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II THIS WEEKLY CWSTlTUTiaON: TUESDAY, MAY 6,1884. TWELVE PABBt: farms and farmers. thi oossip op thb farm as told BY FARMKRS. A Plah-Brlefilng B.tabli.um .at -Bad V (ara In Fruit OrawlnE-How to Bortth Fifllnrcl-Co'ton In Thi. nnd O h*r Con HrlM-SirZhum??? Too 1o>I??IIh Nom. 8re.. Bte. A Fuh Baeidiho Kstadlishshki.???A gen tlemen named Howeltonn baa the largest fish-breeding establishment in Great Britain, if not In the world. It was commenced ten yean ago with a stock of about 60 breeding fish, ft no tv contains mire than 40,000 breeding lisb, 500.000 small fry, ami 0 000,000 eggs in process of batching. The breeding establishment covers eleven acres. The ponds are altnated in an inclosnre that it very beautifully terraced, the turf between the ponds being kept in the condition of u lawn. Stock fist are kept outside this place in artificial ponds and streams that are care fully guarded. From an elevated summer house, located in th i center of the establish ment, every portion of it may be seen. It is planned with an eye to bua'.y as wall as to utility and profit. Kash pond is supplied with spring water, and is so arranged that all the water may be drawn from it at any time it is desirable to do so. The large fish are fed during a po rtion of the year on n species of coarse fish that is of no value as food for man. The food of the small fish consists principally of horse-flash, which is cut in small pieces and pounded. One pound per day is required for three hundred fish. All the fish are very lame. The appearance of a person on the bank of a pond causes them to rash toward the spot by thousands. A wave -denotes their advance. The fish will dirt at meat held in the hand, and will often bite the fingers. Tae establishment provides a market for all the old horses within many miles. Tbe cost of tbe establishment was over $00,000, bnt it pays 10 per cent on the investment. The proprietor thinks he could now construct an e.-taDllshment equally good for half tbe money this one cost. In that event It would pay a dividend of 30 per cent. Tbe fish bred are different varietlesof salmon and trout. None are raised for tbe table. They are all sold for the purpose of stocking ponds. Some bnye been sent to Australia and New Zealand. Thedemind is so good for the fish that the proprietor of this estab lishment proposes to start another on a still more extensive scale. Since the fisheries ex hibition in London, last season, there has been great interest in fish-breeding, not only in Great Britain, but In moat of the countries on the continent of Europe. "Bad Years" m Faurr Geowinu.???The "off year" in fruit-growing is caused, the Ontario Fruit-Grower thinks, by the trees bearing a very heavy crop, thus exbausting their energies so greatly that they are u sable the next year to produce a crop The season of 1832 was in California veiy favorable lor aprlco.s, and tbe trees bore a very heavy crop. Those varieties which have a tenden cy to overbearing hung very full of fruit, and in 1883 they of necessity rested. They are now ready for a full crop. The peach apricot does not overbear; hence in 1882 it gave an average yield, as it did also in 1883, and will probably do again in 1881 and in later years. ???As regards the orange the same rule applies In 1882'83 tbe orange crop was the heavleit everknown in California. Seeding oranges and some varieties of the buddei fruits bora heavy crops, isoeclally the older orchards. It Is also a fact that when we havo a heavy crop it Is impossible to mtrket the fruit until late in the season, and as the fruit Is allowed, mnch of it, to hang on the trees until late in May and Juno and even in July, the trees ex- pend thelr*nergles in holding the.fruit, and groringxlgormiaie I* aba, weeing. aaAoaart-r. to us pirsdoetion, an important change In there is in, roiiMqaeeaw ??? taa*-??4 WoseerngF Tanaas *oou as that begins to fail, her agricultural industries seems to be only ???oi the new ciopsna many of the blossoms supply tho deficiency with some of tbe other * *' "** * ' fail to perfect tiro frull, hence a light crop of r icli fooda named, using enough to keep up the succeeding season. For instance, b. I. the flow of milk. This conise may be cm- Uoae, of San Gabriel, during the season of 133l-'82 had about 40 000 boxes of oranges, while this season of 18S3-'84 be only has about 10,000 boxes. The same rule does not apply to so great an extent to tbe Nave', os it ia a light bearer and never produces a crop so large aa to affect tbe succeeding season's crop only to a slight degree in the event of tbe.crop remaining on tbe tree till late In the - season: but as tbe Navel is our bestfrnitlt is first picked and placed in the market, and thus far has not been allowed to remain late enough to affect the succeeding crop.??? If thlsplsuilbla theory is correct it should be easy to make every jeer fruitful by pick ing off a goodly share when the trees are too heavily set with fruit, Timely Hints About Lawks ???This is the season of the tear when the grass beginnlnj to spring is often fonnd to be very tufted am irregular, parts of It being killed out by tbe winter or hy bt ing too much covered with tbs top dressing given it In tbe falL The beet way to renovate a lawn in snob condition is to nka it thoroughly with a steel rake, so as to atir np all tbe poor spots, then taka anffl- dent grass seed and s tw the seed moderately thick. Then rake it in and beat the surface down with the back of a spade, or roll it. All weeds that appear in the fawn must ba cat out. Thistles, plsintsln and otber perennial weeds are frequently very troubleaome; the only way to get rid of them ia by catting them cut with a knife a little below tbe sur face of the ground. There la a mistaken Ida t that something may be put on the lawn to kill the wee-la; a little reflection will show that anything that would kill the weed* wob;d also kill the grass. There is no reme dy but cutting out. When a new lawn ia to be f irmed one of tbe first conditions ia that it be perfectly drained???if not naturally, then artificially??? in tbe ntnal manner. If the subsoil is sand or gravel It it not likely to need drainage, at then tbe water would paaa off freely. It ia all important when a lawn ia to be formed that the ground abonld be carefully graded, to that the surface W made perfectly smooth for the lawn-mower. Tbe seed should be town, after the ground has been properly prepared, at the rate of from three to five busbela to tbe acre and either raked or harrowed in, after which the anrfice abonld ba rolled, eo as to make it firm and smooth. This is indispensable, not only for the germination of the seel, bu> from tbe neceasl'y of having the smooth surface for the lawn-mower. In this latitnde 'he seed may be sown any time daring the months of April and May, and if tha ground is la a good condi'.ion a lawn can be obtained the first season.???New York Evening Post. SoaenuM- From letters received from many readers of Home and Farm, I am led to believe that they are interested in this crop, and will, as briefly as possible, give my plsn for planting and cultivating it. Spend time to thoroughly prepare the land before planting; have as clean as possible from stalkj, weedr. and grass. Plow thor oughly, and banow so that tha soil la in as good s condition as possible; mark off tbs rows very shallow, five feet apart. I always prefer planting in drill running the rows aa evenly ae possible. Cover lightly???just so the seed Is covered is all that is necessary. Soak the seed at least twenty-four hoars be fore planting, especially if to ba town by hand. It ia slow to germinate and still slow er to grow. Commence tbe cultivation aa soon ai possible after yon can ao?? tbe sprig; keep clean. I prefer either a doable shovel plow or walking cultivator, as they can be ran much closer to the growing cane than a diamond plow. Hand boe. ratberthan allow the weeds to get a start. Do not 1st the cane stand in buncoes, thin it ont until the stalks stand at least two or three luebea apart in tha rows; much better re??ulis will ba obtained. Tbe principal part of the cultivation should be given In the first six weeks after the cant I makes its appearance above tbe ground, and should in this time be cultivated at least three timea. For early maturing cane, plaat Early Arc her; for intermediate, either Early Orange or Kansas Orange; for late, there are a num ber of varieties, as the ord Liberian Texas, Goose Neck, Silver Slip, Gold Dost, Lynk???s Hybrid, etc., either of which are good, if proper care is taken In preparing the toil and cultivating after planting.???N. J. Shepherd, in Home and Farm. Eldon, Mo. The Temper or the Italia* Bik???When I first came to this country, eight years ago, I found tnere was a prevailing belief among thnsa wbo kept a few bees, that the Italians were a very cross kind of bees. Many would say to me, ???Ob, I would like the Italiaus, bnt they are so dreadfully cross t cannot do any thing with them.??? But I soon found out why it was si. A certain bee-keeper had, some ye era before, bought one fts'i in quean, and from that one he had raised queeus and bees, and though he had probably raised bnt very few, if any, Btrictly pure qneene, he had eoUl mauy hybrids for Italians. Some of the purchasers claimed they had tbe Italians, when in reality their bees bad scarcely a trace of the Italian blood left. Any experienced bee keeper will aay that the hybrids are much worse to sting tban either the Italians or tha blacks, in their parity. Lest summer I built a picket fence around my apiary of eight hives, and in doing so it was necessary to work in front of four hives of pure Italians, within two feet of them, and iu doing all tbe work to complete the fence, I do not know that a single bee moleited me; but one hive of the hybrids that was ten or fifteen feet away, was so annoying to me that I had to light -my smoker and give them a good smoking bsfore they would let me alone. This;trait I have always noticed about the Italians, that they may baast near the garden path or any gate or door, and parsons cun pass and repass and do any necessary work near them, and not be stung at all, where they would be many times by either blacks or hybrids. For this reason alone I consider tha Italians far tbs preferable bees to keep, even if they do coat a little more to start with.???A. A. F.. in Farm and Finable. Cottox in Tbis and Otbib Cot-NTati*.???Be sides the Uoited States the chief countries for the production of ootton are tha Kut In dira, Egypt, Brazil, the Weat Indies, and Guiana. Ind' given him bost remits In proportion to cost of any dry food thatho had ever used. known remedy, together with catting cttllareat all affected, they should bedujtarly and infested branches from which the sap (gam) I stored In a cool place. la ocxing from near the buds. I should advise | ??? ??? spraying the foliage and fruit with tbe whale-1 "aaorzstoa 2 bn i.d recommends ba tbo best oil soap and salpbnraoiation, to prevent the grain food lor cows four parts of bran, two parts of females of the next brood from depositing corn meal and one part of linseed meal as having their egg) on the peaches, and repeating th spraying in eight er ten days. By addingone pound of Imhach to every ten gallons of tho eolation, it will destroy any uf the moths around tho tree. From tho also of the cat erpillars at this date (they are nearly full grown) in moderately warm weather the sec ond brood will appear betore the 1st of Usy. Mr. Willis, of 8acrsmento county, brougb t some specimens of peach bnda infested by larvai, from tbe orchard of Mrs. Miller, uear the Lake house. One specimen is the larvai of A. lineatelD, bnt the second is somewhat diilerent in appearance, altliongh engaged in the same mischievous work. It differs from tbe former in having its head and cervical shield yellowish white, and the piliferous spots more prominent. In size and eolor of body, and iu habits, it is similar to the larvte of A. lineatella, and is probably a variety uf thia apeciea. ndia contributes a supply of cot ton next in Importance to that of tbe United States. Their totsl production waseslimst-d as far bscic as 1858 at 0 500,000 bales of 373 pounds each. Although great pilns have been taken, however, to improve the cotton culture in Indie, and seeds from other coun tries and methods in use in the Uaited States have been produced at great expense tbe a ua'lty baa not been male to equal In quality be long staple obtained In America, and can never be substituted Mr American cotton. Ceylon, Borneo, and otber islands of tbe Indian Archipelago have long produced cot ton. Japan prodnoee it. A portion of Aus tralia ia well adopted to it, bnt no country, either of the old or new world, is probably to be compared to America for tha adapta tion of ita soil and climate for this cultiva tion. The principal cotton droducing dla trict of Africa is Ervpt, where its cultivation was introduced In 1821. Tbe extended culture of cotton in Brazil, which was begun early in the present can tury, has increased sp rapidly that for mnny years that country ranked next to tbe United Sts ts In (mount produced; and, with an em- prror fall of broad, liberal views, and their government contributing, perhaps, more money each year for the encouragement of improved methods of cottotf culture than all the implement 1 of our cotton states have cos: daring the past ten ya*rs, it behooves ns to look well to oar laurels. ???Boston Herald. How to Ewstcn Pastures.???Pat on a few more oows than the pasmrci will support for the whole season???say 25 per cent more???or as many aa will consume the grass while tinned till olover, peas and oats, or tedder corn, can ba given for soiling, to take the place of the dry feed, in part. By anoouriing the herd partly on green, pertly on dry feed, and partly by green eoillag, tbe milk they will give above what they would produce on grass alone, will pay for all tbe extra feed and labor, and abmetnlng besides as profit, aud tha large amoang of rich droppings which will be scattered over tbe pastures will soon tell upon tbelr fertility. It would pay to start up the pastures bv sowing over them equal quantitlca of bone flour and land plas ter, mixed, rather than to leave them aa they are, but It will be much better to enrich them by extra feed, ea that pays its own cod. Top-dress the meadows in the fall with barnyard manure, if you have any, and if not do io early in the spring, with tha finest manure you can get, leaving the coar>er quality; for plowing under. Tbe rich mt< nurayouwl l get from feeding well with rich food will give your meadows a atari at once, and repeated applications will soon give you h>avy crops.???National Live Stock Journal, Cuicsgo. Ewbilaox Must Stay.???In my opinion the time has passed by for discussing the useful ness of tola system of preserving fodder as tf it were n doubtful question. When I aee l> stated that in ??ne place silos are standing empty, and that in another place snob an ill- smelling product was turned ont as almost to make men lick to stand near It, etc., I want to see how each farmers manage their affiirs generally, before I accept their results and opinions as vend against ensilage. Fatal liar, as every reader of tbe papers must be with the oft-repeated acconnta of palatable, whole some, and not ill-amelliog fodder, often even good smelling fodder, these eilos yield if iroperlymnde and properly (1 led, I should ie toe mnch ashamed of myself If I got such bad reeulta as these, and tban talked about them; f would bury the staff oat of light sad try again, realived to does well as buodreds o: others bad doae. I would as soon think, if I were a cbeeae maker, of telling the newt- papers that all tbe cheese in my f tetory had turned out rotten and nnendurably offensive, and of giving that resnlt any weight against tbe rystem of preserving milk by tnrnmg it into cheese. It is only fo'ty to say now, in tbe face of the experience of even only a few yean in which ensilage has been tried bare, that it must go, or that there iiany fear oil's going; it has come to slay, and he useful to those who know bow to make ita i.???Dr G. <!. Caldwell of Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Hatcbiwo Chick e ss???To get the most chickens hatchrd out in the early part of Ihe season, and at the same time economies in the force of natural mothers, we have made practice of setting as niony bens at one ...ns as possible. Taen, when they corns off we give abaat two broods to one hen end >ut another setting of eggs under the other ten. Thus they may b ??? set three times in succession. Some may thing that is too much, bnt twice will not hurt. Three times is peirnMbit when tbe hen It well cared tor and aet eo early as not to lead lato hot weath er. When hens steal their nesta away they generally batch well, which teaches us a lea son. that dirt should ba pat in tbe bottom of tbe nests. If set in boxes it prevents tbe boxes from becoming too dry. If two bens Tbe best plan we have ever tried to get ???new potatoes" a few days in advance of the main crop, and to be firet in tbe race???which is one of tbe many pleasures in gardening???is to select inediutn-slznd potatoes, and pat them in a box of Sphagnum moss, or, it tbsl cannot be obtained, sawdust or common gar den soil will answer; place tbe potatoes seed- end up, and fill between them and under them with the moas, leaving only the tip of the potato exposed. This will canse tbelead- ing eye to sprout, which takes molt of tbe nourishment from the tuber, and consequent- ly is much stronger than it wonld be It tbe otber oy- s produced plants. These abonld.be started ab jut a month earlier than tbe usual planting time. The boxes of tubers may be placed la a hotbed, or ia any warm room, giving them all tbe light possible. When the time has arrived for planting ont, remove tbe tubers as earofully as possible, in order not to Injure tbe roots, and plant In well pre pared soil. Remove any except the main shoot, should any appear. By this method potatoes may be bad from one to two weeks earlier than by tbe ordinary method of plant ing.???Florida Cabinet. To Produce Seedless Watermelon*.???A correspondent of the Floridian give* tbat pa- . . .. . .. *??#dl** per tbe following plan to procure watermelons. We, however, doubt the suc cess, as the wetermelon in the tropics takfs root from every joint and continues blaring all the year. We never saw ona without seeds. Tbe gnava, cotton, etc., may be made seedless by splitting the stem and taking out the pith, and there are other ways of treating plants to attain the same result. The Florid ian says of the watermelon: Aseoon as the vine has attained the length of three or four feet or more, pltce under it, about midway the vine, tbe amount of compost yon would pat in a hill. To do which it is tbe best to excavate the earth, and bring to a level with good compos'-. Fiace the vine over this and cover to a sufficient depth to prevent drying, leaving out as much as possible of the bad. As soon ai it has taken root cot it loose from tne parent stem. If tbere should be a bloom, or bloom bad, before It takes root In tbe place of seed* tbere will be white pulps, bnt none olterwards. Tbe Tobacco Industry.???Tbe tobacco in dustry of South Catolina, which, more than a centnry ago, whs represented by the an nual export of 8 000 hogsheads from the port of Charleston, but which long ago dwindled away to notning, is likely to be revived to its for ner proporilons within a few years. The South Carolina planters have been Interested by the resalts of tobacco growing in North Carolina, whose yellow tobacco belt yields profits os high In tome instances, as $350 an acre aud tbere is a pretty large ares of Saath Carolina soil which will henceforth be de voted to the weed, in preference to cotton Tobacco is what tbo planters term a "cash crop " and. as Siilth Carolina is well adapt, il a matter of time. The same maybe sail of Georgia. It is surprising tbat onr planters hnve so long neglected thia great staple, which la ever profitable to tbe farmere of Pennsylvania and Connecticut,???Savannah Times. Lncient Roadways.???Whether In ancient times betur road* and pavements were built than at present, or whether only tbe best onrsremalo.lt uncertain; but It Is certain tbat some of the remains of sneh structures fonna In Rome, for instance, evince engin eering skill and perfection of work in a high degree. These were laid ont carefully, ex- ovaied to eolld ground, or in-swampy places made eolld by piles. Then the lowest course was of small-surd broken atones, none less than three or four in tbai tn diameter; over these were a course, nine inches thick of rab ble of broken stones cemented with lime,well r-m tied; over this a course, six inches thick, ol nroken bricks and pottery, also cemented with lime; upon tbis was laid the navlman- turn, or pavement, composed of slats of tbs hardest stone, joined and fitted together as closely as possible. This was costly???tbe Appian Way, about 130 milts in lengtb, baring almost exhausted the Roman treasu ry???but U was as enduring as nature???s own work. Shade Trees.???Th* Importance of sbade treee soonld under no circumstances be over looked by tbe farmer, and where tbere is a vacant spot where these gifts of nature can be given a locn'.ion, it should bs done. Now is the time to prepare fer spring planting, cd tbis shonld bi eccompltsned tbe momeui tha frost Is onto! the ground, and before the buds of the airing trees to be transplant ed begin to swell. Tney can be used for both utility and ornament aronnd farm dwellings, and they may be planted near tha b irdere of cattle yards, thus affording tbe luxury of shale for domestic animals in very warm weather. In paatnrea trma cen be aet out in groups for tbs likepuruore, especially woen the fields are to remain permanently in gresi. the cos: ia si unimportant that there is no exeats for its omisdon by soy farmer. The prettiest country home is the one that is almost bidden from view hy foliage. Fault Gaowtwo Pays ???Who say that frnlt growing dues not pat 7 Look at tha fortunes oar fruit dealert have made. Los Angeles alone can show at least half a dos in men who hive acquired a email fortune In boylog and soiling f tilt within a (aw years, until they now consider themselves tnsa???era of the fruit market. A number ufemaller dealers have cqiired a coiup-tencv in tb* same bu.lneea A gentleman engaged in growing fruit lately said, in u converaa'lon a*, this office: ??? With one-fourth the money I have invested, and not one-foartb the work, I cmid hav* mads small fortune In baying and selling fruit; i it ia I am only miking a living. 1 would like to see some system of co-operation Inaug- u-ated by onr fruit farmers.???Rural Call- Ionian. NOTES. Pcxrxnta, aqauhes, tarolpa, beau, ate., do not taka np much room while growing, hut maka a big ttaa la tb?? feed and health of the farm stock. VntrtLATS, light and maka warm pool try home*, and don't feed hana an corn If yon want them to toy. Pat sulphur In the dail bath. Pro- when taken oft the neat they get along to- __ gather and seldom fight, bnt If one is pot in I a VtawowT daibyban uti a young e*li abonld to-day and another to-morrow or next day, 1fed ibree timet a dav Oe.r-f.tdtr,. i??????. ffiEftsas* for thtt wiu ??? c * ,,er ,h# The Peacb Moth.???George Woofaey, lone, California, write* to the Record Union: Tbe . peel mens are received by express. The larv* boring in the terminal leaves of the peach are certainly the larvte uf tbe peach moth (Anarsia lineatella), and I can only repeat tbat picking off infested twigs, and destroy ing them by burning, ia the only present Knouts snsrExani, speaking from experlecoe, ???ay that aasUige ft never more naefal and valuable than when the lamblag seatos bu commenced. It being highly benaficial to milking ewao. 1nsas AU courLAtwra la tuny quarters that wet weather, when potatoes ware rotting, bae earned a geatral revalenes of rot. If the tubers An Ouie fabnes waahe. his apple trees every spring and fall with a stroig lye that will float an egg and Unde It to be turn death to tbe borers. He claims that he has not loat a tree three beginning title practice, although he had lost aeveml pre viously. T.8. ARTHUR AT SEVENTY-FIVE. For man y years the genial counten ancc of Mr. T. 8 Artbnr has been a familiar eight to tbe cltlzeniof Philadelphia,at be has walked the streets of the oity on tbe route between his home and his office. Hie name has been a household word among tbe readers of pure literature, thronghont the whole country. And "Arthur's Home Magazine,??? which he has so long and ao successfully edited, has secured so hearty and to permanent a wel come in many thousands of tbe best house holds in the land, that Mr. Arthur cannot be regarded as a stranger by Intelligent people Thi psactici of mulching yonng trees alter they ! 8 V,*?*!*??? , rb * n "' n 7 ,torlea ?? El1 tales of are ret out aeema to be growing tn favor. i t kcepi which he ia the author, are written in tbe tho mil nut ,rH .???a Interest of parity, good morals and reform; ?????? d fihjnp during the summer end nndi , ipfCta U y which are in Bid of thi prevents plants from drawing Item tbo soil. The tempera, ce work, have been productive of mulch should extend well outfrom the baa; of immense good. They have had an excep tionality favorable reception, and have nobly Old cows, milked to the last profltsblo moment, ???! adms an^nohle ^inttoHm??. n * Pe ?? P ?????? are worth little to the butcher. lie cow of about J It might be supposed by those who have 13 years of egeoould be haafor nothlogshewould | n,,t personally seen Mr. Arthur tbat a man hardly bring la any profit by fattening, fortn pro I who could for yean work ns diligently as he portion u her life becomes exhausted so will dl-1 lias, and wbo could produce the extraordi- leallon gradually fall. I nary amount of superior literary material .... . .. ??? . . which has come from hia pen, mnat be one of Jn 181a Maauchuactnreported460.0C0aheep; now I giant physique and ronuat cona'ilutlon. that state haa 65.0CO. Of 41,000 fanners In Hana- j Those who are familiar with bis slender form ebueetn 35,000 own dogs. Ae moat dogs have a do- know that it ia far otherwise. Hia oonstilu ddod fondneae for getting Into the iheep buslneie lion waa never atroog. About 18i0 he Imd there may be some connection between the stalls-1 suffered to such an extent from physical and Ucal facta above mentioned. nervous exhaustion that moat of his friends ??? gave him np as not likely to llee long. Rians are not eaten whole by any kind of stock | accrued is If his work was almost done, excontlag sheep. But by grinding and mixing I The narration of Mr. Arthur's decline In with com or oatmes', beans unfit for tale may be I health, and of hia restoration to vigor and profusely fed to cattle, boraet aud pigs They arc enjoy ment of life, ia of singular interest, veiy strong food and aa stock become used to them I ??* 8lven by hlmeelf to one of our editors who tho proportion of bean meal may be Increased. | ???gSSS^ttj??ri??2SS&gSK^ TouNOHENln England hare been advised'to I -???Previous to the year 1870 my health had come to Ametlca to engage tn growing mutton for I been very poor. For a number of years I the English market. It 1. predicted that the sup-1 ??? 1 * 1 * been steadily losing ground in conae- ply cannot keep pace with tho Inoretulng demand. 1 , I n {L???! rTOU * Perhapt tho yonng men of America will do well to f,f.nd?^L??52 consider such advice u being worthy their own at- I ver y g n g[ nlu about me. ^nlyafew of the teotlon. I most hopeful of them thought I could live hU^sheep He put.a.m., ih.ndfu, ,,l iJol ???^"7 V.l!! each thistle at the root. Thoiheep cat tho thistle I ??? v , r a f#w , qutrfi without great fatigue, doeo to the ground. The aalUng Is repeated u of-1 The very we Ignt of my body was to ma a tea ae may be neceesary and the thistle seldom ep-1 wearisome burden. My appetite was poor, pears the second year. I and my digestion was much impaired. , ... ??? '???, _ . , , . I "Abuut this lime nty attention was at- It la said that Russian foresters cut trees juit trar:tptl to Compound Oxygen ns then admin before the bark tightens tn the spring to much for |,i rr ed by Dr. 8 arkey. I had heard of won- pealing. They atrip tho bark off. bnt leave tha up-1 derful cures wrought by its agenoy; so won- per hranchea and their leaves untouched. Through I derlul Indeed, that, had I not personal!) these leaves much of tha cap in the body of the tree I known the doctor, and porsreaed Che fnliest evaporates before they become dry, the trunk sea- confidence In him, I should have been very wns repidly and maket limber much more veins- ???kcptlcal on the snbjeot. I tried the Oora- ahte for an, purpose than*.,cut In winter. &T5 How much la skimmed milk worth for feeding worse than I was, and I hoped It might make purpoeeal This Is an Important question In but* I me betler. That it would do for me wbat It ter-maklng districts, aud quilo often the posalblo I has, I had not dared to hope." ' uaool aktmmcd milk determine, tho profit or lorn ???How eoou dl.l you begin to realize Ihe ad ol the dairy. With yonng, gtowlog pigs, an addb. I t *.?ai*!Lyi???is. ??IT.M ... tionof theiklmmed mtlk/remaoow lu full How L^ota stimulant, tm'ofa prntle *nd sl ot milk for each pig will keep them growing Mth nin>t imperceptible vlilllzer of the whole very IllUe corn. It Is quite aa well, however, to I system. Soon I began to have a aense of have two or three pigs to every oow end supple-1 such physical comfort as I had cot known for meut the fe??d with a greater proportion of grain. I many yean. My alrnngth was gradually re- For tha amount tbat they will eat no kind ol stock I turning. Tbiaalowly hut steadily increased, will make so profitable use of milk aa laying hens. 1 In a few months I was able to resume m ??? I pen, and within six months after doing so A coaaxtroNDXNT of tbe Poultry Yard followi I completed one of my largest and moat car. the plandcicrlbtd below, whloh, If carefully uisd, 1 neatly written books; and tbis without may ho aafo and effective. Hasaya: I make saw I suffering any drawback, and without any -that la, I taka 2x4 scantling end I return of the old feeling of exhaustion. For applied beuchu for roosts???ilmt [n, . ,, , w nail legato them of Ihe length to suit apaoe and breed. Thcar, aa you will at onco aee. can bemov- HKjji^hlljLtwork^fmrUfe.???* efi at pleasure when clMffing, dropping or for auy ???Did'yonr uniform good health continue other reatou that may prcaantltaell; hut the heat (IurlDg tbnseyeare, or dlilyoU enffer relapses part of It la as regards llco. Every week I take my I j Q t n your former slate of exhaus ion???? kerosene can and go to tho hoohouso, carefully I ???The improvementw??a nubatantialand par- pick up and carry out of doota my saw-bcnchcs, I mnnent- Not only had I no return of the old pour the koroaeue on them aud touch It off; the weiknees rind exhausted feeling, hut I was flame will quickly run over every part of It and go I uhle to work In my etudy from three to four out without burufng too wood, but every mite, or I hours * *'??????? TEe constant remark I heard bit that would havo been one, you are rid of for- Tbi P* V ever. 1 have followed thi. plan for acme lime and *S??1??? Uledly Use ????. oKsS?. have no trouble with lice. I pound Oxygen. For twenty yearn I had suf- To razvzNT and curb narrow heels lu hones I fared With paroxysms of nervous headache, and mulee. whloh 1. produced by bad .hoeing, trim ^??t^e. once or twito. week-^ey were the hoof anfllclontly (not tco much) ????to fit in a year after I commenced IbeCom- properly the thee to the hoof and 1st the shoe be I p 0Und Oxygen treatment, these were almost large enough to coma ont well to the outer rim of I entirely gone. It Is now over ten years since the hoof. Never bum the hoof to fit the shoe. 11 | lm l m 0 h an attack. I was, moreover, liable After fitting the shoe aa above, drive In the two | to taku cold, and I bad frequent attacks of nails nearest the toe of the hoof. These two front I InflueLsa, whloh always left me with a Iron- nails place the (hoe exactly where needed; next bleaome cough. It ia very rarely that I now drive In one nail on each aids next to the two al-1 Jf^e cold When I do w lit once resort to ready at the toe; next drive In tbe foorlh and " b J?? brcak ??? fifth; and lastly drive In tho two next to the heel. ^1 now Anhnr^whit Ie voiir nr... By this means tho third and fourth nails open or en t C ondlllon of heulthr?????? y 1 expand the foots little, the fifth and sixth natla .. xt u j bt ve any right to desire or ex- expand It still more, and the last two, which are I motet my somewhat advanced ageof seventy- the seventh and eighth nails, oompUteelbeexpau-1 flvo. I steep well aud am able to takem; .... ... . . . JO take my alonof the hoof to tho extent desired, and glvethe | proper amount of food, enjoying my meals with regularity end heartiness. My digestion, although slow, ia good. I do not confine nfy- relief from cramped heels In every instance. Try | with regnlarlty aiid heartiness. It for humanity's sake A DOZEN I riOUOHTB. self to any particular articles of diet, but eat wbat otber people eat, rejecting of course Ilmt which aeema to be Indigestible, or too rich. I am able to attend to my customary Fi riasrmow ia a sirt of parody of faith.-Ouids. Th* weak may b* Joked out of anything, but I p t erary work, devoting about four hours a their weakness -Zimmerman. I dav to It, and that without any rsnaa of CoosAtaol the weak, gcutleueas of Ihs strong??? I weariness except aa to my eyes. Were it nut both worthy of adoraUoo.???Marie Kachenhack. I for the fact that with advancing years I find Tnzax laono thin, worso tban cant in a man of I nty eyesight nut aa good aa it formerly was, I Christian blrlh-lt la paganlsm-Profemor Phalpe. I should be able to work lODgerwilhout fatigue. Gan (tailed when be put humor Into the human I} *nj??, moderate exercise, and taka It ream Beecher ?? n a*^* " Tb *t ^ Henry Wort I {jjjjfc'jljj'ftjrmeriy ao*d??preaaSif ??? Mildly commingled, mimtery and mlrthluineae I j^had by'ore SUrirey^khSra InthX^ make a good medicine for many minds' maladies, I pbiets and advertisements, If literally true, ???Tnomae Jefferson Burnham. I ahow Compound Oxygen to be the moat re- A wide, rich heaven hat-as shove you, but It I markable curative agent yet discovered. Do hargehlah; a wide, rouxb world laareuudyoaaad you believe them all to be genuine? It llei veny lew.???Donald u. Mitchell. I "I have tha moat complete confidence in In the whole universe there ere no agents to | them. for years I have Jiad^ pereonaj ac woik out the misery of Ihe aoul Ilka-lie o ??? passions. Not the fits, the darkness, the l the tempest -Dr. Dewey. I their professional rela'iona'to the public. . CubistiaNtTY, which li always Hue to Ihe heart, I Bm ||, tt neither of them would or could knows no ahatract virtues, bnt virtues resulting I become a parly to any fraud or deception, from onr wants and useful to all.???PrancoleB. a., I But facts are of more value than opinions. Vlcomta da Chateaubriand. I Let tne give yon a fact, I publish a mage- Aa in tba sun???s aolipaa we can behold Ihe areal I *lp??. and have bad an advertising contract ???tan (bluing In the heavens, ao In data IffseUlpee I *1*^ Palm lor oyer tlx years, have these men beheld the lights of the great star-1 J^ji 0 ^ni !??? t /| D /???V 1 1 ,Vvtn U ,hm.^nr __ a _ _ mnrl fnn-wav Tjtntrffllln* I Oil?? (O MIX Of B??V??Q QlllCrPDt TP|)Orti! Of nlty, hurulgg aohmiilj ?? n< > cia??a and cares under their new treatment, ??? "Wie ??nd dlacouaolata preacher. I or UT(r three hundred in all. Now, In every Don???t bewail and bemoan. Omit the negative | Ran j have examined tha pallent???s letters, propoattloua. Nerve na with incessant afilnna-1 from which theae reports were taken, and Uvea. Don???t waste yourself In njectloa, nor bark I knew tbe extracts mod* therefrom, and pub- attaint! tbs bad, but chant the beauty of th* good. I fished In my tnagtilne, to be literally correct. -Emerson. Stronger evidence of genuineness than this, Po* ages bapplnws haa been represented aa a I cannot of courts be given." baso DMclouf itODCe impoMlbl?? to And. which pco* J Arthur, coin?? ypurj Ago you mv6,?? t??fl* Pi. ??.kC*^f R^not to tetXreu W m,d mortc. composed of a thou-andllttleatoare, which ^eAlely !n Your' rnag'zme concerning separately end of Uumsclve. have little value, bnt jl <Mr a. Starkey A Pdlen. Do you, In view of which, netted wl:h art, form a graceful design ??? I y 0ur present acquaintance with tbeaegentle- Mme.inrilodeGIrar.llu | men, and your urge experience with Com H ???- I pound Oxygen, endorse all you have esld???? Prom tb. Philadelphia Gail. tiou ???Utere/??? 1 ' 7 ' ??? d aDy "I eey,\ aatd a railroad br.kem.o, rnnaln* into ,. And now ' ??? to t.atlmomala. Have you depot restaurant, "the forward Hacks of my car tt , ny ,|me given a testimonial In favor of have slipped <ff the rslli. nave yon got a piece of other epedal remedial agents or modes of Iron any where about that we could use for a I treatment?" lever?' I "Never. The first and only time that I I don't believe I hare.??? replied tha proprietor. I have permitted mv name to b?? used in com YYbst'a this?" asked the brakeman, trying to | mencinfj _a curative spent to public notice lift something from the counter. TbiCiipoon cftkft " "Well. I guvs It will do Hit Isn't too brittle, wtlf bring H been to a miant-.'??? Tbe DMMb ??r Ink stole. and confidence is in tbe case of Compound Oxygen, This 1 bave done, not from solicita tion, but volantarily, and from a aenae of duty. I believe, tbatin the useof tbia newly discovered substance, diseases long classed as ??? . .. . "incurable," may be greally ameliorated and Wasbinoton, April 2S???Jack Cole, oue of the very often entirely broken, aod tbe sufferer ???allots of tha lost areUc expedition steamer Jean- I restored to comparative good hraltb. 1 also trie, died al tha insane asylum here this morning j believed tbat by its use the liability to dis ol dropsy. Hrwaaotieof tbe bravest and most I ease may ba removed, ae<l tbe general health ik'WuK.I ibeJeATieitu'sctew.and was weltki.own I of the community greatly improved. From pennoallr to Mr. Bioaett. to vrbu*, jacht. ?????? Dread- w hat I know of iu action, aa well in my own Ktuioa of tbe Utter'* t?*B**AtUnUc rtce.* H?? b$?? J tbbt of nitoy other??, I am MtUfied c??m-< tjunsMitie remit of tha hardship, and ei-1 H promptly used it will arrest the pro- lUenentdt tbs retreat upon the Lena. gram of scats pneumonia, consumption catarrh and mos'tof the diseases which origin ate In colds. Belldfflng thia,as I certainly do, and from evidence Wbicb is too direct aftd positive tn bs ignored, I wonld be direiect in tuyduty if I did not d<1 fill in my power to In duce the sick and Buffering toseefc relief in theusoof so beneficient an agent.??? ???Havo you seen and known otherpsraono wlm Ii li vc used Compound Oxygen; end have yon had opportunities of observing to wbat extent they nave received beneSi?" ???My observation and my opportunities in tbis respect have been large. I have been mnch at the office of Drs. 8tarkey & Pol-n, and bava become personally acquainted with many who have taken the Treatment. In almost every case, where a fair trial was given, decided benefit was obtained. Suite very remarkable coses In consumption, rheu matism, catarrh, congestion of the lungs, - asthma, etc., have come to my personal know!' edge, the resulu of whloh seemed almost miraculous." "Do you rreort to tbs Compound Oxygen Treatment, now that yoar health la restor ed V ??? "I flo not, as a regular thing. Only when I have a cold, as I before remarked, I take it for a day or two. and always with good effect. I find that It helps nature to throw off tbo cold, by Imparting the needed vitality to en able tbe system to do ita proper and natural work. It pula nature Into condition to defend itself against the attacks of disease. It tbere are any cases in which persons are disappointed in regard to Compound Oxfgen, I believe them to be thaw ia whloh patients have b-en so impatient for apeedy cure that they have dropped tbe Treatment before It bad oppor tunity to make ita Impression on tbe system. Bucb people will fly from one remedy, consume large quantities of al most every medicine brought to tbeir notice, and yet continue to be Invalids. Compound Oxygen docs not cure by magic in a moment. If it claimed to, it would be qnackery. But I regard it as one of the most wonderful and beneficent cnratlve agencies ever brought to pnhllo notice.??? For further and falter answers to the count* lees inquiries suggested by the above to thoughtful minds, and to those who are so licitous about their own well being and ttrat of their friends, mail your ad trass to Drs. Htarkey A I'olen, 1109 and HU Girard street, l???hlUitelphia. The pamphlet yon Will re- oelve In reply will net forth full nir'icniare. BUSINESS MEN. Wculrd from the Inbora of the d*T, on ftotnf homo, find tbftt ihf-y cannot have the denJrod ana ttfctavuy rc*t, for lho little darling Is still suffering, and slowly and pitifully wasting away by in?? CRAMPED FINANCIALLY, parents who havo boon nunlng iho little one?? wasting away from th?? drainage upon lu atatrm from the effects of teeth* l"g, no'll given l>r. LlKgti*' Southern Bemtdy. Price W corns. SAVED. That little child suffering with that night fiend to cblldron. coup, w*s relieved by the Immediate nae of Taylors (Jherokee Krmady of Sweet Qua and Mullein, an undoubted croup preventive, and rare for coughs, colds whooping cough, consump* tlon and aU lung and bronchial IroubTc??. Price 29 rruts and |l 00 Aalr your druggist for it. Mann* facurvd tn Walter A. Taytor, Auanta, Ga., proprie tor Taylor'a premium cologne. /???Ai A'' mi * '????"n SPRING CLOTHING, H ATS FURNISHING GOODS; Merchant Tailoring. tn each of tboae donartmenta onr atock la com plete, embracing alrth?? noveltlra of the aeaaou. and we are telling them at low prtooa. The eathrr h getting floe, and yon abonld dreaa np 1 M Uay??? clothing. A. 0. M. 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