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DERELICTS.
Fate of Deserted and Water-
Logged Vessels.
They are a Constant Menace
to Navigation.
Many “derelicts”— i. o., deserted
and water-logged vessels—And tlicir
way into (ho Sargasso Son, where,
writes Reno Baclio in the Boston
Transcript, thoy float about for a long
thno and Anally break up or sink.
An important feature of tho work of
of tho Hydrographic Offlco is the
finding of sucli dangers to navigation,
tho approximate location of which arc
plotted monthly on the pilot charts
distributed 10 skippers. Four years
ago great alarm was felt on account
of a gigantic raft of logs which went
ndiift south of Nantucket. It was
composed of 27,000 trunks of trees
from'60 to 100 feet long, bound with
iron chains into a cigar-slmped mass
600 fool long and weighing 11,000 tons,
it was constructed in Nova Scotia,start
ing from tho Bay of Fnndy forNew-
York in tow. The hawsers parted in
a hurricane, leaving tho raft in the
direct track of commerce. Tho big-
go6t of tho ocean liners on striking
such an obstruction would have gone
down at once with nil on board. Two
Government steamers and a tug started
at once in pursuit of the raft, which
had luckily been broken up by the
storm, tho remnants of it being found
scattered over a wide space about 100
milos southeast of the point whero it
was lost. For some tiino it was
imagined that tho floating logs| might
do damage, but though many vessels
cncotmlored them, no iiatm resulted.
This would have been tho most
dangerous derelict ever known, if the
raft hud hold together. Vessels which
come under this denomination are
most commonly laden with lumber or
some other light cargo, so that they
do not sink, but merely become water
logged, floating about dismasted with
decks on a level with tho water, so
that it is very difficult to see them in
time to avoid them. Continually
drifting, thoro is no telliug whou or
where they will bo encountered, and a
collision witli such an obstaclo is vory
apt to mean total wreck. Ships often
6ail away and aro never heard from
again, though there has been no storm,
and in such cases thoy are reported
“missing,” the likelihood always be
ing that (hey have met with some such
accident as this, against which even
the best nnvigator cannot guard. So
serious U this peril that it has beeu
proposed that the nations should di
vide the oceans into districts, each
one keeping its own district clear.
Tho most extraordinary derelict
ever heard of was tho barquo Marie
Celeste, which was found in the mid
dle of the Atlantic deserted, with
every sail set, dinner half cooked 5u
galley, and not a soul on bo<>rd,though
she had every aniwaiance of having
been occupied immediately before.
The weather was fair, aud there was a
geutio hree/.;. She was towed into
port, but no explanation of tbe mys
tery lias ever offered itself. One of
the uses of studying the surface cur
rents of the seas is for the tracking of
derelicts. Often, whou a very danger
ous one is located, a steamer is sent
out to blow it sky-high with explo
sives.
The Curious Kangaroo.
As to its fauna tiie island continent
is a region of forms that are most
weird and strange, nearly all of its
beasts being survivals of types which
passed off the rest of the earth millions
of years ago. Not least astonishing
are the numerous species of pouched
animals, such as the kangaroo, the
largest specimens of which are as big
hs a stag. This hugli creature brings
forth an offspring no larger than tiie
little linger of a human baby and not
unlike it in form.
This helpless, naked, blind and deaf
being the mother puts into tho pouch
on her belly, placing it on one of tho
long, slender, milk-giving strings
found in Ino pouch. Here the young
one remains hanging for weeks and
grows very rapidly. The mother
2>uesessc6 a peculiar muscle with which
she is able to press milk into the moutli
of tlie little kangaroo, and the larynx
of the latter lias such a structure thut
it can breathe while it sucks. All of
the marsupials, like the opossum, arc
propagated iji this in aim or. Some of
these marsupials are beasts of prey
and very ferocious.
The marsupial wolf and the marsu
pial “devil” are ferocious and power
ful, doing grc.it damage among sheep.
Australia lias the only birds in the
world which do not hatch their eggs
themselves, but, like reptiles, bury
them in earth mounds, where they are
thatched by fermentation. The vege
tation of tho'cOuntry is almost equally
extraordinary, with some trees that
are Joufloss and others which boar
loaves extended in a vertical plane iu-
slead of horizontally; reminding the
scientific observer of the vanished
fl irauf die tertiary period.— [Wash
ington Star.
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
hi 1792 Van Estiii invented a hol
low sphere and tube several hundred
.foot in length, tho motor power beiug
air,
KEEP THE MANGER FULL.
Some agriculturists assert that it is a
waste to have the horso’s inanger al
ways full of hay, and that it ia best to
give the auimal only as much as ho
will eat up clean at enoh feeding time.
We do not think that it is wiso to follow
this plan. Let tho manger bo always
full, but seo that the horse docs not
waste any hay. Oftentimes tho horso
nibbles at the hny long after his feed
ing time, and there is no sense in de
priving him of what ho wants.—
[American Farmer.
COHN* SILAGE FOR FATTENING CATTf.E.
The relative valuo of maize silage
and roots for making beef, lias been
tried by T. Shaw and C. A. Zavitz of
tho Canada station ut Guelph. Six
grade steers wore fed in three groups
for five winter months. Corn silnge,
cut timothy hay, sliced rnta bogus and
stock boots, and a meal of equal parts
by weight of peas, oats and barley,
were fed three times per day. The
results show that silage and meal alone
is not a safe ration for finishing
beeves, as loss of appetite and death
may ensue, though 100 pounds gain
in those that livo costs but $6.93.
Hay, silage and meal form a safor
ration, though tho animals fed upon
it, sometimes rofused their food. Tho
cost per 100 pounds of gain was
$10.43. Roots, hay and meal was tiie
safest ratiou, keeping the steers iu
uniformly good health, though 100
pounds of gaiu cost $10.64. — [Ameri
can Agriculturist.
when stirred off into the loose, granu
lar state. It ia needless to aay much
of it i« commonly largely adulterated
by somebody boforo it reaches tho
consumer.— [Now York World.
SEEDLINGS OF STONE FRUIT.
The opinion is often expressed and
tho assertion is frequently made, that
the seeds of peaches, chorries and
plums will not grow if they are not
exposed to freezing. Joseph Meehan
very justly remarks that this opinion
is disproved by tho fact that seedlings
are raised in countries whero thoy
uuver have frost, and that a continued
supply of plenty of moisture will
crack them freely. Tho remark may
bo added, that a very common attempt
is made by pcrsoui not nurserymen,
to raise seedlings from those seeds
after they have been kept for months
quito dry, after which they will not
germinate. This remark applies to
such seeds as those of tho chestnut,
walnut, horscchestnut aud stone fruits
generally, and we frequently hear
complaints from those who try to
raise chestnut trees from tho seeds
which have bcon drying for months,
that “they will not grow.” If kept
continually moist from the time of
ripening till planting, there will be
no difficulty.—[Conn try Geutleman
STONE DRAINS.
Stone, boing iudos'rncfible, is a
good material for makiug drains,
when it is to bo procured on the land.
Indeed, it will pay to put the stones in
drains merely as a way of getting
them off the land and out of the way
of the plow and harrow, and of turn
ing them over and over every year.
But a stone drain must be carofully
made; it will not do to dump the
stones iu ditches and cover them mere
ly. To build a good drain proceed as
follows: Make the ditch wide enough,
and at least iliirty inches deep. Lay
a row of long, narrow stones alon
each side of the ditch, and cover them
with flat stones ns closely us possible.
Fill all spaces with small ones and
then lny on Olliers to within a foot of
the surface, and cover with earth. It
is well to heap this over tho drain lest
there may be a hollow in which water
may gather and sink straight down
into tbe drain, making openings in the
covering and gradually carrying soi
down, ami iu time tilling tiie drain.
Tho water should never go straight
down into any drain, Inti should sink
in the ground and come in at the bot
tom. A drain laid iu this way will
last a hundred years. — [New York
Times.
-MAKING MAl’I.E SUGAR.
Many maple-sugar makers say that
no foreign substance is needed t 0
clarify tiie syrup. This, however,
cun only be (rue where the greatest
cure an 1 cleanliness bus been prac
tised iu gathering aud storing the sap.
lu old times the sap was caught in
troughs made by hollowing out small
logs and was boiled in large open
kettles exposed to tbe smoke and cin
ders of opeu fires. No wonder the
sugars aud syrup thus made were dis
colored and often so black us to be al
most or quite unsalable. Now the
practice witli the best makers is to use
covered paijs (tin ones being pre
ferred), metallic tap spout# and pal.
enl evaporators.
The sooner tho sap is boiled down
into syrup the lighter colored it will
be, and it must be skimmed during
tbe time it is being evaporated.
The hue, grayish sediment sometimes
fouud iu sap may be removed by
straining through flannel. The most
common form in which maple sugar
is left by tiie makers iu the sugar
bush is iu cakes. The syrup is slowly
evaporated until of a consistency
where it will become solid wlieu cold.
TbC-cakes are made by running ll^
warm, thick syrup into moulds of
different kinds, iu which form it is
more sulable as a delicacy, for tfhich
purposo it ;s uow ohiefiv used, than
MANURES FOR ORCHARDS.
The feeding roots of fruit trees go
deeper than do those of ordinary farm
crops, aud especially for mineral fer
tilizers. It is likoly, therefore, that
when mineral maauros havo been ex
hausted for orchard purposes the ex
haustion is much more complete than
it is with grain crops. Bosides, the
tree requires for foliage and wood
growth a much larger ration of min
erals than does an ordinory grain crop,
and if fruit is to bo producod a still
heavier dressing mutt be given.
Hence, when a farmer has reported
that mineral mnuures have not set his
orchard in bearing it it a fail* pre
sumption that he lias not applied
euougli. He lias manured as be would
for a grain crop. This may have made
the treos more thrifty, but without
making them fruitful.
Most of tbe successful attempts to
renovate old apple orchards havo re
quired largo amounts both of mineral
and stable mauures. It is likoly that
tho latter was mainly efficient in keep
ing the soil open and supplied with
carbonic acid gas, and thus preventing
the miueral manure from becoming
insoluble. When vegetable matter is
deficient, the treo roots cannot get tho
benefit of the mineral fertility that tho
soil contains. Old orchards often
suffer thus, and aro made productive
again by supplies of stable manure
that has itself very little mineral
matter, but makes available what the
soil already contains.
There need be no fear of making
(lie soil around large trees In full
bearlug too rich. If young orchards
are fertilized or cultivated too highly
they will run ter wood; but in older
trees this extra supply of nutriment
will, if the tree be properly pruned,
be turned to tho production of a
richer and better flavored fruit than
tbe larger specimens which vory young
trees occasionally produce.— [Boston
Cultivator.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Stuffing chickens injures thorn aud
stunts the growth.
Incubator hatching requires a great
deal of skill, paticuce and care.
Do not feed growing chicks, cveu
at meal-timo, wiieu tbeir crops are
full.
The best brooder is one that pre
vents all crowding of the weak by the
strong.
Many of the ills of infauthood may
be easily traced to the cow and its sur-
rouiidiugs.
Pasturing with sheep is tho only
certain way of getting rid of the ox-
eye daisy.
It isn’t every one that is adapted to
chicken raising, either by incubator
or iu tho natural way.
Managing a lot of newly hatched
chicks so that they won’t all perish is
uo work for a novice.
Stagnant water poured in pools, if
drunk by the cow, will soon effect the
liver not only of the cow but of the
milk drinker.
As eighty-seven por cent, of milk
is water, the dairyman should see
that cows get none but the purest
water to drink.
There has been no end of disap
pointment as the result cf rash at
tempts at hatching tlirco to six hun
dred eggs in an incubator.
Only 1-10001li of an Inch in Diameter.
Some vory interesting as well as
extraordinary accounts have recently
been given concerning experiments in
ilie production of minute ihrends from
gold, glass, platinum and other sub
stances. The most remarkable of those
minute filaments, according to C. V.
Boys, I lie experimenter, aro iliose of
quartz. He snya: “As torsion threads,
these tillers of quartz would seem to
lie more perfect in their olnsiicily than
any known.
They arc us strong as steel, and can
be made of any reasonable length,
perfectly uniform in diameter, and,
as already explained in the body of
my article, so fine as to be beyond the
liower of any microscope yet made.
Tiie tail ends of these threads must be
at least 10,000,000 limes smaller than
ordinary spun glasses. Of course, it
is impossible to maiiipuiato these
minute filaments, although there is no
difficulty in measuring threads loss
than the ono-thousainltli part of au
inch in diameter.”—[St. Louis Rc.
public.
Pine Trees on Volcanoes.
Every one who admires trees must
be interested in the result of Professor
lleilpriii’s studios of the pines that
clothe the slopes of the great volcanic
mountains of Mexico.
These huge peaks scorn to havo
pierced their way upward through a
mantle of pine lorest, which clings to
their sides up to u height of nearly
three miles ami three-quarters.
Tho vertical range of the pine iu
Mexico is remarkable. It is found
among tho sun-loving palm trees at the
' *loot of the mountains, and it stands
defiant of tho cold closo to the perpet
ual snows that cover their summits,—
rVouth’s Gonirmtijou,
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
TO rOLISn ENAMELLED LEATHER.
To polish enamelled leather takt
two pints of tho best cream aud one
of linseed oil; mako (horn each luke
warm and then mix thorn well to
gether. Having previously cleaned
the leather thoroughly, rub it over
with a spongo dipped in tho mixture.
Then rub with a soft, dry cloth until
a brilliant polish is produced.—[Now
York World.
MANTLE CLOTH.
If yon desire to giro a really beauti
ful nml acceptable prosent to yotu
best, friend, secretly ascertain the exact
dimensions of hot* sitting-room, din
ing room or parlor mautol, and rnnkt
a square large enough to ill it ill widll
and extend not only down about ten
inches os a lambrequin, but up Hit
wall a little further than this. Hem
it neatly aud then embroider across
cacli end sprays of blossoms or grace
ful vinos, allowing tho upper vine tc
bang down in tendrils, aud the Iowqi
ones to reach up toward the mantel.
This makes a most pleasing back
ground for china, statuary or any kind
of bric-a-brac.— [Detroit Free Press.
HOME-MADE HARD SOAP.
Wore the good qualities of this ill-
expensive soap more generally known
no family would be willing to bo
without it. It is good for all pur
poses, renderiug white clothes very
clcau and whito, and excellent for
flannels aud giughams, never fading
the colors; it is likewise good for tho
hands, removing all roughness and
making thorn soft and smooth. It is
made of six pounds each of salsoda
and clean grease and three pounds of
stone lime. Dissolve the salsoda and
lime by boiling in four gallons of
water. Whou settled turn iuto a
brass or copper kettle, add tbe grease
and boil until it becomes soap—half
au hour to ono hour will bo sufficient.
Now turn it into a wathtub, and when
cold cut it into bars aud let it dry.—
[New York News.
BLUING THE WASH.
How much bluing should bo allowed
to a tub of water, and what kind is
best? If clothes are too blue, how
best to counteract tbe next time!
There aro n number of very good blu-
iugs iu the market. Indigo is, of
course, one of the best. After the
tub has sufficient water, add, if you
uso a liquor blue, sufficient to make il
a light blue color. Take the softest
fabric you have, an old handkerchief,
for instance, dip in the water, Wring
it out; if it is uot blue enough, add
more; if too blue, add more water.
Fiuo fabrics take the blue more quick*
ly than the coarser ones, so always try
with a flue piece. If you use a dry
blue, distolvo it first, not .more than
half a tenspoonful, iu a bowl of soft
water, then strain this into tbe tub.
Never, under any consideration, sprin
kle dry blue iuto the tub, or the
clothes will be spotted; those spots
will after turn into iron rust marks.—
[St. Louis Republic.
SERIOUS FACTS ABOUT BREAD
Which Ilnua'-kfoiirr* (Should
Canalrinr.
RECIPES.
Ham Toast—Boil ono pint of milk
and tiiickcn with a teaspoonful ol
flour. Add half a cup of chopped
ham, boil three minutes, take from the
lire and stir well. Have ready four
slices of toast ou a hot plate, upon
which the mixture is poured.
Roast Saddle of Mutton—Wipe
with a damp towel, place in a baking-
pan, dredge with pepper, add a tea-
spoonful of salt to a cupful of boiling
water and pour in tho pan. Set in a
verv hot ovon ami baste every 10
minutes; bake 10 minutes for every
pound of moat. When done, take up
on a heated dish and sorvo with brown
sauce.
Delicate Indian Muffins—One egg,
ono cup of milk, one tablcspoouful of
shortening, two heaping tablespoon
fuls of Indian moal, one cup and oue-
j’alfof flour, two (onspooiifuls (uot
heaping) of baking powder. Bako iu
buttered muffin pans in a quick oven.
This recipe is so good it will boar re*
pealing. The muffin pans need uot
bo previously boated, and should ouly
be half filled.
Calm, But Not Collected.
“Wero you calm and collected at
the baitle of Gettysburg, major?”
“Well, inadame, I was calm enough,
but I wasn’t collected. With a log in
one part of the field, an arm iu
anothor, and a left car in another,
collection was difficult. — [Harper’s
Bazar.
Theta arc now 12,660 offi. ers in tho
French infantry. The military
schools graduate about 650 officers an.
nunlly, and about the samo number
arc lost by death, demission or re.
lireineut.
Alaska’s resources and commercial
possibilities are perhaps less understood
than those of any other section of the
Union. Nevertheless they are slowly
bsing developed. The scenic and other
natural attractions of this far northern
country draw a considerable and increas
ing stream of travel to it every summer.
Under these conditions tho possibilities
of the Territory cannot long remain bid
den. Already a line of side-wheel
steamers has been planned for service on
the Yukon. The first vessel is now build
ing. If will connect with North Bound
steamers and run 2,200 rpijes up this
great Alaskan mar,
A serious danger ifienuCbs the health
of the peoplo of this country in tho nu
merous alum baking powdors that aro
now being urged upon the public.
There is no question as to tho detri
mental efiect of thoso powders upon the
system. Every Board of Hoalth, every
phys.cjan, will tell you of the unwhole
some qualities they add to the food.
Some countries havo absolutely pro
hibited the sale of brend containing
alum.
Even small doses of alum, given to
children, have produced fatal results,
while cases of heartburn, indigestion,
griping, constipation, dyspepsia, and
various kindred gastric troubles from
irritation of the mucous membrane,
caused by the continuous use of food
prepared with the alum or alum-phos-
pliato powders, are familiar in tho prac
tice of every physician.
It is not possible that any prudent
housewife, nny loving mother, will
knowiugly use an article of food that
will injure the health of her household,
or perhaps causo the death of her chil
dren.
How shall the dangerous alum powders
be distinguished? Aud how shall tho
danger to health from their use be
avoided t
Generally, alum powders may bo known
from the price at which they aro sold,
or from tho fact that they are accom
panied by a gift, are disposed of under
lorac scheme. The alum powder costs
but a lew cents a pound to make, and is
often sold at 20 or 23 cents a pound,
If some present is given with it, the
price may be 30, 40 or B0 cents a pound.
It is impossible to name all the alum
powders in the market, but nny baking
powder sold at a low price, or adver
tized as costing only half as much os
cream of tartar powders, accompanied by
a prescut, or disposed of under nny
scheme, is of this class, detrimental to
health, and to be avoided.
But the easy, safe, and certain protec
tion of our breud, biscuit nnd cake from
all danger of unwholesomcuess is in the
use of the Royal Bilking Powder only.
This powder is mentioned because of tbo
innumerable reports iu its favor by high
medical authorities, by the U. S. Gov
ernment, and by the official Chemists and
Boards of Health, which leave no doubt
vs to its entiro freedom from alum, limo
and ammonia, its absolute purity anl
wholcsomunoss. While its use is thus a
safeguard against the poisonous alum
powders it is satisfactory at the same
timo to know that it makes the whitest,
lightest, sweetest and most delicious
food, which will keep moist and frosh
longer, and that can bo eaten with im
munity hot or cold, stale or fresh, and
also that owing to its greater strength It
is more economical than others.
These facts should incline consumers to
turn a deaf ear to all importunities to
buy tho inferior powder. If a grocer
urges tbe sale of the cheap, impure, alum
brands, it should be borne in mind that it
is because he can make more profit on
them. The wise housekeeper will decline
in all cases to take them.
Take no chances through uting a doult-
ful article where eo important a matter at
the health or life of dear ones it at etake.
Taking Cold.
A person in good health with fair play
easily resists cold. But when the health
flags a little, and liberties are taken with
the stomach or the nervous system, a
chill is ensily taken, and according to the
weak spot of the individual assumes the
form of a cold or pneumonia, or it may
be jaundice. Of alt cases of “cold”
probably fatigue is one of the most effi
cient. A jaded man coming at night
from a long day’s work, a growing youth
losing two hours sleep over evening par
ties two or three times a week, or a
young Indy “doing the season,” and
over-fed children with a short allowance of
sleep, are common instances of the vice
tims of cold. Luxury is favorable to th,
chill taking; very hot rooms, soft chalrst
feather beds create a sensitiveness tha,
leads to catarrh. It is not, after alls
the cold that is so much to bo feared a-
the antecedent condition that gives the
attack a chance of doing hym. Borne
of the worst colds happen to those who
do not leavo their house or even their
bed, and those who aro most invulner
able are often those who are most expos
ed to change of temperature, and who
by good sleep, cold bathing and regular
habits preserve the tone of tbeir nervous
system and circulation.
Mother—“Horrors! Tommy! Tommy
Traddlutl Como in this miuute.”
Tommy—“I don’t want to.”
Mother—“If you don’t come in I’ll—
11 whip you, and I won’t give you but
one piece of candy afterward.”—Street &
Smith’s Good News.
Visitor—“And so you went to church
to see tho wedding? What did you
think of it?”
Little G rl—“I didn’t think. I just
looked aud talked, nn’ talked without
thinking, s ime as everybody else.—Street
Smith’s Good News.
Perfectly Safe*
Little Girl—“That’s the second time
your mamma has called you.”
Little Boy (very busy playing)—“I
know.”
Little Girl—“Won’t she whip you if
you don’t go?”
Little Boy—“No; she’s got company,
and she’ll say: ‘He’s been real deaf since
he had the measles, poor little fel
low.’ ”
To Believe the Troth
About tbe efficacy in obstinate cases of dys
pepsia of Hostetler’s Stomach Bitter.-, re
quires no stretch of credulity. Are you troub
led with indigestion? If so try it, not occa
sionally, spasmodically. Take a regular, per
sistent course. Prompt relief, ultimate cure
will bo tbe result. The dyspeptic, the bilious,
tho nervous, tbe rheumatic, the malaria and
kidn -y-troubled attest its efficacy. A wlne-
gla -sful before meals.
It is nil nonsense about our climate chang
ing. Professor Hazen says that the facts of
history show P at the world’s c liuaie has not
changed lu 3,000 years.
Malaria cured and eradicated from the sys
tem by Brown’s Iron Bitters, which enr ehes
the blood, tones the nerves, aids digest on.
Acts like a charm on persons iu general ill
health, giving new energy and strength.
Sponge black silk with cold coffee and am
monia to freshen P.
Rest of All
To cleanse tha system in a gentle and truly
beneficial manner,when the Springtime cbmes,
nee the true and perfect remedy,Syrup of Figs.
One bottle will answer for all the family and
costs only SO cents; the large size Si. Try It
and be pleased. Manufactured by the Callfof-
ala Fig Syrup Co. only.
IjRdy (to famous animal painter)—"It is a
great pleasure to me to meet you—I adore an
Bow's This V
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taklngHall’a Catarrh Cur *.
T. J. Chenkv & Co.. Props., Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, hare known F. Jt.
Cheney tor the last 16 years, and believe him
B irfeotly honorable In all business than
ons, and financially able to carry out any
ligetlens made by their Arm.
WxsTA Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Waldino, Kinhan A Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo. O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 7Bc. vex bottle. 6oid.by.all druggists.
Mrs. Minks—"Mrs. Leadem Is aging very
ipidly."
Mis. Binks -"Vos,poor thing. She is worry
ing herself gray trying to look young.”
’ gray trying
young.’
Brown’s Iron Bitters cure* Dyspepsia, Mala
,1 IJebllit".
ria. Biliousness and General Debilit-. Gives
strength, aids Digestion, tone* the neves—
creates appetite. The best tonic for cursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
One tablespoonful (well heaped) granulated
coffee A or best brown sugar equals one ounce,
A Great and Useful Book.
Owing to the growth of tbe English language
and its continually increasing prevalence.
ery much more Is required of an English
letti * ’ ” ' ’ ’ " ’
dictionary to-day than formerly, and Noah
Webster, who spent twenty years in preparing
his American Dictionary, would hardly recog-
f tze it in the perfection which It has attained
n the bands of modern scholars. Webster’s
International Dictionary, the latest of thu
long line of revisons and enlargements of the
original “Webster,” represents fifty times the
amount of literary labor expended upon the
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reliable work of tho kind over published In *
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nent-scholar* throughout the EnglNh-speak
Ing world, aod is a most useful book for the
library, the school, tho family. the student,
aod lu fact for all who read or write the Eng
llsh language.
Nn Savbii Remedy can be had for Coughs
* “ ilds
and Colds nr any trouble of the Throat than
“Broum't Bronchial Trochee." Price 'th cents.
feUontyinbexee.
A Terrible Threat.
All Alike*
$3 Worth «f Hood's
Cured When Others Failed
Salt Rheum oj* Psorlasls-Sevefe
Case*
JfCi if. <7. Me Colt n
Kingsley, Iowa.
“In 18791 had an eruption appear on my left
leg and arm. Sometimes it wdilld ulcerate
and on account of it I was unable to work a
great deal of the tiiUe. I had seven d( dors ox-
atnlne and treat the without success. Some
balled it psorasls, some eczema, eome salt
rheum and one knowing one called it prairie
Itch. All the doctors in the county had a trial
but none did me a particle of good. I spent all
my spare money trying to get relief. Finally
1 was persuaded to try Hood's Sarsaparilla.
After using one and a half bottles I saw the
benefit. I have now used the third bottle and
am completely’ cured. 4 received more
HOOD’S
Sarsaparilla
CURES
benefit from three dollars' worth of Hood's
Sarsaparilla than from the hundreds of dollars
paid for advice and other medicine. Any one
suffering from skin trouble will surely get re
lief in Hood’s Sarsaparilla." N. J. McCoch.
Kingsley, Iowa.
We Know This to Be True
“ We know Mr. N. J. McCoun) saw his leg
and arm before taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and
know he was terribly nffllcted! now he lscured,”
E. II. Banks, Druggist, “ D. A. Oi.tmann,
J. P. G aspen, “ R. B. Ki.i.is,
U. C. BAitUEit, Kingsley, Iowa.
Hood’s Pills are the best after-dinner Pills, as-
■ist digestion, cure bcadache. Try a Box.
I had a malignant breaking out on my leg
below the knee, nml was cured sound and well
itlth two and a half bottles of
Other blood medicines had failed
to do me any good.
Will C. Beatt,
Yurkville, S. C.
I was troubled from childhood with an ag
gravated caso of Totter 1 , und three bottler, of
m cured me iiiimaiietly.
KKB WAl.LAClt MANN
lElgffi Ma.invllle, I.T.
Our hook on llloml and Skin Diseases mailed
free. Swift Specific Co... Atlanta, Ga.
One
Dollar
a
A Powerful
Flesh Maker.
A process that kills the
taste of cod-liver oil has
done good service—but
the process that both kills
the taste and effects par
tial digestion has ao
much more.
lone
Scott’s Emulsion
stands alone in the field
of fat-foods. It is easy of
assimilation because part
ly digested before taken.
Scott's 'Emulsion checks Con
sumption and all other
•wasting diseases.
Nsw York. Sold by druggist, everywhere.
“German
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99
Justice of the Peace, George Wil
kinson, of Lowville, Murray Co.,
Minu., makes a deposition concern
ing a severe cold. Listen to it. “In
the Spring of i883, through ex-
pdsUire I contracted a very severe
(Soid that settled on my lungs. This
was accompanied by excessive night
sweats. One bottle of Boschee’s
German Syrup broke up the cold,
night sweats, and all and left me
iu a good, healthy condition. I can
give German Syrup my most earnest
commendation.” ft
or. king’s Royal germbtuer d
? IS A POSITtVE CUBE FOB •
K l.aGrlppo, catarrh, Rheumatism, K
I. Neuralgia, Dyspepsia, Bowel, Kid- I
N ney anil Bladder Diseases, Blood jl
Q Poison and General Debility. g
Pleasant as Lemonade.
S Harmless Always. R
Price, $1.00 Per Bottle. O
Unexcelled for BURNS. BRUISES Y
KING’S ROTAL GEBMETDE8 Cl I
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£ Take Dr. King’s Gormeluer Pills for St
.% tho Liver and Constipation—60 pill* in A
Y box, price, 25 Cents. jj
R DR. KING’S ROYAL GERMBTUER
Minute
If you will out this advertire-
ment out, put it in * letter nnd
wrlto for our oataloguo of Dla<
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i you how you can make one dollar
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JEWELF.IIS
47 Whiteha'I SI., Atlanta, Gn
Startling
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|AN "iDKAL 'FAMILY MEDICINE
—d Bowel*.
D follows their use. Bold
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Patients continue business whilo under treat
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ARP VF.RY ANJVIOILS TO J
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Home Nails, Soldbyalldealers
Home Tacks.
A Woman Has
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ACHE DAY ATTKit DAY and yet there
few diseases th3l yield more promptly to promt
* * ostlm-
medlcal treatment It 19 therefore of the utmost l
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land. During a period of more than <10 YEA 1181
there has been flo instance reported wher** *uc.h
cases have not been permanently and PROM PT I. Y
CIJ it ED by tbe use of a slnin« box of the genuine
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or will be mailed to any address on tbe receipt of Uftc.
n postage stamps. Purchasers of these Pills should
>e careful to procure the genuine article. There are
Several counterfeits oil the market, well calculated
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Liver Pills are manufactured only by
TLEX1N0 BBOTHEBS CO., Pittsburgh, Pa
MEND YOUR OWN HARNESS
f WITH
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No tools required. Only a hammer needed to drive
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Ask yonr dealer for them* or send 40c. lo
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WAI.THAM. MANS.
(Dares Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Boro
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BICYCLES.
Complete line of high, medium an t
cheap grad » Bicycles. Sundries of
all kinds. Mend stamp for catalogues
aud price.?. Immense Ksrgalni
iu (Second-Hand Bicycles^
Pneumatic and Cushion Tired. Till only ex
clusively bi- ycle house in the South. Installmentierm:
Send referwners. Adit.*.,
to responsible parties. F .
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WAKE CO., E. P. Cl!
WARE CO., E. P. Cliallain, .Hammer., No.
38 Peaohtree Street, Atlanta, Ga.
AHIHUMorphine Habit Cured In IS
111, UTCn TiuvruNa salesmen; or hav. fine (Ida
WAN I tU line. Bouquet Ciuab Co., Lynchburg,V*
■UHMHin'IilUlTb
, Ceneumptlyea aud people
1 who have weak Inngi or Aalh-1
I ma, should aae FUo'e Cure for I
I Ooaianiptloa. It bae eare,
1 thrasaade. It has not ln)ur-
I ad one. It Is not bad to taka.
I u It the boat ooogh ayrup.
Bold everywhere. »««.
B. M. WOOLLEY* M.D.,
Office, i04r/4 Whitehall St.
Department A ATLANTA, oa
' A. N. U
Twelve, '9?