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BrOOm-COrn In the South.

A broom factory in Atlanta, Ca, has
proved profitable enterprise, although
all the broom corn which it uses is
brought from Chicago, aad, of course,
pays a heavy toll for transportation. The
seed of the plant is being freely offered
to the farmers of Georgia to induce them
t, try the new crop, and there is equal
reason for introducing it generally into
South Carolina.
1t has been recently provel that the
broom corn attains an extraordinary
growth in the low country of this State.
The agricultural department should lose
no time in furnishing seed and informa-
tion in regard to the cultivation and the
crop in order that the experiment may
be fully tried next year. There is q
marl-ct for all of the plant that will be
grown; it requires no peculiar knowl-
edge or skill to grow it; and if it shall
prove to be rs profitable in South Caro-
lima as it is elsewhere. valuable addition
will bc made to our list of farm products.
-Charles,on Nears anil Courier.
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Diamond Mines Of India.

Let us look in on them at work here.
one snadeless morning, twenty minutes
walk across the fields to small, fiat sur
face tovered with heaps of pebbles, be-
tween which cluster huge (clumps OF
iasr,ine, whose blossoms heavily scent
the air. At the foot of a knoll, gently
slop ing, lie basking q few tattered
soldiers; on the other side is large well,
on the lip Of which crcaks wheel turned
by four bullocks. This was one
of the most important diamond
fields in the world, and now
the only suggestion of animation
and enterprise lies in the creaking of the
wheel and the half dozen coolies who
trudge backward and forward, carrying
on their heads baskets of rubbish. How
different this from the feverish activity Of
Kimberley, the click and clatter OF thou
sands of machines, the myriad buckets !!
These mines are still let by government, or
the Rajah of the district, to the wretchcd
class who work them in the most primi-
tive fashion, half naked, for fear the
governor should imagine them prosperous,
and rise in his demands. They declare the
English conquest has irritated the tutelary
deitics of the soil. who have deserted the
mines, and ceased to plant them with
precious stones; it is the best excuse they
can make for their idleness and ignor-
ance. In the Bundelcund district, if the
revenue falls below certain fixed sum,
the Mahara ah beheads chief and con-
fiscates his goods He is cheated all the
same, but he gets an actual share of one
kind or another, which, without the
making of an occasional example,
would doubtless be denied him. Penares
is the great market for Indian stones 4;
there, every April, is held fair, where
the merchants-none of them, as fur as
we can discover, older than twenty-mect
and chatter. This is all that is left of
Golconda-a deserted fort, and all that
is left of three and twenty mines de-
scribed by Tavernier. That there are
diamonds still in India is very sure, but
they will come to nothing till the gov
ernment grants long leases and the indi-
vidual gives way to the company and
machinery. Between the days of the
great Mohammed Ghori, who left 400
pounds weight of precious stones, the
result of indiscriminate plunder, and
1925. when the Brazil mines were dis
covered, there were no diamonds but In
dian Co,nhiU.
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RecipeS and Hints.

SoUEAKING SHoES.--The squeaking
noise of shoes can be stopped, according
to the Boot and Soc Recorder, by sprink-
ling powdered pumice stone between the
soles during the process of manufacture,
or by driving dozen Of shoe pegs into
the soles when the shoes arc first to be
used.
BUTTERMIIK SoUP.-Let two quarts of
sweet milk come to boil, then put in
your two quarts of buttermik; stir to
keep from Jumping. Have sliced bread
ready to pour it over then put lump Of
butter in the kettle. stir in with it six
tablespoonfuls of flour. return the soup
to the pot few minutes, then dish up.
Corn PoPovERs.-Boil one quart of
sweet milk, and stir in two large coffee
cupfuls of bolted corn meal, with piece
of butter the 81 &C of an egg, one salt
spoonful salt; when cold add SIX eggs,
whites and yolks beaten separately, very
light. Bake twenty or thirty minutes in
popover irons, which must be very hot
and CREASED with butter when the batter
is put in. Only half,fll the irons. Tile
Caterer.
DJsTER AND SOFT CLOTH. The feather
duster as a flirtcr is unoGualed, and, as
with other fiirters, e!Te::s are so instant
and so pronounced ai to blind the eyes
to the rea, results. The dust flies, and
because it flies it is regarded rs di<lodged
permanently. Never was there more
mistaken notion. The feather duster
reaches inaccessible pla"es and IS the
least dangerous method of freeing statues
and paintings and all general ornamental
tions of wall or ceiling from the untir-
ing and penetrating foe. but unless sup
plemcntel by the soft cloth, which holds
and can remove tie c: cmy, the falling
cloud simply returns to its former condi-
ton.
STUFFED TOMATOES Take sufficient
number Of ripe tomatoes and cut thin
slice from the stalh Of e,,ch. Remove
the insides, being careful not to break
the inside of the fruit Press the tomato
pulp through a sieve and mix it with
little pepper and salt, two ounces Of ham,
previously cooked and finely minced, an
onion chopped very small, two table
spoonfuls of siftcd bread crumbs, few
sprigs of fresh parsley well washed and
shred fine, and w,ll-bcaten egg. Mix
these ingredients thoroughly together,
and fill the tomatoe; with the mixture.
Place them with the cut side uppermost,
in baking tin; cover the tops with sea-
soncd bread crumbs, and bake in brisk
oven for half an hour. Send little good
brown gravy to the table in the dish
with them. For change the tomatoes
may be filled with any kind of cold meat,
poult-y or game, finely minced and pleas
antly seasoned. Prepared in this way
they form most dc. { Gus dclicacy.
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Cunning For HareS.

4 Norwich Comm letter to the New
York Sam says: The Fishers Island Gun
Club and the Westminster Kennel Club
of New York stocked Fishers Island
with long-lcgged English hares q year or
mere ago, and the hares thrived won
derfully. There are no trees on the
island, and they find coverts in the
almost impenetrable shrub corpses in the
hollows etween the hills. Thence they
emerge into the cultivated fields and
goloble up the young crops. When q
man comes near them they gallop across
the hills, bounding like kangaroos over
ohOtruct:ons, and get their retreats.
1t is as difficult to catch one as it is to
overtake the wind.
They have become great nuisance to
the farmers, and the city sportsmen have
come up from New York to hunt them.
The club men have brought along dogs
whose legs are longer even than the
hares' are, and d lilly there is wild sport
on the island. The hounds penetrate
into the th;ckct, and drive the game out,
and the hunters shoot the hares while
they are careering through the air in
their astonishing jumps. It is not easy
TO hit hare in full spring, the per-
Torrance combining the fine points of
both bird shooting and fox hunting, and
the sportsmeu waste great many shots
on the Atlantic Ocean. But as the hares
cannot get off the island, the chances of
one once started for escape are limitel.
Some big hares have been taken, the
largest Weighing eighteen pounds The
spertmen hunt in the fall for prizes, the
first premium being $1,000 to the man
who bags the greatest number of hares.
The dog that does the best field work
pofs So5C
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A Restaurant Keepers Faith in Man.

This childlike trust in fellow-men re-
minds me of concern that seems strange
ly out of place in this boodleous city. 1t
is restaurant on lower Broadway. Sand
wiches, pies, cakes, fruits. salads, drinks,
plates, knives, etc., lie exposed upon the
bullets that lines the walls of the little
room. A big sign tells the visitor to help
himself. Two or three walters run about
removing dirty dishes and bringing freeh
supplies of food. They will assist the
customer to find what he desires if
a ked to do so, but no one pays any
attention to how much q man cats or
what it costs. Few articles cost more
than five cents, and when man has had
his fill he goes tc the soda fountain,
where a box of checks is placed, picks
out check that represents the price of
what he has eaten, and then gives it and
h money to the clshier. The place is
thronged from 10 in the forenoon until
3 p. NJ, AMI has fair run of patronage
at other hours. There seems to be moth
ing to prevent respectfully dressed man
from eating twenty-five cents worth and
presenting a twenty or fifteen cent check.
-NeU York Letter.
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Origin Of Some First Families OF the
MetrODOlis.

4 New York letter to the Cincinnati
Enquirer says: The genealogical record
of some of the first families is threatened
by an exposure which may make some
Vince, but no true American will be
ashamed of an humble origin. In fact
there is but little room for boasting
among the New York millionaires. Pc
ter Gilsey began as a iourneyman piano.
forte maker, and the founder of Cooper
institute first appears in the directory as
"Fcter Cooper, machinist." The Bre-
voorts were market gardeners. Alder
man Carman, who left round million.
was house carpenter. A. T. Stewart
began by t: aching small school. The
millionaire Vermilyes were the sons of
sexton of downtown church. Cyrus
w. Field:frst opened tIs1e as a dealer in
rags. Lawyer Hummel began as an er-
rand boy in the same Office in which he
is now partner. William Libbey, for
merly of A. T. Stewart & Co., and nowIa
retired millionaire, was the son of New
burgh carpenter.
The first Astor that came to America
was butcler and had stall in Fly mar
ket. Rufus Story, who is now the mil
l'oaaire veteran of Front street, began
here as hard-worked boy in cheap
grocery. Jay Gould was in early life a
clerk in a country store, and felt that he
was doing remarkably well when he ped
died maps in Delaware county. Reader,
t will not do to dispute the day of small
things. Why, even the Spoffords were
shoemakers, the Stevenses kept tavern,
and the Wolfes can be traced back to a
gin-mill. Let the genealogical fend do
his worst, he will still find that wealth,
like charity, covers mu titudc of sins.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Grass Land-How Prepared.

In our experience the best results have
been obtained with most sorts of artit-
cial grasses upon fertile clay loan rest
ing upon permeable clay sub oil. But,
let it be remembered, land can hardly be
too rich or too highly manured for
grasses. Indeed, VIC have found that
not only are the largest yields obtained
upon such fertile lands, but the effect
Of insect depredations is greatly lessened:
Of course, comparatively poor lands will
grow grass; but poor lands produce poor
crops everywhere. Better, far, commence
the growth of the tame spe les o. grass
before the land has become impoverished
by iniudicious cropping. Eut whatever
may be the character of the soil, prepare
it as we'll and thoroughly, by ploughing
and narrowing, as for any grain crop
This is q rule with scarcely any excep-
tion, and its violation in many ways ex-
plains large proportion of the failures
that have attended the attempted Guilt
vation of tame grasses in Kansas.-Pry.
e. II. .Sheltun.
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A Patent Windpipe for a Valuable
HnrSp

There is q curiosity in horsehesh at q
livery stable in Cincinnati. 1t is vii
Heath, the famous trotting horse. which
breathes through q tube inserted in the
windpipe. The operation was performed
by Dr. L. A. Anderson, veterinary sur
gecn, at the Fair Grounds in Carthage.
Some time ago the horse was afflicted
with influenza. He was in Texas, and
caught cold, which resulted in contrac-
tiol of the muscles of the larynx. The
animal became wind.roken, and was
comparatively useless for racing pur-
poses. He had record for mile Of
2,21 IA, and his owner had won large
sums. Will Heath was brought to Gin.
cinnati, and Or. Anderson expressed the
opinion that he could cure him. The
owner was afraid to allow the operation
until Anderson had experimental on an
old black, wlnd-broken horse of no value.
A small slit two inches in length was cut
in he throat and silver tube inserted.
The black horse got better Immediately.
and then the operation was tried on Will
Heath with perfect success. Tracheotomy
is often resorted to in surgery, especially
with children suffering from diphtheria.
After the operation the horse became
easier and breathcd freely through the
silver tube, through which the airc mes
out with tremendous force. If one holds
his hand in front of it he is reminded of
the wind from blast furnace. The tube
first pat in the windpipe was Withdrawn
and permanent one inserted. The horse
is in perfect physical condition, eats we'll
anG seems to be entirely satisfied. He is
q handsome specimen of equine flesh,
about fifteen hands high, of sorrel color.
anc six years old. He is valued at $s, 600.
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We have so often seen fatal results follow
thedeclaration that 1t 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.
Wehave now the gratifying fact to announce
that the process by which nature affects 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 certainly 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 its place In the
system, We can cure the disease. This is just
what Piso's Cure for Consumption does. 1t ar
rests at once the progress of the disease by
preventing the further supply Of tuberculous
matter for while the systemjs under its influ-
ence all nourishmenti Is organized and assimi-
lated 1t thus controls cough, expectoration,
night-sweats, hectic fever, and all other char
acteristic symptoms Of Consumption: =.
Many physicians are now using this medi-
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 disease is always the
most auspicious for treatment. This fact
should induce persons to resort to the use Of
Piso's Cure when the cough is first noticed,
whether 1t has consumpt1ve diathesis for its
cause or not. for this remedy cures all kinds OF
coughs with unequaled facility and prompt
ness. In coughs from q simple cold, two OF
sufficient to remove the trouble. So in all dis
eases Of the throat and lungs, with symptoms
Stimulating those Of Consumption, Piso's Cure
Is the only infallible remedy.
The following letter recommending Piso's
Cure for Consumption, Is a fair sample Of the
certificates received daily by the proprietor OF
ALBION, N. Y, Dec. %, 1886.
had terrible cough, and two physicians
said would never get well. Ithen went to
drug store and asked for a good cough medi,
cine. The druggist gave me Piso's Cure, and it
has done me moro good than anything ever
used. I do not believe could live without 1t.
IE0N0RA VFRMITYEA
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Burns's Ep;granl Oh a Book.

While waiting in nobleman's library,
Robert Burns was attracted by the fine
display o: bloks upon its shelves, so much
so to an elegant edi.ion of Shakespeare
that he took down volume, only to find
that evidently its owner had never looked
into it, for its leaves were uncut and
wo:ms were making sad havoc among
its pages, whcrcupon the poet, whose
wit, as we'll us verse served him aptly on
all occasions, wrote upon the fly-leaf the
following:
Through and through the inspired leaves,
Yc maggots, make your winnings;
But, oh, respect his lordships taste,
And spare the golden bindings"
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Important to Merchant TniIors.

NJ. Won Keller & Co., successors to Keller q
Ruhl, at the old Cloth House, corner Ann and
William Sts., New York city, are doing an ex-
ten,ve business by means of furnishing to the
Merchant Tailoring trade throughout the Uni
ted States, complete sample collections Of
Their Woolens in season, and rec ewing and
executing orders received through the sam
they notify their customers to that effect, SO
that the parties holding their samples are al
WAYS properly informed rs to which styles
they can offer to their patrons. The Merchant
Tailor is thus placed in a position to sEo. u
iarCe variety of styles without cncumberine
hiuiself with a large stock. We understand
that any Merchant Tailor desiring such collec-
tiori of samples can have same sent free OF
charge. Address Messrs. N. Won Keller & Co.
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Farm and Garden Notes.

A good animal should be q heavy
feeder.
If you want to raise 'stunts" keep the
calves in the patch with the pigs.
Many farmers trust too mu"h to luck
and tic moon and do too little Close
figuring.
Never drive horse fast on full
stomach. Hurry by going slow the first
few miles.
A blockhead armed with a saw and
pruning shears is as destructive il an
orchard as bull in china store.
. If the manger or feed box be so foul
as to omit sour smell from any cause, it
should be carefully cleanscd and wa he'd
with q solution of soda or potash until
perfectly sweet again.
A man lately cured thoroughly a balky
horse By simply hitching him in the field
and letting him stay where the load was
till he got hungry enough to pull it
home. The horse held out thirty-six-
hours. 80.
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Notices.

For scamstrcss BE what you seem
to be.
For the fashionable drcssmakcr-
"Worth overcomes i'll will"
For messenger boy-"Hc who runs
may read"
For negro minstrel-"The bones are
for him who comes late"
For lover whose fiancce has n glass
eye with all thy false eye love thee
STILL"
For riding class-"Every one has his
own particular habit"
For boy who wishes 70 hire out to a
dime museum--"Two heads are better
than one. ."--LJe.
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Seven Points in Managing Milk.

1. To make the fnest-havorcd and
longest keeping butter the cream must
undergo ripening process by exposure
to the oxygen of the air while it is rising.
The ripening is very tardy when the
temperature is low.
2. After the CT cam becomes sour, the
more ripening the more it depreciates.
The sooner it is then skinned and
churned the better, but it should not be
churned while too new. The best time
for skimming and churning IS just before
acidity becomes apparent.
3. Cream makes better butter to rise in
cold air than to rise in cold water, but it
will rise sooner in cold water, and the
milk will keep sweet longer.
4. The Deeper the milk is set the less
airing the cream gets while rising.
S. The depth of setting should vary
with the temperature; the lower it is
the deeper milk may be set; the higher,
the shallower it should be.
8. While milk is standing for cream to
rise, the purity of the cream, and consc-
quently the fine flavor and keeping Of
the butter, will be injured if the surface
of the cream is exposed freely to air
much warmer than the cream.
7. When cream is colder than the sur
rounding air, it takes up moisture aud
impu! tiles from the air. When the air
is colder than the cream, it takes up
moisture and whatever escapes from the
cream. In the former case the cream
purifes the surrounding air; in the latter
case the air helps to purify the cream.
The selection of creamer should hinge
on what is most desired-highcst quality
or greatest convenience and economy in
time, space and labor.-Paytessor Arnold.
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A Remedy for Lung Diseases.

DR.. Robt Newton, late President Of the Ec-
lectic College, of the City Of New York, and
formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio, used DR.. WA.
HALLS BALsAM very extensively In his prac-
tice, as many of his patients, now living and
restored to health by the use Of this invalua-
BILE medicine, can amply testify. He always
said that so good remedy ought not to be con-
sidered merely as a patent medicine. but that
It ought to be prescribed freely by every physi-
clan as q sovereign remedy in all cases Of
Lung diseases. Itcures consumption and all
pectoral complaints.
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The first African city lighted by cleo
tricity was not Algiers or Cairo, but
Kimberley, with forty-two Brush lights
of 1000 candle power.
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Letters mailed in hotel envelopes arc
sent to the dead letter Office, notwith
standing the ten days return notice On
the corner, when they fail to reach the
person addressed.
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The virtues Of st. Jacobs OIL, as proclaimed
by millions Of restored sufferers, should induce
every ono to supply his household with this
great specific. 1t conquers pain.
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A piece of sole leather tackled on the
butt of a sauared-off chisel handle will
prevent its splitting under the blows of
The palet.
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"Itis as harmless as it is effective" IS what
issaid OF Red Star Cough Cure by DR.. s. K.
Cox, D. D., Analytical Chemist, Washington,
DC Price, Is cents.
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The Bishop Of London is the greatest tea
drinker known in England since the death OF
nr Tohp
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Roller skates are being turned into
buttons.
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A NEW LONDON oyster dealer has invented
. dredge with which starfish, the greatest en-:
emies Of the oyster, can be taken from bed
without disturbing the oysters.
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The purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver OH
in the world, manufactured from fresh, healthy
and sweet. Patients who have once taken it
prefer 1t to all others. Physicians have de-
cided 1t superior to any of tho other oils in
market. Made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New
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One,kind Of medicine will not cure all kinds
of diseases. DR.. Kimer's Preparations are
Specifics-a remedy for each disease. They are
the result of successful practice since 1853.
Guide to Health (Sent Free BtnQhdnton, N. Z.