NOTES AND COMMENTS.
THE surveyors of the projected ship
canal to connect Pugot Sound with lakes
Union and Washington at Seattle,
completed tho maps and estimates. Ih°
scheme, if carried out, will make Seutt e
one of tho finest harbors in thewor .
Tho improvement would cost s3,ouo,Uw.
THE Astor family have a million ster
ling invested in English securities, ine
founder of the family left an injunction
in his will that tho family should always
continue the investments in the English
funds and in English securities that he
had himself commenced. Tho sons and
grandsons have always respected this
command.
A FOURTEEN* per cent, tax on profits is a
new discourager of enterprise in Italy.
Tho boast of having two of the most
powerful ironclads in tho world is scarcely
worth what it costs the Italians—terriblo
poverty among the poor and a struggle
tor life even among the middle classes,
owing to oppressive taxes.
THE Fourth International Railroad
Congress, which had originally been set
down for September of this year, will, it
is now announced, be held in June, 1892,
at St. Petersburg. The first congress
was hold at Brussels in 1885; the second
at Milan in 1887, and tho third at Paris
in 1889. Vienna has already been
chosen as tho place for tho fifth congress,
to be held in either 1894 or 1895.
IT is said that the German public is
heartily disgusted with the outcomo so
far of the expensive colonization schemes
that tho Government has been operating
in Africa. People say that colonization
costs too much in blood and treasure and
yields too little in return, and frequent
uso is made of Bismarck's famous declar
ation, " I am not one of your colonial
enthusiasts." On tho other bund, it is
reported that the Emperor is wedded to
his colonial vontures, in which ho desires
to surpass England, and has several
tijnoß refused to sell to English offerers
trade concessions with his African prov
inces, that have so far paid Germany
nothing of value.
THE homely and comforting corncob
pipe, which may not inaptly bo termed
the representative American pipe, is
mado in three factories only in the
United States, and they are at St. Louis,
Greenwood, Neb., and somewhere in
Kansas. The cobs, which are obtained
from the Collier variety of corn, come
from Missouri, and aro heavy, hard and
"woody." The stems used are of Ar
kansas swamp cauo or reed. The cobs
are cut the right sizo by a circular saw,
and then pass on to the boring-machine,
whioh hollows out the bowl with a light
ning movement. A twisted drill makes
tho hole for the stem, and the bowl is
sandpapered and varnished. About 10,-
000 of the pipes are made every day.
CAPTAIN REBEN, Commander of tho
North German Lloyd steamer Nockar,
has written to tho German Marino Obser
vatory at Bremen,describing a most sin
gular occurrence. When off Sakota, one
night, tho sea suddenly became milk- |
white with a glow that seemed to flame |
up from tho depths liko tho increased
luminosity of an electric lamp when the
current becomes too strong. When
soundings were taken no bottom was
found. At ten o'clock tho sharp odgo
between tho bright and dark was reached,
but twenty-five minutes later tho glow
aguin appeared. It slowly disappeared
after eleven o'clock. The next night tho
phenomenon was visible in still greater
intensity, but it was not again observed.
Captain Reben insists that thero wus
nothing phosphorescont in tho character
of tho display.
HUNAN, the Chinese province which is
heU\ chiefly responsible for tho recent
outrages upon foreigners, is said to be as
,ttr behind the rest of China in all modern
ideas as China is behind Europe. The
inhubitunts of it are fanatically hostile
to any kind of change or foreign in
fluence. Only a few weeks ago ten thou
sand of thorn ussomblod on their frontier
to oppose the Government workmen who
were erecting telegraph wires botwoen
Pekin and Tonquin, and stopped the fur
ther progress of tho work in spite of tho
edict of the Emperor. liunun contains
84,000 square miles, and is exceedingly
hilly and mountainous. Tho towns and
villages, therefore, aro isolated, and
intercommunication is difficult. This is
why now idoas circulato so slowly. The
Hunanese are reported to bo honest, in
dustrious, und brave, and are uccounted
among tho most valuable recruits for tho
imperial army.
THE pooplo of Afghanistan, groaning
under tho heavy taxes their ruler im
poses, are skipping over tho border at a
lirely rato. The last census shows that
tho population of tho Candahar district
has decreased 10,000 as compared with
the census taken in tho time of Shore
Ali. Many Afghans have sold their
possessions and gonoto British India and
Beloochistan. In tho northern part of
tho country the exodus has been still
greater, the people emigrating to tho
Russian possessions. In Tashkurgau,
for instance, where, when tho present
Ameer ascended tho throne, there were
16,000 occupied houses, there aro now
only 6,000 houses with tenants. The
Ameer's country used to bo called the
land of inen and stones, but an Indiun
journal suggests that if the present fight
continues it will be only a land of stones.
THE absence of the American flag in
foreign ports has long been a mutter of
comment. Any discussion of tho causes
of and tho remedies for this humiliating
state of things, must attract wide atten
tion. Mr. Charles H. Crump, tho presi
dent of tho great Philadelphia company
that is building so inuny of our war
ships, treuts the matter in tho Forum,
and, after un historical review of the
subject, conies to the conclusion that the
different attitudes of the British Gov
ernment and our own toward shipbuild
ers is largely responsible for the state of
our merchant marine. This country, ho
thinks, will never have a fleet of mer
chant vessels so long as the United
States Government pursues its present
policy. Two decades of a liberal treat
ment of shipbuilders, he thinks, would
place us far in advance of England on
the seas.
IT will surprise many readers to be
told that a large and strikingly marked
duck, which within fifty years was mod
erately common upon the Northern At
lantic coast, is behoved now to have be
come extinct. A lad shot one in New
York on the Chemung River December
12, 1878, and none have been seen since.
The last one known to have been seen
before that time was killed at Grand
Manan in April, 1871. The one killed
in 1878 was eaten before any naturalist
heard of its capture —a costly meal, as,
according to Doctor Coues, two hundred
dollars has been vainly offered for a pair
of skins. The head and a portion of the
neck were preserved. The history of
the duck in question, the Labrador Duck
or the Pied Duck, is made the subject of
an article by Mr. William Dutcher in a
recent number of the Auk. Only thirty
eight specimens are known to bo extant
in all the museums of the world—twen
ty-seven in America and eleven in
Europe. Yet it is only a short time
since specimens might have been secured
with comparative ease.
No World's Fair scheme is too daring
and colossal for the Chicago imagination
to entertain. Here is one gravely pre
sented by Mr. L. C. Dilhnan, one of the
new millionaires of the new State of
Washington, and as gravely laid before
the public for consideration. "In order
to promote the study of ichthyology,"
suid Mr. Dillman, "and at the same time
add a feature to the Exposition that
would be thoroughly unique, a railroad
tunnel might be run out a few miles un
der the lake. At the end of the railroad
might be built the finest aquarium the
world has ever seen, and this aquarium
might be stocked with every speoies of
fresh water fish known to natural histo
ry. The idea of standing in an enclo
sure beneath the waters of the lake and
watching thousands of tho vari-hued in
habitants of the waters swimming around
in a great glass room is something that
would appeal strongly to the imagina
tions of many. Then, if there is to be
a great tower for the Fair, the founda
tion could be built over the aquarium,
and visitors could ascend in elevators
from deep beneath tho waters to a plat
form a thousand feet in the air."
BUGS FOB FIG TREES.
Queer Insects that are Imported from
Abroad.
Some very valuable bugs were im
ported to this country for tho first time
in July last. Upon them rest, so a Star
reporter was informed, tho hopes of per
sons who are anxious to make fig raising
a success in tho United States. Tho tree
which bears this fruit has a verv marked
peculiarity respecting its blossoms.
They aro actually inside of tho embryo
figs themselves, so that tho casual ob
server would suppose that there were no
flowers at all. However, if you will cut
open a babv fig you will find iusido it the
parts of a tlowcr necessary for reproduc
tion curiously packed away. Both
stamens and pistils aro there—-namely,
the male und female parts —audit is only
requirod that they shall bo mixed to
gether in ordor that the fruit shall ripen.
Unfortunately, in tho case of the variety
of fig which is prescrvod and brought
hither from abroad, this mingling does
not usually take place of itself. Thus
the trees would DO nearly if not cjuito
barren were it not for tho efforts of cer
tain insects of tho kind above roferred
to.
For tho purpose of oating the pollen
theso insects crawl in through a little
hole in tho incipient fig and wander
about within until they have incidentally
caused a stirring together of tho pollen
and pistils. Now it happens that the
bugs aro not plentiful enough on tho
cultivated trees, and so tho growers
abroad fetch twigs laden with them v >m
wild fig trees and hang them among tho
branches. If it were not for this tho
quantity of tho fruit produced in tho
world would bo comparatively small, al
though tho ripening can bo effected by
poking little splinters of wood into tho
blossoms and turning them around. It
bus been found that figs of this sort,
which are the kind valuable in commorco,
cannot bo produced on this side of tho
water without theso insect friends, and
so consignments of the latter have been
landed in California, where it is expect
ed that they will be successfully propa
gated. Upon this prospect depends all
tho expectation at present entertained of
fig culture here.
The creation of now varieties of fruits
by artificial cross-fertilisation has bo
come a science. For example, efforts
are being made at present to produco an
apple that will grow and ripen in Dukota,
Minnesota and other parts of the north
west, where it has hitherto been found
impracticable to cultivate this fruit, ow
ing to the inevitable destruction of the
trees by excessive winter cold. For this
purpose a hardy crabapple has been
taken and bred for Bize with a desirable
large variety, the object being to get an
apple that will have tho sturdinoss of
one parent with somewhat of tho flavor
aud size of tho other. To accomplish
this the experimenter takes a crabapple
tree before its blossoms aro open. lio
opens each bud gently and cuts off with
a pair of scissors every stamen. Hav
ing thus removed tho male parts of tho
flower ho covers the latter with a paper
bug, and goes through tho same perform
ance with a number of others. Subse
quently, when the flowers have opened
of their own accord, he goes to each
with pollen fronj a tree that bears groat
big, juicy apples. Lifting off each paper
bag separately, ho touches the pistils of
tho blossoms with a little brush loaded
with tho pollen. After the operation ho
ties the papor bag on again, in this way
making sure that no other male germs
can come to uny flower so treated. He
leaves the paper bags attached to tho
twigs until the blossoms inside of them
have developed into ripened fruit. Of
this fruit he knows the parentage abso
lutely, and, if it is good, it simply re
mains for him to establish it as a variety
by planting the seeds. Out of 500 seeds
409 will very likely turn out worthless,
but tho five-hundredth one, perhaps,
will grow into a sturdy tree and repro
duce the upple obtained from tho cross.
So a new variety is established.
What Napoleon Cost England.
Tho steward of Napoleon I.'s house
hold at St. Helena, received $5,000 a
month for living expenses. Every fort
night there landed, for the table of his
ex-Majesty, eighty-four bottles of ordin
ary wine, 266 bottles of strong wine(Con
stantia, Teueriff, etc.) und fourty-four of
porter.
In all, the period of his stay on tho
island is said to have cost England $ 10,-
(KK),000. Of course, there were no poor
wretches starving either in Englund or in
France at the time.—[American Notes
and Queries.
Even Corn Husks Are Valuable.
The fates are combining to make things
pleasanter for the Western farmer, tho
latest discovery of value to him being
that the husks of corn will make excellent
paper. Hitherto husks have not had any
commercial valno and have only been
eaten by stock under protest and during
hard spells. Now, however, tho estab
lishment of paper mills in the West should
put a stop to tho constant shipping of
paper from tho East, and also convert a
waste article into what manufacturers
would call a "residuary profit," such as
coke in a gas factory. It is not many
years since old rags were looked upon us
tho only possible raw material for tho
manufacture of paper, und the course
from cast-off shoddy to the covering of
corncobs has been both steady und inter
esting.—[St. Louis Globe.
Australia hus 750 acres devoted to hop
culture.
THE LADIES.
AN ORIGINAL AND THRIFTY MAIDEN.
Here is a story of an original and
thrifty maiden. For many years she
hoarded the envelopes of all the letters
she received. And when sho had accu
mulated enough for her purpose sho
papered the wall of her bedroom with
them. The letters were from all manner
of people und all manner of places.
And thus the young lady kept ever be
fore her eyos reminiscences—pleasant
or painful, amusing or harrowing—of all
her dearest friends. Her love letters
sho used for a dado, with the signatures
cut off, of course. —[New York Press.
BAVED HUMAN LIVES.
Froken Anotto Weber and Froken
Augusta Wobor, from Stordaen, in Nor
way, will obtain the medal for saving life
as a reward for tho plucky and resolute
manner in which they, some time ago,
saved two men from drowning outsido
the Lorvik lighthouse. They witnessed
the mon capsize from the lighthouse, and,
although thore was a strong wind and a
heavy sea, they at once entered a small
boat that was lying closo by, and without
thinking of tho danger to which they ex
posed themselves, thoy rowed out and
saved the two men, who would undoubt
edly have drownod had it not been for
their aid. Two other Norwegian women
hold tho modal for saving life.—[Bun
Francisco Chronicle.
TO BOOM FALSE IIAIR.
The French hairdressors are circulating
a potitiou which they will submit to tho
Minister of Fine Arts when it has 500,000
signatures. Tho purport of the docu
ment is that women bo prohibited from
appearing in their hats in tho theatres
subsidized by tho government, and that
tho coiffure of tho ladies at such entor
tuininents bo according to tho fashion de
vised by the Hair Dressers' Association.
Tho causo of this strange request is that
the trado in false hair has greatly de
creased for tho last few years and tho
present fashion of dressing tho hair in
Gorman stylo threatens a still greater
falling off of tho trude.—[New Orleans
Picayune.
A RECENT SWELL WEDDING.
At the recent wedding in London, Eng
land, of the Countess of Dudley, nee
Gurnoy, tho bridesmaids wore black
hats, and not only woro tho hats black,
but tho plumes also, roliovod, however,
by knots of cream luce. The Countess
went away in a tailor gown of soft dove
color and white, tho material of tho finest
cloth, cut with absolute plainnoss. A
white vest and collar and cuffs roliovod
tho bodice. Georgina Lady Dudley was
by many considered to look oven lovelier
than the bride. The former's dress of
gray corded silk, trimmed with fine gui- !
pure, worn with a stylish princesse bon-!
not, was most becoming. It is said that
in answer to a question put to the Gor
man Kaiser, as to whom ho considered
tho most bcuutiful woman ho had met in
England, ho unhesitatingly gave tho
palm to Georgina Countess of Dudley.
—[Now York Post.
HAWAII'S QUEEN.
It is not so hard to pronounce tho
niimo of her gracious majesty tho Huwui
iun Queon, as it may at first sight seem,
who lust month becumo a widow. Try
this Lil-lieo-woko-u-luuny. Accent
firmly tho "eo," and, if you can, run the
whole glibly off tho tongue. Liliuoka
lani means Lily-of-the-Sky, but in every
day life the queen has been known until
recently as Princoss Lydia, or Mrs.
Dominis. Dominis, hor husband, was of
American birth. The Lily-of-the-Sky is
past fifty, good looking, well educated, a
member of the woman's board of mis
sions, childlosß and credited with being
sonsiblo. Sho is not supposed to like
tho now constitution, which has limited
hor powers, but hus honestly accepted
the situation. Peoplo who think they
know something about her say sho will
never expose herself to ridicule us did
hor brother, tho late King Kalnkaua.
Her heir is a girl of sixteen with pretty
evos, the Princess V. Kuiuluni Cleghorn.
Her father is Archibuld Cleghorn, and
she is at school, much us if the Hawaiian
end of her name didn't bolong to her, in
England.—[Chicago Post.
AMAZONS OF THE FORGE.
Efforts aro being made in Great Britain
to socuro legislation that would prohibit
the employment of women und girls in
tho business of making nails, spikes and
chains. It has boon said that female
employment in this direction was of corn
fmlsion, not of choico. Philanthropists
lave pictured tho diugy smithy, with its
lurid glare of leaping sparks, its sonorous
chiino of tho falling hammer, and tho
British amazon with thebicops of an ath
lete pounding tho red-hot metal. Evo
waiting on Vulcan hus invoked tho pity
and caress of humunity, and furnished
tho text for many a political tirade
against tho government and civilization
thut made such conditions u necessity in
industrial life.
Wo have nothing to say against the
crusade for foinule emancipation, thougli
if the truth bo told tho amazons of the
black country, with its countless furnuces
and its smoke-durkened sky, are by no
moans the serfs they seem to bo, and
are so far exempt from the Winchesters
that have boon conspicuous in some labor
troubles this side tho Atlantic.
Wo do not believe in female employ
ment in such a masculine business as ;
making spikes and chains, says the Age
of Steel. The forge is no placo for a
woman, but if she chooses to swing u
hummer, who can prevent it? It may be
an übnormal prediction, and by no means
coincident with tho parlor and piano
idea of the modern Eve, but in uu uge
when women are captains of ships und
running municipal government of cities,
no law can annul the right of the gentle
sex to make the shoe or pound the anvil.
That there are two sides of this ques
tion of female blacksmiths can 110 longer
bo doubted, since a delegation of lady
ironworkers wuitedon tho home secretary
to protest against interference with their
rights. There was nothing savoring of
sickness, atrophy or nervousness in this
amazonian deputation. If dry goods
wore but poorly represented, force and
flesh were hero in robust condition. One
of tho speakers had reached the modest
ago of fifty-seven years, of which quito
fifty had been spent in hammering iron,
with occasional relapses, during which
she had bequeathed fourteen ehildron to
her husbuud's cure and the census of the
nation.
A lass of sixteen years, who wielded a
hammer weighing eighteen pounds,
pleaded her improvement in health as a
reason why tho law should not intorfore
with her business. Appearances justified
her logic, for she had tho norvc of a liou
oss uud tho shoulders of an athlete.
FASHION NOTES.
Solid silver photo frames come in
piorcod work threaded through with
fancy velvets.
Emery bags devised as peaches,
mounted with silver tops, are among
quaint offerings.
An exceedingly neat ring consists of a
slender gold wire with three diamonds
one above the other, in an inclined
setting.
English women continue to wear with
their tuilor-mado suits very high collars
—collars that only seem possible to the
long, English throat.
It is gravely announced, by a fashion
able Bhooinuker, that women really in the
best style, as far as shoes are concerned,
will have on those made of green calf
skin, laced with brown. It would be
ruther curious to seo the woman who
would dare wear these.
The daintiest stockings to bo worn by
a bride are of lino white silk with a
medallion of Valenciennes lace sot in the
instep.
Lizards, spiders, cyid serpents are ap
proved ornaments for the hair, the gro
tesque in jewelry reigning supreme at
the present moment.
Nowadays the wearing of false hair is
barely tolerated, und women with but
little of their own arrange what thoy have
to the best advantage.
Quaint old china and pottery models
are being revived for flower holders—a
milk maid and her buckets, and animals
with flowers springing from their backs.
One of fashion's bizarre fads is the Red
Riding hood cape, which is of cloth of
the most vivid tone but of the finest
quality.
Dress skirts are being made narrower
even than they wore worn n fow months
| ago; indeed, those who affect the exagger
ated mode find difficulty in walking.
An expensive but handsome novelty is
atnazon cloth ornamented with a flat bund
of feather trimming made of lophophore,
peacock or other brilliant plumage.
A favorite material for plain skirts, to
bo worn with independent bodices, and
also for jackots, capes and princess
dresses, is a short-piled silk plush called
velours du Nord.
The most olegant material for visiting
and dining gowns this season is the finest
plain cloth. Its weight makos it possible
to use brighter colors than would ho de- |
sirablo in a less solid fabric.
Just at the present moment milliners
particularly favor bronze browns and the
different varieties of green. With these
colors are combined very bright shades
of pink, rose, scarlot and yollow.
What is known as the sanglior folt hot
bus a rougli surface, and is designed ex
pressly to wear with shaggy tweed and
rough camol's-hair costumes. The trim
ming of theso hats is either eagles'
plumes or other stiff feathors, secured
with a knot of brilliant scarlet or equally
brilliant marigold yellow ribbon.
| Elegant evening dresses aro ornnmont
od with delicate silk embroideries or
handsome jeweled passementeries around
the hem, ofton arranged in deep points.
The bodico is made with a collar with
deep points standing liko a Stuart fraiso
and with cuffs, extending nourly to the
elbow, of tho deeply vandyked trim
ming.
The heavy foundation-skirt is omitted
in many of the most elegant and expen
sive imported gowns. The one skirt is
either in boll or circular shape, and is
lined throughout, or, wheu tho cloth is
extra heavy, it is faced up about half a
vard ou the under sido und for a quarter
of a yard only in case u reversed horn is
used to finish tho skirt on tho outside.
Very handsome are some of tho French
wulking-couts made of deep Aldorney
cream-colored billiard cloth and trimmed
with cut jet cahochous and faceted nail
heads. The coats uro lined with black
satin and fiuished with a largo rovers
collar of black-fox fur. Other models
in cafe-au-lait brown of tho palest tint,
aro lined and trimmed with very dark
mink fur.
"Uhlan bluo" is a vory favorite shade
of that color. It appears among wool
fabrics in ladies' cloth, camel's-hair,
India cashmere and Syrian cloth, also
occasionally among tho fancy Bedford
cords and corded silks. It is devoid of
any purple lights and bus no hard, me
tallic shades by day or by night, and it
is, therefore, exceptionally becoming to
blondes and to brunettes with color.
The velvet rosettes that have ob
tained so much lately are still fancied,
and, to carry out this artistic idea, aro
to ho preferred to bows, as a bow should
not bo placed where something does not
seem to require joining together, where
as a rosette, being purely an ornament,
can be placed where it fulfils its duty in
life, and is simply decorative.
Tho prettiest of aprons is ono mado of
fino lawn, and which lias lace about threo
inches wide put across tho lower edgo in
flounce fashion, caught up here and
there by a stiff rosette of white ribbon.
The bib is u small pointed one, made of
lace, and fastened just at the point to
the bodico under another rosette; the
strings are of white ribbon and are tied a
little ut one side.
The Dahlia.
The dahlia was not an inmate of oh %
gardens before the present century. It
was named after a Dr. Duhl, and was in
troduced into Europe about the year
1802. It belongs to the same order of
plunta to which belong the sunflowers and
chrysanthemums. It is a native of Mexi
co and flourishes on sandy plains 5,000
feet above the sea, forming lurge bushes
seven or eight feet high. When it was
first known its flowers were single, with a
yellow disk and dull scarlet ray petals.
Cultivation has not only changed its
flowers; it has changed also its time of
flowering, the height of its growth, and
even the shape of its seeds. Now there
are dwarf kinds, hardly two feet high,
which are in full blossom in the end of
June. The tubers were at one time used
for food in France, but they are shurp
and harsh in taste and of little value us
un esculent.
During the last few years the single
form of the dahlia (which to my mind is
much the prettier) has como into favor.
These single flowers, at first only red and
yellow, uro gradually giving rise to many
beautiful varieties of shade uud color.—
[Detroit Free Press.
Pawned n $5 Bill.
9
A man who possessed a solitary $5 bill
and wanted to blow it in badly, hit upon
a novel plan the other day by which to
save and spend it both. The bill was
given to him by a friend, and ho was de
termined not to part with it. After a
lengthy debute with himself, he evolvod
the brilliant scheme of pawning the note.
He paid a visit to his uncle, raised $4.(12
on tne bill, and spent it according to his
tastes. When further funds came in he
redeemed the original note.—[Philadel
phia Record
MICROBE OF LEPROSY DIS
COVERED.
(ft Pasteur Talks on the Find of an En
glish Doctor In India*
Great Interest was caused in medi
cal and other circles in Paris at the
report from Simla, India, that an En
glish doctor there had succeeded in
discovering, separating, and neutral
izing the special microbe of leprosy.
In view of the great interest which
attaches to this subject in America
i correspondent called upon M. Pas
teur in the institute in the Rue Dutat
In order to obtain his views. The
great bacteriologist said:
"The news of the discovery of the
leprosy microbe is no surprise to me.
Ip fact, with the progress of science
and by following the lines already
laid down, I have not the slightest
doubt but that in time the microbes
of all diseases which attack the hu
man body will be discovered and
cultivated. How to exterminate them
is another question. One point of
your information, however, is inexact,
as the statement that an English
doctor has discovered the leprosy mi
crobe is not true. The microbe has
been understdbd for some time by
medical men. The Swedish doctor,
Hankel, first discovered its existence;
he first showed it to me, and I ex
amined it most carefully in his labor
atory. The microbe is remarkable
for its infinitesimal size and its- ex
treme activity. It may be found in
vast numbers even in the cells at
tacked by the contagion.
"Leprosy usually develops itself in
hot climates where tHe high temper
ature, the absence of hygienic ap
pliances, and personal uncleanliness
aid its development immensely. Yet
in Sweden, where the temperature is
low, its ravages are very great.
• 'As for the English doctor, it is
probable he found a physiological
medium favorable to the culture of
the microbe, which is an important
point. There is no doubt that with
our growing experience leprous vac
cine will soon be discovered; and it is
even possible that with the experience
already gained such a result may be
at once obtained. To say, however,
that leprosy may from the present
moment be cured ,is quite another
affair, as we must await results which
are often disappointing."
Then turning to the subject of hy
drophobia, the saraut said:
"During last year we have taken
care of 1,546 cases at the institute
and have had on an average onedsath
in every 250 cases treated. These
were due entirely to the fact that the
treatment commenced too late. I
have had less patients from abroad
than formerly. This is due to the
fact that in almost every country
there is an institute for the same q)jir*
pose; but I still take a large number
of Portuguese, Italians, and Rou
manians. In fact, not a day passes
without bringing me new patients.
Proper police regulations would
quickly reduce the immense number
of new cases, but it is difficult to in
fluence such a reform when we find
so many people love dogs more than
their own children."
A GHEAT many deaf and dumb peo
ple are given to making off-hand re
marks.
Prevents Pneumonia.
Dr. Certain Croon Cure positively
prevents pneumonia, diphtheria and mem
braneous croup, it has no rival. Sold by
druggists or will be mailed on receiptor 50 eta.
Address A. P. Hoxsie. buffalo. N. Y.
Trenton, N. J., pottery won high commen
dation at an exhibition in England.
Do not send your daughter away for change
of air till you understand her ailment. Send
two 2c. stamps for"Gulde to Health,"to Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
At the close of this year a decennial mis
sionary census will be takea in India.
FITB stopped free by DR. Hume's OURXX
SERVBtfUsTOKjCK. No fits after tlrst day's use.
arvelouu cures. Treatise and $2 trial bottle
free. Dr. KUno. 981 Arch Pt.. PhllaL Pa.
Australia's wool clip is worth $100,000,-
•00.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
son's Eye-water.Druggists sell at 26o.per bottle
m*
' ONB BNJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreehingto the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
Constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of Its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the Btomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
eflects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities com
mend it to all and hnve made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and $1 bottles 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 FIG SYRUP CO
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL,
UUmtUE, KY. NCW YORK. N.Y.
■ PIBO'B Remedy fbr Catarrh la the
Best. Easiest to T*e. and Cheapest.
Sold by driißßißUi or Bent by mall.
50c. XL T. Hazeltlne, Warren, Pa H
Jot Bamplsaal
GARFIELD TEA =i
ofbttd eating;t urea Sick Ilaadache;
rcatoi eiCempleztoD; curetConstV patiuiu
"A Yard of KOKI."
One of the jopniar paintings at the New
York Academy of Design was a yard-Jong
panel of lloeee. A crowd was always bofore
it. One art critic exclaimed, "Such a bit of
nature should beloqg to all the people, it is
too beautiful for one map to hide away."
The Youth'* Companion, of Boston, seized
the idea, and spent twenty thousand dollars
to reprodue the painting. The result has been
a triumph of artistic delicacy and color.
The Companion makes an autumn gift of
this copy of the painting to each of its live
hundred thousand subscribers. Any others
who may subscribe now for the ttrst time, anl
request it, will receive "The Yard of Hoses,"
without extra charge while the edition lasts.
Besides the gift of this beautiful picture a.,
new subscribers will receive The Companion
free from the time the subscription is received
till January Firsf,including the
and Christmas Double Numbers.and for u fu!i
year from that date. The price of The Com
panion is $1.75 a year.
Every family shou.d take this brightest and
best of illustrated 1 iterary papers iu addition
to its local paper.
Pennsylvania contains four castor-oil
mills.
He Struck It Rich*
What would you think if scune one that you
knew to be responsible would oirer to give
you a well stocked general store for one year s
work? You would, no doubt, consider It big
pay and jump at the chance. Well, such
things have been done and are being done
right a'ong. Messrs. B. F. Johnson A Co., of
Richmond, Vft., number among their em
ployes many inen who earn the value of a ttrst
clafs store every year. W. F. Davis worked
for them awhile. tnsn opened a snug general
6tore at Hick's Wharf, Matthews County,Va.,
and wrote this firm as follows: "I can only
say that 1 give your business credit for what I
am. If I were to meet with any bad luck, or
lose what 1 have made, I am proud to say that
1 could go to you for employment and soon
make another store." They can show j/ou
how to double and treble your income, if
you are in any business employing a capital
of less than SSOUU; and if you are not in any
business at all, they will enable you to be in
a short time, if you will tuko their advice.
They want a good honest man or woman in
every country in the Union to manago a busi
ness'that will yield handsome returns. Write
them at once for information.
Uncle Bam ha<* 50,000 Italian fruit
dealers.
How's This f
We offer Quo Hundred Dollars reward for
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
I taking Hall's Catarrh Curs,
i F. J. CMKNKY & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the lost 15 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac
tions, and financially ablp to carry out any ob
ligations made by their firm.
WKST A TRU AX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
WALDENO, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, O.
nail's t atarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Alnska is a powerful magnet for attracting
summer tourists-
This century has produced no woman who
has done so much to educate tier sex to a thor
ough and proper knowledge of themselves as
Mrs. Lydla E. Plnkham.
The recent census in Great Britain makes
the population 89,000,000. U47
WHICH IS THE BEST
AND MOST POPULAR
MOST POWERFUL I
AND SAFEST f £t
BLOOD H
MEDICINE.
Swift's Specific S. S- S.
BEST—becauso It is the only permanent cure for contagious Bloood
Sklu Cancer and inherited Scrofula.
POPULAR —because It doos all that Is claimed for It.
POWERFUL —becauso it purges the blood of all Impurities.
SAFEST—Becauso It contains no mercury or poison of any kind, la pural)
vegetable and c n bo taken by the moat delicate child.
BOOKS OH BLOOD BHD SKIH 0/S £ B BL S ff£ £ ,
The Swift Specific Co.. Atlanta. Ga.
ELY'S CREAM BALM
ATARRHFM
THE POSITIVE CURE
APPLY BALM INTO EACH NOSTRIL';- All DRUGGISTS. 50 eta.
i DR.TALMACE'S "LIFE OF CHRIST/ 7 "
Covering his great trip To. Through, and from the ( hrisl-I .utul. Illustrated with over 4(M> wonder
ful engrayinp aluo a grand picture of Jonmalem on the day of the crucifixion, in 12 colors 'slid ten feet in
length. Kxclußlvetemtorr No capital needed. BHiI'AY. AW mnd name* and P. O. of 9 Agents or tboae
4 AnPNTQWANTPfI ont ° f work ftnd ** X T* l ™ ll **' B Illustrated Bi/atpfphy Fit Ft.
I WwV ftU L II IU IT All I tU. Addrees HISTORICAL PUB. CC PHILA. PA.
BfBB
fllHl# wgilt, WKnTOOT, WRKTCBKP mortal* get !
XI|Z|K well and keep well. Health llelpor
wlawam telle how. SO eta. a year. Sample cou*
I '£•©. Dr. J. 11, DYE. Fdltor, Buffalo. N. V.
LEARN TO WRITE SLSPftK&.K
pen, #r>. Circular Free. Photo of ornamental pen
work. 30c. A.T. REYNOLDS, Auburn, Maine.
SW AP'S
Always CURE Female Wekncsse* i
HHBIB SAINPLO free. DR. SWAN, Beaver Dam, WD |
linMP STUD V, BooK-icp.KriNO, Ilu*infM Forme, i
U Urn 4. /t-nmanehiji, Arlthrru-tic, Shorf-hami, etc.,
U THOROOOHLY TAUGHT UY >1 All,. Circulars Croc. I
Bryant's ('ollcuc, 4H7 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.
AGENTS WANTED ON SALARY.
or commission to handle the New l'nteut Chemical
Ink Erasing Pencil. Agent* moklug 800 per week.
Mciiroe Eraser Mf 'g Co., La Crosse, W la. Box S3L
WF E P A Y 8 A L A R YAU"T§
men or women. WORK BTEABT. 810 PAY for
part time, imt'it Free. Experience not need
ed. S. Eugene Whitney. Rochester, N. Y.
""I RE SILK SPONGE.'*
SIX DOM,A ItSfor material, trimmings and In
structions. Take pains to write nnine, address and
measure. This Is the new "Silk I'ntter wear Fabric." re
ferred to by "Shirley Dare." In Sew York HrtnhU
Feb. 15, 1891. Send sc. stamp and receive catalogue. I
HOHPEX A KKMIKQTOM, Selling Agts., Fall ltlver, Mass. I
UAV CCUPR CURED T0 STAY CURED
rIA T ILI ftail Wc want the name and ad
dressed every sufferer in the
0. ACTUM A U.S. and Canada. Address.
Ot HO I nifl H P. Harold Hayoi.M.D., Buffalo, N.Y.
WORN WIGHT AND DAY I
o sa
I'at. July W.INI. CO.. 144' Br. >id wa r!N.Y* "i y'
I
A ——- .I. -otwxt? willdu It limit. Adapt-
MONTH, rn t V,, IVITc 111 'Jr'<•' . j. N VVry. I
Splendid opening for the right person, fiaod Jol ■
rr .rarrr and doa't wait lane tar taker*. Eve i 1 y-n
can spare a few hours a weak, write at once to It. F.
JOHNSON A CO., Hlchniontl. Va.. ff>r information H
about the blggct Iking an mrik something that will R]
open your eves and keep them open. H|
SOAP.
/ MCakeaw/l! *' ™>Pk
Gt r,ml,v - Villon. 11° on tkln'.s'afp,
WF IRS Nervous una Blood disease and their
DIBFIQI'REMKNTH°Hke HIItTII SIAKKH,'
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V —-^ioK. r Vi. " WOODBI hEHMAftDLOfi'ldl
ISBTITIITK, 126 Writ 42nd.Htreet, N. Y. f Ity. Consultation
free, at offloe or by letter. Agent wanted in each place.
PAPER COTTERS!
IF THIS MEETS THE EYE OF ANY
Printer, Bookbinder, Lithographer,
Paper Maker or Paper Box Maker,
WHO MAY HE IN WANT OF A FIItST-CLASS
PAPER CUTTER,
HE WOULD SAVE MONEY BY WRITING TO TIIE
HOWARD IRON WORKS,
BUFFALO, IF. F.j
FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND PRICES.
COPJWGHTTBSI
You can't believe
some dealers always. They want to
sell the medicine that pays them tha
largest profit. What you want to
buy is the one that does you tho
most pood.
Which one is it?
Sometimes, it may be a matter
of doubt. But, in tho case of
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription,
there's no room for doubt. It's a
matter that can be proved.
With the facts before you, it's
an insult to your intelligence to
have something else offered as
" just as good."
And here's the proof : Among
all the medicines that claim to cure
woman's peculiar weaknesses, irreg
ularities, and diseases, the " Favor
ite Prescription" is the only on#
that's guaranteed.
If it doesn't do all that's claimed
for it, if it doesn't give satisfaction
in every case, you'll have your
money back.
There's strength and vigor for
every tired and feeble woman,
health and a new life for every
delicate and ailing woman and if
there's no help, there's no pay.
JOHNSON'S
Anodyne Liniment.
HIKEAN^
rr ORIGINATED IN 1810.
I BINS or IT! ALMOS-T A CEI7TUSI.
Every traveler. Every family should keep it at hand,
for the common ills of life ifable to occur to any one.
It is Soothing. Healing and Penetrating. Once used al
ways wonted. Sold everywhere. Price .The , six. #2. FuU
particulars free. I. S. JOHNSON A TO . BETr>*. Mssa.
fte POULTRY YARD
108 Pages. 48th Edition. Writ
ten five years after 1 hn<l learned
to mako Hogs and Poultry a uuo
cess. A plain, practical system,
easily learned; describes alitor
How to make Hens lay E(*.
Cholera, Git pea and Roup you
Prloc,2Sc.; one cent ayear tor my
experience. You can learn It in one day. With ft
a FREE Catalogue; 25 varieties illustrated; a
—l #1
' A BENTS :nfc " 100PEB w,n 1748 CASH Pri *~
vwfcampla Owa. lurHory Or t/ldgmin, 3"3 H'woj, M.F
|JONESAIEfi
= OFUUIIY WARRANTEDO=
STON SCALES $ 60FREIGHT BUD
BINGHAMTOH.NY.
UaNO-> Hi" -A LADIES 1
p'uc?^k^gW*ZiinJl7i
/■■ I s r ° v >:
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE CENfPfIVIEN 4
THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONETP
GENTLEMEN and I.ADIKB, save your dol
lar- by wearing W. L. Douglas Shoes. They
meet the want." of ull classes, and are the most
cc-onorairul foot-wear ever offered for the money.
Beware of dealers who offer other makes, as be
ing just us good, und be sure you have W. L.
Douglas Shoes, with name and price stumped on
bottom. W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass.
CT" TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE.
' " ' ' donlr annplvjng TOO.
psTOBIAs
UNEXCELLED!
Al'l'l.lEll EXTERN A 1.1. V
Rheumatism, Nearalgia, Pains In the
Limbs, Back or Chest, Mumps, Sore
Tbroat, Colds, Sprains, Bruises.
Stings of Insects, Mosquito Bites.
TAKEN INTERNALLY
It net* like n charm lor Cliolern Morbus,
Dilirrli(rn, D> NOll lery. Colic, Crump*, Nnu
neii, Sick Ileadnelte. Ac.
Warranted perfectly liarmleas. (Seeaath
arrompuiiyliiK each lioltle, nlxo directions
for II .we. i IIH SOOTHING mid TENETRA
TING yiiullticN tire frit InimediHlely. Try
It and he convinced,
Price '/S and 60 cents. Sold by all drug
gists.
DEPOT. 40 MURRAY ST., NEW YORK*