Sacred Serpents ol l'r»|it. 1% gerftral belief in the divine char acter and healing powers of tlio sacred serpent is to l>o :uet, with all over Egypt. Even the myths which the old Egyptians associated with the snake are still prevalent. Egyptians of all classes still believe that when '"a ser pent grows old wings grow out of its body," and that there are serpents which kill by darting ttames in the vic tim's face. How old such beliefs are in this country need not be repeated to those who have seen the pictures in the tombs of the kings at Thebes. The seref, or "flying serpent," and the snake fr<>jn whose mouth tiames issue aro among the commonest of the fig ures painted on their walls. It is not, however, as Kakodacmon, but as Agathoilaenion, that the divine serpent of ancient Egypt still maintains his chief hold on the belief of the Egyptian people. Each house still has its har ras, or "guardian snake," commonly known as the hurras elbet, "the pro tector of the house." The snake is fed with milk and eggs, and care is taken not to do it harm.—Chicago Herald. A Notable Kuirineerini; Feat. A notable engineering feat was ac complished a few days ago in the com pletion of the boring of the Busk-Ivan hoe Railway tunnel under the con tinental divide of the Rocky Mountains at Hagcrman Pass, Col. The tunnel is almost two miles 10ng—9393 feet and is through solid gray granite. It took three years and twenty days, of twenty hours' work each day, to bore the big hole. It is 10,800 feet above sea level, through the top ridge, of the continent. The water draining from the one side of the mountain under which it is driven runs to the Atlantic Ocean and from the other to the Pacific. Its construction has cost $1.000,000 and twenty human lives. The tunnel, which is on the line of the Colorado Midland Railway, the Santa Fe's central route to California, sub stitutes two miles of track for ten and does away with one of the most ex pensive railway climbs in the world.— Chicago Herald. Seven Surgical Operations J underwent in consequence of a wound. The wound ceased to heal and the surgeons gave me up as a hopeless case. April 1,1092, I com menced to take Hood's Sarsaparilla. After Hood's s °;> Cures taking the first bottle the nains left my groin and have not returned. \\ bile t«king the sec ond bottle the wound at. the hip entirely heal ed. The bottle made me feel well as ei'er." ( 'has. A. St a i.k eh. West Walworth, N. Y. Hood's Ptllfl assist digestion aih! run- ruin! ache. Kol«l by all druggists. 2*> rents. pADWATS Purely vegetable, mild and reliable. Cause Per fect Digestion, complete absorption and healthful regularity. For tin; euro of all disorders of ths i Stomach, Liver, Howels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous bisea.se?. LOSS OF APPETITE, SICK HEADACHE. INDIGESTION, DIZZY FEELINGS, FEMALE COMPLAINTS, BILIOUSNESS, DYSPEPSIA, VKHKKCT DIGESTION will be uceoinplished by ' taking Hadway's Pills. By ihelr ANTI-BILIOUS, properties they stimulate the liver In the secretion of the blip and its discharge the biliary ducts. These pills In doses from two to four wiil quickly regulate the action of the liver an 1 free the patient from these disorders. One or two of Had way's PIIIh. taken dally by those subject to bilious pains and torpidity of the liver, will keep the svs tem regular and secure healthy digestion Price. 'Mr. per llo*. Sold by nil Ib-intnitb). 11% II WAV A* CO.. NEW YOICK. PwE CANNOT SPARE healthy flesh nature never burdens the body with too much sound flesh. Loss of flesh usually indicates poor as similation, which causes the loss of the best that's in food, the element. Scott's Emulsion of pure cod, liver oil with hypo phosphites contains the very essence of all foods. In no oth er form can so much nutrition be taken and assimilated. Its range of usefulness has nu limita tion where weakness exists. Prepared by Scott A Hnwne ('lioiutsts. New York Sold by all diuggiaU. THE JUDGES WORLB'S COLUMBIAN [UPOSITION 11a \ e made the HIGHEST AWARDS (Meod cold bath ami appreci ate a good scrubbing and a cleau pen, > with something for a nest on which to j lie. I give them oat straw for a bed. j ft. smells sweeter 111 the pen than liny I Never give pigs buckwheat straw; it' gives them the buckwheat itch. Clean- j liness among the pigs produces I healthv porkers.—New York Tribune. 1 i THE STRIPED CUCUMBER nEETLE. This insect may lie driven from the plants it infests, which are of the melon, or gourd tribe, by dusting them , with fine wood ashes or plaster in which ! a little carbonic acid has been stirred so as to give it a distinct odor. To- j bncco stems, that may be procured of the cigarmakers or dealers, spread un der the plants, or rags dipped in kero- 1 sene, will also drive away these pests, i The cabbage worms may also be kept away from cabbage and cauliflower by j scattering flour on the leaves; bran is j said to be effective, but hand picking j is the safest and most certain remedy, j To do this easily take a pair of spring j nippers, which may be used more con veniently than the lingers.—New York Times. WHAT ONE HERD DISCLOSES. Very recently there was published in an article 011 the care of dairy cows statistics which fully prove that a man feeding at random, and keeping cows that have never been tested, is working absolutely in the dark, and if he suc ceeds it is merely through accident. j Facts very startling to the thinking man were disclosed. Out of this herd ol sixty cattle, some Holstein, some 1 Jersey, some grades, and some com mon cattle of unknown ancestry, the ! cow returning the greatest amount of J butter according to food eatenwwats t the common native. Undoubtedly j prior to the test the presumption was all against this cow. This shows that j breed does not always tell, and is con- 1 soling to the farmer who is not able to stock up entirely with thorough bred or even grades. The second native cow beat all of the Jerseys, so that even the rich farmer cannot i afford to rely entirely upon blood. An average of twenty-seven pounds of food was consumed for one pound of 1 fat, ranging from seventeen to forty- | seven pounds. The larger cows con sumed a smaller amount of food in j proportion to their weight than the I smaller ones. The best yield of milk | gave the best yield of butter. The entire test shows us what an in- 1 dividuality there is in cows, and that breed and color and good marks and appearances in general must not allow us to lose sight of the paying qualities of one and the losing qualities of an- i other.—American Farmer. OIVE THE COLTS OOOD STALLS. Have box stalls for the colts by all means, but do not make them cells of j solitary confinement. Putin good ' windows to ndnut tho sun. If opening into tho paddock, have an extra door two-thirds size, so he can ' stand and put his head out and enjoy ' the air, and seo and familiarize him- j self with what is going on. If open- | ing into the barn, have the door in | halves; 011 the under half put a slat work that he can look through, hav- | ing it so the upper half can be shut I tight, in cold weather or at night. 1 had a young stallion last winter that could not see what was going on from his stall. He was kind and of | good disposition, but when I went to take him out would grab a halter and ' chew it and nip at one who came near. I had two extra hinges put on the j door, and sawed it in two at tho ' middle, making two half doors. From the lower half I built a slat work top | that he could see through. It changed him at once, and now have a quiet and I pleasant colt to handle. Do not have two half doors by any j means ; it is dangerous. If the upper j half gets unfastened the colt will ! reach through, and is likely to have it j swing so as to catch his neck, aad in struggling to get free get hung. Chil- j dren are often round to open the lower half to see the colt and not.! fasten it again. He stoops down to get out, and when part way through straightens up and is caught by the upper doo'r in the small of the back ' and is ruined for life. New England Homes tend. FATTENING POI'LTHV. No operation connected with the poultry yard requires greater atten tion Bud experience than fattening fowls in coops. Oatmeal and barley- | meal alternately, mixed with milk, , mid occasionally with a little drip- | ping, is a good food. The feeding troughs, which must be kept constant- ' ly scoured, should lie placed before the birds at regular intervals, and when they have eaten sufficient it is better to remove them, placing a little gravel within the reach of tin* coop t• • assist digestion. Oats and rice are far inferior to oat meal 111 their flesh-form- 1 ing propertied. Keeping the birds without food for some hours after they re put up frequently induce* them to lake it more readily afterward, but sufficient attention is rarely bestowed 111: thf various details of pre) aratinii aaU BULvivjitif Uit food. hw*u«. the I j complaints of the fowl* deteriorating in the fattening pen are far from un i common. Access to water should be I allowed at all times. Fattening must be completed in ten ; days, for after that period they begin :to lose weight. The best age for table birds is when they are from four tosix ; months old. | The coop should be three feet high, j two feet wide and four feet long. This ' will admit from six to eight birds, according to their size. The bottom and front should be of bars, three inches apart. A board outside the bars in front, six inches wide, will serve as a stand for the food and water troughs. ! The coo]) should be in a well-venti lated outhouse, and if kept dark be tween the times of feeding, all tho bet ter.—Poultry Book for the Many. FARM AND OARDEN NOTES. It is said flint sorghum seed makes a cheap an«! excellent food for poul- I try. Hnve fewer cattle, but better, and ! feed them plentifully all the yea* | round. An English experiment station nays [ that wheat is the cheapest food in Eng | land for sheep. By bnggiug grapes the clusters aro kept perfect and come out bright, clean and attractive. I Voting animals intended for breed ing purposes should be well cared for and kindly treated. Root-pruning is simply a severing of the roots in order to check growth j and induce fruiting. ; A cow which produces 100 poundt of butter costs as much for feed as one | which produces 200. There is often a great diminution in I the amount of milk given when the j milkers are changed. Where a combination of beef and milk is desired the Shorthorns are gen | erally to be preferred. I All kinds of stock if well fed will in j crease in weight faster now than in j either colder or hotter weather. It is claimed that the Jerseys and Shorthorns were overfed during the butter and cheese contest at Chicago. A new variety of peach is announced, for which the claim is made that no | sugar is needed in the canuing of it. It is said that, tomatoes gathered when green and kept in a dry place I will continue to ripen, just as pears do. Give the poorest grain first. Ani { mals grow dainty as they fatten and j lose instead of gaining if given poorer ■ food. I Tho quality of butter made in wet I weather is inferior owing to the pas tures supplying less nutriment at that I time. Squashes must be gathered before . touched by frost, handled carefully and kept in a cool —but not cold—dry : place. Celery blanched by banking in soil is said to bo more crisp and of better flavor than that blanched between | boards. If you have any trees in your orch j ard which have been blown down or | have been killed, remove them and set ! out new trees. Now is the time to prepare the young trees so that the ravages of rabbits will not injure them. I)o not delay this, as it may mean a considerable loss to you. At this senson it is important that j every colony contain a good fertile ! queen and that a fair sprinkling ol , brood is kept up during the fall months. In the future theorchardist willcon sider the Bordeaux mixture and kero sene emulsion as a necessity for the ! success of his fruit trees in yielding a good crop. j It would be well for the orchardist if more winter apples, pears, or other late fruit were planned. Now is the ■ best time of observing tho wisdom of doing this. The quantity necessary to winter a hive depends largely upon the weather and tho size of the colony, but thirty pounds per colony is about the uver ngo quantity. Feeding for winter stores should be gin in good season, so as to let th« bees li'.ve time to senl their stores over before cold weather sets in. Al ways feed just at night. If you desire to leave an inheritance to your children, set out a few walnut or pecan trees. They can be pur chased cheaply of any nurseryman,anil give excellent returns. Trees which are planted in the fait become thoroughly settled and get 1 goo I roothold. In addition to this, the; have the entire spring and summer foi their growth the first year, which is ol great advantage. Involuntary Weather Prophets. The tortoise is not an animal on» ! would naturally fix upon as likely tc be afraid of rain, but it is singularly so. Twenty-four hours or more be fore rain falls the (iallapagos tortoisi makes for some convenient shelter. <>l a bright clear morning when not 1 I I eloiul is to tie seen the denizens of 1 ' j tortoise farm 011 the African coast uiui j ! lie seen sometimes heading for tin j nearest overhanging rocks; when tlia' ; happens the proprietor knows tlia' j rain will come down during the day I , and as a rule it conies down in torrents I ' The sign never fails. This pre-sensa ! | tion, to coin a word, which exists it 1 many birds and beasts, may be ex j 1 plained partly from the increasing 1 weight of the atmosphere when rain ii j forming, partly by habits of living and partly from the need of moisturi which is shared by all. The America! I cat-bird gives warning of an approach ing thunderstorm, by sitting <>:i tlx I low branches of tie' dog-wood tre« j (whether this union of the feliue witk theoanilii' is invariable the deponent saveth not) and uttering curious notes. Other birds, including the familial j rolnu, it is said, give similar evidenc* ot nu impending change iu th» weather | - lli-tald HOI'SFHOIJI AFFAIRS. pa i.atari .r. mrrr Mr.tr. Although Houp meat i» not a very nutritions fowl, it certainly von Id be more palatable at the table if nerved with a hot or cold nance, u it in iu many well-to-do French house holds. A hot sauce, good for the soup meat, or other boiled beef, is made from a cupful of utoek, thickened with flour and butter rubbed together, an«l seasoned with a tablespoon fill of vin egar, and wilt, pepper and line hcrlw to taste.—New York Post. cei.ek* sorp. I*ut a veal bone to boil in one quart of water. After skimming it well put iu one pint of celery, cut np very fine, two tablespoonfuls of rice, one onion, one teaspooufnl of celery salt. Let this boil until reduced to a pint. Take out the meat and pass the soup throngh a colander, mashing and extracting a* much of the puree as possible, passing the stock through it two or three times. Boil a quart of milk separately, rub two tablespoonfuls of flour in a half a eup of butter, add this to the boiled milk. After cooking it a few minutes add the milk to the celery puree and serve at once, mixing milk and puree well,—New York World. IIAKEIi MACARONI. One-quarter pound of macaroni, one quarter pnu ml of grated cheese, one half cup of cream, one tablespoonful of butter; salt and pepper. Break th macaroni in convenient lengths, put it in a two-quart kettle and nearly fill the kettle with boiling water, add a teaspoonful of salt and boil rapidly twenty-five minutes llr• wax in I i imi diw u th. flu*. tMraH tin'll IF you wish the lightest, sweet est, finest cake, biscuit, bread - and rolls, Royal Baking Powder is , indispensable in their making. Origin ol a Sweet Perfume. The introduction of the perfume calleil patchouly WHK canned by the tie- | Hire of French HhawliuakerH to deceive [ their customers. When MIIAWIH were | first from India they were perfumed with patchouly, an extract of an Indian plant. The French soon learned to imitate the tdiawls to per fection, l»iit the jiatehonlv bothered them, as they could find no substitute for it, and this fact was used as the snrest means of distinguishing the genuine India shawls from the French counterfeit. At last somebody discov ered the secret and brought a quantity of patchouly to France. For a time the discoverers kept the matter to themselves and reaped a harvest; then some one gave way the secret. The perfume soon became popular and has never since passed completely out of use, though several times superseded temporarily by other perfumes.—Chi cago Herald. The ninety-four univerKities of Eu rope have 41,814 more students than the tffiO universities of the United States. Sfwnrc of Ointment* f.ir Catarrh That Contain Mercury. ns mercury will surely destroy tho sense of smell arul completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Sur.'h articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable phynician*. as the damage they will »lo is ten fold to tho good you can iiossibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure manufactured by F. J. Cheney Co., Toledo, (J., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hull's Catarrh Cure be sure to get, the genuine, it is taken internally, anil is made In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney tV Co. Te-timonials frco. fy Sold by Druggists, price 7. r >c. per bottle. A Cliihl Ku.ioy* The pleasant flavor, gentle action and soothing effects of Syrup of Figs, when in need of a lax ative, and if the father or mother be costive or bilious, the most gratifying results follow its use: so that it is the l»cst family remedy known and every family should have a Inittle. A Hen ill if ill Souvenir Spouu Will be >ent with every lot tie of Jfr. HorW. Certain (roup t'urf. Ordered by mail, post paid, fillets. Addres--. Hox>ic. UtilTalo. N. Y. DF.SEUVINO CONKIDKXCK. There is no art ieW: which so richly deserves the entire eonfldence of the community as HKOWN'S HKONCIIIAI. THOCHES. Those suffering from Asthmatic and Bronchial Diseases, Coughs and Colds, should try them. I 'rice & r > cent-. Impaired digestion cured by Beet-ham's Pills, beecham's -no others. '!ti cents a box. Hatch's Universal Cougli Syrup, most prompt, pleasant and effectual. 35 cents. If afflicted withsoreeyes use Dr. IsaacTliomi - son's Eye- water. Drucgistssellut -"»• per hot tie. j)Si. KILMERS CURED ME. ttravel or Stone IN THE BLADDER LARGE AS A GOOSE EGG. Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. V. Gentlemen: "i was underthi caret fdifferent physicians for nearly two years; tried every doctor in our town; continued to sutler anil decline until 1 wusa physical reek. most learned physio ians pronounced my case 8S GRAVEL or STONE &V in the HI adder, and said \ better until it was removed by a surgical operation. Oh! 1 thought what next? 1 i Every one felt sad; I myself, A gave up, as an operation seemed to us all certain deatli. 1 shall never forget how timely the good news of your MWAMP-HOOT reached me. J send you by this same mail »aiii|>leof the stone or gravel that wus ved and expelled by the Use of SWAMP-ROOT. The Great Kidney & Bladder Cure. 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