94.000.000 Tohnrro mil Mnvrd. CntcAoo, September H. —[Special.]—Tha Chicago Intor-Ocean's Illustrated Supplr mont, (loF -rlblng the groat succeM ond merit of No-To-Bac, Ims made it famous in a day. Mr. 11. L. Kramer, the active man, was wen to-day at his office, 45 Randolph itroot, and in talking of No-To-llac's growth, Raid it was hard work to keep up with the rap idly increasing demand, ns every box sold advertised N'o-To-Ilae's merit. He said : "No-To-Bao is not sold on the strength of the thousands and tejis of thou sands of testimonial statements, but undor nn absolute guarantee to cure or money re funded." That mado a long story about merit very short, as it absolutely protects the user from physical injury or financial loss. "Why." said he, "No-To-Bac will make 100,000 cures tills year, and the sav ins will average fM.OO for evory one eurod, or a grand totnl of $5,000,000 saved from going up In smoke and out In spit." No- To-Bac, is indeed, a God-send to tho poor tnon these hard times. According to tho testimonials, however, the money saving is tho least consideration, for almost every one reports an improvement of the nervous system, increase in weight, and a revival of physical and mental powers that is indeed miraculous. Tromlnent physicians loolc upon No-To- Bac as a great success, and are very free to proscribe it. Every wholesale drug house in this coun try and Canada soils No-To-B:ic, and the re tall druggists arc pushed to supply tho de mands of customers ; tho direct mail demand is immense. The cost of No-To-Bac compared with tho results is a small matter, as the saving in a week pays the eost of a cure for a lifetime. No-To-Bac Is sold for $1 a box, or threo boxes, *'2.50, with a guarantee to cure, or money refunded. A few extra copies of thelntor-Ooean Sup plement (eight pages) illustrated in five col ors, have boon socuro 1 and will bo mailed for tho nsking, by addressing the Sterling Bemedy Co., Chicago office, 45 Randolph street j New York office, 10 Spruce streot, Laboratory, Indlnna Mineral Springs, Ind. F. MARION CHAWFOBD is the most popular American novelist with the French. Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP-HOOT euros all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory Binghamton, N. Y. GEORGE 001 LD's yachting i3 said to have eost him $400,000. How's Thin t We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward tot liny case of Catarrh that cannot be oured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props., Toledo, O. We, tbo undersigned, have known F. J. Che ney for tho last 15 years, and believe him per fectly honorable In all business transactions and financially ablo to carry out any obliga tion made by their linn. WEST AC TBUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. WAMH.NO, KIN-VAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. IlaU's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of tho system, l'riee, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. A IK en II iil II I Souvenir Spoon Will bo sent with every hottlo of Or. llortit'i Certain Croup Cure. Ordered by mall, post paid, f>o et?. Address. Iloxsle. Buffalo, S. V. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the glims reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain. cures wind eolic. 2flc. a bottle CrtiE your cough with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute, Karl's Clover Root, the great blood purifier, gives freshness nud clearness to the complex ion and cures constipation, ets., .VI ets., St. Headache Dyspepsia Indigestion are caused by bad blood, and by a run down, worn out condi tion of the body. Itoraembor Hood's JL JL par ill ci 13e sure to get Hood s Hood's Pills are gentle, mild and effective. A Uigaiitic Hee (live. "Mammoth Cave in Kentucky is getting to be a gigantic bee hive," said A. R. Lewis. "Tho last time I went through this big hole in the ground I took both the long and short routes, as they are called by tho guides. At several places there were rather too many bees for me to feel entirely comfortable, although I was not attacked by any of them. If the cave should be explored for honey somo rich finds would undoubtedly be made. The bees are increasing constantly. In fact, while I havo visited the cavo frequently for several years, it has only been about two years since 1 knew that they were there, and this year it would be im possible for a visitor not to know it." —Cincinnati Enquirer. Japs Fight to Conquer. An Anglicized Japanese says of tho national air of Japan: "It is inde scribable. I have heard nothing so much like it as your 'Dead March in Saul' —it is that sort—terrible and solemn. And then the Japanese sol diers do not fear death. They don't think about it. They goto tight and conquer. The men favor the Teligion of the Samurai, which is to do right and leave yourself in the hands of your Creator."—Detroit Free Press. ' firings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The inuny, who live l>et* t«-r than otln rs and enjoy life more, with II «S expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's l*-*t products to the needs of ph\ -'leal being, will titles', the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Kyrnp of Ki|{*. It* excellence is due to its jire«entiug 111 the form iuo»t ucceptabh and pleas ant to the t. te, the rein -liing and truly beneficial prop, riles of ;• pried lax ative eft. tu dlv i !'-an>iii the system, &aelling colds, bradadx and levers aiel | ..meetly • uriiii' eoii-i i pal ion. It ha- pi\ . II sati-iai'i ion I > millions and mei with tin proval ul the i.i.di. al prof, i.ii, U . ,11, it mi on the Kid liev. I . I 111. 1 I! w, I- a -I 111 weak i iiliig iii i. I i i- I i. I) lii i tiom Hyrup of I i. lot ai' by till drug irlsUiti '■> and #1 l -llhs, but it it man itfacttu I I lie i .ililonoi tiit hviup - pill ..1011, very p t ~,i ~ -i tij,., and I ■ ■ » • ■ I <1 wiU out feisfl •• t «• . I lute U wilted. MI'LOHIJia QT'INCE BUSHES. The only advantages resulting from . the uso of a little salt around quince | bushes are that it tends to koop down j the growth of weeds and keeps tho soil moist. Even then it must be spar i ingly used. A good, heavy mulch of I coarse stable manure or other litter is of the greatest utility, especially in a j hot climate. Dig up the soil about j tho bushes in the spring: as thorough | ly as you can without disturbing tho roots, and then give each bush a heavy mulch.—American Agriculturist. SELLING E(iOS BY WEIOnT. It seems to be slow work inducing the enactment of a law compelling the selling of eggs by woight., and this question should be thoroughly agi tated until a change is mado. It is a subject that should be considered by the State Board of Agriculture of each State, and as it is largely in the inter est of the farmers the Mirror has called attention to it as a matter of justice. There is a wrong done the farmers in selling eggs by the dozen, for the farmer in selling eggs by the dozen, is compelled to give I more than he receives, while tho cus tomer pays too much or too little at limes, according to circumstances. It is the dealer who is shrewd enough to assort the eggs and put tho difference in his own pocket, but ho does so by common consent of nil who buy and sell. It is a fact that nn egg should bo worth what it costs. Tho hen that lays a dozen large eggs may have con verted more food into oggs tlmu one that has laid fifteen eggs, yet the farmers may sell the fewer number for less than the larger, though really tlic fewer may weigh more than the others. During the year one hen may lay one hundred eggs that weigh seven to tho pound, while her companion may lay 120 eggs that weigh ten to the pound. The latter will be considered the bet- j ler hen, although the former will have j really performed moro service and laid over two pounds moro of eggs s than the one that gave the greatest number. Iu justice the farmer ought ' to receive more money for the large j eggs, as they cost him more in the shape of food, but tho fact is that he receives less, because eggs are sold by the dozen. There is no correct method of ex change except by weight, and it is uot to the interest of producers to sell by any other system. Exact justice is done all concerned when eggs are sold by weight, and to adopt this method is to encourage better breeds of fowls. More eggs and larger ones will then reach the market, and each producer's goods will be sold on their merits. As we stated before, this is a subject Ivhich demands the consideration of poultry associations, agricultural so cieties and the whole body of farmers fts a class.—Mirror and Farmer. ORCHARDING ON' CHEAP GROUND. What to do with the land that will hot bring moro than from to §ls |)er acre has been a problem with many larniers, for generally such land is almost worthless for most crops. Located upon hillsides, or in exposed places where the soil is poor, there seems to be no use or demand for it. But in the last quarter of a century a great deal of this land in the north ern belt of States has been turned into apple orchards, which have been paying from sls to §75 per aero an nually, a prolit that would be consid ered satisfactory by any farmer. The orchards have been well taken care of, ftnd have demonstrated what can bo tlone. Instead of allowing the land to remain idle, the owners planted the I orchards of trees on it, and then care- I fully cultivated them. To-day the ! land is worth considerably more thuu at the beginning. The trees on poor soil need more training thuu those on rich. Enrich the earth around the trees, and they I will get established. Barnyard manure j is undoubtedly the best for this, and where it is abundant do not be de ceived into buying any prepared mix ture. Allow poultry, sheep, anil swine to fertilize the orchards by roaming at large in them. They open the soil, let in the air and sunlight, fertilize the trees, and destroy the insects. By turning the orchards into poultry ranges you will add quite a little to the income from the eggs and fresh chickens supplied for the table or market. Train the tree young. The best au thorities say tlint only the pocket knife should be used for training and pruning apple trees. This is only another way of saying that the prun ing should be done early, before the branches have attained any great growth. Discover whether the limbs need to be cut off boforo they have reached the size of the arm. Prune the young trees so that they will form an even head, giving the heaviest amount of shade on the south side, to shield from the hot sun. Use a cov ered glai-s with a magnifying power t> discover the inseots on the limbs in broad daylight, and then clip off tli" twigs with the eggs or nests on them t > burn.—Oerniantown (IVua.) Teh graph. TJIP OI'LTT'NR or FCWPKIHI. The use of pumpkins as a fall .MI i winter fuo I for cattle enuiiot be too highly recommended, and the fact that they are the cheapest an I nio-t easily raiM'd of nil our winter green food: is not generally known, or at least not aeti-i| upon. Coming at a time wh*n psfturei . getting very abort and IN fore tlie farmer Wrtlit to COIUIIHMI •< 11-ouj' Ills root*, tiny bridge the ga ; > iM-twtx'ii rammer pasture oil •, | til. . l about tki* I 'll* 't'Uoi aI, > pUut th -IN II I*LL) dro I pi'.l a f' w M't In in t!i" lull with th corn, and let thorn •«!>« then chane. aud iua>.« aouiL-thin if th iv van. 'flit* u Mi beiug a I Urn tUt irjutM a fcital dual wi moisture and sun, does not get enough of either. Tho former it has to sharo with tho corn, which also needs lot of moisture, especially during tho grow ing season, and the sunshine is shut off by the foliage of the corn, in addition to this there is very little laud that is rich enough to support two crops. Pumpkins should be grown by thoin solves like other crops. For a pumpkin patch choose a light soil. A sandy piece of bottom is just the thing, the richer tho bettor, of course ; though compartively poor soil will do. After plowing and harrow ing, lay it off in check rows ten feet each way. At each check dig a small hole and putin one or two forkfuls of manure, or, which is quicker, throw out a double furrow with tho plow ing and then put your manure iu the checks. The pumpkin, like corn, is a coarse feeder and does not need tho manure to be thoroughly rotted, but makes large returns for a liberal ap plication. Cover up tho manure with three or four inches of earth, making a perceptible "hill." Sow four or five seeds in each hill as soon as danger of frost is over, which in this part is about tho first of May. When in sec ond or third leaf, thin to two plants in a hill, and if the ground is rich, they may with advantage bo again thinned to o»e, when danger from the striped bug is over, about the time the plants begin to run. They should bo culti vated alternate ways every couple of weeks till they begin to run, which will be in about two mouths from sow ing, when they will very soon com pletely cover tho ground, and so keep tho weeds down themselves. The pumpkins should be gathered AS soou as the lirst light frost has killed tho leaves, ami stored in a cool place whero frost will not reach them. A good plan is to put them on a barn iloor, or other place, where they can be sorted as they are fed, using those first thutare beginning to rot. In this wnv they may be kept till the first or middle of January, where t>e ther mometer does not fall below fifteen or twenty degrees of frost. Besides being excellent food for cat tle, hogs are very fond of them, and they are a great means of keeping them in health while being fattened. Sheep nlso eat them with relish when they get accustomed to them.—Country Gentleman. FARM AND GARDEN NOTE 3. A great deal of country butter is overworked. Salt is a great preventive of disease among; sheep. Butter should be workod as little as possible to hive tho milk worked out uf it. In case of fire in stables, put a sad ille on your horse and you can lead him out without difficulty. Tho power and longevity of the lior.se are in exact ratio to tho intelli gent care and feeding ho receives. Just before driving a light feed of aats should be given instead of a heavier feed of a more bulky graiu. Give the sow succulent food and seep her in thrifty condition if you would have her produce thrifty pigs. Study the prejudices of your mar ket and supply brown or white eggs vnd white or yellow skinned fowls, as required. Horses recovering or suffering from lobilitating diseases are readily over come by heat, and should not be put to exhaustive work. The French are conducting a series if experiments in "grafting" potatoes, ft is expected to increase the yield and to hasten maturity. Tho breeding stock must bo healthy md vigorous or the eggs will be lack ng in vitality and tho chicks will be iveak and debilitated. At the Geneva (N. Y.) Station ex periments are being carried on with >ver one thousand diftereut varieties jf berries and small fruits. In training a colt the safest rule is to teach him one thiug at a time, aud lie sure that it is learned thoroughly before attempting something else. The cow in France for the dairy in dustry is not tho Jersey, but tho Dur ham, whose beef tendencies are being reduced in favor of the milk tendency. After the berries have been picked it is well to burn over the strawberry patch. Tins will not merely kill the weeds, but the iuseets that injure tho plants. To effectively preserve potatoes when they begin to sprout, gougo out the eye "skin deep" by means of a penholder, with tho inverted end of the steol pen. The trotting craze has caused nviny bree lers to forget that a fast walking horse is a valuable animal for tho farm, for the road aud for all kinds of practical work. lion bureaus Fouled Chinese. I'yeng Vang, a city in Korea, was founded Midyears ago. It is known as the well less city. Within its walls is not ft single well, an 1 all tho water of the city is carried up by watermen Irom the river which washes its south erii wall. Tradition shows that this li i- always been so, for it is said that wheuft ('bluest) General besieged it ■ >'H> years ago, believing that lie could e enpel its inhabitants to capitulate by cutiiug oil' their water supply, he was led to give up tho attempt be e.iiise tin- soldiers on the walls took Null scales au i went through the mo tions of the bath, nil I the seal «, glit ti 'HI M tlm MIII, looked in the eyes HI lit ntuin lie.l bi siegers to be drops uf w. ter. —New York It eorder. Ah Irish I ,i I !ri*l» butt, r 101 I in ilk are now in- I.i a ami I'll Ji li In I The dairy pi In *ts of ill »Ireeu 1 ~li are now ■ iliiij- for out third more in Loudon ■Unite ehoicemt imp irUtioiis from 1. . yor Oil li y. V«v V ur k Ad- VvrttMfi HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. CLFAVTNO FTnMTTnW. It is customary in somo households to wash tho furniture with soap unit water. Huch a method may bo en tirely safe whon practiced by careful persons. As tho average maid is like ly to treat a valued Vernis Martin cab inet with tho same consideration ac corded a common floor, it is well that the uso of soap and water by her in connection with furniture should be forbidden. When soap is used for furniture it should bo of tho best quality, lmviug but a small amount of alkali in its composition, and the water used should bo lukewarm, applied with n soft cloth and quickly wiped off, par ticularly from all corners and crevices. Dark mahogany, which is now so fashionable, is particularly sensitivo to soap and water, arising from tho fact that tho coloring matter which operates to darken the wood through the action of light is an acid, so that when the alkali of the water is permit ted to remain upon it it will, in reach ing tho acid, for which it has affinity, destroy the polished surface. Raw linseed oil and spirits of tur pentine, in tho proportions of two thirds oil and one of turpentine, is tho model furuituro reviver. It is what professionals rely on; as a rule they use no other. The woodwork should be first carefully wiped off with a dry, soft cloth, and tho dust thoroughly removed from corners aud carvings. Tho best article to accom plish this is a largo paint brush, usual ly called a painter's duster. The oil may then be applied with a smaller brush, wiping off with a soft cloth and rubbing thoroughly dry. It will bo found that dents and scratches lose their prominonco under this treat ment; should this method be pursued regularly there will be no difficulty exxierlenced in having furniture retain u fresh appearance. Whon a piece of furniture is very badly defaced aud dented it should be intrusted to some good repairer, who may sometimes find it necessary to scrape off tho old finish entirely, ia order to make a satisfactory piece of work. When the wood is slightly dented 0110 may sometimes overcome tho trouble by steaming tho indenta tion with a hot iron and a wet cloth, afterward making a small pad of mus lin aud rubbing over the surface somo thin sliollac, just adding a touch of oil to mako tho work easier. Scratches may be treated in the sauio way. Ladies' Home Journal. RECIPES. A Light Lunching Dish —A nicn luncheon dish is fried bologna. If tho bologna is of good diameter remove the skin and cut into rounds of fourth of an inch thick or less, if desired. Dredge lightly with flour and fry quickly in butter iu a very hot pan. Servo on a warm platter with a garnish of green. Tho bologna of any size may also be cut into lengths of five or six inches and fried as above directed. Fried bologna —to tho tasto of many —is more dainty and more delicate than fried ham, and more digestible. Brown Sauce —To make brown satico put ouo tablespoonful and a half of butter in tho frying-pan and on tho tiro. When the butter (jots hot an 1 begins to turn brown add a generous tablespoonful of flour and stir until tho flour turns brown. Now draw tho pan to the back part of tho stove and stir until the mixture cools slightly ; then add half a pint of stock, pouring it in gradually an I stirring all tho while. Place tho pan on tho hot part of tho stove and stir the sauce until it begins to boil. Add a level teaspoon ful of salt and about oue-tifth of a teaspoonful of pepper. Simmar for about five minutes. Apple Charlotte—Rub the bottom and sides of a baking dish with butter, and line it with slices of light broa I. Peel and cut apples into thin, small pieces, an 1 nearly fill the disli with them, scattering between tho apples plenty of sugar, small bits of butter and grated nutmeg. Do not forget that you must use sugar according to the acidity of the apples. Have sugar and butter on the top layer of apples, which cover with slices of light braa 1 softened in water. Put aplateon this with a weight on top to press tho bread close upon the apples. Bake it iu a quick oven, aud servo with a rich sauce. Gingerbread—Two eggs well beaten, two-thirds cupful of New Orleans molasses, half cupful of sugar, one third cupful of butter, half cupful of sour cream, half cupful ol sour milk, ono and a halt' toaspoonfuls of soda, half teaspoonful of ginger, half tea spoonful of cinnamon, flour to thicken; beat tho sugar and butter together ; add the eggs uud beat well; then add tho soda to the sour milk ; stir iu the milk, cream, molasses and spices; thicken so you can drop it easily from a spoon, and bake iu a moderate oven. It requires more care and longer baking than a cako made from all sugar. Celery Soup—Cook two small lioa ls of celery (from which the greeu leaves have been removed) for forty-rivo minutes in a quart of water in which a chicken or leg of veal his been boiled. Boil a pint of milk, h ilf an onion and a sprig of parsley together. Mix two evou tablespooufuls of flour with four tablespooufuls ot cold milk and add to boiling milk. Cook ten minutes. Mash celery in tiio water iu which it has been cooked, aud stir into boiling milk ; add two tablespoou fuls of butter, salt and popper to taste. Strain aud sjrvo at ouco. A cup of cream a Ided just after the soup is put into tho tureou is a great im provement. A Sheep That Hibernates, Unlike most curious creatures of the animal creation the Persian sheep has '•two chief peculiarities." During the spring and summer mouths it accumulates an enormous amount of fat iu its tail, that appeudage fro ipieutly becoming ho enormously en larked as to weigh from forty to sixty live pounds, a two wheeled cart being provided for Its reception by most of the shepherds who raise this peculiar breed ill annuals. It • other "chief peculiarity" is tin*: During the win ter or dry season tin - big-tailed sheep Incomes dormant, hibernating like a bear, thus ouiijiliuiug thu fat stored Up m it* tail dining tiiu moru fixrot' uOlw luiitaikt, -"it, Luaii ILyubliw. Tho gauzes aro very popular. Midland, Mich., has a female barber. Morrow County, Oregon, has a lady stage driver. A Mario Stuart, of fancy basket straw, has an edging of geranium vel vet. Ringlots, real, old-fashioned ring lets, are said to bo a feature of com ing coiffures. Tho Queen of Siam has tho smallest foot of any titled lady in the world. She wears 1J in boots. New stylo studs aro dead white enamel with tho tiniest of tiny dia monds Bunk in tho center. Tho death of Dr. Emmy Lange leavos Copenhagen, Doamark, with only six female physic ians. Mrs. Marks, aged almost niuoty years, was baptized in the sea, near Rockland, Mo., several days ago. Yosts of chinchilla, seal and astrak han arc mado for wearing with open jackets, and are considered a novelty. Mary E. Wilkins's new novel, "Pembroke," has made a great hit in England, and critics say of it that George Eliot never did anything bet ter. Sun bonnets, genuine, old-fashioned onos, havo been much affected by young women in tho country this sea son. They aro warm, but they do protect, which is mora than many sun hats do. Professor Mary Roberts Smith, a graduate of Cornell and formerly con nected with Welleslev College, has been appointed to a position in the social science department of Leland Stanford University. Although Ouida, the novelist, is re ported to have made over a quarter of a million dollars by her writings slio is now in financial straits aud was re cently forced to sell her books and curios. What she has done with this largo sum is a mystery. "Sunshino" is tho appropriate namo of a new material for draperies, and is particularly pretty for pillows. Against a solid background is woven a dainasse figure, which changes its tone of coloring as it variously catches tho light, in true "sunshine" fashion. There aro now three women physi cians on the sanitary corpsof tho New York Board of Health—Drs. Alice Mitchell, Helen Knight and Frances Q. Deane. Thsy are under tho same rules and are required to do tho same amount of hard work as their mascu line associites. There are many straws which show the reaching out in these days of the feminine mind. Hero is one. In Hallowell, Me., the free library sta tistics for last month show 1141 books given out. Of these women took -107, girls 410, against 151 taken by men and 173 by boys. A certain paper is envying the out ing girl her cool and attractive-look ing shirt waist, and mourns that men may not step abroad in similar attire. This is only feeble compensation, and scant revenge that women should at last have hit upon one stylo of dress which comfortably clad men may envy. Red slippers are not so much worn as they were. Tho tan suede low shoes and slippers are being a tritle superseded by the smooth kid of tho same shade. The smooth kid ones are not nearly so pretty, being cut with straps to cross over the instep and with both straps and fronts embroid ered with beads. Etna, N. J., can boast of tho strong est woman in that State. Her namo is Kato Kuhn, and she is styled the female Sandow. She is only nine teen, but has a handsome and sym metrical form, and her muscles stand out liko those of a trainod athlete. Some wonderful stories are told of her phenomenal feats of strength. One of our couutry's bravest hero ines died tho other day at Bellevuo Hospital, New York City. She was Mrs. Juliet Henshaw, one of the first to come forward at the call far volun teer nurses to care for cholera patients at Swinburne's Island. She was a King's Daughter, and her skill, to gether with her devotion and bravery, were evidence to many how faithfully she served. Miss Elizabeth Bank 3, who was onco private secretary to tho British Minis ter to Peru, is going to try to per suade the women wage-earners th.it domestic service is preferable to shop and factory work. She will publish a series of letters iu a London daily, describing her own experiences as parlor maid and house maid in Eng lish families. "In Cap and Apron" is the title of her letters. There are eight women colonels in the German army. They draw their swords but seldom, it is true, butthoy make up for this by drawing their sal aries with unfailing regularity. They aro tho Empress of Germany, tho Dowager Empress, the Princess Fred erick Charles, of Prussia; the Queen Regent Sophia, Queen Wilholmiua, of the Netherlands ; the Duchess of Con naught, the Duchess of Edinburgh and Queen Victoria. A rival in iavor of old-fashioned names for girls is taking place. For a long time past few parents would havo thought of calling their children by any such homely coguomeu as Mary, Martha, .lauj, Sarah or Ann, preferring prettier names, such as Ethel, Matul, Dora, etc. Hut the latter havo now become so com mon that it is proposed to go back to Old World names iu which our grand mothers and great-grandmothers de lighted. The I'oftcry Tree «l I'ara. One of the curiosities of Kra7.il is a tree whose wood ami b»rk contain so much silica that they arj me I by pot ters. Huth wood an I bark are burned and anile- aro pulverized and mixed iu equal proportions with clay, pro ducing a very superior ware. The tree grows to a height of ItHI feet, but does not excci t a foot in diameter. Tho fresh burk cuts lik. saudstonc, mid when dried nt brittle nud hard. Demontt Magazine, N«ar)jr kV'vrjrbvdjr tu Jafau. I Take no Substitute for I I Royal Baking Powder. I I It! is Absolutely. Pure. I ■ » -"V; <• frv- " .4% ■ I All others contain alum or ammonia. I famine lit Japan. There is a village culled Siimmyo raurn, among tho mountains ou the southwest corner of the Province of Awa, in Japan. It consists of three hamlets, and has COO houses in all. Being cut off' by natural obstacles from other Tillages, it still retains its primitive simplicity, and the in habitants have always intermarried and kept an independent spirit of their own, never asking help, even in times of greatest difficulty, from other villages. Recently they have been invaded by famine. Tho drought of last year, followed by a similar ab sence of rain for seventy days this year, have made their crops an utter failure. Their sugar cane, indigo, maize, oat and barley fields have absolutely yielded nothing. But the villagers, considering it a disgrace to ask help of other villages, resolved lo wait quietly for death. In two of tho hamlets, seventy houses with 334 in habitants are suffering more terribly than others from tho famine. Their neighbors can do nothing to help them, for it is all they can do to keep themselves alive. At first they fed ou grass and roots; and when they were exhausted, they ground husks and bran, and making them into dumplings, ate them boiled. Even these fell short. Next they turned their attention to straw, which was similarly treated, and now there is not a wisp of straw in the village, 1110 poor inhabitants lying at night on bare boarding. Even young men are now so weak that they cannot handle their hoes. The matter has been brought to tho attention of the Japanese Government, and steps are to be taken for aiding the distressed villagers.—New York Suu. An Old .Maple Tree* One of the most curious trees in Germany stands on the left bank of the river Oder, in Katibor, Silesia. It is a maple, at least lOOyearsold, which has been twisted and cut into a sort of circular two-storied house. A flight of steps leads up to the first level, where branches have been gradually woven together so that they mako a firm leaf j' floor ; above this is a second floor of smaller diameter, formed in the same way, and the ends of the branches have been woven into solid walls, and cut so that eight windows light each of tho apartments. Below the first floor, at the level of tho second, and at the top of the tree tho boughs have been allowed to grow out naturally, while the intermediate walls and the edges of the window-like open ings are kept closely clipped.—Detroit Free Press. An Atchison C ounty (Kansas) sew ing society has saved #3OO from its earnings, and has built a chuich with the money. TO NEW YORK A.H old-fashioned way "ii MILES of getting there. Slow and safe, but hard ~T work. Most women, have got beyond this kind I of traveling—found something better. fr fi ow ' can t you l°°k at that other old« \(| r\ fashioned proceeding in the same light—— washing things with soap and hard rubbing. /\\ \\\ 1 hat s slow enough and tiresome enough, / everybody knows, and it's not as safe -*=• as washing with Pearlinc. It's really (^T^tvll«— destructive, in fact, the wear of that Wi constant rubbing. Break away from COVAI .7 MIJ/, lUmking, Cvrri.it omiencc, Com'/ Lav, C< m7 rrnmannKip, Strnourajihjj and lyj rwritmy, the Academic Branches, dr. Ilusines* men supplied \>ltli assistants. situations turnl-hcd competent Mu tents. Trrnis reduced to a hard time- I asls. 111M lun ion individual. Applicants Hdmtted anv dav In the ve.*:r with equal advantage. NO \ AC'A'l IONS. Kill (ATAI.O4.IF, Willi » IN IC SI»K( I*l IONS OF PFN WORK, mUli'fMH (iiHiMENT ( . <«AINES, l'rctiicleiil, HO Washington m.. I'oiicrlikoepnlc* N. V When Hamlet Exclaimed: 11 Aye, There's the Rub ! 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