has quadrupled during the last
nity years.
"August
Flower"
" I am happy to state to you and
to sutlenng Humanity, tnat my wife
has used your wonderful remedy,
August Flower, for sick headache
and palpitation of the heart, with
satisfactory results. For several years
she has been a great sufferer, has
been under the treatment of eminent
physicians in this city and Boston,
and found little relief. She was in
duced to try August Flower, which
gave immedaite relief. We cannot
say to much for it." L.. C. Frost,
Springfield, Mass.
RKILMCR'S
Kidney, Liver and BladderCure.
Rheumatism.
Lumbago, pain In Joints or back, brick dust in
urine, frequent calls, irritation, lntlnmation,
gravel, ulceration or catarrh of bladdor.
Disordered Liver,
Impaired digestion, out, Villlious-headHrhe.
j A n l-iOT curts kidney difficulties,
ixi&rtppe, urinary trouble, bright's disease.
I ill pure IHood.
Scrofula, malaria, gcn'l weakness or debility.
Guaranty Vwr content of One Bottle, If not bee
eAled, lJru-tfiaU will refuud to you Uie price paid.
At Druggist, SOc. Size, $1.00 Size.
"lnniidV Oulde to Heelth"frt-Cooulttion tree.
DlU KlLMIB CO., UlNOHAMTOH, N. T.
Tuff's
The flrnt done often astonishes the invalid,
giving elasticity of mind, bouyancy of body,
GOOD DIGESTION,
regular bowels and solid desh. frloe, 25a
Ely's Cream Balm
WILL t IRK
CATARRH
i irii ,v fnn
Apply JJslnl Into each nostril.
KI.Y UROS., M Warren St., N. Y.
r'Ca'SU-rV
Illustrated Publications, with
MAP$.lKrrtiiiiKMim.fxoL,
Vjrtll PftlLDlaV, UuUl4WlaV,l(Uln,
Varhiiiiriii and Tf afou, tlie
L'ULi.'1'iit'L u a. u a.- k'r
AM til K AH
NORTHERN
PACIFIC R. ft.
I PfSl Arf' H'UillirsWWI a- k
now cirtn to sNfttlera. Mailed KliKK. Adrireu
in if abd lliiirer Land1"
tint, ju la num. lj torn. . r. u. n,, 8t ym,
CONSUmPTiON
bt( UAHLK. AJw Asiiinia, HroucliltitsCatUu-rti.
The lotittluiiuii Mel boil. f0 jwr oent. cured
Uurlutf 0uaviV prtii-iice, it'ttiiniouiitU famish, ou
ailUi'ut.oii. Httii.tHlidaj for lmpuru JilooO, Cousttliisv
ttuo, IypfiKU. Writw or jjarncutur. Ageuta
WHDird, The ( h. Uerjfiuaa Mnliclue Co.,
tifttce, OilTorj build mg. Juiiiuauotvu, N. Y,
WELL DRILLING
Utnhinvry lr WHiolny d-ptti. (roin auto 3,onft feet
tor Wur, OH in (jtv Our JduuUd blcain DnUum tid
lortitle Hora t'ower MnWiiur6ax.-l to wm k icvjOniinutti.
G uar sUiU-il lu drill uti auid wiih lea power tbtui uy
oihar. faproially udi)Ul lu drill In (r V vii in artfi or
rtMk 90 toi OX) fWt. nil and o(brar inalflnar X6
to $4U pr star with our machuiorv aod u o! SuK-oai t
buMDea for winter or hummer. r th oMuit. und
Urtftttt MiiufnfiuM'i la I he bu-iuc&4f. 6hM for lltus
trul.nl i aUuJi.au X Plating fully what i r)ijmid. fH.Hi t
stitftu ftix Birm to&o bvttt-bt., xw Voik.
Pills
r9
mm
FEE!
Scotland, whose ontnut in 1889 was
2.1 217 IRS tons, fnminhnd almost An.
seventh of all the coal mined in Great
Britain.
There are a number of beautiful caves
in California. Those In Miriposa, Caln-
vcrns and Flaccr counties aro the
largest.
Deafness Can't be Cared
Py local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one
way to cure deafness, end that is t'V constitu
tional remedies. Den fuess is censed by an In
flamed condition of the mucous lining ot the
Kustachian Tnlw. When :l.ls tube (rets n
llamed yon hsve a rumbling sound or imper
fect hearing, ami when it i eutirely closed,
deafness is the result, and unless the inflam
mation can U tsken tint and Ihis tube re
stored to its normal condition, hearing wili lie
destroyed forever: nine cases out of ten are
causeu by catarru, wbicu is notnniK but on in-
uiunru contuiion oi me mucous suriocea.
We will glve Oue Hundred Dollars foi any
case of deafness (caused by calnrrhl that we
cannot cure bv tnkinir Hall's Catarrh Cure.
bend for circulars, free.
I! . J. Chenf.T & CO- Toledo. 0.
Sold by Druggists. T5c.
The Hklll nnd Knowledge
Essential to the production of the most per
fect and popular laxative remedy known have
enable I Ihe C.tlifornli Fig Kyrup Co. to
achieve a gret suoce lathe reputation of
Its remedy, Syrup of Figs, as it is conceded
to be the universal laxative. For sale by all
druggists.
M r.C. D. Payno, publisher of the Union Signal,
Chicago, 111., writes: "I never saw anyl hing I bat
would cure headache like your Brad yc rot ine.'
All druggists, lilty ccntH.
FITS stopped free by lilt. Kmsk'i Oiieat
NrtnVK Kkmtohku. No Ills alter llrst day's use.
Marvelous cures. Treatise and trial bottls
free. Dr. Kllnpjttl Arch .St.. lMilla.s l'a.
"Brown's HKo.sciiiAr. Tiiornrs" are widely
known as an adiuirai.lo re-ncdv for Bron
chitis. Hoartenes's Coughs and Throat troub
les. ,S'i(t( onlu in hojvs.
HF.RcnAM's I'll.t-stnko the plate of an entire
medlciuo chest, and should be kept for use
lu every family. i'5 cents a box.
If afflicted with sore eyes use I)r. Isoao Thomn
on'iEye-water.Uruggistaaeil at i!&c.per bottle
Obstinate Blood Mumor.
I HAD TERRIBLE ECZEMA in bed six months at a lime body
and limbs swollen and scaly like a dead fish. The itching was terrible, and finally LOST
MY SIGHT. After treatment by five physicians, and other .emedies without relief, I look
B. 3. S. and it cured MR. My skin is soft and smooth, and the terrible trouble is al
gone. R. N. Mitchell, Jlfacon, Ca.
I know the above statement to be true. S. S. Harmon, Macon, (to.
I was for some lime troubled with an obstinate BASH ORHTJMOR, that spread
over my face and breast. I consulted physicians, and used many remedies without a cave.
At the suggestion of a friend I Used Swift's Specific, which completely cured me. This
was two years ago, and I hive had no return of the trouble. E.H.Wells, ChesttrtitM, Vm.
S. S. S. " ,he safest and best remedy for all troubles of Ihe Blood and Skin. It
cures by removing the cause, and at the same time builds up the general health.
Send for our Treatise, mailed free. c" ttr- . - r.r-. rr.r- rn Atlanta. Ga.
W. L. DOUGLAS $3.?? SHOE
For gentuman la a Hoe Call Bbos. mads sesmlsss, oi
ths beat lestbsf produced In this oounuy. Thais ara no
taoks or wax threads to hurt tba lest, and Is mada as
smooth tnslds as a band sewed shoe). It Is as stylish, sasy
llttlni and durable as oustom-made shoes oosUng from
$4.00 to $9.00, and aokoowledred to be the
Best In the World for the price.
For GENTLEMEN
s5.00
Genuine
Hand-Sewed,
8 A Art Hand-Sewed
4sUU Welt Shoe.
s3.50
$2.50
82.25
s2.00
Good wear
Shoe,
Polios and Qv v h
... , . 3
Extra Value lk r -rr i . .Siei
Call Shoe. W " ,
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man's Bho. f .4-C w
Eet5TAKE NO SUBSTITUTES.
IX IS A DUTY you owe to yourself and your family, during these hard
times, to get the most value for your money. You can economize iu yonr foot
wear if you purchase W. L. Douglas' Shoes, which, without question, represent
a greater value for the money than any other mnkes.
f I r W. L. DOUGLAS' name and the price Is stamped
VnU I IUIsi on tho bottom of each shoe, which protect tho
consumer against high prices and Inferior shoos. Beware of dealers
who acknowledge the superiority of W. L. Douglas' Shoes by attempt
ing to substitute other makes for them. Such substitutions aro fraud
ulent, and subject to prosecution by law, for obtaining money under
false pretences. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass.
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waul ttil. I'unlHiic Inr. .KitM's 11 A STK.II. Will nlvc cxi'luxive aule lo shoe dealers
wkere 1 liiivtt no nm-nl mill mlvrrlt.n ihtm irrv In Inonl pHitt-r.
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A .!! Til lor brum louun lieu ir
1ai1i lu vtictx ivuuly. AildniMi I. Va
Ikl.l.l.U .V. I )., I'blla., Ha.
assBw, jHsnsf
tJoBauanpllvea aud pmt'pla
who have w eak lungs or Asib
uia, should u 1'iao'B Cure for
CooBumptli'U. It has eured
ttsonaauids. It ba not tnjur
eti n. It I not bad to tats.
It l tus boat couyb syrup,
hnld erarr where. SAe.
niM;i.Lir:
T innrniriuiiniin i
fs
V
Jto iMrforin their proiw r runttinu. l'eniuiijtTtn to?
5uTcratlngarlen-iiiliiyUdl''ifaTAllt tK after Z
Jua4.-hnujil I'l-ii-e.hy mall.. Ki-a-l.t I boltlelAc. Ad J
I Aa-rata Wmitrdt KHillTV per real arall.
I torvaioMT mi
Ought to b tmaRt
the jTreat, griping, old-fashioned
pill. There's too much unpleasant
ness for the money. Ought to be)
belter, too. They're big enough,
and make trouble enough, to do
more good.
That's just what Dr. Pierce'i
rieasant Pellets do, more good,
Instead of weakening tho system,
they renovate it ; instead of up
setting, they cleanse and regulate
it mildly, gently, and naturally.
They're the original Little Liver Pflhi
the smallest but most cffeotWe,
purely vegetable, perfectly harmlesn,
and easiest to take. Onlv om
little Pellet for a gentlo la-.viT
three for a cathartic. Sick Head
ache, Uilious Headache, Constipa
tion, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks,
and all derangements of the Liyer,
Stomach and Bowels nre promptly
relieved and permanently cured.
They're the cheapest pills you can
buy, for they're guaranteed to givo
satisfaction, or your money is re
turned. You pay only for the good
von get. It's a plan peculiar to Dr.
Pierce's medieinca.
For LADIES.
$3.00
s2.50
$2.00
Hand-
Sswsd.
Best
Bongola,
Calf and
Donfola
Tor
XI8SZI.
1.75
For BOYS' & YOUTH'S.
$2 tc 8L75
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ORATEFUls-COMFORTINa
EPPSS COCOA
BREAKFAST.
By a thorouirb knowlwlfre of tti nAfiiral law
which govern the operation of d Ikm t ion and nutrt
uon, ana ny m isareful applU-Atlon of tha Ana propel
ties of arell-MlecUKl Cocoa, Mr. fippa baa provide!
our breakfasi table with a dellcatWy flavoured bav
entire which may ve u many heavy doc Cora tnlla.
it la bj che Judlclou ua ot turn article ox dlai
UiM aonnsntuuon may u urutiunuj uuu. uu hum
tiinKo ssiniiiirh to roKlt)t everv tendency lo i
liundre1 of mlrtl maladies are floattun around OS
ready to attack wbareviT there ia a weak point.
e may etu ai many A fatal haft by keeping our
eivea well fortlned frith pur blood and a pivparl
lourlrined t rani, Cirit Sri-vi- a UaaflTa,
Made simply vMb oolllna watoi or mOfc BoM
snly in nad-itound Una by Urocera, labelled thus.
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u There's money in growing Mushroom a. Ut
"A Constant deiaaud at good jrice. Any one
U1M
Wlin a R1IW ur eia- ar
ble can do it. Our r
l rnucr & JrioE-lit Kr
tella now to grow '
thrin. Free, bend i
for it. A trial brick
of Bpswn (enough K
for a J14 ft.eaperl- ,
...nil k.m.11 T.At. f
t,S paid, for ic. Byea-Tf
Jpreu, 8 n tor 11.00; be
iH lb for (2.00; y i P
tnr c m Hnedal B2
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