. if H . m p. i. p
s.
Quaint Heraldic Emblems of Clvio
and Military Designs.
lluttone Worn Among the Celeetlala
Which Indicate lea-ent from Fam
ilies of High Kan a Fl(r
uret I' Bed tut Symbol.
Nothing is more complicated than
Chinese etiquette, said Ih-. Kdward
lledloo, ex-consul to Amoy, to a
Washington Post reporter. A master
of Ilebrett and I'.urke is a novice lie
side a Celestial master of ceremonies.
Nevertheless, the hitter's system isdeti
nite, if claliorate, ami he has many
official lamimarks whereby to shape
liis course. One of tlie most important
of these is tlie button which is worn by
every mandarin on the top of his hat.
Each of tlie nine ranks of Chinese has
its particular button and the second
degree of the first and second ranks are
also marked by separate buttons. The
oflicial list is as follows:
First rank First dcjrree, litfht coral
red button; second dcjrrce. deep coral
red button. Second rank First de
cree, litfht crimson button; second de
cree, dark crimson button. Third
rank lloth, lipht clear blue. Fourth
rank Park Prussian blue. Fifth
Quartz, plass or crystal. Sixth
Opaque white. Seventh and eighth
t aided, yellow or tfold. Ninth Sil
ver or silver-white.
It will lie seen that a red button in
dicates hijrh rank. The rank in gen
eral is personal rather than official.
Thus, for example, a taotarship is an
otlice of the third rank, and its button
is a lijrht. clear blue. Yet many tao
tatis, if not a majority of the class,
ure decorated with red buttons. It
even hapcns that a person of the sec
ond rank, through misfortune or polit
ical vicissitudes, will hold an office of
the fifth or sixth rank. In such a case
he would still wear his red button, and
in many official events would be pre
ceded by an official of a dark blue or
crystal button. For this reason it is
often very difficult to tell the official
rank of mandarins by their buttons.
Nor is the difficulty lessened by the
embroidered insignia upon "the wear
ing apparel. This is more elaborate
than the buttons, but, like the latter,
docs not discriminate between rank
and position.
To overcome the difficulty the Chi
nese resort to several expedients. One
is the card on which is written a full
statement of the owner's rank, deprce
and position. Another consists of hav
ing1 the same facts painted Hn the
lanterns with which all chairs are pro
vided. These can be read with equal
ease day or nipltt. The third is used
for the information of the public ami
consists in having1 the name and all
title- .-nrved in large, lold characters
on i .- -cd Innards, which are carried
by tvoiics. Mandarins who have re
ceived many honors will frequently
have as many as twenty of these red
ttoards. here an official has retired
from service he is still entitled to
place these Itoards at the entrance of
his residence. A fourth mode, resem
bles the preceding1 and applies to
junks or vessels in which a mandarin
travels. The characters are written
iiMn Hags, which are fastened to the
mast and elsewhere in lieu of ordinary
bunting. When the present governor
of Formosa left Shanghai on the steam
er Smith no less than thirty banners
if this class were Hung to the breeze
from the masts and other parts of the
Ixiat. The embroidered insignias of
rank ami position are placed upon tin
front and back of official robes. They
must be of the finest workmanship and
so well executed as to show the design
clearly and accurately. The general
desipn for a civil officer is a bird and
for a military official a quadruped an
imal. The civil list is as follows,
ranks and not degrees leing discrim
inated: First, a manchurian crane; second,
a golden pheasant; third, a peacock:
fourth, a wilil g-oose: fifth, a silver
pheasant; sixth, a young- egret;
seventh, a quail; eighth, a long-tailcd
jay; ninth, an oriole.
The military list runs: First, a uni
corn; second, a lion; third, a leopard;
fourth, a tiger; fifth, a black l-car:
sixth, a tiger cat; seventh, a mottied
bear; eighth, a seal; ninth, a rhinoc
eros. These in.inias have been used from
time immemorial, while the buttons
are a creation of the Manchii con
querors of China. It is a singular fact
that both the lion and rhinoceros are
strangers to the latter country. The
limit of their habitat seems to In? the
hinges and to have been so since the
tertiary period. The knowledge of
these animals by the Chinese was ac
quired long1 liefore the Christian era.
when large tleets of junks, naval,
pirate or commercial, went from Can
ton to nearly every port in Ilindoostan
and often brought back these and
other wild Wasts alive. Of late years
etiquette has relaxed considerably in
regard to both buttons anil insignia.
MISSING LINKS.
Sicilian 6ulphur deposits employ 18,
IMM men.
CriTMiiKns were originally tropical
vegetables.
Tiikkk are lso.ooo suicides yearly and
increasing'.
I'ai.m leaves on the Amazon grow
thirty feet long1.
Tiik giraffe has a tongue- almost
eighteen inches long.
Ninp.tv-one per cent, of the farmers
in Ctah own their farms.
Thikty-two thousand varieties of
poods are made from wind.
Tiik thread of a silkworm is one
one-thousandth of an inch in diameter.
Woutu recently made for a Parisian
Wile a gown whicji cost the wearer
y:o,(MM).
Ax entomologist estimates that there
are '240, ouo varieties of insects in the
world.
SnuiAKEN, Osaka, claims to have a
dwarf 'M years old who is only 17
inches in height.
OrwrrTHt Ion Cultivated.
A novel mo th.nl of cultivating1
faculty of olservation in children
I wen introduced by a teacher in an
town kindergarten. She t.-lla
the
has
pupils that she is about to have a call
irom some one who will remain only
three minutes; that no one must di
rectly stare at him, but that the pupil
who gives the Wst description of him
after his departure will receive a prize.
The other day her father, a grand army
veteran in uniform, performed the part
of caller, and some of the personal de
scriptions after he hail bowed himself
out denoted unusually quick and ac
curate attention to detail One Wy had
counted all his buttons and gave the
number correctly, another noticed an
almost invisible scar on his face, and
various others gave details of the color
and shape of his Ward, hair and uni
form. The one who received the prize
was a little girl, who declared he hail
"an expression on his face." Philadel
phia Record.
- Overweighted. dune "Mabel is
affecting a walking1 stick." May "How
odious of her imitating the princess of
Wales, I presume. How I detest anglo
mania!" Julie "Well. I Wlicvo she
would like it givenout that that was the
fail, but between ourselves I think she
really needs it to assist her in carrying
the violeU given her by her iianuc"
never wants ta learn, but the
reads that
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THEIR FIRST DISAGREEMENT.
How a. Jirltlal Couple Fell Out Over Itielr
ltreakrHt Menu.
There was a newly married couple at
one of the down-town, hotels the other
day, says the Washyijrton l'ost, and
thev were as dead in love with each
other and as anxious to let nobody else
find it out as such people usually ar.
He was all attention, and the waiter
noticed when they came to dinner,
which was the first meal served aft--r
they reached the hostelry, that h
ordered everything she did. She
wanted her beef well done, and bo did
he. She ordered a frlass of milk an. I
rve bread, and he immediately did
likewise. When she took a sip of the
Until he followed suit with palhiut
alacrity, and a man with half an eye
could have seen that he was drinkinp
her health every time. When they,
were through and had left the room
the waiter remarked to the star
lioarder under his care that "IVy
wiizn' no useter pib seeh fokes two
sets er deeshes. IVy dess et de same
stuff, an" orter hadwnn plate betwix
um." The star boarder happened to
lie at breakfast synchronously with
the devoted twain next morning. 1 hey
ordered everything alike until it came
to c '
1 low huz yer want yer aiffs?" queriel
the waiter. I
. '-Soft iHiiled," replied the sylphlike
bride.
The proom stmepled manfully with
himself for a moment or two. and then
grew red to the roots of his hair. j
"(!jmn;e mine fried on Ik th sides,"
he said w ith a great effort.
A big pair of blue eyes looked at
him reproach fully across the table,
while he discovered something1 inter
esting in the butter dish. Then site
sighed. It was their first difference,
and she let him know that she resented
it.
FARMS ACROSS THE SEAS.
Attfmits to cultivate potato's in
(ho Nilgiri hills, India, from imported
Knglish s-ed have Uvn only partially
successful, on account of the deteriora
tion of the seed lie fore it reached its
final destination.
Ovkk a million acres of coffee land
were sold during last year in the single
state of Vera Cruz, Mexico. The pur
chasers were of various nationalities,
including Americans, Knglishmen,
Germans, Frenchmen ami llelgians.
Tiik coffee plantations of t'iorg,
India, have lieen invaded by liorcrs,
which threaten great damage. There
are two varieties of the coffee liorcrs,
the white and the red. and loth are
equally destructive in the larval stage.
TliofT culture has lieen successfully
undertaken in South Africa, tlie eggs
having been carried there from Kng
land. Several thousand young trout
from the hatcheries have been distril
uted to various rivers in Cape Colony.
Prof. Sc-iiuiBAfX. of the National
Agronomic institute, I'aris, reports
that of thirty-nine varieties of oats
with which he experimented, the best
was the Itesclcr. It surpassed all the
others in the production of lnth grain
and straw.
SOME GREAT COMPOSERS.
MEYF.RnF.Eft could sing popular melo
dies at two years of age, at seven he
was an accomplished pianist, and at
nine was considered the licst performer
1 Iterlin.
lli:i. 1. ini was the son of an organist
in Catania, in Sicily, and Wgan his
musical career by playing on the
organ while held in the arms of his
father.
riF.p.Lioz, the composer of many ma
jestic work.s, never learned to play any
instrument save the guitar, and that so
badly that no one would wiiling-ly
listen to him.
Spohr always declared that he owed
his knowledge of composition and
harmony to the study of Mozart's
scores, who, in turn, admitted his obli
gations to I'.ach.
Mozart was small and slight. His
face was very thin and pale, and his
nose, always prominent, In-came much
more so from the extreme emaciation
of his later years.
HayIi.n" was fond of imitating animal
sounds in his symphonies. In these
compositions will be found imitations
of the cat, horse, cow, cuckoo, grass
hopper and donkey.
THE PUNISHMENT OF CRIME.
Capital punishment in Denmark is
executed publicly with an ax. If sev
eral are to lie decapitated on the same
date one is not present while another
is executed.
Ix man- cities of Europe women of
known bad character are forbidden to
appear on the public streetsduringday
light save with a written permission
from the chief of jol ice.
Xf.aki.y one-fourth of the arrests in
Calcutta last year were for not abat
ing nuisances. The sanitary laws in a
tropical country must lie strict I3 en
forced if public health is to le pre-
servea. '
Oxk penalty of infraction of French
prison discipline isseating the prisoner
on the ground, houtnl hand and foot
with strong lelts fastened to rings in
the wall, so that he cannot stir.
Tiik. treadmill and crank labor are
still in um1 in English prisons. When
a prisoner is unable to iierform this
kind he is set to breaking stone or
picking oakum. 1 1 is only reading mat
ter is the ICible.
A MUSICAL. MELANGE.
Gorxoii received his first instruction
in music from his mother, who was a
distinguished pianist." He won the
grand prize .at the I'aris conservatory
when he was twenty-one.
Donizetti was his own librettist.
Several acts of Lucia and La Favorita,
as well as of other operas, were writ
ten by him, the libretto furnished not
suiting his views of what it should lie.
ItEETnoTF.N liked to work either in
the fields or in a beer garden. In sum
mer time he always wrote in the open
air, when the weather permitted.' an 1
generally with a glass of beer at his
clliow.
FitF.HF.RirK the Great was ambitious
to lie thought a composer of music.
Irver one hundred and twenty of his
pieces have lieen found, and art now
in the imperial library of Iterlin.
They are, if jHssible, worse than hi
poetry.
CROWNED ROYALTY.
Qi'fen Victoria has never vetoed a
bill. In theory she has the right to do
so. but the exercise of that right wonld
lie likely to be considered revolutionary.
The queen of tlie Sandwich Islands
has something of a name herself, but it
is short and sweet in comparison with
that of hetdaughter, IVincess Victoria
Kawekiu Kaiulani I.unalilo Kalaninuia
hilupalapa. The king of Groove has a salary of
three hundred thousand dollars and
I'. nils it all little enough when he has to
foot tho bills of a stud of two hundred
IsiTM-h and to pay the expenses of his
r yal position.
The king of Sweden was lately an
uncxMctod guest at the sailors' home
in sunk ho in. While partaking of the
humble fare, he exclaimed: "W hy. look
here here's jolly gxnl cabliage tump,
I never get such soup as this at my ta
ble." The king interviewed the cook,
who was forthwith engaged to exorcise
his culinary skill in Liu majesty's household-.'
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CARL RIVINJXTS,
PRACTICAL
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AND DEALER IN-
11; 3,"--.
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lr is a. soli d ca.ke -
Try ihinyournexVhouse-cIeajiing ajid beh&ppy
Iooking out over the many homes of this corn try, we see thousnn-ls
of women wearing: away their lives in household drudgery that mijht bo
materially lessened by the use of a few cakes of SAPOLIO. If an hour
is saved each time a cake is used, if one less wrinklo g-athers upon tho
face because the toil is lightened, she must be a foolish woman who
would hesitate to make the experiment, and ho a churlish husband x?lo
would grudge the few "ents which it costs-
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RHEUMATiSiYI
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thM t-rs:i(linlt that Ihey are dlfflcult to cure
so.lo flu lr patients. I'alm'B
felry CotiiiiounU hns p-r-ni.mently
f..rf-t ! torst
cast's of fucumatisiu air:
r.curulla-so ;.ay tlnwc wbo
b:iv- us. I It.
"Haling lecn fronlil.yl
wl'h rli -mi. list is i- nl tin- knee
a'M fix f.r live e;.r I s
nl;inisl un t,''ei nrouml
un I w:im very often itii!ii,et
to m Ul ivka at
time. I 'lsi only if.
p-'Uial. iiimI was perTivlly
runtL I ran ihhv in,i
aroiiml. ami fti-1 ns lively as
Vi UlNiy." 1-XANk ahim i.
H - Kurrka, Nevada.
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.uuu. irrtr
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o - I ""v. uii6uici lima gts llglll,
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W NEURALGIA
Palne'a tviery "oniioiin. has l--n .i .1
Send to tlie.' Foe tile ;ist to jears I h.tve snf
fereil wit li nciirali;ta of tlie tieart . lior ifi4r
ilm'lOr falllliT to eiue me. h:,ve isnu l.ikn
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free from tlie i imit-lali.t. I fi-ei vn u'r. '- lul
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( mm( I;.ihs h-rv oiiipciiiiil. Aly uslti
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IhtMiiunll. In. (.;
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Effects Lasting Cures.
lt!ic"svlTy 'oiiinoiiiMl lias !-rfirtiie(l ir:ry
i4lier cun-s as marvelous as I ie. eities of
h-tters sent to any adilri-s. rii-ns;iiit tu take.
1-s not ll!iiirv Inn alils ingestion, and entlro
ly Tev'fUitile; a culhl can take It. What's the
use of sutlcrliij; lunr wltU rtieuiuali.su or
neuralKUtf
OjaCV Unngupon Lartaial Food are Iimlth
BABtA JIappy, Jlearty. It u IWffiiafcd.
mAfld a fonrl Inrwh
it is not simple it is ,
fssrtiTt tttf w k-.--.
ca t)i t?.i
mmm
n-ee, New York city.
"The Rochester."
A
HEAD
or pvuxisr. Applied into the tuxtril it U
JUU
WANTED TO CONTINUE.
A (irtvrtilKKrr K-minlel Tlit lie. Too.
la Mortal.
A man whose occupation is that of
$rrav-dij.'tfer and a woman whose trade
is cleaning soiled liuen sat side by siUo
in a ISroad street electric the other af
ternoon. They were on very intimate
terms. His name was John and hers
was Ilridpet. Said Uridtret:
'How he you now-a-days, John? It' '
a lor time since I seen 3ou last."
Not over and above, Uridpet. Me
and the old woman ave trot the prip
ba.L"
"Why for land's sake don't yoa cro to
lied anil sweat it out? You never'll lie
any better as lon as you lie out in this
g-rippy air."
"Uridpet," dolefully, "my business
won't let me loaf. Ah! you've no idea
what a trying trade mine is."
"Sure, sure, to be sure it is: but John
"What nridjret?"
"Suppose you should die. Then you
couldn't di any more RTaves, and then
what ud the corporation do?"
. "I never thought of it that way. If
I should die the committee would lie
put to no end of bother finding another
man. The tricks of the trade ie some
thing awful. Why, there ain't one
man in ten who candid jrrav.- proper,
r.ridot, I .Tiiess I'll take your advi-e.
We haven't pot any jolw n hand just
now anil ain't likely to have for n--eral
.lavs. In the meanwhile I pues I'll po
to lx-d and sweat 'Ut the prip. Then
when soielMxly dies I will feel in let
ter humor to ilijr his last restin' place."
Providence JournaL
CHURCH IN SOUTH AFRICA.
The Koltlwra llat t.t Turn Out f tr tlie
I'aratle.
On a recent Sunday there was a
church par:uie at which the bishop of
Mashiiialaiid oflictated. Church pa
rables are not. and never will le, p. pillar.
Tlu re aprn-ars to lie a prejudice in
(rrained into the trooper's nature
against the institution, and there is
some truth in the saying1 that the af
fair is the cause of more blasphemy
than devotion.
"Kail in there for church parade." is
first ncard. and then a sulnlued buzz
runs aloiif; the lines, which, if at
tentively analyzed, results in lieipi
found to le a conglomeration of such
expressions as "Where the deuce is
my bayonet licit?" "Curse these spurs,
they won't fit!" and then there is tlie
Ions', continuous rtowI of a strin? of
oaths from tlie man who is looking
apoplectic in a strufrple to jret on a
pair of top lMMits. I don't mean by the
foretrointr that men dislike church.
Far from it; but they hate the formali
ty which is pone through most heartily.
In the e-eninjr there was a voluntary
service tine of the improvised tents
which was well attendejl, although
line's gravity was sorely tried when
the bishop, whose discourse was ren
dered almost inaudible by the clatter
of plates made by an enterprising
coolie cook in the near vicinity, suj
ested that some one should
"Tell the pentletnan washing the
plates and things that a little less noise
would lie more edifying1." Diamond
Fields Advertiser.
A Sf-flPWRLOriklJ CREW.
The Trril.le Nicht ami Iter I'itad on
tli Niirilirru 1ci-Imt;a.
A waling1 briy, iinmers'd in the
densest fop and driven by the pale,
was riiniiinp down a narro'.v lane or
oiK-ninp in the ice, when the shout of
breake-s ahead and the crash of the
bows upon a reef came in the same
moment. The CTew sprang1 overlKiaril
uiMiii the heavinp ice-field, and almost
immediately saw their strotip and
beautiful vessel sink into the ocean.
The adventure is related in: "After
Iccbrrps with a Painter."
Without food or extra clothinp the
forty men were remote from all help.
To the west lay the precipitous shores
of Cape pMinavista. and for this, the
nearest land, in single tile, with Capt.
Knight at their head, the men com
menced at sunset their dreadful and
almost hotH-les:. march.
All night, without refreshment or
rest, they went stumbling1 and plung
ing ot; t!: jH-rilous way, now and
tlien siiiliiisg into the !-lush between
the ice-cakes, and having to le drawn
out by their companions. Put for their
leader and a few other lmld spirits, the
party would have sunk down with fa
tigue and despair, and perished.
At daybreak they were still on the
rollilip iee-lields, lieclouded with fog,
and with nothing in prospect but thi
terrible cape and its solitary chance of
deliverance. Thirsty, famished and
worn, they toiled on. more anil more
slowly, all the morning, all the fore
noon, all tlie afternoon; and then. 1k--
wil.U red and lost in a dreadful clou 1
tra ve! ing along parallel with the coast,
the jvMir fell iws passed the cape with
out knowing it.
The captain looked back from timi
to time on the worn-out and suffering
line of men. the last of them scarcely
visible in the mist, and a thrill of dis
couragement Kissed over him. I'nless
there was some change in their pro:
pe'-ts. lie knew that few of them Would
live out another night on the ice. Thev
had shouted until thev were hoarse.
anil looked into the endless gray until
they had no heart for looking longer.
Su Idenly. just licforo sundown, thev
came to a vessel. A few rods to the
right or left, and thev must have
missed it. "We were led by thehand
of Providence." said Capt. Knight, in
telling the story.
Il ;t IMiperite.
"Only a few weeks ago a young actor
out of work was notified by his land
lady on the North side that he would
have to pay his rent on a certain Sai.
urday or vacate his room. He hail no
money, and told her so, but she was
pitiless. Now, this is what a man will
do when he is desterate: lie waited
until Saturday afternoon and then went;
to a friend of his and said: I in going;
out calling to-night and want to lr
row your gold watch, so I can put up n
gixid front. The friend loaneil him the
watch, and in less than half an hour he
hal pawned it for twenty dollars. Then
he telegraphed to a suburtmn town and
engaged a hall for Monday night. II
went to a hotel where professionals
hang out and engaged six of them to
assist him in a how. He pave tliem
their parts to study on Sunday, and
sent one of them ahead to flood the
suburb with yellow posters. On Mon
day morning he took them out to the
town. This exhausted his funds. All
- that day he passed bills. Krery family
in town received a dozen. That night
he Dlayed the hero to a full house.
After paying salaries and petting his
compaii3' back to town he had money
enough to redeem his watch aud niaue
a payment to his landlady. That'u
what I call Chicago enterprise. Any--one
can pet upa show with money, but
it taues a genius to do as he did."
Chicago Kocord.
J Woman's Opinion.
In nil nature it is the male of every
fpecies who is most gorgeously be
decked, and obviously for the purpose
of attracting the attention of the other
sex. Man alone, of all male creatures,
disclaims to make a special appeal to
the eye. The restless and unceasing
experiments of woman to make herself
more presentable by adventitious aids
argues not her vanity but her modesty
She thinks so lightly of her inherent
pood qualities that she would enhance
tliem by means within her reach.
vate Field's Washington.
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MRS. ELM IRA HATCH.
HEART DISEASE 20 YEARS.
JDr. KiUm JTmUooI Co ElkJtart, Xtwf.
Iib PiB8: For 20 years I was tmuhled with
hedrt dweoM!. Would freqncntlv have faJlinif
apella mn amothenriK at infill. IJful to Bit up or
gft out of bed to breathe. Had pain In my left
aide and brk most of the time; at lurt I bc-caxne
dropsi'-al. 1 was very nervous and nearly worn
out. The lsaat excitement would cause me to
THOUSANDS sis
with flottortnfc. For the last fifteen yean I could
ootaleep on my left fide or bark until brean inking
your Ame Umoyrt Cum. I bad not taken it very
long untU I felt mnch better, aud I ean now le;p
on either side or back without the leaxt discom
fort. I have uo pain, smothcrine. droy, no wind
on stomach or otlicr (lisapn.'eable sympfimo. 1 am
hie to do all mr omn houwwork without any
trouble and consider myatlf cured.
Klkhart. Ind.. Iv6. Mkb. Eunii ITatcb.
It is now four vears since I have taken any
medicine- Am in tx-iter health than I have twen
In 4) years. 1 honestly lie- . r a
heve that tHiUm firm f" I IUET 11
Mlrmt CWo aaved my life lla m9
and made me a well woman. I am now 62 yean
of ae, and am able to do a pood dav's work.
May 2tb, ltfltt. Mas. ELaUaa LIaTCB.
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DESICN PATENTS,
COPVRICHTS. etcJ
For tnf ormatton and tree Hanoi! wri' to
MI NN A Oi- :1 Hh..ji,iiat. Mw Viiicir.
fmit bareau for aecurliii; aiiiti in AnifmiL
Kvery wt4nt taktkn out Ih t,rfiit'!il tM-for
the puiuie by a uuuoe yiven free ot cIiutku lu Uia
$ ricniific Uucricnu
t4.rcrflst Hrrmlatirm of tit fntJfl pftp It. tTe
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maa fihould be without it, W klv, :ft.oo
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plaints, Biliousness, Jaundice, Pyupcn
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renalt from an Unhealthy Uverth.many
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beenredf Dr. Sanford's Liver Invigur
ator 1 a celebrated fmilv meHicine
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ROYAL ALLOWANCES.
Tiik kin?; (if ISavaria hats a sa'.arv
gl.-U.tHi a year.
,,-,1Cti.
cviiturv rct-eived soo a year.
Tiik kinjr of Saxony has ?Tr,ti,(m
year, nut is very rich in his own r:j;t'
Tiik infant Uinir of Sjiain r.ivivl
?1,4IM.(KH, lx'shles S'KMl.tKKi f,,r fau;'
ll4.
Tiik kinp of Italy receives ?:, ,
as salary and SlUKN) for his faiuilv i
In-in-; a ii'arried man.
Tiik ompvror of Austria manafen j.
malii" iMith enils rftect with an aiinu
allowance of ?..4T.'i,0KJ. 1
Ills : aji sty (if Portugal, in cr.ru1
eral imi df the Miiall size of j.
ilnm. ecinteiits himsi-lf with S"..;4 44,,
year.
Tiik ltinrof I'mssiii has a vn'.-irv r
(inly .I.s.-iJ.iKMl, hut then he i-. verv'r
:.. 1.:. .:..i. 4 .... .i . . 1 ,l"
III li-ill I 1 ML. r.f K-?, Il,,l(l,vtr1;
jH-o le t pay him as they (nu'ht.
Tin: little king1 of llrcce is j.ui.l )r
his own subjects ?-Jft.(Kii a y,.iir
help him to pull through, ilnla,,
I 'rance and llussiaeach cinitril.tu,-1 ..
01 Ml.
Tiik annual salary of the (me,.,, ,,
Kn-rland is Sl.'.i-J.'i.oiMi; the priu.v
AVales t'ets fMtttt.tKMI. and the rest ,,f .',
royal family somewhat
amounts.
Tiik czar of Hussia receives n,,
ary. His income arises fmm
square miles of land that ,,u,
coniprisinfr farms, forests, mln. s ;,.
other resources, lie is est irn:ii,, t,, .
worth jfVJ.iHMl.lMMl a year.
IN RC3ARD TO PIE.
A fXIVFUSAI. co'nrrress of C..,,l;s;.,
asseml.le in I'aris next year Pi-m s a.
to Ik- awardeil for novel and ;iinn,
pies.
t'oN(.IKKst AX fit A IX. of Te:is. la
titat the H-ople of Texas n'im! tin- ,
family al 'a-.sar regarded i lu nl ,!ivi ;.
into three kinds, tlie l.iver.-.l. th,- (.;
kivcrcd and the cross-harreil."
A i:Kt lt estimates that everv.iir
can will consume two jiies a u !.;,:
if the statement is correct 1 he , iM.
can stomach is weekly tort ur wj
one hundred and thirty milliui p;,.v
l'll'.-KAll.'HS will lie pleased t.i -i
that a lately-in vented tin pie
with holes in the ImiIIhm. prevent.,,
sotry tind. rcrust. A woman i.tln i:
veiitor. A crinkled rim of tliis san.
plate presses tifether the ed'esnf !l
upper and lower crusts and pr,-i er.;.
the escaM- of juice.
Tin: sensation of New Year's dav .
Ashland. Wis., was the feeding i,f ,.:
thousand children on a mine,, j
twenty-two feet in circuiii f. remv a:
four inches thick, wei-rhiiijr near!'
(piarter of a ton. Half dollars eind' -Uted
liy hotel irnests were put ill I
pie edgewise and drawn in eavli pirr
PERSONAL MENTION.
A wksti:i:x pajn-r reports that i
Secretary of A-rriciilt ure Norinan
fid man clears ".u,tHiti a year fr.nu 1
farm in Missouri.
loiix II11.1.. of Iierhy, Kn-.'l:iTul.
thought to Ik- tlie oiliest iiviii' .
fellow. I le is nearly ninety-one ye:.
"TAd and was init iated in the order
1
YVlI.I.IAH V. Cony (I'.uffalo r.illi
said to lie ipiit' isr:iy. and to have
that apjiearauee of rolmst ln-'
whieli formerly dist ine'iiished him.
Mls. Wil.l .1.111 fiASTON. .lit.. IviJc
the son of e- miv. I'aston. of i:is
chiisctts. has recently come liy iidit-r
a nee into the fiosscssioii of the llrnv.i
honiesfi-ad ill Waterford. Me.. !
Arte'mus Ward lived in his oiith.
llli. IM.IVI i: W'KXIiKI.I. IIoI.mi s.
asked recent ly if a yoiinjr man sii.r.
smoke, emphatically rejilied:
tainly not. It is liahle to injure 1
sifrht. to render the nerves uiisteu
to ctifeelile the will and enslave '
nalnre to an imperious ha hit lil.elv
stand in the way of duty to he
formed."
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.
I 'nor. Fuitcii. of Uerlin. ha
ceeded in photoj.-Taphinj.-' a eaiiiionl
in motion.
Ink of the most valuahle ad. lit!
which have ever lieen made tu 1
A;rassiz museum of comparative
oloyy at t'amhrid're. is a eolleetin!
three thousand hirds made ly W
I. Scott-from the I'nited States i
West Indies.
1'RoF. IIazkx. of the
weatlierluir. . I
that all t !:
expresses the opinion that
cussion experiments to prodiiT
have lK-en failures, and that tlwsi
'A
ducted in mnect lent la -t "'
seemed to prolong the droti-lit in I
section, while there was plenty "f r f
in all the region roundahont.
It is m::ir.t ai ned very stout ly hy ey t
electricians that t he stora-rc l.at'.er
after all. a success fi ir com 1111 -rciai "
that the new processes for main:
turin-r them have cheapened tin -.r
and that in train litrht inir t hey "if'
peeially eflicient ai-d cooliouiicid.
estimated that eighty-five dollar
horse power is tlie annual cost !
accumulator. 1 11 veil tire A-je.
CURRENT HUMOR.
WllKX some people want conns, i!
pnn-eeil to consult their own inter--
tlalveston News.
"Mv wife and I had a terril'V :
over the mast, yesterday." 'all i;
some other name a joint del.ah1.
instance." 1 lost on u.ette.
Sl'MrATIIKTIO Wiimiw 1 1 :i ve
Ik'cii fort unate in your love aiTa.'
Interesting1 Suoji-ct ,,N'es. v.n
never yet fell in hive with a i-'iri '
would marry me.'" Life.
"IJl'XKIxs used to think ihe 1!"
was demoraliy.inr," remarked t lie "
ajrer. "Has he channel hi vi-"
"Yes. 1 converted him." "I'
"Sent him a pass." Washint-'ti
ISkkt "I don't see any u-e i"
pvoe-raphy lesson." Maltie
j-oti e;iMisey. it's the greatest '
tells you w here to jro when V'1
(Tet there, and dcscrilx-s the
and all that. If we ha-1 110 t-'-1'
wo'd ffet lost all over the vo'r"'
1 larper's Younjr People.
Kvcnvnltle Icnnmnrr.
It is often said that 01 f !"
ways of learnitis' ' hinj.' is t - i' :"
a others; hut the rule d-n- " !
ways hold t'Hil. Says a crrn-!"1'
of the li. st-m Transcript: !llV
brother went to hiiy a hushel "f ',
wheat for son inir. The man - ll
he was to et it was away. l"'t ln
was at home, and undertook ni"
the s;ile. She 'ot a H-ck mca--'"''1-
they went to the pranary. "
woman filled the measure t i -1""1
the contents into the hap. and v." I
ceedinp to t ie it. .
"Hut Mrs. T ," Kai.l mv ''r"j
it takes four -cks ti make a hit
th, (1.m it?" said she. 1,1
(see, 1 never had any experi-1"'
measuring prain liefore I was marr'
I always taupht school. "
A Timely riil(Uf- ,
An innocent little fellow. t-
intoxication was an unUn"i,n
went out for a walk the other ''V
as he was returning1, saw I '"
own house a man 11 hose curiou
and statr-rcriiitr couiHdled an I'M'
lion from an aeconipaii im-' n: -
. ... tx vi -i''1
seeing1 at llial momeui -lirother
running1 to meet him,
him away into the hall door:
Harold." he cried excitedly.
You mipht get drunk!
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