A Tree That la Put to Many Uses.
The camanba is certainly a wonderful
tree, according to a report made to the
state department by Consul Burke, of
Bahia. It grows in the northern states
of Brazil near the Amazon river. Every
part of it—root, rootlet.branch and trunk
—is available; it is indispensable for the
natives in building and roofing their huts,
making fences, etc., while the articles
made from it supply them with food,
light and medicine. It is a species of
palm tree and grows in dry, sandy soil.
The bulb(tbe size depending upon the size
of the tree) is strongly farinaceous, and
when dried and ground produces a kind
of farischu used for food by the natives,
while the rootlets of the bulb are used
for medicine, possessing a strong cathar
tic property.
The trunk, while the tree is young,
contains a soft oleaginous substance,
something like marrow; this is good fowl
for cattle, sheep, goats and liojjs. After
the tree attains a growth of several yearn
the trunk becomes very hard and can
then be used for building purposes. The
lower part of the branches, which grow
to a length of 8 to 10 or 12 feet, are chiefly
used for fences. They are wide and flat
at the bottom and tapering toward the
top, with short, hard and very sluup
thorns at the edges, in appearance not
unlike the mouth of asaw fish. Tho fence
made from this material is very strong.
The leafy part of the branch, when
cut and sun dried, gives an exudation
which appears on tho fan like leaf or
blade. It is a tenacious substance pos
sessing properties very similar to bees
wax. This wax is extensively used for
making candles. The leaf or blade lias
a fiber from which hats, mats, baskets,
rope, brooms, dusters, etc., are made.
When the exudation is scraped from the
blades of palm the branches are used for
roofing huts and small houses and for
protecting brick walls from the fierce
rays of the sun, as well as from the rain.
The fruit of the tree is sweet and palata
ble. The kernel or seed is pounded to
powder and used in infusion in place of
coffee.—Chicago Herald.
An Extraordinary Irishman.
Dion Boncicault, who is as clever as
he is erratic, is now in his CSth year,
though ho says that he has lived at least
ten centuries. It is thirty-seven years
since ho came to this country, and dur
ing that period has, it is said, become a
citizen of the United States four limes,
returning after each naturalization to
Great Britain to renew his loyalty to the
queen. Up to date the number of pieces
he has written, translated and adapted
for the stage is about 180. Although it
has been customary to speak of him as
an inimitable plagiarist, lie has done a
great deal of original work, notably in
such dramas as "London Assurance,"
"Old Heads and Young Hearts," "The
Octoroon," "Arrah nah I'. pie," "The
Rappareo" and "The Shaughraun." On
the other hand, for him to call himself
tho author of "Used Up," "Louis XI."
"Tho Corsican Brothers," "Faust and
Marguerite." when the originals are so
well known, is a degree of astonishing
impudence the. might be styled Bouci
caultisui.
It use ! to be asked, when it was men
tioned that Boncicault had written a
new play, "Whose play has he written?"
and not without a modicum of justice.
If he borrows liberally, if he appropriates
wholesale, it is not because he lacks in
vention and ingenuity, of which he has
abundance, but because he wants to
make money. He has gained half a
dozen fortunes, and lost them all.—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
riiilusophy of Dining.
One of the old Greek philosophers was
once approached with the question as to
the hour of the day at which one should
take his dinner. The answer was char
acteristic. "If you are rich," said the
wiße man, "you will dino whenever you
please; if you are poor, whenever you
have anything to eat." This same phil
osophy seems to bo accepted by the
Turks of the present time, judging by
what Mr. Barkley says of the practice
of this iople.
There is a peculiarity about Turkish
cooking. Wherever you are, and at
whatever time of the day you ask,
"When will dinner be ready?" tlie answer
is always the same. "In ten minutes,"
ami yet I have had all sorts of dishes on
the table at the same time. I don't know
how it is mr caged, but I think it is an
improvement on our English plan of hav
ing to keep to a fixed hour. If no order
is given dinner is served as a matter of
course at sundown, and this habit is
usnal among all classes.
We were somewhat surprised one day
at Clianthe, our Greek cook, asking,
"Please, Bare, what time you eat your
dinner today?" We answered, "When
we aro hungry."
"Vera good, sare, 'cos me get one booful
dinner —ros' bif, sare. One buffalo he
fall over cliff last night and break him
neck!"— Youth's Companion.
Hardship* of a Minister's Life.
The folks who think preachers flourish
on the fat of the land are respectfully
requested to read the following extract
from a letter received at this office from
a Virginia Baptist preacher: "I have not
a bushel of corn, a peck of flour nor five
pounds of meat in the world, and I have
not a dollar to buy with, and my
churches are not able to pay me for ray
work." He does not ask for help—noth
ing was further from his thought—but
if anybody desires to brighten his life
we will undertake to see that the sun
shine falls upon his home.—Richmond
Herald.
The American a Glutton.
The average American, although a
colossal eater, does not at present know
how to dine. This is a home troth which
he resents extremely, and contradicts
with vigor; indeed, he is apt to introduce
comparisons between the restanrants of
his own and other lands which invariably
leave a large balance in favor of Del
monico's. Still, spite of an occasional
exception, tho American born gastro
nome is as rare a bird as the American
born chef of any serious pretensions.— '
Cornhill Magazine.
CO FISHES FEEL PAIN.
A Fisherman 15cli#ve That They Are Not
)SnHible to Tain.
A writer in Forest and Stream say#: I
have read many articles on tho subject
of whether fish, when caught on the
hook, feel any pain or whether their
struggles were merely the result of find
ing themselves fast. I fish a great deal
in the summer months for trout, bass
and pickerel and have done so for years.
I have studied the matter very carefully
and have made up my mind from vari
ous incidents that have come under my
observation that fish are not sensitive to
pain as are warm blooded, animals. I
will cite two instances that show to me
plainly that I must be right in my con
clusions on this subject.
Last October, while fishingfor pickerel
on Lake Gary. Wyoming county, Pa., in
company witha companion, among other
fisli that we caught was a pickerel that
would weigh nearly, if not quite, three
pounds. My friend pulled it up, and as
it came on to the top I saw about twelve
feet of a very coarse brown line hanging
to it. Upon iusi>ecting it more closely 1
found that the fish had in its side a very
strong and coarse hook, to which the
piece of line was attached. The wound
must have been made a very short time
previous to our catching the fish, for it
was bleeding quite freely and looked
very fresh, and if the fish could feel pain
it would certainly have deterred it from
taking our hook so soon after such an in
jury. There was only one other party
fishing on the lake that day, as it was
cold and windy, and that pickerel must
have received his injury from them and
have come nearly across the lake to us,
dragging that piece of heavy line with
him.
The other instance occurred in this
way: I was fishing with a' 'skipping bait"
—most of your readers know what this is:
a piece of pork rind or a pickerel belly—
and had with me a friend who, though
he comlil handle a brigade under a heavy
fire, was not up to the trick of catching
fish that way. 1 was having fairly good
sport, but he got impatient, and finally,
when he had a good strike, he jerked so
hard as to break his line, and away went
the fish, and he at once proposed to go
home, but I told him in joko if he would
wait five or ten minutes I would catch
that fish and get hack his hook. So we
sat down and had a short smoke. I soon
com:.:; 1 to cast my hook near .where
he lost fish. I had a strike, and to
our mi •. 1 surprise out came the gen
eral's tb'.i. with his hook well fastened in
its mouth. Now, I don't think the fish
would liava taken tho bait so soon again
had it been in any pain from the hook.
History and Mystery of tho Comb.
It would be curious to know what
mystic meaning our forefathers attached
to the simple act of combing the hair.
We learn from old church history that
the hair of the priest or bishop was
combed sevesal times during services by
one of the inferior clergy. The comb is
mentioned as one of the essentials for use
during a high mass when sung by a
bishop; mass combs of precious metals
are reckoned among the costly posses
sions of most European cathedrals. Be
sides those made of gold and silver, the
poorer churches have them of ivory,
while in some the more common kinds
are used.
Among those especially known to his
tory are those of St. Neot, St. Dunstan
and Malachias. That belonging to St.
Thomas, the martyr of Canterbury, is
still kept in the church of St. Sepulcher,
Thctford; that of St. Cuthbert, "the wo
man liater," at Durham cathedral. From
sundry references in old legends to the
use of the comb in divinations, and from
its appearance in combination with pagan
emblcmr. on rudely sculptured stones in
various parts of Scotland, it seems prob
able that this was one of the objects of
pagan veneration which early Christian
teachers deemed prudent to adopt, in
vesting it with some new significance.—
St. Louis Republic.
The Value of Sincerity.
Though a man must be sincere in or
der to be great, he need not be great in
order to lie sincere Whatever may be
the size of our brain, the strength of our
powers, the talents of any kind with
which we are gifted, sincerity of heart,
or of belief, or of life, is possible to us
all. It is of itself a kind of greatness
which, in spite of many other draw
backs, will malce itself felt. The hon
est, upright man, wlio lives openly, fear
lessly and truly, professing only what he
feels, upholding only what he believes
in, pretending nothing, disguising noth
ing, deceiving no one. claims uncon
sciously a respect and honor that we can
not give to any degree of power or abil
ity wielded with duplicity or cunning.
If we could correctly divide the world
into the sincere and the insincere, we
should have a much truer estimate of
real worth than we generally obtain.—
New York Ledger.
lie In In Doubt.
"I don't know," said Willie Wishing
ton, "whethah I'm populah with the
young lady on whom I called lawst
night oh not."
"Why?" inquired the friend to whom
he was speaking.
"I had been there an ouah, when she
said: 'Well, Mr. Wishington, we have
had a delightful evening, haven't we?""
"That was encouraging."
"Ya-a-s, but it happened that I had
the toothache, you know, and hadn't said
fouah wohtls the whole evening, don't
you know."—Washington Post.
Alexander Swift, of Cincinnati, who
married a sister of Alice and Phoebe
Cary, owns the old Cary homestead, syid
is anxious to make it a memorial of the
distinguished sisters. It is one of the
places that might have been bought for
a song years ago, but the sweet singers
did not get it in that melodic way.
There is a man in southern Illinois
who laughs at the idea that marriage is
a failure. He has just married hie sixth
wife, Ijiach successive spouse brought
him a farm, and he is now one of the
largest land owners in that part of the
country.
PLEASURE IN A CANOE.
' THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN VOTA
RIES OF SAIL AND PADDLE.
The Growing Popularity of tlio Sport—
•SuggentlonH for Amateurx Who Would
i Like to Fmulato the Example of Noted
Cano^iatH—Notable Trips.
Canoeing is one of the earliest of
human invention?, and is undoubtedly
of American origin. Up to a decade
ago its development was not rapid, but
since that time wonderful strides have
been made, both in the construction of
canoes and in the number of people who
indulge in the sport. The increased in
terest in the sport may be traced to the
efforts of the American Canoe associa
tion. When it was first established in
1879, thirty-live canoes participated in
the annual meet at Lake George. Now
the association includes nearly one
hundred clubs, divided into four divi
sions, and lias a membership of several
thousand canoeists. There is also a
Western Canoe association, in which
about twenty-five clubs are represented,
and there are many clubs whose mem
bers belong to no association.
The delights of canoeing are as varied
as could be desired. The pastime is as
safe as any other outdoor exercise, and
if the canoeist is a good swimmer he
practically runs no risk whatever. Al
most any one can learn to use the pad
dles in half an hour. An hour or two
more will suffice to render him familiar
with the working of the lines or foot
gear, and a few days spent on the water
in company with a canoeist will teach
him all he needs to know of navigation.
Then he is ready to essay his first voy
age.
PREPARATIONS FOR A CRUISE.
In choosing a canoe, the purchaser
will do well to consider the locality in
which he intends to cruise. Large, stiff
canoes are adapted to the great lakes,bays
and harbors where portages are unneces
ary; but for ordinary lakes, rivers and
bays everything bulky or weighty should
be avoided. Old canoeists advise be
ginners to secure for their firt season a
second hand canoe which has been tried
and not found wanting. Such a boat
can be readily obtained at prices varying
from $25 to $l5O. For the latter figure,
or less, a first rate canoe may be bought.
Canoeing is only another term for
roughing it, and the canoeist will, of
course, sleep on board and cook his own
meals. A tent is necessary, and a very
nice on i, fitted with a top piece, to be
slung between the masts, ana a port hole
and side door, may be obtained for about
$3. A small alcohol stove will do .all the
cooking required, and two quarts of the
fluid will last a fortnight. Such kitchen
utensils as a frying pan, a tin pail and a
deep boiling pot will be found necessary.
A field glass, some mosquito netting, ex
tra cord, screws, nails, plenty of copper
wire and a pair of strong plicei's are also
essentials that should not be overlooked.
They can be had for a small outlay. A
very handy weapon to cany on such a
cruise is the combination shotgun and
rifle. A good, light, fishing rod will
often assist in supplying the larder.
Some ginger and quinine should be taken
along—not to season the fish, but to re
press any stray stomach aches and colds.
A trip can be made to cost most any
thing, but on an ordinary crui ;o an out
lay of ?"> or $0 a week will provide all
necessaries.
son:: FA;.:OI*3 CRUISING GROUNDS.
Some of the favorite cruising grounds
of canoeists are the Kennebec. Megan
tie, Rt. John .and Delaware rivers; the
stretch of lake and river from Kingston,
Out., to the mouth of the Richelieu•
river, a two weeks' trip; the Mississippi
river, from the Minnehaha river to Clin
ton: the Mississippi, from St. Louis to
the gulf of Mexico, a wonderfully pic
turesque and delightful cruise; Luke
Memphremagog and the Magog, the
Richelieu river, the Rideau canal and
the Oneida hikes: the Connecticut river,
the Mohawk river and the Erie canal.
Canoeists in this vicinity have the
beautiful Hudson, ever changing and
ever new, on which to indulge their
favorite pastime. A pleasant day's
cruise is down the bay to Sandy Hook,
hugging the Staten Island and New Jer
sey shores.
"Rob Roy" McGregor's 1,000 mile
cruise in European waters, made many
years ago, still stands as one of the most
remarkable canoe trips ever made. Ho
started from London, and, when near
the month of the Thames, landed and
sent his boat to Namur, whore he again
launched lier in the Sambre. He en
tered the Meuse and dropped down past
Liege and Murstricht, in Holland, to
Cologne. At the latter city he shipped
the canoe to Aschaffenlong and sailed to
Frankfort-on-the-Main.
He traversed the Danube as far as
Ulm and then returned, came upon
Lake Constauz on the north side, and
entered the Rhine where the river is
very narrow. From Lake Constanz he
wont to Lake Zurich, Lake Lucerne and
the River Reuss, aud again sought the
Rhine, passing through Basle and draw
ing up at Mulhouse, in France. He next
proceeded to Paris by the Moselle, the
Mem'the, the Marne and the Seine.
An equally notable trip was that made
by the Italian canoeists, Barrucei and
Ferrari. They sailed from Roma for
Paris on July 20, and reached their
destination on Oct. 18. On the way
they stopped at Livomo, Genova, Nice
and other less important places on the
Italian coast, am arrived at Marseilles,
where they entered the Rhone. The
river had too strong a current for their
frail craft and they took the canal to
Aries, where they again launched the
canoe. They proceeded to Paris via the
Saone, the Loire and the Seine.—New
York Mail and Express.
Particulars Not Given.
"A hoy in Laverte dropped dead after
whistling three hours without stopping."
It is nor stated what kind of a missile
Struck him, not how many people in the
neighborhood dropped dead before the
lad succumbed, —Norriatown Herald.
TWO GIGANTIC TREES.
PROBABLY THE LARGEST ON THE
AMERICAN CONTINENT.
They are Found ftn the Yosemlte Valley.
Fire HUM at Some Time Nearly De
stroyed Their Life —A Description of
the Tree Called "Old Sequoia."
The tree referred to is one of a small
sequoia group known as the Tuolumne
grove, situated seven miles beyond
"Crocker's" and seventeen miles from
Yosemite valley. This group of trees is
about 5,300 feet above the sea level, and
contains between 50 and 75 individuals
of the "big tree" type, some of which
are most noble specimens of tlio genus.
It is very strangely diversified between
sound and perfect specimens and others
almost completely destroyed by some
long past and tremendous forest confla
gration. Fortunately some of the largest
and oldest members of this family group
were entirely overlooked by the flames,
and they remain, as far as fire is con
cerned, perfect trees. One, the "Living
Giant," is especially worthy of mention.
This tree is about 310 feet high, of which
at least 325 feet of its massive trunk is
without a branch and scarcely with an
excresence to mar its symmetrical beau
ty. It is about thirty feet in diameter,
and is the most completely faultless speci
men of the old and giant sequoia that I
have ever seen. "Old Sequoia," the big
est tree in the state, lies about 200 yards
dojvn a sloping hill to the southwest of
this tree, the "Living Giant." The Yo
semite stage road here passes directly
under the high up and overhanging
branches of the "Living Giant." The
local and distinguishing name of this
stage turnpike from the others leading
into Yosemite is the "Big Oak Flat
Road," so named from having its early
initial point at Big Oak Flat, famous at
first as a very rich placer mining camp
and forever now as Bret Harte's "Roar
ing Camp."
A TREE 5,000 YEARS OLD.
The history of the rise and fall of this
veritable monarch of sequoiadom is as
plainly written upon its remains and its
surroundings as though it had been com
memorated upon an everlasting tablet,
Of course its age is only conjectural. If
reliance can be placed upon the consecu
tive yearly ring theory, there must have
been enough of them about the greatest
girth of this vegetable behemoth to have
made it some 5,000 years old. To judge
by the exceeding symmetry of the best
preserved members remaining of this Tu
olumne grove, "Old Sequoia" must have
been a wonderfully beautiful tree, con
sidering its immense size. It also may
have been close on to 500 feet high.
1 say may have been, because the se
quoia is very disappointing regarding al
titude, it being the rule for the specie,'
to grow to an average altitude of 20
feet, or some over in the larger spec,
mens, without putting forth any large
branches, thus preserving a comparative
evenness of diameter and bulk for that
distance, then to suddenly put out p
multitude of large boughs, which rapid
ly diminish the balance of the shaft,
which then tapers suddenly to a point
resembling nothing so much as a freshly
sharpened lead pencil, excepting for its
branches.
These causes might have made "Old Se
quoia" but little taller than his neighbors,
say 350 feet. The violence of the winter
storms is also greatly liable to break off
the brittle and attenuated tops, with
their great weight of foliage, if they
reach up much above the general level
of the surrounding forest. Still the wood
here is altogether so dense, and the en
tire grove occupies so sheltered a posi
tion, that it is possible this tree may have
enjoyed an altitude commensurate with
its enormous bulk.
HOW THE GIANT LOOKS.
The tree "Old Sequoia" is but a black
ened and charred stump on two of its
sides, and when within 100 feet of its
roots one feels vexed within himself for
having been foolish enough to tramp out
of his way for such a disappointing result.
Still, curiosity will impel him to keep
on until he is within a few feet of the
remains of this once greatest of all se
quoia monster's. At a distance of some
30 feet from its roots the remaining im
mensity of this tree begins to force it
self upon the perceptions of the behold
er, and when one has reached its very
base and partly circled it, curiosity is
changed to wonder, and, upon beholding
the burnt cavity within its roots, won
der to awe.
The tree is best approached from the
east. One crosses a little brook and im
mediately stands upon a shattered and
partially burned muss from the great
tree itself. This piece is some 12 feet
wide, 80 feet long and 7 feet thick, and
is distant from the remaining main body
of the tree fully 800 feet.
Great fragments of charred wood still
extend into the undergrowth behind us,
upon the east side of the brook, to the
west bank of which we have just cross
ed. Framenta which fell from the tree
during the conflagration, of immense
size, lie piled upon each other in a solid
mass, extending from the piece upon
which we stand to almost the very base
of the remaining portion. Of this re
maining part, directly in front of us, is
a living mass, appearing from our stand
point like a stub broken off at about
midway its height. The piece is, meas
uring from its extremo edges at about
6 inches above the ground, 40 feet in dia
meter The whole remaining circuit of
the tree is 181 feet. The largest remain
ing portion at which we are gazing is
then 41 feet in diameter and about 165
feet high. Its bark is as fresh and glis
tening in the sun as that of any of its
uninjured and living neighbors.
The vitality of this remaining portion
of this tree is attested by the presence
within some 20 feet of its shattered top
of one living branch of fonr feet or more
in diameter, bearing a thick mass of
brilliantly vivid green foliage. No other
branches living are left upon it, and only
two or three charred remnants of branch
es have been spared by the fire.—San
Francisco Chronicle.
Aa Amateur.
It was Saturday evening, and the fam
ily, as they were accustomed on that
day, sat down to a meal of baked beans.
The Frenchman, who was a guest, was
asked by the hostess: "Are you fond of
baked beans, Monsieur du Crapaud?"
"Ah," said the Frenchman, with a
shrug of his shoulders, an inclination of
his head to one side and a raising of his
eyebrows, "I do eat ze baked beans, but
I am not amateur of zem!"
All the family looked puzzled by this
remark, and little Tommy, who sat at
the foot of the table, could not restrain
his curiosity.
"Oh, Monsieur du Crapaud!" he ex
claimed, "does that mean that you are a
professional baked bean eater'/"
Tommy had heard the word "amateur"
used simply to mark the difference be
tween those who followed any sport or
occupation for pleasure and those who
followed it to make a livelihood out of
it. To him "amateur" had no other
meaning; and if M. du Crapaud was not
ail "amateur of baked beans" he must
be a professional.
The Frenchman, on the contrary, used
the word as meaning a lover of an art or
anything else whatsoever, or one having
special knowledge of it. To be an ama
teur with him signified very much the
same thing as what is ordinarily ex
pressed by the other French word con
noisseur. If he had said that he "was
not a connoisseur of- baked beans," he
would not have been understood by
Tommy, perhaps, but he would not have
been so radically misunderstood.
Youth's Companion.
Explanation of Dreams.
Supposing man to have been evolved
from a lower and animal type, the in
stincts and impulses of the animal state
would be most potent when, as in sleep,
the watchful inhibitory faculties, the re
sult of civilization and development, are
dormant. In other words, the old prim
itive animal is waiting close by to come
in and take possession when the evolved
soul has abdicated its function. That
would account for the fact that we sel
dom have any conscience in our dreams,
and do in them without the shade of a
shadow of compunction things which all
the wealth and honors of the world could
not induce us to do in our waking hours.
The moral sense seems to be totally
wanting in a dream.
That is a theory which does very well
as far as it goes. But it does not by any
means cover the ground. In the case of
real imaginative dreamers, the dreaming
state of ten seems to be a superior in point
of intelligence to the waking state; that
is to say, great flights are possible to the
mind then which are beyond the waking
consciousness. Ineffable conceptions,
celestial visions, intense realizations or
recognitions of spiritual things, which
sometimes survive in waking thoughts
and really illuminate them, often fall to
the lot of the true dreamer. If the
moral sense has no place in such dreams,
it is because the soul seems to have risen
superior to a moral seuse! If the animal
hypothesis seems reasonable sometimes,
what are wo to do in making up our
theories of dreams with such visions as
these, which rise only when the veil of
flesh is drawn from before the inward
eye?— Boston Transcript.
• Tlio Japanese Fire Box.
The hibachi is a fire box, of which the
simplest form is that of a square, or cir
cular, or oblong receptacle qf wood,
lined with sheet copper. Into this a
quantity of lime dust or sifted ashes is
put, and on the top of that a little pile of
lighted charcoal, which burns slowly
and steadily upon the fine ashes, giving
out heat, but not a vestige of smoke.
This is the primitive and plainest form '
of the "fire box," such as will be seen in
use for common purposes at railway sta
tions, in Kurumu sheds, in wayside tea
houses and restaurants and in unpreten
tious shops. But Japanese skill and
taste love to lavish themselves on this
central piece of domestic furniture, and
you see liibachis, accordingly, of all
farms and materials. Some are made of
hammered copper, or brass, or iron, with
patterns delicately and beautifully beattm
out of the burnished metal. Some I have
seen in great houses contrived from the
root of a vast tree, the gnarled and knot
ted timber being laboriously hollowed
out and lined with copper, and the ex
terior carefully polished to bring forth
the beauty of the grain.—Cor. London
Telegraph.
Kiseiilmhns in the Air.
It is worth ft fortune and a farm to
stand in Battery park and watch the
open mouthed immigrants as they first
emerge from the barge office and catch
their first sight of the trains on the ele
vated railroads slowly puffing around the
comer of State street.
The first thing that they do is to utter
an exclamation, each in the language of
his or her birth, and then they stand still
and look with wonder upon this strange
sight, so familiar to you and me, of rail
roads in the air, or rather railroads on
stilts, tranquilly doing business that
seems fated to end in destruction and
fall.
The wonder does not last, however, for
the strangers come to America expecting
to see sights foreign and curious. If
New Yorkers were accustomed to go
about their business on their heads I
suppose these fellows would only stare a
few moments and then take it as a mat
ter of course.—Now York Herald.
Nose Dloed.
Obstinate nose bleeding is frequently
one of the most difficult tilings to check.
Several aggravated cases have occurred
at the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania. As a last resort Dr. D.
Hayes Agnew tried ham fat with great
success. Two large cylinders of bacon
were forced well into the nostrils, and
the hemorrhage ceased at once. This is
a very simple remedy, and one which
should be remembered for cases of emer
gency in the country.—Science.
Baron Rothschild, the London head of
the great hanking house, has been seized
upon by excessive fatness, and will be
treated by the famous Dr. Schwennin
gtr.
CARPETS!
—AX IMMENSE STOCK OP-
Body Brussels
From SI,OO to $1,25.
AN OVI TOOK OP
-TAPESTRY BRUSSELS,-
At 45c,60c,75c, and 85c
A VERY MRKECWO VARIED
LINE OP
INGRAINS
At 40c,50c,60c, and 75c
Our Curtain Department is the largest ia
the city, m every grade of Lace and
heavy Curtains. Floor Cloths
una Mattings in all widths
and Qualities
BOVAR, ROSE & CO.,
N '°- :| ? FIFTH AVE., PITTSBURGH, I'A,
OUR
Mailorder
Department.
Has the very best facilities for handling
great quantities of Dry Goods. It reaches
every State and most counties of the
Union. Its patticuar field is the western
half of Pennsylvania, all of West Virginia,
Ohio, and a constantly growing territory
South and West in all states.
Our stock of Dry Goods of everv de
scription is complete, and our prices are
the lowest possible. Other large stores
do not ("if thev can) and small stares can
net (if they would) sell goods at as low
prices.
BLACK SILKS.
Of every sort at very low prices. Every
piece was bought before the advance ia
the price of silk. The same qualities
where anything like a complete variety is
found will cost 25 per cent, more than
our silks cost yau. Where will you buy ?
Black Surahs 45 cents a yard, 50 cents,
65 cents and upward. A special 24 inch
Surah at SI.OO a yard, worth $1.25.
Gros Grains at CO cents and upward.
A inch Gros Grain at 95 cents avar t,
that cuuuot possibly be sold, if perfect, for
a cent less, except at a loss. It is worth
every penny of one dollar ami flftecu
cents. Equally good bargain in Black
Gros Gram Silks at .SI.OO and $1.25.
Black Faille Francaisse at 83 cents and
upward, and the best 24 inch Faille ever
sold at SI.OO, $1.25 and $1.50 a yard.
27 inch Black India Silks at 73 cents
SI.OO, $1.15 to $1.50 a yard.
All other Silks and Dress Goods in
largest quantities at lowest prices.
•Samples cheerfully sent upon request to
any address.
JOS. HORNE ct CO.,
609-621 teiiii Avenue,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
PATENT** ained tormecuam alde
fill A O \ tees, medical or oilier com
pounds, ornamental designs. trade-marta kii
sssKSsar&iasßjaffl®
_ _ NS TLAT HAVE BEEN
HE JECTFD sin i e Patci " '"lice Ulay
ylnTn r si 11 1. Inmost cases. be pat
rated 1)> us. Being opposite the Patent office
we can make closer sea relies, and secure Patent a
mere promptly, and with hSercWtM than
Mioyjyho arc remote from WashlngYoii
INVFNTnBQ s f nfl us •' mod ei or
OA* A Uno sketch of your device:
e make exantTnationsyppeor chit roe. and advise
coundenMM| Ub l> l !-t' V ' i A " con J s P<""lence strictly
LESSPATENTIB® HED NO ™
nn^ e ,i' e^ r t0 ° m , |,|,Us ll < 'he Patent omce, to our
sLS?fn-?naeS 1 ' y s 1 ' of " 10 Union, and to your
Senator and Representative In congress. Special
references given when desired. Address
C'. A. SNOW 4 CO.
Opposite Patent Office. Washington, D. C.
is* mbi us sum
To reliable men we will give steady employment
and a LIBERAL SALARY paying their traveling
expenses. We grow our own stock exclusively
and GUARANTEE tt to be strictly tlrst-elass In
every particular, true to name as ordered. Pull
Instructions furnished. Experience unnecessary.
Apply at once, stating aga. Address E. c. PKIR-
SoN ,v CO., Maple Grove Nurseries. Waterloo,
N. Y. (Established over CO years.)
BONE MEAL
Beef scraps. Send for new price list. YORK
CHEMICAL WORKS, YORK. PA.
H.T. DeFRAN CE,
Druggist
MOX H A M
Now open and Rapidly Pilling up with a Fa
Line of
Drugs s Medicines,
AN CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY, FANCY AND
TOILET ARTICLES, EtC.NC
PORE WINES AND LIQUORS FOR MEDI
NAL PURPOSES.
Prescriptions Accurately Componded
JOHN S. TITTLE,
GENERAL
INSURANCE AGENI
ROOM! NO. 9 ALMA HALL,
JOHNSTOWN.