ilHiii SUKEP LICKING KACB OTHER. Usually when slicep bite and tear heir own wool it indicates some disturb ng irritation of the skin, but this is lardly likely to cause sheep to tear each rther's wool, and yet it may be, for sni oals have a way of knowing what oth in want. It is possible that this habit nay be due to a want of salt, as the perspiration of the 6kin of an animal is llways more or less salt. It miyht stop lie habit to givo the sheep a liberal juantity of salt if they have not been upplied heretofore. If they have, give t dose of one ounce of epsora salts to ch of the flock. New York Times. UQUID MANURE FOR FLOWERING! PLANTS. Flowers will be produced more freely I the plants are regularly watered with erne liquid manure. This nny be dono nfely as follows: Bomo good manure nixed with poultry droppings, or somo irtlficlal fertilizer (nitrate ot soda is the test), is put in a barrel and steeped in water. The barrel should be kept full, ind not more than two pounds of the fertilizer or half a bushel of the manure mould go to a barrel of water. A pint Of this liquid is poured on the soil iround the plant every evening during the season. If ho weather is dry the proportion of water should be doubled ind a quart of the diluted liquid given. American Farmer. SCALY LEO IN POOT.TB?. The scaly leg is caused by tho prcs ' enco of a small insect that gets beneath the scales, and it is therefore contagious, but it spr.ads, as do all vermin, more rapidly where proper care is not taken to keep the roosts aud nests clean, and where the manure is allowed to lie and ferment under the roosts. To extermi nate it, begin by bathing, the legs well twice a day in olive oil, or still better in a mixture of one quart of skimmed milk and a teacupful of kerosone oil, wiping dry after the bath. As good a way is to put tho mixture in a dish and then force the fowl to stand in it a few minutes. While this treatmeut is going on they should have dry quarters, and be kept from running out in the wot grass, and should be well fed. Tho nests and roosts should bo blushed with kerosene, and all filth taken out of the henhouse. In a few days those scales will comu oil, but care should be taken for a whilo to prevent taking cold, lest it develop leg weakness or rheumatism. A little of the Douglass mixture in tho water will be good for them at this timo. Boston Cultivator. GOOD WALKS FOB TUB FAIUI. Most farm premises are not adequate ly provided with properly made walks. The footpath from the front gate to the house, and from the house to the barn should be covered with some bettor ma terial than dirt. In a section where flat tones can be easily obtained they will make the most economical and durable walk. They need not be wide enough to reach across tho walk, but may be laid side by sido until the desired width Is obtained. Cobble stone may be used. In making a stone walk bank the earth at least two inches above the level, and press the stones firmly into this bank. Round stones should be two inches or less in diameter, and pounded down with a sledge. It will be ditBcult to keep the grass out of this walk unless salt, or very strong brine, is frequently Scattered over it. Gravel, whon easily obtainable, makes a durablo and cheap walk, and one that Is always dry. The foundation should be excavated to the depth of at least one loot, and tilled cnvsinau or uroKen scone to wuuin six " "T-tlS t0Pi tueI Ml too remain gravel, making the top a little g. The gravel should have been asly freed from all earth by sift- jr washing. Next to flat stone, jk walks are the cheapest and best, planks are laid lengthwise of the walk, Jiej should be firmly spiked at tho euds to pieces of some durable wood sunk in the soil, and if such pieces aud the low er sides of the planks are coated with several applications of crude petroleum, they will last much longer. Inch boards may be used instead of plank. The walk from the baru to the house is the most important, as it is I mm this . source that the most mud is tracked in to the house. If dry walks are provided the housewife will each year be saved many hours of hard, disagreeable work in cleaning the kitchen floor. Amoricun Agriculturist. PBKPArNQFOB THE FALL SEKDINO. After the harvest is over and men and teams have rested a few days, the oat tubble and the second crop clover ground, iutended for seeding early this fall, should be turned over, writes F. Sanderson of Baltimore, Md. The laud mut be plowed in time so , that the Btubble may rot, aud abo that the soil may become settled and firm be fore seeding. All practical farmers have long since come to the conclusion tliut the early plowed land kept mellow by the free use of the harrow and roller, but firm underneuth, yields the must most grain and the best quality. " In our limestone districts, notably iu the Cumbeiland Valley, the corn laud is mostly drilled to wheat. The corn ripens early, some years as early as beptemuer 6th. It is cut oil by contract at $1.25 to 1.60 per acre, aud placed in shock. sixteen corn rows making ouu row of shocks, and these shocks are securely tied. lUo corn ground is thoroughly harrowed aud theu rolled. The wheal Irill follows tho roller, putting iu lj bushels of wheat aud 2 5 iJ pound of some standard fertilizer per acre. This coru ground wheat will produce from tweuty to thirty bushels per acre, aud in tomu exceptional ca.-ea as much as forty . bushels per acre has been produced upon DelUs ranging from thirty to titty uerei iu exUmt. But few of us have limestone land, nor can we obtain such enormous yields. Those of ui huviuir laud of i:ood quality should commence right by having what ground may be needed for either wheat or ry plowed now, and have the furrows uniform depth aud well turned over, the sod may rut q.iiekly. In our sec- l, which is of a clay loam level, or gently undulating most all the plowing is done by the sulky plow, using three stout mules or horses to each plow. The advantages thcio plows have over the old hand plow is much more and hotter work; the land is evenly turned over at a uniform depth and no skips or missed places loft. Tho plow being supported on wheels is not so hard on the team, nor on the plowman, who rides instoad of walking, and having tho free use of his hands, can manage his team much better. Two such plows will turn over with eao three acres per day. After the plowing is thoroughly done the next point is to have the soil made mel low and free of lumps not only on the surface, but some three or more inches below tho surface. This fining of the soil can only be done by first harrowing with the three horse spring tooth har row, followed by the rollor. This firms the ground. In two weeks' time harrow agaio, crossing tho field the second time, and just before seeding harrow once more, then roll, and follow with tho drill, using one and a half bushels of wheat and from 250 to 300 lbs. of dis solved bone per acre. We always aim to put in about twenty acres of wheat each season after the above manner, and aim to get it in by tho 20th of September, and rarely fail of having an extra good crop. We think the early plowing and thorough preparation of the soil have much to do with this abundant yield. I write this so my brother farmers may try this plan. New York Independent. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. The eSect of warm weather is found in the egg basket. Do not frighten the hens, as It dimin ishes the egg supply. The largest kind of matured corn is the best to convert Into ensilage In arranging the poultry house have both the nests and the roosts low. One of the worst mistakes that poultry beginners can make is too close ia-breeding. In nearly all cases the fowls can be fattened on soft food faster than on hard grain. When tho poultry are conSned a por tion of the run should bo spadod up daily. With all kinds of poultry it is the morning meal that is the most important; give it early. One of the best ways of fattening geese rapidly is to feed tuetn boiled oats with plenty of milk. A good way to break a hen of wanting to set is to put her in a strange yard with a young cockerel. A cow should be fed all tho clover she can oat, which will be ia the neighbor hood of fivo pounds per day. Select tho turkey hens wanted for breeding. The hens should not be kept after they are three years old. Now is the time when the fowls relish green food. Give them plenty of it tad less grain rations especially corn. Care should be taken that the fowls do not lay on too much fat. Be careful in feeding, and there will be no danger. When the feeding is done at regular hours the fowls soon get accustomed to it, and will know whon the time comes. Many consider that boiling the milk before feeding it to the poultry increases its value and lessens the risk of disease. The fowls losing their feathers is often caused by want of green food or of a dust bath. See that both aro supplied. Ono reason why there is such a large amount of poor butter is that the cream is allowed to stand too long before it is churned. In feeding a considerable saving might be made if the keeper would re member that what makes fat does not make eggs. Old stock of any kind is unprofitable. Every season enough young poultry should be selected from what is raised to take the place of the old. The farm fowl should be of a good size, a good table fowl, good layer, con stitutionally strong and well adapted to stand the rough usage of the farm. No cow was ever a good dairy cow that was not bora so, but thousauds of cows that were born so have beeu spoiled by poor and unwise handling. A thrifty tree that fails to bear should be root-pruned. A trench dug about it, and tilled partly with rubbish, will ellect important and profitable changes for the hotter. Hoot-pruning checks growth and develops fruit buds. It is an old remedy, but not as often resorted to as it should be. As the wheat and other small grain ripens, their sap dries, cutting oil the food supply of tho chinch bugs, which thereupon often migrate to the juicy stalks of the cornfield. This migration can be prevented by plowing a strip tome rods wide between the small grain and the earn, as the chinch bugs an loth to cross land devoid of vegetation. Farm stock is often kept too long foi profit. Sheep decline very rapidly aftei six years old, and are best sold at five. Cows muy retain their usefulness until twelve. Cattle and sheep are sold foi meat, but with horses it is different. A horse that has been a good and faithful servant for mauy years is often kept un til he dies, which is better than selling him for a 'mere pittance, to be abused the remainder of his life. A good rule to follow is to dispose of furm stock at or previous to their prime of lifo. Trained Hindu Bullocks. The Hindus have fouud mcaniot com luuuicating their great dexterity to do mestic auimals. They train bullocks to perform very difficult tasks. A Hindu juggler will lie down on his back aud place a small piece of stout wood, two feet high and six inches in diameter, on the lower part of his stomach. At hit command a trained bullock will set iti four feet on the top of this stick and balance itself. The juggler will thei place another piece of wood, similar to the first, a few inches from it, and thi bullock will shift its position to it with out touching its feet to the ground Goats are also taught wonderful feats b this queer people,- Christian Uuiou. HOUSEHOLD AFr AIUS. TOMATO SALAD. Tare smooth ripe .tomatoes that have born in an ice box half an hour, cut in thick slices and put in a circle on a platter, on eaeh slice drop a teaspoonful of mayonnaise dressing. Garnish tho dish with parsley and put small bits be tween the slices of tomatoes. This is a handsome dish as well as appetizing. Tho Housewife. PEACn COBBLERS. Fill a shallow pudding dish or deep snrthen' pie-plate with ripo, peeled peaches, leaving in tho pits to increase the flavor of the fruit. Add cold water enough to bait till tho dish, and cover the whole with a light paste rolled to twice tho thickness used for pies. Cut lilts across the middlo, prick with n fork and bako in a slow oven about three-quarters of an hour. The peaches should bo sugared according to one's taste before putting on the upper crust, tat with cream. Detroit Freo Tress. A DELICIOUS PIE. "There was to be company to dinner," says a writer in tho Housekeeper's Weekly. 'I was making pies and wanted something better than or a littlo different from the ordinary rhubard pics of which we had had so many. Acting on the impulse I lined a deep plate with rich paste (it must be rich for all acid pics, as it toughens iu conking), I rubbed the crust with flour and put a layer of dates, stoned and cut in pieces, ten or twelve to an ordinary sized pie. I then filled the pinto with pulled and sliced rhubarb, adding a trifle of salt and threo heaping tablespoonfuls of sugar mixed with one spoonful of flour. A top crust was added and the pie looked as usual. It was simply delicious- and the flavor was so unique. Every ono praised it aud inquiied as to the tilling." MARROW TOAST. Marrow toast is a delicious and inex pensive relish for tea or luncheon. Buy a large shin bone and have the butcher split it, then take out the marrcw in one piece. Cut the marrow into slices an inch thick and set aside. Mix in a hot dish a teaspoonful of chopped parsley, the same quantity of lemon juice, half a teaspoonful of salt, a gruin of cayenne, and several drops of onion juice. Also have in the oven several squares of toast, crisp and browned evenly. Cook the marrow rapidly ninety seconds, boiling it in a quart of saltod water. Dram the marrow thoroughly and mix it with the seasoning in the hot dish. Spread oa the toast und serve. Toast, marrow, and seasoning must be hot when sent to the table, and eaten before they cool. VEAL CROO.USTTB3. Take two pounds of the veil from which the soup was made, chop fine, re moving all gristle and fat. To every pint allow half a pint of new milk, one teaspoonful of butter, one of chopped parsley, two of flour, one teaspoonful of finoly-minced onions, one teaspoonful of salt, half a grated nutmeg, a pinch of cayenno and a little black pepper. Put the milk in a saucepan and set on the stove; rub the butter and flour together and stir in the boiling milk; when thick take from the fire, add the chopped meat and beat until well mixed, put in the seasoning, spread out on a larger dish to cool. Whon Arm, form in cro quettes. Dip first in beaten egg and then in bread crumbs, and fry in boil ing fat. Serve hot, garnished with pir sley. New York Commercial Adver tiser, -j . HOUSEHOLD HINTS. "-. Almoud meal is very softening and whitening to the skin. To clean brass fixtures, rub them with slices of lemon, then wash ia hot water. Castor oil has not failed ia any case to romove warts to which it was applied once a day for two to six weoks. Cayenne pepper is highly recom mended for driving away ants. It should be sprinkled around their haunts. Wash whits flaunols in cold water with suds made . white soap, and they will not shrink much nor look yellow. To keep flies away from gilt frames, boil four or fire onions in a pint of water and put it on with a sift brush. It is claimed that white spots on varnished furniture will disappear if a hot plate from the stove is held over them. To prevent colored stockings from fading put a tablespoonful of black pepper into tho water in which they aro rinsed. By rubbing with a flannel dipped in whiting the brown discoloratious may bo taken oil cups which have been used in baking. For chafing, try Fuller's earth pulver ized ; moisten the surface first when ap plying it. Oxide of zinc ointment is also excellent. When putting up jollies it should bo recalled that cotton batting is more often used by experienced housekeepers to cover the glares than paste or papers dipped in liquor. A shabby pair of shoes will mar tho effect ot the prettiest, neatest toilet that ever was designed ; an 1 a nice-fitting, well-kept pair of boots or low shoes, with good gloves and a becoming bon net, will carry almost any kind of a suit. Finely powdered Peruvian bark is re commended to keen bangs in curl in moist weather. It is applied with a powder pull. Unfortunately this sug gestion is valuable only to persons with blonde or light-brown hair. On black hair the powder shows a fine dust, and cannot be used. Corn starch is not used with yolk of e,'g auu lemon juice lor tue sum. Iviuudry starch is always meant in toilet recipes, made with boiling water quite thick and the yolk and lemon stirred in when cool. It should be used at night, and a few drops of glycerine will keep it from dryiug too quickly aud add to its ellect. Selling Ice Water. A St. Louis firm has started a new business that of selling ice water to cubnien, coachmen and others. A can is supplied to each carriage, which is filled with ice before starting out on a journey, the contents of which are to be used bpth for the horses and occupants of the carriage. Sponges ate used on the horses' beads during hot weather, sud they are saturated with water from :he can as ofteu as necessary. Boston I'tuuscript, TEMPERANCE. TH THHIFTT FARMS. He nevnr had a lawsuit to take him to town. For the very simple reason there are no f wines down ; The barroom In the village for him bas no charm: I can always find mv nolglibor on his forty acre farm. Atlanta Constitution. A DOTTOR1 DHOJOKTS. -After very large experience of our life In surance companies, ot our benefit societies, the experience of all these is entirely In this direction, that life is shortened and disease induced, and the body, even, verv materially injured by indulgence in alcoholic liquors. W si. Carpenter, M. D. TESTIMONY AT HALIFAX. Before the Prohibition Commission In Halifax the other day tbe governor of Hock head prison said that in his twelve years' ex perience he never knew a cane of vagrancy, disorderly conduct or assault that was cauxed otherwise than by liquor, in fact, liquor was the cause of about every prisoner being sent te prison. There would be no trouble if not tor drink no crime, no poor asylums, no prisons or any such Institu tions. He thoug ht prohibition desirable, and that it could be carried out in Nova Bcotia, except in Halitax. The reason It could not be carri ed out in Halifax was be cause Halifax was the Gibraltar ot rum. "rilOTKCTION AOAINST THE LAW... The liquor dealers of Chicago have a pro tective association. In a recent report made by the Secretary the association is congrat ulated on the fact that it has so successfully defended its members against prosecution for violation ot the laws, that only one in sixteen has been molests! by the Citlseni" League, while among the outside dealers ona In every eight has been prosecuted. This in the last year. The Secretary boasts that this fact indicate that the agenta of the Citi sens' League do not relish the idea of at tacking a man who has this association at his back." He adds "It is the strongest recommendation to those engaged in the trade who have not as yet joined our ranks to come in out or thi rain at once." Think of It t An a seociation of tradesmen opeuly boasting before the world of the success with which they have terrorised the community so that they can violate In we with comparative immunity'. In the World's Fair. cttg. taoU-Xhs Voioo. STARTLING FACTS. Dr, B. W. Richardson, the noted phy sican. says that he was once enabled to preach an effectual temperance lecture by means of a scientifto experiments An acquaintance- was singing tbe praises of wiue, and declared that he could not get throueh the day without it. "Will you be good enough to feel my pulse, as 1 stand here?' asked Doctor Richardson. The man did so. "Count it carefully. What does it say f" '"Seventy-four." " The physician then went and laid down en a sofa, and asked the gentleman to count his pulse again. "It has gone down to sixty-four," he said, in astonishment. "What an extraordinary thing!" "When you lie down at night," said tha physician, "that is the way nature takes to give your heart rest. You may know noth ing about it, but the organ is resting to that extent; and if you reckon the rate, it in volves a good rieal of rest, because, in lying down, the heart is doing ten strokes less a minute. "Multiply that by sixty, and it is six hun dred; multiply it by eight hours and, within a fraction, there is a difference of five thou sand strokes; and as the heart is throwing six ounces of blooi at every stroke, it makes a difference of thirty thousand ounces ot life during tbe night; When i lie down at night without any alcohol, that ia the rest my heart gets. "But when I take wine or grog, I do not allow that rest, for the influence of alcohol is to increase the number of strokes. Instead of getting repose, the man who uses alcohol put on something like fifteen thousand extra strokes, and he rises quite unlit for the next day's work, until he has takon a little mora of that 'ruddy bumper,' which be calls 'tnt soul of man below.' " NOT AX ISSUK THIS YZA.R. The amount of fermented liquors consumed in the United States for the year ending June 80, lSltt, was 977,479,761 gallons. Counting '.'HI cubic inches to the gallon, this amount of be-T would make a canal ten feet deep, fifty feet wide, and over forty-dye miles long. The number of "hard drinkers" who dia (from all causes) every year in tha United (States is, at a conservative estimate, 120,000. By "hard drinkers" we mean those who drink themselves drunk. Place their corpse lengthwise in line, allowing five feet ten inches to each, aud they would form a con tinuous line of corpses about 134 miles long enough to put a line on eich bank of tha canal and another down the middle. And this would ba the work of a single year I The number of "hsrd drinkers" living to day in the Unitd Btutes is carefully esti mated at 2,50O,uX. .stand them side by side with arms outstretched, hand touching baud, aud. allowing (ivo leet ten inches to each, they would lortu a continuous line nearly 30,000 miles in length, enough to belt the globe, and to go arouud one-fifth of the distance a second time. This is tbe multitude the United States alone furnishes. Great Britain furnishes about au equal numuer. Counting that for each "hard drinker" there are on an average four others who, as immediate relatives, leal the pangs of sor row, want aud Elaine tht result, and we have a multitude ot 13,500,000 who are to day smitten by this curse enough to belt tbe globe with outstretched arms six times, or to put sixty-eight continuous lines of liv ing, sorrowing, suffering humanity across the United btates, iu a straight line, from tbe Atlantic to the Pacific ! And yet two old parties and one new one tell us: "This isn't an issue thus year!" The Voice. TEMPERANCE KkWS AND NOTES. Cincinnati has forbidden its saloons to employ barmaids. Tin city of Loudon has 14,000 policemen and 14,000 grogshops. The Hawaiian Queen banishes liquors of all kinds from her tables at her receptions. The great breweries of Scotland reduced the price of beer in order to defeat Glad stone. Tbe whisky smugglers of Alaska have re cently killed one missionary and maltreated another. Archbishop Vaugban has accepted aha Presidency of the Catholic Total Abstinence League of tho Cross. The Dominion Government has recently discovered very extensive whisky smug gling in tbe proviuce ot Quebec The London Lancet notes the discovery in St. Petersburg of the fact that the drinKiug of petroleum is a cure for drunkenness. Tbe Women's Christian Temperance Union has established a free milk booth on Frank lin bquare, Pniladelphia. It is well patron ized. A recent return shows that there were arrests for drunkenaess iu Ireland on Sundays between May 1, 18V1, and April HO, lsttt. Au active Christian worker in the slums of New York city, when asked how he decide i where was tbe best place to locate his niitsiou, promptly replied, "by the smell. Where whisky smells strongest, there is the most need of mission work." The son of Joachim, the violin player, was reduced to the ranks In the German army because his father played at a concert in the city where the young ortlcer was quartered. His Colonel requested tho degradation on the ground that his father's concert playing was lowering the dignity of the German uniform. Perhaps the Idolatry of militarism could not be better, and at the same time more absurdly, illustrated. The pn Is mightier than tht sword; and floes a good deal more cut ting, too. A DARING ADVENTURER. Captain William A4 Andrews, already famous for his daring adventure In small boats on tbe stormy Atjantlo, has again set sail on a novel and interesting voyage. He crossed the ocean twice before, first In the "Nautilus," when he was accompanied by bis brother, who has sinew died, and again In tha "Mermaid," both of these trips being mad to Land's End, England. A few years ago ba again attempted the pas- sage in a boat called the "Dark Secret," but, after battling with contrary winds, high seas and terrific storms, he reluctantly consented to give up his efforts after a struggle of sixty-two days, and returned to America on a bark which kindly consented to take him and his sea-beaten boat baok to New York. The captain is a very Interesting charac ter. He is a man of fixed purposes, very hard to turn from the ohj-ct be has in view. He has made the subject of small boat sail ing such a study that he is prepared to meet every argument against tha risks which spring to the minds of his critics, yet the New York Herald put the case in a nut shell when it said: "The fact that Capt. Andrews can cross the ocean In a oookle shell merely proves that small boats are safe when a Capt. Andrews sails them. Ama teurs should remember this when tha wind begins to sing." The Captain himself says that "half the people who ar drowned lose their lives be cause they do not realize that a boat cannot sink . An iron vessel might, or a ship loaded with a heavy cargo, but a row boat, sail boat or ordinary woo Ion vessel may capsize, but will, nevertheless, flo it. The passengers on the great ocean steamers run some risk when they go to sea, but ail around the deck they see wooden floats hung up on which they are taught to depend for their lives it the big steamer goes down. These boats are often crushed against the great vessel or are capsized in lowering. I am alone in a wooden boat entirely under my own con trol, an I, in my opinion, far safer than others." An ingenious theory but hardly a fair one. Capt. Andrews is by trade a pianofTMoU, He built the "Sapolio" at Atlantio City in the preseucj of hundre Is of people, ani ex hibited it on the Long Pier for several weeks. It is a canvas folding boat lined with half inch cedar and decked over with tbe same. In order t fold it there must be three long canvas hinges from stem to stern, aud the daring Captain writes by au incom ing ship (when he is hundreds of miles from shore) that he finds the " 'Sapolio' in a sea way is a scrubber but very leaky." No bet ter proof of his coolness and pluck could be given. The start was made at 4: JO Wednesday, July iiJth, the destination being Paloa, Spain. Captain Andrews has instru 'Hons to s.'our the seas until he discovers that port ami the starting point of Columbus. It is believed t lint, stillng iu a fourteen foot boat without so mueii as a hot cup ot coffee to vary his diet of biscuits and caiina l goods, he will, sin ;l-uan lei, eclipse tha record of that Sp inis i lt ili iu adventurer who almost failel to cross tha great ooan with three ships, 15) men, after sucuriug tbe Queen's jewels to pawn and havinr the blessin; of the Church thrown in. Thi Columbus is sailing in a b.iat which had never been in the water until th) hour when he started on his 4000 mile trip. Hs has bsea spoken iu mid-wean several tines, scorning all assistance and confident of ultimate success. His effort should interest all Americans as a test of pluck, endurance and good sea manship. That it is not a foolhardy affair Is proved by his formsr success aul by the notable trip in which hebittlxlfor slxtv two days without reaming tha other si le. Thousands of people saw the start, his presence at dilferent points on the oosan has been noted by large numbers ot vessels, and bis landing on the ether side will ao doubt be ma le a matter ot public demon stration aud rejoicing. As he silled from the pier he said, "In sixty days I will be in Spain," and up to the last reports ha had made bettor time thin he anticipated. Every dar during the voyage a bottle will be thrown overboard noting the location and other information about tbe trip. If Capt. Andrews succeeds in reachlnj Spain and joining In the October oelebra tious which will be held iu honor of the discovery ot America, ha will then return in one ot the great stoa aers an 1 arrange to exhibit his boat aud tha log which he writes up day by day, at the World's Fair iu Chi cago, where he will be one of the features ot the manlllceflt display which the manu facturers ot Sapolio are now perfecting. The assuraiio, we might almost say the im pudence, ot these aggressive min ufacturers In securing a Co uiubus ot their own is probably without prece leut in advertising The Huth in Japan. The English woman's morning "tub" is, us every one knows, a plunge in cold or slightly warm water aud a vigorous rubbing down after it, which gives bur skin the brilliancy of white ivory and ths smoothness of velvet, and which gives her, too, the blush tints in youth that blossom out later in life, alasl to full blown roses of crimson hue. The bath which gives the almond-eyed doll woman of Japan her exquisits softness and sup pleness of skin is a nightly bath and morning wash in water Unit is as hot as can be borne. In tho bath she takes a prolonged soaking, tha washing propel being done on the bathroom floor, fol lowed by a second and final soaking, drying oil with soft towels and a lounga in a bath wrapper. Tbe poorest hear of the cold bath with amazement and a lowering in their estimation of the wo man who indulges iu it, Valuable Old Floor. The smelting and refining of the floors of the factory of a watch company's es tablishment, on Bond street, near Broad way, was completed the other day and proved to be one of the largest contracts of the kind ever undertaken in America. When the watch company decided last spring to abandon case making the proprietors agreed with the reflnors to have the floors of the building on Bond street, where thry had been for nineteen years, worked up for the precious metals they might contain, and contracted the job on a percentage of the value of the gold and silver reclaimed. The contractors took up three floors and part of another, cut the boards into lengths that would admit of their being easily handled, and carted them off to their works. litre the boards were burned and the ashes subjected to the process of refining. Altogether about 60,000 square feet of lumber was des troyed, and after deducting the amount due them on the contract, Messrs. G'r leux & Woolsey turned over to the U i company more than $66,000 worth ot gold and silver. Now York Mail aud Express. Catching Seals With Hooks. Mr. Dyer, who lives on n small island near Seven Hundred Acre Island, Isles borough, Me., bas a unlqne way of catch ing teals. lie takes a pole several feet in length, to which are attached a num ber of common codfish hoons with lan yards several feet in length. Tha hooks are baited with herring. This contrivance is anchored and buoyed, the hooks being just below the surfnee. Tbe seals in swallowing tho herring become hooked and are caught. Mr. Dyer has taken a large number in this manner. Khndewe Grew Leaver, And the chill evenings produce Hnarsnes". Tight Harking CoiiKhs, Inflamed Throats and llronrhltis. t heck all fheseattacks by prompt use of Dr. Hnssle's Certain Croup Cure, the one remedy for colds and ooiikIis that onfnliw tin npftcn In any mrm. Sola by prominent tlniKKlst. fc. Manufactured by A. P. Ho isle, Buffalo, N.J Christianity was introduced into Japan in 1549. The Trae Laxative PrleclpU Of the plants used la manufacturing the pleasant remedy, Ryrup nf Figs, has a perma nently beneficial effect on the human system, while the cheap vegetable extraots and min eral olutions, usually sold as mediolnes, are permanently Injurious. Helngwell Informed, yon will use the true remedy only. Manufac tured by the California Fig Srrnp Co. We will irlve tioo reward for anv caae of ca tarrh that cannot he cured with Hall's Catarrh ''ure. 1 aken internally. F. J. Chunky a Co., Proprg., itoledo, O fun principal causes of sick headache, hlliousneHH ami cold chills are found in the stomach and liver. Cured by Heocham's Pills. Have you Rhenmatlsmf Atkinson's Gout and ItlieiimnlUi Remedy will surely cure it. lor sale by all first-class druitglsls. If afflicted witn sore eyes ase Dr.lsaao Thomn- sonive-water.IJriiirrintaMeu at s.'io.ner bottle. Simply Awful - i naa wnat the a on to rs called tha worst coas o f Scrofula they ever saw, It was on my armn,faceand seek and was simply aw full Fire years ago I be' gan to take Hood a SarsaparlUsv and ... i-i tumiiu mo vrrr. icriiiiuHi . . .i , 10 but ties and was perfoct I y cured . Kor the punt 4 years I Lave bad KOOU lioalth and no ores." U.W.TcRKaB, farmer, Ualway.N.l Hood's PlUa cure liver Ulvonstipatlon.bll. iousness; jaundice, sick headache, indigestion vebyMotheb SUould Have It In The Hoqm. Uropped on Sufjarf Chilann XrOty tnt aire Jounsoh Aor)TNrt).iiiiiKiTiortroup,CoM, Bora Thrunt, Ton! litis. Colic, Cramp ami t-'aJiift. ho lievea all Suiumrr Cnmplaliiia,Ctiuaud DruUoa like magic 8ol1 jTorywhrn. 1'rioo HV. hv mail; A bnttlei XxnrrMuaM.ae. A. B. JOHNboN A CO., IkwToa.MAam. August Flower" " I am ready to testify under oath that if it had not been for August Flower I should have died before his. Eight years ago I was taken sick, and suffered as no one but a dyspeptic can. I employed three of our best doctors and received no benefit. They told me that I had heart, kidney, and liver trouble. Everything I ate distressed me so that I had to throw it up. Augus' Flower cured me. There is no med icine equal to it." Lorenzo F. Sleeper, Appleton, Maine. 9) s-ssVrf V .--.--. NOT Bl 0FCEIVFD with Vines, Enamels, and faints wBlob. stain win annus, injure me iron, mna Duru oit. Ttie Ruing sun 8ioe Polub Is Urllllaat, Odor less. Durable, and the eonaumer pays Iw no tin or gnus package with every purchase. lRiE!"" Illustrated Publications, ISBSI&SIVVITH MAPS, enbig w Bp y MiQneiouv,NortnIakut. Montana, I cLEar Essl Idaho. Wubingtce and Ongoa, the FRSI GOVERNMENT SNB LOW PRICI LAND; NORTHERN PACIFIC R. R. sr-Th bkiI AarTftalttirsv OratinsT tvnrJ TimbOT l.-nda now ooan to MtlltTl. U Ailed FREE. ddi (UiAd. It, LAXlMsiA.Lssl Ca,l. r. H. aU, Mi. rt, MIb-i Danieuiid the price atamped on bolloui, t-uc a Kuli.lllullone ere Iraudulrnl and abject to proeerulion br law (or ob. tHlniiiB- uiuury B sj-v IP 1isfrn ifr 1 n i eisli i 1 S3 eavakw '(- l seamli-aa. luooth Int 7 Bl jgW ' 11 "-. ll and durable than ai al' rt, f, ft V Ij1 fcuualacuhUini mail Sl'-i ft I The only S)3. (Ill l f-'-- S5 9., "" i1' eolee, ieouri-ly I1'"- I - "ijj iTlX wliuligl.re double tl aTF N't fH. I -b'e-Vor-LfiS . A - 'i vsr K " TuVO fetdi- i., -V-" V mUe, aii 2 1 rsCVi. -vS a "" ". fc UllC-IC TUB TkT". "X SA.OOHa? ' ltev-.fiWi iiii " Will (! exrluaWe mI tm a hoe tie ii asrnia. M rite fur vaialatiue. II uul lor If uul WIFT'S 8PECIFIC f?OJ! renovating th tntire system, eliminating all Poisons from the Blood, whether of scrofulous or malarial origin, this Prep aration has no equal. , . "For elghtnn months I had an taling ion en my tongvt. I mmt treated iy best heal physicians, tut obtained no relief; thi tor gradually frrw worst. I finally took S. S. 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The Standard Authority. e Successor of the authentle "Una- a bridged." Ten years spent in reTiiing, e 100 editors employed, over $300,000 e expended. SOLD Bf al t HOOKSEtl.ERg. . rm not Ihiv remtiita of eltwWe enltlone. X ewrti.l for live iiumt-hl't roiihttutng auei-lliK-ii A i pngi-B nun rt'i.i, iahiii, . tj. Z a. & C. MEKRIAM CO.. Publishers, Springfield, Mass., U. 8. A. WORN NICHT AND DAY! HuMfl the worst rup turti with eiifl un der all cirouiimtancr-. t AII.M KTUKI Perfect ;:;"' AII.M ST KMT, Krw l'tit ImtintTrmirttt IlluAi nil r-1 (Jut. ftiitl mlt for avlf niniiaur m-nt run-lv sM'nli-J. G.T. . ff ( ) 144 Hi-ssm wy, Mew York CH. PEOPLE REDUCE YOUft WEIGHT ten or fifteen pounds every month. This rem edy is purely vegetable and is perfectly harmleaa. send two cent stamp to liOX UOIU, City of JSew York. For particulare FRAZERgar!e DKHT IN THE WOlt I.I), ita wearluK iiualltiea are uunuriuiaieil, actually nullaatlng lliree Uiiea or anv oilir brand. Not aOevU.1 I'J lic-al. (fCET '1'IIK (JKM INK. 1UII HAI.K UY DKAl.LHS GI.NKUA1.1.V. eCiO TO JANSSEN'S .-till HxiIllltVHV. N. V. 310 BBS1 IHIOI'S ATLOtrKSI IH1CKS." CelebratedRflGLAH8'1" Allparuanrt riirtiiir. Atliifiiv nuU lllcycle VaU furm, Teiinltt, JhuM-ball uU Kuot Hull C'Uithlng bUpll(, t'u. If oil. SIhws, Until Ktiin'K ami bwent er. l'tmtogrui!i,r wuppileH ami I'l-IMing. kallnuUM furutfttu'tt. Kifiin v'iir' ex,-rl'iu'. KltkllfcHX K V. JANSSLKN COMPANY, Q4f1 llroiulwny, N. V., Qlfl OlU Maoufufturers, iinirurlvrn, Kxirtera. 0U tL aUoiuoch. U vnr fUid bowal, , iturify Uie blood, mm amf aud of-, fotttua- The lw' . tf antral tamUr ' Cunntli)fttou lvapeut)l.t, luuli Vnmtn HeeuMu-n nuAnnuD. iamV' of Aj'hetite attuita. iupreiuu.i r-Hnul Dtirwtloii J-lmpUssj. EJUu- Ooiuulnxlou Tlrl Kelltui, and' 1 0Try iruntnis or dLstutuf rwnulUuK trout Impur! blood, or a failure by tbe itoiuawb, liver or iDUUioe FLso'a Rotueily lor Catarrh la tha Hmt, Kaslent to Vnm. and rhenpart. bold by druggmia or mi it by uiaii. V:f I HllIlllslB ft . Wf ej K i I Hi 1JI LI 3 An I UVvUeStlV GENTLEMEN. hoc l anl Mill not rip i uuet air, , Dealt!, more comf nrlabla, atylUb ovbur nhot ever -old at Ibo pxluAi e coit In h from $4 in $5. ob inn tie wtih two romplet it tbe ouifldc eiltfo wt shown iu cut), sveur of cbt-ap tvelt (time mlJ at tba iaUy rlj. UuvJuk onlyouo ile aewed It-atiier ou lUo edge, uuil wlicu wuu rib U. of tbe W. 1,. lOl ;LAH Jj.l.lJUHhoa routcb can be repaired a inuiiy time aa ui never rip or louseu in mo. uie upper, eri of footwear oValrluir to ecouo- uld coiiftlder tbe superior uualltl.a theoe tboea, und not be luflueucea buy cheap Wi lt shoeaeold at tf.u0, iVluu; only appi urtuH-e to couimeud tUem. W. 1.. lOt l.l.Ari Alau'a el ; i.O 1'olioe aud barm- t1 110 Lliif. Hand 9'l.3U Huo Calf; Bi.JJ and 8;..JU Vtork iUKineu i uu auu i ouiur dies' I be wetl: Hi. SO. Si. OO and aliasea1 1.7 3 Beat Dougola, are of the aame cl) ataudaxU uf xuexlU I era d arenerul snxn liBiiiN whitr f bnvo furaalelu yuur plairti ai-ud tl'i t-i-i lo Fat-lory. aala lit y (riTEXTKB.) SB n 173 I to perform their proper luncuuoa. f.1" Jf ! ..TeratlnT are benefit b lkl.itf a 'I A li I CK after learbiutml Prioe.hT mall 1 Ki'tw ( . lboltlelftc Ad ZortMaTllU KlFAJihOH KM 1(aL; CO JUHpruceHt ,N t. a Aarr.ta Waals-d. 1-IIT ler s-eail reit, Ui Vt eVOUit iUlotlatOU, UAti A-