LIFE AT A SWEDISH IMlilL BY "PEVERIU 'Poor and content la rich, snd r1 h cnovgh." Sliakfspear "Fiomtoil be wins his spirits llirhr. From busy dav, the peaceful uljrlit; Klcb. from the very want of wealth. In heaven's best treasure- peso and bealth." Urdu. Lite at a Swedish farm is like life nowhere else. Contented, rather than ambitious, the people cliug tenaciously to the manners and habits of tlnir ancestors; carrying their love for prim itive customs so lar that they seem to belong more to the keventeenth than to the nineteenth century. The present farmer or bonde," forms an imjiortunt class in Sweden a class which has been justly called the backbone of the country. Indepen dent. industriouH. and self-retpectiucr, he is not unlike the ISritinu yeoman of olden days. But he will not change, j okia of his cattle gives him shoe-leath-like our yeomau. A bonde never as- or, and their wool provides him with pires to rise above his cla s, and is, in ' clothing. Hat for all that he is fain to tact, too prond to be other than he is. J acknowledge that some few things can His farm, or "gaardf," has come down lie doce bett by tradesmen only a few. to him through a long line of bonde ; He t.ttu j:iu leather with anyone, but he ancestors, and he has no higher aim would rather not try his hand at con than to live and die as they lived ind vertinir it iulo boots. And he need not. died, with sons, daughters, and grand- children growing up around him, and aud maid-servants, who are treated m members of the family. S moe the greater part of Sweden is still covered by forest, it follows that wo?d is cheaper than stone, and is, therefore, largely nsed for building purposes. Houses are sometimes made s.t great trunks of trees, laid horizon tally one above another, the interstices being filled with moss. This is the old style. A more mo lern plan is to saw the logs lengthwise into two, or to cut them into very thick plants, which are either placed horizontally or upright; the latter being thought the more dura ble, is often nsed for the building of churches. A farmhouse, or gaarde, is sometimes built in a quadrungle; the Court in the centre being entered through an arch way; but more frequently the ttiuare is surrounded only on three sides, the m VUUUIT luiiu.mf - dwelling house in the centre, flunked ou one side by a stable, on the other by the cowhouse, "ladugaarde. " These are not nnder one roof, a Plight space between each building serving as a bufegnard against tire. All ouJ-. erections houses, barns and stake fences are painted re... adJing a pic turesque eleraut to the scenery; the artist ' uiTeetof whioh is heightened bv me green roofs common in many r t.iI districts. In pi ices where neither tilot nor slate can be proenred, the farcner roofs his house witn wood; and as straw is too precious a commodity to be used for that, h, he overlays his beams with earth. Thither the wind curries grans, fern and flower see:!a; often also the seed of fir and mountain ash trees; so that quite a pret ty garden is frequently to be seen upon the roots of houses and burns, especially if the district is mountainous. The thrifty Swede does not fail to make use of this impromptu hay crop. Upon the true "Many a little makes a niickle" princi ple, he carefully mows his roof, and adds the produce to his scanty store of fodder. A Swedish gaarde is rarely more than one etory in height, aud consists of two large rooms a kitchen and an other w hich is literally the living -loom of the family; for it is here they eal and drink, work, play and also sleep. Some ol the more wealthy" have a third room; but this is t as a truest chamber, and Is only us a by the luniily as a sate storing place for their best Ksrments. 1 he roomy kitchen looks what it is a place in which to cook, Imke, bru and churn. The apptiaiiees for these housewifely arts are plainly to be seen. There are racks for crockery, shelves for pots and pans, and hooks for many small necessaries. A place for every thing, and everything in Its pluce, is evidenllf the good house luotuor's rule, fireplaces differ with locality. In the south you see stoves; but in the country opeu ranges are more usual, and in many parts the fire burns upon broad stone platform, raised iiltar Jilte about two feet atiove the kiVheu floor, iicueuth the wide open chim ney, supported by a strong bar, hang one or more chains, from whence the paus aud kettles dangle over the blazing logs. The hving room, or lufva, is large and comfortable, though a stiauger might consider it too hot; for hardy as he is a Swede likes warmth within doors, aud loves to see his hearth piled with blazing pine logs. There is no ceil ing to the room, only broad rafters black with age, from which hang bunches of herbs, hanks of yarn, or other articles in general use. The floor is strewn with sprigs of pine or spruce, w hich emit a delightfully refreshing odor when trampled under foot. The robust health enjoyed by the Swedish bonde may possibly be greatly owing to this wholesome praol ice, which is universal from north to south, and, unlike most peasant costumes, is also to be ol) berved iu towns. Saturday is waabiug day. If there is no proper bathhouse or "ba lstuga, " the laUugaarde serves the purpose. The great pan, three feet in diameter, iu which cattle fodder is prepared, now swings over the log fire full of steam ing water; and by the time the evening meal is ready, the family assemble, fresh. rosy, and smiling, with hair neat ly brushed ard braided, and clothes sweet, clean, and tidy. So the week ends, and they are ready lor the next. A bonde is of all men the most in dustrious. "Laziness is the devil's cushion," he (ays, with a wise shake of the bead; and certaiuly no one can ac cuse him of borrowing; that Satanic luxury. Kven iu winter he rises at there o'clock iu the morning, and his good wife and her maidens have finished their dairy woi k and set the house in order long before their more indolent sisters of the sunny south sit down to breakfast. The morning work accomplished, the house-mother seats herself at her loom, her daughters take each her spinning-wheel, while the ami J ser vants are but-y carding wool. A happy party it is, and a merry one, for tongues ma v wag as fast as fingtrs. A story is told, or jokes fly round the circle, or perhaps one, with a sweeter voice than the rest, begins singing one of the ballads, or folk-viser, of w hich the bonde is so fond. Thus time flies. Except in towns, there are no shops in Sweden, and no traJesaien. Every farmer is his own blacksmith and car penter, his own glazier and his own mil ler. If he needs another barn, he applies to no builders, but bids his lads tak their axes and follow him to the forest, where he chooses the trees best suited to his purpose. There is, in faor, no part of the work which he cannot do for himself, and do well. Twice a year, in April and October, comes slaughtering-time a busy sea son for the farmer and his wife. By long experience he kno.ig exactly how many piga, sheep, and cattle will be required by his household. These he kills, giving the meat to his good wife, while ho and his men are occupied with the hides, horns, and hoofs. Of the Utter he makes glue; reserving the best horns that the young men who have taste for carving may not lack matoriat Nothing is wasted. Even the sinews of the slaughtered cattle have their uses, and must be carefully cured and dried. Every farmer is also a tanner, and auderstands the procecs needful to vioiuoi leather of every variety, from harness aud stoat boot leather, to the go ft, fine, dyed skins of whioh the wo men make poo.cb.9s and belts. A few of the sbeei skins are tanned witb the wool on. These are for rugs and bed coverings. In some districts they are naed to make coats for winter wear, the wool actios; as lining to the gar ment, and as trimminsc, for it forms a fringe to the wrists and bottom to the 1 coat. I Self-helpful as he is, however, the farmer cannot supply all his needs; and when a country air is held, which hap pens two or threw times every year, he never fail to attend it, taking with him all the produce of his farm which can be spared, and returning laden witb snifar, salt, coffee, tobaooo, and corn brandy, which it is now not law ful for him' to make at home. There is, indeed, little a bonde can not do for himself. He grows flax for his wife to spin and weave, hops for the annual olbrewing, and if he lives upon a fjord, he grows also hemp ; enough to snpply him with nets. The Twice a year a shoemaker makes tho round of all the outlying farms and hamlets, staying at each house for sev eral days, uiitil, in fact, he has supplied every man, woman, and child on the premises with shoes to last for six months. In the earns way a tailor comes round onco in six months. As soon as he 13 seen approaching, the housemother bustles oat to receive him with due honor; aud while some of her maidens prepare a meal for the traveller, others (etch out the bales of cloth, the fruits of months of busy spinning and weaving. Then follows a grand cutting out, fitting on, and Btitcbing; and when the itinerant tuilor journeys on to his next custom er, he leaves behind him a houseful of simple folK delighted with and never tired of admiring their new garments, and praising the skill which has made them fit so cleverly. In many parts of rural Sweden teach ing and doctoring are carried on in the I same curious manner. Once in a long line tne doctor mattes a tour, ana is hospitably entertained at every farm ou his wide cr,v.iii. The travelling schoolmaster is a national institution. ' Flyttbara Sko ler," or eironlar schools, are held peri odically in til rural districts; and all that can be said for the system is, that it is better thuu no education at all; but as weeks or months must elapse between each course of study, high results cannot be expected. Politeness is a striking characteristio of the Swedish nation, and in this par t ciiUr all classes are alike. Sot only do the rich tn at their inferiors with kind conpnleratioD, but the poor are courteous to the poor; self-respect lead'ng. as it should, to respect for others; f,,r 'Manner are not Kile, but the fruit of loyal natures ami of loyal roioUs." How trne an in&ight into human nature is here displayed by our poetl The courtesy of the Swedish bonde is not merely tho outcome of kindly goodwill, but is tho natural result of his own innate hon-ff-ty. ilis frank open-hearted hospi tality is marred by no distrust, no doubt of his guest's honor or kindly feeling; for 1 e is too loyal himself to suspect disloyslly in others. L'nlike his Norwegian neighbor, a Swedish bonde is light of heart and jovial, fond of singing and dancing, and thoroughly appreciating tbe pleas ures oi the table. He never loses an opportunity for a kalas, or least. Not uly ai6 uli public festivals celebrated with preat fstut, but every domestic event riei ves as the occasion for a grand merrymabin-r. A "broUop," or wed ding, las-ts sever.il days; also a be trothal, and a "barn-ol," or christen ing. Besides these, there are minor festivities of au impromptu kind, which give great zest to ordinary lite. A bonde is always ready to help his neighbor at a busy time. It may le the building of a bsrn, or the raising of a hassja; whatever it is that calls the neigh hors together, tho opportunity is one for fca-tiug. All hands work hear tily until the supper hour arrives; then the host invites them to enter the house, where the smiling house-mother stands ready to welcome her guests to her well-spread tsble, and the grand business of eating and drinking negina. .Not all at once, however. It is one of the canons of bonde I etiquette that you should not accept of hospitality without demur. It is the j proper thing to protest against the j honor done to yon, especially if , you are invited to sit in the "upper- : tnost room of the feast." Here again the custom is patriarchal. Under these circumstances th; placing of guests Is a work of time; but this distresses no irs oi time; cut tuis uisures-ea no for a bonde is never in a burry. r-ngth all preliminary ceremonies ! ' observed, the comnanv nniil? 1 one, At I duly observed, the company apply themselves vigorously to the pleasant duty of clearing the dishes set before them; the hostess waiting upon them herself. Supper ended, the guests tise, and each one shakes bands with his host and hostess, BayiDg, "Tak for matt" "Thanks for tbe meal" to whioh they reply, "Val-bekommet" "Welcome to it." The custom of giving thanks for food is universal, from the highest to the lowest, and is as necessary a part of a grand city dinner party as at a bonde kalas. This little ceremony over, the table is cleared with great dispatch; the musi cian of the party takes his fiddle and strikes up a lively tune, and the dance begin". Some of the prettiest national 'lances are combined with singing, the dancers keeping step to the cadenoe of their sons. Klsk of Krtilioadlatt. The committee report accompany ing the bill gives some statistics which make an impressive showing of the great injury to life and limb in railway train service. Wellington won Waterloo and Meade Gettysburg with a lo?sof 23,155 and 23,203, while the total loss on both sides at Shlloh in two days' murderous fighting was 24,000. In the three years' war of i the Crimea England lost in killed and wounded 21,035 men. fone of these trrriblo battles furnished a list of losses equal to the loss in a single year of our railroad men, a loss equal, in fact, to the entire present force of the United States army. In the Johnstown flood 2,230 per sons perished, while during the year 1S90 casualties on our railways re sulted in railway employes killed, 2,451, and Injured, 22,394. The Johnstown disaster filled the Imagi nation with horror and sent a thrill of sympathy throughout the civilized world, but that calamity came in one fell swoop, while fatalities on the railways, involving in the aggregate a far greater sacrifice of human life, have scarcely attracted public atten tion. Tightly several poor fellows are picked off in the freight yard, on the rail often the only vestige that morning reveals being a pool of blood and tho dismembered remains of the rnfortunate victim. Two lines of a newspaper headed "Brakeman Killed" tells the whole story. Pitts burg Chronlcle-Te egraph. Men aif very much like dogs; tea more worthless they 8 re the mora tbev howl when they get hurt- F1Q3 AND THI3TLEC. OP-is everything that the soul needs. A wicked man is his own crave - digger. The devil never sees a pray ing man's back. trOD's way la the only sure way in anything. Everything yhat God does means something. The thorn is as much God's gift as ihe crown. The truth never dodges, no matter who shoots. I The only easy thing to do In this , world is to love. Lo.no suffering always makes God's ;hildrea gentle. I Don't look back and you won't ant to go back. I . . . , 1 Temttatioks resisted are stepping! .tones to Heaven. bin is not oniy uou s enemy, out ivsiy soul s enemy. A fool, thinks he Is ae can't see very far. right suxetimgs we taice a long step by forgiven oelng put cown a bit. Most anything can easier than selfishness. A step in the dark is oe a step toward death. be very apt to 2fo man can be happy without ask ing God to tell him bow. Indecision is the greatest robber an the face of the earth. Tbk sins that shine are the ones that have poison in them. It never takes a fool but a lew minutes to tell all he knows. Dbvils might serve God, but only flis children can please Him. No oke Is right with God who Is wrong with any of his children. The party who won't forgive Is the ne who Is always In the wrong. God's will Is never made known to ' those who are unwilling to do It A httocrite's mouth has more death In It than that of a mad dog. The first mile toward hell always looks like a short cut to Heaven. Be w A be of the man who always ilps bis tongue In oil before he speaks. No college can do much for the man who thinks he knows It all him. telf. A Christian can not be unhappv anywhere until he stops believing in God. The man who brags much oa his oodness will bear a good deal of watching. To fill the measure even full Is all 3od asks of anybody, but he always runs it over. It never makes the church anv itronger to have tiie man join who is tiiean to his wife. The grave from which there is no resurrection is the one in which peo ple bury their talents. One of the. meanest things the1 devil ever tries to do is to destroy the religion of a child. There Is something wrong with Che man's head who falls down on the tame banana skin twice. If able preaching alone could have iaved the world, God would have sent lome of his angels to do it. Ose of the men of whom the devil feels the surest is the moderate J Irinker who thinks he is safe. Is there any difference between ihe pride a preacher basin a title and hai a woman has in a breastpin? B Saw tbe Headlight. An engine-driver recounting his ex. ui.3 thus far. hut that he thought h i was in great danger one night said he: "It was a clear autumn evening, nd I was running a passenger train. We were a little behind time, and 1 was going along at a very good pace. There was an immense wood to go through, and the line, on clearing it, took a sharp turn to the westward. Just as we made that turn my heart came right up between my teeth, for there, coming straight down the line was another engine witb her head light flaming in my eyes like a star. "1 blew 'down brakes' and had my engine reversed before I had drawn julfa breath, and sent tbe train buck bs hard as I could to a siding about a mile behind us, and waited for the piner train tnat 1 supposed to be plose by, but she did not come. I made tbe signal man wire up the line to see If there was any special or runaway engine In the way but the answer was that the line was clear. The passenzers got out and began to talk and ak questions, and as for me, I was dazed. I thought of runaway locomotives and train-wreckers. Everything, as far as I could see and hear, was qu el around the bend. I glanced westward across the clearing; there was the headlight shining 1 through the trees as serene!, as ever, ' It was the planet Venus." A city Made by Mature. There 13 a curious eroup of rocks near Milan which form the oft-de- egular scribed "Nature's City." An iregular mass of rocks, some 200 feet high, resemble a citadel. Below are five depressions, of which one isaglgantlo amphitheatre, tbe second a necropolis, a third the parade, and the fourth a regularly laid out city quarters, with public mouuments, gates, streets, etc The whole of this city covers 200 acres and It Is surrounded by a na tural wall 300 feet high. A Houston County (Georgia) man has a sow 6 years old, that has been the mother of 172 pigs, and now has a Utter of eleven, A wotr.au never knows how gallant her husband can be until some other woman comes to vl?it them. Instead of the alloy of zinc and silver which was at first cbostn for the pro Juction of 'Areas pla'ing,' one ;ontaiulsg cad mum Is now preferred. Miijjr Henard is constantly improv ing ids dirigible balloon, and be has ow announced that he has Invented i mot r or seventy-borre power weigh ing only 4S0 kilogrammes. A block of carbon fourteen Inches jqu re represents ths amount of that material in the bodily make-up cf a man of the average of 155 pounds weight. Cyrus Thomas claims to have dis covered the Key which will unlo k the mvste-y of the Maya co.li.es and, prob ably, of the Central American Inscrip tion?. Through a pneumatc tube seven huudred milna in lenx'ih letters ar. whirled between Pis and Berlin in thirty-rive minute at the speed of twenty miles a uiiuute. In using what Is known at the Ca- nadian method of Lonng oil wells, a well 1090 feet was bored in 228 hours, or an average ox do feet per hour cf actual work, A LONDON 1VOBT BALE. i Upstairs, here, along this quiet, duu 1 jorridor, we might almost imagine w I are in some college or school: and il becomes difficult to free ourselves from the notion, when, looking through s I small glass panel in a door, we find what seems to be a lecture theatre, . fitted in the familiar manner witb rows ; of desks rising one behind the other. Entering timidly we take oar seats 1 among the boys, many of whom are smoking, and each of whom has in I front of him what looks like sn exami- ' nation paper, ana a sueei oi wmte . foolscap for his answers. In the well ' - I. 1 . . ..1 -1 . I. - . . 1. 1 . J ib uio i ee i hi ur, aeubou nio utuio oi the nsnal build, and in front of him at a lower table is a row of excitable yonng men whom it is evidently ad visable be should have nnder hia '.."say twenty-five," says the lectnrer. And he says it and no one takes any notice. "Twenty-four ten," continues the ,ectnre'- AnJ ere is a flutter of one wulte Pper. but no one presumes to make a remai k. ..Tn...i - ..o. (three ten another pause "twenty- tnree; twenty-two ten; twenty-two, in rapid succession and no one be- because ' traTa the slightest interest in the uum , bers. "Twenty two ten" pause, punctua ated by a sneeze "twenty-one!" pause. Really, gentlemen. I with draw. 1 would rather take them home and bod them for teal" And then there is a laugh all round. asmixht be expected, for the articles tnreutenea to be boiled for tea are ele phant's tasks, and this is an ivory sale in the Commercial Sale Rooms, Minc ing Lane. "Next lot," says the lecturer, whom we have now discovered to be a bro- ker. "Twenty-fonr" silence. "Twen ! tv-three ten silence-"twenty-three," ("Twenty-three ten I" says a voiue. "Twenty-four I" says another, and then from all parts of the room a rapid firing of successive numbers and tens, tailing off into "twenty-nine ten thirty I thirty tent" "Any advance on thirty tea?" asks the broker. "Anv advauce?" Knock ! goes the hammer. "Yours!" siva the broker, nodding at a man on a" back bench. "Next lot!" And so it goes on. the broker puttinur the goods in at a trial price, ami drop p ng bv half sovereigns till the buyers take the chance, and'than. ontbid.'linir each other, raise the price by half sov . ireins to perhaps more than the bro- L. .-, . ' A-.' I Four times a year, In January, April, July, and October, these ivory sales tre hel l, and the display of the g oda in the warehouse is oue of the Strang tights of biondon. The floor is crowd ed with ivory of all sorts aud sizes, in tusks and sections, and odds and ends, iome of it in huge teeth weighing Tj lb. each, some mere trifles of 20 lb. tpiece.snme mere pigmy "scrivellot-s," and crooked, cracked, hollow, decayed tnd broKen. On every lot is a big clumsy number, and every assembls'.-e f lots has a notice board giving the broker s name and the first and lust . numbers of tbe lots he has to selL The wilderness of teeth seems all in move ment round the gigantic pair of trav ailing scales in the centre; tbe curving ;usks are like so many worms, all itrangely scratched and scribed, aud tre of all colors from white, through the browns, to almost black; and an sxpert can tell at a glanoe where en h :ame from, and can sort the lots from .he pink Calcutta to the black West Coast which comes wrapped up in the raw hides bearing the mysterious name Ijf "ahroons." Mr. Stanley tells ns that in the I I'oogo basin there are two hundred ,f ivory jn his jaws, the :nouaana eiepnants, eacn witn ou lo. total beincr rorth half a mi, lion of money; but ven that stock would soon be exhaust id if the Congo alone had to fill this loor four times a year. And besides the London sales there ire sales at l.iverpiol aud Antwerp tnd Rotterdam. Most of the Liver pool ivorv comes from the West Coast . Ai.ric? nJ q"er of it Koea to Sheffield, a quarter to London, and lalf to Germany, France, and the United Stales. To the London sale be ivory comes from all parts. But all the ivory does not come from Wrioa. A good deal of it comes from India; and a very little of tbe Indian vory is obtained without killing the mimal, owing to its being the custom o cut a captive elephant's tusk every n years. From the Malay Peninsula ind the islands thereabouts, there is a 'air ivory trade direot with China, and ihe nests of balls, whioh are tbe high ist achievement of ivory turning, are ' Umost invariably made from the island eetb. These balls are a terrible pnz de until an hour or so's careful manip ilation reveals how they are managed. By careful shifting it will be found that til the large holes come opposite to ach ether, and that it is down these ihafts that ih.i work has been done The Chinaman has made probably burteen holes in tbe solid ball, dimin 8mD8 they approach the centre, '-own tn6 walls of these conical shafts le has spaced out the number of lay lirshe requires, and, beginning with .be smallest ball, he has cut each layer ree and carved it. It has been a long ob evidently; and as a matter of faot le has worked five days, on an average, it each ball, and for his thres month's rork Le wft8 Drobably paid at the rate 1 .t five ahiiiini a k shih u flrat. I ,lass pay for a Chinaman. in Europe tbe great ivory-carving own is Dieppe. Thre la a wonderful lory as to two little ships of Dieppe 'oinsoffon a cruise as far bick as 364, and visifing the African coast, Naming Cape Yerd, and Bay of France aid Petit Dieppe, and returning with pices and ivory, which has ever ainee oen carved at the little Norman sea- i tort. Be this as it may, there is no , loubt as to there having been ivory j arvers at Dieppe for many years, and rom there the art has apre id to Bou ogne, and Caen, and Pans. The tusks for billinrd ba Is fetch the lighest price in the trade. Ivory I teens white longest if exposed to light ! inder a glass shade, but in ti at posi ion, as in museums, it dries as it gets )ld, and then it Bakes, and has to be tea ored by 1 oiliLg in gelatine. I There is a process for cutting the tnsks in spiral shavings so as to obtain large-sized sheets, and some such de rice seems to l ave been used by the incients, not only for their tabl tn, but tlso for the faces ard naked limbs of their heroic chrys-clephantine or tor intio statues, of which we have heard 10 much. The cutting np of a tusk in "German Syrup" Just a bad cold, and a riarklno cough. We all suffer that way some- I times. How to get rid of them is ' the study. Listen' I am a Ranch- i MIO ws. n J O. 1 "l ' m - . I 7ah S a t My llte " rou? and exposed. I meet all wealnersin the Colorado mountains, I sometimes take colds. Often they are severe. I have used German Syrup five years for these. A few ooses will cure them at any stage, The last one I had was stopped in 24 hours. It is infallible " James ft.. lVee, Jefferson, Col. My Wife Was muermble all the lime with kidney com plaint but began Im proving when she bad taken Hood's Harsapa rll'a one week, and ' ter taMng three twt tie was peife. tly cured. 1 had """ Failure, Catarrh, and mid not sleep, bloated Mrs. tticlmrdaon. Liver Coiunbtiiit, ba J I v. had naiiis In in back, ringing noises I I aiy eurs. Hood's SarsaparllU gave Immediate J lenent, sound sleep and good bealth." H. C. nil makumj.h, rtliuain, I. I. HOOD'S I'lLI.S cure Kauea, Sick Head tebe. Indigestion, Biliousness and all Liver troubles. EvERYfyfoTHER Should Have It In The Hooae. ltroppta vat Sugar, i hlldrrn Xor to take Jobo!'s AKoDtslJxiyEvrforTmip.OoM, Sore Throat, Tonsllllla, Colic. Cramp an-l 1'alM. Ko Lve all Summer Complaints, Cutnaud Bruises Use Juwtlc. Snldeverywnere. rTI,-e ffle. I, mall: bntlles fUjwMllAjd.!. i-S-JOHNSON &CO.bV.-TOS.lUS. QARFIELD TEA! Overcome r a ulta of bad eating; enre Sick Headach'l restore Com plexion; cure Constipation. Mend (or Free Sample to SID West 4'th Street, New York City. 38 sue Uhe ordinary way to the best advantage is a delicate operatiop. The saw is Ubout two feet long, a fiftieth of an 1 inch thick, and from an inoh and a j half to three inches wide; the teeth, fonr or six to the inch, sloping a little ' forward, at an angle between that of the handsaw and the crosscut saw, j The tusk is never quite circular in seo ' tion, and this irregularity has to be allowed for in marking ont tbe cuts and all along the centre of the tusk there is a speck due to the apices of the successive hollows, which also has to be dodged by the cutter; and some times he will find a bullet in the tusk to bother him, and rarely, very rarely, the bullet may be of the golden sort. a soil by Eastern potentates so fre quently in fiction and so seldom in (act. No part of the tusx is wasted; the blocks go to the turner and earver ind tableknife maker, the spills or rinds go to tbe penknife maker, the , lawdust, like the shavings, goes to the j Jonfectioner s as a atiffeaer for jel.ies, , lnJ to tua lacemaker's as a dressing i'or curtains, and to other tralesiu hich astronatine size is required; die scraps go to the ivory-black burner : tnd out of every hundredweight only ,15 lb. remains to be bnrnt into black, ivhioh is, however, worth from 16 to 20 per ton. After the ivory has been turned or carved, it is polished on a wheel. The . Ivory worker's wheel is like a gigantio i penwiper; it consists of round pieces if cloth screwed fast between disks of ! wood two or three inches less in di , ameter than the cloth, and thus afford , ing a pliant edge projecting beyond the wood for the curvilinear surfaces of the umbrella or parasol handles, or I whatever it may be that is submitted I to its touch. Common work is polished Ian a series of wheels, one fed with j Trent sand, one with loam, another, 'perhaps, with chalk; but better work lis treated first perhaps with emery paper of the finest, made finer by rub t bing two pieces face to face; secondly, . with whiting and water thick as cream used on wash-leather or linen or cotton rag so thin that the fingers can feel j through it; thirdly, with clean water; ind fourthly, with a slightly oiled rag. But all ivory does not come from the tusk, some comes from the grinder, ind though it is not always easy to dis lingush between au Indian and an African tnsk there is no doubt about the species when the molars are ex imined. There are now onlv two species of elephants, the Indian and the African, 'ihe Indian has molars with parallel folds, the African has i them with lozenge shaped folds: the other distinguishing marks l-eing that tbe Indian has small ears, while the African has large ones, a yard long; Ihe Indian's trunk has a finger at the upper lobe, while the African's trunk has both lobes much alike; the Indian's hind foot lias four or five nails, while that of the African has but three, and tbe Indian is ten feet high, while the Vfrioan is eleven. Tbree Thing to Remember. Hood's Sarsapnrllla has tbe most merit, ba eon unequalled Mcrorss. accomplishes great ist Cores. Is It not the medicine for yout Hood' rill rure liver Ills, Jaundice, bit ousuess, sick headache, constipation. Frofessor liogers says that every Kiund of coal contains a dynamic force iqual to the amount of work a man sill do In a day. F. .1 CHENEr SCO., Toledo. O, Piupis of Jail's Catarrh Cure. offer 1100 reward for auy i9e of catarrh that can not be cured by taking ialls t'aiairh Cur. Send tor testluiouUN, tee. .Sold by Ptugglit. 76c. A French artist, M. Marey, has suc eded in photographing a flvlne insect. . The time of exposure was only 1 i.'Ooth P-4er A lie irea. Ihe r'i?i-r Axle Grease Is better andi-heaoer ban any other, at double tbe price. Aik your lealer lor It, and take no other. A murine biological laboratory Is ibout to be established on the Island of try of the discovery of America . 1 FITS: All Fin stopped Ires bv Dr a Una : iieal .-ierve Restorer. No F its after first dav ise. Slarveloue cures, i realise and sz oe tn xtlle free to Fit case. Sena Ul Dl. aluue fcl Arch St .fhlladelbh'.a, fu. DUeoTered. M. de Sartines, at one time chief of (be police of the city of Paris, was a master of his profession. The crimi nal to whom he gave his attention was almost sure, sooner or later, to be brought to justice. An Incident which Illustrates the thoroughness of his work is recorded, reluctantly one may imagine, in tbd Vienna police reports. The chief of the Vienna police wrot to him describing a criminal who had fled from Vienna and taken refuge in Parts, and requesting Sartines to dis cover and seize the fugitive. Sartines gave his orders for a search for the man. Two months passed. Then he wrote the Vienna officer: "I bavo sought the criminal you described cn all sides, and for a long time in vain. But at last the efforts of my agents arc rewarded. We have touna the man. "He is in Vienna, -which city fco aas not left at all. You will fled him st Fauburjr X , dumber 56. There U a flower pot in his window." Corn Harvesting KevolutluuUM. fine man can cut and shock, three to Ave aeres prr dav, easier than one acre In the usual av. Address with stamp, I. Z. MEhKIAM, W bite water. Wis. Handcuffs might called sad-irons appropriately tie Stealing away from luslinable larceny. bad company Is Tbe man who wants to live In clover need only buy a lawn-mower. 'That's where the shoe hurts, " .'.to bridegroom muttered, rubbiug back of bis head. as tbe "now does your new errand boy go Johnson?'' "Tbe long nay, apparently every itSA" r DRAWING ROOM IKANITlFS. She- No. don't tit there, Mr. Splosh- er-that's my uaiy s.ue, He (wishing to please) Well a really I don't see any difference! lIcls-S those two ?r there. They seem to oeeujoiug selves hugely. ... - Wicks -1 es; I wouuer -" to dear ftieuds they are picking to pieces. The saving !n clothing n'..'!' Fbfu. trie up is iied. Is ttcenlj hj n"$dD,"i It is no new experiment, but has f".,"0!"-' 24 years. To-dav Just as pure as In Your grocer lias It or will order It. Kaln making experiment", conducted in India, have resulted iu complete failure. Mr. Tb. Rockntroh. Wakefield. Mlchlfrao, rtT "A few day, .o 1 received fjrWJ Inqniilnsas lo the efficiency of the 'Bernard Vee-.-t.ble P.ll. sent me. I find our PHI" .upad for Induction "O",!;' " a miner, and. In my calling;, nave ,,,ewhlcb wlthsun powder .moke the effec of whkh f recently cauees bead-aohe. Since takl- your St. Bernard Vegetable Pill". I no lona-er trouble I In tbl manner, and enaii ai wa keep the Pllli on hand. I hereby tender "JaTylnoereat thank, for your Wonderful medicine. The signal officer at Cape May, N. J., repons the dlsiovery of a new fish resembling tbe sea trout. ra nna Kidney Core for Dwp.y?rvel, Diabetes, Bright'., Beart,Urlnry or Liver Diseases, Nerv ousness, 4c. Cure suaranwed. S31 Irch Street, Fhllad'a. U a bottle, 8 for 5, ordrugglst. 1000 certificate. of cures. Try It. Naturalists sav that a single swallow will devour 6000 flies In one day. . .nnlnt1- ll a fir. .1 THi Human system necus cum. .." em-ofulatte tlon to rid IMelf of IW lmpurltM. T. Dilla .'.J r-1 ItbA IIIUL-Ii1. oeckUwiu a -" m, .1- ,J AAnalna on all tfcT.'p.h prevents the rmtiog of nails driven into 1L Bupture cure kuhiH'(I J Dr. J. B. Mayer, 631 Arch St. Phll'a, Pa. Ease at once, no operation or de lay from business, attested by thou sands of cures after others fall, advice tree, send for circular. There Is a river in Kansas which varies In width during the course of lbs year from tbree feet to seven miles. "Eat, drink aud be merrv for tomorrow" Brat'yi-rot ue will stop the headache. All drug gists. Ally ceuts. "Hawkins is vwy fond of bis horse. Isn't he?" "Why, no, he hates hlot. "That's q-ieer. I saw hi'n tiding in tbe I ark the other day. ard he bad his arms about tbe animal's neck.' Keyuard He called me a coward, a bully and a lUir; would you advise me to tight him? Axletree I dan t see what else you can do; you would probably lose a suit for slander. ABOUT THE COUNT. Sister Ethel who likes him Well, anyway, he is a polished gentleman. Brother Jack who does not Pol ished enough, but the shine Is all on his clothes. 'You are a klusman of the host, are yot not?" asked one of the guests. "Yes," said the poor relatio-j near tbe foot of the table, bl trly. I am his cousin fourteen seals teinoveJ. Ptieud W hat did he say lo you a hen he proposed to you? ilias llox He said iife without me meant nothing. Friend lie was Bincere in that. That's Just what his possessions amount to. Ar'TErt TBK STOKll. Voice From the Dugout "Is theie anything Uft, Jack?" Jack "I think the well is safe." A MYSTERIOUS KECKPTACLK. She "Who do you think could have picked uiv pocket?" He '"Nobody In tbe world but your Jieaiinaker.'' NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. Jaggs "I beard of a young lady who gets a great many people ln;o trouble." Uage "You did; what's her name?' jaggs "M:si Representation Hol-KH, I Jarvls "Do you know wbtt I'm go ing to do with the fir 4 hundred dollars i earn?" Jessup "Pay yocr entrance fee to a home foraged men piobally." N lTl'Kil. SELECTION. Ted "1 suppose you intend to stend your vacation far from !ha busy hauuls of men?'" Ned "You bet your life, o'd fellow I want to go where the women are." He "Is It true thu you me engaged to Mr. Barton I" 3ne "I don't know; the scciety pa pers haven't announced it yet,' If you cannot tick a man be lenient with bis fault. or?i3 ijjfjoYs Both tho method end results uhen Syrup cf Fig3 is taken; it h pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acti rcntfy yet promptly on tho Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels cold3, head aches and fever 3 and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in iU action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. oyrup of Figs is for sale in 50c and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly fur any one who wishes to try it. I Jo not accept any uiiuuie. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. S4M FnAkCiSCO, CL, kuMoRotrs. Mrs. Newlove-Cnarley. dear, I need S1??; vtove-Do you. darling? How Mr. remove f "",'.,, what sympathetic you are! That s just wniu. I need. Snodgras-There Is one queer thing about silence. Suivley Name It. , .. . Snodgrass-When silence fa" l not necessarily broken. Banks-Can't you suggest some way in S I can get a better looking plc tnphotographer-Not unless you get somebody else to sit for you. .. TTardiin mar- verner ueii, -ried in haste; I suppose he's repenting .'rlw- a,i mhS he has to hustle soHy for a living that he has no leisure. . ,.ihinn tha bride and lonnur iti ....-.. groom come down thealsle)-l'm never going to get, mm I'd. Mother Why not, dear? Tnhnnv-Jnst look at those two. She's crying and he looks sorry al ready. 'Gone forever!" he sighed, laying down bis last coin, a f 10 gold piece. There goes my only eagle, wings and alii' "Yes.," said the business like man who had called, as he handed over a receipted document, "but you can keep the bill, you know." "Does time fly as fast as before you were married and merely were en gazed ? " "Does 11? One grocery bill doth tread upon another's heels, so fast they follow." There Is no ques Ion of the value of advertising, but still It doesn't just'fy a young man carrying an umbrella in such a way as Is mt likely to catch the eve of the public. Pat It la Yeer lld Baa Wl.ll traveling. Remember that charge of chm-ite VrSdSS-riuu. trouble to throat and funis lit. Hoisle'a Certain trouu Curtis a M ksTsucb. u biptheri, roup. Sore Throat bx. Maautauiured by A- K llie, UJ-iaio, N. Y. Two locomotives built ou tbe same plan, exactly alike and of similar mferi,rl will have different rates of speed aud drawing power. The differ ence of speed in twin eng'.nes has been known to reach 15 miles an hour. CRATCHEDTEN MONTHS. A troublesome fiklu dUease causel me to scratch for tn a fnor acq iiqa Ctt M. II. Wout, Upper Marlboro, M J SWIFT'fcClPECIFIC I was cured several years ago of white swelling la my leg by using RSRSrTSI an J oav had no symptoms of re SESflEESI turn of the dis ease. iliMf promiueut physicians attended tun and all filled, but S. S. 8. did tbe work. Paul W. Kirei-atrick, Jubnson City, Tenn. Treatise on bluud and Skin LLi eac U, ll,.d lice. Swiff St-KCIFIC Co., AiUnu, Ga. DR-KILMEH'S WW Kidney. Liver and Bladder Curtl Rheumatism, Lumbarn. pain In Joints or back, brick dust to urine, frequent calls, irritation, InUamstloo! J r raved, ulceration or oatarrb ol bladder. Disordered Liver, Impaired ' diction, rout, MlHous-headacba, 6U A nP-ROOT cures kidney difficulties i-adrtiipt, urinary trouble, b right s -llnfMia. Impure Blood., Scrofula, malaria, g-en'l weakness or debility. .?".",!""'"l otnt of Ona Bonis, iraotbm aud, Uiiuuii rui nluul lo 70a tbe price Si? At Bracelets, Oe. SUe, il.00 SUa. "iDTsllrt. Quids to Haalth-fne-Coeealutlo frea. Da. Kimia co BuohakimuK. y. FOR FIFTY YEARS I MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP bas been used by Million of Mathers for tbelr children while Teething fr over ry Veara. It soothes tbe child, aof teu the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and Twenty-Sve Cents a Bettle. $1 I ? BUYS A GOLD-FILLED ELGIN WATCH f,1 ,nJ. Lines' or Orats' -sir. haul,, Cue or open lar. j-m. guarautoxl . SeiTt CO t fcr aiprera. Tna Ulu ,, . rartinei twit smWoVm i,5,"Ch,M' ora" !"' iron VtL ent .ud ak your Jeweisr to .uuui Itftta.ta od. Ir bo money unless t.)u tuievi wtt J"4"" t AsrtK, t Ustoa. N. C. $100 rtft e wm start tou In business - If If ln your count whereby you folk mak. S I .it . ' . , W e want VOU as our AOKKT. You can n,ake a tortuna work ing for us. suoxrric Flciu Co.,aiEast tad it . Ssw York. A Week PATENTS &sptt& .,T,!ii '" -wnrt! fr dcal-r-s ne. e s r. - - r . - i.ricsr masiprs on nottom. h.eJ??2"J;'2?" "fre fandnlcnt and subject to. prosecution by law far obv dcr false rretenccs. worn Ir II FA II f 3r 11 FW Remedy tor Ouarrb kj tbe M I 3 Kxslest to Tse, end rki I I I I bold by druggists or tent by mall, I sot & T. Haulilna, War ran. Pa. 1 I JF' Izv Ta T! a t. s, T- lt7,e aiclastva sala ia.shse dealers and s-cnernl merehanra wi..ii-e I kas-s ,lIli; i0JcS,,i,0Be- ltJ"Jar aaleJa jour place .end dii'cT oc?orr! ii: six. aaa wrUU wulcil. Feaiago lizec W. L, UonirUs, LrocktonrMiaa; 1 I at&tiss kis nn wnT RF DFCflV-n Aim I'.ll-. KMilliclS. u4 !-t liif h.iiiil-t. Iril'if thtt iron, n't t, Tbe icitmif .u oioa r.-nrj - Buui-rit U gsaUhK jag d UClCts5l imix-hxt. COHSTIPAT10I i Constipation Is one of the niat c-.tninoo u painful diseases. It oc-urs most fip.quen7 allh men and women w ho ar. f,(v,t hy ttei profession to follow a sedentary m t nd whi throuh Incllmtun or nss tt lr accustomed to pnrlnke of rich (.ki. AHhon not dangerous in llsi-lf. It may five rUe to ous disturbances In the sein-r.ti li-a!tb of its patient, particularly It it Is n .-ct.-a. n4 ta constqiience takes d?ei root m tl,e system. In former times it was customary tn cure u W,. all kinds of drastic mixtures iiowilers ami p.u, eoutalBliig some Inluiious nnuural susuaca. Bat thiswasd lvln;; out sin uitli Satan.becjun drastic purgat Vt-s. nlihnugb tl,. y n.ay ift tit momentary lellef, exercl-e a dei,-ienouj tj.,., on the whole system and part ciiiarly os th, vital organs and w. akeu ihe b l if con. t liually. If this Is s, uj::it to be av i dei t.j pit. tiking of particularly ii.im Ntuiii i,.i, ths di. geS'.lve organs will in jou-eqii,-i,cj ce:i-t ta act properly, and then ismui cj:i,.i;citi ul mr.y arise whl b will threaten trcn ih (its 4 die patient. But the curati-."!! p.,weu 01 th, old drastio purs.ttves have be .ii v curei t:, their evil aft. r-eff cts are avoid - i, l y the a of 8t. Bernard Vcg'tablo I'iils. T!i-yaren ji!j. Inn but TPget ibie cuni-ouml Ki;u. t the aa ditlon of any lnjuriou-t, il' lo ei i.i.s u poison, ous substances, be. 11? pn-pai-d on y ol ti.s best med citi.il herbs of the Ai i Ley a 11 a mild laxative and emollient. on, ie iUj w. Cretion ol iindictstil'le matt r . ti. .ut al,I Ins ihe svsieui. They are ih-H ioit um bi-,t blood puridvr amni'K all th.- ni:i:i n ined known. This taut bis been r. iii y aekn. e!peJ by many pionuii.-in .m-i -; uh oi ail couiitilfS a " as o tii..u-:,i,.u ,1 i-iateiul patients to whom 1 hey fcsve a:t.,ro. : 1 ryes und'r the most agEravnicl r u. iiiM usi. iba Bi. Bernard Vc- tab e P.'l c .11 u .1 .ttmj first-cU-s flrn!ci.-t. If your itn. iuv'ni them send 2m. to St. her ar-i.' I- .1 -:, .New York City, and you a ill n-ceive un. p.j-n.iU by reluru mail. AMKFH utita, B et.-int re.iW a..j l4 lNFAl.I.li'Li: tL'Sg I. r l'll.KS. Trieeijliat u ui:ei-i! . . hv mui. t n,.lis-. aji,,., "AiuH-ih." boi ua. hi w Vork ciu. Ely's Cream Balm f!;? is srmta .00 to anv ti iJ"'J Man, tVomaa or CLiicH247''l CATARRH Am. IV P.alin ii.t.-.e.t.-b n..s Irr,- .--y ' tril. ELY .l.., m U .in-'ills' ?5 ' , St.. N. Y. ImtJ- --'- WA 3F.a i- i. Jew. WAY'S READY RELIEF- CURES ASD PREVENTS Colds. COU2h9. Sora Throat, Hoarseness, Stiff Neck. Bronchitis, Catarrh, Head-iche. Toothache. Rheumatism, NeuraUla, Asthma. Bruises, f w alria (lult ker 1 ban till Unonii Hi-nii-.l. No niall)-r h,,w vl-il'-m 01 , .'ti. a' tt,H the lineuinatio. Ked. id.ieii li.;.irn 11111..-J. ieivoiis. NeiilalK'ic.ui inustiatf-a ;ih J: ei;ci may iiirter. 5ADVAY'3 READY RELIEF Will Afford In,tar.t I I L. fTEnNAI.r.T-A half f.i a tea r,.---f ,1 in ca'f a tumbler of water win In a !- i m nu'es cure ramps, bfa-ms, Miur Sro-rach Sim,, Voniitill-'. tfartb..rn, Nervr.ii;ie ',-.-, e. ness. sicU Hes.l iche. Ir.airt.cei tf'.ii I x lency and al. Internal pains Malaria in its various kuini cuicj ai.j u;e yented There Is not a rerr.ed'al ajei-r in tl,,- t, .r .1 llt will cine Ki-v-r and a-.-.i- ,u:,i ,i! u:.ef fevers (aid d bv i:t.Wil-, 1 n.m, 5J quickly as . iv. jtt; 1 in v.n i, . BOLD BT ALL VrtrOGITS. I'rice 50 renu. SZty Tsk- -- Roii.al Tiif f st ifn r il far.jt J i TxJT- t ni'i'in kiowa r-r B li usr.- J k'ij.rtO' Coiisttpat ion Irp. U. ri . Vf of AniK-iito, Mfui-al In-..rt -ti- n frar rnfui t-i.ti.-n. l'nnpu J CoHiploxion, Tin'd Vt-... ai.si J2JT 7TDTtiTD or dir- reultir4T from i.rj -ur AffCRt U h tit (Mil f H.ll TV rrr rem nmAi, AXLE BEST IX THE WOULD. J.,?..ari,L'f q08."!' ere ur.'urpassed, aenall SSJ,,I,IV? 'hr,, 'oc.'J r.t ai,v ..tti.-r r rir. L N l FuR SAU. Ti lil; VL.KPS ul NEUaXLY. I EWIS' 98 LYE I Powdered and Terfuinea 1PATFNTKD.) The strongest and T.yemsile. Unlike other being a rine povur and 111 a fin m-t,H Kin. ...... uri-t .e. It ,cki-ii ... . . .. nt.u ,clll,,Ur ., II. coiiti-nis sie alwavs ready I t i, tlm use. lll miiKetn6'per(l llaro Sonp In 20 minutes tell ooi Inu. It Is 1 lie bet fercii Inir ua-re niT.c r.... lO'.f .U'S- lll g Sinks, closets, washing bottles. f uim. 11 rrs, ei e. fEN4.SALT STf-O CO Uen. Agts , Phlla Pa. KIDNEYS and LIVEFi To all afflicteil we i.ffi-r our hook t HOMK TKK ITMt.NT I'ByK r CHAltr.E. Address K AND L REMEDY CO., 801 M. - Peoria. 11. Please state what paper yoa saw our adver tisement In. J SOUTH DAKOTA FARMLANDS Investors as well as owners of 'anils in Suuth Dakota w,l rind It to their Int n-s t to write. J. 8. IRWIN, Blunt. South Dako'a. for Jktrw Afec ivnf, i , KpiUf, -tJ, 1 f tk.D ft dirtwici. .No Sr. tter ilw. Trp.ti j :tsi bottle frw 9 rn pattsrtiu, tbey pf mf oxt.rcaa (hum on bt wft X-Civtd Send li.nif . f. It ......mm. . t.l,.u at .Qil d to DE.KI.lk. v;l r.-ri f-u drh 1 1. ttu S Drui,. Si H'AJU. Ui 1MI7AU.V' ttiA''b&. SyooEaPASTiLttd: FOR GESTLEHES. . mm ..I f. fat t,un kUlllbIM C4 Il J u perform their pmrvr fun.-t Pit t t-i:rii t. 0iver-itint7arb;nefit?i bv rakintra T Il I l.r hint! bru.fai. f'rife. tv mh. I trn ( . l Y,rilr iv i Z drTrifc; r:fas;chk:''ali-x .los.-natf st v v. I FITO'STOFPED FREE 3 BE US Tntann Person RestoteJ. I mVDr. KLINE'S UHEAt . NERVE RESTORER ' -iliAf fat nit K-atrt A Vno-.. t ,. . . - j. W. L DOUGLAS seamless, smoeui inside, flexible, more comfortable, stj lisa aaa aurable Iban any otber sliuo e ver s.ld at uie price, tjr.aucuiiom maileshoei costlr. trom 1 to ta. Tne onu S.'i.llll Minn -. ,i7, .. .V .nnl. nlea, aeeunsly sewea al theouii: loe.li.nliown in cull, nieU gives double tbe wear of chejo clt sIi.ms solo anna me price, for such easllv rip. having onlrone a.ilc sewed t-j a narrow sum ,.r -.lUn l.i.... .i - h.. toruRb are wVrVtii " i . ""IV""1 lP . I.. it!i lil.AS Sj.t.onsboa oiiias'vV:! pur.-fc.u;. ".-.1 i . J "j. m'': " , , , " y inmr,n U iJli;( IU t'i'OUlf buouiu cousmr tho sujjoriur quahtie-s of these tiiots, aU cot be Innueccc-l to buy cheap well shncssrita at 1.0u. fcaviiigonly apL-arnrir-o to oonimt'Dil UaCUj. V . IIOl CUM Mpii'e aud v.i Una cull. H-iud I'ouoeano rarni trs;i.iO hiao Calf; 9Z.2 ami $.Ol WorkingmcbV: 1 '!' si.U and outlL1 or.rHii u.kes: i.atnvi' J.0O nati.i Sewel;S-5..1U, Vi.OO and ili-.V re of the samc LiQ ataadsftra of menu J