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Delicate lfoMEH OrOoMWatsd Wonea, should um BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR. Every ingredient possesses superb Tonic properties and exerts a wonderful influ ence in toning up and strengthening her system, by driving through the proper channels all impurities. Health and tpength guaranteed to result from its use. My wlfV, who wu ferdrlt'de-n for air hv len aao.ths, autar suing Itndltld't Vernal JSegviator for tat snoniJu la letting well." J. II. Josmoa. Malnrn. Atk, BaiorreLD lrcovuToa Co.. Atlanta, Ga, flit t U roams at 149 yer. bvtUo. OUGHT' A jaunts man with plenty of douga Went oat with Ma girl for a rough, But the creek vaa ao high. Hie girl aald: "Oh, mlgh, I think we had better not cough." But the young man replied with a rough! "That he never waa given to akough, And would awear lhat the barq,uo Waa safe for a larqne. And thought they had better be ough." Then away through the water they ploughed. Though the girl aeemed considerably coughed And said "that the motion Waa juu like Ibv ttion. Except thAt the wares weren't ao loughed. The, came to an arch and went through. Where they had a most beautiful Tough Of the great water tower . ' t And the; atared there an hoircr (It waa lave or they might hare stayed tougb). - But at last, when they'd. rowedVquite enough Tbey tied up the boat by a bloufli. And ran up tbe road ; To the lady's aboad, With a baste lhat made both of them povgh. St Louis Republic. THE WEST PASTURE. How the Trouble It Caused Was Finally Settled. The autumn day was closing- In glory of purple and frold; the last rays of the setting sun entered the window of the farmhouse, and, slanting across the row ox shining milk pans, formed a halo of gold around the head of the farmer's daughter, Cecile Grey, as she stood with the full milk pail poised in her hands, and thought seriously, a perplexed pucker between her straight brows. Pretty she was not. but her fair, calm faoe, looking placidly out from beneath her crown of really beautiful hair, the envy of all the village girls. was very attractive. The farm laborers were coming from cupper, the day was dying as the sun sank reluctantly behind the trees, and still Cecile stood there silently, buried in reverie, and unmindful of what was going on about her. "A penny for your thoughts, Cecy,' fcpoWe out a manly voice. And Jack Newton appeared at the outer door. Cec3', turning, came out of her brown study. "1 was thinking of the picnic to morrow. Jack. No one has asked me to go, and I wondered if 1 must stay at home after alL That momentous ques tion so occupied my thoughts that I had forgotten my evening duties." "Will you go with me, Cecile? It is on mother's account that 1 have not asked vou before. Itut as I was stroll ing past, half inclined to give it all up. saw you, and that settled my doubts us to w hat to do." There was a tender light in the young man's eyes as he spoke, and the pretty pink color Hushed into Cecile's cheek. "Of course I will go. Jack. V hy al low her dislike to spoil our pleasure? fche will forgive me some day. "So it is settled? You will come with m?" "Yes, Jack." Well pleased, the young man went on his way. The cause of Mrs. Newton's dislike to Cecile was a trivial one. When she was a little girl Cecile's father had given her the deed of a picturesque bit of land, called the west pasture, which lay between the New ton farm and that of Mr. (irey. Two years liefore our story opens Mrs. Newton had made Cecile an offer for the land. It would complete her east pasture, she said, and till in the corner, thus making her acres form al most a square. She had set her heart on having the pasture, but Cecile loved the place, and would not sell it Mrs. Newton tried by coaxing and liberal offers to gain her point, but the girl was determined. At last, flying into a passion, the elder lady rated the younger soundly for "a conceited minx, who thought herself too good for her place, and who would never get her Jack, for whom she had set her cap." And, having thua relieved her mind, she went home. For two years she hid not entered the Itrcy farmhouse unless she knew the only daughter was absent. Good, motherly Mi's. (Jrey overhioked the feud, welcomed Jack cordially when ever he called, paid little neighborly visits to Mrs. Newton, and in every way tried to mend the breach which Jack's mother ke pt fresh by daily repinings. Cecile, when Jack had gone, went about her duties with a light step and a lighter heart When, at last, every thing was done, she sought her pretty room, which was-tastefully adorned by her own hands, and, sitting by the win dow, looked out over the hills and won dered if the morrow would bring the fair weather the night promised. Meanwhile Mrs. Newton, her face red with anger, stood listening to Jack, who, with his bedroom lamp in his hand, had turned as he reached the door, and said: 'I must be up early in the morning, mother, for I am going to the picnic. Cecile has promised to ac company me. I intend to ask her to be my wife," he went on. In some con fusion. "She will make you a good daughter, mother; you know you have always longed for one." "I'.ut not such a one as you want to give me," exclaimed Mrs. Newton. "No, Jack; 1 will never welcome her to this house! If it had been anyone else but Cecile Grey, never" "Mother," said Jack, firmly, "why cannot yon overcome this foolish preju dice? 1 shall marry Cecile if she will have me; better accept the inevitable," And he left the room. Mrs. Newton was taken by sur prise. After awhile she cooled down a little. "After all," she thought, "if he does marry her that west pasture will come to us. Itut I will never give in, not even for that Jack shall lose the farm if lie marries Cecile Grey." That night, Cecile, in her pretty white bed, dreamed of Jack. At first her dreams were peaceful, but as the night wore on they became disturbed, and at last she awoke with the strange feeling that her lover was in danger. Mechanically she arose, and having donned wrapper and slippers went to the window. As shn threw up the aish and leaned out across the sill, she saw that a cloudy sky had taken the place of the 6tarry one she had gazed at ear lier in tbe night. The wind had risen, and blew in fit ful gusts around the corners of the house. A troubled thought of the pleasure she had anticipated came to Cecile, and then all at once, as a stronger gust cf wind came to her, Bhe smelted a faiut odor of smoke. Looking quickly at the barn and other buildings she could see nothing nnusuaL She raised hereyes and looked anxionsly in the direction of Jack's house. "What was that red glow spreading above the tree tops?" she wondered. And then she realized that the New ton farmhouse was on fire. Running downstairs she roused her father, then out of the door, and away through the darkness she sped in the direction of the burning building. All was quiet when she reached the gate, which was locked. What should she do? She looked up at the high pick eta with their cruelly sharp points, and then began to climb raaoluteLr un, Bal ancing herself on the top she dropped to the ground. Her skirts caught on the sharp points, but she managed to wrench them free, and, never noticing how her hands were bleeding, made her way to the house. The flames shot upward; the smoke rolled in huge columns toward the darkening sky; but still no sound came from the inmates of the burning build ing. Could she save them? Would her father never come? Looking anxiously around, she saw an open window; she sprang through it and found that she was in the thickest of the smoke. What she did must be done quickly. , She snatched a woolen scarf, she had throtvn over her head,'and, binding it around her mouth, prepared to tight her wav to the foot of the stairs. Inch by inch she pressed forward, till. blinded by the smoke, she struck her foot against the lower step. With a little scream of joy she flew up the stairs, and along the wide hall to Jack's room. Jack was just awaking from a troubled sleep. Hearing tecile s voice, he instuntly sprang up, comprehending the danger al most before she could tell him of it. ''Mother sleeps downstairs in the little room on the right," he said, in answer to her question. "Wait, Cecile,' He frantically searched for his cloth' ing, but Cecile was away again bat tling with the smoke, which almost overpowered her. The flames were licking their way toward Mrs. New ton's room. Cecile saw this, and breathed a prayer for help. She fairly flew down the stairs, and reached the door just as one cruel tongue of fire darted across the top of it. She found Mrs. Newton in a heavy stupor, and all her efforts to rouse her were in vain. She could not wait for Jack, so she wrapped the heavy form in a blanket, and how, she knew not. managed to drag her into the halt Then Jack joined her. He promptly relieved her of her burden, and in an instant had led the war to safety. Mr. Grey and his men, having but just reached the scene, were preparing to fight the fire, and after taking in this fact, Cecile's courage and strength gave way, and she slipped down at Jack's feet. Mrs. Grey now came hurrying up. and togethershe and Jack half-dragged, half-carried the two helpless ones to her home. A doctor was sent for, and a simple application of restoratives aroused Mrs. Newton, who listened with tears to the story ot Cecile's hero ism. Turning to Jack she said, simply and humbly: "1 misjudged her. For give me." Jack's face brightened, but he con tinued his restless walk licfore the door of the room where Cecile lay. Just as the morning dawned she opened her eyes and asked: "Is Jack safe?" Then she fell asleep with a happy tmile on her lips. She had burned her hands and arms; her beautiful hair was singed badly, and her strength had been terribly taxed; but in a month she had recovered siiflicicntly to take a short drive, and Jack took her to see the ruins. Kverv building on the place had been burned to the grouniL J am glad of it," said Jack. "I in tend to build a new house, to which I shall be proud to take my wife. Will you come, Cecile?" W hat will vour motner say? she asked with a touch of playfulness, while her eyes gave him the answer he craved. She is more than anxious to wel come you as a daughter." So it was settled; and Sirs. Newton, as she looks at her daughter Cecile's bands, says: "They are the most beau tiful hands in the world to me, if they are scarred and blackened" And the feud of the west pasture is at an cud. lack and his wife are very happy. They are talking of another picnic to take the place of the one planned a year ago, and it is to be held in the west pasture. lrakes Magazine SYMPATHY OF A SHAKERESS. Could Not See a Brother of the Flock. Co Out Into the World Alone. Dark? Dismal? Well, now, I'd say so! So would you, if you'd been there. It was a night's ride from Sabbath Day pond, in New Gloucester, to Gloucester Upper Corner. We had stopped at Shaker Village and bought some sugared oilnuts in a box. Ever eat any? Tut up by the sisters themselves, and worth ten times as much as any of your fancy candy. If our two black horses had been white the road ahead might not have seemed qnite so dark, but as it was we left the Shaker settlement behind us and let the horses take their own gait through the dark forest. Some one tells the romance of these woods while we go. Once there was a Shaker man who had a progressive and business like spirit that was the life of the Shaker town that wo had just left For years he worked, schemed, builded and cultivated the farmsof the society. He made them rich and put things to rights all about the broad acres. When he had done this and had lived for years up to every iota of the religion, he saw that his was too worldly a na ture to be a Shaker, and that he longed for things a Shaker should shun. Like a man. he went before the brethren and sisters and told them so. The day set for his departure had arrived. As he took lcate, there were tears in the eyes of many, for he had been a frienil to the society and a brother to all. "I shall be a friend to the society, still," he said. "But I dread to go out into the cold world alone." When he had said this there stepped forward one who, though she had been a faithful sister, as Shakers should, yet saw that she, too, was not of the temperament to be a Shaker for ever she stepped forward from among the sisters and said she would go with him. That is all of the story save that they live in a distant city to-day, and they have more than once befriended the society at New Gloucester. They showed us his picture at the trustees' office and told us something of the story: "There are some of the Shakers who said it could not be love," said one, "but we asked if it was not love that made him take her out with him into the cold world, why didn't he take one of the brethren instead of the sister?" Lewiston Journal. What Could Have Ailed Her? The human body is a very delicate and highly complex organization, and i. ia not surprising that it sometimes breaks down for no easily ascertainable reason, A farmer met the village doc tor, according to an exchange, and said: "If you happen to be out our way any time, I wish you'd stop and see my wife. She don't seem to be feeling very well." "What ails her? What are some of her symptoms?" "I dunno. This morning, after she'd milked the cows and fed the pigs and got breakfast for the men and washed the dishes and built a fire nnder the boiler in the washhouse and done a few little odd jobs round the house, she complained of feeling tired-lUe. I shouldn't wonder if her blood was poor, and I guess she needs a dose of medicine." Youth' Companion. PERSONAL AND LITERARY. Dr. Peters, the German explorer of Africa, who is visiting the United States, has written a letter home, a bit of which has got into print He says that he has enjoyed greatly what he has seen in America, and adds: "Still it is not Europe. America keeps in culture and civilization about the mid dle of Africa and Europe." Dr. Robert Iiattey, an elderly phy sician residing in Rome, Ga.. has pre sented to the state about one thousand valuable medical works from his pri vate library, asking that they be made the nucleus of a medical reference li brary in the state capital in Atlanta, the state's need of which he has often realized during his professional career. Prince Komatn, a near relative of the imperial family of Japan, with his wife, is about to begin a journey to Eu rope to pay his respects to the various crowned heads there. In all probabili ty he will also visit this country. The prince is a young man, not more than thirty years old, and an officer in the Japanese navy. He was formerly at tached to the Japanese embassy in Ber lin. Queen Wilhelmine of Holland, aged thirteen, has a large collection of dolls, many of which are presents from sov ereigns. Among them are twenty dolls representing officers in full uniform a kindergarten method of teaching the young queen to distinguish the various military grades. The other day she expressed a desire for twenty female dolls "to keep these officers company, as they were dreadfully bored." There is a constantly increasing demand in this country for the oriental sacred books. The Koran in cheap form is one of the best selling books. and a volume of extracts from Ituddha is extremely popular. The sale of the end Avesta is restricted, liecause it can not be obtained in cheap form. 1 he purchasers of these works are not only cKi'j;yinen, but laymen, and there seems to be an intense curiosity to compare the sacred books of other re ligions with the Hihle. News was brought to Seattle a few days ago of the birth of the first white child in the wilderness of the Yukon river. It was born last spring to Mra P. Beaumont, wife of the keeper of a trading post at the outlet of the Porcu pine river, within the Aictic circle and almost on the eastern border of the ter ritory. Mrs. Beaumont is the only white woman that ever crossed the Chilcat mountains and descended the Yukon. The first unmarried white woman to penetrate any considerable distance up the Yukon was Miss Mel- len. a missionarv, who took charge of an Indian :chooI at Forty Mile Creek lust spring. Princess Christian is deeplv inter ested in all good works, fine of her prettiest charities is possible to her through her conservatories, where she has grown the flowers of all nations. and she delights in sending to the for eigners in her employ the blossoms pe culiar to their native land. The princess is always ready to assist girls in finding employment, but her pet hobby is nursing. She is honorary president of the Koyal British Nurses' tssociation, whose design is to protect the public from unqualified nurses of the Sairy Gamp and Betsy I rig stamp. and attends their meetingsat leastonce a week, In'sides aids them with her in fluence in every possible way. Har per's Bazar. The Mystery of the Man in the rim Mask seems to lie solved at last. A long letter in cipher, addressed by !ouis XIV. to his minister of war, the Marquis dc I. ouvois, which is kept in the archives of the ministry at Paris, as, after repeated futile efforts leen deciphered, and proves to be an order to eonvev Gen. de Bulonde to the Fortress of Pignerol, for having raised le siege of font i contrary to the king's orders. 1 Ins napiK'iicil in IWi'.l. 1 lie ing directs that the general's face hall lie concealed under a "lonn." or lack velvet mask. The revelation of the identity is somewhat disappoint- If it was Gen. Bulonde who was the Man of the Iron Mask, how dis proportionate his offense seems to the punishment which secluded him for hirty-four yea1 from all cominunica ion with bis kind save with his jailer. Springfield Republican. HUMOROUS. -Mrs. Wickwire "Who shall decide when doctorsdisagree?' Mr. Wickwire "The coroner, 1 guess." Indianapo lis Journal. "I hear yon are going to lie mar ried." "That is news to inc." "Some one surely told me you were engaged." That's different. Pittsburgh Chron icle. He "She is a general favorite among the men, I take it." She What makes you think so?' He The women all seem to hate her." N. Y. Herald. Small Boy "Papa, are two heads better than one?" Papa "Sometimes, my son." Small Boy "Is that the rea son they put 'em on playing cards?" N. Y. Journal. Birds of a Feather. "So Miss Smith-Brown is going to marry young Cnrsiis? Quite a feather in her cap, isn't it?" "Yes, a goose feather." De troit Free Press. Some Difference. "Do yon know, people are actually beginning to call me an old maid?" Maude "You mean that you are just beginning to hear them." Vogue, Sandy "Come with me. rGeorge, and let us sec the Widows' Home." George "Not me! 1 saw a widow home once, and it cost me a cool five hundred anil costs." Tit-Bits. "Don't 3ou think Leila's com plexion is lovely?" said one dear girl to another. "Yes: that's one thing that I admire aliout her. She always buys the liest in the market" Wash ington Star. Artistically Handled. "Did yon hear about young D'Art the china painter." "No; what is it?" "He has lieen served like his own china." "How is that?" "His wife's father fired him." Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Wickwire "The idea! Here is a story in a paper aliout a woman suing for ten thousand dollars for the loss of only a thumb." Mr. Wickwire "Per haps it was the thumb she kept her husband under." Indianapolis Jour nal. Friendleigh "Ah, playing the races again, eh? Only last week you gave me your solemn promise to have nothing more to do with games of chance. And here you've .broken it al ready." Kantqnit "Not much. I ain't This is a game in which a man has no chance." N. V Recorder. Wandering Willie "There issom thin' in that doctrine bout castin' yer bread on the waters." Tottering Tom "l"roceed!" Wandering Willie "Why, a cove asked me to hold his coat while he fixed his horse's hoofs, and I held the coat Now the coat holds me. See?" Boston Transcript Maud "And. pa, what did Prof. Crotchet say of my piano-playing?" Pa "He was quite extravagant in his praise. He said you possessed an originality in execution that was truly remarkable. He said he had heard some of your pieces performed by tbe gre atest masters, and not one of them played them aa yoa did." Boston Trkuscript, HOME HINTS AND HELPS. Spice Cake: One enp sugar, same of molasses, same of butter, same of milk, fonr cups of flour, two eggs, one tea spoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of cinnamon and cloves mixed. Ohio Farmer. Spice Cake: One and one-half caps sugar, one-half eup butter, one-half cup sour milk, twocups chopped raisins, three eggs, one-half nutmeg, one tea spoonful cinnamon, one teaspoonful cloves, one-half teaspoonful soda. Flour enough for rather stiff batter. Bake in loaf tins in moderate oven. Detroit Free Press. To Fry Eels: Strip them, take out the bones and cnt them in pieces and lay them for almost two hours in salt, pepper, bay leaves, sliced onions, vine gar and the juice of lemons; then flour them well and fry them in clarified butter, and serve them. Garnish the dish as you please. Splendid Gingcrsnaps: Scald one cupful of molasses, stir in one tea spoonful of soda, and pour it while foaming, over one cupful of sugar; add one egg and one tablespoonful of ginger and beat well together; then add one tablespoonful of vinegar, and flour enough to rolL Farm, Field and Fireside, Bread and Apple Pudding: Heat three cupfuls of apple sauce, stir into it two tablespoonfuls of butter, one cupful of sugar and one egg, well beaten. Buttera puddingdish, sprinkle the bottom and sides with bread crumbs. Be careful that the sides are thorough ly covered with them. Pour the sauce into the dish; strew crumbs over the top, and bake to a good brown. Use one cupful of crumbs in all. Invert the dish over a hot plate, and the pudding will come out whole. Sprinkle it with powdered sugar and cat with butter and sugar. Home Queen. Where paper is used upon the walls the design ought to be extremely conventionalized and not too dark in color. If the hall is narrow the figure should not be large. Nothing dwarfs a wall more than a huge design. It may lie well covered with metallic tints upon and over a dado of wood-fiiier. Copper and olive or sage green are good combinations. Bright greens these containing the poison of aniline dyes from which there has resulted so much lingering, obscure suffering, should be used nowhere about the dwelling. Boiled Ham: Wash and scrub care fully in cold water, soak for twenty four hours in cold water and wipe dry. Simmer in a porcelain-lined kettle for fifteen minutes to the pound, more than covering with water. Allow it to cool in the liquor in which it was lniiled. Then remove the skin careful ly, brush the top with beaten egg, sprinkle with dried breadcrumbs and place in the oven, basting with the liquor remaining until it is brown. Iloiled ham should be garnished with narslev. and may further be adorned with a white paper frill. Ladies' Homo Journal. Lima Iteans: Soak dried Lima beans in wateruntil they swell to their natural size. Tour the water from them and put them in your saucepan with as small a quantity of lroiling water as you can supply without fear of their burning. Let them simmer slowly for about three-quarters of an hour, then remove the lid and let the water boil away from them, watching closely to see that they do not burn. Add butter, salt and pepper and a little sweet cream, and send to the table very hot. Dried Lima beams prepared carefully in this way are almost equal to fresh ones. Prairie Fanner. SATIN ALL THE RAGE. Frrnrh Combination In niark and WMt of This Fabric. Katin is to be the great material for wear this winter. It is a fabric which, to some complexions, is as becoming as velvet. The great difliculty with it ia that it has a fashion of wrinkling be tween the seams in a very ugly manner, which can only be avoided by the great est care in making. When smoothly fitted and well cut there is nothing that can show off the beauty of a figure so well, and it has not the thickness and build ii ess of velvet. It comes this year ia every grade and, of course, at every price. In a letter recently received from Paris, I was told that black and white was to be the rage for some time to come, and gown was described to me as having Itecn worn at the (.rand Prix which. while startling, was said to be becom- j ing and exceedingly chic. The skirt was of heavy black satin, made long, plain and full. The waist was plain and buttoned up to the back. Over it was worn a tight, plain, deep Velasquez collar and cuffs of the old- fashioned point. Around the waist was tied a broad, white satin sash, which fell to the very hem of the skirt, j The hat was of black straw, very large, and trimmed heavily with black j feathers. White gloves, stitched with ! black, finished an extremely swell cos-1 tume, but one which it would not be wise for the generality of women to at tempt. Vogue. School ii-mhm. For girls of six to fourteen years to wear at school are simple dresses of mixed cheviots with serpentine mohair braid trimming, and entirely without silk. They arc of red woven with black, blue with green or brown with blue wool, made with a round yoke, to which is gathered a full waist finished with a pointed girdle. Itlack braid extends down the yoke from the collar, and the yoke is edged with a shaped bertha trimmed with braid and falling over leg-o'-mutton sleeves. The collar and belt are covered with rows of braid. The fitted silesia lining has from three to five whalebones in the larger sizes. The skirt is nearly three yards wide, and is simply hemmed. Other dresses of sacking or mixed cheviot have jacket fronts to round waists, with full silk vests and revers. Better dresses of blue or green serge or fancy woolens have a circular collarette, and two frills at the top of the sleeves trimmed with satin baby-ribbon of lighter shade, or of contrasting color, or else of black. Ilarper's Bazar. Tea Muffins. Two scant measuring cupfuls of flour, three tablespoon f uls of baking powder, salt and one tablespoonful of sugar. Stir these together and add one cupful of milk, stirring round and round. Lastly, add two tablespoonfuls of melted lard and butter. About one round tablespoonful will make two when melted. Put into gem pans, have the oven not too hot at first, and in crease the heat as they bake. Bake about twenty-five minutes. Philadel phia Press. v The English sovereign's sons and grandsons, when created peers, are en titled to seats in the house of lords at the left of the throne, but when, by the death of their father, they become only collaterally related to the sovereign, they sit among the dukes. I have no wife or children, good or bad, to prcrUle for; a mere speculator of other men's fortunes and adventures, and how they play their parts; which, methinks, are diversely presented unto ne, as from a common theater of scene. Burton. AGRICULTURALHINTS. HOW TO DRAIN ROADS. The Bolatloa ef the Road Problem la the Pralrto Ktataa. I The good roads congress held at Chi-' cagohad an interesting discussion upon the practical system of road drainage, presented in a Taper by J. J. W. Bil lingsley, editor ot the Drainage Jour nal at Indianapolis. He said: Among those who have given the subject of road improvement careful at tention tnere is a settled conviction that the good condition of any road de pends upon a system of thorough drain agea system which embraces not only the removal of the storm water which falls upon the surface of the road and the land adjoining but also the water which filters through the ground. The latter, if allowed to percolate into and through the subsoil underlying the road-bed, will render the travel way soft and springy, often affecting the compacted surface of the road, so as to cause it to break up, or. in other words, "the bottom drops out The remedy is thorough drainage. In fact the basis of all road improvement in the coun try is the thorough drainage of the road surface and tbe foundations of the road embankments. In the experi ments which have been made in road drainage by laying one or two lines of tile drains along the sides and parallel with the road, the result has been so satisfactory that some persons have be come enthused with this method of A PKBFKCTI.T IHIAINKD HO AD. road improvement, and cone? ml o that in it there is a remedy for all the de fects whieh may be encountered, lint we are convinced that the best improve ment of our highways will combine at least three essential features, which are: 1. A road embankment of sufficient height to be at Icat above overflow from extraordinary rainfall and sufli ctently crowning to shed the water readily, and wide enough to accommo date the travel and not of trrater width. 2. That the road shall have open ditches on each side of sufficient capac ity to carry all flood water from the I roadway and from the lands adjoining ! lnt' the nearest water course without hindrance. The surface or open ditches should have such a perfect grade that no water will find a lodg ment along the line of the road on either side. :i. That two lines of tile drains be placed parallel with the roads, one on each side, at the base of the embank ment. The undcrdrains should be laid at the depth of three or more feet The size of the tile will depend on the length of the drain and the fall, but it is probable that they should not be less than four inches in diameter in any case and as much larger as the needs may require. The three essential features named em brace three systems the removal of the surface water, speedily and effect ually; the removal of the watr of sat uration remaining after the removal of the surface Water, and the prevention of the flow of soil water under the road-bed. The undcrdrains should have a uniform descent or grade to some natural stream or outlet, where the water discharged will flow away freely and at no time back up in the drain. The crowning of the road should be sufficient to cause the water falling upon the surface of the road to flow readily through the side ilitches. If it fails to How away and remains in the ruts and depressions it will increase the amount of in ml and the incon veaience of travel. it is a mistaken idea that an under drawn laid in the middle of the road will drain the surface of the road. The travel and the action of the water fall ing upon the road will so effectually cover the surface that no water on the the road will find its way down to the drain thus laid. To the contrary, the horse tracks and ruts will hold water like earthen vessels until it is removed by evaporation or otherwise. Roads graveled and drained as proposed will cost from (400 to 5-"00 a mile, but when done they will be good roads for eleven months and commcndably passable the remainder of the year with a little timely repair. Where gravel and stone are not to be had at a reasonable cost we know cf no improvement so satis factory in all respects as the roads well graded and sufficiently drained. Where gravel or broken stone can be had U will be found i hat the thorough drain age of the road as proposed will save half the gravel or stone that would otherwise be required to make a good i iau. n uij nmuuiiuuu w uuuu upon the most important factor in road con struction. Tile drains may be used to intercept water percolating through the earth of the higher ground ad jacent and likely to interfere with the road, or springs or secret places nnder the roadbed may be drained out with tile so as not to interfere with the em bankment. After a road has been put into good condition and thoroughly underdrained nothing need be done ex cept to keep the surface of the travel way smooth and the open ditches free from any drift accumulations. HOW TO CLEAN COWS. A Simple 8crper la Said to lie the Beat Implement. A scraper made of common hoop iron bent in the shape represented in cnt and fastened into a short handle is an excellent niet-ns of cleaning cows that have been permitted to lie in the ma nure. Much iabor is saved in cleaning cows by having the floor and the gut ter just righU the floor not too long and the gutter deep, and drained into a cellar or cnlvert to prevent the liq uid collecting in it Some cows love to find a filthy puddle in which they may dip the switch and lash their sides with it; this will be avoided by get ting rid of the nrinc, and the solid Ma nure, if it is in the gutter, will not soil the tail After the cow is scraped, a stiff brush will remove the rest and make the cow clean. For quickly clean ing a cow of dry dust or litter nothing; is belter than a long wool card a foot or more in length; with this a cow's sides and flanks are gone over in half a minute. Any smart boy or man can elean a cow, if she is properly taken care ot in one minute, U. Stewart, Id Country UeatSeiBftik - IF you wish the lightest, sweet est, finest cake, biscuit, bread and rolls, Royal Baking Powder is indispensable in their making. DOINGS OF WOMEN. ' Mrs. Joan 0. Caki.isi.b is writing a cook book. Its references to cabinet pudding should be authentic. Mrs. Jefp Davb spent most of the summer nnder the same roof with the widow of Gen. Grant and now has the widow of Gen. McClcllan as her winter neighbor. Miss Alice Fletcher, the ethnologist who has been making a stndy of the Omaha and other Indian tribes, drew a salary of eight dollars a day as a special agent of the Indian bureau. Mme. Scui.iema.nx, fulfilling a prom ise made to her husband, is continuing the excavations at Troy which made his namo famous. She is personally superintending much of the work. SisTKit Maihe Al'GVSTiNE. founder of the Littlo Sisters of the Poor, lately died in Franco. She was born in 1S20, at Saint-Servan, and was known in the world by the name of Marie Jacict Miss Miriam Sli der, a sister of the Franciscan order, is on her way from St Louis to the Sandwich islands, where she will devote her life to nurs ing lepers. She is twenty-two years old and highly educated. Clara Barton, president of tho American National Kcd Cross, has ap pealed to congress for funds with which to aid in taking care of the thirty thousand hungry, sick and home less people on the Sea islands. IN ORIENTAL LAN Da The city of Benares, on the flanges, is to the Hindoos the holiest place on eartlu American's drink tea hot and wine cold. The Chinese drink tea cold and wine hot Qrrrns have been worn by Chinamen since 1027. They were first worn as a sign of degradatipn. Afghan chroniclers call their peoplo Bani-Isreal, the Arab for children of Israel, and claim descent from Saul, the first Israelitish king. When the Japanese and the Coreans "hitch" a horse they do so by tying his forefeet together. Hitching posts are never used in either Corea or Japan ex cept by foreigners. The Japanese believe that their em perors are descendants from the gods the present mikado being the one hun ilred and twenty-first in direct line from the Heavenly being. Amoxo the wonders of Algiers is a river of genuine ink. It is formed by the continence of two streams, one flowing from ferruginous soil, the other draining a )ieat swamp. When a bank fails in China, the managers and clerks are the chief suf ferers. They have their heads taken off. In five hundred years there has not been a bank failure in that coun try. ASTRONOMY. A year on Jupiter is equal to eleven years, ten months and seventeen days on our globe. The actual occupancy of Mars by a race superior to our own is said to be very probable. The assayer who examined the aero lite that fell on the farm of Iawrcnce Freeman, near Bath, S. I)., on the afternoon of August 29, ISil-, report that the principal minerals it contains arc gold, silver, nickel anil cobalt THE MARKETS. Nkiv Yohk. Nov 3. CAITI.K-Nallve Slocrs CO'ITON Mhl.llht da i-m t hi 4 SO OS 4VJ Sti 15 Gl 1 s ro S3 5 40 ji' sir, : to h7H SI'i 2" 4 mil 19 I) I.' II) : -a II Ml S'4 ' S Si a to JM 3 Mil 4'0 ltt( m SSI, ; II OS S3 S M S4 17 H : 4H is so 14 in S 7H SS 39' i 31 , 13 '4 J. UUllt-Wlnlcr Wheat IVIIKAV No.: Hcv! COUN-Nn. 5 OATS Western Mixed. POItli New Mom , 3b lit an .... sr. I.OUli rtlTTOtf-Ml.lclllrls IIKKVKS Shlpnlntr Steer.... MiMiiun IIOCS Fair to SMott SI.KK1' I-'alrlo Clioica H.OUIt-l'atonn Katirv t- Kxtra III.. IVIIKAT No. Slto.1 W hi tor . iKM-No,1 Mixed OATS No. I.. ItVK No.i in tt 4 r et 4 91 (t : it, 4 Z -D lit .... a 31 .... a 4i' a 650 a join a 3) it .... .... 3 VI TOIIACCO l.iifs Ial lliirlny.. flAY nearTlmothv Iiiittki: Choke li.ilrr KiiCS I'reoli POHH Standard Mc-m (nowl. UAIDN-Clear lt" LAIC1 Prune Steam IIIC.MJ rATTr.K-Slilpplnp IK MIS rnlrmt'lMiicA SHKr'.l' I'alrloCliolcn Kl Alii It W Inter I'atmiU. ..... Sprlnif Patititta...... WMKAT Nn.2. Sprin No. 1 Ked COItV No 5 s r a s a hi a 2s a .... a OATS No. 1 POlllt Mess (ncwl.... UTS U KAMSAS OITY. CATTf.K Shipping Steers.... S ft IX IS AlKirailrs. & 00 a WHKAT No. Sited 9 OATS Na 3 ai'.a COKN-N0 2 9 NKW OIlt.KAM rijTtVR IIIl'Ii Urailo 10) CtlllS No. OATS Wostcrn ... HAY-Cholce 1'tlltK New Mess IIACON Sides COTTON M idil II bs f ICINMAI'L wheat-no sited CHUN No. : Mixi-d OATS No. I Mixed POStK SnM - BACON Clear Itllis COTTON Middling ST. JACOBS OIL CURES . . . "PERMANENTLY .MS than your labor, though. We'll tell you of these savings from time to time. Keep your eye on rearune aas. QQn(l Peddler and some unscrupulous grocers will tell yon " this is as good as" wCUU or " the same as Pearline." IT'S FALSE Pearline is never peddled, a and if your procer sends Toa something in place of Pearline, be 11 BaCK honest-xm.Vi. 444 JAMES PYLB, New York, GOOD FARM FOB SALE CHEAP-OX EASY TE11MS. C01TAINS 80 ACRES-r, LT, feTTTMxtr. M eoaalr. Ma.; oa, ot tlM FIN KKT FKI'IT mtU tn covctr?. Kan(iwlwdn. lu boiim. imm Inn! ma. pleat? at Umoir ul food print water. Neixkbortoo.1 iraKlaw. Owwf a aoa awideaL TlUo porlKL adiinsi C. H. THIELCCKK. OT Walaat SaasS, aT. IVOCU, aa He Wasn't DrtnklBff. That usually interesting and original figure in this city, the new member of congress, has again said something amusing. He was enjoying the hos pitality of one of tbe most amiable and attractive women, and was doing admirably as a conversationalist until she led him into trouble with this re mark: "I am afraid yon find Washington rather dull at present There is very little excitement, excepting what you find in the way of duty at tho cap itoL" "It is rather monotonous, ho as serted. "So donbt yon have an occasional manvais qnart d'henre?" "So," he replied, and then leaning over confidentially, "I haven't tasted anything stronger than tea in a year." Kate Field's Washington. How Many People It EothM This dyspepsia, with its abominable symp toms, heunbum, sinking at the pit of the stomach between meals and oppression " there afterwards, nervousness, iiiaomnia and its general discomfort! Put these to speedr flight wiih HoMotter's Stomach BiU tcrs, which renieilies. also, liver complaint Itidnev and rheumatic trouble aud malarial disorders Examining Medical PaorFssoa "Now, sir. tell me how vou would treat a case of ty phoid fever." Student "Weil. sir. I should first I should first I" E. M. P. (inipa-p-ien:ly) Yes. yes; go on." Student (seized wilh a brilli'int idea) "1 a'lould first rallvnttin fur consultalioi. Passes with Louora. -Tid ISils. A. M. Priest. Druggist, Bbelbyville, Ind., savs: Hall's CatariB uure givesmcoesioi satisfaction. Can pet plenty of testimonials as ii cures every ouo who tikes it" Drug gists sell It, 75c "Can't vou wait uijmi met" said the Im patient customer. ''Two pounds of liver. 1 m in a hurry." "sorry, aaiu the nutcner; "but there are two or three ahead of you. Surelr, 3'u would not have your liver out of order !" Huston Tiatiscrpt Beskkvixo CoxrimtxcE. There is no ar. tide which so richly deserves the entire poiitiilence of tho cotnmuniiv as liaown f BitoNciilALTKoclies. Price, 25 cents. Tnr.itF.'s no objection to a girl's making up face in the privacy of her own reom oc casionally, providing she doesn t do it wita powder uud piiiit Somerviile Journal. Dinks "Blamed if I can understand whv so much ot this Chicago beef should bo touch." lianks ''Hummi! tiuessyouwerv never in Chicago.' Buffalo Courier. Between the Acts. "Well, what do vou think of it!" "Oh, it's about as broad aa U is long." Life's Calendar. A Dose in Timo Saves Nino of Ilate's Tloneyof Horel nd aud Tar for Coughs. Pike s Tooihacbe Drops Cure in one tuiiiuto. Shellfish. Customer "Oive me ndozen fried oysters." Waiter "Sorry, sill, but we's all out o' shellfish, sab, Vcptin' eggs." A well-directed snowball puts most any one in the mood for danciug. Lire is not worth the living fct yourself alone. Galveston News. Tiiet meet I y chants the soprano and basso lu the choir. XXJXF1E1 In tbe hnnd of urgron sives you a ft-clinfr of horror nnd drend. Th?re is no longer m-owily for Its use in many diwoses fnrnirrly nvarilod na in cumhlc without rutting. The Triumph of Conservative Surgery Is well llJustntcd by tbo fnct thnt RUPTURE ffJKa Icatly cared without tbo knife and without wun. Clumpy, chad off trusses ran be thrown away! Tbvy nevir cure but ofton induce in tl'tmn.nf.on. ptran-xiilation and dVath. TUMOR -vnrim. Fibroid ( I't'rin) nnd l Ullluilj many othem, are now n-moved without thf prrilji of cut tin oiw-ratfons. PILF TIJMhRS. owwvr largo, Ffetuls tho lowrr bowel, are permanently cured with out rnin or resort to the knife. in the Madder, no matter how Linn. In crushed. rtulTerized. vikIw edout and perfectly n-moved without cutting. TRIflTllRF tinory Pwsn(re is also -dll.iuiui.ru removed without cutting in -hundreds of cniiofl. For pamphlet, references and nit particulars, send 10 cents (in stamps) to World's Dispensarv Medicai Association. No. 063 Main Street. Buffalo, X. Y. Ely's Cream Balm H ICKLY Ct'RES COLD IN HEAD Tl o r0 4nla. 1 Anulr Bnlm Intoeach nontrll. ELY IUtuS..UiVarreQ8t-.N.V. 1,000,000 ACRE8 OF LAND for sale by th Sinrr Paui k DCXLTIt RAILBOAD Compact In Minnesota. Send for Maps and Circtt Aum, They will be sent to yoo Address HOPEWELL CLARKE, Land Commissioner, 6C faal. Mini. At (Mtwt. And tV ia 1 W V HNVIitfU a la-ii . McVli-kor'a Theatbrf C Ulcuiro IlL ll&CUaWCot I STANiiAKi,Miimir. SHUTTLES, The Trail Httppll. tend fwr whnltal prlra Itut. Bf.Kt4MK M'r'o 4'-. ncrAIKo. 915 Loc tut Lbt.LouU,Ho SBrxuta trna muiaq aw wmwm ft f!HI fi KITH Li" TrTemphr and RsIIroM ccMv.1 Ptmntlonta. Writ J. Ii URoW.X. SadAilm, Ma, ar.'Uiu ma wiatwrnatwiyi wm M.1 KnciiniciLism Makes hard water soft Pearline. Every woman knows just what that means to her. Washing in hard water is so difficult, and the results so poor 1 Pearline reduces the labor, whether you use soft water or hard. But use Pearl ine, and it's just as easy to wash with hard water as with soft water and the results are just as good. Pearline saves more things IVVnLi n i 'uin. ass '- tvtj. iwaw Beat CotitTh Syrup. TartwOood. Vaa I mate aMkli.krE Al'. fi U EAii tn l html pxna iTf araowi. A. N. K., It. 1478. won WBrrnia a T A.vsrriasua FULua as aa Mintiwl IM 3