Lavender as a Weed. * A promising industry has been start fid in South Australia in a somewhat surious way. The Central Agricultural Bureau of South Australia was recently notified that a weed of very pronounced odor and aggressive growth had taken possession of about three acres of soil in the southern portion of the colony. Fhe settlers in the neighborhood of the •wanip where the plant had established itself were inclined to look with dis tinct disfavor upon the "weed," which the horses and cattle would not eat, and which spread so rapidly. It wns presently found, however, that the weed was no other than the lavender plant, which though of no use as a fodder, was otherwise a most profitable crop, M (wo or three tons of green stulF taken from it will yield when distilled by a very simple process SSOO worth of la vender oil. In addition it would give 1600 pounds of lavender water worth sixteen cents per pound, after the first distillation, and thirty-six cents per pound after further distillation. The settler who was shrewd enough to make inquiries before rooting up his un known crop has decided on the advice of the Agricultural Bureau, not only to carefully cultivate what lavender he has, but to plant several acres more. The soil, of a light, sandy nature with clay beneath and fairly moist, is emi nently suited to the growth, not only of lavender, but of all scent-producing plants, and many of the colonists are proposing to devote part of their land to such cultivation.—Courier-Journal. j A Piece of the Moon. A curious and very fine specimen of meteoric iron has recently been found in Rockingham County, South Caro lina, and sent to the State Museum at Columbia. It is about twelve inches long and two inches through at the thickest part, flat in its general shape, and slightly concave on one side, and convex on the other, as though it had been broken off the outer surface of a much larger and rounded mass. It is entirely covered with a thick coat of rust, and weighs 25 3-4 pounds. Pro fessor Tshertuel says that, in his opin ion, it is simply a piece of ore, which has been projected by volcanic agency from the face of the moon.—New Or leans Picayune. Women dentists have achieved a marked success in London—so marked that a scholarship has been founded for assisting women without means in the study of their profession. The Testimonials We publish are not purchased, nor are they written up in our office, nor are they from our employes. They are facts, proving that Hood's Sarsaparilla possesses absolute MERIT, and that Hood's Cures Mrs, E. M. Burt \. / West Kendall, N. Y. Three Great Enemies Neuralgia, Rheumatism and Dyspepsia Another Victory for Hood's. 11 For over 31) years I have suffered with neu ralgia., rheumatism and dyspepsia. Many times 1 could not turn in bed. Several physicians have treated me and I have tried different remedies, but all failed to cfive me i>ermanent relief. Five years ago I began to take Hood's HOOd'S parUla CUTCS Sarsaparilla and it has done me a vast amount of good. Since beginning to take it I have not had a sick day. lam 71 years old and enjoy good health,which 1 attribute to Hood's Sarsa parilla." MRS. Kt'M. HURT, W. Kendall, N. Y. flood'* Pill* cure all Liver Ills, Biliousness, Jaundice, ImHgestlou, Sick Headache. 25 cents. WM RootM?® IJMBm «\)Ptricr 112 t/A 2]Sr ilßafliß »¥M row " cVinr wi" " MOT CUVC^ _ An agreeable Laxative ana TTrwvt To tna, BoUhy Druggist* or sent by mall SOo. and 91.00 per package. Samploa free. ITO HA The Favorite TOOTH PO77EU Aw H W for the Teeth and Ureath.aSo. 'August Flower" "What is August Flower for ?" As easily answered as asked. It is for Dyspepsia. It is a special rem edy for the Stomach and Liver.— \ Nothing more than this. We believe August Flower cures Dyspepsia. We know it will. We have reasons for knowing it. To-day it lias an honored place in every town and country store, possesses one of the lnrgeet manufacturing plants in the country, aud sells everywhere. The meson is simple. It does one thing, >nd does it right. It cures dy spepsiati Young Mothers! oftt hn m Jin.Ug fciiwi ««A'V (• L*/* OMM. "MOTHER'S FRIEND" Mi o»iylmmml •/ 111 Jfmim, Hirr— wiitA jwawcsaww aaasr.-t MUukuKi n HBttt i i run co., UV 4U u ARTICHOKES FOR SWINE. Artichokes are excellent food for swine, and esj>ecially for pigs and skoats that arc growing rapidly. If the pigs are to be allowed to gather the tubers for themselves, then the arti chokes should be planted on rather light soils, because in rooting over the soil to get at the tubers the ground will be made more compact by the con stant tramping upon it, with the ad dition of the manure of the hogs in the gathering of the crop, during the wet weather late in the fall and early in spring. This working over of the soil by swine will greatly improve light soils, but it has been found in practice that it will injure heavy, tenacious clav by making it more compact.—New York Sun. OBOWING PANSIEH FOR PROFIT. The culture of flowers is one of the most profitable of all this kind of in dustries, aud at fifty cents a dozen for pansies, the profit will be very satis factory. To have them early, the seed should be sown at once in boxes in a warm room, and the small pfeants moved to pots, but if the seed is sown in the fall, the flowers may be had still earlier. The most desirable way is to sow seed in the summer in the open ground on rich soil, and pot the young plants, picking oft' all the flower buds as they form, until the middle of the winter and in time to have the flowers when they are wanted. Then by gathering the flowers as soon as they are fully blown the plants will continue to bloom a long time. To force good flowers the plants should l>e kept watered with weak manure water. The finest varieties are the Imperial Ger man and Scotch.—New York Times. SPRAYING APriiE ORCHARSD IN WET SEASONS. The time for destroying the apple worm is immediately after the petals fall, and the spraying should be re peated once or twice after the apples begin to hang down. Experiments by E. G. Lodeman at the New York Cor nell Station indicate that the first ap plication of fungicides should be made soon after the bnds open and just be fore the flowers fall. Apple trees should be so pruned that both the sunshine aud the spraying reaches every part. The Bordeaux mixture reduces the in jury done by the apple scab fungus. The addition of Paris green to this mixture gave better results than when London purple was used. More spray ing applications are required during wet seasons than during dry ones. The trees should be sprayed once a week during wet weather. The results show that the application of the com bination of the Bordeau mixture and Paris green or London purple was valuable and practicable for the treat ment of the apple scab fungus and the apple worm even when over five inches of rain fell during June.—American Agriculturist. SELECTING A COW. The good points of a good cow are not her good looks. She may not be and probably is not very good-looking except to the eye of an experienced dairyman. She certainly is not fat while giving milk, and to be a really good cow she should never be long time enough between the times of milk giving to fatten. She will most likely have a large paunch, giving her a some what "pot-bellied" look after she has filled herself. Something cannot come from nothing, and we never knew a cow giving large messes of good milk which was not a ravenous feeder. Hence her digestion must be good. She should have a broad chest, indicat ing large lungs. There is no good digestion without good lung power. She should be "deep" from the back down to the belly, but with a thin and rather flat neck. The skin of most good cows is of velvety texture, and looks as if it had been groomed for several generations, as in most breeds 1 of the best cows it has. The good cow is, indeed, less an accident thau a product. With good material from : which to breed, the good farmer can ; make sure of her nearly every heifer culf he gets.—Boston Cultivator. LAWN GRASS. Where the locality desirable for a lawn is naturally free from weeds the modern suggestion of making it by planting patches of one particular kind, which will run together in a few months, is particularly desirable. Nothing can l>e more beautiful than a lawn wholly made up of one species. For small gardens, especially where the i new plantation can lie hand-weeded during summer, it is the best of all [ methods. No lawn made of grass seeds j will be confined strictly to one kind, I and on account of the different shades | of green jn the gross will always have a . more or less patchy ap]>enrnncc. Those who supply mixed lawn grass seeds j usually keep this iu mind, and endeav or to get their kinds so generally idike in tint of green an to avoid this objec- : tion. One advantage of the mixed I system is that one can rarely tell by the description of a customer what jiartic nlar kind of grits* will thrive to best advantage. A mixture is, therefore, likely to Inst serve the purpoao, in this, that the oue most suitable will eventually crowd out those not so well adiiiiti-d to the soil »iid circumstances. We have seeu a luwii made of mixed gritxses which hail to l>e wcurcd uudcr the shade of trees, eventually be come wholly occupied by the sheep fescue In the course' of n few years every other ktud was crowded out, and this particular species alone occupied the laud Median's Monthly. tIROWIMO SIUEO IMIWToKS. Ik fore planting the seed have the Soil lu the Wat poMulile couditioli and IIIH rally enriched with manure. Choo»*< mil or medium in .lie, smooth, slid of Iteot form. Owt iu large pieces slid plant in rows three anp one half feet »|Htrt each way four f*«t each way will Is- better. Plant about four inehi «il>ep. fbrecor four 'lay* aft« rafter phtntiiiir, cultivate l>y ItUUiUg lilv Ml lv tkv IvW, Oue of j two days latter harrow until all is r leveled and made very fine. As soon [ as the plants make their appearance, , cultivate again, turning the soil to the 5 plants so as to cover all weeds that may . have started to grow. When the r plants are about fonr inches above. , ground, thin out to one Btalk in a hill. | Continue the cultivation twice each . week, going both ways each time, until . the vines cover the ground. Cultivate , shallow to avoid breaking the roots, t The best selection for seed will be , from those stalks that produce the I largest amount in weight. The most 112 prolific stalks t«re the best to select . j from. A stalk that bears a large num , ber of tubers of good size and form , will make good seed. The improve ment of the potato crop in yield and quality lies in the line of improvement of seed. An observance of this prin ciple has produced wonderful results. Strict conformity to these principles for all farm crops will produce as won derful changes. Improvement of seed must precede improvement of the general crop. —American Agriculturist. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Let the fowls out when the weather is mild. One-fourth Leghorn blood hastens maturity. Broilers early in spring sell at very high prices. Grade your dressed poultry in pack ing for market. The Beder Wood is a strawberry worthy of triaL Skim milk thickened with bran is a goodfeed for poultry. In nearly all cases it will be best to deepen the soil gradually. If the hay is the least musty, always moisten it before feeding. The poor, unthrifty hog is often the prey of vermin or parasites. The more time required to fatten an animal the greater the cost. Overworked butter nearly always presents a greasy appearance. If farmers want to make buttermak ing profitable they must make a good ] article. J Horses should not be tied too long, 1 as they arc apt to roll and get cast in | the stall. Many modern growers use commer cial fertilizers instead of manure for ' potatoes. J Milk may be deficient in solids with- I out having water added to it by the I milkman. j A nervous, irritable, bad-tempered driver generally has nervous, vicious, 5 runaway horses. Too long for the cream to rise and I ■ too long without stirring will make white specks in the butter. With a thoroughly good cow one can always afford to give plenty of feed in exchange for plenty of butter. The most profitable cow is the best mother, and the mother function should i be fostered as much us possible. While feed has much to do with the 1 quality of the milk, the breed of the 1 cow has much more to do with it. Now that work is on, be sure the collars lit perfectly before beginning work. It is often easier to prevent than to cure galls. Farm horses should be groomed at least twice a day in the working season, 1 especially if they have been sweating or have been in the mud. ■ A farmer who has a quarter-section , of land should set five or ten acres of I orchard trees. They will get him out ' of debt if he is in and help him to keep I out if he is not. An orchard can l»e successfully grown 1 without interfering with the rest of the , farm work, aud time thus sjwnt will bring returns equal to any other pro < diice. It has been proved, i It is claimed by some horticulturists that winter pruning while the sap is down develops vigorous wood growth, aud summer pruning checks this and , encourages fruit production. A word of caution is due to those who embark in any new enterprise. There are many things to learn. Books have a value to the new beginner, but practice is necessary. No man should fail to learn the practical details by using his own hands. Are sheep subject to indigestion ? Of course they are, as much so as any other animal. Did you never smell a sheep's breath? Some of the healthy sheep's breath is as sweet as an infant's; , but a diseased sheep's breath suggests ' indigestion and all the ills known to I mortal flesh. j Joseph Mcchan given a way to rid [ plum trees of the curculio: "As soon 1 as flowering is over spread a sheet un- I tier your trees and jar the trees, bring ing dowu the pest and the stung fruit, which burn. Do this daily until the fruit is one-fourth grown. If rightly followed it insures a crop." Ar*enlc Eaten. In Styria aud Cariutliia there is i much arsenic eating among the pvai auts; the women take to it to give themselves a good complexion and to make their hair Hue ami gloasy. The men take it Itecause they believe that it gives them wind iu climbing in the chase after cluttnois. There is nothing of this sort iu Cornwall and Devon. Iu Styria and Carinthia it ia kuown that an arat-iiic-eatcr can never be broken of the habit, and that if araenic l>«i eoitipulaoriiy kept from the cater death rapidly ensue* It ia believed in the Taiuar aud thin ia perhapa true that an arsenic worker ia lit for no other work. Me uniat remain at this 1 occupation. Health aud breath fail him at other employments. Eventual ly, it may la> that chrouio arseuical |H>inoiiiuK ensues, but thia may be •4ave« "changum house," but tit Imthe freely at k»n«. one ol llsi for Kurt* «ald to tha ariter : "Against arwntc tin brat an- In lute ia aoap and water taken v'SlcfU , ailj, lhatubvcaa Jvtuuai. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. TOMATO KgIDHUP. Skin one gallon of ripe tomatoes, add one pint of good vinegar, threo tablespoonfuls of salt, ten red peppers, green or ripe, broken so as to get the strength from the seed. Cook in a granite or porcelain kettle until qnitc thick, then skim out the peppers. Bottle while hot. This is very good.—New York Sun. TO OOOK SPINACH. Put the washed spinach in a sauce pan with enough cold water to cover it, and add a little salt and a very small amount of soda; bring the water quickly to boiling point, then strain it from the spinach. The spinach must have as much of the moisture as possible pressed from it, rub it through a fine wire sieve, then put it into a saucepan, add a little flour, butter, pepper and salt, and stir it over the fire until it boils; let it boil for a few minutes, then serve it very hot with small tippets of fried bread round it.—New York World. SNOW CUSTARD. Soak one-half box gelatine an hour in one cup cold water. Then add one cup sugar, two cups boiling water and boil three milfcites, then pour out. When cool and on the point of con gealing stir in gently the well-beaten whites of four eggs. Continue stirring until it begins to stiffen, then pour into a mold. Putin a cold place. Make this in the evening. Next morning make a custard of four yolks, one cup sugar and four cups milk. Boil until rich and thick, and pour into a glass bowl. Flavor with lemon or vanilla. When perfectly cold turn the snow jelly from the mold carefully on tup of it.—Detroit Free Press. STRAWBERRY SPONGE. Soak one-half box gelatine in a half cup of cold water. Hull and mash one quart of strawberries, and sprinkle over them half a cupful of sugar together tweuty minutes, but do not boil hard. Rub the berries through a hair sieve or colander ; add the soaked gelatine to the boiling syrup, take from the Are, turn into a bowl and add the berry juice; stir until the gelatine is all dissolved; add the juice of one lemon, place the bowl in a pan of crushed ice and beat with an egg boater for five minutes. Add the beaten whites of four eggs, and beat the whole until it begins to thicken. Pour into wet molds and set on the ice to harden. Serve very cold with eream.—New York Recorder. MAYONNAISE OF SWEETBREADS. Clean and parboil one pair of sweetbreads, and then throw them into eold water for a half hour. Re move the fat and skin and cover them with fresh boiling water; add a tea spoonful of salt and simmer gently for twenty minutes. When done stand away to cool. Wash and dry the ten der leaves from one head of lettuce. Rub the bottom of a soup dish with an onion, and make in it nearly a half pint of mayonnaise. Place a thin slice of onion in the center of your salad dish, arrnnge the lettuce leaves around it; mix the sweetbreads care fully with the mayonnaise and putin the center of the dish. Serve. This is a delicious salad, and if prepared as directed will have only the faintest suspicion of onion. Tarragon vinegar added to the mayonnaise is a great im provement. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Borax water will remove stains from the hands. A small box filled with liine will ab sorb dampness. Remove egg stains from spoons by rubbing with salt. Cream and acids do not curdle, but milk and acids will. Gum camphor scattered about mice haunts will drive them away. To remove fruit stains dip the spots several times in scalding milk. Emery powder will remove ordinary stains from ivory knive-handles. Leather chairs may be revived by rubbing with the white of an egg. Old brass may be cleaned to look like new by scrubbing with ammonia, and rinsing with cold clean water. To avoid the odor of onions while peeling them, they should be peeled while they are held under water. To keep your tortoise-shell combs and pins always bright rub with soft leather every time they have been worn. When dim rub with rottenstone and oil. One of the first requisites of good carving is to have the meat dish of good size. It is almost impossible to handle a piece of meat acceptably upon a plat ter that is even a degree too small. Meat can be kept very nicely for a week or two by covering it with sour milk or buttermilk aud placing it in a cool cellar. The l«>ne or fat need not be removed. Riuse well liefore using. A sheet of finely perforated zinc sub stituted for one of the upper panes of glass in a bedroom window is an excel lent form of ventilator, moderating the draughts which enter when the window is raised or lowered. If your sewing machine lias liecoiue gummed aud consequently ruus hard, oil every place with the Is-st kerosene oil and run rapidly a few moments. Wipe the lieariugs carefully, oil with the Is-st machine oil, and you will W surprised at the result. Pemous who use kerosene lamps will be glad to know that if the wicks are soaktsl IU strong vinegar twenty-four hours and thoroughly dried liefore be ing inserted, all suioko will be avoided, the wicks will last twice as long, and increased brilliant light will IM ob tained. Frier oft Kane's Hair Cut. Three dollars is a good price to pay for a hair cut, but that is what it cue ls a borae to have his hair just trimmed. Three men are required to do tho work, one to hold the horse, auutlier to ruu the machiue, and a third to ilu the cli|>|>iug It takes a solid hour's work. It matters not how wtsilly a horse looks when he gets in tile fllp|ter's bawls he hxtks as trim as a rwi r when he has l>ei n t'li|>jx beneficial propertlee of a perfect Us alive | edfeotually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, baadssbss and fevers am! permanently earing ooaetlpatoow It has given satisfaction to mill lons and Mat with the approval of the medical prufcsaiou, because It sets an the Kid ney* liver and Bewrls without wwak- S3 sale by all drug gWtalu Me an/il Mk Utli to mS piaotusod by the CaH»oruU Klg Myrup Varieties of Teas. three cash, or three-tenths of a cent. Throughout the greater part of are many varieties of teas, and China proper the tea consumed by the?' P W 112t 9 htt f. n f V f. people is sun-dried. Thns prepared it well written up. One kind of has a much more delicate flavor than tea that grows in the mountains near that which comes to Western markets, a natural flavor of milk, or but people in this part of the world r ? the ' fitter. It is found wild on demand Something stronger and would elevated land*-a leafy shrub, fifteen find it insipid. In the North and East high with a stem four inches the leaves are mixed with jassimine thlck ; Dot^ er vorle *y ttujteß . M flowers. This is *n expensive com- ?™e*«ned with sugar when an infusion pound for fashionable consumption, is made from it.-New York News. Tt is sold in little packages, ono of which is just enough for brewing a sin- The catacombs of Borne contain the gle potful. Such a package costs remains of about 6,000,000 people. U. S. Government Baking Powder Tests. The report of the analyses of Baking Powders, made by the U. S. 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