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Just open the door Tor her, and Mrs
Winslow will prove the American Florence
Nightingale of the Nursery. Of this W,
are so sure that we will teach our "Susy' t.
say, "a blessing on Mrs. Winslow" for help
ing her to survive and escape the gripping
coIicking and tecthing seige. MRS. WIN
SLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP relieves thu
child from pain aud cures dysintery ant
diarrhGa. 1t softens the runS, reduces in.
hamation, cures wind collie and carries the
infant safely through the teething period
1t performs precisely what it processes II
perform, every part of it-nothing less. We
have never seen Mrs. Winslow-know her
only through the preparation of her NSooth.
ing Syrup for Children Teething." If WE
had the power we would make her, us she is
Il physical saviour to the infant race. Sold
by NIL drurmists. . cents a bottle
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His Wife Would do the Rest.

SllaS is n country character and
means well Silas came to mend Il
fence the other day for one of his
patrons IN the suburban village
where he belongs, with a peculiar
air of testivity about him. He had
on bright new necktic Of blue
Japanese silk, and his honest face
was covered by an expansive grin
all the time that he was receiving
his orders.
You seem happy SIlas," said
Mr.. Blank. with some curiosity,
when he had finished about the
fence.
Yeas" drawlcd Silas. "Ya-as,
Use been a-gettin' married this
morning"
married! Why, Silas, man alive,
why on earth have you done this!
Iou can't support yourself as it
1s,,'
"Wull," said Silas, Il ken poorly
near support myself, and l think it
is a durn pity if she can't help
some"
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Piles are frequently proceeded by sense O.
weight in the back, ioins and lower part Of
the abdomen, causing the patient to suppose
he had some affection ofthe kidneys Of
neighboring organs. At times, symptoms OF
indigestion arc present, as fatulency, uneasi.
ness of the stomach, etc. A moisture, like
perspiration, producing very disagreca5lc
itching, particularly at night after getting
warm in bed, is very common attendent.
Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles yield Mt
once to the application of DR.. BosanEo's Pile
Remedy, which acts directly upon the parts
affected, absorb g the Tumors, allaying the
intense itching, and etfecting a permanent
cure, where all other remedies have failed.
Do not delay until the drain on the system
produces permanent disability, bat try it
and be cured. Price, so cents. Sent prepaid
on receipt of price. Address, The Dr. Be-
anko Medicine Co, Piqua, Ohio. Sold BIZ
Carleton iS Nash.
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How They Train Sheep Dogs in California.
The Rev. C. Z, Babb, in one of
his letters from California, tells
OF what an old shepherd told him
how they train tho famous shep-
herd dogs in Southern California.
He says you may go over the
plains and hills there for miles, and
see thousands of sheep, but not a
man to watch them. Around each
flock or band of say a thousand
sheep are half dozen dogs OF q
peculiar breed-dogs whose pro-
genitors were imported from the
sheep pastures OF the old world.
These dogs take the entire care of
the sheep, drive them out to pasture
in the morning, keep them from
straylng during the day, and bring
them home at night. These dogs
have inherited talent for keeping
sheep, but the shepherds do not
depend wholly on that. They cult
ivate it in this way-so at least the
old shepherd says:
"When lamb is born 1t is taken
away from the mother sheep before
she has seen it, and n puppy put in
its place. The sheep suckles
the puppy and learns to love it,
When the puppy grows old enough
to eat meat it is fed IN the morn
ing and send out with the sheep.
1t stays with them because 1t is ac-
customed to be with its mother,
but 1t cannot feed with them. As
they get full the dog gets hungry.
At length impatient TO return
where it can get another piece OF
meat, it begins to tease and worry
its mother, and finally starts her
home; the other sheep follow, and
thus the whole flock is brought IN.
If the dog brings In the sheep too
soon, or comes home without them,
he gets no supper, or Is punished
in some way. Hence he soon learns
when to come, and to see to it that
none of his charge are left behind.
These animals are trained by TAX
ing advantage of their instinct and
appetites."
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FARM NOTES,

At the Michigan Agricultural
college it is proposed to set a
huckclberry plantation IN next
spring.
How do you strain your milk
If you use 4 cloth, how often do
you wash it? Too much of the
lmpurity of milk comes from the
strainer.
Is there any reason why a sheep
cannot be made to work light
dog,power for running the churn !?
Here is good chance to make
capital out of the surplus energy
of the old ram.
To have 4 fine crop OF large, rich
currants, enrich the ground, make
it clean and mellow, and thin out
the brush. Cut away the old wood
after fruitlng and leave the vigor-
GUS young shoots.
EaIiy gardening lcngthcns TIE
growing season, and permits. nj
times, of two crops on the same
land, as turnIps may follow peas,
and time is thereby gained for
putting in late crops.
The following general rules will
apply IN the selection of calves to
be raised for dairy cows: The
head seould not be ovcrlargc, the
neck thin rather than thick, and
the skin possessing n soft feel that
can only be judged by an exert.
Look to the escutchcon and milk
veins. These arc good Indications
of character as to pedigree.
Whenever rhubarb throws out a
great many leaves and the stalks
are small and worthless tho roots
should be dug up and transplanted,
dividing them, so that only one
thrifty bud is left to each piece OF
root. This should be done early
in the spring, rs soon as the newly
formed buds are ready to push
through the soil.
The value of a hen manure from
a single bird for one year has been
quoted at fifteen cents. This is,
we think, very low estimate, and
yet, even at this rate, the total
value, of the manure from all the
poultry in the country in 1880
would be sI9,OOO,OOO. The total
value of the fertilizers manufacture
ed during the same year was $685.
650,795.
Large hogs are neither fashion
able nor profitable. But few hogs
are now bred that, when fully
developed, weigh over 700 pounds.
The small boned, early developed
hog that weighs from 275 10 300
pounds meets the popular demand
as the most profitable, while those
large hogs most always develop
later, and have TO be kept too
long.
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tNational Live Stock Journal

National Live Stock Journal)
The hog can probably endure as
much hardship as any of our
domesticatcd animals, but Is this
any reason why it should receive
abuse, or be subjected to hardship
in any form? We think not. No
one of our ANIMALS more promptly
responds to kind treatment and
clean surroundings than the hog.
1t is popularity considered filthy,
This arises from the fact that the
hog is usually confined TO filthy
quarters. Is this the fault OF the
hog. or of its owner? Why are its
quarters filthy? They were clean
when the hog was first put into
them. Was it the natural filthiness
of the hog above other animals
that made its quar-. ers filthy, OF
was it owing to the narrow limits
in which it was confined? What
could it do in such quarters but
make them filthy? True, the hog
likes to roll in the miro in hot
weather. So does the COW like TO
stand in a running stream, pond or
mire in hot weather. The hog will
take to the clean water if it can
get it. Both do this for the same
reason-because of the greatiul
GOODNESS of the moisture and the
fact that the portions of the animal
organism under water are free
from the annoyance of flies. The
hog, like the bovine, also likes 10
lie in the cool shade. Give both q
fair chance to keep clean, and they
will do so. Confine them in too
narrow limits, and they will get
filthy. Given equal chances, and
there is not much difference
between the two. But the custom
is to crowd the hog into narrow
quarters and compel 1t to remain
there. Lacking human reason, il
may not do the best thing possible
to keep clean in It's confined home,
but IN this respect it will not dis
play much more lack of reason and
hog sense than its owner in not
providing moro ample room and
better natural facilities for keeping
clean. Give the hog 4 clean bed
with free locomotion, and 1t will
keep it clean. Give it n wide field
of clover TO roam and root in, and
it will keep itself clean, healthy
and thrifty. Both the hog and the
owner will be benefited by the
comparatively wide range and thC
succuIent, heterogeneous food avail
able for the use of the hog. A littlC
corn meal, and it will have all il
needs, and be as happy and respect
able as well'bred hogs should be
1t will put on muscle as well as
fat, and develop a healthful meat
tor the food OF the genus homo. Sc
do not complain of the flthiness
of the hog and condemn 1t to wal
low in uncleanness, until you have
given it n decent chance to be {
decent hog.
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ROSADALIS Is a great remedy for Serof-
ula, and all taints and diseases of the Blood.
1t should be taken at all times and seasons,
especially in the Spring and Fall, when the
sudden changes induce disease. Read the
following: | have suffered 81 wears with
Liver complaint, Rheumatism, Sick Head.
ache. and disordcrcd Stomach. was ut one
time ravinC distracted, rubbing my hand.
and half crazy with ain. My wife sent for
a doctor, and he attended me nine months.
He said he could do me no good but one
bottle of ROSADALIS did me more good
than all the medicine the doctors ever gave
nc. J. a. Walker, More's Creek, y. G.
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The Excellence OF Farm Life,

1t is a common complaint that
the farm and farm life are not APP
preciatcd by our people. We long
for the more elegant pursuits or
the ways and fashions OF the town.
But the farmer has the most sane
and natural occupation, and ought
to find life sweeter, if less highly
seasoned than any other. He alone
strictly speaking, has a home.
How can q man take root and
thrive without land? lie writes
his history upon his field. How
many ties and resources he has
his friendships with his cattle, his
team, his dog, his trees; the salts
faction in his growing crops, in his
improved fields, his intimacy with
nature, with bird and beasts, and
with the 4uickonng elemental
forces. Cling to thp farm; make
much of it; bestow your heart,
your brain upon 1t, so that SAVIOR
of you and Fadiate your virtues
after your days work is done!"-
The Century.
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N1kc unstc to nereud Yourself

If you live ina locality where malaria i.
prevalent, with preventive that experience
indicates as the most reliable of medical safe,
guards-HOStctter's Stomach Bltters. Entire
" free from objections-and they are valid
ones (which attach to mineral kalold qui-
ming, it is far more effective, and its effects
are not eTanesccnt, but lasting, unlike those
of The drug. There are portions of our land
and none mare b. autiful and more fertile
which at no season of the year are entirely
exempt from the malarial scoWrg'. IN such
regions Hpstctter's StnmaGh BitterS has un-
slcfsana c,ntiauOVs lest Tor the past thirty
years, with results which haa oStabli he'd its
reputation beyond i'll cavil as a special de-
Tense against every form of malarial dscn. e.
For BiliousncSs, also, it is an acknowledged
specific, and it is potent remedy for CO. s'i-
patton, dyspepsia, rheumatism and an I'M
povcrished condition of the blood.
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When the farmer of this section
begin to perceive, as they undoubt.
eddy will, that protection is neccs-
sary to the building up of in
dustries in the South, and that
these industries are necessary to
give them better and nearer mark
els for their products, We shall
hear little about free trade from
those who assume to represent
Georgia IN congress.-Atlanta Con-
SututlOn.
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rerchcrn and Norman Horses.

Mr.. Simons, of Orne. France,
connected with the Department of
Agriculture and Commerce in that
country, In letter written to Mr..
J. J. Parker, of West Chester, Pa,
states that the true Percheron
horse is now very scarce that
those who raise horses for sale as
Percherons In the neIghborhood
of Chartries-the centre of the
Percheron horse trade-pnrchase
foals in Belgium, Flanders and
other places, and after feeding
them until old enough sell them as
Pereherons. But these are far
from being tho true race. This is
but an enlarged Arab. with all the
good qualities, tho soundness and
endurance of the original race
from which hesprings. His color
Is gray white or a silver gray. He
must be kept under nearly the
Same condition of climates as in
the Perche to do well. Being
gentle, he must have gentle treat
ment. He must be well fed. His
rations are II pounds of straw, %
pounds of hay, 20 quarts of oats.
These remarks, which we know to
be we'll founded, are worthy OF
notice by those who are purchas-
ing heavy, coarse-boned, large
footed, emphatic, and necessarily
unsound dark gray horses, which
are called Norman or Percherons,
at high prices, with the certainty
Of future disappointment. Not
long ago, we saw an importation
of several so-called Pereherons, OF
which only two could justly claim
the title, and the difference be-
tween the true and false Percher-
ons was abundantIy clear. For
the improvement of our native
races we must have ANIMALS OF
pure breed, or We make failure,
Am. Agrlculturist.
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About three years ago the agent Tor
Acker's English Remedy first called at his
town, and since then the number OF testimo-
mails that have been sent in to Carlton *
Nash concerning the merits of the
Remedy, and the many cures effect
ed surprises them. They wish it
to he thoroughly undcrstooi that for all
Gods, luar> ness, asthma, Group, whooping
cough, all ph'hisical troubles. they have
never known its equal, and positively guar
antec it.
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Farm and Home.



In view Of the present high price
ofbroom corn, We have expected
TO sec a great rush in Its produc-
ton. 1t will be surprising if il
does not occur, and 4 word OF
warning will be In place. At best
it can only pay in the hands Of
men who understand its manipu-
lation. Tho great probability is
that the number of new men who
engage in its production will
greatly reduce the price, but at q
price higher than the average, the
man who does not understand
handling the crop must work at q
disadvantage, and In the end make
but little money. B. F. j., in
Country Gentleman, has the fol.
lowing:
Broom corn cultivation in Cen
trail Illinois having been unprofita,
BILE, if not q failure, tor the last two
or three years, is likely TO go out
of fashion. The experience of the
last few years has demonstrated
that the land cannot be continuous
ly put in broom corn, and yield
good crops. Why 1t should be
much more difficult to suit than
corn, oats, grass or wheat. is moi
easy to understand; but it is. AT
ter the third or fourth crop on the
same land. some form of misfor.
tune TO 1t invariably appears
rust, blight, worms at the roots,
chlnch bugs, or another. Besides
for a year or two past, it has been
only in exceptional cases that that
portion left to stand to mature the
seed for the next crop has produc
ed grams that could not be de-
pended upon TO terminate so fully
as to insure a good stand. The
fact accounts for the present price
of broom corn seed; which Is high
or than for years.
In broom corn cultivation it il
we'll known that nIne-tenths of the
entire growth is left on the land
the only part removed being the
seed paniele, and that in an imma
ture state. In the spring the stub
bic is raked and generally burned
and occasionally turned under
with a sixteen or twenty-inch sui
ky pillow. But whether plownc
into the land, or burned on the sur
face, it does not seem to make
difference with succeeding crops
the liability to disaster follows at
ter a certain number of crops have
been taken off. Kansas, on &C
count of its hot and dry summers
and autumns, with little or no rain
was thought to have q monopoly
of broom corn. Last year the
crop partially failed there, as il
Illinois, and thus the failure al
around enabled a syndicate tc
"corner" the yield, and consequent
ly the price is up into the nIneties
% to s cents for crooked, and II
to u cents for green hard brush
nearly double the average for the
last ten years. The high price Of
broom corn seems to be well
known to farmers of the Southern
States. and a craze on the subject
would not be surprising. Cotton,
they say, at present prices, does
not pay, and they sock o substitute
in broom corn or castor beans. II
advice amounted to anything in
such cases, it would be to go slow,
for independent of risks 10 run. tc
handle either crop profitably de-
mands as much previous cxpe
rience as cotton, and to prepare
for market, more care and as much
expenditure.
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Farm and Ranch.
Good country roads are as essen
tial to the prosperity of the farmer
as good fences and good tillage OF
the soil. "Wbere you find good
roads you find wealthy farmers"
1t is an evidence in itself of thrift
and industry. In making good
roads the land Is improved in
value in the superior drainage
provided by means of the bitches
of tho road along every quarter
section of the land, and again from
the fact that double the amount OF
produce can be hauled along q
good earth road during the year
that the same team could draw
over iu inferior road, and with 30
per cent. less strain upon beasts
and vehicles. 1t is not only more
pleasant and more comfortable to
have good roads, but is cheaper in
every way. OF course the first
cost of a good road, well construct
ed as to grades and bitches, is
greater. but the after cost of main
tanning good road Is less than
that of maintaining poor Que,
because a badly constructed road
is constantly calling for repairs,
and that, too, when the roads is
most needed by the farmer for the
necessary hauling about his place
and for marketing his produce.
Country roads should be construct
ed and improved undor the direc-
ton OF skilled engineers, and not
by the hap-hazzard process so gen.
orally in vogue.
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Mr.. D. l. Wilcoxson of Horse Cave, Ky,
says he was. for many years, badly afflicted
with Phthisic, also Diabetes; the pains were
almost uncomfortable and would sometimes
almost throw him into convu'sions. He tired
Electric Bitters and got relief from first bot.
Ito and after taking six bottles, WAS entirely
cured and had gained in flesh eighteen
pounds. Says he positively believes h
would have died, had it not been Cor the re
lief afforded by Electric Bitters. Sold al
fifty cents bottle by L. +. Luhn.
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w. W. Reed, druggists, Of Winchester
Ind. writes: "Onr oi my customers, Mrs
Louisa Pike, Blrtcnia, Randolph Co, Ind i.
was long sufferer with Consumption. anc
was given up to d by her physicians. She
heard Of DR.. King New Discovery for Con
sumption, and began buyingit dime. In si'
months time she walked to this city. dis
lance OF six miles and is nov SO much i'm
proved She has quit using it. She feels she
owes her lifO 10 i. Free Trial Boal: at r. E
Luhn's. Drug Store
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Physicians inform us that rheumatism is
produced by the presence, in the blood, OF
certain irritating acids developed in the
stomach, and taken up by the absorbents
DR.. j. H. McLean'S Liver and Kidney Balm
will eradicate the poison from the blood, and
cure Rheumatism. 81 per bottle.
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Carlton Y Nash tell us of a remarkable
cure effected By ActcF's Blood Elixir. A
gentleman was literally covered with sores
brought on by negleoting his systemi ulcers
or boils came out all over him, but n
thorough course Ct Acker's Blood Elixir
cured him. They say that they will warrant
this as being tho bost blood medi-
cine that can be bought. 1t is always
certain to cure Syphilis in It's worst FORM
1t Is positively guaranteed.
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The man with a name ending in
ski had better look out for the
police. In these times of social.
ism, riot and dynamite, the police
mans club, like the magnetic
needle, turns naturally TO the Pole.
Chicago Times.
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The skin on the head is kept soft and hcx-
ible by secretion from the oil glands.
When these are clogged the hair dries and
falls off. Parkcrs Hair BaSam rcnews their
action, restores the original color to the hair
and makes it soft and glossy. 1t also eradi-
cat dandrutf Not greasy, not dye, de-
liclously peItumcd. Delightful for II lady's
toilet table: The best of dressings. Prefera-
bic TO all similar articles because of its supe-
rioi cleanliness and purity.
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Mrs. Haskins--"Why, Mrs. Bogg
how strangely you acted in church
to-day. What was the natter
Nothing serious, 1 hope" Mrs.
Bogg-"Indccd 1t was serious.
You don't meen to tell me you
didn't notice Mrs. Ranney's new
bennett"
The guns sent to Gov. Foraker
TO be used against any rioters in
CINCINNATI are 4 magazine arm,
made at Windsor, Conn, especially
for riot work. They contain five
charges of buckshat in the maya
zinc, besides one IN tho chamber.
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"WHr do all the cold waves come
from the Northwest, my dear?"
asked q fond husband. "Oh, be-
cause there is so much GOODNESS
between St. Paul and Minneapolis"
was the reply,
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AN itenerant vender called al
tho mansion of Colonel Yerger
Cant 1 sell you some Rough on
RatsT They will not die IN the
house; kill 'em every pop" $50
away! There are no rats in my
house," replied the colonel. I'vr
gotsomething that's q heap rougher
on rats than anything you've got.
whats that ?" "Two girls that
play on the piano. Clear out OF
I'll tell 'em to strike up the
'Maiden's Prayer \ few min
utes later the vender of rat poison
was cleaving the air half a milo
off.-Texas Slftings.
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GAPEs is really the presence of
small worms in the throat, and the
question is how to remove them.
Some one says a small feather
dipped in coal oil or turpentine
put down the throat, turned and
jerked out will generally cure a
case, but this is tedious way. To
smoke them with tobacco smoke
will also cRre most cases, but like
the other it is ii tedious remedy.
To put lot Of chicks into a box
and sift fine Stacked lime among
them. producing a dust and caus-
ing them to sneeze the worm out,
is perhaps about as good way as
any and more speedy since sew
eral or a dozen may be treated at
once.
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Nins little Indians swinging on a gate,
One drunk iron bitters, then there was eight
The poor little thing was killed by mistake
He was suffering with dumb chills and III
aching spleen, and an excellent physician
prescribed for him Browns Iron Tonic. bu
an unsorHpulous poSt-trader pnlmed off OF
the Indian iron bitters. Browns Iron Tonic
for sale by Carleton & Nash.
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The visitors at the London Zoo
during 1885 were only 659,S96,
against AS, AGO in 1854, q falling
off due, 1t is supposed, TO financial
distress amang the working PEG
MIC