A SHEEP PARADISE. SHEARING SCENES ON SANTA CRUZ ISLAND. Pursuance of Sheep Roaming about Unattended—Sheep Shearers Who Work by the Piece and are Des perate Gamblers. Travelers who pass up and down the Southern coast of California never fail to notice with interest the group of islands to the seaward side of the Santa Barbara channel. Their peculiar outlines, their isolation, and the apparent absence of human life, render them objects of curi osity so long as the vessel remains within sight. They are by no means, however, so desolate and uninhabited as one might suppose from a passing glance. Thar is about all, by the way, that most people are able to obtain. The company that controls the largest of the group is very strict in its enforcement of a loug-estab lished rule that strangers shall not laud thereon, while the difficulty of access is such that few except those who have business there ever care to undertake the journey. The islands of Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa and San Miguel are utilized as sheep ranges, and finely adapted for that pur pose are they. There are no coyotes, lions or other animals which are so de structive to sheep on the mainland, while the cockle burr, which is such a nuisance j and deteriorates the value of the wool so , largely on the shore ranges, is unknown, at least on Santa Cruz island. There be ing no danger from any source, the sheep on the islauds nre allowed to wander at will without herders, the only care be stowed upon them being at the semi annual shearing. On Santa Cruz island, which, by the way, is of considerable size, being from twenty-seven to thirty miles in length by about four in width, the sheep-rearing business is carried on upon an extensive and systematic scale. The shore line of this island is marked by ranges of hills, which afford tine pasturage, the moist atmosphere of the ocean promoting a heavy growth of natural grasses and af fording an abundance of feed, which keeps green much later than on the main land. Between these parallel ranges of hills is a lovely valley of large extent, where are located the headquarters of the com pany, and in which is a large extent of arable land upon which hay is raised by the thousands of tons for use in periods when the natural feed runs short. This hay is stacked up uuder shelter, and sometimes kept for two or three years in readiness for any demand that may arise. This idea was evolved years ago by the occurrence of a season of ex traordinary drouth, during which it be came necessary to kill thousands of sheep for their pelts and the little tallow that adhered to their attenuated sides. Although many thousands of sheep are kept on the island, it is not necessary to employ any one to look after them, except during the shearing season. At such times a large force of shearers, generally native Californians, is brought over from the mainland. These men are expert equestrians, as well as knights of the shears, aud their tirst task on reaching their destination is to round up the sheep or at least so many of them as it is do sired to keep in the shearing corrals at one time. These corrals are located near the island headquarters, in the contre of the great interior valley. When everything is in readiness for operations to commence, horses are sad dled, aud bright and early in the morn ing the party of a hundred or more vaquera shcarsmen starts for one end of the island. Arrived there they string out so as to make a cordon extending across the island, and then, with much hallooing and spurring of horses and scrambling over rough hills and across 'rugged barrancas, they work their way back toward hcudquarters, driving the constantly increasing band of sheep be fore them. It is an interesting spectacle both to watch and to participate in as the sheep arc driven in dozens aud hun dreds and thousands toward the point where they are to be shorn of the great masses of wool which cumber their backs and make travel in the hot sun a grievous task. Arriving at the great corra the sheep are driven iu, the horses unsaddled and turned loose and the riders proceed to the shearing shed, which quickly be comes a scene of the greatest animation. From the groat corral open a number of smull pens, and into tnese are driven enough sheep to keep the men busy for an hour or two. The shed is open ut the sides, but the sun is hot overhead, the dust and odor from the sheep is almost stifling. The men strip to the buff, fre quently wearing nothing but a pair of overalls strapped about the waist and a handkerchief tied around the head. Their bodies glisten with perspiration, thcro is a perfect Babel of talking, swearing and other noise. The work is all done by the piece, 5 cents being allowed for each sheep. Con sequently the men work at the top of their speed. A sheep is grasped by the hind leg, thrown on his back, a firm hold taken by one hand and both legs of the shearer, and in an incredibly short time the fleece is removed. The writer timed a number of shearers, and found that the most expert consumed just four minutes and a half in taking a fleece, while the average time was about seven minutes. A9 soon as the flccco was taken oil the sheep was turned into a pen with hi 9 shorn mutes. The shearer ran with the fleece to the end of the room, put it on a bench, called out his name and was given a brass check representing 5 cents in value. The tally keeper also entered a record opposite the uame of each shearer as the fleece was deposited. Another man seized the fleece, weighed it, called out the weight, which was also entered in a book, rolled up the wool, tied it up and tossed it into a bin, whence it was removed subsequently and packed in the great sacks used on this coast for such purposes. Through the shearers an overseer moved continually, taking note oi o manner in which the work was do.it* If any we:o too careless in their lmsic and cut the flesh of the sheep they were handling moro frequently than was un avoidable they were admouished in such language as one may perhaps imagine, but could scarcely be repeated, and if the warning was not heeded a line was imposed, or if the carelessness was too gross the shearer was discharged. Oc casionally a fleece was deposited on the bench that was almost dyed with blood. ; and then a volley of profanity would be hurled at the head of the offender that, added materially to the solidity of the atmosphere. So it went all day long, the men work ing on the jump and only stopping when the setting of the sun and the coming of 'night made it impossible to continue. Theu the bell rang for supper, and the shearers, stopping for i hasty wash, poured into themesshoi' o and devoured a hearty meal, into wt/ch frijolcs, chile and "sheep meat" largely entered. No sooner was the meal dispatched and the rough dishes cleared away than a new feature of the shearers' existence was brought to light. Caudles were lighted, greasy decks of cards produced, and soon two or three monte games were in progress. As eager as the men were to get the pieces of brass during the day that represented their earnings, they seemed even more eager now to get rid of them. No coin is given out until the close of the shearing season, and there fore the brass checks are the only cur rency that is used meantime on the island. These are piled up on the table, and as the game goes on one by one the players see their stacks diminish and drop out, until at last all the checks are in the hands of a few professionals and the game shuts down for the night. Tne next day the same operation is gone through with, and at night the game goes on again. More than one of the shearers, when settling time comes, will not have a single brass check to be cashed, although he may have sheared hundreds of sheep and worked as hard as it was possible. On the other hand quantities of checks will be cashed for men who have not touched a sheep but have put in their days smoking cigarettes nnd watching their comrades sweating in the shearing sheds, knowing full well that they would be able to win all their earnings over the gambling table.—[San Francisco Chronicle. STARTLING EXPERIENCES. A Georgian's Many Close Calls With Deadly Snakes. There is a citizen at Valdo9ta, Ga., who has had some startling experiences with poisonous snakes during his life, lie is entirely responsible, does not like notoriety and seldom talks of his adven tures with reptiles, because ho fears the recital of them would not be believed, and he does not care to figure as a Mun cfiausen among snake story tellers. Sometime ago he was attracted by the laughing of a child who was at play in the front yard. Looking through the window, he discovered to his horror that the child was playing with a great, live rattlesnake, which sprang its warning rattle just as the child was rescued from what would have been certain death. At another time recently, while wad ing in a branch, he stepped on a large water moccasin, and narrowly escaped being bitten, as he had crushed the body of the reptile and aroused its wrath. It did show tight, however, chasing him to dry land. "On still another occasion," says this liero of muny battles with snakes, "I had cause to tramp all day with some companions in a swamp, anu it was dur ing snake time of the year. During that day 1 had the misfortune to step on as many as three live and wriggling mocca sins at different times, but the good luck as usual to get off without having their poisonous fangs stuck into my flesh. No other one of the party had any such close calls. It all fell to my lot. "At another time, while I wa9 push ing my way through a thick and boggy swamp, one of my feet broke through the moss-covered mud, and it threw me forward. I caught at a tussock just at me, and threw my hand on a large moc casin. It flinched, but did not move. I was stuck iu the mud. Its forked tongue flashed in my face. I could not get up without a struggle, and I was afraid to make the effort, fearing that a move ment on my part would bring a strike iu the face. I held my breath, while my hand went to my belt, and I drew therefrom a pistol. In an instant I got in the first blow, and the snake's head went off. A friend stood on a tussock five feet away watching the tragedy—in one act. "Recently I was hunting cows in the pine woods. I rode a mule. I was going at a slow Mope. Suddenly the beast threw its head down with a snort and plowed the earth with both fore hoofs in a desperate effort to take up. I went over the horn of the saddle and astride of the mule's neck; and would have pitched over my head on the spot had I not seized the animal s ears, one in each hand, as I struggled wildly to prevent a fall. My head and chest went full over its head, but my grip on the long ears and my feet locked round its neck saved me for the time. Thus poised in a ridiculous attitude my beast re gained its footing and then began back ing and slamming me about against brush und sapling, until I rolled off on the ground. When I gained my feet I discovered a largo rattlesnake in coil under a palmetto bush, just in front of the spot where the mule made the des perate effort to stop, und if I had gone over the animal's head I would have fal len head foremost upon the deadly rep tile. "More wonderful to relate, a lttlc tod dler, who was burdened with my name, came across a rattler one day and picked it up, and went running round playing with it, until an older brother discovered the child's peril and jerked it away from the snuke."—[Atlanta Constitution. How to Kill the Rose Bug. The editor of the Rural New Yorker announces that he has just discovered a sure way of killing the rose bug or rose chafer without injury to foliage. The bug has increased rapidly in the last few years and has devastated thousands of vineyards. The editor says: "Experiments made during the present week prove that this insev L cannot sur vive a temperature of over 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The next step was to ascer tain if this method of destruction could be put to an easy, practicable use. Water was heated to 170 degrees and poured into a pail. A small hand force pump, with eight feet of hose and a half-inch iron tube of five feet (thirteen feet in all), terminating with a cyclone nozzle, was theu used to force the water upon the rose chafers of the magnolia flowers, in one of which there were not less than 150 of them. The first spray upon the beetles was shown by the thermometer to be 120 degrees. The rose bugs receiv ing the direct spray were dead in about one minute. The others recovered. The temperature of the water was then raised so that the mercury rose to 140 when the thermometer was placed within two inches of the nozzle. This was sprayed into a partly open magnolia flower containing fifty or more beetles. All were almost instantly killed. Neither foliage nor flowers was injured." Weather Plants. Garden and Forest quotes from a writer in the Illustrirte Gartenzeituug of Vienna, who, while he disputes the excessive claims that have been made for certain "weather plants," points out that a modest degree of power in fore casting atmospheric changes is possessed by a multitude of common plants. The pleasant fair-weather odor of Galium vernum (Our Lady's bed-straw) becomes strong and pungent at the approach of rain. Tho leaves of Carlina vulgaris close before rain. Calendula pluvialis (marigold) predicts rain when its flow ers remain closed after seven in the morn ing. Oxadis acetosella (wood sorrel) closeß its leaves at the approach of rain or cold. I.apsana communis keeps its flowers open at evening if it is to rain the following day, but closes them if fair weather is coming. The leaves of Draha verna (whitlowgraas) droop before rain. Alsiue media predicts a clear day if its flowers open about nine o'clock, and a second one to follow if they remain open as late as four in the afternoon. A DESERT BRIDE. Interesting Account of a Marriage Among the Bedouins. A Bedouin wedding, which I lately had the occasion to witness, took place in liamleh—a seaside resort near Alex andria—where mauy houses have a Bedouin ghaflr. who pitches his tent near his master's house, and lives there with his family and cattle, if he has any. The bridegroom was the son of "a friend's ghatir. Previous to the engage ment the father had obtained three days' leave on the plea of his going down to Alexandria for the choice of a daughter in-law. On the evening of the third day several shots fired successfully announced to the native Bedouins the ghatir's return and the happy result of his mission. The wedding was fixed for that day week. Groups of Bedouins hastened to answer to the invitation, and after some talking and shouting the men soon formed a ring and began clapping hands, the body keeping time to the movements of the hands by going upward and downward. Now and then one of the fellows wailed forth a Bedouin song, while the others chorused. The women sat chatting be fore the tent and occasionally filled the air with the shrill sound of the ziraleet. No refreshment was offered and their sole eclairage was the moon, whose sil very light gave a weird aspect to the whole scene. After an hour's amusement the guests retired. The next evening the firing brought forth all the company of the preceding night. This time the great attraction was two dancing women, very pictur esquely dressed, and their faces covered with a soft black muslin. They entered the ring formed by the men, each of them holding a long staff—an adjunct to the various movements of their figures. They went round and round, leaning at different intervals on their staffs, while the clapping of hands redoubled in whichever part of the ring the women approached. I observed a young en thusiast take a handful of sand from where one of the women had trodden and kiss it repeatedly. I noticed the bridegroom was absent, and, asking for the cause, was informed that he was too bashful to appear. Two hours later the company dispersed, to begin afresh at intervals during the short engagement. At last the eventful moruing dawned. A new tent had been pitched for the young couple, while in that of the old ones several cauldrons full of rice and water were boiling. When the rice was done some oil was poured over it, and then very large wooden bowls were brought forward to Receive the contents of the cauldrons. This formed the whole menu of the wedding break fast, and was attended to by the bride groom's mother, aided by some other matrons. The ghatir and the young people had gone to fetch the bride. They had taken with them one of the ghafir's camels, which they had gayly decorated with red and blue cloth, and erected a canopy on its back to receive the bride. A large procession was formed, headed by horsemen and other Bedouins armed with guns, which they tired frequently. The bride, completely hidden from sight by the curtains of the canopy, aud fol lowed by the woiqen, brought up the rear. They went all over liamleh, stop ping before every friend's tent to dance lire and sing. At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon the merry party arrived at the bridegroom's place. The latter had re mained at home. The father, who was holding the camel's bridle, handed it over to his wife, who led the animal seven times around the bridal tent, each time accompanied by shots, which are the chief feature in a Bedouin wedding. Finally the camel stopped before the eh trance of the tent, and the bride was carried in by her mother-in-law. I was curious to see her face, and as I was asked to go in, I gladly accepted. The tent had two compartments, and was quite devoid of furniture, excep some rugs and straw mattings, on one of which the bride sat, surrounded by other women. She wus a girl of 14, with regular features, beautiful blaclc ejesund tattooed chin—a most prevalent fashion among Bedouin women. She wore a loug dark-red silk garment,caught up at the waste with a deep sash. On her head she wore a dark blue veil, tied with a red silk handkerchief, beneath which very tine plaits of jet black hair came down in two bandeaux over her temples. After exchanging a few complimentary words with her, I withdrew, glad to es cape the stilling atmosphere of the tent. A sheik had been called to perform the marriage contract, which took place between the parents of both parties. The new couple were not present at the ceremony. The ghafir handed over to his son's father-in-law £SO on condition that if later on the young wife should ask to bo divorced from her husband, the money was to come back to its first owner; and if, on the contrary, the hus band claimed a separation, the sum would remain with his father-in-law. During that time the guests had sat over their frugal meal, of which they partook in groups of four or live persons around each wooden bowl. Theft lingers spared them the use of forks and spoons. While they were still occupied with their repast the bridegroom stole to the nuptiul tent, where ho saw his wife for the first time. Half an hour afterward the noisy party broke up, and quiet reigned.—[London Queen. Britain's White Buffaloes. At Chillingham, near Carlisle, upon the estates of the Karl of Tankerville, is a herd—or the remnant of a herd—of wild white cattle the history of which is not known; but they are supposed to have been fenced in or enclosed accidentally, possibly hundreds of years ago. The herd numbers about seventy and does not increase; for a great many years past the number has been neariy the same.* They are extremely shy in the summer, but in the winter, when fed up on hay, they can be inspected at toler ably close quarters. They have certain points of the bulTalo which show in tho head and hump, but their horns are con siderably longer and sharper. No person has been known to have been attacked or iujured by them. They are of a small stature, not being much larger than a good-sized Jersey cow, but their heads aud chests are certainly very fine. It is a great pity that no trace can be found of their past history, as they are tho only baud of wild cattle known to be in existence in England. Tho present and past Ear Is ot Tankerville have been of fered large sums for some of them, but all oilers have been refused, P. T. Bar num, amongst others, having offered a fabulous sum for two or three head for his circus. A MERCILESS THUNDERBOLT. The Wild Horse of the Texas Prai rie and His Fate. We were encamped in a valley about a mile long and half a mile wide—a cove, you might call it, which was surrounded on three sides by the walls of tho Guada lupe Mountains of Texas, and the fourth side was open to the green prairie which went rolling away to the east for a hun dred miles without a break. It was a bay of a lake—a nook sheltered from everything but the skies above. It WHS summer time, and the mountain sides were covered with green to hide the ugly rocks; cascades of the purest and coldest water poured down into the val ley at intervals, and the carpet which nature had spread out for our feet was beyond the handiwork of man. The grass was about six inches high, of a dark green, and mingled with it in the grandest profusion were the flowers of the Western prairie in endless variety, while here and there the grass blushed with patches of red strawberries. One morning, when we had been in camp about a week, und just as the sun was rising out of the prairie and sending a flood of golden light into the vqjley to kiss away shimmering dew-drops, we were startled by a shrill neigh and the sound of galloping lioofs, and we turned out to behold one of the grandest sights of prairie life—a wild horse, lie was all alone, and he had come from the open prairie to investigate us and treat us to such an exhibition as only the oldest plainsman ever saw. lie was black as midnight—a sixteen liand coal-black horse, with flowing mane and tail, a perfect model, with a blazing white star on his forehead. This star, or spot, was so white by contrast that we at first believed it to be some artificial mark. He came thundering down straight upon us until about two hun dred feet away, then he swerved to the left with a snort of alarm and ran across the valley. Our horses were hobbled be hind the tent, and as one of them neighed a welcome to the stranger he came galloping back. The sight of human beings was no novelty to liim. He came within ahundred feet this time, and then stopped suddenly and reared up and snorted and pawed the nir. No one thought of doing him harm, but every one , settled down to enjoy the sight. Aftej a moment the horse began a cir cuit about three times as large as a circus ring. And for half an hour he pranced, trotted, cantered and galloped as if he carried a circus rider who desired to show oil his paces. With head held proudly erect, with mane flying on the breeze lie created—with tail sweeping the flowers as he moved, he presented such a picture of an ideal horse that we cheered him again and again. Now he rushed around the circle he had marked out as if under the whip and spur of a jockey —now ambled and danced—now reared up and shook his head in a play ful way and challenged us to catch lnm. Our horses neighed and snorted and strained at their stout hobbles, anxious to enjoy his freedom, and one would have thought from his actions that he was taunting them with their bondage. By and by, as we continued to watch his antics, we became aware that a cloud was rising off the prairie. It came up, seemingly from the green grass, no larger than a man's hand, and even as it climbed up the horizon it grew in size very slowly. At sea it would have been called an "ox-eye," or squall. There was a dash of rain in it, and it had that ugly green look which tells of a bolt or two of lightning stored up to wreak vengeance upon something. We had no fear, however, and had turned again to the horse when he stopped his play and stood facing the cloud. His head was held high, his ears worked back and forth and his eyes fairly blazed with ex citement as he lifted his right foreleg and pawed at the glass. Nearer came the cloud, and the horse uttered a snort of defiance, wheeled around two or three times, and suddenly reared up until we thought he would go over and pawed the air. Crash! Crack! There was a flash which blinded us—a shock that threw every man to the earth, and for thirty seconds uo one moved or spoke. Then we struggled up, confused and be wildered, to see the gallant horse lying prone on the grass. We went out to him and saw he was quivering in the agonies of death. The white spot on his fore head had disappeared—scorched and withered by the thunderbolt which had aimed for it and found the target. We could have shot him down as he gambolled in front of us, but we would not even raise a stick to frighten him. The thunderbolt had been merciless— and more; it had selected one of nature's noblest type of animal life for its victim and smote him down at one fell blow.—[M. Quad, in The World. How Paris Is Governed. In summing up, let me commend the simplicity of the organization of French municipal government. The people elect a council, varying in numbers according to population upon a scale fixed by general law. In all but the large places tho council is elected upon n general ticket. The important cities are usually divided into sections, or large wards, to each of which several councilors are assigned, and the ward chooses its coun cilors upon a general ticket. The coun cilors hold office for four years, and all retire together—being, of course, eligible for re-election. The English and Ameri can system of partiul renewal annually or biennially is contrary to French habits and ideas. The council names the mayor, and also his executive assistants, from its own membership. Tho mayor is the presiding officer of tho council, as well as the executive head of tho munici pality. ilis adjuncts, or executive as>is tants, are designated by their fellow councilors. In large places these number ten or twelve, and they have no executive duties except such as are specially as signed to them by the mayor. The couuoil holds four ordinary sessions every year, each of which may last for fifteen days, while the one iu which the annual budget is discussed may last for six weeks. But the mayor may call extra sessions at any time, and he is obliged to convene the body upon request of a majority of tho councilors. The council appoints consultative committees which meet ad libitum between sessions, with the mayor as nominal chairman of each, while one of his adjuncts is more usually the actual chairman. The mayor has the appointing power, and names the minor officials ol the commune, sub ject iu some coses, however, to the approval of the prefect of tho depart ment. 'With the advice of the council, and under the surveillance of the depart mental authorities, the mayor executes the business of the commune. The council has a large authority in the levy ing of taxes, authorization of public works, provision of education, etc., but in most of these things its decisions must be approved by the higher authorities. [The Century. Boston is erecting the first American steel bark. IRRIGATION IN THE UNITED STATES. What Baa Dn Acooinpllaliwd—Wonderful Pomit bill tins tit tho Futurn. It is only twenty-ono years since irri gation on a large scale first was at tempted in this country. In 1870 the Greeley Union Colony was founded in Northern Colorado on a barren plain and an experimental system of ditch ing was begun in imitation of the irriga tion fields of Utah Territory. Now from 1,500 to 2,000 carloads of potatoes a year are shipped from Greeley. At ( the same time was founded the City and Colony of Riverside in Southern California, now the center of the Pacific coast orange culture, the value of ita shipments last year being nearly $2,000,000. The next year saw the foundation of the Fresno Colony in Central California, which started the raisen industry and produced last year some eighteeeu million pounds of fruit. The success of these undertakings has ' been due entirely to artificial irrigation. 1 Their success led to similar ventures throughout the area west of the Rocky Mountains, and to-day the Secretary of Agriculture report# that in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Western Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mex ico, Oregou, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming over thirteen million acres are under ditch— that is, subject to irrigation—and over 7,000,000 acres are actually irrigated. The stupendous and sudden change in the methods of agriculture is revo lutionizing the conditions of life and society on the Great Plains and in parts of the Western slopes. On the Great Plains cattle ranching is giviug place to grain raising, and along the Pacific Srain raising, as in the wheat growiug istrict of California, is giving place to fruit farming. The large holdings taken up by'ranchmen and by farmers of the last generations are now subdi viding rapidly into small farms of from ten to 100 acres, for the soil of even the most barren valleys of the Great Amer ican Desert is rich in phosphates, and when irrigated produces on the same area double the grain raised from lands naturally moistened, and crops of roots and vegetables from five to tea fold greater, while in parts they are unex celled for the growth of semi tropical fruits, such, as olives, oranges, grapes, figs, prunes, as well as hemp and tobaoco. Such small farms are spring ing up in New Mexico, on the staked plains of Texas, and on the desert lands of Arizona, especially in the Valley of Salt! River. In California the change has already produced important ef fects, as is shown by the enormous gain in population in the last decade of the eleven counties most interested in irri gation. This increase is counted at 753 per cent., as compared with 39 per ceut. for the State at large. Nothing more is needed to show that irrigation is both practicable and pro fitable. It is noteworthy, however, that in Gallatin County, Mont., I°"> bushels of oats have been raised to the acre, and near He'ena 113 bushels of wheat, on land irrigated by ditches from mountain streams; and in the An telope Valley, which is part of the no torious Majavo Desert of California, wheat was harvested in 1890 that took the prize in competition with all South ern California. Similarly in Eastern Washington, in Idaho, and in Montana, the most valuable frnit land is in the districts that depond for fertility abso lutely on irrigation. Throughout the rainless region the Bources of water supply are various and ample. Wherever there are mountain streams the process is simple; the streams are dammed and their water 1 stored in large reservoirs. Where rivers flow through sandy or gravelly plains, tho saturated gravel adjacent to the banks is Rapped by so-called sub canals that utilize an indefinite amount of the soepago from the river. Where there are neither streams nor rivers, but opeu valleys passing through beds of porous soil absorb all the rain fall from tho mountain, this subsoil drainage is collected in large ditchee where the gravel beds meet the praries. When these methods fail recourse is had to artesian wells. The liockj Mountains and the Sierras are like huge sponges that absorb the rainfall and deposit it below in porous store houses that are waiting to be tapped. Thero is thus a sheet of subterranean water of incalculable extent moving •lowly under the desert to the Pacific. In the Great Plains region there arc now some 1,400 flowing artesian welle and four times as many welle showing artesian pressure, all supplied by the drainage of the Rockies. Even ou the outer rim of the terrible Death Valley there are thirty flowinc wells Good as Gold Ro enthusiastic aro thousands of people over tho benefit* derived from Hood's SarsaporlUa, that they Ban hardly find words to express their confidence In and gratitude for this mediclno. "Worth Its weight in gold" la u favorite expression of those warns friends. If you are In need of a good medicine to purify your blood, build up your strength, cure dyspep sia, or create au appetite, try Hood's Horsnparilla. N. B. Do sure to get Hood's SarsaDarilla Fold by all druggist*. $1; six for sl. Preparodoaly bye. i. HOOD & 00„ Lowell, HAM. IQO Doses One Dollar limSStidßSl I'or liiternnl and External I sr. Stops Pain, Cramp*, Inflsmmntlnn In body or like tnnglc. Cures Croup. Asi lima, Colds, Catarrh. t noi era Morbus. Dlarrho-a. Itheumatlsm, Neuralgia, L*""©- hack, Stiff Jcl::tsuni| Strains. Full particulars free. I rleo *6cts. iH-t-mld. I. H. JOHNSON & CO.. Dcjton. Mam. PSIIVSIOZVa - Due All OLIEHt X disabled. f2 fee for Increase. ex perience. Write for l aws. A.W Mt< names BONO. WAHHISSTON. D. C. X CIMCIMSATI. O. m m ■ AHOIJT Hunt Tennessee'a FINK ■ I I CLIMATE and URKAT itxsouncKS IN 111 | KNOXVILLE SENTINEL; dally 1 ino.. ■— ■■ 50c.; weekly 1 yeur, 91; samples 3c PATE NTS ■ ** ■ fcuiMl ■ W 4<,-uue boak free. DONALD KENNEDY Of RoiimMass. says Kennedy's Medical Discovery cures Horrid Old Sores, Deep- Seated Ulcers of 40 years' standing, Inward Tumors, and every disease of the skin, ex cept Thunder Humor, and Cancer that has taken root. Price, $1.50. Sold by every Druggist in the United States and Canada. and in tiio Autelone Vftlier are lift T such wells supplied from the great Sierras. The Great American Desert atili covers not less than 1,000,000 (one mil lion) square miles. One hundred mil lion acres are believed to be reclaim able. The reclaimabie area in Sac Bernardino County, in California, alon€ is larger than the States of Delaware and Maryland. Much benefit may bt expected from the irrigation law* passed or proposed in California, Wyoming, Washington, South Dakota, and Colorado, defining the legal prin ciples of "water rights," and providing for their expropriation and ownership by public bodies. As it is, the entire dependence of land values upon water throughout a great part of the country insures tiia rapid extension of irrigation by private enterprise. Already in Nebraska, Kan sas, Colorado, South Dakota, and Southeastern New Mexico innumerable irrigation projects on a great scale are contemplated or actually begun. From an economical point of view the busi ness transacted by such companies is a natural monopoly in each locality, and it may be believed that the time may come when, in the absence of special legislation, the farmers will hate their present benefaotors as furiously as many of them now detest the railroads, and perhaps with much better reason.— New York Sun. Chickens Picked by Electricity. Can it be possible that wind alone can completely strip the feathers from a chicken and not hurt the foul? Never: but it is possible for electricity to do this. Place a man or a woman on an insulated stool so that the electricity will not pass through the body to the earth, and then heavily charge the body with electricity and every hair of the head even u | woman's long hair, will stand out like I iron spikes or the sized hair of the j Circassian show girl. No doubt if the ' electric charge should be increased it j would drive every hair out of the head, j nnd this is the reason that so many ( chickens arc stripped by tornadoes.— [Fort Worth Gazette. Catarrh Can't be Cured WITH LOCAL APPLICATIONS, OS THOY CFTOILOT roach the beat of the dispose. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it 'you Lave to take internal remedies. Hull's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and acts dirocttv on the blood and mucous sur- 1 faces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is no quack medi cine. It was prescribed by one of the beet physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two Ingredients is what produces each wonderful results iucuring catarrh, Send for testimoni als free. F. J. CHEN ST A CO., Props., Toledo, O. I Sold by druggists, price 75c. America has 441 educational institutions with the right to confer degrees. CIIILDKEN ENJOY The pleasant flavor, gentle action aud sooth ing effects of Syrup of Figs, when in need of a laxative and if the father or mother be cos tive or bilious the most gratifying results fol low its use, so that it i* the best family remedy known and every family should have & bottle. Fifty Tennessee farmers will settle in Ne- i vada. JflTL' stopped free by Da KLINK'H GRSAI NKKVE KKSTOKKR. NO fits after lirst day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2 trial bottle free. Dr. Kline. 881 Arch St.. Phila.. Pa. Bee culture is an important industry in Southern California. I*3o Nothing Eise Will Do It. We have volumes of evidence to prove that S. S. S. is the only permanent cure for contagious Blood Taint. I suffered for Ave years with the 11 then commenced taking Swift's worst form of blood poison, during j Speciflo (8.8. S.), und in a few months I which time I was at- was entirely oured.and tended by the best phy- n f 0 " 1 medidno siolansl could And, and >)lu A^ c " postpaid. KXt.I.E l. K <■ n iir A wiilo-d"! FRAZERAfhI BEST IN THE WORLD U 11 b HO C ry Oof th.' Q"n1li'. Sold KvprrxrhorA. |IE NS S ONw 1 ", "iu, n?."',": ■ 3Trainlut war. 16a<\JudioaMiicc!aiina. attT alnno. UAV ECU CD CURED TO STAY CURED. If Ml |C 1 Lit We want the name and aJ dressof every sufferer in the O ACTUM A U.S. and Canada. Address, \ Y. „ Stamped oat blood-poisonn of every name and nature, by Dr. Pierce's dolden Med ical Discovery. It's a medicine that starts from the beginning. It rouses every or gan into healthy action, purifies and enriches the blood, and through it cleanses and renews the whole sys tem. All Blood, Skin, and Scalp Diseases, from a common blotch or eruption to the worst Scrofula, are cured by it. For Tetter, Salt rheum, Eczema, Erysipelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Goitre or Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands, Tumors, and Swellings, it's an uoe qualed remedy. Don't think it's like the saraapa rillas. They claim to he good for the blood in March, April, and May. " Golden Medical Discovery " works equally well at all seasons. And it not only claims to do good—it guarantees it. If it doesn't benefit or cure, in every case, you have your money back. You pay only for the good you j get. "August Flower" The Hon. J. W. Fennimore is the Sheriff of Kent Co., Del., and lives at Dover, the County Seat and Cap ital of the State. The sheriff is a gentleman fifty-nine years of age, and this is what he says : "I have '' used your August Flower for sev '' eral years in my family and for my "own use, and found it does me '' more good than any other remedy. " I have been troubled with what I " call Sick Headache. A pain comes '' in the back part of my head first, " and then soon a general headache '' until I become sick and vomit. " At times, too, I have a fullness " after eating, a pressure after eating "at the pit of the stomach, and '' sourness, when food seemed to rise '' up in my throat and mouth. When '' I feel this coming on if I take a " little August Flower it relieves " me, and is the best remedy I have " ever taken for it. For this reason '' I take it aud recommend it to " others as a great remedy for Dys "pepsia, &c." ® G. G. GREEN', Sole Manufacturer, Woodbury. New [ersey, U. S. A. They said T was consumptive, sent rne to Florida, told mo to keep quiet, no excite ment, and no tennis. Just think of it! One day I found a little book called 'Gnidft to Health,' by Mrs. Pinkhain, and in it I found out what ailed mo. So I wrote to her, got a lovely reply, told mo just what to do, and I am in splendid health now." LYDIA E. PINKIfAM'ScXS,™. conquers all those weaknesses and ailmcuta so prevalent among women, and restores per fect health. All Druggists sell it as a standard arti cle, or sent by mail, in form of Pills of Lozenges, on receipt of SI.OO. Pt.kh.m'. book, •• fluid* to U | c lirautlf.il; Illu.traUd. tml on rerrlpt oflwo t*. Uanpt, Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co., Lynn. Mjm.