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WIHTIN LILACS.
K bnaeh of lilac* there bj the door,
Thee* end no morel
UMictiU, lU/-whlt«, Uko the new snow
Kelllnz below;
A friend new tbo flower* end brought them
to mo,
Ae one who should nee
A rifle, * glove, juet dropped and returned
While a loving thought burned,
®* rk «U dt.v vnu that room of mine
TUI tboea flower* divine
Into my darkness brought tbelr own light,
And back to the eight.
Of ray spirit thy faireet day* of June
And the brooklet'* tune;
Where the garden-door wa» left open whlo,
While by my etde
One eat, who, raining hi* eye* from the book
W ith the old fond look,
Aeked it I loved not Indeel that page
And the word*of the sags.
And a* we *pokc the cool bltio *ky,
The robin nigh.
The dropping blossoms of locu»t-tree*
Humming with bee*,
The budding garden, the season'* calm,
Drupt their own balm.
AU those, ray friend, were brought back to
me,
Like a tide of the son,
When out of winter and into my room
Came rummer's bloom;
Tba flowers reopened those shining gates
Whero the soul waite
Many and many a day in vain,
While in therein
We stand, and, doubting the future, at last
Forget the past I
So you will believe what a posy may do,
W hen friends are true,
For the sick at heart in the wintry days,
When notbiog allays
The reetlees hunger, the tears that start,
The weary smart,
But the old, old lovo and the summer hush,
And the lilac busb.
•—Annin Field*, «n Scribner.
THE WRECK OFTHE SALLY.
BY IT. 0. UODUE.
I am the Captain of the flno canal boat
."Hally—No. 462,” my wife is ttrst matu
end our baby is the crow. The "crow”
isn’t big enough to steer the mules yet
or throw stones at thorn when they stop
to dine on tho bushes along too tow
peth, hut ha can do his share of yolllqg,
and, as the mules think the yells nro for
tbelr benefit snd start up a little whoa
they hear the disturbance, tbo "crew”
earns hie salt.
The cargoes wo carry are of coal from
the mines, and our trips ofteu extend to
the seaboard, where wo sen tho ocean
blue in the distance, while tho Sully lies
moored to tho dock.
Sometimes, in late fail, while anchored
thet way in suit water, tho cauitl will
freexe over so wo cannot gut buck, and
we are then forced to spond tho winter in
or on the edgo of tiie city, for we, of
course, live aboard our boat, as wo own
it.
My first mote onjoys this hugely, as
she has been told it is quite fabionable
to spend the cold weather in town. It
also gives her an opportunity to go a
shopping, hoar tho opera, and atteud
identic lectures—sumo os city women do.
I take much pride in sailing our mule
yacht, and many a raoo I've run and
won with her by sneaking post tho boats
nhead of us while tboy wero heaved to
for the night.
Folks think a canal bont sailor is
inmething to mako fun of, and they
alwaya liko to get off their littlo jokoa
about getting wrecked in a storm on
the mgiag canal. They take delight in
shaking of tho larboard mule and the
itarboard mule, and like to ask if we
have had a spanker-boom ou deck when
ever they see the baby.
They like to callout “Breakers ahead”
when the mules stop to kick at.n
and "Low bridge” and "All hands to
the pumps," and "Let gu tht main
<v sheet,” nod VWeigh anchor, ’ nod other
Vidlouious things.
& It makes my first mate *nnd when
The Bally is treated with disrespectful
levity, aud sometime* I lose my pationco,
too, but the baby dou’t mind it, so
after all, what difference duos it do.
‘ If the small boys cutcbing catlish out
of tho canal think it is smart to display
their igntrance of seamunsbin iu those
ways, or if tho grown up people attempt
to show off their nautical knowledge in
; such ailly manners, they can. But if
they, knew that Tho Bally had really
been to sea in a raging storm aud prop
erly wrecked and that tlioso aboard only
aVed their live* by a thorough under
standing of v/hat is required in such
emergencies, tho laugh would bo on
them and not on the captain, first mato
and crew of a mulo yacht.
Two years ago wo were spending tho
winter on Tho Sally moored alongside
one of the great coal docks of Jorsey
City opposite Now York.
Our smalt cabin was handsomely deco
rated by my wife and in it we wore us
cosy nud comfortable as possible. Tho
baby was then about teu months old,
and in his hammock cujoycd life im
mensely. Tho mules wero snugly
stabled iu the forecas’l after the coni lmd
been taken out aud extra planks laid on
the floor to prevout their kicking u hloo
in tho bottom, and everythingJooked
favorable to all hands leading a serene
-'''land happy existence aboard till spriug.
But "Man proposes aud Qod dis
poses," as the saying it.
About the middle of January a terrific
wind storm set in, blowing great guns
from the northwest and e^ery day get
ting worse.
The cold was intense, the mercury
going to fifteen and twenty degrees be
low rero.
Forty degrees below in tho Western
States was hot along side of it, for the
damp, chilling air of the coast eats right
into the vitals and freezes the very mar
row in the bones.
Keeping warm was out of the ques
tion. If we could keep alive was enough
to be thankful for.
The ever increasing and colder grow
ing gales had raged for a week .without
a lull, and the fearfully angry wavos iu
the bay were leaping mountains high
and causing destruction and wreck all
around.
Old sailors who had lived at sea for
years said they never saw the ocean any
worse. Ships were dragging their an
chors and dashing ashore by dozens aud
many lives wero nightly lost iu vain
ado its to save the vessels.
I had stout and extra lines from our
flash water boat to its dock, but in spite
of them our frail and unworthy craft
was wrenched and tossed till I began to
fael we bad no business to risk flaying
aboard while the storm lasted,
My wife wouldn't listen to our leav
ing tfctt only homo we had, aud vowed if
1 talked of deserting The Bally again eho
would liond a mutiny to prevent it. Ho
both of us, being only Iresh water sail-
ors and knowing but little of the force
of a salt water storm, settled down to
remain aboard in aplto of the warnings
given us by men on tho dock,
It was on the fifth night of the awful
aud almost unprecedented gale and the
chilling cold was at its lowest point, By
stuffing ell the crevices of our little cabin
room and keeping the stove red hot we
made out to bo comparatively comfort-,
able. Baby was sleeping soundly in the
middle of a big foathcr bed ou the floor
and in his warm nest was happily ob
livious to tho tempest and arctic tempera
ture outside.
By BDd by without undressing at all
and in fact putting on overcoats and
wraps wife and I laid down and triod to
sloop and forget how tbo gale was shriok-
iug In the black night without and bow
our boat was creaking and straining and
tossing on tho rough waters.
Th* wind nnd tho rocking of our craft
after a while made us sleepy and soon
wo wero slumboring os soundly as tho
baby.
I was dreaming of shipwrecks nnd
drowning when suddenly I awoke.
It seemed as if our boat was pitching
harder tbnh over and being battered and
knocked about frightiully.
The nolso of the hitting against the
wharf aud the creaking of ropes I missed.
I got ou my foot and managed to get to
the little window and peer through tho
frosted glass.
The city lights had vanished and noth
ing but iutenso blackness met my gaze.
Something was wrong I knew. Mount
ing the ladder stairs and Opening our
little hatchway door I looked out. We
bod broken Ioobo from tile dock nnd
wero flying before the shrieking galo and
the huge waves to almost certain death.
Where wo wore—what to do I knew
not. I quickly roused my wife and told
her of our danger. Mow bravo nnd how
cairn she looked. Mor courage made
mine.
Leaving her to bundle things on tho
baby aud prepare for what was to hnp-
pon, I stuck my bond outside again to
try nod discover n way to safety if there
was ono.
We wore drifting rapidly across the
hoy, and no far, luckily, had nut struck
an nnchored vessol.
Behind us I could sea the distant and
disappearing lights of Now York City.
In front Llio light-house on Mobbin'i
Iteof. am! boyond that the lights on Stater
Island.
If wo wore not carried out. on tht
ocean through tho Narrows—if wo dii
not cotlido with a ship or strike the reef,
we probably would bring up against
some dock on Staton Island—providing
our frail and clumsy craft lived to get
there.
As soon as we struck anything, ]
realized too surely that in a moment's
time after the crash wo must founder nnd
die.
Our only chance, then, was to bt
ready to leap, if possiblo ou the object
wo should dash against, and trust Provi
dence for tbo rest.
The Sally had whirled arouud, nnd
was rushing stern foremost through the
thundering billows, and I hoped when
wo struck that end on which wo wero
would hit first. If it didn’t, no uso leap
ing, for wo never could all of us make
our way over tho ioy, slippery two foot
wido deck on tho boat's side to its other
end. - .
Passing a largo ship so close that
i thought our cud had come, barely
missing tho light-house roof, wo wort
fast approaohiug Staton Island—and tho
Narrows.
For a time It looked certain that we
would bo swept aeaward'aud surely per
ish—then wo switched around and wonl
before tho wind straight for tho island
docks. Five minutes I calculated
and our fato for life or death would bt
sealed.
Getting a rope I placed our darling
baby, laughing aud crowing at the ex
citement, on Its feather bed, roiled tht
soft bail ontirely around it, trusting it
wouldn't smother for awhile, and bound
tho precious bundle firmly with the rope.
Taking it in my arms, bidding my brave
aud quint wlfo to bold mo aud follow I
galuod tlio stern,over tho slippery boat's
deck.
Thank heaven, wo wore still stern
foremost—dashing straight ou a dock.
One more moment of suspense and
horrible droad—then with a crash that
smashed tiio boat under us liko mi egg-
sliollj wo hit tho wharf.
At tho same instant, before tho wreck
could rebound, I flung bed nud uaby on
tho dock, seizod my dear wife's baud
and leaped for lifo.
Wo laudod safoly alongside our child
—then down under the raging waters
plunged our good boat, drowning the
awful cries of tho poor mules loft ou
board.
Cutting tho ropes to givo nlr t.o our
babe, blowu along by tho blasts behind
us, wo reached laud and a house nnd,
scon inside, found shelter and a warm
welcome.
We also found Tho Sally after the
storm was over, raised aad mended her,
and non- she is ns good as over for fresh
water sailing, which she menus to stick
to for the baianco of her days.
Aud this is why l am provoked when
land lubbers, try to ridicule hor, or her
captain, mate and crew.—Chicago Sun.
A New Fever-House.
Tropical countries havo been advisod
to establish cold greenhouses ns hos
pitals. This iden has resultod from the
remarkable successor a Cuban physician,
who has becu treating yellow fever by
keeping the patients iu ei-tifloially cooled
rooms. It is proposed that each town iu
districts liable to epidemics of this dis
ease shall build a great glass house foi
the forer victims. Then houses would
be artificially coolod, and plants of cold
aud temperate regions would ho growr
iu them. — Trenton (iY. J.) American.
A Bare Ouyx.
It is reported that a very rare and
valuable green onyx has boon discovered
in tbo mines of the Ozark Onyx Com
pany, situated seventy-five miles from
St. Louis, Mo. A car load of it has just
been brought iuto that city, it-, which is
one slab that measures 3x4 feet. Tht
only supply of this onyx hitherto has
been obtained from a unue in Mexioo,
which was exhausted some threo years
ago, Binco whon it has not been obtain
able in tho matket.-— Asia Orleans Pica,
yum.
A widow of thirty-five, with grown
children, was recently wedded by a lad
at thirloeu, in Glasscock Country, O*.
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
conit srst.zj ron ntntsss.
The value of corn stalks dspends on
ths manner in which they *r» cured and
laved. II cut before they ere ripe and
dry, and cured in the shade—that is, in
close shocks, well protected from tbo
weather—-they are quite as nutritious as
bay, and are perfectly healthful. Horses
have boeu fed wholly upon this kind of
fodder for years, and have done wo!!.
The stalks are a complete curd os far as
feeding can go, for the disenso kndwn as
heaves that has been caused by feeding
Clover or musty bay—New York Timet.
INDIAN CORN OCR BEST FEEDING CJtOr.
Notwithstanding all that has been
claimed for various fodder erops from
time to time, the fact remains that Indian
corn will produco the most eattlo food
per acre of nuything that we can grow.
The man who combines livestock with
general farming is foolish if he does not
arrange for a liberal crop of this. If
used in connection with a silo the com
field will accomplish its Very greatest
good. One advantage of tho silo is that
it furnishes succulent food to mix with
othci dry fodder and so make the latter
more palatable.—Neu> York Observer.
i'OFCoiur.
Popcorn growa well undor lfluch the
same conditions of soil nod climate as
are required for the field and garden
corns, but should bo planted apart from
either to prevent intermixing. The ears
should remain on the stalks until the
kernels ate entirely mature aud should
be thoroughly air-driod and preserved In
that condition until wanted for use. As
its bulk increases enormously by tho
popping no family will require a lurgo
amount of ears,but care should be taken
not to store them in a damp place. Ono
way in which they may be preserved is
by stripping off most of tho outer husks
and druwing back a few of tho inner
ones and laying them together in bunches
of convenient sizo for linnging up.
Where this is not practiced, tho cars,
either wholly or partly husked, maybe
put into baskets and hang suspended in
the corn-house or barn or from tbo ceil
ing of any dry Btorago room. For per
fect popping, corn should bo a year or
more old end caro should bo taken to
keep it whero mice cannot reach it, and
suspending it in some of tho ways pointed
out will secure tho two essentials of »
thorough air drying and protection from
the depredations of the small rodeuts.—
New York World.
KN8II.A0K FOR STEERS.
Lo Grand Cannon, iu some remarks
before tbo Now York farmers, gives
Valuable information on his success in
fattening steers with the assistance of
ensilage. Ho took three sets of steers,
ninety animals in each lot. Ono lot was
allowod to run out of doors nil winter
just as tbo average Vcrmout farmer treats
his steers. The two other lots wero put
under cover and fed aliko, e.rcopt that
ono lot got ensilage and the ottior a peck
of mangels per head a day. Iu the
spring the butcher was allowed to select
fifty bond at six cants a pound. Ho took
every head of tho fifty from out of tho
ensilage fed lot, and would not givo five
Cents a pound for the others. Not only
wore the ensilage lot carried through tho
winter cheaper than the others, but they
improved so much iu quality that they
readily sold better. This is tho first
contrast wo have soon in feeding for beef
between ensilage nnd roots, Can it bo
possiblo that tho former is so much
superior to t.ho latter? AVo have ulways
been told that the English, the greatest
feeders In the world, pin all their faith
to roots, aud hare ensilage knocks them
out the first time. Cannot some of tho
stations continue Ibis experiment?—
Aihefictm Dairyman.
SETTING AN Atm ORCHARD.
In setting out a young orchard of
apple trees, wo consider two rods apart
each way, or forty troos to tho acre, is
ouough, and unless tho lnud was vory
rich w* should prefer thirty foot. It
will then be many years before they will
cover tho ground, and when they are
very uonr that point the limbs can be
clipped at tbc end to keep them from
interlocking. Although there is con
siderable difference naturally iu tho shape
of the trees of different varieties of
apples, we should have thorn at uniform
distances, unless there were enough of
the very upright growing kinds to mako
au orchard by themselves, when twenty-
eight foot apart might bo far onough.
By cureful and frequent pruning of small
limbs, tlley can bo trained so that the
upright growers will cover more ground,
aud the spreading sorts be made more
compact. Homo who set trees at tho
above distances place plum, peach or
quince trees among them at fifteen feet
apart, so that there may be three of the
small trees to onch apple tree. These
small trees are expected to mako their
growth, bear crops for a few years, and
be ready to bo cut out when the apple
trees require the room.- Do not allow
the young apple trees to branch too near
the ground; four feet is low enough, evou
for those varieties whoso brandies have a
tendency to grow nearly upright, nud five
foot is not too high for the Baldwin, not
high enough for those, like tho Greeniug,
which are inclined to beud downward.
In these, care should bo taken by prun
ing ou the under side of tho limbs to pre
vent them from hanging too low down.
The advantage gained by shndiu’g tho
tree trunk is more imaginary than real,
and the less exposure to the wind is not
important, or may bo overcome by a
wind-breaking hedge, whilo tho advan
tages of having the limbs high enough
so that the horses can go under them
when plowing or mowing are very real,
as is also that of being able to turn sheep
and swine in when desired, to oat tho
fallen fruit, without having tho limbs
when loaded with fruit hang where they
can pick the fruit from them. There is
no better crop to grow among young
trees than corn, but potatoes can be very
well grown, and beans. Avoid crops
which need to be very heavily manured,
at least until tho trees get well to bear
ing, as too rich a soil makes the young
wood grow so rank as to be liable to be
winter-killed. Also avoid crops which
demand too much moisture lest thov cause
the trees 16 suffer. After the young or
chard has become an old orchard in full
bearing, clover or grass may be grown,
snd the land mado rich enough to sus
tain both crops.—Boston Cultivator.
It is more speedily available, if the bones
are ground fine, but if you have no mods
of grinding them, they are none the less
valuabio from boi^ buried whole. The
insoluble phosphoric aoid is most!) sol-'
uble after being mined for some time.
After a quantity of bones (say a buck
etful) has accumulated, carry them to
the orchard, dig a hole of suitable size
and deep enough to bury the bones out
Of the reach of hoe or plow, and then fill
up t.ho hole with earth.
The largest aud thriftiest grape vine
in this section has had nd manure, ex -
copt bones and ashes.
Tho bones should,not be buried toe
near the body of the tree or vine, because
the small, fibrous roots towards the ends
of tbo large ones are the feeders.
Some of our most successful fruit
grnwors buy bones for their orchards,
and pay from two to two and one-half
cents per pound 1 therefor. The great
majority of farmers and orchardisti
la this section let their old
bones go to waste or Bell them
to some wiser man for thirty to sixty
cents per hundred [found*. A man
came along the other day offering $3 per
ton for thorn, delivered in the city. They
are worth at least $1.5 pee ton to anybody,
and if you arc near an available market
for fruits, etc., tbo saluo of bones to you
ruds up to $35, $80, or oven If BO in some
cases. Du Dot, thct)T throw your bones
in the back yard for your neighbor's cat
or the first stray dag that comes along.
ground, arc an ex-
ora and many other
put m tho hill
increases the yield
u wish to grind the
orchard or vineyard,
it should be spaded or plowed in aftei
being sown between tbc rows.-If vott
wish to pulverize them nnd taflSjwrma-
chine for the purpose, crush’thSm with
a large hammer, orlbe hick of a common
chopping axo. They cannot bo ao finely
pulverized m this„w:iy as with the ma
chine made for the purpose,but they can
be made fine onough to holp the plant
use them.
if our most .successful orchard ists can
afford to pay two and throe oents a pound
for them, why should wo, who liavo
them, throw them out for neighbor’s
cat or dog. Tho value of bones is better
known in the North and East than in
the South nnd West, but wo notice that
tho valujjjfrf them is-bottor known now
than formerly.—Norm, Field and Stock-
Bones, whon
cellcnt fortilizi
crops. A smalt'
at time of plant!]
wonderfully. I
bones to uso in
FAnil AND GARDEN NOTES.
Give wator to chicks from the start.
To fatten poultry for market givi
plenty of wheat aad cracked corn.
Drinking water for the fowls in wintoi
should be tepid, not cold, and alwayi
fresh and clean.
A chick should weigh a pound whoi
five weeks old. The average is a pound
at six weeks aid.
Milk may bo given to tho cbickons bill
sbouldbe fresh and tile residuum careful!)
removed, but dfl not substitute it fur
wator.
Feed vory, early in tho morning ai
soon as tho chicks come out of thr
brooders. Never keop thorn waiting foi
breakfast.
After tbo first wook any kind of fond,
such as mashed potatoci, cooked tur
nips, crumbled,, broad of any kind, or
any wholesome food, will be of advantage
to chicks.
It is the casein ’({"t In the butter that
causes it to sour and spoil. Remove
all of the casein and pure butter will
keep sweet aad fresh Indefinitely if pro
tected from the air. .
The cow that th#f*rmor wants is one
that will yield hlri R good profit with
ordinary care,
-Choice beef
bdovo the
be sold at
time before
must be la
The man who coi
are unruly cau bo
poor farmer, and vfll
one, who deaervi
unruly cows are mat
Ono good and efft
move warts from a
until sho is dry, thet
oughly with a solutij
and camphor; bi
they will have enl
When ten daya olt
bo omitted nnd
cracked corn the ne;
gla to teach chit
cracked corn oarlj‘3,/ spvinkling a little
ou tho floor (about n G-Uespoutifu! daily)
after they are a week iSld.
Barrels of fruit, well carted, should
bo placed ou the side and not stood ou
end, for the jolting of the wagon tends
to sortie the fruit nnd make it loose in
tho barrelr. Tho more carefully tho
fruit is sorted and honostly packed the
grenter will be the profit.
Red clover and orchard grass ripot
about the samo time, timothy ripening
about throe weeks later. As clover and
timothy do not ripen together, it will bi
worthy of an experiment to use orchard
grass aud clover on joins soils. Timothj
and clover give the largest yield, .how
ever, nnd will be used iu preference by
tko'majority for that reason, though thi
two kinds (clovor aud timothy) would bi
more suitable if ripening at the samt
time.
The Copyright Law.
It wbb formerly held that, by common
law, an author had a perpetual right in
the prod lie's of hi-intellect. Tbisienow
denied, and the whole matter has become
the subject of statute, so that now, unless
the provision of tbo law designed to se
cure to the author the exclusive owner
ship of the results of his labor are strictly
complied with, the product is public
property. AVe shall now sec wbat muy
be copyrighted, and the method thereof.
First—Books, meaning not only such
in their ordinary sense, but such as
are printed only on one sheet, as the
words of a song, or the mu.ic accom
panying it. It may bo a diagram
with directions on one Bbcct of
paper, private lottera, abstracts of
title, an illustrated newspaper. If the
book is manuscript, it may yet be copy
righted, Foreign hooka may not be,
trunalatlons otherwise. Anew edition of
a copyrighted book is protected by the
original copyright, but not to the extent
of protecting new matter in it.
Compilations may be copjrighted. Un
der this head also fall dictionaries, books
of chronology, gazetteers, guide books,
directories, calendars, catalogues, tables,
collections of statistics, recipes, designs.
Abridgments and law reports, whore
there is original matter, may bo copy
righted.
Advertisements, as such, may not be
copyrighted. Mspn, charts, newspapers,
msgazines, musical any dramatic compo
sitions, engraving, cut, print or photo
graph may be copyrighted.
The low givo* the right to tho author,
inventor, designer or proprietor, or the
assigns thereof, who are citizens or resi
dents in this country, to obtuin o copy
right. To obtain a copyright i
1. Deliver to tho librarian of congress,
by mail or otherwise,. a printed copy of
the title of the book or other article, or a
description of the painting, drawing, or
whatovtr it may be.
2. AVithiu ten days from the publica
tion, deliver to the librarian of congress
two copies of such book or article, or in
enso of a painting or other work of such
soit, a photograph of ihe same.
3. Give notice of ihe copyright by in
serting in several copies of every addi
tion published, on tho title puge, ot tho
page following, or if a picture
or any snch production, on tbc face or
front thereof, the following words;
“Entered according to net of congress,
in the year ; by A. B., in the
office of Ihe librarian of congress, at
Washington,” ortho word), for instance,
"Copyright, 1891, by George Brown.”
A copyright is assigned by nu instru
ment in writing, which instrument
must lie recorded in tho office of
the librarian within sixty days after its
execution, otherwise it is void as sgainsi
a subsequent, purchaser or mortgaged for
a valtt&bse consideration without notico.
A Monster Corpse.
John Dieted, the fattest man in Amer
ica, weighing 420 pounds, well known
among dime museum visitors, was pb.ccel
in a vault at Baltimore Inst week. The
coffin was 5 fe<-t nnd (I inches long, H(J
inches wide nnd 27 iunhes deep, it re
quired ihe alronglli of ten men to he ir
the coffin front the- wagon io tho vault.
No hearse large enough to carry ihe cof
fin could he secured, and a ivngou was
used.
Leap year is go called becalm 1 of nn
ancient custom iu Scotland. The lassies
mrt nmt the one- who jumped highest
over a stick tens entitled to a busbaud.
This custom has not changed so much
after all. tor many maidens whom rri
taken “..tick” for a husband.
Chaff.
The Brotherhood of Railway Train
men paid $86,900 last month lot death
benefits; the receipts amounted to $38,-
800.
There is a very obliging judge iu Ida
Grove, la. A juror in his court was
granted a lcavo of absence to enable him
to get married.
The Edison Electric Light Company is
to put up a one million-dollar plant in
Chicago, which will be the largest con
cern of the kind in the world.
The 8,000 people engsged in watch
making in Ine United States turn out
about two million four hundred thousand
watches, which are disposed of by ab <ut
eigteen thousand retailers.
AVagea are so low in Indis that men
may be hired at $2 a month to do house
hold work. A dollnr is a great sum to
them, and one meal a day the rule.
European engineers intend to store th-
waters of the Nile |o such an extent aa to
enable a greater extension of the- cotton
and sugar cane crops in that region.
The domestic potato crop is estimated at
from 228,000,000 to 280,000,000 bushels,
the largest ever gathered. The average
was nearly ninety-four bushels par acre,
against fifty-seven nnd one-hall bushels
in 1890.
Russia’s Famine.
Ailvicca from St. Petersburg show that
tho czar is either willfully blind to the
situation of affairs in his empire, or that
tho true condition of tho peasant baa
been kept fr- m bia knowledge. Reports
have gone out that the emperor has here
tofore stated that no widespread famine
exists in his dominions, and tbut the
sufferings of tho poor are due entirely
to the partial failure of erojiB,
which the government finds no trouble
in making up from stock in th<- provinces
where the crops wero not affected. A
correspondent who acompanied the gov
ernment Inspector on his rounds in the
fnminc districts of Tnula, Russia, writes
that many huts were found packed with
fninilits, ifio members of which tried to
keen warm by crowding together. Un
clad women and children oi three gener
atioua slept hu Idled together on the
same benchea above stoves. Barns nnd
outhouses were destroyed for fuel. The
interiors of houses wero without light
and hare of furniture, and permeated by
nn intolerable stouch.
Bnown's Iron Bltterecures Dvsnensln.Mala
ria. hllkmsni-tts nnd "eni-rnl licbilit.- Gives
btrenglli, aids j.Hnesdon. lone, the norven—
appetite. The bont tunic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women «n-l thiUren.
Europe consumes upwsnl of i-TO.flOU.noo
worth of gold nipt stiver annually lor plate,
Jewolry and ornaments.
Copyright ib9i
It’s an insult
to your intelligence, but some un
scrupulous dealers try it. For in
stance : you’re suffering from some
Skin, Scalp or Scrofulous affection,
or are feeling “ run - down ” and
" used-up.” There’s a torpid liver,
impure blood, and all that may oorae
from it. You’ve decided, wisely,
that Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical
Discovery is the medicine to help
you. You know that it’s guaran
teed to do so, as no other blood-
purifier is.
If it doesn’t benefit or cure, you
get your money back.
But what is best for you to taker
isn’t always best for tho dealer
to sell. He offers something else
that’s “just as good.” Ip it likely?
If ftre makers of a medicine can’t
trust it, can you f
One of two things has to happen.
You’re cured of Catarrh, or you’re
paid $500 cash. That’s what is
promised by tho proprietors of Dr.
Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. By its
miid, soothing, cleansing, and heal
ing properties, it cures tho worst
cases.
Ely's Cream Balmj^gfe
quickly cukes
COLD IN HEAD
£3
Apply Balm Into each nostril.
ELY BROS., M Warren St., N.Y.
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CAN YOU riND TIIE WORD?
The«e in a H inch di-plny adver Uomcnt In
UiIn paper, this wool;, which lias no -wo words
alU e except one word. The Maine is true of
each new oneappuring each week. f?om The
Df* Harter -Medicine <'o. Thl- hpiiNC p ace* a
'*Cn*wvnr cm everything they make and pub
lish. l/OOk lor It. Mend them (lie n <mr or tho
wonl nnd they v.tl; return you n >ok, iieauti-
vul LrruoouAriiis or ha ui'Les nutK.
Don’t fool with Indfgotlon nor with a
ljMn.ler.ul liver, hut tak- Bceebam'K Phis
or immediate relic-. 2b cents a box.
OOBBUEY’8 FACIAL SOAP.
“ '»An(lt’««f**xjM. ke-
u b*ixrtem <1. -For sale
r by mall, Lo*. Famplv
DermwWjr/
£ n, ‘ ).h4jr
tnn Beauty, lltl.is.J on t
SrrYOtus and Blood d’*r,ns
treatment. -ralcd fur lev.; oW'
«M.'»mri»rnF.vr8 hkeiuimi maiiks,
India Ink and I'oadrF
Harks, Hltlme, of !W, feu-
rrnns.ua Hair* Pllants**, A-.. removed
N II. unODItrUV, PI KMATOtOUCAl
W**l 42uifcSlr*cl, N. Y. CWy. < < liflUltMl ot*
hr loiter. Agent wanted iu each place.
Morphine Ilnblt Cared In 10
to 2(1 dura. No pay till nirrd,
DR. J,STEPHENS, Lebanon,Ohio*
n|748CACII Priaee
fllOOPEaC£NT»t
or Mis. L#it*. - Hrishas ai<4 Udklan
TmWj, Mr. Bridgman, m H'w«y,N.r
Obstinate Blood Humor.
KOR EIGHTEEN YEARS— WAS
1 HAD TERRIBLE ECZEMA KL — ..
an.l limbs swollen and scaly like a dead fish. The itching was terrible, and finally LOST
MY SIGHT. After treatment by five physicians, and other remedies without relief, I took
S. S- S. and it cured ME. My skin is soft and smooth, and the terrible trouble is aA
gone.—R. N. Mitchell, Macon, Ca.
— K- fv. MITCHELL, juacon, ua.
I know the above statement to be true.—S. S. Harmon, Macon, Ga.
for some time troubled with an obstinate RASH OR HPMOR* that spread
The lWo*t l’lenannt IVay
Of preventing the grippe, colds, headaches,
and fevers Is to use tho liquid laxative r<;m-
Syrup '*f Figs, whenever the sydera
m«Qb& gen lie, yet etfeodvo cleansing. To
S S S ^ —v f
cures by removing the cause, and at the same time builds up the general health.
Send for our Treatise, mailed free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga.
Dn. Swas’b Pa8tii.es f tire female ireakne-Ase*;
hUT-Tablets cure chronic constipation. Sam
ples free. Dr. Swan, Beaver Dam, Win.
Fast Eating
An Einporor's In^rost- In Electricity.
BONKS.
The composition of bone is 3.9 per
ceut. nitrogen and 22.tf per cent, phos
phoric acid; most of the phosphoric
acid being the so-called insoluble sold.
Iu chemical value is about $3i ton.
It is stated that sBte Gerinau Emperor
contemplates the implication of elec
tricity in many ways m liis palace at
Berliu. While on his recent visit to
England ho paid a visit to Lord Salis
bury’s conrAiy seat, Hatfield. Lore! Sal
ishury has a decided meonanical and
scientific turn, beside being an excellent
eleptrician^jjjjnd has personally superin-
t&ndadWsotne -notable improvements ou
Lis Jiroporrfi "Among these is the gen
eration of electricity by turbines, the
river Lea being utilized for tho purpose;
motors for driving pumps, making ice
nud working air propellers for ventila
ting purposes; raising hay and corn
sheaves to the top of the stacks by elec
tricity, and by the same meaus thrashing,
cutting rough grass for ensilage, grind
ing corn, making fodder, driving piles,
constructing coffer dams, dredging and
pumpiug sewage for irrigation. The
^German Emperor is said To have exam-
ii»d into tne workmanship of every
[.race of machinery at Hatfield with the
greatest interest and admiration, and to
have become so convinced of the economy
and efficiency of electrical appliances as
to decide ou utilising them to the great
est possible extent on hia own proper-
| ties.— Chicago Newt.
And irregular meals are cause* of Dyspepsia, which
will soou bacome Incurable except by careful atten
tion to diet and taking a reliable stomach mcdicino
like Hood's Sarsaparilla. Head this:
"Owing partly to Irregularity In eating, I suffered
greatly from dyspepsia, accompanied by
8evere Pain After Meals
1 took two or three bottles of Hood’s Sarsaparilla
and entirely recovered, much to my gratification. I
frequently have opportunity to praise
Hood’s Sarsapar lla
and am glad to, for I consider it a great medicine."
0.1. Tbowbredox, Travelling salesman for Schlotter-
beck ft Foss, Portland, Mo.
CHILD BIRTH • • •
• MADE EASY!
“ Mothers’ Friend ” is n scientific
ally prepared Liniment, every ingre
dient of recognized value and in
constant use by the medical pro
fession. These ingredients arc com
bined in a manner hitherto unknown
if
MOTHERS’
FRIEND
**
WILL DO all that is claimed for
it AND MORE. It Shortens Labor,
Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to
Life cf Mother and Child. Book
to " Mothers ” mailed FREE, con
taining valuable information and
voluntary testimonials.
j Sent bv express on receipt of price |1.BO per bottl*
BRA0FIEL3 REGULATOR CO., Atlanta.D*.
SOLD BY ALL DRVOGIBT*,
JJW\] «« h 3 ^?"FRFF’
'III I | Send for sample, lir I HU*.
■L T , V 1 M J- H. DYE, Editor. DurfSTo.'WT.
flflUC STUDY, BooK-Kxsrnco, Buntmm mim
MUIVIC. rtn*ui*iahip. Arithmetic, Short-hnnrt.tte^
w 1 HORtH'OH YTAUSfrrPT .>1 All/. Circulars tree.
Bryants Colleue. 43T Main St.. Buffalo, N.Y.
PENSION JOIIrNTK?L*
u-Twswa.-. - -- WASHINGTON. - D. 6.
A ST H M ATSiRF n^-
atldmt, we will mail trial lilllf fcIIBOTTLE ■■ w r—
THEDl. TAFT ISOS. M. CO..ROCHESTER,N.Y.FRCC
find WLiakey Habits
cured at home with-
i out pain. Book <*f par
ticulars sent Mtl.F..
B.M. WOOLLEY. M.D.
* Wh*
' Rt
Ptso’s Remedy fbr Catarrh is the
. KA*!cst to rse. and Cheapest
$65
A MONTH for 3 Bright Young Men t
I-a«l»e« in t*eh county. AddreoH P, \\
ZlEGl/EItifcCO., Philtto, l»n.
.sold by druggists or seut by mail
60c. E. T. Hazeltlne, Warren. Pa.
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COLDS.
COUGHS.
HOARSENESS.
CONSUMPTION
ALL AFFECTIONS OF THE THROAT AND LUNGS,
TAYLOR'S CHEROKEE REMEDY OF
SWEET GUM AND MULLEIN
Is the BEST KNOWN REMEDY.
Ask your druggist or merchant for it, and take no substitute,
as FGtbing else can take its place.
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