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MATCH MANUFACTURING.
THE SIMPLB IKVENTION WHICH
BANISHED THE TINDER.
BwwImi lulhe Great Match Maker
Kaoh Person I'wi i:t)it a Day
Wax Watclioa.
Every man, woman and child in En
tope and America, taking the average,
uses eight matches every day In tho
fear.
, Docs It not seem wonderful when one
considers the enormous number of matches
which, at thit rutc, the civilized world
uses c-ich year to light its fires, its ii'mrM
and ci!rs and other things which rc
(juiro ijjnitin for purposes of every-day
convenience! The very notion of petting
on without them seems so absurd that
one docs not realize that it is only within
the last sixty years that they have been
procurable. How marvelomly cheap they
ire, too I Jn fact, thero is no product of
human manufacture that better illustrates
the cxpcno saving advantages of ma
chinery. When one machine wi;l turn
Dut 15,000,000 matches in ten hours,
why should not mankind regard tho phe
nomenon of fire as too commonplace to
bo worthy of serious consideration.
Swodcn is tho great match maker of
the world, but tho iudustry is conducted
on an enormous scale in tho United States
and other countries. Tho wood mod is
chiefly pino, whito or yellow. Timber
for tho purposo is cut out in blocks fif
teen inches long long enough to m ike
scvsn matches. After being freed from
tho bark tho blocks nro put into a m i
dline resembling a turning lathe, witli a
fixed cutting tool by which a continuous
strip of veneer is turned off precisely
tho thickness of a in itch. While this is
being done small knives separate tho
sheet of veneer into seven bands so that
seven long ribbons arc produce!, tho
width of each just tho length of tho
match that is to be.
Next these ribbons nro fed moie thau
ono hundred of them at a time into
another machine, though first they are
cut into six-foot lengths and tho anolty
parts are removed. Hus liU'er contri
vance chops them into match sticks at
tho rate of thousands a minute, which
are afterwards dried iu heated drums
-"that revolve. The sticks thus prepared
are then sifted to removo nil splinters,
and the same apparatus that accomplishes
this purposo arranges them parallel to as
to bo conveniently bundled. Finally they
nro dipped iu combustible mixtures, aud,
although this performance is so elabor
ate as to renJtr a detailed description
undesirable, it is performel with as
much quickness as tho process which
went before. From the felled tree to the
finished lucifers nil is done by machinery,
the boxing only bciug executed by
, . hand.
It was in 1803 that the notion of
chemical matches was first conceived. In
that year a French professor introduce!
for tho purposo a small bottle of asbestos,
saturated with strong" sulphuric acid,
into which little sticks of wood coated
with sulphur and tippcJ with a mixture
of ohlorate of potash au.l sugar, were to
, be introduced when a light was wanted.
When the wooden splint thus prepared
was brought in contaat with the acid iu
the bottle ignition followed.
In the saine year matches tipped with
lumps of phosphorus seem to have been
known, but they caught lire too readily
by spontaneous combustion to rcuder
them very desirable for household use.
An improvement was introduced in 1823,
when equal parts of sulphur and phos
phorus wero melted together in a glass
tube, which was securely corked. When
a light was desired a small stick was
poked into the tube nud a particle of
mixture withdrawn on the cud of it. On
exposure to the air tho substance caught
fire spontaneously.
Tho first really practicable friction
matches were made by un English apothe
cary named Walker in 1827. lie coated
splints of cardboard with sulphur and
tipped them with a mixture of sulphate
of antimony, chlorate of potash and gum.
Each box, holding eighty-four matches
and sold for twenty-five cents, contained
also a folded piece of glass paper, which
was to bo pressed together whilo the
, match was drawn through it. Three
years later another ingenious person
named Jones, iu London, patented tho
idea of making a small roll of paper,
soaked with chlorate of potash and sugar
at one end, with a thiu glass globulo
filled with strong sulphuric acid attache!
at the same point. When the sulphuric
acid was liberated by pinching the
globule it acted upon the chlorate of pot
ash and sugar so as to produce fire.
It was not until 1833 that tho pbor
phorus friction match was first introduced
on a commercial scale, aud improve
ments rapidly followed, which have pro
duced the lire-making article as it jssold
Dy tue uiutons oi uoxes lo-uay. r or a
long time the phosphorus, which has al
ways been the most important ingredient,
was fouud a perilous thing to deal with.
It occasioned multitudinous accidents,
and was also the causo of widespread
disease iu the factories. This complaint
was of a most dreadful character, caus
ing decay of the jawbones of operatives;
but it has beeu fouud that ventilation
aud cleauliu'.i.ss do away with it. Owing
to the danger of fires from the explosiou
OI matches, the "safety" vuriety has
' grown much in favor of late years, the
puospnorus necessary lor ignition being
combined with the mixture applied to
the surface of the box, instead of formiu '
part of the tipping substuuee of the
splints themselves.
Wax matches, so-called, are manufac
tured chieUy iu Italy and Great liiitain.
They are made by drawing strands of i
fine cotton thread, twenty or thirty at a
time, through meltcl siearine, with a
small admixture of par.itiiue. The wax
hardens quickly upon the threu Is aud
the loug tapers thus produced am
smoothed oud rounded by pulling them
through iron plates perforated with holes
of the desired si.e. Finally, the tipirs
are cut into match lengths aud dipped.
In France the making of mat. hes is a
monopoly of the Government, which
farms out tho privilege ut a largo tigure,
tho result being that it costs ur.ich more
to strike a light iu that country thau it
does elsewhere.
When it is considered how old the
world's civili.tion is, it semis surpris
ing that man should have only so very
recently learued how to make tire easily.
The primitive tliut-aud-steel method is
but ot the last generation, and that does
not appear so vory lar ahead of friction
with wood. It u nut u;tuiiihiii on the
whole, that navages hiiould e.iui:no.dy
mipp m tliut lira really exists m wood
and alone, ninue it is ficmi thmu every
day materials tUit they pio.uie a lurliun
of I'roimt heus's precious thtll from
fcwToii. ifWu'tizi itur,
SELECT SIFTINGS.
Russia hns thu longest frontier.
Dynamite wss luventod in 1846.
Store lobsters, by two to ono, are sold
this year than there was last.
In a school in Michigan the youngest
pupil is an aunt of the teacher.
The fireplace in Robert Louts Steven
son's island home in Samoa is the only
one in tho land.
A number of short railway have been
built in Paraguay, the Government as
sisting largely in their construction.
The British House of Commons mom-
b .whip was increased to 670 under tho
operations of tho Heform bill of 1885.
A wealthy St. l'aul (Minn.) lady pro
vided in her will that $ 5 a week should
bo spent in caring for hor favorite dog.
Tho heaviest wool production in tho
United States in the Inst decade was in
1884, when the total clip amounted to
308,000,000 pounds.
Inveterate carelessness in money mat
ters was a salient characteristic of the
leailiug fictional writers of France from
forty to fifty years ago.
A woman iu Illinois has created a mild
sensation by suing hor husband for her
false teeth, which he took away when
she insisted upon biting him.
A Philadelphia statistician says that
there nro tour long tons of pure gold,
worth $2,500,000, carriod around by tho
p;oplo of that town in the shape of fill
ing in their teeth.
For fourteen years n "Son of the
Marshes'' iu Scotland has bcon trying to
get n eight of i. wild animal in the act of
guarding its young in tlmo of danger,
lie has tramped day after day for that
purpose, but without success.
Tho word "S'ate'' was first officially
ucJ May 15, 1756, when Archibald
C'ary reported to the Virginia couToution,
then in session at Williamsburg, tho fa
mous resolution, "to declan united
colonies free and independe. .tcs."
Tho largest gun ever mado bv Ivrunn
is the property of tho Russian Govrrn
mcut. It is mado of cast steel and has a
barrel forty feet loner, with a bora of
thirteen and one-half inches. It costs
$1500 to tiro a single shot from tho
gun.
A Maine fanner recently sent a ten-
cent stamp to a man who advertised to
;end for t.iat amouut the way to run a
farm without bciug troubled with potato
bugs. The answer received was as fol
lows: "Plant fruit trees' instead of po
tatoes."
Four bovs of Beardseye, Ind., found
nn old coat near the railroad and began
tossing it about and batting each other
with it. A bank noto slipped from bo
neath ono of tho patches. Tho boys
ripped the coat to pieces and it panned
out $1711.
Tho boots which Daniel Webster wore
on bis farm nt f ranklin, Is. II., are
owucd by the New Hampshire Historical
Society, and are on exhibition in a shoe
store ut Concord. They are of kip
leather, pegged soles and heels, with
square toes.
A Michigan man tumbled iuto a hole
four feet deep one evening and supposing
himself at the bottom of a mine shaft
forty feet deep ho put iu tho night pray
ing nud halloiug. When the morning
came he climbed out and gave a teamster
$1 to boot him for forty rods down tho
road.
Water Too Mitch for a Mob.
Right in San Francisco to-day lives a
man who was a ringleader of a mob in
Tucson, Arizona, that was foiled in a
most peculiar way in an attempt to lynch
a prisoner who was charged with murder
ing a piospector. Court was in session
nt the timo and the prisoner was contiued
in a cell in the Tucson court house,
through the main entracj of which was
the only way of access to the jail from
the street. An adjournment had been
taken for the day and, as it happened,
the only man left at tho court house was
the janitor, a slow, methodical old fellow
named Hand. Humors had been circu
lated for several days that an attempt
would be made to lynch tho prisoner re
ferred to, but as no demonstrations had
been made the sheriff had grown care
less, and had removed tho guard. Just
about the dusk of the eveniug iii ques
tion, the old janitor, who was enjoying a
smoke on tho ourt houso steps, saw a
mob npproachiug, and in an instant real
ized its meaning. Slowly removing his
pipo from his mouth, ho laid it carefully
aside and stepped into the corridor of tho
building. A section of fire hose stood
near, aud deliberately unreeling it, he
screwed It on to the hydrant and ad
justed the nozzle. II u stood tbero iu
readiness, and when the leader of the
mob reached the doorway ho turned the
water ou full force. Owing to the great
elevation of the reservoir the pressure is
enormous, and the stream us it struck the
leader staggered him. He hesitated and
turned to face his companions. That
settled it, and before they could recover
from their surprise every man in tho mob
was drenched from head to foot. The
stream seemed to increase in force und
volume, and one after another the would
be lynchers lied. Iu five minutes not ono
of them could be seen in any direction,
and when the sheriff put in an appearance
old Hand had reeled up tho hose and
was again seated on the steps smoking
a n ay us if nothing had happened. Han
Fiinciico Call.
Mystery of Hall Solved.
A direct observation of hail in tho
process of formation is rocorded by
Professor Tosetti who, iu the afternoon
of n Equally day, looking eastward
through the win low of a house In north
ern Italy, which, with two olhers, in
closed tho court, saw tho rain which
streamed down from tho roof to the
right caught by a very cold wind from
the uurth, and driven back aud up in
thick drops. SuJdeuly a south wind
blew, aud tho drops, tossed about iu all
direction?, were transformed iuto ice
balls. Whcu the south wind ceased this
transformation also ceased, but whenever
the south wind recurred the phenomenon
was reproduced, aud this was observed
three or four times in ten minutes.
L'hkajo Jit mid.
A Bounty on Bugs'.
Thero is a bounty on Juno bugs in
Sweden und Norway, where the trees
! suller greatly from the posts. In a single
I Swedish province 12,000 kroner were
' paid for, it is estimated, something like
mm hundred und tea millions of bugs
! last spring. .Many persons muke soup of
the iusccts and eat them, thus making
their crawling crop pay ut both eada,
NEWS AND NOTES FOB WOMEN.
Jackets are shortor.
Now we have souvenir thimbles.
Whito veils are conspicuous once more.
Fencing is a favorite exercise among
women now.
The whito blazer now blazes with red
or yellow facings.
Girls who clork In stores In America
are paid but small wages.
The summer handkerchiof is cut on
the edge to represent leaves.
There Is a rumor that f urbclowed whito
petticoats are coming in aguin.
"Collego Songs for Girls" aro now to
bo bad a pleasant collection.
All the women of the Vandcrbilt fam
ily are notable for their good looks.
Women are rapidly making their way
into tho faculty of modicino in England.
Tho women in Prussia, according to
statistical reports, far outnumber the
men.
Miss Frances E. Willnrd, tho temper
ance advocate, says she always rises at 7
in tho morning.
Tho polka dot Isn't round any longer.
Through much use it has become flat
tened into an egg-shaped ball.
There is a good dual of talk with re
gard to the possibility of a feminiuo or
chestra in New York nest winter.
It is said that the girl typo-writer
stands a better chanco to get married
than any other working woman.
Gardening, pieno-tuniug aud sanitary
engineering are some of the occupations
women are taking up in Great Britain.
A Bond street (I, melon) jeweler says
that at a drawing room the Queen
wears at least 6750,000 worth of jewels.
It is shown that, bssldcs matrimony
ind teaching, thirty -seven different oc
cupations have been assumed by Vassar
collego graduates.
A hired girl in M lino iuvarlably puts a
pin in her mouth when it is ucccssary to
peel onions. Sho says it prevents her
eyes from watering.
An artist's rule a? to color in clothes
is: Choose carefully ouly those tints of
which a duplicate may bo found in tho
hair, tho eyes, or tho complexion.
Professor Harriet Cooke, of the chair
of history in Cornell, has taught in that
college twenty -threo years and has a sal
ary equal to that of tho men professors.
Mrs. Henry Clews is by many penplo
considered tho prettiest woman in New
York. She has a lovely face, with bril
liant eyes, a fine complexion and shilling
dark hair.
Turquoises aro tho most fa-hionsblo
stones of tho day. For hair ornaments
they are intermixed with diamonds, and
half a dozen little pins go with each hair
ornament.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland is greatly in
terested in the education of the children
of the poor. Mrs. Cleveland is Vice
President of the Now York Free Kinder
garden Association.
Though it is only twenty-fivo year
since the first colloge in the United
States was opened to women, there are
40,000 women studying in tho various
colleges of the couutry.
Blondes look fairer and younger in
dead black like that of wool goods ot
velvet, whilo brunettes require the sheen
of satin or gloss of silk in order to
wear black to advantage.
Never before Las simplicity been
studied with such artful results. Many
of the charming gowns one sees are ab
surdly plain aud yot despairingly difficult
of achievement by any but the very smart
est mantua-miKcrs.
The Princess Stephanio is said to be
fast losing the beauty that mado hot
famous at the Vienncso Court when she
married tho Crown Prince Rudolph ten
years ago. She has never recovered from
the dreadful shock of her husband's sui
cide. More than 5000 ladies in England are
competing for the prizes offered for a
design for the best cycling costume', tho
best shooting costume, tho best golf cos
tume, the best walking costume, the
best tea gown aud the best outdoor
cloak.
"Shirley Daro," the author of count
less practical articles for housekeepers,
looks more like a poetess than what sho
is a journalist and a writer on domes
tic topics. Sho is fair, with soft eyes
and golden hair, and is gentle and pen
sive iu manner.
The Sultan has issued a decree pro
hibiting tho ladies of Constantinople
from perambulating the streets in the
Paris coatu nes they have adopted of late,
which his Majesty condemns as depart
ing from Turkish tradition and from the
prescripts of the ICiran.
Concord, Mass., ha 1 a woman guide.
Sho is Mrs. L. E. Brooks; has a well
equipped livery stable, personally at
teuds all parties, knows every point of
interest ubout the town, kuj vs the
genealogy of everything and everybody,
aud makes a most charming guide.
Duck's-foot yellow is the odd name ot
the newest and oddest shade in gloves.
It is worn with gray gowns. Duck's
egg green is another new shade, tho
Loudon taste at the moment ruuning to
ducks cxceediugly. Palo heliotrope, pale
pink and lemon ure worn with evening
gowns.
The salaries of women clerks in the
public service at Washington ore, with
few exceptions, equal ta those of men in
similar poiitious. Two women iu the
Treasury Department, Miss Van Vrau
keu, of New Yoriv, and Miss Heavy, of
Tennessee, receive $1800 a year, which
they have earned by twenty-five years of
service. Miss Tinner has tho same sal
ary, and live others in the sumo depart
ment receive $1000; three have $1400;
a hundred have from $000 to $1200.
No Paupers iu Servla.
The opinion is generally held that
there is nothing entirely perfect in ex
istence. The opinion holds good in
Serviu's case.
It has had more trouble with its reign
ing Princes during the century than al
most all tho other European countries
combined, nud yet though tho fact is
not generally kuowu it is one of the
best countries in tho world, at least so
fur as the couditiou of its lower classes
is concerned.
At the lust census (estimated in 1890)
the total population was given ut 2,0'Jti,
013, of which not a single one was a
pauper. There is no bucli thing us a
workhouse in tliu country.
The inhabitants ure thrifty, their taste
run usually to agricultural pursuits, uud
oveu tho poorest have some sort of free
hold pi'upui'ty. A'om Ymk WvrlJ,
TEMPERANCE.
BAVK TUB BOTH.
The KaHrmn! Uaplist says that "rwiitlv
when two tannin! or mora lniiiUar.l wir
jatherp-l In a miN-ting by the Hiwakfast A
rociatinn, a upoakor akJ that all who had
begun to drink after the age of twentj-ona
wmilit rnino their Imn.tn. Six mpontle.1.
He then asked that all who had bpirim to
Irink before twenty-one should raise their
hands. A sea of hands were raised. By
raving the Ixiys from the snln, we cao ga
far to save the next Reneratiwn.
Tna consumption or bker,
''Do you know," said a dyspeptle-looklnn
man at the lunch counter In the Astor House
a few daysao, "that we have no lager beer
uowadaysr This lieverape that is sold as
lairer beer is tonus! out In ton days or two
weeks' time by the big brewers. The use of
duplex air-pumps has almost completely rev
olutionised the brewery business." "Brewers
have to make their beer quickly In order to
keep up with ttie enormously Increasing de
inaud," replied the dyspeptic's friend. "Iam
told on the authority of a careful statistician
that the increase in the manufacture of beer
in this city alone in the year ended April 80
last was more than 8.000.000 barrels. New
York City now consumes annually a trifle
more than 30.000,000 barrels ot beer. At
the present rate of increase the consumption
iu this city ten years from now will be 60,
UOO.OUO barrels." A"eit 1 ork Timet.
l!l FAVOR Or BTKRKKR XKaSURKB.
The Canadian Churchman takes the view
that excessive drinking is a symptom of defi
cient moral sense, which is in itself the root
of all criminality, tbe cause of all crime, and
further, that tula deficient moral sense la
largely due to the light penalties inflicted for
drunkenness. "A sentence on a drunk Is a
matter of joke and merriment," says our
contemporary. "A few days' confinement
just long enough to sober up and the person
is let loose on the public again. The punish
ment of this crime of putting one's self in
Jxwitlon to commit other crimes ought to be
ncrensed a thousandfold." Of course this
measure of increased punishment is meta
phorical. Ten days ia the usual allowance
lor what is known in New York police courts
as "a drunk and disorderly." A ten-thou-sand-ilny
sentence would confine a man for a
generation, and be in excess of tho require
ments. It is high time, however, that in our
courts of law and in practical dealing with
drunkenness the offense should be deemed a
serious one and its humorous element, if it
has any such, bo ignored. A man who gets
drunk puts himself In the way of committing
every known sin, and the legal punishment
seldom conforms with the weight of the
transgression. Aw York Observer.
KKTT HIS PROMISE.
The calebrated French General Cam
bronne, when he win a common soldier, was
terribly given to the sin ot drunkenness.
One day, when he was drunk, he struck au
oSlcer, and was condemned to doath. His
Colonel, however, who lovod him tor his
bravery, obtained his pardon on condition
that he would promise never to drink wine,
or spirits again. Twenty-live years after
wards the Corporal had become a Ooncral,
and had immortalized himself by his hjrok:
rutroat from Waterloo. Having retired in
to family life, he livud quietly in Paris, be
loved and esteemed by all. His old Colonel
one day invited him to dinner to meet some
ot his former comrades. The place of honor
was reserve 1 for Cnm bronne at the host's
right hand. A highly priced wine was
brought in which was served only on grand
oceisions.
"Heneral," sai 1 the old Colonel, "you must
toll us all the news;" and he was jiist about
to till Cambronne'a class. The General
' stoppej his hand; ttie Colonel insisted.
"nut, ueuerai, l assure you it is excel
lent." "That has nothing to do with it," said
Cambronne, eagerly. "It has to do with my
honor anil my promise Colonel my prom
ise as a Corporal; have you forgotten itf
Since that day not a drop of wine has touched
my lips. My word and my conscience are
worth more than vour wine."
INTEMPERANCE- AND INSANITY.
A recent contributor to the lOsfera
Christian Advocate, writing of intemper
ance and insanity, quotes Dr. Parchaffe as
giving the causes of insanity in Hit! cases of
which he had knowledge, and of these in
temperance was respousible for 1(H. Ho
quotes Dr. trriesinger, professor of clinical
medicine and mental science in the Univer
sity of Berlin, as oitiug drunkenness ax "one
of the most important causes of domestic
troubles," to which 241 more of these cases
of insanity were accredited. Ho further
more says, "Drunkenness stands midway
between psychical and physical causes. Its
effects are very powerful and very complex."
He adds; "On the one hand, the action of
alcoholic exco-ses is principally, puroly phys
ical, iu part direct, by causing irritation and
changes in the nutrition of tiie brain, by the
development of chronic sta-sis within the
cranium; in pert indirect, by producing
druiikara's scorbutus, tatty degeneration of
the livfr, ser:ous gustrie diseases; ill short,
by coir.p.ete ruin of the constitution." He
then cites drunkenness us produciug impor
tant psych. eul caiise, by the quarrels and
brawls which drunkenness so frequently oc
casions, and the sad mental impressions
which it causes, domestic discomfort, with
drawn! from the family, ruin in business,
and loss of telf respect which it must force
home upon the drunkard. This is weighty
scientific testimony which ought to warn all
users ot intoxicants of the peril iuvolved in
the drinking habit iu the way ot physical and
mental deterioration and ruin. The insane
asylums of this country steadily increase in
nunibi-rs, uud like our prisons, are, many of
them, overcrowded. Alcoholism, directly
or indirectly, is undoubtedly chief among
the causes. .Vatiouaf liirocafe.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
The annual driuk bill of the world exceeds
1,000,000,000.
Tbe Emperor of China has ordered all the
distilleries in the &udel districts to be closed
for a year, in order to save the grain.
(several liquor saloous in Tacoma, Wash.,
had not beeu closed once for from six to too
Sears uutil tbe recent enforcement ot a new
unday law.
In Scotland there are altogether (omitting
the Orkney and (Shetland Isles) 11, Till
licensed premises, or one to every 340 of the
estimated population.
The British Woman's Temperance Associa
tion will put up a memorial tablet in Willard
Hall, iu the Vt Oman's Temperance Temple,
in memory of Mrs. Margaret Bright Lucas,
their former l'resi Jeut.
The unions of New South Wales, Victoria,
Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand
and Tasmania have united aud organized a
national W. C. T. U., with Miss Jessie
Ackerman as President.
The annual report of tho British Woman's
Temper. inc. i Association, recently issued,
states that the past year has been the most
progressive one in its history. There are in
all 425 societies, extending throughout
twenty counties, the Isle of Mun aud the Isle
of Jersey.
All Victorians in Australia point with
pride to Mildura, the beauty spot where the
development of the irrigation scheme of the
Chattoy brothers from (San Francisco is
making the wilderness blossom as the rose.
No saloons have ever been license I. After
prosperity came a club license was sought
and granted, but wrought such disaster that
it was soon revoked. 1 he district policeman
testities that he has nvver had to arrest a
drunken man.
The American Medical Association, organ
ised iu May at the iustauce of Dr. N. 8.
Davis, brings into the arena of popular
temperance a sword of keeuust edge, it re
quires no pledge as to the prescription of
alcohol, but is open to every one interested
iu the topic. Nor is any written pledge of
personul abstinence tlemauded, but it is a
point of houor iu the society that if any
member ceases to be a total abstainer lie
shall withdraw.
I Lost
Mr eoaodence, mi aU run oewa and usable te
work la aa utmue conolDon Of fsuersi debility,
waea 1 was told that Bood'a tusaparUla was last
what t seeded. As a diownlnf was (rasps at
straw I daotdel to ut this uwdlela, aal to my
trt surprise, Croat toe first day 1 ftesaa to improve.
By ttia umm 1 bad rtnUhxl my oo tid botel I had
regained my health sod strength, aud from that
is 1 can say 1 turn Im psrlscUy wsll. I bare
recouinieDded Huod's tnuuarllla 10 my (rteuds,
rooni I kuuar hv U:sa baaenud by U. 11 U la
deed peculiar Iu llseU, Ul tuat
Hood's Sarsaparilla
But only hull", but It rarot, U. C- fivuoca, t Dele
te!! bVeet, LeiBOerlvlue, M. J.
Night lriU for tinna.
niutntoatod nlghl ilghU ara now in
uie on tha nuns of roant of tha Hrltuta
warships. Tba fron sight oonslsti of a
eon of pala green glass, point up, be
neath which is pUoed a small incandes.
cent lamp. Tha roar sight it similar in
principle, except that Instead of tha cone
there is a metal crossbar with a V-notcu
in the middle. There is a polished un
dersurface to this light, from which
light that first passes through ruby glass
is reflected. In sighting the pale green
point of light which constitutes the for
ward sight is brought to the bottom of
tho V-notch in the tear sight, and the
line of ruby light is brought iuto coinci
dence with it. Tho electric current for
each cun is Biinplied by a battery of two
elements, so arranged that the action
may be stopped by turning tho battery
upside down. Timet- Democrat.
Stone You Can Bend.
Flexible sandstone is one of the curi
osities found in North Carolina. Tho
quarries are in tho mountains of tho
southwestern corner of the Btutc and
the stone is taken out more us a curiosity
thnn for any other purpose, though it is
sometimes employed in building. .When
cut in a thiu piece, nay tho si.o and
shape of a common whetstouo, you can
bend it into a considerable arc without
its breaking, and it will resume its
former strnightntss on the pressure being
removed. Of course, if you bend it too
fur it will break. GM democrat.
rill-box I'nrrency.
It is snid that there is no money in
Iquiquo, Chili. Kvcry firm issues its own
currency. The currency of tho country
is paper, and it has depreciated to
twcuty-Hvo cents on a dollar from a gold
standard. Pill-box lids arc a medium of
circulation in luuiquo. A round lid is
good for twenty-live cents, an oval lid
goes for fifty cents. Tho mercantile firm
lHsuinir theso stamps its name upon them
and is supposed to redeem them in nUl
coin some time in the futuio, and mean
while they honor them with their value
in goods. Sotton I'mnteript.
An Operator's Amusing Illutider.
i Thirty pupils of a deaf uud dumb
school iu Virginia started for homo over
tho Baltimore and Ohio llnilroad tho
other week. The conductor of tho train
telegraphed to Purkcrsbnrg : havo
thirty mutes on board. Please bo pre
pared to rcecivo them." The dispatch
was received all right, but the operator
read it mules instead of mutes. Two
cattle cars of the most upproved pattern
were awaiting his trniu as ho pulled into
Parkersburg. Afie Tisrifc Commercial Ad
vertutr. I - Upholstcrod scats in cars are tho most
effective cinder catchers aud dirt collec
tors imaginable. No car that has them
can bo clenu. -
I Hundreds of Mormons nro settling in
tho Mexican States of Souora and Chi
huahua, and more aro expected from
Utah.
I Dr. L. I. Horsuch, Toledo, O., says: "I hnve
practiced medicine, for forty years, have never
seen a preparation that 1 could prescribe with
so much confidence of success as 1 can Hall's
Catarrh Cure." bold by Drugulsts, i&c.
Railroad officials estimate the potato crop
of Southern California at l.tsH) carloads.
' Thero are ailments that rob young women of
loth Health and Heauty aud make them pre
maturely old. Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetablo
Compound will restore both if taken In time.
Tbe Convenience ol feolid Trains.
The Erie la the only railway running solid
traiusover itsown trucks between New ork
aud Chicago. Xo change of cars fur any chva
of passengers, lutes lower than via. any other
lirst-class line.
(rHillylug lo All.
The high position attained aud tho universal
acceptance and approval of tho pleasant liquid
fruit remedy Syrup of Ft;;s, as the most excel
lent laxative known,illustrate tho value of the
qualities on which its success is liased and are
abundantly gratifying to the California
Syrup Company.
I Money tbe Year Hounil.
SIlss Smith says: "Can 1 mako &i5 wr week
Jn the lilatfiiK business?" Ves. intake $-4 to
as per day platiuir tablewaro ami jewelry iiml
solliuu philers. il. K. Delno Ac Co., Columbus,
O., will give yon full information. A plater
costs $.r. business is light and honorable and
makes money ttie year round. A Kkaokii.
1 FITS stopped free by Dk. Kui nimvr
Kkkvc Kkbtouku. No nta alter lirst day's uhu.
Marvelous cures. Treatise aud trial bottle
flee. Ur. Kline. Ittl Arch iSU. I'liila., f.
"Guide to Health aud Etiquette," is a beau
tifullllustrated book. The Lydia E. l'inkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., send It free for two
2c. stamps. The ladles appreciate it.
Is Your Child Sick.
s. s. s.
gives
strength,
health
and
vigor
to weak
and
delicate
children.
NEVER WITHOUT IT.
About three years ago my littlo boy
thiea years old was continue! to bla bej
with what the doctors pronounced in
flammatory rheumatism In his left leg.
He complained ot severe pains all tho
time, extending to his hips. 1 tried
several remedies but they did him no
good. A neighbor whoso little sou
had boon afflicted the same way,
rooommended B. H. S. After tuking
two bottles my littlo boy was com
pletely cured, and has beeu walking
one and a quarter miles to school ev
ery day siuce. I keep 8. B. B. iu my
house al' the time, and would not be
without it. B. J. C11R811111E,
Boston, Go.
BOOKS ON BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES FltFE.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta. Ca.
ALL
AliOUT Kuat 'I'oniieaaee'M FINK
( LI.IIA Tli auU OHki r tiUMJUHUM 14
ivNUJLVlLXh. ha.Ml.NLU Ually 1 m J,
ti'.t wtMkly 1 yar, ; Miuplea 41
PATElMTSy
W.T. PltxveraM.
uahtnaiMii. I. L)
u-paiie boon iroe
DOG
III V K. It S' t i I 1 1 K, 1 V i l Hi
ILU STKAIIUNH, t'olore.1 pliite, 1 -1 Ct-STrt.
KhN.N Kl.i, Clfiiieiilon. N.J. -t-i
home?:
11 Thorouu
KTI' II Y, Pook-kkki'INQ, ItusiwAM rornw,
Ymminshti. Artthin- tt Short-hanil, rtc
1'horouuui.y I AioiiT hv M A 1 1,, l'lreuluii frM.
Jli ranl'a olleiM'. 4-"i Main t-t., bullulu, N. Y.
SICK:
wen ana aeep weu. uw
lelld iu)W. tructa. a year, --vimple j
re. I'r. J, II. Dir. Alitor, butraio, .vjr
KTUUI ,,,r ,iut nd ,4lountnln Doctor'a
AainillAi Aallima C'mi-o, write to J. U.
Tl'KTH ft KON, Jut kMin, I'lilu. S3 for two I ottU-a
RUPTURE CURED!
Positively Holdt Huptura.
xoms jh.iii r win.
Iw m4i Urp.rrM.allrtoMa
lUatiralvd Utataaa aaat
Mn(y aU4 hf
O.V House Mra.Co
T44 Baeaowav, N.V Oitv
(rATEAT ALU) tli )
f I ILl til We want tne oameaiki ad
arcsaot every aulfcrer in the
&AOTUMR U.S. ana Canada. Adurcw.
AO I II Ul H r.oUlU;ulll.h.iAii6ila,u!t
ERAZERnhi
tH 1'Uk WOM.1)
7 Out w ucuulua.
(1 ELASTIC Yl
li TRUSS Yl
eerrsMxr
Saved
it fighting against
tho lifo that
Consumption.
Only act promptly.
Put it off, and nothing enn savo
rou. liut, it taken m time, nr.
'ierce'a Oohle.t Medical Disoovery
will certainly cure.
It rntiBt oo done through tho
Mood and llio " Discovery " is
tho most potent blood -clenuser,
strength - restorer, and flesh builder
that s known to medical aoienco.
Tho scrofulous nffection of tho
lungs that's called Consumption,
and every form of Scrofula nud
blood-taints, nil yield to it. For
Weak Lung, Spitting of Ulood,
Bronchitis, Asthma, rind all severe,
lingering Coughs, it's an unequalod
remedy. It's tho only ono that's
guaranteed. If it doesn't bencl'.t
or cure, in every case, you havo
your money hack.
" Wo promiso to euro your Ca
tarrh, perfectly and permanently,
no matter how had your cao or
of how long standing or wo'll
pay you $500." That's what tho
froprietors of Dr. Sage's Catarrh
lemcdy say to every sufferer from
Catarrh. And they mean it.
vERYgjoTHER
Should Havo m. n Tho flouco.
Dropped on Sugar VhUdren Low
riot&kr JoiiNSoK't Akodtnb Uicinknt for Croun, Uoirta,
Unrp Tim mi, lunnlMtli. l olio, I'raniiw and 1'aln
Uotm Uuuiuier tAmiiilaYliitA, Cuw, ilmlAt Ukm aittgio.
TM Mi OF IT.
in ut over 40 EAHH ir one nmittv
tr. I. tl JmiiMoir AlW it Ip ulitv twit nine 1 flmf
trai-nwl of your Johvhon'ii ANrtntKC Limmknt. lor mtrr
tSuii furtv vinrl imeil It tli ntT f mull jr rKni
It am one nl thi Itoot iinrt wifrM family miniltt tlil ran
hi- fmuiu. UMtM liitrriial or external. In U raw, u. II.
lNtiAl.Uk DciKiiD ind Baptist ( hnrcii. lianiror. Ma
O . f 4-s- VAX Krom Hhciimntlmn, 8ol-
row HwKln.-hn, IMphthrrta.OonjrhH, Catarrh, Unmchttli
Asllinift. t'liulcra Murium. Dtari iiiML. Ijamrtienx. Hoimr
in IUIt r 1,1ml. s, SUIT Jttlnta or HtiHinit, will ft nil in
h9 oi.l An'Nlrne rvhot on-t RpiVftjr cura rnnttiltt
frft. Mold t-'vrrva bt'nv I'rloe is eta,, by niatl. Imtflt-a,
Kiprvas MU1. A 1. b. JOItNS'.N A CO.. IUmton. Mam.
ADWAY'S
READY RELIEF.
1 VI'KIt N M' V A half to U'EBi-oouful In
ivlf a tuaiblerof wntorwlll Id few niluutfa cur
IKM.t-.lt A KH lit , i 11 A l PH, Mm-in-,
f- i ' 1 1 f T O M A ' 1 1 . N A I fKA, V I Ml I T.
lN4i, IIKAKTIU UN. IM A U It II KA, !.
rniftry ummrr tVniirt.tiiit, t ollr, t-'lnm-lenrv.
Fulutitig Hell, Nr rvonnitfNMt Mlrrp
lcMnrM, Mek llffilnrhrf and all internal (lalna.
Maluriu In It varrfiu forma oure l and ptvr ntHl.
Thtre la iuH a rem i I nil M'"t lo the world thai
will rur KfTtr and Amte and all other ft vert
ided iv KAinVAV'H riM,H ao quick 17 m
UAIMVAY'H READY UKLit-.l'.
ACHES AND PAINS.
For hpa1arh(whither nick or norvmiat. tontharho,
nfiiral;la, nerrou'me.w and alwplwneaa, rheum
tlKtu, lunihituo, palm and wnakneHR In tha bark,
Milnoor kidney a, paint around the liver, -leurly,
welling of the Joint and palnaof nil kind, (heap
plication of Hart way 'aHtMM.y Relief will afford lmiu
diateeaMe, and itHcouUuuod uw for a Cow uys eflool
a permanent cura.
OOc. l er Untile. Hold by Drtiefflnla.
ADWAY'S
PILLS.
An Excellent And Mild Cathartic Purnly
vegetable. The aafrat and bettt medicine iu
the world for the cure of ail disorder of the
lilvcr. Ktomncli nr Bowels,
Tnken atvmUng to dlroetluns they will roator
hoMlih hi(1 riitw vltulltv.
Tlw, 'JV a box. boli
liu oj an nrUrTTntia. or niaiioa
& Warren bu-uel. New York,
by KADWAY ft OO,
on rw-olpt of price.
MsY'M ( It K VI IIA 1.11
Applied into NoHtrlls la guloklr
AbaorUsl, Clcanaua the Hood.
Ileal the boro aud Cure
CATARRH.
Hetttorr 1'nate and Smell, quick
1 Kvllovua Cold lu Head aiU
itcadiu-ne. Mc. nt uruKtfisia,
Kl.V UKOS., bti Warruu au, N. V,
The riyHM, the debilitated, whether
from exitaa of work of uilud or body, drmte
or evpoaiire in
MALARIAL REGIONS,
Vrlll Und Tutt'a rilln the moat rental re
torHvtlve ever offered the auderiug iu valid
It is
perfectly
harmless,
yet so
powerful
as to
cleanse
tho system
of all
impurities.
Toff's ' Pills
"He hed sma,ll skill o" horse flesh
who bought-a. goose bo ride onVDprir raise
.1
is SAPO LI
Try ccke o(iho.nd be convinced.
WUIIIIIIWII ?VSC&J result in Bcbuiiiifj cdi clooning.
and nocessitatoa a great outlay
balancea ny Baving in cost.
the best and cheapest ooap for
SS3I1
Best Cough Medicine
...u wliura ull elae faiU.
Cures where all elae fails,
r
141
tuatu. OliilUreu tuae It wiinoui ou)y
'German
!yrup
For Coughs &Colda?
ohn F. Jones, Edom.Tex., writer
have used German Syrup for ths)
past six years, for Fore Throat,
Cough, Colds, Pains in the Chest
and Lungs, and let me say to any
one wanting Buch a medicine-
German Syrup Is the best.
B.W. Baldwin, CRraesville.TeunJ
writes : I have used your German
Syrup in my family, and find it the
best medicine I ever tried for coughs
and colds. I recommend it to every
one for these troubles. ,
R. Schmalhausen, Druggist, of
Charleston, 111. .writes: After trying
scorcj of prescriptions and prepara
tions I had on my files and shelves,
without relief for a very severe cold,
which had settled on my lungs, I
tried your German Syrup. It gave
me immediate relief and a perma
nent cure.
G. G. CUF,F,N, Sole Manufacturer, 1
V'Wiurv. New Icpsrv. U. S. A.
UNEXCELLED !
Al'r-LIKU KXTKUNALLV
roit
Rheumatism, Kenralla, Pains In tn
Limbs, Baci or Chest, Mumps, Sow
Throat, Colds, Sprains, Bruises,
Stings ol insects, Mosquito Bites.
TAKEN INTEKNAI.I.V
II nrl Mar n charm lor t'holrra IMorbaa,
lilarrlura, lfnlciy. Colic, Crump. Na
itrn,rU'a tt'iuWicur, Arc.
Warrnnlnl prrlrpllir hnrmlraa. iHaaata
rrnlluht I nil rni-h balllp, lo rllrrrllooa
lor uac.i Il MMiTIIINM and PKNhTUA
TIM. qualifier, are loll iulmcdlalelx. Try
II and lit t-otivliifCM.
Trice ti uiitl iO cent, folil bjr all ttraav.
pi Hi a.
IIUMIT. 40 SU HHAV KT.. WKW YOIIK
N t St U SH
Anh my iiu--lUi for W. 1j. l.onirlna ".hofa.
If not lor anle In your piute nr.li roar
rlcnirr in urnil for roiuloKiir, ami a re tha
agency, and art iliem lor ynn.
UPTAKE NO M'IIST1TI'T..EI
WHY
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE GENTLEMEN
THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY f
It U a ttfanilt'HMlxM', with un lark or wax thread
to hurt the fret; nwulo of tho lKt flu coif, (vital,
nnti en?, ul (mv iuki vt mute uturv mhtte tu thi
ynidf than tiny other man ufacttnvr. It equal ua-lid
r.ewcd Mhm-h matin from 4.M to ft-V").
ffie OtHJriitilut lliiuil-nr nl (lie flnft calf
hin rver niTrivil for $M-i tiuali I rencta
lm)nrtp ulioi'n which eit fit tin 'to f 12.UL
OO IIiiimI-X'w cil Well Mi op, fine calf,
tro slvllsh, vomriirtut.lt utii) duruble. The brat
ahoo ever otfi-iid ut thl price ; Mine urnde out
tom-iiio'lc Hhocit rtmlliitf fmm $t'AV lo st.tHI.
(JO ."( Toiler) HImmm Knnn.TR. Kallroad Men
nnd JMIfrt urrl.TBEill wt'iirtbfint flueculf.
upauilfHt, aui'xith IrntMr. Iictivy three aolea, exteo
iinii Ikc. Mippnlr will wenrnyenr.
ffl3 r"itl flir rnlfi im iM'iti-r KhioverolTerr4 mt
JO'S-a this jirlfi-; 0110 trlul will convluuo Utooo
v.'hi want ihIhk' for comfort uiul wrvlcu.
S7 5 ttiirt 8.0! WurKhiQiMiin aline
imm an very fttnuitj uutl ilinabU'. '1 hone wiw
h;iv kIvpii t Itf tn a trial will wcur iioolhpritiatie.
Ynuc) W4.0 nnd 1.7.1 wtiool BhoeR oro
uvJ9 worn by thn Im).v everywhere; thoyaeU
rut llu'Tr nit'rlt, ih the lin'rvaalim miles hIiow.
(I nrfl llntiil-HCr.l ahoe. beet
iVjfJ'U ivtl httitKolii, vi-rvNiyltHh;euaLirreucU
li)iMrit(l nhoen ronttntr fntm (kl.iat to
l.u.lio' i.AU, K.IHI nud 1.9.1 ihoe for
MH.nnreiho l, t ttnilMu.0olu. HtylUoumlilurablo.
Cnuthiii. Ko that V. I.. lotutlit' uoiuo aua
price aru stain pel on the lottom of each shoe
LEWIS' 03 LYE
Powdered and Perfumed.
(l'ATKNTKO.l
Ut rongesl anil purest Lyo mod(V
Mukia the best perfumed Harl
Suapiu20miiiuteau't(iou( boil,
iiuj. It is the beat for of tening
water, cleansing waxte pinna,
diaiufei'tiiiK unlia,cloiwLa,n4ra
ing Uitilua, uaiuu, troes, ota.
PENNA. SAU MFG. CO.,
lieu. AgouU, Pbila.. l a.
B 1 00,000,000. H2s
H. DAKOTA will hnve ihU amount or Uiain,
ftiK-k. ami Frolutf to l urn off lu theuezt l(m onlhft.
riri- lathe liomineru al Metropolis ami Cup ital of
Hi In laie, auj the iihm1 pnmilmiu of all the ;uui
i'kIi'ju Koiin m;k will be nintlt on m eV. l-
vcHlincuiK lu Heal K.tC.Ue In 1'ierre U the itef I fW
yetirn. I k.vpn vuuinolt'col prottt with warrr.nly Uood
lo tout in i irrt. ror uiioriiiuiiou im v-iui quo i
tiotiF, nd.ulr.M CH AH. I.. HY1K, I'iKf K. Dak .
THE NEW MIjTIIOD
tor Al.LcTtronte iHn-awu ltonia, dhlllty.
t'jitnrrli, No putviil int'ilu inc. Bend for
iMiiupUii t, tn-f. Iluiidriilnor te-im.uiala.
'lh. Sew Metlnul in worth it vltUt ll
mur I Ir Ki nut " J. H. HtlUHI.
Kir t I'ri-Hb'iit'liun-li'Hrthage, N.Y Infinite'
UtbTthtui th Hull 8MteUK ArfriiU Ulwrt.
ilkiLIII hi ITLV CO., I1V UUOIUHAV, H. t
KANSAS FARMS!
1 iumI Morticao
nrv 11 11 rivni.
HU cnipa anu
t-HrniK lor Miiu tu OMrKittiiA. L.ut free.
U. O.M.I. KV.. tinborne. Kan.
t 1 1 l.
6
:J)
fails to accomplish tatitifactory
1
of tiino uml luliir, wbicl
iuoro than
Practical peoplo will fin
SAl'OLIO
houBe - elcamnf? find scour.
lifMioiTiniciidi-J bv Phvsiciun
l'leuuunt unil ajrooablo to tl IO
Uy drusi'ial a.
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