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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
VAlsE*~r_____~ J. UHRICH. Attorney
at-Law, Office, Mo 813 Cumberland St,
2 doors West of the Court House, Lebanon,
Fa. March 10,1887.
LER I.. <_Rt'MI-Il»-f', Attorney-at-Law
Office, No. 729 Cumberland street, half a
square east of the Court House, Lebanon, l'a.
June 30,1884.
DERK* FISHER, Attorneys-aC-Law.
Office, Ho. 1S6J_ North Ninth Street* Lebanon, Pa. [January 6,1K86.
GEORGE B. ILBKH.-Attorney.at-
Lawand DISTRICT ATTORNEY. Office,
742>_ (Second floor) Cumberland Street, Leba
non Pa. [-la's*. __, 1883.
FEN BY T. BIBIGHAIIS, Attorney .at.
Law, has removed his Law Office to the
-ecs nd floor of A. Rise's Hat Store Building
nee rly opposite the Eagle Hotel, Lebanon, Pa.
E 60.18,1876.
OHS HEILT, Jr„ Attorney-at-Law—
M Office removed* to building of Geo. li. Ul-
fcb, Esq., No. 742}_ Cumberland street, second
hoor. J illy 23,1884.
■'J P. LIGHT, Attorney-at-Law.—Offlee
>_J_ No. 104, N. Ninth Street, next door
north of the Trinity D. B. Church, Lebanon,
1*.
Jan. 16,1884.	
JOHN BENSON, Attorney-at-Law.—Office next door tothe City Hotel and opposite
. he County J ail, on Eighth street.
Lebanon, August 29,1883.	
DR. S. T. LINE W EATER, Physician
and Surgeon.—Office at residence, on
North Ninth street, two doors north of _ ull-
lord. [Lebanon, May 30. '83—6m«
HOWARD   C.   SHIRK Attorue.-af-
Law.   Office removed to Ninth street,
near Willow.                                [April 14.1886.
DR. J- F. PETERHAN, Homoeopathic
Physician and Surgeon.—Office. 504 Cumberland street, Lebanon, Fa. consultations
!n English and German. Attends all calls,
night or day. April 28,1886.1y*
DR.  E.   F.   BURNSIDE haa   removed
his office to Ho. 431 Chestnut street.
April 28,1886.	
JOSIAH FUNCK A SON, Attorneys-at.
Law.—Removed to 728V Cumberland St.,
-econd. floor, (t'unck's building,) corner of
Cumberland street and Liberty alley, Leba-
non, Pa. April 14, 1886.
CHARLES H. KILLINGER, Attorney.
at-Law, has removed his office to No. 112
SI orth Eighth street opposite the old Lutheran
Church. April 14, 1886.
1 ACOB G. ADAMS, Attorney-at-Law.—
(J Office opposite City Hotel, and one door
.out— ot County Prison, on South Eighth
Street. Lebanon, Pa. June 19,1878.
A FRANK SELTZER. Attorney-at-
• Law.—Office removed te No. 81 North
Eighth Street, next door to Squire Kreider's office, Lebanon, Pa. March 21,1883.
DR. _. H. MEASE, Dentlat.
Office, South Eighth street, opposite the
jail, Lebanon, Pa. Nov. 22,1882.
I ,i RANK E. MEILT, Attorney .at-Law—
_I_     Office removed to rooms lately occupied
t.y Adam Grlttlnger. esq., dee'd., oa Market
•quare. North Ninth Street.
Lebanon, Nov. 1,1882,
_r-\ RANT WEIDMAN, Attorney-at-Law.
VX Office No. 11, North Ninth Street, Market
Square. Lebanon. Sept. 20,1882.
BASSLER BOYKR, Attorney-at-Law.—
Office No. 28, north Eighth Street, three
. oors north of the Catholic Church, Lebanon.
May 28,1884.	
J    P. SHINDLE GOBIN, Attorney-at-
. Law.—Office No. 21 North Eighth Street,
Lebanon, Pa. May 28.1884.
PG. MARK, Attorney-at-Law.—Office
. atNo.83. Cumberland Street, second floor
.* f D. S. Raber*- Drag Store.    Scriveiling and
Conveyancing promptly attended to.
Lebanon. April 10.1878.	
€|APP A SHOCK, Attorneys-at-Law.—
t Office—No. 712% Cnmberland street, second hoor. Rooms lately occupied by J. Funck
_s Son. Esqs. April 30.1884.
DR. WM. M. REAROSLEE, Dentist.—
Successor to Dr. W. A HUBE R. Nitrous
> xide Gas will be administered when desired,
•'fllce >-o. 838 Cumberland Street, Lebanon,
Pa. May M. 1884.
f_VVB      __   Hf.lNV_Hlj,   ASS-ruej-sss
•I Law.—Office above the valley Natlona
Bank, North Eighth street, next building to
the Lebanon Conservatory of Music.
___.AU law business promptly and carefully
transacted. Collections in Lebanon and ad(St-
eent counties wfll receive diligent attention.
___.Can be consulted in English and German.
Lebanon. Jnly 29.1884.  *_
T_#   HAHVET SELTZER,
VETERINARY SURGEON;
Graduate of the American Veterinary College,
New York.   Calls made to all parts of the City
and County, by day or night.
OHICE—Ii.rear ot UU. K. Cumberland Street,
April 6,1885-ly Lebanon, Pa.
DR. WM. T. BRUCE, Homoeopathic
Physician. Graduate ot Hanemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1876. Office and residence, south-west corner Tenth and Chestnut
streets, Lebanon, Pa. Can be consulted in
English and German. [April It, 1886.
WYA2TD0TTES
My Wyandottes received FIRST
PREMIUM at the Lebanon Fair of
1886. I hare some very fine COCK-
ERELLS and PULLETS for sale
also, several of last year's Cocks and
Hens.   EC.GS IN 8EAS0H.
CHAS. BROTHERLINE,
W. Cor. Eighth & Walnut Sts.,
-EH.-NON. PA.
LIFE BC__OLARS_IP__
PALMS'
BUSINESS COLLEGE
1709 Cfae_tHt St., PfatUdelp-ia.
Positions Car Graduates.
Time required 3 to 4 mos.
The Best Equipped. Best
Course of Study. Best Everything.   Write for Cireulan.
EELNOHHI.'S
LAW AND LOAN OFFICE!
.to tie Valley National B__. LEBANOU. PA
Legal business'carefully attended to. Claims
promptly collected.
A Skillful Engineer and Snrveyor
will assist in making the LOAN DEPARTMENT an entire success. TITLES of Real
Estate thoroughly examinee
Honey secured for pa.ties who want to
borrow, and Flrst-clBaa Securities obtained
or investor*. BENTS' collected.. HOUSES
bought and sold.	
A NEW-.-.
f-M\KEG
SW The undersigned would respectfully an
Bounce to the public that he  has  opened a
NewCa.l_.tMaking an.U__.i.a_i__EstaolMment
on WILLOW STREET, between Seventh and
Eighth Streets, in the City ot Lebanon.
SW Having a large and good selection of all
kinds of Furniture, I soli-it the patronage of
the public to call at my place of business and
examine my stock, which consists Of ■ he best
and latest styles of Furniture, which is now
offered lor sale at my place of business.
mtr Ail kinds of work in my line of business, made to order at reasonable terms.
UNDERTAKING A SPECIALTY.
4_r-CASKETS AND COFFINS—from the
Cheapest to the very best, furnished at prices
to defy competition.
4_r*_am prepared to attend Funerals anywhere, with  or without hearse.  AU orders
will receive prompt attention.
Respectfully,
JOSEPH B. ARNOLD.
April 7,1.86.
_r_____V£OV_AJL,I
ATKINS * BRO., have removed their.
Store to the new building, north-east,
corner of Ninth street and Walnut alley, where*
they have just received a fresh stock of Gro-*
aeries, which they are determined to sell.
cheap. All they ask is to give them a trial.
and be convinced.
We would call special attention to our stock
NEW RAISINS,
CURRANTS,
CITRONS,
DRIED PEACHES,
APPLEa
We are selling th best
TEAS,  COFFEES,   SUGARS
8YRUP8, PURE SPICES,   WEENS
GLASS,   WOOD,  AND   WILLOW    WARE.
tw Being determined to render satislaction
to customers we Invite all to call and see us.
AT-UNS-sfc BRO"
Lebanon, June20,188.
VOL. 38.-NO. 38.
LEBANON, LEBANON COUNTY, PA., ITEttDAY. MARCH 25,1887.
WHOLE NQ_-1984.
-SIX DAYS-
AT-
C. SHENK'S STORE,
OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE
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EEVIEW:
nur ft IV 1st day of the six we advertised a line of Em-
U fl L U AI • broideries that were below competition. Don't
ask for them, they are gone. It may be that some one of your
friends who loaded up more than she had immediate use for will
divide with you.
Since writing the above we have received another large in*-
voice of Embroideries the more we compare the more we ourselves are surprised at the prices we offer them. Don't miss
this lot.   -
U C VT ftl Y __2d day we told you of Qui Us, Woolen Slants L J. I Ufll. hets, Sre. The Quilts -te standard, good Be_-
lers, we duplicate them right along; people appreciate the goods
and the price. Of Woolen Blankets not many remain, the
balance at your price. And White Counterpanes; that one
at $1—you know—another large lot of them, can't duplicate when
these are gone.
INflTUCQ HIV .-J^k--3 "-*av was nearly exclusively devoted, as
u11(II flLfl UAI. advertised, to Muslins and Remnants
of all kinds. We have a grip on Muslins that's death to former
prices, and we hold them there. Remnant Day w_» a lively
day with us; we gave and the people accepted, "jfcemnants"
with us frequently means, to customers and other small dealers,
desirable patterns. *
TH IP Riy ___We advertised Dress Goods. You remember
i il lu Uu I. the crowd you saw at our Cashmere Counter.
Did you ever see All-wool Cashmere go at that price? We keep
the price there. A case of a kind, but they go. A larger stock of
Dress Goods seldom seen in a retail house, and they tumble to
the price. *
flFTIi l-HY -^e —ia^e *fl*s a speci** day in our Wrap __)_>-*
SJAI. partment. We had thousands of dollars worth
of .Coats and Wraps of all kinds; notice now the stock; certainly it would still be large for some dealers, but they sell every
day; don't require an expert salesman, the price sells them; who
wouldn't buy now?
j 1 OT HIV __Thi3 particular day .was for the Gents, you re-
Li 01 Ufll. member. Suits of Meltons and Sawyers
led the sales; that's readily accounted for—Shirts, Coltargf
Cuffs, Hosiery, Sre, naturally fell in with Suitings, »ho--
gether it was a bright day for the head of this department, who,
in his characteristic enterprise was equal to it.
The above invoice of ads. was taken for onr own information.
We thought it might make another. So here it is—new things
every day at
««__..____. O- SHEOTt'S STORE.
JOHM KLEISER'S
'RUSTS    EMFORIUM.J
Pensrons desiring to purchase TRUNKS AND
SATCHELS for their Sons and Daughters or far
themselves, will have the advantage of making
their selection from the LARGEST AND BEST
STOCK in LEBANON COUNTY, by calling on
the undersigned
100 TRUNKS, 100 TRUNKS,
arid a very fine assortment of SATCHELS to be
disposed of during the next 60 days.
JO____OT_LEISER,
D__AI___£ IX
BOOTS, SHOES, RUBBERS, TRUNKS and SATCHELS.
No. 24 South 9th St. LEBANON. PA
J. H. KRUM & CO.,
FISHERS HALL.
Honest Sealing,
TrutMU Representation
         Security to Bnyers,
Having a Large Stock of Winter Goods whieh at
displayed.
These are the inducements we offer in onnec
tion with our magnificent stock of New Winter-
Goods. All things Useful, Ornamental and indispensable in STAPLE and FAJiCY
DRESS
Carpets!
is and   Notions,
S, FANCY GOODS, JU,.,
Carpets!   Carpets!
CARPETS at Low Prices.    Carpet Rags taken in
exchangefor goods.
Plush Coats, Plush Wraps, Fur lined Circulars
at such low prices to astonish people. AU we ash—
to come and see our stock, be convinced thai we
mean business and sell goods at:BottomAFigures.
Lebanon, ISovea-ber 2B, 188G.
TIIE LEBAMHI FURNITURE ROUS*
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-. t-?16 nndersigued nas opened*» J? UMNITUBE BOOM in the ADVERTISER
HALE,
No. 26, NORTH NINTH STREET, LEBANON, PA.,
where I expect to keep in stock a fall line of    t
Bed-room Suits, Lounges, Extension Tables, Bed Springs,
Kitchen Chairs, Cane-seated Chairs, Mattresses,
Cot Beds, HaU Racks, Marble Top Tables,
anda fall line of all kinds of JF UBMIT URE. \
'Come and examine ray stock before buying elsewheV     My motto is
'Quick Sales and Small\?rofits.M
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. TTEBXY DISCO . EAGED .
expresses the feeling of many victims of
rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica and nervous er sick headache. Having tried
numberless so-called remedies, and physicians of all schools, without relief, there
seems to be no hope. Many such have as
a last resort tried Athlophoros, and to their
surprise and joy have found that it was a
safe, sure and quick cure. Athlophoros is not
an experiment; thousands have been cured
by its use and they testify as to its value.
Shekomeko, Dutchess Co. N. Y. Aug. 20,'861
I took Athlophoros according to directions; it caused a tinging in my ear that
was not pleasant, it operated on aay heart
causing a slower and fainter throb, and
constipated my bowels. When the last
dose was taken I did not think much of
the medicine: the next day my lameness'
was better, and continued getting less until
it left me. My lameness was in my back,
shoulders and neck, and had been for eight
months. I was advised to try Athlophoros by my neighbor, Wm. Jackson, who
had taken a bottle of it for a severe attack
of lameness in his shoulder and arm. He
said "it drove the lameness right out of
me; my head felt strong, and my heart
almost stopped beating; I thought * would
die, but I came out all right, and have not
had any lamenes- since."' Amon Briggs.
Phelps, N. Y., August 13,1886.
I am A practicing physician; I prescribed Athlophoros in a case of inveteratsj
rheumatism of the light-shoulder and arm.
This case had been of weeks standing—yes
months—and resisted medicine carefully
selected, also the nse of electric treatment.
One bottle removed all the trouble. The
case remains well, now over a year since
using the medicine.
G. C. Peichaed, M. D.
Every druggist should keep Athlophoros
and Athlophoros Pills, bnt where they cannot be bou_ht of the druggist the Athlophoros CoJ 112 WaH St., New York, will
send either (carriage paid) on receipt of
regular price, which is $1.00 per bottle
for Athlophoros and 50c. for Pills.
For Uver and kidney diseases, dyspepsia, Indigestion, weakness, nervous debility, diseases
of women, constipation, headache, import)
blood. Ai. Athlophoros Pills are unequaled.    f
For Toilet Use.
Ayer's Hair Vigor keeps the hair soft
and pliant, imparts to lt the lustre and
freshness of youth, causes It to grow
luxuriantly, eradicates Dandruff, cures
all scalp diseases, and is the most cleanly of all hair preparations.
* YFR'C Hair Vigor has given me
" I tn O perfect satisfaction. I waa
nearly bald for six years, during which
time I nsed many hair preparations, hat
without success. Indeed, what little
hair I had was growing thinner, until
I tried Ayer's Hair Vigor. I used two
bottles of the Vigor, and my head is now
well covered with a new growth of hair.
—Judson B. Chapel, Peabody, Mass.
LJ A IP that has become weak, gray,
sTM*lin and faded „may have new Hie
and color restored to it by the nse of
Ayer's Hair Vigor. ••My hair was thin,
faded, and dry, and fell ont. in large
quantities. Ayer's Hair Vigor stopped
the falling, and restored my hair to its
original color. Aa a dressing for the
hair, this preparation has no equal.—
Mary K. Hammond, Stillwater, Minn.
VinDR y°uth, and beauty, in the
» luUHj appearance of the hair,'may
be preserved for an indefinite period by
the use of Ayer's Hair Vigor. **A disease of the scalp caused my hair to become harsh and dry, and to fall out
freely. Nothing I toad seemed to do
mt any good until I commenced using
Ayer's Hair Vigor. Three bottles of
this preparation restored my hair to a
healthy condition, and it is now soft
and pliant. My scalp is cored, and it
ia also tree from dandruff.—Mrs. E. B.
Foss, Milwaukee, Wis.
Ayer's Hair Vigor,
Bold by Druggist* and Perfumers.
SLUMBER   SONG.
PE___r_C Bafett, prompt action, and
wonderful curative properties, easily
place Ayer's Pills at the head ef the list
of popular remedies for Sick and Nervous Headaches, Constipation, and all ailments originating in a disordered Liver.
I have been a great sufferer from
Headache, and Ayer's Cathartic Pills
are the only medicine that has ever
given me relief. One dose of these Pills
will quickly move my bowels, and free
my head from pain.—William L. Page,
Bichmond, Va. •
Ayer's Pills,
Pr-p-trad ty Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Low.II, Mm-.
Bold by all Dealei. in Medicine.
KI_Y»S
mm m
Oetes Relief at onee\
and cures
GOLD OT SEAS,
CATARRH,
HAT  FEVER.
Not a Liquid, Snuff]
or  Powder.    Free]
from Iwjuriou
Drugs and Offensivi
odors.
A particle is applied into each nostril and is
agreeable. Price's- cents at Druggists; by mail,
registered, 60 cts. Circulars tree. ELY
BKOTHEKS, Druggists, Owego, N. T.
October 13,1886.
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TEVERp^
inj
-tEYER
WM. M. SNYDER,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
1015 Cumberland Street,
LEBANON, PA.,
as on hand a full line ol
IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC WOOLENS,
In piece goods. SW Also samples of all the
Latest Styles ot
CLOTHS,    CASS1MEBE8.    FANCT   CA8SI
MERES, FRENCH WORSTED SUITINGS,
SCOTCH SUITINGS,  SPRING OVERCOATINGS,    LIGHT    MELTONS,
KERSEYS,   &c.,   &c.   &c,   &c.
01_J1 the fashionable shades.
SJWSalts made to order, from $16 np to $35.
-9T Spring Overcoats, from $16 up.
SW Pantaloons, from $4 up to $12.
SW Perfect fit guaranteed.
Jar Employ Ing none bnt first-class workmen
he guarantees all his goods.
WM. M. SNTDER.
.March.*-. 1886.
TIN and SHEET IRON
M AKUFACTOR Y
(Established In 1855.;
James N. Rogers.
Takes this method to Inform the Public that
still carries on thr
TOt AND SHEET IRON BUSINESS
at the old Stand,
No. 16 South Ninth treet
Where be has the Best and Largest Assortmen
Ot Home-made Tin Ware In the county. Young
beginners will find lt to their advantage to
come and examine his-Stock before purchasing
elsewhere.
Roofing, -.pouting,
A__ ___ KIHDS l_f
j •_»:__ b;i|ng
entrusted to htm personally attended to    A
he Is a
-Practical Workman
hecan guarantee all work entrusted to him.
JAMES N.ROGERS.
Lebanon, Mar 14,1884.
J.  K.   JLaudermilch,
844 Cumberland Street
WATCHES, CLOCKM.
LEVI KELLER.
Lebanon, May 12, 1886.
■<-0_.D R IH OS and IEWELBT
A fine stock ot Gentlemen's ana Lad es
W atches, put up ln Gold and Silver Cases.   A
tail line of Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles
and a good assortment ol Clocks.   All kinds ol
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, repaired at the
shortest notice.
No. 844 Eagle Building, Cnmberland Street
JOHN A. LAUDBKMILCH.
« #1
Run, little brooks, from the uplands brown.
Run, run to the seal
Fly, little birds, when the sun goes down,
Back to the greenwood tree!
Beat, little waves, on the rocky shore.
Sing on the pebbly beach I
And teach us the sweet truths o'er and o'er
That you always used to teach.
Crowd, little birdies, 'neath mpther's wings,
The night is dark and cold;
Hide, white moon, train all earthly things.
The month is growing old.
Nestle closer, oh, baby head,
To the tender, snow white breast!
Soundly sleep on thy downy bed,
Sleep, sleep and rat-f,
For the years come and the years go,
Hearts of youth grow cold;
The roses bloom, but soon the snow.
The world grows old. .    ...
___, Alice Kinney.
AT  REST.
When bat a child I marveled mitcb
That once I found above a tomb.
Engraven on the marble's breast.
These simple words, and fts*«"At Rest"
It told no place nor hour of birth*
No record kept of holr or where
He welcomed "Rest,"
And put aside life's feverish care.
But now I marvel i* _ch the more
Whene'er I rend o- carved stone
Augh( of inscription, date or line,
Save that which tells of tbis alone,
That he who lies beneath the moimd,
With closed eyes and pulseless breast,
Has gained the one great boon of all.
Eternal, everlasting ''Rest,"
A GOSSIP'S DEED.
Miss Perkins cleared her throat and
looked knowing.
'1 didn't s'pose you'd care ao much,
•Xervie," she said, after a moment of silence, daring which the young girl had
turned her face away,
Miss Perkins was one of the born 8g-
gravators of humanity in general and in
particular. Minerva Woodford felt horribly tempted to tell her so. But Minerva
had wonderful self-control **or such smiling, azure eyes and thi<_t massed, nngoy.
crnable auburn hair. It was no light ii_-
position, this that she bad borne throughout that glorious midsim. njer afternoon;
the company of Miss Perkins "to tea,"
the threads of gossip Miss Perkins unraveled (inch for inch with the yarn of the
great gray balls from which she was always knitting ugly stockings tor heoven
knew whom) and knit up slowly with hei
own peculiar skill of narration into a substance quite as ugly and durable as the
product of her hands.
ft was one of Miss Perkins' self enjoined
duties to communicate disagreeable tidings. She felt a delightful sense 0( peace
and contentment now that she had concluded her task of enlightening her young
and motherless hostess. " 'Nervie was a
good girl and hadn't ought to be deceived
leastest," she said to b_rse*f, "more
'specially by snch a worthless critter as
that Jason Hawkes.'.'
"I didn't s'pose you'd care so much,"
she repeated, with an air of sympathy.
Minerva was reaching through the window to break off some of the pink roses
that knag there red-ripe and luscious.
She did not obey her impulse to turn and
speak sharply. She did not say out her
thought. " 'Nervie!" How she hated to
be called " 'Nervie I" Mo one with any
sense called her anything bnt Minnie, No
one but Miss Elvira Perkins, She wished
Miss Perkins would never come to see
her.
She thought all -his, bnt what she saifl
was milder, as she faced about carelessly
and stood arranging the roses.
"I am sure I hardly understand you,
Miss Perkins. Why should you suppose
I cared what was said about Jason
Hawkes? Surely he has a right to marry
whom he pleases."
She might have been a lit!-, polar than
usual, but her voice was quite steady.
Miss Perkins smiled discreetly.
"There ___.*. much chance for the yonng
girls," she observed, "when there's a de-
signin' widow come to town. Mis' Dar-
rell's Jnst got Jason Hawkes wound completely round her finger. 'Tisn't that he's
so much account, though it he'd married
you, you could've had a good influence.
He's altogether too fond o' race horses
and such like evil doings. But tot her to
come and set herself up so mightily—why,
she ain't once returned your call now, Pll
be bound." __ _ .-
Minerva's lovely face flushed painfully
at the reminder. She stepped from sitting
room to kitchen and put some water in a
vase for the roses. Her heart throbbed
with a great ache, but never should her
caller know it.
"It's almost time for father to come,"
she said, quietly. "I'm going to set the
table now, Miss Perkins. Will you sit by
the door.   I'll bring yonr chair.''
fX-h, law! I can manage for myseffj-^
said the elderly maiden, rising in some
haste to push the wooden rocker before
her over the sill and down the length of
Che shining kitchen. It waa a wing of the
house facing the road and the door was
open.
A sudden hoof beat and a rumble of
wheels on the soft and yellow dusty road.
A carriage spun by after a certain well
known pair of jet black horses.
' Miss Perkins sent up a shrill little erf
of triumph.
"I never!   There they go; he's driving
ber ont to the fair grounds.   What do
yon think of that, 'Nervie?"
is Bat Minerva made no reply. .
Miss Perkins turned only to see the girl
Blip quietly from the room.
Miss Perkins sat there alone for a considerable space. The teakettle had begun
to sing cheerily. The snowy table cloth
and the shining glassware had an inviting
aspect. There was plenty of Miss Vie.
kins' favorite sauce and sweet pickle,
there was just the kind of tea biscuit and
cocoanut cake that she doted on. She
closed her eyes and clasped her hands with
a sigh of thankfulness for duty performed
and blessings about to be enjoyed.
Then Minerva's father arrived.
"How-dy, Miss Perkins?" he said.
"Where's Minnie?"
Minerva reappeared, just a little pale
and shadowy around the eyes.
"Here I am, father," she said, gently;
"tea is ready. I had something to do I'd
most forgotten."
Miss Perkins went away just after tea.
She did not stop to "kelp 'Nervie do the
dishes," as usual, ft was getting dark
and she had a long walk she suddenly remembered. _i_i
Minerva went about ber work quite unassisted. Her father was due at some
village meeting, and so presently she was
left alone in the house.
__ terrible sense of depression fell upon
her. She wondered if Jason Hawkes
were coming. She was quite prepared.
She had everything ready to return to
him—his letters and the little pearl ring
he had given her. Everything waa
wrapped securely; the package was too
heavy for her pockets—quite too heavy.
She wondered if he would come. And
how should she feel when she had given
all back to Urn and said to him that they
had better part? She hardly knew. Oh,
life was hard and bitter! Jason had loved
her—she knew he had loved her—until
that woman had come to the village, the
"designing widow," as Miss Perkins had
said.   Perhaps Miss Perkins was right,
Minerva finished her work and went to
sit on the porch. The air was heavy with
the scent of rose and honeysuckle. And
she felt her heart within her as cold aa a
atone.
She had sat there less than half an hour
when the gate opened and a tern familiar
came swiftly tip the walk. Her cold
heart seemed for a moment to stand still.
Then it throbbed painfully.
"Good even___.*n -liB answered very
quietly to his "good evening." Bnt she
didn't give him her hand.
The rest all came about very swiftly.
O pride, for thy stern sake how many
hearts ore wrung!
He should never know that she had
learned his treachery. He should simply
believe she did not care for him. "Here
are yonr letters and the ring," she said
Bwiftly, glad that the darkness veiled her
pallor. ' -____.
Jason Hawkes received them in bitter
silence
"As you choose, then, coquette," he
muttered, and, turning, strode away*____
Minerva Woodford tossed wakefully
upon her bed that night. It was the flrst
great trouble of ber life. First troubles
ara bo bitter. - - -*
Everything recurred to her—everything
that Miss Perkins had told her concerning
Mrs. DarrelL The widow waa young and
pretty. Why should Jason care for her?.
She had come from the eity and was bright
with city ways and city talk She seemed
to have money in abundance. Oh, it was
cruel!   The whole thing was cruel!
Minerva fell asleep only toward the
dawn. She rose pale and heavy eyed for
the morning, yet strong in the intention of
concealing her grief.
The summer day dragged heavily toward
noon, more heavily after. Time was so
long, so long. It seemed a century since
Miss Perkins had been there with the
tale of Jason Hawkes' devotion to the
young widow. But the dream was over.
It was Minerva's task to forget their
plighted vows, to forget tte handsome
face that had been so dear to her.
Probably he would leave the village—
when he had married the widow.
Minerva's eyee grew dim; she felt a
choking sensation and stepped to the open
door, hoping the soft summer breeze
would cool her hot forehead.
As sbe stood there she suddenly beard a
sharp cry of distress, then something tore
past in the road, beating up the yellow
dust in blinding clouds.
"A runaway," she said, and her heart
seemed to cease beating fer an instant.
She ran down the path and ont into the
road. The horses had dashed on, bnt
something of a wreck was perceptible a
_____ distance off.
Minerva thought she could see some one
lying by the roadside. She ran on toward
it _t her utmost g_H*ed, ,
"Oh, Jason, Jason!" she moaned, bending down over him.
Not dead, ______ heaven! Only stunned,
perhaps. She raised his head, loosened
his collar and asked herself what next.
Turning for a moment sbe looked back
down the road aad saw some one going in,
at her own ga te, .. It was a woman, She
flew back tow****- home to ask help of
whomever lt may be.
It was Mrs. Darrell! She was very pale
and addressed the girl anxiously.
"I'm afraid an accident has happened
Mr. Hawkes.   Hia team ran away"	
"He is lying inthe road unconscious,"
Minerva interrupted. "Will yPU help me
some way to"—a
"Let us go quickly," said the other.
And so they had not lost an instants
Jason had come to himself.
"Badly shaken up, that's all," be said
with an unnerved laugh, and, leaning on
their arms, limped back to Minerva's
home.
Minerva drew up tte arm chair Jn the
sitting room, and left him there with Mrs,
Darrell, going herself into the kitchen to
make a cooling drink tor ber guests, per.
force.
Through tte open door between the
rooms she could hear Jason's voice gloomy
and disturbed.
"Good thing, perhaps, if I had been
killed   Wouldn't have cared much,"
"Oh, but yoa shouldn't say that," the
soft voice of Mrs. Darrell replied. "You
ought to care. Things may come right,
you know."
Minerva's 'heart seemed to twist up
within he** in a sudden jealous frenzy.
She conld fagcy just how- the widow's
dark, soft eyes were gazing into his; just
how her white and graceful hand lay on
his arm,
Yes, things might WB» right, But
why should Jason" speak gloomily? She
had given him his freedom.
Tbe hand with which sho offered him
the glass of lemonade shook perceptibly.
Did Jason observe it?
'**• p| tun  going  away  to-morrow,  Miss
Woodtor4,'*.b9«rid rather stiffly, "1^
haps I may carry your good wishes with
me. X greatly regret baying made yon
this trouble,"
The widow bad slipped out on the porch.
'- pR is no trouble whatever, Mr.
Hawkes," replied J**flnerv*».
"Miss Woodfoff,n av_| t, soft, smooth
voice from oot among the roses, "won't
you please come out here a moment?"
Minerva obeyed.
The widow came near the girl and laid
her gentle hand upon her arm.
"I have heard so much of yoa," sbe
said, ia a low tone. "I feel as if we
might be friends. I have been trying to
come and see yon for so long; I was on my
way this morning. I am afraid you feel
unkindly toward poor Jason. Please,
please don't feel so. He has not been to
blame" Hi'
Minerva's heart was boiling within her.
She answered Witt an effort:
"I was not aware ot any unkind feelings, ft can interest you very little how
I feci "
"Oh, but pardon me. It interests me
exceedingly."
— +*Os_!" said Miaerva, with sudden sarcasm. "To be sure! I forgot. Will you
permit me to congratulate Mr. Hawkes?"
Mrs. Darrell looked perplexed,
j ^"Congratulate?   Jtar wh__f"
"Upon hia engagement to yon?" said
Minerva, with a little gasp.
"You—foolish—child! Who put such
nonsense in your bead?" Mrs. Darrell
was actually laughing. "Did you fancy
—why, child, I am six years older than
he. Besides—-I am to marry his cousin
Frank, who is in Europe now. I thought
he haa told you. There, now, run in to
bim and make It all up. I'm off for tbe
present.   But I'll be back.'' .
Minerva turned into tte house with
cheeks nffrjtt .
"Jason," she said, "I—I think I waa
too hasty last night. It—it was a mistake."
Jason sprang to his feet and drew her
into his arms.
"Who was it that came gossiping to
you.   Wasn't it Miss Perkins?"
"Yea," said Minerva, slowly, "ft was
Miss Perkins. But I don't believe ber—
now. "—New York Journal.
Sugar  for Animals.
ft appears there is.much more nourishment in sugar than has been generally
suspected. Recent experiments with animals have shown that sugar can be converted into beef and fat. Sugar has become so cheap in Europe that it has been
fed out to cattle quite freely. In one
series of experiments it was proved that
fifty kilos of sugar increased a single animal's weight nearly sixteen kilos more
than if the animal had no sugar. This gives
a very handsome profit, and, the meat from
these animals was found to be of a very
superior quality. Five or six pounds of
sugar a day was all that an ox would take
Witt zest. Unlike children, tte young
cattle had but little desire for sweets.
Heretofore ii has been supposed that sugar
was merely heat producing, bnt it seems,
under the subtle chemistry of bature, to
be convertible into good flesh and blood.
It is, however, no more wonderful than
that the honey whicb tte bees extract
from flowers can be converted into wax.
UT FOR TAT.
Bow to dne Woodwork.
Experienced woodworkers have always
contended that a glue joint, properly done,
is stronger than tte wood itself. And
yet the experience of amateur workers is
that joints often give way at the surface
where tte glue is used, Which is allowed
for tte bad material. A lack of skill is
frequently the true, cause. In glueing
wood, Ut is asserted by competent authority, bad work ls produced by applying glue to both surfaces; a good
job is secured by applying the glue
hot, but not extremely so, to one surface,
whieh mould be cold, while the other surf-see should be heated at the stove, but
should have no glue upon it. By this
method the glue will permeate the wood
and bind tbe surface together firmer than
nature binds tte fibers.
Price Paid for Food.
A statistician puts the price paid for the
food of the people of the United States,
'JTO_*a_-_at f5,000.000,00a''3*hat rnftuld:
be a little less than $100 off an average.
Tho army ration costs about twenty cents,
and some of the best regulated public institutions of tbe country supply food tor
their inmates for less than that.—Public
Opinion.     	
An Old Chnrch.
An old church in Utica, N. Y., which is
soon to be torn down belongs to a society
which was organized by tte Reformed
Dutch in 1038 and chartered as a congregation by William III in 1786. The building was erected in 1839, and during its
erection a riot arose because the marble
was cut by Sing Sing convicts.-_C_cago
Times.        	
The legislatures of Rlinois, Michigan
aad Minnesota have memorialized congress, asking for national legislation fer
tte suppression ot contagious plcuio*
pneumonia.
The king of Honeyland, who was
neither too young nor too old, had risen
one ESorning and was sitting undressed
on a chair in his bedroom. His minister
of the household stood before him holding
the royal stockings, one of which had a
great hole to the toe. How although the
minister presented the hose as adroitly as
| possible, in order to hide that sad defect
from the eyes of tte king, and although
the king in a general way thought more
of shining boots than of mended stockings, it so happened that ia the present
instance the hole did catch tte royal eye.
The monarch snatched at the stocking, to
the horror of bis minister, aad plunging
his hand right into it till his finger with
the signet ring appeared through theiole
at the other end he said, with a dolorous
sigh:
•It is all very well for me to be king,
but I am sadly in want of a queen. Now
what should you say if I marrieds'***
••"Icor majesty," said the minister,
' 'this is a wise and noble thought. I should
myself bave ventured to suggest it but
for the certain anticipation that it could
not fail sooner or later to flash spontaneously upon tte royal __IM "
"That is settled then," said tte king.
"But do you think I shall easily find a
suitable queen?"
* fV* a doubt of it," said the minister.
*__h, but you must remember that I am
not so easily satisfied, If a princess is to
please me she must be both lovely and
wise. And then there is a special point I
am afraid I shall think much of. You
know how I love apple fritters, aad there
isn't a cook in the kingdom who knows
how to make them—to my liking, that is;
neither too pale nor yet too brown, bo*
just nice and crisp, If I marry a wife she
must certainly know how to make apple
fritters!"
The minister in his heart was dismayed,
but he recovered himself suftlcient-y to
say, with suitable assurance:
"I am morally convinced that your
majesty will readily find a princess who
knows all about apple fritters, and who,
moreover, will be happy to make them."
. "Then let us look for _•_." said the
king; and that very day he set out with
his minister to visit such of the neighboring kings as had princesses to give away,
bat there were only three royal maidens
sufficiently lovely .aad wise to please the
king, and of these none had loomed how
to make apple fritters,
, "J do not know much about apple fritters, unfortunately, "said tho first princess
when the king proffered his inquiry, "boa
I can make nice little cheese cakes. Don't
you think that will __l»*^
"No," said the king; "I have a particular-liking for apple fritters."
The second princess was not nearly so
obliging, aad said, disdoinfaByi "Get
along with yon. nonsense! I never heard
of a princess being asked about apple fritters."
But tt was tte third princess who
proved too much for the king, and she was
tho loveliest and wisest of the three. She
did not even wait for his question, but
apkgfi him coolly if he understood beating
the. kettledrum. And when he said he
did not, she would not listen to a word of
his suit. She was sorry, she said, but she
had a particular fancy for the kettledrum,
and had quite settled in her mind that .he
would never marry a king who was not a
proficient upon that instru_s\eto.
Thereupon the king drove borne with
his minister, and alighting aa his doorstep he said, rather meekly, "We must
hope, then, to get on wi__out a queen."
jloYs-e-'**"* a ktof. in the long run cannot
manage by himself, and when some weeks
had passed he sent for his minister aad
told bim he had given np the idea of
marrying a princess who knew about
apple fritters, and he thought he might
bo very happy with the first of those
roy_l maidens they had visited; "that one
who can make cheese cakes," be said.
"Oo and ask ber to coma and be my
queen?-'
But tte minister returned from his mission with the disappointing news tl. _t !..<_
obliging princess was no longer to be bad.
She had since married the king of tte
country where capers grow.
"Then go and ask the second princess!"
But this also proved a fruitless mission.
The old king had told the minister tt was
too late now, because his daughter had
died, else no doubt She might have been
found willing.
The king grew thoughtful and considered long. But since it was plain he
must have a queen, he resolved at teat to
send bis minister to tbe third princess—
perhaps she bad changed her mind. And
the minister had to go, although ho fait
almost certain it was a useless errand, bis
own wife having assured him that, as far as
her experience went, princesses were apt
to keep to their opinions. The king
awaited the minister's return ratter
anxiously. He remembered about the
kettledrum, and thought tt vexatious.
But the third princess received the minister quite graciously, saying it was true
she had set her heart on marrying a king
who could beat tte kettledrum. Bnt
Ideals did not realize, and since the king
otherwise seemed an honest sort of man
she would waive the point and accept him
as her husband.
Thereupon the minister dashed back at
full speed of his horses. Tho king embraced him and said he shonld have all
the stars and garters of the kingdom.
From every window in the palace a flag
soon was waving and garlands were hung
about tte 'streets to grace tte wedding,
which was solemnized with unheard of
splendor.
And for a year and a day the king aud
his young queen lived in happiest concord.
The king never thought about apple fritters and the queen appeared to have far-
gotten about the kettledrum.
One day, however, tte king, rising
early, got out of bed with the wrong leg,
and tilings took to going wrong in consequence.
It was a pouring wet day to begin with,
and when the king looked out of the window his crown dropped, and was brought
back to him with a great dsnt in it; presently the court painter arrived with the
new map of the kingdom, and wben the
king examined tt he found the frontiers
had been colored red instead of blue, as he
had ordered; and, finally, the queen sent
word she had a headache.
And thus it happened that the royal
couple fell oat for the first time, for what
reason they could not tell themsel ves, or
if they could they would not. But for a
fact the king was grumbly and the queen
touchy, insisting on having the last word
whenever he spoke, till their bickerings
grew almost hopeless, and she said, with
a curl of her lip:
"Now I think you might hold your peace
instead of finding fault with everything
all day long, you who cannot even beat the
kettledrum*"'
But the words had scarcely escaped her
when her royal spouse retorted angrily:
"And you who do not even know how to
make apple fritters!"
Then the queen, for the first time, had
not an answer back. They were both
silent and retired to their respective rooms.
The queen in her own boudoir sat down
sobbing and saying to herself: "What a
foolish wife you have proved yourself this
day! Why, I could not have been.more
stupid if I had tried, I who have always
prided myself on my good sense, and to
give him such an nnswerP'
Bnt the king was pacing his own floor,
rubbing his hands quite delightedly, and
saying over and over again: "How for*
tunate that I have got a wife who cannot
make apple fritters; how else could I have
met her taunt about roy not knowing how
to beat a kettledrum?"
In fact ba grew perfectly happy with
this thought, and presently fell to whistling quite cheerily, till his eyes caught
the queen's portrait above his writing
table, and he got upon a chair to wipe
away a spider's thread which fluttered
across her pretty eyes, and after awhile he
said:
"Poor little wife! I dare say she was
really very unhappy. rH go and see what
she is about."
And therewith he walked from his room
into the great corridor connecting all tte
apartments. But because everything went
wrong that day the housemaid had forgotten to set candles about the place, aft.
though it was evening by this time and
really pitch dark.
So he groped his way carefully, putting
out his hands beforo him, as a wise king
ought to do, when suddenly he felt something warm and clinging. "Hallo! what
is thia?" he cried.
"Only me," responded the gueen.
"And what did you want, my dear?**1   *.
"I was coming to you to beg your pardon, because I am sore I must have hurt
you," said she, humbly.
! "Oh, no!" said the king, and caught her'
to his heart. "Why, I ought to ask yours!
It was really my fault, and I hope yon
have forgiven mas But do you know I
will make a law now that two words shall
never be heard again in this kingdom—
'kettledrum' and"
"And 'apple fritters,' " said she, laughing and crying in his arms, and therewith
the tale is at an end.—Home Journal.
WASHINGTON'S F<M«   BOYCtJfTERS.
She   Amiable    Conspiracy    Planned   By
Three Society Young- Ladies.
There were three young ladies who, by
virtue of tte official positions of their
fathers, had the assurance of always
having partners themselves for tte cotillons, if there were men enough to go
arotuad, who, because of the scarcity of
the masculine article in Washington,
especially of the dancing kind, determined
a few winters ago to "boycott" all the
girls not in their own clique who came to
tte city aa visitors; and this is tte way
they managed it. A modest, attractive girl was visiting a senator's wife,
Imt knew very few gentlemen la
Washington, for tte senator's wife with
whom she was had not Bred here long, and
it so chanced that ia a certain german the
young lady knew but three men besides
her own partner. The trio who had
formed the league against visitors knew
this fact, and being themselves well acquainted with most of the gentlemen
dancing that night, including the three
tte young stranger knew, tbey determined
among themselves to regularly "hue out*
those tbree, whenever the stranger waa
on the floor, before she could do so, in order to prevent her, as she was too modest
to "take out" any bat an acquaintance,
from having any one with whom she could
dance except her own partner.
In pursuance of this amiable conspiracy
tte three girls actually succeeded in causing the young lady to be left stranded in
the middle of the ball room, looking hopelessly at the strange faces qf the men who
were seated, while tbe three men she
knew were kept tar the three girls who
had planned this discomfiture for her, for
no other reason than a desire to sea her
neglected, as a contrast to their own belle-
Ship, and to discourage her and other visitors to the city from "poaching upon
their preserves''by dividing with them
the attention of the few young men in
society.
Especially does this particular clique of
girls—for though the three who carried
out tte plan above described are married
now, they have their successors among
families whose home is in Washington—
look with disfavor upon congressional
Bimilies, whether those of senators or representatives, though tbey sometimes, as a
great concession, admit daughters of senators to tbeir ring, if tte latter have lived
long enough in Washington for their
daughters to grow up here, or if they can
entertain at all here, or invite their girl
friends to visit them in their pleasant
homes to tbe states tram which tbey
come,
Bat the real belle of Washington is a
girl of a higher type than those who plot,
to boycott other girls, and beautiful,
young and highly accomplished, and a
senator's daughter, is always provided
weeks ahead with partners far every
dance, yet says she never bes a good time
if other girls arcuot enjoying themselves.
"J do think," enthusiastically exclaimed
another young and pretty girl, who bad
needed no favors at the belle's bands,
' 'she is the loveliest girl I ever saw. She
is so sweet to other girls! At the last
german she had received many corsage
bouquets is the dance, and she saw another girl who had none; so, in passing
her, quietly slipped one of her own into
her hand.'' In this way she gave to other
girls' all the six bouquets she received
that night.
There is a selfish and malicious port,
too, which young mm also take in tte.
german, and for purposes of their own—
sometimes spite, sometimes to curry
favor with certain of the girls-
conspire together to make belles of
some and to slight others equally deserving. It ia very easy for a "ring"—
and such exist in social as well as political
circles—to carry out their purposes to a
german, especially if the leader of the
dance be one of tte clique whicb has
decided to make the occasion A pleasure
or a punishment to some of those present,
for the leader of a german is a great autocrat while he holds sway.—Washington
Cor. Harper's Bazar.
The Man in tbe  Ditch.
On a recent evening when the sidewalks
were slippery a gentleman not wholly unknown to local fame started to walk from
his club to bis house. Now, this is a feat
that he has performed time and tinie again
wit hoot injury to himself or uuiu'.n'ent
tothe neighbors; but on this particul-.r
evening he had been eating something for
supper that disagreed with him, and made
the sidewalks so treacherous that he took
the middle of tte street in order to gain
foot room. There was one bad spot on
the street where workmen had been repairing the sewer, and where a ditch some
six feet in depth had been left unguarded.
It was quite natural that to bis dreamy
progress the gentleman should walk
plump into this pitfall, and that, after realizing what had happened to him, he
should clamor for assistance. Two young
fellows came by aad he begged them for a
-tt.
"What are you doing there?" they
asked. as>ri
"Waitin' (hie) to get out"
"But what's your name?"
"My name's my own, ain't tt Wosh
yoa want to know name fart"
"Look here. If yoa don't tell us who
you are we won't poll you out."
•**y_r' well.   I'm sewered."
And the young fellows pulled the sup-
;*osed Mr. Seward out of the ditch, and
pointed his nose toward home and left
bim.—Brooklyn Eagle.
Uealthfulnesis of "tunning Water.
Rapid flowing waters seem more living
and healthful than those of sluggish
streams, but there is much illusion in this
appearance. If they get more exposure
to oxidation, they also get less time for it.
If the slow stream leaves more organic
deposit to its bed, it.is because it has more
time and repose for settling and less force
for carrying the dirt with it. The- bed of
the swift stream is clean at the expense of
cleanness in the water that scours it; just
as the washed dish ia cleaner than tte
dish water. The only valid reason for
preferring the water of a rapid stream,
quantities being equal, would be a position
more elevated and less exposed to surface
drainage. Engineers calculate that the
carrying power of water increases as the
sixth power of the increase ef velocity, so
that a stream flowing six times aa fast as
another will be able to transport 40,550
times more matter. Consequently, if
pollution be discharged into a lively flowing stream, it will have very little chance
of being dropped from the water at all.—
Chicago Times.
Electric Light and Flowers.
Tho light from an electric lamp tower
at Davenport, la., falls fall npon a flower
garden about 160 feet away, and during
the past summer the owner has observed
that lilies which have usually bloomed
only in the day have opened in tte night,
and that morning glories have nnclosed
their blossoms as soon aa tbe electric light
fell on them.—Public Opinion.
Professional Aristocrats.
One of the worst signs of the times is
the hardness and want of feeling in the
professional classes tor those they are
pleased to term beneath them, a survival
of tte tiki aristocratic leaven, working to
new ferment in tte warmth of wealthy
college atmosphere.—New York Mail and
Express.
Scientists state that water once contaminated by sewage never becomes purified by natural means.
French Military Bands.
Gen. Boulanger has, at his request,
been furnished by M. Ambroise Thomas
with tte musical score of sixteen national
anthems qf foreign countries, and baa
directed all tte military bands to practice
ther_—Galigaaitf'8 Messenger.
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Fsrm Acreage and Farm Talnes.
Statistician Dodge, in his report on agricultural statistics, makes it appear
that tbe farm area of the United States
has nearly doubled to thirty years, increasing from 293,560,614 to 5.6,081,83.
acres. During the first ten years the taking up of government lands in tte west
and south and tte state lands of Texaa
was active. The most fertile areas, little
encroached upon in the newer settlements, were taken possession of> with a
certainty of appreciation to value that
added intensity to tte pursuit of homes
obtainable at insignificant prices. The
absolutely free homestead had not at that
time been guaranteed by law. In the next
decade the disturbing element of the civil
war prevented aggregate increase, the
states within the theatre of actual warfare
declining in area, some farms being abandoned and hence not counted as farms.
At the same time many ot the western
states showed a considerable increase.
Kansas, for instance, with 1,778,400 acres
in 1800, had 5,666,87. in 1870.
Between 1870 and 1880 tte now lands
taken into the form area exceeded 128,-
000,000 acres.   Of this no less than 49,-
000,000  were  in
six divisions  between the Mississippi  and   the
Rocky mountains.     The   Increase was large
in the south, especially in Texas,
where   I tt    was
nearly 18,000,000.
diagram   of  fabm   The proportion of
.      __*odc_t& unimproved land,
notwithstanding tte new land taken up,
has been constantly decreasing. It was
61.5 per cent, in 1850, 59.9 in 1860, 53.7
in 1870 and 46.2 in 1880.
According to the same authority the increase of twenty years in the values of
products of American agriculture has
been far greater than the increase in population. Quantities have enormously increased and values have changed, some
being lower and some higher than in 186a
The principal products are shown in the
accompanying diagram in the order of
their prominence. Meat, which represent*
ranch grass or pasturage, is flrst, followed
by corn, wheat, hay, dairy products, cotton, poultoy products, eto. Corn stood
first in 1__0 because the grains of tt*
western half of tte continent were unutilized, and meat production east of th*
Mississippi he* assumed greatly enlarged
proportions. A part of the corn, about
half, and a small part of the hay, are duplicated in tbe value of meats. The dairy
products are principally from pasturage,
and therefore do not duplicate extensively
values of other items.
The products represented in the diagram
and. tte proportion of each in the two
P-ribds are given in millions of dollars, as
follows:
1859. IK***.
Articles.        Value of Per Value of Per
_,   _                   products, cent products, cent.
Meats •*<-">..   "»0 17.0* 800 SI.S
Corn    361 JM.05 695 18..
Wheat.............   1SS 7.5 4*7 _-r
gay __•_• — •   IM W 410 u.e
Dalrj products    152 9.1 353 9 6
Cotton.............   _18 lag 873 71
Poultry products. .78 U 180 U
Other products..... 898 17.8 S79 15S
Total.
1,676
100.0      3,728      IOO.
B-perlment with __„_.
Ok the Wisconsin Agricultural college
farm six oows were kept, three by pasturing and thre* by soiling ProfesBor Henry
reports the aesult: There was gained a
product of 1,779 pounds of milk from one
acre of pasture, producing 82 pounds of
butter, while one acre in soiling crop gave
4,782 pounds of milk which made 19.
pounjd* of batter. The pasture was oa*
of the best blue grass pastures, capable of
carrying a cow per acre tte season
through, under favorable weather con-
ditioes.
A Thoroughbred  Cow.
The presence of any thoroughbred cow
ta a herd, says American Dairyman, has
a most remarkable effect upon the owner.
She is the first one he concerns himself
about when the herd is looked up. She
gets all the petting and the extra bits of
_i*ass. The wife sets that cow's milk separate to use in the family, aad wben the cow
has a new calf everybody goes out to look
at it. Such a cow has a refining influence In the family, and every family and
every farmer should have one in his herd.
Growing Strawberries.
Mr. J. H. Hale, of Connecticut,- to New
England Farmer, estimates the cost of
growing strawberries at .150 an acre,
itemized as fallows, viz.: Land rent $6.00;
ploughing and harrowing, $4.00; manure,
$50; plants, $20; summer cultivation,
$50; mulching material for winter, $20.
In the $50 for fertilizers, $35 is allowed
for one ton of pure ground bone and $15
for muriate of potash.which are considered
the cheapest and most effective manures.
Facts Farmers Want te Know.
Tl&'-kl cf cheep in keeping r.p fertility
is especially important to the eastern anil
older states.
Experiments in tobacco cultui. ln south
Florida, says The Savannah News, have
been made with encouraging results on a
limited scale.
3. W. Comstock, at Greenfield, Ind.,
considers sweet cow's milk the most effective remedy for hog cholera.
Some of tte Connecticut river valley
farmers are giving up tobacco culture for
the breeding of fine horses.
A citizen at Pocahontas, la., has invented a new fuel which bids fair to take
the place of coal to the prairie countries.
He grinds corn stalks and coarse prairie
grass together and moistens them. This
pulp is pressed into blocks about twelve
inches long and four inches thick aad
dried. One block will give aa hour's
steady heat. This fuel can be produced
for $2 a ton, and the inventor claims that
it will last twice as long as the best soft
coal.
Turkeys Easily Managed.
"Turkeys are very easily managed,"
says Henry Stewart. "The flock may bo
driven about quite easily, and if dealt
with gently and quietly, they are the most
docile of all poultry. I have seen flocks of
them driven to market in Kentucky, numbering several hundreds, one man on a
mule following, with two boys aad a dog
to help. It is in this way that the enormous number of these birds, 400,000 it ls
said, are gathered in Bourbon county ill
that state for the New Tork market every
season, bringing in a handsome sum to the
ladies who make a special business of
rearing thorn, and are vary successful
at it. 	
The Modern Chick's Soliloquy.
Backward, turn backward, oh, time ln year flight;
Hake me an egg again, smooth, clean and whit*—
f__ homesick and lonely, and life's but a dream,
I'm a poor chicken born in a hatching machine.
Compelled In this cold world to roam-
No mother to shelter, no place to call home,
Ne mother to teach ne to scratch or to cluck,
I can hardly tell whether I'm chicken or duck.
.Facts Farmers Want to Know.
A New England experimenter finds that
feeding apples to milch cows invariably
lessens the flow of milk.
Heat for tbe use of m small family can
be smoked by suspending the hams from
bars laid across a large barrel open at
both ends and set above a smoldering fire.
Corn cobs make a good smoke, and bay
leaves and juniper berries give an aromatic flavor. Cover the barret while
smoking.   So says The Iowa Register.
The Louisiana orange crop proves to bo
less than one-tenth of an average crop.
Mr. Louis, of Wisconsin, a noted Poland China breeder, say* it pays to feed
cooked food. He believes in breeding from
matured parents, as they bring strong
and healthy pigs. He nsed to keep hogs
until 18 months old for making pork, bat
found that a mistade—10 months is as
long as is profitable.
When Baby wis rick, we gave her C-rtarfa,
When ths waa a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When the became Miss, she .long to Castoria,
When -sbabad Chil_r»n, th* gave them Csstoria,