A WONDER OF THE WORLD.
SCOTLAND'S NEARLY FINISHED
FORTH BRIDGE.
tirilnno Make iToivrp Throe Timed
he Height or M. Kirfcl's Tons of
Steel Vneil.
, A writer in the Lontfor Xrtet has been
visiting the nearly completed great
bridge over the Kirth of Forth, a few
miles from Edinburgh. He sixyg thnt
on nrriving at South Quoensferry he
noticed what seemed to be a smnll mn-of-wnr
lying iu the Firth near the bridge,
but she semied no bigger thnn a penny
boat on the Thames. His surprise was
great on learning that it win her
.Majesty's steamer Devastation; and he
began to understand hnw this powerful
iron-clad was dwafed into littleness by
the towering mass of ironwork above
her.
Ry taking a stroll along the shore he
says the observer gets another impression
of magnitude. As he leaves tueensferry
behind, the houses, from the laws of
perspective, become small, but the three
great cantilevers do not seem to diminish
in the least. If you walk far enough, so
that Quecnsferry has entirely disnpx-ared,
you find the vast masses of iron ap
parently standing up in the sky as high
us ever. St. Paul's dome, as well as St.
Peter's in Home, are also, he adds, good
instances of this mode of testing great
altitude.
Naturally the iff el Tower comes into
his mind for comparison. The statement
is made that one of the cantilevers of tho
bridge, with its connecting girders, if
set up lengthwise on end, would be very
nearly the same height as the Talis
tower; with this difference that the can
tilever has twice the amount of metal in
it that the other has. This last detail
also implies twice the amount of labor in
the construction, Now, there are three
cantilevers in the Forth Bridge. If
these were all added together with the
girders and put up on end, the whole
would be three times higher than the
Eiffel Tower.
And yet these statements arc far from
couveyiug the full difference between the
two structures, cither as to size, strength
or quality of workmanship. The follow
ing figures will give some idea of these
heads: The Eiffel Tower contains only
7500 tons of iron, while the Forth Bridge,
when finished, will have absorbed over
fiO.OOO tons of the finest steel that could
be procured. These figures speak for
themselves, and the difference in the
metal tells its own tale. The Forth
Bridge was begun iu 18S3, and will have
taken about seven years to complete,
while the tower in Paris was run up in
about as many months.
"The bridge proper," continues the
writ"r of this letter, "is just over a mile
in ltjgth, but there are viaducts on each
end connecting it with the high ground,
and these together add half a mile more
to the length of the work. The Tay
Bridge is about two miles long, but it
has not the height nor the vast propor
tions of this at Quecnsferry. This one
had to give height, so that tho largest
vessels could pass under, ami the space
below tho span for this purpose is 150
feet. To attain this height and yet to
have the necessary streugth, the canti
levers tower high above, and they re
quired an elevation as high as St. Paul's.
Let any one take the map of London and
measure a mile nlcng one of the main
thoroughfares and he will begin to realize
the space bridged over by the three great
cantilevers. There are two wide spans
and two half spans. The large spans are
each 1710 feet wide, this being about the
distance along Hegent street from the
Oxford Circus to the beginning of the
Quadrant. It is the throwing of a con
nection it might be called an nrch, but
although the shape justifies the term, the
principle of construction does not
across this extended space that consti
tutes the mark of distinction in the en
gineering work. The tubular bridge at
the Mcnitl Straits, which was the wonder
of the day, does not reach over much
more than a fourth of the distance we
have covered, between the supports.
"The word 'cantilever' is a technical
term meaning a particular kind of
bracket, and the arch form is here pro
duced by means of two gigantic brackets
which stretch out to what would be the
keystone of the arch. These brackets do
not meet a space of 350 feet is left be
tween but they are sufficiently strong to
Bupport girders, by means of which the
two ends will be connected and the road
way carried along. The cantilevers are
now all but finished. They stand and
seem to be stretching out their arms on
both sides, as if wishing to shake hands
with each other, and the 350 feet of space
which is yet left between seems very
small.
"I have had the satisfaction of ascend
ing to the summit of the central canti
lever with Mr. Cooper, the chief resident
engineer. We went up in a lift, but the
lift iu this c;use U not the least like those
in London hotels. There is no inclosed
shaft, and you feel as if you were iu a
halloon. I lie cage is pulled up by an
iron rope, which seemed like a thread in
me air as i iookcu upward ami traced it
to the top, a distance of 300 feet, which
we w ere about to mount up to. By means
of those lifts the men are taken up and
clown to their work, so there are a mini
ber of them at various parts of the bridge.
From the" summit Ave looked purpendicu
larly down to the water below, where we
had a perfect bird's-eye view of every
thing. The Devastation looked a very
small uffair, and the officer of the watch
appeared only as a dark speck as he paced
up and down the deck.
We had a fine view up and down the
firth. At another part of the bridge I
saw the riveting machine at work. This
is worked by hydraulic power, und it fin
ishes off a rivet iu a few seconds, with
the usual deafening sound of the ham
mering w hivh is required by the ordinary
process. The greater part of the rivet
ing here has b ei done by this machine.
At uuothcr plane I was shown where a
man lately fell a di-fance of 150 feet
from the level of what will be the road
way to a platform on the level of the
pier a fearful looking distance it ap
peared as 1 looked down at the very
1 't ; death w as, of course, instantaneous.
Such a work as this has co.-t a good ileal
of lib', for the mm get careless, and
thiy are not all wearcr-of the blue ribbon
the man ju-t mentioned mi..ht have
. been living yet if he had worn that talis
man the number of :i oidei,t have been
rather c.vagL'crated by public rumor, but
I uuder-Und that they have not been
more iiumcrouo than might be expected.
1 siw one of the hospitals, where every
thing was in reailinc-5 in ca-e of an acci
dent. The extent of the work makes it
in'cr-sarv In li'ivn u number of hospitals,
I uii'l' i-buid thai there is a tcnurul
one on the south side, where the great
work shops are."
WISE WOKDS.
A contented ass enjoys a long life.
Better whole than patched with gold.
Success depends upon tho courage to
act.
The truth travels slow but it novcrgcta
tired.
Hough honesty is superior to a smooth
fraud.
Love is the true price at which love is
bought.
What three know will soon be known
to thirty.
Turn your tongue seven times before
speaking.
Human development is an individual
enterprise.
True faithfulness never shrinks from
duties which are tho hardest.
There is infinite comfort for the small
est troubles as well as the greatest.
He is a moral hero who dares speak
tho plain truth in these compromising
days.
He who would best serve the best in
terests of others must cease serving him
self. He who would not be forgotten should
do something worthy of being rcmem
lcred .
If the thoughts of men could be road
their true character could never be mis
taken. That which designedly works "ill to
its neighbor," whatever else it may bo,
cannot be love.
Cane of the Rebellion in Hayll.
It may be worth while for the sake of
clearness to show briefly the cause of the
present revolution. In 1879 Salomon
became President of Hayti. Ho was a
man of strong will, unbounded energy
and of fine executive nbility. He cor
rected reforms, reduced the debt, brought
the paper dollar to a par with gold, and
increased the revenue from $4,000,000 to
0,000,000. Last year he was attacked
by a malady (which finally was the causo
of his death under the surgeon's knife in
Paris) which was the signal for his ene
mies to conspire against him. Finally
the revolution was proclaimed in the
north, a sympathetic rising occurred in
the capital city, and August 10, at night,
and, guarded by the sacred presence of
the diplomatic corps, he embarked upon
the British war vessel and fled. The
northern army, under its general, Selde
Telemaque, entered the city. Its object
attained, it was disbanded and its chief,
secure in his streugth and popularity, re
mained with a few hundred of his choicest
troops. The progress of the elections for
the choice of the members of the con
stituent assembly showed very clearly
that Telemaque would have the required
two-thirds majority. Death always affords
a simple solution to such popularity in
Hayti, and that was meted out to Tele
maque in the dead of the night of Sep
tember 2S, when he was shot in his own
house by unknown assassins.
Whether it was done by his consent or
not, Legitime has to bear the obloquy of
it. He became "Chief of the Executive
Power." On the day after Telemaque's
assassination, General Hippolyte, resign
ing his post as minister of agriculture and
police in the government, went to Cape
Haytien and proclaimed a revolution
against Legitime. Hippolyte disclaims
all personal ambition; declares that he
simply wishes the constitution carried
out, but Legitime must go and be replaced
by a man whose hands are not stained
with blood. Philadelphia Preu,
A fat Stops Hoard of Trade Operations.
An incident of nn impressive character
occurred at the Chicago Board of Trade
the other week. The room was in the
usual uproar, it being within on hour of
the closing time, when the old cat started
to move her family. She marched out of
her quarters carrying a kitten by its
neck in her mouth. She walked very
dignifiedly up the hall, and a dozen or
more of the members who saw her stopped
to watch. Then the word spread, and
when she had put the first kitten in the
new home and started back for another
there was a great crowd formed in two
lines looking at her. Then she came
forth with another kitten in her teeth,
and the boys gave her a cheer. This
attracted tho attention of everybody on
the floor, and iu another minute the
whole crowd was formed in two lines,
between which the old cat marched
slowly and with impressive mien clear the
other end near the stairs leading to the
members' gallery. The pits became de
serted and trading was suspended. Every
time she would appear at tho south end
of the line with anothei kitten in her
mouth the boys would give her a rousing
cheer, and, w hen she had deposited it at
the other end they would cry "Ah-h-h!"
iu chorus. Finally her eight kittens
were all moved. Then the old cat sat
on the first, step of the stairway and
washed her face with her paws, and the
boys went back and whooped up tho
market. Picayune.
Humbugging an Animal Dealer.
.lamraeh, the celebrated Loudon dealer
in strange animals, picks up many bar
gains from tho mates and stewards of the
vast fleet that sails or steams into the
Thames on every tide from the four
quarters of the globe. But sometimes he
gets picked up himself. A few years
ago he bought for a few cents a very rare
and therefore valuable animal from a
mate, just in from, say, New Guinea.
Presently the mate saw his venture in tho
'Zoo" with a great gaping crowd about
its cage, and learned that the Society
had paid a small fortune for the curi
osity. "I'll fix him," says the mate.
So the next voyage he returned with tho
very rarest curiosity ever seen in or out
of the London docks. "Hullo," says
Jamraeh, fairly excited, "what do you
call that, now?" "Duuno," savs the
mate, indifferently. "Looks like a bald
squirrel," says Jauirach, and the mate
said him not nay, for certainly it did
look like the baldest possible squirrel,
and of the queerest color, too, "sort of
no color at nil," as .lamraeh put it. Well,
in three minutes Jamraeh had bought
that rare animal for $50 down, and in
three hours he was back on tho stone
doc If raging at the mate, laughing loud
at the far end of a long hawser. "You've
sold me a shaved rut," shouted Jamraeh.
"I just have," laughed the mate.
"Ship's doctor chloroformed him for
fun and ship's barber shaved him for a
glass of beer. Anything else in our line
this morning."
Dr. Nansen, the explorer, says that the
ice in Greenland it 60U0 feet thick.
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
BEST TtMB TO CUT MAT.
Early cut hay is far moro nutritioul
and digestible than late cut. Wo meai
by early cutting that which is made inU
hay when tho grass is in bloom, and bo
fore the seed is formed in the head.
Every day grass is allowed to stand nftorl
this time it deteriorates in value for hay.
Many kinds of the wild grasses growing
in low bottom lond will make fair hay fot
cattlo if cut early, but if allowed to stand
until mature they are only tit for bedding
stock in winter. Xcto York Sun.
BRrsn FOR SWEET TEAS.
Whatever may be said in favor ol
fancy trellises for climbing plants, it is I
fact that the sweet pea really seems to do
better when given brush to clamber ovci
than it will on any other support that we
have ever provided for it. It seems to
have a decided objection to anything
formal. It will not cling to a string
well. It must have something which it
can lean upon rather than cliug about.
If you waut lato flowers, be sure to keep
your plants from forming any seed, and
cut the tops back very nearly one-half in
August, giving, at tho same time, a
good top-dressing of manure. AVo are
glad to notice that this fine old flower is
becoming a favorite with those who hav
hitherto thought nothing so desirable a:
roses and other flowers of that class.
American Agriculturist.
VALUE OP WHEAT BCRKEMXGS.
The screenings of wheat as they conn
from the cleaner have been analyzed at
the Michigan experiment station with tin
result of surprising the Western fanners,
who have been used to leaving this waste
to rot in the stock yards. This waste
contains shrunken and broken grains ol
wheat, chess, cockle, ragweed, and othei
weed seeds, with some chaff and straw.
When ground, the meal was found to
contain fifteen per cent, of nitrogen com
pounds, sixty-five per cent, of carbohy
drates, and four per cent, of fat, and
thus worth more for feeding than tho
salable wheat. When thus ground the
seed of weeds are safely disposed of nnd
can never stock tho land with a new
crop, and by thus using tho screenings
tho land will become free from the too
common weeds in a short time, for there
is no moro certain way of seeding the
land with weeds than by scattering the
screenings in the yards and thus sewing
the seeds with tho manure. The large
quantity of screenings disposed of by the
elevator companies may bo purchased by
farmers with much advantage, as they
are sold at a very low price. jVcto York
Times.
rXLEACHED ASHES.
When used in drills from COO to 1000
pounds of unleached ashes can be used to
good advantago per acre, but in making
a thorough application from two to five
tons should be used. When used in
quantities, over two tons per acre, they
should be spread on top of the ground iu
the fall or early spring, when the ground
is not frozen, so thnt the moisture and
rains of these seasons of the year will aid
in dissolving the potash, phosphoric acid,
lime, silica, and enablo them to amalga
mate with the soil before the planting ol
seed. Otherwise the strong nlkalicj
coining in contact with tho seeds might
spoil the crop for that year. After sow
ing broadcast it would be well to harrow
in the ashes a little. Should it so hap
pen that good results did not follow the
first year's application, by reason of I
failure of sufficient rains to dissolve all
the chemicals in the ashes before hot, dry
weather comes on, let them nlone ; thai
is, make no application of other fertil
izers to the ground, for nothing will be
lost by their lying in the soil, and theii
influence will surely be felt iu the nexl
year's crops. When once thoroughly
leached into the soil they are invaluable
in a drought. I think it would bo well
for farmers who have not heretofore used
ashes to experiment for themselves by
using side by side with stable manure
and other fertilizers, a like quantity iu
cost of unleached wood ashes, and then
in another field apply iu cost half each
of stable manure, well mixed with the
soil, and as a top-dressing unleached
ashes well harrowed in. Acio York In
dependent. KICKING COWS.
Cows acquire the habit of kicking and
stepping about while tho milking is per
formed, on account of timidity or pain ;
and this habit becomes chronic by rough
and brutal treatment. Milking the cow
is in a measure a surgical operation, and
during the process if she cannot or will
not be reasonably quiet, she should bo
confined by some restraint other than
human muscle, for the cow's strength is
the greatest. The weaker party gets
angry, and rough treatment is tho result;
hence tho necessity of some method of
conveniently restraining the cows within
the limit of human strength.
Cows stanchioned, aud standing at a
"hoist" dj not kick with the right foot,
which is tho most objectionable one for
kicking, but if she is bent on kicking,
she soon puts her right foot in advance
of the other, which shifts her greatest
weight on the left foot, and then sho is
ready for kicking. My plan is to com
pel the cow to "hoist" aud hold her
there. This is best done by placing her
in the stanchion, and taking a small rope
or strap, about eight feet long, with a
loop on one end; loop it around the left
hind leg, and drop it down just above
tho dew claws, then pass it around the
stanchion one and a-hulf times, draw the
foot well forward and confine it there.
This requires so little strength that there
is no cause for anger, even in the utmost
irritable person. Some cows give up at
once, while others struggle until they
become accustomed to tho restraint.
This mode of confining the cow is par
ticularly valuable to young heifers, all
cows that step about while milking, und
ordinary kickers. Sometimes I find it
insufficient ; iu which case I place the
rope around or above the hamstring joiut
and over the top of the stanchion, draw
ing the foot nearly or quite off the floor.
If I find this is insufficient, which is sel
dom, 1 draw the left foot forward as firsl
described, and then confine the othei
foot backward to a ring or post, und then
the cow is compelled to ttand. Confin
ing the right foot backward is a much
more muscular tusk than drawing the left
foot forward, and requires a strougei
rope. I have never found it necessary
to do more thaa confine the left foot for
I ward, with all cows I have raised, but
liave bought unmanageable cows cheap
uid compelled them to stand w hile beiny
I milked. This method is quickly ap
plied, aud holds the cow iu the right
litiou to milt, American Aur ieu.lt uritt.
J feed for Tormo chicks.
When chickens arc first hatched a small
quantity of curdled milk pressed as dry as
possiblo makes a better Deed for them thau
grain. It is like tho albumen in the egg
that has constituted their food beforo
coming out of tho shell, and for tho first
day and night thereafter. If any meal is
given use ontmeal rather than corn meal.
The husk of the oat keeps it from com
pacting in the stomach, and is also less
heating and contains more of the nutrition
needed for growth. But soft foods, ex
cept the curd of milk, should not bo con
tinued moro than four or fivo days.
Chicks will eat whole wheat when a week
old, nnd the tax that, this will bo on their
digestive organs will make them hardy
and vigorous as soft food cannot do.
lxton Culticator.
SKNSK OP SMKl.L IN TUP. llOHSK.
Tho horse will leave musty hay un
touched jn his bin, no matter however
hungry. Ho will not drink of water ob
jectionable to his questioning sniffs or
from a bucket which somo other odor
makes offensive, however thirsty. His
intelligent nostril will widen, quiver,
and query over tho dantiest bit offered
by the fairest of hands. A mare is never
satisfied by either sight or whinny that,
her colt is really her ow n until she has
certified tho fact by means of her nose.
Blind horses, as a rule, will gallop wildly
about a pasture without striking the sur
rounding fence. The sense of smell in
forms them of its proximity.
Others will, when loosoned from tho
stable, go tliri'ctly to tho gate or bars
opening to their nccustomed feeding
grounds; and when desiring to reUirn,
after hours of careless wandering, will
distinguish the ono outlet aud patiently
await its opening. The odor of that par
ticular part of the fence is their guide to
it. Tho horse in browsing, or whilo
gathering herbage with his lip, is guided
in its choice of proper food entirely by
its nostrils, Blind horses do not make
mistakes' in their diet. In tho temple of
Olympus a bronze horse was exhibited, at
the sight of which six real horses expe
rienced the most violent emotions. .Elian
judiciously observes that tho most per
fect art could not imitate nature suffi
rieutly well to produce so perfect nn illu
sion. Like Pliny and Pausnnins, he con
sequently affirms that "in casting the
statue a magician had thrown hipp.uiuiies
upon it," which, by the odor of the
plant, deceived the horses, and thnrrin
we have the secret of tho miracle. The
scent alone of a buffalo robe will causo
many horses to evince lively terror, and
the floating scent of a railroad train will
frighten somo long ufter the locomotive
is out of sight and hearing. Horse and
stable.
, FARM AND OAliDEN KOTF.S.
i Prepare to give a thorough drainage.
Manure can be hauled out and applied
after plowing.
Apply sulphur at tho first appearance
of mildew on grapes,
i Tilo drainage is best, but surface
drainage will answer,
i A sun-struck cow is ruined as a milker
lor one season at least.
Picking up all the fallen fruit will ma
terially diminish the number of apple
worms.
If salt is to be applied, wait until
spring-, nnd then sow broadcast as evenly
as possible.
Whether the propensity of bees to
swarm can be bred out or modified re
mains to be seen.
, Every man ought to bo heartily
ashamed of the gall oa the shoulder of
the animal he drives.
( To get at the real cost of beef making
the animal must be credited for the fer
tility it leaves on the farm.
If a clover sod is to be plowed under
for wheat, an application of lime before
plowing will be found beneficial.
One of the advantages in using wood
nshes as a fertilizer for wheat is that it
helps materially to stiffen the straw.
If commercial fertilizers are to be used,
sow with a drill, when sowing the seed,
or sow broadcast, just before seeding.
If constant supply of bloom is desired,
the flowerbuds must be cut off as soon ns
faded; never permit them to go to seed.
. The medium sized animal, as to the
breed to which he belongs, is the one
Which gives the owner the greatest net
profit.
A barking dog and a noisy, loud
mouthed man are two things that should
never be permitted to enter a cattle feed
ing pen.
Set out celery plants as soon as they
are largo enough. There is nothing
gained by growing three plants where
there is only room enough for two.
the wheel hoe ts a true missionary,
doing away with some of the drudgery of
garden work, and helping people to have
better gardens and take greater interest
in them.
When tho cauliflower plants begin to
flower, or head, care should be taken not
to hit them while working the soil. A
little knock will sometimes kill ahead, or
retard it in its growth.
A weak solution of carbolic acid and
water, says an exchange, applied to cows
with a brush will protect them from flies.
The odor repels, and a little carbolic acid
for odor goes a great way.
Farmers should take cure of the screen
ings and the chaff from the thrashing
machines. The chaff is worth more for
feeding than the straw, und more thau
half as much us ordinary meadow hay.
Of two colts similar in disposition and
sense, one may develop into a steady and
valuable family horse, while the other
may be vicious, treacherous aud unsafe
all because of the difference in the men
handling them.
A Wild Turkey Scheme.
Tho wild turkey is a bird that has
almost disappeared from tho face of the
earth. But it will be comforting to sports
men to learn that there are still sections
of the country where this gamesome aud
toothsome fowl abounds iu comparatively
plentiful numbers. Such is said to be the
case iu somo parts of Mississippi. But if
the record recently made by an old
hunter down there is kept up, the supply
will not lust long. The hunter iu ques
tion enticed a flock of turkeys into u
lonely placo in tho woods by scattering
corn ou the ground. This operation was
performed several days in succession until
nineteen nice fat birds formed the habit
of resorting to tho place for their daily
breaksast. He then laid for them, aud
one morning fired iuto the flock, killing
eighteen outright at one shot. The nine
teenth escaped with a broken wing. His
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The Greatest Dnnhlo Ham Artist.
Antonio Bottesini, the -greatest artisi
that ever played tho double bass, hai
just died in Parma, Italy. He was CO
years old, having been born in December,
1823. Between tho arts of the opera he
occasionally performed solos upon the
double bass, which excited the greatest
enthusiasm. All that Faganini had cvel
dono upon the violin was repented by
Bottesini upon his gigantic instrument.
Every effort of brilliancy, of deliracy and
of pathos was ot his command, and aftci
two or three evenings ho was recognized
ns ono of the greatest geniuses of modern
musical art. This reputation was con
firmed in London, where he immediately
becamo a favorite, and when ho appeared
in Paris it was augmented. For a time
ho waa tho director of tho orchestra at
tho Italian opera in Paris, nnd subse
quently becamo the manager of the
Italian opera in Cairo. Ho wroto several
operas, which were performed success
fully, though wo believe nono of them
ever crossed tho ocean to this country.
Personally, Bottesini was tall, graceful
and interesting, nnd iu private life the
friendship of those who knew him best
was ns cordinl and ns lasting as the ad
miration of tho public for tho artist
Musical Courier.
Northern Hemp Cnltnre.
Tho subject of hemp culture is draw
ing tho serious attention of farmers in
tho Northern States. At present hemp
is chiefly grown in Kentucky, Missouri
and Tennessee, or on tho rich bottom
lands. Keocnt occurrences in tho jute
bag trado have drawn attention to tho
culture) of our native product. Hemp
will make a cord for binding grain quito
strong enough, nnd hempen bnggingwill
cover cotton bales as well as that mado
from jute. Tho culture of hemp and its
manufacture into bagging nnd twino
will be a double gain ; we shall havo tho
material and havo tho money formerly
sent abroad for theso materials. A few
years ago the Dutch farmers of Eastern
Pennsylvania grew the flax, which was
spun and woven by their wives and
daughters into grain bags, wagon covers
and domestic sheeting; and thero arc few
moro thrifty people than theso same
farmers. One of these coarse linen bags
was good for twenty-fivo years' service
without repair, which is ten times that of
tho flimsy gunny cloth and cotton bags
now in use. It is to be hoped that the
culture of hemp, nnd its manufacture,
may be largely iucrensed. A'ete York
Timet.
American Alabaster.
Alabaster, or plaster of Paris, is made
in largo quantities at Grand Rapids,
Mich., where there lire extensive gypsum
beds, from which stono tho plaster is pro
duced. Vases and other ornamental arti
cles can bo cut from this stone nnd mado
to rescmblo tho finest marble, and via
with articles of the same description from
the gypsum beds jot Europe. Sicnns
produces the finest gypsum and Florence
and Milan manufacture tho handsomest
articles from that material. Jhtroil Frei
JVcm.
Edible Menn Cards.
The latest thing iu hotel bills of faro
is an edible menu card. You select the
dishes you want, nnd then whilo waiting
for them you nmuso yourself by leisurely
eating up the bill of fnrcr it acting ns
an nppetizcr. It is tho scheme of a
London coafeciioucr. . Ho makes a thin
sheet of sweetened dough, and after it
has becu baked ho prints the menu upon
it in ink made of chocolate. It hasn't
got over hero yet, but it will by and
by. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Currency iu a Cur.
A dog, owned by Peter Flynn, of Red
Hook, jf. Y., recently chewed, up anil
swallowed a $2 bill. As tho dog had
no commercial value, ho was killed, and
the fragments of the bill, including the
piece which boro tho number, wero re
covered. Tho remains of tho dog were
buried, and the remains of the bill were
forwarded to tho Treasury 1) ejiirtnient
at Washington. A new bill was duly re
turned to Flynn. JVeia York Herald.
Ever since tftii there have been women (more
each r ar who eliiim t Imt there is no snap half
as irottd, or as economical as Dnobins's Klectrie.
Tliere muxt be some truth in their claim. Try
It, sec how n.nch. Your grocer has it.
Tiik Pnmlnton of Canada has a population
of 6,Si0,0W).
This Is theatre of wonder, ami the average.
Arnerican citizen is no longer surprised at any
thing. If you waut to experience thai een.u
tiou, however, ju-t write to H. K. Johneou dc
l'i.t lot Main bu, Klchiuoml, Va., and hear
wbut they linve kot to say of the sm-cenft of
enme of thi-ir agents. They have got the goods
that sell, and any one out -f empl i inent will
consult their own interests by apply ing to
Ihein.
A pocket match-safe free to smokers of
TaniU'. Punch" 5c. I'l nr.
Jf afflicted with sore eves use Dr. Iaao Thorn p
ton's Eye-water. Druirrlats eell at tiic.per bettli
Weak and Weary
Deforlbes the conUltlou of many people debilitated
by tfaa warm weather, by dtteaae, or overwork.
Uood'i Sartaparllla la juit tho inert ici no nev1el to
overcome that tired feeling, to purify and quicken
the luggtah blood and rentore the lost appetite. If
rou need a good medicine be iure to try Hood's
Sarftaportlla.
"My appetite was pxr, I could uot bleep, had heatl
fcehe a great deal, palm in my back, my bowels did
not move regularly. Hood's Sarsaparllla In a short
lime did me so much good that 1 feel like a new
nan. My pnlus and aebes are relieved, my appetite
mproved.' Georuk F. Jack), Itoxbury btatluu,
Conn.
Hood's Sarsaaarllla
(old by all UrugKlsls. 1 ; li for i'.. prepared only
y C. I. HOI id & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Max.
IOO Doses One Dollar
S25 f?.,H0UR i?H:Kiirr
W IIKIHCAI. O . ItlrteMinil... Va.
'WV3a52V
U Ct
To clean tombstones. To
To polish knives. To
To whiten marble. To
EVERYBODY USES IT.
Dentists to clean falsa teeth.
Burgeons to polish thuir instruments.
Confectioners to scour their pans.
Mechanics to brighten their tools.
Painters to clean oft surfaces.
Cooks to clean the kitchen sink.
What wrought the change? Thlt womaa'i
fare . (
I I ruddy wl'h a rice's (rraee. ,
Her ere Is bright,
tier heart. Is Unlit.
Ah, truly 'tis a K'oilly K M,
A few brief months a an her rbeek
Waa pull Id and her step waa weak.
"The en I In near
For h-r, I fenr,"
Shthed many a friend who held her dear.
Trail tell you w hat wrouiiht the change In
her. Khn wan told by a friend, who, like her,
had suffered untold misery from a complica
tion of fen. ale trouble, that l'r. I'leree'a Fa
vorite 'rewer Ipt inn would certainly cure herj
This friend "k new whereof ahe pKke," for eh
hail been cured bv tho remedy she advised her
friend to law. Hhcl enthusiastic In Its praise,
and tells her friends that Dr. llerce de ervea
Ihe universal urntltude of woman-kind for
having given It this Infallible remedy for Its
peculiar ailments. It is wiirnlel to give sat
isfaction In every cae or money refunded.
Dr. Pierce's Pallets, ono a done. Cure head
ache, constipation and Indincwt on.
It ts said that profanity ta never heard In
,Tapnli.
USE
AT Drranrm. awd Piui.tM.
THI CHARLES A. V0GEL tit CO.. ftlaiere. .
N Y N II 31
JONES
II 15
PAYS THE FREIGHT.
Ti n U.ni rtralce.
Ir,.n l.r sifr liMriuff, liraaa
lare Umuii anil lieaot Jtu tmr
Krerr Kur free pe-e Mtt
ni.at.ua thla MWF an.t ..I.Im
JONfcS OF BINGHAMTON.
HINOH AlTlTtlN. N. V.
A. n1iin1l Trenttae on tlie
OPIUM HABIT.
Full Infill-mutton of an V.nr mnt HH ty cnrirf to
Uir smit-tnl. Dr. J. C. HnrrA.Jt'fffrmin,W'Jkonln.
tm4 'Vn.llt9 RsV
I u cured t hots rrittk
ootpmto. Book nf mi
tlrulavrs stint FKKR.
W. M.WOOl.l.KT.M.D.
Uffioa &4 WLUlOtlaUl St,
DUTCHER'8
FLY KILLER
Makes a rlesn sweep. Kvery
nlitT will kill a quart of flies.
Stops ImtittUK around ear,
itlvtus; at eyes, tlrklttiff your
tinao, NklfM hant wonl and se
rurea fH-ace at trifling: i pen.
Srud rent for $ hiets to
r. ltT( HKK, Kt. Albans, Vt,
FARMS
IV. you wnnt to buy or el 1 1 lun
H an M-nl stnmpli.rrlrrTr to WH-'w
twrw bujtrlt. '4;t.i HnaUwaj. N. Y.
A tiKNTS wanted, ft an hour. !Hi new varieties. Cata
logue and stini1' free. CK.Man.haH,l-tckport.N.
PEERLESS OTES iiJT
iv OiL
ffiPIUKI
Bwr Atlsnis. 4k
JOSEPH H. HUNTER, g
CAUTION
shoe without V. I.. lOI'; I. AH name aud price stamped on them, aud says they are Jut ns good,
do mt bo ilecctvtd therelty, hut aeml direct to the Factory, for you can gel what you want by return mall,
pomntcc paid. Dealers make more profit ou n iknowu nhovM that are not warrnuld bv anybody, thrreforr,
tli not be induced to buy shoes that hare no reputation. Huy only those that hn V. 1., 1KM LA'
nam ami price atAtnped on the Ooitom and yu are sura to in-t full value fur your money, 'i housautls of
doliiirsart saved anuuully lu this country by the wearers of V, I.. IMM - LA P1 HllOFS. In order
Ins hy mail stt wnether you want t'ongreaa. Uutton or Lace, lxmdon cp toe, plalu r 'rencit toe, or nar
row cap Uie, and be sure to itlve site and width you wear. 1 can fit auy foot that Is not deformed, as my
shoes are made In a ureal variety of widths, slsca and half slsea. guarantee At, prompt delivery and
I'erfect saiufQ. tion or money refunded upon return of Uie shoe In good condition. V. I,, OOLUaL-iM,
Ii reck ton, Muhh,
.1,tlOO vt III he pa.li. t nny sri'asH who
The- following Unea will br louud to Le
85.00 SHOE
$4.00 SHOE
$3.50 SHOE
$2.50 SHOE
$2.25 SHOE
$2.00 SHOE
82.00 SHOE
vaaar Sf..- . Tiarau .
FOK HO YM U the
At 7 1101? YOlITirH WrnOOt,, fire. Ihe imall boy a chance to wear the bet
Villi' lIlWI!a hoe. In Ilia wurld.
All made lu Cuuyrea., butlou and Lace.
W. L DOUGLAS $3 AND $2 SHOES FOR LADIES.
Both Laillci' Shoea are made In liei from 1 to 7, Includlug half aliea, and B, C, D, E and EE wldttu.
HTYI.KH OK LADIKM' HHOE.
"The French Opera," "The Hpanlaa Arch Opera," "Tho Aaierleau omnioa ftvaae,"
"The Merilam Ceunnon rlen.e." All anaae la Hulieu la the J.aie.i Hijlre. Alaa Freaea
Opera la Fr.nl l.area, aa S3 fkeeenlv.
wnru.r,V?V,''i;."h','ul'1 T;!!!'1."!""" ,h.lrt W' U 'HJITOLAS I. the l.w.l.nd only Shoe Manufacturer la the
world uiiiiljluealHMndlm.-trnnii factory, Uiui lnag all tho niHldle-nu n'. urunt. to lu. wearer.
roR
H
rouew oil-cloth
scrub floors.
clean dishes.
uaniuiniiiii ii h
Wk, WEi S "tHa tresA ww, w
j a o is m kk m w
in itAju ii &iru a n
t V JtBSm amvan:' .a' aia't jrmn. aa.aa.
USES FOR
Metc eVMdr HaKaar A eaiar Uk. Wa,
To renovate paint.
To wash out siuka.
To scour kettles.
EVERY ONE FINDS A NEW USE.
Engineers to clean parts ot machines,
Ministers to renovate old chapels.
Heilons to clean the tombstones.
Hostlers on brasses aud white horses,
Koldierg to brighten their arms.
Whavlmeu to clean UojUeq.
Here It Is!
Want te team atl abont a
eracl Hew to Plok Chile
eoaOaer Kaowhaperfee-
Meat aaa Onard atatart
moar Detect Dlaean aad
Street a Car whea taaieM
aeaiMet Tell the ate by
aeTeeta? What te rail, the DlfTmat Parle ot the
Aaimalf HowtoShoe a Hen Properly t AUtala
aad other Valuable taformaUoa can be ontetnea bs
madia ear 100-rAUB Il.MJNTR ATaI
HflltKI BOOH, whlob we win forward, rei.
paid, oa reoeliitef only 1M eeata la ataaiea.
BOOK PUB. HOUSE.
IS4 Leonard St., Naw York City
ew-' -
ATLAS 2!tVl!! 25c.
Many of thm color. Aim a vaa amo.iut ot inturuiar
tlnn rltt to dtfTrTrrit Kru and L'ounine. Korra of
(toveramfDt, Pai-m Product, and Vlu,c. Only 1M. In
sumps. Add pass Hob Turn. HmSE, IM l-eoasTd At., H. ,
runipnn
NEW
I LiU TRKATMBKT.
UMabaltio,
nBmaaa Ai annlled at the
WmmkwtkWkWmwkwklkmwm as nppnn
Holland JHrML-al ami Dancer InMllnU HufTslo, W. Y.,
. . i.l ...a ,.r irnirat Hrviee!1
if patients speak In un)tiallOel trm of pr1a ot'
the amvesft of this treatment. Write for circular.
IIOII.lMt MRU Id Mi CO.. lls)Utvl. W. Y
'wmr t. a 1 It CM I nnr nut e U
HORSE POWER
Maeblaee for Til H KM II 1X1 ttlBAMNH
Umln.alae JHitrhlaea fur A vv V.UIIU
ana wlta Clroelar ana t-raeeai
Acknowledged IV C at UraAT Mawe.
ana with I
WlljrV
brallu.be TSAS.. - tl
na. c
dtpt
tup m ---!--.
ST DMFT. DUHA8ILITI I VH'AN III Of WORK
aM.pa.ahiM i ui nRav'R smis
4. Aiiuraaa r ww m in w w vi
rATKirrkM awd Mols M AjrwOTTmwn.
M1DD1.KTOWN ftPRINUB, VT.
NORTHERN PACIFIC.
N LOW PRICE RAILROAD LANDS &
FREE Covernment LANDS.
MILLION" of Afltl'af eeeh In Minneaoti. North
Patc'i. Montana, 1-iaho. W.hiui0'U .nil Orea-i n
CCtHI CAP ' "i lleaMon.wllh Malw.leerr Mnathe
OCHU rUll be-l Apt mlun-ml. nr.rui.nil Time
l,rr l.midi nowoMn t rWtlera. Mem tree. ArliVreM
CKAS. B. IAM30RH, ffiflfiXT1
GOLD a SILVER
FOR 25 cts. r..rr-..T.
handsome ('ahnut of iteautttul On Kpecimeukv
.rum 20 different mines in t-'olorado. Adtlreaa
Rocky Monntain 8 pacinian Co., DtnTr, Colo,
PH. KflKH LMRH KAVOHITR C'OMC MIXTI KK
for all dnnieMfc- animals, will cure Vt out of avery lou casea of colli, whether flat
ulnt or spaamtxtlc. ftarely nior than I or doses necessary. It doe not con
mi atr, laihrr si ts as a laxi.!. and Is entirely harmlr After 2fl rear of trial
it: ii t ir it m iuu ceies, cur trarsntre la worth m n eihlnf . ('lie annst bar
ittnitdiirittptly 1 i f lU a t w rents ard jrvbiui murt rn hand, rrndr
lii fttffttd.fidi.l.jsae aalusUe nurse. If nut at) our druggist's, en
i. ie U t r I it r tn y 1 1 tile. nt i rr aid.
:1rn l:K. ft Or II I f R A- O., Feihlepf sn, Pa.
Vfe Jr. AirAI.t's "ctiftrr (. H rketrfMHv i rrr.ieitta' Zr. JTHraIr0
jt invrt" rf)htchtt0 sr-fa irrif, It is J "nror.t Corfie Hurt ure." HowM not )
the Irit roMc (ferine t havt rivr aar. f trtCAiotif tt u tortg nt irr hnw konutx
ISAAC MtHHi, Hon Dmler, I ISAAC MttSF.S at fiHO,f ,
Jirtttklm, Srw York. Sale nnd Fjvhunffr Stnbl,aton, JM,
ATTOKNKY. WAM1 1 NtfTOX..
. .. WII.I. CKT YOIH.
KNHION without PEI-AV
W. I.. IOI't. I.AH name nnd the prio arc stamped
on the t tot torn of ail tthoea advertised by hi in betor
leaving his factory; this protect the weareni Against
hlfU kricn and tuferlar saoda. If your dealer
dtfi not kofU the atvlu irkluT vou want. or offers vou
W. L. DOUGLAS
3 SHOE
FOR
GENTLEXEX
Is a fine aeamlena calf shoe, with IHmrola top an 4
ek Leather bottoms. 7'hcy ore made lu Comfi-eas
Mutton and Lace on London Cap Toe, Narrow Cap
Toe and t'laln Krenrh Toe leasts, In aires from 6 to
11, Includlna hair slsea and In all widths. If you
have been paylivr from $j to $6 for shoea of thta
quality do uot do so toncer. One pair will wear aa
King as two pairs of common shoes sold by dealers
thai are not warranted by the manufacturer.
Our claims for this shoe over all other ti shoes ad
vertUed are:
Int. It contains better materlnl.
2d. It Is more stylish, better fining and durable.
Cd. It gives better general satinf action,
4th. It costs more nioucy to make.
flth. It saves more money for Urn consumer.
ftih. It Is sod by more dealers throughout the V.
th. Its great success Is due to merit.
nth. It cab uot be duplicated by any other manu
facturer. vth. It Is the best In the world, and has ft larger
demand thau any other $H shoo advertised.
will srov the above atntemrnta to He tint roe.
f the hui sjunllty fr&rt-IInirr
t; EM INK llAND-MKWUD. which takes tho place of custom-made
hiMs that cost from $7 to $v.
TIIK OHM-IV. I. AND ONLY IIANP-f-EW Kl tVEI.T $4
hit OK. hiiuals custom-made shoes custlug from Cb to $.
FOIt FOl.H'Eirl V,S, Railroad Men ai d letter Csn-Ura all wear them
tmooth Inside ft a Hand-8wr dhhte. fcolseksur Wax Ihrtad to hurt the fee
TH 1NEC KI.I.EU FOR HEAVY WE A It Xst Calf Khoe for
tho price.
WOKKIXt.M A VH. ts the best In the world for rough wear; one pair
ought to wear a man a year.
lKKI'AI. TO XIIOKA THAT COST FROM 63 TO 93.30.
ull ttla-u tall J OT ciri UIU alV lair .l 11 C.
best School Shoe in the world.
W. I... DIM (il.Art, Hrockton, Ma...
SO
(&SVftfJPI.
alf ay
ALL nUGIST!
ill iJieia.ii.iM! I.II.U OT-aa."' "
To brighten metals.
To scour bath-tubs.
To remove rust.
Housemaids to scrub the marble floors.
uutiiuuiui vu iemove some stuins.
Carvern to sharpen their knives,
bhrewd ones to scour old straw bat,
Artists to clean their palettes,
fieauvatori to clean caroets. -
SCURE
'TfWi luytvrt Prut, ffl.
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