'CLAY AS A STEADY MET, STRAWOS PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN NORTH ALABAMA. They I'nt White Clay From Inftanry and V,lko It, nnd nollevo In All Sorts of Omens nnd Signs. '"Winston County is in the Northwestern jwrt 01 Alabrtmn, ays ft letter from jlirmingham to the New York Time, and Ss the most spnrscly populated nnd poor est county in the State. Vntil a few years n;ro the entire countr paid into the Utato Treasury less than $1000 per year Su taxes. Vntil three years ago it was Uiirty-two miles from the nenrcst rail road, and the County Court House was sixty miles from a railroad utation. Churches and schoolhouses were few nnd far between, nnd the time was, not very long ago, when there were only four 2ostHi(lices in the entire county. , The writer spent several days in the county recently and visited the homes of a number of poor people who eat clay as part of their daily food. They live in Ismail log cabins of the rudest kind and eke out a miserable existence by farming, hunting nnd fishing. Their farms, or patches, ns they call them, nrc small - clearings around their cabins nud arc never more than a few acres in extent. Their crops consist of corn, peas nnd potatoes, nnd a few who are fortunate enough to own a horse attempt to raise a little cotton. The land is very poor, and ns the crops receive little work the yield is always very poor. A few hogs arc raised, but the majority depend on the country stores for the few pounds of meat they eat during the year. In almost every cavo and on every little brook among the hills is a "moonshine still," nnd the little crop of corn gathered by the clay -cater is sold to the owner of the still or converted into "mountain dew" on shares. They are too far from a market to sell their corn for money, but they can carry a keg of corn whisky to some of the larger settlements a few miles away and obtain a few dollars in money, some to bacco, and coffee for it. Men, women, 1 nnd children are slaves to the tobacco habit. The women chow and smoke nnd most of them also use snuff when they can obtain it. f The interior of the cabin of a clay cater is rude in the extreme. The cabin is usually built of small pine logs from which the bark is sometimes removed. There are no windows nnd usually only one door. In winter the cracks between the logs nrc filled with clay or rags and some times boards are nailed over them on the 'tnitsidc. In summer these cracks nrc opened in order to allow plenty of fresh iiirto enter. There are no pictures on the walls, no ornaments of any kind, and often no furniture worthy of the name. If there are bedsteads they are of the crudest kind, made by the head of the, family with no other tools than a saw nnd axe. Usually the cabin is too small ifor beadsteads if the family is large, nnd they sleep on quilts and mattresses spread 'on the floor. The entire family, often ten or more persons, cat and sleep in one small room. The cooking is done in one fireplace, tho utensils consisting of a fry ing pan, a kettle, an oven, and possibly a few pots. Cooking stoves, sewing ma chines and nil modern conveniences are .ukuown. Many of these people will not .believe that such things really exist. Afew teircus posters may adorn the walls and jyou may Cud a patent medicine almanac, ibut books and newspapers are unknown. fNone of the family can read. Their parents before them could not read ; their chil dren are growing up equnlly ignorant, and the majority of them do not believe in book learning. If tho head of tho family belongs to the church he probably keeps a cheap Bible in tho house, but they never hear it read except when some traveling minister comes along and stops for diiueror perhaps stays all night. The clay eaten by these people is found along the banks of the small mountain streams in inexhaustible quantities. It is of a dirty w hite color usually ; sometimes a pale yellow. It has a peculiarly oily ap pearance, and this oil keeps it from stick ing to tho bauds or mouth. 'When dry it does not crumble and a few drops of water will easily soften it until it can be rolled into any shape desired. It is al most without taste, but must possess eome nourishment, as these people declare they can subsist upon it for days. They place a small piece in the mouth nud hold it there until it gradually dissolves aud is swallowed in small quantities tit a time. The quantity eaten nt ono time varies from a lump as large as a pea for the child or beginner to a lump as large ns a hen's egg for those who huve eaten it for years. The only bad effect of clay eating seems to bo the peculiar appearance it . jcives the skin of those who become ad dicted to the habit. The skin turns pale, bo pale, in fuet, as to give tho face the pallor of death, and then later on it turns a peculiar pale yellow, a color closely re sembling some of tho clay eaten. Children 'who addicted to the habit grow old, at 3uast in appearance, prematurely, and their faces lose forever the bright glow of youth and health. There is little sickness among the clay eaters, and they live as long us the average of mankind, so it is conclusive that the habit is not fatal in its effects. It may or may not be the result of clay eating, but these people are as supersti tious as the followers of a Voodoo. They have signs for everything, nnd almost worship the moon. Corn is planted when the moou is full, nud potatoes are planted on the dark of tho moon. They will not start on a journey or begin a job unless the moon is right, and they foretell storms nnd nil kinds of disasters by the appear- unco of the moou. If one cud of a new liiouu is lower than the other it will raiu before the moou changes again, say the - clay eater, but if the new moon is level there will be no rain until aunt her change occurs. The average clay eater has a mortal timid of uu owl. The hooting of an awl at any hour, day or night, is un omen of ill luck, aud if heard at night and answered by the howl of a dog, it is a bign that one of the family will die soon. buou as the hoot of an owl is heard a ' chair is overturned. If the hooting of uu owl ccuscH at dice it is a bigu that the threatened danger has been warded off for a time, but if it continues there is weeping and wailing in the home of the clay eater. The howling of u dog ut night is also an on. i n of ill luck, but it is not a sign of soi.ie approaching fatality unless it is in uuswer to the hoot of un owl. The clay eaters of Winston County do r.nt number over 100 families, it is said, and they live in a sparsely-settled legion remote from the civilizing inllueuccs of towns, schools or churches. Of thete live hundred or more people lets than Hits huve tver itu ft tews or a railroad train. Of modern inventions they lisvo never dreamed, nnd they would ridlculo the man who told them the world was round. With the tenacity of Ignorance they cling to their old traditions nnd superstitions, but in time they will dis appear before tho onward march of civilization and intelligence. SELECT SITTINGS. Pigs are usually black in hot climates. Horace Greeley married his wife cn the day when ho first met her. A tiger hunter in India says that tigers in killing rarely sevef any important vein or artery. It is becoming fashionable for men to shave their beards nnd go nround with smooth faces. Heady-nindo underclothing can be bought to-day for nbout the price of making it twenty years ngo. Berlin, tho Herman capital, is alleged to have been founded by the Margrave Albert, tho Bear, nbout 1103. An Aurora (111.) watchmaker claims to have invented a typewriter which can be manufactured for three cents. A Jamestown (Pcnn.) baby was photo graphed thirty-five minutes nftcr it was born. The happy father took the picture. In Mexico it is possible to harvest two crops of cereals annually, nnd fruit nnd vegetables grow in abundance the year round. In one small lake in Cuba containing about 200 acres nn American recently counted 107 alligators, nil fat, contented and healthv. A man elected Sheriff nt Berrien Comity, On., has had to wait three months to become of ngc before he could be sworn in. Deuton County, Texas, boasts of cen tipedes between five nnd six inches long. Wherever they come in contact with the human body the flesh decays. The Prussian order of the Iron Cross was established by Frederick William III., March 10, 1S13, to honor patriotic bravery in the war with France. If you sec a man strike a hog with n hoe-handle don't pity the hog. There is so much fat over his nerves that he can hardly feel pain. lie squeals because he is surprised. The Sheriff of San Miguel County, New Mexico, has alone and unaided ar rested six horse thieves nnd recovered 350 stolen horses since January 1. He has been wounded three times and killed two men in his work. Probably the most expensive carpet ever manufactured is that owned by the Maharajah of Baroda, India. It took three yenrs to make, and cost $200,000. It is made entirely of strings of pure col ored pearls, with the center and corners of diamonds. There is a curious law in rogue in Switzerland which compels every newly married couple to plant trees shortly after the marriage ceremony. The trees or dered to be plnntcd on wedding days are the pine nnd weeping willow. On untal days the suggestive birch tree is selected. The wife of Jacob llocker, of McKees port, Pcnn., has just recovered from a fever of n peculiar type. Her whole liody shed its skin. The skin of the hands and arms came off like a glove, and tho hair, too nnd finger nails also came olf . This is the third time the lady has had the n'.Hiction. When the flood poured, into Milton, Pcnn., a AYestern Union operator, John Woltinger, telegraphed Superintendent Gill: "The water is coming in the of fice, what shall I do?" "Get a gum-coat and a pair of rubber-boots and stay there," was the quick reply. Woltinger obeyed orders and remained at his post till the flood subsided. Work or the Mound Builders. Professor William McAdams tho archaeologist, has returned from nnother excursion along the Illinois river bluffs, where he spent several days in exploring a large ancient mound near the mouth of Otter Creek, in Jersey County, 111. In the mouud, which was forty feet long, fifteen feet wide, and eight or ten feet high, were some interesting relics. It seemed to have been a burial place for an cient warriors, for most of the remains were pierced with stone nrro.w points. One arrow point still remains imbedded in a vertebra, nnother in the skull, and still others in tho leg nnd nrm bones. 1 h.3 professor is greatly interested in these airjw points, which are different from those found in this vicinity generally. These stone nrrow points are evidently of eastern origin, und are like tho6e used by the warlike Iroquois of New York. Mar quette, tho Jesuit explorer, gives an ac count of a battle in this vicinity between the Illinois and Iroquis. The Illinois were nearly annihilated, and the remain der tied across tho Mississippi to the Osages. Wnr parties of the Iroquis yearly made predatory excursions across the Mississippi. They used a peculiar war nrrow, triangular quite-small and without notches or barb, and unlike those so com monly found here. Tho professor thinks there is a sort of data to be found here and would probably place the nge of these peculiar mounds ut somewhere be tween 300 und 400 years, and as probably the most recent works of tho mound building tribe long ago extinct. picay une. Ballast That Cheats the Pilots. About a year ao the most disagree able task in tho life of a Sandy Hook pilot was to board an incoming Norwe gian, Italian or Portuguese ship. Then life became a misery, for not only was the unlucky pilot compelled to dine on the vilest hard tack nnd macaroni three times daily, but he was also guyed by ull his fchipmates. Since then times have changed; foreign vessels are now the most delightful craft when compared with the lilty-two English and German steamships which carry petroleum iu bulk to Europi an p i ts. They probably are accorded inoro forcible condemnation thau all the others combined. Previous to sailing from abroad these vessels, by means of steam, are pumped full of salt water, which make a free und service able ballast. Wife u within 200 or 300 miles of New Votk, if tho weuther is propitious, the skippers who rivul the keenest Yankees in shrewdness, set their pumps working und in uhort order rid their ships of their worthless and easily obtainable ballast. When the chipper pilot comes aboard with expectations of catching a twenty-two footer lie is cha grined to find that the puuipiugrout process has lessened the draught of the vessel and his feet DO per cent, crmort, .Yew York Sun, TIIE FARM AND GARDEN. n.AKTiNO celery. When planting celery, havo in mind the fact that it is a plant that needs a great deal of moisture. Consequently choose a piece of low land which is natu rnlly somewhat damp. If there is no appliances for watering, such ns tanks, hoso, etc., a good location may bo found beside an open ditch, or small run from which water may be easily taken by means of a pump. Very good ones, such as are sold for spraying trees, may bo had for a few dollars, which, with a hundred feet of inch hose, will do duty over a considcr nblo extent of ground. American Agri culturist, FOOD FOn YOVNfl CHICKS. In addressing a society not long ngo, Mr. Felch, nn expert poultry raiser, spoko of tho best food for the youngsters in this style: The best food for yimg chicks till two weeks old is to make a bread by the use of sour milk, salt, salcrntus and molasses, out of a meal composed of twenty pounds of corn, fifteen pounds of oats, ten pounds of barley, ten pounds of wheat bran, grind nnd mix, bake, and crumble into scalded milk, giving no water (the milk is nil the liquid needed). There is seldom n death in tho brood if so fed. When older than two weeks the same can be scalded and fed for soft food, giving at night cracked corn, mil let, barley nnd wheat. When twelve months old tho chicks so raised will bo found to bo nearly ono pound heavier than chicks raised in the old way. TIIE GREAT CHOr OF THE SEASON. Weeds nre the great crop of the season. Every farmer should know nil tho weeds on his farm, nnd their manner of growth, whether they nre annual or last more than ono year. He harvests his grain be fore it is ripe, knowing that tho process of maturity will go on, but he often does not think that many weeds, if cut soon after they have flowered, will ripen their seeds as well ns if high on tho ground, and these weeds if thrown on the manure heap or into tho pig-sty, will nfford an abundant supply of weeds to continue the trouble. Keep a sharp eye for any new or strange weed that appears on tho farm. If need be, extra exertions may be made to prevent it from spreading. The safest way to dispose of weeds is to burn them. Make a small tiro of any wood, throw on the weeds a few nt a time. It Is nstonishing what an amount of green stuff may bo burned in this way, nnd quite a quantity of ashes will bo left which should be spread. They will bene fit any crop. American Agriculturist. COWS LOSING THEIR CCDS. Cows do not "lose their cud" for the simple reason that they do not have any such thing, and the so-called chewing of the cud is merely the mastication of the ordinary food. Every ruminating nnimal has more than one stomach and the cow has four; the first is much larger than tho other three. The first stomach or paunch lies on the left side, aud receives the coarse and bulky food as gathered aud swallowed by the cow. When this food has become somewhat macerated it is forced up into the mouth where it is thor oughly masticated or rechewed, and this operation is termed "chewing the cud." Cattle usually chew the cud when nt rest. Hence the necessity of allowing oxen a longer period of rest than horses when engaged in steady heavy work. When ever an ox or cow has a fever or other ail ment they ceaso to ruminate or chew tho cud, and those who are not familiar with the internal structure of these animals are inclined to think they have swallowed or lost something which should be restored, hence tho very common idea among farm ers thit an artificial cud should be made and given to tho cow. Sometimes a piece of fat pork is forced down the throat, a wad of grass, lumps of bread, and other useless things are given to en able the cow to regain what she has never lost. In case of fever or indiges tion a dose of Epsom salts, a half pound to a pound, dissolved to a quart of water will usually prove beneficial nnd restore the animal to health. Neui York Sun. MAKtXO nAY. The value of hay depends to a large ex tent upon the time when the grass or clover is cut, as well as upon the manner pf tho curing. The following table gives the feeding value of hay cut and cured at the different stages of tho plants, nnd it is well worth the careful study of nil concerned: Ktfrogen Cartto compounds hydrates Fa( Rod clover before head.. 24.50 4(5.08 7.0a " " head formed. .3.10 42.80 6.'i " " fullbloom... .17.50 47.41 4.: ' " after bloom.. 16.58 45.W4 i.'ii " " in seed 14.00 49.90 8.05 Timothy, spike unformed.ll. 55 50.05 4.30 " spike visible... .10.85 5-J.a3 8.10 " before bloom. . . 0.U3 60.51 3.38 " early bloom 9.(iH 5MU 3.68 " fullbloom 0.28 65. aa 3.35 " early seed 11.38 47.09 S:M These plants bear a close relation to others of which hay is made, or which nre used for feeding cither by soiling or by pasturing. The figures show very clearly that upon rich soil pasturage yields the lurgest proportion of nutriment which the crops afford, and when the pasture is kept iu good condition and is eutcn close ly so as to produce a continuous succession of young und tender herbage, the most nutriment is procured from the crop. But when hay is made it is necessary to choose a time when the largest gener al average of value can bo secured that is, when the most actual nutriment can be obtained. As tho crops progress towards maturity the quantity increases, while the quality depreciates. But quan tity increases faster than the value de creases, so that a time must be chosen when the whole crop is worth the most. This is when tho clover is iu full bloom ; when a fertile field presents a view us of a carpet of rich purple und green over the whole surface. At this time the weight of tho crop is the greatest. Last fceasou a square rod of clover ut this stage was cut nud weighed immediately; the weight of the green clover was 132 pounds equal to ten aud one-half tous per acre, or about two and one-half tons of hay well cured. The same area was left uncut adjoining in two plots; ouo cut two weeks later when the heads were brown, weighed 418 i pounds; the other, when the heads were ripe, weighed 64 pounds only. This test showed that while tho quality deteriorated the quuuti ty lessened very considerably. It needs no proof to show that the partly grow n crop would have been much less iu quan tity than that fully grown. So that the full bloom of the crop is the time when it should be cut, not only for clover but all the grasses and fodder crops as well. Many years' experience in soiling and pas turing cow i from early spring to lute sum mer hut proved that the richest milk and th finest butter is produced from young herbage of all kinds, and that when the feeding grows lato considerable help from corn meal and cotton seed meal is required to mantajn the product in both quantity and quality. In soiling a close succession of fresh crops produced by weekly planting Is therefore indispens able for the most satisfactory results. American Agriculturist. FARM AND GARDE! NOTES. It is highly extravagant to use low priced mower oil. Tho Wyandotte fowls are highly prized as winter layers. Now weed your strawberry bed and ap ply a dressing of decomposed manure. Better feed the inferior fruit and vege tables to tho hogs than send them to market. Cut the timothy and clover when the clover is prime. Do not wait for the timothy. Use the cultivator ns often and as long ns you can. Every time you do it you kill weeds. Provide a place of shelter for fowls where they can be kept dry during 'hard rain-storms. Tho care that will rniso a good crop of cabbages will rniso a crop of delicious cauliflowers. Many practical fruit growers favor pruning in mid-summer, as the wounds then heal most rapidly. Littlo pigs thrivo wonderfully on oats fed whole. Let them have a separate run where they can eat them. AVith the present standard of popular taste, tho very highest price may be ob tained for cnsilago butter. The character of the milk is largely in tho pasture field. If the cow eats badly flavored weeds, she will give badly fla vored milk. The weeds can be kept down much easier if a crop is kept growing than if tho land is left unoccupied. Put in the second crop. Ensilage in connection with grain feed will make the cheapest butter, and butter which may obtaiu more than tho highest market price. Pigs can be reared so as to havo seventy-five percent, of lean meat in them by feeding bran nnd middlings. Skim milk may nlso be fed. Nono too much rain for weeds, because if one kiud find tho condition unfavor able, a dozen other kinds have exactly what they require. Peter Henderson thinks every farmer should have a few acres of root crops on his farm and ho will find them invalu nblo for feeding stock during tho win ter. " Parsnips arc very nutritious, and in tho islands of Jersey and Guernsey are considered excellent roots for dairy cows and aro extensively grown for that purpose. P. II. Jacobs affirms in Rural 2ew Yorler, that poultry droppings applied to the soil are not nearly so valuable as they nre cstimntcd. He also disapproves of the common advice to keep them dry, nnd snys they nro rendered more avail able as plaut food by keeping them wet. According to A. AV. Cheever the best time for cutting gross with a machine is nftcr 4 o'clock iu tho afternoon. Auy single-team farmer can cut all the grass nftcr 4 o'clock that he can handle the next day before that hour, nnd all hny should go into the barn by that timo every afternoon. A Florida orange-grower claims that if the tap root of the tree is cut off and a rock is laid immediately under the centre of tho tree in planting, there will bo no real tap root ugain, and that the lime water which kills tho 'ap root in limestone hammock will not affect the lateral roots nearly so severely. Not half enough is attempted in the way of ornamental gardening with fruit, savs a Country Gentleman correspondent. With tho strictest utilitarian management few things in the country landscape nro prettier than the blossoming or fruiting orchards, and a little taste and skill in arrangement will make the fruits a de cided adjunct of the pleasure grounds Oil From M'ood. A new industry has sprung up in Sweden, which consists in the extt action of oil from wood. It appears that this industry is becoming every year a more important branch of Swedish trade. The portions of timber and plants which used to be considered valueless are now util ized. After being subjected to various processes they yield not only oil, but tur pentine, creosote, acetic acid, charcoal and pitch. It appears that the ligneous oil produced in Sweden cannot be burned in ordinary lamps, owing to the quantity of smoke it throw s off., but has to bo used in specially constructed lamps, similar to what nrc employed for photogen. It costs about lifty-live centimes per litre, is not explosive, and burns much longer than photogen. 1 here are now thirty manu factories for turning out this substance in Sweden so rnpidly has the industry developed aud tho annual production is about 40,000 litres. Drug, Oil and Paint litporter. Spelling Bees Drove Hiin Crazy. Probably the queerest character that has been Teceivcd in the asylum at Milledgcville, Ga., recently, is a young fellow brought from Walker County. The subject of his derangement is spell ing, and it is said he went crazy during tho spelling bee craze several years ngo. lie uses thS same letters for spelling any word given him, nud invariably pro nounces tho result of his babbling "asafetidu." When given a word to spell ho throws open one corner of his mouth and yells at tho top of his voice: 'B-a ba, y-a ya, g-a ga, f-a fa, d-idi, asafetidu." Ho can be seen most any timo ubout tho yard spelling for the amusement of the crowd, who generally reward him with a chew of tobacco for his effort. Chicago Herald. Died Because He had Slept. Military discipline during times of peace must be much more severe in Hungary than anything ever heard of this side of the Atluntie. A young ofiicer was recently put iu change of a bat talion of men for transportation to a dis tant point, which involved a journey by night. The officer fell asleep and did not awake until after the point of dest nation had been passed. He was no overwhelmed with the heinous nature of his offense and its possible consequences that without further ado he wrote a farewell letter explaining the matter and deliberately out his own brains. San Fromcisce VhrvnicU. , . NEWS AND NOTES FOR W0MEX. : A Indy in Chicago can speak ten difi fcrcnt languages. Dress skirts aro straight, with very littlo or no draping. Heavy gold embroidery appears on several white cloth dresses. Chatelaines continue to bo worn, be ing both ornamental nud useful. A number of young women in Cush bcrt, Ga., havo organized nn anti-klssing society. The silk petticoats nro mnny of them trimmed with pinked ruffles of silk alter nating with lace. Tho title of "Old Maid" does not now attach to a lady until she hns passed her thirtieth birthday. A Minnesota woman dislocated her jaw in yawning, and had to ride twenty-three miles to a physician. Artificial poppies nro to be hnd in any color desired. Such nrc the modern im provements on nature. Surah and foulard silk petticoats nro of nil colors, tho light tints being much worn with light dresses. Mary Fisher, a colored girl, is valedic torian of the graduating chiss of tho Atchison (Kan.) high school. Epaulets nrc a fashion of the season, becoming to slender forms, but stout women should avoid them. Mrs. Humphry Ward, Miss Olive Schrciner nnd Mrs. Margaret Deland aro called the Agnostic Trinity. White summer gowns for morning wear nre ns fashionable as they were iu tho time of Marie Antoinette. Now that tho season's fashions havo been settled, the discovery is mndo that some of the bonnets arc ns high ns ever. The Cherokees, of Indian Territory, have recently dedicated a new seminary for girls which cost them -200,000 to erect. Jenny Liud was born nt Stockholm, Sweden, October C, 1821, nnd died nt her English country homo November 2, 1887. A seminary for Scandinavian women, tho first institution of its kind in this country, is to bo erected at Bed Wing, Minn. Real lace is used very exceptionally for trimming mantles, the popular sorts be ing produced by machinery at one-half the price. Mrs. Hetty Green, of New York, en joys nn income of $3000 a day, and her total yearly expenses aro said to be less than $2000. English girls who have a fancy for tho unique wear as a part of their yachting costume under a short, open jacket, a shirt made like a man's. Exceedingly pleasing effects havo been gained in brooches, lockets and pendants, with pierced gold work laid over a col ored enamel background. The round waists of tho simple gowns now -worn, show but one seam, but the lining is us perfectly fitted as the art ol dressmaking can devise. An Eastern comic paper, speaking of n popular actress's fondness for animals, says: Mary Anderson's fondest pet is the American golden eagle. Ono of tho greatest difficulties which a British hostess must overcomo is to find young men who aro williug to be come partners in a dance. The riding habit nud hat of the Ger man Empress at tho grand review in honor of King Humbert were whito nud Gainsborough, respectively. Fourteen thousand girls ure nttending the London school board cookery centers. Still further facilities for increasing this number are now being made. Useful as well ns pretty bnwg. aro made of picot-edged ribbons in three colors. The ribbons are sewed together to form a bag, then lined nnd tied with narrower ribbon, Tho new Professor of Pathology at the venerable University of Bologna is Sig norina Giuseppiun Cattani, nn uncoiii monly pretty young lady of profound scholarship. A young lady named Break, who died recently nt her home near Freehold, N. J., left a goodly portion of her property to the gentleman to whom bhe was en gaged to be married. In a Kentucky family nre fivo girls named, respectively, Arkansas, Louis iana, Tennessee, Florida aud Virginia, each one of whom weighs over one hun dred and sixty pounds. The thimble is claimed by tho Dutch a an invention of their country, but it is known that it was in use among the silk embroiderers of China hundreds of years before it was used elsewhere. Mrs. Bradley Martiu, of New York, mudo the first purchase nt the Pnris Ex position this year. Immediately nftcr the formal opening, she bought a mag nificent piece of lnce for $1200. At the liteiary ladies' dinner given in London a short time ngo, seven gentle men novelists offered to come as waiters, as they were debarred from appealing as guests, but they were not admitted. Two of the largest individual owners of sheep and cuttle live in Texas, and ure women. One of them, tho widow Cal lahan, owns nbout 50,000 sheep. The other, Mrs. Rogers, is worth $1,000,000. "Residential chambers" for ladies have been built iu London, consisting of two, three and four rooms, which rent from $2.50 to $6, unfurnished. Only those women who earn their own livelihood are permitted to become occupants. There is a way of tying the strings of low shoes so that they will not come uu tied. Make a double bow knot, as usual, with this simple change: Draw the second loop twice through tho opening left for that purpose, instead of once. Mine. Do Oriun, a young Russian Prin cess, died iu Philadelphia recently, and at her request her entire wardrobe was packed in large trunks and sent to Johns town. There were rich silk stockings, Freuch-heeled slippers, silk underwear, eut in and plush costumes, and fine wo men's wear of all sorts. The Bites of Insects Just now, when warm summer weather eutails a small plague of fliesuud insects, it is well to lemeuiboK that the prompt application of un alkali to the bitten ih ulluys tho irritation, and, com monly, at once relieves the suffering cousequeut on a class of injuries, which though smull, are often exceedingly an noying, and even troublesome, especially in the cnsu'of children and persons with sensitive skins. Soda and auunonia will umwor the uurD0e. Lancet, A Colossal Flower, 1 In the farthest southeastern islnnd of of the Philippine frroup, Mindlrtno, upon one pf iu mountains, Parag, in the neighborhood of tho highest peak on the island, tho volcano. Apo, a party of bot anical and geographical explorers found recently nt tho height of 2G00 feet abovo tho sea level, a colossal (lower. The discoverer, Dr. Alexander Schaden berg, could scarcely bolicvo his eyes when ho saw, nmid tho low growing btiRheS,' tho Immense, buds of this flower, liko gi gantic brown cabbngo heads. But ho was still more astonished when he found a specimen in full bloom, a fivo-pctnlcd flower nearly a yard in diameter as largo ns a carriage wheel, in fact. The enor mous blossom was borno on a sort of vine creeping on the ground. It was known by tho nntives who accompanied Dr. Schadenberg, who called it bo-o. The party had no scalo by which the weight of the flower could bo assertnined, but they Improvised a swinging' scnle using their boxes nnd specimens ns weights. Weighing these when op portunity sorved, it wns found thnt n singlo flower weighed over twenty-two pounds. It was impossible to transport tho fresh flower, so tho travelers photographed it. and dried a number of its leaves by tho heat of a fire. Dr. Schadenberg then sent the photographs and dried speci mens to tho Royal Botanical Gardens nt Brcslau, where tho learned director im mediately recognized it ns a specimen of tlic Rnlllesia, a plant formerly discovered in Sumatra, nnd named nftcr the English Governor, Sir Stafford Rallies. The new flower was accordingly named Rafllesin Schadenbergia. Tho five petals of this immense flower aro oval and creamy white, and grow nround a center filled with countless viokt-hued stamens, thicker nnd longer in tho female, or fer tile flower, than in the Infertile. Tho Rnfflesins nre stemle&s plnnts, tho flowers springing immediately from tho surfaco of the branches, and arc immersed among tho scales which represent leaves. Even this mass is a parasitical plant. lYairie Fanner. Long Life With a Broken Neck. Tho unfortunate Mr. Hill in this city, Is not tho first man who has lived with a broken neck. In a cortain North Caro lina district before tho war it was tho practice to send to Congress the man who could lift the heaviest weight. When tho champion got the seat he held it until he was literally lifted out of it by a more muscular man. Ono gentleman won it by lifting two barrels of turpentine, but after holding it several terms he was chal lenged to contest it with nn opponent, who undertook to lift three barrels of turpentine nt once. He did it, lifting ono barrel with each hand nnd a third on his head, but the effort broke his tieck, or rather crushed tho cervical vertebra?. The accident did not kill him, and he wus elected to Congress nnd served miuiy terms, using nn artificial support for his head. Of course tho spinal cord was not injured or he would have been paralyzed. San Francisco Alta. Tho Areas of Largo Cities. Tho following tnblo shows the present areas approximately of the cities named, several of them, notably Philadelphia and Chicngo, having benefited by tho annexa tion of suburbs : Btjuare .Iit-. l'jy.: MM , M.37 58.0!) 174.75 41.50 20.50. 11.00 Philadelphia . Minneapolis. . St. Louis St, Taul Chicago New York... Brooklyn Kansas City.. Maine is now a greater spruce than pine tree State with regard to the pro duction and sale of lumber. Climate for Consumptives. The several olnmtis of I'londn, Colorado and California hve each been ruucb prcscr bed for sufferer from lung disease., yet thousands of thonaltYp.3 in thneo States die of thU fdtul mttlady. A far morn reliable remedy le to bi lled la every drug storo la tho land, aud one can be used at home; a remedy tvhlch Is told by druggists, under the manufacture rs' i si tiiv awixint'e that, If taken in time nud given a lair trial, it will etTcct a cure, or money paid f.-r it will be promptly returned. We refer t that world-famed remedy for consumption (or luntr-scro-ula) known as Dr. Pie-co' Golden Medical Pisvurery-U is theonly remedy for tli b terrible disease possessed of such supei for cur ative properties us to warrant its manufactur ers in selling it under a guarant? -. Don't hawk, and blow, and sr.lt. but use Dr. Sage's Catarrh Kemudy. Of druggittn. Tint different manufacturing. establishments of Ohio produced S;US,51,U0 last year from a capital of g.WO.SUti. Forecd to l.rave Home. Over 00 people were forced to leave their homes yesterday to call for a fret trial pack age of Lane's Family Medicine. If your bloo l is bad, your liver and kidneys out of order. If you are constipated and hare headache and aa unsightly complexion, dju't fail to call on any drugKl't to-day for a free rampleof this grand remedy. Tho ladles praiso It. Kveryoue likes It. Large-size package SO cents. IlAnVABD Coi.lbob has received 1300,000 In gifts during the past eai Don't you vunt to Face tnonew, clothes, time, labor, fuel and health? All these can be raved if you will tri Dobhlns's Electric (?Onp. VH fay "In," knowing If you try It oner, you will always use it. Have your grocer order. Cotton skeo, which v.tei to bo thrown away, now makes SS.UUO.OOO gallons of oil year ly. We recommend "Tanslll's Punch" Clwar. . A Fair trial Of Hood's SoraapturliU will convince any rcaion&Uo person that It docs poou great medicinal merit. We do not claim tnat every bottle will acooniplUn miracle, but wo do know that noarly every bottle, token according to direction!, doe produce positive benefit. Iu peculiar curative power U shown by many remorkAblo cures, "I was run down from close application to work but was told I had malaria and waa dosed with quinine, etc., which was useless. I decided to take Hood's SArsapmrllla and am now feeling strong aud cheorful. I feel satisfied It will boueflt auy who give It ft fair trlaV' W. 0. Human, SGI Spring Su, Kew Tork City. Hood's Sarsaparilla Bold by nil druggists, $1) six for (tA. Prepared only! by C. I. II OOP CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Maes. IOO D 08 o 8 J?jiqP orila ? m TO 8430 A MONTH can bo made working for us. Xgrntn preferred wbn ran furnish a horse aud give thvlr wlmlo time to the business., Spare mo rutin in or be profitably empkjyod also, fow vacftucli s in towns and cltlps. 11. F. JOjiN BON ft CO., looa slain At.. Richmond, Va.- K rUast $tat qo ant( butint ejprienc4. Vetr4 mind about tending ttampfor rcpty. B. F. J. tt Co FRAZER I1KST TV TH K WORLD AXLE GREASE tW Uet tii Genuine Sold Everywhere, In mure thu Suu cur., our J v.. r i" 7 V " 'fc?7 u !T1 F R! 5 1 0 N n sue wi soloiem ... ra wuk mraicuie j t.uvt ever .am. iAe-AC UQOat Horu i Ju" , Itt ovklyn, A'ew I'or. on At rmronirri inn DlALtM. Wl CHARLES . V0QILIR CO., DiMmerf. READY RELIEF. THE GREAT CCKQUERER OF PAIN, Applied entprnnllr, InPtnntlr rr llffvf'a nprnniPi iiriimrni iinrsnrun s nn in nw t'nrni or HlnVe, Urntlnrhr. Tom Michr, or rinynihrr rxtrrnnt pnln, l'MKTIO?SH, IN F1.A1M1 ATIO. Ithrninnlfeim Nrnrnl gln, l.niiibngOi Ke. tiuen, 1'ntna Iu the humll ol ilio Hnrlt, rtc. CURES ALL SUMMER COMPLAINTS, prnmp. Ppftunifl. Hour Piomnrh, Ksnift, VotiilihiK. (if" ribnru, IMAIt II IHT'.A, ollr, 1 (wtlrro M or buff, Ftiiatlng Hprlle. Inlrr imllv hull to a tniiepuuitlul in hnlf a tani bier of wetter. dOc. a bottle AH llruigtsm. inrnltiP limine, linmnrur An rurrllcnr nml mild f'nthnrtlr. l'nrflr Vi-Ei-tnlilf. The Hnlft nml Ht-M Meillrlnn In fhii n oild lot- Ills t nil' foil lllsordrra ol Hut LIVER, STOMACH 03 BOWELS. Tnkrn nrcnrillna In tllrcnlotia thry will rrninre lirnlth a nil I rrnrw vUnllir. Prie S5 ota. a Box BoH by l!J)ro jtgltti. LATEST IMPROVED HORSE POWER Itlarhlnn (r Til W I'KII I :n'i.bniw Urnln.slu ,larhtui' tnrnAVrlJm UI'H for A Vr l.l.i nub llrrnlnr tnd (.i-oas Aeknnwledfsd 1 cut urns m.k It; .11 to M THE A) EASY DRAFT, DU.iilBILITI vUflN IIIYOF WORK teX3SSS. A.W. GRAY'S SONS, Vathitku ajtu Holm MmuncrrnaEits. MIIMM.KTOWN Hl'RIMJH, VT. ' rSrlft k N ItFVOIAFK ruir-h"1 ont of th rlr ratinl HMITH VKWSOtf to mi. Tin' flnrst minll arms rvfr lraimfertun anl tli firnt ch"U- of sll piTti. nt.ir1i)iit)to ar-tlnlV Hafit V 1 Tsnrft inntM. foimtruettM entirely ft bpnl qanl liy v4'i onelC nirel. rsirfully Initvtt for wf rfc nmmttvi' mul t' k. t hfy arc unnvslM fr finlnlit tin rn bill i v mid nrriimfv. lmi lifilcrivl l rh.'Sp iitnllrnbU r-t-tron Imltittlona which a-r of tin niM.i for the tfuie1ii ai iltV sn-i r uot t-nl'- HiitvllaMe. but rtnrou. Tho HMITH Xj:SHN Iti'vnlvrr en-sll sUinjvn ti;wn the bar rein with Arm riuif, SMbirvp enrf t'atv of patents) ml ar nunrinr-U ierf't in vory detail. In sftt upon Tiavinif tho irenulne arttne. an-l if your (enh-r ranit"t sun; ly you an onlrr nt to Mree li'iow will rvtv prompt an 1 onreful attention. ipftrrptivoctalrtv-ue i I pri.va fuiniHlicl H!a ap- ,,iL,..n. SMITH k 1VKSSON, ly-Mrntlon thl w-t. hprlnttHrld, Hlasn. ere St is ! Want to learn all nhont a Horse t now to rick Out a . Good One? Kuowltnprli ; tluas and so UuarJ against Fraud r lJetcct lHacAfcani iCectaCure when aanieU r-osiuble t Tell tho ai;e by he -Teeth? What to call the Different TiirU of the Anlmalf How to&hoe a Horse 'rup-rly t All this ecd other V uable Information can lo obtained b. readtnjr our 100-IAUK IM.VKTIl ATKD IlttltSE HOOK, which we w;. fvrwarJ, Oit la d.on rejrlptof ouly 'J A cents 1 S)fstMi BOOK PUB. HOUSE. 134 Leonard St., New York City. DUTCHER'S FLY KILLER 3'rkoita e!tn wprp. Fvery Pt-ePt nlll kill ft quart of (Ilea. Stop buzzing around eon, ilhliitf lUt'v. tltkllue; y.u tn itia klp hunt word and to run s ppuireat trltlliur expense St nd rente fr a liwu to T. 11 Ti'Hl-.U, St. Albuns, Vt. (HP lo$Sn ilny. f'nmplos worth tVJ.1 H !" Lim e uni under homes' fit't. Write Brew W V niei-enOWy Uet tt Holder u.. Holly ,MMi K 3.r hTl'IlY. Bork-hf epiny. rcMneasForm liib Ptnuiruehip, Art hm tie, fhort band, eto liryuiit'a 1 oilrte, 437 Mttln ht., Hnffalo, moiouKU y ttUrfM ly aiaii., iircu'his itpj who have wed Plog ( Cure fr Oinyuripilon, Bald oYorywhera, Itto. WRSTPRN RESERVE SEMINARY AMD NORMAL 1 1 CuIXEi lK, W. lurinl:ii!tnn, O. Cv yt'ivrs. lloth fccxen. Seveu derartme:i! J. Hoard aH'1 Tuttln ,1U0 per year. REV. K. 1), WEBSTER. A. M., frhluut. ' PEERLESS BYES iLSJf&Jffia 1 and Whlt flafo. lie oared at hooiswlUft oat pain lloofcnfjmr. tlcolars sent V K F. B. . &. u.rti.i i vv u rk. i:ii NEW TREATMENT. AO ALT 10, As anDlipd at the mail in lint smmimj Holland Medutil uud causer Institute, UulTalo, S. Y.t rvruovt-s Caucer v. Ithout pain or use of knife. Kooree of patients syak In unqualified terms of pralu vt tie success of ttlj treatment. Write for circular. HOLLAND VV.IHI INK CO., Buflulo, N. V. Here Want to larn all about a Bon r Baw to Pick Out a , QeodOner Know Imperial- j tloas and so Guard ag-alast Frand F Detect Disease aad KffsctaCars w hen same Is poaslbler a ell ttaa bj ba Teeth T What to call the Different farta or tne Animal? Bow to Shorn a Horee FropjrlJ 1 AU tills and oilier Valuable Information can ba obtained bX reading our 1M,1!STK ATfcl HOUSE BOOK, whlca we will forward, fwifc l.a.d,oareoeltilo(oalj'J3 cants la ataman, E00K PUB. HOUSE. " 134 Leonard St., New York City ATI fi of U. S. and Werld 9K M.ijyif tfitiui coiureti. Alo a, vutt auio'Jtit of miuiiiu tiuii relative to c firreiit htatn ud Cui U-nftf, I ouu "t (oreruiiieut, Krui rrodaoti mud Vuiue, Ai Onlv in Stampd. Addrrms BuuK l'i S. Hors, IM Leonard &t, X. Y, ill PAD WAY'S " PELLS, 4V I -in J4, AVJi JpTtfnSH FURNISHED I St Ss! in 4' ' v y v , KOEHLEK'S KAKIHITK fill. If !HTi BE fur all dtfiiieallc "uln.alM, mil cure H uill of vvcry lu raws ..r cullc, whether Bat ulcut orai asmudli-. K irely mure thau 1 ur 2 i1dm' icc,,rv. It due. nut iuu. llpate, rather ai tt aaaliiallve an.l I. entirely Imi nil.... After W year, of trial Kuar.iutce Is wurlb ITE ' " ur. """' tAlwud a fi lr ccUlsil d yuu have a ci.re uu hal.,1, truiU' hu,ved-aud Peruana anv. a valuabi. Iturw. If uul al j uur ,1. a" i -ek.e u ceui. f,a- aan.ple L..lllc, sew piebald. r un-thlu. ( ollc must bn ll J.r.lt I' l HelblrHe.V """ " u "ni orta t'ul.o Allxfu, Without tt f long a u tft Bat and tavhungt itul ft
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