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Persian Poor Mans Paradise.

When we enter Persia we are in the
poor mans paradise - country where
existence is possible upon four pence per
day, where meat costs one pence apound
and bread quarter as much in ordinary
times; where a fowl may be purchased
for twelve cents, partridge or wild
duck for four cents: where a serviceable
pony may be had for $50 note, and a
valuable thoroughbred for 500; where
servant caa be hired for - month
and his rations, and you can feed horse
upon six cents IL day. In most of the
cities u large house can be rented for
from $50 to %Iu0 year, and all the
necessaries of life are to be had at the
very cheapest rate. The very mules
upon which we are to march to the capi-
tai, each of which will carry load of
20 pounds, are hired at the rate of
eighteen cents per day, and yet from this
small sum the muieteer, ii he lie for
tunate, will obtain a good profit.
The beats are fat, there is plentiful
herbage for the frst five stages, and a
handful of barley and eight pounds of
cut straw is all that the mules will get
during the other six days journey, and
each day the mule will march their
twenty to twenty five miles and go
merriy along under their three hundred
pound load, for the pack saddle cannot
weigh less than twenty to thirty pounds,
while the load itself is seldom less than
$50, and they will steadily maintain
the ir pace at an average of four miles an
hour, saye in the Case of mountainous
passes, storms, swamps and the numer-
ous contretemps incidental to Eastern
travel.-Meeo York. Graphic.
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Different Types Of Wool.

The Statistician of the Department Of
Agriculture divides the wool grown in
the United States into three classes. The
first of the three classes is clothing wool.
| This is the fleece of full blood and grade
Merino, of fire, short fibre, remarkable
for it's felting quail ties. The highest type
of this race, the registered thoroughbred,
! is found in Vermont, where breeding
focks are more numerous than elsewhere,
and in considerable numbers ia Western
New York, Ohio and Michigan, and
scattered through the Western States.
The merino type of wool prevails al
most exclusively in the three States
named, in Texas and throughout the
Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast areas.
Few sheep of other blood are found west
of the Missouri River. Western Penn
/ sylvania and West Virginia furnish wool
! Of the merino type mainly. The seaboard
States of New England also furnish some
grade wool of this type.
The second class, the combing wool OF
the tariff classification. includes the me-
dum and long wool OF the English
breeds, the Cotswold, Leicester, Lin.
coin, several families of Downs, and
other breeds of long and coarse wool,
popularly known rs the mutton breeds.
These are few in number compared with
the merino type. Nearly all of the sheep
of the South, exclusive Of Texas, are OF
Z this class, mostly descendants of the less
improved English sheep of hundred
years ago, with occasional infuslons OF
| better blood from England, Canada, or
the Northern States. In kentucky prob
ably 80 per cent are of the comblng
wool class. A considerable portion, too,
are highly improved, giving 10 this State
the reputation of having larger pro-
. portion of high quality mutton than any
other State.
| In the vicinity of the Atlantic cities,
from Maine to Virginia, sheep husbandry
is principally lamb production, the ma es
being Downs or other English breeds,
and the ewes grades of both the merino
aud the English types. This combina.
ton produces q mixed wool Of useful
character. Then there are considerable
numbers of the English breeds, though
fewer than merino, scattered through h
the Western States, from Ohio to Kan
sas, and few on the Pacific Coast and
in the Territories.
As to the third class. the carpet wool,
it is represented in the United States
only by the Mexican sheep, which are
the foundation Of large proportion OF
the ranch flo ks, but so improved by
repeated crosses as to furnish wool of the
merino type, much of it of high grade.
Man York World.
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WASHING Fcather-Beds.

Take advantage of sunny days to wash
feather beds. My way is to- shake all
the feathers into one end of the tick,
then sew it across to keep them there.
Set a tub of water on the floor and wash
the empty end, in warm soap-suds; rinse
thoroughly in two waters, and starch !;
then put in some convenient place to
dry. When not quite dry iron we'll, 80
as to cook the starch into the cloth.
Then l shake the feathers INTO the other
end and proceed as before.
If a bed is not too much soiled, 1t may
be cleaned by spreading it on the root
of low building in a good shower. 1t
should be turned and shaken while dry
ing. When too much soiled to be cleaned
in this way, the bed may be put in a
large basket and set in tub or kettle OF
clean, warm suds out-of-doors. Let 1t
soak till the suds are nearly cold, then
stir we'll with stick or paddle and lift
out in the basket to drain. Wash through
two good suds, and rinse well Dry on
the floor of an unoccupied room, where
it can be well aired.-Prairis Farmer.
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from dust and grit, with',few, if any,
foreign seeds when examined under the
microscope, and not damp, except with
oil.
The curl in the leaf of the first growth
of peach trees is due to disease caused
by check to the growth by unusual
cold or wet in the Spring. 1t has been
unusually noticeable the past spring, in
conse ,uence of the late frosts and cold,
dry weather in May, and in some locali-
ties, on the reverse, by reason of the
cold wet weather. The succeeding
growth will probably be all right. A
microscopical examination gives no evil
dence of in ury By insects.
The calf that is raised TO. dairy COW
should be abundantly-not lavishly-
fed on good grass, clover, hay, oats,
bran and other protein foods. Corn meal
should be discarded. Milk giving is .
function separate and apart from beef
making, and to first introduce the beef
habit by feeding fat formers, like corn
meal, is to train the heifer in that way
and at last, when cow, and you wish
to 'fced her up" the extra food will go
to four cent beef instead of thirty cent
butter, anu big loss is met with; for
the food that is turned into butter is sold
every day aud there is only one sale of
beef.
A California poultry raiser says: The
bottoms of old wash boilers, which are
often thrown away or sold for few
cents, make good feed pans, and if taken
care of will last for years. l prefer
those to wooden feed troughs: because
YOU can scour and clean them thoroughly
in few minutes, which you Can not do
with wooden troughs, as they get sour
in short time and are more liable to
spread disease. For drinking vessels l
would take the bottom of an old teakettle.
I cover this up after the water is put in,
only leaving few small spaces for the
chicks to put their heads through: !:
thereby the water will keep clean and
cool. have managed in this way for
years with many chicks and have not
lost one by disease.
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The Oldest Voter.

In the town of Mapleton, Ind, lives
the oldest voter in the United Sta tes,
who still gets around on his trusty, old
fashioned crook handled cane, and prides
himself upon having cast his ballot for
every Presidential election but the first
thlce He IS Il sturdy old veteran OF
more wars ti,an he has fingers and toes,
hccause ne las always had his gun handy
10 take part in every local Indian up
rising that from time to time threatened
his frontier clearing. George Hubbartt
is his name, and the records at Washing.
ton show that ne was regularly enlisted
in the Indian war of 1910, when his age
was twenty-three. At that time Nj.
liubbartt was thrifty farmer living IN
n log cabin, but now, at the mature age
Of lU4 years, he finds, as he puts 1T, that
he ''ain't much account around farm. '
The whole family of Hubbartts are
blessed with unusual longevity, and the
old gentleman's baby boy, George, is a
vigorous stripping of e;ghty.-st.' Lout'
G.0ie- Democrat.
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Undressing the Goose.

The goose is not injured by scalding
(as the common fowl, or the turkey, but
is improved both for the market and the
table. Moreover, so far as my observa-
ton extends the senseless habit of dry
picking and the prejndice in favor OF
1liye feathers" have died out together.
We formerly kept considerable focks OF
geese, and every fall bought, to fatten
aud slaughter, all that were raised for
miles around US, and we always held the
scalded feathers for higher price than
those picked from the live geese during
the growing season, aud got it, too, be-
cause there was among them larger pro-
portion OF down. We dipped the dead
goose into scalding water, moved 1t
back and forth till the water had pene-
trated to the skin, and then wrapped it
up in a thick cloth till the scalding was
completed so that the feathers could be
easiy removed, the time varying from
five minutes for gosling to ten for a
tough old goose.
It is good plan, though net always
practiced, to plunge the picked carcass
into cold water TIL the heat OF the sur
face of the body is removed. A more
common method is to proceed at once to
complete the dressing, and cool the car
cass in the air. The goose is a profitable
fowl; indeed, think, the most profitable
under favoring circumstances. But the
drawback on goose raising in our ex-
perience, whi;h extends over many
wears, is that it roots out and kills many
of the best grasses in our permanent pas
lures and encourages the growth OF rank
weeds, such IS the goldenrod and daisy.
have known geese to totally cxtermln-
ate the grass in rich, good plots. Up
land geese, that have sufficient drinking
water. are generally preferable for mar
ket to those which have unlimited IN
diligence in the use of water. -NeD
YorG Tribune.
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Household Hints.

Inveterate tea-drinkers invite early
wrinkles.
Boiled or roasted onions are specific
for colds on the chest.
Keep a separate saucepan for boiling
potatoes in if possible.
In pressing flat embroidery, lay the
article wrong side up on damp cloth.
Cloves are said to be better preven-
tive of moths than tobacco or camphor
or cedar.
Apple sauce is much improved by the
addition of a tablespoonful of butter, and
re 1uires less sugar.
New irons should be gradually heated
at first. After it has become used to the
heat it is not likely to crack.
BY adding spoonful of sugar and a
little vinegar to the stove backing
high polish is easily produced.
If your sewing machine runs hard aud
your oiler is empty, try as substitute
equal parts of clean lard and kerosene
oil.
To clean straw mating, wash with
cloth dipped in clean salt and water;
then wipe dry at once. This prevents it
from turning yellow.
Clean knives with soft flannel and
Bath brick. If rusty, use wood ashes,
rubbed on with a newly.cut bit of Irish
potato. This will remove spots when
nothing else will.
A good ds:nfe2tant is made by dis
eolyinr half q dram of nitrate of lead in
a pint OF boiling water: then dissolve
two drains OF common salt in eight or
ten quarts of water.
If before grinding the mornings coffee
the berries are heated for four or five
minutes, or until they take on darker
shade of brown, the tavor,of the coffee
will be much improved.
A room with q low ceiling will seem
higher if the window curtains hang to
the Eoor. Lambrequins may be used to
extend the curtains to the ceiling and
thus carry out the effect.
Some iars in which lard has been kept
and greasy pie plates may be cleansed by
putting them in kettle with ashes or
sal soda, covering them with cold water,
and allowing them to boil slowly Tor
two hours. Let them cool in the water.
A sponge is excellent for washing
windows. and newspapers will polish
them without leaving dust and streaks.
/ Sc soft pine stick to cleanse the ac-
cummulations of d. 81 from the corners
of The sash. Ammonia will give the
glass clearer look than soap.
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Charity Condoned HIS Cffence.

The Waterbury (Conn. American tells
this story of young white man who,
while attending service in Waterbury
colored church, was gu,lty Of the impro,
priety of expectorating on the floor. His
offence was soon noticed by a deacon,
who approached, and said in his most
solemn tones: "Young man, you must
not spit tobacco juice in The house OF
Cod" A few minutes after, the contri-
button box was passed by that 0 fcial,
and the tobacco. .chewer paralyzed it by
dropping in quarter. The deacon
looked at the contributor moment.
Then putting his hand to his mouth, he
whispered to the contributor, in a stage
aside: "Spit in the corner"
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An Opium Den.

Iwent one evening to see the opium
places in Shanghai, Cnina. The entrance
to the largest one is through conrt in
which innulnerable little tables arc
placed, with all sorts of wares for sale,
as pipes. opium jars, tops, handles, etc.
The building is of large extent, the top
side" is the more expensive, and the
small apartments heIc are luxurious
separated by carved screens. IN which
plates of cut glass are inserted; the small
rooms are furnished with ebony and mar
BILE, embroidered cushions and everything
one could desire.
Between the two large chairs, with
stools for the feet, table is placed on
which to place the pipe and smoking
articles. These rooms are all built about
open wells and look down to the floor
below. Over $500 worth of opium is
smoked here in night, so the size of the
place may be imagined. was surprised
to find it Lighted by electricity, but the
smoke was SO dense as to make the in
candescent lamps look pale.-Boston
Transcript.
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Farm and Garden Notes,

Cook small, old, inferior potatoes and
feed to swine.
Hemp or sunhower seed will give gloss
to the plumage of fowls.
American trees are the best for Amer
lea, say prominent nurserymen.
Mr.. A. w. Cheever notes the superior
ity of fine sandy loan for potatoes over
richer .-looking dark soil.
A dairymaa urges the Importance of
s'airinc' milk soon after milking as a
preventive of bad favors in the butter.
One pound of Paris green to each
hundred pounds of land plaster did per
feet work in killing the potato teetle at
the Vermont station.
Keep the young cattle growing stead
ily. Best authorities agree that feed
goes further with the young animal than
with the old.
Many o.cha~dists prefer to ''heel in"
trees for spring planting in the fall
rather than lake them directly from the
nursery when wanted.
| Professor Henry states as the result OF
experiment that long enslage Will go
nearly twice as far in feeding cows as
long fodder when large varieties OF corn
are used.
MANY recommend sheep for feedingin
orchards rather than swine. They leave
no safe cover for insects to breed, and
will keep the orchard healthy and the
trees manured.
The average life of the city horse is
said to be six years. In view of the
enormous amount of horses used IN
cities, it is no wonder the demand for
good ones is so large and steady.
The horse which can command fair
share Of patronage in the near future
must not only be by fashionably bred
and successful trotting sire, but must
also possess individual merit and must
be as we'll bred on his dams side as that
of his sire.
Every forehanded and prosperous
farmer who has children Of proper age
and fairly good soil should have an
acre near the house in fruit and vege-
tables in long, clean rows, under horse
cultivation, says Mr. w. /. Chamberlain,
in the Cuunry Genttman.
The net weight of beeves is the dressed
weight. THIS differs with the kind Of
animal. a full. grown fat one making
net weight OF - to GO pounds or over
on thr live weight. Young and poor or
"ras. fed cattle are estimated to give a
net weight OF 30 pounds on the lOU
pounds live weight.
Experiments with thick and thin seed
inr at the Indiana station are reported
as showing that at least six pecks OF
wheat to the acre should be sown on
land of medium fertility. Thin seed
ing almost invariably suffers most from
seyere winters. With early sowing on
rich land four or five pecks of wheat
might answer.
Professor James, Of the Ontario Agri-
cultural College. tells how to judge of
good linseed cake. 1t should be, among
other points, reddish in color, not to2
dark, OF granular structure on the 81
face, decidedly oily to the taste
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Lnte at NiRlrt.

(From Daily Rcp,tblicdr-Binghdmto N. ~
AS one Of our City reporters was coming
down ChcnaI.go ST., at an unusually late hour
last evening, his attention was attracted tothc
hustle and busy appearance in the large estab-
ishment of DR.. Kilmer & Co., and being some
what of an inquisitive turn Of mind he mus
tered courage and raped at the door couple
Of times and succeeded in gaining admittance.
Through the courtesy of one of the employees
be was shown through the establishment and
learned that, although they were workina
nj hit and day force the firm was unable, at
present. to supply the druggists orders for
DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Kidney, Liver and
Bladder Cure" 1t j. srrprisin: to know tn t
but few years have now elapsed since the in
PRODUCTION Of this wonderful remed", from
which tim" its growth and sale have become
marvclously large, not only in this country but
also in many foreign lands.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Avoid Fancy Cooking.

There is altogether too much fancy
cooking nowadays. "Croquettes" and
'purees" take the place of the good old,
fashioned Goldfish balls and hash, and
the stomach of the average American
citizen is being gradually ruined by too
many kinds of food, and not enough
good cooking. Some of the instruction
in the cooking-schoo!s is valuable, and
if put into practice would DO world OF
good. But such conceptions as enter
the fearful and wonderful mind OF the
sscaterer" at some of the fashionable
restaurants were better never thought
of.-Spriagfeid Union.
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"Say, Perkins, old boy. why don't we see you
at the club any moreI Has your mother:in.
law shut down on your" mo, Brown; the fact
there is no induccment for me to olcave it. You
look incrcdulous. but it's a positive fact. You
see, my wife used to suffer so much from func-
tional arrangements common to her sex, tila L
her spirits ard her temper were greatly af-
fectet!. 1t was not her fault, OF course. but 1t
made home unpleasant all the same. But now,
since she has begun 10 take DR.. Pierces fa-
vorite Prescription, she has been SO well ana 50
happy that we are having our honeymoon a.!
over again."
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OF good health is found in the regular move
ment of the bowels and perfect action Of the
Liver. These organs were intended BY. nature
Won are constipated, YOU offer a standing in
vitation" to a whole family OF diseases and ir;
regularties which will surely be accepted"
and you will have guests unwelcome ana de.
termined. All these unhappy conditions may
be averted by the timely use of DR.. Pierces
Pleasant Purgativc Pellets. Powerful for the
effectual regu alton of the bowels and Liver,
establishing a healthy acton of the entire
wonderful organism with which we are Gre
ated.
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OF TIE YorTIi $ COMPANloS,o of Boston. Mass,
which we published last week, should be no
ticed by our readers, n the opp rtnEity comes
but once year. Any new subscriber to THE
lave the paper free 10 January |, 1889 md for
full v. ar from Il at date. This ctfcr includes
-four holiday mum er', for. Thanks ivin
CEi istmiS. New Irar ard Easter, a!l the IL
;,i.t!a,e, Weekly : iilcmrr:s. and lie An
Eual lrrIrirm List. wilt, 40 Illustrations.
Really Il S2 ~ p per 10 o:!.y Sl.1i year.
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Stranger Gn drug sto!e)-" You seem
to carry an extensive line of goods. "
Proprietor fafrably): eyes, sir" 'T've
been told that you are reliable man to
deal with" "You will find everything
Just as represented, sir. What can I have
the pleasure of doing for you2" 81 guess
I'll take look at the directory. ~ Texas
Sjffjnny
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Have you father? Have you mother?
Have you son or daughter, sister or brother
who has not yet taken Kemp's Balsam for the
Throat and Lungs, the guaranteed remedy for
the cure of.Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Group and
all Throat and Lung troubles? II so, why:
when a sample bottle is gladly given to you
free by any druggist and the large size costs
only SOC and 81
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uriant, but decreased the quantity of
fruit. Potash had an appreciable effect
on the color or growth of the plants.
Barnyard manure, as is usual in such ex-
per.ments, gave the best results of all.
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Cnturrh Cured.

A clergyman, after years of suffering from
that loathsone disease, Catarrh, and vainly
prescription which completely cured and saved
him from death. Any sufferer from this dread
full disease sending a sclf-nddrcsscd stamped
envelope to Prof. j. A. Lawrence, IS War en-
ST n V will receive the reriDp FREQ of charuc
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To the EditOf-PleaSe Inform Your readers
named disease which warrant to cure tho
worst cases. SO strong is my faith in its vir
tues that ! will send +: ec u sample bottle ana
valuable treatise to any sufferer who will s;i"e
me his Z o aid Express address. RCspy.
H.G. ROOT. NJ. c. 1s3 Pearl st.. New York.
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EAar Books Learned in One Readil&

A Year'a Work Done IN Ten UayF'
From the Chaplain Of Exeter College, ana
Houghton Syriac Prizeman, Oxford;
Coll. Exon. Oxon., Sept 1854
Dear sir:-In April, 1886, while thinking q
notice that ordination eSsmnatlo11 at, 1 WsG gssa
recommend Sna gears pr paration in the case q
anyone SO ut erly unprepa:ed as was; but
your System hnd 30, strengthened my ngtsT0
the gist cf any Lock after reading it 9noe.
therefore read Lightfoot, Proctor, Harold
Browne, Mosheim, &c, &c, once anh,was Te.
ccsSf'd in ereIV one e the nine pa! ers. ~. ano
Faithfully yGurs, IRev.l JAMES MIDpLKron
Fifth Ave, n. Y. Perfectly taught by corre-
sp rdence. Send for r. spectus.