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What BARRIERS Earn.

A barber in hotel said to q New
York TriJunereporter who had noticed
The frequent "tips" that he received;
1--WE don't make as much as you think
we do. The pay in the hest hotels is
~ a day, and we get from 81 to 81 80
extra in fees, Sunday work earns us
our days off. How many customers a
dayp About thirty, averaging up the
time taken to cut hair, shampoo, ETC.
No, we have no brotherhood or associa-
ton. We had one few years ago,
but 1t came to an end. Pay us ever to
strike? Hardly. Hundreds of men
would be ready to fill my place within
a day. Sometimes we're called to
private residences. Then we get so
cents shave, at times 81. We have
to furnish our own tools, razors,
scissors, etc. and that costs about SIS
a month, outside of the $50 capital
necessary to start us. OF course every
good barber has his regular customers,
but it wouldn't pay to start a shop of
your own, as few of these customers
would follow you; they get used to a
place, you see, and dislike to change.
Why is shampoo charged 40 cents
when q haircut is also 40 cents?
Well, we don't make much on the hair
cut, and so we even it up on the
shampoo"
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When to Flick Fruit.

Housewives, as well as growers and
market-men, often complain that fruits
do not keep in good condition, and
various causes are assigned for this.
One of the most prevalent and the
least understood is that of showers of
rain just before picking. The amount
of increase in bulk, size and weight
that rain imparts to fruit is not fully
ascertained; yet it is a well-known
fact that in boiling maple sap to make
sugar, one hundred and twenty gallons
of sap after wet fall and winter will
produce no more sugar than one hun
dred gallons after dry season.
In strawberry culture, berries of
great size can be produced by irriga-
ton though the increase is but dropsi-
cal Recent experiments have shown
that Strawberries picked after a heavy
rain shrink ten per cent.
Grapes, also, lose in bulk and weight
under similar circumstances. A
bushel of grapes weighs about forty
pounds when picked and packed after
a rain, decreasing afterwards from
two to four pounds to the bushel.
These facts tend to show that at
least ten per cent, both in bulk and
weight, may be impaired to fruits by
showers or rains, and will readily ac-
count for berry-Oaskets not being full
after having been packed a day or
more.
Much of i'll success in the preserving
and keeping of fruits may also be
ascribed to this cause.
TO have fruits, which are said to be
"only condensed sunshine" in per.
lection and best condition for long
Keeping they should be picked in clear
weather, after the dew is off, and
before the heat of the day, and then
stored in cool, dry place where {
current of air passes over them
american Gardeu.
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Maliurcs,

The Petersburg, Va, Rural Mes
Senger says:
Most important of all farm topics, we
feel that we must revert to it now and
then in order to keep it fresh in the
mind of the reader And yet we may
not he able to offer anything new upon
the subject.
Any material that will enrich land
and nourish and feed crops, is a ma
nure. The best manure is made upon
the farm, and all things considered,
compost is the best form Of manure.
1t requires but little outlay of money,
but much elbow grease to have enough
of it. In fact, it is extremely doubtful
whether any farmer ever did have
enough of it for every want of his
farm. Manure can be and should be
made all the year round. 1t would
pay any well-established farmer to
keep a hand and team regularly EN-.
ployed collecting the material and
composing manures Everything that
can be got in the way of green weeds,
straw, leaves, muck, rubbish, corn
stalks, rotting wood, old rags, leather,
hair, feathers, old hog beds, woods,
scrapings, rich dirt, road dust, bones,
oyster shells. and animal deposits OF
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Receipts.

RICE GRUEL.-One ounce each Of
rice, sago and pearl barley, boiled in
three pints of water, which in two
hours generally reduces it to u quart,
Strain and flavor to taste.
GREEN APPLE PIES.-Grate raw six
good apples, add cup of sugar, three
tablespoonful Of melted butter, four
eggs, little lemon juice, a few dried
currants, and little spice. Line
plates with Il paste, fill and bake with
out an upper crust.
CHOW CnOw.-Two quarts of small
onions, four of small cucumbers, and
three cauliiowers; cut the cauliowers
and cucumbers into small pieces and
soak in strong salt water overnight;
then rinse well and boil in vinegar I'M
til quite tender; mix one pound Of the
best ground mustard and two ounces
of the best salad oil with enough vine
gar to mix it well; then stir in while
boiling; just before taking from the
fire add three ounces of fine red pep
per; it is then ready to bottle.
BOILED FOwL.--lf slices of lemon
,,;tb,,,t thn ,;nJ lo tioJ oror thn
breast of a fowl before boiling it. they
will make it white. Put the fowl in a
stewpan with sufficient water TO cover
it, and just hot enough to bear the
hand in. The stewpan should be over
a very slow fire to heat through gradu-
ally. The moment it boils, skim well
and draw to the side of the fire; skim
frequently, and simmer gently till ten
der. A fine fowl will take more than
half an hour after boiling up. A
chicken requires less time. When
done, place it on hot dish, remove the
tape, lemon and skewers, and serve
with white sauce, parsley and butter
or celery sauce. Pour portion of
sauce over the fowl, the rest send to
the table in a sauce tureen. Boiled
ham, tongue, or picked pork usually
accompany this dish Reserve the
liquor the fowl was cooked in for soups
or GRAVES. 1t should be poured into
dry scalded pan.
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Mo AL Sny So.

Mr.. GEORGE A. BURDETT, No. l65 Front
Street, Worcester, Mass, has Just sent us the
following, directly to the point:
being afflicted with ailments to which all
humanity is subject sooner or later, read
carefully the advertisement regarding the re-
markable curative powers of Hunts Remedy,
and as it seemed to apply to my case exactly,
purchased bottle of the medicine at Jan
nery's drug store, in this city, and having
used ii with most beneficial results in my own
case, my wife and son also commenced its
use, and it has most decidedly improved their
health and We shall continue its use in our
family under such favorable results"
April IL 1881
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Some of those individuals who are
constantly denouncing as unfit for
human food articles on which mankind
have thrived for centuries, have now
discovered that salt is dreadful thing
to take into ones stomach, and declare
their intention of abandoning its use.
To these persons the London Lancet
deyl ties a paragraph, doubtless fearing
that, unless promptly suppressed, they
will organize society and hold annual
conventions. Common salt" says the
Lancet "is the most widely distributed
substance in the body; it exists in
every fluid and in every solid; and not
only is it everywhere present, but in
almost every part it constitutes the
largest portion of the ash when any
tissue is burnt. In particular it is Il
constant constituent Of the blood, and
it maintains in it proportion that is
almost wholly independent of the
quantity that is consumed with the
food, The blood will take up so much
and no more, however much we may
take with our food; and on the other
hand, if none be given, the blood parts
with its natural quantity slowly and
unwillingly. Salt, being wholesome,
and indeed necessary, should be taken
in moderate quantities, and abstention
from it is likely to be injurious.
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THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


For IN account of dairying, Geo
w. Noble, Of Wells, Pa, give
figures entirely reliable. He had
thirty cows last year, their ages rang
ing all the way from two to seven
years, all grade Jerseys. The gross
yield OF butter was S,l30 pounds, .all
sold in this market aggregate receipts
$5,4l5.27. This is an average OF
$75,47 to each cow, and it will be
observed that he had heifers of two
three and four years, certainly not
mature COWS. Besides, there was the
buttermilk, worth enough more tc
bring the average to eighty dollars at
least.-HuSb0ndman.
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every kind will 40 to help swell up the

every kind will 60 to help swell up the
compost heap Collect everything that
will rot, or that can be reduced by acid
or s'eeping in I've, Strong wood ashes
is IN essential part in all compost.
Few things will resist long the action
of wet ashes, but in n few months
refuse of every kind will be reduced
to mass of manure it will delight
your heart to see and handle.
Add, then, to your compost piles as
often and as much rs you can. AS
weeds grow up cut them for the com
post. In this way you will get rid of
many troublesome weeds by prevent
ing them from maturing their seed,
This kind of manure properly mixed
with ashes will enrich your crops man
fold. With plenty Of this sort of
manure, a man may make more and
live better on twenty-five acres than
on fifty without it, The heaps must
be kept moist or wet all the time, as
both moisture and heat are necessary
to decomposition. Have all the slops
from the kitchen, soap suds, etc,
thrown upon them, or throw water
over the heaps from time to time
Charcoal dust, dry dirt from the public
roads, plaster, lime, salt, are excellent
additions. There ought to be COM
post pile near every kitchen, to catch
the Stops, ashes, dirty water, and
sweepings of the yards. Make manure
of everything you can get.
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4 Locust Invasion.

Wonderful is the account of locust
invasion of Syria, as related by DR.
William Thomson. He tells how, in
the early spring a flying squadron
the pioneers Of the vast army-passed
over the land, leaving it thickly sown
with their eggs, lying in little masses,
cemented together, scattered all over
fields, plain, and desert ground. This
done, these harbingers Of woe van
ished; but within couple of months
the very dust seemed to awaken to
life and to creep. Soon these inIini-
tesimal moving atoms developed into
minute grasshoppers, who began their
destructive existence, all moving for
ward in one general direction, a creep
ing, jumping mass of living PARTICLES
DR.. Thomson describes his first view
Of this phenomenon. He was riding
near Fuliyeh, when it struck him that
the side of the hill had peculiar ap-
pearance. Riding up to it, to his
amazement, the whole surface became
agitated, and began to roll downward.
His horse was so frightened that he
had to dismount. Then he perceived
that this animated dust was composed
Of myriads of minute locusts, 50 young
that they could not even jump; but in
their infantile alarm they rolled over
and over, producing an effect like the
movement Of fluid mortar
On another occasion he rode through
Il district where the work of eXtirpa-
ton was going on. 1t was near the
plain of Acre, and II swarm of locusts
had oyerrun the whole region. The
governor Of Kahul had summoned
every man, woman, and child in the
ncighbOrhoOd to lend their aid in the
common cause. The foe had not yet
grown heir wings, and, being unable
to fly, were compelled to run in what
ever direction they we're driven. So
the people formed vast circle, beat
ing the bushes and shouting, in order
to brighten the insect host and drive
them toward an isolated hill covered
with dry grass. Soon the hill became
black with the countless myriads which
thronged it. Then the grass was set
on fire in different places, and the
flames, famed by strong breeze, soon
spread over the whole hill, filling the
air with an overpowering smell of
roast locust. The same operation was
performed at many different points in
the neighborhood, with very excellent
results. -.Ninetee,hh Century,
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Celery.

A novel plan for setting celery and
cabbage plants which has several
desirable points to recommend it is to
place them betwC en- the rows of your
potatoes or sweet corn after the last
hoeing. The growing corn potatoes
will afford partial shade, which is
very desirable at the time of setting
the young plants and until they get
fully established, and yet ripen and
can lie removed in time for them to
occupy the ground as a second crop.
Two crops on one piece of ground,
with one dollars worth of labor and
manure will afford more profit than
one crop on which IS are expended.
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The 7uLf, Field, and Farm, most
reliable authority on the subject, says
that Sin buying a horse, first look at
his head and eyes for signs of in
telligence, temper, courage, and
honesty. Unless horse has brains
you cannot teach him to do anything
well. If bad qualities predominant
in a horse. education only serves to
enlarge and intensity them. The head
is the indica or. of disposition. a
square mu2zle, with large nostrils,
evidences an ample breathing appara-
tus and long power, Next, we see
that he is well under the jowl, with
iawboncs broad and wide apart under
the throttle. Breadth and fitness
between the ears and eyes are always
desirable. The eyes should be full and
hazel in color, ears small and thin and
thrown well forward. The horse that
turns his ears back every now and
then is not to be trusted. He is either
bitter or a kicker and is sure to be
vicious in other respects, and, being
naturally vicious, can never be trained
to do anything well, so horse with
ii rounding nose, tapering forehead
and a broad, full face below the eyes
is always treacherOus and not to be
depended on. Avoid the long-legged,
stilted animal-always choosing one
with short, straight back and rump,
witkers high and shoulders sloping,
well set back, and with good depth of
chest, fore legs short, hind legs
straight, with low down hook, short
pastern joints, and round, mulish-
shaped foot"
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Not the MNiI Boat.

"Please, sir, is this the mail boat ?''
inquired a lady holding letter in her
hand, of a gentleman who was stand
ing on the deck of Mississippi steam
er.
81 guess not madame" replied the gen.
tleman. somewhat embarrassed; 81
just heard the captain say she would
leave In haitian hour, so | guess it
must be a female boat" -StateSman.
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CATARRH.-Messrs Hood & Co., of Lowell,
believe that the best way to treat Catarrh, and
the only way TO get permanent relief, is
through the blood. A constitutional disease
requires constitutional remedy. Hoods Sar.
saparilla is n blood purifier and constitutional
medicine that can be relied upon, and has cured
numerous cases Of Catarrh. We think this
claim reasonable one and gladly give it room
| in our columns.
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The business of condensing milk is
likely to be growing one, as it enables
farmers at a distance from cities to get
as good prices for milk us those who
live near enough to supply them with
fresh milk. Condensing milk is simply
evaporating portion of the water,
which is its chief constituent, the milk
being then sweetened with sugar for
its better preservation. If it be used
within few days, the sugar is not
necessary. In both cases, the condens-
ed milk, when to be used is diluted
with water to the natural condition of
good, rich milk. For ships use or ex-
portation, this is the only way that
milk can be safely or economically
provided
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who have wasted their manly vgor and powers
by youthful folies and pernicious practices
pursued in solitude, inducing Nervous Debility
Impaired Memory, Mental Anxiety, Dcspon
lency, Lack Of Scli.confdencc and VIII Power
Weak Back, involuntary Vital Losses, ant
kindred weaknesses, should address with three
letter postage stamps for large illustrated treat
isc, giving uniailing means Of cure, World;
Dspensary Medical Association, Buffalo, n. Y
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-09-05

Mr.. c. H. DRAPER, of No. 223 Main Street
Worcester, Mass, volunteers the following:
for kidney disease, applied TO my druggist
Mr.. d. B. Williams, of Lincoln Square, thi:
city, and requested him to furnish me the
best kidney medicine that he knew of, and he
handed me bottle of Hunts Remedy, stat.
ing that it was considered the best te'ause
he had sold many bottles of it to his Gus
toners in Worcester, AMI they all speak of il
In the highest terms, and pronounce it always
reliable l took the bottle home and COM
menced taking it, and find that it does the
work etfectually; and am pleased to recon-
mend to all who have kidney or liver disease
the use of Hunts Remedy, the sure cure"
April II, 1883.
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Rescued From AgOnizing Death.

New YoRK.-Mr James White, 1862
Broadway, formerly chief instruction. Dick
els Riding School, in this city, said to a news
paper reporter: 81 broke my shoulder, arm
and elbow, splitting the socket in four parts.
Rheumatism set in and employed the best
physician. He tried everything, but grew
worse, and at last he said Il have one more
thing to try, and if that fails nothing can
give you relief, and that is st. Jacobs Oil.
| used this pain-relievcr, and am able to
use my arm, free from all rheumatic trouble.
| have also recommended the remedy to Il
number of people, and in every case they
have been speedily and etlectually cured"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-09-05

The immense crematory in Rome is
in almost daily use. Cremation is
daily becoming more popular, and
bids fair soon to dispose of more
corpses in the Italian capital than old
fashioned burial.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-09-05

The Russian geographical society
has received a list Of the localities
along the coast Of northeastern
Siberia where human beings may be
found at different seasons of the year.
It is hoped that the use of this list by
future explorers may enable them to
escape the sad fate of Lieut.. belong
and his companions,
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DrusRist's Evidence.

Mr.. GEORGE W. HoLooMB, druggist, l2s
and 131 Congress Street, Troy N. y. writes
April I, 1888;
az am constantly selling Hunts Remedy
for diseases of the kidneys, liver, bladder
and urinary organs, to my trade and friends,
and find that it gives general satisfaction to
all who useit"
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The medical journals publish d.
rections for obtaining sleep on a rail-
road train. They are those of a
German physician, DR.. Outten, who
says that if person lies with his feet
toward the engine, the movement of
the car tends to draw the blood from
the brain to the feet, cerebral anamia
is produced, and then sleep; but if he
lies with his head nearer the locomotive
Gas is the custom in Germany, there
is produced cerebral hyperamia,
incompatible with sweet repose. DR..
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The Christian at Work thinks it is a
perfect marvel how some of the letters
which fall into the puzzled hands of
post-ohice officials ever reach their des-
nation. The "blind readers" as those
are called who decipher hierogyphics,
seem to be able to follow any clew,
however slight it may be, and to find
a person to whom a letter is addressed
even when the writer gives no intima-
ton. When a man who sees the words
'Signigicol's Hotel can guess correctly
that it means st. Nicholas Hotel, he
has, indeed, faculty for reading a
superscription which consists of "nine
hieroglyphics, five scratches, three dots,
and blot" and should hold his Office
for life.
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Mcbride of the Milwaukee Insane
Asylum advises exactly the reverse.
He holds that with the feet toward the
engine the blood tends to the head.
In the starting of train momentum
is first given to the car. Bodies in the
carresist for moment, and then acquire
the same momentum; but on the least
increase of speed they offer resistance
they are not disposed to go as fast
as the car. A round marble placed on
board will roll back when the board
is moved rapidly, and he thinks it is
reasonable to suppose that in human
body the blood constantly offers resis-
lance to the motion of the train
Therefore, with the feet to the engine
the blood will seek the brain. For
this reason DR.. Mcbride urges sleeping
with the head toward the engine.
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For every five persons who use to-
bacco in England, France and Russia,
there are Is in Germany and North
America, "a in Belgium, % in Holland.
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The treasurer of the immense colony
of South Australia says that the popu-
lation is only 100000, and advises a
grant of 100000 to encourage immi-
grafton.
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Judge j. NJ. Smith, N. Y, used successfully
bottles of DR.. Elmore's Rheumatine- Gouta-
line for his 25-years-old rheumatic govt, after
trying in vain everything else. lie says if
r. G. cost $500 bottle he would buy it.
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An Indian girl named Olive Chew,
eighteen years of age, living on the
Tuscarora reservation in Erie county,
n. Y, has recently gained her sight
through asurgical operation performed
by DR.. Kittinger of Buffalo. She had
been blind from birth. While yet the
knife was being used, she exclaimed:
Light! light! light! can see" In
utter bewilderment she gazed at her
hands, and then at those about her, as
though she had been transformed into
another world. Then she was allowed
to consult Il mirror to see how she
looked. She seemed perfectly dumb
founded, and stood in speechless aston
ishment looking at herself, until for
her own good she was forced to refrain
from taxing her eyes and have them
bandaged.
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There are about 1000 Mennonites, or Ana
baptsts, in Manitoba, divided into ten or
twelve Villages
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CArARRH.-Mcssrs. Hood & Co., of Low

Orange peel is now sad to be collected, dried
in ovens, and sold for kindling fires, 1t burns
readily and with great liurccnuss.
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Were health associations to effect
half of that which they profess to
undertake, says the New York Mail,
the sanitary condition of the civilized
world would be almost perfect. 1t is
because they effect 50 little that no
great confidence is felt in the utility of
the proposed international sanitary
commission. The subject of inter-
national cooperation for the prevention
of the spread of contagious diseases
might properly be considered by the
association for the reform and codiica-
ton of the laws of nations at its meet
ing at Milan. After its investigation
of the question a better Judgment as
to the organization of the proposed
commission could be formed. If there
is to be such an organization at all, it
should be so constituted that it will
have some practical value.
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II any of tho readers Of this paper
that have Dropsy will send me
their name and address, will tell
them how to got cured free Of charge.
g. s. Converse, Utica, N, Y.
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BALTIMORE, Md.-Dr. Irwin II. Elderidge
says: "Iwould recommend trial Of Browns
Iron Bitters in all cases of anenmic debility
or when tonic or appe izer Is Indicated
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No molasses and water mixture, but con-
centrated extract of medicinal properties OF
roots, banks, ETC., is Hoods Sarsaparilla.