Slaughtering Horse* for Food. Tho slaughter of horses for food hod began at Linnton, Oregon, in an abat toir especially constructed for tho purpose. Tho San Francisco Examin er says: Tho operation is about tho samo as killing a bcof. Tho horses are driven up tho inclined roadway from the cor rals and eaoh is onelosod in a pen. The executioner strikes them in tho head with ft sledgehammer. The doors of tho pen aro lifted and tho carcasses are drawn out on tho floor and expe ditiously dressed and hung up. Trenches in tho floor and ohutes con vey tho offal out of sight, and, in a short time, a number of carcassos aro suspended by the gambrols from iron tracks above. Tho pile of hoofs in one corner, a pile of horsetails in another, and the length and slimncss of the logs on the carcasses aro all that would indicate to an unexperienced person that any thing unusual had been going on. Tho flesh of tho horso is darkor than that of good boef. Thero are oertain variations to tho customary method of converting a livo horse into an odiblo ono which de servo mention. Horses which have been killed in tho oars, or had "brok en their necks running down an em bankment trying to get away," as one butcher said, must not bo allowed to goto waste. So they are gotten out of tho way very expeditiously. The legs wero cut off at tho knees, the mane and tail romoved, a slit mado the whole length of the skin and the hoad and part of tho neck divested oi tho epidermis. Then a rope was made fast to tho loosenod BIUU and a chain put around the neck and fas tened to the truuk of an applo tree. A team of horses was hitched to the rope and tho entiro skin thus pulled off. A few cuts and slashes and the caroasses wero in the steam tank being converted into fertilizer. This is, in brief, tho way horses aro killed for eating in the iirst establish ment of its kind in America. It is not intended that any of tho meat shall be offered for sale here; nor is thero any part of the establishment devoted to canning. Tho company will not can horses, at least at pres ent. Only tho hams will bo picklod for export. The offal will be convert ed into fertilizer and made into other marketablo products by methods in use at all first-class abattoirs. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root cure 3 ull Kidney nnd Uladdor troublos. Pamphlet and Consultation free. Laboratory liinglmtnton. N. Y. While the American hay crop is extraor dinarily short, tho sanio is true in England. state of Omo, City op Toledo, I 4 Lucas County. ( **• \S» . Frank J. Chen ey makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney As :0., doing business in the City of Toledo, Jountyand State aforesaid, and that said firm .vlli pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL LARS for each nnd every oase of Catarrh that ;auuot bo cured by tho use of Hall's Catarbu L'uhe. Fiiank J. Ciie.ney. Sworn to before mo nnd subscribed in my presence, tliistlth day of December, A. D. 18S0. I —i A. W. CiLEASON, seal. J- ■ Xotaru l'ub'.ic. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and »ets directly on the blood and mucous surfaces if tho system. Send for Vest imouiuls, free. • P. J. Cheney Jc Co., Toledo, O. tar Kola by Druggists, 76c. Cotton States and Interiiatioual Imposition. Atlanta, Ga.—The Southern Railway, I'iod ruont Air Line, announces tho following rates from Washington to Atlanta, Oil., for tho Cot ion States Exposition: Washington to Atlanta uid return, on Tuesday and Thursday each .veek during exposition, rate of sl4 for the -ound trip, good to return within ten days, ivory day, during the exposition, rate of slS>.2s, :ood to return thirty days from date of sale; ilso round-trip rate of $20.23, good to return inttl January 7. For rntoschedule aud through :ar service address New \ ork ntllce, 271 Hroad •vay; Philadelphia. 32 South Third St.; Boston, !2S Washington St. Tobacco's Triumph. Every day wo meet men who have appur intly lost all interest in life, but they chew jnd smoke all the time and wonder why the sunshine is not bright, and tho sweet birds' songs sound dlseordnut. Tobacco takes away tho pleasure of life nnd leaves irrituted nerve •entres in return. No-To-Baa is the easy way out. Guaranteed to euro and make you well aud strong, by Druggists everywhere. A New View of Life. It is surprising how often tho troubles of this life spring lroin indigestion. And more ■surprising how few pooplo know it. You say, "I'm blue," or ".My head feels queer." or "I ?au't sleep." or "Everything frets inN ino times in ten indigestion is at the bottom of all your miseries, and a box of Ripans Tabules would give you an entirely new view of life. FITS stopped free by Dii. Kline's Great Neiivb Rkstokeii. No fits after first day's use. Murvelous cures. Treatise and $2.00 trial bot tle free. Dr. Kline, ttil Arch St., Pliiia., Pa. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces intiammn tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. "Be. a bottle After physicians had given me up, I was saved by Piso's Cure. Kalimi Kuieo, Wil liainsport, Pa., Nov. 22, ISOII. Pleasant, Wholesome, Speedy, for coughs is llale's Honey of Ilorchound and Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. Weak and Weary Becauso ol a depleted condition of tho blood. Tho remedy is to bo found in purilled, enriched and vitalized blood, which will ho given by Hood's Sarsaparilla, tho great blood purlllor. It will tono tho stomueh, "■route an appotlto uud give renewed strength. Remember Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the only truo blood purifier prominently In the public eye today. tl; six for W. Hood's Pills N V N ♦ HIGHEST AWARD* WORLD'S FAIR. ★ .THE BEST ★ PREPARED F^oor> SOLD EVERYWHERE. » JOHN CARI.Ii A M»NB. New VoH» * Eg ASTHMA ■fx- POPHAM S ASTHMA SPECIFIC iri'iit r In IIVN wltiulci.' »«-Bd fur a > lu gII Ul kttfv. H«»M l.y r«« riui of il.iMt. Mt« I* #4.0". i-mmu*, i-uiu , ia. W %*TKU -AtfOftl*. ChlUrM IMii'llAnr. » |l|| I Kill* ■ iMtTCik »jrup. TuMiitSSi V«B E H..M uniMfl* M BICE AS A POULTRY AND STOCK FOOD. Bice is attracting attention as a food for stock and poultry. There is a large amount of badly cleaned and broken rieo which might be very prof itably thus employed.—New York World. AUEBICAN IRISES. American irises do not seem to have received tho attention from cultiva tors thot they deserve. It is doubtful if there be at this time a complete col lection oven of the different species in any ono garden, while thero are, no doubt, good varieties which have never been cultivated, and probably not even collected for herbariums. Again, thero are varieties which havo only a local reputation, and which havo not been generally distributed. I have found a number of varieties of this kind; some of theso are not yet flow ered here. Some of our irises aro most diflicult to establish, and it will task the skill of an Eastern grower to flower some of tho West Coast speoies, which resent removal and naturally are at rest during our summer season.—Gar den and Forest. POISONING TIIE CUTWORMS. We notice in ono of our agricul tural contemporaries a statement to tho effect that "a prominent entomol ogist (fortunately name not given) proposes placing a tablespoonful of sweetened bran mash containing poi son by tho sido of each hill of corn" for the purpose of poisoning cutworms. We doubt very much if any promi nent or other entomologist has or could bo induced to recommend such an ab surd thing, becauso all of tho dozen or more species of tho cutworm feed en tirely on green and succulent plants, and would bo no more inclined to cat bran mash than smoke a cigarette. A man who should sot out such a tempt ing poisoned dish for wild birds and domestio fowls might find himself amenable to laws enacted for the ex press purpose of preventing stupid and vicious persons from placing poisons in exposed positions on their grounds or elsewhere.—New York Sun. OLD STONE WALLS. When the country was new many farmers put as much etono as they could into walls for their fences. Theso were deemed mucli moro im portant then than they aro now. How ever great tho satisfaction when the wall was built in thinking that it was a fence forever, the timo has coruo iu many places where the stono wall is a nuisance. Its material is all there, but tho work of relayiug it and of keeping it in repair is greater than the interest oncost of most fences. Be sides, the stone wall is a harbor for weeds, and it often is a refuge for skunks, weasels and other farm ver min. On most farms tho best use of the old stone walls is to build base ments for barns or cellar walls, or in the underdrains. Good drains can be made from stono alone, or after laying tho tile a layer of stone may bo placed abovo them, coming to within a foot or so from tho surface, so tho stono will not likely bo ever in the way of the plow.—Boston Cultivator. HARVESTING AND MARKETING GRAL'ES. i Picking, packing and marketing should bo done systematically ; care less pickers or packers cannot bo tol erated. In Western New York a bushel tray or box is tisod almost exclusively for picking. This is too cumborsomo and requires both hands in moving it. Wo use a shallow half bushel box, or basket, which is readily handled with one hand. A good picker will gather from 1200 to 1500 pounds per day without dropping or crushing any, and a good packer will pack 100 to 125 baskets and get them full enough so they will open up smooth and level on top with no stems in sight, but not so full as to crush the fruit in putting on tho cover. Fiok grapes at least twenty-four hours beforo they aro packed. If picked and pa".kod at once, ihey sottlo so the basket is only two thirds full when it reaches tho cou ■urncr. I'lau the harvest work so that full loads can be hauled to tho depot each day. If the roads aro good, as they should be, 400 or 500 baskets can bo UB readily drawn as half that number. Havo tho packing house cool and airy, with room and conveniences for the packers to work to tho best advantage. If you ship to a commission house, don't listen to every urummer that comes along, but select two or throe reliable firms andgivo them your fruit exclusively. Tho plan of forming all growers into a co-operative uuion has not proved u success here. A better plan is for several growers who cau work harmoniously to loud their own card and ship or soil iu oarlot*. —Ameri can Agriculturist. TUKATMKNT OP SUKKP VAU. Tho Australian sulphur aud luuo dip is made as follows: Take of (low ers of sulphur 100 pouuds, quicklime 150 pound?, water 100 gallons. Mix ami stir, while boiliug, for teu min utes, until the mixture assumes a bright red color, thou ald throe gal lons oi wut.r. Hold tho sheep iu the mixture until tho scabs are thorough ly soaked, bit morse tho head at least once. I'se tho dip at 10J to 110 do> greos. In various section* of the I'uitod States the following proportions aro used: Tulos aud Now Mexico—Thirty pounds nt tobacco, aevcu pouuds of uulpbur, three pouuds couooulrated Ire, lot* gnllouH of water. Nevada- Sulphur teu pouuds, lime twenty pouuds, water sixty gallons. California Sulphur four pouuds, illue oue puun l, nater enough to make foui gallon' . Kansas- Sulphur twenty-twopouiul*, liiU'i i«v< i! l ouuds, water 100 gallons. Sulphur Htid liiue are probably the cheapest recipe, but the lime is apt to injure III" stable. Toltaooo and Mil phur form tho best combination known for the treatment of soab. To every 100 gallons of water there should be used thirty-five pounds of good strong tobacco (if stems or other inferior parts are used there should be more), and ten ponnds of flower of sulphur. This should bo used at a temperature of 120 degrees, and will leave the wool in a healthy condition, while killing every sort of parasite. Whore tobacco is used, care should be taken to keep the wash out of the eyes, nostrils and mouth of the shoop. To insnre success, dip again within ten days or two weeks, so as to oatch the larviß which may have hatched out.-- American Farmer. FERNB IN THE GARDEN. If one has a shady place, with good soil, ferns may be successfully raised in the garden, but it is tho extreme of folly to attempt to grow them in the glare of sunlight or in dry or hard earth. Neither should they.be grown under large trees, unles they oan be placed some distaneo from tho roots, as tho trees absorb most of the good from tho soil, and the ferns would starvo to death or grow thin and ragged. Deep, rich and loamy soil is best for ferqs, and even this should be removed in part, and its place sup plied by tho black earth from tho bot tom land where ferns flourish most luxuriantly. Ono cau goto any swamp and take up and bring homo ferns enough to make a beautiful bed, with very little trouble. Always se lect small plants, aud lift them with plenty of earth attached to them, wator them thoroughly for a number of days, and never allow them to be come parched. If the ground gets dry, they can be kept iu good oondi tion by covering the roots with rotted wood or the sweepings from tho lawn, taken up after tho lawn mower is used; but the best of all is decayed wood from tho forests. Some day when you go out to drive, put a couple of bags in tho carriage, and when you pass through some pieco of thick wood laud stop and gather your bags full of scraps from tho trunk of soino decayed tree. In the absence of theso, pieoos of board or sticks of any kind are a tolerable substitute, or bricks or stones may bo laid arouud among tho plants. This will kcop tho earth moist and do much to promote tho hoalth and vigor of tho ferns. One may buy grcou-houso ferns iu tho spriug and put them out, and do rive great pleasure from thom all sum mer. Many of them will not livo out through tho winter; soma of thom may, but they can bo removed at small cost, and tho little expense is well worth while.—Now York Lodger. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Hold fast to your mutton shoep. Linscod meal is excellent food for tho colt. Solitary confinement in a dark sta ble will make a horso vicious. Breed to suit your market, and not according to your individual tasto. See that the collars fit tho shoul ders and that the hames fit tho col lars. Usually tho swino pasturo should bo larger than is tho caso on many farms. l'awing is often caused by indiges tion, worms, constipation or disor dered kidneys. You aro feeding your hens too much. Thoy art too fat. That's why they don't lay any more. A good sheep is a good friond to tho farmer. Do not abuse him even though ho is not on top just now. A loan hen seldom wants to sit, while a fat ono generally docs. Moral: Don't feed your hens too much in warm woathor. It is an excellent plau to troat hy drangeas with liquid manure till tho blossoms appear. It should thou bo discontinued, abuudajee of water be ing given. If tho dry weather affects the lawn, leavo tho grass a littlo lougor; its shade will do somothing for tho protec tion of tho roots, that otherwise might parch aud dry. A hog should bo kept for overy oow on tho avorago farm, provided thero aro at least two acres in tho farm for each hog kept. Piggy needs room, so do cows, horses, shoop aud poul try. Ouo poiut iu favor of sheep is that a moderate-size 1 tloak can bo kept ou very many farms with but littlo oost; sometimes with actual diroot advan tage to the farm aside from tho money return for wool or mutton. If your pasturago is short, feed corn-fodder aud help out the coru with somu fall pasturage, barley, for instance, or winter rye. Sow theso now where the earlier grains have been takeu oil aud you will get well paid. The flowering period of hybrid roses may bo materially prolonged by faithful atteutiou to watering; aud after the bloouiiug has ceased water should bo given with equal fidelity, be cause at that time the uuw wood is formed which wilt give the next crop of blossoms. if a two and a half-year old stoer 1 eau be turned off at a better protlt, weighiug 1250 pounds, than if kept until three years old aud brought to a weight of 1000, it would bo folly to hold hiiu. Tho older au animal gets the more it costs to put on flesh, and cattle men are adoptiug tho policy of ; feeding off earlier. (Ensilage is largely tine.l by aotue 1 poultry keepers. It is easily prepared, take a large barrel, or hogshead, or a tight, stroug bin u best, aud after cutting your clover, weeds, grass or any other g>evu stuff Hue, pack it iu a receptacle, aud cover it over with | board* that you cau weight down by piling on stoues. The main thing is to exclude the air. Wheu this is done (wrfeotly your silo is a success, aod you will havo plouty of greuu stuff ffr winter. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS, CAHIOD FHTTTT JCICK, Canned froit juioes are an excellent substitute (or wine in all padding and sauces, cto. It is a good plan to pre pare the pare jaioe in gammer time, patting it by for this purpose. Select clean ripe fruit, press oat the jnice and strain through a flannel oloth; to each pint of jaioe add one cup of white granulated sagar, pat in a por celain kettle, bring to a boiling point, and bottle while hot in small bottles, sealing very tight. It will keep a long time, the same as canned fruits. —Home and Form. PRESERVING EGOS. There is no knonrn method by which eggs can be kept to be equally good as fresh eggs, but there are many ways of preserving them so as to make a fair substitute for use in the kitohen. Tho great object to be obtained is to prevent evaporation. Cutting off the air from the contents of the shell pre serves them longer than any other treatment. At present oold storage is considered the best method of pre serving eggs, but few have the neces sary facilities, and where the amount is small one of the following recipes will be found acceptable: Eggs may bo preserved by paoking small end down in salt, sand or dry bran, care b9ing taken that they do not touch each other. They must bo well covered with the packing mate rial and kopt in a 000l place. If pre ferred, they may be wiped before packing with vaseline, to which sali oyolio acid has been added, or given a coating of salt butter, or covered with spirit varnish made by dissolv ing gam shellac in alcohol. For preserving in lime a pickle is made in tho following way: Take twenty-four gallons of wator, twelve pounds of unslaked lirno and four pounds of salt, or in that proportion, according to the quantity of eggs to bo presorved. Stir several times daily and then let stand until the liquor has settled and is perfectly clear. Draw or carefully dip off tho clear liquid, leaving the sediment at the bottom. Tako five ounces each of baking soda, cream of tartar, saltpetre and borax and an ounce of alum. Fulverizo and mix thoso and dissolve in a gallon of boiling water, and add to tho mixture ibout twenty gallons of puro lime water. This will about fill a cider barrel. Lower tho eggs in carefully in a basket or colander, so as not to :rack any of the shells, lotting tho water always stand an iueh above tho iggs, which can bo dono by placing a barrel hoad a little smaller upon them iml weighting it. Tho eggs should temain in tho brine until roady for ase. If it evaporates, more water way be added, but tho pickle should never be used more than once. Theso proportions will give brino euough to ;reservo about 150 dozen eggs.—New i'ork World, 11ECIPE8. Bakod Applos—Pare and coro six tart applet*. Fill the hole from which tlio core was removed with butter, sugar ami grated nntmog, put ia a pie tin with a littlo water, dust ovor with very flue sugar. Bake. Tea Biscuit —Ouo quart of flour, four heaping toaspoonfuls of baking powder, a little salt, two tablespoon fuls of bntter. Whip together until thoroughly powdereJ, then add one pint of sweet milk. 801l out, cut and put iu buttered pans. Bake in a hot oven twenty minutes. Plain Omelet—Beat stiff tho whites of three eggs, add the yolks, beat again until stitf. Put a pioco of but tor tho size of a walnut in a frying pan. Shake it over tho iiro until melted. Turn iu the eggs. Shake over tho firo until sot. Sprinkle with salt and popper. Boil. Turn out on a hot plate. It is much hotter to make two small omelets tliau one large one. Bolls—One quart of flour, one pint of swaot milk, butter tho size of an egg, a little salt, three heaping teaspooufulls of baking powder. Mis tho baking powder thoroughly with Hour, add salt, rub in butter. Make a hole in tho llour, pour in tho milk. Stir until it is smooth, roll out, cut with a biscuit cutter, moisten the edge with milk and fold ovor. Pat in hot greased tins and bako in a quick oven. Whito Soubiso—Pool and out four good-sized onions into small pieces, put into a stewing pan with two ounces ol butter. Put tho lid on And cook over a very slow flro for three quarters of an hour. Bo oareful not to lot the ouions browu. When toudet add one pint of milk, ouo pint of white stock, ouo pint of stale bread crumbs. Simmer Ave minutes, steam, return to the lire to heat. Add white pepper and salt. Feather Cake—Beat two ouuoes of butter aud one-half pouud of pulver ized sugar together until well mixed, then add one gill of milk and beat attain very light. Weigh oat one half pound of flour, add oue-third to tho mixture, beat again. Two oggs, beat whites stitf, then tho yolks, add to the mixture, then beat. Add to remaiuiug Hour oue heapiug teaspoon ful of baking powder. Add it to the mixture aud boat. Flavor to taste, Bake iu a modem oven thirty minutes. Charlotte Busse— Cover half a box of gelatiuo with cold water, let it soak half au hour, lino a good-sized mold with one-half pouud of lady lingers, put cream iuto a largo basin aud plaoe iu a pan of crooked iee. Add to the golatiue enough boiliug water to dis nolve it. Add three-fourths of a cup of powdered sugar to the cream and stir iu geutly half a teaspoouful of vanilla. Add to the gelatine and stir geutly until it begins to thiokeu, then pour iu the molds aud act away ou icj to hardeu. Allullnf ItrlUu L»u N, 11. W. Pattou, allotiu 112 a {out, au 1 Cuvo J, Couts, ohief eugiuser, are en gaged at Haut* Isabel iu allotiug t > the ludiaus the lauds of th%t reserva tion There are li'l ludiaus at Mes* (iraude au 1 aevouly-rtvo at Hiuta Isabel, and the lau It comprise aVmt HMO aeres iu the valley. Heals of families are allowed a maximum of tweuty acres of arable lau I, au I siu gle persons over tweuty-oue are al lowed teu acres of arable laud au I I acres of laud. Th > balaiuj It kept iu eouuuou for the whole reser* vstiou. Hau Francisco Chrouicle. A Frenchman proposes a tax on cor sets. Fatti's wardrobe requires 500 trunks. Paris widows wear orapo knicker bockers when bicycling. Patti will sing in Ireland this year, her first visit for many years. In Franco alone about nine million corsets aro worn out annually. More New York women paint their faces to-day than ever before. The Queen of Italy is said to have an extravagaut passion for finery in dress. Lady Salist i -y has a habit of turn ing away her head when shaking hands with a stranger. Miss Asenath Philpott, of Gainos ville, Texas, has the longest hair. She wears it ten feet seven inches long. According to tho very latest science the typical female oriminal has irregu lar teeth and "virile physiogomy." The Princess Helena got over $500,- 000 worth of wedding presents at her recent marriage to the Duke of Aosta. The New York World advises lady bicyclists who go riding around the country to carry a pistol for tramps. Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox writes very little nowadays. She says that she has earned a rest from literary labor. Smallost size palm loaf fans coverod with silk and band painted look to be in inoro than ordinary fashionablo popularity. Wheelwomen who go out riding at a very early hour of tho morning would do well to "tako a snack" of something before thoy mount the wheol. Grecian headbands of jet or tortoise are worn by matrons at Newport, 11. 1., a fashion of some years ago revived by ono of thesoveral so-called "society leaders." Barobess von Qlzycki says that the majority of Qerman professional wo mon are teachers. Comparatively few are to be found in othor skilled occu pations. A motion to prevent its school teachers wearing bloomers was voted down by the Toronto (Canada) School Board, and tho woman aro happy over tho rosult. A large majority of tho womon who havo applied for placos in tho various departments ot the municipal Govern ment within the first half of this year were unmarried. Edna Lyall has always boon a de termined sort of a personage. At the age of ton she made up her mind to be a novolist, and stuck to it iu spito of many discouragements. Mrs. Humphry Ward got §SOOO for the English rights to her now story, "Bessio Costrell." They say sho will get at least 815,000 out of the story, or about sixty coats a word. Lady Jcune's articles on the now womau havo had an unexpected result. Her husband, Sir Franois Jeunc, President of the Probate and Divorco Court, has taken to a bicycle. Mdlle. Louiso Imperiali, daughter of tho Marquis Imperiali, who was long charge d'affaires of Italy at Washington, was married at Brussels recently to Count do Lioderkorko. In England politics is fajhionablo, and while women arc not allowod to vote they are allowed to make speeches aud help their husbands by their presence on the platforms aud at tho polls. Tho now woman is coming out of tho West. Sho is driving a prairie schooner all alone aud camping out by night. Sho hails from Idaho, has reachod Nebraska and is headed for Ohio. Tho Priucess of Wales has lately dis carded tho big sleeves, but she does not rale tho fashions of women as hor husband does thoso of men, aud the women will continue to wear big sleeves. A whito marble swimming bath, forty by twenty-nine feet and nine feet in depth, is to bo constructed for the Bussiau Empress iu tho palaoo at St. Petersburg. Sho likes to take a pluuge every morning. Miss Mary A. Proctor, daughter ol the late Professor Biehaid A. Proctor, is following in the footsteps of her distinguished father by popularizing soienco, and, though u youug woman, has already won a high roputation as a writer aud looturer. According to Aristotle, women iu some Greciau cities owned a great deal of real estate, voted, held ufltoe and enlisted in the army. Tho "new wo man was so unpopular in Athens that a play was written satirizing her de sire to ooutrol tho city. Mine. Patti entertained her guests at Craig-y-Nos Castle by producing a new dumb show piece entitled "Moi ake, tho Euehautrcss." She played tho title role, aud her pantomime per foriuauoe was adtniiable. Sho con cluded with au outburst of soug. Miss Agues Uriggs, daughter of Professor C. A. llriggs, of Union Theological Seminary, is serving as a nurse iu St. Luke's Hospital, New York City. At the end of her teriu of service she is to bj ordained a doa couosh. Sho has alroa ly devoted two years to study preparatory to hor ex perience iu nursiug. Two American girls took a promi nent part iu the English i-lectious. These were Miss Leitor, that was, of Chicugu, who receutly wedded thj Hou. Ueo. N. Curioii, aud Miss Chauiberlaiu, that wa«, ol Clt velaud, who espoused the cause of Sir Her bert Naylor-Lelaud, Hart. Tito ladies, who were ou opposite sides, aecoiu patted their husbauds to the polls on bicycles. Will Allen Droiugoole, the Southern novelist, is ofteu wistakuu for a man ou account of her name. Here is a fuuny letter she receive I from a legis lator when applytug for the positiou of eugrossiug clerk : "Dear Hill— I vol your letter all right, aud would like the best iu the world to give you the j-ih; but I canu»t vote for auy rnau while there are s«» many deserv* tug young women looking for a posi tion at the kind " r Highest of til in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE' Tho Elephant's Mud Batli, Animals when wild constantly die a lingering death from injury to the skin, whether caused, as usually hap pens in tropical countries, by wounds aggravated by insects, or by cutane ous disease. Henco tho pains which they take in making their toilet, and in the use and selection of "cos metics." Among birds, the salt water species often seek fresh water to wash in, different land birds choose differ ent earths in which to dust, and also wash in water, and nearly overy trop ical animal, including the tiger, bathes either in water or in mud. Per haps the best known mud bathers are tho wild boar, tho water buffalo and tho elephant The latter has an im mense advantago over all other ani mals, in the use of its trunk for dress ing wounds. It is at once a syringe, ft powdering puff and a hand. Water, mud and dust are tho main "applications" wed, though it some times covers a sun-scorched back with grass or leaves. "Wounded ele phants," writes Sir Samuel Baker, "have a marvelous power of recovery when in their wild state, 112 although they havo no gifts of surgical knowl odgo, their simple system being con fined to plastering their wounds with mud, or blowing dust upon tho sur face. Dust and mud comprise the en tire pharmacopoeia of the elephant, and this is applied upon the most triviAl, as well as upon the most seri ous, occasions. 1 have seen them, when in a tank, plaster up a bullet wound with mud taken from tho bot tom. " —The Spectator. Mrs. A. S. Palmer, who died at Cleveland recently, was in her youth Instructor of James A. Gariield. It was she who taught tho future Presi dent his alphabet. • ||| ONB ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the ta?te, and acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of ita kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy ana agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and havo made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not havo it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. L>o not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN fHANVISCO, CAI. LOUISVILLE. Kf. A£tV YORK. M.¥. Tj , r An elegant book for \^/"| your table and constant reference, Send for it %/ •.« ■ a NOW. It's New and Yes, its ready! Nice. . '. • . 1 OUR NEW CATALOGUE brimming full of illustrations, and show ing how the thousind-and-one things really look. You'll like that. «~Sent hy «"•» on There are Guns, Rifles, Pistols-from receipt of 10 cents in all over the world, and soma of our own make—Fishing Tackle, Dog Collars and postage stamps or Chains, Tennis Sets, etc,, etc. money. You can see our LOVELL DIAMOND BICYCLE—The Finest Wheel on Earth,— the Williams Typewriter—you ought to have one. There's lots of other things too. I JOHN P. LOVEUTARJ \ Sole D, 8. Asrat for " SiTAH" AUTOMATIC PAPER FASTEN Kit. / O =L A How weak \ i P the soap ami water seems when you begirt your washing! You don't get any strength out of it till the work is about done. /(!£/* \\ Plenty of hard work anil rubbing l'\\ \\ \ and wear anil tear, even then—but IJ K more of it at the beginning; when U \ 1*— \J. \ I the water is weakest. I l'— ~~_J Now with Pearline, the water i> just as IF t\ Strong at the beginning is at tile » Pul. 11l This is one of the reason , (only one) why W*~J jl U Pearline acts so much better than soap, in all u ff washing and cleaning. Use no soap with it. " MM ttw IMaat tad RMVM will live y««tfc« Ntvtr Ngtect • Uwfil AHfelt Likt SAPOLIO The Oldest Man in the World. Tho Frankfurter Journal has dis covered, by a sheer accident, tho old est man in tho world. A "Kommor zienrath," who dated his letter from Heilbronn, observed at tho end of the epistle : ''l have been n subscriber to your paper over since its lirst appear ance." Tho editor remarks in a noto that "such an example of fidelity to one and tho samo newspaper deserves praiso in so changeable a generation." But what is still moro remarkable is tho phenomenal longevity of its corre spondent. "The lirst number of our Journal," observes tho editor, "ap peared 280 years ago." Hence tho respected subscriber must bo about 300 years old. ——— •. It has been disoovorod that $30,000 of bonds havo boon fraudulently du plicated in Harden County, Qhio. In Our Great Grandfather's Time, erly regulating the action of their bowels, by the use of these little "Pellets" they would have less frequent occasion to call for their doctor's services to subdue attacks of dangerous diseases. The " Pellets " cure sick and bilious headache, constipation, in digestion, bilious attacks and kindred de rangements of liver, stomach and bowels. Raphael. Knbena, Taaao Tho "LINENE" are tbe Bent and Most Economi cal Collars ami Cufl« worn: they are mndo of Cno cloth, both Bides finished alike, an<l being reversi ble, one collar is equal to two or any other kind. Then fit well. wear well an-l look well. A box of Ten Collars or Five I'airaof Cuffs for Tweuty-I lv« A Sample Collar and Pair of OutTsby mail for Sit Ceuts. Name style and size. Address * REVERSIBLE COLLAIt COMPANY. 77 Franklin St.. New York. i7 Kilby St.. Boston.' PROFITABLE DAIRY WORK Can only be accomplished with tho very best of tools and _ «ifci appliances. With a Davis TyT Cream Sepa rator on tho ,arm y°u aro sure of more #n(l hotter butter, while 18/ the skimmed milk Is aval- llgsjHw uable foed, Farmers will VE3X make no mis take to get a Davis. Neat, illustrated catalogue mailed FREE * Agents wante<( DAVIS & RANKIN BLDG. & MFG. 00. Cor. Randolph a Dtirbom Stt-.Chlcaga II flflv - H POSITIVELY ttl PTIJRE nn Adjustable Pari which m. t can bo ,e ,ar B° r or W Ff jf smaller to »uit chartering condition of RUPTURE. PATicifTED. lllu*. Cat. securely scaledby o.V. House Mfg. C<». :u rroudway.N.Y.City Rockland Collegiate Institute, N YACK-ON-TIIE-ll I'DSON. Tho Cheapest and one of tho Heat II Hi II <«KAI>E SCHOOLS for lK>y« an.l young nion near New York. Full courses English, Academic, £cluntlllc, Commercial. College Preparatory. Cer tificate admits to KK"T lObLKUKH. No recommended student It.t ever boon refused. Coin tlcto EQUESTRIAN DEPARTMENT of Horse* and l'onle*. >eu 1 for Illustrated catalogue ( A PT• .1 <MCI« 11.HOX, A. )!., Princlpw. 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