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DISK ROW MUG tO„ Rochester, .V. Y. 
Me.” It, is surprising bow many of the old 
favorites are contained iu this list. This idea 
of selecting books that have been a help is a 
good one. Wo have all read dozens of books 
that never helped us. They never helped to 
stimulate any of the finer feelings. They only 
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MORTGAGES. M'Ichko. and tuauv others Choice 
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LANDS. SlmnPalh, llukiua. 
little hoy is perched on a chair reading some 
scientific essay, while Bluebeard, Jack the 
Griaut Killer, Mother Goose and all the old 
characters that delighted us so in years past, 
aresadiy walking away. The young scientist 
has no use lor them now. They were good 
enough for his parents but he is a little better. 
There is good sense in the idea. It is the ten¬ 
dency of the times to cram the heads of chil¬ 
dren with indigestible facts. This is a sure 
way to produce mental constipation. We 
would rather haven child of seven pass a good 
examination iu Mother Goose than to have 
him able to tell what the earth is made of. 
rA2WSA2 rsTSTora cobn plantes 
, Wnrrant.il the bunt com tlropper aiut most 
l^qrfmn turo»-fand t.rtltmr . 11 . 111 l.nior lu ujo. 
FASaUHAi 
York, Fa. 
Send for largo Illustrated Catalogue 
co Brown’s Fence Builder ^ 
p" A practical, simple.durable, portable, cheap — 
mill valuable FARM IMPLEMENT fur build- ^ 
2* lug picket fence on the posts where It Us lo _ 
“■ remain. Heavy wire and strona. heavy pick- 2 
■ ■I els used, easily operated by a 10-year old boy. . 
■“ Sixty rods made hi 11 day at a cost of 30 cents 
f w a rod. A Kents wanted. 
~ JOHN P. lUtOWV, W 
< RIMING SUN, IND. D 
Tho cheapest Spreader out and the 
only kind that can be at 
tached to old wagons, 
'll are warranted. 
I'Tie. i mailed free. 
Nowark liacMno C\ 
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■eh liou.r, Jloxeralawa. darjrland. 
Lacking* One 
_ O t had paid twice 
whut that cost for another bag of yours, it would have 
been much better for me." So writes Mr. Haker. of 
Dhllllpsum, Mass. BOWKKlt FERTILIZER Co.. 
Boston amt New York. 
I.ntest Improvement. 
Machines for ThreshiuK and Cleaning Grain; 
also Machines for Miwintt Woud with Ctrculnr ana 
Cross-Cut Drag Saws. 
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Work. 4« page Pamphlet FREE. U>(dress 
K A KMS KOR SALE In Butler County, Mo. Improved 
and. Particulars on apblicntlou. Address 
JAMES K TCUll. I’uPl.AK BLUFF. MO. 
I Kobe who have taken so much pleasure 
and comfort from reading “Ben Hnr” should 
b\ all means read Wallace’s other famous 
romance, “The Pair God.” It is not quoted 
much now, having been hurried over by many 
inferior books, still, for powerful descriptions 
and vivid pen pictures it lots rarely been sur¬ 
passed by auy historical novels. It deals with 
Mexican history at tho time of the conquest 
b} Cortez, that strange struggle between 
paganism and a bigoted Christianity. 
Another excellent book is the “Hypatia” 
by Kingsley. The same struggle between 
Christianity and the religion of philosophy 
is graphically described. The scene is laid at 
Alexandria just after Rnmo wik cnoi/o,i 
FAR MS&.M ILLS 
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PERSONALS. 
Colonel Fred Grant’s physical resem¬ 
blance to bin father increases with his years, 
and is especially noticeable by those who look 
at, his profile. The Colonel resembles his 
father also in his fondness lor smoking. 
Mr. Beecher fs supposed to have left about 
.7220,001), mostly in personal property. He re¬ 
ceived a salary of $15,000 a year, about $14,- 
000 from his lectures and $ 4,000 from royal¬ 
ties on bis books, besides 875 a week for his 
syndicate newspaper letter. 
Mother Angela, cousin of Mr. Blaine, and 
a woman of many accomplishments, died at 
St. Mary’s Academy, South Bend, Indiana, in 
her 02d year. She founded the institution 
ami was Mother Superior of the Order of the 
Sisters of the White Cross. During the war 
she was a Florence Nightingale iu the hospi¬ 
tals of Memphis and Cairo. She sacrificed a 
brilliant social career for the sake of doing 
good to others. 
Charles Lux, of Miller & Lux, the great 
California land owners and cattle kings, died 
at San Francisco, Tuesday. Was an Alsatian; 
came to this country when a boy; learned 
butchering in New York; started business in 
Sau Francisco; formed partnership with 
Henry Miller, nml his check the day he died 
was good for much over $10,000,000. The 
firm owned over 700,000 acres of land and K0 r 
000 head of cattle In California and a great 
deal of property iu Oregon and Nevada. He 
was simple and upright, and the leader of the 
riparian rights party. 
be encouraged. They leave a good impression 
on the mind and cause thought. 
The selection of the proper hooks for the 
Sunday School library is a difficult task. We 
know of at least one case where such books 
were bought by the yard. An order was 
taken to fill so much space on the shelves. The 
shelves were filled and we well knew with 
what success for We had to read all the books. 
It was the ambition of the superintendent to 
have a larger library than the other church 
could lions-fr of, and he succeeded only too 
well. The men and women who wrote the 
children’s books iu that library never could 
have been boys and girls themselves. They 
just ground out collections of words because 
the public demanded quantity iasteail of 
quality. We were encouraged to say that we 
hail read a dozen books rather than to say we 
had thought over one. This idea is all wrong. 
The selection of books for a library should be 
made a careful study. A dozen good books 
are better than 25 “wishy-washy” ones. 
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one owning Farm,'Vineyard, HopYard or Orchard 
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J *56* Agent* Wanted. Send for Circnlars. 
ROCHESTER PLOW CO. Rochester, NX 
Use Peruvian Nitro-Pliospliate. 
Stronger, better and cheaper titan the best 
PERUVIAN GUANO. 
Delivered f. o. b. at New York. Dtilla., Pa., Balto., Md. 
Valuable Circulars and the Price List free. 
Iluyett, Sc hi n del & Co., HAGERSTOWN, MD. 
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Macomber's Hand Plniiter. for Com, beans, £ 
and Beet Seed. The bust In the world Money refund 
ed If It docs not prove satisfactory, after a fair trial. 
Agents wonted. Scud for circular and terms. , 
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» Sows Clover, Flax, Red Top. and all kinds 
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evenly and accurately as the beet graiD 
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j fli ing in windy «rather. 
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JJ-— cite ore a Ur. tes- 
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to IO \ f 9s>l*Kar\uJacJurer % 
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BKrANTl sfKATTOS’S, Butlalo, N. \ 
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k> tools have over gained (Remarkable for simplicity, 
:he favor of the A inert- I utrength, ease and per- 
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fectian of work. | * dgetable G( 
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Invaluable in any Family |TYill do the work of 6 1 
T-_... I IU mon witb the <-.<.>»- 
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LITERARY NOTES. 
It does not seem to us that the subject 
of dueling is of sufficient interest to warrant 
the space given to it in Harper’s. It appears 
that In Franco every public man must 
fight. Thiers and Gambetta both fought 
not so much because they wished to kill their 
opponents as to show that they were not 
afraid. Boulanger, the present French hero, 
fought for much the same reason. 
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Edward Evkrktt Hale gives, in the For¬ 
um, a good list of “ Books Thut Have Heloed 
gave us a taste of a strained and unnatural life 
that we never can enter. The time spent 
over them was wasted. We see it now only 
too well. Iu making up lists of books for 
younger readers, we ought to throw out all 
the books that, have simply amused. We 
want to have our children read books that 
will help them. 
Buck recently contained a telling cartoon 
on the sub ject of literature for children A 
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of connecting lines, or address 
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1st V. P. Q. M. 6. P. A T. A. 
Fura Proiuiuiudnir Dictionary containing 3Z,«0<) wonlr, 
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then vrouud. No dirt Is mixed with the soil. It Is 
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barrels, f. O. b. GRO.8. I’lUKEIC ING. 
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