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ODD WEATHER FORECASTS.
THB SUN AND MOON AND STARS
AS INDICATORS.
Spiders, Gnats, Storks, Oats, Cranes,
Horses, Sheep and Plants Made
to do Service as Prophets.
Long before a National Weather bu
reau telegraphed all over the country its
predictions ns to whether to-morrow
would be .stormy, showery, cloudy, or
fino, households were governed by a set
of rules in the battles of the clomCnls.
These rules, mvs the Brooklyn Citizen,
arc to be found in handbooks published
ns late ns half a century ago, and some
of them are very curious. I hoy number
nearly ”00, some relating to the move |
ments of clouds end winds, others to the j
appearance of the sun and moon, nnd
others to the actions of va ious animals, !
including intents and birds, nnd by them [
the ancient Wiggins foretold when a
storm was at hand. Some house
wives still adhere to the ancient
sayings ns infallible, and they look
to the sun in the morning nnd to
the moon at night for indient ons of tho
weather on tho morrow. The motion,
rapid or slow, of the clouds was regarded
ns one of the best methods for foretelling
the approach of rain or snow. When
there was a mist before tho rise of the
full moon,if clouds were seen in the west
before the son rose, or there was a mist
in tho fields before sunrise, wet weather
was expected. When the mists vanished \
rapidly nnd tho moon seemed t
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Very few will wear short basques this
season.
Plush is much employed for girl’s
frocks.
Block and yellow is a fashionable com-
bination.
Tho pretty toboggan caps are worn by
children again.
The new linen cufTs are vory close
about the wrists.
The seams of waists in the new dresses
are wlinie-boned.
Braiding is in favor for trimming for
mnntlcs nnd drc-scs.
Basques show postilion backs, pointed
fronts nud fhort sides.
Brown University has ndmitted her
first young lady freshman.
Jackets of heavy cloth are in tho stylo
of last summer’s conching cents.
1 eather remains ths fashionable mid
correct covering for dining room chairs.
Velvet, cloth nud bcngalino i ro used
iu combination for reception costumes.
Hias folds of colored or white silk,mus
lin or ennvas linve an inner frill of white
material.
The I mpress of Japan lias ordered
$10,000 worth of now dresses from a Pa
risian modiste
The taste for crowding rooms with all
sorts of ornaments, brie n-brac, and
kniek-knneks is on the wane.
Tho richest colored woman in tho
South, Amanda Eubank-', is worth $400,-
faster than usual fino weather was Rare [ 000, nnd lives near Augusta, tin.
to gladden the Ii 'arts of merrymakers on Chantilly laco is used in combination
the succeeding day. If clouds suddenly with feather nnd fur trimmings upon
appeared in the smith and there was a
north wind in April tho farmers prcdic
ted a storm. When tho winds changed
nnd the clouds flew along in “tail,”then
the rules prescribed rain. Home other
of the curious rules, many of which nro
still referred to in tho conversation of
everyday life, were as follows:
If spiders, in spinning their webs,make
the terminating filaments long, we may,
in proportion to their length, conclude
that the weather will ho screno and con
tinue so for ten or twelvo days.
If there arc no falling stars to be seen
on a bright summer's evening, you may
look for lino woat.hcr.
Spiders generally ultor thoir web once
in twenty-four hours; if they do this be
tween 0 and 7 in the evening thero will
be a fino night; if they alter their web
in the morning expect a fine day; if they
work during rain, expect fine weather,
nnd the morn active and busy tho spider
is tho finer will bo the weather,
If many gnats are seen iu spring, expect
a fine autumn; if gnatB lly in compact
bodies in tbc beam, of the setting sun
thero will be fine weather.
If spiders’ webs tly in the autumn with
a south wind expect an cast wind and
fine weather.
If bats ilutter nnd beetles fly about
there will bo a tine morrow.
If owls screnm during foul weather it
will chnngo to fair.
If storks and cranes fly high nnd steady
there will be fine weather.
If tho garden spiders break and de
stroy their webs nnd creep away, oxpeot
rain or showery weather.
If thero be many falling stars on a cloar
evoning in tho summer there will be
thunder.
If tho stars above 4.7 degrees, especial
ly the north star, flicker strongly and
appear closer than usual, there will be
rain.
A rainbow iu tho morning is tho shep-
liord’s warning.
If old and rheumatic poople complain
of their corns nnd joints and limbs onco
broken nt the placo of their union, there
will he foul or wet weather.
If smoko from tho chimney blows
down, or if soot takes fire more rondily
than usual, or fulls down the chimney
into tho grate, expect rnin.
If ditches nnd draitiB smell stronger
than usual, expect rain; and when to
bacco smoko seems denser and more
powerful expect wet weather.
If the marigolds continue shut after 7
o'clock in the evening, expoet rain.
I f tho convolvulus und chick weed close
there will ho rain.
If sheep, rams, and goats spring about
in tho meadows and fight more than usu
al, expect rain.
If a-ses shnko their eurs, bray, and
rub against walls and trees, expect rain.
If cattle leave of feeding and chase
each other in their pastures, it will rain.
If cats lick their bodies und wash their
faces, it will rain.
If foxeB and dogs howl nnd bark more
than usual; if dogs grow sleepy and
dull, rnin.
If swine be restless and grunt loudly;
if they squeak and jerk up their heads,
there will he much wind. Ftom this rule
sprang tho proverb: “Pigs can see
much wind.”
If horses stretch out their necks and
sniff the air and assemble in a corner of
a field with their heads to leeward, rain.
If peacocks und guinea fowls scream
and turkeys gobble, nnd if quails mnke
more noise than usual, thero will be rain.
If sea birds lly toward land and land
birds toward the sea, there will be rain.
If the cock crows more than usual and
earlier, expect rain.
If swallows fly lower than usual, ex
ited rain.
if w iter fowl scream more than usual
and plunge into the water, expect rain.
If birds in general pick their feathers,
vv;ash themselves and fly to their nests, it
will rain.
If ernnes place their bills under wings,
rain.
If hoes remain in their hives or fly
but n short distance from them, rain.
If gnats Hies, etc., bite sharper than
usual, expect rnin.
If worms creep out of the ground in
great numbers, expect rain,
If frogs and toads croak more than
usual, expect rain.
If tho cricket sings louder than usual,
it will rain.
If porpoises and whales sport about
ships, expect a hurricane.
If the mule digs his hole two feet and
a half deep, i xpect a very severe winter,
if two feet deep, not so severe one foot
deep a mild winter.
if robins approach nearer houses than
usual, expect frost; if the ice crack much
the frost will continuo.
If the leaves of the trees move without
any perceptible wind, rain may be ex
pected.
A Series of Disasters
Tramp.—“Won’t you help a poor
man that lost his family by the Charles
ton earthquake
Housekeeper.—“Why you are the
■ame man that lost his family last year
by the Ohio river floods.”
Tramp.—“I know it, mum. I am one
of the most unfortunate gintlemen on
the face of the earth.”—J,’ambler.
A discovery that may lead to import
ant practical results has been made by
Walter Hempil, a German experimenter,
in the observation that the quantity of
electricity furnished by a machiue in
creases considerably when the latter
works in an atmosphere of compressed
sir.
FARM AND GARDEN.
Weeds.
One of the most troublcsomo of all tho
common popular errors is that tho seeds
of woods are killed and rendered incapa
ble of germinating by the heating of
manure in which they have been mixed.
If the heating and moisture together
have caused them to sprout and tho
sprout has perished for want of air in
the compact heap, then tho seeds are
really dead. But this rarely happens.
Seeds possess great vitality. Rag-weed
seeds may be dropped into boiling water
and loft in it to cool nnd wil sprout and
grow. Clover and other seeds in tho
manure of a hotbed, in which pains uro
taken to get up hs great n heat ns may
bo possible, are not injured, but will
grow as soon as file manure is sproad and
the air lias access to them. The most of
the common farm weeds are propagated
in manure. The thrashing mnehiue
spreads them over tho yard, nnd the
screening go into tho rannure nnd are
carried to the field and sown in the most
effective manner for their propagation.
A farmer could not do better for his
grnin nnd scnrccly ever does half as well.
Aud yet every man who thus encourages
the spread of weeds in his crops com
plains that they are the bane of his ex
istence nnd give him endless labor and
worry. -New Yuri: Timet.
The Cellar.
Tho temperature of tho cellar can be
understand the business. A young man
in Illinois has already sold 10,400 pounds
of honey this season from 135 colonics of
bees.
In storing potatoes tho first considera
tion is to keep them in perfect darkness;
the next that the bins should not he too
deep, nor over three feet, else it pro
duces warmth nnd causes them to
sprout.
There is no farm interest that tends
more surely to profit than sheep on lands
suited to grazing,especially where weeds
or bushes interfere with successful cul
tivation, or on lauds too rough to till
easily.
A writer in the Homes'cal says ho con
tinuously keeps several hundred slice]),
nnd has tho past eighteen years, and
finds them fully ns profitable ns high
grade Shorthorns, nnu tho best Poland
China hogs.
Thero is no belter pinti for freoing
rooms nnd cellars of mildew than to burn
Bulphttr in them. The rooms should bo
effectually closed, and not opened for
one hour after being filled with tho sul
phur fumes.
After frost has pinched tho grasses
they nro no longer sufficient for cattle
that must be kept iu good flesh, nor for
cows giving milk. Add enough grain,
nnd tho grass will serve much better to
maintain good condition.
Tho best bed for pigs is one made of
leaves. Fine litter oi' any kind is al
ways preferred by them to that which is
coarse, and leaves nro tho cheapest nnd
kopt above the freezing point during a j most convenient, ns they require no pro'
sovero winter only bv taking proper ; parntion for that purpose,
measures, these include two doors for] 'Phc Practical Parmer thinks deep or
outside stairways. J lie ono at tho iuncr i shallow plowing should bo regulated by
mantles for ceioinonious occasions
Capos with sling sleeves nro worn with
tailor-made costumes. They are trimmed
with fur or plush corresponding to that
on the dress.
Wool dresses nro suitable for walking
nnd informal cnlls. For visits of cere
mony silk and p ush or velvet in combi
nation are the in-hien.
Bodices of plain cloth are worn with
striped skirts. Some of these are made
in jacket shape and have n separate vest
of the striped material.
It is a city fashion to have a bright
copper teakettle hung over tho glowing
embers, und a quaint crane to hang it on
is made of Jnpnnese wrought iron.
Merino will ho revived, it is said. It
will he of very fino qunlity nnd of doublo
width, nnd will be used in combination
with silk or the various materials with
raised Btripcs.
There nro over ninety-two trades in
which women are employed, and in these
“clothing in nil its multiplied forms
takes the first place, and tho workers on
what is known as ‘white wear’ form tho
lnrge majority of tho always increasing
army.”
The lmir is no longer mnssed over the
forehead, but a few light curls or waves
fall on cnch sido. It is still piled up at
tho top of tho head, and well brushed
up from tho napo of tho neck. It is well
off tho tcmplos and leaves tho ears quite
free.
Lnco drosses—both black and white—
will rimain iu favor during tho winter.
Black velvet or watered silk bodices ure
worn with tho former, while with tho
white loco, bodices of plush, velvet, silk
or satin, plain brocaded or striped of
contrasting colors are worn.
THK MAIDEN’S HINT.
“What kind of fruit do you love the best?”
He questioned the maiden fair.
“Tho iiiioy apple with l o^y cheeks
Or the sweet and luscious peart"
The gentle maiden smiled and said:
“Tho fruit tl nt pleu-es me
Better than all the fruits I know
Is the fruit of the Christ mas tr
Freezing to Deuth.
Otic winter's day, snyH Rev. JnmA
O’Neill in a lecture, reported by tho Phil-
adelph a Timm, I loft Mauch ( hunk
for nil appointment in tho mountains. In
tho valley tho thermometer registered HI
degrees below zero, ui.d when I touched
tho plateau it touched ‘JO dogreo.s below,
with tho wind blowing twonty miles per
hour. Presently I experienced sharp,
piercing pains throughout my body, and
every nervo was affected. In a short
timo tho pain ceased in tin: lower ex
tremities and gradually passed upward
until 1 was entirely free from suiforing.
1 congratulated mysolf that I was get
ting along so nicely, and spoke eiiconr-
ngingly to my hardy and faithful pony.
In a few moments I felt sensations of in
tense happiness; a thousand rainbows
dauced before my vision, seraphic songs
of sweet melodies sounded in my ears,
and I felt that 1 was being borne upward
on wings of delight, when suddenly
I folt a severe shock, and realized
that I had fallen off my horse to tho fro
zen ground. The shock of the fall recalled
me partially to my senses, and I realized
that I was was freezing to death. I ut-
tempted to move my feet and arms, but
could not. With ail effort born of des
peration I succeed'd finally in dragging
myself a fow yards over I he hard ground.
The timo occupied probably live min
utes; it seemed as many weeks to me.
My pony seemed to comprehend the des
perate situation and came an 1 rubbed
iiis nose on my face; the warm breath
was on in v cheek. The exi rcise of crawl
ing revived me a little, and I finally mic-
ctcdediu getting into an upright posi
tion, leaning heavily ugaiust my pony,
who started onward. After going a
short di-tauco I met tin* farmer and his
son, who were expecting me at their
home, and who, becoming nlurmc 1 at my
prolonged nbsonco, started out to seo
what was wrong. When I was taken
into their house I swooned, and when I
again awoke 1 was standing in a barrel
of spring water and again relapsed into
insensibility. I did not awaken again
until next morning, whoa I fo ml m self
in bed with my boots on. I pon asking
why this was done my host replied that
he had rescued a number of men from
freezing, but that 1 was nearer death’s
door than any he hud ever seen, and had
my hoots been taken oIT all tho flesh
would havo come off with them.
A Remark able Hanging.
An eye-witness to the hanging of the
thirty-eight Sioux Indians at Mankato
says that the copper-colored murderers
came ffom their prison, danced across
the street and capered up the platform
like a herd of wild animals. Each man
bore between his bronze lips n cigar, at
which he lustily pulled as tho rope was
placed around his neck and the knot
adjusted under his ear. When the rope
that lielil the platform was cut, thirty-
eight IndianB shot downward, thirty-
eight spinal columns snapped apart and
thirty-eight cigar stumps flew into the
air and fell to the ground to become food
for avaricious oootblacks. The bodies
were loaded into express wagons much
as the carcasses of butchered hogs would
have been, and half buried in the sandy
river bottom, but before the sun had
been two hours behind the western hills
not an Indian cadaver ould he found, as
they had been purloined by medical
students, who plucked them for tho
scalpel and dissecting table.—St. Paul
OloU
end of tho stairway noed not bo hinged,
as it will not ho needed until nfter the
fruits and vegetables are taken into tho
collar, und tho outside stairway should
not be used in winter; but this door
should fit closely. The windows nro
best protected by fine liny. Earth muBt
bo banked against the wall where it pro-
i ccts above the level of the ground.' It
s almost Impossible to keep ttio collar of
tho proper temperature wnen any con
siderable purt of the wall is exposed.
When tho temiieraturo of the cellar
threntens to rent'll tho freezing point, it
may bo increased by putting a pot of
live coals in tho cellar, or evon by burn
ing an oil lamp thero. It is surprising
how mueli heat is thrown out by a lamp.
Dampness lowers tho temperature of
the cellar, nnd nlso makes it very un
wholesome. In winter, when doors and
windows must be kept closed, dampness
is more apt to prevail. A fire-place iu
the collar will not only permit of its
being kept warm,but also tends to keep
down ruolsturo. But evon when there is
a flro-pla o, a good drain is essential to
tho dryness of tho cellar, and it is best
to know ccitainlv that this drain is open
and in good condition before the ground
freezes. For cellar drains, tilo is now
tho most economical material. Eime
sprinkled over the floor of tho collar will
dry it and also purify the air. A pan of
common salt will also absorb moisture
from tho air. It is of tho highost im
portance to koi p tho cellar dry, on ac
count of health: few things breed dis
ease quickor or more surely than a damp
cellar.
A collar was never designed to be tho
reccptnclo of all manner of rubbish, yet
to this use it is often put. Rubbish iu
tho cellur is death-dealing. It poisons
the air, which finds its wny into the
rooms above, and it poisons the food
stor'd. Warm pastry, milk and but
ter absorb noxious exhalations very
readily, and taste disagreeably. Pru
dence dictates a close inspection of every
part of the collar e .cry few days, nnd
tho removal of all decaying fruits and
vegetables will pay in another way—the
lengthened preservation of the others.
Of all plncos, the cellar should be clean
and sweet. Fetter have unch nnliness
in the parlor than in the kiulien, nnd
hotter havo iinclcanliucss in tho kitchen
than in the cellar. Lot cleanliness pre
vail.—.1 meriean .\ejricul' urinl.
Farm und Garden Notes.
these considerations: 1. What is the
character of the soil nnd the sub soil i
2. What is tho quantity and nature of
the manure, if any he supplied )
A largo crop of potatoes takes from
tho soil almost 1(H) pounds of potash per
ncro. Therefore to keep up the fertility
of potato ground nothing is more to the
a tose than to spread ashes over it
y. Of course, unlcnchcd ashes are
the better.
If their stable and barn-yard manure
were composted, farmers might avoid
considerable expenditure for commercial
fertilizers. Lime, plaster, muck, forest
lonvos, ashes and many other substances,
furnish tho elements of practical growth
and development.
Mr. Mason Rough, at a Into meeting of
tho Montgomery County Farmers' Club,
advocated mingling grain growing and
stock feeding together, and tho three-
year system of rotating crops. He said
no other occupation is curried on with so
little system as farming.
ltjis always important to savo the best
soed for corn. In doing so select even-
rowed ears, and with tho rows strnight
and not irregular on tho cob. Ears that
taper are tho liOHt, bccanso hotter pro
tected by tho husk; and then, too, tho
silk, tho female pirt of the plant, re
mains alive longer. Tho reason for se
lecting the top ear for seed is that it is
always nioro fully developed, moro uni
form and more vigorous and its germi
nation, having bcon hotter fertilized
whou in the silk.
It is not by uuy means tho largest
pumpkins that aro worth tho most
money. There are quito a number of va
rieties, and some small, fine-grained
sorts are among tho most valuable.
Something also depends upon the rich
ness of the ground and the season.
Pumpkins gnown by themselves in n rich
pntch nre, richer und moro solid than
those shaded all the summer by growing
corn. Usually, if tho corn isugood crop,
the pumpkin • do not amount to much,
and in really good corn the best will
generally ho found around tho 3dgo of
the fiold.
Thero are some circumstances under
whi< h fall plowing should never be prac
tised. Eight sandy land exposed to
winds will blow away much worse when
n fresh surface is turned up, nnd for
this reason.should he kept in grass as
much as possible nt nil seasons. Tho
bonefit from fall plowing heavy soil is
Dond leaves nmkn a good mulch for j from the disintegration which it enables
young fruit trees. j frost to effect by greater exposure to its
A good grooming is as refreshing to a ' .. U . |, ' r ®^ co . 9 J 1 ?. 1
horse as a bath is to a man.
A dust bath, winter and summer, is to
a fowl what water is to a limn.
Turnips nro a native fond for shoo|i.
Farmers in England feed scarcely any
thing else.
nt the expense of future fertility, and is
therefore, even under favorable circum
stances, a better practice for a tenant
than for one owning tho farm he works.
Dentil Caused by a Singular Disease,
. Amos P. Kendall, a prominont citizen
Tho Spanish needle, so annoying lo | 0 f Springfield, Mass., died a short time
ago, at the age of seventy-two years. Of
' is singular disease the llcpublicnu, of
romblors in the woods and old fields,is a
good honey plant. The bees use it.
Nothing is more detrimental to pas
tures than allowing a great mass of
woody stalks to <«: upy the surface.
Iu stacking keep tho stuck well filled
in tho middle a d evenly distributed oil
all sides, so that it will settle uniformly.
Apple trees need ti supply of appropri
ate plant foot! as soon ns they begin to
bear; so do crops of cereals on worn
farms.
Sulphur and old tobacco leaves burned
in the poultry house, the house being
closed porfc: tly light, will clean out the
red li e.
The dead l.raitehcs of fruit trees, which
ought to be removed, are not easily ob
served while th" leaves yet adhere to
live twigs end himiches.
that city, says: “The di-case is a re
markable one, and hereditary, it having
caused the death of his grandfather,
father, nnd two or three brothers. In
effect it is paralysis, yet it is attended by
nothing like a shock. Ono inusclo dies
and then another, uutil all power of mo
tion is lost, nnd it works with such ter
rible certainty that, though tho process
of itself is painless, yet it is torturing nnd
is attended with a terrible restlessness,
as if the unaffected members were sock
ing to osenpe the paralyzing touch. Less
than u year ngo Mr. Kendall first noticed
a lameness in a finder oe his left hand,
and attended to it faithfully, but tho dis
order developed gradually, until about
live mouths ago the left hand became
helpless and dangled from the wrist.
By ca efuily exploring t i the ends of Next tho calves of his legs wereatlacked,
tho roots, it is sound that the boot draws j and in a couple of months more lie was
its nourishment downward and outward j forced to stop walking, and soon after he
in all directions several feet
Tho careful and successful stock grow
er makes a st idv of each animal under
his charge, and varies tho treatment in
health as well as in sickness.
To feed a young calf with too much
cold skim milk will almost always gi ro
the animal the scours. 'I ho milk should
bo warmed at first lo blood heat.
stable as soon as the cows are milked.
It is useless to hope to destroy the
acidity of certain soils by the applica
tion of lime and other supposed cor
rectives. Only draiuugewill accomplish
it.
The struggle against weeds mny be
continued in autumn with more or less
success as long ns their seeds can be in-
wns unable to move the left leg at all
llis mouth and throat were then ap
proached. the muscles controlling the
salivary glands weakened, which caused
a ceaseless flood of saliva to be poured
into his mouth, making one of the most
uncomfortable Features of the whole case.
Since that time tho progress of tho dis
ease had been rapid, and at tho timo of
„ I his deatli Mr. Kendall lmd lost his speech
Autumn is recommended as the ucst j nave a fow gutteral sounds, was unable
season for g ap -vine pruning, as tho . to swallow or to move any member suve
wounds .micklv heal up and ure not | one arm slightly, and turn his head some-
weakened by excessive blooding. ; what. The paralyzed portions retained
Thero is nothing that will absorb foul j thejsenso of touch, and his mind was por-
odors sooner than milk, and in the win- i Fectly clear to tho last,.’’
ter it should be taken away from tho ■—
Celluloid in Naval Arch it eel ure.
It may be interesting to note, apropos
of the completion of the first of our new
steel cruisers, (hat the French Navy De
partment has been experimenting nt Dun
kirk with an invention which, if its
practic ability is demonstiatcd, will ren
der all existing navies quite useless. This
invention is nothing less than a hull for
duced to sprout, ready for destruction by ; a man of war, capable of carrying heavy
the harrow.
The theory that fowls and turkeys in
jure the grain by runming through it is
not true, while the slugs they kill nnd
their droppings, made soluble by the
rain, increase the crop.
All giant or tall growing celcriys
should be avoided. As a rule they are
always more hollow, give twice the la
bor to work, aurl are inferior in flavor to
the dwarf-growing sort,
Where wire fencing is not easily ob
tained the poultry yards may be fenced
with laths, which will last two seasons.
Laths make a cheap fence, but the wire
netting is more durable.
Bee keeping is a profitable industry to
those who are adapted to and thoroughly
Hydrophobia Without a Cause.
A fow weeks ago Harry Gibson, a
hotel boy in Chicago, was taken to the
insane department of the county jail,
suffering from a malady which seemed
at timos to rcsem lo hydrophobia. It
cannot be ascertained that young Gibson
wss ever bitten by a dog, either rapid
or otherwise, yet he snapped his teeth
and growled at peoplo, frothed nt tho
mouth and in every way gave evidence
of suffering from rabies. Beforo Gib
son’s removal to tho jail ho was cared
for at tho hotel and a porter named John
Helllaud was detailed to watch him.
He would arguo with his attendant in
n most rational manner, saying that
thero was no necessity for his being
watohed; but the moment the attendant
turned his back Gibson would leap up
on him and endeavor to bite him.
After Gibson’a removal Ileillaud was re
lieved from tho duty of caring for tho
patient. Ho went to his room and
spent the next forenoon in sleep. When
ha went to work he complained to his
fellow-porters of being ill, but thought
nothing serious of it. The day follow
ing, however, ho was atlacked with the
eamo symptoms manifested by young
Gibson and became violently mad and
unmnnageablo. Ho frothed at tho
mouth nnd acted like n person having
tho hydrophobia, though at times ho
was perfectly rational. He declares
that tie was not bitten by Gibson, and
had not been bitton by a dog. The at
tacks recur nt regular intervals each
day. Tho cases will bo thoroughly in
vestigated.
I’nste Diamonds.
“I know her diamonds were mado from
pasto."
Nonsonsol Why, Bcesloy tho jowcler
says they arc of the first water.”
“Still they were mado from paste,”
“How do you make that out?”
Her father was a bill poster.”
The Only Wny to Conquer Dyspepsia.
It is perfsotly preposterous to Introduce pep
sin and other artlflcinl eolrents Into the atom-
«oh, tn the expectation that they will assist
digestion by notlnit on tho food Itsolf. They
will not. Nor is Itpossiblo thus to overcome
dyspepsia. The only way to conquer that dis
order, and prevent tho numerous dlsrases nnd
disabilities which It assuredly provokes, is to
renew the activity or gastric action by
strengthening thestomneh. lloeiettrr's stom
ach {litters eradicates the most Inveterate
forme of Indigestion bv restoring vitality to
ttie alimentary organ", and those which nro
trltmtary to them. The liver, tho bowels, Uio
kidneys and the nerves, i o lo-s than I lio stom
ach, experience the invigorative effects of that
Htemtard tonlo, which poaseaers alterative
properties that greatly enhnnen 1M beneficial
intttience, and give a permanence to Its efTocli
which they would not otherwise poeseso.
A Screw Looso.
guns and being, in fact, a complete for
titication, which will not sink und can
not be sunk. It is made of celluloid,
and is said not only to float under all cir
cumstances, but to be prnctically proof
against artillery, since the heavie-t shot
merely imbt d themselves in it with a dull
thud aud do not penetrate. The prob
lem of naval warfare, with such unsink-
able fortifications in conflict, would be
either to see which party could put the
other hors du combat with boarding
parties,armed with pistol und cutlasses a
la Trafalgar, or else to determine which
could loud the other’s celluloid with
enough heavy shot to sink the structure.
The naval officers who made the experi
ments are reported by the French papers
to be quite taken with the invention.
“ Your presents is desired nt our Christmas
telebrntlou," was n boy’s letter to Ills unolo.
“Tin* Itlood In (lie Mfo, M
Thorenghly cleaneo tho blood, which In the
-fouutain of health, by mine Hr. Pier< e’s Gold-
en Medical Discovery, and koo! digestion, n
fair kin, buoyant spirits, vital strength. And
so inilnfss of constitut ion will bo established.
Golden Medical Discovery cures all humors,
from the common pimple, blotch, or eruption,
to the worst Scrofula or blood- olson. K»je-
clnlly has it prove Ita oft eacy in curing Halt-
riiemn or Tetter, Fever-sores, Hin-ioint Die-
e«.no, Hcrofulous Holes ana Swelling*, En-
lur.-ed glands, and Katina Ulcers.
Go den Medical Die ovary cures Consmnp-
t en (wnJch is Scrofula of tho Lungs), hr its
wonderful blood-purlfv Ing, Invigoratina anU
nutritive properties. For Weak I u gs, Spit,
tlngof Blood, short nr a* of Hrcnth, Bronchitis
Severe Coughs, Asthma and k n tired nfTeo^
tlons, It is a soveieign romody. It promptly
cures the severest Coughs.
For torpid Liver, Biliousness, or “Liver Com-
Dysreimia und. Indigestion, it n an
plaint . . .
unoqualcd teinedy,
Sold by druggists.
Passing around tho lint is (
tho conth of tho mooting.
vay of getting
“('oiimii hi pi ion Can bo Cored,”
Dr. J. H. Combs, Oweusvllh*, Ohio, nays: “I
havo given Bcott’8 Emulsion of Cod Llvor
Oil with Hypopkoapbites to four patients with
bettor results than seemed possible with any
remedy. All were hereditary cases of Lung
dlsoase, and advanced to that stage when
Coughs, pain in the chest, frequent breathin'.',
frequent pulse, fover and Emnnclation. All
these casus havo increased in weight from 1C to
2011)8.,and are not now needing any inedicine."
For a man to he efficient, like a cable car, ho
mustn't I os u Ills grip.
Wore money for Your Work,
Improve the g.»od opportunities that are
efTered yon and von will receive more money
ior yo -r labor. JlullettA: Co., r. rtland,Maine,
v. ill mail you, lr«e, full information showing
h-»w you can make from $5 to $25 and upwards
a flay end iivo ut home, wherever you may be
Incut oil. Yon bad better write to them at once.
A number liave miwla over {tn in a day. All
is new. Cap tat not required; HxIleU * C’o.
will start you. Doth soxoe; all nije.a. (Iraiil
success attends every worker. .Send your ad
dress at once and ate. for yourself.
A dimo museum man eat, live frogs, puts
thorn in his hopper ne it were.
The farmers, In their swamps, xve’ro sure.
Could find the room and plants that cure;
If by their knowledge they only knew
For Just tho dlaetme eat Ii ono crew,
Take courage now and “Swamp-Hoot” try—
(for kidney, liver and bladder complaints),
As on this remedy you can rely.
Jf afflicted with sore cye« u.w Dr. I stive Thomp
son's Eye-water'. Druggists hell tuZ.'»c per bottle.
ep, take Piso’s
DYSPEPSI
uf the custom, to prepare th® v. ay
— THE
Bit
W*. besiwmc
Cpdokly and completely Cnres DyKncpnia
it* forms. llflMrtkurn, litdrhltt.?, Tantinx tho
I’oori, eto. It enriches and purifies tho blood,stimu
lates the appetite, and aids the assimilation of food.
Mr. W. T. Wyatt, a well-known builder, Mont
gomery. Ala., say*: ”1 ha»o bean a sufferer with Dys
pepsia for eight years. I hare tried various reme
dies without nmoh relief. Brown’s Iron HU t era hue
outireljr cured me. I cheerfully recommend it.”
Mr. J. M. Kinberokh, cor. Philip aud Magazin
Sts., New Orleans, La., says: “ For some time I v.u*
a martyr to Dyspepsia and tried various remedies
without relief. 1 used Brown s Iron Bitters, and I »uj
now enjoying exoellent health and do recommend it.”
Genuine hae above Trade Mark and crossed red lin*
“Well, Fred, they tell me that every
sailor in tho whaling ship Northern
Lights deserted n3 soon ns the got into
port. Do you know why they did so?”
“Couldn’t guess it for the life of me,
Henry. Thero must have bocu a ship’s
itrew loose somewhere.’’
“That’s exactly it—they just turned
out nud slipped away.”
Dr. Oross, physician at St. Vincent’s Hospi
tal, Baltimore. Md., con-iders Red Star Cough
Cure poriectly harm esq being puroly vegota-
blo and entirely froe from opiates, polsoim.and
other narcotics. Other professionals also en
dorse It as prompt, safe and euro. Price,twen
ty-five cents a battle.
Munkncsy, tho artist, ts painting a potralt of
Mre. J. W. l’ulttzer, wife of ono of the pro
prietors of tho New York World, and who!» nn
exceptionally benutlful woman. She is as
beautiful as her husband Is homely. They aro
spoken of together «s “beauty and the beast.”
The magical effects of St. Jaoobs Oil In re
moving soreness and sttlTn ex makes It lnval-
uab e at all timet. Rheumatism and Neural
gia promptly yield to It.
OHIrers’ pay. bounty pro.
cured: drn-i tcrs relieved,
x, 21 years' practice. Success e-
no fee. Write for circulars red »ew iswr.
A. W. McCormick & t-on.Warnine’on !>.,
OS!
NOT A VARTICI.lt
rself-denial. Pay when cured. Bandanna
Dr. G. J. Wkatdkrby, Kansas City, M i.
Dlsaesi’oe BSeSSee Graat En 9 lish G <>uU(ld
Dials S rllSSi Rlteunutia Remedy.
Oval Box '.>1.00; round, dll els.
ts 88 a day. Samples worth $1.50 FRK3
$5
Penscr;
(1DI81E3 Cured. Treatmentsentontrial,
WriUBiJ Humane KKjiEDYCo.,LaFayetio,Ind.
Ukkwstkr’s Saect y Keu Hoi .her, Holl
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for Circular*. COL. L. jBINJ-
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Nokes’ small boy wns seen hanging over a
barrel half filled with water, whan Mrs.
Nok*»s vigorously shoutod to know what ho
was doing thoro. “I want to got drowned so
that I can got my name In tho paper,'** was the
reassuring and prompt, reply.
Pile tumors, rupture and flstnl®, radically
cured by Improved methods. Book, 10 cents in
stamp*. World's Dispensary Medical Associ
ation, Buffalo, N. Y.
Heathen are the people who don’t know
enough about religion to light over it.
Danjflitcrs, Wives mid Mothers.
Bond for Pamphlet on Fsmalo Diseases, free,
securely Remind. Dr. J. B. Marchlsl, Utloa, N.Y
A MEDICAL VIOTORY!
Cure* Bright*’ Dta’.'iim, Cnlnrrtij
nftho JlhuU’.er. Torpid J.lvor. It j
dissolve* Uell-Btonos and (Iravoh I
SYMPTOMS ana CONDITIONS
of Urine for which this Itemedy[
nliould be fukon.
Prnldlng Stoppage Blood-tinged
Dlahotlo Albumen Brick-dust
Dropsical Dribbling Milky-pink
Headache Frequent rostlvenw*
Bonenoho Nervous Ttodlah-dark
Uric-add Fettling* Catarrhoche
Backache Nervcache Phosphates
Bad-tuMo Foul-Breath (*nll-color
ITISASPUCIFIO,
JTrei'i/ dose n ote to the spot•
itcllcveA and rurcainfmtolFHmo-foverC
■Cnnkor,Dyspepsia, Amrmln, Malaria, Fevor|
B ind A gue,Neuralgia,Bheumattain, Knlarge-S
|inentof tho l'rostalo Gland, Fcxual Weak-r
tees, Rpermatorrha»n and Gout,
it Utllmlnatos Blood Impurities, Scrofula,I
PF.rysipcliW, Salt-Hheum, Syphilis, Pimples,K
4 Blotches, Fever-sores, nnd (’nnccr-talnta. |
j It la n moat Wonderful Appetizer. B
H Build* up Quickly a Kun-down Con *U tut ion. f
' s?sr Toll your neighbors all about. It.
,Pmri5 25c, $1.00—0 bottles $5.00.
^Prepared at Dr. Kilmer's Dispenser
Binghamton, N. Y„ U. 8. A.
InraUds'duOle In Health (Sent I'rre.)
Altlotl.ninfluquIrY nronirUy answered
SO 1,1* BY A 1,11, ttt: : GGISTt
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CREAM BALM
(Vi) have ncviT han
dled a catarrh reme
dy that hat increased
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or thathas given such
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Invalids H otellSu rgieal I n stituta
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Organized with n full Hlafr or «l|htee*
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OUR FIELD OF SUCCESS.
Citron I o Naanl Cntnrrh, Throat and
littng Uleeasen, 1,1 vor nud Kldnev
ItlHOimee, lllnddcr Itlaennea, lltecaeea
Of Women, Itlood Diacnaoe and Ncr*
oiii Affection*, cured hero or nt home
with or without Boeing tho tint lent. Como and
*oo us, or send tun cents in stamp* for m ,
•‘Invnllde’ Guido Hook,” which viva,
all particulars. 8 *
wSKe’SJSilSP’iSSB;
and all morbid Condltiotia
canned by Youthful ,'ol.
Ilea and Pcrnlcioua boll,
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and permanently cured by our
Specialists. Hook, post-paid, 10 els. tn stamps
I . mill IIiiplui'O, or Breach, radb
1 n I cany cured without the knife
1 Rupture, i without trusses, without
1 11111 lulu -‘ I nnd without danger. Cure.
* 11,1 Gunrnutood. Book scut for
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PI 1,13 TtnnOK* and flTHICTUHES
treated under euaraiitoo to cure. Hook
sent forton cents In BtHtnps. Address Would'.
Dispknsaiiy Medioai, Association, ocj Main
fcttreot, Buffalo, N. Y.
—..nr-ii Tim treatment of many
Diseases of!luSUSSp^tfiPto 0 * tho “
WnriFH 8 wo3vt3H3sr
liUrnF.lt, | u, 0 invalids’ Hotel and
11 1 Surgical Institute, Ims af.
forded largo experience lit adapting remedies
for tbolr euro, nnd
DR. PIRRCE'S
Favorite Prescription
la the result of this vast experionoe.
It IS a poworful Itostoratlvo Tonlo
nud Ncrvtno, Imparts vigor nnd etrcnjiti
to the system, nnd cures, ns If by magic, l.eu.
corrlion, or “whites,” excessive
flowing, painful nictiMti-nntion, im.
nntiirul MiipprcasloiiN, prolnpsiit or
fulling of the liter oh, weak bark,
uiitovorelon, rotrovomlou, henrlng.
down Nousntloiis, chronic conge.,
tlon. Inflammation and ulceration
of tlio womb, inflnmimtUon, pain
and tenderness in ovaries, Interuul
hoat, and “f.ninlo wcukno.s.”
It promptly relieves nnd cure* Nnu.cn
and WonUnosii of Sitomnch, Indices,
tlon, Itloiitlng, Nervous frost ration,
:unl Slooplc.iicsw, in oillicr sex.
PRICE $1.00, ?Sn° SfffZSS
Sold by Druggists ovorywhoro. Send
ten ’cent* In stamps for Dr. I’lorco's largo
Trcntiso on Dlaouscs of Women, Uliiatratiid!
World’s Dispensary Medical Association,
003 Main Btroot, BUFFALO, N.Y.
SUCK-HEADACHE,
Mil Inna Headache,
Ulv/.lil«*«, foil.tips-
tlon, If ml i tt cation,
and idilloiia Attuckn,
promptly rural by Dr.
fierce's flon.ant
I*lirgntl vc I'cllets. 25
cents n < i .1, by DrugfUd.
C5 HsjflL'W U
Th. Croat Huroery of
HORSES,
200 Imported Brood Mares
Or ChoicentFamlliei.
A pxrtloU is applied into eaoh nostril and is *u .issldi
,o usn. 1 rlfl 1 • Id fits, by mail or at druggists. Nuiid for
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ge tliHr own Inferiority by aitemptlug lo
build upon t ho reputation of tho original.
Mono isenuiuo iiiiIohs bcariun Ihie 8tnmp»
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300 to d«0 IMl’OItTF.n ANNUALLY
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