Peculiar la combination, proportion and process, Hood's Sursaparilla possesses peculiar cura tive powers unknown to uny other prepara tion. This Is why it has a record of euros unequalled in tho history of medicine. It acts directly upon the blood, and by making It pure, rich and healthy it cures disease and gives good health. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the only truo blood purifier prominently In the public eye today. $1; six for $5. U AAf |l. Dills euro lmbitunl eonstipa nOuU S rlllS lion. Price a. cent-. How We Goto Sleep. Now physicians nnd physiologists como to the front with tho astounding statement that u man goes to sleep piocemeal instead of altogether and simultaneously, as it were. That is, tho senses do not lull themrolves unitedly and at ouco into a state of slumber, but cease to receivo impres sions gradually, one after tho other. At first tho sight ceases and next tho sense of tusto loses its susceptibility to outward impression. Even then, tho individual being al most in a state of unconsciousness, three senses still remain in n condi tion of activity—smelling, hearing and thought. Gradually tho sense of smelling goes, then hearing and final ly, with the lapse of thought, the en tiro body bocomes completely asleep. Tho physiologists havo gone even further than th>3, and they say that the senses sleep with different degrees of profoundness. Tho senso of touch is tho most easy to urouso, next that of hearing, then sight and taste and smelling last. Sleep steals on tho body gradually, certain parts of muscles boginning to sleep beforo others. Slumbor com mences at tho oxtreiueties, beginning with the feet and logs. That is why it is always necessary to keep tho feet warm. A How Among the Crocodiles. Crocodiles arc very apathetic, and fights among them are raro. A short timo ago, however, two of tho six crocodiles in the zoological garden at Antwerp had a serious disagreement, and one of the sauriuns, with a vicious snap, closed his iron jaws on tho up per jaw of the other. During tho en suing battle tho lockod jaw broke in the middle. Tho assailant swallowed the "fragment," teetli nnd all. This ended tho unpleasantness: both at onco assumed their former listless at titude. Tho vanquished animal now presents a horrible sight; part of its tongue aud the front half of tho lower jar, bristling with teeth, are exposed to view. But the maimed beast shows no sign of suffering, not even a sign of tho proverbial crocodile's tears. To See a Flying Bullet. A European authority asserts that by rubbing vaseline over a ball to bo fired from pistol or gun, tho eye eau follow the progress of tho missile through the wholo distance of its flight. Its course is shown by a thread of smoke, said to be duo to tho combustion of the vaseline. Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP- it OOT euros all Kliluoy anil Bladder troubles. Futnphlot and Consultation freo. Lai-oratory Itimrhumton, Y. Tho Russian thistle has appeared ncai Abilene, Kan. -Thore Is more Catarrh In tills section of the couutry than all other diseases put together, aud until the last few years was supposed to bo Incurable. For a ureal many yours doctors pro nounced it a local disease, uud prescribed loeul remedies, and by constantly fftillnu to euro with looal treatment, pronounced It Incurable. Kelence has proven catarrh to bo a constitu tional disease und therefore require* constitu tional treatment. Ilall's Catarrh Cure, man ufactured by F. .t. Cheney Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on tho market. It is taken internally in doses from 10drops to • teaspoonful. It aets directly ou the blood aud mucous surfaces of tho system. They oiler one hundred dollars for uny case it tails to cure. Send for circulars aud testimonial) free. Address * F. J. C'IIENKY & Co., Toledo, O. TV Sold by Druggists, 75c. "Good Spirits." Tho words have different meanings to a spli - Ituulist.a Kentu< kiiin, und an average man. For the avehiKo luan yood spirits depend on good digestion. How to insure i;ood digestion? A Kipuus Tubule after each meal, that's all. FITB stopped free by Ull. Kr.lNl.'s O IIRAI NKHVK KKSTOHEU. No tits utter llrst day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise uud t riul bot tle free. l>r. Kline, !01 Arch at., l'hila.. Fa. Mrs. Wluslow's Soothing Syrup lor clilldrcr trethink', softens the KUms, reduces lntlamma. lion,alla>s puln. < ure- wind colle. li-V.a botlli Pieo's Cure Is the medicine to brcnlc ui children's Coughs and Colds. Mrs. M. It III.VNT, Sprsgue, Wash., March C, LM'I. HALL'S lloney of Hurehouml uud Tar re lieves whooping cough. Plko's Toothuche Drops lure iu one minute. ilil ONE ENJOYS Both the method ami results when Syrup of Figs is takou; it ia pleasant and refreshing to tho ta.He, and acts Reutly yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipatiou. Hvrup of Figs ia the only remedy oi iu kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taeto and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy aud agrees bio substuuees, its Ktny sicelleut qualities commeud it to ui and iiavo mado it the most popular remedy kuowu. syrup of Figs is for Halo iu 50 Cent hot I leti by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not havo it u» huud will pro cure it promptly for any ouu who wishes to try il lx» not accept auy substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. s*» H*»CULO CH. UMMMVHU. «r Ml OT rIMS. * V. rASTEriUZINU MILK AND C'RKAM. Pasteurizing gets rid of bad bac teria. But it does not discriminate, nnd also kills tho good bacteria, leav ing milk and cream compnrativelyjfrec from germ". The kind of germs de sired can then be given the start of others, and good results bo secured. Stale milk has been experimented with and the effect of the nauseous germs forestalled, good cultures from pure milk introduced and propagated in the milk aud a tine flavor secured. The true way is to ullow none but the desired germs to gaiu access to milk or cream. It is right never to allow disease germs to enter our houses, but these things are not uu der our absolute control. Bad germs I are iu the air. Wo have them to con tend with. Tho essential tiling is not to Itt them get tho mastery. Here is where one of the advantages of pas teurizing comes iu. It checks the germ growth. It is like plowing up tho soil nnd destroying existing growth, nnd then following with what is desired by planting the seeds. We hope to see much advance made this yeur iu this line.—Creamery Journul. scni'lowers. It would seem as if tho extensive cultivation of the sunflower wero one ot tho probabilities of the near future in American agriculture. Tho merits of this plant as a feeding crop have been long appreciated iu Canada, the heads being mixed with corn aud other fodder plants iu the silo, while the leaves are gathered as thoso of corn, and aro found acceptable aud nutritious. The seeds also aro valua ble, not ouly as a food for,fowls but also for cattle, horses aud other stock, while tho roots make excellent fuel. Tho product of uu acre is from thirty to eighty nnd sometimes moro bushels of thirty-three pounds. The sudden awakening in this coun try to tho merits of tho sunflower has been caused by tho appearance on tho market of sunflower meal, which threatens to become a formidable rival of oil meal, This product has origin ated iu ltussin, whero sunflowers have long been largely grown for food and forage purposes. Suuilower cako has always been esteemed one of tho best auxiliary cattle foods iu that country. This cake is tho residual product ob tained after the extraction by hydraulic means of the oil of the seeds of tho snutlower. Tho oil has long been valuable for its superior quality for table ami other uses, tut tho cuke lius not found a foreign niaiket owing to its hard ness. Now that tho question of its disintegration has been successfully solved, it will doubtless soon bo in general demand owing to its composi tion and palatability for fattening cat tle. It lias been found possible to proparc two qualities of tho meal, ono rich in proteid and poor in fat and the other rich in fut and poor in proteid. The crop is an easy one to raise, as sunflowers will grow readily on al most any kind of soil and it seems as if with our improved modes of farm ing it might be made a very paying one. At uuy rate, it is worth «iviug it a fair trial.—Now York World. ■WHEN AND now TO FEED. These are questions that ore au ewered iu various ways. Wo will now compare u few of them to see which we will accept as our standard, writes I*. W. T. Herm, of Indiunu. There is a class of farmers that pay but little attention to their fowls and only feed them onco a week, if ut all, giving them ull they can out. They will have their till, too, if he gives them u chance. Such farmers spend the greater part of their timo walking in tho gurden and tields und say "It doesn't pay to keep 'cm." Tho hens roobt iu tho trees, for the heu house, if thore is oue, is full of lice and tilth. Tho hens die of indigestion (he de clares it's cholera though) fromeatiug so much at oue time in order to make up for the loug vacation.". Wo come now to the man who feeds only onco u day, that is iu winter. Corn is his only food, too. llis fowls are dying from indigestion uud bowel disease caused l>y tho fowls eating too much at a time. A method that is hard to make some see is a mistake is feeding three time* u duy. They argue that man eats his three meals a day, why not tho fowls. Fowls that ure fed throe times a day expect to do nothing but eat and grow fut. They have uo reasons to exercise, and, of course, lay few eggs. Let fowls learn to work for themselves. It makes them hustle about, and their blood circulates more freely, which is sure to bring eggs boou. They eaunot live on nothing, nor with no chance to even scratch for their living. My wuy is to feed a half feed iu the moruiug, warm mu.-h is the bust iu tiio winter, then they still have an appe tite to work or scratch for half piut of i millet seed or wheut scattered umoug | borne leaves or cut straw ou the hen house tloor. What a time biddies havu while they hunt for their other half ot breakfast! Hueli talking, siugiug, cackling, Hopping, jumping, ruuuiug, fighting, picking and scrutchiug you cannot iliiugiue unless you havu sei it it. It's all "hustle," "hurry u|i" the entire day. Exvroise teems to be more beU l tlcial to fowls lhau to iiiau. .lust before durk, after tho biddies gro.. \ired of tluir work, I give thoui a full supper of wheal, com or buck wheat, and they goto roost contented over their duy's work. l'uflu, Field und Fireside. I'ltorm rtos against rtusn This is a vital matter to iruii grow- 1 era uud truck, rs, whose se uuu't labor aud iuvestuii lit liny be wiped out by a siuglo destructive frost. The more j Valuable the crop uud the griulir the risk ol front, the more effort and |«eu«u may bo safely put llito means of protecting s «iijt,t frosts. A famous California oruna« grove Is tipiippud witti a sy-t. iu ot iron pip.« tUmui'ii which water is conducted to MOSSIVS I lit frequent interval?, the idoa beinj tlmt the sproy will word off light frosts Barrels of t«r nuil rubbish iu different parts of tho orchard tire available foi making a (smudge of smoke, which ii tho most practicable means yet do vised. In tho case of a freeze, sucli as visited California two years ago ami Florida la."t winter, or n real hard fiost in other sections, neither ol these methods is of much avail. Sinoko is good against all light frosts, and is easily obtained. Strawy ma nure, leaves, rubbish, etc., should be piled iu the lowest places and about the side.", and covered with hay caps or ducking (previously painted with two coats of linseed oil and dried), so as to bo always dry. Have a barrel of kerosene oil handy, some cans and torches. When frost threatens, sot u night watch to inspect thermomet ers placed on stakes iu various parts of tho field, especially in tho most ex posed place*. If tho mercury drops to thirty-tivo degrees by 1 or ii a. m. it is likely to mean a frost of more or less severity beforo sunrise. Then call up the folks, light the torches and let each persou tako torch and oil can (previously tilled) and set tiro to tho row of rubbish heaps previously as signed liim. If tho wind blows tho smoke away from the field carry somo rubbish over to that sido so tho smoke will bo blown onto instead of off from tho Held. If the dauger never comes, 110 cxpenso worth mentioning has been incurred as the piles can bo scat tered and plowod under for nianuro or burned, the ashes making excellent fertilizer. No prudent person thinks of leaving his buildings uninsured against tire. Certainly it is just as important to insure againt frosts so fur as it can bo dono by such simple means as smoke coverings or water. Wo wish all who havo had experience iu this matter would send it for publi cation. Mr. E. I'. Powell, 11 sucessful aud brainy horticulturist iu Western Now York, writes: "The very best preventive against frost is not tires but thorough spray ing with water during tho evening aud night. When this can bo done, wo can ovorcomo the danger from a full of two or three degrees. This will often save our whole crop. This last spring I lost my grapes by a margin of not more than two degrees, but on a preceding night anticipated the frost by deluging the trellises with water. Of course bonfires may also bo used. I auticipato wo shall bo cotnpellod to adopt irrigation iu all tho Eastern States."—Now Euglaud Homestead. l THAININO THE lIEIFER. A heifer should not bo given too i rich or stimulatiug fool for a weak before calving. A pint of oil meal iu ■ thin gruel given every day for tho ) week before will generally prevent > any troublo with tho pluceuta. The i udder must bo closely watched, as heifers are peculiarly liuble to inflam mation. Should it become unusually • distended, it may bo necessary to i draw from tho teats from ono to sev eral quarts of milk in order to pre ; vent inflammation. If thin is done, it : must be perfomed at rogular intervals. An soon as possiblo after calving give a warm bran mash, protect tho hoifor from cold aud wet and supply her fre quently with a moderate amount of water from which tho chill has been takeu : feed moderately aud give flax seed gruel, worm bran mash or other laxative food. Authorities disagree as to whether it is best to separnte tho cow aud calf at ouce or to leave them together for tho first three days. We prefer tho latter method. The udder at this time is upt to be inflamed aud hard ened aud the sucking of the calf is tho easiest method of softening aud re ducing it, aud tho milk is ut this timo unfit for use. . If tho udder is vory distended the cow should bo milked immcdiutely after calving, but if not it is best to let the culf be the lirst to reduce it. Tho cow should be regularly milkod night aud morning at tho usual time, bo us to remove any milk loft by tho culf. This is u very importaut pre caution, aud any neglect of it might seriously injure the cow by leaving a portiou to produce intlamiuatiou. It lius auother great advantage, how ever. It accustoms tho heifer to huud milking us well as to suokiug, aud wheu tho latter ceases with the re moval of the culf tho usual per formance of breaking is largely avoided, tho milk is not held up or the pail kicked over, nor is there nearly such undue cxciton.cnt ut tho loss of her culf, her uirectioiis haviug beeu eipiully divided Itotwoeu her offspring uud tho gentle coaxing milker who feeds uud pots her. Tho so-called maternal instinct is limply the desiro to supply nourishment for tho youug, aud the heifer thus skilfully manage.t classes the calf uud milker iu the •miuo category uud yields her milk as i freely to ono as to the other. | As hubitu no ill boooiuo second nature we cuuuot be to.> cureful about those formed by the future cow. Oue of the worst is the habit of shrinking iu the milk as st.ou as the pastures bo gui to fall. Tho reason for tliisiu the beginning i.t tho detlciouey of nutri ment iu the ripcuiug giats. Hut tin habit oiteo formed l>y the heifer will ellug to tho eow through succee liug years even though the cause bo re moved by supplying br.iu or shorts IU lulilitiou. Wo may llud this cxpott uve, but us wo educate a child to tit him for his future cireor without l nidging the cost, so must Wo treat ottr heifer with a View to future rathei than present returns, -0. !>. lioll, tu New \ork World. There are 'J'Mil mechanics employed >ll the new llritish warship ilaguid { cent, building at the i'hathaiu do-k yard. Probably utauy iu Mi never v otked mi oue ship before. , Of mini ral a at r , mod to medicate i«4e American Ulterior, Una country bottled aud barreled in |h.i| h,]|jj ( . i ill J gallons, valued at S4,UJrt, J.i'i, HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS TO MAKE BEETO TENDEI:. The favorite French way of coolcinn beets is by baking. Tlicy aro placed in the oven on a bed of straw, coverod with earthenware platos and cooked from six to ton hours. "This method of cooking," says Miss Parloa, who ie in Franco studying cooking, "makosa beet firm and tender aud full of color and juice."—St, Louis Star-Sayings, MOC'K CHICKEN SALAD. One licad cabbage, one largo bunch celery dressing, one-half cup vinegar, DUO teaspoonful of yellow mustard (which can bo omitted if proferred), piece of butter size of an egg, three eggs, small teaspoonful of salt, cay enno pepper to taste, one tablespoon ful of cream, one tablespoouful of su gar. Mix tlio eggs, mustard and vin egar together until thick. Eggs are beaten light before vinogar is added. This is excellent for a picuio and also makes a very good salad dressing nil boiled together, eggs, mustard, salt, popper, vinegar, butter and sugar.— Detroit Free Press. A Fitvrr sour. Fruit soups are 'moro common abroad than here. They nro served cold, of course, and nro a pleasant nnd easily prepared novelty for the company summer luncheon. Mrs. Borer's recipo for cherry soup calls for ouo quart of sour cherries aud one quart of cold water over the fire; when boiling add half a cup of sugar and press through a colander and re turn to tho lire. Moisten ouo table spoouful of arrowroot, add it to tho boiling mixture, cook a moment, add one tablespoouful lemon juioe, aud turn out to cool. Serve cold iu glasses with a little cracked ice.—Chicago Times-Herald.' a KEEN TOMATO FICKLE& Take a gallon of green tomatoes, gnthored on a dry day, and carefully romovo tho outer skin, slicing tho peeled fruit. For this quantity, take two nnd a half tablespoonfuls of ground mustard, a gill of mustard seed, a tablespoouful of powdered ciuuamou, half n pound of brown su gar, two teaspoonfuls of cloves aud threo pints of vinogar. Divide the spices into three equal parts, uud put into throo small muslin bags. Take half the quantity of vinogar, and in it boil tho spices for half an hour. Then put iu the sugar and stir till thor oughly melted. Now place a third of tho sliced tomatoes nt tho bottom of a jar, putin ouo of the spico bags, aud pour a third of tho boiled vinogar over. Then another third of [tomato, bag and vinegar, till all are arranged. Then till the jar with tho cold vinegar till tho pickle is covered, using moro than tho threo pints if necessary. Cover securely aud sot away for at least a month beforo using. (A softer pickle is made if tho sliced tomatoes are boiled with tho other ingredients, hut at tho sacrifice of some of tho llavor; if this course bo pursued a smnll quantity of celery seed may bo added.—Boston Cultivator. WAYS OF SEIIVINU PEAOIIBS. Wliwn niniply nhccd, to bo eaten with sugar ami cream, poaches should bo Hot on ico for a .short time, but never sweotouod beforehand, us stand iug iu sugar destroys their delicate lluvor. Baked poaches are nice, and this is au excellent way to use those that uro not quito ripe, Paro uud halve the fruit, ltcmove the stones nud iu each cavity left put a piece of butter uud cover goueroiiKly with sugar. Hot each half poach on a round of but tered toast, spriugle with more sugar, lemon juice aud a very little nutmeg. lJake iu the oven for twenty minutes? and serve hot, with cream. l'each tritle is a dainty dessert, con cocted of nicely peeled and sliced peaches, two cups of milk, four table spoonfuls of sugar, three eggs and u small stale sponge cake. Muko H boiled custard of the milk, the yolks of the oggs and half the sugar. Slice the cake, luv it iu the bottom of n glass dish and cover with the peaches well sweetened. Beat the whites of the eggs, with the remaining two spoonfuls of to a still' meringue and heap lightly on top. All the in gredients should be very cold before they are mixed, uud the custard is poured over the "trirfo" when served. l'ouch roll has a rather rich suet crust rolled out iu a long sheet. Cut up the peuehes rather tiue uud sprea 1 thickly ou the paste, sprinkling liber ally with sugar. Roll up and fold the cuds over. Then wrap iu u strong cloth, tie closely uud steum for two hours iu u steamer. It is eaten with either a hard or soft sauce. Cut-up peuehes uro a delicious ud ditiou to iiurd puading suuee of butter uud sugar creumed together, uud transform even u pluiu batter pudding into u royal viand. I'euch potpie is merely u plain pie crust tilled with u doop layer of sliced pcuohc", thou u layer of sugur an 1 nutiuog. Cover with u crust uud bukc slowly for two or three hours. For preserving, the best quality of peuehes should bo selected und they should never be either over or uuder-ripe. White freestones are the best. Like other lurgo fruit -, too, thoy should al ways bo peeled with u silver kuifo uud thrown immediately iuto uold water to prevent discoloring. When this is done divide each pouch uud remove the stone. lit u porcelain kettle make u syrup of ouo pound >f aud '•ue plut of water for every pouud of fruit. Drop iu thu halves uud let theiu boil lor twenty uiiuutos. Then dip nut uud luy ou u lurjo dish, lioil dowu the syrup until it impute thick, when return the peaches to it uud jouk m-ntly until they upp»:tr Irani parent. t'ut up iu nla«.« jars aud ►crew on the covers securely. Now Utigluud Homestead. Kleetrleit; us: I Mlniiu. It hat been the cu>ui lit almost nil coal luinos to employ mule* t>> draw the coil oar», but this uojupitimi of I lie mule ts practically gtiue. Kieo trieity by the trolley system bat su perseded this lunch abttaed annual, aud trains of nrs are .u l by the aid of the trolley wire. All elperi lueut of usiu;{ •leetrlc power lion prov plestton <>f tiiue slim uo other lui tlt i of handling coal will be eiu ployed, -New York l.eduer. Noarly every picture of Quoon Vic toria represents her as wearing her crown. A curious combiuation of tho now woman aud the old is tho Oklahoma bloomer quilting bee. Mrs. John G. Carlisle believes iu bicycle riding as a part oC tho educa tion of every healthy girl. Florence Nightingale, who is now an invalid, recently completed the sixty-seventh year of hor life. A daughter of tho poet Longfellow HVOH iu Washington. Her name is Marion Longfellow O'Donohue. After overy mombor of a woman's stub in Spokane. Wash., had been President tho organization went to pieces. Mauy of tho bnsquei have titled faucy vests, and there are some now, jddly-shapod collars that uro very pretty. Brown University has conferred tho legreo of Doctor of Letters upon Mrs. fulia J. Irvine, President of Weilesley College. Mrs. Cleveland's fad is amateur pho tography, and she has in lier posses sion mauy snapshots at tho members of her household. Mrs. Stanford devotes all her timo ind energies to the management of tho California university bearing her tleceasod sou's name. Among tho fellowships most valued it Cornell aro those in literature, and ane of them this year falls to Miss Louiso ltobbius of the class of '1)1. Miss Agues Irwin, Dean of ltadelitTo College, Harvard University, has boon honored with tho degree oi Doctor of Laws by tho Western University of Pittsburg. Hair cloth extends no more than ten inches from tho bottom of tho skirt, and often notasfar. Tho skirts aro very few wliero this stiffening is used the entire length of tho back. If ouo wishes a black skirt to wear with several fancy waiste, tho addition of tho godot hip pieces is desirable ; in fact, a last year'd skirt of good cut with this change would bo quite up to date. Do Brazza's brido is a plucky girl. 3ho will uceompauy tho groat explor er when he returns to the Congo next month, aud will share tho privations as well as tho honors of his work there. Miss Gertrude Pearson, of Boston, has received tho prize for tho best written work iu goneral chemistry out of a class of lifty-two or moro students of tho College of Physicians and Sur geons. Miss Nellio Temple, who graduated at Vassar iu 1892, has beeu engaged by tho University of Leipsio to assist Dr. liaise], its American professor of history, in propuriug a history of tho United State?. East-port, Mo., has a genuine now woman, but of a typo not likely to bo como fashionable. Sho regularly does a man's work on a woodpile, handling tho bucksaw and nxo with all tho skill of tho hardiest male expert. The Queen of Italy is 'said to bo an enthusiastic col.octor of boots and shoos. Her collection includes shoes of Murie Autoinotte, of tho Einpvo3s Josephine, Mary Stuart, Queen-Anne, and the Empress Catherine of ltussia. Au article on the elegancies of tho toilets of fair Parisians, in Figaro, contains tho information that "baths qualified by fresh strawberries aro said to bo very refreshing ; tweuty pounds aro rubbed through a sieve for each buth." AVlion Emma Willard began tbc higher education of Lor HOX by found ing tlio Troy Seminary, she was toM that blie would bo wuutiug to send the cows to school next, and tho Statu of Nuw York refusud to spend a doilar in aiding bor oxparimont. Tbo fin-do-siecle "dudoss" carries bor watob auywhoro uxcupt iu a pock et—pendant, for lnstaaac, from bor belt or wuist. European papers as sert that, as a cuusequoncc, many more ladies' watches uro nowadays lost or Htoleu—but not stolon by pickpock ets. Tbe first women graduates of Glas gow Uuiversity, Mis? Sarah Logau lilair and Miss Isabellu lilucklouk, wore loudly cheered by tbo young men at their uttendaucu upon the "eappiug" ceremony to obtuiu thoir M. A. de grees. The boys luado tlu old hall ring with the strains of "She's a Jolly Mood Fellow." Scuora Maria do Burton died iu Chi cago recently. She »« tbe wify of the lato General 11. S. Durton, United States Army, an l was a claim ant for an enormous tract of lan l in Mexico, under a grant made by tbo King of Spain to horgraudf ither, lJou Jose Manuel lluiz. A Chicago syndi cate was negotiating to buy tbe claim, which is valued at $5,01)0,000. Lady Irviug, wife of the newly knighted actor, is docoribcd as "u bleuder, sweet-faced woman with weary-looking eyes aud a pathetic droop at tho corners of lie: mouth a cbarmiug woman, lookiug much too youthful aud fragile to bo tbo mother of twj tall sons." Lady Irviug lives iu strictest privacy, apart from her husband, but bor boys visit her very ofteu. The Empress of Austria has not yet followed the eiaiuple of the court ladies around her and taken to the bicycle. She is u continued pedes triau, however, aud daily takes a walk of from four to seven uiiles. hhe wears a short black dress that does not reach the ankles. She walks straight on wherever she wishes aud her tlreek teach r follows close be hiutl, talkiug (Ireuk or readiug to her. Msrulunta of Italy is now luouutaiueeriug al Urewouuy, iu tin fair valley of Aosla. As accommoda tion is ruthi r in this reutoU spot, the (Jiieeu is building a villa te be ready for t»s t uckt summer. Tim villa occupies a beautiful site about tweuty miuutea' wala from OroMouay, with tin torrent of the l,ys ou oil'' side aud ail elteuslve view over 111 I valley and glaeiera of Moute itosa Iu the tmckitrouud. Highest of all in Lcaveniag Power.— Lfcest U. S. Gov't Report Da\&| Baking I VS'JSi rowfter ABMUIfEEV PURE Monks That Aro Expert Scauicn. An Odessa letter of recent date Bays: "One of the oddest vessels afloat arrived a few days ago in Odessa, and is now moorod in the lower quay. Bho belongs to the con vent on Mount Athos and is called the Holy Prophet Ilja (Elias). She is brig riggod and sails under the Turk ish flag, but a Greek cross is carried on both mastheads, and sho differs from the ordinary Turkish ships by her sorupulous cleanness. The cap tail: is a Jeromonach, a monk ranking higher than a friar, and all the sailors aro monks or lay brothers; still, they are expert seamen. "Tho pilot, Father Iraklij (Her culius), lias crossed all tho oceans and zonos, nailing around tho wido world sinco 1800. Tho entiro crew speak both Russian and Greek. Service on tho ship alternates with worship in the little church in tho forocastle. It is quite a curious sight to bohold these monks in their long frocks and sendnla climbing up tho masts, along tho yardarms, reefing sails or hanging almost over tho wator on the foromost point of tho bowsprit. "Tho brig brought hero a load of bricks from Constantinople, and goes in ballast to Marinpol, whero sho will take a cargo of flour, corn, libh and other provisions which aro to furnish tho supply for tho convent for a whole year. "According to tho snil-monk's own statements, tho Holy Prophet Ilja is a smart sailor, and runs eleven knots and hour in a fair wind. Sho is 103 feet long and carries a cargo of 200 tons." Uuruiii£ Cold. Intenso cold, an is well known, burns—if wo may use tho term—like heat. 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