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BR0ADCA8TIK0 AND PMLMNO BEKO.
A year ago nn experiment wm trie! at
the Rhoile Island Agricultural Station
comparing broadcast and drill seeding.
The same was repeated this jear, divid
ing every plot, sowing the north half
broadcast and the south half with an
To : . , ...
uipire grain nriii, using the tamo
amount of seed in each case. The
broadcast oats came up Brst and rrvo a
little better appearance all through the
growing season, but the harvest showed
an increase over the drilled oats of thirty
seven pounds per acre. New York
"World.
KHEP CLOSB WATCH OS THB IWKKP.
It is a proverb among shepherds,
"Count your sheep every time jou fee
them." This is the only safeguard
against trouble, and when ono is missing
it should be hunted up without a
minute's delay. When tho weather is
hot the sheep arc subject to diarrheal,
which quickly becomes dysentery, ami
this ii infectious and hardly curable.
A sheep thus sulfcring is apt to be fly
blown, and there is no more miserable
sight than such a sheep. Any amount
of trouble is repaid by an escape from
such a calamity. Medicine alone will
not stop an attack of diarrhan; absti
nence from food, until it can bo digested
by the restored stomach is as necessary
aa medicine, and no astringents should be
used for this trouble. A mild laxntivo
and mucilaginous food are tho best
remedies. American Agriculturist.
SKIM MILK FOR CO' T.
In the production of hoi - I bcli ,-ve
one of the worst things to -intend with
is the nebulous ideas of tho farmers.
They breed a mare that is not good for
anything else and to a sire that don t
cost much. You get a horse that no one
wants. When you get a horse that some
one wants there is some one's good
money to psy for it. The horse most in
demand is one weighing about 12 JO
t pounds, with showy action, trotter's fore
shoulders, good strong limbs and crest
to make a show before a carriage. I can
produce, with the right kind of mares,
three or four colts every year in connec
tion with the dairy. Get a fall colt and
feed him on tho skim milk along with
his mother's milk. In this section far
mers generally produce a colt and wcau
him as he is coining into the lace of a
northern winter. At the farm of Miller
& csioiey tucy have used skim-milk in
raising colts ; and Mr. Sibley told me he
considered it worth fifty cents per hun
dredweight for that purpose. Hoard's
Dairyman.
CHURNING BY MACHINERY.
Where the churning of the cream is
aono oy hand it entails a most arduous
task upon some member of tho farm
household, and in many cases it falls to
the lot of the housewife. During the
summer, where from three to five cows
.are kept, there is half an hour of this
heavy work every day. There is often
a large dog watching the operation of
churning that ho may obtain his usml
fill of buttermilk. A treadmill can be
obtained for a few dollars, and the dog
made to do the work, aud you may
watch the operation or devote your time
to other household duties. With the
improved, or even the com non powers,
a dog, weighing fifty pounds, cau do the
churning ot the cream from five cows,
and not injure himself. Such work in
hot weather should be done early in the
morning while it is coel. The butter
churned then will be firmer. If the do ;
ii treated kindly, and petted, be will
gladly do the work and be ready at the
call, or appear as soon as preparations
are o I served fpr the operatiou. Calve?,
sheep and goats are often used in tread
mills, but the dog is the most cleanly and
is best adapted to the work. Human life
is too short to spend much of it manip
ulating the churn dasher, especially
when other power is so plentiful. Au
attachment can be placed on the wiutl
mill, but calms interfere. American
Agriculturist.
PROGRESS IN DEALING WITH FRUIT INSECTS
Dr. C. V. Riley read at the late meet
ing of the American Pomological Society
an instructive paper on "Hecent Ad
rancesin Dealing with Insects and Affect
ing Fruits." In this he discusses the
methods of combatting the plum cur
culio, codling moth, red scale, fluted
scale, and other injurious insects, giving
the result of recent experiments on those
insects. Contrary to the expressed opin
ions of many horticulturists, Dr. It: ley
questions whether more injury is aone
to-day to our fruits than was done fifty
or one hundred years ago. la fuct, it is
patent that with tho advanco made of
late years in our methods of warfare
against these fruit insects, less injury re
latively is done; but as the area of fruit
culture increases, so does the aggregate
of injury and also the number of species
that we have to contend with, lie
warned pomoloists to be on their guard
agein6t two foreign insects, likely soon
to appear in this country the peach
coratitis, a sub-tropical insect, resem
bling the apple maggot, which is ex
tremely destructive to the peuch crop i.f
Bermuda, and likely to be troublesome
if it once becomes established in Florida
and Georgia, and the Japaneso peach
fruit worm, which is allied to our cod
ling moth, and in some seasons daumts
ninety per ceut. of the peach cropof
Japan. He suggested that provision bu
made for the inspection, at ports of entry,
of fruits and pluuts received from uuy
part of the world from which we kuo.v
danger threatens. American Farmer.
TRAINING GRAPH; VINES.
A wire is better than strips or poles.
The little tendrils Ecem to be able to
grasp and hold to the wires better than
to wooden poles or strips. Another
item is of importance, aud that is to
have the wires stretched reasonably hit'h.
This admits more air and a better circu
lation underneath, and in this way lessens
the danger of rot or mildew, while at
the same time it affords a better oppor
tunity of working and cultivating aroui'd
tlie vines. Generally two good vines
will be sufficient, aud the top wire can
be five feet from the ground. Good
stout slakes will uus.vtr at each vine if
good stout posts are set occasionally and
they are well braced and then care is
taken to stretch and fasten the wires
tight.
Care must bo taken eachyoar to prune
severely. The greater part of the prun
ing should be done in winter, when the
weather is mild, and before the sad starts
in tho spring.
Some pinching Lack can always be
done during the summer when needod.
While the soil should be rich, it is
easily possible to have it too rich, and
tho plants make too heavy a growth of
wood at tho expense of fruit. Potash
fertilizers are especially valuable. OU
vines, pieces of leather and wood ashes
can nearly always bo npplied with bene
fit, witu a young viue care must be
taken at first not to allow it to mature
too much fruit. Nearly all yovftg, thrifty
vines will set more fruit tiis.ii it shoutd
be allowed to mature. The remedy is to
thin out some nfter tho fruit has set. A
good sprinkling of air-slacked lime or
copperas under the vine is a good pre
ventive of mildew. Spraying in good
seasou will often nid to prevent rot.
During the early part of the season.
and especially with young vines, thor
ough cultivation should be given, keep.
lag tue son in good tilth and clear of
weeds and grass. Tho greater port of
the work can, of course, be done with
the horse cultivator, but somo work will
need to be done with the hoe, if clean
cultivation is given around the vines.
Care must be taken not to prune too
much while the vine is growing. The
plants breathe through the leaves, and if
too many of these are taken off while
growing the plant will be injured.
Form and Vineyard.
FAR AND GARDEN NOTES.
When rye is fed to horses use a laxa
tive with it.
Whilo oil cake is injurious to mares in
foal corn is not.
A poultice of fresh slacked lime and
lard is said to be a sure euro for lumpy
jaw. .
Knee-sprung horses should be shod
with a shoe the heel of which is thicker
than the toes.
It is poor policy to turn the horses out
in tho pasture at nights and let them se
cure their owu food.
The rule of express companies in feed
ing horses is ten pounds of hay aud four
quarts of oats per meal.
Prepare suitable sheds and a constant
supply of pure water, before you ar
range to go very extensively into the
sheep business for the winter.
Labor-saving machinery is a drawback
instead of an aid to the farmer, unless
the labor thus released is turned again
into other productive channels.
A road tax may bo burdensome, but
in fact it is not near so much so as the
tux daily imposed and paid by every
farmer who hauls produce to market over
poor roads.
When buying trees for your orchard
this fall, bo sure to learn how thoy have
been propagated. If not grafted on
whole roots of seedlings, have nothing
to do with them.
Exercise more care this season in cull
ing out the ewes. Retain only the best
for breeding purposes, use the best sire
you can obtain, and make the flock pay
even better the coming year than you
U1U IUI5.
The smaller industries of the farm
often pay a belter ratio of Drofit than
the large ones. Givs attention to the
fowls, the bees and the garden, and the
aggregate profit from the three will be a
suug little sum.
In order to distribute manure evenly,
so that all portions of the field will be
equally benefited, it must be made fine.
It is not economy, although it may save
a little labor to throw the manure out in
lumps and masses.
The value of scientific work in the inter
ests of agriculture should not be under
valued, nor the honest effort of the un
learned farmer. But practice, in com
bination with science, furnishes the beat
means for the end desired.
Those who have poultry to sell this
year will be sure to get a good price for
them, for there is none in store. Aud
those who know how to raise the best
poultry will get almoit any price their
consciences will allow them to ass.
The best way to save the valuable
droppings of the hen house is to gather
them up daily and cover them with dry
earth or gypsum to prevent the escape ot
ammonia. Wood ashes or lime should
not be used, as they set the ammonia
free.
Before you turn the horses out for a
lest in pasture, as you should do after
harvest, take oil his shoes. We know
fouio good farmers who even keep their
plow horses unshod, saving money and
keeping the feet in good condition at
the same time.
Browa rot or gray rot of the grape,
also sometimes known as downy mildew,
is due to a fungus which thrives in
warm, wet weather. Spraying with
Bordeaux mixture or ammonia carbonate
is a sure cure. The vines should be
sprayed every fifteen days from the first
of July till the trait begins to turn blue.
The author of "Common Sense in the
Poultry Yard" says that he is satisfied
from his own experience that less than
an acre and a half for each hundred
hens is not good economy. On less
than an acre it is dilficult to carry out
the rotation of crops that is absolutely
necessary, and tho fowls do not acquire
the vigorous health that is so desirable.
It is useless for a beginner to try aud
experiment with hens. There is no
business which is more injured by con
stant chuugiug, trying to find something
better, and discarding the old before
anything better is obtuiued than the
poultry business. All breeds of fowls
have some good points, and the ideal
oue, satisfactory in everything, has not
been discovered, and this is not the
worst of it. There is very little chance
of u fowl being discovered which will
be an excellent layer and reach a good
weight for table use.
Girls over twelve can make valid wills
under the laws of Scotlaud.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
ABOUT AIIUHO BEDS.
In airing beds the most thorough, care
ful housekeeper often errs through her
very thoroughness, flhe will shake the
sheets, blankets, etc, and hang them
out of the window and over chairs, hav
ing them all exposed as much as possible
to the direct rays of the sua and in the
strongest breeze, and this is just what
should be done. Thon the pillows will
be taken up and shaken and thumped
until they are fluffy and placed in the
very sunniest spot, snd this is all wrong.
The sun will draw tbe oil from the
feathers, and the pillows will have a
rancid, disagreeable odor. Expose them
to the air daily ; be as thorough as you
please in this, and place the pillow slips
in the sun if you wish, but do not make
tho mistake of giving pillows, bolsters,'
cusmons or anything containing feathers
a long sun bath, or you will do them
more harm than good. New York
World.
now TO rOLIRH A BTOVK.
. " Women generally work twice as
hard as necessary ore.- blacking a stove,"
?aid a lady whom we found one day en-
gageu in mat unromantlo occupation.
Sbo had on a pair of stout leather gloves
and was applying the blacking with the
round part of an ordinary shoe-brush,
which she said was lighter and therefore
much more easily wielded than the us
ual stove brush. The other side of tho
brush she used in polishing with li,'ht,
even stokes like an expert bootblack.
"I always keep soft paper bags from
the groceries tuckei in this box nailed
up near the stove and every day I slip
two or three over my gloved hand and
give a rub ; tho consequence in tha'
1 only need apply polish once a week.'
Another little thing worth remembering
in regard to stove cleaning is to wipe
tho dust from tho stove thoroughly be
fore you apply any polish. There is
always a right and a wrong way to do
thing and tha wrong way doubles the
task. American Agriculturist.
CAULIFLOWER IW VARIOUS WAYS.
No more delicious vegetable exists than
the cauliflower, which has within the last
dozen years becomo so cheap, though
formerly considered a luxury. Cauli
flower is now in market all tho year
round. In the spring months it is
brought to New York from England,
but the British vegetable docs not have
the flavor, after its sen voyage, of the
cauliflower picked in the Long Island
gardens under the hands of skilled cul
tivators. There are maty delicious ways of
cooking this vegetable besides the fa
miliar one of boiling it and snrviug it
with cream sauce. An excellent way is
'au gratin." To prepare a cauliflower
this way, select a large, flue one. Tear
off the leaves, pick the flowerets apart,
cut off the roots, and wash it thorough
ly in cold water. Then put in a sauce
pan in abundance of cold water. Add a
handful of salt and let the vegetable
cook for thirty minutes after it begins to
boil. When it is cooked, drain it, put
it in a baking dish, and have ready a
cream sauce, made by mixing a table
spoonful of flour with two tablespoon
fuls of butter, stirriug in two cups of
milk with salt and pepper. Let the cream
sauce cook ten minutes after making it.
Add three tablespoonfuls of grated Par
mesan cheese, and pour it at once over
the cauliflower in the baking dish.
Sprinkle over the cauliflower three more
tablespoonftrls of Parmesan cheese, a
tablespoonful of fresh bread crumbs and
a few bits of butter. Let the cauliflower
bake in a quick oven for about twenty
five minutes, when it should be a rich
brown all over. New York Tribune.
BAKED AND POTTED PEARS.
Among fall fruits the pear holds an
important place, although its reputation
has suffered somewhat from improper
treatment when an attempt has been
made to servo pears cooked, either as
sauce or canned.
The pear possesses some peculiar qual
ities, and requires a different treatment
from other fruits.
It is tbe only fruit that is better for
being removed from the tree when green
and laid aside to ripen.
It has no marked flavor of its own, and
readily absorbs that of any spice or
fruit.
It requires to be cooked much longer
than most fruits. When simply canned,
its only recommendation to most persons
is its looks; and tbe large, white, per
fectly shaped halves do look nice, but
are tasteless and insipid.
Ripe juicy pears are delicious served
with sugar and cream. The pears should
be put on the ice until cold, peeled,
sliced thin, sprinkled with sugar, and
served immediately.
Pears bake nicely and make a very
rich dish. They require at least two
hours to cook.
Baked Pears, No. 1. Wash and wipe
the pears, cut in halves, remove the core
and all imperfections; put in a deep
earthen baking dish, cover with water,
and place in a hot oven. When soft,
add sugar and brown.
Baked Pears, No 2. Select sound,
perfect pears; place iu a baking dish
with a little water. Bake until thor
oughly done. When cool, remove tho
skins, roll each pear in granulated sjgar,
and arrange iu a glass dish. Serve
with whipped cream.
A housekeeper whoso dishes always
prove acceptable and appetizing prepares
what she calls potted pears in this way :
Take nice ripe pears; do not peel but
wipe carefully; cover the bottom of a
stone jar with pears, stems upward, and
sprinkle sugar over them, then set in
another layer of pears, sprinkle over
more sugar, and continue until the jar is
full. Put in a pint and a half of water
to every gallon of fruit. Cover the jar
close, and set in a slow oven two hours.
Housekeepers remote from markets,
who are obliged to buy their supplies
of fruit canned, will find the pears much
improved if treated in this way; Re
move the fruit from the can, and if the
pears are soft enough for a broom straw
to pass easily through them, drain oil
the juice and set tho pears aside. Put
the juice in a porcelain kettle with half
a pint of sugar and a pint of water. Tie
half a teaspoonful of ground cloves in a
piece of thin muslin, and throw into tbe
syrup, which should be boiled until it
looks thick and rich. Then put in the
pears, aud cook ten minutes. Carefully
remove each piece of penr with a wooden
or silver spoon to a glass or earthern jar,
pour the syrup over them, and cover
tightly until cold. The bag of cloves
should be removed before the pears are
put in the syrup. Harper's Bazar,
TEMPERANCE.
wonxiifo ncorn's orisatickt kxkmt.
Outlier np all tha money that the work
ins; elasae bar spent for mm rluritis; th
UUthlrir year, and I will build for Tor
working man a houc, and lay" out for him i
garden, and secure nlm a poliry of life in
untnc o that the present ho:n may be
well maintained after lie is dead Th most
peroinfo-nt, the most overpowering enemy of
the working classes it tntoxic.lting liquor,
N. Y. Observer.
"MODERATE'' DRINKKR.
A great many people "ill tell you that
alcohol 1 harmless when taken In '..lodera
tion. But when they make this stitement
do they consider fiat the thousand of
drunkard who disgrace our country were
one moderate drinkers? No; they never
even trouble themselves to beoom ac
quainted with th subject in the true light.
"He who loves the danger shall perish
therein" ia applicable to every moderate
drinker unions he changes his count and be
comes a total abstainer. Sacred Heart He
view. rmUMKCMNKSS AND CBI1H INSEPARABLE.
Drunkenness la never to be found alone,
nevr unaccompanied by some horrid
crime. If not by a wicked crowd o( them, do
to the house o the drunkard, consider his
family, look on his affair, listen to th
ound that proceeds from the house of
drunkenness aa you pass, survey the Inse
curity of the public ways and of the night
streets. Go to the hospital, to th house ot
charity, and the bed of wretchedness. Knter
th court of justice, th priaon and th
condemned cell. Look at the haggard fea
tnre of th Ironed criminal. Ask all the
why they oiist to distress you, and you will
everywhere tj answered by tale and rs
citalsof drunkenness. And the mlaerie and
th vice and th sorrow, and acmes of mif
faring that have harrowed up your soul,
were, almost without exception, either pre
pared by drinking or were undergone for
procuring the means for satisfy ing this vico
which prang from it Archbishop Ulla
tbrope. 1
"a powanruL tkmpkrancx lkbson."
Th utter and humiliating downfall of
John L. Sullivan, long considered th
champion punilist of the world, I probably
the most powerful object leaaon which oould
be given to a multitude of young men on
the value of temperance and th ruinous ef
fect of debauchery. No moralist could have
don as much In ysrs as Corbett, tha new
champion, did In less than two hours, to
drive home upon the youth of America th
truth that sobriety and right living are the
only hop of tha greatest success in any flelj
of effort When 8uli van, crying with th
chagrin and p-tin of defeat, declared that
booEi" had been the causa of his ruin, he
gave what nine out of every ten men who
pay any attention to prisa righting will
agree is the true explanation ot the su Iden
and complete collapse of a man long be
lieved to l peerless as a pugilist. The ex
chnmpion for years dellc.l th laws of health
and prudence by '..idulgirig In many pro
tracted debauches His appetites and pas
sions have been recklessly indulge I, and
now, by his own testimony, he is old before
his time, and a falleu mister of tbe oulv
vocation iu which lis evjr attained promi
nence. Most authorities upon pugilism will al
ways maintain tiiat iSullivau at his best was
th superior as a fighter of the man who
easily defeated him, an I the fact that he
was well nigh hlpless against a youth whose
physical powers have not been lowered by
excesses, an I whoe vitality is unimpaired
by drink tells its sto -y too plainly ti bs mis
understood. If there was to bo a priaw B?ht
for the heavy-weight championship, the re
Milt could not have been better for all inter
ests of decency and common senw. A tem
perate man whipps I a dru.ikard.and a well
mannered in in beat a surly ruffian. The
more intelligent, more decent and irore self
respecting of the two ciibatante was the
victor, and the world sees that even in priu
fighting it pay to live wit i prudeuce and
sobriety. Cleveland (Olii j) Leader.
WASTE CATTSED BY THE DRINK HABIT
David A. Wells, oue ot the most accurate
ot our statistical writers, estimates tbe pros
ent yearly waste by th National drink hab
it aa tiro hundred millions of dollars. Ac
cepting and using this estimate as the basis
of calculation, and allowing for pant changes
in population and in tho drink habit, we
reach the conclusion that, the waste of forty
years by this curse of our Nation hai been
the grand total of ten billions ot dollars.
That we may grasp the full import of this
sum, lot us measure it by comparison with
some splendid achievement of th Nation.
H a are all proud of the record ot results 1
secure! Dy the early efforts of our fathers.
But this waste of forty years of the saloon
i owar is equal to all that the pmple ot this
laud were able to accumulate from the set
tlement at Jamestown down to th financial
panic lit 157.
but the estimate of Mr. Wells is not ao
tepted by most of temperance people. They
tell us that the present yearly waste ot the
-a loon is at least niue hundred millions ot
lollars. On this basis t le loss ot th last
orty years by tbe drink habit was eighteen
illions of our money. This equals all that
was saved in the United States no in its dis
inver; by Columbus to the close of the Civil
War in 115. We try ti gra..p the full im
port of theae figure. Our uiiud goes back
to th work of the furitan fathers for two
hundred and fifty year. We call up all that
the Revolutionary fat lers achieved. W
add all that the Western pioneers built up
on the prairies. We include all the gold,
kiiver and other minerals dug by our miners.
We try to take in the full capacity and value
bt the factories, farms, shipping, railroads
end cities before th clog of the war. W
fail No mind is large enough to grasp th
value ot all those, their coft in labor, the
amount of self-aaoritica expanded in their
acquisition. And yet this which is beyond
th ability of man to fully comprehend, is
tbe measure ot the power of the saloon to
waste in these last forty years. This is th
material realm that has been brought under
the dominion of tin rum shop in spit) ot tbe
protest of the philanthropist an I in defiance
of woman's ten's an I in scorn ot the ruin it
has wrought in the lives of tu3 strong men
of the laud. Ii Ji. fowera. in Independent.
TEMPERANCE NKWS AND NOTES.
Th consumption of bar is Increasing in
England as well as in France.
For every four shillings spent iu England
on drink only a half-penny is expended on
education.
It is said that one-tenth of tho men who
di in Switzerland die prematurely from
alcoholic poisoning.
Ireland in 100 spent about (55,003,00)
on drink. IU tottl reutal did not come ti
more thou H5.00 ,000.
The curse of the lower classes ot women in
Loudon is drink. Mothers, daughters, si;
ten, wives, grown women, children of ten
der years the gin shop it open to all, and
all go to it.
It is strange that a man will have tre
hardihood to hold up a glass of whisky and
exclaim, "Here's heaith," when he knows well
enough that there Un't a particle ot health
in the stuff.
The goo i tidings comes from across tha
water that an accomplished youna woman,
a graduate of Uirtou College, has beeu
chosen by the British worn in to go as white
ribbon missionary to In lis. tslie will b)
accouiaoied by a young woman helper, ami
will remain iu that country organizing the
societies aud developing the method of th'
Woman's Christian T mperance Union.
Tiiky were a party of Chlcagoans
at Parker's. One asked the waiter:
"What is q-u-a-h-o-g chowder? (spell
ing tbe word). And when all bad
learned that the baby quahogs are
Little Neck clams, one of the Chicago
ns 6miliog, Baid, "Well, it rounds
home-like," and another jocosely re
marked: "I thought quahog must bo
souie form ct pork." Boston Tran
acriDt. uhe American tiog nas a grievance.
After rooting his way along a path
beset with thorns, soothed and sus
tained only by the encouraging tones
of Minister l'helps, lie arrives In lier
lln to find the butchers there trying
to educate the local palate up to the
appreciation of horse meat.
A current magazine baa an ar
ticle on "How to Manage a Wife."
The simplest and most peaceful way
Is just to let her manage you.
One r?M Enough for the Monkeys.
'I rnce went up the Amnion and Ori
noco rivers on an animal-capturing ex
pedition for the late P. T. Barnum,"
said Dick Cow per, an old showman. "I
got quite a collection of snakes, birds
and monkeys. I hit on a novel plan tor
the capture of the latter and it worked
like a charm.
"A monkey Is a greater Imitator than
a Chinaman. He will do anythiug he
sees done, and that is what gets so many
of his kind into the cage. I rigged up
an electric battery and attached to it an
apparatus that would allow a score of the
sumacs to get hold of it. I then took a
party of natives nud went into the forest
where there were troops of monkeys. We
put the apparatus down, attached tbe
wire, nnd removed the battery to a con
siderable distance. The natives then
took hold of the apparatus, danced and
yelled, thon retired. The monkeys
mado a dash for it. Half a doxen caught
hold, and 1 turned on tho current. They
began to shriek nnd tqtiirm, but the
others thought their peiformance a part
of the programme, and fairly fell over
each other to get hold of the machine.
T could have stuck tho whole troop in
they could have got hold. We then
made t descent on them with lacks, and
soon had a score of them corralled.
"But it would only woik once. We
tried it a month aftorward at a point
fifty miles distant, but not a mockey
came oft his porch in the trees. They
viewed the proceedings with curiosity,
but without any desire to imitate our
war dance arnuud tho machine. St.
Louis Globe'-Domoerat.
The .'Seven" in Neck Vertrbrm.
In a recent study of the anatomical
structure of the neck, writes the author
of "Curious Notes," I was Btruck with
tho rouiarkoble fact that men and animals
alike are almost invariably provided with
seven neck vortebisa or segments. Man
thus possesses this number in common
with the giraffe, whose extraordinary
elongation of neck is produced, not by
tho introduction of other vertebtte, but
by the greater length of tbe normal uum
bt r seven. The only exceptions to this
rule of seven are found in two spucios of
sloth, one of which has six nnd the other
nine vertebrrc, aud in theSireuis or "sea
cow," a species of whale, which is also
provided with a six-segmented elonga
tion or extension ot the spinal column.
In view of the fact that tho seven in
vades eveiy department of life, is it any
wotder that the Orientals have founded
a regular system of philosophy based
upon that mystic number. St. Louis
Uepublic.
Fonr Kallronds Overleekrit.
"Strange that four railroad, one a belt line,
and two fuel-oil pie-liiies; nine miles from
Chk-HKo. should bitve been overlooked," Haid
Jav A. lwt(iins& Co., whvn they laid out the
town of (JrilliUi. Four laclorles lot-at d, hounes
and btons spruntr up nt once. Cliiratfo News.
But 7 ptr cent, ot Bulgaria's popula
tion can write or read.
Why Mather Delight la It.
' Because It Is the only remedy known that
will cure a severe a.e of i roup in half an
hour, it d t4 c.itte vnmHtui, nor does it
Btupify the brain, hh nine out of ten coug-fe
roniiKiuiidn do. Oh, yenl l)r. Hnxaie's Crrlair
Croup Cure is a bivsng to every household
Sold by prominent druiraljts. &tlc. Adilresi
A. P. lluanie. hutfalo, N. V.
There are 3,600,000 men iu standing
armies.
Akvonb would be Justified In mommendlni
TteiH-bain'a IMIls. for all affectionsnf the live:
and other vital oncans.
Our Baby
Wa a beauty,falr,pluni
and healthy. But whei
two years old Scrofula
Humor spread over hej
brad, neck and foreheM
Mown Into line mvmm nm
Elan Frederick. t j
burning. Hood's Sarsanarilla gave her nen
life and appetite. Then the humor subsided
the itching; and burning cestaed. and
the sores entirely healed up. Hhe is now per
fectly well." I. W. FitKDEniCK, Dan forth St.,
near Crescent Ave., Cypress Hills, Brooklyn!
Hood 'a Pills cure all Liver Ilia, bilious.
neas, nausea, sick headache indigestion.
oo
tAT KIDNE1C LIVERS tftftf."
Dissolves Gravel,
Gall stone, brick dust lo urine, pains in urethra,
straining- after urination, pain iu back and hips!
sudden stoppage of water with pruasure.
.urigiit's Disease
Tube casta In urine, scanty urin. Swamp-Hoof
euro urinary trouble aud kiduev dittuultina.
- J WWM.rwUU KIUUOJ U 1 JM U U i L
Liver Complaint
jorpiu or eniarg-eo liver. loul breath, bilious
ness, bilious headache, poor digeaui-n, guuu
Catarrh of the Bladder,
Inflammation. Irritation, ulceration, drlbblinc
frequent calls, pass blood, mucus or pus.
aaeoatee I'M'c.itenU of One Bottle, If not b
efllaa, liiuxgliu lil I fund yon the piim paid.
At DriiaiclatN, 50e. Nice, Sl.oo Nlsr,
'JnnllSV Gold, to Health1 frM-OinralUtlua troe
Da. KlI.MKH Ic CO., UlKQHAMTOW, N. Y.
The hypophosphites of
lime and soda combined with
cod-liver oil in Scott's Emul
sion improve the appetite,
promote digestion, and in
crease the weight.
They are thought by some
to be food ; but this is not
proved. They are tonics;
this is admitted by all.
Cod-liver oil is mainly a
food, but also a tonic.
In Scott's Emulsion the
cod-liver oil and hypophos
phites are so combined as to
get the full advantage of both.
Let us send you a book on
careful living; free.
Sco-it A BofNa.Cliemiiu, lit South jih Areaus.
WawYtrk.
$5 to $15 tlM''
LIuHININB rtaun
VU'i pl.UogJCfTwlrT tUhN
lLlja, ht. PlsUM Ik
0aM Of jwlr guodi u
new, tvU bt.tU! Bittl
will. tilii t lcacl.
ti a iwlaao. () esiaiisJ.
liver j aWitaa aVJ nodi uvd-
1T rUs.Lii.a-. WhiMasaia Im
saU 6. Writ far eticu
1 isu. M. C. UfcLNU U
DR. KILMER'S
WllliB;liY
J Bat What ! Wnittfttl.
Itntfniw fa al.v to a jrrwut pominfT psnnt,iiil
lo th hurly-htir.jr f Ma prjirt innn fr th
Columbian Exposition h 1mm.. fnn murh
ulrfvrtjr mn on th tho strffn of ft funHfnl or
ftnuiflfnft tirturt, both nuiwrArfAl nnd mtrh
tvnny. Thtf hn filitwrrd n vnM tn th
line of the utrletljr iifwfiil, txinlMnlnc thr
with instructive nhjfvt .MMvm i and thts bu
tifiil In urt. Hooks thri may ha by the nonr
but th ipfr)rnr of the (Vntennifcl Kipo!
t Ion at PhliRdclphift nhown thai the miM of
t.hH wre ner trin and nnwrvlrab.. Tbe
nord of rfnllore wn ever at Inea for a handy
pocket fTtitde of official tnmn. not only rlf
aMa. but pleailnR and alwayn fit to kerp. J'.iat
what In wanted of tht unltjue Kind him hap
pily already ninde It n appearance, and we
nave befom n "Thb OrrinAi. roivrroMo o
yti Wommi'h Cm.tTMniArt Kxpomtion," U
IuM rated from Water Color Drawlntr.
Thl l'ori folio In a rare and beautiful ex
ponent of the ntftfn nn-hltm-titrat feature of
the Ureal Exposition at t hicaifo In !. Tha
fourteen niBtil(( ent Mnu turen are faithfully
exhibited,, while the Bird'e-eye View Rive a
realist 1p itlance at the lay of the grounds, with
their principal hutldintrn, laffoona, etc. The
Illuntrat Ions are exact reproductlona. In water
Color effects, of the original draw Intra, made
especially for thin pnrpowe from the official
plana, hv America's leat known water color
artist, Charlea (irahnm. The pictures, there
fore, are not only onVlsl, but they are (fenulne
works of art, and competent critics pronounce
them to be equal to the finest productions of ft
similar kind of the famous art centres of
Europe.
A copy of this exceptionally fine prodnct.c n
will be sent to any address upon receipt of 10
rents In postatre stumps by The Charles A.
Voffcler Co., Baltimore, Md
When Natere
Needs assistance it may be best to render It
promptly, but one should remember to tue
ren the most perfect remedies only when
needed. The beet and most simple and gentle
remedy Is the Syrup of Figs manufactured by
the California Fig ff vrnp Co.
If afflicted with sore eyes aae Dr. Isaac Thomp
son Krs-watar.lrurirlsts set! at SVyper bottle
J. A. Johnson, Medina, N. Y., says t "Hall's
Catarrh Cure cured me." flold by lJruggtste,?rc.
t"; As-
2VTC, MARK.
ERADICATES BLOOD
BON AND BLOOD TAINT.
Csvkral bottles of Swift's Specific (S.S. .)
entirely cleansed my system of contagious
blood poison of the very worst tvpe.
Wm. S. Looms, Shreveport, La.
CURES SCROFULA EVEN
IN ITS WORST FORMS.
T n at scrofula In ISM, and cleansed my
system entirely from it by taking- seven
bottles of S. S. S. 1 have not had any symp
toms since. C. W.Wilcox,
Spartanburg , S. C
T HASCUREO HUNDREDS OF
CASES OF SKIN CANCER.
Treatise on Blood and EMn D!seaes mailed
tree. SwirT Srsciric Co.. Atlanta. Ga.
M
ft
UTS
Its Origin and History;
PREVENTION
AND CURE.
An interesting Pamphlet mailed to anj ad
dress on receipt oi 8 tamo,
Dt. L, H. HARRIS, Pittsburgh, Pa.
WORN NICHT AND DAY I
Holds the wont rup
ture wlili raw uo-
dor all clrrumtanca.
I iM STMkiir,
sew I M ImtMWpmftM
II his rsiod Cat ani nil
torsrir-nwsaiur mrntM-
Urslr BTAlvd. e.T.HsMMS
V .. lit Arostj
wiy, Nrw Turk City.
EiVvC
tat ulna maoey mb
iS3
or in
lae pretence.
uaia
.r.ViVV ti.j Aj j"V"r
Treasury
is
(rATSXTKS.)
sts f , .was
or m- . jb, a. i -
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VmpS the wrC'
1 Mi22'' f---
inTormation.
J Condeiuod Encyclopedia
""""7 KBee.rlyeTry aabtert that ca Ikouubt at. t'ea
laialag la a eaadeaaeg ferae wbal raa nkerelu be Iraraeg auly frea
a great aiaay large Kacyclairedlaa, Ulctlaaartra, dee.
WITH A COMPLETE ANALYTICAL l.iDEX FOR READY REFESEMCL
BDITKD BY THB ABLBST TALENT THI WORLD AKKtJHDS.
JKl!ll,.h?"t I,r'' ,rT sabjeet under the sum and, ln.i..l of ling an I UlTii ehapWM
S1e" what awljr eer ee wule lo know, In a ery lew lln... In mkllng urariy any Ux
ifET?Tr '"l"ut rfr.noe K tiouaad and one nuiiura wblcb the rrMnl rauiar
"ld like lo undersiaa I lluu more abeal, aud which, anleaa be hue large l.urury of liy
Si! b n ao'b'nfl bulkere, wllk tbla one roinni be ran turn at ouos lo lb
, , ' " . " wuote uiing u clearly and eonelaeiy eiplalawl. A wy ImporS
. """ 'a addition to et:ry Mbject being oarerully Indexed by IUlJ,
!"','" wort b. i Iuro(Hl , 0!ux 1,,.
rr?"?" n'a "Pr" " I a. a A I rel.Lng uOB general tub-
la eullMxi toww
4aMoa. gor example:
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ten while, lu theltawilMe
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enabling the reader lo
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ri"5tnllott femle wrltre Crcaaua, a km : In Asia, reaowued for hi great wmlui
PhUueopher t-U.ne tnKluatd In Itgyot, and euppoMil to vouveit bacr mctl luto aold ill
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f r.i i ei.ifTriBr fmm
For
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"111 neuralgia for ten years;
tried all kinds ofreme
Years. dies without relief, and
had given up all hope. 1 tried m
bottle of
BT. JACOBS OII
and it effected such One
wonderful relief that I -j
recommend it to all. X
Chas. Law, Jr. Bottle.
"August
Flower"
" I am happy to state to you and
to suffering humanity, that my wife
has used your wonderful remedy,
August Flower, for sick headache
and palpitation of the heart, with
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she has been a great sufferer, has
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duced to try August Flower, which
gave immedaite relief. We cannot
say to much for it." L. C. Frost,
Springfield, Mass.
NY 0-40
os am at ofcfiwd
with (Sutra Enamel!, and tatnt which stabs
the hurt!, Injnre the Iron, and burn oil.
The lining Sun Btcrve Polish la militant Ode,
less Durable and the eomuiner pars tur bo LIB
or glass packaga wlta every purchase.
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WITH
JAPANESE GOLD PAINT
STAR ENJSEL,
rr twly mtxrtl i ftnrtmtly
ran apply thm; produce
roftitt-rftil irfffcti for
elworaitinf chalm, tAhlw,
iMntketH framttft, Antrr
poU, iMthtUtkL VOW,
w trkprwan-i lu rart.nnr
thtuft and very I LUi l
.1r. each.
This oolrt Paint t th
mom brilliant Iu fha mar
krtt the fcnamel pnv
duitw a Wfuhabl, por
retain tint ah. If your
tnrrktvpor slot not
hAnUle nemr enrloe boo.
and wr wtll ex prima,
Tharir preimld, I Bos
Japaneor lkl(1 Paint aat
1 Can Wutte ICnam!, or
J of tfthr. Thru trootta
are not mailable aud ef
plftu charitre too ht b lo
erml Imm than 1 pv
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lUis. lut ik Hire tl tonJt. (ff I Jsllff Ht., C h IcAirO,
FRAZERgIe
BKMT IS THE WOBI.D.
Its wearing qualltlti tura unaurpmMit, actually
fHHlaMInc three Lokm ot an v other hranrl. Hot
aflacim by out. l:ET TUB 41BNIIINK.
FOR XAIJi BY OKA1.KKS Uk.NKKAI.LY.
Plso's JUtnedy lor Otarrh Is the
Itent, Knftlent to Ve. and fhenpt.
A
boM by uruggliU or ent far malL
Me. IC. T. Hotelllne, Warren, IT.
Wi Li yUUuLMd .
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FOR
GENTLFMEN.
1 i ,m.m,m,,K,m.w.
A vcaatae eew4 aboe thnt will not rip nue C.ir,
mlfM. smooth lueide, Aeilblc, mure comfortable, tyittn
ad durable than any other aboe ever aold at the prism
cuunvmade tboea coating from i to $x
na ely 93. 09 Hhee naan wild Iwt complete?
lea, eecurcly aewed at the outilt1celne ihowo in out),
Ira mirmrn doubla tha wear of rhsn welt ihtwa smhl at tha
aome price, for aurheaailr rip, having- only one ole aewtxl
to a narrow atrip of Iratnr r on the e1e, and wbea onoa
worn through are worthless.
iceiwa eoleaortue w. L. iMM t JIjAN eS.OORivae
urn worn ionuga ran repairva aa many limn ai
starr win DOTurrijutr uxiscd from (neiiJpr.
Piircbaafra of footwear deal ring to ectmo
mlac, should consider iheeupertor uualliici
of theae shoe, aud not be lnfluucod
to buy chrap Welt ihoeeeold at 6H-iO.
bavin only auuraraaee to n.mfiii
Uem. V. L. IOL t'l'Att
Fine Calf. Hand
r 'a.c sea glrert t Kc
W. L. Uvagla,, Brockissi Mais.
of General
ol Universal Knowledge.
MTibolOKr U treated of tn
atxtut It U under one ohjkp
ifuirjreaolt indiTkluaichar
pbah.-tloa ly found, Uiua
a I nil V ttisi V h ami nt klilK.
Astronomy, etc Merely to
ABtrouumy. Oeugreuhy.
rtfcK how thoroughly Ueneral kuo.
thoroughly Uftnorai Knowleilg la
aud Geography, kva on UeoJugy, MLnvralogv,
lnUu.K.. . "'
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otvurrsMl at VUabun, In dtftroyrti
page 4b, bu oiutiu'i Tmp!e waa d
kvt of a butlerfly ouulaJna IJ.uu)
of an eye page 77. arth'e urfaoe ka
uoiupo Age, trou Ago, Uronjie A,
arackwpage 2-ii. Nupoltm, born la
America;
a kuluhthood.
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