AN EXPERIMENT WITH A FAIR OP GEESE. 1 1 let them run separately, writes William Rankin of Massachusetts, and fed liberally to see the best I could do. Tho goose laid fifty-one eggs; I only succeeded in getting thirty-sevon goslings, and a horse got loose and killed ono and anothor died, leaving me thirty-five for market. I sold them for $81.57. So that goose gavo more profit than a cow and two hogs. Yet I did not feel satisfied with my hatch, which was under tho averago, and one of my noighbors beat me.—American Agriculturist. GROOMING FOR THE COWS. Horses have much moro often been made pets than cows have been. So far as grooming goes tho average cow gets very little of it except what she can do herself by rubbing her shoul ders and neck against the sides of tho stable in which she is confined. Try a curry comb and brush on the cow as well as on tho horse. Unless the cow is very thin the curry comb will be liked even better than tlio brush. Tho dirt in a cow's hair is always liable to get into tho milk p ail, as it is brushed out when the milker rubs against the animal in gotting out of the narrow stall.—Boston Cultivator. PROTECTION FOR SMALL ANIMALS. If largo and small cattle or hogs aro fed and housed together the smaller animals will hardly thrive. They will be whipped away from tho trough and get less than their share of tho food; and they will be driven around or from the shelter, and tho large ani mals will scarcely profit from the mis fortunes of their smaller fellows, as driving tho others from feed and shelter will "work off a good part of the flesh from tho extra food. Some times the smaller animals aro seriously injured ; and in tho larger animals is developed a quarrclsomo disposition that is not desirable, to say tho least. Yet other considerations make it a bud plan to oonfino small and large nnimals in the same enclosure. Much better results will be secured by put ting only o few animals in tho same enclosure, and those of the samo size. —New England Homestead. CONSUMPTION OF WnEAT. The use of wheat for stock food complicates the ditficulty of determin ing the consumption of this grain. It is calculated that in the West forty per cent, of tho hogs aro being sup plied this grain and that it is being also fed in large quantities to all other classes of stock. Tiio practice is spreading in tho East in many sec tions, so that it would appear that the farmers have themselves solved the question what to with their surplus wheat. Wheat certainly is superior to corn for growing animals, as it contains about thirty per cent, more protein, or tissue-building matter, than corn. On tho other hand, corn produces fat and is the better food for finishing off animals. Tho two grains aro not really rivals. Tho ono serves as a complement of tho other. Farmers will do well to study the feoding ques tion and learn how wheat can be most profitably converted into uninial pro ducts.—New York World. FEEDING POTATOES TO SHEEP. There is no doubt of tho value of the potato for feeding to sheep, but as this animal has but a weak diges tion, it will be advisable to cook the potatoes for them, and add bran to the food. Tho starch of tho potato is very indigestible when raw, and, as, by cooking, the cells in which the starch is contained aro broken, and the starch granules aro swollen and burst by the expansion caused by the heat, the food thus propured is fully and easily digested. There is moro to ibe learned by experience in thp management of sheep than from ecionoe, for this animal is peculiar and always will be, and thus tin*, results of feeding other animals upon certain foods do not apply to sheep. So that it is wise, when ono has got a good feeding ration for a flock, to avoid changing it, unless by tho most care ful preliminary experiments. But ex perience has shown that potatoes, boiled until they are mealy, in conse quence of tho rupture of the starch, cells, and fed with tho usual ration of bran—a pound for each full grown sheep—with a quart of potatoes not broken up, have been both digestible and nutritious—New York Times. THE OX ALTS. Plants continually in blossom an.l requiring tho least caro givo tho most satisfaction, especially when they bloom during tho dreary months ot winter, says Mrs. C. F. Underwood. The oxalisis tho most useful, all roun i window plant in cultivation, beiug so hardy it requires but a short rest an 1 its bright green clover-liko foliage is seldom injured by sudden changes of temperaturo. If paitially frozon, a dash of cold water will restore its beauty. The mammoth oxalis h<-t showy foliago but not tho hardy qual ities of tho smaller variety and hus less profusion of bloom. The beauti ful, delicate, star-shapod flowers surprise one daily. They delight in sucshino and tnrn towurd it and for this reason are frequently UHOII as a window hanging plant, lt-i drooping stems are graceful on a s:uall stand as a sitting room ornament. The pink blossom is more common, the pure white and yellow being rare. For soil, chip dirt fertilize 1 with com man liquid manure, or rich garden soil, in adaptable, the tubers being planted an inch below the surface, (live fre quent showering*. The common wood sorrel is a similar plant, enily potted and made tu thrive, and hard to dis tinguish from th« cultivated variety. ('Aits or UOKXKH. Keep your harness soft and clean, particularly the inside of the collar and saddle, as the uovsuiratiou. i! si- lowed to dry in, will cause irritation and produce galls. The collar should fit closely, with sufficient space at the bottom to admit your hand; a collar too small) obstructs the breathing, while one too large will cramp and draw the shoulders into an unnatural position, thus obstruct ing the circulation. Never allow your horse to stand on hot, fermenting manure, as this will soften the hoofs and bring on diseases of the feot, nor permit the old litter to lie under the manger, as the gases will taint his food and irritate his lungs as well as his eyes. Do not keoptheiiay over the stable, as the gases from the manure and the breath of tho animal will make it un wholesomo. Kindness will do more than bru tality; therefore do not use harsh h.i uago to your horse, or lash orkiok him. Bear in mind that he is very intelligent and sensitive, a willing ser vant, and deserving of your kindest treatment and thought. Bemcmber that horses are made vioiousby oruol treatment; that it is speed which kills; that more horses are larno from bad shoeing than from all other causes; that a careless appli cation of tho whip has blinded many horsos; that more fall from weariness than from any other cause and that no animal should ever be struok upon tho head.—Now York World. TAKM AND GARDEN" NOTES. Tho Poultry Monthly tells of a man who paid 8325 for one pair of pigeons recently. Warm wator two or three times a day in tho coldest weather helps solve the egg problem. There is hardly a brood of fowls to day that does not have its counterpart in the bantam olass. An old horse dealer says: "If you want to buy a horse, don't believe your own brother." Don't wait until you build the big barn beforo sheltering the cows. Build the shelter for them and they will help you build tli3 barn. Brt HI well, and whenf you have a heifer calf as the result of suoh breed ing feed well and train properly, and you will have a good cow. Don't regard milch cattle solely as machines, but remember that they have some flesh and blood about thom that merits appropriate treatment. There is no better crop for tho win ter feeding of sheep than oats and peas mixed. It is very nutritious, and is eaten with avidity by tho shoep. Feed milk to tho swine warm, and in troughs that are free from ice or filth. Add something to make up the loss of butter fat, such as a little corn or barley meal. Givo carrots, turnips and other juicy root feeds to horsos plentifully in winter. They will vary tho monot ony of equine hard tack and thoy aro excellent for tho digestion. Give the fowls some litter to soratch in. They will amuso themselves if you only give them the necessary play things, and a busy hen generally means a healthy and laying one. A pig is a pig till it is a year old. Then it becomes a hoj. In classifica tion of fairs, however, when a premium is offered for a sow and pigs, it is un derstood that tho pigs aro to be under six months old. Tho exact temperature for loosening the hair from tho skin of a pig at butchering is 180 degrees. The pig should remain a full minute in the water at this temperature to give time for the hair to be loosened. The swiuo will respond in a profit able way just as promptly to good treatment us do the cows to good oare. If, at the same timo, the pigs have dry, warm, healthful quarters, thoy will grow as fast as in summer on clover. Pork represents money, just the same us butter does, and if there is a chance to make it out of the casein of milk, it should surely be done. With thi in view, don't let your skimmed milk ueezo, nor let it sour or ferment in a lilthy tub or barrel. In tho East, at least, the pig pen is a natural concomitant of tho dairy. Through the uttor neglect given to these animals en many farms, pigs cannot bo successfully bied, and every spring they must be purchased of moro painstaking breeders. Tho beari ug of a few berries out of the season does not entitle a fruit to the name of ever-bearing, yet most ' ever-benrers seldom do more than I this. They are a delusion and a dis appointment; the ever-bearing rasp berry and strawberry for instance. "Dingbats." The Boston Journal gives various | theories as to the meaning of the I word "dingbat*." Ono writer, who j spent his boyhood in Maine, thinks it | means to spank, because his mother when gcttiug ready to use the slipper | threatened to put the "dingbats" on 1 hiui. From Wilbraham Academy 1 come.: tho explanation that it means the broakfast biscuit, whioh the students dispose of by sticking it to the under hide of tho table, throwing : it at tho heads of other students or i-ating it. A Connecticut pupil states that to receive punishment at the hands in former years they were freely admitted to tho market, their pale has been prohibited during tho past year. Oil of citron contained only an in significant per cent, of tho real oil, the balanco being other ingredients and alcohol. Butter, particularly that from Austrian dealers, contained co coanut oil, sesame oil, tallow, etc. Textile fabrics were dyed with pois onous colors and wool stuffs showed cotton admixtures np to eighty-five per cent. Spices with which meats had been prepared contained tannin, and sausages contained living para sites. Fruit juices wero colored with chemicals. A sarnplo of coffee was found to be impregnated with animal refuse. Rye Hour was adulterated with rico flour, aud buckwheat with starch. I'run was a composition of wheat aud rye, bran, sand dust and mite eggs. Olive oil was found to be nothing but grape seod oil perfumed with rosemary oil, the adulteration bein?; so carefully done that experi enced merchants could not detect it. Cotton Wool in the Nostrils. Says Dr. E. P. Mann in tho Pacific Medical Journal: "Abundaut experi ment long ago demonstrated that cot ton wool was eapablo of arresting germinal matter with which the air is tilled. By placing within tho nostrils, out of sight, a thin pledget of cotton, not sufficiently dense to interfere with free inspiration, the air may be greatly purified. Tho cotton immediately be comes moistened during expiration, which adds materially to its efficiency as a filter. That, thus placed, it will arrest dust, particles of soot, etc., may bo easily shown by introducing the pledgets, aud then, after an hour's walk through the streots, removing thom, when they will bo found black ened and soiled. Microscopical ex amination discloses quite a museum of germinal matter. Prominent among the displays are found various forms of catarrhal and bronchial seoretion that havo been desiccated and pulver ized by passing feet, thus liberating the germs which, planted upon a con genial soil, will produce catarrh to order." The hoopskirt was in full feather in 1506. It was then made of iron and sometimes weighed thirty pound*. I Accept None of the J; 1 Pretended Substitutes for I! J Royals 2 inferior and cheaper made baking 1 1 H BQj preparations are bought at wholesale at a price j' 'LJ urging consumers to use them in place of the ROYAL at IF 4 jj the same retail prut. S p If you desire to try any oi the pretended substitutes ||r I for ROYAL BAKINO POWDER bear in mind that they are W r all made from cheaper and inferior ingredients, and are B , not so great in leavening strength nor of equal money B ' value. Pay the price of the ROYAL BAKINO POWDER I F for the ROYAL only. I ' It is still more important, however, that ROYAI BAKING I J POWDER is purer and more wholesome, and makes better, 1 1 finer, and more healthful food than any other baking g r powder or preparation. 1 1 KOVAI. SAKINO POWMS eo , tea WM,I IT , NIW-VCW. M iStowyin wun iMOiWWiiW luii|e tar Black Byes. Those who make a business of ob literating evidence of flstio encoun ters in the shape of blaok eyes by painting the damaged optios no longer enjoy a monopoly of snoh business. This I was told by a pugilistio ac quaintance whose experience entitles him to be regarded as an authority on the subject. "Massage treatment of the region affected," he said "will beat paint and raw beefsteak all hollow. But it should be applied immediately after the in jury is reoeived in order to prove thoroughly efficacious. It does not require an expert to do it. All that is necessary is to move the fingers rapidly and firmly over the bruised surface, and to keep it up until the last vestige of discoloration has dis appeared. The explanation is easy. Where the blow has been reoeived the blood becomes congested. It is the clots of blood showing through the transparent skin that produces the black effect. The pressure of tho fingers gradually loosens the clotted blood, whioh passes off into the gen eral current of circulation, and lrosh and properly oolored blood takes its place." However, as a rule, the professional "pug" does not bother himself about accelerating the disappearance of a black eye. It is a sign whioh pro claims the faot that its proprietor has recently filled an engagement, and as such he is an object of envy to his less fortunate brethren. It is the man about town, whose overindulgence occasionally causes him to forget that discretion is the better part of valor, who is apt to profit most by the knowledge that massage, promptly ap plied, will remove the signs of mourn ing from an eye that has been in vio lent contact with some other fellow's fist, and thus obviate the necessity of inventing a story to account for it, which, however ingenious, will be sneered at by sceptical and incredulous acquaintances, some of. whom may have"been there themselves."—New York Herald. Discovery o( a Noted Watering Place. The Worcester (Mass.) Gazette re calls the faot that Professor Agassiz, Dr. Howe, James Russell Lowell and other companion spirits useij to spend their vacations together in some out of-the-way unknown spot. Dr. Howe had at one time a camp, a log house of some size, on Little Ampersand Pond, in tho Adirondacks, not many miles from Martin's, on tho Lower Saranac, but thero was a four hours' carry through tho woods. It was a small pond off tho regular line of boat travel. It waH tho Agassiz-Howe party who discovered the little fishing vil lage of Bar Harbor, on Mount Desert Island, with the ragged shore below and Green Mountain looming up in the noor distance, rising as it does almost out of the sea. This must have been about the year 1858 or 1859. Robert's little old red tavern was the only imitation of au inn, and the na tives who owned the land were fisher men and farmers, or a little of both. Au investment of a few dollars in laud in those days would havo been better than Calumet and Hecla stock. The Cam bridge men told their friends about Mount Desert, and Bar Harbor became in time the most popular watering place on the coast. Tl»e I'opalinf* Why shouldn't there bo n third party? It is truo they disturb tho smooth ruuulng of tho regular organizations and sometimes overturu election?, but what is popular Is founded on merit : As for instance, among all tho remedies used for sprains and bruises, St. Jacobs Oil Is tho most popular because It Isknown to be the best ; hence it isthe Pop ulist in medicine. Tho moro beoauso it cures so promptly and surely. There is no crippling from sprain where this old remody is used. It imparts now life and strength and the pain vanishes. Truly it is a I'opu list. ' Wedding outfits can be hired in New York for so much au hour. Dr. Kilmer's bwAitr-BoOT cures nil Kidney and Bladder troubles, ran.ph lot snd Consultation free. Laboratory Binghninton. N. V. Bolivia was thus called in honor of Simon Bolivar. For Whooping Cough, 1 iso Cure is a success ful remedy.—M. P. DIKTEK, 07 Throop Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y„ November 14, 1884. Antidote tor Cyanide Poisoning. Cobalt nitrate is found by Dr. Jo hann Antal, a chemist of Hungary, to be an antidote to ptussic acid and oyanido poisoning. First he tried the cobalt on animals, and then, presum ably at different times, on forty living persons who had been accidentally poisoned by prussic aoid, and in all oapes the results are reported to have been satisfactory.—Scientific Ameri can. March April May Are the Best Months in Which to Purify Your Blood And the Best Blood Purifier is Hood's Sarsaparilla Which Purifie3, Vitalizes and Enriche3 the Blood At this season everyone should take a good spring medicine. Tour blood must bo puri fied or you will bo neglecting your health. There Is a cry from Naturo for help, and un less there is prompt and satisfactory response you will bo liable to serious Illness. This demand can only be met by the puri fying, enriching and Blood-Vitalizing elements to bo found In Hood's Sarsaparilla. " My mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Wolfe, at the age of 72 yoars, was attaoked with a violent form of salt rhsum; it spread all over her body, and her bands and limbs were dreadful to look at At tho same time, my little daughter Clara, who was just one year old, was attacked by a similar diseaso, like scrofula. It appeared in Hood's ££& Hood's The ohief rabbi of New Zealand says that of the 208 cancer eases treated in the Wellington Hospital during tho last eight years not one was a Hebrew. He attributes the immunity of He brews to the regulations regarding the slaughter of oattle. Tho Sheriff of Cook Connty, Chica go, Illinois, gets twenty-five cents a day for feeding each prisoner under his charge, and he is said to make 850,000 a year out of it. How's This I We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any cose of Catarrh tliat cannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. „ F. J.Cheney & Co., Propa., Toledo, O. We,-the undersigned, have known K. J. Che ney for the last 15 yearn, and believe him per • fectly honorable In all business transactions and financially abl« to carry oat any obliga tion made by tuoir tlrm. West & Thuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Watjjivo, Kinvan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is token internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Prieo, 75c. per bottle, tiold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. Hchool Children will ent sweetmeats and you can't prevent it. The ttrst you know of it there is a headache; the child'is bilious and something must be done. I'se ltipnns Tabules, a remedy which is standard for such troubles. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays imln, cure* wind eolie. --Ic. a bottle Ivarl's Clover Hoot, the great bloo 1 purifier, rives freshness and clearness to the complex ion and cures constipation. 2!> cts.. .Wets., I£. The Public Awards tho Palm to Hale's Honey of Horeliound and Tar for coughs. Pike's Toothache Drops Ctire in one minute. ONE ENJOYS Both tho method nnd results when Syrup of Fig 3 is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to tho taste, and acts fently yet promptly on tho Kidneys, liver and Bowels, cleanses tho sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from tho most healthy ana agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK. H V. H*ni »n aar> V3 POSITIVELY U S B V JZM IIOI.DS Rl'Pl'l'KF. Worn nlirbt au«>ur rrnc*r tend* you AN lreiuti»-n. Uchooot— 4mJ 11 kuk )AMI> R\ 1 K M. V TN WHI RMDX« that "TH«» Lin Wtll Who ll»» Okailf," If YM KM SAPOLIO Largs Sores under each side of her neck; had the attend ance of the family physician and other doc tors for a long time, but seemed to grow worse. I road of many people cured of scrof ula by Hood's Sarsaparilla. As soon as we gave Hood's Sarsaparilla to Clara, sho began to get bettor, and before tho first bottle was gone, tho sores entirely healed up and there has never been any sign of tho disease sinca. She is a Healthy Robust Child. Her grandmother took Hood's Sarsaparilla at the same time, and tho salt rheum decreas ed in its violence and a perfect cure was Boon effected. It took about three months for her cure, and she asorilws her good health and strength at her advanced ago to Hood's Bar saparilla. It has certainly been a Godsend to my family." Mas. SOPHIA WOLFE, Zaleski, Ohio !W.L. Douglas $3 SHOEri;K> CORDOVAN; FRCNCH&CNAMCLLCO CALF. m3.. : FINE CALF JiKanoaroti S 3AOPOLICE,ssoIes. w*2.W°RKINSME|/, WrifWmT $g - $l - T - boys'SCHOQLSHQESL LADIES* ■"****" BROCKTOH,-MA3S. Over Om Million People wear the W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes All our shoes are equally satisfactory Thsy give tho be»t value for the money. They equal custom nt-.oes In style and fit. Thitr wearing qualities are unsurpassed. _ The prices are uniform,—stamped on *o!e. Prom $i to $3 saved over other makes. If your dealer cannot supply you we can. * LITTLE i { PAINS J 7 MAKE V I SERIOUS t t ILLNESS 112 If not attended to in time. When HEADACHE, DIZ2INES3 ami other symptoms tell of functional distur bance in the system, the rrompt use of J RIP AN 8 ! | TABULES J Will prevent much suffering. This grand remedy cures DYSPEPSIA., CONSTIPATION BILIOUSNESS, AND KINDRED AILMENTS. TWWETreuefTT o o T1)B "IJINENE" ore the Best and Most Economi cnl Collars and Culls worn: they are made of tine cloth, both sides linisbed alike, and bein* reversi ble. one collar is e:iual to two of any othar kind. /hen fit t cell, wear veil and InoK vU. A boxol Tm Collars or Five Pairs of Cufis for Twenty-Fi>® Collar and Pair of (."'iff* by mail for Bix Cents. Name style and size. Address REVERSIBLE COLLAR COMPANY, 77 Franklin St.»New York. 27 Kilby St., Boston. .«» v > u—?i Chickens Moony IF YOU OIVE THEM HELP. You cannot do this unless you understand them and know bow to cater to their requirements; and you cannot si>cud years and dollars learning by ex perience, so you must buy the knowledge acquired by others. We offer this to you for only 23 cent 9. YOU WANT THEM TO PAY THEIR OWN WAY. even If you merely keep them as a diversion. In or der to handlo Fowls judiciously, you must know something about them. To meet this want we are celling a book giving the experience / Onltf 9lift of a practical poultry raiser lor I will J twenty-five years. It was written by a man who put all his mind, and time, and money to making a suc eesaof Chicken raising—uot as a pastime, but ~s a business—and if you will profit by ids twenty-flve years' work, you can sav* many Chicks annually, an