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, AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OP INTERKST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. > Marl as a Fertilizer. Professor James, of the Ontario (Can.) Agricultural College, in a recent bulletin considers marl In the light of a fertilizer. With statements made by Professor James .that may be serviceable to farmers generally are the following: Marl is frequently found below de posits of muck or humus in swamps and low land* sometimes quite near to the surface. It is then of a slate or bluish white color, wet and spongy, darkened a little on top from the overlying dark soil. Upon exposure to the air it dries to a white crumbly mass. In some localities the marl bed is found exposed high and dry ready for immediate application to land. When found lying low and soaked with water it ought to dug out and ex posed to the weather. Fall is the best time for excavating. Let the marl lie in heaps until spring, whi n it will be found thoroughly pulverized by the winter frosts. . To distinguish matt) from clay pour upon it a small quantity of any acid, and if it be mail it will effervesce. To test its value quickly, place a small lump in an earthen dish and pour upon it a little hydrochloric the less residue un dissolved the better the sample of marl. The effervescence is caused by the set ting free of carbonic acid gas from the carbonate of lime, of which marl is prin cipally composed. Thejcarbonate of lime or calcium is the most valuable ingre dient. In addition will bo found small quantities of sand silica, orides of iron and aluminum, and occasionally small quantities of phosphate of lime. Marl, however, is a line fertilizer, and is used as such. According as the lime, clay or sand predomiuates the marl is classed as cal careous, clayey or sandy. The Ontario mails are calcareous. As before noticed, marl is a lime fer tilizer. Phosphoric acid when present adds to its value slightly. Its effects are cither physical or chemical. Physi cally,itseems to give lightness andloo-e --ncss to soils, and thus renders them more workable. ( hcinically, it serves either as a direct food to the plant, as in the case of grasses, or indirectly by its action in rendering available the organic compounds in decaying vegetation—hu mus, for instance. The nitrogen of swamp muck is un available in its usual condition. Thor oughly diained the land and apply sixty to seventy-live bushels of marl per acre. On light soils about twenty-five bushels perai-re, sullieient to help the decompo sition of organic matter and supply lime to the crop i. For grasses, add about two bushels of salt per acre and apply as surface dressing. For clay lands, apply by the wagon load ; hardly too much can be added. Fsc muck also, if available. Farmers having marl deposits will do well to testtheir valueon different lands. Small plots in a couple of fields will bo sullieient. Those not having them should examine their swamps and marshy lands, and diir a few feel beneath black soils. Lime, in the form of marl or carbon ate, should not be used with manures. In the changes resulting, ammonium car bonate is formed; this is a volatile com pound. Lime, in the form of sulphate, i. e., gypsum or land-plaster, is best; it produces ammonium sulphate, a stablo compound—in other words, it fixes the ammonia. Theie is no market for marl at present established in < annda Its value depends upon its situation and the nature of the surrounding land. The commercial value of lime in fertilise is is sometimes placed at $.! per ton. \t that rate,Ontario dried m ills are worth from S3 to $:! per ton. Hich marls are sometimes utilized for burnt lime. —New York World. Farm and Garden Notes. Save the best potatoes in the most pro lific hills seed. Don’t waste food on cows unable to make a decent return. < >ld, well dried corn should be fed first, so ns to give the new corn as much time as possible for diving. Know by test, and not by guess, which is the most profitable cow in your herd, and why she is the best. Weighing a cow’s milk will not cause her to give any more, Imt may cause her owner to substitute a better one. Tur.ieys are profitable birds to raise, for they are marketable, to some extent, at fair prices throughout the year. Manure from the hen-house isthe best fertilizer usually produced on the farm equal to much of the commercial guano. Using a Y-shaped trough, with slaked lime in the bottom, for hog feeding, is said to keep oil cholera from the pork erß. Put your bruin into this winter’s dairy Tnanngc mi nt, and see if you cannot make it the best dairy winter in your expe rience. The farmer w o gets the most eggs is the one who gets up earliest and secures to his fioek a good, warn breakfast by daylight. The m st successful shepherd of tho future will h ive his mutton on the mar ket as regularly and in as good condition at his wool. The same man will make both products as good as possible. A writer, whose head is level, says: “Clover is a great aid in cutting down the cost of a bushel of wheat. Wheat should never be sown without it. It ventilates the soil and tears it to atoms.” Oats come the nearest to the filling of all requisites of a comp ete food: yet, if they are crushed, the addition of a little pea meal would be an improvement in cases where extra exertion is demanded. Whiter is the time when youno trees are injured by rabbits, mice, etc. A mound of earth will keep off the latter, and wrapping above the roots with tarred cotton cloth will discourage the rabbits. Young slock, once allowed to run down, never fully recover from the ef fects thereof. Of inferior feed an 1 lice the first generally brings the second. Poor feeding is scandalous; vermin added it is brutal. The American Agriculturist remarks: No animal does as well as it should that is not comfortable. Study the comfort of alt kinds of stock. Regular feeding, wholesome feed, pure water and com fortable lairs are essential. In this country it has been demon strated to the satisfaction of many criti cal minds that a limestone soil has a beneficial effect upon animals bred and reared by physical tasks. A limestone soil bears on its bosom the finest develop ment of the human race, physically speaking. Do not allow stock, especially work horses and milch cows, to drink ice-cold water. To take the chill from water costs so little that it is hardly to be con sidered in the expense account, t ome of the more advanced stock keepers now will not allow any of their stock to drink ice-cold water. Nothing is quite so good for young pigs m their mother’s milk. When old •sough to wean take off the best and put them in • separate pen, with abund ance of good feed. Keep the remainder with the sow one or two weeko longer, or until they have evened tip somewhat with the others. Stable manure should be protected from the weather. Exposed as it often is in the open barn-yard, it is soaked by the rains and baked by the sun, and its own fermentation burns up that which the weather does not reach. Barns with good cellars under the stables cab be beat arranged for the proper care of manure, especially the liquid portion. Where cellars are not, low pools in the barn-yard should be provided. Six Sons Dead by Violence. Silas Case is a farmer living in Searcy County, Ark., in a rough log cabin sit uated in a gulch in the Boston Moun tains, and surrounded by a clearing of many acres in extent, from which he has earned a living for liis wife and nine children —seven sons and two daugh ters. All these children grew up, but only one son ii living and only be and the two daughters are beneath the old roof-tree which sheltered them in infancy. For more than half a century Case baa dwelt in this mountain retreat. The nearest neighbor is five miles distant. The nearest town is eighteen miles away. One strikes the railway after a journey of 100 miles through a virtual wilderness, the wild and rugged country being interspersed here and. there with small settlements. Case him elf is a splendid specimen of manhood, lie is sixty-seven years old, but straight as an arrow, brave as a lion and strong as a giant, lie is a dead shot with the rifle, and his cabin is stored with the skins of bears and deer which have fallen before his unerring aim. In the war with Mexico he led a company, and in the war of the rebellion he began as a private and ended as Captain on the side of the Fliion. After hostilities ceased he returned to his cabin, content to end life in isolation and solitude. A strange fatality has attended his children. Two of his boys were killed by guerillas during the war. In lSt-0 the revenue o licers raided a “moonshine” distillery in the Boston Mountains. The “moonsh tiers,” though surprised, showed fight, and several were wounded, among them two of the Case boys. They succeeded in hiding in the underbush and thus escaped capture. One died from the effects of the wound five months after; the other died in Texas from the same cause a year later. In 1884, in a fight on Calf Creek, another of the boys was fatally stabbed, dying in a few days. Recently the father received word from Colorado City, Texas, that the son who accompanied his ill-fated brother to the State named had been shot and killed in a quarrel with a'man on a ranch sixty miles beyond the town. Thus six have perished by violent means. The only surviving son is living quietly with his father. He has a violent temper, and only by shunning intercourse as much as possible with his fellowman can he hope to escape the fate which has overtaken his brothers. Sonic Big Salaries. Curiosity, writes a New York corre spondent to the Cleveland Leader, led me to make note of the salaries paid by tho railroad and telegraph companies. The New York Central Hailroad pays Chauncey >l. Depew, it is said, $40,00 I a year; the Erie paid Mr. Jewett alike amount and presumably the present in cumbent is satisfied with no less. The revenue which men like .lay Gould, and Cyrus Held and Kussell Sage derive from the position of directors of many corporations, should be better than a munificent salary. Kttch company pays its directors -fo for attendance at meet ings; this alone to a man with as many irons in the fire—and on the ground—as has Mr. Gould, amounts in a year to a princely sum. After the railroad Presi dents, perhaps the best paid class of men are the Presidents of the large insurance companies. The President of theKqui table i ife and the New York Life each receive $ !0,! 00 per year. Tho poorest paid men nreen the daily papers, the larg est salary in New York city of the class mentioned being that paid to .Mr. David M. Slone, editor of the Journal of Com oerer, which is $l,OOl a year. The ministers of the gospel nud the fudges rank between the corporate o iicers and the journalists. .Mr. Beecher, s'lo,ooll a year; Mr. Talrange, $l?,00> or $13,000, for it has been several times changed. However, it must not bo thought that the salary is the only consideration which the minister receives, for I have heard it reckoned that Mr. lie i li e’s re ceipts from marriage fees have averaged SIO,OOO per year; t!r. Talmnge’s half as much. They are both voliun nous writers and fluent lo tu ers and should not be in want. The judges of the courts in New York, the Supreme Court, receive $7,500 per year, to which in the comity of New York is added SIO,OOO per year, making a judge of that court in New York city the recipient of $17,500 for each year of his judicial labors. Tim Mysterious Itottle. At the recent fatal Alpine accident on the Glockner, says an Austrian paper, the search for the bodies was materially assisted by means of a secret charm em ployed by Uorgorweia, the Kaiser inn keeper. who lias in his possession a small bottle covered with leather, with a string drawn through the stopper by which it can bo suspended like a plum met. The bottle is said to contain a fluid, but it is very heavy for its size, and, according to l orgerweis. it pos sesses the property of indicating by its vibrations the direction in which the nearest human being to thcobse rvermay be found, for he says that he h:is re quently tried with success when he has lost his way in the mountains. The ex periment was repeated on the above oc casion, when the vibrations pointed dis tinctly in the direction of the (Buckner kaar, where the body of llubesoler was ultimately discovered. Hergerweis fur ther declares t 1 at he is enabled by means of these vi rations to ascertain the posi tion of the nearest game, when holding together with the string a piece of chamois or deerskin in his hand. The Equatorial City. At Quito, the only city in tho world on tho line of the equator, the sun sets and rises at (i o'clock the yenr around. Your clock may break down, your watch stop, but the sun never makes a mistake there. When it disappears for the night it is 6 o’clock, and you can set your watch by it. The Age of Man. The soldier’s age is eour-nee; The shopman’s age is till-age; The gambler s age Is cribb-age; The doctor’s age is pill age; The traveler's age is lugg-age; The lover's age is oott-age; Tho lawyer's age is dam age ; The preacher’s age is verbi-age; The drunkard’s age is rumm age; The cook’s age must be pott-age; The German's age is saus-age; But the best and worst is marri-age! -Tid-SiU. SCPERSTITIONS Of ENGINEERS. RallrmS Han Who OboT Omeno-Tho Whit* Rabbit—S Pllat’o Story. " Railroad engineers, ass rule, are • superstitious class of persons,” said an old railroad man. “They have foolish fancies and attach Importance to signs and warnings; but I know of instances where hundreds of lives have been saved by engineers’ fancies and superstitions. For over thirty years I have been a rail road conductor, and during that time I have seen and henrd many things that under ordinary circumstances I would have discredited. One of the best en gineers that ever ran on the West Shore Railroad was a man named Bronson. One morning, just before starting time, while he sat chatting with the fireman, the engino bell suddenly rang out three times. As neither the engineer nor fire man, had touched the bell, and as no ot her person was on or around the engine, the men felt troubled over the strange circumstance. They regarded it as an ill omen and both men were filled with dread. 'Jhe Irain started on its journey, andi mile after mile was quickly traveled, the engineer meanwhile keeping an anxious lookout for danger. When within about an eighth of a mile of a rocky cut, the bell again, apparently of its own accord, sounded three ominous notes, clear and distinct. The engineer beside himself with terror, exclaimed; ‘My Uod, Bill I It’s a warning cf some great danger, and I believe it’s our duty to stop. I’m f.oing to shut her down if I lose my place by it.’ The engine came to a sudden standstill, and within ten feet of the engine, lying across the track was a great rock several tons in weight, which had become loosened by a recent storm, and broken away from the great mass above. A terrible calamity was averted and hundreds of lives saved. “ And bow I’ll tell you of another in stance.” continued the same speaker, “of how an engineer lost his life by not heed ing a voice of warning. One of the most careful and trusted engineers on our road was James Welch. One morning his wife noticed that he was not in his usual cheerful frame of mind, and questioned him about it. He told her that he was not ill, but he said he had a premonition that he would be killed during the day. His wife, being a sensible woman, did not sneer or laugh at his fears, begged him to stay at home that day. Welch, who was a disbeliever in signs and omens, laughed at his fancies and went to his death. Two hours later the en gineer was lying, crushed to death, at the bottom of a deep ravine.” “ Yes, I know such things to be true," said another man. “Silly as it may seem, I wouldn't run a tram after see ing a white rabbit cross the track, with out first slopping to investigate, if I wt re to be made president of the road. I remember one dark night we were scooting across country at a pretty lively rate, when all of a sudden, I saw a. white rabbit dart across the track just in front of the engine. The wee thing gave me such a look in that brief second that something compelled me to stop the train. )he conductor and train men cam# rushing up to the engine to find out the cause of our sudden halt, and it didn’t take long to-find out either. Only a few feet ahead on the track were some heavy logs.. They had most likely been placed there and tied down by tramps, who in the confusion of a frightful ac cident, such as rvould have taken place if I hadn’t stopped tho train, would hav e robbed and plundere t the dead and dying passengers.” Slaking a Mandarin t > Order. John Jacob Astor was determined to ■end a ship to China in spite of the em bargo of ISO 7-9. The astonishment of the ship owners of New York, whose vessels were lying idle in the docks, may be imagined when they read in the Commercial Advert sec of August 13, 1808, this piece of shipping news: “Yesterday the ship 1 eaver, Captain Galloway, sailed for China.” Everybody knew that the ship Beaver was owned by John Jacob Astor. The other merchants of the city were natu rally indignant when they heard that Mr. Astor had been so highly favored. At last it was discovered that he bad a “special permission from the President of the United States for his ship Beaver, navigated by thirty seamen, ostensibly to carry home to Canton a great Chi nese mandarin.” It was said that Astor had picked up a Chinaman in the park, dressed him to fit the man darin story, secured tlie presidential per mit, and despatched his ship before the story got ab.oad. A rival merchant wrote to President Jefferson, informing him that the Chinese mandarin was no mandarin at all, but only a com mon Chinese dock loafer The writer further suggested that, if the govern ment had given the permit under a mis understanding, the error should be cor rected, and Ihc honor of the adminis tration vindicated by punishing tho offender Mr. Astor’s friends called up on him th t r.ight and congratulated him upon the success of his enterprise, and they had a hearty laugh over the affair. He could well afford to laugh at the result of his brilliant coup, tor the Beaver made so successful a voyage that she returned to New York the fol lowing year with $2,000,000 more than she carried away.— Boston Commercial Bulletin. 110 Hit It Twice. The following ia a report of eight tests of butter made by the United States in ternal revenue collector at I)es Moines: 1. Butterine. Pronounced good but ter. 2. Creamery butter two years old. Pronounced oleomargarine, ;S. Fresh creamery butter, three ounces salt to the pound. Pronounced good but ter. 4. Sample, one-third lard. Pronounced good butter. 5. Creamery, five ounces salt to pound. Pronounced good butter (S. Creamery, churned at 73 degrees temperature. Pronounced oleomargar ine. 7. Sample, half lard. Pronounced good butter, 8. Unsalted creamory from the churn Pronounced oleomargarine. It will bo observed that the govern ment inspector hit it twico out of eight 4 imei. Tronhlo Abend. When the appetite fails, and sleep grown restless end unrefreshing, there Is trouble ahead. The digestive organs, when healthy, ciave food, the nervous system, when vigorous and tranquil,gives its possessor no uneasiness at night. Atonic, to be effective, should not hue mere appetiser, nor are the nerves to be strengthened and southed by the unaided no tion of a sedative or a narcotio. What is re quired Is a medicine which invigorates the : ■ tna h and promotes assimilation of food by tho system, by wbioh moans tho nervous sys loin, a t well as other parts of the phyeioal or ganlsin, are strengthened. These are the ef fects of Host otter'o Stomach Bitters, a medi cine whose reputation is founded firmly In public ooi.tldenee. ami which physicians com mend for Its tonic, anti-bilious and other prop ■ rties It la used with tire best results in fever and ague, rheumatism, kidney and uterine weakness, end other maladies A LEGAL QUESTION. Liability tn Lmwi *f Ske* by Dtp. Not only is tho owner of a dog liable for ita acts, but any one whp harbors it or allows it upon his premises is also liable. But a person is not responsible for tho acts of a dog which ho tries to drive away from his premises, or for those of a dog allowed to remain tem porarily there, as in the case of one who keeps boarders and allows them to keep a dog on the premises; but in that case the owner of the dog is liable. The laws with regard to liability for injury done by dogs to sheep vary considerably in tho different states. In Vermont., New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio, California, Tennessee, Alabama, Minne sota, Oregon, Illinois, New Jersey and Mississippi the statutes expressly pro vide that any porson may kill a dog found worrying or injuring sheep. In Michigan any person may without rend ering himself liable to civil or criminal action, kill a dog he may see chasing, worrying, wounding, or killing sheep,. •wine, cattle, or any other domestic an imal. In Maryland the owner of a dog is exempted from liability for sheep killed, if he kills the dog immediately on receiving notice of injury, but if he fails to do so, the owner of the sheep may kill the dog and recover double damages. In New Hampshire and Mas sachusetts the owner of any domestic animal, and in Wisconsin the owner of any sheep or lambs, may recover from tho town for any injury inflicted by a dog. If he chooses, the owner of the injured animal may sue the owner of the dog, instead of claiming damages from the town; but if he prefers to prove his loss to the town supervisors, and accepts an order on the town treasurer for the amount, the claim is transferred to the town, which may recover against the owner of the dog; but the owner of the sheep cannot thereafter recover against him. In Rhode Island the first time a dog worries a sheep the owner can recover damages from the person who harbors or owns the dog. If after the first notice the dog is still allowed to live, and injures sheep again, his owner is liable for double damages, and the court may order the animal killed. In Alabama, Ca ifornia, Vermont, andWis. consin double damages- can also be re covered. In Connecticut whoever has lost by dogs worrying or killing his sheep must give notice to the town selectmen, and these may sue the owner or harborer of the offending dog, and unless the sheep owner is reimbursed by the suit, the town becomes liable for the damages. To provido a fund to meet this liability, dogs are licensed, and the license fees are held to meet such claims. When several dogs belonging to dif ferent owners unite in committing mis chief, at common law, each owner is liable only for the acts of his own ani mal. There would naturally be consid erable difficulty in ascertaining the ex tent of the injury done by each dog, but the jury can adopt any reasonable rule for ascertaining the damages. If the an imals are of unequal size, and have dif ferent capacities for mischief the jury may take into consideration the damage done by each in approximating the lia bilities of the owners. By statute how ever, in Connecticut, Vermont nud Ohio, the several owners of dogs that unite in mischief, are jointly liable therefor; while in Pennsylvania, each owner is li able for the whole injury in the doing of which his dog was jointly engaged.— Rural New Yorker. A Merited Rebuke. A gentleman prominent in legal circles in Boston was recently riding in a train, and in the seat before him was a young and gayly dressed damsel. The car was pretty full, and presently an elderly woman entered, and, finding no seat va cant but the one l esi-le the young wo man mentioned, sat down beside her. She was a decently dressed woman, but apparently of humble station, and she carried several clumsy bundles, which were evidently a serious annoyance to her scatruatc. The young woman made no effort-to conceal her vexation, but in the most conspicuous manner showed tho passengers around her that she consider ed it an impertinent intrusion for the new-comer to presume to sit down besido her. In a few moments the old woman, depositing her packages upon the seat, went across the car to speak to an ac quaintance Blie discovered on the oppo site 6ide of the aisle. The lawyer leaned forward to the offended young lady and courteously asked if she would change seats with him. A smile of gratified vanity showed how pleased she was to have attracted the notice of so distin guished-looking a gentleman. “Oh, thank you ever so much!” she said, effusively. “I should like 10, but it would be as bad for you as for me to sit beside such an old woman.” “1 beg your pardon,” he responded, with un diminished deference of manner; “it was not your comfort I was thinking of, but the old lady’s.”— Bo ton Record. A Boston girl who wears glasses says that she admires pugilism, but considers it immodest to fight with bare knuckles. Bodily pa ns are lnsta-tly relieved by tbo u-e of Kt. Jacobs Oil. Dr. It. Duffer, Master of Arts, Cambridge University, Lnglaad, says: “It acts like masio." “ Which is tile better weather foi your busi ness,’’ was asked a down-town bartender, hot or cold?*' “it doesn’t make much difference," lie replied: “in hot weather they take a litt e somethin,; to cool ’- rn, and in co if weather they take a little something to warm ’em up.” Boards ot Health endorse Red Star Cough Cu e as a speo ly ami sujo remedy lor coughs and told.?. Scientists pronounce it entirely vegetable and free from opiates. Price, twen ty-five cent, a bo.tle. Pompous young lawyor to prisoner—As yon have no counsel the court has deputed me to defend you. Prisoner —Am dat bo? Youne lawyer—Yes. Prisoner (to Jndge) Den I pleads guilty, yo’ honah, an’ frows myse’f on de mercy oh de court. “Women nnd Her Diseases” ts the title of an Interesting illustrated trea tise h'o pages) sent, p ,-tpaid, tor Id cents In stamp , \ddres World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y, The book that, makes tho greatest stir in eooiety is the plethoric pockutbook. If Bnffßrers from Consumption, Scrofula, Bronchitis and General Debility will try Scott's Km!T..ion of Cos l Liver Oil with llypophosphites. they will find immediate re lief and permanent benefit. The Medical Pro fession universally declare it a remedy of tho greatest value and very palatable. Read: “I have used Scott’s Emulsion la several cases of Scrofula and Debit i t y in : hildren. Resales most gratifying. My little pa ients take it with pleasure.”—W. A. HunasßT, M. D„ Salis bury, m. ” Money is tight.” No wonder. So much of it goes to the saloon. FOo makes Blood and Blood makes Beauty. Improper dige-tion of food ne< esaarily pro duces It and blond, resulting in a feeling of full ness in the stomach, acidity. heartburn, sick headache, and othor dyspeptic symptoms. A eloselv c< noted life causes indige oi, con stipation, biliousness and loss of appetite. To remove these troubles there Is no remedy equal to Prickly Ash B tters. It has been tried and proven to ha a apecillo. No Opium in Piso’s Our* for Consumption, ; Curse where other remedies fail. SBe. INJUSTICE CORRECTED. OmxrlaaUa Verification of Wldeeaat Public - Statements. To ths Readers of this Paper. In common with many publishers and editors, wo have been accustomed to look upon certain statements which we have seen in our columns as merely adroit advertising. Consequently wo feel justified in taking the liberty of printing a few points from a private letter recently received from one of our largest patrons, as a sort of confession of faith to our readers. We quote: “We have convinced ourselves that by tell ing what we know to be true, we have pro duced at last a permanent oonviction in the pubiio mind. Seven years age we stated what the national disease of this country was, and that it was rapidly inoreating. Three years ago we stated that a marked check had been given it “The statistics of one of the largest life in surance companies of this country shows that in 1883 and 1884, the mortality from kidney disorders did not increase over the previous years; other companies stated the same thing. It is not presumptuous for us to claim credit for checking these ravages. “Seven years ago we stated that the condi tion of the kidneys was the key to the condi tion of health; within the past five years all careful life insurance companies have con ceded the truth of this stateiuent, for, where as, ten years ago, chemical analysis to deter mine the condition of the kidneys w r as not required, to-day millions of dollars in risks are refused , because chemical examination discovers unsuspected diseases ot the kid neys “Seven years ago we stated that the rav ages of Bright’s Disease were insignificant compared with other unsuspected disorders of the kidneys of many misleading names; that ninety-three per cent of human ail ments are attributable to deranged kidneys, which fills the blood with uric acid, or kid ney poison, which causes these many fatal diseases. “Tho uric acid, or kidney poison, is the real cause of the majority of cases of paralysis, apoplexy, heart disease, convulsions, pneumo nia, consumption, and insanity; over half the victims of consumption are first the vie tims of diseased kidneys. “When tho recent death of an honored ex official of the United States was announced, his physician said that although lie was suf fering from Bright's Disease, that was not the cause ot death. Ho was not frank enough to admit that the apoplexy which overtook him in his bed, was the fatal effe t of the kidney poison of the blood, which had eaten away the substance of the arteries and brain; nor was Logan’s physician honest enough to state that his fatal rheumatism was caused by kidney acid in the blood. “If the doctors would state in official re ports the original causo of death, the people of this country would be alarmed, yea, nearly panic stricken, at the fearful mortal ity from kidney disorders." The writers of the above letter give these facts to the public simply to justify the claims that they have made, that “if the kidneys and liver are kept in a healthy con dition by the use ot Warner’s safe cure, which hundreds of thousands have proved to be a specific, when all other remedies failed, and that has received the endorsement of the highest medical talent in Europe, Australasia and America, many a life would be pro longed and the happiness of tho people pre served. It is sueeosslul with so many differ ent diseases because it and it alone, can re move tho uric acid from the blood through the kidneys." Our readers aro familiar with the prepara tion named. Commendation thereof has often ap penred in our columns. We believe it to be one of the best, if not the best ever manufactured. We know tho proprietors are men of character and influ ence. We are certain they have awakened a wide spread interest in the public mind con cerning the importance of the kidueys. We believe with them that they aro the key to health, and that for their restoration from disease and maintenance in health, there is nothing equal to this great remedy. The proprietors say they “donot glory in this un'versal prevalence of disease, but hav ing started out with the purpose of spreading the merits of Warner’s safe cure before the world, because it cured our senior proprie tor, who was given up by doctors as incura ble, wo feel it'our duty to state the facts and leave the public to its own inferences. We point to our claims, aud to the’r public and. universal verification with pride, and if the public does not believe what we say, w - tell them to ask their friends and neighbors what they think about our preparations.” As stated above, we most cordially com mend the perusal of til's correspondence by our readers, believing that in so doing wa are fulfilling a simple public obligation. Correct Measurements. Fashionable Young Woman (to dealer) be suitable for a birthday gift.” Dealer —“For a young or old gentle man, ma’am?” Fashionable Young Woman—“Oh, quite young.” Dealer—“Do you know what size hat he wears!” Fashionable Y’oung Woman—“ Five and a half, I think.” Dealer—“l se. The largest size will please him best. The smaller the hat, ma’am, tho larger the cane.”— Texat ci ij tings. A Lucky Mortal. For some months past Hostetter Mc- Ginnis has been paying such marked at tention to the Loiigcoilin girls that they began to entertain hopes. All this was knocked in the head by a remark ho made a few evenings ago “I’ve always had good luck in my love affairs,” remarked Hostetter. “But you are still single, Mr. McGin nis,” exclaimed the Longcoffin girls in chorus. . “That’s just what I mean,” replied the heartless wretch.— Siftings. “Yes: I shall break tho engagement.” she s id, folding her arms and look.nz dt fi mt: “it is really too much trouble to converse with him: lie’s as deaf as a pcs , and talks i e he had a mouthful of tonsil. Be: ides, the way bo hav.ksaurl s,t t* :s diegnsti- g ' “Don’t, break the cngacemeiitfor that; tell him to ;ake Dr. Sage’s Ciiturli Ue i.edy. It veil i ure him eo - uletelc.” “Well, I’ll tell him. 1 do h te to break it off, for in all o her re : e ts he’s qui ot jo charming.” Of course, it oared liis catarrh. Tho woman who neglects her husband’s shirt front, is no longer tho wife of his boso m Everybody Is enquiring for Hood’s Calendar for 1887, because It is one of tho most attract ive hits of eo'oring which lithographic art has ever produced. It is a beautiful tiling, the child’s hec.d being a pleasing study, which ex plains why ho many applications are being received at the druggists for them. They can ho obtained by sending ten cents in stamps to C. 1. Hood & Cos., Lowell, Mass. A wise night key—One that knows its own keyhole. "Delays are Dangerous.” If you arc pale, emaciated, have a hacking couth,withnight-sweats.spitiinro! b ond a <1 shortness of breath, you have no time t > lore, i o not hesitate too long—till ton are part cure; for, taken in its early stages, consump tion can he cured by the use of Dr. Pierce’s ’Guidon Medical Discovery” as thousands can testify. By druggists. Tho wind is notevidontly tempered the shorn Wall street lamb. A Great Offer. No matter in w hat part you live, you had better write to Haitett & Cos., Portland. Mai e, wit out dels ; they will send you free i formation about wo k that you cat do and live at home, at a prollt of fro n $5 to $”5 and pwards daily. A numb i have ear..cd over SSO in a day. Bo h sexes. All ges. You am started in business free. Capital not needed. Every worker who takes old at once is nhso h: e y sure of a snug little ltfrLune. Now is the time. ! The farmers, in their swamps, we're sure, Could find the roots and plants that cure; If bv their knowledge they onlv knew For Just the disease each a.-.e grew. Take courage now and "Swamp-Root” try— (for kidnoy, 1 vorand bladder complaints). As on this remedy you ran rely. f vrnvtiOnT whoenio., a reading a first-class Family Story 1 apersnoTd subscribe or Inst Chicago Lands . It is the only $y p iper in ao Hutted Shoe, which is sold for $1.50. Samp’s copy free. Send for one. Address tin Chii Abo LisiinEtt, Chicago, hi. Daughters, Wives and Viol tiers. Bend for Pamphlet on Female Diseases, free, ssonrely seated. Dr. J. B. Marohlst, TJtioa, N. Y Why He Prefers Mules. The Allentown (Penn.) Register tella this story:—A well-known manufacturer of this city—it isn’t necessary to give his name—finds it necessary to employ a double team to do hia hauling. For •everal years he kept two horses, and while they did their work well he sud denly concluded to dispose of them aud buy a pair of mules instead. He says that after the horses had done their day’s or week’s work he was continually annoyed by some of his friends or em ployees asking for the use of tha horses to take pleasure drives. Not caring to offend them he frequently acceeded to their requests, while all the time his better judgment told him that it was rough on the horses, which by their honest work were entitled to their just rest. This thing went on for awhile and our friend was pondering by day and by night how he could bring about a phange. It oc curred to him one day that mules were not very popular for pleasure driving purposes, but that they answered every other purpose of horses—in fact were in several respects preferable for his own use. So he concluded to sell his horses and get a mule team. His plan worked admirably, and the other day he infoimed us that since he got the mules he hasn t been asked once for their use by hi friends or employes. (Something that will Interest the Afflicted. (Prom the Weekly Record, Dundee, N. TANARUS.) There are many people in this country who are suffering untold agony from the ravages ot diseases, who have been medicated until the very sound of the word “medicine" sends a thrill ot horror through their sensitive organism, and yet they are still looking— looking tor something that will prove a bene fit to tneir shattered constitution and restore 1 to them their health. To this class of sufferers the Record , without solicitation, desires to say a few words, not with the intent to ad vertise a man who to-day is doing more for this class of sufferers than pen can describe, but because we know , notonly from personal experience, but from the experience of others, that what we are about tv say in regard to Dr. Kilmer, of Bingham ton, N. Y., and his Herbal Remedies are facts, and it is a pleasure to let the sufferer know that there is a Medicine that has done, aud is still doing so much lasting benefit to the afflicted. Dr. Kilmer has been repre sented in the advertising eolumns of the Record for over two years, and daring that period wo have received many communica tions asking if his Remedies were as repre sented, and have always felt that wo could safely recommend them. Dr. Kilmer is one of the best-read Physicians of the present day. He probably has the largest practice and examines and treats personally more pa tients at his large aud fully equipped office in Binghamton yearly, than any other phy sician in the country. These Herbal Remedies which he sends out aro prepared and prescribed by him in his own private practice. Their component parts are careluily selected from Nature’s great labc ratory, and are compounded in a scien tific manner so as to bo especially adapted to tho different forms of diseases for which they aro used. They are the result of years of hard, patient study cf the science of medi cine. There seems to be at the present time a ten dency toward a great many Kidney, Liver aud Biadder troubles with the people of this country, and we wish to speak more particu larly about Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root Kid ney, Liver and Bladder Cure. Wo will say on tho outset, we are not writing sensational “gush” for Dr. Kilmer, but knowing person ally as we do, of many important euros wrought from the use of this medicine, we believe it to be our duty to ! ho afflicted to en courage them to avail themselves of the use of this valuable Remedy. Wo know a Mr. Cbas. E. Roe, of Union ville, Steuben Cos., N. Y. who had Bright’s disease, and was told by the best Physicians of Hornellsville, N. Y., that there was no hope for him, who was prevailed upon by a friond to try Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Kidney Cure. He did so, without the least idea of being benefited, but tho result was most gratifying to himself and family, for ho was cured. Saved from death by that dreadful disease. Another case, that of Russell Sandford, of Wayne, Steuben Cos., who had a terrible bowel difficulty which would not yield to the medical skill of good doctors, who, at our own solicitation, tried Swamp-Root, and he tojd us after using sev eral bottles his trouble was removed, al though he had no control over his bowels for a year previous to using the medicine and had been told that ho wcuid never be any better, and that his earthly career was limited. Our druggists here in Dundee tell us they have sold hundreds of bottles of this medicine and in no instance have they ever heard aught but praise from the persons using it. We might men tion scores of similar cases that, to our own personal knowledge, have been helped out of serious trouble by using Swamp-Roet. We hope it will help someone, and we have no fears of the result of a trial, by any one who is suffering with a Kidney, Liver or Blad der trouble. “It is worth its weight in gold.” W. W. Westcott, Editor. If every man was as big as he feels there couldn't be standing room in this country. Get Hood’s If you have made up your mind to buy Hood’s S#x • i pit rill y do not be induced to take any other. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is a peculiar medicine, possess lug, by virtue of Its peculiar combination, proportion au 1 preparation, curative power superior to any other article ef the kind before the people. Be sure to get Hood's. “I had been taking Hood’s Sarasaparilla for dys psaela, and in one store where I tried to buy a bottle the clerk tried to induce me to buy their own in stead of Hood's; he told me thslr’a would last longer j that I might take it on ten days’ trial; that if I dkl not like it I need not pay anything, etc. But I told him i knew what Hood's Sarsaparilla was, I had taken it, it agreed with me, I was perfectly sat isfied with Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and did net want any other. lam always glad to speak a good word for this excellent medicine.”—H&s. Ella ▲. Goff, <1 Terrace Street, Boston, Mass Hood’s Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. $1; six for SS. Prepared only by C. L HOOD ft CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar WE WANT profitable employment to represent ns la every county. Salary $75 per month and expenses, or a large commiarlon on tfilea if preferred. Goods staple. Every one buys. Outfit and partteulareFroa. STANDARD SILVERWARE CO.. BOSTON, MAMI. Oan get tho moat Practical Business Edu *fttitm atfaolilmiilfh’iiftcliool ofßus- C~)sr int-s,33idS Broad St.Atlanta,Ga. Send # //Y.£'?ls for Circulars A Speoitnen ot Penmanship. J.P. STEVENS&BRO. JEWELERS. Atlanta, Ga. Itadfor Catalogue. B ATLANTA dk SAW WORKS. JkjnaVk Manufootoran of oad Doalon in Jmmk Saws and Saw-Mill Supplies. Kt pnirlnff a ftpaolalty* VBt A got IN for li. POWKB* OOMA**B W ood Working UImMbMT* Lai go and comploto rton. Write for catalogue. ATLiXTA, Qi. 13TTSIUST -ESS Eduoation a apooialt/ at MOORE’S BUSINESS iiNIVKSIHITY, Atlanta. On. 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A postal card Kg Vv sent to us will briugyouln /gs V\w formation how to get this Ay Vj '-flv Shoe in any State or Our celebrated factory produces i>. larger quantity of Bhoes of this grade than any otlier factory in tho world. Thousands who wear them will tell you tho reason If you ask them. JASIES MEANS* Gil NH OF. for Boys Is unapproaclied in Durability. ON E S~~ PAtheFR EIC HT JBk. igf 5 Ton Wacon Beales, iron Letcrs, Steel Bearing*, BrMf Tar# Beau and Scuta Box for KTftrr For free pria HM * JT i ' • mention this paper and nfldrou & W JCJiES CF BIHOHAMTM. ' N. Vs Marvellous Memory DISCOVERY. Wholly unlike Artificial Systems—Cure of Mind Wan dering—Any book learned in one reading. Heavy re ductions for postal classes. Prospectus, with opm lons of Mr. Pboctor, the Astronomer, Hons. W. W. Aston, Judah P. Benjamin, Drs. iliaoit, Wood and other*, tent pout now, by PROF. LOISETTE, any Fifth At.hu., Now Torh. ”■ “Jones! Whatareyou talking about?” What E dnmtw AT every body talks about. “ BwaMf Theysaythatforßrlghts’ SHffTBMaO Disease,Kidney, Liver or _J BslfcMM&ir o L adder complaints, thii —I KfWVreKyßk cq remedy has no equal.” X TT It goes right to the Spot. • at Dr. Kilmer’s K disphnsary,Binghamton,N.Y. Q Letters of inquiry answered. Najjar CM Guido to Health (Sent Free V SOUTHERN SEED for SOUTHERN SOIL Being desirous of having some of our sped plant* ed in every garden in thogySouth, and knowing, as we do. there are no purer or better stocks dT fered in the United States than ours, if you will send us SI.OO we will send to any address thirty papers of our regular size packets of Garden Seed (your own selection) and a quarter pound of Pride of Georgia Melon seed. Southern Seed Com pany, Seed Growers, Macon, Ga. Send for our price list of all varieties of field and garden seed. One Agent (Merohant only) wanted in every town for I like your “Tansill’s Punch” cigars very much, and with t® have the exclusive sale in this plaoe, and will do all I can to push them. I believe in od vertitlng, and am taking pains to distribute the cir cular* where they will do tho most good. C. V. Elliott, Mansfield, Pa Adfaeu R, W. TANSILIi ds CO., Chicsis. WELL DRILLING Machinery for Wells of any depth, from SO to 3.040 feck for water. Oil or Gas. Our Mounted Stoara Drilling and Portable Morse Power Machine! set to work in *0 minutes. Guaranteed to drill faster and with leas power than any other. Specially adapted to drilling Wells in earth er rock Mto 1,040 feet. Farmers and others are making sl3 to s4# per day with our machinery and tools. Splendid business for Winter or Summer, wo are the oldest and largest Manufacturers in tli* business- Seed 4 cents in Stamps for Illustrated Catalogue H. Am>kkss, Pierre Well Excavator Cos., New York. 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BendcKaiu Panel AIM r°r clrcularA COLL. bin®. I 011610116 HAM, Xtt’r, Washington, D. O, -(■ t. S 1,1,1- SamplM worth ILM TABS dan* Li.., not utlar th. hors,’, last. Addru, Last? BHlwsTKß’sS.axi r [I:u:J ffOLoaa. Moll y.MIoh fIDIIIU Habit Cured. Treatmenteentoaartel. UrlUltl HnMANBEMBDTCO.,L.Tette,Ia ?3f4f;gSiatete Hcbbes wH-fit m use fails. 19 , ■eat Cough Syrup. Tastes good. U„ n < A. N. C ....Six, .