UNCLE"'" SAM'S TREASURY.
OBJECTS OF INTEREST IN THE BIO
BUILDING AT WASHINGTON.
ljrR Sums In Smnll PncIcnRr-n Thfi
Oreat Mnrrrntnr and How It Dues
lu Work-in the VaiiIu.
Under tlio jurisdiction of the Treasury
department arc two vrlncps.Rays the Wnsli
irjgton Star, thnt ore visited by thousands
of people, each niHitii, nnd these are, first,
tho place where the Oovernmcnt's prom
issory notes lire made nnd the other where
omc other firm's notes are destroyed. It
iaacasc of nil) n:nl tuck between thec
places as to which one is the most power
ful attraction, but the truth is that those
who (to to one place t 'link that they have
not completed tho rounds until they have
6cen tne other.
There used to be n larpc sum of nonev
clone up in n very small package in the
.treasury Dspartmcnt, a million dollars
or more, it may have been, which the
guides used to show to visitors to the
vaults as a specimen of how much wealth
could be put into a small space. Folks
used to look at it, hindle it carefully, ru'i
their hands over it in n caressing, loving
manner,and then put it down again with
a long sigh that spoke of regret at part
ing. Some of them were incredulous as
to the sum that wns. in tho bundle nnd
would show tlmir skepticism by asking
somo rather ridiculous questions. Hut
most of them swallowed tho statements
of tho guides without a murmur nnd went
home to tell na n marvelous a tale how
they had had a million dollars in their
hands nil nt once, just think of it !
The stream of visitors to -tho Treasury
is constant. It begins nt ten in the
morning, when the doors urc opened to
the public, nnd it does not cease until
after two, when they nro closed ngain.
It is estimated thnt :i0,000 people went
down through the vaults and other placei
of interest last month alone, nnd this is
but a sample of other months in tho year.
There is a regular route over which the
guides, who arc furnished nt the oi'.icc of
the Treasurer, take their charges along
the corridor, past tho rooms "where the
ladies are counting money, both new nnd
old, nnd then the questions begin.
Everybody wants to know what tho wire
cages are put up around the counters for;
if it is to prevent them from getting
away with somo of the Government's
cash, or whether it is to ward off a poss
blo raid on the rooms by mobs of bur
glars. Then the parties, numbering from
five to fifty, descend into the basement,
where the doors of tho vaults nrc to be
seen, peering vaguely from the half lights
of the gas flame.) that dance and flutter
at the approach of visitors.
The mystcriousncs of these huge doars,
portentous with their charges, impresses
the by-standers, and they nro silent for a
moment, but they soon break forth into
questions about the exact amount of
money stored away there, which the
guide can tell them to a cent.
But the mnin point of interest is tho
mnccrntor, which is tho name for the
great machine tint grinds old money into
shapeless, rainless pulp the financial
ogre, as it might be called. It is in the
sub-basement of the building in a room
facing the court-yard on the west side,
and any day from this point cna be
heard a loud whirring and moaning, as
if the monster was gnnshing his teeth for
more food.
The money that is put into tho hun
gry thing to be destroyed is thnt sent
back to tho Treasnry for redumption by
national banks, after it has done its best
service, old money issued by the Govern
ment that has become limp and ragged,
ad other forms of the buying power that
has seen better days. In short, this is
the grave of tho cash. It is a huge
kettle, closed on top nnd on all sides,
with a lot of pipe runniug into it and
bo amouut of gear reaching almost to the
ceiling. A large, smooth engine in one
end of the smnll room slides bnc'.c and
forth with noiseless motions, and starts
a wide belt that turns and twists several
times before it finally coes around the
shaft of the macerator and gives to it
a spuming motion that is almost dizzy- j
ing.
The great kettle is about three feet deep
and six feet in diameter. Tho upper half
only is to be seen, as the lower part is
burjed in a square base of bricks that has
been built up so that in order to reach
tho machine itself ouchas to go up n few
steps. On the side near the donr is a
hole cut into the metal and csvered by a
plate of steel about a foot sqnate, per
forated by little round holes through
which the attendant or tiie visitor can
peer and see tho mass of mutilated money
flying around nt lightning pace in a flood
of seething water which hm assumed the
color of a soiled handkerchief, if it is
very much soiled. This plate U locked
dowu with three large brass padlocks,
one for each of tho oliices that liavo uc
cess to the nwehiue. Tho money is put
into the kettle ever; day nt 1 o'clock and
agaiu at 2 under the eyes of a committee
of three oilmen, one troiu tiie. office of
the Secretary, one from the office of the
Treasurer and tho other from that of the
Controller of the Currency. Each of
these men has a key to one of the locks,
and it will fit no other, so that it is neces
sary for all three to bo present when the
macerator is opened. This prevents any
possible fraud, which is not an unwise
precaution, as the money that is put into
the pot is quite gond at tho time.
V,. It takes ubout five hours to grind the
uiuurjr quue imo a puip so mat it is en
tirely devoid of financial value except as
a curiosity, and when it is taken out the
next morning it has the consistency of
rather hurd mud that is still moist. The
water has all been drvien from the kettle
and drawn out by means of a tube at
tached to a blower on the cugine. The
pulp is then taken to the Bureau of En
graving and Printing, where it in put
through a process to extract the ink, and
is then used to make more paper. A
small amount of it gets into the hands of
private parties, who use it to make curi
osities for sale.
The kettle will hold a largo sum of
money, the day's meal for it being an
average of about thive or four hundred
thousand dollars. Tiie cutting is done by
a series of large knives that revolve ut a
high rate, being occasionally reverBcd
in onler to throw the money into a dif
lcrent position.
' The steamer Vang Tse, which arrived
at Mai jillej, France, tho otucr day, re
ports pts, ing through, in the II I a
veritable bank of locusts covering au esti
mated area of 3'J5 miles. It took the
tup twenty-four hoars to pass through
the immense clou 1 of insects.
The iul'oiJs of tiie I'utent O.'Tice in
AVashiugtoii hliow that 35UU patent), have
lfeu iwued to women since the establish
ment of the ol'i.-e iu 17JU,
SELECT SIM'IMJS.
Cincinnati,, Ohio, consumes 3QO0 frogs
daily.
Movable types were mnde in the tenth
acntury.
The Princs oi Wales often dozes on
horseback.
Block printing was invented by the
Chinese about 5'.K1.
A New York dentist recently pulled
eight of his own teeth.
The Atlantic cable authorities count a
word exceeding ten letters as two words.
Scarlet fever has been spread through
a library book, used by n hospital nurse.
A London photographer has paid Ex
plorer Stanley f SUU'J to sit for his photo
graph. In India, road-dust and linseed oil are
used to paint wood-work exposed to the
weather.
It has been proved by algebra that two
nnd two make five, but it is a mathemnt
ical fallacy.
An aged lady died suddenly in a hotel
in Alabama, nnd in her bustle $2010 wns
found concealed.
Philip llensen, of .Mississippi, is six
fect six inches high, but his beard
reaches to the ground.
A New York hotel clerk avers tV.at for
nearly thirty years every third summer
has been intensely ho!.
The manufacture of so ip is inid to havo
begun in London in 1521. It was made
in Bristol before that time.
Tho Thcatra of Birc'un, nt Athens,
Greece, built by Philos in 420 B. C, is
said to havo been the first erected.
The Korean alphabet is phonetic, nnd
so simple thnt any one can learu to read
in a day. e:irly nil the women of Korea
can read.
Tho Khcdivo of Egypt has but one
wife, while Ismail, bis father, has as
many as three hundred nt a time in his
different palaces.
Tho petroleum industry of western
Galacia, Austria, is older by ten years
than in Pennsylvania and the oil-producing
region of far greater extent.
Tho word "Thane" wns a Saxon titlo
of nobility, which wns abolished in Eng
land nt the time of the conquest upon
the introduc-iou of tho feudal system.
A bundle of spider webs, not larger
than a buckshot, nnd weighing less than
a dram, would, if Mrnightened out nnd
untangled, reach a distance of 350 miles.
A wealthy Scotchman, Alexander Mc
Bcan, has purchased a tract of 50,000
acres of land in Wyoming, on which he
proposes to establish a city named after
himself.
A monster crab was landel i.i a net
at San Diego, Cnl., tho other day that
measured sixteen inches across the body,
while the spread of the nippers was thirty-six
inches.
A Frenchman who received the basti
nado iu Japan and tho kou; in Russia
says it is about an even thing which
hurts the most, but in both cases he was
laid up two months.
The historian tablet which the Chinese
Government has taken measures to pre
serve has been known for more than 250
years, and according to its own inscrip
tion wns erected 1000 years ago.
Queen Victoria's fuvorito cook is a
Mussulman rejoicing in the stylo and
title of Sheik Abdulla Mustapha. Ho re
cently went to India for his health, and
tho Queen was delighted at his return.
Chamois in the Swiss Alps need pro
tection fom indiscriminate sportsmen
lest thair race should disappear. The
Federal Council has been petitioned to
restrict chamois hunting, especially be
tween the Jungi'rau nnd the Wildhorn.
In Russia, when coffins are covered
with cloth, the color of the covering is,
tj a certain extent, distinctive, pink be
ing used when tho deceased is a child or
a young person, crimson for women, and
brown for widowj; but black is in no
case employed.
Starving Japauese I.lvin? oil Straw.
John B. Hall, an English barrister who
has been in Japan nearly a year, stopped
at the Itichelieu for a few hours while on
his way from San Francisco to New York.
He predicts serious trouble as tho out
come of the famine in certain parts of
Japan and cites one incident as an illus
tration. "The high price of rice and consequent
starvation," said he, "affect the greater
part of Japau. In some localities the
natives have for a long time been living
on straw. The people in the cities are
so busy with improvements and new en
terprises that they don't hear the cries of
the sufferers. It is certain that this con
tinued destitution will result in blood
she 1. Tho natives are planning to do
something desperate to better their con
dition. "At Tcttori-Ken one day about the
middle of April, twenty Sbiuiku marched
with drawn swords to the house of Ki
lama Sahei, a rich rico merchant, and
demanded that he assist tho poor. They
charged the merchant with monopolizing
the rice crop to the detriment of the peo
ple and declared that they would behead
him unless he stopped exporting the fond
uutil after the wants of the sufferers had
been relieved.
"During the menacing demonstration
the police arrived and arrested the dis
turbers." Chicajo Tribune.
The Parisian Butchers' Uniform.
From the dimmest era, now lost in ob
scurity, says Wide Awoke, the Paris
butcher boy has woru a uniform be
tokening the trade of which he is iuvari
ubly a cheerful ornament. Tho apron
he wears is a most curious affair, and he
himself must be regarded as tho aristo
crat of apron wearers, for he sports uo
less than three aprons at once. Two of
these aprons are apparently superfluous,
in they are rolled up and fastened nt
each side; the third is worn iu front and
held in place across the breast by a
string made into a peculiar kuot at the
back. Whenever vo l see this old kut
you may bu assured a butcher appren
tice had tiel it. Tho method of making
it requires as delicate manipulation as
does the successful arrangement of the
white lucktie, uuj our gallant butcher
boy takes as much pains with its con
struction as any swell dressing for a ball.
Its tying is a profound secret, and no
matter what inducement you offer he
won't disclose it you must become a
butcher boy to find it out. With his
flesh, white aprons, ruddy complexion
aud closely cropped huir for never by
any diHUce doe he wear a hat during
the functious of his office -the butcher
boy is by uo uie-iu uu unappetizing object.
THE FARM AND HARDEN.
FATTKNISO CF.RSR W FHAKCR.
In France the fattening of geeso for
market is tho business of men who do
nothing else. They contract with the
dealers to get their stock in marketable
condition at a certain time for a price
agreed upon. France is considered the
largest poultry market in the world, the
keeping of poultry being dono in a man
ner that makes it pay. It is not un
common to see tho French peasant driv.
ing into market a flock of several hun
dred geese, selling them as wo would so
many sheep or hogs. There are also
many who go among the farmers, pluck
tho gecso feathers and market them on
percentage; this gives employment and a
living to many poor people. American
Agricultural.
rnoFrr tx rorcons.
If more popcorn were grown tho de
mand for it would increase without much
diminution of the price. It will bear to
be some lower, because in proportion to
cost of growing it is much denrcr than
most other farm crops. Nearly always
in spring there is au active demand, nnd
prices are always higher thnn in the fall.
Most kinds of popcorn require a long
season to fully mature, nnd hence should
be plnntod curly. When well kept the
popcorn isexcccoingjy hnrd and expands
in the soil in growiug by tho absorption
of moisture. Hence It is less likely to bo
injured by cold or wet weather nt plant
ing time than field or sweet corn. Only
three stalks should bo allowed in a hill,
as the stalks are moro prolific than those
of ordinary corn. 7i'n Cultivator.
CLOVEK EXSItAGE.
The great lceses cf clover-hay oc
casioned by rnins last year ought to dis
poso farmers favorably to the silo. Tho
reaper cau bo put in tho cl ver as soon
as tho dew is-off, nnd the clover put in
tho silo almost as soon as it it cut.
Hence, the silo makes tho clover-grower
independent of rain. Expensivo cutters
and powers, and tho labor of cutting, are
not needed for clover. Clover-ensilage,
with grain nnd meal, is an excellent
winter feed. Clover for ensilage should
not bo cut until it is mnture. In tho
early days of tho silo, clover was cut
while too young, nnd the result was a
very poor quality of ensilage. The amount
of moisture in the cnsilago is an impor
tant factor, as it always hns a marked ef
fect on its fermentation. Clover cut too
early has nn excess of moisture. This may
be responsible for tho poor quality of
the ensilage; nnd it is certain thnt ma
ture clover renkes tho better tnsilngc, ns
well ns the greater quantity. And, as
we enn make clover-cnsilago while the
sun shines, nnd also when it docs not,
there is no need of hurrying tho mower
into tho liclJ. American griculturiat.
CAPACITY OF A MOnSE's STOMACtl.
The capacity of nn nniin d's stomach Is
not iu nny way a criterioj for judging
fully of the quantity of foi nnd water it
may require or may onsumo. Tho
stomach has a capacity i.f about twclvo
quarts, but yet the anirial will eat moro
hay and onts at a meal than the stomach
could hold in its ordinr ry condition. A
largo bundle of hny and a pack of oats
will be readily eaten b; a horso of 1000
pounds weight. This quantity of food
will distend tho stot.iach considerably,
but it is relieved of this ' distension by
tho constant passage of tho food into the
intestines, where it is finally digested.
Tho water drnuK stnys in the stomach or
the intestines a very si ort time. A few
minutes ts sufficient time for the water to
become absorbed into tho blood and tho
tissues or pass off through tho skin or
the kidneys. The reasonnblo way to
test the safo quantity of food is to con
sult the healthful appetite of tho horse,
and to avoid trouble after a full meal by
always watering tho nnimnl before feed
ing. Moro harm is done by neglect of
this precaution than by the horse eating
more solid food than the stomach can
safely contain. New York Timet.
CAHE OF TUB CARRIAGE.
Five dollars per anuuui and proper
euro will keep a farmer's pleasure-wagon
looking as well as that of the million
aire. Apply paint once a year and var
nish twice. These can be purchased
ready mixed for use, and tho farmer can
put them on himself. As soon ns the
vehicle returns homo muddy, wash the
mud off by throwing water upon it, and
then use a spongo softly. One who
washes a carriage with a cloth always
scratches and mars tho varnish. Mud
suffered to dry on acts as a sponge and
absorbs the oil from tho varnish, leav
ing the vehicle spotted aud dingy. Soma
wash carriages with soapy or hot water.
These havo about tho same effect. Keep
the wagon under cover and away from
escaping ammonia; kept in a stable or
near a manure pile ammonia will destroy
the varnish; it has been known to do
this in one night. Standing in the fierce
rays of the sun when no bre?zo is stir
ring is always ba l. A feather-duster is
a necessary adjunct to the carriage-house,
and should bo used very time tho vehiclo
returns from a dusty drive. Dust allowed
to remain on the varnish soon adheres
and makes it look gray. A canvas cover
will keep off dust and filth aud scratches
of fowls. JVisi York 3'ribune.
TUB WAGES OF FARM LAB3R.
Notwithstanding tho general depres
sion in agriculture) and tho low prices
ruling for farm products tho wages of
farm employes seem t be well maintained
and not to have been much affected as
yet by low prices. According to the re
port of the Government statistician, cov
ering investigations made during tho past
two years, there is everywhere a pressure
nt competition with lurm labor, with
drawing laborers from rural engagements
aud thus leaving to the remainder fair
wages. In New England farm wages are
slightly higher than two years ago. There
is complaint of the scarcity of intelli
gent labor, and where foreign labor is
abundant much of it is untrustworthy,
beside requiring instruction and super
vision. Farmers in New York and in
many other States as well, ate trying to
do their own work to ovoid tho expense
of skilled labor aud the annoyance of un
skilled. Tho demand for labor in other pursuits
with better compensation and the desire
for living in cities and towns are the
chief causes of tho scarcity of intelligent
farm labor wherever it exists. In the
cotton Stutes very few laborers are em
ployed through the year at given rates in
money, this class mostly preferring to
work at shares of the produce. The ex
cessive wages formerly demanded by har
vesters in the great wheat regions have
baen reduced along with the introduction
Of imrrovl machinery for doing har
vest work. There have been only slight
fluctuations in tho average rates of wage
since 1S70, and the result of tho whefa
investigation indicates a fair, if not full
employment of farm labor at wages sub
stantially tho samo as two years ago,
when a similar inquiry was made. Aeu
York World.
ENEMtE9 OF CABBAGR.
Tho cnterpillnrs of the cabbago moth
do great mischief by eating the hearts of
cabbages and cauliflowers, rendering
them totnlly unfit for use. Hand-picking
and dusting tho plants with newly
slacked lime are the best moans by which
these destructive insects enn be kept la
check. Another insect injurious to the
leaves, and especially so to cabbage and
broccoli, is a minute fly. It is very
abundant from midsummer to tho end of
autumn, nnd from going through all its
changes in less than a month, its num
bers increaso with alarming rapidity.
Cutting off nnd burning tho infected
leaves is the ouly way of arresting pro
gress. There are several ether kinds of
caterpillars besides the above which at
tack the cabbago tribe, nil of which may
bo kept in check by judicious hand
picking. Snails nnd slugs attack nil the
varieties of cabbage, and frequently prove
very destructive. The best mode of de
stroying them consists iu dusting the
plants and ground about thorn with
newly slacked limo or fresh sawdutt.
Tho formation of protubrauces on the
roots, usually termed clubbing, is tho
most destructive disease to which the
cabbage tribe is subject. It is ascribed
to ono or mora species of insect, matj
Rots being generally found in the tuber
cles. I.imc, wood Rshcs , soot, nitrnto of
soda, nnd common salt are considered to
bo useful applications to the soil in
which cabbages, etc., are to be grown,
and marl unquestionably Is sa. It is
also a good plnu to dip the roots of
plants about to be planted in a mixture
of soot nnd water, mado of the consist
ency of thick pnint ; to this some rec
ommend tho addition of saltpetre, in the
proportion of ono pound to every gallon
of soot. Iu transplanting, all plants
that are clubbed should bo thrown away,
or if this cannot be afforded, tho tuber
cles should be cut off with a sharp knife.
Tho grouud should never bo cropped
with cabbages in succession. Chicago
1 tmet.
FARM AND GAllDEIJ NOTES.
Water plants in the evening.
Tho navv bean is the ono unusually
grown for the market.
In hnnd'ing beci be gentle; subduo
them, if necessary, with smoke.
In handling queens never catch them
by tho body, but by the wing.
The best protection against moths and
robbers is to keep nil colonies strong.
Polhn, or bee-bread, is the fertilizing
dust discharged by the anthers of flowers.
The man who will find a perfect.
simple remedy for the cut worm has mnde
his fortune.
Two weak families, when united, will
consume little, if any, moro honey than
if left separate.
Give tho girl a flower bsd, tho boy n
vegetable garden; or chango about if
their tastes choose that wav.
Keep the garden frequently stirred; if
you don't you will soou hnve to stir to
get any crop except weeds.
It is the best to plant the poles first.
then tho beans, when you raise Iunas, uu
lcss you havo the improved bush variety.
If all the fruit you wish to send-to
market is not first-class make two grades
of it. Don't mix in tho same case, box
or barrel.
Red clover secretes much honey, vet it
is beyond the reach of common bees, but
Italian bzes store honey from it to a con
siderable extent.
President James M. Smith says of
wood ashes: I have used them iu pref
erence to any fertilizer I could get for
potatoes for many years.
Plant the late potatoes ju?t as soon as
you can get tho ground ready. In this
way you get ahead of the bug and save
much work and expense.
You need not be in a hurry about plant
ing beans; after tho corn and potatoes
are all in, and even under a good grow
ing headway, will be time enough.
Grapo vines should be cut back each
year within a few buds of the old growth,
but even when this is neglected most ex
cellent crops of fruit are sometimes pro
duced.
Kidney beans nro sometimes very
profitable, but tho market is moro liable
to be overstosked with thom than with
the whito marrowfat, the pea or tho
navy bean.
Homo of those who have been accus
tomed to eating buttermilk-flavored
butter washed whito in grains, but after
they use it for awhile tuey object to the
other kind.
Butter can bo salted too much when it
is dry salted, but not when it is brine
salted. The latter method requires the
most salt nnd the least labor, besides
being sura to salt tho butter evenly.
Don't plant beans with the supposition
that they require poor soil to make a good
crop, lo bo sure, they may produce a
paying crop, where wueat or corn would
not, but poor soil is not necessary to
make them do well.
Every farmer should havo a supply of
grapes. Once well started the grape vino
is long lived nnd very productive. Set in
good ground and truiued to a trellis, or
on an old wall even, they are almost sure
to produce fruit every season.
Adopt some good pattern of hive and
stick to it. Choose those that are so
exact that every part of each will fit with
that part of another. This is Important,
as many advantages are gained by the
interchange of frames and other parts.
Mrs. L. 13. Baker, of Lansing, Mich.,
in relating a four-years' experience iu
the apiary before a Stato convention,
said she had found bee-keeping more
healthful, profitable and enjoyable than
her former occupation of keeping board
ers. When brine salting there is no use in
waiting for the butter to absorb the brine
when it is put into the churn; if you are
ready to print or pack, give the churn a
few turns, draw off the brine and the
butter will be as salt as if it were allowed
to remain in the brine for an hour.
Bees, small fruits and poultry, make a
good combination. If you kniw how to
manage a very nice living can be ob
tained. Each will assist the other and
during the different seasons the profits
of one or the other can tide over any de
ficiency of the other. You should add
one or the othei to your poultry and ses
how it puysi
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
rinids nrc the rage of the season. .
Baby ribbon is much in use this sea
son. Victoria Hught her daughters to baksj
bread.
Thin taffeta silk is used for lining nice
dresses.
Silver galloon is much used on gray
bonnets.
Torreador yellow is used to enliven
black toilets.
Soft caps aro worn on sea voyages in
stead of toques.
Lnce, tinsel and silk muslin butterflies
appear everywhere.
Knot rings nro still much admired by
school and society girls.
Whito crepe parasols hav"e a vnndyko
of gold braid on each gore.
Wash surahs in gingham effects are
for blouses and children's suits.
Satin-bnck velvet ribbon is a "rage"
for large rosettes called a chou.
Castor shads of gloves nro worn with
the fashionable striped cheviot.
Straw laco is fragile and costly, but
striking on black silk costumes.
"Frosted" surahs nro in fancy plaid,
with a sheen-like frosting over thom.
The garment Miss Fair, of California,
wore at her wedding cast over $100,000.
Toques of straw braid sewed on a
frame are more stylish than those of solid
straw.
There are fifty-eight schools for women
In Tokio, Japan, attended by 3526
pupils.
No first class modiste will fit a dress
over a corset-cover and warrant it to givo
satisfaction.
Belva Lock wood is said to make at least
$5000 a year from her practice of ltw in
Washington.
Indoors many satin slips are seen with
a long princess of lace, net or crepe open
to the wnist.
The silk blazer is nn exceedingly co
quettish and comfortable neglige to wear
over a gauze or laco bodice.
A young woman carried off thchighost
honors at tho Juuo examinations at Cam
bridge (England) University.
The Alexandra orchid is tho favorite
flower of the Princess of Wales. Queen
Victoria likes best Neapolitan violets.
A dry goods concern down in Birm
ingham, Ala., offers its lady patrons freo
street car tickets to return to their homes.
America bonsts of the only woman traf
fic manager in the person of Mrs. Charles
llaincs,reccutly appointed on the Medina
Valley (N. Y.) Road.
The Episcopal Convention of Ohio has
decided to remove all restrictions upon
women voting at parish meetings and
holding office in tho church.
Some of tho Parisian night robes arc
decorated with colored trimmings, thin
bands being used for collar, cuffs and a
straight strip down the front.
A very handy sash has just been intro
duced, which combines a sash and a belt.
It adjusts tho blouse sacurely and at tho
same time supports the skirt.
Ono of the incongruities of fashion is
a lnce or silk-gauze dress with a high
collarette ol seal, sablo or monkey fur
tightly buttoned about the neck.
St reamers of ribbon velvet are now
used to tie up bouquets. Green is a fa
vorite and the loops aro often run up
among tho roses, daisies and peonies.
The gauntlet cuff has reappeared oa
traveling nnd sporting gloves. It is
mado of wash leather which does not
shriuk by contact with soap and water.
Tho tea gown of the Oriental beauty
has been adopted by tho Gotham belle.
The material used is acriukle cloth woven
with gold threads and worn with a silk
petticoat.
Miss Juliet Corson is now the professor
of cooking and household economy in
Rutgers Female College, New York, and
her lectures are said to bo very populnr
among the students.
Queen Victoria's lameness has now be
come so pronounced that sho has given
up her habit of standing after dinner in
the gallery at Windsor, and aa soon as
she gets into the drawing-room a chair is
brought and she sits down.
AVhite summer gowns arc mado up
with white draperies shot with balls 'of
chenille or pearl. The white China silks,
thickly dotted vith petit pois spots and
trimmed with Venetian point lace, makes
a dress that an Empress might wear in
State.
Miss Ida E. Bowser, who has just
graduated from the department of music
in-the University of Pennsylvania, Phila
delphia, is the first c ilorod female gradu
ate of that department. She is an ac
complished violiuht and has composed
some excellent music.
Tli3 Bail Lands.
Tto Bad Lands aro an immense barren
AeiTut in the Dakotns, Wyoming and
Konwestern Nebraska, west, south and
southeast of the Black Hills. They ex
?fud tl-om the N-.ir'h Fork of the Plutto
to the South Fork r! the Cheyenne
lliver, lying mostly between 103 and 105
degrees of longitude. The estimated
area is 60,000 square miles. The land
in question is composed at tho surface of
whito and yellowish indurated clays,
sands, marls and occasionally a thin bed
of sandstone. and lime. The soil
abounds in tho most marvelous fossil
formations on the globe Star-Sayingi.
Six Xnve'a Fre., will ba sent byCra-fln A C',
Phila., lJa., to any one in V. K. orCauada, prit
age paid, iiMin receipt of lobtiiMH' Kleriria
Kjnp wrappers. fcee list of novels on circular
around each bar. Soap for Kale by all ttrucer
Philadelphia glazed kid is crowding His
French article out of the American market.
Weak and Weary
Id early summer I he warmer weather la especially
weaken tug mid enervatlus, aad that tired reeling
prevail everywhere. The great benefit which people
at tula Mason derive from Uoud'aSaruparllla prove
that this medicine "makes the weak etronf." It
dot's sot art like a stimulant, imparting nctltlous
itrrngth. bttt Hood's Sartaparllla builds up In a per
fectly natural way all the weakened parts and puri
nes the blood.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
fold by all drus-glsta. $1; six for SS. Prepared only
by C. 1, UOOO 4 CO, Lowell, Mass,
IOO Doses One Dollar
N Y N I! -ST
.DO TTOXT
1w
Wfci.t lo lara allaUra aHorMt
v..
t rick Out ft Ooud Oi.! Hn.a ttno.
fecUuiu&ud to guard ff&uu$ Frudt
Llatt bluaacd .Xe..i Ourel Tell
Ui A IT. by TeOi I What to call tut
Differ! rwla of to AaltuaL How
Una fi n 1 m if
-j ss - 73 onus, a Li u.Lfl aii a ouir wa
iofociuaiuen la our toar6l uarHTAT MusaM vua.
AU U.U aud bum valUkbls
ckiwJd tn rMAlpt of oai j It UMI In tanuL
H, K. Ootuirn, Mirr., Clalra Croft. wTlti: "I
find Hall's Catarrh Cura a valuable remedy."
L)rURRlBlSMH It, 7.V.
rUiriMon. Md l to bave a Mven-mlle
cable road to coat i.l,(ion,oiio.
Ihlldrca Knjey
The pleasant flavor, centle action and soothing
effects of Byrnp of Figs, when In need of a lai
atlva and If the father or mother be costive or
billons the most gratifying results follow Its
nse,RO that It Is tho best family remody known
and every family should have a bottle.
KITS stopped free by l)n. Kr. IMF's Onr.lT
Nkrvk Hk.stoukm. No Kiln after llrst diiv's
use. Marvelous cure. Treatise and 2 trial
bottle tree. Ir. Kline. U An-hstt'lilla., I'a.
Iieecham'a l'llls cure Sick-Headache.
JJTJACQBS Oil
CURES PERMANENTLY'
SPRAINS and STRAINS.
Athletes 1'ralsa It lllshty.
tM Minna st.,Kan Kranclvo, tnl., May 8, 1R7.
Some time nen, while a member of the
Olympic Athletic rinb. I sprained my krirn
severely and snffenMl apmy, but was speedily
aud completely cured by hi. Jacobs Oil.
JOHN tiAHIJUTT.
Tamped from Fnptn.
tyi S. 17th St.. lmnhn. Neb., Kept. 25, 1W
1 lumped from an enirine in culliilon, and.
strained my ankle very badly. I used raws
for weeks. St. Jacobs Oil completely cured
. U. KUEDKK.
T Tlnt lM-TS and PFAirns.
THE CHARLES 1, VOGELEn CO . Sslllrrors. Mil.
N Y N V-'JT
CL)fUS WHLHt ALL tLSfc (AILi
Bettt'ouirh Hymn. Tru'iffl (toinI, Cm
t1 limn K,,Yl I,v .lnuvMr 1
MONK Y IN MM K F.N.
For isV. a ltipair iKwik, rHrlrnof
,VV tfyeiirn. It trachea how to itctivt
and cured iMeanra; to ftMHl for Kir
flVatid for fattoultut: which fowls to
save for brwdluit. At. Atltlrvtu
ltOOK t'ta UOl'SK, VM Ireonard St,, N. Y. City.
B R A Z E II Rnfr?
UKST IN TI1K WORLD UntrlOi.
IP"Uot the Uonulno. Bold Everywhere.
PENSIONS;
TcT, PENSION Bill
Is Passed..
tillfit lii ill o m. KtShi whi-n Tim nr. voiintionrr,
Blanks frvc. JUSkTII II. Ill M kit, iuj, MuSI-slm, U. (.
ftp A nit K'sk f Vi jr- am am.
PENSIONS
i Writs n for now laws.
1IV t9t9.
'jTr iB.rl.sc A W.
M.OormUfct. loat.WsihlBf Us, D. 0., . CiBelaaatl, O.
ANTKD flrllahle men to wll Nurwry fM'k. lo
cal or trnvt'ltuic. O L. Orff n A 10., 8 riuMtwN. V,
TUB Mexican Restorative.
A nrw and wondorlill nmly lor I.lvrr, Kidney,
Itlood anl hVnuilt 1Ih'Kmi. Trl.il lux kMHT. ?V. t'v
mall. LuNK M All MKIMt INK ('(., ..ouMon, T xr,
7R In 9'i.tO A HONTII cftti mnilr work In
f for n h, lYi"mm prrfcrrod who mil fnrnlnli
a horw and (five thrlr who In time to the I m Hint's.
f'IM.r momriUi niny Im profitably mi plotted alv,
A frw vai'Ant-tf In town and rlile. K JOI'.V
KN t'i.. unlit Mnin Ktwt, Kh-hmond, Va,
F
KKKMANA MONKV. Wshlnitinn. l. t.
I'ATKST. t'i-AIM ASH 1M ATToBNKY.
11. !. Moiiry, 0 ar MetnlxT or t'oiikrrewt.
A. A. Kiwnun, H )tir Aw't V. K. Att'j -Uvu.
rinilltl A HIT. Onlr Crrlnln nn,l
IIFIIIM Kasy Cl'ltr. Hi tho W.irl.l. Ilr.
Ml I Will J. HTK I 1 1 K -, 1 1 .
Fiens i o rVari"
'Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
Lat. Principal Examiner U. 8. P.n.lon Bureau.
I yrs lu last war, l& ailjiuhratlns claims, alt? sluot
BFORtt
3
at m mm.
nJE
wirh rhe &id of-2t
iry irtn your next- house
v cleesninc and see.
A STRUGGLE WITH DIRT
Goes on in civilized society from the cradU to tho grave. Dirt is degra
dation and degradation is destruction. Women, especially, ore judged
by their habits of household oloanlineps, and no stronger condemnation
can be expressed than "she keeps a dirty house and a filthy kitchen." But
the struggle with dirt is often unequal. The woman's weakness or the
worthlessnes8 of tho soaps she uses make it impossible to overcome the
demon of dirt. By tho use of SAPOLIO she wins easily.
cvehy WATEHHR00F CULLAH or CUFF
THAT
BE UP
TO
Txrot -to
I THE MARK
jyr trade
Celluloid
NEEDS NO LAUNDERING. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT.
THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF
COLLAR IN THE MARKET.
i SAVE
a " t iv i -y
J il . -AJ. -JO Z
Y.kLJ
1 S 9
ii" 1 evury-day tut
1 tarmi which render most Portor Hooks so Talurleia to ti Ren
3 Intended to be ol Service in tba Family, and Is so wuiMed
it I'Aht I coiitaliu lu for uiatlou ou Oeueral Ulaeuaos aud rju
Prickly Heat, Meaale, Hmall Fox, I'lili-kfn Poi, Warm, Torus, c, fco. bhowlng bow toVrTnl
and Cure. Fifty pairos on tho II It A I N aod N KIC V IH cover In Auoplvsy, Trauc, Con
a Kits, UlKKlueta, IJellrlum Ircmeim, fcpllepsy, taltitOiK, iltudalies, lllc.Xiiuilj, Hypocboodrta, 1
nouraiKia, iiHeaae or pmal rrn,
Kt.
y innaiumathm, cataract,
f page on tba KAK leaf
5 Nolaos In, to Extract tore If u
Z Uio NOtSK Bleeding, Ca
S) Hftccn tiatjc ou liiu ACk'.
J TlKKTll Cracked Lls,
598 PAGES
PROFTJBELT ILLUSTRATED.
Gum Boil, Ac, KlulileeB paKes
A r 1 rsv itroni'Uitis, utpuitte-
m mumps, u it
on I.Vkt.S
Ulcerated Sore
naurrutlou.
SplUina HUkmI. Htlich In Side, Ac. Iwi-Ue pjoa
5 of, Ac Kor four pHr ou A II IO.M I N A f.
A Diarrboa, iyeiitery, !Hiepia, Hearllmrn, l-all sumea, Jauudlce, 1'IIcn. Ac. Tweuiy-ala pays on
tb vary Important Vrliinry aud 4eullal Oruuna i ravel, UtaJrftea, Private Ltiaeaaea, lunamnay
v tiosf ot jiuuiuct. an. firty niuces on intHii'i
i tyvunuj, rmcia i mil iimia, saaiium, uunt, nuv kiiiot mi , r.MT.nun
7 I'aht II relutel to Disc aa nt H'auieu ftleuHtrtialiou. Womb. Pi
Littbllltv. Vu ver if all kliid. Maliirla. (J out. ItlieiinialiHiii. iii- Ks.tviLiiiu treated lu detail.
XhKT 111 Is deputed to i lilldren uud Thrlr Olncnaea, from birth, and Is filled with JusC lb
attnrmitli n mothers coustaully need.. '1 bis pari alone 1 worth mauy times the price of the work,
Vaet r rovers Ai-ridrula ;Pa.iM.i.iiMMM and ruirriieuctoaj tnclitOtif
S Household Surgery. and I I their AutlduLes.Au. Inaiutle.
rAHT li reiutci to niaraaes oi w auieu
1'aht V-t.enrral II y- I F
and uuidetoLu, iitaithy urc I
0 itona
A new eret
f all topics ' relailuii to Ht-aith
Pah Vll fc'or tiie tx-ruxl
valoattie I Vai ar . -
a rKI a-v, inn iiti iumi ' ' 1 1 .iii , iuiuiiu uuub tsU
A relations of Mau and WilY; for the huwly Muiriei. Uusrul kuowludse for all contemplating mairla-e.
PakT VUlCnukery uud Dulmlra lii- the Htuk Katun A u Invi.luable section for boueewlves.
Paht IK I tiilicHiinns of liiat'Hn by A uiieurunce "remperau.t'ni, Ac. Worthy eloae study.
9 FRT X Itl eillclne- l lu-lr 1'icpar.Hluu uuii Uouiij HiuScriplluuH, lteolpt. C. KxCreiualy UaafuL
X rT ki lioiauicul .tleUlenl I'laeilret tusiruclious for prutariUM and utuug Coo.iuoa &mt US.
Over I'itlU IJNKM OK IMK to tfiildo you Instantly to the Information yon want. Ar
A on receipt oi tfli ceuta In omi or lu. aud ao. pusiaK at am pa.
I BOOK PUB. HOU3P. (34 Leonard St.
X mmmWi
ADLVAY'C
111 READY RELIEF,
THE GREAT COKQUCROH OF. PAIS.
For ffprnlna, 11riil)pa, Barknrh, r1n l
tti 4'hral or Kldea, lleadnch), TatlirhH
or nny rtttrr ttprnl paint few aiwBltra..
lions mlihrri on by hnnd, net like mnlo
mn nt n the pnln to Inatnnity ,
For ( onurxilona, sf'nlda. Ilronrhltla, Pbosi
neon lit, InflnininNtlona. H hettmni lm, rtnm
rnlpln, ..nrnhnvo, Mrlntlrn, moro ihorooch
nnd rrjioni rri npiillrnitoit nrr noeraaorr.
All Internal rntii, IMnrrh.m, Conn,
ppnNtn. Nnnarn, Km I nil tig Mprlln, SerTaaa
no Hlrrplene oro relieves Inatantlfj
nnd qnlrltly r ti red by tnklitf Inwardly .A
lo HO rirnpa In half n tumbler of wot or,
dOr. a bottle All DrutrcUta.
iADWAY'S
INi PILLS, i
A n excellent nnA ml tit Cnl hurtle. Porolf
YrsetHhle. T lie Wnirnt nnd llent Mrdlrlno
In the world tor tbe (. nro of oil IMnorslora
LIVER, STOMACH OR BOWELS.
T.i ken nernrHlnar lo itlrrellona Ifcoy will
restore hen It h ntieT renew vltnllty
Price 25 cti. a Box Bold by all Drngyiiti.
WITAT IS SAID ABOUT
DR. TOBIAS
"What n vrand article It Is
'1 cannot bo without ll.'
'll la the klna ol pr.lu relievers.
No other I In Intent eanal to It,"
l ennnlder It a a rent remedy."
''Nothing coMld Induce me to travel with
oni It."
Thott'and of certificates ean be aeen at 40 Korea?
Ptrcrt, New York, with similar aapreMtona, altewtv
ItiK to the wonderful curs live pnpert4ea of lr.
Tot. I a' Venetian MnlmruL Hold by ail JJnimlfta,
FrkN- V and SO cents.
ftTHK WONDERFUL
PBURGCHAIR
COMBINING 5 ARTICLES
FURNITURE-.
INVALID
' AND
WHEEL
CHAIRS,
Va teiail at th iW.
Wiit! siror prt
and ab'p goods to bo
paid for on delivarr,
Psnd cLauid fiir Uata-
JoffUS. ivarn trtXHM awrui. VC. ILIT1IL
LUUUBO MFC CO.. 149 14. t)ih ftt rsiira.
SPENDENTENSioTrLL
ha I-.-...,..- h law. t-l'J t'Mt MONTH lo all
honor n My dlM'tiarited feoMlcm and Mallon of the lata
war, who nrc incaacltiitrd from earning a niort,
lilim the nam', without n-icard lo cue of death,
lUNndcnt I'a rcti In and Minor t'hlldren aluo Inter
t wtfd. (vrr ;ii jt-nr' i-xer.t'riee. Heferenetn In all
wirlflof tho country. No enn nee If unuccef nl,
U rite nt once for "fopy of Law," hlatik and full la-
unction ai.i. titFK lo It. fttcA l...liTKl A '0.
Mitvi-orM to Win. I'onard Co. . O- iloJt
7 13. W oaMmion, l. .
DROPSY
i iti: ri:i Kitr;i;.
Poltlvrl Cured with eselable Heiwedlea.
Hiivf. ennui tliounaudt) of caA. t 'lire patient pro
nou u I'd hoMlc t.y in I ptiylclnns. From And lose
sympt hi. disappear; In ten day at lea-1 twolhtrd
all .rinptoni removed, t end for free book testimo
nial of ml rnc it lou cures. Ten dara treatment free
by mall. If joii order trial, end In stamps lo
pay pontage. lr. M. II. t.iuiKt At Kos. Atlanta, tin
MIRACLE
CAN BE RELIED ON
Q-pii-t.
hie
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it iv v i
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mux
5
pjcvt -to Discolor !
BEARS THIS MARK.
MARK.
DOCTOR'S BILLS!
SAVE HEALTH!
Pr know, off bow is take carts of your dear ons whn
first attacks, hv 1ia. Til K TIM It TO
C IIK K 1H IN 1TH 1N JiMEN-
C'Y tut bow many puiauus kuow wbat lo do hi
sucb a csho. Not ime lu a tltouaaad. Do you f II
not, you nrMt a physician to toll you i and you don't
generally have a (to t at baud lu tba snklole of Ui
Uts-tit, ur nt a moiikuut's DutUt), auit lu any snt aai
St-'rvlcf aro x)miipiv. A rkok ooiitaJniiaa; Iba la
furmalluu you want enn ba at baud, bowevar.aiwl
If you ara wIm will I at baud. Hucb a book
wo intr you lor ouiy
aud If you uro irudint
you v. ill apnd for It by
returu mail. It title
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TOK." It lathe labor of J. HAMILTON 4 YKKJS,
-n rvttry form. It la wrlUeu la plain
evury-day tuuliNb, uud Is free from lb lcholoal
R-Dtrallty or rfalur. Ttala ! la
Med ax to tw rvadlly understood by alL
niualiU of 86 liaucs on tba f KIN, tU
l'oimeUun,
Vitiikt' Dance. l'alv. Ae.
suiutiuK. btye, Ac, Ten
ne, -arache, Kuunlns uf,
Ho,llc, Ac. Eight pee on
tarrh, riceraleil. Tumor, to.
Ml, .11 Ol Til, J A WM,
Csiiker Mouth, Tootbacbe,
on Til UATaud WIND
rta, IIuatmiu'u. Inauensa,
fhrnat, Ao. KlfhUn pa
Atbiua, Cough, rleuriay.
ou lit.AK T-
rulp:'ation. KnlarKentent, Lropay
Cavity Cbolera Morbi.t,
tie. v (Hiiiveneaa. (. rauio.
oi
lrurral i"yaieiu Atwcean, Cauoev, Itrvpv,
aieuMirtiaiiou, w omli, fretoiaucy, uounueuient, aro.
fj fj XfiJ I sleue-PreaerTatlon of HealtA
' - -kt vi . amnion uuea-
ij. Tt f. m rrY, I miscellaneous iniorinatlon os
and Uiaeaae. f illed with HlnUi
New York.