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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Care of Harnesses.
Among the things that a very large
repovtion of the farmers neglect are the
arncsses that are in every-duv use on the
farm. Not only is no effort made to pre
serve the leather, but it is Yery tare that
any examination is made to see if any
portion is likely to break; so, as a rule,
the farmer’s attention is first called to ex
amine a harness by a breakdown, per
haps when he is miles from home, nnd
very likely in the woods, where ho find*
himself with no moans to make repairs,
and so is obliged to leave his load and
go where he can get means to make the
necessary repairs. With the best care,
there is always a liability of having a
harness break in drawing heavy lends, \
but the liability is not near as great as
when u harness is neglected.
To prevent the leather of a harness !
from drying up so ns to crack, it should |
be occasionally rubbed with a cloth well
saturated with neat's foot oil. It is not
desirable or best to fill the leather too
full of oil, for too much will weaken
rather than strengthen the leather, cs- [
pecially that part of n harness which i
is subject to a continual strain. Har
nesses need washing quite ns much ns
they do oiling, for the dust that is con
tinually settling upon them absorbs tho
oil that is in them, and thus dries the .
leather so it will crack, letting the water
in every time it is out in a ra n. Ilar-
no'ses should be frequently taken apjrt
and thoroughly washed, and when
nearly dry thoroughly rubbed with a
cloth that has been dipped in noat’s foot
oil that has mixed wiih it a very small
quantity of lamp-black. No more oil
should bo put on than will readily dry
in, so that when rubbed with a dry
cloth tho harness will be perfectly clean
to handle.
Carriage harnesses are not neglected
so much ns work harnesses; but even
these very rarely rcceivo tho attention
that they ought to, for a harness that is
properly cared for will last more than
twice as long as a harness that is ne
glected. 'I here are soino Winds of harness !
t>oan that are excellent to wash a harness j
with, which, if properly used, will not
only keep tho harness locking well, but
wiU keep the Icathor in very good con- i
dition without oiling more than once or
twicoa vea-. Good harnesses should
never bo kept whero all of tho dust
of the bam will settle on them, but they
should be kept in tight closets where
they will bo froe from dust and odor.
There are always stormy days enough
for the farmers to clean up their har
nesses in. In oold weather the harness
should be taken into tho workshop be
fore a good fire, so ns to get the leather
well wa rned up boforo it ii either
w ashed or oiled.—MasanchuscUt Plough
man.
Farm nml Garden Notes.
A great many farmers abuse themselves
tv excessive labor—too many hours nnd
close application to field tasks when
there are unfavorable conditions of
weather.
The seedsman who will adopt the plnn
of selling h's seeds in packages on which
is printed the year the seeds were grown,
also stating “good for" one, two, fivo or
ten yeais, will be a public benefactor.
Tf largo watermelons are desired for
show or exhibition purposes give the
vines a very deep, well-enriched soil nnd
do not permit more than one fruit to re
main on a vine. Pinch back the leading
shoots oeca-ionally and bo very carefid ;
not to injure the vine in any way during
its season of growth.
The henhouse nnd other outbuildings
if unpninted, will be all the better for a,
coat of whitewash. A very little glue
dissolved in hot water before the lime is ;
put in, will make the wash adhere. This
whitewash, combined with glue, should
never be used on fruit trees. It is often
so applied, but doos more harm than
good.
The brown leaves on strawberry plants
are caused by u fungus growth and nre
evidence of disease. This fungus, un
like most other, tiirives in a high tem
perature, and, therefore, some means of
shading the plants is ndvised to prevent
it. The spread of the fungus may be
arrested by picking off the leaves and
burning them.
It is as necessary that a calf should bo
halter broken as that a colt should be. |
The time to do both is when the animals
are young. A cow that will lend easily
is much less troublesome to manage uuder
any circumstances. A ring in the nose
will greatly facilitate learning to lead,
nnd the lesson once well learned will
never be forgotten.
Ponds are not good for young ducks.
Wet grass, dampness and col l "sleeping
places will kill young ducks ns quickly
as such influences will destroy young
chicks. Feed the ducks on bulky food,
Cooked turnips or potatoes, thickened
with oat monl, make a good and cheap
food for them. Give them plenty of
water to drink, but not to bathe in until
the down is off and the feathers cover
the body. Then you may let them enjoy
themselves in the water as much as
they desire.
A correspondent gives the following
advice to those troubled with slugs on
their roses in the summer: Use llour
three parts, hellebore one part, and apply
with a whisk broom in the early morning,
as soon as the foliage has developed. Do
not wait for the slugs to appear, but, if
they do, repeat tue do'e if necessary.
One application may be sufficient, while
at other times sevetal m iy be necessary.
This same remedy is also pood for cur
rant worms, but expensive ii’you have a
large plantation.
Where room is abundant a bed of
hardy roses,if kept in good shape, is very
attractive. Roses do not stand being
crowded in with other shrubs, or being
planted against fences or buildings very
well. Their best place is a centrally lo
cated bed cut in the lawn, allowing plenty
of air and stinsh ne. Circular or oval
forms of beds arc pleasing ones. The
plants may be set two or three feet apart
each way, starting near the edge. Set
ting plants of other kinds in the bed be
tween the roses is not advisable.
The soil best adapted to the potato are
sandy and gravelly loams. Clay soils, if
the season be wet, produce very poor
otatoes.aucl they will be much more ha
le to rot than those grown on sandy
land. An old pasture turned over, or
any sod ground, is specially fitted for the
growth of the potato. A little well rotted
compost, harrowed in thoroughly upon
such a sod, to give the plants a good
start, will usually give a fair crop upon
comparatively poor soil. The potatoes
grown upon sod are usually smoother,
less liable to rot and of superior quality.
The application of fresh stable manure is
not desirable on potato land, as it fre
quently results in a diminished yield,and
greatly increases the liability to rot.
So many people estimate the fertility
of soil exclusively by its blackness that a
profitable business has sprung up in tome
cities where farmers from adjoining dis
tricts bring in muck from their swamps
and sell it at $3 or more per load. In
some cities tho muck is retailed at 25 to
80 cents per bushel. Nearly nlwuys the !
result is disappointing. Only a very
little muck is used in a place because of
its supposed richness, and this is applied
to garden vegetables that need the high- j
est degree of fertility to make a crop. j
I Murk fresh from swamps or other iow
, lands where it has long been covered
i with water is rank poison to plants It is
filled with humic acid which destroys j
their roots, causing the plant to turn s
sickly yellow.
A Fleet-footed Hog.
“Lucky about queer wagers," said a
sporting man the other night. “I shall
nevor forget the time I won $1,001) on a
fast hog. Have I ever told you tho
storyJ"
His auditors shook their heads nnd
asked for the tale, which is as follows:
"It was in the summer of 1878, if I rcc- i
ollect rightly. I had been playing a
pretty steep game in Chicago that winter
and spring, and when June catno my not
over strong system was pretty nearly
broken down. Acting ou the advice of a
medical friend, I took a jaunt to a little
country town in Iowa, hoping that a
month's so’ourn there might brace me up
for the fall nnd winter campaign. But
to tell you about the race. The town had
a pretty good course und some of the
boys there owned some really good livers,
of which they were very proud. One of
them, whose nnme I needn’t mention,
possessed a mare upon whose flcctnc-iB lie
particularly prided himself. Talking
with him in a bantering way one day, I
offered to produce a nog which could
beat his nnimnl in a llOu-ynrd running
race. He b-enme angry, when I insisted
upon the matter, 'i'll tell you what I'll
do,’ I said to him, jocosely; Til bet you
any amount of money you may name that
my pigtail win tho race. Do you take
me?' The boys standing around grew in
terested,and commenced to pres-v around.
The other man, who c face by this time
was livid with rage, roared: ‘I’ll bet you
11,000.
“This rather staggered me, but ns I
had the money 1 wasn’t to be bluffed. I
put it up. Tho at tides of agreement
wero qu'ckly drawn up nnd signed.
"Well, to cut a long story short, I pot
hold of one of these long, lank, hungry .
scrub porkers, and put him lit once iuto
training. My method was (of, cd liiin a
bu-hcl of corn once a day. The pig would
be stationed at one end of a straight 800- ,
yard lane, and over the line nt the other
-nd the corn would bo dumped upon a
given signal. The mom nt the corn was
dumped the pig was freed, and away lie
would scoot for the nthcrcnd. This kind
or practice whs kept up for one mouth,
und at the end of this time the hungry
hog could make the distance in a way that
would put .Maud S. to sha'nc. Tho day
of the raco came, nnd every man, woman
nnd child was on hand to witness it. Tho
raco was run on the boy's own ground, j
according to agreement. The porcine |
racer was more than unusually hungry
that day. Hehad become so accustomed
to finding his Half bushel of corn nt the
other end of the lane that when he was
released, upon the word “Go!" he shot
off like n Hash. He darted under the
horse’s legs, and before that nnimnl ntul
his rider could recover themselves was at
the other end. Hu didn’t get bis corn,
but I did get tho $1,000. I left town tho I
next day."—Omaha Pee.
Conntry Loro.
Bismarck loves tho country, though
most of his life has been pns-cd in cities.
"What I like best," he ouce suid, "is to
be in well-greased top-boots, far away
from civilization." It is said that once, i
while ut school in Berlin, and walking
in the suburbs, ho came across a plow. I
His homesickness expressed itself in
tears. In ono of his early letters lio
wrote; "I am quite homesick iur coun
try, woodsidc and laziness, with tho in
dispensable addition of loving wives nnd '
trim, well-bohnved children." Phrenolo
gists say that ono of tho largest organs
on Bismarck's massive head is that which
indicates ills love of children.
The German state man is never so hap
py, say his friendB, as when lie is gazing
nt a beautiful landscape,or walking about
bis farm.
"Believe me,” his wife once said, with
natural exaggeration, “a turnip interests
him more than all your politics.”
llis friends point to Lcubacli’s portrait
of Bismarck, which hangs in tho National
gallery nt Berlin, as the one in whicli his
features assume their noblest expression.
"We were engaged in conversation,”
said Bismarck, describing how thnt ox-
F rcssion was caught by the artist, “and
happened to look upward at a passing
flight of birds. Suddenly Lcnbnch ex
claimed: ‘Hold hard! that will do, cap
itally, keep quite still,’ and forthwith
made tho sketch."
Tho Chancellor, when at Var/.in, his
country estate,banishes the cares of State
and becomes farmer and forester. In
"weil-grc.asod boots," with staff in hand,
lie wanders about th- woods and fields,
noting nature an I h's farmers. He takes
lessons in practical political economy
| from ltis tenants,'and questions his la
borers. The result is thnt he is an evenly
balanced statesman, and talks in Parlia
ment about farming and forestry with
i such good sense and knowledge as to
' command the respect of practical men.—
Youth'« Companion.
Bulldogs of tho North Pacific.
The Hyd ih, a tiibo of native Alaskans,
' are tull, well-formed fellows, noted for
their bravery and ferocity. They nre
known ns the bulldogs of the North
Pacific, and they hive not hesitated even
to attack and plunder Knglish and Amer
ican vessels. Among the Hydahs the
husband buys his wife fre pientlv while a
j mere girl. If she does not suit him he
! can return her und tlie price will be re-
i funded. Theie Hydahs live in houses
made of boards and one story in height.
Their houses are forty or fifty feet square,
with a fireplace in the centre of the floor
and a large hole in the roof for the escape
of the smoke. Civilized customs nre
now creeping in, and bedsteads, tables,
stoves, and dishes are becoming comm jn,
These Hydahs have what are known as
toten sticks raised to protect their dwel
lings. These are carved logs lro:n one
to two feet in diameter and from twenty
to sixty feet high. These are painted
with horrible faces and figures and serve
to drive away evil spirits. The Jiydahs
raise a great many potatoes and thoir
country abounds in wild berries and deer.
They keep these berries for winter use in
fish oil.
His l’nte.
He bought a patent lawn mower,
Beeaino an ardent lawn mower,
And woke up folks before
The hours of sleep were o’er.
Their hair the victims tare,
They danced around and swore,
Fierce hate to him they boro,
They thirsted for his gore I I 1
No more the mower is heard when morn is
breaking.
The mower sleeps tho sleep that knows no
waking,
' ooowas is no more.
—Boston Cowriew.
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES. ,
How Ho Sacrificed Himself—A Con
gressman's Daughter— He With
drew—Too Late—Bound to Bo
a Fine Show, Etc.
Aurelia - "George, you know I love
you, but ”
George (hoarsely)—"Do not say that
you reject my love. It would be death.”
Aurelia—‘'No, George, it is not that,
but Do you not think it would be
cruel to tear me from my happy home?”
George (joyously)—“Noble girl! You
arc right! We will live with your
mother.—Call.
A Congressman's Daughter.
A Congressman’s darghter had been
receiving a young man's attentions until
her father thought it was time he wns
know.ng something about it.
“Celestine," lie said last night when
flic young tnnn was announced, “isn't
it about time some definite conclusion
was being arrived at in this matter?"
“Quite time, papa," she replied in a
matter-of-fact way.
“Well, daughter, is there any prospect
of a conclusion?”
“I can t say, really, papa. You see it
is on the calendar ns unfinished business,
nnd—”
“F.nough, daughter, enough,” he in
terrupted, putt ng up his hands, nnd the
girl went down stairs to cotnplcto the
quorum.— Washington Critic.
He Withdrew.
Two men living in the same town wero
once ri .al candidates for the Dakota Leg
islature. They both wont into the can
vass ntul worked hard but a third candi
date cume out und stood a prospect of
getting it, when ono of the men went to
the other and sniff:
“Now. see here, McBride, if one of us
don’t pull out, old Skiuncr is going to bo
elected.’’
“Yes. I know it.”
“Ho ain’t a man who would know
enough to make anything out of the
la c und I hate to co him get it. Now,
want you to withdraw.”
“Weil, how interesting are you going
to rnako it?"
"I’ll tell you what I'll do; you pull out
and I’ll admit to every man I see that you
once bent me trading horses!”
"Hoy? Will yon do that?”
"You bet I w.ll I"
"Put a curd in the paper to that ef
fect?”
"Yes, and say that I believe no living
man in the territory can como nearer to a
horse’s age by looking at its teeth than
you can 1”
"All right—I’ll draw out and leave you
the field.” -EtUllint Bell.
Too Late.
is described by those who observed it
from a distance as Laving been very er-
citing. The pony fought stubbornly and
tho air was full of burnt hair and pieces
of cyclone kicked off by its plucky ad
versary. At the end of five minutes tho
cyclone retreated for half a mile, but j
soon returned, when the conflict was re- |
newed with increased spirit. It con ,
eluded at last in a complete victory for |
the cayuse, which resumed its feeding on i
the prairie, singed but defiant, while the ]
cyclone, badly bruised, fled into the next ,
county. No cyclone has visited Boomer |
County since this occurrence. — Chicago
Tribune.
Animals nnd Music.
A saying among the Arabs nsserts that
tho song of the shepherd fattens the
sheep more than the rmhe-t pasture. Thi
milkmaids of tho Highland* of Scotland
sing to their sulky cows to restoro them
to good humor. The Frenchman en
courages ltis oxen to exert themselves bj
singing pleasant songs. A camel-driver
often stimulates his fatigued L’n^t to
step out with renewed vigor by playing |
on an instrument. t'eals have been
known to follow a boat in which some
one was playing, and hunters often tnkc
advantage of the animal's musical taste.
Darwin, generalizing from the«o and
similar facts, says that "the perception,
if not the enjoyment, of musical cadences
nnd of rhythm is probably common to
all animals.”
It does secin that music is the only
art which animals, fools and idiots an
able to appreciate, and the explanation
is, probably, tit t music rests on a phys
ical basis common to all living creatures.
Some animals show a liking for ccitait
musical sounds, nud n dislike to others
A lamb is mentioned by tho Rev. .1. G.
Wood which delighted in lively tunes,
but nbhored slow composition*. It would
show its pleasure when a polka whs
played, but the moment it heard "God
.Save tho Queen,” it would set up n con
tinuous b la-lian, and silence the musician!
by provoking laughter.
A Scotch lady could always put her
pet rabbit in;o such a rage by playing
the harmonium, that it woul i fly nt the
instrument and scratch its legs, if, how
ever, she went to tho piano, and played
on that, tho rabbit would give vent to his
delight by running round and round the
music stool.
Some dogs howl nil tho time a hand- J
organ is played, nnd many men would,
if they wero as free to express themselves
ns a dog is. A dog is mentioned who |
had such an antipathy to violin music
that lie would yell dismally tho moment i
n hand was laid on the b'w.
Mr. Darwin tells in his "Descent of
Man” of a bullfinch whi.h had been
taught to pipo a German waltz. When
the bird wns introduced into n room
where other birds wero kept, mid ho Lo
gan to pipe, all the linnets and canaries
ranged themselves on the nearest sido of
their cages, nnd listened with the great
est interest to tho performer.—Youth't
Companion.
There was an exultant smile on his
face as he walked into tho office of a
well-known capitalist, nnd there was u
proud ring in his voice ns lie said:
"For twenty years I havo lived from
hand to mouth, waiting for something to
turn up. It has finally conte. I have
inado a discovery which, if you will bnck
it with a few hundred dollars, will give
us both fortuue*."
"Stato your case.”
"Well, * sir, I havo discovered that
bnnnnn peelings can bo utilized for nil
kinds of tnblo jellies. A peck of old
peelings t an be made to bring forth
twelvo tumblers of tho finest currant
jell, and tho profit—”
“Hold on right there,” interrupted
the capitalist; ‘ you are just two years
too late. A chap in Chicago not only
discovered that, but he found a way to
work in apple rinds nnd ceres and
ornngo peel, and wc can’t infringe on ltis
patent.”
"But—”
"It’s no use—I’d like to see you get
along, but you must drop that. Don’t
be d scourugcd, however. Perhaps you
can discover a way to tnako pressed corn
beef out of old boot legs. All you want
is a machine to run in tho streaks of
fat.”—Detroit Free Prcse.
Round to be a Fine Show.
One of Max Tuub'.cs's experiences in
hard times in Idaho lie usod to rclnte
with groat gusto, lie was tu bad luck,
and the mining interest wns dull. One
day another Bohemian like himself came
to him.
"Max, I’ve got a scheme to make some
money, if you will help me,”
“What is it? I’m ready.”
“Well, we'll take this building down
h re and give a show.”
"Wlint kind of a show?"
"Never mind; I’ll fix it up, and nil
you'll have to do will be to stand at the
door and take the tickets and give a
lecture.”
"All right."
So, next day, tho entrance to this
building wns found covered with an im
mense double curtain. Max was visible
ringing a bell. "One dollar admission
to Bee the great nnd only ferocious
I kyltegn.” painted on the curtain. Inside,
ns people went past, they could hear a
fearful growling nnd a clanking of chains.
1 Slowly the crowd gathered, and by nnd
by the dollars begin dropping in. Each
man as he came out looked disappointed,
and Max halted in his lecture until ho
i had di-appca:ed. Some of them were
very mad, but they did not show it. The
fact was that inside all that was seen
was aman in a bearskin, or something
savage, clanking a chain, and the only
wav they saved themselves from being
killed by some indignant miner was by
Max's pnrtner standing at the door as
each man came out, thrusting a revolver
in his face and saying in a loud and
piercing tone of voice:
“A fine show, isn’t it?”
The answer wasalways: “You bet.”—
San Franciteo Chronicle.
Incidents of Cyclones.
At Prosper, Minn., the funnel-shaped
storm-cloud took up a mule and held it
expended during the cyolone’s course
over three oounties. The mule was finally
dropped to the ground uninjured, blit so
charged with electricity that a shock
from its hind feet recently killed a dog.
At Pansyville, Iowa, by one revolution
of the whirling cloud the feathers were
completely stripped from a fock of geese
and also from a (lock of turkeys. In the
next revolution the feathers were replaced,
but all the turkey feathers were put on
the geese and all the geeso feathers on
the turkeys.
Farmer Hunter, of Mud Creek, Kan
sas, had a narrow eseape from a cyclone
lately. Ho was driving along the road
when the cloud roared by so close to his
vehicle that it carried away part of the
hubs of both wheels on one side, as well
as the outside ear of the off horse
Farmer Hunter describes the sound as
dreadful.
In Boomer County, Dak., a cyclone
lately swooped down upon a vicious cay
use which had been ridden by a cow-boy,
but finally turned loose because of its
bucking and kicking propensities. The
fight between the cyclone and the Don;
Asiatic Weapons.
Mnny of the weapons of strange shape
and character to be found in India
deserve special notice on account of their
appropriateness to the district in which
they have originated, their historical
associations, or their individual peculiar
ity of shapo nnd quality. Tho kukri,
tlie national xvcapou of Nepal, is nbout
nineteen inches in total length, with an
unguarded hilt. Its blado generally of |
bright steel, is incurved, heavy, and j
| widening toward the point. It lias more :
1 the qualities of a good bill book than >
anything else, nnd this, indeed, wits its
original function, for the Gorklia re
quired it not only fnrjfighting purposes,
but also to Jcloar his way through tho
jungles of tho Tcrai. In his practical
hands tho kukri is tho handiest of tuols
nnd the most formidable of weapons—
bow formidable thoso who Lave been in
action with tho Gorklm battalions in
our service can well testify. Like
the kukri of the Gorkhn, tho
big knifo of the Coorg mountaineer de
rived its shapo from the daily necessities
of life indenso jungles. The tremendous
monsoon rains whicli break on tho
mountains of the west coast of India de
velop extraordinarily luxuriant vogeta-
tation in the district, and the inhabitants
found the constant want of an imple
ment to open their way through the thick
underwood and clumps of bamboo. The
Coorg knife, thcn.yda katt', is about tho
same length as the kukri, also with blado
incurved, but still widor and heavier.
One of its most remarkab’e characteris
tics is that it lias no sheath, but i< car
ried, slung naked, ncr iss the hips,
through a slit in a metal m It. The belt
is called a todunga, and is made gener
ally in either brass or silver, of a solid
plate behind, fastening iu front xvitit
massive an 1 handsome chains. A sp ke
projects to the rear from the centre of
tliis plate at tho back. This spike lias
no apparent definite use, but it was re
marked at the imperial assemblage nt
Delhi that tho Coorg chiefs who were
there in the costume and wearing the
arms of their native country were not
incommoded by any crowd pressing on
them from behind.—Bhtckicuvd.
Tito Romance of a Model.
"One of the m >st remarkable incidents
happened to a artist friend of mine, who
has since moved to Boston,” said a prom-
imeut New York painter recently. “He
had just opened a studio on Fourteentli
street, and not knowing the ropes very
well, udvcrti-cd for a model. They
came in shoals from all quarters or the
city—old, young and indifferent—but
none of them seemed suited for the fig
ure he had in view. One day whon he
was getting about tired out hunting
around for a subject, a young woman
dressed entirely in black applied for
work. She said she had never posed be
fore, but was very destitute and would
gladly work for almost anything to sup
port herself and her little girl. There
was something about her face that
pleased him, so he engaged her on the
spot, though not half believing the story
she told him. But he grew interested in
her case any way, and decided on
making use of her services.
"The subject of the picture was
‘night,’ and represented a female figure
with black draperies half reclining on
the moon with stars on either hand. The
picture was completed and was a fine
piece of work. It hung in a Broadway
dealer’s store for several weeks and then
sold for $1,500 to an Englishman. Tho
purchaser came around to see the artist
a few days later to give him an order
for a companion picture to represent
‘morning.’ He remarked casually that
the first work interested him strangely,
inasmuch the face reminded him strongly
of a friend he had known some years
ago. He asked the artist if the face was
taken from life, nnd being assured that
it was, and getting the address of the
model, set out to find her.
"Well, the upshot of tho matter was
the purchaser of the picture turned out
to bo none other than her husband, who
had deserted her in South America some
years ago, and who, repenting of his de
sertion, had been hunting high and low
for her for several years. I think this
story is good enough fora novel," said
the artist os he lit a fresh cigarette.
Dome.
BT ANNIE E. MYERS.
The homo governs the world.
AH social and moral laws of our com
mon civilization revolve around the homo.
It is the school of socinl progress: Pub
lic opinion is the collective opinions of
ourhomc.
Clear-sighted reformers aim to direct
the power that rules the home. In a cer
tain sense wo nre all reformers, we all
try to mako tho world better; some arc
trying in one way, some in another; but
we should all begin at home.
Let the homo lie a cheerful, sunshiny
place. There let us find neatness and
comfort. Above all, let us have always
good naturo and means for improve
ment.
Home is the place for all the best
things; therefore don’t keep all your
cheerfulness for society, nor shut out nil
tho sunshine except when you havo visi
tors. Cheerfulness and sunshino do not
cost anything, but withhold them and
you nre a heavy loser.
It is not nlone the housekeeper's duty
to keep the home rooms neat nnd tidy;
ench member of the family should assist
in it. There nre a thousand ways of
keeping clean that saves a vast amcun t
of making clean. Anyone of refined feel
ing regards all labor to secure neatness a
labor of love nnd duty.
Did you ever hear that little fable of
the chairs? For fear you haven’t I’ll tell
it to you.
"Well,” said a straight-backed,
straight-legged chair to a cosy rocking
chair by whoso side it clmncod to be
placed, "before I would bo such a drudge
us you are, I would bo a stool; or, if
possible, something more insignificant.
People ate not content with making you
nurse everyone, be they big or little, but
you must be continually rocking them to
ami fro.”
"To be sure," answered tbo little
rocking-chair, "I am always busy and on
the go for the gratification of others;
but thereby linvc I won many friends,
and appear to be a great favorite with all.
This pays tne for nil my trouble."
The moral of this pretty fable is, that
all who cheerfully and willingly do for
others arc the ones who gain most for
themselves.
This is a most beautiful lesson to
utilize for home life.
One of the pleasantest and noblest
duties of the family is to furnish its mem
bers with good reading. In times that
are past, it was considered enough to
clothe, feed nnd shelter a family. But
now it is recognized ns a fact that we all
have hungry minds to be satisfied.
They must be fed a healthy diet; they
want to be sheltered from the pitiless
storm of error mid vice. An ignorant
family is a dark spot on our modern in
telligence.
Let good rending go into a homo nnd
the very atmosphere changes. The boys
begin to tulk of men, principles, the
past nnd the future. The girls find open
ing before them n new life of knowledge,
duty nnd love.
Out from thnt family will go intelli
gent meu and women to fill useful nml
honorable places in society.
Let the torcli 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
nnd 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 nre tho timbers
that uphold tho world.— Chicago Ledger.
Old Whimsicalities.
Dream of snakes sign of enemies.
Dreaming of muddy or rushing water,
brings troublo.
Finding a horseshoe or a four-leaved
clover brings good luck.
If you cut your nails or sneeze on
Saturday you do it "for evil.”
She who takes the last stitch at a
quilling will be the first to marry.
If you cannot make up a handsome bed
your husband will have an ugly nose.
If you spill the salt some one will bo
“mad" with you unless you put some in
the fire,
Stub your right toe, you are going
where you are wanted; your left, where
you are not wanted.
If the rooster crows on the fence, tho
weather will be fair; if on tho doorstep,
he will bring company.
If the first Sunday in tho month is un
pleasant, there will be but ono pleasant
Sunday during the month.
If your right ear bums, some one is
praising you; if your left, your friends
are raking you over the coals.
Returning to the house for a moment
after having once started out will bring
bad luck unless you sit down.
When, in dropping a fork, it strikes
the floor and stands upright, it will bring
a gentleman visitor; 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 chairs stand accidentally
back to back.
If a baby sees his face in the glass it
will be the death of him. If liis nails
are cut he will bo a thief. If be 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, a
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
bad luck—over the right good luck.
Milestones on the Road to Health.
The reoovery of digestion, and the resump
tion of activity by the liver, bowels and kid
neys, are milestones which mark our progress
on the rood to health. They speedily be r.e
perceptible whon Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters
ie used by the Invalid. Nothing so surely and
expeditiously consumes the distanoe to the de
sired goal. As no bodily function can suffer
Interruption without impairing the thegenoral
health of the system, so the system can nevor
acquire perfect vigor, health’s synonym, until 1
that function be actively resumed. Take, for
instance, digestion, a suspension of which is
invariably rectified by the Bitters. If the or
gans upon which it devolves grow weak, bil
iousness, constipation, headache, poverty of
the blood, and a hundred other bymptoms su
pervene, which indicate unmistakably the
baneful general influence of dyspepsia. The
disappearance of all these symptoms through
tho use of the Bitters, show with what thor
oughness it removes their cause.
It certainly is discouraging to make a
fool of one’s self, but what makes it
griud worse is in knowing that you have
not only got to shoulder the responsibil
ity but "griu nnd bear it.”
The only cough mixturo before the people
tliRtcnntnlns no opiates or nnreollcs is Bed
Btar Cough Cure. Price, twouty-fivo cents.
A man who had boon arrested ns n vagrant
protested Unit ho bad a regular trade nmleall-
ing—to wit, smoking glass for total eclip-esof
tliu sun ; and as tlieso occur only a lew times
in a century, lie wns not to blame for being
out of employment a good deal.
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In cose of rheumatism and other painful ail
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Cleveland, Ohio.
A child who lind Just mastered her cate
chism confessed hcrsiJVlllsappolnted, because,
she said, “Though I obey the fifth command
ment, and honor my papa and mama, yet. my
days nro not a bit longer in the land, beenuso
1 aiu still put to bed at soven o'clock.
Sometimlr’. Child.
Somhhody's child i9 dying-dying with the
flush of lions on bis young face, and somebody’s
mother thinking of tbo itrr.o whon that dear
face will bo hidden whero no ray of hope can
brighten it—because there wns no euro for
consumption. Header, if the child be your
neighbor's tnko tills comforting word to the
mother's hoart boforo it is too into. Tell her
that consumption is curnblo: that mon nro
living lo-dny whom the physicians pronounced
incurable, because ono lung lind been almost
destroyed by tho disease. Ur. I’icrro's “Gold
en Medical Discovery" tins cured hundreds:
surpasses cod liver oil. hypophosphltes, nnd
oilier medicines in curing this disease. Buhl
by druggists.
Life leaves n common legacy (oall men—an
epitaph.
The Testimony of n Physician.
James Beecher, M. D., of Sigourney, Iowa,
•ays: " For several years I havo been using a
Cough Balsam, called Da. Wit. llAl.r.'s Bai^
bam roil tiik Lusns, and In nlmust every rnse
throughout my practice I have lmd entire suc
cess. I havo used nnd prescribed hundreds of
bottlesslnco the days of my army practice (18G.1),
whon I was surgeon of Hospital No. 7, Louis
ville, Ky.
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“It is simply porfect." lias all tho lntest
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None but fools have an excuse for criticis
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Irregularities, which Dr. Pierce s “I-’avorllo
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Politeness will succeed where money alone
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force,generating and life-sustaining properties;
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prostration. And all forms of general debility:
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether tbo
result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
work or acute disease, particularly if resulting
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The “boss" book agent of tho Sooth Is Mr.
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InKfor tho publishing house of It. K. Johnson
or Co., of Richmond. Va. Mr. liopkin’s profits
are frequently footed up to over JUJU n week,
and is thoroughly under tlm impression that
the books published by Ii. F, Johnson & Co,
sell faster tliuu unylhiog else ou tho luce of tho
eurth.
flic, buys a pair of I.yon’s Patent Heel Stif
feners. which makes a boot or shoo last twice
as long.
If you have tumor, (or tumor symptoms)
Cuncor (orcancer symptoms),Scrofula,Erysipe
las, Snlt-ltlicum.Chronic weaknesses,Nervous
ness or oilier complaints—Ur. Kilmer’s Fe-
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Purity Is tho letter "A” iu tlio alphabet of
morality.
Dr. Pierce’s “Pellets"—the original "Little
Liver Pills" (sugar-coat ed)—euro sick ami bil
ious headache, four stomach and bilious at
tacks. By druggists.
“Dig .Money In It For Iln.”
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American Sural Home for every f 1 subscrip
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Family Cyclopedia. Counselor.
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Farmers’ and Stock- Five Years Before tho
breeders’ Guido. Mast.
Common Sense in Peoples’ History of
Poultry Yard. United States.
World Cyclopedia. Universal History of
What Every Ono All Nations,
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Samples 2o. ItuiiAL Home Co" Ltd., Roches
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Ad Opium in Plan's Cure for Consumption.
Cures whero other remedies fall.
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Sceitlng renewed strength, or who entrer tYoln
InOrniltlea peculiar to their eox, should try
BROWN^
This medicine combines Iron with pure vejintable
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>7 omen* and all who load sedentary livee. It En»
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Nerves-in fact, thoroughly Invigorates.
Clears tho complexion, ami makes the akin smooth,
it duett not bl&ckou the tooth, cause buudnche, or
produce constipation—all other Iron medicine» do
MR. J. W. Caiiter. Moridianvllte. Ala., says: ‘ My
wifu has been an invalid for 18 mouths, for the past 3
months bos boon confined to the bod most of tin*
hum. Sne tried various remedies without relief.
Brown's Iron Bitters has made her foel like a new
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Mas.8.A.Jackson, Knozvillo^Ga.,says: “I suf.
fared with General Debility and Female Weakness.
appetite. 1 used
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