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fob farm and garden. A * ITEM FOR THE DAIRY, he reason for not disturbing milk the cream is rising is a simple rpjj C C ooling of the milk causes tents to form in the fluid, the final 0 f which is to deposit the fats at surface. These little channels are downward and then upward move- » { if we disturb the pen or cau, newly introduced agitation de- ; , ys these first perpendicular move- ts and turns them out of their ict course, and they do not again i; to former directions, but have n limless course, and so the fats are [a ted from perfect rising.— Ncu> |i World. VIRTUES OF SALT. xperiments to prove the virtues of in keeping farm crops in a healthy vigorous condition have been car- I ;-:'p APPLYING FERTILIZERS, the application of fertilizers the point is to use enough of them, ^_nough is considerably more than rop will take from tho soil; the points are to prevent loss by to provide such a condition of as to afford, by thorough til- every aid and help by the natural ■ents—the rain, the atmosphere, and Hicat of the sun; to prevent the Ho of the plants vitality by para- as the various fungi which sap the Vr of the plants, suoh as tho rusts, mildews, etc.—in short, to make of every appliance known to g§ ,ugh culture of farm crops. Where ■ stock arc kept of course the ire, or composts made of it, to add i useful bulk, value, and effective- i3 to be used as far as it goes; but ■ with manure experieaco has shown the immediately available and fertilizers may be added with effect and profit. Five hundred 100 pounds per acre of the corn- manures is enough to begin with r ordinary circumstances, and r crop should afterward be pro- 1 with at least half this amount.— York 1'imes. RAISING PORK. jheic arc a few things our farmers 1 to forget in the raising of pork, thing is that slop and dirty dish- » V are not good enough for hogs, iher is that corn should never be lole diet. If pigs were fed more i milk, clover, and grasses, instead ie ordinary swill compound, there d be less danger of sickness and i better pork. Again, if they allowed the range of fields, and ys supplied with fresh water, there d be more health. Aud last, but I important, comes tho housing. It wretched hovels some hogs have! }y roofs and wide cracks in the Some people keep their swine in hogsheads, or perhaps large store- s. The pen owned by the writer 1 feet long ■ £ and four wide. This is I ^ne hog only. The whole build- I iToof and sides, is covered with i. ry roofing and lining papers, and 1 ^ver hard it is raining, or how I the snow is, the pen is always V d I |to 1Q know warm. It is a great satisfac- ■ that animals are always I jortable; thrive and, with good feed, hogs I right along .—American Ag- urist. -I SMUT IN (JRAIN SEEDS. ' 1 pe most effectual way to kill the fite known as the smut, in grain, is unge the reeds in hot water before I F la g. The vitality of the seeds ib |D jured if the water is heated to a L ‘- temperature. Probably the best Jto treat the grain is first to plunge Iwater heated to about 110 degrees, I F'tien in water heated to 132 deg rees. jvitality i of the seeds is not injured v a too sudden chaugo in tern- ure. Lreat dea. of our grain seeds have I I c r less smut in them, and nothing •ty _ grain can be expected from P*aated with infected seed. The • } is always to be on the safe side by treating all the seeds to a hot bath before planting. The few spores of the parasites that might be lurking in the grain will then be effectually killed. The farmer can thea rest as¬ sured that, if his grain is smutty, it comes not from the seed, but from other causes, such as the weather, soil, etc. The best way to treat the grain is to put it in a sack, through which the water can easily pass. Plunge the sack in the hot water, and turn it around so that the water will have a chance to penetrate the whole mass. Lift the bag up and plunge it bae'e, then turn it around again, until fully satisfied that every kernel ha3 been wet. The bag should be plunged in cold water immediately after being taken out of the hot, and when the grain has cooled it should be spread out to dry. Such a process answers all purposes for a small quantity of grain, but when it is to be treated on a larger scale another method might be adopted. Two barrels of heated water should be supplied, and the bags plunged into one and then into the other. This treatment of the grain can be done at any time before sowing, but it should be conducted with care. Water heated much above 135 degrees would kill the seeds, and if allowed to cool off much it would not kill the smut. The hot-water method, properly ad¬ ministered, always effectually kills the smut, and increases the germinating powers of the seeds. The more vigor¬ ous method of killing smut by means of copper sulphate kills the smut, but it also invariably injures the seeds. The simplest aud least expensive method is thus by far preferable to the other. A farmer should not sow his grain seeds without thus giving them a few dips in hot water, for prevention is always better than cure .—American Cultivator. THE ORCHARD. One docs not plant an orchard every year; hence it should be done only after careful consideration of many par¬ ticulars. And foremost is this: To se¬ lect those varieties which will do best on your soil. Some fruit trees will grow and bear well anywhere. Most will not. The average farmer cau’t afford to experiment much with varie¬ ties of fruit for his apple orchard, He must be guided largely by others’ suc¬ cesses and failures. For a general crop, select those varieties which have grown well on neighboring lands. Try a few of the new kinds if you will; but don’t take too much stock in untried varieties if you are planting an orchard for the future. The old orchard, also needs atten - tion. Fill up the vacancies in the rows with new trees, trim up the branches and cut out the over-abundant growth of last year. Give the tree, particular¬ ly those that are just coming into bear¬ ing, a shapely, symmetrical appearance. Dig up the soil around the tree trunks, scrape off the rough bark and lightly whitewash the body of the trees, and cultivate your orchard remembering that trees, like other ulants, enjoy til¬ lage. — Observer. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Test your seeds before sowing. Burn all rubbish; use the ashes for manure. Start tomato plants early, also early cabbage. A little well tilled is more profitable than much poorly tilled. Have all seeds and grain for sowing re idy before time to use. Don’t plant the wrinkled varieties of peas till the ground is warm. Work to havo your dairy the best paying one in the neighborhood. Clean out the berry bushes if not al¬ ready done, and give them a dressing of manure. In transplanting trees keep the roots from the wind while they are out of the ground. Bring into use every resource of the farm. Make the farm pay, if you can. Make every cow do her part. Some think that cabbage plants, started where they are wanted to grow and mature, do better than those started in beds and transplanted. If you were so unfortunate as to have weeds go to seed last year burn them before plowing the garden and so de- stroy as many seeds as possible. It is an old saying, but a true one, that the reason so many people do not achieve success is becau.e they are not willing to do the work to achieve it How Pins arc Made. In the former days it took twelve to fourteen men to make a pin—that is, there were twelve to fourteen processes in its manufacture, each of which was per¬ formed separately and by a different hand. Now, a single machine turns out a stream of pins at the rate of two hun¬ dred a minute, all ready to be finished. The wire is prepared by drawing it from a large coil on a revolving drum through a hole the size of the pin wanted. The coil, wound on another drum, is then suspended at the end of a machine. The ire passes into the machine through a hole and a series of iron pegs which keep it in place and straighten it. A pair of pincers, moving back and forth, pull it along and thrust the end thrugh a hole in a small iron plate, on the farther side of which a little hammer beats a tattoo on the end of the wire and so forms the head of the pin. Next a knife descends and cuts off the pin to the proper length. The pin falls into a a or slot through which the qo can not pass, and is thus sus- pended so that the lower or point end is exposed to the action of a cylindrical and file, which has both a revolving pin has a lateral motion. By the time the passed this file it has a smooth, sharp point, and is a complete pin so far as shape is concerned. These rapidity processes that the are all performed with such pins fall in a coastant stream from the end of the machine. They are next put in quantities into revolving barrels, which are turned till the pins arc scoured and cleaned. Next they are boiled in an acid in which a fine powder of tin has been put, and they emerge from this bath white and shining with their new T tin coat. They are then dried in sawdust, again shaken in barrels, and dusted. The machine which sticks the pins upon the papers on which they are sold is very in- genius & and simple i in its details. The ma- (lime , . crimps . the paptl ant , , lO ,, s the pins are brought up in long push lows, of a W'hole TOW’ being stuck at one a leader. The Most Costly Bridge Ever Built. There is no doubt, could it be correctly ascertained, that the Lagong Bridge, built over an arm of the Chinese Sea, which is five miles in length, with BOO arches, seventy feet in height, and seven¬ ty feet broad, all built of stone, and each pillar supporting the figure of a reclining lion twenty-one feet in length, aud carved out of a solid block of marble would be the most costly bridge ever erected. In the absence of this information, the Forth Bridge, recently opened, is the most ex¬ pensive, having cost three and a quarter millions sterling. The Brooklyn Bridge comes next, at a cost of two and a half millions. There are two projected ill be bridges which, if carried out, w more costly than that crossing the Forth, namely, a suspension bridge across the Hudson River, between New r York City and the north New Jersey shore, esti¬ mated by the designer, Mr. Lindenthal, to cost $110,000,000; and the projected the bridge across the English Channel, estimated cost of which is $170,000,000. While the former of these two bridges will probably ere long be erected, the enormous expense of the latter will proba¬ bly prevent its ever becoming an accom- lished fact. Hot Water to Believe Thirst. It is a mistake to suppose that cold drinks are necessary to relieve thirst. Very cold drinks, as a rule, increases the feverish condition of the mouth and stomach, and so create thirst. Expe¬ rience shows it to be a fact that hot drinks relieve thirst and ’'cool off’’ the body when it is in an abnormally heated condition better than ice-cold drinks. It is far better and safer to avoid the free use of drinks below sixty degrees; in fact, a higher temperature is to be pre¬ ferred ; and those who are much troubled with thirst will do well to try the advan¬ tages to be derived from hot drinks, in¬ stead of cold fluids to which they have been accustomed. Hot drinks also have the advantage of aiding digestion, in¬ stead of causing debility of the stomach. The man who threatens to commit suicide when he is in low spirits is a safe enough venture for a life insurance com¬ pany. Our Hannah Jane. Our Hannah Jane was thin and weak, Aud ashv white her lip and cheek, We often thought—and thought with pain, “We soon must lose our Hannah Jane.” With change of doctors, change of air, She sought of healing everywhere. almost And, when our hopes were tried last. past, “Favorite Prescription” at It gave us joy, it gave us hope. She ceased to pine, she ceased to mope, [Pierce’s remedies are sure and true] Now Hannah Jane is good as new. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the only medicine for women, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee , from the manufacturers, that it will give satisfaction in every case, or money will be refunded. This guarantee has been printed on the bottle-wrapper, and faith¬ fully carried out for many years. Dr. Pierce’s Pellets—cleanse and regulate the stomach, bowels and system generally. One a dose; purely vegetable. An article no family should be without— A marriage certificate. M. L. THOMPSON & CO., Druggists, Cou- dersport. Pa., say Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the best and only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold. Druggists sell it, 75c. If a girl knows she is pretty it is not because any other girl told herso. Eric Railway. This popular Eastern Line is running solid vestibuled trains, consisting of beautiful day coaches, Pullman sleeping and dm ttg cars. between Cincinnati, Chicago, New York and Boston. during the All trains run and via passengers Lake Chautauqua holding season, off through tickets are privileged to stop at this world-famed resort. Be sure your tickets read via N. Y„ L. E. & W. R. R. FITS stopped free by Dr. Eline’s Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first day’s use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2 trial bottle free. Dr. Kline, 931 Arch St., Pmla., Pa Physicians recommend “Tansill’s Punch.” Mercury and Calomel. Injudicious use of mercury in the form of calomel or otherwise leaves very injurious af¬ ter effects. Much of the distress that afflicts humanity is due to a too persistent use or this poison. The various functions of the body be¬ come impaired by its use and even the bones sometimes become affected, causing aches and a general feeling of debility and distress. Any- one who Las used calomel or mercury in any oi its forms, will do well to follow it up with a use of Hr. Bull’s Sarsaparilla. This excellent alterative counteracts the evil effects of mer¬ cury and other mineral poisons. It is com¬ posed of strictly vegetable ingredients, and there is nothing in its composition that will harm the most delicate. Good health invari¬ ably follows its use.— -Springfield Health Jour¬ ' nal __ Never buy milk from a dairyman whose wagon has a c reak in it. I have been affected with a mercurial head¬ ache and a heavy pain in my liver. I made use of different sarsaparillas without success until I gave Bull's Sarsaparilla a trial, three bottles of which gave me relief. 1 take pleas¬ ure in recommending it as being Louisville, superior Ky. to other sarsaparillas.— T. H. Owen , Strange to say, no man ever gets light unless he is loose in his habits. To Bispell folds, Headaches and Fevers, to cleanse the system effectually, yet gently, when costive or bil¬ ious, or when the blood is impure or sluggish, to permanently cure habitual constipation, to awaken the kidneys and liver to a healthy ac¬ tivity, without irritating or w eakening them, use Syrup of Figs. All those who pass through the door to suc¬ cess will find it labeled “push.” Dr. Bull’s Worm Destroyers are not new and untried. For thirty years they have stood the test of usage, and their large sale is due to merit only. A prudent man is like a pin—his head pre- verts him going too far. You Need It Now To impart strength and to give a feeling of health and vigor throughout the system, there is nothing equal to Hood’s Sarsaparilla. It seems peculiarly adapted to overcome that tired feeling caused by <* season, climate or life, and while it tones 11 '", and renovat< * the blood. We earnestly urge the large army of Clerks, book-keepers, school teachers, housewives, operatives and all others who havo been closely eon- fined during the winter and who need a good spring medicine to try Hood’s Sarsaparilla nou>. U will do you good. ‘•Every spring for years 1 have made it a practice to take from three to five bottles of Hood's Sarsapa¬ rilla, because I know it purifies the blood and thor¬ oughly cleanses the system of all Impurities. That languid feeling, sometimes called -spring fever,’ will never visit the system that has been properly cared for by this never-failing remedy.”—W. H. Law¬ rence, Editor Agricultural Epitomist, Indianapolis. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $3. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Maas. IOO Doses One Dollar SrC/ sf T A lo Sill (iw Trt, •y\ N £ ENGAGEMENT RINGS, DIAMONDS, Fine Watches and Jewelry. J. P. STEVENS X BRO., «? WHITEHALL STREET, Atlanta. ELY’S Catarrh CREAM BALM EPIP1 Cleanses the Nasal Passages Allays Pain anti I nfl a in m ation. Heals the Sores. Restores tin Senses Smell. of Tastt |E Sh and USA. TRY the CURE HAY-FEVER A particle ie applied Druggists; into each nostril and i* agreeable. Price 50 cent* at by mill, registered, 60 cts. ELY BROTHERS, oti Warren Street, New York. seven itvwraii—^ SCVCHTV * « Q* <J§5&4. 23 i . ► To cure Biliousness. Sick Headache. Constipation, Malaria. Liver Complaints, take the sale j and certain remedy. SMITH’S BILE BEANS Use the SMALL SIZE (40 little beans to the hot- ! tie). They are the most convenient; suit all ages. Price of either site, 25 cent* per bottle. if (Y IQQINP E O CM IIW at panel 7 size 17. of 70: this Photo-gravure. (coppers picture for 4 cents or stamps). J. F. SMITH A CO.. j Makers of ' ‘Bile Beans. ’' St. Louis, Mo. ' WORTH A GUINEA A BOX. For BILIOUS & NERVOUS DISORDERS Such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Fullness and Swelling after Meals, Dizziness, and Drowsiness, Cold Chills, Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, Shortness of Breath, Costiveness, Scurvy, Blotches on the Skin, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations, &c. THE FIRST DOSE WILL CIVE RELIEF IN TWENTY MINUTES. BEECH A MS PIUS TAKEN AS DIRECTED RESTORE FEMALES TO COMPLETE HEALTH. For Sick Headache, Weak Stomach, Impaired Digestion, Constipation, Disordered Liver, etc •f they ACT LIKE MAGIC, Strengthening the muscular System, restoring long-lost Com- plexion. bringing back the seen edge tbe of appetite, human and frame. arousing with the the best ROSEBUD guarantees OF HEALTH the whole physical energy of One of SALE to the Nervous and Debilitated Is that BEECHAM'S PILLS HAVE THE LARGEST OF ANY PROPRIETARY MEDICINE IN THE WORLD. , Prepared iyrmnfistsger%erally. only by TUBS BEECH AM. St. Helena, I.nncaahlre. England. „ . , Sold by B. F. ALLEN CO.. 366 and 367 Canal St.. New York, Sole Agents for the PILLS United RECEIPT States, who of (if PRICE.25ct*. yowr druggist does not keep them) w II. 1. P*webJ MAIL BEECHAMS on A BOX. i Mextios this “Oh, So Tired I” is the cry of thousands every Spring. For that Tired Feeling take Ayer’s Sarsaparilla and recover Health and Vigor. It Makes the Weak Strong. Prepared by Or. J. C. 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For sale by all each Full printed directions for using with package. Dr. Schenck’s new book on Tha Lungs, Liver and Stomach SENT FREE. Ad¬ dress Dr, J. H. Schenck & Son, Philadelphia^ ^nJ -l' r,U c OF 0M e FURNITURE INlN fiSviuoN—^ G 5ARTicLE§^J^G***gjj^ . ( u. ami r~Ck and IS m WHEEL i CHAIRS Vi If We retail at tha ton nrak# gd FREE Send stamp JVanuf/oodsdesired. for Cata- \v1XjLy / \ y wsi’KOlAL kKSE Jogue. \Hz DKIJVKEY, VVBVUQ UFO. CO., 145 N. 8th 8t~ Fa. AFTEE ALL OTHERS FAIL CONSULT DR. l.ORB, 329 North Fifteenth Wtreet, Philadelphia. Twenty year*' experience in special diseases; cures the worst cases of Nerroua Complaints, Blood Poisoning, Blotches, Eruption^ Piles, Catarrh, Ulcers, Sores, Impaired Memory, Despondency, Dimness of Vision, Lung, Liver, Stomach, Kidney (Bright's Disease); confidential. Hr*L'all or write for question list and book. OElUiilil Make Your Own Rues. Price List of Rug Machines, Rug Patterns, Yarns, etc., FREE. AGENT!* WANTED. E. HOBS X CO., Toledo, O. hUGIE mailt Mill!. Book-keeping, Business Komis, 11 Penmanship, Arithmetic, Short-nand, Circulars etc., thorongnly taught by MAIL. free. Bryant’s College, 4i>7 Maiu St., Buffalo, H. Y. OPIUM easy HABIT. J. L. CURE STEPHENS, Only In the Certain World. Lebanon,O and I)r. 25 GTS’ dBm ^ I prescribe and fnlly en. dorse Big <1 as the only specific of this disease. forthe certain cure 310 G. H.INORAHAY.M. D., Y. Amsterdam, N. Era only by the We have sold Big G for |^».C^leUC t -- y y e 5rbm d t sat“ 1 a en t .f A.r^V Cincinnatifaction. l Tr»de^N®B^c.rvl*1.00. - f- *• DT< y,S4? > in. Sold by Druggists. — A. N. U Twenty-one, 1890. -0 CD o (/) V c DC 1*1 u. o JO CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best in Cough Syrup. Sold by Tastes druggists. good, . Use time. O 0 Z CO G £ ■o H 0 Z 2,5 C'TS