A Dog as Fottm ater's Assistant.
A little potfofltcj nur.r Witmer's, on
the main line of the Pennsylvania Kail
road, enjoys the unique distinction of
being the only office in the country
wherein a dosr officiates as assistant
postmaster. Postman Mussleman's ca
nine assistant is a little St. Charles
spaniel called Beauty,. TTpon whom has
devolved for five years the task of
bringing from Witmer's station, a half
mile distant, the bundle of morning pa
pers from Philadelphia. Two bundles,
a large one and a small one, are thrown
oil at the station. Regularly every
morning Beauty trots over the fields to
the station and patiently awaits the ar
rival of the train. When the two bun
dles are thrown oil Beauty seizes the
smaller one in her mouth and trots
directly home. She never makes a
mistake, always taking the smaller bun
dle; neither does she loiter along by the
roadside, but covers the distance be
tween Witmer's and the cross-roads
postoffice at a speed that would do
credit to Nancy Hanks herself. Beauty
has been assistant postmaster almost
ince her birth, and could hardly be
eplaced.—Philadelphia Record.
A S rpent of the Sea.
Chancellor Rnnd, of McMaster Uni
versity, recently received by express a
box, which, when opened, was found
n snake some niue feet long, of slender
build, and of a dull mud color. An
accompanying letter explained the ar
rival. Last May, while on"the way
from the Philippine islands, the Theo
dore 11. Rand, a ship named after the
Chancelor, was caught in a heavy gale
off the African coast. Everything was
battened down, and yet, after some
hours, during which the seas ran bodily
over the vessel, the helmsman felt some
thing like a rope around his leg, and
looking down, was horrified to find this
snake. The ship at the time was more
than a hundred miles off the shore, was
closely battened, and had not boon in
port for some weeks. Many theories
have been raised to account for the
reptile's presence, some thinking it had
been wnshed aboard during the storm;
others, that it had lain dormant tince
the ship left port, and others suggest
ing that a genuine sea serpent had at
last been found. The Captain for
warded the snake to the Chanceler as a
curiosity.—Toronto (Canada) Empire.
Ail Old Lady's Way.
A happy and vigorous old lady in
New Hampshire give these rules for the
secret of success of eighty years' living
on this plane:, which brings so much care
and worry to many of nor sisters: "I
never allow myself to fret over things I
cannot help. I take a nap, and some
times two, every day of my life. I
never take my washing, ironing, or bak
ing to bed with me, and 1 try to oil all
the various wheels of a busy life with
an implicit belief that there are a brain
and a heart to this great universe, and
that I can trust them both."—Chicago
Tribune.
J Mrs. Smrah Muir
Of Minneapolis.
" I was for a lons time a sufferer from
Female Weakness
And tried many remedies and physicians, to no
good purpose. One bottle of Hood's Sarsapa
rilla made so great a difference in my condi
tion that 1 took tliroe bottles more and found
myself perfectly well. 1 have also given
Hood's Sarsaparilla
to the children, and lind that it keeps them in
good health." Mrs. Sahah Muik, .708 Six
teenth Avenue, South Minneapolis, Minn.
Hood's l'illfi cure all Liver Ills.
Ws Emulsion
of cod-liver oil presents a
perfect fc>od —palatable,
easy of assimilation, and
an appetizer; these are
everything to those who
are losing llesh and
strength. The combina
tion of pure cod-liver oil,
the greatest of all fat pro
ducing foods, with Hypo
phosphites, provides a re
markable agent for Quick
Flesh Building in all ail
ments that are associated
with loss of flesh.
Praparad by ftcott A Bon ne. Chemists,
York. Bold by all riniKK'istß.
~ no *i LM E R'S
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KIDNEY.LIVERS BL C 4 U D R D E"
DtN»olvcs Gravel,
Onlletone, brick duot In urine, pain* in urethra,
after urination, pain in back and hips,
sudden stoppage of water -with pressure.
Disease,
Tube casts in urine, scantv urine. Svnimv-Rooi
cures urinary trouble#and kidney difficulties.
Liver Complaint,
Torpid or enlarged Jlver, foul breath, bilious
ness, bilious headache, poor (finestion, gout.
Catfrrrli °f then P add er,
Inflammation. Irritation, ulceration, dribbling,
frequent calls, puss blood,mucus or pus.
(unntw l'ie rcnt»ijts of One liottle, If not be.-
.fltM, Dl urelMn will lafunil fill III" price pnld.
At OriieiclKlH, r,Oc. Slate, $ 1 .OO Sire.
InT.Uct.- (Jutde to IlMlth" fiw t'oiimiltutton frws.
D*. Kll.MF.ll & Co.. N. V.
I.IME FOB THE HENHOUSE.
Lime should be frequently sprinkled
about a henhouse; it should aho be used
in conjunction with carbolic acid, both
being deoderizers, purifying the air and
exterminating vermin quicMy from tbe
premises. The runs should be sprinkled
•with a strong solution of sulphuric acid,
and you need feel no fear of cholera or
many other diseases which poultry are
from time to time troubled with.—New
York Independent.
FEEDING SMALL POTATOES.
Some fifty years ago it was my duty
to boil the small potatoes in a big cop
per boiler (built in trick, with an oven
fire draft underneath), and then to mix
them with barley meal and feed them to
the hog 3. The method used was to
sprinkle the dry meal over the hot po
tatoes and then squeeze the latter with
the hand and thus thoroughly incorpo
rate the meal with them ami make a
semi-mash or slop, by adding the water
in which they were boiled. This prac
tice I have followed in feediug in the
West, using corn meal instead of barley
meal, as being the cheapest and the
best for fattening. Potatoes, as a food,
are little better, if any, than green
clover. Both serve as a slop,food, or
green food, as you will; but both build
the frame, and then when the corn meal
is added put on fat enough to finish
them for market. This, at least, has
been my experience and is my practice.
My own impression is that enough value
has not been set on potatoes as a food
for hogs.—Breeder.
KINDS OF PONTES.
There are many kinds of small horses
that go by the name of pomes. The
native kind, known as the Indian pony,
is supposed to be descended from the
animals brought to this continent by the
Spaniards, but by reason of neglect has
deteriorated in size while it has gained
in hardiness. Theie is another native
pony found on the islands of the North
Carolina sounds known as the banker,
from its location on the sand banks of
which the island and mainland are made
up. There is also the Sable Island pony
of Newfoundland, an animal similar in
character in every way to the former.
The imported kinds are the Welsh pony
of England and the Shetland of Scot
land, tbe latter the smallest horse exist
ing, some of them measuring no more
than thirty inches in height at the with
ers. The smallest of all these bring the
largest price, the Shetland selling some
times for as much as $1 a pound of its
weight. A fairly good animal may be
purchased for $l2O or thereabout. This
kind of pony is in great demand for the
use of children, as it is exceedingly
gentle aud sagacious.—New York
Times.
DUCKS FOR EGOS ONI.Y.
The demand for duck's eggs in cities
is comparatively small, and although
Pekin ducks arc the best of layers, they
would give but very little profit, if any
at all, in the sale of their eggs. How
ever, this limited demand for duck's
eggs may be on account of their scarcity.
But few farmers keep duck?, aud. those
who do hardly ever think of putting the
eggs on the market. In many farmeis'
households it is preferable to keep the
duck's eggs for use, and place those of
the poultry on the market. Certainly
there is no reason in the world why eggs
laid by these web-footed creatures should
not find as ready a sale as those of the
other denizens of the poultry yard.
It costs more to produce one of these
eggs than an ordinary hen's egg. They
arc a good deal larger, and for this
reason they should get a better price.
But even with a better price it would not
pay if the eggs were laid by the ordinary
barnyard duck. It would pay just as
long as the supply of eggs is kept; but
this class of animals are noted for the
fewness of their eggs. The Pekin ducks,
as we have said before, are best layers
of any of the varieties of ducks, and if
they are kept and fed carefully un
doubtedly a profit would be derived from
the sale of eggs.— American Farmer.
SCAB ON SnEEP.
Those who have onco had the scab
dise.ve in their flock of sheep do not
need any description of its effects, but
for others, we will say that the inclina
tion to be constantly rubbing is the
first symptom, with a biting of the fleece
where it can bo reached, and a sore to
be found where the wool comes off,
from the centre of which yellow matter
is discharged. To cure it the following
remedies are used: Washing the sheep
with soap and water, and then dipping
in an infusion of arsenic, at the rate of
a half pound to twelve gallons of water.
Others mix the common mercurial oiut
ment with from'three to five times its
weight of lard, .ani apply about two
ounces to each sheep, parting the wool,
and rubbing it in at distances of about
four inches apart. Another remedy,
and less dangerous to handle, is to mix
one pound of sulphur and one-half pound
of tar, then rub this -well into about
two pounds ot lard, and apply in the
same way as the mercurial ointment.
Others dip in a strong solution of to
bacco, well steeped. In this, which is
perhaps, the most commonly used in this
country, as in the arsenic solution, care
must be taken to keep the sheep's head
out of the liquid.
The time for dipping is about one to
three months after shearing, and the
sheep should not be over heated, or
thirsty, should not stand in a hot sun,
and the work should be fiuished early
enough so that they may dry off well
before night. They should be kept in
it from one to two minutes, and then
the wool should be squeezed as dry as
possible after they are taken out. Da
not allow the drippings to fall upon auj
thing they are likely to eat, and do not
let unwearied lambs in with them for a
few hours ckter dipping. If the first
application does not cure, in ten days or
two weeks repeat it. One tub or trough
in which to dip them and another for
draining them, or squeezing the dip out
of the wool, are necessary. There are
several patent' preparations offered for
sale as sheep dips, and they ape> probably
all compounded upon some of these
lines.—American Cultivator.
THK CABE OF BOADS.
Wisdom in construction gave Prance
the best roads in the world a number of
years ago. Complete organization and
care has kept them so. The most perfect
road uncared for soon wears out; the
poorer stone road well taken care of will
soon have a smooth surface. The French
roads are never out of repair. One man
takes care of a lona; stretch of road,
often several miles, by doing here a lit
tle and there a little. The road is always
in ideal condition. The gutters are
trimmed, the grass plats along the side
are always neat and clean, and the main
ditches on the outside are free from all
rubbish. The surface of the roadway Is
kept dry by small open drains across the
grass plats on each side. As the grassy
borders are about three inches above the
road, the sod is cut out about eight
inches wide and four inches deep, with
a spade, and the drain neatly scraped
out. The bottoms are not lined with
stone, and very little work is needed to
make or keep these small drains. They
are placed from fifty to eighty feet apart,
and if the road slopes they run diagon
ally down the slope.
The roadman keeps the drains clear,
scrapes the mud off the road in wet
weather, and sweeps the dust in dry.
Cleans off the snow and breaks up the
icc on the surface of the road and in the
drains. Picks up loose stones, breaks
them and piles them in regular heaps for
use in repairing, takes care of the trees
along the road and keeps the mile posts
in order.
The roadmen live in the immediate
vicinity of the road and are expected to
be constantly at work during the day.
They have the following tools: Wheel
barrow, irou shovel, wooden shovel, pick,
irou scraper, broom, rake, crowbar,
hammer and tape. This system of caring
for roads amounts to a constant, every
day patrol in search of the slightest evi
dence of imperfection. The result is
that these imperfections are never ob
servable to the ordinary traveler. He is
soon led to expect perfection and sees
nothing else. One can walk along these
roads after a rain without getting his
shoes muddy. In the dry summer time
there is no annoyance from dust. All
this is the result of constant, diligent,
far-reaching organization. The eco
nomical and prudent French people know
that it pays to build good roads, and that
it pays still better to take good care of
such highways.—Farm, Field aud
Stockmau.
- FABM AND OABDEN NOTEB.
Do not leave the turnips out too long
If you buy an incubator get a good
one.
Give the hens chopped onions occa
sionally.
Clean up, whitewash and get the hen
house ready.
All breeds of fowls have certain points
in their favor.
Do not try to winter more hens than
you can car#for well.
From now on until spring early and
late feeding should be the rule.
Arrange convenient drinking vessels
for the fowls during tbe winter.
Fruit trees planted in the fall should
have the earth well firmed about them.
It is important to have the floor of the
duck and geese quarters dry in winter.
Clean up the coops and give a dose of
coal oil belore putting away for the sea
son.
One of the best ways of securing dry
ness under foot is by using dry earth on
the floor.
Dressed poultry should always be
thoroughly cooled out before packing
for market.
See that there are no cracks in the
hen-house through which draughts can
strike the fowls.
By watching the fowls for the first
appearance of cold and curing it croup
may be prevented.
When the fowls must stay in the house,
scatter the grains among straw or litter
to give them exercise.
For swelled heads wash clean with
warm water and then annoint the whole
head with glycerine.
Considerable care must be taken to
prevent the eggs from getting chilled,
if they are to be hatched in an incu
bator.
While less range is needed during the
winter than in summer, at the same time
it is usually best to give the fowls every
opportunity to exercise.
If plenty of clover is given to the
poultry there will be much less necessity
for supplying lime, as there is consider*
able lime in the composition of clover.
A good roadster or a good draught
horse need never be sold at a price that
will not pay a good profit above cost of
production. Buyers are always looking
tor them.
A dairyman of some repute says that
he finds beots far inferior to silage as
fec.l, and for the butter maker the silage
will give the butter a pleasing flavor
that cannot be secured from beets.
The corn plant is almost tropical in
its habit, requiring abundant heat and
moisture. For the former we are de
pendent upon the weather. The latter
wo can control to a considerable extent
by proper drainage and cultivation.
The farmer is a manufacturer who is
steadily transforming raw material into
merchantable products. Tne raw mate
rial is primarily the plant food in the
soil. A good output cannot be main
tained unless this supply is kept up.
A good plowman must study the prin
ciples of mechanics. He should kno*',
for instance, that in hitching the plow,
the shorter the hitch the lighter the
drn*s»ht, provided the hitch is not so
short as to make the plow run on its
heel.
The English farmer recognizes the fact
that corn is not a good food for growing
animals. As a result of this he has a
staple food composed of beans and oats
ground together. This piece of news
may be of some use to the American
farmer.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
WHT SOITE COFFEE II POOS.
It is well known that all aroma tics are
easily dissipated by heat. Many of
them will not bear the boiling point of
water without evaporating. Not observ
ing this fact many cooks work to a great
disadvantage. The finest flavor of aroma
of coffee is quite volatile, and if boiled
a minute after it comes up to 212 degrees
it begins to disappear, and this la why
so much coffee is poor. As soon as the
coffee pot comes to a boil set it back im
mediately.—New York World.
CHICKEN SALAD.
The white meat of a boiled or roasted
chicken, three-quarters the same bulk of
chopped celery, two hard-boiled eggs
and one raw egg well beaten; one table
spoonful salt, one of pepper, one of made
mustard, three of salad oil, two of white
sugar, half a teacupful of vinegar. Mince
the meat well, removing every scrap of
fat, gristle and skin, cut the celery into
bits hnlf an inch long, mix them and set
then aside in a cold place. Prepare the
dressing by rubbing the yolks of the
eggs to a fine powder, add the salt, pep
per and sugar, then the oil, grinding
hard and putting in but a few drops at
a time. The mustard comes next, and
let it all stand together while the raw
egg is being whipped to a froth. Beat
this into the dressing and pour in tiie
vinegar, spoonful by spoonful, whipping
the dressing well as you do it. Sprinkle
a little salt over the meat and celery;
toss it up lightly with a silver tork, pour
the dressing over it, tossing and mixing
until the bottom is as well saturated as
the top. Turn into the salad bowl and
garnish with white of eggs and sprigs of
celery tops.—New York Bun.
PUDDINGS AND PIKS.
Recipes for holiday puddings and for
mince-pies have been given so many
times that every one can easily get the
rules, but there are some ways ol pre
paring these dishes which are the secret
of success that are not so well known.
All fruit-puddings, cafre or pies of the
rich dark types associated with Christ
mas must be made several weeks before
they are wanted in order to acquire
proper flavor. The pudding had bettor
be made at least two weeks before, and
boiled and hung till needed in a cold
store-room, upstairs, where there can be
no danger of dampness. The mince pie
should be baked and set on the pantry
shelf, covered up, the cake baked and
also stored away. Old-time housekeep
ers always made rich pound-cakes and a
peculiar kind of rich cookies at this sea
son, which are much better made a week
before they are used. A genuine Eng
lish plum pudding is packed tight in the
tin, and no room is left for it to swell-
It is then covered up tight and boiled in
boiling water at least six hours when
cooked and an hour longer on Christmas
Day. This produces a pudding dense
with fruit, black and heavy, it is true,
but like the English pudding.—New
York Tribune.
COOKING THE HOLIDAY TURKEY.
Turkey with Truffles or Mushrooms.
—To use truffles in stuffing the fowl,
prepare them by peeling and chopping
them fine—a pound and a half will be
enough for a large bird. Rasp an equal
weight of bacon, and mix it with the
truffles. Stuff the turkey with this,
and when so prepared the dressing should
be placed in the bird two days before
cooking, as it is thus supposed to give
a superior flavor to the flesh. If mush
rooms are used instead of truffles, fol
low esentially tho same rule.
Roast Turkey with Chestnuts—Put
two pounds of sausage meat in a basin
with a little grated nutmeg; then take
two tablespoonfuls of chopped onion, put
them in a saute pan with a little butter
and cook them for two minutes, then
mix them with tho meat. At the same
time work in two well beaten eggs and a
quarter of a pint of white sauce, if at
hand, and fifteen fine roasted chestnuts,
mashing the chestnuts first in a mortar.
Fill the bird as usual, not too full at the
breast; roast carefully, allowing half aa
bour longer for the cooking of the force
meat.
Steamed Turkey—Fill the body of the
turkey with oysters, and put it ia a
tightly closed steamer over a porcelain
kettle only partly filled with boiling
water. Let it cook some three hours,
when it will be found to be quite ten
der, and may be taken out. The water
in the kettle will be found to be quite
boiled away and to be of the consistency
of gravy. Thicken it with a little flour
and butter, add the liquor of a pint of
oysters intended for sauce, and beat the
oysters in it; whiten it with a little
boiled cream and pour it over the tur
key.
Boiled Turkey with Oysters—For a
good sized turkey take twenty-five largo
oysters and cut thom into small pieces.
Stir with them a quart of bread crumbs,
one tablcspoonful of chopped parsley
and one of butter, a teaspoonful of
sweet marjoram, and pepper and salt to
taste. Stuff the bird and truss it care
fully. Rub it all over with lemon juice
to whiten the skin, flour a cloth, tie the
bird in it, and put into a kettle of boil
ing water. Cook it very slowly, allow
ing half an hour to each pound of the
turkey's weight. Even a very ancient
fowl will lie rendered juicy and tender
by this mode of cooking. Serve with
oyster and celery sauce.
Bruised Turkey—Prepare the turkey
carefully, and fill with a stuffing made
of hilf a pound of cooked veal chopped
fine, half a pound of bread soaked in
cold water, and then pressed dry; four
ounces of butter, four egg yolks well
beaten, salt, pepper, nutmeg, chopped
onion and parsley. Truss the bird well,
stiffen the breast over a coal fire for a
minute or so, in order to facilitate lard
jng easily, then lard with fine, square
shreds of fat pork. Now place the fowl in
a stewpan, breast uppermost, with sliced
vegetables, a bunch of parsley, three
pints of white broth and a buttered pa
per over; start on the flre, and cook
slowly in the oven for about an hour and
a half, sprinkling the larding occasion
ally with the gravy to glaze of a light
brown color. When the turkey is done,
strain the gravy from its fat, and thick
eu it with two ounces of browned flour
and add a little water. Stir till it boils,
skim, and serve with the turkey. If a
garnishing is desired, have some slices of
bh»iled sweetbread, sliced truffles, mush
rooms, olives, and some small balls of
forcemeat cooked brown. Put these on
the platter around the turkey.—Good
Housekeeping.
New Zealand now has ninety-two
large creameries that cost ovtr $350,000.
Fruit fop F*oi.
Fruit culture should be qaite m
closely associated with family use as with
market. I bare eaten applet all my life,
but never learned how to make the best
use of them till last winter; it is worth
living half a century to find out the real
▼alue of the fruit. Now we eat apples
half an hour before our meals in
stead of afterward. We eat all we want
before breakfast and before diuner.
The result hss been so decidedly in faror
of the fruit diet that we have very
largely dropped meat. The action of the
acid is then admirable in aiding diges
tion, while if eaten after meals the apple
is likely to prove a burden. We follow
the same line in using grapes, pears,
cherries and berries.
If disturbed by a headache or dys
pepsia in summer, I climb a cherry tree
and eat all I can reach and relish. In
order to have cherries all summer I
coyer a dozen trees with mosquito netting
to keep off the birds. Currants and
gooseberries I find very wholesome eaten
raw from the bushes before going to the
dining table. Nature has prepared a
large amount *of food already cooked,
exactly fitted for all demands of the
human system. Our kitchen cooking
never equals nature's. lam by no means
a vegetarian or a fruitarian, but I am
Convinced that we have not yet measured
the value of fmit as a diet with milk,
eggs and vegetables. Some one being
told that such fruit would not give a
workman muscular strength, pointed to
to his adviser's oxen, saying, ,l Yet these
oxen eat no meat."—American Garden
ing.
Tripe.
We have been challenged to pronounce
an opinion on the dietetic virtues of
tripe, an article of food which is largely
consumed in certain parts of the country,
especially during the winter months.
Tripe consists of the soft muscular walls
and mucous membrane of the stomach of
ruminant animals, with a small propor
tion of' delicate omental fat adhering,
from which, however, all fibrous portions
of the serous covering, or peritoneum,
have been removed. From frequent ex
periments it has been proved that tripe
stands high in the list of albuminous
substances that are quickly acted on by
the gastric juice ami reduced to a state
ol solution, and has, therefore, acquired
a reputation for digestibility, But plain
boiled tripe in itself is a very iusipid
article of food, and in order to make it
palatable the art of the qook has to be
invoked, which, while making it more
"savory," causes it often, when so
served, to be an offense to the stomach.
The usual mode of serving trip* in this
country is to boil it with milk and
onions, and there CRn belittle doubt that
such a combination is not particularly
digestible. Tripe is also sometimes fried
in batter, but unless very carefully cooked
it is apt to become leathery. If only
plainly boiled in water it requires a con
siderable amount of coudiments in the
shape of salt, pepper and mustard to
make it acceptable to the palate. There
fore, tripe as usually cooked, though an
excellent dish for strong stomachs, is,
owing to the ingredients added to it, not
always so suitable for persons of weak
digestion as bus been supposed.—London
Lancet.
Infinitesimal Penmanship.
John J. Taylor, of Streator, 111., once
wrote 4100 words on the blank side of
a postal card. This was sent to a Chi
cago paper, which heralded the story to
the world as being the most wonderful
piece of pen work ever executed. As »
matter of fact Mr. Taylor's effort has
been discounted on several occasions.
Itcedle the Penman, of Ottery St. Mary,
Liverpool, once wrote the following
pieces entire, without the slightest ab
breviation, all upon a piece of white
card board 3|x3} inches in size: Gold
smith's "Traveler," "The Deserted Vil
lage," "Essay on Education," "Distre s
of a Disabled Soldier," "The Tale of
Azim," "Justice," "Generosity," "Ir
resolution of Youth," "Frailty of Man,"
"Friendship" and the "Genius of Love."
In the center of the card there was a
perfect picture of Ottery Church, all of
the shades and lines being formed of
parts of the writing. As a kind of tail
piece he added the anthem of "God
Save the Queen," embellished it with
seventy-two stars, fifty-one crescents and
nineteen crosses, finishing the whole by
drtwing a picture of a serpent which in
closed the whole of the miraculous pro
duction. If yon wish to ascertain ex
actly how much ISeedlc's effort exceded
that of Mr. Taylor, count the words in
the Goldsmith pieces catalogued above.
.Do You Wish
the Finest Bread
and Cake?
It is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder is
the purest and strongest of all the baking powders
The purest baking powder makes the finest, sweet--
est, most delicious food. The strongest baking pow
der makes the lightest food.
That baking powder which is both purest and
strongest makes the most digestible and wholesome
food.
Why should not every housekeeper avail herself
of the baking powder which will give her the best
food with the least trouble ?
Avoid all baking powders sold with a gift
or prize, or at a lower price than the Royal,
as they invariably contain alum, lime or sul
phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome.
Certain protection from alum baking powders can
be had by declining to accept any substitute for the
Royal, which is absolutely pure.
"DON'T BORROW TROUBLE." BUY
SAPOLIO
'TIS CHEAPER IN THE END,
A fllrt'i l«dick« Girlnf Hands.
There ia a girl ia San Francisco who
can cure headaohea—cure them without
a bit of medicine. She juat lay* her
hand on the aching head and that settle*
the whole matter. There's something
peculiar about the girl's hands. They
are white and ahapelj and very nice to
look at, but to touch—ugh I they're a*
cold as ice. More than that, they are
always dripping wet, these strange
hands. It's an eerie thing to see a
handsome, healthy girl lift her handa
and let an icy dew fall from the ends of
her fingers. She can do that any time
i she wants to, and never feels the least
annoyed at the awe of the beholders.
She is a tall, handsome young woman,
who has never been ill in her life. She
is rosy-cheeked and bright-eyed, and she
isn't tbc slightest particle like the typi
cal healer. She works in a big, hot fac
tory down town, and she can cure any
girl in the place of headache or any kind
of pain. She doesn't go through strange
evolutions or weird incantations. She
just pushes back ber sleeves and lays her
cold, wet hands on the aching bead.
The patient feels a queer, creepy shivery
sensation crawling down her back. The
cold bands move slowly across the hot
forehead of the sufferer, the throbbing
pain stops, the twitching of the eyelids
ceaser, and the headache is gone.—San
Francisco Examiner.
Cattle in Japan.
H. P. Child, Assistant General Mana
ger of the Kansas City stock yards, has
returned from his trip to the orient. Mr.
Child has been to Japan, and stopped at
HODOIUIU on bis way home. He told the
Times man something about Hve stock
in Japan. Until twenty years ago, he
said, no flesh meat was used as tood in
the Mikado's domain, but since Euro
peans have taken up their residence in
that country and have successfully used
catile both as beasts of burden and for
food, some of the same have come to the
conclusion that there is something good
about beef after all, and also that it's
easier to worlt oxen than to work one's
self. But their stock is the scrubbiest
kind, Mr. Child says, and he cannot see
any indications for its betteriueut. In
-fact he is of the opinion that before
many years go by what few cattle are
now in that country will have been
slaughtered (or food. The Japanese
will only eat the heifers, believing that
a plague would be the result of eating
the beef of a steer, so that their breed
ing possibilities are obscured by their
superstition.—Kansas Cilv Time*.
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