TEA CULTURE.
RAISING THE FRAG ANT LEAF IN
CHINA.
Preparing the Leaves for the Mar
ket—How the Chinese Make a
Cap of Tea—The Universal Bever*
age.
Tea, or "cha," as it is called by the
Chinese, is extensively cultivated in both
the temperate and tropical portions of
* the empire. The plant is a species of
Camellia, and when growing unrestrained
frequently attains tlie proportions of a
small tree. But under cultivation it is
kept pruned down to the dimensions of
a shrub from two and one-half to three
feat apart.
The best plantations are located on
hillsides, in sandy or light soil. It flow
ers annually, developing a small white
blossom, single and odorless. The flavor
of the leaf, as might be supposed, varies
according to the climate and Boil in
■which they are grown ;but the varieties ex
ported to foreign markets, and known as
green or black teas, obtain their special
characteristics more through the methods
employed in curing and manipulating the
leaf than from the soil or locality in
which thoy are grown. That is to say,
green or black tea may be produced in
in any part of the country, and indis
criminately from the same leaves; but
through long practice and experience it
has been well ascertained which sorts can
be prepared with best results in each dis
trict, and greens are now chiefly pro
duced in the provinces of Ilonan and Ho
Peh and in the vicinity of Canton. The
best blacks—the Oolongs, Congos, and
Souchongs—come principally Iron Amoy,
Foochow, and Formosa.
The most highly esteemed qualities are
obtained from the young and tender
leaves picked in April. The later pick
ings—the second, third, and sometimes a
fourth—possess more strength and
pungency of flavor, but lack in delicacy
of color and aroma, in the order of their
growth. For home consumption the
leaves are prepared by drying in the sun,
or slightly tiring them in baskets over hot
coals. But to enable the export tea to
perservo its qualities, and to guard
against the possibility of sweating as the
cargoes pass through the tropics on their
ay to Europe, the leaves aro specialv pre
pared and throughly dried in iron "pans
over hot fires.
popper pans are nover employed for
tjjis purpose, as is generally believed; nor
would tney, if made uso of, color the
leaves green by such a process, for hot,
dry copper does not give oil verdigris or
other coloring matter, and the inetal,
which is kept sufficiently hot to burn the
leaves, were they not continually stirred
by hand, could have no possible chemical
effect upon them. This point does not,
however, admit of discussion, for, as stated,
Copper pans are never used. When first
introduced into the hot pans the leaves
soften, whereupon they are thrown upon
tables and are then throughly rolled under
the hands of the operators until the oil
and acrid juices are expressed. The
leaves are next dried in the sun, and
again in hot iron pans, where they arc
kept in constant motion to prevent
scorching. Common black teas (such
as Congos or English breakfast teas, and
Oolongs) are, besides being rubbed and
rolled, allowed to undergo a species of
fermentation which gives them the
peculiar flavor. Green teas are treated
more delicately, are more carefully class
ified and sorted, some grades being per
fumed by the admixture of strongly
scented flowers, while all are colored in
imitation of the pecular bloom remain
ing upon the finest basket-cured teas.
The coloring matter employed is of pow
dered gypsum, slightly tinged with
Prussian blue, the quantity added to the
inass of leaves being as minuto as to be
considered quite harmless.
The Chinese drink their tea without
milk or sugar. A simple infusion is pre
pared by placing a few lenves in a shal
low cup and pouring boiling water there
on ; the cup is covered by the saucer, the
liquor being sipped from the cup through
the space formed by slightly tilting the
saucer. The teapot is a common utensil
amongst the poorer classes, who ennnot
afford this wasteful method of preparing
the beverage. Tea is consumed by all
classes and at all times. In summer the
boncvolcnt, or those who can afford it,
place lai jje tubs of tea in their houses,
from which the thirsty coolies or passers
by refresh themselves.
Tea should be prepared as an infusion
—never as a decoction. The latter treat
ment extracts and dissolves the tannic
acid, the acrid oils, gums, and coloriug
lyutter of the leaf, producing a drink
rank in flavor and certainly deleterious
to health.
To scientifically prepare tea, a porcelain
teapot, which has first been scalded with
hot water, should be brought into requisi
tion ; into this throw the leaves, in the
proportion of a scant teaspoonful for
each large cup, not forgetting an extra
dash"for the pot ;"upon the lenves quickly
pour boiling water—water which lias not
been previously boiling or simmering
upon the fire, but fresh soft water
brought to the boiling point for the first
time; after standing (but not on the fire)
three or four minutes, according to the
sort of tea, the infusion is ready for
drinking. This perhaps is not the cus
tomary, economical method of our house
wives, but is recommended as securing
the finest flavor or aroma of the leaf, and
as a wholesome drink. Boiled tea is de
testable and poisouous.-[Farm, Field and
Stockman.
Filial Piety,
A remarkable manifestion of filial piety
is displayed in the most recent issue of
the Imperial Pekiu Gazette, which con
tains a letter from the governor of
Chinese Turkestan, in which he tenders
his resignation of his office, not 011 the
ground of any disagreement with head
quarters, or failuro in administration,
but solely because he is anxious to stay
at home and devote his entire time to
nursing his aged grandmother. This,
however, is more than matched by the
emperor of Japan, who has just caused
six of the leading journalists of his
capital to be sentenced to terms of im
prisonment ranging from two to four
years for having maligned his ancestor,
tho Emperor liminu, who reigned some
000 years before the birth of Christ.
No Bank Failures in China.
It is nine hundred years since there
was a bank failure in China. At that
time, just aftft n bank was compelled to
stop payment, an edict was issued by the
Emperor Hi Hung, to tho effect that
thereafter when any bank failed, tho
heads of the president, cashier, and di
rectors should bo added to the assets.
This edict is still in force, and has so
terrified the officers of banks that they
arc very careful in their management.
Dangerous SIOO counterfeit bills are In
circulation.
WARRIORS OF NEW GUINEA.
The Awful Man-Catcher Used by a
People Who Live in Trees.
One of the most noticeable character
istics of tho warriors of New Guinea is
their treacherous mode of attack. One
may enter a village and be welcomed by
a crowd of unarmed men who will show
every sign of friendship; but once they
see their opportunity—once the party is
dispersed, arms laid down or some
asleep—then in a second the natives are
around and rush to the attack.
Extreme vigilanco must at all times
be observed. Then, again, while march
ing along the tracks through the bush
country, natives will readily mark the
approach of the Europeans. They will
watch their opportunity again, keep
some distance ahead ot the advancing
troops or move along parallel tracks in
the scrub, and make the most of any op
portunity of sudden attack, such as
during n halt or when the party has be
come somewhat dispersed.
The general method of attack in most
parts of New Guinea seems to be that of
charging up toward the enemy, and,
when within, say twenty to thirty yards,
throwing their long spears. Somo of
them are wonderfully good shots and can
send their spears through a dog running
away thirty yards from them. But spears
are not the only arms.
In the west of British New Guinea
bows and arrows are much used, and are,
of course, far more formidable than the
spears, as their range is much greater
and the aim much more accurate; the
natives practise by shooting at cocoanuts
in the trees. It is probable that neither
shears nor arrows are ever poisoned in
New Guinea.
Another primitive weapon of offence
which is sometimes used, especially at
tho East End, is the sling. A few stones
are carried, often nearly as big as one's
fist, nnd these aro hurled with a twist of
the arm very similar to the action of or
dinary throwing (without twirling tho
sling round over the head as is done else
where). The natives seem to vary a great
deal in their ability to throw stones,
some being marvellously good, both in
accuracy of aim and in great distance,
perhaps 200 to 300 yards; while, on the
other hand, many others are very feeble
in their efforts.
The natives of certain districts possess
a most curious instrument, used more for
the capture and slaughter of an already
vanquished foe than for actual attack.
It consists of a stick three feet long, on
the end of which is a piece of cane bent
round like the iron of a landing net, and
of such a size as to easily slip over a
man's head. On the end of the stick is
fixed a sharp stake, tho point of which
comes nearly to the centre of tho cane
ring. In chasing a fleeing enemy the
warrior holds out his "man catcher" and
Jiuts the cane ring over the unfortunate
ugitivo's head, when a sudden pull
buck causes the latter to stop short and
fall backward upon the sharp stake,
which runs into bis neck just at the base
of the skull, and he is instantly killed.
One of the many curiosities to be met
with in New Guinea are the tree houses.
They are used as lookout towers, and
also for defence. Mauy villages have a
house built in one of the biggest trees in
the village, connected by a ladder with
the ground.
On the approach of an enemy tho in
habitants retire to this refuge, and are
then not only out of harm's way—being
above the rango of a spear—but also
spears and stones, of which a store is :
kept, can be hurled down upon their en
emies from above. Tkeso treo houses are
used around the palisades as galleries to
protect them.
The natives, as a rule, are very quick at
distributing news. There are many
means of signaling and making known
various facts. The tom-tom is a favorite
instrument, as in all uncivilized places.
Generally it is played when the men arc
assembling for a warlike purpose, but
not always. It is occasionally used on
other occasions. Trumpeting on large
shells has a more significant meaning.
On the approach of danger, tho weird
sounds of these horns can be heard for
miles around as tlicy arc taken up from
village to village. Another elaborate sys
tem of signaling is by watch fires. Some
times these are lighted in rows of two or
three, and many of the hills have their
beacons alight at night. Even the smoke
in daytime is said to convey its meaning
to those on the lookout.
Doctoring at the Drug Stores.
'•There is a now way of doctoring in
the city," write a pharmaceutist. "I
don't mean that there are new remedies
and treatments. There are young doctors
whoso business is not such as warrants an
office, and they go about like doctors in
the olden times, from pillar to post.
Take it in this store, for example. I know
of four young doctors who come in here
at dilferent hours and meet patients.
Then the doctors go from here to other
drug stores, so that by the time the day
is over they have traveled a good many
miles. The patients they sec do not pay
much, individually; they can't afford it.
But they aro sick and must be healed,
and they are not the sort of people who
go to hospitals, It is a good thing for
the sick who can't afford to have doctors
come to tho house; it is a good thing for
young doctors who aro not able to pay
office rent, and it is a good thing for the
drug stores, for they almost invariably
get to sell the medicines that are pre
scribed."—[New York Mercury.
Action Over an Aerolite.
The Minnesota State University has
been defeated in its replevin suit to re
cover possession of the celebrated aerolite
that fell on Goddard's property, near
Forest City, lowa, recently. The de
fendant has appealed to the Supreme
Court of the Stuto. Goddard is the owner
of tho property on which tho aerolite
fell. His tenant, who occupied the land,
sold tho ncrolitc to H. V. Winchell, as
the University's representative, and it
had been delivered when Goddard re
plovined it. The broad and interesting
question of the right of the tenant and
owner was, therefore, involved, and the
still more interesting conundrum as to
the ownership of a heavenly body that
falls on mundane property. The price
of the original seveuty pounds of rock
of which tho aerolite consisted was
SI,OOO. —[New York Star.
A Broken Neck Mended.
Physicians connected with the Presby
terian Hospital, New York, are highly
elated over the fact of their having suc
cessfully mended a broken neck. The
patient, Harry Rcigel, aged fourteen
years, fell from an elevator, landing on
his head and dislocating his neck, on
May 8. When brought to the hospital
tho case was considered hopeless, but by
experiments with extending weights at
tached to the patient's head and feet tho
neck was evidently set and kept in place
by means of a plaster of Paris jacket.
The displaced bones arc now set, and the
patient has full power of the neck.—
[Scientific American.
Sending Grapes to Market.
Long processions of fruit wagons can
be seen during the grape season in Marl
borough, Highland, Milton, New-Paltz,
und other Southern Ulster villages in
New York on their way to steamboat
landings and railroad stations. They are
loaded with grapes, and many tons of that
luscious fruit are shipped daily. The
grapes are cut in tho vineyards in the
forenoon. They are collected together,
and then comes the packing and prepar
ing for market. The fruit is placed in
wooden baskets, which are said to hold
five, six, eight, ten and fifteen pounds
each. When the fruit is packed the
cluster is denuded of every green and
dried berry, and no one but an expert
packer can put in a basket the number of
pounds of grapes which the package calls
for, and even they do not always succeed,
as the grape baskets are not unlike berry
cups in the matter of deception as to
size.
Home of the fruit baskets arc made in
Ulster county, but the beßt packages corno
from Western manufacturers, who seem
to employ the toughest wood, and the
packer ia put to no loss by the breakage
of handlers, etc. The baskets are sold to
growers at S3B per 1,000, and 14,000
empty packages can bo placod in one
freight car. The handles arc not put on
when the packages are made, so that they
fit into one another and can thus bo put
into a small space. The labor-saving de
vices save much work in preparing the
fruit for market.
Those growers who invested money in
spraying machines are in good spirits and
see no great piles of rotten grapes in their
vineyards, as was the case lost year. Some
of these spraying machines cost the grow
ers SSO. Tiiey consist of a barrel mounted
on wheels, to whicli is attached a power
ful force pump. Tho driver sits in tho
rear of the barrel and uses ono hand to
work the pump. There are two sprays on
each side as the horse is driven up and
down through tho vineyard, and much
work can bo accomplished in a short time.
—[New York Times.
Eucalyptus Trees are Anti-Malarial.
The planting of eucalyptus trees for
the purpose of draining the soil in the
malarial districts is one which has met
witli some success. Tho Trefontaue
convent at Rome had become positively
uninhabitable, owing to tho mularia
which attacked—in many instances with
fatel results—its inmates. Senator
Torelli presented a bill proposing th .t
the estate annexed to tho convent should
be planted with eucalyptus as an experi
ment against malaria. The bill was passed
and the Trappist monks planted
thousands of eucalyptus plants of all
species on tho estate. But still tho
mularia raged, and several monks suffered
severely. It was, however, remarked
that it was only monks who had their
cells looking on the central cloister who
fell victims to tho malaria. This
suggested tho idea of planting four
eucalyptus trees at the four corners of tho
cloister. The plants, sheltered from the
winds, soon grew to u great height. Tho
mmedlato result was the complete drain
ng of the soil in the cloister and the dis
ppcarance of malarial fever from tho
ouvent.
Iron From Sea Sand.
Among the numerous magnetic separ
ator- which liuvo lately been put before
the public one of the most remarkable is
that for the extraction of iron from sea
sand. It is stated that ordinary sea sand
contains frou. fi. ■
iron, enough, in fact, gin
ccss over cost of extraction. Thumachine
is very simple, consisting of a cylinaei,
whoso surface is composed of electro- I
magnets, revolving on the inside of an I
endless canvas belt. The sand is fed to '
the belt, and a spray of water separates j
the particles, the iron being retained by j
the powerful electro-magnets, and carried 1
off on tho belt to a receptacle at the other I
end, while the sand falls into the trough
below. It is claimed that tho iron can
thus be extracted for about one-eighth of
its value.
A Fine Tree.
Tho grandest" 1 sycamore troo in New
England, perhaps, is at Newton, in Con
necticut. It is 85 feet high, 21 feet in
circumference, and the crown casts a
shade 100 feet in diameter. The foliage
is so dense it is impossible to discern a
ray of light falling through it, and twi
light reigns all the summer beneath it.
The leaves are five inches long, about
four inches wide, and aro of a beautiful
glossy hue. When the wind rustles the
leaves the sound they make is like that
of falling rain. The blossoms are largo
and like silk floss, and, falling, cover the
ground inches deep with an elastic robe
that is like a wonderful snow-whito
silken carpet. The giant tree is a laud
mark in all the region, and is visiblo to
a person on the hilltops miles away, a
vast dark pillar overtopping all other
trees.—[New York Sun.
Harbingers of Ruin.
Several country districts of Transylva
nia and eastern Hungary, says Dr. Felix
L. Oswald, have been visited by lnrgo
swarms of the Asiatic rose-starling, nbird
somewhat resembling our Southern black
bird, but rarely seeu west of the Bos
phorus. To a casual observer a flock of
those winged travelers is a decidedly at
tractive phenomenon. The birds are
restlessly active, playful, and constantly
utter their melodious, fluto-like call-note.
The farmers of eastern Europe, however
have learned to drend these pretty wan
derers as harbingers of the Asiatic lo
cust. They accompany or follow locust
swarms in all their wanderings and snap
up the stragglers of tho vanguard by
tens of thousunds, but are often loft bo
hind by the countless myriads of tho
main host.
Autographs in Iron.
An invention by which writing can be
transferred from paper to iron is tho
work of a Boston man, who lias invented
a hard ink with which be writes (back
ward) upon ordinary paper. That paper
is placed in a mold, melted iron is
poured in, and when tho hardened iron
is removed it is found that while the heat
burned away the paper, it did not affect
the ink, but left tho impression of the
writing molded in the iron. This dis
covery was mndo by noticing ono day
that the printing on an ordinary hand
bill that by accident had fallen into the
mold was faintly transferred in this way.
-[Boston Manufacturers' Gazette.
Coin for Beggars.
Nearly $30,000 worth of half-franc (ten
cent) pieces were found in the personal
estate of M. Durand, a rich solicitor, who
died recently at his residence in Paris.
I It is said that this was M. Durand's stock
of small coin, from which he daily gave
| large sums to beggars in the streets.
A WONDERFUL SPRING.
The Virginia Araenlo Bromine ami f.Uhln
Water—Many Cures Made Through Its
Use—lßaccess of the Company Owning the
Spring.
Virginia Water, as it is briefly called, will
soon be known the world over. It is rapidly
gaining fame by means of its undoubted and
wonderful curative powers, and it will event
ually be in general use throughout the entire
country. In addition to the cases of scrofula
and other diseases cured, recently reported
in the World's columns, the writer has met
with many persons who were perfectly re
lieved of divers blood diseases, previously
considered incurable, in a manner that
seemed almost miraculous.
As already stated in the World's columns,
this water rushes boldly from the base of a
steep mountain, and itstemperaturo is never
less than 70 degrees, even on the coldest day
in winter. As far back us the oldest people
in this section can remember the spring,
then called the Crockett Warm Spring, had
u wide local reputation for its wonderful
curative powers. Last year tho Arsenic
Bromine and Lithia Springs Company took
hold of it. This Company is now shipping
the water to all parts of the United States
and Canada, and new territory is every day
being added.
Those who are afflicted with diseases pro
nounced incurable will receive with delight
the news that most of the cures effected by
the use of this water had long been consid
ered hopeless cases by muny eminent doctors.
Probably one of the worst cases of scrof
ula ever seen was that of a negro who ar
rived at the springs in such a condition that
he was obliged to live in the woods, for no
human beiug cared to see him, not to say to
take him in. He went away entirely cured,
as clean as a whistle and feeling like a new
man. He drank from and bathed in n stream
running from the spring, bnt a considerable
distance away from it.
Where there is no agent for this Company
the wuter may bo lind through the leading
druggist or by applying direct to the Arsenic
Bromine and Lithia Springs Company,
Roanoke, Va.—[N. Y. World.
Oriental Foot-Gear.
In Persia even persons of wealth give
preference to wooden shoes; but the
compensations that a full purse can se
cure appear in rich inlaid-work and gold
cord whereby to finish these curiously
fashioned foot covers. A pair of such in
a collection seemed to be little raised
platforms, with a strap in front, confin
ing the toes. Definite reminders they
were of the much prized stilt, so greutly
enjoyed by lads of many countries.
Another shoo attracting no little at
tention showed an upper of velvet cov
ered with rare needle-work, and having
sole, heel, and shank carved out of solid
wood.—[Harper's Bazar.
Locomotive builders are getting all tho
work they can do,
unoxpecrea*
A travelor found himself at nightfall
before the door of a rnde cabin of slabs
and logs. Over the door on a piece of
pine board were the words, "Lodgin
for Man and Beesfc." It was chilly aud
raining, and the traveler was still ten
miles from his destination. He dis
mounted, therefore, aud entered the
oabin, while a boy led his horse to an
old stable near by.
The hostelry had but two rooms, one
in the rear of the other. This rear
room was the guest chamber, and into
it the traveler was ushered without a
light soon after he had eaten his supper j
of "aoddy biflouits" and salt pork.
, He groped bis way to a bed or bunk
In the corner. Then, after partially
iisrobing, he closed the door, and tired
with his journey was soon fast asleep.
Early in the morning he awakened
with u start, to find the hostess stand
ing in the middle of the r<" n with a '
big tin pan in her hands, while she I
called out with a peculiar, ieking
sound, CLiekyl ohiokyl ehiekv "
She had thrown the outer door open,
and in rushed a great llocn of chickens,
with a dozen or more waddling, squawk
ing ducks and geese.
She scattered the panfull of corn all
around the floorless room, while the
fowls scrambled and fought for it. See
ing that her guest was looking on in
open-eyed amazement, she said:
"Don't let us disturb ye, mister. I
alius have to feed my obickeus in here
to keep the pcegs from eating up the
corn. I'll shoo them out in a few min
utes, and you can lay as long as you
please."
His Text.
Probably no class of men can com
pare with the clergy in providing stories
for tho common stook of literature. If
any one doubts this, be has only to lis
ten to a group of preachers on some
social occasion.
The late Dr. Ward, of Yankton, Dak.,
was famous for the numhor of good
stories lie could tell. One of the last
recolleotions which au old friend had of
him was at a banquet of college men,
where he related the following of a col
lego classmate who was present:
This classmate was a rising young
minister, very absent-minded, very
earnesa and very sensitive. Hurrying
to church one Sunday morning and go
ing into the pulpit late, ho was horrified
to discover that he had not his carefully
written sermon with him. The service
had begun by the singing of the
anthem, but he called up ono of his
neiguuor's boys and gave him hurried
directions about hie study and the prob
able location of the sermon, and sent
him post-haete to get it and return as
fast as possible.
The service proceeded and still the
boy did not appear. The young
preacher was in agony. He had never
proaohed without notes, and tho perspir
ation stood in great beads on his fore
head as he wondered what ho would do
if the sermon did not come.
Finally, just as the lost stanza of tho
hymn which preceded tho sermon was
being sung, the boy appeared, rushed
up the aisle conspicuously and handed
the minister his manusoript. Tho
clergyman took the package nervously,
oponed it, and during profound stillness,
announced the toxt. Not until ho hod
spoken it, did tho meauiug of it ilash
Over him. It was this:
"Rejoice with me; for I have found
tho piece which I had lost!"
This was too much for the audience.
The people laughed outright. But the
lesson was a good ono for tho minister,
who never forgot his sermon agnin
while in that parish.— Youth's Com
panion. ______
Scrofula
Is the roost ancient aid moH general of all dlseisas.
Scarcely a family Is entirely free from It, while t liou
in lit every city are Its suffering alavoj. Hool's
SarsparlUa hat had remarkable succast In qiirtn; ev
ery form of icrofula The moe* severe and painful
running sores, swelling* in the nook or goitre,
humor In tue eyes, causing parti il or total blind
ness, have been cured by this sucoosiful medicine.
All who suffer from scrofula shout 1 give Hood's
BaraaparlUa a fair trial.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by .11 druggtete. .1, lx Prepared only
by C. I HOOD ft CO., Lowell, Mass.
IOO JPoßoß_One Dolls*
The Cobbler Not Extinct*
A great many people believe that the
cobbler is rapidly becoming extinct.
Huoh belief is erroneous. It is true that
the improvement in machinery has made
footwear so inexpensive that the man in
moderate circumstanoes can afford to
replace the old shoes with a new pair
instead of seeking the cobbler as of
yore. But it is a mistaken idea that the
discarded boot or shoe is consigned to
the rubbish heap. There are poor
people who earn their daily bread by
gathering up old shoes and selling them
to second-hand dealers. The dealers
seek out the oobblers, have the dis
carded-shoes put into presentable shape,
and find customers for them—men and
women who can pay from 500. to $1 for
a pair of shoes or boots who would be
oompelled to "walk on their uppers" if
oalled upon to produce twice or thrice
the amount named. The oobbler may
have lost prestige, but he is not nor
will he be, in this generation, extinct.
His Half Son.
An old negro was scolding his son
when a man who happened to be pass
ing along said: "You don't seem to be
pleased with that boy?"
"No, sah; I ain't pleased wid him er
tall. Dar's er good many p'inta erbout
him dat I ain't got no use fur. He ain't
right bright in his jedgment, an' he's
erbout the laziest human pusson I ever
seed in my borned life. But I couldn't
'spect muoh better o' him oaze he's only
my ha'f son, nohow."
"Your half son?" the man exclaimed.
"Yas, sah, dat's all he is—jes' my
ha'f son. *
" Why, how do you make that out ?"
"Easv ernuff, cazo I dun been maird
twiced."
"That don't make any difference."
"But I reckon it do. De chillun dat
wuz borned endurin' my fust wife's
lifetime is dat boy's ha'f brudders an'
sisters, an' ez da is my chillun, I 'lowed
dat I was his ha'f daddy. It 'peer ter
me jdat it take er mighty long time ter
get er p'int through er white pusson's
head, nohow.*— Arkansaw Traveler.
Heavy frosts damaged crops in the West
and Northwest.
Judicious Speculation*
Money Invested in sums of from $1 to $5
weekly or monthly will make you a fortune.
Write for information. Benj. Lewis & Co., Se
curity Building, Kansas City, Mo.
Quail are protected in Michigan from now
till November, 189-4.
Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranches
in Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas,
bought and sold. Tyler & Co., Kansas City, Mo.
A fire at Havre, France, destroyed 80,000
carcasses of mutton.
Woman, hor diseases and their treatment,
ft pages, illustrated; price 50c. Sent upon re
ceipt of 10c., cost of mailiag.eto. Address Prof.
R. H. Klink, M.D., 931 Aroh St., Phiia., Pa.
Boston now rates sixth in the list of cities
of the United States.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken
internally, and acta directly upon tho blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists, 76c,
IP. J. Ciien is Co.. Proure,. Toledo. O.
Over 18,000 pupils were flogged in the
Boston schools lust year.
Lee Wa's Chinese Headache Cure. Harm
less in effect, quick and positive in action.
Sent prepaid on receipt of 81 per bottle.
Adeler & C0.,5J5J W yandotte st.,Kansos City,Mo
A contract has been signed for building
tho Niagara Falls Tunnel.
Guaranteed five year eight per cent. First
Mortgages on Kansas City property, interest
payable every six months; principal and inter
est collected when due and remitted without
expense to lender. For sale by J. H. Bauerlein
& Co.. Kansas ( ity, Mo. Write for particulars
Eighty per i. < •!' ' • rich men of New
York city beg U4O
We've heard of a woman !
who said she'd walk five miles
to get a bottie of Dr. Pierce
Favorite Prescription il
couldn't get it without. Thai
woman had tried it. And it's
a medicine which makes itself
felt in toning up the system
and correcting irregularities as
soon as its use is begun.
Go to your drug store, pay
a dollar, get a bottle and try
it—try a second, a third if
necessary. Before the third
one's been taken you'll know
that there's a remedy to help
you. Then you'll keep on
and a cure 'll come.
But if you shouldn't feel the
help, should be disappointed
in the results—you'll find a
guarantee printed on the bot
tle-wrapper that'll get your
money back for you.
How many women are there
who'd rather have the money
than health ? And " Favorite
Prescription" produces health.
Wonder is that there's a
woman willing to suffer when
there's a guaranteed remedy
in the nearest drug store.
Dr. Pierce's Pellets regulate
the Stomach, Liver and Bow
els. Mild and effective.
trm* lit la n p^ oi^afj
F #AW ■■ ■■ ■
m™ B WT
THE POSITIVE CURE.
ELY BROTUERS, OS Warren St., New York. Price 60 cU.ML_i2LSLS2a
t©6>Vtv&§
j-a.ir m the light* of
neir works, especially if
hey use S~A P 0 LI 0:
*is ©.solid co.ke ofscoutpnjg
oo.p used for&11 clearning
, >urposes. All grocers keep ir.
LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST to please her household and
work* hersell to death in the effort. II the house does not look as bright as a pin, she
gets the blame—it things are upturned while house-cleaning goes on—why blame her
again. One remedy Is within her reach. II she uses SAPOLIO everything will look
clean, and the reign ol house-cleanina disorder will be quickly over.
The cholera ie spreading in Spain. ,
" " Rich Farm For Sale
Two miles from £he beautiful town of Thomas
vlllo, Davidson Ca.N.O. Fine bottoms rich
valley lands, wall watered. All the fralte, do
lightful climate, plenty 01 gamo. Write A.
E. Leigh. . ■
The army of Panama numbers 120 men.
a ° y or *&© new-fangled waebing com
{ShhlMvf tl *o oki-faMhionea soap?
f Pf o. ®i ec "tric Soai> has been sold every
day for U yenr* and is now just as (rood as
ever. Ask your grocer for it and takenoSthel?
Car builders are rushed with orders.
BEKCIIAM'S PILLS act like magic on a Weak Htomach.
West Virginia has 250 Alliauces.
Money Invested in choice one hundred dol
lar building lots in suburbs of Kansas City will
pay from five hundred to one thousand per
cent, the next few years under our plan. $25
cash and $5 per month without interest con
trols a desirable lot. Particulars on application.
J. 11. Bauerleln & Co., Kansas City, Mo.
The total debt of Canada is $236,559,030.
Oklahoma Guide Book and Map sent any wbere
on reoeipt of 50eta.Tyler A Co., Kansas City, Mo.
England lias 45,000 women printers.
> OJVE> ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
Emtlyyet promptly on the Kidneya,
iver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Bjrup of Figs is the
enly remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities com
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup or Figs is for sale in 500
and SI Dottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIB SYRUP CO.
. BAH FRAMCIBOO, CAL. I
I teurayiue. ky. new york. h.y. .
I ' i EOT
If you are thinking of building a house you ought
to buy the newboofi, PnUlaarje American Arcli-
There is not & Builder or any oue Intending to
build or otherwise interested that can afford to be
without it. It Is a practical work and everybody buys
It The best, cheapest and most popular work eve*
Issued on Building, Nearly four Hundred drawing*
A $6 book in size una style, but wo have determined to
make it meet the popular demand, to unit the times,
. that it can be easily reached by all.
lhi contains lot pages 11x14 inobes In size,
an ~f large 9x12 plate pages.giving plana.
clev\i j,/., .. - dive views, descriptions, ownortr
Mon, no aiiocta work,
ans u ' .cb t jtrthefnj
SB- iKf v £f
K>rn ' " ' 1
on the orocu,
ployment of Arcnu - ■ ■ . ■ *
but we will send it jn pa, ' -1 . ' '
onrecelpt off I.OOj bound In c.ot. • 1
AKCHITECT CO., 15 Vandewatei .
KV*Mentlon Tliis l'apcr.^*g
GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. |
EPPS'S COCOA
BREAKFAST.
"By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws
which govern the operations of digestion and nutri
tion, and by a careful appllc atlon of the fine proper
ties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has providtd
our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured bev
erago which may savo as many heavy doctors' bills.
It Is by the Judicious use of suoh articles of diet
that a constitution may be gr .dually built up until
strong enough to resist every tendency to disease.
Hundreds of subtle maladies aro floating around ua
ready to attack wherevor there Is a weak point.
We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping our
selves well fortified with nuro blood and a properly
nourished frame."— I "Civil Servias Oaatfte. ,r
Mude simply with boiling water or milk. Sold
only In half-pound tins, r>y Grocers, labelled thus:
JAMES KITS & CO., Humusopathio Chemist*
LOWPOW, KNOLAWD.
Cheap Homes on Grand Prairie. Arks
d're"
M
(\\\ (T) PATl TiatATm^vViaa.
<*T y-V-SfijkwSsSw^Srcsss^at
INVFNTfIRS are invited to consult tho old
ll* w tie I UliO established Patent firm of
MASOK, Fxvwiox SI LA WHENCE, Washington, D. C.
DfUPlflllP NEW IAW CLAIMS.
r LIIOIU n 0 Ap t§" MUO B. StCYcns & Co.
Attorneys, 1419 F St., Washington, D.C.
Branch Offices, Cleveland, Detroit.ChicjLgo,
FRIZIILHM
|IT IN THE WORLD U ULMOC
£w ot the Genuine. Bold Everywhere.
S'JACobsoji
Rheumatism. Neuralgia.
N ' Hagerstown, MJ ,' 1
"A half bottle of „ T A ? r1 .. 21 ' lh ?°'
your invaluable I, and others of my
medicine, Bt. Jacobs family, have used 8L
EUtsnsf°r f heu': ja r bs on r ° r ncu
matic swelling of the , ral S ltt and found it
knee. It is the best in i a speedy, effective
the universe." cure."
J. M. L. POETKR. | MM. AGNES Kelley.
IT HAB NO EQUAL.
m ;, f IVy 'CONDITION POWDER
II! - POncentr * tert - L>o9o small. In Quantity eoeta
ong-tenth cant a day per hen. Prevents and
L I' J"> c *n' g" It. we BCDfI bj null
F.VL ..Vi ' ■—Five Jl. iHlb. no $1.10;
s''"" Vertlmoniale fm. Send .uimpeor
J2&. W7o.M.(urlee J6e.)free with $lO.
orders or mora. L S. JOHNSoS A CO., Boston. Mara,
1 #7K T° 01)50 A MONTH can be made working
w' 9 for us. Peraous preferred who can furnish
a horse and give their whole time to the bunineM.
Spare moments may be profitably employed also,
A few vacancies in towns and cities. B. P. JOHN'
bON A CO.. 1009 Mulu St.. Richmond. Va. J
PATENTS JWiM/EttS:
* " * • ■ w SEND run CIHCULAH.
I%PIUQiniU JOIIN WMOHRW,
■JlaillQlwll Washington, D.C*
■ 3 vraln lust war I.'. i diivdiciiini-chums. attv sino*
A | m fhlf WANTED in every Town to sell
I All V WOMAN'S HAND BOOK.!
■ Just Issued. uuirkSaloe. Big Pay at
Home. Clrc'lrs Free. E. B. TREAT, Pub., New York.
DEllClflMQ -
rcNoiuiio
plication. Mm ploy tho old reliable firm,
J. B. CRALLE Ac CO., Washington, D.C.
PENSIONS
I ft.IIUIUIIU soldiers. Widows, Pareuts, send
for blank applications and Information. PATRKBC
O'PAJLBKLL, Pension Agent, Washington. D. C.
WIWI. FITCH & CO.,
1 02 Corcoran Building, Wnahington, D. C.
PENSION AHORNEYS
of over <23 yours' experience. Successfully proso
cute pensions and claims of all kinds in shortest
nossiblc time. UfNo PEE VNLESS SUCCESSFUL.
at I EWIS' 98 ffi. LYE
L Powdered and Perfumed, j
MMf (PATENTED.)
The Btronaest and wttragf Lyej
AT* j\ made. "Will make the beat pIS
•fumed Hard Boap in 20 miiir
utes without boiling. Itinthd
beet for disinfecting einksj
Wm closets, drains, washing bottles,;
■■ barrels, paints, etc.
IJL PENHA. SAXT JTFO COj
fmisHlTe l-n;. Imh.. I'litla., l'i. .
NO ONE NEED SUFFER
Dr. Tobias' Celebrated Venetian
Liniment acts like a cbarm (or Cholera
Morbus, Diarrhcea, Dysentery, Colic,
Cramps, Nausea, Sick Headache, <Sc.
Warranted perfectly harmless. (See OATH AO
COMJ'ANYING each bottle, also directions FOR
ÜBK.) Its SOOTHING and PENETRATING qual
ities are felt Immediately. Try it and be con
vinced. Price 25 and 60 cents, bold by all drug
glata. Depot, 4u Murray St., N. Y.
BFor Colds
Thero is no Medicine like
DR. SCHENCK'S
PULMONIC
r SYRUP.
It is plensant to tho taste and
does nut contain a particle of
opium oranything injurious. I*
is the Best Cough Mcdiciuointhe
World. ForSolobyall DruggiHta,
T, "''c, fl.oo per bottle. Dr. Prhonck's Book on
*>tion and its Cure, mailed free. Address
■Dr. Schnnok & Bon, Philadelphia-
A V EW BOOK
FROTVI COVEH TO COVER.
j WITH THE^TIMES.
/ WEBSTER'S \
I INTERNATIONAL J
\ DICTIONARY J
of fha unden>4|turd, Js nnv l'ho re uglily R.
Tlaetl and Enlarged, aud beam the numc of
DteHoiaiy.
LUllorial work upon Una reviaion lun been In
rivgress for over JO Years.
Not les* than Ouo Hundred raid
laborer# havo been eupagvd npon ft.
!WU0000 iu ita i^rfontiva
Ilia tnt * frlmv.l, *
G. S C. HKlUim CO., Pabllafcm, I
fprioeflold,Maa,. U.S.A. '
Soldbyall ilooksellors. Illustraloil painphtcttttw.
CAUTION Hl llouala. Shoe, nr.
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE CENTLEMEN.
W dend addrcs* on postal for valuable information.
W. L. DOltlhAH. Bio. litou, Mass.
DROPSY
TREATED FREE.
Positively Cured with Vegetable Kemedles,
Have cured thouHauds of eaaes. Cure patlonto pro*
oouueed hopeless by best physlclAU4. From first uooc
symptoms disappear; lu ten days at least two-thlrda
•Jl symptoms removed. Send ror free book testimo
nials of miraculous euros. Ten days' trentmont
free by malL If you order trial, turnd Ida la stamps
to pay postage. DR. H. H. .iimoim ASOMS, Atlanta, Us
" "SiaJl
fflr'ss. 1 O.H.INfIHAUAM.M
... Amsterdam, N. Yti
■sl * r ftirkytke We have sold Big G fer,
luUTixaOkMtiaal Oa. many years, and It ha*
b... o,
Ohio. D. It. DYCH E k CO.. '
B Chicago, 111.
01.00. Sold by Druggist*