SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL.
A plan to connect the Siberian rirert
ly cannls i projected by tho Russian
Government.
A scientist reckons up at least 172
wees of men, nil, however, reducible to
the three fundamental black, yellow and
white stems.
A reliable storage battery is fast becom
ing a necessity for vise on board ship, to
drive motors to be used instead of the
Kmnllcr steam engines.
An ingenious apparatus has been de
vised for the purpose of vaporizing solid
medicaments, and it has already rendered
great service in connection with throat
troubles.
Great strength and durability are
claimed to characterize the furniture made
in Austria, of the bent wood, the prepa
ration of -which, for this purpose, is al
most a fine art.
A new company has been started in
Taris having for its objects the working
in France and abroad of a system of tele
phonic additions by means of an auto
matic apparatus.
A Paris stationer has just announced a
discovery, which will probably make his
fortune. It is that of an ink warranted
to fade off the paper in a week, without
leaving the slightest trace.
From Australia comes a report that
n mineral which has been discovered in
Xew South Wales contains all the prop
erties uf the very finest sienna and that it
is in every way suitable for painting,
staining, dyeing and ink.
Professor Elihu Thompson has devised
nu electric welding car, which makes
continuous rails of the track over which
it passes. In thus welding tho rails, it
is proposed to have a break at every 100
feet, to allow for expansion.
Different classes of substances have
' been found to affect the orgnus of taste
iu the following order: Bitters, acids,
saline substances, sweets and alkalies.
The tste nerves are nearly 2000 times
as sensitive to quinine as to sugar.
It is announced that M. Courton, a
chemist, produced recently at the sitting
of tho French Academy of Sciences a
sealed envelope containing a description
of an apparatus by means of which ob
jects may be seen at vast distances, the
vibrations of light being transmitted
through a wire.
Of the 4200 kinds of flowers growing
in F.urope, only 420 are odoriferous.
Less than oue-fifth of the white kinds
which number 1104 are fragrant, 77 of
the 951 yellow kinds, 84 of the i23 red
kinds, !U of the 894 blue kinds, 13 of
the 308 violet blue kinds, and 28 of the
240 kinds w ith combined colors.
Expecting to be Decapitated.
I once let a professional swordsman cut
apples in two w hile 1 held them on my
head and on the palni o2 my hand, and
I'll never do it again, says S. M. Lowrio
in the St. Louis QMie-Democrat. The
experience is too thrilling for the plain
citizen who is not military in his tastes.
I was with a show when the regular as
sistant of the swordsman went on a strike,
and tho swordsman was in a dreadful
fume as he thought of disappointing the
crowd of spectators that night. He came
behind the scenes at rehearsal and called
for a volunteer.
'I'll give $23 to the man who'll hold
the apple for me," said he. No one
volunteered, nnd I daringly put in my
oar.
"I'll do it if you give me a rehearsal."
'Xo rehearsal," said ho emphatically.
"It will shatter your nerves so that you'll
tremble like an aspen leaf when you come
out. at the performance."
So I went out when night came, the
upper part of my body covered with a thin
silk vest. It was cold, anyway, and I
trembled abominably. He saw it, but
said nothing to me. I held the apple on
my extended hand, and it shook. I could
feel it shaking and felt ashamed, but I
couldn't control the nervousness. I
turned away my head ; he made a few
rapid feints, and I knew by the applause
mat tne apple bad fallen.
I didn't feel the blade at all as it cut
through. Then I knelt down, and ho
put another apple on my neck. I knew
this was really dangerous, for if his hand
slipped he might decapitate me. I shut
my eyes. In a second, which seemed an
hour to me, I felt a thin cold line touch
my neck, and there was more applause.
In that instant I thought of Mme. Roland
and the guillotine, and came near faint
jug. He told me to get up and I followed
him, feeling rather dazed, to the dressing
room. I thought 1 must be cut, the
touch of the steel had been so plainly felt,
but the looking-glass showed me that
there was not a mark on me. But I was
. awlully pale. The next night we got
regular man to hold the apples.
Chinese Floating Gardens.
In the mouth of April a bamboo raft, '
lea io iweive icet long ana abcut half as
broad, is prepared, says the China lie
rietc. The poles are lashed together with
interstices of an inch between each, j
Over this a layer of straw an inch thick
is spread, and then a coating two inches
thick of adhesive mud, taken from the
bottom of a canal or pond, which receives
the seed. The raft is moored to the bank I
in still water, and requires no further at
tention. The straw soon gives way and
the soil also, the roots drawing support i
from the water alone. In about twenty
days the raft becomes covered with the
creeper (ipomoea reptams). and its stems
and roou are gathered for cooking. In
ttutumu its small white petals and yellow
Htameus, nestling among the round
leaves, present a very pretty appearance. I
lit some places marshy laud is profitably
c ultivated iu this manner. Besides these
flouting vegetable gardens there are also
floating rice fields. Upon rafts construe
ted as above weeds and adherent mud
w ere placed at a flooring, and when the
rice shoots were ready for transplanting
they were placed in the floating soil,
which, being adhesive and held in place
by weed roots, the plants were maintained
iu position throughout the season. The
rice thus planted ripened in from sixty
lo seventy in place of one hundred days.
The rafts are cabled to the shore, float
jug on lakes, pools or sluggish streams.
These floating fields served to avert
famines, whether by drought or flood.
When other fields were submerged and
their crops sodden or rottcu, these floated
and flourished, and when a drought pre
vailed they subsided with the falling
water and while the soil around was arid
advanced to maturity. Agricultural
treatises contain plates representing rows
'of extensive rice fields moored to sturdy
trees on tbe banks of rivers or lakes
which existed formerly In the lacustrine
it-gionsot the lower Yaugate and fellow I
Jtiver, I
TUI FAB 21 1D GABPE.V.
A HEATKD HAT MOT.
TVhcn the mow is found to be heating
some recommend making deep holes neai
together in the mow by thrusting a sharp,
ened pole from the top downward and
putting a few handfuls of salt into each
cavity. The safest method, however,
is to remove the hay to some scaffold,
which will bring it to the air, and th
sooner it is done the better. If there ii
not barn room to put it on a scaffold
pitch it into the rack and stack it out oi
dnors a few days if the weather is dry.
If the stack is well made and the top "is
covered with hay caps it will stand heavy
rain storms with but little injury. Aftei
remaining in the stack a few days it cao
be returned to tho mow again when th
sun is shining, and will give no furthei
trouble. Stoclman.
PROTECTION FOR Y017NQ PLANTS.
A very cheap and effective protector foi
young plant may be made of the collat
iur pipe nies, wnicn can be bought at
nearly all factories of drain tiles. The
collars are in sections, about the same in
length as ordinary pipe tile, with groovej
partly separating the individual collars.
When broken apart the collars are each
about four inches long and two or three
inches in diameter. Ouo of these is set
nrnuml each plant and pressed slightly
into the ground, so as to exclude cold
winds, cutworms, bugs and other cno
mies. Tho collars are practically inde
nt m-tible, nnd with reasonable care a
supply will last for years. Where they
cannot be obtained n very good substitute
is made by melting the bottoms from the
tin can iu which vegetables and fruit are
sold, and using the can in tho manner as
above. American Agriculturut.
EARTHING TP CELERY.
Several kinds of vegetables are not eat
able without undergoing tho process of
bleaching, which takes away an astring
ent taste that plants exposed to the full
sun and air have. Some plants, like the
cabbage and lettuce, in the formation of
the heads perform this part without any
aid from the grower. Even the cauli
flower, by its leaves bending over the
flower part, performs tho same duty,
which, however. thn o-rnwpr n-ill fti.
aid by bending back and half-breaking
i ue icai, wnicn is ior tne same purpose.
The Sea kllln nnd f'nr(nnnl urn nlcri imo.
less for the table without this process of
uieacnmg; but as neither are cultivated
to any extent in this country, they are of
no moment to this inquiry.
This process of blenching renders tho
plant more susceptible of injury more
tender than when growing iu its natural
state; hence the bleaching is done just
before the plant is to be used for the table
or market. In the hot summer months,
when growth is rapid, bleaching is very
quicklv performed if the
of light, whereas, toward fall, it takes
double the time. Iu the depth of winter,
with soil little above freezing, the pro
cess is slower, yet takes all tho winter,
sometimes, to thoroughly bleach. At
this time of the year, a couple of weeks
will be sufficient; in the fall the same re
sult will take a mouth. Once bleached,
it is best marketed or used, if possible,
as the danger of rust is considerable, by
that thoroughly bleached. This is the
reason why gardeners do not earth up be
yond sufficient to keep the stalks from
spreading, until two or three weeks be
fore wanted.
As celery is now grown mostly in a few
places, and shipped all over the country,
every means is used to cheapen the cost
of production, nnd the plow and horse
does, to a considerable extent, what used
to bo done by the spade and hand. Ten
to twenty cents a dozen is now the com
mon price of celery, where formerly il
was twenty to forty cents. Prairie Far
nur. FALL PIGS.
Many find it profitable to let the sowi
have two litter of pigs, one in the spring,
reasonably early, so that by pushing along
they can be ready for market early in th
fall, and those farrowed in the fall can bt
kept growing during the winter and fat
tened after clover gets high enough to
furnish good feed, says a writer in the
RrpMie. After the weather gets cool
in the fall, and after settled weather be
gins in the Bpring, and when grass has
made a good start to grow are the best
times for fattening hogs, and so far as
possible the breeding should be timed so
that the sows will farrow in tho right
season. Pigs in the fall should come
early enough to give them tune to make
a good start to grow before cold, freez
ing weather sets in. Your pigs are easily
stunted, and a little exposure to severe
cold will often stop their growing. In
order to be profitable hogs must make a
good growth from birth "to maturity.
At the start one of tbe most important
items with fall pigs ia to provide them
with a dry, warm, comfortable shelter.
To attempt to keep them warm by feed
ing corn will increase the cost so as to
leave little if any margin of profit. With
stock of all kinds animal heat can bo
maintained much more economically by
providing shelter than by feeding corn.
Some corn will be necessary, unless the
shelter provided is considerably above
the average. Corn is one of the very
best materials that can be used to good
advantage all winter. At the same time
it should not be depended upon entirely.
The pigs will make a better growth at
a less cost and keep in better health if a
good variety of food is furnished. Wheat
bran, ground oats, and barley will add
to the value of the ration and are much
better for the development of bone and
muscle than corn, and this is often quite
an item. It is possible to feed too much
corn, keeping even the growing pigs so
fat they will not make as good a growth
us they should. The development of
bone and muscle is fully as important as
fat. Clover hay should be relished by
the growing pigs as well by the breeding
stock. Artichokes and small, unmarket
able potatoes will add to the ariety.
A sufficient quantity should be sup
plied to keep them in a good, thrifty con
dition, iso reliable rules as to quantity
can be given. The best plan is to be
guided by the condition of the hogs.
After cool weather sets in corn can be
made the principal food, using the other
materials to make up u good variety.
Let them run out whenever the condi
tion of the weather will admit, but they
should have access to shelter alt the time.
Growing pigs need plenty of opportuni
ty to exercise, and will thrive better if
confined in a close pen. Keep their
quarters clean, use plenty of bedding,
and change it- every few days to prevent
it becoming foul. Filth, breeds disease,
and it Is very important with hogs, as
with other stock, to keep them iu good
hsalth.
A ETCJCT WTXDS.
Many an otherwise good cultivator,
says A. B. Allen, in the New York
Tribune, is very careless as to destruction
of autumn weeds, thinking his crops arq
w well grown that letting them nlonfl
lean do no particular harm. But if wo
(consider that the heads are rapidly
Ripening seeds by the million, to be
down over the land in every direction,
o germinate- the following spring, wo
' would undoubtedly bo more careful iii
pot permitting them to stand. One need
hot necessarily take time to root the
tkveods out during this busy season ; In
as only to resort to the much quicker
nd lisrhter task of cliiiiiin!? tho seed-
llieads from their stalks. This should b
"done before or just as they begin to blos
som, for if cut in full flower many seeds
will form and ripen from tho nutriment
they derive from the cut stalks.
Ono man will easily pass over several
acres a day with sickle or scythe, cutting
close up to the blossom-heads on tin
stalk, all of which will rot well during
winter and act as bcucticial mulch to tha
soil and as fertilizer to tho crops vhe fol
lowing spring and summer. All annual
weeds may be thus treated, but tho pe
rennial must be extirpated by pulling or
plowing out their roots. In doing thij
care should be taken to secure even the
smallest fibres, as these enlarge rapidly,
some even during winter, and make
flourishing plnuts not easily extirpated
ine coming spring. Sheep may be benc
licially turned on various parts of the
land, especially among corn, when the
ears grow o high they cannot reach
'them, and will bo content by nibbling
the weeds so close to the ground as tr
effectually destroy them.
SOME POINTS ABOUT FERTILIZERS.
A complete fertilizer is one that con
tains in proper proportions nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash. When in
tended for special crops manufacturers
vary the proportions somewhat to cor
respond iu some degree with what anal
ysis has shown tho different plants re
quire. Thus there is a great difference
jn the amount of potash required by dif
ferent plants. As stated by the Ken
tucky Experiment Station, an acre ol
wheat yielding twenty bushels require!
nbout twenty-eight pounds of potash,
while an nvarage crop of potatoes re
quires 100 pounds of potash per acre, nud
Hu acre of tobacco yielding 3800 pounds
pf leaves and stalks require over 20C
pounds. Generally a worn out soil re
quires all three of these elements to be
combined in a fertilizer in order that it
may be useful; hence it is far safer to
tuiy such than to presume upon any one
of them being sufficient. Owing to the
wide differences iu soils no rule can be
given by which to tell what fertilizer is
the bet for any particular crop, and this
question must be decided by actual
trial.
In regard to the manner of applying
fertilizers, it is generally best to "sow
broadcast or drill and work well into the
soil before planning. When n small
quantity is applied to each hill or row at
planting time it acts mainly as a stimu
lant to produce an early and vigorous
growth, which is considered necessary
for the tobacco crop, but oftener renders
it more sensitive to drought. Care
should be taken to mix the fertilizer with
the soil so that it will not come in im
mediate contact with the seed or tender
plants. Feu Tork World.
FARM ANT) GARDEN NOTES.
Which pays most per cent, for the
capital invested, a hen or a cow?
Add everything to tho compost heap
that can be converted into a good man
ure. The quality of hardiuess should rank
next to productiveness in determining the
value of apple trees.
The surest way of getting rid of thistles
is to keep them cut down as close to the
ground as possible.
Clover never ought to be allowed to
get too dry before hauling iu ; there is
inlways much waste.
If trees arc to be set out in the fall, the
order should be given, the place plowed
and properly manured.
To build a good corn crib make it ver
min proof underneath, water tight on
top, and with good ventilation at the
sides.
Water the young celery plants with a
solution of a pound of saltpetre in twenty
gallons of water. Thin them out if too
thick, and use only the strong and stocky
plants.
A liberal feeding of pure wheat with
the morning ration tends to benefit egg
production. The sweepings about the
granary can be used in this way very
profitably.
Eggs are very nourishing, and contain
much brain food. They agree with the
most delicate stomach. Being in a con
centrated form, a pound of eggs contain
more nutriment thau a pound and three
quarters or beef.
The proper size of a sitting box for a
Cochin or other equally large bird, is
fourteen or fifteen inches square others
iu proportion. The hen must have ample
room and will then be much less likely to
brea"k the eggs when stepping iu.
The most intelligent and successful
farmer is the one who looks far ahead,
lie so arranges his farm as to be econ
omically worked and then plans his
crops several years ahead. Such a man
is almost sure to make good crops and at
the lowest cost.
Au excellent way to make a strange
cow feel "wonted" or contented as pos
sible and there is money iu this to the
dairyman is a daily use of the card and
brush. Such use promotes her comfort,
and very quickly causes her to feel con
tented with her new master and home.
Minorcas are certainly wonderful lay
ers; in them Leghorns have a rival that
may keep them guessing if they do not
watch. They are also tine for table pur-
J ; ii . i ii r . 1
poses, urcbsiug very wen, aau usually iat
itud inviting. They are beautiful fowls
in appearance, and altogether they please
all who have tried them.
Professor Robertson, a well-known
dairy authority, says it pays to give from
two to three pounds of bran to each cow :
daily, even where pasture is abundant.
The best way of giving it is in the shape
of a drink. Place it in a bucket of
water and stir well. If given a half hour
before milking a marked increase of milk
will be observed.
Owing to adulteration of manufactured
lard by unscrupulous dealers, some city
families now purchase it in the leaf, just
as it is cut from the hog. As the usual
price for leaf lard is the same as that for
tried out, the farmer selling it gets full
rates for what if he tried it out himself I
would be left as surapt fit only for tvsup I
I'leme or to feed to the fuwW, .
sins Jund nous fob itomjlv.
Tlich, delicate fancy jewelry is again In
high fashion.
Tnble frames of blackened iron are
sold for the reception of lovers' photo
graphs.
The degrees list of the Victoria Uni
versity, England, is this year headed by
a woman.
Miss Agm Longfellow, a tlnughter of
the celebrated poet, is a skilled photo
grapher. After a deal of persuasion, Mme. Cnr
not, mother of the French President, has
ascended tho Eitfel Tower.
Only one woman in Franco has this
year taken out a license for shooting.
Last season there were five.
Miss Jennnetto Halford, daughter of
tho President's private secretary, is an
expert player on the banjo.
Mrs. Fanny Vertun claims to hold title
deeds for the whole of Minneapolis, and
has begun suit for possession.
Cloth dresses nro seldom mado with
f"U sleeves, as they cannot bo worn un
der a cloth jacket or fitted coat.
Straight, full skirts should never have
the placket-hole opening iu the front or
back, but always at tho left side.
Mrs. Oscar Wilde is one of the most
popular "platform ladies" in England.
She is earnest, graceful nud easy.
Amelia B. Edwards, tho English nov
elist, will deliver sixty lectures in Amer
ica selected from 300 applications.
Fifty enrriago trucks nre require to
transport tjueen Victoria's stable and its
attendants from Osborne to Windsor.
Mrs. Harrison recently remarked that
if a woman loves the society of her hus
band she should never encourage him to
be a public man.
Three American women received
medals from tho jury of line arts in tho
Paris Exposition Miss Elizabeth Gard
ner, Miss Klunipke and Miss Rosin.
Edison green is nn electric shade
copied from the electric lights throw n on
fountains, and is especially effective iu
ostrich tips and other small feathers.
"Women have often successfully hid
valuables in their hair, and a young
French lady recently found a note equal
to $200 iu her deceased mother's chig
non. Exquisite trimmings for evening gowns
are made of white silver braid, with gold
cord edges, with a few of the opal beads
known as "angels' tears" outside tho
cord.
The drowning of girl babies by their
parents has at last been mado penal in
China. The puuishment of sixty blows
of the bamboo will be enforced every
time.
Gilt nnd steel nnd silver and steel are
set close together in fine soutache foi
dress garnitures, the braid being set on
edge in solid crescent and pointed pat
terns. Very handsome trimmings for cloth
dresses nre made of open diamond-shaped
bands of tan kid, which form a wide gal
loon, on which are set squares of dark
velvet.
Tho new Iudustial Home for Women
who have renounced polygamy has been
opened at Salt Lake City. Its support is
provided for by the United States Gov
ernment. Black trimmings ore still used on col
ored miterials, nnd where other colors
nre added black is used as a foundation,
either for one or several colors in com
bination. Some very dainty walking gowns of
striped zephyr ginghams are seeu, made
with close-fitting basque, over double
waistcoat effects of white over striped
gingham.
Among the recent nddition to the
standard cloth shades arc amaranth, rus
set, with a deep orauge tinge, red gold,
peach color, tho dahlia reds, oak heart
and linden green.
Long coats and polonaises nre very
much worn, but basques nnd round
waists with straight skirts slightly draped
upon the foundation come in numbers
from the best houses.
Embroideries done in silk in the light
est colors, in vine, leaf and flower pat
terns, nre shown and ore intended to bo
nppliqued upon silks and velvets for
light evening toilets.
Beige-colored nnd mignouette-green
dresses of Venetou cashmere, bordered
with gold and silver galloons, are made
with double skirts, both equally long,
the upper one open up the left side to the
waist.
Tho favorite designs in the new passe
menteries of all kinds are Vandyke poiuts
and Gothic arches, coming up slenderly
from a straight edge, and all patterns nre
open, instead of beiug closely massed as
heretofore.
Mrs. Anna Hughes, of Janesville.WU.,
successfully carries on the business of a
dairy farm. She keeps 120 head of cat
tle, has from six to eight men iu her em
ploy, and sells from tiOO to 800 quarts of
milk a day.
The Queen of Greece is a blonde, with
brown hair, regular features and a beau
tiful neck and shoulders. She dresses
very simply, except on State occasions,
and often goes about Athens without
even a maid to attend her.
Very handsome wool gowns,, those
with a crepe-like surface particularly, ure
worn at autumn dinners and teas, and
also soft Carmelites iu Empire stylo at
evening concerts. These appear iu all the
new art shades of the season.
Dressy equestriennes now vary the
extreme simplicity of the riding habit
with white piquo vests, which show at
the throat, where the basque is turned
away in tiny lapels, nnd also below the
waistlaine, where it is slightly cut away.
Corday and Marie Autouette fichus,
picturesque collars, Ursuline capes and
Spanish berthas of lace or silk muslin,
Swiss shawl capes, French scarfs and
numberless other charming accessories are
noted as features of the new autumu
toilets.
An amber hairpin is shown iu the jew
elers' windows with its curved top set
about with tiny enameled for-get-me-uoU.
In the center of each little flower
sparkles a diamond. Long sprays of forget-me-nots
with diamond centers are
set in pins.
The Empress Frederick is one of the
wealthiest widows in the world. Besides
the generous provision made for her by
her late husband and the annuity of
$200,000 a year she receives as Queen
Uowuger of Prussia, she has recently
been left $1,000,000 by tha Duchess of
Qalieia.
Facts autlinsg1natlons are oot rael!
uuy more tbuo auveU can be rmbraced.
.AfO Y All f Wm eVT...ld .at a
that Sberidul Condition
daily, In tha food, will supply tbe needed m
tarial to strengthen and invigorate dak ehlok
enS or txloultinff hane ami Mt thm n kw.
tag earlier than anything else on earth. Mrs.,
Edwin Brown, East Greenwich, R. I., aays:,
"I could not do without Sheridan's Condi
tion Powder when hens are monltlng. I use
it for gapes and diarrhoea; for when chickens
are small they often droop nnd die. To a
pint of clabbered milk I add a teaspoonf ul of
the powder, mix well, and let the chicks eat
all they will one a day; It doe teem to b
just what they newt, they soon becoma so,
vigorous. People laughed at me when I be-
ftan to use Sheridan's Fowder, and I had no
ilea I should win a premium. 'They laugh
liest who laugh last,' nowever. I got more
egfr than anvof my nsiehbors, and some of
them had over 100 liens.'1 For BO eta. I. 8.
Johnson Co.. Boston, Mass., will send two
23 cent packs, live packs for si; or, for 11.80,
one larire2' pound can of Powders, post
paid; six cans for ., express prepaid. For
Oct, a copy of the best Poultry paper seut
post paid.
Eastern Beggars.
Beggary throughout tho East is a
thriving profession. There are guilds of
beggars, besides tho numorous commu
nities ot dervishes who are semi-religious
mendicants. Many families have been
beggars for generations, and are mendi
cants from choice. Some of these pro
fessional beggars nro actually wealthy.
Four-and-twenty years ago the writer
well remembers a case. The Chief Beg
gar (the title was not conferred in deris
ion) gave Ids daughter in marriage to a
substantial farmer. Tho girl's dowry
consisted of two freehold houses, tho
rooms of which wero entirely filled with
dry pieces of bread, and the sales of these
begged crusts subsequently realized a
considerable sum, being disposed of na
food for cattle. It must be remembered
that in tho East there is no organized
charity, that most Mussulmans are ex
ceedingly charitable, many giving away
a fifth nnd some even a third of their
income. Under such circumstances it is
not be wondered at that the professional
beggar thrives. Gool Wordt.
A Chinese Bank.
In the course of a few weeks it Is ex
pected that a Chinese banking house will
be opened iu the heart of Chinatown. The
originators of tho project include Mr.
Chu Fong, tho most dressy of Chinamen
and enshier of several importing firms and
ninny other Mott street firms. The in
stitution will be the first of its kind in
this country. It is tho desiro of Mr Chu
Fong and his associates in the scheme to
run the bank upon the basis of a savings
institution. A small rate of interest is to
bo paid to each regular depositor, and
tho money is to be let out on a bigger in
terest to legitimate Chinese business
houses in Mott street. The present rate
of interest in Mott street is between ten
and fifteen per cent for all small loans on
good security. It is a very singular thing,
and yet it is an undeniable fact, especial
ly in this city, that tho more ignorant a
Chinaman is in the English language and
ways the more money he has. As a rule
those Chinamen who know how to talk
and deal with the Americans are the poor
"St. AVi Xurk Telegram.
Biggest Gun in Iho World.
A cast steel gun weighing 2.15 tons has
just been shipped by Messrs. Krupp from
Hamburg for Cronstadti The caliber of
the gun is thirteen and one-fourth inches,
the barrel is forty feet in length, . The
range of the gun is over eleven miles,
and it will fire two shots per minute,
each shot costing between $1250 and
61C0O. At tho trials of the gun held in
tho presence of Russian officers at Mep
pen, the range of the Essen firm, the
projectile, four feet long and weighing
1800 pounds, nnd propelled by a charge
of 700 pounds of powder, penetrated
nineteen and one-half inches of nrmor
and went 1312 yards beyond the target.
The gun is the largest in existence.
The Weight of the Whale.
Nilsson remarks that the weight of the
great Greenland or right whale is 100
tons, or 220,000 pounds, equal to that of
eighty-eight elephants or 440 bears.
The whalebone in such a whale may be
taken at S3t!0 pounds and the oil at from
140 to 170 tons. The remains of the
fosil whale which have been found on
the coast of Ystnd, in the Baltic, and
even far inland in Wangapanse, Wester
gothland betoken a whale which, al
though not more than between fifty and
sixty feet in length, must at least have
had a body twenty-seven times larger and
heavier than that of the common or right
whalo.
Three Christian Japanese recently sailed
from San Francisco to preach the Gospel
among their countrymen on the Sand
wich Islands, who number 5000.
A New Departure
From ordinary business methods Is made by
the manufacturer uf Dr. Pierce's Gulden
Aledir&l Discovery, in guaranteeing thin
world-famed remedy to cure all dUeaaes aria
inj? from derangements of the liver or stom
ach, a indigestion, or dyepejiida, biliousness
or "liver complaint." or from impure blood, aa
boils, bloti-uus, pimples, eruptions, scalp dis
eue, salt-l-he'-iu. srrofnlous soree and swelling-
and kindled aihneutn. Money paid for
"Discovery' prom; tly returned If, on fair
trial, it don't cure.
Don't httwk, hank, blow, epit nnd disgnst
everybody with yourotfensive breath, but ue
Dr. Sage's t'atarrh Remedy and end tt-
Thk parasols rarri-d in the United States
cost fU.uUO.OU) annually.
Oregon, tbe Paradlne el' r'arwere.
Mild, equable climax .usrtaui and abundant
crops, best fruit. aruiu. grass and stock coun
try in the world. Full information free. Ad
dress OregonJuQ'iffrat'u Board. Portland, Ore.
"Oldsmukers prefer "Tfansifl's I' if neb" Cigar.
iCje- - ie
put the most- loving husband will see
the difference in his home ifyoatisej
Cleanliness and neatness about a house are necessary to insure comfort. Man likes
comfort, and if he can't find it at home, he will eeek elsewhere for it. Good housewives ;
know that BJLPOLIO makes a house clean and keeps it bright. Happiness always dwells ,
in a -comfortable home. Do yon wapt cleanliness, comfort and happiness? Try aVPOLIQ, .J
I
I A Family atiH.
Dave ye-u father? Hare you a aethar?
Pt yon a son or daua-hter, sister or a brother
who hu not vat taken Kemp's Balsam for tbe
Throat and Lungs, tha iraarantced remedy for
the cure of nought, Colds, Asthma, Croup and
all Throat and Lnn troubles? If so, whyf
whan a sample bottle is gladly gtren to yon
rea try any dmvglst and the large slzs costs
only too, and 11.
T"C total weight of tho great thlrty-slx-lnrh
telescope at the Lick Observatory Is forty tons.
All that tN fan iy as to the merits of Dob
bine s Electric rjoan. palos Into nniMnrfttu lie
fore the etorv it will tell von Ht'tf. of its own
ftrm quality, if yon will, give it, one 1ri,
Don't take imitation. There are lots of theui.
A Fr.omnA paper urges the town authorities
to plant pear ireee along the lre(s.
Weak Women
Ptre to them-K-lrei a duty to tt Hood'i Ssrupa
till, la flew of the great relief It has siren tlion
who mfTef from nJlmenU peculiar to the lez. By
purifying the blood, regulatmn Important organa,
strengthening the nervna and toning the whole
syfttrtn, It rentorea to health.
"1 hare been for yeara trying to get help for that
terrible general drhlllty and woakneii so common
to women. Within a year I bare taken tea to
twelve bottles of Hood's SaraaparlUa and the bene
fit derived from IU nae has been very great. I ant
now feeling like a new creature." Mas. P. B. Ross,
ItarltB, Texas.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Hold by all druggists. Sli six for SS. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Moss.
IOO Dosea One Dollar
ABWAY!
READY RELIEF.
THE GREAT CONQUEROR OF PAIN,
-J"'"7.Hl"",,n" Bruises, Rarkache, Pain la
the ( heat er Kldea. Headache. Toothache,
rany ether external autn. a Tew applica
tion rubbed on by lie ml, act Ilka magic,
canning the pnln la Inalnntlv atop.
rort'onceatlnna, old.. Hrenrhitle, Pnen
nanln, lliflntiinmlisim. It lienniallam. Neu
ralgia. I.nmbaga. Mclallra, mare thorough
nil repeated applications are nereasnrv.
All Internal I'nlne. Illarrhu-ni folic,
Mpaama. Nausea, Kalntlng Spella, NrrvniK-
rleeplene are relieved Inatantlr,
and quickly rnrrri by taking luvrni-dly
to t drape In halt a tumbler el' water.
00c. a battle. All Drngglaia.
An excellent anil mild Cathartic. Purely
Vegetable. The Kaleet and Heat Medicine
In the world lor the I'nre el' all Disorders
ol tbo
LIVER, STOMACH OR BOWELS.
Tnkru nrrortllitr t rilrrt't ton ihey will
rrniaro henltb nnd rrtiew vitality.
.Eric 23 oU. t Bat. Bild byUDrnf j iits,
NYN T-4 1
8Sr
mm
mirMi&AWSTAs palatable
AS MILK.
la dltgaiied that the most
delicaleatooiach can taks it.
Remarkable ate a
FLKSH PRODUCER.
FersBste galia rapidly
xt hUe taklBar It.
UVUlt It tiUlUUJIUll
f ,kn?wl,1'1 fcT Phylclans to bs the FINEST
and IltST preparation of Its class for the relief of
C7'iZ;Yf,7iOV- WROFCr.A. CESEKAt.
UKKII.lrr. WAHTlxa 1tSK.SKH OP
iHlLIHitM, nnd CHKOSIO COW MS.
aa. Paueauia, figott & Bowue. New Tort
CATARRH. I
E&oZrtt?
HAYfEVW'
"Prlc ebb'c en t a. J
Apply balm into each nostril.
ELY BltOS., S Warren St., K. Y
P A CP D A T T Chadwick'i Manual
DAUU DALIl 7 la. a 9 In. IO pagea.
""M1J AJJ in,. .aaSaeeaaal ( aver.
CTtrn ptJ pp on application rncloilug ono
lie. 1 HI
up, by addrrKntiiat
THKOOOHR HOLLAND,
Mux WO, fulla., Pa.
and Walikt-y Ha-
ttacnreBathomo :
out pain. Book of par
tlculam en-F.EE.
aa H. M.TYUM,i.K T , al.U.
7v- tij) WbJUihaii fit.
HOW TO !F.T AN OFFICE II V MEK IT.
A Pamphlet on Civil Sorvir Kirtniiuatioua.
Full information. 4,Tt rnuta. Aifto"The Civil service
Vaw: a Iefone" 81. Pamphlet frer. Addrtsa
V. II. CLAKK K. P. O. Ho New Tork Citf.
Hit UP HTI'OV. Book keepft.it, Bualueaa Forms
Urn. Penmanship, Arithmetic, hhnrl hand, etc.
thoroughly taught bv MAIL. Clmilura free.
Hryunl'a t'ollegt. 457 "m Zt., buffalo. N. V
OPIUM v
HABIT. Only OdiIh and
( CRF in the World. Ir.
I 1 hMlfcAh, LfbHSOU.U
PEERLESS
St'i.nUT DUixWim
- Jt y-a.
luu Zir. Aorl.ln'.
y ijri u,-" riuM alting vrilh
" PILLS.
r.
I It nnni innni wrrn
I
TO-aaLe-"
"n ".i;iw
9fM
BJfeJ a.ai iMiiaiiai ilia.
tht bent rolii- metln-inr 1 law tvT Mea.
ISAAU MOtHi, How ixaler,
Jirotkl),nt -Vrie lorlf.
P ISO'S REMEDY FOU CATARRH. Itost. Easiest
to use C'lifajH-at. llelief i iiimieiliuln. A fine is
certaiu. 1'or Colli in ilie Head it lius uo equal.
It is an Oiiituient. of which a stiinll partit le is applied
V'ft in tli nostril. Price. Wf. Sold by tlruu'irists or seat
!i1 bvimiil. Address, E.
VxAV Vat-aW waeaaf Va
or ure of
VvitXdUtKetIjrH 0F.Fiif.t4
THECHAsAVaQioERPa-BAaa-Ma
Ir yotr wish a
RKVOLVKR
Currhaie on vt tht
mi HMITIf ft WHS
arin. Tlir flnrnl umill
vcr mftmifiw-turMj mul
flrt choice of all tp
Manuft tnrM In rallbroi
Kit ortloutilt aU'llon. Snfftr HmmrlMui and
Tai-trct mm) Hat, t tnmtrilt lWl ntlrrljr of brut mm
Ity Hroniht fltrrl, rurrfully .niMnrri for witrk
tiianhin atttl stork, thry nre mtrlraltvl fr Hnlnli
rinrnblltt and ncrnrnrr Do not ht A?. by
chfap iimllrtililp rnt-!rnn ItnltRf ton whlcH
r oftn noiti f.tr th rnniti artkl ami r not
only iinrHtaM?, hut (InnirTfma. Thf hMITH A
WKSSoN Hi'Titlv an U itanitiM upon th tiar
rrl wlfb firm name. aM ! aim data uf patenta
anl ar vnarnnlertt jwrft In vrr flrtl. In
lt ttpnn ha Tint- the (trnulue articl, and If tout
dralrr ranuot utipplr Tim an order wot to minrrm
below will rtMlvf prompt and rax Ml atUntloa,
lprlptt?t catalogue and prtca ftimlnhAd npoa ap
pnc.uoa. SMIXI & WESSON,
jMTjMrntlon thlt paper. ffprtna;flM, Win.
LATEST IMPROVED
HORSE POWER
MarMaearm'TriKFISIIIMilrl.ltANIWO
Uralu.akm iVIacaJure locHAHIMJ M'OOO
a with Circular aad ( rasa.
Ackaawlsdaad t: A. Cat VrmM atawa
"Li1 yrr4i. .
IMC. "VeTWH em
BEST,
aC '
r
ragardmg al..iin.t itam-j- . !a?.-w?i;JI
EAST DRAFT. BUHnBIUTt t CUAflilUUF Won
tepKX!i A. IV. GRAY'S S0K3,
FaTsTtwvu ttn - M rtw TI"TTaaBel
Minni.KTOWN PPKINt.N, TT.
For Dairy, Farm 4t Household.
rnvBat'i AaawrWxta Wasrr llfaiMI-lflW
hitfittfit iittNlal. Airpmrnl of andfoua i
"Kbr th htgbMt dalrr familUm. A
St Id ran am it Alwara prwruaa flrat
m but tar from rtvt milk or mam tm
lUitmtUM. Works Crvm one pint up Wttlwf
artrfat quanutr. Uaara atom bnttor,
Olw profU M u 1 prr d MnUrmUJ
rrmalnn pvrfctl? rwet for mlfr. ,
t aim rcmniMidtd by child rwi' pltTe
rianp aa trm batty food. HachUM atar
mnttN flotwt k- rraam In 4 ml nut, a-
111. AA0, 14 nU.. 110 40 qta., ttS, aftb
nd for taatltiiontal and clrvulej- to
r . J ( ii A . p. i v.-., i ev"uiern esisii xe (. aw
tti Ht. Naw York. Kftliahl ajrnU waalM.
THE EDWARD HARRISON Z??
Irlilla aant on tnal tol
rivO'i1bll oartlM.
f.xr lrirra. Wi-iM fo
new Illustrated i atav-
I usrUe and men II, a tii tiaa..
Ua iiWavr Hatrrtton Mil Co.. Vff" ;
.Haw liYa. Ceam. aw
Thle Trad
Mark la off
The Best
Waterproof
Coat
In tha wo fid.
,J.TVwrf. Button.
fudtcr Uhi.tratfiU'.t. lorn. FW.
till Tt'iAO A MONTH can h mad worklnr
I 9 for tin. Ag-nta prrrrft1 who can fornlnU
a liora aufl tfWe th1r urhol thna to tha biifi)bt.
Hpare momenta mar l pmntahlT cuipkiyed alar.
A few va aticlxln town aad cttl. E. P. JOHN'
son ft CO., uu9 Main Kt.. Hichinood, Va. V. tt
trajt afn'f cff' n.rf buti ej-pcrtenv. Arr
minii about tending nfwmpor rrpiy. i. Ca
F B A Z E R nifop
BEST IH THK WORLD Ulltfltffe
taUetttisUeatitaB, Bold Krerrwaere.
DM,
Q UatilusUi, O natiaUaUa, Ik U Maanaa tlu aayat.
..... i,4ali-. A, n. MH RHlCt BOX.
NEW
TUKATMKKT.
ABALTIO,
Holland SlrKlfcal and C'anctr InalttuU, Buffalo, N. Y.,
rfinoTn Canoer without pain or uaveuf knll. brea
nf patlata tpx-ak In untiualiaed trraa of praiM ot
th aucoeaa of tnia treatment. Writ or rircular.
1101sLAM ftlKIUClKVC'U.. BIKY
I published, at tha remarkaalT low prloa
BaU law-PHnal aai.lt BICTIOalAIT
oi omj vi.vu, poaKpaia. inia book oun
talm 4)14 flnely priutad pag-aa of clear
V ou exrallant paper and la band
aKiaiRlT jet fterriceaMy bound la eiotb.
It (flree Eng-Uah wordi wilt, the Ganitaa
rtjuiTalenu and pronunctaUon, aad
Of nutui wor! with EryilUh deftaiUoua,
It ii invaluable to Uerraana who are not
(heroine Mr familiar with lun filth. r to
Americana who wtah to loaru German.
adraan. wun ii.w.
BOO TVB. NODU, tat
J aura fie, Bev lark Ulffa
Newspaper Readers' Atlas.
Colored Haro of each State an Term
alhO Ma of every Country tu tha Wi'ili i
ftT lht aiuare mllra of eaci. Stale, c. ft e
meut, Di-puUtlon, chief dttea. avvrairr tri.
nereture. aalary of iirtlclala, nuiubrr il
fxruta, their productiona; tha value , mau.
ufpulurea. oumbfr of erenloYee, etc. ; airo
area of rauh Vrelffn Country, form ot
gj.rniineat, re
ot usde, rrllkf
opuiauon, prociutria.aiiiSMi.1
luu. sus of
'l arm
my and te'e-
vrai.li. annkbi-ruf horKm, ratlie. st'.Pil. A'i
Kvrav tiaii.t aiiui'L. Hsvr i iti
IV..
Ir1a.mfa-trrel J,, v
nfrla.a Ntrrfirxl linn f; "4
htxiia Mrtux4ta mm4 FlftHi-laa; jml--t 2
Mil la of ail aiwa and vaxiauva, Td.wtt? A it
riatM.iijr ajrwal capaa ..nW . i -P? If
tv ana duratsllltv . . Jti-n-.Ji'J-S
wm
r
piur.a.tl lulls Mi. rMtpaiaiorsx
aougrt a. lioi ss.iV 11 s tij.
MONF.Y I1 OHICKTN
a S Tar Vc. a 1 Pg boat, ewi-taa '
u ML Si urSL'tusl imultty ralatr am ig i-
x5rJ lV ,,Ir.. It teihr. how to iuiiI
'CiT i-uro Akwii to feed tor tit ,"
X.Vj-Zur's"o gl waiet tow's lotastor
iKy-'l.rrla..v.v,o. Ad.lr
aeea i a uoi . s4 ur sc. g.r. fur.
for .11 domest AnlSi".1: will "ae W oS l"' ;v.rr loo .a.e. of '''
ul.nl or imllc. Hsrely more tbaa 1 or 3 doea J
utii ate, rsthrr arts ss s Issstl.e siul is eatuely haniileM. f tr jeara or trial
la '.-; IkaaltUI .am., our guaiantte l w.wtli aumethleg. '''"""J JiZ
treated si emails', ixpeuil a few oeutiiauil ou have a cure oo band, ready
U" .Verre" , "ml rerhM i. .. av.iu.ble borae. 11 uotat jroururuigl.1 s,
ikj.e to cent. Ic.r f .n.i.le bottle, ent prepuld.
iiidrn.llM. hOfclij.KIt A- (O., BelUlebem, Pa.
"Jon nil. toltcl Wl rUrerfuliy rrcomoirwl lr.
h.m. It it
uwh..i.f il a LimiM tLM ire JiiMK honts.
1 1 1 1 (n ( r I Mil: iuiuir -
ISAAC MOSkS d ().,
Rait and Kxehntvye StaoUt, jajtoii.
T. Hazki.tink, AVarren, Pa.
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