Unationoftattooedmen
STRANGE HABIT8 AND SUPERS!
TIONS Or THE BURMESE.
A Mniininfn of HoM F.rcrlod to Hnd.
tlhaonnllillOTrrlnnkinff tho City
lt HmiRoon-Omrfiut to tlio Idol
Hurimih in the land of the tattooed nwn.
Frank O. Carpcntor in a letter from
ltniiKoon. In my visit to the great prison
here, whirh muttim. more than three
tlimisnml men, I saw 6000 tattooed legs.
lliese pen and ink sketches on human
eanvivs peep out at you in every crowd
you enter. The oripin of the, custom
have not lieen able to find out. It is here
the Hurmi'se sign of manhood, and there
is ns much ceremony about it ns there is
about the ear piercing of the girls which
chronicles their entrance upon woman
hood. There arc professional, tattoocra,
who go nlmit with hooks of designs, and
who will prick a flower or beast upon
your leg or arm for n slight consideration.
The instrument used is a pricker about
two feet long, with a heavy brass head.
The point is split into four prongs, and in
these the ink is held. The tnttoocr first
outlines his sketch, and then, taking the
skin up in his hand, pinches It while he
puts in the punctures which aro to dis
color it forever.
The coloring matter used is lamp
black, which turns a purple with age and
which when finished makes the man
look as though he was dressed in kid
fitting tights of dark blue. 'The tattoo
ing is not nil done at once, but figure by
liirnie, ns the boy or man can stand it.
When finished there is a complete mass
of figures from fhe waist on line to the
knee-cap, and you often see in addition
to this specimens of tattooing on other
parts of the body. The people are super
stitious about it, and certain kinds of,
tattooing are supposed to ward off dis
ease. One kind wards off the snake-bite
and another prevents a man from drown
ing. In 1881 a man so tattooed tested
the efficacy of his tattooing by allowing
his hands and feet to be tied and himself
to be thrown into the river. It is need
less to say that the current carried him
''iiway, and neither tattoo nor man was
ever again seen.
The only tattooing affected by women
is that which produces love in the heart
of the desired one of the other sex. This
is n triangle of peculiar color, which is
put on between the eyes, upon the Ap,or
upon the tongue, as tltutattooer prescribes.
Its color is made of a mixture called by
the Hurniesc "the drug of tenderness,"
and it is a compound not much ditlerent
from the hell broth brewed by the witches
in "Macbeth." Another kind of tattoo,
ing is ndec'ted by school-boys. It prc.
vents, it is said, the boy feeling the whip
when he is punished at school, and it js
universally affected by the bold, bad
boys of every Burmese town.
The Burmese are Buddhists, and every
Burmese man is supposed at some time in
his life to be a priest. The education of
the children is by the priests, and the
bulk of the population get their educa
tion in the monastic schools. You find
Buddhist monasteries and Buddhist tem
ples everywhere, and there is here at Ran
goon the finest Buddhist monumcut iu
the world. It ranks with the Taj Mahal
as one of the great curiosities of India,
and it is the oldest and finest place
of worship in Indo China. It istheShway
Dagohn pagoda or "the golden pagoda."
Imagine a mountain of gold, rising ter
race after terrace from a mighty platform
and growing smaller as it goes upward
until at last it pierces the skiea in a
gulden spire, tho top of which is 370 feet
from the ground. Make the base so
large that it is a quarter of a mile around
its outer golden rim nud let the slope
of the terraces go upward In beil-iike
stories to the distance of 100 feet from
the ground. Thcro is not a block in
New York as large as the base of this
monument, and its top is higher than any
building iu America save the monument
at Washington. Its spire is taller than
that of St. Paul's Cathedral at London,
anil the whole glistens under the blazing
sunlight as though it were solid gold.
At its top there is now a scaffolding, for
the great golden umbrella, which the last
King of Burmuh before Thebaw gave to
it, is being restored to its place itud'the
jewelers are working upon this in the
t-uciis at its base.
This umbrella is a great circular piece
of gold which is studded with jewels, any
one of which would be a fit wedding
prcKeui tor a I'nncess. It cost more than
two hu nlred thousand gold dollars when
it was made eighteen years aco. But
not long ago the winds shook it from its
moorings and jewels and gold came down
to the ground. This mighty pagoda has
cost millions of dollars. It is of brick
nud stucco covered with gold leaf as fine
es that ever put into an Americau tooth
and as costly as that whichxovera the new
K'"" iiaiuo im ii surrounds airs, llavcs s
picture in pno of the White House rarlors.
It has been rcgilded again and again, and
if its tonsof material could be put through
one oi ine great quartz nulls of Denver it
would yield as much good ore as a Cali
fornia mine.
The I iasc of this pagoda is on a hill over-
looKing me city ol Kangoou. It consists
of two terraces and the upper is paved
witn llagsol stone. Tins is ltif! fit above
the level of tho ground, and it covers
about fourteen and a half acres. The
great pyramid near Cairo has a base of
thirteen acres, but the base of this monu
ment is bigger. It is 1)00 feet lonif bv
.. .t -run i .i , .
iuu nun', mm mis lounecn ai res is
covered w ith little temples with hundreds
'I liiiddlias or all hlinpes aud i.i-s, tome
of w hich aro of gold and others of which
have been gilded again uud niram until
the layers of gold upon them are in places
as thick as wedding-rings. It is impossi
ble to cstimatu the wealth that stands
upon this platform. The shriue has been
a noted one us far buck as five hundred
years before Christ was born, and during
twenty-three centuries the Buddhists have
been laving their olfurings upon it. They
h ive added to it all these years, until it has
risen from twenty-seven feet to its present
height.
During the last century one of the
Kings of Burmnh vowed he would give
Lis ow u weight iu gold to this mouu
nieyt. Hu hopiied upon tho imperial
.-i ahs and pulled the beam at ouu hun
dred and seventy pounds. The vow cost
him if-15,00(1 worth of gold leaf and it all
went into this monument. The monu
ment wus rcgilded iu 1671 and it is now
being ag.iin polished. It is, ull told, a
mass of brick aud mortar mixed with
gold, and its outside plated with gold.
It has no interior chambers aud it is as
tulid as a gravestone. Its surroundings
are those of worship, aud you may any
day see duzeus of women clad in bright
silk gow ns and while vests kneeling aud
bow ing before it. They bring offerings of
lice and flowers to it ami the ail is tilled
with the perfume of the rosea which lie
at ita base. This bBse is surrounded by
stone figures of kneeling elephant, each
of which Is the sine of the baby elephant
in the circus. These have flat places
upon tncir backs, and it is upon these that
the offerings are often laid. Here and
there are little doverot-like shrines, be
fore which incense always burns and the
roofs of which have been turned by its
aromatic smoke Into soot. No matter
how hot the day theso women and men
here kneel, and under the blazing sun
prostrate themselves, beforo this golden
Hioiaitnin And before what they imagine
constitutes its elements of sanctity.
Theso aro four hnlrs from the head of tho
great Buddha himself.
SELECT SIFTIMJS.
It. is the female wasp that stings.
"Spuds" is California for potatoes.
Myles Standish's first name was Patrick.
John Wheel, a Dawscn (On.) boy eats
flies.
French army horses are shod with shoes
requiring six nails.
It has lecn found that the best thing
to disperse a mob is cold water.
A Toledo (Ohio) cat has been born
with three eyes and four nostrils.
The first book printed with Greek typo
was the production of nn Italian press in
1476.
Mr. Taylor, of Massachusetts, has been
Bwarded $800 damages for being called
"Jmiskrat laylor.
There is a colored man in Hart Couutv,
Gh., whoso foot is fourteen inches long,
actual measurement.
The ntimlnr of churches which burned
last year wils 182, and all but twelve of
them took flro from their own furnaces.
The deepest coal pit in the world is
said to lie the St. Andre in the Charleroi
(Belgium) district. It Is 8084 feet deep..
A number of reindeer have been im
ported from Norway and turned out on
a deer forest in the north of Scotland in
the hope that they may become acclima
tized. The Emperor of China has a new um
brella which requires the strength of ten
men to carry it. It cost him twice as
much as a circus tent, and is not near bo
large.
Wynkyn de Worde was the first. Eng
lish printer to use the round Koman letter.
It was cut by Sweyhcim aud Pannartz,uu
der the patronage of tho sub-librarian of
Paul II.
There is a pet coon in a 'Washington
(Penn.) hotel which exhibits a strange
fondness for cats. Every time he gets hold
of one he squeezes it until it howls, and
seems to enjoy the sport greatly, ile was
never known to harm one.
French fishermen, who cast the,lr nets
a few days since near Biarritz, mado a
haul of 100,000 sardines, which not only
loaded their vessel but compelled them
to call upon a steamer which was near by
to take a part of tho fish nboard. The.
catch Js the largest on record.
Inhabitants of Intcrlaehen, Fla., saw
solid column of fire rushing through the
nir the other night, making a whirring,
hissing sound like that of a shell, only
louder. All at once it exploded, making
a sound that shook the earth and that
could be heard fifteen miles.
The village of Harper's Ferry, Va., ac
cording to a Pennsylvania dealer in nitro
glycerine, is Bituatcd so nicely that five
pounds of the stuff exploded iu the centre
of the place would shatter every house.
The hills would catch and fling back tho
waves of concussion.
There Is a lady in Irwin County, Ga.,
who has a novel way of making her hens
set. Whenever she gets ready to set a
hen, it matters not whether the hen is
ready to set or not, she catches it,
breaks one leg, puts eggs aud hen in a
nest and nails them up. She says there
is nothing like breaking one leg to make
them set. By the time the heu hatches
the leg is well and she is ready to care for
the chicks.
An Encampment of Laps.
At Tromsoe, the sheltered capital of
northern Norway, our steamer remained
' just long enough to allow us to visit an in
teresting camp of Laps and their rein
deer iu the neighborhood. The company
we 'visited had pitched their tents on the
side of the mountain, and about a dozen
or more seemed to live comfortably
enough in a space we might portion off
for so many hens and chickens. Both
men and women were remarkably short,
seldom more than four feet high, with
eyes wide upart and flat, expressionless
faces.
They wore reindeer garments, with
leather boots up to the kDee and bright
colored hats in the form of sou'westers on
their tangled locks. At our request the
men called loudly to the Lap-in-Chief,
who was waiting for a summons upon the
hills to bring down his herd of reindeer,
and very soon the cries of the dogs and
the ruttling of tip horns of the deer were
to be heard, as tho beautiful creatures
answered to the call of their master and
bounded down tho hillsides toward us.
Tho patriarehul Lap, after we had made
a few vain attempts at exchanging courte
sies, siguitied he expected a handsome
donation for his trouble, and on saying,
"good-bye," we noticed that the. Nor
wegian sailors who accompanied us each
gave his coin in turn, it being considered
unlucky to part with the Lap without
offering some small gift. Tensile Bur.
The Nation's PeusloHers.
The Katitmal Tribune has made a care
ful study of the report of the Commis
sioner of Pensions, the results of which are
shown in the following analysis of the
320,835 disabled men on the pension roll:
283 get ft a month, or 8111 ts a day.
2 (jet $ l.b7ainoiith, or cents a Hay.
:)l,?-.viget t'Janionth, or o1 wiits a day.
!J get .J. I')1 a month, oi-7-enUac1uy.
Ki-t J.'JSoiuoutli, or 7 cents a day.
3 get t'i.W a mouth) or H )y cents a day.
7 get cJ.M a mouth, or lX cent a day.
HSgetfJ.WHt a mouth.
1,9; IS get $.1 a mouth, or 10 rants a day.
1 get . la a month, or 10',' cents a day.
HlSijt't 7.r u 1111 .in I', or 12Vj cent a day.
C'J, 'Jin get H a mouth, or l!ljcentaday.
4'Ji rt ll.ruuioiah, or 14 cents a day.
1,41:; get &ia mouth, or lli emits a day.
'2jjet-5 -.) amoiiih, or 171,' centra day.
IU get jV.'tianionth, or 17 cent A day,
.gi.tf).KH;amoiith.
IU! get ft.fic.i a mouth, or 18J cents a day.
lt get $.Vi5dinoith, or 111 cents a day.
47,Vil get r'la mouth, or 'JO cents a day.
itig.jt lii.ftaiiionth, or21 eeutsaday.
2 get $0 :i7 a 111011 tli, or 21 cents a day.
a get d.37', a mouth.
'J get fd.frfi a mi 111 th.or 23 1-8 cents a day.
8 get ft. 75 tt month, or 22 f cents a day.
aiRget (7 a mouth, or 23 cents a day.
14 get 7.23 a muni h, or 24 uotit a day.
923 got tl 50a month, or Ii5 cental a day.
1 gU?7.(ii4fe au)uitb,or 25 ceutsa day.
21 get 7. 75a month.
63, 112 get s a mouth, or'jeV cenUaday,
Hon. John A. Curtis, of Richmond,
Va., smokes twenty-five cigars a day.
THE FARM ANT) GARDEN.
IF TOO HAVB Cim.DItBW, KKtCP SIIKKP.
Says the Wtm Rural: Sheep breed
ing is an interesting branch of our farm
industries. There is no other line of
breeding, we believe, thnt. will interest
man who has tastes in that direction, so
jnuch ; and the more interest we have in
our work the greater success it will likely
be. At all events shocp have a fascina
tion for tho boys, am! if you have boys
and desire interest them in the farm,
and to develop them, you can well afford
to keep a flock of sheep. If then, you
have a airy farm, and c-spccinlly if you
have children, ty sheep."
REVENUE FROM A FLOCK OP ItENS.
A flock of hens should pay at least $1
a head clear profit, each year. This is n
low estimate, and by careful management
can be made twice as much; but 1 think
among fanners more come short of this
than exceed it. Tlie fowls are often- left
too much to the women and children, or
to Torn Pick and Harry. How often do
they have nothing in tho shape of lime,
or dust to roll in, or water to drink, un
less they find it for themselves? How
often their quarters are cold, or wet, or
filthy no profit need bo looked for in
such cases. JYm Fori Tribune.
BF.DUClNO A HOltSK's SPUA1N.
To reduce inflammation rmispil lv a
strain or bruise on a horse there is nothing
better than cold water in summer, but iu
wiarter warm fomentations are used in-
steaa. After the lnflaiQinatiou subsides
and soreness has in nsrt. ilimnimvircil tl.n
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application of liniments may be n'sorted
to with benefit. But no caustic, heating
or irritating solutions should be employed
until incinnammation in ttic injured part
has been reduced with either cold or warm
water. For garget in cows at this season
use cold water freely, even to covering or
inclosing the udder in a rubber bag filled
wiui water. jxem loric nun.
COLTS TAY HANDSOMKLT.
There is more moiinv to 1m mml., fvnm
colts, whether of the horse or mule kind,
man irom any otner farm animal. A
three-year-old colt will cost 110 morn for
feeding than a three-year-old steer, but
it will frequently sell for twenty-five or
thirtv cents ricr nonrul nf livi. u-ni.rhf
against two to four cents per pound for
i sieer. po mat it is well wortli the
cost to renr a colt well. This is tho
season when the colts are arriving, aud
the condition of the mare is the first
thing to think of. She must be well fed
ami kept in thrift and health. Overwork
is to be carefullv nvoiilnil fruttin.r ic trt
be prevented by kind treatment uiid con
sideration for her lactiferous condition.
And the colts should be equally well
looked after. A run In a urnss field with
the dam and a month's rest- anrl IT,mA
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" uiniwng ui ine young tiling I
Ulllll 1L IS HIIIC m pur n I ITT 1 f im II mill a
few of th sweetest oats newly thrashed
for It. After thnt the food may bo
crradnallv increase d mill tit fit nf tlia'mnrn
kept up to supply a full yield of milk.
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LAjiuauic w uui puu or com rams is to
be eauallv avoided for tho i1in of tho
colt. jS'ew Tort Ti-me.
bowed sonoiifM a Drxrsiox.
Some journals, especially at tlvo West,
are urging that sorghum be stfwn broad
cast for fodder, as corn sometimes is.
Time was, when a new soil was free from
Weeds, sowed fodder would not be prema
turely choked out. But of late Western
lands cultivated a few years become even
more weedy than well-tilled lands at the
East. The Western farmer cultivating
largo areas grows the big kinds of corn,
avowedly because they sooner outgrow
the weeds, and thus need not bo culti
vated bo late. The consequence is that
weed seeds ripen by themillion. Sorghum
seed is small. Its first growth is much
slower than corn. About midsummer it
shoots forward rapidly, and will then out
grow corn, and be especially valuable in
time of draught, as its roots run deeply.
But it needs cultivation, if not hoeing,
early in the season or before midsummer,
or it will be choked out by weeds. An
other reason for cultivation is to insure
space for the leaves to reach the sunlight.
Crowded together as it is apt to be when
sown, even if not overgrown with weeds,
the sorghum is not sweet. Its stalk is
hard to be crushed, and is filled with a
poor, watery juice of but little value for
feeding, and none whatever for tho sugar
manufacturers. Boston Cultivator.
TOMATO CULTIVATION.
The touiato plant is the prettiest vege
table plant we have when properly cared
cared for. First make a ridge eight
inches high aud twelve wide. If the dirt
is not strong enough to grow thrifty
plants, go to the fence corner and get
some that is; place about one peek where
the plant will stand. Het plants three
feet apart not less. Get stakes say
three inches in diameter aud drive in
the ground, leaving three feet out. Drive
one every eight feet the length of the
row; they will be three feet apart the
cross way. If you have elm bijrk handy
cut it in strips two inches broad if not,
use slats or fence wire, making three
rows on each sido at one foot from the
bottom, at middle and at top, theu cross
near tho plant to keep it straight. Every
five or six days pass along uud fix the
branches in proper shape., as you would
have them grow. Do not allow grass cjr
weeds to.grow wltliiu three feet of plants.
Water the plauts in evenings if it docs
pot rain enough to make thefu grow fust,
and when the tomittoes begin to ripen
you will have a row of them five feet
wide, four feet high and ninety feet long,
from only thirty plants. Only think of
it I The grand row, just covered with
big red tomatoes from end to end and
from bottom to top, all up out of the
dirt, clean and. weet! Remember the
things we do should be done well. This
frame can be pluced on one sido of the
garden and remain for years.
As I travel from house to house I gee
tomato plants hyiv and there in gardens
flat down on tlugrouud, and tho toma
toes rot as fast as they turn red; or
planted in ridges three inches apart, with
stalks about as largo as a lead pencil two
feet high and with three tomatoes per
stalk. Friends, try the frame plan and
you will be wvll pleased with it. J-irm-er't
Cull.
SULPHUR, LAUD AND KKROSENE.
Sulphur is advocated as a lice destroyer.
It is recommended to use the tloweis of
sulphur to dufft the hens with or put in
their dust bath, claiming that the heat
from the body generates a gas w hich kills
the lice. It is accepted by nearly every,
body that this is a fact, yet it is an
erroneous idea. The fact of the heat
from the body generating gas is absurd,
and for killing lice it is a folly. If you
wish to use sulphur in any 'form give i)
in dry weather internally, nndtonly extor
nnlly for scurvy leg. To kUl lice
effectually, several remedies ;inay bo re
si orted to. Lard to which is added about
one-third keroseno oil wall, mixed to
gether and applied lightly under the
wings, behind tho comb and. around the
vent, will usually dissipalotvermln. In
sect, powder is very good (and sure, but
costly. Kerosene oil is sure.death to lice,
but in its raw state would be'tooHrritating
to the flesh of the hen, and I (conceived
tho idea of using it in tho rfollowing
manner with gratifying results ; Tako a,
live cent bar of soap, shave it fine, dissolve
it in enough boiling water to iinake it
thick, stir in a pint of kerosene oil and
add boiling water slowly.stirring 'quickly
so tho oil will not float on top. Let it
cool down to blood heat. Nowt take your
fowl and hold It. in fhe inixturejiend ont,
with your hand rub it well into the
feathers, rub them dowu and keep them
confined in a warm place. Do this on
dry, warm day, and it won't hurt them
as much as being ont in the rain all day.
I am as afraid of lice as roup, canker,
swelled head or cholera. The other pest
Is the small red lico which will reduce a
flock about as quick as disease if they get
the upper hand, but arc more easily dis
posed of. Completely cover the roost
poles w ith pure kerosene oil and they will
never trouble you any more. Orangt
County Farmer.
FARM AND GARDEN KOTES.
Prompt weeding of garden crops 'will
pay.
Wood-ashes arc excellent on moist
sails.
Use powdered hellebore for the currant
worm.
Feed (ho young chicks often but not
too plentifully.
Give good feed nud extra care to tho
horses that are at farm work.
Oats is the great staple horse feed of tho
world for all classes of horses.
If you wan tho best work from your
tennis you must feed just right.
Colt shows among tho draft horse
I reedcr are becoming popular.
Hard, dry paths tend to comfort out
side the house and cleanliness within.
The much-ahuscd crow is also ono of
the best aids iu exterminating the whito
grub.
Western farmers say that a grain ration
must be used with altnlfa to produce
good -milk.
Care should be taken to supply every
animal kept on the place, with all tho
water it needs.
Transplnnt-tho tomato plant with care,
keeping a good solid ball of earth on the
roots till reset.
The same food, without, variation,
should not be given to poultry for any
considerable length of time.
The drinking vessels for fowls should
be often refilled and kept clean. Hens
drink littlo at a time, but often.
A well-known writer maintains that,
contrary to the popular notion, darkness
is not essential iu growing mushrooms.
Weeds can be killed more easily and
quickly by choking out with heavy seed
ing of clover and timothy than iu any
other way.
Examine young fruit trees of all kinds,
aud if borings or sawdust aro seen on tho
ground hunt for tho hole and probe out
the grub with a piece of wire.
A falling off in flesh of farm h m-s in
summer is too. often duo the fact that tho
pasture field is depeuded upon fu too
great an extent for their maintenance.
Be easy with the wire-card or toothed
currycomb on cattle and horses. A stiff
brush and a wire currycomb, without
teeth, is safest ic the baud of the average
tuau.
A wnrm sandy soil, with sunny ex
posure, will give the earliest otittiugs of
asparagus, according to A. W. Cbeever,
but a deep loam may giva larger returns
during thu scasou.
A prominent horticulturist expresses
hjs belief that iho Wealthy apple top
grafted upon the Swilzet will be a perfect
and long-lived tree, serving more than
one generation faithfully.
Ducks grow very rapidly and It is
claimed that a jM'rson who goes into the
duck business systematically and takes
advantage of ull tho good points of a
men can turn his -money over
quickly.
very
The question a discussed whether it
pays to save leaves for bedding and ab
sorbents, and our answer is that, ut least,
it is better to get leaves and use fhem
than believe there is something better and
not use anything.
It is authoritatively stated that cau
celeste (blue water, a simplo solution of
sulphate of copper with ammonia) is not
only n remedy for mildew, but at tho
same timo rids plants of the rose beetle
when they are so infested.
With good roads it would be as easy to
draw two tons of farm produce to market
as ono ton under present conditions, yet
he good roads in farming districts must
wait until the persons chiefly interested
have greater development of public spirit.
A case of black rot in a large vineyard
was attributed by a member of the annual
meeting of the Western New York Hor
ticultural Society to the uso of barnyard
manure, tho ammonia from the new
manure being thought to injure the new
canes.
Any land upon which water stauds
more thau twenty-four hours after a rain
fall, however heavy, is pronounced by
excellent, authority to be unfit for uny or
chard without thorough tile-draining,
and not safe even with it, because there
is always the risk of tho tiles bcjng ob
structed w ith roots, and' the trees becom
ing unthrifty iu consequence.
St. Louis C'reeplug Away From the Mis
slslppl River.
Few people have ever stopped to think
that the city i gradually, but surely,
creeping away from the river. The ten
dency js altogether westward, nud in a
short while the Mississippi lliver, which
made St. Louis tho great city that she is,
will Tie left far behind, liven the ware
houses are yielding to tho popular ten
dency, and are moving toward Fourth
strict, leaving nothing but sheds and
dives on the Levee. The steamboat busi
ness was given a great blow when the rail
roads came into general use. The busi
ness has been gruduully falling off ever
Miiee.aud now, onaecouniof the tendency
of the population, it will go down hill
faster than ever. Ut. Luu'u &tar-Hayiny.
In New York city last year the firemen
were called upon to battle with 3302 fires,
which did damage aggregating $1,666,-401.
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
i French gray is as popular a celor as
ever.
I There is "Woman's Lenguo" in New
, Orjeans.
I All fashionable dinner gowns are now
trained.
j Missouri has granted school suffrage to
women.
The Leghorn flat Is n popular as ever
this season.
A new embroidery takes tho imme of
witch stitch.
Tho stick and handlo of tho tun um
brella are huge.
Tlio pagoda canopy grows iu favor for
dressy parasols.
There hi seemingly no end to the va
riety in sleeves.
The Leghorn hat is promised by milliners
for fall wear.
A wicker canoe is the newest thing in
baby carriages.
Chart reuse and absinthe are among the
fashionable greens.
Plaids and stripes are in favor with
fashionable dresses.
Jewelry has been ruled out of order
with a riding habit.
Belts, sashes and girdle are on almost
nil tho new costumes.
A woman's directory is about to be
published in Chicago.
There are said to be 9000 women doe
tors in the United States.
Silver buttons aro used on seaside
gowns instead of gilt ones.
Dotted gnuzo parasols can boworu whh
any kiud of a dressy gown.
The gown of black laeo is as fashlou
able and ns popular lis ever.
Tho Tuxedo sirft for ladies consist of
a blouse waist, skirt and sash.
Boston has two women real estate
sgenta aud New York has one.
It costs from $5 to $10 to hnvo the
plniU laid for ail accordion skirt.
In ancient Egypt ladies used to go into
mourning when their pctcals died.
Tho paragon frame has grooved steel
ribs which will not warp nor break.
Mrs. Margaret Olipbant is one of tho
most indefatigable of living writers.
Stylish suits are mado up in India cash
mere combined with velvet or moire.
Black silk and tan-colored silk mitts
will both be worn ngaiu this summer.
Eyebrow and eyelash dyes and tonics
aro sold in the London cosmetic shops.
Thercaro 62,000 women in the United
States interested in tho cultivation of
fruit.
Two thousand girls were traiued last
vcar in the kitchen gardens of tho W. 0'.
T. U.
Ladies are beginning to wonder how
they could ever have liked tho Directoiro
gown.
Dr. Agnew says a healthy woman cau
kill herself iu about a year by horseback
riding.
Jlrs. Frunk Leslie, tho New York pub
lisher, is an authority ou the subject of
gloves.
There are six women police officers in
London, and seven more nro to be ap
pointed. Tarpaulin hats, either black or white,
iu sailor shape, are affected by feminine,
yachtsmen.
It is a part of French economy that a
woman shall not wear her street costume
iu tt)o house.
Surah silk dust cloaks are seen quite
frequently on women bent upon shopping
expeditious.
The curators of tho Kentucky Uni
versity have decided to admit women to
the Institution.
Riding habits are still dark in color,
but ladies will soon make a change to light
gray and brown.
There is but little difference in out
ward appearance between a good sattyS
and an India silk.
Some Bostou ladies have started a so
ciety for tho cultivation of (esthetics
among the masses.
("overs of lace or net or thin gauze em
broidered in Persian patterns are seen on
many new parasol.
Natural-colored pongees will be styl
ishly trimmed with white luco or em
broidery lidd on flat.
The Empress of Germany has received
a necklace valued at $150,000, the gift of
tho Sultan of Turkey.
Ladies who were ordutued ministers
have not the legal authority for solemniz
ing tho marriago ceremony.
New York professional lieauties arc
paid only 8 per week. They stand for
udmiration in dime museums.
A new brooch is of gold, the design
being a plow with a diamond sickle and
an ear of corn thrown across it.
Tho broad lace and muslin frills which
havo lately come into fashion often give a
fresh air to a very faded costume.
A tea gown of latest pattern is in old
rose India silk with the Watteau fullness
in the back laid in accordion plaits.
The symmetry of Adelina Patti's hand
Is lost sight of in its dazzling display of
jewels. She spends a fortune iu gloves.
A black; costume is extremely chic it
woru with a yellow turban of fancy straw
trimmed with black ribbons and feathers.
Mrs. Lallio McDonald, the grand
daughter of tho noted Tom Corwin, is au
energetic aud successful advertising
agent.
A year ugo few ladies had the courage
to wear a dresa without a bustle. By
midsummer there will not be such an
urticlo in existence.
Miss E. A. Southworth is said to be the
first woman to receive an apKintment to
a scientific post at Washington. She it
assistant mycologist.
In the French Exhibition, of a total of
532 artists in oil, only twenty-eight are
women. Of these only three cuu be said
to show creative force.
A woman's hair may grow to the
length of six foet; some carry forty or
fifty miles of hair on their heads, but
those ladies aro not many.
Just think of IU 140.SB made In oue week by
au aneut repreuntuiK B. V. Juhuton 4k o.,i.
liluhuioud, va., aud tuey bav hud inanr more
Vnrlles traveling for them who did equally
well, ttcuje a vood Aral better. If you peed em
ployment it would Im4 a good thing- to ell down
aud writ ttieia a Hue at ouoe.
Oresan, faraalae ml tiratri.
litld, equable oUuiale.oertalu and abuadsat
ofvue. ket (rait, gmiu, r aud mock coun
try iu the world. Vuil iuoriaalioD free. Ad
dieea Oregon Imlnrat'a Board, 1'ortUud. Ore;
When an article tiu been sold for li Tears
in euita of competition and cheap liul'atione it
iniul have eiii.cr;uf quality. DobUus's Klec
ic Soap hut heeu oouetajitlr niade and sold
iluce lt15. AiK your yrocr or U. Beat of all.
The hay crop teeeoimd, if nottlr-t,ln Import
:oj of auy iu the Culled blama.
IIT It
Hsre" a health ta the wlvw ami the mother
'pr others
Thai 1...I.I. Kl.f ih. Ti... ""-
T their MM Vin tit HaTii a II.. .l.,nu.
That hanlh hmiowa and sadneaa.
And wht reed we ak more than this?
Hji-hr ran this happlne-s be kepi? What
nail pmtart thnee r love those who make a
llearen of the Hume from the ravatei of ills.
aeth Is often wnrne than death-thai If, In
fact, m lingnHnf deathf The question 1 fl)v
answered: lr, Pieroe'a Favorlta Prescription
thentanilard remedy for all th pea peculiar
fileeaeos in whtrh women aro ubjnct-l what
must 1 relied on to preserve the health ot
wives and inothrra. It prMnii thoet Aleeaee,
and It mrw them. It la a blnselng i women
andtlieretora a national blessing, bemuse It
Klves health tothowi about whom the hap; I
nesao home Centura, and tho strength of a na
tion is In Its happy lioniea.
lr. Tierce's Pallet", nr Antl-hllloua Granules;
In vials, id oente; one a dose. I'rotrlt.
A womaw Willi a case of genuine leprosy has
Iwn d'sroverod at Hprlna T ake, Vi.
Jf afflicted with tor vnun Or. N.o Thorn p
ftBye-wtUftr. Knif Ht oll-at 35c. it bo til
A lieoil Aaaeilie U rum l la I to good health.
ltV Ruriieparllla It a wondcrM! mertlrln Mr
ereatlng an appi llle, tonlna tlm dkwtlon, aud air
ing tretiitth 10 the whole nvntoln.
N Y N V-U4
YOU NEED IT!
!l'.,1iv' '"S Iti'tlentry, hut It It wi nuu-h work to
11 t It for elimination that I am lllrllunt to tlilrk
looktur out wynle Ithmmh rtee!rs-ia of knawltttv
nur J IH.NIH' llll.TluNAHY ' il liv me and!
I look out word, en the lament, an (lie Inf'oriuaUuu
la Inipmiml on nij unud." lYirrrijwntltat.
Webster's Illustrated
HANDY DICTIONARY
Thonaande ef Worde DeHiira.
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flattens Kaalalar. Orillh.
ry Herelm Pkraara Trana.
laird. Metric Ulllim mf
Wrighla and IMraeure.
-rinTniintineii near trite, on line"
laiit plir ; uoiluil fu beUtUoula dutu.
Iiao IAC3r33S QQO
Who Unt re'U doeen't every Iy come afrote
wonl whin liireiilun he iloe not know, and which
lieratitlot proiKiiiure i i p;:1! H-n.a the dVliiind
Tor niiMrrmi-niml Mi tu nary wliii li nii lkrnl
at hand alw4e rea.ty rr erlVin,-e. Huch a rk
will l-e 1U.M ii liiiiitirl (tin ae tiiii,b a Turn un
wieldy votiiTiie, ai lit lliprafi.rr 1 a eivalerenttofctor.
Ae the SnWlluic anil rotin!iiMitiii of many rum
toioil .ii-,1 lifter lw:i -liHti; e.1 ilnrluK Ui )Ht 30
yeaTa, people nwutnt the oM-f ft.hloued llictjonaria
need a tiu,.irrii i one. Here it la at a trifling cua
I'vaipald for -iSo. In In. of laeUiii.
hook m Ki.muiNu riot'HB.
DUTCH ER'3
FLY KILLER
hect will kilt quart ot fllt&
Mont luti.nc Around t.vrtv
tlHlnjt at tickling youi
nfwr. ftkli harrt wnnW ami
nirM iM.-fvat In din rxpun
Kn1 '4A4TniHfr ft ruitt to
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Have curM many ttMUNuiil rain, Cure pAltrst
&niMuni-Hl hnprieftit l tht kcnt pliAU-lana, Intra
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iMMihHiRvumii. IVniUva' treatment fnrntubM frr
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ioi.ay pnitaiie. Mv If. H. ore, ft Kokb, Atlanta, ti.
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nrreatiiri alnr- ,r uM.oImU, miliar of
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ulent or .am,1le. Iiarelj more thau 1 or a uuaea Biri .aiy. U le nut inn.
ntlpate. l iilher a. u a. a laxatlre ami larnllrelr haruili sa. After 30 rear. oT trial
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tri-nird m unielly. F.(en(l a few eeutaawt xou hav. a cure on hand, ready
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