Itoynl Buckwheats. For generations it Ims been the cus tom to mix the batter for buckwheat cakes with yeast or emptyings, retain ing a portion of the lmtter left over from one morning to raise the cakes for the following ilay. If kept too warm, or not used promptly, this batter becomes exces sively sour and objectionable. Buck wheat cakes raised by this means are more often sour or heavy than light nnd sweet. If eaten daily they dis tress the stomach and cause skin erup tions and itching. Instead of the old-fashioned way we liave been making buckwheat cakes this winter with Royal Baking Pow der, mixing the batter fresh daily, and find the result wonderfully satisfac tory. They are uniformly light and sweet, more palatable and wholesome, and can be eaten continuously without the slightest digestive inconvenience. Besides they are mixed and baked in a moment, requiring no time to rise. Following is the receipt used : Two cups of pure buckwheat flour (not "prepared" or mixed), one cup of wheat flour, two tablespoons of Royal Baking Powder and one-half teaspoon ful of salt, all sifted well together. Mix with milk into a thin batter and bake at once on a hot griddle. Once prop erly tested from this receipt, no other buckwheat will find its way to your table. —Domestic Cookery. t'nwise Economy. Do not buy anything that is not needed because it is cheap. Nothing is cheap to a purchaser that does not meet an immediate want. Goods i\ id away rot, grow old-fashioned, yellow, and lose in value monthly. Bargain counters are dangerous foes to true economy, unless a woman has the clear headed wisdom to decide exactly what she needs to purchase in advance, and the tirmness of character to resist the wily assaults of the salesman who makes unnecessary purchases seem at tractive at the moment. If you need articles displayed on the bargain counters, look for them there; if not, avoid these fascinating displays asyou would a moral pestilence, lest they prove too much for resistance. I know the force of the bargain counter, for I have, alas! mourned the waste of good dollars when too late, and bit terly repented me of articles for which I could find no rational use except the missionary box; and even thus dis posed, my conscience has reproached me for questionable charities. —.Ten- ness Miller's Monthly. Midair Duel Between Aeronauts. During the Franco-Prussian war a blood-curdling duel occurred in mid air between two aeronauts, one of whom was conveying dispatches from the Governor of Paris. The balloons, approaching at a considerable alt itude, the encounter was commenced with pistols. For some time neither com batant could secure the advantage, but at length one balloon mounted above the other, and its occupant, seizing his momentary advantage, threw his grappling irons on top of the other balloon. They tore through the silken fabric as though it had been so mush paper. There was an eseapq of gas, a shriek and the next minute both balloon and balloonist lay bat tered out of recognition upon the ground 2000 feet below.—London Tit- Bits. 100 Bus. Wheat From Two Acres, This remarkable yield was rejiorted by Frank Close, Minnesota, on two acres of Mar vel Sprint; Wheat. Speaking of this wheat, this now sort takes the cake. It is Iho crcatest cropping spring wheat in the world. Farmers who tried it the past season believe seventy five to one hundred bushels can bo grown from one acre, and are going to get this yield for 189-4. At such yield wheat paya at D)c a bushel. Salzer is the largest grower of vege table and farm seed in the world. Ir YOU W 11,1. CUT THIS OUT AM> SKNI> IT with To postage to the John A. S;Ua?r Seed Co., ha Crosse, Wis., you will gel free their mammoth catalogue and a package of above spring wheat. A State or Ouio, City of ioi.euo, t Lucas County. 112 Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is th* senior partner of the lirm of F. J. Cheney it Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County ami Stat" afore-jiid,ami that mud lirm will pay the sum of (INK liIINUKKI) DOL LARS for each and eve: y en-.- of (' uarrli t hat esmiot be cured by thvju.se of il Ai.i.'sl'atahkh Cube. FkankJ.Ciii-.neT. sworn to before mt and subscribed in my presence, this tk'u day if December, A. 1) 1-Wtt. .- , A. W. Uleasox, ? sr.At. J Aofrtr '/ Pub'ic. Hall's Catarrh Cure i- taken internally and acts directly on the blood ami lmp-ons surfaces of the system. Send for le-t Hernials, tree. K. J. Cheney a. CO., Toledo. O. UrSold by Druggists, T.'ie. Couuils an|» ]|oakskne»>. The irritation which induces i-oughlii.. Immediately relieved b> um< <>t "Mrmrn'i Hr-mMM / Sold • nl> in l»>\. 111-. lloN.ie'n Cerialu ( nine lure Is the only remedy In the world that cures croup nt half an hour No opium. A. I*. Ilox •ie, Buffalo, N. Y, M'fr. Hatch's I'niversal Cough Syrup, most prompt, plea sunt and ytfeet u il. -i < euts. Heeeham's fills . ml iwlellecUof over eating, il -V ham'- no Other* 'i.'iceala a bog. timnn TmH Nwfca lliwNl. A larg. '"'V mailed tor |o c« nu. Upp Urujj GOOD QUALITIES »»: *ll, it imrflt* * lbt» hloJl. thin i Mfat 7 1 i m*- ; :WI Kidn 'y I roubles Hoods' Curei w« > tr%".. CARROT ORtTB. An English gardener reports that he effectually destroyed tho carrot grub, after it had become so abundant as to cause the tops of carrots to wilt, by watering them with a liquid made by putting a bushel of lime and a bushel of soot into 100 gallons of water. This was well stirred up and allowed to stand over night, then the next morn ing the clear water was used freely in the common rose-uozzled water-pot. —New York World. WASTE OF GOOD FODDER. Aii enormous quantity of corn fodder is grown each year, but not one-third i.f its feading value is procured. Hundreds of thousands of acres of stalks are allowed to stand in the fields until December or January until tho grain is husked, and then the cattle are turned in the field to get what they can. Usually they find only blades whipped off by the wind and blown away, and the stalks bent and the upper part—the best portion —ruined, and even the husks weather beaten so as to bo of little value. Such feed as remains is of poor quality. The greater part of it is rotting on the ground. There is hardly a better or cheaper stock feed than corn fodder, yet most farmers treat it ns though it had littlo of no value.- Farmer's Guide. NOTES ON WHEAT. From field experiments carried on at the Agricultural Experiment Sta tion, Purdue University, Indiana, re ported in Bulletin 15, extending over ten years, it appears that nono of the varieties of wheat tried have any ten dency to deteriorate or "run out,"pro vided proper care is exercised. No wheat proved to be "rust-proof," but early wheats were generally less in jured by rust than later kinds. Eight pecks of seed per acre gave the best returns at- tho station, the average yield for nine years being 30.85 bushels per acre. The best results came from sowings made not later than Septem ber 20. The value of crop rotation in maintaining yields of grain has been strongly emphasized, for a compari son of rotating crops with constant grain cropping for seven years showed an average gain of 5.7 bushels per acre in favor of the former. Another important result obtained was that wheat may be harvested at any time from the dougli stage to the dead-ripe condition, without appreciably affect ing the weight or yield of the grain. A comparison of the forms of nitrogen as fertilizers for wheat indicated that sulphate of ammonia is better than nitrate of soda or dried blood. SOME ADVICE TO DRIVERS. A driver gave his horse six quarts of oats about two hours earlier than he ; was usually fed. The harness was ; being put on while the horse was feed- j ing. The driver managed to get his ' breakfast in the meantime. Shortly everything was in readiness and the horse was started on a long drive. The driver urged the animal with the whip. At the end of thirty miles the horse began to ignore that instrument. He went slower and slower; finally he fell dead. Post-mortem examination revealed the fact that the oats had not been digested. The lining of the stomach gave evidence of having been in a high state of irritation. It was plain that the horse's previous ac cumulation of nerve power had been largely exhausted in defending the terrilile irritation set tip by the sharp points of the undigested oats. Had the horse been permitted to stand, or lie down for an hour after feeding he would have prepared not only a re serve of material to sustain himself, but the tinoiint of nourishing material accumulated would have helped him to endure his exhaustive journey. Time is required for the digestion of food before beginning a long muscular strain. It must also seem clear that when the effort at hard lalior ends, time should lie given for rest before taking food.—Rider and Driver. REQUISITES FOR A HORSE STABLE. A horse stable should have thorough drainage first, then a solid, non-ab ■orbeut tloor; next, the stalls should be roomy, and the feeding troughs should lie made su that food cannot lie wasted. The liest Hour is one made of cement concrete, of one part of cement, two of sand, ami five of coarse gravel, laid three inch 's thick, and when well dried aud hard, saturated with hot gas tar. This makes the tloor water and vermin proof, and very durable, with sufHciuut elasticity to prevent injurs to the feet of tin auimats. The stalls should lie nix feet wide, til* floor slop iUK one inch t.. a shallow gutter ill tin rear, from which tho liquid mass mm itow a* ay into a dram. Iho feeJiug trough should have a deep yrain box, if |.'raiu is feil, or if cut feed is uaetl, Iho whole troii:. ti may In- the full length ill the Width of the stall. A few liars fastened acro.ut Iho top of the feci I I lot mil lie useful to prevent the horse from Ihroautg out the feed, a* aoiui Mill do. If long bay is fed, thl* should tie givett lit a rack allote the feed trough, but UU account ol the great aaate In leading long ha) alld a hole gram, ih j hay should U- cut and the gram, lin« K giuuud, Im imu l mill it Ibi avoid Ilia luw bl .... t ahieh la »lie It oU«. hall uf tin |i.i»d. It ta deairaMt to haio a dram front MJftttlil >•> Iho •»•»»«* llllet Ift a tilth uf a b>ii*> atatiU •houl l U not t. •• than Uiltr bvl, Ui «llo».| spa, « 1. itto»* alma! In vaiil) , I It* 100 > iMtikl U stflfrille lot *»|lfclV *4t4'l t'olt !«»*»<*,!« iti f««< a I'll I It« i(m»4 pa g* • *tn M/a<- «t» •' Itnif i l m tti-. nit- tit. in tit' 11 ut• 11. t Ma ii- Mflloa# i year. Only in the newly settled heavy-timbered land do we now see rails split for fences. Wire in some form is almost universally used for this purpose. The woven wire fenc ing which is made in various widths answers every purpose of a fence, but it is too exponsive for general use. Wire and picket fencing does very well, but it is liable to be broken by unruly animals, and once a rent is started it is soon of littlo use to turn stock. Barbed wire, which composed the original wire fences of the West, is cruel, and many a horse has been ruined l>y being caught on the sharp, knife-like points. There is a way of making a wire fence, however, that is free from the objections that havo been brought against tho others. Plain, smooth galvanized wire, No. 10 or No. 12, may be stretched tightly, and fastened to wooden posts, with a single six-inch board at the top. Instead of the board a common "two by four" spiked to the posts may be used. From five to seven wires are needed, according to what it is desired to fence against. The lat ter number put four inches apart near the ground, and farther apart toward the top of the post will keep hogs, cattle, sheep or horses within the in closure. The railing or board at the top is often used on barbed wire fences, as the animals can sec it more plainly than they can the wire alone, and there is less danger of their running against it. Wire fences of any kind should be thoroughly braced and very tightly stretched, or they will soon sag and get out of shape.—New York Tribune. FARM AND HARDEN NOTES. Strain the milk before the cream be gins to rise. Medium sized hogs now bring the largest prices. The milk is largely affected by the physical condition of the cow. It requires about twenty-five pounds of milk to make a pound of butter. There is a scarcity of beet sugar seed in Europe owing to the drought. The number of sheep killed by dogs every year is said to exceed 700,000. To make dairying a success, a dairy man must be a worker and a business man. Experienced butter makers say that too much washing spoils the flavor of butter. The great food crops of the world are wheat, corn, oats, rye, rice and potatoes. There is a good market for trotters now, but only at prices consistent with the facts in the case. Colts in traiuiug, if well eared for, grow better and keep in better health than when running at large. It is established that a horse whose individuality is strong enough to create a family type will also fix the color with great uniformity. First-class fancy animals, suitable for driving and carriage horses, soutul and well broken, are reported as scarce and bring good prices. Prices running well into the thou sands are no longer given for road horses unless the speed and other quali ties are of an exceptional character. Many trotting horses, owing either to natural defects of temperament, to Inid traiuiug or to imperfect prepara tion, are exceedidgly difficult to con trol. The winter is tho time to build tho intended silo, as it can be done with less interference in other work. Have the silo ready and complete for a crop of corn next season. A silo noon pays for itself. Sloppy food is not advisable HS H continued diet for pigs. (live a change occasionally. The hogs are very par tml to whole oorn, fed ilry, ami will out it front the trough, either shelled or ou the sob. Currant and gooseberry cutting! should be about live or six inches long, and planted two-thirds their length in open grouud. They will root more quickly if out a week or two before using and packed in damp moss. It is well t" keep them partially shaded. The Sharpies* strawberry has been tested over a large part of the coun try and does well in almost ever.v lo cality, but ill spite of its excellent record it sometimes fails. The Jessie is a tine berry when it succeeds, but it should be tested Mill before planting extensively. Turnips are easilv kept by pitting, if uot putin too thick. Make thu pit and about three and a half feet high. (' nver with straw and about •i\ niche** of earth. Ventilators should be placed alitiul every ten feet. The pit is best made tit a sheltered place, »h< re the suow will uot bo bluau off Hilllart Value <>l the l>>*. The Kri it i* It «• re the ti r ->t to rvalue tin military ability of thu dog when tigbtllM the K tbyles IN Tuui. and VL| the greatest Use 111 ittaVoti-riUtf all ambiisead* Ihe iHiteh I uiploy the ANIMALS for fh« • ITTI'-PUR|«"" in Vein ■ ti, AS A TLUTF AILL uuundialu aainiug UL ali> foi ENICIALI Ilu tin |tlU||l> In ('••UKM the I'N neb ilint iU>m* invalu IBLT to pft *• ul a 'TIL |' I is*. FV"U4 IHI IITT tit t, for utile. AT MNLI AARUIUI4 ntauy ■t.IITT.TI T «. MM - MI I TTWIT small d* tmthm titir )M«* lalUu tit'iiui> |u thi hi,id, u limi. K*» n in Maitst iUu I LALGI D«I#» HI UT.pl at ►'••IT L""'in 111 d«.L LLIIWU tt THI Ml LILLITI I |M» UKULU \i i , (hi th , .i i■ i i- lUijtauj ,i, H «l,t!li .MlUlltK P '*U the ..pi-iaiiy ..pi-iaiiy i mmwmt e-i. .U u. ... Himtit4'.i»» as In. | I it I Kit i| tl. l'». |li nil t, lit 5..i... t- th> IttibOM h* | IIIUM IsiKlil I hat Mi* luiwtl biki |U> t ts I HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. CLEANING OIiOVFS. Gloves that are but slightly soiled may lie eftßily cleaned by the exercise of « little patience and care. The best way to do this is to place the glovo upon the hand, wet a piece of clean flannel with benzine, and wipe the stained part very lightly and care fully. As soon as the flannel shows nny discoloration, take a new portion. Do not rub the glovo at all, or the color may be ruined, but wipe it gently from tho tips of the Angers toward the wrist. The smell of the cleaning agent will be gone as soon as the glove is dry.—New York Observer. HOW TO MEND CROCKERY. A valued correspondent says: Be» foro being allowed to get dirty or greasy tie all the broken pieces in their places nicely with any kind of string that suits, then putin an iron or tin dish that can bo put on the fire, pour in as much milk as will cover the fractures well, put on the fire and boil for say ten minutes, and the whole op eration is complete. Don't undo the wrapping until the dish is completely colli, and if yours hold as ours do, you will call it a success.—Scientific Anier can. MXOLEITM IN THE KITCHEN. An authority on such matters reconv mends a thin quality of linoleum to be used as a dado for the walls in a kitchen. It should bo glued close to tho wall, and may be finished at the top with a plain molding. It may then be oiled or varnished, or left in its na tural condition, as one chooses. It is in every way to be preferred to a dado of wood, which is liable to crack and leave interstics in which insects may lodge. The dado of linoleum is as easily washed as a dado of tiling and is even more durable, while it is a good deal cheaper. In the natural wood color in which this material comes it would make a very pretty dado for a wall painted pale blue. As linoleum is nothing more than the blown pulp of wood, combined with oxidized linseed oil, it can be readily seen that it can be treated in any way that wood can be treated, while it is exactly suited to this purpose and the purpose of cov ering kitchen floors. A dado is almost a necessity in a kitchen, because a plastered wall gets chipped with con tinual wear. Linoleum offers just the right material necessary for such pro tection. —New York Commercial Ad vertiser. GARNISHES AND SAUCE 3. Apple sauce is for roast goose and ■roast pork. Barberries, fresh or preserved, go with game. Currant jelly is used for game, also for custard or bread pudding. Drawn butter is served on onions that have been boiled. Egg dressing is used on cold meats and salads. French dressing is used often on lettuce and other vegetables. Horseradish is used for roast beef and fish. Iced sauces of all kinds are best served with plain cake. Jelly served on sliced cold turkey is very palatable. Lemon dressing is often served on salmon. Mint is for roast lamb, hot or cold. New cucumbers are used as a chopped dressing for cold beef or veal. Onion dressing is served with chick en, beef or turkey. Parsley is tho most common garnish for all kinds of cold meats, poultry, fish, etc. Quail served on toast is liked gen erally. Raisin sauce is generally served with apple or rice pudding. Bailees containing mustardare served on cold meats mostly. Tomato sauce is used on any cold meat. Use mayonnaise dressing on lettuce and tomatoes. Vienna coffee serve with cream sauce of some kind. Wattles serve with maple syrup. Yams are a Central American sauce served plain. Zealous beating of eggs is a good rule to follow in making all kinds of sauces.--Farm, Field and Fireside. RECIPES. Lyonna : sc Potatoes Boil, peel and slice six puUttH)*. Hrown uu onion anil putin potatoes ; seasoii, and when golden brown sprinkle over them a tablespoouful of chopped parilny. A combination of onion aud parsley always means lyotinaise. Mustard Relish One teaspoonful Hour; one teaspoonful mustard; a little salt; two teANpoonfuU sugar; lve till with a little vinegar, then put iuto a half pint of vinegar and bring to a boil; stir constantly. Splendid for cold meats. tiruhaiu Tea Cake One cupful of atigar, one-half cupful of sour cream (till till' cup with inllkl, one etfg, «#*• half of a tenspoonful of soda ; (Iraliam tlour enough to thicken ID that it will ■lri>p from the spoon. May be baked in a loaf or cup cake Una. Vanities l)u« uubeatcu egg mixed piltu har>l (almiit the consistency of pnatry) with Hour ami a littlu s»lt added. Hull ipllte thlU, CUt iuto •mail alia pea as ileal red, and fry iu deep lard for a MMUUte Willie hut sprinkle with |M«*d*red sugar. Killing for LeIUoU I'le I'ake the thick white riud "(1 and tho wmU out of a leutun aud chop hue liralu th riud. t'ua apple i'hop|M>d hue. i»M» eug aud one flip of aUgar, butter th« ■!/.« of a aalnut, "U. half cup ol water and utin lcaa|Miouful "I Corn •lurch I hi* la a pal Initially gu*d ' I ' Han laieh iu> u i'U thu atreuta >•! Lot l-|Uiti-l by law to salk Uear the iMiilatiiiii, but uot uu tb» kite walk, aud Hut Imaa than Ikitl) tarda utu I » palate t«.i| •audaudi IU4U ll >ll, Ul* MllMt plaear h 1 oulu lad* Ihi Hue Iwl tlul*till| this l«|U lall-'U. la (M tut w«uh i.4al»i «. Mim Ida Will »hi> gladuab 1 at V4MM I », I1 I I 111' IIIIM l l l l 111 ill ,1 11, 11, I. ••a I uii'i ili Mwit4f«i*u v WM'I k«9 pa*- »*> l • illn»ut ■ tau.luailug thiii (•lit Ua< llif »i*t»li> a fa>» afi. Usllu aiti-lt - t llj WHiiltlti • slvil», England has female bank clerks. New York has a female lion-trainer. A new fancy in plates is the Empire. The Bank of England has decided to appoint women as clerks. The Shetland women are tho finest knitters in tho world. Of the 100 medical missionaries in China fifty-six are women. A good sewing-machine is supposed to do the work of twelve women. The Baroness Burdett-Coutts is said to own the finest flock of goats in England. Nine-tenths of the students and copy ists at the National Gallery, London, are ladies. A maid of honor to Queon Victoria gets fifteen hundred dollars for thir teen weeks' service. For many years a woman has been engraver of medals in the Royal Mint at Stockholm, Sweden. Women students aro now admitted to qualifying clinical instruction in the Royal Infirmary at Edinburgh. The dress bill of a certain English titled lady amounts to $"400 for one year, and her hat bill for six months to S2OO. Miss Eleanor C. Donnelly, who is somewhat prominent in the world of literature and lectures, is a sister of Ignatius Donnelly, of cryptogram fame. The SIO,OOO bequest of Miss Emma Turner to the British Museum for the purpose of enabling it to conduct archaeological researches is to be util ized in exploring the site of Ainathus in Cyprus. The Paris Prefect of Police has warned women cyclists that tho new rational cycling costume which they have donned infringes the law against women wearing men's clothes. They must dress differently. The Housewife Union, of Berlin, es tablished for tho improvement of do mestic service, gives prizes to women who have remained in the service of the same family for terms of five, ten, twenty and thirty years. The Queen of England rarely tends any telegrams to any member of the royal family, or to her intimate friends, otherwise than in cipher, a system of figure ciphers having been carefully prepared for her and their use. The first and only doctress of law in Franco is Mile. Jeanne Chanim. As an order of the Vice-Rector of the Acad emy of Paris forbids women pupils having copies of the code, Mile. Chamin's instructions to her classes are wholly oral. Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton, the poet, is decidedly English looking, with fine complexion and of queenly bearing. She has returned from her regular visit to London, and her house in Boston is the centre of the cultured and refined of the Hub. Miss Dittweiler, who was for many years one of Queen Victoria's personal attendants, is always invited over to spend her Christians at court. She retired a few years ago to Carlsbad— her native place, but is never over looked as the season of Christmas comes round. Mary Frances Butts, author of the lines beginning "Build a little fen-Ja of trust around to-day" (which are usually quoted auonymously), lives in Boothbay Harbor, Me., and has de voted herself for twenty years past mostly to tho production of literature for children. Miss Mary Proctor, daughter of the late Richard A. Proctor, is a deep stu dent of the science of astronomy. She recently delivered a lecture in Brook lyn on"The (iiant Sun and His Fam ily," which, though prepared for children, proved instructive and en tertaining to adults. The baud of adventurous women have had a new recruit. Mrs. Little dale, accompanied by her husband, started fruin Constantinople in Janu ary last for a trip across Asia, Kash gar, the Pamirs, Tibet aud China, at last arriving in China with safety. The marvel is that she is not going to write a book. Harriet Hosmer, the famous Ameri can sculptress, regrets, after an almost continuous residence in Europe of twenty years, that she has thus per | sistently kept away fri.iu her native ' laud. She says, if she could live her life over she would stay more iu 1 her own country and keep in touch with her own countrymen. A uu tuber of young ladies in society this season have appeared recently | with their shining treaees arranged a la Oaiusborough -a style exceedingly I becoming to a certain type, but terri bly trying to others. Tiny patched upon the cheek nr chin also appear in ! conjunction with this high, wavy structure, audit ia presumed, but one dare uut -Hv, that powder is aildcd to I complete this aucieut royal fashion. Tin? appoiutllle lit of Mian Louise 1 luiogeiiu tluiuey, the literary woman | aud | nn t. as I'lmtuiaster of Auburn dale, Mm , eame aluio*l a* a birthday Kift for her, for it eaiue vtithiu a lea ■ lavs of an aUUlveraary. Mi»» tiuiuey j la said to he au flee lie lit luilsleiau »« Mell aa a charming poet, aud to In Hm ul iu thu French ait-1 Italian lan a good l.atli| scholar and highly versed iu Fugluh literature. nil) Hats liimw 11111U11114II). Have ymi a II> idi » why it is that rat*,luiue and sipiirrul*ar continually gnaamg at -oUt« thing ' liny dunoid't I this lot pure wautouii 1 «•, a- people generally iMarine, but beca>i»« in > art (uiei Il i. IUIIUIU of lhat ela*s, I especially the- rati, have teeth ahli'h 1 tuiiliuui to gtoa a* long a* tU ir nan« i liuti Iu lb km* an spi 'in* lb t tli It, I> ~ til) I 11 Mil pulp* a lit li his lUsuilii'l au t di* ippt'it as asm a* the * coll i *« I ill full gl |<*U, but IU I i (4mi ul Ihi luueh ualttfUed lal th# , Imtiaii) cii Uu, I.iat rials b> asi.h 1 iu. iin isois g.n. in Iru i • lUi Um* the CM*, 111 p.. i CI tsi'll• 11. 1 ..bll. ' I t>< k' • up his I' .IIIs• guaw i tsalh 411 ud in • pi p> • I* a «tt | lii pnbiu Ferns 100 Feet Hiffh. Ferns ever have and ever will come in for a full share of homage from the worshipers at nature's shrine. Their delicate and graceful outlines, together with the almost certainty that some members of the family may be found in their prime, whether sought in May j or December, if not buried in the j snow, assures for them a prominent . place near the head of the list of desir able floral decorations. They are found in all climes and varv almost as much as do their sur roundings. They revel in a warm, moist and equable climate, and are now found in the highest state of lux uriance in the tropical islands of the Pacific and on the low banks of the Amazon, where they rival palms in ; shape and often attain to the height of 100 feet. More than 3000 species are uow known, of which the Philippine , Islands alono furnish 300, Java and southeastern Africa 400. Collectors on the United States steamer Albatross brought thirteen species from the sterile shores of southeastern Patagonia. These have been named by Professor I). C. Eaton, of Yale College, and include represen tatives of seven genera, one of which, aspidium aculeatuni, is a native of the North Atlantic States. Four of the eight suborders of living species, rep resented by twenty-two genera and upward of sixty species and varieties, are indigenous to our Northern States. —Geographical Magazine. Itiiiiauay foil in Strange Company. Three years ago, as related by au exchange, a colt strayed from the place of John Hunter, on the Upper St. John, below the Seven Salmon, New Brunswick. Several days were spent in a fruitless search for the colt, and he was given up as a probable prey to the bears. Last summer two moose hunters, while at Round Lake, on the Allegash, Maine, came upon the strayed animal, accompanied by two bull moose. They captured it, built a raft and rafted it to its owner. It had become wild, and no doubt fra ternized with the moose from the first, living with them in their yards in the severe Aroostook winter. When found it was sleek, well developed and in good condition, and had grown a coat of hair of unusual thickness.—Lewis ton Journal. A HI puns Out ill llii' IMMriilly. Any strain or bending of the back for any length ol time leaves it in a weakened con dition. A means out of the difficulty is al ways handy and cheap. Do as was done by Mr. Herman Sehwaygel, Aberdeen, S. D., who says that for several years lie suffered with a ehronie stitch in the back, and was given up by doctors. Two bottles of St. Jacobs Oil completely cured him. Also Mr. John Lucas, Elnora, Ind., says that for sev eral years he suffered with pains in the buck, and one bottle of St. Jacobs Oil cured him. There arc manifold instances of how to do tho right thing in the right way and not break your back. j ' Brings comfort and improvement nnd tends to personal enjoyment when j rightly used. The many, who live bet j ter than others nnd enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly i adapting the world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest J tbe value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the | remedy, Syrup of Figs. 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