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
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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
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U AAli'a Dillo 11,0 after-dinner pill and
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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.
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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
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ordered to do so. Hair should never
be cut so as to disfiguio a person. A
barber should be something of an
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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.
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covery to become the most celebrated, as
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V. W. Edwardr, of Lansingburgh. was pros
trated by sunstroke during tho war itixi it
hos entailed on him peculiar iiuil nerioutf
consequence*. At tho |>r»vw<iil writ I tier Mr. E.
It) it |>romincut officer of Pout Lyon 0. A. It.,
Colioes, and a past aid do camp 011 the staff
of the commander-in-chief of Albany Co. In
tho Interview with a reporter hp said
'I win wounded an t sent to the hospital
at Winchester. They sent me, together with
other*, to Washington —a ride of Hliout 100
mllr,". Having no room iu the lx>x care we
wore placed fa-o u;i on tho bottom of lint
can. The sun boat down upon our unpro
tor.ted hen I*. When I reached
1 was insensible and was unconscious for leu
days while iu tho hospital. An abscess gath
ered iu my ear and broke; it has boon gath
ering and breaking over sluce. Tho result
of this 100 mile ride and sunstroke was heart
disease, nervous prostration, insomnia and
rheumatism; a completely shattered system
which gave ine no rest night or dny. As u
last resort I took some l'ink I'll Is and they
helped me t> a wonderful degree. My rheu
matism i» gene, my heart failure, dyspepsia
and constipation aro about gone, and the ab
seess in my ear has stopped discharging and
my bead feels as clear as a bell, when before
it felt us though it would burst, and my once
shattered nervous system Is now nearly
sound. Look nt those lingers," Mr. Edwards
suld, ''do they look as If there was any rheu
matism there'?" He moved his lingers rapid
ly and freely and strode about the room like
a young boy. "Ayear ago those lingers wore
gnarled at the joint' and so stiff that I could
not hold a pen. My knees would swell up
and I could not straighten my legs out. My
Joints would squeak when I moved them.
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me prime and vigorous at forty-seven, I
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parently nearly healthy, and that I can sleep
nights, you may realize why I may appear to
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These pills quiet my nerves, take that awful
depression from my head and at tho santo
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my logs being cold and clammy at times.
Now the circulation there is as full and as
brisk as at any other part of my body. I
used to be so light-headed and dizzy from
my nervous disorder that I frequently fell
while crossing tho floor of my house. Spring
is coming and 1 never felt better in my life,
anil I am looking forward to a busy season
of work."
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