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DOWN A FLUME. A Swift Journey Down q Nevada Mountain. Bushing Through Space at the Bate of Two Miles a Minute. A Chicago newspapor man tells in tho Herald of that city an experience he once had riding in a Nevada lumber flume- “Lumber flumes in the Sierra Ncvadas,” he said, “aro all tho way from fivo to forty miles long. They are built on a regular engineer’s grade, The bod of the flume is made of two-inch plank In the form of a V, the sides of tbo V being from eighteen to twenty six inches high. They arc built on a grade of about six¬ teen feet drop to the thousand. They carry eight inches of water in tho acute angle, and discharge it at tho rate of 400 miner’s iuches a minute. In other words, turn in your water at tho head of the flume, and it will carry a log weighing 400 pounds with a velocity greater than the fastest engine that was ever made. The log’s displacement just about fills the V, without any more friction thaD necessary to keep it in place. “About nine years ago I was up al Lake Tahoe with E. W. Smalley and W. H. Patton of the Mackey & Fair Lumbtit Company. Patton was showing us the sights. We had come up from Carson City, sixteen miles, by stage, aud it was a hot and tedious nde. About sundown Patton said: ‘Boys, we’ll go home by the flume, and we’ll get there a little quicker, I think.’ “He directed a man to bring out the yacht, as he called it. This was a V- ahaped canoe about fourteen feet long, very shallow, and made to fit the flume and just about fill it with the displace¬ ment of 600 pounds. The yacht had a brake—two rubber pads on either side, worked with a lever, and so applied against the sides of the V flume that on pressure it would lift the yacht gradually and allow the lightning current to pass under her. She also had two small rub¬ ber wheels, one on either bow, to keep her nose from grinding the sides of th« flume as she went by curves. “ ‘Now, boys,’ said Mr. Patton, ‘but¬ ton up your coats, tio down your hats, and hold on. Don’t get scared. Trust your lives to me for the next half hour. I’ve sailed in this yacht before, and 1 know she’s staunch.’ “There were three seats. Patton took the front one, to handle the brake. Smalley took the next one, and I took the rear and worked the tiller. That was rigged just like a ship’s rudder, with a rubber wheel to ease off her stern against the side of the flume if she got to yawing. Patton told his men to put on two inch¬ es more of water, and then, with a wave of his hat, we weighed anchor. Great Scott 1 how that thing jumped 1 Smalley got seasick. I jammed my helm hard down, but Patton yelled through the air, ‘Let her go; I’ve got her 1’ And with one hand on his bi »ka, hia hat crushed down on his head, and his teeth set, he looked the incarnation of courage. We plunged down the mountain with a speed that no steam could give. Ttces flew by like spectres. Looking ahead down the narrow thread-like flume it seemed like a plunge to destruction. Several times the flume carried us over a high trestle. It seemed like leaping over a precipice. Smalley held his breath, but the little yacht jumped it through the air appar- ently with a swish. Curves would show themselves ahead. The rudder wheel would squeak on either sitle, and the good ship would round the curve like a flash. Sometimes an unevenness in the flume would occur, and then, ns the craft sped over it, the spray would rise fifty feet in the air. “‘Keep on your hats I’shouted Patton, then, as we struck a straight five-mile stretch, ‘Now hold on to your teeth.’ “I don’t exactly know what the next sensation was, but I tried to peep out from under the rim of my hat, and, my soul, it was all a blur—trees, rocks, land- scape, were all mingled in an indistin- guishable mass. It was as if one was blown through the air from a catapult. “Well, from the time we weighed an- chor up at Lake Tahoe until Patton put on his brakes just outside the lumber field at Carson City it seemed like a minute or two. We all looked at our watches, We had made just sixteen miles in eight minutes and forty seconds. I never ix all my life had such an illustration of tb) force of water.” Learning Farming in Dakota. The past week an 18-year-old young man, heir to a large English estate, ar¬ rived in the Red river valley, consigned to a large farmer by his guardian, who pays the farmer £60 besides his services for instruction in Dakota farming for one year. There are thorough, first-class farmers in Dakota, but it has not been supposed that England was without ex¬ perts in that line. It is probable that the considered healthfulncss of the cli¬ mate was one of the reasons for the con¬ signment.— St. Paul (Minn) Qlobe. Agreeably 1> sappointed. “And are you giad to see me,B >bby?” asked the bbhop, on his semi-annual visit to the parish. “Oh, yes,” said Bobby, “be- cause wc alwajn have a good dinner when you come, Put I didn’t expect you.’* “No.” No. I thought you’d go somewhere else,’cause ma said yesterday that it was about time some other member of the church offered to entertain yon.”— N. Y. Sun. The city of Mexico has fifty bakeries nnd 1,598 places for the sale of iutoxi- tants, including 817 shops where tl.o popular pulque is sold. This beverage has about the same potency as lager beer, and is regarded as a tonic and blood maker. FOR THE FARM ANI) HOME. Rlack Teeth tn Swim. It mny be considered as somewhat fool¬ ish to refer to the popular errors in re¬ gard to black teeth in swine wero it not that some fraudulent people, to be class¬ ed among the prevalent humbugs, are go¬ ing about inducing fanners to let them pu 1 out the black teeth from their pig's jaws as u specific against cholera and all other diseases of swine for a fee of 25 cents per head. Black teeth are no indi¬ cation of any greater or worso disease than a sour stomach, caused by ovorfood- ing and consequent indigestion, uml due to the very prevalent habit of gorging pigs ujion sour swill. Along with tho black teeth there is a fetid breath pro¬ duced by the same disorder of tho stom¬ ach, and the teeth are no more the cause of this trouble than the moon is of tho crawling on the ground of lima beans. Humbugs and frauds of all kinds flourish and thrive upon the ignorance and super¬ stition, not to mention the dishonesty,of their victims, and this class of parasites will probably always find abundant prey. —.Yew York Times. The Apple’* Emmy. This, it need lmrdly be said, is the codling mot b or apple worm. Tho only nic(J thlng ubout it ig itH ent m .logical name, carpocapsu poinonella. This moth makes its appearance in latter M-iy or early June, aud it is well to be prepared to meet it when it com js. Traps have been invented for this insect, nnd vari¬ ous means suggested for staying its ad¬ vances and preventing its ravages. Pro¬ fessor Cook asserts, in a late uumber of the Rural New Yorker, that Paris Green and London Purple if mixed with water and sponged on the trees is sure to kill this arch enemy of our most valued fruit. He has found that a pound of the poison mixed with 100 gallons of water, and kept well mixed, is still effective to kill the larvae as they attempt to enter the apple. One or two applications of the poison to the trees, made Boon after blossoms fall, will thin almost to extinc¬ tion not only the codling lame but all oth r insects present,as the canker worm, leaf roller, and various caterpillars. The probabilities are that in those localities where apples were so abundant last sea¬ son,there will be few enough at best this year, and we can’t afford to give many to the worms. litas for Hatching. If the rales given by an authority in France—where poultry matters receive so much successful attention—were strictly followed, we should hear less about ad¬ dled eggs, chickcus coming dead, or too weak to break out of the shell when fully developed, Never let the eggs pass over one day in the nest when laid, and it would be better to pick them up three or four times a day, or as soon after being laid as possible. This prevents tho prolonged contict of the heat of each successive laying hen, which is apt to create a premature development of the germ in the egg, making it liable to perish when this heat is withdrawn. Re¬ ject all with soft shell or in any way mis¬ shapen, or surrounded with a circular ring, or having one end with an uneven or rough surface. Also those very nar¬ row or unusuully round, or wanting in size, or too Large, or double yolked. Tho goouer they are set, the more certainty of hatching, and the more quickly; eggs gc t immediately after being laid often hatch in nineteen days, instead of in twenty-one, the general prescribed time, Eggs will preserve their germinating powers twenty days; but in order to be well kept during this time they ought to be turned once a day, as is done by the hen when sitting. This turning has the <ff<-et of keeping the yolk in the centre, which is important; it being of greater ipecifio gravity than the white or albti- m en, its tendency is to work through to the side of the shell .—New York Tribune, Sod Making. The three essentials for securing a fine, close sod by seeding are:—Rich ground of a suitable character, seed of good quality, thickly sown and frequent mow- ing. In preparing the soil for thg sowing, it pays to be at a good deal of pains at the start. Results extending through years of time will depend chiefly on this part, with plough or spade the surface should be worked over to the depth of one foot at least. If it could be threo or *ix inches deeper yet, all the better. Along with this process some finely divided manure, say at the rate of a good two- horse load to each four square rods of land, should be worked into the soil. As the bed is finished it must lie scon that at least six inches of good soil (that is, not sterile subsoil) is present in all such lawns as are not to be kept watered in dry weather:but this is quite as essen¬ tial to those made by turfing as any others. Wherever the surface is broken by walks, drives,flower beds and the like the edges next to these should be made of sod to a width of six or more inches. This will keep the sowed parts from breaking away, as it would do if not thus protected. All stones lying at or noar f he general surface must be cleared away, the area be made even and firm with the proper impliments and the surface be worked up fine by the use of a rake or light harrow—the finer the better. Use good seed and plenty of it, apply¬ ing at the rate of one quart and one- fourth per square rod. As for seed, the f 0 n 0 wi g is a superior and inexpensive “mixture”;—Two parts june or blue grass to one part red top or bent grass. Bow evenly; this may be done by double sowing. By this we moan to divide the seed needed for a given area into two equal lots, sowing one-half of it ovor the plot, walking back and forth across it oneway, and then the remainder by walking crosswise of the first sowing, After this rake the entire surface lightly, then roll. 1 * 1 -lining Currant and Uooseberry Bnthee I uotico ad vice on pruning currant* as follows, writes a New York correspon- dent. “Prune out old canc* and train up new shoots." But permit me to give you a modern Canadian plan of pruning that s/MiC 2 top of the bush each year after they are old enough to bear, and only leave one or two young shoots each year from the W,o». njCU^tbod ,h. following a< vantages are game • First-Strong growth in the fruiting ... part of the bush, at the top. Second-Rank foliage that will not fall off until frost comes, thus keeping the , frait .... from sun scalding , and .... having to be picked early in the season to savo them. Thiid — Larger fruit and longer 111 bunches, because .11 ,, the small currants , and short bunches are produced near the terminal buds, and these being pruned off give us nothing but the largest fruit, and as it is the seed that exhausts the plant, and small currants have just as many seeds as large, so when they are disposed of tho plant w 11 bear its burden of fruit euch year without exhaustion and thus allow a better growth and thicker, stronger foliage, for it is a set- tied fact that any kind of currant can be exhausted by one or two heavy crops, and thereby will have to lie idle for a year or two to recruit, and often never regain its proper vigor. Fourth—Regular bearing, for a strong, healthy bush will bear every year unless it has grown too much to wood from too close pruning, in which case one year without pruning back will balance it ag “ in - Fifth Bushes pruned , . this .. in way grow year after year and become much larger than when pruned in the old way, and where bushes can be grown to a large size they can be planted, suy, six feet each way and produce more fruit than the old style, thus a great saving in plants, and when planted this way can be cultivated both ways, which is also a saving of one-half the hand work and hoeing. Sixth—By this mode of pruning all the med urn sized, heavy bearing vari ties, such as May’s Victoria, Versailles, Baby Castle, red Dutch and black cur- rants as well, may be made to produce fine fruit nearly as arge as the cherry currant and longer in the bunch. Seventh—Bushes last for twenty years or more pruned in this way, for the vitality is always kept up, and they are better able to stand the ravages of the currant worm on account of the rank foliage and abundance of it. Eighth—And while we could name other advantages yet with the above named, we can say from our own experi¬ ence that currants will pay as we 1, if not better, than the cultivation of any other kind of fruit produced for market at the present time. My own experience with one acre pruned this way has alto- gether excoeded my expectations, eg well as others who have tried the same plan. The above plan will apply quite well to the cultivation of the gooseberry also. Houaehold Hint!. Starched shirts will iron easier if you let them dry after starching, so you will have to sprinkle them before ironing. Many persons may not know that white paint may be cleaned as well as windows by using whiting and water. The wings of turkeys, geese and chickens are good to wash and clean windows, as they leave no dust nor lint, as cloth. To brighten the inside of a coffee or teapot fill with water, add a small piece °f soap and let it boil about forty-five minutes. Slake three pounds of quick lime in water and add one pound of pearlash, making the wholo into the consistence of paint. Lay this over the old work with a brush, and let it remain from twelve to fourteen hours, when the paint will be easily scraped off. Recipes* Muffins in Tins .—Take one cup of sour milk, one egg, a little shortening, a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda; if the milk is not very sour less soda will do. Make a thick batter, and a little salt, and bake in a hot oven. If you cannot obtain sour milk, sweet milk and baking powder will answer. To a teacup of sweet milk allow a heaping teaspoonful of baking powder. Beets and Butter Saucer —Take two Burmuda beets of medium size. Wash and dry them without breaking the skin. Boil them for thirty-five minutes in fast boiling water, slightly salted, which must entirely covor them. Then scrape off the skin, cut the beets into slices, and the slices into strips. Melt an ounce of butter, add to it a little salt, pepper and a teaspoonful of vinegar. Pour it over the beets and serve. Bice Cream One cup of rice boiled soft, but not to a paste; two cups of milk, four eggs, a cup of sugar vanilla extract, a cup of whipped cream. Make the eggs, milk and sugar into a custard, season with vanilla. Scald the milk first, pour upon this the heated egg and sugar, and let it get almost cold before you beat in the whipped cream. Set to form in a wet mould on ice. When you are ready for it turn out on a glass dish. Watermelon Cake —One cup of white sugar, ono-half cup of butter, one- half cup of sweet milk, whites of four eggs, one-half teaspoonful soda, one of cream of tartar, two scant cups of flour, one-fourth cup of sour milk, two-thirds cup of pink sugar, one fourth cup of but- ter, onc-half teaspoon of soda, whites of two eggs, one tea cup of raisins, flour enough to make rather stiff. First and second half of recipe to be made up sep- arately, ajid mixed like marble cake be- fore baking. CUPPINGS FOB THE CURIOUS. Evil spirits, it was bcliovad in old times often took the form of a fly, and the term “fly” was once a popular syno- nyra for a familiar spirit. number of boys born than girls. The proportion varies from 102 [to *" 100 boys , 0 100 girls A Chicago writer .polking of th. CM. ncse in that city, says that whil* tho men ™ ^ have , t deat of hair ex . “T““ , "^y ^o-third. of that appendage * .. • plaited ' silk thread. To o itain moi ey to carry on a wai against the Indians, Gov. West of South Carolina, in 1680, offered a price for every ^ Indian captive, c W and 11 then sold all w 0 wer ou c 1 slave dealer8 r!:0 . disposod > ' a g am o tbem P rofltabl v u> We*t.Indiau planters. - Nothing disgraced the humanity of the P ast ^ 10 neglect and cruelty pmc- ticed towards tho wounded in war. Under modern law, the ambulances aud military hospital* for the wounded are held to ; be neutral property and are re- spected and protected by the bclli^t j-ents It is gravely related in an Illinois news paper that after a peach tree on the farm of James M. Baker of Palm ra. had blown down, the broken trunk was stuck in the fire under a soap kettle. Not a blossom was on the tree, but when the heat of the fire penetrated the branches the tree uurst into full bloom, The great reforms in modern interna- tional law due especially to the spirit of Christianity, begun in great part with t j ie eminent Dutch publicist, Grotius, early in the seventeenth century He taught humanity towards women, clerks, f armer3> merchants and to aU in battle wbo cr i ed quarter or offered to yield. " : “ Agriculture iu Mexico. Although the main business of the country is agriculture, this branch of in- dustry is carried on under exceptionally disadvantageous circumstances. One of its greatest drawbacks is that the whole country is divided op into emmense ha- eiendas, or lande-l estates; small farms being rarely known; and out of a popu!a- tion of ten million or more, the title to the soil is said to vest in not more than six thousand persons. Some of these es- tates comprise square leagues instead of square acres in extent, and are said to have irrigating ditches from forty to fifty miles in length. Most of the land of such estates aro uncultivated, and Hie water is waisted upon the remainder in the most reckless manner. The titles by which such properties are held are ex- ceedingly varied, and probably to a con- siderable extent uncertain. Some came fr°m the old Spanish Government, through its viceroys; some from Mexico, through its governors or political chiefs; wlu.e over a not inconsiderable part of a ^l the good land of the country, the ti- ties of the Church, although not recog- nized by the Government, are still, to a certa n extent, respected. Added to all this, there is a marked indisposition oa the part of the large owners of real estate in Mexico to divest themselves of such property; and this for various reasons. Thus, in the heretofore almost perma- ‘ nent.y revolutionary , . condition of the , country, the tenure of movable or personal property was the subject to embarnu-s- ments from which real estate, or immoea- lie property, was exempt. Under the system of taxation which has long pre- vailed in Mexico, land also is very 1 ILht- ‘ , ly , burdened. , . An 1, finally, from what is . probably an inherited tradition from Old Spain, the wealthy Mexican seems to be prejudiced against investing in co-opera- tive (stock) or financial enterprises—the railways, banks, a d mines, in both Old Spain and Mexico, for example, be ng to- day mainly owned and controlle i by English or other foreign cap.tuhsts. — Popular Science M<mthb/. -- A Dakota Judge on His Dignity. We will stop taking testimony for ten minutes, said a Dakota justice of the peace, removing his coat, during which time the court will lick the attorney far the defence. The constable will please remove the chairs and small boy, as we propose to l tm him down on the floor about twenty times. When a lawyer re¬ fers to this court as a square-cornered sage hen of the alkali desert and accused it of having been bought by the prosecu¬ tion for $2.50, he will find that this judicial body is loaded for game found only in the tall timber, namely, b’ars gentlemen, large griz’ly b’ars. We pro¬ pose to maintain our dignity while get¬ ting on this here nail k—er bench and rill do so if we have to stay at home cir¬ cus day and pound lawyers. And if we can’t do it alone we intend to invoke the power of the United States and get backed up by the supreme court and reg¬ ular army. If the attorney for the de- fense has any friends in the room, they -will be given an opportunity to shako hands with him and take any instructions he may wish to send to his family. The gentlemen will please form a ring and we would direct the constable to pull him off if he attempts to bite or pull hair. Take yo«r position for the court is a-com- mgi—EstelHne (Dak.) Bell. Gobelin Tapestry. In the famous manufactory of Gobelin tapestry, which belongs to the French Government, are produced large and beautiful woven pictures, and the great merit of the work is that it is done en- tirely by hand, no machinery being used, The operation is very slow, each work- man putting one thread nt a time in its place, and faithfully copying a painting iu oil or water colors, which stands near him, as a model. If, in a day, he covers a space as large as his hand, he considers that he has done a very good day’s work, —SU Nicholas. Home. BT ANNIE E. MYERS. The home governs the world, All social and moral laws of our com- mon civilization revolve around the home. Pub- - Clear-sighted reformers aim to direct the power that rules the home. Inaccr- tain sense we are all reformers, we all KtoSL'b*«" we should all begin at cheerful home. sunshiny Let the home be a place. There let us find neatness and com{ort Above all, let u. have always good nature and means for improve mont. Home is the place for all the bast t j,j ng(J . therefore don’t keep all your cheerfulness for society, nor shut oat all the sunshine except when you have visi- tors. Cheerfulness and sunshine do not C o*t anything, but withhold them and you are u heavy loser, j t j, not # | one the housekeeper’s tidy; duty t0 keep the home rooms neat and ^ c j ean t j iat SJ . 4VC8 a vast amount of making clean. Anyone of relined feel- i, lg regards all labor to secure neatness a labor of love and duty, nftS! * t to you. said straight-backed, u Well,” chair a rocking traight-legged to a cosy [>lacedt ?. be f ore Iwou]d besueb .drudge ■ » you are, I would be a stool; or, if ,-sible, something more insignificant. People ure not content with making you co'utinuany rocking'them^to and fro.” “To be sure,” answered the little rocking-chair, “ I am always busy and on ^ fhemby haveTwon'ZanJ friend!,’ and appear to be a great favorite with all. This pays me for all my trouble.” The moral of this pretty fable is, that a1 ' who cheerfully aud willingly do for fves & ° 1W3 " ° k alU m ° 9 ° T the rase This is a most beautiful lesson to utilize for home life. Oue of the pleasantest and noblest duties of the family is to furnish it* man- bers with good reading. In times tiiat are [last, it was considered enough to clothe, feed and shelter a family. But now it is recognized ns a fact satisfied. that we all have hungry minds to be They must be fed a healthy diet; they want to be sheltered from the pitliess storm of error and vice. An ignorant family is a dark spot on our modern in¬ telligence. reading into homo Let good atmosphere go changes. a The boys and the very begin to talk of men, girls principles, the past and the future. The find open¬ ing before them a new life of knowledge, duty and love. will intelli¬ Out from that family go gent men and women to fill useful and lonorable places in society. Let the torch of improvement be lit in every household. Let the young and the old vie with one another in introducing new and useful topics of investigation and in cherishing a love for study and advancement. Such a home implants memories in the heart that can never die. The rough rubs of the world can never obliterate them. Lives so formed are the timbers that uphold the world.— Chicago Ledger. Old WhimsicalitiM. Dream of snakes sign of enemies. Dreaming trouble. of muddy or rushing water, brings Finding a horseshoe or a four-leaved clover brings good luck. If T c you cut . your nails •, or sneeze on Saturday you do it “for evil.” She who takes the last stitch at a quilting will be the first to marry. If you cannot mak* up a handsome bed your husband will have an ugly nose. If J,? U tlle 8alt 80me °“ e wiU V e “mad” „ with you unless you put some in Hie fire, wheroVuare "wMtedTyour llfft, whera you are not wanted. If the rooster crows on the fence the weather will be fair; if on the doorstep, he will bring company, If the first Sunday in the montth is un¬ pleasant, there will be but one pleasant Sunday during the month, If your right ear burns, some one is praising you; if your left, your friends are ra *ving you over the coals, Returning to the house for a moment after having once started out will bring bad luck unless you sit down. the When, floor and in dropping stands a fork, it strike* visitor; upright, it will bring a gentleman if a knife, a lady. While at the washboard, if the suds splashes and wets the clothes you are wearing, you will have a drunken hus¬ band. If you drop your dishcloth you will have company; also if you sweep a black mark; or if two chair* stand accidentally back to back. If a baby sees his face in the glass it will be the death of him. If his nails are cut he will be a thief. If he tumbles out of bed it will save his being a fool. Break a mirror, sign of death. Death is also foretold by a dog howling under a window; hearing a mourning dove, • strange dove hovering about, or dreaning of a white horse. If you see the new moon through the glass you will have sorrow as long as it lasts. If you see it fair in the face you will have a fall. Over the left shoulder bitd luck—over the right good luck. Mileitooei on tho Rood to Health. The recovery of digestion, and the resump, tion of activity by the liver, bowels and kid- neys, are milestones which mark our progress on the road to health. They speedily bet o no perceptible when Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is used by the invalid. Nothing so surely and expeditiously goal. consumes bodily the function distance to the de¬ sired As no can suffer interruption without impairing the the general health of the system, so the system can never acquire perfect be vigor, actively health’s synonym, until that function resumed. Take, for instance, digestion, a suspension of which is invariably which rectified by the Bitters. If the or¬ gans upon it devolves grow weak, bil¬ iousness, constipation, and hundred headache, poverty of the blood, a other symptoms su¬ pervene, which indicate unmistakably the baneful general influence of dyspepsia. The disappearance of all these symptoms through the U56of the Bitters, show with what thor¬ oughness it removes their cause. In order to compete successfully one must study his the world as much as the far¬ mer does almanac before he plants his squash. Baldness and dandruff can b. prevented by using Hall’s Hair Kenewer. Quinine relieves only temporarily in fever and ague. Ayer's Ague Cure cures permanently It certainly is discouraging to make a fool of one’s self, but what makes it grind worse is in knowing that you have not only got to shoulder the responsibil¬ ity but “grin and bear it.” Th« only cough mixture before the people that contains no opiates or narcotics is lied Star Cough Cure. Price, twenty-five ccnis. A man who had been arrested as n vagrant protested !ng-to that he had a regular trade eclipses ami call- of wit, smoking glass for total the sun ; ami as these occur only a few times in a century, he was not to hlame for being out of employment a good deal. One among the many eminent church digni¬ taries who have given tlioir public endorse¬ ment the wonderful efficacy of .St. Jacobs Oil, in ruo of rheumatism and oilier painful ail¬ ments, is the Right iiov. Bishop Oilmour, Cleveland, Ohio. A child who had just mastered her cati - clilsm confessed herself obey disappointed, the (iftli command¬ because, she said, "Though 1 and ment, and honor my papa mama, because yet my days are not a bit longer in the land, I am still put to bed at seven o’clock. Homebody’! Child. Bombhody’s child Is dying-dying with the flushothope on hi* young face, ai d somebody’s mother thinking of tho time when of that hope dear face will be hidden where no ray can brighten it—because there was child no cure be lor consumption. Header, if the your neighbor's lake this comforting word to tho mother’s heart before it Is loo late. Toll her that consumplion is curable; that men aro liv ing to-day whom the physicians pronounced incurab e, because one lung had beon almost destroyed by the disease. Dr. Pierce’s ‘ liolil- cn Medical Discovery" has hypophospliites, cured hundreds: surpasses cod liver oil, and by other druggists. medicines in curing this disease. Sold Life leaves a common legacy to all men—an epitaph. The Testimony of n Physician. Jame, Beecher. M. D.. of Sigourney, towa, *ays: “For several year-31 have been using a Cough Balsam, called Da Wu. Hall's Bal- sam for the Lungs, and in almost every case throughout my practice I have had entile sue- cess. I have used and pre-cribed tiundre lsof bottlessince the days of my army practice (1X63), when I was surgeon of Hospital No. 7, Louis- ville, Ky. The Brown Cotton Pin is "A No. 1.” "It is simply perfect.” Has all the latest Improvements and is delivered free of all charges at any London, accessible point. catalogue Sen t to Com¬ ask pany at New G’t., for or your merchant to order one for vou. None but fools have an excuse for criticis¬ ing the wisdom of God. Ueautifu! Women •remade pallid and unattractive by functional Irregularities, which Dr. Pierce s "Favorite Prescription” will infallibly cure. Thousands of testimonials, By druggists. Politeness will succeed where money alone will get worsted. Mensman’s Peptonized beef tonic, theonij tious preparation of beef containing its 'ntire nutri¬ force,generating properties. It contains blood-making and life-sustaining properties; Invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous prostration, also, in and all forms of general debility; all enfeebled conditions, whether the result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over¬ work or acute disease, particularly if resulting from Co., Proprietors, pulmonary complaints. New Caswell,Hazard <§ York. Sold by druggists. The "boss" book agent of the South is Mr. . T. Hopkins, of Eastern N. C., who is work- ing,for A Co.,of the Richmond, publishing Va. house Mr. of Hopkin’s B. F. Johnson prolita R fe frequently thoroughly footed up to over $200 a week, a n 8 under the impression that the . , books published by B. F. Johnson & Co, sell faster than any tliiog else on the face of the earth. 25c. buys a pair of Lj on’s Patent Heel Stif¬ feners, which makes a boot or shoe last twice as long. If yon have tumor, for tumor symptoms) Cancer (or cancer symptoms),Scrofula,Erysipe¬ las. Salt-Rheum, Chronic weaknesses,Nervous¬ ness qr other complaints—Dr. Kilmer’s Fe¬ male Remedy will correct and cure. morality. Parity is the letter’’A" in the alphabet of Dr. Pierce's “Pellets"—the original "Little Liver Pills” (sugar-coated)—cure s ek and hi 1- loiw headache, sour stomach aud bilious at¬ tacks. By druggists. Exaggeration is tho least or second cousin of falsehood. "Big Money In It For Us.” Among the 150 kinds of Cloth Bound Dollar Volumes given away by the Rochester (N. Y.) American Rural Home for every $1 subscrip¬ tion to that Great 8 page, 48 col., 1C year old bound weekly, (all 5x7 inches, from 300 to 900 pages in cloth) are Law Without Lawyers. Danelson’s (Medical Family Cyclopedia. Cyclopedia. Counselor. Farm Boys’ Useful Pastimes. Farmer#’ and Stock- Five Years Before the breeders’ Guide. Mast. Common Sense in Peoples’ History of Poultry Yard. United States. World Cyclopedia. Universal History of What Every One AU Nations. Should Know. Popular History Civil War (both sides). Any one book and paper one year, pos paid, tl. 15 only! Satisfaction guaranteed. Refer¬ ence : Hon. C. R. Parsons, Mayor Rochester. Samples N. Y. 2c. Rubai, Home Co., Ltd., Roches¬ ter, No Opium in Piso’s Cure for Consumption. Cures where other remedies fail. Needing refiewed Btreuisth, or wli» Euffer f»* ora InBrmltlen peculiar to their sex, nhould try THE BEST TONIC. This medicine oombinen Iron with pure vegetable tonics, Women* and is invaluable for Diseases peculiar to and all who lead sedentary lives. 1 1 Kn- liches and Purifies the Illoml, Stimulates the Appetite, Strengthens the xWugcles and Nerve*— in fact, thoroughly Invigorate*. Clear* the complexion, ana makes the skin smooth. It doe* not blacken the teeth, c*use headache, or produce Mb. constipation—alt other Iron medicines do. J. W. Carter Meridianville, Ala., says: “My wife ha* been an invalid for 18 months, for the past 8 month* has been confined to the bed most of the time. She triod various remedies without relief. Brown’# Iron Bitters has m*de her feel like a new Mas. 8. A. Jackson, Knoxville, Ga., soys: "I Buf¬ fered with General Debility and Female Weakness. I was despondent, and had no Hppetite. I used Brown’* Iron Bitters with great benefit.” Genuine ha* above Trade Mark and crossed red line* on wrapper. Take no other. Made only by BROWN CHEMICAL CO., BALTIMORE. MI>. WILSON’8 CHAMPION SPARK ARRESTER Bent open draught arrester In the world. No more gin house* bnrned from engine *parkn. Sold I on lor. guarantee. W rite for Utrcu- T. T. WINPNOIt Ac t «., No*. 113 426 Wsyneht.,IUill«‘dgfivill«,Ga. tW __ ~Responsible Agont* wxnted for sale of Arrester. be rO for us. »00 A Rents preferred „ A ,ai;fx A p? who n ’ a . C, , can can " t the bus horses a no give their whole tin: le to ployed iu also. ess. A Spare few moments may be profitably em- B. F JOHNSON vacancies in towns and cl tie*. & Co., 1013 Main fet., Klc.imond, Va. and \VIII*ltV HABITS cared at particular* home without Free. pain. Boek of *ent B. M. WOOLLEY, M. D., Atlanta, Qft Blair’! Oral Box PMk*KLSr fel.tlOi round, 4 Sr SO eta. Pflaaajgja jg rng BEST IN THE WORLD* MAHLIN Magazine Rifle. For largo small r»me—all tlaei. The thootin* rifle Perfect ~ A or »tron*e«t mode. aeoo'ary ^BALLARD guaranteed, and the only absolutely •aie rifle on the market. ' '^6 GALLERY, BPORTING AND TARGET RIFT.es, world renewned. Send for Illustrated < ataio-ne. MARLIN FIRE ARMS CO.. New IIav©n, Conn. SSLICKER Is The to est Water , ErcrMait. tamped None ptnalm with t a he unless Don’t waste yonr money on a pmra or rubber coat Th«FIflH BRAND ^ k , a’oova i.-? absolutely and proof, and will keep yon dry in the l* 1 '. TRADE MARK. A«k. for the*’FISU UR AND” fLicxxR and take no other. If your fltort h' , Ot liavo the “FISH BRAND”, send hr dA«erlntiva estslncniA to A - .T TnWPR 90 fiimmmut St-. 1 -so* ASK FOR Till! W, L. DOUGLAS Ration U a^^cf i r j , r r..V rr ‘ UUd -" ^ for the \V. I,. Dougina' ilyT*** 0*2.00 Shoo. If tiame ns til. *100 Shoe. yon cannot /, get theae ahocs from deal. •ra.aend add reason U Duuglw, poatal SPK card to W. aGV Brockton, Moat. a. $3 fgflP o ROOK ACSEXTS WANTED f 0P PLATFORM ECHOES «r LIVT.NU TRUTHS FOli IIEAI» AID I1EAAT By John B. Clough. nil lilt and crowning life work, brim foil of thr'llin, i^a I.,- ^ the u ;s Life and o ^ Death , 'irr^.^r:^^ of Mr. Gough, by ( p 1 vv lirv. nd LYM TfT l ,, VN BOTT. lOOO Agent* Wan tea,—Man and in to $200 month made. (Hr *Distance women AintfranuVn tin* a ne - A STEP IN ADVANCE OF ALL OTHERS. --- A JffcAflO w sir— ’3ETTF R I /VSTRUMt NTS vr T " “laPBial LOWER PdiCI-S L£3"'2*r? dr JLAiiiW #s| CRTCB«ls PL« white, j —— It, j inclosing Stamp <’■ go 'jd for "Mst Full Particulars. &7> DEirt BROS A CO. Nnil NEWAaa.N.j. .„o N , iSi TPTPCT SCALES ppf^TVTTTTv: ^ AWARDED * * T IJE w makS (Four Cold Medals. All other rrin.ipai dcqt v*l tit f,. VflllR UflktY Jncp I-nr circulars, tcrmguu "»lUC I u lULn lu mil parit.-ulan, naarea BUFFALO SCALE COMPANY, BUFFALO,N.f, £ ROANOKE COTTON PRESS, The Beet tind Clicn pest Pre« nmde. Costs lasB than shelter n over other presses. Hundndl * in nctual use nt both stewa n nd horse power Kins. Bxim raster Address than Roanokk Any Kin can picn. Ikon and Wood Works, ChatUnoogi Tenn. A I.iullcs! J hose dull -x* Jby .ol JBKr speak tired looks volumes and feeling V AM I This .'V' Itemed y corrects all con fiSf’SSJffSS ditions, restores visor wlwMCr hV and 1 I-ii.jvd beauty. o! hr. Kiln.,-J>i Irrvmistf. NftTagK'. fV, X rxss*r.T, I»ettera or Inquiry riiiL'hamtou,N, answered. y. H * *3 Guido to Health (Sent Free* H Pimple*, mofehen, Scnly or Oily Shin, fl pi nnd BlcmUlie* Complexion nnd all Beautified Skin Dincascs CureJ k ky Beeson's Aromalic Alum Sulphur Soap. J sold by Druggist! or sent by mall on receipt Itlann-B ofl iH cents by WM, DUE VI)OI*PEL, lacturer, SOS North Front St., Philadelphia, Pa. I reys Msa a MEDICAL DEPARTMENT TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA. [Formerly, 1817,-1831, the University instruction of Louisiana.] Its advantAffftft South-West for practical unrivaled, the in 1- the diseases of the are as w secures it superabundant materials from the great Charity Hoi* ivital with its 700 beds, and 20,<00 patients annually. Students stnicti is hav» daily no hospital-fees (he bedside' to pay of the and sicl, special hi in* <n given «t information,adtlre.i* as bo other institution. For catalogues or Prof 8. E. CUA1LIA., 11. I>., Orleans Dean, . La. O. Drawer 261, New Salvo CIMS BRUMES! and Inicmprrfinre* onfv not in«tantlT, but effectual!y. The sciontlf.eanil dote for the Alcohol Habit «n<l thi only remedy that dares to send trW A bottles. Highly endorsed bv the med known leal profession New and prepared pbfjrtclaits. by veil ben) York *2^ stamps for circulars and r»*f reno* Address “SALVO HFKKDY” York No. 2 West 14th 8L, New ' ERMAN S*H f OPm FOR ONE DOLLAR. A first class Dictl onary gotten out at email co to on courage tho study of tlie German nguage. It gives Knglish words with the German, equivalents, and German words with Knells* definitions. A vt*ry cheap hook. Send Sl.00 V BOOK PUB. IIOUSK, 1.31 Leonard Si., inalL Y. City, and get one of these books by return 1 CURE me»n FITS! uiorol/ to «wp ^ When 1 <n« uut remedy to cure the wnret .-me*. Uecuue! oil: tailed SS15* (• no reeeon for ro*,".Vn.t rot now Wik" ««'»'»* VSJ’i.'Suiai H * No Ropo to Cul Off Horses’ Manes. Celebrated ‘ECLIPSE* IIALTBK a ml HIM DUE*] loinblned. cannot bo Slipped by any horse. Sample 5 Halter to any part of U. S. free, on jr receipt of $1. Sold by all Saddlery, Dealers .jf jCmCXJ jfSrTKL* Hardware and Harness nd JT $ Special discount to tlie Trade, wSCSf Send for Price-List. ^ J. C. LIGHTHOUSE, l«aa*!rcd. Buy direct and mva $15 to $35. j Orrnusjriven cular with 1000 iu premium*. tmtiruonifth Write f for FREE cir¬ rmn evrt v bI*«MCo.__^^__ Gto. FAYNEACO. 4 4 W.Monro#S4. 1 ( ISUUlOOirn iwroons rhould Join the N. ff* GlnmAnriltU ll III uni Endowment Circulars free. W and receive $i,0U) when married. Minn^. P. O. Box £S4G, Minneapolis, SB 25 fjj mal. l)o not run the risk of losing: your Horse want of Knowledge to cure him, when 25c. winw for # a Treatise. Buy oue and inform yours®”* ehowinj Remedies for all Horse Diseases. Plates postpaid bow to Tell the Age of Uor»es. Sent 85 cent* in stamps. N. Y* nORSE BOOK CO- ; 134 Leonard St., N. Y Clty^ TlDRSTOFSluVtTOOTBFOVDu IIe«M* Kaspiu* Taetfa ter feet ud Gam. s.nd.»$ j Pensions to Soldier* dtHolriv COL. L. for CifCUlar*. Washington. 1). o. HAM. Att'y, OPIUM SirSi Dn. M.msn MS o UICX for Prof. Moody’s New >k oil Press Making, New Dolmwi. »»“ U ) a dov. rrof.«OODT.< i"* lnD * - G hM taken th* lend W th* sales of that claw T«W issfci siting* Sjjv-sf •gtQsvuu.ranted ..... Strloiuro. aol .1 ■ "murphy mo*. s i Urj.nl,b T ,h, © ha. -on th. HglEuB! VfcA Cla.lnn.tl Chimiesl Si. cia*» of th* o' 1 ?, 0 ™*. a - I — {WI ‘ gir'rfigg _ ^______— 1 "' 01 A. N. P.... ........Thir ty- -- p m CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes druggists. good, use in time. Sold by 3:5 r T: