'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
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... 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