I'dllil Ol 111 Wild flOOHA.
Tho common wild poote, of whicb
I'irro aro several Ffpcies in America,
llie roost tiolnble bring called the
CrsriIh poofc, laya from fire to six
rpta in tbe neat hpforo incubating.
Tl;e (miiGKoofe will lay ronnr more,
I nt it mnst be remembered that do
mcMicrtton and the consequent
abundance of food bare tbo effect of
ircrtasing tho prolificacy of all kinds
of birds. It is not unusual for tbe
ilil gooro to have (wo broods in tbe
.Tnr, one as coon a the first is able
to core for itself. New York Times.
SI cm neb, sometimes called waterbrasb,
nnd burning pain, distress, nausea,
dyspepsia, are enred by Hood's Sarea
1 parilln. This it accomplishes because
with its wonderful power as a blood
purifier, Hood's Sarsaparilla gently
tones nnd strengthens tbe stomach and
digestive organs, invigorates the liver,
creates an appetite, gives refreshing
Fleip and raises the health tone. In
cr.sca of dyspepsia and indigestion it
ecems to have "a magio touch."
r.ir over 12 years I suffered from sour
Stomach
with severe, pains aeross my shoulders, and
Krrnt distress. I had violent nausea, whloh
would leave me very weak and faint, dim
cult to pot my breath. These spells came
oftener and more severe, I did not receive
any lasting benefit from physicians, but
found such happy effects from a trlnl of
Hood's Sarsaparilla that I took several bot
tles, and menu to always keep it In the
house, I am now ablo to do all my own
work, whici for six years I have been un
able to do. My husband and son have also
been trreatly benefited by Hood's Sarsaparllla
for pal ns In the baok and after the grip. I
gladly recommend this grand blood medi
cine.' Mas. Tetxr Bcubt, Leominster, Moss.
n
Sour
El n j
Sarsaparilla
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l'aying liillanUtiopy.
I Charles H. Patterson, a roanufac
tnrer of Dayton, Ohio, speaking in
""w&.Kew York recently, told how he had
made money by being kind to his em
ployes 1000 girls. He started a
school to teach them how to work
more intelligently, gave them five
minutes for rest and calisthenics morn
- ing and evening, pat a stove and
; colored woman in each department
and served coffee and soup free, started
a laundry to save them the trouble of
taking their aprons home to wash,
bought 1000 aprons for them, fitted
np a room with a cot and medicine
chest, and says it all paid the best of
girls eagerly seek the work, and they
work willingly and well.
London's Lunatics.
London is abont to bnild a seventh
luuatic asylum. There are 12,000
certified lunatics now kept at the pub
lic expense, without counting those in
private asylums and those that are
loose.
DEAR MKS. FLXKIIAM:
" I cannot begin to tell you what your
remedies have done forme. I suffered
or years with falling and neuralgia
of the womb, kidney trouble and
Ivucorrhira in its worst form. There
were times that I could not stand, was
f-ick all over nnd in despair. 1 had
not known a real well day for 15 years.
1 knew I must do something at once.
1 had tried physicians without receiving-
any lasting benefit. I began the
rtl use of Lydia E. 1'iukliam s
'.Wj Vegetable Compound.
Now, I have used 0 bot-
vVv5ii J1 'Sx tlus i my weight ha
increased 25 lbs. I
- 4i
tell every one to
whom and what I owe
'ijj my recovery, and there
f' are 15 of lny friends
&"fy7frf. ting the ComjJ
. .. r ffft. after ..x.i
m
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YJ&t'' Oh. if 1 had known
of it sooner, and
sn etl oH these years of misery. I
can recommend it to every woman."
Kate Voder, 408 W. 9th St., Cincin
iiaii, O.
Should advice be required, write to
Mrs. I'inkliRm, at Lynn, Mass., who
has the utter confidence of all in
telligent American women. (She will
promptly tell what to do, free of
charge. Lydia E. I'inkham's Vege
table Compound, which is easily ob
tained nt any druggist's, v.ill restore
any ii'iing woman to her normal con
dition quickly and permanently.
ASK YOUR DEALER FOR
N L. Douglas
(M M aTv HmM w n aw v a
It ycu pay Si to B fur shoes, ex
amine the 7. L. Douglas Shoo, and
see what a good shoe you can buy for
s3.
OVER 100 STYLES AND WIDTHS.
CONGRESS, BUTTON,
ftud LACK, mad in all
kind of the bt selected
leather by akliltd work
men. We
ijihU aud
sell more
S3 Shoe
Sf jkwV tlian any
-X- ' otlitr
luauufacturer in the world.
. ne genuine unless name and
price is t.iujped on the bottom.
Ask vour dealer for our S5,
S4, -, i.5 Shot;-
a.Oo, 4 and ftl.ia fur boys.
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. Hymrdealer
cannot supjily you, send to fuo
ui y, encloii.tf puce and Vicrnts
to pay carriage. Stdte kmd,tie
vt tue (cap or pUin), siie and
ukllh. Our Custom lept.HiH till
vour order. Snd for iit-w illui-
tiaied LataltJKue to lioa It.
W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mast.
N y N V- I 3
A "'TWILL NOT RUB otf--
"vyaLL COATING.
r Dlilfl WHISK Y h.'ill. cured. Book .cut
illllilsfe
to rmrvENT ohowth op nonss.
There are two wavs to hill the ccrms
of the horns in a young calf; one is to
out them out when the calf is a month
old by raising the fdiiu iu a flap and
removing the small button 'which is
loosely attached to it. The flap of
skin is laid back and a plaster of tar
is laid on it, when the wound loon
heals. The other method is to apply
caustio potash wetted with water by
rubbing it on the ekin'whero tho email
cub of the horn is felt. Tho potash
will burn tho lingers anl make a bad
fore unless it is held in a wrapping
of paper or a rag. Tho wetted potash
is well rnbbed into tho fskin, killing
tue lmmatnro shell of "horn. Aew
lork Times.
THE SriSAOH LEAF MAOOOT.
Tto spinach leaf inacrcot is related
to the onion maggot, tho cabbage
root maggot and other pests of this
kind, writes Professor. C. M. Weed.
It seems to be widely distributed and
doing serious damage. Its lifo history
has not yet been fullv worked out. but
there is good evidence that the same
insect develops in the leaves of pig-
weeu or goose loot. It seems as if it
was going to be a difficult pest to
fight, as it is not probable that any
thing 'can be applied to tho leaves to
prevent its attacks. The only reme
dies I can now suggest Jare the pick
ing on ana destroying ol infected
leaves especially in spring and the
Keeping down of pigweed, to prevent
its breeding iu that. American Agri
culturist. STiDLB MANURE FOB HBXBARH,
It is an old-fashioned practice to
ut a barrel over rhubarb with both
leads out. and nila nrnnnrl it. rrront
I - . Q.VU.
heaps of fstnbla mnnnra in eunli
amounts that it will not freeze through
in quite coia weather, and in warm
weather will have more or less fermen
tation. Undoubtedly some ammonia
is liberated in this way, and as the
spring rains soak through the manure
they carry this ammonia into the soil,
making a very vigorous and early
growth. This would be all the better
probably, if nitrate of soda were
sprinkled on the soil insula tl V,rrl
The rhubarb plant makes an immense
leaf growth, and it is a very gross
feeder. The soil cannot be made too
rich for it, and especially early in the
spring, when the development of ni
trogen either in manure or in tho soil
goes on very slowly. Those who can
get rhubarb to market a few days
earlier than their neighbors can get
much better prices foi it. Late in the
season tho price is always so low that
tho crop pays little for the labor re
quired in marketing it and for the ex
haustion of soil which its growth
causes. Boston Cultivator. ;
FLOWERS ON THE FARM.
I suppose a majority of farmers re
gard flowers as useless and unessen
tial, but I do not agree, says W. I.
Perkins. No farm is so neat, attrac
tive and home-like as it might and
should be, if it lacks beds of flowers
and flowering shrubs.
The object of the farm primarily
and iundamently is a home, attractive
to all, a upot to leave a loving mental
impression upon the mind of every
child of the family as loug as lifo lasts.
Flowers are poetry and refinement and
higher culture on the farm. Do not
exclude them.
There are many attractive annuals
and every garden should number a
goodly variety; but I would call prin
cipal attention to the sweet pea. as I
think no other will give such uni-
lorin ana continual pleasure and satis
faction. The sweet pea has received
wonaeriul improvement in the last few
years, and covers well nigh every va
riety of shade and tint from pure
wnite to deep maroon or purpl.qS9
tveryjaenavje.jgptjigg" '
l ;aut tue sweet pea upon a moist
spot, where it will not dry up in sum
mer. Fertilize it with wood ashes and
nitrate of soda. Pick off the blossoms
as they appear. Apply a thick mulch
over tne entire root system before dry
weather, and water whenever neces
sary. Farm, Field nnd Fireside.
THE POPDLAB AITLE3.
It is one of tbe disadvantages of any
special culture that fashions are
RO changeable. Very rreintlv. fur
instance, tbe most popuhir apples in
me markets, especially in tue foreipn
ones, were Baldwin. Kinar and N'ew.
town Pippin. The last two years these
oia iavonr.es nave given way to an in
terloper, rarely ever heard of before,
and now called York Imperial, orplain
York. It is essentially an eating ap
ple, being sweet, with tender llesh,
aud a very beautiful fruit, partly yel
lowish, the rest of it a light crimson,
splashed with deeper red. The cavity
around tho stalk is a greenish russet.
As most of the apples consumed in
England are eated out of baud, the
appearance goes a great way to make
auv cood kiud zonular.
It may be that iu time we may
choote our apples in accordance with
the dictum of thedoctoru, as this fruit
is really one of tho very best kinds of
mediciue. The aoid is extremely
healthful, as well ub apreeable, and it
is this which makes this fruit such an
excellent food. But the popular taste
will have its effect on tlm mil.lin
choice, aud no ouo may be able to say
what will bo the apple of next season.
The unsurpassed Newtown, and its
near relative, the Albemarle, pippin,
have loug been the American apples,
essentially so, but the iuferior kinds
huve gone ahead of it by fully 82 a
barrel. All this is to bo taken into
account iu the selection of fruits fur
phiuting for market purposes. Now
York Times,
11ARDW00O AKHR3.
Let no farmer forsake hardwood
ashes as a bource of chtnu) available
plant food. Many otherJsources of
potash have iu lute- years been brought
to the attention of the agriculturist j
but let it be considered that ashes are
ho experimebt. Our fathers aud
grandfathers need them before ns, and
the fertility of ashes has nourished
many generations of men and animals.
The soils of New F.ngluud are all
potash hungry. No one element is so
exhausted. Furthermore, this im
portant difference remains, many com
mercial fertilizers are compounded by
man ; not si in case of ashes, as here
nature has done all tho work. Many
years ago the tree germinated and
grew. It withdrew from our soil what
was required for its support. The
process continuod indofluitolv, until
finally the woodsman felled tho tree.
Its wood was burnod. Its ashes, con
taining every particle of mineral mat
ter the tree had, bavo been carefully
gathered up and transported from a
distant land to feed tho crops of Now
England. This potnsh and phosphotio
acid have nil been used bfore in vege
table growth. What more simple
thing, then, than the fact that this
mineral matter is in tho best and most
natural form to produce more trees',
more fruits, more vegetables and more
grasses?
Another strong argument for use of
ashes is, they are cheap. In the last
few years, like other commodities,
ashes have boon more and more cheap,
so they are altogether within the
reach of tho farmer at present.
With a bona fide guarantee of dry
ashes, cleaned And well screened, of
an analysis of 5 per cent, potash of
general purity, no hesitation cood be
had iu the purchase of hardwood
ashes.
There is hardly a fiold or a crop of
New England that ashes will not mater
ially benefit. Massachusetts Plough
mau. TOAD FESCE3.
It seems to be the general opinion
among beekeepers that toads are the
enemies of bees, and that if allowed to
hove the Tun of the apiary they will
destroy large numbers of them, writes
lietn Day. homo go so far as to say
that toads will sit npou the alighting
board of a hive and catch the laden
bees as they retnrn to the hive. But
toads are nocturnal animals and dur
ing the day are usually hidden in dark
corners, or under heavy leafage ; aud
bees do not gather honey at night.
However, bees do,during hot.weather.
oome out on the alighting board, and
may be found creeping, or rather run
ning about there at all hours of the
night, where they would bo au easy
prey for his toadship, were he disposed
to capture them. But whether so dis
posed or not, remains with one bee
keeper, at least, on open question. I
have never yet seen a toad eat either
bee or drone, or anything else so large
as either. I have never seen one
around my hives although there were
plenty in both flower and vegetobla
gardens, only a few yards away.
loads are very intelligent. Where
onoe they are fed, or find for them
selves tome dainty of which they aro
lond, they will go again, ior this
reason they are, though shy at first,
easily tamed.
A medium-sized toad will eat from
twenty to thirty good-sized spiders,
or from forty to fifty or eveu sixty
flies at a single meal. They would,
therefore, if they cared to feed upon
Dees,, be very destructive in an apiary.
But they would also catch the bee
moth and its progeny, and would pro
bably soon rid the hives of this pest.
Toads are beneficiul animals. They
destroy countless numbers of bugs,
worms, moths, nics, gnats, mosquitoes,
oto., and we cannot afford to have
them destroyed.
To kill unnecessarily is cruel, and
the continued killing of helpless crea
tures, even though they ore small, has
demoralizing and brutalizing effeot.
For those, then, who wish to keep
toads ont of the apiary, the mjsaLvjioi. L
ltoblesjB-UH" 'ttrMTfbst humane way
to do so is not to Kill them, but to
fence them out. The same fence.
though absolutely mouse, snake and
duok-proof, will go far toward keep
ing these invaders out of the apiary.
It is easily and cheaply built, and is
simply ten or twelve-inch boards set
ou edge in a continuous line around
the space to bo enolosed, the ends
lopping slightly, aud either nailed to
gether or fastened by driving two
stokes, one on each side of the lapped
ends.
Then if the apiarist will watch in
the evening, and remove all the toads
that may have been feucod in, there
will be no further trouble with toads
for that season, or at least as long as
the fence remains iu place. The
ground must bo leveled so that there
are no holes under the board through
which a toad might crawl.
When not iu uso the boards can be
stored in a dry place, And can bo used
for several seasons. Farm, Field and
Fireside.
He Was Eligible.
Mr. James Payn, the London writer,
tells a good story, lie fays a youug
man was jayiug his attentions to a
"beloved object," contrary to tho
wishes of her father, "a man of thews
and sinews," and one day the latter
kicked the lover violently into the
street. In a a day or two (alter re
covery) tho rejeoted suitor, apparently
not one whit discouraged, called at
the house oneo more. ''What, o,q;ain I"
exclaimed paterfamilias, putting on
his well-soled boots for action, ''No,
sir," cried the young mau. "I have,
given up all hope of winning your
daughter; but iu consequence of that
astounding kick you gave me tho eth
er day, I have been requested, on the
strength of my enruest recommenda
tion to the committee, to ask you to
join our football club." Detroit Free
Press.
Venezuela' Army.
' Tho army of Venezuela on a peaoe
footing consists of HOl) hor.-:emcu,
4UU0 iufuutry soldiers and 1000 artil
lerymen, exclusive of local militia aud
irregular troops. By tho law of Ven
ezuela, all citizens between the ages
of eighteen and forty-five (both in
clusive) are liable to service iu the
National militia.
TEMPERANCE.
FTniK e tub unto imitk.
Won'd vou llkfto roc lh drunkard
Hott'Ml, miik Itclow the lirutc
r.urwt hi. chuckle anil step forward
Into frooilom nlm'lut?
Tlnn roiiw you from (nrilfforouco
Ami flight tlm iinmon drink,
Eri ho forco his haplosM vhitlms
O'er por.lltlon's fearful brlnki
With a solf-ilonyinir eounitfc,
And Minnnly fortitmlp,
Mnn-h forward In tho hatllii's frout '
Till thl demon la on'idninl.
O trlke this mltfhly ile-non
With nil your itrentrth nnd fklll,
With nil your power of Intellect,
With ail vour forooof will.
Would you Ukethe outcast children
From our city's mpialid shims.
All taken In nnd cared for well
As a land like ours beeomes?
Thi n rotie you from indifference,
And flight (he demon drink:
Let Kntherliood nnd Motherhood
Their strongest foroes link
In one milted effort,
This demon to o'erthrow.
An 1 free tho pnth the children treat,
From Its curse nnd lillurlit aud woe.
O -triko this mlirhty demon
With nil your ptriMiffth and skill,
Willi nil your power of Intellect,
W ith all your lorce of will.
Would you like your fellow-workmnu
To he better housed and fed?
And tho pauper from the woikhouso
In a nrinht, hiiuk home Instead?
Then rouse yon Irom indifference
And flight the demon drink
With all the subtle forces
Ol whloh your mind can think.
With wit and sprightly hutr.or,
With seouriti' of wltherlng'soorn,
With keeu, snreastie irony,
With truth's most poiirnnnt thorn,
O striko this mU-lity demon
With all your strength and skill,
With all ymir power of Intellect,
With ail your force of will.
Would yon like the lost and fallen
To bu saved and lifted up?
And the wretched find true pleasure
For sin's bitter burning cup?
Then rouse you from indifference
And fight the demon drink
With llrin, set resolution.
And a nerve that will not shrinki
With a Et-nl which kuows no flagglug,
And a daring strong aud bold;
With energy inflexible,
Aud love that grows not eold.
O strike this mighty demon
With all vour strength and skill,
With all your power of intellect,
With all your force of will.
Constitution.
BS HAD A BABY.
A touching conversation oneo took plane
oa the train as the writer was on tho why fot
a visit among frieuds Iu the East, as follow!
-."vo, i wont tirinn wuu you to-iay,
boys'." said a drummer to his companions ai
they settled down iu a smoking-car aud
passed tho bottle. "Tho fact Is, boys, I havo
quit drinking; I've sworn off."
"What's tho matter with you, old boy?"
sungoutone, "If you've quit drluklug,
something's up. What is it?"
"Well, boys, I will tell you. Yostordny I
was iu Chicago. Down on Clark street a
ciutomerof tnlno kiwps a pawn-shop In con
nection wuu oilier uustuess. 1 called on
him, and while I was there a young man.
not inoro than twenty-five, wearing thread-
n:ir ciotues anil looking as Hani as tr ho
hadn't seen a sober day for a month, came
lu with a little paokage In his hand. Ho un
wrapped it aud hauded the article to the
pawnbroker, saying, 'dive mo ten cents.'
And, boys, what do yon suppose It was? A
p;(r of bnhy shoes little things, with the
bottoms only a trifle soiled, as If they had
been ouly worn once or twice. 'Where did
you get those?' asked tho pawnbroker. 'Got
em at home,' replied tho mnu, who hndau
lutellih'ont look aud the manner of a gentle
man desplto bis sad condition. 'My wife
bought 'em for our baby. Give mo ton cents
for 'em I want a drluk.' 'You had better
take the shoes back to your wife; tho baby
will need them,' said the pawnbroker. -No.
s-she won't, because she's dead. Bho'a lyin'
at home now died last night.' As ho said
this tho poor follow broke down, bowed his
head cattle show case, and cried llko a child,
lioys," continued tho drummer, "you may
laugh, if you please: but I I have a baby at
ho.re, and 1 swear I'll never take another
drink." National Temperanoe Advocate,
A COSTLY BOTTLE.
One of the most cruel things which wicked
meu can do is to sell strong drink to ignor
ant heathen savages. Thousands of barrels
of strong drink aro sent from Europe and
America to Africa to poison tbe benighted
Africans, and of late strong drink has been
sold in Alaska to the Indians, aud him pro
duced most ruinous results. The Govern
ment has prohibited sueh Halo, and now and
then a mau gets whnt ho deserves. Stephen
Merrltt, of New York, who visited Alaska,
says ha saw a mau sunt to prison for nlu
mouths for selling a bottle of whisky.
He was fireman on tbe ship lu which Mr.
Merritt sailed and when he weut on shore in
Alaska he took a bottle of whisky which cost
him a dollar, thinking to make something by
soiling it for a larger amount. An ludlau
woman bought the whisky and paid Mm two
dollars, so be made a dollar; but be violated
United States law and soon fouod that he
was "out of a job," and was landed In jail
for nine months. Mr. Merrltt and others
- yfthJuaa, sq. jfe h-a-eoutd.kejp bis place
is llreuian where he was noedeJ.tniTfh jy f8
tried to persuade tho officers to let him off
fused, and so he was sent to jail. If all men
who sell whisky either to tho savage or the
slvilized.ln Africa, America or Alaska could
be landed In jail for uine months the people
sould ailord to board them there, pay them
salary aud tako care of their families at
borne and make more money by tbo opera
tlonthnnthis sailor did, selling abottleof
whisky for two dollars Safeguard.
A TEitaim.R POWEB.
The French Academy of Medlclce recently
adopted a series of resolutions declaring that
the drink evil has become a permanent dan
ger attacking "the very life and force of the
country" aud laying stress on the fact that
evou the purest uloohol is "always and fun
damentally a poison." Speaking of legal
restrictions M. liochard, a member of the il
lustrious scioutillo body, sutd: "I kuowthat
this Is difficult to accomplish. Alcohol is a
terrible power. The professional hierarchy
(the manufacturers aud dealers) holds the
couutry enlaced iu tho mohesof a net of uu
avoiduble self Interest without pity."
A NEW NAME FOB TliK DBINK.
A little girl in Manchester attuuded a Band
of Hope meeting, and, ou the sjuakor re
uiurking that the drink stripped homes of
furnituro and womeu and children of their
clothes, she excitully exclaimed:
"That's just what it does ut our house."
On reucliing homo her father iuslsted upon
sending her to the public-housu for drink.
Arrived thero, sho du.shcd tho money upoa
the counter and passionately asked forthruo
pennyworth of "strip-me-uaUud."
TUE Olltil EST Win OP ALL.
A London paper estimates thut the cost of
all the great wars of the world for twenty
live years, from ISO.) to 1877, has beta 1i!0,
OuO.OOU.Olll). Au Aiiiortiuu journal figures
out that Ibu cost of Intoxicants iu tbo United
States for tho same period was at least tl5,
OUJ.tOO.OOO. Perhaps the latter item should
be Included lu the llrst category, as repre
senting one of tho "great wars against tho
peace aud wolfaroof the world.
TtillEUANCli NliWS AND NOTLS.
Abstinence is easy, moderation Impossible.
A liquor dealer doesn't open bis Blblo once
la a hundred days, but he opens his whiskey
buttle a hundred times a day.
The greatest remedy fur poverty and dis
ease is the banishment of thesuloon.
When the saloou is blotted out It will not
take long to renovate the fuco of the earth.
A formerly Intemperate mau who had ab
stained for live years took a drink just to sue
how it would jju. It weut us formerly to
drunkenness.
It is not for tho kings to drluk wine, nor
for princes str ug drink, lest thuy drink and
forget the law, and pervert the judgment of
any of the atliictcd. liiulo.
But they also have cried through wino,
aud through strong drink are out of the way;
the priest and tho people bavo erred through
strung drluk, they are swallowed up of wiue;
thov err tu vision, they ntumble lu judgment.
'Libia.
(.arrlmn Life In Madogflnfar.
The French garrison in Madagascar
find life dull. Tby have established
two newspaper. Frenchmen eat so
lunch bread that it is a Rore privation
to be limited to a small ration every
other day. Itioo does not supply the
place of bread, though it is to be
bad almost for nothing. Vegetables
are cheap, and a chicken costs six
ponce. The troops got on well with
tbo Malagasy people, but do not care
to aocept their hospitality, ns the
natives generally share thoir houses
r?ith pigs and chickous.
A Savage Marsupial.
The so callod rebra wolf of Australia
Is also callod the native tiger; but,
strango to Bay, it is not even a cousin
to zebra, wolf or tiger, belonging to
the same family as the kangaroo, tho
slow and gcutle wombat and tho sly
old opossum all thoso animals that
carry thoir babies in their pockets.
The eyes, which aro large, are fur
nished with a membrane, like the eyes
of owls ; and this is callod the nictitat
ing membrane. This is almost contin
ually moving in the daytime, as the
eyes are exposed to more or loss of
sunshine Without this membrane the
amount of light admitted through the
large pupil would puzzlo the zebra
wolf. The general color of tbe somewhat
short woolly fur is grayish brown, a
little incliucd to yellowish. Aoross
this ground color the black bands
show up sharp and clear. Those stripes
are usually fourteen in number, bo
ginning just back of tho shoulders,
where they are narrowest, and grow
ing broader and longer back of the
haunches. The skins are in demand
for laprobes and rugs, wbioh gives an
added reason for hunting the wearers.
Tbe zebra-wolves were taken to the
Zoological Oardons in London, where
they flourished and raised a family.
When they came it was thought Great
Britain would be too cold for them,
but there seems to be no reason why
they should not thrive even in Can
ada, as they have boon known to live
on the mountains of Tasmania, 3500
feet above the sea lovel, where the
ground is sometimes oovored with
snow for many weeks, and frosts aro
severe.
Do yon wonder that his name is
slightly mixed? The marvel is that he
is not named monagerio and done with
it, for with his dog like faoo and short
wolf ears, eyes like an owl, zobra
stripes and a pouch like a kangaroo,
his mixed picklo bcastship could an
swer to almost any name you might
wish to call him. When he bcoomes
extinct we can truly say, we ne'er
shall see his like again. St, Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Japanese Nosp.
In Japan tho nose is tho only fontnre
which attracts attention. The uoso
determines the beauty or ugliness of
the face, according as it is big or
small. This is probnbly duo to the
fact that differences in noses constitute
about tho only distinction between one
Japanese face and anothor. In Japan,
a lady who has a huge proboscis is al
ways a great beauty and a reigning
belle.
The man who can lesru irom his
own mistakes, can always bo learning
something.
ltouml the llcarthitonet.
Household necessities, cheer and warmth
In winter, rcqulro the building of more fires,
A cheerful, warm fire-place is a gracious com
fort, but tbo harm fire may do has no limit.
Hearthstones have storied legends, aud thero
aro stories of how houses lira burned down
by carelessness. But it is because we have
more fires that there are more burns and
scalds, the treatment of which, to allnv at
once the torturing pains requires something
for immediate use. No household should be
without it. and St. Jacobs Oil supplies the
need. Used according to direction, it heals,
soothes and cures, aud loaves uo scars be
hind. Omaha, Neb., is planning for a trans-Mis-slsslppl
and luteruatloual exposition lu lHild.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root cure
all Kidney nnd Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Lalioratory Blnghamton, N. Y.
Tennessee phosphates coutluue to be mined
more extensively.
CAPTIYATED BY ASI1EVII.1.E
IX THE LAS! WTlIE SKvr
Secretary Morion SpemU a Week With
George Vanderbllt lie Kays There Is
Nothing in the World, Owned by Nov
erelga or Subject, Tint Will Cuiupare
With the Famous EUte An Object
Lesson In Agriculture anil Art.
Washington, March 14. Secretary of
Agriculture Morton returned this mornlug
from Ashevlllo, N. C, where he has been
spending a week or so Investigating Bilt
more, tho famous estate of George Vauder
bllt, aud he told his colleagues at the Cabi
net meeting to-day that there Is nothing in
the world, owued by sovorcl,'u or subject
that will compare with It, either as a resi
dence or as au object lesson lu tho agricul
tural arts.
"It is a grand Idea," said Mr. Morton to
day, "that young Mr. V'lndorbilt Is trying to
carry out. It is unique, and none but a man
of hts enormous wealth oould undertake it.
Few kings have either fuu Is or the good of
their people at heart sufficient to ccneeive
aud carry out what Mr. Vandorbllt has suc
cessfully demonstated. I do uot know how
much mouey he has spent there, nor how
njuoh more he intends to Invest, but ft is one
of tha grandest undertakings that individual
enterprise ever attempted, aud I understand
that It is theowuer's intention to leave it as
a legacy to the public when he can uo louger
eujoy it himself.
"As an exhibition of landscape gardening
it Is without an equal. Frederick Law
Olmsted has bad charge of that branch of
the work, and the lata Ulchard M. Hunt was
tbe architect of all the buildings, which, for
their several uses, surpass any that exist on
the earth. There are uo palaces iu Europe
that can equal Mr. Vuuderbilt s for elegauuc
comfort aud convenience, and he is gather
ing there a collection of works of art that
would make it famous if it had
no other nttraciiou. His stables, hh
barns, his dairies, his propagating houses
his houuerics, and ether features of hisestab'
lishmeut are all ou the sa-ne gruud scale.
He has undertaken to furuuh tho highes-
possible example of the saiuuci) of foo l eul-
ture tu every ono of Its branches."
Tho Southern Halt war, "P.elmoul Air
Line," reaches this great country, operates
Limited trains between New Yorli and Ardin-
ville and Hot Springs, giving super j sorvico
aud all tho requirements of llmt-clais travel
Excursion tickets sold the yea- r-umd at
gieatly reduce 1 ratof. New Yori ndl r-t -.7i
itroadway.
Likk Oil Upon Ti--utile I Water" is itah
rioitt-y oi ruir-Mi'iuna una i nr up,n a vj.c
rii.u Xuuiuaiue mop, tui iu out, m uuie.
ELAOg TROUBLE.
A Woman' Terrible Orla.. fttrnggl
Tlmt I.nalatl Wrrks.
From lhr Kvcninj rini", Ilnfoln, K V,
A Utile over throe yearn ano the home of
Herman Kllnglcr.No. 22 West Oonion street,
Buffalo, N. y., was enveloped by a thlok,
black oloud of sadness and trouble,
Mrs. Kllnglcr, then a woman of forty-ons
years of age, was taken with a severe caso of
grip.
Tho most cxpwlonnnd doctors In Iho city
g.ivo hor up. For weeks snn llnirurn.t be
tween lifo and death, nnd flnnlly when she
recovered from tho grip, sho was loft a crip
ple for life.
, For life?
Well, so tho family physician said, but
subsequent events have proved that ho was
wrong.
Mrs, Kllngler's entlrn lent side was para
lyzed. Hhe could not walk acros the room,
and tho Angers of her left hand wen' so weak
th-it sho could not hold a handkerchief.
For weeks, aye months, she lingcrol,a
bunion upon her friends.
The terrible selgn of lllniyw through whlnh
she hnd passed left hernlmrwt totally blind.
It was indeed a sad, pathetic case.
Then somebody recommended Dr. Will
iams' rink Fills tor Pale People.
Doubting that they would do his wife any
good, hut determined to trythmn, Mr. Kllng
lcr bought six boxes of the pills.
Now, Mr. Kllnglcr Is a fair man, and he
did not expect any Iwnellt from tho first few
doses. He persevered and had the final sat
isfaction of seeing his wife well woman.
Mr. Kllnglcr was seen nt tho headquarters
of his large Truss Mnnufa qory, No. 2i West
Ocnesee street, by a Tiux-n reporter
He could not llnd words strong enough to
sound tho praises of his wife's bonefaotors.
"Dr. Williams' Pink Pills," he said, "aro
the gnntest boon that hnvo ever been given
to mankind. Were It not for them mv home
would bo a dreary Invalid's habitation.
When tho grip loft mv wife a physical and
almost mental wreck, you can Imagine how
bad I felt. 1 did everything for her hut noth
ing hclned her case until wo tried Dr. Will
lams' Pills. Her pamlyxed side Is now all
right. Her left hand is n strong a the other
one, and she walks as straight as an arrow.
I think thoro Is nothing tho remedy cannot
do.
"My wife's sight is not yet entirely de
stroyed, but wo think, and hope, that by per
sistent use of the pills, even this III maybe
overcome. Her eyesight since sho has been
using the pills is certainly a little bettor.
"You must not expect, of course, that ono
or two boxes of this or any other remedy
will affect a euro. Olvo It a chanoe. My
wife trok twenty-two boxes of the pills be
fore sho was entirely cured. This represents
quite an outlay, but health Is cheap at any
price, nnd besides tho treatment is much
cheaper than the services of a doctor would
be.
"Yon can shv for mo that I hear! My recom
mend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to all suffer
ers. If they will only give them a fair
chance, they will do wonders for thorn."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain. In a con
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give now life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered uervee. They aro also a
spoolllo lor troubles peculiar to females .such
as suppressions, irregulnritlcs and all forms
of weakness. They build up tho blood, and
restore the glow of health to pale and sallow
cheeks. In men they effect a radical cure
in all cases arising from mental worry, over
work or excesses of whatever nature. Pink
Pills aro sold iu boxes (never In loose bulk)
at 60 cents a box or six boxes for tl.fio, and
maybe had of all druggists, or direct by mail
from Dr. Williams' Modicluo Company,
Bcbenectady, N. Y.
Tho enforcement of martial law continues
nt Liluellolds. Business at Colon Is staguaut.
Dobbins' ElMtrlo 8op bu been ntd for n
run. Each rear's uIm 1iy 1d.tmi1. In
WSJ mIm ton, an tx.r. Buiwrlot enat-
ltr aud sbsolnte uniformity and purity, bukIs
Ibis puulul. l)o vou dm It t Ti i It.
The bicycle boom is Increasing In volume
daily in Great Britain.
"BnowN's ItttoNriit al Thochbs are asim-
rlo yet most effectual remedy for Coughs,
loarsenens and Brouchlai Trouble. Avoid
imitations.
Harvard defeated Princoton iu the annual
debate at Cambridge.
tUlltlUA FACTrt.
February and March are two of the best
months to vlftt Florida. The riimnte is tine
And tho hocinl li-atures at their height of
iuu-reBt. When you have made up your mind
to go, you naturally want to get there as soon
as possible and in the most cmutortable man
ner. ie yuu live in cew iurK, notion or
ButTnlo, you can take one of the Matcnttlcent
Trains of the "Big Four Route" Irom nny one
of these cities to Cincinnati, and with only
one change of rant continue your Journey to
Jacksonville. Direct connection made in t'rn-
tral t uion Mation. I'lncinntli, with through
trains of all lines to Florida. Address K. (.
McCormick. l'asgenircr Tralllo Manatcer. or
D. li. Martin, tem-ral Passenger and Ticket
Agent Big r our ltoute, (. lnclnaati. onio.
How'a Tola I
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh thai cannot be cured by
uau a iuiaxru i.urc.
F. J. Chenkv Co., Toledo, O.
We. the undershrued. have known F. J. Che
ney for the last 15 yeArn, nmt believe him ir
feetly honorable In all business transact Ions
,uid nnancinllv atilu to carry out any oullira-
tion made bv their firm.
Wfcix & Thl ax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Waldixo. Kins-aw 4 MAHVW, "WlKuiwale
llruecriMtfl. Trttbr. rthi..
Ha-'-i's' Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act
ing aireciiy upon tne dioou ana mucous sur
faces of the svstem. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. 8old by all Druggists.
FITS storned frro bv Oh. Kline's Omit
Kukvc Ksstokkh. No ftta after llrst ilsy'a use.
Marvelous cures. Treatise and .'.00 trial bot
tle free. Dr. Kline, Wll Arch Kt., Phlla.. Pa.
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Hyruo for children
teethlntr. softens the uums. reduces intlamma-
tlou, allays pain, cures wind colic, g&c.a bottle
the only medicine lor Coughs. .1 hNNittPlMK-
ahi, t-piingnclil. in., uci. 1, 1WM.
clean it
two. Use
time and
hna
Z7
I
best with Pearline.
it saves
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1 11 iySrrTfrl IIU'J VJ I I1v "W .'.-X
M M S rife KHffl n KB
"Don't Hide Your Light Under a Bushel." That's Just
Why we Talk About
SAPOLIO
POlWT Vol! often
Wl9 0 H 7JP aud references lu the news
papers and books which you don't fully umlerstaml, ami whioli you would
like to look up If you had some coiapuot book which would fc-ivJ tha In
formation lu a fow lines' not bs obliged to hnullu a tWDty-pounl
encyclopaedia costing (25 or t30. mm av la stamps sent to BOOK PUB
LISHING HOUSE, 1 34 Leon I J ard Street. N. Y. City will
furnish you, postpaid, with Just suoh V a Look, containing 520 piiKes, woll
Illustrated, with complote bandy Index. So you know who Cnuiui wus. and where ha
lived Who built the Pyramids, aud when? That lound travels 1125 feut pur second?
What is the longest river Id tbe world? "bat Marco Polo luventel tbe compass in 12G9,
and who Murco Polo was? What tbe Oordiun Knot was? Tbe took contains thousand
50
C.
of explanations of just
about, liuy it at
half a itollav and
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of tho
transient naturn of the mony phys
leal ills which vanish licfore proper ef
forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
tho knowledge that so ninny forma of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but Bimplv to a constipated condi
tion of tho system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Kips, prompt
ly removes. That'ls why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, aud is)
everywhere esteemed so hiirhly by all
who value irood health. 11& beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promote internal
cleanliness, without debilitating tha
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all Important, in order to get its bene
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, thatynii have the genuine article,
which la manufactured by the California,
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold bj all rep
utablo druggists.
If In tho enjoyment of pood health,
and the system is regular, then laxa
tives or other remedies, aro not needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a lnJtativo,
then one should have the beat , and with
the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest, and is most inrgcly
used and gives most gcuei-al satisfaction.
N V N V- 13
"Borne time ago," said Clifton Arn
pargor (of Paris, Ky.), County
Attorney of Bourbon Co., Ky., "I
saw tha advertisements of illpaus
Tabules In tha Louisville Conrirr
Journal, and believing It was the
remedy I needed, I detcrmlued to
got some of the Tabules. Thero wuj
no name attached to the advertise
ment, so I wrote to tho publishers of
the Courier-Journal au.l was
referred to tht Illp.tns Chemical Co.,
10 Spruce st.. Now York, from whom
I obtained a box for 5'.) cent. I hud
been greatly troubled with slek
headache, but since I secured ltinaus
Tabules, whenever I begin to feel
symptoms of sick headache or sour
stomach, 1 tako ono or two Tabules
and escape all the terrors of a
splitting headache. One taken after
eating has aldel my digestion and
made me fool like a different person.
I llnd I now can get tho Tubnlea
from a local druggist. (Signed). .
Ci.irToN ARNsrxuuEa, Hoptember
13th, 1893."
meant Tabules are aolit hr rtril ml its. or h mill
If tlie price tie eenta a b ix; la si-tit to ".ie Hlp iua
Cb-'tnlc'l ComiNinr. No. 10 Spruce a-., Nuw Vr..
Samiile vlai. lu renta
pnPHAM S ASTHMA SPECIFIC
m i.. a.i.ntai Hnd 1
-i lrtit, ln Bui postpaid
7':n.,,fAddrvMtTlia. t-oriuii, fHILA., rv
$Q A DAYSMEN
litf J And will a how ?ou how U
ih tii w oik and Itwh yu (r iu
work in lh Halilr whrr tu Ii
end ut y-i-mr i1dns. and w will ripiala
Ilia buwlnnra fully, rrmfMU'srr w ttoarv
.ntr a clt-ar ,.iinV it s inr rrrrr ay'l
Work. a'l-ohitrlT sure: writ at
ike a dTi tulmrlf lurri liuf.
ttL AM'FitTl ftlM lUXfAN., LB. Ulralt, Muk.
FSENSION
"Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
LataPHnclpal ExArnlnar 1) B 1'atialon buraau.
3 jralu iat war, IstwlJuUivaituiulaiiua, mlty aiuua.
OLDSTAMPS
btiy them forraali
bTAHUalll HTAMfCU
Ht. LoVln, Mu.
WE HAVE NO AGENTS
rait a ti in.
r al wbulaala pricci. Hbi
aoiwharw iir axuimnation
bafora aala. KTcryitiluji war
ranud. too atyfet of Car
rlages, yostyfrs of (inr
ness.aii Mtylra Riding Sad
dlea. Write for cittnlotjua.
ELKHART
Carrlap Haract Uf Ca
Elkhart, lad.
V.B. 1'iutt. 8acy
CUHtS WHtHf 111 list lillS.
Best Couth Byrup. Tutee UuoO. Vm I
f ! J It 1 7. 1 ljri I j ?
n r iraiaiiV I dj-'i ',-gj if K - K fr.
To find the time
required to clean your house with
Pearline. take the time reauired to
last with soap, and divide by
Pearline, and save half your
halt your labor then you can
time to do something else
besides work.
Pearline will clean your
carpets without taking them up.
It will clean everything.
From the kitchen floor to the
daintiest bric-a-brac, there's
nothinrr in sieht that isn't cleaned
ruDDing.
such matters as you wonder
the very low pvlve of
IvrXQYi: I'OVJtSELt.
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c.