Medical Superstition*. That belief the Chinese havo in the remedial qualities of substances form ing a part of the human body seems to be iiradicablc. Thinking that Euro peans still entertained the same silly ideas, led ns much as anything olse to the Tien-Tsin massacres of twenty-fivo years ago. Prehistoric man drank from a human skull, believing thst the uncanny goblet had a certain po tency. Not so long ago, the skull of a suicide was used in Caithness as a drinking cup for tho euro of epilepsy. Even cases have been cited when su perstitious people, within the last thirty years, haro dug up bodies so as to possess themselves of skulls for tho same purpose. As late as 1078, in the official pharmacopoeia of the London College of Physicians, mention is mado "of the skull of a man who had died a violent death." For centuries in the past, for the manufacture of certain quack nostrums, notably an ointment, ground skulls were used. The medical books of Nuremberg of 200 years ago always cite mummia— or the embalmed flesh of mummies— as a sovereign cure for certain dis eases. The Egyptian mummy was a specific for one malady, the Teneriffd mummy for another. Excluding all other strange substances employed iu early medicine, thero is a Iraco of can nibalism in the use of those mummicJ substances. It has been shown thai cannibalism does not arise in all cases from hunger, but that to eat human flesh is a religious rite, and favored by the gods. In somo remote manner, it has something to do with sacrifice. Describing superstitions, tho fact is cited that to-day Irish peasants use skulls to hold wator in, under tho be lief that the water thus becomes cura tive,—New York Tress. Blondin and His Hope. The baggage of Blondin, the famous French tight rope walker, when on tour consists of the following: A main rope of 800 feet; circumference 6 J inches; weight, 800 pounds; twenty eight straining ropes, fifty guide ropes, eighty tying bars—tho average weight, not including poles, being five and a half tons. The freight of his fixings —including, we suppose, a huge travel ing tent, which can encompass 14,000 peoplo—amounted to 85000 betwoen Southampton and Melbourne. About threo days aro consumed iu making his preparations, with the aid of a dozen assistants. Tho due adjustment • of his rope is his principal care, and ho superintends every detail. In a fragment of autobiography written some years ago, Blondin tells us that tho rope he generally used was formed with a flexible coio of steel wire covered with the best Manila hemp, about an inch or three-quarters of an inch in diameter, several hun dred yards in length, and costing about §SOO. A large windlass at either end of the rope served to make it taut, while it was supported by two high poles. His balancing poles, of ash wood, vary in length, and aro in three sections, and weigh from thirty-seven to forty-seven pounds. He is indif ferent as to the height at which he is to perform. Blondin has never con fessed to any nervousness on the rope, and while walking ho generally looks eighteen or twenty feet ahead and whistlos or hums somo snatch of a song. The time kept by a musical band has frequently aidod him in pre serving his balance. Blondin is some thing of both carpenter and black smith, and is able to make his own models and fit np his own apparatus. —Chambers's Journal. Iceborgs in the Atlantic sometimes last for 200 yeare. Dr. Kilmer's bwAMp-HooT cnre3 ull Kidney and Bladder troubles), l'amphlet End Consultation froa Laboratory Blnghnmton, N. Y. It is estimated that eloctrio ears bare al reudy displaced 1,500,000 horses. Tobacco Destroys Vitality. Nervous system paralyzed by nicotine means lost manbood, weak eyes, and it general all gone look and feeling tbat robs life of its pleasure. Tobacco is the root of inuny an Impotent symptom, and No-To-Bac a guaranteed cure that will make you strong, vigorous and happy in more ways than one. No-To-Bai guaranteed and sold by Drug gists everywhere. Book, titled "Don't To bacco Spit or Smoke Your Life Away." Ad. sterling Reinody Co.. New York or Chicago. To Cleanse the Myateut Effectually yet gently, when costive or bilious, or wben the blood Is impure or slugglsh.to per manently cure habitual constipation, to awak en tho kidneys and liver to a healthy activity without irritating or weakening them, to dis pel headaches, colds or fevers, use Syrup of Figs. Worse Than Itum. Indigestion spoils more lives than rum. But you think you have "malaria" or "iirip," or something worse. The trouble is all in the dlnestive tract. Kipans Tubules bring a sort of Millennium with them. One gives relief, und their habitual use keeps the whole system in tone. Wet them of your druggist. Hall's Catarrh Curo Is a liquid and Is taken internally, anil acts directly on the blooil and mucous surfaces of the system. Write for tes timonials, free. Manufactured by F. .1. CHUNKY A Co.. Toledo, O. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion. allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle Plso's Cure for Consumption lias no equil a* a Cough medic ne. V. M ABBOTT, 3K! Sen tea Street, Buffalo, N. Y.. May 1894. If adlicted wlthsorecyes use Dr. IsaacThomp win's Eye-water. Druggist* sell at 25c per liottle If You are Tired All tho time, without special exertion, as tired in the morniug as when you retire at night, you may depeul upon it. your blood is impure and is lacking in vitality. That is why it does not supply strength to nerves and muscles, You need Hood's Sarsaparilla To purify and enrich your blood. A fewbot ties of this great medicine will give you strength and vitality because it will make pure blood. Oct Hood's. Hood's Pill» ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR ★ THE BEST ★ FOOD TOR Dyspeptic, Delicate.lnfirm and AGED PERSONS • JOHN CARUI * KNIi Nwf Ywfc « DEPRAVED APPETITE IN COWS. When any animal eats wood or other coarse stuff, it indicates indi gestion. The remedy is to give a pint of raw linseed oil, and.after it has operated, feed bran and linseed mash, with one dram of gentian root, powdered, in it. Sometimes this appetite is due to a want of salt, which should bo given with regularity to all domestic animals, as it is on aid to tho digestion of food.—New York Times. MAKING ROADS. Tho best tirao for road work is aftor the spring work has been completed, because the ground is then noither too wet nor too dry, and when dry weather sets in there is no use trying to work roads. Boad work in the fall is just as impracticable, becauso tho track will bo muddy until the freeze-up occurs and tho following spring will'bo full of mud holes. For this reason divide townships into road districts so that the main portion of tho labor can bo done after tho crops are in. Every crow of men pre paring roads must havo an ovorseer with them all the time. He must understand his business, and ono su perintendent cannot properly oversee more than ono crew of men.—New England Homestead. THE PROPAGATION OF ORCHIDS. A marked peculiarity of orchids is tho immense number of seed produced from a single flower; but while they aro continually grown from seed, it means long years of waiting before tho flower appears. After tho blossom fades, it requires a year for the seed to ripen, a second year elapsss after tho seed is planted before it germi nates, while tho resulting plant sel dom flowers under five, and frequent ly not until after eight or ten, years of growth. Consequently, orchids are propagated chiefly by a division of tho root-clustors Into individual plants; whilo many aro grown from slips and cuttings. Most orchids re quire hothouse cultivation; but there are two in particular which may be termed hardy, and which can bo suc cessfully grown in window gardens, with tho care ordinarily given to house-plants. —Demorest's Magazine. PRACTICAL TOCLTKY HAISIN'FL. Fifteen years ago I tried fancy poul try raising, ami, liko all beginners, I vanted too many kinds and kept ad ding to my stock until I had twelve varieties, and almost mado a failure, as I did not then understand, writes "Sid." Conger. Some kind and ex perienced friend said to me: "Quit all but two kinds; givo them all the attention you Lave givon tbo twelve and 6cattor them. Have the small ones in lots to themselves and the old ones away from the young. Feed them separate, make them roost in separato places, have all roosting places movablo, and onco a week turn the roosts over and coal oil them; clean up the housos'and boxes onco A week the year through. Givo a var iety of food—corn, wheat, oats, bar ley, buckwheat and table crumbs; also fresh gnvel, crushed bono and green feed the year through; good clover hay onco a woek in the houses in tho winter. Quit the soft, fanoy feeding, and givo them sensible care, and mako a success of tho business." The poultry business is tho largest industry on earth. It supports moro people, moro peoplo are engaged in it. moro papers and journals are devoted to its cxclusivo interest, than any other in tho whole world. All this we can prove if any one should be so rash as to doubt it. Hard times will come now and then, as wo all know; then tho poultry industry ilourishes, as peo ple turn to that to mako a living and improve their stock. Pay close atten tion to the details, and lind, instead of a lagging monotony, as somo sup pose, that it is tho largest and best business in the whole world. -Breeders' Gazotto. SORGHUM. Sorghum is usually planted in hills about threo foot apart each way, or if tho ground is not too weedy, in drills, three feet apart, leaving the stalks at the last thinning about four to six inches apart in the row. If the crop is to be used for sugar or syrup, the stalks should bo about six inches apart in tho drill, or about five stalks in the hill. Six or seven stalks could bo left in tho hill where tho crop is to be used for forage. About two quarts of seed of tho ordinary varieties aro re quired per acre when planted in hills, and somewhat more than this amount when sown in drills. Early Orange or Early Amber or some of the other early varieties would probably be most sure to give n profitable crop. On land specially adapted to corn or sorghum some ot the larger or later varieties might be grown, as they yield much heavier crops; but it any of the crop' is to be cut so early as August tbo later varieties will not do. The crop needs considerably more atten tion at the start than corn, but per haps less after it is a foot or more high. The growth is rather slow for the first few inches, but very rapid at the olose of the season. The outer glaze on the stalk is harder than on maize, and tho stalks should prefer ably be fed whole rather than cut into short pieces, to avoid risk of cutting tho animals about the mouth. The cane when mnturo will stand for a long time without much deterioration in quality, oven after :i severe frost, pro vided warm weather docs not follow tho frost, or alternating periods of warm and cold oocur. Sorghum can bo made into ensilage, but will not make as good ensilago as mature corn, being usually quite sour. Somo growers hnvo reported keeping sor ghum for many weeks cut and sot in largo bunches in tho field.—Country Cleotlemau. XALAIIAZOO CXXJTBT. Th« famous XsiamMQo ethry gwr- dens are situated on peaty marshes that were once swamps, says J. Blank. The soil on these marshes is block and rich, and has that soft and spongy feeling to the hand which indicates humus, and there seems to be some element or quality in the Kalamazoo marshes that makes them peculiarly adapted to celery culture. My own opinion is that the porosity of and the free supply of water* have a great deal to do with this culture. For we know that tho'celery plant loves a cool, moist bed; it is stunted by heat and drouth. In dry seasons, even in favorable localities, growers elsewhere are obliged to water their plants. The Kalamazoo growers raise three and even four crops of celery por year from the same ground. For the first crop the seed is sown in hotbods early in Fobruary. As soon as the weather is warm enough, usually about May 1, tho plants are set out. They are planted from four to six inches apart in trenches six inches deep, and part ly filled with manure. The trenches are from four to five feet apart. Meanwhile tho second sowing of seed hft3 beon mado in a seedbed outdoors, and thon tho plants are set out some time in Juno for the second crop, be tween tho first rows. After tho first crop comes off, about the middle of July, the rows are filled with plants for tho third crop. Few plants require more constant and careful cultivation than celery. Tho soil must be brought to the highest stage of fertility, and thenoroppod heavily and successive ly. Tho chief objeot in celery oulture is to get as many salable stalks or hoads as possiblo, and this can be done only by proper manuring. Tho most successful growers are those who use constantly the largest amounts of manure. The celery plant is a strong feeder and requires much nitrogen. This is supplied by a heavy dressing of stable manure. The ox pense of buying stablo manure is a big item in raising celery. Tho own er of one of the best celery gardens in Kalamazoo, when asked how ho raised such big crops, said to me: "I found that tho celery plants needed something elso besides stablo manure. They should have some phosphoric acid, and especially potash. Most growers do not know that a consider able amount of nitrogen is lost when stablo manuro lies in heaps exposed to the air for any length of time. Now this loss can bo prevented by spread ing kainit over the manure. The cost is slight, while the saving of nitrogen is great. I have also found that pot ash stimulates a good growth of tho plants, especially in making fino stalks or heads. This is important with celery growers, for an aero contains 10,000 plants, but as a rule only 12,- 000 or 13,000 heads will bo salable. So any fertilizer that will help tho growth and quality should be wel comed by tho growers."—American Agriculturist. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES, Coal oil and kcroscno are tho same thing. More than 100 hens to tho aero will not do as well as less. Pekin ducks have cream-colored bills and legs, Aylesbury, flesh oolored. When a cockerel is a yoar old ho becomes a cock; a pullet a hen at tho same age. In an inoubator ducks' eggs requiro the same temperatnro as hens' eggs, 103 dogrees. Taking ono year with another a dol lar net profit per hen may be consid ered a good overage. Surface cultivation is the great drouth slayer. Learn how best to do it; it will pay you well. Use the pruning knife carofullyaud thoughtfully. Hit or miss work won't do if you wish to own a successful orchard. Did yon ever livo without fruit, subsisting mainly on meat? If you did yon need not be told of the necessity of a part fruit diet. Sometimes hens are found • dead under the perches, whilo seemingly fat and in good condition. Often the trouble is that they are too fat and dio of apoplexy. Every ono who keeps hens knows of one or two or more which are por sistont iayers. These should bo bred from as they will transmit thoir good qualities to their progeny. During tho close, hot days, see that the supply of clean, fresh water is con stant. If .you havo any sentiment in you it will do you good to see the hens enjoy the drink. Study tho different varieties of fruits and see which kinds do best in your location, or like places. If you do this thoroughly it will savo you much disappointment. Statistics About Natural lias. Investigations made in Ohio show that the weight of 100 cubit feet of natural gas may be set down at 4287 pounds; it is composed of 1072 pounds of hydrogen and 3215 pounds of car bon ; requiros for its perfect combus tion 909 8-10 cubic feet of air, weigh ing 74,001 pounds; it makes in burn ing 9048 pounds of steam and 11,788 pounds of oarbonic acid, and produces 94,593 heat units when tho steam ia not condensed. -New York Advertiser. Ueauty in Court. In a recent trial at Siena, Italy, tho beauty of a servant girl summoned n) a witness bad a dramatic effect on judge, jury and counsel, n Whilo un dergoing examination she stood facing tho Magistrate,'who, in a commenda ble spirit of juttioe and gallantry* said: "I beg you, my pretty girl, ttf turn also toward the jury, as I do not wish it to be said that I alone have tho privilege of admiring your beauty." —Chicago Hecord. Tbo heaviest of the foreign woods are the pomegranate and the lignum vita, and the lightest U cork. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS, TITB ANNUAL WARFARE. A lmllotin on household pent* (mined by tiw Vermont Agricultural Experi ment Station Is (nil of useful informa tion for housekeepers in their annual warfare against theso dostroyers. The buffalo beetle or carpet bug eats feathers, furs, leather and perhaps other things, but tho accounts which have bcon given from time to timo of its destruction of silk do not seem well founded. Professor Fernald remarks as to this: ''The opinion that it injnros ootton or silk goods, lace curtains, etc., must bo erroneous, for I havo repeatedly put the larvro or young of this beetle into bottles with various substanoes for them to feed ''upon, and when fur nished with cotton and wool mixed goods, they invariably ate the woolen fibers, leaving the cotton intact; but when I gave them only cotton, silk, or pieces of newspaper, they as invariably died without eating any of these sub stances. The injuries reported to have been done to silk, lace curtains, eto., must have been done by some other insect." Very possibly the other in sect may bo in some cases tho pitchy carpet beetle. With proper care and perseverance tho buffalo beetle can be driven out aud kept out. Of oourse if carpets fastened to the floor were not used, but only rugs laid down and often shaken, there would be far less danger of injury from tho ravages of the beetles, but if carpets are fastened down, a thorough lining with paper will prevent mony of tho larva, which hido in cracks and crevices, from getting at it. Tarred paper next tho floor covered with somo cleaner sort to prevent injury to tho car pet would undoubtedly bo most use ful, but tho odor is a serious objec tion. An excellent remedy is corro sivo sublimato sixty grains, dissolved in a pint of alcohol or water and brushed over the floor at tho edges before the carpet is laid, and also over tho underside of the carpet. This soon destroys any insect which at tempts to cat the carpet, but ohildren must not play upon a carpet so treat ed. A still simpler method which is said to be effective, is that oi laying a damp cloth on tho carpet at tho edgo where it is most likely to be infested, and then placing a hot iron on it. Tho steam thus produced penetrates tho carpet and destroys any insects which may bo within tho range of its ac tion. Insoct powders aro not of any valuo in this case. The remedies named are as valuable in the caro of clothing and other articles as thoy aro for carpets. Small articles in boxes and drawers may bo c9ectually freed from insect pests by tho use of benzino or bisul phide of carbon. Better than any other method, and tho simplest as well, when tho sizo of tho object like ly to be infested is not too great, is wrapping the material in smooth, whole paper or putting it into a paper bag and sealing tho opening with paste. If this is done before tho beetles have had a chauco to deposit egga upon tho article, or larvse to get at it, thero is no dangor that tho in- Bect will bo ablo to rcucli it.—New England Homestead. RECirEtf. German Potatoes— Peel and grato pix very large potatos, drain off the tho potato flour, add a saltspoon of salt or more, beat up two or three eggs, mix thoroughly with gratod po tato, and bake in a moderato oven un til nicely browned, caro being taken that tliey do not bako too quick. Caulillower with Milk—Break n cauliflower in bits and, aftor cleaning, tio up in whito netting, and boil till tender in water to which half as much milk has been added. This improvoß tho taste and appearance. Salt just beforo taking up, and hang up to drain. Arrange tho pieces in a dish and pour over it the following: Savory Omelet—Four eggs, three ounces of butter, bait, pepper and chopped parsley. Beat tho eggs lightly together, sprinkle in tho pars ley, popper and salt. Have tho buttor quite hot in tho pau, stir in tho eggs and shake the pan to keep the mixturo from burning. As soon as tho edges iire set, fold over, cook lightly for a moment, turn on a hot dish and serve. A little grated ham may bo added if liked. Compote of Oranges—Peel six or anges, remove as much of the white juth as possible and divide them into nmall pieces. Make a sirup of three quarters of a pound of sugar, one pint bf water, adding the rind of the or ange cut in thin strips. When the liirup is well boilod and skimmed olear putin the oranges and simmor five minutes. Arrango thorn on a glass dish, pour the sirup over them and serve eold. Oatmeal Biscuits—Five ounces of flour, seven ounces of oatmoal, three punccs of sugar, four ounces of lard or butter, half a teaspoonful of baking soda and ono egg. Melt the lard or buttor, mix the flour, oatmeal, sugar and soda, then stir in tho molted lard, break the eggs, with a little water, into a teacup, beat slightly and mix with tho other ingredients till it be comes a paste, turn it out on a board and roll thin. Cut with a cutter and bake on a greased tin twenty minutes. Oraugo Pudding—Fivo juioy or anges are sliced crosswise and sweet ened, and as many glass sauce-dishes are half-filled with the sliced oranges. Cora starch is cooked in tho usual manuer in a farina boiler, and when it has boiled tho beaten yolks of two eggs are added to the corn starch, and when thoroughly mixed the hot corn starch is poured into the glass dishes. Tho whites of tho two eggs, beateu stiff and sweetened with two table- L<pooufuis of sugar, aro spread on the corn starch. This is eaten cold. The "Ureek Slave.", Tho original "Greek Slave," the celebrated statue by Hiram Powers, is in tho gallery of the Duke of Cleve land. It was never brought to Amer ica. It was finished in 1813. In 1840 a replica was brought to Now York, and is now in the Corooran gallery at Washington. A third copy waa bought by the Earl of Dudley, and a fourth, purchased for 81000 by Prineo Demi doff, waa afterward sold to A. T. Stewart, of N«w York, for 922,000. Boston Trautvrlpt, rMUffIHEH All fashionablo bodioes show blouse effects. Drawing-room golf ifl'tho latest in vention. The hair of Mrs. Potter,\the actress, is turning rapidly gray. Tho month of May is not generally considered tho lucky ono for wed dings. All well-kept hair is beautiful, evon if it is as red as fire aud as straight as a string. Tho wife of Thomas Hardy, tho pes simistic English novelist, is very plain and bar; severo manners. Olivo Thorno Miller is trying to un derstand the languago of birds and is giving much attention to the study. Tho fancy for colored underwear continues. Exquisite sets aro mado of batisto and nainsook in very light tint 3.. Princess Maud of Wales rides tho bioycle, but escbows bloomers. She wears a neat riding habit skirt on the wheel. It is stated by a church authority that thero are now over 300 American women living in foreign countries as missionaries. Eight out of ten women wear tho pin, badgo or other insignia of mem bership in somo colonial or revolu tionary society. Tho Queen of Belgium was bitten by her pot horse tho other day. Physi cians say that her arm will bo per manently injurod. In Paris tho fashionablo dressmak ers are using for berthas and in other bodice adormcnts Venetian point lace set with brilliants. A new vest has been manufactured with corsei. back, which laces like an ordinary corset. This insures a per fect fit to any figure. One of tho tyrannies of fashion, from which there ia a prospect of speedy relief, is tho heavy interlined widoly distended skirt. The first woman to take out natural ization papers in America was Mrs. Elizabeth Bryer, of Omaha, Neb. Tho dato was February 14, 1857. Colored cambric haudkerchicfs in palo shades of mauve, green and yel low, with triplo hems of white finoly hemstitched, aro a new fancy. Tho collogo girls of Grovo City, Penu., have organized a bloomer brigado, and will parade through tho btreets of tho towa on bicycles. The continued popularity of tho shirt waists is proved by tho demand for them, which is greater than ever bo fore, aud they como iu greater va rioty. Tho rainbow pales besido the com binations scou on one hat, an.l flower gardens aro dull in comparison with tho show-cases of the averago millinery store. Tho aged Baroness Burdett-Coutta is said to bo remarkable for tho youth fulness of her attire, her taste leaniug toward delicate stuffs in pink and roso colors. A substitute comos in a new material called gazelino. It is a kind of open canvas which holds its stiffness, and can bo used next to thin fabrics. Wellesley College has turnod ont 1066 graduates since it was founded. This is a splendid evidence of the suc cess of tho "higher education" for women. Tho daintiest thing in handker chiefs is a filmy web of tho finest lawn, with border of narrow Valenciennes lace ond insertion just liko tho collars and cuffs. Spangled embroidery is much used on gowns, cliiotty oil black satin grounds which show up the spangles to perfection and prevent thorn look ing gaudy. Tartar r.omen have no noses. Two large nostrils, with a small protuber auco above, aro mado to answer tho purposo just as well as a civilized na sal appendage. Mary Anderson (Mine, do Navarro), who has been in poor health for some time past, is said to bo now looking stronger, and, if possible, more beau tiful than ever. The newest ruches aro not mado of chiffon, but of silk gauze, which is stiffer and more durable. A wreath of black roses is also worn in place of the chiffon ruohe. It is said that Mrs. Francos Hodg son Burnett, author of "Littlo Lord Fauntleroy," never allows her|chil- Idren to bo disciplined, as sho docs not believo in strict training. Embroidery hosiery is popular, tho instep and ankle showing extremely pretty designs, all very small anl done in eilk. There aro also opoa work and lace woven hose in plenty. ■ Lady Gwendolen Cecil, Lord Salis bury's literary daughter, has acknowl edged the authorship of tho recently published story, "The Curso of Intel lect," which has made a hit in Eng land. An authority Btatos in a medical journal that the height of a very tall British woman was, fifty years ago, five feet seven inches, whilo now the height averages five feet six to fivo feet ten inches. White eloth is used to pipo the overlapped seams iu the skirts of cloth drogues, and white kid embroidered in Persian colors is a novelty for vests of such gowns, which are usually made with a short godeted coat. Mrs. Sidney Lanier, tho wife of the much-beloved poet, is making a pleas ing success from tho works of her hus band. Those who have enjoyed tho readings speak in tho happiost terms of Mrs. Lanier's presentations. Capes to match tho gown aro a fea ture of some cf tho new costumes, especially thoso of traveling when the oape is made with a large serviceable hood, lined with fanoy taffeta silk. Capes of the new spangled crepons are ▼ory pretty, and white oloth oapes combined with a color and plenty of cream lace aro auother novelty, lu black, satin moire is the latest ma teiial used, and these oapes aro trimin«d with jit plaiUd and |no«, The ftpnnUli nail. fho bull* lined for fighting purpose* nro a specially eeleotod, specially cared for class. They are all pedigree ani mals. Andalusia is, abovo all, the district of the bull. Here, nt the ago of ono year, tho young brills are sep arated from the heifers, branded with the owner's name and turned out loose on the plains to grazo with others of their own age. When a yoar oldor the young bulli are gathered together, in order that thoir mcttlo and fighting qualities may bo tested. One of them is separ ated from the herd and chased by a man on horseback, who, by the skill ful ÜBO of a blunted lance overthrows the escaping bull, whereupon another rider comes in front of the animal with a sharper lance to withstand tho expected attadk. if the bull on regaining his feet at tacks the rider twice ho is pnssed as a fighting animal, but if he turns tail and rnns off he is set aside to be killed or to be used in agricultural work. And ?<> with each animal until tho whole herd of the two-year-olds have been tested. Each bull that has stood the test successfully is then entered in the herd book, with a description of his appearance, and recoivcs a name— such as Espartero, Hamenoo and the like. This process of careful solection goes on from year to year until tho bull is fivo yjars old, when, should his met tle pro 7e true, ho is ready for tho arena, and flaming posters appear on the walls of Madrid or Seville, an nouncing that Esparto (or wliatovor his name is) will on such aud such a dato make his first and final appear ance. A good "warrantable" fivc-ycar-old bull for tho fighting ring costs from $350 to S4OO. —Buffalo Times. The Watchdog Exchange; An Englishman and a German in Chicago arc partners in a new busi ness which they advertise as a Watch dog Exchange. Tlioy will bo prepared soon to sell dogs trained for watching, or the dogs may bo engaged by the month, week or night. The Oerman partner has tho experience, having been employed as a keeper io a simi lar business in Berlin, where there aro several of theso exchanges doing a good business.—New York Sun. Tho production of sugar in tho West Indios shows an annual increaso of 1,- 000,000 tons. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report DAVAI Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE Marvelous Story About ClilM)wel!ers. A marvelous story is that which comes from Arizona, whero a few months ago some prospectors in the Bradshaw Mountains came upon a jlilf-tlwe!! ers' village in ono of the most inaccessible canons of tlmt ranga —tho largest viliag eof the kind ever yot discovered. Beveral of tho houses were explored and largo quantities of pottery and some instruments, evi dently used for cultivating the soil, were found. In ono tho skoleton of a man, not over four feet eight inohes in height, was discovered. The canon fit this placo is half a mile wide and shows evidence of having beon culti vated. If this theory proves to bo true it will throw more light on the habits of this little known people. So far as known no other evidonoo has ever been discovered of cliff-dwellers having cultivated tho soil.—Atlanta Constitution. One of tho most popular roligious books in Japan is "Pilgrim's Prog ress," illustrated l>y Japaneso artists. Dr. PIERCE'S PLEASANT mPELLETS VR A <%.CURE^ SICK HEADACHE, rri«R BILIOUSNESS, CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION. DYSPEPSIA, .uJ&Z POOR APPETITE, and all derangements of the Siotnach, Siotnach, L iivr and Bowels. Of all druggists. ONCE USED "" m Ctttb always in favor. WHO That insists upon ryY* / UV keeping a stock of H l 1 LB '>' Railway's Beany Relief In the house ? Why, the wise mother. Because, when taken internally it cures in a few minutes, Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stomach. Heartburn, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Sick Headache, Diarrhcea, Dysentery, Summer Complaint, Colic, Flatulency and all interml pains. DOSE— Half a teaspoonful in half a tumbler of water. Used externally, if will cure Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Mosquito Bites, Stings of Insects, Sunburns, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Coughs, Colds and all throat troubles. Railway's Ready Relief, aided by Rad way's Pills, will cure Fever and Ague: Ma larious, Bilious and other Fevers, fifty CeaU a Bottl*. teU »y Brsntata. KADWAY * CO., *«w Twfe.; Whin Hmltl Exetalmtf i " *»•, Thm't On , QMM H* Ran IMMTMI T* JJA SAPOLIQJI THE GUfIMAKER OF ILION. JKrrrnnox N. CMU OH KKPCMKM A TKM iriMft orrm KIUIN THK CHINKKK (iOVKMNMKNT. Ill* II«ltli irn< (on I'nnr In I'rriiilt Allan Hon to lliiifnmp, A <• reut Sufferer far Mnny Ymr« Hut fins Now Iterovrrril. (Frntn the Sprin<jfiilil t t T'nlnri. ', There isn't a gua manufacturer in th» United States wlio does not know Jefferson M. dough, and why? Because he has born intimately associated nil his life with the dr. ▼elopment of the two liest American rifle.", the ltomington and Winchester. Fur years ho was Superintendent of the E. Remingtoa ft Sons' grent factory at llion, N. Y. After leaving there he refused a tempting offer of tho Chinese Government togo to China I > superintend their government factories,— an<l noeepted instead Ihe gupcrintcndency of the Winchester-Arms Co.. at New Haven, at a salary of $7,500 a year. It was after this long term of acUve labor ns a business man that lie found himself in capacitated for further seivice l y tho em bargo which rheumatism had laid upon him and resigned his position more than two years ago, and returned to Uelchertown, Mass., where he now lives and owns tho Phelps farm, n retired spot where he has Ave hundred acres of land. Being a man of means he did not spare tho cost and was treated by leading physicians and by baths nt celebrated springs without receiving any benefit worth notice. During tho summer of 18!>3 and the winter of 1891 Mr. Clough was conllned to his house in Uelchertown, being unable to rise from his bed without assistance, and suffering con tinually with acute pains aud with no tasto or desire for food, nor was ho able to obtain sufficient sleep. Early in the yoar 1 S'.i; Mr. Clough heard of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People He began taking these pills about the first of March, 1594, and continued to do so until the Urst part of September following. The llrst effect noticed was a bettor appetite and he bogiui to note more ability to help himself off the bed and to be better generally. Last August (1894) h« was nblo togo alone to his summer residence and farm of 103 acres on Grenadier Island, among tho Thousand Islands, in tho river St. Lawrence, whore from tho highest land of his farm ho com mands a view for 13 miles down tho river, and GOof tho Thousand Islands can be seen. Instead of being confined to his bod Mr. Clough is now and has boon for some tlmo nblo to bo about tho farm to direct tho men employed there and ho is thaukful for what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have done for htm. Those pills are mnnufnetored by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., and aro sold only in boxes bearing tho llrm's trade mark and wrapper, at 50 cents a box or six boxes for? 2.50, and aro never sold In bulk. They may bo ha lof ail druggists or direct by mail from Dr. Williams' Medi cine Company. Some of tho giant cactus trees of Arizona are over sixty feet in height. TheQreatest Hedical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY'S Medical Jiscovery, DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS., lias discovered In one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures ovory kind of Humor, from the worst Serofula down to a common plmplo. He has tried ft In over eleven hundred eases, and never failed except fn two eases (both thunder humor). He has now iu his possession over two hundred certifi cates of Its value, all within twenty miles of Boston. Send postal card for book. A beneflt is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect cure is warranted when the right quantity Is taken. When the lungs are affected it cause* shooting pains, like needles passing through them; tlia same with the Liver or Bowels. This Is causej by tho duot9 being stopped, and always disappears iu a week after taking ft. Head the label. If tho stomach Is foul or bilious it will Muso squeamish feelings at first No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you can get, and enough of it. Dose, one tablespoonful in wator at bed time. Bold by all Druggists. N V N U—-M 0 0 SIMPLE, CLEANLY, EFFICIENT, On ihe Cart, Ai the Theatre, Anvwhere. IF YOU WOULD BE IN FASHION TAKE A FEW RipansTabules ALONG WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO. You can slip them into your pooket, jour tatcbel, your wallet even. To a dyspep tic this means oeace ef mind under many otherwise trying circumstances. 0 cA<". for complete system for de- Ow-tgnlog and cutting Ladle*' AlM! / / C&ldren'a Garments by mall |>os - / / pa.d, or for $i will send you comp etc / \ system and universal sleeve designer I and Self-Instructor. Our SelMnsirui - - I • t I tor Is a bcofc of 2Upig«'*; teaches you I h A / how to take measurement sclraft.cut / / '\\ p and lit all styles ot narinems; how to / /]/ It [. put them together. trim and mat i FT IT r! v" them up; al*o all other useful and I lIL i : •\\ a.'ileal Information essential 10 I if I L tlrst-class dress and cloak making. The Grant Pattern Co., W.MS Clark M..« htc*g«», 1' □IV FOR PI46ABANT WORK easily secured »hroufh rM I an early applloatlon for l-oo«l Agency 10 sell the DAVIS 6REAM SEPARATORS io Farmers and Dairymen. Ona style was shown in last number Of this journal. 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