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FARM HINTS.

Mix the droppings in the poultry house
in thin alternating layers with road dust,
dry. pnlverized loan, dead broken ttri'
powdered charcoal. ceal ashes. or other alb
sorbent. and after some weeks break 1t mp
and pulyerize it well. 1t will then be
ready to apply TO the land, and will be
beneficial to almost any crop which needs
ward manure. In the absence of the above
absorbents. which should be at least tlou-
BILE it in bulk. scatter it in thin layers with
common manure. in compost heaps or
other manure heaps.
1t takes eleven pounds Of milk to add
one pound of live weight TO a cali; and an.
OK that weighs 300 pounds will consume
twenty-five pounds OF hay in twenty-fonr
hours to keep from losing weight. If he
is to fatten he must ave just twice that
quantity, when lie will gain two pounds a
dav. This is one pound live weight to
eleven pounds good hay. To obtain %
cents a hundred for hay a farmer must sell
fat steers at $50 per 100 pounds.
Ringbone is the result, usually. of weak
ness, hereditary predisposition. or OF a pc
euliar formation of the pastern joints Which
makes them unadapted 10 hard work, which
results in naturc throwing out 4 bony sub
stance as if to strengthen the weaker parts.
Do not expect a cure too soon, and especi-
ally on old horses. If it does not affect the
Joint it is not serious always. If the foot
- &c., 4., :. Do4l, ~ taf va
ter daily until the tenderness subsidies, and
blister with a mixture Of lard eight parts,
and binoxide of mercury one part. Before
applying the blister wash the parts well
with CASTLE soap and water, and in two or
three days after the blister has been appli-
ed annoint with glycerine and lard.
Potatoes do best ON light, sandy loam.
Plant them flat and tour inches deep and
YOU will get fine tubers. Bamyard ma
nure is the best fertilizer for potatoes; do
not use wood ashes, it makes them scabby.
a New York farmer drops his potatoes i'll
sulphur before planting, and be says tie
bugs never trouble his vines.
4 grower of small fruit has found that
salt hay, spread over the whole surface of
the ground to the depth Of three inches,
will prevent mildew on gooseberies. This
grower, who resides near the sea coast, OBJ
tains his salt hay from the marshes which
tie tide overflows. Common coarse hay
or bog grass, soaked in brine. would prob
ably answer just as well.
To keep sprouting potatoes in good con-
dition for table use a farmer has adopted
tile plan of pouring them from one barrel
to another once 4 week. This process
bruises and kills the sprouts 50 they have
no time to change or onsume the starch
of the potato. If one person has to do the
pouring alone the barrels should be filled
no fuller than can be easily lifted.
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Corded Twill Ca>hmercs in all the desir-
able shades. made to sell at 20 cts, but we
bought So that we can sell at l25 cts. per
yard. f.. Il. Humphreys * Co.
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Ladies' grained button shoes at 3l.50-
nice article. solid leather counters. no shod.
dy. Z. b. Humphreys & Co.
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mi ElzEvIR LIBRARY.

literature within the reach of the poorest, and the printing and paper
are so good that even the fastidious bibiopole would never think Of
disdaining so prescntable q production Fsesbyteriaa, Toronto.
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Figured Canton Floor Mattings, good,
at ice; better, at zoe; extra, at 25c. All
new goods just opened. f, b, Hum
phreys Y Go.
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10 Queen Mabel. and other Poems.
Illus. ELLEN TRACY ALDEN.
IS Affair Hour IN Natural History.
Illus. S. H.. PEABoDY......
10 Sunshine, Car and Carpenter,
Etc. Illus. i. r. ALDEN....
81 Fables from Lsop. Illustrated.
y Sindbad the sailor. $50.
50 Adventures of Baron Munchag-
I2t Some of My Pets. GRACE GREEN
WOOD.
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Richer than CrOesus

CHOW the only Croasus that l envy is he who is reading I
better book than this "-PnGL1P GILBERT HAaERToN.
You ought to sell ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND sets OF
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70 understand what you are doing for the intelligent masses II
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2 The "LlGHrNING" FRUIr Janis nov conceded
consumers who have used it, both in private
families and in fruit canning establishments
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II You nave any need for Hamburg
edgings. you will do yourself injustice if
Won fail to see our stock before you buy.
Prices greatly reduced. f. B. Humphreys
g. Go.
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1900 yards Conestoga W. fine brown
yard-widc shifting muslin, soon beaches
after washing a few times. Very desirable
weight, 81 cts. per yard. at i. b. Hum
phrcys & Co.
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HAMBURG EpcINcs.-Just received from
New York-away down under last years
priees-no charge for showing. Come and
see. E. b. Humphreys & Co.
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desirable shades. 6 cts, a yard. +. b.
Humphreys x Co.
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see our - cent hip-gorc corsets in white
and colored, silk embroidered and silk
stitched, the incest goods for the money
we ever had. f. B. Humphreys Il Go.
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Rockford IIl.l Rsgister

J.me. Williams ,ha h.rh.. h.u :.
one time . valnahle rsI;c os The h.ss,s -
Shiloh. James enlisted IN th,s c,svir
IS6l and for tvo wear. vss v;,h col y
T. NevIns Gens Wailaco and r., .om
and Col Neuins messed tnoether and 90
cupied the same quarters
One morning while at Pittsbure Land
inc Gen, Ransom Was heinc shsved ~
Mr Williams Tbs other ofIcers -srs
ionno;no ahont IN tho v,c;ni.v -her all an
Of ! suddep small cannon hail "a iired
from The enemy's vorks and comlno Is
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The Cleveland Homestead.
NY. Home Journal.


Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, sister
OF President Cleveland, returned, last
Wednesday, to New York, after brief
visit to the family homestead in Holland
Patent. Holland Patent is pictures qas
country village Of about 500 inhabitants,
situate on the Utica and Black River
road, twelve miles north OF Utica. The
Cleveland homestead is q rambling
wooden structure twossnd-a-hali stories
high, with wings attached, erected when
timber was more plenty than at present..
The grounds surrounding are Get With
evergreeps, ornamental shrubs and beds
Of flowers. A long row OF msjestlo
elms on the east side overshadow the
homestead and grounds, and naples on
the south add to the shade. Miss Clevs.
land attends the Presbyterian church Oh
the village green. It was the pastorate
of this church that her father was called
to in 1858, and it was from here that bis
funeral was held few moths later. Jn
this church Miss Cleveland, her mother,
brothers and sisters regularly attended
divine service for over twenty yeafs.-
Then the family scattered. but their pew.
on the south side OF the church, near
the front. Is still reserved for the chll-
dren whenever they are present.
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Burdette on .Home."

The song of home grew out ofA
homeless life, as Milton sang of light
when he was blind and Bunyan wrote Of
the pilgrims progress when manacled in
prison There is no place like home.
People who live in boarding houses sing
it. II the daughter OF Methodist min
lister remembers the home of her child
hood, her memory must be polyglot.
Home is woman's temple. There she is
goddess and votary both. She is also
usually jani,or. A man loves his home
because it is refuge. He also loves it
because there he is great man; there
he is governor, or at least he is lieuten
ant governor. And anyhow he is certain
10 be secretary OF the treasury. The
world foreets us when we pass away, hut
the home love forgets our vices exsgge-
rates our virtues until they outnumber
the stars in the heavens, and hands our
names devu as long as the estate holds
out.
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Ivy en- the Walls of Houses.

Land aud Water has d ,ne useful ser.
vice in pointing out the fallscy OF the
widespread belief that ivy trained against
the walls of dwelling house is produc-
tive of damp walls and general unhealth.
mess The very opposite OF this is really
the case. II any one will carefully ex-
anime an ivy-clad wall after shower OF
rain he will notice that while the over
tapping leaves have conducted the water
from point to point until it has reached
the ground, the wall beneath Is perfectly
dry and dusty. More than this, the
thirsty shoots which force their way into
every crevice OF the structure which will
afford a firm hold, act like suckers in
drawing out any particles Of moisture
for their own Dourishmeut The ivy, in
fact, acts like q ereatcoat, keeping the
houses from wet. and warm into the bar
gain. One more virtue it has, in giving
ito the ugliest structure an evergreen
beauty. Y. Evening Post
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Use the Brush.
American Agricplturist.

But few farmers ever think 1t neces
sary that a COW should be brushed. We
have seen neighbors laugh and ri iicule
what they called our over-niceness and
tussiness. when the cows we're curried
and brushed twice day, with as much
cafe as was given to the horses. What
curry cow2 Never heard tell of such q
tbing!" But COW needs 1t. even more
than a h,rse, and for several reasons
A COW, wbose milk is used for food, un-
less she have perfectly clean skin, can
not give clean milk. and then The butter
will he bad. The skin should he in q
perfectly heslthful condition, and the
blood pnre. or the milk will be impure
and unhealthful, and the butter or cheese
will BE- tainted n ither cleanliness nor
healthfulness can be secured without
regular brushing OF the skin aud the re.
moval Of all the filth which will gather
upon ili-kept cows. This should be
done before the cows are milked, both
morning and evening. The morning
cleaning should be thorough one; 8
, simple brushing, to remove dust and
loose hairs, will be sufficient for the
evening.
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Beating Voorhees,.

Dan VOORHEES, SAYS that be appeared
once In q lawsuit in which one Of the
chief Witnesses on the other side was the
mother Of Senator Booth OF California
In bis free aud easy way the Tall Syca-
more asked harrassing questions. but moi
the slightest sign Of attention came from
the woman. He became impatient and
snappv Finally be demanded, in bis or
atorical way, whether or not he was going
to be answered at all Then with smile
she turned to the lawyer Of her friends
and asked, with seeming innocence,
"Must / really say anything to man
Who looks like that2" She pointed to
Voorhees, ard shuddered. The counsel
advised her to be brave and answer the
questions of his Wabash friend. "Then
I'll do it with my eyes Shut" she said,
and she did.
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ACurious Electric Current.

An unusual and very interesting phe.
nomenon occurred near frankfort, D. T..
recently in the form of an atmospheric
electric current of considerable power
As observed there the current did no,
reach the ground but varied in distance
from four to six feet from it. 1t was frs,
noticed by the peculiar effect it bad on
horses and cattle. A buzzing sound was
beard from around the ears of animals-
similar TO that made by the swsrming oil
bees--distinctly audible at distance OF
several feet. Horses and mules threw
their heads around in very excited man.
ner. acting as though their ears we're full
of flies The Swapping OF electric sparks
was also heard. Horses which kept their
heads close to the ground were not
troubled, as the current did not seem to
reach down to them. Many teams be-
came frantic and uncomfortable. One
horse wss so frightened that it fell and
tried to creep under its mate for protec-
tIou Oxen also behaved in very uu-
reasonable and srriehtly manner. Far
mers were frightened and hurried to the
harm with all possible speed aFinally q
brief thunder shower came up and the
flash of lightning afforded immediate re-
lief. The current flowed from west to
east, and was six or seven miles in width.
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IOcemot0r AtaxIa.
Youths COMPANION.


Ataxia means want Of order. Loco.
motor staxia denotes a disease charac-
ter'zed by disorderly muscular move.
ments. 1t is not q paralysis, as was
once thought, for the muscles retain their
full strength. The affection may be
slight or exceedingly severe. In the lat
ter case, when fully developed, the move
ments Of the limbs may be very gro-
tesque.
In most bodily movements many diff.
ferent muscles must act in harmony and
at the same time This demands that
all he presided over by one unifying will.
or some other controlling central force !;
and, moreover, that the muscles be in
unohstructed communication with the
central force, or sunifying will. All mo.
tive force sent from the brain to the
muscles of the limbs must pass through
the posterior portion OF the spinal cord;
all feeling in the same muscles depends
on impressions conveyed upward to the
brain through the anterior portion.
Now in ataxia there is, at some point
In the spinal column, a hardening (scle-
rosis) of the posterior portion This
sclerosis results from degeneration Of
the nervous substance. The seat OF it
is more commonly in the lower dorsa
aud lumbar region (say, near the small
of the back). OCCASIONALLY it is con-
fined to the cervicsl { or neck region, in
which case only the upper limbs are af-
fected
There are three s'ages-though the
disease may never extend beyond the
first or the second. In the first there
are shooting pains in the lower limbs,
and later 10 the upper, q morbid excite
ment OF some Of the functions a sense
of fatigue in the lower limbs after exer
ton; attacks of vomiting and pains 10
the stomach; and, perhaps, temporary
or intermittent paralytic symptoms, af.
fecting the eyes, hearing and speech
This FIRST stage pay last for months OF
wears without any disorder of the mus
cles.
The second stage is characterized by
these disordered movements appearing
in the lower limbs drst. In slightel
cases the person fiuds it difficult to ge
started in walking, and then is unable
to walk slowly, but goes with precipi.
tate movement. When the upper Limbs
are affected, the patient can neither but.
ton nor nnbutton bis coat, though bis
hands and fingers may be as strong a.
ever. In no case can one staad with bis
eyes closed.
In the third stage there is much paral.
ysis and wasting OF the muscles. II the
disease progresses, 1t is but slowly, II
| may long remain stationary, even fol
life, the person.dying Of some other dis
ease. The health in other respects m ~
be good When the disease results ir
death. it is generally from exhaustion
after long period.
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Couldn't Make it Out. h.

The proprietor OF tannery having
erected building on the msin street for
the sale OF his leather, the purchase OF
hides, etc., began to consider what kind
of sign would be most attractive. Al
last what he thought happy idea struck
him. He bored an auger-hole through
the door-post and stuck . calls tail into
it, with the busby end fsunting ont.
After while be noticed . grave-looking
person standing near the door, with
speetacles on, gazing in,ently attheDsign.
So long did be gaze that finally the tan.
ner stepped out and addressed the indi.
vidual:
"Good morningi"
"Morning," replied the man, without
moving his eyes from she sign.
"You want to buy leather p'-"No.' y
"Want to sell hides ?"--"No."
care you farme, 2"-"N,."
"Are you a merchant M"
Lawyer mo"
"Doctor 2"-"No."
minister 2"-"No."
"What in the deuce are !"-"I'm
philosopher I've been sanding here
half an hour trying to decide how that
calf got through that augur-hole, and fol
the life OF me, can't make it out!"
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Valuable Autographs.

At an auction sale OF autographs on
TUESDAY, afternoon in New York, an au-
tograph letter of President John Adams
to Mr.. Graham was sold for $3.50, and
S18 was bid for one OF Benedict Arnolds s
letters. A missive from Henry Clay
brought So. and one from James Feni.
more Cooper, S11; $40 so was bid for
one OF Washington Irving's letters. SI6
for one OF President Lincoln's, So so for
one of President Monroe's. SS for a
warrant signed by @ Q,een Anne of Eng.
land. SS 80 for a letter of Leigh Hunt,
IS so for q military commission under
the hands of James IL. and S3 Is for O
souvenir OF Anne OF Austria, wife oi
Louis XIII of France. A two-page let
ter. written by George Washington, in
1877. sold for S75 A letter from Charles
to Prince Rupert was sold for S35, and
an order on sheriff signei nv the same
monarch was secured for Sl6; Sl3 and
SlI we're respectively paid for a com.
mission signed by Charles II while in
exile, and warrant for garrison psy
signed bv him In 1874.
Prince Ruperts signature was sold
for SIG. but handful of letters from
minor Bonaparte princes sold from 8:
to 1915 each. Nspoleonic documents
issued during the consulate and after ht
became Emperor were valued at S3.5s
to S7.75 A letter of Charles v, th,
Spanish monarch, was sold fer 81, ane
a manifesto of Charles TX. OF Flance
at S25. The documents OF the Louis
from Louis Xt, to Louis Philippe, sole
for from % to SO. An autograph scor'
by Mozart OF trio for pianoforte, clar
ionet and flute, was sold for S66, ant
Sl6 was paid for an order concerning
some guns signed in 1874 by Carnot
Prieur and Rohespierre.
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NUMBER IS.
why He Was Frightened.

Among the disagreeables OF hotel
mans life are his encounters with the
professional best. Not long ago there
aourished in New York one Of this ge-
MUS. who bad so persistently worked The
hotels and restaurants that his features
we're familiar to all the clerks and pro.
prietors. His appearance became the
signal for prompt and foroihIe ejec-.
ton. Chance favored him one day, and
as he passed one Of the uptown restgu-
rants be observed new man at the cash.
ier's desk. Assuming q Iordlv cir be-
walked In, seated himself at one OF The
tables, and ordered sumptuous repast.
This be consumed with great relish, aid
ing the process With copious supply Of
the best wines on the list.
Summoning the waiter hs'wss hs,poi
on with his coat, and affecting On absent.
minded mood started for the door, die
appointing the waiter Of the generous fee
which might be expected from so lavish
diner. As the beat neared The door he
was surprised to see the proprietor
oft-swindIed acquaintance seated at The
cashiers desk -
The beat sauntcred leisurely up to tho
desk with his fingers in his vest poctets.
as though feeling for his money. A look
Of despair came over bis face.
"By Jove, old man." he said, "do you
kaow I've come away from home With
out cent! changed my vest and left
my roll on the hureau. Deuced awk yard,
you know, but I'll stop 10 on my vsy
down in the morning and mske It oil
right"
"Not much you DON'T" replied tho
proprietor producing large and potent
revolver from beneath the counter.
I"You'll settle before you leave the prem
ises"
The beat turned pale ss be looked
down the muzzle Of the revolver. He
gssped and shook with terror, but Of .
sudden regained his composure and
smile played over his features
"My dear fellow" said be, you fright.
ened me for moment. thought lhas
vas stomach-pump."