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or - - " r v. , 3 i-1. 1 'i 4 V--s. m: ; ; i i . 't f.8 v i? W I fen 2f 1 r ;4i ii l-M Ltfj r t i l: K 14 N 1 4. Rich Red Blood In tbe body of an adult person there are about 18 pounds of blood. The blood lias as its most important ele ments, small round corpuscles, red and white, in proportion of about 300 red to 1 white one. If the number of red corpuscles becomes diminished and the white ones increased the blood is impure, thin, lacking in the nutrition necessary to sustain tbe health and none strength of the body. Then That Tired Feeling, Nervousness, Scrofula, Salt Rheum, or others of the long train of ills, according to the temperament and disposition, attack the victim. The ouly permanent remedy is found in a reliable blood medicine like Hood's Sarsapa rilla. which acts upon the red corpuscles, en riching them and increasing their number. It thus restores the vital fluid to liealtiiy con dition, expels all impurity, cures Nervousness, That Tired Feeling, Scrofula and all other diseases arising from or promoted by low state of the blood. That these statements are true we prove not by our own statements, but by what thousands of perfectly reliable people say about Hood's Sarsaparilla. Read the testi monial in the next column from a beloved clergyman. Then take Hood's Sarsaparilla The Blood Purifier and True Nerve Tonic. The Best Teacher in the world, is experience. The Lorillards have been manufacturing tobacco continuously since 1760. Do you wish to profit by this experience? The brand that for years has been the standard of high grade tobaccos. 'Tis a rich, lasting and delicious chew. Its LORILLARDS Sold everywhere. In ear adv. two werts sro we told of oar very superior tB atari hsml aad power feed cutter to be offered at $10 S40 last week we UM of the rroress of galvauizinc and its ir.dis prnsable preservative qualities Kelt week we will in; )oa the experience of tworepreseutatne busmen firms of Illinois, one of whom has sold 40o and the other SOU Arrmotnrs. The week following we will jut4e a price on tl.e best pumps made Ihend, wind wll and irrigating! lower than was eter before dreamed of . and the week follow iliff that ne shall talk to yoa cf steel galvanized tnks( with voters, at the unheard of price of 21, cents per ollon. This is cheaper than wood. They do not shrink. I-ak, rot, rust or give taste to water. The Arrmotnr Company treats the publie generously. While state legislatures are passing laws to teeure repair for farm maelunerr t itniHe prices, IT IS A FilT THAT THE ar.RaoTOR roXPAW HAS FOB THI YEAR loN BSE CflXrELLED TO RAISE ITS TOICES CS KFrAIRS BEUrSKMIK OF ITS Ct.STOXFRS HATE BEES OUiUKISC isDHfinrAL TAttTS to surf, ip rnarLFTE JitoiisHt, elftrE IX THAT WAT THF.V 01 14) GET A BACIIIsB CHEA'CR TIIAX BT ORBESISQ IT ASSIJIIILID. rmplt mrt isac vtncr ro osrjr enarAinrry; fary mcosw. switoff la o.e rrpairs. TZeAermotorComjvny j era f u re2n arw old so tow that cus tuy the repairs and chine at less than lb to a fault. It , Icmrrm coda I aamtila a rnj ' mi in Med ma -" - i chin, wecld cost. But not certain that ther tinee it vss would ret th rnadiiiM assembled in good shape. for the protection of its own reputation, the Aer the once of certain repairs not r Company l.as raitl iutenourh to wcent this in future. Mot only has the Aermotor Cororaii alwajt I given tliebeat go MlsatthcIoW' aitoortrtirleatam priee.but TWESTVUKi!rit itorsrs Tilt. rolSTRY 1.1 ORDER C'lUIH EASILY KtT.SSI. est price ana rein tot 10 eu it has now t-si snuMicii t tariois runs op TO HAVE SOT CiMVi ITS RLR, BIT TO HATE ITS BartlCS HITHIS EAST to greatly increase this matter of the greatest ar. purchasing machinery. wis man will look to it Brum. It expect soon ti umber cf bones. This is iiuprtance to thoe ho Accident will hicpen, sikI when he it but. in r an ait i- defeat repairs can quick , Ir 1 had at rcionable cnt. Our very low price and lu$h standards en eter)thuiit connected with water supply and power prodnction bvwind. tornUer with the accessibilily of full line of our tc-1. and epurs, win ae appreciaieu. AOrtTIOtOr CO., IT COSTS TOyMTBHSJail 3oSaOreeiat7Ea ever umi twsuwktjra Wa ahaa. katlniie theae libeHl terns UKOLY L BUdU. TISE. Catttia Ota CSiJsn - to-day. 7S.0;.a In Ue. XFORD MFG. CO.. . M. DEPTtiw CHICAGO, ILL. DAVIS CREAM SZSXLrLSZzrZ TS- iWvZZrll-.ZJLX' . - "---" "--- I DAVIS Jt RANKIM i Dkuv. m. mrii. w. i aaMw'TaTa ' 240-2S4 W. Lake St , Cnjcago, III. W SCALPER it r. !c. Ml about maklnc money In Grate and f tf-cta by "KvIptDjr the market" on margins of IH to II, w. lt mrtlinj s-ct. All aralitn maka money. Lassies Co., Ill Quincy St., Chicago. PATENTS Thomas P. Simpson, Waslilncton. D.C. So alt v tee until Patent ob tained. Wnteforliivcntor'sGuide. W0 PATS OR MArKM WASTE. Oener. " 1 Cal agents. Salary orcommlsMoo. Claraa leaM aVlrr extlu-ulatarr Ca. Itacine. wis. au:n swuai. wosajsassssssssssssj IrJraiantatsiiai ff&hmm.BtBK I no DtftHSm. "anEaQ' Imeaa Jaat wajt7T)p NaT. luaacHoaasssssl -pa . us la learaFraa. Lr7 1 r fuels IPTIv V" IP SSbbI V snBLrSSr HAVE YOU FIVE.QR MORE COWS 7 ICsoaBaby"CreamSeperatcrwillcam Itscostfor you every jear. Why continue an inferior system another year at so great a loss? Dairvinir is now the only prontabie feature of ,it. .! .- . cuchxl it always pays well, and must pay j mi. You need a Separator, and you need the BKST, the 'uj. ah sijies ana capncities. l'rices, upward. Send for new 1895 Catalogue. THE DE LAVAL BrauchOtfces ELGIN. ILL. Coughs and Colds. Sore Throat, Bronchitis, "Weak Lungs, General Debility and all forms of Emaciation are speedily cured by Scott's Emulsion Consumptives always find great relief by taking it, and consumption is often cured. No other nourishment restores strength so quickly and effectively. Weak Babies and Thin Children are made strong and robust by Scott's Emulsion when other forms of food ssem to do them no good -whatever. The only genuine Scott's Emulsion is put up in salmon colore 3 wrapper, llefuse cheap substitutes ! Send Jcrfcmf Uct un ScoWs Emuhiot:. FREE. Scott fc Bowne. N. Y. All Druggists. SO cents and Si. "In view of the benefit I have bad from Hood's Sarsaparilla I wish to give the follow ing testimonial. I have several times been badly Poisoned With Creeping Ivy. As the old school of medicine simply tried k remove the symptoms instead of the sources of them, much of the poison was left in my system to appear in an itching humor on my body with even- violent excrtlou in warm weather. At all times there were more or less indications of poison in my blood, up to a year ago last winter, when Large Sores Broke Out on my bod3 I then purchased a bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla, and after using that and a half of another bottle, the sores and humor disappeared. I attended the Christian En deavor Convention in Montreal and also visited the World's Fair in the hottest weather of the summer. Was on the go all the time, but Had No Recurrence of the burning and itching sensation which had marred every previous summer's outing. I have reason, therefore, to be enthusiastic in my praises of Hood's Sarsaparilla." Samuel S. ScnsELX, pastor- of Free Baptist Church, Apalachin, N. Y. Tiipy Welch Even a Pencil Mark. Current Literature; Scales are now made of such nice adjustment that they will weirh anything' to the smallest hair plucked from the eyebrow. They are triumphs of mechanism and are in closed in (-lass cases, as the slightest breath of air would impair their records. The glass cases hare a sliding door, and as soon as the weight is placed in the balances the door slides down, the balances arc cleared again and made ready fur further use by the pressing of a button, which slightly raises the beams. Two pieces of paper of equal weight can be placed in the scales, and an autograph written in pencil will cause the otiier side to as cend, and the needle, which indicates the divisions of weight, even to the ten millionth part of a pound and less, will move from its perpendicular. A signa ture containing nine letters has been weighed and proved to be exactly two milligrammes, the fifteen-thousandth-live-hundredth part of an ounce troy. Literary Note. Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., ol Jloston, New York, and Chicago, will shortly publish as Number 73 of their Riverside Literary Series (paper cov ers, 15 cents) a collection of Tennyson's poems under the title, "Enoch Arden, and Other I'oeins. liesides the title poem, the book con tains The Day Dream. Dora, The Talk ing Oak, Sea-Dreams, Ode on the Duke of Wellington, Ulysses, The Charge of the Light ISrigade, Lady Clare, The Death of the Old Year, Crossing the liar, etc. There is also an excellent biographical sketch. Some of the greatest English Master pieces will be issued in the numbers of the Kiverside Literature Series which are to be published during the coming spring. Dogs are the favorite pets of Mrs. Glad stone. Be not simply good bo good for some thing. vV. I. Douclas 3SHOE IS THE BEST. riTFOR AKINC-. CORDOVAN. FRENCH aVCNAMElLED CALF. 43.5? Fine Calf &KA?3mt 3.BPP0UCE.3SOLES. jo-WORKINGME,,'- -EXTRA FINE- - 2.i:B0Y5SciraaSK0E& LADIES- SS&lA. 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"SEPSB& 9?s 5i? ??x. Ji.'"lX'lJ.MUKAU.iaU n4J JBU1AU aBAUUlHERY. etc. Saurr Fncs. Dare been tested and u warrantca. City Enclne ft Iron Work.. Successor to rcch M ft Co.. Sioux Clly. Iowa. mi Onion Are., luuai City. Ho. i fJlRfS WHfRF all FISTfAlLS. i Best Couch Syron. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold br drumirt. Bafafllt'ltaaMBIlVataaaliil f Successfully Prosecutes Claims. Letts Principal Examiner U.S. Penalon Bureau. 3y rs iu lat u ar, IS adj udicaliug cUuiis, atty aiucc. Agriculture. Pronerlrcon- . --.. - . $75. SEPARATOR CO., General Offices: 74 CORTLAND! ST.. NEW YORK. iHasiiHaV FAEM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OP INTEREST AGRICULTURISTS. TO torn Up to Date HlaU About CnltlTa tloa of tbe SoU mad Yields Thereof Horticulture, Viticulture aad Florl mltare. BatateU and Dronj-tat. To the Farmers' Review: The sub ject of rainfall and how to meet a drouth is being a theme for much dis cussion of late and one, too, of very great importance. That there has been a change wrought in the country extending from the base of the Rocky mountains to the Alleghenies east, and from the Lakes north to near the Gulf of Mexico south in tbe distribution of the rainfall is an observant fact, and no one who has given the subject any consideration for the past ten and twenty years but knows a change exists, which in many respects has been for the better and in others quite the contrary, on the whole, however, believe that the advantages gained far exceed the disadvantages in curred by the change. Atmospherical disturbances seem to occur about the same as they did twenty years or more ago as they course across the country from the west to the east, but they are not laden with the moisture they formerly would be, con sequently the precipitation of rain falls is materially lessened in a belt of coun try traversed by latitude lines 37 to 42 Inclusive. As the amount of rain ex tending across the country depends largely upon the degrees of tempera ture held in the atmosphere and the vapor arising from water-logged areas, or inundations of rivers, lakes, etc., by rapid accumulations of great bodies of mist which are more or less influenced by certain conditions for or against rapid absorption and precipitation for areas of country to east of that place. A quarter of a century ago the source of the Ohio, Missouri and Mississippi rivers was a vast wilderness, covered with a dense growth of woodland that usually held the snow falls of winter until spring and as it melted more slowly the water was held back ac cordingly to find way down the rivers and into the great Mississippi basin un der the influence of a heated tempera ture that absorbed through vapor large quantities which was carried by the force of air currents across the country to the north of east until cooled by contact with a lower temperature that like a recoil precipitated the accumu lated mists over a region interspersed with ponds, lakes and rivers, which for days and weeks was discharging again their surplus by routes water-logged with drift in woodland and logs that kept the air moist by day and the night wet with dew, so that if a drouth oc curred at all east of the "Father of Waters" it was late in the season and of short duration. Now that is all changed, the result of reclaiming tens of thousands of acres by ditching and tile draining, and the removing of the timber from the surface land, laying bare to the sun and winds, so that with the approach of spring and higher temperature the wa ter departs more rapidly and the rain fall less frequently and of shorter dura tion, and results in a drier state of weather conditions and prolonged drouths. Three years ago I made a trip west in company with an old 59'er who was among the first to open placer mining way up at the head of Black Hawk canyon. Colorado, and he pointed out to me the spot where they opened up, nd on the 4th day of July, 1S59, began making boards out of nice pine logs with a rip saw for sluice boxes, by roll ing them out on skids, one end resting against the hillside and the other end resting in forks proped to trees stand ing further down the slope. The timber covered the great "divide," hillside and gulches for hundreds of miles, but now I am informed that a tree was not to be found within twenty miles of Silver City that would make a creditable log, and scarcely a shrub or stump could be seen anywhere in the vicinity of those little mining towns, having all disap peared for use in the mines and for fuel, leaving tne surface bare and unpenetrable to rain and melting snows that soon disappeared down the gulches and out into the streams leaving the fcothills. At the time my friend was located there it was in the summer and water flowed in the ravine, but when I was mere, ana unaersutnu most oi me time now, perfectly dry. Have a friend who roamed the plains and foothills as a cowboy for ten years, but the last ten has been settled on a farm near the Platte river in Western Nebraska, who says that stream, with his first acquaintance of it, main tained a current all the year, and in spring time great volumes of water flowed through its channel, but in re cent years does not carry any such quantities at any time, but is dry in numerous places a good portion of the time. Another friend writes me that irriga tion canals and ditches in Colorado are extending their lines that draw their supplies from streams . leaving the mountains so as to deprive the Platte and other tributaries to the Missouri, which no doubt has a telling effect on the country eastward from the influ ence caused by larger streams of water flowing through it, and greater evapora tion and subsequent precipitation over a large portion of the central states made drier by artificial means late years. My observation is that recurring at mospherical disturbances are not laden with the cumulous clouds to the extent they were a few years ago and "settled" rain is a thing of the past by an over shadowing of the earth for days of inky darkness and fallen mists. All in all think it is an imperative duty now that farmers, gardeners and stockmen, not only prepare to meet a drouth, but make their arrangements; that it's here now and to stay, so that less dependence on rainfall must be subservient with man's command to lead the way. Upland, Ind. Miello. The Open Drain. Since the tile drains have come into such general use, we find that there is a general antipathy against open ditch es, and efforts are made by almost all farmers who drain to substitute tile for open drains, says Drainage Journal. The advantages of covered drains over open ones are so apparent, and so strong are the argu ments for underdrains, that it is not strange that the true office and use of open ditches should be under rated. The objections to the open ditch are several, some of which are the fol lowing: It takes a strip of land which with an underdrain would be valuable for cultivation, and makes it of no use except for a water course. It divides fields into shapes inconvenient for cul tivating. It requires considerable work annually to keep It free from weeds, grass and other obstructions. It is a troublesome barrier when it is desired to draw loads from one field to another. All of these are objections and often serious ones. It may be asked: What advantages can be offered which will offset these objections? In many cases, none; in others the single advantage that the large open ditch will carry the drainage water of several fields which the farmer desires to drain, while tile, of reasona ble sire and cost, will not In accempllshing successful drainage, as in any other enterprise, we must use the means which are adapted to the desired end. Farmars are Undine that they are trying to force more water I through tholr tiles than they are capa- ble or carrylag, though many cases of failure are owlag to inaccurate laying and obstructed outlet The um of oyen ditches is to carry the exoeMtrefeed water that sometimes falls on our land in a short tlma, an& above all, to give a ready and tree out let to all tile drains which are dis charged' into it A fanner once re marked to the writer: "The trouble with tile drains is that I must have a place for the water to jump off and get away at the outlet" He stated the ini tial truth of underdralning. We must get the water away from the outlet Carrying out this precept often makes the open ditch a necessity. Especially is this true in flat prairie lands. Sloughs are the water courses for the natural drainage of surrounding higher lands, and when deepened in the center by means of a large open ditch, they afford an excellent outlet for tile drains, and also give ready exit for surface water which gathers in large quanti ties from rapidly melting snows; from rains that fall when the ground is fro zen, and from excessive rainfalls. Pome FertUlxer Testa. The Ohio Experiment Station has begun a series of experiments in which the three crops, wheat clover and po tatoes, are grown in rotation, with and without fertilizers of different kinds. The experiment is to be carried on both at the Central Station in Wayne county, and at the North Western Sub Station in Fulton county, and was be gun in Wayne county in 1894 by plant ing potatoes on land that had been two years in corn, following grass, and on newly cleared, yellow sand of the oak opening region in Fulton county. The plan of fertilizing is similar to that which has been pursued in the experiments in continuous cropping at Columbus except that the fertiliz ers are used in both smaller and larger quantities than at Columbus. The soil on which this test is being made at the Central Station is a light clay. It was thoroughly drained in the fall of 1893, with three-inch tile drains laid 36 feet apart The plant ing was done in good season in 1894, and the fertilizers applied broadcast The potatoes started off well, but their growth was seriously retarded by the excessive drouth of the summer. The general results of the experi ment were that while partial fertil izers, containing only one or two of the three essential elements of fertility, produced some increase of crop, that in crease was irregular and uncertain; but when a complete fertilizer was ap plied there was an increase of crop in every case, and the increase rose regu larly with the quantity of fertilizer applied, the largest yield, and in Wayne county the largest net profit, after paying the cost of the fertilizer, com ing from an application of 480 pounds dissolved bone black, 320 pounds ni trate of soda and 300 pounds mm late of potash, a total of 1,100 pounds per acre, costing about $20. This applica tion increased the total yield by 65 bushels per acre over the total yield of the fertilized plots adjoining. On the yellow sand in Fulton county where the unfertilized yield was much smaller than in Wayne, the increase from fertilizer was much smaller than on the better land in Wayne, and where incomplete lenmzers were used it was still more ii regular, in sevarul cases failing to pay the cost of the fertilizer; but the complete fertilizers paid their cost in every case, with potatoes at 60 cents per bushel, the largest total in crease here being 47 bushels, from the same mixture that produced the largest increase in Wayne. This mixture carried approximately 50 pounds of nitrogen per acre, equiva lent to CO pounds of ammonia, 75 pounds I phosphoric acid and 150 pounds of ) potash, Economy In Baying, There is little advantage anywhere to the family of average size in buy ing large quantities of groceries like sugar, cereals, spices, writes Anna Bar rows in Good Housekeeping. One disadvantage of buying in large quantities lies in the tendency we have of using more than is actually necessary merely because there is an abundance. For this reason a barrel of sugar may get emptied sooner than if the same weight were dealt out in weekly por tions. It is often better economy to buy flour by the bag than the barrel for all pur poses, we may have one bag for pastry, another for bread, and another of en tire wheat flour. This is by far the best plan where a part of the bread is bought instead of being made in the house, and the time is coming when bread will be made outside in a better, cheaper manner than it is now being made at home. Other cereal prepara- tinnc ctimtlrl Via nittri'iaar1 fn amnll quantities as they are prone to grow oily and be attacked by vermin. Raspberries. Make straight rows seven feet apart, and plant three feet In the row. Only mark one row at a time, and plant when ground is moist After setting, press the soil firmly about the roots with your feet; this is very essential; work as yon would corn and potatoes, and do not let any ridge work about the row. I cultivate with the Planet Jr. horse hoe, and practice level culture. You can plant anything that will not shade them between the rows the first year. If manure is plenty and you can get it, spread on the ground before plowing the first year, as it adds greatly to the crop. The ends should be pinched out of the young canes when one foot high the first year, and when one and one-half feet the setond; do not let them get too high. By doing this you will dispense with stakes and wires. The pruning should be done in spring, when the leaves begin to show themselves. Cut the laterals on an average from six to twelve inches in length. When th fruit is all gathered, cut out and burn all old wood and young canes but the three best. This destroy.? all insects and rust that may occur, and the canes make a much better growth. E. W Reid. Becoming an Island of Mutes. Of the 146 inhabitants of the little town or Chilmark, on the Island of Martha's Vineyard, thirty-six, or almost one quarter, are congenitally deaf and dumb. The town records show that two of the original settlers of the place, away back in the seventeenth century, were deaf and dumb and the infirmity has thus been transmitted to our own day. This hereditary influence shows no plan of uniformity in its workings, deaf and dumb parents having chil dren in full possession of all their senses, and vice versa. This peculiar community, shut in from the outside world, is, however, alive to all the so cial and political influences of the time and does not differ in great degree from the thousand and one secluded villages which dot our New England hills and shore line. It affords, however, ample opportunity for the minute investiga tion of both the sociologist and the stu dent of evolution and physiological heredity. Boston Transcript. Whitewashing With the Spraying Pump. The use of bordeaux mixture in the spraying pump suggests that the machine can be used to good purpose in spraying whitewash upon green house roofs, barn basements and fences. We now apply all the whitewash upon our larger glass roofs by means of a pump and nozzle. The whitewash is made in the ordinary manner, of lime and water, and is diluted to about the con sistency of thin cream. If a large sur face is to be covered, especially if it is difficult to reach, a direct delivery nozzle is used, and the operator stands several feet away. But if it is desired to cover the surface evenly and neatly, the McGowen nozzle is most satisfac tory. Cornell Bulletin. Yellow Cake. one teacupiui sugar -with half the quantity of butter; add the yelks ot lour Deaien eggs, nair a tonrnnfnl milk and two and a half tea cupfuls flour sifted with two teaspoon- fuls Royal baking powder. Flavor with vanilla. TsMttaf Honeepathlo RemesllaM. While I rely on spongla in most all cases of roup, yet it is not a specific by any means, writes E. W. Amsden in Southern Fancier. In the first symp toms, running at the nostrils, and a short, quick sneeze, acconitum nux as a remedy is preferable. When there is a thick discharge from the nose, mercur ius Is indicated. We have found hepar sulphur, in alternation with spongla, effective as a cure when spongla alone would not be sufficient Bpongta is very effective when there Is a rattling sound in the throat For canker, first clean the cankerous substance off the surface; rinse the mouth and throat clean, and apply either burned, pul verized alum or powdered borax, with a little sulphate of copper mixed with it; put hepar-sulphur in the drinking water. Here is a remedy for warts, or sore head, as it is commonly called. It is a species of roup. I have had fowls' combs and wattles filled with these lit tle cankerous sores before they were discovered. I first bathe the head in warm water and vinegar or boraccic acid. Soak the sore spots well, then wipe dry wjth a clean cloth. Now take a piece of copperas, dip it in water and rub it on the sore spots; it will kill the cankerous matter of the sore and dry it up in 12 hours. This is a never-failing remedy for canker sores. You need not be afraid of getting it in the eye, for it will do no hurt If the fowl is feverish, give aconite in the drinking water. Epsom salts, one tablespoonful to a quart of water, is a good preven tive. Homoepathic remedies are easily administered, and if the right remedy is selected, they are a sure cure. Fowls are very susceptible to homoepathic treatment Agricultural Colleges anil Dairying. Prof. C. S. Plumb has made a review for the Indiana Farmer of the relation of our agricultural colleges to the dairy interests, and finds that: "At the present, time special courses in dairying are provided in the agricul tural colleges of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Vermont, New York. Maine and Michigan. Of these states, Wisconsin devotes entirely to dairying a $40,000 building and equip ments, New York a $50,000 building, Minnesota one costing about $25,000, Iowa $4,000 and Indiana $1,500. Dairy ing in the other colleges is taught in buildings used for other purposes also. At the present time the course in dairy ing in each of these agricultural schools is, I believe, a thorough success, al though Michigan is this year attempt ing the work for the first time." One of the great disappointments of the friends of agricultural colleges has been the meagre patronage of these schools of learning by farmer's sons. There is no disguising the fact that no substantial demand for an agricultural education to be used in tilling the soil has been developed. Such is not the case with the dairy schools, which are a part of the life of these colleges. Why is this? Two facts stand out promi nently in the history of the dairy schools, namely: Their course of study are short and directly applicable to a department of farming and turn out young men who are at once given positions that return a compensation above that of a day laborer. Doubt Tuberculin. Dr. W. L. Zuill, chairman of the vet- ' trinary faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, declares that tuberculin will not react in every case of tubercu lar disease, but will react where no tu berculosis exists, and therefore is not reliable. He says it is positively dan gerous, as it may arouse a latent or encysted tubercle into activity, and thus jause an aggravated tuberculosis that will render the milk unfit for food and hasten the cow's death, whereas with out tuberculin such a cow might enjoy health and yield perfectly harmless milk. Prof. Guillehan of the veterin ary school at Berne, Switzerland, ex presses the same opinion and adds that because of the great loss in cattle and danger in milk Iy the use of tuberculin, he thinks it will never be rendered obligatory by law. Dr. Zuill concludes: "My position is this: I cannot, do not, and will not indorse the indiscriminate use of tuberculin as an agent for diag nosing tuberculosis in dairy cattle. Every new report we get of the general arbitrary use of this substance proves i. vrrelfable. It is not use-! by law in any country of the world." Fretting. A good many women are more fa tigued by the work they fail to accom plish than by what they do that is, they fret and worry over the thousand and one things which demand attention and the hurrvintr to cet through pres ent tasks in order to turn to these J others, added to a mental performance which, even though It may never ma terialize, are as physically exhausting to a nervously organized woman as manual labor. Fortunately there are some women who can see things in their rightful proportions, whose perception of perspectives is accurate and to whom small things do not assume the undue J proportions which characterize Japan ese art. Such women can separate es sentials from nonessentials. They can stand off a little way from the situation and get its general effect or see it as It really is, which is the first and most important step toward an adjustment of themselves to it But this practical sense of perspective is a thing which most women sadly need to develop and cultivate. Its application to women's work is no less important than to ar tistic effort Not Up On Etiquette. An amusing story is told of the late Principal Pirie, , of Aberdeen, Scotland. Just after "at home" cards became fashionable one of the dryest specimens of the old profes sional regime was surprised to receive a message which read as follows: "Principal and Mrs. Pirie present their compliments to Professor T , and hope he is well. Principal and Mrs. Pirie will be 'at home on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock." This was some thing which evidently required an an swer, but the recipient of it was quite equal to the occasion. He wrote: "Pro fessor T returns the compliments of Principil and Mrs. Pirie and informs them that he is very well. Professor T ia slad to hear that Principal and Mrs. Pirie will be at home on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Professor T will also be at home." Quarrying in India. At Bangalore, In Southern India, granite slabs as ' large as 60 by 40 feet and half a foot , thick are quarried by means of wood , fires. A narrow line of fire, about seven . feet long, made of dry logs of light , wood, is gradually lengthened and moved forward over an even surface of solid rock. It is left in position till strokes with a hammer show that the rock in front of the fire has become detached from the main mass beneath; the burning wood is then pushed on a few inches. The rock keeps splitting about five inches below the surface. It takes about eight hours and fifteen hundred-weight of wood to set free a slab measuring 740 square feet. After ward the plate is easily cut with blunt chisels into strips 2 feet wide. Lady Cake. Take two and a half scant teacupfuls flour and after sifting mix well with it one heaping teaspoon ful Royal baking powder and sift again; add one and a half teacupfuls powdered sugar, blended with half a teacupful of butter; beat the whites of two eggs to a froth; add gradually to the flour half a teacupful of milk; follow with the sugar and the butter, and nest tbe whites of the eggs, fin.&ning up with a teaspoonful of the essence of almond, i Bake in a not oven for three-quarters of an hour. I FtMsrlMlltiM ef Ccg PredssetleB. Field and Farm: Soma light on the fecundity of the hen is given by E. C. Powell, who says: "It is not an un .common fact for a hen to lay two eggs a day, especially the Leghorns and other laying breeds, when forced. I once knew a game hen to make a regu lar practice of laying two eggs a day about two days in the week, and what is more, she would lay one egg the day before and one after. One week she laid ten eggs. She was often shut up so that no other hen could get near her, and at night two eggs were in her nest But the most remarkable record that ever came to my notice was of a coop of fine Silver Penciled Hamburg kens. They were kept by a friend who Worked in a butcher's shop, and I have no reason to doubt his word. They had tbe run of the street and were kept in shed which opened to the north on an alley, and was protected at both the east and west ends by buildings, so that no sunshine ever reached the shed, and what the hens got they had to walk for. The roosting place was a dry goods box placed in one corner, and the nests were small boxes nailed up along one side. The hens had all the fresh meat they would eat and the way they shelled out the eggs was a caution. On many days they would lay ten eggs going on the nest early in the morning and late in the afternoon, but upon the day following they would not lay more than two or three, if any. Fresh meat and plenty of exercise were the things which caused such an abun dant production of eggs." 10O Reward 910O. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to euro in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive euro known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its cura tive powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any cose that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address. F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Cgp bold by .Druggists, oc. Hall's Family Pills 25c. Difference Between Hall and Sleet. We are apt to speak of hail and sleet as being very similar phenomena, but in fact, they are widely different True halestones are composed of alternate concentric layers of hard opake and transparent ice. In the latitude of Missouri hail seldom falls except in summer. Meet, on the contrary, always falls in winter or late fall or early spring, and is composed of minute par ticles of transparent ice. It is caused by rain falling from a high, warm cloud, which has a stratum of cold air lying directly beneath, as a rule, but this cold air stratum may be immedi ately above the earth's surface. In In this event it will be noticed that there is a mixture of rain and ice par ticles which fall and give everything an icy coating. Speckled Beauties Ont of Season. There has been a movement on foot or some weeks among retail and wholesale fish dealers to stop the ille gal sale of trout, which is being made in this citv. The law does not go out before April 15, and for weeks trout has been brought to commission mer chants in boxes marked smelts or frost fish. These are sold to epicures, who will pay almost any price for thinjrs out of season. The dealers complain that when the trout season opens, and dealers display their fish, the wealth ier classes will not buy, having tired of these delicacies. Thus docs the illegal I traffic interfere with legitimate busi ness. It is also stated that a large trout order can be filled with two clays' no tice, and that they arc brought from the New England states. New York Herald. The Hot Springs of South Dakota. The following letter from Mr. W. ?.T. Tyson, commander of the Pennsyl vania Soldiers and Sailors Home at Erie, Pa., written on his return home after a stay of some weeks at Hot Springs. S. D., Indicates that the Springs are In a fair way to be-j come one ot tne leading neaitn resorts of the country: Erie, Pa., Feb. 28, 1S93. Col. Fred Evans, prop. Evans Hotel, Hot Springs, S. D.: Dear Sir Among the many who have been benefited by treatment at the Hot Springs, S. D., and have experienced courteous hospitality at your hands, I claim the right to say a word in be half of the Springs as a health resort, and cannot do better than to state the facts In my own case. I left Erie, Pa., about Nov. 1.1 1894, my friends at the time doubting whether I would ever recovermyhealth. I arrived at Hot Springs so weak and disheartened that I required aid to leave the cars and reach the hotel. t For the first two weeks I felt no Im- ' provement. J.nen l experienced a chanse, which continued until my de-' and returned to my home very ', narture, much stronger ana aimost iree from pain. I do not hesitate to say to any one seeking relief from pain and desiring rest that I do not believe there is any place where an Invalid can go and find so many advantages, such as healing waters, pure aid. grand mountain scen jations, as Hot Springs. S. D. The ery, anu comionauie noiei accommo elegant Evans hotel Is all that goes to make one feel at home. I am so thor oughly convinced of the many advan tages to be found at your location that it Is a pleasure for me to recommend the Hot Springs to invalids and to those seeking amusement as well as health. Wishing you every success, and that Hot Springs may become better known and appreciated, I am. truly yours, (Signed) W. M. TYSO.V. The Hot Springs of South Dakota are reached directly by the Burlington route. . The Japanese Soldiers Diary. It appears that notebooks arc quite common in the Japanese army among both soldiers and coolies. They keep regular dfaries and take copious notes of everything they see. '"It is supris ing," writes a war correspondent to the China Mail, "what a lot they know about the great west. Several of them talk intelligently of Spartans and Per sians, apoieon anu nis niarcii iu .- t cow, and even compare the abolition of ngnuy u.u. .. u.-... , .. -feudalism in England and Japan. They . tcr than others and enjoy life more, w th fully understand all that is implied in leJ expenditure, by more prompt y the contrast between old fashioned adapting the world s best products i to hand to hand warfare and modern long tbe needs of physical being, will attest range maneuvers, and they speak the vaiue to health of the pure liquid scornfully of the Chinese .tactics at laxative principles embraced in the Pine-Yang in trying cavalry charges remedy, Syrup of Figs, against massed bodies of riflemen with- , Its excellence is due to its presenting out first using their machine guns, as ( jn the form most acceptable and pleas the French at Waterloo did their field- ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly pieces to throw the ranks into disorder, beneficial properties of a jcrfect lax All this from the Japanese must be atjve; effectually cleansing the bystem, surprising to Europeans, cccause w u ( uiiu .. ".' Their progress is ;al than foreigners -Ncws- ' uo nor. Know iiicru. xiiuii greater and more real imagine." ionuon .cws. i a coatiy Mi.pbtced Ki. I A peculiar suit has been instituted at Bulla, Ala. Mrs. Sue Kobbins was a .l. t r :u :.!. nassenger on ;ne Liuui&viuv irdiu uie other day. So were Mr. and Mrs. Ga- briel Lemons, a young couple just mar ried. The train was passing through a tunnel, and Mr. Lemons, who had left his wife's seat, just behind Mrs. Kobbins, returned to it, as he thought, in the darkness and proceeded to kiss his newly wedded bride. About this time the train emerged from the tun nel and disclosed that his supposed bride was Mrs. Kobbins, who is a young ' widow. She has sued for S10.C00 dam , niros for the mistake and will not ad- i mit the act was not intentional. ' Montgomery (Ala.) Dispatch. j A lean man is not a good advertisement ' for a boarding house. T. JACOBS jigGjp PAIN QF PAINS RHEUMATIC, NEURALGIC. LUMSAQ.C AND SCIATIC. jQuwaMafcj I I N all receipts for cooking requiring a leavening agent the ROYAL BAKING POWDER, because it is an absolutely pure cream of tartar powder and of 33 per cent, greater leavening strength than other powders, will give the best results. It will make the food lighter, sweeter, of finer flavor and more wholesome. 6 ROYAL BAKING POWDER glfa Razors Made ly Machinery. Now York Sun: The manufacture of razors by machinery has now be come a fixed fact in Germany, and the quality of the article is said to compare favorably "with the best Sheffield product, the process being also applica ble to scissors making. A die bearing the impress of a razor blade and tongue, or of a scissor blade and bow, as the case may be. is screwed into the bottom of a drop hammer, which is worked by hand over a pulley, a corre sponding die being placed on the anvil upon which the hammer falls, the end of the steel bar or ramrod having been heated to a red heat is laid across the anvil die, and the hammer, falling with a weight of about 3,000 pounds, or less, according to the size of the article to be produced, forces the metal into the mold, this, when withdrawn, appearing in the shape of a perfect razor or scissors blank, but surrounded with a fray or fringe, which is afterward pared with the striping tools as waste. This operation is repeated indefinitely. according to the extent of the order in hand, the tools then being changed on to another size of blade or scissors. Repeated blows of the hammer are re quired to forge some of the blanks, regulated by their size and shape. King Lear, Driven Forth Into the cold and rain, had no Hostetter's Stomach Hitters to counteract their effect But the modern traveler In Inclement weather can baffle its hurtful influence with this genial protector. Chills and fever, rheuma tism, neural.-ia. colds arc forestalled by this warming medicinal stimulant and safeguard. Take a wlneglassful immediately before and after exposure. Use it. too, for dyspepsia, biliousness and constipation. Outdoor Kxerclae. A bright woman doctor said the other da3: "Exercise is the best rem edy for that foe to age, corpulency; it makes a good muscle and firm llesh, while it banishes fat There can be no health of the muscles without use of the muscles, and while physical "culture exercises, so arranged as to bring into use all the voluntary muscles of the body, are indispensable to those who lead inactive lives, there are few who are engaged in active work who would not be benelited by them. Mental in lluences also must receive great consid eration would 3-011 grow young instead of old, for mental health is the prime factor in physical health. J he latter is not possible without the former." liegeman' ('ninplior Iro-vrlf Ii CSIycrln. Cur-Cii3piMilH:iiiilanilKar-.T'nlTorSmK-'t, Chilblain", rilm.&r. l O. Clark Co.. N-w Hat on, (X To te without faults is to be without friends. l'iso's Cure for CoitMuiintion is nn A No. 1 Asthma medicine. W. It Williams, An tioch, Il!s., April 11, lS'.U. Never step over one duty to perform an other. Take tho nearest first. Billiard Table, second-hand. For pals cheap. Apply to or address, H. C. Akis, ill 8. 12th St., Omaha, Neb. A Indy lind the wrong tooth rulled Ly a Detroit deutist, and she recovered $o0u damages. Winter Tourist Ticket Via the Wabash Ituilroaf! Are now on sn!e to all the winter resorts of the South, good returning until June 1st "!5. Also Harvest Exctrsion Tickets to all points south on excursion dates. In ad dition tn ntxive. Unilroml and Steamship tickets to all points in the U.nitsd States and Eraoi'E, at lowest rates. For rates, tickets, excursion rtntes onu inn miormav tion or a topv of tho Home Seekers Guide, call at WaLash Office, 150-J Farnam street, or write G. N. Clattox, N. W. P. Agt, Omaha. Neb. A handful pity. of help is worth a cartload of KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to ncrsonal enioyment when -7"r7, s on ,. !,, i: dispelling colds, headaches and levers dispelling coias, ncauacuta mm i-..o MJ permanently curing constipation. It ' ;ven satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical . -t, th nnnrnv. profession, bccauHj it acts on the Kid- nevs, Liver and .eU.fJ ening them and it is perfectly free from ,.-.. .il.i'oMmnnli ( fillbstanCC. .n..s uj ..".... ... ..- - j,.. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drco- cists in 50c and'$l bottles, but it is man ufactured bv the California Fig Syrup Co. onl v, whose name is printed on every pacl-acc, also the name, Syrup of Fig-, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. Eiy's Cream Balm Cleanses the "aal Passages. Allays Pain niKiJiiUasiiinsitfnn, Restores the ; Senses o hc Sorts! Apply Iiil.-n into each nostril. Ir.r licos.. IS Warren St.. X. V. ONLY A RUB TO MAKE YOU WELL AGAIN SSsVraV CTaaaWit aW V .sssssss SssBsaBBSBSBaaaasasV a. -. ''"lPk 7a3sssssssssT Tai JL jBcrssi asm, r-'.f.a jrrcwji" mw nOaa.,aaCasaa-a-aasasasaiaB iK GatLsBSm r aSsflwftLk I CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. Thut Chirac" Fort. Ilrigadier General Wheeler's magnifi cent plan for a fort on the lake front, with three Krupp guns mounted there on, looks most imposing on paper, but so veteran a tactician as he ought to know that cities are not defended by water batteries in their very center. The general ought to take his Krupp guns out into the middle of the lake or mount them on the roof of Willard hall at Evanston. For the purpose of de fending the lake front we think the pocket pistols which may be obtained at any of the contiguous cafes will will meet all possible needs. Chicago Times. Worms la Iloraea. The only sure cure for pin worms In horse known Is Steketee's Hos Cholera Cure, N'bvaf falW tn destroy worms in horses, linn". sheep, doss or cats; an excellent remedy for sick fowls. end sl.xly cents In United States postage stumps and I will .end by mail Cut this out. take It to druggist ana pay him fifty cents. Three packages for UM express paid iu. G.G.STEKETEE. Grand Haplds. Mich. Mention name of paper. Tho truly wise man about what he tnn"t hetp. will never worry "Samson's Mag-ie Cora Salvs." Warrantml to cure or money rrfumletl. Alc TOOT drumefot for It- l'rii-r IS cent. Joining a chunh with a high steeplo is not always a start for heaven. Jt the Uaby is Cutting- Teeth. Sti aire ami ue that oM and well trlwl remeilr. Mil. IVissLow's Sootiiixo BTHUr for Children Teethlne- Call Ita Craze. AN ALARMING STATEMENT CONCERNING WOMEN. HOW BAD HABITS ARE FORMED. The JVfUf York Tubune says: "The habit of taking; headache powders is increasing to an alarming extent among a great number of wo men throughout the country. These powders as their name indicates, are claimed by the manu facturers to bca positive ami speedy cure for any form of headache. In many cases their chief ingredient is morphine, opium, cocaine or some other equally injurious drug havinga tendency to deaden pain. The habit of takfiig them is easily formed, but almost impossible to shake off. 'Women usually liegin taking them to re lieve a ragitiK headache and soon resort to the powder to alleviate any little pain or ache they may be subjected to. and finally like the mor phineor opium fiend, get into the habit of taking them regularly, imagining that they are in pain if they happen to miss their regular dose." In nine cases out of ten, the trouble is in the stomach and liver. Take a simple laxative ami liver tonic and remove the offending matter which deranges the stomach and anises the headache. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are composed entirely of the purest, concentrated, vegetable extracts. One Pellet is a dose; sugar-coat ed, easily swallowed; once used, alzcays in favor. They posi tively aire sick headache and remove the disposition to it. Mr. K. Vari-.aso.v. of Otter Ijxke. iMteer Co.. Mich., writes: "I not infrequently havenn at tack of the headache. It usually comes on in the forenoon. At my dinner I eat my regular meal, nnd take one or two of Doctor Tierce's Pleasant reliefs imme diately after, and in the course of an hour my headache is cured and no had effects. I feel better every way for having taken them not worse, as is usii.il after taking other kinds of pills. Tleasant Pel lets are worth more than their weight iti gold, if for nothing else than to cure head.ichr " c Thrr pattern" retail In fhlon tiaraar nn! storra for Si to 40 cent" each, but In onler to Increase th de mand among rtranfrerx we offer t hem to the lads' read ers ot this parer for the remarkably low price of only ISrrnlarach. 1'ootaice una cent extra. The patterns are all of the Tery lalot New York tylei and are uneiiialed for r tyle, actuary of lit, sim plicity and economy. For twenty-four jears the pattern hate been ued the country orer. Full de scription and directions a. the number of yani of material required, the numLer and names of the dif ferent pieces In the pattern, how to cut and fit ami put I tne garment to(tetner-are i-ent wjtn each pattern. with a picture of the Karment to go by. The-e pat terns are 'omplete In erery particular, there helntr a j separate pattern for eery Mngie piece of the dre-ts. IYonr order will be rilled the name day It Is recelTed. KTery pattern fruaranteed to bei-erfect. The retail price of pattern U Zi cents. LaoiW Walkiso Toilet. Pattern No. Mil The rape li cut In ;lx Mzet). Tlz.. 32, SI, 3(1, 33, 40 and 3 Inches tu.l meature. The skirt H cut lntlTeslret, viz.: ZS, 21. iS. It and SO Inches waist measure. Thli stylish sprlnic toilet of golden brown ereim I one of the new l'arl-i&n mode. The Ta'piin skirt and cap are made t match, the col let. or hnrt cape, heintr of black plaited chiffon, over which a Van Dyke collar of joInt-de-venI-e lare la worn. A llulriit of Mue and brown chaniceable silk makes a tlrh completion. A full niching of chetTon decorates the nerk, which can either take the place of the full Medici collar, or bo worn orer it. l'aravol of changeable blue and brown talTeta L edced with a deep frill of white lace, a hand-ome bow of Mimj ratio ribbon decoratlni; the handle. Hat of brown straw, with black bow ami bluo wlnjfi. TLe retail price of each pattern la SO cent''. I.aDii's. ri!CEa llom. Pattern No. C3I3 la cut in fire size, Iz-. 33, 31, M, 38 andao In-hf ti'Ut mea lire. Dinette crepon Is here styli.hly trimmed with black Kte-de-leudrea and jet paaementerie. A handsome collar of creamy iKilut-de-Tenle lace form a deep round yoke, the full puffs on the le"e being "hlired In ucceslte rows to rive the sloping shoulder effect here shown. The doslntr on left side of front l rendered Invisible ' by the arrangement of the trimmlnjr. the collar cjoo Inir In center back with the I stock. The mode l desirable for almost any f tyle of fabric, and can le worn a- a walk ing toilet, tea or home xown, as well aa ceremoni ous occasions. Tho retail price of pattern Is 35 cents. PAQCUt Skirt. No. 323.-Thls style counts as one of of the many new designs In the larife variety of lrt now worn beating lt name of the Parisian artisto who Introduced the mode. The shaping Is of the circular variety, and fits smoothly In front and over tho hlpo. the top ediie fcelnij he 1 easy when sewed to the telt. The lower portion pre-ents th ondnlatinK ripple now fash ionable, while the back falls In full KOdet, or orjran pipe folds from backward timing plaits at the top. A deep underfactnsr of canvas, irrasa or hair dcth I- cenerallv used around the front and sides, while the tax Is Uned throughout with the same fabric. Some ptefer a stiff Inlerllnliii; throughout all th skirt, supplemented by a llnlnit of taffeta or cambric W. H. U., OBs.ama.mia,, 1H9S. wken answering advertisements klntllv" racntioa this BPr m J 4T fN v't9T K. Varoaso.v. Esq. sun IS 4 VaT .am. af 1 Vi hr m I asssssTaW n iassssssV aflXSLf "Jassmnliassssss'' '.. v.e