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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Spring vs. Autumn Plantlnff.
From long and extensive experience in
f 'anting in different situations and soils,
am in fnvor of autumn planting of
forest trees, and also evergreen shrubs,
unless in cold, bleak situations, when the
latter are best deferred until spring or
early summer. _ There may be situations
where tho soil is too wet to admit of early
planting, butsu h is unfit for planting
•t any season till drained. There is nn
old saying, which in practice I find to bo
correct, viz.: “Plant a tree in autumn
and command it to grow; but in spring
you must coax it.” Some arc of opinion
that severe frost will injure early planted
trees. That I have proved to be a fallacy.
In order to test it,I left young trees with
their roots uncovered din ing severe frost,
and planted thorn when thawed, nnd I
found that they sustained no injury.
There is more risk from drought in
spring planting thnn from frost in au
tumn or winter planting.—London Oar-
den.
/ Farm and Gnrdcn Notes.
Drainage only will destroy tho ncidity
of certain soils.
To keep potatoes well keep them in
total darkness, steadily cool.
For shocp it is recommended to change
tho rango frequently this timo of year.
To clean tho red Iico out of the hon-
house, burn sulphur and old tobacco
eaves in it.
Laths mnko a good and cheap fencing
for poultry-yards, though not quite so
fanciful as wiro-netting.
White fowls, when dressed for market,
do not show pin-feather holes as black-
feathered chickens do.
An agricultural writer recommends
giving sneep a mess of ground oats every
evening between now nnd lambing time.
Under-draining lands raises its tom-
peraturo from twenty to thirty dcgrocs,
grcutly increasing its producing qualities.
Horses greatly enjoy nnd tlirivo upon
good, systematic currying nnd rubbing.
Grooms can not “fuss” with their horses
too much.
Some are recommending renewed at
tention to the cultivation of flax, which
is said now to give n profit on both straw
and seed.
A liberal sprinkling of dry earth, nnd
also a solution of copperas, should bo
made once a week in a stable of dairy
miloh cows.
It is denied that fowls and turkeys in
jure tho grain by roaming through it,
while it is elenr gain for them to devour
slugs and enrich tho jioil.
A horticulturist says mako cuttings of
currants nnd gooseberries now—six
inches long—and insert them vertically
in mellow soil, pressing them down.
With care, it is said the English wal
nut can bo successfully grown in this
country, even in the Northern htntcs.
But our common walnut is richer and
better.
Grapes are recommended ns tho best
crops to grow on gravelly hillsides, but
in hilly Innd the north hillsides are usu
ally productive, and will support good
crops of all kinds.
If. you do not make ways for surface
water it will kill tho lifo out of the soil.
As air and tho oxygen in it give lifo to
animals, so it makes life profitable and
supports it in tho soil.
Manuro in a heap, according to Mr.
Stewart, does not lose anything by evap
oration and fermentation. A heap of
foimcnting mnnuro is undergoing rapid
decay ready for plant food.
If a farmer feels moro at leisure at this
season thnn in spring or summer he can
keep himself employed snugging up
about the house nnd yard. Some could
look to tho winter wood with profit.
A silo has been built in Norlli Carolina
of henvy plunk, on top of the ground.
It has double walls, four inches apart,
filled with earth to exclude air. Size
thirteen by sixteen foot; cost sixty dol
lars only.
Dry leaves from tho woods make the
best bed for pigs, as line litter of any
kind is always preferred by them to that
which is courso. Mast-fed pigs always
bed comfortably in the woods.
If cream becomes sour, the sooner it is
then skimmed and churned the better,
but it should not be churned while too
new. The best time for tho skimming
and churning is just before acidity be
comes appnrcnt.
Park Earle, the great Illinois straw
berry-raiser, says unmu'ched vines will
bo more or less dirty, nnd a good mulch
helps in a drouth. Tho paths and all va
cant ground should bo mulched, which
will lap on to rows somewhat.
Tho ingredients of commercial fertil
izers, upon which both their agricultural
and commercial value depend, arc nitro
gen, phosphoric acid nnd potash. Sul
phuric acid and lime arc also always
present in superphosphate in the shape
of plaster.
Tho finest butter product is only pos
sible where the butter is made from
tho best milk, by the most careful pro
cesses, uutou' hod by hand, and when it
is brought to market just at the time
When its oxidation or mellowing by con
tact xvith the air brings about the mature
or ripe flavor.
A successful apiculturist will take one
strong swarm, and by fall have four or
five colonies from it, and all with honey
to spare. By tho old system of natural
swarming, only one good swarm would
be hoped for. If a second or third came
forth, they wero weaklings, and not
worth saving.
No kind of stubble, except of clover,
of which the root forms the principal
part, is worth anything as manure. Of
g rain crops, especially, neither the stub-
le above ground nor the root below is
worth regurding as a fertiliz.er. If the
straw of grain stubble can be burned, it
is no waste to make this (disposal of it.
In selecting a dairy co«' tho most im
portant point is a good constitution, in
dicated by large lungs, stomach and di
gestive capacity. Bhc should come from
a good milking family, tho eye should
be bright, muz/.le broad, nostrils thin
and largo, chest and lips broad, legs fat,
udder broad, milk veins largo and head
small.
A Southern paper says potatoes should
be dry and handled carefully, not
bruised nor cut, put in banks or hills of
twenty or thirty bushels, covered with
litter or cornstalks set up nil around,and
then old boards or split, stuff, and over
these at least a foot of dirt. Those who
put two feet of dirt on each hill say they
never lose potatoes by frost or otherwise.
One of the best devices for keeping
stock warm in xvinter is to put up a
frame, cover it with p lies from the
woods, and build a straw stack over it,
leaving an opening on the side opposite
the direction of the’ prevailing winds.
With plenty of straw a shedol this char
acter is as warm as a b isomout barn and
jMUOh oheepsr, and oan be mad* by any
farmer. It docs not even require a ham
mer nnd nails, though xvith theso and a
foxv boards the xvork can bo mado more
attractive in nppcnrnucc.
Ashes which have been leached often
contain much fertilizing value. Iu phos
phates they nro sometimes richer than
tho unleached, from tho fact that phos
phate in ashes is not readily soluble.
But this inert phosphate is of littlo
value. Occasionally, however, old
leachod ashes have boon so long in places
where they lmvo ab orbed nitrogen that
they havo formed a nitrate of potash,
which is one of tho best fertilizers
known. Such nslics, whether leached or
not, are very valuable.
Kissing tho Rook.
Tho idea on xvhich oaths, or adjura
tions, xvas founded was that tho unseen
powers or deities xvould always punish a
falsehood if their attention xverc cnllcd
to it. That is, tho person might ho ns
untruthful as he would on ordinary oc
casions, but whenever ho called on ono
of tho gods to witness the truth of his
assertion,he wns bound to keep his xvord,
lest the deity, outraged at being mado a
party to a falsehood, would xvreak spe
cial vcngcanco upon him. From this
idea, xvhich hns survived from tho ear
liest times to the present,entoe tho beliof
that tho proximity of an object regarded
ns sacred mado tho onth moro binding;
i. e., made meiiTnorc afraid to violate it.
Tho nnciont .lexvs touched tlioir phylac
teries in taking an onth. I ntor, their
practice xvas to lay their hnud upon tho
book of the law, xvhonco came our cus
tom of swearing on tho Bible. The va
rious customs of tnking oaths in different
countries, have all a similar origin. Tho
early Anglo-Haxons laid the hands on a
pillar of stone, because stones xvero re
garded as snerod to their gods. In mo
uiicval times it xvas customary to touch a
relic, and this was regarded ns giving tho
oath more sacrcdness even thnn xvhcu
taken upon tho Missal, or prnycr-book.
When Harold swore nllcgianco to King
William of Normandy, tho Missal xvns
placed upon a chost xvhich, when nfter-
xvnrd opened, xvas seen to be filled with
bones of the saints. It i< a curious proof
of the superstition of tho times, this idea
that an ndjuratlon to tho Almighty xvas
mado more solemn by the presence of n
knuckle bone, a jaxv, or n double tooth,
of n dend man. Another custom of mo-
diicval times wns swearing by chufehes.
A certain numbor xvero mentioned, and
tho attestor xvas obliged to go to each
one, taking tho ring of tho church door
in his hand and repeat his oath. From
very early times tho Itussinn custom has
boon to kiss tho cross to attest an oath,
and tho practice lias extended into other
countries. This wns tho oath of the
Knights Templar nnd other similar
bodies, nnd tho laws of the (Irdcr of the
Garter ir. Henry VlII's time, required
tho Knights to touch tho book nnd kiss
the cross. A common attestation of tho
oath in Germany in thcmiddlo ngos nnd
later, xvas by tho bosom,placing the hand
thereon This came from the practice of
wearing a crucifix or amulet suspended
from tho tick. Kissing tho book, which
is still tho common practice throughout
the British Empire, as well in in this
country, has not been permitted in Scot
land siuco the reformation.—Inter-
Ocean.
Now HrHnin and Its Cnnnlbnl 1’eople.
New Britain is one of the most Lean-
tiful countries in tho world. The con
tours of the lofty mountains are very
graceful, and tho variety of tho rich
tropical verdure is ns attractive as it is
unusual. I he dense folinge is inter
sperse I with patches of grass of an eme
rald huo. At Mntupl iu Blanche Bay
there is an netivo vol ano, a curious vol
canic island, and a region of hot springs.
Tho New Britain poople go entirely
naked. They are not ii line race, and
want the activity and vigor of tho Solo-
n on-Islnmlors. Foreigners have intro
duced a good many fire-arms among tho
inhabitants of Blanche liny nnd ham-
buiruli, but us a rule the spoil - , usually
adorned with brightly colored feathers,
is iheir xveapon. i hey build good ho isos
and make ingenious fishing-baskets
They are tho only cannibals I know who
are not nslmmcd of their fondness for
human flesh. A German settl r told mu
that overtures were mado for him to ar
range tho purchase of the body of a man
who who had been accidentally killed by
a neighboring tribe xvith whom tho
would-be buyers xvcio not friendly. Tho
reason given w is a detire to ent what
otherxviso might be xvas'.cd inn common
place inturnioiit.
The curious and little understood cere
monies of the duk-duk nro extensively
performed iu New Britain and the neigh
boring Duke of Vo;k group. One thing
about them ia certain, and that is, thns
those who nro initiated into tho mysteries
obtain consideiablo influence over tho
rest of their tribesmen. There is another
very remarkable custom, about xvhich I
xvas given information by tho Bov. Mr.
liooney, of tho Wesleyan Mission, which
labors in this part of Melanesia. It may
be described as follows: If A injuries
li, 11 burns down C’s lmt, or makes a
hole in his canoe, or stick a spear in tho
pnthxvnv so that C is nearly sure to run
against it. B lets C know that ho has
| iii.und him, and the reason of it; when
0 is expected to settlo the account xvith
A, the First aggressor. ( n the whole,tho
New Britain people are tho least attrac
tive of all Melanesians whom I know.
They nro very dirty. and do not possess
the skill in fashioning pottery, or carv
ing xvooden bowls, of their neighbors in
tho .Solomons and the Admiralty Islands.
—Popular Science Monthly.
A C.istly Ureukfast.
A costly breakfast was the one related
of, as follows, by tho Independence Beige:
Two gentlemen, Mr. Stanhope and Mr.
Colvin, were recently having a game of
cards at the 1 ondon Jockey Club. Tho
stakes xvero important. The loser was to
give the winner “a bro ik r ast such ns no
one had ever had.” Mr. Stanhope lost,
lie iuvitc 1 his adversary to come and seo
hi n on the following day at Hyde Park
for ihu famous breakfast. At the ap
pointed hour Mr.. Colvin betook himself
to the rende'.vo.is, where he found Mr
Stanhope awaiting him near nn inflated
balloon, in the car of xvhich xvas an aero
naut preparing fora voyage. The two
gentlemen took their seals, and were
presently joined by a cook, who xvas all
breathless with running nnd carrying her
i utensils. Mr. Stanhopo invited her to
, bring her portable stove into the car.
| This done, he shouted: “Leave go!”
and the balloon maicsticnlly ascended.
The cook, xvlio had not counted upon
1 this aerial (light, shrieked xvith terror.
; But Mr. Stanhope, as calm ns a veteran
sea capta ii in a storm, cut her screams
short xvith : “Xoxv cook these two beef-
i steaks, and be careful above all tilings
that no spnrk escapes from tho stove, or
the balloon will explode.” Tiie fright
ened cook set herself to the lask, and
.' r. Stanhope, turning to Mr. Colvin,
more dead than alive, said: “1 have
kent my xvorl; this will be the dearest
breakfast either you or I ever had.
There’s .fil’OO to pny for the balloon, and
Ait-OO indemnity to the cook.”
! The combined Yimdorbiit wealth is
•bout $800,000,000.
CAUGIIT IN A CLOCK.
A Terrible Experience In a t'UurcIi Steeple*
Ilavc you ever been at St. Paul’s? I
mean tho great Cathcdrnl of London.
If you hnvo you doubtless know tho
dome. You have looked down perhaps
from its dizzy height, on tho people
walking on tho pavement below, nnd
xvlio seem in tho far distnnee beneath
you, like blnck ants eraxvling about.
When I xvas comparatively a young
man—I am not nn old man, oven yet,
though my hair is so gray—I xveut to
London, and one of the first objects thnt
I visited was St. Paul's. 1 had toad of
it so often as a child. I had been told
bo frequently it was Wren's masterpiece;
every Englishman assured mo tiuit it
had no rival, except, perhaps, St. Peter's
at Homo, nnd even of thnt there xvas a
doubt, tlint I was eager to seo it. Ac
cordingly taking an omnibus at Charing
Cross, I went nlong the Strnnd, passing
by the memorable Temple Bar, until a
large dome, looming into the heavens
before me, told mo that the object of my
pilgrimage was close at li£nd.
At first, I confess, I was disappoinlcd.
On a nearer approach I found that tho
xvestern facade hid the dome almost en
tirely. Tho interior, too, was cold and
gray, xvithout a bit of warm color. The
aspect chilled mo I did not remain
long in consequence in tho auditorium,
if it may bo so cnllcd. I did liot care to
linger nnd read tho epitaphs on tho
monuments to departed heroes. I nt
onco ascended tho stairs until I ronched
tho grent clock, and there, attracted by
tho immense wheels that move tho
heavy hands around the clock-face, I
took my stand.
Just beloxv tho centre of the great
dinl-plntc, nnd to the right of the pivot
upon which tho hands revolve, is a holo
about fourteen inches square, possibly,
somewhat moro; and this hole is usually
left open to admit of repairs to tho
clock as needed. A strange fascination
took possession of me to look through
this hole, more than two hundred feet
abovo tho street, to got a panoramic
viexv of bustling London below. I
thrust my head, therefore, through tho
hole, xvithout further thought. Whnta
spectacle rewarded mo I For miles and
miles in every direction, tho city and
the country about lay spread beforo me
ns in a map. 1 saxv the Thames in tho
rays of the mid-day sun. looking like a
silver thread; I saw the many bridges;
piles on piles of fine edifices. I looked
down upon the vnst pnrks, xvlioso xvido
carriage-loads seemed like narrow paths.
So busy xvas I xvith tho scenes around
me, that I took no note of time; all my
attention xvns engrossed by tho viexv
spread out around mo nnd henenth mo.
Nearly nn hour had passed unheeded
sinco I took my position, nnd as one ob
ject of interest lifter another met my
gaze, I wns still unsatisfied. At length
something pressed upon my neck. For
an instant 1 xvas ignornnt of tho enuso,
and my hands being on the inside of tho
orifice, I eould not rniso them then to
clear axvay any obstruction.
The truth, the horrible truth, burst on
mo all nt onco. Judge of my surprise
and agony, xvbcn I thought, for the first
timo of tho inevitable passago of tho
ponderous hands! Slowly and stendily,
but firmly, the great minute hand xvns
inEking its regular trip around the dinl-
plntc; and it was that which was press
ing ngninst my neck.
I felt its cold edge, but it xvns too late
to extricate myself, too la c to turn my
head! 1 shouted aloud for help. But
my feeble voice could not reach tho
street below - , and a moment’s reflection
showed me that, ev n if it could, it
must take longer than three minutes to
roach mo at that, height, nnd before thnt
three minutes hail become six, my head
xvould, doubtless, fall among tho peoplo
on the sidewalk!
Oh! dreadful moments! Tho groat
hnud pressed more heavily ovory sound.
With every tick of the mighty pen
dulum 1 counted oil" another moment of
my fast lessening life As my thront
rested on tho lower edge of tho hole, l
had tho greatest difficulty in breathing.
Heavy drops of moisture oozed from pty
head, at every pore. My eyes seemed
starting from their sockets I
In those brief moments I thought of
home, of my mother, of my early days.
Incidents, long ago occurring and for
gotten, throng to my mind. In that
space of timo I seemed to live vonrs.
Ask the victim to tho Spanish gnroto,
ns tho oxccutioneor, having fastened tho
strap nround the neck, begins to turn
the fatal screw behind; nloxvly at first,
but surely, then suddenly, till tho head
falls, as the neck refuses longer to hold
it in pliue. Ask that victim how mnny
years ho is living over again, as that
dread screw is turning?
I closed my eyes, uttered a fccblo
prayer, and became insensible.
But I livo to tell tho tale! Yes, nt
the last moment, when life xvas barely
assured and death xvas imminent, tho
sexton, coining to oil the xvorks of tho
clock, entered tho room, snxv my peril,
nnd with ready prcsenco of mind,
stopped tho pendulum.
But only just in timo. Then with a
lever attached to tho cogs of tho great
wheel, ho pried back tho hand nnd set
me free.
I lived, but was thoroughly exhausted.
My nerves were unstrung. A brain
fever followed, and death again seemed
beckoning me away. But my strong
constitution enabled me to rally, and
nfter four weeks’ confinement at my
hotel, I rose once ngain a xvell man.
But my hair, from a dark brown, had
become gray. Do you think, nfter this,
I enn ever forgot tho clock of Bt.
Paul’s.
A Genial Xlcetorntlvr.
Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters are emphatical
ly a genial restorative. Tho cliaigos which
tho great botanic remedy produces in the dis
ordered organization arc always agreeably,
though surely progrcaxtve, never abrupt nor
violent. On tills uccount it is admi ably
adapted to persons of delicate constitution
and weak nerves, to whom the powerful min
eral dr gs nro positively injurious. Tliut 1:
in tiales tho.e proee m which result In the ro-
cstab i-hincnt of healthful vigor Is rnnspicu-
niiBlj shown in cases where it is taken to over
come that fruitful cause of dohilliy, inuiges-
1 on, c )t p ed. as It usually is, with biiloin noss
and cons.tlpaticn. Thorough digestion, regu
lar evnc .alien and abundant so-ietion, are
ri suits which promptly and Invariably a tond
i ssystematl use. It is, besides, the best p o-
teetlve ugiinst malaria, and a tint rate diu
retic.
A Rich Man Ealing.
A contemporary records, with due
solemnity, the remarkable fact that Mr.
John It. Alley, of Massachusetts, whose
xvealth is estimated at twenty millions,
was found in a Philadelphia restaurant
recently eating a bowl of bread anil
milk which cost ten cents. No uccount
is taken of the fact that possibly Mr.
Alley didn’t need anything but bread
and milk. The idea seems to be that
a millionaire ought to eat in proportion
to his capital, and that a man worth
twenty millions ought to cat twenty
times as -much as a man worth only ono
| million. Tho gastronomic test of lUliu-
wot, hsvmr, ii » dutreasing fdlurs.
SIX SONS DEAD bt violence.
Nlngulnr Fatality In an Arkansas mountain
Farmer’s Family.
Littlb Rock, Ark.—Silas Case is a
farmer living in Searcy County, in a
rough log cabin situated in a gulch in
tho Boston Mountains, nnd surrounded
by a clearing of mnny acres in extent,
from which bo lias earned a living for
liis wife and nino children—seven son*
and two daughters. All Ihcso children
crew up, but only a son is living and only
bo and tho two daughters are beneath
the old roof-tree which sheltered them
in infancy. For moro Ilian half a cen
tury C’aso has dwelt in this mountain
retreat. Tho nearest neighbor is five
miles distnnt. Tho nearest town is
eighteen miles away. One strikes tho
railway after a journey of 100 miles
through a virtual wilderness, the wild
and rugged country being interspersed
here and there with small settlements.
Case liimseli is a splendid specimen of
manhood, lie is sixty-seven years old,
but straight as an arrow, bravo as a lion
and strong ns a ginnt. Ho is a dead shot
with tho rifle, nnd his cabin is stored
with tlio skins of bears nnd deer which
havo fallen before bis unerring aim. In
tho xvnr with Mexico ho led a company
and in tho war of tho rebellion ho be
gan as a private nnd ended as n enptnin
on tho sido of tho Union. After hos
tilities ceased ho returned to his rabiD.
content to ond his life in isolation and
solitude.
A strungo fatality has attended his
children. Two of his boys xvero killed
by guerillas during tho xvnr. In 1880 the
revenue officers raided a “moonshine"
distillery in tho Boston Mountains. The
moonshiners,” though surprised, show
ed fight, and several xvero xvounded,
among them two of tho ( nso hoys. They
succeeded in hiding in tho underbrush
and thus escaped capture. Ono diod
from tho elfccts of tho wound Ilvo
months nfter; the other died in Texas
from the sumo cause a yenr later. In
1884, in a fight on Calf Creek, another
of the boys was fatally stabbed, dying
in a few days. To-day tlio father, xvho
is in this "place with cattle, received
word from Colorado City, Tox., thnt tho
son xvho accompanied his ill-fated
brother to tho Slato named had been
shot and killed in a quarrel xvith n man
on a ranch sixty miles beyond the toxvn.
Thus six have perished by violent means.
Tho only surviving son is living quietly
with his father. He lins a violeut tem
per, nnd only by shunning intercourse
as much as possible with his followmnn
can ho hopcAto osonpo tlio fnto which lins
overtaken liis brothers.
Shoos In llio Confederacy,
Tlio Charleston (S. C ) A Vies, alluding
to Mr. David Dodge’s article in tho At
lanta' Monthly in relation to the alleged
expedients resorted to by the people of
the Southern Confederacy to meet tho
necessities imposed upon them by tho
enfor einent of the blockade during tho
xvnr, nnd especially the assertion re
specting tho use of xvooden bottoms for
shoes, says: "The ono fact that is con
tained in tlio whole mass of rubbish, so
fur ns we can learn, is that a few xvood-
en-liottom shoes xvero made and xvorn
in some purls of tho South in the latter
part of tiie xvnr, when they xvero regard
ed xvith as much curiosity as they would
bo regarded now. It is true, indeed,
that wood had long been xvorn by the
slaves nnd by some of lie white people. \
in their shoos, boforo tho xvur, but tho
foot coverings of this description xvero
manufactured at the North; xvero bought
for ‘all leather;’ nnd the woodwork,
apart from tho pegs, consisted in ex
ceedingly thin shavings, xvhich xvero
deftly concealed in tho soles, and were
made to take the place of tho paste-
hoard filling thnt is sometimes used for
the sumo purpose nt the present day.
The sabots, which Mr. I)odgo describes
so minutely, xvo never heard of before,
and the fnct that even a few xvooden
soles wero ntndo nnd worn at the timo
ho specifies xvill bo news to tho vust ma
jority of the poople whom ho represents
as having brought them into general
usn A Confederate officer, who is noxv
living in Massachusetts, nnd who has
road Mr. Dodge’s testimony, writes to
us to say that ho ‘served under Gcnorul
Price in Missouri, xvith Van Dorn in
Arkansas, xvith Beauregard nnd Bragg
in tho West, xvltli Johnston in Georgia,
nnd with Hood to the end, and nevor
saw anything of the kind xvhich Air.
Dodge describes.’ Our observation is
entirely in accord xvith that of our cor
respondent, nnd xvo are, therefore, com
pelled to beliovo that Mr. Dodgo has
either drawn on his imagination for his
fuets or hns fallen into the not infrequent
error of generalizing his owu individual
experience.”
Unsolved Mysteries.
An unsolved Mystery—How a woman
can stand on a cold day, with her sleeves
rolled up, and her head bare, and visit
with her neighbor across tho fence, for
fifteen minutes, nnd not think of taking
cold, and yet cannot sit in a cold church
linlf an hour, wrapped in furs and
plushes, without shivering all the time,
and sneezing a xveek to pay for it.
Another—IIow a young man can stand
in front of the store, bare-headed, and
buzz his girl for hair an hour without a
struggle, and yet can’t even go to the
post-office without piling on all his
clothing, nnd then kicking about the
beastly cold weather.
Another—IIow a littlo girl cen go and
slide down hilj with tho boys all day
long xvhen her throat xvas so sore in the
morning sho couldn't go to school.
Another—IIow a boy can walk four
miles and skato until after dark, on the
same day his back was so lame that he
couldn’t bring in a scuttloful of coal for
his mother.—Danville Breeze.
Too Damp. —Last summer a pretty
and romantic city girl spent tho sum
mer on a Maine farm, and got up a mild
flirtation with tho young man of the
house. He xvas not particularly bold,
and so one ex'ening, as she swung in the
hammock in the moonlight, Bho coyly
said to tho young fellow, “What is
God’s best gift to man?” lie- pondered
a moment, ns he watched the color come
and go in her cheeks, and then said de
cisively. “A boss.” The young woman
said that it was getting damp, anti she
must go right into the hou-c.
Dr. Morse, physician at Marino Hospital,
Baltimore. Md., found Red Star Cough Cure a
harm'ess and most offettivo remedy in the
cure of cough*. He recommend-it especially
for children who are irritable and obstinate,
as p ea-ant to ta’te an l prompt in its effect.
Price, twenty-live cent*.
Dentist, who was formerly a pholoerapbnr
(to patii-nl)—Tnko a seat, please. Now turn
your bead a trifle this way—that’s if. There!
Look right at tiie knob on that door, and as
sume a pleasant expression, Now keep per
fectly still, and I'll be through iu a moment.
"A inojt extraordinary and absolute cure for
rheumatism end other bodily aliments is St,
Jacobs Oil," says Uon. Jam** Harlan, az-Vioa>
Uk*M«U», UafcrtU*
BOTTLES OF
Warner’s SAFE Cure
Sold to Dec. 27, 1886.
NO OTHER REMEDY IN THE WORLD CAN
PRODUCE SUCH A RECORD.
Tills wonderful success of ‘‘Warner's Baku Cure" Is duo wholly (A tho real morlt of the
" lms, ' wl ' begatided iir the highest meihcat.
ViV.'i lOH SIDNEY, LIVER AND
URINAItlt DISEASES AM) l'EMAI.E COMPLAINTS.
Thousands of people owe their lifo nml health to “ Warner’* Safb Cure" and we can pro
duco too.OOO TESTIMONIALS^ that effect. 1
Rond the following nnd note tho large number of bottles distributed. We guarantee
tlioso figures to bo correct, ns our sales-books will prove;
Boston,
1,149,122.
CART. W. ]>. ROBINSON (TT, R. Marine
Insp., Buffalo, N. Y.), in 18S.1 was suffer
ing xvith a sWii/nrater like irprflsi/.
Could not sleep; wns in great ai/on i/, For
two years tried everything, xvithout bene
fit. Wns pronounced Incuruble, ‘‘Twen
ty bottles of Warner’s Sakk Cure ront-
ptetely cared inn, and to-day I nm
strong nnd xvell." (Feb. 6, 1885.)
Providence,
171,929.
EX-GOV. T. (r. ALVOKP (Syracuse, N. Y.),
in 1884 l>otf.nn vunniny down with
(lvt\ernt Ucbitity, nccompAtiicti with a
Ronno of weight in the lower part of tlio
noily, with n feverish sensation nnd n gen
eral giving out of tiie whole organism. Was
in serious co n diti on. confined folds
IkmI much of tho t into. After a thorough
treatment with Warners Safe (hire no
says: “1 nm coinplctcly restored to
hralth l»y its moans.”
Portland, Me.
Ml,105.
MAJOR H. R AIUJOTT (Springfield, Mo),
in isri wns nlllicted with Imnr bark,
lthcumntlsm and Kiducy trouble.
Consulted tho very best physicians in San
Francisco, and visited all* tho mineral
(wrings there. Took a health trip to tho
Now England States, but for seven years
su/J'rrrd roust a nth/ from ids malady,
which had resulted in Itriylit's disease.
After using n couplo dozen bottles of War-
tiers Safe Cure and two of Safe Pills, ho
wrote: “My hack and l\ idnoys uro with-
oui pain. and. thank God, 1 owo it all to
Warner's Safe Remedies.”
Bal. of New Eng,, - 441,753,
MltH. ,T. T. RITCHEY(5034th Ava, Louie-
villa, Ky.) xvas a confirmed Invalid for
eleven yearn, just living, nnd hourly
expecting death. Was confined to bad
ten mouths each year. Was attended by
tho bent physician*. Her left sido xvas
parat yzed. Could neither ent, sleep, nor
en joy lifo.Tho doctors said .- ho was troubled
xvith female complaint*; but she was
satisfied her kidneys xvero affected. Under
tlio operation of Warner’s Hakk Cure sho
passed a laroe atone or calculus, nnd in
Nov., 1885, reported: “Am to day as U'clt
as when a girl,”
New York Stale, - 3,870,773.
Pennsyliania, • 1,821,218.
F. MAYER (1000 N. 10th St., St. Ixmie,
Mo.), afflicted xvith tired feelings, dizzi
ness nnd pain across tlio back, and lost ap
petite. Was salloxv and care-worn all the
timo. The doctors falling, lie began tlio use
of Warner's S.xku Cure, nnd reports: 11 X
feel Him a lighting cock.”
kAjmt retailer forth* Jam** M.au.’ fSflhae,
Cnutlan I Some rtoalrrt reeommann lnlfrioJ
gooili In orilor to make a larger profit. Thin la thl
orltrinnl $BShoe. Pro-nroof ImltatlmuxTblehaZ
knowledge their own Inferiority by nltemnUne
build upon tho reputation of the original.
Hour Lr inline unless bearing this Htamo.
JAMES MEANS’
JorCestleaca, ££ SHOE
;cel led 111 Durability, rvnn/brtl*
dppfm-nnof. A postaleant
sunt ions xvill bring vm, in
formation hoxv to eft thba
Mioo In any Suuo oJ
Chicago,
808,693.
MR. It. BROWN Cd'J'JI Woodward Ave.. Po-
trdit., Mich.) Injured bis back from a fall,
Was confined to tils l>od six xvoeks. Tlio
fall injured bis kidneys, producing ln-
tensosuffering. Warner's Harn Cure re
nt oral Ills Icldnegs to tlioir natural con
dition, - and bo xvrilrs: ’’ 1 am now eighty
yours of ngo, smurf and active.”
846,948.
MRS. TUGS. SCHMIDT (Wifoof t.lio Vico-
Consul of Denmark, 09 Wall Bt., Now
York), reported Hint her littlo Bon, nfter nn
ntlnck of Diphtheritic Sore Throat
ciphl years ngo, xvas afflicted xvith Bright's
Disease In advanced form; by tlio nilvieo of
(len’l Christlnnson, of llrexol, Morgan &
Co , Rankers, Noxv York, alio prescribed
Warner s Sakh Cure, xvith tho consent of
tho physicians, nnd reports, "tho pliysl
cians say that ho xvill bo perfectly
Milwaukee,
458,894.
.MISS Z. I,. BOA RDM AN (Quochec, Vt.), in
iu May, 18S'J, began to bloat, thence onmo
stomach trouble, terrible headaches,
nnd finally tlio doctor's opinion thnt it xvns
Height's disease, and incurable,
Kxfpntiinlly sho bocamo nearly blind, pro
nounced by tlio doctors to Ik) tlio fast
stage of firiglit's disease. Aider linving
boon under treatment by Warner’s Sack.
Curoforqno year, she reported: ‘‘lam
as tcell as a a g one, ”
Minnesota
648,017.
IION. N. A. PLYMl’TON (Worcester,
Mass.), in May, 1880, xvns prostrated by
lira vel. Under tho operation of Warners
8.xkk Cure alone ho passed a large
stone, nud subsequently wrote: ”1 have
had no recurrence of my trouble siuco
Warner’s Sack Cure cured me.”
Bal. N. W. States, - 1,767,149.
ASK YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS ABOUT
WARNER’S SAFE CURE.
THE MOST POPULAR REMEDY EVER DISCOVERED.
Cleveland,
682,632.1 St. Lonis,
EX-GOV. It. T. JACOB (Westport, Ky.) xvas
prostrnted xvith severe lildnry trouble
and lost 40 poulids of flesh. After a thorough
treatment xvith Warner’s Sash Cure ho re
ports, “l havo never enjoyed better
health.”
1,530,527.
Cincinnati,
873,667.
GKN. H. D. WALLEN 1 (144 Madison Ave.,
New York), scarcely able to walk two
blocks without exhaustion, and, having
lost flesh heavily, began tho use of War
ner’s Hafk Cure and says: “I was much,
benefited by it.”
Bal. Ohio, (State,) - 68pi8!
cor,. JOSEPH H. THORNTON (('im inimti,
O.) in 1885 reported that his daughter xvns
very much prostrated; had palaitatlon
of the heart, intense pain In I lie head,
nervous disorder and catarrh of the
bladder. Bho lost fifty-flvo pounds.
OtherTemedles falling, they Wan the usoof
Warner’s Safk Cure, Baku Pills nnd Bapk
Nervine, and within throe months she had
gained fifty pounds in xveight nnd wns re
stored to good Health. That xvns three
years ago, and she is still in as good health
as ovor in her life. Col. Thornton, himself,
was cured of Chronic Dlarrha-a of
eighteen years’ standing, in 1881, by War
ners Sake Cure.
Sonthern Slates, 3,034,017.
c. H. ALLEN (Leavenworth, Kan.), son
Edwin, two years of age, afflicted xvith ex
treme case of llrlght’s disease, and
the doctors ga ve him up. By the advice
of the doctor’s wife, began the use of War
ner’s SArn Cure, and ufter taking seven
bottles he is perfectly well and has had
no relapse.
Canada,
1,467,821.
C'Al’T GKO. B. WILTBANK (910 Spruco
Bt., 1’hila., Pa.), prostrated in Central
America, xvith Malarial leaver, caused
by congestion of Kidneys and Liver.
DelIrlous pnrt of the time. I,Ivor en
larged one third. Btomneh badly nffeet-
cd. Could hold nn food; oven xvntor xvas
e jected. Using less than a dozen bottles of
Warner’s Bake Cure ho writes: “I wns
Complete I y Cu red.”
Kansas City,
717,860.
MRS. (PROF.) E. J. WOLF (Gettysburg,
Pa., Wifo of tho Ed. of the Lutheran
Quarterly), began to decline with pulmon
ary consumption. (Over 50 per cent, of all
cases of Consumption are caused by dis
eased kiduoys.) Despaired of living.
After a thorough course of treatment xvitli
Warner's Bake (.'lire, she writes; “/ am
perfectly well.”
Bal. S, W, States, - 746.789,
EX-SENATOR B. K. BRUCE (South Caro
lina), after doctoring for years for xvhnt he
supposed was Malaria, discovered lie wax
afflicted xvith Sugar Diabetes, and hav
ing obtained no relief whatever from his
physicians, he began tho use of Warner's
Bake Diabetes Cure, and he says: "My
friends are astonished at my improvement.
San Francisco, • 1,242,946.
J. Q. ELKINS (Klkinsvlllo, N. C.) suffered for
ten years from Gravel, xvhich attacked
him every six months. He lost 4!
pounds in three months, and his strength
xvas nearly gone. After a thorough us.
of Warner's Bake Diabetes Cure ho re
ports; "I am as well as I ever was, af
ter using fourteen bottles.” »'
Bal. Pacific Coast, - 732,317.
Ero , r - T Testimonial xve publinh is goni^ne. Write to the testator*
enclosing stamp for reply, and learn Tor yourselves.
A Corpse, but no Pauper.
Mrs. Ann Eliza Young, nn aged xvidow.
once quite well to d , and "residing all
her life at Tuckahoe, xvas taken to the
Westchester County Almshouse nnd died
in the carriage which landed her at the
door. Instead of being received there
as a pauper sho was carried in a corpse.
The old lady wept all tho way to the
Almshouse, ancl prayed that death
might overtake her before sho becamo n
pauper. Her prayer was ansxvered at
the very threshold. When the carriage
stopped at the great door which i.
opened to so many unfortunates, she
looked out of tho carriage windoxv, gav*
a shriek ' threw un her hands, and fell
over dead. She died of shock and ex
citement.—2V. Y. Herald.
.An exchange lias nn artlole on "Why Bscs
Maks Honey." They make It to cell,
For weak lungs, spitting of blood, *bortners
of breath, consumption, nlghl-sweats, and all
lingering coughs, Ur. Pierce’s "Golden Medi
cal Discovery” is a sovereign remedy. Supe
rior to ood liver oil. By druggists.
It looks as if somebody would have to be
put on the Bulgarian throne and hold there,
If Suffbrers frmm Osnsumptl*a,
Scrofula, Bronchitis and General Debility will
try Scott’s Emulsion of Co l Liver Oil with
Hypophosphltes, they will find Immediate re
lief and permanent benefit. The Medical Pro
fession universally declare it a reraody of the
greatest value and very palixtabl*. Read: "I
havo used Scott's Emulsion lu ssvaral cases of
Screfula and Dobillty In children. Results most
gratifying. My little patients take it with
pleasure.”—W. A. Huuieht, M. D.. Salis
bury, XU.
We think we violate no confidence
xvhen we state that a hard conundrum is
like an aftist’s model, inasmuch as it is a
poser.
“What we learn with pleasure we never ror-
get.’’—Alfred Mercicr. Tlio following Is a caso
in point: “I paid out hundreds of dollars xvith-
out receiving any benefit.” says Mrs. Emily
Rhoads, of McBrides. Mich. "I had fumale
complain is, especially ‘dragging flown,’ ror
over six yeais. Dr. K. V. Fierce* ‘Favorite
Prescr.ption’ did me more good lhan any med
icine 1 ever took. I ndvise every * ck lady to
take it.” And ho do we. It never disappoint*
its patrons. Druggists sell it.
Passing around tho hat is one way of getting
the cents of the meeting.
Heliof is immediate, and a cure sure. PIiq’b
ftcmrd) fur Datarrh : &0 cents,
The wind is not evidently tempered the shorn
v\ all street lamb.
Htranger than Fiction
are the records of some of the cares of con
sumption effected by that most wonderful
remedy—Dr. Fierce’s ‘‘Golden Medical Dis
covery.” Thousands of grateful non and
women, who have boen snatched almost from
the very jaw* of death, can testify that con
sumption, in its early stages, Is no longer ii.-
CHrablo. Thu Discovery has no equal as a
pectoral and alterative, and the most obstinate
affections of tlio throat and lungs yield to Its
power. All druggists.
J* man wa* a* big a* ha f*el* there
couldn t be standing room in this comntry,
Ilaoghtero, Wires mod Mothers.
Territory.
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Our celebrated factory produces a inrgcr nuantltr
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world. Thousands who wenr them wilt tell vnuthZ
reason If you ask them. ,1A !>l KH MEANS* e»
KllOE for Hoys is unapproached lu Durability.
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DISCOVERY.
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Astob, Judah P. IIfnjamis, Drs. Minor, Wood sad
others, sent post frkk, by
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