. R C.
FLOWER
And His Congress of Phy
siciansMiracles in
Medicine,
Monstrous Tamort licit AwayThs l.stns
Throw Aslds Their Crutches and Walk
Cancer, Consumption and Chronic Trouble!
Cured In a fljstcrlou rianner.
. Onr renders are well acquainted with the
name of Dr. R. C. Flower of Boston. His
miraculous (Mires of the most desperate and
abandoned eiun when given up as Incurable
by lending physicians has caused the lntn
Oetan of Chioago, CfnofnnnN ftijiifrcr and
Arte York Tribune to sny If miracles were
ever performed, many of Pr. R. C. Flower's
curt belong to that class of wonders. Tbe
Cincinnati 'Enquirer recently Interviewed nu
merous prominent people In all sections of
the country regarding Dr. Flower's treatment
of patients. Hero Is what they say. They
spoalc for themselves.
A Wonderful Cure.
VTm. Mix, a prominent lawyer and wealthy
gentleman of 1041 Third avenue, Louisville,
Ky. i Dr. R. C Flower of Boston, Mass.,
cured my wife several years ago of the most
terrible and dangerous diseases woman oan
be heir to. I consider Dr. Flower's cure of
Mrs. Mix almost miraculous. I had spent
thousands of dollars on prominent physicians
In Louisville and New York without any help.
After several months under the best special
ists of New York she ocntlnued to grow
worse, and I brought her home In the deepest
despair. Vnder these conditions I took her
to see Dr. Fiower. He told her her trouble
better than she could have told him, without
asking a question. In a few months under
Dr. Flower's treatment she was entirely
cured, and has enioyed ever slnoe the finest
health. As a physician Dr. Flower leads the
world, I believe Me Is a great man, his
Judgment is the highest authority. As a man
Dr. Flower Is one of the most pleasing, en
tertaining and cultured gentleman you ever
met, and a man of the highest integrity,
rtarasmus.
Honry D. Tosey, 615 Chestnut street,
Evansville, Ind., snld : "I consider Dr. Flow
er the greatest plirsioian in all the world.
1 don't believe there was ever such a doctor,
and I doubt if there will ever be another.
una l lorm mv iuukuivui iroiu uus wora.
"I was a living skeleton wnen I went to
see Dr. Flower, over a year ago. I could not
eat anything, not even milk, without great
distress. I had wasted to a shadow; I had
given up hope and was given up. I resolved,
as a very last resort, to consult Dr. Flower.
1 did so. He told me all my trouble without
asking a question. Thon I knew I was in
tbe presence of a man who knew his busi
ness. I put myself under his care, and Im
proved Immediately, and am a sound, well
man today. You can say tor me I believe he
lias no equal on earth."
jr Fibroid Tumor.
I Mrs. JamesE. Smith of Cory don, Ind., said :
When 1 went to see Dr. R. (X Flower about
a year ago I was suffering with a large ad
vanced tumor. I had consulted and been
treated by all tbe best doctors in this section
of the country. They all advised an opera
tion, and stated that unless I had one per
formed I would live but a few weeks, audit was
by no means certain that an operation would
help me. Dr. Fiower told me my troubles,
their origin and growth, without asking
me a question. He stated that in his opinion
an operation would prove fatal ; on the other
hand, he believed I could be successfully
treated and cured without an operation. I
placed myself under his treatment and be
gan to improve immediately, today I am a
wall woman no tumor, no pain, strong and
happy, i wish every sick person knew of
Dr. Flower.
Paralysis and Tumor A Miracle.
Mrs. Wm. Djakyne of 8heridan, Ind.,
said : About a year ago I visited Dr. Flower.
I was then hHlpless, in a paralyzed condition ;
weut on crutches whenever I went out A
terrible tumor increased my already abnormal
size rapidly. I measured over three and a half
feet around the waist and over four feet from
hip to hip. The disease had settled in one
limb, and I had no use of it; was also fast
losing my eyesight. My nerves were shat
tered and I had no memorv. Not one of my
friends ever thought I couid be helped. The
physicians had given me up aslnourable. Dr.
Flower had told me my troubles without ask
ing me a question, or how they came upon
me. I took a course of treatment under him,
and, thank God, I am today a well woman.
Look at me tumor gone, natural in size,
sight restored, memory good, nerves like
iron, no crutches I can walk for a mile and
not feel tired. Why, sir, I bilieve Dr. Flower
to be the greatest man of this age. He is a
marvel ! a giant in his work. Several of my
acquaintances he has cured in tbe same way.
The people in Shenduu speak of this cure as
wonderful nud miraoulous.
Consumption.
"I was a sufloror wilh consumption," said
Mrs. John D. Be-ker. 103 John street, Evans
ville, Ind. ''I had doctored with numerous
physicians without relief. As a last resort
(and the lady laughed as she added : 'Dr.
Flower is alwavs the last resort,') "I went to
see Dr. K. 0. Flower. He told me all about
my troubles without asking me to say a word.
Bo pleased was I with the examination that I
placed myself under his care, and began to
improve immediately, and today am a well
woman. Ten months ago I could do no work,
could scarcely walk, spent mv time lying
down or in a rocking chair ; now I can do any
kind of work, walk as much as when I was a
young girl. I cannot spoak too highly of my
physician," said this cultured and reflued
woman. ''Dr. Flower is a great man, an hon
est, candid mau. He is smart, quick aud
keen aid wonderfully fascinating. 1 don't
think the sick have any cause to fear It under
his oare."
Confirmed Invalid.
Mrs. Joseph Cromwell, Xenla, 0., said; I
was a helpless and confirmed invalid when I
went to 606 Dr. 1L C. Flower. I oould not
walk 100 feet without sitting down. Bejides,
I was a nervous wreck. He diagnosed my
esse accurately. I began to improve imme
diately uuder his trettarmt. Can now skip,
run aud do what I waut. Am well, and
taluk Dr. Flower a medical wonder.
Chronic Stomach Trouble.
Rev. S. V. Keisier.Davton.O. .said :"I went
to see Dr. 11. C. Flower as a lust resort. He told
me my troubles better than I oould have told
him; he cured mo of a dreadful Btomach
trouble and nervous exhaustion. I consider
him the most wonderful physician living."
Saved From a Fatal Oocratlon.
Mrs. C. 11. McOmher. of Billston Bpa, N.
Y., kuid : Dr. it. '. Flower of Boston, cured
me of an enlarged, fallen, luflamed and ul
eared womb. An op?rati:.u bv numerous
physicians was the only thing advised, with
no hop held out of its Lelng successful. I
had bu given up as Incurable, and had
given up all hopes of ever being cured, when
as a last resort my husband took me to see
Dr. It. C. Flower. I win uu ler his treatment
for a few mouths, b-gan tj iniirvo immedi
ately, aud in a few mouths was cured.
Gastrin,.
Mrs. F.tta Mllr (wife of Mr. Miller, the
tnerchuiii), ol lliuglunitou, N. Y.. says: I
had been a great f utf-ror for years with'stom
a.ti trouble. 1 had Leeu treated bv the best
physicians in New York, who all in time gave
luy ease up us iu. iirable. They had treated
urn for gar-truis. catarrh and cancer of stom
ach, for nervous ihsi-ia and consumption
ol toma-li an I I. el. As a last res.irt I
consulted Dr. li. I'. Flower, aud he took my
cae, and iu a few uuiitha I win permanently
cured.
Nervous Proftratiun.
Mrs. Josnp'i l:. S;,r:irue, lirewstcr, N. Y. i
"1 bad been ill fr h i, y,.lin) wlicu J w,.t to
Dr. 11. I). Flower. Aa. r the ilrt month's
treatment f.-ll th.it he bud helped me wonder
fully. S as in a terrihiu condition ; had iiur
vors prostration and cnticcrous stomach
trouble; also MiftVred with terrible head
aches. Had been giveu up us incurable by
aA doctors au i had given up ail hope myself.
But. lh:nikft to lr. Flower' i,ill, l ttm a we
W oman today and ll .if to attend to uiyhouso
hol 1 dutlc, a:id do ju-t wu..t 1 like.
"He ;.l-o cure 1 n,v son ol enlargement of
thelm-r
I don't l.oi
lb i- i
ey rt'l I 1 l:i
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Fungus Jtomsrh.
Tit. Tlrooks, of Brooks Evans, a promi
nent dentist of rot-tlend, Me., said; "lam
an admirer of Dr. R. C, Flower. I consider
him the ablest phvslctsn of the age. t hy,
sir, be can toll a sick person his disease with
out knowing anvlhing about him or asking
him a question, fust as easv as he would read
lits name. Ho has most successfully treated
and cured me of a verv serious and danger
ous Internal trouble which Ihrestaned not
only mv Immediate health, but life (fungus
of the stomach.) I was almost laoapacltated
for work, was wasting away and rapidly los
ing my strength. Under his treatment I
sprang Into health, have gained In strength
and flesh, and am now young again. Dr.
F'lower Is to mo a marvel, an unsolved
wonder. He Is the most fascinating and
genial man you ever saw. Ho Is quick and
brilliant, and It makes one feel well and
youue to talk with him."
The Worst of Blood Troubles.
Mrs. A. O. Thompson late of Fifth Avenue
Hotel, New York.nowof Pittsfleld.N. H.,say:
Dr. K. C. Flower, of Boston, cured me over
ten years ago of the worst blood trouble man
or woman ever had. It was eating the flesh
rapidly from mv bonce. I suffered all the
tnlserv and torture of time every hour of my
Ufa All the loading physicians of New York
and New England had treated my case and
all had given me up as Incurable. In this
condition I applied to Dr. Flower, and in a
few months was permanently cured, for in
ten years I hxvo bad no return of the trou
ble' (Mrs. A. O. Thompson Is one of the beet
known women in New York an I New Eng
land, her husband being for over twenty years
one of the leading heads ot the Fifth Ave
nue Hotel.)
Throat and l ong Trouble.
Rev. T. R. Dau'ev. 614 W. E l nond street,
Springfield. 111., said: "Dr. It. O. Flower
saved iny life. He cured mo of throat, lung
and heart trouble. I was a physical wreck
and would eoou have been in my grave, I
Improved immediately nuiW bis treatment,
and in a few months was permanently cured."
Blood Poisoning.
Mrs. Josephine Roardman. Norwich, Vt.,
said : "Before grHng to Dr. Flower I had been
given up to die by several physicians, who
pronounced my disease blood poisoning and
cancer.
"After a few months' treatment with Dr.
Flower am entirely cured. I was confined to
my bed for several years and almost paral
yzed. Today I am perfectly well."
Cancer of Breast and Neck.
Mrs. Hiram Bond, Haverhill, Mass., (and
wife ot one of the largest shoe manufacturers
In America), said : "Dr. Flower cured me in
1H82 of cancer ot breast and neck, also tumor
of womb and left ovary. I had three opera
tions performed, but In each case the cancer
returned more violent than before. I was
pronounced incurable by the leading physi
cians ot New England. Iu this condition I
went to see Dr. R. O. Flower, ot Boston. He
cured me, removlug every trace of canoer,
tumor and bad blood, and all this without the
use of a knife, without paiu or my losing a
drop of blood. I was under Dr. Flower's
treatment about twelve months. He has
cured many of my friends of similar dis
eases." Oastrltls.
Hon. J. Wlllard Rice of Boston, said t "Dr.
R. C. Flower cured me of a gastric etomnoh
trouble which threatened not only my health,
but my life, and that after the beet skill of
New York and Boston had falliM to give me
relief. Dr. Flower is one of the most able,
learned and skilful physicians of this age,
besides he is a most genial and fascinating
man and as brilliant as a star."
5tomach and Catarrh.
X H. Tucker, a prominent farmer of Leba
non, Conn., said : "Dr. li. C. Flower has
cured ma of a most serious stomach and
bowel trouble, together with aggravated
chronic catarrh and nervous prostration. I
was in absolute despair when I visited Dr.
Flower. I had been disappointed by doctors
in their vain attempt to euro me. No sooner
did I begin Dr. Flower's treatment than I be
gan to improve; my cure seems miraculous.
Look at me ; I am in tbe finest of health ; I
owe it all to him. And that Is not all. Dr.
Flower told me my troubles when I visited
him without asking mea question, better than
I oould have told him."
flallgnant Tumor,
Mrs. A. T. Longley, 801 Massachusetts ave
nue, N. E., Washington, D. C, said: Eight
years ago Dr. li. C Flower, of Boston, cured
me of malignant tumor of womb and ovary,
after all kinds of treatment and operations
had failed. He stopped the hemorrhages and
removed those eating growths without pain
and without tbe knife. Her busbasd, A. T.
Longley, the superintendent of government
seed department, said he knew of other cures
equally wonderful.
A Rheunfatlc niracle.
Mrs. J. B. 8hrier,Jr.,l Spring street.Char
leston, 8. C. , said : "I truly cau say that by
the skill ot Dr. R. C. Flower, I escaped a
most horrible death. I had had rheumatism
for eight years.but lately it developed chay
joints. I was informed after being treated
by the leading physician of this city, that
there was no cure for my disease, and that
amidst great suffering I wouid gradually
turn to stone. Besides my coutinual suffer
ing I was helpless, had but little use for any
of my limbs, was suffering from Insomnia and
nervous prostration. In other words, I was
a helpless, ruined and abandoned wreck. In
this condition I was tai.eu to see Dr. R. 0.
Flower during one of his visits to Savannah,
Under bis treatment I began to Improve im
mediately, and today I can walk as fast and
well as anyone ; use my limbs freely; the
swelling In my joints has disappeared ; I sleep
well ; my nerves are strong, uul my cure Is
considered by all my friends as a miraculous
eso.ipe from death.
From Helplessness to Perfect Health.
Hutson Lee, the well-known insurance
man of Charleston, 8. C said; "My oldest
son was restored by Dr. R. C. Flowor from
helplessness to the perfect use of bis limbs
after the best physicians in our country had
failed to give him the slightest relief."
A Miracle.
Mrs. J. D. Clark, of Jonesboro, Ga., saldi
"I had a supposed iucitruble spinal trouble.
double curvature, besides other serious and
almost fatal troubles, a woman helpless in
braces and on crutches. The most prominent
physiciau In Atlanta had treated me, the
hospitals had had me for treatment, and they
had all given ine up as incurable. In this
helpless, suffering and dying condition I was
taken to Dr. Flower, when almost, as by
magic, he restored me to perfect heultb. I
don't pretend to say how he did It, but he did
It."
Cancer of the Tongue.
Mrs. E. A. Belling, Avonue L and Twenty
second street. Galveston, Tex., said : "When
I first consulted Dr. It. C Fiowar of Boston,
I was suffering from a terrible cancer tf
the tongue, and had given myself up to die.
i but iu a few uiontlis he entirely cured me.
I am perfectly well today. Everybody who
knew my condition look upon my cure as
a miracle. Dr. Flower 1b the most won
derful phyiicinu and wonderful in an I ever
knew, Oo into his presence aud you feel
his power."
Fungus Liver.
Joel Huey, president of First National
Bank of Corsicana, Texas, said : "Dr. It. C.
Flower is the most wonderful physician I
ever knew. He cured me of a fungus cancer
ous condition of the stomuch aud liver after
numerous physicians had failed to help me
aud I had been given up to die."
The above teatimonia s nPu from many of
the most prominent, wealthy aud influential
men and women of this country. Thuy calm
ly und deliberat dy say that Dr. R. 0. Flower
cured them after they had been given up to
die, and that if it had not been lor him they
would have b?eu in their graves. They rep
resent all kinds of business, all professions,
all positions of prominence, and nearly all
sections of the couutry. The testimony of
one Is the testimony of all, proving his al
most supernatural power lu curing the ilok,
and that his practice girdles the world.
Dr. Flower has established a congress or
staff ot physicians, and is locating a physi
cian In every s ate in the union. These stall
physicians are the most skilled and ablo men
(regardless of their bchool). TUeie staff
physicians examine piitieuts.arrange for their
treatment aud send a written diagnosis of
each case to him. From that tinio on they
are under his cure, the same as if the doctor
had personally examined them himself. Thus
Dr. Flower's patients can be examined and
re-examined as needed by skilled physicians
who are in close touch ami communication
with the doctor's practice. Dr. Flower spares
no expense iu making tlie cure of his patients
uhsolute and complete.
Those wishing to know more of Dr. R. C.
Flower, by K-ndlng two 2-ecui stamps to tha
Flower .Vedlntl ltoin any. ;..Vj t'oliiuibu i
Ave. . Boston. Mii'., wi'l re ao bis work,
entitled, "Dr. 11. C. Flower in llio tiici:
Room."
nTTtJSH ANIMALS IN DEMAND.
I'armors make a mistake in breed
ing when they raise, horses to pieaao
themnolvas. Thoy must breed to snit
the market. The outlook for breed
ing now is better than it has beeu, be
cause the knife in being more freely
used on poor stallions every dsy, and
quality and individuality of horses
are constantly being raised in conse
quence. People who ar fond of drir
inir want stylish animals, and it will
pay the fixrmer to breed for that
stnndard. Then after they are bred it
will pay to bit them thoroughly,
match them np, accustom them to
sights and sounds in city and country
nnd condition them so that they will
be ready for work as soon as sold,
New York World.
TIMK TO DBI OFF COWS.
Most farmers dry oft their cows in
time to give them a rest ot from one
to two months before calving. There
are some, however, who milk up to the
time of dropping the calves. The
best authorities strongly condemn this
practice, believing that impairs the
constitutional strength of both mother
and calf, and lessons, the subsequent
production of both milk and butter.
Tho farmer who delivers milk or sup
plies butter to private customers,
needs about the same quantity of milk
throughout tho year, and plans to
have his cows oomo in at all seasons.
If he has a winter dairy, or sells milk
or cream to a creamery, the oows will
bo dried off in the latter part of sum
mer, when the prices for dairy pro
ducts are low. American Agricultu
rist. A rrtBAP MUSHROOM BTO.
Accordiug to the Musee des Famil
ies, the following is a very simple and
cheap method of preparing a mush
room bed that will yield a crop all the
year round.
In a pine bos about twenty inches
iu depth, au I three feet square, place
a foitr-iuch thick stratum of o mixture
of tliree parts of dry cow manure and
one part ot garden soil. Having pro
cured some mushroom spawn, break it
np and sow it in a second stratum of
manure and earth two inches iu depth.
Slightly compress the whole and cover
with an ciht-ineh layer of earth,
which should be kept damp by water
ing through a fine hose.
In six or eight weoks tbe first orop
of mushrooms will appear at the sur
face, and will continue to do so for at
least two years, provided the bed is
kept damp.
A small quantity of aqna ammonite
added to the water with which the bed
is moistened will hasten the appear
ance of the fungi.
The box should be placed by pref
erence in a place where the light is
not too bright, say in a cellar in
which the temperature is moderate
and equable, or iu a dark part of a
stable.
W0HK FOK RAINY PAYS.
By far too many farmers and their
laborers consider the rainy days as
sacred to rest and inactivity, thinks
the American Agriculturist. The
thrifty, sueeefisfnl fanner, however,
usually has plenty of indoor work
planned for this inclement weather.
The haruesH is to be cleaned and prop
erly oiled, tho stable floors are to be
mended, tools au 1 wagons repaired,
gates made, the compost heap in the
basement handled over, and a hundred
other little j'obs attended to. The
team may need shoeing; if so, let the
man take them to the shop. He will
do more favors iu the future than it
kept working ou the farm all the time,
and these little thing? show that yofl
have confidence in him. He will fully
appreciate the situatiou and not find
fault if, in the rush of work, late hours
sometimes find him in the field, aud
will look after your interests in the
proper care of live stock and the at
tention to details that will make many
dollars' difference in your favor at the
end of the year. The tasks planned
for rainy days should be such as can
bo done under, or near to shelter. In
the latter case, the intervals between
(showers may lie utilized. It rarely
pays auy farmer to work outdoors
when it is rainiug.
StllX'ESS WITH T.OSKS
The first step to success in tho grow
ing of roses is to select a suitab.-
place for planting. This is an absolute
necessity. The best place in the gar
den is none too good for roses. Do
not plant ou the north side or at a
corner of tho house, as the winds
would injure tho bushes, and the su.i
could not properly reach them. A !
warm, sunny posittou should be 80-
. 1 ! ..11 ... 1
juuieu, on n duiiLueru eipoaure, nua
not too near a building or tree, lest
the rose be robbed of tha needed
nourishment and sunshine.
It is KiiiUeient if the rose has the
sun in the morning and during part
ol the afternoon. The best results are
had when the roses are planted iu
groups or hedges, as they grow much
better and are more easily cared fur.
They should not be planted in the
shade of trees or buildings. The rose
requires plenty of nourixhineut, water
and pur. air. It should always be
kept free from dead loaves and insects.
lvoses do well in almost any garden j
soil, which is not too Biudy : in t'uo j
latter case, much benefit will be le
livod from mi sing iu clay ot- muck in
suitable proportions. If the soil in
too hei'.vy, a mixture of wool ns'ies
and nir-slael:t'd lime would imiUe it
about right. Do not forget to fertil
ize t!io m:1 generously with cow
manure nnJ bono manure. Water
bhonbl not be allowed to settle ah i.th
the I u !-ti km ;u winter, as ir. will d'j
great h.ivni to thd idatitri,
Hy f.ill.iwin' tliese tugestiiiim,
thri'u will be ii i ilidioulfy iu raising
line r :.e.. - I -.intent- (iirdeuiu-
Ul'I.HS P'ir. Ti!K 1II'.1.
1 . Ciiv. - ."iu il a blio:J ,vcci v
I'ojulav
fin 1 ricu' oiiili eif.iu'iifi iit tri'. ui.:.
licr'u.K come I out to the luiuutu
heaps; stall well cleaned with farm
hoe, afterwards brushed channel
brushed, and washed out well V clean
bedding laid down; feeding-trough
always oleaned out previous to feeding
time ; warmth of shod attended to and
no draughts of cold air allowed.
2. Ventilation of cow-shed should
have particular attontion every morn
ing ; after the shed is oloanod out,
open tho top and bottom of window.
8. Cows well cleaned with the curry
comb and brnsh each morning.
4. The cow's teats oleanod bofore
milking.
6. Milk should have particular at
tention iu straining it.
0. Rooms containing cream and
milk, also milk pans, require careful
attontion ; washing and keeping clean
ot room and milk vessels well attended
to ; the room also kept well ventilated ;
no bad air allowed.
7. Churns kept well cloaned ; always
washed out clean previous to working
them.
8. Temperature of cream previous
to churning carefully attended to ; for
the purpose have a thermomotor thirty
five degrees Fahrenheit iu summer and
a few dogroes higher in wiuter.
9. All dairy utensil? kept perfectly
clean and also in a rooru for them
selves. 111. No dairy uteusils should be
washed inside a dairy ; have a small
wooden trough outside the dairy for
this purpose.
11. Keep the floor inside the work
ing compartment perfectly olean ; no
milk or other liquid allowed to remain
on it.
12. Attend to tho washing of the
milk from the butter with great at
tention. 13. The hands not allowed to como
in contact with the butter while mik
ing. 14. Butter not made up for final nse
after saltiug, until a short period of
time elapses also, butter should not
be worked too much. Use small
wooden spades for working the butter
throughout entire process.
15. Neatness observed in making up
of butter.
16. All dairy vessel employed for
making purposes kept Btrictly olean.
17. Working diiry oompartmonts
should be wellcle.me I, floor, benches,
at end of each week ; also exterior por
tion of dairy well cleaned. No water
allowed to remain in channels outside
the dairy.
18. Have no leoayed refuse near tho
dairy on auy acoount
19. Fee ling of milk oows carefully
attended to. Food should be olean,
fresh and given at regulated periods.
20. A moderate supply ot salt (rock)
very beneficial for young cows. Flaoe
lumps of salt in the feeding trough.
21. The drinking water for your
cows should be perfectly cleanly, also
the vessels. Dairy World, London.
FARM AND OAROBS NOTES.
Keep the raspberries free from
weeds.
Pumpkins and squashes in the corn
rows are clear prollt.
Do not kill or sell the best pullets.
Keep them for winter eggs.
All straw and no hay will turn a
bright heifer into a dull cow.
Continue witu seed sowi lg
would have continuous orops.
if
yoa
In summer sixty durrees is abo it
the right temperature at which to
churn.
Match the celery bed heavily be
tween the plants with a tine compost
of cut straw.
Buckwheat is a good crop to grow
and plow under to increase the fertil
ity ot the soil.
One of the greatest leaks in dairying
is the great loss of butter-fat lost by
careless handling.
Take good care of the young com,
that they may continue profitable
when they are old.
Barries plantad a year ago shonld
be allowed to bear but little fruit, but
of extra fine quality.
Long-contiuned cutting of nipara
gn weakens the viues, which should
be given a rest uutil next season.
In experiments made by the
Arkansas expurimentstation Bordeaux
mixture proved the best preventative
ot apple scab.
A few gooseberry plants should find
a place in every fruit gardeu, at they
give a variety and add tj the list oi
really valuable fruits.
Tomato plants when pruned and
carefully tied bask ripeu their fruit
i in advance of those neglected, becanse
tixo 8,la n 6et to t,,em-
A strawberry grower says that the
first plant that forms upon a straw
berry runner is the best, aud a should
be scleoted for tr-iusplautiuj.
If you keep your milk and cream in
tha cellar along with turnips, potatoes
and rotten pit npkinn, an I have no
other place to koep milk und cream,
sell your oows.
The mouths ot a plant are its fino
white roots. Thay tike up food just
as a ytmur animal, unlit this is not
supplied th.'y die for the same tjasous
an animal would starve or die.
Apple trees should bo pruued so
that all parts may easily Via reached
by a spray ; well-pruned trees allow
free noses of light an I air niiiuu.j
their branches, which prevent fuiig:
from obtaining so titroug u foothold.
Improvement iu the quality of beots
and iu the proassas of. manufacture is
ho great that in ticroiauy tho root
will proluca ten per cunt, of its
weight iu sitar. 'i'nis is encouraging
to those who are; ev perimentiu iu
this line iu this country.
AsnaraiiK may b.i grown with the
use of fortiiuers as well a-s by the ap
plication of manure. Ktperiiueutn
I ma io duriu? tho pabt two years are
I very favorable to fertilizers, appliea-
lions beiui; ma le late in the fall au I
i early iu the spriug. A hen with a
brood ot chick is tho best protootiou
'igaiuii th-j asparagus beetle.
rrmrriiM 4 wnu
WltO KII.MCP THIS KABV?
One Utile tiaby w.n nsjeaad from lis fbfhf
In? p.irenl" liy our slum slslers, and when
taken to our Hal vat Ion Army nursery It was
In a stupor. A tow days afterward It died,
and the doctor who p irformnd the nutnpsy
sald It rllnit ai trulv a vMltn of nlonholio
poiKonlnff as any older ease ho had hn I to
tllnirnose. lie it remembered that this baby
was hut fifteen months old. Not only had it
Iwwn nursed by n drankea mother, but tho
lliilor had been ponrod down Its little throat
when It erled. Perhaps Its lot Is happier
than those who donot receive the liquor In
larire ennuirh dosos to poison them rlht
away, but drnir through a drluk cursed life
whlnh ends In erlin", Htnte prison or the eliiv
trie nhnlr. Mr. Ueneral llooth, In CUIlil
Life lu Hie Kluiiis
rnovrn oxoe mors.
Lord Wolselli.y allowed no liquor to ho
T.iitUli ll.iitnlars und Canadian Volunteer
who suppressed tlio rising of l7i. nn 1 In
lilackwocd's Mairaxinn flonernl Mlddleton
ri'lali-s how he followel this example In the
last lilid lU.l.clllon In mv Them was roinrh
work to ho done in purmilnif the wily half
brBils through tho snow nn ! treacherous
"muskcifs ' of the trackless prairie, nnd It
was not easy to make men called from the
oflloeandthe warehouse content with hot
ten. Hut It wan done. Not n drop of nny
stimulant passed the II (M of the General him
self, orol Ids oilliwr, and the cup that ohoeni
but not inebriates was, wo are nssured, "a
much hotter preventive of colds nn 1 cuuirh
from exposure to rain nud snow tluio niiv
amount of spirits could have Ihhu,''
i.snna asp t.iqros.
The Scottish Oformor Invites ntlenllnn to
a letter from a Innrn employer or lalior to J.
H. Ilaper, Ksq., In the vicinity of whos
works thoro wcro formerly three llcnnse t
"public housn," which tho workmen had
daily to pass in irolni? to and from their
Itomco. The temptation to slop nn t drink
was of course ureal, l'hos.i license I pl.tcoi
for the sale of liquor have now hncn olosivl. '
The statement Is made that the Improve
ment is wonderful. The people are lienor
fed and clothed, nnl they are mor.i thrlftv.
Their homes are more eomlortalile, some of
thenienhav.) even bought house of their
own, and the vounir mon and lioys are at
leudlni.' evening schools, Instnad of epen l
ln their spare time In I Co ptildlo hons. Tho
peoplo nru all more rontentoit nnd happy.
Amonii the many bur lens which worklnir
men sufTer trom the drink habit is one of
the most grievous and destructive.
alcohol axd n.vLr-DiiowxEii rnssoxs.
The T.on ton Inueot says t "Dr. Wilkin
son, of Tynomonth, sureeon to the Tyne
niouth Yoluntioir Life Hriv-ado, In reference
to an accident which ooeurrfv,! ou tho pier
(luring the lute calo, (rave timely advloo to
tho volunteers as to the danif or of adminis
tering nlnohol to half-drownod persons. He
mentioned the case of a younir man who was
knocked down on the pier by a wave, sus
taining an Injury to his side. He was brought
to the surgery drenched to tho skin and ex
tremely cold. Uu emitted a strontf odor of
spirits, nnd It Was found that after the acci
dent he had been taken to a pnhllo house,
nnd brandy had boon Riven to bim. Dr.
Wilkinson ordered htm to iro to be.l at once
at a hotel, hut ho persisted In returning
home to Newcastle a slow Journcv sitting
In his wot clothes. Ho died half an hour
after his arrival home, I)r. Wilkinson point
ed out that It was important to tho members
Of the brigade to remember that It was oftoa
a fatal mistake to jjlvo bran lv to a balf
drowned person, at auy rafo until the wet
clothlnir had beeu remov).!, nn I the tem
perature had boon raised iu a warm bod."
TEMPKT.AMCE XRWS AND SOTES.
Ia Hawaii last year 2183 persons wore ar
rested for druukeunoss.
In the Zurich. Lunatic Asylum ono-fourth
of tho eases were ascribed to drink.
Dr. fipeyer says that ono-oltfhtli of the In
sane In public asylums wero S'jnt there from
sloobolism.
fiomebody says that the labor question
will remain open as lou j as the drinking
saloons do.
A Cedar Rapids ( Iowa) woman has sued
adruRK-ist for 3000 tor selling liquor to
her husband.
Otto Lnaf found that clghty-elght per
cent, of the crimes committed lu Zurich were
due to drluk.
The Junior Order of American Mechanics
has voted not Ion lmlt liquor dealers to mem
bership lathe order.
lr. Iwcr, a well-known wrltor on Germr.n
prisons, alleges Hint forty-four per cent, of
the prisouers were Intemperate.
Iu 1803 one la seventeen deaths which
occurred iu Hwitsst-rlani were usoribad to
drinking habits (including women and chil
dren). Tbe averauo character of boya and young
men in Kansas ia sui l to b:i inuoh iilKliur
sinoo prohibition ol tho liquor trnulo thun
liofore.
According to stall dies of insurance com
panies total ttlmtainers livo on an averaKO
thirteen year longer than moderate
drlukers.
The aoted professor.' of physiology, Oaule
in Heme, Hertz n lu Lausanne, liuuire In
Basle, aud SchifT in Geneva, arj total ab
stainers fromlilcoho'.
Trofessor Rtru-npell. of Krlnngen, a.-s
that alcohol has nn evil influence in the
causation of most diseases, and is the ruling
cause of dyspepsia lu adults.
In Now York n tomp.ininne society lo pro
mote moderation in drinking as well as to
tal abstinence, has lieon oojnnljied under the
direction of tho Kpiscopul Churoli.
In Grant llrituin and Ireland luero are
nearly 20.000 Juvenile temperance soaiettea
of one kind nn I another, with an estimated
rnemborship -jf '2,011,001 young people.
Tho ri.iriitoua (M. Y.) Board of Fire Com
miasionurs lias forbidden am- erninnunt
employ drinkln.t any kind of" liquor while
ououiy or ntrini any placo whoro It is
sold except in prforiuan.-j of his dullos.
Canon Kully says that whnroas it was for
merly a eoTimoii thing for iilcohollo stimu
lants to he us.) t in tho Euxlwli universities,
now both the dons nud young iellows are
lwiirninir lo do without them, cr to use them
in the strietust moderation.
Sew York Close to Two Million.
The 108th volume of the New York City
Directory bns just been distributed. This
year's volume eonlnins 3S7.411 names, and,
at the ratio of five toon.-, it is estimated that
tbe city contains 1, Ml. 055 inhabitants resid
ineor doing buslui-vs within forty-one square
miles. In the Chicago directory the names
represented spread over 15 tquare mile
and in Philadelphia 1'29 tousre miles.
The Strike and fncle Sam.
The cost to the United Rtates of putting;
down the railroad strike In tho"West is esti
mated by Government officials us lully 1..
000.000.
Dr. Kilmer's Bwamp-Hoot cures
all Klduey und bladder troubles.
J'amphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Hlnifhainton. N. Y.
Memi'UIS (Tenu.) has n prosperous Italian
colony.
A Doke in Time Saves Nine of Hale's Honey
of Hori.-liouiid and Tiir for Cousbs.
l'ike'a Toothache lro;w Cure in one minute.
A Heaulirill feeavenli Mpoan
Will bt sent with every hottle of Vr. lorili'i
liost-
raid, V) ctr. Address. Hoxsie. Buffalo, N.
. I.
Hall's t ntarrb I are
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c,
Karl's Clover Hoot, the irreat blood purifier,
Kiveb fresh lies and clearness to the complex
ion and cures constipation. 25 ct 5fi ctB.. (I.
Tlmf Tired Feeling
Is due to au impoverished condition of tlio
blood, .t bbould bo overcome without de
lay, and tho best way to accomplish this re
sult is lo take Hood's harsnparilla, which
Mood
'g 8ar8a-
parilla
will purify aut vitnl
iM thtt hlooj, Kive
htrriitfth uuil appetite
ninl prod iti'a bweot
Cures
aud rufr8hi.ig sleep. Jie sure to get Hood"
iSurtiuparillH, uud only Hood's.
lluttU'v I'M ciu oauwi mid billuiuueM.
Highcstof all in leavening
PURE
Economy requires that in every receipt calling
for baking powder the Royal shall be used. It
will go further and make the food lighter, sweeter,
of finer flavor,, more digestible and wholesome.
ROYAL BAKINQ POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW YORK.
It Came Hack to IovinH' Tom."
"Po yon know," said Mr. Man t
his friend tho other evening at the,
rout Rnnleu, "that tho boys at the
club hnvo a ruorry anil most nistrossiorl
'lliul' on me. I suppose it's oueof th
iuevitablo consequences of rotumnciuR
bachelorhood that a mnu lays himscll
open to attack from the most uustis
ported quartern.
"Now, lovul I'iti'.oti as I am, I have
rceoivcil a bitter blow from the United
Mates Government. It stabbed me,
using tho lVad Letter Oflioe as a dag
ger. It was like this: Just a month ago
nt the club I wrote a letter to tho nr
1 nm K"ing to marry. I had told only
one or two of my intimnto frionds ol
the ciiKUffciiK'tit, and we weren't going
to announco it until fall. Well, as 1
was saying, I wrote to Alice Jevom
that day at the club, and told her how
fond 1 was of her. I loved her very
hard that day, nnd I used some strong
expressions : I suppose my heart ran
away with my pen, so to speak.
"To make n short skory a little long
er, I sat down by tho window to di
rect the envelope I Rot to gazing onl
on the fleecy clouds floating across the
blue depths of the sky, and thinking
about her, as a man doos, you know..
Well, I suppose I directed the letter
wrong. It never roached her. In
stead of that, a mouth Inter, came n
nasty-looking official envelope ad
dressed to 'Ijovitig Tom,' iu caro ol
the club. The pontofliee peoplo hadn't
been ablo to find tho girl, so they triod
to scad the drivel back to tho one
who wrote it. and thoir only clew was
the signature nud the engraved letter
head. "Well, nobody nt tho club could
fancy who 'Loving Tom' was, so tho
House Committece opouud the envel
ope The first thing thoy saw was
'Dearest Alico,' and tho first sentonoo
was absolute insanity. Then they
recognized my writing and foreboro
to read further. "
Mr. Man stopped to wipo from his
brow tho perspiration which sprang
forth at the thought of his mortifica
tion. "Well, there's just one thing
about it," ho added thoughtfully,
"I'll never agaiu sign myself anything
but my full name, oven if I live to bo
a regular Methuselah and write to
Mrs. Methuselah every day." New
York Tribune.
Tho heaviest rainfall is near tho
equator, and diminishes steadily as
the latitude rises.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort And improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others nnd enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Tigs.
Its excellence is due to its present!nf
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial proertics of A perfect lax
ative; elfcetually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
nnd periiiaucntly curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions nnd
met with the approval of tho medical
profession, because it nets on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Fiirs is for sale by all drug
gists iu 50c and (1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if ofltred.
NYN V St
What to
lean them
c
clean it, either, half as well as Pearline besides, "don't
play with the fire." If your grocer sends you an imitation,
roe honest send it back. m james i'YLe. New York.
" Well Donb Outlives Death," Even Your
Memory Will Shine if You Use
SAPOLIO
strength. latest 0. S. Cot. Food Report.
Powder
i Puir Halls as Food.
It will surpriso many to know that
tho plebeian puff ball of our pastures
is good for something besides old fash
ioned styptic, smoke, nnd the kick of
the small boy,
Thoro nro n number of npooien of
tho puff ball, varying in shape nnd size
from tho small white globular variety
of an inch in diameter, and tho pear
shaped, to the giant pasture spooios
which may nttaiti the dimensions of it
football. All are edible, if gathered
at tho white stage, thoso of yellow or
darker fracture being excluded. Of
the esculent qualitius of tho larger
spooies, Lyooperdon gigntitoum, we
mny judgo "from the stutomont of a
connoisseur. "Sliced nnd seasoned in
butter nnd salt, and fried in tho pan,
no French omelet is. half as good in
richness nnd delioacy of flavor." M.
0. Cooko.thu lint mil nnthority,says of
it, "Iu its voting nud pulpy condition
it in excellent eating, and indeed has;
but few competitors for the place of
honor at tho tnblo." Harper's Maga
lino.
Over 200,000 postal oards are used
every day iu the United States.
DOCTOR'S BILLS SAYEdT
Mineral ftHnt. Tiwcaraitxu Co, Ohio,
v. x-1 IK UK, uuutiu, n. 1 .
Krvir S(r-I am (14
to any that the use of
your " (loldi-n Medi
cal Piscovwy " baa
saved ms many doo
tors' tails, as 1 have tot
the past vlovsn years,
whenever needed, bus
nmis- It for the. erysip
elas and also for chron
ic diaiThsa, and am
irlsd to say that It has
Dover failed. I have
also rvooni mended It
Ui many of my nelsrbs
hors, as it is a medicinal
worth reoomraendlua;.
JUbKl'H SMITH. J
3. Burnt, Esq.
PIERCE CURE
OR MONEY RETURNED. !
Tha " Discovery " purifies, vitalizes anil
enriches the blood, thereby, invigorating tha
system and building up wholesome flesh
when reduced by wasting disoasos,
W. L Douglas
S3 SHOE t.
f 5. CORDOVAN,1
FRCNCH& ENAMELLED CALf? -
3.VFlfffCAIf4KAKGABDI
3.-OP0lICE,3 Souls.
2.1.7-? BoysSchoolShqesi.
' LADIES'
BesT DONGOlj
-JF -. .' I " snAiir.i ask I
YM.Jy " RPnCKTON. MASS.
T cab nv money by weariu tho i
V. L. Douftlni 03. OO Pboe.
Boa, we are the lnrirrt manufmrttirer cm
Uil ffrailtfof ibrsrs la the world, ami vutraDte Utvll
value ly eUmplh the Dime and price on th
bottom, which jmtKt you ntraitiat high irlc and
the mldtllnmana nntii. our ahoca e)UAl cuvtooa
work In style, eay Aitlng and wearing qualitl
W ha?c thorn 1ti ererytvlwre at lower prlreefoi
the value (riven than any oihrr make. Tna no aub
atltute. If your dealer :hl nut supply you, we can
MARK
COLLARS and CUFFS.
7 lir bt at tii molt eeoii'-inlc.il o Uri and ( urti worn.
Hrreraible. Lt.uk well, r it writ. nar well.
A t ol 1tt collars or Five pMrt of cutfr It a cli.
Snmp.e collar nn I pair of ruir tjr uiall for tt cent,
haiuc tin ilir mi l tvic rteiirrtl ami aUrct U.4
alevrrvlble 4'ollnr '.,
71 Kllhy it , inM n or 77 l-'ieiikim tt., KfW Yorfc.
i urt'M ami rrmi'itin kliuu:utl.uii. linliLitiuu.
l)Kf)iHl i( Uterinum, CfUitrru au I Aiiiinta.
(Jarful lu M ilnrm uu.l Kevor. t'lo-ltmot ttte
rtt tit mil Tr-titntUM the A imtltt. SwottUm
Iht llreiith. Cur. tin- Tolmrco 1 lnr, Kmlnr!
1 ili Met I ical Facility, int-ntl lor li1, ljurU
rt-nt uitim-. ittirt-r, MififM or Juutal XHe.
ti:o. It. li ALU, liu "jt -'ytii nr., New York.
FflT F0LKs -
B van inukt rem
liiiiuiti, tuiy doe
Minn M, AlnlVy, supply. Ark., Miyn: "I
loM tu Uw. ttnit ft't-1 NplemlUl,'1 Nutitnrv
ua. No n Vk no. I'ttrtlrularHrVuilcth A.
M ill Oi., It. S.. U,x 4t-i. Kt l.ul. Mo.
Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
B lt Principal KxAuiliiur V M. i'onatuu lluraau.
yr.lu lM-b Mar. lliatliuuiatlUaVtailu.. allj aliuM.
do with Milk Pails !
with Pearline. You can't tret
7 iW
ff
l?4 ClTrSt SttHitll ALL tLbt fAllS. '4
k J Best Coutih brup. Tb-u Uuud. CM f 1
rH In lime. K"I1 v ilrunrfLtH p
them so thoroughly sweet and pure in any
other way. Besides, it's easier for you
quicker, more economical.
"The box and barrel churn are not hard
to keep clean. A little hot water and a little
Pearline will clean any churn or do away
with any bad odor." 1'he Dairy World, Chicago.
Perhaps you think that some of the imita
tions of Pearline, that you'd be afraid to
use in washing clothes; would do just a9
well in work like this. 1 hey wouldn t
hurt tinware, certainly. But they wouldn't