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Household Hints.

Galvanized iron pails for drinking
water should not be used. The zinc coat
ing is readily acted upon by water, form
ing poisonous oxide of zinc.
If you wish to keep a sharp knife don't
put it in hot grease; stir your potatoes
while frying or turn meat with fork or
an old case-knife kept for the purpose.
y Even pressed-glass tumblers should
never be set one inside the other. What
goes in will not always come out, despite
the proverb to the contrary. Or, to speak
more accurately, if it does come out it
may be in unpleasant Y small fragments.
Wet boots and shoes may be kept from
shrinking out of shape in the drying if
as soon as they are taken from the feet
they are tightly stuffed with newspapers.
These should not be removed until the
shoes are perfectly dry, as they compose
sort of last to prevent unequal shrink
age and consequent loss of symmetry.
In washing forks, spoons, Or cups
which have been employed in eating eggs,
it is best to make an application of cold
water with mop before plunging them
into the boiling Suds. Hot water cooks
the egg and thus renders it more difficult
to remove. Common table salt is said to
be excellent for removing egg tarnish
from silver.
While oxalic-acid, salts Of lemon,
sweet milk. and vinegar are all of benefit
in helping to eradicate ink spots, nothing
is s,lDeriOr for white linen or cotton goods
to chlorinated soda. 1t is sold by all
druggists. A few drops poured upon the
stain will remove it within five minutes,
leaving only slight yellowish tinge,
which will disappear entirely when the
article has been washed. The use Of
chlorinated soda must be avoided with
colored or with silk goods. 1t takes the
Gye from the former as well as the ink,
and goes still further with the silk, de-
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The Manufacture Of Diaries.

''The manufacture of diaries," said a
stationer to reporter, "though one of
the largest industries in the country, is
carried on by only three firms, two in
New York city and one in Cambridge
port, Mass.
''The reason why there are so few in
the business is the enormous amount of
capital required to carry on the undertak-
ing. The amount of capital required
runs up into the hundreds of thousands
of dollars. 1t is singular fact that the
president of the largest of the three great
diary manufacturing companies was at
one time the foreman in the establishment
over which he presides. These firms
have now taken the first step to manufac-
ture diaries for 1887. 1t is what you might
call long-winded business. You have
got to go into it on an i'm
mense scale in order to make
anything out of it, and these
three firms have had such long expert
ence, and ciphercd the thing down so
fine, that I don't suppose any one else
would care to start up in opposition.
They are buying their paper now for the
diaries of 1887. Two Of these houses
manufacture one million diaries apiece q
year. the other manufactures two million.
Another New York firm make some diar-
ies-probably fifteen thousand or twenty
five Thousand year. There are three
sizes of diaries made, 24mo, 1Smo, and
12mo; and then there is narrow 8mo, long
smo, long long Smo, and broad smo.
There is cap, there is quarto, and long
ouarto. The different sizes have one day
to page, or two, three or four to page
Their retail cost varies from 81 to nine
teen cents. There is ten times as much
demand for diaries now as there. was
twenty years ago. The diary trade alone
of a well-known stationcr on Nassau
street, amounts to $1,000 year. Not
withstanding the enormous number Of
diaries made, there is Il less number in
the market to-day than / have known in
the past twenty years. There is Il great
demand for the finer diaries now, and the
better class of goods sell much more
readily than they did Il few years ago.
Brooklyn Union.
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Potash as an InSecticfde.


During the recent annual convention
Of the fruit-growers, under the auspices
of the State board of horticulture, in a
discussion on insecticides, member of
San Jose gave his experience with potash.
Being possessed of an old orchard about
the time the scale became prevalent at
San Jose, he had ample opportunity of
testing insecticides. He started out on
the basis of potash. He gave the prefer
ence at first to potash, because there is
nothing lost in using it, for if $50 be
spent to put it ON the orchard he gets'lt
back in the course of few years. He
believes that without potash one will not
get very good fruit.
Mr.. Britain, the San Jose member,
started in on the potash experiment some
eight years ago, and for two years has
not seen sign of the scale in the old
orchard that had been so badly infested.
He began by using pure potash, or con-
centrated lye, which contains ninety-tive
per cent of potash. He dissolved this
in water at the rate of one pound of lye
to four gallons of water, and thoroughly
drenched the trees with the solution by
means of a small force-pump. He gave
them all they needed and let it 60 into
the ground. This treatment, continued,
had finally rid his trees of the scale.
Additional experiments have con-
vinced Mr.. Brittan that all washes for
the determination of insects should be
based on potash, not only for the imme-
diate effect but for the beneficial effect
afterward.-Ne,o York World.
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A Cat that Can Read.

II have cat, said lady to me the
other day, ''that knows when a letter
comes for her."
IA letter!" I exclaimed, in astonish-
ment.
eyes, letter; and if you don't be-
lieve it, I will prove it to you. Just
wait until I direct one."
NV friend left the room, and in few
minutes returned with sealed envelope,
addressed "Miss Pussy, No. Marlboro
street, CITY,"
"Now," said she, eff you will kindly
post that for me tonight, and be here
when the postman come around on his
first delivery tomorrow morning, you
shall see that am telling you facts"
Iposted the letter as requested, and
was at my friends house promptly the
next morning. Soon the bell rang, and
shortly after the servant entered with a
bundle of letters, among which was that
for Miss Pussy. Placing them near her
feline highness on the floor, my friend
said:
''Now, Miss Pussy, pick out your let
ter"
Sure enough, Pussy at once showed an
interest and in a moment had pushed
aside with her paws the envelope ad-
dressed to her. I was about to ac
knowledge my sin of incredullty when
my friend said:
':Wait minute, She'll open it and
devour the contents"
Scarcely had she said this when Miss
Pussy had torn the envelope open, and
in a moment was literally devouring the
Notwithstanding Boston Herald.
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Facts About the Eve.

There is no cure for color blindness.
The first case of color blindness was
reported in 1777.
Color blindness is due to exhaustion of
nerve fbres.
Four out of every 100 males and one
in every 400 females are color blind.
1t is no sign man is color blind be-
cause he cannot name every color.
The eye of an insect contains from
fifty to 20, 900 small eyes. It is really
composed of eyes.
We do not need light to see certain OBJ
jects. A sharp blow on the eyes often
causes man to ''see stars"
The cause of color blindness, aside
from natural causes, are alcohol, tobacco
and diseases. 1t is in many cases heredi-
tory.
The writer saw man who was color
blind take 100 colors and divide them
into four groups, black, yellow, white
; and blue.
It is nonsense to believe that there is
! any particular way to rub the eyes. 1t
| makes no difference whether you
! move from or toward the nose or up or
down.
The cat, horse and birds have a third
eyelid, which is used to protect the eye
/, from too much light. Man has third
! eyelid in the corner of the eye which is
;; undeveloped.
The defects of the eye are numerous,
but we are pretty we'll satisfied with it.
Every one has blind spot in his eye.
This is proved. by shutting one eye and
looking at an object. We cannot see it
fully.
The use of the eyecups to change the
form of the eye in the hopes of bettering
the sight is ridiculous. They draw the
eye out of shape and often cause blind
ness. Thousands of these cups are sold
| every year.
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Can Consumption be Cured z

We have 80 often seen fatal results follow
the declaration that it can be cured, that we
have unconsciously settled down in the belief
that this disease must necessarily prove fatal.
It is true that occasionally community has
witnessed an isolated case of what may ap-
propriately be termed spontaneous recovery,
but to what combination Of favorable circum-
stances this result was due none have hitherto
been found able to determine.
We have now the gratifying fact to announce
that the process by which nature effects this
wonderful change is no longer mystery to
the medical profession, and that the changes
brought about in the system under favorable
circumstances by intrinsic causes may be made
as certainty and more expeditiously by the use
of the proper remedy. In other words, nature
is initiated and assisted.
Tuberculous matter Is nothing more or less
than nourishment imperfectly organized.
Now, If we can procure the organization OF
this food material SO that through the process
of elective affinity it may take It's place in the
system, we can cure the disease. This is just
what Piso's Cure for Consumption does. 1t
arrests at once the progress Of the disease by
preventing the further supply Of tuberculous
matter, for while the system is under its In
fiuence all nourishment is organized and as
simulated. 1t thus controls cough, expectora-
tion, night-sweats, hectic fever, and all other
characteristic symptoms Of Consumption. :,
Many physicians are now using this medt-
cine, and all write that it comes fully up to its
recommendations and makes Consumption one
of the diseases they can readily cure.
The forming stage Of O disease Is always the
most auspicious for treatment This fact should
induce persons to resort to the use of Pso's Cure
when the cough is first noticed, whether 1t has
a consumptive diathesis for its cause or not,
for this remedy cures all kinds of coughs with
uncgualled facility and promptness. In coughs
from simple cold, two or three doses Of the
medicine have been found sufficient to remove
the trouble. So in all diseases Of the throat
and lungs, with symptoms Stimulating those
of Consumption, Piso's Cure is the only infal-
lible remedy.
The following letter recommending Piso's
Cure for Consumption, Is fair So mple of the
certificates received daily by the proprietor OF
this medicine:
ALBION, N. Y, Dec. q, 1885.
had terrible Cough, and two physicians
said would never get well. then went to a
drug store and asked for good cough medicine.
The druggist gave me Piso's Cure, and it has
done me more good than any thing ever used.
do not believe could live without 1t.
IEON0RA VERMT1.YEA.
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Fatal Overlooking.

The owner of seventy-tive hogs, kept
among sanitary surroundings-clean pens,
good air, etc.-complains that fifteen were
suddenly taken with ''dizziness as if they
had blind staggers," and in twenty-four
hours were dead AS adding to the mys-
terry of the case it is said: 'They had
every comfort and attention; good water
and all the ground feed they would eat
up clean" Instead of being matter
for surprise, this result was the unavoid-
able effect of the ground feed; for all
that hog will eat up clean is decidedly
too much for safety. A pig will eat
until it has no room for another morsel,
and will leave the trough and return to
take a few more mouthfuls. The con-
sequence is repletion; plethora; excess
of blood; disturbance of the hearts
action; congestion of the brain by the
engagement of the blood vessels, and
apoplexy, which is attended by ''dizzi-
ness, as if the pigs had blind staggers. "
Let US consider how it would be with
ourselves.
A man provides himself with a rich
banquet three times day; he fills him
self with meat, pastry, cakes and pies
until he cannot swallow annother mouth
full and then lies down and sleeps, to
wake and eat again. In i few days he
sees myriads of stars dancing before his
eyes in broad daylight: his head swims
and he staggers as he walks; his skull
feels as if it would burst and his tenn
pies throb; still he gorges himself and
the surfeit only makes him still more
ready to eat. That his brain is seriously
affected may be known by the horrid
dreams; the nightmares which disturb
his sleep. In short time the blood is
filed with bile; eyes become yellow !;
tongue is coated with dark brown fur;
breath is foul, boils break out over the
body and the corrupt matter is poured
out from the blood. By and by typhoid
fever appears and in community where
unwholesome feeding is the habit the
disease becomes epidemic and scores die.
A physician of large practice in the
South declares that the common typhoid
fever prevalent every year is the neces-
sary result of hog and hominy"-an ex-
cess of carbonaceous food and want of
nitrogenous elements to balance the deli
cate functions of the system. In our
physical natures and functions we are
like the lower animals, and approach
more nearly to hogs than we are disposed
to admit-subject to like results from
like causes and too apt to suffer from un-
wholesome and Unbalanced eating and
drinking. Our domestic animals appe-
tites are encouraged by every persuasive
to riot in excess and wear out the vital
organs by overwork. And blind stag
gers, or apoplexy, is one of the common
est results among swine, which are the
most subjected to this fatal overlooking,
perhaps excepting the direful cholera,
or more truly, typhoid fever, which is
another result occurring from length
ened course of enlargement among those
which escape the more sudden malady.
ND, iu Nsv York Tribune.
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Hancock as O Poet.

Forty-six years ago, before going to
West Point, General Hancock wrote the
following lines in the album of lady
now living at Norristown, Penn:
To my Friend.
Wreath thy garlands, fairest one,
Ere the beams of day are gone.
Soon will close each fragrant fowerl
Blooming in the gardens bower,
While the midnight dews are shed,
Ger each sleeping howeret's head.
Wreath thy garlands, fairest one,
Soon will summers reign be gone;
Tempests come with chilling breath,
Sweeping DER the barren heath,
So stern winters fearless band
Stalk in fierceness DER the land.
Wreath thy garlands, fairest one,
Soon will set life's glowing sun;
Youths gay dreams too quickly fade,
Loving hearts are soon betrayed,
Wreath thy garlands ere their bloom
Fade around thy earthly tomb:
Dec 9, lSSo. w. >. II.
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FARM AND HOUSE.
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE
FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE.
SDPinc Flowing.

Fall-plowed land should be cross
plowed in the spring, for the reason that
1t is consolidated and packed too much
after the six months rest to be put in
good condition for the crops. This,
however, does not apply to sod land
which has been plowed and should not
be deeply disturbed. This land should
be worked by cultivator three or four
inches deep, so that the sod is not dis
turbed, and then thoroughly narrowed
with harrow with short teeth. Plow-
ing is necessary means for the good cul-
ture of the land and should be followed
by narrowing frequently, until the
soil is made fine and mellow and
compact. Thorough tillage of this kind
is indispensable for good crops. To SOW
Or plant on fall-plowed land without this
spring working is great mistake. If
the land is too wet for working it needs
draining.-NeU York Times.
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A MESSAGE From Home.

Sits the merchant in his office,
Thinking Of his baby boy;
As father he's novice,
And his heart is full Of joy.
But he wonders if the measles,
Mumps or Group has caught his heir:
Thought he knows that, like two weasels,
Wife and nurseare watching there.
Hark! the signal bell is ringing!
Hastes he to the telephone:
''Hello! Hello!' some ones singing
In silv'ry monotone.
"Can you hear, wife!" "Yes l can, sir"
"What's the troubled Tell the TRUTH"
With q chuckle comes the answer,
"Baby's cut another tooth:
IT B. Chrystat.
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DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR B1TTERs-a
medicine that expcls disease without
weakening the patient, exhilarates the
spirits without the aid of alcoholic poison
cures every phase and consequence of
indigestion, restores the shattered nerves;
regulates the bowels and the liver, and
imparts to the constitution new strength
and elasticity. Let the sick rejoice!
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1t is asserted by shepherds that so
acute is ewes sense of hearing that she
can distinguish the crying of her own
lamb among thousand others, all bleat-
ing together; and the lamb is able to
recognize its mothers voice, even though
it be in the midst of large flock.
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stroying the fabric. 1t is unsurpassed
for white wash materials, however, as 1t
does not injure the goods in the least.
This preparation of soda is poisonous,
and should be kept we'll out OF the reach
of children.
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VIM. J. Loughlin, Of Somerville, Mass, says:
"In the fall of 1875 was taken with BLEEDING
OF LUNGS followed BY severe cough. I lost
my appetite and flesh, and was confined to my
bed. In 1877 I was admitted to the Hospital.
The doctors said had hole in my lung as
big as half dollar. At one time report went
around that was dead. I gave up hope, but
a friend told me Of DIR. WM. HALLS BALsAN
FOR THE LUNGS. got bottle, when to my
surprise, commenced to get well, and to-day
feel better than for three years"
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arouses the apprehensions of whole city. And
yet the wild havoc Of disease startles no one.
Sad to relate, women suffer from year to year
with chronic diseases and weaknesses peculiar
to their sex, knowing that they are growing
worse with every day. and still take no meas
ures for their own relief. DR.. P. .erce's Favor;
ite Prescription Is the result of lifelong and
learned study of female complaints. 1t is
guaranteed to cure.
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Decay Of tho Bones,

THE surprising statement is made that Mex
icosupports 10 600 public schools, with facilities
equal to any Of our colleges.
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Decay Of tho Bones, .
with some thirty other symptoms, mark the
progress Of that terrible disease known as ca
tarrh. It advances from stage to stage OF fear
full annoyances, and If neglected, is certain TO
end in general debility, and possibly in con-
sumption or insanity. DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy will cure it at any stage: This medi-
cine has been long before the public, and thou
sands have been restored to health by its never
failing virtues.
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children are liable to take colds from drafts.
Keep on hand Aliens Lung Balsam, the best
and purest remedy for coughs and colds. 1t
contains no opium, and is harmless. Price,
25c., soc. and 81 per bottle, at Druggists.
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II is claimed that 5000 pounds of willow
leaves disguised as tea were shipped from
Shanghai to this country last year.
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DYSPE PSIA!

Or. Radway's Pills are cure for thus com:
plsint. They restore strength to the stomach ana
Of Dyspepsia disappear and with them the liability OF
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False aud True" respecting diet. n-.v
n Send a letter stamp to DIR. RADWAY E
CO., No. 32 Warren Street, New 1ork' '0l
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Vinegar Bitters. apufs
IRative and tonic, purifes The
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| A&AAAm Vinegar Bittefs Is tbs
| NE8&16AWA Ibest remedy discovered for
AIpromoting digestion, curing
l'ISkMN&& headache and increasing tho
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ks::ss:sss Vinegar Bittofs assim-,
ilstes the food. regulates the stomach and bow.
els, giving healthy and natural sleep. srg
vinegar Bitters Is the great disease pro-
yenter, and stands at the head OF all family rem
edies. No house should ever be wtthouttt.
Vinegar Bitters cures Malaria, Bilious and
other fevers, diseases Of the Heart, Liver and;
Kidneys, and q hundred other painful disorders.
Send for either Of our valuable references
books for ladies, for farmers, for merchants, our
Medical Treatise on Diseases, or our Catechism
on Intemperance and Tobacco, which last should
be in the hands Of every child and youth In the
country.
Any two Of the above books mailed free On
receipt of four cents for registration fees.
RH. Mcdonald Drug Co., 6s2 Washington St., N.X.
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Dry and gray hair will become moist and
dark by the use of Halls Hair Renewer.
For sudden colds. hoarseness, or lrr1tatlon OF
the throat, take Ayers Cherry PectOral.
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THE rainfall in New York city for the year
1885 was forty-two inches, against hfty-four
inches in 1884.
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- Premature decline Of manly pow
ers, nervous debility and kindred diseases.
radically cured. Consultation free: Book 10
cents in stamps. Address, confden TALLY,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
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Somebody has discovered that the
Egyptians wore jerseys in the sixth CEN
tury,
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The first official recognition Of female prac-
titioners in Italy has just been made.
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Relief is immediate, and cure sure. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. 80 cents.
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Roscued from Death.

GENOA, Italy, which has enjoyed the repqta
tion of being the birthplace OF Columbus, has
fonnd rival claimant in Corsica.
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Sc3OfulA,

wbetber transmitted from parents or acquired. n
wtSin the curative range Of the Sarsapadllian Re-
solvent. .-,,,, h.n. baan
and 1o years Of are by DIR. RADWAY'S SARSAPA-
RiLLfAN remedy compSssa o. ssss. IN
TAI 10 nnrify heal repair and invigorate the broke9
down and wasted body. Quick, pleasant, SAFE ana
nermanent in its treatment and cure.
Sold by ali druggists. One dollar bottle.
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For DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression OF
also as a preventive against fever and ague and
other intermittent fevers, the "Ferro-P Phosphor-
ated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell, Haz-
ard & Co., New York and sold by all Druggists.
is the best tonic; and for patients recovering
from fever or other sickness it has no equal.
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VIM. Black, Abingdon, Iowa, vas cured Of
cancer of the eye by DR.. Jones Red Clover
Tonic, which cures all blood disorders and dis
eases of the stomach liver and kidneys. The
best tonic and appetizer known. 30 cents.