The Wny« nl the Milkman.
T>airymon who are in the habit of
diluting their milk with water havo
foiln«l out nil ingenious plan of circum
venting tlio public analysts. Under
tho not of Parliament thoy can request
thnt their luilk shall bo analysed by
tho chemists nt Bomerict House, ami
this thev now do. Their object iH to
gain n little time, for milk quickly be
gins to ferment, and it in not possible
to tost with nccuracy a decomposed
fluid, anil suy what it consisted of be
fore decomposition ret 111. Dr. Wynter
Blvtho instances a recent case of a
dealer who sold milk diluted with nt
lenst eight per cent, of water. He
appealed to Somerset House, nnd
after a little delay Somerset House de
clared tlint there was 110 evidence of
tho addition of water, so that the caso
wag dismissed. That he had neverthe
less made no mistake in the matter
Dr. Blythe is certain, as tho milk had
been subjected to an independent anal
ysis by Mr. Colwell, who agreed with
him. The only way out of the difficulty
would be for each sanitary authority
to have a freezing chamber, in which
reference samples of milk, etc., could
be frozen and preserved. Such a
chamber would also bo found useful
for preserving meat supposed to be
diseased until the evidence on both
sides could bo heard by a court of
justice.—London News.
Food by Chemistry.
Philadelphia has n chemist who be
lieves that meats of all sorts and flav
ors will ultimately bo produced in the
laboratories of the chemist. Says he :
"Within this century I expect to see
synthetic steaks, roasts aud chops en
tered upon tho bills of fare at our
leading hotels and restaurants, and
they will be prepared so artistically as
to appeal to tho sense of beauty as
well as to tho appetite. At first, of
course, in order to appease the natu
ral prejudices against atij'thing so
novel, a choice will be afforded be
tween the real and artificial, but
eventually tho killing of animals for
food will be regarded in all civilized
countries as barbarous. That this is
not an absurd prediction iH well as
sured to those who have observed what
syuthetio chemistry has already dono
in exactly reproducing mustard, sugar,
butter, ice, lemon juice and fif-vorinj
essences, besdes madder, turpentine
and many other compounds used ex
tensively in commerce."
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DO NOT DROWN THE PLANTS.
Even in dry weather otagnant wafer
is injurious to plants, in part beeaufo
it drowns them by shutting off tho
air, just as it does with human beings.
The fine fibres of tho root system aud
the still finer cells called root hairs,
are both the lungs and stomach of the
plants. They take plant food from tho
soil, and oxygen from tho air which
pormeates the soil. The leaves nro in
one sense also lungs, as they take car
bonic acid from the air ; but it is tho
roots which take oxygen as do human
lungs. If tho soil is loose and partially
dry, these root lungs cau breathe and
do their work; but wlieu the soil is
kept well soaked and the air is thus
kept out, the underground plant or
gans fail to work, and soon decay.
Soil which has a loose well-drained
surface encourages root extension, and,
at tho same time, admits plenty of air
for them to feed upon. Soil which is
too cold and moist is likewise unfavor
able to tho action of tho living mi
crobes, which chango over tho chem
ical elements in the soil, and adapt
these elements to the use of the
plants. —Massachusetts Ploughman.
TOO MUCH WASHING.
Now aud then as one looks over the
pnges of the dairy paper they will be
confronted with the statement from
some one to the effect that flavor can
be Washed out of butter, therefore
don't do it; and then the other
fellow laughs and says: "Listen to
tho old fogy." It is more than possi
ble that there is more than a grain of
truth in the matter, and butter can be
washed too much and that a compro
mise can be struck to tho advantage
of the two parties.
Not that it is known that butter fats
havo Uo flavor, and what is known as
aroma in butter is the result of tho de
composition of the casein and sugar,
"egged on" by the albumen, it is seen
that with very cold water and exces
sive washings, that the buttermilk that
has the flavor in its keeping, could be
so thoroughly removed that the fats
would be practically left destitute of
associated flavor. As it would be im
possible to get out all of tho butter
milk, the butter would in a short time
develop another stock of flavor from
the traces of casein and albumen that
would yet remain.
In usual practice there will ba a suf
ficient amount of flavoring material
left in the butter after two washings,
and as a rule does not impair the flavor.
But this flavor means one thing in one
section, and quite another in a distant
part of some dairy locality. Where a
pronounced flavor is wanted, less wash
ing should be given and full salting,
but whero delicate aroma and bouquet
flavor is sought, more washing and
less salt, and worked down to a possi
ble ten per cent, of moisture would bo
tho correct "form."—Practical Far
mer.
HOW TO EXAMINE A HORSE'S HOOFS.
To examiue tho hoofs and heels of
your horses, says an eminent veterin
ary nuthority, have the shoes removed
before your eyes, examine tho "frog,"
look into it closely to see if "thrush"
exists. Have a piece of thin stick, or,
better an old paper knife, pass it
through the center frog cleft, then, if
"thrush" exists, the "nose" will know
it by the smell of the paper knife. If
thrush does exist, have tho foot washed
out clean with warm water and car
bolic soap, then dry it off aud apply
calomel. Fix it in the cleft with some
medicated cotton, or raw will do. Re
peat this every night until a euro is
effected.
Next examine the heels, the inside
heel especially, foi corns may exist,
and now is the time to treat them and
prevent lameness in summer time,
when the roads are hard and dry, and
yon have use for every horse you own.
Look for sand cracks and quarter
cracks. Let these havo attention at
once, or the dry weather and roads
will open these cracks, creating trouble
some lameness. Have shoes well seated,
so that the weight of the animal will
rest on the horny wall of the hoof and
not on the sole. Never allow the wall
of the hoof to be rasped. It is wrong.
The outside of the hoof is of a fine,
delicate nature, made up of fine horny
pillars. This outside surface is very
smooth and shiny, although it may
not look so, but when you examine an
unsophisticated colt you will find it
so. The smith will get his rasp on it,
if you do not look out, and then we
have sand and quarter cracks.
Take care that the nail holes aro j
high enough without being too high,
at tho heels most especially, for this
binds the hoofs and causes a horse to
go like a cat on hot bricks. A good,
firm clip at the toe is of great service
in keeping tho shoo firm, and when
tho shoe "fits the foot" it will keep it
in its proper place till worn out.—
Rochester Post Express.
FEEDING THE COWS.
There is a great deal being said and
written now-a-days about standard ra
tions for cows, and much science is
brought into requisition to make those
rations correctly balauced to fit the
physical requirements of the cows.
Every young farmer who hopes to be
come successful in dairying should
study such tables and become accus
tomed to the technical termf, so that
he will know just what they mean
wherever ho sees them. Having done
this, he should learn tho cost of .dif
ferent cattle foods delivered on his
farm, whether raised or purchased.
Knowing this, he should then make
his own standard ration, and when
over ho cauaot got tho materials for
making that standard without paying
too much, he must, look for substi
tutes in kind and quality.
Tho ration, as estimated, is most
conveniently the food for twenty-four
hous for a cow weighing between eight
hundred and one thousand pounds.
This much can be done with books,
aud is a very uauful part of tho lesson.
The real test af merit in this work
eowca from the actual feeding of the
cows. The rations mny bo most sci
entifically correct, nnd fed in exact
proportions, ami yet fail to produco
or return tho first cost, which should
not have exceeded from fifteen to
twenty cents a day per cow. Tho best
dairymen claim to make butter worth
fifty cents a pound ou a ration not ex
ceeding thirteen cents a day. But it
will be seen thnt when the ration costs
twenty cents, the cow must give at
least one pound of butter a day in
order to pay her board bill aud do
much better this, if any money is to
be made out of her.
With a cow in good condition, fat
and fresh, and the ration properly
mixed, the test may be said to havo
just begun. Tho individual charac
teristics of each cow nro not to be
studied. One will find big enters aud
small eaters, big milkers and small
milkers, rich milkers and thoso that
give thin, poor milk. All the vir
tues, or all the faults are not to bo
found in any siuglo cow. A general
average must bo reached. For this do
as little guessing about them as pos
sible. Weigh the milk of each cow at
every milking, and test tho butter fat
in the milk often enough to learu
what her standing is. Now comes
the vital point of how much to feed
her. Having learned this, tho work
will not have to be repeated during
her life.
When a ration is mado to suit tho
standard, then apply it to each cow in
turn. Note the cow's weight, and
start with a small quantity of feed,
daily increasing it up to the full
amount that sho can bo inducod to
eat up clean. Hold her at this heavy
feed for a few days and see at what
point in the inereaso of Teed she re
turned the greatest profit. If you can
get no satisfactory results, then change
tho proportions of ration. If she is
very thin in flesh, increase tho fat
forming parts of tho ration. Keep ex
perimenting with the cow until satis
fied that sho enunot bo mado profit
able, then put her out of tho herd.
Ono good way to determiuo what part
of the ration to increase, is to first
feed the cow about all sho will cat and
then try and tempt her with haudfuls
of bran, corn meal, oil meal, or what
ever makes up tho ration, to see
which sho seems to need the most.
Such tests are never conclusive, but
they often lead to good results. Tho
point is to study the cows. Each ono
has a different nature from the other,
and the only way to make money with
them is to get a thorough knowledge
of each ono and then treat each in
such a manner that sho can return all
that she is capable of doing. To make
money one must have good cows, well
fed up to their extreme limit of profit,
and then make a good article of milk,
butter or cheese.—American Agricul
turist.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
An ill-fitting harness often makos
the balky horse.
The timo togo into business is
when everybody else is going out.
Plant food can nowhere be so
cheaply obtained as from barn yard
manure. This is particularly truo
when tho latter eau bo had for tho
gathering.
Hens are in tho best condition to
lay when their crops are empty. Henco
they should be fed sparingly during
the day, but have a hearty meal given
them at night.
By using a bit that hurts you will
teach a colt to dread the bitandshrink
from it. This should never be. He
should be taught to drive up well ou
tho bit and yield a quick obedience to
it.
In several comparative trials mado
by the Ontario (Canada) Experiment
Station best results were obtained
from sowing turnips in drills twenty
inches apart and thinning to eight
inches in the rows.
Now is the time to bo giving special
attention to the rams intended for use
next fall. Keep them healthy and fat,
and if they are given a little graiu
from time to time they will relish it
and it will help them.
Corn grown for forage or ensilage
should be planted sufficient distance to
allow a good growth of cars, and tho
best stage to cut to secure the most
dry matter is when tho grains havo
glazed, or dented indent varieties, or
when newly rjpe.
Sunflower seed, it is well known, is
a good egg producing fool for chick
ens ; it is also fine food to give the
plumage a glossy appearance for ex
hibition purposes. The Russian sun
flower is very productive, and may be
planted in fence corners or out-of-the
way places.
It is said that peach yellows may bo
largely if not wholly avoided by tlio
use of potash—not the meagre 103
pounds per acre, but an application ol
ten times that amount. Proof of this
statement is offered in the fact that
peach trees grown on new land are al
ways healthy and vigorous.
A dry cow should be fed well
enough to keep her in good condition,
but not so well as to make her fat.
It is not to be forgotten that thw con
dition of the calf depends great yon
that of the cow, and that this will
suffer before the cow does if the food
is not sufficient to maintain both in
good health.
Professor Robertson has ascertained
that by churning sweet cream at forty
six degrees temperature all the butter
fat can be recovered, but it takes
about thirty minutes longer to do tho
churning. Ripened cream he churns
at from fifty-four to fifty-five degrees
in summer and fifty-eight to sixty de
grees in winter.
At a meeting of tho local branch of
the South Australian Bureau of Agri
culture, a member stated that ho had
raised and sol I fifty pigs at a cost of
loss than twelve cents each fur feed.
He had kopt them iu an enclosure
where they fed off an early crop of
barley and wore then fattened on
melon*, the latter beiug u profitable
food for the purpoae,
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
WASITTWCI rLATfTM.
"All ulirnnk-np and absolutely good
for nothing," said tho mother of n
family as sho looked over the Htock ol
summer flannels bought with the ut
most caro and at great expense. "And
the worst of it all is that, say what ]
will, I cannot got my flannel* washed
carofully. One of. my laundresses is nn
enthusiast on cold water; another hae
always regulated her work by the
thermometer, and the third declares
it makes no difference whether the
water is hot or cold, they will shrink
anyhow, and I do not think that there
: is any wonder that they do, consider-
I ing tbo way they handle them,
i "Theso women, good, careful souls,
every ono of them, put the flannols
onto tbo washboard and literally maul
them and grind them in their efforts
to mako them clean, all of which is as
unnecessary as it is ruinous. Some
times in despair I do them myself, and
the consequences aro that they do not
Bhrink. I usesuds, pretty strong, and
j with a very little sal soda in it, and
I just as hot as I, by any possibility,
I can handle the flannels in it. If it
| is nearly boiling, so much the better.
I put tho llannels in the tub, pour on
j the suds, cover them up and let them
' stand for fifteen minutes, then take
i them up by belts or collars as gingerly
as possible with my very finger-tips,
let tho water drain from them, dip
them again and repeat tho draining
process.
"If thero aro any particularly dirty
spots, I have soap dissolved in water
to a pasty consistency and put a bit
of it on the spots and leave them a few
minutes longer. I do not rub tho
soap in, neither do I rub tho flannels.
I simply rinse them up and down in
the water, acd this not more than is
necessary to clean them. When I
think they will do, I lay them wliero
they will drain until tho water is
nearly out, then prepare fresh hot
suds and put them through inthesamo
way. Under no circumstances would
I wring them or press them any moro
than is absolutely necessary. They
are hung out dripping, and, if it is
cold weather, they may freeze all they
choose. I have had my fino French
flannels brought in so stiff that they
would stand up against the wall, and
I have some of them now that are
worn to rags that aro as soft and pli
able as tho day they were made up.
Before tho garments are fully dry
they may be ironed. Never nse partly
cool irons and rub them again and
again, for this is worse than tho wring
ing and squeezing process, but tako
an iron as hot as may be without any
danger of scorching, and manage so
carefully that onco passing over tho
fabric will smooth it. In this way
flannels will last to a good old ago and
preserve their original quality iutaufc."
—New York Ledger.
RECIPES FOR COOKING ATTT/ES.
Apple Egg Pndding—Ten apple*,
half pound sugar, ten cloves, quarter
pint of water, four eggs, grated nut
meg. Approximate cost, twenty-five
cents. Peel and core the apples with
out breaking them, till with sugar,
and put one clove in each, set in a pio
dish, pour the water over, and bake in
a moderato oven. When sufficiently
cooked, beat up the eggs with the re
mainder of the sugar and the nutmeg,
pour in and over the apples, and re
turn them to the oven for ten min
utes; sift sugar and grated nutmeg
over, and serve.
Apple Cream—Half pint of cream,
one pound of apples, half a saltspoon
ful of grated nutmeg, eight ounces
powdered sugar, fifteen drops essence
of lemon, half ounce gelatine, one gill
of water. Approximate cost, forty
five cents. Peel the apples, place them
inn stew-pan with tho nutmeg and
sugar, cook them till tender, pass tho
apples through a sieve, and let them
get cold; whisk up to a still froth tho
cream, with the essence of lemou, add
the apple pulp, and tho gelatine,
boiled iu a gill of water; mix well to
gether, pour into a mold and stand
aside to set.
Apple Dumplings—Six apples, half
pound flour, quarter pound beef suet,
quarter pint of water, four ounces
Bugar, six cloves. Approximate cost,
eighteen cents. Pare and core the
apples without dividing them, and fill
with sugar and one clove; chop tho
suet very finely, rub it into the Hour,
and mix into a paste with tho water;
roll it out to a thin paste, divide in
pieces, roll tho apples in it, taking
care to join the paste noatly; form
into balls and bake for half hour. For
boiling prepare iu the same way, but
tie in floured clothes, and boil from
half to three-quarters of an hour.
Applo Custard—Two pounds cook
ing apples, three cloves, ono pint of
milk, ten ounces loaf sugar, two or
three bay leaves, a little leinonqiocl,
four eggs, half pint cream. Approxi
mate cost, fifty cents. Peel and core
the apples, boil them gently with tho
cloves in a little water, with half a
pound pounded sugar; when they are
quite soft beat theui up with a fork
and remove the cloves; put the apple
pulp into a glass dish and cover with a
rich custard made as follows: Into a
lined saucepan put one pint of milk,
two ounces loaf sugar, two or threo
bay leaves and a little thin lemon
peel; let them stand on the side of
the stove for half hour; remove the
bay leaves and lemon peel; put, into a
jug four eggs, and whisk them well;
pour tho milk over the eggs; put the
jug into a saucepan of boiling water;
stir one way until the custard thick
ens. Take the jug out of the water,
stir for a lew minutes; set tho custard
aside to cool; when cold pour over
the apples. Whip half pint of creaiu
and put, it on the top of the custard.
Applo Fritters—Six tablospoonfuls
of flour, one of yeast, oue breakfast
cupful of milk, two eggs, one ounce
of sugar, two ounces of suet, three
apples, ono ounce of currants, the
rind of a lemon, one-quarter pound of
lard. Approximate cost, twenty-fivo
cents. Mix the flour and yeast to a
stiff batter with the milk over night;
the next day add the eggs, well beaten,
and the rest of tho ingredients; knead
well; tho suet, must be very finely
chopped previous to mixing; when
well mixed cut oil' pieces of the dough,
make into an oval form about one ineli
thick, three inches wide and four and
a half long, fry in. boiling lard till
of a golden brown, dnfiu on blotting
paper, oud serve.—Now York He-
Border.
Tho Unitod States contain 2000
woman architects.
Hannah More wroto "Tho Soarch
After Happiness" at twenty-eight.
Women arc to bo employed as drum
mers for a Chicago dealer in gum.
Tho Empress of China has her own
private silk looms within tho royal
X>alace.
Tho Princess of Wales is rtaid to bo
ushering in an economic style by wear
ing two-button gloves again.
Diaphanous crepes, figured silks,
muslins and all tho transparent ma
terials are more tompting than ever.
Signorina Toresina Labriola, daugh
ter of Professor Homonynie, of Rome,
has received tho degree of doctor of
laws.
Rudyard Kipling is said to have
been jiltod by six London girls in suc
cession before ho wooed and won bis
American wife.
Mrs. Virginia L. Miner, the woman
suffragist of St. Louis, Mo., who died
a few days ago, bequeathed SIOOO to
Susan B. Anthony.
A neat and useful little addition to
a dress is a yoke fashioned like the
top of tho bodice and made of muslin
cut in holes and embroidered.
Queen Victoria purchases almost
every now book of note publishod, and
her expenditure on literature of ail
sorts is over S6OOO per annum.
Mrs. Eva T. Cook, the senior Vice-
President of the Woman's Relief
Corps, dolivcred tho Memorial Day
address at Northboro', Mass., before
the post.
Mrs. Seward Webb's new house in
tho Adirondacks will have ono hun
dred rooms and require an army o?
servants. The cost of tho castle will
be $1,500,000.
The newest fans are imitations of
antique ones. Sotno are of co'orod
silk with colorod poarl handles with
quaint medallions set in littlo frames
of iridescent spangles.
Mme. Jane Hading, tho great French
actress, says:"American women are
very clever and intellectual, but the
great majority of men don't caro a rap
about plays, literature or art."
Mrs. Russell Sage is an ardent ad
vocate of woman suffrage. Miss Helen
Gould also signed one of tho numer
ous petitions which were in circula
tion last spring for the "cause."
A prominent figuro in the English
woman suffrage movement is Mrs.
Fawcett, widow of Professor Henry
Fawcett, who was at ono timo Post
master-General under Gladstone.
The romorseless historian has dis
covered that even Mrs. Browning
dropped tnree years from her age, so
that she was forty instead of thirty
seven when married to Browning.
It is a commented-upon fact that
the occupation of trained nurse at
tracts very few Southern women. The
North and East furnish the greatest
number of volunteers in this profes
sion.
Tho first woman to hold ofßcc iu the
League of American Wheelmen in New
York State is Amelia Voa Shaick,
who was appointed by Chief Consul
Charles 11. Lusoomb local consul at
Tuxedo Park.
A Rational Dress Association has
been formed in Now Zealand. Its ob
ject is to be "the bringing about of
that change in woman's dross which
her wider life and increased activity
seemed to demand."
A new monthly periodical with tho
title of The Impress, is about to bo
started iu Sau Francisco, with Mrs.
Charlotte Perkius Stetson as editor.
Helen Campbell will bo the.assoa'.ato
editor, and Paul Tyno the publisher.
Jet belts are very dressy and are
largely worn with silk blouses. They
are made of jet beads and cabochons
strung 011 elastic, the strands being
held together with jet slides, and
elabotato clasps being arranged in
front.
Miss Marion Gilchrist and Miss A.
L. L. Cumming, of Glasgow, have the
honor of being tho first ladies to take
a medical degree in Scotland. They
have just graduated from tho Univer
sity of Glasgow, after a seven years'
course.
Miss Fmnia Maud Pholps, whoso
strong storv Seraph, an admirable
translation from Sacher-Masoch at
tracted such attention a few mouths
ago, translates from the Hungarian,
Flemish, French, German and
languages.
"Georgo Egerton," the author of
Keynotes, is a young Irish lady, a
Miss Dunne. Her father, Captain
Dunne, was for mauy years an Irish
official, having been Governor of
diftereut jails, and is himself an artist
of some skill.
China linen is a new fabric used in
makiug up fine underwear. It is es
pecially suited for summer we.ir, hiv
ing, in addition to its weblike fine
ness of weave, a sort of cool slippjr
iness to tho touch that is inviting in
warm weather.
Select a checked wool for tho shop
ping gown. Drape slightly tho front
of tho skirt ami rnako a Garcon de
Cafe jacket to bo worn over wash vests
or shirt waists. For hat, take a Ty
rolean of black straw triminccl with n
ribbon and buckle.
The women of tho sixteenth century
had their foibles in tho matter of or
nament. They woro a thing or t-To
for use, as well. Their girdles carried
bunches of keys, smelliug salts, pow
der pull', mirror, needles, thread, pins,
nail file and a dagger.
Harriet Hoamor has given to the
Art lustitute of Chicago the cast made
by tho artist in lHo'l of the olaspe l
hands of Robert Browning and his
wife, for which she refused the offer
of S' r >ooo in England. It is the cast of
which Hawthoruo wrote in "l'he
Marble Faun."
Mrs. Ella S. Bunker, of Washing
ton, lias just returned from a trip to
Nebraska, where she "hotnostoadr 1" a
a quarter section of the laud set apart
for actual settlers. She will visit it
twice a year to make her title good
and to prove that a wo uan is fully
capable of karuin? how to do aluiont
anything a man can.
of 'f S * Government Chemists have ia
! t * reported, 1 after an examination of the
J|| ~j different brands, that the ROYAL Bak- p|
I Ing Powder is absolutely pure, greatest Sp
|S \ln strength,' and superior to all others. |&
I'asslng ot the Coiiqiass.
The compass may yet disappear from
tho sea, says the Hiilailelphia Rocord.
The littlo needle, by tho aid of which
intrepid mariners have for conturies
charted tho vast ocean developed a
sudden fickleness to tho polo as Boon
as the compass was plaood aboard tho
iron and steel ships of this ago. So
erratic have been tho needle's devia
tions that, without frequent compari
son with sorno kmown standard, the
helmsman would have boen afraid to
trust tho instrmiiesnt as a nautical
guide over the tracjkless waters. For
the first time in tho history of naviga
tion an appliance hi»s been inventod
which seems to bo absolutely accurate
and trustworthy in tho determination
of the course of ships at sea. Lieu
tenant W. H. Beech® - , of the United
States navy, appears to have achieved
this triumph in his .delicate and beau
tiful solarometer, the telescope of
which is so floated upon successive
layers of quicksilver, inn vessel hung
upon gimbals, that the heaviest sea
will evidently be unofble to disturb its
dead level. Tho authorized Govern
ment deep sea trial of the first model
on the North German Lloyd stoamer
Weimar will decide tho fate offtho old
style compass.
The Pepsin Habit.
A New York physician of promi
nence remarked tho other day to a
newspaper man that he was not sur
prised to find that tho pepsin habit is
raging just as furions to-day as tho
quinine habit did not long ago, as it
seemtf to be human nature for people
to make continual experiments on
themselves with medicine, with a blind
faith that a popular panacea will cure
all tho ills that flesh is heir to. Said
he:"I have noticed that in all the
penny-in-the-slot machines devoted to
confections tho pepsin-gum boxes are
nearly always empty. lam told that
it is necessary to refill them several
times a day. Boys hawk it every
where —in tho streets, at tho races, at
baseball games. It cannot do very
much harm to a dyspeptic, but it cer
tainly does him no good. Theamount
of pure pepsin in a package of this
gum is infinitesimal."—Now Orleans
Ficayune.
BEECHAM'S PILLS
(Vegetable)
What They Are For
Biliousness indigestion sallow skin
dyspepsia bad taste in the mouth pimples
sick headache foul breath torpid liver
bilious headache loss of appetite depression of spirits
when these conditions are caused by constipation ; and con
stipation is the most frequent cause of all of them.
One of the most important things for everybody to
learn is that constipation causes more than half the sick
ness in the world; and it can all be prevented. Go by
the book.
Write to B. F. Allen Company, 365 Canal street, New
York, for the little book 011 CONSTIPATION (its causes con
sequences and correction); sent free. If you arc not within
reach of a druggist, the pills will be sent by mail. 25 cents.
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Origin ol Tea.
It is difficult nowadays to imagine
how tho Japanese managed to livo
without tea ; everybody drinks it at
all hours of the day, and tho poorest
people rarely get a chance of drink
ing anything stronger, anil yet it is,
as things went in old Jap in, a com
paratively recent introduction. Tea
was introduced with Buddhism from
China, and though some plants were
brought as early as tho ninth century,
it was not much grown until tho eud
of tho twelfth. Daruma, an Indian
saint of tho sixth century, often rep
resented in Japanese art either cross
ing tho ocean on a reel or sitting a
monument of patience with his hands
in his sleeves, was the father of tho
toa-plant. After years of sleepless
watching and prayer he suddenly got
drowsy, and at last his eyelids closed
and ho peacefully slept. Whon ho
awoke ho was so ashamed of this par
donable weakness that ho cut oil tho
offending eyelids and threw them on
the ground, where tucy instantly took
root and sprouted into the slirub
which lias ever since had power to
keep tho world awake.—Harper's
Magazine.
Charles 11. was the Mutton Eating
Kiug, from his fondness for spring
lamb.
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Bearing Down Sensations, Hack
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.Ulceration and kindred maladies.
' For those about to breoine
mothers, it Is a priceless boon,
for it lessens the pains and perils
of childbirth, shortens " labor "
and the period ot confinement,
and promotes the secretion of an
abundance of nourishment for
the child.
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