The Spring! of Florida. A short distance down the penin sula and below Jasper is Suwanee Spring. It forms one of the principal feeders of the river, and is a well known favorite winter resort. It is some distance from the railroad sta tion, and tourists are taken thither in an ancient "kinky" street car, and their baggage on a flat open car linked behind. Suwanee Spring, like many of the other largo bodies of so-called springs in Florida, is nothing more or less than the coming to the surface of a considerable sized underground river, and, like many of these springs, that at Suwanee is supposed to possess valuable medicinal qualities, particu larly for diseases which affect the kid neys and bladder. The large springs of Florida are among its greatest curiosities, and many of them are wonderful for their beauty and varied features. Almost invariably they are clear as crystal and very deep, some as much as eighty feet. Many, like Suwanee and Green Cove springs, are heavily charged with sulphur, and others, like those at Homasassa, with sulphur, iron and magnesia. The waters ai'e almost in variably warm. Besides the Suwanee Spring there are others in the near vicinity, one a few miles below, called High Springs, and still a third close beside the rail road tracks at Juliette. This one is quite largo and of such remarkable limpiduess that from the railroad tracks, more than a hundred feet away, fish may be plainly seen swimming about in its depths.—Florida Letter in Philadelphia Ledger. St. Peter's, Rome, is one of the most colossal buildings in the world. Forty-three popes reigned while it was being built. Never Too Sure. Against the probability or possibility of mischance or accident we can never bo too sure. But if we should stop to consider how great is the chance of sudden death, we would be made too timid and unhappy. Caution Is needed not to be foolhardy, and precaution to know what is best to do when mi accident happens. One day this winter two men were wnllcing aud one said: "We're too timid in treading on slippery places. I trend ilrmiy and never think about them, and so escape a fall." "Never be too sure," sniil the other; "it is that that throws you oft' and makes the fall the harder." Just then they came upon a place covered with thin snow, where kids had b»en sliding. The first speakerslipped and came down with his foot turned and badly sprained his iiukle. He was acripplo on crutches until a short time ago, having used many things without beneilt. Up to that time ho had not used St. Jacobs Oil, which, when used, cured him completely, so that he walks as usual. There is a prob ability that for the rest of the season he will walk cautiously, with the precaution of having this great remedy ready for use. Fewer French ships pass through the Sue?: Canal than German, Italian or oven Dutch. Fits permanently cured. No ills or nervous ness after llrst day's use of Dr. Kline's Greut Nerve Restorer. S:J trial bottle and treatise free Da. It. 11. KLINE. Ltd.. 1)31 Arch St..l > hila„l'a. Bergen, Norway, boasts of ' a paper chureLi large euough to seat 1000 persons. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the sums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 3T>c.a bottle. Dutch omnibuses aro fitted with letter boxes. CONSULTING A WOMAN. Mrs. Pinkham's Advice Inspires Confidence and Hope. ■Examination by a male physician is a hard trial to a delicately organized woman. She puts it off as long as she dare, and is only driven to it by fear of can cer, polypus, or some dreadful ill. Most frequently such a woman leaves a physician's office r where she lias un dergone a critical /iJ J examination with "5?7 an impression,more —y' or less, of discour agement. This condi tion of the BaSjMg mind destroys advice; and she grows worse rather than better. In consulting Mrs. Pink ham no hesitation need be felt, the story is told to a woman and is wholly confidential. Mrs. Pinkham's address is Lynn, Mass., she offers sick women her advice without charge. Her intimate knowledge of women's troubles makes her letter of advice a wellspring of hope, and her wide experi ence and skill point the way to health. " I suffered with ovarian trouble for seven years, and no doctor knew what was the matter with me. I had spells which would last for two days or more. I thought I would try Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. I have taken seven bottles of it, and am en tirely cured."— MßS. JOHN FOREMAN, 26 N. Woodberry Ave., Baltimore, Md. The above letter from Mrs. Foreman is only one of thousands. j: Try Grain=o! ij I; Try Grain=o! \\ j | Ask you Grocer to-day to show you J [ 1 > a package of GBAIN-O, the new food <> i drink that takes the place of coffee. < ( [ The children may drink it without J [ ' injury as well as the adult. All who ' ' ! try it, like it. GRAIN-O has that < > [ rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, J | I > but it ia made from pure grains, and < ■ | the most delicate stomach receives it < J without distress. £ the price of coffee. J i i 15 cents and 25 cents per package. < , Sold by all grocers. < } Tastes like Coffee { j | Looks like Coffee J I > Insist that your grocer gives y«n QRAIN-0 i 1 J Accept no imitation. ' Milk Curd for Fowls. In giving fowls milk there is often danger that they will soil aud spofl their food while eating it. If the milk is made into curd and is then dried by mixing cakes made of corn meal and wheat bran with it, the fowls will be much less liable to dis ease than if they are fed milk in its cold state. Ninety Bushels of Wheat Per Acre. Wheat is profitable when thirty bushels per acre can be grown, aud that this yield can be secured is un questionable if the necessary condi tion of the soil is provided for it. The writer ouce sowed three ounces of wheat upon a square rod of ground iu rows twelve inches apart. The ground was hoed twice a week from the plant ing nntil the spreading wholly covered it, which was before the winter set in. In the spring the soil was stirred as much as possible until it could no longer be done. At the harvest the grain was thrashed and made thirty four pounds, which was equal to ninety bushels per acre. English farmers, by good culture and the use of the hoe in spring, have grown from sixty-five to seventy bushels per acre. Is there any reason why American farmers could not produce a similar yield? We think not.—Henry Stew art in Rural Canadian. Ave ruffe Product of a Hen. Home and Farm says: "Eleven dozen eggs per year is the average es timate given as the product of a hen." That's a fact; such an estimate has been given, so have various different estimates been given—nothing is eas ier than making estimates. A pencil and a sheet of paper is all that is needed, no particular knowledge of the subject is required. The writer has had some experience—more than many estimate makers—with half a dozen pure breeds and with more than half a dozen of no breed, and i3 thor oughly convinced that the average of all the hens iu the country, or in a state, county or town, is less than 100 eggs annually. Well-kept flocks of some breeds will go largely above 100, but a large majority of hens do not be long to that class. The only official estimate made puts the estimate at ninety-three eggs. That is the esti mate of the United States census bureau,and probably it is not far from the truth.—Texas Field and Farm. I>evice for Killing Plant Lice. The man of the house, if he be a smoker, ought to expend some of the surplus smoke on the plants. If ho is permitted to smoke indoors, place his chair in the plant window and insist on his blowing the smoke from his pipe or cigar among the plants in stead of out in the room. I have al ways noticed that in homes where the male members of the family smoke that house plants are remarkably free from vermin. I am not advocating the use of tho weed, but simply stat ing a fact. A friend whose husband is required to smoke out of doors, or in the woodshed, has a box arranged to hold her plants when it is neces sary to give them treatment for ver min; in the cover of the box is a hole as large around as a silver dollar, to which a plug is fitted. The man of the house, when called upon for the service, takes his place iu tho wood shed with pipe and plant bf : aud is required to expeud a part at least of his smoke on the plants. It is quite amusing to see this "lord of creation" with a mouthful of smoke remove the plug from the plant box and send the smoke among the plants, but as the treatment is effectual and he takes the idea somewhat in the nature of a good joke, both he and the wife are en thusiastic over the plan.—"G. B. K." in American Agriculturist. Regularity in Salting the Dairy. If the cook should conclude that the trouble of salting or// food is all un necessary, or that if we require it at all, once each week is sufficiently often, she would undoubtedly meet with a vigorous protest from all con cerned. What reason is there, either in theory or in practice, to lead us to suppose that our dumb animal friends are less sensitive to such irregulari ties? The writer remembers well that with overy Sunday morniug in his boyhood days came the duty of giving both cattle and horses a handful of salt. As time went on a cheese factory was built, and as we became its patrons we had an excellent opportunity in weighing our milk from day today to study the effect of changing condi tions. We soon learned that "salt day"was invariably followed by a shrinkage in weights at the factory. We very naturally concluded that such over doses of salti tatedthe stomach of the cow, caus! a feverish condi tion of the entire s; item, and conse quent lessening of the flow of milk. We at once adopted the plan of sprink ling! the mangers with salt before stabling the cows, both at night and in the morning, and the irregularities noted above were at an end. The cows seem to enjoy the licking from end to end of a salted box much bet ter thau ft large quantity of salt. They come into the stable as soon as the doors are thrown open instead of waiting to be driven in as formally, and stay each in its accustomed stan chion much better than when there ia nothing to take up their attention, and every dairyman knows that "in contentment there is a great gain."— A Dairyman in Farm, Field and Fire side. S«a:ap Muck and Its Use. The new beginner on the farm, see ing a mass of black muck in his swamp and low grounds, naturally assumes that it will have a great value as man ure for his uplands, and he goes to work digging, hauling and spreading, and in nearly every instance is badly disappointed in the results, which, if not positively harmful, are seldom productive of good. He cannot un derstand why the result should be thus, and asks for advice. The chem ist could have told him at first that the raw muck was in no condition to feed plants, that its plant food is largely locked up in an insoluble form, and needs time and reagents to unlock it. Then, too, there are de posits of apparently rich muck that will never have any value, particlarly those impregnated with iron. But whore the mass is a greasy vegetable decay.it may be made of value if properly treated. Raw muck is sour and not lit to apply to the laud. If piled and allowed to dry and get frosted during one winter it will make an excellent absorbent in the barn yard. lint probably the best use to make of the nuick is to haul it to the upland and pile iu alternate layers with lime or ashes, and let it lie for a year. The lime will act 011 the mass and release the plant food, and the in ert nitrogen will be brought into plav and good results will follow its use the laud. This prepared lime and muck compost has a special value to the grower of strawberries and pota toes, and is largely used by growers of sweet potatoes in some sections. If you have a muck deposit that cannot be drained and got into cultivation where it lies, try the muck and lime compost. —Practical Farmer. Clohi-liis; FielZlZX± Ivs/vWvWvHivWv»«2vOv^AZlASv^visvWvisv^^v4*vs'V a run down and debilitnted system. History of the National Capitol. The cornerstone of the original Cap itol building, at Washington, was laid September 18, 1793, by President Washington, with Masonic ceremonies. The north wing was finished in 1800 and the south wing in 1811. A wooden passagewa} - connected them. August 24, 1814, the interior of both wings was destroyed by lire, set by the British. In 1818 the central portion of the building was commenced and was finally completed in 1827. The cost of the Capitol up to 1827, includ ing the grading of grounds, altera tions, etc., was $2,433,844.13. The cornerstone of the extensions was laid on the Fourth of July, 1851, by Presi dent Fillmore, Daniel Webster officiat ing as orator. 1 his work was com pleted in 1865. These extensions were first occupied for legislative purposes January 4, 1859. The old dome was torn down and work commenced on the new ono in 1855. The present structure, which is of cast iron, was completed in 1805. The entire weight of iron used is 8,909,200 pounds. The statue which crowns tli2 domts was put in position December 2, 1804. It is of bronze, j>nd ita correct designation of Freedom. The height of tho statue is nineteen feet six inches, and it weighs 14,985 pounds, is now a bill before Congress to cover it with gold leaf.—William E. Curtis. Tl*e Kiclt Itpnourcefi of the South. To claim that the is more richly favored by nature than other sections of the country is to claim what cannot be successfully gainsaid. Our mountains teem with exliaustless mineral resources, our sot. is capable of producing in abundance whatever grows upon the earth's surface, and our climate is perennially invigorating. Such being the case, whyyhould not the South indue season lecome the great industrial centre 'of the nation? Still another fact which Bear, upon this hopeful prospfcet is that out of 21,354 miles of American coast lines, not including i Alaska, the South Atlantic and Gulf States possess 11,- 953 miles of this aggregate, or more than the combined mileage of the North Atlantic and Pacific coast lines. Our South Atlantic and Gulf ports are easily accessible from almost any point upon the map, and shippers are beginning to realize that more satis factory trade relations can be carried on with European and South Ameri can countries through our South Atlantic and Gulf ports than 1 through tho older ports of the North aud East. —Atlanta Constitution. An Exposition Novelty. An interesting novelty at theV ris Exposition will be the Mare ▼ , which will give visitors the il' a voyage by steamer from ? to Constantinople, with gier, Algiers, Naples dria and Symrnn ing on the s' to be in the the vessel uurolliu? them t 1