The Yfa jr« ol the Milkman. l>oirymoti who are in tbo habit of diluting their milk with water have found out an iuKcnidiu plnn of circum venting the public analysts. Under tlio act ot Parliament they can request tlnit their milk shall l»o Biialyzud by the chemist* at Bomer»et ITonse, ami this they now do. Their object is to pain a little time, for milk quickly be gins to ferment, and it is not possible to tost with accuracy a decomposed fluid, and say what it consisted of be fore decomposition fet in. Dr. Wynter Blythe instances a recent case of a dealer who sold milk diluted with at least per cent, of water. He appealed to Somerset House, and after a little delay Somerset House de clared tlint there was no evidence of the addition of water, so that the case was dismissed. That lie had neverthe less made no mistake in the matter Dr. Blythe is certain, as the milk had been subjected to au independent anal ysis by Mr. Colwell, who agreed with him. The only way out of the ditlieulty 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 be 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 a chemist who be lieves that meats of all sorts and flav ors will ultimately be produced in the laboratories of the chemist. Says he : "Witliiu this ceutnry 1 expect to see synthetic steaks, roasts and chops en tered upon the bills of fare at our leading hotels and restaurants, and they will be prepared so artistically as to appeal to the sense of beauty as well as to the appetite. At tirst, of course, in order to appease the natu ral prejudices against atij'tliing so novel, a choice will bo afforded be tween the real and artificial, but eventually tho killing of animals for food will bo regarded in all civilized countries as barbarous. That this is not an absurd prediction is well f.s sured to thoso who have observed what synthetic chemistry has already done in exactly reproducing mustard, sugar, butter, ice, lemon juice and fir.vorin j essences, besdes madder, turpentine and many other compounds used ex tensively in commerce." Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP- ROOT cures all Kidney and Madder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory liinghamton, N. Y. Adopt the only European monarch whoso lile is not insured is tho Czar of Russia. Henfncm» Cannot bo Cured by local application*, as they cannot reach the diseased portion ofl he ear. There is only one way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu tional remedies. Deafne-s is caused by an in flamed condition o£ tho mucous lining of tho Eustachian Tube. AViien this tube gets in flamed you have a rumiiling sound or imper fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is tho result, and unless the inflam mation can bo taken out and this tube re stored to its normal condition, hearing will bo destroyed forever; nine cases out ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. Wo will give One Hundred Dollars for any casoof Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by llall'3 Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. „ F. J. Ciif.s-ey & Co., Toledo. 0. £2?~.Sold by Druggists, 75e. The True i,fixative Principle Of the plants used in manufacturing the plea P. ant remedy. Syrup of Figp, has n permanently beneficial effect on the human system, while the cheap vegetable extracts and mineral solu tions, usually solcl as medicines, are perma nently injurious. Heine: well informed, you will use the true remedy only. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Or. IloxMie'ft Certain Croup Cure Will check an ugly cough at once and prevent a cold from eoin;; to tin* lungs. 60cts. A. J\ lioxsie, buffalo, N. V.. M'f'r. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syinpfor children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, eure* wind rulic. 2f>t\ a bottle DON'T Wheeze and cougli when Hale's Honey of Horehoiind and Tar will cure. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. Karl's Clover Hoot, the givit bloo I purifier, gives freshness and clearness to the complex ion and cures constipation. ;!.*» c ts.. 50 ct.-., ?1. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp son's Eye-water. Druggist* sell at : - iM ' l ,er i>«»t tio Sleepless Nights Make you weak and weary, unfit for work, indisposed to exertion. They show that your nerve strength is gone and that your nervous system needs building up. The f-food s JfL H par ilia urest remedy is Hood's Sarsaparilla. / 11 It purifies the blood. j strengthens the nerves creates nn appetite,nn l giv s sound,reTres i ing sleep. Get Hood's and only Hood's. Hood's Pills enre all liveiMlls. Stc. NY N V— :is Kor headache (whether slckor nervous), toothac'io, neuralgia, rheumatism, lumbar*. pains r.ud weak ness In Ihe hack, Rpino or k idllr y J , palas ar tun 1 the liver, pleurisy, swelling of th.* joints and palm of all kinds, the application of Jta I way's Heady It lie will afford Immediate ease, a i l Its continued use tor a few days effects a permanent cure. A CURE FOR ALL Summer Complaints, DYSENTERY, DIARRHEA. CHOLERA MORBUS. A half to a teaapoonfut of Ready Relief in a hit.' tumbler of water, repeated as often ;;s thedischars'e* continue, and a flannel sat urate 1 wlrh Heady Kellef placed over the stomach or bowels w 11 afford Imme diate relief au<l noon eileot a our.\ Internally—A half to a teaapoonful In half a tum bler of water will, in a few minute*, cure Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Vomltlnsr, Hear - burn, Nervousness, Sieeplesan<v-i->, Sick Headache, Flatulency and all Internal pa iif. Dlnlurin In It* Vnrlnu* Form* Cured nml Pi'OTfnled, There Is not a remedial in tho world thv will cure fever an l a«uo an I all other malarious, bilious and other fevers, aide I by RAD\VAY'4FiLLS, w> quickly as RADWAY'S RKADV RELIKF. Price fsicents per bottle. Sol i (»y all druriNt?. UfflDlf OFFERED ■ ■ salary, noop rienee neee sarv W. I). CIIASK VII.. i;i;\KV <, Ne.v Vork ■ ContamptlTfi nnd people Tw ■ consumption. It Ims tnrtd ■ ed on*. It Is not bud to take. In DO NOT DROWN THE PLANTS. Even in dry weather stagnant water is injurious to plants, in part because it drowns them by shutting off tho air, just as it does with human beings. The fine fibres of tho root system and the still finer cells called root hairs, are both the lungs and stomach of tho plants. They take plant food from tho soil, and oxygen from tho air which permeates the soil. Tho leaves are in ono 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 the soil is loose and partially dry, these root lungs can breathe and do their work ; but when the soil is kept well soaked and tho 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 the 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 the living mi crobes, which change over tho chem ical elements in the soil, and adapt these elements to the use of the plants.—Massachusetts Ploughman. TOO MUCH WASHING. Now and then as OJIO looks over the pages of the dairy paper they will be confronted with the statement from some one to the effect that flavor can be Washed out of bntter, therefore don't do it; and then the other fellow laughs and says: "Listen to the old fogy." It is more than possi ble that, there is more than a grain of truth in the matter, aud butter can be washed too much and that a compro mise can be struck to tho advantage of tho two parties. Notf that it is known that butter fats have Oo flavor, and what is known as nroma in butter is the result of the 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 develoji another stock of flavor from the traces of casein and albumen that would yet remain. In usual practico there will ba a suf ficient amount of flavoring material left in tho 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 bo given and full salting, but where 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. NOW TO EXAMINE A HORSE'.S HOOFS. To examine tho hoofs and heels of your horses, says an eminent veterin ary authority, 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, tho "nose" will know it by the smell of the paper knife. If thrush does exist, have the foot washed out clean with warm water and car bolic soap, then dry it off and 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 tho heels, tho 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 nse for every horse you own. Look for sand cracks and quarter cracks. Let these have attention at once, or tho dry weather and roads will openthesecracks, 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 bo 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 are high enough without being too high, at the 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 balanced 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 terms, 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 cannot get tho materials for making that standard without paying too much, ho 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 bo done with books, and is a very usoful part of tho lesson. Tho real tent jf merit IU this work OOIUCM from tho actual feeding of the cows. The rations may bo most sci entifically correct, and fed in exact proportions, and yet fail to produce or return tho tirst cost, which should not have exceeded from fifteen to twenty cents a day per cow. The best dairymen claim to make butter worth fifty cents a pound on a ration not ex ceeding thirteen cents a day. But it will be seen that 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 tho ration properly mixed, the test may be said to havo just begun. Tho individual charac teristics of each cow are not to be studied. One will find big eaters and small eaters, big milkers and small milkers, rich milkers and thoso that givo thin, poor milk. All tho vir tues, or all the faults ore not to bo found in any single cow. A general average must be 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 learn what her staniing 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. Wheu a ration is made to suit tho staudard, 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 tho full amount thnt sho can bo induced to eat up clean. Hold her at this heavy feed for a few days aud see at what point in the increase of feed she re turned tho greatest profit. If you can get 110 satisfactory results, then change tho proportions of ration. If she is very thin in flesh, increase tho fat forming parts of the ration. Keep ex perimenting with the cow until satis fied that she caunot be made profit able, then put her out of tho herd. One good way to determine what part of the ration to increase, is to first feed the cow about all she will eat and then try and tempt her with haudfuls of bran, corn meal, oil meal, or what ever makes up the ration, to see which she seems to need tho most. Such tests are never conclusive, but they often lead to good results. Tho point is to study the cows. Each ono lias a different nature from the other, aud the only way to make money with them is to get a thorough knowledgo of each ono and then treat each in such a manner that she 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 mnkos the balky horse. Tho time togo into business is when everybody olso is going out. I'lant food can nowhere be so cheoply obtained as from barn yard manure. This is particularly true when tho latter can bo had for tho gathering. Hens are in tho best condition to lay when their crops are empty. Honco they should bo fed sparingly during tho day, but have a hearty meal given them at night. By using a bit that hurts you will teach a colt to dread the bit and shrink from it. This should never be. He should be taught to drive up well on the bit and yield a quick obedience to it. In several comparative trials made 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 littie 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 ears, and tho best stage to cut to secure tho most dry matter is when the grains havo .glazed, or dented in dent varieties, or when newly ripe. 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. Tho Russian sun flower is very productive, and may bo planted in fence corners or out-of-the way places. It is said that peach yellows may bo largely if not wholly avoided by tho 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 aro 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 th« 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 ho churns at from iifty-four to fifty-five degrees in summer and fifty-eight to sixty de grees in winter. At a meeting of the local branch of the South Australian Bureau of Agri culture, a member stated that ho ha.i raised and sol I fifty pigs at a cost of loss than twelve cents each for feed. Ife had kept theni iu an enclosure where they fed off an early crop of barley and were then fattened on melons, the latter being a profitable food for the purpoie, HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS, WAsrrnm rLAxratu. "All nhrnnk-np and absolutely good for nothing," an id tho mother of n family as hlio looked over tho stock ol summer flannels bought with tho ut most cnro and at great expense. "And tho worst of it all is that, say what 1 will, I cannot got my flannols washed carefully. One olmy laundresses is an enthusiast on cold water; another ho* always rogulated her work by the thermometer, and tho 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 ing tho way they handle them. "Theso women, good, careful souls, every one of them, put tho flannels onto tho washboard and literally maul them and grind them in their efforts to rnako them clean, all of which is as unnecessary as it is ruinous. Some times in despair I do them myself, and tho consequences aro that they do not shrink. I use suds, pretty strong, and with a very little sal soda in it, and just as hot as I, by any possibility, can handle tho flannels in it. If it is nearly boiling, so much the better. I put tho flannels in tho tub, pour on tho suds, cover them up and let them stand for fifteen minutes, then tako them up by belts or collars as gingerly as possible with my very Anger-tips, let tho water drain from them, dip thom again and repeat tho draining process. "If there are any particularly dirty spots, I have soap dissolved in water to a pasty consistency and put a l)it of it on the spots and leavo them a few minutes longer. I do not rub the soap in, neither do I rub tho flannels. I simply rinse them up and down in the water, ard this not more than is necessary to clean them. When I think they will do, I lay them where they will drain until the water is nearly out, then preparo fresh hot suds and put them through in the same way. Under no circumstances would I wring them or press them any more 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 flue French flannels brought in so stiff that they would stand up against tho wall, and I have some of them now that aro worn to rags that aro as soft and pli ablo as tho day they were made up. Before tho garments are fully dry they may be ironed. Never use partly cool irons and rub them again and again, for this is worse than tho wring ing and squeezing process, but take an iron as hot as may be without any danger of scorching, and manage so carefully that once passing over tho fabric will smooth it. In tins way flannels will last to a good old age aud preserve their original quality in toot." —New York Ledger. RECIPES FOR COOKING ATTI/ES. Apple Egg Pudding—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, fill with sugar, and put one clove in each, set in a pio dish, pour tho water over, and bake in a moderate 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 aud grated nutmeg over, and serve. Applo Cream—Half pint of cream, one pound of apples, half a saltspoon fill 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 in a stewpan with tho nutmeg and sugar, cook them till tender, pass the 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, boilod in 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 sugar, six cloves. Approximate cost, eighteen cents. Pare and core the apples without dividing them, and fill with sugar aud one clove; chop tho suet very finely, rub it into tho flour, and mix into a paste with the water; roll it out to a thin paste, divide in pieces, roll the apples in it, taking care to join tho paste neatly; form into balls and bake for half hour. For boiling prepare in tho 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, one pint of milk, ten ounces loaf sugar, two or three bay leaves, a little lemon-peel, 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 aro quite soft beat them up with a fork aud 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 three 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. iuto 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. Talso the jug out of tho water, stir for a lew minutes; set the custard asido 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 tablespoonfuls of flour, one of yeast, one breakfast cupful of milk, two eggs, one ounce of sugar, two ounces of suet, three apples, one ounce of currants, the rind of a lemon, one-quarter pound of lard. Approximate cost, twenty-five cents. Mix the flour and yeast to a stiff batter with the milk over night; tho next day add the eggs, well beaten, and the rest of tho ingredients; knead well; tho suet must bo very finely chopped previous to mixing; when well mixed cut off pieces of tho dough, make into hu oval form about one inch thick, three inches wide and four aud a half Jong, fry in boiling lard till of a golden brown, drniu on blotting paper, aud serve.—Now York Re corder. Tho United States contain '2OOO woman architects. Hannah More wroto "Tho Search 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 withiu tho royal palace. Tho Princess of Wales is mid to bo ushering in au economic styl« by wear ing two-button gloves again. Diaphanous crepes, figured silks, muslins and all tho transparent ma terials aro more tempting than ever. Signorina Teresina Labriola, daugh ter of Professor Homonynxe, of Itome, has received tho degree of doctor of laws. Rudyara Kipling is said to have been jilted by six London girls in suc cession before ho woood and won his American wife. Mrs. Virginia L. Miner, the woman suffragist of St. Louis, Mo., who died a few days ago, bequeathed #IOOO to Susan B. Anthony. A neat and usoful little addition to a dress is a yoke fashionod like the top of tho bodico and mado of muslin cut iu holes and embroidered. Queen Victoria purchases almost every new book of note published, and her expenditure on literature of ail sorts is over S6OOO per annum. Mrs. Eva T. Cook, tho senior Vice- President of the Woman's Relief Corps, dolivered tho Memorial Day address at Northboro', Mass., before tho post. Mrs. Seward Webb's new houso in tho Adirondacks will have ono hun dred rooms and require an army of servants. The cost of tho castle will be $1,500,000. The newest fans aro imitations of antique ones. Some are of co'ored silk with colored pearl handles with quaint medallions set in little frames of iridescent spangles. Mme. Jane Hading, tho great French actress, says:"American womon 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 the numer ous petitions which were in circula tion last spring for the "cause." A prominent figure in tho English woman suffrage movement is Mrs. Fawcett, widow of Professor Henry Fawcett, who was at ono timo Post master-General under Gladstone. The roraorseless historian has dis covered that even Mrs. Browning dropped tliree years from her age, so that she was forty instead of thirty seven when married to Browning. It is a commented-upon fact that tho occupation of trained nurse at tracts very few Southern women, Tho North and East furnish the greatest number of volunteers in this profes sion. Tho first woman to hold office in the .League of American Wheelmen in Now York State is Mis? Amelia Von Shaick, who was appointed by Chief Consul Charles H. Luscomb local consul at Tuxedo Park. A Rational Dress Association has been formed in Now Zealand. Its ob ject is to be "tho bringing about of that change in woman's dross which her wider life and increased activity seemed to demand." A new monthly periodical with the title of The Impress, is about to be started in Sau Francisco, wit'a Mrs. Charlotto Perkins 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 aud cabochons strung on elastic, the strands being held together with jet slides, and elaborate clasps being arranged in front. Miss Marion Gilchrist and Miss A. L. L. Cumming, of Glasgow, have tho 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 Emma Maud Phelps, whoso strong story Seraph, an admirable translation from Sacher-Masoch at tracted such attention a few months ago, translates from the Hungarian, Flemish, French, German and languages. "George Egerton," tho author of Keynotes, is a young Irish lady, a Miss Dunno. Her father, Captain Dunne, was for many years au Irish official, having besn Governor of different jails, and is himself an artist of some skill. China linen is a new fabric used in making up fine underwoar. It is es pecially suited for summer we.ir, hiv ing, in addition to its webliko fine ness of weave, a sort of cool slippjr iness to the touch that is inviting in warm weather. Select a checked wool for tho shop ping gown. Drape slightly the front of tho skirt and make a Garcon de Cafe jacket to bo worn over wash vests or shirt waists. For hat, tako a Ty rolean of black straw trimmed with a ribbon and buckle. The women of the sixteenth century had their foibles in the matter of or nament. They wore a thing or tvo for use, as well. Their girdles carried buuehes of keys, smelliug salts, pow der putt', mirror, needles, thread, pins, nail file and a dagger. Harriet Hosuier has given to the Art Institute of Chicago the cast made by tho artist in 1851 of the clasped hands of Robert Browning aud his wife, for which she refused the offer of :SSW)O in England. It is the east of which Hawthorne wrote in"The Marble Faun." Mrs. Ella S. Bunker, of Washing ton, has just returned from a trip to Nebraska, where she "homesteadc I" a a quarter section of tho land set apart for actual settlers. She will visit it twice a year to make hor title good uud to prove that a wo nan is fully capable of learning how to do almost anything a man cau. s » Government Chemists have Ift J§| * reported, after an examination of the |g M.•s different brands, that the ROYAL Bak- W $| I Ing Powder Is absolutely pure, greatest 8 1° strength,* and superior to all others. g| Passing ot the ComiiaM*. The compass may yet disappear from the sea, ways the Philadelphia Record. The little noodle, "by the aid of which intrepid mariners havo for centurion charted the vast ocean developod a sudden fickleness to tho polo as soon as the compass was planed aboard tho iron and steel ships of this ago. So erratic have been the needle's devia tions that, without froquont compari son with somo kiaown standard, the helmsman would lutve been afraid to trust the instrument as a nautical guide over tho trackless waters. For the first time in thehistory of naviga tion an appliance has been inventod which seems to bo absolutely accurate and trustworthy in tho determination of the course of ships at sea. Lieu tennnt W. H. Bocchar, of tho United States navy, appears to have achioved this triumph in his -delicate and beau tiful solarometer, the telescope of which is so floated upon successive layers of quicksilver, in a vessel hung npon gimbals, that tho heaviest sea will evidently be unable to disturb its dead level. The authorized Govern ment deep sea trial of the first model on the North German Lloyd Btoamer Weimar will docide tho fato offthe old style compass. The Pepsin Habit. A New York physician of promi nence remarked tho other day to a newspaper man that ho was not sur prised to find that the pepsin habit is raging just as furious to-day as tho quinine habit did not long ago, as it seems' to be human nature for people to make continual experiments on thomselves with medicine, with a blind faith that a popular panacai will cure all the 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 the streets, at tho races, at baseball games. It cannot do very much harm to a dyspeptic, but it cer tainly does him no good. The amount of pure pepsin in a package of this gum is infinitesimal."—Now Orleans Picayune. BEECHAM'S FILLS (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 \ ork, for the little book on 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. B| rm I CnC offPiN both sexe the brstr.lii Mtlon.il n-lvaiitagiM B m UULLCUCut the LOWEST COST. ThoroUKit ln*trnetlonlll ■ Aim ARITHMETIC anil other ENGLISH BRANCHES BOOKKEEI'INii, n nT||| n n HANKING, COI!KESI>ONnEXCE, COMMERCIAL LAW «■;<■.. I'KN ■■ ■■ V ■ |■| I | I I MANSHIP. STENOORA an] L Uu 111l dlliSSSlf Q of 111 QII fitting them for honorable position*. Business houses pupplie-l Hf sft. 9 |9 fl K ■ with satisfactory assistant*. Situation* furnished <Olll pc- ■ ■■ a l H |B| QB 8 1 tent NtuilciilH. for rninloffiie, CLEMKNT C. Li B m B 1 |L I| M H 8 Sg I GAINED, PRESIDENT, :q Washington street, Poughk<'epsie, N. Y. ■ ■ H Wim. U ■ What Brings Release Frem Dirt and Grease? Why, Don't Yeu Knew? SAPOLIO! WALTER BAKER & GO. - The Largest Manufacturers of PURE, HIGH GRADE COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES 'Wi Continent, hare received SPECIAL AND HIGHEST AWARDS U Hpv\ "" "'•«> Ooodtt at the SB |tt CALIFORNIA |fl JjL W1 MIDWINTER EXPOSITION, flfl I . ' t" vi; Their BREAKFAST COCOA, fill I . .• I hlch, unlike th« Dutch ProceM, Hflla I W.f '. is made without the uae of Alkalies lor other Chemicals or J>ye«, la abio lut#iy purs and toluble, and coets leM than one cent a cup. •OLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WAITER BAKER & CO. DORCHESTER, MASS. IYCEUM SCHOOL OF ACTIN6 ii TIIK HKRKK.LKY LYCEUM, NkvV York City. Klpvomh year hpjttna In O.'tohwr. Catalogue KKKK EPILEPTIC, PARALYTIC and NERVINE INSTITUTE, 667 Maaaacbusctta Art., Bacton, Man. (Near Waahlnrton Bt.) For tb. treatment at eptlopnjr, paralratn. bratn and flerrou. dis«»ea tn *ll tbeir fonm Th. inly t ara lytic loMitnta lath*l I'Bitrd Sutaa. Coninltatlon fr®.. Patients boardM. mined and rared for. Oflica trrttmmt If a««ired. laatltuta *lxll daily. Bend for circulars. HIND! M P Tht V ! u ' r ' f k,,> J ,lm P' dance, turuxoin j uunri n U ersault* almost nuvftsantly from Au- I DC A lift K,,Ht 10 May. Wonderful product of n j DkHVIO Foreign Tree. (ireatest curiosity to j | draw < rowd« wherever shown, on streets, in M |to|» uindowNi Hi*. Jmt lni|Htrt«Hi. hverylMMly wants j • •lit*. Full history of Tree nod sample .lumping ! lIf HM to AKfßto<>r strtclmen «rm*. postpaid j , :. hLv : fi. $1 l.\ $1 SO; WO, (HI. Ittmii order and 1m- ! ' firm. Seltquuuiltie-i to your merchant* for window at i triu'tlons And then well toothers. vulrk Sales. Try lt»'. ' Blk Money. Agenti*' llerald. No. Mti. J. It.. Phils., Fa , _________________ . DO YOU offer employment to 8 men or ; j - women In each county that will ) WANT P*7 * 4} * mouth. No capital re ium.ua qulr.d. A4drc.«l\ W. 2IBOLICH a 1 WORK? CO , Bj* JTJW, fiuladalpbia, fa. 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 the poorest peoplo rarely get a chance of drink ing any tiling stronger, and yet it is, as things went in old Japan, a com paratively recent introduction. Tea was introduced with Hiiddhism from Chiua, and though somo plants were brought as early us tho ninth century, it was not much grown until the end of tho twelfth. Daruma, an Indian saint of tho sixth century, often rep resented in Japanese art either cross ing the ocean on a ree 1 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 ho suddenly got drowsy, and at last his eyelids closed and ho peacefully slept. * W'lion ho awoke ho was so ashamod of this par donable weakness that ho cut otf tho offending eyelids and threw them ou the ground, where they instantly took root and sprouted into tho shrub which has ever since had power to keep tho world awake.—Harper's Magazine. Charles 11. was the Mutton Eating King, from his fondness for spring lamb. wP A.U Agfa I And condltiOM In life, T . \ arc liable at times, to need I _ an Invigorating Tonic; a I Regulator of tho natural, periodical I function, and a Soothing and Ilrao- I lng Nervine. For this purpose | Dr. Pierca's Favorite Prescription U is the only medicine so certain in its B curative action that it can be uuaran- II tee<(. Your money is returned if it I does not cure. In Maidenhood, Womanhood, and I Motherhood, It invigorates und I braces up the exhausted, run-down I overworked and delicate: allays nnd I banishes all Nervous U'eakDC&s. Fits Spasms, Hysteria, Chorea, or St; Vil tus's Dance; corrects nil unnatural ir regularities of monthly function and 1 cures Periodical Tains, Weaknesses. t Bearing Down Sensations, llack ache. Catarrhal Inflammation .Ulceration and kindred maladies. ' For those about to become mothers, it Is a priceless boon, for it lessens the pains and perils of childbirth, shortens "labor" and the period of confinement, and promotes the secretion of an tbunilance of nourishment for tho child. W. L. DOUGLAS <5 •} CUAC IS THE BEST OllwEa NOSaUEAS N4 $5. CORDOVAN, JM-- FRENCH&ENAMELLED CALH «IF \ 5 4*3. 5 -° FINE CALF& KAN6AROI WS I % 3.5PP0L1CE.3 SOLES. OSJ»2.WORKINGMEN<! IBfe I EXTRA FINE. * *2A»BoriSCHOOIShOESI .LADIES- Elfea X Jm^^J^-'BEsrDO^OL^ \ SEND FOR CATALOGUE w * L* D°UC LAS t *?****- BROCKTON, MASS inu cnu save money by wearing tb» W. L< Douglas 33.00 Shoe. Because, wo are ths largest manufacturers oi this grade of shoes in the world, and guarantee tholi value by stamping the name and price on the bottom, which protect you against high pricet and the middleman's profit*. Our sht»ef ejual custom work in style, easy fitting and wearing qualities. We hare them soil everywhere a • lower jvicesfor the value glvqp than any other make. Take no sub» stltute. If your dealer cannot supply you, we can. # ! ENGINES S i AND BOILERS | W F«»r all rc«iuirinx w \ power. Automatic, t'orliss 1 W « t'orii|Miun<i Kiigint'>. Hor- w \ izoutal X Vertical Boilers. A ¥ Complete stemi Plunts. 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