The Women's London Gardening As HOCiAtion is a successful organization. Its members are trained in the science and ait of flower culture, arboriculture, horticulture and the like. Good house keepers are said to prefer them to men ; because they are more tidy, have better taste and a finer development of the aense of order. The United States possesses forty per cent, of the total railway mileage of the •world. Mrs. W. R. Francis Is the wife of one of the best known phar macists in New Haven, doing business at 141 Dixwell Avenue, ami ex-l'rosiilent of the Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association. He says: "My wife was for several years in bad health, due to a complication of disorder*. Friends persuaded her to take Hood's Sarsaparllla; she lscertalnly a good deal better sluee every way." For Ladies, Hood's Sarflaparllla Is especially adapted, nnd will cure difficulties peculiar to the sex. Head this:"For over % years I suffered with a Complication of Diseases Mil I was a confirmed Invalid, blood poor, appetite ffotie, bowels out of order,anl iiiiMcrable in mind nnd body* 1 read of such wonderful cures per formed by Hood's Sarsaparllla that I thought 1 would try a bottle, as. If It didn't make me better, It could not make mc worse. It Did Make Me Better and on my third bottle I found myself almost n new went an. I will gladly convince any lady, as I have proved myself, that purifying and enriching the blood, which Hood's Sarsaparilla does to perfection, is the best Constitutional Treatment, and in many cases does away with all Local Treatment In tho many diseases with which women are afflicted." MRS. MARTHA HERD, 1835 Ramsey Street, Baltimore, Md. Habitual Constipation is cured by llood'* Pills. Kennedy's Medical Discovery Takes hold in this order: Bowels, Liver, Kidnevs, Inside Skin, Outside Skin, Driving everything before It that ought to be oat. You know whether you need it or not. 6©ld by every druggist, and manufactured by DONALD KENNEDY, ROXniJRY. MASS. Beauty often depends uii plumpness; so does comfort; so does health. If you get thin, there is something wrong, though you may feel no sign of it. Thinness itself is a sign; sometimes the first sign; sometimes not. The way to get back plumpness is by CAREFUL LIVING, which sometimes in cludes the use of Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil. Let us send you —free —a little book which throws much light on all these subjects. SCOTT & BOWNE. Chemists 132 South sth A venue. New York. Your druggist keeps Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil—-all druggists everywhere do. 112:. 9 • • flt © ® dfeaHie, Co*tive Bo we IM, Dumb Ag-uo <>'' gp if your food docs not assimilate, jfutt'sTis^Pfe® B will cure these troubles. Owe small. (*$ Price, ftlfc. Office, :J0 Park Place, N. v. m •11 m ©• SDR KILMER'S Y^Al^D I Rool Kidney ; Live"ana Bladoa -J " pain :!• jointsoi li. k • v..• Urine, frequent irrif:"ir»i nlin«rt> • • irravei, ulooration or cata .rb Disordered I : n <*2% Impaired dtgestior., com. »> ii'.'v.s-n' ,-»• i>cr.*\ SWAMP-ROOTi ir< • , • . ri * JLaGrippe, urinary troul. : 1 1/ . M Impure Sorofuiß. ir.iiaru' f-r. •• >«.<•!. *<■ " xr U*econ*en • r ei% Oruffgiste vtllreiuna u. y i.ai .0 Hea i-r --i)». KIU3L i> -l lii:- OiiiUlTO >. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. OLD FASHIONED POCKETS. A most comfortable arrangement for the woman who wears the sheaf skiit is that of having a flat pocket of good »iz» made of the same material as the dress and tied around the waist by stringe. In the seam of the dress skirt or beneath the pleats in the back is concealed the opening, just long enough to allow the entrance of the hand. It is by no means a new idea, for our mothers or grand mothers wore flat linen pockets beneath their gowns.—New York Herald. APRONS WITH Bins. The largest bib or napkin is often not sufficient to protect the dress of a child at meal times, especially if the child has some little service to perform at the table, like passing a plate or serving the but ter. Tho sleeves suffer from the contact with the food which even the neatest and most orderly cannot always prevent. The old fashioned, long sleeved aprons were a boon in this respect, and while they arc not as artistic as the present styles with low uucks and no sleeves, their usefulness was great. Such aprons ought to be restored fox protecting dresses at meal times. These aprons can be made of 8-cent calico—a white ground with little dots of blue or red will not bo unsightly— or of common domestic gingham at the same price. They can be cut sack style in three pieces, front and two backs, or with a plain waist and skirt, the sleeves in either case being large enough to slip easily over the dress sleeves. Three or or four buttonholes in the back are suffi cient to hold the apron in place, and two yards and a half of calico are enough for an apron for a girl of seven years.— New York Recorder. TO lILEACH BEESWAX. The commercial way of bleaching bees was, writes E. Blaisdell, is as follows: The wax is melted in a large tank, at the end of which is a wooden cylinder turned by hand, while tho melted wax is running over it. The cylinder being half in cold water, and consequently al ways wet, causes tho wax to flake of! into the water; it is then put on largo cloth screens supported by legs about half a yard high, and is put out into tho light and air to bleach. After it has been out about a week, the same process is gone through again, and by another week or so it is white. This can be done on a smaller scale by pouring the melted wax on the surface of warm water to form a thin sheet, f»nd then putting it out on cloth to bleach; or another way is to put wax in cold water, let it come to boil,cool the water, and a thin sheet is formed on the water which is put out to bleach in the same way. There is also a way to do it chemically, which I copy from a book which we have. Ileat wax to about 212 degrees in an iron vessel lined with lead; add chloride of lime, either dissolved in water or dry, and stirred with a wooden spatula. When these materials have acted on each other long enough to dis' charge the color from tho wax, the chloride of lime is removed by the ad dition of diluted sulphuric acid. The whole is then to be boiled until the alkali is separated. The solution of the chlorido of lime in proportion of twenty pounds to 112 of water, and an equal quantity by weight of wax. The sulphuric acid should be of the specific gravity of 1.8 and be diluted with twenty times its weight of water. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. To clean a black silk dress use a spongo dipped in strong black tea, cold. To wash calico without fading, put three gills of salt in four quarts of water; put the calico in this while the solution is hot nnd leave it in until it becomes cold, then wash and rinse. To clean gold jewelry, make a lather af plain yellow soap and tepid water and wash the ornaments in it; dry them thoroughly and afterward brush them with a little dry whiting, finally polish ing them with a very soft leater. It is said that a Paris laundryman has discarded all soaps, sodas and boiling powders. He merely uses plenty of water and boiled potatoes, and can cleanse, without employing any alkali, the worst soiled linens, cottons or wool ens. Dr. Hutchinson recommends for the treatment of bleeding at the nose the plunging of the feet and hands of the patient in water as hot as can be borne. HE says that the most rebellious cases have never resisted this mode of treat ment. Mix two ounces of spirits of wine with four minims of extract of ambergris. If the insides of the gloves are rubbed with a small piece of cotton wool which has been previously dipped in the mixture it will give them a pleasant and lasting per fume. For a piece of dried beef weighing two pounds allow two bours' stead y < boiling. Remove from tho fire and al low the beef to stand in tho water until cold. This beef, cut in thin slices, will be found very nice for lunchoon or light suppers. To polish, patent leather take one part linseed oil to two of cream, warm them, shake together thoroughly and apply with flannel. Rub well with a soft, dry cloth. The leather must of course be as cleau as new before auy attempt at pol ishing is made. Wnen meat is to be boiled be sure to put it into boiling water to start with, as that closes the pores instantly ana keeps the richness in the meat. When boiling it for soup or bouillon put it into cold water and bring it to boiling heat as slowly as possible, for in this case the object is to extract the strangth and rich ness from tho meat, instead of keeping it in. The town of Dedh&m, Mass., was es tablished in 163G, and a house built there that year is still occupied by de scendants of the original owner#. Big Figures About Brooklyn Bridge. No doubt many people have wondered what becomes of the millions of tickets sold and collected annually by the New York and Brooklyn Bridge Company. One who has given some thought to the subject tells what might be done with them, and incidentally gives other figures showing the magnitude of the traffic on the Bridge. Here they are just as he gave them: "Over forty-one million of people crossed the bridge in 1891 on the bridge cars and promenade. Could all the hands which have purchased tickets be joined together at the end of the year, a circle could be formed 14,112 miles in di ameter, or 42,336 miles in circumference; a distance equal to one and one-half ■ times around the earth. If the grand chain were suggested, and the fastest trains and ships employed, it would be nearly three months before one could make the bow and return to his place be side his partner. "A solid square of 20,634 eolumes of 2000 men each, covering over three square miles, or 2000 acres, could be formed of the ticket purchasers. "It would take 687,806 passenger coaches, allowing sixty persons to the coach, or 45,853 trains of fifteen coaches each to carry this crowd away. If u huudred a minute could be counted without stopping during the twenty four hours, it would require over eight months to count them. If hollow squares of 300 feet square can be conceived to be placed one upon the other, the enor mous height of nine miles would would be reached. By forming a triangular pyramid with a base of 20,460 square inches, a pyramid could be had much higher than that of "Cheops" iu Egypt. If stretched out in a line, so that the head of one person would touch the feet of another, they would reach a distance of 39,179 miles. "The carriages, wagons, etc., that cross in one year would, if strung out, reach 25,732 miles, or more than once around the earth. "It would take a train of 42,458 box cars, with 2123 engines, to haul the people away, and would, if coupled to gether, cover 322 miles, or reach from New York to Richmond. "The tickets, if joined together con tinuously, would reach from New York to St. Paul, a distance of over thirteen hundred miles, and would weigh very nearly a ton. There would be euougli tickets to cover the bridge promenade to the depth of an eighth of an inch. If spread out they would cover 573,171 square feet, or thirteen acres of ground. There would be enough tickets to cover the walls, ceiling and flocr of the Fifth Avenue Hotel corridor fifty-seven times. More than a thousand ordinary-sized rooms could be papered, and if piled up under pressure, one on top of the other, they would reach 34,390 feet, or over six miles high. "It would require sixty cars, five feet high, ten feet broad and forty feet long, to store all the tickots used in one year.' 1 New York Advertiser. "1 HAVE BEEN AFFLICTED with an affection of the Throat from childhood, causud by diphtheria, and have used various remedies but have never found anything equal to BHOW.N'S BRONCHIAL TBOCHES."— -Rev. O. X. l \ Hampton, Plketun, Ky. Sold only in boxej. o [f== 11 , I gr ■!£ 'dpVWiWIUI 1 A picture of health the woman who haa faithfully used Dr. Pierce's Favor ite Prescription. She feels well and she looks so. It's a medicine thit makes her well, whether she's over worked and " run-down," or afflictid with any of the distressing disease and disorders peculiar to her set. It builds up and it cures. For all chronic weaknesses, functional derangements, and " female con plaints" of every kind, it's an un failing remedy. And it's the only one, amorg medicines for women, that's guar anteed. If it doesn't give satiafaj tion, in any case, you have yoir money back. Can anything else be "just is good ?" " They're about as bad as tie disease !" Not all of them, thougi. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets a'e pleasant both when they're taken and when they act. They cure per manently Sick and Nervous Heal aches, Biliousness, Costiveness, aid all derangements of the Livtr, Stomach and Bowels. JOHNSON'S 4#oDYfl£ LINIMENT FOR HOUSEHOLD USE ORIGINATED For INTERNAL as much at EXTERNAL ui» By an Old Family Physician. JgoOTHINQ, HEALING, PENETRATING Dropped on Sugar, Children J,ore tA take Johnson's AnMjne Llnlmmt for Croup, OoOfc Sore Throat. Ton«liltl« Colic, Cram™ and AT IIOTM Summer Complaint*Ouuand Brnlwa llkemago- Cure® Cough*, Anthma, CaUrrh, Bronchitis. Chole** Morbus, Chilblains, Chaps, Soranem In Body or Urn* Stiff Muw*les or Strains. Inhale for Nsrrous Headsr)* Ill'at'rt Pamphlet free. S»ld everywhere. Price » dfc ilx hottlea. *l4* I ft. JORNSON A CO, Boston, Mm. Tlie Chinese Way. If a Chinamau wants you to stay to dinner he gives no invitation; if ho does not ho requests you to remain. Servants receive no pay in China. To revenge himself on his enemy a Chinaman hangs himself on his neigh bor's door. The law then executes the whole family. No bank failures have occurred in China for 900 years. For a failure the officers must lose their heads.—Chicago News. Bcalben Can't be Cured By local applications,as they cannot reach the cllßc&seti portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure ileafneKH, anil that is by oonstitn tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an In flamed condition of the mucous lining of tho Eustachian Tube. When this tube Rets :n --flamed you have a rmublinK sound or imper fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness is the result, and unless the inflam mation can t>j taken out and this tube re stored to its normal condition, hearing wili be destroyed forever; nine cases out or ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that we cannot cure by taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo. O. Sold by Druggists, 75e. llcst of AII To cleanse the system in a gentle and truly beneficial manner, when the Springtime come?, use the truo and perfect remedy, Syrup of Figs. One bottle will answer for all the family and costs only SO cents; tho large size sl. Try it and be pleased. Manufactured fcy the California I' i" Svrno (' only. "I have in my employ a man who has been a victim of periodic headaches for years, has tried all kinds of treatment, and I have trie l various remedies 011 him. Y our Hrad.vcrotine helps hint more than anything ever did." O. D. Kingaley, .M.1).. White Plains, N. Y. 50 cU UTS stopped free by Du. KMXE'S GntCAT NEHVF. KKSTOHER. NO tits alter lirat day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise in 1%! trill OJCIU Iree. Dr. Kline. 831 Arch St.. f'iiHa.. Pa. BEECttAM's i'tLi.s have been in popular use in Europe for 50 years and are a safe, sure and gentle remedy. -5 cents a box. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.lsaao Thnrnn ton'sEye-water.Drugglstft sell at 'iic.per bottle J. D. Wiucox. One of the Oldest Settlers ia I'enna. J. D. Willcox was born sixty-seven years ago acd has lived most of his time in Olmsville, Tioga Co., Pa., where he is a practical farmer and a successful country merchant. lie is deservedly popular, known for many miles around, j and by strict integrity and honesty he has attached to himself a host of lriends, and has received from tlit Government tho Posmastership of his village. He says: I had been weighed down by pool health for a long time and gradually grew worse until some four years ago the crisis came. At that time four of out best physicians could give me no encouragement, and some of them said I would not live a year. 1 commenced to use Dr. Kilmer's Swamp lioot, Kidney, Liver and Bladdei Cure. My doctors said your remedy might help me for a time, but that 1 would not be here a year hence. I took Swamp-Root for nearly twelve mouths three times a day,and when the rheuma tism set iu on my shoulders and arms 1 used your U. & O. Anointment rubbing in thoroughly over the atlected parts, al so across my chest,liver and back,warm ing it in with a hot flat iron. The rheumatism was so bad for a while that I could not get either band to my face. My health now is very good; in fact, J think I am as well as most men at my age—sixty-seven years. I give your Hftvamp-Root entire credit for saving my life and the good health I now enjoy is due to its use. I have worked some on the farm of late aud do most of the chores myself. This is not written for publication,but if it will give others confidence iu your great remedy, I have no objections to your using it as best you can. With best regard I remain, J. D. Willcox. This is but one of the hundreds of let ters received daily by Dr. Kilmer >fc Co., and five thousand dollars will be given to any one who will prove any portion of the above testimony untrue. Swamp- Root is beyond question the greatest dis covery of the age. You don't want comtort It >ou toi and $5.00 SHOES for Gentlemen are very stylish and durable. Those who buy this grade get a bargain, as shoes of this quality are sold every day from $6.00 to $!».00. W. L. DOUGLAS $8.50 POLICE CALF SHOE is made with three heavy soles, j Extension Edge ; it gives excellent satis faction to those who want to keep their feet dry aud warm. If you want to i walk with ease, buy this shoe. One 1 pair will do for a year. W. L. DOUGLAS $2.50, $2.25 and $2.00 SHOES are excellent shoes for every day. Workingmen all wear them. It is a duty you owe to yourself and your family during these hard times to get the most value for your money. You can economize in your foot-wear if you purchase \V. L- Douglas Shoes, which, with out question, represent a greater value for the money than any other make in the world, as thousands who have worn them will testify. If thcro in no dealer in your vicinity who keeps W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES,then send direct to tho factory tnclodlUK advertised price. Shoes ure sent to all part* or the country, postage fro?. HOW TO OKDKK BY MAIL* lor Gentlemen's and Hoys' Shoes, state size uud width usually worn, «rnether Congress or Lace, cap Toe. Narrow Cap or Plain Medium French 'foe is desired. LA.llea, state slse aud width usually worn, wnether Opera or Common fi»ense Toe l> desired. Shoe Drslers and tieaeral Merchant® si good credit can secure the exclusive agency tat- the VV. L.. DOUGLAS SHOES where I have oe agent, andean be ad™Sfi r local paper tree, by apply lu* at once. He aure to send lor Special hint "1V» contaln- TKrmatW. Sent tree. W. I- IMJUC4LAH. Hrsrktsn, ttns*. ibf hands. Injure the Iron, and burn off. k The Rising Sun Stove Polish Is Brilliant, Ooor- I less, Durable, and the consumer pay, lor ao :in I or glass package with every purchase. 1 DR. O. P. BROWN'S GREAT EXTERNAL REMEDY, W l HERBAL OINTMENT T s. reaches DISEASE through the pores, A arouses circulation, heals intlaunna- J tlon. banishes pain. 25 and 50 cents. Druggists or by mall. J. G. BROWN, 41 Grand St., Jersey City. X. J Consumptive*) and people H who have weak lungs or Asth- H ma, »hould use Piso s Cure for Consumption. It has eared the«saads. It has not injur ■ ert one. It is not bad to take, it is tb« best cough syrup. B ■tuitaiiitaiiiiiHi. iißi'iiiß^iHiniWiWiiiwiiumiiiiHiiiii. _ Remember you were a little late if? sowing your ™ clover seed last year. Be iu time th'a *uion. : $6.85 = per bushel, buys a bag of Our Fluent + Star ■ Brand of He-cleaned Il«*d Clover. Hags contain 5 2}buahcls each, Kolessthan one bag sold at this- H rate. 12c. per pound in smaller lots. On track i Philadelphia. Hags at coat, 20c. each. This jj| price good for prompt orders only. Market firm y nnd advancing. We are headquarters for all ■ kinds of grass and fe CLOVER SEEDS. L Prices for the asking. Our handsomely lllus ™ trat«*d catalogue of Vegetable, Flower ana Farm jg Seeds free to all. Checks, Drafts, Fxpresa and P Money Orders at our risk and expense. JOHM I GARDINER C. CO., Seadsmen, Philad'a, Pa. yi:ii:iWiii!Bi!i;» r ■ is: 1 : ■' mw.mrmi NY N U—lo ] WM W'WTM"wTWairtSlmoami 1 fiVi 8 N Pal A fl S d TH , MA E Tl'o P.HnroldHaycs.M.D. | CURED TO STAY CURED, j BUFFALO. W. Y. >V. L. DOUGLAS #3.00, $2.50 and $2.00 SHOES for Ladies arc made of the best Dongola. They are very stylish, durable and splendid fitting. They meet the wants of nl 1 classes. Every lady who buys a pair of these shoes gets a bargain. 1 IV. L. DOUGLAS and $1.75 ! SCHOOL SHOES are worn by the boys everywhere. They are made strong* stylish and durable. o^SLXJT , ioT«ar. W. L. DOUGLAS' NAME AND THE PRICE is stamped on the bottom of each shoe. Look for it. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. "A woman best understands a woman's Ills." This is why thousands of women have been benefited by Mrs. Pinkham s» advice, and cured hv her remedies alter all other treatment had failed. This is also why Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been more successful in curing Female Complaints than any remedy the world has ever known. , »r.o«?r wir p -