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Agricultural.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AXD GARDEN.
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TO FATTEN OLD ANIMALS.
On account of the worn teeth and weak
digestion of old cattle and sheep,it is advisable
when feeding for slaughter to use
Eolt grain food and fodder. Finelyground
corn and oats and linseed-oil
meal given with cut hay twice a day, and
such good pasture as can be afforded,
make the best feeding for old animals.
To aid digestion give with each feed a
small handful of a mixture of one pound
of salt, four ounces of powdered gentian
root and two ounces of powdered sulphate
of iron.?Sew York Times.
POOR CLAY LAND AND WIIEAT.
Good wheat may be grown on a poor
clay soil, provided it be got in proper
mechanical condition. It is not infrequently
the case that clay soil is rated
poor,not because its fertility is exhausted,
but because it has bccome hardened by
loss of vegetable matter, and what fertility
it contains is locked up in clods. If
the field has been in hoed crops and well
cultivated, we should not hesitate to sow
it with wheat by adding a little phosphate
to restore the available mineral
plant food that the crop grown this year
has exhausted. If phosphate were added,
and the corn or potato crops were got
off early enough, there is no reason why
as good wheat may not be grown after
one of these crops as after a summer fallow.
The soil needs no plowing, is better
without it. After the hoed crops
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inches deep and drill in the fertilizer with
the seed.?Boston Cultivator.
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WATS OP WEEDS.
There are three classes of weeds, as to
their duration, namely: Those that live
for one season only, those remaining for
two years, and a third and very large
group, the members of which continue
their existence indefinitely and are known
as perennial plants. All these that belong
to the first group are annuals, and it is
evident that if these plants are kept from
maturing their seeds there will be an end
to them unless?and-here is the impor
tant point?seeds are not sown with the
crop, as is often the case, or they are
brought in by the winds or other agencies
for their transfer. Of course the
Boil may already be stocked with the
seeds that remain dormant for many years
until favorable conditions for their germination
obtain. The biennials live for
two years 3nd the same rulo as to seeding,
or preventing their seed formation
holds here as with tho annuals. Perennial
weeds, other things being equal, are
the worst of all, for when they are once
in the land they hold their own and yearly
produce a new crop of seeds if the chance
is given them. They must be kept from
yielding seed, and then if the plant itself
is to be eradicated oue of many methods
may be observed. If large they may be
pulled; if small the leaves cut off; but j
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age. Grow a hoed crop, and not fail to
hoe, hoe, hoe.?American Agriculturist.
EFFECT OF FOOD 02? MILK,
i If the quality of the food given a cow
- . "would materially change the quality of
the milk there would be little need of
trying to improve the breed of milch
cows by selection as now generally practised,
and any common cow giving what
is termed "blue milk" could be made to
give Jersey cream by simply feeding on
oil cake and other rich and oily food. An
English author, in referring to the influence
of food on milk, has very aptly said:
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influence is exerted by either the kind or
the physiological condition of the food,
Or by any circumstances connected with
it, except the proportion of its nutritivenesa
and degree of its digestibility. The
controling power of particular sorts of
food over the milking properties of the
cow has been almost everywhere a topic
of boastful declamation and pseudo-scientific
discussion among the illiterate philosophers
of the dairy; but the alleged
power has either been mistaken for some
overlooked" and widely different controling
cause, or has existed only ia the
heated fancy and distorted observations
of its advocates." It is true, however,
that food will impart to the milk and
butter its flavor, but this is a distinct
property from what is termed richness or
Duiier yielding quauiy.?jxeu> j or% oun.
HOW TO DECREASE THE MANURE PILE.
* Farmers do not always give as much
attention to Increasing the ?ize of the
manure pile as they might. There are
the pig pens, and most of them are wet
and filthy, the pigs naturally being in the
I Bame condition. There is always plenty
r of chaff or waste material of one kind or
another around the bams or stables, and
thia can be liberally supplied. "When this
runs out leaves can be hauled from the
woods during off days, put into a nearby-shed,
and used jis needed. If the farm
is near a river, the rushes and dry grass
which come ashore in quantities in many
places can be hauled up, and make excellent
bedding and manure. In this way
the writer has managed to keep his men
and teams busy when there was little else
to do. The pigs were always comfortable
and clean, and large quantities -of
manure were made, generally getting
from three or four large pig pens fifty to
sixty loads of fine manure. There was
at all times enough dry material to absorb
the liquid matter, and th is pi event
much value from running down the
drains to be entirely lost and to make a
nukance around the pens. The barnyard
sloped toward the center, makiDg
quite a large and wide place for the
liquid manure from the stables and barnyard
to collect in. Here were deposited
considerable quantities, from time to
time, of waste corn stalks, leave3 from
the woods, rushes and dry grass from the
river, and any other waste, absorbent
materials. The leaves and dried rushes
were also used for bedding for the horses
and cattle; nothing was better or cheaper;
the stables were always clean and
free from wet, slush and dampness. On
the farm were neat, roomy, comfortable
hen-houses, in which the poultry was
housed every night and not permitted to
; roost on trees, wagons, plows, and ether
L implements in the sheds. By cleaning
\ out the hen-houses every month, and
keeping the floors well sanded, several
barrels of good manure were secured,
which made the corn fairly jump when
applied to it in the spring. This manure
was kept in barrels, under cover, in the
beat possible condition for applying to
corn, onions, or othef crops.?American
Agriqdturist. v ,v
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THE COXSTItrCTION OF SEL09.
In building silos, the Kansas, Ohio
and other stations advise that they be
located as near the feeding place aa practicable
and on the same level. "Wood
has been found the best material. The
method of construction commonly recommended
is in general terms as follows:
On a light foundation of stone set up a
framework of studding two by eight to
twelve Inch stuff. On the outside of
| this frame put on a layer of stock boards
aud on the inside two thicknesses of
matched boards with tarred paper between.
The roof should be tight and
the floor may be of hard, dry dirt. From
twelve to fifteen by thirteen to eighteen
feet, and twenty-two to twenty-four feet
deep, are common dimensions for ordinary
silo3. The great lateral pressure
resulting in a deep box requires a strong
construction. The door of the silo
should open convenient to the feeding
place.
It is generally conceded that corn is
the best crop for silage in this country.
Greater maturity before harvesting is
now favored than was formerly thought ,
desirable. At the New York station it
is thought*'com should not be cut before
it has reached the milk stage of the kernel."
The Ohio station recommends
that "fodder corn be cut when the corn
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gin to dry near the ground." But in
Kansas, where intense heat and other
I climatic peculiarities hasten the ripening
of the crop, it is advised that harvesting
"should not be delayed after the corn is
in the early dough state."
It is now thought better to put both
stalks and ears in the silo than to use the
stalks alone. The whole is cut into
small pieces and a man is kept in the
silo while it is being filled to attend to
its close packing. There i3 no general
agreement among experimenters in regard
to the necessity of heavily weighting the
contents of the silo. In Kansas a layer
of tarred paper covered eighteen inches
deep with green grass has been found as
effectual as weigh ting heavily with rocks, i
Exclusion of the air seems more important
than piling on weights.
There are so many places either in or
adjacent to farm buildings already existing
where silos may be located, with the
manner of construction, filling and taking
out adapted to varying cases, that J
beginners will always be benefited by j
visiting neigbboripg silo9 and profiting j
by what they can learn from the experience
of others. Mature corn, containing
but little water, and close packing in an
air-tight silo appear to produce the best
silage.?New York TForZtf.
. SHIFTLESS TRICKS FOR A FARMER.
To try to farm without manure.
To plant more acres than can be taken
care of.
To work with poor tools, and to sow
poor seed.
To buy at public sales what is not
needed because it sells cheap.
It is shiftless to keep poor stock. A
poor cow eats as much as a good one.
To lounge about stores and groceries
when it is possible to be doing something
at home.
To raise frogs and mosquitoes In the
front yard. To have a pig-wallow in the
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roau near me gate.
To allow the hogs and sheep to wander
at their own sweet will over their owner's
and his neighbors' premises.
To allow the barnyard to drain into
! the public road, or into a stream. A good
many farmers are guilty of this.
To cut the wood for the kitchen fire
day by day and then burn it green. It
is worse to leave it for the wife to cut.
To let the cattle fodder themselves at
the haystack. It saves a little labor,
but the waste will make their owner
poor.
To leave tools of any kind lying out
in the weather; to put them away uncleaaed,
or to loan them to shiftless and
careless neighbors.
To turn the cattle out into the bare
in rnlrJ wpnther when there isnoth
ing fcr them to eat there, and they lose
flesh shivering in the cold.
To plant an orchard and then to allow
cattle to browse the trees; to leave vacant
places in a young orchard; to allow a
young orchard to remain in grass.
It is shiftless to allow weeds to occupy
any portion of the farm, aud very shiftless
to allow bushe3 to occupy several
rods of ground along the fence rows. It
is a thoughtless and a very dangerous
thins fc>r a farmer to put his name
on paper presented by a stranger. Also,
to go on the notes of friends and neighbors.
It is a short-sighted policy to elect
to the township and county offices the
men who cannot support themselves in
the ordinary pursuits of life. It is also
costly.
It is reckless to buy trees of an utter
stranger; also, groceries, spices and such
articles as can easily be adulterated.
Nine times out of ten one will be cheated
by so doing.
It is a shiftless trick to employ the
teacher who will work for the least
wages. It is as bad to leave a family of
boys and girl to grow up without good
books and papers.
It is a heartless thing for a farmer to
allow his wife to work sixteen or eighteen
hour3, when his own work is completed
in ten hours. On the farm, as elsewhere,
husband and wife should bo "equal
partners."
To wade through mud to the barn and
outbuildings when good dry paths can
so easily be made. So pay heavy doctor's
bills for wife and children because
their feet became wet through lack
of good paths.
To have no garden and to buy stale
vegetables of a huckster. It is nearly as
bad to have a miserable little garden,
which the good wife and her girl painfully
weed, and secure a few Btunted
vegetables, when large crops could be
had with little trouble, if the garden
were cultivated by horse power.?American
Agriculturist.
An Aucient Certificate of Deposit
"Here is another curiosity," he continued,
producing n stick two feet in
length and curiously notchcd and split.
"There are seven notches," said he.
"This is a certificate of deposit issued by
the Bank of England over 100 years ago.
A stick was taken, notched and split.
One piece was given to the depositor,
who had to produce it and notch the
other piece to get his money. It defies
forgery and fraud. This stick represented
a deposit of $35,000. It and the
striking piece were given to me by an
officer in the Bank of England.^? Washington
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
TWO FAMOT7S YACHTSWOMEN.
The two most famous English yachtswomen
are Mrs. Rudsou Reed and her
lister, Miss Cox. Each of these ladies
lails her own boat?the former holding
;he helm of the Troublesome and the
latter that of the Miles. No sort of
weather makes any difference to them,
ind when the breezes blow them may be
teen wrapped up in thick pea-jackets like
iny old salt.
DRESSES OF THE DAT.
It is 6aid that the severely plain skirts
will soon bo abolished. The dressmak;rs
do not encourage their continuance,
ind already draperies and full backs are
:oming back into favor. Dresses are
aow made in such great variety of style
that no woman need wear anything not
becoming to her own figure unless she
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Ureases are considered the most fashionible
for street wear, although one sees an
istonishing variety of styles and colors
svery day. The tailor-mado dresses are
composed chiefly of light wools, and
checks and plaids are at present more
popular than plain goods. They are
often combined with velvet.?New York
j Star.
BEST WAX TO PUT ON KOBE-GLASSES.
As there has been shown to be a "best
way" to boil an egg that everyone does
not know, so thero is also a best way of
putting on one's nose-glasses, provided
one has come to that pass in age or in*
flrmity where there is a real necessity for
this supplementary sense. The way most
persons put on their glasses, with thumb
and finger at side of both lenses and with
elbows at right angles to the body, is
neither the easiest nor the most graceful
way. That is as follows: Taking the
glasses in the left hand, slip the tips of
the first and second fingers through the
spring and then separate them until the
two lenses are far enough apart to slip
easily over the bridge of the nose. Then
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in the world, you see. And yet The
Woman has eeen only three persons in
all her life who knew how to put their
glasses on in that way.?-New York Sun.
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IN FALL BOXXET3.
The straw bonnet will be worn lato in
the season, it being no longer counted an
unusual sight to see a fur coat with a
straw bonnet above it. Indeed, last
year very fashionable women wore dark
straw bonnet3 all the season. Of course
they were trimmed with velvet and had
what might be called winter decorations
upon them; but they were, after all,
veritable straw chapeaux.
The lady-like capote will undoubtedly
reiain its popularity. The rather flat
trimmiags are still fancied and consists
of ribbon bows, flowers, grasses, small
fruits and berries, and, indeed, whatever
mnv be deemed becoming or adapted
to a costume. A black laced straw has
a puffed brim of golden-brown velvet.
In front, mashed down almost to the
level of the crown, are three brown velvet
wall-flowere. The tie9 coming from the
back are of brown velvet ribbon and are
looped just under the chin.?Ladies'
Home Journal.
THE DEMA3D FOR TYPEWRITERS.
The typewriters are becoming so expert
that they can work the machine in
taking dictation almost as rapidly as the
stenographer. The graphophone is also
coming into general use, and this is another
blow at the stenographer. In a
year or two the counting-room stenographer
will be out of a job. The army
of typewriters is getting larger and
larger every year, and no business house
can afford to be without one of these deft
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lingered worKers. .uacnes nna typewriting
a pleasant profession, and they
learn to use the machine more readily,
perhap3, than men. Many typewriters,
however, lack education. They are poor
spellers and are ignorant of the meaning
of many words in every day use. There
is no excuse for this. Every typewriter
should learn to spell and punctuate and
learn the meaning of words. An accomplished
typewriter is a great luxury.
An uneducated one is anything but a
luxury.?Picayune.
TWO INEVITABLE FASHI0X3.
Two things are told certainly of the
fashions for the coming season. One is,
that the old-time hoop-skirt is to be
worn aarain. and with it the full-draped
and heavily-trimmed dress-skirt; the
other is, that the head is going to be
piled up a foot or more with a massive
monument of somebody else'3 hair.
These two things are said to be certain,
because the modistes and hairdressers of
London, Paris and Vienna have settled
upon them. Nonsense! As if a lot of
persons over in London or Paris 01
Vienna or anywhere else were able to
foist these ridiculous revivals upon
American women of culture and taste.
American women have learned the beanty
of simple lines in their drapery and of
the witchery of loose coils and gentle
knots and careful carelessness in theii
coiffures. Just a year ago now the same
cry was raised about the wonderful headdressing
we were going to aee during the
coming winter, and every womau was
told that she would have to go back ic
the rats and puffs and false plaits of &
quarter of a century ago, and all the
hairdressers went to hanging beautiful
tails of human hair in their shop windows,
and women sighed as they looked
at them, and then went calmly on tuckins
their hair up into the same little
puffy knots and twists that have made
the beauty of their heads these past
years, and by and by the long tails of
silver and red-brown and yellow disappeared
from the shop windows, and nobody
heard anything more about wonderful
head structures. And all the
while the hairdressers held meetings ic
London and in Paris and iu Vienna, and
went on decreeing great things, and
made themselves happy in it, possibly,
and, certainly, no ono the unhappier for
it. It takes two sets of persons to make
fashions, you see?one to decrce them
and the other to follow them.?Nev
York Sun.
WHAT COLORS TO WEAR.
It is astonishing how few women really
know what colors are suited to their complexions.
They may have excellent taste
in other respects, buiT jthey will often
wear pink with "auburrf'' hair, green
with sallow complexions, and various
other inharmonious .combinations?*'
Florid people must be particularly careful
in their selection r? hues. A deep
blue-red is the most becoming shade for
them if they are young. Older women
will do well to remember Modjeska's sage
remark. "As one grows older red is
more becoming above the face than below
it." Nothing is more charming than
a rich shade of cardinal velvet above
white hair and dark eyes. Only a remarkably
pretty woman should try to
wear magenta. Even then it must be
combined with white in order not to disfigure
the wearer. Green should be worn
with caution. On certain blondes it looks
well and some brunettes can don it with
impunity. It must be a pretty dark
shade, however, as pale green can only
be tolerated with the most exquisite complexions.
Yellow is becoming to brunettes and
combines well with many other shades.
It blends beautifully with certain shades
of blue gray. Amber is becoming to most
dark people.
Women with blue eyes should not
wear bright blue in their costumes. It
make3 the eyes look faded and detracts
from the bloom of the complexion.
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old, but there should be some discretion
used, too. It is apt to accentuate the
hard lines or wrinkles in the face.
Blondes, red-haired maidens aud
brunettes with good, clear complexions
find black very becoming. Other3 should
modify it by a combination of white, red,
orange, gray or yellow. People who
have any complexion at all look well in
white. Down South it is worn by old
and young alike, and the different
watering" places showed this summer
that Eastern women are beginning to
follow the fashion. There is no reason
why grandmothers should not wear
it as well as grandchildren.?New York
World.
FASHION NOTES.
Plaids promise to be very popular this
winter.
Perfumed shoes find their purchasers
in Paris.
Dark dyes for the hair are said to be
dangerous.
Ribbon is less used for trimming than
heretofore.
Autumn dress goods are worthy sincere
admix ation.
Shirts of Empire net are worn over
slips of colored silk.
Orchid jewelry is the latest fad in the
matter of ornaments.
Sleeves differing from the bodioe are
the order of the day.
Embroidery on all sorts of material is
the favorite garniture.
Skirts made of two materials are preferred
by many ladies.
Plain skirts have very deep bands of
trimming around the hem.
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made in the shape of a boat.
Hampers of substantial make are
chosen for infants' toilet baskets.
Linen collars and culls never ft so favor
for use with tailor made gowns.
Chatelaines are seen made of gold dollar
pieces strong ingeniously on line gold
wire.
False hair "fronts" are a great boon to
middle-aged women not yet cured of
vanity.
A new name for rugs is "art squares.'1
There is more or less nonsense always in
fashion.
It is announced that Scotch costumes
for young women are to continue in
fashion.
Red shoes, with a white evening costume,
is evidence of very poor taste in
women.
It is quite the fashionable thing for
the girl of the period to have two fans
at her waist.
Sleeves of almost solid embroidery are
seen on dresses of fine wool and silk and
wool fabrics.
The average woman is afraid of a
strong light. This is because the facc
is "all made up."
Lace is quite as much used as heretofore,
and may form a portion of a dresi
' of almost any material.
Belt3 are universally worn. In som*
cases they are of a color and material entirely
foreign to the remainder of th<
costume.
Among the new and popular trimmings
are fringes with netted headings.
These fringes are used to edge neckerchiefs
and draperies on dre33e3.
Dust-grav mohair is much used foi
traveling dresses. The jacket corsage
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is lined with chestnut brown silk.
Poppy red makes a brilliant toilet foi
a garden fete and attracts general attention.
The silk crepo was mado with a
small train in clinging princess style.
Dresses of faille or other close-woven
silks have draperies edged with flat
bands of lace. Tho collar, vest and
sleeve trimmings are of the same garnii
ture.
Red shoes, with patent-leather trimmings,
are not much worn. They are
| plenty and attractive in the windows,
but the ladie3 do not buy them to any
1 great extent.
Linen lawns are in great favor. Little
1 trimming is required. Organdies are
trimmed profusely with laca, which is
used in a great variety of forms and in
' white or black.
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t Long gold pins, with moonstones set
. in brilliants, are among tho prettiest for
i catching the ruffle or collar together.
One sees many pins used in catching the
[ collars of jackets.
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i party -wear in autumn. They are maize
i colored. Ostrich feathers are used foi
; trimming in clusters on the crowa and
' bordering the brim.
A Waif of the Cannibal Islands.
There is in Portland, Me., a young
! woman about twenty years old whose
1 history is even more remarkable than hei
1 appearance is unusual. She has a dark,
copper-colored complexion, very higfc
cheek bones and prominently sharp, long
teeth. When but five years old, awaj
off on one of the South Sea islands, she
was sold by her own people, who ore
' cannibals, to a Portland sea captain, and
the sellers, if not the buyer, firmly believed
she was bought to be eaten as
food. 8ho has passed through the grammar
schools with credit. Although never
able to articulate the English language
correctly, she can make herself understood.
She lives in the capacity of a
servant with the sea captain's wife, and
is mucfrjattached to her.?flew Yorl
, A Fortnue In FroifS.
"About twenty-five years," said an
old attendant in the big Washington
Market, 'several men made fortunes at
catching frogs and sending them to
market. tThe hind legs were cut offr
skinned, -washed, and, after being mildly!
salted, were sent away in barrels. Prices
used to range from fifty cents to seventy*'
five cents for a dozen pairs of legs, and,!
as sales wero quick, there was a pile of
money in the occupation.
"One old fellow, a blacksmith, by the'
name of "Weld, down in Grecnbush, Me.,i
supplied all of New England for years.;
He lived by the side of very extensive,
swamps that were filled with wigglers andi
cattails. Tho former furnished food forthe
frogs, while the latter gave them;
shade. I have seen bullfrog legs that;
were nearly as big as the legs of an or-;
dinary chicken.
"Old man Weld used to hire boys toj
kill the frogs for him, giving them five,
cents or six cents a dozen. The frogs)
were so plenty that many of the children}
earned good wages, evien at that small
price. Weld dressed the froga, corned]
them and shipped them to Boston In bar-:
rels, like herrings. He kept up the busi-j
ness for years and, though he slew hun-l
dreds of thousands every year, the sup-!
ply did not diminish at alL
'By and by the prices went away down,
and as the old man had cleared about
$100,000 out of the scheme he retired,
built himself a fine mansion and lived at
his ease. He is the only man I know of
who got rich by catching froga, but Ij
have heard of several others.
"Of late the frogs are shipped to the|
market 'alive and kicking' in cool, moist)
grass, and killed as they are wanted. This!
Involves more expense. They bring;
higher prices than those that are shipped
ready dressed. But the demand is not
enough to make the business pay much.
I wish people would cat more frogs, for
there are ten times as many frogs in the
United States to-day as there are people,
and as fast as they die new ponywogsj
grow up to fill the vacancies."?Bottom
Globe.
Dialects of tlio Cliincse.
Few people of the thousands who!
daily hear the unintelligible chatter of}
the Mongolians on the streets, in cars, orj
about their places of business, know any-j
thing of their peculiar language. As a'
rule most every one knows there are in-l
numerable dialects, of which each par-!
ticular class of Chinese, according to the'
district in which they are reared, claim!
one. But of the intricacy of the tongue)
very little is known by the average Cau-j
casian. The number of characters em-j
ployed by an intelligent Chinaman, not a!
professor or student, of couree, but aj
fairly educated fellow, ia never more!
than 2000, which, by a peculiar method!
of inflection, transposition and rotation,)
is equivalent to about 44,000 different!
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many different things according toj
whether it be pronounced -with] a ris-t
ing or falling inflection, quickly or long!
drawn out. This peculiar feature has
been forcibly brought home to the would-;
be white student, when he has caught|
himself addressing a merchant as "a|
lying old fool," when he intended toi
convey the idea that ho was "a charming
old fellow." Most of the Mongo-J
lians here use tho Canton dialect, says}
the San Francisco Examiner, and butj
few of 'the most intelligent mer-j
chants ever speak anything else J
The newly appointed consul 6peaks thd
mandarin f direct which is the peculiar
language of royalty and the court, and
an interpreter is as necessary when ha
transacts official business with his coun \
tryman as between Americans and Chi-|
nese.
A Peculiar Mountain Bird.
Away up on the mountain Bide is tho
natural home of the water ousel, thej
strangest of all Btrango birds. You sel-{
dom see more than one of them at &
time. They are of a dork bluo color and!
are easily recognized by a peculiar^
quick, jerking motion which they neven
Beem to tire of. And as they flit from]
rock to rock they are continually bob-j
bing up and down, performing such cj
polite little courtcsy as would make yoii
smile to see it.
Owing to their peculiar habits and ther
Isolated spots they select to build their'
nests no one but the most ardent sports-:
men and naturalists succeed in findingi
them. Hence a water ousel's nest with;
two of their eggs in it has a commercial!
value among nest collectors of $25. Theyj
* AT--;- i- Ka/ilr
always DU11U XUUir IlCs>U) J USb uava UK
some waterfall or under some overhang-j
ing bank,where they have to go through!
or under the water to get to it.
Another strange habit of this bird is j
the deliberate way in which they appear!
to commit suicide. They will startj
slowly, very slowly, to wade sight down:
into the water until they disappear fromj
view; but if the water is clear, and you!
have a sharp eye, you can still soe theirj
little dark forms clinging to the bottom/
m scorch of their morning repast, which!
consists of periwinkles,?Chicago Herald. '
?
Great Australian Estates.
Roman nobles sometimes had wholej
provinces for estates; but these are al-j
most paralleled in Australia, where im-j
mense estates are numerous. Three are,"
advertised for sale in a Melbourne paper.'
The area of the first is 454 square miles,)
of which the rent is ?321 Is Gd onlyM
? * ?
and the cattle on the pasture at xu_
each. The second comprises 648 square:
miles and the third 553 square milea. All
three are in Queensland. The first lot is
described as watered by a river and having
a town ninety miles distant on one
6ide and 150 on the other. The advantage
of the 6econd is that it lies between
three towns, which are respectively 180,
300 and 350 miles away, and the third,
apparently most fortunately situated of
all, is "within 100 miles of a railway."
?GalignanVi Me&scn'jtr.
The Audos Slowly Siiikiug.
The startliDg announcement is made
that the Andes arc slowly sinking into
the earth's crust. As proof of this La
^ 1 * ??
(razelie ijrcograjHii'juc i>u>3 wm v^unu ?ao
9596 feet above the level of the sea in
1745; in 1800 it was ooly 9570, in 1831,
9567, having 6unk twenty-six feet during
the fifty-six years following 1745, and
but three feet during the thirty-one years
which intervened between 1800 and 1831.
In 1868 the city's level had been reduced
to 9520 feet above the level of the Pacific.
To sum up the total, we find that
Ecuador's capital has sunk seventy-six
feet in 122 years. Antisana's farm, the
highest inhabited spot on the Andes
(4000 feet higher than Quito, the highesl
city on the globe) ia said by the sam(
authority to be 218 feet lower than 1'
i, was ia 1740.
The camphor tree is flourishing in
Florida.
Illinois has more miles of railway than
Iowa.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., Proprg. of
Hall's Catarrh Cure, offer $100 reward for
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for testimonials,
free. .Sold by Druggist*, 75c.
TnE Orange Free State and the Transvaal,
In South Africa, are both Republics.
If you wish to do the easiest acd quickest
week's washing you ever did, try Dobbins's
Electric Soap next washday. Folio .v the directions.
Ask your grocer for it. Been on tlio
market 24 years. Take no other.
TnE railway mileage of ths United States
and Canada exceeds 120,033 miles.
Its Excellent Qualities
Commend to public approval tho California
liquid ftult remedy Syrup of Figs. It is plea.v
lng to the eye, and to the tasto and by gently
acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels. It
cleanses the system effectually, thereby promoting
the health and comfort of all who
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Guaranteed five year eight per cent. First
Mortgages on Kansas City property. Interest
payable every six months; prlnciyal and interest
collected when due and remitted without
expense to lender, for sale by J. H. Bauerlein
& Co., Kansas City. Mo. Write for particulars
Judicious Speculation.
Money invested in snnu of from 81 to S3
weekly or monthly will iniike you a fortune.
Write for Inf irmation. Benj. Lewis & Co., Security
Building. Kansas City. Mo.
Lee Wa's Chinese Headache Cure. Harmless
in effect, quick and positive in action.
Sent prepaid on receipt of SI per bottle.
Adeler& Co..5?? Wyanriotte St.. Kansas City,Mo
FIT3 stopped free by Dr. Klixe's Great
Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first day's
use. Marvelous cures. Treatis3 and ?2 trial
bottle free. Dr. Kline. '01 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Timber, Mineral, farm Lands and Ranches
in Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas,
bought andsold. Tyler & Co., Kansas City, Mo.
Money invested in choice one nundred dollar
building lots in suburbs of Kansas City will
pay from five hundred to one thousand per
cent, the next few years under our plan. $25
cash and $3 per month without interest controls
a desirable lot. Particulars on application.
J. H. Bauerlein <fc Co.. Kansas City. Ma
Oklahoma Guide Book and Map sent any where
? Tvlor A- Pr> K.inq,m CitV.Mo.
VIA iPVCltJlUi ^ w ? *
Beecham's P1113 core Sick-Headache.
My Head is Tired
Is a Common
Complaint
Just Now.
Both Mind
And Body
Are Made
Strong By
Hood's Sarsaparilla
W CONDITION POWDER
Hljrhly concentrated. Dose Email. In quantity costs
less than 0110-tenth cent a day per hen. Prevent* and
cure# all diseases. If you can't get It, we send by mall
post-paid. One pack. &c. Five 81- 2Mlb. can 81.20;
6 cans 85- E.xpress_pald. Testimonials free. Send stamps or
cash. Farmers' Foultiy Guldo (prico 25c.) free with 81.0#
orders or more. L 3. JOHNSON & CO., Boston, Mais.
DADWAY'S
[I READY RELIEF.
A CIHIE FOR ALL
SUMMER COMPLAINTS!
Dysentery, Diarrhoea,
CHOLERA MORBUS.
From 80 to 60 drops la bait a tumbler of water will
M Onaama flnnf Stnm.
IB a lew moixMuus emu viaiuyD,
ftch. Nausea, Vomiting, Heartburn, Nervousness,
Sleeplessness, tick Headache, Diarrhoea, Dysentery.
CboferaHorbui, Colic, flatulency, and all Internal
Pains. For severe cases of tbe foregoing Complaints
see our printed directions.
Applied externally It tnstanUy relieves Headache,
Toothache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism and all pains
arising from Colds, (grains, Bruises or any cause
whatever.
Price 30 oents per bottle. Sold by druggists.
DADWAY'S
n PILLS,
An Excellent and ralld Cathartic. Purely vegetable.
The Fofest and best medicine In tbe world fox
the cure of all disorders of tho
Liver, Stomach or Bowels.
Taken according to directions tboy will
restore health ana renew vitality.
Price 25c. a box. Sold by all druggists, or mailed
by RADWAY & CO., 12 Warren Street, New York,
on receipt of price.
WM. FITCH & CO.,
10'i Corcoran Building, Washington, D. C.
PENSION ATTORNEYS
of over 25 years' experience. Successfully prosecute
pensions and claims of all kinds In shortest
possible time. EF"No FEE unless successful.
FKAZfcK P?rm
UESTj THE WORLD UllbHvt
&et the Genuine. Sold Everywhere.
Dcwcinwc
rcwoiuwoKsw
plication. Employ the old reliable Qrra,
J. B. CRAL.LE ?fc CO., Washington, D. C.
mrtlTO Frool 8tOO month made sellirx?
fl i T N I our D0W Tnlinnire Book, also
fiMUIl I U .11 other, lluinenud Heaven, by
T. 1. Cuyler, 10.000 ('arioHltlcs ol I ho
Bible, 92. E. a TREAT, Publisher, New York.
WALL STKEET MAN UAL free. Margin operations
$30 upward; Options $10 to $100. Correspondence
Invited. S. J. PECK & CO., '52 Broadway, N. Y.
~~M MONEY IN CHICKENS.
tr D For 25c. a 100-page book, experlencs
MjA ik jfN) of a practical poultry rulser during
tfiSw IHWr 2yeara. it teaches bow to detect
*fT 7T_ and cure diseases; to feed for eggs
and for fattening; which fowls to
6avo for breodloK, &c.. 4c. Address
BOOK pua HuCSE, 13-1 Leonard St.. N. Y. City.
nENSiONw"f;"i ?s^r
r9Successfully Prosecutes Claims
LataPrfnolj>?i Examiner U.S. Pension Bureau.
3jr?lala?t war, 15adjudicating claims, atty since.
"Better ouh of t-he w
f&shiono^-^
IT
SFI for house-cle&:
^tJpipL caJ^eofscoi
Cleanliness is alwayi
of or the neglect to use
difference in the social
are always the most s<
cleanliness?and the bes
Women are not- slow to
comprehend. They're quick.
They're alive, and yet it was
a man who discovered the on&
remedy for their peculiar ailments.
The man was Dr. Pierce."
The discovery was his w Favorite
Prescription"?the boon
to delicate women.
Why go round "with one
foot in the grave," suffering in
silence?misunderstood?when
there's a remedy at hand that
isn't an experiment, but which
is sold under the guarantee
4-1, Of 1 r TTA11 OVA
Liiai. xx y\j u ai^ uioa^ vjxixtwi*
in any way in it, you can get
your money back by applying
to its makers.
We can hardly imagine a
woman's not trying it. Possibly
it may be true of one
or two?but we doubt it.
Women are ripe for it.
They must have it Think
of a prescription and nine out
of ten waiting for it. Carry
the news to them!
The seat of sick headache
is not in the brain. Regulate
the stomach and you
cure it. Dr. .Pierce's Pellets
are the Little Regulators.
y Y N C-3T
NO ONE NEED SUFFER. f|
Dr, Tobias' Celebrated Venetian
Liniment acts like a charm for Cholera
Mortons, Diarrlm, Dysentery, Colic,
Cramps, Nausea, Sick Headache, Ac.
Warranted perfectly harmless. (See OATH AO 2 "V
COMPANYING each bottle, alao directions FOB
US E.) Ita SOOTHING and PENETRATING qoai- Hlea
are fell Immediately. Try It and be convinced.
Price 23 and 50 centa. Sold by all drugglsta.
Depot, 4u Murray St., N. Y.
PIIITIAH w. L. Douglas Shoes arc
uAMIIUrli warranted, and every pair
baa his name and price stamped on bottoia.
'illfl JlPlnPllll,
$3 SHOE GE^TL^MeN.
rysend addreu on portal for valuable Information.
W. li. UOLOLA8, Brockton. Mmi.
;4RB THE OLDEST FAJCLT 8TA5DiBIL\.
A Purely Vegetable Compound, witboaf
mercury or other injurious mineral. Safii
tod sure always. For tale by all Druggist*
Full printed directions for using with each
package. . Dr. Schenck's new book on Th?
Lungs, Liver and Stomach sent free. Ad-'
dress Dr. J. H.Schenck A Son Philadelphia!
(TOill^OMOtllPUL ^
^7^ COMBINING 5 ART! >
; Ve retail at the teat ^S^nrr
vholan It factory L U L L
and Bb'p cooda to b?
paid for on delirery. To^Mi^t
Band Btjmp tor 0??*- ^WTTy #SP ICUL FBfl
lofae. /fame gocdt detirea. DELITUL
JLCBCBQ MFG. CO., 140 N. 8 th St, mutant*,
nruoinu NEW LAWCLAIMi
I luidlUfK* Hi B. Stems M.,
Attorney*, 1419 F St., Washington, U.C.
Branch Ofllccg, Clevelaiul, Detroit.Chicago*
nriininiiA OLU claims settlej
PFNSIllNS under .new law.
I LIlUlUllU Soldiers. Widows, Parents, ss a 1
1 for blank applications and Information. Pat&cc
O'Faoreix, Pcnjlou Agent, Washington, D. 0.
|l fllir STUD V. Boo!c-]cooplng, BusinessFonn%
U UifIC Penmanship, Arithmetic, Short-hanJ, eta,
II thoroughly taught by JIAJL. Circulars troa.
Bryant's College, 457 Main St., buffalo, S. Y.
nnillifl HABIT, Only Certain and
IIHIIIRR Eaay CURE In the World. Dr.
V IWIW J. L. STEPHEN'S Lebanon, O i
1 pnscribo ana tally en,
dorse Bis O as the only
JW1Ootm tn specific for the certain carf
' to 5 Dats.^B of this dhease.
aKfoortctocd not G. H. LNURAUAM, II. DKJjw
ctwBrtam Amsterdam, N. Yl
Baf lirdorJy by ti? \7e have sold BI(j G foi
Vol*?,,Ovufeii (Vl many years, and It hna
iMBB g*Ton best of 3tti*
aD.^*DYCHE&CO^
Rfld bv DryglsW
B gl j ^
"ISTANTLY. jgM^M
a 8t, New York. PricaSOct*De'
qt Id. than out-of the
nind- Ibis a so!jdoJ*?
i ring so&p-Try fh
3 fashionaole and the use
SAPOLIO marks a wide
scale. The best classes
crupulous In matters of
it classes use SAPOLIO.
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