anything is gained by its use. But probably a 
Mexican detects a certain husky flavor that 
the unenthusiastic do not discover. 
grand old live oak at Hibernia, Florida, which 
spreads its shade over a diameter of 140 feet, 
one branch extending horizontally, 75 feet; 
Each branch looks like the trunk of an ordin¬ 
ary tree, and this giant is so well proportion¬ 
ed, that one does not realize its size unless 
standing under it. 
Florida this Winter with her poor sick 
orange trees, as bare of leaves as our oaks, had 
a desolate look, but “Nature, the dear old 
nurse,” knew nothing less than the rainy days 
she sent in late Winter and early Bpring 
would bring her beauty trees safely through. 
When I left in the middle of April, in fionth- 
ern Florida, I believe they were all blossom¬ 
ing nicely, but farther north, there were 
plenty of leaves growing slowly, and but few 
blossoms, many of which were falliug off— 
doubtless, doing a kindness to the trees. The 
noble St. John, one-aud-three-quarter mile 
wide at Hibernia, was as beautiful as ever, 
while the quiet, home-like air and content¬ 
ment of guests, some of whom used to go there 
‘‘befo 1 the wah" made the place a truly 
pleasant spot in which to seek health and 
rest. mrs. M. g. w. 
Pi.s’cdlanfou.s’ SUrcrtisinfl 
9 HOLLARS each for New and 
I / Perfect SEW I3G MACH IN ES. 
I # Warranted five year*. Sent on trial 
1 ■■aired. Buy direct and save $15 to $:T5. 
Orpin* piven *« premhmn. Write for t’UKK cir¬ 
cular v*tth KXXi te*lm»otri»lt from rverystnte. 
GEO. PA5HSK A CO., 47 3rd Are. Chicago, ilL 
WHAT TO WEAR. 
FARMERS, 
Send for Otreulars and Price List of The BARNES 
PAT. IRON PENCE, the cheapest and most durable 
fence In the world. Address 
THE BARNES PAT. IRON PENCE CO.. Easton, Pa. 
Languor, and Loss of Appetite, are cured 
by the use of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. ' It re¬ 
moves that terrible sense of Constant 
Weariness , from which so many suffer, 
gives tone and vigor to the stomach, and 
restores health and strength more surely 
and speedily than any other medicine. 
Three years ago I suffered from Debility 
and Loss of Appetite, the result of Liver 
Disease. After having tried various rem¬ 
edies, and consulted several physicians, 
without benefit, I was induced to tulcq 
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. The first bottle pro¬ 
duced a marked change, and the second 
and third accomplished so much that I 
felt like a new mail. I have, since that 
time, taken about one bottle every year, 
and had no recurrence of the trouble.— 
William E. Way, East Leinpster, X. II. 
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, 
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., I.owell, Mass. 
Sold by all Druggists. Price $1; six bottles, $5. 
Black stockings for children are still fash¬ 
ionable. 
Plain, round dress waists of wash goods are 
very pretty and dressy cutout back and front, 
either square or V-shape,and filled iu with 
embroidery. 
A waist with a yoke back is uot becoming 
to a round-shouldered woman or child. 
Ribbon trimmings are very popular for sum¬ 
mer dresses, 
We regret that Dame Fashion again favors 
the wearing of jewelry upon ordinary occa- 
sions. 
H IPCC) IMPROVED ROOT BEER. 
* •» Ci O Packages, 25 cts. Make*5 gallons of 
a delielous, sparkling and wholesome beverage. Sold 
by all druggists, or sent by mail on receipt of t5 cents. 
C. E. HIKES, '18 N. Delaware Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 
The Runabout Wagon 
Patented January 15,18S4 
A CHAPTER ON SWEETS. 
Many of the best judges esteem the straw¬ 
berry the most delicious, as well as the most 
healthful and nutritions of the whole family 
of fruits. I have compounded with great care 
the reliable recipes given below: 
PRESERVED STRAWBERRIES. 
Weigh your fruit, and for every pound of 
berries allow three-quarters of a pound of 
sugar. Use a granite or porcelain sauce-pan, 
and for every four pounds of sugar add a 
quart of water and boil until the sirup thick¬ 
ens to the consistency of stout molasses. The 
universal usage of a pound for a pound makes 
the preserves needlessly sweet, and with the 
lesser quantity the native flavor of the berry 
is more pronounced. With a large spoon lift 
and pour the sirup over the berries until they 
are thoroughly saturated, but do it carefully 
so as not to bruise the berries. Place over the 
tire until the sirup begins to boil, and at the 
exact stage of the boiliug point remove the 
scum, pour all into an earthern pan and set 
away till next day. The next day place them 
again on the fire, and as soon as the boiling 
point is again reached set them aside once 
more for several hours. Again place them on 
the fire until they are very hot, but do not let 
them boil. Lift out the berries with a skim¬ 
mer and lay them on a large, flat dish. Boil 
the sirup 15 minutes, make all hot oueo more 
and seal up iu glass jars or tumblers. 
STRAWBERRY JAM. 
Weigh eight pouuds of berries and nib and 
press them through a hail- sieve; udd sugar in 
the same proportion as that given above, place 
over the tire and with a wooden spatula stir 
constantly for half an hour after it begins to 
boil. It is now ready to seal up. If you can 
make this late in the season and can add to 
this quantity a pint of red currant juice, the 
flavor will be exquisite. In this case you must 
boil the juice with the sugar for half an hour, 
then add the berries and boil for half an hour 
louger. 
TOMATO FIGS. 
It is hard to find a more beautiful preserve 
or one more delicious than the above. Take 
eight pounds of the small, yellow tomatoes, 
pour boiling water over them to take the skins 
off. It is better to plunge them a few at a time 
into boiling water and take them out and peel 
them quickly, so that they may not become 
softened. Weigh out six pounds ol’ sugar and 
put both in layers in a largo earthern dish, to 
stand over-night. Tn the morning drain off 
the simp and boil it until no more scum 
rises. Put iu the tomatoes with the juice of 
four lemons and four ounces of ginger root, 
and boil slowly for half an hour. Take out 
the tomatoes with a perforated skimmer; let 
them remain in the sun for several houra to 
harden; boil the sirup down until it thickens, 
return the tomatoes until they get hot through 
and seal up. 
CANDIED FRUITS. 
These are so easily made at home that there 
is no necessity of paying a dollar a pound for 
them. Make a sirup of a pound of sugar and 
a cupful of water and boil until it thickens, 
put iu any kind of fruit and boil until it is 
tender. Let them remain two days in the 
simp, take out, drain and sprinkle sugar over 
each piece separately. Dry slowly iu the sun 
or oven with a very moderate heat. 
Other recipes will lie given later in the sea¬ 
son. PALMETTO. 
Twelve different styles. Light, Strong, Convenient 
and Low-priced. The popularity of the Rcnaboct is 
such that its sale exceeds that of all other vehicles of 
Its class combined. 
Send for Illustrated Catalogue and price list direct 
to the manufacturer, ORVILLE II SHORT, 
• Syracuse, N. Y. 
SPRING GREENS; COWSLIPS AND 
DANDELIONS. 
EUREKA 
After they are gathered, pick them over 
carefully so that no grass or decayed leaves 
will remain among them, then wash carefully 
in two or three waters. Put them over the 
fire and let. them come to a boil, and then 
drain them in a colander. Cover them with 
fresh water, return to the fire and boil an 
hour. Slices of boiled pork may be boiled 
with them to flavor them if desired; or when 
done, they may be drained and then seasoned 
with salt and butter, and eaten with vinegar. 
Horse-radish leaves in their season may be 
prepared in the same way, also rough-leaved 
mustard. MRS. b. c. d. 
S HERIDAN'S CONDITION POWDER is absolute¬ 
ly pure and highly concentrated Ir. Is strictly 
a medicine to be given with food. Nothing on earth 
will make hens lay like it. It cures chicken chol¬ 
era and all diseases of henB. Illustrated book by 
mall free. Sold everywhere, or sent by mall for 
25 cts. In stamps. 2Ji-lb. tin cans, $l’; by mall, 
$1.20. Six cans by express, prepaid, for $6. 
I. S. Johnson & Co., P. O. Box 2118. Boston. Mass. 
Awarded FIRST Pre- 
mtinn »itJ Gold Med* 
v * - 1 -“i— Ea 1 nt World's Fair New 
.diU k-tf “A—SOrle-iris.overtK leading 
5 Wind Mills The EC* 
after a trial 
-~~T- -jw lasting i moS. was pro. 
‘•w nours-ed the beat over 
all and to-1ay stands 
at the head of all com petltors Size* m 
to IK ft. diameter of 'fbegLalther for 
Pumping orPower Mills. Perfect <« all 
parte and warranted Estimate* on ap- 
Ipllreitlon. AlBoMfrs. of the Adam* Dl* 
reel Draft Bam Floor Mora*Power. 
Live Agents Wanted Address Mf™., 
WOODWXMB. K(|SMM«I 
DAIRY THERMOMETERS 
Every farmer should have one. Sent safelv by mall 
for 50c 
Send for Catalogue of Thermometers, Lactometers, 
Creamometers. and Thermometers for incubators 
W. III. YlcAl.l.lSTEK. Optician. 
Ti 0 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. PA. 
For «Y**r ‘40 YK.4U8 
always usiu^ the 
GENUINE YANKEE 
SOAP. 
It has no »»«|uhI.** 
JL P. 
W. Karwington, O. 
For FIFTT TEARS nne- 
qtialml xa a $b'tvins;S<>:ip. 
Slaniiartl for quality 
in l*. S. Xavy. Avoid 
imhallftit*. Obtain it of 
viinr Drm-cM. or send 
12c* in stamp* for full 
dxc trial rake to the 
j. B. WILLI AMS GO. 
liluMlnnburr, Conn, 
t'orm'ly Williams & Bros 
Ha n Chester, 1810. 
A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL’S EX¬ 
PERIENCE IN BUTTER-MAKING. 
An aching sensation midway down the 
back and at the right of the spinal column in¬ 
dicates a deranged condition of the liver 
which can he rectified by the use of that great 
specific, Warner’s safe cure. 
^ genuine 
YANKEE SOAP, 
/V jn u/a: :a/t4 at 
MANCHESTER CONN, 
WILLIAMS £ BROTHERS 
CHEMISTS AMO <iP 77RE : AfiH S. 
Mother and I have been making butter for 
four years at 25 cents a pound for regular 
customers, and have never had any fault 
found, except that we could not furnish enough 
to suit them during some parts of the year. 
We have a milk-house one rod from the house, 
and whitewash it inside every Spring. We 
keep the milk, churn, cream and butter in it, 
and use the deep-setting cans in Summer and 
pans in the house iu Winter, churning with a 
barrel churn the year around. We are very 
particular when weighing the butter, and al¬ 
low one ounce of salt to each pound of butter. 
The cream can is kept behind the sitting-room 
stove in the Winter. Salt is added once, and it 
is stirred thoroughly every day. Have the 
temperature of the cream GO degrees in Sum¬ 
mer and 02 degrees iu Winter. We think the 
butter should not come in less time than a half 
hour—it is then hal’d and yellow. We salt and 
work the butter just enough to work iu the 
salt, and put. it away till the next, day, when 
it is made into rolls and set away until market 
day. We never think of washing it, and when 
it is in rolls it weighs just the same as when 
taken out of the churn. BECKY E. 
A ■ | w OXOXB.VGA F. F. SALT. 
U II I I SOLE JLiM FACTCREHS, 
A U I I American Dairy Salt Co. 
J (Limited.) 
Chemically purified and Warkasted pure a* any In 
the market. Used by a great majority of the Dairy¬ 
men of the country. Unexcelled for Butter. Cheese, 
the ruble, and all Culinary purposes. Took Medal at 
Centennial "for purity ano high degree or excellence." 
Dairy goods salted with It took first premium* at New 
Orleans World's Fair. N. Y. International Fair: Mil¬ 
waukee Esposltion. and always win* when there Is 
fair competition. It Is American, and cheaper and 
better than any foreign salt Trv It, Address 
J. W BARKER. Secretary, 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
CHANNEL CAN CREAMERY 
Makes more Butter than any other process. 
Calls for less lnhor arid loo. WU1 raise all the 
cream without ice. Automat le Butter-work¬ 
ers, Churns, etc. One at wholesale. 
Agents wanted. Send for eirenlars. 
ANEW 
JACKSON ARCHITECTURAL 
IRON WORKS. 
Iron Work kinds for Buildings. 
Office 31S EAST 1STtf STREET, NEW \ r ORK. 
STABLE FITTING* A SPECIALTY. 
Positively Prevents Butter from ever becom¬ 
ing Rancid. 
Endorsed by George B. Douglas. Esq.. Ex-President 
Mercantile Exchange; Putnam Conklin, Esq., Man¬ 
ager Thurbcr, Wlivlanil & Co's Butter Department, 
New York City; Col. Wm. I’rozler, North port. L. I., N. 
Y., and others. Send for Circular. 
111 tlC If TOFLTS and Mas'f'rs. Send for large pamphlet 
IniLH' containing U.S. PATENT Office Rules for 
obtaining Pa.eats. F. B. Brock. A tty..Washington, D.C. 
WATERBURY WATCH 
KEROSENE IN WASHING. 
A CORRESPONDENT asks if any of our read¬ 
ers have list'd kerosene tti washing. We have 
never heard of it being used for cleansing pur¬ 
poses, but we have known of a few drops 1 ie- 
ing added to boiled starch to prevent, it .stick¬ 
ing. This may be what our correspondent re¬ 
fers to. 
Office and Factory, foot of 
Best Eleventh Street, New York City , A r . 3 
LOW COST HOUSES 
HOW TO BUILD THEM 
>H A large Atlas, giving cuts and 
modern abuses. ceding from 
frfr^ d* rtii and ma- 
°'i or *^ i * 1 ^sadapt- 
work jntbhslied' Sant by mail* 
pottpafcl tor 50®. in .uap«. 1IU.NXL1N itMS LU.. FUILaUA 
Another Victory at Gettysburg. 
Gettysburg, Fa., Nov. 20, 1885.—Two 
years ago, I became a confirmed invalid. My 
friends thought I was far gone with consump¬ 
tion. I grew worse under the treatment of 
physicians, and at last resolved to try Warn¬ 
er's safe cure. In two weeks, 1 was like a new 
creature. In four weeks, was able to assume 
my household duties. At this writing, per¬ 
fectly well. I believe Warner's safe cure M ill 
cure fliMOO of all suffering people, so I con¬ 
vince all suffering people of its merits.— Mrs. 
E. J. Wolf, Wife of Rev. Theodore Wolf, L 
L, D., Editor Lutheran Quarterly. 
STRAWBERRY ICE-CREAM. 
Make a boiled custard of one quart of milk, 
oue teaspoonful of corn starch, two eggs, one 
cup of sugar. Press three pints of strawber¬ 
ries. or as many more as you please, through a 
sieve. Make the juice very sweet, add it with 
one quart of cream, one cup of sugar, the 
whites of two eggs, well whipped, to the cus¬ 
tard, just as you put It into the freezer. This 
makes one gallon of cream. 
white CAKE. 
Whites of six eggs, scant three-fourths of a 
cup of butter, one-and-one-foilrth cup of pul¬ 
verized sugar, two cups of flour, juice of half 
a lemon, one fourth of a teaspoonful soda. 
Mix soda with flour. Beat the butter to a 
light cream, and add the flour to it, starring it 
in gradually with the lingers until a smooth 
paste. Beat the whites to a stiff troth, and 
mix with them the sugar; now stir the eggs 
and sugar gradually into the flour aud butter, 
adding also the lemon juice. Bake in a mod¬ 
erate oven. Frost While hot with one white 
of egg ntul a heaping teacupful of pulverized 
sugar. Beat egg till slightly foaming and 
add sugar. This cake ^must lie put together 
exactly as directed. 
Affriend molds her veal croquettes into the 
forui.of pears, as a chauge from the old way. 
Sirttiti Knr/inrs. 
AUTOMATIC AND 
Plat* Slid* Valvk, 
Stalluaarr, fc'orvable ami 
Traction. Cbeaptinl 
ati«t beat for fill purposes. 
Simple strong \ud dura* 
We. No Karquhar boiler 
tfem^odnl. Saw Mills,. 
Tbreihmg Mnohlms au«l 
A grin ul turn l Implement* 
ami machinery gene rally. 
Si ml fur lUus'fl »':\iAlotfue 
.1, If. IYiiviiiImds 
York, Fu. 
ELEGANT SHAPE. 
HEALTH and 
COMFORT 
the CHEAPEST house 
mill BEST. /TJClA POWERS 
No Iron rim In xnd 
top for butter or DOG POWERS, 
cream to adhere srfc— -ftl* One Clmrn, or 
to. 1' HqjLy rivjflIT Horse- Power, sold 
A11 sizes made up I^SjAaaMII at wholesale price, 
to :*k> gallons. 1 P* where we have no 
Lev eraud Roller ft agents. 
Balter Workers. All goods war- 
We also make H_-H»ranted as repre- 
BOX CHURNS IbW w^Pfsented. 
for /lYr JS Send for Cireu- 
CREAMER I ES.AiBL - S3 ' ^litrs. 
II. F. Bah'lieller Jfc Son. Box M. Rook Falls, III. 
EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER 
Perfectly Combined Di V ' > \ / 
, \ it i, 
MADAME FOY’S'fc;^ • 
Skirt Supporting Y , 1 - . . ^ 
FOBtSKT.I jf! 
It is one. of the most ’) 
popular and satlsfiu-. ^--' 
lory la the market 
For Sale by all lead ^yD^*” 1 I 
Ing dealers. T . — 
Price by mall $1.30. wy 
FOY, HARMON & A 1 
CHADWICK, New Haven, Conr> 
Hoping you care for it, I mail you a bit of 
long moss—Tillnndsin usneoides—from the 
lln I.ieiid'a Perlocted Ceuieuuial 
INCUBATORS AND BROODERS 
When Baby wan sick, we gave her Castor)* 
When she waa a Child, she cried for Caetoria, 
When ehe became Miss, she clung to Caetoria, 
Whan xhe had C'uldrwn, she gave Chain Caetoria, 
First, Foremost, Pest. 5»> Egg Machine, only $20. 
('enteiiniol 'I'f's Co.. Box 20(1, Kve, N. Y 
Chromo or 23 Hidden Name Cards, name on. 10c. 
Samples^ (erms.ic. Crown l*tg.Co.. Northford.Ct. 
f ARI>s. Hidden 3 me.rtc. 1 pn'ttyKttis.i'- 1 " mH p~v 
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