LAND OF " THE AMAZONS.
THE HORniBLS ANNtTAIi MAS8A
! CUES IN DAHOMEY.
How tho Army of Female Wurrlor la
necrultpl I-tlIi Woililj IKiml
nalos EvrrrtlitiiK.
Dahomey ig nllpjfivl onco to have had
a population of 8, 000, 000. Its prcocnt
population is etiinnlpil at 900,000. The
decrease is due mainly to the ennrmoin
waste of lives In tlio annual "grand
ceremonies," which arc a sort of religious
festival Insting two months, and during
which human sacrifices are offerod by tho
Lundrad at once. To aid these horrible
annual massacres in depleting the popula
tion of the country there haa been tho
maintenance of tho armies of atnszons,
numbering, it is alleged, as many as 10,.
000 women.
The decrease of the population has of
Into years so reiuccd the available raw
material for tin. annual slaughters and for
recruiting the amar.ons that the Kings of
Dahomey have had to carry their raids
y far into the kingdom of Porto Novo to
gather in victims enough. France, being
the "protector'' of Porto Novo, began to
object to these raid?, which were inter
fering seriously with the commercial
Value of the kingdom to the French, and
last summer r-ent M. Jean Uayol, the
Lieutenant-Governor at Porto Novo, to
Abomey, the capital of Dahomey, to see
King Koiulo about tho matter. Kondo
,is a young man who haa had the benefit
'of an education in France. lie had then
just succeede 1 to his futhcr, Glc-GIc,
(who was as reasonable as any man who
A indulges in wholesale slaughter for two
jinonths'out of every year, and maintains
.an army of nmnzon, could be expected
'to be. Kondo turned out to be a differ
ent sort of a fellow. Lieiiteimnt-Govcr-jior
Bayol arrived at Abomey at a good
time. Tho "grand ceremonies" were
iundor way, and for the whole two months
of November and December that lie was
thero he had to witness daily the slaugh
ter of the victims. He protested in the
name of his Government against the raids
iupon peaceful Porto Novo villages and
fthe carrying away of the inhabitants for
ivictinis for tho massacre. For answer
IKing Kondo beheaded 2S0 persons be
jfore the Frenchman's eyes. Mr. Bayol's
;own life was in danger, or he thought it
jwas, and he who had coma to dictate
'terms found himself obliged to do the
treating himself. The King demanded
iFrench recognition of his own sovereign
ity over Porto Novo and various other
concessions. Mr. Bayol promised every
thing and succeeded iu getting safely out
I of tho King's reach and back to Porto
,Novo. His Government promptly repu
diated his promises and prepared to pun
ish King Kondo.
j Kondo, however, in February took it
dnto his head to do some punishing him
self. He came down with his amazon
army from Abomey nnd took possession
of AVhidah. Most of the whites escaped
'but five, including M. Etienne Bontemps,
young man thirty-two years old, who
had been at Whidah since 1SS5 as mana
ger of tho trading post and French Con
sular agent, and Father Dorgere, a priest
jinuch beloved in the country, fell into
the hands of the natives and have been
(kept prisoners since. They have been
'heard of ouco or twice in enduring great
hardships, but for some time no word
concerning them has been received, and
it is feared that they have been killed.
From Whidah Kondo ond his army
"went to Godomey, a little further along
the coast toward Kotonou, cutting the
latter port off from communication with
the mainland and threatening to capture
it also. It was reinforced and strength
ened to meet the attack, but Kondo seems
to have preferred to. march directly on
Porto Novo, and hns appeared within a
short distance of that town and given
battle to the French forces. The battles
have been fierce and bloody, and hun
dreds of the King's, warriors, male and
'female, are said to have been killed,
while the French admit that fifty of their
troops have been wounded. Kondo can
better afford to lose live times five hun
dred soldiers than tho French can lose
fifty, for the French forces althgethcrure
not more than a few hundred, not in
cluding, of course, their native allies,
while the army of Kondo numbers prob
ably 7000 or 8000, aud can be increased
-to.10,000, or even more.
While these eveuts have been taking
place on the coast other forces of the
King have beeu harrying the inland por
tion of Porto Novo, devastating a vast
extent of rk;U country, and killing or
taking captive thousands of the inhab
itants. Altogether the condition of af
fairs is such us to make King Toffa. the
able-bodied and intelligent native who
rules over Porto Novo, wonder whether
French "protection" really protects, and
imagine that bo might have worried
along as well by himself.
Of course, tho final issue of the affair
will be the defeat of Kondo and his
aniazons,but it will probably take a good
deal more French blood and treasure
than the French would care to spend on
a brutal native and un army of women, if
they had any choice about it. It cost
England over $1,000,000 and many lives
to subdue Ashantee, a native kingdom
included in its section of the slave coast.
The downfall of King Kondo, if the
work is at all thoroughly done, will end
at the same time the supremacy of a still
greater power, for, great and absolute as
is Kondo, there is a greater in Dahomey.
For the real ruler of Dahomey is the
fetich. Belief in the power of the fetich
is absolute. The King himself, whether
he believes in it or not, must respect it,
for death is the penalty for disrespect tc
the fetich. Koudo's grandfather, Shezo,
was "killed by the fetich" because he
showed a disposition to cut down the
number of victims at the aunual sacri
fices. Gle-Gle, his father, very likely
went the same way. Poison Is the usual
medium by which the fetich priests con
rcy to an offensive monarch au intima
tion that he is wanted somew here else.
The fetich is dominaut as well in the
everday affairs of Jife in Dahomey. It
punishes with death any cheating or
fraud, and so universally are its laws re
spected that in the markets of Dahomey
he who has to sell simply leaves his mer
chandise on th" ground and goes away,
hile he who wishes to buy takes what
he wishes and leaves iu its place the heap
of little shells that represent the value of
what he has taken. The seller comes
back in a week or two, wheueer it is
convenient, and get his money. This
same custom prevails in Porto Novo,
where there is a wood market where all
negotiations arc conducted in this primi
tive way, under the uuseen eye of the
fi-tUh. To the Ictish, also, the Dahomey
Women appeal for tfhildreu, for maternity
is a much tucouriged institution iu Da
liu;.n y, ouuidu thv ranks of the amazons.
There is a special templo for the fetich of
maternity, and women resort to it in
great numbers with gifts and sacrifices
for the wooden images that preside with
in. This same fetich has forbidden the
Dahomey people from fighting upon the
water, doubtless in consequence of some
naval conflict in times past that resulted
disartrously for Dahomey. Advantage
is taken of this by tho people along the
coast, who build their towns upon pllos
out in the lagoons and bays, and so es
enpe entirely from the raids of tho D.i
homey warriors.
Slaves nnd captives are kept in restraint
largely by fear of tho fetich. They be
lieve t hat if they run away the fetich will
strangle them, and so they stay to be be
heoded when tho time for the annual
massacre comes around.
These massacres are the essential feat
ure of Dahomian culture tho quintes
sence of the religion of the fetich.
While tho wholesale slaughter is in
dulged in only during two months iu the
year, the business ia kept up in a smaller
way all the year round. The Dahomey
people have a profound belief in a fn
turo life, and in order that their friend
may not want there for suitable sers
vicc and attention, they cut tile throats
of a lot of slaves at tho funeral. If they
wish to send word to some one in the
other world, they give tho message ver
bally to a slave and cut tho messenger's
hoad off before ho has time to forget it.
Provisions, rum and tobacco for a de
ceased relative arc likewise intrusted to a
slave, who is sent with his burden to the
hereafter by decapitation.
i ormerly these massacres took place
also in Porto Novo, nnd in tho palace of
King Toffa there still remains the fetich
door, through which the bodies of tho
victims were brought out after tho cere
mony. It is death for a native to touch
this door.
Massacres iu times of peace form a
principal occupation of those of the
King s amazons who arc kept about too
court, when it is desired to give a
particularly gala air to the festivities tho
victim is dressed in European costume,
doubtless as a token of contempt for the
whites, and an umbrella is placed be
tween his knees. Thentnazons surround
him with guns and other weapons, with
which they torture hiin much as Ameri
can Indians torture their captives, slash
ing at him with knives, firing the guns
about Lis head, and in other ways en
deavoring to terrify him before the fatal
stroke is administered and his head comes
off.
The amazons, who form tho bulk of
the King's army, are recruited in various
ways. They are far from being the
flower of the kingdom, however. Many
arc criminals who have committed
offences nnd who save their own heads
by becomiug cutters off of the heads of
others. In agcncral way, all th? women
for whom no better use can bo found are
put into tha army. The greater portion
of the recruits arc said to come from tho
ranks of what arc called the "daughters of
tho King." When the army comes back
from a raid into Porto Novo the King
takes as many as ho pleases of the female
captives, and the rest are divided up
among the officers of the court and of
the army nud other favorites of tho King.
Ail the female children bora to these
women are sent to Abomey nnd reared ns
"daughters of tho King. From among
them tho King chooses those who please
him for service about the court, and the
others arc trained up for tho other
divisions of tho amazon army. The
training is said to be severe and to de
velop women us strong as men, who nro
utterly careless of their lives ia battle or
in hunting. Their marksmanship is said
to be poor, but otherwise they uro good
soldiers.
They are organized in divisions, much
as armies jn more civilized lands, and
have uniforms, according to what branch
cf the service they aro in. Those who
constitute tho King's body guard arc
drilled constantly aud become very
proficient in their manoeuvres, which in
clude a wild native dance. Expeditious
of amazons are sent far into the interior
to hunt the elephant for ivory for tho
King, and arc often gone for a year or
more at a time. A'eto York Sun.
WISE WOKDS.
A woman never blames a man when
she can possibly blame a woman.
Our thoughts are our friends or out
enemies, according as they ure good or
evil.
The knowledge beyond all other
knowledge is the knowledge how to ex
cuse. Happiness, not unlike the sruiil, is sel
dom fouud from home, or without a
home.
True friendship consists not in winuing
and receiving all but surrendering uud
giving all.
Ho who gives all his time and thoughts
to ambition has none left fur friendship
an jlmppiness.
Most people would succeed in small
things, it they were not troubled with
great ambitions.
The best characters have a mixture of
infirmities, nnd the worst have sometimes
redeeming virtues.
There is some value in being abused,
for thoroughly worthless people do not
receive even that much notice.
Sometimes it is those who have seemed
the hardest to gain as friends who after
ward prove the most faithful ones.
Boast of your wife's good cooking to a
guest, and you will have the poorest din
ner you ever had when you get home.
Nothing is easier than fault-finding.
No talent, no self-denial, no character, is
required to set up iu the grumbling busi
ness. If a man abuses one woman in the
presence of another, she distrusts him,
and if he compliments some other woman,
it makes her mad.
The mouse that gets caught in a trap
can never be so young that its friends
will not say that it wai old enough t:j
have known better.
Before marriage she sends little notes
to the offi'e inquiring after his health;
after marriage she sends little notes in
quiring after his pocketbook.
To love our friends we must serve
them; love promotes knowledge; knowl
edge promotes sympathy, and apprecia
tive sympathy wins love in return.
Self-distrust is the cause of most of
our failure. In the assurance strength
there is strength, aud they are the weak
est, how ever strong, who have no faith
iu themselves or their powers.
Au English syndicate has bought ev
eral paper mills in New York State, at a
cost of f3,000,UW.
THE FARM AND UAKUEN.
KCOSOMtr.INO TEAMS IN SUMMER.
No farmer likes to be overstocked with
horses at any season, but the great amount
of farm work now done by horso labor
makes it more import'int to keep tho
teams in life as much as possible. Horses
at work on tho farm aro better unshod,
and by doing all tho road work with one
team a considerable blacksmith's bill for
horse shoeing may be saved. Hnvo the
collars fit the shoulders perfectly. Poorly
fitting collars early in the season cause
galled places, and these keep many a
horso idle when with a little timely care
he would be better every way for a hard
seasou's work. lionton Cultiritor.
SmSTtTTTE FOB MII.K FOH YOl'NQ CAT.YKS.
Young calves may be reared on the
food described as follows: Boil a few
pounds of graham flour tied in n cloth
for a few hours. It w ill then be a bard
dry mass. This is grated tine and boiled
with a little linseed meal into a thin
gruel which is strained and diluted to tho
thinness of milk ; a pinch of salt and a
teaspoonful of sugar is added for each
pint. Feed one pint six times a day. If
diarrhoea occurs, add to the flour-gruel
rice water with a little gum amine added,
and give less of the food. Very light but
frequent feeding is necessary to avoid in
digestion and consequent dinrrlma. In
two or three wieks the calf will eat a lit
tle tine hay, and an ounce or so at first of
mixed corn nud oatmeal. This may be
gradually increased, always taking care
to avoid too much of it. Acie i'vrk
Times.
WIUE-WOllMS AND CUT-WORMS.
The common species of the cut-worm
severs the stalks of tho vnurnr com nitlmr
above or just underneath tho surface of
me ground; consequently, anything ap
plied to the seed or nut iu the bill nt the
time of planting would not in any way
interfere with the ravages of this pest.
In England these worms are called "surface-worms,"
because they work on or
near the surface, and always at night;
hiding during tho day near tho plants
tney nave Deen leeuing upon. It minted
early in the morning thev mnv be rcadilv
found nnd killed. The different species
of tho wire-worm work on the young
sprouting corn ami roots, and if the
seed is well tarred before nlnntinc the
I oi
worms are not likely to trouble it. A
Halt pint or warm pino-tar stirred into a
bushel of corn until every kernel is
lightly coated with it, will not only pre
vent the crows from pulling it up but
also check the work of tho wire-worms.
Wire-worms may be trapped with pieces
of raw potatoes placed near the hills and
lightly covered with earth. American
AgrieuUurut.
nOW TO MAKE CONCRETE WALLS.
Those directions for making concrete
walls, given by an expert, will auswer
the inquiry of a correspondent aud per
haps prove of benefit to other readers,
says the New York Witnett: Erect
scantlings as a guide for the boards form
ing the mold for the walls. Select ce
ment fresh from tho kiln, and sharp nnd
perfectly clean and free from loam. To
one part of the cement add two parts of
sand, and thoroughly mix them dry.
Just before uso add water enough to
make a thin mortar. Add gravel and
broken stones, and stir them until tho
surfaces arc thoroughly coated with mor
tar. Then immediately place the masses
in boxes or molds on the wall. Or pour
the mortar thickened with gravel into
the molds, nnd bed tho broken stono in
it, bung careful not to have them touch
the sides of the box. Do not mix up
more than can be handled at once. The
concrete in the walls will set or hnrden
in a few hours, when the boards can be
raised and another layer put on. The
proportions between the sand and con
crete should vary with the quality of the
former, from two to five parts of sand to
one of the best of cement. It is better
for the stone to be of various Bizes. No
permanent framework is needed for the
walls. For a wall twelve feet hiyh,
twelve inches is thick enough.
THE Cri.Tl'llE OF CELERY.
Make a level bed on a rich, mellow
soil, fined down by thorough raking.
Have the rows eight or nine inches
apart. Sow the seed rather thinly. After
sowing, pat the bed down with a spade
or shovel. This will be e mugh to
cover the seed. Just as soon as tho seed
has sprouted enough to reveal the rows,
commence to hoc lightly between the
rows, and be-gin to pull out the weeds as
soon as they can be seen. As the plants
ndvance in growth, shear off the tops.
This ought to be doue at least twice be
fore the time for setting out. This in
duces a stocky growth. The timo for
setting out iu the Northern States muy
run from the middle of June to the end
of July, ond iu the Southern from the
middle of August to the close of Septem
ber. In the iatitude of Chicago, July is
a good month in which to do the trans
planting. Celery requires a cool, moist
atmosphere to do its best. Unless it is
mude a special crop it is always grown as
a second crop after peas, early beets or
onions. Where the land is iu the
coudition it should bo for these
crops, no manure need bo added.
After the ground has been nicely
prepared, stake out lines on the level
surface three feet apart and set the
plants six inches apart in the rows. If
tho weather is dry at the time special
pains must be taken that the roots are
properly firmed. After the plants are
set out nothing else need be done for six
or tight weeks except to run the cultiva
tor down the rows often enough to keep
down weeds, and to use the hoe often
enough between tho plants to produce
the same effect. That is, set out your
plants and keep them clean for six or
eight weeks. About this time it wilt do
to eurtb up the plants that they may be
bleached or whitened. In doing this
care must be used not to get the dirt
among the leaves, gather the tons to
got her and hold them so, while the dirt
is drawn to them by the other hand.
The dirt may le got near the plants by
the uoe before beginning tho operation.
Many growers now bleach celery by
using small tile placed over the plants
When wished for winter use celery may
be left out of doors till quite severe
freezing weather, ns moderate freezing
does not injure it. It may be stored for
winter use in dry earth in boxes or iu
cellars if raised in large quantities.
To ship to market, trim off the roots,
then tie in bunches about four inches iu
diameter and pack in light boxes. Farm,
Juld and ztoclcman.
TUE OIL-STONE AND GRt.VDBTONE.
Every farmer needs uu oil-stone.
whether be has a shop or only a box of
tools. Most men who.do nny wood -work'
have such n stono, but the way in which
it is treated makes it nearly useless. Jto
form is easy. Get roiiio glycerine a
common grado will do and, if a half
pound or pound is bought at a time, it
will not bo costly. Its first uso will bo
to clean off the stone and get rid of nil
tho gum. When the stone is ready for
use, the glycerine is always to be cm
ployed instead of oil on the stono. This
improves tho cutting. Tho glycerine
does not dry up. Even though the
stono be laid away for months, there will
be no hard dirt or gum on the surface.
If dusty, it can bo washed off with water.
Another advantago is that the glycerine
may be used w ith either oil or water. If
it is lacking, water can bo used for a
timo without harm. Nor will its use
prevent a return to glycerine or oil if it
is ever ticcessarv to use tho latter.
For tho grindstone, it is timo to aban
don the water-trough. Where tho stono
stands in the water it becomes soft, while
the dry side retains its natural hardness.
After a little, this results in its getting
"out of round," nnd then it is almost
impossible to do any satisfactory work.
The trough itself is a receptacle for dirt
and the mini from the stone. Th? tVntcr
when grinding is nasty and a decided nuis-
sauee. Discard the trough. Put a bracket
oi shelf up over the stone, and upon it
mount a can with a hole in one side at the
bottom. A pine stick in the hole will regu
late the flow of water, and then tho grind
ing enn be dono with that luxury, just
water enough ami no more. Tho water
is clean, and comes exactly on tho right
spot. When tho work is finished, the
can is emptied nnd tho stone is safo.
Turning tho can upside down saves it
from becoming a dirt-trap, and it is ready
for business in a moment.
Almost all grindstones in tho country
arc a little out of true. This is taken to
be something that cannot bo helped, al
though nearly every one has a tradition
that a stone may be made true by "grind
ing it with a nail rod." Bods cost money
and do not .grind very well. So the
stone is never rounded up. Get a pieco
of inch gas or steam-pipe. Fix a good
rest across the face of the stone, parallel
with tho axle, and use the eud of the gas
pipe as a tool. Traverse the tool from
side to Bide with a rolling motion. If
this is done as soon us the stone shows
nny signs of "wabbling" the task of keep,
ing it true is not a difficult one. The
only precaution needed is to hnve a strong
man at the grindstone crank. If one is
fortuuately provided with power, tho
task is of course easy. It ought to turn
with as little tremble of the edgo ns a
well-balanced top when "sleeping."
American Agrieulturitt.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
The chenpest food may uot be tho most
healthy to feed.
Systematic selling is ns necessary as
good production.
Good to nail to the barn door: "Who
enters here leave pipe behind."
Have your hogs a good dry bed or a
mud hole to sleep iu these days?
Did you ever seo a hog that did not
relish good, sweet slop? Why then feed
sour swill?
Don't keep matches lying round tho
bnru loose, better have thorn iu an iron
or tin box.
Next week is when you want to take
cure of the brood mare that is soon to
foal. Don't overwork her.
It docs not pay to have colts como be
fore the rough weather of spriug is over,
and then not take care of them.
Some people think a farm animal is
like a postage-stamp no good until
licked. They arc sadly mistaken.
The wood with which your silo is built
can be preserved with gas tar and gaso
line paint; this is cheap and efficient.
The hog is probably the most conven
ient and profitable adjunct to the dairy.
But he should not be too close an adjunct.
Set out tho fruit trees and plant us ear
ly in the spring as the soil can be worked
into n good condition nud your other
work on the farm will permit.
When a number of calves aro kept in
the same pen it will be conducive to tho
comfort aud profit of nil concerned if
stanchions uro provided, and a pail for
each calf.
A bit of fine hay placed in sight of tho
calf will tempt it to eat that rather than
the bedding. After drinking its milk a
little meal or a few oats put iu the pail
will soon teach it to eat.
Usually cherries and plums should be
grafted first in the spring; tho scions
should be cut at tho first opportunity, if
it is not already done. Set the root
grafts out as soon as possible.
Beets, onions and other root crops nro
improved by carefully selecting such roots
for seed as we wish to grow, and doing
this for several consecutive years will fix
tho type so that the roots will come true.
Cutting of currunts and gooseberries
should bo made and set out as soon as
possible. With a little care in selecting
good, vigorous shoots, this is one of the
quickest and easiest ways of propogut
ing. A very good plan for setting out
small plants of tiny kind is to run out
straight furrows tho proper distance
apart, running twice in each furrow if
necessary to secure the proper depth and
width.
Ice is by no means necessary iu making
gilt-edge butter. At least three-fourths
of the best butter iu tho United States is
made without ice. Pure cold water only
is used. Y'et ice is very desirable, when
it can beolituiued ut moderate cost.
Old nurseryuieu do not pluut blocks of
apple trees after a crop of such trees has
recently been taken from the field. They
give the land a rest. Do uot plant straw,
berries on old strawberry ground, nor
raspberries after raspberries, etc. A
change is desirable.
A Dwarf (jueen Who Charmed Stanley.
The Independence Beige has secured
from Stanley a most interesting scries of
letters, tho latest of which deals lurgcly
with the dwarf tribe of the forest. He
says they are the oldest aristocrats in the
world, with institutions dating back fifty
centuries. They are ruled by a queen, a
beautiful, churniing little woman, who
was exceptionally kind to Stuulcy and
his comrades. He intruded to bring her
to Europe along with other dwarfs, but
she was so ill on the road that she had to
be sent back and the others died when
they emerged from tho forest to the
plains. Thero are uumerous photographs
of them, however, and Stanley makes the
0ue-u a conspicuous figure iu his book.
The dwarfs are of olive complexion, re
markably intelligent, iugeuious artificers
in iron and ivory, and probubly the only
monogamous race iu Africa,
NEWS AND NOTES FOB WOMEN.
Bodices are made full.
Panicrs have apppnred in Paris.
Sleeves are full nnd often fantastic in
lhapo.
Blouses are too comfortnblo to be dis
carded .
Ginghams come in beautiful checks
nnd quality.
Womon are now permitted to practice
medicine in Canada.
Plaid silks are used to mnko tip with
black grenadines silks, etc.
There are said to bo more wldosw in
Franco than in any other country.
A new woman's club in London, the
Somervillo, has already 800 members.
Alpacas, mohairs and sergos are Tory
popular for traveling gowns and general
service.
Miss Louise Iiuogene Guiury, the Bos
ton poetess, thinks nothing of walking
twenty miles.
Tho widow of the Into General Crook
has determined to mako her permanent
rcsidenco at Oakland, Md.
Mrs. John A. Logan is an accom
plished carpenter, and fills her house
with skilful conveniences of her own
contriving.
It is not evory dainty littlo curl nostlod
at tho nnpe of tho fushlonablo woman's
neck that is a part of her scalp, albeit
she owns it.
Skirts continue to have a straight plain
appearance, though in the thin summer
goods more draping is allowable than in
heavier materials.
Tho ex-ljuecn of Naples is in the
horse-mcing business. She has stables at
the Champs Elysecs aud nt Cbuntilly un
der an assumed namo.
Miss H. F. Wilkinson is said to bo tho
only female landscapo gardoner in Lon
dou. She is very successful, nnd ranks
high in her profession.
Sunshade handles aro the most won
derful ever seen, nnd the sticks are grad
ually approaching the length of tho
center pole iu a circus tent.
Five graduates of the Bellcvuo Train
ing School for Nurses in New York city,
have become practicing physiciuus; oth
ers aro matrons or head nurses.
At least 12,000 of the 230,000 self
supporting women of New York are
yearly reached by the Young Women's
Christian Association of that city.
Mine. Pat ti says: "I have dressed my
hair the same way for ten years ; uot be
cause the coiffure was the style, but be
cause it is becoming to my style."
Somo of tho newest sateens huvo deep
borders representing white luce for tho
fronts, plain sateen of the ground shade
serving for the rest of the costume.
Mock rubies, amethyslsts and topazes
mark the points of intersections on those
pretty bonnet shapes of gold arabesque so
popular for evening wear this mouth.
In every fashionable audience, congre
gntionxir company there is seen a larger
quantity of bluo than any other ono
color. So bluo is coining up iu favor.
Colored shoes are much worn nt wed
dings iu London. A pair of heliotropo
morocco were recently made for an Eng
lish belle to wear at a wedding with a
heliotrope gown.
Tho big black gauzo-winged butterfly,
flecked with gold, silver or steel spangles,
sours triumphant over largo numbers ol
black luce and black tulle toques, tur.
bans, hats and capotes.
This will long be remembered a3 tho
big buckle seasou. They fasten tho sur
plices aud sash belts of nearly evory
swagger gown that walks along the fash
iouublo thoroughfares.
Miss Nellie Hunt, daughter of the late
William II. Hunt, of Louisiana, ex-Miu-ister
to Russia nnd a member of Gar
field's Cubinet, has been chosen Private
Secretary to Mrs. Levi P. Morton.
Mrs. Florence Finch-Kelly, the well
known Boston journalist, has just com
pleted her second novel. It is cnlled
"On the Inside," and gives a complete
picturo of Bohemian life of tho higfler
class in New York.
Miss Susan Uhodu Cutter, who has ac
cepted a professorship in Biddlc College,
Charlotte, N. C, took all the honors .
Latin poem, oration nnd vulcdictory
and then studied modern languages for
two years in Europe.
The lace owned by the feminine mem
bers of the Astor family is said to bu
worth at least $;S00,000. That which
the lato Mrs. Astoi bequeathed to tho
Metropolitan Museum of Art was valued
at from $10,000 to $50,000.
Christian Heid, enc of the most popu
lar of Southern novelists, is the daughter
of Colonel Fisher, of North Carolina,
after whom Fort Fisher was mimed. He
was one of the first Confederate officers
killed during the Civil War.
Those pretty littlo jc. beaded and
fringed btuek wraps, that look like deco
rations on a plain black silk dress, ure
sold by the thousands in all the depart
ments for such garments in tho great re
tail, fuuey aud dry goods houses.
White undressed kid gloves, white
slippers to mutch, and white silk or luce-
clocked lisle thread stockings will be
worn by sweet girl graduates tins year.
Other commencement toilets will permit
the use of tan suede gloves and tan or
black kid suppers.
You Need It Now
To Impart trentUi and to glre a feeling of bealUi
aud rlfor throughout the lyHem, Ure If nothing
equal to Boed'f ttaruparUla. It seem peculiarly
adapted to overcome that tired feeling eaueed by
change of wason, climate or life, and while It tones
and euatalae the system it purines and Moovates
the blood. We earnestly urge the Urge awg,y of
clerks, book-keepers. School tea "hers, kousi H i ss,
operatives and all others who haro been eleeely eoa
fined during the winter and who need a good spring
medloiae to try Hood's aarsaparilla aots. It will
do yon good.
"Every spring for years I hare made it a practice
to take Croia three to fle bottles ef flood's Baraapev
rUla, because I know It purifies the hltwd sad thor
oughly cleanses the system of all Impurities. 'That
languid feeling, sometimes called sprlug Carer,' will
never vlalt the system that has bea property cared
for by this never-falling remedy." W. U. Lav
BJUfcs, Edlter Agricultural EpktumUt, Indianapolis.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
old by all druggists. $vt six for 5. Prepared only
bO. L HOOD ft CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
IOQ Doses One Dollar
IjHrJD YOITH.
lav-TrtMS CKKBlV IHCTlOflimY
pubuahwl, at Ut rinrkly low price
of oult gi-oe, poetpud. Tt.ii Book oou
Uins SU Sualv prUted Btfe ef cl
type us u?Uent Pper and it hud
vtuHT 9 etrvicMablj bouad la oUib,
It kfiee EugUaa wunti with La Gnua
wqiiJi<til aad srwnuncUUon. aad
iiwrtusui wordawltb, kagiUA Uait&lUou.
it li iuvaluAfeta le Qeruijuu who aresuS
ttiervuUlj f.uiulli with EAtfUak, o V
Amaru! wfco wise to learn Ueruao.
AAllrw with lefl-
s.oi rfla, rispavtgj j o.
Oar Hannah Jane,
Our Hannah. .TanA wm t.hln and wMk.
ind whit hex lip anil ehwk,
Ve often thought unci thought with pain,
W soon must lose our Hnnnah Jane."
with change of nnetnrs, change of air,
r)h. sought for heeling everywhere.
And, when our hnnee were almost past,
Favorite I'rrnorlptlon" tried at last.
ii gave lie joy, it gave na hope,
Hlie reneed to pine, ehe reaeed to mone.
II
Now ltn.nnn.h J mm ia uiwwl u nn.
rierre s remedied are sure end true
Ir. VWco's Favorite f'rmrrltitton n tha onW
ricMlIrine for women, wold hy (lniMTKlMa, umlrr
I iNMfMpfl ffHirrmfrfl, from tho nmnufftrinrrrn,
that It will plve nnliffU!t!on in evry rn, or
lionoy will no rrfdniioil. Thin Rimrnnton Ims
twMm print rt on tho Nittlo-wrniUKjr, and falth-
iuiij carnoa out lor many years.
T)r. Pioroo Pnllit -rlrntino nrt rotnilfi.tr th
itomnri, hnwoWnml nystom iroiiorally. Unoa
ioso; purely vctfoiaino.
Chicaoo has twrlvn rtnllv nowsnapom
printofi in tho Emrlinh Innitunn, with a ooin-
uiueu aaiiy circulation or uhmuu.
M. Ii. Thomson Co., Prufrglntu, Con
5orTrori, l'a., Hall Catarrh Cure iti tho
Ixvtt and only nuroruro for calarrb, thoj over
lold. DruKif lata sell it, 7Ao.
Tnn FntflNh lnnirunkfo has abont Jxmnnn
wortU of all kind. 'I ho average man probably
UMos about UjtW or ;XO.
e Unlr
ntylt t
This lnvAlimMo remedy ha only f be used
lo bo appriHMattHi.
it is warranted superior to any oinor aruoio,
or no pay.
in pun dot 1 1 os at wreni.
For tho cure of lameness, snrnins, rails.
sHpplMfft stitlo, scrstrho-S cuts, bruinos, ovor-
n oat i uk, wind Kaus, splints, coiio, soro
throat, nstl in tho foot, etc, etc.
All who own or employ horses are assured
that thin Liniment will do all and more than
is stated In curing the above named com
plaint. I'pwards of forty years it ha novr failed
to Rive perfect wUisl action In a aluglo lu
st mire.
1 ry it and be ponvlnce l.
If vonr rintLfirist or store-keener does not
keep our Roods, send to us and we will forward
promptly.
AH'poiu .Murray m., inow lorn.
VIT3 stormed free bv Pit. Kt.irE's fin it at
Nkhve TtKHToiiKK. No r its after llrst dny'a
Use. MarveloiiH cures. Treatise and 2 trial
bottle tree Dr. Kline, Wil Arch St., l'hila,, l a.
Pooch am 'a Pills act like niairio on a Wak
Stomach
Physicians recommend Tnnslirs Punch.
5JTJACOBS oi
CURES PROMPTLY
STIFFNESS, STIFF NECK.
Violent I'mIim In Nerk.
Irii iicWiip, Win , Juno 14. IRSft.
My wife had violent palm In Iht nerk,
which WHS very nnny and ailir. Fhe was cured
entirely by SI. Jucut tll. J AMlij teTUW K.
In Terrible Tnln.
Amoi M'f if Y.,rhipiCP, Mam.,. lime 1, ISA
r'roni over-i'xerlimi every bone was niai
tin" and sore; in terrible imiu. Iwaa cured
prouintly by 1. Jacobs (ill.
J. (.'. lllCKI.EY, raymastcr.
At Piu'iiuisra am Ukai.fm.
THE CHARLES A. V0GELER CO., Biltlmort, Md.
'-in-. -T-ir .'.
Irtuntly J top Pain
Qfi. NOStlOllYeURAU ..rvV
A representation ol the cnirravlnif on oar
wrapperm. RADWAK CO. JSEYV YORK
Catarrh
PRP1M l MTTT?,
Naaal I'ussajr'
.ui tecZm HEAD
Allay I'll in
liitlamiiiutloii, I'jjj
Heals ho Sores,
Host ores tho
Seines of Taste
km
TRY THE CURE.
A imrticle U sihIUM
al DruKKtft: Itv mull, renlnterisl, (lOrta.
KLV iUtoTHKlCS, EH Yarru tSlrtwi. New York.
"Oh, So Tired!"
is the cry
of thousands
every Spring.
For that Tired Feeling
take
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
and recover
Health and Vigor.
It Makes
the Weak Strong.
Prepared by
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.,
Lowell, Mass.
OPIUMS
IIAH1T. Onlr Certain mid
y CI It . In tliu Wtiriu. II r.
I 1 t.riir.xm. lA'oiuion, vj
rANTKI Reliable imu to aril Nursery stock, lo
al or traveling, o. l. (irtt- u Co., byriu'u',. Y
ill
r r.ih . , s
m
every WATEHPR00F COLLAR or CUFF
BE UP
TO
THE MARK
rr-
ill W
1L? .
NEEDS NO LAUNDERING. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT.
THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF
COLLAR IN THE MARKET.
r ojviS - isivjoys ,
Both tho method nnd results ivhen
By nip of Figs is taken ; i t ia pleasant
and refreshing to thetruita, and act!
gentlyyet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses th sys
tem eflectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fever nud cures hahitual
con?tipntion. Fmip of Figs is tha
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomnch, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in ita
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and aprccablo substances,
its ninny excellent qunlitics com
mend it to all and have made it
the most ponular remedy known.
Pyrup or Figs is for sale in 60o
and $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable drupprist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try iu Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP COL
BAM FRANCISCO, CAL,
UWSVILLE. Kf HEW tOKK. .H
N Y N V -tl
a. 7r-
o 10
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE for GENTLEMEN
Aud Oiucr ArivtTtUril Mpr.irvlil Art ia
II rM In the vrlil.
None (Tcnulnomiltwi nanie ami irlw ara tamp1
on bottom. HUI.I hVKKY WHKKK. If your dtalr
will uot nuiiply you, wiiil postal for lintructioni bo
to buy tllrtH't from factory wiilmut tr utiar.
. , tHM;i,AH. Ilrarkiott, .Haif.
GRATEFUL COMFORTING.
COCOA
BREAKFAST.
Tijr it thnroiijjli IuiowiMk of Ui natural law
which n-oYoruUitt operation f illtftiulott nud nutri
tion, ami tiy a t'urKlul aniilioatlua of Uis flu prupar
IWnof wU-vltouJ i'iH'o., Mr. Kp hod provldal
our breakfast UIum wlili a UollcauAy flavoured br
rrairo wUicU may wive us mauy hvy iloutora bltia.
It l by the JtLlu'lout uw ut auoh artlolai of dlt
Hint ftomuUdtluu may be irra luH bulll up uutU
itmtiif miujU to roiUt evrjr bulrney todlseaaa,
HuuilrvtU of nubile malndlpa are floating around ut
ready to attai'lc tvlitrver thorn U a wak point.
Wt umy eTAte niaity a fatal xhaft by keeping our
fivfii well fortltl'i I with pure blood an t a propari
nourished framo." "(Irii ServuM (iiaWfe.
Made stlniply with botllut wator or mllkt. Holt
only In half-p mtid tins y ilnwori, labelled thua:
JA.HL3 brtH V ( ., HuimeopatUiu CUeuiUt
1.0MMIN, KNOIIU,
ARB TBS OLDIST FA MILT BTAND1RD,
A Purely WeeiaMe Compound, without
mrrcury or other injurioul mineral. Safa
and lure always. For ale by all Dniftgiitf.
Full printed directions fur using with each
package. Dr. Schenck'i new book on Th
Lungi, Liver and Stomach SF.NT FRFS. Ad
dress Dr. J. tl.bchenck St Son, Philadelphia!
THE WONDERFUL
BIJRGVCHAIR
eoyaiinNCSARriCLts
Of. FURNITURE.
.fit) ' I M V A L I a
WHEEL
CHAIRS
Wa tautt al Ui- imutH
nii fur on a-hvery.
t. Ulkf.
B-na Htnp iur i
W- Aatiw to-o. dsnrta. va Bii. trial.
LUU VIt Mra. CO., 11 . ik SU raufc.rV
eai'iii ra
SALT LAKE CITY.
A A In irold for one fent. The Chamber of Oonv
OUU nit'rve unVra f Jnufor neareKt Kiieaa on popu
lation of tuit Ijtku City, and $uu for another ua
I'tah'i population, U. is. Ct'umi lHwi, Everybody
outsldeof VtaJi Invited lo Kiieaa, Uov. Tuoniaa ol
I'tah will award prlEa wlitrh aro to be publtabed.
Wuli one icufmt now nud wu will M.-ud latest stutlMIca,
printed and Ulutr;ud matter to aUl on Anal
UUOMN, ,tt rlofto June IV Write tn-dty.
t HAMHKK ur O'MMMiCE, Salt l,ake City, Utah.
CUrltS Writ .it ALL USE rAlLl
Beati'oiik'li byrnp. Tonlea Rood.
. i oles) nooa
.1 by ilnujuit-t",
BRAZ
PR AXLE
HKHT 1H TIIK WOULD 1
UIILHOl.
IVUet tha Uatmlaa. Sold Jvnrwhr.
SOLDIERS-
and lllra writ ua foe
w I'ensiun lawn. Nenl
ri(-. Irlera rcluv.a.
hurccit, or no fee. A W.
UcOorailca liii.Wubliitii. I). 0 , OlaclnatU. o.
EPPS'S
E
LVVVt-v!
1
mm
2
v THAT CAN BE RELIED ON
TXTo-t "to fSrllt8
Not to Disooioirl
BEARS THIS MARK.
TRADE
ILULO
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MARA
IU. KOKHI.EIl'H FAVOU1TK CO MO MIXTLKK
(or all douifeflUo auiiuai wlil cun w uul of every iuu i'm of uullo, whether flat
Uleiil or apaauudlu. iiarely mortj Uiau 1 or 3 doo ftoottuary. li dot out eut
Uuata, rather act aa a lasaUve aud la entirely uartule, aiiar 2U yem of trial
lu more LUttvu &AA) oaaaa our (juardata U worth aoiurHliln. Calls b
ireaietl pratnalir l-xpud a few ueuti aa 1 you hv a oure ou haa L ready
when uaeaetl, und peruaj a vaiuaoW horae. if not at you dm'
an.iuaw bu oeata tor aarupie untie, tout orrjpatd.
A,uaree OK. ft O fell 1. L & eV CO., Bethlehem, Fa
m Zr. iilWi "fwvrU luoc 1 H e owot'umw rao'wrvi Dr. KoMsrM
j;ttwre" riKt hhjwq acilt a uoo. ( la I "uforua Cvlla JtuKktra." taoi
ih tMSt ooiui mi4iur4 J naid tuer I 6 wUfutdU II a tony ia u4 Huv4 Aariaa,
iJXAAJ MOuaHors4 1 ti.r, I ISAAC M OS ICS UHO.,
prvvktym, Aew lark, Suit mmd &ihntp &t-utU XtaaiVa It,