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WHY rnrArors DEGENERATE.

The wcl-known fact is thoroughly es-
tablished that new varieties of potatoes
dctcriorate rapidly in yield, or, as farm
ers say, ';run OUT" TO an extent not
known forty or fifty years ago. 1t may
be that there was some of this deteriora.
ton even then, but it was not critically
noticed. as it has been of late years. Pc"
tato growing on - large scale is com.
parativcly modern industry. Not only
the increasing proportion Of population
in cities, but the increasing use of pota-
toes BY MI classes, has contributed to this
result. When almost every household
grew for itself the few potatoes it re-
1uired, Il lcsseuing of the yield was less
likely to be noted than when grown for
market.
There are, however, especial reasons
why the potato should deteriorate more
rapidly than il once did. 1t is within
the last forty-fvc years that rot attacked
The tuber. md less than fifteen years
since the potato beetle began its work,
destroying the leaves on which the quality
OF the tu6cr must depend. AS the potato
is usually reproduced from cuttings, and
not from seed, whatever weakness or i'm.
perfection is developed is carried along
into tho new growth, which is onlya fur
ther reproduction OF The original plant.
The rot, weakening the vitality OF the
potato, becomes cumulative. 1t is fact,
we believe. that the potato rot was first
successfully fought by developing new
varieties from seed which does notrepro-
duce the weakened vitality Of the old.
But probably some Of the characteristics
of the original stock were reproduced in
the seed, and some even of the new
varieties became liable to decay. There
is also weakened vitality, due to the
destruction of the potato leaves by the
Colorado beetle and its larva.
It is not sufficient argument against
this theory that trees and plants of other
kinds usually propagated by cuttings do
not show The same tendency to dcgener-
ate as does the potato. So far as known.
this tendency in the potato has only been
developed within the past fifty years,
and is amply explained by diseases and
injuries to which the potato has within
that time been subjected. So long as !.
plant IS entirely rigorous and HEALTHY, l
cnlting from it rcproduces the same char
actcristics. But let its vigor bc impaired
soas first not to be seriously noticed, and
it becomes greatly increased in the cut,
tings made into new plants from it. This
is only another illustration of the fact
that evil influences are cumulative, and
il unchecked will work destruction. But
with potatoes, this evil need not 60 far,
as frequent return to new varieties
grown from seed balls set the plant with
renewed vigor, until increasing attacks
of IFS enemies disable it. Most practical
potato growers have learned that it is
good policy to experiment with new va
rieties, as they are usually much more
productive the first few years after their
Introduction The reason above given
is undoubtedly the explanation of the
admitted fact.--4merican Calticat0r.
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velopment in their hearts OF all that was good
and holy and energetic and tremendous. and
thew have become the front men In ChrisGs
GREAT army. as we'll as lighthouses in the
great world of traffic. But business has been
perpetual depletion to many man. IL iirS5
pulled out of him all benevolence, next all
amiebilty. next all religious aspiration, next
all conscience, and though he entered his vo
cation with large heart and noble character
he goes out OF it skeleton, enough to scare
ghost.
Men appreciate the Importance of having
a good business stand, store on tho right
side of tho street or the right block. Now,
every place of business is q good stand Tor
spiritual culture Gods angels hover over
the world Of traffic to sustain and build up
those who are trying to do their duty. 10
morrow, if in your place OF worldly enGag'
ment you will listen for it, you may hear
sound louder than the rattle OF drays and the
shuttle of feet and tho clink OF dollars steal
ing into your soul, saying, Seek yefirst tho
kingdom of God and His Righteousness, and
all Other things shall be added unto you"
Yet some Of those sharpest at the bargain
are cheated out of their immortal hlessednesS
nv stratagems more palpable than any drop
game of the street. They make invest
ments in things everlostnsly below par.
They put their valuables in safe not hrc
prOOI. 1ucy BlNo luh VI eNiO y" '"H'~iAS~'
that will not be able to pay ono cent on n
dollar. They plunge into Il abyrinSa from
which no bankrupt law or 'stwo-thirds enact
mentr will ever extricats them. They tax.
into their partnership the world, tho flesh and
the devil, and tho enemy of all Righteousness
will boast through eternal ages that the man
who in all his business life could not bo out
witted or overreachei a last tumb.od into
spiritual defalcation aud was swlndlei ont o.
heaven.
Perhaps some of you saw the fire in New
York in 1895. Aged men tell us that it beg
CARED all description. Some stood on the
Lousetops OF Brooklyn, and looSe1 at the rel
ruin that swep5 down the streets and threat
ened to obiterate the metropolis. But the
commercial world will yet be startled by
greater conHagrauion, even the last. Bills OF
exchange, policies of insurance, mortgages
of bonds and government securities will be
consumed in one lick of this fame. The
Bourse and the United States mint will turn
to ashes. Gold will run molten into the dust
of the street. Exchanges and granite blocks
of merchandise will fall with crash that
will make the earth tremble.
The flashing up of the great light will show
the righteous the way to their thrones.
Their best treasures i'll heaven, they will so
I'D and take possession of thoni. The tolls of
business life, which racket their brain and
raspad their nerves for so many years will
have forever ceased. There the wicked
cease from troubling, and the weary are ut
rSSt
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SLEEPS HEAD SOUP.

Wash Sleeps head thoroughly in
cold water, then rinse we'll in lukewarm
water and salt, then put it with the
tongue to boil, with water enough to
cover it, let it boil up once or twice and
skim it thoroughly; add half table
spoonful of salt, two small or one large
onion, one carrot and one turnip cut IN
pieces; cook slowly for about two hours,
then remove the meat, strain the soup and
rub the vegetables through colander
add them to the liquor with pepper, q
little sage and a hefping tablespoonful
of corn starch dissolved in little milk )
let it boil up once after the thickening
is added, stirring to prevent scorchlng,
and it is ready to serve. Soup balls are
quite an addition to this soup, but they
should be very small.-B0ston Herald.
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CHICKEN SALAD.

Take one plump chicken; when done
stand it away until perfectly cold; then
remove all the skin and fat. remove the
meat from the bones in lsrSe pieces, cut
it into good-sized square pieces; add to
this the same quantity CT celery cut IN
pieces; remove the yoll;s from three hard
boiled eggs and add to them the yolks OF
two raw eggs and half u cupful OF cream
rub all to a paste; then add three table
spoonfuls of olive oil, one tcaspoonful of
melted butter, saltspoonfnl OF salt, one
and half tablcspoonfuls of vinegar and
a very little cayenne; mix little salt
with the chicken and celery. pour over
the dressing, garnish with thin slices OF
beet and it is ready TO serve.
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e BRAZILIAN FRUIT.
Apt to Kill if Eaten and to Burn if
Handled, Yet Very Refreshing.

A Sun reporter found himself in n
crowd that stood staring into fruit store
window the other day. In the window,
hanging by string, was something that
looked like big Bartlett pear, except
that its color was deep red. On the
big end of the fruit was pulpy-Iooking
protubcrance. Pushing his way into the
store and pointing to the strange fruit in
the window, the reporter asked the
dealer =
"What kind of a pear is that2"
It's no kind of a pear" replied the
fruit man. SITS Brazilian caju"
".Oh, indeed (" said the reporter.
eyes, f" replied the dealer, that's
caju, and it's the only one in the city, I
guess. It's a curious kind of fruit, too,
Tor while it is one Of the most delight
fully cool and refreshing of dclicacies it
will make you deathly sick, and maybe
kill you, if You cat it. The Brazilian
caju wasn't made to be eaten. You have
to drink it to properly enjoy it."
All!n said the reporter. What are
the habits of this peculiar fruit?n
".that one in the window is what they
call garden caju because it is cutiva-
ted one, but it grows wild, very wild. They
make clarct wine out OF the wild caiu
down in Brazil that the natives dotc
on. 1t will stand you on your head in
less than tea minutes. The cultivated
fruit sometimes turns out red, like that
one, but it is also apt to be yellow, and
perhaps pink. The ways of the caju are
in no way influenced by its color, though.
A red one can't discount pink one, and
yellow one is as much Of a thorough
bred rs either of the Others. The pulp
of the most luscious orange isn't half as
tempting as the inside of the caju, but
the caiu pulp is poison. Juice is what
the caju is for. llbct that red one yon-
der has more than a pint of juice in it,
and if you ever tasted it you'd never let
60 until you cngulfed the whole Of it.
There's nothing finer. The swell Bra
lillian sucks the juice out of n caju every
| morning before breakfast"
What does the cain wear that roscttc
for on its big end?" asked the reporter.
"Wcl, that isn't exactly roscttc, re-
piled the fruit dealer, but it looks like
one, doesn't it? That is the seeds of the
fruit. They arc put on the outside to
make room for more juice inside, sup
pose, and for another very important rca
son. If they grew on the inside the
sucking OF Il caju would be followed by
the instant humiliation of tho suckers
stomach. You can't see the seeds, be-
cause they arc covered mp by pulp. That
pulp las y juice Of its own, and wherever
it happens to touch your flesh big Bills
ter will rise up and burrow itself into the
flesh like the burning head Of a parlor
match. They don't seem to mind it down
in Brazil, though.
''Do you intend TO introduce the caju
in our markcts?" asked the reporter.
"Well, we had thought Of it some"
said the fruit dealer, but have an idea
that we can't hope to make II luxury pop
ular up here that is liable to kill you if
you eat it and burn you up if You handle
it. I'd like to have a quart Of caju juice
right NOW, though 1.-THE same."-[New
York Sun.
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apo" and "Don't."

1t is said there are more children
spoiled by the mothers everlasting
..don't," than by letting them have
their way. There are two kinds of
nagging. "do' and "don't," and if
there was more regard for the former,
that is to do the right thing under sound
advice, there would be much less suffer
ing in tie world. As an illustration Of
how we can do thcright thing, and how
much could be saved b. doing what is
right, here is a case: Mr.. S. NJ. Geary,
Druggist, Maple Hill, Mich, states that
Mr.. John J. Smith, of Enslcy, Mich,
was afflicted fifteen years with rhenma-
tism, and his case was pronounced IN
durable by three physicians, but that he
was cured by st. Jacobs Oil, and had no
return Of pain in two years. To have
used the great remedy from the first
would have been heright thing to edo.
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EAR. AND GARDEN NOTES.

Keep yorr feeding troughs clean and
sweep them out each feeding time before
putting in the feed.
Not every new machine or tool is
necessarily an improvement, although
the agent NAV tell you SO:
1t is ::Soa pin to have reel and
line handy for aid in making all rows OF
fruits and vegetables straight.
If you want to seed land to clover
sown with oats, SOW the oats very thin
some say the thinner tho better.
Feed what hens eat up clean and no
more. Experience will teach how much
grain to feed as breeds differ in this re-
spcct.
Course sharp gravel supply the "hens
teeth IL the absence of gravel, courscly
ground oyster shalls will answer the same
purpose.
When hens refuse to eat either wheat
or corr readily it shows they have been
ovcr;...l. Ovcrfeeding is worse than not
feeding enough.
The GuiclScs.. ,vaji- TO relieve a crop.
bound fowl is to cut the crop open and
remove the contents Carefully sew uE
Ire opening an.l feed To-. Il few days Oh
mill. to w.,ici. :; g.; drops of WHISKY
h..y: coca added,
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Sweeping heavy carpets with salt will
externinate moths.
A rcd hot iron passed over old putty
will soften it so it can be easily removed.
Kitchen sinks or othe. house drains
should be flooded every week with boil
ing water.
oilcloths will last longer if one or two
LAYERS OF wadded carpet lining are laid
under them.
If fried cakes are made of brown sugar
they will keep moist longer than with
any other kind.
If the cover of fruit jar cannot be
easily removed, insert it for minute or
two in hot water.
Keep a small, open box Of uuslacke e,1
lime standing in the pantry, and 1t VIII
keep the air pure.
Scalding water should never be poured
into dishes which have held milk, until
it has been removed by cool water.
The light in sleeping rooms should
never fall directly on the eyes. nor should
the rooms be either too dark or too light.
Buckets and all wooden pals not in
use, as we'll as washtubs, should be
turned bottom side up, to prevent leak
ing.
A case of common muslin sheeting
that can be removed and washed occa-
sionally, will keep a mattress clean long
time.
The toughest fowl can be made eataole
if pat in cold water, plenty of it, aud
cooked very slowly from i've to SIX
hours.
1t is said that il the hands arc rubbed
on stick of Celery after pceling onions,
the ti,sagrceablc smell will be entirely re-
moved.
kerosene poured on red flannel and
bound on the throat will greatly case a
sore throat. 1t will also heal cuts and
cure chilblains.
Strong muriatic acid applied with a
cloth and the spot washed thoroughly
with water is recommended to remove
ink stains from. boards.
Rub black walnut furniture, or any
wood finished in oil, with cloth slightly
moistencd with kerosene oil, to remove
scratches and restore polish,
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An Ingenious Tilnepiece.

T. G.. Farrar, a Columbus (Ohio)
matchmaker, has invented one of the
most peculiar clocks of the nineteenth
century. 1t consists of plate glass dial
suspended from the ceiling, and all the
parts of it that are visible are the two
hands, the pivot on which they swing,
and the dial. 1t is marked "Gravitation
Clock" and not one person in a thousand
who passes it has the faintcst idea that
it is the most ingenious device of the
century, Many clocks with glass dials
have the works of watch as their mo-
tive power, but this clock has no motive
power that is visible.
Mr.. Farrar worked on the invention
for six years before he succeeded in per-
fccting it. He alleges that the only mo-
tive power is the gravitation of the
earth, and that the clock will run on
forever without winding The only I'M
perfection is that it loses from four to
five minutes per day from the friction of
the hands on the pivot, and, therefore,
the hands require to be regulated once
in twcnty-four hours. He showed re-
porter something about the way the clock
worked.
When the hands pointed to a quarter
past Mr. Farrar caught hold of them,
brought them together, and sent them
twirling around the dial, like the wind
ing OF a wheel of fortune. After oscilla-
ting until the momentum had been over
come, the hour hand and the minute
hand resumed their respective and proper
positions, still marking the correct time.
At 1.2O he did something still more re-
markablc. He slipped the minute hand
off the pivot and laid it on the counter.
At the end of six minutes he replaced
it and sent it whirling around the dial.
When it came to lest it settled at the
right place, twenty-six minutes past
o'clock. The hands are of tin, and are
hollow and perfectly balanced on the
pivot. Mr.. Farrar says they are moved
by the gravitation of the earth, but it
puzzles the spectator to account for the
power that raises them after they reach
$50.
All kinds of theories arc afoat to ac-
count for this. Some people say that the
hollow hands are filled with fluids of
different densities that overcome the
gravitation of the earth when the hands
reach that point. But Mr.. Farrar keeps
his secret and rcjoiccs over the mortifica-
ton of the beholder. He insists that
electricity is not the motive power.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
MASHED Potato SALAD.

Boil and mash one quart of potatoes.
Make a dressing of two ounces OF fresh
butter. one tcacup of milk, two table
spoonfuls each of mustard and sugar.
Season with salt and pepper. Rub the
yoiks of two hard-boilcd eggs to a
powder, and add vinegar TO moisten.
cnop the whites of the eggs very fine and
mix in. Put u layer of the mashed
potatoes in the salad bowl with spoon
iul of dressing dropped over it in spots,
then another layer, then the dressing,
antil the bowl is filled. Put the dressing
On top. Garnish with parsley and sliced
lemon.
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rour YOUNG FIGS.

Three weeks after farrowing is the
critical time OF the SOW. The pigs then
require much more milk, and are con-
gtantly pulling at her. She will begin to
fall oil IN flesh, and this is not in itself
Objectionable, provided it be not carried
TOO far. It is here that the breeder must
exercise his best Judgment The sow
must have liberal and regular supply of
nutritious food. Care must be taken not
to give her comparatively innutritious
food one day and Il full supply of rich
food the next The true plan is to feed
the little pigs, and thus lessen their de-
mands on the mother Give them q small
supply oil milk from the COW, and take
pains TO teach them 10 drink it. If you
teach one to drink, the others will be
likely to follow its example. The pigs
should be gradually wcancd. They do
better 10 remain with the SOW until eight
or ten weeks old but we would COM
mencc weaving them when they arrive
at their third week Let out the SOW
alone, at first for M hour or so, gradually
extending the time a' they get older.
When month old they may be allowed
to gu out with the SOW foran hour or two
in mild weather, but not when it IS cold
or the sun is very not, as in some breeds
the sun blstcrs the backs OF young pigs.
The little pigs nccd more exercise than
the mother. The great point i'll the man.
agement of the young ones is to keep
them growing rapidly. If strong and
vigorous, t.,cy are seldom liable to any
disease, and if attacked soon throw it off.
At three months old the boar pigs should
be separated from the sows.-ATicut-
tU5S
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$4,000 FOUND IN AN ASH BARREL.

Thoroughly cleanse and enrich the blood,
by the use Of DR.. Fierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, and good digestion, fair skin,
buoyant spirits and bodily vigor and health
will be established.
For Weak Lungs, Splitting of Blood,
Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis, Asthma,
Severe Coughs and kindred affections, it is
an efficient remedy.
"Golden Medical Discovery" is the oily
blood and lung remedy, sold by druggists,
and guaranteed by its manufacturers, to do
m 5na Da d s e @ BE- p 70 aefEp
WoRID's D1sPENsARY MEDICAL AssocIA-
TIoY, Manufacturers, No. GGS Main Street,
Buffalo n y
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ROLLED FISH.

Take some fillcts of any white fish,
wash in salt and water, wipe them care
fully and place on board of any white
surface and sprinkle each one with salt,
pepper, sage, minced parsley and cracker
crumbs c and the last thing add small
pieces of butter; roll the .illets up AMI
secure them with a string or allewer; lay
them on very thin slices OF pork in a
baking pan, add half a cupful of water,
cover the fish with buttered paper and
bake half or three quarters Of IN hour !;
prepare some toast, butter it we'll, and
n!acc each roll on q slice; sprinkle with
ilcmon-iuice and dried parsley, and serve
with drawn butter.
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A New York rag-picker is reported to
have found $4,000 in greenbocks in an ash
barrel. This was rare piece OF good luck,
but howmuch moro fortunate is the sufferer
from consumption who learns that, although
the doctors may have pronounced his case
hopeless, DIR. Piercc's Golden Medical Dis
covcry will cure him. Consumption is a
.covery,n which is the most potent blood
purifier Of the age, strikes right at the root
of the evil and there is no resisting it, if
taken in time and given q fair trial. In
the cure of ell scrofulous and other blood
taints, no matter from what cause arising,
scalp diseases, old sores and swellings, it
absolutely has no equal.
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-.
NOTES AND coMME-rT5.'

WHEN the French penal settlement in
New Caledonia was established the OPP
ponents Of capital punishment hailed it
as n great stride in civilization. Now,
after many years of trial, it has proved
lamcntablc failure. France has been
forced to go back TO the gullotinc, and
the hardened criminals who were sent to
Noumca have shown no tendency to re-
form but have escaped to the South Sea
islands and the Australian colonies when
ever opportunity offered. They have de-
moralizcd the labor market in New Gale
donia, as cheap convict labor will demon
alizc it anywhere, and they arc u constant
menace not only to the French colony
but 10 social order in every part of Aus
tralia and the South seas. The New Cal
cdonia convict system is roundly con-
dcmncd by those who have studied 1t,
md it is probable that France will be
forced to make radical reforms in 1t be-
fore long.
AN American inventor has jumped Oyer
the heads OF the gunncrs anu proposes to
deal out death aud destruction in much
more wholesale way than they can accom-
plish. His scheme is TO produce arti-
fetal lightning. "Thus far the expert
ments have been confined within narrow
limits, but with the usc of small dy;,a-
mo attached to my invention" he says,
"a slight shock can be produced elective
enough 10 kill the flies in 2Ox20 room.
With the use of powerful dynamos flash
of lightning can be directed against an
army mile or more away, and without
injury to the party operating the gun,
scattering death and CONSERVATION among
troops. With powerful dynamos thou
sands of soldiers can be killed at flash,
: md number of flashes arc enough to
DESTROY an army y
A NEW French law bestows certain adj
vantages on fathers of more than seven
children. The resulting inquiry shows
that there arc 1000, 900 households in
France in which there has been no child;
2. 500, 900 with one; $500, 900 with two
children; 1900, 900 with three; abont
.0OO. 600 with four: 800, 900 with five;
ESQ, 900 with six, and 200, GOO with seven
or more.
THE Russian Government is said 10 be
"disagrceably impressed, by the meet
ings in this country and England to pro-
test against the Siberian horrors. IT IS Il
great pity, says the San Francisco Chron-
icle, that this impression could not be
made stronger, as the Cossack that un-
dcrlcs the surface polish OF the RUSSIAN
needs thorough rousing before nc can oe
made to conform to civilized customs
a CHINESE mandarin can order aman's
head to he cut off at any moment. But
within three months he must forward to
the Emperor an affidavit from two per-
sons declaring that the execution was in
the interest OF religion and morals. lie
mas no difficulty in getting such affidavits,
as he can cut eff the heads of any who
refuse to make them.
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The pleasant effect and The perfect safety
with which ladies may use the liquid fruit
laxative, Syrup of Figs, under all conditions
make it their favortc remedy. 1t is pleasing
to the eye and to the taste, gentle yet effcctual
in actingon the kidneys, liver and bowels