REMARKABLE WOMAN. Ulnn Ffimile \V. Tunlncin Sewi, I'aintk and l]mhrold(TN with Her Teetlt mid To iik ut». It has often been said that a woman's most trustworthy weapon is her tongue, but it has been left to Fannie \V. Tuni son, of Sap Harbor, L. J., to show the world what a very useful organ the glossal organ really is, says a Philadel phia Times correspondent. Thirty years ago Miss* Tunison was born, and, to the grief of her parents, she was found to be suffering from form of infantile paralysis which total ly incapacitated her from using either her upper or lower extremities. Her parents were only poor farmers, in a small way of business, and Fannie's affliction not only weighed heavily upon their minds, but upon their pockets as veil. But Miss Tunison has turned her shortcomings to good account. De prived of the use of her limits, she gets along perfectly well with her tongue, and painls, embroiders and writes a better hand—or rather mouth —than most people who are blessed with the use of their ten digits. She makes more money, too, Ilian the majority of her fellow-townsmen, for last year sh« earned over SI,OOO by executing orders for pictures given to her by summer visitors at Sag Harbor. Miss Tunison's work is of no mean or der. The pictures that she paints com pare favorably with any amateur art ist's, and she paints with considerable quickness. So proficient is she at wield ing the brush with her tongue that she excels at copying, and she possesses several canvases that would bring cred it to any copyist. She is especially good at painting pictures of the Montauk Point lighthouse, and th'e little picture, which takes her less than 20 minutes to paint, she sells to visitors for the price of one dollar. Hut it is not only as an artist that Miss Tunison shines. She is expert at fancy work as well, and, wonderful as it may seem, she is perfectly able to thread her needle and use the scissors. "" IP - ;. [ MISS TUNISON AT WORK. Khe n"ver requires the assistance of anybody, and all the work she turns out is done strictly by herself. When Miss Tunison is at work she is eeated in a chair which has been spe cially made for her. Prom the arm of the chair rises a metal rod which sup ports a small wooden table, and it is upon the table that all the work is done. In spite of her affliction, Fannie al ways has a cheerful word for visitors. Indeed, it is her greatest pleasure to re ceive company, and she is never so happy as when she can show off her wonderful powers. In appearance Fannie differs some what from the ordinary mortal. Ow ing to the excessive use of her tongue, the muscles of the neck are extremely well developed and stand out thick and prominent. Her eyes, too, have a languid look about them and roll, when «be speaks, in a peculiar manner. Her speech is thick and heavy, no doubt due to the excessive size of her tongue. The way in which she threads a needle is peculiar. She first, holds the needle in her teeth for the purpose of planting it firmly in the wooden table before her. She then takes up the cotton, bit ing it off the length she requires. The next, step is to hold the cotton with her lips, which she screws up in a peculiar manner. Then in a trice, before one can say "Jack liobinson," she takes aim at the eye of the needle before her, and ten chaiwes to sue, the needle is threaded. Marking, lloiiNehold Linen. It is customary to mark household linen which is made before marriage with the maiden name of the bride, but after marriage the initial of the husband's last name is taken. If the marking is done with ink write the last nairiein full, but if embroidered,use only the initial. The tablecloths may be embroidered in the center or in one corner. I prefer to have all house hold linen marked in the corners. You may buy at any of the large dry-goods ■tores kid letters in all sizes, from those suitable for a handkerchief up to those large enough for household Jinen. A plain white tablecloth is suitable for all occasions. Unless one has an abundance of money it j s bet ter to be content with a good qual ity of plain white damask than to in vest, in fancy tablecloths.—Ladies' Home Journal. SiiKnr I>«'(•«'11 EFFECTIVE GATE LATCH, en pin holds it in position. When the gate is closed the outer projecting end rests in a notch cut in the post, as at s. AH the plans shown admit of the gate opening either way if desired. In Fig. 2, a swinging latch is used, which should be about, the size of that in Fig. 1. It is suspended by a wire at e. Two wooden pins prevent it from being ■Bit Fg J>. DETAILS OF THE LATCHES. moved too far in either direction. The plan in Fig. 3 is quite similar to the others, and is clearly shown. The latch, c, is shown in ar, enlarged form. A notch is cut in the lower side, which rests on a pin w hen the gate is closed, the weight of the latch keeping it in position. Next in importance to the hinges of a gate are the fastenings, which should invariably be made of the very best material. —Farm and Home. FARMERS DOING WELL. In the Year* of Plenty the Wine Ones Will Mnke ProvialonH for the Uncertain Future. Prices are going up all over the coun try. Agricultural products are in good demand at home and abroad, at better prices generally than for the average of the past ten years. This means more money for farmers to pay their debts, and to supply their household and farm needs. If they pay off their mortgages, and other indebtedness, capitalists will save more money for which they will be seeking investments. If they buy new tools, new clothing or furniture, carriages or pianos, that means more business and larger profits for manufacturers. This again should bring more steady employment and bet ter wages for the workingman. Per haps the wages may ad vance more slow ly than will suit some of them, for not every manufacturer or employer feels confident that this improvement in the business outlook is to be a per manent one, but we think that we may now look for ten or twenty years of higher prices, higher wages and abun dant prosperity, until people get reek less and begin to feel that they are safe in expending more than their income or spending it in advance. Then may come a panic such as we knew after the close of the civil war, when people be gan to see the need of retrenchment. We have had many such periods since this nation was established, and the improvident ones have enjoyed them selves in the season's prosperity and suffered when the reaction came. It is of little use to offer advice to those who cannot see the moral for themselves, or Will not heed the lesson it teaches. The butterflies will bask in the sun shine and perish in the frost in the future as in the past, while the provi dent bee will store honey in the sum mer to provide for the wants of the coming cold weather.—American Culti vator. Ilifferenee in DnJry Herd*. Breed and feed is the cause of great difference in the profits of a herd. Not long ago I visited a section of Canada where dairying is carried on throughout the whole year. The average output at a certain cream ery was 150 pounds butter per cow per year, while the yield from one of the best herds averaged 250 pounds per cow. The variations of values of the different herds of 41 patrons who furnished milk to the creamery was as follows: Nine received lrom sls to S2O per cow for 12 months, is from S2O to $25. seven from $25 to S3O, five from S3O to s.'!s, one received $-1] and another $43.50. —Dairy Superintendent C. Marker, Calgary, Alb. Wheat Conxnnied Earh Yenr. Few people realize how closely the wheat crop is consumed each year. Ac cording to the statistician of the United States department til agriculture, the world's total production of wheat in 1897 was 2,22fi,745,° urse " A, 112? P A/| PHYSS I If? PMF As surely as the American Navy has con r* - 7,* tT c „ , wrntmc que red and will conquer all that opposes t, so will 5 DROPS unfailingly conquer all diseases like Rheumatism. Sciatica, Neuralgia. Lumbago, Catarrh ot all kinds, ASTHMA, Dyspepsia, Hackache, Sleeplessness. Nervousness! Heart Weakness. Toothuche, Earache, Creeping Numbness, Bronchitis, Liver and kidney Troubles, etc., etc., or any disease for which we rcc- Wi TrnT ominend it. "5 DROPS" is the name and the dose. "5 DROPS" is per fectly harmless. It does vol contain Salicylate of Soda r.or Onintes in ntiw iTk'*! aJ J form. The Child can use it as well as the Adult. I 31 alt J Rcad carefully what Mr. L. R Smith, of El Dorado Springs, Mo., writes " s mu l cr date of Nov. 27, 1899, also Martan Bowers, of Caraghar, Ohio, A| ET IIS3 A I I A jSnir under date of Dec. 16th, 1899: * ™ ■» *"* ■■ B _' d p net know how to express how wonderful I think voiir "J UKOI'S" [tkauk m A KK I Jm, ! V,°t k', ! I"" intensely with MEUKALGtA and thought tor nie -LI, n'vertisi-ment of.m r" r liluilwu•« , mv '' V I*' Ono ay Kn.i.-ti, i 9 9 IKuilu'Wam " Early Ripe Cahbage, luc # • h|Sl 1 *' Early Dinner Union, luc A * " Brilliant Flower Seeds, l, r -c S 112 IlIFh Worth 91.00, for 14 centii. SI.OU Z 3 II Above 10 Pkgs. worth SI.OO, we will I m mj Kj mail you free, together with onr 0 #«i H groat Catalog, telling all about £ 5 ft! m SALIER S MILLION DOLLAR POTATO X X gjf « upon receipt ofthia notice & lie. X X |H stamps. We invite your trade, and X X know when yoa once tr7 Hal 7.rr 9 tt * A Prizes on Sal/.er's IWOO—rar- £ m est earliest Tomato Giant on earth. [k| 0 2 JOH.I A. NAL/.KIt SEKI) 4 U.. I A ( ItONSE, *IH. X ———————————l MILLIONS OF ACRES M " na<, ;t. Here is crown I PV«U the celebrated No.lliard I *| I A Wheat, which brings the U highest price In themar [ W ketsof the world. Thou- I w f*sands of cattle are fat tuned for market without fc — being fed grain, and wit h ont a day's shelter. Bend lor information and se cure a free home in Western Canada. Write *tb6 Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa.or address the Undersigned. who will mail you atlases, pam phlet*. etc . free of coat. F. PEDI