AI way* a Uentleman.
When the wife of Sir Bartle Frore
had to moot him at the railway sta
tion, sho took with hor a servant who
had never soon his master. "Yoti
must go and look for Sir Bartle," sho
ordered. "But," answered the non
plussed servant, "how shall I know
him?" "Oh," said Lady Frero, "look
for a tall gentleman helping some
body. " The description was sufficient
for tho qniok-witted man. He went
and found Sir Bortlo Frere helping an
old lady out of a railway carriage, and
knew him at onco by tho description.
—Argonaut.
The Length ot a Nautical Knot.
A knot is an English geographical
or nautical mile, which is 6080.7 feet.
This is one-sixtieth parts of a degree
At the equator. A degree of longitude
at the equator is 69.16 statnto miles
(each 5280 foet). A degree of latitude
vories on account of the spheroidal
figure of tho earth ; it is 68,702 statute
miles at tho equator and 69,390 at the
poles.
Summer Activities.
If ono wero to attompt to enumerate and
classify the sports of summer, ho would havo
a large job on hand, but at a glance wo know
that thousands areongaged in these pastimes
of land and water. Tho uso of physloal nnd
muscular exertion is immense, and as a re
sult tho rough usage brings about sprains,
hurts, bruises, wounds nnd cuts, for which
tho greatest and surest euro is St. Jacobs
Oil. All sportsmen know nnd acknowledge
this, as also raisers and trainers of line
horses, nnd breeders of lino cattle. It is the
sportsmen's best reliance nnd Is kept on
hand accordingly.
During 1891 over 12,000,000 tons of coal
wero shipped from tho ltiver Tyno, England.
Dr. Kilmer's BWAMP-KOOT cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Famphlot and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton, N. Y.
Missouri convicts have corn broad for din
ner six days In tho week.
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Tho one with steady nerves nnd a clear
brain. That means, in nine cases out of ten,
the man with n good digestion. A Hipans
Tabule after dinner may save to-inorrow'a
business. *
,T. C, Simpson. Marquess W. Va., says:
" Hall's Catarrh Cure cured moot a very bad
rase of catarrh." Druggists sell if. 7*>o.
DON'T Wheeze nnd coush whon Hale's
lloney of Horehound and Tar will cure,
l'ike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
After fix years' sufTerinar, 1 wag cured by
Piso's Cure.— MAHY THOMSON. Ohio Ave
nue, Allegheny, l'a„ March 18, 181)4.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
(eethlnp, softens the KUIUS, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, euros wind colic, a bottle
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drew F. J. MUELLEH, P. O. Box
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when to graft chebby trees.
Graft the cheery trees early, or be
fore the buds swell to any considerable
extent. Fears and apples will do later,
or after the buds begin to push, pro
vided the scions havo been out in
winter and packed away in some damp
material where they will remain dor
mant until wanted for use. Tho ohorry,
as with other stono fruits, must be
grafted quite early in tho spring, and
with extra care, in order to mako the
scions grow; still, a skilful grafter is
usually moderately successful with
such trees.—New York Sun.
FEEDING VALUE OF SKIM MILK.
The feeding value of skim milk is
admitted by all parties who havo given
the subject any attention at all, to be
from fifteen to forty cents per hundred
pounds, depending upon the character
of stock to which it is fed, and the
methods deployed in feeding. Now,
since tho change that seoms to have
come over the wholo country regard
ing tho manufacturo of filled cheese,
and tho stingent legislation that has
and will continue to be enacted
against this counterfeit, it would bo
well for tho creamerymcn, factorymen
and formers to take up this question
of utilizing skim milk and endeavor to
put it to tho best possible use.—Farm,
Field and Fireside.
CHICKENS DY ABTIFICAL INCUBATION.
The right heat of an incuba
tor is 104 degrees, variod occasionally
for a short time down to eighty de
grees. This change of the tempera
ture is needed to aerate the eggs in
side, for as tho eggs cool, tho air in
side contracts and air from outsido
passes through tho shell. Moisture is
also needed, so that tho eggs aro
sprinkled now and then with warm
water. When tho chicks nro hatched
they aro fed with any good food, but
mostly wilh cracked wheal, or oatmeal
at first, or a cake of cornmeal with
eggs in it, and a littlo sugar is very
good for them at first. They will eat
quite readily, but it is desirablo to
teaoh them to drink by taking one in
tho hand and dipping its bill in tho
water in a shallow dish. The chicks
are kept at first in a brooder for a
week or moro until they get strong.
After that they may bo put into a
glass-covered run out of doors and fed
six times a day, until they are strong
enough togo at largo in good weather
in a yard. An incubator that will
hold 200 eggs will cost about S4O. It
is not advisablo for any person to try
this business until ho has had success
ful experience with fowls hatched in
the usual way. For ordiuary purposes,
ono aero of ground, divided into two
yards, each to be used alternately, is
required for 100 old fowls. There
should bo another yard, or several of
them, of a quarter of an aero each,
for tho hen with broods.—New York
Times.
TO PREVENT SMUT IN COILN.
Much has been said of Into of cattle
nml horses nml other stock mysteri
ously dying, nml tho cause has been
traced to tho smut ou corn or a simi
lar fungus on other grain or grass fed
to them. Tho common smut of
crops is a minuto plant consisting of
white threads, like those of mildew,
which grow in plants, and generally
concentrate in tho seed heads. That
of corn appears in every part of tho
plaut-, even in tho roots, but mostly in
tho eeed heads. Tho seed of tho smut
fungus consists of extremely minute
black or brown balls, called spores,
and, when this smut dries, it is car
ried off by tho winds and spread far
and wide. But some of it lodges in a
tuft of minute hairs at one end of tho
seedt of tho grain, aud thus, when tho
grain is sown, the smut is 6own with
it, and in this way is most effectively
spread among the now crop. To pre
vent this tho seed, whether wheat,
oats or corn, is steeped iu a solution
of four ounces of bluestono (sulphate
of copper) in five gallons of hot water,
and this, when cold, is used to steep
tho seed in. Tho smut spores are thus
killed, and, of course, tiio danger of
new smut is greatly reduced, as only
that floating in tho air will infect tho
crops. The seed is kept m tho solu
tion for a few minutes, then taken out
and drained and spread out to dry; it
is then sown immediately. Or the
wet seed may bo mixed with some dry,
air-slackened lime, which is a great
help, and, thus driod, may bo sown at
once, cither by hand or by a drill.—
Colman's Kural World.
EARLY MATURITY OF STOCK. J*
All our domestic animals como to
maturity much earlier than used to be
tho case. The regular supply of food
in suflicient quantities brings all ani
mals to tho breeding ago much earlier
than they would como when iu a wild
state and dependent wholly on their
own exertions. As tho breeding is
earlier there is less vitality in the
progeny and a much greater suscepti
bility to disease. In tho wild state,
too, the weaklings are killed off by ex
posure to tho weather from which an
imals that are domesticated are care
fully sliieldod. Thus iu one case only
tho most vigorous survivo to perpetu
ate their kind, while iu tho other the
progeny is from both tho weak and
the strong, and therefore possesses a
smaller degree of constitutional vigor.
Sheltering too warmly promotes early
breeding, aud therefore teuds to di
minish size and health. Iu the Chan
nel Islands cnttlo this early breeding
aud oarly maturity lias run to exoess.
It is the stock that has been pushed
too rapidly aud forced into premature
breeding that uow BnlFers most from
tuberculosis. One of the best ways to
cheok this disease is to reverse this
process. Heifers of the small breeds
should be well into tiicir third year
before being allowed to drop a calf,
and iu tho meantime they ought not
to be fed so as to induco o tendency to
fatten. It is too great it burden to
put on a young heifer, itself not half
grown, to set it to growing u calf
[ while itself needing all it can digest to
maintain its own growth.—Boston
Cultivator.
POTATO GROWING.
Potato growing is attracting moro
attention every year, as farmers real
ize that an aore of potatoes can bo
grown at about the same expenditure
of time and labor as an acre of corn,
while the returns from the two are
very different, for potatoes havo
brought fair returns within the past
two or three years, and tho profit
would be still greater if proper cul
ture and fertilization were snpplied.
Many farmers plant potatoes on tho
poorest sections of their farms and are
disappointed at obtaining email yields
of inferior tubers. How could it bo
otherwise, when the soil is lacking in
tho necessary plant food for the crop?
Thero is no doubt that when the soil is
adapted to its growth, the potato is a
profitable crop lot the one who bestows
on it experience, care and hard work.
There is little need of hand labor in
raising potatoes. With modern tools
the planting, cultivating and harvest
ing oan bo done by machinery. Tho
latter is responsible also for largely
increasing the acreage. Seed tubers
should bo sound and not much sprout
ed to bo in tho best condition for
planting. It is well to plaoo them in
warmth and sunlight for a weok be
fore cutting them for seed. Tho
singlo eye cutting has not so many ad
vocates as formerly, and it is general
ly coaceded that the safest plan is to
plant a fair-sized piece. Tho con
tinued use of small potatoes docs not
givo good results. It is important
that tho variety bo tho best as regards
both yield and quality. Old "run
out" sorts do not pay.
Tho distance botwoen tho rows de
pends upon tho variety of potato.
Thoso which produce large tops should
bo planted in rows about threo foet
apart, while tho small top varieties
may bo planted about two nnd a half
feet ilistaut. Tho object is to have a
complete shading of tho ground. This
is of particular importance in a dry
season. Four inches is about tho best
dopth for planting. This avoids much
hilling and yet allows for easy harvest
ing, The preparation of tho seod bod
should bo as thorough as possible.
Afterwards frequent, shallow, level
culture is best. A potato field should
be kept clean from the time of plant
ing to tho harvesting of the crop.
Many potato fields are allowed to bo
come so overrun with weeds as to
mako tho cost of harvesting moro than
all other labor given during tho sea
son. Keep the weeds down from tho
start, and tho tubers will bo larger
and tho yield heavier. Potatoes aro
best not to be dug uutil fully ripe,
and care should bo taken to provent
exposure to tho suu.—New Yorl
Wor'd.
FABM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Ilavo any of your fowls white, O'
scaly logs? Attond to thorn.
Now got somo grass for your hons
Throw in a sod occasionally aud tliej
will thank you.
Those who have tried both clain
that there is very little difference, nou<
in fact, between whito aud brown Log
horns, except in color.
Get a lot of old plaster that somo
body has torn from a wall, aud dump
in your lion park. Tho fowls will soon
grind it up into egg shells.
It is possible to build a wire netting
fence high enough to retain browu
Leghorns. We have demonstrated it,
though we always thought it impossi
ble before.
You can now dig up tho ground in
your hen park, and tho way tho hens
gobble the worms, aud wallow in the
dirt, will convince you that you have
made no mistake.
When you bring in a dozen eggs at
night, and they aro so nearly aliko
that no difference in color cau bo de
tected, it is aafo to assume that your
hens are pretty well bred.
Tho nature of most breeds of poul
try is to bo gentle audit is only by
experience of rough treatment that
they become shy. Tha true fancier
pets and handles his birds, but always
so gently that they learn to trust thoir
keepor.
Eggs broken within tho hen usually
cause death. Wash the vent with hot
water to relax the tissues, theu apply
sweet oil, pass tho finger up tho ovi
duct and remove as much of the broko
shell as possible. Unless the hon is
valuable it would not pay.
Make a drinking fountain for your
eliickp, by lilling a tin can with water
and theu turning it upside down on n
Hat dish or tin cau cover. This will
let out just enough water to supply
their wants but not enough to drown
in, and it is always cloar.
Tho pure broil cockerel that sells
for about $l is not the kind we see at
the largo poulti-y shows. But ho is au
excellent bird to uso on a common
ilock—worth a dozen scrubs, inbrod
and akiu to tho hon as we see them iu
commou uso among neglected farm
poultry.
"Tho horao is galled and still wo
need him in tho collar daily." All
right. Keep on working liitn,
spongo tho galls two or three time;
daily in cold water and cover them'
with powdored sulphur. Tho sort
spots will callus ovor, become tough
and heal iu spite of the work.
Accustom your horses to a low, oalm
tono of voice and use it if anything
breaks, or thoy bocome frightened,
and they will always bo mauagouble.
Tho horse that listens for loud com
mands is carried away by panic. On
buyiug a now horse get him into your
habits as soon as it is possible to do so.
To make a success of the poultry
l>U6iuess one raiwt have a liking for
tho work, and bo villiug to work, too,
for poultry will i»ut bear much neg
lect. Tho houses Imust bo kept olean,
tho feeding and wittering should be
ilono regularly, anil plenty of gravel
I and grit kept bytUem, and ground
I green boue.
110U8EII0LD AFFAIRS.
LAUniUBQriNH AND DBAmilA.
In the interest of true art, tho old
ntyla of lambrequin is no longer in
vogue. In plaoe of it ia long, aoft
drapery, fastened to a window pole or
festooned about it, and either falling
in straight, voluminous foldings or
looped into graceful cascades. The
heavily-carved cornice, with an em
bossed central pediment, ia no more
to be seen laden with accumulated
dust of mouths of sweepings.
The best way to arrange drapery is
the simplest. In the old style, stiff
and saloon-like,' the fabric was cut and
sewed into shape on the table. Now
it is draped. If draped, it needs be
ilirectly after the top is hnng, so that
each window is treated by itself. If
the room be higb, tho effect will be
heightened by arranging it in a series
of cascades or jabots.
In a handsome parlor there are
hung tirst and close to tho glass soft,
delicate luce curtains that reach only
to tho bottom of the sash. Next fol
low the French festoon shades, gener
ally of pongeo or other light silks.
Those consist of four longitudinal
puffings, controlled by a spring roller.
Then come tho festooned long laoe
curtains, and lastly the silk broeade
velours or tapestry hangings that are
attached to the polo by puffs or fes
toons, nnd descend to tho floor in ele
gant and graceful wavings.—House
hold News.
THE FAMILY srrEttfa-BOOM.
One of the good old institutions of
family life which has nearly disap
peared from the modern homo is tho
family sitting-room. Nothing in tho
modern small house takes the place or
fulfills its function. The small parlor
and reception-hall must bo kept in or
der for company. This is a necessity
when there are young children. Tho
library is too small, and is, besides,
the place where wc want quietness.
Usually, also, it opens out of the par
lor or hall, and therefore has not the
privaoy necessary to tho true family
sitting-room. In theso days of ex
treme individualism every member of
the family wants a room to himself or
herself, which is, presumably, tho
reason why our houses are cut up into
so many little cubby holes of cham
bers. And so tbero is no place kept
for a big, comfortable, light, airy,
roomy sitting-room.
Yet did we regard things rightly wo
would have a sitting-room in our house
if we had to sacrifice the parlor. Not
that it could tako the place of the
parlor, for ono of tho first requisites
to tho real family sitting-room is
privacy to family life and opportunity
for freodom. Thoro must bo tho big
table with tho latup nnd tho children's
school books, toys and games, the
newspaper, and perchance the moth
er's mending basket. There must be
the comfortable loungo on which the
tired father or son can stretch at ease
and take a little evening nap, lulled
by tho murmur of family life around
him. There must bo tho easy chairs,
not too fino to bo tilted back by tho
kind but unsophisticated relative from
tho country, whom, of course, we
must admit to this family sanctum.
Here especially must tho mothor make
her headquarters. The mother is the
heart of tho home, and she must be
accessible to all her family many
hours of tho day if the heart-life of
tho borne is to bo kept warm and
glowing.
Around her tho different members
of tho family must center for the in
terchange of thought and news of each
other's doings. It is truly lamentable
that in so many families brothers and
sisters, parents and children are al
most entire strangers to each othei's
lives; nnd when they do meet have
very little of common interest to talk
about. Tho tendency is to the disin
tegration of tho home and tho chill
ing aud decay of family affection.
Nothiug will remedy this like a return
to tho good old custom and possession
of a family sitting-room.—Chicago
Recjrd.
ITECIPEFL.
Sweet Potato Croquettos—Bake four
good-sized sweot potatoes till they
pierco easily with a fork. Carefully
remove the skins. While warm add a
tablospoonful each of butter and cream.
Season with salt aud pepper, boat and
mix thoroughly, form into cylinder
shaped croquettes, dip in beaten egg,
then in bread-crumbs and fry in smok
ing hot lard.
Lemon Bice—Take one cupful of
cover rice, with boiling water, aud let
simmer on tho back of tho stove till
thoroughly done. Shake, do not stir,
taking care to keep the grains nice
and whole. Add the rind of one lemon
and juice of two, two scaut cups of
.sugar. Putin tho oven until the sugar
is dissolved, which only takes a minute.
Then put iu a wot mold to cool. Serve
with sweoteued cream.
Egg Salad Twelvo hard-boiled
epge, one-half jiiut of cream, butter
the size of an egg, a little parsley
chopped line, one tablospoonful of
tlour. Take cream, bntter, parsley
nnd flour, mix and cook until thick.
Slioo tue eggs, and after oaoh layer of
oggs add ono of bread-crumbs, over
which pour the cream to cover. When
the dißh is full bako until brown.
Garnish with parsley and sorve hot.
Baked Prune Pudding—Wash one
pound of prunes. Cover with a pint ol
cold water and soak over night. Pr»t
two tablespoonfuls of sago into one
Xiint of water and soak also over night.
Next morning add to the prunes the
juice of ono lemon, one cup of sngar
and the soaked sago. If it is desired,
tho prunes may bo stoned before add
ing the other ingredients. Mix well
nnd turn into a bakiug-dish. Cover
tho top of the dish aud stand iu the
ovon for twonty minutes. Then re
movo tho cover and let remaiu for ten
minutes longer. Servo with plain
cream.
Tissue Paper lor Col 1 Feet.
Cold feet are a positive nflliction
which some persons endore through
out the winter season. Many reme
dies are suggested ; ono practice 1 ic
Russia may be of benefit to somebody.
This is to wrap tho feet in tissue pa
per every miming before the shoes
uud stockings are put on. It is so
simple as to be easily worth a trial.—
St. Louis Star-Sayings.
The (Jreeks have two places of wor
ship in New York City, whero tho ser
vice is carried on iu the Greek tongue.
naaBEH
Women are letter-carriers in Han
gary.
The big soap plates are coming back
again.
Bash ribbons are wider than ever
before.
It is a remarkable season for beau
tiful ribbons.
It is called "betrothal" now, instead
of engagement.
Russian lovers send a daily present
to their fiancees.
The crown worn by Queen Viotoria
weighs forty ounces.
Bicyclists among women of the
"smart set" multiply.
Amelie Hives Ohanler, the novelist,
is getting prosaioally fat.
There are twenty-fivo women run
ning country papers in Kansas.
Women's cyoling clubs are spring
ing np in all parts of the country.
Two women have been eleoted to the
Board of Education in Freepoti, 111.
Muzzles aro used on refractory wo
men in tho provincial penitentiary at
Cologne.
The collection of old lace belonging
to tho Princess of Wales is worth
8150,000.
The University of Aberdeen has
conferred the degree of LL.D. on Miss
Jane Harrison.
Mrs. Paran Stevens left an estate of
81,500,000. She made no charitable
or public bequests.
An authority on anthropology says
that the oars of women are set farther
forward on the head than thoso of
men.
Tho girl of the period holds her
head very high theso days, not becauso
sho is proud, but because of tho stock
collar.
Tho publisher of tho Maemillan
Magazine has offered the Princess of
Wales SSOOO for au article. Sho has
declined.
A scabbard for tho fan is a new in
vention imported from Paris. It is to
dangle from tho waist bolt from a sil
ver chain.
Summer girls will be known by a
variety of shirt waist* they have.
Ono skirt and a dozen waists will de
scribe it.
The number of fashionablo womon
who make their own bonnets now-a
days is what gives so many milliners
dyspepsia.
Elizabeth Vierobe, who died roaont
ly in a German village, hvl been a
servant in ono household for seventy
nine years.
American womon have won great
social triumphs in Home this soason,
and have been widely quoted for their
beauty and cleverness.
•Tohu Hunter, tho famous anatomist,
once said that tho feminine love of
conversation was in coasequeaeo of a
peculiarity in brain tissue.
Queen Victoria is tho only lady sov
ereign in Europe who never patron
ized Worth, the famous Parisian cos
tumor, whose death has recently been
announced.
The Women's Higher Elucatiou In
stitute of St. Petersburg has just been
presented with the fiuo library of the
deceased Dnko Ssaltikow, consisting
of 4070 volumes.
This is a season of contrasting;
colors,but they arososkillfully blenlol
that tho effeot is generally very plow
ing. Dark blue and mauve is a OOJl
bination in great favor.
Stiff muslin ribbons are a novol'y.
They are made of mousseline do soie,
■with a narrow satin edge, and are
ornamonted with tiny branches of
silk-embroidered flowers.
The woman with a lmndsomo throat
will do well to adopt tho fashion of
having the top of her gown linisheJ,
not with a high collar, but with a
scrolled design of gold or jet.
Taffeta ribbon is to be much used
this summer, especially for trimming
muslins. With plain materials it is
most offective when ligured, though
the same gown and ribbons may bloom
with posies.
The City Council of Paris has beon
petitioned by the Equal Bights Com
mittee of that city to name a street
after Mme. Alboni, tho famo-.ts oper
atic vocalist, who loft 3103,033 to tin
French capital.
Miltou, \V. Va., has a military com
pany composed entirely of girls. Ttny
aro drilling under the tutorship of a
captain of tho Stato militia, uul pro-,
pose to appear in public when thoy
become proficient.
Most of the black hair nsel in wigs
and "switches" is said to oome from
tho Italian and Spanish convouts;
most of the bloule hair from tho
heads of Swedish, Danish, Russian and
German peasant girls.
Ruffles, gimp, jetto.l trimming,puffs,
bands, botv*, lapels, collarettes, liehus,
bretelles, berthas and every other
imaginable garniture an I style of
tinish aro called into requisition iu
tho getting up of this part of tho oos
tume.
Dhaubai Fardoujee Banajec, an
Indian woman, carried off the lirst
prizo in the Bombay Association of
Artists. She went to Paris to com
plete her studies, aud oue of her pic
tures was nccepte.l by the Committee
of the Salon.
Tho first womau publisher in this
country was Charlotte Fowler Wells.
She went into business in 1811, aud
still continues her calling. S'.ie says
she is so fond of h£r work and so occu
pied that sho has no time to rcuuj
that sho is growing old.
The Empress of Germany was so
anxious that nothing should bo left
undone to givo Prince Bismarck pleas
ure on his birthday that she had all
her children write letters of oougr.it
ulation to him, herself guiding the
hands of the younger ones.
There is an effort to introduce the
sloping shoulder effect, wbioh is only
becoming to well rounded iignres.
Tho latest Paris models show very lonp
shoulder seams and a tendency to have
the fullness of the sleeves spring from
below the shoulder, but this stylo ha*
uaught to recommend it, save it*
novelty.
Highest of all in leavening strength.—UtNt 0.8. Report
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Economy requires that in every receipt calling
for baking powder the Royal shall be used. It
will go further and make the food lighter, sweeter,
of finer flavor, more digestible and wholesome.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., tO6 WALL ST., NEW YORK.
Edison's Minor Inventions.
It ia not the electric lights nor tbo
photographs, nor any of the other
things with which Mr. Edison's name
is connected that strikes the visitor as
the greatest part of his work. It is
the invention of the innumerable
machines with which these things are
made. Tho idea of the eleotric light
woaid have been of no use in the
world without machines for making
the lunps and the other parts. All of
thes» machines had to be invented
and made by tho electricians, and
there aro thousunds of them —some no
bigger than a toy engine, some as
large, nearly, as a house. Many of
them are so delicate that thev are
operated with a belt no larger than a
shoestring. One of them is used for
polishing jewels for use in the phono
graphs. Without being touched by
anybody it holds the tiny jewel in
every possible position, shifting it,
turning it, absolutely feeling it, to
learn whether it is smooth, and all
tho while its delicate finders are nt
work rubbing, rubbing at the jewel,
which is no bigger than the head of a
largo pin. No boy could movo his
fingers moro dexterously than this
machine moves its parts in turning
the jewel around.
Alert While Asleep.
A sbepard once, to prove the intel
ligence of his dog lying before the
tiro, said, during a long sentence con
cerning something else, and without
changing his tone: "I think the cow
is in the potatoes." Tho dog, which
appeared to bo asleep, says the Bos
ton Advertiser, jumped up instantly,
and leaping through tho window,
sorambled up tho turf roof of the
house, from which he could survey
the potato Held. Not seeing the cow,
be ran into tho farmyard and discov
ered her. Then ho returned and laid
down in front of the lire. The same
joke was tried again, and the same
performance was repeatod. The third
time, however, tho dog got up, went
to his master, wagging his tail with a
comical expression on his faoe, as if
to say ho understood tho game. Tho
company began to laugh, and ho, be
ing offended, returned to his corner
with an offended air and went to sleep,
refusing to be disturbed again.
The United States consumes 15,-
300,000 pounds of mince-iueat annu
al.
ONU ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it ia pleasant
and refreshing to tho tafte, and acta
fenlly yet promptly on tho Kidneys,
<ivcr and Dowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches aud fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs ia the
only remedy of' its kind over pro
duced, pleasing to tho tasto and ac
ceptable to tho stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy ana agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have mado it tho most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figa is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAI.
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW 10HK. N V-
Sin U—4l
. r—: —z v It bristles with
- sEr good points.
'• It— And the minute they spy dirt they
S 191 rise up and go for it. No matter
what it's on—linen, laces, silk,
"3 PCADIIUf woolens, flannel, marble, china,
I CMnLInC ip- glass, wood, metal, or your own
'COMPOUND person, Pearline will get the dirt
THE 6RCAT INVENTION otT with the lc&st trouble and labor.
"3 &SM**routCmf*r 4-. It saves that ruinous wear and
""" tear that comes from rubbing.
NIW VORK. • J|R- But there's another point to think
about, more important still:
S'J /MM 1 n > Pearline is absolutely harm
ess to any washable substance or fabric.
• Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell rou. ,
A "this is «s good as" or "the same as Pearline." ITS'
fir VV CLI FALSE—Pearline is never peddled; if your grocer sends
you an imitation, be honest— und it back. 447 JAMES PYLK, New Yort
"Good Wives Grow Fair in the Light of
Their Works," Especially if They Use
SAPOLIO
He Got the Paso.
An application for an annual pass
was made to Commodore Vanderbilt
by tho president of a road about
twenty-five miles long. "Your road
doesn't seem to cover a great amount
of territory," suggested tho Commo
dore to the applicaut. ">lo," said tho
applicant; "it isn't quito so long as
the New York Central; but, by
graoious, Mr. Vanderbilt, it's just as
wide!" The pass was issued.—New
York Tribune.
Town Pays a Dividend.
It seems that there is one city in
the world which not only escapes
taxes, but pays a dividend to its in
habitants. This unique town is Gall
now, Hungary, which derivos so much
revenue from its woods, pastures and
farms that the corporation furnishes
tho citizens with freo fuel.—Chicago
Times-Herald.
The total consumption of cotton in
tho world is 12,000,000 bales a year.
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