Giant Trees of California.
The fame of the "big trees" of Cali
fornia is world-wide, but they arc not,
as many who have never visited the
Slope suppose, scattered all over the
Golden State and in plain view of every
railroad station between Salt Lake City
and San Francisco. Neither were they
known to the first settlers who braved
the dangers of a trip arouud the Horn,
or the greater dangers of an overland
journey to the new Eldorado. The first
white man who is known to have gazed
upon the sylvan monarchs was a trapper
by the name of Down, who accidently
discovered what is now known as the
Calaveras Grove, in 1852. After the
Calaveras Grove, which is in the county
of the same name, the only other con
siderable growth of them are in Mariposa
County, where in an area two miles
square there are 427 of these monster
trees from 275 to 340 feet in height and
from twenty-five to forty feet in dia
meter, and another grove known as the
Fresno Grove, which contains some 600
trees, the largest eighty one feet in dia
meter. Placer County, fifty miles north
of Calaveras, also has a small grove of
these giant redwoods. The largest tree
in the Calaveras Grove is about 350 feet
high and measures forty-five feet in dia
meter six feet above the ground. "The
Grizzly Giant," the pride ol Mariposa
County, is ninety-three feet iu diameter
at the ground, and sixty-four feet five
yards higher up. Just think of it! A
tree that would make a square block of
wood as large as the average St. Louis
building lot! Their leaves are awl-shaped
needles, and the cones which grow upon
them (these trees are coniferous) are as
big us two-gallon jugf, being in alt
other particulars almost perfect counter
parts of the common pine cones. The
Grizzly Giant lias the greatest circumfer
ence of any tree now known to exist.
There arc but two trees in the world
taller than Mariposa's 350-foot prize
taker. They are of the "blue gum"
variety, arc 460 feet in height and may
be found near Quelarup on the Black
wood River iu West Australia.—St.Louis
Republic.
Horses With Sixteen Toes.
The orohippus, the ancestor of the
noble horse of to-day, is first known to
have existed in the eocene period of ge
ological epochs. Some ot the species
were as small as the common silver fox
of to-day, and all had sixteen hoofs, four
on each foot, just like the cow brutes of
the preen t age. After long ages had
elapsed the creature became a three toed
representative of animal creation; later
on he had a single split hoof, or eight
toes altogether. The perfected equine
of the present may be said to walk on
its middle toe nail, the twelve others
which his ancestor, the orohippus,
had having been "evoluted" out of ex
istence.—St. Louis Republic.
t Poisoned
Mrs. Mary H. ()'Fallen,
a nurse, of Piqua, Ohio,
was poisoned while assist
ing physicians at an au
topsy 5 years ago,and soon
terrible ulcers broke
out on her head, arms,
tongue and throat. She
weighed hut 78 lbs., and
Mrs. M. E. O'Fallen. ~n v no prosneet of help
At last she began to take HOOD'S SARSA
PARILLA and at once improved; could s»on
get out of bod and walk. She is now perfectly
well, weighs 12K pounds, eats well, and does the
work for a large family.
HOOD'S PILLS should be in every fam
ily medicine chest.Once use I,always ireferred
JOHNSON'S
LINIMENT
FOR HOUSEHOLD USE
\VCEA~YO77^.
ORIGINATED
For INTERNAL as much as EXTERNAL ut«.
By an Old Family Physician,
§OO T HINC, RLEAUNG PENETRATINQ
Itrnpfted on Sugar, Children /.ore
to tnko lohtipnn'f' Anodyne Un'menl lor Crotip. Cold*.
Sore Throat, Tontllltm. folio. i runipt an.l I num. Kn-
Itt'vcs summer Onmplalntu, fut. and nrnlM. 11kI m.arlo
fiirew cmtyh*. Anthmi*. fatarrh. Bronchitis, Cholera-
Murium, < hlll.I»>tn«. I hup*. Moreni-M In Body or Lllitha.
Stiff Mux-le* or strain* Inhale for Nervotu lleadaehe.
1 I Pamphlet In ■•> Si,hi everywhere. I'rho » i-U.
*il buttle*. »2.UQ. I. S. JOHNSON « CO. BonUir, Maw.
R. R. R.
DADWAY'S
II READY RELIEF.
et'Kla tsu l-HKVENTI
Colds,
Coughs,
Sore Throat,
Hoarseness,
Stiff Neck,
Bronchitis,
Catarrh.
Headache,
Toothache,
Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Asthma,
Bruises, Sprain*,
Quicker Th»n Any Known Remedy,
go matter li .w violent or rverurtaltlig Ihe | ,itlu tha
Itbeunialli . Budtl -:«n, Infirm, 112 rippled, Nert.ua,
Nfiiral«i«-, or proatralvd *ll ■ ilia iaM mat .offer,
RADWSY'S REIDY RELIEF
II >ll lllorrf I itaio HI Knar.
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balf a itilit id* rof wale. will In a few minute* oura
112 lamp.. Sour *»'omarh. V«u%. a, t, mil im,
Heartburn V rvou.U, .J. .lan-pl. atu- aa, <ti,a 11. t,.|.
aebe, I'tai iloaa, t ollc, Klalult-uci ami n I luternal
pain.
MaiarU In tia varhm fmata our* i an,l pra.antad
Ibeie l» uoi ar< iuMi«l again In wort i that
wlll.tire rv.et AMI all utti.-r f»..ra I
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tin'" in mi HI i u.i.
•" '"our*. Fill's ,1V rrula.
"German
Syrup"
My niece, KIUKIIIK iTTuley, wjs,
taken VMIII «|iiuillg ttlon<l, AMI THE
became very itiiit It <tlurnit t|, it .titug
that dreaded ih«-.iM', C<>ii»uni|>tioti
Slit I rift I iituly .t|| LutiU ol mi ill
t int'but nothing tlt>l lit r ,tuy good
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ibt: tolil mt- il (liil bet lis*»rv giMid
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taiijictl UiubU*»d,g,tv« In i *iimgth
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USE OP A PICKET ROPE.
The safest way to picket a horse is to
use a broad leather strap around the fore
leg, below the knee, and have the rope
fastened to the strap. The horse will
rarely ever get fouled in the rope, and
if he does he soon frees himself without
harm. The picket is a short, stout stako
driven in the ground, and the rope is
fastened to it at the ground. Once a
horse is used to picketing there is not the
slightest danger, and very little anyway
with a rope so arranged.—New York
Times.
VIOLETS.
There is a great diversity of opinion
as to the best methods ot outdoor culti
vation for violets. T. D. Halfied says
in the Garden and Forest:
"My experience has shown that violets
luxuriate in rich soil, plenty of moisture
and full exposure. Some growers take
their stock plants in winter, try rooting
the runners, which is a good plan when
there is danger of disease, but generally
old plants are divided into two or three
crowns. Until last year I had kept all
runners clear off during summer, but I
fcund where a few had been left, when
transplanted into the flowering bed along
with the old plant, they bloomed well,
aud will make very good plants for out
doors this season."
BEES IN THE ATTIC.
Make a small, dark, frost-proof room
about 4x6 feet, as may suit your conveni
ence, in the upper part of the house.
Erect a scaffold inside of this room
about four feet high, and within six
inches cf the side where you wish the
entrance, which should be about six
inches wide by one-half inch high. This
may be enlarged or contracted to suit
the season of the year. These entrances
should be on that side of the house
which is used the least, for bees some
times get too familiar. Now put the
hive on the scaffold, about six inches
from the entrance. Make a little board
for them to travel out and in on. A
hive should contain about 2000 cubic
inches and have holes in the bottom. It
is said that bees will seldom swarui from
such a place, and will winter well there,
even in as cold a climate as Wisconsin.
Of course further north the rojm must
be warmer. Bees will build comb under
the hive in large quantities iu favorable
seasons in such a room, and the owner
when he wauts honey may go with a
light placed at one side, smoke the bees
and cut off what houey he wants. This
plan is not a mere "castle iu the air,"
but a practical one.—American Bee
Journal.
CULTIVATION AND MOISTURE.
Moisture is one of the essential and
most necessary requirements for plant
growth, but from the general habit of
relying upon seasonable rains for a sup
ply too little attention is often given to
conserving and making use of what the
ground already contains. Thus the dif
ference between waiting for rain in a
dry time and "catching" the moisture
by frequent cultivation, which without it
would escape from the soil into the at
mosphere, may often be measured by the
difference between success and failure.
There are but few seasons so unfavor
able from drouth that a stirring of the
soil frequently while it continues will
not greatly mitigate its effects. By this
process moisture is saved to the plants
in two ways: 1. If cultivation is beguu
in early morning tho dewfall of the pre
vious night is captured and paitly saved.
2. The moisture remaining deeply in
the soil in a dry time is always ascend
ing towards the surface, to be quickly
evaporated into the air. Hence the
hard, dry crust always found at such
times where the ground is left undis
turbed. By often pulverizing tho sur
face a mulch is found which arrests the
moisture ascending by capillary attraction
and holds it at the right point to be ab
sorbed by the roots of plauts.—New
York World.
A PERFECT SOD
The meadows aud pastures of this
country do not produce half what they
should. Walking over au average well
seeded field one finds many bare places,
or only saved from bareness by the in
evitable weeds which occupy where the
valuable grasses have failed. Part of
this failure comes from imperfect prep
aration of the see I bed and deficiency j
of seed sown. Besides, there is not ,
enough variety of grass to secure the
largest crop. Two, three or four kind* '
growing together will yield a greater 1
amount of hay iind of better quality than
any one alone. We have often thought
that if farmers knew the value of thor- i
ough seeding they would take greater I
pains to secure it. Not long we saw j
such a Held kept as pasture for a herd ol '
Jersey cows. The land hail been elose j
cropped iu the fall, but (he young green
herbage was already starting. All the <
droppings from U-t year's pasturing had
been knocked in pn <os and scattered
over tho sward. It was soft aud springy,
as if one walked on velvet, ami not »
bare place nor a weed was to he seen ex
cept near the fence, where s una shade
trees had led to trampling the grans rout*
iimnrliately around the.n. The Held had
been seeded two years after two years' !
cropping with potatoes well inauured
As the cows pasture I are giain fel be
side, the fertility of the soli ooMlwtly
increase*. After another year it is the I
purpose of the owuer to plow aud resee I
after growing another potato crop, i
tioaluu Cultivator.
uitowtKo suuotit'M.
It is itnptir taut to plaut sorghum >au
under a* favorable coudltloua as p (. il'le
li make* a slow growth as butt at rim, i
aud when planted with the soil wet, I
cold aud 111 pre|iared the seed is slow to |
geiuiinate, while the plant* make a eel)
nnsatislattu'y growth. In nearly ail
ease* it will pa) to wait until the toil
is reasonably dry and wattited up betoru
planting the seed, a id then if them l
i* of a good ijualit) aud Iks soil is W
* jfoud tilth a quit fcii and lielter g>.i
Ntiualiun Will lie secure*!,
It pays to hairow at wutlt the soil will
before planting, Wln.it the plants lint
iMite op the | are small and teudei, and {
as they grow slowly the weeds will often
get the best start before the cultivation
can be commenced.
The seed need very little covering, and
if to be sown by hand caro must be
taken to run the furrows out very shal
low in order to avoid covering too deep.
One of the advantages in using the drill
in planting is that the seed can be dis
tributed more evenly in the rows and be
covered at a more uniform depth, two
important items in securing a good, even
stand. When the seed is sown by hand
it will aid in securing a quicker germina
tion if the seed is moistened and allowed
to stand twelve hours before planting.
Have the rows about three and a half
feet apart, so as to give plenty of room
to cultivate. One advantage,in planting
an early variety is that it willlripen, and
can be worked up out of thetway before
the fall work, like sowing wheat aud
cutting up the corn, becomesfcpressing.
In many cases it will pay' to roll the
ground after planting the seed, as it
helps to make a better germination, and
also fixes the soil in a better condition
for commencing the cultivation. As with
nearly all other crops the harrow can
uearly always be used to good.advantage
in commencing the cultivation. In no
other way can the weeds be destroyed
and the soil be fined so close around the
plants. Often two harrowings can be
given with profit and then the cultivator
can be used. In an avcrago season two
harrowings and three good cultivations
will be all that is necessary; as often the
plants make a suffi<rient growth to shade
the ground, very littlo cultivation will
be needed.
It is the early cultivation that is tho
most important, and the more thorough
ly this is given the better will bo the re
sults.* Care should be takeu not to al
low the plauts to stand too thick.—St.
Louis Republic.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Cleanliness is the key to success in
poultry raising.
Early sown beets make a good feed for
the hens aud chickens.
Whole wheat and corn mixed form tho
best grain food for fowls.
Fowls to do best should have a plenti
ful supply of earth, grass and gravel.
The best plan is to feed the poultry
only so much us cau be eaten up clean.
Regularity in management is as im
portant in poultry raising as regularity
in feeding; both arc necessary.
A good lann-yard fowl must have
stamina and vigor, as it is supposnd to
pick up a good portion of its living.
If you leave the stable doors open these
nights be sure the granery door and feed
boxes are safely closed and fastenod.
Fowls are so provided that they can
grind any kind of food eaten. It is not
strictly necessary to grind their food for
them.
On the majority of farms during tho
spring, at least,there is more or less milk
that can be fed to the hogs to an advan
tage.
Tho farmer that cannot make hand
some profit with poultry when ho has
good stock and givos them good care is
an exception.
Sour feed is no better for pigs than for
other animals, and many diseases can be
traced to its use. Among these are black
teeth and blind staggers.
Both Yorkshire and Suffolk pigs are
white, but the Yorkshire is heavier,
stouter, and has a very short snoot. Its
hair is longer and coarser.
It is often the case that if the hens are
well fed during the spring aud summer
they will moult early in the season aud
make good winter layers.
There is no danger of the chicks
crowding on top of each other in the
brooder if the temperature is kept even.
It is when they get cold that they crowd.
It is a wise farmer who divcrsifiei the
food for all his stock as much as pos
sible. A small p itch planted to carrots
will come good for tho horses this
winter.
If experimenting with sugar beets, do
uot try to grow large ones. The sugar
decreases as tho size increases. One
pound toll potiuds each is large
enough.
Careful statistics which we havo
recently ext'ianed show that the white
corns produce lirgor yields than the yel
| low. Most farmers hold to a dillereut
i opinion.
I The farm team may bo left togo bare
; foot. When tho shoes become looae
take them oil carefully, aud hang where
I they may be easily gotten when needed
I next fall.
j It is folly to talk about wheat pro-
I dueing "cheat." Like produces like,
i aud wiieat produces wheat. Cheat or
cheat come* up because you don't have
' clean seed.
A bare lot, hard floor, hard ear corn
and water, are not tle uio.it profitable
1 pork producer* at this time of th« year,
especially if you have mouth old ptgs to
work with.
I'ltpertlfta «112 lite leak.
The teak, which has pt*»ed into pro
verb as the Intel material for shipliuttd
i iug, is stijierior to all other woods, from
the fset that it contain* an esieutial oil
which prevent* *ptket aud uails driven
into it from routing. This property is
I not po*ie»»cd by auy other wood in the
aoild, anil furnishes au eiplauatton o(
the fact that *hi|>a built of teak are prac •
| tically indestructible. Montu have been
' known to last for Isd )e*rs, aud when
broken up theii beauss were a* auund <*
when tli*l put together.— ludlauapwli*
New*.
We Kal l. »u of Mttgar.
The puople of tho I'm tad Slates eon
•ume practically one thud of their weight
in *114,*1 uvety )uai I'm iinpoitatlou ol
| »>i «r into this tonally la*t yeai wa<
i.'J JyiHMjiMiii pooudt, while the *ugai
luauulsutured Iu tin* t multy amounted
to ;itlf.'Mxi.twtJ poottiU, bringing the
total (.tuttuiupllou of *tigar up le .1. J'Ul t
UilU,UtHt p, in I* tn lomtd nuuibets, ui an
sveiagv ol tlfty poauita >**. li lis every
iit ta, woioaa and 1 hiltl in the Iniul
i State*. -iH u«t Mai May Inge.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
A GOOD FURNITURE OIL.
Nothing ii better for restoring the
brightness of polished tables than rub
bing them with a linen rag dipped in
cold drawn linseed oil.—New York Re
corder.
HORSE HAIR TOR BEDDING.
The best quality of horse hair sold for
bedding is the long white hair. The
next quality is the long black hair.
There is a cheaper quality of bleached
white, which is softer and inferior to
the other grade and which sells at about
twenty or thirty cents per pound. Still
eb«?*per than these are tho various grades
of brown and black hair, made up of
the hair of many different kinds of an
imals.—Atlanta (Ga.) Journal.
RESTFUL FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
A very convenient article for the econ
omy of strength in the kitchen is as fol
lows: It is for a seat when washing
dishes, ironing, mixing bread, pies, etc.,
or doing the thousand and one things
that have to be done in every household.
When complete it should be within four
inches of the top of the table whore tho
work is done. It takes up little room
and is easily moved. Material: Two
boards eight inches square and one and
oue-half inches thick; one stick, three
inches square and twenty inches long;
four castors; eight screws, threo inches
long; four of the screws to fasten the
top—one of the eight luchsquare boards
—to the twenty inch stick; four screws
to fasten the bottom—tho other eight
inch board—to tho twenty inch stick;
the castors togo ou the bottom of the
bottom board.—Piold aud Farm.
FASTEN TIIE RUGS DOWN.
Rugs have nearly driven carpets out.
There is a gaiu hero in health and clean
liness, though with some disadvantages.
STliorc aro rugs that will not stay in place,
but insist on turning up, tripping tho
unwary foot aud committing all kinds of
mischiof making which such a depraved
floor covering may be guilty of. Whcro
such is the case it is best'to have sockets
sunk in the floor at the corners to hold
them down. Any carpet man will pre
pare such sockets and fasten tho rug in
them in such a maimer as to make the
fastening almost invisible. Hugs which
are made up from carpeting aro ofteu
very troublesomo and refuse to lie iu
place until they arc shrunk to tho floor.
In order to shrink such a it must bo
free from all dust. The floor must then
be cleaned as clean as possible aud the
rug stretched and nailed firmly to tho
floor. When it is securely down it must
be dampened thoroughly and allowed to
dry on the floor.—New York Recorder.
VALUE OV LEMONADE.
Lemonade, thoy say nowadays, is a very
healthful tlriuk if properly made, anil is
good for malaria, biliousness ami other
attendant evils. This will ho joyful
news to the young people who would
like nothing better thau to have lemonade
"on tap" all through tho summer. On
no accouut should it bo made in auy tin
vessel as the acid of tho lemon forms
with the tiu a poison that is very apt to
produce sickness. This is the cause
probably of the various cases of "lera
ouado poisoning" of which we hear so
frequently, and which are attributed to
every cause but tho right one.
It is better to drink lemonade without
sugar if possible; and iu any eveul it
should not be too sweet. A physician
who has a great deal of experience say*
that a glass of lemonane without sugar
before goinjj to bed audanothorou rising
in the morning, about half an hour bsfore
breakfast, is perferablo to calomel for
biliousness, aud is better and moro effi
cacious then Cougress water or llunyadi.
Lemons should not bo eaten clew, but
should always be diluted with water.—
New York Tribune.
lIEC'ITES.
Fried Chops—The Krouch never broil
chops or steaks, but always fry the win
au iron pan or spider; put tho pan over
a quick tire; wheu hot lay the moat in;
if there is not sufficient fat of its o»vu to
fry in, add a bit of butter.
Humbled K^gs—Heat three eggs with
two ounces of butter aud a teaspoouful
of cream; put into a saucepau, and keep
stirriug on tho tire nearly five minutes,
until it has risen up like little
Serve hot ou buttered tout.
Preserved Hhubarb— Peel and cut tip
the rhubarb, boil with a very little water
till reduced to a pulp; allow oue pound
of sugar, one ounce of sweet altuonds
(blauchcd ami chopped), half a lemon
cut iu three slices, to every pound of
pulp; boil slowly for au hour, removo
the lemon pee!, an l put the preserve*
into glass cans.
Scotch Shortbread— Hub together into
a stilT, short paste two pouuds of dour,
oue pound of butter aud six ounces of
loaf sugar. Make it iuto square cakes
about half an in .'h thick; piuch them all
along the edge at the top, dot over the
whole surface of the cake, put them iuto
tins so that they will just touch each
other by the edges aud bake in a moder
ate uvou.
Cucumber ami Tomato Salad—Slice
Ice-cold tomttoes, mix with them sliced
cucumbers which have been jnseled and
stood in salted ice water, For the dress
iug till a salad spoon with ail, add salt
spoou of salt, mustard spoon of mustard,
a little yep|ier. Stir with a fork. Pout
over the salad and then |>our over it two
more large spoontuU of oil and oue of
vinegar.
Scallo|» Trim thr scallops, removing
the beards ami black parts, stir together
over th« tire, butter and rfour till thor
oughly mixed ; add to this a little tiuely
chop|>ed parsley, the liquor from the
scallop* and a little milk, let it boil up
for a miuute au l then lay in the ttsli aud
let it heat thoroughly through without
boiling; thicken the saute with yolk of
au egg and flavor with a few drops of
teuton juice, ssitve m catet tuads ol fried
bread.
Moast l>uck- Wipe inside and out
with a damp towel. Make a stuthug of
oue cupful of bread > ruiub*, oue tea
spoonful ut powdered safe, one table
s|>oimltil of bullet, one leaapooafui of
salt aud half a leaspooufut of (WI<(HH
IUIX well and nil the bod) the ducks
with it Hut iu a (taking psu,eo*er the
btvasis with thm slime of fat bavon,a4d
half a leacuptui of hotting water, with a
t* isjHHintul of sail,aud bake an hour and
a i|U«tter, basiiug every teu minutes
la< i» » with iUM.u aautar
I Philadelphia tkin h Is making
liMttble tunause its pastor s iuu<ti set of
ia*e taeth lutelfvte with his wiUmmtloa
Scant skirts are obsolete now.
The fashionablo veil coven many
blemishes.
Stripes hare almost superseded plaids in
all fabrics.
The very latest Parisian fancy is the
Greek bonnet.
Parasols are gauzy, misty, mysterious
dreams of beauty.
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie is an expert
amateur photographer.
"Mannish" girls who affect the single
eyeglass are increasing.
The three-cornered hats may bo said to
hnvo made a fashionable hit.
The Watteau coat is one of the most
graceful wraps of the season.
Rainbow ribbon will illuminato tho
fashionable horizon all summer.
Tho Legislature of Kentucky has made
Mr&. Mary Russell Day State Librarian.
Kosa Uonheur has refused SOO,OOO for
"The Threshiug Floor," hur now paint
ing.
Long streamers from tho back of tho
new hats are not necessarily "beau-catch
ers."
Sandal wood fans, that were fashiona
ble years ago, are to be revived this sea
son.
Classic styles aro usually affected by
girls with an auti-Venus figure aud stub
nose.
Pointed trimmings to simulate a corse
let decorate numerous waists of prcsout
style.
The newest imported street gowns nrc
not made with tho street-swooping
skirts.
Many women of tlic period now look
like Chiuese pagodas automatically pro
pelled.
Some of the new hats threaten to make
the wearers look like proverbial "per.'ect
frights."
Watches worn on tho breast of tho
bodice is a fashion tho funeral of which
is near at hand.
Mackintoshes are so handsome that no
woman will care togo in when it
"simply pours."
Girls who wear shoos 100 snrill for
their feet are distinguished by the
"hospital limp."
They call the girl of the period in her
colonial suit and continental hat a "rev
olutionary dream."
Pink poppies and cultivated oats aro
announced to be tho favorite London
table decoration this season.
Mrs. Lynn Linton, the popular E lg
lish novolist, at one time wroto leading
editorials for several of the London news
papers.
Medical mon rise to remark that there
is just, a little nonsense about all the talk
ol oranges being good lor tho com
ptcxion.
It is slid that Turkish women attain
their plumpness of figure so pleasing to
their lords by eating batter tlivoro l with
rose loaves.
Mrs. Harrison has a pa.s«ion for orchids,
aiut the White House is decorated with
them. Mrs. Cleveland's favorite flower
was the pansy.
The University of Pennsylvania his
taken a noteworthy step forward in OJ
tablishing a department for woman, with
eight endowed fellowships.
Mrs. Hannah 8. Shute, of Horse
Heads, N. Y., now in her ninetieth year,
attended the tirst Women's Kights Coa
vention held at Seneca Falls.
That onoefamotn beauty, the Countess
of Castiglione, is still living in Paris, but
in the greatest seclusion, having exile I
herself from the world as she began to
grow less lovely. »
Commissioner Ouchterlony, of the
Swedish Salvation Army, has arrive I in
New York, accompanied by her adjutant
ami stall otHcers, consisting of eight cup
tains, who art all women.
P.ushions every day favor the slim, tall
figure more an I more, a>id it will so >n
bo well-nigh impassible for the very
short or stout wearer to bu fashionably
and yet becotuiugiy attired.
A Hoaton dry goods house has estab
lished a free gyitutum for the use of its
women employes and a New York h >use
has a suite of club room t m tintaine I for
the beuetit of the woman it employs.
Elsa Kchelson has passed a successful
examination mid has been admitted to
the btr i II Sweden. Aftonbladet claims
that she is the tirst Swedish lady who
has prepared herself for the practice of
law.
it it encouraglug to notice that the
streamers of lint* are gradually winding
themselves caressingly around the neck.
It is the fashion to twist them once,
twice and even three tnue* round UM
throat.
The engagement r*ngiven by the
Cointe Le»aliio to \llle. d# Kothtchild is
composed of a superbly large diaium I
an I ruby placed in a planting poiiti m ott
the surface ol the cuel«t ol gold, an I
two •mailer diamonds are place I best le
t Ileal,
Miss Halite Crawford, who live* near
Aberdeen, Ohio, had her ear» pierce I for
the purpo*e of adoraiug herself with ear
rings. Shortly afterward her face com
menced to swell. Cue swelling COM
tinued until her ho t I an I canto body
became of an immense site.
tjueen Margaret ol Italy is fat
and forty, aud Just »uch a woman a*
It) ion described as hU ideal of a lovable
ao aau. She la o.ie of ttm utoat learned
and |Ht(iniar la lies in the > wuii), aud
one who would nave l«e«u au ornament
to Iter tea in any • iia of life.
A i oiuutodiou* Hn proof building ha»
iteett erected in Hmughtu aireet, New
Yo«k I'll), by a wetlth) worn to to lie
used a* a lidging IIUUM loi women Fut
tlfteeu tenia a uomfotlable IH d can U
obtained, I'knie ate voatieaieurcs fui
•ashing and lioolu j In the building
FtslouUed llttUlMlUg* *b ml the fowl of
skirts ale verv attiactite whan ilt., (ii• i
mime flout Ike ino I sle>, bit no n»l of
garnituie gets out uf utdei easier <n looks
hiuii Mis,:ge<l when Mi» ~,,1 «i utdet
l,et Ihtue who ha* 1 'o»« kind nt tlitisb
>u t at the tout of skills M)> lu It Il> ,t the
sin* bvs ahu h hold H m pies* kefct
kimly lasieued,
Swearing Witnesses In Japan.
A. Japanese journal, describing the
manner in which witnesses are sworn and
evideuce taken in native courts of
justice, says that with the Japanese any
thing to which a man affixes his seal is
considered more sacred than what he
may say. Ilenco each witness is required
to make declaration to the effect that
with a mind free from bias in favor of or
against cither of the litigating parties,
and with perfect- fairness, he will give
evidence, and after this lias been read
out by the Recorder of the court and
handed to the witness in the form of a
document, the latter is expected to affix
his seal to it. The same plan is adopted
with the statement of facts which, in the
course of the examination he undergoes,
a witness makes in court. The purport
of his evidence ia written out by the Re
corder, and before leaving the court he
is required to make what corrections arc
i necessary to render the written state
ment a trustworthy record of his evidence
and to guarantee its correctness by allix
ing his seal. Though this process occu
pies a good deal of time, it precludes
tho possibility of the evidence uiven
being incorrectly reported, which, in
trials where tho decision of the court de
pends largely on oral evidence, is a
matter of much moment.—London
Times.
Nina Scotia was discovered by C abot
In 1497. "
AI ilii' Si'iiilitCi
Malaria, COI<IK anil SuroThroatsnro must prev
alent. llr. lluxlr'H Curtain ('r.mp <!urt«\vill
fl'ailicati' nil s\ mptnm-. of »in-li at tiu'k«,Mnli as
Arlilni; Hone*. ('bills, t-Vvor, IJry Hacking
I'HIKII. A'IMIJ) uiii,mill in mill«'ii rdm .l /. / it.
Solil by prominent ilrtijtulxts. 50t'. .Mantifac
lurinl by A. I'. Moxslc, fiulTaln, N. V.
HH'l'lie destruction wrought by the floods
this year is tremendous.
JJriifnpMr I'un » Qrt'uifil
fly loi'al application", is tboy cannot reach the
ilisi'iiseil purllon if the ear I'liern lnoniv nnt
way to cure rteafneHH. anil that in by oonntitu
tlonal reined lea. Deafness in eimaeit by an n
tlameacondition of the inu ous lining the
Kiihtachiati Tube. When thus !ulit «ets n
(lamed vou nave a rumbllnu sound 01 .uiper
fect liruriiiK, and when :t > entirely closed,
deaf liens is the result, and unlens tho ntlain
mat inc. can L, taken out and thin tube rtv
stored in its normal condition, hearing will l>e
destroyed 'orever: nine cases out sir ten H re
caused by atarrh. which tanotninß but an in
tlained condition ot the mucous surfaces.
We will Klve One Hundred Dollars for any
rase ot deafness caused by catarrh) that ive
cannot cure by Inking Hall's Catarrh Lure,
beud fur circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo. O.
Sold by DriiKKlsts, ?sc.
My wife lias used Hradycrotlne for licadai lie
with the best lnia(.'iniililc results, I itate this
without solicitation. ,1. W. Mashliurn, Abbe
ville, tia. All drutfulsts, tifty cents.
llKßciiam'h I'li.ijt are a iialnlessatid efrpetnal
remedy for all bilious disorders. &"> cents a
Isix. r'or sale by all druuiiists.
ONE ENJOYS
Both tli© method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers 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
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most i
healthy and agreeable substances, its !
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and SI bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on baud will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. iJo not accept any
substitute.
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Set right
all tho proper functions of wo
manhood. Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is the remedy. It
regulates and promotes their ac
tion, and removes tho obstruc
tions and suppressions which cause
trouble and misery. At the two
critical periods in a woman's life
the change from girlhood to woman
hood, and,later,the "change of life"
—it is a perfectly safe and an es
pecially valuable remedial agent,
that can produce only good results.
It's a powerful, invigorating tonic,
and a soothing and strengthening
nervine ; a legitimate medicine
purely vegetable, perfectly harm
less— and carefully adapted, by an
experienced physician, to woman's
delicate needs.
For all the derangements, irregu
larities, and weaknesses peculiar to
the sex, the " Favorite Prescription"
is a remedy so certain that it can be
f/uaranteed. If it doesn't give satis
faction in every case, the money is
returned. No other medicine for
women is sold in this way.
No other medicine can be.
Ely's Cream Balm
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COLD IN HEADF™|//i
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• i* 1. V BR< »s.. ,1. Warren St., n. n . 50c)
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