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Head Toward the Fngino.
Those who wish to avoid catching
cold when sleeping in a sleeping car,
says an exchange, should have their
berths made np so that their heads
will be toward the engine. This is
because the drafts in a moving train
are always from front to rear, and
when your head is toward the engine
you are much better protected, while
getting just as much fresh air as
though you were in the other position.
What Cuba's Loss Means to Spain.
The loss of Cuba means to Spain the loss of
the very sustenance o? the nation. Already
her tax ridden people are crying for bread.
Jn the same way the loss of your onco vigor
ous appetlto means poverty and starvation to
your body. If any reader of this paper wishes
M be as hungry again as wnen a child, and
wanta to fuUy enjoy hearty meals, we can
recommend llostetter's Stomach Bitters. It
cores indigestion, dyspepsia and constipation.
Boil lamp burners once in six weeks in
strong soda water and they will burn th?
better. Lamp wicks get dirtv and will
give better light if occasionally heated to
a boil in soda water.
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, euro const! natloa forever.
10c,*?c. IfC. C. C. fall, druggists refund money.
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The number of blind persons in Australia
In proportion to the number of the popula
tion i~ considerably less than in most other
countries.
We oaw at the warorooms of Southern Car
riage and Wagon Co., corner Pryor and Decatur
8ts., Atlanta, Ga., a fine carriage for Gov. Can
dler, lt ls ono ot tho finest and best finished
carriages ever brought to tho state. This firm
sells everything in the vehicle lino, from $10.00
K?ad Cart to nnest Carriage raado. We advise
our friends to write them for prices bofore
purchasing Carriage or Buggy.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me
many a doctor's bill.-S. F. HARDT, Hopkins
Place, Baltimore. Md.. Dec. 2. 1S94.
Mutton is brought from New Zealand to
London at the rate of about 2 cents a pound.
Catarrh Cured
Blood Purified by Hood's Sarsapa
rilla and Health ls Good.
"I was troubled for a long time wi* x ca
tarrh and a bad feeling in my head. I be
jran taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, and it did
mo a world of good. My sufferings from
catarrh are over and ray health is good."
Mrs. A. A. Libby, Pownal, Maine.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is America's Greatest Medicine. SI; six for $5.
Hood's Pills cure all Liver His. S?cents.
Cristobal Colon's Cat.
A prisoner of war. who positively re
fused to he interviewed, was seen at
the office of the United States Ex
press Company recently en route to
the United States Supply Station, St,
Joseph's, Mich., where he will be put
in custody of Lloyd Clark, a relative
of Captain Clark, of the Oregon. The
following notice was found pasted on
the prisoner's personal effects:
^To Good Americans-Treat me kind
ly and give me food, for I am a prison
er of war from the Cristobal Colon, te
ing forwarded to my captors, the
crew of the Oregon, to the gallant
commander. Capt. Clark, whose brave
efforts forced the Colon to surrender
July 3, 189S." The prisoner's name
was Mr. Thomas Cat He was a hand
some specimen, having a silver gray
coat, with tiger stripes, and showed no
effects of having passed through the
horrors of war, although very much
Incommunicado.-New York Sun.
Caper Sauce Capers.
The caper, familiar in caper sauce
and used as a gatn.sh for salads, is im
ported from Spain and France. Ca
pers are grown in Italy, but none is
' Imported frpm there into this coun
try. ' \
Capers are sorted into four sizes, of
which the smallest are known com
mercially as nonpareils, and the next
larger as surfines. The . next
larger m French^ capers are ca
pucines, and the largest capotes, while
the next to the largest and the largest
of Spanish capers are known respect
ively as capotes Np. 1- and No. 2.
The smallest capers are the most de
sirable and bring the most money.
French capers are imported almost
wholly in bulk in kegs of fifteen or six
teen gallons, and barrels of about
forty gallons in brine or vinegar. A
few capers are imported in glass, but
they are mostly put up in this country.
Capers grow on a bush.-New York
Sun.
France Has a Volcano.
France has but a single active volca-.
no-a low, broad hill 400 feet high,
near Decazeville, in the Department of
Aveyron. The- crater sends out thick
clouds of smoie aud burning lava is
seen at the bottom of the fissures. If
a stick be thrust into the ground it
catches.> fire, and sometimes flames
proceed from the hole after its with
drawal.
"THE ILLS OF WOMEN
And How Mrs. Pinkham Helps
Overcome Them.
Mrs. MABY BOLLINGER, 1101 Marianna
St, Chicago, 111., to Mrs. Pinkham:
"I have been troubled for the past
two years with falling of the womb,
leucorrhcea, pains over my body, sick
headaches, backache, nervousness and
weakness. I tried doctors and various
remedies without relief. After taking
two bottles of your Vegetable Com
pound, the relief I obtained was truly
wonderful. I have now taken several
more bottles of your famous medicine,
and can say that I am entirely cured."
Mrs. HENRY DORR, NO. 806 Findley St.,
Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mrs. Pinkham :
"For a long time I suffered with
chronic inflammation of ' the womb,
pain in abdomen and bearing-down
feeling. Was very nervous at times, and
so weak I was hardly able to do any
thing. Was subject to headaches, also
troubled with leucorrhcea. After doc
toring for many months with different
physicians, and getting no relief, I had
. given np all hope of being well
again when I read of the great good
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was doing. I decided immedi
ately to give it a? trial. The result was
Bimply past belief. After taking four
bottles of Vegetable Compound and
using three packages of Sanative Wash
I can say I feel like a new woman. I
deem it my duty to announce the fact
to my fellow sufferers that Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable remedies have
entirely cured me of all my pains and
suffering. I have her alone to thank
for my recovery, for which I am grate
ful. May heaven bless her for the
good work she" is doing for our ses."
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Walking Gracefully.
Altliongh, perhaps, not "the most
excellent thing in woman" (that honor
having been accorded to "the low,
sweet voice"), yet, certainly, an at
tractive thing in woman is. a graceful,
pretty walk. The great fault with
English girls is that they walk too
stiffly, and they take too long strides.
The French and Spanish women both
know how to walk well. They walk
naturally, too. Quick, short steps
are to be avoided, just as well as iso
loug strides. It is the medium here,
as almost everywhere else, -that is
"happy." Dancing lessons av3 a more
valuable aid to this end than would
be commonly supposed.
Shirt "Waist Strliis Tlc.
Some of the newest string ties to be
worn with shirt waists are about a
foot longer than usual. These are
mostly ribbons, but they ave of th*
narrower widths. They are tied in a
regular bowknot in front, but wound
twice around the collar first, in the
same way as the wide ribbons so much
in vogue. The wider ribbons, how
ever, ave tied like a four-in-hand, or,
if tied once, a tiny little finger ring
is slipped ur, close to the top and
pinned securely at the back to the tie.
All kinds of set rings aie used in the
same way. This ia in imitatiou of
men's scarf rings, which come into
fashion occasionally for a short time
and then vanish again.-New York
Herald.
Lace Waists and Jackets.
Lace is being used for waists and
jackets to au extent that has not been
the fashion for a great many years. It
is combined with all sorts of material,
and in ways that at ona time would
have been thought too eccentric to be
possible. The heavier kinds of lace
ave more used than they were-iu:
deed, the body of the waist is almost
always of a guipure or Irish point, or
some such lace.
A very odd gown, but a most oflect*
ive one, of pale gray crepe do Chine
has bands of cloth on the skirt, put
on in straight and in scroll designs,
very much like those seen last whi
te v. The coat for this gown is made
entively of guipuve lace put over the
cloth, and on the sleeves ave long
bands of. the cloth cut work, as well
as on the front. Tho revers are of
white satin with lines of gray cloth '
on them. It is a very odd idea, but
one that has been most satisfactorily
carried out.-Harper's Bazar.
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Woman and Mouse.
It is an old, old story to accuse
?vomankiud of cowardice where the
mouse is concerned. But the oft-re
peated charge that any woman will
immediately go into hystevics or
spasms at the mere sight of a small
sized vodent is an insult to the sex.
Some may evince their dislike of
mice in this way, but there ave notable
and conspicuous exceptions. Por ex
ample, one woman, while engaged in
her domestic duties, encountered a
mouse in the flour barrel. Now.most.
women, under similar civcumstahces,
j would have tittered a few genuine
shrieks and then sought safety iu the
garret, but this one possessed move
than the ordinary degvee of genuine
courage. She summoned the man
servant and told him to get the gun,
call the dog and station himself at a.
convenient distance. Then she clam
bered half way upstairs and com
menced to prfnch tho flour barrel with
a pole. Presently the mouse made its
appeavance and started across the
[ floor. The dog at once went in - pur
suit. The mau fired and tho dog
dropped dead; the lady tainted and
fell downstairs, aud the man, think
ing that she was killed and fearing
that he would be arrested for the mur
der, disappeared and hus not been
seen since. The mouse escaped.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Revolutionary "Loaf-Giver."
If, as Buskin says, "loaf-^ 3vs"ave
those who see "that everybody has
somethiug nice to eat," Mrs. Biddle
Of tho Brandywine district certainly
earned that title during the revolu
tion.
It was in the summer of 1777, while
"Washington was encamped near the
Brandywine, that a number of British
foragers were reported to ba drawing
near. Feating, naturally, that a bat
tle might ensue, General Washington
issued orders for all women to leave
the camp as soon as possible. Mean
while he sent a party of "rebels" out
to disperse the British.
Mrs. Biddle, on hearing the order,
went at once to General Washington
and begged to be allowed to remain,
giving as her reason that the men
might return hungry aud that she
wished to be there to feed them.
Washington, recognizing the neces
sity, granted her request, and her
servant was sent off post haste to get
a supply of provisions ready for the
emergency.
After a brisk skirmish the foragers
were routed aud the pursuers came
back to camp tired and hungry and
ready to accept Mrs. Biddle's hos
pitality. As the men stepped into her
house, one after another remarked:
"Madam, we hear that you feed the
army today."
Over a hundred men were guests of
Mrs. Biddle at this quickly improvised
banquet.-New York Tribune.
Queen Wilhelmina.
It is Queen Wilhelmina now, and
all the Netherlands ave in high glee.
The young lady has made hevself ex
ceedingly popular with the common
people; of course a queen is always
popular with the nobility.
She has so many lucrative and hon
orable positions to bestow that those
who ave on the still hunt for them
will praise her either becauso they
really admire or because admiration
is a stepping stone to promotion. The
motive seems to be* an interested one.
It is not strange, therefore, that
titled hats ave in the air and titled
voices ave singing in tenor, baritone
and also soprano.
But when the populace, and espe
cially the somewhat phlegmatic Neth
ovlands populace, makes the welkin
ring, there is a certain genuineness
in theiv huzzas which is significant.
They need not put themselves out or
inconvenience themselves in any way
unless it is a pleasure to do so. Wil
helmina ha^ roused their enthusiasm
by the gracious qualities of her char
acter. She has earned their good
will and tbe'y are glad to acknowledge
that fact.
What especially interests us Ameri
cans ;s the young queen's views on
the subject of matrimony, She may
change them, but it will be a pity if
she duos. She han declared that when
she marries it will not be for political
reasons, but for old fashioned love,
Sho ?loo?? not propose that any man shall
become har o?nsort simply because he
betanga to one of the roy?! families
of Europe. She has independence
enough to say thut her lord am. mas
ter must be au honest man, ana as for
his social position, that is merely a
secondary detail. She will g'ive a
heart and expects to get a heart, a
whole one, too, in exchange.
That is strong ground for a royal
personage to occupy, and if she holds
it she will be a heroine as well as a
queen.-New York Herald,
The Perfect N?cfc.
"There ar? very few women who ave
endowed by nature with perfect neck
and shoulders, "said the high priestess
of physical beauty.
"Look at the many beautiful necks
seen on the stage," she continued.
"Lo you suppose that the owners
have not culled in aids to beauty to
briug them to such perfection? The
same may be said of Bociety women.
At the opera tier after tier of boxes
frame in gleaming shoulders perfect
iu contour and beautiful tints? How
many do you suppose there would be
were it not for the'art of which I am
a disciple?
"Necks can be literally made over.
Some one has laughingly called this
place a physical repair shop. I think
that is a little hard, stili in one sense
it is not a misnomer. I can take a
scrawny, yellow neck and transform
it into oue that Will bear comparison
with the ideal. It takes time and a
good deal of work, but it can be
done.
"First you must feed the flesh,"
she said. "The wasted tissues have
to be renewed, and this eau only be
dono by tho judicious nlse Of flesh
food. Cocoa butter is about the best
thing, but it must be used under the
skilled hand of a masseuse. Other
wise it does not produce the desired
effect. It is the combination of food
and rubbing that does the work. Tho
application of the cocoa butter to the
neck oud sboulders must be given
every day. Theu the masseuse slow*
ly and gently rubs it in and manipu
lates the flesh until the tissues are
strengthened and renewed* It is a
tedious process but it pays in the end,,
Electricity serves the same ends, but
must be used scieutitically.
"The high, stiff collar has ruined
many necks. It does untold injury in
discoloring and making the neck
scrawny. Wrinkles speedily form and
it is almost impossible to rea toro beauty
to the neck."
Fashion Note?.
White satin sleeves, covered with
cream or black lace or figured silk net
transform a waist whose sleeves were
originally plain black.
White lace coats fastened round the
waist with narrow bauds of black vel
vet ribbon aie heralded for the aftef:
noon tea hostess this winter. '
As a bordering for flounces narre tv
ribbon is now fashionable. Dark col?
ored materials are bordered with nar
row white taffeta ribbon, slightly
gathered.
Black gowns of lovely transparent
or Bemi-diaphanous weaves over silk
or satin, and in heavier materials for
clay wear, will take high place in the
ranks of fashion for the season before
ns.
Yard passementeriesT and narrow
jets ara not used this season. The 01^
namonts appear in the form of buckled
and long pins, with various ttdortt1
ments of large flattened slabs of cut
jets, oblongs and striking de?igns in
Cjolor.
Artificial fruit is much worn this
fall. Cherries are allowed to droop ott
the hair as flowers have hitherto heett
placed. Grapes are to be mingled
with dark violets, with which they
will harmonize iu color, and black
berries will be exceedingly popular.
Tho Layman's Tip,
To illustrate tho kind of lapse ot
reasoning power from which great in
ventors are known to suffer, like that
under influence of which Sir, Isaac
Newton cut one hole in a wall to let a
ca-t pass through and then a small
hole for the kitteu, an old story in the
life of S. F. B. Morse has been re
vived. Long before he invented the
telegraph Morse was known to t?e
officers of the pateut oflice as a persis
tent applicant for patents. When
his great invention of "distance writ
ing" was about completed he wanted
the Baltimore & Ohio Railway com
pany to try it. To get rid of him the
president of the road turned him over
to a surbordinate. This official was
struck with the beauty of the inven
tion and became so interested in it
that he sat up half the night discus
sing it with its inventor. At length
Morse confessed there was only one
thing which baffled him. "As long
as the railroad runs," he said, "where
poles may be erected, it will be easy
sailing, but when we come to the big
bridges, what is to be done then? We
can't erect pole's across the stream, and
without them the wire would sag and
perhaps break from its own weight. I
confess I don't know what to do.
Can't you suggest a way out of the
difficulty?"
"Why don't you fasten the wires to
the bridge?" asked his companion,
without a moment's hesitation. For
a moment Morse gazed at him with
open mouth, and then' exclaimed:
"Why not, indeed? Why, I never
thought of that. It's the very way."
The layman's tip put the finishing
touch to the great work of the great
inventor, and thus wires came to be
strung on bridges when crossing large
streams.-Chicago Record.
Electric Torpedo Boats.
Among the advantages to be looked
for in electric torpedo boats are- the
lack of flaming funnels aud noisy ma
chinery to give notice of approach,
freedom of risk from cut steam pipes
or wrecked boilers, diminished upper
works to serve as a target and ease
and rapidity of manipulation by the
commander with one hand on the con
troller. A writer in the Electrical
World suggests the possibility of pri
mary batteries. For a 140-foot boat,
with a displacement of 110 tons, en
giues of 2000 horse-power are neces
sary to give a speed of 25 knots, and a
weight of 75 tons is all that could be
allowed for batteries and motors.
Four motors of 500 horse-power each
would.weigh about 12 tons. This
would permit the carrying of 200
cells consisting of 13 zinc plates 18
incheo square and 12 plates of like
size of copper oxide compressed on
copper with an electrolyte solution of
strong caustic alkali. Glass jars of
19 inches cube, with water-tight cov
ers, would contain the elements. If
such battery would work satisfactorily
it should drive the vessel at full speed
for one hour, or about 100 miles at 10
knots.
Odorless Flowers.
By far the greatest number of flow
ers have no smell at all. For instance,
of the 4200 species of flowers in Eu
rope only about ton per oent..give forth
any odor. The commonest flowers
are white ones, of which there are
1194 kinde, and.of these one-sixth are
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?FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
Boiled Apples for Pl ss.
It is far bettor to cook fallen tipples
with pieces of pumpkin, beets, Carrots
and other vegetables from the garden
than to feed them to pigs raw. Then
if some meal or wheat middlings is
stirred in with the meas it will make
a feed that will not only be greedily
eaten, but will fit the pig for the
heavier feeding on corn that is needed
to make this pork solid, and not liable
to waste in the fryiug pan.
Pl ops Drilling for Grain?
One of the troubles in drilling grain
is that unless this seed is put ia deeper
than it Bhoald be, there is onlVaBmall
auioUUt of dry soil dropped over it?
and this is made so loose that Some
times when dry weather follows, the
grain does not get moisture enough to
germinate it. Sometimes the whble
surface is rolled down; But this
covors the seed mitch too deeply? To
obviate this, au attachment to the
drill has beeu devised, *which is a
w'heel following ia the track of the
grain tubes, and pressing the soil
closely about the seed just so soon as
it is covered. This leaves the ridge
for protection tb the yoting- grain iu
winter ot- spring, rta the ridge Will be
broken down by freezing, making a
fine covering fot the wheat roots?
Bhould they be heaved up by alternate
freezing and thawing;
Hoir to Cleaii A P?iiUrJr H?ns?;
Remove everything nests> perches>
and all? Pitt a pound of sulphur in an.
iron kettle; set it lit the middle Of the
house, put a Bboveliul of red hot Coals
into it, close the house up tight a?d
don't open it for two or three hours.
The house should be made tight so as
to hold the fumes ?nSide?
"While this is going on, take all the
-straw from the bests and burn it,then
paint the boxes with hot. coal tar;
Now prepare a good whitewash ftnd
whitewash every square of surface to
be seen, both inside and outside} and
you have a complete victory over the
mite?-. This is the Only way.that yon
can do if you are bothered with them.
A good spray piimp is quite u&efut
to force the wash in the cracks, add ?
little carbolic acid and coal oil will be
found beneficial When added to it.
The move you use the bettor,
Bapid Milking;
It is a common mistake to suppose
that the faster a cow . is milked the
better is the milk product drawu from
the udder. It is c?rt'?inly not so tin til
practice h?s beeil acquired) and the
muscles of the hand have been trained
so that the teats may be compressed
gently and withoht a]>pftrent effort.
The pulling and hauling of teats which
the beginner usually mak?s worries
the coy , and oft?n causes her to hold
Up the milk so that 110 one can rapidly
draw it-.. As a rule r<.ws should be
milked always by the same p?rsonV If
a change is made the Cow at ofice dis
covers it> aiid makes the milking
harder. The op?r?tion of milking, if
gently performed; is "a pleasuro to the
cow-. This pleasure promotes milk
secretion, so that it is not ?n absurdity
to say that a good milker will- get
more milk frbm ? cow at the
same milking than an unskillful >. one
could getj though each secured a]l_
that the udder would afford to Hind br
her. The change from otie milker tb
auothei is never made without some
loss. Therefore where a large herd
of cows have-to be milked, and several
milkers are employed, ea*h milker
should have assigned to him the Cows
he shall milk, instead of milking one
or another indiscriminately. The cow
Avili discriminate e^en if the milker
does not.
Setting Pout? in the Fall.
It is often difficult to dig post holes
in the fall because the ground is then
much dryer aud harder than it usually
is in the spring. But this is offset on
very wet land by the fact that the post
hole dug in spring often strikes veins
of water one or two feet deep, which
prove that tho land needs thorough
underdrainiug before any post fence
eau be depended on. If the post is
set in thc fall it is difficult to so pack
the soil around it that much water
from winter rains will not sink down
through the loosened earth, and this
freezing in winter will lift the post
one or two iuches each winter, until
it will fall over from the weight of top
and tho slight hold the posi has in
the soil. When ftost once begins to
raise a post it will not stop until it
has lifted tho post put unleBs it is re
set. Under the post lifted up is a
vacaut space which each fall fills with
water and freezes. Sometimes when
a feuce is made and the posts seem to
be rising each winter, tho farmer goes
beside the fence with a low wagon, on
which he stands so as to strike all the
heavier blows on the top of the post
to drivo it down. In our experience
spriu^-aet posts are least likely to be
heaved out in winter, and if post holes
are dug iu spring they will show
plainly where underdrains are needed.
The post hole three feet deep will
often show springs of water on high
land that has somehow been always
cold and thin, but because it was high
land was not often thought to be in
need of underdraiuing.-American
Cultivator.
Feeding Calves.
The matter of feeding calves would
seem to be no trick at all; but really
the health of the calf depends upon
the way it is fed. Some calves, like
infants, are small and puny, while
others are strong and hearty. The
puny calf should be allowed to run
with the cow a couple of days before
trying to feed it; but the stroLg calf,
after sucking once, .may be safely
taken away from the cow and fed. It
should be given fresh milk until it
has well learned the manner of .drink
ing, wheu milk may be skimmed after
stauding twelve hours. It should be
warmed to the temperature of cows'
milk when first drawn.
When first trying to teach the calf
to drink, put two fingers iu his mouth
and with the right hand gently push
his head into the pail. It is natural
for calves to look up for their milk,
and this seems to be the most difficult
part iu teaching them to driuk. After
they begin to suck the fingers and
draw the milk, the fingers may be
gradually withrawn from the mouth.
Most calves will learn to drink in a
coupl? of days, but once in a while
there will be a stubborn one, and al
though it seems most cruel they have
to be starved to it. *
A tin or galvanized pail is better to
feed calves in than wood. They are
lighter and easier to handle, may be
kept clean with much less work, and
when ono wishes to warm the milk it
may be poured into the pail and set on
the back part of the Btove until warm
snough, When milk is warmed in
cans or pane, it sometimes so adheres
ko them that lt io almost iupossiblt to
get them clean enough to hold milk
again. -Agricultural Epitoniist,
Panning; Itos?fU
l? the cases of climbing or running
or pillar roses the encl desired is as
great an amount of bloom as the plants
are capable of bearing. Such plants
are, as a rule, strong growers, and if
the soil fertility is kept up they are
capable of producing aa immense
number of good blooms; Perfection^
of form and largd size of bloom is not
a direct bbject,as ia the case of hybrid
perpetu?is, hybrid teas and hybrid
tea roses, where close pruning is te*
sorted to to attain such results. How
ever, the gardener or pruner must use
his judgment in regard to the capacity
of the plant? Knowing the plant to
be of a vigorous Variety, aud in good
condition., as shown by the growth of
wood of the previous year, it is safe to
assume that it will be able to carry
nearly as much bloom as can set on
the strong canes and shoots of the
last year's growth; It is always to be
understood that *.h? soil fertility is
mai?taided in <ibe highest condition
by the use of it?ble manure or arti
ficial fertilizem The essential prim
ing, therefore^ of climbing roses; ih
the condition mentior consists in
shortening in.the long canes by re
moving some of the smalleir growth at
theii tips) which waa uiade late iu the
season, aud also shortening i? last
year's growth frOm the older canes,
allowing us many buds to each Shoot
as, ih tile judgment of the prunerjiuay
bo well deve!o2)ed the Coniiug season.
Thus it will be seen that the work of
pruning roses demands the exercise of
the judgment of the pf un?r, based oh
. a kdowfedge of the plant; But to for
mulate pruning directions as closely
as possible the following statements
may be Observed: .
]> Cut rtwny entirely all dead wood
aud alt old canes that are ho longer
.serviceable, and all weak shoots.
2? Lenvo as many principal canes
aB the plant appears capable of sup
porting;
8; Shorten the principal canes to
stroug, ftouud wood.
4; Shorten the shoots Of last year's
growth to a few buds (four to six)
from which the plant will be able to
produce new shoots sufficient to covet
the whole space of the trellis, or that
occupied-by the main canes;-Vick's
Magazine;
i*oriItry Notes.
?)o?'t feed too ni?ch. Fat hens are
inactive aud do not lay.
Watch with cate the young turkeys
or they may wander away and become
lost.
Let the hen work for all she gets
and you will soon have her laying
eggs;
Millions of lice are being bred every
day? and how many of them do ydu
breed?
Save th? small potatoes for the
Chickens and do not leave them to go
to waSte in the patch;
If the ducks are loosiug their feath
ers, pick them, and you will be well
paid; Do not let them waste their
feathers;
''Crowding is a foe to thrift." How
true is this maxim. When farmers
once learn that a flock of twenty
five hens will be moro profitable than
a flock bf one hundred they will find
more ready cash in the business;
Crowded quarters invite disease, grow
lice, make hens unprolific, and soofi
make the venture a financial failure;. .
Political Secrets Sold in China;
Discussing Dr. Morrison's suoces?
in Pekin in his capacity as Times oor
respondent, the London correspond
ent of the Manchester Guardian says
it has surprised no oue who knows
how busiuess is trausncted in the Ya
mens in Pekin, and indeed all over
China. It is done more or less coram
populo. The Yam'en ministers, each
with his servants,, sit at small ebony
tables, the foreign minister sitting at
another. The large hall in which the
meeting takes place contaius a num
ber of screens behind which sit secre
taries, scribes, and the like, who
record the conversation that takes
place, and in an hour official Pekin
knows all about it. All tho legations
have officials in the Ynmenin their
pay, who report everything that takes
place to them, give them copies of
dispatches., telegrams, forthcoming
imperial decrees, important secret
memorials., and the like. Any one
who knows the very single and unso
phisticated methods of corruption
prevalent among Chinese oificials and
who is ready to pay the price can get
all this information as well as the
legations, and Dr. Morrison has
availed himself of this state of things
as well as tho foreign representatives
in Pekin. To complniu, as the for
eign office did, of the disclosure of the
Talieuwan negotiations as unpatriotic
conduct on the part of the correspond
ent was ridiculous. ( Every minister
in Pekin knew nil about it, and through
the same chaunel as the correspond
ed, whose merit is that he has been
the first to avail himself for newspaper
purpos s of sources of information ac
cessible to every intelligent anti adroit
man who will spend the money in ac
quiring it.
Lord Coleridge's Umbrella Decision.
The law as to umbrellas was settled
once for all by Lord Coleridge in a
leading English cause. His lordship
held:
"Umbrellas, properly considered,
are a part of the atmospheric or me
teorological condition, and, as suoh,
' there can be no individual property
right in them. In Sampson vs.
Thompson defendant wao charged
with standing on plaintiff's front steps
during a storm and thereby soaking
,u]j a large quantity of rain to which
plaintiff was entitled. But thc court
held that the rain was any mau'srain,
no matter where it fell. It followed,
therefore, that the umbrella is any
man's umbrella. In all ages rain and
umbrellas have gone together, and
there is no reason why they should be
separated by law. An umbrella may,
under certain circumstances-the chief
of which is possession-take on the
attributes of personal property, just
as if a man set a tub and catch a quan
tity of rain water, that rain water will
be considered as his personal beloug
ing while it is in his tub. But if the
sun evaporate tho water and it is rained
down again, or if the tub be upset and
the water spilled, the attribute of
personal ownorship disappears. So,
if a man hold his umbrella in his hand
it may be considered a personal be
longing, but the moment it leaves his
hand it returns to the great, general,
indivisible, common stock of umbrel
las, whither the law will not attempt
to pursue it."
So far as we know there has never
been a successful appeal from thia
decision.-Chicago News.
Sugar-Honey,
A substitute for honey has been in
troduced in Germany under the name
of sugar-honey, and consista of en*
gar. water, minute amounts pf nain?
mi DUbBtanoos and freo add,
A Father's Story.
Vrotn the Evening Crescent, Appleton, WU.
A remarkable cure from a disease which
has generally wrecked tho lives of cl) ll dren,
and left them la a condition to Which death
Itself would be preferred, has attracted, a
prent amount of attention among the resi
dents of the west end of Appleton.
The case ls that of little Willard Creech,
son of Riobard D. Creech, a well known
employe of one of the large paper mills in
tho Fox River Valley! The ladwasattaoked
by spinal disease and his parents had given
up all hope of his ever being Well again
when, as by tt mirat?lef he.was healed and Is
now In school as happy as any of his mates.
Mr. Creech, the father of the boy, who,
resides at 1003 Second Street, Appleton,
Wisconsin, told the following story:
ile ?oes to SchooU
"Cur boy was absolutely helpless. His
lower limbs werj paralyzed, and when we
Used electricity he could not feel lt below
his hips. Fiualiy wo let the doctor go as
ho did not seem to help our son and we
ndarly gavd up hone. Finally my mother
who 11V"S In Canada wrote advising the use
of Dr. Williams' Fink Pills fof Pale Peo
ple and I bought some.
"This was when our boy had been on the
stretcher foran entire year and helpless for
nine months. In six weeks after taking
tho .pills We noted signs of vitality In
Ills logs, und In four months he was able to
go toschool.
"It is two yeafs since he took the first of
tho pills and he ls at school now just as
happy and Well ns any ot the other chil
dren. It was nothing else In tbe world
that saved the boy than Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills for Pale People."
Warship Visitor Knew It AIL
Visitors to the warships, while al
ways treated with the utmost cour
tesy, are sometimes frightfully exas
. perating. At Hampton Roads a party
of four women were poking about the
Texas one afternoon. One Of them
acted as cicerone fot the others, and
talked incessantly lil a Shrill voice,
frequently mentioning that she had
always bved the sea. She was full of
nautical terms, and flung them about
In the most bewildering fashion. Com
ing to a capstan, she sat down with
the remark: "And this, my dears, is
the binnacle.'*
Captain Phillp, who was standing
by, had listened with equanimity to
many such remarks, but this was the
last straw.
"1 beg your pardon, madam," he
said, "but oh this ship we call that
the Capstan.''
Up jumped the woman, with flam
ing cheeks. 'Td have you k?iow, sir,"
she cried, "that ? know ? binnacle
from ? capstan, and this, sir, is d
binnacle, i have doted on the sea
life nil my life."
"Madam," said Philip, with his hat
in Eis hand, "i beg your paruon
again, it must be a binnacle, it shall
be a binnacle, if ? ever hear uny of
my men calling it a capstan hereafter'
I will put them in the brig.'*
The woman' turned to ti. young
cadet glittering in gold lace tis Philip'
in his civilian dress, disappeared down
the companionway.
"Who is that man?" she asked.
The young cadet was soft of heAfb
although hard of . muscle. He didnt
.tell her.-NeW York Sun.
Difficult t? Stop.'
Experiments seem to show a large
ocean steamer, going nineteen knots
an hour, will move over a distance of
two miles after its engines are stopped
and reversed, and no authority gives
less than a mile and a half as the re
quired space to stop its progress. The
violent collisions in some cases during
fogs may thus be accounted for.
Vice Versa.
Blinkers-Hello, Winkers, I hear
yon married a woman with an inde
pendent fortune. Winkers (sadly)
No-o; I married a fortune with an in
depen dent woman.
Dont Tobacco Spit and Smoko Your Life Airar*.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To
Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, COc or ll. Curo guaran
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The largest organ in tho world is in the
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The readers of this paper will be pleased to
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that science has been able to euro in all its
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medical fraternity. Catarrh heine a constitu
tional disease, requiresaconstltutlonaltreat
ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure IstaKon internally,
neting directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of ttio system, thereby dostroyiii^ the
foundation of the disease, and giving the pa
tlentstroneth by hulldinguptheconstitution
and nssi-tinL.' nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith In its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that lt fails toenre. Sendforlist
of testimonials. Address
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Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the beBt.
Spain has greater mineral resources than
any other country in Europe.
No-To-liac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
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More than half of the mahogany supply
In the United States comes irom Mexico.
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF HfiS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
"known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
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all the importance of purchasing the
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as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
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effects, please remember the name of
tho Company-~
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BUSH EAR A BAD ON&
Origin of the Trouble With the Bear Lake
Indians.
'The trouble with the Bear Lake In
dians, a branch of the Leech Lake
tribe? originated nbont eight months
ago, when an attempt was made by
Deputy Marshal Warren of White
Earth to arrest the Chief of the Bear
Lakes, who la known as Bush Ear.
H? is the head of the most lawless
band of Indians in Minnesota, about
300 In number, who live on on island
in Leech Lake, thirty miles north of
Walker, Cass County.
Busb Ear and nine of his tribesmen
were "wanted" for resisting an officer
of the United States Government.
Three or four of the aborigines were
charged with the illicit sale of whis
key, and the others were "wanted" aa
witnesses "against them. The men
were ugly from the start, and gave
open utterance to threats against the
white men of the neighborhood.
Matters began to look serious, but
a band of peaceable Leech Lake In
dians went to Bear Island and per
suaded some of the savages that if
they did not give up the Marshal
would send many of them to "the
happy hunting grounds." As a re
sult of this coaxing, all bot Chief
Bush Ear surrendered and were duly
tried at the Duluth term of the United
States District Court. Some were sen
tenced to sixty days in jail and oth
ers got off with thirty days.
Bush Ear kept out of the way and
in the meantime continued to boast of
his prouves s and to threaten Marshal
O'Connor and his Deputies with death
should they become foolhardy enough
to approach within 500 yards of him.
Young bucks encouraged him and
promised to follow his lead. All this
time- the officers were scheming to get
Bush Ear without shedding blood.
They thought their opportunity was
coming on th^ regular Government
pay-day. '
Bush Ear was among the first to '
apply for money, Deputy Marshal Mor
rison had the pld warrant ready, and
seized Bush Ear and a companion,
who had also stirred up strife. The
Indians were informed that they were
charged with violating the liquor
laws and with resisting officers, but
that the penalty would not be severe.
Bush Ear was suspicious, and be
lieved that he was to be shot as the
chief offender. He was allowed to
confer with some of the Bear Island
Indians before he was taken to the
reservation Jail. Whefi night came
on the red men effected ^he release of
their Chief, and all escaped to their
island home, a distance of thirty
miles. Here they stirred up the re
mainder of the tribe to resistance and
held war dances, secured arms, and
prepared for desperate resistance.
Further acts of lawlessness, Includ
ing thievery and othev depredations,
resulted in a determination upon the
part of the authorities to arrest and
punish the offenders.
Beauty Is Blood Deep.
Clean blool mears a clean skin. No
beauty wtthont lt.. Cascareis. Candv Cathar
tic clean your blood add keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
I purities from the body. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, bolls, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious completion by taking
Cascarets4-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, lQc, 25c, 50c.
Mexico has an X-ray apparatus to be used
for inspecting canned meats and fruits.
Lyon <fcCo> ?'PJekLeaf " Smoking Tobacco
stands unrivalled for purity and flavor. Made
from th? purest, ripest and sweetest Tobacco.
It will please you. Try lt (
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething,softens tho gums, reduces Inflamma
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Fits permanently cured. No flts or nervous
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The valuo of the diamonds, saophires and
rubles on Mohammed's tomb ls $12,100,000.
To Care Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarete Candy Cathartic. 10c or 23c.
If C. C. C. fall to cure, druggists reta nd money.
Coal is doarer in South Africa than in any
other part of the world.
CURES fiersile'?
EFFECTED BY vJCI dllC O
One Bottle (
I sold your G
to a young lady
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not pay for it.
cured and has b
Moore's Bhdg<
If there Is any Cos
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seph's Liver Regula
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it from your druggist,
or send us as cents
and we will send you
a package, prepaid.
Suffered from Change of 1
My wife was sick for seven years, suffer:
Change of Life. We tried everything we co
the doctors and paid out a considerable su
ment without any good result. We then
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the greatest remedy for suffering females
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If your druggist does not keep i
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Two Grateful Women Tell of the
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The climax of life force in woman is <
The first requisite for a good mother :
Health of body means health of the
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In childbirth it is a perfect boon. Ihavt
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WE PAY THE FREIGHT.
This Conch, frelgi* poid, $9.70.
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Female Panacea,
Stired Where Physician Failed.
IKRSTLCS FEMALE PANACEA (G. F. P.)
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After taking one bottle she waa entirely
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ead what Mrs. G. A. NONN A WA KEB,
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?,y Mrs, Fi??KB8?5i*ii ASvlce BB?Me?ids^
