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tmi.nt. of msny thousands of caw
tv " cilninio weaknesses aud distressing
J, urt-uliar to females, at the Invalids'
a and rut"-" ,
,", g vast experience in nicely adapt
hlv testing remedies for the
,,Joma"'8 paculiar iiialadU.
L Pierce's favorite Prescription
r ..Mtornwih. or result, of this great and
lie Mperienee. Thousands of tcetimo
. wcwvcd fio" patient and from physi
have tested it iu the more aptrra-
j and obstinate cases wnicn naa tanned
f kill, prove it to lie the most wonderful
Jvevi-r devised for the relief and cure of
' 'L omen. H is not recommended as a
.,11 " but as a must perfect tepecilic for
uin'inviiliur ailment.
..piwerful, in vlKoratliiff Ionic,
mourn struiiKta to the whole system,
io Uie womb and its apiieuduiree in
-iniiar For overworked, "worn-out,"
1111," debilitated k-aebers. milliners,
uakcrt. seamstresses, "shop-girls," riouse--
mirsmir mothers, and feeble women
-llt Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
,..r,t. earthlv boon, being unequaled
I ..nMiing eonlial and restorative tonio.
L a lootliliig and treugbeiiiiig
J and i invaluable In allaying and sub
, nervous excitability, irritability, ex
.non prostration, hysteria, spasms and
, dw reusing, nervous symptoms com
iruttndant upon functional and orgiinio
i, the womb. It iuduees refreshing
, and relieves mental anxiety aud do-n7-
. .
llr. Pierre's rironif i-rticrifoun
t If Bill v1 wi,ntiij
-Minded by an experienced and skillful
nin. and adapted to woman's delicate
uaition. It is purely vegetable in its
imilion and perfectly harmless in Its
am any condition of the system. For
3101 siauess, or nausea, from whatever
-infinir, wink stomach, indigestion, dys--i
and kindred symptoms, its use, in small
. will prove very benrtlrial.
laiorlie Preicriplioia " In a post,
irfure for the most complicated and ob
t onet) of leuoorrhea, exeessiie flowing,
ml menstruation, unnatural Bupiresioiis,
imuior falling of the womb, weak back,
nale weakness, ''antcversion, retroversion,
.najfriwii sensations, chronio congestion,
.inmation and ulceration of the womb, in
nition, puin and tinilcrness Id ovaries,
mimnit'd with "internal heat."
Hi 1 regulator and promoter of fnno-
u action, at that critical period ot change
'iprlhooii to womanhood, "Favorite Pre
:iq "ii perfectly safe remedial agent,
ran produce only good results. It is
rfmitcioti and valualile in its efTocts
n'talcn tor those disortlers and derange
8 incident to that later and most critical
Onmyn ns "The t'hnnge of Life."
litorlle Prescription," when taken
tt!DPctk'n with the use of Dr. Pierce's
m M "ileal Discovery, and small laxative
sot Dr.Pieree's Purijfttive PeHets (Little
f Pills', cures Liver. Kidney and llladder
im. Their combined use also removes
4 aims, and abolishes cancerous and
fnlmia tumors from the system,
tamrlic I'renrrlptlon is the only
'Mil'- for women, sold hv drii'irists. under
ponllive guarantee, from the inauu-
-ircra, mat it win give sat iiiaetion in every
.(irmoney will be refunded. This guaran
isit been printed on the bottle-wrapper,
lairhfullr carried out for msnv years,
irff holllra '1(0 doses; $1.00,or aiz
illra lor (l.i.00.
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va iWO paifts, paper-coverodj, scud ten
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pi's Dispensary Medical association,
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PISTOLS VERSUS SABEES.
A. Cavalry Officer Prefer the Former
Billy the Kld'a Quickness.
Captain Hall, of tbe United State
Cavalry, is a very interesting personal
ity. He is a Missourian, but has been so
long in the service that "if asked from
whence he came" the answer would be
the army rather than Howard County,
Mo. In physique and nature he fc al
most the ideal of a btau mbreur, allowing
for the contradiction that he entertains
in antipathy to the sabre. He is rather
tall and apparently slender, but so firmly
knit that his strength is much beyond
tho ordinary. In arguing for the aban
donment of the sabre and the substitu
tion of the revolver he has to advance
against the protests of many old officers,
who stick to the ancient weapon of the
mounted soldier.
"I began to connider the superiority of
the modern pistol over the sabro, he
said last week in his quiet way, "some
years ago. The conviction that it is the
best Dossible wemwn for cnvnlmr n-.
forced on me as I studied tho w.iy to get
at the hiirlieet possible efficiency for inv
troop. With a modern revolver a fairly
koou stioicau aenver nve destruethe
hrcs, w hile the best swordsman makes a
single destructive stroke. The swords
man must bo within a few feet of his ad
versary, while the revolver is accurate at
long distances. Against infantry urmed
with unproved repeating rifles the sabre
is at a great disadvantage. Under the
conditions that confront the cavalry in
practical service here in tho Un'itod
States, it is hardly a more buiUbie
weapon than a tomahawk.
"I wish to see the sabre disenrded. be
cause as long as it is retained the train
ing necessary to develop rapid and ac
curate use of the better weapon is next
to impossible. To secure tho full beuetit
of the revolver in actual warfare, every
jiiuiviuuai soniier must te awe to deliver
fire with certainty at full speed and in
all positions. ThiH is a dillicult art, as
anybody will see who tries it. There is
generally but one instant in the act of
firing when the object iB covered and that
instant must be used. While sjieaking
of that I may add another advantage of
tho revolver. The soldier can use it
against an enemy approaching from any
direction, except behind h'm on tho lt-t
flank and a skilful horseman and trained
shot can cover himself even there. To
return, the training in both horseman
ship and the use of the arm must be
thorough. I'ew men can discharge a
heavy army pistol with regular ell'ect.
The recoil will cause an overshoot, or
haste will cause undershooting. If tho
forefinger is thrown too far over the
trigger, the pistol will be pulled in the
act of tiring to the right, or if it d os not
catch the trigger firmly enough the bullet
often goes to the left. The mnn who is
a dead shot with a target pistol, or witli
larger calibre, in deliberate snooting
may be tho worst bungler in snap shoot
ing on horseback witn tuch on
we must have in service.
"In handling a revolver the motion
should lie upwurd. Tho object should
be coverod by raising the barrel to the
line of sight, not by lifting it tip ami
throwing it clown. It is as absurd to
raise a pistol high in the air and throw
it down on an object as to do tho snmo
thing on gamo with a shot-gun. One
who follows that awkward style loses
time and accuracy. If he had to defend
hisjlife against a really qniek shot he
would lose it almost certainly."
, Cnpt. Hall then showed tho correct
metnod of handling tho weapon. Tak
ing a hammer-pistol without cartridges
ho snapped it five times with marvelous
rapidity, tho thumb catching tho ham
mer and the weight of the jiistol cock
ing it in the downward motion. Tho
whole was done with a simplo wrist
movement, very much in contrast with
the elaborate swingings of tho ordinary
amateur.
"In the Southwest," lie resumed, "I
knew Billy the Kid, and rather cultivated
his acquaintance for tho purjiose of get
ting ot tho secret of his killing so many
men without getting shot in return.
Ho was not a very brave man, and not
at all a museular ono. His secret was
an nnrivalled quickness in handling tho
revolver. Thoro nas not a waste move
ment aliout his style. Almost quicker
than tho eye could follow his hand would
travel to lfis right side (by the way, tell
you Eastern friends when they start for
the plains to never wear a pistol on the
left Mile unless they intend to shoot it
with the left baud), draw the pistol and
fire. I can get at and use one with
tolenib'e quickness, but I have made a
test with him frequently, and he always
... t tun m'l'iimito Ehots he-
fore I could pull the trigger once. He
killed his men by picking a quarrel and
insnltinn tliem. He would wait until
Rtnrted to draw his pistol,
nA V.n like lie-htnino- tret his own and
.knni Tlim l.e nlw-.ivs had a pica of
lf.r!nfr,iifl. Think of tho cool cwnfl
dence in hia skill which would justify a
mn in nvtrsnintr suoh a course. Yet he
could do it and not be a brave man
either. He was really playing a game
in which b was certain to win. It was
. bum thinrr.
"Precisely the same sort of confidence
is what I would like to have my men to
have. Of course, not one soldier mi
thousand could approach Billy's dexter
itv, but all could be sure of hitting a
man at a distance of over fifty yards no
matter whether the horses were quiet, on
a run, or pram ing about, as horses will
do when excited. That confidence u
worth more than mere courage, ana
jrives an efficiency under severe trial
which beats bravery without confidence
hollow. Until the prejudice of the
older officers against exchanging tiie
sabre for the ristol is removed, it will
be hard to give a troup the training it
ought to have. That nng out .there
indicates what I try to do 'eu.car1;
I have tbe men ride around the target
and shoot at it in every way they woulU
have to know in actual encounters.
CHIXDKEH TKAVEL ALONE.
Intrusted to the Care of Railroad
Ken for Long Journeys.
" No children shipped without pa
rents." This is the rule that the rail
road companies are thinkingof adopting
to put a stop to the apparently increas
ing practice of consigning children to
the tender mercies of train conductors,
to be canned perhaps half way aeross
the continent aud turned over to friends
at the destination. Once the conditions
of railroad travel were such that to send
a child in this fushiou by mil was to
lose the child in nine cases out of ten.
But railroad methods have developed,
and with this development parents and
friends have thought it safe to put a
tag ujxin their little ones and send them
off upon their lonely travels. On rail-
damp, and have perfect ventilation. The
i - i i .
jieuvier articles, suon as ice ana meat,
are put in through the sidewalk with
derrick and hoist, which relieves the
kitchen of a good deal of unpleasant
ness as every housekeeper may imagine.
THE SHADDOCK.
A Fruit from China That ia Becom
ing' Generally Liked.
Tile shaddock, or "grape fruit," as it
is sometimes called, is u tropical fruit
mat people in tins country are just com
ing to know and learning to like. Every
body has seen the big, light yellow
gioues on tne lrnit stands in tlie streets,
and about everybody has tasted them.
The verdict is usually disapproval.
Most people, when thev bite into their
initial shaddock, have their mouths made
up for the taste of an orange. The acid
ulous, piquant flavor of the shaddock is
road and by steamship these travelers " t,1B nature of a disagreeable surprise,
go, and it was only the other day that ' "1 41,0 fruit at once set down as not
three tots arrived at Castle Garden way- i enticing.
billed to Texas, but with not a soul that
knew them to offer a protecting arm.
" The Pennsylvania Bailroad discour
ages this practice," said Assistant Pas
senger Agent Tile recentlv.y. " The
care and responsibilities are too great.
But notwithstanding the obstacles
thrown in tho wuy, consignments of
children still come to us, and, of course,
we do our lest to look out for them. It
is not uncommon for poor people to
come to us with children that they want
delivered in the far west along our lines
or on a line with which we connect
Sometimes they are old enough to be
mtmstetl with tickets anu sucn money
as they may need on tho way, but this
is not always tho case.
"When the youngsters are very small
the practice is for friends to pay down
to uh the entire expense connected with
currying their precious freight. We
then start tho child on its way and tclo
graph to our agents' along the line to
pay over such and such an amount to
the child wanderer, as it may lie needed.
Tho conductor looks out for the travel
ers meals, and so the journey is made
comfortably aud safely. But, as I say,
this is a tedious business and we don't
like to undertake it. It was once a pop
ular practice to turn over children bound
on long journeys to the Pullman Palace
Car Company, but now it also lights
shy of the business. "
Said an old oilicial connected with the
passenger department of tho Philadelphia-
aud BeailingBailroad: "Our con
ductors are quito frequently asked to
look after ehildn n that travel wilhout
parents or friends. But it is generally
only a short trip. Tho instances in
which wo turn over these minora to
connecting lines are very rare indeed."
Tho most notable cases of long jour
neys for friendless iittlo ones are met
with in tho immigrant homes. Poverty
will drive parents to run great risks,
mid they will send over from tho old
country their children to travel across
arm as i water and land to friends in tho now
country of tho West Perhaps for
months they will not hear of tho hups
and mishaps of tho jouruey, trusting to
the interest of strangers and tho faith
fulness of railroad officials to speed the
trip. Only a tag fastened oliout tho
neck or to the buttonhole shows the
destination.
Ktrnnircr, tie kind to thin ere pnp. -And
always keep him rijjht nidc up.
These were the epigrammatic! direc
tions that carried a poor cur to tho end
of his ionrney not long ago. But when
similar tactics are tried with human
freight, tho railroads are inclined to re
sist and rebel against fulfilling theotlico
of traveling nurse. l'mlailclphia xmh
ord. VANDERBILT'S KITCHEN.
Where a S 10,000 Cook Prepares the
Food in Silver-Lined I tens lis.
No Interruption Intended.
Little Charlie whose grandfather is a
Baptist minister, dinner.tte
sonage the other day. He lived lata
hotet.nd before his venerable , grand
parent begma the "ftinl
begun eating voraciously, ''if0,0
mind me, grandpa," he renter
tween mouthfuls, when the J
monstrated, go right on with your
blessing." Fhila. Press.
Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt's chef has had
suoh renown that the temple in which
he moves and the altar at which he of
ficiates must be of interest, writes a New
York correspondent. Both are worth
his cost to import and worthy his talents.
Mr. Vanderbilt's kitchen is really very
beautiful to tho eye. The purity of mar
blo, the lustre of tiles and the gleam of
metal are what one foes. The floor is
of marble, tho shelves, the tables, tho
sinks, all tho tilings thot are randy
moved are of marble and cut with the
precision of jewels. The walls are lined
with cream enameled tiles and all the
angles are covered with brass nioulilings.
Where these meet tho doors and win
dows they are covered with these metal
mouldings, dispensing even with wood
en trimmings. Tho ceiling is made of
whito enamelled tiles set in cement.
But one does not imperil the head
of a $10,000 cook with a loosely
set brick, so each tile is also
F.eoured with raised metal lnilts.
Accenting all this gleam of white and
metal is the large double range. It is
set in one corner, under a largo semi
circular hood, enriched with embossed
copper ornament", Bnd swung from iron
bars wrought in spirals and foliations.
This hood is so powerful an agent in
carrying off the odor and greasy steam
that it will waft from the hand a greasy
newspaper held under it.
The cooking utensils are in in keep
ing with all this splendor. They are of
copper, with wrought iron handles,
many of them ornamented, and some of
them have been copied from special
Eiecesin the Cluny and other museums,
luxnrions cooking utensils are indeed
the thing of the moment, and a wedding
present not disdained is a set of copper-silver-lined,
such as are now displayed
among gems and gold at the jewelers.
Leading from the kitehen to the but
ler's pantry are spiral stairs entirely
closed in glass to shut out possible odor,
yet retain the light. And this is so suc
cessfully done uiataitnougn tne Kitcnen
is directly below the dining-room and
tmtler'a pantry nothing disagreeable
makes its way aloft.
Before referring to another attach
ment of this kitchen, allusion should be
made to the drains and hose outlet, in
the centre of the marble floor, for it is
bv a hose which may play fearlessly in
any fart of the room that the kitchen
is "kept clean. Cunectel with the
kitchen aud built under the sidewalk,
is a series of vaults. These are for ice,
meat, vegetables, milk and eggs, and
are built in three sections of hollow ma
sonry, that they may be kept free from i
Shaddocks mast be eaten rightly, and
really to like them is in most instances
an acquired taste. Very few of the peo
ple who out shaddocks habitually, and
sliaddtH'k eating is a habit with some
people, but hud to learn to like them.
Another cause for the slow growth in
popular favor of the sliaddock is that it
is impossible to tell by the oppeuranco
of a shaddock whether it is ripe or not.
An unrijie shaddock ia as disagreeable
to the taste as a rio one is pleaaut, und
it often happens that an experimenter's
first shaddock is a green one, and bo
cause it is so soar as to make his jaws
seem loosened, he condemns all shad
docks because of this one. The color of
tho shaddock is a pale yellow, almost
green in its paleness, and this color
deepens but Iittlo after the shaddock has
attained its full size, which is anywhere
from the size of a base bull to the size of
a small foot ball, though it takes a week
or two of sunshine to thoroughly ripen
a shaddock after it has attained its full
size. Shaddock grow on a tree that
looks much like an orange tree like it,
lieing an evergreen. They grow very
thickly all over the tree, much more
thickly than oranges.
"I have seen a little twig no bigger
than my Iittlo finger," said a fruit deal
er recently, "with five or six big shad
docks on it The twig didn't look strong
enough to hold their weight, A com
paratively small tree will often beur as
many as 2,000 shoddoeks at a time.
They grow rapidly and easily wherever
oranges grow, and they are rapidly com
ing into favor with tho public. Down
South they are much liked, and nearly
everybody eats them. But in tho North
they are less known, I presume there
are 300 or 400 barrels of them sold here
in Washington each week, though the
sales this season have not been as large
as last. Their season is just the sanio
as that of tho orange, and they are
packed and shipped just as oranges are.
Tho taste for tlmm is an acquired ono,
though, just as tho taste for tomato is.
A Florida fruit paper a short time ago
priutcil an article to the etlcct that tnere
was a fortune awaiting the mini who had
nerve enough to plant a shaddock grove.
They ore certainly on the riso to popular
favor, and I would not Ihj surprised if
they should come to bo as mucli eaten
as oranges are.
The shaddock is a native of China, it
is said, and the story goes that a naval
officer who ato and liked them thoro
brought homo some of the seeds and
planted them in Florida. For a long
while the trees were valued only for
their pieturesqueness. Finally, though,
Southern people got to liking the fruit,
and now tiio taste is spreading all over
the country. They are sometimes called
graiws frutt, on occount of their tart
flavor, and there is a quite general im
pression that shaddocks grow on vines;
but Southern people, tho story goes, for
wunt of a better name, gave them that
of tho navy captain who introduced
tho fruit into this country. Shaddivks
aro also grown in Lower California,
though most of them come from Florida.
They are sold on tfio fruit stands, aC'
orirding to size, at from 5 cents apiece to
three for a quarter, or, for very largo
ones. 15 cents apiece. They vary in
quality as much as orangesdo, and while
tho good ones are very good, the Pad ones,
if green, are very bad. Those with
smooth, bright skins are the best, and
as to getting green ones, it is impossible
to tell whether a shaddock is ripe witn
out tasting it. Washington Critic.
Instinct of the Elephant.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
TrfE smallest horse in the world made
its appearance at Ilucine. Wis., lately.
It is a Shetland pony and weighs 42
pounds. It is 2 feet 5 inches high, and
2 feet 3 inches long, and resembles a
dog more than a horse.
It is stated that M. Pasteur's plan of
exterminating the rabbits by inocula
tion with transmittablo virus has proved
to be a failure in Australia. The reward
of $100,000 offered by the N. S. W. gov
ernment for an effective mode of de
stroying the rodents is as yet unclaimed.
Paris is to have a beauty show, where
the first prize will be $6,000, aud the
public will be invited to make bete upon
the different contestants. Leghorn re
cently hud such a show, but the exhib
its were so unsatisfactory that the aud
ience broke up the allair by hissing
them off the stage.
The government constables at Corea
have killed a rich man named Boku
because he paid tho entire tax levy of
his poor town out of his own ptx-'ket.
They thought that was proof enough
that lie wauted to clutch tlie throne.
Tli is will probably destroy the crop of
phihinthrophy in Corea.
Among the eight points to be sub
mitted to the International Conference
of next October ono is "tho adoption of
a common silver coin to be issued tv
each Government, tho same to be legal
tender in all commercial transactions
Is twcen the citizens of all the American
State."
KlNfiMATAZtK.of the Western Aahan-
tees. ridicules Kaiser William's plan of
marking his favorite slaves with stars
and ribbons that might get last by acci
dent, and informed a German, traveler
that his own courtiers are distinguished
for life by a tatoo etched in by means
of a scraping iron and the acrid juice of
a species of euphorbia, leaving an iu-
dellible pule spot ou a background of
black hide.
them and blowing them ia p"'eos. Last
winter, when the cruisers Boston mwl
Aiianta were in West India watera,
they experimented, destroying every
derelict they run across by firing heavy
projectiles into them from the six-incb
and eight-inch guns. It may have been
a little more expensive way of destroy
ing tlie wrecks than if toipedoes had
been used, but it afforded, however, a
good opportunity for target practice and
a chance to note the destructive effect
of the heavy shells.
A question of much delicacy and in
terest is whether tlie increase of the
number of deaf routes is due to the in
termarriage of persons so atllictod. It is,
of course, no secret that in tlie wealth
iest and most refined circles in Wash
ington society are to be found some
charming persons who are deprived of
both speech aud hearing. This perhaps
lends additional inferos to the question,
which it is proposed to investigate with
thoroughness and scientific cure in con
nection with the uoxt census. Dr. Gal
luiulet, president of the National Deaf
aud Dumb College, at Kendall Green,
near Washington, D. C, was sent abroad
by President Cleveland two years ago,
accredited to an international conven
tion of specialists interested in this sub
ject. As one result of his representa
tions the statistics on this point will be
taken out of tho classification in which
they have previously lieon placed, among
prison and pauper statistics, and the
subject will be handled by exjierts under
its proper heading among the social
statistics.
A few months ago tho agent of an
English syndicate effected tlie purchase
of tlie auriferous rock known us Douglas
Island. Oregon, whore pieces of gold-
bearing quartz huve ofteu been picked
r.p ut tlie surface, and crop out in every
deeper ruvino. Ail expert, who has since
diamond-drilled the island from end to
end, now reports that tho rocks contain
gold quartz enough to keep a thousand
luiuers busy for a hundred years.
Among the other animals that have
shown a most remarkable instinct, the
elephant should huve a place, .lames
M. Davis, secretary of the Congdon
Brake Shoe Company, relates an inci
dent that happened at Jamestown, N.
Y.. some years ago when he lived there,
denoting tho great sagacity of tlint ani
mal. There was to lo a circus in town,
and as usual tlie procession was making
its grand march through the streets. J. o
reach tho grounds it was neccessary to
cross a bridge of some length. Tlie
caravan moved slowly over with no stop
or hitch until the elephant reached the
bridge, when ho stopped, hesitated, put
out one ponderous loot, and tested the
first plank by pressing on it, but was
apparently not assured of its safety, for
he refused to budge an inch. Coaxing
proving of no avail, another plan was
tried ; a large-sized traction engine wos
found in tho town ; it was fired up and
run slowly up alongside the elephant.
Pausing there for au instant, it was
again slowly moved forward on tho
bridge, the animal watching every mo
tion mado with a critical eye. As tho
engine proceeded an encouraging word
was spoken, and tho elephant followed
up the machine, rather gingerly, it is
true, but he did not stop again until the
bridge was crossed. The big engine
gave him courage to make the attempt.
The " Boston" is Painted Bed.
The naval officers in New York and
Brooklyn are all agog over the coat of
paint which has recently been put on
the the new steel cruiser Boston. It is
red, a distinguishing color of British
ships. For twenty years all American
war vessels have leen painted black.
The officers are expected to go out and
paint the ocean red with American war
paint. Tho original Americans were red
men, and later Americans whipped the
red coats that came over from the other
side. Red is a good American color and
it is time it should be daubed on the
war ships. Picayune.
The Nebraska Supremo Conrt has
just decided a question of interest to
money loauers. Growing corn hud been
mortgaged, and after coming to maturi
ty it was harvested and sold to grain
dealers. Tlie owners of ths mortgage
sued them for tho value of tlie corn.
Tho court decided that growing corn is
not tho corn after it has been cribbed
and sold; in other words, that the mort
gage will not hold and the plaiutiff can
not recover.
The Pennsylvania Bailroad is making
experiments to mitigate tho horrois of
burning trains. It is proposed to ploco
on tho engines a connection with the
steam-pump, by which a hose can be
attached and used to quench flit). A
trial was made tlie other day iu West
Philadelphia, and tho pump threw a
stream over the highost buildings. If
further experiments provo successful, a
number of passenger engines Mill bo
equipped, and tho train crows exorcised
in tho fire drill.
The youngest commercial drummer
in the statu, and iu tho United States,
as for that mutter, is Harry Wado of
Buffalo, N. Y. Ho is but twolve years
of age, and a son of Frank A. Wado.
The way Master Wude first went out
was owing to tho serious illness of his
fathor, w ho is now confined to his house.
Tho boy hud mndo frequent trips with
his father and observed his ways of
doing business. Ho prevailed upon his
father to let him lako his route, which
is through New York State. Tho boy
has made two successive trips over tho
route, and is the favorite of commercial
men and his father's customers.
TflEUE is said to bo a crisis just now
in the false hair trado. Tho great hair
dressers of Loudon, Paris and Vienna
have placed orders for hair which it
will take tho supplies of tivo years to
satisfy, and tho amount of fair hair
brought into tho market is beginning
to fall short When the hair was worn
in a small coil on the nape of tho nock,
as was tho fashion a few years hack,
Iittlo false hair was used, and tho com
plaints of the hairdressers were loud and
deep. Since ladies, however, have
taken to pile their tresses on the top
of their head, an addition is required
bv those to whom nature lias not been
bountiful in tho matter of locks, and
hence an increased demand, which the
introduction of tho catogun has only
served to stimulate.
Duriko tho past veur larce capital ha
been attracted toward the development
of the sugar beet industry in tlie United
States on the Pacific coast. Although
that section of the country, with its pe
culiar surroundings, does not generally
present tho meteorological and climatic
conditions necessary to secure the best
results in tho cultivation of tlie beet
root for sngar making purposes, yet a
factory was started lost October, with
equipment and machinery capable of re
ducing three hundred aud fifty tons of
lieets per diem, and has proved a great
financial success. A full supply of beets,
cultivated by tho wheat-growers of Cali
fornia, kept the works fully employed,
and a boom was given to the town of
Watsonvillo. Tho factory consume
seven tons of lime daily in the chemical
process of extracting tho sngar, which
is dis'ributed pro rata to tho growers of
beets free, and cau be returned to the
soil. Besides, the farmers averaged over
oighty dollars per ucre for thoir beet
products, while the recent report of the
agricultural bureau estimate the returns)
from the total production of tho five
principal crojw oats, corn, ryo, barley,
and wheat in the United States to be
less than twelve dollars per acre as an
average.
Not a few of tho visitors, especially
those of tho feminine persuasion, haven,
positive feeling of veneration for the
President, ami some of them do very odd
things while under tho influence of hisr
presence. The medal, up to date, is
tield by a verv stylish Iittlo lady, a resi
dent of New York City. She was at tlie
Whito House waiting with the rest of
the crowd for tho President to (tome
down stairs to tho tri-weekly reception,
when au idea struck her hit her hard.
She rushed up to an usher and inquired
of him as to the whereabout of thai
tiuurest glove storo. The information,
was given and off she dashed, roturninff
in liitecd minutes with a now pair of
tho most expensivo kind of gloves on.
her pretty bands, scrupulously avoid
ing contact with any of the crowd, she
at last reached the President, and when,
he graspod her slim little fingers she
brought her left hand into service and
completely inclosed tho lresidcnt'a
palm. Sho got a Iittlo more shake than
most of the others did. Thou she took
off her gloves and wrapped them up
carefully in paper. Sho told Captain
Densmoro that sho would keep them
under a glass cast", and that while she
lived no other hands than her own
would bo privileged to touch them.
Skctietart Rcsk, of the Agricultural
Department, is deeply interested in the
establishment of short winter courses of
lectures to young meu on farms upon
topics related to the ruccessfnl conduct
of their laboi-s. These have been estab
lished nuder His influence in Wiscon-
in, and Vermont has followed her
example. Farmers' institutes for the
general diffusion of knowledge on agri
cultural subjects are also among Secre
tary Rusk's favorite educational schemes.
They aro now in regularly organized
operation in twenty-two States, and in
the last session oi Uongres.i Senator
Spooner introduced a bill to extend
them all over tlio country under tne au
spices of the Agricultural Department.
This effort will be heartily indorsed by
Secretary Busk. ,
The United States cruiser Tan tic is
out looking up derelicts. She was or
dered to provide herself with charts of
floating wrecks from the Hydvographic
Ofiice aud proeted to destroy them. Her
orders directed though that derelicts
found witnin the marine league of the
coast should not be touched. The cus
tomary way to destroy these obstruc
tions is by placing torpedoes under
Entering Without Knocking-.
Save us from the neighbor who con
siders herself intimate euongh to 1)0 priv
ileged to enter our house without kuock
ing. You can never foreseo when she
will bo down upon you. Do you stand
Iteforo your mirror, razor in hand, in
shirt sleeves, with face covered with
lather ! Then it is that she glances ia
with a smirk "Just to say good morn
ing," and ruffles your temper, and de
molishes your senseof dignity. Is your
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who wuuout a cook ur uiuiu, unu is euv
I t i i i a i i i . -
IU lug jtiiciicn juimicu aim jwituriiiyy
and untidy, getting up a hasty mealf
Tho intimate neighbor is dead sure to)
rush in unannounced, and when you beg
her to stop into tho sitting-room, cooly
posses you and surprises tho mistress of
the houso over tho hot stove. Then to)
see tho wretched efforts that tlie latter
makes to appear ut case, and to make
the vulgar visitor feel that it is delight
ful for one to be surprised with her hauda
in dish-water and a soot fcpot on her
cheek, is enough to givo one the lock
jaw. And as for tho miserable man who
tried in vain to stop the lady in tho par
lorhis actions in tho privacy of hia
bed-chamber are those of a wild and des
perate creature. Is there no remedy- fo
this most intolerable of all small nuisan
ces f Texas Sif tings.
Tea Cigarettes.
A careful inquiry has developed h
fact that tea smoking has become
crazo, and that tlie sallow, colorless com
plexion of some of our society belles ia
owing to a meeting at midnight, like
the witches in "Mucbeth," and brewing
a deadly charm out of Bohea and Eng
lish breakfast tea. "I can tell them,
said a druggist, "that they had much
better smoke tobacco. Tea is a strong
narcotic and contains an alkaloid knowm
as theine, which is the active principle
of caffeine. They will also inhale tan
nic acid with their smoke." The giila
bny rice paper and roll their cigarettes
like any little man. They also steep the
leaves enough to unfold them, sprink
le them with perfume aud mix with rose
leaves. They nso the regular smoker's
articles less the tobacco, and ask each
other for a light with all the sang froid
of a man oi the world. Detroit Free
Press.
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