The Wny« nl the Milkman. T>airymon who are in the habit of diluting their milk with water havo foiln«l out nil ingenious plan of circum venting tlio public analysts. Under tho not of Parliament thoy can request thnt their luilk shall bo analysed by tho chemists nt Bomerict House, ami this thev now do. Their object iH to gain n little time, for milk quickly be gins to ferment, and it in not possible to tost with nccuracy a decomposed fluid, anil suy what it consisted of be fore decomposition ret 111. Dr. Wynter Blvtho instances a recent case of a dealer who sold milk diluted with nt lenst eight per cent, of water. He appealed to Somerset House, nnd after a little delay Somerset House de clared tlint there was 110 evidence of tho addition of water, so that the caso wag dismissed. That he had neverthe less made no mistake in the matter Dr. Blythe is certain, as tho milk had been subjected to an independent anal ysis by Mr. Colwell, who agreed with him. The only way out of the difficulty would be for each sanitary authority to have a freezing chamber, in which reference samples of milk, etc., could be frozen and preserved. Such a chamber would also bo found useful for preserving meat supposed to be diseased until the evidence on both sides could bo heard by a court of justice.—London News. Food by Chemistry. Philadelphia has n chemist who be lieves that meats of all sorts and flav ors will ultimately bo produced in the laboratories of the chemist. Says he : "Within this century I expect to see synthetic steaks, roasts aud chops en tered upon tho bills of fare at our leading hotels and restaurants, and they will be prepared so artistically as to appeal to tho sense of beauty as well as to tho appetite. At first, of course, in order to appease the natu ral prejudices against atij'thing so novel, a choice will be afforded be tween the real and artificial, but eventually tho killing of animals for food will be regarded in all civilized countries as barbarous. That this is not an absurd prediction iH well as sured to those who have observed what syuthetio chemistry has already dono in exactly reproducing mustard, sugar, butter, ice, lemon juice and fif-vorinj essences, besdes madder, turpentine and many other compounds used ex tensively in commerce." Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP-BOOT cures all Kidney mil Bladder troubles. Pamphlet nnd Consultation free. Laboratory Bingham ton, X. Y. ABOUT the only European monarch whoso life is not insured is the Czar of Russia. Hcnfncsi" Cannot bo Cured by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of Ihe ear. There is only one way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu tional remedies. Deafne-s is caused by an in flamed condition of tho mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in flamed you have a rumblins sound or imper fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is tho result, and unless the inflam mation can be taken out and this tube re stored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. Wo will give One Hundred Dollars for any caso of 1>! at'ness (caused by catarrh) t hat can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. Chejtey & Co., Toledo. O. t37~Sold by Druggists, i'sc. The True i.nxnlive Principle Of the plants nsod in manufacturing the pleas, ant remedy. Syrup of Figs, has a permanently beneflcial effect on the human system, while the cheap vegetable extracts and mineral solu tions, usually sold as medicines, are perma nently injurious. Being well informed, you will use the true remedy only. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Dr. IluxHie's Certain Croup Cure Will check an ugly cough at once and prevent a cold from going to the lungs. SUets. A. 1' lloxsie, Buffalo. X. Y.. M' I'i'. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gum*, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, enres wind colic. 25c. a bottle DON'T Wheeze an 1 cough when Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar will cure. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. Karl's Clover Hoot, the great Ijloo 1 purifier, gives freshness and clearness lo the complex ion and cures constipation. cts.. 50 ct -■ ■ ?1. If afflicted with sore eyes use 1 >r. Isaac Thomp son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at '.'.'>e per lx»t t lo Sleepless Nights Make you weak and weary, unlit for work, indisposed to exertion. They show that your nerve strength is gone and that your nervous system nooJs building up. The I-fOOd'S *■ parilla urast remedy is ~ —- Hood's Sarsaparilla. / O TOS It purines tho blood. j strengthenstlie nerves creates an appetite,and gives sound, i ing sleep. Get Hood's and only Hood'?. Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. 25c. N V N IT—3S For headache (whether flick or nervous), toothac'io, neuralgia, rheumatism, lumbago, pains Mi l weak ness in the hark, spine or klducy.->, pal.is ar >un 1 tho liver, pleurisy, swelling of tiv Joints and pain* of oil kln<l*, the application of Rn IwayV* Ilea Iy it lie will alTord Immediate ease, an l Its eontlnuo.l u*e for a lew days eiTects a permanent cure. A CURE FOR ALL Summer Complaints, DYSENTERY, DIARRHEA. CHOLERA MORBUS. A half to a teaspoonful of Beady Ro'.lef In a hil." tumbler of water, repeated as often as tho discharge* continue, and a flannel saturate! wirh Heady Hellef placed over the stomach or bowels w 11 ifford Imme diate relief and soon elTeci a cur.\ Internally—A half to a teaspoonful In half a tum bler of water will, in a few minutes cure Crumps Spasms. Sour Stomach, Nausea, Voinltln?, Hear - burn, Nervousness. 81eeple*sne.«-<, sic*k Headache, Flatulency and ail Internal pa n-\ Itlnlarin in It* Various Forms Cured and Prevented. Therolsnot a remedial a„'e.it in tho world tha* will cure fever and ague and all other malnrlom, bilious aud other fever?, aide I by HADW AY'SPILLS, so quickly as HAD WAY'S HEADY RELIEF. Price socentH per bottle. Sol I bv all dru exist t. U/flDlf OFFERED—^: WW 1 B sell warranted nurser. stock on WW ■■■m salary; no e.\ perlence nece sarv. U. I), 112 11 ASK <<».. 1.l \I- VA, Nc xv V oik flu Consumptives and people R8 Ml who havo weak lungs or Astli- lu ■ m a. should use Aao'iOtti for H ■ Consumption. It has cured U thousand*. It has not Injur- 151 ■ed one. It It not bad to take. Nfl It Is tho best cough t-yrup. PH Bold everywhere. «sc. Ml DO NOT DROWN THE PLANTS. Even in dry weather otagnant wafer is injurious to plants, in part beeaufo it drowns them by shutting off tho air, just as it does with human beings. The fine fibres of tho root system aud the still finer cells called root hairs, are both the lungs and stomach of the plants. They take plant food from tho soil, and oxygen from tho air which pormeates the soil. The leaves nro in one sense also lungs, as they take car bonic acid from the air ; but it is tho roots which take oxygen as do human lungs. If tho soil is loose and partially dry, these root lungs cau breathe and do their work; but wlieu the soil is kept well soaked and the air is thus kept out, the underground plant or gans fail to work, and soon decay. Soil which has a loose well-drained surface encourages root extension, and, at tho same time, admits plenty of air for them to feed upon. Soil which is too cold and moist is likewise unfavor able to tho action of tho living mi crobes, which chango over tho chem ical elements in the soil, and adapt these elements to the use of the plants. —Massachusetts Ploughman. TOO MUCH WASHING. Now aud then as one looks over the pnges of the dairy paper they will be confronted with the statement from some one to the effect that flavor can be Washed out of butter, therefore don't do it; and then the other fellow laughs and says: "Listen to tho old fogy." It is more than possi ble that there is more than a grain of truth in the matter, and butter can be washed too much and that a compro mise can be struck to tho advantage of the two parties. Not that it is known that butter fats havo Uo flavor, and what is known as aroma in butter is the result of tho de composition of the casein and sugar, "egged on" by the albumen, it is seen that with very cold water and exces sive washings, that the buttermilk that has the flavor in its keeping, could be so thoroughly removed that the fats would be practically left destitute of associated flavor. As it would be im possible to get out all of tho butter milk, the butter would in a short time develop another stock of flavor from the traces of casein and albumen that would yet remain. In usual practice there will ba a suf ficient amount of flavoring material left in the butter after two washings, and as a rule does not impair the flavor. But this flavor means one thing in one section, and quite another in a distant part of some dairy locality. Where a pronounced flavor is wanted, less wash ing should be given and full salting, but whero delicate aroma and bouquet flavor is sought, more washing and less salt, and worked down to a possi ble ten per cent, of moisture would bo tho correct "form."—Practical Far mer. HOW TO EXAMINE A HORSE'S HOOFS. To examiue tho hoofs and heels of your horses, says an eminent veterin ary nuthority, have the shoes removed before your eyes, examine tho "frog," look into it closely to see if "thrush" exists. Have a piece of thin stick, or, better an old paper knife, pass it through the center frog cleft, then, if "thrush" exists, the "nose" will know it by the smell of the paper knife. If thrush does exist, have tho foot washed out clean with warm water and car bolic soap, then dry it off aud apply calomel. Fix it in the cleft with some medicated cotton, or raw will do. Re peat this every night until a euro is effected. Next examine the heels, the inside heel especially, foi corns may exist, and now is the time to treat them and prevent lameness in summer time, when the roads are hard and dry, and yon have use for every horse you own. Look for sand cracks and quarter cracks. Let these havo attention at once, or the dry weather and roads will open these cracks, creating trouble some lameness. Have shoes well seated, so that the weight of the animal will rest on the horny wall of the hoof and not on the sole. Never allow the wall of the hoof to be rasped. It is wrong. The outside of the hoof is of a fine, delicate nature, made up of fine horny pillars. This outside surface is very smooth and shiny, although it may not look so, but when you examine an unsophisticated colt you will find it so. The smith will get his rasp on it, if you do not look out, and then we have sand and quarter cracks. Take care that the nail holes aro j high enough without being too high, at tho heels most especially, for this binds the hoofs and causes a horse to go like a cat on hot bricks. A good, firm clip at the toe is of great service in keeping tho shoo firm, and when tho shoe "fits the foot" it will keep it in its proper place till worn out.— Rochester Post Express. FEEDING THE COWS. There is a great deal being said and written now-a-days about standard ra tions for cows, and much science is brought into requisition to make those rations correctly balauced to fit the physical requirements of the cows. Every young farmer who hopes to be come successful in dairying should study such tables and become accus tomed to the technical termf, so that he will know just what they mean wherever ho sees them. Having done this, he should learn tho cost of .dif ferent cattle foods delivered on his farm, whether raised or purchased. Knowing this, he should then make his own standard ration, and when over ho cauaot got tho materials for making that standard without paying too much, he must, look for substi tutes in kind and quality. Tho ration, as estimated, is most conveniently the food for twenty-four hous for a cow weighing between eight hundred and one thousand pounds. This much can be done with books, aud is a very uauful part of tho lesson. The real test af merit in this work eowca from the actual feeding of the cows. The rations mny bo most sci entifically correct, nnd fed in exact proportions, ami yet fail to produco or return tho first cost, which should not have exceeded from fifteen to twenty cents a day per cow. Tho best dairymen claim to make butter worth fifty cents a pound ou a ration not ex ceeding thirteen cents a day. But it will be seen thnt when the ration costs twenty cents, the cow must give at least one pound of butter a day in order to pay her board bill aud do much better this, if any money is to be made out of her. With a cow in good condition, fat and fresh, and the ration properly mixed, the test may be said to havo just begun. Tho individual charac teristics of each cow nro not to be studied. One will find big enters aud small eaters, big milkers and small milkers, rich milkers and thoso that give thin, poor milk. All the vir tues, or all the faults are not to bo found in any siuglo cow. A general average must bo reached. For this do as little guessing about them as pos sible. Weigh the milk of each cow at every milking, and test tho butter fat in the milk often enough to learu what her standing is. Now comes the vital point of how much to feed her. Having learned this, tho work will not have to be repeated during her life. When a ration is mado to suit tho standard, then apply it to each cow in turn. Note the cow's weight, and start with a small quantity of feed, daily increasing it up to the full amount that sho can bo inducod to eat up clean. Hold her at this heavy feed for a few days and see at what point in the inereaso of Teed she re turned the greatest profit. If you can get no satisfactory results, then change tho proportions of ration. If she is very thin in flesh, increase tho fat forming parts of tho ration. Keep ex perimenting with the cow until satis fied that sho enunot bo mado profit able, then put her out of tho herd. Ono good way to determiuo what part of the ration to increase, is to first feed the cow about all sho will cat and then try and tempt her with haudfuls of bran, corn meal, oil meal, or what ever makes up tho ration, to see which sho seems to need the most. Such tests are never conclusive, but they often lead to good results. Tho point is to study the cows. Each ono has a different nature from the other, and the only way to make money with them is to get a thorough knowledge of each ono and then treat each in such a manner that sho can return all that she is capable of doing. To make money one must have good cows, well fed up to their extreme limit of profit, and then make a good article of milk, butter or cheese.—American Agricul turist. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. An ill-fitting harness often makos the balky horse. The timo togo into business is when everybody else is going out. Plant food can nowhere be so cheaply obtained as from barn yard manure. This is particularly truo when tho latter eau bo had for tho gathering. Hens are in tho best condition to lay when their crops are empty. Henco they should be fed sparingly during the day, but have a hearty meal given them at night. By using a bit that hurts you will teach a colt to dread the bitandshrink from it. This should never be. He should be taught to drive up well ou tho bit and yield a quick obedience to it. In several comparative trials mado by the Ontario (Canada) Experiment Station best results were obtained from sowing turnips in drills twenty inches apart and thinning to eight inches in the rows. Now is the time to bo giving special attention to the rams intended for use next fall. Keep them healthy and fat, and if they are given a little graiu from time to time they will relish it and it will help them. Corn grown for forage or ensilage should be planted sufficient distance to allow a good growth of cars, and tho best stage to cut to secure the most dry matter is when tho grains havo glazed, or dented indent varieties, or when newly rjpe. Sunflower seed, it is well known, is a good egg producing fool for chick ens ; it is also fine food to give the plumage a glossy appearance for ex hibition purposes. The Russian sun flower is very productive, and may be planted in fence corners or out-of-the way places. It is said that peach yellows may bo largely if not wholly avoided by tlio use of potash—not the meagre 103 pounds per acre, but an application ol ten times that amount. Proof of this statement is offered in the fact that peach trees grown on new land are al ways healthy and vigorous. A dry cow should be fed well enough to keep her in good condition, but not so well as to make her fat. It is not to be forgotten that thw con dition of the calf depends great yon that of the cow, and that this will suffer before the cow does if the food is not sufficient to maintain both in good health. Professor Robertson has ascertained that by churning sweet cream at forty six degrees temperature all the butter fat can be recovered, but it takes about thirty minutes longer to do tho churning. Ripened cream he churns at from fifty-four to fifty-five degrees in summer and fifty-eight to sixty de grees in winter. At a meeting of tho local branch of the South Australian Bureau of Agri culture, a member stated that ho had raised and sol I fifty pigs at a cost of loss than twelve cents each fur feed. He had kopt them iu an enclosure where they fed off an early crop of barley and wore then fattened on melon*, the latter beiug u profitable food for the purpoae, HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. WASITTWCI rLATfTM. "All ulirnnk-np and absolutely good for nothing," said tho mother of n family as sho looked over the Htock ol summer flannels bought with the ut most caro and at great expense. "And the worst of it all is that, say what ] will, I cannot got my flannel* washed carofully. One of. my laundresses is nn enthusiast on cold water; another hae always regulated her work by the thermometer, and the third declares it makes no difference whether the water is hot or cold, they will shrink anyhow, and I do not think that there : is any wonder that they do, consider- I ing tbo way they handle them, i "Theso women, good, careful souls, every ono of them, put the flannols onto tbo washboard and literally maul them and grind them in their efforts to mako them clean, all of which is as unnecessary as it is ruinous. Some times in despair I do them myself, and the consequences aro that they do not Bhrink. I usesuds, pretty strong, and j with a very little sal soda in it, and I just as hot as I, by any possibility, I can handle the flannels in it. If it | is nearly boiling, so much the better. I put tho llannels in the tub, pour on j the suds, cover them up and let them ' stand for fifteen minutes, then take i them up by belts or collars as gingerly as possible with my very finger-tips, let tho water drain from them, dip them again and repeat tho draining process. "If thero aro any particularly dirty spots, I have soap dissolved in water to a pasty consistency and put a bit of it on the spots and leave them a few minutes longer. I do not rub tho soap in, neither do I rub tho flannels. I simply rinse them up and down in the water, acd this not more than is necessary to clean them. When I think they will do, I lay them wliero they will drain until tho water is nearly out, then prepare fresh hot suds and put them through inthesamo way. Under no circumstances would I wring them or press them any moro than is absolutely necessary. They are hung out dripping, and, if it is cold weather, they may freeze all they choose. I have had my fino French flannels brought in so stiff that they would stand up against the wall, and I have some of them now that are worn to rags that aro as soft and pli able as tho day they were made up. Before tho garments are fully dry they may be ironed. Never nse partly cool irons and rub them again and again, for this is worse than tho wring ing and squeezing process, but tako an iron as hot as may be without any danger of scorching, and manage so carefully that onco passing over tho fabric will smooth it. In this way flannels will last to a good old ago and preserve their original quality iutaufc." —New York Ledger. RECIPES FOR COOKING ATTT/ES. Apple Egg Pndding—Ten apple*, half pound sugar, ten cloves, quarter pint of water, four eggs, grated nut meg. Approximate cost, twenty-five cents. Peel and core the apples with out breaking them, till with sugar, and put one clove in each, set in a pio dish, pour the water over, and bake in a moderato oven. When sufficiently cooked, beat up the eggs with the re mainder of the sugar and the nutmeg, pour in and over the apples, and re turn them to the oven for ten min utes; sift sugar and grated nutmeg over, and serve. Apple Cream—Half pint of cream, one pound of apples, half a saltspoon ful of grated nutmeg, eight ounces powdered sugar, fifteen drops essence of lemon, half ounce gelatine, one gill of water. Approximate cost, forty five cents. Peel the apples, place them inn stew-pan with tho nutmeg and sugar, cook them till tender, pass tho apples through a sieve, and let them get cold; whisk up to a still froth tho cream, with the essence of lemou, add the apple pulp, and tho gelatine, boiled iu a gill of water; mix well to gether, pour into a mold and stand aside to set. Apple Dumplings—Six apples, half pound flour, quarter pound beef suet, quarter pint of water, four ounces Bugar, six cloves. Approximate cost, eighteen cents. Pare and core the apples without dividing them, and fill with sugar and one clove; chop tho suet very finely, rub it into the Hour, and mix into a paste with tho water; roll it out to a thin paste, divide in pieces, roll tho apples in it, taking care to join the paste noatly; form into balls and bake for half hour. For boiling prepare iu the same way, but tie in floured clothes, and boil from half to three-quarters of an hour. Applo Custard—Two pounds cook ing apples, three cloves, ono pint of milk, ten ounces loaf sugar, two or three bay leaves, a little leinonqiocl, four eggs, half pint cream. Approxi mate cost, fifty cents. Peel and core the apples, boil them gently with tho cloves in a little water, with half a pound pounded sugar; when they are quite soft beat theui up with a fork and remove the cloves; put the apple pulp into a glass dish and cover with a rich custard made as follows: Into a lined saucepan put one pint of milk, two ounces loaf sugar, two or threo bay leaves and a little thin lemon peel; let them stand on the side of the stove for half hour; remove the bay leaves and lemon peel; put, into a jug four eggs, and whisk them well; pour tho milk over the eggs; put the jug into a saucepan of boiling water; stir one way until the custard thick ens. Take the jug out of the water, stir for a lew minutes; set tho custard aside to cool; when cold pour over the apples. Whip half pint of creaiu and put, it on the top of the custard. Applo Fritters—Six tablospoonfuls of flour, one of yeast, oue breakfast cupful of milk, two eggs, one ounce of sugar, two ounces of suet, three apples, ono ounce of currants, the rind of a lemon, one-quarter pound of lard. Approximate cost, twenty-fivo cents. Mix the flour and yeast to a stiff batter with the milk over night; the next day add the eggs, well beaten, and the rest of tho ingredients; knead well; tho suet, must be very finely chopped previous to mixing; when well mixed cut oil' pieces of the dough, make into an oval form about one ineli thick, three inches wide and four and a half long, fry in. boiling lard till of a golden brown, dnfiu on blotting paper, oud serve.—Now York He- Border. Tho Unitod States contain 2000 woman architects. Hannah More wroto "Tho Soarch After Happiness" at twenty-eight. Women arc to bo employed as drum mers for a Chicago dealer in gum. Tho Empress of China has her own private silk looms within tho royal X>alace. Tho Princess of Wales is rtaid to bo ushering in an economic style by wear ing two-button gloves again. Diaphanous crepes, figured silks, muslins and all tho transparent ma terials are more tompting than ever. Signorina Toresina Labriola, daugh ter of Professor Homonynie, of Rome, has received tho degree of doctor of laws. Rudyard Kipling is said to have been jiltod by six London girls in suc cession before ho wooed and won bis American wife. Mrs. Virginia L. Miner, the woman suffragist of St. Louis, Mo., who died a few days ago, bequeathed SIOOO to Susan B. Anthony. A neat and useful little addition to a dress is a yoke fashioned like the top of tho bodice and made of muslin cut in holes and embroidered. Queen Victoria purchases almost every now book of note publishod, and her expenditure on literature of ail sorts is over S6OOO per annum. Mrs. Eva T. Cook, the senior Vice- President of the Woman's Relief Corps, dolivcred tho Memorial Day address at Northboro', Mass., before the post. Mrs. Seward Webb's new house in tho Adirondacks will have ono hun dred rooms and require an army o? servants. The cost of tho castle will be $1,500,000. The newest fans are imitations of antique ones. Sotno are of co'orod silk with colorod poarl handles with quaint medallions set in littlo frames of iridescent spangles. Mme. Jane Hading, tho great French actress, says:"American women are very clever and intellectual, but the great majority of men don't caro a rap about plays, literature or art." Mrs. Russell Sage is an ardent ad vocate of woman suffrage. Miss Helen Gould also signed one of tho numer ous petitions which were in circula tion last spring for the "cause." A prominent figuro in the English woman suffrage movement is Mrs. Fawcett, widow of Professor Henry Fawcett, who was at ono timo Post master-General under Gladstone. The romorseless historian has dis covered that even Mrs. Browning dropped tnree years from her age, so that she was forty instead of thirty seven when married to Browning. It is a commented-upon fact that the occupation of trained nurse at tracts very few Southern women. The North and East furnish the greatest number of volunteers in this profes sion. Tho first woman to hold ofßcc iu the League of American Wheelmen in New York State is Amelia Voa Shaick, who was appointed by Chief Consul Charles 11. Lusoomb local consul at Tuxedo Park. A Rational Dress Association has been formed in Now Zealand. Its ob ject is to be "the bringing about of that change in woman's dross which her wider life and increased activity seemed to demand." A new monthly periodical with tho title of The Impress, is about to bo started iu Sau Francisco, with Mrs. Charlotte Perkius Stetson as editor. Helen Campbell will bo the.assoa'.ato editor, and Paul Tyno the publisher. Jet belts are very dressy and are largely worn with silk blouses. They are made of jet beads and cabochons strung 011 elastic, the strands being held together with jet slides, and elabotato clasps being arranged in front. Miss Marion Gilchrist and Miss A. L. L. Cumming, of Glasgow, have the honor of being tho first ladies to take a medical degree in Scotland. They have just graduated from tho Univer sity of Glasgow, after a seven years' course. Miss Fmnia Maud Pholps, whoso strong storv Seraph, an admirable translation from Sacher-Masoch at tracted such attention a few mouths ago, translates from the Hungarian, Flemish, French, German and languages. "Georgo Egerton," the author of Keynotes, is a young Irish lady, a Miss Dunne. Her father, Captain Dunne, was for mauy years an Irish official, having been Governor of diftereut jails, and is himself an artist of some skill. China linen is a new fabric used in makiug up fine underwear. It is es pecially suited for summer we.ir, hiv ing, in addition to its weblike fine ness of weave, a sort of cool slippjr iness to tho touch that is inviting in warm weather. Select a checked wool for tho shop ping gown. Drape slightly tho front of tho skirt ami rnako a Garcon de Cafe jacket to bo worn over wash vests or shirt waists. For hat, take a Ty rolean of black straw triminccl with n ribbon and buckle. The women of tho sixteenth century had their foibles in tho matter of or nament. They woro a thing or t-To for use, as well. Their girdles carried bunches of keys, smelliug salts, pow der pull', mirror, needles, thread, pins, nail file and a dagger. Harriet Hoamor has given to the Art lustitute of Chicago the cast made by tho artist in lHo'l of the olaspe l hands of Robert Browning and his wife, for which she refused the offer of S' r >ooo in England. It is the cast of which Hawthoruo wrote in "l'he Marble Faun." Mrs. Ella S. Bunker, of Washing ton, lias just returned from a trip to Nebraska, where she "hotnostoadr 1" a a quarter section of the laud set apart for actual settlers. She will visit it twice a year to make her title good and to prove that a wo uan is fully capable of karuin? how to do aluiont anything a man can. of 'f S * Government Chemists have ia ! t * reported, 1 after an examination of the J|| ~j different brands, that the ROYAL Bak- p| I Ing Powder is absolutely pure, greatest Sp |S \ln strength,' and superior to all others. |& I'asslng ot the Coiiqiass. The compass may yet disappear from tho sea, says the Hiilailelphia Rocord. The littlo needle, by tho aid of which intrepid mariners have for conturies charted tho vast ocean developed a sudden fickleness to tho polo as Boon as the compass was plaood aboard tho iron and steel ships of this ago. So erratic have been tho needle's devia tions that, without frequent compari son with sorno kmown standard, the helmsman would have boen afraid to trust tho instrmiiesnt as a nautical guide over the tracjkless waters. For the first time in tho history of naviga tion an appliance hi»s been inventod which seems to bo absolutely accurate and trustworthy in tho determination of the course of ships at sea. Lieu tenant W. H. Beech® - , of the United States navy, appears to have achieved this triumph in his .delicate and beau tiful solarometer, the telescope of which is so floated upon successive layers of quicksilver, inn vessel hung upon gimbals, that the heaviest sea will evidently be unofble to disturb its dead level. Tho authorized Govern ment deep sea trial of the first model on the North German Lloyd stoamer Weimar will decide tho fate offtho old style compass. The Pepsin Habit. A New York physician of promi nence remarked tho other day to a newspaper man that he was not sur prised to find that tho pepsin habit is raging just as furions to-day as tho quinine habit did not long ago, as it seemtf to be human nature for people to make continual experiments on themselves with medicine, with a blind faith that a popular panacea will cure all tho ills that flesh is heir to. Said he:"I have noticed that in all the penny-in-the-slot machines devoted to confections tho pepsin-gum boxes are nearly always empty. lam told that it is necessary to refill them several times a day. Boys hawk it every where —in tho streets, at tho races, at baseball games. It cannot do very much harm to a dyspeptic, but it cer tainly does him no good. Theamount of pure pepsin in a package of this gum is infinitesimal."—Now Orleans Ficayune. BEECHAM'S PILLS (Vegetable) What They Are For Biliousness indigestion sallow skin dyspepsia bad taste in the mouth pimples sick headache foul breath torpid liver bilious headache loss of appetite depression of spirits when these conditions are caused by constipation ; and con stipation is the most frequent cause of all of them. One of the most important things for everybody to learn is that constipation causes more than half the sick ness in the world; and it can all be prevented. Go by the book. Write to B. F. Allen Company, 365 Canal street, New York, for the little book 011 CONSTIPATION (its causes con sequences and correction); sent free. If you arc not within reach of a druggist, the pills will be sent by mail. 25 cents. ■■■ P fl I I CPC offer* both sexes the best educational advantage* ■ uU LLC UC at the LOWEST COST. Thorough ln*tnu tIOII in fl A. A ARITHMETIC ami other ENGLISH BRANCHES BOOKKEEPING, «--■■ fl T ■■l ■■ IV BANKING, CORRESPONDENCE, COMMERCIAL LAW, etc.; PEN mm II m* I 111 ■1 11 manship, stenogra ■« U m ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ PHY, TYPEWRITING.etc n Luulillull iSESaSE'!;: foe? I' 111 0 fitting them for honorable positions. Business houses supplied ■ 9 tij I with satisfactory assistants. Situation* lurninhed r»nn»r- H ■ I n| [J j»1 L u I tent fttuilentM. For enf nlosue. nd«lrenn CLEMENT C. Km Rfl WJf H» 1 I H §L « S I GAINES, PRESIDENT, 0 Washington street. Pouschkeepsle, N. Y. ™ ■ ■ ■ What Brings Release From Dirt and Grease? Why, Don't You Know? SAPOLIO! WALTER BAKER & CO. The Largest Manufacturers of (TA PURE, HICH CRADE H,COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES Continent. have received SPECIAL ANO HIGHEST AWARDS /w on a " their Good* at the B L|KL CALIFORNIA FFI TW A MIDWINTER EXPOSITION. W L I BREAKFAST COCOA, r" 11 Which, unlike the Dutch l*rocesi, fjnfi ~r j /ia made without the uae of Alkalirs or other Chemicals or J>yes. la abao- pure aud soluble, and coeta leu than r >e cent a cup. •OLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE. WALTER BAKER & CO. DORCHESTER, MASS. I YCEUM SCHOOL OF ACTIN6 k THK BERKELEY LYCEUM, NEW YORK CITY. Eleventh year begins in (K'tol>er. Catalogue FREE. EPILEPTIC, PARALYTIC and NERVINE INSTITUTE, 667 Massachusetts A vs., Boston, Mass, (Near Wsshinrton fit.) For tbs treatmeat of epilepsy, paratrsl*, brain and m Oftira treatment if dsaired. Institute a pen dsily. Bend for circulars. 11l UOIII P Tht ' v h °P' Kk, P' J" m P. dance, turn Mini UUnrl n U ersault* almost Incessantly from An DC A 116 K'Uat to May. Wonderful product of a DC AHO K.»rcUti rree. Greatest curiosity to •traw crowd# wherever shown, 011 street*, in utinp n indnws, H<*. Jint imported. Every »>ody want* • •lie. Full history of Tree and sample Jll m |»l 11 u Bean to Ajcfnts or stri-etmen cent a, postpaid HCc : sl. I', S> l"". si" Ku«h order and be lirst. ssell quantitiesto your merchant* for window at tractions and then #eli to others. vulck Hale*. Try I<*». Bltt Money. A*etit*' Herald, No. 146, .1. K.. I'hila., I'a HA VAU offer employment to 3 men or wv sww women in each county that will WANT l ,ftV •** * mouth. No capital r«- ..V-MVia quired. Addressr. W. ZIKOLKK* WORK? co,bos j»a», fui«s*ipi>M, »•*. Origin ol Tea. It is difficult nowadays to imagine how tho Japanese managed to livo without tea ; everybody drinks it at all hours of the day, and tho poorest people rarely get a chance of drink ing anything stronger, anil yet it is, as things went in old Jap in, a com paratively recent introduction. Tea was introduced with Buddhism from China, and though some plants were brought as early as tho ninth century, it was not much grown until tho eud of tho twelfth. Daruma, an Indian saint of tho sixth century, often rep resented in Japanese art either cross ing tho ocean on a reel or sitting a monument of patience with his hands in his sleeves, was the father of tho toa-plant. After years of sleepless watching and prayer he suddenly got drowsy, and at last his eyelids closed and ho peacefully slept. Whon ho awoke ho was so ashamed of this par donable weakness that ho cut oil tho offending eyelids and threw them on the ground, where tucy instantly took root and sprouted into the slirub which lias ever since had power to keep tho world awake.—Harper's Magazine. Charles 11. was the Mutton Eating Kiug, from his fondness for spring lamb. m>l AGfS I Arid condition* In life, If ' *6- ■>-1 | ' «■" liable at times, to need II an Invigorating Tonic; a • II Regulator of the natural, periodical |l function, aud a Soothing and llrao- J; lug Nervine. For this purpose In Dr. Pierca's Favorite Prescription I Is the only medicine so certain in its curative action that it can be guaran teed. Your money is returned if it does not cure. In Maidenhood, Womanhood, and Motherhood, It invigorates and braces up the exhausted, run-down, overworked and delicate: allays and banishes all Nervous Weakness. Kits, bpasins, Hysteria, Chorea, or St. V(. tus'g Dance; corrects all unnatural ir- t regularities of monthly function and I cures Periodical I'ains, Weaknesses. Bearing Down Sensations, Hack ache, Catarrhal Inflammation. .Ulceration and kindred maladies. ' For those about to breoine mothers, it Is a priceless boon, for it lessens the pains and perils of childbirth, shortens " labor " and the period ot confinement, and promotes the secretion of an abundance of nourishment for the child. W.L. DOUGLAS e« CUrtC IS THE BEST QllVbxosauHxiti *5. CORDOVAN, AM/ FRENCH&. ENAMELLED CALF! \ FINECALF&KAN6AHOIL RAFT ' $ 3.5P POLICE.3 SOLES. 4? so.t2.WORKINGMEN? ftt" %\ 1 EXTRA FINE. ,4 JFIAJ *2.*l. 7 -? BOYSSCHOOLSHOES. • LADIES SEND FOR CATALOGUE W-L*DOUGLAS, ' BROCKTON, MASS. \ eu can save moner by wearing i&» XV. L,, Douglae 53.00 Shoe. Ilecauao, wo are the largest manufacturers o* thia grade of 3hoes in the world, andguarantee theli value by stamping the name »n(l price on the bottom, whleh protect you against bigh pricee and the middleman's profits. Our shoer equal custom work in atvle. easy ntttng and wearing qualities. Wehavethem sold everywhere a.lower jviceafor the value givqn than any other make. Take no sub ttltute. If j our dealer sannot aupply you, we can.i j j ENGINES t t ANO BOILERS { W For nil purpose- rc«iuirint( v j \ power. Automatic, Corliss A * ' w tV ('omjM>un<l Hor- ¥ I \ iEontal tV Vertical Hoilers. A I ¥ Complete steam Plants. •If B.W.PAYNE&SONS, { { N.V.„ ni .e E, " lira NY " { Li RUPTURED HURSES, COLTS, Ac , vur«<l by owner Inform*!ion fr««. MVOItJS titiva., Albany, »■ *V
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