gpii B\V KKT COHN. Sweet corn has many uses besides fit ness as a table tlelicucy. Animals like it much better thau field corn, ovon us men and womon do. Sweet corn will be useful to feed cows when tho grass begins to fail in tho late summer, and will make milk and buttercqual to that pro duced by June grass. It is also the next thing to milk for fattening young pigs. Chickens are very fond of it and do woll on it. But it will not do for tho silo.— American Farmer. MANURING MEADOWS. Meadows will be much helped by a liberal dressing of manure immediately after getting off the hay. The sudden chauge from denso shade and ample moisture to bright hotsuu and scorching dryness by the inowiug is very trying to the grass roots, and undoubtedly is one reason why our meadows are so short lived. To top dress the grass with ma nure is thus a most effective help, and without it is hardly possible to maintain tho grass in permanent good condition. The innnuro should bo lino aud well rotJed, so that it may not choke the grass.—New York Times. * OOOD Oil APE CATTLE. Between the well bred grado cattle nnd the übiquitous scrub is a great gulf fixed. It is by no means necessary that an animal should bo thoroughbred to be profitable, but it is necessary that he should have good blood and that a reasonable amount of care should bo taken in his breeding. If this is done you will be well repaid. If not, tho chances are against you. Any calf of whatever breed ought to have a good sire, and with a good grado dam, weigh lrom 700 to 1000 at a yearling. Blood tells, aud tlirro is plenty of de mand for primely bred cattle, calvos or beeves. A well known breeder of Here ford cattle recently sold a lot of year lings of that breed, weighing over 1000 pounds per head, at s'l per hundred. Why can't every fanner do as well?— Farm, Field and Stockman. * WHKIIE THE THEE* 00. There are many things which seem to hnvc had their influence in preventing an overproduction of good fruit. Iu the first place uol one-half the trees planted ever reach a bearing age, aud of those that do live and thrive not moro than half bear fruit of any special value to the owner, because the varieties are not adapted to the climate or other condi tions under which they r|e grown. Blight, noxious insects, and 112 moral neg lect all contribute to keep the supply of good fruit down to or a little below the demand. Thousands may sow where but few reap is as true to-day as in any age of the world, audit is well that it is so, else the truly deserving would have less to show lor their skill aud industry. The immense increase in population has, of course, given a proportionate increase in consumption, while the modern facili ties for transportation of fruit from one part of the country to another, as well as to foreign ports, has helped enormously in providing good markets. In addition to all of these, the drying or evaporation of the perishable fruits of late years has stimulated the production of such kinds, and it is likely tocontiuue, because there are many foreign Nations who waut our dried fruits iu immense quantities. Under present conditions we tluuk there is little danger of overptoduction of choice fruits of any kind in this coun try, at least not until all who attempt its cultivation know more about I lie busiucss than they do ul the present day. —New York Suu. WHOLE ANI) riECE HOOT ORAFTING. A study of whole nud piece root graft ing hat been begun at the Illinois Station. Fur thit purpose more than 2000 grafts were put up and set, though many of them failed to grow. Advocates of the whole root method claim as its greatest advantage that the graft is tut ou the collar of the needling tree, that there alone is the natural place for uuioii be tween the trunk of the tree and the root, uiul that to put the graft ou any other j pert of the root must uecoatarily make .1 lent perfect union aud consequently a pooier trie iu the nursery and u less en during aud perfect orchard tree. Many of theiu do uot advocate the use of the j whole root, as one would naturally be led to suppose, but what It 11*11 ally | called the upper cut, live to six inches loug, fiout the collar ilowu. A» tepoilcd by Me.-.srs. Hurt ill aud MiCluet, sialiuu horticulturists, they have uted roott in various forms, from whole I roots ten inches long, to roots cut iuto j plecet ol different lengths, with cious tet two inches above the cof'ar, ou the j collar and two inches below the collar. The conclusions from one year's work are; the whole foot las uu advantage over a piece loot of the taiue site. (Size 1 tiers to both length and thickness.) I Knots with tuiall siWc blanches left on ' gave bettor results thau routs of the saim- ' tie with the rootlets cut away. Hoots live niche-, 'oug gave better r> suits thau roott four inches, two iuciia* or oue tuck loug. itoota five luetics long, uot trimmed, gave nuaiiy as good results as molt leu itttdit* oug.-- .Vw York iS ofld. PSell IIINo MkAllows, Whi lhu 01 nut the quantity of feed secured by paaieniig lhu meadows aftci itsnopol hat has been haivested will Make up lot the Imuege done is, lu say tbe least, question tide This is et 1 iie< islly thu ease when the tumuiet it lot and dljl, aill tlo pottoict ! ate cropped lowo and Ihe icaodoitt lu touocqiicuce furnishing marly 01 quite all ol pasimage are eaten down ' (does. A I*ll glow lh ol top In summer pro ' (eels (tie 100U lu uwmhi a> well as iu winter, aud this le taken away, dune by patiiiiiug. imiiii f> od It, ul eouite, tec ired and tfce stock topi Mtiiflv when oil., two. they would tie almost tcilam to ion duwu In turns caset, when Hie mta •lowt naie '*eett cut re<t«ou«blj[ early, Uieie le uu tftlt Uv t! ill! - j, if I |M lafcett Mvt lt< aitwn ilt« flvyfc tv vf lh« { grass down too close. In most cases it will bo better to cut and feed somo green crop at this time rather than allow the meadows to be eaten down close. Of courso, in many cases the meadows are pastured one season aud a fair crop of hay is harvested, but this is not proof that tho moadows were not damaged or that a larger and more profitable crop would not have been secured if the stock hail been kept out. With hay, as with all other crops grown ou the farm, a large yield of good quality means a pay ing crop, while a light yield will baroly pay expenses. In many localities it is quite an item to keep a meadow as long as a good growth aud yield can bo had, and to do this care must be taken of it. if pastured too closely in hot, dry wea ther more or less of the plants will bo killed out, nnd if this is kept up a nsr seeding will be necessary. Extremes should be avoided. In a favorable season, when a good growth has been made, some pasturing can often bo done with bonollt. But again, when hot weather sets in, as is often the case immediately after hay harvost, pasturing is frequently a serious injury, and in any season considerable damage will be done if tho stock is allowed to eat the grass down too close.—St. Louis Kcpublic. FA KM AND GARDEN NOTES. Perennial phloxes aro growing in pop ularity. Lilacs may be propagated by means of grafting. If you waut fine specimens thin out severely the tree fruits. Over-crowding animals is tho surest way of inviting disease. Bran comes nearer being a complete stock food than anything else. If flies infest the stable scatter some chloride of lime aud observo its effect. For pear scab, spray the affected tree repeatedly with the Bordeaux mixture. High-priced clothes and low-priced cattle will not pay the mortgage on the farm. Corn silage, with gluten meal and bran, is an excellent ration for feeding beeves. The California privet may be propo gated by cuttings planted iu the open giound. Stock owners should bo moro inter ested in preventing disease than iu seek ing cures. Those who took thoir boes out of winter quarters latest this year did best. May 20 proved to be the bost time. Recently a mare foaled unattended in a freight car aud got along all right. The train was running thirty miles uu hour. A horse's memory is as long as his life, and this makes the lessons he first learns of thn utmost importance, us he never forgets them. For young animals, wheat bran is a good food, as it combines all the ele ments of hay aud corn, and the sugar it contains renders it easily digestible. To prevent bees from stealing tho wax from grafts wrap thin paper around the wax when it is first put on. By having the paper white the wax will be cooler. It is to the apiatists' interest to build up a market at home, eveu if lie only gets the price at which honey is sold in the large cities he saves the cost of transportation. Those who plant strawberrios in July or August can expect a small crop of very fiue berries next spring. But they should be well cared for during the sum mer aud fall and well manured as winter sets iu. It is all right to plan work ahead for a rainy day, but if it ought to be done at once; do not put it oil. A needed re pair ou tool or machine may be but a small job now, but use will soou make it a big job. Clover or grass land newly plowed is not good for strawberries. i'lu red headed grub is abundant iu such laud, aud he is no aid to strawberry culture. Wait till the sod is well rooted before puttiug out strawberry plants. The French have touud that the Jersey aud Devon cattle are less liable to disease thau the Durhituis, and this may account in part for the lact that there is an apparent increase iu the number of these cattle used iu I'aris dairies. Buckwheat it au excellent food, euabliug the cows to produce a superior quality of milk. Ileiug very rich iu uitrugeu, many farmers prafer the bran of it tu that of wheat. The kernel is kuowu to be more valuable thau that of wheat or oats. The Intelligent dairyman mutt study incessantly, livery cow hat her |*cdll unities, which must be considered, aud adaptations made iu fuel aud treatiuuni. Success in almost everything it won by attention to details, aud this it particu larly true of dairyiug. At a recent flower festival given for charily, iu thu grounds of the Villa llorghete, just outside of the wall* of Itome, the womeu tludeuti of the Hoinau I niveisity were present wearing the col oied csp* of their colleges, like Iheir men fellow student*. An Meet lie. ll,a Polisher. 'the electric hat polisher is the latest innovation in the lield of applied elec tricity. Iu the lower corridor of the Produce Ktchaugc Building may be even in dally lite a practical illustration of lhi» proem I'iie upcialiou is as simple a* it It effective. The hat it tllpped over a clutch, which holdtil (iuuiy, aud the clutch ie attached Iu the end of the •hall of a sin ill motor. The curreut ie twiii lied uu, aud at the haltpius aiound al lhu rate of tylitiu le-voiuimnt a minute, a blush moistened with beusine, of souse more lujtleiioi. fluid, it applied. AlUsi this i iMtuslng »tiip> of til* or plush lake lhu to u«h, and Ihu hit 1 pulltUed oil, li iiiiug It iendei«d uuuecet*ary, a* the he.l developed by lhu friction •igeiutl the rapidly moving tuflace an* • weft eyefy putpute of a heated iron. •Noi only it much lime saved ovui the old muthod, but lot latum are taid to lis tupeimr. Nik, derby ui straw hats are l< novated with wjutl IMWUMi FIEBCE WOMEN WARKIOKS. DAHOMEY'S AR.MV OF 2000 WAR LIKE AMAZONS. They Erlnoe the Most Bmperate Courage in Battle—Their Unitorm and Weapons—Human Sacrifices. IN ordinary times the army of Da homey is composod of 2000 Am azons and 4000 to 5000 men war riors. This is the well drilled standing army, which, in poaee, is kept at or near tlio capital, ready to march anywhere at a moment's notice. When an important war is on hand tho King calls out the reserve, which increases tho strength of his army to 12,000 or 15,000. The most unique features of Dahomey aro its largo force of womon warriors and its terrible system of religious sacri fices, in which hundreds of human vic tims aro butcherod at the capital every year. Dahomey is tho only country in tho world which makes wQinen a part of its military system. In tho year 1729 the King, hard pressed by enemies, placod a large number of women upon his fortitications to dcc.eivc the besieging army with regard to his military strength. These women acted with such unexpected gallantry and engaged with such abandon and lerocity in the battle which brought victory to Dahomey that they were organized into a permanent regiment, and women have ever since been among the bravest sPJiers of tho land. The flower of tho fair sex is likely to get into tho army as well as nearly all tho strong minded women, the viragos. Now and then the King takos a consort from his women regiments, but no other man can marry them. The women aro taught that they arc not weak, but strong. Evory womanly sentiment is suppressed, and they become unsexed and unnaturally ferocious. But after all, the systom of women soldiers is a source of weakness as well as of streugth to the country. Dahoiuey is rich in soil and in resources, but its pop ulation is not large and is decreasing. It has less than .'500,000 people. The country cannot afford to keep a number of celibate women in its gar risons. In the natural order of things these women would bo the mothers of thousands of children; but not only arc the additions they make to the popula tion most insignificant, but also most of the women captured in war becomo mero ly the camp followers and servants of the Amazons, and are under the same re strictions as to celibacy. Two Englishmen, Messrs. Skertchly and Burton, made a very careful study of the Amazons. Burtou said they showed the most desperate reckless daring, and are very formidable enemies. Skertchly said that Amazons delight in nothing more thau polishing their gun barrels, which gleam like sil ver in the suu. The French gaine 1 a vivid idea of their ferocity in battle dur ing the late war, when, under deadly lire from the French fortifications, they made charge after chargo up to the works. When at last put to flight and pursued, dying women on the ground caught some of the French trortps by tho legs and tried to throw them down and stab thom with their swords. All Daliouieyaii soldiers, men and women, liave a ration of intoxicating liquor before thoy go into battle. The French" say that in the war of 1889-00 the per fect recklessness of the Amazons was doubtless increased by liberal potatio is of gin. The women had just enough liquor to make them devilish without interfering with their powers of locomo tion. Their sleeveless tunics of blue and white native cloth, their skirts falling to the knoe, and their short trousers make it easy to distinguish thcin from the male warriors. On parade in the capital they wear a head ornament of horn tips which, however, is not worn to battle. Neither do they, when advancing toward the enemy wear the bells which are always hung around their necks in time of peace. The well-known tinkle of the Amazon bell makes proclamation to all the male creation that it is high time to scurry down tho byways or get out of sight souiewhere to avoid meeting the King's soldiers; for the man who dares to keep the road when an Amazon ap proaches pays for his temerity with his life. On all the highways these women are mote isolated from the other sex than any nun. Skertchly said it made his blood boil to be compelled to siiit k out of view like a thief whenever he heard that odious bell. • Their weapons are blunderbmcs, flint locks, and bows and arioivs. Their plat of warfaro is always to take the euemy by surprise. They usually march to the attack in the gray of tho morning and before the enemy is awake they are up >n him with their impetuous war cry and tierce onslaught, Mr. Chaudouiu say* he saw 4000 Amazons in 18V.1 grouped arcuiidthc King, perfectly mot ionic. < as they Mend in line but ready to hound at a signal from their master. Old or you i j, hoiuely or haudsome, they were a re. markshlu spectacle. They up pen red every whit as muscular as the male warriors ami their bearing w.i« military. The crowd of people approached too uear ami a half dozen Amazons walked aloug the liuu flourishing their glint an 1 crying with imperious gesture, "Hack, back,'' whereupon the crowd made haste to retire to a safe distance. After the late war Iviug ilehaiixiti caused a number of Amazons to bo be headed ou tlie chaige of cowardice. He endeavors in every way to make them perfectly fearless and liidiffeiciit to pain. Air. llorghero describes a sham light that he witnessed at the i apita! a few years ago. Thousuuds of bundle* of thorny cactus bushes ma le an obstruction I .'Mi l feet long, twenty-live feet broad, an 1 seven feet high. Beyond this obstruc liuu rose the framework of a house of thu tame length and sixteen feet ht'oa I and high, the two slopet ul its roof cov ered with a bed of thorns- The hare- j fouled Mouieu lluee times tdrmuuule I the heap of thorns, scaled the house, and then appeal" I befoie the King, their 1 feet an I legs covered with blood, an I ! their facts wreathed with smiles of tu uiuph. Three thousand women I <k part in this astounding spectacle. Human sacrifices am 4 icaiure of the religious customs. In Ahomey, duriu ( the animal ea'rificei, '»>>) or more vie Unit are put to death to appease the godi and carry messages u> thu Kiug't amies- • tois iu the olhci world. These saeiirtcc-s are Ve|jf elaborate. Thu victims, tied y*nd and foot, an-- fs>isus4 into basket* tud 1 all lt d to the lup of a iilatfuim twenty feel from the gfogud. Here the ' King, un ler his umbrai'l* of slate, iui 1 uail* (twin »#.:• laurel lm ridim ! ♦e ia*« te W.* elite* »sd*4. e*e I then raised aloft and dabbed to tue ground where, a crowd of Amazons and common people rush with the greatest fury upon the poor wretches, cut off their heads, and often divide their bod ies into many pieces. Governor Bayol, while in Attorney in 1890, was a specta tor of this scene. He says that he MW an Amazon about nineteen years old rush upon one of (he victims. She was a new recruit, aud had not yet killed any body, and it was desired to put her to the test. With her sharp-edged sabre, held in both hands, she struck the vic tim tbrce blows on the neck, theu chopped off the last pieces of ilesh that still held the head to the trunk, after which she carefully wiped her sabre and retired to the ranks. Alligators, cats, and other animals arc also sacriliced to carry messages to their kind. If Behan zin makes the French too much trouble during the coming campaign, they may possibly send htm himself to interview his ancestors. The victims are invariably criminals or captives of war collected to make a na tive holiday. When Europeans protest to tho Kings of Daliomey against these terrible sacrifices, they are told that not only does this slaughter give groat satis faction to the gods, but also it is the only way to maKe a great jail delivery. If they did not kilt their criminals, they say, it would take too many soldiers to suppress evil doers. And yet Dahomey is not a people of savages. Under ordi nary circumstances tho populace are gentlo and easy to influence. Most of them obey implicitly all the laws and regulations of their King. They are fairly industiious and have attained a sort of scmi-civilization. They represent one of the liuest types of the black race, are above medium stature, have bright, intelligent faces and powerful physique, and it is only in war or in the practice of their religious customs that they dis play remarkable ferocity and fanaticism. The King is aided in his Government by a council composed of his principal chiefs; but in spite of his ministers and his own nearly absolute authority, he is still submissive to the occult power of fetich. Tho people to-day would rise en masse agniust their Kiug if he undertook to suppress their fetich doctors and abolish the timc-hunored sacrifices. One curious religious law imposed upon the King by the fetich priests forbids him to look upon tho sea. This law was doubt less made to prevent the King from coming too much under the influence of the white men who might persuade him to forget the customs cf his country and overthrow fetichisiu.—New York Sun. WISE WORDS. Promises 6eem to languish, they can j not die. Truth is not cherished where sin is nourished. ! The breath of prayer comes from the . | life of faith. • | Flying birds are r.evcr taken in a fowler's snare. Every man defines cowardice in his j own case as discretion. Nature has sometimes made a fool; j but a coxcomb is always of a man's owa I j making. You cannot dream yourself into a charactei; you must hammer and forgo . yourself one. We all want a little more than we i have, and it is for the good of our souls : that we don't get il. It is better to give while you are liv ■ | ing than to leave your money to be di vided among lawyers. | The time spent in brooding over 1 troubles if properly employed would en > able you to surmount them. A woman might as well propose; her ' i husband never ad in ito after marriage that he was the one who did it. r j A girl will cry with a loud bawling , | noise until she is ten years old, when , ' she begins to cultivate the art of weep r: The primal duties shine aloft, like stars; the charitiis that soothe and Leal , and bless are scattered at the feet of man, [ | like Mowers. If wo would read the secret history of 1 our enemies, we would find, in each man's life, sorrow and suffering enough ; to disarm all hostility. The law of the harvest is to reap more . than you sow. Sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a charactei; sow a character and you reap destiny. LL'htnliig'N tjueer rranks. "Lightning p!a_v* some queer pranks," . - aid \\ illiain Cathead, at the Lindell. ' "I was traveling through Coles County, I Illinois, some year* ago, and sought ' shelter from a thunder storm in a farm* house. Tim farmer undertook to build a lire in the kitchen stove to dry iny damp garments. Ho was down on his knees blowing the coals vigorously when there was a terrific clap of thunder, and a bolt of blue lire shot out of the stovo into hi# lin*. lie fp|i buck limp as a wet newspaper, the lightning tore all Ins clothiu;,' »>»I with the exception of one boot and trousers |pjr, Then' was a i -streak down through his beard, across his breast and down one leg n* though made by i re.i li»t poker, i suppoted he .vat dead at a door nail. His wife picked u;> a largo crock of milk that stood oa the table aud dashed It over him, and in le>x than t'u'oe mlnuto* he sat up, surveyed himself sad mournfully remarked: Marier, ju.i oughteu to treat me that erway afore strangeri.'"—St. i l.oui; tilobc.Democrat. Ilni nln,' el the Air. A mysterious electric phenomenon hat j lately been explained by Professor l mokes, When an arc is former by an alternating current 0ff.0,000 la l'K',ooo vo'ts and high frequency, two atsidlly burning litmus— unlike the veil-known eh ' " brush— tleam out from the elec tro les. | hi! electrodes, ho a ever, are not cousuinud. The explanation is that the ilamet are due to an aelual combina tion of the nitrogim old oxygen ul the air, with the formation ut nitric and ui* trout acids iu products. This suggests startling | (Msiliilitie*, but we are assured that the at morphine is prevented from Inking liiu aud burning up completely, deluging the earl ii in a tea of nitric acid, by the fuel tha> the iguit.iiij point of | mlrogcu is higher than the Uuuperature t il iu ■ em'iustiou, the tlanie being, (hire fore, in t hot euough to set tire tu the itdjoluiUg giii I'leutou J.) Auteri utu. fne loeo weed, ahull i» abundant In SV>»i■ 111 K tn»a», ha* a peculiar f*s«ina- Hun fm i iltli upon *,UiwU U exert* ail Capes are the present fad. Women druggists are Increasing. Leghorn hats are now holding sway. Arrangements of the hair are nctably simple. Tho wearing of green veils is said to be injurious. In Harlem, New York City, Mary Evans, is licensed captain of a ship. In New York City, Mrs. Elizabeth Gill, pursues the craft of a cobbler. Women of every rank go bareheaded in Mexico aud the fashions never change. There have been patents granted to G4G women from New YJrk State since 1809. Fashion dictate? how to hang lace curtains straight, so as to show their full design. In China small, round eyes are liked. But the great beauty of a Chinese lady is in her feet. Six of the most successful business stores in Machias, Me., are owned and run by women. In Brooklyn, Miss Cornelia K. Ilood, President of the Kempiu Club, is lawyer, lecturer and writer. Mrs. J. G. Satley, of Traor, lona, la., owns 1040 acres of fine prairie land and docs her own farming. The modern Persians have a strong aversion to red hair. The Turks, on the contrary, are warm admirers of it. "Cricketing teams" of ladies are tho fashion in England now. Lidy Brassey is responsible for introducing thcin. The Province of Bhopal, India, is cele brated for the unusually great adminis trative powers of its female sovereigns. The fashion in bridesmaids' bouquets lately has been the horseshoe, with the nails worked out in contrasting blossoms. Last year's gowns may be lengthened by a band of cloth about the skirt, while tho waist is enlarged with vest aud falliug collar. A college for girls is to bo opened next autumn at Buda Pesth, Hungary, which is to bo chiefly for the study of medicine and philosophy. Patiols of black and some light tone may be inserted in street frooks, together with a jaunty addition in the way of a stimulated jacket. Nothing so rejuvenates a gotvn that is beginning to bear evidences of wear as a pointed belt of ribbon from which de pend jet pendants. Tea cloths that imitate not only tho Dresden china pottery, but also lioynl Worcester, Coalport aud other wares ate used with services to match. Mr. Jollivct declares that American women are welcome in Parisian society because so many of them are pretty, clever aud exquisitely dressed. Tho long-train skirt which is now in fashiou among women is said to date back to the time of Queen Auue, the wife of Richard 111., of England. An artist's rule as to color is: "Choose carefully only those tints of which a duplicate may bo found iu the hair, tho eyes or tho complexion." The late Mrs. W. T. Sherman, and Miss Alary Gweudolen Caldwell have giyeu more money to the Catholic Church than auy other women in America. Miss Florence Nightingale is seventy two years of age. Her health is very poor, but she still continues to do a lot of writing for the nursing journals. Kice flour wafers, which are slightly swell, are tho correct thing to serve with 5 o'clock tea. They are t > bt) ha I at tho Japanese shops iu pound tins. The first International club for wo non has beeu founded. Tho incorporators are a group of American, French aud Germau women in residence in Nice. The Prussian Minister of Education has decided that from uow on the con tracts with all women teachers shall be cancelled by their marriage at the cud of the school year. There has just died in Poland a once celebrated beauty, who refused the hand of Napoleon HI. She was the Princess Helene Sagousko, and died uuunrricd at the ago of fifty-scveu. Mr. Peter Mario, of Now York, ii said to have the liuest collection in existeaco of the miuiatures of pietty women, uu lfss there is excepted the collection of the late King Ludwig of Uuvaria. The ladies of Arabia staiu their Augers and toes red aud their lips blue. Iu Persia they paiut a black streak around their eyes aud ornameut their faces with representations of various figures. In making clover pillow* only the blossoms should be used, aud they must be ptu'ked first in slips of stout muslin An overslip of clever-blossomed cretonne is pretty aud suitable if one had neither titue, skill nor inclination to embroider on some art cloth sprays of piuk ami white clover, than which few needlework designs are prettier. Mrs. Mackay, wife of the llonanza Kiug, never wears auy jewelry at her owu entertaiuiueuts. At her last paity in London, which was u concert for the youug Italian royalty, the Duo d'Aosta, she wore pale piuk, without oruaiueut. Her guesu were jeweled to the point of barbarity. One wemau wore diamond Ivy leaves aud a diamond sun iu her hair, throe rows of diamonds aud pearls arouud her ueck aud a colossal rivers. Kowetl County, Kausas, has an ox whit h measure* fourteen feet iu length, six feci and a half high, aud, wbeu Ul, weighs 4300 pouuds. m " "" 1 1 ' '" L King W* or MvitieUma J pfllU. far tl yssrs *n>>wbll«sw«lllims IUISI. Urn. «. I.rbt. ««> arsal Joy. y»«sii I l-«»» «HI. IIOIMI'N N A IIM At' A it 11.1. A Itw »■>»<-s il.. i. ... 1 ik UVuu work, «u.l «.V» iU« l»s»s in.i i.»i uti tU> »ii aemitul ti4 •tecum* I sin M«l| SI. I for-JXrUfenfe L • UOMCI'I PIIU 'tK Mi" »«•*•! ftftrr 4ftn**f Hit*, Sharing Off Scores. There is an old merchant inn thriv ing little town near Minneapolis who scorns a paper ledger and insists on keeping a piuo board account with his customers. He planes this board off once every five months and starts afresh. Some time ago a customer dropped into tbe old merchant's store to pay a bal ance of forty cents of si* mouths' stand ing. "I guess you don't owe me noth ing" replied the old trader to a ques tion about the debt. The questioner protested that he did owe the debt; in fact, he remembered buying the goods some six months ago. "Oh, well, live months alters the case," said the weigher of Bugar and molasses. "You may owe me forty cents for all I know. You see? I've up aud started a new board since you got your stuff and 1 don't remember your debt. You may pay mo if you want to, but if you don't it's all O. civ., as I'vo shaved your ac count out." The trader got his forty cents. —Minneapolis Bulletin. On ilie Yernndn. How pleasant, but how dangerous, unless Or. Iloxsie's Certain Croun Cure in at, band. This great remedy is the only specific known that is an tilmotvtf a* ire./ <i< * \trt of Croup, Pneumonia, Diphtheria, Bronchitis and Con sumption. Sold by prominent druggists. GOc. Manufactured by A. I*. Hoxsie, Hultalo, N. Y. A blonde is said to have about ten years the ad vantage of a brunette. l'ure and Wholesome Quality Commends to public approval tho California liquid laxative remedy. Syrup of Figs. It i* pleasant to tbe taste and by acting gently on the kidney", liver and bowels to cleau*e the system effectually, it promotes the health and comfort of all who use it, and with millions it is the best and only remedy. M. L. Thompson & Co., Druggists, Coudcrs port, l'a„ say flail's Catarrh i ure is the best and only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold. Druggists sell it, 75c. THE evils of malarial disorders, fever, weak ness. lasMtudc and debility ami prostration are avoided by taking Meceham's l'ills. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.lsaac Thomp son'stye-water. Druggists sell at £">e.per bottle. EtfRVftfoTHER Should Have it 2n The Xlonne* Dropped on &Uffar f Children Juovc to take JOHNSON'S ANODYXF. LIMIMENT tor CroimColds, Sore Throat, TonsllltU, Collo. Cramp* and I'ains. Uo lteres all Summer Complaints, futsand limine* like magic. Sold every where. l'rlee Bfie. hy mall; 6bottles Kxi>re*s paid. i. S. JOHNSON & CO.. BOSTON.MASS, _ DR. KILMER'S MP Kidney,Live<-and BiadderCure. Rheumatism, Lumbago, pain in joints or back, brick dust in urine, frequent eitlls. irritation, intlamatiou, gravel, ulceration or catarrh of bladder. Disordered Liver, Impaired digestion, gout, billlous.heivuiche. SU % tll»-HOOT cure* kidney diftleultieH, IrtUf ipitCi urinary trouble, bright's disease. Impure Itloori, Scrofula, maiarla, (reri'l weakness ordotiillty. !■ uarnntre ' '«• intents of Ono pottle, il n ■ I»»MV #1U«*«1, i>rug|fistii will refund toyou lUo price fuiul, A» "Invalids' OuMe to Ilea Ith "free Consultation frea I >ll. KILMLtt Co., lIINOHAMTON, N- ¥. K Y N V—3l4 • r» Fine Rlnoded Cattle. Sheep. Hogs, Poultry, S|H>rtlng l»»igs fur Sale. Catalogues with fre- N. I'. Ilnyer .* Co.,Coate>vllle,l*a. fli SAVIf DdCTbR'S BILLS!! : HR^SHIS SAVE HEALTH! J 111 X\ V) J\ AHy kuowlug Im»w i v "'i • "iif-j when * 0 \ • ivy /Lv. J J )\\{Jr Iti i«*t uttnokiHi i»> .u# - Tin; timi-. ro • • 111 / "y^ lINw 1IN w- 1 v ! V/t I !. 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RTLII N T CENTLEM^ V FF 'TB:*'' •»» Mm iDW w» " ii.u« xkm HI. >Mii ii** .u».i.iri« i ' ■ m tH • • * F BF'CTWHPM ' - ■! I > i N^HT N^HT If ims Pimples AND Blotches EVIDENCE That the blood is wrong, and that nature is endeav oring to throw off the impurities. Nothing it so beneficial in assisting nature as Swift's Specific (S. S. Sj It is a simple vegetable compound. Js harmless to the most delicate child, yet it forces the poison to the surface and eliminates it from the blood. I contracted a severe care of blood poison that unfitted me for business for four years. A few bottles of Swift's Sialic (S. S. S.) cured ***£• J. C.JON us, City Marshal, Fulton, Arkansas, Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed fit*. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, cia. "August Flower" My wife suffered with indigestion .nd dyspepsia for years. Life be came a burden to lier. Physicians failed to give relief. After reading one of your books, I purchased a jottle of August Flower. It worked I ike a charm. My wife received im mediate relief alter taking the first 'jnse. She was completely cured — ;ow weighs 165 pounds, and can eat uny'liing she desires without any deleterious results as was formerly the case. C. 11. Dear, Prop'r Wash ington House, Washington, Va. <2> j or glass paekasu with overy purchase. I > hV T' *'Vu LEB, r»'«ulut«T • the nomaoh liver and boweln.X • jffHDk -f I ♦ '!v. o) kpiHtitr 1 ih'prenskio.i i Complexion Hml Keeling, and J ♦ ererv iymntom 01 ili-. <v*ulUi* nun Tmpuref Mim" 1 or 11 failure nv the *toimu-h. ilver <»r int««i>ttni»af •ti- iwrt'iirm t-u ii iirniM-i fum(K»e< riTsens jci?eo vox 5 overeatlni?arehuueMtml!iv tikinu•' I U»l LKaftwf iiii.nt Prii'i* t>\ milil l tH.ttlvl.V. Ali-X 0 a 4. Y 1 « Agent* %Vuitte«l« I I'dll I prr it''il proljr. _ j "•"janssTn's .'{ 111 llromlu 11 v. N.N. ««lit:ST cool's .17 l.oHhSl I HICKS." Celebrated RAGLAN All pnrunnil MI.I. IM- .M.L lilrvrlf X'nl forms IVIIIIIk, li.iwiuill nml l-'c-it Hall i li>l liln« mul Hiiliplli-s, CHIW. 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