THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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FOR DIPHTHERIA. 



The fallowing remedy for diphtheria 

 may be useful at this season of the year. 



Take a spoonful each of turpentine and 

 liquid tar; put them in a tin pan or cup 

 and set fire t> the mixture, taking care to 

 have a larger pan under it as a safe-guard 

 against the spread of fl imes. A dense 

 resinous smoke arises, making the room 

 dark. The p.-itient immediately experi- 

 ences relief. The choking and rattle stop, 

 the patient falls into a slumber and seems 

 to inhale the smoke with pleasure. The 

 fibnnous membrane soon becomes detached 

 and the patient coughs up microbes which, 

 when caught in a glass, may be seen to dis- 

 solve in the smoke. 



In the course of three days the patient 

 entirely recovers. 



Before using the ingredients named it is 

 well to cover closely any articles in the 

 room that will be injured by the thick 

 smoke. 



AMERICA'S FIRST DUEL. 

 In the year 1630 occurred the first duel 

 known to have taken place on American 

 soil, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. The 

 principals, Edward Doty and Edward 

 Leister, were servants of a Mr. Hopkins, 

 one of the New England colonists. The 

 men had quarrelled over some trifling mat- 

 ter, and resorted to the field for its settle- 

 ment. The affair was stopped by the 

 authorities, but not before one had been 

 wounded in the thigh and the other in the 

 hand. There is no law covering such 

 matters, but the governor of the province 

 decided that the men should be punished, 

 nevertheless. At his orders they were 

 sent to have their hands and feet tied to- 

 gether and lie in that condition 24 hours 

 without food or drink. They suffered so 

 much, however, that they were released at 

 the end of an hour. 



ECONOMY IN BUYING SEEDS. 

 Economy is not paving less money for a 

 thing than you expected to pay. True 

 economy is good management, and about 



the worst management a farmer can be 

 guilty of is to buy cheap seeds and thus 

 cut the value of his crops in half or worse. 

 A stream cannot flow higher than its source 

 and a crop cannot be any better than its 

 seed. Real seed economyjs buying seeds 

 that bear the stamp of a house that is 

 known to be reliable; then the planter is 

 absolutely sure that he gets what he wants 

 and what he pays for. In every part of the 

 country dealers sell the absolutely reliable 

 seeds of D. M. Ferry & Co. , of Detroit, 

 Mich., which have given uniform good re- 

 sults for the last forty-two years. Ferry's 

 Illustrated Seed Annual for 1898, contain- 

 ing information^that no farmer or gardener 

 can afford to be without, will be sent free 

 to any one making application to the firm. 



SAFETY IN .BUYING SEEDS. 



There is no other way to measure the 

 value of seed than by the value of the 

 crop. A good crop'simply cannot come 

 from poor seed. Second-rate seeds will 

 waste good land, good fertilizer, and good 

 labor, and the crop won't pay expenses. 

 Now, as the practical farmer cannot afford 

 to waste time testing seeds to find out 

 whether they are true to name, sound and 

 clean, it stands to reason that the only safe 

 way to buy seeds is to seek the protection 

 of a name that has stood for reliability in 

 the past. The great seed house of D. M. 

 Ferry & Co. , of Detroit, Mich., has sold 

 seeds all over the United States and Cana- 

 da for the last forty-two 'years, and the 

 steady growth of the business is a sure in- 

 dication that Ferry seeds have given satis- 

 faction. Ferry's Seed Annual for 1898, a 

 standard guide for farmers and gardeners, 

 containing much valuable information, is 

 sent free to persons writing for it. 



"SUCCESS." 

 It lies through two swing doors swung to, 



The attendance is always full, 

 Some by the door marked "push" get 



through, 



And the rest by the door marked "pull." 



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