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Parrots and their Care. To keep Polly in good health the diet question must be most carefully studied. The subjoined bill of fare is the only hc^U^'an^enaMe a » e * themtoenjoy 1 ^ hippy Parrots in ... their wild state live upon ripe fruit, and tame ones also enioy it. them. Seeds they also live upon w hen in their native laud, and so destructive on ponies r are occupied in driving ® off the S __ ia y parrots, , which, , ■ t we undeistand, . , tly m tiooks of 10,000 at a time; and from our own observation of what one bird can do in the wav of destruction (as an armle apple is is soon soon entirely entirely nicked picKea to to pieces nmres and thrown piecemeal away, the seeds only being eaten), we can easily ealeu late what 10,000 birds can do in a short space of time. A whole orchard must become ruined in less than two hours if the birds are allowed to remain in it. A tin of hemp seed or crushed Indian corn should be their dailv diet. Alter nate it by giving cold boiled rice, with a separate allowance of well soased bread, with the water fairly squeezed out; bread is soaked thoroughly when boiling water is poured upon it. Never feed your bird with hot food; their beaks are very sensitive. By no means give your j parrot any animal food, not even a bone ; to bite, as some people say, for amuse «*»\ f r d ~“ d r the b " d savage, ill and unhappy. It causes the bird to pluck out its feathers. hat for? Why, to chew the quill to procure a taste of the animal food when the mas any. The bird is taught to become a cannibal, and he becomes & veritable lover of flesh, which he i3 not particular in seizing ® hold of, whether it be upon the , v , ,, thumb , K o! tinger bone. Tta The practice of giving the birds bones to bite is not at all a good one. It teaches them to destroy their perches, or tear anything th,y cau la, hold of. The parrot re quues no more amusement than to be taken notice of, spoken to, sang to, whistled to, and caressed bv those whom ” else' he has a preference for; no one i shouia cho-ibl he oe allowed aqovvea to to touch touen him nun. a \ tea- tea . spoonful of water trough once of a day he will bo en joy, but no water must put in his cage. Never gi ,r e your parrot the least particle of butter, fat, milk, or pluming itself, you may be sure it is in good health. Parrots seem to possess a “«• " f !“{*.*» love admir ation, uhile ill health renders them, as it renders us, careless of it. Keep your bird our of draught. Cover it over at night »____ time, ’ then repeat several times any sentence _ you . wish it t 8a y- y. practice. Its attention is not attracted bj anything, save the sound of your voice, when it is covered over .—Detroit Free Press. The Eagle of the Mint. Philadelphia Nearly every mint one during who has the visited the } past twenty | I years J has noticed a stuffed bald-head " cage Few, in however, a glass case on its the history. second floor, The know bird, \?hea alive, was presented to the mint a quarter of a century ago bv one of the asters, Dr Peale. “Pete” was the eagle s name, and he soon became a great about pet at the institution. He would fly vhe city all daylong but in variably retu« e d to hia home toward owAnin evening. ct Uete was especially • n x fond ^ of * o»e of the employes 0 f the mint, a jolly Irishman, and would ^)H 0 w him About like a dog. No matt*. “Pete” might be doing he would at w ayg respond to a call rrom nis mend. Oi<» <j a y noble bird proudly pearched %imsclf i iipon nnnn a a flv tly whee whee at at he he mrnt mint It Tt © u a d- ; denlv gave a whtrl and “Pete 1 ’ was *© . aore. He was crushed to death. The i K aoloyes thought so much of their pet they had him stuffed and mounted. SlP A Yaluuuie Find. v* More than 30,000 frag« en ts of ancient records have been dug u. hu.« from the sands .of E^ypL where they reg t e( j : embalmed ^during nine for their centuries., iuterme^ not very much the worse documents The history of these venerable ia remarkable. Professor ICarabacek sup that they must at one time have poses of the public archives o. formed part . Fayoura, aud that the bulk o - archives perished in a great confia„ a tion. such as destroyed the ^reat i irarv at Alexandria - London Limes. opiates . No ^ or poison. Only twenty-five cents, Bed Star Cough Cure. ------ scarcity of buffaloes in thb Of (From recant MiluauS^Tning the slaughter Wisconsin has years of buffaloes ^ een car neJ on in such a wasteful way crea of cases simply for their tongues, the rest of the carcass ains having Present been allowed to rot upon the Fu \ indications are to the effect An odd thing is said to have taken place recently in Philadelphia, where in the "Zoo” 1 hie® baby buffaloes have been added to the , herd. A Nebraska man came along and wanted to buy one. The super:a tendent told him the baby buffaloes were not for sale, and asked him why he wanted to buy such a creature. “It is a serious mat ter ’ hos ud m a solemn manner, “and I must ge6 sorue kind of ft buffalo to take l)hck to Nebraska with me, for there is a who!® tribe of Indians waiting to celebrate their national medicine dance around him. There buffalo to b« got in the West, and I had to come hast especially to get one.” This is one of the “straws which .show which way th® wind blows” in regard to the radical changes brought about by the tiling up of the Western country The time was braska antl eV en throughout Wisconsin, and j s 011 jy a e msparatively short time ago that herds of buffaloes ranged the western part of the State of New’ York, where the city of Butfa’o now stands. fieMs'occuplfd by what°is caS^ala m low were lands confinjd and to limited areas, principal'y The undrained marshes. cu rtous thing about these malaria fields is that ; Hardly s a phenomenon which defies explanation. onywher© is anybody safe from an attack of malaria. These attacks sometimes take the form of old-fashioned “ chilis and fever which undermine the constitution and leave the vict mawreek. What a ha >py thing it would be if we could be assured that malaria is on the Je crease so that cases of malarial fever are likely to become as scarce as buffaloes now are% Well, perhaps we are on the roau to it. Certainly we are, if every malarial sufferer winjjjjpt Miss Bartholomew, of 865 Racine streoi, ihe daughter of Mr. Northwestern Bartholomew, Railroad, express llnv- m..s senger on the ing heard that Mias Bartholomew ealle;l had been troubled w;th nialaria the writer upon heFi and found the young j a(iy and Lier mother both busily engaged on some new dry [‘So goods. you had malarial trouble, had you, Bartholomew ?” getting rid of it. It was very discouraging and depressing to suffer with such a malady relieve me. The last medicine I took was Brown’s Iron Bitters, and the reason it was the last was that I had no need for any other, This did the work so thoroughly and routed the disease out so quickly that I have tor some time had no need for medicine.” malarial disease will only get rid of it by taking this effectual remedy, malaria will ^eventually be as scarce as buffaloes now are. Not only for the liver troubles which have a specially malarial origin, but for all dis¬ eases of the liver; for dyspepsia, and stomach cramps and kidney ailments and nervous pains; for ladies’troubles, such as hysteria, debility maladies and sick-headache, and infirmities, and Brown’s for many I. other o.i Bitters has its message of comfort to me people of Wisconsin and of all the rest of th® world. In addition to above very strong testimony we mention some of the results of this great "S^Mary TAustin, from Montgomery Aa., jays: I suffered dyspepsia and enlarge ment of the spleen. Was treated by several doctors, but obtained no relief until I began endorse u “ 1?.?""’,'i this popular r remedy. ?° .t, 1 * 18 ”' 1 heart “ J ’ My Mr Henry C. suffered Kitchings, Macon, rheumatism. Ga., says: mother from Brown’s Iron medicine. Bitters did her more good than any other _ in Melbourne the letter-carriers are clad in scarlet—coats, waistcoats and trousers. Chapped hands, face, pvm, Les and rough ki k b UBing j ump er Tar soap, matle by c a<well Hazard A Co., New York. ______ Small and steady gains give competency with ^ ra »quiiity of mind. __ Don* hawk, hawk, and blow, blow, dis¬ gusting everybody,but use Dr. Sage s Catarrh Remedy. Count on the fidelity of the man who carries his heart in his hand and wears his soul in his face. Cheerfulness is an excellent wearing we at pm t jj ag p een ca Jled the bright o{ the heart. A m ind—heart-sunshine — takes a g *» put of gloom, and can turn the most nn K var( j Events so that they will prove a spring of unmeas ureii jov. W'itty sayings are as brok^ Io . t a « t h e j pearl’s slipping of off a gtrincr- 8 but a word kindness is seldo, gnolcen in va j n> j s a see( j w hicb, when ' - — ------ TAR TRADE Wo/ MARK. *TA* OUGH CURE Free from, Opiates, Absolutely Emetics and Poison. SAFE. 25 & SURE. PROMPT. AT ?HE'CHARLES A?VOGELEB CO., BALTIMORE, *0. v, 17 GERManIemEOY ■■ 1 M1R ft 1 ■ Cures Rheumatism, Toothache, Neuralgia, III ■ |R Jjk I 111 Backache, Headache, P Ill nisi PRICE, Sprain., FIFTf Itrnl.e., ate., CENTS. etc. ■ ■ Ml ■ ■ ldlll AT DBUOOI 8 T 8 AND DKAI.KB 8 . THB CHARLES A. VOOELEIt CO.. BALTIMORE, ■». 1 l, bu«C 4 I 4 MH CREAM Cleanses the Head. * 8138 ! Relieves Pain at Once. Allays In¬ -feverSS m £J flammation. Heals Sores. Restores Taste and Smell. * A Positi ve Cure.sj Hfl a if T rritro A particle nostril. ia Price applied 50 into cts. I ■■ f“ ■■■■■>•»’ f!. W L11 each at druggists or hy mail. Sand for circular. ELY BROTHERS, Druggists, Ovrego. N. Y. EPITHELIOMA! OB SKIN CAN CEB. For seven years i suffered with a cancer on my face. Eight months ago a friend recommended the use of Swift’s Specific, and I determined to make an effort to procure it. In this I was successful, and began Its use. The influence of the medicine at first was to somewhat aggravate the sore; but soon the inflamation was allayed, and My I general began to hea Improve th has after the first few bottles. able to do greatly Improved. I am stronger, and am any kind of work. The cancer on my face began to decrease and the ulcer to heal, until there Is not a vestige 6 of it left- only a little scar marks the place Mrs. Joicik A. McDohai,i>.* Atlanta, Ga., August 11,1889. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailedTree. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Oa N. Y., 157 W. 23d St.__ The Happy Hour CHAIR HAMMOCK The most delightful Him mock ever invented, Infancy for sit¬ v colors ting or and reclining. ornamental. Our customers are rapturous over would it. Says one: “ $50 I ” not buy Ask mm - deal it could not get another. Agents wanted. your - er for it. Sample shipped to any address on receipt oi S2 Write for circular. C. Arnold A Son, lloneoye. N. Y. W. S. Sublett, Agt., Richmond, va. ^■Rrinil ? our own Bon8 » J(¥. cent, Wilson’* made Patent). In keeping lOO por^r per POWER more MILLS and FARM try. Also C OULE BUSINESS COLLEGE. Renowned for Superior Courwj °t Practical Study. Perfect Equipments, and Effic ient Faculty. Over 6.000 students now tn business. i3F"!*ieiid for droilur. Address » Of,. GEO SOULE, New Orlrane, La. Blair>PKEt&r r 11 Alt!TTU M I 11 HM nod WHISKY HABITS eared of Ui lUHi at home without pain. Book particular? gent Free. Oa M.WOOLLF. Y, M. D. ■ Atlanta, 4 CO., Pubs., IOI 3 M a in S treet, Richmond^ Va, S"“ QUICK IT FIGURES. '““d'aiSttir" —Ths Woodbury Company, Boston, Rasa The Mirror is no flatterer. Would you make it tell a sweeter tale ? Magnolia Balm is the charm¬ er that almost cheats the looking-glass. Home Items and Topics. —“All your own fault If you remain sick when you can Get hop bitters that never—Fail. —The w eakest woman, smallest child, and sickest invalid can use hop bitters with safety and great good. —Old men tottering around from Rheuma¬ tism, kidney almost trouble by or any hop weakness will be made new using bitters. l^’My wife and daughter were made healthy ommend by the use of hop people.—Methodist bitters and i rec¬ them to my Clergyman. A *k a ny good doctor if hop On Bitters are not best family medicine ea rth 1 ! ! —Malarial fever, Ague and Biliousness, will leave arrive." every neighborhood as soon as hop bitters —“My mother drove the paralysis and neuralgia all out of her system with hop bit¬ ters.”— Ed, Oswego Sun. f y Keep the kidneys healthy with hop bitters and you need not fear sickness. —The vigor of youth for the aged and in¬ firm in hop bitters ! ! ! 1 —“At the change of life nothing equals 1 < ( Hod Bitters to allay all troubles incident > Thereto. ” ) "The best periodical for ladies to take monthly, and from which they will receive the greatest benefit is hop bitters. ” —Thousands die annually from some form of kidney disease that might have been pre¬ vented by timely use of hop bitters. —Indigestion, weak stomach, Irregulari¬ ties of the bowels, cannot exist when hop bit¬ ters are used. A timely * * * use of hop Bitters will keep a whole family In robust health a year at a little cost. —To produce real genuine sleep and child¬ like repose all night, take a little hop bitters on retiring. J3F“None genuine without a bunch of green Hops on the white label. Shuu all the vile, poisonous stuff with “Hop” or "Hops” In their name. R. U. AWARE ( f | llorillard’s THAT Climax Ping, r,* <L 'bearing Roae l.eat a red line tin out; tag, that that Lorljlard’fl Lorlllard# „ ^ MORPHINESSK EASILY LURED. HOOK FREE. DR. J. C. HOFFMAN, Jefferson, Wisconsin. i a- da, including Feat, and all their 1m rfe lon«, Facial Develop¬ ment, Superfluous Ifair. Moles. Warts, Moth, Freckles, Ked Nose. Acne, Bi’k Heads. Bears. Pitting & their tieatment. Dr. John Woodbury. 37 N. Pearl St., Alba¬ *£?•*& n ny, N.Y. Est’b'd im Send 1 0c. for hook. TBDRSTOFS remTOOTH POffflDI 1C ftseplni Teelh Pstfsct Cmb i Healt hy. OPIUMBWJSs.WitVBinAa VI lUiVI Da. J. BTirgms, Lebanon. OUla Pensions to Soldiers 4 Heirs. 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