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AGBICULTURE-
An old Salt in Spinning some yarns
in relation to fresh water sharks said
I beard of another case where a man
was jerked off the gnnwhale of a
boat that he had just crawled on to and
never did cone up. Oh, I tell ye
there’s fresh-water sharks as well as
salt. In South America there’s a fish
what ain’t two foot long that’ll clean
out a man as quick as a ten-foot
shark. The way I hanpeneil to know
it was this: I went on a cruise to South
America in ’67 and we lay up and
around theOrinoco river, tradin,’ for a
matter of two months, so I picked up a
heap of foreign pints. We got up the
river about three hundred miles in all,
I reckon. I never noticed much about
the fish till one evenin’ I went ashore.
The natives were havin’ a big time
over a big chief that hed died, so we
thought we would go to the funeral.
They had a big pow-wow, and after
awhile I asked one of the women
where the grave was. She p’nted
overboard, and, sartin sure, that’s
where they put him. They stripped
the body, put it in a sort of a basket
and lowered it over, and as soon as it
was in the water there was about a
thousand fish all around it, cornin’from
all parts, so in half an hour ye couldn’t
see the body nor nmttdn; in short,”
aaU the ancient mariner; “the fish—
Perais they call ’em—were eatin’ the
mm Tip, and the basket was to hold
the bones in, and that was the way
they did their buryin’. In a couple o’
days the skeleton was picked as clean
aatbeee ’ere bones ye see in the shows,
and-then it was hauled up and stowed
awav, clean and ship-shape. I asked
one of the men if the fish would tackle
alive man, and he said a man wouldn’t
hev any show at all, and later I see it
was so. Half the ducks along shore
was short of feet or toes, and some
walked around on short stumps, and
I see what they called a water boss or
tapir, that started to swim the river
and its legs were stripped so clear of
flesh ye’d thought it had been done to
order. Why,” continued the fisher
man, warming up at the reflection,
“one of the overseers, a Spaniard and
sort of stevedore, told me that a white
man tried to wade a stream above
where we lay on horseback, and got
stuck in the stream, and both he and
the hoes was jist about skiletons when
they come out. Sharks was nowhere
along side of them fellers, I km tell
ye.”
The old fisherman’s yam-about the
Peiais was, not exaggerated, the fish
Being considered the most savage of
their kind. Scientifically they are
known as the Serrassalmo, and are
allied to our salmon; though distantly.
In conversation with an authority on
lake fishes, the latter said that the only
fish that could or would attack a boat
was the big bony gar, that had power
ful teeth and could, no doubt, cut a
man in a bad way. They are covered
with a regular armor and have a long
beak full of teeth.
“I’ve seen a pound net all cut m
pieces by them,” said the speaker, “and
if they got hold of a canvas there is
no doubt but that a big hole would he
the result.” , , , ■
“Hid you ever hear of a shark in the
lake?” asked the writer.
“Yes,” was the reply, “we often
hear such yarns. You know fishermen
always have a supply of such. I met a
man some time ago who told me that
while gill-net fishing off Little Stur
geon Island he was grabbed by a shark.
He was an old saltwater sailor and
evidently knew what a shark was and
believed what he was talking about.
It seemed that the net fouled in some
way and they couldn’t haul it in, and
he dove down to clear it. As he was
coming up the fish grabbed him by the
arm. He clung to the net, and for a
few seconds it looked dark for him,
but he finally broke away and got up
a mi the men hauled him in. The fish
that he said was fifteen feet long made
a dash at him and came clear out of
water, so that the whole crew saw it,
and they all swore that it was a shark.
But. you know, a ten, or even a six-
foot gar pike is a pretty big fish and
would look like a shark. Mind,” con
tinued the fish expert, “I don’t say
there are no sharks in the great
lakes.”
“But why are you not certain?”
queried the writer.
“Because,” was the reply, “fresh
water exist in other countries,
and though it’s hardly likely it’s a bare
possibility that there may be some
here. Sharks have been seen by good
authorities in Lake Nicaragua, Central
America. In a fresh-water lake in the
Phiilippine Islands there is a ray and a
sawfish, very similar to the species on
our Eastern coast. In the Piji Islands
a shark is found way up the lresh-wa
ter streams beyond the reach of the
tide, and at Bagdad, on the Tigris,
three hundred and fifty miles from the
eea, there are sharks in plenty. This
Is over two hundred and fifty miles
from tide-water, so the sharks are in
as fresh water as if they were off
Chicago. A small shark at Viti Levi,
Fiji, not only goes far up the river, but
is found above the falls where it
breeds, and the same is true in India.
So you see lreah-water sharks are not
merely possibilities, but facts.”
•‘Do the gars interfere with the fish
eries?”
“Yes, to some extent,” was the re
ply, “but their effect is not felt. What
is tilling our fisheries is the overfish
ing. If it keeps on there won’t be a
fish left. There are used now in Lake
Michigan alone nearly 25jlR gill nets,
about 600 pound nets, run by 650
steamers, smacks, etc. All this means
an immense lot of fish, and in 1879
Chicago handled nearly 18,000,000
pounds of lake fish. So the sharks that
are dispoiling our fisheries are human
ones. They’re after the hen that lays
the golden egg ”
Canada Thumb.—'The thistle is the
most annoying weed that intrudes upon
the farm. Hard to exterminate and te
nacious of life, it propagates wherever a
plans of any kind can secure a foothold
and onoe in possession of a field the cost
of its eradication is sometimes greater
than the value of the field itself. It is
a perennial plant, with annual stems,
and reproduces itself from seeds and
roots, and it is due to its power of rapid
reproduction that it is enabled to
-withstand the farmer’s attacks so suc
cessfully.
The thistle is now receiving the at
tention of many experienced and prac
tical agriculturists, among them Mr.
Archibald Stone, of Binghamton, N. Y,
who states that no plan; is so entirely
dependent on sunshine as the Canada
thfstle. Grow them in mass, or so
closely together that they will complete
ly shade the ground, and as fast as the
leaves get matured sufficiently to begin
to restore to the plant the nutriment it
has cost the plant to produce them them
they will be through in the shade by
the constantly increasing mass of leaves
on the top; they will die for want of
snusliine, the stems become naked and
the roots become exhausted while in
bloom, and your ground will have to be
reseeded before another crop grows. If
the thistles are so scattering that they
will rot shade the ground, corn, oats or
clover sill have to be sown,
In his article to the Hnshandmau,Mr.
Stone states that ripening a crop of seed
is exhaustive to anv crop, yet to think
of getting rid of Canada thistles by
mowing after thoy had ripened a crop of
seed and burning it teems to be too
slow a process for this age.
Other writers have recommended dif
ferent methods for exterminating the
thirties,and claim that individual efforts
alone are useless. As the down is easily
carried by the winds to considerable
disiances the cleanest fields are as lia
ble to infliction as the foulest. Nomat
ter how careful a farmer may be to keep
the pest off, his efforts will be thrown
away if his adjoining neighbors do not
exercise the same care as himself. The
work of destruction can be done at the
most suitable periods by co-operative
action, t>nd each individual wtll be as
much interested in the work upon his
neighbor's field as upon his own. The
distribution of the seeds must be pre
vented in preference to anything else,
and mnch labor may he saved in so do
ing by mowing the thistles when
yonog, and before they can have an op
portunity to seed, it must be done as
often as necessity ior so doing occurs,
and the next business will be to destroy
the plants by shading with some other
crop, and pulling or digging them oat,
which is not often necessary, except
when fields are entirely overrun. Bnt
the continued use of the mower is one
of the best remedies to try, although it
requires the abandonment of the field
for a season. That, however,is the pen
alty the farmer pays tor the intrusion,
and is not heavy compared with other
tried methods
It might be claimed without much
exaggeration that the growth of a single
thistle on a farm is the beginning" of
decay, and should cause as much alarm
as the entrance of an epidemic in a com
munity. As sanitary measures are need
ed in the ease of epidemic, so is co-op
erative effort required to prevent the
spread of thistles.
IrotWC in 2:OS.
“I was once the owner of Maud S.
for a week,” said Mr. Hulbert, the
other day, while speeding over the
Erie railroad. When asked bow he
came into possession of her, he said:
“An old riverman by the name of
Bugher went with me to a sale of tho
roughbreds in Kentucky. Bugher had
lots of money, and he bought eleven of
the horses. Just as he were leaving, a
horse was put up that struck my fancy
and I bid her in for $145. I made ar
rangements with Bugher to have her
shipped with his horses, and a few
days later, when the horses reached
Cincinnati. Bugher pointed out a sorrel
mare as mine. I said she did not look
like my horse, hut Bugher was posi
tive, so I said no more about it and
took the animal, which was then un
broken. A week later I found in my
memorandum hook that the horse 1
had bought was a bay, not a sorrel, so
I sent the sorrel mare home. That’s
where I made my mistake, for the
sorrel was the afterward famous Maud
S., who hastrottedin 2:08, it is claimed,
and who—”
“Pardon me,” interrupted an old
gentleman who was listening to the
narrative, “the best time she ever made
was 2:10}.”
“She has trotted a mile in 2 KB, sir,”
continued Mr, Hulbert, “and, further
♦nan that, she has done it twice to my
personal knowledge, but both times in
private. She was timed by experts
with stop watches. The little bay I
got in exchange for Maud S. never
trotted under three minutes.”
There are more people who can for-
/jet themselves than govern themselves.
Cows, which ore to give milk through
the winter, need to be fed with special
care at this time. If possible, the flow
of milk must not be permitted to de
crease. Mangels and sugar beets are
excellent, ent in slices and sprinkled
with bran. The rule, that good feeding
brings good manure, should be kept m
mind in a judicious care of farm ani
mals during Winter, Good feed in
abundance is not enough; it shonld be
given with regularity. The habits of
different animals have to be studied,and
treated accordingly. Scarcely any two
cows or horses have the same appetites.
It is important to so imt and change
the feed, that sameness may be avoided.
A variety of lood encourages healthful
digestion and upon this the profits of
the owner largely depend.
How to Sub-soil.—Sub-t oiling al ways
pays if properly done. It is advisable,
however, if you have to bring the sub
soil to the snrfaoe, not to go more than
a couple <-f inches deeper than the pre
vious plowing, nnless you can aflord to
manure the land and let it lie idle for a
year. If yon use the common fallow
plow and run down a loot deep,and then
soon afterward cro3s-plow so as to bring
up again tue soil that belongs on the
top, and harrow deep and thoroughly,
you will raise the biggest corn you ever
had. But remember that ii there is
much sab-soil cn top your fiitt crop
may not please you.
Thh kktubk to omun.—Aa for the
night-cap*, they moat have beep insti
tuted m the times when enow need to
sift under the ear** upon sleepers in
their beds, or when the winds entering
by a hundred crevices in walla, win
dows and doom, would bring all the
fresh cold air from out of doers upon
the unconscious heads. Modern "im
provement" has made sleeping-rooms
air-tight, except for a lower window,
and has carried off the bed-curtains,
too, which used to keep off draught at
night or the blinding daylight in the
early morning from the sleeper’s eyes.
There has been a fashionable return,
lately, not to the old fashioned tester
and the fourpost canopy, that shut in
all four corners cf the bed, bnt to a
headboard canopy with curtains that
merely shade the pillows. This is very
pleasant, pretty and comfortable, as it
does screen the eyes of sonnd sleepers
from the glare of daylight, which is
meant by nature to awaken them,
hot does not always bring anything be
yond irritation in their sleep. A mod
ified return to bed-enrtafna and head-
canopies will certainly enable people
to have more fresh air and light in their
bed-rooma that some persons allow.
The reaction against the old fashion
went too far, and the satisiaetory mid
dle distance is now allowed.
Important, ip True.—An Eastern
farmer says that two pigs, famished
with mnek, sand, weeds and sod, will
manufacture them into the best manure
that nan be fonnd, and will be worth,
when six months old, as mnch as a ton
of the best superphosphate that selia
for $50 a ton. ii the suggestion is sne-
oessfnlly adopted the manufacturers of
superphosphate will soon have a pretty
lively oompetition.
Insects.—The following has been
fonnd an effectual remedy for all insects
both on plants and trees—One pint oi
soft soap mixed with half the qnantity
of coal oil, the whole tnen being stirred
into six gallons oi water. The applica
tion to he made by a powerful syringe,
deluging the tops of the trees, and con-
tmning the opera tion for 3 or 4 nights
in succession, and afterwards once or
twice a week.
Soils —Clay soils are generally bet
ter for wheat than sandy ones, because
they are not snbiect to such sadden ex
tremes of temperature and moisture,and
are more tenacious in their character.
Timber land is better than prairie land,
because the decaying roots are pretty
sure to effect nncerdrainage, magnesia
and lime aud silica are more abundant
and nitrogen is less abundant, and such
land being more rolling is better drained
and dryer.
In order to keep tne striped beetle
from vines the experiment was triad of
placing oorn-oobs dipped in coal-tar
near the lulls. While the practice did
not entirely prevent the ravages of the
btetle, their numbers were hugely di
minished.
Dampness in houses.—Many house
holders are sorely troubled by the
growth of fungi in damp rooms, to
which they communicate, in a short
time, an implement smell and unwhole
some atmosphere. It is not only our
cellars that are apt to be affected by
fungoid growth, but the walls of the
adjacent rooms, and many bed rooms
on the ground floor are similarly ren
dered useless after a moist season.
Many remedies have been proposed to
destroy this fnngoid growth, or to pre
vent it occurrence; but hitherto these
remedies have been too expensive or
totally inefficacious. Recently an alco
holic solution of five grammes of sali
cylic acid per litre of water for washing
the walls of rcoms has been recom
mended. This is exactly one-half per
cent., or one part salicylic acid for 200
parts liquid. No doubt the mold may
be destroyed temporarily by this as by
many other solutions, such, for in
stance, as corrosive sublimate or car
bolic acid. The true remedy, however,
is n8t this temporary expedient, nor
attempting to hide the dampness by
enamel paints, etc.; it is to cut off the
source of moisture and to pat ihe
waterproof materials outaiue and not
inside the walls.
Fkied meats.—These are regarded
by all authorities on hygiene as injur
ious. Burnt grease of any kind is di
gested with difficulty and is specially
harmful to those suffering from dys
pepsia. Moats shonld be roasted,
baked, broiled or boiled, but never
fried. Tnose who have coal stoves can
easily broil their steaks; those who
have wood stoves can do the same with
a little management. The fire can be
so used as to furnish coals when they are
needed; brands may be removed from the
fire-box, aud the meat iu a wire broiler
or toaster be placed over the coals. A
pair of bellows is useful iu keeping the
coals bright and glowing. It pays to
take a little trouble to have broiled
steak, aud if one is dyspeptic he shonld
utterly reject all fried meats.
Something new in beets.—Beets are
familiar enough boiled or sliced, either
served hot with bntter, pepper aud
salt, or pickled; but a novelty is a
beet pudding, made by mixing a pint of
cocked sugar beets, chopped, with four
eggs, a quart of milk, a tittle salt aud
pepper, u tabicpooulul of batter, and
baking them half and hoar ; cold boiled
beets sliced aud fried with butter are
palatable; to cook them so that none
of their color shall be lost, carefully
wash them without breakiug the skiu
or cutting off the roots or sta:ks, and
boil them until tender, abont an hoar,
in boiling salt water.
In hand-picking ‘{tears, the eye will
pcint out,by a yellow tint or color, those
which are mature enough for house-
ripening, and if the stem cracks off
when the fruit is partly lilted, they
should not be left any longer on the
tree.
Gummed Paper.—The tendency oi
paper when gummed, as in the case of
postage stamps, labels, etc., to curl up
is very annoviug. It is said that this
evil may be avoided by adding a little
salt, Bugar and glycerine to the gum,
very little of the latter, however, beoanse
otherwise the gnm does not dry thor
oughly. The gummed paper also must
not be dried by too great a heat. An
other peculiarity ot gummed paper is
its greater liability to curl up the thick
er it is. The thinnest paper possible
under various' oirenmstancee should,
therefor*, be used.
Fop com is a good lunch for Sunday
nights with milk for drink.
Grape Leaves fob Pickles.— A cor
respondent recommends the use of
fresh green grape leaves to place on
top of pickles iu jars in place of flan
nel or eloth usually employed. The
leaves will preserve the vinegar sharp
aud clear, and imparts a nice flavor.
The leaves shonld be rinsed in pare
water and lett to drain before use and
occasionally changed, They exclude
the air, aud besides impaitiug - a de-
lignlful odor to the pickle, cause less
trouble to tbe housewife.
To c iok cabbois.—First scrape them
thoroughly, then wash well in cold
water, and if very large, out in halves.
Boil in water with a little salt, until
soft, which will take an hour or more ;
when done, take them np and cat with
a knife as fine as you can. For six car
rots take a piece of butter the size of
an egg, and cat it np with them.
Friendly loaves.—Beat half a dozen
mealy potatoes with a quarter pound
of grated ham, two eggs, a little bntter,
and a little cream, taking care not to
make it too moist: form it into balls or
smalMoaves, and fry tnem a nice light
brown; they should be fried in bnt
ter. File them on a napkin, and serye
with a garnish of fried parsley.
Farmers’ tea cake.—To two caps of
soar milk allow one large teaspoonfnl
of soda, dissolve this in a little hot
water, then stir it in the milk; half a
teaspoonfnl of salt is required and
enough buckwheat Hoar to make a
stiff batter. Fat this in a well-buttered
tin and bake for half an hour in a hot
oven.
Baked beets.—Wash them perfectly
clean, put in a pan with a little water,
and bake until they are tender. The
time varies with the size of tne beet, an
hour being small enongh allowance lor
a beet of medium size. When they
are done, remove the skin and serve in
the same way that yon do a boiled
beet.
Fob a sick person.—A nourishing
and pleasant drink for a'sick person is
made of parched rice. Brown the rioe
the same as you would coffee; then
pour boiling water with a little salt in
it over the rice. Let it boil until it is
tender; then add sugar or cream to it.
Itmay be strained or not according to
taBte.
Oatmeal water,—Brown a sufficient
quantity of of coaiBe meal, before the
fire or in the oven, and pour over it
boiling water ;*cover it close and use it
cold. This is considered very useful
for stopping si *
An officer ef the British army has
patented a waterproof match, specimens
of which have ignited readily after hav-
ieg been wrapped in a damp rag for 24
horns. This is accomplished by coating
the phosphonzed end of the match with
solid paraffine, which, while it protects
from slow oxidation, being perfectly
impervious to water, does not in the
sbghtest degree interfere with the ready
inflammability of the match.
Steel Nails.—Steel nails can be driv
en into the hardest wool without bor
ing, it 1* said, going even intb white
oak knet*, without bending. The price
of them is abont one dollar par keg
higher than that oi iron nails.
HUMOBOCK.
A who attended a social
dance with a young lady in tow some
evenings since, was discovered sitting
loneeomely in a corner of the rooaa by
one of the flow manager* lata in the
evening, jnst aa a set was farming for
the “next quadrille,” There wee “one
more oonple wanted.” and the floor
manager sang eat:
“Gome, BUI, get your giri and ohac
bpx into place*”
“Can’tdo it this time,” raid BUI;
“the girl’s aide tracked for repair*.”
“What’s the trouble?” inquired the
other, with concern, “anything sari
oos?”
“Dunno,” the railroader answered,
“but I guess she’s tryin’ to gat a mis
placed switch in position. Well make
the run if she gets here ooAaehedale
time, you bet.” I
The girl got there, and all went merry
as a locomotive bell for the hrakemau
and his girl the rest of the evening.
Important Proclamation.
The lion. Peter Bawe is Sheriff of the
City and County of New York. Recently,
in conversation with one of our reporters,
Mr. Bore proclaimed the following fact:
'1 consider St. Jacob’s Oil an exceUent
remedy, and one that ought certainly to
find its way into every household. Mrs.
Bowe always has a bottle of it there, and
makes a family remedy of it. ”—New York
Evening Telegram
The late Dr. Coleman was onoe trav
eling in the wilds of Ohio, and, enter
ing a hotel, called for dinner. He
notioed, upon sitting down at the table,
that there was a glass of whiskey be
side his plate. On receiving his foil he
fonnd the landlord charged him for his
whiskey, “Bnt,” said the worthy doc
tor. “I have made no use of it, and
never do.” “It wss there, and yon
could have had it; yon most pay.
“Very well,” said the doctor. Scans
time afterward the doctor was there
again, and before eating he placed his
medicine case beside his plate. After
eating, when paying his bill, he brought
in charges for medioine. “Bnt,” said
the host, “I have not had any.” “Ah,
bnt yon oonld have had it; it was on
the table! ” said the doctor.
A Druggist'* Story.
Mr. Isaac C. Chapman, druggist, New-
burg, N. Y., writes us: “I have for the past
ten years sold several gross of Dr. Wm.
Hall’s Balsam for the Longs. I can say of
it what I cannot say of any other medicine.
I have never heard a customer speak of it
bat to praise its virtue in the highest man
ner. I have recommended it in a great
many cases of whooping cough, with the
happiest effects. I have used it in my own
family for many years; in fact, always have
a bottle in the medicine closet ready for use. r '
A lot of wnmnn voted in Bingham-
tan, New York, the other da y, and
they wanted to taka them home end
ran a hem around the edges so they
wouldn’t ravel out A woman knows
lota about the ballot.
has been need with signal success in <
sumption of the longs, consumptive night-
sweats. spitting of blood, shortness of
breath, weak longs, coughs, bronchitis,
and kindred affections of throat and chest.
Sold by druggists.
■How is Johnnie doing at school ?”
asked a lady of Johnnie’s mamma dur
ing a call, “Splendidly. He talks in
two ianganges now.” “Dear me.
What are they; French or German t"
•HJh, no. English and profane.”
“Men most work and women weep,
So runs the world away!’’
Bat they need not weep so mnch if they
use Dr. Pierce's “Favorite Prescription,”
which cares all the painful maladies pe
culiar to women. Sold by druggists.
“My daughter,” said an np-town
mother to her youngest, a girl of eleven.
“I wish you would not make up such
faoes every time anything or anybody
displeases yon; it isn’t nice or at all
pretty.” “Mamma,” earnestly pleaded
the miss, “would you take away from
me the only pleasure I have?”
The huge, drastic, griping, sickening pills
are fiat being superseded bv Dr. Pierce’s
“Purgative Pellets.” Sold by druggists
At a recent political gathering in
Sooth Lambeth a gentleman assured
the audience that “those persons
who had lost their lives in Ireland
would certainly say ’No’ to the ques
tion whether or not the government
had been suooessfnL"
“I suffered with rheumatism for years; un
able to leave the house for months; tried
almost everything without relief; finally took
Dr. Elmore’s K.-G., which cured me.
A youno lawyer appeared before a
Washington judge with hit umbrella
under his arm and his hat on, and, in
his agitation, he forgot to lay either
aside when he began speaking. “Hadn’t
you better raise your umbrella?” the
Court kindly suggested.
If Success be the tine test of merit, it is
asettled fact that "Brown’s Bronchial Tro
ches’’ have no equal for’the prompt relief of
Coughs, Colds, and Throat troubles. Sold
only in boxes Price 25 cents.
Young pulitican writes: “Wny does
a State have a Legislature 7" My dear
boy, it doesn’t The Legislature has
the Slat i, eveiy time. Has it by the
tbropt, by a largs majority. Has it by
the pocket-book. Has it on itB back.
A little girl sat on the floor crying.
After a while she stopped and seemed
baried in thought. Looking np sudden
ly, she said “Mamma, what was I cry
ing abont ?” “Because I wouldn’t let
you go down town.” “Oh, yes,” and
she set np another howl.
Gently Does It.
No violent measares in canes of constipation!
Medicines which relax the bowels excessively;
weaia n them, and by thus rendering them incapa
ble of a continuance of their discharging function,
increase rather than remedy their inactivity and
derangement. The national specific for costive
ness is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which invig
orates while it relaxes the intestines, expels vi
tiated bile from the blood and stomach, promotes
digestion, stimulates appetite, and enriches the
circulation. The tone of all organs, which take
an active part in the proceases of nutrition and
secretion, is improved by this genial tonic, which,
by promoting vigor and regularity m the system,
is the means of famishing it with its two most ef-
ileieot natural safe-guards against malaria, for
which in all its forms this medicine is the sure
remedy. JHdney and bladder ailments, dyspepsia,
livtr complaint and rheumatism also yfeid to it.
Lord Bacon says that “early gray
hair is not significant, some of the long
est livers have tamed gray in early
life.*’ His lordship was probably cor
rect, but he never anticipated that
every gray head would have the assur
ance to claim early youth upon the
strength of this assertion.
Abont Once in a Century
somebody discovers a valuable remedy for dis
eases, as quinine, mercury, chloroform or vac
cinia and we think Dr. Silsbee deserves a place in
history, for certainly no greater blessing can be
offered to man than “Anakeals”—as a certain
remedy for piles, it is approved by all doctors
and stood without an equal lor 25 years. We en
dorse it without hesitation Sufferers may test it
without expense by sending to P. Neustsedter ft
Co., Box 2416, New York City, for free samples.
“Did you give Johnny the medicine,
.Alts. Brown?” asked the doctor, “Oh,
yes, doctor,” replied the loving mother;
and then she addod, innocently, "and
it don't seem to have done him the
ha e t harm,**
Important.
When you visit or leave New York City, save
Baggage Expressage and Carriage Hire, and stop
at tne Grand Union Motel, opposite Grand eea.
tral Depot.
Elegant rooms, fltteq np at a cost ot one
million doUars. reduced to tl and npirards per
day. European Plan. Elevator. Restaurant
supplied with the best. Horse cars, stages and
elevated railroad to all depots. Families can live
better for less money at tue Grand Union Hotel
than at any other first-class hotel in the city.
Foust and U8T COH-I.IVER oil, from selected
liven, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard A Co.,
N. Y. Absolutely pore and sweet. Patients who
have once tafcen It prefer It to all others. Physi
cians declare It superior to alt other oils.
Chatied hinds, face, pimples and rough
cored by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by
well, Hazard A Co,. New York.
The most anonymous writer known
to the press is the one who signs him
self “More Anon.” It lias been discov
ered that * Man; Voters” is a poor little
tailor who has never b e i na’uralized.
“Troth” is generally a liar. The writ
ings of “History” are fall of romsnoe.
“Justice” wants to crash everybody
who does not think as he does.
Mr. A. Nichols, of this place, sayi h e
suffered from Catarrh for years, lie pur
chased a bottle of Ely’s Cream Balm of ns.
He is now almost cured, and says you urn
not recommend it loo highly. We are
selling more of Ely's Cream U dm than
of any other cala-rh remedies, c.n inr lly
keep a supply on hand. — Evses Bit's.,
Druggists, Independence. Iowa.
Xwo Parisian Eaans were taking sup
per at a farm house near Orleans. All
at once one of them made a wry face,
called the housewife and showed her a
very fine blonde hair in the hare rag
out. The good woman smiled and said :
“Yes, theieis one after all; excuse me
gtntlemen, I thought I had taken
them all ont I”
On Tlilrty Oars’ Trial.
The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich.,
will send Dr. Dye’s Celebrated Electro-
Voltaic Beits and Electric Appliances on
trial for thirty days to men (young or old)
who are afflicted with nervous debility,
lost vitality and kindred troubles, guaran
teeing speedy and complete restoration ot
health and roanlv vigor.—Address as
above.—N. B.—No riak is Incurred, as
thirty days’ trial is allowed.
It costs tint very ii Mo to try experl
Liania with the new vai ieties of wheat,
and every wheat grower shonld give
them all a fair trial. Wheat is easily
improved by selection, and the intro
duction of new varieties can be greatly
assisted it the farmers will make im
provement of wheat a special object.
A lawyer was summoned as a wit
ness in a certain case. The judge, find
ing that the witness was lying badly,
interrupted him, saying : I beg of yon
to forget your profession for a moment
and tell ns the troth.”
Walnut Leaf Hair Restorer.
It is entirely different from all others. Itis
as clear as water, and as its name indicates is
a perfect VegetableHair Restorer. Itwill im
mediately free the head from all dandruff, re
store gray hair to its natural color, andjiro-
duce a new growth where it has fallen off It
does not in any manner affect the health,
which sulphur, sugar of lead and nitrate of
silverpreparationsliavedawe. It will change
light or faded hair in a few .lays to a beautiful
glossy brown. Ask your druggist forit. Each
bottle is warranted. Smith, if line & Co.,
Wholesale Agents, Philadelphia, Pa. and
C. N. C kitten ton New York.
'So jour husband is a contractor.
In what particular line is he ?” “In the
debt line?” “Yes, he has contracted
about $10,000 worth of debts daring tbe
laBt two years. Everybody says he is
very successful in his business.”
O, Amkrikaw, Amerikawl How 1
love you—Fifty cents all around, please;
American women are very beanftiful—
Fifty cents more *11 around, please. I
have purchased a house in New York,
ani shall make this country my home—
Fifty cents more, &c. That is what our
European visitors are giving ns.
Tbey srescertsl* etna for Cooed-
i^,fsmSSSr^TSSSi
Liver, HI—th, Baweb or
(late, or sent by aiatl tar K cents la stamps by
P. IEU8TAEDTER A CO.,
■S Mercer 8t., Mew York,
Sole Manntaeturers at 8T. BERNARD vees-
Hezrt Disease in a'l its forms cured by
Dr. Graves' Heart Regulator. Price $1.
by druggists.
Sprinkle sassafras bark among dried
fruits to keep out wrorms.
Every man has a right to an opinion
of his own if he get a lawyer and pays
for it
Dr. Kline"* Great Nerve neeterer m tne
marvel ot the age lor all nerve d
fits stopped tree. Bead to <tl
Philadelphia, pa.
A handful of hay in a pail of water
neutralizes the smell of paint.
Pride often miscalculates, and more
often misconceives.
To cure a sore throat, gargle with Piso’e
Cure for Consumption. 25 ct-alr.
Turpentine applied to a cut is a pre
ventive of lockjaw.
Emory's Little Cathartic Pill—best
made for Liver Complaint and Bilii
Tasteless, harmless, infallible. 15c.
A hot shovel held over furniture re
moves white spots.
Chrolilh'oo collars and cuffs are cheapest
in the long run. They wear longer than
a -y other, and you save coat of washing.
Never give a promise that you do not
intend to fulfil.
ladies and children's roots and shoes
cannot run over if Lynn’s Patent Hed
Stiffener* are used.
Fifteen vests ago an Alabama man
killed a peddler. Ever since that time
bis wife has held the crime over him as
a whip, < bhging him to split all the
wood, build the fires and rocE the
baby. Rendered desperate by her
treatment he has given himself ap to
be hung.
MRS. LANGTRY,
‘Tried Avenue Railroad” said the
Western Passenger Agent. “Third
Avenue Railroad, I never heard of that
before, bit a trank line?” and be
swelled out pompously as he awaited the
reckon it is,” replied the New
Yorker quietly.
“How many divisions does it have ?”
inquired the Western Passenger Agent
with a remarkable show of interest.
“Only one,” sighed the New Yorker.
‘The division between the conductor
and the driver.”
And the enlightened Western Pas
senger Agent turned away to think the
thing over, and wonder if the same
system could not be advantageously in
troduced into his company with more
satisfactory financial results to himself
than under the current management.
Everybody is pleased with the unproved
Oirboline, a deodorized extract of petro
leum. it is as clear anil limped as spring
water, and was originally intended by na
ture as a panacea for all diseases ot the
scalp and skin, and as a natural hair re-
newer.
Sins may be forgiven throngh re
pentance, but no act of will will ever
justity them.
When the doctors can’t enra your Heatt
Disease try Dr. Graves’ Heart Regulator 5
Sold by druggists.
Clean tea or coffee cups with scour
ing brick; it makes them look good as
new.
THE GREAT SERMASt
REMEDY
FOR PAIN.
Believes and cores
RHEUMATISM,
Neuralgia,
Sciatica, Lumbago,
BACKACHE.
HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE
SORE THROAT,
QUINSY. SWELLINGS,
■PBAIXS. <$
Serenes*, Cuts, Braisee,
FROSTBITES,
BUMS, ICiLM,
And all other bodily aches
and pains.
RTTY CENTS A BOTTLE.
Sold by all Druggists and
Dealers. Directions In 11
languages.
The Charles A. Vogeler Ce.
“Ton claim too
Bieh for Saxabx-
tan Nervis*, 1 *
eay sa skeptic. “How
can one medicine be
A specific for EpL
Aleeb •lisas $
ih«, «r 8eniial WeskaeM, aid fifty other
etmUlanf” We claim it ft specific, sim
ply, because tbe virus of all diseases arises from
the blood. Its Nervine, Resolvent, Alterative and
Laxative properties meet all the conditions herein
referred to. It’s known world wide \
dnia«iaa®i
It qnlets and composes the patient—not by the
introduction of opiates and drastic cathartics, bnt
by the restoration of activity to the stomach and
nervous system, whereby the brain is_ relieved
la fancies, which
To Clergymen, Lawyers, Literary men. Mer
chants, Bankers, Ladies and all those whose sed
entary employment causes nervous prostration.
Thousands proclaim it the most wonderful invig-
orant that ever sustained the sinking system.
$1.50. Sold bv all Druggists. The DR. S. A. RICH
MOND MEI
Oas.r
Consumption Can Secured!
DR.
WM.
HALL’S
FOR the ft I I A I il
LUNGSaDALoAm
rBs&ife
Organa. It mothen and heals the Meabrnne
•f the Lnuffl, inflamed and poisoned by the
disease, and prevents the nurht sweats and
tightness across the chess which accompany
~ it an Inenrahle malady.
thgyhj
care yna, even
SELLERS
COUGH
SYRUP.
PtMsnlx Pectoral will cure your oougn. Price 3 eta.
Hj’z Cream Balm
when applied by tee
lager Into tbe ana.
true, will be abaast-
ed,WectnilljclMbs-
Ugte# bead of as-
—»am
e&i-si-as
Gw at tea anal
■waves tnw aaati
ftOldft OOftfr-
pieteiy heals thsaorM
Agreeable to
Sad for areo
lar. Met M cants
by man or ot drngrlrta
ELY BROTHERS, Druggists* Owns** H. Y.
SHARP
PAINS
the well-known Hop Floater. Compounded, as ft Is, of
Hop Pluto* am sold byoBdruggist* and country*
SB cants orflrefor BLO0.
oa receipt of
HopFUatarCo.,
mnopm
PLASTER
liver, stomach, bladder sad blood
diseases, and only real Matin •
J..-V discovered for scuts and chrooio
1 — s. sto. nu enrea Dop>
disordersm Stott'
osyinldsy, Css refer to handredsaf reUta
cured who had triad in rein sresythinf else.
.ni* brnmlre* sadnimt.
iimuast.jN.Y
o Iriak.
SSreSoSASroCfclBawaBST
I to get it; if he declines ■
start in its sleep, and grind its teeth ? If so.
it has WOR.flS, and yaa shonld use
SCCLARK’S INFALLIBLE**®
ikArkhsymsae.
in its action. 25«‘. a bottle. PnigyiHtn.
FRAZER
AXLE GREASE
io ths world. Btt fht i—toft
mi snr tffil —fl
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| EVERYWHERE
AGENTS WANTED r—,.,
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mornings with HEBL and TOE csasslete in S
minutes. It will mleo knit s great variety ot fancy-
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Nothing like it ever issued before. Price*
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I list of *U the Sundav-achool Sup**rinUmd-
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Rheumatic
HEM IS HEM
DR. RADWAY'S
Sarapuilliai Rcsatoat.
m uni urn ram*.
ESSKS*
Radway's Sarsaparillian
Resolvent.
ttrwtitu
l whether It t
ioen, acres, u
, (Smses of i I
r.wtwb, tela, unr.ataoaeb or bowels, either
geteeereawflielbenl, tee tints lelamtel—a
bIWeeiaHee tee warn and bolide wd repairs
mSSL'S
sew jtte. _ T»a Ian, after a few dess' (to
. becomes clear and
blotches, black spate end
snored; sores and ulcers aooe
a estates bom i
m at oorroaire sobllmzte, may rely non a care
iomaketuiiuiraSanwmw^HwwwHtete
the system,
more of tbe sctlre prtnet-
- any other PrepenUoa.
nlra of _
rsbentn taoapoowfol doses,Vhtle others’require
freer til Item aa much. _
One Dollar as Bottle.
R» R* R.
Radway's Ready Relief.
faMHyPreig the World
In treat one to twenty miwtue never 1
relieve Fete with one thorough *ppll__
bo matter how violent or excruciating the
the Rhetunatta, Bed-ridden, Infirm, Crippled.
Nervous. Neuralgic or prostrated with ueeeee
suffer, RADWAY’S f
B "*"* A
irer falls tte^Bg
applicattoaT^BI
n*ths path,
LCripSte? ^
READY WWT.TWW wta
WTUUOtATION OF THE KIDNgIS,
INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDMM.
INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWKLS, i
CONGESTION OF THE LUHeg
(OEE THROAT, DIFFICULT BREATHDfG,
PALPITATION OF THE HEART,
HYSTERICS, CROUP, DIPHTHERIA,
CATARRH, mrUTEHHA,
HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE,
NEURALGIA, KHEUMATUnt,
COLD CHILLS, AGUE CHILLR,
CHILBLAINS AND FROST Mf,
BRUISES, LUMBAGO. SCIATICA,
NERVOUSNESS, SLEEPLESSNESS,
COUGHS, COLDS, SPRAINS,
FAINS OI THE CHEST, BACK
1
MALARIA
IN ITS VABIOU8 FORMS.
FEVEB AND AGUE.
FEVER AND AGUE eared for 50cte nereis
pace remedial scent in this world that will core
Ferer aad Ane, and other Malarious, Billons,
Scarlet. Typhoid, Yelkrw end steer ferers (sldc3
oy RA0y/Y^ 1 LLS) so quickly aa RADWAY'S
It will la a few momenta, when taken Internally
..—tothedlreotioae, care Cramp
Heartburn, 8!ok Headachi
■ Gone,
Travelers should always cany s bottle of HAD- -I
WAY’S BEADY RELIEF with them. A few -< V
drops In water wmpreyent .lekneaa or petna fromv
ehenge of water. It la better than French Btzady x , .
he provided with la
i ahoold^lways
RADWAY’S |
Regulating Pills ;
Perfect, Pariattre,
Apart.
1b Operation.
a vaomAHLx suBsnruTN fob (
flAT/IMET.
WBBSBKii
ptetta^peedeema,Oenallptiloai.Pptetrcnaw. teA- ^
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awarSSSEsrfc to
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IMS. aad BaMaaVlmkaesf Hast, Barma* a
A fswdasm ef limn
The Greatest Blood Purifier Known!
KHEUKATI8X CUBED.
Rocxxrm, N. Y, Apr. ate.'te.
Khnmata Syrup Ou
Gains—I have been a treat suf
ferer from Rheumatism for ate
years, aad hemrUt of tec soocesa
of Rheumatic Syrup I concluded
lo rve tl s trial tat my owa ease,
end I cheerfully say that I have
been greatly benefltted by la nee.
I eea walk with entire freedom
pain, aad my «eoem health
Is very much improved. It la e
Tteaslrt raw i ay tar tea blood
8020FULA CUBED.
IEUJUL01A CUBED.
Pom Btbox, H. T., Fite, a, w.
Rhernnatim8vr*PCa~,
I had been
or four yws,
siclana, for scrofula,
ed it, but found no relief uattl I
commenced taking your ftyrup.
After taking ft e short flnw, to
i doctoring for three
i, with different phy-
icrofala» aa sob® call-
MRS. WILLIAM BTRANCL
my surprise, It began to help aaa. have fad no rots stnea teU( tea
Conttnotekitsaao a tew weeks, foprttbotao. itttekM tee hate
I found myself as wall as ever, remadr I have evte baaed at for
Manufd by RHEUMATIC SYRUP CO., I Plymouth Aim., Rochester, H. Y.
The- Famous
It would fcea pity if tbe famous beauty should suffer
**•““ iDantocntt m consequence ot our
■ her "vehret-voflee” when m well-
C. N. CRITT AN TON, H. Y., Proprietor. For toe
by all druggfata.
Ultu’iMUpksr
TELE HARD-WORKING MAN.
He was a hard-working man, and for a good many years ne had been
working twice as hard as any man ought to work.
He said he had a splendid constitution, and that he could stand it
He forgot that as years passes on the waste of the system is much
greater than in youth, while the repair of it is less.
He became weak, debilitated, nervous, and despondent He regarded
the future with dread, and said he had worked himself into an untimely
grave. - —-w
But he was not taken to the
A paste of equal parts of sifted ashes,
clay and salt and a little water cements
cracks in stoves and ovens. i
Prosperities can only be enjoyed by ■
them who fear not at All to lose them, i
Wm at alLYlnstead ofthat, a good
inendbrought him some Brown’s IronBktera. yL.
• — He began to pick up strength That was what be wanted. | Brown’s
Iron Bitters enriched hia&iling blood and put new Efcmto horn.* It toned
UAl) “FAUX AND TBUX”
STOPPED FREE
, CENTS wanted for two new fxRt-seUing artftoleti.
L Samples free. C. E. MARSHALL, LockporftN.Y.
Camphor Milk la the best Liniment. Price ft cents
MUSTANG
A FAHUT HMCIIB THAT HAS HUM
muon Mine u tbaesi
(Ml ICTUS [MOT
A BALI FOB EVERY WOUND OF
MAN AND BEAST!
THEQLDE8TABE8TLIRIMEIT
SVZR MADE IN AMERICA.
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