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ABEL, HULDY, AND THE RAM. Ill S-A' NCE I was pass ing through the little town of Greenville, in the Pennsyl v a n 1 a hemlock belt," said John Gil bert, the travel ing groceryman "and stopped at tne tavern there. The only man I saw at first was a jolly looking, red-faced little old man, on whom care or sorrow seemed to have never laid a finger. " 'Fine day,' I said, getting off my buckboard. " 'P'tic'lar fine an' cheerful,' the little old man said. 'I hain't see a cheer fuller day in forty years an better.' "Then he went down the road whist ling. I vas gazing' after him yet wh;n some one said: " 'It's a leetle queer that Uncle Abel went away without waltin' to see whether you wa'n't going to buy sum pin' an ast him in; but he's feelin' overpowerin' glib to-day, an' mebbe thought nothin' could make him feel any better.' "This speaker, as I saw when I turned to look, was a tall and slim and lanky, and was whittling a stick. He had come from the barn, and, as I found, was the landlord. I walked in. "'Yes,' said the lanKy man, 'Uncle Abel is feelin' overpowerin' glib to-aay. Tou wouldn't take him to be a lone an' lorn widderer, which the pardner of his bosom was only laid away yiste'-da.-, now, would you? "I ha 1 to admit that the old gentle man was a trifle chipper and cheerful for one so recently bereaved. " 'Yes,' the landlord went on, 'Aunt Huldy's left Uncle Abel at last. It was sort of an accident like, though. I don't think she ever would a-thought o doin' of It, 'cause Uncle Abel was four that Aunt Huldy had handled, an' she had wore black bombazine fer three on 'em, an' it was jest as good as ever, that black bombazine was, an' there ain't no kind o' doubt that she had a stiff idee o' wearin' It fer Uncle Abel, an' mebbe fer somebody that had tne courage to be No. 6. You see, Uncle Abel is the harmlessest man that ever sot rounu, an Aunt Huldy's disposition V Rftt Snmnln' lllra a oiviao .,.- Anr - " - vo0-.ui, oanf n' hen she got to movln' she was a ripper. How would some fresh tansy schunched In a glass and moistened Twith about three fingers o' Jmaky rum strike you? "I was willing to risk it, and the lanky but garrulous landlord scrunch ed the tansy and tooistened It per recipe. " 'Yes, sir,' he went on, having scrunched and moistened for himself also, and taken pay for both. 'Aunt Hul Ay was a ripper when she got to movln', and the trouble was she was movln' most o' the time. I've knowed Uncle Abel to roost In an apple tree on his clearin' all night, waltin' for Aunt Huldy to quiet down, an' I've heerd him say, more'n wunst, that It was a good thing he'd been kicked in the head by a mule wunst and got over it, or he'd be afeared o' the conseqences If Aunt Huldy got to movin. " 'Aunt Huldy she was tremendous sot .ag'in Uncle Abel goin' fishin. an' Uncle Abel he'd ruther go fishin' than to the circus. Last week he couldn't hold o-at no longer, and he went over to Ben Runnels' pond to troll for pick ery The fact Is, though, that the pond ain't Ben Runnels, 'cause there ain't no setch person as Ben Runnels, nor hain't ben this twenty year an' better, an' when there was a Ben Runnels he didn't own the pond. .The last day there ever was a Ben Runnels he went fishin' on that pond. If the fishin hadn't ben so uncommon good that day Ben mowt be with us ylt. Ben hall half a pint o' fish worms with him in an old tomattus can, an' half a gallon o' worm o' the still in a Jug. This was for exhilaratin' purposes. Ben alluz exhilarated arter ketchin' a fish, but the fish bit so fast that day that they kep' Ben busier than usual exhilar atin', so that when folks went to see wnat was the reason Ben didn't git home that day, an' found the boat up sot an' Ben an' the Jug floatln' In the pond, there was less than two little jiggers of exhilaration left in the jug. but there was more than five gallen o' water in Ben. It wasn't drowndin' that killed Ben, some folks thought. They said it was the sudden washin' of all th.. exhilaration outen him by so much water gittin' inter him that done it, Ben not bein' used to setch overpower in' disapp'intment. An' that's the way Ben got the title to that pond, an' it's ben called Ben Runnels' pond ever Bence. " 'Well, there's where Uncle Abel went fishin', spite o' Aunt Huldy's warnin s, an' when he got back 1 don't s'pose that Aunt Huldy ever moved so rlppin' in her life. AH that Uncle Abel has ever said about it is that she jest swatted him over, an' then sot on him till she peeled what Uncle Abel says : .ust a ben more'n a bushel o' taters. Aunt Huldy weighed in the vicinity o' 200 pound, an' every time Uncle Abel wiggled she'd scrunch down on him. An' speakin' o' scrunch! n', there's a lot more tanzy: shell I ' "I interrupted the landlord to say that I didn't care for any more, and lie seemed so much disappointed and re mained silent so long that I began ro think that I wasn't going to hear the end of his story, but by and by h started in again. " 'Yes, sir, she scrunched down on him hard, Aunt Huldy did. She scrunched down so fur arter awhile that Uncle Abel says he got his eyes on the shinin' shore, an' was hopin' that Aunt Huldy would give him an other twist so's he could get his feet on It; but she wan't through with him ylt, an' didn't let him pass over. There's where Aunt Huldy made her mistake. She ought to scrunched Uncle Abel all the way over, an' then she could a took out that black bombazine ag'in an' ffl hooked It on fer her fourth, an' ben a-lookin' out fer her fifth now. But she didn't do it, an' there's where she made her mistake. " 'This here last lively movln' of Aunt Huldy's must a kind o' sot Uncle Abel to thinkin'. Joe Bevan, up yon der apiece, had an ol' churnin' ram that somehow or other was dead sot agin women folks, an' none of 'em cared to go nigh him, 'cause he'd pitch at 'em, an' Joe kep' the ugly ol' chap tied up. But the ram was mild enough to men folks. T'other day Aunt Huldy says that it beat all how it was that she couldn't have a piece o' rope to make a pull-to for the gate, and that if she had a man worth a pinch o' salt that she'd a had the rope long 'fore that. This was th,- fust that Uncle ' Abel knowed that Aunt Huldy wanted a piece o' rope, an' that very day he was goin' by Joe Bevan's place, an' he see a piece o' rope at the side o' the road. h- picked it up and went home with it. Wrappin' it round a post, he went in the house. ' " ' "Hully," says he, "I've brung home a piece o' rope." '""You have, hay?" Aunt Huldy snapped out. "It's a good thing, an' it'll come in handy fer you to hang yourself with!" " 'So Aunt Huldy goes to see the rope. " ' "Ding your pictur!" she hollers back to Uncle Abel. "An you've got that rantankerous r."m o' Joe Bevan's tied to the end of It, too!" Why, so he is!" says Uncle Abel. " 'Aunt Hujdy grabbed the ax and moved on the rami The ram seen Aunt Huldy comin', an went to meet her. He met her so suddint that she curled up like a ship-knee, kicked a little, an' never got up from where she landed. Uncle Abel says, that Aunt Huldy pass ed away a good deal peacefuller than he thought it was in her natur' to, an' he's a lone, lorn widderer, an' has the bombazine dress to sell. I wish he'd a staid here awhile. Then I'd a had some one to jlne me in a scrunch. If you don't keer to jine, you mowt leave one for Uncle AbeL "I paid for a 'scrunch' for Uncle Abel to enjoy when he came in, and drove on my way, and who should 1 meet but Uncle Abel again. " 'Hullof he shouted, and I stopped. 'He told ye 'bout me an' Aunt Huldy, an' the rantankerous ram, o' course? said Uncle Abel.grinning. " 'Yes,' I said. " 'He's been licked like tarnation three times in less'n a year fer tellin' that,' said Uncle Abel, 'but seems like he can't help it. He didn't mean no harm by It. He'll tell It to you ag'in If you come along this way to-morrow. I wa'n't never married in my life, an' there ain't no Aunt Huldy, nor no ram, nor never was! "I couldn't help but grin with Uncle Abel, and said: " 'Well' I paid for a rum and tansy up there for you, anyhow.' "'Course you did!' said Uncle Abel. 'That's part of it. I hain't took a drink in more'n forty year! Think you'll go back an' lick him? He'll sort o' 'spect it.' "But I said I'd let It go, and drove on, leaving Uncle Abel in the road grin ning after me." New York Sun. A Noble Woman. The wife of Gen. Washington proved herself fully equal to the high position. Her levees were more select and court ly than any that have since been given, yet she preferred home-life and home comforts, speaking of her public life as her "lost days." When she took up her residence with the army her chief occasion was to care for the welfare of the soldiers. To those In camp, she showed a most worthy example of courage and cheerful patience under all manner of privations; to sick and weary she carried that balm to sooth a weary spirit and body, which only the presence of a noble and sympa thetic woman can bear. Mrs. Wash ington, with her large fortune, could easily have outshone all others in fash ion and display, but instead, she put herself and her servants in home-made materials. Sixteen spinning wheels were kept in constant operation in her house. On one occasion she displayed two dresses of cotton, striped with silk explaining that the silk stripes were woven from the ravelings of brown silk stockings and old crimson damask chair covers. Increased His Class. This could only happen in Scotland, where a way has been discovered by a Glasgow minister to compel even the worldly passions of men to make for righteousness. He noticed that the young women who came to Bible class at his house each had a young man waiting for her. So one evening what did this canny Scotsman do, when the class was In progress, but make an ex cuse to leave the room and step out side, where, as he expected, he found a small crowd of waiting swains. With much politeness he pointed out his un willingness to keep them from their sweethearts and invited them to come inside and see them. It is needless to add this Glasgow minister has a mixed Bible class now on his hands. And it Is doing well. Boston Herald. Simple an I to th Point. The Cherokee form of marriage is perhaps the simplest and most expres sive of any. The man and woman merely join hands over a running stream, emblematic of the wish that their future lives, hopes and aspira tions should flow on In the same chan nel. ' . To Provide Domestics. The Housewifery Club, of New York, Is Intended to facilitate domestic work. It provides Its 'members with maids having satisfactory references, and stimulates the servant by paying her a prize at the end of a certain time If ber work has been satisfactory. THE MOUNTAIN MAID. She Had a Natural Anxiety and Fhe Sought to Allay It. . As my horse, puffing like a porpoise, drew me and my buckboard up the last sharp acclivity of the mountain road that led out into the pass between the summits rising on either hand, he would- have exercised his privilege and stopped a moment to blow, but a hun dred yards ahead of us I saw a bright bit of calico gleaming in the morning sun, and driving on I came up to a buxom mountain maid sitting on a stump at a point where a footpath, leading up from the valley, met the main road, says a traveler. "Good morning," she said, before I had a chance to stop, and there seemed to be an anxious tone in the voice. "Good morning," I responded, and I was on the point of asking her how far it was to the next place, a favorite manner of starting-a conversation on mountain roads, when she broke In. "Air you a preacher?" she asked. "No," I answered, with a smHe, for I had never been asked that question be fore. "Nor a 'squire?" "No." "Well, Jim Martin's comin' along this way purty soon now an' I wuz jis' axin' so's thar wouldn't be no mistakes." "I., don't quite understand your ex planation," I said, completely in the dark as to what she was trying to get at. "I reckon not, but I ain't takin' no chances, an' I thought I'd better stop you while I had the chance." "Thank you, I'm sure, but If you will tell me what's up I may be able to know what you are talking about." She laughed good-naturedly. "Well, you see it's this away," she said. "Jim, he's been a-courtin' an' a-sparkin' 'round me fer about two ye'r now, an' last night he popped an' says ez how ef I'd be here this mornin' ez he come along we'd go down to Logville an' git hitched, an' Jim's mighty on reliable an' like's not ef we got thar an' the preacher ner the 'squire warn't thar, I'd never git Jim in the mind ag'in, so I kinder thought mebbe you might be the 'squire er the preacher an' I didn't want yer to git away. Ef you meet Jim-' anywheres down the road don't tell him you seen me, fer I don't want him skeert." S200.O00.000 FOR TITLES. That Amount and Good Girla Ex changed for Foreign Bridegrooms. The newspaper gossip about Miss Pauline Astor and Miss May Goelet, who, with their millions, are able to buy anything in the matrimonial mar ket that Europe has for sale, has re vived many reminiscences of previous alliances of American lalies with for eign noblemen. Rumor has it that ne gotiations are pending for the marriage of Miss Astor to Prince Alexander of Teek, and that Miss Goelet Is hesitat ing between the Duke of Manchester and the Duke of Roxeburgh, but whether she takes one or the other, neither Miss Goelet nor Miss Astor will do any better than Miss Mackey, now the Princess of Colonna, or Miss Van derbilt, now Duchess of Marlborough. The question is only one of expense, for It is perfectly well understood that the titles are for sale, and also that the higher the title the higher the price. A plain count may be had for $50,000 to $100,000, a duke for $1,000,000, or as much more as he can get; an Italian prince for about the same; but a prince of Germany or England comes much higher. . During the last quarter of a century over 400 alliances between American heiresses and foreign noblemen have been contracted. The fortunes trans ferred from America to Europe vary in amount from $50,000 to half as many millions, and so far as this country is concerned Is a total loss, because the noble foreigners prefer to spend at home the money they win in the Amer ican matrimonial lottery. It is esti mated that during the last quarter of a century over $200,000,000 of money made in this country by American citi zens has been sent abroad as dowries for American heiresses who preferred titles to dollars. A Business Horse. A remarkable display of animal sa gacity was given last week in Kensing ton by the horse driven by old Harr Plndle, an Itinerant coal dealer. Harry has been a small dealer for years, and many a bucket of coal he sells to cus tomers of twenty years' standing. Hec? tor, the old bay horse, has been owned by Harry for several years, and al though he is old and lame, the animal serves his master well. Last week while out with a load of coal Harry was taken sick, and leaving his 6-year-old grandson on the wagon, he went into a friend's house to rest. Now, Hector evidently got tired of waiting, for when Harry, who had become very sick, came out with his friend to be driven home, the team was gone. Late that afternoon the grandson came home with an empty wagon and ex plained that Hector had gone over the regular route, and that the people who had been waiting for their coal, came out arfd took what they wanted, and i paid for It. Harry became very ill, and was confined to bed for over a week, but the supply of coal never stopped, as Harry's oldest son would load the wag on before going to work and the team would be sent out in charge of the little boy. It has been proven since that old Hector never missed a customer along tuc iuuic, nuu nc is uuiv ptniiieu oux as a remarkable horse. Philadelphia Rec ord. Rfchest Woman In Texas. Mrs. Richard King, of Texas, Is prob ably the richest woman in the United States, not even excepting Mrs. Hetty Green. She is a widow, and her land ed estates in Southern Texas amount to 1,250,000 acres, or about 2,000 square miles. The ranch on which she resides is the largest in the world. It is called "The Santa Gertrudes." In the center of it, thirteen miles from her front gate, ' is Mrs. King's home, a central chateau, looming up like a baronial castle on a "slight eminence. All around it are the pretty homes of dependents, surround ed by well-tilled fields and gardens. The 200,000 cattle, of improved and imported breeds, and all sheep within the Santa Gertrudes ranch belong to Mrs. King. The current expenses of the ranch reach $100,000 a year. Three hundred cowboys are in her employ, for whom she keeps 1,200 ponies. Japane-e Girls as Nurses. Two Japanese girls, Hisa Nagano and Natrn Sankakl, are at present serv ing as trained nurses in Chicago. They intend to study medicine and then re turn to Japan to found a hospital on the same plan as those of this country. About half the time when a woman does bit the nail on the head she drives It In the wrong place. It's a pity wisdom doesn't grow out on a man like his whiskers. Methuselah completed nine centuries and he never even saw a bicycle. TOPICS FOE FARMERS A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. 1 Best Way t. Feed Corn Fodder- How to BaniwJi the Kats - Amount of Water a Cow Drinks n a Teat of Her 31 ilk Value. Feeding orn Fodder. I last winter put the ows into a feed lot adjoining the farm. Three pigs for each cow were also placed in the lot. The cows were taken into the barn twice a day, fed ear corn, broken, aud, after being milked, were turned into the lot and given unhusked corn fod der. In this way each cow received one and one-third bushel ear corn per week and one bushel of corn in the fod der. The pigs, in addition to what they picked up, w re given buttermilk aud some skim-milk. In return for this feed I received four and one-half pounds b inter and tea pounds of pork per week per cow, or about two pounds butter and four pounds pork per bushel of corn. The cows were provided with a good shed ami a thick layer of straw to lie on. Agriculturist. Getting Rid of Bats. An unnsur.l interest has been aroused in the destruction of rats this season b eiui.se of the great number found in corncri'v? and in the vicinity of poultry houses. The lohs from this source has been considerable, to say nothing of the ar.noyanco. If trouble in corn cribs is to be avoided next year, set the I wildings on posts eighteen inches higl and around the top tack a strip of old tin or invert a tin pan and place it over the top of the post This will not alvays keep tbi-ra out," but will do mjch towards preventing their en ti anue. Where cribs are on the ground and "jave been undermined by these pests, a number of methods of getting rid of tlieui, more or less successful, have been suggested. If a well-trained fer ret and a pood rat dog can be secured, grent numbers can be killed In a short ti;::o. The ferret will go into the holes under '.he crib and run out the rats, which can then be disposed of by means of the dog or guns. After the rats have been well cleaned out by this means they seldom return, or at least not for a long time. In closed bins, wLcre carbon bisulphide can be used, they can lie got rid of in short time. Merely place an open dish full of the chemical on top of the grain and'permit it to evaporate. It will permeate every point and kill all living creatures. In usius; the bisulphide, remember that it is very in?,i unliable, and all lights and fires must be kept away from the build ing while it is being applied. Orange Judd Farmer. ' The Water a Cow Drinks. M. Dancel reported to the French Academy of Sciences his experiments to determine the effect f the quantity of water cows drink upon quantity and quality of milk. "He says," writes Dr. Galen Wilson, to'- Practical Fanner, "that, by Inducing 'cows to drink, more water, the quantity of milk yielded can be increased without injuring its qual ity. He asserts that the amoun '. of milk is proportioned to the quantity of wa ter drunk. In experimenting upon cows fed in the stall with dry fodder that gave only nine to twelve quarts of milk a day, that when this dry food was moistened with from eighteen to twenty-three quarts of water daily, their yield of milk was increased up to twelve to fourteen quarts a day. Be sides this water taken with the food, the cows were allowed to drink the same as before, and their thirst was excited by adding a little salt to the fodder. The milk was of good quality, and the amount of butter satisfactory. He found, by a series of observations, that the quantity of water habitually drunk by each cow was a criterion to Judge, of the quantity of milk that she would yield. Traction Engines. The self-propelling steam engines to be used on ordinary roads are not near ly so much in favor as they were when they first began to be used. An eight or ten horse pokier engine put upon a suitable truck can easily be drawn by an ordinary farm team. It does not frighten teams alongi the highway as the puffing traction engine is sure to do. As the traction engine costs sev eral hundred dollars extra, and is sev eral hundred pounds heavier, it is not now in much favor. Many good coun try bridges that would. stand ordinary loads have been broken down by the traction engine, entailing loss both to the owner of the engine and the county. In many places notices are put up that if traction engines cross certain bridges they must do so :.t their own risk. Winter Window Plants. The plants for midwinter and early spring blooming should be brought into the house, but the rogrn should be only moderately heated. Give abundance of air every mild day. The temperature of the room at night should be twelve to eighteen degrees lower than during the day. Remove all dead leaves. Give only enough water to moisten the earth In the pots. The earth should not be made pasty. Chrysanthemums. To prolong the period of blooming, take up the choic est specimens with a large ball of earth, and set them in tubs or boxes. Keep the plants upon the porch in a protected situation for a few days until they recover. They may then . be brought into the house. Beds of plants should be covered over with a large muslin sheet during frosty nights. Insects. For the aphis and plant lice, smoke with tobacco stems. Window plants can be easily fumigated by plac ing them under a barrel. Rose bushes in the greenhouse can be kept free of the aphis by the free use of the syringe. American. To Farm Driveway. The entrance drive or "lane," as It Is usually called, is an important feature in the surroundings of a country home. The success of landscape effect depends largely upon Its judicious location and arrangement. While the shortest line 4s the most practical course for travel between two points; artistically consid ered, a long, narrow, straight line, fenced on both sides, nnadorned by trees, is something to bo avoided. If pos sible. If the driveway must be straight, let it be through an open field or fenced on. one side only, and lined with trees, or if Inclosed by two fences let them be fifty feet or more apart, with a row of trees on each side. It mty then an swer for the family orchird3 of all kinds of fruit and nut trees, or if plant ed with maples, beech or oaks, will eventually form a magnificent avenue. American Gardening. Pigeon Moles. . We would caution beginners, better Invest your money in one or two good birds than in half a dozen cheap scrub birds. As soon as you see a pigeon In your loft that 13 sick or ont of condition, re move it from the other pigeons at once, aud treat, and, if too far, use a hatchet. A handful or two of hemp seed given each day to a flock of pigeons will help them through moulting. Every fancier should have leg bands, and keep a record of your birds, as this Js the only way we can. prevent in breeding, as they are cheap. Look! Look for the little red mites that infest the young birds In their nests, as they kill more young pigeons than disease this time of year. Nests should lie cleaned- frequently, and saw dust and tobacco stems put in. Linseed vs. Cotton Seed Meal. While fully grown animals with strong digestive organs can eat cotton seed meal properly diluted with straw or bay without serious Injury, it Is doubtful whether it is advisable to make this part of their, ration. Lin seed meal can be purchased at about the same price as cottonseed meal, and has equal nutritive value. The new proeesseineal is the kind cenerally used. It is not so fattening as the old process meal, because more of Its oil has been expressed. Faxseed whole is a very rich feed, and if boiled so as to swell it out all that hot water can do it may be given to cattle, sheep or horses with safety. Only a very little should be given at.a time, as the oil in it makes it very laxative. Weaning Foals. Foals that are about to be weaned in the fall of the year, should, prepara tory to the time of isolating them from their dams, be taught to eat freely of grain, pulse and other highly nutritive food. The loss of the dam's milk is a severe check to their constitution and growth, which even an abundant sup ply of hay or grass will not wholly com pensate. A variety of food is not only permissible, but to be advocated, al though grass or good hay and corn should form their staple diet. Too many different sorts of food can hardly be tried, says a high authority on the mat ter, "but, of course, they must be given judiciously, at various times and in small quantities." Live Stock Journal. Bedding Absorbents. The only proper way to keep cows Is to keep them clean. It Is just as neces sary to bed cows and keep them clean as it is to feed and care for them in any other way. I milk forty cows the year round, and always milk in stable, summer and winter. If I find any of my cows in a condition to need wash ing, somebody gets a hearing, and the second offense Is sufficient for a change in help. The platform and drops should be so constructed that all the drop pings, both liquids and solids, will be received in the drop. An absorbent of some kind should be placed in the drop to soak any liquid matter. Fall Manuring Winter Grain. There is no better time to topdress winter grain than late fall. If it is done after the ground Is frozen it Will be all the better. The loose soil Will not only poach less, but the manure lying over its frozen surface will prevent the al ternate freezing and thawing which is more trying to winter grain than is continued cold weather. Besides, if the winter grain field is seeded with clover In the spring, as It always should be, the topdressing of manure will be just what the young clover needs to give it protection early, and make it grow vig orously later in the season. Small Potatoes. Save all the small potatoes for seed that are of the regulation form. These may be the only seed available In the spring, while if they are not needed when planting time comes they can then be discarded. We would not have it understood that we " are ' Indorsing small potatoes for'planting. Large seed is preferable every time. Drain the Land. A farmer can raise more bushels of better grain, corn and wheat, or any other produce, on fifty acres of well underdrained land than he can on 100 acres of wet land, and he can do it with less than half the labor and expense. '-. Farm Notes. Teach the pigs to eat as soon as possi ble. . .- A good pedigree always adds to the value of a horse for any purpose. When wheat is sold buy back bran and shipstuff enough to feed out the straw. The average farm can be run a good deal better without a dog than with out a pig. Hard work Is not so apt to Injure horses if they receive proper attentiou afterwards. There are some good butter cows in all breeds and they are even found among scrubs. The most clear profit in raising good horses is In the fact that you have raised them yourself. . . The farmer who cannot supply com fortable shelter cannot afford to winter stock. One advantage in having the manure reasonably fine Is that it can be more evenly distributed on the land. A short-legged, short-haired sheep Is often heavier and will produce more wool than one that looks much larger. The restless spirit of a growing colt is a sufficient guarantee that It will take exercise if the opportunity is af forded. In order to make good beef and to make It easy steady feeding of the most suitable food from the first is es sential. Every kind of a crop grown on the farm is needed, and somebody will pro duce It and realize a profit Is producing and marketing. In selecting farm stock to use as breeders, secure only such animals as are healthy themselves and have sprung frohi healthy, vigorous stock. To injudicious feeding may be cred ited a large amount of the fatality among hogs and with care In feeding a large amount of disease may be avoided. Farmers' Union. Napoleon's W.ll. The giving up of the log of the May flower to the United States and the suggested return to use of the recently discovered parliamentary journal from New York call to mind what was prob ably the most Interesting former occa sion of similar international courtesy, says the Westminster Gazette. Na poleon's will, which was made at St. Helena, was proved in London shortly after his decease, and for a long time remained in the fireproof room of the Registry of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, where It was a standing object for the inspection of the curious. After the restoration of the empire, and In the, year of the Napoleon-Eugenie marriage, the French made ap plication for it, and It was handed over to them by Lord John Russsll. For formal purposes an official notarial copy of it was made for preservation In England In place of the original. Back to tne Old Proposition. Miss Perkinson My ancestors came over in the Mayflower. : . Miss Westlake Indeed! I suppose you were too young, though, to remem ber much about It, weren't you J To Still the Ocean's Waves. A scheme to increase the efficiency fit oil to still the waves of the ocean in n storm has been thought put by Wil liam Guthrie, of Chicago. His notion is based on the argument that if oil has a pacifying effect wiien distributed on the water in the immediate neighbor hood of the ship in trouble, Us effect would be magnified if the oil could be applied at a distance all about the ship, thus creating a calm circle, in which the ship could ride in safety until the storm had spent its fury. His proposi tion is to shoot saturated sponges or cot ton from a pneumatic gun, that being preferable to a powder gun, as there would be no danger of igniting the oil soaked sponge. Some people'interested in shipping have been impressed with the idea and application is to be made to congress for an appropriation to test its efficiency. Scientists tell us that every element necessary to the support of man is con tained within limits of an egg shell, in the best proportions and in the most palatable form. One of the most curious results of the investigation by doctors in the Russian jails is the. statement that each group of criminals has its own pe culiar color of the eye. What is claimed to be a very satis factory imitation of camphor is now manufactured by passing' hydrochloric acid into spirits of turpentine sur rounded by a freezing mixture. Paris has fourteen asylums for the homeless, where needy persons can ob tain lodgings. Last year they accom modated 144,037 persons. The population of Dublin, Ireland, has decreased within, the last 40 years from 261,000 to 245,000. When a fine ruby is found in Bur mah a procession of elephants, grandees and soldiers escort it to the king's palace. The number of emigrants who left Hamburg in 1896 was 52,748, a dimin ution of 2,349 from the preceding year's figures. It is expected that when the 1899 season opens there will be a cog-wheel railway from Chamonnix up the Mont envtrs. KNOCKED OUT. It knocks out all calculations of attend ing to business in the right way for a day when we wake up in the morning sore and stiff. The disappointment lies in going to bed all right and waking up all- wrong. There is a short and sure way out of it. Go to bed after a good rub with St. Jacobs Oil and you wake up all right; soreness and stiff ness all gone. Bo sure is this, that men much exposed in changeful weather keep a bottle of it on the mantel for use at night to make sure of going to work in good nx. A copper pan, said to be the largest ever made from one piece of metal, has been turned out at Swansea, England. It 19 12 feet four inches in diameter, three feet three inches deep, and weighs two tons. THE PURSUIT OF HAPP1SKSS. When the Declaration of Independence as serted man's right to this, it enunciated an immortal truth. The bilious sufferer is on the road to happiness when he begins to take Hos tetter's Bitters, the most efficacious regulator of the liver in existence. Equally reliable is it in chills and fever, constipation, dyspepsia, rheumatism, kidney trouble and nervousness. U&e it regularly ana not at odd intervals. If you look at the map you will find that the mountain chains of the Old World lie east and west, while those of the New World lie north and south. AN OPEN LETTCR TO MOTHERS. We are asserting: in the courts our right to the exclusive use of the word CASstUKiA, ana " PITCHER'SCASTORIA," as our Trade Mark. I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of " PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does now bear the fac simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the original " PITCHER'S CVSTORIA " which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought, and has the signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER . on the wrapper. :No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company 'of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. March 8, 1S9J. SAMUEL PITCHER, MJX Benjamin Bissell, who lives near Ballston Spa., N. Y. , says he has voted for eighteen presidential candidates, not one of whom was elected. In every mile of railway there are seven feet four inches not covered by the rails, the space left for' expansion HOHK PKODUCIS AND PUKE FOOD. .- All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very light colored and of heavy body, is made from glucose. "Tea (jartlen lirius"- is made from Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale br first-class rrocers, in cans only. Manufac tured by the Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen uine "tea Harden Drips" have the manufac turer's name lithographed on every can. 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If you know of any young lady who is sick and needs moth erlv advice. ask her to ad dress Mrs. Pink ham at Lynn, Mass., and tell every detail of her symptoms, surroundings and occu pation. She will get advice from a source that has no rival in experience of wo men's ills. Tell her to keep nothing back. Her story will be told to a wo man, not to a man. She need not hesi tate in stating details that she may not wish to mention, but which are essential to a full understanding of her case, and if she is frank, help is certain to come I T StiM iWHttt ALL tLSETIL5""Tl I I Best Couch Sirup. Tastw Good. Use 1 El in Urn. Sold by drnggtt. f 1 The contest ends Schilling s Best baking powder mid tea are because they are money-back. What is the missing word? not SAFE, although Schilling's Best baking powder and tea are safe. Get Schilling's Best baking powder or tea at your grocers'; take out the ticket (brown ticket in every package of baking powder ; yellow ticket in the tea); send a ticket with each word to address below before December 31st. . . Until October 15th two words allowed for every ticket ; after that only one word for everv ticket. If only one person finds the word, that person gets $2000.00 ; if several find h, J 2000. 00 will be equally divided among them. Every one sending a brown or yellow ticket will receive a set of cardboard creeping babies at the end of the contest. Those sending three or more in one envelope will receive an 1898 pocket calendar no advertising on it. These creeping babies and pocket calendars will be dirlerent from the ones littered in the last contest Better cut these Address: MONEY-BACK,' SAN FRANCISCO. GET THE GBKUIIVB ARTICLE I Walter Baker &. Co.'s Breakfast COCOA Pure, Costa I,es8 than Be sure Walter (Established 1780.) Trade-Mark. 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Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is Inflamed vou have a rumbling round or imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness is the result, and unicss the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused 'by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any ease of deafness, (caused by catarrh! that canno't be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir culars: free. F. J. CHEXEY & CO., Toledo, O. Fold by druggists. 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. It is reported from Bombay, India, that Dr. Yersin has had much success with his anti plague serum, the only cases not amenable to treatment being those where the disease is too far ad vanced. A fa, men's club has been instituted in Paris, with the novel aim of in creasing the weight of the members, the rules enjoining all the comrades to sleep, eat and drink as much as pos sible. In Illinois there is a big steel plant where the redhot ingots, billets and plates are handled by huge electro-magnets. They take steel weighing five tons and transport . it safely to any dis tance. A man well up in dog-lore, counsels intending purchasers of a puppy to let the mother of the puppy choose them. In carrying them baca to their bed, the first the mother picks up will always be the best In the publication of the Berlin Academy of Sciences, Professor Roent gen has an article in which he confirms the observation of Dr. Brandes that it is possible to make the X-rays visible to the eye. The number of stars pictured on the latest English and German photo graphic atlasses is about 68,000,000. There are no rats, mice or cats in Santa Fe. N. M. The air there is too rarified for them to exist. 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