1 'LJ
Mllriow on tionsennrry ltnslics.
Your troulila in lin inp mildew oomo
on your gooseberry vinos soon nfler
tlioy lii'fd" to bear is, we tbink, iu
npiiirnlilo from our Aincrirnn clinmio,
which is much too warm for tliis fruit.
I'iikIihU goiisclicrrica invitiiulily mil
dew here, though free from mildew iu
the moist, cool Hummers in Kngl.md.
It is nn old siiyiui? that the gooseberry
Btol the (?rne vine never nnoeeed in
the same, loeulities. If it is cool enough
in summer for the gooseberry the
grape, will not ripen. There have been
several kinds of American gooseberries
that, were proclaimed as mildew proof.
Hut after two or three years of bear
ing mildew usually appears. It may
be that lack of mineral plant food, and
especially of potash, in the inciting
cause of mildew. The gooseberry is
a very prolific, bearer and uses up pot
ash rapidly. If it is in moist, cool
ground all the potash the soil contains
is available. If tho soil bo dry and
warm what potash tho soil may have is
locked up and the leaves cannot get
the nutrition they require to keep up
healthful growth. Gooseberry bushes
should bo heavily mulched during tho
summer. That will keep tho soil moist
and cool. It will bo well also to put
some wood ashes under the mulch so
as to bold tho moisture, and also to bo
dissolved by it for tho plant roots. It
is worth while also to spray with Bor
deaux mixture) or soino other fungi
cide. Boston Cultivator.
rrrveiitlng Swarm.
Swarming is a great annoyauco when
wo don't want it, and with a little
manipulation we can prevent it. Bees
will not swarm except queen cells are
present. At any rate it would be a
very rare exception; indeed, so rare
that wo need not provide for it.
l'lenty of storago room is n good
preventive, audit is the first thing to
use. Secondly, the removal of queen
cells. If bees have the swarming fever
they will construct queen cells every
eight days; that in, they will bo
gin queen cells, and at tho cad of
eight dnyu they aro duo to swarm so
that it is necessary to go through the
hives once every eight days nud re
move the cells.
If we wish them to swarm once, but
no more; then, lifter the lirst swarm
issues, take out all queen cells but
one.
If you wish to prevent the loss of
swarms, or in other words prevent
swarming or increases, it may bo done
by clipping tho wings of the queen, al
though you stand a chance of losing
the queen. Clipped queens will issue
from the hive with tho swarm, but as
Bhe cannot take wing, tho swarm re
turns to tho hives. In, perhaps, most
cases, the queen will lind her way
back, but in many cases she does not,
and of course is lost.
Old queens are more liable to pro
duce swarming than youug ones, and
at the same time are not near so pro
lific, hence it never pays so well to re
tain old queens. Farm, Field and
Fireside.
All About the Horse Hean.
The horso bean, a leguminous plant,
is grown quite extensively in England
and ou the continent. The bean, when
green, is used iu those countries for
human food, Vicing prepared in much
the same wny as the green pea iu this
country. It is said to be quite pal
atable and very nutritious. When
mature tho beau is ground, and fed
very extensively to all farm animals.
It has been thoroughly tried by
many of tho experiment stations iu
our Northern States and iu Canada.
It develops normally till it begins to
blossom, wheu the blossom is attacked
by a small fly which very seriously in
terferes with the formation of the seed.
The pluut will grow from two to three
feet high, and serves exceedingly well
for green manuring, but cannot be
recommended for seed production. Ou
account of the insect pest it should be
turned under when in blossom. It
is very succulent uud decomposes
rapidly iu tho soil. Horse beans
should bo sown iu drills eighteen
inches apart, and manured with pot
ash and phosphoric acid, but very
sparingly with nitrogen.
The white lupine is ulso a valuable
plant for greeu manuring. It should
be treated in tho sumo way as the
bean, with the exception, not being
troubled by the fly, it can be allowed
to develop as far us late blossoming
before being plowed under.
The horse beau can also be used as
a nitrogenous green feed, but the Soy
beau, u medium greeu variety, being
more leufy, is to be preferred. The
cowpea is ulso a very valuable nitro-
gonous crop, uud would jnnb ibly suc
ceed better in the Southren States,
either for green feed or for manuring,
than auy of the other crop above
mentioned. New Liudatid Home
stead. The Wrmiu lellow.
morning thi.-. i-priii
0110 I'loimiig nil.-, i-pring wlicn
Farmer M went out to feed Lis
poultry, ho found one of his befit hens
lying dead iu front of her henroost
door and he knew sho had come to
her death trugicully beeuunu she was
Leudless.
Iu great indignation he set u steel
trap that niht, and the next morning
be found a great on I t.ying his best to
free his foot from the vise-like clinch
of the trap.
"Ah, ha! my rascal, I've got you,"
he cried, and would have dispatched
bim then and there, but the bird was
such a monster that tho farmer deter
mined to keep him on exhibition bir u
few days that his neighbors might he
boid the curiosity and know what u
famous trapper he himself was, mi he
released the poor fo.it uud placed the
"vurmint," us he culled it, in a slatted
box.
Now this oul wu.-i almost ti.-. largo us
an eugle, und seemed very old, since
ho lot lu row of feuthel'S u.idii- his
chiu reaching from eur to ear, which
he could rulile up or lower ut his ph u-t-ure,
giwiix bim the uppiai unce i. jim-
Lai vl uu old in u j with whi.ikiia.
Many woro tho visitors that looked at
him and poked him with sticks through
tho slatted box, so enraging him that
every feather stood on cud, nud ho
cracked his enormous bill as though
he were gritting ljis teeth.
But what to feed him with? "Why,
ohicken, of course," said tho farmer's
wife, and a dead chicken was thrown
into the box. The owl never touched
it, though it lay by his side night and
day. Then somebody suggested "rats
ami mice," and a neighbor brought
over a deat rat, which tho owl dis
patched with great relish.
Iu another night or two another lien
was found dead like the lirst. Was
thero another owl iu the vicinity?
and tho farmer decided to sit up
through the night with a loaded gun.
It was a long, tedious wait, but in
the small hours of the morning there
was a stir among the poultry, and a
long, slim-bodied weasel ran out of the
roost, dragging a lieu by her head in
such a way that she could make no
noise. In an instant tho farmer pulled
the trigger of his gnu, and both hen
and weasel lay ou tho ground dead.
The weasel and the lien were both
placed in tho owl's box, and while he
paid no heed to tho hcu, ho pounced
upon the weasel with evident delight,
pecking him fiercely ou the bead be
fore dispatching biui.
Then a light broke iu upou the
farmer, aud ho said, addressing him
self to tho owl, "My poor fellow, I
have wronged you, for you woro my
friend all tho time, and I never knew
it. It was you who saw that misera
ble weasel prowling around wheu all
the rest of ns were asleep, and trying
to catch it you got caught yourself.
My feathered friend, I beg your par
don. To-morrow you shall have your
liberty," aud the farmer kept bis
word.
The owl seemed a very patriarch
in sizo aud strength, aud was what is
known as tho Clrent Horned Owl (Bubo
Virgiuiauns), the most remarkable in
North America, and almost as large
as the golden eagle. He was supposed
to have been about fifty years old.
Farmer M is not tho only one
who has found out that owls are
friends to man aud not foes, for tho
rats aud mice they destroy every year
around a farmer's barn and granaries
aro of inestimable advautago to bim.
Moral Be sure you have the right
fellow before von execute him. Mrs.
A. E. C. Maskell, iu the New York
Tribune.
THE . QUEEN'S DOCS.
tircat Britain's Sovereign t Fond of FeU
or all Kinds.
There is no one fonder of dogs and
horses thau Queou Victoria. One of
the most interesting parts to bcr of
all Windsor Castle is that iu which
the kennels stand. Here the Queen's
splendid collection of dogs are housed.
Every one of the sixty animals has its
owu residence, this being a little
apartment fourteen or fifteen foot
Bquare, with a neat tiled yard in front
tho same size.
Every day a new bed of straw is
laid down for these fortunuto pets,
aud a largo bath is placed near at
band in which tho dogs perform their
daily ablutions, and to reach it they
walk dowu a tiled path, which is culfe J
the "Queen's Walk." When the "tub
bing" is over tho animals betake them
selves to a drying shed in the pad
dock to which tho pond or bath is sit
uated; and in another corner there is
a plot called the "Aprou Piece,"
where iu former days tho Queen used
to sit aud watch aud pet the animals.
Her Majesty never forgets the name
and history of any of her dogs or
horses, some of which are very valua
ble, as they have been presented to
the Queeu by other sovereigns or by
distinguished travelers. There are
three or four dogs which always ac
company their royal mistress wher
ever sho goes, these being a funny lit
tle red Spitz dog culled "Marco," a
terrier named "Spot" and one or two
others, says Auswers.
The dogs who live iu the kennels
have several keepers aud attendants,
who take them for their daily walk.
They go out iu batches of two, and it
is a funny bight to see them w hen they
return home, each walking into his or
her particular kennel, no gravely aud
sudately do they march back. The
animals are beautifully kept, aud at
any moment the summons may como
from the custle that the royal lady
wants one or another to bo brought
for her inspection. Her Majesty has
statuettes iu silver or bronze made of
nearly all her pets, whether thoy be
Virx.4 d-i-M, c iws or her favi rite
iix.i, V i. who resides ut the Zoo.
Detroit Free I're.ss.
t.eoricla I'lue.
There is u growing demand for
Georgia pine lauds aud their vulue is
on tho increase. ltectintly a number
of inquiries from Iowa and Minnesota
huve been, received from purties de
siring to purchase. Besides tho tirst
eluss qualities of the Georgia pilio
these pinery wood lands produce
everything cotton, corn, amull grain,
sugar caua, sweet potatoes uud Irish
potatoes, while tho fruit pears,
plums, melons, grapen, ligs, apples,
quinces, all grow luxuriantly. In
this connection a "pine palace" is
projected ut tho coming Omaha ex
position. As its nuiiit) implies, this i
to be u Georgia building of Georgia
pine, in which Georgia's exhibits
shall be ma le. Bultiuiore Sun.
Mrenulli or Nlrrl.
An experiment has liven recently
ma lo iu Vienna iu order to test the
relative resistance under pressure of
tho hardest steel uud tho hardest
stone. Small cubes of corundum aud
of the finest steel were subjected to a
test. The corundum broke uuder the
weight of six tons, but tho steel split
ti)i wiih a noise like the report of a
gun, breaking into u powipr uud
.sending sparks iu every direction,
which bored their wuy i"tj 4s-1'!9 UJtt"
chiue like shot
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Pineapple lemonade.
Squeeze the juice of six trillions Into
a glass jug. Add to it half a pound of
loaf sugar, a quart of oold water, and
four slices of frosb pineapple cut up
into small cubes, ltemrfve all the eyes
from the pineapple first of all. Fill
pint measure with ioe broken small,
and put it in as well. Let it stand fif
teen minutes before it is sorved.
Aprons.
Aprons for use when doing domcstio
work bavo the pockets deep enough to
bold ft dusting brush or cloth brueh,
suggests a housewife. ' This saves
much weariness of body and spirit,
for ono has not to bunt round the
room for tho particular brush for each
different object. I have also a special
small ring on my housework aprons,
far back whore I carry the keys. St.
Louis Star.
Fruit and (Irons Atalus.
As tuo season of fruit ami grass
stains is upon us with various and
often troublesome remedies recom
mended for the same, it is agreeable
M bo assured that, as a general rule,
it is a safe plan to try the effect of
pure- water upon a staiu before using
chemicals. Most fruit stains, for ex
ample, can be easily removed by hold
ing the staiued portion over a vessel
and pouring boiling water directly
through it. This is a much better
mothod than soaking the article, as it
prevents the stain from spreading.
Another way is to rub the stain with
alcohol, before putting it into the
water, and still another to apply a
little salts of lemon, letting it stand
for a few hours, when it should be
washed off in clear water. This, by
the way, is au excellent receipt for the
removal of ink spots, though in all
cases the stain will yield more readily
to treatment if it be taken in band as
soon as it is made.
Grass stains may be removed by
rubbing with alcohol, and iron rust
by immersion in a hot solution of
oxalic acid, followed by rinsing in
ammonia water.
lilts of Household Wisdom.
Some bits of wisdom gleaned from a
cooking-ehool examination are: That
croquettes will break opon if the fat is
not hot enough, if too many are in at
ono time, if they are not thoroughly
coated with egg, aud if they are too
large. That the proper proportions
of ice and salt to freeze cream or ice
are: One part salt to three parts ice;
too lunch salt makes ice ereain coarse
grained and soft. That the correct
way to boil eggs is to place them iu
cold water and bring it slowly to the
boil. That to tell when custard is
cooked aud baked oue must insert a
spoon; the cooked custard will coat the
spoon; a baked custard will not cling
to a spoon passed through it. A test
for frying is to put a piece of bread in
the lard, aud if it browns while forty
can be counted, twenty for each
side, the lard is hot enough for cooked
foods, like croquettes and the like; it
will take the counting of sixty, thirty
to each side, for uncooked foods. A
spoou to serve peas with has a long
graceful vine-like handle, which ends
in an open pod, showing a row of peas
iu greeu enamel. The bawl, which is
shallow aud perforated, is in a leaf
design.
Keel es.
Haspberry Pyramid Crush a quart
of raspberries with a quart of sugar,
beat the whites of six eggs very stiff,
mix with the raspberries, and pile high
on a glass dish. Serve with whipped
cream.
Beef Heart Boil a beef heart in
salted water nntil tender; make a
dressing of light bread soaked in the
water in which the heart was cooked;
season with butter, sage and pepper;
fill the heart and bako a few moments.
Cafe au Lait One pint very strong
mado coffee, fresh and hot; one pint
of boiling milk. Pour the coffee off
the grounds through a fine strainer
into the tuble coffee-pot. Add the
milk and keep hot for five minutes be
fore serving.
Graham Bread One cup of sour
milk, three tablespoons of molasses,
one teaspoonful of soda. Make the
batter a little thicker than for griddlo
cakes, usiug one-third corn meal and
two-thirds graham flour. Bake slow
ly until it will not stick to a straw.
Sulmon on Toast Fluke the fish,
season with pepper uud salt; beat it
with a little milk or cream. Have
ready some slicea of toasted bread; dip
them quickly into some hot milk ; place
on a hot dish; spread with butter and
pour over them the heated fish.
Egg Salad Boil nice fresh eggs;ro
lnove the shell and cut in halves; mash
the yolks with a little butter; slice the
whites; place a layer of the yolks iu a
salad bowl, then a layer of the sliced
whites; sprinkle with suit aud pepper,
aud pour over some good vinegar.
Spinach on Toast Boil three beads
of spinach uutil quite tender, in two
quarts of well-suited water. Drain off
the water, and put the spinach in a
large bow l with ono hard-boiled egg,
aud saltspoonful of black pepper.
Chop all together, add a tublespoonful
of butter, and lay ou smull rounds of
hot buttered toast.
Scrambled Eggs Boil up a cup of
milk with an ounce of butter, a little
salt und pepper aud u lurgo spoonful
of finely cut pursley. Break into this
teu eggs uud stir until they ure set.
Place some crackers, which have been
buttered und soaked iu hot milk, into
a deep dish und turn the eggs over
them. A nice breukfust dish.
Spanish Steak Take rouud or flank
of steak, put in dripping puu, slice
enough onions to cover and partly
cook them in little water; draiu uud
spread ou bteuk; spread oue-half a cuu
of tomatoes on top of onions, season
well with salt uud pepper, then sprinkle
over ull a thin layer of grated cheese,
I'ut iu oveu and bake bulf uu hour.
A Vmtt For the EugiUh Himrrow.
There is no longer uny doubt about
the mission of little pestiferous English
sparrow, Buys Dr. Miles. TUo doctor
Buys he bus four acres of tobacco near
bis burn, where the birds nestle, the
worming of which bus not cost bim
anything this yeur. These little birds
do this laborious work free of charge
for the love and affection they have for
the worms, with which they feed their
young, lie chums thut there were four
ucres more, off from the house and out
of reach of the birds, which bud to be
wormed once a week. Marion (S. C.)
Star.
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE
DRINK
IN
EVIL MADE MANIFEST
MANY WAYS.
How It Comes Ih Tramp's "IMsllllory"
How Thirst Is 'Quenelied at Home
New York Groceries .Fiery M'hlslcy
Throtticlt Hose A Tnurhliig Btnry.
tt wlnfl fell down from heaven as falls the
rnln;
If aln llko dew descended on hill arid plain;
It shining rills and rivers with brandy ran.
Nor chauifo, nor fermentation were caused
liy lllnil,
Then nilht we say God's blessing Is on tho
up.
That lie Indeed lias sent It for us to tup.
Not thus, however, pomes It, but trailing
vine.
And (train, and fair hop-blossom, nud
streams thnt shine,
Aro taken and polluted to make them vleld
That draught which with man's patent
filone Is sealed;
That tlilnir which, since, to Nonh It proved
a snare.
Has aye. tieeu working mischief and causing
enro.
Therefore not ns a "creature" which God
has Riven.
A gift which like pure water comes down
from heaven.
Let us receive and oso It, but rather shun
It as a dark "inveutlon" which sin lint a
won;
A potion blessed by Hntan, a draught of
woe.
Which whoso would walk wisely will ayo
forego.
Faith Culltern.
The Tramp's "Distillery."
l'rompt action and the movements of
these las-; tew years toward driving nwsr
New York's long-established army of
tramps hnvo done tnueh to blot out of ex
istence t ie worst of theso places. Home
still remain, however, on the outskirts of
the town, over toward the river front, and
they nro curious enough to bo well worth a
visit from those who do not mind touching
elbows wilh rough aud unpleasant company.
Thero was a year or eo ago and the place
is certainly still In existence, though Its
unique custom may have changed a "dis
tillery" in the "gas-houso district," a
region between Fourteenth nud Twenty
third streets, and east of Keeond avenue,
which had a fame among tramps from here
to Chicago. It was situated on a dark,
badly-lighted street, which was not safe to
travel after nightfall. Originally It had
been a stable, and had como to be a ijroggery
of tho lowest type.
Parrels of spirits lined Its walls, and tho
single gas Jet overhead mado dark corners.
The Interior was gloomy iu thevxtremo,
uu ror purpose. Customers were not
encouraged to lounge ubout there, as Is the
rule In tho ordinary, saloon. What, was
wanted was for a man to pay over his
money, got his drink and go.
few besides the avoruizo "hobo" of the
road and the street over came thero. For
the better-dressed men thero were Klasses
nnd "ten-cent drinks," but this class ol
trade was not wanted. Tho tramp with a
ulekel In his grimy list was tho uuimal this
insuiiery ' catered to.
When t je shambling wretch stood beforo
the little counter, tho one word of tho man
behind it would be, "Vrieel" Tho coin be
ing produced and thrown into a drawer the
I'roprletor would hand over oue end of a
ength of hose. The other end rested in a
barrel of whisky of tho worst ort undet
tho counter. The rule of tho "distillery"
was this: The tramp could pull upou the
hose until his mouth was full. That con
stituted his drink. It must bo done with
out swallowing, however. At tho slightest
Indication of nn attempt to swallow the
hose would be jerked, away, and, another
nve corns must ue pain lor even a single
drop more. New York Trlbuno.
A Touching Story.
'No. I won't drink with von to-dnv.
boys," said a drummer to several compan
ions, as they settled down bis smoking
car and passed the bottle. "The fact is,
boys, 1 bavo uuit drlnkinc. I 'to sworn
off."
'What's the matter with vou. old bov?"
saugoutono. "If you've quit drinking,
something's up. What is It?"
wen, boys, 1 will tell you. Yesterday I
was iu Chicago. Down iu Boutb. Clark
street a customer of mine keeps a pawn
shop Iu connection with his other business.
I called on him, and while I was there a
young man of not more than twenty-five,
wearing threadbare clothes uud looking as
bard as though ho hadn't seen a sober day
for a month, came in with a package In his
hand, Ha unwrnuoed it and hnnded the
article to the pawnbroker, saying, 'Clivo
mo ten cents. And, boys, what do you
suppose It was? A pair of baby shoos; lit
tle things, with tho bottoms only a trillo
Boiled, as If they hud been worn only once
or twice. ' Wnere did you get these?' asked
the pawnbroker. 'Hot 'oin at home,' re
plied tuo man. who hud nn intelligent face
nud the manner of a geutlemuu, despite his
condition. 'My wife bought them for our
baby. Ulve uie ten cents for 'em I wnnt u
drink.' 'You had better take tho shoes
back to your wife: the babv will need them
said the pawnbroker. 'No, s-sho won't, bo
cause she's dead, fctbe's lying at homo now
died last night.' As he tuld this, the
poor follow broke down, bowed his head on
the show ease and cried like a child. Hoys,"
said the drummer, "you may laugh If you
please, but I I have a baby at home, and I
swear I'll never touch another drop."
A Drunkard's M'lll.
I leave to society a ruined character, a
wretched example, uud a memory that will
soon rot. I leave to my parents during tho
rest of their lives us much sorrow as
humanity In Its declluiuirstHte can bear. I
leave to my brothers aud sisters as much
uioruncaiiou und Injury as I could brlug
upon them. I leave to my wife a broken
heart, a life of wretchedness and shame, to
weep over my premature death. I give uud
bequuuth to eueh of my children, poverty,
Iguoruneo and low churaeter. and the re
membrance that their lather was u brute.
The jueen's l'edlar.
This story is told of a Scotch Highlander,
who, from being a great drunkard, hud be
come an earnest abstainer. The Oueen, it
seems, hud purchased some of his wares,
uud hud giveu him permission to wear the
ltoyul Arms, us "the (jueeu's Pedlar." Ou
one occasion the Karl of Carlisle, who was
In attendance ou Her Majesty, offered him
a glass of wine, In which ho was to drink
the (jueun's health. It was a great tempta
tion, but Donald bravely said: "I cannot
drink the yueeu's heulth iu wine, but I
will drink It in water."
Teiniierttiicts News and Notes.
To ask it man long accustomed to wine
and beer to abstain totally from such bev
erages Is to require quite a suerillco. Dut
It seems prudent, In view of what the don
tors Buy, to train up the new generation Iu
such a iniinni r that, not having formed the
habit of beer-driuklng,they will experience
no eruviU(5 for ulcohol.
I um fur from Buying, remarks a temper
nuee lecturer, that moderate driuking Is
uiwuys unhealthy; but I simply echo tho
unuuiuioUB statement of physicians when I
ulllrm that total abstiueuee Is more hi alth
ful thau even moderate drinking. Tlio
total abstainer is favored moro than liny
other persou by tho life iusuraueo com
punlcs; his heud is clear, his heiirt bents
steadily, not being excited by alcohol; his
vital f uuetloiiB work regularly uud uoruiully,
aud when be gels sick bo is cusily cured.
Aeeldeuts apart, ho lives to u good old age.
Alcoholism Is a il Istinetive disease possess
lug its owu etiology, symptomatology, path.
olugy, etc Acme cuu not bo etteeted by
will lower or a.iy other agent, except tho
relluvliig of thutyslHin ot Hie uleoholle Ini
pressiou. lu uianv cases by will power
uluiiu a li i mi is enabled to hold His disease
Iu abeyance. That requires tho constant
exercise of will power, so that wheu the
will power, so to speak. In diverted lu other
directions, the ulcuholie iultueuees or ap
petite having full sway would euuse a re
lapse.
Tile doctors suv ulcohol doesn't do a man
auy good; tho moralists aav that it lead?
bim Into temptations. Wisdom would
therefore urge that our boys be brought up
total ubsttiiuers.
A woman may be willing to die for u muu,
but uuwllliug to tuke a direct roud to tho
poorhousu wilh htm.
A young lady student teaching tn the
country wrote, "l'lyuse send me some tuui
perui.ee budges uudtu couple of beaux."
Washing a Pine Art.
Ever slnco spinning wns a type of woman
ly Industry, from age to age It lias been
expected that beautiful appnrel should
elotho women. To keep dainty belongings
in good order It is necessary to have them
Iimperly laundered. This Is especially true
n the laundering of pretty summer gowns,
which Is now quite a line art. To do the
work properly, 1111 a tub two-thirds full ot
warm water, dissolve tho fourth of a cake
of Ivory Hoap (.which will not fade tho most
delicate eolorsl, add It to tho water; wash
the articles through It, rinse first In clear
and then In blue water; wring, dip In thin
starch, shako nut nnd hang en the line In
tho shade. When dry, sprinkle and iron.
Gnwns thus laundered will retain their
freshness tho outlro season.
I'.i.iza It. Farkkh.
A purple bluo orchid of a color never
neon beforo in England, discovered by
M. Itobeliu in the Philippine Islands,
6000 feet above rcu level, has just lpou
introduced to the British publio under
the name of Dondrobinm Yictoriao
llCginae. Three hundred of tho dried
np roots were sold iu London at from
$1 to 810 apiece.
The Association of American Agri
cultural Colleges and Experiment Sta
tions has decided to make a collective
experiment station exhibit at the Paris
World's Exposition iu 1900.
A teoile M'lth No Government.
The English explorer, Harry de
Windt, recently returned to Loudon
from the Siberian shores of Bering
strait. In n short time ho will leave
England for a lecturing tour iu the
United States. The T'chuktcbis are
nominally Russian subjects, but the
only vessels ever in the neighborhood
are American whalers aud tho United
States revenue cutter. Mr. do Windt
bad an enforced sojourn of two months
among the natives.
He says they are physically a far
finer race than the Alaskan Esquimaux,
and their women are better looking,
but the Tchuktchis are wholly devoid
of morality, aud will barter a wife for
a baudful of tobacco. They number
altogether about C000 and along Ber
ing strait are seven settlements of per
haps 300 each. Tho others are scat
tered along tho seaboard of tho Arctic
ooean, stretching away to the settle
ment of Nij'ii Kolyiusk.
Tho most weird Tchuktcbi ceremony
is the "Kumitsk." This is simply tho
putting to death, with their free con
sent, of aged or useless members of
the community. When a Tchuktchi's
powers have decreased to an appreci
able extent a family council is held
and a day fixed for the victim's depar
ture for another world. Perhaps the
most curious feature is the indifference
shown by tho doomed one, who takes a
lively interest iu the proceedings, and
ofteu assists iu the preparations for
bis own dentil. The execution is pre
ceded by a feast, where seal aud walru
measure greedily devoured and villain
ous whiskey is consumed. ew lork
Journal.
Precipices lu the Himalayas,
There is ono remarkable peculiarity
of the series of Himalayan rauges be
tween the vale aud Kusmir aud the
central Asian watershed they are oue
after another cut right across by
ridges. The reason for this is that the
rivers were there before the ranges
were formed, aud as, by the criukling
of the earth's crust, the ranges wcr
raised, the rivers cut gorges through
them aud maintained their flow.
Kanga Parbat is part of tho true and
principal Himalayan rauge, und its
summit rises to tho stupendous alti
tude above sea level of U0,(i30 feet.
Close to its foot, not more thau teu
miles in horizontal distance from the
peak, the Indus flows through a desert
gorge, aud here the height abovo sen
level of tho riverbed is not much above
8000 feet.
It is easy to conceive from these fig
ures ou how vast a scale nature s
architecture is set up. I have never
been down this part of tho Indus
gorge, but a friend of mine who was
there told me thut the path along the
Bide of tho gorge is iu places perilous
ly narrow and carried across precipice
of such appalling character that at one
point a servant of bis who lost hit
footing fell a mile in vertical height,
nd was, of course, smashed to atoms.
One side of Xanga Parbat sinks to
this gorge by a series of ridges nnd
ravines that is the Chilus Bide. The
other two sides of the mountain, for
it is on a triangular base, ure likewist
defined by long valleys, ono of which
is filled by the great Turshiug glacier.
North American lleviow.
" Man's Inhumanity to Man
makes countless mil Hons moiiru." Wo know
of no bettor tllUHtratluu of the above quota-
t on, thuu where a muu allows his wlie to
wash oi h wanuboitrd. wheu he can pure base
her a Koeker Walier, width operates is
easily, thut t virtually doc away with ad Ihe
hardships ff washday. suj advertisement in
auotuer col u ma.
Mrs. Winlow'sSootliinuSynip forcblldren
teething, softens ttiOKums.ivil iiciiiinlUm n iu
lion, allays puiu, uures wiud colic. -V. a bottle.
NEliVOUS PliOSTIlATIUxN.
A Now Jersoy Woman Exprosaoa
Ilor Gratitude to Mrs. Pink
bam for Belief.'
'Will you kindly allow me," writes
Miss Wary K. Suidt to Mrs. l'inkham,
"the pleasure of expressing my grati
tude for the wonderful relief I have
experienced by taking your Compound?
I suffered for a long time with ucryous
prostration and
geuernl debility,
caused by falling
of the womb. It
seemed as though
my back would
never stop ach
ing. I could
not sleep. I
bad dull
headaches.
I was weary
all the time,
w
and life was a
burden to me.
I sought the
be a shore for
relief, but all
in vain. On
my return I
resolved to
give your
medicine a trial. I took two bottles
and was cured. I can cheerfully state,
if more ladies would only give your
medicine a fuir triul they would bless
the day theysawtheadvertisement.und
there would be happier homes. I mean
to do all I can for you in the future.
I have you alone to thank for my re
covery, for which I am very grateful."
i Miss Uauv V. tAliiT, Jobstowu.N. J.
DursMllly of the Yellow Alaska Cedar.
The durability of this timber is
forcibly illustrated by fallen trunks
that are perfectly sound after lying in
the damp woods for centuries. Soon
after theso trees fall they are over
grown with moss, in which seeds lodgo
and germinate and grow np into vigor
ous saplings, which stand in a I'Ow on
the backs of their dead ancestors. Of
this company of young trees perhaps
throe or four will grow to full stature,
sending dowu straddling roots on each
side, aud establishing themselves in
the soil; and after they have reached
an ago of two or three hundred years,
the downtrodden trunk on which they
are standing, when cut into, is found
as fresh in tho heart as when it fell.
Century.
If Von Cnnnnt Get nrrydnpprl
8onp of any dealer lu your town, write to
the mHinifuctiircr. nnd Klvo the numes nf the
wtorrkcctH'r-. Addrcws Viiliiim 1 livvdniipH,
1 tin practical soiip-ttinker and chemist. Plilla.
delphln. Pa.
Fits perms ncntly on red, No fltRornervoiis-
Nerve H caterer. trial bntt.leand treatise freo
Uu. It. 11. K l.l MB. Ltd., Kll An li St.,l'lilla.,l'a.
Itev. ti. 1. CniKon, Scotland, link., savs:
'Two bottles of Hull's t'nt nrrh t'n re complete,
ly cured my Utile girl." Sold by imKgists,Tiie.
We have not been without Pirn's Cure fur
Consumption ror 31 yeirs. Liv.r.iK r euhku
Ciinip St., HnrrMmrg. !'.. Mny , 1H:.
If-nffllctedwIthsorecvcsuserir.TsnncThnnin.
sou's Eye-water. Druggists sell at &c.ier bottle.
HALL'S
Vegetable Sicilian
HAIR RENEWER
Beautifies and restores Gray
Hair to its original color and
vitality; ptevents baldness;
cures itching and dandruff.
A tine hair dressing.
It. T. Hall A Co., Trims., Nashua, N. II.
oiiiii ny au Druggists.
S I 9 Ia br "ii worklt. for nn.
I41U0I F.rtlw prei.'mM whn mil glv
nrn WPP If thir win h tin. to tit bu-lmv
rLn flbkli Hjra luiirf), thtii(h, uiay In rf
ItaMy ftityMy'.. titux! timitKi fur iowii mm!
city work a well ni nuntrv ili.ttii rn
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DRW
Full Infornisiion (tn !!
A HUH ran tw aavM with
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Tubing used exclusively in Columbias it gives
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There is a
Class of People
Who nre Injured by tho
use of cofTco. Recently
thero has bean placed in
nil tho grocery stores a
now preparation called
GKAIN-O, mado of pure
grains, that takes the place of .
coffee.
The most delicate stomach
receives it without distress,
nnd but few can tell it from
codec.
It docs not cost over
ns much. Children mny
drink It with great benefit.
15 cents and 25 cents per
package. Try it. Ask for
GRAIN-O.
Try Grain-0!
The RocKcr Washer
hit prftvt") th atrt tMtaftrrory
of nv Whr ir iilred upon
t l ih mirk.. H ti wriwitd t
wilh an nHlniry family washing
rf 100 riurr.at IN ON H
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