COMFORT,
BT OLIVIA LOYZLX WILSOS.
Haro eorrfort, my hear' I there-! a placo for
us all
In tbn treat world of ou s t
If It's only a cranny up m the wall,
Ttere will glow auuie fluaera.
But ah! It Is nail for the needling.
On the d irk nine of i he wall.
Where on this side the shadows aeerii deepen
ing On the other the sunbeams fall.
But presently throtitrri the darkness,
Creeuiiije witli tendril, rare.
The seeUimn elhnbi 'till it blossoms
And nods In the sunny air.
And then It forgets the d.irkiie...
Forgets when the Mmilnws lull,
d only lives In the suiiiitne
On the suuuy height of tue wall.
Bo comfort, my heart; there's a place after all
In ih!s creat world of ours.
And we find the cratiuy In the wall
Ayl and our bunnie dowers!
THE TOPE'S MULE.
FROM THE FRENCH OF ALPUONSO DAUDET.
Of all tlie oJJ sayings, proverbs or
adages, with wl.ich our peasants elab
orate their conversation, I know of
none more pieturtsijuo than this one:
Within a railiusot tilteenmiles about
my mill, whenever thny npi-aic of a
spiteful, vinil ctive man, tbey sav:
"That man! look out for him! He is
like the pope's mule that kept her kicn
for seven yearsl"
I have endeavored for a long time to
find where this saying originated, and
what were the circumstances connected
with this papal mule and tue kick of
her heels which she guarded for seven
ears. No one here has been able to
Inform me upon the subject, not even
t raucet Manual, my fife-player, who,
however, knows all the proveucal le
gends on the tips of his fingers. Fran
ca, thought, and so did I, that it was
founded upon some old chronicle of the
country of Avignon, but he has never
heard it spoken of except in the prov
erb. "You will enly hud that in the
grasshoppers' library.'' the old fellow
laughingly said to me. The idea
truck me as a good one, and as the
grasshoppers' library is at my door I
went to bhut myseh up in it for eight
davs.
It is a marvelous library, well pro
Tided, open to the poets night and day,
and haviDg in attendance little libra
rians with cymbals, who give you mu
sic all the time. I passed aoveral days
there delightfully, ami alter a week of
researches, lyin on my Muck, 1 fin
ished by discovering what I was look
ing for; that is, tlio history of the mule
and that famous ki. k of her heols
which she guarded for Keven years.
The story is pretty, a'thmigu a lit tlo in
genious, and I shall tell it yon just us I
read it yesterilav morning in a manu
script tinted like the meadows, nil
weet with the odor of lry lavender
and having blessed lady's threads lor
bookmarks.
He who has not seen Avignon in the
time of the popes has not ei;u any
thing. For gaiety, ln'e, animation and
A succession of fetes, no other city ever
tqnaled it. From morning till niglit.
procei-sions, pilgrimages, the strio.s
trewn with flowers, decoruted with
hangings, the arrivals of the cur JinaU
on the Ktiouc, banners in the wind,
galleys adorned wiih rings, the pope's
soldiers who s mg in Lati i in the pub
lio sijiiHres, and the lattlo of the beg
ging fri.irs, then nil around tlio houses
presMing about the gr ind papal palace
like bees around a hive, the tick-tack
of the hice-Uiiihers, the coming a:id
going of tlie shinties weaving the gold
of the chasublcH, t e harmony tables
that wero tuned at tlie lu:e-ru:ikers, tlie
canticles of the ourdi-seiises; besides
this the no se of the i lo -k-?. and nlwuys
the sound of the tnuili.. urines as lU -y
rumblod below at the side ol'tlie bridge.
For in our country, where tlie p ople
are oonteut, tiiey itanco mi I they ilauee;
and as at this time the city streets
were too narrow for the fnran bde, the
flfera and the tumbonriueurs took their
stand on the bridge of Avignon, enjoy
ing the fresh wind f , om the l.houe; and
here, day uud iiight, I he people duueed
and danced. Ah, what a happy time!
What a happy city! For the hulber lsno
longer cut, aud the wire was put iu the
prisons of state to keep it fre?li. Xo
aaore want! no more war! '1 his is the
way the popes of the Corn tut governed
their people; aud tins is why their
people so much regret that they are
gone.
There was, above all, a good old man
named Bonifuce. Ohl ti.e tenrs ih.t
were slied in Avignon when he died.
He was such nn amiable prince, to pre-
Jiosscasing; be smiled to graeiuusly
rom the height of his mule and wheu
you passed Lear turn no matter
whether you wire a pi or li't'e raga
muffin or the great judge of the city
he gave you his bhss ug so politely? A
true pope of Vve ot, but of Vvetot of
Provence, with something cunuing in
his laugh, a sprig of marjoram iu his
beretta and Lot the least Je uuetou.
The only jeauneton that he was ev. r
known to have, this good old father,
was his vineyard a little one he had
planted himself, three league t from
Avignon, among the myrtle trees of
Obateau-Xeuf.
Jtvery Sunday after vespers the
jortby man went to court his viueynrd.
And when he was there, half-reclining
in the warm snnlight It the foot of a
tump, bis cardinals gathered round,
his mule near by, theu he ordered a
flagon of wine to be opened that de
licious ruby-colored winn which has
aince been called the Chateau-Neuf-des-JPapes
and tastinir it in little sips, re
frarded it with an affectionate air; then,
the flagon empty, ho returned at dusk
joyously to the village, followed by his
whole chapter, and passing over the
bridge at Avignon, between the tnin
bonrines and the faraudolea, his mule,
ioiated by the music, began to trip
jently along until he himself marked
the time of the dance with his berett i
which greatly scandalized the cardi
nals, though the people all said: "Ah!
te good priuoe! Ah! the brave pope!"
That which the pope loved be.-t in
tha world, after his vineyard nt Cha-toan-Neuf,
was his miiie. The good
Baa just doted on it. Kvery mut be
fore going to bed he went to tee that
the siable was well fastened and thut
nothing whs lacking iu the manger;
never would he rise from the table
without having hud prepared, Tinder
his own eyes, a lurgo 1 owl of wine a la
francaixe with a quantity of sugar and
pices, which bo carried toller iiifoUf,
in spite of the r luurksof his cardinals.
I must say, too, that the beast was well
worth the tiouble. buo was a beauti
ful black mnle, speckled with red, with
glossy coat, the. croup large and full,
sure-fo tod, and carry mg proudly her
pretty head all decorated with pompous
and bows and silver bells and ribbons,
and, moreover, sweet as uu augol, with
an artless eye, and two loug cars always
au iiiuuuu, wuicn gave uer tue air ol a
food child. AU Avignon respected
iter, and when she went iu the streets
aha received great attention, for every
one knew that that was tue snr.st way
at finding favor at court; and that with
liar innocent air, the pope's mulo had
latl many a one to fortune. As proof
listan to the story of Ti.-tet Vedino:
Tistet Vedino was, by principle a
shameless rogue, wuose lather, Guy
Vadine, the sculptor in gold, had In-en
hliged to send from home because ho
did nothing but ent:ce tue npprcutico-
from their work. For sit mouths he
pent his time loafing al out t ie streets
of Avignon, but priueipuliy by the side
of the i apal I al.iee, fur the scoundrel
for a long time had had a scheme on
hand abont tue pope's ii.u!o aud you
will be sure thu it nns somethi ig of a
ttischievous one. One day, when his
oliacM went out for a wjk oil ajona
under the ramparts with his mole, Tis
tet Vedine approached him, and, clasp
ing his hands with an air of admiration,
said to him: "Ah! Mon Dieul Grand
Saint Pere, what a beautiful male yoa
have there! Stop a moment that I may
look at her. Ah! mon pape, the beau
tiful mnle! The Emperor of Germany
has not one to equal her." And he
potted her and spoke sweetly to her, as
he would to a yonng girL "Come
now, my jewel, my treasure, my fine
pearl " And the goodpope, mnch
moved, said to himself: "What a good
little fellow 1 How gentle he is with
my mule." And then the next day
do yon know what, happened? Tistet
Vedine exchanged his old yellow jacket
for a beautiful lace alb, a cassock of
violet silk, shoes with buckles, and he
entered into the tervice of the pope
where never before bad anyone Deen
admitted except the sons ot noblemen
and the nephews of the cardinals. This
is what you gain by intrigue. But Tis
tet Vedine did not stop here.
Once in the pope's service the rogue
continued the game which had brought
him such good luck. Insolent to every
body, he had no kind attentions, no ci
vility for anyone but the mule; and he
was always found about the courts of
the palace, with a handful of oats or a
bunch of French grass, from which he
gently shook the little pink blossoms
while he looked up at the balcony of
the holy father as if to say, "Hey!
what's that for?" And finally the good
pope, who felt that he yas growing old,
concluded to leave to 'iistet the care of
the stable and carrying the bowl of
wine a la francatie to the mnle, and
the cardinals did not laugh at this.
JN either did the mule laugh any
more. JNow when the nour arrived tor
her to have her wine, she always saw
coming towards the stables live or six
little acolytes, who jumped quickly in
to the straw with their cassocks and
laces; then in a moment, a good warm
odor of caramel and fragrant spices
pervaded the stable, and Tistet Vedine
ppeared, very carefully bringing the
bowl of wine a la francaise.
lheu the martyrdom of the poor
beast commenced.
The perfumed wine that she loved so
much, that kept her so warm, that gave
her wings, he had the cruelty to take
to her there in the manger to mike her
smell it; then, when her nostrils were
full or it, pass it by. I have seen it.
The beautiful flame-colored liquor all
goes down the throats of those wretches.
And yet, if they had but stolen her
wine; but they were like little devils,
all those little acolytes after they had
drank it! One pulled her ears, another
her tail; Ininuet mounted her back.
licit qu. t tried his beretta on her, and
not one of these rascals dreamed that
by one kick the brave beast wonld be
able to send th m all to the polar star
or even inrther. But nol that wonld
bj too undignified for the pope's mule
the mule of benedictions and indul
gences. It was all useless for the
children to tease her, she did not get
atjgry; and she had a grudge only
against Tistet Vedine, as when she felt
him behind her hoof longed to have at
him, and trulv quite rightly, too. That
scapegrace Tistet paid her such vil
lainous tricks, id e invented such cruel
things after drinking.
One day it occurred to him to make
her mount with him into the bell
tower to the top, the extreme point of
the palace, and what I tell you is not a
story JUM.uuU Provencals have seen it.
lou can picture to yourself the terror
ot this poor unhappy mule when, after
having turned round and round for an
hour, groping up the stairway like a
t-nul, and clambering np I don't know
how many steps, she found herself all
at once on a platform dazzling with
light, and at 1 ,0D0 feet below her she
perceived all of fantastiqne Avignon,
the booths at the fair not much larger
than hazel-nuts, the soldiers of the
pope before the barracks like so many
red ants, and yonder, spanning a thread
of silver, a little microscopic bridge
where they danced and danced.
All, poor beast! What terror! What
fright!
The brav that she gave forth made
all the window glass of the palace rat
tie
"What's the matter? What have
they done to her?" cried the pope,
rushing out on the balcony.
Tistet Vedine was already in the
court pretending to cry and to tear his
hair. "Ah! craad Saint Pere, that's
what it in! It is your mule Mon
Dieu! What will become of us? Your
mule has climbed the bell tower."
"AU by herself?"
"Yes, grand Saint Pere, all by her
self atop! Look at her way up there!
lo yon see her ears sticking out over
the railling? Why they look like two
swallows!
".Mercy on me!" said the poor pope.
lifting up his eyes. "But she must be
mud! and she will kill herself. Come
down now, you wretched creature!"
Jingo! She did not ask anything
iiett -r than to come down. Xhs stair
way? That was out of the question;
she came up that way to be sure; but
the descent! Why she would break
her les a hundred times over. And
the poor mule was in despair, witd
everything turning round and rounh
as she stood on the platform, while her
great eyes were swimming in her head.
Then she thought of Tistet Vedine.
"Ah, ruffian, if I escape from here
what a kick from my heels thou shalt
have to-morrow morning."
This idea of the kick put a little
more heart in her legs, without which
she would not have been able to stay
there. Final. y they came to take her
down, but it was an awful affair. They
were obliged to nse a jack, some cords
and a litter, and you can just imagine
what a humiliation it was for the mule
of thu pope to see herself suspended
from such a height, swung in space by
her feet like a May bug on the end of a
a string and all Avignon looking at
her.
The unbappy beast did not sleep at
an that night. It seemed to her that
she s constantly turninar round and
round on that accursed platform, while
ine langnter ot the city reached her
from below. Then she thought of that
infamous Tistet Vedine, and that mas
terly kick of her heels. From Para
ptluue they wo Id be able to see the
smoke of it.
Xow then, w hile they were preparing
nn elegant reception for her at the
stable, do you know what Tistet Vedine
was doing! He descended the Bhone,
singing gaiiy, on a papal galley, and
went to Naples with a troop of young
nobles that th - village sent every yer
to the court of Queen Jane, in order
to acoiure skill in diplouiacv aud other
sim lar accomplishments.
i islet was not noble; but the pope
wi hod to recompense him for the
kindness bestowed upon his beast, and
particularly for the activity he had dis
played during t''e day of her salvage.
It was the mule that was disannointed
on the morrow. "Ah? the ruth an 1 He
suspected something!" she thought,
shaking her belis furiously; "but it will
keep. Go. you wicked fellow 1 Thou
shalt find it . gain ou thy return, the
kick of my heels I will keep it for
thee!"
And che kept it for him.
Afier Tistet's d parture, the pope's
mule found her life's routine tranqnil
and her days proceeding just as they
dhl before Tistet's advent. No more
lniquet, no more Ueluqnet at the stable.
The beautiful days of the wine a la
francaine had returned, and with them
her good humor, her Ion.; siestas and
the little steps of the dance when she
pMSsed over the bridge at Avignon.
However, since her adventure, she al
ways m tced a little coldness among
tne people. There were whisperings
along the road, the old folks nodded
tieir heads in a knowing way and the
children pointed BP to the be II tow..
The good pope no longer had so mnch
confidence in his friend, ad when he
adowed himself to take a little nap in
the saddle on Sunday, when returning
from the vineyardhe always appeared
to first make this mental observation,
"if 1 find myself, on waking, np there
on the platform " The mu:e noticed
this, and it caused her pain, although
she said nothing; only when anyone
prononnced the name of Tistet Vedine
in her presence her long ears shook,
and, with a little laugh, she whetted
her iron shoes on the pavement.
Seven years passed thus. Then at
the end of these years Tistet Vedine re
turned from the court ot Naples. His
term had net yet expired there, but he
had learned the first mustard-maker to
the pope had died suddenly at Avig
non, and, as the position seemed to
hiui good, he came in great haste to
put himself in the ranks.
When this intriguer, Vedine, entered
the hall of the palace, tho holy father
hardly recognized him, for he had
grown so much taller aud stouter. 1
should also say that the good pope was
getting old, too, and that ho did not
see well without his spectacles. But
Tistet was not dismayed. "How, grand
Saint Pere! Yon do not recognize me?
It is I, Tistet Vedine."'
"Vedine?"
"Why, yes; yoa know me well; him
who used to carry the wine a la frar
calse to your mule."
"Ah ! yes, yes. I recall him a good
little fellow, this Tistet Vedine. And
now what does he wish of us?"
"Net mnch, grand baint Pere, I come
to ask yon apropos, have you your
mule yet? And is she very well? Ah!
so much the better! 1 came to ask yoa
for the place of the first mustard maker,
who has just died."
"First mustard-maker thou! But
thou art too young! How old art thou
now?"
"Twenty years and two months illns
trions pontiff just five years older
than your mnle. Ah! palme de Dieu!
The brave beast! If yon knew how 1
love her, that mule, how I languished
for her in Italy. Will you not let me
see her?"
"If, my child, thou wish to see her,"
said the good pope, very mnch moved,
"and then thou lovest her so much, the
brave beast. I only wish that thou
couldst no longer live away from her.
From this day 1 attach thee to my per
son in quality of tho first mustard
maker. My cardinals will object but
so mnch the worse! I am accustomed
to it. Come to see us to-morrow after
vespers and we will give to thee insig
nia of thy rank in the presence of our
chapter, and then I shall lead thee to
see the mule, and thou shalt go to the
vineyard with us too. Ha, ha! A lions
va."
It Tistet was happy on leaving the
grand hall of state, with what impa
tience he awaited the ceremonies of the
morrow I need not taite the trouble to
tell you. However, there was some
one in the palace still more happy and
more impatient than he. 1'. was the
male. From the time of Vedine's re
turn until vespers the next day the in
furiated beast did not cease slutliing
herself with oats, and to sharpen her
hind hoofs against the wall. She also
wai preparing for the ceremony.
And then the next day, when vespers
were over, Tistet Vedine entered tho
great court of the papal palace. All
the higher clergy were there the car
dinals in red robes.tho devil's advocates
in black velvet.the abbes of the convent
with their little mitres, the wardens
of Saint Agricol, the violet cassocks of
the bishops, the lower clergy also, the
soldiers of the pope in their best uni
forms, the three brotherhoods of peni
tents, the hermits of Mount Ventoux
with their bash ml faces, the little
acolyte who went behind carrying a
bell, the scourging brothers nude to
the waist, the sacristans decked out in
magistrates's robes all, all, until at
last those who sprinkled the holy water
and those who lighted and extinguished
the candles. Not oue was missing.
Ah! what a beautiful ordination. The
bells, the petards, the sunlight, the
music, and always the sound of those
maddening tambouriues that led the
dance below on the bridge of Avignon.
When Vedine appeared before the as
sembly with his fine carriage and hand
some face, a murmur of admiration
arose. He was a m.ignificent proveu
cal, but of the blonde type, with a
mass of curly hair and a little beard,
which seemed to be made from fine
metal shavings fallen from the graver
of his father, ttie sculptor in gold.
The rumor ran that the fingers of
Queen Jane had sometimes played in
that tdonde lxard, and Vedine had in
deed that glorious and absent-minded
way of men whom queens have loved.
This day, in honor of his conntry he
had replaced his Neapolitan robes by a
jacket bordered in pink a la proven
cale, and on his hat waved a large
plume of the ibis of Camargne.
Upon entering, the first mustard
maker bowed with a gallant air, then
turned toward the high flight of steps
where the pope awa ted him in order
to betow upon him the insignia of his
rank the spoon of yellow boxwood and
the saffron robe.
The mnle was at the foot of the
stairs all harnessed and ready to start
out for the vineyard.
When he passed near her, Tiste'
Vedine smiled sweetly, and stopped to
give herjwo or three little friendly taps
on the lack watching, the while,
from the corner of his eye to see if the
pope noticed it.
The position was good.
The male prepared for the attack.
"Stop! Now you've pot it, villain!
And I've kept it for you seven long
years!"
And she gave him a kick of her heels
so terrible, no terrible that at Pampe
lnn even they aw the smoke, a whirl
wind of blonde smoke with an ibis
plume fluttering about it all that re
mained of the unfortunate Tistet Ve
dine. The kick of a mnle is not ordinarily
as terrible as this one was, but this
mule was a papal mnle, and then, just
think! she had kept it for seven years.
SprincJicld lCtpublicnu.
IIlOnLY UNNATURAL Walker "1
had a most unnatural dream last bight,
Fad man. I dreamt Binks bonowed
$o f'f me for a week."
Fadman 'Unnatural! Whv that's
Binks all over!"
Walker "Ye?, hut I went, nn .1nim.
lntr, and I dreamt that Binks paid it
oac-K to me at me end ot tue week."
Two uses or the halteh. Ten
derfoot (who had just purcli se-t a horse)
"Is It the custom here lu tho West to
throw In a halter wheu a fuau t ike a
horse?"
Old Resident "Well, it depends on
how he takes liim."
The art of crochet has been turned
to a very profitable account, for gold
and silver lares ara thnn ma la an.t
many handsome black silk trimmings
ana large buttons are covered in the
same lashion. uold and silver gauze
ribbons are stnddal ll nvar vifh sil
ver, gold and jet stars; and the gradu-
uio, capes auu oonnets.
Women are said to be verv eajiv unh.
jects for hypnotism, esneciallv those
past forty yearn of age. Littie women
with black eves, abundant hlucfc hair
and thick eyebrows, are more favorable
suujecus man paie or lyaiptuitic ones,
and nervous womeu are seldom brough
under the hypi.oilc Influence.
The Hungarian state railways are
introducing electric lights in the
cars of their extrs train. Fu-it
coaches have been raulnrd with ac
cumulators, i
i
ACTUAL COST OF FKXDIXQ COWS
A cow may be well fed for fcftce
cents a day, and in some cases for
twelve cents. Winter feeding wllj
cost considerably more, counting- the
market value of the feed fifteen
pounds of hay and six pounds of meal
is as littlo as a cow in milk should be
fed, and this may bo - worth twenty
one cents. For winter dairying only
the best cows should be kepi and but
ter of the best quality only made, other,
wise the food of the cows will not bo
paid for.--New York Tribnuo.
BENEFIT Or RQLLtNO Tfl SOIL.
Here is a reason for using the roller.
It has been f ouud that rolled soil,
wheu the tcmperaturo of the air if
ic vent) -five degrees, is eighty-four de
grees at tho depth of one and a half
inches, during the warmest part of the
day, while the temperature of the
same soil unrolled is only eighty de
grees. Three inches below tho surface
tho rolled soil is five iuvhes warinei
than the unrolled. After cooling ovei
night the rolled soil is one degree
tho warmer. New York Witness.
DISCOURAGEMENTS IM KEEPING POULTKt.
A man starting into business foi
himself knows thcro is a great deal oi
hard labor before him. Naturally he
finds many discouragements. Perse
reran o wilt wiu, however. Thcro is
no royal road to success in keeping
poultry. Fowls are Usblo to become
sick, lay soft shelled. cgs, or not lay at
all. Young chicks may die of gapes
or som other ailment; rats, miuks
and other rodents may kill thein.
These aro all common stumbling
blocks to success. Tlie farmer cannot
expect morethan ho does wheu hi:
crops fail.
No class of peop"loare S3-favorably
situated for raising poultry as farm
ers. With plenty of room and grain,
certainly two esseniiat advantages are
theirs. Do not bluinc the helii for
lack of success. Determine to over,
come tho difficulty, aud tho next ef
fort will bo a success. Never ask a
farmer, of the far too common kind
that keep no accounts, whether bis
hens pay, for he will tell you he docs
not know.--Amci-icaii Agriculturist.
SALT WATER IM THE STABLE.
A most excellent preventive of gall
is to bathe the shoulders each evening
with strong salt water, commencing
six weeks before active spring work
begins, and continuing tho bathing
during the summer. An English
veterinary surgeon, who has tested
tlio above for ten years, says: "Iu the
stable I keep a smalt fruit can, in
which I throw a small handful of salt
and then add the necessary water,
This is stirred until the salt is dis
solved, and the solution is applied to
the shoulder with a cloth tied around
the end of a corn-cob.
The roughness of the cob holds th
cloth well in place., Usin ' this avoidj
...wi ine suit water ou tie hanas
n agreeable precaution, especially i;
he skin on your hands is broken
V'hcn the horses aro at work I wasl
heir shoulders clean with clear wa ei
s soon as the harness is removed ii
he evening, and then apply tho sail
.ater. It cools aud eases the fchoiild
is, and tho horses lifcojt fC'liicagc
Times.
THE CHERlIlf TREES.
Cutil recently, cherries werllic
easiest fruits to propagate, but now
hey are (ho most difficult in many
eclions. This is all due to what they
all the "spotting" disease, which be
gins on tlio leaves, and extends until
he whole tree is stripped of all foli
ge. '.The shoots around the trees bo
:omo weak and spindling, and the life
of onoc fine, hardy trees seems to have
been supped out of them. . This dis
ease is still restricted to certain sec
tions; but so far no remedy has been
suggested that proves effective.
Even potash around the trees doc j
not appear to stimulate the trees to
better growth and production. The
btack-knols have made their appear
ance upon the cherry trees again this
season, mid threaten to kill hundreds
of fine trees. This disease has been
mostly restricted to the choice va-i
riciies, but the malady now infecting
(he dessert cherries is of a much more
disastrous character. After growing
well for a few years the trees hey in
to dia. and no remedy seems lo be able
'o save tlieni.
Frequently the bark sp!ils,"ditelos.
ing the wood below, and occasionally
the woody fibre is destroyed. Th
foliage Is only half developed, turns
yellow and falls off. One twig af t
another turns black until tho tree be
comes useless. The proper treatment
for this is still unknown, but washing
and spraying with a solution - ot pot
ash and lima frequently . lessens the
amount of 1-tlamage".::N'ew York
Voice.
J FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Needed more tillage on less acres
Give the fowls plenty of range now.
Don't forget the benefit of mulch
ing. A weak harness often cause acci
dents. Betterlhin tho fruit than prop the
tree.
' Look well to the pullet crop about
now.
Hog requlro ft largo amount ot
drink.
Use plaster freely In tho horse,
stable.
GoooX pastare lHcrai 'null; aha
batter.
"Using an InfertoT" sdreTbT breeding
downward.
, Tho shortesT FoadTto long rlco Is to
oavo the best articles to sell.
Do to your animals as yo would be
dono by if yoa were aa animal.
Ijjpf
l lt- .a L
(wiiknt tasa
In the train
of diseases that follow a tor
pid liver and impure blood,
nothing can take the place
of Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery. Nothing will,
after you have seen what it
does. It prevents and cures
by removing the cause. It
invigorates the liver, purifies
and enriches the blood, sharp
ens the appetite, improves di
gestion, and builds up both
strength and flesh, when re
duced below the standard
of health. For Dyspepsia,
u Liver Complaint," Scrofula,
or any blood-taint it's a posi
tive remedy. It acts as no
other medicine does. For that
reason, it's sold as no other
medicine is. It's guaranteed
to benefit or cure, or the
money is refunded.
VERYMTHEB
Should Have IC In Tbe IIooie
Dropped vn Sugar, Children Lor 9
to take JOHNftOH"! AfODTNK LlVTlIEXT for Croup, Cold,
tlorti ThrusU, ToutfiUti, Colic, Cnum and t'auus. Kt
Lves ttuuAiuer CuiuiliuU, Cut, Bruuea like j?-tfM'.
THINK OF IT.
In ne over 40 1 KAI14 in one family.
Dr. I. S. JoHJw A Co. It In iditr ymnt tUttoe 1 tlmt
tvarntM of juur Jt H.voas Anouynk Kinimnt; for mure
thtn or.'K mml have u?fd it iu my familv. I rvrtnl
It aa ontt of tbe it ttnei tiafitut family rvimdi- that can
1 ffiunJ, uil !u!rnM or 'Xternj. (n all cm. O. H.
J Mi ALLS, .troti .'r.d Baptist hurctt. ltwuror. Me.
Every Sufferer "SrS
Ton. Headt'be. Diphtheria. CuUKt. lAturrh. lii oucl ill
A9ti:niu, cli.'lera M..rtiift, ljiari hk, Liiuttuw... Sorem-na
In Bijdy or l.iiitti,, siliir JolalH ur HUriiui, will tin.! la
till uid AnvdTiio rvllef an l ppuvtty i-ux. Piiniiihlet
nie. oM ynt;rt. rrire -v. cis., or man. tx-mea.
1. S. JOilNMJ.S & LU, butrcui. ataaa.
Aa acre of clover is estimate! to
mnko about 600 pounds of pork.
Put coarse manure where you want a
mulch and fino whero you want it to
speedily minglo wilh and enrich tho
soil.
If perspiration 6tops when you are
working in the sun and your head
feels had get into the shade and. avoid
unttioko.
When a limb is grafted keep it cleat
of all sprouts of the parent stock,
which absorb vitality that ought to go
to the graft.
Johns Hopkins University, of Balti
more, Mil , is about to re-establish its
marine laboratory in the West Indies.
It has heretofore been a valuable aid in
the teaching of science. Thu Univer
sity of Pennsylvania is about opeuing a
marine laboratory at Sea Isle City.
He is H ell Saiutled."
Romeo, Mich., March 6, 1&.
I am Satisfied with your Flnruplexion, and
recommend it to do all you claim.
Walter Bouohneb.
Horaptrxlon Is the speeuy and perinanriit
me tor Sick lleailaejie. Indirection, Dyspep
iit, Hiltousiifst, Liver Complaint, Nervous De
bility ami CoiiMimptioii. it is tbe only sure
cure for the-e cumplaiut. ASK your druggist
or It, and get well.
Beautiful meteoiological photographs
of clouds nil the aspect of the sky
have been taken by ri tleclieg the ob
ject in a mirror of black glass placed
in frot of the object glass of the
camera.
What It costs'' mut te carefully cooMd-er.-d
by tbe ureal majority of people, in buying
even neress.ties. Hood's Sarsaparilla com
bines positive economy with great medicinal
power. It is the only medicine of w hich can
'ruly be said "100 1osls one Dollar."
AN AUTHOKITY OJJ BLUK. MISS
Br.iwni-toi e "Do you ever feel blue?"
Miss rluckbay "How absurd I We
do not become cognizant of colors
through senr-e ot touch. I have fre
quently seen biueness."
ICupture.
FEBKrART l"th. 1S91. Tlil Is to certify that
I. l. II. Noll, of limekiln I". O , Be IKS County,
r"a., was ruptured tor 5 e;u, and got entirely
cured of it 7 years ago by Dr. J. B. .Mayer, 831
Arch Mi eel. rinla. Dr. Mayer also gives treat
ment at Hotel 1'enn. Reading, ha., on the 2d
Saturuay aud foilowiug buuday of each mouth.
Frofessor Thompson finds in his
f xperiments on tlie physiological ef
fects of alternate currents that ttie dan
ger of the current diminishes as the
number of alterations per secoud is in
creased. Cmiiii'a liltlney Cure Tor
Dropsy, Gravel, IMabetes, Bright's,
Heart, Urinary or Liver Diseases, Nerv
ousness, otc. Cure guaranteed. S31
Arch .street, IMiilad'a. $1 a bottle, 6
for $", or druggist. lUOu certificates of
cures. Trv it.
The famous hou'e of Peter the Great
at Zaandam, near Amsterdam, which is
one of the sights of Holland, is now
being restored, by order of the Czar, to
whom it belongs. Tlie house was lifted
bodily, by means of cranes, in order to
lay a foundation.
FITS: A3 Fit mopneu rree nv Dr. Kltoe'aurea
ht-rveltemorer. No rilaalier ursl dav'a uoe. Mmr
tejou cure 'l ieuiibe ana (xuuinal ootue tree to
Kit cab. fcuJUir.Kime.!jl Area at. fau., fa.
Torp4a-Boat Destroy r-rs.
Tho best appointed European navlei
are now furnished with a claes of ves
sels called torpedo-boat destroyers
They are from 225 to 250 feet, long,
and carry very powerful machine
guns, varying Jo size from tho largest
to 'those one inch in diameter. They
are also furnished with powerful en
gines, and show a speed equal lo that
of the torpedo hosts which they aro
expected tn Hrivn off or destroy.
QYoulh'g Companion.
Important Consideration
Fledgely I lova vou. Alice 1 jeZi
yoa be mine?
Uce What aro jour idea regal
ing rings?
Fledgely Diamonar.
Alice Tako mo. f Jewelers Cir
cular. Ho Had i Dili.
first Swell Here comosLunnont,
the tailor. He looks a if he lutcuded
Co speak to as.
Second 6weir"tncTronsIV Let-s
tarn Into this side street and hide ia
soma aTtorwajr; I 1 don't Ul; lo
associate with people ia trjfa -.ryow
Tot Weekjg.
There is a great future for . the nutmeg.
It Is hard for the young man who
is ju.it learning to ride tho bicycle to
leadau upright life.
Xo man knows how desperate a
woman can look until he has seen her
undertake to ride a bicycle.
Xext to rolling off a log, tlie easiest
thing is to tell other peouie how they
ought t j bring up their children.
Tennyson is said to make $30,000
out of liis poetry. He makts dollars
out of it wheu othera can't make sense.
"They say there's Dine on asiJe in a
game or base ball," muttered the
umpire, but when yoa come to And
out, it's eighteen to -ue, that's what it
Is."
It is a mournful commentary on
human vanity to see the mourners look
ing back, tm turning the corners, to
see if tbe procession la worthy of the
corpse.
Lady (who Is about to move, to
neighbor's little boy) And what will
you do when I go away, Sammy, and
leave no oue in the house?
Sammy Break all the windows.
'There's a good deal of sarcasm in
that,'' remarked a man Buffering from
ague, as the drugKist handed him a
bottle of medicine labeled, '-Shake be
fore taking."
Gargoyle I should think that wo
men could find more congenial em
plovroeut In banks than anywhere else.
Mrs. Gargoyle Why?
Gargoyle Becauso money talks.
"See that fellow over there? He
doesn't know where he'll et his next
meal."
" l'ou surprise uie.
ne lok3 well-to-do."
"He is; but he doesn't know whether
he'll dine home or at tie club."
A NEW WAY OF PUTTING IT. Ethel
"Why are you always kicking because
I havo other admirers?"
George "Oh, if you want to make a
syndicate of yourself I don't object."
Woman's hapfy manner. Miss
Oldemaide to .Miss Youngone after a
discussion "What is the difference be
tween us, anyhow?"
Miss Y. pleasantly "A difference
of time, mostly."
A pasture kcho. Texas Steer
"I am going down to Chicago next
week."
Texas Cow "Be sure and bring me
back a faithful renort of how those
city cows are dressed."
Fixing the blame. "Don't blame
me," he cried, widly, "If you die a
spinster."
,'So, Mr. Budd," she answered,
sweetly, "but I am sure some day your
future wife will."
OSEOK THE UNFORTUNATES. Bro-
therton "Marriage is a failure."
Benedict (la surprise) "Why I
didn't know you had ever been mar
ried!" Brotherton "I haven't I failed."
An international affair.
"There's Trince Sps, fielti still bidding
adieu to his Ilancee. By tbe way, isn't
their wedding to be a fortnight earlier
than was announced?"
"Ve9. The Board of Immigration
decided he must be returned by the ves
sel that brought him."
Progress.
It is very important iu this age of
vast material progress that a remedy be
pleasing to the taste and to the eye,
easily taken, acceptable to the stomach
aud healthy in its nature and effects.
Possessing these qualities. Syrup ot
Figs is the one perfect laxative aud
the most gentle diuretio known.
A nautical mile, according to
American measurement, is COS0.27
feet. In the English nautical mile
there Is no fraction. Accordingly, it
is just SOU feet longer than the land
mile.
' How'a ThW
We offerOne Hundred Dollars reward for any
cae of catarrh iliac cannot be cured by taking
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHEN KY & CO.. Props., Toledo. O.
We. the undersigned, have known K. J.
Cheney for the last lo years, and believe hiin
perfectly honorable hi ail business transactions,
and financially able to carry out any obliga
ti ins made by their Ann.
West & Tblax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Waldiso. Ki-tm & Mibvix, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally Acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sunaces of
the system. Testimonials sent free. Price "ic,
per bottle. Sold by all druists.
A Danish archaeologist has found In
Macedonia, near the modern town of
Xiausta, a Greek painting on the walls
of a tomb. It shows a Greek horse
man battling with a 1'ersiau foot sol
dier. A HEARTLESS MOTHER IN-LAW.
Mrs. Van Million "But, Mr. Mari
gold, if you marry my daughter, bow
do you and she propose to live without
money?"
Jack Marigold "Do you mean to say
that you would allow your son-in-law
to starve."
A Ceylon letter slates that tbe pearl
fishery Is the second largept on record
during the present century.
"August
Flower"
This is the query per
petually on your little
ooy's lips. And he is
no worse than the big
ger, older, balder-head
What is
It For?
ed boys. Life is an interrogation
point. "What is it for?" we con
tinually cry from the cradle to the
grave. So with this little introduc
tory sermon we turn and ask: "What
is August Flower for ?" As easily
answered as asked : It is. for Dys
pepsia. It is a special remedy for
the Stomach and Liver. Nothing
more than this ; but this brimful.
We believe August Flower cures
Dyspepsia. We know it will. We
have reasons for knowing it. Twenty
years ago it started in a small country
town. To-day it has an honored
place in every city and country store,
possesses one of the largest manu
facturing plants in the country and
sells everywhere. Why is this? The
reason is as simple as a child's
thought. It is honest, does one
thing, and does it right along it
cures Dyspepsia.
G. C GREEN, Sol kaa'fr.WoodbnrjJiJ.
I'm Played Out
weary, anxious men, who do no. know where
to"nd relief. For that Intense weariness m
common and so discouraging
ommend Hood'. Sarsaparllla. It Is not a stimu
(ant, but a true ton c radually building up all
the weak organs In such a way as to be ol last
log Mt. A fair trial will convince jrou ot
Its merits.
N. B. Be jure to get only
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. sUsUfor Si. Prepared
only by C. I. HOOD & CO, Lowell, Mass
lOO Ioes Oue Iollar
S8000 CilVEN AWAY
til CANADIAN AGRICULTURISTS FOURTH
..,. sv-W A D1 V
LITERARY COMPETITION !
rinaea Oct. 1891. whra the following maiiiSrnt n
winiTV,!! 1 .I'M to pwon. ndin in U gr.alt num
!rJ. ma.1 up out ot U. tetwr. in lb wocdl
tea and CarrKe; ft "J, ?
IjuIis' Ooid Wat.. 50 pni Sfieach. Cbrna Tea brt.
50 lluntin. Caw S'l Wau-ha. I Roy
W tlb tail f"ilr warrant!). 2S priz-a $10 each. W0
U1V and 3UU at 1 each, making a total of XU
relJardl inn l.n. 1 up lo 11.50 All pru
OVInerrd lre in U S and Canada. i. .
Thewonla must be construc ted only from letters con
tained in the wor.l " Hoar Maoazine.
roreMTQ or obsolete word, not allowed: neither will
Bmnilar and plurals ol tame word be allowed
The worda mut lie numbered 1,2.. aud ao on. to
facilitate the awarding ol pnrea. .
The list containing the largeat number of words wul
get rlrst pnie. the nest second, and so on . .
Each lua must be accompanied by SI for .11 month 1
Mbacr.pt.ontoTHCNolA AORICCLTURIST. one of
the li-.it illustrated Home Magazine, in America,
gj-Thia is NO LOTTKR Y-nient only will count The
rerSSioSloV faimee. gained h, The ??V.lT
lo th, paat ample guarantee IfaaM "P"'"" 7'K
be conducted in like manner. , Send 4c. ""'P lorfuU
particulars, to Tarn Canaoiaw Aoaicll.TURlirt, Peter
toreugh. Canada. TCut Una ad.aruawuen. out-il
auiy not appear again.
r
OTPS
DOES CURE
CONSUMPTION
In Its First Stages.
It murm you jcl th genuine
FOR FIFTY YEARS I
MRS. WINSLOWS
SOOTHING SYRUP
bap bfvn used ly mothers for their children
white Teftbliitf fur over Fifty Yearn. It
siiutbi'S the oMlfl, Hoftvns the aum, allays
nil uin, cine! wtrul colic, ami 1 Ui beat
ruuit-iv for tlmrrhiHtt.
Teui-dvc 4'eut a Bottle.
rra wo n in row
THE "NEW TREATMENT" FOR
CATARRH.
I1l.iSI. Ha. I Hm.iI. In !
tlLtJa cr A i.s IWe.M'l'-ruUU Hul.Ki
Cur re t'kranlc alstrrh aud all Itlaeaaex
ol Tkronl and .oc. i OU Kh.AI.LX .l I sv
i. 1 e.oi lli Ad A. renu .lamp lor Si iKe famuolwt.
lia.Al.Til bLffLV CO.. lli WaUwayH'. V.
ALL
AROl'T Frat Tennftix mm FINE
C'IjIvI ATt HO I OR AT KfcSOrBCM in
KNOX VILl-L waaNTINEL; daily 1 nto.,
AOc.; weekly 1 year, , Hunpla 3-
SICK
Weak, Mrarmrre, WmrrcsiKD mortal, fret
well and keep welL HealtK iieipm
tell. how. fioct. a year. Sample con
Ur. J. II. II I E, Editor, Buffalo, N. V.
is Sore rel lef n rrr .
iinnco o euc-tii i co if
rnco jocts.ais I u.mo
JUt3tCMLOrniail. Stowelt Cm,
A CANDID CONFESSION. He "Life
with uie lias been a failure."
She "You must have had and wast
ed some opportunity."
He ".No; I have spent half my life
raisins whiskers to conceal my youth,
and the other half dyeing them to con
ceal my age."
Bound together. FrImu3"you
and Jackson are always together. Some
strong- bond of union between you.
ehr"
Secundus '"Yes. He Is too obtuse
to take a hint, and 1 too gentlemanly
to Insult him."
They all do that. Mrs. Brook
"My husband keeps account of every
drink be takes.''
Mis. Banks "Are you sure.
Mis. Brook "Oh, yes, the dear fel
low says he never gets one that he
doesn't put it down!"
Every silver lining- has its cloud.
Tou can't earn a half-dollar without
working for it.
The Methodist Church needs 1000
new preachers every year to keep its
pulpits supplied.
TWaf rrt.K r,wi
Cures where aU else fails.
cntlclrcn take it
buLStoa
CM
nb--a tasto.
a
K-.POUR ARTSTS BUSY DURING THE SUMMER
For Mm parporw of tntroduciD our LKI.K of
GRAYGN PORTRAITS
Sal PHI I. A Its. I imii . . . . .
' . J!" "-
STRICTLY HIGH
Send aiK cent in
. Bicycle CataloaueTrlEE
JOHN i. rxivin.i
"fr-may belvuc wheahsome men say.
IhrrirM in ro Vi-t ioC2 t.rU i
. . w a. iAac
endorses
Ih is ol solid caJe
For many years SAPOLIO has stood as the finest and
best article of this kind in the world. It knows no equal
and, although It costs a trifle more its durability makes it
outlast two cakes of cheap makes. It is therefore tho
cheapest in the end. ny grocer will supply it ft
reasonable price. ,
ft
W500HU
IS A POSITIVE CURK
far all tao. Painful ('splalat. .ag Wuaeatetg
so comsaoa aiea U
Ladles of the Worlds
SENT FRET
THIS MOMH TO
MOTHERS
SEND A POSTAL TO-DAY
and sr MTUa '' "BCSlva" OwJ
tWO PRIMERS
.CO.Tll.l.O Ps.TTV PltTMSI.
Of'teauKlulTbableeKnt ty Wee
Nnjotliei. who nae reanat
WDGpsrOOD
'P- O
liin invalids :
ANU CONVALESCENTS
INFANTS
DYSPEPTICS
MORI CHILORCN ARB 8.UCC 1 98ULLw
REARED OXfllOSI'8 FOOD THAU
ALL OTHERS COMBINED
It'U told throughout the clrllised world ar.4
loan ba aecured at the drugstore whre juu traa
..a..... 'WOOLRICH L Col
ADvaftTiaiia
DtM.TMi.T PALMER. MASS. .
Whaaartitin( pleaat men quo ibis payav
ie. it. it.
ADWAY'S
IU READY RELIEF
TIIBCHKAPKST AMI lrT MKHKIVB
IUK I'A.IIII.V I K IN 1HK WOULD.
NEVLli FAILS TO Kr.Llb.YL
PAIN.
Cure, and Prevent Cold. Cornell. Sura
Throat. InllaiiimMtioii, ICtietiuiatl.uj,
Aieurttlgia. MfMilwclie. Touttnscbe,
Axlliina. lilticult Hreatliini;.
CURES THE WHILST PAINS in from one t
twenty minutes. Not one hour utter r-adlii
this ailveriiMMiieut need any one hLTr'LB
WITH I'AIN.
No mutter how violent or excruciating the
pain the Itheumatie, Bedridden, Infirm. Crip
pled, Nervous, Neuralgic or prostrated lta
disease may suiter, ltadway's Ueady Keliol will
allurd Instant ease.
INTKKNALLY.a half to a teaspooiful la
bait a tumbler of water will in a lew minute
cure Cramps. Spasms, Sour tttoinaeti. Nausea,
Yoinitilii;, lleartburu. Nervousness, Sleeuleas.
ness. cick Headache, LM.in iliea. Colic, Flail
lency aud all internal pains.
fiOc. I'er ltottle. Sold by Drugirl.ts).
DADWAY'S
ii
PILLS.
An Excellent and Mild Cathartic. Purely
vegetable. The safest and best mediciue la
the world for Uie cure of all disorders of the
Liver, gtomacfi or lloivela.
Taken according to directions they will re
store health and renew vitality.
Price, 25c. a box. Sola by all drumtists. or
mailed by RAIiWAY & CO., 32 Warren Slreoi,
New York, ou receipt of price.
I
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Sri Tfiiknft Persona Reitor4.
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ltr atf rCtMN Nrr 1IIAHK (Miy af
! Ihfam isLM u tatkt-a & directed. Ao fits uW
ur for fieri Aflcc'iuns, rirt. r.pueun. c.
IhrU du.0 kK. liMiiii nJ ft J trial btttl ft tm
Wit pstieuU, iby pt.yts.ir iiunHctMiyttii t
rwewtre!. MnJ narucft. i'. O autl irrM (.dtlrcM m
mirt. tn Dft. K1.1SE. Ktl Arch St., Phr.drl. kit, I.
fiMUratditi. OFiMUAli.Su kuCb&
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LYE
R Powdered and Perfamsd.
aafS (PATENTED. I
blrongrjit and purest Lye mad
Makes the best perfumed Hari
6oap in 20 minute without 6utl
siiy. It ie the l-t for eoftenmi
water, cleansing waste plpua
disinfecting siuks, closeta, wa.o
ing bottle, paints, trees, et4
PENNA. SALT MFG. CO.,
Geu. Afcreuta. l'bila.. Pa-
patents;
W. T. Utraeral,
ll .shl.ilss. U. C
page aaaa rraa.
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CURED TO LAY CURIL
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tu.r
u pt4uirrmph or tin type of any Afcftp
ysurmtf or any DiemUir of jtxir fwnily.
imn or l4ul. and will m-Jt y.n a. life iO
viicaeue Um-i KAM lOUTK AIT
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liviiMt or
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Gunt. Rifles. Bevolvert. Sporting Goods of All Kinds, etc.
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