SALUTES OX A MAN-OF-WAR."
MORS PUNCTILIOUS POLITENESS
THERE THAN ELSEWHERE.
8alut With Itiff ami I, It tie Gum
Cheering the Ship Manning the
Yupila Ot tier Oliacrvrnirea.
Most visitors to a mnn-nf-wnr arc
struck 1J the rlciimipss, onlrr ami rom
jwrtness of everything on hoard, where
o many men live so close together, ami
yet perfect discipline is preserved even
greater than the sane number in a regi
ment of soldieis. Hut a few momenta'
consideration will show that, in such a
confined space and with constant inter
course, great attention to forms and to
the exactions of respect must he shown,
to prevent such a mns of men, crowded
close together, from degenerating into a
moh. So we sec at every moment sa
lutes hy touching and raising the cap.
first hy the inferior in rank, hut always
scrupulously returned hy the superior,
while all the sentries salute passing oth
ccrs the junior hy raising the ham, to
the rille, while the latter is at '-the
carry," and senior otliccrs hy "presenting-'
arms. And this is done whenever j
they pass, if it he ten times in an hour.
It is ipiite an art to tire what is called
a "good salute" when the guns go otT ,
quickly, hut at perfectly regular inter
vals and nothint jars more upon the
naval ear than a sulutc in which gum
hang (ire and the interval is not pre- ;
served. I
In times as late as our war, salutes :
were commonly fired from the "battery," I
or broadside guns of any man-of-war. If
she was a tilty-gun frigate, but few of
her guns were ued, and none of those
fired requiring reloading, because no t
salute that could be fired required more
than twenty-one guns. Hut, in these
days of few and heavy guns, salutes are j
much less frequent, as such vessels are,
by common consent, not required to go j
through the ceremony.
Sometimes hiass howitzers, which are f
carried as boat-guns, are used in such i
Vessels for saluting purposes, and it is
most astonishing to see how rapidly a j
V ell-drilled howitzer crew can lire. j
The nuniberof guns allowed to othciaK ,
is as low as five for a Consul but it is
always an uneven number, for ever since
gunpowder was used an even number of i
guns was consideied unlucky anil the i
odd number observed. !
The writer well remember, the start
given hy the firing of three guns iu a
Yamen, or official residence of a high ;
Chinese official, as a party of Americans
were making an ofhVial visit. The Chi
nese salute is three guns and these three
were almost buried iu the earth of a !
court-yard through which the party had
to jmss, and were fired almost mvlu 1
their feet as they passed, causing a very .
natural start iu persona unused to that ;
way of showing respect. I
.Salutes with great guns occur more fro- j
queutly iu foreign porta than in our own, i
ms guns arc tired vipon the visit of foreign '
officers to our men-of-war, and also when
ours are returned. Then, on national j
holidays or anniversaries, foreign men-of-war
who happened to he iu port with the ;
vessel celebrating are all notified and re
quested to join in a salute, and probably i
in dressing the ship with flags. j
For instance, in Hio Janeiro, a great
naval stopping place, there will often be '
Brazilian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, 1
English, American and other men-of-war. !
Now, if the Fourth of July is at hand,
the American Admiral sends an officer j
round to each one, with his compliments,
and to say that on that day he will dress j
his ship with flags and fire a national sa- i
lute at noon; and each of the foreign
Captains sends back his compliments and
will be happy to follow his motions. So,
on the Fourth of July, in addition to the i
dressing of the ship, each one tires twenty. '
one guns. i
If a national salute is tired the flag of ,
the country saluted is hoisted at the
fore and hauled down at the last gun. li
it is a personal salute the jib is hoisted
with the first gun uud hauled down with ;
the la-st.
Often with very exalted persons, such
as Kings or Empe rors, or the President :
of the United Stales, theyardsare "man
tied;" that is, life-lines arc rove from the i
the rifts of the yards to the masts, and
the men stand upon the yards close to
each other.
, (Sometimes the crews arc ordered into
"(he lower rigging aud three cheers are
given, the time being marked by the rol
ling of '.'.rums. This is called "cheering
ship," and is often done when another
ship of the squadron, which has com
pleted her service, tails "homeward
bound."
In ships carrying bauds, it is custom
ary for them to play their national air-:
when a foreign man-of-war arrives or de
parts, and the ensign or national flag is
dipped in response to a similar courtesy
from foreign ship or forts, or in answer !
to the national air, played by a foreig.
baud.
Meu-of-war's boats salute each othe
in passing according to the rank of those '
in them. They either cease pulling am i
lie on their oars or toss them: or, if under j
suil, they let fly their sheets and then
gather them in again. At the same time
the midshipman or coxswain of the
junior boat rises aud touches his cap, as
do all the officers in each boat.
When coining on board or leaving th
ship officers are attended by the boat
bwain or his mate, with side-boys, who
are supposed to hand the mau-rope.
When there are uo mau-ropes the boys
stand on each side of the gangway and
"raise their caps, while the boatswain
pipes a long-drawn, peculiar sound from
his pipe. Iu addition to this the Admiral
or Commodore is received by the niariiu
guard, drawn up on the quarterdeck,
uud the roll of the drum.
When tin- colors are hoisted 01
lowered everybody uncovers and tic
music plays; and every one. officer 01
man, ou coming upon the quarterdeck,
which is the reserved spot for all cere
mony, touches his cap. Ul,lnt lhujt.
How to Cure a "Common Cold."
It may not be as widely known as it
deserves to be that twenty grains of sali
cylic acid, given iu liip amnion, acet.
three or four times a day, will so far con
trol a common cold that the aching of
tho brow, eyelids, etc., will cease in
few hours, while the siueziiigiuul run
ning from the nose will aho abate, aud
will disappear iu a few das: and, more
fortunate still, the cold will puss nit. and
not fiuish up, as is customary, with a
cough. llritlth Mrdiail Juarmtt.
Straw matting should be quickly
washed with soap ami water; and, if
rinsed iu salt water, it will turn Villi. -a
iu drying. Cane hutiom chairs may be
washed ill the miuic uiiiiiuer, and dried iN
flic open air,
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Several calculating machines rrceived
the gold medal at the Paris Exposition,
It i proposed to light up horses' heads
with electric light during fogs in Lon
don. The discovery on a Fiji plantation of
an antidote to the banana disease, will, it
is expected, prove most valuable in all
j tropical countries.
I The result of the examination of 9000
j school children in various cities of Amer
j ica and Europe is that the average of
! pupils who have defective hearing is
J twenty -six per cent.
In a little town of Schleswig-llolsteiu
then' is a tax exemption for dogs "that
sleep with their masters and mistresses
and so preserve them from gout, rheuma
tism and like pains,"
It is proposed determining air tempera
tures at great height by using thermome
ters which, by closure of an electric cur
rent when certain temperatures aro
reached, irivc a light signal. Small bal
loons containing these thermometers are
to be sent up at night.
A mortar which, it is claimed, will
stand in all sorts of weather, is made of
one bushel of unslackcd lime and three
bushels of sharp sand, to which is added
one pound of alum mixed with one pint
of linseed oil. The alum will counteract
the action of frost on the mortar.
A remarkable chemical tct for Asiatic
cholera has been suggested to an Italiau
medical journal by M. Hujwid. Hydro
chloric acid added to a culture broth
containing the cholera microbes is as
serted to give a violet color, which does
not appear unless these particular germs
are present.
The Swedish Count. M. Hjornstjerna,
suggested more than forty years ago, in a
book on "The Theogony of the Hindoos,"
that, as both poles must have been cooled
to a suitable temperature at the same
time, tho earfh might have been peopled
from the north pole with its white races,
ami from the south pole with its colored
races.
The ancient copper mines on Lake Su
perior are stated by Professor Newberry
to have been abandoned not less than
four hundred years ago, as is proven by
the growth of forest trees over the rub
bish heaps; and the old mica miues
of North Carolina and the serpentine
quarries of the Alleghanics show like
evidences of antiquity.
During the past year no ashes have
been thrown up by Vesuvius, and conse
quently the surrounding crops were not
destroyed. The sublimations of the
smoke issues were relatively scarce. (In
various occasions the detonations and the
red-hot projectiles thrown up with the
large quantities of smoke indicated
greater eruptive power.
After three years of the incandescent
light in the house of a gentleman in Eng.
laud, iu which wm a collection of fine
water colors, he finds that some of the
more delicate pigmcuts have begun -to
fade. The are light has been found far
richer iu artinie rays than the incandes
cent. Magnesium light approaches near
est to that of the sun iu tho proportion
of colored rays.
The use of luminous paint is rapidly
growing iu this country. England has
heretofore had the monopoly of a lumin
ous paint which it has sold at $3 per
pound. Other couutries, however, have
entered into the competition, and Austria
is now producing a paint which is placed
ou the market at fifty cents per pound.
It is said to be made from roasted oyster
shells aud sulphur.
A curious watch has been brought out
in France. The dial is transparent, but
there are no works behind it, and the
hands appear to move by magic. The
secict lies iu concealing the works at the
edge of the case and comniuuicatiug the
motion to the hands by means of a glass
disc, which acts as a toothed wheel. This
disc revolves between the front and back
of the dial, which are both of glass, and
hence its motiou is unperceived.
What Chinamen Eat.
What are little girls made of
Nuar and spiee, and everything nice,
That's what little girls are made of.
What are little boys made of
P.nts and snails, and puppy-dog's tails,
That's what little boys are made of.
This nursery rhyme is especially true
of the little boys of China, writes Frank ,
G. Carpenter, the well-known cor
respondent. There are thousands of
almond-eyed, yellow-skinned, pig-tailed
little ones throughout South China who
consider the above menu a feast. I
visited rat restaurants and watched the
cooking of dogs and cats in the soup. I
priced dried rats at many a butcher shop,
and was offered plump, juicy pussies for
less than the cost of their raising. I was
told that the flesh of dogs would make
brave the men who ate it, aud I watched
not a few people who smacked their lifts
us they conveyed bits of cat from their
bowls to their mouths. These Chinese,
dog restaurants ure largely patronized by
the poor people of Canton. They ure
usually ou the ground floor, and they
consist of a kitchen at the front and a
dining-room iu the rear. From nails ou
the wall and iu the ceiling hang the
dressed bodies of dogs, which look not
uulikc the carcasses of pigs, uud which
hang tail downward. Just below these
upon great beds of coul or in oven-like
stoves, are pots in which dog und cat
stews simmer away. The meat is cut up
into bits as big as the cud of your
linger, anil it is fried with chestnuts and
garlic iu oil, or is stewed into a sort of
soup. At the restaurant which I visited
I was told that I could have a pint bowl
of cat flesh for ten cents, and as a special
dainty I was offered fried cat's eyes uf
two cents apiece. The cats are skiuncd
before cooking, but 'he dogs are pre
pared for the pot iu the same way that
we make our pork. They arc killed and
the bodies ure soused in boiling water to
get the hair off. A little hair is always
left on the end of the tail to show the
color of the dog, for the meat of a black
dog is worth twice that of the yellow
variety, and black cat's flesh is a
dainty. In some parts of China you can
buy dried and smoked dogs' hams, and
some regions make a business of export
ing them. The season for rats is the
winter, and cats are good ut any time of
the year.
On the 1th of lust July Nathaniel
(ireeu and wife, one of the oldest couples
iu Fulton County, lia., held a family re
union ut their home, a few utiles north
of Atlanta. There were present 102 ol
their (hildr. u and grandchildren. Tim
table at which they ate dinner was fifty
feet long. Siuco the 4th of July there
have been nine birtlts in (lie family, which
.make the total 17U- '
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
XaTIONS FOR CALVED W THE WINTER.
For tho best growth of calves in the
winter they should be fed and treated as
the cows aro. As they aro M quarrel
some as other animals, they should be
tied up each in its place, so that each can
get its sharo of food. An excellent food
for calves is made up of cut hay of the
best kind, wetted and mixed with for
ten pounds of it ono pound of corn
meal and three pounds of bran. This is
enough for two calves per day, with as
much good clover hay as will bo eaten
clean. Salt should be added in the same
proportion as for the cows.. Amrrienn
Ajriettlturitt,
TIIK rori.Tnv VAllP.
It has been thought for many years,
says a writer in the Country Utntlrman,
that broken oyster nnd clam shells, if
not necessary, were beneficial to fowls
whether laying or not, and some pro
fessional poultry keepers to tho contrary
I think they are, for my fowls when let
out, go for the pilo of shells and cal
them as they would corn, and I think if
the shells were not of some service to
them they would not do that, and I also
think thev are good substitutes for sharp
gravel, which cannot always be got as
easy as shells. Again, I frequently have
read that a yard of fowls having no cock
with Ihem would lay more eggs and be
less inclined to set than where there were
cocks, and as I thought that would be a
saving of feed I concluded to try it, and
in each experiment have lost more than
ten per cent, in number of eggs compared
with other yards under same circuni-
fanccs, except tho company of male
irds.
rnovinK shki.tkh row STOCK.
Every farmer who keeps stock should
ce that they arc protected from exposure
it this season. As a rule good stock,
good feed and good care go together, and
wherever you see animals only half fed
and with little or no care, you will see
poor slock, (food shelter lessens from
one-fourth to one-third the amount of
feed necessary to keep the stock in a
good condition, while better health and
thrift will he maintained, mid the best of
stock will not thrive unless good care is
taken. If stock are well sheltered they
will not only do with less feed, hut in the
spring they will come out with another
coat, looking sleek and thrifty; whereas,
the same stock if left during the winter
exposed to the stormy and frigid weather,
would not only require more feed, but
conic out in the spring with their hairs all
rough and coarse thus presenting any
thing but a thriving and paying appear
nee. It is a saving of dollars and cents
o provide comfortable shelter for all the
arm stock worth keeping. Xeie 1'ori
Vitncti. W IXTEH CAKE OF T.EES.
There is but little opportunity in whi
ter to give bees attention, and the pro
per time to put them iu shape is during
the autumn months. Feeding should all
be done before cold weather sets in, and
they should bo settled in their winter
quarters before real winter is ut hand.
It Often occurs th'it wintni. f.vort.iL-i.ti ,id
with colonies that lack food. In such j
eases we cannot possibly use. syrup for
food, as the winter is too cold for the
bees to seal it over, and unsealed stores
will not serve properly for winter. The
moisturo which always arises from the
Vices iu cold weather enters the unsealed
honey nnd dilutes it, making it very un
wholesome. Our only resort, therefore,
for feeding in cold weather is to make
candy und use it. This is a very good
and healthful food if properly made and
administered. It is made from granula
ted sugar by melting it, adding a little
water no more than will thoroughly
melt the sugar when it is boiled a few
minutes and poured out into cakes or
slates of three or four pounds each.
When cool this becomes very hard, ul
most like rock candy. In feeding this i
18 placed on frames just over the cluster
of bees where they can have access to it
nt all times. When iu this position it
receives the heat arising from the bees
aud they remain on it all the time. It
is so hard that it will lust them a long
while. This candy may be given beesnt
intervals during winter, and colonies
may bo brought througU in good shape
that would have otherwise perished.
This, or any other work that is uecessary
to do with bees in winter, should be
done on warm days. It will not do to
molest them on a cold day, bi:t it should
always be done on days when the bees
are flying. American Atjriculturut,
SETTINU TI1EICS.
The principal objection to setting out
trees in the fall is the damage that is
often done through the winter by thaw
ing aud freezing. If, however, the work
is to be done, care must be taken to have
the soil well prepared. Plow well, and
harrow until in a good tilth. Iu digging
or preparing the places for the trees, be
sure there is plenty of room for the roots,
so that they can be spread out evenly and
naturally.
The soil should be well loosened up in
the bottom. If manure is to be applied
uround the trees, care should be taken to
incorporate thoroughly with the soil. It
is not a good plan, where it can be
avoided, to have manure to come into
direct contact with the roots of the trees,
unless it be compost. Keep the roots
moist and see that they are not, or have
not been, injured by frost. Spread them
out evenly and (ill in with dirt. After
the roots are well covered, tramp down
well so that the soil will come iu close
contact with the roots. Fill up well
around the stem of the trees.
A good plau is to make a mound
around the tree, as this will not only aid
to protect from injury by thawing and
freezing, but be a help iu preventing
mice from doing injury.
(iood drainage must iu all cases be fur
nished. Never allow water to stand
around tho roots of any kind of fruit
plants. The surest plan of avoiding this
is to provide good drainage in the fall.
After the ground freezes, a good mulch
should be put uround each tree. Old
straw, bagasse, or coru fodder, are all
good materials. As this is applied to
keep the soil at as even a temperature as
possible, rather than as a protection, it
will be best not to apply too early. Wait
until the ground freezes hard, und then
apply.
Protection must also be given against
rabbits, and this should be applied early
generally when the trees are set out
ill order to lessen the risk.
A plat should always be made of the
on-hard in setting out (he trees, so that
iu ease the labels should get lost, there
will be no danger of the names of the
varieties being entirely lost, Jf the
work is carefully done, tho trees mulched
in good season, and properly protected,
fall-planting will succeed fully as well as
spring; hut considerable loss is often oc
casioned by carelessness in this work.
Prnrie Farmer,
TriR MANt nt? Jl'KSTION.
"Whnt is to be done with the manure
in tho winter!'' Our practice was to
clean the stables onco a day, draw tho
nianuro direct to the field six days a
week, and dump in piles where it re
maincd till spring, when it is spread and
immediately plowed tinder. There is
one objection to this; sometimes the land
will be in condition to plow excepting
these piles, wlteto it will bo frozen too
solid to admit of plowing. A corre
spondent of the (lermantown (Penn.)
Tlejri)ih gives his way of making nnd
spreading manure as follows:
.My horse and cow stables havo double
doors and the space behind the nuimuls
is wide enough to admit of a cart to take
out the manure. I prefer not to clean
out the stables oftcner than twice a
week, but if the cow manure is very
soft 1 clean them out every day, or every
second day, according to tho circum
stance of having nn abundance or scar
city of litter. After the ntanttro is put
in the cart, if there should be any urino
in the channel behind the cows, it is
carefully baled out and poured on top of
the load ot manure, and by the time it
reaches the field the liquid is trickling
ou the ground, but not much is lost. The
dripping manure is then drawn out of
the tail end of the cart and deposited in
some half dozen heaps with a dung drag,
and immediately spread. The land thus
receives all the virtue that is in the ma
nure, which sinks down iu the ground,
and none of the "gaseous matter escapes
up iu the clouds." After the essence of
the manure has all sunk in the ground,
the straw remains on the surface as a
mulch, which is nu ellcctivo agency to
improve hind. l!y this method of manur
ing I get my corn ground covered during
the fall and winter, thus avoid hav
ing the leached carcass from the barn
yard saturated with water, ami dragged
out through the mud in the spring at u
busy time. While manuring my field in
winter I keep the manure spread iu a
straight line, and put up guide poles nt
each end of the line so'that if snow falls
I will know where to spread the manure.
I find by experience that manure and
snow when iu partnership make a strong
fertilizing firm, which, when dissolved
by the sun, shows qflitc as good a result
in the following crop as any other mode
of applying manure.
For more than thirty ytears I have tied
my cows iu the stable, every night in
summer just the same as in winter, with
out any detriment to a siagle animal.
My object in doing this is two-fold.
First, I make nu extra quantity of ma
nure ; second, my cattle are in a safe place,
which relieves me from care and anxiety,
consequently 1 can sleep soundly. Dur
ing the winter myhoiu'd stock have
only a couple of hours each day out iu
the yard just long eumigh to cat their
mess of corn stalks atul get a drink.
Cows when used to being stabled dislike
to stay long out in the cold, nnd evince
great alacrity to get indoors where it is
warm and comfortable. My jtroceduni
iu manipulating manure by handling it
only once and placing it. wlu?o none of
its virtues can be lost, I thiiik is much
better than the old-fashioned way with
the wheelbarrow, taking the manure in
tho barnyard to lay in tho drenching
niiu till spring, then to be handled again,
being soggy and heavy, with the ammo
nia pretty much precolatml through it
and lost. Oftentimes it is not conven
ient to apply the manure in some corner
of the fielil whereon it is to be spread.
FARM AND (iAUDEN NOTES.
Irregular feeding makes thin horses,
even if the quantity given is good.
A stiff brush in the stable, judicotisly
used ou farm horses, is a good horse doc
tor. A half n dozen varieties each of sum
mer and winter apples that aro adapted
to the season ami the market will pay
better than a great number.
Charcoal is much appreciated by the
fowls. The best is formed of charred
grain. Corn rousted like coffee and fed
twice a week would no doubt pay for thu
trouble.
One serious error in poultry keeping is
the custom of keeping hens until they be
come too old to be, profitable, because
they were favorites or good layers. Dis
pose of them or you will suffer much
loss.
It is a great waste to burn leaves gath
ered along the roadsides, for they make
excellent bedding for stables, and that
uso served they am worth all cost of
gathering if used as manure for garden
or lawn.
A warm stable need uot be an expen
sive one. You can stop up the cracks
with laths, and lino tho inside of tho
stable with straw, nailing ou sufficient
laths over the straw to keep it in place.
This will make a warmer wall than a
double-boarded otie, and bo vistly
cheaper.
(rather fine speciineus of hickory nuts,
butternuts, chestnuts, etc., and either
plant them now where you desire then;
to stay, or pack them iu sand a little moist
and keep for spring plauting. There ure
very many farms the values of which
could be largely increased by having ou
them a thriftly growing young nut
orchard.
(lather tho leaves which collect iu the
fence-corner.':, all trash along fences, soils
which are slipping away into the road,
all the scra,iut;.s about cowyard, pigpen,
chickciiyard, etc.. and place them in the
barnyard, to be incorporated willt the
manure. A large quantity of valuable
fertilizer can be collected on any ordi
nary farm.
There is considerable nourishment in
apple pomace, and it is worth saving if
fed as it should be. It is not a perfect
ration, and to allow slock to cut a great
deal of it is to in jure them, lint that
also is true of eating apples before the
juice is pressed out. To grain-fed stock
a little apple pomace fed daily is a good
thing. It keeps their appetite good and
prevents over feeding of grain from in
juring them.
A Frenchman, attracted by the high
price of the oil of the rose geranium,
proposes to set out an acre or mote of the
plants next spring. He thinks that the
yield will be at least fifty pounds to the
aire.
A monstrosity in the shape of a culf
with four eyes, four nostrils und four
cars, and a mouth like a fish, is exciting
the citizens of Jcuuings Township, Ind,
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Carnations are coming greatly Into
uso for bridal bouquets.
Oriental designs rontfcmio to be popu
lar in dress decorations.
Figured goods and combinations aro
used in great variety in black costumes
now.
The "Empire" and "Diroctoirc" styles
have passed the zenith of their pros
perity. Fur trimmings upon cloth toques may
bo light or dark, the aim being to con
trast. The "sling" sleew Is now worn with
inner sleeves in bellstrcoat shapo to pro
tect the arms.
A combinatiomof two kinds of fur on
one shoulder cape is a fashionable feat
ure of the season.
A girl of seventeen has just ascended
Mount Ararat, and (ho feat, seems to be
thought remarkable.
The reign of black hose is ended and
new stockings npear in an endless va
riety of brilliant effects.
Striped cloths are gaining favor for
combinations, the stripes being rather
wide and set some distance apart.
Mew Paris bonnets present starting
combinations of color, and are fashioned
iu very odd and picturesque shapes.
The Queen of Kouuianiii wrote a drama
called "l lvahda," and composed a song
while undergoing tho massage cure.
Dr. Amelia H. Edwards, who is lec
turing in this country, says America will
furnish the noted women of the future.
The height of bounds has diminished
very perceptibly but they arc still raised
above the forehead and lowered nt the
back.
Helta of every description aro now
worn entirely encircling the waist or ex
tending from the side seams across the
front.
Miss Lillian Lewis, colored, of the
Huston lltroltl, has been elected a mem
ber of the New England Woman's Press
Association.
.Mrs. Campbell, wife of the new Gov
ernor of Ohio, is a Yassar graduate, hav
ing entered the college iu 1865, the year
it was opened.
A novelty iu fringed trimmings i the
passementerie sash, which may be had in
various widths and colors, nnd has deep
sewing-silk fringes.
A beautiful new dinner gown has n
bodice anil train of short blue and rose
velvet opening over a draped petticoat of
creamy Hrussells lace
Small bonnets are being covered
smoothly with velvet nnd have close set
garniture and narrow "made" strings
fastened with fancy pins.
lttissian sable is not only popular now
as collars aud borders upon velvet aud
cloth dresses, but also upon evening
gowns of velvet, satin or tulle.
Mrs. Henjamin Harrison's favorite des
sert is a dish of pie made with a single
crust, filled with pumpkin custard and
finished with a two-inch dressing of
whipped cream.
Mr. Clemens (wife of Mark Twain) is
a sweet, lovely, refined woman, but a
serious drawback to her husband's hap
piness is the fact that she cannot appre
ciate his jokes.
Miss Caroline Fitzgerald, of Litchfield,
Conn., who married Lord Edmund Fitz
maurice, is not quite two and twenty,
yet she has written a book of poems and
got it published.
Eveniug bonnets arc finished with
forty-inch strings of narrow black or very
dark colored velvet attached to the back
of the frame aud brought around the neck
to tie uuder the left ear.
Madame do Valsayu, the foremost
champion of woman's rights in France,
has retired from the league because it
was resolved that men should be ex
cluded from its assemblies.
Mine. Carnot, wife of the French
President, is now the acknowledged
leader of the fashion in Paris, and has
a wardrobe that would make Queeu
Elizabeth green with envy.
Tho Empress Frederick, of (rermuiiv.
has ordered a present of money to bo
made to each of tho women and girls
who
io were employed in making her daugh
, Princess Sophie's trousseau.
ter
To Mrs. Captain Paget, daughter of
Mrs. Paran Stevens, of New York, credit
is due for introducing in America tho
black tarpaulin hat over which fashiona
bles under fifty have become so frantic.
There has not been a winter for many
a year when it was possible to have skirts
so light and yet fashionable, but the
tailors persist iu making them heavy by
facing the underskirt unnecessarily high.
The ex-Empress of Brazil, Theresa, is
sixty-seven years old. She is a daughter
of the lute King Francis I., of the Two
Sicilies. She is said to be a woman of
gentle manners and simple domestic
tastes.
Many of the fashionable "plaited"
skirts are not plaited at all, but strips or
folds are laid, overlapping each other on
the skirt, so as toufford opportunities for
the introduction of contrasting material
iu a simple way.
An orgauizutiou of devout ludies, cull
ing themselves Sisters of the People, is
laboring in London, uuder the direction of
the Hev. Hugh Price Hughcs,to briugthe
much neglected upper classes to a series
of special services.
A dish washing machine has becu in
vented by an Indiana housewife, who has
spent ten years trying to obviate the ne
cessity of feminine labor in "washing
up." Her invention w ill scald, wash,
rinse uud dry from five to twenty dozen
dishes in two minutes, according to the
size of the machine.
Is it economy to Rave A few cents huyln&r a
cheap snap or strong washing powder, and wm
tltillar iu ruintd rotud ciuthos' It nut, use
JJuhhius'tt Klectric Koup, v hite as snuw, aud
as purt. Ask yuur grocer for It.
Jhe Chliu'rtu liovernnieut Is buying heavy
Krupp guild fur the northern furu.
Last Winter
!wai troubled bo badly with rheumatUm In my
i 1kIiI should it and joint or my lej a uot to be able
it walk. 1 took, llood'4 Karsaparlll, and now
c'ou't feel any aches or pain anywhere, and It not
only Mopped the toreneui in my ahoulder and
jciuu, Lut make me feel aa lively at ft ten-year-fid
boy. Jtell uewupapert right In
TUB MIDDLK OF TMK bTRlCCT
every day In the year, and hare bee a doln ofr
nve yearn, aud stand Uitf on the eold Hone alu't no
picnic, 1 can lull you. lean be aeen every day lit
ine year at coruur Tompklui and lie It alb Avenue.
W. W, HoWAttO, Urooklyu, N. Y.
Hood's Sarsaparllla
fold by nil druggist. l;llzfor$s. Prepared only
Ly C. I. IUxjU Co., Apotkerarlea, Lowell, Maw.
100 Doses One Dollar
Pom Faollnh rOrt
Allow a couirh to run until It roU bfvynn.1 tlt
rrtarh of medicine. Thr ofton fiayt "Oh, ft
will wear away," but In moat ease It wear
lhrra away. I'niild they bn I nil need to try thr)
tncceasful medicine railed Komp's Balsam,1
which ts nld on a posit fva guarantee to curs
they would linninllaloly sen tu eieellent ef
frrt after tnklntt the flrst dnsn. I"rlee COe. and'
fl, 'lYtiti rliefrrr. At all ilriiinrta.
Thr demand for small enlna Is so grent thnt
fit Mint at Philadelphia Is working night and
day to supply It,
llcin-'a Thlut j
We offer One Hundred Dollar reward for
any caeof entnrrli Utat cannot be cured by
takinu HalTs t'nlitrrh Cure.
K .1. Chunky Co., l'rop., Toledo, O.
Wo, tho undersigned, have known K ,T.
rheney for tho last years, and helleva him
perfectly hnnoralilo In nil Imslnesn transac
tion, nnd financially aide to carry out any ob
HirHtlnns made by their firm.
West Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Waldlntr. Klnnnn Marvin, Wholesale Drug-
glsl". Toledo, Ohio.
E. II. Van Jlnesen, Cashier Toledo National
Hank, Toledo, Ohio.
Hnll's Cutiu-rli Cut' Is taken Infernally, art
Itiic directly upon the Mood and mucous nnr
faeea of the system. Testimonials sent freo.
l'rlce :.V. or hoi Ho. Hold hy all lirttnglsta.
Morvon n cents In Cnnada report favorably
Ttpon the Canadian northwrat aa a refuge lor
the saints.
A t'nre ol Catarrh
In the fteid, as well as all bronchial, throat
and lung diseases, tf taken In time, in effected
bv using Dr. Pierce's (iolileli Medical Discov
ery, or money paid for It will be promptly re
turned.
A more pleasant physio
Ynu never wilt nnd
Thau Pierce's small "lndlcta,"
Tho I'litvotlve kind
A nmtsr has been known to live to the atre
of sixty-two, but averages from tweuty to
thirty.
Oreffan, the Paradise al 1'irmrrs,
Mild, equable climate, en-tain and abundant
crops, pest fruit, grain, grass and stock vuun
try In tho world. Full Information free. Ad
dress Oregon lin'lcfHt'n Hoard. Portland, Ore
If afflicted with sore eves use Dr. Isaac Thomtv.
ti'li's k.yi liter. Druggists sell at i'w.per bottle
A Chicago rtrngjlst retailed ever lon.ntkj
TnnsiU's Punch" IV. cigar in four months.
Both tlie method and results when
fcyriip of Figs is taken ; it ia pleasant
ond refreshing to the taste, and act
fentlyyet promptly on theKidneys
.iver and Uowels, cleanses the sys
tern elTectually, dispels colds, head
nches and fovers and cures habitual
constipation. Hymn of Figs is iio
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and a
ceptable to the stomach, prompt ia
its actiou and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable rubstances,
iU many excellent qualities com.
mend it to all and havo made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60o
and $1 bottle8by all leading drug,
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it ou hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAM FRANCISCO, CU
IWrSVIUE. Kf HCW YOltK. H t.
ins
By J. Iluinlliou Ayrra, A. .11.. M. II.
1 Thla U most valn:ibl bk for thn hotmetmH,
loaollll.'is U d-4 llm UAHll UHllll(lllili d kvinp.
Ionian I .iirtVroui dlaci, thw cituxfi and mnim of
ItreviMitlii Kiicti tiiM-.vM. aud Hit imp t.l ivtiif lli
vrhlcl. will allrvlatt or cm v. ,1MS puft urofiim'ly
lltiistrau-il. Thi' Imi k In wrlttcu lu plitln evcrv-day
KuKllxh, uml Ik Tree from ttit t-iiiU-iil term wlilcU
feutlcr inoit doctor hi iltn o yu!iu-I u I Ik rcuit-
Hijr of rcaoVr. Duly title. pol.,UI. Ulvea com
.lelt atutljftlM itf evfry'Uiiix HTiaiiiin tocourtnlitp,
limrriHMC and th prxlui'(io-i und roaring of healthy
Imulli-'M; tu.zctlicr lt!t aliiuiilu rtvlpc und pre
IcrlptliniH, fxpUiiiitl'm ut botu U-al ui'tclUv. cr
reel uk of ordinary Uurhn. With tliU book Iu the
iiue thre la n jlcih for n i( kuowtutc w twit to
do In an nuTKi'ttcy. Hi -ml po-,ttd uotr or pontn 10
it tan i pit uf any (lcuuinlnutUn uot larKcr ttiu i ccuta
HO IU FIH. Hot HK. Ill Utuu.nl fu., . V. t'.ly.
"d WHISKEY HAB
1T8 cured at home wi Lo
om pat a. book of :ir
. Ocular aent FREE.
a "Law i a, Ua.
. b. M.WOuU.Ki. M. U"
itttic fttHtf Wtutoball St.
PENSIONS
If you want your
pciiriiou m ithout
dfttty, put our
cliitiu In thi luindj
ol Jtl-tci'tl 41,
allVrt-.K, ATTOItNKY.
V . I. MM. TON, 1, V,
1 fff fff IViMoiia want our DICK AM
I II 111 II ait'l l'orliiiiTUur. IJU
I llllll HIIIl I14'. 4VO- Hy " '' " 1"
AVWWjUSl money or MlufiiM. lUltt I.4Y Jt (' .,
a N. St'vcitiii St., 1'uiU IciuiiU. Atfciiin Wh u it'd.
brat ytm f dnUil I fl Aflil in 4.V(ry way
Cull ti li'jrui'.l fr Hit Mu. tin I, If imt lu-ir a .Scliool
Scnrt for circular. I'. s. hTiJfo hiai-ii Co., si, Um s
OPIUM
1IAILIT. Only Crriiiiu mid
tuny 1 I It in Urn WurliL ir,
J. I.. M M'KK.NS, l.eoanou.u
riRMlml HniiM'ifnr !-nlc.' t end slump fur IM
f N M'OllNfcll, K. Auioni, N. V.
1 Oil Hi up, 1 Bin.I Kli.r, M. ii King-, I l'i,
iMU-V-raii l'l.t.irr.. KlirL.li.ma A I-1, . '...I.
iiu.i.iui I
U I Of. ALMlN CU..la IUim.Ll
Boat Coupli Medici no.
Lures wliorn ull ! faiU.
EVERT Ml
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miuieii iii mi iv wiinoui oujectlou. tly uriiiffrtHta,
I
ll(. KOMll.t-ICS PAVOUITK COLIC AIIXTl UK - ,
for all do mt, otic uuuualH, will cure lt; out of evei y ltKeae of colic, w he titer rlat
tilent or cpanii Mile, Harel.v liiore thau 1 or i dos. s niH CMai y. II di- not t'ou
htfpate, rather acta as a taiatue and U entirely harm lew . Alter -'t tuih i,f trial
In inofe than ;mo-i eases, our guarantee Is wurih noinetlilmf. I'ulW munt b
lrHlftl pro in pi ly. Kxttetid a few eeui ami you have a cure ou li.tud, rt inly
when needed, and ierhupt nave a valuahle hitrsu. It uot at your di uyuUt's.!
CUclobU JO ceutB for unple bottle, Kent prepaid.
Atl.He U. UOt-.lt I. Kit A (., Melhlebem. I'n.
mum Dr. Keiiler'4 "inwif. t'-Wie j H'v -nfrf tuUu t ummi U Dr. Korhh
Xi.rtum riyht uUmy u ith auccfji. Jt ti ianrit lWio Mt-tturr.". UuuUt
tit Uat folic uHtiicime J have rrrr teiu I no 6 uitwtit it as tuny ti tea tiavj
JSAAO Jdutuj, Ilurto Datlt-r, I hum. ISAAC .WO.SK.V Jt liiHK, I
Jtruuklyu, Mm la.-. .Snftf tind '., u-' Stttbhd, i-.attun, aJ
SWIFT doauumVi,con REVOLVER.
IJNEQUALLEO
:
S3
try, Heauty, .EadSSMa5afci
Material and Workmaimhip,
A3 PERFECT A PISTOL. A3
CAN'POSSIBLY BE MADE.
If your dmler ili'fs not h ire it, u e will
putmul on receipt of prire.
Sriul 6 In kluinpa for our lol)-nir lllui
trulil 4'Klaloirue uf fliirni. lrlilMM it..u..i.
2
r, Tullce limnln, S.or'lnB ,oo,l. ol'all khiil.. etc
1 Au t'alaU.g,te uutLtrue tilt pju,hj uh It ujMtriM V.
JOHNP.LOVELL ARMS CO Manufacturers, Boston, Mass.
CAUTION.
No other Liniment made to resemble '
ST.JilCODSOIX
COMrARU AVITH IT.
Bt. Jacobs Oil is
TIIK 11EHT, V
ANT THAT IS WHY ITS ClUM ARB
PROMPT AND PERMANENT.
AT PRtTOdlSTf) NI PKAI.IM. i
tHE CHARLES a.VOOELER CO.. BalHmdrs, M..J
N Y N VJ-3'i I
Ely's Cream BalmD
CATARRll.lH
App'y Palm into each iioMrll, i VTr sj1
FXY Hints., M Warron St., N. v fr Vlr
In tho World. If 1 1 1 1 I IU HOWE'S Cel
ebrated No. 19 f U L 1 1 1 6 T K IU 0
V POIt $1.00. (
' Kill I act 4 Rirlnir. . Pent Italian Htrlns. 3V,
rneh. l.jrw Old Vt.illn and M vnrlrtlrn VltV.ln,
YIoUa, (Vllnn and It nut a, flM. lo$M,m. Violin t ,
IIowm, Nnrkfl, T"p. Hack, Yum Mi and all nMlw, '
Music Honk for all Initrumciu. Itnt aMrim'j!tt,
luwpat prlcon In America, hrnd for catulonuc.
KUAN HoWK, H-M'ourt Htrcct, Hontoii, ln..
DO YOU WANT MONEY?
I. 'arable t yournrlf. to, li, 13 year Iro n no v
If llvhn
1. raynhla In yonr famllr to your Mtnti tf
rliarltiiilf Institution, to aiiy pTon or uojo.;t .f
you n Mould (llo wlllihi the porlod twdoott I.
YOU CAN PROVIDE SUCH IW
1. JMOHK CKKTAIM.V,
I tf. rtlOKK KAMI I. V,
3. FOll A Mil A I.I.Kit OI'TI.AV.
lljr mrana al a I'ollrr or lloml, In t!is
New York Lite Insurance Go;
(AaarlN n ho lit M OO.OIIO, IMIOi
than In any other wv. Write to thu lioM KOKr't'T !,
3'lti and , IS llromlwny. Nw York. MMln t
ouraKfai ncttrcit hirthdny, your wlnhci, nn 1 tao
amount you ran Invent anmisdlv, and ftgurfM will
I went for your couildrrailoti. I'Ichm uieutlou till
Advcrtlwmeut.
MANY MEN FIND THAT
- i
Storm, mnwt, drenching rains, and furious windt
are apart of the regular routine of life. Two-thirda
of the tick nets through lite i cauwd by coldi you
cannot b too well protected in tormy weather to
avoid them. A man having a " Kith lirapd Slick
rr"may be exposed to a storm for twenty-four
hours at a stretch, and still be protected from avery
drop of rain, besides being shielded from tha
biiius; winds. No matter what your occupation,
if you ara liable to be caught in a rain or snow
storm, you xbould have on hand a ' Kith Brand
Slicker.' It will surely save yrur health, and
perhaps your life, llrwre of worthiest imitation,
every eatment stamped with the "Fish llrand'
Trade Mark. Ion't accent any inferior coat when
you do have the " l-Vh llrand Slicker " delivered
without extra cost. Particulars and illustrated
catalog ut free.
A. J. TOWER, - Boston, Mail '
JONES
J I 13
PAYS THE FREIGHT
, Ten iiuon prnlrei
Iron l-ors htt-rl lU'itrJiitr, Uraaf
istv ilvaiM ami luu iiwt for
BOO.
Ertrr ular Rralc '. frrc pri lM
m nt i on thm ja-r hhI hMm-"
JONES OF BINGHAMTON.
II IMJ II A M TON . N. V.
OPIUM HABIT. I
A Vuliiulle TroatlKO (ilvlncr
lull Informational an Ku.y huiI .SKMly fur. fret lo
IbvBffllctt!. I'h. J. I. llotrHwJrntTMiu.W lUHHtflln.
linUC "Tt;iY. Uook kropliK, lluaiiiiv! Form-.
ItUInC ruuiniui.bJp, ArllbutpUc, bhort-hautl.eta
1 1 Ili-jroujaJy laiuut bjr M AIL (.'Uvular. Irw.
Iliyaat'a l alleaa. 4-17 Main sc., bufluio, N. v
DETECTIVBS
WulH ahirw.l mm to act uudrr tQitrnrMlnn- In Arcrvt Herttoe
tf Ud iMrntailtn rrcf Ufl th luWiiftilontl Htlrctl?,
tirkuBftR'i Wnriitm Ailnti t'rftiiA. (Irtonan l'ocfe OtvLlerr of
Noted VrimlnBli. Tho In threat M In rlrt-tiri hRiu.a, or Jlr
In ; to ti" ddtvthi' ctut Hmi f.ir parti -iitar. Rrui lo rural lof
U, Uk !: UkTKtTIKllI ttt-.Kl It Airsdr.t'laclaaaU a
Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
Lai Prluelpnl Linminrr U 8. l'enaiou nureaa.
LI ) yr lu lut hot, li aU:diea(iug ciatuiM, attv sluoa.
FRAZERG.LJ
UXfT IN TIIK WOULD U R t H O E
' M JotthoVouulnt P jJ4 iSTerjrvTbarc - -
n J. Ilnniiltan Arr, A M AI
Thi U a most valuihln bfktlc for the botiwdiold,
tf anhhijj uh It d es Cm tumly-dUtta tutud vmp
timttr dlnVreNi dil -atea, tho t-uuiMn anil ineaut of
prevfiitliK aima 1ts.':t4tj, iiikI the Himplent rem I Irs
whL'ti will allevtato oruuiv. .IMS pamM profanely
lllu t-ile 1. Tho i k In wflttt-u In (ltn fvei v-du'y
KuHsh, and 14 tru front th l.c luteal termi whteli
rentier moe doctor b ok ho valueless U the gwuer
allty of reader. Only fille. postpaid. ULtus a e.m-plft-
analynU of ovryt liinn perlululiiK to eoiirtntilp,
marriage atil th prod net to 'i ami rearing of hoallliy
fu!ulll"n; torfettVT with valuable reel pen und pre
aerlpUoiis, t-xplmiuti.iu of but uiU-al pratlee, oop.
reet u.-h of ordinary berln. With Mils book In tho
huute there Ik no excuse for imt knowiug what to
do lu au emereney. Hmi postal uotvA or postage
lamp, of auy denomination uot lariror thau 5 eeuts.
BOUa rt Ik Hot he, ul Uisara a., .1. V. Cil,.
HcoommendiHl hy Pliysioiiui!).
Pleasant und uuiouablo to tho
P2"-5i2ie!J caei Mien.
.m in'u.siute io inrow ine
tirrel 0Di!n'whB '
discharged.
38 Cal.
Using S. 4 W.
seiui
Cartriilgot
For Sata
by all
EVERY Ml
ins
mwm
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11.
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