Primitive Fire Engine*. The oldest known fire engine for pumping water is probably the one mentioned in tlio "Spiritalia" or Hero, about 150 B C., says a London paper. This engine, it is said, wax contrived with two single-acting pumps, with a single beam pivoted between the two for working the plungers. The streams of water united in a single discharge pipe and passed up a trough having an air chamber, and out of a nozzle which might be turnod in any direc tion as doßired. Fire engines appear allso to havo been used extensively by tlie early Romaus, who furthermore organized regular tiro brigades. In the early part of the sixteenth century a lire engine known as a "water syringe," was introduced, which, in a measure resembled tho modern forms of flro engines. This was mounted on wheels and the water pumped by lovers. This form of en gino was very generally used in Ger many. In England, about the same timo, largo brass syringos wero used. Theso held several quarts of water and wero operated by three men, two of them holding tho syringo at each side with one hand and directing the noz zle with tho other, while the third operated tho plunger. It was neces sary, after having discharged tho water from tho syringe, to refill it from a well or cistern near tho iiro or from buckets. Tho syringes were later fitted to portable tanks of water. —Philadelphia Press. Cheap at the Price. Tho Chicago man who had gone oil a business trip to Omaha had started homo again. Ho had been compelled to run several blocks to catoh the train and was somewhat overheated. Tho tomporature of tho car was over 100 degrees and still climbing. Ho stood it for about five minutes, and then triod to open a window. It was ono of thoso car windows that are not built for opening pur poses, and it didn't open. Ho triod another window with tho samo result. The third windosv stuck equally tight, and ho raised his foot and kicked a largo hole through tho plato glass. The conductor heard tho crash and came running into tho car. "Who broko that window?" ho de manded threateningly. "I did," said tho Chicago man. "Well, sir, it will cost you just $3." "Hero it is," said tho othor, hand ing him a 810 bill. "I—l haven't chango for that," said tho conductor, somewhat taken aback. "Never mind tho change," replied tho Chicago man. "Ivcopit." Ho raised his foot again, kicked out nnothcr window, took a newspaper out of his pocket, sat down and wont to reading as if nothing had occurred, —Chicago Tribune. Don't Hurry From Bet!. Tho British Medical Journal attacks the time-honored adage, "Early to bed and early to rise," etc., tooth and nail, It says tho desiro to rise early is usually a sign, not of vigor, but of advancing ago. Tho long, deep sloop of youth is made possible by a thor ough elastic vascular system, and the stiffening vessels of age are not so eas ily controlled by the vaso-motor nerves; honco shorter sleeps. "Pat er familias," it continuoe, "who goes to bed at 11 p. m., wants to got up at 5 n, m., and looks upon his healthy son, who prefers to lio till 8, as a sluggard. When this foolish inter pretation of a proverb about the health and wealth to be got from early rising is combined with the still moro foolish adago which says of sleep, 'six honis for a mau, seven for a wo man and eight for a fool,' then wo havo a vicious system capable of work ing great mischief to young pcoplo of both sexes." A Steer-Killing Contest. In a contest at Cumminsville, Ohio, "Andy" Emweiu, of Swift's Works in Chicago, became tho champion butcher of tho United States. Emweiu and Joseph Paruka, of Cincinnati, wcro tho contestants, and tho killing and dressing of a steer each was tho work. Each man had a helper. Emweiu won by killing, skinning and corapletoly dressing his steer in five minutes and seventeen seconds. Paruka got through in six minutes and thirty three seconds. Tho best previous record was 5.42. Emwoiuwill defend his title against all comers. —New York Witness. Dr. Kilmer's BWAMP-KOOT eurw ull Kidney and Bladder troubles, l'amphlot and Consultation free. Laboratory Blnghamton. N. Y. About 100,000 tons >iT new »teei rails will bo laid by the Pennsylvania system this year. MvutiiiiziHl Nerve*. Men old ut thirty. Chew aud chow, oat ittle, drink, or want to, all tho time. Nerve.-? tingle, never .satisfied, nothing's beautiful, happiness gone, a tobacco-saturated system tells tho story. There's an easy way out. No-To-Bac will kill (he nerve-craving efTeets for tobacco aud make you strong, vigorous aud manly. Sold and guaranteml to cure by Druggists everywhere. Book. "Don't To bacco .Spit or Smoke Your Life Away." free. Ad. Sterling Kemedy Co., Now York City or Chicago. Nut So Convenient. Physicians imlor-e HI pans Tubules by pre scribing the remedies 11 i • y lontain, but in form not so convenient, inexpensive and ac curate as in Kipuns Tubules. E. B.Walthall Ac Co., Horse Cave, Ivy., say : H Hall's Catarrh Cure cures every une that takes it." Sold by Druggtots, 75c. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the kuiik, reduces iutlainmu lion, allayß pain, cures wind colic. '.Tic, a bottle Ik you want to be cured of h cough use Hale's lloney of Horchound niul Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. We think Piso'M Cure lor Consumption i-i the only medicine lor Cnui*ii*. .1 fnnib Pinck ahi>, Springfield. 111-.. Oil. I. IHOI. All Out oi Sorts fired, weak ea i weary. If fills is youi condition, stop and think. YouureusulTerot from dyspepsia an I i»,- >ai misery awaits you if you do not chock it 110 v. 11 jo IV Sursapariliu is the lest mojicino yoaeiu take. It lias peculiar power to tone and strengthen tho stomach, ltemomber Hood's Sarsaparilia Is the only Into blood purifier prominent ly in tho public eye today. Tl: six for .ff>. Hood's Pills M „ CURES WHtllt ALL Hit fAILS. J. vl Bjl BMt Cunich (syrup. Tame* <!ood. Use 1 '3 PRIZE STEEDS TOO FAT. Tho chief fault with the prize steers at the fat stook shows is that they are wastcfully fat, and often seriously lacking in lean meat. This is partic ularly true of the special beef breeds. New York World. INSECTS INJURING WOOIi. Thero aro several insects that will damago wool. Ono is tho common wool-eating motb, another the hair and wool-eating beetle. If the wool is dirty thero are flies that will depos it eggs in it, and thoso will ipjuro it. It is to be considered that flesh and wool aro of almost tho samo composi tion and character, and as wool has much oil and grease in it tho brown beetles that infest tho meat houses will damago stored wool. The remedy is very easy. Put tho wool in a close apartment or bin, and pour a pint of sulphido of carbon on the bottom, closing the receptacle us tight as pos sible. No light must be used where the wool is stored in this way, as this fluid is explosive. -New York Times. TO PREVENT lIOItNS. A cattlc-raisor who has had largo experience uses caustic potash to pre vent horns growing, and in speaking of romodies says: "I consider it useless and cruel to raise horns. I prefer tho caustic pot ash remedy, as boiug easier applied and much cheaper, five cents' worth being enough for about twenty calves. It must be kopt in an airtight bottle, taking out just as much as you uso at ono timo and not returning to tho bottle any that is the least bit moist, as it dissolves very easily. If you havo but ono or two calves, your drug gist will givo you a pieco about one and a half inches loug for a penny. Tie the cull's legs; let oue person hold the head; clip the hair from around tho horn-nubs the size of a nickel, put something arouud the caustic to keep from coming in contact with your baud ; moisten ouo end of caus tic, rub on horn aud as fur arouud as clippod, chuuging from oue to tho other until tho skin is thoroughly burned. Then your work is done, and you havo a 'natural muley.' Do the work boforo ton days old--sooner tho better."--Column's Rural World. A PLACE FOR FOWLS TO UOIiTJ, The trouble that many farmers liavo in keeping fowls out of the garden is because tlioy ilo not provide a substi tute. It is natural for liens to seek a dusting jiluco where they can clear off any vermin that may bo on them, or without regard to this to take a dust bath, which is their way of keopiug skin and foathers in healthy condition. A small place near tho hen house should be plowed and sown with grain. It noed be only a few feet square, and may bo dug with a spado in a few minute!'. Then scatter and lightly cover enough grain to keop tho fowls busy. It is astonishing how much of tho time this rolling placo will be occupied and tho garden will wholly escape. When tho lieu goes to the garden she makes directly for the beds where tho choicest seeds have been sown, for hero the ground lias been most thoroughly pulverized. Give the liens as good a placo outside the garden, ami there will bo no trouble in growing garden truck, no matter how many fowls are kept. But tho strawberry patch must bo en closed. Tho fowls go there for a dif ferent purpose, and when they get a taste of tho fruit it is hard to keep them out, however high tho enclosure. -Boston Cultivator. WONDERFfL TEA. To grow for feeding hogs and other cattle, we can hardly overestimate the valuo of tho Wonderful peas. Here is a crop that can bo grown with ease in four months' time, that will yield a hundred-fold or more of feeding and fattening food superior to corn. The bacon made from hogs fed on peas is much sweeter and moro solid, and tho fat will not run out in cooking noarly so much ne corn led. They grow bo much quicker and larger thau other varieties, that poor land eau be brought up very quickly by their use ; in fact, in less than four months their great vuluo is obvious to all. The Bural Now Yorker, speaking of this class of peas, bays: "These belong to tho class called renovating crops; in stead of making the soil poorer they make it richer, and not only so, but they also furnish protein for cattle food. Tho f-igus of tho times indicate that this class of crops is to play a leading part in tho farming of the fu ture." To grow for hay they aro most val uable, as tlioy yield an immense quan tity of feed of tho best quality, and produce the crop in so short a time. For ensilngo Wonderful peas are unsurpassed, being much more nutri tious than green corn and other crops nsod for that purpose. They aro desirable to grow for cooking for food, as they will yield a supply of shelled peas for the table for several weeks.—Column's liurul World. HOW TO KBEI' lITTTEII. Most farmers do not make dairying a specialty. It is only QUO of tho var ious industries from which they de rive their incomes. The profits from three or four cows do not warrant tho outlay for a complete equipment of modern implements. Tho average farmer anil his wife must make the most of pautriep, pans and other dairy appliances at hand. Consumers have learned that butter rapidly deterior ates if exposed to the air, honco smalt paekuges are called for. Butter is never so good as wheu used within one week from tho time it leaves tho churn. It possesses then a delicato aroma and a peculiar, iudeseribablo flavor, which soon passes away and is never present thereafter; hut butter properly made cau bo kept sweet and in good order for months. The surplus butter mav be kept and marketed in winter, when prices are more remunerative. Get tho butter in good condition as soon as possible after ohnrning, and paok it firmly in gallon or half gallon jars. Those containing four or five pounds aro preferablo. When tho jars aro bought ask the soller, as ho marks the woight of each, to number them, so that a record of tho amount of batter in each jar eau readily be kopt. Paok the jars level full, tie aTound pioco of strong, thick cloth over tho top, and plaoo it bottom sido up, into a new large crook. Do not pack butter mado at differ ent times in the samo jar, but store only thoso jars that cau bo filled at ono churning. Mako a strong brine, using all tho salt tho water will ab sorb, adding to each gallon a tea spoonful of saltpetre and a teacupful of granulated sugar. Scald tho brine and skim it thoroughly. Whon oold strain through a wet, thick cloth into tho crook. Add moro brino from timo to timo to keep the jars covered two inches in depth. Tie a thick oloth over tho crock to protect from dust, and over this place u wooden covor to exclude tho light. Do not keep the crook on tho cellar iloor, ovon if it is a cement one, but on a platform, if possible, with slats underneath tho crock to insure free circulation of air. Thi< will prevout mold forming on tho bottom ot the crock. It must bo sold as packed butter, but will bring a good price. Octobor is the best mouth iu which to pack butter for winter home use. Several smaller crocks may be used in which to Btoro the jars rather than uso tho large crock. To cleanse jars and crocks use a bath of hot limewator, or stroug hot soda water. A simple method is given by salt manufacturers for tost iug tho purity of salt. Take as many clear glass tumblers or goblets as there are samples of salt. Put intc each the same quantity of cloar cold water. Drop iutoeacli tumbler a tea spoonful of salt from ouo of tho sev eral samples and note the immediate: rosultE. There will bo a scum, sodi ment, or milky color, varying with tho inferiority of tho sample. Tho water showing tho least change will contain tho purest salt.-■-American Agriculturist. FARM ANI) OARDEN NOTES. June is the jjiouth in which to brood for February calves. It is undoubtedly true that food of all kinds flavors milk to a greater or less degree. Moro buttor is injured in the riponing of the cream thau at any other poiut. Milk in any form, awoet or sour, is good for fowls. Sour milk will surely make them lay. A little salt every day, with tho soft food, is good for grown hons, but don't givo any to tho chicks. It may kill them. For applying insecticides to a limit ed number of vines or bushos a short broom will bo found a fair substitute for a sprayer. Tho sizo of the cow and tho amount of food cntcu aro no indications of what she will do at tho pail or what tho milk will churn out. Tho lady-bird beetles are unusually numerous this season. Tlioy aro onj of tho fruit growers' bost friends and should never bo destroyed. A little linsocd meal mixod with tho nioruiug mash occasionally will givo a gloss to tho feathers and help keep tho fowls in good condition. Swamp muck is not generally as valuable as it appears and requires to bo hoavily dosed with litno tho first season to proJuco much effect. When you mow your lawn loavo a corner uuout so tint you can clip u little frosh grass for thj hons ovory day. They will amply repay any lit tle attention of this sort. Fowls must havo a variety of food if they aro to do well. Broakfasfis good, but you couldn't live on it. Neither can a hen live on any ouo kind of food and do well. Ground green bono is just as good for fowls now as when tho wcuthor was cold. Thoy noed animal food of some kind to keop them in condition, and this is tho very best form in which to administer it. Mulching hood crop 3 with straw, leaves or other litter is a simple and cheap safeguard against drouth. Po tatoes so mulched lust year yielded twice as heavily as those not mulched, in quite a number of instances. If you uro going to sot a hon bo careful aud solect only the most per fectly formed eggs, and tho largest oues. Your chance of getting good stock from sueli eggs will bo much bettor thau from ill-shaped and small eggs. If yon do not provide any regular grit for your fowls then you should at loast pouud up some old crockery or earthenware and givo them occa sionally. Thoy must havo grit iu some form to assist thj gizzard iu grinding up tho food. Now bowaro of lice, keep lots of in seat pjwdor handy. Take out the roosts occasionally, pour kerosene over them aud set them on firo. Spriuklo kerosene all around iu the crevices. If you make nests of tobac co stems you will not be troubled with vermin there. Tho time to light thin enemy is before ho takes posses sion of the place. An ExtrnurJiiiury Swin Ho. Ouo of tho most extraordinary swindles ou record has been uuourthed iu Russia. A rascal has been selliug tho peasants cheap tickets to the planet Jupiter, where he assured them of free land aud a living without work. In paoking up to leave the peasants threw away their valued images of the saint?, as the swindler assured them that the saints all lived in Jupiter, and there would be met face to face.— New Orleans Picayune. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. BOW TO KXOW A FOWIi IS YOT7NO. A young (owl may bo known before plucking by tho largeness of the feet and leg joint. After plucking, a thin neck and violet thighs may bo taken as invariable signs of age and tough ness, especially in turkeys and fowls. Tho age of duoks and geese is tested by their beaks, the lower part of which breaks away quite oasily when llioy are young.—New York Dispatch. TO BLEACH LACE. To bleach lace, first expose it to the sunlight in soapsuds, and afterward dry it upon a cloth, pinning the points in their proper position. Thou rat both sides of the lace carefully with a sponge dipped in suds made witk glycerine soap, and rinse free from soap with clear water in which a little alum is dissolved. Next pass a small quantity of rice water over the wrong side of the lace with a sponge, iron with care, and, lastly, piok up the pattern with a small ivory point. —Now York Dispatch. NEW LEOOINaS FROM OLD BOOTH. An excellent pair of leggiugs for the small boy of the family may be made from tho tops of his father's worn-out boots. Cut off the tops of the boots, being careful to leave quito a largo portion of the foot of each boot at tho instep and the heel, to form the bot tom of the leggings. Rip the soatns on tho outside of each leg and trim a little, if nocosßary. Tho straps to pass under tho foot may be cut from an old shoo, and sowed in placo with stout shoe thread. The leggiugs will thon bo complete, with the exception of tho buckles. Among your old shoos you are apt to find many dis carded "arctics." Out tho clasps from threo pairs of these and mako thorn do duty as fastenings for tho leggiugs. Try tho loggings on the fu ture wearer to ascertain the best placo for tho clasps. —Housekeeper. DUST. There aro a great many housekeep ers who think lightly of dust that is out of sight. Their carpets lay for years on tho floor, their upholstered furniture stands about on overy side, where it has stood for years, veritable dust traps. Bo long as tho carpets aro carefully swept and all dust brushed off tho outside of tho furniture tho housekeeper seems to consider that overy requirement of neatness has been met. Few women redout what theso floating particles in the air that so easily become lodged in every nook and erauuy mean. It has long ago be6n asserted by physicians that tho earth iu our great cities is filled with disease germs. An outbreak of malaria may follow tho upheaval of any largo quantity of earth in tho more thickly settled parts of nuy largo city. Tho flouting dust of the city always con tains germs which it is hazardous to introduce into tho heated atmosphero of the dwelling house. Where dust is allowed to accumulate in any amount tho danger is iucrcascd fourfold. Under tho carpet lay tho germs of dis oaso with tho dust, On sorno evil day when tho vital powers of one of tho household is at a low point ho falls a victim to pneumonia, consumption or somo other disease from this source. Theso foul germs have been growing up iu tho house, receiving fresh acces sions of power from the dust and nur tured by artiticiul warmth when all tho dust outside is laid under tho snow and tho air has been purified by frost. Furniture that is upholstered with cushions that cannot be removed must bo finally done away with along with nailed-down carpets and all tho various devices that conceal dust. The hard wood lloor with the movable rug is an jmmeuse improvement over tho carpot, but the upholstored lounge and chair is almost us successful a trap for dust and disease gorrus as tho carpot was.- Boston Cultivator. RECIPES. Toasted Cheese—Place a fow lumps of butter in a shallow dish, lay on thin slices of cheese, putin tho oven a few minutes until melted and serve im mediately. Prune Whip—Sweeten to tasto and stow three-quarters of a pound of prunes. When cold add iho white of four eggs, boutou to a stiff froth, stir all together till light, j>ut iu a dish and bake twenty minutes. Servo with cream. Seed Cake—One cup of butter, two of whito sugar, throe eggs, half a cup of caraway seeds aud fiour enough to make a stiff paste. Sprinkle tho board with sugar, roll out tho dough very thin aud cut it in rouuds. Bake about Ufteen minutes. Stewed Haddock—Cut tho haddock into square pieces, lay them into a suuoepan with a little salt, cayenne pepper, a little mace and some small pieees of butter. Dredge in a little flour or cracker crumbs and then an other layer of fish and seasoning. Cover tho Euucepan tight and let it simmer gently one hour. Dish it very carefully, turn the gravy over tho fish and serve. Yellow Cake—Take tho yolks of four oggs (loft from tho whip), one cup of sugur, half a cup of butter, two-thirds of a cup of milk, two large cups of fiour, one aud a half teaspoon fuls of baking powder, a pinch of salt und flavor with vanilla. This cuko is also very nioo baked iu a long pa-i, covered thickly with boiled frosting and then with tho half meats of Eng lish walnuts. Mint Sauce —Four dessertspoonfuls of chopped mint, two of grauulated sugar aud quurter of a pint of vinegar. Wash tho mint, which should bo young, freshly gathered and free from grit. Pick the leaves from the stalk, minoe them very fine, and put them into tho gravy boat. Add the sugor aud vino gur, and stir till tho sugar is dissolved. This sauce should be prepared several hours before serving. Boiled Salad Dressing—Thoroughly beat five eggs, put into them five or six tablespoonfuls of viuegar, two even teaspoonfuls of made mustard, oue teaspoonful each of salt aud sugar, half a saltspoonful of red pepper, two tablespoonfuls of oil aud a pint of cream. Cook in double boiler till it thickens like soft custard. Stir well. This will keep in a cool place two weeks, and is excellent for lettuce, celery, asparagus and cauliflower. Bibbon is growing more and more popular. The Bishop o! London has joined the ranks of the women suffragists. Transparencies of lace aro let" into many of the skirts with very good effeet. Our modern housemaid insists upon n large bow instead of a eap on her head. Among the newest materials aro embroidered crepons, with tiny dots in Dresden colorings. Philadelphia hotels have abandoned the rulo against tho entertainment of women unaccompanied. Twenty-one neighboring farm houses in North Paris, Mo., have sent out twenty-four schoolmarms. Tho Princess of Wales adorns her boudoir with curious patterns of skates of all countries and ages. Now black laco butterfly evening bonnots aro studded with tiny shine stones, with very brilliant effeot. Tho grass lineu embroidery and Valenciennes laco aro seen as trim ming on tho most diverse materials. It isn't called "women's rights" or "women's suffrage" any moro. It is "oqual rights" in the new parlance. Many women wear tho hair oombo.l down over tho cars and wavod out at tho side like tho old style of forty years ago. Thoro aro said to be over 1000 womon in New York who, in ouo way or an other, make their living by their pons. Louis Imogen Ourney, tho Now England postmistross-poet, has start ed on a walking trip through Eug land. Tho first woman to apply for and get a placo on a police forco was Miss Edith Wulker of Bogota, Colombia, in 1834. It is said that tho ox-Queen Isabella of Spain is tile godmother of more children than any other woman in the world. Tho first paper devoted to woman suffrage ovor pnblishod was tho Una, editod by Mrs. Paulina Davis, of Prov idence, R. I. JJona Mauuclla Palido, the first and only woman lawyer in Spain, opened an oflico in the Spanish capital iu February, 1894. A woman drummer, roproaonting a Boston (Mass.) wholesalo drug house, lias,invaded Kentucky, aud is taking in the larger towns. The first European women to marry a native of Burmah was Miss Mabel Cosgrove, who married Chan-Toon, ol ltangoou, in January, 1801. The Misses Brice, daughters of Sen utor Brioo, of Ohio, will make a bicycle and kodak tour of tho rural districts of Franco during the summer. Pompadour silks aud thoso with chine grounds in soft colors of blue, beige or fawn color are much used for rich, dressy blouse waists. Vionua has a society—the Oisela Verein—which raises funds for young girls to enable thom to marry. Last yeur sixty-six were provided for. Over 40,000 womon are attending colleges iu America, yet it is ouly twenty-five years sioco tho first col lego in tho land was opeued to women. Tho Princess Maud of Wales is a bicyclist, but doos not rush into bloomers. She wears a noat und mod est costume, with a lidiug-habit skirt. Many of the new imported modol trimmed hats aro a veritable "dream." Such lovely flowers can only bo an im itation of thoso growing in Paradise. Cherry wood handles aro the fashion in some of tho newest umbrellas. Thoro is not as muoh real or imitatiou silver used in ornamontion as hereto fore. Skirts in Paris have more godots than over, aud thoy are very much wider than skirts worn over here. Everything is trimmod with "ohoux" and flowers. Fashiouublo women in London aro wearing wide ribbon arouud the neck to hang down on cither sido nearly to tho edge of tho skirt. It has tho ef fect of a priost's ttole. Miss Lily Marshal, an English girl, is tho inventor of tho fino iridescent effects in brass work which have at tracted so much attention. Sho has a studio in New York City. Tho death of Mrs. Henry C. Lewis, of Coldwater, Mich., leaves the art collection possessed by her late hus band, valued at $300,000, at tho dis posal of the University of Miohigaa. Beatrioo Hurradcu, author of "Ship 3 That Pass iu tho Night," has a slight, girlish figure, short, curly hair aud big, brown, "astonished" eyes, to gether with a swoot voice and gentle manners. Dr. Holon Webster, of Wollosley College, is the only womau who has ever ouruod the title of doctor of philosophy. She went to Oermany and literally won the honor by hard, unremitting labor. Mrs. Euimons Blaino hai presented to the First Prosbyterian Church of Richfield Spriugs a new pipe organ and an addition to tho churoh build ing as a memorial to her husband. It was in this churoh that they were married. Mrs. Richard Watson Qilder, the wifo of the editor of tho Century, studied to bo au artist wheu she was a girl. Sho says sho hopes none of her three daughters will ever have any special talent for anythiug but bein » a truly good woman. Miss Ada L. Woolfolk, of tho Uni versity Settlement, at S>s lliviugtou street, was appointed a Sohool Inspec tor for tho Sooond Sohool Distriot, New York City. Miss Woolfolk has been identified with tho college set tlement work for several years. She graduated from Wellosley Col lege in 1891, and is consequently n young woman. She takes an active interest in sohool work. E. Diokiusou, general manager of the Union Paoific, with a salary of SIOOO a mouth, was, a score of years ago, a te!egraph operator at a small tiilur/ ; 1 ' : ■ of the company. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report D/\Vk| Baking lvySS Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE Handsomest Oak in Eastern America. What, BO for as wo can juilgo from onr observations, is tlio moat massive, symmetrical and iinposiug treo in Lastern North America is a live oalc, Querons Virginiano, standing ou one side of tho entranco to Drayton Manor House, ou Ashley River, near Charles ton, H. C. The home of the Drayton family, a handsome red brick Eliza bethan mansion, was built while South Carolina was a British colony, and it is said that the site of tho house was selected on account of this tree, al though, as the live oak grows very rapidly, it is not impossible that it was planted with its mate on the other sido of the drive when the house was first built. At the presont time the short trunk girths twenty-three feet four inches at tho smallest place be tween tho ground and the branches, which spread 123 feet in one direction and 115) feet in tho other. This tree is growing over a bed of phosphate, and tho demands of trado will, there fore, probably causo its destruction boforo its time. More than once wc have visito;l this troe, and oach visit has increased our l'ovcrenco for nature, as we stood in the presenco of this wonderful expression of her power. No one who has not seen the Drayton Oak can form a true idea of the majestic beauty of tho live oak, tho most beautiful of the fifty species of oaks which grow within tho borders of the United States, or of all that nqturo in a supremo effort at tree growing con produce.—Garden and Forest. South American 'Possum. A strange little animal which was discovered in a bunch of bananas fiom South Ameiica recoivod in Co lumbus, has been discovered by Pro fessor Kellicott, tho naturalist of tho Ohio Stato University, to bo a species of tho South American 'possum, and is believed to bo tho only one ever brought to this country alive. Tho animal is technically of tho genus di delphut*. Tho professor says the fam ily is confined to the American Conti nent, and ono species is quito well known in the Eastoru United States, being tho cunning Virginia opossum. Tho South American species aro most ly carnivorous, eating iusccts, crus taceans and other small auimals. lJirds form a large part of their menu i also. The animal is quite nu interesting one and has many peculiarities. It alwayß keeps its tail fastened to some object, swings acd will hang by its tail like a monkey. It will sit up right at times and fold its "hands," will wash its face aftor eating and will hiss upon being disturbed, after tho I manner of a cat.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. By tho will of Joseph Farwell, who was a prominent citizen of Unity, Me., nearly #20,000 is given to chari - tics and churches. - ONU ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Fig 3 is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the ta.°te, and acts gently yet promptly ou tho Kidneys, | Liver and Bowek, cleanses the sys- ; tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the tasto and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly benencinl in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy ana agreeablo substances, its cany excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figa is for sale iu 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 fHAHOISCO, GAL 10UISVIUS, Kt. HEW tOHK. M.t. "Wash us with Pearline! " That's all we ask. Save us from that dreadful rubbing- It's wearing us out! "We want Pearline —the origina. washing-compound— the one that has proved that it can't hurt us —Pearline! Don't experiment on us with imitations! We'd rather be rubbed to pieces than eaten up." 499 "To Save Time Is to lengthen Life." Do You Value Life? Then Use SAPOLIO Cyclone Cellars lor lowa Schools. Superintendent of Public Instruc tion Sabiu, in answer to questions, holds that School Boards aro fully authorized by law to build eyclono cellars and to use the contingent funds of the district in so doing. He placed tho cyclone cellar under the general head of school expenses. Tho low for it or not, it is better to have a placo of refuge and not wont it than to want it when the olonds are raging aud not have it. It doesn't invito o conflagra tion to insure one's home. One is in no moro danger of beiug killed with an accident policy in his pocket than bo is without it. Money might be spent for better purpososthan cyclono cellars; still, pupils and touchers who have had an experience with cyclones cannot bo induced to think BO.— Davenport (Iowa) Democrat. A Thrilling Paragraph. 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