The Cantilever Bridge.
A cantilever bridge is one in jvliich
the span in formeil by bracket-shapeil
trusses extending inward from the sup
ports and connected in tho middle
either directly or by means of a third
truss. If the supports are piers they
nre placed near or at the centre of tho
bracket truss, and the outer ends are
made to counterbalance the weight of
the inner ends. You can make a crude
cantilever yourself. Place two boards
end to end over carpenters' horses so
that their inner ends shall be some
distance apart. Lay a board across
the inner ends and fasten the outer
ends so that they will sustain weights
placed on the centre board. The chief
advantage of a cantilever bridge is
that it can bo built without a scaffold
being used to get the central truss
into position. The two arms are
pushed out, one from either pier or
bank. When they are made fast the
central truss is pushed out on one
arm, until spanning tlie interval, it is
made fast to the other arm. The word
conies from the Latin quanta libra,
meaning "of what weight." It is said
that a Japanese devised the bridge;
certainly an ignorant Mexican Indian
had used one on his farm as long ago
as ltißo. Probably the "Jap" had an
ticipated him, however. New York
Dispatch.
How the Nose Works.
In ordinary respiration the nose
recognizes only pronounced odors,
since the filaments of the olfactory
nerve nre distributed only ill the up
per thiiWof the lining membrane of
its fossw, and in ordinary breathing
the air passes directly through the
lower half of these cavities. Hence,
a modified respiratory effort—a quick,
forced inspiration or "sniff"—is usu
ally necessary in order to bring air
carrying odoriferous particles to the
olfactory nerve endings.
Nevertheless, whenever air mixed
with odorous gases and noxious par
ticles is inhaled through the nose
during a few successive ordinary res
pirations, the olfactory sense is
awakened to a knowledge of their
presence through the law of diffusion
of gases, in virtue of which the odor
ous particles nre conveyed to tho
superior fossae of the nose, and thence
to the terminal filaments of the ol
factory nerve. Thus, to a certain ex
tent, the sense of smell is preservative
of health.—New York Commercial
Advertiser.
Over 600,C00 cattle are annually
slaughtered to make beef extract for
soup.
Tariff uii:l Taxation.
TariH' duties and Internal revenue taxation
on incomes and corporations nre exciting
public interest, hut of quite as much interest
nre those thimrs which tax the system and
require at on™ an external remedy. On this
subject, with special reoommendation, Mr.
Pierce D. Brown. Bridi?ewatcr, Mass., says:
'•ln accidents from all kinds of athletic
sports, tore luce sprains and bruises. I have
used St. Jacobs Oil, and always fount it to
be most roliahlo. Also, Mr. C. It. Sands,
Man#um, Okla., writes: "I have used St.
Jacobs Oil for sprains and rheumatism and
would not be without it for anything.'' Mr.
K. Ledbetter, Denton, Texas, says : 4, 1 havo
used St. Jacobs Oil, and it is the only thing
I ever saw thut would euro toothache in ten
minutes time/' mi l it is usually prompt and
sure for frost bites. AU ofthes • communica
tions are of recent date, showing unabated
interest.
There is more <"atarrh in this sort ion of the
country than all other d;*<»ase» put together,
and until tho la>t fen* years was snppost tl to be
incurable. For a ere it many years doctors pro
nounced it a locas d s'-aso, and rreseribed loc al
remedies and by constantly failing to cure
local treatment,pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven e itarrh tj be a constitu
tional -e an 1 therefore requires constitu
tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Curo, man
ufactured * \ F. I. Olieney 6: Co., Toledo, Ohio,
is tho only constitutional euro 0:i the market.
It is taken internally iti «loses from lndropa to
a teaspoonful. It acta directly on tho blood
and mucous surfaces of the sy?tem. Tuey offer
one hundred dollars (• r any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials
free. Addrv
\\ J. CHF.3TVY £ Co., Toledo, O.
; oUI by Druggist*,
THKOAT DISK V-it:s cninme >ce witli a Cou th,
Oold or s Throat. " Jtroicn's JhonetM:
'Jrocbts" ijfiw iiintu'litite relief. Soitl only in
Price cents.
Dr. Iloxoic'ft Certain ( roup I ure
them »ther'.s delight b;*«\iuse it cures coughs
*nd «old* quieter i iin itnv r.*m lv known. V.
I*. Hoxsie, HutTalo. V V.. >JJY.
Cough nights - t n gon;g to bed take a dose
of Hatch*s Pniveraal t uugn Hyrup.
lieechaml'ilU t irrect had effects of ovt>r-
Mt lag. Beecl IA cents a boa
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time* I had n - a|i| • tile, and • Inn I did eat a
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ter 1 did not *eeiu t.i base .*■»> ambition: wai
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PKKVKNTIOX OP SCOURS.
The calf should not be permitted to
cat more than its fill of food, as the
gorging is liable to result in scours.
Eilthy surroundings is another cause,
and if the animal is exposed to damp
weather he may succeed in catching
the disease. As there is no positive
cure, prevention is the best thing for
the farmer to use.—American Farmer.
CARE OP ORCHARDS.
The only way to keep up an orchard
is to plant some trees every year.
Most people neglect this, and when
they do plant the trees they set them
too close together, so that the roots
intertwine and fruit production is
checked.
Apple trees should be set at least
thirty feet apart each way. It is a
mistake to imagine an orchard will
take care of itself. Trees require the
attention of the owner just as well as
stock or farm crops, and neglect will
be repaid in the same fashion. If you
are not willing to give proper care, it
is better to cut the trees down and
plow up the land. It is useless to ex
pect to got something for nothing.
New York World.
BBAN AS POULTRY FOOT).
One advantage possessed by bran is
that it contains a fair proportion of
the phosphates, and for that reason
may be used with the ration in order
to render it more complete. We do
not approve of feeding it in the soft
condition if it can be used by sprink
ling it on cnt clover that has been
scalded, though a mess of scalded
bran and ground oats, early in the
morning of a cold winter day, is very
invigorating and nourishing. Even
when the food is not varied some ad
vantage may lie derived, by way of
compensation for omission of certain
foods, by the use of bran and linseed
meal. .Two pounds of l>ran, mixed
with one pound of linseed meal and a
pound of ground meat, fed to the hens
once a day, allowing half a pint of the
mixture to ten liens, will greatly add
to the egg-producing materials. As a
food for chicks, bran should always be
scalded and allowed to stand an hour
or two in order to soften. As a ma
terial on the floor of brooders to ab
sorb the moisture, it is excellent, and
for packing eggs it serves well as a
protection against breakage.—Farm
and Fireside.
WINTER CARE OF IMPLEMENTS.
When farmers can get only fifty
three cents per bushel for wheat—that
was tho amount received by some of
our St. Louis County farmers for good
winter wheat—it will not do to leave
tho mower or reaper at the end of the
last round of last season's harvest.
Nor will it do to leave the plow and
harrow where lust used, either in the
furrow or turned lip 011 the handles.
Timbers bent by steam will lose their
artificial form or shape when exposed
to all the weathers of the season. Al
most all farm tools or implements have
thus received an artificial shape (or
the better adaptation to the labor for
which they were constructed. This
being tho case, no farmer can afford
to leave his tools and implements with
out protection.
If no better means can be afforded
by wny of » rcgiilnr tool house or shop,
s few poles and crutches can be
placed mk to receive a covering of
marsh or swamp hay or of rye or
wheat straw. Often this can be made
as a sort of "leanto"' to a stable, and
it can bo made tight and secure from
wet and affording additional warmth
and support for general stabling.
There is no time to lo 6« to make
things snug in this direction.
It is granted that nowadays a good
farm wagon or a reaper or mower or :i
hay rake can be had for about half the
cost of the same article a dozen years
ago, but that is no reason why they
should not be taken care of. "A pen
ny saved is a penny earned," or, as
Poor Richard has it, "Take care of the
pennies ami the pounds will take care
of themselves."—St. Louis Republic.
IMFROVTNO COMMON COWS,
The first effort at improvement of
cows is to feed tli. mm the best man
ner. If they are kept for dairy pur
poses the feed should be of the best
elovtr hay, with from four to ten
pouuds of mixed cornim aland bran
daily in two fi eds. The quantity of
food should be (Milled by the appetite
of each cow and it» perfect digestion.
If the is waated in the manure
the ration should be reduced until the
point of complete dig, stion is found,
and then tln di> lion should be oil
tivated by gradually increasing the
food as It i> -n to be fully digested.
If butter i- tie desired product the
food may be enriched with a propor
tion of oil-Hit at. As the food la re
turned in ipiantity of butter, it may
be slowly increased i nUI the ultllnale
produrtivc point is reached, and this
should be extended, if pesslble, by
gradual ate) . Thn- the cow will gam
a habit of feeding and producing
Well, ami then collies the breeding for
wwgaav "112 unproved kind. \ pure
I ull is t •Is if. .1 if buttel is
wniiti I, and if mil' > pure llolsti mor
Vyr-dillt The e-tlves should be
weaned fr'Mu the til t. and fed after
the fourth day ou watm skim milk
when a month old a little of the gram
fond of COW la glVali, a- It will eat It,
aud thii gradually, but slowly, in
crt aaetl. The warm milk is fed five or
«it months, by which time a fine,
large calf will be made In every way
poaslhh the calf should tie encouraged
to eltl the heat id foo I, that It may hi
c iiue a strong, h iltiiv animal, able
to turn the iiiost fin I into growth
t. hile Voting, an I iitio in :ll alter ward.
Thru, in in.. . no . MtteMl •
•Hillies ac i v, and the - illte plan IS fol
lowed up li, a fi - venra the h< i t
will becolHe a* talu tbli aa a pun bled
one at nuly a 112 url'i or i.«» of tlo
«i t |'Ut* is h>. . tur i«|a tuake tlo II
work most pr .*'»nde by improving ail
things >a tin fsriMi hnciml K<t
AMONO THE POITiTHY.
Too lieavv feeding and want, of ex
ercise tend to bnrrennesw.
Keeping fowls on hard runs or floors
will cause swollen feet or legs.
Hens in confinement need to have
egg-shell materia) supplied to them.
Chickens will keep healthier if they
can have loose ground to scratch over.
Any kind of poultry may l>e im
proved by a careful selection and
breeding.
When fowls are closely confined the
runs need spading up occasionally to
prevent them from becoming too foul.
Early broilers usually prove very
profitable. Push the growth until they
will average two pounds and then sell.
Even in winter, if the hens are ex
pected to lay regularly, care must be
taken not to let them become too fat.
Tho principal reason why cooked
food fattens the fowls more rapidly is
because it is much more easily digest
ed.
A small quantity of sunflower seed
given occasionally will add to the gloss
of the plumage ; a handful to a dozen
fowls will be enough.
If early broilers are to be raised,
especially if they are hatched in an in
cubator, a good brooder will be found
almost indispensable.
It will pay to sell all the common
turkeys and make a new start with
some of the better breeds like the
Bronze or Narragansett.
Bran, ground oats and cornmeal
make oue of the best rations for grow
ing chickens. It may be improved
somewhat by baking and then crumbl
ing.
Poultry is generally eheap at this
season on account of the large quanti
ties of it sent to market. Often it will
pay to keep and feed until a little
later.
The nests should be dark, warm and
supplied with good nesting material,
which should be chauged regularly,
even in winter, to prevent its becoming
too foul.
In selecting out the hens, if there
are any that have proved themselves
exceptionally good mothers, it will pay
to keep them over if they are past two
years old.
Setting hens are scarce in winter, so
if early chickens are wanted a good in
cubator will be necessary, the size de
pending upon the number of chickens
to be hatched.
Leaves or chaff make a good litter to
scatter on the floor, and by throwing
grain among it the fowls will be kept
busy scratching it over, and in this
way take exercise.
One of the principal items in raising
chickens in the brooder is warmth. It'
they get chilled they will crowd to
gether in a brooder so closely that
some will be smothered.
Wheat is one of the best grains for
laying hens. It is rich in material for
growth, while stimulating to the egg
functions. At present prices it can
hardly be considered an expensive
feed.
With good treatment pullets hatched
in February will lay in September;
those hatched in March will lay in
October, while those hatched in April
will usually begiu layingin December.
—St. Louis Republic.
.1 Double Kisli.
A double tisli. or rather t ivo fishes
joined together by n growth similar to
the connect ion between the Siamese
twins, was caught at Creve Ccßiir Luke
recently under peculiar circumstances.
Willium Schaefer, of tin- (Irand Rill
iartl Hull, nnil Ins friend Rillie Ben
nett, before going ou a fishing trip to
I'revo Cieur, made a friendly wager,
by the terms of which the one who had
the least success should, oil their re
turn, entertain the other at a dinner.
The score stood fifty-one to fifty in
ltillic's favor, when Seliaefer's line
tautened and he landed a jack salmon.
On cxamiuiug the fish he was Astound
ed to learn that his catch was a freak.
There were two fishes, perfect in every
way, between whom there was a
growth which bound them together.
The growth was just below the gills.
' That ties us," said Bennett.
"I guess not,'' Schaefcr replied.
"I have two fishes here. This make*
me fifty-two to your fifty-one."
"Hut you only caught otic,' argued
Ueunett.
''ilow's thatl caught them both,'
urged Schaefer.
"Hod" Stevens, the superintendent
of the lake, was asked to decide
whether the piscatorial dual should b«
counted as a unit or more. Steven*
listened to the arguments of both and
acknowledged hi* inability to satisfy
tlieni on the point, aud suggi «ted that
the matter be left to old John Morgan,
who hail been a tbht-rmaii at frcve
I'irur Lake since 'tit Morgan, after
hearing both sides, decided 111 Schat
fer'a favor.
"But." said Helmet t, "we were
only to eoiiul tin It caught with a hook.
S-iw, only one i>l thru tUti bit at the
balt I'he hook was only in oUe
tish'a mouth
' Makes 110 dllli tenet I'other one s
hooked oil to the oiie Si hurfi't hooki d
alid lie Wiltt " Hi l.ollla Kfpilbllf.
4r%'liUi«t*«*|» an>l t rank.
I'he Sew \nrk I'imsa re| ilea the fol
loWtUH anecdote "I the late Archblaliop
tl> lie* l>|. Ililgllea waa once Vlsllcd
LI a crank in In* MMIIM rr I street re*
ideiice It was at night, aud the crank
enu red the bedroom, aud, waking I >r
M 'i4h> * frotu a sound ahep, itrvw a
dagger aud threatened to kill linn.
With wonderful presence of mind the
prelate cried out tr» you an Utah
man* "I am, rtplit l the crank
'fhcH (u ant said l>r Hughes, "and
IP l a blackthorn stick and kill Me with
thai So Irisilinap •««! vet kill* •I a
i malt with a lams'i only Italians use
1 that weapon " Ihe crank put »tp
Ilia knll< and Went ul|t fur Ihe bUek
It Hi, aid I'i Hiatal*, sit I tilt |l»
I t.t . lib --. „«« t •
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
BITS OP & IiORF.
Lamp wicks should have the charred
part rubbed off with ft rag kept for
that purpose. They should very sel
dom be cut. They should not- be used
so long that the webbing becomes
tight nnd non-porous.
Lamps should be kept filled with
oil. It is bad for the wick and burner
when the oil left over from one even
iug's reading is made to do duty a. sec
ond time.
The tank should be filled again.
About once ft month the wick should
be removed, the burners unscrewed
and boiled in a little water in which
common washing soda hivs been dis
solved. This will remove the almost
imperceptible coating of dust and
grease that forms on tlio brass.
The lamp chimney should be washed
in warm, soapy water each day, iv mop
made especially for such work being
used. When dried it should be pol
ished with soft newspaper or chamois.
—Philadelphia Times.
HOW TO COOK OAME.
A great many housekeepers arc
chftry about cooking game, as though
there were some mystery in its proper
preparation, and a good deal of non
sense lias been talked about "rare"
game which lias perplexed nnd warned
off the ordinary person, who has no
appetite for raw flesh. As a rule, all
dark-fleshed birds, like ducks and
grouse, should be cooked about as rare
as roast beef, so that the blood runs
from the knife. Birds with white
flesh, like partridge, should be as well
dono fts ft barnyard fowl. A simple
rule for time allows eighteen or twenty
minutes' roasting for either canvas
back or redhead duck, fifteeu minutes
for teal, eighteen or twenty minutes
for grouse, twelve or fifteen minutes
for doe-birds, ten minutes for either
plover or woodcock, and eight or ten
minutes for English snipe. Tender,
plump quail require from fifteen to
eighteen minutes, and the average
plump partridge from thirty-five to
forty minutes. This implies the brisk
est heat the range oven can give, a
heat "that will turn a sheet of writing
pnper dark brown in ten minutes.—
New York World.
DONT's FOR THK WINDOW GARDEN".
Don't forget that the plants will re
quire plenty of fresh air on sunny
days, or they will resent the change
from their summer quarters.
Don't leave the door or window
open too long, unless the weather is
very mild, or the plants will become
chilled.
Don't allow a direct draught on the
plants, especially if the air is cold.
Admit it through a door or window nt
some distance from the plant shelves.
Don't give too much water or try to
force the plants. Give them time to
become accustomed to their winter
quarters.
Don't forget to search for the cracks
that will let in the keen air. Stuff
them with folded newspapers.
Don't be sorry to give your only
rose or geranium blossom to your
sick neighbor. It may do licr more
good than medicine.
Don't fail p a kettle of water
on the too ' fitting room stove or
tin; water .ed in the furnauce.
Don't ri .«bout the moisture
being unheal' y when it is necessary
to sit in the room with the plants.
You will be benefited as well as the
flowers.
Don't fail to use stimulants on your
calla, and plenty of warm water if you
want quantities of the beautiful lilies.
Don't forget to look at the bulbs
which have been placed in the dark to
form roots. Some of them may be
ready to bring into the light for
blooming.
Don't Iu- discouraged if you can't
make the plants bloom while the days
are short and there is little suu. You
will notice a great change in a few
weeks.
RECIPES.
Potato Roulettes Mix a pint mashed
potatoes with a tablespoontul of cream,
salt aud pepper to season, aud tin
beaten yolk of an egg. Form into ob
long roulettes, dip in beaten egg, roll
in bread crumbs aud fry in hot lard tu
a golden brown.
Cranberry Sauce—Wash aud pick
the berries, removing all imperfect
ones. Put them in u porcelain kettle;
to a quart of berries allow a pint ol
sugar. Boil ten or fifteen minutes,
taking care not to mash the berries.
Pour into a deep dish or a mold.
Pumpkin Pie—One quart of stewed
pumpkin pressed through a sieve, eight
eggs beaten separately, two scant
quarts of sweet milk, one pint sugar,
a tcaspooufill each of butter, ennui
111011 and nutmeg. Itcat together and
bake in pie pans lined with rich pastry.
Mack Heau Soup Take one quart
of black beans, bull well 111 four quarts
of wuter with a little salt and pepper.
When well boiled, prc»s through a
•olander into the water they were
boiled 111. Add not quite a teKkpooli
ful of allspice, mace ami cloves, well
pounded, lloil again for half an hollr.
Have ready three hard-boiled egga,
chopped fine , put them with a table
spoonful of butter iu a tureen, aud
pour on the soup.
Scalloped Oyster# flutter a deep
pau or bakiug dish, cover tho bottom
ailh rolled crackers or bread crumb*
slightly toasted Over this put a layer
of oy«ter* Keaaoiiml with pepper and
•alt and a little buttei, I lien another
layer of crmub* and one more of oys
ter*. salt, pepper and buttef. The top
layer ahollhl lie of crumb* SrasoUed
» itli pepper an I *alt Ovei tin* put
small piece* of butter. Hake alioilt
half au hour.
Apple Dumplings Feel, core and
cut up *u ripe apple* Prepare a rich
pa*lry, take *mail pieces of it, rollout
4 lid cut iuto allcca a boll I th e * I »' t- of a
bicakta*! *au>'i-r lut iiacli put a tea
ipoouful of butter, two t* aapoiiiifui*
it dinar and two or throe taldeepuun
flli* of the luluee I apple I »iui let I
•■alia by drawing th«> «Ihm mI cnut It -
i ih< r Put lk«iu in a pau and
•pfilikb wvel the t >p | little ii||al and
me tiny pie,. iitti i f'uvn
Willi boilinit watt I au I l-ahi', a i ling a
lull.' 11. I «a|< i il it get* lu» helvfe
II I til. • ||| >|ulMP.
Pane Us* the and Hi oat com
pMr *«w«ieg« *yst«n« in
Ermine is very fashionable.
Georgetown, Mo., lias a female jew
eler.
Diamonds are said to be in bail form
in the morning.
One-seventh of the land owners in
Great Britain are women.
.Tet ruffling, as supple as ruffling oi
silk, is used on velvet wraps.
About five feet four inches is consid
ered the average height of women.
The favorite jewel in London this
season is the pale yellow carnelian.
Rochester (N. Y.) University has
decided to admit women in oil courses
offered by the institution.
Miss Ahearn, State Librarian of In
diana, was recently elected Secretary
of the American Library Association.
Modjeska, the tragedienne, is said to
bo a fine pianist and as an interpreter
of Chopin's music she displays much
esprit, as well as delicate finesse.
• The florist's bill is an item of rather
vast proportions iu one New York
house—something in the neighborhood
of 3700 a month during the season.
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer is author
ity for the statement that iu the last
twenty-live years SI 1,000,000 has been
given in this country to women's col
leges aloue.
Some of the smart women abroad
wear their silk and satin muffs hung
on a silver chain; others utilize the
long gold aud pearl chains in vogue a
season or two.
A clause in the charter recently be
stowed on the University of Walee
makes women eligible equally with men
to every degree and office within the
gift of the university.
Among the novelties for evening
wear are eollarettesof black "footing,'
edged with white inserting. They are
about ten inches deep with double
capes and double ruffles around the
neck.
Miss Helen Cann is one of the
youngest members of the galaxy of
Gotham amateurs who love the violin.
She is only seventeen years of age, but
a very good player. liar instrument
is an Amati.
Tho Duchess of Devonshire is one
of the handsomest women ill London.
She is very bewitching when she
wears her favorite style of Mary Stuart
ruffle on ft black velvet coat, and n
bonnet to suit.
The Harvard Annex has now 250
students, of whom twenty are doing
post-graduate work, about 100 are in
the four undergraduate classes and
tho remainder tiro special ; tudentt
taking advanced courses.
It is impossible to suppress the
tendency of Dame Fashion to revive
the modes of our grandmother's time.
Tiierumor is that large earriugs, which
have not been worn for a long time,
are again to become fashionable.
\Y omen have taken two of the three
special fellowships offered by the Chi
cago University this year. Cora A.
Stewart, a Vassar girl, has become a
fellow in history; Alice F. Pratt, of
the Chicago University, hss become a
fellow in English literature.
The entrance hall to Mrs. John Ja
cob Astor's country place, Ferncliff, in
about fifty feet long by ninety-five
wide. The walls ara done in brass
paneling, with a frieze of blue and
black aud terra cotta. Deer heads,
almost too many to count, adorn the
wall*.
The Empress of China lins no sym
pathy with gay and flighty fashions.
She celebrated iier sixtieth birthday
by issuing a proclamation enjoining a
general restraint of extravagance. 11«t
.Majesty has even prohibited the cus
tomary gifts of silks and jewels by
| ministers.
Mrs. George Gould is President of
the Kindergarten and Potted Plaut
Association, of New York City. On
each November 8 she gives out prizes
to the children who have been most
successful in the cultivation of the
plants given to them iu the spring hv
Mr*. Gould.
The sentiment with which American
girls cherish their wedding gowns,
often preserving them for the first and
second generation, is curiously
■ changed in the reigning house of
! Austria, the Princesses of which pre
' sent their magnificent liridal robes to
J the church tor priestly vestments.
Mrs. Ye Cha Yun, wife of the first
! Secretary of the Coreau Legation at
SYaslnugtoii, is a handsome woman, as
; beauty in Corea goes, and a sweet
faced woman according to American
ideal*. Sh" is modest and retiring,
tud is the first Coreau lady of the no-
I nility who ever left her native laud.
Mrs. Ambrose (iritlith, of Win
•hester City, has secured a patent on
iu improved baking pan, her owt in
dention, which promise* to yield hers
fortune. The pan is ho arranged that
1 th< process of baking can be übaerved
' without removing the cover, a feature
' that every cook know* how to appre-
I -late.
The hereditary throat trouble which
s fast reducing the Princess of Wales
o the stone - deaf condition of her
j Mother, the Queen of Denmark, has
ilao made Its appuarslice iu th<> third
i feneration. The I'rincess Maud of
I A'ale* lias a tendency to WcaklleMl of
lie throat, which, it is feared, will iiii
•air her hearing, also,
\ii cveuing ei»»tMui« is ol stiver gray
i itrtlud moire antique, faintly »hot
I * iih nMtla green ami heliotrope, and
I irilllliied arolllld the aklM Willi three
ruche* of silk The deewilete Indies
I iu ad< ep collar of applv gn t-ii **liu,
| imped with jewelry aud embroidered
in 11 repeating cleverly lit** delicate
I color* seen in the moire it*elf
It may not be gi m rally known, but
It l» tru« that tin glial Pal i*ian
dree*makers have a custom of cliaig
mg a married woman mora lor hwf
gowu thau an unmarried woman i*
),• I An tnofiMui lady in I'aiu
recently comm. ut« d upon this differ
elo e, a tin It she had ob*. rted |o tin
• tl*lit ot #541 IU two dew • Idente ally
allk< ' All' «u|sWm»l the giail
j mi'diat, "why not* Mala no be* a
busliend to |av hei lulls but tued
' « molM He a dot must l.» b ». d onl to»,
| »v lUat 4m ma» get a k ul>«n I '
The Parasol Ant.
The fact that the "parasol ant" of
the West Indies has grown to be such
a pest that the Government of Trini
dad lias had to adopt appropriate legis
lation against its ravages, draws atten
tion to the remarkable habits of the
little creature. It has been definitely j
determined that they do not out the •
circular bits out of the leaves that they I
bear away so like a parasol over their j
heads, for tho purpose of eating them !
or for nest lining, as has been suggest- j
ed. Theso bits of leaves are simply
wanted as the soil on which to culti- j
vate a certain sort of fungus that they :
feed upon; and the ants are as expert ;
in its culture as is any market gardener
of Paris in the growing of his beloved !
mushrooms. A nest of these tiny agri
culturists has thus been described by
the director of public works in Trini
dad who has had them on his table :
"Each forager dropped his portion of
leaf in the nest, and it Mas taken up
by a small worker and carried to a
clear space to be cleaned. It was then
taken in hand by the large workers, ]
which, after licking it with their
tongues, reduced it to a small, black
ball of pulp. These balls were built !
on the edge of the already formed fun- ;
gns bed ond slightly smoothed down, j
The new surface was then planted with
portions of the fungus brought from j
other parts of the nest. Each piece is
putin separately, and the ants know
exactly how far apart the plants should
be. It sometimes looks as if the bits
of fungus had been putin too scantily
in places, yet in about forty hours (if
the humidity has been properly regu
lated) it is all evenly covered with a
mantle as of very tine snow." When ;
it is remembered that mo.it. persons
wh-i have tried the cultivation of edible
fungi have failed because of the difli
culties arising from the handling of
the spores and the maintenance of the
needed humidity, it almost seems that
wo must concede to theso tiny crea- !
tures a greater degree of agricultural |
skill than is possessed by the average !
farmer.
The Tea Koa«l,
Ke-gu, the half-way halting place on
the famous tea road between the
Chinese border town Ta-chien-lu and
the Thibetan capital, is the centre of
the tea trade, and, accordingly, the
residence of numerous tea merchants.
It is the Chinese who chiefly bring the
tea here, to sell it to the Thibetan
merchants, who forward it to Lhassa.
The currency in this trade is the
Indian rupee, which, however, is often
dispensed with, and then the tea is
bartered by tho Chinese for wool,
hides and furs, gold dust, mercury and
other Thibetan products, for importa
tion into China. The tea (branches
as well as leaves) is packed in
pressed bricks, about fourteen inches
long, ten wide and four thick. Eight
of these bricks are sown in a skin, and
a yak carries two skins. All
Thibetans drink tea. They boil it,
branches and all, in water, with a lit
tle soda and salt, and before drinking
i»dd butter, barley flower (which is
called tsampa) and dried nat ive cheese.
The solid part of this mixture, when
merely moistened with a little liquid
lea made up into hard balls, is called
ba, and forms the staple food of
Thibet.
The chief meat consumed is mut
ton, upon which the black tent people
i almost live. Sheep are cheap. In the
| interior of the country they cost from
i one rupee to two rupees. For winter
I consumption, they are killed early in
the cold season, and the meat is
frozen.—The National Review.
K\(»wu;I)(;K '
Brinps comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
I rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
! les* expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's best products to
the needs of iihynical being, will attest
the value to nealth of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Bvrup of Fig*.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
j ant t<> the taste, the refreshing and truly
brneflcial projiertica of a |K-rfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
i colds, headaches anil fevers
ami permanently curing consti|>ation.
It has given satisfaction to millions ami
met with the approval of the medical
profession, Iw-rail-e il acta on the Kid
neys, Liver and I towels without weak- ,
ening them aiul it i» |iorfeetly free from
every objectionable substance.
Hyrup of Firs is for sale by all drug
gists ill ftOr aud #1 bottles, but it ia man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, who*- name is printed on every
■MM also the name. Hyrup of Figs,
and twiug well informed, vou will lx>t
accept any substitute if offered.
One I >Oll It* for fifteen cents, j , .. j
Twelve bottle* for one dollar, | ina ' ' j
I R # l*P*A'N*S I j
G3? C33> O w
1 Kij»ans I'ahuleit arc the most effective pec- 1
2 ipe ever pre»cribcil l»y a physician t<>r «*»y
j tiiumler of the utomach, liver or bowels. j
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IMI llfANk IIUWIL4I l> Ml ***, 112 • . V .
What Briagft Kalaaaa From Dirt and tiraaaa? Why,
Don't You RMil
SAPOLIO!
If N comes the fc
IN season when £
# dainty and delicious x
cake and pastry are Vi
required. Royal £
V, Baking Pow- fej
deris indispensable 5'
>£ in their preparation.
if For finest food 1 can us: fc
.jit none but Royal.— A. Fornix,
jyj Chef, IVhite House, for Pres- p*.
idents Cleveland and Arthur.
POYAt BAKINQ POWDCR CO., 1W WALL ST., N. Y. jK/
The KinifN Heath-Clock.
In the courtyard of the palace of
Versailles is a clock with one hand,
called "li'Horlogo do la Mort du Roi."
It contains no works, but consists
merely of a face in the form of a sun,
surrounded by rays. On the death of
a king the hand is set to the moment
of his demise, and remains unaltered
till his successor has rejoined him in
the grave. This custom originated
under Louis XIII., and continued till
the revolution. It was revived on the
death of Louis XVIII., and the hand
still continues fixed on the precise
moment of that monarch's death.—
Chicago Herald.
The caves or grottoes discovered in
Carnioln, a province of Austria, in
1889, are said to be equal in extent to
the Kentucky wonder.
M. W. SCOTT, ESQ.. of tho U. 8. Marshall's
Office, Atlanta, (in., writes: "For many
years my wife has been a constant sufferer
from imlipestlon, sick headache, nervous pros
tration anil all other complaints that the fe
male sex is heir to, anil, after trying many
remedies and doctors
with but little or no re
' persuaded her to
WffiiflljirMWl' gl try Pr. Pierce's Favorite
gjSgS/; ■
d-9% She was so out of heart.
Wi'i> :<■ LS B she returned the answer
■B 3Lm that it would be like
|H Mk all tie- rest -of no (rood ;
map , luit <m my areounf. she
8,1 she would try It. eo
Tk /? I fjut one bottlo each:
**7s—and before she hail need
Mrm Smi-r half of a bottle she felt
• that it was benefiting;
her, and she has continued to improve ever
siuce, and now thinks it the most wonderful
remedy on earth for hi r sex, and recommends
it to nil suffering females. She lias not been
i so well in ten years. >
I write this without any solicitation and
with a free, nooil will, so that you may let all
who may sulTer know what ft has done for
her." Sold by medicine dealers everywhere.
PEUSATE WOMEN
Or Debilitated Women, should uso
BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR.
Every ingredient possesses superb Tonic
i properties and exerts a wonderful influ
ence in toning up and strengthening het
system, by driving through the proper
channels all impurities. Health and
strength guaranteed to result from its use.
••My wife, who was btdrlri<lt-n for elfh
teen month*, after lifting Ittuidfield's
Female ltogtilntnr for two months la
getting well."
J M. JOHNSON. Mftlveni.Ark.
DnADFiKi.n Tlttoi'LATou Co.. Atlanta. Ga.
Boid by Druggists ai SI.OO per bottle.
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