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Native Shoe-Peg Factories.

"Shoe-pegs are made from white and
silver birch and white maple" said q
shoe findings dealer to New York Mail
and Express reporter, "and only the best
selected bodies of trees are used" The
wood is cut and hauled as wanted, the
sapwood only being cut and utilized and
the heart or red part removed and thrown
away.
A New Hampshire shoe-peg manufac-
turing firm that produces 40, 900 bushels
annually uses second growth birch,
which is considered quick growing
timber; and it has been found that the
supply equals the demand in the partic-
ular section where the mill is located.
The wood is worked green and seasoned
in the process of manufacture, A shoe
peg goes through eighteen different
hands or processes before it reaches the
market and is placed on sale, and rs per
cent. OF cost is for labor.
There are ten shoe-peg factories in the
United States, employing about 300
hands, having a capital of $175, 600:
While in the near past large quantity of
shoe-pegs were imported from England,
we now export to that as we'll as all other
European countries in large quantities.
shoe.pegs range in price from thirty-fve
cents per bushel for those called two
eighths up to ninety-five cents for eight
efghths. The shoe-peg industry is a
growing one.
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An Extraordinary Epitaph.

Mr.. E. T. Viett has furnished the
Charleston Is. c. Ners and Courier
the following epitaph, which was copied
from q tombstone in Horsleydown
Church, Cumberland, England:
Here lie the bodies
of Thomas Bond, and Mary, his wife.
She was temperate, ,chaste and charitable;
But,
she was proud, peevi,h and passionate.
She was an atfectionate wife and tender
mother;
But,
her husband and child, whom she loved,
seldom
saw Ter countenance without
disgusting frown,
while she received visitors, whom she despised,
with an endearing smile.
Her behavior was discreet toward strangers;
But,
imprudentin her family.
She was professed enemy to fiattery, and
was seldom known to praise or commend;
But,
the talents in which she principally excelled
were difference of opinion and discover
ing flaws and imperfections
She was an admirable economist,
and. without prodigality,
dispensed plenty to every person in her family;
But,
would sacrifice their eyes to farthing candle
She sometimes made her husband happy with
her good sSE qualities;
much more frequently with
her many failings.
hsomuch, that in thirty years cohabitatiop
he often lamented
that, maugre all her virtues.
he had not, in the whole, enjoyed two
years of matrimonial comfort.
At length,
finding she had lost the affection of her
husband, as we'll as the regard ol her neigh.
borS,
family disputes having been divulged by
servants,
she died Of vexation, July 2S, 176S,
aged 4S years.
Her worn out husband survived her four
months and two days,
and departed this kfe November %, 176S,
in the 54th year Of his age.
William Bond, brother to the deceased,
erectel this stone
as a weekly monitor to the surviving
wives Of this parish,
that they may avoid the infamy
of having their memories handed down TO
posterity
with patchwork character.
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Fertilizers on Potatoes.

The third seasons trial of the Rural
Nep Yorker upon the effects of special
and complete fertilizers on potatoes,
made upon more fertile soil than hith-
erto, gives many interesting results as
reported in that paper. One plot, fer
tilized by nitrate of soda, 300 pounds
per acre, gave yield of 235 bushels of
potatoes per acre; dissolved bone black,
400 pounds per acre, gave yield of 265
bushels; nitrate of soda and dissolved
bone black combined, gave 354 bushels
per acre; ten tons of New York manure
gave a yield of 4S3 bushels per acre !;
nitrate of soda, 200 pounds, and sulphate
of potash, 800 pounds, gave yield of
s76 bushels per acre; 1000 pounds raw
bone gave 2Y0 bushels per acre; 264O
pounds OF hen manure gave 1913 bushels
per acre. Eight hundred pounds of
Mapes's potato manure showed yield Of
8S2 bushels per acre. Ten tons New
York manure spread on the top of the
covered seed pieces yielded 34S bushels.
Twelve hundred pounds of Mapes's po-
tato manure-ammouia, $50; phosphoric
acid, 500; potash, 6.00-gave the re-
markable yield of 511 bushels per acre.
Acid phosphate applied to the extent of
roo pounds showed yield of 229
bushels. South Carolina rock phos-
phate, 700 pounds, combined with
nitrate soda, 200 pounds, and muriatic
potash, 120 pounds, gave yield of 3S1
bushels. Peruvian guano, 264 bushels
The averages showed mo manure'
plots to yield 253 bushels patatoes. Sim
gle chemical constituent, 'f3 bushels;
two chemical constituents, 5l4 bushels
three chemical constituents, 1854 bushels
stable manure, 354 bushels; hen manure,
343 bushels; fish manure, 323 bushels
and Mapes's potato fertilizer, 421 bushels.
The land of these plots was very fer
tile, as is shown by the good yields with
out manure. While the results are varia-
bic under complete fertilizers, still they
give largely increased yield over special
Constituents. Among the things that
the Rural believes have been taught by
its complete experimentation, is that in
an impoverished soil it pays to use a
liberal amount of fertilizer for potatoes.
The Rural Mew Yorker continues by
stating: But we don't want "phos-
phate" or ''superphosphate" or an ''am.
moniated superphosphate" or ''Sw1ft.
sure'' or anything of the kind. We want
high grade of potato fertilizer. Buy
the raw material and mix it yourself if
you choose and can save by it, but let it
have high Per cent. of available potash,
nitrogen and phosphoric acid.-Ameri-
eun Cultirdtor.
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An Exchange Of Courtesies.

There is q rawboned porter in one the
wholesale houses on. Front street who
has, until recently, enjoyed himself at
the expense of the pedestrian public on
that thoroughfare. He had an unpleas..
ant habit Of sorely bruising the shins OF
Offering an apology for the accident"
Yesterday the fun terminated very sud-
denly and disastrously for the porter.
He banged the neither limbs OF a promi-
nent member of the Olympic Club, who
is very handy with his fists, and immedi-
ately uttered his regulation: 'Ibeg your
pardon, sir" -,
The suffering pedestrian gathered him
self together, and Strengthening his good
right arm, knocked the fellow half way
across the street, and with the remark,
az beg yOur pardon, SIR limped on. 1t
is safe to pass that store now.-San
Francisco Post.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
A Home-Made Screen.

A screen easily made at home at q
trifing cost is of jointless, soft green
mating tackled to slender pine wood
frame. The frame is then covered with
strips of Lincrusta- Walton, which ad-
heres readily to the wood, and are
stained fine cherry-wood-c color with a
mixture of yellow ochre, crimson lake,
Vandyke brown and little black. When
quite dry give a coat of beeswax and
polish. The mating is an agreeable sur
face to paint upon, and should as;n be orna, a.
mented with bold, free design OF
natural color of the mating readily
blends with any color. The fine, joint
less Japanese mating also makes charm
ing door panels. 1t may be glued or
nailed with small brass nails to the door
and afterward painted. d.-Amsrican Cul-
tip1t0r
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Save the Plums.

save the flumS
A "Yeteran Fruitgrower" says in the
New York 1ri,une: "The curculio, so
destructive of the smooth-stone fruit
land injurious to early apples and pears)
Is q small insect fourth of an inch lo1g,
resembling in size and appearance ripe
hempseed. As soon as the flowers drop
from the plum and apricot, it begins its
work, by making small crescent. shaped
puncture in the young fruit, now no
larger than pea. Into this puncture it
thrusts its egg. which soon matches, and
the young larva enters the fruit, eats and
grows, and destroys its value. The
smaller plums and those first attacked
fall to the ground. The remedy (Which
is better than all the many others ever
proposed and tested, and which is based
on fifty years of successful experience)
consists of killing the insects before they
have done much harm, by jarring down
on white sheets, and pinching them be-
tween thumb and finger. TO make the
jarriDg effectual, insert an iron plug as
long as ones finger into hole bored
laterally in the trunk at the centre of the
head, or if the tree be large, into each
main branch, and strike with heavy
hammer on the plug. The heavy jar
loosens the hold of every curculio, and it
falls on the sheet below, is easily seen on
the white surface and is quickly dis
patched. The best form of the sheet is
q piece about two yards wide and long,
stretched on light frame, to be carried
on the operators left arm with the ham
mer in his right hand. He holds the
sheet first under one side, then under
the other, with sharp blow of the ham,
mer each time, followed with the finish
ng pinch of thumb and finger.
AS soon as the blossoms drop and the
plums are as large as small peas, the
crescent marks will be seen, and the
work must be begun, going over every
tree early in the morning. without inter-
mission, for about three weeks. Some
times when the insects are most abun-
dant, ten or fifteen may be found at a
time on O single tree, but by the 'contin-
ned jarring day after day, they will
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You can do it easily, and you will not have
contrary, YOU will enjoy life more than ever.
How can ou accomplish this result? Easily;
cut down your doctors bills; When you lose
your appetite, and b. come bilious and consti-
pated. and therefore low-spirited, don't rush
Of to the family physician for a prescription,
or, on the other hand, wait until you are sick
abed before doing anything at all; but just go
to the druggists and for twenty-five cents get
a supply Of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets Take them as directed, and our word
for 1t, your unpleasant symptoms will disap-
pear as If by magic, you wi have no big doc
tors bill to pay, and everybody interested lex
A CRICKET eleven Of Par.ees are about to
leave Bombay for a tour o. England. They
will play only amateurs.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Dislocation of the Hip Joint.

In cases of dislocation of the hip joint
the first thing to be done is to restore
the limb to its proper position, which
can usually be done very quickly if sew
eral men take hold of the limb and pull
it out so that the joint can be replaced
by sudden movement and pressure on
the thigh bones. Then give the animal
rest, using a sling if necessary to relieve
the weight on the injured leg. Then
proceed to fomeut the hip with thick
rugs or any thick cloth, and after the in
f1ammation has subsidized apply a blister
or some liniment containing ammonia or
chloroform. The animal will need a
long period of rest to effect permanent
cure. The hip should be rubbed daily
even after you have ceased to apply lini-
ments, in order to prevent the wasting
away of the flesh over the injured joint.
The rubbing causes an increase in the
circulation of the blood in affected parts.
Mem YvyE .Sun
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An OId-Time Dinner.

Among the manuscripts preserved at
Alnwick, England, and printed in his,
tory of the Percy family, which has just
been compiled, is the following menu,
marked "Windsor, 9Th of February,
1767":
Pottage of rice.
Pullets roasted with Speck
Mutton collops.
Leg of Pork roasted and Potatoes.
Hare roasted.
A guinea fowl roasted.
Spinnage and sweetbreada.
A Pippin Tart
Oysters in Scallops.
Macaronia Sweet.
Beef, cold and collard.
Bears Head
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gradually diminish to one or two or none.
Orchards containing forty or fifty plum
trees, the crops of which were 80 nearly
ruined by this inset that not a peck OF
good fruit remained, have been so com
pletely protected by this process that
after the destruction of several hundred
insects, the trees were afterward seen
loaded and bending under their heavy
crops of purple and golden fruit, the cost
of defending which did not amount to
more than six cents years for each tree.
The common mistakes made in de-
stroying the curculio are: l. Striking the
limbs with a mallet which has been
padded with cotton to prevent brulslDg
the bark. The blow is thus softened,
and but few of the insects fall; on the
inserted iron plug, one sharp blow brings
down every one. 2. Spreading sheets
on the wet ground, with boys to carry
them from tree to tree. With light rods
to stretch one large sheet, and central
cross rod for the operator to carry on his
left arm, he needs no help and keeps the
sheet dry and clean. 8. Beginning the
work too late in the season, after most
of the plums have been punctured, inter-
mitting it, and stopping too soon.
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"What in the world has happened to y9u
Of another when they met on the street the
other day; ~ can't understand It. Then you
were pale, haggard and low-spirted, and re;
snSr you d ssd sst aS you nsS You
sver 1e SO much younger, and It is veri evident
have ken flight" ,"Yes, indeed" was ], the the
away5 1t was DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
tion. was martyr to functional derange::
ment until began taking the Pres crlption.'
Now am as well as I ever was in my LIE. No
woman who suffers as did, ought to let an
hour pass before procuring this wonderful
remedy"
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BiIiouSneSS

is more gener at this season than any other.
The bitter taste offensive breath, coated tongue
sick headache drowsiness, dizzn ss and loss OF ap
petite make the victim miserable and disagreeaole
10 others Hoods Sarsaparilla combines the o. b
anti nious remedies Of The vegetable Kingdom IN
such proportion as to derive their best medicinal
effects with the lca:t disturbance to the whole sys
tom. This prepa. alton is so we'll balanced in its
actions upon the allmentary canal, the liver, the
kidneys, the stomach, the bowels and the circula-
tion OF the b'ood that 1t lring' abo1t healthy
action OF the entire human organism, restores the
appetite and overcomes that tired feeling.
Hoods SarSapariIIa
Sold by all druggists 81; six for S Prepared only
by c. !. HOOD CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass
100 Doses One Dollar
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When TO Use I he Fingers.

There are number of edibles that the
most fashionable and well-bred people
now eat at the dinner table with their
fingers. They are:
Olives, to which fork should never
be applied.
Asparagus, whether hot or cold, when
served whole, as it should be.
Lettuce, which should be dipped IN
the dressing or in a little salt.
Celery, which may properly be placed
on the tablecloth beside the plate.
Strawberries, when served with the
stem on, as they usually are in the most
elegant houses. =,
Bread, toast and all tarts and small
cakes.
Fruit of all kinds, except melons and
preserves, which are eaten with spoon.
Cheese, which Is almost invariably
eaten with the fingers by the most partic-
ular people.
Even the leg or other small piece of a
bird is taken in the fingers at fashionable
dinners, and at most of the luncheons
ladies pick small pieces of chicken with
out using q fork. Chicago HsraM.
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Recipes.

Recipes.
PoTATo CRooUErTEs. Take six boiled
potatoes, pass them through a sieve, add
four tablespoonfus of minced corned
beef, little grated nutmeg salt and
pepper 10 taste; add two tablespoonfuls
of melted butter and the yolks of three
or four eggs; form them into balls, roll
them in cracker crumbs and fry III hot
lard.
EGG CHowDER.- six potatoes OF
medium size, three eggs, four crackers,
one quart of milk, a slice of salt pork
and one onion; prepare pork the
same as for fish chowder, add potatoes
sliced, milk and onion, and salt and pep
per to taste; when the potatoes are
nearly cooked, add the eggs we'll beaten
and the crackers.
ONION FRIcAssEE.- two dozen
small white onions and sprinkle with
salt, let them stand half an hour, then
roll upon cloth to dry: dredge lightly
with -four; put in stew pan in which
has been melted two ounces of butter,
and place over the fire for five minutes;
drain the fat from them, add pinch of
rich milk, little pepper, salt and
dessert spoonful of butter; simmer
fifteen minutes and serve in the sauce.
APPLES, WITH RtcE.-Wash pint of
rice thoroughly; scald it with hot water,
drain and cool; add to the rice quart
of rich milk, quarter of a pound of
sugar, and saltspoonful of salt; sim
mer gently one hour. When done beat
it with wooden spoon. Wet an oval
mold with water, press the rice in it,
and keep on ice until wanted: Peel,
quarter and core five fine apples; put
them in stew pan with three half pints
of water, three cloves, two slices of
lemon and half q pound of sugar dis
solve the sugar in the water); simmer
until the apples are tender, but will not
break when removed from the pan.
When done strain carefully and boil
down the syrup until quite thick: Now
turn out the rice on a glass dish, add
the apples as o border, and pour the
syrup over al.
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| 4 Powerful
| TORIG.

~ worn out." "run down." deblntateu
teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seam
stresses, shop-girls housekeepers, n1rs- t
Ing mothers, and feeble women generally, ny.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the
greatest earthly boon, being unequaied as
az appetizns cordial ana Mn5 assimation Of
food. cures nausea, weakness Of stomach,
Indigestion, bloating and eructations OF gas.
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WELLS
INVISIBLE
Y eIvet
Cream.

AMagic Com
plex1on Beauh
Her for Face,
Neck and Ards
Elegant for
dressing and
whitening the
skin. UnHvaled
for Theatre,Re
ceptions. Balls.
Parties, &c. Un-
equalled for
delicate trans
parent white
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A Prize Of 100000

Is a good thing to get, and the MAI who wi 's
it by superior SKILL or BY an unexpected turn
Of Fortunes VIII: Ell, is to be congratulated. But
he who escapes from the. clutches of that
dreaded monster, Consumption, and wins back @
health an happiness, Is far more fortunate. The
chances Of Winning S1OO OO0 are small, but
every consumptive may be absolutely sure OF
recovery. if h. takes DR.. Pierce Golden Medi-
cal Discovery in time. For all scrofulous dis
eases consumption is one Of them), it is an un-
failing remedy. All druggists.
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How 70 Reduce Your Expenses.

HoRT1CULTuRAI novelty is peony which
has caught the hue, shape, and perfume from
q rose which overshadows 1t.
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II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle.
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4 NViie's Opportunity,

4 Wife's Opportunity.
Write your name and address plainly on
postal card mentioning this paper, sending
same to J. D. Larkin & Co., Buffalo, NY, ana
they will send YOU on 80 days trial, one Of their
GREAT BOXES advertised in recent issue OF
this paper), of "Sweet Home" Soap and pres
ents Better accept the offer at once, as you
run no risk.
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ness, soft youthful effect and fine finish. Hax1a-;
less, doesnot roughen. draw, wither, norm 10
Superior to any Powder, Paste or Liquid fE
toning down red or flushed face. Efaces In.
sunbIrn, Freches, Pimples, Coarseness, 6et'
low Skin, all blemishes and imperfections: xi-
bottles at Druggists and Fancy Goods Deslen.
or by Express, prepaid, on receipt OF pr1ce.
e. 8. WELLS, Chemist, Jersey City, M, ,U.S-A-;
TROUGH ON NEURALGIA" $1.0o. Drug
"ROUGH ON RHEUMATISM S1bo. DruG
TROUGH ON ASTHMA" $r5o. DruggiaA
"ROUGH ON MALARIA" S1.50. Drug2stA
or prepaid by Ex. E. s: Wells. Jersey CT;
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ONE pound Of banana contains more nutri
ment than three pour Is Of meal.
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r7EAr1NG TIE WRONG D1SEASE-

2, as they imagine, one fro
tion, or prostration, anotht
or over-busy doctor
Ihen, in reality, they are a
ncourages bis practice, un
Ielay, wrong treatment an
o the cause, would have e.
stead Of prolonged misery
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,+iE;ksk,+,f,F%;F.'Ftz..fssEsE
We offer the man who wants ser7ics
(not style) q garment that VIII keep
him dry In the hardest storm. II b
called TOWEk'S FISH BRAND
"SLICKER," o name familiar to every
Cowboy all over the Land. With them
the only perfect Wind and Waterproof
Coat Is .fower's Fish Brand Slicker.
and take no other. Myeur storekeeper
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Cage Birds.

Gage UlTuS arc lOuuo LII oluloSo O'Siy
home. They arc more associated with
the pleasant labors of women outside OF
their regular routine duties than even the
keeping of poultry. The breeding OF
canarles is not 80 often indulged in as it
should be. Ninton's Gazette offered pre-
miums for the best essays on the subject,
and from one of them we extract the fol-
lowing, which will be interesting in re.
lation to the feeding:
The staple food of canaries should be
plain white canary seed, with which the
drawer should be filled, and not with
mixed seed, for in order to obtain the
sort they like the best the birds will very
soon scatter the contents of the seed YES
sci, and in five minutes waste as much
food as ought to serve them aday. Where
a number of birds are concerned the food
question is matter of serious considera'
ton. A very good mixture of seeds is
made as follows: Lettuce, oat grits and
small linseed each one part, small hemp
seed half part; mix, and keep in tin fol-
use. A tablespoonful of this mixture
may be given to every three or four birds
twice or thrice week-during the breed.
ing season it may be given every day;
put into separate vessel, or throw it on
the bottom of the cage.
Egg food is prepared as follows: Boil
fresh egg ten minutes; when cold re-
move the shell, and either chop up the
egg (yolk and white) or press it through
a colander, or similar article; mix with
three tablespoonfuls of powdered biscuit
or stale bread crumbs. This food should
be made fresh at least once day. Dur
ing the hottest weather it is better to
make it twice day, for nothing tends
more to disarrange birds than sour food.
Green food may consist of any of the
following: Groundsel, chickweed, dan
delion leaves, lettuce, inner cabbage
leaves. Whatever the sort of green meat
selected it must always be fresh, young,
and free from frost. During the early
breeding season it is necessary to be
very careful in this matter, and a good
plan to follow is to always soak your
green stuff in warm water for FIVE or ten
minutes, and allow it to stand until
quite dry before giving it to your stock.
As the season advances this precaution
will not be necessary. Moulting food
for color is simply egg food mixed with
certain coloring matter, such as cayenne,
common pepper, tumeric. The proper
ton is usually one part of coloring to
two parts of egg food.-Farm, Field
and Stockman.