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A. Small Place lit Slae, bat Gret la
History.
Buena Vista Is a small place, scarce
ly larger than a good sized hacienda.
but it has proved a iruitiui source or
conversation between the little woman
and myself. I want to take horses for
the remainder of our trip until we reach
railroads again, where this one has to
leave off, but she feels sure that we
would be waylaid by Indians, scalped,
tortured and massacred, and she is in
favor of the diligenca, and 1 always get
a headache when riding in one. How
it will end I don't know yet, but she
usually has her way. We may possi
bly set a private conveyance, with
driver, outriders and all, for they do
that sort of thing here very much. It
te customary, too, and I find she is be
ginning to realize that you must follow
the law here.
We made ar. excursion out to the
battle ground tha made this sleepy
little spot celebrated, and found noth
ing that could recall the bloody scenes
which must have passed here. The
whole face of nature is as placid and
smooth as If cannon balls had not plow
ed np tlie soil. The town (what there
is of it is LuJ out regularly with low
adobe huts, almost all of them present
ing a perfectly sulid wall to the street,
many of them having no opening what
ever except doors to the rooms which
open off the little porches. The place
we are now stopping at is kept by a
frenchman, but it is very much worse
tlian any other place we have seen,
with the exception that they cook in
Trench fashion, which is rather a pleas
ant change.
Here we made a critical examination
of the maguey plant which is as useful
as the Arab's camel, as it supplies food,
drink, needles thread and liber for
ropes and coarse bails. It resembles
wliat we call the century plant, and
the little woman got a good smell at the
dowers and declared unhesitatingly
that she knew it must be the same, for
the flowers smelt certainly a century
old, and with a lingering look of admir
ation for their beauty, and a look of
disgust at the ancient odor, she threw
them away. The Mexicans make a
very ple;isaut preserve out of the thick
part ot the plant, and a drink called
pulque from the stem, which they pierce
and insert a tube in. The Juice will
flow by the aid of a Mexican on the
other end of the tube. As soon as he
has got a good mouthful he spits it in
to a bottle held for the purpose, and
keeps on until he has absorbed all the
sap. This tlwn is placed in large tubs
with more gathered In the same way
and left to ferment, when it is fit for
drink. It is said to be pungent, like
acrid buttermilk or vinegar, but neith
er the disgusted little American nor
myself seemed to hanker after it. The
needle and thread is made by taking
the thorns and stripping them up, w hen
a strong piece of liber remains attached
to the thorn, and It affords means of
sewing all ordinary material. The
fiber of the plant, after the pulp lias
been dried out or absorbed, is used like
flax, and is very strong and flexible.
The whole country above a certain belt
Is covered by this plant and mesquite.
1 here is a bother plant which is very
valuable to the natives of this country.
and this grows on the low plains and
the table lands, and is called vulgarly -
soap root. The root is bulbous and in
layers like an onion. It is while and
about six inches long and has a white
flower upon a long sulk, with only one
or two spike shaped leaves at the bot
tom. 1 his root is gathered and used
like ordinary soap, making a fine lather
and washing clothes beautifully white.
The Mexican women sit flat on the
ground beside their tul s to wash their
linen, and use only cold water, never
boiling it. The little woman is quite
adrift about this, for her eyes prove
that these women wash their clothes as
white as the texture can be made, and
yet she always was brought up to be-
leve that to make them white required
the regulation "soaking, two warm
audses, a boiling and then another sud
sing rinsing and blueing." And these
women have no washboards, either,
doing all their washing between the
ri.mK
x he little woman asked me to insert
here that the Mexican women are the
most Industrious people she ever saw.
lor they were always working at their
Interminable needle work, their wash
ing or ironing or making tortilla. It
is only because lhy sit down to their
work that makeo them appear idle, and
she wants to add tliat she thinks them
very gentle and considerate and hospi
table to strangers.
hlle in this place I met a gentle
man who showed me some native coHee,
which was grown just over on the other
side of the mountains, in a tract of land
well watered and among groves of ban
anas. The berries went of several sizes
and appearance, which, he said, were
all oil one tree, or bush, the small
round ones from the tips of the branches
and the larger, coarser ones from near
est the main body of the tree. He had
specimens in all stages of ripeness and
preparation for the market, and assert
ed, doubtless with truth, that Mexico
could supply this whole country with
excellent coffee if there was any sp rit
of enterprise among the people. They
grow cotton also, though the fibre is
not ao delicate and long as our own, and
sugar cane is one of the natural pro
ducts of the country, though it is cheap
er to buy imported sugar than to make
their own, which they have not yet
learned how to refine.
At this juncture the little woman
came flying in, looking wonderfully
pretty In her excitement, which tact I
hope will excuse my weakness of will,
to say
''Oh, Edward, do come out and hold
this beautiful little burro until I sketch
him. I have him tied to a post, but
every time I go near be puts his ears
uaca ana sianus on his front feet and
kicks the others so fast that I am afraid
of them. I can't get within six yards
of him, and he looks so mischievous.
The owner is fast asleep, so I couldn't
go and wake him. and you know that
artists all like these pretty little creat
ures, ana besides, he looks like a cun
ning little mouse; and, oh, come."
am x go.
Spider Varans Beetle.
A big spider was placed on a rock in
the centre of an aquarium In a recent
experiment, and a larva of a water
beetle put near. The beetle promptly
seized the spider and pulled it into the
water, but after a sharp struggle the
spider broke away and escaped. The
beetle soon afterward renewed the at
tack, and fastened itself on the spider
by its pincers. The spider also got a
good hold, and the duel resulted In the
death of both. It is said that if two of
the larva are placed in the same aquar
ium they will fight until one or the
other is dead, and the victor will deca
pitate the dead one.
The fiber ot silk is the longest contin
uous fiber known. An ordinary cocoon
of a well fed silkworm will often reel
1.000 yards, and reliable accounts are
given of a cocoon yielding 1,25)5 yards,
or a fiber nearly three-quarters of a
mile in length.
2 hi use of the wind mill bas ren
dered stock raising much less difficult,
for when running streams were neces
sary in pastures the water can now be
lad to the fields by pipes from the tanks
supplied by the win mills.
Dr. Ouppjf concludes that the aver
age rainfall on the higher slopes of
Ooadalcanar, on the Solomon Islands,
as net ween roar ana ow uasana mcnes.
CnrxcH Bees Remedies and pre
vAnttM rprtim it ended by Professor
Riley, and found to be effective on trial !
in the extermination or. idm bchwu"
pest, the chinch bug, are briefly as fol
lows. IrrtgaUon,burnbag,rolllng,tramp
ling, manuring, early eowlng. mixing
teed, or protecting one plant by another,
preventing the migration from one
field to another by upright boards or
plowed furrows or ditches and abstain
ing from cultivation of grains upon
which the Insect feeds. With no in
tect more than the chinch bug is there
greater necessity for clean cultivation.
.Numbered with other summer reme
Ilea Is irrigation where it can be prac
ticed. In addition to whiter burning
:he remedy can be used to good effect
in other cases, as where the attack of
the bugs appears to be confined to a
lefimte portion of the field, that por
:ion should be overlaid with straw and
ourned. If not too large. The preven
tion of migration by means of ditches
r tarred boards has been employed
with good effect in some localities.
Sowing strips of plants distasteful to
the bugs, such as flax, hemp or buck
wheat, around the fields to be protected
a resorted to in some cases. On the
ther band, sowing strips cf favored
'ood around the fields to be protected
a practiced, as a atrip ot timothy,
Hungarian grass or millet. The bugs
ay their eggs by preference in this pro--.ective
strip and then are destroyed by
:he plowing and burning.
A new, and. under certain circum
itances, efficacious remedy is that of
kerosene emulsion. Applications made
by Professor Forbes and reported upon
by L. O. Howard all proved efficacious.
The time of application was just after
Lhe wheat harvest, when help Is abun
dant. Experiments made with kero
sene emulsions by Professor Osborn. of
Ames, la., and reported to the En
tomological department at Washing
ton, make the emulsion appear of value
when directed against the bugs that
ire mossing on corn. This resulted In
the destruction of great numbers. In
this application the cyclone nozzle was
found exceedingly satisfactory.
1. Milk from healthy cows only
ihould be used, and not until at least
Tour days after calving.
2. Any harsh treatment that excites
the cow lessens the quantity and Injures
the quality of her yield.
3. Cows should be allowed an
abundant supply of wholesome, suita
ble food, and as much pure water as
they will drink.
4. A supply of salt should be
placed where cows have access to it
tvery day.
6. Cows should not be permitted
to drink stagnant. Impure water, nor
to eat cleanings from horse stables.
leeks, turnip tops nor anything that
would give the milk an offensive
taint.
6. All milk vessels should be thor
3ughly cleansed; first being well
washed, then scalded with boiling
water, and afterwards sufficiently aired
to keep them perfectly sweet.
7. Cows should be milked with dry
hands, and only after the udders have
been washed or well brushed. .
8. in preparing milk for delivery
to a cheese factory, lt should immedia
tely after straining be thoroughly aired
by pouring, dipping and stirring. This
treatment is as beneficial for the morn
ing's milk as for the evening's, and is
even more necessary when the weather
is cool than when it Is warm.
9. In warm weather all milk should
be cooled after it bas been aired, but
not before.
10. Milk kept over night in small
quantities say in tin pails will be in
better condition than If kept in larger
quantity in one vessel.
11. When both messes of milk are
conveyed to the factory in one can, the
mixing of the morning with the even
ing's milk should be delayed t till the
milk wagon reaches the stand. '
12. While the milk Is warmer than
the surrounding air it should be left
uncovered, and when colder it may
with advantage be covered.
13. Milk palls and cans should be
protected from the rain, and milk
stands should be constructed to shade
the cans from the sun.
Take halt a drachm of nitrate o
lead, dissolve two drachms of common
salt in a pint ot water, pour the two
solutions together, and allow the sedi
ment to subside. The clear fluid which
may then be poured off will be a satura
ted solution chloride of zinc A cloth
dipped in this solution and hnng up in
me ion or tne rowi-nouse will sweeter
the atmosphere instantly.
A GREAT nutnf furpfnl nariTaiiBr.
under the impression that the hardy
Holland bulbs need winter protection,
put on a heavy mulch in autumn and
ibiuuto it, wij in spring, wnen tne
tender shoots which are then springing
up need it most. If any muloh be
applied let it be a thin coat of well
rotted manure that can be allowed tc
remain.
There is nothing more useful than
aew-proceas linseed meal in correcting
deficient rations for cows. Being about
as rich in alhnminniria o In MrhA.h.
d rates, it will make up the deficient
aiuuminoias or ecrn meal, corn fodder,
poor hay. etc, It also has a laxative
tendency, thus often preventing fevers
as well as promoting the secretion of
milk.
IT will enat hnt llttla tn v&ar, ....
fafie tit thik OTYknnri IfAnnil WAnni
well sprinkled with fine lime. Many
uuxrc u w ui a vuiu me lime, ana on some
Soils the lime will nrnvi honAtii.l a .
excellent mixture tor such purposes Is
two pans wooa asnea, one part lime,
and one part coarse salt. Only a small
quantity need be used at each appllca-
it any one in the world has a right
to have choice berries, vegetables or
rrult upon his table, it is the farmer.
Carelessness is generally the reason
why many do not possess these requisi
tes. They are cheaper, far better and
much more wholesome than the strong
bacon and coarse diet too often found
upon the tables of the tillers ot the
toll.
Mound layers or -etool layers differ
from the others by having the earth
heaped up around them instead of be
ing burled in the earth. The sprouts
from stumps or around growing trees,
being well banked up, will readily root
as high as moist earth presses against
them. . -
Odoks in the stable indicate the air
therein is impure. Use of absorbents
is very important in summer. Once a
week the stable should be sprinkled
with a solution made of one pound of
sopperas in two gallons of soft water.
Guano produced by bats Is known to
sxlst in large quantities in certain caves
Df Victoria, New South Wales. Some
is sufficiently rich in nitrogen and phos
phoric acid to be useful in agriculture
as fertilisers for example, the Skipton
(Jave guano, found some thirty miles
touthwest of Ballarat. Until lately
the Skipton Caves were Inhabited by
innumerable bats. According to a re
sent examination the guane is found
when treated with water to give up a
sonsiderable partOf its fertilizing ma
terial, yielding a dark brown liquor
suitable for top dressing.
Women nave the municipal suffrage
in Finland that la m&married
0 o o o
YOU SUFFER
from Biliousness, Constipation,
riles. Sick Headache, Sour Stom
ach, Colds, Liver Trouble, Jaun
dice, Dizziness, Bad Taste in the
Month, etc You need Suffer
no longer.
WARNER'S SAFE PILLS
wilt cure you. They have
cured tern of thousands.
They possess these points of su
periority: sngar coated; purely
vegetable, contain no calomel,
mercury or mineral of any kind;
do not pripe ; never sicken ; easy to
take; mild in operation; and for
these reasons are especially the
favorites of women. Ask for
WARNER'S SAFE PILLS.
HOUSEHOLD.
Delicious Pkach Fritters.
Beat eight eegs very light and thick,
and Btir gradually into a quart of rich
milk, in turn with eight spoonfuls of
flour. When all are united, beat the
whole very hard. In readiness have a
large frying pan, in which a generous
quantity ot fresh butter is boiling fast.
Peel the large free-stone peaches, cut
in half, remove the atones and put
some loaf sugar in the cavities, l'ut
the batter in the pan, and to every
spoonful allow half a peach, laid on its
back. When done, take them up sep
arately and dram the butter back Into
the pan. Serve the fritters dredged
with white sugar, and pour over some
white wine. Oranges may be used in
lien of peaches.
Old Virginia Ficklk. Tat up
all the articles dt sired for a pickle in a
jar tiny cucumbers, onions, cauliflow
ers cut in pieces, ears of young corn
about an Inch or two long, etc. Cover
with boiling salt and water, allowing
them to remain in it for forty-eight
hours. Then take out of the water,
place in a thick cloth, and expose to
the sun to dry, turning them occasion
ally. When thoroughly dry place them
in a jar, covered with cold vinegar, to
which has been added a small quantity
of tumeric, to color them; let them
stand in this for two weeks to drain
out the water and plump them, then
pour off this vinegar and add that
made by the following recipe. in
three months they will be fit for use.
Vinegar for Virginia Ticklb.
One pound each of ginger, celery seed.
horseradish and mustard seed, one
ounce each of mace, nutmeg and of the
long red peppers used in pickling. Put
these spices Into a stone Jar or pot free
from grease or anything that will lm
part an unpleasant odor to the vinegar;
pour over them two gallons of strong
vinegar; stir frequently, and allow to
stan J a year Dalore using. After pour
ing off the vinegar for pickles add
more spices, and fill again for future
use. Keep well covered. A superior
pickle that repays time and expense of
preparation, and will keep any length
ot time.
TORKsniRE 1'uddino. Make a
thin batter, as for frying, with a pint
of milk and some flour; season with
salt, pepper and a little nutmeg grated
fine. The batter should be perfectly
smooth. Beat up the yolks of four
eggs and the whites ot two with one or
two teaspoonfula of brandy, and strain
them Into the batter. Beat it well
with a fork for some minutes, then
pour the mixture, to the thickness of
an inch, into a tin buttered freely, and
put it into the oven. When the pud
ding is set lay lt in the tin, slanting In
front or the nre under the beef which
is roasting, and when the top is well
browned take the pudding out of the
tin and expose the under side of it to
the action of the fire. When done cut
lt up in diamond-shaped pieces, and
garnish the joint with them.
A. Rose Blanket of small size is
frequently used to spread upon linen
Bheels across the lower part of the bed.
where the feet first feel the chill of the
linen. This is rather a simpler idea
than the "bed cosies;" large satin bags
lined with One flannel or cashmere, on
the principle of the traveling bag,made
or a traveling rug or maud, into which
the owner puts both feet and draws ti e
covering up to the knee. These two
articles o! beddiug wear are perhaps
only the beginnings of the Jaeger
Idea" of Bleeping in fine flannels the
whole year round. A delicate child
who was put last whiter into a con pie te
Jaeger costume bas thrived in it like
a stout little pine tree.
Pickled Lemons Cut the lemons
in quarters, not entirely apart, and put
a teaspoonf ul of salt In each one; put
tnem where they will dry. either in the
hot sun or by the stove; when tbey are
so dried that they are black, and look
good for nothing, prepare the vinegar
with cloves, cinnamon, notmeg, ginger
root, emon ana a iittie mustard seed,
and pour it boiling hot over the lemons.
Keep a year before using, when they
will be found equal to the West India
lime. Tbey require more vinegar than
other pickles, as the lemons swell to
their natural size.
To Preserve Green Gages
Choose large firm green gages, cut them
in halves, take out the kernels, allow
equal weiguts oi iruit ana suzar.Dound
the sugar and sprinkle part ot lt over
the fruit; crack and blanch the ker
nels. Next day strain the syrup from
the fruit, put it to the rest of the sugar
into a preserving pan; let it boll gently
for twenty minutes, then add the fruit
and kernels, simmer again for twenty
minutes, taking off the scum as it rises;
use me iruit out, genuy witn a spoon.
put into jars ana pour toe syrup oyer.
Claret Cup, with soda Water.
-xnis is excellent made from Calif or
nia wine. Pour a bottle of claret into
a pitcher, add a sliced orange, leaving
out the first and last slices, and a strip
oi cucumosr peei as long as your lin
ger, sweeten with syrup, add, If liked,
a wine-glass of Santa Cruz rum; set
this in crushed ice, and just before
drinking strain and add the contents
of a siphon of soda-water; stir and
serve at once.
Colds. -Coughs,
6ore Throst,
Hoarseness.
StifTNeck,
Bronchitis,
Catarrh.
Headache.
Toothache.
Rheumatism
Neuralgia,
Asthma,
Frostbites,
Chilblains,
quicker i ban any known remedr. 11 WM tne
and la tne only
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Tfcat blatantly scons the moat exarueUtlna- ""
ailaya innaramauon, ana wra -"-"' 'v;
whether of Uic Lunge, Stomach, Bowels, or otner
elands or organa, toy one application.
Io mailer how vHweu w wauu.., t
I ha Rnenmalts. Bedridden. In firm. Crippled,
yerrooa. Neuralgia, or proatrated witn dlaeaaea
ui auner.
RADWATS READY RELIEF
will afford to at ant eaae. .
Thirty to ixiy dropa m balf a rambler or water
win I. a tew minntM Mir- YllIttM. KUtBOIfl. SoQf
Stomach. Naara, Vomiting, Pa plmuoo of the
II ran. Malaria, ChlUa and Ferer.Kalntneea.Heart.
nm. Sick Heaitecbe, D'.arhcea, Dra-niery, CXalo,
W in J in tne uoweia ana iu internal rwu. ,
i iu. iMnAiid amfic in the world
that will earn Ferer and A (roe and au outer Mala,
noon. Billon a. and other Ferera (aide 1
wart t-ll-m. ao out aa aaDWAt s
KKADf KaLlEr.
Fifty Cts. per Bottle. Sold by Oruggiata
UK. KAOWAY S FII.L.S
For tbe Cure of a I tbe duordera of the Stomach
IJt-t. Bowela, etc ui. Kiuwti ,i. i.
. lie sure to set -uauwaj a. -
Uninfecting Clothes by Steam.
One of the Dusiest places In the city.
in case of a serious epidemic of conta
gion, would be the ground floor of the
Keceptlon Hospital in East Sixteenth St.
X. J., for there is the new disinfecting
apparatus of the Health Department.
Experiments to ascertain the most prac
tical method for using beat in the de
struction of disease germs have been
conducted there since last winter. A
tank of boiler iron, big enough for a
dozen men to walk about in at one
time, and having a strong iron door at
each end, is the chief part of the ap
paratus, lt is connected with a fur
nace aud steam boiler by means of
pipes. The coils of pipes are close to
gether Inside the tank, and there is an
arrangement of stop-cocks by which an
operator can fill the tank with steam or
dry heat at wilL Dry air has been
heated to a temiierature of nearly 6 A)
degrees inside the tank.
V hen the apparatus was built the
Health Board expected to be able to
disinfect clothing and bedding by dry
heat. Dr. Cyrus tdson knew that work
of that kind had been done in Europe
and he was anxious to make a trial.
'the Health Hoard has been making
liquid disinfectants in the big room
where the tank and boiler were set up,
I rom a trough, in which water was
passed over copperas, a strong solution
of sulphate of iron was obtained, but
it was used chiefly for disinfecting
street gutters aud the back yards ot
crowded tenement houses. A. vile
smelling liquid, made by mixing vitriol
with dead oil. was used iu some tene
ment houses where the inmates thought
that a disinfectant must smell strong to
be effective, ror the fumigation of
rooms In which there have been cases
of contagions disease the sanitary oil!
cials have used burning sulphur. It
was the rule to burn up the bedding
and clothing which had been in con
tact with sinall-pox or typhus fever
patients.
Dr. Edson and the Health Couiniia
slouers believed that the spread of
diphtheria aud scarlet fever in the city
might be checked if the deiiartment had
means for the better disinfection of
clothing and bedding. It was said that
sulphur fumlgatiou could not be de
pended on for the destruction ot the
germs oi either duejs lu the clothing
of patients and attendants. At the
same time the Health Board could not
compel the buruing of bedding and
clothing in the hundreds of cases of
diphtheria and scarlet fever reported
every month. 1 hen there was the poS'
sibility that Asiatic cholera might come
to the city and that the disinfection of
clothing on a large scale might be nn
perative. It was believed that infected
clotblnir could be placed in the new
tank, subjected to dry heat tor an hour
or so aud then removed uninjured and
free from the germs of disease. Ex
periments were begun to ascertain how
many degrees of heat could be employ'
ed to kill the germs aud yet not de&tioy
tlie clothes. The result lias been a
chance from dry heat to steam.
It was found tliirt a few strong fa
brics which were placed in the tank
dry and subjected to a dry heat of
about 250-', cjuue out purified and com
paratively uninjured. An expensive
carpet belonsinu to one of Commis
sioner Bryant's friends was ruined by
exposure to 230 of heat in the tank for
two hours. Another carpet, which had
been left out in the blizzard and was
partly frozen when it was placed in the
lank, was subjected to a like test.
I'art of the carpet was burned up.
while another portion was still frozen
when lt was removed from the tank,
Subsequent experiments have shown
that a roll ot wet cloth may be subject
ed to intense dry heat several hours
without being disinfected. It is be
lieved that an envelope of steam pro
tects tbe inner part of the ro:l from the
heat.
By injecting live steam into the tank,
Dr. Edson's assistants have been able
to disinfect clothing and bedding at a
temperature of about 100 and the
goods come out of tbe tank unhurt, ex
cept that the colors in some kinds of
cloth are effaced or badly mixed. The
disinfection by steam is rapid and satis
factory. Irou cages are being prepar
ed for the collection aud return of bed
ding and clothing. Each cage bas a
lock to it, and the owners of clothing
can keep the key while the goods are
being disinfected. The work is done
by the Health Department free of
charge.
Soda Milk. This Is an excellent
and nourishing drink in hot weather,
and will remain on the most delicate
stomach when anything bnt koumiss
would be rejected, and is simply soda
from the siphon and milk.
To Preserve Plums "Whole.
Pierce the skins of the plums with a
large needle; take one pound of sugar
to one pound of plums, boil tbe sugar
with a teacupful of water for twenty
minutes, put in the plums and let them
simmer very gently for twenty minutes
or half an hour, put into pots; if in a
day or two the syrup looks watery pour
It oil, boil again twenty minutes and
pour over the plums.
Tomato Chow Chow is made of six
large tomatoes, one large onion, one
green pepper, one tablespoonful of salt,
two of brown sugar, and two small tea
cups ot vinegar. Feel the tomatoes,
cut them Into small pieces, and chop
the onion and pepper very fins; stew
gently with the Tinegar, eto for an
A. man who has spent fourteen years
in solving tbe problem of boring a
square hole, has succeeded. A company
is organized to put his invention on the
market. It is simply an oscillating
bead with chisel edges and projecting
lips, which cut out the corners la ad
vance of tbe chisel. Tbe balance of the
machine Is an almost exact counterpart
of tbe old-style boring machine. It will
cut a two-by-four mortice In from four
to five minutes and do lt with perfect
accuracy that a carpenter cannot com
plete in less than balf an hour.
A. striking fact deduced from obser
vations recorded by tbe late Dr. Par
rott Is the rapid growth of the brain in
the first balf year ot life as compared
with the increase in height and tbe
growth of other organs. Taking the
total growth between birth and 6 years
of age as 100, the weight of the heart
Increases 1L43 in girls and 11.88 In
boys during their first six months of
life; the height increases 20.8 in girls
and 11.4 in boys; while tbe weight of
brain Increases 27.41 in girls and 23.61
La boys.
The dynamlo value of one pound of
good steam coal bas been estimated by
Professor W. D. Bogera as equivalent
to the work ot one man one day, while
three tons would represent bis work
for twenty Tears, counting 300 working
days in a year. He has further esti
mated that a four-foot seam would
yield one ton cf good eosl to the square
yard, and tharooe square mils In area
would rspre. ant the labor ot
w IJ-i-i Mi irlnrifTriartiaiirMataiawrTTtrti
At noon, recently, a Detroit grocer
mads a sudden dash for bis open door,
and a boy who bad been standing out
side made Just as sudden a dash for tbe
middle of tbe street.
"I tell yon I won't stand Ibis much
longer,' shouted the grocer.as be shook
his fist at the boy.
"What was I doing?"
"You were breaking those carrots to
pieces."
well, cant a xeuow see n tney are
ripe?"
"Ton look outl I'll have an o nicer
after youl"
The one on this beatr"
Tes, tbe one on this beatl"
KatsI He's a-courtlng my sister.
and you can imagine the sort of collar
he'd give me! Jast let him walk me
down, and Beli will shake hlm like an
old door-mat."
WHEEE THE! POEMS WENT. "Is
the edltor-in-cnief inV asked a stran
ger, as be sauntered into the city re
porters' room at 8 o'clock in tbe morn
ing.
"No. sir " replied the janitor, aina-
ly, "he does not come down so early.
Is there anything I can do for your"
Peibaps so. Are you conneotea
with the poeUcal department ot the
paper?"
"I am sir."
Oh. what do yu do?"
I empty the waste baskets, air."
xr.wvovKn'a win f with an eve to
business) Is Mr. Smith, whose mar
riage ceremony you are wj penoru w
dav, a liberal man, dear?
Minister He bas the reputation of
being verv liberal.
"Ob, TViUiam, perhaps he may give
you a very generous feel"
"Bather doubtful, I think. He bas
been marr.ed before."
Why Don't
Too take II ood "a SaraapaiUla, tf yon bare impure
blood, bare loat your appetite, hare that tired
feeling or are uoao'.ed by alck headache, dyapep
la or butousneaa. lt baa aocompllehed wondera
for thooaanda of affllcced people, and, if girea a
fair trial. Is reasonably certain to do yon good.
l hare been troubled a groat deal with head
ache, had no appetite, no strength, and felt a
mean aa anyone could, and be aoout my work.
Since taking Hood'a Saraaparl'la I have not had
tbe beadache, my food has reliabed, and I hare
felt myself growing atronger erery day." M. A.
STKWMaH, 19 Grand Arenas, Grand Baplda,Mlch.
Hood's Saraaparill
Sold by all druggists, f 1; six for Si. Prepared only
by C L HOOD CO., Lowell, Mm
IOO loses One loIIar
Gentleman (to bird fancier) Can
this parrot talk?
Bird Fancier Yes, sir.
Gentleman (to parrot) Polly want a
cracker?
Parrot (solemnly) Chestnut.
Gentleman I'll take him.
"Of all seasons of the year, Dr. Di
agnosis." she said to a young physician
who was helping ber look at tbe moon,
which do you most prefer?"
"I think I prefer the watermelon
season," he replied, in a low business
tone of voice.
A very distinguished prelate of the
Prot. .iiia. church found himself
stranded in a little town way down in
tbe backwoods of Maine last summer,
and bad to put up at a farmhouse,
where be was hospitably entertained.
"Do you bave many Episcopalians
down here?" be Inquired of tbe hostess.
WelL really now. I don't know.
she answered, "our hired man shot
some sort of a queer critter down back
ot the barn tbe other day, but be al
lowed it was a woodebuck."
Mr. Edward Weston lately said to a
reporter: "I bave solved the ques
tion of travel by electricity, and I
am now building an experimental mo
tor. There will, of course, be improve
ments in devices, but there is nothing
further to be done In principle. That
Is complete and leaves no question that
we can travel between .New Xotk and
Philadelphia drawn by an electric mo
tor as rapidly and safely as by steam
power, aud more cheaply. There Is no
guesswork about my assertion. It is
so certain that I stake my professional
reputation on having tbe trains run
ning as soon as the patents are granted
the roads ready to make tbe experi
ments and tbe motors built. Of course.
I cannot now make public tbe princi
ple, but I may say that lt differs from
any of the existing methods of operat
ing electric motors on railway lines. It
is not merely a scientific possibility .but
a practical, commercially available and
economical solution ot tbe problem of
electric railway motors."
Dr. T. Mitchell rrudden, of Xew
1 oik, has been making important ex
periments with a view to determine tbe
effect ot freeztng on bacteria. In tbe
case of the Cacitlus prodfgiosus there
were b.JJU bacteria in a cubic centime
ter of water before freezing; after being
frozen four days 29 U, arter 37 days 22,
and none after 51 days. Of the Sta-
phylococus pyogenes aurtns there were a
countless number before freezing, after
18 days of freezing 224,193. after 54
days 24.320, and after 00 cay3 29.280.
Of the typhoid fever bacillus, innuiuer
ab!e before freezing, 1,019.403 after
being frozen 11 days, 330,457 after 27
days, 89.796 after 42 days, and 7348
after 103 days. These facts show that
certain bacteria have a remarkable
power of resisting the temperature at
which ice forms.
The photographer's lens la more dis
cerning than the naked eye. A recent
photograph of a figure-painting by an
American artist shows that a woman's
gown was first painted a hue and text
ure very different from that finally
chosen, tbe underlying brush work ap
pearing plainly In the photograph,
though not seen by tbe most attentive
observer of the original picture. In like
manner photography reveals stars that
to the human eye are not distinguish
able from nebulous matter.
Yon sturdy oak whose branches wide
Boldly the storms and winds defy,
Not long ago an acorn, email.
Lay dormant 'neath tbe aammer sky.
Not unlike tbe thrifty oak in iu germ,
development and growth, ia consumption,
but even this mighty foe of mankind, pos
itively yields to the wonderful enrative
properties of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery if taken early. Don't be blind
to your own interests and think yours a
hopeless case. This remarkable remedy
bas rescued thousands. Of druggists.
Who bravely dares must sometimes
risk a fall. -
In Love'a Harness.
Most women naturally look forward to
matrimony as their proper sphere in life,
but they should constantly bear in mind
that a fair, rosy face, bright eyes, and a
healthy, well-developed funn, are the best
passports to a happy marriage. All those
wasting disorders, weaknesaes, "dragglng
down" sensations, and functional lrregu lar
ities peculiar to their sex, have an uniailing
specitic in Ir. Pierce's Favorite- Prescrip
tion. It ia the only medicine for women,
sold by druggists, under a poriiitie luaranlet
from the manufacturers, that it will girs
satisfaction In every case, or money will be
refunded. This guarantee bas been printed
on tbe bottle-wrapper, and faitfully carried
out for many yeara.
What we frankly give, forever is our
own.
Suit Toarseir,
but there Is no other remedy for sick bead
ache, dizziness, constipation, biliousness,
or to restore a regular, healthy action to
tha liver, stomach and bowels, equal to
those reliable Uttle "Pleasant Purgative
Pellets" prepared by Dr. Pierce. Of druggists.
Aspiring beggary Is wretchedness itself.
The peculiar combination, proportion, and nrs
paratlon of Hoodl Saraapani makes this medi
cine different from atkers and superior to them
all In ii mil awi 1 1 -. . .
i - . nu 9j ail arasw
gtata. Prepared by C I. Hood a Co- ApomecL
4m l-ali a" i
Courage lias ooatasnona aa
I Mm .nrvaaw
Plump and Rosy Babies
. . . t t...i m-j nr Uttolabr maithan M Bba has baam aauu
aoouLTaivd- a plum health, oay-ohetsad babjr.- irr-. . -w
Sleep All Night. Happy All Day
t. -rt fl-Mrur sou. to an-M with oor Uttl. airl roar lrttl rood. 8
a at ones to gala B5. ana improvd la h-alth. T&day aba Is aa briitht. Uraly. and bartjr aa
p?u t? noire at a .UWc, and wafcms P leuthln erery mornln."-. Ir
b"can
can be. alaaplus
She
auy child
Cutting Teeth Easily
- r i. il f..r tMthlna- children. My babr la using It, aud Is esttlsc bar team
r .nm wlthmt hit 1 a - Ma.
Saved from Cholera Infantum
Our baby bad Cholera Infantum, and until are tried Lartatcd Food, we enow "ndnotblnr Water fbj
the Result of using
L ACT AT ED FOOD.
aioer youaiawmo awn Koovowicai. ov Foods. I
ISO Meals for n Infant or SI. 1
aeuy pravarut. At Unarms It eta. su eta, SL
a valuable panpoM on Tba Futiidon ef
Infant, and Inralula.- Irae on arourattou.
Vuu cucaansaoa Co. Surluwtua. Vfc
Wm iti a Ancient and Honorable
London Artillery Company was In New
York two of them Inspected General
Grant's tomb.
' ' A rrv. me bov." said one. "what's
tbe name of this stream?'
"I am sure I dont know. With ns
'ome, ye know, vce would call it tbe
Terns."
"How beautiful those flowers are."
remarke-I a New York yonng man to a
friend as they walked In Central rat.
"Yea. they remind me of the hair of
a young htdy acquaintance of mine."
-In what wayr"
"She fastens it on with hairpins.
Don't you catch on?"
"I can't see any connection Detween
false hair and those flowers.'
"You can't eh? Ain't both of them
lie-locks?"
A small, boy who had happened to
bruise bis leg said to his mother:
Oh. mamma, bow awfully it must
hurt to be a colored man."
"Hurt, my dear? Why, what do you
mean?"
"TThy. don't you know. I tumbled
down this morning and made that black
spot on my leg, and it's Just as sore as
lt can be all tbe time."
"What If I were one of thoee
husbands, my dear, who get up cross
in the morning and bang things around
and kick like everything just because
tbe coffee Is cold I"
"John." responded the wife, "I
would make lt hot for you."
As tbe words admitted of more than
one interpretation, John said nothing
more about tbe coffee.
They Ne'er Fall.
No. 3 Fctiosf Market, N. Y. Citv. I
January 26, 1B&L $
I have been using Ubakuketu's Pills
for tbe last ten years. They are a wonder
ful medicine. There is nothing equal to
them aa Blood Purifiers aud Liver Ksgula
tors. But I wish to state how remarkabl y
they cure rheumatism, and how easily ; I
was affected by rheumatism of tbe legs.
My business (wholesale fish dealer) natur
ally leads me to damp places. I was so bad
I could not walk, and at night I Buffered
fearfully; I tried Balsams, Sarsaparillas
and all kinds of tinctures, but they did me
no good and I was afraid of being a cripple.
I finally commenced using Beandbetd's
Pills. I took two every night for ten
nights, then I began to improve. I con
tinued taking them for forty days and I got
entirely well. Now, whenever sick, I take
Bkandketh's Pills. They never fail.
J. N. Harkis.
JIusbaxd If I ever catch you flirt
ing, I shall lirst kill you, then the des
troyer of my domestic happiness, after
which I'll commit suicide."
Wife Why don't you reverse the
order of your crimes and commit sui
cide first?
Bride Henry, do you know that
you snore?
Bridegroom No; do I? I'm yery
sorry to bear It.
Bride (dryly) So am I.
Missionary Aren't you sorry you
broke Into tl e bank, my friend?
Convict Betcher lite I am. Yer
don't s'pose I'd done it, does yer, 'f
I'd knowed tbe cashier 'd bad two hours
the start o' me?
Lady (calling on friend) You aie
dellghtlully situated, Mrs. Clark. It
Is so nice to bave plenty of closet room.
Mrs. Clark Er-ye-es, but those arf
bedrooms.
First Idler How much are you
going to stay down here?
Second Idler About fifty dollars.
uL,ucky Fellow I'm honi. again; In
ten dollars."
Rupture cure guaranteed by
Dr. J. B. Mayer, 831 Arch St., l'hll'a,
Pa. Ease at ouce, no operation or de
lay from business, attested by thou
sands of cures after others fall, advice
free, send for circular.
Tiue benevolence Is love to all men.
Notnins Cnres Dropay, Gravel, Brlg-nt a rfeart.
Diabalea, I'rinary, Liver Diaeaaea. Newoosnea,
Ac, iiae Cann's kidner Cure. Offloe, sji Arcu
tsU. runs, tl a bottle, (or jv. At Drug-gtsi.
Cures Uie worst cases. Cure g uaranteeo. i ry it
Wealth Is not always fortune.
FITS.: All Fits at op pea rreebv Dr. Kline's Giest
Nerve Restorer. No Kits sfier Oral day's use. liar,
velous cures. Treatise and t'2.0u trial bottle free to
llcaaea. bendloDr.Kiine.K31 Area bu Piuaw.Pa.
Wart. A wart can be lemoved by
touching It several times a day with
castor oil.
If afflicted with soreeyes use Dr. Isaae Thomp
son a Ej-e-water. Drussists seU at Sio. per bottle
New meat begets a new appetite.
The remedy for baldness recently discov
ered by H. A. Fechter. or New Haven.
Oonn., aeems to be almost infallible. It is
performing some wonderful cures, and phy
sicians are watching iu effects with much
interest, A circular giving tha history of
lta discoverer can be obtained free, by
writing to tha discover.
Fish make no broth.
Vraawr Axle Grease.
One greasing with Frazer Aria Grease
will la., tw w. ekau other, two toK
rff.r,Try I neived first premium
at the Centennial and Paris Exposition.
Absinthe drinking is laid to be in
creasiiig to an alarming extent in New
i rCa-V-V)
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mjLltllT' CmPmmA- without
ami .1 . lajuiious amiaeraL Sate
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GKAfUSlmo LIFE-SIZECRAYON PICTURES.
The pictures are reallr beautiful. Likeaen
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anaaaatly laaimaa thaaa waakanad a-y early iadama
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V i Mm laaail.lTM
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Ua-tarw fv JVv-aaj AffCtwnM, "lta, palrr-ear, (
IsriLUktl it Ultra aa dirwried. Ao Fu ttfUW
rt dm ta. Trwatl and f 2 trial bottle frew i
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I prewrlb and fuilyn,
don. b1e ii ai lb ooty
arK-if.- forttieceriaiacursi
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W faav an id P1j U iom
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Cttn f '-aim " aula Karma are,
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Snrgical k Medical Office,
tuC X. Second SL.rhila.
Eatati.40 vearft. Malte special.
ty ot treating all forms of Ner
voui dfbUity, iHia uf vigjr,
youthful iinpralfnc and ail
forma of apet-i&t dife Con
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aval Aathcna. Ciarr nrTertua to gti- ia.
raiwr in thawwit rZmM.UiAniTtmem-taert.
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IDEAL-CRAYdN -CITHO. PORTRAITS
Clevelanrj-Thurmantf Harrison-Morton
Sa aa. fcr Uwf Can.!., rwdww. ft y-.
but la aoia at ysq. a boa toj finaara.
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uuubliilli - lllTr' wEaSES.
, Prert.
Blair's Pills
oval U.a.ln raaia, 14 rilla.
Pn tlnata.ulaikta
a.a- T.na aato. laua a uaumaua
li.Kl.lwMll.lJil;glMII'lsl.lT1
0
PIUM HABIT """essir rami in 10 to
jJERBjaa FIFTH WHEEL i?rS
"Geobok, dear," said Mabel, I
thought you and papa were not very
good friends?" ,
"Well, yes, that's so to a great ex
tant I'm sorry to say."
"Why, then, did you send him that
great big handsome bull dog?"
"Why did I send him that dog?"
George smiled a tender, thoughtful,
far-away smile. "You see, dearest,
that dog and I are old friends."
Husband What's the matter with
my darling this morning?
Wife You know well enough what's
tha matter. You came home nk
again last night. I
"Me drunk last night never!"
"But you owned up that you haa
been drinking."
"I did eh? Well, you can't believ
half what a man aays when he's full."
1Vyw'i Via fMlja vt ..lx - . v. a.
w 'i.iu, M1U at BUV71S w si
German laborrvt down and make
yourself my aquaL '
"I vould hatff to blow my brains out.
waa the rep'Sf tha Teuton, f
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presence i f 111
instantly tl a',
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gesticuialii:? in
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Cecily thiew
ODe iDL'iiient
with biawny h
Bbirt eieevea v
and saw lm-r.
the hous, on tl.
Frau Ton Vir.
the crowd wa- -tnshaved,
tiub
upward. viilliuL
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Frenchman! 1
get our hanils i
who lii.J seen (.'
She liaalenetl
across the will
the same momf
crash, a inacv-
eouudeJ Lke ll
taut cannon, a:
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