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Helpful Hints.

Store.rooms and closets should be occas
iOnally aired.
To stings of insects apply soda moistened
or tobacco,
Smoking is said TO cause catarrh and pro
duce the necrosis OF the teeth.
japanese. paper handkerchief are found
satisfactory for drying wounds.
Keep the sink,drain free from disease
breeding odors by using lime OF carb- lie
acid
A harmless wash for removing FLESH
worms" is said to consist of rain water and
borax, applied at night.
To cure warts rub with a strong solution
of potash till they disappear, or wet gum
ammoniac and rub it on the eXCrescences
at night.
AS soon as there are indications Of fel
on apply poultice of equal parts OF salt
peter and birthstone mixed with sufficient
lard TO make paste renew as soon ~ il
gets dry.
Soak the feet well in bot water before
going 10 bed then pare down the soft corn
and after having just moiStened il rub d
little lunar CaustiC on the corn ant just
around the edge till it turns light gray.
August Flower writes TO take TIE sore
ness out of CUrns in one night bind on q
poultice of strong vinegar and bread. BY
using this occasionally you can keep y0uI
corns any length of time with little incun
yenience, but police ii every night fpg q
week and you will probably lose II
A noted medical authority recommend.
the following in case Of diph'neria
Pour from twenty 70 forty drops Of mix
ture of equal parts Of turpentine and and
carbolic acid into Kettle Of water kept
simmering over a slow fire, 50 that the l!r
Of the sick room will be constantly i'm
pregnated with the odor Of these two sub
stances.
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Butter making is the fine art OF agricul-
ture.
R1spberries can be trained upon wire
trell to good advantage.
Up in Michigan certain cattle breeders
have been detected in manu- iacturing fraud
u.ent pedigrees.
Professor Tracy says that if cucumbers
are planted in drills the loss from bugs will
not be felt.
"Frequent stirring of the soil is liberal
manurlng,' said Jethro Tull, who was the
best agricultural writer OF his day.
Millet and Hungarian grass usually do
better when sown in July than if sown either
in June or August.
Slightly pulling aud starting the roots OF
CabhnreS with potato hook when the
he,,.s are forming too rapidly in growth
vi prevent them from burst ting.
Don't let the chickens into your potato
patch, orchard or vegetable garden after
you have been using Paris green or London
purple. If you do there will be a lot of dead
hens around, sure.
A writer in The Fruit Recorder pours q
pint of kerosene upon a barrel Of coal ashes,
mixes and uses it the same as he would lime
or plaster The smell IF kerosene keeps all
insects away from squashes. melons, etc.
Lay up supply Of road dust for the
chickens in winter. Dry earth is the best OF
all disinfectants when used in sufficient
quantities. So. before the first rains come
on, I'll any old package with the winter,
stock Of road dust, TO bs had for the cost OF
gathering
Willis p Hazard names the Guernsey as
the best general purpose COW. She has
the butter qualities Of the Jersey with a
tougher constitution, larger size and better
feeding qualities She is the happy medium
between the butter Jersey and the huge Hol-
stein, with the good qualities of both and the
defects of neither.
Farraers near New York I'll very large
market wagons with their produce, haul
them 10 a railway train, and then load
wagons, horses and all upon the cars, and
have them taken to tina city that way. Then
they are driven through the strse's to tpe
commission merchants The trains that
bring them in are called vegetable trains.
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A. NJ Williams writes in The Orange
County Farmer; To get a good idea of im-
proved methods of culture it is necess airy to
visit those farms where such improvements
can be seen We learn much that is val
liable from agricultural papers, but we neei
to supplement this knowledge by our own
observations in the field. Long Island IS not
generally considered a model farming
country, and yet have nowhere seen better
crop, or more systematic farming have
Just been to visit one of these island farms
that will compare favOrahy with the best
farms in Western New York in the quality
and am mt OF its productions, ami in every
thing that constitutes high farming. This
is the Albertson farm. few miles north of
Mineoa The farm consists OF 40 acres a
part being woodland and the remainder
under the very highest state of cultivation.
This will b, evident from the receipts from
products, winch was last year over
$500, and in all probability will
this year exceed $4,000. There are
kept On the place twenty-four cows,
eight horses AMI yoke Of oxen; no butter
is made, but the milk shipped to the
city. ] inquired if they bought hay to win
ter 50 much stock They ans wered no: we
sell hay, this Is one main product for sale.
They also keep forty she p and large num-
Der OF hogs. The stock Is wintersd largely
on ensilage, which they think a great help
They keep 100 swsrms of bees. They have
fourteen acres Of potatoes, which look the
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TRY II There Is Anythin. in 1t.

planted peach orchard, writes NJ. Siroy
OF the Society of Hon ticulture, and the trees
grew we'll and strongly, They had just
commenced to bud when they were invaded
by the curcuio pulyon), which insects were
followed, as frequently happens, by ants
Having cut some tomatoes. the idea oc-
Cured 70 me that by Placing some of the
leaves around the trunks and branches OF
the peach trees | might preserve them from
the rays OF the sum- which are very power
full. NV surprise was great upon the fol-
lowing day to find the trees entirely free
from their enemies, not one remaining, ex-
cept here and there whore a curlai leaf pre-
vented the tomato from exercising lis in
huence These leaves ! carefully unrolled,
placing upon them fresh ones from the
tomato vines. with the result of banishing
the last insect and enabling the trees to
grow with luxurIance. Wishing to carry
still further my experiment. | stepped in
water some leaves of the tomato, and
sprinkled with this infusion other plants.
roses and oranges. In two days these vera
also free from the innumerabls insects
which covered them, and | felt sure that
had | used tho sa mo means with my melon
patch | should have met with the same re-
suit. | therefore deem it a duty | Owe to
the Society of Horticulture to make known
this singular and useful property of the
tomato leaves, VIII ch | discovered by tho
merest accident.
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In a recent talk 10 the Yale Kent Club
prof, sumner said that no state should be
compelled to educate the children of It's
citizru- AMI no man should marry, he
continued, unless he can afford To support
and educate his possible children People
talk about the right, Of the parent and the
duty Of the child, but tell You that man
who il the cause OF his child, existence
owes the child everything instead Of being
owed everything by the child. Firth rs u
dirc m,to'''Ue .foy m0uy rbjd,cn, oud Hril
parents c,nHot do ouovgd fer than IN return
FIR he juIerjtsd diseases ami mist0yt,Hr'
,rlici Nry 5esto,r upou Hcm One of these
duties Is education, and no man should
marry who cannot carry this out in thor
ough manner
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Never use cruel bits. In trail IA vic
ious horse it may be Necessary &c ON
coard bride, but its use Is enl empor-
ary. While its use Is severe ana YES full
control of the animal by the forceyt eXe'ts
on the angles of the mouth, and the upper
law, and the pressure on the top OF his
head vet il Is for the ultimate good OF the
horse and will be the means OF saving him
from much vice that might otherwise harm
10th himself and his master, and will also
abolish the necessity for sucn cruel means
of permanent restraint as those merciless
bits that tear horses jaws apart and man
gle his gums and teeth.
Never bang horse over the head or on
his shins with club or loaded whip. Ii is
never necessary, and the man VINO would
do il deserves TO be treated in the same way
himself. Finely bred, Intelligent horses
are often nervous. They are quick to no
tice, quick TO take alarm, quick TO do what
seems to them, in moments OF certain ter
ror, necessary to escape from possible harm
from something they do not understand.
That Is what makes them shy, bolt, and
run away. But the moment they become
familiar with these things or any others
that frighten them, and know what they
are, they grow Indifferent TO them.
When, therefore, your horses SHE at
ANYTHING, make them acquainted with 1t.
Let TT EN- smell it, touch it with their sensi-
tive upper lip and look closely a, it. Re
member, too, that you must familiarize
both sides of him with the dreaded object
If he only examines it with the near nos
tril and eye he would be very likely to
scare at it when it appears on his off side
So, then, rattle your paper, beat your bass
drum, tlutter your umbrella, run your baby.
carriage and your bicycle, fire your pistol
and CHATTER your tinware on both sides of
your horse and all around him, until he
comes to regard the noise simply as nuts
ance and the material objects as only triil-
ing things. He may not learn this all in
one lesson. BulkinesS is the hardest OF the
of the equine vices to cure. 1t seems in
herent in some obstinate natures. The
most practical step to be taken with an old,
balky horse is TO trade him off TO somebody
else. When you cannot do that, there are
various things TO be tried.
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To Flavor Mutton,

The superior flavor Of Welsh, Highland or
Southdown mutton liz, no doubt, owing to
the aromatic plants which abound among
the pas,urags of those hills and on which the
sheep feed Many hills in Wales are thickly
covered with Wild thyme. aS many in the
Highlands are with ladys mantle and
other aromatics which are seldom, if ever,
met with in our Southdown pastures. This
Is a hint of natures own giving. which the
farmer who goes in for meat raising or
dairyiny in these times of hard competition
cannot afford to despise. The aromatics
may be less nutritious than clover or rye
grass; but they are just as needful to the
formation of perfyc5 pasturage as the
other varieties of pants To this extent,
therefore, they should be grown in all
pastures. They are easy to cultivate, and
will grow in the worst soils; but some, of
course are better adapted 20 certain soils
than others For instance. parsley, lovage,
cummin. coriander, caraway, angelica and
will fennel. etc, delight in loamy soils,
wild thyme, rock rose. hyssop. sage, savory
and hoarhound, etc. in dry, poor soils; pep
pArmint, etc. in moist soils There are
many other sorts which might be found to
answer even bet err; all OF them obtainable,
and ali of them are easily propagated by
seeds, London Live Sock Journal
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EATI>s AND SLEEpIND.-The best auth.
critics 5iirr with tue regard 10 the effect
az sleeping soon after Il full meal, and pei
hap, II may ne sound 10 refer the subject
20 habit Hygenists q a clt., 10 not ia,
or the -ttin- Of hearty meal AZ night, and
for people Of weak constitution in the MAJ
url'y ut cases the results are injurious We
believe however that il Is better A. ! rglo
for people TO defer dinner a. the principal
mea, .. the day until the hardest work nt
thu day is lone This : the best for brain
workers especially but if this hardest
work !, carried into the night a light sup
per only should De eaten, and that of uu'gi
,ious aud easily dige,ted TODD Huuss
nature seems To differ from the brute nature
in this matter OF feeding, engagement AMI
then -!eeping Immediately afterward, iol
while i seems perfectly suited % the hIgt"
ply -in.ogy, to man il is usually followed ry
unpleasant and often serious disorders
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A Walking skeleton,

Mr., f. Springer, OF Mechanicsburg, Pa,
writes; II was afflicted with lung fever, and
abscess on lungs, and reduced to a lrdlking
skeleton. Got a free trial bottle Of DR.. Kings
New Discovery for consumption, which did
me so much good tha,,I bought dollar bottle.
After using three bottles, found myself once
more n man, completely restored 70 health,
with hearty appetite, and gain in flesh of
As lbs" Call ut ID. LorriauX's drug store
and get free trial bottle of this certain cure
Cor all lung diseases. Large bottles 500
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Conservatory of Music.

The Conservatory OF Music established
in Minneapolis by Prof Chas. II. Morse,
affords an opportunity for acquiring music
al culture which has never been offered in
the Northwest. In music incompetent or
half.instructed teachers are worse than
none at all. Prof. Morse is a thoroughly
trained musician and employs only such
teachers as are masters Of their depart.
ments The Conservatory deserves the
support OF all lovers of music, and will dc
much 10 advance the standard musical in
the Northwest.
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CHANGING the Ground.

change our planting ground. Plants of
squashes in an old garden were beset by a
number of cucumber beetles as soon as their
seed.leaves appeared above ground, while on
plot few rods distant, on which no Gu
curbite had been grown for years, the
plants were scarcely molestel at all Potato
plants on soil devoted to potatoes three
years were eaten back TO the ground by the
Colorado beetle, while on ground that has
seen no potatoes recently this foliage Is
scarcely injured
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A. ". CROATEK, I34 thompson .
New York, FEBRUARY |, 1856.
Malarial Poison.

For many long months | was sufferer
from malaria, and could get no relief.
eked out an existence in utter dispair, hay
ing vertigo and numerous unpleasant symp
toms of that insidious poison, began tax
ing $. s. s., and improved at once. My
appetite returned and my strength also
The vertigo left and from 1870 pounds
went up to 100 pounds, my present weight
1t cured me perfectly, and through me
many others nave been benefited and cured
by Swift's Specific.
J. c. BINGHAM, 112 +. 9th st.
New York, January 23, 1856
Treaslse on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 3, At
lanta, Ga. 151 W. St, n. Y.
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n. +. LINCOLN,
MASTERS sAIE.-sTATE Or ILLINOIS, L,sNl

NIASTER'S SALE-SrATE OF ILLINOIS. L,SNLLF
WI CouNrI-Ss. In sale county circuit court
In the matter of Mary o'Donnel ~. George Avery
Dcnnlsun Avery, Amanda seymour, Morris rngley
Alice H. school, Bert Tlngley, Kate j. smith. Julius
z. a Tingley, Charles w lingey, james +. ringley
Gaylor,l n Tingley Rosa NJ. Tnglry, Warren NJ. Ting
hey, Margaret Avery. Monitor Avery, Clara Avery,
Belle Avery Park Avery, Dewitt Avery aud Hannah
Ri,hop.-Op BN JOi Pdrti',oH.
Public notice is hereby given, that in Pursuance Of
decratal order entered In the above entitled cause IN
said court on the 2ith day OF June ~ 1885, George
" W Blake, Master ia Chancery for sad court, nn
Tuesday, the twenty seventh day of Jhy, A. u 1856
pubic auction 10 the highest ana hest bidder for cash
NJ the south door uf the County Court House IN ora
Wa IN said county, the follow ng described real estate
situate in the county la sale ana state of Illinois, IL
Wit: Lots eighteen tlSD and nineteen t9l. IN blocA
two - in Union Addition to ottawa IN the city ui
Ottawa together with all aud singular the ttntIntnt-
and entertainments thcreuntu belonging.
GEO, ". ". BLAKE
Master in ChnnCcry.
Ottawa. June 10th. \. u, 1885,
u +. Lincoln, solicitor. lNn2t-hW
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GnOl for Cranes.

While professional grape growers are
searching for remedy for crap, rot, OF
some means Of preventing it, Matthew Craw
ford say, there is one fact that the amateur
should never lose sight Of There can be nc
rot whore the fruit is protected from dew
and rain Where vines are trained on d
building under a cornics the fruit never
rots. A wide board nailed over the trel is,
in so far as it protects the fruit from dew
and rain. prevents the rot. The liability to
rot is diminished in proportion as the vine is
trainel high. There is always less rot at the
top than at the bottom of the treliia When
vines are allowed to grow over the branches
of trees, with little or no care, there is but
little rot, and the vines are remarkably
healthy and productive
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EARM sGARD.E'Iy
Feeding Trough for Poultry.

Philip s. Wiseman says OF the chicken
feeding trough here shown:
find it much better than pything have
ever tried 1t is most onvenisnt If made
about four feet long, and eight to ten inches
wide, with ends six inches high, the boards
on each side three inches and the partition
boa d about ten inches in height This
makes doubie trough with feed space just
wide enough so that a chicken cannot stand
on either sido. the partition being only three
or four inches distant and higher; neither
can it stand on the partition and reach down
to the feed, hence there is no danger Of their
getting into the feed with their feet, or soil.
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Kerosene Failed with Him.

| have received little if any benefit from
the much lauded kerosene emulsion Used
for aphides, in varying degrees Of strength,
it creased the foliage but did not kill the
lice. Used very strong for the cabbage mag
got, it has not stopped, if it has checked, the
injury. An emulsion, containing one-fourth
in bulk pure kerosene, did not kill the mag
gots immersed in it. Used for the codling
moth, it injured the foliage. but did not de-
crease the wormy fruits. Who has a better
record for III +. s. GOFF.
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NitIatel BLOOD.

About year and half ago had blood
poison. | was treated for the first three
months by doctor in the regular profess
ion, and instead of getting we'll | gre"
worse all the time The eruption, the sore
mouth and throat, and the falling hair pro
crossed right along. A friend ADVISED me
to take S. S. s, and have blessed him
ever since. By the time | had used the
third bottle the disease began to disappear
and by the time had taken ten bottles OF
the Specific was perfectly we'll, and have
not since that time seen any sign of the di
sease.
A w. CRozIER, 134 Thompson St.
New York, FEBRUARY |, 1856.
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Bmrsg'v B1dgst, Fort Plain, y. Y. for
March, 1856, says In the multiplicity Of
medicines placed upon the market, il i,
sometimes difficult to distinguish between
the meritorious and the worthless There
are n least two excellent remedies widely
used. tie efficiency Of which are unQuesy
Toned We refer 10 - Jacob, oil aud Red
star Cough Cure
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Tr,u,p,,p,inr in Dry weather.

Tran,panting may be accomplished with
excellent success, even in very dry weather,
IL it is properly done, Make hole with the
dibber or trowei, and fill it with water. A
few minutes afterwari set the plant, plac-
ing the roots deep; pack the earth tightly
about the roots and stem, and cover the sur
face with mellow earth. Plants of cabbage
egg plant. tobacco AMI pepper set in this
way have scarcely wtherel, though no rain
has fallen since, nor for many days before
the setting.
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Grain thinning sloWly,

Wheat should be fully five weeks from the
time the ears first appear before being ready
to cut. Oats will fully ripen in four weeks
after earring, and barley in three. If these
periods are much shortened it indicates that
the grain is hurried into ripening by hot,
dry weather. and it will likely be not very
heavy. But excessive moisture at earring
time, such as is common in England, is even
more injurious than drought
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le4pl.
B. F. LINCOLN,

Attorney az Lac.
~ ASTER'S SALE.-SrAIEOF ILLINOIS lASNLIE
vi CoUNTY-ss. Ia Suite County circuit Count
In the matter OF MAMMALIAN Kncussl rs. Duruthea
BeuC kcudora.-OH BA 10 f0,triost HO,tgdgs,
Public notice is hereby given, that IN pursuance OF
lecrrtal order entered IN the above entitled cause, IN
SAID court on the 2lth day of June A. H. 1856. l.
lcorge W W Blake, Masterin Chancery for said court
ON Iae>dsy the 9th day ~ July 4. u. 1856, at
o'clock in the afternoon of said day shall sell public
auction To the highest and best bidder for cash, AZ the
south door of the COHny Court House, in Ottawa, III
said county the following dCsCrintd real estate, situate
in the county Of La sale and state Of Illinois, 10 vii
The west half (h) OF the northeast quarter O. Of see
lion thirty four $50 IN township thrtytwO tSal north
range iye 90 east, of the third principal meridian. to
gpther with all and singular Inducements and hered
tamCuts thercuutO belonging. -
GEO ". W. BLAKE
Master ~ ChaAcery.
ottawa June aSth, \. n. lSSS.
r IiNCnIN IOmplt's solicitor iun26-5w
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day, and they speedily recovered.-E, I,
MIcHENER, Propr Michner's Express, Jen.
kintown, Pa
"A valuable horse of mine was taken
with collie, used Simmons Liver Regulat.
or, giving about four ounces 1t acted
promptly, removing the colic,-W. A. Hol.
LAND, Jessupville, Ca"
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l.. w. BREWER,

attorney az lar.
NJ ASTEnS SAiR--SrATE OF ILLINOIS, IA
WI SALE Co.'s rY-SS,-LU Sale county CUCW'
court
Ia the matter Of Humphrey Anthony ~. Osman J.
Wilson, jr Adrls t.. Wilson and Mary HoCy.-Oh Ht!
10 f0sciOse N0rtg0Ge.
Public notice Is hereby given. that IN pursuance Of
deCrp,nl order entered m ~" above entitled cause, in
said court ON The 10TH day Ut June D. 1856 Geo W.
W. Blake Master In Chanceiy for said court ON Satur
day the 2tth tay uf July 4 lNSh nj o'clock in the
afternoon OF said day, shall sell NJ public auction 10
the highest and best bidder Tor cash. al the south door
Of the County Court House IN OTTAWA In said county,
the following described real estate situate in the cOun
u Of Ia Sale and state OF Illinois to wit: The south
east quarter Of the southwest quarter ~ ana the
southwest quarter 90 Of the southeast quarter ta
half 90 OF the southeast quarter eos also tract OF
land described follows, TO wit; commencing thirty
six S6 RODS north Of the southeast corner oi the south
west quarter 4 of the southwest quarter 90 OF sec
ton nine 3d. In township thrtysiS $50 north, range
three 81 east of the third t3d) principal meridian.
thence north five a. chains and ihlrtytour CD links
thence south of west % chain and nifty seven t5'
links the center Of the road thence along the center
Of said road six 90 chains and thtrtytwo tSel links
thence north Of east four a. chains ana twenty hvc tS
links to the place Of beginning, containing one hun
acres VI land all OF the above described real estate
being in section nine O. township thirty six 1867 NORTH
range three q OF the third principal meridian
and containing on" hundred and one and htiy one
hundredh, 10, 7tilDI acres more or irsH, together
with all and singular the enrmeut- aud Entertainments
theyeuntO belonging
GEO W " BLAKE.
ottawa July 81 =, -. 1856 Master In Ihancery.
!. " BRtWEg tumplrs solicitor, lulyS-4W
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barn. That at the
house should never h,
taken away under
any circumstances,
for it may save life
in case of fire, and it
makes a very ready
means of escape from
a window, Tor on to
the roof. For work in
the orchard, in stack
ing or loading hay, 1t
is also useful.
This particular lad
der is made with al
ternate steps on each
side, AMI spreading
legs toprevent it from