Traditions of Elders. From the time when thin little world of ours swung to the mnsio of the re joicing Morning Stars, we hsTe hn slave to the traditions of the elder. Naturally I except our father Adam, who, among numerous disadvantages, commercial and domestic, such as lack of convenient markets and dearth of mothers-in-law, was never accused of inherited rices nor of ntnpidly pacing the worn path of his forefathers. Whst are tradition? Sayings band ed down from fsther to son, or literally handed across the centuries. As it would be absurd to call them truth, so it would be unjust to call them pure and unadulterated lies. For many of our traditions have an honest origin, and. most of them had s frrain of truth. Yon hsve all heard the stry of the Three Crows." And we all known, sometimes to our amuwment and sooe timts to our bitter sorrow that the iime story in told to-day in every ril Lige in the lnL A ffroup of ominous birds with subletting and dismal croak, pring often from some very harmless foible or weakness, and swooping down through the c enturies, become wor shipped traditions. While writin?, it occurs to me that the crow tradition teaches us two les tuns; not on'y the proneness of the human ears to err in hearing, but our 2 are that no backward trace of the story shall oblige us to confess it origi nated in something "As blat'k sir, as a crow." Yen. tr are slaves to the traditions of our elders; aud some of them are quite absurd. Intelligent people have Wen known to grow pale at the sudden breaking of a mirror, the howling of s dog at nirht, the blossoming of the harmless house leek or even the cracking open of a loaf of bread while bakinir. It is not six months since 1 heard a person argue for the infalli bility of the sign of a dropped dishcloth, and during a summer jitunt among the Catskill mountains, I found the most intelligent mountaineers as lavish worshippers of the moon as the idolatrous A.tKvrians; planting sowing &nd even the slaughtering of the domes tic animals must take place at certain phases of the moon, or dire would be the results This is all preposterous of cour. c, but the firmness of the faith of thsc lunatics 1 do not mean crazy people is something approaching the sublime. Some of our traditions are very leau-S-'ul. and one of the keenest delights of tie human intellect is to tind under the gorgeous coverings of the imagination, lighted by the nitching moonlight of fancy, tue rich nugget of truth. lt ness the lovely traditions of the life of Buddha, the miracuh us birth, the strange contrasts of princely pomp and pressing poverty, to the glorious aacen lon to an alxwrpti in in the great ocean of Love and I.i'hr. How many fu-scinating hours have we petit over the splendid traditions of the Oreeks in their "singing robes." of the Romans with their heroic trumpet calls; of the Scandinavians with their gloomy Hel and scarcely less terrible Valhalla, terrible, but sith a certain land magnificence. I am sljwly but surely coming to the traditions of the elders to which we are laves. Sayings accepted to-day as re ligious truths, although they originated in the mid.--t of environments utterly alien to the present time. Lot us look at some of these tradi tions of our elders. One of the sayings handed down trom father to son is the depravity of the children of ministers. Most of us have learned tho entire fal sity of this by e perience. We have sot the shadow of a doubt that if a moral census of the juvenile world could be taken we should find a far higher standard than elsewhere pre- vailing in the homes of ministers. Indeed, as a teacher of long and 1 Urge experience, the writer of this can testify that many of her manliest loys i and loveliest girls came from minister's families. Yet this old saying is calmly quoted by those who know its absurd ity. A not En r tradition is the utter ini- ' quity of mothers-in-law; a thief or even j a murderer is white innocence in com parison. She is the ruthless destroyer ! of the happiness of families and peace of homes. The hopeless imbecility f ' this saying is manifest in the fact that mothers, with their wide, loving hearts, and sweet, socriticini? souls, are used as the type of everything highest and holiest, and evety mother-in-law must first be a mother. How can an angel so suddenly become a demon? The fault must surely lie with the son-in-law; and the saying needs remodeling. . The unduo severity of parents and teachers, a partial truth of the 16th and 17th centuries, is greatly commented upon by some of our leading papers to day. Isoiie see the ridiculousness of this more than the much abused chil dren who quite enjoy the joke. The writer cannot vouch for the rest of the world, but having traversed this conn try from the Atlantic to the Pacific, where children are almost universally j first and elders last, she feels like pray ing these all powerful ones to 1 less severe upon their helpless, if not inno cent elders. Another current belief is the schem ing in a matrimonial direction of id- , ows; when with a few exceptions, widows are the most satisfied of human beings. At the time of the birth of this saying, probably she was not so, but woman's , plane to-day is much higher and broader than it was seen twenty-five yers ago. j On a par with this, is the utter lone- ' lines, forlornness and cnn't-helpable- I nek of women who live a single life. wtien some of the most attractive, in telligent and successful workers in the world's harvest field belong to this, in many instances, favored class. The iu tluence of this last tradition is growing fainter with the revolving years on thinking minds, but to this day many a man with the intellect, but not the vir tue of his Ascidian ancestor, will say of a woman who stands queen on the social and intellectual stage, "If I were not a married man, rather than have so nise woman an old maid, 1 would marry her myself." And he thinkt he couUL Grace lies a. A vain-proof whitewash is la use in Germany. The powder from three parts sillcious rock (quartz), three parts broken marble and sandstone, two parts ut burned porcelain clay and two uart freshly slaked l:iue, still warm, are mixed together. This forms a silici te if often wetted, and becomes after a while almost like stone. It is appl ed quite thickly to a wall or other surface and allowed to dry one day. The next day it Is covered frequenlh with water, which makes it waterproof. T discovery which is said to have been made In Trenton. X. J.. In regari to tbe beating of pottery kilns may re suit advantageously to an lndusto which bas already made marked prog ress la this country. By superheat ing the air before it enters the ktln it Is claimed that perfect combustion may be oltalneJ. The new method econo mizes coal, and largely reduces the Uuie tequiied for firing akin. Electric lights have been Introduced Into "a gunpowder manufactory la Eng land. Tbe buddinrs are scattered over three miles of tetrltory, and the wires are carried et-oe grouud from a dyna mo near tbe ce- ter of the lncloaure. At a cure tor the ites of rattle snakes and othtr poisonous creatures: tbe lollowing it offered:. Indigo, four drams, gum camphor eight drams, rl cohol eight ounces; bsIxs and kept In close lot ties. Apply te the wound, ajMl Ihw ciue la mvu wont vis tosW THE FLO WEB GARDEN. ALTOS rXOWBRS. Among the manv charms which SwiU- .. . .1.- . , ; of the greatest perhaps, is the ,. .hi1 varietv of flowers to be found both in the valley and the high pasture. With out going beyond the beaten route of the pedestrian, the bright flowers which adorn the meadows and clothe the mountain sides, not only enhance the beauty of the scenery, but offer great attractions to the lovers of nature. On the well-trodden paths of the Ber nese Oberland a great variety of flowers may be found, some specimens being entirely unknown in England. In a talk on the flowers of Switzer land accessible to every one, the far famed Alpine rose seems to claim the first attention. Coming down from the Wengern Alps in the direction of Grin del wald on a lovely July morning under a cloudless sk v, the sight of the sloping pastures thickly covered with the low shrubs of the Rhododendron hirsutnm is a sight never to be forgotten. The glorious background formed by those gigantio mountains which bound the valley on one side with their precipitous grey rocks and peaks capped with eternal snow contrasted well with the bright pink flowers glowing in the bril liant sunshine. Jn summer the mountain sides are quite carpeted with these beautiful rose-colored flowery plants, with their bright myrtle-green leases and are amongst the loveliest ado, utuents of the Alps. The Alpine Rose is so associated with mountainous dit- licts that t'- Swits ieasants are a most as inn. . affected bv the sicrht of them, as they are on hearing the .-o..nds of the Ranjj j des Vaches. j Another beautiful flower which grows abundantly in the Alpine pastures, is the Astrautia major, or as the Swiss I call it the Grosse Sterndolde. The florets are a delicate whitev-green in i color, sometimes also a delicate violet lippea witn deeper greeu. xue unaer- , con uarvestiUJT machine wassuccess sides are so tenderly marked as to look j fully orenlt,d j.d natuially a traded almost like a tiny green leaf lying on a imth ,,,.,.. lt wag ,he filt one of larger wuue leai id. .uuueiia are t" I v Diiiuriuiis nun . . vvk'j, an.( the anthers shoot out smaller and shorter stamens. The aouut murr in these stumens. massed toirether in the eentvr of the fl . , .1 V - - antl is verT strilvinir. err appearance . , , W inding round one of the mountr ins near Andermatt. and gradually asce.nt- ing a glacier can le reachetl w here there is quite a nest of the cotton plant, w lb large soft, and satin like heads. The cotton plant is almost- invariably fonud in hii7li marsh v pastures. In that region also you are aure to come across the Grass of Parnassus, which grows in such profusion in Switzerland. The cream-colored flowers are delicately and beautifully veined: the cerolla has a curious apiearance trom tlie lan- shaed scales, which are prized with white hairs, and lie around the centre these are the nectaries: and yellow wax like glands terminate each tip. Then too in marshy ground on the high elevations of the alpine pastures the lovely blue gentians spring op on top of the Furca Pass, where the cold is so intense that no trees can grow, the ground in some parts is quite bine with these lovely flowers. Directly the snow has melted, the gentian raises its beau tiful head. Perched on a high rock by the side in U e full blaze of sunshine stands erect the Alpine aster or star wort; their light violet petals with the feathery yel low centres looking very pretty with the sun gleaming alove them. The pole lilac flowers of tue ivy leaved wadflax creep lovingly over the old stone walls, enlivening the dull grey of the stone; here too is to be found the Linari Alpine with the linear leaves growing thickly up the stalk, and deep-purple-colored flowers shaped some thing like the snapdragon but spurred at the base. Though so common the yellow moun tain violet is very pretty, with its pale yellow flowers growing singly on angu lar stems. This flower grows abund antly on the mountain pasture, and is very variable in its size. Some of the flowers are of a rich purple color. The little blossoms of the common eyebright are sprinkled over the sides of the chalky cliffs or studded over tho short grass of mountains or en plains or hidden anion ' the taller herbage of the pasture lands. And then, leaving tbe lower Alps anj ascending higher, even higher, till the white snow dazzles the eye as it wraps the majestic mountains with the pure mantle of eternal whiteness, edelweiss, the most precious of all the flowers of Switzerland, Weause most difficult to find, pushes its white and wooly head through the snow, and seems to rejoice in the stillness and teautv of the sur rounding scenery. This plant seems to lose half its beauty when uprooted from its native soil and transplanted to an English soil, but in spite of this it has been deemed necessary by the Swiss Government to place a notice np for bidding anyone to uproot the edelweiss, which bids fair to become extinct if no restraining hand is laid on the ruthless tourist. There are many other flowers to be found in Switzerland, but let us leave them now as we have ascended to the snowy heights to gather the flowers so dear to all Swiss hearts, the sight of which must ever recall the snowy regions where it grows. American I am acquainted with two men who own d'amond studs. Kiiglishiti.m 'Oly Moses! Some gentle men 'ave very expensive stables, but 111 nev r knew such bextravagance as tha'. A Professional Success. Dick Chol l.v's advent into the club was a pwo iiouuceU success, by Jove. 1 olly Was it, in eed Dicky Y"es;lie pwonounced evwj word just like an Englishman. Told Not to Make Himself Sick. Aunt (to Freddy, who is visiting her) Freddy, will you have some more cake? Freddy Course I will, Auntie; I don't feel a bit sick yet. Too Late. "Pa, I want you to rome into tbe parlor this eve and be in trod uc ed to my latest suitor." "Gieat Jehosopbat! Clara, what do you mean? The last one you had a late enough, the Lord knows!" A Double Insult. Guest (at ho' el) This boy seems to be awful stupid t.r his age. Propr'etor That runs in the fam:. I am his father. Guest Impossible! I don't believe it. Xo Mere Phrase. - EverarJ Urpm in "You shall have it promptly text Saturday, air. iaddsl I give you my word of honor!' Tom Scadds "All right! Drop It :u-1 to this monograph here. ' r A Sensible Course. Maiden "What' can a woman do when a man that has won her affection refuses to marry ber?" I Lawyer "Is be rich?' J "No; hasn't a cent." "She can appoint a day of general thanksgiving and lnvlta both families tc participate." I TTe Couldn't Throw her off the ' Scent. Mr. Guytleton (lip, m. ) I wish you'd give me my xy dothea, Maria, I'm soaked throagh. Mrs. G. (with dee meaning) Ah, res; your breath ehowa jou'x aot as tlry as when you ttaxted, FARM yOTES. Us less a horse has brains you can't V, V" itiDe looking animal, fifteen hands high. a. a. 1 C .. 11 Kat hAtw You can't t,ach that horse anything .Vhy? "Well, I'll show you a difference in beads, but have a care of bis heels. Look at the brute's head, that louiidlng noo, that' tapering forehead, that broad, full place below the eyes. You cau't trust lilm. That's an awful good maie, as true as the sun. You can see bmidth and fullness between the ears J aud ejes. You couldn't hire that mare ' to act mean or hurt anybody, lne eye should be full, and hazel is a good color I I ke a tmall, thin ear, and want a horse to throw its eais well forward. Ixxjk out for the brute that want to listen to all the conversation goin r on behind him. The horse tuxt turns back his ears till they almost meet at f e points, take my word for it, is sure to do something wrong. See tnat straight, elesrant face. A horse with a dishing face is cowardly, and a cow aidly brute is usually vicious. Then 1 like a square muzzle with large nostrils. I ui irv in ymuKj oi w w viie luuga. a v : ti e under side of the head a good horse ... i . ... i . .v. -1 I.'..- I s ion Id be well cut. under the jowl, with bones !u oul aud w de apart ui.der ; the thioi'le, The next thing to con i sidrr is the build of the animal. Xever buy a long-legged, stilty horse. Let l-.im have a short, straight back and a stra ght iumi. aud you've got a gentle' man's lioise. The withers should be hitili aud the shouldeis well set back . and broad, but don't get them too deep in the chest. The fore leg should be , t-lioit. Give me a pretty sli sight hind lez. with ill? hock low down, short po-teru joints and a round, mulish foot. I There are all kinds of horses, but the animal that has the-e points is almost sure to be sightly, graceful, good juaturtd aud st-iviceable. A Coun Harvester. At there I ceiib muiaua oiaitf r air a iicwiv-iuvei.1. Uitt kind constructed and intended only i.s a trul machine; but being a i.ew ue- , , -, , . . 1 1 w . ; ... i ! I n . I .1.. t 4 . .V. 1 a n I'J WIUUMUIU VI lllllUCll KIIU uml .vat . hoped Tor some device that wou l oo- ..... . . . ' viate me labor or cutting ana tuocn.ni- f , . r mni. ,1.. Mnen9. The editor of the Indiana Farmer, who witnessed the machine in operation in a Held of corn near the fair grounds, gives this testimony in its favor: "We mw it cut and tdiock a row of corn, and we thiuk we express the sentiment . of all present when we say that, while ' fie machine did not work in all re- SectH with entire satisfaction, it is con strue t-l 011 the right principle, and wilt 1 ab'e machine for the purpose intended. ,, J . , i-s..-- y : namely, cutting, carrying and shocking corn by horse power cheaply and ex peditiously." Thswdlbe gd news for corn grjweis generally, and uotably in those stctions where the great cereal ii grown extensively. Exercise for Cows. This aiattei has been somewhat discussed in con nection with that of soiling. But it appears that for years Prof. Daniels, of the Wisconsin Lniversity, has kept a cow standing in the stable from No vember to May, without apparent de triment. The Hollanders put up their cows in the t all, and they do not leave the stable until grass comes. They do not appear to need much exercise beyond chewing the cul, standing around, get'ing up a'id laying down. But the Hollanders keep the stables scrupulous ly clean. Co s must have sweet, whole some air. and it is believ d by good judges that sunlight, or at least full daylight, is essential. A few hours In a clean yard Is no drawback. to say the least, especially in fair weather. Growing IH lbs in Water The wives and mothers, sisters, and daught ers, of both country and town, will please note that the present is a good 1 iiue to glow bulbs In hyacinth glasses f ir indoor decoration An expert ad vises that the dark colored glasses are best, and single hyacinths and narcissus the favorite bulba. Flare one bulb, in each glass, so that it will barely touch the water, and set it in a dark place. As soon as the roots have made lair grow th expose the glasses and their contents to the light. Put into the water, after the bulbs have begun to crow, a little sulphate of ammonia. Change the water as it becomes im pute, snd keep the glass sufficiently full, so that the bulb will always touch the water. For Black Rot on Vixes. Th experiments made last year in the treat uieni of vine diseases are said to have fully demonstrated that tbe copper compounds, especially the Bordeau mixture, would prevent black rot. A circular indicating a definite line of treatment for this malady bas been pre pared by J! T. Galloway, Chief of the Section of Vegetable Pathology in the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington. D. C. It will be sent, on application, to all grape-growers and others interest in fruit f ulture. Professor Browjt is a strong ad vocate of the scalding of milk to te used for food, by which means, he says, the consumers can protect themselves until such precautions as are. necessary to save milk from infection are uni versally taken. But few farmers through the country nse iee in their dairy, yet good butter is made with difficulty in summer with out its aid, and especially is it useful in getting the butter to market in good condition. A good supply of ice should be put up for use in the dairy. Xo rule can be laid down for salt ing butter to make it the most satis factory to tbe consumer. Tastes differ. Some want a great deal of salt an 1 others none. Unless you are supplying a private customer, therefore, silt at the rate of from three-quart rs to an ounce per pound. One of tbe very best places to k ep sweet potatoes during winter is a tight loll or room over the kitchen, so con structed that the heat from below cat readily be utilized in warming the loft or upper room. 'The twe impoitant things about keeping sweet potatoes in winter are to keep them dry and warm enough to prevent their freezing. "James looses patience so easily. saiJ Mrs. Cumso to her husband, speak ing of their eldest sou. "Then we mast abandon our project of making a doctor of h m," replied Cumso. Ha that makes the bent use of hii time bas none to spare. An Unsatisfactory Leeacv. Ttich Aunt My dear nephew, 1 have left you in my will what 1 love moat, Nephew My dear aunt, my heart does not cling onto earthly goods. Aunt I know it, so I have left yoo my faithful poodle. JfU.'ioas of the spores of bacteria and fungi get into the milk, and there ger- mmate and propagate. They do all tbe work of souring the milk, it lt now claimed by tbe acientlata, and in hot, muggy weather, when thunder i supposed to be doing mischief, they are the most active. Almost every thing ia due to a microbe nowadays. HOUSEHOLD. Store Boom Sheltesl One of the great p eatnres which the tall brings with it iu its evident will. If not always its rower, to compensate us for the loss of summer's joys. Is through the oppor tunity it cives us to add to our store mom's treasuies. A eordit sort of compensation it may 1. truly; but uev ertht-less when one has not the rose to rifle for honey, one must do the best one can with the wayside weed, and if one cannot deck the parlor mantel witn flowers, content ore's self, in homely fact, with freighting the pantry shelves with bottles and pom as ricuiy coioreu as Rosamond's jar. There are few of 1 he lesser thin trs of life affording that satisfaction with which the well regu dated housekeeper adds these jars of hers together, a half dozen at a time, now the white l-ears, now the golden peaches, now the deep, ruddy dye of the luclous plums, now me Drunaui quince, the somber grape, the weirdly green to matoes made oriental with ginger root and lemon slices. In tne summer she started with her strawberries, and raspberries and goose berries, and currant jelly; in the win ter, when the oranges are at their spi ciest, she can add store of marmalade, look in ir like concentrated sinshme. But in the fall the wealth of fruits riours in so rapidly, that she must be stir herself to keep above it and over it. And then. too. fortunate woman, is the time for her pickling; and no mis counting his gold will ever be as rich us she is when she surveys the res-.'its ot her labors in that line. She takes her little chert ins out of the salt where they have been lying, and the house is redolent of scalded vinegar and allspice and cloves and garlic; and onions ana cabbages and mustard seed and toma toes lend their combined savoriness to her chow-chow; aud the catchup aim- nicUig away on the range makes every cranny far and near smell like a spice garden; she lias her pearl onions, as she calls them, put away in transparent vessels; her artichokes would make the mouth water if uncovered; her walnuts that will not be eaten till three winters hence; her little melons stuffed with smaller pickles yet; and all the rest of her tart and puckering and appetizing board. Then, too, as soon a& she gets round to it, she will be powdering and sifting the sage that has been drying for weeks in the sun, her summer-savory and sweet-marjoram, and tying up . her bunches of balm and mint and catnip and pennyroyal. Even if our house keeper cannot Gil her shelves with all these tempting sweets and sours, un- wble to command fruits and Sugar and time suiliciently, yet she can usually procure cranberries full of crimson gorgeousness barberries from the wild waysides, and apples which In blanched quarters stuck full of cloves, or in deep rich jellies unrivaled by any but the gnava jellv, will always be an accept able substitute for better things. Cer tain it is that a woman who is any sort or a housekeeper never takes such pleasure in her si elves and cupboards at any other season of the year as she lot s when the autumn fruit has made her feel what Dr. Johnson used to call the potentiality f riches beyond the dreams of avarice. To Fricassee Cold Roast Beef. Cut the beef into slices (which should be veiy thin), and put it with some strong broth into a slew p in; add pars ley chopped t-niall. an - onion scored. and a piece of butter; simmer fifteen minutes, then add a glass of port wine and the yolk of a couple of eggs; mix well, stew quickly, heat the dish, - rub It with a shalot, pour fricassee into it and serve. Apple AxutjuiN'CEjELLT.-Quiiices and apples together are usually thought lo make a much pleasanter jelly than either alone, the apple being insipid by itself and the quince too strongly fl.iv 3red. Use an equal weight of tart ap ples and quinces; wash and f lice them whole, carefully removing all wormy puts. Boil the quinces till soft in just jnough water to cover them; then add he apples, with sufficient water to :over, aud boil the whole to a pulp. Mrain and measure the juice. To each jiut of boiling juice add a scant pound f sugar, which should be put into the ven to become hot before it is needed 'or use; cook ten minutes and turn into glasses. Black Beak Soup. Soak a qua.t f black beansin cold water over 11 ght. four off the water early in the nui n ii!.', put to them s'x quarts of cold ater, svt them over the fire, with a jam-bone, ami let them boil all the aioruing. Strain through a colauder ne hour before serving mashing the teans through into the stock again. Season with a lemon thinly sliced, two bard-bolled eges, chopped fine, a tea spoonful of celery salt and a dash of red pepper. This is as delicious as turtle soup. Chickex Croquettes. Take sma'l pieces or chicken chop flue, enough milk to moisten. Stir in a little flour until free from lumps. Stir the chicken in this. Dip hands in flour and roll mixture into bulks, dip theui in crac ker r bread crumbs. Fry till brown 111 hot liird or butter or both mixed. Taule linen should always be beiu med by hand. ot only does it look more dainty, but there is never a streak of dut under the edge after being laun dried as with machine sewing. iitx painting the baseboar J to a room it is a good plan to paint two or three inches of tbe floor too. Then if the carpet does not quite cover tbe floor. the cap is not si noticeable. n uen trying to thread a sewing ma chine at twilight or iu any imperfect light as sometimes one is obliged to do. if one will place a bit of white cloth or papr back of the needle eye. it can be found a-d filled very much easier. The native Eiopllan is an extremely good sutject lor surgical operation. . lol Iley. the founder of modern medi cine in Eypt, bas it that it often re quires as much surgery to kill oue t-gyirt'an as seven Europeans. In the native l o pita's the man whoe thigh is an put a ted at two o'clock is sitting up aid lively at s.x." Shock is almost eutT. ly unknown, and dread of an impending operation quite an excep t op. In explai.atiou may be noted the leoigna.lon inculca'cd by their religion; the very small ptopoit'on of meat they eat, and the total abseu.e of alcohol torn their diet, and In general their tegular, abstemious out-ottloor-llfe. Im th treatment of eczema of the scalps of infants, Dr. Lessar employs the following formula: Salicylic acid one part, tincture of benzoin two parts, and vaseline fifty parts. A certain quantity of this is smeared over the bcalp two or three times a day, after tlie Infants head bas been vashed with soap aud water. To soften the scabs aii'i to facilitate the cleaning of the sculp. Dr. Iiaar recommends the cuiloyuieut of oil containing 2 per cent, of salicylic acid. At a meeting of the Physical Society. London, on December IS, Prof. Thomp- eou docribed a new insulating vein. It con.-isls of a glass tube with one end blown into a flat foot planted on tbe bottom of a glass bottle and cemented tbeie by a little wax p.irafDne. Tbe uper snd ptn end of ilie tube served to ho'd tlie tterpa of brass plates or other ele trdied bodies. P;raffine oil or ttrong su.pliuiic a id could be used in the 1 or 0111 of the bo: tie. A cap of rubber or gutta-p rcha. made to auue fcp U.e stem, fciineJ a dust oyver. Catarrh Is a eomntalnt which aBets nearly eveiytxxly, more or !. lt origlnales in a eold. or suree sioa of colds, combined with Impure blood. !ia wrecable flow from the Base, tickling in the throat, offensive breath, pain over and between the evea. rinsinc and burstin noises In the ears, are tbe more common ymptunis. Catarrh 1 ured by Hood's Sarftaparilla. which strikes di rectly at rts cause by removing all Impurities from the blood, building np the diseased tissues and aivlnc healthy tone to the whole system. "For several yers I have been troubled with that terribly disagreeable disease, catarrh. I took Hood's Sarsaparllla with the very best re salts. It cured me ot that continual dropping In my throat, and mtuBed up feeling. It has also helped my mother, who has taken it for run down state o! health aud kiduey trouble. recommend Hood's Sarupartlla to all as a good medicine.'' Mas. S. 1. Heatb, Putnam. Conn Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold bv all drupeists. 1 :slif..r.. Preiwiedonly by CJ. HOOD CO., Apothecaries. Lowell, Mat. IOO Ioh Ouv isollar. VOL' WIILIAtK MONKY Time, rain. Trouble and wUI CUKE CATARRH by using Ely's Cream Hal 111 Apply Balm Into each nottrfl -KLT BROS. W W a-rso t S. V. tAf AmlTCn A CAN VASsKK for tuts town IMrilCU and v cinltv. Sometkiu; sura to take. Write tor fuil particulars to MRS. s. 1. AKMBKL STEK. Philadelphia, Woiuau's Ex change, 1 a. mn oireei. OPIUM HABIT. OalT Terrain and rut l HE In tbe W.fkl. U J. L. e-Tk-PMEN (s Urbanna. O X Scholarship and position, Sja circular Write lor An excellent imitation of old bronze has been introduced in some of the art products of that character, lt is well known that the related applications to copper or brass of alternate washes of dilute acetic acid, and exposure to the fumes of ammonia, result in a very antique green bror.ze; but a more rapid method of producing this beautiful appearance has long been a desideral um. it is now louud that this may be ac complished by immersing the articles in a solution of oue part perchloride of iron in two parts or water, the tone acquiring darkness with length of im mersion, or the materials may I e boiled in a strong solution of uitrateof cop per. It is also found practicable to insure the desired effect by immersing tbe articles in a (o'ut oa of two ounces of nitrate of iron and the same quan tity or hyposulphite of soda in half pint of water, dning aud burnishing completing the process. tire colors upon garments can le obtained only when the material i fust perfectly cleaned. or this purpose brush the stains with a lukewarm strong solution of soda, then work for half an hour In a solution of me'lum e incentration. rinse well, and lav down ror several hours, prelerably over night, in warm water. F r bright colors, such as red, bordeaux, etc.. boll the goods in wart r, in order to re move auy trace of alkali from them. which is necessary for a good dye. To neutralize any remaininn lye by acids Is an erroneous notion, because it dulls the colors and shows the fades alter dyeing. The less acid Is used in d. e- mg, tbe lx tier are the fades coveted. I'rofesaur bUtcarL, alter telling us that the seat of nausea is not in the s'oinach. but in the brain, informs us that relief from this distressing aenaa tion may be obtained by cooling the base of the brain. He has tested this often and thoroughly in the case of sick headache, bilious, colic, cholera mor bus ana other ills in which the nausea is a distressing symptom, without a single failure, and once relieved the nausea resulting from cancer of the stomach by tbe application of ice to the Hack or tlie neck and occipital bone The he i to be broken and the bits placed between the folds of a towel. Relief my v be obtained by holding the head over a sink or tub and pouring a small stream of water on the back of the neck. This is worth remembering as a relief for tick headache, to which so many women a re subject. A rnaatly liatiierlng. Have you a father 7 Have vou a mother ? Have you a son or dauehter. sister or a brother who bas Dot yet taken Kemp's Bal aam for tljn Throat and Luoea. tbe guaran teed remedy for the cure of Coughs, Colds. Asilnua, Croup and all Throat and Lung roubles? II bo, why J when asainpla bot le is gladly given to yon tree by auy drug gist and tlin larjce size con La only 50c and (1. Good nature Is the best feature in the finest face. Itiipiure eurexuHraiileed lv rr. J. U. Mayer. 831 Arch St., I'liiTa. 1'a. Kae at once, no operation or de- ay fiom business, attested by thou sands ot cures after others tail, advice free, send for circular. '.Scourin fl.innel" in exquisite ait sha 'es Is a material much favored by English tailors for ladles' t-owus. Orrssn. Sake sarnaina ml Fl Btild.eaiwbM)chinfttn. cmrtit i nnd atinn.! .ut rr.M Vfmt tnm irrain sro- snd !' k ,-ouatry In Um ori.1. llluuiliinuiiiOU Iran. & ltlr Lu Of Dron-au . kife.u tiunrj. IxirtlAutl. nivtf mi. Ostrich featheis shaded in tartan colorings aie among the new things promised for the winter season. FITS: S3 rna siopped rres nj Dr. Kllne'sfiieat Serve hesiurer. No Viunfier nrsi d if tis. ur trxju iuie. lleaibte atul Uw ul&4 txjii.e tree 1 1 t nfc bend loUT.aU1ne.1Ml Area si. Puiu.t'A A novelty in bead gear ia velvet toque, with brim leather. a cloth or of patent Mediocrity alrrav copies tvperlority- Dob bins' Electric Nap. Brat made 111 ISuS, has been initialed more than ny soap made. Ak 011r firiicer lor Itobtaut' Electric Soap.allotliei Elec rlcs. Electricity, Magnetics, etc. .are uuitai ions. RefeJa velvet with jet combination in millinery. is popular A 10c smoke for Sc. -Tsnsill s Punch." Why does asparagus resemble long serocoasr uecause tbe ends are most sought after. ut installing' uie uammrr or an alarm clock back with a ttrlDfr a'ter you bare set It, you can make sure that tlie thing wont go off and disturb your peace! ul rest at an unusual hour the next morning. The only persons who do not like to see the redeeming qualities of the human race, are the pawn brokers. It there Is any one who should be "rapped In slumber," it la the man who snores. When a girl talks about 'two string to her beau," does she mean his u leaders? A new style of door mat has just been der.aed for editorial sanctums. I . I ears the iuscrption "corns again," aod is intended to lie outside tbe door. (P. 8. The editor lies inside.) Brit- UETTK. Wife (to sick husband) 'A gen tleman is down stabs and wants to ate you, dear." Sick HtjbBakd "I am too sick to see any one." Wife 1 1t's the minister, John." Sick Husband "I'm not sick enough to sea him." Lift. A swn.1. New Yorker bas a curious Soger ring with tbe ten command menta engraved on it, it's characters are so small that it requires tbe aid of a mi croscope) to read them. Friends who know him well, are of tha opinion he has loat the mlorMOD8, A Thoughtful message. A boy came running Into a store on Monroe avenue tbe other day and called outt "Does anyone here own that horse around the corner?" "I own a horse," replied a man as he came forward, "and I hitched him around the corner." "A big bay?" "res." "Hitched to a buggy?" "res." 'Well, lie's run away." "Has, eh? Which way did he go?" "Up Croghan." "Did, eh? He ought to have taken a wood-paved street. Did he run fast?" "Awful fast?" "That's good. I always thought he could run. Well, I'm much obliged, and here i a dim, and (turning to the clerk) you may cut me off enough of that to mane two feather ticks. I've got to get down town and if tbe horse should circle around back have him wait for me." Assistant Ed t r Here is an inquiry from a fellow who wants us to tell him in our "Answers to Corre-pondenta" whether it is protier to use the word "without" in the sense "unless." Editor Daily Tomahawk (reflecting a moment) Haven't I used it in that sense in one or two editorials lately? Assistant I thiuk you have. Editor Tell him that such use of tbe word is sanctioned by many of the best living writers of English. How He liaised It. "Do they ever find any buried treasure in these old Mexican houses?" asked a visitor from tbe North to a Texas man. ''Occasionally. 1 once raised a pot of gold in ne of them," replied tlie Texan. Stranger "Raised it with a spade. 1 suppose?" lexan 1 es, with five of them straight flush." Why the Milk Sours. She This milk is sour. He That's very strange. "Xo it i n't. Scientists say great noises will niake nii!k sour, and you made noise euough when you came home late last nicht to sour a whole dairy. A lip. "Did you study political economy?" asked one traveling man of another. "Yes. I've siient considerable time at it" "And what If the result of jour in vestigations?" " ell, the lst politic economy is to stay out of politics. That's a tip that may save you money." A Brainy Tramp. Gentleman I to ln- truder) Why do you betrin to lieg up Mere on the fifth story? bv don't vou begin at the bottom aud beg up? IJeggar Vou see, bo?s, if 1 begin on the top floor, and am kicked down a flight of stairs, I can keep right on beg ging; put if I begin on the fimt floor and have bad luck 1 am kicked right out into the street. See? An Unlucky Man. A, llav vou ever had auy experience in love af fairs? B. Well. I should sav I had. In love I am ti e unluckiest of mortals. All the girls that I loved and even some that I hadn't betrun to love vet were mar- gobbled up by other fellows and ried. Smith Well, Jones, how are vou getting on, old fellow? Jones Poorly; lost $00,000 yester day. "ilow was that?" 'I3y flie. Maria's father find nie.' Xo Room to Shrink. Brigcs Do you tee that little dned-up man going along there? Jmgo i es; what of him? He looks harmless enouzh: but he's a bold, bad man. He would shrink at nothing. WelL there isn't room for him to shrink much more. Carcasses of cows and sheen which have died of contagious disease in France are dissolved in 8'ilphuric acid. and the result nir solution is then treated chemically for the recovery of salts, which cau le used as maiiuie. Actual trial has shown that there is a profit of 4S. on every dead sheep. A New Kintl ol Insurance has been nut In operation bv them.-imifarturetn 01 ir. -eree s meoieines. Ills "Women Meli cal IHscovery" and "Favorite l'rescriiition"aie sold ty ilru.iri-ts umler the maiiulacturer' poRtffire guarantee. Kit her benefit or a com pete cure ih thus attained, or money paid for hese niedleine is return!. The eertitleate of ruaranlee iven in e-Miiiertton with tile sale of hese lneii-inei Is equivalent to a tMiliev of in. surance. The "tlo.-leti Medical Kiseoveiv" cures all humors and Mood taiuis. from wli.it- ver cause arisiui:. skin and sealn diseases. scrofulous wires and ewellinps. l he "Favorite reserlMioii 'cures all thosederaniremeiitsaiid weaknesses ieculiar to women. Ikin't baa k. hawk, and blow, blow, dlscrulst- liir everybody, but use Dr. Zaire's CLiiTh Itcuieily. A den.-se of one's own deficiencies ia salutary. UsvmofOinlmsnli lor Catarrh that nm- umu Mrcu.ry, as mercury will surely destrov the sense of smell and completely derange i lie whole ms tem when enteritii; it through the mucous sur faces, huch articles should never tie used ex cept on preset iituii from reputatilephvsiciaus, as the damage they will do m ten tola to Hie iHxi you cud poss uly iierive trom them. Hall s alarm cure, inaiiiiiactiired ty t J. Cheney & o.. Toledo. O.. contains no inercurv. an. I is taken internally, and acts directly upon the blood and muciious surfaces of the ovstcm. In buyniit liall'st'aiarrh t'ure be sure vou cet the eiiuiiie. iiisiaaen iiiternaiiv. aim in.i.lc in oledo, Ohio, by V. J. Cheney & Co. e-soiu uy unistwn. price .oc. er Dottle. Truth may be blamed, but can not 1 e shamed. Klieumatism originates In lactic acid in the blood, which settling in the joints causes the pains and aches of the disease. Hood's Sarsa parilla cures rheumatism by neutralizini; the acidity of the blood, and giving it richness and vitality. Try Hood's Sarsaparilla. Xo man ever had to be far-seeing to see temptation. Fraser Asia Urease. The Frazer Axle Grease Is tbe Tery best, A trial will pro re we are ri(tit. Kecei veJ first premiuui at North Carolina State Fair Centennial, and Paris Exposition. ' Xo thralls like bondage have. ttiem that inward Cann' liidnejr Cure Tor Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, Bright', Heart, Urinary or Liver Diseases, Nerv ousness, &c Cure guaranteed. 831 Arch Street, Pbllad'a. l a bottl-, 6 for $5, or druggist. 1000 certificates of curt. Try It. Our sorrow is tbe our Loblenes. inverted image of See th. Urg. adrtlnisnt jn . prerloo, THIS SLIP EVERY FTTHE I 1000 ITIUVEL I ano SilSi?rf WEEKLY rrTr-12; HOI.IIAT7MBaRa.rthX.rrTwVrl TROM SAVAGE BWIFT'3 SPECIFIC is a simple vege table compound prepared from roots fresh ly gathered from the forests. The formula was obtained from the Creek Indians by the whites who had witnessed tho won derful cures of blood diseases mode bv that tribe. It has been used since 1629, and has been the greatest blessing to man khtd in caring diseases of the blood, in massy instances after all other remedies had failed. v . TrnaOne oa Blood and Skin Dlnsniii s maifed ft- Torso's REMEDY Fort X to use. Chtwpeat certain, r ot Cold l tl the It fat an Otntinant, of to the nostrils. Price, by mail. Address, JOSEPH H. HUNTER, LEND YOUR EAR TO WHA.T HAVE TO SAY. 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SwuVs SpecUle cniwl m- of terrible T which 1 had .uSercd for tij g ,1 ' new been entirely well tor fir- any rotara of the dlMtn..v Kocert, Ark.. SUy 1. 1P- J. - -o One bottl of S. a S rurrd u,f mno of hoC rtatnga. which men'trd from muinij pJT nnncwa nun nil tbe summer. Us bad i:iea lo heneli hln. vuii, mains i er. j B. n I ham taken Swift's Spccine for secondar; sm. polnon. and derived frrvnt tKwv-fU. rt ter thnn polaeh. ottxiym hoc ri med) that I hsic used. D. r. Wi(if, ,. M. D., arbn,. tones,. e. Turn Swii-r Sractric Co . AUsnu. Ot. CATARRH Kest Easiest kl'ef is immediate. A cure u Head it has no equal. which a small particle is applied Wr. Sold by dnictrtsts or sruit X. Hai,m.n-g. Warren, Pa. ATTOIU. Y W A 11 T ; GTOK, I- PT Voij lluoul KELtf. pkso. ii R. R. R. ADWAY'S READY RELIEF. THE GREAT CONQUEROR OF PUB. ffifttianlly rli'- unl bmmih rurm ColIi,9or rhr.Mit, ftroijrlti.it, llV..r.rv, SUIT h-1c. 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Aa' 'Mf-a .1 t, aas- w- "THE WONOCRFUL I - vSlt Vi' -Ol Ll'BURGCHAI Rlis!, Vt S w-JicoasiaiNs5'iCLt5.)i. V5IJ ul at LUS i'rat r. FREE and ahta atooda to b H-lL Kid fur cm diiTry. Od ffJtaUSp for CaklAV arn uL ritl it if . at. LCSCKU 1ST 44. tO. 14 N. Slk St. r T prssrln as MUrsa. dnrM Sic ii as tlis o spselS'' forthcrl ncs;s of this s'.ssaa. o.u.i.n'.haHsX v a, AmsMrdaai, a X. U bin sold Fit C manr r. ,a ." Tr r'sn 10s ' l. a. DTcnitsro,., CMcac. ia aarllai.00. Bold S Spool Holder M-.W l-ATF.NT. Save! time and troulile. AD Iu-d-.lial.le article I; eel v h'.u-eh.ud. Ul"J Slloulii in without It. ftuinples ran ls sees at tills otttre. SDTr-llf ifTtnfl. finncDO nioTiiiro price l,hy uiSll. a 4 stess Mass. 3 WV i s"-st fT 3a TZfpUL , Oii '.s If lea a- -sl 9.1k 'TVi rtblwN Tftlv a (f- P'11 U fjrih t-J ! T-t-9.r,l t-.tM pli t tnr"1 W 1 J V 4.ssssr--ussa Ntrf'lta. v. 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