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    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
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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.
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SICK HEADACHE,
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DYSPEPSIA,
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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
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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
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Used externally, if will cure Rheumatism,
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Sunburns, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Coughs,
Colds and all throat troubles.
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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.
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KENNEDY'S
Medical Jiscovery,
DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS.,
lias discovered In one of our common
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kind of Humor, from the worst Serofula
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When the lungs are affected it cause*
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If tho stomach Is foul or bilious it will
Muso squeamish feelings at first
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
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