Over 400,000 bicyelee are in im in
France. Each machine is taxed $2.25
an anally.
The Wont at It.
If the host ot life, as it ic said to be, is bat
antioipntioD, the worst of it fa surely worry
nnJ vexation. They are the plows and har
rows that furrow the brow and out deeply
into the nerves. It is constant plowing of
(his kind that tears up the nerve tissues.
The greater nerves, like the bigger roots,
may resist for a time, but the ploughshare
gets i!o*n to them. Worry brings all sorts
of other ailments of a torn-up system and at
last the viatic nerve is reacted, a disturb
ance to which in the form of sciatica is at
tended by excruciating pains. Ht. Jacobs
Oil has cure,! the worst cases of men crip
pled by it. Use it and makesureof a prompt
and permanent cure.
It is stated that butter contains forty times
as many microbes as oleomargarine.
Wtwn DotWns' Electric Soap wms first muls
in I*s it cost 20 eenti a bar. It Is precisely tLe
sua*, Lajrredteats noil quality now and does n't
eft ka'f. Bay It of your Kroccr and rreser\d
roar cloEbes. It lie iiasn'c it.he trill get it.
India has now become, next to China, tho
largest tea growing country.
Dr. Kilmer's Swa:ip-Koot euros
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Jllnshamton. N. Y.
Ltadworking is the most disastrous of all
tiades to health.
Tttßo.vr Titorci.Es. To allay the irritation
that flidtices coushing, use "Brturn's BronehUtl
Tmia; n A simple and safe remedy.
In Boston venison is retailing at twenty
live to forty cents a pound.
A Pennsylvania Farmer.
M. 31. Luther, East Troy, Pa., grew last
season over 200 bushels of Salzor's Silver
Slino Oats from oae raeaiurod acre! How U
that for old Pennsylvania? Over 30,030 farm
ers are going to try and beat this in 1893 and
win £2OO in gold! Then think of 11G bus.
barley from one acre an 11200 L»ig full bushels
of potatoes and 239 bushels of Golden Tri
umph Corn!
What is teosinte, and sand vetch and
spurry and 50 other rare things? Well,
Salzer's cstalogue will tell you. Largest
growers ol clovers, grasses and farm seeds in
America. Freights cheap to Pennsylvania
and the east.
Ir rou will err this out and sixd It
with XOv- postage to the Johu A. Salzor Seel
Co., La CrossWis., you will receive their
mammoth catalogue and ton packages grain
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Chocolate preparations, have an extraordin
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kind on this continent. The hlttli degree of
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in its manufactured products Is the result of
lons experience combined with an Intelligent
use of the new forces which aro constantly
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cheapen the cost to the consumer.
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In view of the many imitations of tho name,
labels and wrappers on their woods consumers
should ask for and be sure that they get tho
genuine articles made at Dorcuestku, Mass.
State op Onio, Crrr or Toledo, 1
LccasCountt. ( *
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will pay tho sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS tor each aud every case of Oatorrli that
cimot be cured by tlia use of Hall's Catakkh
CTBB. l-'KANK J. CnhNEY.
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After six years' suffering I was cured bv Pl
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Allegheny. Pa., March 19,1894.
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CHESTNUT CULTURE.
Chestnut cnltnro is receiving in
creased attention. The possibilities
of grafting improved varieties ofjohest
nnt on seedling natives should bo em
phasized. It is better to gralt the
straight seedling chestnut than asprout
from an old stump. The trees grow
faster and better, and a larger pro
portion of the grafts tlirivo. This may
be dono when the buds aro swelling,
whilo some prefer waiting until tho
leaves aro out. —American Agricultur
ist.
USE POTASH IN TIIE FALL,
It is important in manuring or
chards., that tho potash fertilizers ap
plied be mixed with tho soil and go
down doeply enough to reach the roots.
There is no danger that potash thus
applied ia fall will bo wasted by leach
ing. Fruit tree roots go down as deep
ly as most nnderdrains as any one who
has Jug undordrains in orchard 3 must
know. Tho feeding roots somctimo in
the course of tho fertilizer downward
will seizo it and turn it to use. Potash
is in especial demand for bearing
trees, though it also has an excellent
effect in promoting a strong and
healthy growth of foilage. on whioh
prolificacy largely depends.—Boston
Cultivator.
A BAD WEED.
The burdock is a bad weed, from
the multiplicity of its seeds and the
readiness with which they are dis
tributed by the wind and by passing
animals or persons. Cutting the bur
dock down when it is beginning to form
blossoms will usually kill it, as at this
stage of growth the root has but little
vigor left. But when these large bur
docks are piled for burning there
should be plenty of dry wood in the
heap, so as to make a hot fire. If the
weeds aro burned alone somo of the
seed will fall down to the bottom of
the burning pile and escapo de
struction. In a slow firo made from
green weeds there is a stratum of car
bonic acid gas at tho bottom of the
heap in which nothing will burn.—
American Farmer.
SHOULD COWS BE CAHDED.
Most certainly cows should be kept
clean, and they cannot be without being
frequently carded and brushed. One
who Iries it tho first time will not
need to think about the matter. The
way tho cows will turn their heads and
necks aud stop eating to enjoy the
scratching of the skin and tho final
brushing will tell an intelligible story
of how they like it. As the skin is an
excretory organ and throws off a large
quautity of waste matter, aa may bo
known bj r the odor of a closo stablo,
if it is not kept in healthful action by
this carding and brushing, this matter
is retained in tho blood aud cannot
help but get into the milk, whero it
makos that strong oilor which has been
called tho animal odor. It is, how
ever, only tho odor of a dirty skiu, as
is so well known to apply to human
beings who are not cleanly in this di
rection. Cows should be well carded
and brushed beforo every milking.
The udder and tents should not be
neglected eithor, as theso may badly
need washing at times.—New York
Times.
A CRUEL PRACTICE.
No more cruel thing is thoughtlessly
done, day after day, winter after win
ter, than the putting of a frosty bit
into a horse's mouth. At leust I try
to think that only tho thoughtless
could be guilty of sucli an inhuman
practice. Yet what child does not
learn at an enrly ago tho penalty
of contact botween tender flesh and
cold iron on a biting winter's day? It
is possible that any man whoso baby
fingers have clung to frozen iron until
perhaps the skin was torn from them,
can so-far forget tho sting as to forco
the samo biting iron into tho moist,
tender mouth of a brute, as sensitivo
to suffering as ho himself? "Can't
take time to warm bits "only hurts
a minute "thoy don't mind it"do
hold them against the horse's body
Eometimes," aro some of the excuses
and makeshifts wo hear, but they are
poor ones at the best. Whatever is
worth doing is worth doing well, and
it really takes no extra tiino to thor
oughly warm the horses' bits.
If tho tenin is to be hornessed early
in the morning, it iuu.st bo fed before
breakfast, aud the bridles can be
brought to tho kitchen fire to grow
warm and comfortable for the horses
while tho master is ministering to his
own comfort.
Thoughtlessness causes tho same
suffering as heartless cruelty.—Now
England Homestead.
TREES ON TUB FARM.
Do not allow tho fnrm to remain a
waste of bare laud. Plant trees every
year, few or many at a time; but plant
eornu at all events, and make up yonr
mind togo right into tho business in
the spriug. Trees add to tho value,
appep.vanco and liomelikeness of any
farm. (Jive them only the caro the
farmer expects to expend upon corn
and potatoes, and they will do well.
Strange it is that au otherwise good
farmer who will tend his corn crop
assiduously will set out a tree only to
utterly neglect aud forsako there
after. Tho tree to do woll must be
fod aud cultivated like any other farm
crop. Theu it will respond freely
and generously both by growth
atd by fruit. I'he pltiut aud pear,
well grown, pay well. Sot them out
in rioh toil at intervals of twonty
feet iti eitlier direction. Never let
thi'tu got hungry. Stir tho soil con
stantly through th« summer, and yon
will uover regret the >luy you under
took fruit culture. Some of tho best
aud moat profitable uiarkot pears aro
Anjou, ltose, Sheldon, aud
Jjawrcuce. For deiirublu plums plant
Abundance, 11 irtxink, Heine Claude,
Lombard and Merman l'rune, Fruit
trios will ktaud lutn of stabl* manure,
especially while they nre utakiug their
gruwtb, but aftrr iruitlng bat Utguu
tkijr Mid pvtMfc ««4 pbe«pktrU mU
in far greater quantities than nitrogen.
Henee the wisdom and utility of em*
ploying unleached wood ashes and
finely ground bone for their fertiliza
tion. Mix them in proportion of one
ton of ashes to live hundred weight of
bone, scatter a liberal quantity broad
cast over the entire area of ground
covered by the tree roots, and expect
good orops of fruit. Never allow any
fruit tree to bear too heavily. When
overloaded, thin out some of the
surplus fruit. The remainder will
grow enough larger to more than
mako up the difference, while speci
mens of fruit will bo far finer.—Colo
man's Rural World.
ASPARAGUS CULTURE IN A NUTSHELL.
There are many who aro very fond
of asparagus, but will not grow it be
cause of the time which expires before
the plants will furnish a crop.
"Where land is plentiful—and on
most farms there are many acres that
yearly goto waste—this should not
be, for in planting a small bed and
taking oaro of it there would not be
more than one or two whole days in a
year spent upon it, and at tho er>d ot
the third year the planter would be
richly reworded for his labor.
First of all have your land in good
shape, and don't be afraid of tho ma
nure or fertilizer. Purchase your
seed from some good house, as the
seed is tho foundation upon which
your future bed will rest. Sow it
thinly in rows one foot apart during
the months of April or May, according
to the weather, and keep down all
weeds. To procure good strong
healthy plants thin out tho seedlings
to three or four finches in the rows,
saving only the strong ones.
One year can bo gained upon this
system by buying from you seedsman
year-old plants, which should bo set
out in spring in a rich sand loam,
which bas been plowed at least eight
een inches deep and has bad a liberal
amount of well rotted manure worked
into it. If your soil is of stiff clay,
add plenty of sand to it and also some
sifted coal ashes, which will serve to
loosen it up. You should also make
somo preparation for under-drainage.
Every fnll a good dressing! of coarso
manure should be applied after tho
tops liavo been out, und in tho spring
this should bo forked in.
In cutting tho crops never cut tho
roots too closely, as they need tho ben
efit of at least a little foliage, or olse
they will weaken and dio during tho
cold season.—New York Witness,
FARM AND GARDEN NOTE 3.
Feed regularly.
Weed out tho culls.
Season all soft food with a pinoh of
salt.
Feed ground bone and crushed oys
ter shells.
Givo your sheop a sunny southern
exposure protected from tho north and
northwest winds.
If you put down a good supply of
cabbage and other greon stuff, as wo
advised you in the fall, yonr fowls ore
getting tho benefit, and returning it to
you in eggs.
If your roosting place is inclinod to
bo leaky, this cold weather has cov
ered tho interior of tho plaoo with
whito frost, which is not tho most
comfortable wall paper for hen
house.
Tho man who got a nice lot of pullets
last spring is gathering oggs now.
They lay more readily in cold weather
than the old hens. Thoy take a rest
from laying oftencr than old hens, but
do not rest so long.
Who can find a winter sitter ! Her
price is above roubles. Shcconsidereth
a nest and layeth iu it; she ariseth
early and gathereth tho grub, and when
she has finished her laying she sitteth
on tho eggs, and hntcheth a brood.
And the breeders of exhibition fowls
rieo up and bless her.
Three meals a duy ia winter are too
many for your fowls. Two is a
plenty, if they are of tho right sort.
A good warm mash at night, for them
togo to roost on these cold nights, is
a very good thing, and that gives them
the grain in the morning, when thoy
have all day beforo them in whioh to
scratch about for it among tho litter.
Tho run of tho market shows that
tho big beeves aro not iu as active de
mand as heretofore. Twelve hundred
pounders brought as good prices per
100 pounds as the over-fat sixteen aud
eighteen hundred pounders. This in
dicates that consumers are no longer
willing to pay five cents per pound ex
tra for fancy over choice outs.
Charcoal is one of the most essen
tial articles of food to successful poul
try farming. The best way to secure
this is to place an ear of corn in tho
fire until it is entirely charred and
tben shell ofT to your fowls, You seo
an eagerness developed and a healthy
condition brought about. All pale
combs will become bright red, and tho
busy song which precedes laying will
be hoard and the average yield of eggs
greatly increased.
It is possiblo to get three littors ol
pigs from s sow in ono veor, but this
is a littlo too hoggish. Some say it is
best to keep a sow breeding all the
time, as it will ohcck tho tendency to
take on fat. It is our opinion that fat
—a reasonable amount of it —is not
poison, evon to a sow, aud does not
call for heroio doses of anti-fat. Tho
sow will bo better pleased in tho end
with two families a year, aud what
pleases the sow ought to pleaso tho
owuer. Tiio mau should not be a hog.
Tlio questiou of soiling eggs by
weight is still being agitated,and thero
aro many retisous lor favoring it,
though the advantages would not be
so great as many suppose. A small
I egg like tho Leghorn'*, for instance,
j has u thin shell, flue aud smooth,
| while tho large oggs liks the Mocks,
! Cochins au<t iiraiuthi h«vo a thick
! coarse shell. If sold by weight the
' purchaser would pay extra price for
i egg shells, but would he get any mure
| weight of actual egg, that he eould
«m) V«jf little if an/,
VENEZUELA'S FAIR WOMEN
THB ASTONISHINO SUDDKKITKSB
WITH WHICH THEY AGE.
Blooming Beauties Kilnblo to lie
Transformed Into Wrinkled, Yel
low Crones Within a Year,
"fly O tbe American freshly landH
I / in Venezuela women w. t
I seem scarce. But they are
"2|" not really so. Their pro
portion iu tbo population is probably
less thau New England boasts, but
large enough. Tbe customs of the
country are against the stranger's
reaily realization of the fact. That is
all tbe trouble. Nowhere there, even
in Caracas, is there such a constant
public beauty show as is to be seen Qn
the fashionable thoroughfares of all
American cities. Yet there is no lack
of pretty women. When tbo student
has learned tbo conventioi places
and times for prosecuting liis obser
vations be will liave no reason to la
ment a scarcity of bubjeots.
Primarily there are the churches.
All Venezuelan women goto church,
not on Sundays only, but upon any
day of tbo week. Indeed, some of
them go every day, but they are de
votees, generally past middle age.
Their clioeen time for church-going is
early iu tho morning-, but that is tho
loveliest part of tbo tropical day.
One is impelled to wonder at first,
what has become of all the middle
aged Venezuelan women. A certain
proportion in every gathering will
seem to bo young, some of them beau
tiful, and alt the others will appear to
bo old. Can it bo that those in the
intermediate stages seclude them
selves? Not at all. But they age
with astonishing Ruddenness. Tho
blooming beauty of this year is liable
to bo transformed into a crone, wrink
led, yellow and bent, next year. They
ripen and decay with rapiijjty. And
at au ago when the women of Northern
climes are at their best development
these have lived their active lives as
wives and mothers, and are either
skinny and bony, or fat and flabby old
women. It does not follow that they
die soon. They seem simply to pass
into a sort of grandmotherly condi
tion and remain there a long time.
One charm seems to be the common
possession of Venezuelan women
beautiful eyes.
Intelligent Venezuelans say that
there are few of tho present genera
tion in whom at least two distinct
strains are not blended, and in most
three or four are commingled. There
is, however, much uniformity of color
among ladies in good society, as one
sees them iu full street dress, either
on the promenade or at special church
services. They aro all coldly white,
not the clerr light complexion that at
least makes pretence of being natural,
but such a dead and solid whito as ono
sees elsewhero only on a new wall, or
the face of u clown iu a pantomime.
Thero is no false pretence about that
sort of face. It 'proolaims itself
starched with perfect honesty. Wo
men do not whitewash themselves in
such a stylo to hide defects, but sim
ply because it is fashionable. Many
of theui know they would bo much
prettier without it, yet would as soon
think of dispensing with gown or
shoes when going abrood or dressing
to receive company. Ono good thing
is that they do Eot apply any injuri
ous nostrum with a lend bfiso to pro
dueo the desired effect, or swallow ar
senic to clarify their complexions, but
just daub on a thick paste of clean
American cornstarch and lot it go at
that.
Their common headdress is tho man
tilla of black silk lace. Drawn snugly
around tho shapely head, with its deli
cate scallops curls dropping
over the brow, flying loose at the sides
of the face, and perhaps just reveal
ing a little of tho dainty ears, it is
certainly tho most bewitching head
dress invented for women, infinitely
moro charming than any jumble of
feathers, artificial flowers and lace
ever devised by a French milliner.
Thero is little promenading merely
for tbo pleasure of going abroad to
see and bo seen, except in the capital.
No laiiy ever promenades unaccom
panied with a gentleman not her hus
band. Generally the promenadcrs are
in trios—one lady nnd two gentlemen,
or two ladies and one gentleman—or
in larger groups. Iu the first named
combination of three, ono of the gen
tlemen seems interested, whilo the
other is evidently bored. Of the sec
ond trio, ono lady is qnite certain to
be elderly, nnd sho walks in tho mid
dlo. It is all simple when understood.
Social custom forbids a girl or woman
to hold conversation, at home or
abroad, even on the open street or in
a thronged (prblio pleasure ground,
with a gentleman who is not a rela
tive, unless in tho close presence of
somo relative or a chaperon of ample
ago and presumable discretion. A
slight modification of this rule is ad
missible—rather in practice than in
principle—when the question is of en
tertaining a declared suitor. A girl
may sit iu her dark parlor, at the
heavily barred window, and listen to
love's whispers from a young man who
stands in the street and whose nose
barely comes up to tho window sill.
Even then a guardian relative is sup
posed to sit with her and superviso
the proceedings, but, in proctice, the
watcher is generally sympathetic, and
if uot actually indulgent enough to
withdraw, during at least part of the
tender interview, is likely to afleot
•Uep.
Tho rattle, made of a calabash con
tinuing beans, is one of tho queer
crude instruments to which tho
Venezuelan woman dances, if a
woman of tho people. Another is
n loug eowhom, with gashes sawn close
together iu it, over which the baok of
a knife is scraped. A third is a slen
der bar of steel, whicb, suspended by
u string, given out a musical note when
struck. With these go guitars ad
libitum. And it is surprising what an
effective combination they make for
dnuee music, iu which the marking of
time is more essential thou melody or
harmony, Tho accordion is rather
popular among the peon, or laborer,
clasr, and with it the calabash and the
cowhoru lire Messed mitigations, pro
portionately to the vigor with which
they are operated.
VtnfiiiiUn women do uot generally
»iug much or well, uud it seems a lit
tle Hrango that this should be so, for
uiest of them hnve sweet speaking
volet". And • trsst mauy of tb« men
da stun wtlli Kfw Verb
HOUSBHOLD AFFAIRS,
RECIPE FOR HOREHOCND CANDY.
A tested recipe for horehound can
dies consists of pound of dried hore
hound leaves boiled in one quart of
water, oooled, and then boiled again
to r five minntes. After that strain off
the liquid through a cloth; put it back
on the fire, and let it simmer nntil the
quantity is reduced to four or Ave
ounoes. Add an ounoe of gum arabic,
and when dissolved enough fine sugar to
make a dough or paste, as for lozenges.
Roll oat, and out in small pieoes with
a perfectly clean thimble or a little
outter such as is used by]confectioners.
—New York Post.
BAKED RIOK.
Thoroughly wash a cup of rice.
Strain a cupful of rich brotb, and add
to it twice as much boiling water, put
it on the range and cook slowly until
it has absorbed all the;water, and mis
two raw eggs in a large cup *of hot
milk, two tablespoonfuls of grated
cheese, and a tablespoonful of butter,
and pour to tho rice; stir well to
gether, add a cupful of minced meat
and bam, mix it all well, add salt suf
ficient to seasoirtt, and then turn in
to a butterod mould, cover and set the
dish into a drippiug-pau of boiling
water, and bake half an hour. When
done, dip the mould in cold water,
and turn upside down on a flat dish,
and it will slip out of tho mould easily.
NORMAN SOUP.
This is one of tho best white soups
that can be made, having also the
merit of being economical. Put a
knuckle of veal into four quarts of
cold water with a quart of small but
ton onions, and boil gently for two
hours. Then cut up into it half a loaf
of bread and cook for an hour and a
half longer. Then take out the meat,
scrape it all from tho bone and cut it
fine, and press tho brotb, bread and
onions through a sieve. Then rub to
gether a tablespoonful of butter or
oleomargarine, with two tablespoon
fuls of flour until quite smooth, and
stir this into a quart of milk placed on
tho stove and brought to tho boiling
point, but not allowed to boil. When
the flour has been cooked in this, add
it to the soup, put back tho pieoes of
meat, add salt and pepper to taste and
serve. Force-meat balls are very nice
with thi3 soup.—New York World.
CLEANING FURNITURE.
One reason why people fail in clean
ing furniture coverings is that they
aro too economical in tho use of
naphtha. It must bo literally poured
onto be effective. Standing in tbe
breeze it will evaporate very quickly,
and will destroy every vestige of
moths. If the articles are to be left
iu the house they may be wrapped in
sheets, tightly pinned around them.
This keeps a certain amount of tho
odor in the furniture for a long time,
and renders it doubly safe.
It cannot bo too strongly empha
sized that no light of any kind must
be taken into tbe rooms while tho
naphtha-cleaned articles, recently
cleaned, aro there. Tho inflammable
nature of naphtha vapor makes it ex
ceedingly dangerous when brought
near a flame.
Cushions, carpets and wool draperies
may safely be cleaned in this way, and
all that is necessary is to throw all
draperies over a line in tho yard,open
the windows, remove tho wrappings
from tho furniture, and let the breozo
have full sweep through the rooms
for a day or two. Then there will be
no offensive smell, and tho furniture
may bo used with perfect safety so far
as danger from tire is conoerned.—
Carpet and Upholstery Trade Review,
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Use milk puddings and stowed fruit
for bilious dyspepsia.
After washing never wring worsted
dress goods. Shake them.
In cleaning japanned goods never
use hot water. Wet a cloth slightly
in warm water and rub the article to
be cleaned. Should any smear appear,
sprinkle with flour and wipo dry.
* In making black laee dresses, when
transparent sleeves are desired, if the
sleeves are Hist lined with very fine
white net, the arms will look much
whiter. The lining does not show
when the sleeves are worn.
In roa ting, the time allowed in
cook books, usually a quarter of an
hour to a pound, must be reokoned
from the moment the meat begins to
cook, and not from the timo it is put
into the oven, and even with this pre
caution a little extra time should be
allowed unless the meat is required
underdone.
Do not use jelly glasses with tin
covers, for the jelly will bo almost
sure to spoil, although occasionally
some one uses them with success. Tho
old-fashioned way of placing a piece
of tissue paper over the jelly, cut tho
sizo of the receptacle, then sealing
with letter or wrapping paper, will
prevent spoiling.
When a bed is obliged to faco a win
dow, as is sometimes necessary, a
decoration and a relief in one is se
cured by a valance above instead of
bolow the footboard. Two small brass
uprights are fastened in it, with a rod
adjoining them, on which is hung a
curtain of some light silk or stuff iu
harmony with the general tone of the
room.
William Watson did not get the
poet-laureateship, but be has revenged
himself by writing a poem on the Ar
menian massacres, beginning "Never,
O craven England, never more prate
thou of generous efforts, righteous
kirn."
FLORIDA FACTS.
February anil March are two of the best
months to visit Florida. The climate Is fine
And the social features at their height of
Interest. When you h»ve made up your mind
togo, you naturally want to get there aa soon
as possible and In the most comfortable man
ner.lf TOU live In New York. Boston or
HufTalo, you ran take one of the Magnificent
Trains of the "Big four Route" from any one
of these cities to Cincinnati, and with only
one change of can continue your Journey to
Jacksonville. Direct connection made In Cen
tral Union Station. Cincinnati, with through
trains of til lines to Florida. Address E« O.
McCormick, I'assenger Traffic Manager, or
D. B. Martin, General I'asoenger and Ticket
Agent Big Four Houte. Cincinnati, Ohio.
A (Jooil Dog la Worth Looking After.
If you own a dog and think any thing of kiro,
TOU should U* aide to treat hln» intelligently
when 111 aucl understand hiui sufficiently to
detect *ymptom* of Ulne»s. The dop doctor
book written by H. Clay Glover, D. 8., so
cialist in canine dUeaaee to the principal ken
nel club*. wIU furnish thU information. It Is
stealiwfe
A WOMAN' 3 DESPAIR.
COULD SKE NOTHING ARR ID BUT A
A LIFE OF PAIN.
She Telli a Renort.r How 8h« Suffered—
Bow Sbe WAS Cured—Anil Row Hor
Life H»» Been llrlghtenetl by the
Sunshine of Health.
From the Drych, Utfca, N. Y.
Mrs. E. McLaughlin, who r091d03 at 83
Miller Street, Utloa, N. Y. t bat formerly lived
at 110 Seymour Avenue, iu the same city, id
a lady nearly seventy years old. Sho was
born at Marcy, Oneida County, N. Y., and
has resided in Onolda County all her lite
and Is well-known iliero. It was reportedin
Ctiaa that Mrs. McLaughlin had been won
derfully cured of a severe attack of rheuma
tism, as well as Indigestion, by the use of
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People, a
reporter of Drych was seut to interview her
on tho subject and get the true facts.
Mrs. McLaughlin said she had beun afflict
ed with rheumatism for about twenty years,
and was at times unable to rlso from her
chair. Her suffering was Intense, and sho
was sometimes driven nearly wild with tho
agonizing pain. Of late sho had also been
troubled with indigestion nnd her health had
become greatly undermined. Bhe was almost
discouraged, being unable to get relief either
from the doctors or through the numerous
remeiies which she trie,l. Mrs. McLaughlin
had often read of the cures effected by Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People, but, af
ter her many failures to obtain relief through
other remedies sho hail but little confidence
that anything would help her. She continued
to grow worse from day today aud had given
tip all hope of over boing restored to health.
Ono day Mrs. McLaughlin spoke of Pink
Pills to a friend who was calling upon her.
It happened that this friend had had soma
experience with Pink Pills nnd know tholr
value. Sho urgently advised Mrs. McLaugh
lin to give them n trial, which she consented
to do. She procured ono box aud before its
contents had been entirely used sho noticed
quite an improvement In hor health. Sho
watted some time boforo getting uuother.
After awhile she decided to keep on with
them, and when she had taken tlireo boxes
was completely cured. Sho is no longer
troubled with iudigestlon, nnd when seen by
the representative of Drych was walking
around as briskly as anyone of hor ngo could
bo expected to do.
Subscribed aud sworn to beforo mo this 4th
day of July, 1895.
O. H. IIUMPiinEY, Notary Public,
Onolda County, N. Y.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a con
densod form, all tho elements necessary to
give new llfo and richness to tho blood aud
restoro shattered nerves. Tho are an un
failing specific for such diseases ns locomo
tor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance,
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headaoho, tho after effect of la grippe, pal
pitation of the heart, pale and sallow com
plexion, all forms of weakness oltheriumalo
or female, and nil diseases resulting from
vitiated humors in tho blood, l'iuk Pills
are sold by all dealers, or will bo sent post
paid on receipt of price, (50 cents a box, or
six boxos for £2.50) by addressing Dr. Will
iams' Modicluo Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
President ICruger, of tho Tiausvaal Itepub
lic, has two cousins who live In ICausas.
High t'rleo for Potatoes.
Tho John A. SalzorSood Co., La Crosse,
Wis., pay high prices for now things. They
recently paid S3OO for a yellow rind water
melon, SIOOO for 30 bu. new oats, S3OO for
100 lbs. of potatoes, etc., otc.! Well, prices
for potatoes will bo high noxt fall. Plaut a
plenty Mr. Wideawake! You'll make money.
SaUer's Earliest an; lit to oat in 2S days after
planting. His Champion of tbo World is the
greatest yiolder on earth and wo challenge
you to produce its equal. (A.)
IF YOB WII.L SEND US 10C. in stamps to
the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis.,
you will get, free, ton packages graius and
grasses, including Toosinte, Spurry, Giant
Incarnnto Clover, etc., and our mammoth
cataloguo. Catalogue alone sc. for mailing.
Mrs. Wlnslow's SooAliing S.vrup for children
teething, softens the itums, reduces inllummu
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. Sic.a bottle
DON'T Neglect a COUKII. Take some Halo's
Honey of Horehound and Tar
Plko's Toothache Drops Cure In ono minute.
CH ANCE OF A LIFETIME SX^
papers?nt to your nddrrs* free. Do you \y«nt thr
New York Mercury—bright, breezy and brl*tllnn—
pent to you or your h.-lrs or assigns—forever 112 You
cnu obtain the New York Dally ami Sunday Mercury
free. For full particulars udclrr«s thy Snpt. .»f Circu
lation, New York Mercury. .1 Pnrk Hon . New Y.irk.
*ri ! Uy ,n 'j wo ehow you how to
the busings fully, rentvni! cr wo ffour
\7WTlr auteo a clear proiit ot s.l for errrv cuy'j
work; absolutely sure; wrtlr »t «mte.
P. T. ■OBUAS. ■»« > gcr. H->« LK. pfcTttUlT.
—* Work flies
2yS J§ right along ,
CO- t/ S when you take Pearline
4/ to it. So does the
/ dirt. Every scrub
/ king brush seems
112 t° have wings.
( ou S et through your cleaning in half
WW*' the time you used to, and without any
commotion or fuss.
Pearline saves rubbing. That means a good deal besides
easy work, even in house-cleaning. Paint and wood-work
and oil-cloth, etc., are worn out by rubbing.
Pearline cleans, with the least labor, and without the
least harm, anything in the world that water doesn't hurt.
Qptirl Peddler;, and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you 11 this is as good as ,112
OCUU or "the same as Pearline." IT'S FALSK—Pearline is never peddled,
• - * M and if your urocer sends you something in plate of Pearline, he
*t Back honest-WV/ b:\tk. JAMES PVLK, New York.
SALZER'S VEGETABLE SEEDS
AM AT the bait for all coil* au«l whether Eait or W«jt,
Sprout Quickly, Grow Vigorously, Product Enormous!)! |g§fsßM^L^
That is their record tho world ore •. Being Northern-grown, thoy are bre 1
to earliaeee. There la lore of mnaiv mavj la early vegetable.*, aud we are
going to make a bnid etatemeut here that the sari tee i, ohoiecet vegetables in
the world ara produced from Halrer'r Feeds. Our Catalogue tells *ou way, »o
if you una tnmakc in»n«T-t -at i> bare vegetal'*! :'•» tlie market lo to ft) days
ahead of your neighbor* --plat-1 8a nr'l B*»uv dead 4c. for market gar
doners' wholesale lilt £9* hichtaing Cabbage u tho earliest Cabbage norelty
•112 the worid.flt for market in 60 dars! Pkg . 14c ;ox . fioe ; *4 lb , |2UO.
W* make a apecialiy of ch tice pedigree Onion Seed: 9<fr p.*r pound'
Salter's Earliest Cucumber oanautoe beat. Pkg . 100 ;o; . 20c.; lb., ft. s. W
■ Our mammoth Plant a*4 Seed Catalogs, eostaining a mtgniftetc t array of M
the elioicsat vegetables, with prices dirt ch«ap, is mailed to you upon rreslnt of Lo. #•
postage, or Cstalogos aad Package «112 r.xrlf Bird Kadisb aron receipt of be.
JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO.. La Cfotso. Wis.
" Well Bred, Soon Wed." Girls Who Use
SAPOLIO
Are Quickly Married.
nON'T YQU OFTEnj expression*
H ■ I*i ■ ■ rcfi faces tbo news
papers aud books which you don't fully understand, and which you would
like to look up If you had some re to part look which would tfivo tho In
formation In a few line*?—not bo obliged lo tinndtn a twi nty-pound
cncyclopro Hi costing i23 or J3O. jm •» stamps rent to BOOK PUB
LISNINC MOUBE, 134 Leon- O t,rd Streot. H. Y. City, will
furnish yju, postpaid, with just «uch n book, couinininff 520 p»K«*. " c 'l
Illustrate!, with complete handy Index. U J you know wiio Cicc»u* wn«. and whero he
lived? Who luiit the Pyramids, :ind when? Th.it souud travels 11*3 f«*ot per feoond?
What is the longeM river in tho world? Tluit M ireo l'olo Invvate I the compact In 12G0,
aud who Jlnico Polo was? What the Qordlan lint was? The book contains thousands
0/f f\ of cip'.au.itiens ol Just such mature «s you wonder gm
&I| w« dtout. Ouy 41 m th» v*> y In iv jirfre •/ II
WW h»!f • Seller AMS lAirHvi* XOVMfMt,* W W
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding ot tho
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills which vanish before proper ef
forts—gee,tie efforts—pleasant efforts—
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that so many forms of
sickness are not due to apy actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated cpndi
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the onl'*
remedy with millions of inmilies, ant'
everywhere esteemed so highly by
who value good health. Its bene'
effects are due to the fact, that it
one remedy which promotes h.
cleanliness, without debilitatir
organs on which it acts. It is th.
all important, in order to get it
ileial effects, to note when v
chase, that yon have the geuuin
which is manufactured by the r
Pig Syrup Co. only, and sol
utable druggists.
If in the enjoyment <
and the system is re'
tives or other remedi
If afflicted with any ;
may be commended tc
, physicians, but if in r
then one should have t
the well-informed ever
Figs stands highest and it
used and gives most genera
s Y x c—7
The Homo Bureau for Delicacies for'
tboSlck, and Nurses' Registry, at 15
West Forty-second St., N. Y., under
date or Oct. 20, 1894, writes: "Plcaso
send ono dozen boxes Kipnns
Tabules to tho Nurses' Club, 101 West
Forty-first street, lteports of tho
Tabules for troubles resulting from
disordered digestion como very
frequently to our attention hero.
This Bureau docs not dispense
medicines, but has opportunity io
hear frequent discussions concerning
the merits of remedies. It seems io
be couccdod that tho Tabules nro a
reliable auxiliary to tho physician.
Some of our patrons uso them to a
considerable extent, and physicians
assure us that tho formula Is
excellent."
lupous Tahntrs nre FOM by drujrglste, or by moll
fl ti e price On cents a liox) Is sent to Tho U'raos
Chemical Compon.v, No. lu Spruco St., New \orlc.
Sample vial, lu cent*. -
THE AKRMOTOR CO. «»««
windmill business, because it has reduced wacca..
wind power to 1 .'O what It w;vs. a It h»3 many oranco
m bousws, and supplies Its goods and repaira
at four door. It can and does lurnlsh a
_ better article for less money than
others. It makes Pumping and
cleared, Steel, Galvanized arter»
completion Windmills, I'llUnff
and e( l Steel Towers. Steel Bom Saw
Frames, Steel Feed Cutters and feed
Grinders. On application it will name ona
111 of these articles that if will furnish until
January Ist at 1/3 tho usual price. It also make*
Tanks aud Pumps of all kinds. Sonrt for
Factory: 12tb. Rockwell and Fillmore Sprats. CblcafO»
WE HAVE NO AGE , NTS •
■ » but aelhl to the consuni
anywhere for examlnatioc
"\ NX beforo tale. Everything war
Sfrx vO>fßg> ranted. 100 styles of Ctr<
riajjes, 90 styles of har«
nc5S -4' styles RidlngSad*
P " rito for cntologue.
Carriage A Harness Mfj Cm
W. It. I'BATT, Socy Elkboft, lod.
fllllllU Morphine Habit Cured In 1Q
iSHIISIf! day«. Nonay till cured#
lUßffi DR. J.STEPHEN!, Lebanon, Ohio.
flDlliai WHISKY habits cured. Ihmknent
tfrlUlll KEF. t»r. It. M. UOOM.HV, ATLANTA, HA
£?SE^A!LS'
Lj Rest Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Uso
E- in time. S«»!d by driißtfifts. f*#
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