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Value of COb-Meal,

The question, Is there any value to
cob-meal? is answered by the iMassachu-
setts Ploughman as follows: If the cobs
were to be ground separate, and the meal
fed to the cattle unmixed with the corn
meal, 1t is very doubtful if it would pay :;
but when the corn is ground with the
cob and the meal thus mixed. it is be-
lieved by those who have tried it that it
will pay-in fact that it would pay even
if the cobs contained no nutritive quail
ties, because of the mechanical effect
which the cob-mcal has on corn-meal
while in the animals stomach. When
corn-meal is fed unmixed it lays heavy
in the stomach, and is not readily mixed
with the liquid that is SO important to
hasten digestion. When the body of
solid meal turns over in the stomach of
the animal it does not change its COM
pact form so readily as is desirable, SO all
parts of it do not touch the lining of the
stomach as they should; but when the
meal is lightencd up with the meal of the
cohs it greatly changes It's nature and
brings it to Il form which is much more
easily digcstcd. For some animals the
advantage derived by a more thorough
digestion is such that a peck of meal,
with the cob-mcal included, is of more
value than peck of clear meal.
1t may be said that meal may be light
ened up by mixing with it wheat bran :;
this is true, but too many farmers neg
lect this; the bran has to be purchased ;
this requires money, which the farmer
does not always have in quantities, so he
thinks he cannot spare it; and when he
purchases it he is not always willing to
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spend sufficient time to so thoroughly
mix it with the corn-meal as is the cob
meal when the cob is ground with the
corn. There is another advantage OF
grinding the cob with the corn-it saves
the trouble and expense Of shelling;
Farmers are beginning to learn that to
feed large quantities of clear meal # II
farm stock is not economy, and, in fact,
that it is not beneficial to the health OF
the animals, especially to pigs and hogs,
and even horses. The feeding of clear
fine meal to young chicks has killed large
numbers; the meal sogs together IN the
crop so hard that it cannot digest, and
so the chick dies, and the owner rarely
suspects the cause.
Whenever corn-meal is to be fed to
swine, horses, or to poultry, there IS but
little doubt it would be more profitable
to grind the cob with the corn than to
shell the corn, and thus have only the
clear meal to feed.
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Although it is said to be extremely un-
comfortable to stand on ones head, it is a
matter of fact that tack will stand on
its head on the floor all day to catch you
as you walk across the room.
The paper that contains an article on
asubject in which you are greatly inter-
,ested always manages to get torn up, so
that you can only secure piece contain
ing an absorbing portion, and not be able
to find the rest.
Lay your fishing lines down perfectly
straight, and when you go for them the
next time you will find them all tangled
up in a perfect snarl of cusscdness.
From all of which it would seem that
pretty much all the general cussedncss
we encounter in this life comes from OBJ
jects not endowed with animal life
Puck.
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COgitations on the TOP Rail.

The fun of sleighing is more in the
Jingle of the bells than in the speed of
the trottcr.
Memory fattens on trouble while the
body grows lean.
Never run when walking will answer
the same purpose--it is useless waste Of
tissue.
The grin on the other fellows face is
far more aggravatlng than the fact that
he has Just whipped you.
When fellow really wants to fight he
does not scream for some one to hold
him.
1t is a positive luxury to have some
folks abuse you.
If a business man publishes the fact
that honesty is his motto, the commu
nifty is apt to fight shy of him.
4 tight shoe is more of Il tyrant than
either Il socialist or 4 boycottcr.
The problem of life will be solved
when you want nothing and can get
nothing.
1t is always some one clsc's letters we
forget to mail.
When man is painfully innocent
watch him.
Imprudcnce will take you further than
timidity and also get you whipped
oftcner. .--Dct,vit Free Press.
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Some Aches and Pains.

Back-ache is often constant COM
plant with ovcrworked and delicate peo-
pie. They get little pity for it. 1t
seems almost mockery to say: Ike
move the cause" But this should be
done as much as possible, and an easy
position studied while at work. Steel
or steel with quinine will often do good,
and the strength should be kept we'll up.
As, however, back-ache is often con-
nected with internal complaint, which
NAV eventually prove ,intractable or in
durable. whenever it occurs for any
length of time medical man should be
consulted.
Pain of all kinds is greatly relieved by
the use of the hot bath. This is a hint
which should not be forgotten.
Head d-aches.-Thesc are of so many diff
ferent kinds that cannot spare space to
saw much about them. Rest, aperients,
absence for time from food, and after
wards mild doses of quinine, will be
found beneficial But those who are
much subject to them must take the great
est care how they live, and not neglect
plenty of wholesome, happy exercise in
the open air. Those who sit much dur
ing the day should be careful to hold the
body as erect as possible.
Cold water applied frequently to the
head does good in fullness of the head.
The last often proceeds from disordered
stomach and liver. The latter may be
congested, and, if only transiently so, one
or two anti-bilious pills will remove it.
The stomach and liver sympathize very
much with each other. When the latter
is out of order, the former will be acid.
Acidity of the stomach is complaint
with many shall treat of it, l trust,
at future day. Let me only here warn
those who suffer from it not to trust too
much to antacids, which always make
matters worse in the long run.
Slight colds and coughs should never
be neglected. Unless one actually calls
in medical assistance, probably it is
better to trust to dietetic treat
ment, with rest and warmth, than to
purchase cough mixtures from the
Shops, which may or may not be unskil-
fully prepared. The worst of these is
that they so often contain such guam
tity of opiates that, even when they do
give relief, they leave want of appetite,
Constipation and general inaptitude fo1
duty for days to come.
Chlorodyne is often taken for coughs
and colds. 1t is dangerous remedy, in
that weak minded people are apt to take
doses of it so often that it becomes
habit, and nothing could be more dan
gerous. It leads eventually to chronic
i'll health, and is sure to shorten life if
persisted in.
A sprain is apt to be neglected. Rest
and soothing applications, or even cold
water, will be sufficient to bring matters
straight very soon; but remember, many
a one has become cripple for life from
neglecting spraincd foot or ankle
Casselrs Magazine.
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FARM AND HOUSE.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FAX
MER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Cold Cream,

A great deal of work may be saved
nowadays in churning if the cream IS
warmed before putting into the churn:
The churn must be warmed also or 1t
may chill the cream. Churning does not
warm the cream as many seem to think.
Hot water will warm the churn by being
turned into it. 1t should be left stand
ing long enough to heat the churn all
through. The cream may be warmed by
the same means, by setting the cream
pot or pail into tub of hot water. Never
pour hot water into the churn only as a
last resort. When the cream froths 1t
is a sign it is too cold. A cheap ther-
mometer will save great deal of guess
ing and anxious waiting.-Our Country
Home.
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WhiteWaSh.

Take half a bushel of unslacked lime,
and slack it with boiling water. Cover
it during the process. Strain it and add
a peck of salt dissolved in warm water,
three pounds of ground rice boiled to a
thin paste, put in boiling hot, half apound
Of Spanish whiting, and pound of clean
glue dissolved in warm water. Mix it and
let it stand several days. Keep it in a
kettle and put it on hot as possible with
q brush. It is said to look as we'll and
last nearly as long as oil paint on wood,
brick or stone. A very simple wash may
be made in the following manner: Slack
as above, and add to each pailful half a
pint of salt and the same quantity of
wood-ashes, sifted fine; this makes it
thick like cream: and covers smoke much
better. Use hot. Coloring may be used
if desired.
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Cooking SnailS.

It is but poor philosophy to desplse
snails because they are eaten on the other
side of the channel, says the London
Telegraph. Snails that feed on vines are
considered best for cooking. Put some
water into saucepan, and when it be,
gins to boil throw in the snails, and lei
them boil quarter of an hour; then take
them out of their shells; wash them sew
eral times, taking great pains to cleanse
them thoroughly; place them again in
clean water and reboil them for quarter
of an hour. Then take them cut, rinse
them, dry them and place them with o
little butter in frying pan and fry them
gently for few minutes, sufficiently ta
brown them; serve them with some
piuuante sauce.
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THE HOME DOCTOR.
A Dietetic Experiment.

j. ". G. Fegan, manager of a large
school for boys in England, writes that
he has made dietetic experiment with
his pupils, substituting for meat oat-
meal, for white bread whole meal bread,
for tea cocoa; in fact, giving them a
rich and perfect vegetarian table. There
were $50 boys altogether. Two of them
lost in weight quarter Of a pound each !;
14s gained five and three-quarters pounds
each during the first month. The after
dinner ennui disappeared, and healthy
spontaneity took its place in study and
in work. The expenses of the school
were markedly less, and altogether the
experiment was considered very great
uccess.-HeraM Of Health.
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Household Hints,

Salt fish is improved by adding little
vinegar to the water in which it is
soaked.
Hellebore, sprinkled on the floor at
night, destroys cockroaches. They eat
it and are pois oned.
The best way of removing tea and
coffee stains from fine damask, is to i'm
mcrse them at once in milk.
If boots that have become hardened
by moisture be rubbed with petroleum
they will be rendered quite soft.
A pretty way to put up cards for orna-
ment in ones own room is to take two
light and slender canes and cross them,
tie them together with ribbons, and put
bow at each end, letting one band of
the ribbon 60 across from one end to the
through this slip the cards.
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A Valuable AntiSeDtic.

Bisulphide of carbon, NJ. Pasteur
thinks, will become hemost effecaclouslo slof
all antiseptics, as it is also the cheapest,
costing but a fraction of a penny per
pound in large quantity. 1t is likewise
the best insecticide known, and for this
purpose may, it is thought, be useful for
preserving woodwork in tropical coun-
tries. Some idea of the use it is al
ready put may be gathered from the fact,
as stated, that more than eight million
pounds of the substance are used annu-
ally to check the ravages of phylloxera.
Carbon bisulphide, as produced, though
an offensive compound in respect to odor,
is capable of complete publication.
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Strawberries from Runners.

After three years trial, writes CORE
spondent, 1 find that the best way to
grow handsome and superior strawberries
IS to plant new bed every year or two.
And decidedly the best and easiest way
to do this planting is to do it as soon as
picking is over. Have the ground pre-
pared and marked off with line, stick
ing in bit of twig or weed stem about
as long as lead-pencil to mark the place
for the hills (this for neat and exact gar
den culture}. Then on the first cloudy
day in July-don't wait for August
q basin or shallow kettle and q pair of
scissors to the bearing bed and runners
enough will be found that have escaped
nipping. Scissor off these and retain the
joint bearing an incipient leaf and incip-
lent roots. Leave attached an inch or
so of the runner and cut off its extension
beyond the joint. Throw these into the
water as prepared, and when a number
are collected take them to the new bed,
where, if the ground is light and mellow,
they can be planted as fast as they can
be picked up by merely pushing the
stump of runner horizontally into the
soil and closing this compactly against
the young issuing roots. Such cuttings
grow more readily than plants with roots
and leaves of some length, because the
roots are not in the least harmed, and be-
cause there is so little leaf surface yet ex-
posed. Still, it is best to plant in damp,
cloudy weather, and during the first week,
or until the young roots have gone down
to constant moisture, water must be ap-
piled at the first sign of tagging. If they
begin to wilt under the beams of the sum-
mer sun, pour water around them, no
matter what time of day it is. The gain
in economy of work and strength of
plants for good next June's produce by
this mode is very great.
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A pound of bananas, it is said, con-
tains more nutriment than three pounds
of meat or as many pounds of potatoes,
while as food it is in every sense of the
word far superior to the best wheaton
bread. Although it grows spontaneously
throughout the tropics, when cultivated
its yield is prodigious, for an acre of
ground planted with bananas will return,
according to Humboldt, as much food
material rs thirty three acres of wheat, or
over 100 acres of potatoes.
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depression of spirits, and want
Of ambition are symptoms of a diseased liver.
The lungs, stomach and bowels are all in SYM
pathy. Life is only living death. DR.. Pierces
''Golden Medical Discovery" acts upon tho
difficulties and disorders. Nervous feelings,
gloomy forebodings, and irritability of temper
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Mr.. J. D. L. Harvey, proprietor OF the
Palace Market, Chicago, writes that he
spent 50, 600 in trying to cure his wife OF
rheumatism, and that St. Jacobs Oil ac-
complished what all else failed to bring
about. He says it is greater discovery
than electricity
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N Y N I'd
VINEGAR BirrERs

is the great Blood Purifier and Life-giving
Principle; Gentle Purgative and Tonic; perfect
Renoyator and Invigorator of the system.
In Vinegar Bitters there Is vitality but
no alcoholic or mineral poison.
Diseases OF the Skin, Of whatever name
or nature, are literally dug up and carried out ot
the system In short time BY the Of the Bttera
lieves. and in time cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Gout, and similar painful diseases. =
Vinegar Bitters cures Constipation and
prevents Diarrhea.
NeVer before has a medicine been COM
pounded possessing tho power Of VINEGAR BIT
TIERS to heal the SICK =
Send for either Of our valuable reference
books for ladies, for farmers, for merchants, our
On intemperance and Tobacco, which Last should
be read BY every child and youth in the land.
Any two Of the above books mailed Tree on
receipt Of four cents for registration fees.
RI. Mcdonald Drug Co., ts2 Washington s., ny.
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Three Little Maids

Bright fresh and charming. say they owe their good
health and clear compilations to Hoods Sarsaparllla
Everyone may have good health by taking Hoods
sorsoparllla which cures scrofula, salt rleum dys
ncnsIa biliousness rheumatism, catarrh. kidney and
liver complaints and oil diseases caused or promoted
hv impure blood or low state Of the system IL you
rc tired and all worn out. Hoods Sarsaparila will
renew YOUR strength and purify your booI
The little daughter Of Mrs Charles Brewster. Euf
falo y. Y suffered greatly with stiles on her eyes.
Hoods Sarsaparilla completely cured her.
Miss Carrie Ware, Milford, N. H.. had sore come
IN her ear which spread over her neck and both sides
Of her face In two days after she began taking
Hoods sarsaparllla the commenced to heal aud
IN n week 1t was all healed up.
Jessie f. Dolbeurc, Pascoag r. l., had no appetite
or strength and felt tired all the time. Hoods Sur
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When a mans notes are readily en-
dorscd, his credit is good. When pub
lie men endorse Red Star Cough Cure
as being safe, sure and free from poisons,
you may be certain it is great discovery.
Price 25 cents.
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SCIENCE IS APPROACHING the

SCIENCE IS APPROACHING the cure of
consumption-a disease caused by de-
post from the blood Of impure matter in
the lungs. For stimulating to healthy
action the spleen, liver, kidneys and
organs skin, which remove waste and
poisonous matter, no Remedy is equal to
DIR. WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BIT
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What Would the World Do

without woman? asks the essayist who startj
subject. Of course, the human element OF TIM
world would not exist without woman, SO th1
question is gratuitous. 1t would have been
more sensible to ask: What would the world id
without the salvation Of woman, without
peculiar diseases. In a word, what would tho
world do without DR.. Pierce's "Favorite Pre-;
scription," the great remedy for female weak
nesses? 1t is indispensable for the ills OF
womankind.
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The receipt is simple. You have only to take
violent cold, and neglect 1t. Abernethy, the great
English surgeon asked lady who told him sne oni!
had a cough: what would you have-the plague?.
Beware Of "only coughs" The worst cases can,
however, be cured by DR. WIN. HALLS BALsAM
for the LUNGS In Whooping Cough and Group II
Immediately allays irritation and is sure to prevent
q fatal termination Of the disease. Sold by drug
oIaf
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The kings palace in Corea is now
lighted with electricity Of the Yankee
brand
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A Denver man drives team of clks
capable of going one hundred miles a
daY.
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Evening funerals are fast coming into
vogue in New York.
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Young or middle-aged men suffering from
should send 10 cents in stamps for large illus7
trated treatise suggesting sure means of cure.
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, Bu1-
fnln n V
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An owl four feet long from tip to tip
was killed the other day in the neighbor-
hood of Luthcrsville, Ga.
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An improvement in railroading is the
heated freight car for carrying sensitive
fruit,
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Ten thousand of the greatest faults in
our ncighbors are of less consequence to
us than one of the smallest in ourselves.
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Lyons Patent Metallic Stifrcners prevents
boots and shoes from running over, ripping in
The seams OF wearing uneYenlY on the heels.
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For removing dandruff and promoting the
growth of the hair, Use Halls Hair Renewer.
Ayers Cherry Pectoral, in thousands Of cases,
has cured cough in u few days.
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Fhs nesG scientific compound for the cure OF
ceuGAs. cs1as and all threat and lung troubles
IL Dr.. Bigolew's Positive Cure. II il pleasant,
proHpt and safe. % cents and 81:
The Postmaster Of Liverpool, Florida, writes:
"The last Hon Plaster worked wonders on my
rhenmatis1n. Send me another" Csc.
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GREAT BRITAIN has only 10000 acres Of mar
ket garden.
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EXPRESSES HIS GRATITUDE.-Albert A. Lar
son, of kirkman, Ia., writes to the proprietors
of Aliens Lung Balsam: II firmly believe my
wife would have died of consumption, if not
for the timely use Of your Balsam." Price PC,
Soc. and 81 per bottle. at Druggists.
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ReCipeS.

IScClpcS
BAKED EaGs.-Break eight eggs into
a well-buttered dish, season with pepper
and salt, one-half cup of cream, one
tablespoonful of butter, set IN the oven
and bake twenty minutes.
U1T-PUDD1NG.-One cup of molasses,
one cup of milk, two teaspoons of bak-
ing powder, two eggs, three cups of
-four, half cup of melted butter, one cup
raisins, one cup currants. Boil two
hours or steam three.
SOUR MILK PUDD1Ne.-One pint sour
milk, one-half pint of molasses, one tea
spoonful of powdered Glove, one tea
spoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of Gin
namon, one cup of chopped raisins, q
little salt and flour, enough to make a
thin batter. Boil in tin mold two
hours.
BEAN SoUP.-Soak one quart of beans
over night, put three quarts Of water to
boil them. Use any kind of stock. Put
in onions, celery, carrots, a little summer
savory, with salt and pepper. Boil all
together three hours. When cooked
mash through wire sieve, and warm up
when ready for the table. For white
beans it is, nicer to use little cream.
ALMOND CAKE.-Two cups of sugar,
two and one half cups Of -four, one half
cup of butter, one cup Of milk, two tea
spoons of baking powder. Bake in lay
ers. For frosting and filling, whites of
two eggs, sugar to thicken, one and one
fourth pound of almonds. Blanch the
almonds by putting in hot water, and,
when ready, take off the skins and shave
in thin slices, stir them in the frosting
and spread on the top and between the
layers.
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KENTUCKY has furnished eleven speakers OF
the House.
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THE death rate in Dakota is only five in the
lOO0
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How tn Shorten.Life.

No Opium in Piso's Cure for Consumption
Cures Where other remedies fail. 25c.