Few Fpot Aro Mn to, f "Few people's foot lire mnte,n mused the Broadway ilioo dealer yesterday, m a customer departed. 'Winch foot is tho largest!" 'That depends." "But how do you manaiT" Oh, easy enough. Tho difference isn't great enough to cause, any serious annoyance. However, the latest thing in tho shoo line is intended for just such cases. It is known a the reversible hoe." j "That's mid." ' "Both odd and even. This ahoe," added the dealer, "is made with a flnt Bole. You will also observe that tho shoo is not turned for the ritfht nor the left, as in ordinary shoes, but, being ab solutely straight along the inner edge of the sole, may readily bo worn on cither foot. "Pliors of this pattern nro bolived to be easier on the feet than tho common article with turned soles. So f your feet are not mates, as is tho case with most people, you may sleep sound At night now, for your enso has been attended to in a scicutific manner." Xeu Fori Worhl. Five million dollars was paid out hist season by summer tourists and boarders in New Hampshire, alone. Frances Willnrd nnd lr. Keolej. Tie Womnn's ( hrlMlnn Temperance t'nlnn Inrtnr.rs llio C.al4 Cure fur Drniikmnrn. Mits Krnniw E. Willar.1, Prosl.lent of the World's nnd ftntionnl Woninu's Christian Teinpvrnnro Union, recently drew down a Storm of criticism and adverse comment upon herwlf and the 0mnni7.nl Ion she repre sents by announcing that tho Keeley cure for drunkenn'K4 and the opium huldt was being 'boomo-i" by tho press for political purposes. This statement ho nmnile-tly absurd that tho lending journals of the country at once dented It in editorials, giv ing as proof of its falseness a number of cases of hnhitunl inebriety which hnve un doubtedly bt-cn cured by the Keelev Hichlo riiieof Hold. Miss Willard, who fs careful to correct a mistake when tho makes one, baa since investigated the Gold rare, and now comes forward w ith a letter publicly avow ing her faith in t ho Keeley cure, and declar ing her sympathy with the great work being done t y it. Hie Knstorn branch of the Keeley Institute at Whilo I'lains.New York, is coming to the trout with a most pratily ing percentage of cures of drunkenness and the drug habit. Men who have frequented, institutions for inobrintes for years w.thout tenent are, utmost without exception, cured of thoir dbrase at tho White lMnins Keeley Institute, and after the three or four weeks of treatment return to their families with health fully restored nnd ambitious tore deem the past. The medical profession, which was at first antagonistic to the Gold cure, has been convinced of its effectiveness by the cood which has been done at White l'lains, and physicians throughout the East- era States now send thoir pntients to the ' Institute. JJruukenness Is undoubtedly a ; disease, and iu the Keeley Gold treatment a remedy has at last been discovered. More- . over the cure is effected without restraint or physical puiu, the treatment consisting of a hypodermic injection of the bichloride of , Oold, and also the remedy taken internally. I It seems a very simple way out of a great evil. Tho branch at White Plains is under the direct supervision of the ixitent house. The treatment is identical with that admin istered by Dr. Keeloy. A Frenchman has invented a flying machine in which ho flew 100 yards. 1 Out of Sorts Describe! a feel 1 nit peculiar to pernon or dyaprptlo tendency, or cattMcd uy change of climate, ?aon or tfe. The tomach la out of order, tho head achea ot Coca not feel rhiht, Tho Nervo3 teem -trained to their utmost, the mini It confused and Irritable. 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(nf-f rrv. Kait-rlfin.') imt m-.l- KMneiie V kiiiift. 11 orlirwter. . , flfj C fTI 1 Y. Hoott-MKt-i-Mti, iJiMiaaa turmt liryaiU'a 4 tiltrge. 4A Hulub N. V AGENTS WA!ITD ON SALARY. or cmuiu .slou li hu llio Si-w fiilvul i ll mt'l Ink tr.iu ivn. II. Ak U umklu V) per o. k. Miutii I m. Ml 'g lu.,U Civ-, W K Jlfc ail. 1 Of W ioc rii :iifi .... r cass f n. JOrlSOfj's WMESf THE FATTENING OF STEERS HOW CORN 19 SCIENTIFICALLY TUBNED INTO TISSUE). Tho Ilittnnlnjt in tho Groat Corn Delt Tho Flnul Kndlnff At the Blaochtcr House. Weitern dressed beof, injt the New York Tim, is found corn converted into flesh bj scientific processes that hare been evolved by a generation of stock farmers and packers working hand in hand. The best dressed beef is that of the steer fnttene I upon the ranges of the so-callod 'corn belt" which, roughly speaking, inclujes a large portion of Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas and Ne braska. As ioclosure of five acre is considered amply sufficient for the feeding of a herd of live hundred or a thousand steers. Feeders endeavor to include a portion ol some natural water course within the feeding pens. Otherwise, water is fur nished by driven wells, wblcb, upon the Western prairie lands, are sure to tap a water bearing stratum a few feet beneath the surface. The water is pumped by windmills. The feedor also tries to in clude clumps of trees and broken areas of WuU within the feeding pen. In the winter, when the blizxards come sweep ing down from the pole, the shelter of bluffs and trees enables the cattle to sur vive an othorwiso fatal storm. In the centre of the feeding pen is a large rack, three feet across the base, and enlarging toward the top. Thcso hay rack! hold three tons of hay and also furnish shel ter. They are kept filled with hay, and the steer is at all times allowed to eat its Qll. After it has become accustomed to its new lodgings it is fed with mm, not get ting much at first for ir it may "founder." Tho first fen -lays the steer Is fed sparingly "snap coru," which ig corn upon the ear with tte husk unre nioved, each steer being alloweJ a half dozen ears. This allowance is increased day by day, and at the end of four weeks the steer is disposing of half a bushel of shelled corn per day. Hereafter it may eat as muoh shelled corn as it wants,and if it is strong and healthful it has passed one of the most critical periods of corn feeding. If a number of the steers aro found to be sick or ailing, the herd is deprived of much of its corn ration, and the process ol "putting them upon their feed" is begun over again. No dogs are allowed about the in cisures. "Scrub" Western cattle are excluded from tho pens where the na tives are being fed. Western "scrubs" have a ttace of wild and lawless blood in their veins, and upon the least occa sion are liable to create a row. A steer that is suffering from wet and cold does not increase in flesh. It is, therefore, necessary to have a part of the yard dry, where the cattle may rest and find pro tection from the win I. Feeding-cattio aro allowed all the water that they can drink, but as cold water checks the di gestive processes, tho water is kept con stantly warm by a fire beneath the water troughs. In tho winter time tho cattle huddle together for mutual protection against cold and wind. When ttore is any protection in the way of bluffs or trees, cattlo rarely freeze. Tho great fatality among cattlo on Western ranches is due to absolute lack of protection, and rarely to the intense cold itsolf. Many ran-o cuttle owe their death to tho fact that they uncover the prairie grasses with their noses rather than with their hoofs. When the "northers" sweep down across the plains the crust upon the snow bo comes thick, and the cattle often strive in vain to break the hard covering, and die of starvation. It is a trying time upon the feeding ranch when the banks of gray clouds upon the horizon indicate that a blizzard is at hand. These fierce stirms often continue for three or four days without intermission. During a blizzard cattle in an exposed yard will keep on the move as long as possible, finally they huddle close together at the lower end of the enclosure, and seldom freeze when in good condition. If there is a shed close at hand insufficient f 01 the accommodation of the entire herd, the animals outsido push until many ol those in tho bunch are thrown down and trampled underfoot. The steer is kept on full feed from four to six months, as its condition and tho constantly-varying mark at may de mand. Under the most favorable condi tion it will gain three pounds a day. Ordinarily it will increase its weight by a daily increment of a pound and a quar ter or two pounds, and has gained 300 pounds during the stay in the feeding pen. The quality of tho beef is better, and a steak from the steer will bo fou.id streaked with innumerable lines of fat. This fat is hard corn converted into ani mal tissue. Hogs are fattened with cat tle. Like all other natural products the steer attain a certain stage of perfection. Such a iteer is "ripe," and should be hurried off to the shambles without delry. An experienced feeder is able to tell at a glance when tho animals of bit herd are ripe. The steer, when "ripe," i broad acroa the back, its body is large and round, and its hide is sleek aud glossy. Il spends a large portion of the time on the ground,' rises with difficulty and soon liei down again. It Is now a different ani mal from the fierce steer that left tht far Western range. From thirty to thirty-four steers could then be trans ported in a single cattle-car. Now eighteen can barely find standing room in a similar apace. The access of mar ketable beef equals 650 pounds. During the procesi of conversion the steer has used up two acres of wild prairie pas ture, has devoured a ton and a half ot prairie hay, or millet, has consumed ninety bushels of sbel'ed corn, and has mado from four to six pounds of buuf from each bushel of shelled coru. Now that the steer is ripe, the feeder is confronted with another serious problem. He must hasten the auim.il to the slaughter house, 600 miles away,' and this tiansfer must be accoinplighedi without the loss of an undue amount of fat. Upon the day of shipping the ani mals are turned out of the yards, and upon their urrival at tho tracks are driven into small pens, thence up a shute, aud into the cattle cars. The method of transportation is bar barous. Cuttle are wedged into the cars like sardiuus in a box. This is necessary, because if the animals are per mitted to lie down they are liable to be trodden to death beneath the hoofs. Long belore the car is loaded to its full capacity it would seem impossible to force auyther uniuial iu. Tim impossi ble is dobu, however, aud the last steer is pushed itito mere cruuk, whi ' tho Hjit feeder open up in tho file of ttanding animals. The torments endured by the cattla upon their two days trip to Chica go can only be surmised. No steer has yet been given tongue to voice its sor rows. The whole body of animals move as one at every oscillation of the car. When the train stops suddenly they are thiown violently against one auother, and the liiial egress from the car often shows tbeir ribs bare and bleeding. After being tiirm-d out of tho cars they are fod several times before ar riving at their destination. Improved cattle cars are slowly supplanting those of the old-fashioned type. Trofit, and not philanthropy, hits iuducod their use. The now cars are dividod into compart ments holding three steers each. Each compartment is providod with hny racks and water troughs, which aro filled from the roof. Upon their arrival at Chicago or Kan sas City the cattle aro taken iu charge by the commission men. Cattle shrink rap idly In flesh in a strange yard, and the price of stock-yard feed is exorbitant. It is, therefore, necessary to sell the cattle upon the day of their arrival. So tho commission man rides about the yard on horseback till he finds a customer. The steers are sold by tho hundredweight, tnd nro immediately weighed in a largo pen which is balanced upon a scale. Bo tore entering the weighing pen the steers ire watered, and, as they have not tasted water for twelve hours, they often con tunie 100 pounds of water upon a warm Ind sultry day. After drinking, tho steer is forced up an incliued plane and enters tho laughter house. At Armour's establish ment a trained steer is employed to lead the cattlo luto tho slaughter pen. The decoy animal enters a shute leading into into the slaughter pen nnd tho guileless country steers follow coufideutly. When they are once withiu the leader slips out by a sido exit and the herd finds itself Inclosed within a heavily planked alloy. The animals are driven ono by one into smaller pons opening upon cither side, flcavy doors b:ir their egress. A man passing along tho c luse nay above strikes the animal with a mallet and it falls to the floor. Four butchers ruih in aud pass keen-edged knives across tho throat of the steer. A chain is attached to a leg and the body of tho steor is swung up into tho air. Tho carcass is then skinned, the bead is cut off, tho body is cut in half and allowed to cool, is then quartered, and, after hanging in cold storage for twenty-tour hours, is stand ard dressed beef, ready for shipment. No portiou of the steor is allowed to go to waste. Tho hair is used for plarter, tho hoofs are converted into gelatine, tho horns are steamed and rolled out for various uses, the tongues are cannod, and the shreds of meat about the head are scraped off and utilized. The hide is cured, the skull is burned for bone ash, the tail appears in oxtail soup, the blood is utilized in making raro and expense dyes and chemicals, and the wasio is used for fertilizer. Such exact and scientific methods of feediug and slaugh ter have driven the small feedors and butchers out of competition in the West. They can only afford to handle the poorer grades of beef which nro neglected by the larger firms. Before entering upon his fattening sea son the feeder lays out a detailed plan of action. A leaf from the account book of a Nebraska cattlo feeder will read somewhat as follows: 830 range cattle. To corn (Drill To bay J 000 To oatmeal TOO Total 1 1,311 Cost per bead to feed , (34 Original cost per bead 'M Interest and cost ot hog and labor 3 Cost of hog 4 Cost to fatten one steer and one hog. fi7 1310 pounds beef at 4,' cents (on farm) . . b0 Loss per head on beet t 7 This is where tho hog steps in. In following the steer he has increased from 150 to 300 pounds. Tho feeder's ac count, therefore, reads as follows: 300 pounds pork at 4 cents per pound. . . 1 13 One steer (total selling price) 60 Total selling price hog and steer.... (73 Total coat bog and steer 1)7 Total gain on hog and steor (0 Total gain on 330 steers and accompany ing hugs (1050 Uow England Could Take Chicago. In two weeks after a declaration of war, asserts Colonel Theodore A. Dodge la the Forum, England could place fifty gunboats on the Likes aud more than thirty armored vessels in the harbors of our leading cities, and could concentrate 75,000 regular troops in Canada, backed by a sturdy militia renly to march across our border; while in twice that time part of her Asiatic squadrou could sail through the Golden Gate. Our Like frontier is a cobweb. No laud defences of such towns as Chicago, situite.l oa the shore itself, could save them from bombardment. The best army could not protect Chicago agaiust a mediocre mod ern fleet. Tiie shipping and commerce of the Lakes is attractive. The goods afloat and ashore suffice to pay a huge war indemnity. They are all at tho mercy of an English flotilla. Some peo ple imagine that modern war has been humanized out of such measures as bombardment. lint Paris was bom barded in 1870; so was Strasburg, and its beautiful cathedral spire was seriously injured. War has uo w-ithetic maxims. The occupation of a seaport leaves no alternative but submission and the pay ment of a heavy ransom or bombard meat. In a town liko Chicago this would bo followed by fire, and wo all rumember tho $3UJ,000,O.K) lost iu tho firo of 1871. Perennial Rye. Tho Russian investigators, A. F. Bata lin, a naturalist, and member of the Im perial Botanic (iarden of St. Petersburg, Russia, aud I. F. Kundouroff, a farmer of Stavropolsk proviuce, are said to have made tbo discovery that uiu'e- certain conditio rye becomes n pen uui il plant, and ulso tuat with proper culture several crops nny be harvested in one year. Thuso conclusions uro the result of observations and experiments extending over a period of several yeirs. Their importance, if true, is obvious. Tne plant known a Sicilian mouutuin ryo grows wild in, Bicily, Spain, Morocco. Greece, Asia Minor, Persia and tho Caucasus, and is very similur in qualily to Russian rye. True perennial rye has loug existed in a fluid form. l'iavjune. More than 600,000 pirnsiou certificates have bixn issuod for disabilities iucurrud during the Civil War, TEMPERANCE. y DOCTORS WBO Diumr. - -. ' Aoenrdlng to roonnUy enacted taw to Georgia do pbytddan or surgeon, if once convieted oforunkeooeas. u ver aanin trnctio his jirofewlon in that State. The Hncinnntl Jm -Star, In miggMting a simi lar law for Ohlc my: "It is but a few days n.nce a Cincinnati pbvsician was tnken olf the street sufTring from delirium tremens while still another Is locked up In the work houM, convicted of habitual drunkenness. It In not many years since one of the most prominent men In the Cinoinnati Medical locity, conscious of hts oonramtng appetite for rum, invariably wrote his prescriptions twice, each time keeping a copy, thinking thus to escape any mistake which h was fearful his dipsomania might lead bltn Into." TOTAL ABKTINSNOK LIAOtTES. The Masjaoh ii witts Total Abstinence So 'clety hs iimurtd a plan of work looking to the organisation of temperanca Imgues in very city and town in the State. The plan of work eintiraran the following depart ments! Public meetings, work among chil dren, circulation ot the total abstinetnoe plege among adulta, the distribution of tem perance ami no-license literature, securing a large no-license vote in all the cities and towns and the enforcement of existing laws. The membership will consist of residents of cities and towns over eighteen years of age. The constitution is flexible and adapted lo very locality. The necessity of such or ganisations Is apparent when one realises that less than tun per cent, of the population under forty years is pledged to total abstin ence. The society invites all classes of tem perance workers to co-operate with this ellort to establish local societies. A mother's fortitude; tested. It is doubtful if a mother's fortitude and endurauce can be put to a stronger test than to be obliged to fight single-handed against starvation, whilst shielding her children from the brutalities of a d.-unken parent. Huch a woman hardly ever manifests her bitter anguish, except, perhaps, to a spirits uui auvin-r, wiio can uo nine eiso lor her ' than couueel patience nnd resignation. Her vinue ana nor sunering are not known to the world. Even her own children, whom the sottish behavior of a drunken parent has prejudiced against all the surroundings , vi nome, are soou eager to leave her. i h.y gladly embrace the first opportunity to cast I their lot among strangers. I i The Catholic Church cannot refuse to give . .her hearty support to a movement which is 'destined tO HpllVaP Imm lilLnro mnn.-w. Mass of virtuous mothers and their helpless infante it is not too late if the demon of alcohol has not already buried its crooked 'harpy claws in the vitals of society. Rev. Licorge Zurcher, DRINK AND TIIK UflVl RACES. A member of a Naval Lodge of Good Tem ples, on board of one of the British naval vessels on the west coast of Africa, in a let ter read at tho late anniversary meeting of the Drink and Native Races Association, writes We are out hers on the spot, and can see for ourselves the immense evils arising from this devilish traHic. In the steamers which brought us out to the Cape ot Hood Hope to join our ships were two missionaries with cases of Bibles, etc., to bring the glad tid ings of great joy unto the poor benighted heathens, and down in the hold of the same vessel were 2100 gallons of Holland gin and 1500 gallons ot rum intended for the self same heathens. Now, my brothers and sisters, please ask yourselves, What good is it rending our missionaries to enlighten the nero when we allow the devil and bis agents to send out that which utterly destroys the goo 1 they may be en abled to dof We seamen, although, as it were, on the scene of battle, are helpless to do anything in this matter except to urge the poor blacks to abstain fro:n the drink; but when we speak to them on the subject, they tell us, "White man bring it, white man drink it, and the black man drink it.", And black man does drink it and dies in con sequence. One ot the objects for which our ship is stationed here, is the sunnression of I the slave trade, but the ships of all sorts that pass in ana out or tne rivers nave on boar I that which biuds the noeroes witn worse chains than those which Wilberforce broke :asunder, which holds them in stronger bonds than Abraham Lincoln untied in ,America, and which binds them in slavery more degrading, mors debasing and more damning than any for which the brave ine? of the Northern States went to war with their Southern brethren to abolish. ( SAD LESSON FROM LIPS. -j 'The Women's Christian Temperance Union is very well," said a gentleman to me, "but women make more drunkards than , their society reforms.1' It was a sweeping' statement, and I asked him to explain. 'Women like their cordials and their tonics," said he, "and alcohol forms an important part of all of them. They are apt to keep them on hand, for their stomach's sake and often inllrmities, and mix what they call a harmless m-diciue for their husbands or sons when they come home tired or out of sorts, so that the liquor habit is formed and the men go to saloons, where they can get stronger drink. Here is a case iu point. I knew a man, honest and capable, a good husband and father. His wife was weakly. Very often sho would ask her nurse to make hur a whisky punch, and to give some to Jamie it he came in tired after a day's work. The habit graw on him. he drank stronger liquors, business failed, he neglected his family, and they be came very poor. His delicate wife would have sulf area from actual want, but an aunt dying about that time left her (3000. Her husband wanted the money to begin business again, but his wife would not trust him; she was consumptive, her children might be left destitute. "There was a stormy scene when he de manded the money and she refused, and partly under the influence of liquor, be struck her. They separated, and she never saw him again. Borrow developed her dis ease, aud not long before her death, she sent for me. '1 want you to be kind to Jamie,' said she, '.or it was my fault that be took to drink; I see it now. He did not care for liquor till I coaxed him to take it. But I did not dream it was more than a medicine.' Again and again she would moan iu a heartbroken voice, 'It was my fault, Jamie would never h:. ve been a drunkard if I had not given him a taste of liquor I' And this sorrow went with ber to the grave. Jamie did not need my care long. He was taken up in the street intoxicated soon after his wlfea death, and being sick in the jail, I had him sent to the hospital, where hiss rrowul life soon ended, but it women would be careful about the brandy in preserves, the wine in sauces, the pleasant tasting tonics, the little sip before going tobed.there would be less drunkenness among the men, and fewer heartbroken womeu to sob out, 'lam to blame t 'It is my fault f "ii-actical Farmer. TIMPXRANCIt NEWS AND NOTES. The road to ruiu is broad; but its entrance is generally through the side-door. The English syndicate has bought another brewery iu St. Louis for (10, 000, (W. A prohibition clause in title-deeds has been decided to be valid by a far-off court in In dia. Frances E. Willard has cancelled her fall engagement for addresses, owing to the f e bkuemi of her aged mother. The Indiana Orand Lodge of Odd Fellows recently decided to exclude liquor-sellers from the organization iu future. The aggregate whisky production of the Kentucky distilleries for the year endiug June UO, ISM, was 33,3,J--',.VJ'J gallon. Great Britian aud Ireland last year drauk 507,000,000. gallon of beer, 4,000,000 gallons more tUau were consumed iu Germany. "Saloons on wheels" are a new invention In Sum City, Iowa, for illegal liquor-selling and evading the legal penalties therefor. The police report states that the licensed bouses in Loudou, England, number 14.0B5, giving one to eyery 414 of the population. Of the 30,000 criminals in German prisous, 14,000 were arrdsted tor crimes committed under the iullueuce of intoxicating drink. Of OOO cases treated for inebriety, at the Fort Hamilton (N. Y.) Inebriates' Home, 205 had one or mure relative addicted to in toxication. "Liquid bread" is the very illusory name given by au eiiierprising brewer to his bot tled beor, as "iWl tor the sick aud beverage for the well," HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. CLEAR SEtlt WATER. Rain water, it is well known, is tha best cosmotio. A good substitute is to let some orange, lemon or cucumber peel soak in wator used to wash tha face. This need not bo especially prepared for evory ablution. Keepawido-mouthed bot tle or jar of it on your toilet stand and use daily for the face. It soften the skin and gives a becoming glow, whilo healthfully stimulating the action ot the skin. tfea Tork Journal. WOOD STAIN. Porhap you have a hardwood floor, or a floor which you wish to stain so that it will have the semblance ot natural wood. A very serviceable, dark, red dish brown stain is mado by dissolving one and one-halt ounces ot permangan ate of potash in a gallon of boiling water. Stir the solution thoroughly with a stick, and put it down with a painter's flat brush, working rapidly and with tho grain of the wood. If the stain is not dark enough apply another when the first is dry. Afterward "set" the stain by rubbing In three coats of linseed oil. Rub the oil in along with the grain of the wood and let each coat become thor oughly dry. Finally, polish with bees wax and turpentine: Apply with the flannel and polish with a brush. The polishing should be repeated onco a week. The floor should be dusted daily. iVets York Commercial Advertiser. AN EXCELLENT WAT TO COOK CABDAOR. The following is an excelleut way to cook cabbage : Choose a firm, nice cab bage, pick off the outsido leave and plunge the cabbage into boiling wator, pressing It down in the center to allow the water to peuetrate and loosen tho loaves. Then place the cabbage on a meat board and open each leaf gontly until you reach the center, out of which cut a piece about tho size of an egg. Fill this space where you have cut out the heart with a mixture of mincod cold meat or chicken, chopped bacon and two well boaleu eggs; bring the nearest leaves well over to reform the heart and fill each space between the leaves with a thin layer ot tho mines bringing each leaf back as nearly as possible to its original placo. Lay two strips of bacon sidewise over the cabbage and tie it all around with thick thread so it cannot fall to pieces. Make a nico brown gravy and pour ovor the cabbage; in this sim mer the cabbage gently for four hours. Jiei York World. A GOOD CLKAN81NO PREPARATION. A lady called for tbi mixture at a drug store: One quart ot deodorized benzine, one drachm of sulphuric ethor, one drachm of chloroform, two drachms ot alcohol, and just enough cologne to make It pleasant. When she hid gone, the clerk remarked to aspoctator: "Dj you know what sho wauted that prepara tion for! You would not be far out of the way if you guessed sho was going to wash some soiled glovos. That is one of the best and cheapest preparation for cleansing that I know ot. You pour a little ot the mixture into a clean bowl, aod wash tho gloves in it as you would wash anything with soap and water. If the gloves are of a cheap kind, it is best to dry thorn on the hand, but a fine cloth, after having boon rubbsd to smooth out the wrinkles, may be hung on the line to dry liko an ordinary gar ment. Tho preparation is an excellent thing to have handy, not only for reju venating gloves, but for removing grease spots from clothing and carpets, and for sponging coat collars and felt hats. Tho ladies iu this town could save constdor ablo raonoy by following that ono's ex ample." Christian Union. BKCIPB3. Broiled Ham Slice thin, it very salt, soak in cold water, wipe dry, lay on a gridiron, sprinkle with pepper; broil over a very hot Are. Take up and pour molted butter over. Hamburg Steaks Take ouo pound of round steak, chop very fine; add a table spconful of onion juice, halt a teaspoon ful of salt and a pinch of black pspper; mix well; moisten the hands in cold water, take up two tablespoontuls of the mixture and form In small, round cakes. Fry in boiling lard, and whon brown on one side, turn. Serve with brown gravy. Lemon Pie Two tablespoon sugar and one teaspoon butter creamod to gether, and yolk ot two eggs well beaten. Dissolve a teaspoonful ot corn starch iu halt a teacupful of swoet milk and add; then add the juice aud grated rind from one loraon and bake in a lined pie plato. When baked, add the whttei, well beaten, with two tablespoons of sugar ; return to oveu and brown. Fish a la Riene Pick a pound of flsh to pieces. Put a tnblcspoonful of butter in a frylng-pau, let melt and stir in a tublespoonful of flour; stir well, pour in half a pint of milk aud stir until it boils. Add tho fish, with three chopped mush rooms, a little salt and pepper, and set the frying-pan over boiliug water. Beat the yelk of an egg lightly, add It with a tablespoonful ot copped parsley. Mix and sorve in shells. Raspberry Vinegar Take ripe rasp berries, put thorn in a pan and mash them with a large wooden spoon or masher. Strain the juice through a jelly bag, and to each pint of juice add one pouud of loaf sugar and one quart ot vinegar. When the sugar has dissolve I place the whole over the firo in a pro serving kettle and let it boil a mlnuto or two and skim It. Whon cold bottle it, cork it well and it will bo fit for use. Real Boston Baked Beans Boil one pint of beans in a half gallon of water an hour. Then pour off water; put the beans in a large pau, pour over them halt a pall of cold water aud wa?h thor oughly. Repeat this several times, until the skins of the boaus are all washe 1 o I. Place the beans in a half gallon stoue j-ir or crock, cover with water, add a pound of fat pork or bacon, a tablespoon of molasses, and a little salt and bake all day. Must be kept covered tightly, and, if it gets too dry add mora water. Pistachio Cream Cake One-half cup butter, two cups sugar, ono cup milk, whites of three eggs, two aud three-quarters cups flour, two teaspoon baking powder, one-halt teaspoon almond. Cream the butter, add the sugar, milk, eggs beaten till foamy, almond and flour mixed with baking-powder. Bake iu shallow pans, aud fill with one cup rich cream, half cup powdered sugar, half cup pistachio-nuts, half cup almonds. Whip the cream stilt with a beater; add the sugar, and tho nuts chopped aud yullfldttd fibt). Them are rabbits in Tasmania which have developed toe-nails by climbing trees. The climbing also keeps the nails worn down, so tbey do not have to be cut. Here is A solution for the trouble tome loe-nail problem which some hu man being may desire to imitate. Buffalo Expreu. There is rigorous and determined movement on foot among the men in Philadelphia against the promiscuous surrendering of seats in public convey ances to women. K. II. Walthall A Co., DmRglt,!1nme Cave, Ky., say? "Hall's Catarrh Curs cures every one that takes It." Hold by LlruKKists, 75o. OtiKEN Victoiiia baa fifty living descen dants. The demands of society often induce ladies tnuxeatiack stimulants when feellnir badly. They sre daiwemusl Lydla E. l'lnkham's Vetretable Compound casus. 1b adapted to sucb I'ontmendnhle. All claims not consistent with the high char acter of Syrup of I- Igs are purposely avoided by thcCal. Fig Syrup Company. It acts gently on the kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing the system effectually, but it Is not a cure-all and makes no pretensions that every bottle will not substantiate. A Kins ! (he Family. Dr. Hoxslc's Certain Croup Cure for colds, ooutfhs, croup aud pueumonia hns no rival. Cure without naum-a or any dlHarraiiuemeut. Bold by driiKKists or uiAllod on receipt ol M eta, Address A. i'. lluxlo. Buffalo, N. Y. The Oanveaience si Milt i rains. The Kris Is ths only railway running solid: trains over its own tracks between New Vork and Chioago. No change of cars for any class of passengers. Kates lower than via. any other ArsV-cloe line. FITS stopped free by I)n. Kl.tna's (Ihkat Nkhvk Rkstohrh. No fits alter flmt ilny's uxo. Marvelous cures. TreAttse and (- trial buttle The happiness of mother and child depends upon the health of both, a lady writes: "My boy and I are splendid, thanks to Mrs. link ham and the Vegetable Compound." From Father to Son. Scrofula Is a blood poison which t is a taint which must be eradicated from the system be fore a cure can be made. Swift's Specific, S. S. S., drives out the virus through throat and noso, was so sore that entirely well." the pores of the skin and thus relieves the blood of the poison. BOOKS ON BLOOD AMD SKIN DISEASES Fit KB. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, DR.TALMACE'S"LIFE OF CHRIST." Oortring htaffrMt trip Tt Tbrnnjih, ftnd from lhti nil ncraTinc. sUso a arrtvnd picture of Jotumu lenfftU. txoTutratnTitorT. No capital dasmicmI. m tm It 1 1 J 1 0OO AGENTS WANTED. oat of ddr ADWAY' II PBLLS Tbc Great Liver an! Stomacli RcmeJy For the oura of all dlttorxton of the stomach, Llvar, Howell, KldneyH, Hlatider, NtrTotii OIm-imo, IobH of Appetite, lli tulache, Conntl paUon, ('(MtlrcnttMa, Id dlgtMtton. HUtoiiHutws. rVver, lun&mniHtloa of the Bowel), Piles) ami 4J derautfemeuU of tne Internal Vleeerav lurely vetretahto, ouuttttulug do mercury, mineral, or deleterious drug. PERFECT DIGESTION TOayrjStia wayi P1IU every morning, about tun o'clock, aa a dinner pill. Uy ao doing SICK HEADACHE Dytpepala, Foul Stomach, nil .nuance, will be an tided aud the food that l rat en oon tribute Its nourUtiln gropertiee for Ute aupport of Um natural wate of the FOhaerre the following aymptoma roauttlng from Dutettae of the DlKtutivu OrgAU ; ikjuntlpuLlon, Inward 11 lea, Fuilne of the liloot. In Hie ll?ai, otdlty of the Stomach, Nausea, Iltarthurn, Ulfttfust of Food, Hullnena or Wultrht In the btomucli. Hour Eructatlona, Mule In or FlutterlUK of tho ileart. Choking or Suffocating Keusntioui when In a liu posture, lilraneator YMoii, Lkituor W-U$ herons the Sight, Fever aud Dull 1'aln In (he Head, DrnVIenry of IVrspl ration. Yellowm-na of th Skin aud Kys Pain In the Hide, Cheat, Unit, aud buddeu Flu.thea of Heat, .turning In the Flesh. A few doaetsof KADWAY'K PII.KH will froo the aystm of all the above named d aonlem. Price litl rta. per loi. Sold hy all druggitta Senfa Intter atampto I. KADWA i tV TO., Ko. 3'i Warren afreet. New .irk. W Informa tion worth thousand will be aeot to you. TO THK PUHUO. He mre and auk for KADWAYri and aue that the name " HAD WAY " u ou what you buy. "German Syrup" Those who have not used Boschee's Ger man Syrup for some severe and chronic trouble of the Throat aud Luncrs can hard A Throat and Lung Specialty. ly appreciate what a truly wonder ful medicine it is. The delicious sensations of healing, easing, clear ing, strength-gatheriug and recover ing are unknown joys. For Ger man Syrup we do not ask easy cases. Sugar and water may smooth a throat or stop a tickling for a while. This is as far as the ordinary cough medicine goes. Boschee's German Syrup is a discovery, a great Throat and Lung Specialty. Where for years there have been sensitiveness, pain, coughing, spitting, hemorr hage, voice failure, weakness, slip ping down hill, where doctors and medicine and advice have been swal lowed and followed to the gulf of despair, where there is the sickening conviction that all is over and the end is inevitable, there we place German Syrup. It cures. You are a live man vet if you take it. ii TO KEKP -CIDER Of PllEVRKT r KltMEN ra TluM. IT SWEE USE IMPROVED PRESERVING POWDER. It doeanot Impair the taste or flavor. In thoroughly reliable and nbsuluU iy harmbms to the human utrm. bend 8 vim. for a miiinle. forwarded free; mi ro dent for 40 g 1 1 loan. Vuv pound, KumVW-ut for 8 Hoist., fl.&u, ieoeivi-r to pay eharKi-a, or $i.m by mull, pro liiid. Price lower lu litrer uiiiititltle. V. KINf-SKlt & (''., lut WtllluiiiHt.. N. Y. city. Mwutlon thin paper wh-u wrUliitf. PATENTS; V. T. Fltxiierald. V'kmIiIuiIhi, 1. u-pugeaattU tree. Boat Couch Medicine. Cures whore all else fuila. taaui. Children tuko it F V I 1 1 Cleared awatf 1 all the troubles and ailments that mako woman's life a burden to her. SIio'b relieved, cured, and restored, with Dr. Pierre's Fnvorite Prescrip tion. Periodical pains, weak back, bearing -down sensations, nervous prostration, all " female complaints," are cured by it. It improves di gestion, enriches tbo blood, dispel aches and pains, brings refreshing sleen. and restores health ana strength. 1 1 It's a powerful general, as well a uterine, tonic and nervino, Imparting vigor and strength to tho entire sys tem. Contains no alcohol to inebri ato; no syrup or sugar to derange digestion ; a legitimato medicint not a beverage. j If you're a tired, nervous, or suf fering woman, then tho "Favoritej Prescription " is tho only medicine) that's guaranteed, in every case, to bring you help. If it doesn't give you satisfaction, yon have your money back. descends from parent to child. AFFLICTED FROM CHILDHOOD. Mrs. N. Rltchey, of Mackey, Ind., says! "Justice com pels me to say that 8. 8. 8. has worked littlo short of a miracle in my cose, In curing me of aggravated Scrofu la, which afflicted me from childhood. It attacked my and threatened my lungs. My throat I was compelled to subsist on liquid food. When I began B.8.H.I was in a wretched condi tion but commonoed to Improve at once, and am now Ca. niiirtrmted with ow 400 wood" tha du of th onicifltton, in 12 oolura and tm ft in a ft V A law. n.mas inn P I. .if ft OLtrstnLa Ot" ttlOskflJ lirtfil-l.n! work n(1 tint TAlmaarfl'ti IHurtrats.' liorraplf Fit HISTORICAL PUB. CO., Phi la. Pa. pRTOBIAs UNEXCELLED ( AI'fl.IKU KXTEItNAI.I.V 'oa Rheumatism, Keuralgla, Pains In tin Limbs, Bad or Ghsst, Mamp3, Son Throat, Colds, Sprains, Braises, ol Insects, Kosqoito Bites, TA It KM INTEKNAI.I.Y It sets like n rhsrin lor t'halnra Msrbss. Illorrho-s, llyspurrrr. C'sllu, Lrauish srs, Mi'k lleutluclie, Vc. Wwrranlcd iierlcclly hnrmlrsn. fHsasmlll Mrrsniiisiti tun rnrh bottle, alas illrectlos. Inr li.r.i Us PIIOTlll.Mi aod HiSiKTUA. 11 M; mialUli'. are It'll liniuedlalely. Trr ll sou uv i-onvlueeil. Price ti aud ilt cents. Hold sr all drat ,lt. IIEPOT. 4 Sll IIHA V MT.. KFW VORK u ui,- .5.?V 7a$ m3. LADIE.9; fQH BOYS 175 DOUGLAS $3 SHOE CENTlVmEN, The BEST SHOE in the World lor the Money. .KNTI,KIKN and I.AIHKM, save your do laiahy wuuriiM V. 1 l-omU autwa, Tuey meet the wuiit of till cliiMte.it, uud t.re (he moat economical lool-weur ever olKTt-d lur the inonuy. Uoware of tl ultra who otTur other nmkett, a oeln-j Juet a pood, und it' aurrt you linv W. U louglae ohoea, with uttine aud prlo hihiiiihhI mi bottom. W. L. Uousliu, lirocktou, Mo, IF" TA li K NO M 1JSTITU I K. lreiat on local advertised itealer supplying you. WORN NICHT AND DAY I llulda the worn rup ture with eaaa uu dr ad o.ivuiiia anoea. IIMIMTIUI Perfect -I i 'umyumi, ( tut a. incut 1 lu litkd Cat- . binia an I nil Ha for ulf. Tr7 , , mi d. y. . HorsK iti Pat. July M.WL rO.. U Uroadway.N.Y. City siiMsu-urMiiuiit strctirelft HOW TO SAVE AO i w ou or more :n CASH nnd get tree, plantav etc. wHb trin.tu effort FKP.K. Agent wattled. '-aC catalogue with valuable In form a km, addraea si. IlAMMuNP, NUHUTkLAJl, Uonova, W. T. V tAst, NkKYortt, WHKtx-iiKU mortal ge Nil well and keep well. Uvulth Metier UUI it Ha how. fiu-CK. a year, bample copy i--. ifi ii i a sr., AT.ii i i'"" . UENTILAfEO x ( X CLOTHIKP X X INTER-AIR-SPACE V X U Adapted to all climates and variation at torn- iperature. Bold by Lead In merchaut In principal Id lie. lllitHtrau-d eaiulogue matU-d trwe on opplM cat on lo llurderlold auric Co., Troy, IS. YJ Pluasant and tlLTt'Outilo to tho without objection. By uruKCUls. cni irr -l . r-1 W. L. a vi at i. ja -I t si s. iiii Recommnnded bv ruysicians. I. a FT J i i
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