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GEESE RAISING.

Many persons, after having decided to
try their hand at geese raising, purchase
few mongrels of light weight, at mar
ket prices, instead of sending to a relia-
BILE breeder and getting first-class stock
at price that would seem exhorbitant to
them. An exchange says this is a mis-
take, and one that must inevitably follow
through the whole course. The five or
more pounds that the well lbred goose out
weighs the common goose will sh99& itsslf
enormous difference in the receipt.
The main thought to be kept in mind
is the worthlessness of the articles OF food
in which geese delight and which COM
prises, for a great part, things wasted and
at the most of little value. Cabbage,
turnips, potatoes, and all other kinds of
vegetables and grasses form their staple
food, with only sufficient grain to give Il
variety. They are distinctly grazing
poultry, and will keep the grass
as close rs flock of sheep. The
value of their manure upon orn-ou'
pasture must also not be lost sight of, as
It is rich in amount, and, for this reason
geese would seem to rival sheep for ben
citing many parts of our country. The
--f -faathers arc. also very valuable, as the so
are Plucked by some once IN month e,
six weeks. While should not advocat
1t as often rs this, yet they may ccrtainl
De plucked once or twice year and b
benefited by it, as the process of moltin.
is facilitated. The only precaution to b
taken is that no blood is drawn with tn
feathers. II the quilts contain blood i
may be inferred that the feathers arc no
In ripe condition and on no accoun
must they be disturbed. 1t will be founc
in large flock of geese, as IN one o
hens, that all the members do not mol
at one stated time, but vary some weeks,
so that they should be pluckcd at different
periods, when the feathers arc in the
ripest condition.-Fa;ws, FTcLd and Stock
man.
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is invaluable I'm 'allaying and subdf
nervous excitability, irritability, exl
ton, prostration, hysteria, spasms and
distressing, nervous symptoms, commonly
ease of the uterus, or womb It induces
refreshing sleep and relieves mental anx-
iety and dependency.
It is the only medicine for the cure Of al
those peculiar weaknesses and ailments
incident to females, sold by druggists, under
a positive guarantee from the manufact-
urers, of giving satisfaction in euery case
or price (Sl.O0) will be promptly refunded.
See guarantee printed on bottle-wrapper
and faithfully carried out for many years.
For a Book of 16O pages on Woman: Her
Diseases, and How to Cure them, (sent
sealed in plain cnvelope) enclose ten cents, in
stamps, TO WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL
Association, 663 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
MILK FROM THIN COWS.

When cow is thin, and especially if
she be losing flesh, her milk cannot be
rich in fat, and what there is will make
poor butter, and come slowly. This is
the trouble that many farmers find at 1.-THE
beginning of winter. Cream that could
be made into butter in fifteen or twenty
minutes has now tG be Ghu{5sdf " dfted snd haRs fRs
cows more heavily, and with something
that will increase fat as well rs milk flow.
If the COW be worth keeping as milker
che will not dry up and become beefy
under such treatment. If she does it is
fair warming that she is worth more to
the butcher than for the dairy.-Ameri-
can Culticdtor.
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easily stoppM byz5kashine the -hu..ss ~
hns 5@s ssa aas is sG .ssa ,sasn feeS sns

lpspu ss:ssSsso,-,-and then feed
the: ones that make, most cheaply, the
product he wants to make and sell.
The cost of production will show the
profitable side of dairying in the future
What will the COW do on the cheapest
produced ration, is the question for the
dairyIltn.
This is good time to clean up the
woodwork of the tools and give them u
coat of paint, if needed. If you cannot
do this without going in debt, give them
a coat of oil--cvcn kerosene will be bet
ter than none.
Did you get the garden plowcd before
it frozc up! If not, take the first open
day that comes and do it even if it leaves
Jumps. The frost and snow of winter
will level most of them before planting
time next spring.
Fowls in confined runs need extra at
tention or they get out of condition and
cease to lay, tine ground becomes tainted,
and they feed on food detiled by their
own excrement, which ret"rally produces
loss Of health and condition.
thousands of 'acres annr-- ing the
charaeter of sWan.f, iahd, prohtlcSS in
cultivation and worth little for grazing
because their grasses are of low quality,
may be made more productive than ada
cent lands by judicious draining, and
nothing more.
The rich black liquid that flows off
the barn yard contains the wealth of the
farm: Use absorbent material and save
it. The loss of liquid manure is great,
and II saved would not only add fcrtiIiz,
ing matter to the farm but increase the
value of the solids.
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SIMPLE CULTURE OF CELERY.


gardener who has Travelled
widely Nend is acquainted with all the
pcculiaritNR& &of celery production for
market, diNldwith me last winter, SAYS
o. S. Bliss, in2 2he New York T3bpme,
and, with looN&of, .astonishmcnt, asked
where obtained suSn~celcry. Said he:
'I never saw finer" When told that it
grew in my own garden ann came from
my own cellar, his wonder .NpcIeascd.
But when told how easily and chS@stlY
1T had been raised | really think his
credulity was shaken. Long familiar
with the accepted theory Of. celery grow
ing and the alleged requirements of the
crop, ! had often wondered if there was
not good deal of unnecessary routine
about it. And when | concluded to
make a business of growing it myself;
though only on n very small scale, put
this suspicion to practical test and CON
hrmcd 1t. My theory is, lin brief, that if
gwen plenty Of food and water the plants
may be grown from the seed without
transplanting, and thickIy enough for
mutual blanChng, thus saving the cx
pcnSe of both tranSplanting and carthiny
up. My method, which may he descrip-
lively named the four-rGw Hat ,.lIturc
method, is to open trench foot deep and
from twenty to twcnty-four inches wide.
This, however short, can bc most cconomi-
caliy done with pillow. Manure from the
general manure shed, consisting of horse,
COW, hog and hen manure. mixed ms
made, and always moist enough not To-
burn, is thrown into the trench. tIliny i,
TO the surface level, and covered with the
tine earth from the trench to the dcptho of
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fattening, or when-Sjudiciously mixed
with other foods inthe espIocess ofgrowth
End Development o the ia6imal: :: The,
:. Sheapness and ease with which Indian
corn is produced, and its entire adapta-
bility to our soil and climate, make its
superiority to all other forms Of grain
food for animals striking gFy 'apfatht Ac-
cording to the facts developed in pig
feeding at the Kansas Experiment Sta
ton, it is futile to talk of .,,using sub
stances other than corn, -shch as bran,
shorts, barley, oats, milk, peas, etc, in
pork making upon a large, .sc4lr : and
should we be reduced to thGnccca&fty 81
using any or all of these as. % substitute,
for Indian corn our supremacy as IL pork
producing nation will havG"passcd away.
The experiment above referred to con
sisted in feeding one series Of five, fully
grown, but rather thin pigs; Lon mixture
of two parts of shorts, middlings or ship
stuff, as it is variously called to one of
bran. The corn fed series of five similar
pigs received only corntAesl,' rather
coarsely ground. In both sets the food
was given in the condition of n thick
slop and as much as would be eaten with
out waste. The experiment lasted six
teen weeks. At the. Gpd ,ffrel ready for
--e "urcner, having gained 90 pounds
against S35 pounds grain in the shorts
brand fed series. The shorts bran fed
pigs required twenty-five per cent. more
time for ripening than was needed by
the corn-feG series. But even when the
!cedlng of the corn-fcd lot was prolonged
TO their great disadvantage to a Dcriod
equal to that occupied by the shorts bran
led series 1t cost to make hundred
weight of gain from shorts bran twenty
hVc cents more than was needed to make
like gain from cornmcal alone. In
strength of bone and quantity of the
meat the advantage was clearly on the
side of the corn-fcd pigs.
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This is then trodden

about six inches. This is then trodden
down firmly, and upon it with the prong
hoe and garden-rake a fine mellow seed
bed is made. The seed is sown by line
aad not by mark, on the surface in four
rows four inches apart. If shower
comes along at the right time no other
covering is needed, otherwise it is covered
by the liberal use of water through fine
hose, which watering is followed up as
often as necessary through the season.
Planted in good garden soil with no adj
mixture of manure or fertilizer, the plants
make healthy growth and broad and
vigorous root-growth before reachin9 tue
These plants are, in fact, as we'll "hard-
ened" and better rooted than the twice
transplanted plants put upon the market
in their season. The only labor subse-
quently expended upon the bed is to
keep down the weeds and to thin the
plants to one in three inches in the row,
and no further attention is necessary,
except to provide water in case of
drouth. There may be few strag
Cling leaves in the outside rows, but as
whole the waste stalks arc less numcr
Gus than under the old system. Perhaps
the stalks are not quite so white as when
earth blanched, but they are as crisp
and tender, and finer favored. There is
Just one risk of failure to be guarded
against under this method. A heavy
rain destroyed my first sowing this year;
at least not seed grew. 1t was three
weeks before the ground became dry
spaHlghr aHlgh 65qys reSnadipe seen, - rl1e threat;
cning weather Of early November
admonished us to guard against
its total loss by storing 1t In
winter quarters. The season having thus
been shortened at both ends, the celery is
little more than half grown, but it COM
pares favorably with most of the other
crops of the season. In storing it the
plants are set with what earth adheres to
the roots, upon place in the cellar
where the ground is always wet, but
without any surplus water The ventlla-
ton is good, and the celery is fit for the
table till warm weather. In fact, it makes
a little growth. Celery is not only
luxury, but q most hcalthful condiment,
better far than many Of the more pungcn'
articles in so general a,aa. and without
thejy. harmful, indirect influences. ~. -.
doubtless would be but for the prevailin,
idea that it cannot be produced exccp
} under certain highly favoring conditions
and by experts. once supposed such t,
be the case, but now, by the above svs
TEN, L have no more trouble in CROWN.
good celery than any other garden vcgc
table.
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SoME.of the compound Kalamazoo
Greek names suggested for the killing
Of murderers by electricity are more
terrifying than the thing itself.
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Mr.. BABBITT, the late soap manufac-
urcr, made about 5000, 900 by living
OIL the fat of the land.
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Although slavery docs not exist. prom.
crIy speaking, in China. in the eyes Of
the law The lnlgc boating population and
actors I'LL the position of slaves.
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rs. .ainderings long-h'ml HIM !
long time for some married FOLKS, isn't
it?"
at is, John"
"And yst7it doesn't seem-h'm! HIM
as if it we're thirty years since first
met you IT the Jasper County fair,
does it?"
at isn't, thirty years." replied Mrs.
Billus, raher shortly. at is only
twenty-sixP
"I mean wenty.six years of course,
Maria. Sleaking of that fair" con-
tinued Mr.. 1illus, II wonder if you re-
member thai big artichoke in the agri-
cultural halI
"No, I doft remember any big arti-
choke"
"Have you sorgotten that long ear OF
corn sent in bs-Sld. .Absalom Wykoff %.
az have no recblleetion of it."
"Don't you remember the big beet
that Uncle .Jakss. .RSsqis had ON ve1bi.
aMaria," said sMr. Bi1Tas, impa.
tiently, "where's yourmemory? Don't
YOU recolIect the great big pump.
kin that weighed US pounds that Cal
I Hepperly was showing everybody that
came to the fair!"
at seems to me- 10 remember big
pumpkin"
"I thought so. Your memory is q
mighty poor one, M.ria, but you could
not forget that big pumpkin. Do you
have any idea" persisted Mr.. Billus, with
growing recollectioe of sundry pies his
good mother had made shortly after
that fair, Whatever became of that
pumpkin Maria?"
al think have, John"
"You have, hey he retorted in sur
prise. "If it is all you can do to re-
member the biggest pumpkin at that
fair how do you happen to know what
over become of it, madame"
"I married tlr:t pumpkin, John"
Tho n,o burIsGl feebly in the CRATE,
the canary bird slumbered peacefully
in its cage, and amid silence 80 pro-
found that the shadows could he plain
ly heard dancing on the wall Mr.. and
Mrs. Billus sst in their cheerful little
parlor and dreamed the happy hours of
their weddingSanniversary away.-Chi-
| CagO I1'ibuneiVy
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LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK J. CHENEY makes or. III that he Is tn o
senior partner OF the firm Of +. j. CHENEY 81
Co, doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay The sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of CatarI II that cannot
be cured by the usa of HALLS CArAnkH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to Sefore me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day Of december, A. d., 1886.
l--l a. w. GLEASON.
SsEAL NOtdry Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken internally and
acts directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Send for testimonials,
free.
FL. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo. o.
tY- Sold by Druggists, &C.
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IT may be love that makes the world
60 round, but you can't make the old
maid believe it.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES,

Give the hogs dry bed.
Buckwhcat as poultry food is both
stimulating and fattcning.
The market does not demand any flavor
In butter except that of pure butter fat.
Corn is chcap-but don't waste it feed .
ing hogs that are SO cold at night that
they squcal.
Season. the feed of chickens and all
other fowls with salt. 1t is preventive
Of disease, and is good for the entire
animal eGsati6RP Ps.z,;,,=zs =zs-------,------
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STATE OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO, :.

The consum may cons ldcr il mse'f luck!
il he gets milk of tn" first water.
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Away precious time and money and trife with
your health experimenting wi h uncertain
medicines, whca D.. Pierce'5 Golden Med cal
Discovery is SO positively certai, in its cura
tive action as TO warrant its manufacturers in
guaranteeing it t. euro diseases of the blood,
skin and scalp. and all scrofuious Affections,
or money paid for 1t will be refunded
500 Reward offered for an incurable case OF
Catarrh by the propretors of DR.. SGgc's Rem
Sdy. 80 cts, by druggists
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THE GREAT STAPLE INDIAS copN

THE GREAT STAPLE INDIAN CORN.
The often heard statement that ts,,orn
is king" in this country needs no rdrcti.
tion, yet it is doubtful if its great value
is in all respects fully appreciated We
are SO accustomed to its use as food
for both men mid ahinals that we hard :
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A business enpaC, m, nt-S curing the mat
r.monial promise of rn eIress.
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She Had sss', Forgotten:

armchair. W "a feet Comfortably
resting ON al blair. Mr.. Billus
was enjoying ne had dined,
and he defieS do its worst, even
as another ar<> q is said by histor-
ians to have ID lnder like circum-
stances long 81 Ee the period Of
: 'Billus.
Maria, he terved, this Is the
anniversary d wedding, isn't it?'
at is, 9chu, -
press cvmmendst Of ~, Maris said
Is zss. E'sa S 4. s;ss = Sss ,h srsss .s
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A toX wind matches f,cc to smokers o
TIA LIS Punch" DC. Cigar.
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tY- Sold by Druggists, &C.
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One tiny, Sugar-coated Pellet a dose.
Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks
and Bowels 25 cents n vial, by drugG
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The MethodiStS

Saturdays ser sion of the General Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South in st. Louis, Mo, was the last at
which new business could be introduced.
The committee on ffaternal correspondence,
to whom vas referred communication ask
ing the General Conference to appoint com.
missionsrs to meet commission to be
appointed by the House of Bishops and
House OF Deputies of the Protestant Episce
pal Church for conference On organic union,
&c, reported recommending conference.
The committee bed that the spirit of the
Church had always been broad and catholic.
1t had welcomed TO membership all who
wished to be saved and had resolved to turn
new leaf, without regard TO race or color.
Tue policy would never be abandoned. AS
for organization with the menorialsts the
committee wouIi regard it 80 az nnmixed
evil The church south had never divided
from any church. The committee wanted
those who had made division to make over.
lures for reunion. The report was unani-
mously adopted.
A resolution condemniug Sunday nowI
papers Vas referred to the committee on the
Sabbath.
A committee was appointed to formulate
declaration upon worldly amusemenis.
TIE salaries OF the Bishops were raised
from s. 900 to So 600, The latter to incuda
travelling expenses.
a preamble and resolutions against the
use Of tobacco and opium by church Deu-
bers was submitted, but the matter was
squelched By indefnitely postponiag 1t.
The proposition 10 devote part of the
mission fund to all the Paine Institute, ct
Augusta, Ga, end the Lane Institute, ct
Jackson, Tenn, both oolored schools, was
defeated by G decided majority.
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Western Crop Prospects.

SPRINGFIELD. Ills, May l9.-Farmers
pronounce the outlook for wheat very bad.
Corn planting is delayed in many quarters
by the late cold weather; In other paris
painting is progressing slowly. The frost
has Injured fruits and vegetables In most
localities, but this damage is not thought to
be general.
DIES MONIES. Ia, May 19.-Reports from
two thirds OF the counties of Iowa show that
the last week has been unusually cold and
Injurious; frosts have appeared nearly every
clear morning, and small fruit and tender
vegetation have suffered materially. The
general condition of crops throughout the
State is not encouraging.
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Telegraphic Breyities.

At Detroit to-day ex-senator c. Z. Jones. Of
Florida, wal adjudged insane and committed to
en- asylum.
Blackleg has appeared among cattle in sections
of Schohsric county, N. Y. Tho rapid spread OF
tho disease causes great alarm.
Fifty nno walters, one-half tho force employ
ed at the Palmer House, Chicago, were discharged
to-day on their refuaal to leave the culinary al
lance.
At Camden, N. j on Saturday evening Mrs. A.
E. Reed was whipped on tho street with black
snake whip by Miss Cora Walls for alternating the
affections of her brother from his wife.
A guest at hotel in Pittsburg carly yesterday
morning heard something tapping at his window
and on going thither was mortified to find the
doad body Of man who had committed suicide
by hanging from 3 window above.
at Flushing, N Y, on Saturday evening James
passed., in digging we'll, struck vein ofquick
sand and was swallowed up before help could
reach him.
a demented man caused much excitement in
Catholic church in Bristol, Pa yesterday by at
tempting to nail himself to largo cross which
adorns the altar.
Rosanna RosiIa, wife of New York dock la
borer, in defending her wifely honor, stabbed to
the heart this morning Giilarde W. Gindice, who
had been boarder at hor house.
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Probably Fatal Afray.

CHICAGO. May ia stabbing ARRAY, In
which Charles Eberhard was probably fatal
" wounded and John Carr and William
Davis we're seriously cut, occurred here
early. this morning. Eberhard, his wife,
Miss Carr and the others named were going
home from dance. As they walked along
they were singing, when Pete Dewitt, no
torious tough, made some insulting remark
about them, which they resented. Dewitt
finally dared them to come to the middle OF
the street, and the three men left their ls-
dies and accepted the challenge. Dewitt at
once drew long knife and thrust the blade
into Eberhard's breast and then laid open
bis groin for six inches. He then stabbed
Carr In the side and Davis in the neck.
DsVtt was arrested.
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The Presbyterians.

SARATOGA, N. Y, May 19.-In the Pres
byterian General Assembly this morning
various bills and overtures were read and
referred. DR.. Ksmpshall moved that the
report OF the committee on methods OF alter
Ing the constitution be referred back to q
committee, enlarged by seven new members,
fairly representing both sides, with instruc-
tons to report rs early as possible to the
assembly. This provoked much debate and
it was finally moved that the motion be
laid on tho table, but this was lost. The
question of committal was deferred, and the
matter dropped for the present. a fra
ternal greeting was read from the general
assembly Of the Southern Presbyterian
church, at Asheville, N. c. The board OF
Missions for Freedmen msdo its twenty fifth
annual report.
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Stabbed to Death.

CINCINNATI, May 19.-At the village OF
Stnnordsbury, Ky.. Ell. Steers OF Gov
ington, was killed by Tom Adams. Steers
had married few days before, and on Sat-
urday night there was party of friends
celebrating the event at his mothers house.
eteers went to neighboring grocery for
some cigars and found Adams there, who he
acccsted in a friendly manner, but Adams
i'm % ediately drew his revolver and shot
Steers from the effects OF which he died yes
terday morning. In the excitement Adams
escaped. 1t is not known that there was
any previous trouble between the two men
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EXPLOSION AT HAvANA.-At eevs,
o'clock Saturday nightIa fire broke ont II
q hardware store, In Havana. Ia sbor,
time the flames reached barrel OF powder
in the building, and terrific explosion tol.
lowed. Thr whole structure was blown -
pieces and 81 persons we're killed. Amor
the dead are four fire chiefs. In addition 10
the killed, over one hundred persons wtra
injured. The explosion caused the wild,s.
excitement throughout the city, aud thop..
ands hocked to the scene of the disaster
Several houses adjacent to The wrecked
building were damaged by the explosion