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Fashions have changed sinob
flintlock times.
A DncllinR Onlflt of Forty Yearn
Ago Tho Derringer anil the Re
Tolror l.ra.
"If rou nro interested in shooting
irons," aid a pun dealer to a New York
ISiin reporter, "let me. show you some
Ipiplols. They will indicate how fashions
Ihnve changed among shooting men during
'the last, forty years."
; In a neat mahoifany case, which the
'dealer plaeed on tho counter lay two
siniflc-barrelled pistols. Tho barrels
were a foot lotiir. The bore was a half
inch in diameter. Barrels, locks and
stocks were, elaborately mid tastefully
tnffraved by hand. Tho stocks were pe
culiar in shape in that n horn projected
so a to (it between the thumb and the
rest of tho hand and keep tho weapon
from jumping up when fired. There
was a circle of steel in the case that was
I for cutting patches for the round ball
iUscd in loading tho pistol. Bullet
: moulds were also in place, and a pow
jder flask and cap box as well. It was a
Ifirst-class duelling o .tnt.
! "They arc for sale," said the dealer,
."because duelling is out of fashion.
They cost, a lot of money when new, and
lit will rake f 25 now to buy tho outfit.
IForty vears jo no other sort of a wea-
Ipon was uscit in the shooting galleries.
1 he gallery man loaded the weapons and
gave the word as if a duel was in pro
gress, and the would-be expert fired at
Ithe outline of a man placed twelve paces
away. Although revolvers were invented
before the date I speak of, tho duelling
jpistol held its own in tho shooting gal
leries until nftcr the war.
. "While shooting men cling to the
(duelling pistol for gallery practice, in an
ticipation of needing a knowledge of it
Isomc time, they could not carry such a
'weapon around with them. The der
ringer was accordingly brought out as a
Ipocket pistol. It was a short weapon,
Ithe barrel being but inches long, but
Kn the hands of tho old-time gamblers on
"the Mississippi steamboats it was a dead
jly weapon. They often fought duels
iwith derringers, while in hand to-hnnd
Iconflicts derringers were invariably used
jif any weapon besides a bowie knife were
'drawn.
"Of course the fact that the derringer
Iliad but one charge was noted. To make
iup for this two were carried. Theu
Idonblc-harreled derringers were intro
duced, one barrel beside the other, as in
a shotgun. The flash pans were on top
ktl tho barrels. It was elaborately cu
'graved, but it was about as unhandy a
weapon to get out of a man's pocket in a
jhurry as could well be imagined. Jinny
of tho double-barreled weupons had
'bronze barrels, and just before the war it
was a common thing for funny writers to
ircfer to double-barreled brass pistols as
;the type of untrustworthiness. These
weapons were generally of Belgian make
'and never had an extended side.
"All this time the makers of revolvers
Ibad been pushing the sale of their weap
ons, but when one of these old revolvers
lis looked at now one docs not wonder
ithat the derringer held its own. The
irevolvers were larger and heavier than
duelling pistols, and were of use only on
the frontier.
"On the frontier they were, of course,
'rapidly adopted, and, because of the fact
that loading the cylinders with powder
and ball was a slow process, the shooting
men carried extra cylinders ready loaded,
which were substituted for empty ones in
time of need.
I "The invention of metal cartridges
was a great thing for pistol makers.
Many curious weapons were brought out
(during the war. One of the most novel
;was a three-barreled weapon with the
barrels arrauged vertically one above the
other, whilo a substantial bowie blade
jcould be slid out beyond the muzzles on
occasions. The blade was fixed there
!by a spring, and the empty pistol then
.became a wicked knife. The double
barreled derringer of the present time,
rwith the barrels one on top of the other,
was evolved from this idea.
"After metal cartridges were adopted
the production of light and efficient revol
vers became possible, and no end of styles
'were brought out. The good revolver
proved so efficient that the use of derrin
igers dropped almost entirely. There is
lonly one firm now engaged in making
derringers, and the demand scarcely jus
tifies them in continuing the style. Where
every gentleman once carried a brace,
very few shooting men would now take
one as a gift, save as a curiosity. And
yet for a man in close quarters no wea
pon is quite so efficient as the big-bored
derringer.
"After the war the popularity of the
)duel, save only in isolated districts, was
gone, and the use of duelling pistols even
tin shooting galleries was abandoned. Re
volvers became the popular weapons even
In galleries. But all this time a couple
tot firms were manufacturing a single
barreled pistol that was much like the
'old duelling pistol in shape and weight,
and yet used the convenient metal car
tridge. Because these single-barreled
Weapons were extremely accurate and the
cartridges were cheap, say $2.50 a thou
sand, tno single-barreled target pistol
ihas at least held on to the esteem of
enough sporting men to warrant the con
unuunce oi lis inanuiaciure. mere are
indications of a growth of popularity in
the future. There are several features of
the target pistol that especially commend
It to the better class of sportsmen, the
letter class, as I understand the term, in
cluding all who pride themselves more on
one head of game killed clean by skillful
shooting than on a score slaughtered by
portable cannon. Asrifles among these
men increase in popularity they will turn
to the target pistol to replace, or at least
go wan, the ritle lor small game."
Brainy But Bashful.
Hanover, Mich., has a most peculiar
una eccentric young man. He is so bash
Jul that be does not speak to his nearest
peighbors, and he will go miles out of his
way to avoid meeting a young lady. A
lew years ago bis parents sent him to
school ; he attended only three days be
cause twenty young ladies surrounded
him at the school house and teamed hiin
till he nearly fainted. He took his books
borne that night and has never been in
side ol a sctiool-room since. Vet this
young man has taken prize after prize for
-I M I I 1 -I,- ..
jians lur puuuo uunuiugs auU is a first
clurf mechanic. VliUatju UtruXd.
American women get flew dresses fif
teen per cent, cheaper in Loudon than
America.
He who waits to do a great good at
pace will sHiiioai do any good at all.
BF.LECT SITTINGS.
The total length of submarine cable
it 130,066 miles.
House servants cannot be hud in Pue
blo, Col., for less than (30 or 35 a
month, and they are scarce at that figure.
France's production and consumption
of milk amount, every year to 1,350,000,
000 gallons, which is threo times in ex
cess of the production of wine.
Henry Jferritt, of Franklin County,
Me., was peering into a stone wall for a
woodchuck. The animal saw him first
and bit off tho end of his nose.
The bug caters is a term applied to
the inhabitants of portions of Nebraska,
where the country is so poverty-stricken
that travelers wonder how tho natives
survive.
The greatest depth of the ocean is
some miles sway from tho mouth of the
Kio do la Plata, where bottom is reached
at a depth of 40,236 feet, or seven and
three-quarter miles.
I M. Mathews, a Minneapolis million
aire, visited Butte, Montana, recently,
and went to an opium joint out of curi
osity. He smoked twelvo opium pipes,
and died in a few hours.
Reports of towns with short names are
increasing in number. In the Chinese
Province of Ho-nan there is a city called
Uj and in France there is a river and in
Sweden a town having the name of A.
The landing of the German pilgrim
fathers will be celebrated in Philadelphia,
F.an?. Daniel Pastorious, the leader and
the founder of Germantown, came to this
country with his associates as early as
1683.
At a colliery at Carmylo, within two
miles of Glasgow, Scotland, twenty-one
miners were imprisoned by a shaft falling
in, but they were nil rescued by means of
the underground connections with anoth
er pit belonging to the same firm.
Tho skin of the whale is from two
inches to two feet in thickness. The
thickest skinned quadruped is the rhin
occrous. Its hide is so tough as to resist
the lion's claws. The ball of an old
fashioned musket will not penetrate it.
It is stated in the Russian papers that
new professorships in the Japanese,
Corean and Hindustani languages have
been founded at the University of St.
Petersburg, and that the course of stud
ies in these subjects will begin next ses
sion. Very' few persons nre aware that Faris
has a big elm which is 130 feet tall and has
a circumference near its base of eight
een feet. It is healthy and vigorous. It
was planted by Sully by order of Henry
IV., who placed an elm in front of every
church in Paris.
The Czar of Russia is making a collec
tion of postage stamps, and is prepared to
pay any prico for such as he may want He
lately bought a defaced stamp of British
Guiana, dated 1851 for 925 francs, and
an unused specimen of the same stamp
for 1250 francs ($250).
One of the latest social innovations,
says an English paper, is the female but
ler, a parlor maid in livery. A, good
looking girl in livery of dark blue,
green and gold, or scarlet and white
looks very smart, and the waiting is, as a
rule, douo more quietly and deftly than
by a man. This opens out a new field of
employment for women.
Ilts Grandpa Got Even.
"It is hard to fix the exact date when
a man forgets that he ever was a boy,
but it is usually about the time his oldest
son's two boys get big enough to cut up
and be sassy to their gran'ther. That
was the time my grandfather forgot,
said a man on tho row the other even
ing to a Washington Pott reporter. "My
brother Lew and myself used to go to an
uncle up in Bucks County where the old
gentleman lived. He was nearly eighty,
weighed over two hundred, walked
heavily with a cane and was the crossest
man 1 ever saw. His particular delight
was in whacking us boys with his cane
when we got within reach, and running
us down to the .neighbors.
'"Them boys o' Lewis's air a leetle
the wust, most wuthless cubs I ever seen,'
he would say.
"n e had a pet coon. It was funnier
than a cageful of monkeys. One day it
got into the old gentleman's early vege
table garden and dug up some cucumber
vines. He caught it by the chain and
broke its back with his cane. We had
to have revcuge. It was a plain case of
murder. That coon was in our eyes more
of a human being and a good deal more
of a Christian than he was. Gran'ther
had a habit of going down to the
meadow and sitting on the top rail oi
the fence to watch the men make hay.
We sawed his pet rail half through and
loosened the rider stakes. When he
sat down the whole business gave away '
and he went over into a big briar patch. '
My aunt put in a half day picking
splinters out of him. We were hustled
off out of sight for a week while he spread
over the town his version of our attempt
upon his life.
"Every evening tho old fellow would
sit in the chimney nook, and sip a pint
of hot rum and water. At 9 o'clock my
aunt and uncle would each take a side
and help him off to bed. He snored like
distant thunder. If he were touched he
would stop snoring for a half hour. Our
room was on the same floor. One night
I couldn't stand his terrible roof
raising racket. So I got up, found a
ball of twine, unrolled a hundred feet,
made a slipnoose in one end and fastened
it to the old gentleman's big toe, carrying
the free end to my own room. Then
jumping into bed, when gran'ther snored
I gave the string a tug aud he would
stop. It was very funny.
"I felt quite pleased at my invention.
Gran'ther was an early riser. He woke
up next morning about 5 o'clock and
found the string tied to his toe. He got
his cane and went on the trail. It led
to my room, and the other end was
knotted to my wrist.
" 'Whack, whack, whatk, whack 1'
"I got at least a dozen good blows all
over my eyes and body before I could
wake and 3scape from the bedclothes and
that hardwood cane. I was covered with
black and blue welts for a week, and the
old gentleman was happy for at least
three davs."
A Contented People.
"The most contented people I saw in
Europe," says an American traveler,
"were the Austriaus, and they are the
most intelligent. They have more pub
ljf libraries than any people in the
world and they have a good Government
almost the same as a Kepublican Gov
ernment. They have a beautiful country
and a delightful climaie, and they look
happy and contented.",
THE FARM and gardf.x.
tVTUn AYR CT THB 8TXUt.ES.
Now that horses will be stabled at'
night, or should be, the most perfect,
cleanliness should be observed. The'
floors, if of wood, should be frequently
drenched with water, and then sprinkled
with finely ground gypsum (plaster), by
which the strong, pungent odor common1
to stables will bo neutralized and ab
sorbed. This strong odor of ammonia,'
which often pains tho eyes and nostrils of
a man, is exceedingly injurious to horses.
It rots leather and corrodes varnish, and
what must bo its effect on the eyes and
lungs of tho horses confined in it Muring
whole nights? Foul air promotes glau
ders, farcy, blindness, iniluenza, pneu
monia, heaves, all common diseases of
horses; and tho acrid manure in which
horses are compelled to stand causes not
only this injurious vapor but rots tho
hoofs and irritates the skin. American
Agriculturist.
VAlltOrS BRKKDS OF SHEEP.
Having bred various breeds of Bhecp,
says a writer in Breeders' Gatette, a littU
experience on paper may be of use to
somobody. My experience has been in
Central Ohio, with tho exception of a
few loads sent into Texas, to which I da
not care to allude. I commenced with
fine wools, and wishing to improve tin
stock, bought of tho Vermont sheep
called Spanish merinos. After engaging
in that fine class of sheep I was never rid
of the foot-rot until I got rid of the
sheep. Afterward the Cotswold cam
into vogue, aud a littlo importation from
Canada made themselves very pompom
for a year or two. They were big, fat
fellows, but in a year or two some ol
them began to dwindle, and after that
they never could recover, and dwindled
down to nothing. I tried crossing them
with blackfaces and they did better. I
have tried Southdowns, which seem to
do well, and are an excellent mutton
sheep. Their wool is short and foi
keeping fat easy there is nothing that ex
cels them. Tho Shropshire this season
seoms to fill the demand better than the
Southdowns, at least in this locality. A
neighbor has French merinos aud teems
to be well satisfied with them. A Shrop
shire ram happened to get into his flock,
and the result was a few half-breeds,
which the neighbor says aro perfect
sheep. I have tried crossing Southdowns
and Shropshires with a Hampshire ram
with very satisfactory results. The
Shropshire lamb well treated will weigh
one hundred to ono hundred and fifty
pounds at eight months old. A Shrop
shire fleece will weigh eight to ten
pounds.
LEAKS OS THE FAIt.VT.
The leaks in the roofs of the farm build
ings are not all that many farmers havo
to contend with. We see many farmers
buying high-priced implements, and
when through using them for the season
leaving them where Inst used, either in
furrow or in the stubbleficld, until
wanted the next spring, and losing val
uable timo in going to the shop for re
pairs, or, what is worse, going to the
store for new ones. Huve a place or
shelter for every machine, aud when the
hired help or the owner himself is
through using, put it in tho place as
signed for it. Some will say that takes
time. To be sure it does; but is it
not better to have tools that are fit to
use at any time than it is to stop the team
when busy to go to town to get them
fixed and thereby cause a leak in the
poeketbook? Again, many will keep
scrub stock and breed from year after
year because the owners of tho blooded
stock ask too high a price for the servicq
of their stock. Then, you may see, on
riding through the country, dilapidated
buildings, and the owner will say he is
not able to repair them, but on inquiry
you will find that he will spend enough
money for whisky and tobacco to keep
them in good repair. Another leak is
the hiring of cheap help, mere eye ser
vants, and leaving theiu to the work,
while the proprietor is in town talking pclv
itics or sitting on the fence discussing
neighborhood gossip with some one as
shiftless as himself. These are but a few
of the leaks that might be mentioned,
for pages might be filled in enumerating
the things, both small and great, that
keep the farmer plodding along, always
in debt and eternally growling about hard
times. Western I'ioicman.
TREATMENT OF MILCH COWS,
Nearly every dairy has its quotum of
kicking cows, and every cow in tho land,
says George E. Newell in the American.
Agriculturist, is liable to switch her tail
across a milker's face during fly time.
The human irritation aroused thereby re
buts on the herd to its positive injury.
There are two classes of kicking cows
those habitually inclined that way,
like a balky horse, and those that only
use their rear hoofs in an offensive man
ner to resent fancied or real provocation.
Nothing but the gentlest aud kindest
treatment should rule in the dairy; so,
to cure a cow of this disagreeable habit,
a brusque manner should be avoided. To
milk an inveterate kicktr, treat her as
you would a heifer. Give her no chance
whatever to use her heels. Put a broad
strap around her hind legs over the gara
brels, and. drawing theiu snugly together,
buckle it tight. Place her in a stanchion
next to the wall, and from a ring in the
latter let a long strap depend, which,
after passing around her right flunk,
draw taut to the stanchion braces near
her head. The cow is then practically
helpless so fur as any vicious manifesta
tions are concerned. Sit down quietly
to milk her, aud speak soothingly and
reassuringly. If the cow struggles to
free herself, calm her fears with a gentlo
pat of the hand and a persuasive tone of
voice. Milk her in the same place and
under the same restraint day after day,
and in a few weeks or months she can
be cured of kicking. The meekest cows
sometimes temporarily contract the habit
of kicking in defense of abuse front sumo
senseless milker. Treat them impassion
ately and be perfectly indillereut to their
tendency to be light heeled. In a very
short time they will be permanently
cured. If cows switch their caudul ap-.
pendages in your face in an attempt to
brush olf flics, don't anrjjutate the ollend
j ing members, as some do, but allix to the
' side of the milking stool a short strip of
tough wood, divided by a spring slit,
after the manner of a strictured clothes
pin. Have the opening of the slit turned,
backward aud iuto it; when sitting down
to milk druw the-brush of the cow's tail.
Cow's tails should never be cut olf, as it
is a wicked brutul custom, depriving the
animal of its means of self-defense against)
insects. Humanity and kiudnesj go as)
far in making adajry profitable as nutri-)
i tious food.
NEWS ANP NOTES FOR WOMEN.
"Sunshine yellow" is the latest.
Knamcled jewelry, which is now made
perfection, is as popular as ever.
Irish poplins in light evening colors
will be worn for dressy occasions.
Mrs. J. Redding, editor of the Art
Journal, is an expert bicyclo rider.
Miss Olive Schrciner, tho novelist, pro
poses to come to America next year.
Mmc. Marches!, tho famous teacher of
singing in Paris, has written her memoirs.
There are 62,000 women in the United
States interested in tho cultivation of
fruit.
The free public library nt Concord, N.
If., is to have a statue of the late Louis
M. Alcott.
An English lady has left 50,000 to be
devoted to photographing tho stars,
planets, aud nebulip.
A handkerchief in the possession of the
Dzarina is said to have cost $2500. It
look seven years to make it.
Queen Louise, of Denmark, the mother
f the Princess of Wales, has just passed
acr seventy-second birthday.
Miss Toki Mardira, the daughter of one
of tho highest families iu Japan, has do
5idcd to take tho veil in Munich.
There is an impression that the social
ind matrimonial success of the American
girl in England has been curtailed.
Cornell University has opened the now
year with 1400 studcuts in all, tho num
ber of women showing a relative increase.
rnsscmentcrio and silk cord ornaments,
although not new, are of greater impor
tance at the present timo than evor be
fore. For bonnets and bonnet trimmings,
for wraps and parts of dresses, shot vel
velts, both figured aud plain, will be iu
order.
The fashion of women wearing the
single eyeglass has been started in Lon
dou. It is chiefly affected by theatrical
people.
Miss Wheeler, of Philadelphia, who is
engaged to Count Poppcnhein, of Ba
varia, is only eighteen years cf age aud
very rich.
rands for dress skirts are in what are
known as Tower Eiffel designs, very
broad at the foot and tapering to nearly a
point nt the top.
Newly imported costumes of vcrj
beautiful silky gray India cashmere art
elegantly decorated with silk cord Escu
rial passementeries.
Miss Joanna Baker has been appointee'
to tho chair of Greek at Simpson College,
Indianola, Iowa. Her father occupie
the position seventeen years ago.
Shot velvets, figured and plain, and
shot moire ribbons, arc likely to be mucb
used forpartsof dresses and of wrnps, aud
for boauets and their trimmings.
The velvet brocades introduced this
season for dresses aro very beautiful. In
mauy instances these will bo used for the
front breadth only, in others for the
trains.
Long cloaks that drape the figure
loosely and are finished with nearly round
shoulder capes nre called Crsuline cloaks,
and coma in dark-colored camel's hair
cloth.
It is predicted that black dresses will
be worn more this winter than they have
of late, and some handsome models are
shown, suitable for both young and elderly
ladies.
Green still remains a favorite color for
dressy street costumes, and there are
many combinations of green with other
colors, notably apricot, peach, Suede and
copper red.
Miss Ying, the daughter of tho new
Chinese Minister to this country, is a
pretty girl of sixteen. She has the
blackest of hair and eyes and a creamy
complexion.
It is predicted that Miss Wanaraaker,
daughter of the Postmaster-General, will
be a prominent belle in Washington this
winter. Her good sense and winning
manners aro her charms.
Luce hats and bonnets once reserved
"Tor mid summer are now just the thing
for haif-scason wear. Flowers or silver
liligree or fine cut steel are the most
itylish ornaments for them.
The insatiate demand for small
presents in silver has met with a wonder
ous variety of patterns in tho form of
book marks and envelope openers, which
sell from $1 to $5 a piece.
Tho "rcefor," in blue, mahogony or
Roman red cloth, will be a popular jacket
for youthful wearers during the entire
autumn, and liko models in heavy cloak
ing goods are also made ready for winter
uses.
Animals Recognize Pictures.
Thirty years ago, says a correspondent
at Oxford, England, I was staying at
Langley, near Chippenham, with a lady
who was working a large screen, on which
she depicted in "raised" work (as it was
then called) a life-sized cat on a cushion.
The host, a sportsman now dead, was
much struck with the similarity to life of
the cat, so he fetched his dog (alas ! like
too mauy of the species), a cat-hater.
The animal uiade a dead set at the
(wool) cat, and, but for the master clutch
ing him by the collar, the cushion would
have been torn into atoms. I related this
tale lately in Oxford, aud my hearer told
rne that a friend in the Bevington road
hud just painted a bird on a fire-screen
and her cat flew at it. My own dog,
Scaramouch (a pet of the Duke of Albany's
iu his uuder-graduate days), disliked
being washed, and when I showed him a
large picture of a child scrubbing a fox
terrier iu a tub, he turned his head away
ruefully and would not look at his brother
iu adversity.
The Vanderbiits own several farms,
and each one is conducted on strict busi
ness principles and an account kept of
all expenses aud income. In this way
turnips are raised at a cost of $3 per
bushel, hay at $05 per ton and oats at
about Ave times what they can be lught
for at the feed stores
lion't AYaaiu Your Time
And money experiment. iiir witu doubtful
reiiit'Uiwa, whoa Lr. t'le ice's tiolilea Medical
Discovery ib bu por-niviy cerium la lUcu a
tivc Hi lion as to ui Tunt lie maiiulactuiera iu
tsiippi H to lua public, they aro doing
uinmu ui ujiiinn, uiiuci a uuiy cx ecu tea cer
1 ilii-,ite of iiuaru''tce. lliHt it will at-ooinolUh
all it is 1-ecou.uicmled lotto, or money paid for
il will be promptly iviunicd. It cures torpid
iivcr, ur uiuoumictj, inuiosuoa. or ayispepr-ia.
Hli humors, or blood taint-, rotu wiutover
caii.it- aiding, bkiu and Kcaip iliseases, aeroful-
(us aitL'ctitHiS (not t-xcupuiB.; coittsuinpt on, or
juiiB-bcroiuiaj. it utkeu lu tiOiQ aud giveu e
Thousands of cures follow the use of Dr.
buue b CaUtrrti liciocdv'. ;jO cenin.
The produclion of soap Iu KugUnd ia about
40,lhju urns pur m eeku
Oregou, the Faradiae of Firneri.
Miid, cqiietUe rliniitt' cert am and abundant
crops, nisi irmi, gi Kin, tcrans aij(j bucit cuuu
trv in the world. ull inioroiaiion lrw. A.l,
d.eaa Oregon ljiriuiMfu Hoard. lurUttud, Oie.
Many imitate "Tat.ftili'a 1'uncli" 6c. Cigar.
Pallets PtifinM be I.aytnt.
Young pullets ought all to be laying this
month. Latr hatched onea If not laying by
Feoember, will probably, if loft to them
selves, not lay before spring when eggs are
down to 15 cents per dozen. Therefore get
the pulloU to laying early when prices are
highest Rev. 8. W. Bquirra, of Franklin,
Mass., nays: "Last winter for twelve hens
I used four large cans of Bherlilan's Con
dition Powder. I believe it Ik the bnit pre
paration known to increase egg production.
1 saved part of the eggs for batehlng aftor
forcing the hens four months for all they
were worth with the Hherldan's Powder, and
1 never had a greaterper cent, of fertile epgs
or more vigorous chickens. I do not believe
I can afford to be without the Fowdor to
give health and vigor to young hens." Six
cans of Slierlilnn's Powder will pay a good
dividend in eggs. 1. fcj. Jchnsou & Co., J
Custom House Street, Boston. Mass. (the
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will send for AO cent, two packs of Powder;
for II. (X) Ave packs: for 1.20 a large 2iciin,
postpaid; six cans for "i.OO, expreuM prepaid.
A copy of the best Poultry paper for 6 cents.
Send stamps or cash.
A Chinese custom practised at San
Francisco is the throwing iuto tho ocean
of thousnuds of pieces of paper when
friends aro about to sail away. Each
paper bears, in Chinese characters, a
prayer. At a recent sailing the women
sat on the dock and uttered these papot
appeals to the sea geds, the friends on
the steamer doing the same thing.
The new steel practice vessel that is to
be built for tho cadets nt the Annapolis
Naval Academy will be of 800 tons dis
placement, and will bo fitted with triple
expansion engines that will develop 1200
horse-power with a speed of twelve and a
half knots.
Wonld Yea Believe
The Proprietor of Kemp's Balsam elves Thon-
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advertising would prove ruinous If tho Balsam
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Large else 50c. and $1.
Fbanch has 81,130 publlo schools and 5,000.
000 pupils.
Scrofula Humor
M)Ty little daughter'! lit wat nmrpd, m w twt
llvve, by Hood't ftarMparlll. lJpfore aha yrm tlx
ationtha old acrofula began to appear and In a abort
time she bad 7 running hoi-m, one pbytlctan ad
Tlsrd tbe amputation ot one of bor flngvri, to
which we iWufted anient. We brK&n firing ber
Hood'i SartiaparlUa. A marked Improvement waa
noticed after nhe bad taken only one bottle, and by
a continued uie of It her recovery was complete.
And Abe li now. being erven yean old, strong and
healthy. The other member of my family have
been greatly benefited by Hood's iSarsapariUa."-
B, O. J os us, Alna, Lincoln Co., Me.
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