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-to cultivate land which is f prairemptial Feta condition should be made of it' FARM AND GARDEN. AGRICULTURE. The value of flax etraw for fibre consists in having the stalks unbrokea and _parallel._If pulled -- by hand it will more than pay the difference of the cost over the cutting with the self-binder. It should be pulled when yellow, stood up in bents, and then put under shelter. The profit from the cultivation of one portion of the farm is often wasted upon another portion. The most prolitic cause of failure to make one's Sabor profitable is trom trying not in to make a good ¢ A one tion farmer is almost always in debt for so eat pagers of the year. Every one sho raise at least enough of the tenroduets which may serve as cash for exchange at the Attention to such-things will keep him more independent, and bring him more profit in the end. Buried cabbages are not easily got at in the frozen ground during the winter Trim the heads closely, wrap each in a pewspaper, pack in barrels, and set in a cool cellar. They will not dry out nor decay as when placed without this protection. In any event, a quantity may be taken from the ground at one time and thus stored. Every rain and snow which falls | washes the air of a portion of its | & fertilizing elements, and brings them down to earth, in addition to the amount which is constantly drawn | down by the alchemy of nature. If | the soil is in proper coeds es these | are readily absorbed and retained. In growing wheat pea grain rarely consumed "pon the farm, s0 | the straw is all that is leit to be | returned to 'the. soil, and. the--most-+ There is no- | thing in the mere bulk of the inanure | pile, but all the straw Ss an) absorbent and left in the stall until | 8 taken up all the liquids it will | hold 'adie both buik and quality to | the heap. Water is one of the cheapest and most efficient fertilizers to be had, und the idea is growing that irriga- tion will play an important part in} is | the agriculture of the future, and} this not only in the urid districts, but wherever maximum crops would be | obtained with the minimum possibil- | ity of failure-becguse of an untoward | season j Clover pays better than ots, wheat or corn: then © why do our western farmers raise so little, es- } pecially when the seed is high in price ?. Clover benefits the land, while | the cereals ent the very life out of | it. No farm should be without it in rotation at least, and clover green! or clover dry is-u sure reliance for the stock always. In most cases there is really too much outlay for the farmer's table. ; He who keeps poultry and hogs, and | raises his own fruit and vegetables, and buys nothing that he can raise | himself, is the most successful. In no | other calling in the world has a man | this chance, for all that a man eats, | drinks, wears or treasures must come out of the ground. STOCK. | The quality of pork is becoming of | . more importance each year. The U. &. export trade of bacon and hams | smounts to nearly $50,000,000 | The bulk of it goes to Eng- yearly. land, where Danish produc ts » com- mand top prices because of climate and the delicate food upon which they. rear them, and the 'one ship- ments tell against the Stat } Disease in a drove of api qnakes short. work of prospective profits, | but with proper feeding and handling no man need fear engaging in the business of swine raising. A fresh bed daily will repay all the work-in the' increase of the manure pile, and a varying ration will keep the digéstive Experiment and experience of breed- ers who grow their pork largely on clover, grass, milk _ mill feed a ae OF that pork pro better quailty and is thew aS less risk than wh animal is grown Lean t and fattened on corn only. bone are of inestimable y will disappear when it is apriakied bout the places where the hogs sleep. The natural remedy of the animal is a plaster of m It is a solemn fact that a large per- cent. of the stock gives little or no profit, and often loss. The rea- sons are not hidden. Many fail be- cause of the kind of stock they keep, both in variety and breed. Know whether you farm is best suited rs the production of hogs, or of beef ¢ tle, of dairy stock or of sheep. Many a man owning 4 tarm of heavy clay sot], whose iields*are roll- ing and inclined to wash, and w mae unsuited to the raising of corn, foolish- ly depends almost entirely upon ae as his money product, and keeps his entire farm fenced in "pig tight' ' ata | and these are often great expense: old farmers, t seems almost useless for the sm: ut farmer to raise beef cattle any longer, the merey of the local cost. A man |, with a farm large enough to ship a ear load or two at a time can make -- e uses wise wanagement | and there is airy cows, 1@, Who raises Jerseys, even though they be grades, always iinds a market at payimg prices for them. ns ia hard to sell what no one wan y, and it behooves us, therefore, | ts study the market and have on hand what the world wan your farm, your k and make it win along that Bae POC Oe Sat and reman- i} well developed chickens. | fowl i the rest. 'will become fame and droopy, fin poultrs keeping. | ming ieares In the business which puts the balance on the right or the wrong | side, Give the hens all possible frecelom, Snd there will be fess trouble with | "xercise and pick up the lime 'need. Tf the le erative, if pursued faithfully, and the conditions not com mtrary. TRY. Hens like variety; unless starved to it, they will reject all spe of food not sername: and they us- ually the bette Rama ned of what | Shey want and n he grains. is best for eggs. ae legged ine are hard to fatten. but those with short legs soon pti plump. When hens are 1 cared for while moulting they can bets depended upon for winter layers. A dust bath is a necessity. Their water can best be. Kept pure in earthen vessels. Keep gravel, lime and bones where they can readily help themselves, for hese want the ight th ing at just the own py red -- mprove the flo An im ck is all heey scthay cog would better buy eon r fowls than to try to grade up aa common stock, bécause it saves time, and going up hill is not always successful work. Be . satisfied with nothing but the bes The "farm is the proper place to raise poultry profitably. Fowls, like sheep, will eat much waste grain and rid the farm of w seed, and will destrov. millions of nsec enemies. If troubled with vermin, burn up the old coop next spring and start anew, with the determination keep clean grounds and build- ings. if a hen is gorged during the day mea wil ae sass u corner and mope, nd to lay, but if fed heaetlly: tat Sent the food is digest- ed by "morning, and she comes out bright and active; and while she is going through with this digestive process see that she has warmth, ventilation and perfect cleanliness. By crossing we often procure large. which often Da surmise in size and development either of their pure bred parents. Of course, | for breeding purposes these chickens are-worthiess, but they were not bred for that end; they develop meat and zs, and if they do this work they frequently fowls | Which are defective in mihor points which make them unfit for exhibition. and must be soid by the pound. If | they would tabor with their neigh- | bors and prove the greater profit of 'first crosses over mongrels, they might extend their market and find | ty sale for just the fowls they now | hardly Know what to do with. j Remove any diseased fowls from the \ i flock, that the rest may have no pos- sible chance for contagion. Scalv leg | is especinily contugious. and a singl> affected by it, if left to run with will soon containinate the | whole lot: and it seldom pays to at- tempt to cure a sick chicken. { While ducks or geese do not s%em | subject to rorup or cholera, yet thev"| often, if too ciosely confined in damp qu'r- ters. Look after the small ecoromiss It is the sum- and little up of little things soft shelled eres. for they will get the they v have stopped laving, 1 Change of food will soon start them in business again: and always does na variety of food bring the best re- Bnits. HORTICULTURE. No other fruit seems so delicious as | that which a man rows upon his ! own vine, and even a grass plot with- out a grapévine is unpardonable. few Concords or Niagaras, planted in odd corners, which would not be other- wise occupied or productive, would give one an ample supply of delicious fruit through a long seas One reason why the average farm orchard is not so productive now as in the years past is that the soil is no longer virgin nor so fertile as for- merly. In the past these orchards were prodtictive without much atten- tion, and there was mo thought of saci future. ti th I tilization are the only: solution. here are many aituations. where hothing looks so well on a bank -as does grass. Where this is not re- quired, the periwinkle, in either pink or. white, or the English or Russian pid are good plants to use ae pha as they go, -- above the ground, so that-a Colenthay ~wiee surface is pre- sented all the tim e and clover seeds may be sown among the plautw to take their place in time, bs Song they will do by smothering em. Raspberry --and blackberry bushes thrive very well when planted in the fall, and so do gooseberries and cur- rants. Proceed with the work at any time while the ground is open. While care and labor ure necessar pro- cure fair crops, the difficulty of grow- ing these small fruits for home use has been greatly overrated. | ter followed the | that curving around the hill leads A LAWYER'S VALENTINE. I'm notified, fair neighbor mine, By one of our profession j That this, the term of Valentine Is 'Cupid's special session. Permit me, therefore, to report Myself on this occasion Quite rendy to proceed to court And file inv decinration --Oliver Wendell Holmes. - Karl's Clover Root Tea purifies the blood and- gives a clear and beauti- ful complexion. The Deep Waterways Commission at Detroit adjourned for the present | last evening ill meet again - probably ne 'April Ist. i Thousands of cases of Comoe | Asthma, Coughs, Colds and lf are cured every day by Shiloh's Cure Bike j "While, you're hidin' from the sun- | While you're waitin' for the wagon You could ne, j Might be harvestin' yer hay; | meet it on the way." i | realized that this iI wae obliged -to carry my pocket everywhere I went. I had |} times I A BROAD MINDED DIVINE, Does Not Hesitate to Speak for the Good His Words Will-Do, A Scholarly Christian and a Beloved Pastor Who Believes in Training the Body as Well as the Mind. --The twenty-ninth day of April is a notable day in the nistory of the May Memorial -- > in § as Xt 4s the 'ann Btallation of Cal who so long has ministe to apiritentiy as pastor of me church. Dr. Calthrop was born in England and received ap prepara: ratory -- es training at St. Paul's Schoo scholars, literary men and wits that followed in the traditions a Senne lay and his associates at the uni- versity. In the middle of the eutary he visited Syracuse and received his first impressions of the young city ches sages a score of years later he ose as his home _ in which hia labors have been so long and effective. The de sy ater 3 addresses of Dr. Calthrop have had their fundamentals drawn from the eepest research. se people reg been instructed by him, not only in things spiritual, bat in the elements of the broadest culture, in literature, in art and in science. His young men have been taught-a muscular.system of morality. In these and in many other ways has he endeared himself to his congregation, which is one of highly in_ the city. the most wealthy cultured and Se 5 Rev. Dr. Calthrop, Syracuse, N. Y. Dr. Calthrop has a strikime per- eonaiity. To the eye he is a most pic- turesque figure. His head and face, framed in luxuriant masses of silky, | snow white hair and beard, are of the type of Bryant and Longfellow. Although over seventy years old his rather spare figure is firm and erect and every movement is ia and graceful. His vie life long he has ardent mire® and promuce er of athletic sporte, and even at his advanced age, plays tennis with all the vigor and skill of a vouns man. To Syracusans, perha re- markably versatile man "a most widely known, apart from his pro- fession, as a scienttis On a bright April morning a repor- winding driveway to Calthrop Lodge, an old-fashioned red brick mansion, surrounded by a grove of oaks and chestnuts. Wear- ing a black skull cap and a_ black at of semi-clerical cut, the mas- ter éf Calthrop Lod graciously re- ceiv the reporter who called to' in- ru about his health, for, though manfully repressing all possible evi- fend ce of his suffering. Dr. Calthrop for unay years had n the victim of ifliction, until by chance he | was- led he er "which has~effectu= ally cured him ring more "than half of his pas- torate in Syracuse, Dr. Caithrop has been troubled with rheumatism, an at intervals he suffered excruiciating agony from it. At times the pain was 60 Breat as to prevent him from walking. Many remedies were tried without success and he and his:friends had given up hope of a permanent cure or of more than temporary re- lief when he took e preparation tha disease completely = from his system In a letter written to the editor of the Evening News, of Syracwse, last year, Dr. Calthrop told of his af- fliction and its cure. This is Dr. Cal- throp's. letter To the walter of the E vening News, --Dear Sir: More than 35 years ago I my left knee, throwing it almost from its socket. Great swelling followed, and the synovial juice kept leaking from the joint. This made me lame for years, and from time to time the weak knee would give out entirely and the swel- ling would commence. This was al- Ways occasioned by some strain like a sudden stop. The knee gradually recovered, but always was than the other About iitteon, years ago the swel- weuker | ling re-commenced, this time without any wrench at all, and before long I was rheumatism "abe aag in the weakest part of the . The trouble came so often that an opiate in generally a packet in my waistcoat pocket, but in going to u conference at Buffalo -I forgot it, and as the | Car was damp and cold, before I got ; to Buffalo my knee was swollen to ; twice its natural size. I Yad seen the good effects that ee ; Pills were having in such cases, I SBS them myself with I have never had. a ours dd that 2 my knee is far Seeaees than it has been for years. I bo grag pill at my meais- -- give you "this statemen ours, 8. RB, frac ALTAROP. Since writing this } . Cal ; tion, | took the advice and is well. the | armas or a swelling since. This was H boxes. by taking seven or . eight | Sa I need -- amd that I ge oe inde; ce, but ried has rot had any visits from = -- _--, ig even more cor- tial mmendation of Dr. Wittans' Pak Pil Pills than he was then. To th: reporter he said: "Iam coxtinualiy recommending Dr.- dadabaomensf Pink Pills to ace. tances "those I chance to who ee troubled with 44 ft aeation or locomotor a Pp in, = excellen§ prescription. It is such one as I might get from my doc- ra but 'gs would not give it in such a ct form and so convenient take. "l recommend the all, who Bes troubled rheuma- tism, locomotor ataxia or any im- enrollees of the blood." DONT MIX BUSINESS. Mr. And Carnegie, in his address on Busines" delivered to the stu- dents of Carnell on Founder's Day, gave many practical hints, but he pills highiy to with risk all, man he Pas all his eggs in ar basket, and watches that baske If he is in eas coffee business he coatings him- self to that; if he is in the sugar busi- ness he confines himself to that. And he never mixes the two except when he takes his morning coffee. Every man to his trade." Cc af S S a FS 4 a ® AN OLD RHYME RESET fase store long time she bore ; | 2 were in yain." At last one day a friend did say, "You'd soon be weil again if you would take, as J» did, | Pierce's "Fuvorite i that is the cure for all the peculiur ailments of women, It is a safe, sim- | ple and sure rem nedy. It anishes: those distressing maladies that make | wotnan's life a burden, curing all painiul irregularities, "uterine dis- j orders, inflammations and ulceration, | prolapsus and kindred weaknesses. As a nervine it cures nervous exhaus~ prostration, debility, mental anxiety and hy and induces refreshing sleep Dr. | ite Prescription" is the only remedy for the delicate derangements nd | " bospaga ty of females. Sold by Spe A pamphlet free. SS 8 | Vorla's Dispensary Medical Reon. | tion, Buffalo, N. ¥. i } Asthma cured by newly Saver keto | treatment. For pamphlet, testim a ials and valereneek Address World's pa a Medical Association, Buf- | falo, N. Y. | FoR liowers ut sulphur, glycerine, 375 grains ; acetic © acid, 75 rains. daily. The warts will shrivel up, and finally drop off. The mixture Pheald be well shaken beter Using WARTS. 150 gruins: and pure Apply it THE R AW. CUTTING WINDS, to the. surface every latent pain. Rheumatism, neuralgia, bago and complaints of a similar character hold revel at this season are and humana museles. The b sce powerful ami most certain pain ure is Nerviline. Nothing equais Ner- vite for penetrating power. Nervi- | line is beyond comparison the grand- est discovery for the. relief of pain offered to 'the public. WAR T ATT a on AN those in fnvor of war with England say aye 'Ase %* thundered the members of the Trouble Clu "AN those who are renidy to go to the front in the event of war say aye". It was so still rou could hear a cough dro FOP s. Be sure "aad use that old and tried remedy, Mrs. Winsiow's Sooth- r t 800 allays all apne n, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for -diarrtoea Twenty-five coats a bottle. A REAL GRIEVANCE. BE ocd a woman, who thinks dur- her married life that she has all different she is ieft a poly ay when she finds her little property unfairly taxed be- use. she has no vote, when she learns that for precisely the same labor as a man she receives but half the pay.--Harper's Bazar. NOTES HUNTS OUT CORNS Like tight boots. A sure, certain and painiess remedy is found in Putnam's Corn #xtractor, which removes the worst..corns in twenty-four hours. FOR THE Ww. ¢. 5 Be | "My good man," said:the kind lady, "have you ever stopped to think how much money is wasted on whiskey and tobacco "No, mum, 1 hain't,"' answered the object ; "it's a taking up all my time just now to figure out how many pore families could be supported on the price_of the extra. mend iaiies puts in their sleeves nowax Consumption can be cured by the i} use of Shiloh's -Cure. This great | Cough Cure is the only known rem- ; edy for that terrible disease. ao i WHAT MIGHT BE DONE. | What night be done if men were wise, What giorious d my suffering i ther, ' Would they unite constipation and NOTE, -- vertigements, please ~ self-help | You are weak, "run-down," | health is frail,strength gone Doctors call your case an- zemia--there is a fat-fam. ine in your blood. Scott's To of cod-liver oi ypophosphites, i is the t food-means of getting one strength back--your doctor will tell you that. He knows also that when the digestion is weak it is better to break up cod-liver oil out of the body than to burden your tired Gigestion with it. Scott's Emulsion does that. Scorr & Bownn, Belleville, Ont. of these ad- mention this we. aad 2.2m Know What You Chew "Prescription, for) ~ reliey @82). 'Is free Sani injurious coloring, The more you use of it the better you like it. TuE SCO, C. 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PARTIES HAVING OLD LETTERS in original envelopes of the dates 1851 to 1870 with postage stamps therron will em good ices for pei by applying to Box 195, conmen FLORIDA LANDS of extraordinary reraiity: healthy acinar: immense pro! winter-gro "to northern markets. No ec} drainage or irrigati " Low prices; easy W. J. Fen- ton, CASH PAID, or tableware, | | ______ Charlies Mackay. blood, liver and bowel Bo nara are a Clover Reot cured by Eari's