Subject 1o Elcrlrlc ShorV.
Mrr. Archibald Knnkirj, living in
Ilickory Township, Penn. , two miles
east of Slixron, was ntihjecteil to no.
electric! shock Inst Friday that par
alTf.cil her loft Bide, ami she in in
critical condition. Her en so in pbe
nomeual, says tlio New Orleans Times
Demot'rat. She seems to be a human
lit t ruction for electricity, ami in every
electrical stbrra she is more or less
chocked by lightning. Abont ten
years afro she suffered a shock from
bolt of lightning that rendered her
powerless. Every year siuco then she
has suffered, and it is a common oc
currence for physicians to be dis
patched from Sharon to revive her. So
regular has this phenomenon become
that she has burn provided with a
rhnir that rests on glass insnlatorp,
commonly used on telegraph polec.
Mrs. Rankin considers herself freo
from danger iu the chair, where she
remains until the storm is over. When
she snfferod tho shoc'i on Friday she
had abandoned the chair, not suspect
ing that she would be subjected to
another shock.
7 lie VTy lllr.l.
It's the enrly bird that catch the worm,
Kdith the provcrli, but what ti foolihli worm
it Is to not np so e.irly au 1 l cntiKht. Homo
of nnr farmer arc the early bird.-'. They go
forth at ilnwn to catch up, a thov call tt,
nl they catch something elc. Trumpiiii;
IhmtiKh wet prnss and stubble on eoWI.
damp, frosty morninps like these, and poinx
thus all dav thereafter, brines to scores t
them what they were not looking for. Thev
come home in the evening to suffer all night
with rheumntism. Now. while men must
work, they need not tufTer. Why should
they when a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil will keep
them all right? A good rub at night with it
will so strengthen and heal the musoles thev
will resist the influence of the cold and
dampness, and a man will be cured before ho
knows it. Let this be tried for a while, and
It tn man (s not cured It is only because ho
basn't the patience to rub the pain out.
Barney Barnnto, the "King of Kaffirs," is
said to be the ugliet man In London.
Dr. Kilmer's Bwimp-Koot cares
all Kidney and bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
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El-Speaker Keed manipulates the type
Writer as skillfully as he rides the bicycle.
Btati or Ohio, Citt of Touoo, I
f Frank J. Chknkt makes oath tbat he Is tha
senior partner ot tlie nrmof K. J. C'henkt &
Co., doing business tu the City of Toledo,
County and State aforr-vilil, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HCNDHRU DOL
LARS for each and every tur of Cilarrh that
cannot be cured by thiuse of Ham.'sCataiihb
Curb. Fhank J. Chknf.v.
It worn to tefore ma and subscribed in my
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seal
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directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Send for lest mnnials, free.
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you may have a sudden bilious attack or he.vl
ache when it is imiwssihle for vou to leuve your
work. If you have a box of Hipans Tnbules in
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will relieve you.
FITS stopped free by Dr. Kline's Orfat
hv Hkstoiikr. No (Its after first day's use.
Marvelous cures. Treatise and fS.i0 trial hot
tie free. Dr. KHn-.mi Arch St.. Hhlla., Pa.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing tSyrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflnmnia
lion, aliays pain, cures wind colic, i&c. a bottle
Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as a Cough meilune. F. M. Abbott, 3K' Sen
eca St., Bnftiilo, N. Y., May 9, 1mm.
, FoRTirv Feeble Lungs Against Winter with
Hale s Honey of Ilorehound and Tar.
Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Health
Built on the solid foundation of pure,
healthy blood is real and lasting. With rich
red blood you will Iwve no sickness.
When you allow your blooJ to beeoaii
thin, depleted, robbed of the little re l cor
puscles which indicate its uality. you will
become tired, worn out, lose your appetito
and strength, and disease will soon have you
in its grasp.
Turify, vitaliz .' and enrich your bloo.1, an I
keep it pure by taking
food's
Sarsaparilla
The One True Blood Purifier prominently iu
ihe public eye. 1. All druggists.
Hnnfl' Dill curB habitual conatipa
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Is unquestionably a most
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room.wliere either little
one or adult needs deli
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jonn curie .ons, Iew ork.
If
your
wife
is
over-
r' worked,
Do all you can to lighten
her household cares.
. Begin to-morrow by
lending home a package of
Buckwheat.
It meant fur her a hall hour mort
a!cp in Ihe morning. A buckw heut
krcakfuftt can Le prepared io m
domeot you knuw.
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THR CADBAOB CROP.
Keep the fnll-plnntedofibbngcs grow
iiJR by cvltivAtiuR them when the land is
snflloicntly tlry to permit of this being
done. After they have started vigor
ous frrotrth a ton riresRincv rtf hilratnr.f
soda, at the rate of IOC or 150 pounds
to tue acre, Ml be found most bone
floinl. It will induce growth which
will enable the plauts to distance all
the efforts of tho cabbage worm to
check them, Southern Farm.
TrlEATrNa SEI5D WHRAT TO rREVBNT SMUT.
For each ten bushels of wheat take
one pound bluestone and dissolve it
in abont three enllnns n( wntor. It.
dissolves best in boiling water. Heat
one gauon, wtjicu will dissolve it, then
add the Other tvn. Nnw anrro.l nn
barn floor or wagon box ten bnshcls
oi wueat, take an okl broom and
sprinkle and turn until all the crAin U
wet. Leave in a pile over night for
nexi .ay g sowmjr, or prepare in morn
ing for afternoou sowing. Set the
drill for about one peck more per
acre, as it will not run quite so freely
as before treating. American Asrri-
cultnrist.
crxTrnK op thb hyacinth.
This variety of lily may be grown
either in soil or water. The former
method is for ordinary garden culture,
in which the bulbs are set out in a rlrv
part of the crnrden in riob anil iritli
plenty of loaf mold in it, and four
inches below the surface. To avoid
danger from hard frosts the bed is
covered with leaves, held in place by
some fine brush or pine boughs. For
water culture, the dry bnlbs aro set on
the top of a glass vase or bottle, made
for the purpose, with the bottom just
touching the water, ia late October
and on until December, so that there
may be a succession of bloom through
the winter. After tho bulbs have
bloomed they may be set out in the
garden to ripen for tho next year's
growth. In the garden this pretty
plant blooms' early in the spring. The
bnlbs may be set out in the open
ground next month. Xew York
Times.
now TO Km, CHtCKENS.
A novel method of killing chickens
is being introduced abroad. Instead
of sticking, bleeding, cutting the head
off, eta, one takes the fowl in the left
hand by the legs, catching the points
of the wings to prevent the fowl from
flapping. He lifts the fowl np, the
head hanging downward. With the
right hand be takes the head, catch
ing the neck between the first and
third finger?, the thumb being on the
face. The fingers must not crush the
head, bnt must feol the bone at the
back of the head firmly. Death is
caused by lifting the left hand and
pulling down the right with a quick
jerk, thereby dislocating the neck at
the very point where it joins tho
bead.
Death is instantaneous if done prop
erly, which can be told by feeling tho
neck, which ought to be quite soft and
entirely detached from he head, so
that there is nothing but flesh and
skin between the thumb and finger.
By this method there is no flow of
blood, but the blood is allowed to run
into the head, which is carefully kept
hanging down until after the bird is
plucked. New York World.
CAIU.NQ FOB CHO0ME COIIX.
The broom corn crop is of vast ita
portance, and it is quite proper to
give some consideration as to how the
crop may be best cared for.
Olialitv Anil fnnflitinn 41.
j iiuiivi urtj
value of broom corn as well as other
commodities, and best condition can
be especially obtained by following
certain mica and methods in cariug
for the crop. Cutting should be done
before the corn is bleached out, as
color is essential, and when green the
brush possesses advantages both in
attractiveness and for working. When
cnt corn should be, as soon as possi
ble, hauled under cover, and have tho
aeeda removed by running through the
scraper. This done, it should be
placed on shelves so arranged as to
admit of a free circulation of air. In
about ten -dayg, if the weather is dry
and all conditions are favorable, the
corn will bo ready to bale. It should
be thoroughly examined, however, to
see that it is dry and cured.
After the broom corn is thoroughly
dry, the next step is to bale, and this
operation should receive great care
and attention, there are too many
shaky and lop-tided bales received an
nually, and it bothers those who han
dle them to keep them from falling
apart. It being of great importance
to keep the ends of the bales square
and smooth, the biueh thoul.l be
Landed to the packer in small bts,
tho butts of which, having beeu
evened by btrikiug down upon a table
or other smooth surface, and the ono
who places the brush iu the box of
the press should take care to keep the
butts np close against the ends of the
box and the brush properly lapped iu
the interior. Use No. 9 fence wire,
five to the bale, and it is not a bad
idea to have a lighter wire to tie at
each corner, and prees euffioicntly to
Lave a good, compact, tight bale which
will endure the long journey and the
handling. No matter how carefully
and sucoeesfully every step iu the pro
duction of tho brash has been per
formed, the profit of the crop will de
pend, other things equal, upon proper
baling. Great cure and attention
should be given to have the seeds re
moved j there is too much fraud prac
ticed by baling up trash, seodn and
crooked corn iu the bales with straight
brush. Halo the crooked by itself.
Farm, Field and Fireside.
A FLEA-FOB TUB fSKCNK.
Skunks are more useful to tho far
mer than most pcoplo aro willing to
admit, tays W. W. Maxim. They have
always been regarded as nuisances
and wautouly dtbtroyed. Here in
New England for the last ten years
the white Krub has made terrible
Lavoo with the grass fields by eating
off tho roots just beneath tho surTaco
of the soil. In some places largo
areas aro entirely destroyed, not a
green spear of grass being allowed to
grow. In other localities there are
large spots entirely killed and the re
mainder moro or less iujiircd, making
tho grass very thin where there is any.
These worms are the larvro of the largo
brown bcetlo called the June bug.
Tho skunks, where they havo been
allowed to live, have dug in and eaten
these grubs iu vast numbers, the
crows also assisting thorn greatly in
the good work. Last year the beetles
were not so numerous as in former
years, owing no doubt to the dopreda
tious of theso two agencies
Skunks do no damage to field crops
to speak of, their only mischief con
sisting in depredation1? on chickens
aud eggs during the night, and that
could all bo avoided if tho farmers
took proper care of their poultry.
There are other depredators that
would soizo them if left exposed.
There is no excuse whatever for leav
ing chickens overnight where skunks
can have access to them. They can
not open doors nor climb np after
eggs in the nest boxes. Instead of
killing skunks for theso roasons, a
farmer had better look aTter his poul
try. The skunk will not leave any soent
unlot.8 attacked ; in fact, they are as
harmless as cats and much more so
than dogs. I Lave LmI them come
into the barn in daytime while I was
at work, passing by me so close that
their long shaggy fur almost brushed
my legs. I fed thein every day with
bits of meal, when Ihey would sit
down within two feet of me and cat it.
They would walk about among tho
poultry, never offering to touch ono
of them. They kept this up through
the spring until the ground was bare,
when they disappeared. They find
plenty of mice and grasshoppers in
tho fields and pastures in some sea
sons of the year, but tho early iipring
months while tho snow covers the
ground seem to be the hardest time
for thein. I think the virtuos of the
skunk have not boon duly appreciated.
Qermantown Telegraph.
FARM AND OAHDEN NOTES.
Briffht. red eomlw. nlpftn nlnmnni
plenty to do, indicates good health,
and also shows that the use ot condi
ments is necessary.
Early and close culling are tho two
principles upon which, to a very con
siderable extent, success depends in
improving the poultry.
It is said that the polled Aogui
grades are more in demand in Europe
than any other cattle. Hcrefords
come next and Durhams last.
A flv net and a darkened ftnliln will
do much toward preventing the horse
wasting in ngnting tues tliat energy
which should be expended on his
legitimate work.
Dr. McClintock, of the University
of Michigan, has been making experi
ments with hens' eggs, and finds that
many of them are infested with deadly
bacteria.
Excessive gum on cherry trees seems
to be due to lack of potash. At least a
bushel or so of unlcached wood ashes
worked well into the soil about the
roots of a tree that was badlv nffntAil
caused it to heal over smooth, ajrow
vigorously anl bear abundantly.
So often the aide brauehea nf tarm
work fail to pav because carried nn
negligently. A dozen hives of bees
should bring the farmer as much rev
enue as a ten-aoro wheat field. The
return the cars of his chiclcerm trnnl.l
bring is underrated, and even the
i -i .i . .
cnuuren are not trained to a proper
interest in them.
The farmers who take a pride in
their work, and read, study and sys
tematize, are the class who will win.
The poetry of farming has settled
down to a more beautiful prose. The
genii of old which accomplished bo
much in a single day have become ma
terialized, and they take the torn of
sulky plow, the coru-plantor and the
harvester.
Tha kinds of corn to plant for en
silage will depend ia great measure on
tho location. Amount of fodder is
one thins aud mialitv Another. Tha
time for raising a great mass of stalks
witnout ear3 Has gone by. It Is found
that the ears are as valuable as the
stalks, to then the largest amount of
both that can be grown the better the
crop will be. .
Country shippers should give more
attention to the condition of their
coops before shipping. Every coop
should be carefully examined and see
that the bottoms and cleats are se
curely nailed. More or less stock is
lost in transit bv Ehivmino' in nil
1 1 - - -worn-out
coops, aud this causes a dis
crepancy in account or weights be
tween shiouers and mernliAnt inr
which the latter aro oftentimes blamed.
It is often a good plan to turn the
noultrv into tha clov.ir fluid. OA.war
is generally well occupied by insects,
wuicu gives tue nens something to
hunt for, and it is also rich in miner
als, containing; a large proportion of
lime. Soft shell eggs are not likely
to be laid by hens running in a clover
field, unless tho hens are very fat. All
kinds of fowls thrive on clover, and as
it is a cheap food it will pay to lot
them have tho run of the field.
Eggs gathored up here and there
about tho farm canuot be relied upon
as fresh. As far ai possible the heus
should be obliged to lay in tho poul
try house, and tho eggs gathered up
several times a day, to that there is
no chance for a stule esg to be packed
np unknowiugly. If the heus are per
mitted to lay in the fence corncrs.un
der tue barn, or iu the out buildings,
the out of-the-way utsts are likely to
bo overlooked when the weather is bad
or one is iu a hurry, and thus tho
stale egg gets into the basket and
spoil tho reputation of the poultry
iiiau,
Frank Clifford, of New Ycrk, owns
a collection of. buttons numbering ovtr
uiuu tuousuud speuiuiQUs,
TEMPERANCE.
Till! M11NK roB TOI.
Farh tlntrnr hiMs a ilnlniy cup
To cnti-h the rain and !;
Kni-h bonnv ffMn upon Its ptero
Lets the llifhl In nml tlr'nirrt.
The drink ot (lowers, distilled Iu ihcrrors.
Is Jut tlio drink for you.
Th nlchtlnz.ilo that eheors the vale,
From crystal streamlets tliw
On rihrnut winirs, nnd whou It sings
Its noti-s m clor and true.
Tho r.on-Mr J' drink should bs, I think,
Tho drink for birds like you.
Tho stars so lirleht that K"m tlu nli;li
Hhlnlns liko dininonds through.
Are sleepless eyes in sheltering skies,
rtlnnoinir from curtains blue.
They flinq their beams upon tho streams
That flow with drink for yon.
When Hmrnr prayed for rain and sha.lc,
A fountain rose In view,
For unseen hands had scooped tho sands,
And brought tho water through.
8h wpt and smiled and savo her cliilJ
I ho drink that 's good for you.
"
r.ettcr than irold Is water cold
For boys nnd Klrls liko vou."
Ueorjro V. Bungay. In Youth' Banner.
panoebs or rmvttr!Ts.
Medical science up to date offers no ex
eue whatever for ,'ho use of alcoiiollj bov
eraires. nnd very little for nleohollo medi
cine?. Bo raptil has been the advance ut
science sinoo it undertook tho serious con
sideration of tho matter that within another
year or two wo confidently expect to find
the modlenl profession solidly arrayed
against its iio, except as other danerom
drugs aro used in emergencies.
When that timo comes wo may expect
with equal confidence that it will become
deeply and earnestly Interested in tho dis
covery aud uso of means bv which those
who lmva been diseased by Its use may be
restored to health. Ilhasoiilv been a few
years since tho chronio disorders following
tho uso of alcoholic liquors have bivu elnsse t
as diseases, and even yet there aro a great
many medical men who contend thnt they
are not, nnd therefore not curablo by modl
enl treatment.
Now that It Is conceded that alcoholio
liquors aro directly and Indirectly tho most
frultlul causes of insanity In its many forms,
ranging from incurable melancholy to brief
attacks of froujty, it ought to he apparent to
any reasoning person that tho proper and
the only rational way in which to chock this
frightful iliseaso is to remove the cause.
Not only docs liquor render men lusana
for thu time balng aud dangerous while un
der Its influence, but in ninny instances tho
condition beoomm chronic, as tho reoords
kept by asylums for the Insane show.
This would be bad enough, but there Is a
Worse phase! The children of those who aro
afflicted with this terrible nervous disorder
aro opt to inherit defective nervous systems,
and aro likely to follow In tho footsteps of
tholr parents or beeomo tho victims ot other
forms of Dcrvous disorders, any of which
may roudor thorn Invalids for lilo. Baunor
oi Gold.
ALCOHOL IS TriE CACSE OP DISEASE.
Alcohol is neither a food nor a medicine
more. It Is tho chief causo of disease. Kir
Andrew Cinrk says: "I do not desire to
make out a strong ca-se. I am sjioaklng sol
emnly ami carefully in the prcsenoo of
truth, nnd I toll you that I am considerably
withlu the mark when I say to you that, go
ing the rouu.t of my hospital wards to-day,
seven out of every ton there owed their ill
health to alcohol." Doctor Uigglnbottom
says: "I consider I shall do moro in curing
disease and preventing disease in one year
by prosorihiug total abstinence than I could
do In tlio ordinary course of an extensive
f'ractica of a hundred voars." Tho deolara
Ions of prominent physicians tho world
over could be cited, alt going to show that,
in health or disease, In old or young, in all
climates, the human systom is injured by tha
taking of alcohol, and the amount of Injury
done is proportionate to the qunntity of
liquor taken. Five thousand doctors in this
country have said it. So have more than
two thousand in England, and so have the
leading meinters In tho profession In the
other countries of Europe. It is tho fruitful
sourjo of diseases of tho stomach, lungs,
heart, blood, skin, liver, kidneys nnd ner
vous system, not to speak ot alcoholism and
delirluui tremens.
WHISKY AMD VAGABONDAGE.
There ia one other cause of vagrancy more
potent than all I have described, and Its
name is whisky. The lovo of liquor brings
more men and women into trnmpdom thau
anything else, nnd until this fact is more
couscioutionsly recognized there can be no
thorough treatment of the tramp. There is
uo neol to cuter into details on this subject!
all that I can do is to report tho fuct. Tho
publio needs to roulir.e moro fully thau it
now does tho awful etlectsof strong driukon
vagabonds. A realisation of tills faot is
likely to bo productive of some remedy for
tho evils It represents. If the tramps of
America could be freed from the bondage
into which whisky has brought thorn, there
would not be very many vagrants in tha
country. That tha American tramp is the
result of the fluctuations of thelaW-marker,
as some claim, I do not believe. The Ameri
can tramp does not want work, as a rule; but
I know that ho does want to bo freo from
liquor. And if this can be accomplished, I
feel safe in saying that ho will go to work.
Under tho influence of drink he becomes a
sort of voluntary idler; but if ba wore tem
perate, be could be made a valuable citizen,
Josiah Flyut, in tho Century.
ANNUAL DBtaS COST.
The annual drluk cost In the Dnited States,
estimated upon no certain data, is to-day
but little, if at all, under the enormous sum
ot Jl.GUO.000,000. The economic, view of in
temperance is tho lowest that can be taken
of the question. Yet, bow much it involves
for Ibe country! Tho entire sum raised by
taxes of all kinds, National, Btato, oounty,
city, town and school district, is not more
then 800,000,000. If all tho churoli prop
erty iu the United Btates wero destroyed by
lire, less than six months' abstinence would
roplaoeit. Tha London Economist astimatos
tho cost of all tho groat wars of the world,
for tweuty-llvo years, from 1852 to 1S77, in
cluding tuo Frnuco-Germiiu war aud our
own Civil War, ut 12,O0O,O'M,003. Tha cost
of iutoxJcanss in tho Unite 1 Htutei for the
same period was, nt least, 15,(JOO,0J0,005.
AI1STA1NFHB TUE BEST ABC'IIFBa.
rrofessor Heln, of Zurich, Hwitzerl.md,
writes with reference to tho Swiss archery
competitions as follows: "The Swiss havo
beou distinguished iu archery for centuries.
Iliad occasion, a short time ago, to speak
with one of theso far-fuuiod huntsmen. This
clever marksman ossurej mo that all who at
tain skill in shooting aro strictly temperate
iiieu or abstainers. Evau temperate men
have to become abstainers about a week bo
foro entering iuto a sctiiitzenfcht (competi
tion). The bust nmrksmuu not only refrain
f-om alcohol, but livo exclusively on milk,
liulter, cheese anil eggs. They must also go
to bed betimes at night, aud many ot them
do not smoke lobacoo.
THEY OO UAND IS BAND.
The saloou nnd the custom of treatingand
of convivial driuklug go hand iu hand,
mutually creating and maintaining each
other. Were it not for tha practice of treat
ing, most saloons would be closed for waut
of business; aud tho saloon is necessary for
treating, as usually practiced. iiacroj Heart
ltoviuw.
TEMPEBAXCE NEWS AND NOTES.
Every moderate driuker is helping tho
devil to put bis mark on uu army of boys.
It is suld that Ilenjamtn Fraukliu, while
working as a printer among Loudon beer
drinkers, was known as the "American, aqua
tic," because ho drank only water.
Tho devil has a fish ou bis hook every timo
some mau says, '1 euu drink, or I can let it
alone."
Statistics gathorot and publisael by Gam
briuus, a beer orgauot Vienna, Austria, give
the world's production of beer for as
5,477,WJ,2iil gulious, or nearly live nul ono
half thousaui mllllous. Thu Voice calcu
lates thul tho beer kegs sufficient to hold this
quantity would belt '.ha earth seven deep at
the equator.
Mr. Ivan E. QoAofT, Minister of Finance
of liulguria, in a recent gpeoa pointed out
that one of the greatest curses of the peas
antry aro tho krlchlm (drinking places), aud
recommended to the c jiumittee appointed to
consider ways of bettering their couditiou
the devising of the be.it meaus ot limiting
tue liquor train : iu tint c juutry.
oosstr.
Hoops and bustles aro Imminent I
Mrs. K. D. Henry, of Boston, has
been a commercial travoler for nino
years.
Prussia has just decided to throw
open medical colleges and dogrocs to
women.
Countess Castellans (nee Anna
Gould) has joiuod the ranks of Paris
women cyclers.
It is against tho law in Norway for
girls to marry until they can kuit,
bake and spin.
Trofossor Huxley's wifo has been
granted a pensien ou the British civil
list of 81000 a year.
Mrs. Hearst, of California, has a
collection of laces whioh rivals that of
the Queen of Italy.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Bornett, au
thor of "Littlo Lord Fauntleroy,"
makes all of hor own dresses.
Lady Londonderry gives an annual
iirize to the one of h9r tonants who
las the neatest and best kopt garden.
Mine. Casimir-Fcrier Las organieo.l
a crusade against the uso of birds'
breasts and wings for decorative pur
poses. Daring the past year the Empress
ot Austria has shown decided signs of
reeovery from her long fits of melan
choly. Queen Victoria spends most of her
time at Osborne in a tent on the lawn,
although sho takes a six-mile drive
each day.
The Gorman Methodist Conference
at Milwaukeo, Wis., voted unani
mously against admitting women to
conferences.
Mrs. Margaret Caster Calhoun, Gen
eral Custer's daughter, read a poem
at the Atlanta fair on Bluo and Gray
Day, September 21.
A priest of a prominent churoh in
Faris says that ho will give commun
ion to no woman who tiresents hnranlf
at the altar in bloomers.
Mrs. Lizzie M. Frost, of Monmouth,
Me., runs a grist mill. She turns on
power and watches the mnohinery
while her husband writes poems.
A mother, whose daughter stooped,
made her carry a book on her head
several hours a day. This givea a re
markably erect and graceful carriage.
Tho alumni of Wollesley College
aro planning to endow a ohair of
mathematics, as a memorial in honor
of their former President, Miss Helen
Shafer.
Miss Douglas, who is the ohampion
amateur markswoman of England, re
cently scored fifty-seven bulls' eyes in
(tiocossion with a revolver at twenty
yards' range.
The Princess Eulalie, who made
each an imprespion at tho World's
Fair, broke one of the bones of her
ankle while playing tennis the other
day and ia going on crutches.
Rhoda Broughtou, the English nov
elist, is a lover of roses, and hor little
old housa in a little old street in Ox
ford hat a walled garden overrun with
rose bushes and latticed vines.
Mmo. Dienlafoy, of Paris, Las worn
men's clothes since 1870. Sho goes
to balls in a swallowtail coat, with
her hair clipped close to her head,
yet she is called "exquisitely woman
ly." When putting gloves on alwaya be
gin by buttoning the second button.
Then when the glove has boen but
toned to tha top the first one oan be
easily buttoned without tearing the
kid.
Teresa Brambilla, tho'original Gilda
in "Bigoletto," died recently in Milan
at the age of eighty-two. She was one
of five sisters, all noted singers, of
whom she and her sister Marietta
were tho most celebrated.
A Sister of Charity is the first wo
man to receive a decoration in Hol
land. She was male a Knight of the
Order of Nassau-Orange by tha two
Queens ot Holland during their re
cent visit to Overyssel.
The Catholic University at Wash
ington has decided to admit women as
pupils in all the higher studies, in
cluding soienoe, philosophy and art.
They will also bo admitted to all the
lectures in tho regular and special
courses, but they will not ba matricu
lated or awarded degrees.
FASHION NOTES.
Flowered chameleon silks anl sat
ins, cross-barred with wide black sat
in lines, make elegant fanoy waists,
with black velvet or black satin trim
ming. Tho cloths ot the season show a
rough surface in almost every instance.
Checks and plaids are shown, but al
ways with the surface deeply indented,
and the fibre plainly visible.
Tweeds and serges will alwaya be
standard goods. They are serviceable
for all costumes requiring a good,
durable weave, and have the merit of
being obtainable at very moderate
prices.
An importer of velvet ribbous
Btates that sales of velvet ribbon this
year have been far ahead of those of
the first months of 1894. The de
mand is principally for linen-back,
heavy silk-faced grades in widths from
No. 1 to No. 7.
Taffeta is still the favorite silk, and
silk is still one ot the most favored
materials for general wear. Change
able effects are most sought, and so
great is the demand for them that it
cannot be supplied. Small figures are
preferrod to large ones, and chine pat
terns are more prized than distinct de
signs. The latest shape is like a handker
chief with a hole cut in it for the
neck. One point lies on the back,
one in front and one on each shoulder.
There is no visible opening. Some-!
times very fine lace is used for these
mouohoir collars, and, quite as often,
fine lawn, mull, etc., trimmed with
quantities of lace.
The largest suiliug ship ail -jut has
just been completed at Bremen. She
is oalled the I'otosi, ia a five-master,
391 feet long, fifty feet broal, with a
draught of twenty-five feet and a carry
ing capacity of C1&0 tons.
Highest of all In Leavening Towcr. Latest U.S. Gov't Report
ACOfJ
mind. Ago Wrd Toiltll.
Joseph King, a blind votcran of tho
Civil War, and a familiar figure iu tho
streets of quaint old Chelsea, Mass.,
has caused a sensation by marrying
young Miss Ada Swain, who has pilot
ed his unknowing footsteps through
tho city for tou years. Tho brido
groom is sixty, the brido only nine
teen years old.
Everybody knows the strangely as
sociated couple, who always wore ao
compained in their walks by a small
terrier, aud who were presumed to bo
father and daughter. The girl has
lived with the blind mau ever since
bus was a child. She has developed
into one of the handsomest young
women in Chelsea. Sho is tall, ex
cellently proportioned and has great,
sparkling black eyes. Sho is always
attired in tho height of fashion.
New York Press.
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and refreshing to tho tote, nnd acts
tentfj yet promptly on tho Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
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aches and fevers aud ctrres habitual
constipation. Byrup of Figs is the
only remedy of iu kind ever pro
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effects, prepared only from tho most
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many excellent qualities commend it
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weaning nnc, anyway. Anct
certainly the proprietors of
Pearline can't complain. If
you only knew how many women,
every day, are making up their
minds that the old, wearing, tearing,
tiresome way of washing doesn't
ay !
'owing bigger than ever the success
line: though it has to firdit not onlv
of noor imitntinii; Imt nomlncr
and gome unscrupulous grocers will tell vol,
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