1 Novel Class in a State Reformatory,
A ol ast in ethies is one of the nove
educational features of the Massachu
setts btate Reformatory. It is con
ducted on a plan devised by President
Hyde of Bowdoin College. About 150
of the more intelligent prisoners ar6
members of the olase. The usual pro
cedure of the class consists of a leo
ture by the instructor or a paper by
some member, followed by a general
discussion of the topic. The debates
are said to be spirited and earnest,
and the effect on the prisoners excel
lent. —New York Sun.
A Watch With a History.
The watch of Lord Lovat, the last
Tiotim of the exeoutioner's axe in Eng
land, which has been discovered in the
ruins of an old house in Newton street,
Holborn, notorious at one time as the
abode of criminals of.the worst type,
has had an eventful history ; but the
prevailing opinion that it has been
lost since the lifetime of its original
owner seems far from correct. Ac
cording to a correspondent, who writes
to us on this subject, it has teen in
the posseßsion of private individuals
until a comparatively recent period,
and he giveß the following interesting
facts concerning its history: Some
thirty-five years ago the watch was in
the possession of a distant relative of
Lord Lovat, it having been handed
down from generation to generation
for over 100 years. At that time, how
ever, the then owner of the watch was
in temporary pecuniary embarrass
ment, and gave the valued relic, one
of a number he possessed at the time,
as security for a small loan ; but when
shortly afterward, on getting uneasy
at the watch getting out of his hands,
he managed to obtain tho money to
redeem it, he was informed by the
gentleman in whose hands the watoh
had been placed that it had been stolen
from him, aud that he had been en
tirely unsuccessful in hie endeavors to
discover its whereabouts. Tho son of
the before mentioned gentleman, who
has in his possession at tho present
time the cap in which Lord Lovat was
executed, as well as some seals and
other interesting relics of the famous
Jacobite, has recognized tho watch as
the one at one time belonging to his
father, and is now in communication
with the manager of the Holborn Res
taurant, in the hope that he may re
cover the relic, which is of such family
interest. Other claims have been
made besides the above, but on en
tirely different grounds principally by
claimants of Lord Lovat's estate.—
Westminster Budget.
Cheese Making in Switzerland,
In Switzerland the making of cheese
is not left to hazard and to the whim
or ignorance of tho peasant. Not only
is its consumption very lurge, but tho
exportation of cheese from the little
Republic last year amounted to sll,-
000,000. For these reasons the Gov
ernment taltes a paternal interest in
the industry and to this end has es
tablished cantonal schools, the pupils
of whioh are taught tho theory and
the practioe of cheese making by emi
nent professors. The course is twelve
months, and the curriculum includes
hygiene, physics, chomistrv, pastur
age, manufacture and accounts. Not
content with this, the Federal Gov
ernment sends young men abroad to
study, and at present forty students
aro in Italy investigating the methods
of the production of the famous Pauns
can and Mo.lena cheese of that coun
try.—San Franoisco Chronicle.
Where l>id You (Jet Thla Coffee ?
Had l he Ladles' Aid Society of our Church
out for tea, forty of them, and all pro
nounced the Oerman Coffeeberry equal to
liio! Salter's catalogue tolls you all about
It! 35 packages Earliest vegetable seeds J 1.00.
Order to-day.
If YOU WILL CUT TUI3 OUT AND SEND With
15c. stamps to Johu A. Sal/.er Heed Co,, La
Crosse, Wis., you will got free a paokage of
above great eolTeo seed and our 143 nago
catalogue! Catalogue alone se. postage. (A.)
JI allictcd wit h «ore oyes use Dr. Isaac Thoinp
on skye-water. Uruiturlatasellat JSc p it bottl
Nervous
People wonder why their nerves are so weak;
why they get tired so easily; why they do not
sleep naturally; why they have frequent
headache 4. Indigestion and
Nervous Dyspepsia. The explanation
is simple, it is found in that impure blood
feeding tho nerves on refuse instead of the
elements of strength and vigor. Opiate and
nervo compounds simply deaden and do not
cure. Hood's Sarsaparilla feeds the nerves
pure, rich blooJ, gives nutural sleep, porfect
digestion, is the true remedy for nervousness
Hoods
Sarsaparilla
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There's all sorts of grades of tobacco plant. The best 112
come# from Havana. There's all sorts of grades of sarsa
' ) parilla plant. The best comes from Honduras. If you MM
want cheap tobacco, all right provided you get value for
vR- your money. Cheap tobacco'» not as good to smoke but (• )
/" \ it don't cost as much. 4 j|||
Jf )0u want cheap sarsaparilh .. . But you don't want liSP
f-S% I;. Of course you don't. Yoj are paying for the best. fTKk
Tu pay (or the best aud get anything but Honduras »ar- Vl|J
(. \ s j parilla is like paying for Havara cigars and getting
I'ittsburg "Stogies." There's only one sarsaparilla made
(- J exclusively from the imported Honduras plant. That's
si#v Aycr's. Just keep it in mind that you are paying for TSt
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HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS,
DAINTY WORK-BASKET IMPLEMENT-
A dainty implement for a work
basket is a tape-measure made from
gros-grain ribbon. If the color of the
basket lining and other adjuncts be
pink, select a pink ribbon. One ol
black satin goes well with any basket.
Select ribbon an inch nnd a half wide
and fifty-fouv inches long. Mark it
off in exact inches, and at eaoh inch
line outline a little flower in a con
trasting color, or mark the line with a
row of stem stitch across the ribbon.
Divide the half inches with a line half
wav across. At the stores where no
tions are sold aro to be found little
white stioks, over whioh the ends of
the ribbon should be rolled and fast
ened.---New York Post.
WASHING SILK STOCKINGS.
All laundry operations are neces
sarily complicated by cold weather
and frost. Cotton goods of strong
quality are usually improved by freez
ing, but fine goods and linens that are
allowed to freeze must be handled
very carefully, or they will be cracked
by being folded when they are frozen.
It is, tlierofore, a good plan to dry
valnable linens within doors in winter,
even at the risk of their becoming
slightly yellow.
Silk stockings ought to be dried
within doors. The best way to wash
these stockings is to make a strong
lather of borax soap and lukewarm
water. Wash tho foot of the stooking
thoroughly with the hand. Then lay
the stocking on a board and scrub it
thoroughly with a piece of whit 9
flannel, rubbing it with the flannel
und lather of soap. If the stockings
aro black or dark in color, put a tea
spoonful of ox gall in the lather used
to wash them. When they are washed,
rinse them thoroughly in three waters.
Blue tho last water if the stockings are
pearl white or blaok, but not for de
licate-colored silk. Dry the stockings
indoors by pinning them wrong Bide
outward on a sheet before the fire.
Whe.n they are half dry turn them,
put them on tho ironing blanket and
rub them the direction of the nap
with a hard roller made by wrapping
a small piece of hard wood in flannel.
This makes them look smooth, and is
far better than ironing.—Boston
Cultivator.
PLEA FOR HOUSE PLANTS.
A pretty idea in decorating one's
room for an entertainment is to place
pots of palms, growing fernsor flowers
on the shelves above the doors usually
devoted to pottery. Placed at this
elevation they aro most effective and
are, besides, out of the way as regards
wall and floor space, which is often a
consideration.
For plants that do not require sun
light tho idea might be carried furth
er, and certain kinds might always bo
loft on such a shelf. Flowers givo an
air to a room that nothing else can im
part—a touch of nature, a cosy, home
like air---but in our rage for the
aesthetio they have in a measure been
banished, since bctli the pots and the
shelves or stands for holding them aro
considered unsightly. But tho dull
red of tho common flower pot has a
beauty of its own, and there is no r?a-
Eon why a sunny window should not
bo fittod with a strong shelf, upheld
by ornamental brackets and surround
ed with fretwork or with a homemade
arrangement of spindles and balls,
that would bo graceful nnd pretty.
Half a dozen well carod for plants
on this shelf will do moro toward
ranking your room beautiful than ten
times their cost expendod in china or
furnituro or wall paper. Yotir friends
will look at your blooming hyacinths
and your sturdy geraniums and forget
to notice how faded is the carpet aud
how worn the covering of the furni
ture.—Now York Herald.
RECIPES.
Sheep's Brains—Slightly boil four
sheep's brains; throw into cold water,
drain and dry wholly; brush them
over with oil and roll in highly sea
soned bread crumbs; use pepper, salt
nutmeg. Placo each one on a slice of
bacon in a pan acd put in'a well-heat
ed oven; when nicely browned take
up and placo upon slices of toast and
serve with piquant sauce.
Spice Cake—One enp of butter and
a cup and a half of sugar creamed,and
three well-beaten eggs, then one cup
of milk slowly. Stir in two cups of
raisins and currants (equally divided),
flour, one-half teaspoonful of cinna
mon and half a teaspoonful of cloves
and allspice combined, lastly two cups
of flour siftod with two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder. Makes a large loaf.
Cbeoso Fritters—Mix two table
spoonfuls of grated cheese with two
dessertspoonfuls of bread crumbs, n
half tablespoonful of dry mustard, a
dessertspoonful of butter, a speck of
cayenuo and the yolk of an egg;
pound with a potato-masher till smooth
and well mixed, mako into balls the
size of small walnuts, flatten a little.
Aiako a batter with a cup of sifted
flour, a tablespoonful of melted but
ter, a scant cup of warm water, salt to
tasto and the white of au egg well
beaten. Drop the fritters onto ihis
and then from a spoon into very hot
fat, cooking as you would oroquettes.
ROOT PRUNING. 1
The wisdom of the anoients in some I
respeets surpassed that of the mod
erns. We read of the good effeots of
digging about late-bearing fruit trees
and feeding them with manure. Now
Mr. Meehan, one of the wisest and
most experienced of fruit growers, ex
horts those who have tardily bearing
trees—and who has not?—to do these
very things now. Ho advises root
pruning of such laggard trees. It is
first the nature of a tree to make wood,
and to this end it must have abundant
foliage to gather from the atmosphere
the carbon needed to mako the wood.
It bears fruit in its old age to repro
duce its kind, that is all. And just as
we have trained our cows to make
niilk for our use far in excess of the
natural desire of the animal, so we
must train our trees to bear fruit in
the same manner. So we ge back to
the nnoient device to dig about the
trees, cutting off the extended -roots
and confining them to oloser quarters,
thus preventing the exceesive growth
of wood. This tends to fruit bearing,
and it is effective. Tbe present is a
good time to do this work, for tho
buds for the coming year's growth are
maturing, and we may say whether
they shall be mere useless leaf buds or
profitable fruit buds. Of course, with
this pruning we add moderate fertil
izing, for the reproductive process in
a plant, as it is in an animal, is ex
haustive, and needs stimulating by
abandant and good food.—New York
Times.
BONEMEAL OF DIFFERENT KINDS.
Bonemeal goes under various names,
such as ground bone, bone flour.bone
dust, etc. We find in the market raw
bonemeal and steamed bonemeal.
Raw bonemeal contains the fat natur
ally present in bones. The presence
of the fat is objectionable, because it
makes the grinding more difficult and
retards tho decomposition of the'bone
in the soil, while fat itself has no
value as plant food. When bones are
steamed, tbe fat is removed and the
bone is more easily (.round. More
over, the chemical nature of the nitro
gen compounds eppears to be changed
in such a manner that the meal under
goes decomposition in the soil moro
rapidly than in case of raw bone. The
presence of easily decaying nitrogen
compounds in bono hastens, in tho
process of decomposition, to dissolve
more or less of tho insoluble phos
phate. Bonemeal should contain from
three to five per cent, of nitrogen and
from twenty to twouty-tive per cent,
of phosphoric acid. About one-third
to one-fouith of the latter appears to
be in readily uvailable condition.
Baw bonemeal generally contains
somewhat more nitrogen (one or two
percent.) and rather less phosphoric
acid than steamed bonemeal.
Tho fineness of tbe meal affects its
value; the finer the meal the more
readily available is it as plant food.
On account of the increased demand
for bones for various purposes, and
on account of their increasing value,
thefe is considerable tendency to
adulterate bonemeal with such sub
fctauccs as lime, gypsum, coal ashes,
ground oyster shells, ground rock
phosphate, etc.—Bulletin No. 91,
New York Agricultural Experiment
Station.
WHAT HIE SOIL NEEDS.
"Exhaustive 60i15," so-called, may
contain as much plant food as others
that are considered fertile.
The physical effect of fertilizers iu
changing the relation of the soil to
heat and moisture is of more im
portance thnn the amount of plant
lood they iurnish.
The' effect of fertilizers depends
largely upon the season. Changing
seasons have moro effect upon plant
growth than does tho plant food in
the soil.
Pbysical conditions of heat anu
moisture largely determine the de
velopment and yield of crops.
Deterioration of lands is dne not so
much to loss of plant food as to
changes in the texture of the soil in
relation to heat and moisture.
Making use of the rainfall is the
most importnnt consideration of mod
ern agriculture.
Crop production is not directly lim
ited by the amount of rainfall, but by
tbe amount of moisture in the soil.
Production of cropß depends upen
tbe control of moisture and heat in the
soil.
As heat cannot be controlled, the
whole art of cultivation should be di
reoted toward the control of moisture.
Present methods of cultivation are
detrimental to soil and do not accom
plish desired results.
The continued plowing at a cer
tain depth causes a hard paokiug of
tho sub-surlace, which forms a water
shed, causing surface drainage and
erosion o! the soil by which thousands i
of aores of fertile lands are reudered
barren every year.
Hub-soiling (loosening of the under
soil tc a depth of oue and a half to two
feet) admits the water to thu nub-soil,
prevents surface drainage and a sub
sequent erosion of the soil, takes awav
surplus water w 'tbout a ashiug tho sur
face aud retains the moisture for fu
ture use of crops.
fub toiling affords the ouly means
lor controlling moulnre in thu noil
and is a key to *uece>sfulerop-rai»iti
The uioderu plow is but au uu
proved type of tie | riuiitivn forked
stick, aud doe* uot accomplish satis
factory result*, hut, on tho contrary,
is uu enemy to fertility, and the com
mon sub-soil plow is nu.atittfactory
in many ways.
Kiiniing erudition* and the lutnie
prosperity «>| thu farmer depend upon
th* produvtiou of an iiu>>leiut'utwhich
shall be a radical improvement ou the
modern plow, aud »hl h will retol
ut'onixe modem methods.
7 'the future | low muit uot ouly
thoroughly puluriis thu surface to *
i proper 4*| tli, I.ut it urns! leave Ihu
sub soil iu «>>u litlou to reeeire aud
leiuu UiwUluie Ivt ih« u»« of growing
•*<>••*
Where is the genius to invent, where
is the skill to construct, and where irf
the money backed by nerve and de
termination to manufacture and push
to successful use the futnre plow of
the American farmer and of the world?
—The Passing of the Plough.
FEEDING FOB EGGS.
In the feeding of fowls wo should
consider the object to be obtained;
whether it be for markef, for eggs, or
for show. If a fowl is eating too mnoh
fattening food, she will not lay well.
The best time to feed soft food is in
the morning, and it should be hot and
stimulating. Do not feed them on the
ground, and do not allow tho pans
from which they feed to become
soured and filthy. Givo them suffi
cient for one meal and no more at a
time. Bather let them go a little
hungry and make them scratch, than
have them mope around ard become
lazy and idle. Leghorns seldom be
come too fat, being active and vigor
ous, but the large breeds, being more
indolent, keep themselves rather quiet
and soon become too fat. It is easy
to keep them within bounds by judi
cious feeding.
(-rain in excess should not be given,
while bulk may be allowed in the
shape of vegetables and green food.
There are many ways of preparing
cheap and nourishing foods which
contain all the elements of the eggs.
A piece of liver or meat scraps is
boiled to pieces in water. While
boiling add to a gallon of water a pint
of soaked beans and the same of lin
seed meal. When the whole is cooked
thicken with bran, middlings, ground
oats or corn meal. Add the meal, etc.,
until tho mess has thickened to a stiff
dough. If milk be convenient it may
be scalded, either curds, buttermilk
or sweet ekimmilk, and the bran, eto.,
added. Chopped clover may be added,
turnips, carrots and potatoes also.
When green stuff is not proourable, a
few onions or cabbages, chopped, may
be added; also whatever scraps come
from the kitchen—bits of fish, potato
parings, scraps of fat, etc. When no
green food is convenient, good clover
hay is chopped fine and steeped in
water over night. Next morning heat
the water and add any of the above.
Wo buy scraps of meat and run it
through the sausage machine with
young rye, grass or clover. This gives
excellent results.
All soft food should bo salt, but con
diments, such as red pepper, ginger,
etc., should be fed sparingly. Once
or twice a week is often enough. The
best tonio is a constant change of diet,
which promotes n regularity in the
system, slways provided tho food is
tound and wholo9ome. At night grain
must bo fed.
There are many complaints that
fowls do not lay, even when well fed
and comfortably housed, but this is
due to not allowing them the proper
kind, or from feeding too muoh. It
is necessary to study the habits of each
breed, in order to know just what to
do; the knowledge that 1 is] gained by
close study and practical experience
is valuable to the poulterer. Charcoal
should bo fed to fowls occasionally,
or broken up ond placed where the
fowls can get at it, as no one thing is
more conducive to health ; also broken
oyster or clam shells, lime or old plas
tering, t-hould be supplied in abun
dance for material for egg shells.
Of course fresh, pure water is an
other essential to success in producing
eggs. Another essential is limo, iu
the shape of whitewash, and those who
use it liberally are tho ones who keep
their flock healthy and cleanly. To
render whitewash more effective iu
dislodging or destroying lice and oth
er parasite nuisances, the addition of
a little carbolic acid is invaluable, for
scarcely anything else seems so di-s
tasteful to the vermin. Air-slaked
lime should bo occasionally scattered
over the floor of the chicken house to
remove all unpleasant and unhoalthful
odors. The care bestowed on poultry
is not lost, as fowls appreciate kind
ness ; the better the oare and the more
varied the food, the bettei the results
and the more protftablo they will be
for tli.' owner.— Americm Agricultur
ist.
FAISM AND GARDEN roTES.
ITave your cow slables warm yet
well ventilated.
A popular feed for the cow should
be ground oats.
To be a good dairymau requires in
telligence rather than large capital.
Tho secret of sucoess in the dairy is
to reduce tho cost of making good
good*.
ITave your cows gentle by kind treat
ment if you want big returns in milk
and butter.
Study the nature of your cows and
full in with their moods. It pays to
bo agreeable, even to a cow.
No business requires to bo kept
more emphatically under one 1 * thumb
than does successful dairying.
(live the cattle good feed aud oare,
and the dust will remain tbiok ou tho
cover of the baru modiciue cheat. .
Don't forget to provide grit and
lime iu some form, as the frozen and
!>uowy gronud affords no opportunity
fur tho bent to help themselves, and
I hey must have a supply in order to
do much at e,jg production.
One of the be«t cro-sot for au all
purpose fowl is ludiau (lame on Wy
sudotte fceu*. 'they grow rapidly, lay
early au I are unsurpassed table fowls.
Of this cross, some heut will sit
and some will uut, but all lay well,
and make excellent mothers, au I as
table fowls are equal to auy pure bred
fowl.
Farmers who save thsir fowl* au.l
• KKs until thry est their head* »'f, aud
the rugs get uiuttldy,dirty and stale,»a
iheyoaugvt the holler price* prevail
lug during the holiday* have uver
dene the thing, until now the shrewd
isimsr rushas hi* produula iu before
or alter the holiday glut. Too Many
coop* an I «*•.-** eouting iu *potl tht
iMlfctt,
WISE WORDS.
We enjoy onr*elvea only in our work
—in our doing; and oar best doing it
oar best enjoyment.
When people attempt the habits of
angels, it is very easy for them to din
gust ordinary mortals.
Some men are like some dogs; they
are only fit to hunt deer, and there are
no deer in the oonntry.
How often events, by chance and
unexpectedly, come to pas?, which yoa
had not dared to hope for.
How it does hurt us all to find oat
that we are not of as much consequence
as we had supposed we were.
There is nothing that a man can
less afford to leave at home than his
conscience or his good habits.
It is an easy matter to get your fel*
low men to speak well of you ; all voa
have to do is lie down and die.
Every occasion will catch the sense
of the vain man, and with that bridle
and saddle yoa may ride him.
Doing is the great thing. For if,
resolutely, people do what is right, in
time they come to like doing it.
There are people who cannot distin
guish between the notoriety itch and a
real desire to reform something.
General abstract truth is the most
precious of all blessings; without it
man is blind—it is the eye of reason.
There sre so many fnnny people in
the world that it finally occurs to a
man that maybe he is fnnny himself.
True bravery is shown by perform
ing without witnesses what one might
bo capable of doing before all tho
world.
Publio sentiment powerfully re
strains men from doing wrong; but,
when thev have done wrong, sets it
self as powerfully against them.
If we must accept fate, we nre not
the less compelled to assert liberty,
the signifioaice of the individual, the
grandeur of duty, the power of charac
ter. —The South-West.
Origin ot Jlii£o.
The origin of the word "jingo" is
interesting at this time, when one is
confronted with it to often. At the
time of the close ot tho Russo-Turkish
war, which, as all readers of history
know, terminated so disastrously for
the Turks, and caused a feeling of ap
prehension in England that tho Rus
sians wero bent on taking Constanti
nople and ultimate di9t>mberment of
the Turkish Empire, a change which
could not be tolerated, the public feel
ing found expression in Eng'aud upon
the stage in pantomimes aud in tho
music halls by numerous pitriotio
songs. One of these was as follows:
"The dogs of war are loose,.ant tho rugged
Russian beir.
Full bent mi blood an J robb ary, has crawled
out of his inir.
It seems a thrashing now nndth mi will never
help to tame
That brute, and so ho's out upon tho sa'ue
old game.
Tho lion did his he>t to give him some ex
cuse
To crawl back to his dea a-au— all efforts
were no use.
Ho hungori'd for his victim, ho's plea*od
when blood is shod.
But let us hope his sins msy recoil on his own
head."
cHoars:
"We don't want to but. by jiugo, if wo
do,
We've got the men, we'vs c>t the ships;
we've got tiio monev, too.
We fought the bear before, aud whiie we're
Britons I ruo
Tho Russians shall uot have Constantino
ple."
The sono; became most popular aud
was heard on every street corner, from
every organ griuder, aud was whistled
by every bootblack. Shortly after this
the election campaign began, in which
Gladstone, the head of the Liberals,
attacked the Tory party, then led by
the Earl of Beaeonstield, who was in
power. The Tory foreign policy wis
ridiculed, and they were stigmatized
by the Liberals as '-the party of blood
shed, glory and jingo."
From tho time of this election cam
paign, which resulted iu the defeat of
the Tories and the accession of tke
"peace parly," Gladstone's 188t) ad
ministration, the word "jingo" has
been used to denote an individual or
section of a party ready to rush, with
out mature consideration, into all the
honors of war.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
Clly Tree D.siroycr.
How many New Yorkers know that tho
metropolis possesses, pays for aud en
courages what is officially known as a
tree destroyer?. Never heard of him,
eh? Yet he exists, or rather, he
grows stouter in person and purse
day by day as tho desire for extend
ing the business interests of the oity
increases. The individnal who has
the disreputable reputation of ignor
ing Longfellow's appeal of "Wood
man, spare that tree." is conuected
with the Bureau of Incumbrance",
au I judging from tho rapid demoli
tion aud disappearance of stately oaks,
stout-limbed elms aud majestic spruce
throughout the city, he has au active
and capable corps of assistants in hi*
hewiug occupation.
His field of harvest might be extend
ed even now to the upper district
were it not that there 1* a sort ot
eheok on hi* doiugs. That is to say,
he is uot permitted to cut down at
random every tree that ho happens
to sight on his maraudiug expedition*.
There unit be a formal complaint
made, personally or through letter to
the Board of Kucuiubrauce*, before
any tree can be rased. A complaint
from the resideut of some street
reaobe* the bureau, calling atteotiou
to toe fact that a certaiu tree is a
menace to life aud property iu the
uaighborhood. The complaint ia
sometime* tigued by the initials of the
complainant, but it revive* the official
of the bureau, neverthe
less. luvariably the tree oceupie* a
majestic site iu front uf soiue homo
whoso owner value* its presence. Thia
bo lug the else, tho official tree de
stroyer and hit suite meal with a
pretty told reeeptiou aheu thry com*
along aud present the rouiplaiut.
There are record* of aheru owner*
have pnlltd o1 their coat* tn I inau
gurated a genuiuo haud to haud bat
tle. Then tho liuib of llij law is
brought into activity au I the liuibs ot
the tree eotue down.
Public Miety demand* it,» kivicm
of the official tree dvattoyer, aud h*
receives #d,.Vt tor evrry tree he chops
down. "It's a very profitable b<i*t
ites*. too,' said on* uf the d» >tro*«ri
It tai.—Wk Mail sul ttpieM,
> la aaovbotiad Mates. r
In Btates and Territories where tnow and
lee ltd all the long winters through, where
men are much exposed and suffer much from
cold, It is a wonder they do not provide
better against some of the consequence?.
In some lumber camps, choppers stand all
day in knee-deep snow with halt frozen feot.
The feet are much more tender than the
hands from being covered up all the time.
Men are often lame all summer from the
frost-bites of the previous winter. Why it
is so. is simply because they do not know
that Bt. Jacobs Oil will cure frost-bite in a
night. '
New Tork has an Irish papulation of 190,-
418, the largest of any city In.the United
Btates.
The only floating soap now made that i. ICS
rer cent, pur* anil contains Borax la Dobbins'
floating-Borax Boap. Why buy an adnltsraiad
soap whan yon can (et tiie (uiuine? fat up
only la rad wrapper*.
Allegheny City has seven and one-third
square miles of area and 115,000 population.
Dr. Kilmer's SttifKooi cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation fre&
Laboratory Blnghamton, N. Y.
From May 1 to October 15 there will be a
National Exposition at Geneva, Switzerland.
'• BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES " are of
great service in subduing Hoarseness and
Coughs. Sold only in bores. Avoid Imitations.
Not quite 2000 persons are living who pos
sess British orders of knighthood.
Silver King Barley. 110 Bushe's.
The barley wonder. Yields right along on
poor, goad or indifferent soils 89 to 100 bus.
per aoro. That pays at 20c. a bushel!
Sa'-ser's mammoth catalogue is full of good
things. Bilver Mine Oats yielded 201X
bushels in 1895. It will do better in 189S.
Hurrah for Teostnte, Sand Vetch, Spurry
and Giant Clover and lots an ( lots of graves
and clovers they offor. 35 packages earliest
vegetables SI.OO. Sand for them to-day.
IT TOO WILL cor THIS ocr ASD SEND It with
10c. postage to the John A. S ilzor Seed Co.,
La Crosse, Wis., you will get frea ten grain
and grass samples, incluling barley, etc.,
and their catalogue. Catalogue alone 5?. (A.)
aiO« Reward, a 100.
The readers of this paper will be pleased' to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all Its
stages, and that Is catarrh. Ball's Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure uow known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Hall's Catarrh Curo Is taken in
ternally. acting directly tipon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de
stroying the foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature In doing Its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
Its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address -
• F. J. CHENEY A Co., Toledo, 0B
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
A Coed Dog is Worth Looking After. |
If you own a dog and think anything of him,
you shouid be able to treat him intelligently
when 111 ami underhand him sufficiently to
detect symptoms of illness. The dog doctor
book written by H. Clay Glover, I>. . S.. spe
cialist in canine diseases to the principal ken
nel clubs, will furnish Shis information, it is
a c'oth bound, handsomely illustrated book, i
and will be sent postpaid by the Hook Publish
ing House. 131 Leonard St., X. Y. City,-on !
receipt of 40 cts. in postage stamps.
FITS stopped free bv DH. KLINE'S Our AT
NERVE RESTORER. NO fits after first day's use.
Marvelous cures. Treatise and s2.t»> trial bot
tle free. Dr. Kline. Ktl Arch St.. l'ltila., I'a.
The Modern Way
Commends itself to the well-informed, to do
pleasantly and effectually what was formerly
done In the crudest manner and dlsasrceably
as well. To cleanse the system nnd break up
colds, headaches aud fevers without unpleas
ant after effects, use the delightful liquid lax
ative remedy, Syrup of Figs. Manufactured '
by California Fig Syrup Company.
Plso's Cure is the medicine to break up
children's Coughs and Colds.—Mrs. M. G.
BLUNT, Sprague, Wash.. March 112. IMH.
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Svrup for children
teething, softens the sums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. -"Sc. a bottle
CHANCE OF A UFETIME r
paper s nt to your a i»lre>* free. Do rou wnnt the
New York Mercury—bright, breezy and brlstllnw—
Kent to you or your heir* or assign*— forever? You
can obtain the New York Datlv and Sumtay Mercury
free. For full particulars address th.» Supt. of Circu
ity «r v. r \ M. rotary, > Park Row, Ktw York.
g ASTHMA
M[- POPHAM S ASTHMA SPECIFIC
Gives' relief In Pin minutes. Send
p«ck**». Sold by
l>ruccL-t*. One Hos sent postpaid
receipt of 11.00, BlikaiNlkM.
rorHAi, MIILA., FI
X Y N l-tf
Q Best tVugh Syrup. Tastse Oood. Vm Q
B1 In time. Sold bv dranlrta HI
'mm LOOK AT
Ira THE BOX
«p|| *> x —* e sure that you don l * el " <
WALTER BAXI>R & Co., Ltd.. Dorchesier, Man
The Pot Called the Kettle Black Because
the Housewife Didn't Use
SAPOLIO ,
OC CTS. IN STAMPS
# . I HVUT TU HOOK riauMMixu Mui»r, is* UIMMN M., *. *
SYRR^'-TISWA HORSE BOOK
AUstl villi i*lorm*tiou VtMllf •* •* ■#*»*** ■>» *
CHICKEN BOOK,
I'lodUbW. I'Utokaft* OMI tM WhJ* •OPJHIMII fl Iko km'WAoL I v«( <*«, ,£
•>•«=■■■-ill, i
FMffi
loiuatly stops the most aacruclatlog pains. lUtrf
Inflammation and cures congestions, whether of ths
Longs, Stomach, Bowels, or other glands or muoui
membranes.
MDWIT'S READY RELIEF
CURES AND PHEVKM
Colds, Coughs, Sore Throa 1 12, Infiuenza, Br.«l»
chitis. Pneumonia, Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Headache, Toot
hache, Asthma, Difficult
Breathing. ,
CURES THE WOTIST PAINS 111 frortl one t"> twenty
minutes. Not one hour after r tiding thl* adv rtUj*
ment need anyone SUFFER WITH FAIN.
ACHES AND PAINS.
For hra lsche (whether sic 1 .: or ncrvoti \ tootbac'i",
r.e urafda, rheumatl-m. lumb'iff'i. rains a-irt weak*
new'ln ibf h irk spine or kulpe. ', pitns aroun'l t ri"
ll*er. pleurisy, swelling of tlie Joints aim pi'
nil kinds, the application of Ha lwar'< Koail*-
will afford Imini-diate ease. a i id Its oattn
for a few <lavs effect a permanent CUP.
TAKEN INWARDLY—A half to a 'ei
half a tumbler of water for Ftoniacll trr
Wind In the howeli, Cold C h Ml r , Fev
Dlarrhosa, Sick H adache, and ail lnt
Price 30c. per Bottle. Solilbv
Mr. BertJtf. M
Hnd business
street, Brook'
recently had -
J. S. Carrenu, a s
cian of 19 We3t T
New York City, to.
which was pronoun
dyspepsia. "After «.
writes Mr. Moses, "tilt
me a prescription, an 1.
what surprised to note
formula was nearly Idei,
that of Rlpins Tubule.-, f>
had, on more than one oce.
prepared advertising matti.
Dr. Carrean's prescription fllleu,
it proved satisfactory, giving quie
relief. A week later, when I had
taken all the medicine, I a-aiti ca'lct
cn the Doctor and mentioned the
similarity of his prescription andtho
proprietary remedy spoken of, show
ing him both the remedy Itself and
the formula. The Doctor was at
first somewhat inclined to criticise
What he called pitent medicines, but
appeared to bo surprised when he
noted to what extent his own pres
cription conforms! to the for.nula
I I showed him. It was practically
the same. After a short time devo
ted to noting tho careful manner iu
which tho proprietary medicine was
prepared, he wound up by prescrib
ing it for my cas". Of course I had
to pay him for telling me to do this,
but it was worth the cost to have
such high professional nssuranao
hat tho advertised articlo was, in
fact, the scientific formula that it
purported to b.i. I might have
ta'con tho proprietary modlolne ia
tho beginning nnd saved th >
Doctor's fee, but I think the confi
dence I have acquired in tho efficacy
of the remedy, through the Doc
tor's indorsement of it, is well worth
tho fee."
R'pana Tabules ate sold by (lrngtls's, or b.v mail
II the price (50oeu's p. Uoxi is s-'iit to fin K'p*ni
chemical Company, No. loSprucj st. New \urk.
Sample vial. 10 cents.
THE AKKMOTOU 00. as«>
windmill business, because it h*s reduced the cnit ox
wind power to 1/6 *bat It was.it has man J Jmrocb
houses, and supplies its goods snd repair*
illlti four door It can aud does furuish »
better article lor less nicney tua»
others. It wakes Pumping an*
Uwed. Steel, Gslrsnitfd after.
completion windmill*/ttlttn®
ISfisßflgr and Fixed Steel Towers, Steel Btixzi>*w
Frames. steel Feed Cutters snd feed
«&a Urinders. tta application it will name ona
Til of these artfcies that It will furnish until
January Ist at L/L* the usual price, it; also BDAM
Tan its and Pumps nt all kinds. Send for catalogue
Factory: 12th. Reckwell Fillaore Stoct*.
Aftnts-Lidles if Gentt, I7S
• f*l m week at komt. a»»a| ar aeltlag
.J* Urajria'era,artaiiagardrr«raraa
copper, wklte tacts!.
art, aal* ca«p!et* laoluilaj
tr«Sa aaaraia u4 fwrmnlaa. latSe,
| •Saala, taala. all »aiariala far pra-
palladia*. platiag aaS As*
" k> " a * ,P "* 11 40 trarrliag
:arga far ahapa. Saaaripiias,
"prloaa taatl*i>»iaU. aamalaa free,
Ursf A Ga» Flatfag Warka, Urp'l 17, Calambaa, CI
nnillli and WHISXY babitecured. Book sent
llr lUcVI KKC. I»r. a. «. WOOLLKY. ATLANTA. MA
AHIHBI Morphine Hnblt Cured In 10
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