Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1892 — Page 7

Big Story of Small Things,

In a curious old work entitled “The Curiosities of London," we find the following particulars concerning a minute padlock: “In the twentieth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, Mark Scarliot, a blacksmith, made a lock consisting of eleven pieces of iroh, steel and brass, all of which, together with the key, weighed but half a grain. He also made a chain of gold, consisting of forty-three links, which, after fastening it to the lock and key above mentioned, he put about tbe neck of a common flea, the whole being so minute that the little insect could draw them over a silver plate with perfect ease. All of these together, lock and key, chain and flea, weighed a slight fraction less than one grain and a half.” How About the Prudence of allowing a Cough to run on, rasping the Pulmonary and Bronchial organs, when that approved and speedy remedy, Dr. P. Jayne's Expectorant, can bo obtained from any Apothecary.

For Redness of Hands.

To remedy redness of hands apply every night a cream consisting »f 10 ounces lanoline, 3 ounces vaseline oil, 1 grain vanillin, 5 drops otto of rosa Let us not love those things much which we are not sure to live long to love, nor to have long if we should. — Fuller.

Something ia lost when you use Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. It’s Catarrh. The worst cases yield to its mild, soothing, cleansing, and healing properties. No matter how bad your case, or of how long standing, you can be cured. Incurable cases are rare. It’s worth SSOO to you, if you have one. The manufacturers of Dr. Sago’s Remedy are looking for them. They’ll pay you that amount in cash, if they can’t cure you. It’s a plain square offer from a responsible business house, and they mean it. It seems too one-sided, too much of a risk. It would be—with any other medicine behind it. It only goes to prove what’s been said : incurable cases are rare —with Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy. Other so-called remedies vosly palliate for a time; this cures for all time. By its mild, soothing, cleansing and healing properties, it conquers the worst cases. It removes offensive breath, loss or impairment of the sense of taste, smell or hearing, watering or weak eves, when caused by the violence of Catarrh, M they all frequently are. Remedy sold by druggists, only 50 cents. Ell 101 Two Bottles Cured Hew*. VI Cabboix, la., July, 1889. I was Buff art ng 10 years from shocks In my head, so maoh so that at times I didn't expect to recover. I took medicines from many doctors, bnt did not get any relief nntil I took Pastor Koenig's Nerve Tonic; the second dose relieved me and 2 bottles oared me. £f. W. PECK. Spring Gbovb, McHenry Co., 111., May, DO. During the last two years I suffered for a few days every month or two fTom fainting spells, of which three dootors oould not relieve me, but made it worse. It is six months now Bince I took Pastor Koenig's Nerve Tonic, and have had no more spells. OTTO MAN. P. J. Sherlock, of Stewart, Lee County, 111., found Pastor Koenig’s Nerve Tonio to be a good remedy. Could not sleep after midnight for several months, sleep now very well, have not taken any for two months. f-A Valuable Book on Nervous LULL Diseases sent free to an y address, f Iff r and poor patients can also obtain | llhle this luodicine free of charge. This remedy has been prepared by tbe Reverend estor Koenig, of Fort Wayne, Ind., since 1876, and now prepared unde* his direction by the KOENIG MED. CO., Chicago, 111. Sold by Druggists at Sl_per Bottle. 6 for 83, targe Blse.ai.7B. 6 Bottles for »9. Sim Hmr Tsonrsox, the wS/taKi' \ moat noted physician of Engjiwßatiiti' ■- V land, says that more than jflllllhalf of all diseases come from Send for Free Sample of Garfiel<l Tea to 319 West 46th Street, New York City. CMFIELDTUaoVbad sating;cures Sick Headache; restoresComplextonjcuresConatipation. • • ••••••••• _ THE SMALLEST PILL IN THE WORLD! _ • TUTT’S •tiny liver pills# • have ail the virtues of the larjper ones; equally effective; purely vegetable# Exact size shown in this oorder. ■rn ■ a ■■ HK ANAKESIS sixes Instant g 1 renet, arid is an INFALLI--1I I I I V BLE CURE for PILES. W 0 I ■ MB Price, ft; at druggists or I Irf il _ W by mafl. Sampleß free. I 111— U Address “ANAKESIS,” ■ 188 Eri V Box '1416. New York City. IlisllOl Wil Washington, D.C. ■ ayrslntaet war, 19 adjudicating claims, atty since. PBnraxoifa - Dm ail souimui !4 disabled. *2 fee for increase. 26 years experience. Write for Laws. A.W. McCormick « *o». WasHiNeTON. t>. C. <fc Clncimnati. O. Dll ■ r,W suppository. Rkkf-dt mailed free. Addresa ■ ■■■■■V J.KKKE\'EB.BoxS!W,New Yorkaty.N.Y. nnillll Morphine Habit Cured in 10 lIBilllBH to 20 days. No pay till cured. VI 11111 DR. J.STEPHENC Lebanon, Ohio. PATEN TS! Washington, D. C. Common Soap , Rots Clothes and Chaps Hands. IVORY : SOAP DOES NOT*

REAL RURAL READING

WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DEPARTMENT. Beys on the Farm—A Handy Farm Gate— Good|Teams—lA ve Stock. Dairy. PoultryYard. Household, and Kitchen. Boys on the Farm.

THE decadence of farming of late years is largelv due to the undc- . niable fact that \ city life has \ offered greater attractions as well L#]as greater profits Ito the young, k & While it is true that farming does not now require so severe and unremitting SjJ toil as formerly, can it be said s-Kthat young •** people on the

farm have been encouraged to find their pleasures and relaxation at home? This is the only way to make home life attractive to the average young man. If on each holiday he goes to the city, it will naturally soon seem to him that city life is all a holiday, while life on the farm is one of unceasing drudgery. It often happens that city boys kept at work in stores, and only allowed to go into the country for vacation, see only the holiday side of farm life, and acquire a love for it that those brought up on the farm too often do not share. Why do not farmers take a hint from these facts, and make as much holiday as possible for their sons at home? It is time that the old rule, which made the boy hoe his roe and run for water, while the men rested, was superseded by a practice which would give boys the easiest tasks, and the little investments that gave largest profits, as the best means to interest them in farming and make this the occupation of their lives.—American Cultivator. Self Opening: Gate. F. L. Donnell in the Practical Farmer in describing how to make a 6elf opening gate says, the gate is put

FIG. I.

together by holts (give plenty of ‘‘play”) in the manner shown by Fig. 2. Bolt the two binding strips, and the rear strip, which is parallel to the front strips, together with the bars, to heel-post. Make lower bar 4 ft. and upper bar 7 ft. long. Nail a narrow, and then a wider strip to square latcbpost to make a slot at side (and top also, if used with pin, and allow top bar to project 6 in. additional) for the bars to fall into. Adjust weight so that gate will lift very

FIG. II.

easily and stay in either position. For a pasture fate, use weight enough to carry gate up when pin is drawn by the wire, Fig. 1 to save running ahead of the cows and causing disorder. It can be used in deep snow, the winds will not bang it off its hinges or frighten stock, and it can be operated from any desired distance by a child. Good Teams and Good Farming. It is truer now than ever before that no good farming is possible without good working horses. Their original cost is much greater, but it is only by their help that the full advantage of efficient help can be realized. Good farmers are the first to realize this. If the farmer be himself lazy and inefficient he will naturally conclude that it does not matter much what kind of horses he works with. We are not wholly sure he is not half right in this conclusion. Hence when we see a farmer plowing or doing other farm work with an old, inefficient and perhaps half-starved team, it is proper enough to suppose that such farmer understands his business better than we can tell him, and knows best what kind of a team he wants to keep up with. Of course the best teams grow old in time, but a horse’s active life is not half nor a third that of an efficient man, and when the team gets past doing a full day’s work, it should be disposed of and another secured that is fully capable. But if the loss from working inefficient teams were better understood, it would be much harder to sell„old or poor horses than it is. Farm Notes. The next day it rains get the grain nags out. Mend those that need it, and mark your name on all of them. Worthless land is often made valuable by under-draining. Be sure that vour grain-bins are free from insects before filling. Some people are losing faith in the process of ensilage, but chiefly those who have never given it a fail trial. At all events silo gives a grateful change to corn fodder, and other substances, wastes no food principle, and makes it acceptable to stock which tire of a sameness. ' The method of shoeing horses ia Holland is a novel one. The animal is driven into a stout frame cage; the three feet on the ground are hobbled so that no kicking can be indulged in, then the foot that is to be shod is lifted to the desired position and lashed fast to a stout cross bar so that the smith can work at it from all sides, as though it was held in a vise on a work bench. These docile horses submit to being bound, but an American or English horse would in most cases resist until he was mined if so treated. 'The cost of an entire set of new shoes is three guilders, or

$1.20. American nails arr used, although the shoes are of local manufacture.

LIVE STOCK.

An Unruly But'* An Illinois man writes to ask our advice with regard to an unruly bull, and also requests us to give some plan by which bulls may be trained to docility. So far as our correspondent’s bull is concerned, we would saw off his horns. He says he is exceedingly dangerous to handle. We do not think that in such cases even the sentimental opponents of dehorning would object to the “mutilation.” At all events the life of a human being is of much more value than a pair of horns, and we should off with them. It is true that a change of management often changes the temper of a bull. We have owned bulls that became ugly because they are not well treated, and when we have personally taken charge of them we have succeeded by kind and considerate yet firm management in making them quite decent. Yet the fact must be recognized that when a bull becomes obstreperous he must always be handled with care, for he is likely to break out on slight provocation. In fact there is not excuse for carelessness in handling any bull. The only method that we know of to train a bull to docility, is to treat the animal kindly but firmly from the beginning, but remembering all the time what we have already stated, that you must be on your guard with the best of bulls. A bull is a good deal like a dog, which will go along for years as mild mannered a creature as ever lived, and then suddenly fall to eating somebody up.—Western Rural. Barefoot Horse*. How many farmers use their team barefoot? What is the use of having a team shod if they will work as well not shod? Nature will care for the hoofs in nine cases out of ten, so that the growth yvill always equal the wear, and a tough, springy hoof will grow where a hard, brittle one was. I had a road mare that interfered badly, and no shoeing or use of boots could keep her from being lame half the time. I took her shoes off, rasped down the edges of her hoofs and drove her as freely as before. In three months she moved without a limp, her hoofs were sound and free from chipping and seemed to have worn to suit her way of going. I used her almost every day on all sorts of roads for two winters and one summer, in dust, ice, snow, and frozen mud, in the country and on city pavements and she traveled as well and freely as any horse, and did not interfere, and her hoofs stood the wear perfectly, while on ice she traveled as well as a sharply shod horse.—Correspondence Rural New Yorker.

THE DAIRY.

Creamery ami Dairy. To our notion, says the Western Rural, good dairy butter is the best butter that ever was made. But little of it brings as good price as creamery and for the reason that it is not as generally well made. It is often said that the only difference between creamery and well made dairy butter is that one is made in the creamery, and the other in the dairy. That is not all the difference. Creamery butter suggests to the public good quality and dairy butter suggests inferior quality. There. is great injustice in this unqualified estimate. No doubt of that. But if the dairy has the same facilities for making butter that the creamery has it will always be just as good, and as a matter of fact much better than a great deal of creamery butter is. Whenever the number of cows warrant it, and all the machinery of the creamery is secured, and intelligently operated, the butter will be first class. Mllkine Three Times a Day. With ordinary cows twice a day is sufficient for milking, but there are occasional exceptions which in full flow of milk, especially on good pasture in June, need to be milked oftener than once in twelve hours, to prevent injurious pressure on the bag. There is at this season about sixteen hours of daylight in the Northern States, and the three milkings, morning, noon, and night, may be put flight hours apart, and each be done without needing a lantern. But a cow milked three times a day ought to have some extra feetl besides even the best pasture, and such a cow will always pay well for all the grain she will eat. Three times milking daily will prevent her from fattening. In fact, if milking later in the season were put twelve hours apart, cows would not dry off so fast as they do, even after they get on dry feed. By leaving the milk in the cow’s hag fourteen, and even fifteen, hours, as it is often done in winter, a great deal of its fat is absorbed, and goes to fatten the cow. More frequent and more regular milking will improve the milking capacity of cows, and will also transmit better milking capacity to their offspring, a point not often thought of. Most of the time that a cow is being milked, says an exchange, she is bearing the future calf, and whatever affects the dam must also affect the foetus. How Premium Cheese Is Made. The Northwestern Agriculturist says Mr. Wallace of Auchenbrain, Scotland, gives from his dairy book, the following particulars as to the making of the Chedder cheese with which he carried the champion prize at the Kilmarnock cheese show last autumn: Date of making, May 16; quantity of milk, 119 gallons; temperature of evening’s milk in the morning, 76 degrees; seconds tested at 24 degrees; time of ripening, 90 minutes; quantity of coloring, 13 ounces, full; temperature at which renet was adde.fl, 84 degrees; quantity of renet. 4i onunces; temperature heated to 101 degrees; time of heating, 55 minutes; quantity of curd, 110 pounds (1 pound to the gallon); time in the whey, 175 minutes; amount of salt, 2 pounds and 3 ounces.

THE POULTRY-YARD.

rombs of Lfghorns. During frequent winds on very cold days, the combs of Leghorns are liable to become frozen, which destroys their usefulness, as the frosted portion is painful to the bird as a frosted member of the body is to a human being.

During the day the *est protection is a wind-break, or some shelter, and at. night there must he no air-holes or cracks to let in a stream of cold air on the heads of the birds when on the roost. Damp Fluor*. If the floor is well covered with leaves the dampness will be absorbed. Dry floors make the poultry-house more comfortable. In the case of ducks, the dry floor is very important, as they are soon injured by floors that are cold and damp and become lame. It will cost but a trifle to have a dry floor. Wooden Troughs. When the weather becomes cold, the use of earthenware fountains is impracticable. The best substitute is a wooden trough, which will not be easily affected by frost. The water in a trough can he thawed out with but little difficulty, and a trough is also easily cleaned.

THE HOUSEHOLD.

An Ideal Homemaker. The most perfect home I ever saw, writes Helen Hunt, was a little house into the sweet incense of whose fires went no costly things. A thousand dollars served as a year’s living for father, mother, and three children. But the mother was the creater of a home; her relations with the children were the most beautiful I have ever seen; every inmate of the house involuntarily looked into her face for the keynote of tbe day, and it always rang clear. From the rose bud or clover leaf, which, in spite of her hard housework, she always found time to put beside our plates at breakfast, down to the utory she had on hand to read in the evening, there was no intermission of her influence. She has always been and always will be my ideal of a mother, wife, and homemaker. If to her quick brain, loving heart an'l her face had been added and appliances of wealth and enlargements of wide culture, hers would have been absolutely the ideal home. As it wis, it was the best I have ever seen. Flints to tile Household. A towel wet at one end and pinned around the neck will cure sore throat. If your wife is the best woman in the world tell hot so; it will keep her young and lengthen her days. IVhaT do you tbink-of a man who sits around the stove smoking his pipe to the annoyance of his wife? A TEASPooNFur, of powdered alum sprinkled in a barrel of water will precipitate all impure matter to the bottom. Headache, toothache, backache, or most any joint ache will be relieved D.y heating the feet thoroughly with the shoes on. Many a man, nnd perhaps more women, would hare been saved from insanity if they tad resolutely obtained sufficient sleep. Pine may be made to look like some beautiful wood by giving repeated coats of hot linseed oil and rubbing hard after each coat. According to the Medical Record castor oil has not f (tiled in any case to remove warts to which it was applied once a day for two to six weeks. Of cooked fruits, baked or roasted are first on the list; then stewed,then boiled. All fruits are better for having the skins taken off previous to eating. It is said that a Paris laundryman has discaded all soaps, sodas and boiling powders. He merely uses plenty of water and boiled jiotatoes, and can cleanse, without employing any alkali, the worst soiled linens, cottons or woolen*. Dr. Hutchinson recommends for the treatment of bleeding at the nose the plunging of tbs feet and hands of the patient in water as hot as can be borne. He says that the most rebellious cases have never resisted this mode of treatment.

THE KITCHEN.

Coohfes flf All Kind*. We all like a change even in cookies; and so the following rules are submitted, as all pood and reliable: Sugar Cookies —Two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful tmtter, one cupful sweet milk, one egg, one spoonful of extract of lemon, two teaspoonfuls baking-powder, and just flour enough to make it possible to roll out. Sprinkle with sugar and bake in a quick oven. Drop Cookiei.~ One cupful of sugar, one half cupful butter, one cupful milk, whites of two eggs, two spoonfuls baking-powder, one half a nutmeg; flour enough to stir very thick. Drop in E'haall spoonfuls on a buttered tin, sprinkle the top with English curranls and sugar, and bake quickly. These are very fine. Almond Cook ;es.— Pour boiling water over one half pound of shelled almonds and rub off the skins. Pound the meats to a Smooth paste. Add one cupful of sugar, one cupful butter, one cupful thin, sweet cream, one spoonful baking powder, and flour to roll out one-haif inch thick. Cut into small round cakes, and when baked, ice the top. and place an almond meat in the center of each. Vanilla Creams.—Two cupfuls of sugar, one half cup of butter, one half cup milk, whites of four eggs beaten stiff; two spoonfuls of vanilla, two spoonfuls of baking-powder; flour to roll very soft. Cut in square or diamonds and bake quickly. These are veyy nice, cut in long, narrow strips, frosted and English currants placed to represent the spots on dominoes, while a line of chocolate makes the middle line. Cocoanut Rings.— Two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful butter, yelks of four eggs, one half cup water, one half cup crated cocoanut, one spoonful bakingpowder, and flour to roll out. Cut but with a large cup, and remove the center with some small can-top. Sprinkle with cocoanut and bake in a moderate oven. Cream Walnuts.—Two cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of lard or butter, one cupful of sour cream, or milk if cream is not to be obtained. The yelks of two eggs, one spoonful of vanilla flavoring, and one spoonful soda. Flour to roll. After placing in the pans, stick half an English walnut meat in the center of each. Bake with care.

A Fine Battle Picture,

Suddenly, shrill and dear, the bugle sounded the Garde a vous, and a tremor shook the two regiments. '1 ho swoaring and grumbling ceased, and a dead silence saemed to fall on the ranks The meu swung themselves into tho saddle, reined their horses into line, and waite I. A few officers galloped along the front, an order passed d >Wn tho line, and tho mo in ted iron-breast d mass moved forward out of the shadow into tho sun. As of (heir own accord, tho squadrons deplo ed and again waited A staff officer rode down the front and waved his kepi “ffio s, ” he cried, “the country needs you. You are going to charge. Ahead of \o i are 10, 00 bayonets, glory and death, behind jon our sha tered right wing. You mast sa/e them, cost what it mar. Good b ,bo s! Go it as jour fathers did at Waterloo!” A voice answered from the ranks, “All right, general! We haven’t forgotten how the old fellows charged." Tire next moment the hoarse cry of “Vivo la Franco!” rang from 1,200 throats. And thou again there was a pause. Several horsemen wheeled into plaee in their respective positions. A half intelligible order rippled through the ranks. bugle sounded. ’1 ho lines oscillated and instincthel, tho squadrons chose their ground ’I ho front moved ahead and the Ion; diagonal shrank liito column. 'then again they halted for a moment, and the first bu lets, fired from 100 groat a distance to do any harm, rang against, the steel cuirasses with a a dull, singing, melancholy sound Saint lirtssac reached over and shook Sargent's han I and they were otf. Twelvo hundred swords flew from their scabbards and cast a bar sinister of shadow across tho golden shield of tho burnished cuirasses: an l tho long horsetails streamed out behind the star of light that sat upon each man's helmet.— —From “A that go for France,” in Scribner.

Shrewd Monkey Generalship.

In real military organization and strategy monkeys are far altead of all other animals, and notably tho different kinds of baboon. Mansfield Park ns gives an excellent account of the tactics of tho dog-faci d Hamadryads that lived in large colonies in tho cracks in the cliiTs of the Abyssiivan Mountains Theso creatures used occasionally to plan a foraging expedition Into the plain below, and the order of attack was most carefully organized, tho old males marching in front and on tho flanks, with a few to bring up tho rear and keep tho rest in order, 'limy had a code of signals, halting or advancing according to tho barks < f tho scouts. When they readied the corn fields tho main body plundered, whilo tho old males watched on all sides but took nothing for thomsolves. Tho others stowed tho < orn in their cheek pouches and under their armpits. They are also said to dig wells with their hands and work in relays. Tho Gelada baboons sometimes have battles with tho Hama dryads, especially when tho two species have a mind to rob the same field, and, if fighting in the hills, will roll stones on their enemies. Not long ago a colony of Go ada baboons, which had been fired at by some soldiers attending a Duke of Coburg-Gotlia on a h inting expedition on the borders of Abyssinia, blocked a pass for some days by rolling rocks on all comers.

The Australian Gold Discoverer.

Ilargravos, tho Australian gold discoverer, recently died at a good age. Many efforts have boon made since the famous year 1851 to wrest from liargraves the crodlt of having discovered gold in the first Instance, and much feeling has been displayed in tho matter. Tho fact is that gold was first actually found in Now South Walos about sev-enty-five years ago. which is thirty-five years before Hargraves’time. Hut one Important point is always missod in this connection. Hargraves • went over to Australia from ’Frisco in 1841) to look for grazing country, and ho was struck with tho similarity in the uppearancu of the country to that on tho Pacific Slope. He took some specimens to ’Frisco, made a close comparison, and, satisfying himself, returned to New outh Wales confident that the country held go d. Then, when ho found tho precious metal, ho at once went to Sydney and gave the public tho benefit of his searchings. This is why, and a good reason why, Hargraves was voted a bonus of 3100,000 .and given a life pension of 31,250 a year.—Philadelphia Telegraph.

A Very Common Want.

“Out of torts,” “distrait," “the blue*." these are familiar appellative* for uncomfortable, nndeflnable sensations. accompanied with laaalttide, nervouanea*. Indlgeation. Poverty of the blood, to remedy whieh an effective atomachic peralatently uaed la tbe paramount need, la concluaive evidence that the ayetem la Insufficiently nourished because—and for no other oanao where organic, die,aae does not exlat—the food la not aaalmllated. Be enforce tbe flagging energiea of the atomacb, reform an Irregular condition of the bowels, keep up a healthful secretion of the bile vi h Hostetter's Stomach Blttera, For over thirty years till* popular medlolne has supplied the common want of the nervous Invalid, the dyajpeptfc and of persona deficient in vitality, an efficient tonic. To Its power of Imparting strength ie attributable Its efficacy aa a preventive of mala la and la grippe. Thorough, ly effective la It, ton, for rheumatism, kidney complaint and neuralgia.

An Air-line for Passengers.

A company has recently been formed In Hamburg for tho purpose of putting Into practical working shape a novel plan for tne transportation of passengers and freight In pneumatic tubes. Each car Is to contain an apparatus filled with compressed air, so that passengers can liavo an ample supply of pure air as long as they remain boxed up.

How’s This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by taking Hall's Catarrh Cun. r. J. CHENF.Y A CO., Props,, Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for tbe last flftesn years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions, and financially able to carryout any obligations made by their firm. West A Trnax, Wholesale' Druggists, Toledo, O. Waldlng Rinnan A Marvin, Wboloaale Druggists. Toledo, Ohio. Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 750 per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.

Mushrooms and Toadstools.

To tell mushrooms from toadstools (without eating and wait ng for the result) peel an onion and put with it the fungi while being cooked. If the onion remains white, eat with confidence. If it turns black, eat with an emetic or a stomach-pump at hand.

The Only One Ever Printed-Can You Find the Word?

There is a 8-lnch display advertisement in this paper this week which has no two words alike except one word. The same is true of each new one appearing each week from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This house places a “Crescent” on everything they make and publish. Look for it, send them the name of the word, and they will return you book, beautiful lithographs, or SAMPLES PREE. To Take Out Mildew. “Buttermilk will lake out mildew stains. Doh’t fool with indigestion nor with a disordered liver, but take Beecham’s Pills for immediate relief. 25 Cents a box. If some people cou'd have their way, when they pray for rain they would pick out the ground for it to fall upon. riTlt-All Kits stepped tree ov ur.Kitne t ureas Nerve Restorer. No Kits after first list's nee. MarveUooa cores. Treatise and SUB trial ootUs free to Tit cases. Bead to Or. »Um«. XI Arch St, Phila. Pa

Eels as Currency.

Teacher Justesen, of Voel, Denmark, sold a pipe to a neighbor for twenty yards of eel. Another farmer bought it tho same night for twenf-l vo yards, and still another got it for thirty. The scores were settled by recourso to the near Lake Sminge, where eels abound, and all parties wero paid off to their satis action. The teacher’s share was forty-seven eels, which together measured up the required twenty yards. In •lutland. wliero eeU pass as currenoy, distance Is measured by smokes instead of mile--. It Is so many plnej of tobacco from one town to another. Tito Jutlanders smoko as they act, slowly. About two mllot is re koued to tho pi. o. Wny continue the uso of remedies that only relicv o. when Ely’s Cream Halna pleasant of application and u sure euro for Catarrh and cold In head, can he hud. 1 dan a severe attack of catarrh and bocame so doaf I could not hear common conversation. -I suffered terribly from rout-lug In nty head. 1 procured a battle of Ely’s Cream Halm, and In three weeks could hoar as well as ever, and now 1 can say to all who are afflicted with the worst of dlseatOi. catarrh, take Ely’s Cream llulm and he cured. It Is worth SI,OOO to any man, woman or child suffering from catarrh. —A. K. Nowmun, Grayling, Mich. Apply Balm into each nostril. It is Quickly Absorbed. Giv&s Kki.ikv at oncb. Price 60 cents at Druggists or by mall. ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren St, Now York.

Artillery Officers on Step-Ladders.

The Belgians have adopted a device for their artillery by which a battery commander can better direct the llro of ills gunners. It consists of an iron stopladder about seven and a half feet high, and weighs sixty flvo pounds. It is to be carried on the ammunition wagon, and when sot uu it serves as a point of observation from which the commanding officer can view tho field.—Philadelphia Record. THROAT DISEASES commence with a rough, Cold or Sore Throat. “Bid ten’* Efronehial Troche *» give Immediate relief. Sold only In bores. Price 25 els. Ip young men must sow their wild oats they should not forgot that thoy must reap them too.—John B. Gough. Plkabant, Whoi.rnomk, BPBBDY. Throe adjeotives that apply to Halk'u Honky or Hohkhounp ANII Tar. I’ikk'h Toothache Drops Cure In one Minute. Every man Is tho architect of ills own fortune—English Proverb.

Special Care Should be taken in the wlutor not to al ow tbo hlood to beaome depleted or impure, as 11 It dues shucks ot Rheumatism or neuralgln are likely to follow eiqinaiiro to col t or wet weatber. Hood's Sarsaparilla 1, an excellent preventive of these trouble!, aa It makes the blood rich and pure, and keeps the kidneys and liver from congestion, ao liable at thlu seas >u. If you are tubJeot to rbenmatlc iroubles, take Hood's Hsrsspar.lln aa a sa egnard, and we believe you will bo peneotly satlafled wltb Its efforts. ’For cbioolo rheumatism Hood’s Sarsaparilla did me more good than anything'elso 1 have ever taken." F. Mii.i.ku, Limerick Centre, I’s. HOOD’S PILLB cure liver ills, coneUpatton, biliousness. Jsund ce, sick headache, Indians tion. Bold by all dnuglsts. Price M cents.

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Are You BILIOUST SOME PEOPLE ALWAYS ARE AND NEARLY EVERYBODY IS OCCASIONALLY. TAKE DR. WHITE’S DANDELION ALTERATIVE. It la the heat remedy for dlaeaaea off tbe Idver and Kldneya. It pnrlflee the bleod and overcomes that feeling of weariness whieh yon ao often experience. It will enre yoor headache, restore yoor lost appetite, aad make yon feel vigorous enough to take anything within yoor reach. Very largo bottlo for 01, and every bottle warranted. Til E ANARCHISTS. The United States Supreme Court has postponed until the second Monday in January the hearing of the cases of Fielding and Schwab, the Chicago anarchists who are now In prison in Joliet for their participation in the Haymarket massacre. These men were filled with an unutterable longing. If they had taken Ukjd’s German Cough and Kidney Cure the mists that clouded their brains would have been dispersed. They would have found that the evils of which they complained were largely the result of ill-health. They would have gone to work to better their own condition and those of others by encouraging habits of industry and thrift. This they could have done by taking Reid’s German Cough and Kidney Cure, and thus banishing disease from their followers. This great remedy contains no poison, but it is the best thing for all lung and throat troubles on the market v It is a remedy that is the particular” and special friend of the poor man, for it will cure his wife and children of half the troubles that afflict them without the aid of the doctor. Get it of your druggist. Sylvan Remedy Co., Peoria, 111. psAnpsirep fiailw. CHAS E. WPOLLS*. Oiiaoxwx. Kam. PtiTENTfi Ouuklr obtaiu.d. Ho >1 z’l JT" * BRilPtn u’lMl patent la allowed. Advice Book free. 6LOIE PATERT «tCT Wash.. D.C. IConaanipttve. and who have weak lungs or Asth- H| ma, should use Plso's Care for B Consumption. It bos cored H tkestaadi. It has not Injured one. It it not bod to take. K It la tbe best cougb syrup. w Sold everywhere. 35c. I" ■

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