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HOME AND FARM. ■ —Breaktast Rolls: One quart of flour, ouo pint of milk, one table-poon ful of butter, one tablespoonful of yeast. — Exchamic. * —A large area of the poorer laud and of the hill and mountain country, of no agricultural value, is fitted for the profit able growth of timber.— British Gmien. —Light Lough Dumplings: One Eound of raised dough; make into small alls the s.ze of an egg, with one ounce of cnopped sect, a few raisins or cur rents; boil in plenty of water; servo with butter and sugar or with sauce.— The Household. —Mr. J. H. Gregory says that onions and squashes in peet soil are spongy, potatoes ‘'scabby’' and other vegetables generally coarser than usual: “hence it is well to limit the crops on such land to cabbage and grass.”—A. Y. Tribune. —A New Jersey farmer says that he gave a dressing of salt (eight bushels to the acre) to 4 and badly infested with white grubs, and for three years after raised good crops of corn, which vr/s impossible previous to this application. —A correspondent of the New Vor* World, in giving advice about selecting trees from the nursery, says tnat some young nursery trees have all their roots on one side. Such trees will invariably topple over or careen to such an extent as to render them almost worthless. —Roast Pork: To insure the crack ling being crisp and eating abort, care must be taken not to put the joint too near to the lire at first; it should bo placed at some little distance, if not the crackling would harden before the meat would be warmed through. If very lean a little good salad oil should he rubbed in before putting down to roast, and it must be kept thoroughly well-basted during the time of roasting. — N. Y. Herald. —The Connecticut Farmer says: “A bottle of carbolic acid should be kept in every farm house, not only as a disin fectant, but as a wash for wounds and sores. For any purpose it should be di luted with water. Its power to destroy fungus growth makes carbolic acid in valuable in pruning orchards of pear, plum or peach where blight or disease is suspected. The pruning shears shoul I be frequently dipped in c.u'bo ic acid water.” —Farmers who have old orchards which entirely cover the ground and wh ch can not be cultivated or plowed up, eau do no better than to cover the whole ground tbiekiy with straw or musty hay. This is best done in the “odd years,” when the orchard does not bear heavily. A covering of straw six or eight or even twelve inches thick will generally rot down and nearly dis appear in a year under the shade of an old orchard. When plowing is impossi ble this practi e is probably the best ex pedient. E\ en old corn-stalks are good for this purpose.— Willamette 1 arnur. The Effects of Drainin'' on the Soil. The beneficial effects of drainage are very marked. The stagant water is re moved from the surface, and from the 801 lto the depth ot the drain. Plants need w ater, but they do not thrive in stagnant water, ’lhe roots of plants will even decay if kept too wet. Culti vated plants will not usually extend their roots into the soil below the line at which water stands permanently. Land which is well drained will not only be dry early in the spring, but will suffer less from drought during the hot weather of summer than the wet soil The surfa e of wet land generally bakes into a hard crust when the water dries out of it, while if it is underdrained so that the water drains away, the surface will be leit soft and pulverant. Colonel George E. Waring, Jr., in his Handbook of Husbandry, sums up the advantages of tile draining, as follows: It greatly le sens the evil ejects of drought. 2. It enables the soil to receive a larger supply of the fertilizing ga es of the atmosphere (carbonic acid and ammonia), ft. It warms the lower portions of the soil. 4. It lessens the cooking of the soil by evaporation. 5. It greatly facilitates the chemical action by which its mechanical texture is improved. 6. It tends to prevent grass lands from run ning out. 7. It deepens the surface soil. k. It.renders the soil earlier in the spr ng, and keeps off the effects of cold weat! er longer in the fall. 9. It prevents the throwing out of grain in winter. 10. It enables us to work much sooner after rains. 11. It pre vents land from be coming sour. 12. It lessens the formation of a crust on the soil after rains in hot weather.” The late .)ohn H. Klippart, in a simi lar manner, summarized the advantages of draining as follows: “1. The drain age removes stagnant water from the surface. .2. It removes surplus wat *r from under the surface. 3 it length ens the seasons. 4. It deepens "the soil. 6. It warms the soil. ti. It equalizes the temperature of t'.e soil during the season of growth. 7. It carries down soluble substances to the roots of the plants. It presents “heavingout,” or “freezingout.” !'. It prevents injury from drought 10 It improves the quality and quantify of the crop. 11. It increases the eliects of manures. 12. It prevents ru£t in wheat, and fot in potatoes.” By draining, the rich stores of plant food wh eh have been for ages accumu lating in low, wet ground, are made available for the use of plant growth. Many of our swamps and meadows, if well drained, would prove almost *s productive as the rich prairie land of the West. Many a man who has sold his farm in the Eastern ‘-tates and gone West to obtain rich land, might oavfe obtained ri h land at home by draining his wet land. —New Enqland Farmer. —An application, purporting to lie signed by Colonel Maurice Pinchover, has been sent to the United Sta es 1 at ent Office ior a patent for an adjustable dog’s tail. The application claims that all dogs, who, either by natu e or acci dent, are minus a tail, encounter great difficulties in turning sharp corners, as their center of gravity is thrown too near the forelegs, and they consequent ly have to go slow or lose their balance. The proposed tail can be fastened to the stump, and, as the dog turns to the right, the tail will tend to throw his rear to the left, thus enabling him to turn easily and rapidly without losing his equilibrium, Washington Star. The Squatter’s Fool. “1 am looking for a stray' horse,” said a man stopping at the house of an Arkansawyer and addressing a native who came out and le med on the fence. “Whut sorter horse?” “Sorrel, with 8 v. hito star in his iore head.” “How long’s he been gone?” “About a-day-and a half— “ Good work nag?” “First-rate.” “Wanter swop him fur a betterone?’’ “N'o, I believe not.” “White starin his forehead, yer say?” “Yes.” “An’ yer don’t wanter swop him?” “No. 1 believe not.” “Certain he’s a good work nag?” “Of course 1 am.” “An’ yer don t wanter swap him fur a better one? ’ “Here my friend. I haven’t time to talk such nonsense. I want to know if you have seen anything of the kind of horse I described ” “Why didn’t you say so?” “1 ctid.” “Yer didn’t. Said that’s the kind o’ hoss yer was lookin’ fur, but yor didn t ax ef I’d seed him.” “Excuse me, for I intended to. He got loose and I have looked! for him nearly everywhere.” “Good worK nag?” “Splendid the best I ever saw.” “Don’t want ter swap him for a Let ter one?” “I told you no.” “But that vvas before you axed ef I’d sec 1 him.” The searcher after information 1 oked at the splatter with a hard st tie, but the squatter, undaunted, leaned on the fence, while tobacco juice showed a dis position to trickle from the corners of his mouth “1 tho ght that 1 had seen the biggest fool in the country, but you take the lead,” said the inquirer, with a delioer ition that left no room for mis take. “I thou. ht that my wife’s father was the biggest 00l in the universe, but you are the Captain.” “ Wall, now, here, stranger, ef y r ou’re out lookin’fur fools, jes git down an’ wait toll my son-in-law comes from the still-house. Ta'kiu’ ’b ut ools, mister, w y you’re way beh nd the 1 1 test dis k veries. Tell yer whut that son-in-law o’ mine done. We was killin’ hogs the other day an’ the first thing I knowed lie had scalded hisself an’ hung hisself on the pole, shore’s yer bo’r>, he did. Tell yer ’nuther thing he done: Come from meetin’ t’other night ; n’ put tho mule in the house an’ went out an’ st od all night in t e lot. Stva ger, don’t talk ’bout fools in this neighbor hood lessen yer wan or git floored. W’y, sail, a feller insulte l my son-in-law t’other day an’ he kicked iiis-clf ’cross the ro d.’ “That has nothing to do with my ho se,; nd I want you to tell me whether or not you have seen him.” “ Wa 1, tell me ’za tly what sorter hoss he is.” “ Sorrel, with a white star in his fore head.” “ Got d work nag?” “ .As pood as I ever saw. an I—” “ Don’t wanter tr tie h m or a b tter one, do you?’’ and the squatter dodged just n time to av >d a blow which the sti an o r levele iat h ni. So far s the Arkans :w man is c oncerned, the sor rel horse wita a white slar in his fore heal, the rood work na<r which he stranger did not care to swap for a bet ter one, is still at large.— Arkansas Traveler. A Philosophical Cobbler on Character in Old Shoes. “Yes, sir; they beat palmistry all hol low. Take yourself, for nstanee; in your shoe I see vacillation, irresolution, fickleness, a tendency toward negli gence or evasion of unpleasant duties, f> casional spells of raoroseness. Show me any person’s foot-covering after two month s wear, or often less titan that, and I will tell you that person’s charac ter. If both heel and sole are evenly worn let el the wearer is dear-headed, decisive and resolute, a go td business man, a valuable and trustworthy em ploye. or an excellent wife and mother. If tbeoutsid: sole is cut through the wearer, if a man, is inclined to be ad \ entnrous, unreliable, and spasmodic in all his a cts: if a woman, she is predis posed to boldness and wayward tenden cies. If the inside of the sole is cut through it indicates weakness and vacil lation in a man and modesty in a wo man. “A few months ago there came into my shop a stranger having a pair of shoes with the outside of the sole worn through and the toe somewhat cut awav, while the heel was nearly as good as new. I said to my wife af er he went away, ‘That man’s a sneak, ’ and so he was. '1 he very next day a boy came up from the police station to net the shoes, and said the wearer had been arrested on a clear ea-e of*sneak th eving. “A oertrin young man who has pat ronized me for years was keeping com pany' with two girls, also customers of mine. 1 noticed that one of them wore out her shoes on the outside of the sole first, while the other stepped squarely anti wore down both shoes alike. I’ve always had a liking for thoßyoiing fel low, and knowing that he was ing between the two girls, I took ltirn aside one day and showed him the shoes of his flames and told him what I have told you. The result was that he mat ried the square stepper and was happy, while the other girl di<gra ed herse’.k “1 can also tell something of a pri son’s lenden ies by' the size of his shoe, the sole, the condition of the buttons or strings, the amount of wear on the toe, the condition of the lining, etc. I would not advise a friend to marry a girl who squeezes a number four foot iu a number two shoe, for such a one is apt to prove vain, affected and frivol ous. ! “Do 1 believe that character can bo molded by keeping the shoes properly soled and heeled? Well, it has ts influ ence. '1 he ga tof a p rson is as closely coime ted with his disposition as the ex pression of his countenance, though not so easily read by most persons To continue the wearing of a shoe whi h runs over badly only tends to confirm the habit m ihe person's walk. “Your job is done, sir; sorry' I couldn t give you a better character, but truth is truth, and I never flatter.” Troy (N. T.) Standard. About Industries. At a recent session of the Lime-Kiln Club Brother Gardner glared straight at Elder Toots for a minute and then said: “Industry am de key to success, while idleness am de straight road to de noo’-house. De difference between a lazy man an’ a loafer am so small dat nobody' stops to agry over it De man who sots down on a dry-goods box to wait fur better times will nebber have a grave-stun reared above de place wliar’ he am buried. Laziness waits fur de frost to git out of de ground. Industry digs down frew it. Laziness hopes it won’t rain. Industry goes to work an’ puts new shingles on de roof. Laziness drinks from a mud-puddle. Industry turns de w'indlass an’ brings up pure water from de deep well. If dar am a loafer widin sound of my voice, an’ I presume dar am dozens of ’em, my advice to him is to make a change. Let him resolve from dis night on to be a different man.”— Detroit Free Press, The Power of Figures. What conception can w'e form of a billion? We may say that a billion is a million of millions, and can easily represent it thus: 1,000,000,000,000. But how entirely the mind is incapable of conceiving such numbers. If a person were able to count at the rate of 200 a minute; and to work without intermis sion twelve hours a day, he would take to count a billion, 6,944,444 days, or 19,325 years 319 days. A billion of bil lions—a quadrillion—can be easily represented thus: 1,000,000,000,000,- 000,000,000,000; but to count a quad rillion at the rate of 200 in the minute w'ould require all the inhabitants of the globe, supposing them to be a thousand millions, to count incessantly for 19,025,- 875 years, or more than 3,000 times the period during which the human race has been supposed to be in existence.— Troy (N. Y.J Ttines. ■ —A wrestling match between a wo man and a man is described by the San Francisco journals. The woman was less than nineteen. The encounter, which lasted five or six minutes, was a confused struggle, the wrestlers hug ging, grappling and tumbling about iu every conceivable posture, and this was varied occasionally by the girl being thrown to the ground and almost lit erally biting the dust. It is admitted that the mate wrestler did his best not to hurt his fair antagonist, and in the end she came off victorious, as had no doubt been arranged before hand. Yet in order to keep up the delusion, the woman got considerably hurt. —At the recent election to fill vacan cies in the French Academy, M. de Les seps was practically without a rival, one vote only being given to the Abbe Petit, a permanent and hopeless candidate; nevertheless the piercer of isthmuses only obtained twenty-two votes, and no fewer than ten blank bulletins were found in the ballot box, a larger num ber man has ever been known at the Academy. The St. Lnuis (Mo.) Post-Dispatch says, that Mrs. Pnoebe Rice, 12 8 Madison street, a sister of Hon. H. Clay Sexton, Chief, St. Louis Fire Department, had been a suffer er front inflammatory rheumatism for seven years; the muscles of her hands and limbs were contracted and she used crutches. By a single application of St. Jacobs Oil she was benefited instantaneously, and finally completely cured. It doesn’t speak much of the size of a man’s mind when it takes hitn only a min ute to make it up.— N. Y. Graphic. l.ook out for Your Head! No mattv what parts it may finally af fect, catarrh always s arts in the itead, and to the head. There is no mystery about the origin of this direful disease, ft begins in a neglected cold. One of the kind that is “ sure to be better in a few days.” Thousands of victims know how it is by ead experience. Ely’s Cream Balm cures colds in the head and catarrh in all its stages. Not a snuff nor a liquid. Applied with the finger to the nostrils. Being entertained by a romance isn’t what is usually meant whut 1 the types say “ a novel entertainment.” * When You Feel Blue / and your back aches, and your hed 1 feels heavy, and you wake unreireshedr’in the morning and your bowels are sluggish or costive, you need Kidney-Wort. It is na ture’s great remedy and never fails to re lieve all cases of Diseased Kidneys, Torpid Liver, Constipation, Malaria, Piles, R ieu matism, &c. It operates simultaneously on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, strength ening them and restoring healthy action. Put up in both dry and liquid form. Sold by all druggists. THE. MARKETS. Cincinnati, March 1", 1884. LIVE SI OCK—Cattle—common s2 50 (<(, 3 75 Choice butclrft-s 525 (qi 585 HOGS—Common 5 25 (g, H 00 Good packers « 40 (& ti 80 SHEEP—good to choice 4 75 ©5 50 FLOCK— Family 4 70 © 4 00 GKAlN—Wheat Louuberry red © 1 it No. 2 red... 1 05 © 1 OS Corn —No. 2 mixed © 54 Oats—No. 2 mixed 3H I -© 37 Rye—No. 2 '© 65 HA Y—Timothy No. 1 10 50 ©ll 00 HEMP—Double dressed 8 75 ©9 00 PROVISIONS—Pork—Mess 18 00 ©lB 25 Lard—Prime steam © 9 45 • BETTER—Fancy Dairy 27 © 28 Prime Creamery 40 © 41 FRUIT AND VEGETABLES— Potatoes per bar. from store 1 :?0 @1 40 Apples, prime, per barrel... 3 00 © 4 uo NEW YORK. FLOUR—State and Western.. $2 80 © 3 35 Good to choice 3 80 © 6 50 GRAlN—Wheat—No. 2 spring. © 1 06 No. 2 red 1 07 @ 1 13 Corn —No. 2 mixed Oats—mixed 40 © 41 PORK—Mess 17 75 @lB 00 CHICAGO. FLOUR—State and Western $3 50 @ 4 35 GRAIN —Wheat —No. 2 red 98 © 1 01 Corn—No. 2 52?»@ 51M Oats—No. 2 32 @ 32' 2 Rye @ 50! a PORK—.Mess.. .7 17 60 ©l7 70 LARD —Steam 9 30 © 9 35 BALTIMORE. FLOUR—Family 55 01 © 6 1)0 GRAlN—Wheat—No. 2 red 1 OS’*© 1 0S' 3 Corn—mixed 5814© 59 Oats—mixed 42 © 43 PROVISIONS—Pork—Mess... »18 0J ©l9 01 Lard—Refined © lip* LOUISVILLE. FLOUR-A No 1 $4 15 ©4 25 GRAlN—Wheat—No.2 red © 1 05 Corn —mixed 1 © 52 Oats—mixed © 3-7 PORK—MESS ©lB 00 INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT—No. 2. red, new $ © 1 01' CORN—mixed © 43 OATS—mixed © 1.41 LIVE STOCK—Cattle Butchers’ stock 3 75 © 4 5 . Shipping cattle 4 50 © 4 “THE THIRD HOUSE.” It* Good and Had Member*—The Remark able Experiences of a Close Observer of Its Workings During a Lour Residence at Washington. (Correspondence Itochester Democrat.) No city upon thr American continent has a larger floating population than Washing ton. It is estimated that during the ses sions of Congress twenty-five thousand people, whose homes are in various parts of this and other countries, make this city their place of residence. Some come here, attracted by the advantages the city offers for making the acquaintance of public men; others have various claims which they wish to present, while the great ma jority gather here, as the crows flock to the carrion, for the sole purpose of getting a morsel at the public crib. The latter class, as a general thing, originate the many schemes which terminate in vicious bills, all of which are either directed at the public treasury, or toward that reve nue which tho black-mailing of corpora tions or private enterprises may bring. While walking down Pennsylvania ave nue the other day I met Mr. William M. Ashley, formerly of your city, whose long residence here lias made him unusually well acquainted with the operations of the lobby. Having made my wants in this particu lar direction known, in answer to an in terrogative, Mr. Ashley said: “Yes, during my residence here I have become well acquainted with the workings of the‘Third House,’as it is termed, and could tell you of numerous jobs, which, like the ‘Heathen Chinee,’ are peculiar.” “You do not regard the lobby, as a body, vicious, do you?” “Not necessarily so; there are good and bad men comprising that body; yet there have been times when it must Le admitted that the combined power of the ‘Third House’ has overridden the will of the peo ple. The bad influence of the lobby can be seen in the numerous blood-bills that are introduced at every session.” “But how can these be discovered?” “Easily enough, to the person who has made the thing a study. I can detect them at a glance.” “Tell me, to what bill do you refer?” “Well, take the annual gas bills, for in stance. They are introduced for the pur pose of bleeding tho Washington Gas Light Company. They usually result in an investigating committee which never amounts to anything more than a draft upon the public treasury for the expenses of the investigation. Another squeeze is the abattoir bills, as they are called. These, of course, are fougtit by the butch ers and market-men. Tho first attempt to force a bill of this description was in 1877, when a prominent Washington politician offered a fabulous sum for the franchise.” “Anything else in this line that you think of, Mr. Ashley?” “Yes. there’s the job to reclaim the Po tomac flats, which, had it become a law, w uld have resulted in an enormous steal. The work is now being done by the Gov ernment itself, and will rid the place of that malarial atmosphere of which we hear so much outside the city.” “During your residence here have you experienced the bad results of living in this climate?” “Well, while I have not at all times en joyed good health, I am certain that the difficulty which laid me up so long wa» not malarial. It was something that had troubled me for years. A shooting, sting ing pain that at times a tacked different parts of my body. One day my right arm and leg would torture me with pain, there would be g.eat redness, heat and swelling of the parts; and perhaps the next day the left arm and, leg would be similarly af fected. Then again it would locate in some particular ] art of my body and pro duce a tenderness which would well nigh drive me frantic. There would be weeks at a time that I would be afflicted with an intermitting kind of pain that would come on every afternoon and leave me com paratively free from suffering during the balance of the twenty-four hours, 'then I would have terrible paroxysms of pain coming on at any time during the day or night when I would be obliged to lie upon my back for horn s and keep as motionless as possible. Every time I attempted to move a chilly sensation would pass over my body, or I would faint from hot flashes. I suffered from a spasmodic contraction of the muscles and a soreness of the back and bowels, and even my eyeballs became sore and distressed me greatly whenever I wiped my face. I became ill-tempered, peevish, fretful, irritable and desperately despondent.” “Of course you consulted the doctors re garding your difficulty?” “Consulted them? well I should say I did. Some told me I had neuralgia: others that I had inflammatory rheumatism, for which there was no cure, that I would be afflicted all my life, and that time alone would mitigate my sufferings.” “But uidn’t they try to relieve your mis eries?” 1 ‘Yes, they vomited and physicked me, blistered and bled me, plas ered and oiled me, sweat, steamed and everything but froze me, but without avail.” “But how did you finally recover?” “I had a friend living in Michigan who had been afflicted in a similar way and had been cured. Ho wrote me regarding his recovery and advised me to try the remedy which cured him. I procured a bottle und commenced its use, taking a tablespoonful after each meal and at bed time. I had used it about a week when I noticed a decrease of the soreness of the joints and a general feeling of relief. I persevered in its use and finally got so I could move around without ljmpin ~ when I told my fr.ends that it was Safe Rheumatic Cure that had put me on my feet.” “And do you regard your cure as perma nent?” “Certainly; I haven’t been so well in years as I am now, and although I have been subjec ed to frequent and severe changes ol weather this winter, I have not felt the first intimation of the return of my rheumatic trouble.” “Do you object to the publication of this interview, Mr. Ashley?” “Not at all, sir. I look upon it as a duty I owe my fellow-creatures to alleviate their sufferings so far as I am able, and any communication regarding my symp toms and cure that may be sent to me at 600 Maine avenue will receive prompt and careful attention.” “Judging from your recital, Mr. Ashley, there must be wonderful curative proper ties about this medicine?” “Indeed there is, sir, for no man suffered more nor louger than did I before this remedy gave me relief.” “ To go back to the original subject, Mr. Ashley, I suppose you see the same famil iar faces about the lobby session after ses ■ion ?” “ No, not so much as you might think. New faces are constantly seen and old ones disappear. The strain upon lobby ists is n> cessarily very great, and when you add to this the demoralizing effect of late hours and intemperate habits and the fact that they are after found out in their steals, their disappearance can easily b« accounted for.” “ What proportion of these blood-bilU are successful?” “A very small percentage, sir. Not withstanding the power and influence of the lobby, but few of these vicious meas ures pass. Were they successful it would be a sad commentary upon our system of government, and would vixtualiy annihi late one branch of it. The great majority of them are either repor ed adversely or smothered in committee by the watchful ness and loyalty of our Congressmen.” J. E. D. I believe Swift’s Specific has saved my life. I had virtually lost of the upper part of my body arid my arms from the poisonous effects of a large cancer on my neck, from which I had suffered for iwenty years. S. S. S. has relieved me of al i sore ness, and the poison is being forced out of my system. 1 will soon be well. W. R. Robinson, Davis boro, Ga. A Splendid Dairy is one that yields its owner a good profit through the whole season. But he must supply the cows with what they need in order for them to be able to keep up their product. When their butter gets light in color he must- make it “ gilt edged” by us ing Wells, Richardson & Co.’s Improved But er Color. It gives the golden color of June, and adds five cents per pound to tha value of the buiter. -•Why is-Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkhanl’s Vege table Compound like the Mississippi River in a spring freshet? Because the immense volume of this healing riv- r moves with such momentum that it sweeps away all ob stacles and is literally flooding the country. Congressional Endorsement. Hon. John Cessna, ex-Member from Penn., writes: “ In the space of twelve hours my rheumatism was gone, having taken three doses Durang’s Rheumatic Remedy. My brother was cured by a similar amount. I cordially recommend it.” By all druggists, or R. K. Helpheustine, Washington, D. C. From John Kuhn, Lafayette, Ind., who announces that “One year ago I was, to all appearance, in the last stages of Consump tion. Our best physicians gave my case up. My friends then pui chased a bo Lie of Dr. Wh. Hall’s Balsam for the Lungs. I took nine bottles, and I am now in perfect health.” For Coughs and Throat Disorders use Brown’s Bronchial Troches. “Have never changed my mind respecting them, except I think better of that which I began thinking well of.” — liev. Henry Ward Beecher. Sold only in boxes. 26 cts. Do it at Once. For 10 cents get a package of Diamond Dyes at the druggist’s. They color anything the finest, and most desirable colors. Wellst, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt. Sample Card, 32 colors, and book of directions for 2c stamp. Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar Will tackle an obstinate cough or coll. Pike’s toothache drops cure in one minute. If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac Thompson’s Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 250. From North Hampton, N. H., Mrs. L. B. Tariton writes: “ Samaritan Nervine cured my son.” At the dawn of womanhood, or in the change of life, Samaritan Nervine is the ladies’ friend. Piso’s Cure for Consumption is not only pleasant to take, but it is sure to cure. a. The -want of a re ffSfnl aftll POw liable diurrtlc which, p & of'lhe^iF ' j neys, neither excites HA nor irritate* them, " as lo"g since sr.p mB&AS piled t>y Hostetler's Stutnaeh This .... these organs, without o’ *5. '••;?yyk jM JfWj producing IrriraFin, Af3t and is, therefor •, fur better adapted for (lie purpose than tin- Dyspepsia, fever* and nh. ctaeu ,pu ague, and kfndr< 6 jr •*» i»>? 1 diseases, areall rue, ,| FS i®gQ Sfc# iff u - , F " r by til IT T E generally. aI ‘““ OataddH tould>ot " orh ‘ B in A yonn? man six years Sin my employ was so i ffiicifd wiih Catanh jtHiobc at times me a- Pid'le of attending to liusines*. Ely s Cream lialni cured u in. I have recommended it Ottley) 56 YVam>u St., New York City. Cream Balm causes no pain. Gives relief at once. Cleanses I the head. Causes | healthy secretions. I Abates Inflammation. 1 A thorough treatment will cure. Not a liquid or snuff. Applied with the finger. Send for circular. Sold by druggists. Mailed for 50 cents. ELY BROTHERS, Druggists, Owego, N. Y. *»**♦*****»**«**»»♦»*»*** * . .LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S . . I VEGETABLE COMPOUND * * » • IS A POSITIVE CURE FOR * * * * \ H Ail those painful Com plain!* , Vr 'V * and Weaknesses so common* . *to curb, st ****** * FEMALE POPULATION.* * * / Price $1 In liquid, pill or locrrg-eform. * Its purpose solely for the legitimate healing of disease and the relief of rutin , and that it dc-rn all it claims to do, thousands of ladies can gladly testify. * * It will cure entirely nil Ovarian trouble*, Inflamma tion and U 1 *craLion, Falling and Displacements, and consequent Spinal Weakness, and is particularly adapt ed to the Change of Life. *************** * It removes Faintness.Flatulency, destroys all craving for stimulants, and relieves Weakness of the Stomach. It cures BloaMnar, Headaches, Nervous Prostration, General Debility, Sleeplessness, I>' ffr«*s.sion and Indi gestion. That feeling of brarinqr down, causing pain, and backache, Is always permanently cured by its use. * Send stamp to Lvnn. Mass., for pa mob let. Letters of inquiry confidentially answered. For sal cat dm agists. | * » » ********* ************* J?; biS'.'s kc faFdYFor,~cXtakkiT Easy to use. A certain cure. Not expensive. Three months' treatment in one package. Good for Cold in the Head, Headache, Dizziness, Hay Fever, &c. Fifty cents. By all Druggists or by mail. . E. T. HAZELTINE, Warren, Pa. jfKTy Lady AgentsSfSS^SS * and rock 1 salary selling Qnrcn City Kyv Skirt and hiwklng Supporter*, etc. Cfe i. Sample outfit Free, Address tjueen '£Lf^JV€?*4.T»u»«>rnder< ,^>.,Cincinnati.g “THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST.’* SAW E lift |i|jPQ THRESHERS, MILLS, kls MBSi hU Horse Powers, For all sections and purposes.) Write for Frer Pamphlet ard Prices to The AuJtman & Taylor Go., Mansfield, Ohio ??T V fiend Five Two-Ont Stamps TftilwftWyftA WiMili for 8 Samples and Price-ÜbU IMPERIAL MFG CO., Box 529, Springfield, Mass. TARAPCfI I ANA of ***** RMSf tor rent oa I UDRIfbU '-KnU sharts, also ground for corn, potatocadkc. Add. If. B Hamilton, Heihleh m.lnd. nmi MPTWr Patterns in Fancy Needlework O lit I'll Il.'T Kensington. Embroidery, Etc Pr'ce list free. H. HAAS. 94 State Street, Chicago fltrtPn A MONTH. Agents Wanted. 90 best >/ni| Belllngartleli alntieworld 1 sample M'RKK VtUU Address JAV liIiONSON, Dutboit, Micu. Ffiß I AFIIFtJ |!CC — l The grandest article. Send run LMUICO UOCi stamp for illustrated circular. I»r. 31. fi.FAKK, 75 Essex Street, Boston. Mass. SB flk 8 n Worcssont c.o.n. anywhere. Whol- I fl IS. 2 jf€'ale& Retail Price-list free. Goodsgnurar- BI ¥* IB Steed. B.C.Stkehl. 157 XVabasli av.,Chicago. J noj.EMAX BUSINESS CO I, I, ERE, Newark. N. j 7 I VXerins Hi. Poeitions for graduates; write for circular. THE GREAT GERMAN REMEDY For Pain! RelieVcs and cures RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO, BACKACHE., Headache, Toothache, SORE THROAT, QUINSY "SWELLINGS, BPRAIXS, (1) Soreness, Cuts, Bruises, FROSTBITES, BUBXS, SCALDS, And all other bodily achc9 and pains FIFTY CENTS A BOTTLE. Sold by all Druggists and Dealers. Dirvciiuiis In 11 languages. The Charles A. Togeler Co. (Bucotwors to A. VOOELER * CO.) Baltimore, Md,« U. S. A« LIKE HIS FATHER, Ha was Afflicted with Stone In the Blad der, Also, Like Him, was Cured by the Use of Hr. David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy (of Itondout, N. ¥). Mr. S. W. Hicks, of Pleasant Valley, Duchess Co.. N. Y., the son of Mr. E. S. Hick whose name may have appeared in this journal in connection with an article similar to this, was, like his father, aftlictr-d with Stone in the Bladder, only that Ms case was more serious than his father’s. The father advised t’ue son to write to Dr. David Kennedy, of Rondout, N. Y., who, he said, would tell him what to do. Dr. Kennedy replied, suggesting the uso of KENNEDY'S FAVORITE REMEDY, which had worked so successfully in the father’s case. Mr. Hicks, who had been assured by the local physicians that they could do nothing more for him, tried FA VORITE REMEDY. After two weeks’ use of it he pas .ed a stone X of an inch long and of the thickness of a pipe-stem. Since then he has had no symptoms of the return of the trouble. Here is a sick man healed. YVhat better results could have been ex pected? What greater benefit could medi cal science confer? The end was gained; that is surely enough. D;;. Kennedy as siv .3 the public, by a reputation which he can not afford to forfeit or imperil, that the FAVORITE REMEDY does invigorate the blood, cures liver, kidney and bladder com plaints, as well as all those diseases and weaknesses peculiar to females. v BdJ —■''Trf Vy sions, Falling Cf| §y jp| j§ JRs Sickness, St. Vitus Dance, Alcohol &THE GREfifte: op,um f Scrofula, Kings ME DM C Eva, Ugly Blood £■ ii W fc. Diseases, Dgspep- ——————i—« sia, Nervousness, CCWUlUlElßlofeL^t:. Nervous Weakness, Brain Worry, Blood Sores , Biliousness, Costivencss, Nervous Prost ration, Kidney Troubles and Irregularities. $1.60. Sample Testimonials. “Samaritan Nervine is doing wonders. l)r. J. O. McLemoin, Alexander City, Ala. “I feol it my duty to recommend it.” Dr. D. F. Laoghlin, Clyde, Kansas. “It cured where physicians failed.” • Rev. J. A. Edie, Beaver, Ta. j|y Correspondence freely austvered THE BE. S. A. RICHMOND HED.M., ST. JOSEI'Il! MO. Sold by All Druggists. LORD, STOUTENBURG &CO., Agents, Chicago, lIL SKIN HUMOR. My baby six months old broke out with some kind of skin humor, and after being treated five months by my family physician, was given up to die. druggist recomincnded Swift’s Specific, and thc,cfTcct was ns gratifying as it was miraculous. My child soon got wf 11, all t races of the disease is gone, and he is as fat ns a pig. J. J. Kirkland, Minden, lt isk County, Texas. I have suffered for many years from ulcers on my legs, often very large and painful, during which time I used almost everything to effect a cure, but in vain. I took Swift’s Specific by advice of a friend, and in a short time was cured sound and well. Edwin J. Miller, Beaumont, Texas. Our Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free to applicants. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. New York Office, 159 West 23d St., between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. - 4 'h m <S N $> ~ w <$ s $ > |J3 this porous phurticr is Jig jji famous for its quick , __ and hearty action in | A S H I® - uring Lame Back, B H E*n sT'k I Rheumatism, Sciatica, Crick in the P.aek, Eido or Hip, Neuralgia, Stiff Joints and Muscles, Sore Chest, Kidney Troubles and all pains or aches either local or deep-seated. It Soothes, Strength ens and Stimulates tho parts. Tho virtues of hops com bined with gums—clean and ready to apply. Sujiorior to liniments, lotions and salves. Price 25 cents or 6 for SI.OO. Sold by drug- » AT gist, and country K IC A 1 stores. Mailed on ro- coipt of price. Hop C? oif Plaster Company , Tro- VW EL V 9 prietors, Boston, Mass. -B- -t-F tITT The best family phi mado—Hawley’s Stomach And Liver Pills. 25c. Pleasant in action nr.d easy to take. Walnut Leaf Hair Restorer. It is entirely different from nil other*. It is a* clear *s water, and as its name indicates is a perfect Vegeta ble Hair Restorer. It will immediately free tile head from all dandruff, restore gray hair to its natural to o;, and produce a new growth where it has fallen off. it does not In any manner affect the health, which sul phur, sugar of lead and nitrate of silver preparations nave done. It will change light or faded hair in a few days to a beautiful glossy brown. Ask your druggist fur it. Each bottle is warranted. Jxo. D. Park &■ Sox, Cincinnati, 0., and C. N- Crittkntow, N. Y. XX. -NOTICE.-XX. As BLUE FLANM Garments Of Inferior Quality of Hood. are sold as ihe ’’genuine Mihll sex,” which are not made by I hat mill. The Middlesex Company, in order to protect their customers and the public, give notice that hereaf ( r all Clothing made from THE MIDDLE SEX STAND A RU INDIGO BLUE FLANNELS AND YACHT CLOTHS, sold by all leading clothiers, must bear the “SII.K HANGERS," furnished bf the Seliinj Ag enta to all parties ordering the goods. WENDELL, FAY & CO., SELLING AGENTS, MIDD ESEX COMPANY. fFJ and 8* Worth -Sr.. New York, 117 Franklin St., Boston; SI 4 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. A $63 .SEWiNG MACHINE For SBB.OO. WITH AI.L ATTACHMENTS : Block Walnut Drop-Leaf Ta ble. f. drawi rs and cover box. Hundreds of other articles on» -half usual prices. Send for ('irculnrs and Price-Lists. Chicago Scale Co., Chicago. CONSUMPTION. I have a positive remedy f<r the above disease; by ito use thousand* of cases of the worst k nd and of long standing have been cured. Indeed, so strong is my faith in its efficacy, that I will send TWO BOTTLES FREE, to gether with a V \LUAI.LZ TREATISE on this disease, to tuiy sufferer. (Jive Express mid I\ <) a Idregs, DR. T. A. SLOCUM, 181 Pearl St., New York. U.S.STANDARD, f 5 TON jnNFq WAGON SCALES, W WJk a Iron Lever*. BteH Bearing*. Bract Qjp* I Taye Beam and Beam Box, I JONES lm pay* the freight—for free fl Price Lift mention this paper and . I »<idrc»s pf BINGHAMTON, * M'liilU w Cinghamtoa, N. Va PATENTS pTM-tired or no charge, also Trail© Marks, Labe’s etc. Laiye Uhmmt 4 to-* nr p»f •»/ hm FHEE. Long «x --r©rH’»cc Highest references. W T. FITZOERALP atlsav.', 1006 F Street, Washington,D.Cl P~ La* "i>i. BEHNaRD VEbTiibiTPILLST iie,t rtuc for I.lvor and complaints lo.tiveness, ltradnr lic and Uysp.p.ia, p r | (Ci 2r„7 a HtutL-l-M or by mail. Maniples free. era—■ Fill lakers, S3Merorr St.,New York. C 3 "T* TCJ P'omptly pirruredii.*! r« I CIV S orr IM -.* <<«.-, rttm SI. re:. 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