Mrralent of All Diamond*. When a diamond ia fonnd weighing more than a hundred carat*, the new* is usually herahlod with mnoh ado. It is not to bo wondered at, therofore, if the finding of tho "Kxcelsior" oreatod considerable oxcitement. It weighed in the rough 071 carats, and was found near Jagcrsfountnin, in the Orange Free Stato, Afrioa. When examinod it was found to be a white stone of tho first water, but had a small flaw in tho centre. The inspector of tho mine, a Swede name Jorgensen, was tho IncJy fiuder. The proprietors of tho mine, Breitmayer and Bernheimer, had the stone tested aad valued by experts, who agroed that the valuo was $5,000,- 000. It is a fnct that two oflors of $3,000,000 and $4,250,000, respective ly, have been refused by the propri etors. Upon its transfer to the coast great precautions wero taken for its protection. A squadron of cavalry es corted it to tho railway station. In Capetown it was placed aboard tho British gunboat, H. M. S. Antelope, which brought tho precious gem to London, where it now rests in tho fire and burglar-proof vaults of the Bank of England. Tho next largest diamond in the world is tho ono owned by tho Rajah of Matan, on tho Island of Borneo; this one weighs 367 carats. The hand somest of all the largo diamonds known is, however, tho one in the French collection of crown jewels, known as tho "Regent," which weighs 136 J carats. Louis XV. paid 600,000 francs for it, but now it is valued at $2,000,000. How much tho "Excelsior" will lose in cutting can only be decided by most eminent experts. As a rule, the larger diamonds loso fully one-half of their weight in this operation. Naturally the cutting, which is done with a view to having as few largo pieces as possi ble outside of tho main gem, must be carried on with the greatest care. This business is carried on mainly in Am sterdam and Antwerp. In Amsterdam there are at present five largo concerns of diamond cutters, with 872 diamond mills or cutting wheels, and 300 C hands, besides a large number of lesf important concerns. Philadelphia Record. While Elephant?. Knighthood is not an honor that you can obtain in Siara as easily as you can in many other countries. You have to qualify for it by captur ing a white elephant, which is, by all accounts, a good deal more difficult than to writo indifferent poetry. Tho white elephant is tho National emblem of Siam, and all tho speci mens that can bo caught nro kept in tho royal stables and live on the fat of tho land. There are five of thorn at present in honorable captivity. All tho work they over havo to do is to take part twice a year in a State procession, and to support tho King by their majestic presence whenever he has to receive a foreign Ambassa dor. Besides being knighted, their captors receivo largo money rewards. The more white elephants there are iu the King's mews, the luckier does he reckon himself likely to be.—rhila delphia Public Ledger. A Napoleonic Relic at the Paris Fair- A French engineer, M. Eilouaril Oras, bus conceived tbo idea of repro- Jucing tbo historic house of Long wood in which Napoloon lived at St. Helena as an attraction during tbo ex hibition of 1900. The house, whicb, according to his scheme, will bo an exact copy of the original, will be sur rounded by panoramic canvases repre senting tbo natural surroundings. New York Post. Dr. Kilmer's Swamt-Hoot euros all Kidney nnd Bladder troublos. Pamphlet and Consultation froe. Laboratory Binghamlon, N. Y. Signs of a recent earthquake have been found on a desolato island in Lako Superior. Dot# Ho Chew or Smoke? If so. it is only a question of timo when bright eyes grow dim. mauly stops loso firm ness, and the vigor and vitality so enjoyable now will be destroyed foiever. Get a book, titled "Don't Tobaeeo Spit or Smoke Your Life Away," and learn how No-To-Bae,with out physical or financial risk, cures the to bacco habit, brings back the vigorous vital ity that will make you both happy.- No-To 15a* sold and guaranteed to cure by Drug gists everywhere. Book froe. Ad. Sterling Kemedy Co., New York City or Chicago. The I.miles. The pleasant effect anil perfect safety with which ladles may use the California liquid lax ative, Syrup of Figs, under all conditions makes it their favorite remedy. To got tho true and genuino article, look forthonamoot tho California Fit Syrup Co., printed near tho bottom of the package. Ami Make .Money At It. If you only knew it, the trouble Is with your digestion. If 'hat was goo I you would sleep better, wnke beiter, work better, anil make more money at it. How can one "gel on" wnen the whole system Is sluggish? But peo ple don't realize what fa the trouble. A box of llipans Tabules makes life worth living. At druggists. Aioert Buroh, West Toledo, Ohio, says: " Hall's Catarrh Cure savod my lite." Write hl."i for particulars. Sold by Druggists, Tuc. Mrs. Wiuslow's Soothing Syrup for children .eething, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colli-. t.'fic. a bot tie l'iso's Cure is a wonderful Cough medicine. —Mrs. W. HICKEHT, Van Slclen and Hlakc \ves., Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. -U, 1894. If afflicted wlthsoreeycs uso Dr. Isaac Tliomr- Min's Kye-water. Druggists sell at SAo per bottle A Good Appetite indicates a healthy condition of the system uid the lack of it shows that tho stomach »nd digestive organs are weak and debili tated. Hood's Barsaparilla has wonderful power to tone and strengthen those organs ind to create an appetite. By doing this it restores tho body to health and prevents at tacks of disease, licmember Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the only true blood purltlor prominently before the public eye today. U AAli'a Dillo 11,0 after-dinner pill and nuuu 9 family cathartic. Wcta. X Y N U—JQ 112 DAVIS HARD OB POWER CREAM SEPARATOR Ona-thlrd more butter and of hlgbei Quality than by other known ayatema •AVIS MONEY AND LABOR niaen from 1 to 1,060 Co wa. Pamphlet Mailed Pre#. Agents Wunttd DAVIS I* RANKIN BI.IIU. A!*l■ MKO CO., Sole ManufAi'turrr*. ('hlcAffu, Ill• HOW TO KEEP DITCHES FROM WASniNO. If the ditch is in a meadow or pas ture, round off tho banks with a spade or plow, and sow heavily with grass seed. They will soon becomo covered with a good sod, often extending to the bottom of tho ditch. If the ditoh is in a cultivated field plow it and sow to grass. If tho seeding should fail it can be sodded, if one chooses to put that much work on it. All this applies more particularly to ravines and ditohes used only during floods. —New England Homestead, RUST IN OATS. The red dustiness on the oats is due to the rust, which is a fungus grow ing in patches on tho leaves of this plant, and, fcoding on tho sap of it, causes it to fade and wither- I{ the red spots nro examined by a magnify ing glass they will appear as hollow cups or red egg-shaped bodies, which nro tho spores of tho iungus, tho roots of which penotruto all through tho substance of tho leaves of the oats. The probability is that by and by, when the oats are in head, they will bo affected by smut, which is thought to be a secondary form of the rust. This appears as black dust, filling the grains, in place of tho usual starchv matter. Tho remedy for both forms of tho diseaso is, bofore sowing it, to steep tho seed iu a solution of sulphate of copper (hluestone), four ounces in a gallon of water. Tnis de stroys the genns of the fungus that aro adhering to tho seods.—New York Times. DEnORNING BY CT.IPPERS. It is reasonable to believe that to clip tho horns of a cow with a clipper or cutter made on the principle of a pair of scissors must bo far more pain ful to the animal and less quick to heal tho wound than if the operation is dono by a sharp iiue-toothed saw. By the clippers tho horn is crushed to some extent, which is unavoidable, and, while it may bo more quickly done, it is not so easy to heal. The fine-toothed saw is a quick means of separating tho horn, and there is prac tically no loss of blood, while tho wound soon heals by covering it with pine tar and matting the hair over it, or adding some tow to tho hair to mako an impervious protection to tho wound. For small culves there is nothing better or so good rs caustic potash, dipped in water and rubbed on tho button of the hora bofore it comes through tho skin. —New York Times. INJURIOUS INSECTS. We would be glad to havo our read ers make a note of tho insects that do any decided injury to any of tho crops of tho garden, farm or orchard. What insects aro preying upon the cabbages this season, likowiso the corn? Keep a keen lookout for tho first appearance of nny upon tho mel ons, potatoes, cotton, etc. Any dam aging inscot that you aro not ac quainted with wo would bo glad to havo sent to us (in a pill box), that is, if you feel nny intorcst in regard to them or their work. Somo insects are very numorous this season, and wo would liko very much to know which sections are tho worst infected. Now that our birds nro about exter minated, tho fruit growor, tho farmer and tho gardener will bo forced to re sort to measures for protection that perhaps ho has nover bofore boon called onto make. It appears that from now on, at least for a while, tho fight ngainst insects and blight must be of an intelligent and unanimous character, elso tho effort to grow oropswill bo in vain.—Atlanta Jour nal. PUMPKINS FOR cows, Ono of tho most valuable crops for feeding cows is that of pumpkins. Bnt tho best product of this, as of all others, is whon it is inado tho single effort, nnd not as a sido show in a corn field. When grown alono nnd woll cultivated, it is easy to get as much as thirty or forty tons on nu aero of good land. Tho growing thom is not nny matter of dispute, but tho feed ing of them is. It is n common beliof that they oanso tho milk of cows to shrink; at least, this is said of tho seeds. But experience gives no ennso for this belief. On tho contrnry, tho milk is not only iucroascd iu quantity, but tho quality of it is improved. Tho color of tho buttor made is also considerably higher than from tho dry food used at this season, when a stook of pumpkins ia found most useful. One good-sized pumpkin chopped into slices, given to each cow twice a day, will bo found a valuable addition to the best fooding. And n* troublo need be borrowod in regard to any ill results from tho cows oating tho seeds. The seods and stringy matter attaohed to thom aro tho most nutritious part of tho gourd.—American Farmer. DRAUGHT* HORSE FAMINE IN PROSPECT. In view of tho dearth of yearling fffcd suckling colts throughout the coudfey this spring it is pertinent to inquire whero tho goldings to horse the trucks and wagons of American towns and cities a fow years hence aro to be derived. Tho teams now in har ness will not last forever; that much is certain. .On our city pavements even the best wearing sorts must sooner or later succumb urn* iu time give way to fresh stock from the farms. When that inevitable day ar rives will tho farmers bo prepared to supply tho desired grade of stock or not? At present there can be but one forecast of the situation : fh; end of the eentury will find out markets practically bare of big horses of the right stamp. Even tho wayfaring man j can figure this out. From ovorv farm ing district in the land we get tfco name report: No breeding of nny OQnse qneuco in prospect; few colts last year and practically none this spring! And not only this, but a buyer conuectid ! with the export trade is our authority ! for tho statement that sixtv per cenv ' of the ourrent reoeipta of horses of all descriptions in the Chicago market are mares! Stallion keepers without an occupation, and tho mares going by tens of thousands into tie barns of tho big dealers in the great oitiea of the North and of Europe 1 From these stables they never come out nave to begin a career of drudgery in the traces, which leads to but one place— the boneyard. Where are the colts to make up the requisite future supply to come from? One surprising feature of the Chi cago market at present is the great number of aotive, "nervy" 1350 to 1500 pound "chunks" being exported by French, German and English buy ers at prices ranging from SIOO to $l6O. Tho demand seems to have shifted from "drivers" to ohunks, and at least one-half of tho latter are mares going to help horse the omni buses and lighter trucks of Old World cities. This removes many mares that to tho cover of heavy draught stallions would havo given good, big geldings for tho United States markets of 1900, but never a one of them will nurse another foal. Query: Why this do mand for a class of stock which Europe was supposod to produce in sufficient numbers to satisfy its own markets? Havo tho foreigners been abandoning horse breeding of late years, as well as tho farmers of America? And, if so, to what extent will this effect the futuro of market valuos here? It is pleasant to note that a few men who havo not lost their heads have re tainod some good mares and have kept them stinted to stallions of a proper sort. These nro tho men iVho will not be found without choice "draughters" to sell when tho day ot reckoning ar rives. Evidenco is accumulating to show that by another spring many far mers will want to patronizo the stal lion keeper again, but the colt crops of 1894, 1895 and 1896 will bo found light beyond all repair. Those who hogin next spring will bo iu timo for tho markets of about 1902. The fact Is wo havo now to practically begin draught-horse breeding anew. Wc have lost substantially all that was gained at such great cost in point ol weight and quality by tho freo patron age of pure-bred horsos dnring the twenty years ending with 1893, and tho coming year will witness tho be ginning of thework of reconstruction. That it will proceed along better linos than before canuot be doubted. Farm ers havo learned by bitter experience the difference between mere bulk and quality, and it will never again bepos siblo to imposo upon them to any sen ous extent with ill-bred, post-legged hulks that never should cover a mare. When tbero aro many buyers after every big, lino "span" of geldings in tho market a few years henco will yon bo caught empty handed, or will you bo among those who, taking timo by tho forelock, havo proporod against tho day?—Breeders'Gazette. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Givo tho fowls a little meat, or cut green bone, and don't forget to cut somo grass for them overy day. Choppod onions is ono of tho best of green foods. Watch out among your young stock for specially porfoct specimens, and givo them spcoial caro, as you may want to exhibit stock this fall, and theso will then bo right in lino. As soon as tho chioks aro liatohod, put thorn in a basket, and with tho old hen, romovo them to tho coop you havo proporod for them. Then im mediately tako the old nost pud burn it. This will remove all troublo from lice. If tho mower was carofully stored in the fonco corner whon through hay* iug last soason, do not bo surprisod to find it rusty and badly weather worn, for suoh shelter is npt to "prosorvo" maohinery that way. Yon may havo to buy a now machine. Rolled oats, or oraoked whoat is tho best feed for littlo ohioks. It roqniros no preparation, and they will donicoly ou it. It is cleaner than mush, and soft food, as it docs not get tnixod up with tho dirt of tho ooop, hcuoo there is loss danger of disease. It is not too early to bo studying tho littors of pigs to detormino which of tho fomalcs aro tho vory bost. Of courue, tho sonsiblo breedor will ro servo theso or somo of them for his own uso as tho breeding stock for a part of next year's crop. Whon your ohioks have hatched and yon put tho old hen in a coop, be sure and havo no bottom in it. Let hor bo on tho ground. A closo box, with a board bottom, such as is sometimes used, iu bad iu summer, as it gets so hot tho hen suffers greatly, and not infrequently dies. Ono tio in timo may not, liko tho proverbial stitch, save nine, but it cer tainly will save many broken branohes and shoots, and lossen the ever pres ent danger to be apprehended from strong wiuds. Therefore, just as soon as the plants need support, they should be staked and tied, or other wise secured, according to their re quirement;. During the warm weather it is not unusual for a hen to hustle the hatch ing process along BO that the chicks will appear ono or even two days ahead of time. Last week fourtoen Brown Leghorn chicks surprised us by com ing a day or two ahead of time. So it is woll to watoh out for them, toward the last, or before you know they arc on deck some of them will bo trampled to douth. Drinking fountains, in one, two 01 throe gallon sizes, made of crockery, ■ire, in our estimation, about the best thing to furui»li cool, eleau water to any (lock of fowls, and should be placed in a shady place in or outside of the building. ltuuning water if best; but wo oan't nil have such n convenience, and must le regulated by our surrouiubugH. i!old, clean water is u very important thing in warm weather. He thoughtful am', im mane to your tloek. HOUSEHOLD iTUIM. Tin ADVANTAO* OF A BUUCHMO OBOUND, Bleaching powders, ehloride of lim< nnd chemicals are damaging things tt use on good fabrics. They will inevi tably dooreaae their wearing qnalitie*, and unless nseil with the utmost oarc are likely to make holes in the goodSi For all-round bleaching, a grass plot is the beet of all places. To spread the linen out on tho green turf and koop it well sprinkled with soapsudi for a few days is to insure a bloach at pcrfeot as one could apk. Failing ol this, a great deal can be done ou the roof of a poroh or on tho linos in the yard. Many housekeepers do not seem to be aware that if clothes are hung out of a suds dripping, and al lowed to drain and dry in a bright sunshine, they will bleaoh almost as well as on the grass. They may be sprinkled again and again, and for this purpose a forcc-puinp that can be used in a pail of water is of very great ad vantage. In localities where thero are no drying grounds or bleaching facilities of any other sort, a good deal may be accomplished by hanging a littlo frame from tho window and putting tho pieces to bo bleached upon this. One ingenious woman has had a hinged frame attached to the out side of the window sill. Tho frame turns up against tho wall and is se cured with a hook. Whenever it is necessary either to bleach or dry any thing, the frame is let down, a strong coid fastened at tho other end ami drawn through a ring at the top of tho window keeping it in position. Hero stained table linon or other ar ticles are hung out and kept wet with soapsuds, bleaching out in a very sat isfactory fashion. Any of theso ways aro far superior to the chlorido of lime bleaches or any of tho thousand und ono labor saving compounds with which tho mar ket has for the last few years been flooded.—New York Lodger. TO C!AN VEGETABLES. Tho mauner of cauuing one kind of vogctablo applies to almost all kinds except corn, and by mixing corn and tomatoes no difficulty is experienced with theso. Tomatoes are tho oasiost to can, and aro invaluable in a house hold. They make delicious soups and Baucos. Mrs. Henderson gives the following recipes: To Can Tomatoes—Lot thoni bo en tirely fresh. Put scalding water over them to aid in removing tho skins. When tho cans with their covers arc in readiness upon tho table, tho red scaling wax (which is generally too brittlo and requires a littlo lard moltod with it) is m a cup at tho back of the fire, the teakettle is full of boiling water and the tomatoes aro all skinned, wo aro ready .to begin the canning. Put enough tomatoes in a porcelain preserving kettle to fill four cans, add no water. Let them come to tho boil ing point, or let thorn all bo well scaldod through. Fill tho cans with hot wator first, thou with tho hot to matoes, wipe off moisture from tops with a soft cloth and press the covers on tightly. While pressing each covoi down olosely with a knife, pour care fully around it the hot sealing wax from a tin cup. Hold tho knife still that the wax may sot. Put the blade jf an old knife iu the fire and whon it is red hot run it over the tops of the scaling wax to melt any bubbles that may havo formed. Thero will bo juice left after tho tomatoes nrc canned. Season this and boil it down for cat chup. Self 3calors aro very conveni ent, but many think that heat hardens tho rubber rings so that thoy aro unfit for use in a year or two, and for this reason thoy prefer tho cans or jars with a groove around tho top lor seal ing with wax. String Boaus—Next to tomatoes tho vogotablo easiest to can is the string beau. Remove tho tough strings at the sidos and break the bean into two or threo pioces. When ready throw them into boiling water for ton minutes and can liko tomatoes. Canned Watermelon—Cut rind o) ripo melons into small pioces three inches long, first cutting off all groen ; boil till tender enough to pierce with a fork. Have syrup mado of white sugar, by allowing half a pound ol sugar to one pound of fruit. Skim out melon and place in syrup with a few pieces of raco ginger ; putin cau and seal hot after letting it cook a few moments. Canned Corn—Tho following pro cess is the 0110 patented by Mr. Wins low, and is tho best for presorving tho natural flavor of greeu sweet corn. Fill the cans with tho uncooked corn (freshly gathered) cut from tho oob, and seal them hermetically; surround them with straw to prevont striking against each other and put thoin into a boiler over tho fire with enough cold water to cover them. Heat tho water gradually and when they havo boiled ono and ono-half hours, puueture tho tops of tho cans to allow tho escapo of gasos, then seal them immodiately while thoy aro still hot. Continuo to boil thorn for two and one-half hours. Iu packing tho cut corn in the can tho liberated milk an 1 juioos surround tho kernels, forming a liquid in which thoy aro cooked. Cprn nnd Tomatoes—Scald, pool and slico tomatoes iu proportion of one-third corn und two-thirds toma toes, putin a porcelain kettle nnd let boil fifteen minutes and cau immedi ately in glass or tin. Somo take equal parts corn and tomatoes, preparing them in the same way. Others, after outting corn from the cob, cook it twenty minutes, adding a littlo water and stirring often, cooking the toma toos in a separate kettle for five min utes, and thou adding them to the corn in tho proportion of one-third corn to two-thirds tomatoes, mixing well till they boil up once, and thon canning immodiately. Whole Tomatoes— Fill a large stono jar with ripe, sound, whole tomatoes, add a few oloves and a springing of sugar between each layer. Cover well with one-half cold vinegar and one half water. Put a pieoe of thick flannel over tho jar, letting it fall well down into the vinegar, then tie down with a cover of brown papar. These will keep all winter, aud if mold col lects on tho flannel it will do no harm. —American Agriculturist. The proponed British railroad to Uganda, Afrioa, will bo a notable ad dition to tho traveling facilities in Vgandaland. WBBh Mrs. Langtry's jewels are valued by experts at over 9850,000. Portugal has 1,080,000 women mora than seventeen years old. Holland, though small in size, has 1,070,000 women, young and old. There is a flourishing Young Wo men's Christian Association in Calcut ta, India. All over Washington State the ladies are organizing 00-operative home industrial associations. "Ouida" is small, with a seamed and wrinkled faco, overhung with gray ringlets, and is afflicted with a dis tinctly bad temper. Unless a Chinese father happens to be a schoolmaster, and at homo with nothing to do, he never thinks of teaching his daughter to read. Durham (England) University has been authorized to bestow degrees upon women. Oxford and Cambridge Universities, howover, still refuse. The widow of John Brown, of slav ery-day fame, lives in a protty cabin in the Sierra Azure Mountains, about fifty miles from San Francisoo, Cal. Over 40,000 women are attending colleges in America, yet it has only been twonty-five years since tho first college in tho land was opened to wo men. Tho furniture revival next year for tho drawing room will be the rose wood and red velvet of over fifty years ago, when there was less style, but moro solidity. Tho glovo manufacturer who will make "black kids" of a kind that will not "rub off on everything" may not bo knightod, but ho will bo blessed by evorybody. Tho first woman admitted to prac tice law before thecourtsof California was Mrs. Clara S. Foltz, who was ad mitted to the bar of that Station Sep tember 5, 1878. The first woman to act tho part of a woman character on tho stago was Margaret Swartz, who made her first appoarance in London ou tho night of November 9, IGSG. A few courageous women havo np pearod carrying canes on the promeu ade. Of course, it is generally under stood that theso articlos are more orna mental than useful. The first woman oleotod Mayor of an American city was Mrs. Susanna Madora Salter (neo Kinsoy), of An gonia, Kan. Mrs. Salter was elected in tho spring of 1887. Dickerson County, Virginia, has a woman mail carrier. Sho is a widow, sixty years old, and covers her route regularly and punctually in all weath ers, rendering the best of servicj. Mrs. Frances Klock introduced a bill in tho Colorado Legislature pro viding for an industrial school far girls, and the general feeling soems to be that sho has struck in good time. Mrs. Langtry declaros horsolf ej much plenscd with the United States that sho hns duterminod to put her daughter Jeanne, who is now thirteen venrs old, at school iu Now York City. It is now reported that since tho presentation of a copy of tho New Testament to the Dowager Emprcsiof China, a Christian Chinese woman has been called to the royal palace to fill tho position of nurse. Ex-Empress Eugenie, who is now In Paris and is showiug herself moro than nt any timo siuco tho death of the Prince Imporial, was present ut tho dinner given by Prinoess Mathilda ou her sovonty-fifth birthday. Womon have worn corsets from the carliost times. The mummy of the Egyptian Princess, who lived 2000 years B. C., was discovered in 1672, nnd around tho waist was a contrivance olosoly resembling the modern corset. Tho quiet Swedes, who make capa ble servants, aro now in such numbers in Boston that an attempt is being inado to raiso funds to finish tho struc ture, partly completed, designed for a Methodist Episcopal Swedes' Church. Miss Mary M. Haskell, of Minneap olis, is about to exhibit her courage and onduranco by venturing alono ou horsoback, in her capacity as census taker, into tho wilds of Cass County, Minncsoto, which is largely iuliabitod by Indians. Princess Nasle, of Egypt, ono of tho most intelligent and progressive wo men iu Europe, is a constaut laborer for tho advancement of tier sex. She is now arranging an exhibit of the work of Egyptian women nt the At lanta Exposition. Miss Maria M. Love, of the Buffalo (N. Y.) W. C. T. U., told tho local conforonce of charities aud correc tions, a few days ago, that if girls would learn to coook, sow and keop house tidily, thero would be muoh lest drinking by men. A gift of life inauranco policies ag gregating $500,000 wasonoof the feat ures of tho wedding of Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, of Philadelphia, to Miss Bradley, of Pittsburg. The poli cies were on tho life of the groom and the newly-mado wife is tho bene ficiary. Miss Emily Bigloy, a trained nnrse, whose marriage to Lord Arthur Hep burn, of England, is announced to tako place at Los Angeles, Cal., is of great personal beauty, highly cul tured, and of English birth. She is a niece of Jean lugelow, tho English poetess. Tacoma, Wash., claims the only wo man custom house broker on the Northern Puciflo coast. Sho is Miss Florenco B. Moffutt, daughter of a steamboat oaptaiu, aud is said to be actively interested in shippiug inter cstn, nnd to know more ou the matters of transportation aud 00-.umeroe than many men in the business. Miss Finny Elkins is a New York artist in a special liue of work who re ceived an exposition medal and di ploma awarded for "accuracy, detail aud beauty." Sho devotes her atten tion to making drawings for physi cians and snrgeons. These drawings she renders from dissections, photo graphs, sketohes or books. She has 'recommendations from leading physi oians in New York, and probably is the only woman who has made a dis tinct suoceas in this work. Value ol i Mlttnfr. Xapolcou, who know tho vatao of time, remarked that it wan tho quarter honrs Hint, won battle*. Tho mine of minute* hi* horn often recognized, i»ml nny person watching a railway clerk banding ont tickets ami change ■taring tho last few minutes available must bare boen strusk with how much could bo dono iu these short periods of time. At the appointod hour tho train starts and by and by is carrying pas sengers at the rnto of sixty miles an hour. In a second yon are carried twenty-nine yards. In ono twenty ninth part of a second you pass over one yard. Now, r.no ynrd is quite an appreciable distance, but ono twenty niuth of a second is a period which cannot be appreciated. l'et it is when we come to planetary and stellar motions that the notion of the infinite divisibility of time dawns upon tin in a new light. It would seem that no portion of time, however mi croscopic, is unavailable. Nature can perform prodigies, not certainly in less than no time, but in portions of it so minute as to be altogether incon ceivable. The earth revolves on her axis in twenty-fonr hours. At tho equator her eircumferenco is l 23,000 miles. Hence, in that part of the earth a person is being carried east ward at the rate of 509 yards per second—that is tho moving over a yard, whose length is conceivable, in tho period of ono fivo hundred and ninth part of a second, of which we can have no conception at all. But more, tho orbital motion of the earth round the sun causes the former to perform a revolution of nearly 600,- 000,000 miles iu a year, or somewhat less than 70,000 miles an honr, which is more than iOOO miles in a minute. Here, then, onr second carries us tho long dietanco of about nineteen miles. The mighty ball thus flics about a mile in the nineteenth part of a second, Boston Advertiser. Experiments With Ejeslgli:. Experiments have been made to de cide how far spiders can see, and it has been determined that they have a range of vision of at least a foot. It is not always possible to tell, however, whether the lower animals porceive by sight or hearing or by the action air in motion has on their bodies. Experiments tend to show that mico are sensitive to motions of tho air which to humau ears create no sound whatever.—New York World. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report AB&owrora pure Proper Hair Cutting. Tho intelligent barber, says tho Chicago Inter-Ocean, looked pityingly at a young man who hail just gotten a shave in tho next chair, and WAS taking his departure through the door. "Look at that gentleman's head," ho remarked with indignant emphasis. "Every bump in tho back aud every scar he ever got there in his boyhood is as plain as tho nose on your face. Tho trouble is that ho had his hair out by somo barber who doesn't know his business. "There are dead loadß of barbers," continued the speaker, whacking his razor on tho strop, "who sing, 'Johnny, git your hair cut short,' and don't know anything else in their trade. They cut away at ft man's hair AS long as tho comb'U take hold, and don't stop till thero isn't any more hair to cut. A barber should never cut a customer's hair short unless he's ordered to do so. Hair should never be cut so as to disfiguio a person. A barber should be something of an artist. Ho should feel a customer's head and fiud out if it has any pro nouncod bumps, and tho hair should be raised to see if any scars aro con cealed. If either of theso blemishes exist the hair should be cut so as to hide them as far as possible. The razor should never bo ÜBed, eicept sparingly, on the neck. The hair should be graduated gently from the crown and shaded on tho neck with care and patienoe. It makes mo tired tu see the work of some so-called barbers. Next!" Tho daily income of tho principal rulers is said to be: Emperor of Rus sia, $25,000; Sultan of Turkey, $lB,- 000; Emperor of Austria, $10,000; Emperor of Gtrmany, $8000; King of Italy, $6-400; Queen Victoria, $6300; King of Belgium, $1640; President of France, $5000; President of the United States, $137. Old Rip Van Winkle went up into the Cat skill mountains to take a little nap of twenty years or so, and when he wakened, he found that the "cruel war was over, the monthly magazines had "fought it over" tha second time and "blown up" all the officers that had participated in it. This much is history, and it is also sn his torical /act that, it took the same length of time, for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medics! Dis covery to become the most celebrated, as it is the most effective, Liver, Blood snd Lung Remedy of the sge. 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