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Philosophy of Seed Potatoes.

The potato eye needs enough of the
potato to supply it with nourishment un-
til the roots can be sent off and become
established so as to support the plant and
supply it with nourishment. There are
about the same number of eyes in small
potato as in a large one; the small will
send up about as many sprouts as the
large, but feeblcr; the small will not get
so firm hold of the soil, and the stems
being less with fewer and shorter roots,
will develop smaller tubers. Also, the
large potato sends up too many stems;
they crowd each other; some of them
from the part of the potato where there
are few eyes are much stouter and will
produce some good-sizc tubers, but the
struggle for room and food and sunshine
among so many competitors will assured
ly diminish the size of all. Potato hills
eighteen inches apart should not have
more than four strong stalks; each stalk
will then under favorable circumstances
throw off from two to four good-size
tubers. Hills one foot apart cannot de-
velop to perception more than two or
three stalks.
Large potatoes cut with one eye to a
cutting will afford plenty of nourishment
to the plants until they become estab-
lished, several of the numerous eyes at
the stem being destroyed. One cutting
in q hill when placed foot apart will be
sufficient, or two when eighteen inches
or two feet apart. If medium-size pota-
toes are used cut them with two eyes to
a piece, except the stem end, which
would better be rejected. Usually the
medium size cutting with two eyes will
about equal the large size cutting with
one eye because it has stronger stems.
Small potatoes can all be used to good
advantage for seed by cutting all the eyes
but two or three. Yet the small potato
will not send up so good stem as the
large cutting of the same size because the
branch in the small potato begins its
growth as a dwarf, and no amount of
food or favorable conditions will over
come this poor beginning. The true
philosophy appears to be to plant only
enough to secure three or four strong
stems to hill This can be best accom-
plished by cutting large potatoes into
pieces with one eye. or medium sized to
two eyes, or use single small potatoes
with all eyes cut out except two or three.
II. Wilson, in Neao York Tribune.
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Household Hints.

TARNIsHED BRASS AND CorpER.-To
brighten furnished brass and copper,
clean the brass by warming it and dip
ping in water charged with washing
soda, then into clear water to remove the
grease. Next dip it in bath of one
part by measure of sulphuric acid, one
part sal ammoniac, two parts nitric acid
and four parts water. Dip for moment,
then dip in clear water and dry in hot
sawdust.
How TO PRESERVE MILK.-Pour the
milk into bottle and place the vessel
up to it's neck in saucep lnful of water,
which is then to be put OH the tirc and
allowed to boil for u quarter of an hour.
The b.ttle is now to be removed from the
water and carefully closed with good
and tight fitting cork, so as to render 1t
as air-tight as possible. Milk which has
been preserved by this process has been
keep for more than year without turn
ing sour. Milk may also be preserved
by putting Il tablespoonful OF horScrad-
ish. scraped in shrcds, into II painful OF
milk. When milk thus treated is kept
in cool place it will be found to keep
good for several days, even IN hot
weather. er.-UousehoM Gude.
An IMPORTANT CAUTION.--An import
ant caution is needed in the use of oil
stoves. AS recently improved, they arc
quite free from disagrecablc odors. But
nearly all burning implies the consump-
tion of the oxygen of the air and replacing
it with carbonic acid, carbonic oxide,
nitrogen, etc. An oil stove or lamp in
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Hints in Poultry Culture.

Everyone interested in poultry culture,
and especially in raising and breeding
thorough bred fowls, is acquainted with
the name of I. X. Felch, of Natick, Mas
sachusetts, specialist in poultry-breed-
ing, and frequent contributor to agri-
cultural papers on that subject. Mr..
Felch has just written book which, says
the New York Observer, comes nearer
being a complete manual on the subject
of poultry-raising than any work we have
seen. It is the result of long and sue
cesssful experience in the business and
may be relied upon as accurate and trust
worthy. We make few extracts for the
benefit of our readers. In regard to roosts
and nesting places, Mr.. Felch says:
"Avoid all permanent or box-made nests,
which become harbors for lice. Avoid
also the old plan of an inclined plane for
roosts, for all the fowls will strive to oc-
cupy the highest perch, and many fight
and fall will be the result, which will
vastly increase the list of casualties,
while the low and level plan saves
many from lameness and internal in
jury; for while hen will walk up to
her perch, if she has the chance she will
invariably fly down. The floor of the
house should be kept covered three to
four inches deep with coarse-tine
gravel, not so fine as to be called sand,
yet having loan mixture in it. This
will deodorize all the filth and stencil,
beside making loose and soft substance
to alioht upon in descending from the
roosts. Nests so low and easy Of access
that fowl can stand upon the floor and
reach the egg are conducive to egg
eating. If you have only a village lot,
and are limited in space, and the flock
has from necessity to be confined upon
the least possible amount of ground, each
house and shed should have two yards,
that one may be sowed with oats while
the fowls occupy the other-and when
the oats are four to five inches high, let
the flock occupy this yard while the
other is treated in like manner, thus
furnishing the raw vegetable food so
necessary to them. Beside, this treat
ment keeps the yard clean and sweet.
These fowls, so yardcd, will eat all, even
scratching the roots out of the ground,
giving them needed exercise"
On the subject cf feed for young
chicks the author says: 1.-The first meal
for chickens after being taken from the
nest should be boiled eggs, chopped
fine, shells and all. also baked corn cake
or excelsior meal cake crumb!cd into
scalded milk. No fluid as drink but the
scalded milk. After the first twenty
four hours. after their gizzards have be-
come filled with cggshell, gravel, etc.,
let their meal in the early morning be ex-
celsior meal, bread and scaldcd milk; at
10 o'clock granulated corn; at O'Clock
the excelsior, bread and milk, and at :
o'clock canary seed, millet seed, and
granulated corn. This if the hen be
confined and the chickens have their
liberty to find grass and insect food. Thu:
feed till two weeks old, when it will be
found that few or any deaths will have
occurred, and the chickens started wei
for rapid and vigorous growth"
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Something About Catnrrh.

A great many people are afflicted with Ca
tarrh who do not know what ails them; and a
great many more continue sufferers who
might be cured.
Thickening of the membrane which lines the
nasal passages, thus making breathing diff
cult; a discharge from the nostrils, more or
less copious, watery or thick, according to the
stage of the disease; a sense Of fullness In the
head: constant inclination to spit; and, In
advanced cases, dropping OF intensely dis
gusting matter into the throat, are few Of the
prominent symptoms of Catarrh.
Deafness, inhamed eyes, neuralgia pains, sore
throat and loss Of sense Of smell, are very
often caused by Catarrh.
All these troubles are cured by Piso's Reme-
dy for Catarrh, Relief is had Immediately
after beginning its use, but it is important that
it be continued without intermission until the
catarrhal virus is expelled from the system
and healthy secretions replace the diseased
action Of the mucous membrane. Man1festly
it is unreasonable to expect cure in O short
time Of disease that has been progressing for
months or years.
This question Of time Is provided for in the
putting up of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. 1t is
so concentrated that a very small dose is
directed. The quantity in ono package is suf-
fcient for long treatment, consequently the
expense is nero tride, and there is no excuse
for neglect nor reason for it but forgetfulness.
A cold in the head is relieved by an applica-
cation Of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. The
comfort to be got from it in this way is worth
many times the COST
The following letters are specimens Of those
received every day, testifying to the worth Of
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh:
ALLEGHENY, Pa, Sept, %, 1886.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is doing wonders
for me. l believe 1t will cure any case OF Ca
tarrh, if used according to directions.
MRS. F. JOHNSON, ~ E, Diamond st.
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Recipes.

CRAcKERs.-Butter, one cup: salt, one
teaspoon; flour, two quarts. Rub
thoroughly together with the hand, and
wet up with cold water; beat we'll, and
beat in flour to make quite brittle and
hard; then pinch off pieces and roll out
each cracker by itself and bake.
CELERY SLAw.-One-third celery, two
thirds green apples, chopped fine like
cabbage; place this in frying pan ana
pour over it little hot water: cover
tight and let steam five minutes, then re-
move it from the fire, pour over it the
above dressing and serve cold.
APPLES WITH R1cE.-Peel and with a
scoop take the cores of as many apples
as is required for your party. Pit them
in baking dish with little lemon peel,
and syrup of sugar and water. Cover
with baking sheet or plate, and let the
apples bake very slowly until done; but
they must not be the least broken. Place
the apples on dish, fill up the center OF
each with boiled rice, and if you wish
the dish to look pretty at small expense,
place dried cherry on the top, or lit
tic preserve of any kind will do. Put
boiled rice also around the apples, and
pour over it the syrup in which they
were cooked.
FISH BALLs.-Pick boiled fish into
fine pieces; take mashed or cold, grated
potatoes, using half of each is a good
rule, or q third fish and two thirds po-
tatoes; if you have any dressing from
boiled fish mix it with it; if you use
mashed potatoes that have been nicely
seasoned with butter you need not use
any more, but if you use grated potatoes
add piece of butter the size of butter
nut; season with salt and pepper and one
we'll beaten egg; if rather moist, add
enough flour to make in little balls, and
mash down flat; have in frying pan a
little butter, as hot as it can be without
scorching: fry the balls in it until light
brown. For dressing to fish, use the
water it has been boiled in. You can
make calculations when boiling fish to
have enough for balls for breakfast.
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CERTAIN MINERALS, once forming q
part of almost every medicine, are now re-
garded dangerous and unnecessary. The
evils they produce are worse than the
diseases they were supposed to cure. DIR.
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BIT
TIERS contains nothing but the juices Of
plants-and cures all disorders of the
liver, skin, kidneys, digestive organs,
and blood.
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Canital Celebrities at Home.

The families of justices of the United
States supreme court receive calls upon
Mondays, the Speaker of the House OF
Representatives, the members Of the
lower House and the general of the
army are at home on Tuesdays. Wednes-
day is set aside as cabinet day.
Thursday is the day set apart for call
ing upon the families Of the Vice-Presl-
dent and Senators and Friday is the day
chosen to receive by all those who are not
in official rank. Saturday has heretofore
been the day of reception at the White
House.
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The Liquor Traffic.

Some statistics as to the retail liquor
trade of the United States are interesting
and instructive. There arc in all the
States 2O1, ,435 persons selling ardent
spirits at retail under United States
licenses. The proportion of saloons to
inhabitants in some of the States forms a
curious study. In California there is a
saloon to each seventy inhabitants, OF to
each seventeen voters. In Illinois there
is Il saloon to each $50 persons, or about
one to each sixty voters. In New York
the proportion is one to $50, in Ohio, one
to 2O4, in Pennsylvania one to EOS. The
prohibition States show the following re-
suits:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-10

Illinois stands ahead in whiskey Pr
duction, with 96, ,4S8, 33S gallons of ar
dent spirits annually. Its annual malt
liquor product is 81, 339, ,273 gallons. In
whisky, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio
follow next after Illinois. New York is
the Empire State in beer as in. other
things, except whisky. with the enormous
production of 200, 900. 900 gallons year.
The revenue derived by the govern
mcnt from the manufacture Of spirits and
malt liquors is $S5, 742,052 a year, of
which about seventy eight per cent. is
from spirits and twenty-five per cent.
from malt liquors. Illinois pays one
quarter Of this total tax.- Chicago Jour-
nH1
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The Secret of Living.

Scov1Ls SARsAPARnLA. Or BLOOD AND LIVER
SYRUP, will cure Scrofulous Tant, rheumatism,
White Swelling, Gout Goitre, Consumption, Bron-
chitis Nervous Debility, Malaria, and all diseases
arising from an impure condition Of the blood Cert
flcates can be presented from many leading physi.
clans, ministers and heads Of families throughout
the land, endorsing 1t in the highest terms We are
constantly in receipt Of certificates OF cures from
the most reliable sources and we recommend 1t as
the best known remedy for the cure OF the aboye
disaa9pa
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-10

Prof. C. A. Donaldson, of Louisville,
KY, the well-known pioneer, in eigh-
teen years spent $40, 900 in trying to get
rid of his rheumatism and failed. At
last he used St. Jacobs Oil, was cured
and sold his crutches.
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The late State chemist of Delaware,
Prof. Chas. P. Williams, says that Red
Star Cough Cure is safe and valuable and
contains neither morphia opium nor any
other narcotic poison. The price is only
% cents
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Cures of sciatica are reported as hav-
ine taken place in Paris aftera single ap-
nlication of DR.. Dehove's method of
freezing the skin above the painful parts
with Il spray of chloride OF methyl. The
oneration is said to be applicable also to
facial neural gia.
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Hope on, hope ever" How many delicate
ladies there are who, while they attend to
their daily duties, do SO with aching heads,
sense Of fullness pain in the back and l,,l de, :;
as the phrase is. Some day they ''go into a de-
cline" and leave their children motherless.
To such we would say. "Cheer up" Timely
use of Dr.. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription"
corrects all female Irregularities, weaknesses,
and kindred affect ons easily, pleasantly and
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Mr.. Whittier says that yellow is his
favorite color, because he can always dis
tinguish it, while the red apples and
green leaves on tree all look alike to
him. as far as color is concerned.
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Erastus Corning, of Albany, rides two
hobbies at once by keeping his collection
of $4,000 butterflies in his greenhouse
containing over /, 100 orchids.
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The Harvard college catalogue says the
expenses of student there are: Least,
$4S4; economical, $500; moderate, $s12,
aud very liberal, $1,000.
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+ All diseases of lower bowel, in
Guiding pile tumors, radically cured. Book Of
particulars, 1O cents in stamps. Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, 68S Main street,
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HARTFORD MILLS, NY. Au

HARTFORD MILLS, NY. Aug. 8, 1885,
Ihave used little over half q package OF
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh, and 1t has helped
me more than any Of the different medicines
have used. l feel confident that it will cure
me.
can and do recommend it to others who
are troubled with that disease.
REV. A. DAMON.
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SPRING HILL, w. Va, Oct. 20, 1856.
Enclosed find one dollar for two packages Of
Pisos Remedy for Catarrh. The sample
package, received in June, gave perfect salts
faction. GILL MESSER.
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In the United States there arc now 1877
normal schools, with more than $4,000
pupils.
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When man escorts his wife and children to
the depot. bids them goodbye for O month in
the country. he should provide them with bot
tie Of Aliens Lung Balsam, the best remedy in
the world for coughs and colds. Price, 25c.,
Soc. and 81 per bottle at Druggists.
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A BUFFALO firm has been awarded con-
tract to build railway in Australia for $3,OOO,-
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PROFESSOR FELIX ADLER claims TO have dis
covered that heat engenders crime.
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The purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver OH
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prefer it to all others. Physicians have de-
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market. Made by Caswell, Hazard q Co., New
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SHARON, Ohio boasts Of fve-legged lamb
and.a four-legged duck.
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A natural color, that defes detection, is pro
duced by Bucking gham's Dye for the Whiskers
Leading physicians testify to the value OF
Ayers Cherry Pectoral, as spec1hc 1or colos'
THERE were 1907 new books published in
ENGLAND last year.
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BirrERs.

is the great Blood Purifier and Lfe-ziytng
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CHApPED HANDS, face, pimples and rough
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One pair of boots can be saved yearly by u.s.
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The best Ankle Boot and Collar Pads ore
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Chronic nasal catarrh positively cured by
DR.. Sage's Remedy.
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A so cent bottle of DR.. Bigelow's Positive
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THE brightest life has its shadowy side.
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One word: one step may make or mar ones
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ALLEGHENY, Pa, Sept, %, 1886.
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is doing wonders
for me. believe 1t will cure any case Of Ca
tarrh, If used according to directions.
MRS F. JOHNSON, ~ E. Diamond st.
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| THE death rate in Colorado is eight per thou
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-10-09

The big trade closed at Birming-
ham Wednesday, by which A. M.
Shook, Nat. Baxter and John Inman
bought about $l,50o,000 of the
stock of the Pratt Coal Co, is the
consummation of an end which has
been reached through succession
of big trades that promise great
things for Alabama, and, in fact,
for the whole South. The coal and
iron property embraced in this trade
and owned by this company is by
far the most magnificent piece OF
property in the United States and
owned by one company. We are moi
making this extraordinary statement
thoughtlessly. The property in its
natural state consists OF a SOLID
mountain of ore, far surprising the
Iron Mountain of Missouri, planted
by the side of coal bed, which, fol
all uses, especially iron making, il
| the most remarkable on this con-
tinent.
In lutling the furnaces now IL
operation and being erected, all tC
be finished in two years. at Blcming
ham there are eighteen. There arr
three being erected at Sheffield, and