An Electric Thermometer.
A new lliermomotcr has boon invent
ed, designed especially tor determining
(lie temperatures of difficult or inac
rosaiblo placed, such as tlio bottom of
the sen, otc. Its action depends npon
the well-known fact that different con
ductors of electricity vary in their re
sistances nt different temperature*,
and at different ratios. It lias also
been applied to measuring tlio tem
peratnro of steel tnpo, used to estab
lish a base line, inatcad of nroottain
iug the temperature of tlio air, as was
previously the custom.
Edible Snails.
As the German yearns for bin aim
rage and the Englishman for bin beef
steak, so the Frenchman, in whatever
clime ho may be, looks forward to the
season for snails. For somo senti
mental reason the land snail never has
been so widely popnlar with English
speaking peoplo as the sea snail, and
this is the more noticeable in Eng
lund, wbero the sea snals known as
whelks or winklos are eaten largely by
the lower classes. It now appears,
however, in this country as if t he land
snail were coming into fsvor, ns the
importations arc said to be increasing
every year, and snails, served in
varions ways, aro growing popular for
late snppeis.
As so in as tho first January thaw is
reported in Faris, tho Frenchmou of
Now York nnd other largo cities in
this country begin to look out for the
first consignment of snails. When tho
steamer containing tho first shipment
sails, special privato dinnors are ar
ranged, principally in tho neighbor
hood of Univorsity place, to take place
ns soon as tho snails aro recoived.
Last year u curious thing happened.
Those snails arc not common garden
snails, but carefully seloctcd fellows,
well fed and cared for, which in the
fall are packed in barrels, a layer
being placed at tho bottom so that
they quickly seizo on tho wood, then
another layer, who seize on tho shell
beneath tlieni, and so on until tho
barrel is filled. Then they aro placed
in cold storage of a modified typo,
nnd kept hibernating until January.
When shipped they are marked as
snails, and great care is taken to linvo
them stowed in a cool part of the hold,
so that thoy arrive in a normal state.
» Last yoar a consignment for a con
spicuous downtown restaurant was
reported oft Sandy Hook. The regu
lar guests wero notified that at a cer
tain hour tlio snails would be ready,
nnd all preparations weromada. When
the casks nrrived it was fonnd that
they had been stowed too near the
boiler room, and that all tho snails
were awake and out of their shells, ami
could not bo coaxed back into them.
Tlioso put near ice did not go back
into their shells, but just died. So
no Escnrgots a la liourguignonne
could be had, and the snails bad to be
eaten in other ways.—Now York Sun,
No Time Lost.
Catherine Tudor, at tho funeral of
her first husband (John Sanlsbnry),
was led to church by Sir Itichurd
Clough, and from church by Morris
Wyun, of Gwedir, who whispered to
ber his wish of being her second. She
refused him civilly, nud informed him
that the had ncceptod the proposals of
Sir Richard Clough on her way to
chnrch, but assured him that if she
buried Sir Richard he might depend
on being her third, which really was
the case.—London Scraps.
Wlicro I>l<l Vou Get Tills ColVee?
Iliul Ihe Ladles' Aid Society of our Church
out for tea, forty of them, anil all pro
nounced the German ColTooherry equal to
ltio! Salter's catalogue tolls you nil about
it! 35 packages Earliest vegetable soeils §I.OO.
Orilor to-day.
IF YOU IFILL CUT mis OUT AND SEND with
150. Htamps to John A. Salzor Seed Co,, La
Crosse, Wis., you will get froe a package of
above great coffeo seed nnd out 148 pago
catalogue! Catalogue alone sc. postage. (A.)
Merit
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Washington Irving said, he supposed a certain hill was called 0%,
(||tP " Rattlesnake Hill" because it abounded in butterflies. The v^p/
"rule of contrary " governs other names. Some bottles are, sup- /l§s\
(Bp posedly, labeled " Sarsaparilla" because they are full of well,
we don't know whit they arc full of, but we kuow it's not sarsapa ipfk
BP rilla; except, perhaps, enough for a flavor. There's only one \||P
make of sarsaparilla that can be relied onto be all it claims. It's A. gis«.
WM) Ayer's. It has no secret to keep. Its formula is open to all
physicians. This formula was examined by the Medical Com
mittee at the World's Fair with the result that while every other
make of sarsaparilla was excluded from the Fair, Ayer's Sarsapa
\MiJ) rilla was admitted and honored by awards. It was admitted be- \|||p'
cause it was the best sarsaparilla. J t received the medal as the sjSk
best. No other sarsaparilla has been so tested or so honored. \|ip
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doubters.
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HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS,
DOH'T mow mc* iiANDitußomifs.
Nice handkerohiefs should not b#
ironed. When rinsed, pass them
through a wringer, after they hare
been folded in a fine towel. Spread
on a sheet "of glass (a clean marble
topped table, if that abomination ia
left in the household, answers), and
smooth till every wrinkle is ont. The
linen or muslin will oling to the mar
ble or glass acd dry with that finish
that is on the fine, unstarched ker
shiefs just from the shops.—Detroit
Free Press.
PALATABLE ODDS AND ENDS.
Remains of a roast lamb or mutton
3»n be served in a variety of dainty
ways. For instance, cut tho cold meat
in long, thin slices and heat them in a
buttered bakiag-dish with a sauce and
i seasoning of salt, pepper,aud a little
mustard. Serve very hot with a gar
aish of fried tomatoes, or of mush
rooms, and a highly seasoned tomato
sauce. Again, tho slices may be well
heated and served with a very rich
white sauce and fried croutons of bread
thickly spread with anchovy butter.
Cold lamb chops are very nice if
trimmed, -spread thickly with a pouree
of onions, dipped in eg? and seasoned
breadcrumbs aDd lightly boiled or
fried, then garnished with olive or
parsley and served with tomato sauce.
—New York World.
ECONOMY IN SMALL WAYS.
The little leaks in the household ex
penses, says the Jenness-Miller Month
ly, are the most mischievous. The big
ones are prominent enough to compel
attention. Do you not, for example,
trust all your tradespeople implioity ?
You can't afford to do so. The head
servants-in the Vanderbilt and Astor,
and other wealthy families have among
their chief duties that of weighing the
household supplies. Dry goods meas
urements in the large shops are gen
erally very acourate because the em
ployes are under strict orders to be
But grocers and butchers will
bear watching. Get for yourself or
your kitchen priestess a set of meas
ures and some scales, and after you
and she have learned to use them, you
will tte amazed to see how much you
have been paying for that you havn't
had. Even in the most reliable shops
—so called—the weighing is very lax.
Butchers claim that the deficiencies in
their weights are all due to the waste
in trimming. Very well, order the
meat sent untrimmed. You will get
fresher meat, and what you trim ofl
will often give you nice bits for tho
stock pot, suet, etc. Try it and bo
oonvineed.
A quick-witted housekeeper says she
lias saved many a dollar in plumbers'
bills by buying a force cup and learn
ing to handlo a wrench. Despite
wnshing soda and potash, now and then
something unmeltable slips through
tho sink strainer and clogs the pipe.
All the more modern plumbing has n
nut at the bottom of the "goose-neck,"
just below tho sink. By setting n
pan beneath this, and with a wrench
loosening and then removing the cap,
tho obstruction will generally bo found
right there. Sometimes the foroe-cup
applied over the strainer in the sink
will be sufficient to clear tho pipe
without taking tho cap off the goose
neck. If both fail, no harm will have
been done, but one or the other, or
both, succeeds ofton enough to make
it worth while to exorcise ouo's ingen
uity a bit.
RECIPES.
Baked Bananas—Cut five bananas in
two lengthwise. Lay in a pudding
dish and bake for half an hour in a
moderate oven, basting frequently
with a syrup made of the juice of one
lemon, a tablespoonful of melted but
ter and three tablespoonfuls of sugar.
Normandy Salad—Stew very gently
in their own liquor a small can oi
French peas. When the peus have ab
sorbed all the liquor remove from the
fire and allow to cool. Chop half n
pound of English walnuts, mix witli
the peas and pour over half a cup of
mayonuaiso dressing.
Prune Pie--Stow the prunes as for
sauce, stono them and tear into small
pieces. Line a deep pie dish with
crust, fill with the prunes and sprinkle
over half a cup of sugar and a little
cinnamon. (..over with a meringue
made of the white of one egg and two
scant tablespoonfuls of powdered
sugar.
Broiled Potatoes—Cut cold boiled
potatoes into lengthwise slices, about
a quarter of an inch thick. Dip each
slice in flour and lay them on an oys
ter broiler. Have the firo clear, and
when both sides are nicely browned
lay the slioes on a hot dish, putting r
small pieoe of butter on each slice and
sprinkling over salt nnd pepper.
Egg Vermicelli—Boil three egg«
twenty minutes. Separate the yolks
and chop the whites fine. Toast foul
alioes of bread nnd cut into small tri
angles. Make a white sauce with one
eup of milk, one teaspoonful of butter,
one heaping teaspoonful of flour, hall
a teaspoonful of salt and half a salt
spoonful of pepper. Stir the whites
into the sauce and pour oTer the bitd
of toast arranged on a platter. Rub
the yolks of the eggs through a fine
strainer over the whole.
A WOMAN'S DISCOVERY.
Mrs. Zonowsky, an American wo
man though the wife of a Russian, has
invented a now kind of paper, and
has sold the secret to a Liverpool firm
for a large cash remuneration, with
tl e promise of future dividends in
ceteof commerioal prosperity. Mrs.
Zonowßky one day left some lard on a
window sill, wrapped in ordinary
brown paper, aud when she came back
for it she noticed that tho under por
tion of it had peeled off in a most ex
traordinary manner, making a thin
substance like a thin sheet of transpar
ent paper between the lard and the
actual paper wrapping. She went to
work to investigate, and after many
failures, demonstrated by praetioal'ex
periments that a new material can be
manufactured from animal substance.
Tho material is to be used for various
purposes, such as for making tissue
paper, flowers aud artists' paper.—
New York Telegram.
INFLUENCE OP BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.
Emerson long ago apprehended the
truth when he said : "Beauty reaches
its perfection in the human form. All
men are its lovers. Wherever it goes
it creates joy and hilarity. It reaches
its height in women."
Our reminiscences are, therefore,
only the recognition of the tributes
men pay to beauty, and wher we re
call the stories of Pualine de Viguire,
that virtuous and accomplished
maiden'of the fifteenth century, who
so fired the enthusiasm of the people
with her enchanting face and form
that the civil authorities compelled
her by edict to appear publicly twice
a week on a balcony to allay the ex
citement —and the accounts of that
other lovely woman, Elizabeth Dun
ning, the Duchess of Hamilton, of
whom Walpole says that when she was
presented at court the noble crowd
clambered on the tables and chairs to
look at her—when we reoall this mad
ness of the world, it is not difficult to
perceive how the theatre can become
the pedestal and the wand of a beauti
ful woman.—New York Commercial
Advertiser.
SEVERE ON HUSBANDS.
Aeoording to the Massachusetts Su
premo Judicial Court husbands can no
longer rule their wives. Tho Court
says, in rendering a recent decision:
"By virtue of this legislation a mar
ried woman becomes, in the view of
the law, a distinct and independent
person from her husband, not only in
respeot to her right to own property,
but also in respect to her right to use
her time for the purpose of earning
money on her sole and separate ac
count. She may perform labor, and
is entitled to her wages and earniugs.
If she complies with the statutory re
quirement as to recording a certificate
she moy carry on any trade or busi
ness on her sole and separato account,
and take the profits, j( profits there
are, as her separate property."
Her husbaud canuppropria'e neither
her earnings nor her time, but he is
obliged to support her as in the old
regime. Ho has few rights left,
though, for,"to a certain limited ex
tent, as for example, in fixing tho
domicile and in being responsible un
der ordinary circumstances for its or
derly management, tho husband is
still the haad of tho family."—New
York Press.
A CLEVER MAIDEN.
"Why do you go so littlo with Maud
D. ?" asited a mother of her daughter,
a girl popular in society. "I find her
charming,"
"You will laugh if I tell you, mam
my," said this up-to-date young
woman ; "but it is simply because she
is BO unbecoming to me ; I simply can
not afford it.l like her immensely,
but an unbecoming intimate friend is
really a great affliction. Tnere are
some girls that make you look stumpy,
and others that make you look fat. A
fair, fresh girl will make a dark, sal
low one look yellower than ever, while
the latter otten makes the former re
semble a broadfaced milkmaid. Look
at Ethel M.and Carrie S. They have
been devoted to each other since they
were babies, but the one grew like a
bean pole, and tho other stayed a roly
poly little thing, and now they look
positively ridiculous together when
they aie walking on the avenue.
Carrie alone would be rather pretty,
although she is short and plump, but
with Ethel eho seems a positive
dwarf.
"That is the worst of tall people, by
the way; they make every one else ap
pear to be undersized. Of oourse, you
cannot exactly choose a friend as you
would a gown, because she sets you off
to the best advantage; but, all the
same, it is much nicer to have some
one who harmonizes with your general
appearance."—Philadelphia Inquiier.
GOSSIP.
Eighteen American women bear, by
marriage, the title of Princes*.
The post of Secretary of the Utah
Senate is filled by a woman, Mrs.
Pardee.
The Empress of Austria, who has a
reputation as a horsewoman, now rides
a bicycle.
The Duchess d'Uzes, of Franoe, is
the only feminine Master of the Hounds
in the world.
A woman, Miss Emma Whituey, of
Cleveland, was recording cterk of the
Ohio Legislature last year.
Miss Helen Oould has presented
SBOOO to Vassar College for a scholar
ship in memory of her mother.
Mrs. Temple, wife of the Bishop of
London, acts as his private secretary.
She is an exoellent shorthand writer.
The Dowager Duchess of Atholl,who
has been lady in waiting to Qneen Vic
toria for forty-two years, is about to
reaign.
The last census shows that there are
in the United States 1235 women
preachers, 208 lawyers, 4555 physi
aiaas nud surgeons.
Judge 0. W. Smith, of Stockton,
Kan., keeps the salary of court sten
ographer in the family by appointing
his wife to the place.
Mrs. Marion Butler, wife of the
North Carolina Senator, has tustoj
decidedly domestic, but sh9 likes so
ciety in moderation.
Miss Mary French Field, daughter
of Eugeue Field, and nineteen years
of age, is preparing herself to give
readings from her father's poems.
Mrs. H. M. Stanley has not a single
green garment of any sort in her ward
robe. For some reason she conceived
a violent prejudice against the color.
Mrs. Thomas Carter, wife of Mon
tana's Senator, has a decided talent
for music. She is devoted to her
family, and is a model wife and
mother.
Two American women have been ad
mitted to the Pedagogical "Seminar."
University of Loipsic, an extraordin
ary privilege, for the first time con
ferred upon women.
Dartmouth College has its first wo
man student. The University of Chi
cago has the largest attendance of wo
men graduate 'students of any educa
tional institution in the world.
Vilma Von Parlaghi, the fair Hun
garian portrait painter whom the Ger
man Emperor so markedly protects
and distinguishes l , and whom he en
dows with prizes despite the academy,
has been divorced from her husband.
M. Dampt, a French soulptor, will
contribute to the next Salon a statu
ette, of a Comtesse well known in
Paris, and tho flesh will be represent
ed in ivory, and the drapery in old
gold will be ornamented with precious
stones.
There are at present two Chinese
girls at the University of Michigan.
One of them, Miss Lhie, has been
elected secretary of the senior class.
The ultimate object of these women is
to return to China as Christian medi
cal missionaries.
Mrs. McKinley, whose husband has
just retired from the Governorship of
Ohio, recalls the fact that during the
term of President Hayes she and her
husband occupied the Whito Houso
for ten days by invitation to "keep
houso" there while tho President and
his family were absent.
Miss Williams, professor of English
at tho Normal School of Sevres, has
founded a "Franco-English Guild,"
tho object of which is to make French
girls who have learned English ac
quainted with the views of American
and English women through lectures
and meetings in Paris, or by corre
spondence. Mrs. Potter Palmer has
lectured before the society on tho
work of women in the United States.
FASHION NOTES.
Empire housogownsarepioturesque.
Spangled trimmings are more popu
lar than ever.
The Maria Antoinette craze seems
already departing.
Imitation pearls are tho only neck
jewels worth buying.
Batiste insertions will be seen on
many summer gowns.
Large flowered veils of lace are seen
on some of the new hats.
Sliding chain bracolets of other
days are seen once in a while.
A large number of tall Spanish
combs are now on view in the hair
dressers' windows.
The reddish-purpl« duchesse is used
again, and a lighter' shade, Ophelia,
that might be styled a mauve.
Brown, green, orange, red, cherry
pinks, also coral pink and violet are
pronounced perfectly safe colors lor
the spring.
Full chiffon sleeves and plastrons of
the same are worn with round or
pointed waists of plain rose, nauve or
green satin or Dresden silk.
A fur cap is by no means the
abomination of former years, but
rigged out in lace and flowers is a
genuine bit of Parisian millinery.
A most pronounced feature of the
ball-rooms this winter is the übiqui
tious aigrette, worn, it is safe to say,
by ninety-nine women out of a hun
dred.
In spite of the fact that the immense
sleeve has been frowned upon in high
quarters, fashionable women in society
continue to appear in sleeves quite as
voluminous as ever.
Big hats are plentiful in the winter's
millinery, and they are sure to im
press by their size and richness, but
the out-and-out wonders of headgear
are really in the small sizes.
Among the hundred and one pretti
nesses of the winter are adjustable
collars made of velvet, whioh are out
into square tabs at the outer edge and
lined with a contrasting color.
Tho plain, tailor-made gown, having
full skirt, and three-button cutaway
ooat, under whioh a pointed vest
shows, will be one of the ready-mada
leaders in light spring cloths of season
able color.
Moire is a popular trimming ma
terial. Moire ribbons trim skirts from
waist line to hem, and are made into
rose ruchings to trim over the
shoulders and down the sides of the
front of the belt.
A pretty new fashion, which has
been shown on several of the lately
itnported evening dresses, is a deep,
square yoke, out rouud on the neck,
the yoke being made of a different ma
terial from the reßt of the gown.
The indications are that the skirt
and coat style will continue in favor
for ordinary walking, shopping and
traveling oostumes, aud that mohairs,
oheviots, English tweeds and serges
will be the fabrics used for these.
Among the popular ideas in skirts
are the five box plaits at the baok.
The skirts are out on very tnuoh the
same plan as those heretofore worn,
but all of the fullness is laid in these
plaits, whioh are very narrow where
| they are attached to the belt,
HOW THE BOERS FIGHT.
OXAPHIC ACCOUNT OF TUX XATTLX
OF MAJULA KILL.
The Boers Carried by Storm a British
Position Considered Impregnable
—A Brilliant Vlstory.
ENGLAND'S war with the Boers
in South Africa, in 1881,
showed the ability and cour
age of the latter as fighters.
An English correspondent who was
taken prisoner by the Boers at the
disastrous battle of Majula Hill, in
which General Sir George Colley, the
British Commander, lost his life, wrote
the following account of the British
defeat:
The colnmn which left camp at
Mount Prospect consisted of 600 men,
all told, belonging to the Fifty-eighth,
Sixtieth and Ninety-necoad Regiments
and the Naval Brigade. The night was
dark, and the march across an un
known conntry toilsome in the ex
treme. The troops carried oighty
rounds of ammunition, water bottles
and three days' provisions. Daylight
was breaking when we approached the
hill whioh was the object of the ex
pedition. We were six hours in ac
complishing what, as the crow flies, is
a little over four miles, to the summit
of an eminence from which we lookqd
down upon a long line of Boer in
trenohments stretching from a point
immediately below us to Buffalo River.
Our occupation of this hill made the
Boer position absolutely untenable.
The enemy's principal laager was
about 2000 yards away. The position
we had secured was undoubtedly one
of immense natural strength.
At sunrise the Boers were to be seen
moving in their lines, but it was not
until nearly an hour later that a party
of mounted videites were seen trotting
out toward tho hill, upon which th3y
evidently intended to take their stand.
As they approached our outlying
pickets iired upon thorn, aud our pres
ence was for the first time discovered.
At about 7 o'clock the Boers opened
fire, and the bullets whistled thickly
over tho plateau. The men were all
perfectly cool and confident. Ido
not think the possibility of tho posi
tion being carried by storm occurred
to anyone. From 7tolla. m. tho
Boers, who were lying all around the
hillr, maintained a constant fire.
Their shooting was wonderfully ac
curate. The stones behind which our
men in the front line were lying wero
hit by almost every shot. Our men
only showed themselves to take an oc
casional shot, and accurate as was the
enemy's shooting, up to 11 o'clock wo
had but five casualties. So far our
position appeared perfectly safe. The
Boers had, indeed, got between us and
the camp; but we had three days'
provisions, and could hold out until
reinforcements came up.
From 11 to 12 o'clock tho enemy's
fire continued as hot. but as harmless
as before. Between 12 and 1 it
slackened, and it seemed as though the
Boers were drawing off. This, how
ever, was not the case. The enemy
had been, as was afterward learned,
very strongly reinforcing their fight
ing line in preparation for an assault.
Soon after 1 o'clock a terrifio fire sud
denly broko forth from the right
lower slopes of the hill, the sido on
which the firing had all along been
heaviest. A tremendous rush was
simultaneously made by the enemy.
Our advance line was at once nearly
all shot or driven back upon our maiu
position. This position may be de
scribed as an oblong basin on the top
of the hill. It was about 200 yards
long by fifty broad. Our whole force
now lined the lim of the basin and
fixed bayonets to repel the assailants.
Tho Boers, with shouts of triumph,
swarmed up the sides of the hill, and
made several attempts to carry the
position with a rush. Each time, how
ever, they were driven back with tho
bayonet.
At last tho Boers, who had gathered
near the edge of the slope, made a tre
mendous rush at a point beyond that
at which they had beforo been attack
ing, and where the number of defend
ers was comparatively small. They
burst through the defenders and
poured in over the edge of tho basin,
and our position was lost. The maiu
line of our defenders, their flank
turned and taken in reverse, made a
rush along the plateau to endeavor to
form and rally, but it was useless.
With fieroe shouts and a storm of bul
lets the Boers poured in. There was
a wild rush, with the Boers close be
hind. The roar of the firing, the
whistling of tho bullets and the yells
of the enemy made up a din which
seemed infernal. All around men
were falling. Thsro was no resistance
—no holt. It was a fight for life. At
this moment I was knooked down by
the rush and trampled upon, and when
I enrno to my senses the Boers were
firing over me at the retreating troops
who were moving down the hill. Try
ing to rise, I was taken prisoner and
led away, On the hill I found the
body of General Colley, shot through
the head. After conversation with
tho Boer general I induced him to
grant me a pass togo into our camp
and bring out succor for the wound
ed. They were lying thickly both on
the plateau and everywhere on the
descent of the bill. The Boers were
very civil. They took, it is true, a
few articles I had about me, but no
troops in the world could on the
whole have behaved better as victors.
As to the completeness of their vic
tory there can be no question. They
carried by sheer fighting a position
which our general himself considered
to be, defended by the force at his
command, impregnable. Even now I
can hardly understand how it was
done, so sudden was the rush, so in
stantaneous the change from what we
regarded as perfeot safety in immi
nent peril. It cannot be denied that
the capture of Majula Hill is an ex
ploit of whioh any troops in the world
might be proud. During the enemy's
advance our men hardly caught sight
of a single Boer. The Boers crept
through the grass, taking Advantage
of every 6tone and every inequality of
ground. When driven back by the
Hro at one point they would work
around uuperceived and thenoo open
with heavy volleys upon up, themselves
being all the time invisible.
British Claims A«»In»t Chile.
The claims of British subjects against the
Chtleaa Government, arising out of the civil
war of 1891, amount to •1,500,009.
Wind thrift.
Were It not for the Intervening mountain
range., this country, from NorthwMt to
Hootheimt, wontd at time. In winter be .wept
by devastating torradoer. Bllatard.feem to
11 rise out of the rave, and canon, of the
plain*. Gaining strength and volume over
n wide expanse, their force I. arretted by the
battlements of big hill*. Sometimes they
rise above the barrier, and sweep tbo Middle
States with fury. There you enjoy one day
n mean temperature, and the next may be
far below freezing. It is like an Ice water
bath on a warm day, and the shook to mus
cles, nerves and circulation I.the cau.e of
Hidden neuralric and rheumatic attacks,
both violent nnd acute. Those predisposed
to such should have the master cure, St.
Jacobs Oil, always rendy. It. prompt use
1 revents the chronic stage, and in the chron
ic stage it Is a prompt, sure cure.
About one hundred Chicago druggists are
about to be indicted by the Grand Jury for
carelessness in selling poisons.
Dobbins' FloatinT-Borax Soap 1. 100 per
cent. pure. Made of Borax. It floats. Cost,
you same as poorer floating soap. Worth more.
If all this is true you need it. Order one cake
of your Kreuer, you'll want a box next.
Kentucky produced twice as muoh whisky
during November and December of last year
as in the same period of 1894.
Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP-ROOT cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles
Pamphlet and Consultation frea
Laboratory Blnghamton, N. Y.
AH but ton of the Government buffaloes In
the Yellowstone National Park have been
slaughtered by poachers.
"BROWN'S BRONCHIAL Tttocnes" are un
rqualcd lor clearing the voice. Public speak
ers and singers the world over use them.
The Washington prophets say that Con
gress is likely to continue the present session
till late in the summor.
Grass I. King! Hurrah!!
Shout for joy. The green grass rules. It's
more valuable than oats, wheat and corn to
gether. Luxuriant meadows are the farm
er's delight. A positive way to get them and
a very suro one we know Is to sow Salzer's
Extra Grass Mixtures. No need of waiting
a life timo either. Balzer has a mixture,
sown in April, producing hay in Jane. The
editor learns that many farmers report
yields of six tons of magnificent hay per
acie. Over one hundre I different kinds of
grasses, clovers, Teoslnte, Sand Vetoh, Giant,
Spurry and Fodder plants! 35 packages
earliest vegetables SI.OO. Order them to-day!
IF YOO WILL CUT THIS ODT AND SEND it with
10c. postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co..
La Crosse, Wis., you will receive free ten
grass and grain samples and their mammoth
seed catalogue. Catalogue alone Sc. (A.)
Beware at Ointment, far Catarrh That
Contain Mercury.
us mercury wlil surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange tbe whole system
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used escept on
§ inscriptions from reputable physicians, as the
amugo they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh
Cure manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, ()., contain* no mercury, and Is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surface* of the system. In buying
Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure toget the genuine.
It is taken internally, and is made in Toledo,
Ohio, by I'. J. Cheney & Co. Te-timonlalsfree.
(STeold by Druguists, prlcoTSc. per bottle.
FLOKIIU FACTS.
February and March are two of the beßt
mouths to visit Florida. The climate is tine
and the i-ocial features at their In Ight of
interest. When you have made up yo r mind
to KO, you naturally want to get tliere as soon
as possibie and in the most comfortable man
ner. if you live in New York, Boston or
Buffalo, von can take one of the Magnificent
Trains of the "Big Four Route" from any one
of these cities to Cincinnati, and with only
ono change of cars continue your Journey to
Jacksonville. Direct connection made in Cen
tral Union S ition, Cincinnati, with through
trams of all lines to Florida. Address E. O.
Mct'ormlck, Passenger Traffic Manager, or
D. B. .Martin, Gencr.il Passenger nnd Ticket
Agent liiif Four Route, Cincinnati. Ohio.
A Good Dog is Worth Looking After.
If yon own a don and think anything of him,
you should lie able to treat him intelligently
when 111 and understand him sufficiently to
detect symptoms of illness. The doe doctor
book written by H. Clay Glover, D. V. S.. spe
cialist ill canine diseases to the principal ken
nel clubs, will furnish this information. It is
u cloth bound, handsomely illustrated book,
and will be sent postpaid hv the Book Publish
ing House, 134 Leonard St., N. Y. City, on
receipt of 40 cts. in postaue stamps.
The Modern Mother
Has found that her little ones are improved
more by tho pleasant Syrup of Figs, when In
need of the laxative effect of a gentlo remedy
than by any other, nnd that It is more accept
able to them. Children enjoy It and it benefits
them. The true remedy. Syrup of Figs, is
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Company only.
FITS stopped free by DR. KLINE'S GRKAT
NKIIVK HESTOKKH. No fits after first day's use.
Slarvelous cures. Treatise and $2.00 trial bot
tle free. Dr. Kline, ttil Arch St.. Phila., Pa.
We have not been without Piso's Cure for
Consumption for at) years.—LIZZIE FKUHEL,
Camp St., Harrisburg, Pa., May 4, 1894.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. i»c. a bottle
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at -5c per bottle
GOLD RINGS FREE!
We wlilplve one half-round Ring.
Gold plftte«war*
runted to anyone who will sell
-»»■*■ ldoz. Indestructible Lamp Wicks
(need no trimming amongfriends at lOcts. each. Write
us and we will mall you the Wicks. You sell them
and send us the money and we will mall you the Illnpr.
STAR CHEMICAL CO.. 80x415, Centerhrook .Conn.
ftmilfti and WHISKY habits cured. Book sent
U rill 111 "EE. »r. n. *. WOOII.EV, ATLASTA, iik
(A Perfect Food |
That Is what Baron von Liebig said
of good chocolate. All of Walter fc
Bafcer & Co.'s Cocoas and Choco-
lates are good,—the best, in fact.
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. jfp
"Good Wives Grow Fair in the Light of
Their Works," Especially if They Use
SAPOLIO
nON'T YOU OFTEN =J
ES M ™ ■ I and references iu the jiews
papers and books which you don't fully understand, and whloh you tould
like to look up If you bad some compnot book which would R.VB the iu%
formation Inn few line*?—not be obliged to hnnlle a twi-ntv-poun I
cncyolopredla costing $25 or S3O. mm in stumps sent to BOOK PUBI
LISHINC HOUSE, 134 Loon- IJ X * m *rd Stroet. N. Y. City, will
furnish you, postpaid, with Just such a book, containing 520 pages, well
Illustrated, with complete bandy Index. l)o you know who CtoBsUJ was.and whore ha _
livedV Who built the Pyramids, and when? That sound travels 1125 feet per second'/
What Is the longest river in the world? That Marco Polo invented the compass in 1280,
and who Marco Polo was? What the GoMian Knot was? The book contains thousand*
mm °' explanations of just such matters as you wonder jpr
flVs about. Buy it at the very low price of M v *
W W halt « dollar and li iPRVVE YOVBBBLF. W W
sndtfit
The successful farmer has
learned by experience that
some grains require far differ
ent soil than others. He
knows that a great deal de
pends on right planting at the
right time. No use complain
ing In summer that a mistake
was made in spring. Decide
before seed-time. The best
time to treat coughs and colds
is before the seeds, or germs,
of consumption have begun
their destructive work.
Scott's Emulsion of'
liver Oil, with Hy r
phites, promptly cu
and throat troubles.
neglect your cold.
SCOTT'S EMULSION lias b'
medical profession for twenty years.
This is because it is always palatab
—always contains the purest Nori
mnd Hypophostkites.
Insist on Scott'o Emulr'
man and ftsh.
Pat up in 50 cent and
may be enough to ci
*
PIL
Sick KeacL
Biliousness,
Constipation,
Piles
AND
All Liver Disorders.
RADWAY'SI PIIJI.S are purely vegetable,
mild aud reliable. Cau s e perfect Digestion, com*
plete Absorption and hea tliful regularity.
23 cts. a DOT. At Druggist?, or by mail. "Book of
Advice'* free by mall.
RAD WAY CO.,
V. O. Box 3FI. R >, NEW YORK.
Mr. Wm. J. Carlton, of Elizabeth, N.
J., says"X consultei a physician in
the country this summer whi»re I was
upending my vacation, about a
chronio dyspepsia, with which I
have been a goo 1 deal troubled. It
takes the form of indigestion, the
food I take cot becoming assim
ilated. After prescribing for mo for
some time, the physician told mo I
would have to bo treated for
several months with a mild laxativo
and corrective—something that
would gradually bring back my
normal condition without the vio
lent action of drastic remedies. I
recently sent to the Doctor (Dr.
Thomas Cope, of Nazareth, Pa.)
a box of Ripans Tabules, aud wioto
him what I understood the ingre
dients to be—rhubarb, Ipecac, pop
permint, aloes, nux vomica and
soda. lie writes back 'I think the
formula a very good one, and will
no doubt just suit you.' "
Rip ins Tabulcs nr.- s ill by druggists, or hv mall If
the price (W cuts a cox) In fie it to T.ie Itptil
Cbcnilc.il Coups i.v. So l'J sprucj St., Njnr Vo«'
.' ampi" rial. JO-frtnt-
THE ABRMOTOB CHI. «•*:• "it eor.da
windmill business, Mcatu. it U*s reduced tbtecit oc
wind power t. l.*tt what It was.. It nss many branch
112 causes, and supplies Its goods and repairs
. at four door. It cau and doei furnish a
K better article lor less moae> tuaa
£*■6*3 others. It makes Pumpint and
SKHi-M Ueared. Steel. Qalvantsea a/ter.
Completion WlndmllU. flitinf
r and Fixed Steel Towers, Steel Bon Saw
Frames, Steel feed Cutters and feed
Grinders. Ou application It will nam. on.
ot these artfcles that it wiU furnish until
January Ist at 1/3 the usual price, it also make.
Tanks atrl Pumps nl all tlmii. bead tor catalogue,
ftct.rr: 12th. Iteckwcll ui Fillmare Sir.fli, Chloiie.
flHlllll|M»ri>l>ln. Habit Cnred In 10
|ll*|||B| to 30 days. No pay till cured.
Ur I wlll PH. J.STEPHEN!, Lebanon,Ohi».
U Beat Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use J