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Portable or Composition Roonnr..

There is probably no article of manufacture
so universally needed as reliable low priced
roofing, which can be readily applied without
the aid OF skill labor, and in no other direc-
ton has so great want been so inefiiciently
supplied. The results of experiments with
telts, dement's and other compositions have so
lar been anything but satisfactory Numerous
so-called cheap roofings" have been pro-
duced, advertised, used and found worthless
In view OF these facts we are glad to be able to
speak tayorably of an article which, from our
own knowledge and the testimony Of some of
the most extensive and best known manufac-
turers and merchants in this country has
proven reliable and economical substitute
1 tor the more expensive kinds of roofing We
refer to ii. w Johns Patent Asbestos Roofing
/ the manufacturers of which make no extrava-
CANT representations, but claim it to be the
only reliable portable roofing in use, and from
/ careful inquiry we believe their claims are
/ well founded. This roofing is prepared read
| for use,ea be easily applied by unskilled
/ workmen, IS adopted for steep or fiat roofs in
/ all climates, and when finished with the lchite
! Fre-prOof coating forms the lghtest hand
! soonest and coolest roof in the world costing
/ only about halt as much as tin. Samples Illus
trated catalogues, price lists, and any desired
information can be obtained from the II w
| Johns Manufacturing Co. patentees and sole
manufacturers. 81 Maiden Lane. New York.
/ This companyhave recently completed new
I mandatory, the most extensive works of the
! kind in the world, and have reduced their
prices to basis which place their goods with
! in The reach of every one. They also manu-
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( guaranteed equal to any for general purpos-
es and the most durable for outside work of
any paints in use. In body and richness OF
color the Asbestos Paints surpass any we have
l ever seen. tire-proof paint, an economical
substitute for white lead, costing only 70 cents
per gallon, for the protection of factories
bridges and other wooden structures against
fire, is also valuable for the class of outbuild
/ ings, fences, etc, which are usually allowed
/ TO 60 Imprinted. Roof paint, steam pipe and
/ boiler coverings, steam packing, sheathings
/ Innings, dement's, etc, all of which can be re,
Z lied anon as being in every respect as rep
scented, and we advise our readers before pur
chasing paints or roofing, to send for sample,
/ of these articles and compare them with al
/ nthers
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STORIES OF THE OLD FEsTBRN 30
HEHTA rG


Tom Merry, in the sattle (Oregon) !
Dispatch tells some storisof Bohemians
he had known. Witness tbese specimens:
One Saturday night Artemus Ward |
and lingo Webb met Nosh Brooks, and
insisted on his going with them to Whip
Pies clubhouse. Once there, they were
invited by the proprietor TO repast OF
roast venison and champagne. After
this, they lit cigars and sat down in the
outer parlor, where splendid portrait OF
Washington was in fun view. Artemus
commenced to tell a good story when
Brooks, Whipple and Webb got up, one
after the other, and WALKED silently away
whistling psalm tunes and the like:
Browne locked after then minute ana
drawing a derringer rom his pocket
walked up to the portrait OF Washing
tn. at which he took deliberate ann
g Now look here, old riloTs, SAID ne
sit is generally conceded that you are the
father of this country and few have
been cruel enough to insinuate that you
are t. father of Gov. Posey, OF Indiana
but we'll let that pas Now We
started this story, and I'm -- If you
haven't got to stay here and listen to
it," And there he stood, with the der
ringer pointed at the picture and recl!ed
the story, while everybody about hun
laughed till tears came into their eyes.
Webb once asked james Anthony, of
the Sacramento UnsH, for the loan OF
$50. Tie old man had queer habit OF
winking at every other word. Seer.
tainly, Charley, (wink. wink I'd give
YOU $50 wink, wink to have you stoT
suffering that way, any time" Now
II look here, M-m-mister Anthony
what's the use OF talking about that
Ist-t-tutter with my mouth, and yor
stutter with your eyes. :" One night i
was showing terribly as we walked III
south C street, when suddenly we hearC
our name called. Here was Mark Twain
wrapped in big overcoat, sitting on al
empty dry-goods box and covered will
snow. cts working bully" says he il
his unearthlv drawl. What's wsrk
ing" weasked. My!dOrg-trap-oh, no
guess notlp 1t seems that a man haC
opened new drug store with a night
bell at the front. He tied one end of ,
rome to a piece of tough beef and tn,
other to that bell. The dog made i
lively for that druggist, however.
Selkirk, OF the Placerville Democrat
sat one night in a saloon, eating a pig
foot, when the notorious Billy Kirby en-
tered and bawled out: I'm the wild
bear of Tehamaw Yes" retorteC
Selkirk, and Pm eatin' one of your
paws The bully was literally laughed
| out of the house.
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Good Pioicimg.

Flowing is an art. a really good
plowman is rarity as much as a really
good landscape painter, and yet blowing
is one of the main items of valuable la
Dor upon farm. / have seen one man,
while blowing, lean forward with hands
upon the pillow handles, and laboring at
one time to keep the pillow from going
too shallow, and at another time to keep
it from going too deep; making furrow
of irregular depth and with here a bulk
and there ridge. 1 have seen another
man take the same team, arrange the
gearing, and plOw with one hand on the
pillow handles, turning furrow clean, of
even width and depth Unfortunately
few plowmen understand the principles
of drsught, and hence many a good pillow
is condemned as bad. 1t is this want of
knowledge how to use pillow that keeps
back progress and reduces the value of
crops on many farm. speak know
ingly, having had practice, more or less,
between pillow handles for over fifty years,
commencing when eleven years of age.
studied the art of blowing practically,
snd being engaged in supplying farmers
with plows a part of the time mentioned,
there was a necessity of knowledge of
the form of the pillow and the principles
of draught.
In exhibiting and competing at state
and county fairs, it became necessary for
me to know how to fit my pillow for this
work, and more necessary to find plow-
man who understood the whole matter.
it took weeks to find such plowman,
but did find him, and every time he
was put in competition he won.-North-
an Exchange
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Fattening .Imin,af..

A very common error among farmers
which needs correction, is the opinion
that animals may be fattened in a few
weeks and fitted for market by heavy
feeding, or, as it is termed, by pushing
uany farmers do not think of beginning
to fatten their hogs or cattle for early
winter market until autumn has actually
commenced. Their food is then changed,
and they are dosed with large quantities
OF grain or meal. This sudden change
often deranges the system, and it is fire.
quently some time before they recover
rom it. From observation and inquiry
we find that the most successful mana
gers adopt very different course. They
feed moderately, with great regularity,
and for long period. The most success
ful pork raiser that we have met with
commences the fattening of swine for
the winter market early in the preceding
spring. In fact he keeps his young
swine In growing condition all through
the winter. He begins moderately. and
increases the amount gradually, never
placing before the animal more than il
will freely eat. With this treatment
and strict attention to the cleanliness O
the animals, his spring pigs, at ten
months, usually exceed three hundred
and fifty pounds, and have sometimes
gone as high as four hundred and fifty
pounds, and pigs wintered over, reach +.
weight of five or six hundred. The corr
which IS ground, and scalded before feed
ing, nets him, on an average one dolla
per bushel when the market price O
pork is five cents per pound Christian
Union.
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THE CULTURE OF FAMILF TIES.

Hannah Snowden, writing in the
" Home and Society" department of
Scribner for May about her experience
in keeping house for the summer in the
country, says:
One idea l had in having a country
home was to gather in all the children
of our families. Brothers and sisters
grow up together united. They finally
marry and separate. Then their chill
dren from being apart, know but little of
one another, and the strong family feel
ing that existed among the parents finds
no place among the offspring. Then,
too, petty iealousies spring up, which
can only be avoided by mutual inter
course. l hoped to make my home
common ground for all my nephews and
nieces, of whom there were about twenty.
These children, as in all large families,
were differently situated in life. ]
wished to bind them together by com
mon pursuits and amusements, SO that
their future lives might be Influenced
for their mutual good. I wanted the
boys to go swimming together in the
river that ran by at the railway station
to play ball, to milk the cows, to race
rabbits, and to grow hardy and selfreli
ant in an honest rivalry of outdoor life
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A Legend Ahnnt Coffee.

There is legend about coffee-a legend
in which pious Mussulman used to get
sleepy during his devotions, and so he
prayed to Mohammed, who came to his
aid. Mohammed sent him for advice a
goat herd, who took hint from his
goats. He observed that when these an
imals ate the berries of particular tree
they got frisky and excited bounded
about all the night, in fact. The Mussnl-
man took the hint, ate the coffee berries,
slept less, and no doubt prayed better.
That was the legend That coffee,
however, was sold III the streets Of Cairo
toward the end of the sixteenth century
is not matter of legend, but history
In fact, it was not only sold, but it was
forbidden to be sold. An Arabian histo-
rian recounts that in the year 1888 a
cafe was attacked by the authorities, and
the customers who were found on the
spot hurried of to prison, from which
they were not liberated till they had
each received seventeen strokes with a
stick, for the encouragement of othersl
And, in fact, this raid served the purpose
so excellently that five and twenty years
afterward the town of Cairo could boast
of more than two thousand shops where
coffee might be bought.
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Usefnl smanestions.

IN USING SCRAP BOoKs.-Dampen one
side of leaf, paste the scrap and apply it
TO other side of leaf; place thick blot
ting-paper each side of leaf; close the
book and press under weight till dry.
a damp scrap applied to a dry page will
usually draw it out of shape.
To MAKE MILK SoUR.-If persons
wishing to keep sour milk will take an
ordinary bean-pot and put in warm
place near the stove. and from time to
time add little milk, keeping covered
all the time, they will always have good
sour milk; when the pot is empty wash
It well.
For SORE THRoAT.-I.-Gargle the
throat with solution of salt and water.
u.-Gargle throat with chloride of
potash and water.
HI.-Keep small lump of gum cam
phor in the mouth, and swallow the
saliva; do the same with chlorate of pot
ash.
WHEN people feel the need of an acid,
u they would let vinegar alone and use
lemons or sour apples they would feel
just as well satisfied, and receive no in.
jury. And good suggestion may not
come amiss as good plan when lemons
are cheap in the market. A person
should in these times purchase several
dozen at once and prepare them for use
IN she warm days of summer. when se;ds.
especially citric and malic, or acids of
kmons and ripe fruits, are SO grateful
and useful Press your hand on the
lemon and roll briskly on the table to
like e' it squeeze more easily, then press
into tin, iiato a bowl or tumbler (never
S.,s; y give bad .esut. all the seeds, as
White s,,a = suacieat Put few minutes
.is,,,s sugar to pint of juice ssesna Of
.esd ss bottle it, and your 1sn o0n thrss
rru1 rusa tablespoonful of thu is
ave /. . glass of water. an5 ,'mons
: : cooling healthfuI drink. anu you
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LILLE .aEOF REAsn.

The bow tina. went 10 the mill on horse
back carving the grist in one end of the
hoe and a stone in the other, when removed
nv The miller, and told TO divide the grist,
rsplied that his father and grandfather had
carried n that way, and he, being no better
tban thew. should continue to do as they did.
SIMILAR or equally as absurd, reasons are
accounted as sufficient by some to warrant
them in indiscriminately condemning DIR.
Pierce's Family Medicines, even though
there is overwhelming proof that they pos.
sess the merit claimed for them. For MANY
Years the Golden Medical Discovery has been
yecoonized as the leading liver and blood
medicine in the market. Each year has
hronght an increase in its sale, and it Is now
nsed throughout the civilized world. Thou.
sands of unsolicited testimonials are on file
in the Doctors office, attesting its efficacy in
overcoming aggravated coughs, colds, throat
ami lung affections, also scrofula, tumors
Ulcers and skin diseases. Are you suffering
with some chronic malady? II so, and yoI
wish TO employ medicines that are scientific
slIv prepared that are refined and purified
Inv the chemical process employed in thei
manufacture; that are positive in thei
action. and specific 10 the various forms o
disease for the cure Of which they are rec
ommended. use Or. Pierce's Family Medi
cines. Full particulars in Pierce's Memo
randum Book, kept for free distribution b,
all druggists.
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THE THEoRE OF ETOL UrIoN.

SIR Wyville Thomson said, in lecture
to the natural history class at Edinburgh
university, that the great stumbling
block, from the natural-history side of
the question, in the way of an acceptance
of the evolution hypothesis was that any
such passage from one species to another
is entirely outside osr experience. The
horse had evidently been the horse since
the earliest hieroglyphies were engraved
upon Assyrian monuments and tombs;
and the same held for all living creatures.
There was not shadow of evidence of
one species having passed into another
during the period Of human record or
tradition. Nor is this all. We have, in
the fossil remains contained in the rocks,
a sculptured record of the inhabitants of
this. world, running back intellectually
farther than the earliest chisel-mark in
.scribed by Enthusiastically farther
than mans existence on this planet and
although we find from the record that
thousands of species have passed away,
and thousands have appeared, in no
single case have we yet found that series
of transitional forms imperceptibly GID
ing into one another, and uniting two
clearly distinct species by a continuous
bridge, which could be cited as an IN
doubted instance of the origin of a species.
Mr. Darwin's magnificent theory of nat
'ural selection and @suryival of the fit
test ;" has undoubtedly shaken the veil
by pointing out path by which such
an end might be attained; but it has
ny no means raised it. Still, even il
in Will feo1a cut the precise mode
tb.re one species gave rise 10 another,
,ccsn.; Souio De no further hesitation in
p''ns generally ar. hypothesis of
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The wise CJmr,cIo Rhcoma,,.m

rheumatic patients who have been in
duced to submit to depletion by bIood-let-
ting, to take colchicum and other drugs
of an equally pernIcjous character, will con
suit their well being BY abandoning such
insane procedure, and using as a substitute
Hostettef's Stomach Bitters, which will in
ia libby afford them the much desired relief
ana is absolutely safe. This benign vege
table depurient cools the blood by ex2elling
from it the inflammatory elements which
give rise 10 maladies Of a rheumatic an 4
equity type, and rectiies disordered con
ditions of the stomach nervous system and
bowels which usually accompany them. As
rheumatism has a tendency TO attack the
heart the desrability of an early resort to
the Bitters is obvious, since the danger is in
creased by every moment of delay.
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DIR. w ILHoFT' 5 ANTI PERIODICO OR FE-
YER AND ACUE TOXIC i-Wilhoft's Tonic ma
established itself as the real infall;ble Chill
cure. 1t is universally admitted 10 be the
only reliable and harmless Chill medicine
now IN use. It's efficacy is confirmed bv thou
sands OF certificates Of the very beat f.--s.I.
from all parts Of the country. 1t cures ma
larIous diseases OF every type, from the shak-
ing agues of the lakes and valley to the rag
ing fevers of the torrid zone. Try 1t ! 1t has
never been known to fail. G. L. FINLAY q
Co, Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
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@m AND FIREsIDE.
NIk Pea culture ia the south.

l t-e0 culture ia the South.
There are good many differen
inds-the speckled, or whippoorwill, i,
the one most generally sown about here,
as it makes more peas than any other.
Then, there are the clay pea, black pea,
lady pea, and good many others. The
last named is generally used for the
table; it is nearly as good as the navy
bean aud more easily raised here.
We SOW them here most always among
the corn in the drills-a hill or two be-
tween two stalks of corn-at the first
blowing, which covers them; or between
the drills at the last blowing. They
may be sOwn at any time in May oil
June, but they will make good vines i
sown in July. depending a good dea
upon the season and condition of the
land. We step-drop three or four pea
in hill rows any width apart you de
sire, from two to four feet and cove
lightly. No after cultivation is needed
although it helps them greatly, i
plowed once or twice. Seed is pretty
scarce here this season. Some years i
is very plentiful; the gathering of tn,
peas being the biggest part of the job
They will grow in the poorest land
1 have been sowing them for severa
years on poor spots, TO bring the land VI
again; the pea vines being grea
restorer of worn lands, as they draw
most of their rourishment from the at
mosphere.
They are great and cheap fertilize
to wheat crop, it is said, although
have never tried it. 1 have failed, $
far, in turning them under while green
the vines choking the pillow up to sue
an extent as to make it bad, incom
Plete job. always put my oat land i
peas, after the oats are off. They cove
the ground before frost. - ermdnd
(1Ess.) Cor. Rural World
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The Tichborne cl.

The Tichborne claimant Is still at
ordinary work al Dartmoor prison. and
;e likely to remain there for the next
seven years. His general health has
bsen letter since he was cured OF the
boils by which he was troubled SIX
months ago. but he is neither allowed to
receive nor reply to all letters that are
emit to him.
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HAVE you infammatory sore throat,
stiff Joints, or lameness from any cause what
ever? Have you rheumatic or other pans IN
any part Of the body? IT so, use Joh''s '5l =
11od,,ae Liniment internally and externally
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THEN md NoW ~ NEW ORLEANS

Says the New Orleans correspondent
of the Baltimore Sun: "This morning,
as l was standing in the rotunda of the
st. Charles hotel, Col. Rivers, proprie-
tor of the hotel, drew my attention to a
man who was sitting off by himself in
one of the corners. He was a man APP
parenuy about sixty years OF age; he
had downcast look; his feet were peer
ing through his boots; his linen was
soiled and torn, his black clothes were
spotted and shiny, and yet there was
about him the unmistakable indications
of a decayed gentleman. You see that
MANI" said Col Rivera. He was once
among the wealthiest of our ,ugar plant
ers, the owner of hundreds of slaves
one of the best customers of this hotel,
and his bill would average from So to
500 day. Now he has scarcely money
enough TO buy his breakfast. He haunts
this hotel constantly, and it may be be-
cause it reminds him of what he used to
be-" - "Our bar-rooms, said
OOl. nlNtIS, uOn L 10 more JIldu one NAH
of the business done before the war.
Two-thirds of our guests are now north
ern people, whereas before the war they
were all southern people. Many of our
large plantations are now owned by
northern and western men. Some of our
best young men are nJw overseers on the
plantations which belonged to their IA
theirs. | know now 4 gentleman who
used to spend piles of money in this
hotel who never put saddle on his own
horse, but who is now glad to hire on his
own place, which, with its 'niggers,' was
worth $500, 900, for $50 a month" AS
Col. Rivers concluded his interesting
recital of old times, he sighed gently and
remarked: "My dear boy, | feel little
blue to-day; let's have bottle of wine "
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BURNETT's FLAyORING EXTRACTS
The superiority of these extracts consists in
their perfect purity and great strength. They
are warranted free from the poisonous oils
and acids which enter into the composition
OF many Of the Fictitious fruit fayOrs now
in the market.
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Ltsht. weII-Rnised BIscui.s. Bread

to good health. Good health makes labor of
all kinds easier, and prolongs life. DooLEY 5
YEAST POWDER viii always make all these
productions light and wholesome. 1T is war
ranted TO make better, lighter, swCeter, more
toothsome, and nutritious biscuits, cake,
bread. etc. than any other baking powder
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

Write to DR.. Miller, 4l6 Spruce street, Phila
delphia. Pa stating the nature OF your dis
ease. and receive a letter of counsel and
advice free of charge. Fifteen years hos
pital practice in Europe and America.
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Some oonfounded IDIOT has PIT that
nan where I can't find it {" CROWDED a
man the other day, as he searched about
the desk. "Ah, UNI, yesl l thought
so !" he exclaimed in lower key, as he
took the article from behind his ear.
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NIGHT before last tired, discouraged
man out on North Hill went home and
flung himself down on lounge, and said
he wished he were dead, dead, dead"
In two hours he was writhing in a pre-
mature and unreasonable attack of
cholera mOrbus, and howled, and prayed,
and sweat, and had four doctors in the
house, and drank a quart of medicine,
and had mustard plaster smeared all
over him, and wept, and said he wasn't
half tended to, and he believed they
woGld like t. see him die.-Haukeue.
Why, Sammy" said father to his
little son lately, =" I didn't know that
your teacher whipped you Friday" &"
guess" replied Sammy, elf YOU had
been in my trowsers you'd know'd it,
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evolution, and in regarding our present
living races as the ultimate twigs of a
great genealogical tree whose gradually
coalescing branches we could trace, if
our information were complete, to the
dawn Of geological time Popular Science
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CIV 5
He aIth, 9Th
AND APPETITE.

Ny daughter has received great ben
etit from the use Of NEGkTINk. Her
declining health WAS q source 81 great
to all her friends. \ few bot
Ties of NEGETINE restored her health,
strength and appetite.
IN. TILpEN.
Insurance aud Real Estate Agt.,
No. A. Sears Building,
boston, MISS.